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Jeanne Duarte: \"I'm concerned that it's not gonna be, monitored as far as, videotaped or audio taped.\" (transcript)

City staff responded that the sessions at the Southern Recreation Center are being held as town-hall style public meetings and are not recorded in the same way as official charter review committee meetings held at City Hall. Staff added the city is attempting to hold a public meeting in each district.

Staff response (on the record): town-hall style meetings are not recorded; official charter review committee meetings hosted at City Hall would have equipment for recording.

This exchange occurred during the public participation portion of the Sept. 24 hearing and was recorded in the meeting transcript; no formal action was taken on meeting-recording policy at that time.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","City Council Special Budget Hearing September 24, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Resident Jeanne Duarte expressed concern that charter review town-hall meetings held at the Southern Recreation Center may not be audio- or video-recorded.","taxTitle","Palm Coast City, Flagler County, Florida","taxId",3807,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5974419,"Council asks AHAC to review accessory-dwelling survey; members discuss impact-fee waivers for affordable housing",44,3625000,3669000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae&start=3625&end=3669","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae/thumbnail_3625000.jpg","/articles/5974419/Palm-Coast-City/Flagler-County/Florida/Council-asks-AHAC-to-review-accessory-dwelling-survey-members-discuss-impact-fee-waivers-for-affordable-housing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5974419-3e61299110fc4dae6dc4ad83a4450ba1/orig.mp4?Expires=1773736212&Signature=gxnATMmgCRjTPCePhv4cyX8tQsZe5I6VpZy9eNmXoArJMT7JLCXIXKEMQI-MITs-ExR8mkS8c7tAXTlCd~0H4Ij4uxZEGqKpDCaxrNay3ECtgn629gVApDZkp26ojegrHZ-Bub4TDiMCKRItdxnOkWOkeDg1Ds3WxjK-BuLJiNqbvis116~Gc3YejTBFX6QtcQCLjQI3if3U2YEYDiNsfciiXjKd2fMU6ub6xSnVlBuenQerU9Ho22-rH~pijnY3KQtX9sR5clgDMbboqjZvcUl6pEkS0~uWBZJXoxCBNu1bilNQKb-5Bj5bvEe4Hhe3~uDHP268u54Fc6gNdN1XZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At the Sept. 24 meeting Council Member Marcus Gambarro asked the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) to review a draft accessory dwelling unit (ADU) survey before the city presents it for final approval. Gambarro said the goal was to get AHAC's feedback \"as a set of eyes\" prior to final presentation.

Council discussion expanded to impact fees and whether waivers or other incentives could support new construction of affordable homes. Gambarro recommended the council review Flagler County's existing policies on impact-fee waivers for affordable housing as a potential model. One council member said they were \"very hesitant\" to cut impact fees but agreed to review county policies for informational purposes.

The council gave consensus to review the county policies and directed staff and AHAC to proceed with the survey review. No formal action to change impact fees was taken at the meeting; the discussion was recorded as guidance and a request for more information.

The item was raised during the council's matters-not-on-the-agenda time and will return for formal consideration if the council decides to pursue policy changes.","Councilmember Gambarro asked the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee to review an accessory-dwelling-unit survey and suggested reviewing county impact-fee waiver policies to support affordable housing; council agreed to review the county policies and the AHAC will provide feedback on the survey.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5974424,"Council approves FY2026 fleet replacement program and purchase orders",79,3454000,3533000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae&start=3454&end=3533","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae/thumbnail_3454000.jpg","/articles/5974424/Palm-Coast-City/Flagler-County/Florida/Council-approves-FY2026-fleet-replacement-program-and-purchase-orders","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5974424-22359816a9080e0ac960be216ebd04d6/orig.mp4?Expires=1773736213&Signature=agUa3fcAqMC430kfEIVNgS196eo0GpCkvcEZsvE-qrLkv5~EXI-UnKgsz5bb4TYsGGOtuCnHyVXhtEGO95w5UE13ZLPEBOjBkHrQ5CQHVEw1O-P1XcN9lgyfH2rE1MzDsujgRCHiDaKvVZJ-D4gDfwnro~hdT6S4cZ0L1fe6ym5v6HvqYv2OWYqM1d1Ufe5HgfTglC6SBEhiUSKGtov0llzK38Y4gcv9WjcmT4x13p77BFdYGZ17PUAgvJQ9qcAibNBJsm7sTYaJ1GWLL7vXpyBmY1P6cG4~IytwAOfmTu195yGjc62Smo-aPhl4UYboixjUAWgDkt6HcFRVsb~aFw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Palm Coast City Council approved Resolution 25-25-25 (as recorded in the meeting) adopting the FY2026 fleet replacement purchase program and associated purchase orders for vehicles and equipment during the Sept. 24, 2025 special budget hearing.

