Apr 06, 2023 Township Committee

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GOOD EVENING. UM WE HAVE OUR V SYSTEM BACK, WHICH IS WONDERFUL. THIS IS THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE NIGHT OF APRIL. 6TH 2023, THE TIME IS SEVEN P.M. IT IS THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE'S INTENTION TO CONCLUDE THIS MEETING NO LATER THAN 11. PM. ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR SING HERE. COMMITTEE PERSON BARGAIN COMMITTEE PERSON, TODD. UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT NOTICE OF THE TIME AND PLACE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN POSTED AND SENT TO THE OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED NEWSPAPERS. PLEASE RISE FOR A SALUTE TO THE FLAG. RIGHT HERE. WE HAVE THE MOST. CORN BEEF. THE UNITED STATES. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IS SAYING. ONE NATION UNDER GOD. INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. SO WITH OUR NEW EVEN WITH OUR A V SYSTEM THAT'S FINALLY BACK. SOMETIMES PEOPLE CAN'T HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, OR THEY CAN. SO IF YOU CAN'T HEAR YOU MUST DO THIS, AND THEN WE WILL KNOW AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST MOVING OUR MIX AROUND AND SO FORTH. AND THEN IF YOU DO

[1. GIRL SCOUT PROJECT PROPOSAL]

ONE OF YOU CAN MOVE THE MIC THAT'S ON THE TABLE. JUST FACE IT TOWARDS THE THERE YOU GO.

WEIRD TROOPS SIX YEARS 399 AND WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR THE APPROVAL TO BUILD A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY IN VAN HORN PARK, OKAY, UM. MY NAME IS SAGE AND WEIRD BUILDING A LITTLE BREAK GOING TO TRY TO BUILD A LIVERY LIBRARY AND VAN HORNE PARK FOR OUR BRONZE AWARD. UM, THE BRANDS AWARD. IS THE LOWEST AWARDING GIRL SCOUTS AND IT CONSISTS OF SEVEN GROWS THAT YOU HAVE TO COMPLETE. YOU HAVE TO. YEAH I WAS JUST THINKING YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER ALL OF THEM. THAT'S FUNNY. WELL YOU NEED TO HAVE A TEAM OF GIRL SCOUTS, AND YOU NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST 20 HOURS OF WORK PUT IN INDIA. SO IS THIS . THIS PROJECT IS SO THE TEAM OF GIRL SCOUTS. IS THIS THE TEAM RIGHT HERE? YEAH, THERE'S MORE PEOPLE, BUT NOW EVERYONE'S HERE. OKAY, SO THIS FOLKS ARE REPRESENTING THE OTHER GIRL SCOUTS. SO THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO, AND IT'S ABOUT THE 20 HOURS. IS THAT RIGHT? THIS LITTLE FREE LIBRARY ? YES. OKAY, SO WHAT YOU WANT TO TELL US ABOUT THE LIBRARY. SOMEONE ELSE IS COMING. HI MY NAME IS L A AND I'M ACROSS FROM TUBE SERIES 699, AND, UM, WHY WE DECIDED TO BUILD THIS FREE LITTLE LIBRARY IS FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES. WHO MIGHT NOT, UM, WHO CAN LIKE AFFORD THE BOOKS AND IF YOU HAVE READ A BOOK THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NEED. YOU DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISCOURAGE, AND YOU CAN JUST PUT IT IN OUR LIBRARY. OKAY, GREAT. YOU CAN JUST PULL IT DOWN DOWN. YEAH THERE YOU GO. PERFECT MY NAME IS GRACE AND THE LOCATION OF OUR LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE IN VAN HORN PARK, AND WE CHOSE OUR LOCATION. UM BY SEEING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES IN THE PARK AND BECAUSE OUR LOCATION WE ALSO, UM . WE THOUGHT ABOUT LIKE. UM IF WE SHOULD PUT IT NEXT TO A BENCH

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SO YOU WORKED WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTORS FOR THIS AS WELL. AND SO HE ALSO WAS THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD PLACE. OH, YEAH, GREAT. OKAY? HELLO MY NAME. MY NAME IS LAUREN TREVENA AND I'M FROM TROOP SIX OR 399. AND MY DAD IS HELPING US BUILD OUR LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. HE'S GIVING US MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES TO BUILD THIS LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. AND. I THINK THAT'S IT. SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROTOTYPE CAN YOU PUT THE PROTOTYPE THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU? SO YOUR DAD'S GONNA GIVE YOU WHAT KIND OF MATERIALS TO CONSTRUCT THE REAL ONE. LIKE WOOD AND TOOLS TO BUILD IT. MY DAD IS I THINK HE'S LIKE. CONSTRUCTION WORKERS TYPE OF THING. SO YOUR DAD HELPED, BUT HE KNOWS HOW TO BUILD. OKAY. VERY NICE. WELL, THIS LOOKS GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? FOR THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY. UM PROTOTYPE HAS A SLANTED ROOF WITH WE ALL FLOWERS ON TOP OF IT. AH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. AND CHIMNEY WITH BOOKMARKS IN IT. VERY NICE. YOU BE PUTTING BOOKS IN THERE AT THE BEGINNING OR DOING SOME KIND OF OPENING. IS THAT THE PLAN? WE'RE GONNA PUT BOOKS IN THERE SO PEOPLE CAN TAKE A BOOK LEAVE A BOOK. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH. SO WHAT IS THE ASK? WOULD YOU LIKE OUR PERMISSION TO DO IT IN THE PARK? WELL I FOR ONE AM A BIG PROPONENT OF READING. I'M A BIG PROPONENT OF LEARNING HOW TO CONSTRUCT THINGS WITH YOUR HANDS AND USING SAWS AND TOOLS AND SO FORTH. PERSONALLY I'VE DONE THAT A LOT IN MY LIFE, AND IT'S GREAT SKILLS TO HAVE. I THINK THIS IS WONDERFUL. I'M ALL FOR IT. HOW ABOUT YOU PRESS THE COMMITTEE? WHAT DO YOU THINK? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU YOUNG LADIES FOR COMING HERE AND SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR PROPOSAL IN PUBLIC. IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED THIS ALSO CONFIDENTLY AT THE MIKE. I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING IDEA. I LIKE HOW YOU PRESENTED IT SO VISUALLY, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SEE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. I LOVE TO READ AND I WAS A GIRL SCOUT A LONG TIME AGO, TOO. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS AMAZING. AND I COMMEND ALL OF YOU FOR THIS AMAZING PRESENTATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE IDEA. IT'S SO NEEDED TO HAVE ACCESS TO BOOKS FOR EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY AT THE PARKS. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMITTEE PERSON. TODD'S COMMENTS OF EVERY TIME THAT YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE SCOUTS COME IN. I'M AMAZED AT YOUR PRESENCE AND YOUR ABILITY TO DISCUSS YOUR PROJECTS. IT'S AMAZING. I WISH LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE. I WISH PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH PRESENT AS WELL AS WE DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING THIS WITH US. YES, I WANTED TO SAY THE SAME THING. YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH COMPOSURE AND HOW NICE YOU'RE SPEAKING. AND I WANTED TO ALSO SAY THAT MY DAUGHTER I WAS A COOKIE. MOM AND A NUT. MOM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. BUT MY DAUGHTER DID HER GOLD WALL AND HER PROJECT WAS READ ACROSS BORDERS, AND SHE COLLECTED BOOKS AND TOOK THEM TO INDIA BECAUSE A LOT OF KIDS IN INDIA READ THE EDUCATIONAL STUFF, BUT THEY NEVER READ FOR RECREATION. SO SHE DID HER WHOLE PROJECT BETWEEN INDIA AND US AND HERS WAS ALSO ON READING. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. AND MAYBE YOU GUYS WILL THINK ABOUT YOUR GOLDWATER THAT WAY, AND THAT'S HOW SHE WE GOT HER GOLD AWARD.

