All right, good morning.

I call to order the special meeting of the city council for the mayor's budget address.

It's 9 a.m.

on July 20th, 2026.

Councilmember Amero, uh, our chaplain for the third consecutive year.

Would you plead leave us, please lead us in the invocation followed by the pledge?

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Good morning, everyone.

Let us pray.

Gracious God, we thank you for yet a new day, a new year, a new opportunity to serve this community with a heart full of service.

God, I ask you to continue to cover this body.

Cover the mayor, cover the leadership and city council, our new president, Nick Howland.

Cover this nation, cover public safety, cover our troops at war.

Cover this city.

You've been with this city since it was founded in 1822.

We were there when we consolidated in 1968.

And you've been with us down through the ages.

We need you to be with us one more time.

God, as we look beyond the horizon, there are some heavy winds that we must face.

But you are the master and commander, and you're in charge of the helm.

So be with us in everything that we do.

Remind us that the reward for everything is public service.

Meeting this community and its needs, providing it with the quality of life that is expected.

We ask these things in your son's holy name.

And everyone says amen.

I pledge allegiance.

Thank you, Mr.

Amero.

Roll call, please.

Thank you very much.

Well, welcome back, everyone.

I hope uh each of the council members and staff had the opportunity during the council breaks to rest, recharge, and prepare for the year ahead.

I notice in the audience, of course, we have the mayor and her staff.

We have Sheriff Waters, we have Chief Golden.

Thank you all for being here.

In my view, this is the most important meeting in the council year.

Not because it's our first, but because it begins the three-month budget process where this council makes its most important policy decisions.

This month our nation has celebrated the 250th anniversary of American independence.

When the founders later gathered to write the Constitution, they understood that concentrating too much power in one branch had been the great failure of autocracy.

So they carefully separated powers.

One branch would make the laws, another would execute them.

And that lawmaking extended to the power of the purse.

The authority to approve how public dollars are spent was deliberately placed in the legislative branch because that's the branch closest to the people.

That same principle is reflected in state governments across the nation and here in our consolidated consolidated local government.

When public revenue comes from taxes, whether it comes from taxes, fees, in entities' operations, grants, or government services, whether it touches the city's general fund or not, the principle never changes.

Public funds are budgeted and appropriated through the legislative process.

It's simple, but it's brilliant.

The mayor and our independent authorities propose budgets.

The council reviews amends and appropriates them.

The mayor and our independent authorities then carry them out.

This ensures that every government entity, every single one, remains accountable to the people because the government entity that ignores who it works for is the very worst kind.

The mayor today will present a budget of just over $2 billion, mostly supported by tax revenues.

But over this budget season, the council will review and appropriate over $9 billion in public funds from many different revenue sources.

When this meeting is adjourned, the real work begins, and we all know the challenges before us, as Councilmember Amero pointed out in the invocation, are real.

My hope is that this budget season is marked by a new spirit of cooperation, not only between the legislative and the executive branches, but among all entities that make up our consolidated government.

That doesn't mean there won't be disagreements.

There will be, and there should be.

It is democracy.

Differences are inevitable.

Disrespect is not.

As we enter this budget season, let's remember that our city is always strongest when we work together in service of the people of Jacksonville.

So with that, it is now my privilege to recognize Mayor Donna Deegan for the presentation of the proposed fiscal year 26-27 budget.

Mayor Deegan.

Council President Howland, Vice President Carlucci, members of the City Council, constitutional officers, members of my administration, city employees, community leaders, neighbors watching from across Jacksonville, and of course, the first dude who has joined me here this morning.

Thank you for being with us.

To those of you on the Dais, thank you for your dedication to our city.

I'm looking forward to the work ahead.

And as Nick said, my sincere hope is that we will keep our focus on the present and not let the next political season prevent us from working together to make progress because Jacksonville is a city on the rise.

We're a national leader for jobs and small business.

More and more cranes are popping up all over downtown.

The inventory of attainable housing is growing.

Historically disinvested neighborhoods are seeing long-awaited infrastructure improvements.

This momentum is both significant and fragile.

It takes an active force to keep it going.

And we cannot stop now.

Let's keep pushing forward so Jacksonville can meet its promise as a city.

Council President Howland, congratulations to you, sir.

At your installation, I noticed the pride on the faces of your boys.

