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| Well, Carl, be a 4:00 Highlander fire. | 00:00:06 | |
| Protest to Tection District. | 00:00:10 | |
| Um to order? | 00:00:13 | |
| So I'll stand in for the pledge. | 00:00:15 | |
| Flag United States of America. | 00:00:21 | |
| One nation under God. | 00:00:26 | |
| Everything is. | 00:00:29 | |
| So we'll call Rubinoff and he'll go through the fire behind her fire district. | 00:00:35 | |
| 2024 budget. | 00:00:45 | |
| Numbers and rates with us. | 00:00:47 | |
| I'm not sure how much you want to know because it's still kind of confusing me the new districts. | 00:00:51 | |
| Taking off 2 papers. | 00:00:55 | |
| So it's still a little a little funky. | 00:00:57 | |
| What was advertised was advertising big because? | 00:01:00 | |
| You know the time we didn't know anything, so you had to have big enough to protect yourself, right? | 00:01:03 | |
| I know we've we've communicated a little bit. We're getting closer to real rates, which means it's gonna be it's gonna cap out of | 00:01:08 | |
| 1 every now. | 00:01:11 | |
| Um. | 00:01:16 | |
| And then the ATV's are all done, so we know. | 00:01:17 | |
| True revenues. | 00:01:20 | |
| We're looking at cash balances of the two districts and figure out how much we're going to use that to fund the budget. | 00:01:21 | |
| So. | 00:01:26 | |
| So just. | 00:01:27 | |
| Real quick question. | 00:01:28 | |
| Greenville rates staying the same. | 00:01:30 | |
| It will not go any higher with the current Greenville General. So it it yeah, so it's it's the same. It should come the next year, | 00:01:32 | |
| it should come down some. | 00:01:36 | |
| Because the miscellaneous. | 00:01:40 | |
| For the discussion was how we offset what the board wants to do versus. | 00:01:43 | |
| Tax rates. | 00:01:49 | |
| So there's going to eat up some cash on hand from the 2 districts. | 00:01:50 | |
| Money transferred all. | 00:01:54 | |
| The fund. | 00:01:55 | |
| Next year's budget? | 00:01:56 | |
| So maybe it works out, it's just a little funky because there's no. | 00:02:00 | |
| There are no cash balances for the district. There are no. | 00:02:04 | |
| You know, misplaced revenue. It's just it's kind of a boring budget. There's nothing to look at these numbers. | 00:02:07 | |
| The two the two separate districts are bringing. | 00:02:15 | |
| What they have to the table, but that this new, this is a new district, so they don't have anything, right? Yeah, I mean. | 00:02:18 | |
| The. | 00:02:25 | |
| I believe the ordinance says it, but it's not really a legal authority. | 00:02:27 | |
| The force that you have to. | 00:02:30 | |
| Hand and money over the the The two current districts are handing their money over to. | 00:02:32 | |
| The new district. So that's why on January 1. | 00:02:37 | |
| They will have cash on hand. | 00:02:40 | |
| We're trying to get a better picture that right now trying to get you know nailed down what what's left for the remainder of the | 00:02:42 | |
| year to be spent and revenues and so forth, so we can get a better idea. | 00:02:47 | |
| Of you know what we're gonna do next year. But just just for clarification say can correct me if I'm wrong? | 00:02:51 | |
| This has to be adopted because this is the operating budget come January 1 and 24 because. | 00:02:57 | |
| The two districts, as they stand today, will cease to exist from. | 00:03:03 | |
| From getting money in 24, so we've got to give Highlander a rate. | 00:03:08 | |
| Otherwise they won't have any money. Yeah, this is. This is the this is. | 00:03:13 | |
| Will be one of. | 00:03:17 | |
| 3 districts I believe, right? | 00:03:19 | |
| Yeah, down from 4. There were four last year or three years. | 00:03:21 | |
