All right, good afternoon.

We are calling together the finance committee meeting.

It is two o'clock PM on Monday, August 10th, 2026.

Yeah, an opening.

I just wanted to uh recognize uh our clerk of counsel for a birthday.

Happy birthday.

Happy birthday.

Yes.

Awesome.

Well, long time no C.

We are back again.

Excited to hear me or number.

All right.

Is that any better?

Okay, thank you very much.

I appreciate that.

All right.

Well, um, without further delay, uh, I will turn it over and we will begin the presentations.

Julian Caldwell, CFO.

My paper.

So um I will be presenting the budget for the Department of Administration.

And the CFO's budget is separate from the Department of Administration, but I'm pretty much the only employee in that division.

So I serve as the director um for the department of administration, so I will cover that budget as well.

So as far as as far as the mission statement for the Department of Administration, the mission of the City of Jackson's Department of Administration is to provide effective, efficient, transparent, and accountable administrative leadership and support that strengthens city operations and enables every department to deliver high quality services to the citizens of Jackson.

We are committed to responsible stewardship of public resources, sound financial management, operational excellence, strong internal controls, professional workforce support, and compliance with applicable laws and policies.

Through collaboration, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement, the Department of Administration serves as a foundation for effective government and works to ensure that the city is positioned for sustainable growth and a stronger quality of life for all who live, work, and invest in the city of Jackson.

As for the budget at a glance, our proposed budget totals four point thirty-seven million dollars.

And um most of my um department is for personnel services and contractual services.

So my largest budget drivers are for staffing, and my um main contract is for the audit.

Within my department, I have seven divisions.

Um they comprise they're comprised of the controller's office, the budget office, treasury, director of administration office, fiscal operations, purchasing, and municipal court services.

And the largest division is municipal court services.

It um it takes care of all of the court services, the um the staff that are working with the citizens as well as uh the judges are part of that budget.

The FY26 um budget was came in at 6.17 million, and the proposed 4.3 million FY27 budget is a reduction of 1.8 million dollars.

And as I stated, it's primarily personnel services and other services and charges.

Um there a way you can uh email it as part of our slide presentation is is cut off.

It's already emailed.

Okay, thank you.

Okay.

If I may, I'll switch over to my org chart now to kind of give a uh overview of how we're staffed in my department.

So um starting from the top, you have the chief financial officer and then the deputy direct the deputy chief financial officer.

Um from there, we have an executive office coordinator, um, a deputy director of administration that's currently vacant, and the fiscal officer.

The managers over each area that I previously um spoke of, they are there are six managers, and they're primarily responsible for all of the city's financial management um tasks and responsibilities.

We have a we also have a liaison who is responsible for communicating with other departments and helping us um understand their needs so that we can properly budget for any um any things that that we're not already aware of Mr.

President, please, yes, Mr.

I just wanted to uh just follow up here.

Which are those six positions on the fourth roll down?

You have uh seven positions.

Is that what you're yes sir?

On that row, the fourth row, yes, it starts off with the liaison.

Okay, and there are uh six finance managers on that row.

So we we have the finance manager or finance uh which is accounts payable and payroll, then we have budget, the budget finance manager, fiscal operations that's over accounting staff, treasury manager, internal audit manager, and the purchasing manager.

Can you tell me the names of the other slots of these um top four and then the seven?

If I can write them down, it's like no.

Which positions?

Uh Deputy Chief CFO and then executive officer, office coordinator, deputy director, just across the you know the top tier here.

Yes, our deputy chief financial officer is Carmen Jones, the executive office coordinator is Jasmine Coleman, and the fiscal officer is Taisha Newsom.

Jasper's last name Coleman, Ms.

Chair, or it's vacant.

It's currently vacant.