SO GREAT WORK GIRLS, SO I'LL JUST AND IT'S SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE'RE ALL ALL FOR THIS. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, IF YOU NEED US TO MAYBE BE PART OF GIVING A COUPLE BOOKS AT THE BEGINNING. I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO COME IN AND ASK PERMISSION. I THINK THIS LITTLE FREE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE AWESOME. AND ACTUALLY DIDN'T.

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THANK YOU, LADIES. SPRINGS BACK MEMORIES. OKAY I'M LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE. YES FOR NEWS IN THE PAST. AS SHE WAS COLLECTING BOOKS. WELL I HOPE WHEN WE DO THE FINANCE PRESENTATION, MICHAEL, YOU HAVE SOMETHING AS EXCITING AS THAT, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOME CROPS. EXACTLY THE NEXT

[2. EAGLE SCOUT PROPOSAL – Akarsh Gokina]

THAT'S THE PREMISE AND IT WILL BE. I WILL TRY AND GET THIS DONE IN THE SUMMER. I ORIGINALLY WANTED TO PLANET FOR APRIL AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR AND REVITALIZING THE WELL IN THE COLLEGES AND MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP. UM BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DETRIMENTAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND IT BECAUSE THEY CROWD OUT THE NATIVE SPECIES TO THE PARK AND. WE'VE AND THE SINAI SHOWN IS ONE OF HIS SON I WANT TO MAKE AND IT WILL SHOW LEADERSHIP BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TEACH THE YOUNGER SCOUTS AND OTHER SCOUTS HOW TO ACTUALLY MOVE THESE PLANTS AND MAKE THE SIGNS AND INSTALL THEM THERE AND, AND ALMOST GONNA MISS WATSON DECIDED TO WORK WITH THE TOWNSHIP TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP TO ACTUALLY DISPOSE OF THESE PLANTS, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST LYING AROUND. GOING TO RE GROW LIKE THAT. AND I CAN GO INTO DEPTH ABOUT SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS. SUPPLIES WERE JUST THINKING LIKE GARBAGE BAGS TO LIKE REMOVING THE EXCESS WASTE FOOD AND DRINKS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE REPLENISHED GLOVES TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE. FIRST AID KITS JUST IN CASE SOMETHING GOD FORBID, GOES WRONG. PHONES LIKE IDENTIFY. WHAT THEY'RE REMOVING IS ACTUALLY THE SPECIES. AND BUG SPRAYS ONCE AGAIN JUST TO BE SAFE. AND THE PAYMENT OF HOW ARE THE TOOLS AND MATERIALS WILL BE BY? I WAS GONNA PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET. AND I TOLD YOU WOULD USE WAS SAWS TO CUT THE INVEST SPECIES AND ANOTHER WAY TO CUT THAT WOULD BE SHEARS. SECOND ON MY LIST FOR TOURS AND WHEELBARROWS, LET'S SAY TO MOVE THEM FROM THE SITE TO THE TRUCKS AND WE'LL END TRUCKS WILL BE USED ITSELF TO DISPOSE OF THEM. AND THE PERMITS AND PERMISSIONS I WAS LOOKING FOR WAS AN APPROVAL FOR ME, GUYS SO I CAN ACTUALLY GO FORWARD THE PROJECT. AND, YEAH, OKAY, GREAT. SO IT'S THE REMOVAL OF THE INDIAN. IT'S THE IDENTIFICATION AND REMOVAL OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND YOUR SAID THREE COUPLE OF SIGNS AS WELL FOR THE BAD BOX TO TEACH PEOPLE WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

AND SO WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE REMOVAL OF THESE INVASIVE SPECIES, ARE YOU GOING TO BRING A TEAM TO HELP YOU WITH IT? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO? OKAY YOUNGER SCOUTS OBVIOUSLY IS GREAT. WHO WOULD WANT TO, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE HOURS, WHICH, LIKE PEOPLE NEED THEM TO, ACTUALLY, UM GET SORRY GET HAD TO HIGHER LEVELS IN STARTING SCOUTS. SO YOU'RE BRINGING OTHER YOUNGER SCOUTS BECAUSE THEY NEED THE HOURS TO DO THIS COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UM I WAS JUST OUT IN HOPEFULLY, PARK. I THINK THERE WAS A THERE'S A TREE PLANTING GOING ON THERE. I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UM BRADFORD PEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE TO CLEAN UP A LOT OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THAT YOU CAN COME ON OVER HERE TO THE WE LIKE TO PLUG OUR OWN SELVES. OKAY SO FROM US, YOU NEED PERMISSION IN ORDER TO DO THIS PROJECT. UM I MEAN, I PERSONALLY I'M ALL FOR IT SPENT A LOT OF MY TIME GETTING THESE INVASIVE SPECIES MYSELF THERE, SO I'M GOOD FOR IT. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT MR COCAINA DIDN'T COME TO THE OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE INTO THE LEADERSHIP AND HAS THEIR FULL SUPPORT. OKAY THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. THAT SOUNDS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY ONLY POINT WAS THE FUNDRAISING WHEN MY SON WAS DOING THE AND HE WAS 2 46 AS WELL FOR EAGLE SCOUT

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[3. PROCLAMATION – ARBOR DAY – April 21, 2023]

STERLING MORTON PROPOSED TO THE NEBRASKA BOARD OF AGRICULTURE THAT A SPECIAL DAY BE SET ASIDE FOR PLANTING OF TREES. AND, WHEREAS THIS HOLIDAY CALLED ARBOR DAY WAS FIRST OBSERVED WITH THE PLANTING OF MORE THAN A MILLION TREES IN NEBRASKA, AND WHEREAS THIS YEAR MARKS THE 151ST ANNIVERSARY OF ARBOR DAY. AND WHEREAS OR BIRTHDAY IS NOW OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND THE WORLD AND WHEREAS TREES ARE RENEWABLE RESOURCE, GIVING US PAPER WOOD FOR OUR HOMES, FUEL FOR OUR FIRES AND COUNTLESS OTHER WOOD PRODUCTS, AND WHEREAS TREES IN OUR CITIES AND TOWNS, INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES ENHANCE THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF BUSINESS AREAS AND BEAUTIFY OUR COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS TREES WHEREVER THEY ARE PLANTED OUR SOURCE OF JOY AND SPIRITUAL RENEWAL, AND WHEREAS MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A TREE CITY USA HEY BY THE NATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION AND DESIRES TO CONTINUE ITS TREE PLANTING WAYS. I KNOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED THAT THE MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 21ST 23 AS ARBOR DAY IN THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR TREES AND WOODLANDS TO SUPPORT OUR TOWNSHIPS URBAN FORESTRY PROGRAM AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE GOVERNING BODY URGES ALL CITIZENS TO PLANT TREES TO GLADDEN THE HEARTS AND PROMOTE THE WELL BEING AND OF PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO AND I KNOW THE WILL BE GOING INTO THE THIRD. GRADE CLASSES AND BE GIVING OUT, UM SEEDLINGS THIS YEAR AS WELL. WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT. I'M A BIG FAN OF ARBOR DAY. OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE

[4. RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 2023 AND MONTGOMERY SURGE VACCINATORS]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'M JUST I'M HERE FOR A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. I JUST WANT TO START OUT BY SHARING A QUOTE FROM HOWARD CO. HE'S A PROFESSOR AT HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND FORMER HEALTH SECRETARY AT HHS. AND HE SAID WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS IT KEEPS PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOSPITALS. IT PREVENTS PHYSICIANS, NURSES AND YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS FROM GETTING OVERWHELMED AND WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS. IT KEEPS SOCIETY BUSINESSES AND SCHOOLS OPEN AND FUNCTIONING. AND WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND PREVENTION WORKS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAPPENS, YOU HAVE A PERFECTLY NORMAL DAY. AND WHEN PUBLIC HEALTH WORKS OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU HAVE A LIFETIME OF PRECIOUS MOMENTS WITH YOUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. THAT'S THAT'S PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT WE ALSO PLAY A CRITICAL ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS IN COMMUNITIES AND WE ALL SAW THAT WITH COVID. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAD JUST HIRED KATIE WILLIAMS, OUR PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE, JUST MONTHS. THIS MONTHS BEFORE COVID AND WE, UM WE HAD RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS. AND IT WAS FOR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAMS AND DOING ALL OF THE PREPAREDNESS WORK THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT WE JUST DIDN'T GET AROUND TO DOING BECAUSE OF COVID. AND IN A SENSE, WE DID GET OUR COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM IN OUR STORAGE VACCINATORS HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT TOOK YEARS OF BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS , PROGRAMS IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS WITH DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEMBERS , COLLABORATING WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND AGENCIES IN THE COMMUNITY. TO THE POINT WHERE WE ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PUT OUT A REQUEST FOR HELP. AND YOU HAD SURGED. VACCINATORS RESPONDING. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PHYSICIANS, PHARMACISTS, NURSES , SCHOOL NURSES, RETIRED PEOPLE , PEOPLE WHO HAD FULL TIME JOBS

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UM, BUT SO WE, YOU KNOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LOOK THROUGH THAT AND, YOU KNOW COMMUNITIES ALSO WELCOME TO SHARE. UH IN THAT REPORT, AND YOU CAN PICK IT UP ON YOUR WAY HOME, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. BUT BEFORE YOU GO, WOULD YOU MIND? SHARING EVERYONE'S NAME SO WE CAN THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE ALL DONE ALL OF OUR SURGE NURSES, ARE YOU DO YOU HAVE EVERYBODY'S NAME? I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE KATIE. I KNOW EVERYBODY'S NAMES, BUT I THINK IT'S SPECIAL. COMING FROM KATIE. KATIE YES, KATIE. KATIE AND YOU CAN SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE.

HONESTLY THAT MICROPHONE IS JUST SOME OF OUR SURGE. VACCINATORS AND NUMBER OF SEARCH VACCINATORS WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT . SO THIS IS JUST A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF THEM. SO CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES SO, YEAH. INTO ONCE YOU STAND WHERE NOBODY IS BENDING. YEAH. AH THIS IS BETTER. SO RIGHT OVER HERE WE HAVE DR SADIQ FAISAL. AH! AND THEN ON THIS SIDE, WE HAVE DENISE SALVATOR. HMM. OF PAMELA SHRUM. WE HAVE AN MESSINEO AND THEN IN THE BACKGROUND WE HAVE PAULETTE FORBES AND DR MARIANNE COUCH, OKAY? AND HER SUPPORT PERSON. MHM THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU DID, AND PLEASE PASS IT ALONG TO THE OTHER CERTAIN NURSES AND DEOBANDI WE CAN TALK ABOUT, PERHAPS A THANK YOU LETTER BECAUSE THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE. I'VE SEEN MANY OF YOU AT ALL OF THE CLINICS. SO WE APPRECIATE THAT, AND I'M GOING TO JUST I'M GOING TO NOW TURN IT OVER TO YOU BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH. BUT WE DO WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I THINK THE MAYOR'S IDEA OF A LETTER IS A GREAT IDEA. UM RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK 2023 MONTGOMERY SUBJECTS IN EIGHT HOURS, WHEREAS THE WEEK OF APRIL 3RD TO APRIL 9TH 2023 ITS NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK, AND WHEREAS SINCE 1995 THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION THROUGH ITS SPONSORSHIP OF NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK HAS EDUCATED THE PUBLIC POLICYMAKERS AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ABOUT ISSUES IMPORTANT TO IMPROVING THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH.

AND WHEREAS GOOD HEALTH REQUIRES MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES THAT IMPROVE OUR HEALTH, SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT EVERYONE'S HEALTH AND LIMIT THE ABILITY FOR MANY PEOPLE TO MAKE HEALTHY CHOICES AND VERA'S DURING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK WE CELEBRATE THE POWER OF PREVENTION.

ADVOCATE FOR HEALTHY AND FAIR POLICIES, SHARE STRATEGY TO SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIPS AND CHAMPIONED THE ROLE OF STRONG PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS WE ACKNOWLEDGE AND CELEBRATE THAT MONTGOMERY SEARCH VACCINATORS WHO HAVE HELPED MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP PROVIDE A MUCH NEEDED SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, AND RESPONDED WITH CARE AND COMPASSION THROUGH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC AND WHERE IT IS ONLY WHEN WE COME TOGETHER THAT WE ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO CREATE THE HEALTHIEST NATION IN ONE GENERATION. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL 2023 THAT THE TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MONTGOMERY JOINS WITH IT WOULD HAVE HEALTH AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH WEEK. 2023 IS FOCUSED ON BUILDING SAFE, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND I DO THE PHOTO OP NOW GO DOWN.

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YES.

PERFECT.

[5. PROCLAMATION – APRIL 2023 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH AND CASA CHILD ADVOCACY MONTH]

[7. 2023 BUDGET PRESENTATION – CFO Michael Pitts]

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HMM. OKAY, CLOSE. ALRIGHT HERE WE GO LIKE THAT NICE TOUCH FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE WANTED TO PUT ON A SHOW ON TELEVISION. A LOT OF PEOPLE DO WATCH IT AFTERWARDS AND ON THE RIGHT.

