WEBVTT 00:00:00.020 --> 00:00:03.020 We now have a quorum. 00:00:03.020 --> 00:00:04.019 Do we? 00:00:04.019 --> 00:00:05.019 Come on. 00:00:05.019 --> 00:00:10.019 You know, one of those things that's so nice to go about our country, you know. 00:00:10.019 --> 00:00:11.019 Right? 00:00:11.019 --> 00:00:13.019 He's sending us some messages. 00:00:13.019 --> 00:00:17.019 I know he hasn't been here before, but he's also hitting with your dad. 00:00:17.019 --> 00:00:18.019 Freddie? 00:00:18.019 --> 00:00:19.019 How you doing? 00:00:19.019 --> 00:00:20.019 Okay, how's it going? 00:00:20.019 --> 00:00:29.050 We ready? 00:00:29.050 --> 00:00:30.050 Ready, Freddie. 00:00:30.050 --> 00:00:31.050 They're happy. 00:00:31.050 --> 00:00:52.200 We'll call the special meeting to order. Mayor Miller. Mayor Miller present on roll call. Here. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:01:01.399 Alderpersons, Klemm. Here. Monroe. Here. Simmons is absent. Parker. Here. Stacy. Here. Shadle. Here. 00:01:01.399 --> 00:01:09.219 Sanders and Sellers are absent but we do have a quorum chair very good we join me 00:01:09.219 --> 00:01:13.709 in the Pledge of Allegiance 00:01:13.709 --> 00:01:26.709 We pledge allegiance to the flag 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. 00:01:46.430 --> 00:01:53.109 Building, Cemetery, Neighborhoods, Tourism, Debt Service, Health Care, Landfill Closure, 00:01:53.109 --> 00:01:59.709 Garbage, Downtown Revitalization Loan, and Manager Boyer. 00:01:59.709 --> 00:02:10.979 Thank you. 00:02:10.979 --> 00:02:11.979 All right. 00:02:11.979 --> 00:02:14.580 Good evening, everyone. 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:20.819 So we're going to talk about revenues tonight, and we're going to start with basically everything 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:34.129 from 101-000-4000 to 101-000-4960. So the first one, so just, sorry I'm getting a little 00:02:34.129 --> 00:02:39.009 distracted there, so we'll start here with the first one, the property taxes. So we budgeted 00:02:39.009 --> 00:02:43.349 the same amount as last year for property taxes, however, we're still waiting on the 00:02:43.349 --> 00:02:49.009 EAV to make this correct. So right now we've got about $2.8 million budgeted in revenue 00:02:49.009 --> 00:02:58.129 for property taxes. Income tax, we're looking at about $1.4 million. The portion we received 00:02:58.129 --> 00:03:06.210 for the income tax is based on the 2020 census figures. So again, this is an estimate. Replacement 00:03:06.210 --> 00:03:12.569 tax. Corporate, we're looking at some reductions primarily due to the state reallocation of 00:03:12.569 --> 00:03:17.250 funds from the local government distributive fund and the personal property replacement 00:03:17.250 --> 00:03:24.370 Tax. So that will be lower than it was last year. Municipal sales tax, about 5.8 00:03:24.370 --> 00:03:31.409 million. This is not including the 1% that we moved forward last year. I'm sorry, 00:03:31.409 --> 00:03:38.009 earlier this year in March. And that will be reflected in the street budget in 00:03:38.009 --> 00:03:45.330 ensuing meetings. Municipal sales tax, the Home Rule Sales Tax, it's 1.25 00:03:45.330 --> 00:03:53.569 5%, and that's 4.6. That's what we're estimating for next year. Special use tax, so this is 00:03:53.569 --> 00:03:59.870 $599,000. This has been decreasing over the past years due to leveling of the Playing 00:03:59.870 --> 00:04:10.069 Field Act of 2021. We've got video game tax, $605,000. The Illinois Gaming Board website 00:04:10.069 --> 00:04:14.370 has all the details in our area and how much we collect, so this is continuing to move 00:04:14.370 --> 00:04:21.529 Hulong, cannabis use tax, state allocation based on the population as we don't have 00:04:21.529 --> 00:04:26.089 a dispensary here in town so we get an estimate from the state so that'll be 00:04:26.089 --> 00:04:33.209 $39,000. iDOT reimbursement for maintenance at $85,000. That's yearly, 00:04:33.209 --> 00:04:38.370 that's for maintaining iDOT thoroughfares through town. That would be 00:04:38.370 --> 00:04:43.290 minor repairs and that type of thing, pothole patching and such. Reimbursement 00:04:43.290 --> 00:04:48.970 for traffic signals 25,000 and that's a reimbursement from the state for repairs 00:04:48.970 --> 00:04:53.490 that traffic signals in state right-of-way. We've got food and beverage 00:04:53.490 --> 00:05:00.930 about 840,000 that's 1.25 local tax directly back to the city of Freeport 00:05:00.930 --> 00:05:06.769 for food and beverage. Electric tax we're looking at about 880,000 from ComEd and 00:05:06.769 --> 00:05:14.850 Natural Gas, 660 from NICOR. The telephone use tax again this one is continuing to decrease over the 00:05:14.850 --> 00:05:24.959 years so right now we're budgeting for $198,000 for this year but it will continue to drop. Cable TV, 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:31.199 similar situation, we're budgeting for $260,000 this year but it's decreasing as people cut the 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:37.439 cord and we'll be evaluating any kind of streaming tax that we can do to to replace that in the 00:05:37.439 --> 00:05:39.560 and the future. 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:45.519 We've got reimbursement for fire, so there's $25,000 that's training and other salary reimbursements 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:53.360 and then same thing for police, $25,000 and also again salary reimbursements. 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:57.639 Small miscellaneous grants, we have left blank due to the fact that we don't know what we'll 00:05:57.639 --> 00:06:03.959 receive, so that will change as the year progresses. 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.959 and then of course federal grant ARPA is no longer in effect. 00:06:07.959 --> 00:06:12.279 Sustained traffic enforcement, so that's a grant for the police, so holiday traffic stops 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:18.160 and safety related funding there, so about $20,000. 00:06:18.160 --> 00:06:20.939 And I'll move down here to a few of these other ones. 00:06:20.939 --> 00:06:27.279 Liquor licenses, we receive about $100,000 in revenue each year for liquor licenses, 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:37.639 So, approximately $10,000 a piece, and we're receiving income from about 10 different establishments. 00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:46.759 Moving on down to construction and zoning permits, about $200,000 a year in those. 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:52.600 And we'll move down to 101-4620 airport fuel sales. 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:58.100 We're receiving about $190,000 a year in fuel sales. 