WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.500 they're 00:00:02.500 --> 00:00:05.000 putting out a sale today by this time I'm 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:07.500 hoping that everyone has um at least by 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:10.000 Word of Mouth um heard what we're doing and 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:12.500 so um want to 00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:15.000 just kind of um every time I give this speech is 00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.500 still a little bit different a little bit different audience there 00:00:17.500 --> 00:00:20.000 but um uh no 1 is 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.500 crazy about a a tax of 00:00:22.500 --> 00:00:25.000 course um but unfortunately we 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:27.500 live in a in a time where it takes money to 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:30.000 um to 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.500 make anything happen and um we 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.000 are in a very competitive uh world 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:37.500 with our kids competing with other districts 00:00:37.500 --> 00:00:40.000 and other schools who have more 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:42.500 resources than we do we we are struggling 00:00:42.500 --> 00:00:45.000 financially we're struggling with enrollment 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.500 just be honest we're struggling with our budget at 00:00:47.500 --> 00:00:50.000 this time um we're struggling to keep students 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.500 engaged and 1 thing that we 00:00:52.500 --> 00:00:55.000 have learned since covid is that um a 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:57.500 lot of kids can do things online they can do school 00:00:57.500 --> 00:01:00.000 online they can uh enroll in 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.500 Virtual Academy and they can do things online that 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:05.000 allow them to travel or allow them to do 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.500 homeschool and a lot of kids come 00:01:07.500 --> 00:01:10.000 to school not because they love algebra or 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.500 they love education but they love all the things that school 00:01:12.500 --> 00:01:15.000 has to offer for them so if you take 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:17.500 look at at your handout here on the right hand side 00:01:17.500 --> 00:01:20.000 and look through like the Athletics and 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.500 the extracurriculars and the and the Fine 00:01:22.500 --> 00:01:25.000 Arts those are the reasons why kids 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:27.500 come to school for the most part I got 00:01:27.500 --> 00:01:30.000 a wonderful education I made a proponent of 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:32.500 the power of your tools and the product of power schools 00:01:32.500 --> 00:01:35.000 has a wonderful education from 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:37.500 here but the reason I am who I am today is 00:01:37.500 --> 00:01:40.000 because of those activities on the right hand side 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.500 softball drill 00:01:42.500 --> 00:01:45.000 team bands all of the club 4 All 00:01:45.000 --> 00:01:47.500 the things that I was a part of and these are the 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:50.000 things the experiences that you can't get online 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.500 or you can't get from home school or you can't 00:01:52.500 --> 00:01:55.000 get from anywhere else and so those are 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.500 the things that we really want to focus on with 00:01:57.500 --> 00:02:00.000 this 1 cent sales tax so 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:02.500 this discussion started 00:02:02.500 --> 00:02:05.000 back in the spring when our 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.500 powerlifting team uh qual 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:10.000 they started competing and of course powerlifting and 00:02:10.000 --> 00:02:12.500 calwell kind of comes and goes it's like if you have a 00:02:12.500 --> 00:02:15.000 coach who's really involved in powerlifting we have a 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.500 if you don't then it kind of Fades 00:02:17.500 --> 00:02:20.000 away and I I see a couple parents in here who have 00:02:20.000 --> 00:02:22.500 power lifters and so you know what I'm talking about I 00:02:22.500 --> 00:02:25.000 was not a power lifter and 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:27.500 did not have a brother who was a power lifter but I have a 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:30.000 son who thought he wanted to try it and we tried 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.500 for 1 um year and I 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:35.000 was um I learned a lot being 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:37.500 a parent of a power lifter and it 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:40.000 costs quite a bit of money to be 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:42.500 a power lifter uh apparently there are these suits 00:02:42.500 --> 00:02:45.000 that you wear that cost quite a bit of money 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.500 believe that you have to you put on 00:02:47.500 --> 00:02:50.000 and it blows my mind that they're actually legal to 00:02:50.000 --> 00:02:52.500 to wear these suits that 00:02:52.500 --> 00:02:55.000 allow you to lift all this weight and so 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.500 um as our kids are going and competing and 00:02:57.500 --> 00:03:00.000 they're they're wearing these suits they're 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:02.500 darling these suits from West Monroe High School and 00:03:02.500 --> 00:03:05.000 that's embarrassing to me is their superintendent 00:03:05.000 --> 00:03:07.500 that we can't afford these suits 00:03:07.500 --> 00:03:10.000 and we're borrowing them from other schools thank God 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:12.500 that you know Western alone them to us but 00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:15.000 we're borrowing them you know in 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.500 to do this in order to host a a 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:20.000 meet match meet meet um 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:22.500 in order to host a meet so 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:25.000 that we can at least give our kids the experiences we 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:27.500 had to borrow with equipment from other schools 00:03:27.500 --> 00:03:30.000 I believe we borrowed from West 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:32.500 row Cedar Creek yeah we were buying 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:35.000 from other schools to do that because that costs a 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:37.500 lot of money and so the coach came to me and he 00:03:37.500 --> 00:03:40.000 said you know I said well give me a cost of 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:42.500 how much it is and we're talking 30,000 dollars we're 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:45.000 talking I was like that's a lot of money and he 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:47.500 well you know last off here is just passed a 1 cent 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:50.000 sales tax and I said oh they did and he said