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>> SPEAKER: THE OCTOBER FIRST 2020 SPECIAL SESSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
COUNCILMEMBER GARRETT WILL BE OUR CHAPLAIN OF THE DAY. THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE JED -- LED BY HOLLOMAN. I WILL ASK YOU TO STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE FOR THE PRAYER.
COUNCILMAN GARRETT (INDISCERNIBLE). >> SPEAKER: AMEN.
(RECITAL OF PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) >> SPEAKER: MADAME CLARK,
PLEASE CALL THE ROLE. >> SPEAKER: (INDISCERNIBLE). >> SPEAKER: MR. ERB?
>> SPEAKER: PRESENT. >> SPEAKER: MS. GUZMAN? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. ALLEN. >> SPEAKER: MR. HENRY? >> SPEAKER: PRESENT.
>> SPEAKER: >> SPEAKER: MR. ADDORSED RECORDMACK.
>> SPEAKER: COUNCILMAN RICHAMOND. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILMAN ALLEN.
>> SPEAKER: ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCILMAN ALLEN.
>> SPEAKER: NEXT ITEM ON THIS AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF ELECTRONIC MEETING IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF THE GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDER REGARDING HOLDING OPEN MEETINGS IN A FORM OTHER THAN IN THE OPEN AND IN PUBLIC, THIS GOVERNING BODY DETERMINES THAT MEETING ELECTRONICALLY IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ITS CITIZENS DO DUE TO THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THE
SECOND. >> SPEAKER: SECOND. >> SPEAKER: THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCILLADY SMITH. SECOND RELATED -- ANY QUESTIONS SEE NONE MADAME CLARK PLEASE
TAKE THE VOTE. >> SPEAKER: MR. GARRETT? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. RICHAMOND? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR.?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. CHANDLER? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MS. GUZMAN? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MS. MYTH?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: TO HOLLOMAN? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. HENLY? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MISTREATMENT?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. NORSE? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. BURKETT. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILMAN ALLEN? >> SPEAKER: (INDISCERNIBLE).
>> SPEAKER: THE MOTION IS ADOPTED. THANK YOU.
[5) ORDINANCE 38-2020-21 Amending the FY21 Operating Budget for the Internal Service Fund (Health) Mayor Pitts]
THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 38 AMENDED THE FISCAL YEAR 21 OPERATING BUDGET FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND. I HAVE ASKED LAURIE MADDEN AND WITHOUT OBJECTION I WILL ASK OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER LAURIE MATTA TO COME UP AND GIVE US A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE ON THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR BOTH THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND WHICH WE ARE ONLY AMENDING THE HEALTH PORTION OF THAT. AND THEN THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS WHICH IS THE NEXT ORDINANCE. MS. MATTA, IF YOU WOULD COME AND APPROACH. I THINK YOU HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND SOME SLIDESBECAUSE YOU COULD TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON. >> SPEAKER: YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. I REALLY WANT TO HIT THE HIGH POINT FOR YOU. GIVING AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS BUDGET AND THEN IS.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT AND ASK QUESTIONS AT ANY POINT. THERE WILL ALSO BE A TIME AT THE END FOR QUESTIONS AND OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN ASK DEPARTMENTS. AMY, HOW DO I TO MAKE THIS GO? THIS TECHNOLOGY IS NOT MY BEST FRIEND TODAY. THIS IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WE HAVE OFFERED IT VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT I NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS IS BUT TECHNICALLY IT IS JUST AN AMENDMENT. FOR DEPARTMENTS THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR THIRD GO AROUND FOR BUDGETS.
THIS IS NOT OUR NORMAL HERE. AS WE SAID LAST YEAR, WE WERE GIVING A STATUS QUO BUDGET AND THAT WE WOULD COME TO YOU LATER IN THE YEAR AS WE KNEW THAT THE SENSIBLE BUDGET WOULD NOT BE ANNOUNCED TO THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS FINISH UP THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO WE HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY REVIEWING AND MONITORING OUR REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES AND SEEING STABILITY AND GROWTH WE FELT NOW WAS THE TIME TO BRING THE AMENDMENT FORWARD IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR NECESSARY FUNDS TO COMPLETE THIS SCHOOL YEAR.
