[SOUNDING GAVEL] >>ORLANDO GUDES: GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW COME TO ORDER. 9-28-21. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: HERE. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: HEAR. >>JOSEPH CITRO: HERE. >>LUIS VIERA: HERE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: HERE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: WE HAVE A PHYSICAL QUORUM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. MR. SHELBY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL. MARTIN SHELBY, THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY. TONIGHT IS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, TO 21. IT IS AFTER 5:01 P.M. WE ARE HERE AT OLD CITY HALL. TONIGHT IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THIS IS CITY OF TAMPA ANNUAL BUDGET A PROGRAM PROGRAM BUDGET, THE SECOND OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS. THIS PUBLIC HEARING OF THE TAMPA CITY COUNCIL IS BEING CONDUCTED WITH A LIVE IN-PERSON QUORUM OF THE CITY OF -- TAMPA CITY COUNCIL PRESENT IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. HOWEVER, IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUING COVID-19 GOVERNMENT ISSUED HEALTH STANDARDS OR GUIDANCE IN EFFECT, MEMBERS. PUBLIC HAVE THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY THROUGH WHAT IS REFERRED TO BY FLORIDA STATUTES AND RULES AS COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA TECHNOLOGY OR CMT. THE PUBLIC AND CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH, LISTEN AND VIEW THIS MEETING ON CABLE TV SPECTRUM CHANNEL 640, FRONTIER 15 AND ON THE INTERNET AT TAMPA.GOV/LIVESTREAM, ONE WORD. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PERMITTING ANY AND ALL CITIZENS DESIRING TO DO SO TO SUBMITTED THEIR CRITICISM, RECOMMENDATIONS, SUGGESTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SAID ANNUAL BUDGET DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING VIRTUALLY BY USING CMT. AND BY ALTERNATIVE METHODS BY SENDING COMMENTS, VIA THE INTERNET OR WEB, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS BY E-MAIL, WRITTEN COMMENTS BY U.S. MAIL, AND TO SPEAK REMOTELY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THE USE OF AUDIO TMT BY PREREGISTERING AS SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE. THEY CAN ALSO PARTICIPATE USING CMT AVAILABLE AT OLD CITY HALL IN PERSON INCLUDING THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA DEVICE HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING VIA CMT WHICH IS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY THE CITY OF TAMPA DURING THIS MEETING AT OLD CITY HAL 315 EAST KENNEDY BOULEVARD ON THE SECOND FLOOR, AND PLEASE NOTE ANYONE ATTENDING IN PERSON SHOULD WEAR FACE MASKS INSIDE OLD CITY HALL. I WOULD ASK COUNCIL THAT THIS NOTICE HAS BEEN ADVERTISED -- EXCUSE ME, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADVERTISED NOTICE, AND NOTICE HAS BEEN POSTED, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE TO BE READ AT TAMPA.GOV/CITYCOUNCIL, ONE WORD. NOW, COUNCIL, I AT THIS TIME REQUEST A WAIVER OF CITY COUNCIL RULES AND REQUEST A MOTION FRO C. >> SO MOVED. >>MARTIN SHELBY: THIS PUBLIC HEARING BE CONDUCTED IN THE MATTER CONTAINED IN THE NOTICE OF THE SECOND AND FINAL CITY COUNCIL FY 22 BUDGET HEARING CONTAINED ON THE CITY WEBSITE, EXPANDING RULES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOVED MR. DINGFELDER SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: YOU TOOK ROLL CALL ALREADY. A PHYSICAL QUORUM IS PRESENT. IF YOU WILL SEE COUNCIL, THERE IN ITEM NUMBER 1, AS A STAFF REPORT, ON HOW VILA BROTHERS PARK WILL BE FUNDED AND RELATED MATTERS, THAT MOTION, MR. CHAIRMAN, WAS MADE, I BELIEVE, AT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE BUDGET, AND IT WAS ASKED TO BE BROUGHT BACK AT THIS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING RELATED TO THE BUDGET. SO I WOULD ASK THAT THAT ITEM BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PUBLI HEE PUBLIC HEARING, DURING THE COURSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE UP THAT ISSUE. MOVED. SECONDED. ROLL CALL. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR PURPOSES OF CLARIFICATION YOU OPENED UP ALL THE PUBLIC HEARINGS RELATED TO TONIGHT'S BUDGET. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. MR. VIERA? >>LUIS VIERA: >> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: BARELY. BRING THE SYSTEM UP A LITTLE BIT. TRY IT AGAIN, SIR. >> ANY BETTER NOW? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MUCH BETTER, SIR. >> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU AGAIN. FOR TH FINANCE CHAIR, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THIS IS THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT. THIS IS A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING STATEMENT FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA 2022 BUDGET. THE PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE 6.2076 MILLS, WHICH IS 4.56% MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS. MILLAGE RATE OF 5.9367 MILLS. PROPERTY TAX FUNDS ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY. THIS INCLUDES SUCH DEPARTMENTS AS FIRE, RESCUE, POLICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS AND RECREATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, SIR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE DON'T HAVE IT QUITE YET, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THERE WE GO. YOU MAY PROCEED. >>NNISOGER THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR LETTING US BRIEFLY RECAP THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YOU SEE THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET FOR ALL FUNDS JUST OVER 1 .8 BILLION, PRIMARILY ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXPANSION OF OUR WASTEWATER, WATER, AND SOLID WASTE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. ALSO, THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING WHICH WE DISCUSSED, TRANSPORTATION GRANTS PRIMARILY THE WEST RIVER WAL GRANT, STORMWATER AND FACILITIES PROJECTS, AND ADDITIONAL STAFFING FOR FIRE SERVICES, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. YOU