City Council Special Call

CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL CALL MINUTES Monday, July 22, 2024 Council Chambers 12:00 PM 70 S. Clayton St, GA 30046 Call to Order PRESENT Mayor David Still Council Member Victoria Jones Council Member Austin Thompson Mayor Pro-Tem Marlene Taylor-Crawford ABSENT Council Member Bruce Johnson Prayer Mayor Still led the group in prayer. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Still led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance. Approval of Agenda Motion to approve agenda as presented made by Council Member Jones, Seconded by Council Member Thompson. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson, Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor- Crawford Public Hearing Old Business Discussion will be limited to 7 minutes per side including rebuttal. Questions and answers from Council Members will not infringe on the time limit. 1. Fiscal Year 2025 Millage Rate Public Hearing Fiscal Year 2025 Millage Rate Public Hearing Keith Lee, Chief Financial Officer presented this 2nd Public Hearing item and answered  questions from Council. Mayor Still opened the Public Hearing: Unincorporated Lawrenceville: Asked a question, Gale Lee Speakers Opposed to increase of Millage Rate: Leah Loper, Bill Connor, Susan E. Valentine, Marco Ringer Speakers in Favor of increase to Millage Rate: No one spoke in favor Hearing or seeing no one further for or against, Mayor Still closed the Public Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2025 Millage Rate. Final Adjournment Motion to adjourn out of Special Call made by Council Member Thompson, Seconded by Mayor Pro- Tem Taylor-Crawford. Voting Yea: Mayor Still, Council Member Jones, Council Member Thompson Voting Nay: Mayor Pro-Tem Taylor-Crawford Minutes Signatures ________________________ David R. Still, Mayor ________________________ Karen Pierce, City Clerk  Fiscal Year 2025 Millage Rate Public Hearing July 10, 2024 Agenda • Proposed Millage • Public Hearing Proposed Millage • Proposed Millage is 3.26 – Increase of 1.206 mills above roll-back rate (as announced in 2023) – Property Tax Revenue for FY 2025: $6,536,614 • Tax Revenue Increase: $1,740,000 • Helps cover services such as: – Increased Police Services include the bike unit and additional training – Road and sidewalk maintenance, parks, art projects, and ADA Transitional Plan – Relieves pressure on utilities for General Fund Operations – Inflation – With this change in millage rate, the combined County/City millage rate for inside and outside the City will be the same. Proposed Millage • The Proposed Millage for FY 2025 is 3.26 – Rate Increased announced $10 5 Millions $9 4.5 as part of FY 2024 Budget $8 4 process $7 3.26 3.5 – Rollback Rate 2.054 $6 3 $5 2.228 2.228 2.228 2.5 – Current Millage 2.228 1.826 1.826 $4 2 increased in FY 2022 $3 1.5 – Lower than the millage $2 1 rate in 1990 – 5.0 Millage $1 0.5 $0 0 FY 2020 FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025 Property Taxes Millage Rate Millage Comparison 10 9 2.228 Current + 1.032 8 0.965 7 6 1.22 1.95 0.1 5 4 (3.26 Total) 3 2 1 1.455 0 0 4.951 4.806 6.551 1.985 4.43 9.789 6.249 0 4 3.8 3.81 2.867 5.4 4.785 4.731 4.363 0 COUNTY TAXES NOT ON CITY PROPERTY M&O Bond Police Cities M&O • County Police 2.9 • County Code Enforcement 0.36 • Total 3.26 FY 2025 Budget (General Fund) Taxes, $13,849,394, 29% Other Financing Sources, $17,105,614, 36% Licenses and Permits, $771,650, 1% Intergovernmental, Miscellaneous, $1,293,990, 3% $1,931,500, 4% Investment , Fines and Forfeitures, Charges for Services, $445,000, 1% $2,041,500, 4% $10,411,575, 22% FY 2025 Budget (General Fund) 233,086.00 110 - LEGISLATIVE 700,151.00 132 - CITY MANAGER 874,650.00 3,654,567.00 1,434,596.00 981,665.00 133 - CITY CLERK 495,398.00 150 - FINANCE 2,329,439.00 5,436,904.00 151 - PURCHASING 2,499,908.00 153 - DATA PROCESSING 154 - HUMAN RESOURCES 242,940.00 157 - ENGINEERING 160 - COMMUNITY RELATIONS 5,100,355.00 14,445,390.00 265 - COURT 320 - POLICE 410 - PUBLIC WORKS 5,523,869.00 420 - STREETS 498 - DAMAGE PREVENTION 509,830.00 741 - PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT 1,233,418.00 2,404,907.00 745 - CODE ENFORCEMENT 751 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FY 2025 General Fund Budget: $48,101,073 Millage ($350,000 home) Increase of $12 per month District Millage Tax Percent of Tax City of Lawrenceville 3.26 $457 9.23% Gwinnett County 6.95 $973 19.65% Gwinnett Recreation 1 $140 2.83% Gwinnett Fire and EMS 3.2 $448 9.05% Gwinnett Economic Development 0.3 $42 0.85% Gwinnett County Schools 19.2 $2,688 54.29% Gwinnett County School Bond 1.45 $203 4.10% Total 35.36 $4,951 100% Other Hearings and Adoption July 22, 2024 – 12:00 (noon) • Public Hearing July 22, 2024 – 7:00 pm • Public Hearing July 22, 2024 – 7:00 pm • Adoption of millage rate Public Hearing