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WE HAD APARTMENT GO BACK TO THE BUDGET THEY STARTED INPUTTING LAST YEAR AND HAD THEM AMEND IT.THEY HAD THREE WEEKS TO AMEND THEIR REQUESTS. AND THEN WE HAD TO BEGIN THE BALANCING OF THE BUDGET WITH THE MAYOR. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS AND STILL PROVIDE THE DEPARTMENTS WHAT THEY NEEDED TO MOVE FORWARD WORK THEN WE MET WITH THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7 TO GET YOUR INPUT AND ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU ALL HAD. THE BUDGET THERE ARE ORDINANCES FOR THE AMENDMENTS. THEY LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT. THE ONES THAT ARE IN YOUR AGENDA AND ALSO WE STUCK THEM IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK, THE ELECTRONIC VERSION.
THEY ARE NOT -- SINCE IT'S NOT A BUDGET, OR A FIRST BUDGET, IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE SAME REQUIREMENTS. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS MORE USEFUL IN THE ORDINANCES TO PUT FISCAL YEAR 19 AND FISCAL 20 ACTUAL RESULTS YOU COULD COMPARE THOSE TO THE STATUS QUO BUDGET FOR 21 AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED BUDGET. FOR 21. THE GENERAL FUND IS OUR MAIN OPERATING FUND AND IS CHANGING PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE BOARD. ARE POLICE AND DRUG FUND AMENDMENTS WORK TO SHIFT SOME PURCHASES TO THOSE RESTRICTED FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE SEA PRD FOR AMENDED BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF YOU ALL CLOSING THAT CAPITAL PROJECTS REVENUE DISTRICT LAST MONTH. THE STATUS QUO BUDGET DID NOT INCLUDE ANY CAPITAL SO THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE CAPITAL PROJECTS.
FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, THE HEALTH FUND INCLUDED IN THE STATUS QUO BUDGET IT INCLUDED AN INCREASE FOR THE PREMIUMS BASICALLY FOR THE HEALTH THAT WAS NOT APPROVED YET.
WE NEEDED TO AMEND THAT TO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THIS BUDGET. I WILL EXPLAIN THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT ORDINANCE. WHAT HAS CHANGED. I HANDED YOU OUT A LITTLE HANDOUT THAT LISTS AND FOR THOSE OF YOU ATTENDING VIRTUALLY I E-MAILED THEM.
THE ITEMS THAT CHANGED SINCE YOUR BOOKS WERE PRINTED. WE RETURNED HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE REGIONAL COMMUNITY CENTER CAPITAL PROJECT PARKS AND DEPARTMENT WAS AWARDED A GRANT TO PAY HALF THE COST OF DREDGING THE RED RIVER EAST MARINA FOR A TOTAL COST OF $220,000. GENERAL FUND SHARES ONLY 110,000.
THE GENERAL FUND WHEN I REVIEWED THE ORDINANCES I NOTICED I MISSED TWO HIM AND MISS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE STATUS QUO BUDGET. THAT I NEEDED TO PUT INTO THIS ONE. LAST YEAR -- IT FEELS LIKE LAST YEAR -- LAST JUNE YOU ALL APPROVED AMENDING THE HR SEE'S BUDGET TO $89,000 AND ARTS AND HERITAGE WAS INCREASED TO 25,000. SO I PUT THAT IN THOSE ORDINANCES.
AT THE BUDGET MEETINGS WITH THE FINANCE COMMITTEE COUNCILLADY STREETMAN HAD REQUESTED THAT WE ADD $14,000 TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT BUDGET TO PAY TO IMPLEMENT A SOFTWARE THAT WILL AID US IN IDENTIFYING THE SHORT TERM RENTALS WITHIN THE CITY AND ALSO HELP US KEEP THEM IN COMPLIANCE. FOR ACCURACY AND EASE OF IMPLEMENTATION, THE GENERAL WAGE INCREASE WAS CHANGED TO BE JANUARY 2 INSTEAD OF JANUARY 1. AND THEN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PAY PLAN WAS AMENDED FROM APRIL 1 TO MARCH 22. AND THOSE WERE JUST SO THAT THEY HIT THE PAY PERIOD INSTEAD OF HAVING A PARTIAL. THE INTERNAL SERVICE WAS CORRECTED JUST TO REFLECT THE APPROVED REVENUE INCREASES IN THE PREMIUMS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE REVENUES IS PROPERTY TAXES HAVE NOT BEEN INCREASED IN THIS BUDGET. IT LOOKS SKEWED BECAUSE CLOSING THAT'S EPRD FUND MOVED THOSE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT'S USUALLY ABOUT $2.8 MILLION THAT'S USUALLY REDUCED FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND MOVED INTO THAT CAPITAL FUNDS. NOW EVERYTHING IS JUST STAYING IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S MORE. BUT IT IS NOT DUE TO TAX INCREASE.