yes and 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.500 so I called the superintendent and watched 00:03:52.500 --> 00:03:55.000 off Harris and I said tell me what y'all did and he said 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:57.500 we just passed a 1 cent sales tax on Capital 00:03:57.500 --> 00:04:00.000 Improvements so basically we can spend it on 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.500 whatever we want to and I said okay and 00:04:02.500 --> 00:04:05.000 he said we're going to run out of projects before we ever run out 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.500 of money and I was like oh we live in 00:04:07.500 --> 00:04:10.000 2 different worlds because that's not the world I live 00:04:10.000 --> 00:04:12.500 in and so we started entertaining the 00:04:12.500 --> 00:04:15.000 idea of the 1 cent sales tax well we're 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.500 already at our cap as a as a district we have 00:04:17.500 --> 00:04:20.000 2 1 cent sales tax for the school board 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:22.500 and those are both dedicated to salaries and 00:04:22.500 --> 00:04:25.000 benefits for our employees and so 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.500 that was not the route to go so then we started looking 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:30.000 at a property tax and 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.500 of course that was like oh not another property 00:04:32.500 --> 00:04:35.000 tax you know and so we already have a couple of those 00:04:35.000 --> 00:04:37.500 for our Mill um our operations and 00:04:37.500 --> 00:04:40.000 our maintenance and of course that's how we did the renovation 00:04:40.000 --> 00:04:42.500 several years ago and but there 00:04:42.500 --> 00:04:45.000 did come the idea of an educational 00:04:45.000 --> 00:04:47.500 facilities improvement district and that's 00:04:47.500 --> 00:04:50.000 what is on the left hand side 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:52.500 of your page and so I want to talk to you a little bit about what that 00:04:52.500 --> 00:04:55.000 is and EF ID is a 00:04:55.000 --> 00:04:57.500 board that is already in place in 00:04:57.500 --> 00:05:00.000 all 64 parishes 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:02.500 the school board has to actually appoint 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:05.000 this board and enact 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.500 it and so that's what our school board decided to do was 00:05:07.500 --> 00:05:10.000 let's a point this board our actual 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:12.500 EF board is in the bottom corner of 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.000 the left hand side it has 6 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:17.500 Chambers Maria bass is the 00:05:17.500 --> 00:05:20.000 school board member who starts on this board I 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.500 serve on it as the superintendent and then our business manager 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:25.000 David sonier and then we have 2 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.500 Community Representatives Reggie Roam 00:05:27.500 --> 00:05:30.000 and Lauren Young Who both serve on this committee 00:05:30.000 --> 00:05:32.500 um committee as well they'll serve for 00:05:32.500 --> 00:05:35.000 6 years just that we have some continuity and 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:37.500 they represent um the the community 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:40.000 as a whole and they can Levy 00:05:40.000 --> 00:05:42.500 this tax along 00:05:42.500 --> 00:05:45.000 with our school board they can't 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:47.500 make any decisions that the school board can't you know they 00:05:47.500 --> 00:05:50.000 have to work in tandem with each other um 00:05:50.000 --> 00:05:52.500 but so that we enacted this 00:05:52.500 --> 00:05:55.000 board the board did and then they they can Levy 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:57.500 this tax and they report directly to the school board 00:05:57.500 --> 00:06:00.000 so this board was 00:06:00.000 --> 00:06:02.500 enacted to Levy this tax 00:06:02.500 --> 00:06:05.000 now in the top left hand corner it 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:07.500 kind of has some restrictions about what this sales 00:06:07.500 --> 00:06:10.000 tax can do it's a 1-step 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:12.500 sales tax and so when you think about 1 00:06:12.500 --> 00:06:15.000 cent it's 1 cent for every dollar that you spend so 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:17.500 we spend a dollar it's a penny you spend $10 00:06:17.500 --> 00:06:20.000 it's uh 10 cents or if 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:22.500 you spend a hundred dollars it's an extra dollar uh 00:06:22.500 --> 00:06:25.000 it exempts your Food and Drug purchases 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.500 so when you go to the grocery store it's not going to add 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:30.000 another Penny to your grocery bill 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:32.500 it is exempt for your prescription 00:06:32.500 --> 00:06:35.000 drugs so if you go to and 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:37.500 I think this is meant to to help families like 00:06:37.500 --> 00:06:40.000 your your elderly who are on a a 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:42.500 fixed budget so your food and your 00:06:42.500 --> 00:06:45.000 your drug prescriptions are not effective 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.500 with that it's not forever like the 00:06:47.500 --> 00:06:50.000 other sales taxes that we have it's a 20-year 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:52.500 sales tax but it's basically 00:06:52.500 --> 00:06:55.000 enacted to generate funding 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.500 for long-term projects 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:00.000 um for facility Improvement 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:02.500 it does not impact property 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:05.000 taxes there's been a lot of questions about that but 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.500 it does not there's no way that 00:07:07.500 --> 00:07:10.000 it involves your property taxes the 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:12.500 other thing about this is anybody who travels through 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:15.000 here is going to pay it if somebody stops and buys 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.500 passing Kabul pairs they're going to pay and if 00:07:17.500 --> 00:07:20.000 someone stops and shops at Dollar General they're going to pay 00:07:20.000 --> 00:07:22.500 for it so it's anybody it's Equitable 00:07:22.500 --> 00:07:25.000 everybody who spends money is going to pay the 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:27.500 1 cent sales tax and for our businesses they 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:30.000 just attributed over we're 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:32.500 a 10% sales tax right now and 00:07:32.500 --> 00:07:35.000 y'all have done their research around this everyone else is 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:37.500 a 10 to 12% right now if 00:07:37.500 --> 00:07:40.000 you're going to Monroe do y'all pay attention to how 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:42.500 much you're spending you're already spending that 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:45.000 you know 11 to 12% 00:07:45.000 --> 00:07:47.500 when you go to Sam's when you go to Sterlington when 00:07:47.500 --> 00:07:50.000 you go to Franklin