| You're going to three. | 00:03:26 | |
| Because this one will be taking over Lafayette and Greenbush whole. | 00:03:27 | |
| And those two fire districts will no longer exist. | 00:03:31 | |
| The boards will be disbanded and they will have a. | 00:03:34 | |
| Tax levies? Nothing. | 00:03:37 | |
| That's what I make it noted that this is a public hearing and I don't unless one of you all want to speak. There's really no | 00:03:41 | |
| public in attendance to speak to this, so. | 00:03:45 | |
| Just just wanna know that. And there's not a vote tonight, this was purely a public hearing. The vote will happen on October 26th, | 00:03:50 | |
| is that right? Yeah, the form of the adoption happened on October. | 00:03:56 | |
| 26 or 24/24/24? | 00:04:03 | |
| Yeah. | 00:04:09 | |
| I would just like to say that Rubin has been. | 00:04:09 | |
| It was an interesting path to walk. | 00:04:24 | |
| Appreciate that. | 00:04:26 | |
| So. | 00:04:29 | |
| We really appreciate it. | 00:04:31 | |
| Yeah, it's been interesting. | 00:04:34 | |
| Didn't. | 00:04:36 | |
| Yeah, they oddly enough, they sent out and a Max Levy order. | 00:04:41 | |
| With miscellaneous revenue in it, but there were some mistakes in that order. | 00:04:45 | |
| So I guess maybe I should have questioned those mistakes, but they were blaming enough mistakes. So we kind of had you because it | 00:04:50 | |
| would have been a long term. | 00:04:54 | |
| Air. | 00:04:57 | |
| So then they reached another order. | 00:04:59 | |
| Saying there would not be mislaid revenues for 2024 and really in my in my thought was in talking to them in the emails. | 00:05:01 | |
| The first is the The 1st order was not supposed to ever go out. | 00:05:09 | |
| I mean, that was my that's kind of my feeling on their conversations. It should have been issued. | 00:05:13 | |
| The 2nd order is what should have been should have gone out anyways. | 00:05:18 | |
| There's a lot of confusion. | 00:05:23 | |
| About that so. | 00:05:26 | |
| So will there be a change? | 00:05:27 | |
| Catch up on it. | 00:05:30 | |
| Not really. I mean well they're they will be able to a little bit because the. | 00:05:36 | |
| The midwife. The certified shares will be bigger. | 00:05:41 | |
| Than what their shortfall is. | 00:05:45 | |
| This year. | 00:05:48 | |
| For 2024. | 00:05:48 | |
| They're their certified shares for 25. We bigger than that number. | 00:05:50 | |
| So let's say like every let's pretend like everybody stays where it is. Well, then they start running certified shares. They can | 00:05:54 | |
| start building that cash back up. | 00:05:57 | |
| They started 25 slowly and it would take a while to get back to where they are now. | 00:06:01 | |
| We eventually get there. | 00:06:06 | |
| Any other public comment? | 00:06:10 | |
| Any other questions or comments from? | 00:06:12 | |
| The Council. | 00:06:15 | |
| OK, well, well, I'll take a motion to. | 00:06:18 | |
| Sure. | 00:06:22 | |
| Are we such great? | 00:06:25 | |
| What now? | 00:06:26 | |
| Ohh well. | 00:06:30 | |
| I don't. | 00:06:31 | |
| Actually on the agenda, this was a hearing, public hearing for the for the Highland Fire District. But we can. | 00:06:32 | |
| I mean, we can adjourn it. I mean, we can. | 00:06:40 | |
| I guess we can adjourn it on the 24th. | 00:06:45 | |
| So ohh OK after we adopt it. | 00:06:48 | |
| Umm. | 00:06:52 | |
| I think that's. | 00:06:54 | |
| He said OK. | 00:06:55 | |
| OK, motion to reset. I will. I'll modify the form for. | 00:06:56 | |
| OK to be printed for that. | 00:07:00 | |
| 24th meeting, OK. | 00:07:03 | |
| There was a motion. They'll seconded. OK, We have a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Thanks. Thank you. | 00:07:05 | |
| OK. We should have on Roy on the. | 00:07:15 |