THANKS, MAYOR GOVERNING BODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM UH, ALLOW ME TO DO THIS PRESENTATION . THERE'S A LOT OF SLIDES IN HERE. I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT ONES. EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOING TO BE ONLINE FOR THE REGISTER. LOOK AT WHEN WE HAVE OUR BUDGET HERE IN THE FIRST MEETING OF MAY THEY CAN ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND, OF COURSE BEFOREHAND BEFORE THE MEETING. IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT OF THE EMAIL PHONE AND I'LL GET BACK TO THEM TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO AGAIN. FIRST OFF THANK YOU TO THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. WE SPENT HOURS STARTING IN JANUARY. EVERY WEDNESDAY, SOME MEETINGS OVER TWO HOURS MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS. UM YOU KNOW, DEBATING AMONGST OURSELVES TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A BUDGET THIS YEAR THAT NOT ONLY, UM, WAS A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE BUDGET THIS YEAR DOESN'T PUT TOO BIG OF A BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS BUT SETS US UP FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS WELL. AH COMMITTEE MEMBER, VINCE, HE LED THAT THAT THAT CHARGE THIS YEAR, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, VINCE. FOR ALL YOUR TIME, THE MAYOR WAS THERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, DEPARTMENT HEADS, OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR THE RESPONSE OF RESPONSIVENESS ALWAYS HAVE TO THANK THEM. IT'S A BIG BURDEN ON THEM. ASK THEM A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUDGET FINANCE COMMITTEE MAKES THEM JUSTIFY A LOT OF THEIR NUMBERS. SO THANK YOU. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS LORI, YOUR FIRST YEAR OF THE BUDGET. GREAT JOB, SO GOOD JOB WITH THAT. SO LET'S BEGIN FIRST OFF WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO REALIZE FOR THE RESIDENTS IS THE MUNICIPAL PORTIONS ONLY 14% WE ALWAYS MENTIONED THAT WE GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHEN TAXES OR, UH, INCREASED OR WHAT , NOW AGAIN, WE TRY TO DO OUR BEST TO MINIMIZE THE TAX RATE INCREASED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE ONLY A SMALL PIECE OF THE PIE AS YOU CAN SEE 70% TO SCHOOL DISTRICT. AH 12% COUNTY, 2% COUNTY LIBRARY 1% OPEN SPACE 1% MUNICIPAL OPEN SPACE AND 14% YOU KNOW OUR MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS. BUDGET PROCESS REAL QUICK. WE STARTED WE STARTED ON SEPTEMBER OCTOBER DEPARTMENT HEADS GET THEIR BUDGET REQUEST FORMS. THEY PASS IT ON TO MYSELF AND LORI.

WE REVIEW THEM. WE THEN START PUTTING A PACKET TOGETHER FOR THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE. UH ALL DEPARTMENT HEADS OF LARGE DEPARTMENTS COME IN MEET WITH THE BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AGAIN. WE GO THROUGH THEIR BUDGETS. WE CUT THEM DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND HERE WE ARE INTRODUCTION. WE'LL HAVE OUR BUDGET IN HEARING AND ADOPTION IN THE FIRST MEETING OF MEG. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS INFLATION HAS BEEN UP. EVERYBODY KNOWS COSTS ARE UP.

THERE WAS NO DIFFERENT FOR US OUR BUDGET OVERALL NOT INCLUDING GRANTS INCREASED $1,726,000. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE WAS LITERALLY THESE COST DRIVERS THAT MAKE UP THAT $1.7 MILLION. OUR ANNUAL DEBT. THAT WAS FOR THE 2022 BOND THAT WE WENT OUT FOR LAST YEAR RELATED TO CAPITAL FROM 2017 TO 2020 RESERVED FOR UNCLE AT THE TAXES INCREASED $300,000. THAT'S MANDY. THAT'S BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTIONS. POLICE CONTRACTUAL SALARIES. POLICE ARE EXPENSIVE.

EVERY MUNICIPALITY POLICE ARE BIG. AH CHUNK OF THE BUDGET, POLICE SALARIES, POLICE PENSIONS , VEHICLE MAINTENANCE, AND YOU CAN READ THE REST. SO OUT OF THAT 1.7 MILLION, JUST ABOUT THAT LARGE INCREASE, UM, IS DUE TO THESE MAIN COST DRIVERS. SO 2023 BUDGET IN THE SNAPSHOT OR ASSESS VALUE, RIGHT WHAT THE TALENT THE TOWNSHIP IS WORTH JUMPED OVER THE FOUR BILLION MARK 24 BILLION TO $2,000,602 8800 AND $3 602,803 DOLLARS. THAT'S 30.53% INCREASE. THAT'S NOT A LARGE INCREASE IN THE COUNTY INCREASED 68% THEIR BUDGET, WHICH AGAIN HELPED US HELPED THE RESIDENTS OUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT WE ONLY INCREASE 680.53% ARE AVERAGE ASSESSED HOME INCREASED $406 IN OUR PROPERTY TAX RATE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO INTRODUCE IS 3.85% GREATER THAN THE PRIOR YEAR'S. THAT PROPERTY TAX RATE WOULD BE 0.454 IF YOU LOOK AT THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. UM OUR BUDGET RATE OUR TAX RATE HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY. WE TRY TO, ESPECIALLY IN 2021 2022. WE TRY TO TAKE THE BURDEN OFF THE RESIDENTS DURING, UH, COVID IN 2021. WE ONLY

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SO THE FIRST PART OF THE TOP PART IT SHOWS YOU HOW YOU CALCULATE YOUR THAT HOW WE CALCULATE OUR TAX RATE. WE TAKE OUR TAX LEVY, DIVIDED BY ASSESSMENT MULTIPLIED BY 100.

YOU GET YOUR TAX RATE. UH HOW DO YOU FIND OUT THE INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE ON THE AVERAGES S HOME. YOU BASICALLY TAKE YOUR AVERAGES, SAYS TOM MULTIPLIED BY THE DIFFERENCE OF THE TWO YEAR TAX RATE DIVIDED BY 100. YOU GET THAT $85.28, AND THEN YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON HOW YOU GET YOUR PER MONTH CALCULATION AND THE AVERAGE COST OF ON THE AVERAGE ASSESSED HOME. TAX RATES. AS YOU WILL SEE, YOU CAN READ THAT ON YOUR LEISURE. BUT THERE'S A COMPARISON FROM 2018 AND 2022 AGAIN AS YOU'LL SEE 24,021 22. THE AVERAGE WAS JUST ABOUT 2.23% FOR US. TAX DOLLARS. WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS EARLIER AGAIN. 70% OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND WERE 14% COUNTIES AGAIN WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE COUNTIES JUST, UH 12% COUNTY 2% COUNTY LIBRARY, 1% COUNTY OPEN SPACE. OUR BUDGET.

JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OVER OVERALL BUDGET IS 35,124,000 TO BE RAISED BY TAXES. 18,165,000.