And I gotta tell you, parent to parent, it was sort of beautiful to watch you and Malou sit there and look at those boys and recognize the young men they're becoming.

So I know that you're very, very proud of them.

I look forward to working with you to build a city where our children and someday hopefully our grandchildren will benefit from projects that we are building together.

So with that, with that said, that work continues today with the delivery of our proposed $2 billion budget.

A budget that only rises by one percent over the previous year.

And let me be clear the only reason for that rise is because we made a promise to do right by our first responders three years ago, and we will continue to keep that promise.

In addition, for the second year in a row, it does not draw from our ample reserves or increase the number of non-public safety employees.

I want to be very clear about the key principle which guided our decisions about what and how much to invest.

Every dollar in this budget started with someone who got up early, opened a business, worked a double shift, drove a truck, taught a class, fixed an air conditioner, served in uniform, cared for a patient, waited tables, built a home, and kept our city moving in ways that often go unseen.

I see, yes.

I see you, I appreciate you, and I want you to have more of your money.

Life is getting more expensive.

The cost of groceries, insurance, rent, home repairs, and child care are all on the rise.

And when a family looks at its budget, there is no such thing as an extra dollar.

Every dollar has a purpose.

The same must be true for city government.

Taxpayers do not owe government the benefit of the doubt.

We owe taxpayers proof.

Proof that we know the money is not ours, proof that we will not spend it simply because it's available, proof that each dollar invested delivers a positive return for our citizens.

In our analysis of the economic value generated by city services, each tax dollar provides nearly three dollars in return.

With that in mind, every spending decision we make, every one is geared to make Jacksonville more affordable.

And we do that by making it healthier, safer, more competitive, more prosperous, and more prepared for the future.

That is the standard for the budget I present today.

And by that standard, the state of our city is strong and growing stronger.

Independent experts, not political candidates, consultants or pundits, have looked closely at our finances.

They have reviewed our budget management, our economy, our tax base, our debt, our capital planning, and our strategy for the future.

Their conclusion is clear.

Jacksonville is financially strong and getting stronger.

Last year, Fitch upgraded our credit rating by two levels to double A plus.

Yeah.

I got more.

So SP Global and KBRA reaffirmed our top tier AA rating as well.

The government finance officers association recognized the quality of our budget also.

Those ratings are not trophies for City Hall, by the way.

They are savings for taxpayers.

They lower the cost of borrowing.

They keep today's investments from becoming higher cost tomorrow.

They tell investors Jacksonville is serious, stable, and well managed.

They tell businesses this is a city worth betting on.

And they tell the families out there that this city is not drifting.

It is driving forward.

This budget continues that discipline and shows that fiscal response responsibility is not just a slogan.

It is a core principle.

This budget also reflects partnership with the city council.

It fulfills the council's request for $10 million to support strategic planning priorities.

Now I want to begin with the priorities that residents expect us to put first.

And that is public safety and infrastructure.

Infrastructure is not abstract.

It is daily life.

It is the road you drive to work, the sidewalk your child uses to get to school, the drainage system that protects your home in a storm, the septic tank phase out that protects neighborhoods and waterways, the public buildings where services are delivered, the parks, pools, libraries, fire stations, technology systems, and public safety facilities that allow a city of a million people to not just function, but to thrive.

Still, in every town hall, every interview, and even chats along my morning run, I hear the need to do more to make our roads smoother.

That's why we are bumping the road resurfacing budget up to $36 million to increase road resurfacing across our entire city.

Every child who walks to school or a bus stop, every family who takes a dog out for a walk, they all know good sidewalks are essential for a safe city.

That's why we are investing 12 million dollars in new and repaired sidewalks.

And we are more than doubling our commitment for septic tank phase out to 25 million dollars.

Another 25 million dollars is going towards stormwater drainage projects that provide a six to one return on investment in avoided flood losses.

These are not luxuries.

These are the bones of our city.

If they are weak, everything else costs more.

If they are strong, everything becomes possible.

We also have to be honest about capacity.

Jacksonville has carried a capital project backlog for years.

There were promises made with no clear plan to deliver on them.

That's not ambition.

That is hidden debt.

We ended that practice two years ago, and we will continue right sizing that capital improvement plan.

We will use paygo where appropriate.

We will resist the temptation to pretend that every good idea can be funded immediately.