Transcript
| Well, Carl, be a 4:00 Highlander fire. | 00:00:06 | |
| Protest to Tection District. | 00:00:10 | |
| Um to order? | 00:00:13 | |
| So I'll stand in for the pledge. | 00:00:15 | |
| Flag United States of America. | 00:00:21 | |
| One nation under God. | 00:00:26 | |
| Everything is. | 00:00:29 | |
| So we'll call Rubinoff and he'll go through the fire behind her fire district. | 00:00:35 | |
| 2024 budget. | 00:00:45 | |
| Numbers and rates with us. | 00:00:47 | |
| I'm not sure how much you want to know because it's still kind of confusing me the new districts. | 00:00:51 | |
| Taking off 2 papers. | 00:00:55 | |
| So it's still a little a little funky. | 00:00:57 | |
| What was advertised was advertising big because? | 00:01:00 | |
| You know the time we didn't know anything, so you had to have big enough to protect yourself, right? | 00:01:03 | |
| I know we've we've communicated a little bit. We're getting closer to real rates, which means it's gonna be it's gonna cap out of | 00:01:08 | |
| 1 every now. | 00:01:11 | |
| Um. | 00:01:16 | |
| And then the ATV's are all done, so we know. | 00:01:17 | |
| True revenues. | 00:01:20 | |
| We're looking at cash balances of the two districts and figure out how much we're going to use that to fund the budget. | 00:01:21 | |
| So. | 00:01:26 | |
| So just. | 00:01:27 | |
| Real quick question. | 00:01:28 | |
| Greenville rates staying the same. | 00:01:30 | |
| It will not go any higher with the current Greenville General. So it it yeah, so it's it's the same. It should come the next year, | 00:01:32 | |
| it should come down some. | 00:01:36 | |
| Because the miscellaneous. | 00:01:40 | |
| For the discussion was how we offset what the board wants to do versus. | 00:01:43 | |
| Tax rates. | 00:01:49 | |
| So there's going to eat up some cash on hand from the 2 districts. | 00:01:50 | |
| Money transferred all. | 00:01:54 | |
| The fund. | 00:01:55 | |
| Next year's budget? | 00:01:56 | |
| So maybe it works out, it's just a little funky because there's no. | 00:02:00 | |
| There are no cash balances for the district. There are no. | 00:02:04 | |
| You know, misplaced revenue. It's just it's kind of a boring budget. There's nothing to look at these numbers. | 00:02:07 | |
| The two the two separate districts are bringing. | 00:02:15 | |
| What they have to the table, but that this new, this is a new district, so they don't have anything, right? Yeah, I mean. | 00:02:18 | |
| The. | 00:02:25 | |
| I believe the ordinance says it, but it's not really a legal authority. | 00:02:27 | |
| The force that you have to. | 00:02:30 | |
| Hand and money over the the The two current districts are handing their money over to. | 00:02:32 | |
| The new district. So that's why on January 1. | 00:02:37 | |
| They will have cash on hand. | 00:02:40 | |
| We're trying to get a better picture that right now trying to get you know nailed down what what's left for the remainder of the | 00:02:42 | |
| year to be spent and revenues and so forth, so we can get a better idea. | 00:02:47 | |
| Of you know what we're gonna do next year. But just just for clarification say can correct me if I'm wrong? | 00:02:51 | |
| This has to be adopted because this is the operating budget come January 1 and 24 because. | 00:02:57 | |
| The two districts, as they stand today, will cease to exist from. | 00:03:03 | |
| From getting money in 24, so we've got to give Highlander a rate. | 00:03:08 | |
| Otherwise they won't have any money. Yeah, this is. This is the this is. | 00:03:13 | |
| Will be one of. | 00:03:17 | |
| 3 districts I believe, right? | 00:03:19 | |
| Yeah, down from 4. There were four last year or three years. | 00:03:21 | |
| You're going to three. | 00:03:26 | |
