 Like to call the order the Tuesday, October 25th 2022 meeting of the Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors Are we certified in compliance with the open meeting law? We are the agenda was posted on the 21st of October at 10 30 a.m Please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance All the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands One nation under God Indivisible with liberty and justice for all Next is roll call Yes, I am Supervisor Emel Supervisor Schobert I am present Possibly Supervisor Smith any other supervisors that can hear my voice Please chime in Next is presentations county administrators report Good evening Tonight is my objective to share the 2023 proposed budget some of what you're going to hear is going to sell familiar And some of it is going to be new can we tee that up? Chris Lewinsky in the back room Of course, if we can't get it up on the screen we we can't have a budget All right, very good. Thank you. So what you have heard me say in the past Is that the county budget is the most important policy document? that we prepare And that you adopt appreciate that in shabuagan county. We have about 850 employees working in 19 departments administering over 207 programs and services Services ranging from law enforcement Transportation health and human services Planning resources It's just remarkable the breadth of responsibility And all the good that occurs in our organization to further strengthen our community It's remarkable to be a part of it And next week you will be adopting once again an annual budget that supports this organization That supports the very important work of our team And that continues to do the good work in our community And personally i'm really proud to be a part of that and I hope you are too Take a look in the back of the room for a moment Most of the people in the back of the room are department heads Or key leaders that have been involved in the budget development process. Some of them you know quite well Ryan who works in Family court commissioners office some of them certainly are in front of you a little bit more than often I was looking back and seeing star from public health and the pandemic largely it's largely but Entirely in the back view mirror, but we have such a good team here We have such a good team I was sharing with the executive committee today that every now and then I get a chance to interact with my peers I was just doing so last week and There are such differences profound differences in governance in county to county So I I think our constituents your constituents So the budget development where do you want me to point this Cheryl? How's that? There's the big picture. I can't believe I'm saying Really for the first time in proposing the 2023 budget 182 million dollar budget This is as high as I can recall it ever being When you look at the overall complexity and size of our organization a lot going on and you can see for yourself. There it is Look at the resources that are going to support transportation Very important large departments that are doing very very important Work I don't know if I've ever seen an election cycle where I've seen as much focus on the importance of public safety So proud of our track record and the work that our sheriff's department does Health and human services mental health programs services. Wow does our team do good work? And transportation it wasn't that long ago We were all struggling with how are we going to fund and maintain our transportation system? And the board mustered the political will to implement the half percent sales tax And now we have a transportation department and operation that other counties would sure like to replicate We're in good shape you look at that overall proposed budget of 182 to maintain Largely maintain our programs and services Where's the property tax levy? Well our total property tax levy supposed to be about 52 million Look at the difference in that pie chart now What a difference there while they're relying on state and federal grants sales tax revenue Not utilizing much property tax levy at all But to hold the line on property taxes and to work within our budget limitations has taken a tremendous amount of teamwork Collaboration And we have been able to hold the line year after year after year as you know And I hope more of your constituents and people in our community realize Is that if you look at The last 10 years or so we've had what 1.2 1.3 percent increases on average. It's been remarkable It's been remarkable For 2023 it's a proposed to be a 1.66 percent property tax levy That's then 2 percent that's good work Focusing on the tax rate for a moment then we'll return to the levy I personally consider myself to be a little competitive. I think there's people in this room that are competitive We like to be amongst the best That county government has to offer We have really striven to provide good quality programs and services at a cost effective affordable price And I think our constituents Keep them eye on It's a little chilling here, isn't it to beast not to turn the heat up When you hang things in the closet they just get a little smaller On this morning felt just a little bigger All right, so yeah, my question is If you look at that tax rate of 437 I think let's just leave that alone If you look at that tax rate of 437 When do you think that low or lower? When has Sheboygan county delivered a property tax rate lower than 437 1985 you say 1985 is the last time the tax rate has been this low That's remarkable That's remarkable. Hopefully this visual aid was helpful and you're appreciating how remarkable it is 2023 is looking to go down a little over 8% Well, what about the property tax levy? We know that's where the rubber meets the road Tax rates can go up and down in part due to the programs and management you have on but also equalize values right that that has a big impact on Although we sure like to see it get smaller What about the levy? As I touched on a moment ago We're looking at a 1.66 proposed increase, but there again. What's your What's our track record as an organization? And if you look at the last decade our annual percentage change on average has been 1.29 percent Or some of the newer county board supervisors in the room If you hadn't really studied this when you ran for office or you were wondering what kind of team you were joining Welcome aboard Is that Very proud and pleased with modest increase in the levy and a reduction of over 80 8th percent in the tax rate, but also pleased that we have a number of Key areas we're looking to further enhance I have found and I think you would agree that for the most part the last five six seven years We've really been trying to maintain Our programs and services with net new construction. We don't have a lot of flexibility And right now with inflation and everything else going on It's becoming more challenging just to retain our employees But every year thanks to the good work of our staff Amazing committees Always Very Center's committee, thank you for your support and your leadership, but kala clinton our Rocky no administrator her team out there We continued to struggle with staffing no question the county boards continued to make investments there But we also are making some really wonderful investments in that facility And it is the only five star quality facility in sheboygan county. That's a lot to be proud of And it didn't happen overnight investments and staffing for corrections and emergency dispatch This is real. I mean we're feeling this And the county board once again has stepped up. We're using ARPA funds for correctional staff for emergency dispatchers At rocky no as I just touched on in order to recruit and retain retain These essential personnel and though they're important. We have a lot of importance Stacking In our correction