A growing city also needs a thriving center and strong neighborhoods.

For too long, people joked that Jacksonville was a city of renderings.

Politicians talked about potential.

That word always bothered me because it can become a way of settling for less than action.

In the last three years, we have turned renderings into reality and potential into production.

Downtown development pipeline is now measured in the billions of dollars.

The riverfront is becoming a public asset worthy of a world-class city.

This budget continues to build out the public infrastructure, including our riverfront park system that is bringing more and more people together downtown.

And we are seeing the results of that in action.

Look no further than our America 250 celebrations, which brought more than 71,000 people to the North and South Banks.

Parks do more than bring our community together, though.

Increased physical activity leads to better health outcomes and lower health care costs that deliver a three to one return on investment.

A stronger downtown also expands the tax base for the whole city.

A stronger riverfront creates public space for the entire city.

A stronger arts and entertainment ecosystem brings visitors, spending, and energy that support businesses across our city.

Then we turn that growth and that revenue that comes from it into quality of life for every neighborhood with smoother roads, safer sidewalks, cleaner streets, better drainage, more mowing, maintained parks, open pools, and libraries that meet people where they are, and community centers that give people a place to belong.

These are the things neighbors feel.

They are how we create big city opportunities while holding on to our small town feel.

Public safety remains the most important responsibility we have.

Our $1,073 million commitment continues historic investments in the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office and Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

As promised, it delivers a third year of salary increases and returns our first responders to a defined benefit pension.

It invests in the equipment, training, and technology that support those who bravely protect us.

As a result, both departments are delivering incredible results.

Recruitment and retention are way up.

I commend Sheriff Waters and JSO for keeping us safe and for delivering a significant reduction in homicides and gang activity that is permanently changing neighborhoods for the better.

Thank you, Sheriff.

And I commend Chief Golden and JFRD for rescuing our neighbors and maintaining a top ISO rating that generates $300 million per year in property insurance savings.

Every officer and firefighter in this room also knows something else.

Public safety is not just arrests and firefighting.

It does not begin at the moment of crisis.

It begins before the call.

That's why we are fortifying journey forward, including juvenile justice diversion efforts that deliver a ten-fold return in economic value.

Because public safety begins when a child has somewhere safe to go after school.

It begins when a young person has a mentor.

It begins when someone suffering a mental health crisis can be helped before harm is done.

It begins when a returning citizen has a path to work.

This is why prevention is not separate from public safety.

The same is true of health.

Poor health does not remain private.

It shows up in emergency rooms, missed work, schools, public safety calls, family instability, and the economic life of our city.

When people can work, they can pay their bills and provide for their families.

And that is good for everyone.

The council auditor confirms that Health Link Jacks saved citizens and emergency rooms $9.3 million off a $2 million program, nearly a five to one return on investment.

Our elder care food, yep.

Our elder care food and security work delivered more than 271,000 meals and reduced the waiting list by 66%.

Our support for the 988 Crisis Call Center is contributing to a 98.7% de-escalation rate, which is helping people in crisis before that crisis becomes something worse.

But you benefit when your child with a broken wrist does not have to wait twice as long at the ER because it's overcrowded with flu patients.

You benefit when your first responders are available for true emergencies.

You benefit when workers and employees and teachers stay healthy, and you benefit when the most expensive form of care is not the first and only form of care.

That is the tax dollar coming back as savings.

That is a tax dollar coming back as public safety, and that is a tax dollar doing its job to create a more affordable city.

Housing that is affordable is another citywide return.

Housing affordability affects hiring, traffic, schools, family stability, and the ability of businesses to grow.

A city growing as fast as ours is must remain a city where working people can live.

That's why for the fourth year in a row, we are dedicating local dollars to building more housing that's affordable.

The $6.3 million dollar total investment includes the highly successful emergency rental and eviction protection program proposed by the City Council's Critical Quality of Life Committee and Air's property program that helps families build generational wealth.

It also seeds an affordable housing trust fund that will now have more than five and a half million dollars in it to build more housing that's affordable for low income levels and to assist first-time homebuyers.

If the working people who run our city cannot afford to live here, then we cannot compete.

Housing is not simply a social concern, it is workforce infrastructure.

Homelessness is also a fiscal issue.

Compassion alone would hopefully compel us to act.

