Ben Sorensen
speaker
9,257 appearances
42 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 15 Sep
Ben Sorensen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so hopefully once we have the salary study done, we can take a good look at it, dive in with additional information.
At the same time, we have to make sure that we're competitive in the workforce market so that we can attract young, bright, new employees that can also incorporate AI, but at the same time making affordability for the long-term financial stability of our city.
As I mentioned, the budget, the millage rate,
And we have to, you know, some, hopefully, if not hopefully, but if the tax reform homestead pass, if the referendum were to pass, that will give some relief, but then there's, as we'll talk about later today, there'll be some challenges involved with that as it pertains to our budget.
And then looking at the new city hall, we have not actually had the opportunity to dive in.
TO THAT.
WE'RE WAITING UNTIL YOUR JULY MEETING AND THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS TO THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON A NEW CITY HALL VERSUS A RETROFIT BUILDING AND THE FINANCES INVOLVED WITH THAT WHOLE PACKAGE.
WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DIRECTION ON WEIGHING IN AFTER THAT MEETING AS TO WHAT DIRECTION
THE COMMISSION GOES WITH AND THE FUNDING MECHANISM.
HISTORICALLY THAT HAS BEEN ON PROJECTS WHERE IT'S INVOLVED BOND MONEY, THAT'S THE POINT WHERE THE BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD HAS GOT ACTIVELY INVOLVED WORKING WITH OMB ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WE COME TO YOU TO COMMUNICATE
THAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING THAT HAS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE, OF JULY, I THINK IT'S JULY 1ST OR JULY 3RD, DON'T HOLD ME CORRECT TO THAT DATE, BUT YOU HAVE TO SET THE MAXIMUM MILLAGE RATE AND THEN ESTABLISH A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING SUPPORT FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE TO BE RAISED TO $444.
THAT'S AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
AND THEN WE RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THE MILLAGE RATE THE SAME FOR THE 20TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.
BILL, MAYBE JUST ONE QUESTION ON THIS SLIDE AND THEN I HAVE OTHERS BUT LATER.
MILLAGE RATES, THAT WAS A FIVE TO TWO VOTE AS OPPOSED TO THE SEVEN TO ZERO VOTE.
WHAT WERE THE ARGUMENTS, THE NEGATIVE ARGUMENTS ON THAT FIVE TO TWO VOTE?
ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS FELT THEY WANTED TO SEE A DECREASE
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