THERE IS ALSO A NEW PILOT PAYMENT IN THERE. I PUT -- APRIL 21 IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THE HAND COOK PILOT PAYMENT. IT IS $590,000 OVER FIVE YEARS, TOTALING ALMOST $3 MILLION. THAT IS INCLUDED. WE ALSO INCLUDED COVID RELIEF
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FUNDS OF $5.8 MILLION. THE MAYOR HAD COMMITTED TO SPENDING THESE FUNDS ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE. ANOTHER EFFECT OF CLOSING THAT'S EPRD FUND IS THAT ANY AVAILABLE TAX REVENUE THAT WAS SITTING IN THAT FUND WE CAN NOW SHIFT BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND AS WE CLOSE THAT FUND DOWN. THAT'S ANOTHER $457,000 THAT IS MOVING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. WE HAVE TWO STAFFING GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, A COP COX GRANT FOR NINE POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH IS THREE YEARS AT $375,000.A SAFER GRANT FOR 15 FIREFIGHTERS FOR A THREE YEAR TOTAL OF $2.7 MILLION.
WE BUDGETED $272,000 OF THAT IN THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S ONLY A PORTION OF THE YEAR.
WE ALSO HAD A SMALL GRANT BUT VERY HELPFUL FROM GOOGLE TO ASSIST IN PAYING FOR BUNKER GEAR FOR FIREFIGHTERS. THAT WAS $17,500. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL COVID FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR US BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR CASH FLOW BECAUSE ONE OF THEM IS FEMA. FEMA HAS NOT GIVEN US THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THEY ARE WILLING TO REIMBURSE. THEY HAVE TOLD US THAT THEY WILL REIMBURSE SALARIES AND BENEFITS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. FOR US THAT COULD MEAN MILLIONS AND THEY HAVE NOT TOLD US WHAT THE LIMITS WERE AND WE ALSO ALL KNOW KNOW HOW FEMA REIMBURSEMENT CAN GO.
SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO COUNT ON THAT COMING IN IN THIS BUDGET YEAR.
THE HALL INCOME TAX, THIS IS THE LAST YEAR OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS PHASING OUT.
WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THE FUNDS. TWENTY-TWO IS THE LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED OF THE FUNDS FOR FY 21. NEXT ONE SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES. THIS BUDGET DOES INCLUDE A 3 PERCENT GENERAL WAGE INCREASE FOR ALL NON-SWORN NONCOMMISSIONED EMPLOYEES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2.
THE NEW PAY PLAN FOR PUBLIC SAFETY GOES INTO EFFECT ON THE 27TH.
THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND IS INCREASED BY $150 PER EMPLOYEE PER MONTH.
THAT IS COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE CITY. AND THE TRANSFER TO DEBT SERVICE APPEARS TO HAVE INCREASED. AGAIN, THAT IS AN EFFECTIVE CLOSING THAT'S EPRD FUND.
NOW ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR OUR DEBT SERVICE ALL LIVE IN THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN GET TRANSFERRED INTO OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND. BUT OUR DEBT HAS NOT INCREASED.
WE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR DEBT BY $835,484 THIS YEAR. JUST BY DOING THAT REFUNDING.
911 REIMBURSES US FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE DEBT, WHICH IS $355,000 PLUS TAX -- PLUS INTEREST. AND I TRANSFERRED A LITTLE BIT LESS OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND INTO THE DEBT SERVICE FUND BECAUSE WE HAD HELD A PRETTY HIGH BALANCE IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND TO HEDGE AGAINST INTEREST RATE RISK. SINCE WE HAVE ELIMINATED THE MAJORITY OF THE INTEREST RATE RISK, I DIDN'T NEED TO KEEP THAT MUCH MONEY THERE.
SO WE WANT TO SEE HOW THIS YEAR GOES AND THEN WE WILL PROBABLY REDUCE THAT BALANCE AGAIN.
A LITTLE BIT OF HIGHLIGHTS AGAIN. NO PROPERTY TAX RATE INCREASE.