City staff noted that the fleet plan showed a reduction compared with earlier projections; a staff member who could not attend (Mr. Mansil) was cited as absent due to illness. There was no substantive public comment on the fleet item; council members voted unanimously to approve the resolution.

The resolution was moved and seconded on the record and passed in roll call; minutes reflect unanimous approval. Staff indicated questions could be directed to the fleet manager after the meeting.","The council adopted a resolution approving the fiscal year 2026 fleet replacement purchases and associated purchase orders at the Sept. 24 meeting; the item passed unanimously after staff noted a fleet reduction from prior plans and no substantive public comment.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5974429,"State Road 100 Corridor CRA adopts $3,336,344 budget unanimously",82,2243000,2325000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae&start=2243&end=2325","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae/thumbnail_2243000.jpg","/articles/5974429/Palm-Coast-City/Flagler-County/Florida/State-Road-100-Corridor-CRA-adopts-3336344-budget-unanimously","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5974429-db49e4ab0ec00f8322d59b037c563f9e/orig.mp4?Expires=1773736213&Signature=DsQoqPKjqzSxKMGzgoLqSMSqT6AxQJomjrd9CRTt-Bd~-yviRkun4kXA7ul8FG1cGJ~Ytund1IljMcfbSsMYCB0mFLG53lupRfXSEO3nEj3bCp500ZSD5uEr3MFIjufFi13mWWRADTjB-B2ngpo2wCLu713gmM9cjlv~cxoE8LMytx4NtWPXvqlJ6dC5ObRPdwdI9RVRqPZq8sfQUJz04WaZXcdgKq13DsRTdjxIes2eDcKq9s0jHbiaXaY~oYCwS1TNH0tNT~qTqqbOwVUvMUFB1lJzdgKvQEJHtGquw20m7sunAR4CzN6LviRqNmy4bZx32n~IU9Vs-PaCP6UvqA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The State Road 100 Corridor Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) board met during the City of Palm Coast special budget hearing on Sept. 24, 2025, and unanimously adopted a FY2026 budget with total appropriations, expenditures and reserves of $3,336,344.

The board's action was moved and seconded on the record; the council reconvened afterward. There was no substantive public comment recorded for this item during the joint session. The vote was recorded as unanimous.

This action was taken as part of the city's broader budget process and was included in the council's posted agenda for the special hearing.","At the Sept. 24 meeting the State Road 100 Corridor Community Redevelopment Agency board adopted its FY2026 budget and appropriations of $3,336,344 by unanimous vote after a brief presentation and no public discussion.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5974434,"Palm Coast council adopts FY2026 budget, approves 4.0893 millage in 4-1 vote",1894,1442000,3336000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae&start=1442&end=3336","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5841251-51e557448e7206e8c629acfb1aa6acae/thumbnail_1442000.jpg","/articles/5974434/Palm-Coast-City/Flagler-County/Florida/Palm-Coast-council-adopts-FY2026-budget-approves-40893-millage-in-4-1-vote","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5974434-10ab56d3aa74eece197f82a905393c01/orig.mp4?Expires=1773736213&Signature=elXTIYgCvx3EPV8c9INvLpZvf81pdQKz~0PCll0ZdfPEsreIRW5HzkNzJz9oDCTMrasrliJtf6OnveuinhWZiuDbPJ-RPL4bzrWMxLRkQ472nsUj0xS0K24XuCCbn69zMIkYuXroxK7U5O5FnxECQDvUJFXgQ7Kzb~f1J9Ige1sgXycN7zZWEc-hJx8FGSH8dmLeBhNc7R6K2H38wSBsn8vjmKnaoJ491Ww67VTWWbKLGRIJZk2XPQjkVB83VeloCEXllzFftrxaJl3owhSasqcWN9Qr91B-HWb7tlcZWwlv3B5Da5vHgo0YiXTWRSrNkfd0~i1fV-NXKOaPq3KEPA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The City of Palm Coast City Council approved a tentative millage rate of 4.0893 mills and adopted the fiscal year 2026 budget during a special budget hearing on Sept. 24, 2025, at the John Netz Community Wing of City Hall. The council voted 4–1 to adopt the millage and later adopted the final budget by unanimous vote.