Parish when you go to lassal 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:52.500 Parish it's 10 to 12% so we're already 00:07:52.500 --> 00:07:55.000 on the lower end there so and 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:57.500 that's the thing is everybody else is doing this and 00:07:57.500 --> 00:08:00.000 they're like okay it's time for us to to jump 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:02.500 been in support our kids as well 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:05.000 so we decided let's go ahead and move forward 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.500 with this let's let's do something for our kids 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:10.000 to support these programs so you 00:08:10.000 --> 00:08:12.500 look on the side there at all of 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:15.000 these programs Athletics extracurriculars 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.500 respond or we want to be sure that we're 00:08:17.500 --> 00:08:20.000 supporting everything outside 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.500 of the regular classroom 00:08:22.500 --> 00:08:25.000 we have a team of 00:08:25.000 --> 00:08:27.500 people at the central office who write grants for literacy 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:30.000 numeracy Career Tech 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:32.500 special education um technology 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:35.000 we can write grants for all 00:08:35.000 --> 00:08:37.500 sorts of things but there are no grants available 00:08:37.500 --> 00:08:40.000 for athletics there are no grants 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.500 available for clubs or extracurriculars for 00:08:42.500 --> 00:08:45.000 band we use them in very few 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.500 for arts or anything like that so and absolutely 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:50.000 nothing for Capital Improvements 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:52.500 so this is the this is it this 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:55.000 is the way to do it is to say you know what if 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:57.500 the community wants more for our kids and 00:08:57.500 --> 00:09:00.000 more for our experiences we have to put 00:09:00.000 --> 00:09:02.500 put it together and all come together to 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:05.000 make this happen so 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.500 in deciding what we wanted to do 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:10.000 I have ideas 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:12.500 we have ideas but we decided let's 00:09:12.500 --> 00:09:15.000 go to the community let's find out what do 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:17.500 what do we really need because a lot of the 00:09:17.500 --> 00:09:20.000 ideas come from our community our parents 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.500 the people who are actually involved so our first 00:09:22.500 --> 00:09:25.000 step was to call together our 00:09:25.000 --> 00:09:27.500 coaches our principals our teachers our sponsors 00:09:27.500 --> 00:09:30.000 and and find out so we put out a 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:32.500 today and we received about 152 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:35.000 responses from the survey about 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:37.500 what do our programs really need so 00:09:37.500 --> 00:09:40.000 if you flip over to the second page 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.500 those responses 00:09:42.500 --> 00:09:45.000 came back we we put the data together 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.500 together and overwhelmingly there 00:09:47.500 --> 00:09:50.000 were 2 items that came to 00:09:50.000 --> 00:09:52.500 our attention the first 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:55.000 was that people are tired of fundraising 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:57.500 anybody want to give it 00:09:57.500 --> 00:10:00.000 a you know 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.500 and so um if you feel like every time you 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:05.000 turn around there's another calendar going out 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:07.500 you know by my uniform or sponsor 00:10:07.500 --> 00:10:10.000 my day or doing I've got I've got twin 00:10:10.000 --> 00:10:12.500 16 year olds you know and every time I turn around it's 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:15.000 another fundraiser it's another and it 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.500 takes money I mean uniforms cost money travel 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:20.000 costs money it costs money to go spend the 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:22.500 night in a hotel in New Orleans it 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:25.000 back to Power list and you go back and of course they made 00:10:25.000 --> 00:10:27.500 it to State on borrowed equipment borrowed suits 00:10:27.500 --> 00:10:30.000 but to go spend the night in New Orleans 00:10:30.000 --> 00:10:32.500 to compete at the state tournament what do you have 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:35.000 to do you have to fund raise 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.500 and so and I'm a part of this group needs and 00:10:37.500 --> 00:10:40.000 so I see those parents going off about I'm going 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:42.500 to ask for money and I'm going to this thing and I'm going here 00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:45.000 and our banks are getting it up 1 time 00:10:45.000 --> 00:10:47.500 after another in our business we're getting hit up 1 time 00:10:47.500 --> 00:10:50.000 after another and parents don't like do any 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.500 of you like going to ask for money I 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:55.000 hate going and asking money um I 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:57.500 hate asking for money I don't always hate 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:00.000 giving it it's hard because every time you turn around you're 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:02.500 are having to give money our 00:11:02.500 --> 00:11:05.000 businesses are so generous and they 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:07.500 want to give but it is exhausting 00:11:07.500 --> 00:11:10.000 and and they have a budget they're 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.500 trying to maintain and they don't want to say no to anybody 00:11:12.500 --> 00:11:15.000 and so that 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:17.500 to me was like okay you hear this over and 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:20.000 over again what if we could could create a 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:22.500 funding mechanism within 00:11:22.500 --> 00:11:25.000 this money to say every 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:27.500 organization gets a 00:11:27.500 --> 00:11:30.000 startup amount at the beginning of every year 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:32.500 can we reduce all the fundraising know 00:11:32.500 --> 00:11:35.000 there's there's no way to say we won't do any 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:37.500 fundraising but if we can give everybody you 00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:40.000 don't have to start at zero every year then 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:42.500 we've at least started somewhere 00:11:42.500 --> 00:11:45.000 and so in doing that 