THE GENERAL FUND TOTAL EXPENDITURES ARE ESTIMATED TO BE $112.5 MILLION.
AN INCREASE OF 13.7 OVER FY 20'S ACTUAL ENDING BALANCE. BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER WE CUT $3 MILLION OF THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR FY 20 DUE TO THE COVID-19.
WE ACTUALLY ONLY INCREASED 103 MILLION FOR 112. THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF WE COULD'VE SPENT ALL OF OUR FUNDS WE WERE BEING CAUTIOUS. FISCAL YEAR AND BALANCE.
WE ARE ESTIMATING $26.4 MILLION WHICH IS 26.8 PERCENT OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES THAT WAS FOR FY 20 WHERE ESTIMATING AND INTIMATING DO IT ENDING FUND BALANCE BY 2021 OF 23 PERCENT OF THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES. OUR POLICY IS 20 PERCENT OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES AND ARE BALANCE DOES IT IS A BALANCING ACT. WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OR TOO LITTLE IN THERE. YOU WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE TO TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
THIS 20 PERCENT BALANCE HAS BEEN TRIED AND TRUE AND IT HAS GOTTEN US THROUGH EMERGENCIES OF ALL SORTS AND DURING THE ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. THE LAST IS JUST QUESTIONS AND
I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE BY PHONE OR E-MAIL AS WELL. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILLADY SMITH
HAS A QUESTION. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU MAYOR. THE BUDGET SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
SEEING THAT THERE IS NO TAXES THAT'S A GOOD THING. I'M SURE A LOT OF CITIZENS ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT. MY QUESTION IS ABOUT THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND 14,000 FOR
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IMPLEMENTATION AND SOFTWARE RELATED SHORT-TERM RENTALS. IS THAT AN ANNUAL OR ONE-TIME?>> SPEAKER: IT IS $4000 IS THE COST TO IMPLEMENT THAT. $10,000 IF WE CHOSE TO RENEW IT AND IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL FEE. THE REASON WE ARE REQUESTING THAT -- THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT AND WE REALLY HAVE NO WAY OF FINDING OUT WHO THEY ARE.
NOBODY -- WE HAVE HAD ONE COMPANY STEP FORWARD AND SAY, I AM INTERESTED IN GETTING A PERMIT. WE KNOW WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 150 AND 200 IN CLARKSVILLE THAT WON'T COME FORWARD. IF WE TRY TO LOCATE THEM OURSELVES WE CAN FIND THE GENERAL AREA BUT WE CAN'T FIND THE ADDRESS. UNTIL YOU PUT IN A CREDIT CARD AND PAY TO RENT THE PLACE YOU DON'T KNOW THE ADDRESS. SO THERE WOULD BE NO WAY FOR US TO IDENTIFY THOSE AND THIS COMPANY SAYS THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEM FOR US AND HELP US TO GET
THEM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PERMIT. >> SPEAKER: WHO IS THE COMPANY?
>> SPEAKER: WE WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY GET THAT OUT. I DON'T KNOW WHICH WHEN ONE WE SAW. BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO GET QUOTES. WE CAN'T JUST PICK SOMEONE BACK
SO YOU HAVEN'T? >> SPEAKER: NO. COUNCILLADY SMITH DEMOED ONE WITH MY REVENUE AND COLLECTIONS SUPERVISOR WHO HANDLES THESE PERMIT PROCESS.
JUST TO SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO FOR US. TO SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.
WE HONESTLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS AVAILABLE. >> SPEAKER: UNTIL THE MONEY IS
APPROPRIATED WE CAN'T SPEND IT. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, COUNCILLADY SMITH. COUNCILMAN GARRETT, HE RECOGNIZED EXPECTED TO FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER.
BASED ON HISTORICAL ESTIMATIONS ABOUT 86 SHORT-TERM RENTAL UNITS PASSING THIS ORDINANCE.
BASED ON THE FEES AS FAR AS PERMIT FEES THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHARGING, IS IT ESTIMATED THAT THOSE PERMIT FEES WILL SOMEHOW COVER THE COST TO DO THIS OR ARE WE GOING TO -- I HAVE A CONCERN THAT WE ARE SETTING OURSELVES UP TO MONITOR AND EVALUATE SOMETHING IF WE ARE PAYING 14 GRAND OR TEN GRAND ANNUALLY AND 14 GRAND UP FRONT AND THE REVENUES THAT WE ARE LOOKING LOOKING AT DRIVING ARE MAYBE $5000, I JUST DON'T REALLY SEE THE VALUE IN IT.
>> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND I'M SURE COUNCILLADY SMITH -- COUNCILLADY STREETMAN CAN ADD TO THAT IS MORE OF A SAFETY THING THAT A REVENUE.
IF WE CAN'T IDENTIFY THOSE, WE CAN'T PUT THE PERMITS IN PLACE FOR THE SAFETY ASPECT.
>> SPEAKER: IT WILL BE A COMBINATION OF PERMITTING FEES AS WELL AS OCCUPANCY TAX
REVENUE. >> SPEAKER: OKAY. IS IT LIKELY THEN THE COMBINATION OF THE PERMIT FEES AND OCCUPANCY TAXES, ARE WE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION OR DO WE
HAVE NUMBERS THAT SHOW KIND OF THAT IT WILL OFFSET? >> SPEAKER: I HAVEN'T RUN THE NUMBERS. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY THERE WILL BE ACTUALLY.
AND WHAT THE RATES ARE IN ORDER TO PROJECT SALES TAX AND HOTEL MOTEL TAX THAT WE WILL RECEIVE.
HONESTLY, I LOOKED AT THIS AS EACH YEAR LOOKING AT IT AND SEEING IF WE NEED TO CONTINUE.
AT LEAST THIS FIRST YEAR THEY WOULD IDENTIFY THEM FOR US. NOBODY KNOWS THIS IS OUT THERE.
THEY DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE. THIS COMPANY WILL PROVIDE US WITH THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEM AND SAY, DID YOU KNOW? THERE IS AN ORDINANCE AND YOU NEED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. AND THEN WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND FIND OUT IF THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM THE ORDINANCE. IT IS SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE THE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED, I BELIEVE, THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE PAID SALES TAX AND HOTEL MOTEL TAX IN THE PREVIOUS SIX MONTHS. IF NOT THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
>> SPEAKER: SO IT'S POSSIBLE IF ALL OF THE 86 THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE PAID THAT HOTEL MOTEL TAX
WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME THEY -- >> SPEAKER: THEY COULD BE EXEMPT.
>> SPEAKER: THEY COULD BE EXEMPT EXAM SO WE COULD FIND THEM.
>> SPEAKER: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT. THAT'S WHAT THIS SOFTWARE WILL HELP. IT'S ONLY THE ONE TIME THAT WE USE IT, THAT'S FINE.
WE WOULD LOOK AT IT EACH YEAR. IF THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO USING THE SOFTWARE, WE WOULDN'T USE THE SOFTWARE EACH YEAR. AND WE WOULDN'T BE COMMITTED TO USING IT EACH YEAR EITHER.
>> SPEAKER: THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. >> SPEAKER: IT IS A YEAR YEAR-BY-YEAR TYPE OF THING. I WOULDN'T AGREE TO A LONG-TERM CONTRACT IF I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M GETTING INTO. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU MEANT --
COUNCILWOMAN STREAMING YOUR RECOGNIZED. >> SPEAKER: JUST TO KIND OF GO ALONG WITH WHAT SHE SAID THAT THERE ARE A FEW OTHER THINGS THAT ARE BENEFITS THAT COME ALONG WITH THAT. AND THAT WE WOULD GET UNLIMITED LICENSES AS FAR AS DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES THAT ARE ABLE TO GET IN THERE, BOTH OF THE BUILDING AND COAST DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FINANCE, THEY CAN GET IN THERE AND ABLE TO UPDATE EVERYTHING AND SHOW OKAY WE HAVE
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COMPLETED THIS PART, WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT PART. THEY CAN KEEP UP WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS. INCLUDING INVOLVED WITH THAT.WE HAVE OPTIONS OF HOW FAR WE CAN UTILIZE IT TO REGARDLESS -- WITH THIS COST IF WE WOULD LIKE WE ARE ABLE TO SET IT UP TO WHERE IT WILL E-MAIL THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO RENEW THEIR LICENSE, SO IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF THE ONUS OFF OF EVEN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL OWNER TO HAVE TO REMEMBER, I HAVE TO GET MY APPLICATION IN 30 DAYS IN ADVANCE TO RENEW MY LICENSE FOR NEXT YEAR. IT'S GOING TO MAKE LIFE A LITTLE EASIER ON OUR SIDE. BUT WE CAN ALSO UTILIZE IT TO MAKE IT EASIER ON THE SHORT TERM RENTAL OPERATOR, PLUS IT CAN WE CAN UTILIZE IT IF WE WANT TO USE IT FOR THEM TO SEND IT OUT TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY NEED TO GET RESOLVED.