AGAIN THAT 35 MILLION LOOKS LIKE A LARGE JUMP FROM 29,000,920. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE $5 MILLION WORTH OF GRANTS THIS YEAR COMPARED TO JUST ABOUT 1.5 LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THERE. YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE TAX LEVY THE DIFFERENCE? 1 18,000,065 THIS YEAR 3 17,000,099 LAST YEAR. SO REAL QUICK. I HAVE FOUR SLIDES ON THIS. I'M GOING TO KEEP IT DOWN TO ONE SLIDE THE TAX LEVY CAP. THERE'S TWO CAPS. THERE'S A CAP THAT TAX LEVY CAP, YOU CAN ONLY INCREASE THE MATTER RAISED BY TAXES BY 2% BUT OF COURSE, THERE'S EXCEPTION. DEBT EXCESSIVE PENSION INCREASES EMERGENCIES IF THOSE CAUSES TO RAISE OVER 2% THEN YOU ARE GOOD . WE ALSO HAVE THAT APPROPRIATIONS CAP. SO WE PASSED AN ORDINANCE EVERY YEAR. BUT THE LAW STATES THAT YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR INSIDE THE CAP APPROPRIATIONS THE SECOND PARAGRAPH RIGHT THERE SELLERS AND WAGES AND OPERATING EXPENSES BY 2.5% OR THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, WHICHEVER IS LOWER THIS YEAR. THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT WAS 2.5% STATE ALLOWS YOU TO ALSO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO RAISE IT TO 3.5% IT'S A BUDGETING TOOL WE USE EVERY YEAR. SO THERE'S THE APPROPRIATION CAMP. ALL REVENUES WILL TOUCH ON THE BIG REVENUES.

OF COURSE, EVERY MUNICIPALITY TAXES IS YOUR LARGEST REVENUE. THEN COMES YOUR YOUR SURPLUS. A LOT OF TIMES AGAIN OR LAST TRENCH OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLANS ARE GOING IN THIS BUDGET, STATE AID AND UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE. THOSE ARE OUR LARGEST REVENUES SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE BREAKOUT OF THE REVENUES IN 52% COMES FROM TAXES. 12% COMES FROM OUR SURPLUS 14% GRANTS AND THEN THE REST IS KIND OF SPREAD OUT FEES AND PERMITS. STATE AID INTER FUNDS ABOUT RANGE FROM 5 TO 4% DELINQUENT TAXES. 2. UM, AND INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS 1. SURPLUS AS YOU CAN SEE, BACK IN 2018. WE WERE USING 16% 2021. WE JUMPED UP TO 18% NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 12% YOU KNOW, THAT'S THANKS TO ALSO THE USE OF, UM UH SOME OTHER RESERVES NEXT YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO BE AROUND THAT 16% AGAIN. 16 TO 18% AND IDEALLY, WE'D LIKE TO GET DOWN TO 15% SO WE CAN HELP REGENERATE YEAR OVER YEAR. THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAD THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PAST FEW YEARS. YOU KNOW, KEEPING THAT TAX RATE DOWN. WE'VE BEEN DRAINING OUR RESERVES OR SURPLUS DID DECREASE ABOUT 500,000. YEAR OVER YEAR SO WE CAN'T WE ARE NOW LOOKING TO ALMOST STOPPED THE BLEEDING ON THAT SURPLUS, AND NOW AT LEAST KEEP REGENERATING IT. SO THE SURPLUS STAY STAGNANT. GRANTS AGAIN. YOU CAN READ THIS ON YOUR OWN. WE HAVE MANY GRANTS HERE. THE LARGEST ONE AGAIN. WE HAD

[00:40:02]

LARGEST COST IS AGAIN MOST MUNICIPALITIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT . THEY'RE EXPENSIVE. THEY HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT JOB TO DO HENCE. HENCE, THE COSTS ARE OF, UM THERE 1/5 OF YOUR BUDGET 20% POLICE AFTER THAT COMES SALARIES OF EVERYONE ELSE FROM THEIR DEBTS AT 16% RIGHTS OF POLICE 20% DEBT 16. SALARIES I WAS MENTIONING 18. GRANTS 14% AGAIN. WHATEVER YOU HAVE IN APPROPRIATIONS GRANT WILL HAVE IN REVENUE SO IT WILL BE AWASH UNLESS THERE'S A MATCHING GRANT.

UM GARBAGE RECYCLING 1% BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS SMALL. AND THEN ALL THE OTHER EXPENSES IS 10. YES SO AGAIN, 90% OF OUR BUDGET IS RELATED TO SALARY. DEBT UTILITIES LIABILITY BENEFITS IN OUR SOCIAL SECURITY TAXES. 90% OF OUR BUDGET BUDGET IS EITHER STATUTORY OR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM TO WORK WITH HERE. THIS IS JUST SHOWING YOU BUDGET YEAR OVER YEAR AGAIN. THE TAP LINE SHOWS YOU YOUR BUDGETS WITH GRANTS. I LIKE TO COMPARE THE BOTTOM LINE BECAUSE AGAIN GRANTS ARE AWASH SO IT CAN ARTIFICIALLY INCREASE THE BUDGET. LIKE THIS YEAR YOU'LL SEE THE TOP LINE. WE'RE AT 35 MILLION LAST YEAR WERE AT 29.9 MILLION. UH SOMEONE SEES THAT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOODNESS. THAT'S A HUGE INCREASE. NOT TRUE. WE HAD GRANTS. SO YOU LOOK AT THAT NEXT LINE. IT WENT FROM 28 4 TO 30 MILLION WON 40 AND AGAIN A LOT OF THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THOSE COST DRIVERS. THIS IS FOR THE RESIDENTS AS WELL. THE NEXT THREE SLIDES, YOU CAN GO OVER CR . LARGER DEPARTMENTS SEE THE INCREASES AGAIN. POLICE 5.36% THAT WAS AGAIN THEIR CONTRACTUAL INCREASES AS WELL AS WE DID INCLUDE A PART TIME INDIVIDUAL. THEREFORE THE STATE MANDATE FOR BODY BODY CAMERAS, UM, THE REDACTION TIME. FOR THOSE THAT FOOTAGE FOR THE BODY CAMERA HAS JUST BEEN BURDENSOME TO THE POLICE MINISTER, OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THE SAME THING OR HIRING THESE CLERKS, SO WE'RE DOING IT AS WELL AND THIS WILL CREATE A MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE BODY CAMERA REDACTIONS, AND THAT'S IN THAT INCREASED DECREASED OR IT'S EMBEDDED IN THERE. THAT'S NOT THE FULL PRICE OF PROCESSORS. PORTION OF THE INCREASE, CORRECT. THANK YOU. UM THE REST OF THE ONES AND INCREASE YOU SEE, REALLY IS, UM, UH THERE ARE CONTRACTUAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH SALARIES AND THEN MAYBE SOME SMALL, UM, LINE ITEM INCREASES IN THE OTHER EXPENSE PROJECT AGAIN. INFLATION PRICES ARE GOING UP. DECREASES ARE MOSTLY FROM GRANTS. FINANCE DECREASE SOME OF A COUPLE OF OUR SHARED SERVICES OR COMING TO AN END THIS MONTH, SO THAT IS THAT'S WHY THERE IS A DECREASE IN SALARIES THERE THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHARED SERVICES. BUT WE HAVE REVENUES COMING OFF. ALSO. I WANT TO GO TOUCH UPON AN IMPORTANT ONE.

