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IT IS 6:00 PM WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD TO ORDER.
UM, THIS MEETING'S BEEN NOTICED APPROPRIATELY BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UH, WILL RISE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER.
IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE PLAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BRAVING THE WONDERFUL WEATHER.
TONIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO PULL OUT TO DISCUSS? THERE BEING NONE? THEN WE'LL NOTE EVERYTHING AS RECORDED.
UM, FIRST UP, WE HAVE PERSONAL APPEARANCES.
WE HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE.
OH, I SHOULD NOTE WE'RE ALL HERE.
AND SUPERVISOR MARY IS OVERSEAS.
I'M SHERIFF HIL, DO YOU HAVE WORDS TO PRESENT? ARE YOU GONNA TELL THE STORY? I HOPE SO.
WHAT? SAID NO? SO THIS, THIS STEMS OUT FROM A TIP THAT, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, THIS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.
WELL, VALENTINE'S DAY, THE WEEK OF, UH, OF VALENTINE'S DAY, UM, THE, UH, THE, THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP FROM, UH, IT'S PASSED ON THROUGH, UH, IT CAME FROM ACTUALLY OUT OF THE COUNTRY IN CANADA.
AND THIS INDIVIDUAL REPORTED TO SANDY HOOK, UM, IN, IN, UH, IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE, THE COUNTRY.
AND THAT IN THE SANDY HOOK THEN REPORTED IT TO THE F-B-I-F-B, I REPORTED TO THE STATE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, STATE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REACHED OUT TO US AND, UH, TOLD US ABOUT THIS POTENTIAL ACT OF THREAT THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR, UH, ON VALENTINE'S DAY.
UM, BUT, UH, AND THIS, I THINK THIS WAS MAYBE LIKE A SUNDAY NIGHT, MONDAY MORNING THAT WE WERE ALERTED TO IT.
AND, UH, SO, UH, OUR STAFF TOOK IT VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY, UM, RIGHT FROM THE START.
UM, AND WE, WE ASSIGNED DETECTIVES TO IT THAT WORKED THROUGH THE NIGHT AND WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, UH, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO SECURE A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A RESIDENCE IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON.
UH, THE TOWN OF ADDISON CAME INTO PLAY, IS, UM, THE ANONYMOUS INFORMANT MISTAKENLY GAVE THE, UH, SANDY HOOK AND THE FBI, THE INCORRECT SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT.
UM, THERE WAS A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE CHIT-CHATTING ON SNAPCHAT AND DISCORD, WHICH IS ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA POST OR, UH, PLATFORM, AND, UH, UM, INADVERTENTLY GAVE THE WRONG SUSPECT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UM, SO, UM, WE DEVELOPED, UH, SOME, UH, SOME INFORMATION OF WHO RESIDES AT THE IP ADDRESS.
AT THE, THE RESIDENCE IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, UM, WAS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, A YOUNG FEMALE, UM, THAT WE BELIEVE WAS THE INITIAL SUSPECT.
WE EXECUTED A, A SEARCH WARRANT ON THE RESIDENCE, UH, THAT WENT, UH, UH, WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT INCIDENTS.
AND, UH, DURING THE INVESTIGATION, THERE WAS, THERE WAS VERY CONCERNING THINGS THAT CAME UP ABOUT THE, THE YOUNG LADY IN THE TOWN OF ADDISON, UM, THINGS THAT SHE HAD IN HER BEDROOM AND, AND SOME OF THE MEMENTOS AND, AND VERY CONCERNING THINGS.
BUT WE VERY QUICKLY LEARNED THAT IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY THE SUSPECT, UH, THAT, UH, WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED WITH THE, THAT WAS MAKING THE, THE ACT OF THREATS.
SO THEN OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU REACHED OUT TO SANDY HOOK, WHO GOT A HOLD OF THE INFORMANT IN CANADA, AND WE STARTED A LIVE CHAT WITH THE INFORMANT IN CANADA WITH THE ACTUAL SUSPECT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE OBTAINED THE PICTURES OF THE AMMUNITION, UM, THE TACTICAL VESTS, THE, THE MAGAZINES AND INFORMATION THAT, UH, UM, THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL HAD ACCESS TO HER FATHER'S, UH, SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLE.
SO ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD THE RIGHT SNAPCHAT ACCOUNT, THEN, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY
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A, UH, A INDIVIDUAL THAT RESIDED OUTSIDE OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA IN A SUBURB.WE GOT THE FBI INVOLVED IN THAT.
UH, AND, UH, THEY THEN EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT AND FOUND THE, THE, UH, THE AMMUNITION AND THE, THE, UM, THE MAGAZINES AND ATTACKED THE LITTLE VEST THAT, UH, THAT WE HAD PICTURES OF.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY AVERTED A TRAGEDY.
UM, ALL THINGS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT, THAT IT DID.
UM, BUT ALL I KNOW IS THAT THERE'S A, A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF, UH, SOUTHERN, UH, INDIANAPOLIS THAT IS, THAT WAS BREATHING A SIGH OF RELIEF.
UM, AND IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT, UH, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH, UH, ANY GIVEN CALL, UM, HOW THIS ONE JUST DEVELOPED, UH, AND, AND HAD THAT NATIONAL, UH, IMPLICATIONS.
I WANTED EVERYBODY TO HEAR ABOUT IT BECAUSE YOUR DEPARTMENT DESERVES A LOT OF CREDIT FOR ALL YOU DO.
WE HAVE A COMMENDATION, WHICH THE CLERK WILL READ, WHEREAS MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND DISPATCH CENTER REACTED PROMPTLY TO INFORMATION FROM AN ANONYMOUS TIPSTER REGARDING A THREAT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTING, WORKING TOGETHER TO ENSURE NOT ONLY THE SAFETY OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THAT OF AN OUT-OF-STATE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS A 19-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT FROM THE TOWN OF ADDISON WAS PLACED UNDER SURVEILLANCE, A SEARCH WARRANT WAS CONDUCTED BY THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL SWAT TEAM AND DETECTIVES WERE ABLE TO CONNECT HER TO THE SUSPECT IN INDIANA, WHO ADMITTED TO PLOTTING A SCHOOL SHOOTING ON VALENTINE'S DAY, POSSESSING WEAPONS, LOADED MAGAZINES, AND A TACTICAL VEST, ALONG WITH NUMEROUS PHOTOS OF PAST SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN HER BEDROOM.
AND WHEREAS THROUGH THEIR THOROUGH INVESTIGATION AND PERSISTENT FOLLOW-UP WITH OTHER AGENCIES, THEY THWARTED A POTENTIAL SCHOOL SHOOTING IN INDIANA.