IT IS KIND OF A MULTI-FACTOR THING IN THAT WE CAN FIND THOSE PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING WHAT THEY HAVE IT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN REGARD TO THEIR HOTEL MOTEL TAX AND BE ABLE TO COLLECT THAT REVENUE AND BE ABLE TO GET THEM IN COMPLIANCE.
BUT ALSO TO MAKE THE PROCESS EASIER ON BOTH SIDES. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU,
COUNCILLADY STREETMAN. COUNCILLADY SMITH, ONE MORE? >> SPEAKER: YES, ONE MORE.
I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW DOES THE COUNTY FIND THE PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR? THE COUNTY IS DEALING WITH THE AIRBNB AND ARE THEY GONNA WORK WITH THEM.
AND WORK COLLABORATIVELY? >> SPEAKER: WE DID WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP WHEN KIMBERLY WIGGINS THE TRUSTEE TOOK OFFICE, WE MET WITH HER. I THINK SHE IS THE ONE WHO IDENTIFIED THE 86. WE ARE PRETTY CONVINCED THAT THERE ARE BETWEEN 150 AND 200 OUT THERE. WE ARE NOT CAPTURING ALL OF THEM.
THE TRUSTEE ISN'T EITHER. IF WE DO WE CAN ALSO COORDINATE THAT WITH THE TRUSTEE'S OFFICE AND THEY CAN GET A LOGIN TO OUR SOFTWARE AS WELL. IF THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL COST.
THEY HAVE TO. >> SPEAKER: I THINK WE COULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS.
>> SPEAKER: ABSOLUTELY. >> SPEAKER: SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THIS MUCH MONEY OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PAY ANYTHING TO DO THAT. I THINK IT WAS OPERATING BUDGET.
WHETHER YOU HAVE TO ADD IT I DON'T KNOW BUT I AM SEEING THE WAY THAT MS. WIGGINS DID IT I THINK SHE HAS A HAND UP ON IT SHOWING US HOW TO DO IT WITHOUT SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY.
>> SPEAKER: THAT'S A GREAT POINT. >> SPEAKER: 14,000 IS A LOT OF MONEY JUST TO DO PAPERWORK AND COMPUTER WORK WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE THAT THERE.
SHE HAS THE IDEA AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. SHE FOUND 86 SO THAT'S GOOD.
>> SPEAKER: GREAT POINT. COUNCILLADY STREETMAN? >> SPEAKER: I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THAT. TRUSTEE WIGGINS HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN LOCATING THEM BUT THERE HAS ALSO BEEN A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT WAS SPENT AND THERE ARE WAYS THAT THEY HAD TO GO ABOUT REALLY TRYING TO LOCATE THOSE AND FIND ALL OF THOSE. AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, TIME IS MONEY. THIS WOULD ACTUALLY REDUCE THAT AND NOT HAVE TO USE THAT TIME AND IT ALSO WOULD KEEP IT FROM HAVING TO STRICTLY BE A COMPLAINT DRIVEN PROCESS AS WELL. SO WHEN SOMEBODY IS TRYING TO CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE A SHORT TERM RENTAL, IT MIGHT SOLVE SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAY AS WELL. >> SPEAKER: OKAY. SEEING NO MORE QUESTIONS, LET'S GET ORDINANCE 38 BEFORE US. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND.
>> SPEAKER: FOR ORDINANCE 38 THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 OPERATING
BUDGET FOR THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND HEALTH. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.
>> SPEAKER: TO GIVE HER THAT BURKHART MAKES A MOTION AND I THINK I HEARD COUNCILMAN HANLEY SECOND THE MOTION. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ORDINANCE 38 WHICH IS THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE INTERNAL SERVICE FUND FOR THE HEALTH? INSURANCE PLAN.