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.500 there are things we have to consider like you've 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:50.000 got some sports who have a gate football 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.500 has the biggest game everybody comes to the football 00:11:52.500 --> 00:11:55.000 games on Friday night so they might 00:11:55.000 --> 00:11:57.500 not need as much money of course they have to pay 00:11:57.500 --> 00:12:00.000 officials they have to pay the gate work 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.500 they have to pay all of the stuff that goes 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:05.000 along with having a football game and 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:07.500 um then you've got some 00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:10.000 some uh like powerlifting of 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.500 course you did have that 1 move cross country doesn't 00:12:12.500 --> 00:12:15.000 have any gate tennis doesn't have a gate 00:12:15.000 --> 00:12:17.500 y'all help me out with where some other 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:20.000 golf golf golf does 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:22.500 not have yeah fishing doesn't have a yeah 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:25.000 there are some that do not have D 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:27.500 band has the concession you know there are some that 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:30.000 have booster clubs some that do not 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:32.500 have booster clubs but so you have to take all those things 00:12:32.500 --> 00:12:35.000 into account whether you have a funding mechanism 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:37.500 or not some of your clubs 00:12:37.500 --> 00:12:40.000 are like just school-based 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.500 clubs who do things that are just School 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:45.000 based but then you also have like your 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:47.500 space Squad who go and they compete and 00:12:47.500 --> 00:12:50.000 so if they're going and they're staying overnight 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:52.500 in hotels to go compete in Lafayette 00:12:52.500 --> 00:12:55.000 that costs money but 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:57.500 they don't have a way to make money other 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:00.000 than selling what boo bags which is great you 00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:02.500 you know and that provides something for kids 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:05.000 to do but how many boo bags do you have to sell 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:07.500 to be able to put all your kids 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:10.000 up in a hotel room for how many 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.500 competitions do they go to 00:13:12.500 --> 00:13:15.000 3 or 4 you're going to say like 2 or 3 nights 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:17.500 absolutely so it just costs money so 00:13:17.500 --> 00:13:20.000 you have to take all those things into account that that 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.500 that organization may need more money than 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:25.000 say the 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.500 and the um 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:35.000 student account the student council who's 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.500 just doing something at the schools 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:40.000 as a beautification project or something so 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.500 for easy math I'll just say 00:13:42.500 --> 00:13:45.000 let's take our bank okay 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:47.500 so if we put it into effect a 00:13:47.500 --> 00:13:50.000 funding mechanism that said right now we have currently 51 00:13:50.000 --> 00:13:52.500 kids in the band which is cute 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:55.000 it's growing every year we're growing and growing 00:13:55.000 --> 00:13:57.500 what if we said a hundred dollars a 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:00.000 kid as a beginning of the year 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:02.500 that would be of them 5100 to 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:05.000 start with every single year next year say 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.500 you're up to 58 kids 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:10.000 and every year that you're growing you have 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:12.500 a startup fee every or not fee a 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:15.000 startup amount every year that you are 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.500 the more you grow the more mfp 00:14:17.500 --> 00:14:20.000 money we're getting so you have more kids involved 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:22.500 and that's what we're trying to do so if we could 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:25.000 do that we could impact every kid in 00:14:25.000 --> 00:14:27.500 our district because even down to our Pre-K 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:30.000 3 and Pre-K 4 we have art 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.500 music right how many kids take art in 00:14:32.500 --> 00:14:35.000 our prek and prek 4 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.500 they all do okay so if 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:40.000 we could give a little bit of money for every student who 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:42.500 takes art every student who takes music 00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:45.000 then you might have money for 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:47.500 costumes or something for your Productions 00:14:47.500 --> 00:14:50.000 that you put on you can use this money however 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.500 you choose to for those extra 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:55.000 things you know that you want to do so 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:57.500 we can think outside the box about things that 00:14:57.500 --> 00:15:00.000 we're not necessarily funded for 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:02.500 or through our grants does that 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:05.000 make sense then you get into like 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:07.500 your robotics y'all our robotics team 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:10.000 2 years ago we didn't even have a stem program and 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.500 then this past year our 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:15.000 robotics team went to Nationals 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.500 that costs a lot of money we fortunately partnered 00:15:17.500 --> 00:15:20.000 with Louisiana greenfields and hatch 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:22.500 who gave us a generous donation to go 00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:25.000 to Daytona Beach to compete but when they got 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:27.500 there they're the only team who showed up with 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:30.000 the boxed robot that came 00:15:30.000 --> 00:15:32.500 out of the box everybody else had 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:35.000 aftermarket parts didn't even know that existed 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:37.500 but when they got there you know our 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:40.000 kids are competing against kids 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.500 who I mean they all came with their own robot 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:45.000 our kids came with 1 robot 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:47.500 and so there's no reason why callwell 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:50.000 kids can't have that same Level Playing 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:52.500 Field as everyone else I want 00:15:52.500 --> 00:15:55.000 that for our kids and when they're asking why 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:57.500 don't we have it all comes down to money you 00:15:57.500 --> 00:16:00.000 know so there are programs like 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.500 that that are growing and that is opening doors for 00:16:02.500 --> 00:16:05.000 our kids engineering I'm 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:07.500 not sure what Fields y'all are working but I know engineering 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:10.000 and Robotics and coding get somewhere 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:12.500 in your field at some at some 00:16:12.500 --> 00:16:15.000 point opening doors for our kids 00:16:15.000 --> 00:16:17.500 we want to make sure that we are making 00:16:17.500 --> 00:16:20.000 sure the callwell kids are on that same Level 00:16:20.000 --> 00:16:22.500 Playing Field this is the way we can do it so 00:16:22.500 --> 00:16:25.000 that's the first thing that we can do is 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:27.500 allocate that fund allocate those 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:30.000 funds across the board for all of our 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:32.500 our business manager is 00:16:32.500 --> 00:16:35.000 thinking right now this sales 00:16:35.000 --> 00:16:37.500 tax would generate about 1.2 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:40.000 million dollars a year 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:42.500 over the course of 20 years if we do 00:16:42.500 --> 00:16:45.000 that with the spreadsheet that we have going 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.500 with all the programs that we have lined out we're 00:16:47.500 --> 00:16:50.000 thinking that about 10% would 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:52.500 be used for that allocation part so 00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:55.000 we've got 90% left with 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:57.500 just that income to spend on 00:16:57.500 --> 00:17:00.000 some major Capital Improvements 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.500 and then so the first part the first major project 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:05.000 in this first proposal would 00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:07.500 be constructing a Student Activity Center and 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:10.000 that's described at the bottom 00:17:10.000 --> 00:17:12.500 of part of page 2 and the 00:17:12.500 --> 00:17:15.000 next page but this Student Activity 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.500 dinner would be located between the junior high 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:20.000 and the high school to service both campuses 00:17:20.000 --> 00:17:22.500 and so 1 Wing would 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:25.000 be dedicated to steam which is stem 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:27.500 so your science Technology robotics 00:17:27.500 --> 00:17:30.000 art and music so 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:32.500 wire you'd have your robotics lab 00:17:32.500 --> 00:17:35.000 with all of the things and and Technology 00:17:35.000 --> 00:17:37.500 designed for that your art classes 00:17:37.500 --> 00:17:40.000 and your choir classes which would open 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:42.500 up the Fine Arts Building to use all 00:17:42.500 --> 00:17:45.000 of those rooms for bands because our Band program 00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:47.500 is growing I don't know if any of y'all were in 00:17:47.500 --> 00:17:50.000 bands back in the day when we had the wind section 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.500 over the junior high or the 00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:55.000 bad brass we were all separated from you know that 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:57.500 would allow us to be able to separate and 00:17:57.500 --> 00:18:00.000 grow that piece over in that area 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:02.500 but so 1 Wing would be for 00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:05.000 Steam and then the other Wing would 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:07.500 be for an expanded wave ring with 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:10.000 updated equipment that is 00:18:10.000 --> 00:18:12.500 you know the rubber mats all the updated 00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:15.000 equipment that could be used for both Junior High 00:18:15.000 --> 00:18:17.500 and high school boys and girls currently 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:20.000 all of them are fighting over 00:18:20.000 --> 00:18:22.500 the Fieldhouse weight room 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:25.000 and if any of you have kids you know you may have a 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:27.500 6 a.m. workout you may have 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:30.000 the Monday 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.500 whatever time whatever the Linda and 00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:35.000 I can attest when our girls are playing softball we ended up having to 00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:37.500 pay for our own membership and start starting Fitness 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:40.000 because there was no time to get those softball 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:42.500 girls in there so um 00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:45.000 it's a it's 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:47.500 absolute necessity and then with this robotics 00:18:47.500 --> 00:18:50.000 wing on this side and the 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.500 art and the music and then you've got the um 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:55.000 uh weight room on this side 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:57.500 with it too you would have appropriate 00:18:57.500 --> 00:19:00.000 locker rooms and showers for both boys 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:02.500 and girls it's another part that we don't have I 00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:05.000 learned this past year with our um powerlifting 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.500 team that our girls were actually changing 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:10.000 clothes in the coaches 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:12.500 office which 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:15.000 is not okay they should have a place where they can 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.500 can change clothes as well so by doing this we 00:19:17.500 --> 00:19:20.000 be able to meet all those needs with that 1 building 00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:22.500 I would love for it to be covered so that 00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:25.000 in the whether they were actually walking under 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:27.500 something from the junior high and then also from the high 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:30.000 school and have that together too so 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.500 novel idea there I know but you know it's 00:19:32.500 --> 00:19:35.000 all well strong put that put missiles 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.500 in we we we Brave the rain we all did 00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:40.000 it didn't we a 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:42.500 whole another dimension but um but all 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:45.000 that is explained there on the bottom of this page 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.500 and the second page is um is as 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:50.000 much depth as um as uh we could come up with 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:52.500 their but that's a 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:55.000 way that we thought with this first phase we could 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.500 make that happen and with 1.2 00:19:57.500 --> 00:20:00.000 million a year we think we could probably 00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:02.500 accomplished this in about 4 00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:05.000 to 5 years if our 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.500 sales tax keeps booming like it is we could possibly 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:10.000 get done faster than that and 00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:12.500 so the last page is um I 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:15.000 put Phase 2 possibilities 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:17.500 because these were other items that were mentioned on 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:20.000 the survey they 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:22.500 may or may not still be items 00:20:22.500 --> 00:20:25.000 when that first phase is over because like 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.500 I said 2 years ago we didn't even have a 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:30.000 stem program so when this first 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:32.500 first brought project is done these may or may 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:35.000 not be needed anymore because my 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:37.500 hope after talking because I presented 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:40.000 this at all free Banks and after talking with 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.500 them if we could alleviate the fundraising that 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:45.000 they are constantly doing we've talked 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.500 about maybe setting up some Grant programs that we could 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:50.000 write for like major grants that they 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:52.500 would fund some of these 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:55.000 possibilities through major 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.500 grants so some of these projects may even take place before 00:20:57.500 --> 00:21:00.000 the sales tax would have to get there 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:02.500 does that make sense when I just said okay 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:05.000 um so some of these may not 00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:07.500 even be necessary then because they could 00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:10.000 take that fundraising money and do 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:12.500 these projects but some things that need to 00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:15.000 be taken care of are the track 00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:17.500 filled the track materials 00:21:17.500 --> 00:21:20.000 are out there they're here they're here they're 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:22.500 supposed to be much Saturday but 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:25.000 the rain is going to hold it up but it the track 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:27.500 is is going to be repaired they owe it to us because 00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:30.000 they did a terrible job the first time um 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:32.500 but the field needs to be repaired there are the 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:35.000 high jump our our state um what 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:37.500 she got second place in the state she 00:21:37.500 --> 00:21:40.000 practices it Richwood High School that's 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.500 embarrassing because we don't have a high jump 00:21:42.500 --> 00:21:45.000 pit here we 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:47.500 to fix that we need to remedy that there's no reason 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:50.000 why that should be happening we need proper drainage 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:52.500 and all that for the field event areas 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:55.000 we absolutely need to update our a shop 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:57.500 and all of our Blue Collar trade um expansions 00:21:57.500 --> 00:22:00.000 um upgrades to 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:02.500 our softball and baseball 00:22:02.500 --> 00:22:05.000 fields over there um our band instruments 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:07.500 those cost a ton of money but we're 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:10.000 going to um be able to upgrade those things 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.500 um as well our marching band 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.000 all of our Color Guard um 00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:17.500 you know all those backgrounds and stuff that they 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:20.000 use when they March we hand paint 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:22.500 ours when we go and compete with other schools y'all 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:25.000 they have screen printed it's like professionally 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:27.500 done that costs a lot of money to 00:22:27.500 --> 00:22:30.000 be able to do that um 00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:32.500 locker rooms changing areas for tennis chair 00:22:32.500 --> 00:22:35.000 dance to Junior High we 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:37.500 really have a lot of of work to do in that area 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:40.000 for for that area for those programs 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:42.500 and on down to Elementary School 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:45.000 auditorium Renovations and playground 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:47.500 rounds and civilians for all of our um students 00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:50.000 especially those with disabilities and 00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:52.500 lighting these were all items that were 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:55.000 mentioned on the survey that we want to get to 20 00:22:55.000 --> 00:22:57.500 years whether you look sometimes 00:22:57.500 --> 00:23:00.000 you look at it and you're like that's a long time and sometimes 00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:02.500 seems like it's really not in the whole scheme of things there's 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:05.000 a lot of things that we can actually accomplish 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:07.500 if we all just put 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:10.000 a little bit of skin in the game for that and 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:12.500 so the possibilities are 00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:15.000 there it's just a matter of are we 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:17.500 as a community to invest in our kids 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:20.000 and so the last thing I want to call your attention 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:22.500 to is in that box in the bottom right hand corner 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:25.000 and that's the verbage of the 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:27.500 sales tax we are very particular in 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:30.000 the the way that this is 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:32.500 written because I don't plan 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:35.000 to be in this role in 20 years um 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:37.500 and so we want to make sure that whoever is that 00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:40.000 they still interpret it the way that the voters 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:42.500 pass it we want to make sure that this 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:45.000 money is always used for 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.500 our students for the extras for 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:50.000 the extracurriculars for the Athletics 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:52.500 for the art for the music for all the 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:55.000 things and so it lies lays 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:57.500 it out that it's a 1% sales tax that 00:23:57.500 --> 00:24:00.000 exempts your food and your prescription drugs 00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:02.500 for 20 years but it's dedicated and 00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:05.000 used to assist the cow repair school 00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:07.500 board for constructing improving 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:10.000 supporting equipping operating and 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:12.500 maintaining Athletics and extracurricular programs 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:15.000 and Facilities to benefit the 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:17.500 public school system within the district so that's 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:20.000 the exact verbiage on the ballot 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:22.500 I will say the 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:25.000 election day is November the 15th 00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:27.500 early voting starts November 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:30.000 1st which is a week from Saturday 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:32.500 so you can go to the um Courthouse 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:35.000 November 1st 00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:37.500 through the 8th to vote there that's probably the easiest way 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:40.000 to do it because you can go whenever you want to their election 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.500 day is the 15th it is the only 00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.000 thing on the ballot so 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:47.500 it's like you have to make a special trip to go do it and I 00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:50.000 will um tell you why it's the only thing on the ballot 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:52.500 and it's because in order to get through the process of the 00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:55.000 EI EF ID it was the first 00:24:55.000 --> 00:24:57.500 election that was available after we got through the process 00:24:57.500 --> 00:25:00.000 um the 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.500 sad part about that is that we had to put the whole bill 00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:05.000 for that which was terrible um 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:07.500 because it does cost a lot of money to do it we 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:10.000 did talk about um moving 00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.500 it to the spring election so that we could share 00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:15.000 the cost with the state um 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.500 but we found out that's when the governor's putting all 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:20.000 the Amendments on there and there's about 20 amendments and 00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:22.500 any any of y'all ever go vote when 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:25.000 there's 20 amendments what do you do no 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:27.500 no no no no and 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:30.000 they said voter fatigue is a real thing and 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:32.500 so yes you have less skin in the game 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:35.000 but you're not going to pass it and so we 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:37.500 had to decide whether we were going to put some skin 00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:40.000 in the game and try to pass this or let's 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:42.500 get in the game and probably lose and we 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:45.000 decided that we were going to just go full for 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:47.500 let's make this work and do 00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:50.000 what we can to try to get the word out there and 00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:52.500 educate people um be 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:55.000 transparent um with everybody to 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.500 ask questions so at this time if you have 00:25:57.500 --> 00:26:00.000 any questions um 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:02.500 doors open 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:05.000 no I thought you raise your hand nobody ever 00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:07.500 asked me any questions let them know when the money will be 00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:10.000 available oh that's great yes okay so um 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:12.500 Alexa would be November the 15th we 00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:15.000 would canvas the results in January 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.500 which means we would start a um assessing 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:20.000 the tax in April which means that 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:22.500 the money starts being collected in 00:26:22.500 --> 00:26:25.000 May or June so as 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:27.500 soon as we start collecting then we would start doing 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:30.000 it out next school year