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The Broward County Board of County Commissioners Meeting of September 24, 2019 5:01 P.M. Public Hearing BUDGET HEARING MINUTES THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 5:01 P.M. A meeting of the Broward County Board of County Commissioners, Broward County, Florida, was held in Room 422 of the Government Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, at 5:01 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2019. COMMISSIONER DISTRICT ATTENDANCE Mark Bogen 2 Present Beam Furr 6 Present Steve Geller 5 Present Dale V.C. Holness 9 Present Lamar Fisher 4 Present Nan H. Rich 1 Present Timothy Ryan 7 Present Barbara Sharief 8 Present Michael Udine 3 Present PUBLIC HEARING CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Mark Bogen called the meeting to order. INTRODUCTION MAYOR BOGEN: Good evening, everybody. My name is Mark Bogen, and I am the Mayor of Broward County. I’m reading off a script, so you’ll understand this is totally scripted. And I would like to introduce my colleagues -- UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: (Inaudible.) 1 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES MAYOR BOGEN: Yeah, believe it or not. I would like to introduce my colleagues on the Board of County Commissioners. Starting with my right here, Commissioner Lamar Fisher. He’s also known as the auctioneer. Ten, do I hear 20? 20, do I hear 30? 30, do I hear 40? That’s Commissioner Fisher. And then we have -- we have Commissioner Nan Rich, former Senator Commissioner. We call her Senacanish. And then we have Barb -- Commissioner Barbara Sharief, also known as Babs or Babsies, any way you want to talk to her. Coming next to is Vice-Mayor Dale Holness, also known as Your Holiness. Next to me here is -- is Beam Furr, Commissioner Beam Furr. Call him Triple C. Calm, cool, collected Beam Furr. (Laughter.) MAYOR BOGEN: Tim Ryan isn’t here. He’s probably eating. (Laughter.) MAYOR BOGEN: Also known as the human food incinerator. And Steve Geller, Commissioner Steve Geller, former Senator Commissioner. Again, another Senacanish. I don’t want to take that away from you or Commissioner Rich. COMMISSIONER GELLER: (Inaudible.) MAYOR BOGEN: Huh? COMMISSIONER GELLER: I said (inaudible). MAYOR BOGEN: And -- and then Commissioner Michael Udine, also known as the social media mogul. 2 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES So, that is the introduction of our Commissioners. Thank you for coming. Have a good evening. And we’re going to continue. Your ready? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Yes. MAYOR BOGEN: Okay. Tonight the Broward County Board of County Commissioners will conduct Public Hearings on the final millage rates and budgets that will support County services during fiscal year 2020. This is the last of two Public Hearings -- thank God -- as required by law. The purpose of the hearing is to receive comments from the public and provide information on the County’s proposed budget and tax levies. The Public Hearings will be conducted in five sections. The first section includes Public Hearings on countywide and Broward Municipal Services District millage rates and budgets. The second section includes Public Hearings on the millage rates and budgets for the County's dependent water control districts. The third section includes adoption of revised fees for the County Water and Wastewater Utility. The fourth section includes the adoption of the County’s Five-Year Capital Improvement Program, including public input on the Transit Program of Projects. The fifth section includes adoption of revised fees for the County landfill. (COMMISSIONER GELLER LEFT THE ROOM.) MAYOR BOGEN: An agenda listing all the items to be discussed and the order of the items is available at the entrance. 3 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES If you are interested in addressing the Board of County Commissioners about an item on the agenda, please register with a County staff member at the entrance. Or I guess -- where is the -- register over here? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: (Inaudible.) MAYOR BOGEN: It’s outside. Okay. If you are interested in -- please register, as I said, at the entrance. County staff is also available at the entrance to answer questions about the County’s budget and taxes. (COMMISSIONER GELLER RETURNED TO THE ROOM.) MAYOR BOGEN: If anyone has questions with respect to property value assessment or exemptions, the Property Appraiser’s staff is available in Room 111 on the first floor of this building from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. With that introduction, let’s begin. AGGREGATE MILLAGE RATE MAYOR BOGEN: Aggregate millage rate. For fiscal year 2020, there is a proposed 4.75 percent aggregate increase in property taxes when compared with the taxes generated from