But fiscal responsibility does too.

These efforts save $5 in costs for every one dollar invested in getting a person back on their feet.

Leaving people in crisis is expensive for fire rescue, hospitals, law enforcement, courts, neighborhoods, and businesses.

Doing nothing is more expensive than funding what works, measuring outcomes, coordinating services, and reducing the most costly forms of crisis response.

This budget fully funds JFRD's Path Outreach Team, the previous shelter bed expansion, mental health offender program, and urban rest stop.

That brings me to a question we hear often, and it really does deserve an honest answer.

Someone may say, I don't use telehealth.

I don't personally need affordable housing.

Why should I pay for it?

Well, in a city of a million people, not everyone will use the same service, visit the same park, need the same program, or personally enjoy the same event.

That is not a flaw in a city.

That is what a city is.

Not every investment is personally used by every resident, but every responsible investment should return value to the whole city, and this budget they do.

Two clear examples of this are funding for public service grants and the Cultural Council, which maintain levels of support on par with the previous year.

Public service grants support nonprofit organizations meeting needs this community has identified as priorities.

Children, seniors, families in crisis, survivors, people with disabilities, and residents facing a variety of challenges that can quickly become emergencies if left unaddressed.

By the same token, arts and culture are not decoration.

They are economic infrastructure, youth development, neighborhood identity, tourism, small business support, and talent attraction with a 20 to 11.

You may never personally need one of those nonprofit services or visit an art installation, but our city is stronger, safer, and more vibrant because these services exist.

When children are safe after school, parents can work.

When parents can work, small businesses stay staffed.

When children read, graduate, and find opportunity, the city gains productivity, earnings, innovation, and civic life.

These benefits are multiplied six-fold for every dollar that supports early education.

Meanwhile, we continue to invest in public libraries, which provide a five to one return, and our River City Readers Program keeps moving the needle.

With that support, and thanks to the hard work of every educator at Duval County Public Schools, literary literacy scores are way up in Jacksonville.

And that's important because a third grade re third grader reading on grade level today is part of tomorrow's workforce, tomorrow's tax base, tomorrow's small business community, and tomorrow's public safety outcome.

That is the ROI of hope made real.

Before I go further, I want to congratulate the incredible people at DCPS.

For the second year in a row, Team Duvall has earned an A rating, this time under stricter state requirements.

That achievement belongs to Superintendent Dr.

Brunier, the school board, teachers, principals, bus drivers, cafeteria workers, support staff, parents, volunteers, and most of all, the students who rose to meet higher expectations.

City Hall does not run our schools, but we all know strong schools are vital to Jacksonville's future.

They strengthen neighborhoods, they support property values, they give parents confidence that Jacksonville is a place where children can thrive, and they attract job creators.

When Duvell County Public Schools earns an A, that is good news for students and teachers.

It is also good news for our economy, our neighborhoods, and our future.

A few months ago, Jacksonville was named a great American defense community because of the support we provide to our active duty military and veteran communities.

That support includes continued progress on the memorial wall shade structure, veterans' community center, and growing outreach to the heroes who served.

With an eye toward the future, this budget also connects a priority that I share with President Howlin.

That's economic development.

Our budget includes tools to attract new employers, Jacksonville small and emerging business support and workforce development efforts, including $4 million for our out east community benefits agreement.

Yep.

I knew I knew you guys would be happy about that one.

With these initiatives, our already hot job market is poised to get even hotter.

All the other priorities being funded in the budget are setting our economy up for success as well.

Because a city competing for jobs is also competing for people.

Businesses choose places where their employees can build a life, not merely earn a paycheck.

When you look at libraries, parks, health care, housing, and youth programs throughout that lens, you see a positive and measurable economic impact.

It's a big part of why so many companies are investing and expanding right here in Jacksonville.

Yes, we have low taxes and a fantastic business environment, but we're also a wonderful place to live and raise a family because of our laser focus on creating a good quality of life for our citizens.

I want to challenge the way we talk about core government.

Too often we divide city services into two categories core and discretionary.

Police and fire are core, roads and drainage and picking up trash are core.

Everything else gets labeled as optional.

But it doesn't work that way in practice.

Our city is a system.

When one part fails, costs show up somewhere else.

When one part improves, the whole improves.

So the question is not whether a line item sounds traditionally core.