AND WHEREAS SHERIFF MALT, UH, MARTIN SCHULTE SAID AN ABSOLUTE CATASTROPHE WAS THWARTED BECAUSE THIS TIPSTER CAME FORWARD.
AND AS I THINK ABOUT THE GRAVITY OF THIS INVESTIGATION AND WHAT HORRIFIC OUTCOMES COULD HAVE OCCURRED, I CANNOT HELP BUT BE HUMBLED BY THE DEDICATION AND PERFORMANCE OF MY STAFF THAT COMMITTED TO THE INVESTIGATION FROM THE MOMENT THE TIP CAME IN TO DISPATCH.
AND WHEREAS THEIR RELENTLESS INVESTIGATION AND ACTIONS TO PROCESS EVIDENCE AVERTED A NATIONAL TRAGEDY, ULTIMATELY SAVING LIVES.
AND NOW THEREFORE, WE JOSH SHOWMAN, WASHINGTON COUNTY EXECUTIVE, AND JEFFREY SCH, LIFE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR, DO HEREBY COMMEND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THEIR ASTUTE HANDLING OF INFORMATION ON A VIABLE SCHOOL SHOOTING THREAT, AND FOR THEIR DAILY CONTRIBUTIONS TO KEEP OUR, OUR GREAT COMMUNITY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY SAFE.
I'LL ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF, UH, OF YOUR SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND THE, THE STAFF THAT DID THAT.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR SURE.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RESOLUTION ONE COMMENDATION OF JAMES HADER, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, SCHWAB SUPERVISOR CALING.
UM, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB IS A FRIEND OF MR. HADER, SO HE'S REQUESTED TO READ THE COMMENDATION HIMSELF, WHEREAS JAMES HADER HAS CONTRIBUTED 28 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS JAMES HADER HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND JAMES HADER FOR HIS 28 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HERE WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS
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RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO JAMES HADER AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.COME ON UP AND WE HAVE A MEMENTO FOR YOU.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION TWO COMMENDATION OF WILLIAM NEH MOTION.
SUPERVISOR GALL, SUPERVISOR TOMA.
WHEREAS WILLIAM NEHA HAS CONTRIBUTED 26 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, AND WHEREAS WILLIAM NEHA HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF DEPUTY SHERIFF WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND WILLIAM NEHA FOR HIS 26 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HERE WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO WILLIAM NEHA AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.
NEXT UP, RESOLUTION THREE COMMENDATION OF GARY PITO, SUPERVISOR CHADRON SUPERVISOR PRIDE MORE
WE DON'T TALK EVERY DAY, WHEREAS GARY PITO HAS CONTRIBUTED 27 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS GARY PITO HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF LABOR OPERATOR, PATROL PERSON WITH THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND GARY PITO FOR HIS 27 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, THIS BODY DOES HEAR WITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO GARY PITO AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.
AND OUR LAST COMMENDATION IS ROBERT SCHMID.
MOTION IS SECOND SUPERVISOR, BOSER SUPERVISOR SALK.
WHEREAS ROBERT SCHMIDT HAS CONTRIBUTED 23 YEARS OF LOYAL SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS ROBERT SCHMIDT HAS CHOSEN TO RETIRE FROM HIS PRESENT POSITION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR WITH THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS PAUSE IN ITS DELIBERATIONS TO PAY TRIBUTE AND TO COMMEND ROBERT SCHMID FOR HIS 23 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAN ON BEHALF OF ALL CITIZENS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
THIS BODY DOES HEREWITH EXTEND TO HIM HEARTFELT THANKS FOR AS MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SUCCESSES BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE FORWARDED TO ROBERT SCHMID AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION ON THE PART OF THIS BOARD.
WE'VE GOT OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GOING OUT THE DOOR, SO HOPE WE HAVE WORTHY APPLICANTS FILLING THOSE JOBS.
UM, NEXT UP, RESOLUTION FIVE IS AN
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ADVISORY RESOLUTION URGING GOVERNOR EVERS AND THE WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY COURTS.I'D LIKE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
SUPERVISOR SCH SUPERVISOR SCHWAB, ANY DISCUSSION? WE VOTE ELECTRONICALLY, RIGHT? WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
OH, DID YOU LIKE WHAT SPEED SUPERVISOR GALL? YEAH.
I JUST CURIOUS, I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE PACKET.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING FROM THE WCA AND THEIR ADVISORY OF WHAT THE IMPACT TO COUNTIES WOULD BE IF THAT $70 MILLION WOULD BE REALLOCATED FROM OTHER EXPENSES OR WHERE DO THEY EXPECT A REVENUE TO COME FROM? I, I'M IN FAVOR OF IT.
I THINK IT'S A, A GRAND IDEA, BUT THERE'S GOT, THERE'S A COST TO THAT.
SO DO THEY ADVISE WHERE IT'S COMING FROM? I DID NOT SEE THAT.
WELL, THE STATE HAS A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET SURPLUS AT THIS POINT, SO I THINK THEY COULD FIND IT IN THAT FOUR POINT SOMETHING BILLION.
I MEAN, FOR SUCCESS OF YEARS, THERE'D HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUED FUNDING.
'CAUSE THERE'S A GIVE AND TAKE.
SO THE PLAN WAS ORIGINALLY THAT THE COURTS AND THE COUNTIES WOULD SHARE THE COST OF RUNNING THE COURT SYSTEM.
AND THAT HAS GONE FROM 50 50 DOWN TO LIKE 20% THEM AND 80% US.
SO, UM, FOR US IT MEANS OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET.
SO IT'S NOT FOR US TO WORRY WHERE THE STATE'S GONNA GET IT.
I, I THINK WE JUST WOULD LIKE THE STATE TO HOLD UP THEIR END OF THE BARGAIN.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE A GROUP OF RESOLUTIONS ABOUT SHARING GIS SERVICES WITH THE VARIOUS, UH, MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY INFORMED US AN EXECUTIVE THAT WE COULD GROUP THEM ALL TOGETHER AND I'D LIKE TO DO THAT TONIGHT IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR KEL, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR BOSER.
UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE ON SEPARATELY? OKAY, WE CAN VOTE ON THEM.
WELL, IF NO ONE WANTS TO PULL ANY OF 'EM OUT, WE'LL JUST VOTE ON 'EM ALL AT ONCE.
SO AGAIN, WE'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
UM, THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE AS WELL.
SO THAT GETS US TO RESOLUTION 11, WHICH IS THE 2024 CARRYOVER, UM, ITEM.