so 00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:32.500 these allocations were historic 00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:35.000 next school year and then we begin the whole 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:37.500 process of doing the um 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:40.000 start we start building when we start building 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:42.500 immediately so um I 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:45.000 I say this um my 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:47.500 my kids are sophomores right now so they'll 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:50.000 get a little bit of this benefit but they won't 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:52.500 like see the major who's 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:55.000 really going to benefit from this or my grandkids 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:57.500 you know and and I don't want 00:26:57.500 --> 00:27:00.000 my grandkids to have to move off 00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:02.500 to experience what 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:05.000 everybody else is and the truth of the matter is people 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:07.500 are moving they're moving down the road because 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:10.000 they've got Shiny Brite you 00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:12.500 know huge weight rooms and all these facilities 00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:15.000 and and I don't want my family to have to move 00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.500 I want my grandkids to stay here I want 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:20.000 my kids I love growing up here I love 00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:22.500 being a part of this and I want to bring them back um 00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:25.000 we have the possibility and 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:27.500 and the hope when I say when Louisiana 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:30.000 greenfields comes I don't want people to 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:32.500 to live in Monroe and commute to work 00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:35.000 there I want them to come be a part of cwell 00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:37.500 I want them to live here and go to church with us and 00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:40.000 then be a part of our programs and 00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.500 the only way to do that is to have facilities 00:27:42.500 --> 00:27:45.000 that allow us to compete with 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:47.500 the surrounding districts allow us to attract 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:50.000 teachers and attract coaches and 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.500 attract people to want to be here and a part 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:55.000 of our programs um other people are doing it 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.500 because they're investing they passed the taxes 00:27:57.500 --> 00:28:00.000 and that's what it's going to take is the community 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.500 Even in our kids um our kids 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:05.000 aren't 18 they can't vote so they're 00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:07.500 depending on us to do it and they're depending on me in 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:10.000 this position to get out and spread the word I've 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.500 um like this is my whole 00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:15.000 this whole fall has been me having this 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:17.500 with everybody so that's why we are doing this 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:20.000 video here is to try to get the word out and share 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:22.500 um on the front there you'll see there's 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:25.000 the the website here we've got a whole table that's 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:27.500 marked and if you click on information 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:30.000 on the um website there's a 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:32.500 tap is the EF sales tax and everything 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:35.000 that we have put out that explains this is 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:37.500 on that table even so much as our 00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:40.000 our budget because we've 00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:42.500 adopted a negative budget for 4 years now we're 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:45.000 we're struggling we are we had to go through some cut 00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:47.500 last year and we're trying to get to a positive 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:50.000 budget but the problem is is when you're not bringing 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:52.500 enough money to pay your bills you have 00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:55.000 to make cuts and that's a terrible place 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:57.500 to be in um it 00:28:57.500 --> 00:29:00.000 is this money is not going to plug 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.500 those holes and I'm very particular about that this money 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:05.000 is for the extra it's not to cover 00:29:05.000 --> 00:29:07.500 general fund deficits that's my job that's our 00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:10.000 board's job is to make sure that we can do that but 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:12.500 we have to attract people to come and 00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:15.000 this I believe the board believes this 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.500 is the way to attract people to come is to make it enticing 00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:20.000 to bring people back so thank 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:22.500 you for that question anything else 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:25.000 if you have any questions my 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:27.500 email is in Macan call 00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:30.000 Adu look me up on Facebook 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:32.500 I sent you everybody else does you 00:29:32.500 --> 00:29:35.000 could probably even get my cell phone number from 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:37.500 somebody these people don't mind giving that out either so 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:40.000 anyway thank you all very much spread 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.500 the word if people you hear people talking about it share 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:45.000 this tell them know this is what I 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:47.500 this is what it really is so cuz you're going to hear 00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:50.000 I find there are people who are like no no 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:52.500 no and then you got to be real 00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:55.000 like why wouldn't I it's 1 Penny you're only going to notice that