staff and our emergency dispatchers, can you imagine if we didn't have them Imagine if half our dispatchers decided to go work for kohler or sargenal or johnson bill Do something that maybe wasn't as stressful and make a higher wage And you need help to maintain the staffing just as we have to have good cna's and nurses at rock Preparing some equipment replacements at the jail in the attention center The sheriff has been very proactive in making sure we're taking care of that We continue to improve the jail while we continue to Look to expand alternatives to incarceration and we're making investments not only now this year, but we are next year as well We're making investments in our judicial Judges really came on pretty strong From three judicial Assistance to five and we stepped up we delivered they now have five and that's thanks to folks like our clerk of courts melody lorgie It's credit to the judges for being proactive and sharing the need but bottom line is it's a credit to the county board for supporting it It's your budget and you've made that investment Enhanced child welfare and behavioral health services. Sadly There continues to be greater need in health and human services and I think most of you are well aware of those needs I'm really looking forward to uh matt strip modder and the health and human services committee initiative on embedding these social workers Realized housing what have you so glad to see that investment included in the budget Mobile mental health crisis response pilot program This is something that chief doma galski with the city apparently has had an interest in or I think a few years Way with this new pilot program to help people with mental health needs And really take some of the pressure off our law enforcement officers and embed staff With the city pd to assist people in crisis Tremendous We're going to be working with the sheriff's department and our dispatch officer So at least one dispatcher if not more are more trained in this area So we're looking to raise the bar and and strengthen this area Maintaining and improving our transportation system. We're so lucky to have an outstanding transportation director and team we Just to have about 120 employees working in transportation now it's closer to 95 or 96, but we still Maintenance plowing the snow timely We've got a great operation and that's a great heart. Thanks to the county board support providing that funding Implementing the half percent sales tax For those who weren't here at that time every single penny of the half percent sales tax is going to improve Some of it we're sharing with other municipalities for their transportation needs. It was a great move and it's really We're also Kind of ongoing and fortunately most of the funding or most of the projects at the airport are funded 80 Continue to be looking forward and making enhancements to the runway the tarmac and Matt Grenoble and again transportation staff doing a great job of that Building improvements. We consolidated a number of areas the transportation complex who hasn't All out if you haven't been to the transportation complex, I think most of you have Give greg a call and take a tour of that facility We consolidated a number of shops. We're in shabuigan now Obviously, we have a state of the art facility But greg is continuing to look at the different sheds we have along obviously with the support of the transportation committee That supervisor Wagner is now chairing before him roger distruty And continuing to make investments there timely investments to make sure that we can Provide the support to our staff Aaron Brault I've told him so many times he's probably sick of it, but that guy Isn't one of the best planning and conservation directors in the state Whether it was his work on the shabuigan river harbour whether his work on amsterdam dunes Trees, I mean you name it. He's built a good team of That's a proposed investment with leveraged dollars grants already from the d&r and private sector And then finally we're looking to make roof replacements at the university green base shabuigan our law enforcement center Jim to beast does such an excellent job looking down the road and making sure that we're not waiting until it's a problem Or a crisis he's had a plan for years On replacing roofs and making sure we get things done timely and appropriately We don't always get things done as quickly as we want But i'm very thankful that jim is looking down the road and making sure that we're being we're handling things responsibly So that is a key high end summary, but I just like to conclude by saying thank you and I think The county government can be a little bit under the radar right State feds get all this attention most of it not real aren't real good Sometimes I think the towns get beat up a little bit on some of the local issues They have or the cities or villages, but county governments sometimes can stay under the radar I think one of the reasons why shabuigan county Care about this organization and community And because when we need to problem-solve I know personally I can rely on you To step up and want to problem-solve and you're not pointing fingers at one another You're not talking politics And i'm thankful for that and i'm thankful for our leadership team that's here this evening And they're incredible dedication and all they've done to be part of this process as well So with that thank you mr. Chairman Thank you Next is the public hearing on the 2023 proposed budget The notice of public hearing was published on october 7th 2022 And the public hearing is now open On the 2023 proposed budget for anyone wishing to be heard Is there anyone wishing to be heard? One more is there anyone wishing to be heard? Seeing as how there are nobody no one's wishing to be heard the public hearing is closed at 6 23 Next is the review of the 2023 proposed budget preliminary budget index We're going to start at the debt service fund summary on page 27 Next next The capital projects fund summary pages 28 through 29 Next the transportation fund summary on page 30 Next clerk of courts pages 39 and 40 Let's make a site question on the administrators budget We're not there yet corporation council pages 41 and 42 Next Now county administrators Pages 43 and 44 All right. I just I just have one question. I noticed that there's no There's no budget in there for somebody council on giving a Is that financing in a different area rather than county administrator? Correct. That would be an hr budget county board page 45 next County clerk pages 46 and 47 next Court commissioner pages 48 and 49 next District attorney pages 50 and 51 next Employee benefits and insurance pages 52 and 53 next finance pages 54 and 55 next Health and human services pages 56 through 58 next Human resources pages 59 and 60 next Information technology pages 61 and 62 next medical examiner pages 63 and 64 next Non-departmental pages 65 and 66 next Planning and conservation pages 67 through 70 next Property and liability insurance page 71 next Registered deeds pages 72 and 73 next Rocky Noel pages 74 through 76 next Sheriff pages 77 through 79 next Transportation airport division pages 80 and 81 next Transportation highway division pages 82 through 85 next next UW extension pages 89 and 90 next UW-Green Bay Sheboygan campus page 91 next Veterans commission page 92 next And veteran service pages 93 and 94 That would be all Seeing no motions. I declare the budget review concluded Pursuant to section 5.06 subsection 8 subsection 8 the 2023 proposed budget Will be referred back to the finance committee Which will submit its final recommendations on the budget at the november 1 2022 county board meeting And with that I believe we're at adjournment supervisor to strodie I move to adjourn. Thank you supervisor distrote supervisor clark. I'll second Yes, thank you supervisor shobert. I