ALSO SEE OUR MAJOR FUNDS, AND THE TWO LARGEST COMPONENTS, THE GENERAL FUND AND THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS WHICH MAKE UP TWO-THIRDS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR GENERAL FUND BALANCE HISTORY, AGAIN A VERY IMPORTANT METRIC OF OUR FINANCIAL HEALTH. A CRITICAL BENCHMARK FOR THE AGENCIES AND DIRECTLY TIED OUR ABILITY TO HANDLE FUTURE ECONOMIC RISK. YOU SEE SOME STRUCTURING AND EXPENSE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 22, YOU HAVE THE -- PERCENTAGE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AGAIN A SUMMARY OF OUR RECOMMENDED 2.2 BILLION FIVE-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE CITY HAS A GREAT DEAL OF INVESTMENT TAKING PLACE AND PLANNED. AND YOU SEE THE EMPHASIS ON WASTEWATER WATER AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT. YOU ALSO SEE THE NEIGHBORHD FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOBILITY SECTION, OUR IMPROVEMENTS IN EAST TAMPA, FOREST HILLS, MACFARLANE PARK AND VIRGINIA PARK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE DISCUSSED AND AS CITY COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED PER ITEM NUMBER 1 WE INTEND TO FUND COMPLETION OF THE VILA BROTHERS PARK TO THE TUNE OF 1.7 MILLION VIA AN DEBT SERVICE ISSUANCE. YOU SEE WE ARE ALSO INCREASING OUR INVESTMENT IN OTHER CITY PARKS THAT COUNCIL HAS REQUESTED. OVERLOOK PARK AND CAL DICKSON AND OLA PARK. HERE SYSTEMATIC OF THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, INCLUDES ALL OF THE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH A COPY OF THIS, AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU RECEIVE ONE. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. VIERA. >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL DO. THANK YOU, SIR. NEXT SLIDE. CONTINUING WITH CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS, CI COUIL H CONTINUALLY EMPHASIZED A NEED FOR INCREASED STAFFING. HERE YOU SEE A RECAP OF THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS OF THE UNITS CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. THE CITY CONTINUALLY REDUCED STAFFING LEVELS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR INCLUDING ADDING AND WHEN NECESSARY AN EFFICIENT REPURPOSING EXISTING POSITION. AS A RESULT, OF THIS REVIEW PROCESS AND THE CURREN YEAR, THE CITY HAS INCREAED ITS STAFFING LEVEL 73 NET POSITIONS INCLUDING AS YOU SEE HERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF 15 POSITIONS, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT POSITIVE RIVISN 12 POSITIONS, 11 POSITIONS IN THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT, AND IN THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT 10, AND 5 IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION. THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ALL ARE ONES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PARTICULARLY REFERENCED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOT TO STOP THERE YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN FISCAL YEAR 22 RECOMMENDED BUDGET, 61 INCREASES INCLUDING 30 POSITIONS IN THE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION, ADDITIONAL 6 IN THE WATER DEPARTMENT CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT RECEIVING 4 ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, AND 3 IN THE MOBILITY DEPARTMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND FINALLY, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. FROM THE BEGINNING OF OUR BRIEFINGS BACK IN MAY, CONTINUING DIALOGUE AND THE EFFORTS OF THE CITIZENS BUDGET COMMITTEE, IT'S BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY, AND WE CONTINUE TO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR SUPPORT. MR. CHAIR THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. WE WILL NOW GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS. MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. WE HAD POSITIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE NEEDS IN THE CITY AND WE HAVE A CITY THAT'S GROWING. WE HAVE MORE KIDS IN RECREATION, AND HOW DO YOU START IN LIFE IS HOW YOU END IN LIFE. IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF RECREATION FOR THESE KIDS, I THINK WE WILL HAVE SOME WONDERFUL YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP THROUGH THE SYSTEM. ANWE ARE JUST LUCKY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PLUNKED MR. DINGFELDER. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THANK YOU, MR. ROGERO. LET ME ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION, DENNIS. AND GOOD EVENING, MR. BENNETT. BEFORE MY COMMENTS, THE LAST TWO SLIDES, DENNIS, BEFORE THE FINAL SLIDE OF "THANK YOU" I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WAS BETWEEN THOSE TWO. THEY BOTH DEALT WITH STAFFING INCREASES, BUT I GOT CONFUSED AS TO WHAT ONE MEANT VERSUS THE OTHER. YOU CAN BLOW THAT UP. DO YOU WANT TO BLOW THAT UP BIG ON THE SCREEN? >>DENNIS ROGERO: DO YOU SEE IT NOW? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: HOLD ON. I THINK IT'S COMING. OKAY. WHICH ONE? >>DENNIS ROGERO: SHOULD BE SLIDE NUMBER 7. IT SAYS CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS -- STAFFING. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEN THE ONE BEFORE OR AFTER WAS KIND OF SIMILAR. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, VERY SIMILAR. THE ONE YOU SEE NOW WERE 73 NET POSITION INCREASES. IS THAT THE ONE YOU ARE LOOKING AT? >>JOHN DINGFELDER: SO THAT WAS LAST YEAR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: THAT WAS FISCAL YEAR 21 WHICH IN JUST A COUPLE DAYS WILL BE LAST YEAR. WE ARE IN THE CURRENT YEAR BECAUSE -- YES, THAT'S FISCAL YEAR 21 NET POSITION INCREASE. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THEN SHOW US THE OTHER SLIDE. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THE NEXT SLIDE YOU SHOULD SEE IS 61 NET POSITION INCREASES AND THAT IS FOR THE FISCALEAR 22 BUDGET. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: THOSE 30 POSITIONS ARE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE BUDGET WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS? >>DENNIS ROGERO: NO, SIR. THE 27 POSITIONS COMING BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ARE AN ADDITIONAL 27 POSITIONS. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OVER AND ABOVE THOSE 30? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT AN UNDERSTAFFING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. LOOKS LIKE MAYBE WE ARE CATCHING UP A LITTLE BIT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. JOHN DINGFELDER: MR. CHAIRMAN, I WANT TO SAY THAT NOUN I HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS, I GUESS MY NINTH OR TENTH BUDGET THAT I HAVE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE YEARS, NOT AS MANY AS CHARLIE BUT I AM CATCHING UP. BUT ANYWAY, AND I THINK THIS PARTICULAR BUDGET IS ONE OF THE BEST THAT I HAVE WORKED WITH IN REGARD TO WORKING AMICABLY WITH THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE MAYOR AND TO MR. ROGERO AND ALL HIS STAFF AND MR. BENNETT. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE HAVE YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, THAT, AND IN MY OPINION PROTECTING NEIGHBORHOODS, PUBLIC SAFETY. I WOULD SAY THOSE ARE THE TOP THREE. BUT WE COME INTO THE BUDGET, AND A LOT OF TIMES WE WRESTLE AND BICKER WITH THE ADMINISTRATION. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DONE MUCH OF THAT THIS YEAR AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. I WANT TO GIVE SPECIAL RECOGNITION IN REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION HERE IN -- HEARING COUNCIL SPEAK TO ISSUES LIKE POLICE AND FIRE. MY PARTICULAR ISSUE LAST YEAR ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH, AND CREATING A NEW MENTAL HEALTH UNIT FOR A MILLION DOLLARS. I KNOW THAT'S IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND THIS COMING YEAR'S BUDGET. CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION WHEN WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY ON PIPES AND STUFF, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE TO WORK THOSE POSITIONS. AND THAT INCLUDES MINORITY, INCLUSIVEF MINORITY VENDORS, WHICH OF COURSE HAS BEEN OUR CHAIRMAN'S BIG ISSUE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND WE SUPPORT THAT WHOLE HEARTILY. IN REGARDTO RESENTLY, COUNCILMAN MANISCALCO, I WANT TO GIVE YOU EXTRA PRAISE BECAUSE YOU MADE OUR VOICE HEARD VERY LOUD AND CLEAR. AND I THINK IT WAS 7-0 IF I RECALL TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE SAID, NO, NO, NO, WE CAN'T KEEP PUTTING THAT OFF, WE NEED TO GET IT DONE. AND THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS THEY WERE GOING TO GET IT DONE ANYWAY. BUT TONIGHT THEY DEFINITIVELY SAID HOW. $1.7 MILLION FOR THE VILA BROTHERS PARK, USING A BOND ISSUE THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ISSUE ANYWAY FOR VARIOUS OTHER PARKS. AND ANOTHER 100,000 TO HENRY AND OLA AND I APPRECIATE THAT. A LOT OF NEW POSITIONS LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR. AND I JUST SAID THAT OUR CITY IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY. AND OUR NEED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICE ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, GROWS LARGER AND LARGERITH EVERY NEW RESIDENT, AND WE ARE MEETING THOSE NEEDS. SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT AGAIN TO THE MAYOR AND ADMINISTRATION FOR WORKING WITH US, AND US WORKING WITH YOU GUYS, AND COMING TO THIS EVENING UNITED ON THIS. THANK YOU. >>JOSEPH CITRO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. ROGERO AND CHIEF BENNETT, I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME WHEN I ASKED FOR STAFF. I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND I'M HOPING THAT THROUGH ATTRITION, WHETHER IT BE RETIREMENT OR HEALTHR PEOPLE MOVING OUT OF TOWN, WHICH I HOPE NO ONE IS GOING TO MOVE OUT OF TOWN, THAT THESE POSITIONS WILL ALSO BE FILLED. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THAT MAINTAINING OF 65 POSITIONS. BUT I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT SMOLTER IN CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND PERMITTING, FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALWAYS NEEDED. SO GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO MY VOICE. I APPRECIATE IT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. CARLSON. >>BILL CARLSON: I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT MYOLLEUES HAVE SAID, THAT YOU ALL AND MAYOR CASTOR HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH US ON THIS PROCESS BUT ON THE WHOLE THING. JUST FOR ANYBODY LISTENING IN FOR ANY PART OF THE CITY, WE OFTEN HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN PROJECTS LIKE VILA BROTHERS PARK BECAUSE MONEY FOR PARKS AND ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY. SO ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. WE JUST HIGHLIGHTED ONES IN PARTICULAR. AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING -- VILA BROTHERS IS NOT IN MY DISTRICT BUT I THY IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP PROMISES OF THE CITY MADE A LONG TIME AGO. TO THE POINT OF PRIORITY, MR. ROGERO, YOU KNOW ME EARLIER AND SAID I HAD ASKED FOR SMALL CHANGE IN THE MAYOR'S COVER LETTER UPPERING THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS NO POWER OVER HER LETTER AND IT WAS JUST A FRIENDLY ASK BUT YOU SAID EARLIER THAT SHE HAD AGREED TO DO THAT. >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK IT'S NOT -- LOOKING AT IT RIGHT NOW -- THE UPDATED ONE ON FIRE BUT JUST A SMALL TWEAK AND ALL IT SAYS, IT SAID EARLIERHAT THERE ARE FOUR THINGS LISTED LIKE LANA AVENUE PROJECT AND TOWN CENTER AND BASED ON CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK, AND I THINK IT SAYS PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AND CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE REALLY THE WHOLE COVER LETTER AND ALL THOSE BUCKETS THAT THE MAYOR MENTIONED ARE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT INTERACTIVELY, AND CAN YOU JUST CONFIRM THAT THAT'S CORRECT WHAT YOU SAID TO ME? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU ARE NOT SEEING IT ONLINE? >>BILL CARLSON: MAYBE I NEED TO REFRESH BUT I DON'T SEE IT YET. BUT JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT SHOULD BE THERE, AND I THINK THE MAYOR AND YOU AND STAFF ARE DOING. THAT IT'S A SMALL TWEAK BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SHOWS TO REITERATE THE COLLABORATIVE NATURE OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS, NOT JUST A SMALL PART OF IT. ALSO, I JUST WANT TO ASK, WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT PARTICULAR FIRE STATION AND ALSO STAFF. BUT CAN YOU JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S SAKE TELL US AGAIN HOW MUCH MORE MONEY RESOURCES ARE IN THE STRATEGIC BUDGET FOR FIRE RESCUE SO FOLKS KNOW WHAT THEY CAN LOOK FORWARD TO? >>DENNIS ROGERO: TOTAL OF $30 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FIRE RESCUE. I'LL LOOK IT UP AND CIRCLE BACK WITH AN ITEMIZATION FOR YOU IN JUST A MOMENT. >>BILL CARLSON: I THINK JOE GRECO AND THE INTERIM CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF ASKED FOR 38 MILLION. SO WHAT THEY NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT'S 30 MILLION JUST ONE YEAR. IT SHOWS A BIG INVESTMENT IN THE ADMINISTRATION, CITY COUNCIL, IN TRYING TO HELP BRING MORE RESOURCES TO FIRE RESCUE. SO THANKS TO EVERYBODY FOR THAT. ONE LAST THING. IS MORRIS MASSEY ONLINE? >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES, I'M HERE. >>BILL CARLSON: ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET, AND THIS BUDGET THAT WE ARE PRESENTING WHICH IS 369-PAGE PDF AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER ADDED RESOURCES WHERE YOU CAN DRILL DOWN DEEPER, BUT MR. MASSEY, CAN YOU JUST REITERATE FOR US AND THE PLIC, THE VERSION WE ARE VOTING ON IS JUST 369 PAGE PDF, NOT ALL THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS, CORRECT? >>MORRIS MASSEY: YES. THE PDF IS UPLOADED, IT'S PART OF THE SIRE, PART OF WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA, ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA, AND IT'S ON FILE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DETAILS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, OTHER SOURCES, BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU ARE VOTING ON TONIGHT. YOU ARE VOTING ON THE BUDGET DOCUMENT YOURSELF. >>BILL CARLSON: GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYBODY >>DENNIS ROGERO: THIS IS DENNIS. ONE CLARIFICATION, COUNCILMAN CARLSON. I TOO HAD DIFFICULTY PULLING UP THE REVISED MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR. AS YOU SAID, I HAD TO REFRESH. BUT WE'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. ON MY SCREEN IT HAS BEEN CHANGED IN THE SYSTEM. WE'LL CONFIRM IT'S UNIVERSAL. >>BILL CARLSON: OKAY. I WILL REFRESH AGAIN. THANKS SO MUCH. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AS COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER MENTIONED, IT WAS A 7-0 VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE INFORMATION ON VILA BROTHERS PARK. I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU. I KNOW YOU ALL WORKED VERY, VERY HARD ON THIS BUDGET. AND IN YOUR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. ROGERO. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK AS A CFO. AND MORE SO TO JOHN BENNETT. I KNOW MR. ROGERO WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND HE KNOWS THE DIFFERENT ROLES IN THE CITY. BUT CHIEF BENNETT ALWAYS LISTENED. I REACHED OUT TO HIM ALL THE TIME, WHATEVER ISSUE IT IS, HE'S ALSO RESPONSIVE TO THE POINT THAT I FEEL BAD WITH. I DON'T WANT TO BOTHER YOU ON A SATURDAY. YOU HAVE A LIFE AND YOU HAVE TIME WITH YOUR FAMILY BUT YOU ALWAYS RESPONDED. CAL DICKSON PARK ALSO KNOWN AS THE PARK ON CLARK IN MY DISTRICT, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR HENRY AND OLA PARK. WE WILL BEGIN THERE. I KNOW QUITE A BIT OF IMPROVEMENTS BUT WE ARE STARTING. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY VILA BROTHERS, I KNOW THAT FIVE OF THE SEVEN VILA BROTHERS ARE SMILING DOWN, AND THE OTHER TWO THAT ARE HERE WITH US ARE ALSO SMILING, AND MRS. MARTHAVILLE A AND SANDY SANCHEZ AND EVERYONE INVOLVED WITH THE PARK, THEY REACHED OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL COUNCILMEMBERS. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY PRO ACTIVE. AND THEY HAVE ENCOURAGED US TO HELP FINISH THIS PARK, AND YOU AND THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE MAYOR HAVE LISTENED, AND I SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT. YOU HAVE MADE ME VERY HAPPY. YOU HAVE MADE THE COMMUNITY VERY, VERY HAPPY. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >>IS VIERA: I HAVE NO COMMENT. I'M JOKING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF WHAT A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS A REALLY HISTORIC PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET. I WAS TALKING TO ANDREW CARTER WHO HAS TAKEN OVER NOW FOR TAMPA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 754 WHO IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT A REALLY, REALLY GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET THIS IS. HE TALKED TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FIRST RESPONDERS FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN A BUDGET THATNVESTS LIKE THIS SO CONCENTRATED IN PUBLIC SAFETY. I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN HERE FOR THE CITY OF TAMPA TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS, WHETHER IT'S IN POLICE OR FIRE, AND LOOK THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE CITY, AND THEN SEE WHERE THE ASSETS ARE AT AND SEE HOW WE CAN FILL THOSE DEFICITS, AND WE CERTAINLY HAVE GOTTEN A BIG BAILOUT, AND I WILL MENTION THAT, WITH FEDERAL ARPA MONEY THAT HELPS US A LOT BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE COMING IN THE COMING YEAR, WHICH IS WE HAVE BIG PUBLIC DEFICITS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. HOW ARE WE GOING TO FUND THEM? WE GOT A BAILOUT, SO TO SPEAK, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. WE HAVE TO COME TO THAT CONCLUSION THROUGH THE PUBLIC SAFETY MASTER PLAN. I KNOW THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT 7 ARE VERY, VERY THANKFUL TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN NORTH TAMPA TO INCLUDE TURNING OLD FIRE STATION 11 WHICH IS THE POLICE