GROUP BENEFITS. HEALTH BENEFITS , RIGHT? YOU'RE HEARING ALL OVER THE STATE BENEFITS GOING UP 20% BENEFITS GOING UP 25% AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR BENEFITS ACTUALLY DECREASED JUST ABOUT ALMOST ALMOST A PERCENT. THE REASON FOR THAT IS PART OF THE HEALTH INSURANCE FUND. IT'S WELL MANAGED FUND. WE'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR YEARS TESTAMENT TO OUR OPERATIONS. AND AGAIN, OUR PREMIUMS INCREASED PROBABLY AGAIN LESS THAN LESS THAN A HALF PERCENT LESS ACTUALLY QUARTER PERCENT. BUT THE REASON FOR THE DECREASE IS EMPLOYEES CHANGE PACKAGES. HENCE THE DECREASE HERE SO AGAIN WHERE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE SCRAMBLING. WE'RE ACTUALLY, UM, DECREASE IN WHICH YOU DON'T SEE THAT IN THESE TIMES. OTHER INCREASES. NOW THAT WAS A DECREASE INCREASE. WE TALKED ABOUT THE FRS THE POLICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM PENSION THAT WENT UP $134,000.

THAT WAS AGAIN ONE OF THE COST DRIVERS THAT WAS AT 10.86% AND AGAIN AT THE BOTTOM TWO. LAST ONES ARE HUGE INCREASES. THAT WAS THE 2022 DEBT FOR DEBT SERVICE AND DEFER CHARGES $847,000 AND RIGHT BELOW THERE. THE RESERVE FRONT CLIP THE TAXES. 310,000 AGAIN. THAT'S RELATED TO OUR PERCENTAGE OF COLLECTION, WHICH DECREASED SLIGHTLY, SO WE HAVE TO INCREASE THIS LAND AND FOR THE STATE. WE SPOKE ABOUT SALARIES. WE REALLY ONLY HAVE TWO HEADCOUNTS THAT WE BROUGHT ON THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING ON THERE'S THE POLICE BODY CAMERA CLERK AND THEN ALSO WE'RE UM ASSESSING OUR I T NEEDS SO WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING SOMEBODY ON THERE AS WELL. SO WE LOOKED AT OUR MERCY ARE MOST EMERGING NEEDS. THERE WAS A LOT OF HEADCOUNT REQUESTS.

UNFORTUNATELY THESE WERE THE ONLY TWO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING ON AND EVERY YEAR WILL

[00:45:03]

ARE 2023 ESTIMATED TAX RATE. THIS IS THE FULL BOAT. THE SCHOOL WITH THE SCHOOL'S ESTIMATING BASED ON THEIR PRESENTATION, WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING WHEN I THINK THE COUNTY'S PRESENTING YOU'RE LOOKING AT OVERALL WITH OUR INCREASE FOR THE TAXPAYER 1.731 POINT 73% OVERALL TAX RATE INCREASE WHEN YOU TAKE EVERYBODY'S UH, TAX RATE FOR THE 2023 AGAIN. THIS IS AN ESTIMATE. IF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CHANGES AGAIN, THEY'RE THE LARGEST ONES. THEY WILL TRULY BE THE DRIVERS OF THIS TAX OVERALL TAX RATE INCREASE. BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. THAT FULL PACKAGE UM. WHEN YOU RECEIVE YOUR TAX BILL IS LOOKING AT 1.73% AGREE WITH HIM LAST YEAR. MICHAEL QUESTION. THE FIRE DISTRICT ONE AND TWO IS THAT EMBEDDED IN THE MUNICIPAL TAX RATE? THAT'S OKAY, SO YEAH, SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FIRE DISTRICT ONE, THEN YOU'RE ADDING THAT 10.5% IF YOU LIVE IN POP FIRE DISTRICT TO YOU HAVE TO ADD THAT 0.51 TO THE TAX RATE, OKAY? IN THOSE STATES, THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR. YES. THE PROPERTY TAXES.

BOARD OF EDUCATION 70% AS THEIR RATES GO UP AND DOWN. YOUR OVERALL RATE IS GOING TO BE MORE INFLUENCED BY THAT, THEN THE COUNTY AND THE MUNICIPALITY WE ALSO HAVE A SEWER BUDGET, SEWER BUDGET INCREASED AND I'LL GO RIGHT DOWN TO IT. SUPER BUDGET INCREASED $322,950, THE LARGEST COST DRIVER TO THAT WAS THAT SAME DEBT THAT WE NOT FOR IN THE CURRENT FUND SEWER FUND WAS ALSO PART OF IT AS WELL SUPPORT MOST OF THE $322,950 WAS RELATED TO THAT $229,000. ANNUAL DEBT INCREASE. CONTRACTUAL INCREASES 20,000 PENSIONS 10,000 LIABILITY 8 18,000 PLANT OPERATIONS ALL OUR SEWER PLANTS ALL OUR SEWER OPERATIONS OTHER THAN THE ONES ABOVE INCREASED 40 JUST ABOUT 40,000, THEN EVERYTHING ELSE $6000. SO AGAIN. THESE ARE THE COST DRIVERS FOR THAT $322,950 BUDGET INCREASE IN THE SEWER UTILITY. THESE ARE JUST UTILITY APPROPRIATIONS. IT'S A BREAKDOWN FOR THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE A LOOK AT SHOWS THEM. WHAT MAKES UP THAT 7,849,000. $100 SEWER

[00:50:08]

DORA CALENDAR TODAY. WE'RE DOING THE INTRODUCTION. UH MAY 4TH IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND ADAPTION.