| Because this one will be taking over Lafayette and Greenbush whole. | 00:03:27 | |
| And those two fire districts will no longer exist. | 00:03:31 | |
| The boards will be disbanded and they will have a. | 00:03:34 | |
| Tax levies? Nothing. | 00:03:37 | |
| That's what I make it noted that this is a public hearing and I don't unless one of you all want to speak. There's really no | 00:03:41 | |
| public in attendance to speak to this, so. | 00:03:45 | |
| Just just wanna know that. And there's not a vote tonight, this was purely a public hearing. The vote will happen on October 26th, | 00:03:50 | |
| is that right? Yeah, the form of the adoption happened on October. | 00:03:56 | |
| 26 or 24/24/24? | 00:04:03 | |
| Yeah. | 00:04:09 | |
| I would just like to say that Rubin has been. | 00:04:09 | |
| It was an interesting path to walk. | 00:04:24 | |
| Appreciate that. | 00:04:26 | |
| So. | 00:04:29 | |
| We really appreciate it. | 00:04:31 | |
| Yeah, it's been interesting. | 00:04:34 | |
| Didn't. | 00:04:36 | |
| Yeah, they oddly enough, they sent out and a Max Levy order. | 00:04:41 | |
| With miscellaneous revenue in it, but there were some mistakes in that order. | 00:04:45 | |
| So I guess maybe I should have questioned those mistakes, but they were blaming enough mistakes. So we kind of had you because it | 00:04:50 | |
| would have been a long term. | 00:04:54 | |
| Air. | 00:04:57 | |
| So then they reached another order. | 00:04:59 | |
| Saying there would not be mislaid revenues for 2024 and really in my in my thought was in talking to them in the emails. | 00:05:01 | |
| The first is the The 1st order was not supposed to ever go out. | 00:05:09 | |
| I mean, that was my that's kind of my feeling on their conversations. It should have been issued. | 00:05:13 | |
| The 2nd order is what should have been should have gone out anyways. | 00:05:18 | |
| There's a lot of confusion. | 00:05:23 | |
| About that so. | 00:05:26 | |
| So will there be a change? | 00:05:27 | |
| Catch up on it. | 00:05:30 | |
| Not really. I mean well they're they will be able to a little bit because the. | 00:05:36 | |
| The midwife. The certified shares will be bigger. | 00:05:41 | |
| Than what their shortfall is. | 00:05:45 | |
| This year. | 00:05:48 | |
| For 2024. | 00:05:48 | |
| They're their certified shares for 25. We bigger than that number. | 00:05:50 | |
| So let's say like every let's pretend like everybody stays where it is. Well, then they start running certified shares. They can | 00:05:54 | |
| start building that cash back up. | 00:05:57 | |
| They started 25 slowly and it would take a while to get back to where they are now. | 00:06:01 | |
| We eventually get there. | 00:06:06 | |
| Any other public comment? | 00:06:10 | |
| Any other questions or comments from? | 00:06:12 | |
| The Council. | 00:06:15 | |
| OK, well, well, I'll take a motion to. | 00:06:18 | |
| Sure. | 00:06:22 | |
| Are we such great? | 00:06:25 | |
| What now? | 00:06:26 | |
| Ohh well. | 00:06:30 | |
| I don't. | 00:06:31 | |
| Actually on the agenda, this was a hearing, public hearing for the for the Highland Fire District. But we can. | 00:06:32 | |
| I mean, we can adjourn it. I mean, we can. | 00:06:40 | |
| I guess we can adjourn it on the 24th. | 00:06:45 | |
| So ohh OK after we adopt it. | 00:06:48 | |
| Umm. | 00:06:52 | |
| I think that's. | 00:06:54 | |
| He said OK. | 00:06:55 | |
| OK, motion to reset. I will. I'll modify the form for. | 00:06:56 | |
| OK to be printed for that. | 00:07:00 | |
| 24th meeting, OK. | 00:07:03 | |
| There was a motion. They'll seconded. OK, We have a motion and a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Opposed. Thanks. Thank you. | 00:07:05 | |
| OK. We should have on Roy on the. | 00:07:15 |