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ALL RIGHT, MR WILLIAMS. YES SIR. THE MAYOR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONCLUDE THE CLOSED SESSION CALLED TODAY AND CERTIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH 2.237 12, DAKOTA, VIRGINIA THAT ONLY THOSE MATTERS FOR WHICH A CLOSED SESSION WAS CALLED. WE WERE DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED. IF ANY. THAT THERE WAS A DEPARTURE FROM THE FOREGOING HE SHOULD SO STATE FOR THE RECORD IDENTIFYING THE SOUTH .
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CALLED THE RO COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT. COUNCIL MEMBER JONES I COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK. A COUNCIL MEMBER, SMITH LEE, VICE MAYOR HEO MAYOR PER THAT MOTION[3. Old Business]
CARRIES. NEXT WE GO TO ITEM THREE OLD BUSINESS, WHICH IS A AN AMENDMENT TO FY 24 CITY[00:05:04]
GENERAL FUND BUDGET SECOND READING, MR AUBIN. MR MAY MEMBERS COUNCIL COUNCIL CONDUCTED THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AT THE FEBRUARY 20TH 2024 MEETING. UH AND, UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS EVENING ON SECOND READING TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT, AS PRESENTED AMENDING THE BUDGET, UH FROM 100 4 84,202,400. TO $88,083,817. OK? YES. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ALRIGHT. COUNCILOR JONES. UH, THE BUDGET. DID IT INCREASE, SAY THOSE NUMBERS AGAIN FOR ME? AT THE REVENUE INCREASE BY THREE ESSENTIALLY THREE POINT $9 MILLION. SO WE'RE ASKING TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE TO BUDGET AND APPROPRIATE THOSE FUNDS. UH AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME. THE EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE INCREASED REVENUES, HOW WE WOULD SPEND IT. WE'RE ASKING FOR COUNCILS APPROVAL TO AMEND THE BUDGET THIS EVENING. TO A BUDGET APPROPRIATE THE FUNDS. FOR THOSE FOR US TO BE MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE EXPENDITURES. ALRIGHT. VICE MAYOR HILL. A MO. WE ACCEPT. THAT NOT MR MEAT. UH, DO WE HAVE THIS PAPERWORK IN FRONT OF US? IT'S IN. YOUR BUDGET PACKET? YES, SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR HILL. UM COUNCIL, MS. SMITH LEE SECOND OF A SECOND IN A DISCUSSION. MR MAYOR, I. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. WHAT WHERE IN THE AGENDA PACKET IS THIS AND WHY ARE WE VOTING ON IT? AT THIS POINT, RATHER THAN WE WOULD GET TO IT IN THE AGENDA. UH, THIS IS, UH, THE IT WAS LEFT OUT OF THE PACKET THAT WAS ADVERTISED AT THE LAST MEETING AND IT NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD, SO WE GOT MOVED TO THE WORK SESSION. WELL IS IT? UM TO THE CLOSED SESSION? IS IT CLOSED SESSION? RIGHT. WHEN WE CAME OUT, WE ADDED IT TO THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA THAT WAS ADVERTISED. IS ITEM THREE. A. WE'RE DOING A AS COUNCILMAN, JONES POINTED OUT. WE MAKE.CHANGE IN THE BUDGET. ABOUT OVER $3 MILLION WHEN HAVE WE WHEN HAVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS? RIGHT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. UM THERE WAS A COUPLE YEARS WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL. UH FEBRUARY, 20TH. WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING TO DISCUSS THE BUDGET. THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. IT WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING BY COUNSEL AT THAT MEETING, THE FOLLOWING NOT THE WORK SESSION, BUT THE FOLLOWING MEETING THE RESOLUTION WASN'T IN THE PACKET. SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE IT ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA FOR YOU TO TAKE SECOND AND FINAL ACTION ON THE RESOLUTION THIS EVENING OR THE ORDINANCE. MR. MAY IT IT STARTED OFF. IN OPEN SESSION BACK ON FEBRUARY. THE 20TH IS THAT RIGHT? UM AT OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING, AND IT WAS LEFT OUT OF DUE TO THE, UM SOME ADVERTISING ISSUES WE HAD. IT WASN'T IN THE REGULAR COUNCIL SESSION WE HAD LAST MONTH IN MARCH. SO WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY CHANCES. WE WANTED TO ADVERTISE IT AGAIN AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS IN THE PACKET AGAIN. SO