the aggregate rolled-back rate. The rolled-back rate generates approximately the same amount of taxes as the prior year plus taxes generated from new buildings added to the tax roll. The aggregate millage rate of 5.5204, as compared to an aggregate rolled-back rate of 5.2700, includes all ad -- ad valorem tax -- taxes levied by the County and its dependent districts with the exception of voted debt service taxes. The aggregate -- aggregate millage rate is the basis for the state-required advertisements concerning the budget and taxes. The rolled-back millage rates and the percent change in property taxes are based on the assessment rolls certified by the Property Appraiser. A. 4 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES COUNTYWIDE MILLAGE AND BUDGET MAYOR BOGEN: so countywide millage and budget. The Public Hearing is open on the general County millage rate and budget. The final millage rate proposed for general County purposes, exclusive of debt service, is 5.4878, which represents a 4.77 increase in property taxes as compared with a rolled-back rate of 5.2379. The final millage rate for debt service is 0.1812. When combining the two elements, the final millage rate for all general County purposes, including debt service, is 5.6690. I would like to introduce Bertha Henry, the County Administrator, to provide a brief overview of the County budget and millage rate. MS. HENRY: Thank you, Mayor. Today we are presenting a budget that addresses several community priorities. These include, for the County’s most vulnerable populations, an enhancement of Human Services programs; additional support for emergency preparedness and recovery from hurricanes; additional support for maintenance of buildings, courthouses, and libraries; Parks and Cultural programs; introducing a pet clinic at the Broward County Animal Shelter; continuing the expansion of the County’s affordable housing program; and increasing efforts in public safety through the E-911 program. That said, the total budget of 5.8 billion increases by approximately 584,000,000, which reflects an increase in the operating budget of 229,000,000, an increase in the capital budget of 339,000,000 -- now, that’s mostly due to the increase driven by the new Transportation Surtax fund and the Aviation Capital Fund -- and an increase in the debt service budget of 16,000,000,mostly due to an increase in port -- the Port Everglades debt service. The General Fund comprises approximately 72,000,000 of the increase, of which 22,000,000 is one-time funding for affordable housing at 5,000,000, 5 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES Pompano Beach CRA settlement 10,000,000, and general capital projects 7,000,000, with no change in the current cumulative operating millage rate. The budgets for County agencies increase by 14,000,000 and address the critical priorities addressed above. The General Fund budgets for constitutional officers, including the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Property Appraiser, and Supervisors -- Supervisor of Elections, increase by 36,000,000. The budget also includes the second year of three years of funding for the computer-aided mass appraisal system for the Property Appraiser’s Office, in addition to renovations for a new replacement facility for the Property Appraiser. Mandated tax increment payments for municipal redevelopment continue to increase due to the increase in the tax rolls. The certified tax roll increases 5.93 percent when compared to the roll used for the adopted FY ‘19 budget. However, we do not anticipate this level of growth to continue at the same rate. As stated earlier, the FY ‘20 total millage rate remains the same as FY ‘19, with a slight decline in debt service millage and a corresponding increase dedicated for general capital projects. This shifting within the same total rate will help the County rebuild the property tax-supported capital program, which was significantly reduced during the recession. With over 2,000,000,000 in tax-supported assets, it is essential that we continue to rebuild this program with recurring revenue to ensure that our investments are adequately maintained in the future. County taxes make up less than one quarter of the overall property tax bill of a resident. The increase in assessed value for homestead property owners is capped at 1.9 percent for FY ‘20, and, generally, homestead taxpayers will experience a 6 JR/LR/LG/DH/RF/PL 09/24/19 5:01 P.M. BUDGET HEARING MINUTES slight increase in County taxes. For other properties, the change in the assessed value of each property will determine how much the property taxes will change. This is the final Public Hearing to adopt County millage rates and budgets. MAYOR BOGEN: I -- earlier, I said that for fiscal year 2020, there is proposed 4.75 percent aggregate increase.
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