TAMPA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
MONDAY, MAY 22, 2023, 9:00 A.M.
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9:02:16AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
9:02:17AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
9:02:19AM I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS SPECIAL-CALLED MEETING TO ORDER ON
9:02:22AM MAY 22, 9 A.M.
9:02:23AM CAN WE HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
9:02:24AM >>BILL CARLSON: HERE.
9:02:25AM >>LYNN HURTAK: HERE.
9:02:26AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: HERE.
9:02:27AM >>GWEN HENDERSON: PRESENT.
9:02:29AM >>THE CLERK: VIERA? MIRANDA?
9:02:30AM >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE.
9:02:31AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HERE.
9:02:32AM >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM.
9:02:34AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:02:34AM WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
9:02:36AM IF WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, YOU
9:02:38AM HAVE THREE MINUTES.
9:02:39AM ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?
9:02:40AM DO WE HAVE ANYBODY REGISTERED?
9:02:42AM >>THE CLERK: NO ONE IS REGISTERED.
9:02:43AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:02:44AM WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE ITEM, I BELIEVE, MR. ROGERO.
9:02:55AM >>DENNIS ROGERO: GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.
9:02:56AM THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.
9:02:58AM DENNIS ROGERO, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.
9:03:01AM I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF SOME OF YOU.
9:03:03AM THANK YOU FOR THAT ALSO.
9:03:04AM WE'RE ASKING TO TAKE A $20 MILLION -- OR MAKE A $20 MILLION
9:03:07AM DECISION TODAY ON THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION YOU HAVE IN FRONT
9:03:09AM OF YOU.
9:03:10AM I HAVE ONE OR TWO ELMO SLIDES THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.
9:03:15AM BUT IN A NUTSHELL, AS DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE IN WASHINGTON
9:03:19AM ABOUT THE DEBT CEILING AND THE FEDERAL BUDGET, MORE AND MORE
9:03:23AM WE ARE HEARING AND OTHER LOCALITIES ARE HEARING THAT IT'S
9:03:27AM LIKELY THERE WILL BE AN ATTEMPT TO TAKE BACK -- THEY CALL IT
9:03:30AM A CLAWBACK -- THE UNOBLIGATED FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THE
9:03:34AM AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA FUNDING.
9:03:36AM AND MOREOVER, IF THEY DO THAT, THERE IS UNLIKELY TO BE A
9:03:40AM GRACE PERIOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
9:03:42AM IF THEY DO THAT, AS SOON AS THE PRESIDENT SIGNS THE
9:03:45AM DOCUMENT, IT WILL TAKE IMMEDIATE EFFECT.
9:03:47AM WE HAVE ABOUT $20 MILLION OF OUR $80 MILLION UNOBLIGATED AT
9:03:51AM THIS TIME.
9:03:52AM SO ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OBLIGATED.
9:03:55AM AS WE TALK TO OTHER LOCALITIES, AS WE TALK TO GOVERNMENT
9:03:58AM EXPERTS, THAT'S A VERY GOOD ACCELERATED PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT
9:04:02AM WE WANT.
9:04:03AM WE WANT TO GET THE MONEY.
9:04:05AM WE WANT TO GET IT OUT THE DOOR, BUT WE STILL HAVE THAT
9:04:07AM $20 MILLION, IN MY MIND, IN OUR MIND, RISK AS TO WHERE ARE
9:04:12AM THEY GOING TO LAND UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
9:04:13AM THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS
9:04:18AM RELATIVELY COMPLEX.
9:04:19AM THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INTER AND INTRAFUND TRANSFERS.
9:04:23AM THAT'S GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING FOR YOU.
9:04:26AM THAT'S WHY I HAVE A TEAM OF VERY, VERY SHARP PEOPLE TO MAKE
9:04:30AM SURE EACH DOLLAR IS GOING AND COMING FROM WHERE IT SHOULD.
9:04:35AM BUT I HAVE A SUMMATION SLIDE HERE WHICH MAY SIMPLIFY THINGS
9:04:45AM FOR YOU.
9:04:45AM ALL RIGHT.
9:04:52AM THANK YOU VERY MUCH WHOEVER IS ADJUSTING THAT.
9:04:54AM I APPRECIATE THAT.
9:04:55AM YOU SEE AT THE TOP, THIS WAS THE PLAN.
9:04:58AM $20 MILLION OF EXPENDITURES.
9:05:01AM AGAIN, IN KEEPING WITH THE $80 MILLION PLAN COUNCIL ADOPTED
9:05:04AM AFTER WE RECEIVED THE FUNDING ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.
9:05:07AM WE WERE TALKING IN PREPARATION OF THIS FINANCIAL RESOLUTION,
9:05:12AM YOU KNOW, IN SCUBA DIVING, THEY TELL YOU TO PLAN THE DIVE
9:05:16AM AND DIVE THE PLAN.
9:05:17AM THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE DOING.
9:05:18AM THEY APPEAR TO BE CHANGING THE PLAN, OR ABOUT TO CHANGE THE
9:05:21AM PLAN, UP AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, SO WE FEEL WE NEED TO.
9:05:25AM $20 MILLION, THE OLD PLAN AT THE TOP, WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS
9:05:28AM TO SIMPLY TAKE THAT $20 MILLION AND USE THE ARPA FUNDING YOU
9:05:33AM SEE ON THE BOTTOM FOR POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE SALARIES THAT
9:05:36AM HAVE BEEN EXPENSED ALREADY IN THIS FISCAL YEAR.
9:05:40AM THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY OBLIGATE THAT $20 MILLION.
9:05:42AM AND THEN THE $20 MILLION WE WERE GOING TO SPEND ON THOSE
9:05:46AM ITEMS WE'LL TAKE FROM GENERAL REVENUES.
9:05:49AM SO IT'S A DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR SWAP, BUT IT OBLIGATES THAT
9:05:53AM FUNDING.
9:05:54AM THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT IN A NUTSHELL.
9:05:59AM AGAIN, I RECOGNIZE THE FINANCIAL RESOLUTION IS VERY COMPLEX,
9:06:01AM AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAS.
9:06:04AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME?
9:06:05AM NO.
9:06:06AM WE THANK YOU FOR -- YES, SIR.
9:06:09AM >>BILL CARLSON: MARTY, WE JUST PASSED THIS RULE NOT LONG AGO
9:06:13AM THAT WE HAVE TO READ A $20 MILLION OR ABOVE ITEM TWICE.
9:06:18AM I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WOULD DO, BUT I WOULD MAKE A
9:06:22AM MOTION THAT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE TO WAIVE THAT RULE.
9:06:25AM >> SECOND.
9:06:28AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUSTIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING TO
9:06:30AM COUNCIL.
9:06:30AM IT HASN'T BEEN ADOPTED YET BY ORDINANCE.
9:06:31AM >> YES.
9:06:31AM JUSTIN VASKE, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY.
9:06:34AM SECOND READING IS ON THURSDAY, SO IT HASN'T BEEN ENACTED
9:06:38AM YET.
9:06:40AM >>MARTIN SHELBY: BUT IF YOU WISH TO DO THAT, JUST TO BE
9:06:42AM CLEAR THAT YOU'RE WAIVING YOUR PREVIOUS POLICY THAT HAS NOT
9:06:46AM YET TAKEN EFFECT.
9:06:46AM >>BILL CARLSON: YEAH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE GO AHEAD AND
9:06:49AM DO THAT, IF WE COULD.
9:06:49AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER
9:06:51AM CARLSON.
9:06:51AM WHO WAS THE SECOND?
9:06:53AM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON WITH THE SECOND.
9:06:55AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:06:55AM >> AYE.
9:06:56AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: THAT WAIVES THE RULE JUST TO BE SAFE.
9:06:58AM WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO THEN MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS
9:07:01AM RESOLUTION?
9:07:03AM >> SO MOVED.
9:07:03AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HURTAK.
9:07:06AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:07:10AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:07:10AM AYE.
9:07:10AM ANY OPPOSED?
9:07:11AM I KNOW WE DON'T TAKE NEW BUSINESS, BUT THIS IS JUST A
9:07:15AM FORMALITY HERE TODAY.
9:07:17AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, IF I CAN HAND THE GAVEL TO
9:07:20AM YOU.
9:07:21AM IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE AGENDA.
9:07:23AM I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SCHEDULE STAFF TO PRESENT
9:07:25AM THE MIDYEAR BUDGET REVIEW FOR THIS THURSDAY'S WORKSHOP
9:07:28AM SESSION, THAT IT BE ADDED TO THE FINAL AGENDA.
9:07:30AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
9:07:32AM IS THERE A SECOND?
9:07:32AM >> SECOND.
9:07:33AM >>ALAN CLENDENIN: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
9:07:35AM OPPOSED?
9:07:36AM MOTION PASSES.
9:07:37AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: ALL RIGHT.
9:07:38AM MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FILE.
9:07:39AM >> SO MOVED.
9:07:40AM >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: SO MOVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA.
9:07:42AM SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER HENDERSON.
9:07:44AM ALL IN FAVOR?
9:07:45AM AYE.
9:07:46AM WE ARE ADJOURNED.
9:07:46AM THANK YOU.
9:07:47AM [ SOUNDING GAVEL ]
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