00:06:58.100 --> 00:07:04.540 4670 down at the bottom miscellaneous other charges for service that is for grave openings and so forth 00:07:04.540 --> 00:07:06.939 So you've got about 20,000 a year coming in from that 00:07:07.459 --> 00:07:09.459 What is that from? 00:07:09.540 --> 00:07:15.980 That'd be the fees that we charge to open graves and inter people when they when they are interred at the cemetery 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:24.040 Let's see here 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:29.839 Community developer finds traffic DUI is ordinance in that about 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:51.480 We receive about $140,000 per year, so we're budgeting for that through the circuit clerk, and moving down to $4730 city ordinance fines, we receive about $55,000 a year in ordinance violation fines, adjudication hearings, and so forth. 00:07:51.480 --> 00:08:21.480 if you don't mind I'd like to move down to 40-20 water sewer in lieu of taxes so this is paid from the water and sewer to the city as well as the next three water and sewer accountancy fee and the distribution to corporate fund so these are all the utility compensating the city for work related to those and then interest income we're budgeting about $900,000 in interest 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:23.480 and 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:26.759 John. 00:08:28.259 --> 00:08:31.519 This is the interest that we receive from all of the accrued 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.519 funds that are sitting in bank accounts. 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.000 So we're generating about 900,000 in interest each year. 00:08:41.419 --> 00:08:43.419 And then transfer from 32, fund 32, that's 770,000. 00:08:47.980 --> 00:08:50.399 And that's from fund 331, capital fire improvement, about 54% of 00:08:50.399 --> 00:08:51.399 Huffines. 00:08:51.399 --> 00:09:05.639 So that is our total revenue estimate or revenue budget for 2025 is $25,485,575. 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:11.279 That is down slightly from 2024, but there are a few things that we don't have in here 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:14.440 yet as I mentioned in the beginning. 00:09:14.440 --> 00:09:19.759 We haven't updated the EAV calculations, so we'll see what happens with that. 00:09:19.759 --> 00:09:26.639 yes excuse me what is foreign is it sheriff or shift or what what is that what code is it which 00:09:26.639 --> 00:09:36.399 one are you looking at 4705 what is that excuse me uh michelle would you like to comment on that 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:41.759 i'm i might ask chief too because it comes from the circuit clerk's office 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:48.559 so we get several fees that come through the courts i think it's um maybe something about 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:53.200 being served out of the county or something like that we get a fee yeah I 00:09:53.200 --> 00:09:57.519 honestly I wouldn't be able to tell you because I I never get to see the money 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:01.879 coming in but if that's what you're saying that 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:01.919 but if that's what you're saying it could be the amounts that we put on warrants 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:18.259 when when we serve a warrant yeah I had a couple questions with these zeros like 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:24.539 the special event permit and fees right so those are gonna be so small we were 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:28.080 not a hundred percent sure what we're gonna receive and so we don't bother 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:36.240 Miller entering it. And the federal grant as well? Well, federal grant ARPA is over. If 00:10:36.240 --> 00:10:42.159 you're referring to Fund 4356, that's no longer in effect. It's just a legacy left over from 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:54.200 a couple years ago. Greg? Holden McClellan. Rob, could you tell us, you kind of went over 00:10:54.200 --> 00:11:05.019 it, but what is Fund 32? It's the one down next to the bottom. Yeah. 4950. Ambulance. 00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:10.860 I'm gonna I'm gonna have a chief go ahead and fill in on that one that's the 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:16.600 proceeds from ambulance billing and transports whereas the city by ordinance 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:22.940 takes 54% of that so that's represents that figure there thank you we just 00:11:22.940 --> 00:11:32.289 donated to that appreciate it thank you just didn't know what it was sir I just 00:11:32.289 --> 00:11:37.129 would like to make a comment on that I I feel like we have to we should be 00:11:37.129 --> 00:11:45.409 finding a way to milk ourselves off of that moving that into the general fund 00:11:45.409 --> 00:11:51.769 just because those pieces apparatus are so expensive that that money should be 00:11:51.769 --> 00:11:57.990 we should be saving that for when those trucks need to be replaced so that we 00:11:57.990 --> 00:12:04.470 Don't Go Out and Borrow Money. I know that's hard once that funding starts 00:12:04.470 --> 00:12:08.830 coming into the budget. It's hard to get away from it, but it's something we 00:12:08.830 --> 00:12:14.430 really need to work at. And point of note, we did make an extra contribution or we 00:12:14.430 --> 00:12:18.750 budgeted for a small the process of transferring that back in. Do you recall 00:12:18.750 --> 00:12:26.149 what that was, Michelle? I thought it was a man. I'm not sure what you mean. On on the 00:12:26.149 --> 00:12:31.490 Fund 32 transfer from Fund 32 we reduced the amount of transfer by I think about 00:12:31.490 --> 00:12:38.190 $100,000 so that we can begin to make that kind of be in line with what 00:12:38.190 --> 00:12:42.830 Alderman Shadle mentioned. I know we're less than what we have budgeted this 00:12:42.830 --> 00:12:49.750 year, but it's it's truly based on the ordinance and there's a set formula on 00:12:49.750 --> 00:12:52.750 on how that's supposed to be done. 00:12:52.750 --> 00:12:57.389 54%, like you say, comes back to the general fund. 00:12:57.389 --> 00:12:59.529 Another thought with that was that I've had 00:12:59.529 --> 00:13:02.769 with the city manager is perhaps that should be, 00:13:04.029 --> 00:13:07.710 or a portion be earmarked for public works equipment 00:13:07.710 --> 00:13:09.389 because they are having the same problem 00:13:09.389 --> 00:13:12.029 as buyers having to about being able 00:13:12.029 --> 00:13:13.789 to replace those big trucks. 00:13:13.789 --> 00:13:16.399 Certainly. 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:17.399 Question. 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:18.240 Thank you. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:19.059 Alderman Clem. 00:13:19.059 --> 00:13:23.100 When was the ordinance changed? 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:35.980 Sorry, I thought the percentage was changed maybe back in 19 or so, but I would I would 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:36.980 have to look it up. 00:13:36.980 --> 00:13:37.980 I'm sorry. 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.980 Okay. 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:41.319 Would you just for curiosity? 