TAMPA CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING
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05:04:45 >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.
05:04:47 CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW COME TO ORDER.
05:04:53 9-28-21.
05:04:55 ROLL CALL.
05:04:56 >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
05:04:57 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
05:04:57 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HERE.
05:04:59 >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE.
05:05:00 >>LUIS VIERA: HERE.
05:05:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
05:05:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: HERE.
05:05:04 >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
05:05:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
05:05:07 MR. SHELBY.
05:05:08 >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY
05:05:09 COUNCIL.
05:05:10 MARTIN SHELBY, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY.
05:05:13 TONIGHT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2021.
05:05:16 IT IS AFTER 5:01 P.M.
05:05:17 WE ARE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL.
05:05:19 TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THIS
05:05:24 IS CITY OF TAMPA ANNUAL BUDGET AND PROGRAM BUDGET, THE
05:05:34 SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
05:05:36 THIS PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS BEING
05:05:39 CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM OF THE CITY OF --
05:05:44 TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
05:05:46 HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUING COVID-19 GOVERNMENT
05:05:49 ISSUED HEALTH STANDARDS OR GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS.
05:05:51 PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH
05:05:55 WHAT IS REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS
05:05:58 COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT.
05:06:02 THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO
05:06:05 WATCH, LISTEN AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV SPECTRUM
05:06:09 CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER 15 AND ON THE INTERNET AT
05:06:14 TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD.
05:06:18 THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
05:06:21 PERMITTING ANY AND ALL CITIZENS DESIRING TO DO SO TO
05:06:25 SUBMITTED THEIR CRITICISM, RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTS OR
05:06:28 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SAID ANNUAL BUDGET DURING THE PUBLIC
05:06:31 HEARING VIRTUALLY BY USING CMT.
05:06:35 AND BY ALTERNATIVE METHODS BY SENDING COMMENTS, VIA THE
05:06:39 INTERNET OR WEB, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL, WRITTEN
05:06:42 COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL, AND TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC
05:06:46 COMMENT WITH THE USE OF AUDIO CMT BY PREREGISTERING AS SET
05:06:53 FORTH IN THE NOTICE.
05:06:55 THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE USING CMT AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY
05:06:59 HALL IN PERSON INCLUDING THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A
05:07:03 COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEVICE HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING
05:07:05 VIA CMT WHICH IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY THE
05:07:09 CITY OF TAMPA DURING THIS MEETING AT OLD CITY HALL, 315 EAST
05:07:13 KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND PLEASE NOTE
05:07:17 ANYONE ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD WEAR FACE MASKS INSIDE OLD
05:07:21 CITY HALL.
05:07:22 I WOULD ASK COUNCIL THAT THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED --
05:07:27 EXCUSE ME, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADVERTISED NOTICE, AND NOTICE
05:07:30 HAS BEEN POSTED, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE READ AT
05:07:35 TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE WORD.
05:07:40 NOW, COUNCIL, I AT THIS TIME REQUEST A WAIVER OF CITY
05:07:43 COUNCIL RULES AND REQUEST A MOTION FROM CITY COUNCIL.
05:07:47 >> SO MOVED.
05:07:48 >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS PUBLIC HEARING BE CONDUCTED IN THE
05:07:50 MATTER CONTAINED IN THE NOTICE OF THE SECOND AND FINAL CITY
05:07:53 COUNCIL FY 22 BUDGET HEARING CONTAINED ON THE CITY WEBSITE,
05:07:58 EXPANDING RULES.
05:07:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT.
05:08:03 ROLL CALL.
05:08:03 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:08:05 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:08:06 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:08:07 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:08:08 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:08:09 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:08:10 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:08:11 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:08:12 >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU TOOK ROLL CALL ALREADY.
05:08:23 A PHYSICAL QUORUM IS PRESENT.
05:08:25 IF YOU WILL SEE, COUNCIL, THERE IN ITEM NUMBER 1, AS A STAFF
05:08:30 REPORT, ON HOW VILA BROTHERS PARK WILL BE FUNDED AND RELATED
05:08:35 MATTERS, THAT MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, WAS MADE, I BELIEVE, AT
05:08:41 THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE BUDGET, AND IT WAS
05:08:45 ASKED TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT THIS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
05:08:48 RELATED TO THE BUDGET.
05:08:49 SO I WOULD ASK THAT THAT ITEM BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE
05:08:53 PUBLIC HEARING SO WHEN YOU OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING,
05:08:56 DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
05:08:59 TAKE UP THAT ISSUE.
05:09:00 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. SHELBY, MOVED.
05:09:13 SECONDED.
05:09:13 ROLL CALL.
05:09:14 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:09:16 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:09:17 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:09:18 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:09:20 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:09:20 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:09:22 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:09:22 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:09:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION YOU
05:09:26 OPENED UP ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO TONIGHT'S
05:09:29 BUDGET.
05:09:29 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:09:31 MR. VIERA?
05:09:34 >>LUIS VIERA:
05:09:39 >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
05:09:42 >>ORLANDO GUDES: BARELY.
05:09:45 BRING THE SYSTEM UP A LITTLE BIT.
05:09:49 TRY IT AGAIN, SIR.
05:09:50 >> ANY BETTER NOW?
05:09:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MUCH BETTER, SIR.
05:09:55 >> EXCELLENT.
05:09:55 THANK YOU AGAIN.
05:09:57 FOR THE FINANCE CHAIR, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT.
05:10:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING
05:10:03 STATEMENT.
05:10:04 THIS IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT FOR THE CITY OF
05:10:06 TAMPA 2022 BUDGET.
05:10:09 THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE 6.2076 MILLS, WHICH IS 4.56% MORE
05:10:15 THAN THE ROLLBACK PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS.
05:10:24 MILLAGE RATE OF 5.9367 MILLS.
05:10:29 PROPERTY TAX FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND
05:10:32 OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY.
05:10:34 THIS INCLUDES SUCH DEPARTMENTS AS FIRE, RESCUE, POLICE,
05:10:38 HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS AND RECREATION.
05:10:41 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION,
05:10:47 SIR.
05:10:47 >>DENNIS ROGERO: PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE
05:10:51 SCREEN.
05:10:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T HAVE IT QUITE YET, SIR.
05:11:02 ALL RIGHT.
05:11:03 THERE WE GO.
05:11:04 YOU MAY PROCEED.
05:11:05 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR LETTING US BRIEFLY
05:11:09 RECAP THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.
05:11:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:11:17 YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS JUST OVER 1 .8
05:11:21 BILLION, PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPANSION OF OUR
05:11:27 WASTEWATER, WATER, AND SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
05:11:31 PROGRAM.
05:11:32 ALSO, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING WHICH WE
05:11:36 DISCUSSED, TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PRIMARILY THE WEST RIVER
05:11:40 WALK GRANT, STORMWATER AND FACILITIES PROJECTS,
05:11:43 AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR FIRE SERVICES, PLANNING AND
05:11:46 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION.
05:11:50 YOU ALSO SEE OUR MAJOR FUNDS, AND THE TWO LARGEST
05:11:53 COMPONENTS, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHICH
05:11:56 MAKE UP TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET.
05:11:58 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:12:02 OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE HISTORY, AGAIN A VERY IMPORTANT
05:12:06 METRIC OF OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH.