SO, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
SO AARON, UH, YOU CAN EXPLAIN.
UM, THIS IS OUR ANNUAL CARRYOVER PROCESS.
BASICALLY, IF THERE ARE UNFINISHED PROJECTS OR OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT, UM, THAT, THAT DIDN'T OCCUR IN 24, UH, WE CARRY THAT MONEY OVER INTO 25 THROUGH THIS ACTION.
UM, THE LIST OF THINGS HERE ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE THINGS YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
UM, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS SIMILAR TO THE PAST.
UH, A LARGE PORTION OF THESE ARE NGHH AND H AND, UH, EMS AND FIRE GRANTS THAT ACCOUNTS FOR 70 PLUS PERCENT OF THE DOLLARS YOU SEE HERE.
UM, SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, BUT JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, JUST WANTED TO KINDA GIVE A BACKGROUND.
ANYONE WISH TO ASK A QUESTION OR DISCUSS? OKAY.
THIS IS A TWO THIRDS REQUIREMENT TO VOTE.
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AYE.OUR NEXT RESOLUTION IS NUMBER 12 FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN GOING FORWARD.
ANY DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD, AARON.
UM, $33 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS ACROSS THE COMING BIENNIUM.
UH, SO I THINK THIS DESERVES A LITTLE BIT OF OF DISCUSSION HERE.
UM, I WANTED TO START SORT OF THE WAY, UM, THAT THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE STARTED AT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY TO GIVE A SORT OF AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE AT THE BUDGET IN THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND SO THIS ADOPTING THIS CIP IS OUR FIRST MAJOR STEP IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
UM, THAT'LL GET WRAPPED UP LATER THIS FALL.
YOU'VE SEEN PROJECTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS AT THE STANDING COMMITTEES THAT YOU SIT ON.
UH, THE EXECUTIVE'S OFFICE AND THE BUDGET TEAM HAVE PACKAGED ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER INTO THE PLAN YOU'RE SEEING TODAY.
UH, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAS SEEN IT.
AND, AND NOW HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, UH, TO CONSIDER THE, THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE OVERALL CIP.
UM, THE YEARS WE'RE FOCUSED ON HERE, UH, ARE ARE GENERALLY 26 AND 27, RIGHT? THAT'S THE BIENNIUM WE'RE, WE'RE COMING INTO.
THAT'S THE BIENNIUM WE NEED TO FUND.
AND WE'RE, I'LL NOTE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE'VE PUT ON HERE, SORT OF IN THE OUT YEARS TO KEEP THEM AND PUT THEM ON OUR COLLECTIVE RADARS.
UM, FOR, FOR PRIORITY SETTING.
UM, THERE'S AN EXHIBIT, UH, EXHIBIT A.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE RESOLUTION.
IT'S JUST SORT OF A SUMMARY TABLE, UH, OF, OF THE CIP ITSELF.
UM, BUT THE, THE INFORMATION I'D I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE VERY BOTTOM SECTION, UH, SALES TAX ESTIMATES AND ALLOCATION.
UM, IN THERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE SPLIT THE SALES TAX BETWEEN THE CIP AND THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT, THAT THIS, THIS CIP PROPOSES 55.5% OF THE SALES TAX BEING PROJECTED TO GO INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, THE BUDGET WE'RE IN TODAY, UH, THAT NUMBER IS 52%.
SO WE ARE SHIFTING, UH, SALES TAX DOLLARS INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, THAT PERCENT INCREASE BASICALLY GETS US ABOUT $660,000 OF NEW REVENUE INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, THE, AND AGAIN, THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE UPDATED THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, UM, IN MARCH.
UM, AND WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, POTENTIALLY EVEN ANOTHER AGENDA ITEM COMING UP HERE SOON TO TALK ABOUT, UM, OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND HOW THE STATE AND OTHER BUDGET PROCESSES MIGHT IMPACT OURS.
BUT, UM, JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A FLAVOR FOR WHAT THE EXEC SHARED WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, UM, WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT STATE BUDGET, UM, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF THEM NOT HAVING ONE IN TIME FOR US TO BUILD OUR OWN BUDGET.
UM, SCHOOLS ARE A BIG DRIVER OF THE TIMELINE FOR THE STATE.
UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BACK TO THE, THE 400 YEAR LINE ITEM VETO THAT SORT OF, UH, INDICATED WHERE THE, THE STATE REVENUE LIMITS.
UM, BASICALLY THE, THE, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE USUALLY FOCUSED ON THAT NUMBER THAT'S IN THE STATE BUDGET.
AND THEY'RE HOUNDING THEM TO GET THE STATE BUDGET DONE IN THE SUMMER SO THAT THEY CAN BUILD THEIR BUDGETS ON THE SCHOOL SIDE IN THE FALL.
WELL, NOW THAT THAT'S NUMBER IS, NOW THAT THAT NUMBER IS KNOWN, THAT SENSE OF URGENCY IS NOT THERE AS AS MUCH.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY STILL WANT A BUDGET, BUT, UM, THE SENSE OF URGENCY SOMEWHAT LESS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT COULD TRICKLE INTO THE STATE BUDGET ITSELF AS WELL.
SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME TIMING CONCERNS FROM THEM ON THAT SIDE.
UM, ALSO, SO I THINK THE SHIFT IN THE SALES TAX REPRESENTS US, YOU KNOW, HEDGING AGAINST, UH, SOME OF, SOME OF THOSE UNKNOWNS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE KNOW OUR COST TO CONTINUE JUST TO CONTINUE EXISTING OPERATIONS IS ABOUT 1.4, $1.5 MILLION PER YEAR.
SO THIS SALES TAX SHIFT GETS US JUST UNDER HALF OF THAT AMOUNT.
WE ALSO KNOW THAT HYPOTHETICALLY IN NET NEW CONSTRUCTION WOULD GET US SOMEWHERE IN THAT SAME BALLPARK.
SO AT THAT POINT, WE'RE ALMOST THERE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF FORWARD THINKING AND PLANNING ABOUT, ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK, MIGHT, WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
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THAT 1.4, 1.5 MILLION DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION.UM, IT DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER PRIORITY ITEMS EITHER.
SO AS WE START TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE, UM, PERMANENT FIRE AND EMS FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? THINGS LIKE THAT AREN'T BAKED INTO THAT $1.4 MILLION NUMBER.
UM, WE CERTAINLY HOPE THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR CAN IRON OUT A BUDGET IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, BUT WE DO HAVE A PLAN IF THEY DON'T.