SEEING NONE, ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? MADAME CLERK, TAKE A THE VOTE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. GARRETT? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MS. RICHMAN?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. ERB? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. CHANDLER? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MS. GUZMAN?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MS. SMITH? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. HOLLOMAN? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. HANLEY?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MISTREATMENT? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. NORSE? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. BURKART?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MAYOR PITTS. >> SPEAKER: ORDINANCE 30 IS ADOPTED. DINKY WE ARE NOW READY FOR ORDINANCE 39 WHICH IS THE
[6) ORDINANCE 39-2020-21 Amending the FY21 Operating and Capital Budgets for the Governmental Funds Mayor Pitts]
ORDINANCE AMENDING THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 FOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS. YOU HAVE HEARD THE EXPLANATION OF HOW WE GOT HERE.THE REVENUES, WHAT'S ALL IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THE WORD WAS IN THERE SOMEWHERE -- THE INTO PRIME -- ENTERPRISE FUNDS OF GAS
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AND WATER AND TRANSIT ARE NOT BEING AMENDED BECAUSE WE ADOPTED THAT EARLIER THIS YEAR.BUT THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE STATUS QUO. WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE 39 BEFORE US. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL ON ORDINANCE 391ST READING?
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURKHART. SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN HOLLEMAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN BURKHART? >> SPEAKER: I HAVE SOME
QUESTIONS FOR MS. MYERS. BACK WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> SPEAKER: HOW MUCH IS A PENNY
WORTH? YOU HAVE TOLD ME LIKE 15 TIMES. >> SPEAKER: $333,000.
>> SPEAKER: SO $0.03 IS A MILLION? IN ROUND NUMBERS.
>> SPEAKER: HOW MUCH OF THIS MONEY IS ONE TIME MONEY? GRANTS, COVID?
>> SPEAKER: MY BOOK IS A BIT BIGGER THAN YOURS. I HAVE THEM LISTED SO I WOULDN'T FORGET THEM. WE HAVE CORONA RELIEF FUNDS OF 2,000,351.
WE HAVE FEDERAL CARE FUNDS OF 349,000, COPS GRANTS OF 375, SAFER 254, GOOGLE 175, AND THAT TRANSFER FROM THE CPR DEFUND, FOR A TOTAL OF 6,000,957 (INDISCERNIBLE).
>> SPEAKER: -- >> SPEAKER: BUT ALSO KNOW THAT THE MONEY THAT IS BEING SPENT FOR FEDERAL CARE'S FUND AND THE CORONA RELIEF FUND ARE NOT RECURRING COSTS.
BECAUSE THE MAYOR HAS COMMITTED A MILLION DOLLARS OF THE CORONA RELIEF FUND TO IT INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN WE CAN USE SOME OF THAT TO REIMBURSE OURSELVES FOR OTHER PPE AND OTHER SOME POLICE AND FIRE IF WE NEEDED TO. TO MAKE SURE WE SPEND ALL OF THE MONEY.
AND THE FEDERAL CARE'S FUND, THERE IS A SMALL PORTION THAT IS STILL LEFT FOR IT AND THE MAJORITY OF THE REST IS ALL FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND THEY ARE ONE TIME PURCHASES.
SPEC BASED ON OUR GROWTH, WHAT IS OUR TAX RATE. >> SPEAKER: WHAT IS OUR SALES
TAX GROWTH IN THE YEAR FROM BUDGET YEAR TO BUDGET YOUR? >> SPEAKER: OUR GROWTH IN SALES TAX RIGHT NOW IS STILL RUNNING ABOUT 5 PERCENT. OUR GROWTH AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE -- THIS IS WHY MY BIG -- BOOK IS BIGGER. OUR GROWTH AND OUR ASSESSMENT --
TO .8 PERCENT. >> SPEAKER: CAN YOU GIVE ME THAT IN DOLLARS?
ROUND NUMBERS? >> SPEAKER: ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION.
>> SPEAKER: AND THE SALES TAX IS ANOTHER 500,000? >> SPEAKER: OUR TYPICAL SALES
TAX IS $18 MILLION SO 5 PERCENT -- >> SPEAKER: I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS, IF NOTHING CHANGES ACROSS THE BOARD, WHERE ARE WE AT, WELL -- WHERE WILL WE LAND IN JULY? AS FAR AS IT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY?
TO A KNOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY? >> SPEAKER: LET ME SAY THIS. CLARKSVILLE IS EXTREMELY RESILIENT SO I DON'T PUT ANYTHING PAST CLARKSVILLE AND WHAT WE WILL HAVE AT THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR. I WILL ALSO TELL YOU THAT -- IS NOT SUSTAINABLE.