00:13:41.319 --> 00:13:45.519 Thank you. 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:47.519 Can I ask a question? 00:13:47.519 --> 00:13:54.960 Can they repeat what the transfer from fund 32 means because I don't know who was talking 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:55.960 about it? 00:13:55.960 --> 00:14:02.360 sure sure Michelle would you mind explaining that to so fund it says 32 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:08.960 but it's 332 since we changed the new account the new software but 332 brings 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:13.919 in all the ambulance revenue for the fire department and some of the equipment 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:18.240 needs for the fire department are expensed out of that department out of 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:24.039 that fund as well and there's an ordinance that exists on the codified 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:33.799 Ordinances, that 54% of the net revenue generated in that fund comes back to the General Fund. 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:42.980 So that's what I'm doing because it's an ordinance, it's in stone for now. 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:49.220 You would like to see, can you explain that to me a little better? 00:14:49.220 --> 00:14:56.220 This money that's taken in in this fund is supposed to be used as it was originally written 00:14:56.220 --> 00:15:05.100 was supposed to be used for fire department apparatus, new trucks as they come for need. 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:08.500 We have a funding source for that. 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:15.519 And through the course of time, some of that money, 54%, has been diverted from that fund 00:15:15.519 --> 00:15:18.639 into the general fund. 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:21.720 And I'm just saying that we need to, 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:25.839 I feel we need to look at getting things back 00:15:25.839 --> 00:15:28.720 to keeping that money in the fund 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:32.160 so that when these trucks do wear out, 00:15:32.160 --> 00:15:34.399 that a quarter of a million dollars, 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:38.399 we're not borrowing money, that we've 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:40.200 got the money saved for it. 00:15:40.200 --> 00:15:42.700 And I just feel that's something we 00:15:42.700 --> 00:15:46.100 Fowler, and we need to put on our radar and revisit. 00:15:46.100 --> 00:15:47.100 Okay. 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:55.259 And do we know out of the 54% what that amount was, you know, so that I can kind of know 00:15:55.259 --> 00:15:59.019 what the 54% of that was that went into the general fund? 00:15:59.019 --> 00:16:01.019 That it'd be the 778. 00:16:01.019 --> 00:16:02.420 Oh, okay. 00:16:02.420 --> 00:16:03.740 That went into the general fund? 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.740 Yes. 00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.740 Oh, okay. 00:16:05.740 --> 00:16:07.779 May I add to that as well, please? 00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.779 Absolutely. 00:16:08.779 --> 00:16:38.779 So, yes, Alderman Shadle is correct, it was intended for apparatus, but that's the fire department capital fund that is also much broader used for that fund, it's also paying for central fire station, it's paying for hose, equipment, support equipment for the fire department, so that takes, it takes pressure off the general fund, so within 332, 00:16:38.779 --> 00:16:47.860 it's it's accounted for apparatus the large trucks cars ambulances again the 00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:55.460 stations various lengths of hose firefighting foam so everything that a 00:16:55.460 --> 00:17:00.139 great deal of things that we need for operations consumables comes out of that 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:06.819 fund and then the 101 fund the general fund is largely for salaries and 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:17.619 We did do an amortization study of what it would cost per year out of that fund to allow 00:17:17.619 --> 00:17:22.019 for replacement of apparatus and not having to finance anything. 00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:27.059 So if we started this year, up until when all the other apparatus that we have need 00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:32.139 to be replaced, a little over a million dollars, everything would be planned for, a million 00:17:32.139 --> 00:17:33.819 dollars each year. 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:38.619 So 20 years from now and the big expensive ladder truck needs to be replaced, money's 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:39.619 there. 00:17:39.619 --> 00:17:44.139 Seven years from now and these new ambulances need to be replaced, the money is there. 00:17:44.139 --> 00:17:51.099 So a new pumper that if we were to order today, pay for it in four years, that money would 00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.259 be there and be replaced. 00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:56.299 We wouldn't have to bond out any more of this expensive stuff. 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:59.860 It would all be planned for, accounted for, and saved for. 00:17:59.860 --> 00:18:02.980 Go ahead, go ahead. 00:18:02.980 --> 00:18:03.980 Go ahead. 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:09.940 No, I just wanted to know what caused, and you said there was a, what caused the change 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:11.860 to make us do that? 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:17.259 To take the 50% off and put it in the general fund? 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:20.339 Why can't it just stay the way it was? 00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:22.860 We've been doing this as long as I've been here and that's 10 years. 00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:27.019 The ordinance goes back to 2008 originally. 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:30.579 So this isn't new. 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:32.579 is, I would say, the percentage. 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.539 It looks like the percentage was changed, just briefly, from, 00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:39.740 you know, up to a higher percentage, from 18 to 19, but 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:41.759 otherwise, 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:44.759 it's the same. 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:48.579 ≫ Alderman Monroe. 00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:51.799 Thank you, Alderman Shadle. 