UM, WE'VE ALSO APPROACHED DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, ABOUT SOME FISCAL PLANNING SCENARIOS, RIGHT? SOME, UH, FIVE, 10, 15% CUT, CUT SCENARIOS.
UM, SO AGAIN, JUST TO, TO KIND OF PLAY OUT, UM, HOW THE BUDGET PROCESS MIGHT GO AND JUST PLANNING FOR, FOR ALL POTENTIAL ISSUES.
UM, SO THE REST OF MY COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE SPECIFIC TO THE CIP, BUT I DID WANT TO PROVIDE THAT CONTEXT.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE CIP PORTION? SUPERVISOR GALL? I RESERVE TO THE END OF, UH, MR. DOLL'S PRESENT SUPERVISOR KREBS, YOU WANT WAIT TOO? OKAY.
SO, UM, THERE'S 122 PAGES OF IN THE CIP DOCUMENT.
I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
UH, THE FORMAT THOUGH IS, IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HISTORICALLY.
UM, I'LL TRY TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE HIGHER POINTS AND SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU'VE SEEN SINCE STANDING COMMITTEE.
UM, THE PACKET ALSO CONTAINS SORT OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT THOSE CHANGES WERE FROM THE ORIGINALLY REQUESTED PROJECTS TO NOW, BUT AGAIN, I'LL TRY TO SORT OF TOUCH ON THOSE AS I GO THROUGH.
IN A LOT OF CASES, WE UPDATED THE PROJECTS 'CAUSE WE GOT NEW DATA, UM, UPDATED INFORMATION, UM, ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE EXAMPLE, UM, IS THE, UH, THERE'S A, THERE WAS A PROJECT IN PRIOR CIPS, UM, CAST IRON PIPE REPLACEMENT IN THE JAIL.
UM, THAT WAS SET, ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AND APPROVED IN THE LAST CIP TO HAPPEN IN 2026.
WE PULLED THAT OUT OF THIS CIP BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN SOONER.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT HAS COME OFF.
UM, WE'LL NOTE A COUPLE OF OTHER CHANGES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEXT WEEK PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE IS GONNA SEE, UH, A RESOLUTION TO FUND THAT JAIL PIPE PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UM, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS CHANGE.
UM, AS WE GET NEW INFORMATION.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS THING SINCE JANUARY, SO, UH, THINGS HAVE BEEN CHANGING.
UM, SO JUST TO QUICKLY TOUCH ON, ON SOME OF THE SECTIONS IN THE PROJECTS, UM, THE CLERK OF COURTS, UH, HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AN AV PROJECT, UM, TO REPLACE SOME OF THE, A, A, THE AV EQUIPMENT IN THE COURTROOMS. UM, AFTER SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE VENDORS, UM, ABOUT, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE SUPPORT FOR THAT EQUIPMENT, THE SENSE OF URGENCY FOR REPLACING IT, UM, IT LESSENED SOMEWHAT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO PUSH THAT PROJECT, UH, OUT A LITTLE WAYS IN THIS, IN THE CIP.
UM, SO THE TIMING REALLY JUST CHANGED ON THAT ONE.
UM, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, DEPARTMENT PRESENTED A PROJECT ORIGINALLY IN THE CIP FOR, UM, SOME ONGOING ANNUAL FUNDING FOR THE BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
UM, THAT PROJECT AS WELL WAS REMOVED RATHER THAN INJECTING FUNDING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
UM, THE, THE PLAN IS INSTEAD TO FUND THAT PROGRAM AS WE'RE ABLE.
UM, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE WHERE, UH, STARTING ALREADY NEXT WEEK, UH, THE COMMITTEE WILL SEE, UH, PRESENTATION, EXCUSE ME, FOR, UM, ADDING $400,000 TO THAT FUND, FOR EXAMPLE.
SO, UM, THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT CAME OUTTA THE CIP, BUT GIVEN THE SENSE OF URGENCY, WE'RE TRYING TO FUND IT SOONER OR MORE QUICKLY.
UM, FACILITIES AS, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT, THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROJECTS ARE IN FACILITIES.
UM, THERE'S THE, THE FAIR PARK MODERNIZATION PROJECT IS SHOWN IN HERE, BOTH THE PROJECT AND THE DEBT, THE FUNDING FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ON THAT PROJECT.
UM, THE, THE FACILITIES, UH, AREA IS ALSO SHOWING A REPLACEMENT OF THE MEMBRANE FOR THE, THE ROOF.
UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION AT EXECUTIVE, SO TO CLARIFY, THAT'S NOT THE METAL SECTION.
THAT'S THE, UM, THE, THE RUBBER SECTION OF THE ROOF, UM, AT, AT THAT PROPERTY, UM, OUTSIDE OF FAIR PARK.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WINDOWS AND CHILLERS AND BOILERS AND PARKING LOTS AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THERE.
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UM, THE MAJOR PROJECT IN THIS BUILDING IN THE MASTER PLAN IS NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CIP.UM, THE REASON WHY IT'S NOT IN THERE IS BECAUSE IT'S FUNDED ALREADY.
UM, AND THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT IS CHANGING IN REAL TIME.
WE'VE GOT COMMITTEES DEDICATED TO SCOPING AND SHAPING THIS PROJECT ITSELF, AND SO TO JUST TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT INTO A PLAN WHERE ONCE THE INK DRIES, IT'S ALREADY CHANGED.
UM, WE DECIDED AGAINST THAT PIECE.
UM, AND ALSO YOU GET, YOU GET ENOUGH UPDATES ON THAT PROJECT SPECIFICALLY THAT I DON'T KNOW THAT INCLUDING IT IN HERE WOULD DO A WHOLE LOT OF GOOD.
UM, THE OTHER THING YOU'LL NOTICE, UH, IS THERE'S $2.8 MILLION IN PROJECTS SHOWN UNDER THE, THE PAC.
UM, THOSE WERE ALL PUT IN 2028 OF THE PLAN.
UM, AND REALLY THE REASON FOR THAT IS AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THE COUNTY'S BUILDINGS, AS THAT CONVERSATION IS HAPPENING, WE, WE REALLY WANTED TO SHOW, UM, THAT THERE ARE NEEDS, EXISTING NEEDS AT THE PAC, RIGHT? AND SO, UH, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND, AND MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT BUILDING, UM, THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO KNOW FOR, FOR THE DECISION MAKERS.
UM, AND REALLY THE LAST FACILITIES PROJECT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS THERE'S A, A RENOVATION PROJECT SHOWING UP IN THE JAIL, UM, THAT, THAT IT'S CURRENTLY SHOWING IN, IN 2030 OF THE PLAN.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE, WE PUT IT OUT THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A NEED.