BUT AGAIN, I SAY TO THE RESIDENTS, AS I DO EVERY YEAR REACH OUT VIA EMAIL PHONE CALL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET BEFOREHAND, ARE PROBABLY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS A LOT BETTER THAT WAY. THEN WHEN YOU COME FOR THE BUDGET YEAR IN, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME FOR BACK AND FORTH THAT WAY. SO AGAIN, FEEL FREE ALWAYS LOVED DISCUSSING THE BUDGET. THIS WAS MY ABBREVIATED PRESENTATION. 21 MINUTES. IT'S ACTUALLY A RECORD, USUALLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES. BUT AGAIN ANY QUESTIONS REACH OUT SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY WELL, I THINK IT'S BEEN A BIG BIG TAKE A LONG TIME TO GET HERE AND THERE WAS A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE, AND, UH, FOR ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS TO COME IN AND DO ALL THIS TYPE THIS WORK, AND IT'S A VERY INTERESTING PROCESS TO GO THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW THIS BEING YOUR FIRST ONE. VINCE WHAT DID YOU THINK? I THINK IT'S GREAT IF IT'S OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. UM EVERYONE ACTUALLY TO OUR FELLOW MONTGOMERY RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENT IN PERSON HERE FIRST, I'D LIKE TO EXPRESS MY EXTREME GRATITUDE TO OUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MICHAEL PITTS, TO OUR TOP ADMINISTRATOR , LAURA SOVEREIGN, CAPTAIN SILVIO BET, AND ALL THE TOWNSHIP DEPARTMENT HEADS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS ON WEEKLY EVENING MEANINGS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TIME AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S FAMILIES. I WAS ABLE TO SEE ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, DISCUSS OUR OBJECTIVES, CHALLENGES AND REQUESTED INVESTMENTS. AND I HAVE TO SAY WE INDEED HAVE THE BEST. MOST PROFESSIONAL STAFF SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR ANSWERING ALL OF MY QUESTIONS. UH SECOND, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS OF OUR BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR THEIR ENGAGEMENT, ENSURING THAT A BROAD SET OF STAKEHOLDERS WERE REPRESENTED IN THIS PROCESS, SO I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR DEBORAH KEENAN FOR HER COUNSEL AND GUIDANCE, ENSURING WE REVIEW AND CHALLENGE EVERY APPROPRIATION LINE AND I'M IN THE BUDGET. UH, FORMER COMMITTEE MAN, KEN HUANG FOR HIS EXPERIENCE. I REVIEWING ALL OF OUR PROPOSALS. AND ALSO, DR ZELDA SPENDS WALLACE FOR SHARING HER INSIGHTS ON THE SCHOOL BUDGET AND ALSO SUPPORTING THE FUTURE WHERE WE CAN COLLABORATE TO WORK TOGETHER ON COST SHARING AND EFFICIENCIES. YOU KNOW, WITH MY FINANCE BACKGROUND. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. QUOTE THE PRESIDENT, BIDEN SAID FROM HIS FATHER IS DON'T TELL ME WHAT YOU VALUE. SHOW ME YOUR BUDGET AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU VALUE. AND THIS PROMOTES BUDGET REFLECTS OUR VALUES NUMBER ONE INSURANCE. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. POLICE ROADS, RECREATION HEALTH. MAKING UNNECESSARY NEAR TERM INVESTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT MONTGOMERY IS COMPETITIVE IN ATTRACTING AND RETAINING OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. PROVIDING NECESSARY YET COST EFFICIENT STAFFING IS THAT OUR POLICE FORCE CAN MEET NEW STATE REGULATIONS WHILE FOCUSING OUR OFFICERS ON PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. AND THROUGHOUT CHALLENGING ALL DEPARTMENTS PRIORITIZE REQUESTS , IDENTIFY EFFICIENCIES, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY AND MAKE THE BEST USE OF EVERY TAX DOLLAR SPECIFICALLY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. I MADE TWO COMMITMENTS TO OUR RESIDENTS

[00:55:04]

THIS BUDGET PROPOSAL STRIKES THE RIGHT BALANCE BETWEEN THESE COMMITMENTS IN THIS HISTORICAL ERA OF INFLATION, HIGH INTEREST RATES AND A COMPETITIVE LABOR MARKET. WE CHALLENGED EVERY DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE MEETING OUR LONGER TERM GOALS WHILE ENSURING OUR TAX INCREASE WITH SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW. OTHER INDICATORS ARE 3.8% PROPOSAL IS LESS THAN HALF OF THE 2023 SOCIAL SECURITY INCREASE OF 8.7% AND THE AVERAGE INFLATION RATE SEEN LAST YEAR, WHICH IS HOVERS AROUND 8. I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT STOPPING OR LONGER TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING WITH THIS BUDGET. WE HAVE THE FULL ALIGNMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP ADMINISTRATION AND THE COMMITTEE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND MORE EFFICIENT WAYS TO OPERATE WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE SERVICES THAT ARE RESIDENTS RELY UPON WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO INCREASE MONTGOMERY SHARE OF COUNTY STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO FUND OUR FUTURE WORK MORE RESIDENTS TO REVIEW THE PUBLISHED BUDGET PACKAGE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE MADE FOURTH MEAN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WITH THAT I WILL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE RESOLUTION. 23-4 DASH 97, WHICH IS AN INTRODUCTION OF THE 2023 MUNICIPAL BUDGET. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE MOVED? 2ND 2ND. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. PERSON CHILD. YES, PERSON BARRACK AGAIN. MAYOR

[9. CONSENT AGENDA]

[10. RESOLUTION #23-4-101 ]

SO IT'S ADJACENT TO ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE IF YOU RECALL AND OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE IS VERY EXCITED TO MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT AND FINAL STAGE. THAT'S GREAT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SOME MOVED 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE PERSON, TODD? YES ARROGANT. YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING

[11. RESOLUTION #23-4-102]

FOR KLEIN FELTER FOR THE HAZARDOUS DISCHARGE STATE REMEDIATION FUND. SO THIS IS ALSO RELATED TO POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF OPEN SPACE. THIS IS 20 ACRES IN THE SAUERLAND ZEHR AREA OF MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP . UH IT'S A PROPERTY THAT THE WAS LAST TALKED ABOUT IN AUGUST.

WHERE WE WERE CONSIDERING WE DECIDED WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE AN OFFER AND THE PROPERTY OWNER OFFERED IT AS A DONATION OF LAND FOR OPEN SPACE PURPOSES , SO THERE ARE. PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR EVERY ACQUISITION WE DO OR CONSIDERING DOING WE DO A PHASE ONE, WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY JUST TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE AWARE OF. SO THERE WERE A FEW THINGS THAT TURNED UP ON THE PROPERTY. AND SO IT WAS

[01:00:06]

[12. RESOLUTION #23-4-103]

BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MERSING. KEENAN? YES. THE NEXT ITEM IS ORDINANCE 23 1695. THIS IS FOR

[13. ORDINANCE #23-1695 – PARKS AND RECREATIONAL AREAS FEES – Public Hearing]

COMMITTEE PEARSON TODD YES, COMMITTEE PERSON, ARROGANT DEPUTY MAYOR SING YES. KEENAN

[14. ORDINANCE #23-1696 - ZION WERTSVILLE ROAD – ROW Acquisition – Public Hearing]

[15. ORDINANCE #23-1697 – 2023 SEWER CAPACITY AND SERVICE RATES - Introduction]

[01:05:02]

PERSON, BARICAN. DEPUTY MARISSA MAYER. SING YES, CANON? YES NEXT ITEM ORDINANCE 23-1698. THIS IS

[16. ORDINANCE #23-1698 – DEER MANAGEMENT - Introduction]

THERE WERE 251, I BELIEVE WAS THE NUMBER ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WITH THAT THERE WERE 80 THAT WERE DONATED. SO WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD, UM HUNTERS FOR THE HUNGRY DONATION PROGRAM AS WELL . I'M VERY HAPPY. WE CHANGED THE PROGRAM FOR THAT SO YEAH. SO WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE SOME MOVED? 2ND 2ND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMITTEE PERSON, TODD? YES PERSON.