05:12:07 A CRITICAL BENCHMARK FOR THE AGENCIES AND DIRECTLY TIED OUR
05:12:13 ABILITY TO HANDLE FUTURE ECONOMIC RISK.
05:12:15 YOU SEE SOME STRUCTURING AND EXPENSE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
05:12:22 22, YOU HAVE THE -- PERCENTAGE LEVEL OF 23 TO 24%.
05:12:28 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:12:31 AGAIN A SUMMARY OF OUR RECOMMENDED 2.2 BILLION FIVE-YEAR
05:12:35 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
05:12:37 THE CITY HAS A GREAT DEAL OF INVESTMENT TAKING PLACE AND
05:12:40 PLANNED.
05:12:41 AND YOU SEE THE EMPHASIS ON WASTEWATER, WATER, AND
05:12:44 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
05:12:46 YOU ALSO SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM AND THE
05:12:49 INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY SECTION, OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN
05:12:52 EAST TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, MACFARLANE PARK AND VIRGINIA PARK.
05:13:01 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:13:02 WE DISCUSSED AND AS CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED PER ITEM
05:13:06 NUMBER 1 WE INTEND TO FUND COMPLETION OF THE VILA BROTHERS
05:13:09 PARK TO THE TUNE OF 1.7 MILLION VIA AN DEBT SERVICE
05:13:15 ISSUANCE.
05:13:15 YOU SEE WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR INVESTMENT IN OTHER CITY
05:13:18 PARKS THAT COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED.
05:13:23 OVERLOOK PARK AND CAL DICKSON AND OLA PARK.
05:13:28 HERE IS A SCHEMATIC OF THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, INCLUDES ALL
05:13:32 OF THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS.
05:13:34 I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THIS, AND
05:13:36 IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU
05:13:40 RECEIVE ONE.
05:13:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA.
05:13:48 >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL DO.
05:13:50 THANK YOU, SIR.
05:13:50 NEXT SLIDE.
05:13:51 CONTINUING WITH CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS, CITY COUNCIL HAS
05:13:54 CONTINUALLY EMPHASIZED A NEED FOR INCREASED STAFFING.
05:13:57 HERE YOU SEE A RECAP OF THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OF THE
05:14:00 CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.
05:14:03 THE CITY CONTINUALLY REDUCED STAFFING LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE
05:14:07 YEAR INCLUDING ADDING AND WHEN NECESSARY AN EFFICIENT
05:14:10 REPURPOSING EXISTING POSITION.
05:14:13 AS A RESULT, OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS AND THE CURRENT YEAR,
05:14:16 THE CITY HAS INCREASED ITS STAFFING LEVEL 73 NET POSITIONS
05:14:21 INCLUDING AS YOU SEE HERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF 15
05:14:24 POSITIONS, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE R
05:14:27 DIVISION 12 POSITIONS, 11 POSITIONS IN THE PARKS AND
05:14:30 RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT 10,
05:14:35 AND 5 IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION.
05:14:37 THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ALL ARE
05:14:40 ONES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PARTICULARLY REFERENCED.
05:14:46 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:14:47 NOT TO STOP THERE YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 22
05:14:54 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, 61 INCREASES INCLUDING 30 POSITIONS IN
05:14:59 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, 9 IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION,
05:15:02 ADDITIONAL 6 IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT, CONTRACT
05:15:04 ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVING 4 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS,
05:15:08 AND 3 IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT.
05:15:14 NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
05:15:15 AND FINALLY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
05:15:17 FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR BRIEFINGS BACK IN MAY, CONTINUING
05:15:21 DIALOGUE AND THE EFFORTS OF THE CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE,
05:15:25 IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY, AND WE CONTINUE TO
05:15:28 APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR SUPPORT.
05:15:32 MR. CHAIR THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
05:15:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
05:15:37 WE WILL NOW GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS.
05:15:43 MR. MIRANDA.
05:15:44 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN.
05:15:49 WE HAD POSITIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE NEEDS IN THE CITY AND WE
05:15:52 HAVE A CITY THAT'S GROWING.
05:15:55 WE HAVE MORE KIDS IN RECREATION, AND HOW DO YOU START IN
05:15:58 LIFE IS HOW YOU END IN LIFE.
05:15:59 IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF RECREATION FOR THESE KIDS, I THINK WE
05:16:03 WILL HAVE SOME WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP THROUGH THE
05:16:06 SYSTEM.
05:16:06 AND WE ARE JUST LUCKY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.
05:16:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. DINGFELDER.
05:16:12 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO.
05:16:16 LET ME ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION, DENNIS.
05:16:18 AND GOOD EVENING, MR. BENNETT.
05:16:20 BEFORE MY COMMENTS, THE LAST TWO SLIDES, DENNIS, BEFORE THE
05:16:27 FINAL SLIDE OF "THANK YOU" I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
05:16:32 THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN THOSE TWO.
05:16:35 THEY BOTH DEALT WITH STAFFING INCREASES, BUT I GOT CONFUSED
05:16:39 AS TO WHAT ONE MEANT VERSUS THE OTHER.
05:16:44 YOU CAN BLOW THAT UP.
05:16:47 DO YOU WANT TO BLOW THAT UP BIG ON THE SCREEN?
05:16:49 >>DENNIS ROGERO: DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
05:16:52 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HOLD ON.
05:16:53 I THINK IT'S COMING.
05:16:55 OKAY.
05:16:56 WHICH ONE?
05:16:58 >>DENNIS ROGERO: SHOULD BE SLIDE NUMBER 7.
05:17:00 IT SAYS CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS -- STAFFING.
05:17:07 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEN THE ONE BEFORE OR AFTER WAS KIND OF
05:17:10 SIMILAR.
05:17:11 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, VERY SIMILAR.
05:17:12 THE ONE YOU SEE NOW WERE 73 NET POSITION INCREASES.
05:17:19 IS THAT THE ONE YOU ARE LOOKING AT?
05:17:21 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THAT WAS LAST YEAR?
05:17:23 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT WAS FISCAL YEAR 21 WHICH IN JUST A
05:17:27 COUPLE DAYS WILL BE LAST YEAR.
05:17:30 WE ARE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE -- YES, THAT'S FISCAL
05:17:33 YEAR 21 NET POSITION INCREASE.
05:17:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEN SHOW US THE OTHER SLIDE.
05:17:40 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SHOULD SEE IS 61 NET
05:17:43 POSITION INCREASES AND THAT IS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 22
05:17:46 BUDGET.
05:17:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THOSE 30 POSITIONS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE
05:17:50 ON THE BUDGET WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS?
05:17:55 >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO, SIR.
05:17:57 THE 27 POSITIONS COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ARE AN
05:18:02 ADDITIONAL 27 POSITIONS.
05:18:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OVER AND ABOVE THOSE 30?
05:18:05 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
05:18:06 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY.
05:18:07 THANK YOU.
05:18:10 BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT AN UNDERSTAFFING IN
05:18:12 THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
05:18:14 LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE ARE CATCHING UP A LITTLE BIT.
05:18:19 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT.
05:18:20 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO SAY THAT NOUN I
05:18:25 HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, I GUESS MY NINTH OR TENTH BUDGET
05:18:29 THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE YEARS, NOT AS MANY AS
05:18:33 CHARLIE BUT I AM CATCHING UP.