TRAINING STATION INTO A BRAND NEW FIRE STATION NUMBER 25, WHICH TAKES THE BUSIEST FIRE STATION A OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, WHICH I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SO DARN LONG, AND GIVES IT A NEW FIRE STATION WITH UNITS, $2.5 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THERE, AND UNITS, AND VEHICLES, TO HELP THEM OUT. THAT IS A MAJOR THING FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN OVER A FIRE STATION 13. ONE OF THE 50 OR SO BUSIEST STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THIS ALSO INCLUDES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR NEW TAMPA THAT HAS ONE OF THE SIX FIRE STATIONS, WHICH HAVE THE LONGEST RESPONSE TIMES HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. SO THIS IS REALLY BIG. YOU LOOK AT OTHER DIFFERENT THINGS, REPAVING OF TAMPA PALMS BOULEVARD, IMPROVEMENTS ON BUSCH AND FOWLER, COPELAND PARK AS WAS JUST MENTIONED BY MR. ROGERO, A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS TO COMPLETE THE NEW TAMPA INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A CAUSE VERY, VERY CLOGS TO MY HEART. AND AGAIN LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I ALSO WANTS TO GIVE AGAIN A SHOUTOUT TO CONGRESSWOMAN KATHY CASTOR, $80 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARPA MONEY AND A LOT OF OUR REPRESENTIVE WERE BLESSED WITH KATHY CASTOR HERE IN TAMPA, AND UNLIKE THE CARES ACT THERE'S A LOT MORE LIBERALITY AND THE CARES ACT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT A LOT MORE LIBERALITY IN REGARD TO USE OF THOSE FUNDS ANDS LOOK WHAT WE RE DOING WITH THAT MONEY. I KNOW COUNCILMAN DINGFELDER AND GUDES WORKED SO HARD TO ADVOCATE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, $16 MILLION THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING OUT THERE IN THIS BUDGET. A REAL HISTORIC INVESTMENT. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT. SO AGAIN, LIKE EVERYONE SAID, OUR THANKING MAYOR JANE CASS FOR COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP. IT'S ALWAYS A FAIR ASSESSMENT TO SAY YOU SIT DOWN, YOU TALK TO HER ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT THERE, AND IT'S A CIVIL BACK AND FORTH, AND IF THEY DISAGREE WITH YOU, THEY'LL TELL YOU AND THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE HONEST WITH REGARDS TO BE WHERE THEY STAND, AND MR. ROGERO AND OBVIOUSLY CHIEF BENNETT DO A GREAT JOB, AND EVERYONE THERE. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL BE PROUD OF, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH BUB SAFETY. THIS IS A HISTORIC VOTE, A HISTORIC BUDGET WHENEVER IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THATUR FIRST RESPONSIBILITY AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS PUBLIC SAFETY, SO THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. JUST A FEW COMMENTS. I ALWAYS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THE MAYOR, AND I TELL PEOPLE, WE WANT TOORK WITH THE MAYOR, AND WE ARE A TEAM. AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE LEADERSHIP STYLE. THE MAYOR IS A POLICE OFFICER, CHIEF OF STAFF WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AND I WAS A POLICE OFFICER, AND THE CITY SEES A DIFFERENT STYLE. BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOES BY A LOT OF RULES. A LOT OF RULES. AND SOLUTIONS. BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO ARGUEND FIGHT WITH PEOPLE. WE FIND SOLUTIONS TO A PROBLEM. RIGHT AWAY. DON'T HAVE TIME TO GO AND CALL -- BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COOPERATING ON ME TO SOLVE THEIR PROBLEM RIGHT THERE RIGHT THEN. IT'S NOT THAT THE MAYOR IS SOUTH. THIS THING, WE DON'T CARE ABOUT REELECTED. WE CARE ABOUT NOW. WE CARE ABOUT WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE ELECTED FOR THE DISTRICT. I WOULD SAY MOSTLY -- THEIR ELECTED LEADER, AND TO GET THE NECESSARY FUNDS. AND I AM GLAD TO SAY THAT WE ARE A TEAM TOGETHER, COLLECTIVELY ON THIS BOARD HERE, TO FIGHT FOR SOMEONE'S ISSUES BECAUSE I AM GLAD TO HAVE A MAYOR AND CHIEF OF STAFF THAT CAME IN WITH A SYSTEM. I MEAN, COME TO COUNCIL BEFORE WE GET TO THE BUDGET SO I CAN KNOW WHAT EACH COUNCILMEMBER WANTS, AND WORK THESE ISSUES OUT. AND IT MIGHT BE SOME SMALL ISSUES TO WORK OUT BUT WE WORK THEM OUT BEFOREHAND SO THERE AREN'T QUESTIONS AND RIGMAROLE. YOU NOTICE THAT A SYSTEM IS PUT IN PLACE. AND A GOOD SYSTEM. BECAUSE WHEN YOU WORK ON A SYSTEM, AND THE SYSTEM SEEMS TO BE WORKING BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GETTING THEI NEEDS. JUST THE SMALL THINGS THAT COUNT. THE SMALL THINGS. AND THE BIG THINGS WILL COME. WE ARE STARTING TO GET THOSE SMALL THINGS. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT IT TAKES TIME. AND I THINK WE ARE REALLY KICKING THE BALL DOWN THE FIELD, MADE SOME GOOD SCORES ON THIS SIDE OF TOWN, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 26%. I THINK WE HAVE BEEN MOVING THAT NEEDLE A LITTLE BIT. THE RECREATION CENTER. THE HOUSING. A LOT OF THESE SMALL THINGS ARE HAPPENING. SO I AM JUST GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WE CAN AGREE TO DISAGREE TO COME UP WITH COMPROMISES. NOT TO SAY WHAT WE CAN'T DO BUT WHAT WE CAN DO. NOT WHAT WE CAN'T DO BUT WHAT WE CAN DO. I KNOW BUT I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS ARE -- [NO ENCODER] [NO ENCODER] A SOLUTIONS PERSON. WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUSS AND FIGHT. LET'S GET A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. A DATA DRIVEN GUY. I CAN LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND SAY IT'S A PROBLEM. A DATA DRIVEN GUY. AND WE THANK HIM FOR THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU HAVE BEEN DOING, AND FOSTERING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR TO GET THINGS MOVING. I DON'T CARE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MAYOR. WE ARE FIGHTING INFORM WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS COUNL, WDON'T WANT TO BE FIGHTING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION ABOUT A BUDGET. SO AGAIN I THANK YOU, CHIEF BENNETT, AND MAYOR JANE CASTOR, AND MR. ROGERO FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM SIR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: ONE MOMENT. WELL, THE CITY COUNCIL CHAIR PLEASE OPEN COMMENTS FOR THE MIAGE RATE AND THE FISCAL YEAR 22 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA SECONDS IT. DO YOU NEED A ROLL CALL? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NO, THIS IS JUST FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. >>LUIS VIERA: WE ARE OPEN FOR THAT. WE NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. >>MARTIN SHELBY: A MOTION AND A SECOND? YOU CAN DO A VOICE VOTE IF YOU WANT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE IN ROUND TWO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIRMAN, THIS IS THE POINT IN TIME WN YOU ASK THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS ANYBODY WHO IS REGISTERED OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. I AM GOING BY THE SCRIPT HERE, SIR. BUT MR. ROGERO, IS THAT THE CASE SIR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: YES, SIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: PUBLIC COMMENT FOR OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? I THINK THERE IS ONE PERSON DOWN THERE, I BELIEVE. ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WE CAN HEAR IF THERE'S ANYBODY REGISTERED WHILE I GO DOWN TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND DOUBLE CHECK. >>ORLANDO GUDES: ANYBODY REGISTERED, MADAM CLERK? >> YES, WE HAVE A REGISTERED SPEAKER. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK WE GOT INDICATION THERE WAS NOBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR. >>THE CLERK: I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF I DID ANYTHING. I APOLOGIZE. I DIDN'T MEAN TO. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WE HAVE YOU TO SPEAK. YOU ARE WELCOME DO SPEAK, MA'AM. >> I APOLOGIZE. MY NAME IS ANTOINETTE McKITCHEN, THE PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR FOR TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK, AND I DID SPEAK AT THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING. I'M SURE THAT YOU ALL REMEMBER. AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAIN. AND ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GETTING US BACK IN THE BUDGET. AS OF LAST YEAR, WE ARE N RECEIVING 108,000 FROM THE CITY AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL FOR US TO GET SOME OF OUR IMPORTANT NEEDS MET. 100%. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AS MUCH AS THAT AMOUNT HAS HELPED US, IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH. AND THERE ARE A COUPLE REASONS WHY. ONE THING I AM NOT SURE IF YOU ALL KNOW, BUT THE FILM AND VIDEO INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY HERE IN TAMPA BAY. WWE HAVE A LOT THAT ARE COMING IN, AND ONE OF THEM DIAMOND VIDEOS, THEY NOW DEAL WITH THE LIKES OF HOLLYWOOD, TESLA, YOU NAME IT. AND BECAUSE THIS IS ALL HAPPENING, AND BECAUSE OF ALL THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA, GOING TO HAPPEN IN NORTH TAMPA WITH ALL OF THESE THINGS. THE TAMPA AREA IS GOING TO NEED VIDEO PRODUCTION PEOPLE. THEY ARE GOING TO NEED PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO FULFILL THE GROWING INDUSTRY. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE ARE THE ONLY ONES IN THE AREA THAT PROVIDES THAT TRAINING. AND WITHOUT US, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK EXTERNAL. SO THE REASON WHY WE ARE REQUESTING A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING IS BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THIS VIDEO AND FILM BOOM THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, A WE ARE GOING TO BE A BIG PART OF THE WORKFORCE, AS WELL AS ASSISTING SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE LIKE, WHICH ARE IN DIRE NEED OF VIDEOS, FOR THEM TO HAVE IN THEIR MARKETING REPERTOIRE, AND OF COURSE THE NONPROFITS ARE ALWAYS -- THEY ARE ALWAYS NEEDING OF OUR SERVICES. SO WE ARE, I WOULD SAY, A LIFELINE AS FAR AS THE WORKFORCE. AND THERE'S NOBODYLSEHAT CAN DO WHAT WE DO. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP THE TAMPA AREA GET ONBOARD WITH THIS MAJOR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH, FILM AND VIDEO INDUSTRY, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PROPER EQUIPMENT AND ALSO PUT IN PLACE THE PROPER -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS. ISK Y TO AT LEAST GET US BACK ... >>ORLANDO GUDES: ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? >> YES, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LOUISE THOMPSON. >> HELLO. HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAVING A GREAT EVENING. YOU ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT WORK. THE TAMPA BAY COMMUNITY NETWORK. AS SHE POINTED OUT, WE DO KNOW THERE'S A REAL NEED FOR PEOPLE TO LEARN VIDEORODUCTION SERVICES, BOTH IN THE NONPROFIT WORLD AND JUST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A BETTER EXPERIENCE. WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR GETTING US BACK IN THE BUDGET AFTER A THREE-YEAR HIATUS CAUSED BY OUR FORMER MAYOR. AND I TOTALLY APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN CITRO AND COUNCILMAN CARLSON FOR GETTING US BACK IN. BUT WHEN YOU MADE THE MOTION, THE MOTION WAS TO REINSTATES BUT NOT AT THE LEVEL WE WERE AT. SO IT WAS AT A LEVEL THAT -- WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE HAVE GONE WITHOUT ABOUT GO 6,000 IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND HAD TO BORROW MONEY FROM THE FDA, P PP BORROWING. SO IT'S REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED IF YOU COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY IN THE BUDGET TO GET US BACK TO AT LEAST THE LEVEL WE WERE AT WHEN WE WERE FUNDED BY THE CITY BEFORE THE FORMER MAYOR TOOK US OUT. I KNOW YOU HAVE RECEIVED LETTERS FROM SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE SUPPORTERS AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE VERY MUCH IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AND FIND SOME ROOM FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? >>THE CLERK: THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER THAT WAS REGISTERED TO SPEAK REMOTELY, CHAIR. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM DEPUTY CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE SECOND FLOOR? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT, PLEASE. >> THERE'S NO ONE ON THE SECOND FLOOR TO SPEAK ON THE BUDGET HEARING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU. MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM SIR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, SIR. PLEASE CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION BY . MANISCALCO. SECOND BY MR. VIERA. ROLL CALL VOTE. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. MR. ROGERO? >>DENNIS ROGERO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. NOW WOULD BE THE SECOND ROUND OF CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS AND COMMENT. >>ORLANDO GUDES: SECOND ROUND. MR. VIERA. >>LUIS VIERA: I HAVE NONE, SIR. THANK YOU. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: NO. >>BILL CARLSON: NOTHING. >>JOSEPH CITRO: NOTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: NO, SIR, THANK YOU. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: I AM NOT GOING TO BREAK IT. NOTHING. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I AM GOING TO BREAK IT. I AM GOING TO ASK CHIEF OF STAFF, I KNOW A LOT OF NONPROFITS MAKING STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW THESE NONPROFITS ARE ABLE TO GET FUNDING IN THE FUTURE, AND WHAT IS THE CRITERIA. I KNOW A LOT HAVE CALLED AND ASKED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS, AND HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO OPERATE, MORE FUNDING FOR THESE NONPROFITS. CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT? >>JOHN BENNETT: GOOD EVENING, CAN COUNCIL. THE ARTS FUND, MR. PERRY'S OFFICE, PUTS A LINE ITEM IN THE BUDGET THAT SUPPORTS NONPROFITS, AND SPECIFICALLY WE ARE TRYING TO BRING A LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE PROGRAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AS A CITY ARE GETTING THE DELIVERABLES FROM THE NONPROFITS THAT ALIGN WITH COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S STRATEGIC PLAN. AND LAST YEAR, WE BELIEVE IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. EVERYBODTHAT HISTORICALLY RECEIVED MONEY FROM THE ACCOUNT APPLIED AND FOLLOWED THE PROTOCOLS VERY WELL. THE OFFICE HAS THAT LIST. BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT IS TO OPEN IT UP TO OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEW NONPROFITS TO DO GOOD IN THE CITY, AND ALL THE SOCIOECONOMIC AVENUES OF NONPROFIT WORK. SO THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S COMMENSURATE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE BUDGET WHERE ANY NONPROFIT OPERATING UNDER THOSE GUIDELINES IS DESCRIBED, AND GET WHAT'S CALLED A LOGIC FORM, VERY EASY ONE-PAGE FOR, AND THEN ALL WE DO IS ASK FOR QUARTERLY REPORTS THAT ALIGN WITH THE REQUESTED DOLLAR AMOUNT, AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING IS HINGED ON THE BUCKET OF DOLLARS BEING DISTRIBUTED AND PARSED OUT FAIRLY, AND THE RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL GOES TO THOSE NONPROFITS AND THAT HIS TORQUELY RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS, BUT AGAIN WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS ACCOUNTABILITY, AND THE ABILITY TO OFFER MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHER NONPROFITS, AND WE EXPECT DURING FISCAL YEAR 22 TO IMPROVE UPON THIS PROCESS, GET MORE VOICES, MORE INCLUSION IN THE PROGRAM, OCEA WYNN WORKING ON SOME OF THOSE INCLUSION AND EQUITY PROCESSES, SO WE ARE HOPING IN 2022 WE CAN MAKE MORE REFINEMENTS BUT THIS YEAR WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS' OFFICE AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT ANY NONPROFITS GET THA FORM TO FILL OUT, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE ON THE WEB. >>ORLANDO GUDES: THANK YOU, SIR. MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? >>DENNIS ROGERO: DID YOU NEED A BREAK? I MISUNDERSTOOD. WILL THE CHAIR PLEASE READ THE MILLAGE RATE RESOLUTION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: THE RESOLUTION LEVYING AN AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF SIXND TWO THOUSAND, 76 TEN THOUSANDTHS, MILLS UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL TAXABLE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO CERTIFY SUCH MILLAGE, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MANISCALCO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY. IF THE FINANCE CHAIR COULD READ IN THE ITS ENTIRETY. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. I WAS INTERRUPTED SO I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A FOOL OF MYSELF. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLN AD VALOREM TAX RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS TO RAISE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AS FIXED IN THE RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, FOR THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE CITY OF TAMPA IS HEREBY LEVIED AS PROVIDED BY LAW O PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXABLE FOR THE PURPOSES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA. SECTION 2, THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK AS THE PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA ARE DULY AUTHORIZED TO EMPOWER AND DIRECT TO CERTIFY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED ON ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA TO WIT: 7.2076 MILLS WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK OF 5.9367 MILLS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2.651 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES BY 4.56% TO LEVY -- >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA, I HATE TO INTERRUPT YOU. MR. SHELBY? I'M I'M SORRY, MR. MIRANDA, YOU REPEAT, PLEASE, AFTER THE LINE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECTION 2, TO WIT, SPECIFICALLY THE NUMBER OF MILLS AND TAKE IT FROM THERE, PLEASE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: IN SECTION 2? >>MARTIN SHELBY: WHERE IT SAYS TO. AND THEN 6 -- >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: 6.2076 MILLS WHICH EXCEEDS THE ROLLBACK RIGHT OF 5.9367 MILLS AS DEFINED IN SECTION 200.065 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES BY 4.56 AND TO LEVY -- TO REQUEST A LEVY OF MILLAGE AS SET FORTH UPON ALL REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AS ABOVE SET FORTH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SECTION 3, THAT ALL PROPER OFFICES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA ARE AUTHORIZED TO DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY AND PROPER IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT TO MAKE EFFECTIVE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS RESOLUTION WHICH SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS ADOPTION. >>ORLANDO GUDES: I THINK MR. MANISCALCO MOVED IT, SECONDED BY MR -- MR. MIRANDA. ROLL CALL. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY F.MR. MIRANDA CAN STATE THE MOTION ITSELF FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE MILLAGE RATE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: NEED A MOTION FOR ADOPTION OF THE MILLAGE RATE. >>MARTIN SHELBY: AS STATED ON THE PAGE 5, THE TOP OF PAGE 5, NUMBER 11, PLEASE. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ALL RIGHT. LET ME READ THAT IN TOTAL. ITEM 11, TOE MOVE AN ADOPTED MILLAGE RATE OF 6.2076 MILLS WHICH IS 4.56 MORE THAN THE ROLLBACK MILLAGE RATE OF 5.9367 MILLS FOR THE PROPERTY TAX FUND WHICH ARE USED TO SUPPORT THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA. >> SECOND. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. CITRO SECONDS IT. ROLL CALL. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES GOOD. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? >>DENNIS ROGERO: CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET. >>MARTIN SHELBY: I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR HIM. >>ORLANDO GUDES: COULD YOU REPEAT YOURSELF, SIR? >>DENNIS ROGERO: ABSOLUTELY. WILL THE FINANCE CHAIR PLEASE PROVIDE THE READING OF THE SECOND ORDINANCE FOR THE 2022 CITY OF TAMPA BUDGET? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ITEM NUMBER 11. >>MARTIN SHELBY: ACTUALLY THAT IS THE ITEM NUMBER 13. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, MR. MIRANDA. JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, COUNCIL, BY YOUR VOTE YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF ITEM NUMBER 3. YOU ARE AT ITEM NUMBER 4 ON THE AGENDA FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOLLOWING. NUMBER 13, MR. MIRANDA. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2021, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2022, PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY AS PROVIDED BY LAW ON THE TAX OF ALL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND FIXING THE MILLAGE WITHIN THE CITY MAKING APPROPRIATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SAID BUDGET, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK, AS THE PROPER AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, TO CERTIFY TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISER OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FLORIDA, THE MILLAGE TO BE LEVIED ON ALL PURPOSES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2022, IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> SECOND. >>LUIS VIERA: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. MR. CITRO SECONDED IT. ROLL CALL. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSL >>ORNDO GUDES: MR. R, WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM? >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE OPERATING ANNUAL BUDGET AND VOTE? >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>LUIS VIERA: MOTION BY MR. MANISCALCO. SECOND BY MR. MIRANDA. ALL IN FAVOR? ROLL CALL VOTE. >>JOSEPH CITRO: >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. ROGERO, WHAT'S T NEXT ITEM, SIR? >> WILL CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET RESOLUTION AND VOTE? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: SO MOVED. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED, SECOND BY MR. CITRO. >>MARTIN SHELBY: JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE AGENDA, THAT IS NUMBER 5 ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT: >>JOHN DINGFELDER: YES. >>BILL CARLSON: YES. >>JOSEPH CITRO: YES. >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: YES. >>ORLANDO GUDES: YES. >>LUIS VIERA: YES. >>GUIDO MANISCALCO: YES. >>THE CLERK: MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. >>ORLANDO GUDES: WHAT'S THE NEXT ITEM, MR. ROGERO? >>DENNIS ROGERO: WILL THE CITY COUNCIL CHAIR MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE? >>MARTIN SHELBY: IF I CAN, MR. CHAIR. I'M SORRY. I APPRECIATE THAT. I JUST WANT TO ASK, IF YOU CAN, BEFORE YOU DO THAT, IF YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR ACTUALLY A MOTION TO RECEIVE -- CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE. ACTUALLY, IF YOU CAN, I'M SORRY, MAKE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BEFORE YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MR. MIRANDA MOVED IT. MR. CITRO SECONDED. ANOPPOSED?OR? MOSS MOTION TO CLOSE BY MR. MIRANDA. MR. MANISCALCO SECONDED IT. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >>MARTIN SHELBY: NOW A MOTION THEN TO ADJOURN. >>ORLANDO GUDES: MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION BY MR. MIRANDA. SECOND BY MR. CITRO. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? >> CAN I DO AN ANNOUNCEMENT? >>CHARLIE MIRANDA: >>MARTIN SHELBY: I WOULD BE CAREFUL TO OPEN THE DOOR. THIS IS A SPECIAL CALLED MEETING FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE BUDGET. AN ANNOUNCEMENT? NOTHING? OKAY. THANK YOU. WE ARE ADJOURNED. 20-60 RIGHT? YOU SAID ZERO -- I THINK YOU SAID 06. >> 20-60. YOU SAID YOU HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH AND YOU KNOW INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPLICATIONS? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >>MARIPETT-MACKLE: WERE YOU ABLE TO FILL OUT THE FORM RELATED TO YOUR DISCLOSURE? >> I WAS. >>CAMARIA PETTIS-MACKLE: THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL MAKE SURE MADAM CLERK HAS