00:18:53.019 --> 00:18:54.740 That would be great if it were used and utilized in a manner 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:57.159 that would make sense. The problem is, we're still running 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:59.159 $3 million fire engines out to every ambulance call. 00:19:00.579 --> 00:19:01.579 Fowler. 00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:06.500 This is on top of all of the funding that the fire department's already asked for out 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:08.159 of the general fund this year. 00:19:08.159 --> 00:19:12.579 We've replaced a ladder truck, we've replaced an engine, we've replaced three ambulances. 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.639 Have we not? 00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:17.340 And we've replaced a bunch of hose and other equipment. 00:19:17.340 --> 00:19:22.440 So it's important that we kind of put this into perspective because we've got other things 00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:25.619 in the meantime that we need to address. 00:19:25.619 --> 00:19:31.259 and by moving that money back into the fire department, it doesn't really free up money. 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:34.920 It actually puts strain and stress on the other assets of the city. 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:39.220 So right now we're already having problems with public works, we're having problems with 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:43.099 the police department at times, and we have to replace a lot of equipment. 00:19:43.099 --> 00:19:48.460 That money is important, but it's not really a fire department slush fund. 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:52.820 And that is something we need to avoid as we go through the coming years. 00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:55.179 Because look, I mean, we just got a new chief vehicle. 00:19:55.179 --> 00:19:57.980 I mean I could go on and on and on the stuff that we've bought in the last four 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.680 and on and on the stuff that we've bought in the last four years. It's important. 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:05.240 I was throwing it out there for future debate. Yeah well well that's fine but 00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:09.740 you know the problem is is it puts puts into perspective. We can debate that 00:20:09.740 --> 00:20:14.519 further when we debate it. I was just throwing the idea. Yeah well I'm throwing 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:22.400 a different idea out there so. Manager Boyer. Chief would you like to speak to 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:30.799 We don't run fire apparatus on every ambulance call, absolutely not, but when we do run 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:35.920 fire apparatus on ambulance calls it's because we don't have enough ambulances in service. 00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:40.200 Our ambulances are already at the hospital, we're transporting somebody else, so somebody 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:46.839 dials 911, an ambulance is not available, a paramedic staffed and equipped fire truck, 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:52.359 not the ladder truck, will go until an ambulance can free up from the hospital and respond 00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:57.460 to pick up the patient but we cannot delay patient care obviously until an 00:20:57.460 --> 00:21:04.480 ambulance gets in service so on the other rare occasions some advanced army 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:13.430 you said rare on an occasion when yes rare for the ladder truck I'm not saying 00:21:13.430 --> 00:21:17.109 ladder I'm saying an engine I didn't say ladder an engine will go when an 00:21:17.109 --> 00:21:21.109 ambulance is unavailable or as I was saying it's an advanced life support 00:21:21.109 --> 00:21:22.109 Boyer. 00:21:22.109 --> 00:21:23.109 Thank you. 00:21:23.109 --> 00:21:24.109 Manager Boyer? 00:21:24.109 --> 00:21:25.109 Fowler. 00:21:25.109 --> 00:21:30.750 Two paramedics on an ambulance is not enough staffing, not enough manpower to address a 00:21:30.750 --> 00:21:33.309 critical advanced life support call. 00:21:33.309 --> 00:21:37.509 So we make that determination based on the call type that comes in. 00:21:37.509 --> 00:21:42.470 We're very conservative of what calls we send the fire apparatus on because of the wear 00:21:42.470 --> 00:21:47.710 and tear, because we want to preserve the life of that apparatus. 00:21:47.710 --> 00:21:49.710 Thank you. 00:21:49.710 --> 00:21:50.710 Manager Boyer? 00:21:50.710 --> 00:21:51.710 Okay. 00:21:51.710 --> 00:21:56.710 If there's no more questions on revenue, let's move on to building. 00:21:56.710 --> 00:22:07.710 So would you be in favor of leaving it as it is, or in not the general fund getting that 54%? 00:22:07.710 --> 00:22:18.710 Well I see the merits both ways. Alderman Monroe is correct that by lessening the 54% contribution to the general fund 00:22:18.710 --> 00:22:21.710 would put more demands on the general fund 00:22:21.710 --> 00:22:24.490 to pay for salaries and benefits. 00:22:24.490 --> 00:22:28.089 However, it would better position the city 00:22:28.089 --> 00:22:28.930 and the fire department, 00:22:28.930 --> 00:22:31.110 because the fire department's part of the city, 00:22:31.110 --> 00:22:32.990 for future acquisitions. 00:22:32.990 --> 00:22:34.930 And when we replace this stuff, 00:22:34.930 --> 00:22:36.750 it's not because it's nice and shines, 00:22:36.750 --> 00:22:38.990 because it's all old and falling apart 00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:41.710 and the staff vehicle that was replaced 00:22:41.710 --> 00:22:45.450 is because a 2005 Trailblazer, 00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:48.190 the frame rusted out and is unsafe to drive any longer. 00:22:48.190 --> 00:22:51.170 So these are things that have been replaced 00:22:51.170 --> 00:22:53.369 through wear and tear and attrition 00:22:53.369 --> 00:22:55.490 that have been neglected in the past. 00:22:55.490 --> 00:22:59.769 So yes, we're making great steps to position the fleet 00:22:59.769 --> 00:23:04.809 for long-term use and to reduce these large expenditures 00:23:04.809 --> 00:23:07.369 going forward, but we're doing it 00:23:07.369 --> 00:23:10.750 because it's been necessary. 00:23:10.750 --> 00:23:12.690 Could answer your question, I guess. 00:23:12.690 --> 00:23:15.889 Yes, in a perfect world, it'd be great to be able 00:23:15.889 --> 00:23:18.029 to amortize more of that money, 00:23:18.029 --> 00:23:20.150 to save it for future expenditures 00:23:20.150 --> 00:23:23.389 and not have to go out and borrow money 00:23:23.389 --> 00:23:28.049 and pay interest rates for that kind of purchase. 00:23:28.049 --> 00:23:31.470 But there's limited amount of money that's available. 00:23:31.470 --> 00:23:35.849 So as elected officials, we have to use it. 00:23:35.849 --> 00:23:43.309 You have to determine to use it wisely. 00:23:43.309 --> 00:23:44.150 Manager Boyer. 