The vote on the millage followed presentations by Gwen Ragsdale, the city's budget and procurement manager, and extended council discussion about the budget's drivers. Ragsdale told the council the proposed budget includes large capital and utility funds discussed in prior workshops and that the city's proposed water and wastewater capital program accounts for a major portion of the increase. She said there have been no changes to the proposed budget since the first public hearing on Sept. 10.

Why it matters: the millage and budget set the tax rate and spending plan the city will use for the coming fiscal year. Council members and public commenters framed the debate around taxpayer impacts, debt for large water and wastewater projects and targeted employee pay increases.

Council debate focused on the size and drivers of the increase. Ragsdale presented several figures during the hearing: the general fund was identified at $67,601,395; the city's water and wastewater capital fund was presented as $326,000,000 in the proposed 2026 budget compared with an adopted 2025 amount of $83,000,000; and the five-year capital improvement plan was summarized as $471,800,000. One council member said those utility capital bond proceeds explain most of the apparent year-to-year increase, and removing the utility capital fund would substantially reduce the year-over-year change.

Council members pressed staff for details about how bond proceeds will appear in future budgets. City staff explained bond proceeds will appear in fiscal 2026 and unspent funds will be reappropriated in later years as projects are executed; expenditures will be shown in the capital project funds over the 2026'28 expenditure period rather than as repeated operating expenditures.

Councilmember Marcus Gambarro (spelled in the record as Gambarro/Gambaro) urged adoption of the rollback rate of 4.0035 mills and asked for specific cuts to reach that rate; staff estimated the rollback would require roughly $1 million in reductions. Council members and the city manager discussed options raised on the record, including scaling back up to $1.5 million in targeted performance pay, cutting economic development incentives, or other measures. The city manager cautioned that some proposed cuts (for example, changes to the merit/performance program) would be difficult to implement without affecting employee pay fairness and retention.

Public comment at the hearing included repeated calls for the rollback rate. Resident Jeanne Duarte urged council members to \"vote from your own knowledge and your own conscience\" and said many budget increases she had seen were \"excessive and unreasonable.\" Duarte also expressed concern about wastewater improvements being funded without a public referendum and urged consideration of the rollback rate, citing remarks by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as context.

Council vote: the council first moved and seconded adopting the millage rate of 4.0893 mills. In the roll call vote Vice Mayor Pontieri, Council Member Miller, Council Member Sullivan and Mayor Norris voted yes; Council Member Gambarro voted no. Later in the meeting the council voted unanimously to adopt the final budget with total appropriations and reserves recorded in the minutes as $696,444,327.

On bond funding and grants: council members asked whether a $5 million state grant would reduce bond sizing. Staff member Carl (identified in the record by first name) explained that several projects referenced for bond justification were part of a second bond series and that the $5 million was not necessarily replacing existing bond proceeds; he said some projects appropriated later were not part of the initial bond and that the only way to reduce bond proceeds would be if projects came in under cost or the city reduced project scope.

Next steps: the city clerk will forward the adopted millage resolution to the property appraiser, tax collector and the Florida Department of Revenue within three days, as required.

This account is drawn from council presentations and the public record at the Sept. 24, 2025 special budget hearing. Quotations and vote tallies are taken from the meeting transcript and roll-call votes as recorded.","On Sept. 24, 2025, the Palm Coast City Council approved a tentative millage rate of 4.0893 mills by a 4–1 vote and later adopted the city's final fiscal year 2026 budget; council members and public speakers debated rollback, utility bond funding and staff pay increases during the final hearing.","actionData","errors"]

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