05:18:34 BUT ANYWAY, AND I THINK THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET IS ONE OF THE
05:18:40 BEST THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN REGARD TO WORKING AMICABLY
05:18:46 WITH THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:18:50 I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE MAYOR AND TO MR. ROGERO AND
05:18:55 ALL HIS STAFF AND MR. BENNETT.
05:18:58 IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE YEAR
05:19:00 IN AND YEAR OUT, THAT, AND IN MY OPINION PROTECTING
05:19:06 NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC SAFETY.
05:19:08 I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE.
05:19:10 BUT WE COME INTO THE BUDGET, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE WRESTLE
05:19:14 AND BICKER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION.
05:19:17 WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH OF THAT THIS YEAR AND I THINK
05:19:20 IT'S GREAT.
05:19:20 I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN REGARD TO THE
05:19:26 ADMINISTRATION HERE IN -- HEARING COUNCIL SPEAK TO ISSUES
05:19:32 LIKE POLICE AND FIRE.
05:19:35 MY PARTICULAR ISSUE LAST YEAR ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, AND
05:19:38 CREATING A NEW MENTAL HEALTH UNIT FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.
05:19:44 I KNOW THAT'S IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THIS COMING YEAR'S
05:19:48 BUDGET.
05:19:49 CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON
05:19:52 PIPES AND STUFF, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO WORK THOSE
05:19:55 POSITIONS.
05:19:56 AND THAT INCLUDES MINORITY, INCLUSIVE OF MINORITY VENDORS,
05:20:02 WHICH OF COURSE HAS BEEN OUR CHAIRMAN'S BIG ISSUE FOR THE
05:20:07 LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE SUPPORT THAT WHOLE HEARTILY.
05:20:12 IN REGARD TO RECENTLY, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I WANT TO GIVE
05:20:17 YOU EXTRA PRAISE BECAUSE YOU MADE OUR VOICE HEARD VERY LOUD
05:20:22 AND CLEAR.
05:20:23 AND I THINK IT WAS 7-0 IF I RECALL TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE
05:20:29 SAID, NO, NO, NO, WE CAN'T KEEP PUTTING THAT OFF, WE NEED TO
05:20:33 GET IT DONE.
05:20:34 AND THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT DONE
05:20:36 ANYWAY.
05:20:37 BUT TONIGHT THEY DEFINITIVELY SAID HOW.
05:20:40 $1.7 MILLION FOR THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, USING A BOND ISSUE
05:20:45 THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ISSUE ANYWAY FOR VARIOUS OTHER
05:20:48 PARKS.
05:20:49 AND ANOTHER 100,000 TO HENRY AND OLA AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:20:54 A LOT OF NEW POSITIONS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR.
05:20:57 AND I JUST SAID THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY.
05:21:01 AND OUR NEED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE ACROSS ALL
05:21:04 DEPARTMENTS, GROWS LARGER AND LARGER WITH EVERY NEW
05:21:08 RESIDENT, AND WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS.
05:21:10 SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT AGAIN TO THE MAYOR AND
05:21:14 ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH US, AND US WORKING WITH YOU
05:21:17 GUYS, AND COMING TO THIS EVENING UNITED ON THIS.
05:21:22 THANK YOU.
05:21:22 >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:21:26 MR. ROGERO AND CHIEF BENNETT, I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO
05:21:29 ME WHEN I ASKED FOR STAFF.
05:21:33 I DO APPRECIATE IT.
05:21:34 AND I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH ATTRITION, WHETHER IT BE
05:21:38 RETIREMENT OR HEALTH OR PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF TOWN, WHICH I
05:21:43 HOPE NO ONE IS GOING TO MOVE OUT OF TOWN, THAT THESE
05:21:46 POSITIONS WILL ALSO BE FILLED.
05:21:48 SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MAINTAINING OF 65 POSITIONS.
05:21:53 BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME.
05:21:57 WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT SMOOTHER IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
05:22:01 AND PERMITTING, FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS NEEDED.
05:22:04 SO GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY VOICE.
05:22:07 I APPRECIATE IT.
05:22:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON.
05:22:11 >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT MY
05:22:14 COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, THAT YOU ALL AND MAYOR CASTOR HAVE
05:22:20 BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH US ON THIS PROCESS BUT ON THE
05:22:24 WHOLE THING.
05:22:24 JUST FOR ANYBODY LISTENING IN FOR ANY PART OF THE CITY, WE
05:22:28 OFTEN HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN PROJECTS LIKE VILA BROTHERS PARK BUT
05:22:31 THERE IS MONEY FOR PARKS AND ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND
05:22:34 EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
05:22:35 SO ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
05:22:38 WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED THESE ONES IN PARTICULAR.
05:22:42 AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A DEFINITIVE DECISION ON VILA
05:22:45 BROTHERS. IT IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT I THINK IT'S
05:22:50 IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROMISES OF THE CITY MADE A LONG TIME AGO.
05:22:53 TO THE POINT OF PRIORITY, MR. ROGERO, YOU KNOW ME EARLIER
05:22:57 AND SAID I HAD ASKED FOR SMALL CHANGE IN THE MAYOR'S COVER
05:23:01 LETTER UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS NO POWER OVER HER
05:23:05 LETTER AND IT WAS JUST A FRIENDLY ASK, BUT YOU SAID EARLIER
05:23:08 THAT SHE HAD AGREED TO DO THAT.
05:23:10 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
05:23:11 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IT'S NOT -- LOOKING AT IT RIGHT
05:23:13 NOW -- THE UPDATED ONE ON SIRE, BUT JUST A SMALL TWEAK, AND
05:23:17 ALL IT SAYS, IT SAID EARLIER THAT THERE ARE FOUR THINGS
05:23:22 LISTED LIKE THE HANNA AVENUE PROJECT AND TOWN CENTER AND
05:23:26 SAID THAT BASED ON COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK, AND
05:23:28 NOW I SEE IT JUST SAYS IMPORTANT PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY
05:23:31 AND THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK AT THE TOP,
05:23:33 BECAUSE REALLY THE WHOLE COVER LETTER AND ALL THOSE BUCKETS
05:23:37 THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN
05:23:41 TALKING ABOUT INTERACTIVELY, AND CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT
05:23:47 THAT'S CORRECT WHAT YOU SAID TO ME?
05:23:49 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
05:23:51 JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE NOT SEEING IT ONLINE?
05:23:56 >>BILL CARLSON: MAYBE I NEED TO REFRESH BUT I DON'T SEE IT
05:23:59 YET.
05:24:00 BUT JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SHOULD BE THERE, AND I
05:24:03 THINK THE MAYOR AND YOU AND STAFF ARE DOING THAT. IT'S A
05:24:06 SMALL TWEAK BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS TO
05:24:10 REITERATE THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS,
05:24:13 NOT JUST A SMALL PART OF IT.
05:24:14 ALSO, I JUST WANT TO ASK, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING
05:24:18 ABOUT PARTICULAR FIRE STATION AND ALSO STAFF.
05:24:21 BUT CAN YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE TELL US AGAIN HOW
05:24:25 MUCH MORE MONEY RESOURCES ARE IN THE STRATEGIC BUDGET FOR
05:24:29 FIRE RESCUE SO FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO?
05:24:33 >>DENNIS ROGERO: TOTAL OF OVER $30 MILLION ADDITIONAL
05:24:37 FUNDING FOR FIRE RESCUE.
05:24:39 I'LL LOOK IT UP AND CIRCLE BACK WITH AN ITEMIZATION FOR YOU
05:24:43 IN JUST A MOMENT.
05:24:44 >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK JOE GRECO AND THE INTERIM CHIEF AND
05:24:49 FIRE CHIEF ASKED FOR 38 MILLION.
05:24:51 SO WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S 30 MILLION
05:24:58 JUST ONE YEAR.
05:24:59 IT SHOWS A BIG INVESTMENT BY THE ADMINISTRATION, CITY
05:25:03 COUNCIL, IN TRYING TO HELP BRING MORE RESOURCES TO FIRE
05:25:07 RESCUE.
05:25:08 SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THAT.
05:25:10 ONE LAST THING.
05:25:10 IS MORRIS MASSEY ONLINE?
05:25:14 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, I'M HERE.
05:25:16 >>BILL CARLSON: THERE ARE A LOT OF NONPROFITS ASKING A LOT
05:25:17 OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND THIS BUDGET THAT WE ARE
05:25:20 PRESENTING WHICH IS 369-PAGE PDF AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER
05:25:26 ADDED RESOURCES WHERE YOU CAN DRILL DOWN DEEPER, BUT MR.
05:25:29 MASSEY, CAN YOU JUST REITERATE FOR US AND THE PUBLIC, THE
05:25:35 VERSION WE ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT IS JUST 369 PAGE PDF, NOT
05:25:39 ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, CORRECT?
05:25:41 >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES.
05:25:43 THE PDF WAS UPLOADED, IT'S PART OF THE SIRE, PART OF WHAT'S
05:25:48 ON THE AGENDA, ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, AND IT'S ON FILE IN
05:25:51 THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
05:25:53 THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DETAILS THAT ARE
05:25:55 AVAILABLE, OTHER SOURCES, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE
05:25:59 VOTING ON TONIGHT.
05:26:00 YOU ARE VOTING ON THE BUDGET DOCUMENT ITSELF.
05:26:02 >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT.
05:26:03 THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.
05:26:04 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THIS IS DENNIS.
05:26:10 ONE CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN CARLSON.
05:26:13 I TOO HAD DIFFICULTY PULLING UP THE REVISED MESSAGE FROM THE
05:26:16 MAYOR.
05:26:17 AS YOU SAID, I HAD TO REFRESH.
05:26:19 BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT.
05:26:20 ON MY SCREEN IT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN THE SYSTEM.
05:26:23 WE'LL CONFIRM IT'S UNIVERSAL.
05:26:26 >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY.
05:26:27 I WILL REFRESH AGAIN.
05:26:28 THANKS SO MUCH.
05:26:28 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY
05:26:33 COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER
05:26:36 MENTIONED, IT WAS A 7-0 VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE INFORMATION
05:26:42 ON VILA BROTHERS PARK.
05:26:44 I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU.
05:26:46 I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS BUDGET.
05:26:49 AND IN YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
05:26:52 YOU.
05:26:54 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ROGERO.
05:26:57 THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AS A CFO.
05:27:00 AND MORE SO TO JOHN BENNETT.
05:27:03 I KNOW MR. ROGERO WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HE KNOWS THE
05:27:06 DIFFERENT ROLES IN THE CITY.
05:27:08 BUT CHIEF BENNETT ALWAYS LISTENED.
05:27:11 I REACHED OUT TO HIM ALL THE TIME, WHATEVER ISSUE IT IS,
05:27:16 HE'S ALSO RESPONSIVE TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL BAD WITH.
05:27:18 I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU ON A SATURDAY.
05:27:21 YOU HAVE A LIFE AND YOU HAVE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY BUT YOU
05:27:25 ALWAYS RESPONDED.
05:27:26 CAL DICKSON PARK ALSO KNOWN AS THE PARK ON CLARK IN MY
05:27:30 DISTRICT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR THAT.
05:27:32 THANK YOU FOR HENRY AND OLA PARK.
05:27:35 WE WILL BEGIN THERE.
05:27:36 I KNOW QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE ARE STARTING.
05:27:39 BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY VILA BROTHERS, I KNOW THAT FIVE OF THE
05:27:42 SEVEN VILA BROTHERS ARE SMILING DOWN, AND THE OTHER TWO THAT
05:27:45 ARE HERE WITH US ARE ALSO SMILING, AND MRS. MARTHA VILA AND
05:27:51 SANDY SANCHEZ AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE PARK, THEY
05:27:55 REACHED OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBERS.
05:27:56 THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PRO ACTIVE.
05:27:59 AND THEY HAVE ENCOURAGED US TO HELP FINISH THIS PARK, AND
05:28:04 YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR HAVE LISTENED, AND
05:28:08 I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.
05:28:10 YOU HAVE MADE ME VERY HAPPY.
05:28:12 YOU HAVE MADE THE COMMUNITY VERY, VERY HAPPY.
05:28:14 SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
05:28:15 >> THANK YOU, SIR.
05:28:21 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NO COMMENT.
05:28:23 I'M JOKING.
05:28:24 THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
05:28:25 I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF WHAT A LOT OF COUNCIL
05:28:29 MEMBERS SAID ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW.
05:28:32 I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A REALLY HISTORIC PUBLIC
05:28:35 SAFETY BUDGET.
05:28:36 I WAS TALKING TO ANDREW CARTER WHO HAS TAKEN OVER NOW FOR
05:28:40 TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 754 WHO IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT A
05:28:44 REALLY, REALLY GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET THIS IS.
05:28:49 HE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIRST RESPONDERS
05:28:52 FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A BUDGET THAT
05:28:55 INVESTS LIKE THIS SO CONCENTRATED IN PUBLIC SAFETY.
05:28:58 I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE THE PUBLIC SAFETY
05:29:00 MASTER PLAN HERE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL
05:29:04 OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S IN POLICE OR FIRE,
05:29:08 AND LOOK THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE CITY, AND THEN SEE WHERE THE
05:29:12 ASSETS ARE AT AND SEE HOW WE CAN FILL THOSE DEFICITS, AND WE
05:29:16 CERTAINLY HAVE GOTTEN A BIG BAILOUT, AND I WILL MENTION
05:29:20 THAT, WITH FEDERAL ARPA MONEY THAT HELPS US A LOT BUT THAT'S
05:29:25 A CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE COMING IN THE
05:29:27 COMING YEAR, WHICH IS WE HAVE BIG PUBLIC DEFICITS IN THE
05:29:31 CITY OF TAMPA.
05:29:32 HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THEM?
05:29:34 WE GOT A BAILOUT, SO TO SPEAK, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
05:29:37 WE HAVE TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY
05:29:40 MASTER PLAN.
05:29:40 I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 7 ARE VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO
05:29:44 THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND A LOT
05:29:47 OF DIFFERENT THINGS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NORTH TAMPA TO
05:29:50 INCLUDE TURNING OLD FIRE STATION 11 WHICH IS THE POLICE
05:29:54 TRAINING STATION INTO A BRAND NEW FIRE STATION NUMBER 25,
05:29:59 WHICH TAKES THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION IN ALL OF THE CITY OF
05:30:02 TAMPA, WHICH I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO DARN LONG, AND
05:30:06 GIVES IT A NEW FIRE STATION WITH UNITS, $2.5 MILLION IN
05:30:10 ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THERE, AND UNITS, AND VEHICLES, TO HELP
05:30:15 THEM OUT.
05:30:15 THAT IS A MAJOR THING FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OVER A FIRE
05:30:19 STATION 13.
05:30:21 ONE OF THE 50 OR SO BUSIEST STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES OF
05:30:24 AMERICA AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR NEW
05:30:27 TAMPA THAT HAS ONE OF THE SIX FIRE STATIONS, WHICH HAVE THE
05:30:32 LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
05:30:34 SO THIS IS REALLY BIG.
05:30:36 YOU LOOK AT OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS, REPAVING OF TAMPA PALMS
05:30:40 BOULEVARD, IMPROVEMENTS ON BUSCH AND FOWLER, COPELAND PARK
05:30:43 AS WAS JUST MENTIONED BY MR. ROGERO, A MILLION AND A HALF
05:30:47 DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE NEW TAMPA INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND,
05:30:51 WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A CAUSE VERY, VERY CLOGS TO MY HEART.
05:30:54 AND AGAIN LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I ALSO WANTS TO GIVE AGAIN A
05:30:57 SHOUTOUT TO CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR, $80 MILLION FROM THE
05:31:03 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARPA MONEY AND A LOT OF OUR
05:31:07 REPRESENTATIVES, WE ARE BLESSED WITH KATHY CASTOR HERE IN
05:31:10 TAMPA, AND UNLIKE THE CARES ACT THERE'S A LOT MORE
05:31:13 LIBERALITY AND THE CARES ACT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT A LOT MORE
05:31:17 LIBERALITY IN REGARD TO USE OF THOSE FUNDS ANDS LOOK WHAT WE
05:31:20 ARE DOING WITH THAT MONEY.
05:31:21 I KNOW COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND GUDES WORKED SO HARD TO
05:31:24 ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $16 MILLION THAT ARE GOING
05:31:28 TO BE GOING OUT THERE IN THIS BUDGET.
05:31:30 A REAL HISTORIC INVESTMENT.
05:31:32 SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.
05:31:34 SO AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE SAID, OUR THANKING MAYOR JANE CASTOR
05:31:43 FOR HER COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP.
05:31:45 IT'S ALWAYS A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO SAY YOU SIT DOWN, YOU TALK
05:31:49 TO HER ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT THERE, AND IT'S A CIVIL BACK AND
05:31:52 FORTH, AND IF THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU, THEY'LL TELL YOU AND
05:31:54 THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HONEST WITH REGARDS TO BE WHERE
05:31:57 THEY STAND, AND MR. ROGERO AND OBVIOUSLY CHIEF BENNETT DO A
05:32:00 GREAT JOB, AND EVERYONE THERE.
05:32:01 SO JUST WANTED TO SAY A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR,
05:32:05 AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF, BUT
05:32:07 ESPECIALLY WITH BUB SAFETY.
05:32:09 THIS IS A HISTORIC VOTE, A HISTORIC BUDGET WHENEVER IT COMES
05:32:13 TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY AS A LOCAL
05:32:16 GOVERNMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, SO THANK YOU.
05:32:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.
05:32:23 JUST A FEW COMMENTS.
05:32:28 I ALWAYS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, AND
05:32:34 THEY TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR, AND I TELL PEOPLE, WE WANT TO
05:32:48 WORK WITH THE MAYOR, AND WE ARE A TEAM.
05:32:50 AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE LEADERSHIP
05:32:55 STYLE.
05:32:58 THE MAYOR IS A POLICE OFFICER, CHIEF OF STAFF WAS A POLICE
05:33:05 OFFICER, AND I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AND THE CITY SEES A
05:33:09 DIFFERENT STYLE.
05:33:10 BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOES BY A LOT OF RULES.
05:33:17 A LOT OF RULES.
05:33:18 AND SOLUTIONS.
05:33:19 BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUE
05:33:22 AND FIGHT WITH PEOPLE.
05:33:23 WE FIND SOLUTIONS TO A PROBLEM.
05:33:27 RIGHT AWAY.
05:33:27 DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO AND CALL -- BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE
05:33:33 COOPERATING ON ME TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM RIGHT THERE RIGHT
05:33:37 THEN.
05:33:39 IT'S NOT THAT THE MAYOR IS SOUTH.
05:33:46 THIS THING, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT REELECTED.
05:33:51 WE CARE ABOUT NOW.
05:33:52 WE CARE ABOUT WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE
05:33:56 ELECTED FOR THE DISTRICT.
05:33:59 I WOULD SAY MOSTLY -- THEIR ELECTED LEADER, AND TO GET THE
05:34:08 NECESSARY FUNDS.
05:34:11 AND I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT WE ARE A TEAM TOGETHER,
05:34:14 COLLECTIVELY ON THIS BOARD HERE, TO FIGHT FOR SOMEONE'S
05:34:18 ISSUES BECAUSE I AM GLAD TO HAVE A MAYOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF
05:34:21 THAT CAME IN WITH A SYSTEM.
05:34:27 I MEAN, COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE GET TO THE BUDGET SO I CAN
05:34:31 KNOW WHAT EACH COUNCILMEMBER WANTS, AND WORK THESE ISSUES
05:34:35 OUT.
05:34:36 AND IT MIGHT BE SOME SMALL ISSUES TO WORK OUT BUT WE WORK
05:34:42 THEM OUT BEFOREHAND SO THERE AREN'T QUESTIONS AND RIGMAROLE.
05:34:48 YOU NOTICE THAT A SYSTEM IS PUT IN PLACE.
05:34:51 AND A GOOD SYSTEM.
05:34:52 BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK ON A SYSTEM, AND THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO
05:35:00 BE WORKING BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIR NEEDS.
05:35:08 JUST THE SMALL THINGS THAT COUNT.
05:35:10 THE SMALL THINGS.
05:35:12 AND THE BIG THINGS WILL COME.
05:35:15 WE ARE STARTING TO GET THOSE SMALL THINGS.
05:35:21 IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
05:35:22 BUT IT TAKES TIME.
05:35:24 AND I THINK WE ARE REALLY KICKING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD,
05:35:29 MADE SOME GOOD SCORES ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, PEOPLE TALK
05:35:34 ABOUT 26%.
05:35:35 I THINK WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THAT NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT.
05:35:37 THE RECREATION CENTER.
05:35:39 THE HOUSING.
05:35:41 A LOT OF THESE SMALL THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
05:35:43 SO I AM JUST GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND
05:35:48 SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE CAN AGREE TO
05:35:50 DISAGREE TO COME UP WITH COMPROMISES.
05:35:54 NOT TO SAY WHAT WE CAN'T DO BUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
05:35:59 NOT WHAT WE CAN'T DO BUT WHAT WE CAN DO.
05:36:01 I KNOW SOMETIMES THE PUBLIC DOESN'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING
05:36:04 BUT I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS ARE -- [NO ENCODER]
05:36:27 [NO ENCODER]
05:36:37 A SOLUTIONS PERSON.