I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE. THAT WAS THE CERTIFIED TAX RATE. WE LOST $1 MILLION WITH THAT CERTIFIED TAX RATE. IT IS NOT SUSTAINABLE FOR US TO SAY -- STAY AT 1 DOLLAR TO.
WE WILL NEED SOMETHING AT SOME POINT. >> SPEAKER: I JUST DON'T WANT TO -- FIVE OF US ARE LEAVING. WE KNOW. AND I DON'T WANT TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON THE NEW GUY, ON THE NEW GUYS AND GIRLS WHOEVER THEY ARE.
A TAX INCREASE THAT WILL BE OVEN WORK A ROUND IT AND OUR GROWTH CONTINUES LIKE IT IS, AND I ADMIT IT IS THE GREATEST -- CRAZIEST I'VE EVER SEEN IT. I AM VERY PRO-THINKING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE FINE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT A BIG HOLE THERE.
IF WE CAN -- IF WE HAVE SOMETHING WE CAN MANAGE THAT I'M OKAY.
AND I THINK -- I TALKED TO HIM ABOUT IT AND I THINK HE THINKS IT'S MANAGEABLE AND THAT'S ALL I
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DON'T JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. >> SPEAKER: ANOTHER THING TO REMEMBER IS THE SENSES. THAT IS GOING TO BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE CITY AND RECURRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. WE CURRENTLY, EVEN IN THIS PANDEMIC WHERE THE STATE REDUCED OUR SHARE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR STATE SHARE OF REVENUE.
ARE STATE SHARED REVENUES ARE CALCULATED BASED ON OUR POPULATION AND IT WILL BE THAT NUMBER FOR TEN YEARS. THEY GIVE US KNEW NUMBERS. EVEN WITH THE PANDEMIC, THEY REDUCED OUR RATE FROM $139.50 PER CITIZEN DOWN TO 135. SO EVEN IF WE GO BACK UP TO THE 139, WHICH -- I THINK ACROSS THE STATE WE ARE DOING PRETTY WELL IN OUR SALES TAX.
OUR SALES TAXES GOING THROUGH THE ROOF. I WOULD ASSUME OTHERS ARE AS WELL. I HAVEN'T LOOKED. BASED ON THE NEW SENSES, THAT WILL BRING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AS A RECURRING REVENUE STREAM EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
>> SPEAKER: THAT'S WHAT I'M AFTER. I WANT THE CASH REGISTER TO KEEP
RINGING. >> SPEAKER: THAT WILL BE THERE AND I THINK -- I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL HAPPEN. WE KNOW FOR A FACT, FEMA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE HAS SAID, PUBLIC SAFETY, POLICE, FIRE, BENEFITS AND SALARIES, ARE REIMBURSABLE AT 100 PERCENT DUE TO COVID FROM MARCH 1 THROUGH DECEMBER 30. INC. ABOUT THE SIZE OF THAT BUDGET AND THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THAT IS FOR ALL OF US SWORN AND COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
IF WE GET EVEN A FRACTION OF THAT, THAT WOULD JUST ADD TO OUR FUND BALANCE.
>> SPEAKER: THEY ARE COUNTERING LIKE OURS, I THINK THEY ARE ON A DIFFERENT ONE.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE -- I DON'T WANT TO JUMP UP TOO FAR BUT YOU HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE BUDGET AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THE WORK. I APPRECIATE THE MAYOR AND YOUR WHOLE STAFF AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HANDING OFF A BUDGET THAT THEY CAN LIVE WITH.
THAT'S ALL I'M REALLY CONCERNED WITH. THANK YOU.
>> SPEAKER: SPEC THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BURKHART. TRÈS PERSPECTIVE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ARE YOU READY TO VOTE? MADAME CLARK?
TAKE THE VOTE. >> SPEAKER: MAJOR GARRETT? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MR. RICHAMOND? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: TO URBAN?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. CHANDLER GO I MISS GUZMAN GO I MISS MYTH?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. HOLLOMAN? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: ESTHER HANLEY? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MISTREATMENT?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MR. NORSE? >> SPEAKER: AYE.
>> SPEAKER: MISSION FOR A? >> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: MAYOR PITTS?
>> SPEAKER: AYE. >> SPEAKER: ORDINANCE 39 IS ADOPTED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THIS SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CLARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL HAVING BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, I WILL
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. >> SPEAKER: WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE WILL CAN RECONVENE REGULAR SESSION AT TEN MINUTES UNTIL
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