BARICAN YES, DEPUTY MAYOR SING. YES KEENAN? YES? SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE

[17. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

[01:10:04]

[18. PAYMENT OF BILLS – Posted]

WE'LL GO OVER THE THREE TOP BILLS. THIS UM THIS BILL IS THE FIRST ONE PAGE ONE, RIGHT JUST UNDER THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE. FIRST VEHICLE SERVICES ARE MONTHLY VEHICLE, UM, MAINTENANCE PAYMENT, THE FIRST VEHICLE FOR $56,626.06. IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE TOWARDS THE BOTTOM PERFECT TIMING. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGET. TALKED ABOUT 70% OF YOUR TAX BILLS GO TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS IS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION MONTHLY PAYMENT OF $8,309,942.

AGAIN. EVEN THOUGH WE COLLECT THE SCHOOL TAXES EVERY MONTH. WE SEND THEM OUT AND THIS IS THE PAYMENT. FOR THIS MONTH, SENDING OUT TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THEN ON PAGE FIVE. IT IS OUR ANNUAL SWAG IT FOR THE VIDEO STREAMING SERVICE $26,400. AND THOSE ARE YOUR THREE TOP BILLS ON THIS BILL LIST. HMM OKAY. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? IF NOT TO HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SOME MOVED SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. NO SORRY. ROLL CALL, PLEASE PERSON, TODD. YES, PERSON.

BARICAN. DEPUTY MAYOR SING KEENAN. YES. UNDER NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WE WILL

[NEW & UNFINISHED BUSINESS]

SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO. THEY NEED TO MOVE THE WELL AND SO THAT THE SEPTIC ACCEPTED.

CAN'T PUT THE SEPTIC ANYWHERE ELSE. OKAY YOU KNOW, TESTED THEIR WHOLE PROPERTY, THE ONLY LOCATION THAT IT WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL AS A AS FIRMS FOR THE SOUTH. THE SEPTIC TO FUNCTION PROPERLY IS IN THIS LOCATION THAT IS TOO CLOSE TO THEIR PRIVATE THEIR THEIR PRIVATE WELL ON PROPERTY. AND SO THEY ARE MAKING THE REQUEST THAT THEY HOOK UP TO PUBLIC WATER, WHICH WOULD RESULT IN A GREAT COST SAVINGS TO THEM. RATHER THAN REDOING THE SEPTIC SYSTEM, AND WE RE DRILLING THE WELL FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE THE NEW SEPTIC SYSTEM WILL BE SO UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE, BUT WE DID REPAVED MILLPOND ROAD IN 2021, SO OUR ORDINANCE DOES HAVE A MORATORIUM OF FIVE YEARS WHERE YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO RIP UP THE ROAD. AND SO OUR TOWNSHIP ENGINEER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM. AND UM, BELIEVES THAT THERE IS A PATH FORWARD FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO PUBLIC WATER UNDER THE WATCH OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WERE COLLABORATIVE WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE ALL OF THE REPAIRS ARE DONE TO THE ROAD SO THAT ITS GOES BACK TO THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS PRIOR. SO UM, WHILE THE ENGINEER BELIEVES THAT THE PROJECT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT DETRIMENT, HE DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT. BUT THE GOVERNING BODY I THINK MARK WAS WORKING WITH WITH OUR TANTRIC ATTORNEY. AND SO THAT WE WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AND SEE IF YOU WERE OKAY, ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN. YES WE NEED. YEAH I'M WINNING. YOU NEED US TO DEVOTE ON IT, OR THIS NEXT WOULD BE DEALING WITH IT AT THE NEXT MEETING OR WHAT RESOLUTION ON THE NEXT MEETING OF THE CONSENSUS IS TO MOVE FORWARD. YEAH I MEAN, THEY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE. AS LONG AS MARK IS OKAY WITH HIM WERE SURE THAT THE ROAD EVERYTHING GETS PUT BACK THE WAY IT SHOULD. HE HAS WORKED WITH THEM. AND AS PART OF HIS MEMO, THERE'S PROBABLY YOU KNOW, LIKE 10 CONDITIONS MINIMUM THAT HE YOU KNOW, WOULD WOULD IMPOSE. SO THESE ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THESE TYPES OF REQUESTS. I MEAN THESE REQUESTS OPEN THE ROAD ARE NUMEROUS, BUT FOR THE MORATORIUM . HE WANTED TO BE FAIR AND REASONABLE TO THE HOMEOWNER. YES AND IT'S ALSO AN ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD. YES TV. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S ASSURANCES AND CONFIRMATION BEFORE WE VOTE. THEY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO INCORPORATE THEM INTO THE RESOLUTION AS WELL. SO THEY'LL BE FORWARD FACING. YEAH,

[ ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT]

[01:15:04]

I THINK THIS WAS QUICK AND IT WAS NEEDED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE RUNNING ACROSS THESE ROADS, AND AS YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, THERE WAS, UM PART OF OUR E BULLETIN TODAY. THE NEW SIDEWALK AND SOME MINOR ROADWORK WILL BE HAPPENING ON ORCHARD ROAD ACROSS 206 AND TWO BRIDGEPOINT ROAD. SO THIS IS, UM WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WITH THE D O T GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED BECAUSE MANY, MANY PEOPLE JUST FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ACROSS THE STREET ARE WALKING TO THE LIBRARY, WHICH IS FANTASTIC. WE WANTED, AS YOU KNOW, COMMITMENTS TRYING TO MAKE THESE AREAS OF DESTINATIONS SAY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO I KNOW THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS WORKING ON A HUGE EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, AND SO THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS. YOU KNOW, THESE PROJECTS DO TAKE TIME WE GO OUT FOR FUNDING. THEY HAVE DESIGN ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING. THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE. SO I WOULD SAY THIS WAS PROBABLY YOU KNOW, A TWO YEAR PROCESS AT LEAST. AND SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT MONDAY, UM YOU KNOW, THE SIDEWALK WON'T BE IN IN A WEEK.

THERE'S A YOU KNOW, PREP WORK RIGHT THAT BUT DON'T CALL US ON FRIDAY NEXT WEEK TO SEE IF IT'S DONE, BUT BUT WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT THIS IS THIS IS GOING FORWARD. THIS IS GREAT PROGRESS.

AND LAURA. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER. UM YEAH, WE CUT RIBBONS. WHEN WHEN WE OPENED UP THE BUILDING OR BUSINESS LIKE THIS IS A NICE BIG ONE. I THINK THAT THAT DISCLAIMER. IT'S I'M A RESIDENT OF THAT COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE SO MANY FAMILIES. I'M ONE OF THE ONES WHO ARE WALKING MY DAUGHTER AND MY SHOULDER ACROSS THE STREET, LIKE, LOOK ACROSS BOTH WAYS. I THINK WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE YOU KNOW, DO A BIG OPENING OF THEM. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. LET'S MAKE SURE IT GETS IN FIRST, AND I AGREE. I TOTALLY AGREE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

[UPCOMING MEETINGS]

[19. RESOLUTION TO CLOSE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC]