Meeting of August 22, 2024

good evening I'd like to call this a public hearing of um the Davis County Fiscal Court this is uh our public hearing for our tax proposed tax rates and for those watching if you showed up at Davis County Fiscal Court the courthouse you're at the wrong place we are at OC TC at blanford Hall the blanford lecture hall uh today for the record today is th Thursday August 22nd 2024 go ahead Brooke first it one 2024 proposed tax rates Mr joh same tax second the rate all 4% thank you okay maybe bring it a little bit

closer to check check check my apologies I'll begin again I have reviewed the 2024 tax assessment information from the Department for local government and resulting calculated rates with all Court members there are two primary calculated rates the first being the compensating rate which is the rate that would produce the same tax revenue produced in the prior year the second is the rate allowing a 4% increase in Revenue that was produced in the prior year after review the preference indicated to me was to adopt to the 4% rate which results in a decrease from 2023 property tax rates from 13 cents per $100 of assessed value to 12.9 cents per $100 of assessed value

I would like to highlight that taking a rate above the compensating rate is one of the few ways that a taxing district can mitigate inflation since the compensating rate does result in the same dollar amount as the prior year to reiterate the Court's proposal is to accept the 4% tax rate which does result in a decrease from the 2023 property tax rates leaving all other adorm rates which include motor vehicles and watercraft the same because the proposed rate is higher than the compensating rate Fiscal Court must hold this public hearing per KS 68.2 45 to take any public comments on the proposed rate I will answer any questions the Court members or the public may have two public comment this is a part of this particular meeting where we will accept any comment about the proposed tax rates that uh Mr Johnson has just spoke of that's the only item that we'll take comment on do I have any takers this evening hearing none um this concludes our public hearing and without further business this meeting is a journ Jordan you want to just keep going

or okay right the meeting all right so we want to Now call to order the Davis County Fiscal Court meeting of Thursday August 22nd this is the second meeting of August um if you would join me for the prayer and the pledge please yeah dear heavenly father we pause and we thank you for the many blessings you bestowed upon us dear heavenly father we we know there are people whose hearts are heavy this day we ask your blessing upon them we ask you let your Holy Spirit and your light shine upon them give them hope for tomorrow give them strength to continue on dear heavenly father we ask your blessing upon all those that we serve as elected officials we ask your guidance we ask your for your wisdom that we might do that which is pleasing to you throughout this meeting and throughout our lives we pray these things in the name of Jesus our lord and savior

amen I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all Brook item one please one consideration for presentation a proclaim the month of September 2024 as Davis County preparedness month commissioner Conor thank you judge everyone can you hear from this speaker okay good whereas Davis County Emergency Management EMA is a vital public service and whereas in conjunction with FEMA's National preparedness month campaign and whereas the 2024 theme will focus on quote the importance of a diverse and Multicultural Community to prepare for disasters and build resilience before disaster

strikes and whereas it is appropriate to recognize EMA by designating Davis County prepared preparedness month now therefore I Davis County judge executive Charlie Casten do hereby proclaim the month of September as Davis County prepared his month and urg the community to observe this month with appropriate programs ceremonies and activities presented in Davis County this 22nd day of August 2024 Charlie castlin Davis County judge executive thank you commissioner uh think anyy ball you want to make some comments and then we'll get our pictures with you thank emergency director told me to talk slow tell her that's no problem I'm Ohio County tion this month we uh observe each year each in September Nationwide to raise awareness about the importance of disasters and emergencies that uh could could affect us at any time uh 2023 thema survey includ over 7,600

respondents and it indicated only 51% of Americans believe that they're prepared for emergences or disaster and 57% took three or more actions to prepare for disas within the last year the two most frequent things that we do here in America following disasters however are I wish i' had been better prir and number two I never thought it would happen to me so it leaves u a lot of folks in America unprepared uh and uh that's what we're trying to avoid for Davis coming I'll tell you now that we're extremely fortunate back in December of 2021 to not have gotten hit or struck by that tornado that swept through Western Kentucky I stayed up that night at the office watching radar and when it entered Western Kentucky it was on a be line for w Brad day was coming all of a sudden as they started approaching Dawson Springs in Madisonville area it started drifting a little more southernly and uh lucky for us it didn't hit us but Ohio County wasn't wasn't as lucky as well as Mayfield Dawson Springs B and some of the other areas um U like like I said many other

kentuckians were not so lucky I ask you now were you ready that night if it did hit us and will you be ready next time if we're not so blessed so we W prep preparedness month to serve as a reminder prepared year round because these things as you saw uh with the tornado in December that can happen any month of the year anywhere all throughout September Davis County Emergency Management in conjunction with the Davis County Detention Center we're going to be posting topics to help our community uh to be better prepared for the next disaster it's not if it's when more information such as building a shelter kit creating a family Communications plan and specific disaster preparedness tool can be also located on a site called ready. which is m. furthermore our office is here to assist anybody uh including churches schools businesses and helping create or manage their plans better their plans uh conduct facility walkthroughs or uh provid site specific training and drills we're doing that with Davis County high school tomorrow with contact us on our Facebook page or