UM, WE WILL, WE'VE GOT TIME TO TALK ABOUT AND SHAPE THAT PROJECT.
BUT REALLY THE PURPOSE FOR THAT IS, IS, UM, THE, THE BASICALLY GEL TRENDS AND THE, THE DATA BEHIND THE GEL KIND OF SUGGEST A NEED TO TRANSITION FROM THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, WHICH IS MORE OF A DORM TYPE SETTING TO MORE INDIVIDUAL CELLS, RIGHT? AND SO THIS PROJECT IS SHOWN IN 2030 TO DO JUST THAT.
UM, IT'S BEING SHOWN AS DEBT FUNDED CURRENTLY.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S NEW, UH, THE SCOPE, THE CONCEPT, UH, IS ALL FAIRLY NEW, BUT IT'S BEEN PUT HERE TO, TO PUT IT ON OUR RADAR AND TO KEEP IT ON OUR RADAR AS WE LOOK FORWARD.
UM, THE GOLF COURSE, UM, SIMILAR TO YEARS PAST THIS PROJECT SHOWN HERE, FUND THE PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE GOLF COURSE IS 2050 PLAN, UM, NO SALES TAX IN THIS AREA OF THE PLAN.
IT'S MOSTLY GOLF COURSE FUND BALANCE, UM, OR THE, THE PROCEED, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY EARN, IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKE A BUSINESS, RIGHT? THE, THE EARNINGS OF THE BUSINESS PAY FOR THE PROJECTS AT THE, AT THE GOLF COURSE.
UM, THE CLUBHOUSE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS IN HERE.
UM, IT'S, WE'RE SHOWING A, A FUNDING MIX OF ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, UH, GOLF ENTERPRISE FUND CASH, UM, AND THERE'S SOME DEBT CURRENTLY BEING SHOWN IN THAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THOSE ARE REALLY THE, THE MAIN, UM, FUNDING SOURCES.
UM, THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT IS BEING FINE TUNED A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE CONCEPT IN THE FUNDING PLAN ARE INCLUDED HERE FOR, FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS ONE PROJECT FROM FROM HSD, UM, TO UPGRADE THEIR ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD.
UH, SUPERVISOR BOSER HAD A GOOD SUGGESTION AT, UH, STANDING COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER FUNDING THAT WITH OPIOID SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE IN THE CIP, UM, FOR THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
UM, THAT'S AN ANOTHER CONTINUATION OF AN ONGOING PRACTICE WHERE, UH, THE CIP FUNDS, THE NET HIGHWAY NETWORK SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, OR THE, THE 2050 PLAN, SOON TO BE 2060 PLAN, UM, AGAIN, MOSTLY FUNDED WITH SALES TAX.
THERE'S SOME STATE REVENUE SOURCES IN THERE AS WELL AS THOSE COME IN.
UM, AND, AND REALLY THE CIP SHOWS THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING PLANNED FOR THE NEAR TERM.
UM, BUT PRACTICALLY HOW IT WORKS IS A SET AMOUNT OF SALES TAX GOES INTO THE CRAB FUND EVERY YEAR, THE COUNTY ROAD AND BRIDGE FUND, UM, SOME YEARS AND, AND THEN THEY DO THE PROJECTS.
SOME YEARS THEY SPEND MORE SALES TAX THEN COMES IN SOME YEARS THEY SPEND LESS.
BUT THE GOAL IS FOR THAT FUND TO, UM, TO BALANCE OUT IN THE END.
UH, THE CIP IS A CONTINUATION OF THAT PRACTICE.
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UM, ALONG SIMILAR LINES, IT, UM, THIS JUST CONTINUES A REGULAR REPLACEMENT CYCLE FOR IT.UM, THE SALES TAX IN THE CIP FUNDS, THE DEPRECIATION ON THOSE PROJECTS IN THEIR OPERATING BUDGET.
SO AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF SMOOTH OUT THAT PLAN.
SO THEY'RE NOT MAJOR SPIKES, UM, AS MORE PROJECTS COME ON OR OFF.
PARKS DEPARTMENT, UM, SIMILAR TO GOLF, THIS FUNDS ALL OF THE PROJECTS AND EQUIPMENT IN THEIR 2050 PLAN.
UM, NO SALES TAX IN THIS SECTION EITHER.
UH, ONE THING TO CALL OUT HERE, UH, IS THE GLACIER HILLS LAKEFRONT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
UM, SO AGAIN, SCOPE IS BEING DISCUSSED, BUT THE MIX OF FUNDING IS INCLUDED HERE.
UM, WHICH IS ENDOWMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, GRANTS, AND, UH, PARKS ENTERPRISE FUND CASH, UM, IN THE SHERIFF'S SECTION.
UM, THE CIP SHOWS THE, THE BASICALLY FUNDING FOR THE DEBT SERVICE ON THE NEW RADIO SYSTEM.
UM, BUT THEN IT ALSO CONTINUES THE FUNDING FOR THE SQUADS.
UM, AND, AND WHAT'S KIND OF NEW THIS TIME AROUND IS SOME ANNUAL FUNDING, BASICALLY SAVING UP FOR THE EVENTUAL PURCHASE OF SOME LARGER EQUIPMENT TYPE ITEMS. UH, AN ARMORED RESCUE VEHICLE, UM, A SWAT TRUCK, MOBILE COMMAND POST, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, UM, THE INDOOR SHOOTING RANGE REMODEL, UM, IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
UM, IT'S BEEN DELAYED A COUPLE OF TIMES IN DIFFERENT CIPS, UM, IN, IN THIS VERSION.
UM, IT'S SET TO BE FUNDED IN THE COMING BIENNIUM.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, FINALLY COMPLETING THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST SECTION TO TOUCH ON IS TRANSIT.
UM, MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE CIP FROM TRANSIT.
TRANSIT SHOWS UP FOR THE FIRST TIME HERE IN THE CIP, BUT TYPICALLY THEY PURCHASE FOUR VEHICLES A YEAR.
UM, AND, AND THOSE VEHICLES CERTAINLY MEET OUR CAPITALIZATION THRESHOLD, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO INCLUDE THEM HERE IN THE PLAN.
UM, BUT MOST OF THAT FUNDING COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GRANTS THAT, THAT, THAT DEPARTMENT RECEIVES.
UH, WE ARE SHOWING SOME COUNTY MATCH, UH, IN 2027 OF ABOUT $13,000, BUT, UM, CERTAINLY WORTH POINTING OUT.
UM, SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, AGAIN, THE APPROVAL FOR THIS COMES IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION.
UM, YOU'RE APPROVING THE PLAN.
WE WILL FUND THE PLAN IN THE 26 27 OPERATING BUDGET, BUT THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE PLAN SUPERVISOR.
UH, MR. DOLA, A FEW QUESTIONS IN ORDER.
I KNOW YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT SALES TAX AND, UH, YOU ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION.
I DID NOTICE A MORE MACRO LEVEL PRIORITIZATION, LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, BUT IN EVENT THAT SALES TAX, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIONS DECREASE AS WE'RE ENTERING TO IN A UNCERTAIN, UH, ECONOMIC MARKET HERE WITH MANY FACTORS, AND PRESUMABLY CONSUMER CONSUMPTION IS GONNA GO DOWN IF INFLATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, GOES.
SO HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE OR FURTHER RANK THOSE CAP PROJECTS IF FUNDING DECREASES? I, I THINK THAT'S PART OF THE BEAUTY OF US APPROVING THIS PLAN MONTHS IN ADVANCE OF, OF APPROVING THE FUNDING FOR THE PLAN, UM, IS SO THAT WE DO GET THAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHERE WE, THE REVENUES ARE GOING TO FALL AND FACILITATE A DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT HAS TO GO IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DO.
UM, SO I, I MEAN, I BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION WOULD BE A, A COLLECTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT PRIORITIES.
SO WE'D LOOK AT THE HIGH PRIORITIES AND SAY, HEY, OF THESE HIGH, THIS IS RANKED ONE THROUGH 10 AND WE CAN ONLY AFFORD EIGHT, SO THEREFORE THE FIRST EIGHT GO, YEAH, WE'D HAVE TO OVERSIMPLIFYING, WE'D HAVE TO GET MORE GRANULAR THAN THE GLOBAL PRIORITIZATION YOU REFERENCED.
UM, UH, REGARDING IT, AT BEGINNING ON PAGE 94, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, WE JUST APPROVED TONIGHT MORE SERVICE AGREEMENTS AND, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL A GOOD THING, BUT WITH ONGOING SERVERS AND SWITCHES IN THAT THE SHARED SERVICES WE HAVE AND A COLLECTION FROM TAX FUND THAT, SO BASICALLY WE'RE ABSORBING ALL OF THOSE FUTURE COSTS AS THE, THE COUNTY.
UM, FROM A, UM, FROM EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT, FROM AN EQUIPMENT STANDPOINT, THE MUNICIPALITIES PAY FOR THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT.
OKAY? THIS CIP IS COUNTY NEEDS COUNTY ONLY.
SO WE'RE NOT, UH, PROCESSING ANY OF THEIR, SO WE'RE NOT BACKING UP ANYTHING.
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BACKUPS AND POTENTIALLY EVEN THE, THE, THE CLOUD AND I THINK A TERTIARY BACKUP, WHICH IS ANOTHER QUESTION, WHY, WHY THREE BACKUPS VERSUS TWO? BUT THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION.UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THE COUNTY IS ONLY, THE SERVERS ARE ONLY FOR ACCOUNTING PROCESSING, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND EACH MUNICIPALITY THEY'RE DOING THEIR OWN? CORRECT.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS IS GETTING MAYBE INTO TOO MUCH OF THE, UH, CHEESE MAKING, BUT, UH, Y TWO BACKUPS, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T WE GO TO THE CLOUD FOR, FOR BACKUP? I MEAN, MEANING TWO SERVER BACKUPS.
I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO USING THE, THE SHERIFF, UH, UH, DATABASE FOR BACKUP.
YOU KNOW, WHY WE WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT? WE HAVE A, A SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTIES THAT WE BACK UP THE DATA, NOT JUST IN THIS BUILDING OR THIS COMPLEX, BUT OTHER AREAS AND BUILDINGS THAT WE OWN AS WELL.
SO, UH, THE CLOUD IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT WE'RE REVIEWING AS WELL.
SO WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ANSWER WHY WE HAVE THOSE TWO PARTICULAR ON THERE LISTED, BUT, UM, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.
I HAVE LOTS OF TIME BETWEEN NOW AND AND NOVEMBER TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
ONE, UH, THE BROWNFIELD, UH, ASSESSMENT, SRP, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THERE, TRY TO ADDRESS IT MORE IMMEDIATELY, UH, LIKE EVEN IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO, BUT WOULDN'T IT BE PRUDENT TO CONTINUE TO FUND THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS, UM, TO DEMONSTRATE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE FUNDS AVAILABLE IN THAT POOL VERSUS ZERO TODAY? I, I, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE GOT, AND BY COMMUNITY I MEAN A DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THOSE THAT WANT TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING IN THOSE PROPERTIES AND LOOKING FOR SOME OF THOSE GRANTS.
I, I THINK, UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT IN THE, IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, UM, I THINK THERE MAY BE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT HOW ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD FUND IT ON AN ONGOING BASIS OR NOT.
UM, UM, AT, AT THIS POINT, THE PLAN IS TO, IN, TO GIVE IT THAT, THAT, SO THE $400 FUNDING INJECTION IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED, UM, NEXT WEEK.
AND, UH, THE LAST TIME AROUND $600,000 WAS, WAS INJECTED IN THE FUND.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, THE, THE PLAN IS TO, TO GIVE IT THOSE BOOSTS WHEN WE'RE ABLE, UM, RATHER THAN TO TIE UP ONGOING, ONGOING DOLLARS IN THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT LIKELY WILL COME FROM OUR FUND BALANCE, WHICH WE SAW ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA EARLIER.
AND, UH, LAST ITEM, UM, AND, AND THIS IS REALLY GETTING INTO THE CHEESE MAKING, BUT ON THEIR FACILITIES AND THE UWM, UH, WASHINGTON COUNTY, UH, FACILITY, UM, I, I JUST, I, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THIS.
IT'S ONLY 75 OR A HUNDRED K, BUT WHITE PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, MAINTENANCE, WHEN WE ELIMINATED BACK IN JANUARY OF LAST YEAR, A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR TUCK POINTING, WOULDN'T TUCK POINTING BE MORE CRITICAL TO PREVENT WATER INFILTRATION THEN, UH, STRIPING OR, OR SEALING A, A PARKING LOT THAT, SO THERE I SAID MY PIECE WELL RECEIVED.
I TOO, LIKE CHEESE MAKING, ALTHOUGH I'VE NEVER MADE CHEESE, UM, I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT BASICALLY ANY MONEY THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING AT THIS POINT FOR U-W-M-W-C.