00:23:45.309 --> 00:23:50.309 All right, let's move on to 101, 142, 6155. 00:23:50.309 --> 00:24:21.769 6155. That's government buildings. So as far, this is mostly expenses. In 2020, on this first one, 6155, in 2024, we spent about $135,000 fixing the windows. So we could then replace the windows or put storm windows on this building. One of the biggest challenges here is keeping this place heated due to the fact that it's all electric. 00:24:22.289 --> 00:24:27.410 and the older windows because a historic building it's pretty drafty and they're 00:24:27.410 --> 00:24:35.170 only single pane so next year we're hoping to put storm windows on that are 00:24:35.170 --> 00:24:41.970 acceptable to the historic building folks and so anyway moving on we have 00:24:41.970 --> 00:24:45.809 contracted equipment repair and maintenance for essentially for $50,000 00:24:45.809 --> 00:24:50.490 that's essentially more more just some budget put there in case we have any 00:24:50.490 --> 00:25:08.730 We've got some more issues with the PD building. We're looking at other options for another PD. However, at the current time, we have to make what we have work until we are able to find and move into a new location. So we've gone ahead and budgeted about $50,000 for that. 00:25:08.730 --> 00:25:28.730 Obviously, we've got natural gas, building supplies, janitorial and so forth, other and then we've got capital outlay. And so that capital outlay there, that $200,000 is for City Hall and the primary one being the storm windows. So, sure. 00:25:28.730 --> 00:25:33.730 Is the tuck point making it in this year or is that pushed off another year? 00:25:33.730 --> 00:25:38.130 We're going to hold off on that one more year because I want to get, we just recently fixed, 00:25:38.130 --> 00:25:42.210 repainted and cleaned all these windows on the outside. I want to get the storm windows put on 00:25:42.210 --> 00:25:47.569 so that's all preserved and doesn't flake off, you know, and peel and get weathered. So I want 00:25:47.569 --> 00:25:53.009 to kind of preserve that work. The tuck pointing is necessary. However, I think the windows are 00:25:53.009 --> 00:25:57.089 going to do two things. It's going to preserve the work that we invested in this year. It's also 00:25:57.089 --> 00:26:08.039 going to lower some of our costs in terms of heat. So without the drafty windows. All right, with 00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:15.480 that I'd like to move on to government or the cemetery care fund this one's pretty 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:21.839 straightforward we receive revenue in two forms and cemetery care fund one is to 00:26:21.839 --> 00:26:27.319 grave and earn purchases and the other one is interest income so we're expecting 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:31.980 about $9,200 in grave and earn purchases and that's just based on previous 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:36.819 activity that could go up depending or down depending on the activity and then 00:26:36.819 --> 00:26:40.980 as far as expenses, contracted building repair and maintenance. Currently we don't 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:47.059 have anything planned for cemetery in terms of for major repairs out there. We've 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:52.259 replaced all of the roofs on all of the mausoleums that need to be replaced and 00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:57.139 the garage is doing okay so there's really nothing we need to worry about in 00:26:57.139 --> 00:27:01.779 that regard. So any questions on cemetery care fund? 00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:13.900 I do think it needs the fence that's facing, oh I'm sorry, the fence that's facing Lincoln, 00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:16.139 it could get a nice paint job. 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:17.139 Okay. 00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:19.139 Well, I'm sure we can accommodate that. 00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:20.139 Creepy. 00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.139 Yeah. 00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.139 Yeah, that's fine. 00:27:22.139 --> 00:27:24.779 I think it would look nice with a nice paint job or something. 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:40.500 Okay. 00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:46.450 Okay, with that we can move on to neighborhood housing fund. 00:27:46.450 --> 00:27:53.730 So Neighborhood Housing Fund revenue side, starting with $4,125. 00:27:53.730 --> 00:28:00.450 So this is a local tax from property transfer tax of $2 per 500 of consideration when buying 00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:01.710 a property. 00:28:01.710 --> 00:28:06.170 So we're receiving about $210,000 in revenue there. 00:28:06.170 --> 00:28:11.630 And then interest income of about $15,000 and then fund balance transfer. 00:28:11.630 --> 00:28:17.230 So plan on using the remainder of this fund here on the Neighborhood Housing Fund. 00:28:17.230 --> 00:28:23.730 Pretty much all we use this for is not all, but primarily this is used for demolitions. 00:28:23.730 --> 00:28:30.329 So if you see here in the expense items, about $20,000 for economic development projects 00:28:30.329 --> 00:28:34.070 and $605,000 for demolitions. 00:28:34.070 --> 00:28:38.309 The lion's share of that is for the plan demo of the Union School. 00:28:38.309 --> 00:28:42.029 We're going to continue to look for grants on that, but we're going to go ahead and budget 00:28:42.029 --> 00:28:45.029 that for next year. 00:28:45.029 --> 00:28:47.029 To tear it down? 00:28:47.029 --> 00:28:51.869 Well, yes, it'll kind of come in two phases, one would be as best as remediation and then 00:28:51.869 --> 00:28:55.750 done out of the school. 00:28:55.750 --> 00:29:06.909 So will any of this also be for some more homes and stuff coming down also, or this 00:29:06.909 --> 00:29:10.070 is what union school is going to cost? 00:29:10.070 --> 00:29:15.389 Wayne did you have any comments on that on the neighborhood housing fund or any 00:29:15.389 --> 00:29:19.750 of these funds gonna use for other demos besides the Union School? Well sure yes 00:29:19.750 --> 00:29:25.190 it could be used for other initiatives but I mean we're looking at some pretty 00:29:25.190 --> 00:29:30.470 hefty you know that that's a hefty budget item so a typical house is gonna 00:29:30.470 --> 00:29:34.029 cost anywhere from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars to demolish and we're 00:29:34.029 --> 00:29:37.829 looking at right now anywhere from two to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars 00:29:37.829 --> 00:29:44.529 Sanders to demolish the Union School. So, when we're, when we have money in the fund, 00:29:44.529 --> 00:29:50.869 and we currently have, we own the property, staff thinks it's a good idea to have the 00:29:50.869 --> 00:29:55.750 money budgeted to demolish it, because otherwise we're going to be preserving it. I personally 00:29:55.750 --> 00:29:57.750 Walsh. 