EVERYTHING WAS ADVERTISED PROPERLY, AND WE NEEDED TO ADD IT TO DO THE BUDGET AMENDMENT AT THIS MEETING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES. WW BUT WE DISCUSSED IT. IN CLOSED SESSION. NO, IT WAS IT WAS IN OUR OUR BE FEBRUARY REGULAR SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING. FIRST READING. AND THEN IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN PUT ON FOR APPROVAL AT OUR REGULAR SCHEDULE. MARCH MEETING. AND PART OF THE A ADVERTISEMENT WAS NOT PUT IN PROPERLY, SO WE DECIDED TO PULL IT AND MOVE IT TO THIS DATE AT A AT THE SPECIAL MEETING TODAY. FOR APPROVAL. WELL I, I I'M I'M SEEING IT NOT ON A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT ON A CLOSED SESSION AGENDA RIGHT HERE AT THREE. A YES, MR WILLIAMS. ALL OF YOUR CLOSED SESSION. AGENDAS ARE SPECIAL MEETINGS, SO THAT'S WHY THEY PUT IT ON BECAUSE YOU'RE NEXT MEETING IS A WORK SESSION, SO YOU DON'T TAKE ACTION ON A WORK SESSION, SO
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THAT'S WHY I PUT IT ON THIS AGENDA. WELL WHY DIDN'T WE PUT THIS IN THE AGENDA PACKET? UH, COUNCIL MC IF IT WAS ADVERTISED, IT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL MEETING AND IT COMES TO A POINT IN TIME WHERE EVERYBODY HAVE TO READ THEIR PACKET. WE ADVERTISE THESE THINGS. WE GAVE IT AN EXTRA MONTH TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DULY ADVERTISED, AND EVERYONE SAW THAT IT WAS POSTED CORRECTLY AND WAS ON FOR THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL. AND THIS WAS ALREADY SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE IN MARCH, BUT WE GAVE IT MORE TIME FOR APPROVAL. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED. UM THESE ITEMS ON HERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN TALKED ABOUT DISCUSSED AND APPROVED THAT THIS IS JUST THE FINAL READING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND. MS HILL. COULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER, CUTHBERT? AH! COUNCIL MEMBER JONES. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MYERS COUNCIL MEMBER WESTBROOK COUNCIL MEMBERS SMITH LEE, VICE MAYOR MAYOR. THAT MOTION CARRIES ALL RIGHT AND COUNCILMAN JONES. UM I WANTED TO ASK MIS MR ED ABOUT THE 650,000 FOR SOUTH SIDE VIRGINIA MEGY C. SO THAT THAT THAT'S THE FUNDING. WE SET ASIDE THE FUNDING FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT. THE AMENDED CONTRACT. SO THERE WE HAD WE I THINK IT WAS THE THAT MEETING ON THE TW THE 20TH. WE AMENDED THE CONTRACT WITH THE NEW CONTRACT $650,000 ANNUALLY. SO WE SET ASIDE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. OK SO WHAT WERE WE PAYING ANNUALLY AT FIRST JUST OUTSIDE? WE PAY THEM 350. 350 THE CURRENT YEAR AND THEN WITH THE IN THE INCREASE WAS ANOTHER $300,000 FOR THE ADDITIONAL SERVICE, ADDING 1/4 AMBULANCE DURING THE DAY, THIRD AMBULANCE AT NIGHT. AND THEN WE JUST WE WENT AHEAD AND BUDGETED THE FULL AMOUNT. AS PART OF IT. UNDERSTOOD WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THAT THEY'LL BE OUR PRIMARY EMS PROVIDER. UH CURRENTLY? YEAH THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUR PRIMARY EMS PROVIDER UNTIL SUCH TIME WE BUILD UP OUR RANKS AND GET, UH, OUR FOLKS TO A LS CERTIFIED AND PARAM PARAMEDIC. SO THEN WE'LL START RESPONDING. WE'LL WE'LL BEGIN OVER TIME WE WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT THOSE ROLES. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE NOT IN A POSITION TO BE FIRST OUT. BUT THEY THEY'LL THEY'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO THE CITY. SO THERE'S JUST DON'T FEED INTO THE RUMORS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO TAKE OVER FROM SOUTH SIDE. RIGHT? WE'RE WE'RE NOT RIGHT. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE HER FROM SOUTH SIDE. I DON'T KNOW. I REALLY DON'T WANNA IN ENVISION A P. A TIME IN WHICH SOUTH SIDE WON'T BE PART OF THE MIX, BUT THERE MAY BE MORE OF A BALANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICES OUT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR EMS SERVICES THAN WE DO CURRENTLY. OK, THANK YOU. NEXT GOES, ALL RIGHT. NEXT GOES TO ITEM FOUR ADJOURNMENT. ALL RIGHT THERE.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.