UH, I SEE BOILER REPLACEMENT WINDOW REPLACEMENTS AND THEN ALSO THE PARKING LOT.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE BULLDOZING THIS BUILDING OR IF WE'RE GOING TO SELL IT, GIVE IT AWAY, KEEP IT.
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO KEEP HEAT TO PROTECT THE ASSET ITSELF, I THINK FOR THE VERY IMMEDIATE, BUT EVEN THAT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE FUNCTIONING JUST PARTS ARE LIMITED.
UM, SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE PROBABLY ALL MONEY RELATED TO THAT BUILDING, PULLED OUTTA THE CIP UNTIL A FUTURE DATE WHEN WE KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS BUILDING, MAYBE THAT'LL ALSO INCREASE THE URGENCY OF US TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT BUILDING VERSUS TAKING A LONG TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, CHANGES ARE, IS IT BY DO WE MAKE CHANGES TONIGHT ON THIS SINCE WE'RE VOTING ON IT HERE? OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? YOU CERTAINLY COULD, YOU COULD ALSO, YOU KNOW, APPROVE IT TONIGHT AND MAKE CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND, AND THE BUDGET ADOPTION AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU WOULD ADOPT A BUDGET WITH NO FUNDING, YOU KNOW, IN IT FOR THIS PURPOSE AS AN EXAMPLE.
I GUESS FOR NOW, I WON'T GET IN THE CHEESE MAKING OF CHANGING THE CIP AND STUFF, BUT I DEFINITELY WON'T
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SUPPORT THE FUNDING OF THOSE PROJECTS DOWN THE ROAD UNLESS THERE'S A DECISION BEEN MADE.AND I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE DETAIL.
UM, OUR TREASURER HAS BEEN HEADING UP THE TASK FORCE THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THAT DECISION, AND THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED TO MAKE IT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS.
SO I THINK BY SUMMERTIME, BEFORE WE DO THIS BUDGET, THERE'S GONNA BE A DECISION ON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CAMPUS.
SO SUPERVISOR SHARIN, THANK YOU CHAIR, AND YOU GUYS BOTH BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH
BUT I RECALL A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAD ONE AND A HALF MILLION TO REPLACE SOME ELECTRICAL WORK THAT WAS URGENT AT THAT TIME.
AND I, I GET IT THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE, BUT WHY WOULD YOU LEAVE THAT OUT WHEN THAT'S KIND OF JUST AS URGENT AS THE PARKING LOT OR TUCK POINTING AS, UH, SUPERVISOR KITZ SAID, J JUST YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS.
'CAUSE I KNOW IF, IF WE GET RID OF IT OR DEPENDING ON WHAT WE DO, IT'S ALL GONNA CHANGE ANYWAY, RIGHT? YEAH.
THE, THE 1.8 MILLION, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT, FOR THE ELECTRICAL PROJECT THAT IS ON HOLD FOR RIGHT NOW, UH, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S IN THAT CIP IS IN THERE MORE OR LESS JUST LIKE THE PAC, RIGHT? FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE GOING, IF WE HOLD INTO THIS BUILDING, WE KNOW WE HAVE THESE EXPENSES COMING SO THAT, THAT TASK FORCE OR THAT WORK GROUP UNDERSTANDS THAT, UH, IF THEY DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE BUILDING, THERE'S SOME EXPENSES COMING THEIR WAY.
UH, WE CERTAINLY WILL NOT BE STARTING THOSE PROJECTS, UH, IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE, RIGHT? YOU WON'T BE FUND APPLYING THE FUNDING UNTIL NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
SO ANY SORT OF PROJECT WILL START AFTER THAT.
SO IN DECISION BEING MADE THIS SPRING INTO SUMMER, UH, WE'LL KNOW THAT BETTER OFF.
SO THAT'S WHY THOSE ARE IN THERE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL AWARE AND THEN THAT, THAT TASK FORCE OR WORK GROUP IS AWARE TOO, THAT WE KNOW THESE THINGS ARE COMING.
IF WE HOLD ONTO THE BUILDING, THESE ARE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT ARE POTENTIALLY OUT THERE SO THAT YOU, AND, AND THEY CAN MAKE A, A REALLY GOOD INFORMED DECISION.
BUT NO, WE WILL NOT BE SPENDING JUST LIKE THE 1.8 MILLION SET YOU SET ASIDE, RIGHT? WE, WE HAVEN'T WORKED ON THAT PROJECT YET UNTIL THAT TASK FORCE WORK GROUP LETS US KNOW THEY'RE GOING FORWARD OR NOT.
SO THAT 1.8 MILLION WAS LEFT OUTTA HERE, EVEN THOUGH IF WE KEEP THE BUILDING, WE GOTTA SPEND IT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
IT'S ALREADY APPROVED, IT'S ALREADY SITTING THERE.
I THOUGHT WE MOVED IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO NO'S, IT'S STILL WAITING FOR THAT PROJECT TO BE INITIATED WHEN THE TIME COMES.
OKAY, THEN I GUESS I'D ADD TO THE, THAT COMMITTEE THAT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT'S ANOTHER COST ON TOP OF THESE OTHER ITEMS, SO, OKAY.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST, UH, SPEAKING OF MAKING CHEESE, I HAVE MADE CHEESE.
SO
UM, THE BROWNSFIELD FUND, UM, UH, I THINK WHAT MR. DAHL WAS, UH, ALLUDING TO, THE DIFFERENCE OF OPINION IS THAT WE HAVE A FINITE NUMBER OF BROWNSFIELD AND YOU'RE GOING TO FUND IT WITH AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF FUNDING IF YOU CONTINUE THE FUNDING.
SO I BELIEVE, AND, AND I SHARE THE IDEA THAT YOU CAN SOMETIMES JUST FUND IT AS WE GO, AND ONCE WE GET THINGS CLEANED UP, WE CAN REASSESS OUR NEEDS AND ADD MORE FUNDING AS NECESSARY, UM, BY ADDING A REGULAR FUNDING TO THE, UH, TO THIS, IT, IT JUST NEVER ENDS, YOU KNOW? AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO, UH, JUST FUND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT SEEING SOME KIND OF ENDPOINT.
AND I DO BELIEVE THE BROWNS FIELDS IS, DOES HAVE AN ENDPOINT, YOU KNOW? UM, SO I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT ALSO.
I MEAN, I, I, AND I SEE THINGS AND THAT WILL BE BY THE WAY, COMING, BECOMING, UH, UH, TO MY COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK, UH, FOR THE MONEY FOR THE BROWNSFIELD SITES AS THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME PARK FUND STUFF.