00:29:57.750 --> 00:30:00.480 I personally have walked through the building and I can tell you there is no hope for it 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:06.079 being redeveloped and truly we should have the money budgeted here. 00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:07.240 Would it be nice to get a grant? 00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.240 Yes. 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:11.359 Is the city going to work towards grant funds to demolish it? 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:12.359 Yes. 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:18.890 But I do think that the city should be prepared to demolish this structure. 00:30:18.890 --> 00:30:20.289 Go ahead. 00:30:20.289 --> 00:30:25.930 I know that this year we had that $300,000 for demos. 00:30:25.930 --> 00:30:32.170 And then we also had, wasn't it some other money 00:30:32.170 --> 00:30:36.170 that came in that was going to be a grant or something? 00:30:36.170 --> 00:30:39.210 So $300,000 is a strong communities grant program. 00:30:39.210 --> 00:30:41.170 That has to be residential housing. 00:30:41.170 --> 00:30:44.130 So it has to be dilapidated actual residential properties. 00:30:44.130 --> 00:30:47.410 The union school is not going to qualify for that grant 00:30:47.410 --> 00:30:49.650 because it's a former school. 00:30:49.650 --> 00:31:01.150 So anytime we're using the Strong Communities Program grant funds, that's going to be for houses, duplexes, that's all that qualifies for that grant. 00:31:01.150 --> 00:31:09.849 Okay, I just would like to know about how much do we have left in that grant from what we've done this year? 00:31:09.849 --> 00:31:23.349 We will probably end up with, when I, excuse me, when I end up requesting for a grant extension, there will probably end up being $50,000 not spent that I would be asking for an extension on, and that would be at the best-case scenario. 00:31:23.349 --> 00:31:28.849 Right now, I have, by the end of the year, I anticipate spending all that money. 00:31:28.849 --> 00:31:29.650 Okay. 00:31:29.650 --> 00:31:39.549 So, unfortunately, or fortunately, how you look at it, there's, I have enough properties to put through that grant to use that money. 00:31:39.549 --> 00:31:45.490 So just in residential vacant properties. 00:31:45.490 --> 00:31:45.990 Thank you. 00:31:45.990 --> 00:31:50.950 And just my math on this shows that if you take out the 250 00:31:50.950 --> 00:31:55.190 that you're budgeting for demolition of the union school, 00:31:55.190 --> 00:31:57.789 that's still leaving about the same 350 00:31:57.789 --> 00:32:00.710 that we had last year for housing. 00:32:00.710 --> 00:32:04.150 Yes, that would leave the same amount for demolishing houses. 00:32:04.150 --> 00:32:07.789 But in addition, we're also working on taking down 00:32:07.789 --> 00:32:12.990 and the hotel as well on 20th, so there's some bigger items there that we would like 00:32:12.990 --> 00:32:19.509 to have that money set aside in case we can move forward with that demolition. 00:32:19.509 --> 00:32:24.789 Another reason why it's beneficial for a community to purchase properties off the tax sale like 00:32:24.789 --> 00:32:29.110 the Union School is that the Union School is now in the city's ownership and when we 00:32:29.110 --> 00:32:33.589 have the budget item to demolish the Union School, we're ready to do so because we own 00:32:33.589 --> 00:32:34.589 it. 00:32:34.589 --> 00:32:36.589 Hauk, Paul, and Dr. Martin. 00:32:39.630 --> 00:32:41.630 And we're trying to get the law in the 00:32:43.049 --> 00:32:45.349 court to save the money on the payback, so that's part of the 00:32:45.349 --> 00:32:47.349 law. 00:32:48.529 --> 00:32:50.529 So we're trying to get the tax off the back taxes. 00:32:52.789 --> 00:32:55.210 With the hotel, we're right now in a legal process trying to, 00:32:55.210 --> 00:32:56.970 we're petitioning the court for the right to demolish that 00:32:56.970 --> 00:33:02.130 hotel, because it's owned by a property owner and we're trying 00:33:02.130 --> 00:33:04.130 to force a demolition there. 00:33:04.589 --> 00:33:08.589 Is that also a lot of asbestos in there also? 00:33:08.589 --> 00:33:12.589 That is budgeting for asbestos, yes. 00:33:12.589 --> 00:33:16.589 Thank you. So I'm going to ask a question that 00:33:16.589 --> 00:33:20.589 many Freeport residents have asked me. Why do we 00:33:20.589 --> 00:33:24.589 keep ending up with all these properties and having to pay to tear them down ourselves? 00:33:24.589 --> 00:33:28.589 Why aren't we holding previous owners accountable for this? 00:33:28.589 --> 00:33:32.589 And going after them? 00:33:32.589 --> 00:34:02.589 Well, I mean, at some point, what ends up happening here is, it's like any it's going after bad credit, right? They just stop paying. So we do take them through their admin court. We do eventually any of these properties that are being forced into demolition, they get what's known as a chronic nuisance, and they start accruing bad debt on them. Okay, so they've, they know they own a bad property. They're receiving the violations. And eventually, the city saying, look, they're not fixing the property, they're not paying for it. 00:34:02.589 --> 00:34:07.950 It's a public nuisance and that's the last step is to demolish it and we're saying 00:34:08.750 --> 00:34:13.750 I'll answer that question. We do file a lien on the property and we do go to 00:34:15.829 --> 00:34:22.389 Build collections, but if they're not paying they're not paying it's a bad debt at some point if that makes sense 00:34:22.389 --> 00:34:26.389 So when we tear down the building, yes, there's a lien on that property 00:34:27.110 --> 00:34:29.190 But we just tore the person's property down 00:34:29.710 --> 00:34:32.289 Odds are they're not going to end up paying on that bad debt 00:34:32.590 --> 00:34:33.590 Fowler. 00:34:33.590 --> 00:34:38.750 So this is a consistent problem that has been going on for many years. And it is not just 00:34:38.750 --> 00:34:44.949 an individual bad debtor. It is actually the people before that. Chicago Tribune, Chicago 00:34:44.949 --> 00:34:52.389 Sun-Times both ran articles about local landowners here in Freeport many years ago who were basically 00:34:52.389 --> 00:34:56.510 buying properties, running them into the ground, and then dumping them on people that couldn't 00:34:56.510 --> 00:34:57.510 Fowler. 00:34:57.510 --> 00:35:04.590 Those people knew that these properties were in this manner, and we continue to go ahead 00:35:04.590 --> 00:35:05.590 and do it. 00:35:05.590 --> 00:35:09.809 I mean, this is costing us over a period of 10 years millions and millions of dollars. 00:35:09.809 --> 00:35:14.610 And I think somebody needs to be held accountable for this, and it needs to stop, or we need 00:35:14.610 --> 00:35:20.389 to put an ordinance in place that says, you know what, why are we letting them sell them, 00:35:20.389 --> 00:35:21.389 is a million-dollar question. 