05:36:38 WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUSS AND FIGHT.
05:36:40 LET'S GET A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.
05:36:43 A DATA DRIVEN GUY.
05:36:45 I CAN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND SAY IT'S A PROBLEM.
05:36:49 A DATA DRIVEN GUY.
05:36:50 AND WE THANK HIM FOR THAT.
05:36:51 I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN
05:36:54 DOING, AND FOSTERING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COUNCIL, AND
05:36:58 THE MAYOR TO GET THINGS MOVING.
05:37:01 I DON'T CARE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAYOR.
05:37:07 WE ARE FIGHTING INFORM WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND
05:37:09 AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS COUNCIL, WE DON'T WANT TO BE
05:37:16 FIGHTING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT A BUDGET.
05:37:18 SO AGAIN I THANK YOU, CHIEF BENNETT, AND MAYOR JANE CASTOR,
05:37:23 AND MR. ROGERO FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING.
05:37:27 MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, SIR?
05:37:29 >>DENNIS ROGERO: ONE MOMENT.
05:37:40 WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL CHAIR PLEASE OPEN COMMENTS FOR THE
05:37:42 MILLAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL
05:37:46 BUDGET.
05:37:49 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA SECONDS IT.
05:37:53 DO YOU NEED A ROLL CALL?
05:37:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, THIS IS JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:37:58 >>LUIS VIERA: WE ARE OPEN FOR THAT.
05:38:00 WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
05:38:01 >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION AND A SECOND?
05:38:08 YOU CAN DO A VOICE VOTE IF YOU WANT.
05:38:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT.
05:38:12 ALL IN FAVOR?
05:38:13 ANY OPPOSED?
05:38:13 MOTION CARRIED.
05:38:15 ALL RIGHT.
05:38:16 WE ARE IN ROUND TWO.
05:38:19 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE POINT
05:38:21 IN TIME WHEN YOU ASK THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO IS
05:38:25 REGISTERED OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO
05:38:27 SPEAK.
05:38:28 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT.
05:38:29 I AM GOING BY THE SCRIPT HERE, SIR.
05:38:31 BUT MR. ROGERO, IS THAT THE CASE, SIR?
05:38:35 >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR.
05:38:36 >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OPERATING CAPITAL
05:38:39 BUDGET.
05:38:39 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM?
05:38:52 I THINK THERE IS ONE PERSON DOWN THERE, I BELIEVE.
05:38:56 ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
05:38:57 >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE CAN HEAR IF THERE'S ANYBODY REGISTERED
05:39:05 WHILE I GO DOWN TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND DOUBLE CHECK.
05:39:09 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY REGISTERED, MADAM CLERK?
05:39:12 >> YES, WE HAVE A REGISTERED SPEAKER.
05:39:18 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK WE GOT INDICATION THERE WAS NOBODY
05:39:20 ON THE SECOND FLOOR.
05:39:22 >>THE CLERK: I'M SORRY.
05:39:23 I DON'T KNOW IF I DID ANYTHING.
05:39:25 I APOLOGIZE.
05:39:26 I DIDN'T MEAN TO.
05:39:27 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE YOU TO SPEAK.
05:39:31 YOU ARE WELCOME DO SPEAK, MA'AM.
05:39:33 >> I APOLOGIZE.
05:39:36 MY NAME IS ANTONIA McCUTCHEON, THE PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR
05:39:40 FOR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK, AND I DID SPEAK AT THE LAST
05:39:45 PUBLIC MEETING.
05:39:46 I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL REMEMBER.
05:39:48 AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN.
05:39:50 AND ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING
05:39:54 US BACK IN THE BUDGET.
05:39:57 AS OF LAST YEAR, WE ARE NOW RECEIVING 108,000 FROM THE CITY
05:40:03 AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO GET SOME OF OUR
05:40:07 IMPORTANT NEEDS MET.
05:40:08 100%.
05:40:10 AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AS MUCH AS THAT AMOUNT HAS HELPED
05:40:15 US, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH.
05:40:17 AND THERE ARE A COUPLE REASONS WHY.
05:40:21 ONE THING I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ALL KNOW, BUT THE FILM AND
05:40:25 VIDEO INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY HERE IN
05:40:32 TAMPA BAY.
05:40:33 WE HAVE A LOT THAT ARE COMING IN, AND ONE OF THEM DIAMOND
05:40:42 VIDEOS, THEY NOW DEAL WITH THE LIKES OF HOLLYWOOD, TESLA,
05:40:47 YOU NAME IT.
05:40:48 AND BECAUSE THIS IS ALL HAPPENING, AND BECAUSE OF ALL THAT'S
05:40:54 HAPPENING IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA, GOING TO HAPPEN IN NORTH
05:40:58 TAMPA WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS.
05:41:00 THE TAMPA AREA IS GOING TO NEED VIDEO PRODUCTION PEOPLE.
05:41:06 THEY ARE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FULFILL
05:41:12 THE GROWING INDUSTRY.
05:41:13 AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THE AREA THAT
05:41:18 PROVIDES THAT TRAINING.
05:41:22 AND WITHOUT US, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK EXTERNAL.
05:41:29 SO THE REASON WHY WE ARE REQUESTING A LITTLE BIT MORE
05:41:31 FUNDING IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS
05:41:37 VIDEO AND FILM BOOM THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE
05:41:39 NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF
05:41:43 THE WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE
05:41:48 LIKE, WHICH ARE IN DIRE NEED OF VIDEOS, FOR THEM TO HAVE IN
05:41:54 THEIR MARKETING REPERTOIRE, AND OF COURSE THE NONPROFITS ARE
05:41:58 ALWAYS -- THEY ARE ALWAYS NEEDING OF OUR SERVICES.
05:42:04 SO WE ARE, I WOULD SAY, A LIFELINE AS FAR AS THE WORKFORCE.
05:42:12 AND THERE'S NOBODY ELSE THAT CAN DO WHAT WE DO.
05:42:17 SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP THE TAMPA
05:42:25 AREA GET ONBOARD WITH THIS MAJOR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, FILM
05:42:35 AND VIDEO INDUSTRY, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO BE
05:42:39 ABLE TO GET THE PROPER EQUIPMENT AND ALSO PUT IN PLACE THE
05:42:42 PROPER --
05:42:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM.
05:42:46 >> PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS.
05:42:48 I ASK YOU TO AT LEAST GET US BACK ...
05:42:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT.
05:42:55 ANYBODY ELSE?
05:42:56 >> YES, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUISE THOMPSON.
05:42:58 >> HELLO.
05:43:03 HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT EVENING.
05:43:06 YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
05:43:11 THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK.
05:43:12 AS SHE POINTED OUT, WE DO KNOW THERE'S A REAL NEED FOR
05:43:18 PEOPLE TO LEARN VIDEO PRODUCTION SERVICES, BOTH IN THE
05:43:23 NONPROFIT WORLD AND JUST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A
05:43:27 BETTER EXPERIENCE.
05:43:31 WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR GETTING US BACK IN THE
05:43:35 BUDGET AFTER A THREE-YEAR HIATUS CAUSED BY OUR FORMER MAYOR.
05:43:40 AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN CITRO AND COUNCILMAN
05:43:48 CARLSON FOR GETTING US BACK IN.
05:43:50 BUT WHEN YOU MADE THE MOTION, THE MOTION WAS TO REINSTATE US
05:43:55 BUT NOT AT THE LEVEL WE WERE AT.
05:43:57 SO IT WAS AT A LEVEL THAT --
05:44:04 WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE WITHOUT ABOUT
05:44:07 600,000 IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND HAD TO BORROW MONEY
05:44:13 FROM THE FDA, DO ALL THAT PPP BORROWING.
05:44:20 SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT A
05:44:24 WAY IN THE BUDGET TO GET US BACK TO AT LEAST THE LEVEL WE
05:44:28 WERE AT WHEN WE WERE FUNDED BY THE CITY BEFORE THE FORMER
05:44:35 MAYOR TOOK US OUT.
05:44:37 I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE
05:44:41 SUPPORTERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE
05:44:46 VERY MUCH IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND FIND SOME ROOM FOR
05:44:49 US.
05:44:50 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING.
05:44:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
05:44:56 ANYONE ELSE?
05:44:56 >>THE CLERK: THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER THAT WAS REGISTERED
05:45:00 TO SPEAK REMOTELY, CHAIR.
05:45:02 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK.
05:45:04 DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR?
05:45:06 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT, PLEASE.
05:45:14 >> THERE'S NO ONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET
05:45:16 HEARING.
05:45:17 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU.
05:45:22 MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, SIR?
05:45:24 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR.
05:45:28 PLEASE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OPERATING AND CAPITAL
05:45:33 BUDGETS.
05:45:33 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
05:45:36 SECOND BY MR. VIERA.
05:45:43 ROLL CALL VOTE.
05:45:43 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:45:47 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:45:48 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:45:49 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:45:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:45:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:45:52 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:45:54 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:45:55 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
05:46:09 MR. ROGERO?
05:46:10 >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
05:46:12 NOW WOULD BE THE SECOND ROUND OF CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND
05:46:19 COMMENT.
05:46:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND ROUND.
05:46:21 MR. VIERA.
05:46:22 >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NONE, SIR.
05:46:24 THANK YOU.
05:46:24 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO.
05:46:28 >>BILL CARLSON: NOTHING.
05:46:32 >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING.
05:46:34 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.
05:46:36 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, SIR, THANK YOU.
05:46:38 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT GOING TO BREAK IT.
05:46:40 NOTHING.
05:46:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM GOING TO BREAK IT.
05:46:46 I AM GOING TO ASK CHIEF OF STAFF, I KNOW A LOT OF NONPROFITS
05:46:51 MAKING STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THESE NONPROFITS
05:46:54 ARE ABLE TO GET FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, AND WHAT IS THE
05:46:57 CRITERIA.
05:46:58 I KNOW A LOT HAVE CALLED AND ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
05:47:01 KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO
05:47:05 OPERATE, MORE FUNDING FOR THESE NONPROFITS. CAN YOU SPEAK
05:47:08 ON THAT?
05:47:12 >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
05:47:19 THE SOCIAL ACTION, ARTS FUND, MR. ROGERO'S OFFICE, MR.
05:47:21 PERRY'S OFFICE, PUTS A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET THAT SUPPORTS
05:47:25 NONPROFITS, AND SPECIFICALLY WE ARE TRYING TO BRING A LEVEL
05:47:29 OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A
05:47:34 CITY ARE GETTING THE DELIVERABLES FROM THE NONPROFITS THAT
05:47:38 ALIGN WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S
05:47:42 STRATEGIC PLAN.
05:47:43 AND LAST YEAR, WE BELIEVE IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
05:47:47 EVERYBODY THAT HISTORICALLY RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE ACCOUNT
05:47:55 APPLIED AND FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS VERY WELL.
05:47:58 THE OFFICE HAS THAT LIST.
05:48:01 BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS TO OPEN IT UP TO OPPORTUNITIES
05:48:05 FOR NEW NONPROFITS TO DO GOOD IN THE CITY, AND ALL THE
05:48:09 SOCIOECONOMIC AVENUES OF NONPROFIT WORK.
05:48:13 SO THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH
05:48:19 THE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET WHERE ANY NONPROFIT OPERATING
05:48:22 UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES IS DESCRIBED, AND GET WHAT'S CALLED A
05:48:27 LOGIC FORM, VERY EASY ONE-PAGE FORM, AND THEN ALL WE DO IS
05:48:32 ASK FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE REQUESTED
05:48:35 DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS HINGED ON THE
05:48:40 BUCKET OF DOLLARS BEING DISTRIBUTED AND PARSED OUT FAIRLY,
05:48:45 AND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL GOES TO THOSE NONPROFITS AND
05:48:51 THAT HISTORICALLY RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, BUT AGAIN WHAT WE ARE
05:48:53 LOOKING FOR IS ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE ABILITY TO OFFER MORE
05:48:56 OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHER NONPROFITS, AND WE EXPECT DURING
05:49:01 FISCAL YEAR 22 TO IMPROVE UPON THIS PROCESS, GET MORE
05:49:05 VOICES, MORE INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM, OCEA WYNN WORKING ON
05:49:12 SOME OF THOSE INCLUSION AND EQUITY PROCESSES, SO WE ARE
05:49:15 HOPING IN 2022 WE CAN MAKE MORE REFINEMENTS BUT THIS YEAR
05:49:20 WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO
05:49:23 THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS' OFFICE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE
05:49:27 THAT ANY NONPROFITS GET THAT FORM TO FILL OUT, AND WE WILL
05:49:31 MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEB.
05:49:34 >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR.
05:49:41 MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM?
05:49:43 >>DENNIS ROGERO: DID YOU NEED A BREAK?
05:49:51 >>ORLANDO GUDES: NO, NO BREAK.
05:49:52 >> I APOLOGIZE. I MISUNDERSTOOD.
05:49:52 IN THAT CASE, WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR PLEASE READ THE MILLAGE
05:49:55 RATE RESOLUTION?
05:49:57 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: MILLAGE RATE RESOLUTION. THE RESOLUTION
05:49:59 LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF SIX AND TWO THOUSAND, 76
05:50:05 TEN THOUSANDTHS 6.2076 MILLS UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL
05:50:09 TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
05:50:13 2022, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY
05:50:17 SUCH MILLAGE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
05:50:18 >> SECOND.
05:50:23 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO.
05:50:24 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY. IF THE FINANCE CHAIR COULD
05:50:27 READ IT IN ITS ENTIRETY.
05:50:28 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:50:29 I WAS INTERRUPTED SO I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF.
05:50:32 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
05:50:35 FLORIDA, SECTION 1, THAT AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 6.2076
05:50:45 MILLS TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AS FIXED IN THE
05:50:48 RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF
05:50:51 TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND
05:50:56 ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE
05:51:01 MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS HEREBY
05:51:04 LEVIED AS PROVIDED BY LAW ON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
05:51:10 TAXABLE FOR THE PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA.
05:51:12 SECTION 2, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK AS THE PROPER
05:51:17 AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE DULY AUTHORIZED TO
05:51:20 EMPOWER AND DIRECT TO CERTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF
05:51:24 HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED ON
05:51:27 ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA,
05:51:31 FLORIDA TO WIT: 7.2076 MILLS WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK OF
05:51:39 5.9367 MILLS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 200.0651 OF THE FLORIDA
05:51:49 STATUTES BY 4.56% TO LEVY --
05:51:53 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU.
05:51:56 MR. SHELBY?
05:52:00 >> I'M SORRY, MR. MIRANDA, COULD YOU REPEAT, PLEASE, AFTER
05:52:03 THE LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECTION 2, TO WIT,
05:52:06 SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBER OF MILLS AND TAKE IT FROM THERE,
05:52:09 PLEASE?
05:52:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN SECTION 2?
05:52:13 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IN SECTION 2 WHERE IT SAYS "TO WIT."
05:52:16 AND THEN 6 --
05:52:18 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: TO WIT: 6.2076 MILLS WHICH EXCEEDS THE
05:52:23 ROLLBACK RATE OF 5.9367 MILLS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 200.0651
05:52:32 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES BY 4.56 AND TO LEVY -- TO REQUEST A
05:52:36 LEVY OF MILLAGE AS SET FORTH UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL
05:52:39 PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AS ABOVE SET FORTH, IN
05:52:44 ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS
05:52:48 OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
05:52:49 SECTION 3, THAT ALL PROPER OFFICES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
05:52:54 FLORIDA, ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND
05:52:58 PROPER IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT TO MAKE EFFECTIVE THE TERMS AND
05:53:02 CONDITIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION WHICH SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
05:53:05 IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION.
05:53:07 >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT, SECONDED
05:53:17 BY MR -- MR. MIRANDA.
05:53:20 ROLL CALL.
05:53:21 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, IF MR. MIRANDA CAN STATE THE
05:53:26 MOTION ITSELF FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MILLAGE RATE.
05:53:30 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE
05:53:33 MILLAGE RATE.
05:53:34 >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS STATED ON THE PAGE 5, THE TOP OF PAGE
05:53:38 5, NUMBER 11, PLEASE.
05:53:40 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL RIGHT.
05:53:42 LET ME READ THAT IN TOTAL.
05:53:46 ITEM 11, TO MOVE AN ADOPTED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS
05:53:51 WHICH IS 4.56 MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE RATE OF 5.9367
05:53:56 MILLS FOR THE PROPERTY TAX FUND WHICH ARE USED TO SUPPORT
05:53:59 THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA,
05:54:02 FLORIDA.
05:54:05 >> SECOND.
05:54:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT.
05:54:07 MR. CITRO SECONDS IT.
05:54:09 ROLL CALL.
05:54:10 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:54:13 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:54:15 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:54:16 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:54:16 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:54:17 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:54:18 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:54:20 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:54:20 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM?
05:54:23 >>DENNIS ROGERO: CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET.
05:54:33 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR HIM.
05:54:35 >>ORLANDO GUDES: COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF, SIR?
05:54:38 >>DENNIS ROGERO: ABSOLUTELY.
05:54:40 WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR PLEASE PROVIDE THE SECOND READING OF
05:54:42 THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 CITY OF TAMPA
05:54:46 BUDGET?
05:54:47 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 11.
05:54:51 >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY, THAT IS THE ITEM NUMBER 13.
05:54:53 I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MR. MIRANDA.
05:54:55 JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, BY YOUR VOTE YOU HAVE TAKEN
05:54:59 CARE OF ITEM NUMBER 3.
05:55:00 YOU ARE AT ITEM NUMBER 4 ON THE AGENDA FOR THOSE WHO ARE
05:55:03 FOLLOWING.
05:55:05 NUMBER 13, MR. MIRANDA.
05:55:07 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, ORDINANCE
05:55:12 ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1,
05:55:16 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY
05:55:22 AS PROVIDED BY LAW ON THE TAX OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF
05:55:27 TAMPA, AND FIXING THE MILLAGE WITHIN THE CITY MAKING
05:55:32 APPROPRIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID
05:55:36 BUDGET, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK,
05:55:40 AS THE PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, TO CERTIFY
05:55:44 TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
05:55:47 THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED ON ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
05:55:51 2022, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
05:55:54 >> SECOND.
05:55:57 >>LUIS VIERA: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT.
05:55:58 MR. CITRO SECONDED IT.
05:55:59 ROLL CALL.
05:56:00 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:56:01 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:56:02 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:56:03 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:56:04 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:56:05 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:56:06 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:56:07 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:56:08 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM?
05:56:13 >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION TO
05:56:16 ADOPT THE OPERATING ANNUAL BUDGET AND VOTE?
05:56:19 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION?
05:56:21 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
05:56:22 >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO.
05:56:25 SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA.
05:56:26 ALL IN FAVOR?
05:56:28 ROLL CALL VOTE.
05:56:29 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:56:33 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:56:34 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:56:34 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:56:37 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:56:38 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:56:39 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:56:39 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:56:40 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, SIR?
05:56:45 >> WILL CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A CAPITAL
05:56:48 IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET RESOLUTION AND VOTE?
05:56:50 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED.
05:56:52 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED, SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
05:56:54 >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE AGENDA, THAT
05:56:57 IS NUMBER 5 ON THE AGENDA.
05:56:58 THANK YOU.
05:56:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. MR. CITRO SECONDED
05:57:01 IT. ROLL CALL.
05:57:03 >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES.
05:57:07 >>BILL CARLSON: YES.
05:57:08 >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES.
05:57:09 >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES.
05:57:10 >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES.
05:57:11 >>LUIS VIERA: YES.
05:57:12 >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES.
05:57:13 >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
05:57:14 >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, MR. ROGERO?
05:57:19 >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL THE CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION
05:57:21 TO CLOSE?
05:57:23 >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIR.
05:57:24 I'M SORRY.
05:57:25 I APPRECIATE THAT.
05:57:26 I JUST WANT TO ASK, IF YOU CAN, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, IF YOU
05:57:29 COULD MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR ACTUALLY
05:57:33 A MOTION TO RECEIVE -- CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A MOTION
05:57:36 TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
05:57:37 ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN, I'M SORRY, MAKE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE
05:57:40 AND FILE BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
05:57:43 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT.
05:57:46 MR. VIERA SECONDED.
05:57:48 ALL IN FAVOR?
05:57:49 ANY OPPOSED?
05:57:50 MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. MIRANDA.
05:57:53 MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT.
05:57:54 ALL IN FAVOR?
05:57:55 ANY OPPOSED?
05:57:56 >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOW A MOTION THEN TO ADJOURN.
05:57:59 >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO ADJOURN.
05:58:02 MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA.
05:58:03 SECOND BY MR. CITRO.
05:58:04 ALL IN FAVOR?
05:58:05 ANY OPPOSED?
05:58:05 >> CAN I DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT?
05:58:14 >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD BE CAREFUL TO OPEN THE DOOR. IF
05:58:16 IT HAS TO BE DONE TODAY AS OPPOSED TO WAITING TILL THURSDAY.
05:58:16 THIS IS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE
05:58:18 BUDGET.
05:58:18 AN ANNOUNCEMENT?
05:58:20 NOTHING?
05:58:21 OKAY.
05:58:21 THANK YOU.
05:58:21 >> WE ARE ADJOURNED.
05:58:24 [MEETING ADJOURNED.]
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