The question is whether it advances the core purpose of a city safety, opportunity, prosperity, and quality of life at a price people can afford.

Housing that keeps workers near jobs is workforce infrastructure.

After school programs that keep children safe and parents employed are economic infrastructure.

Nonprofits that stabilize families are public safety infrastructure.

Arts and culture that support small business and attract talent are economic development infrastructure.

Telehealth that diverts non-emergency care away from emergency rooms is healthcare infrastructure.

Libraries that support literacy, job searches, small business resources, and technology access are opportunity infrastructure.

Parks that improve wellness and create places of belonging are civic infrastructure.

By that measure, many programs that have been called discretionary are actually upstream core investments.

That is how we should evaluate a world-class city budget.

And we, yes.

And this is important.

Sometimes the most expensive thing government can do is nothing.

Because maintenance deferred, that's not savings.

That's hidden debt.

The road that we fail to maintain becomes the road we must rebuild.

The drainage project we delay becomes the neighborhood that floods again.

The permitting system we neglect becomes the business that opens someplace else.

The family we fail to stabilize becomes an emergency call, an eviction, a hospital visit, or a crisis that costs way more than prevention ever would have.

Every member of this council has a duty to ask hard questions.

Every taxpayer has a right to expect clear answers.

My administration welcomes that process.

We will defend the investments we believe in.

We will listen where improvements can be made, and we will continue working with every council member who wants to move our city forward, not backward.

This budget reflects the people that it serves.

Bold and thoughtful, compassionate and accountable, responsible and not afraid of the future.

Because Jacksonville's future is worth investing in.

We are not the owners of this city.

We are its guardians.

Today I make one simple promise to our citizens.

Your money will build a safer, healthier, and more affordable Jacksonville.

That is the city you have earned.

That is the city we will deliver, and that is change for good.

Thank you for taking the time to listen today.

May God bless you, and may God continue to bless the people and this city we love.

Thank you, Mayor Deegan.

And thank you to the mayor's team who put this proposed budget together.

Uh at this point, I'd like to open up to any of my colleagues if they have any questions on the budget for the mayor.

And let me Matt Carlucci, Councilman Carlucci, you are recognized.

I'll give you a loaded question and then I'll make an observation or two.

I know that it comes from my heart.

That's all I can tell you.

I don't know if it's the best one, but I know it comes from my heart.

Well, I think it's the best one.

Thank you.

I think it's the most complete one because you've had three years to tie so many things together that have made this one your best one.

Thank you.

And I think you tied all of the different parts of our budget into a complete whole that enhances Jacksonville's quality of life.

And that's many different uh elements that you've put together.

Um the other observation, I think this is my 19th or 20th budget, I can't remember.

Lord help you, and I don't know how you do it.

I uh I I asked myself that this morning just after my wife did.

But um I just want to make a thank you for that, Councilman.

I appreciate your service.

Well, um, it's interesting to note that uh the first budget hearing that I attended was Mayor Tommy Hazuri.

Uh and uh the last one you're not gonna make me cry up here, are you?

I hope not.

And the last one, um, of course, you're Mayor Donna Deegan, but your maiden name is Azuri, and that was your cousin.

Yes.

And um very proud of him.

Miss him every day.

That's very special to me.

And you have that same trait that Tommy had, and that is of optimism for the future.

I'm glad you chose that one.

And have faith.

Thank you, Matt.

Well, I know some other comparisons I would never make.

But uh I just want to thank you for the uh last three years of service.

I I think you've been very gracious towards this council, and I think this council uh will definitely go through the budget and have change uh different opinions on things.

But I think you laid out a very good game plan for this coming year.

Um, and it all makes sense.

It takes a lot to make us a world-class city.

And uh, you laid out a good uh case for that.

Uh thank you very much.

Thank you.

Thank you, Councilman Carlucci.

Thank you, sir.

And Councilman Lennon just did the math in his head, it's not your 19th, it's your 20th budget address, Councilman Carlucci.

There we go.

Uh, we have two more members in the queue.

Leave it to Councilman Lane to do the math on the fly there.

Yeah, very good.

We have uh two more council members in the queue.

First, councilwoman Pittman, followed by Councilman Salem.

Well good morning.

Um, first of all, I just want to say thank you because a lot of the uh things that you addressed this morning um concern broken promises.