00:35:21.389 --> 00:35:27.550 and if I could just jump in on this one Alderman Monroe we do occupy a special 00:35:27.550 --> 00:35:32.989 role which is we can go after and receive grant money that we can then go and 00:35:32.989 --> 00:35:36.269 acquire these properties take them down we're budgeting for this this year 00:35:36.269 --> 00:35:40.949 because we're budgeting for it we own it we want to get it down however we're 00:35:40.949 --> 00:35:46.750 gonna look after all kinds of other ways to fund this that doesn't take money out 00:35:46.750 --> 00:35:50.550 of the city's back pocket but at the end of the day if there's no other choice 00:35:50.550 --> 00:35:55.470 Fries, then we at least budgeted for it. So I just want you to know that right at the 00:35:55.470 --> 00:35:59.989 end of the day, we are the ones, we're basically the ones that end up getting stuck with these 00:35:59.989 --> 00:36:04.869 properties. All right. I think there's going to be a further conversation with other folks 00:36:04.869 --> 00:36:10.070 on this particular one, but it's not something I can really get into at this time. So, but 00:36:10.070 --> 00:36:15.550 I will say we're going to pursue other opportunities to, to at minimum defray the city's expenses 00:36:15.550 --> 00:36:21.760 related to this. So we will be pursuing those options. 00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:26.440 what do you mean pursuing those options? I'll be happy to talk offline about it. 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:32.619 So whether it's whether it's going out and receiving grant funding to help us 00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:38.220 take these things down or opening up a conversation with other other units of 00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:42.159 government I mean I think we have we'll be opening up those discussions but 00:36:42.159 --> 00:36:45.720 we got a budget for it if we want to get it down within the next year and it's a 00:36:45.720 --> 00:36:49.239 huge nuisance. It provides safety concerns for the people in the community 00:36:49.239 --> 00:36:55.000 and so at you know we're gonna seek as many other resources as possible but in 00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:58.360 the meantime at least we've got it budgeted and we can begin the process of 00:36:58.360 --> 00:37:01.920 getting rid of it. I think I speak for a lot of people in Freeport a huge 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:06.639 nuisance is the second highest taxes in the country as far as property taxes go 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:11.279 that's a huge nuisance and it's hurting our growth and our potential to grow 00:37:11.279 --> 00:37:14.199 back that's six hundred five thousand dollars I could have gone to something 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:28.670 Ells. Okay with that I'd like to move on to Tourism Fund. So our revenue on this 00:37:28.670 --> 00:37:35.150 fund is hotel motel tax approximately $280,000 and it earns about $5,000 a year 00:37:35.150 --> 00:37:41.750 in interest. So this is a local tax remitted to the city of Freeport. It's 5% 00:37:41.750 --> 00:37:48.470 on hotel stays. On the expense side about $248,000 goes to our Economic 00:37:48.470 --> 00:37:54.409 Development Agency, GFP, and then we also have some miscellaneous expenses related 00:37:54.409 --> 00:37:59.570 to some of the downtown events and then also we've got the transfer out to 00:37:59.570 --> 00:38:07.710 general fund to pay for the part of the communication director's salary. Any 00:38:07.710 --> 00:38:23.389 questions on the tourism fund? No. Okay. All right, with that let's move to Debt 00:38:23.389 --> 00:38:30.230 Service Fund. So in this particular fund we're transferring in funds from the 00:38:30.230 --> 00:38:36.789 the general fund to pay for our debt service. So we'll be bringing in about 00:38:36.789 --> 00:38:45.449 3.4 million dollars for the 2016 City Hall and 2020 pension bonds to support 00:38:45.449 --> 00:38:52.150 the payment of those. Also transferring in 120 thousand dollars to pay for the 00:38:52.150 --> 00:39:02.190 the 2015A bond which is library and then the transfer in for streets which is 477,000 that's 00:39:02.190 --> 00:39:10.510 for the payment on bonds 2019A and 2021 both of those funded street repairs at the city 00:39:10.510 --> 00:39:20.590 and they are paid for with the $2 that you pay in your water bill. Transfer in for TIF 00:39:20.590 --> 00:39:50.590 you got a hundred and twelve thousand that's paying for the 2018 and 2015 a bonds and then transfer in from the fire improvement fund that's three hundred and forty thousand that pays for 2013 a that's the central fire station in the 2022 aerial fire truck so and I'm kind of repeating myself here through the expenses but you've got two million going for the city hall bond 270,000 going to the 00:39:50.590 --> 00:39:53.949 Fire Improvement Fund. That's, as I mentioned, for the fire. 00:39:53.949 --> 00:39:54.380 That's as I mentioned for the fire truck 00:39:56.139 --> 00:39:59.380 88,000 going to the library to pay for the library bond 00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:03.539 365,000 going for the street bond 00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:07.139 81,000 for TIF 00:40:08.300 --> 00:40:10.300 Principle then we've got 00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:14.420 interest of 1.4 million for City Hall 00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:17.059 70 for fire improvement library 00:40:17.699 --> 00:40:19.099 31,000 00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:23.000 Streets has 112 and TIFF is 31,000. So 00:40:24.500 --> 00:40:26.500 Any questions on that? 00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:31.179 All in the cellars. Yes, I'd like to know how many bonds you got for the library. 00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:38.300 I'm sorry. That's okay. Good question. Michelle, could you make sure, could you go ahead? 00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:42.780 We just have one and it's the 2015 00:40:43.900 --> 00:40:48.139 A1 it's pretty old. It's just a small portion of that bond. 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:51.820 is still paying for the library. 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:53.360 So what you're seeing there is the principal 00:40:53.360 --> 00:40:54.360 and interest payments. 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.760 They appear separately, but it's so you can tell 00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:58.599 the difference how much we're paying for principal, 00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:00.159 how much we're paying for interest. 00:41:00.159 --> 00:41:01.719 OK. 00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:05.519 So the interest was the 88? 00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:08.119 80-80. 00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:09.400 Excuse me, older person. 00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:12.000 Stacy, could you please pull your microphone down? 00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:14.480 That helps with the people that are here, 00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.920 the people that aren't here. 00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:17.639 And then we type the minutes from that. 00:41:17.639 --> 00:41:20.519 So please remember to speak into the microphone. 00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:21.920 Sorry. 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:32.400 I was asking if the $88,800 was interest from the 2015 bond. 00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:34.440 No, that is principal. 00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:37.599 Principal. 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:39.880 And so where's the interest? 00:41:39.880 --> 00:41:41.880 It's item 8075. 00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:43.360 The 31? 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.639 $31,000, yes. 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:47.079 It's interest alone. 00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:53.389 Yep. 00:41:53.389 --> 00:42:01.230 Okay. With that, I'd like to move on to the health care fund. So this fund manages the 00:42:01.230 --> 00:42:08.010 health care expenses for the city employees and retirees. We anticipate a 1.8% increase 00:42:08.010 --> 00:42:17.429 in medical insurance expense and 6.8 in dental insurance. So the revenue comes in through 00:42:17.429 --> 00:42:47.429 We do individual contributions, about $471,000. Also various, you've got the police and fire contributions of various levels and AFSCME. Then you've got employer share. So the employees contribute $2.3 million. And then the retirees contribute $192,000. So your total revenue there is $3.1 million. Then your expenses going out, you've got voluntary life premium $76,000. 00:42:47.429 --> 00:43:01.880 600, Vision 4500, Retiree Premium is $305,000, and then $2.8 for employee premiums. 00:43:01.880 --> 00:43:04.400 Any questions on the healthcare fund? 00:43:04.400 --> 00:43:13.519 Okay, with that, I'd like to move on to the Landfill Closure Fund. 00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:19.280 This is one of the requests from our auditor is we need to start contributing. 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:27.679 now it shows as a debt basically and we're trying to contribute every year to 00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:32.039 fully fund that landfill closure fund. It's not something we can do all at once 00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:37.079 but we are taking steps to make sure that those funds are there when we need 00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:41.639 them off into the future when the landfill actually closes. So on the 00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:47.639 revenue side we are transfer the transfer station rents about 29,000 so 00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:52.239 that's the money we receive from Gills to run the transfer station and then we've 00:43:52.239 --> 00:43:57.940 got a solar lease we'll be receiving about $11,000 from Amoresco or whoever 00:43:57.940 --> 00:44:04.219 the eventual owner will be there then we get another 30,000 interest and then we 00:44:04.219 --> 00:44:10.460 also transfer in another 500,000 from General Fund and then on the expense 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:15.779 side so contracted infrastructure repair and maintenance about 150,000 this is 00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:28.739 We've got the landfill closure expense, so this is for monitoring the landfill itself. 00:44:28.739 --> 00:44:31.739 So any questions on Landfill Closure Fund? 00:44:31.739 --> 00:44:34.720 What is the solar lease again? 00:44:34.720 --> 00:44:40.679 So earlier this year we've been moving forward with installing solar panels on the landfill 00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:47.639 Cap of landfill two and three and as part of that agreement we receive not only the 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:51.440 maintenance we will no longer have to maintain the mowing in that on landfill 00:44:51.440 --> 00:44:54.559 two and three but this is also an outright payment annually that we'll 00:44:54.559 --> 00:45:04.690 receive from Amoresco for the use of that property. Did I get there right? Any other 00:45:04.690 --> 00:45:11.369 questions? All right with that I'd like to move on to health and environmental 00:45:11.369 --> 00:45:24.630 Fund. This is a garbage collection. So the 14,500 is Gills reimbursement for property taxes on the 00:45:24.630 --> 00:45:34.670 transfer station. Also we receive 2.6 million in recycling fees and waste collection fees. We get 00:45:34.670 --> 00:45:42.710 about 25,000 in income and the fund balance transfer is about $360,000. So this is 300 is 00:45:42.710 --> 00:45:45.829 to fund a special bulky waste pickup in 25. 00:45:45.829 --> 00:45:48.909 That was one of the things that we talked about, 00:45:48.909 --> 00:45:52.630 as far as being able to help keep people from dumping 00:45:52.630 --> 00:45:53.429 in town. 00:45:53.429 --> 00:45:55.750 So we're budgeting for about $300,000 00:45:55.750 --> 00:46:00.470 to have the ability to set dumpsters out 00:46:00.470 --> 00:46:03.389 and have folks fill them up. 00:46:03.389 --> 00:46:06.389 Bad debt expense, about $20,000. 00:46:06.389 --> 00:46:11.829 Disposal and recycling, we're kicking out about $2.9. 00:46:11.829 --> 00:46:15.110 and then real estate and revenue collection services 00:46:15.110 --> 00:46:17.829 are about $30,000. 00:46:19.349 --> 00:46:21.050 Any question on garbage collection? 00:46:22.269 --> 00:46:23.389 Alderman Sellers. 00:46:23.389 --> 00:46:25.989 Yes, Rob, I guess you kind of, 00:46:25.989 --> 00:46:28.429 when you were talking, your voice started high 00:46:28.429 --> 00:46:31.150 and then ended really low and I couldn't hear. 00:46:31.150 --> 00:46:33.190 With the end of the fund balance, 00:46:33.190 --> 00:46:37.070 you said something about recycle dumpsters, 00:46:37.070 --> 00:46:40.869 helping stop dumping and dumpsters. 00:46:40.869 --> 00:46:51.789 We're budgeting $300,000 for bulky waste pickup for 2025 so it's just a measure that you know we talked about 00:46:51.789 --> 00:46:57.949 trash busters and that type of thing. I don't know if that it's not exactly trash busters but it's 00:46:57.949 --> 00:47:05.559 something along the lines it'll help keep our streets cleaner. Yep. Thank you. Any other questions 00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:14.230 on the garbage? All right and we're down to our last one for tonight. Downtown Loan Fund. 00:47:14.230 --> 00:47:20.710 so the downtown loan fund we receive about five thousand in interest in the 00:47:20.710 --> 00:47:25.789 fund balance transfers about forty thousand right now Mahoney is repaying 00:47:25.789 --> 00:47:36.659 on a downtown loan so that's essentially where we're at with that one other than 00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:51.210 that are there any questions okay further discussion none we have public 00:47:51.210 --> 00:48:03.250 comments if there's any on seeing none I take a motion for adjournment. Motion by 00:48:03.250 --> 00:48:10.769 partner second by Sellers. All in favor? Aye. Opposed?