SO I SAW THAT IN MY, AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
WE'LL GO THROUGH IT IN MY COMMITTEE, UH, AND MR. KREBS WILL BE A PART OF THAT.
SO YOU'LL GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT AND, UH, WE'LL DISCUSS THAT THEN.
UM, BUT I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS THINGS LIKE, UH, PAC FUNDING, WHICH ACCORDING TO OUR MASTER PLAN, YOU KNOW, WE COULD END UP NOT EVEN BEING IN THE PAC, YOU KNOW.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH THIS PLAN IS, REMEMBER, IT IS A PLAN, JUST LIKE OUR OTHER PLANS, IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE DE DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
NOW WE'RE JUST TRYING TO LAY OUT A RELATIVE BUDGET INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT OF COURSE, AS YOU SEE AS THE P-I-P-I-C IN 2029, WE COULD BE MAKING A PLAN TO TEAR IT DOWN 'CAUSE WE DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE.
SO THIS PLAN CAN CHANGE ON SOME PARTS.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS WITH THIS WHOLE PLAN, BUT JUST KIND OF LOOK AT IT AS A WHOLE.
UM, SO I GUESS THAT'S ABOUT IT.
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THERE BEING NONE.WE'LL VOTE ON THIS ELECTRONICALLY.
UH, THIS IS ALSO A TWO THIRDS VOTE FREE OF GUN VOTES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE GOOD DISCUSSION.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS RESOLUTION 13, DISCONTINUE EXCESS RIGHT AWAY AND QUIT CLAIM OWNERSHIP TO ADJACENT LANDOWNERS MOTION.
AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, CONRAD, SUPERVISOR BIALEK.
UM, YOU PROBABLY SAW IN THE PACKAGE THERE'S A EXCELLENT MAP THAT SHOWS EXACTLY WHAT PARCELS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I'M SURE MR. SCHMIDT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE HAVE THERE BEING NONE.
UM, IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT IT SAYS THAT WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE RESTAURANT ABOUT THE GRASSY AREA ADJACENT TO THEIR GRAVEL PARKING LOT.
I WAS THINKING, I'M TRYING TO GET MY DIRECTIONS HERE.
WOULD THAT BE WEST OF CEDAR CREEK? THAT PARKING LOT, BUT IS THERE A DIFFERENT PARKING LOT THAT THE RESTAURANT USES, WHICH WOULD BE EAST OF LOLI? AM I JUST NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PARKING AREA? YES.
UH, IN, IN YOUR, IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THERE'S AN AERIAL PHOTO.
SO IT WOULD BE JUST EAST OF LILLY.
THERE'S A, UH, HATCHED AREA THAT'S RECTANGULAR.
THE PARKING LOT IS JUST TO THE NORTH OR LEFT OF THAT.
THAT'S A, A PARKING LOT THAT BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
UH, AND SO, UH, THAT'S THE AREA THAT THE, THE RESTAURANT, UH, INQUIRED ABOUT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME DOING THAT, UH, WE LOOKED AT UH, WHAT AREA RIGHT OF WE DIDN'T NEED.
AND SO WE APPROACHED THE NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST, THAT'S THE TRIANGULAR PORTION AND THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THAT PORTION.
AGAIN, THERE'S NO COST BECAUSE THE WAY THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY IS OBTAINED, BUT IT DOES GO BACK IN THE TAX ROLL.
OKAY? SO THERE IS AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY, UH, AND THE TOWNS AND OTHER, OTHER TAXING AUTHORITIES AS WELL.
OKAY? I JUST, I THAT PARKING LOT, LOT EAST OF LILLY, I ASSOCIATED MORE WITH THE HOUSES IN THAT AREA THAN THE RESTAURANT.
I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THAT TOO.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO DISCUSS THIS? THEN WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
UH, THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE YOUR GUN VOTES, AYE, PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
NEXT UP IS ORDINANCE ONE FOR PROHIBITED PARKING ON COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY W IN ALLENTON MOTION.
SUPERVISOR BAILEY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHMIDT? VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
THIS IS ALSO A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
AND FINALLY, ORDINANCE TWO IS AN ORDINANCE TO WOMEN SECTIONS 15 DASH THREE, 70 DASH THREE AND 70 DASH 13 RELATING TO POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CHAIR, POWER CHAIRPERSON POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND DUTIES OF THE COUNTY CLERK MOTION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? SUPERVISOR KREBS.
SO BRAD, UM, QUESTION FOR YOU HOW I'M READING THIS.
THIS IS WHEN THE, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIRPERSON, WHAT ABOUT IN THE INCAPACITATION OF THE CHAIRPERSON? ARE THERE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CODE THAT GRANT, THESE WOULD GRANT THE POWERS, HOW WE WOULD EXPECT THEM TO BE GRANTED GENERALLY STATUTORILY IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? UM, SO TYPICALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE CHAIR'S INCAPACITATED? THE VICE CHAIR WOULD STEP INTO THAT ROLE.
SO THIS IS MORE SO JUST WHEN THEY ARE ABSENT, LITERALLY JUST ABSENT, RIGHT? WHAT'S HAPPENING OF SOUND MINDS STILL RIGHT.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE HAVING SITUATIONS WHERE THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE IS OUT OF THE OFFICE, FOR EXAMPLE.
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THAT NEED TO BE SIGNED TIMELY AND THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION FROM TIME TO TIME, CAN WE PRESENT THIS CONTRACT TO THE CHAIR FOR SIGNATURE WHEN STATUTORILY IT'S REALLY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE'S DUTY AND SO ON.SO WE SAT DOWN TOGETHER TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S A GOOD WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S IN THE CODE THAT EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT AND UNDERSTAND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND SO ON THE PUBLIC.
UM, SO WE CAN GET CONTRACTS PROCESSED QUICKLY AND SMOOTHLY AND THIS SHOULD HELP US GET IT DONE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE COUNTY CODE AS FAR AS LIKE WITH DIGITAL, LIKE DOCUSIGN OF CONTRACTS, STUFF LIKE THAT? OR IS IT SOMEONE HAS TO BE HERE TO PUT THE PEN TO THE PAPER OR NO?
THIS IS SITUATIONS WHEN HE JUST IS UNAVAILABLE COMPLETELY OR HE IS OUT OF THE, HE'S ON VACATION AND HE'S DISCONNECTED FOR A FEW DAYS, THAT KIND OF THING WHERE WE JUST CAN'T GET THAT PERMISSION.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK WHO'LL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY? THIS IS ALSO A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE FOR YOUR GUNDER VOTE'S.
I AN I THERE IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS MAY 14TH, 2025.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND DISCUSSION THIS EVENING.