Indeed.

And not only broken promises, you made good on them, where especially I was saying the north side regarding the septic tanks, and it was music to my ears to hear you're gonna be um increased the budget by 25,000 million dollars.

So I really appreciate that because those promises have been over 50 years ago, and it's deserved.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

And and not only that, a lot of the things that you addressed this morning was the infrastructure that is needed in our neighborhoods, and not only just in the north side, but all over Jacksonville.

And so I look forward and working with your office along with my colleagues to ensure that you will continue to address not only that.

A couple weeks ago, we worked on housing, an opportunity that's coming here.

And so I'm really looking forward to that.

Me too.

Looking forward to working with my colleagues and supporting a budget that we both can live with and implement.

Thank you.

Thank you so much, Councilwoman.

Thank you, ma'am.

Over to you, Councilman Salem.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Good morning.

Good morning, Mayor Deegan.

Has the budget been posted for the public?

And if not, do you know when it will be posted?

I believe.

Has it been posted yet, Phil?

It'll be posted immediately.

Like today.

Would you like to get sure?

Over to Mr.

Foplis.

Thank you.

We will file it immediately upon the end of this address, and then the legislative services division will work diligently to get it posted to the gateway, and then staff from there will post it in the other locations, the website, et cetera.

Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Yeah, okay.

We have uh Mr.

Amero first, followed by Mr.

Carlucci for the second time.

Thank you, Mr.

President.

Very quickly, I want to commend the mayor for her scathing rebuke of this concept in government of deferred maintenance.

Uh to me in my short tenure, I've found that to be cowardice, uh, if you will.

I mean, we're sent here to do what we're supposed to do.

And unfortunately, when things are deferred, then it accumulates and and it becomes a bigger price tag later down the road.

I want you to on the score very quickly.

Uh you mentioned, if I heard you correctly, a one percent increase to fulfill our commitment to public safety.

I I just need you to recite that again because I I think we've made some decisions that have put us into a position that we still have to fulfill that.

And so I I I commend you for courage for fulfilling that because public safety has been doing a uh a wonderful job, and you cited uh the results thus far, and and we still have that obligation to fulfill what was promised in the past.

That's right, Ken.

Thank you for mentioning that.

Yeah, our our first responders deserve everything that we can give them to help them do their jobs well.

And and for years, um, they were frankly underpaid.

And and and when they lost their defined pension, um, it really hurt recruitment um and retention.

And so uh it it's wonderful to see that that's back on the path.

It's it's an expensive proposition, but one that we absolutely must commit to.

Yeah.

Thank you, sir.

And last speaker on the queue for the second time, Councilman Matt Carlucci.

Okay.

Uh I just will make a quick observation that by ordinance code uh talking about uh access to the uh budget, it should be delivered to every public library in Jacksonville, Florida uh this week uh for display.

And that's been a law for a long, long time since I introduced it.

Thank you.

Thank you, Matt.

Okay.

Thank you so much, everyone.

Thank you for the question.

Well, I wanted to uh say it was the end of the queue, but uh councilman Peluso just jumped on thank you, Ms.

President.

Thank you, Mayor, for coming here and presenting this budget.

I'm incredibly excited about the road resurfacing dollars that you're putting into this city.

It's been a massive need for a long time, and I'm so glad that you put that in there.

The drainage projects as well, myself and Councilmember Carlucci, our districts are consistently flooded.

So these projects are going to save lives, help improve people's uh transit to and from work.

I'm very grateful to you for that.

I know you've done a lot of town halls.

Uh are you intending to do more town halls to discuss this budget with the members of the public?

Because I know you helped put it together.

Yeah, I do I do town call halls every every quarter because I think it's important to get out there and hear from people about the budget.

Um so and and and just just to be accessible so I can listen to see if if we're if we're hitting the mark or not.

So town halls will start, I believe, next week.

Um is that right, Melissa?

August 5th.

Um they'll start August 5th and then go through um the first couple weeks in September.

Excellent.

I don't think I've seen a mayor as accessible to the public as you are.

Thank you, Mayor.

Thanks, Jimmy.

All right, Mayor, thank you again very much.

There are no other speakers on the queue.

Now this budget is turned over to the council auditors and the council finance committee.

With that, our meeting is adjourned.

Thank you, ma'am.