* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. RECORDING IN PROGRESS. [1.  CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING APRIL 8TH, 2025. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE TURN OFF A SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONES. ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO. PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH 54, SECTION TWO OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH 54 OF THE COURT OF ORDINANCES. EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME. THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME. EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BY 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORUM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION. CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING. AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR COMING. THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE VICE MAYOR SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS PRESENT, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER LOCKETT HERE, CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE PROVIDED BY MINISTER HEATHER DEVON REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, WELCOME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE X, PASTOR DEVON, IF YOU'LL PLEASE STAND. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I MUST SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A WELCOMING EXPERIENCE. I WALKED IN AND WAS GREETED BY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY SO I CAN SAY THAT THERE'S, THIS IS A WARM AND FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. WELL, I ALSO WANNA COMMEND YOU BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO SEVERAL CITY HALL MEETINGS AND, UM, NOT ALWAYS SEEN AN INVOCATION. SO I WANNA COMMEND YOU FOR INCLUDING AN INVOCATION IN THE MIDST OF YOUR MEETING BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN FEEL LIKE WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT WORLDS, RIGHT? WE'RE IN THE WORLD, WE TURN THE NEWS ON AND YOU HEAR ALL THE INFORMATION AND YOU WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. AND WE'RE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY AND WE GET SO CAUGHT UP IN THAT. AND THEN THERE'S THE WORLD THAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD, RIGHT? WHERE WE PRAY AND WE WORSHIP AND WE LISTEN TO GOD'S GREATEST COMMANDMENT. THAT IS TO LOVE AND HONOR GOD AND LOVE YOUR NEIGHBORS YOURSELF. SO SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES. SO MATTER OF FACT, MARTIN LUTHER, A KEY FIGURE IN THE REFORMATION, WRESTLED WITH WHAT IT IS TO BE A GOOD CHRISTIAN AND A GOOD CITIZEN. AND IN 1523, HE WROTE, UH, TEMPORAL AUTHORITY AND CAME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY ONE KINGDOM WITH TWO FORMS. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT WHAT DOES A GOOD CITIZEN AND WHAT DOES A GOOD CHRISTIAN OR A FOLLOWER OF GOD LOOK LIKE, GOD OUTLINES THAT FOR US. IN MICAH SIX EIGHT. HE GIVES US THREE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. NUMBER ONE IS TO ACT JUSTLY. TWO, LOVE MERCY. AND THREE, WALK HUMBLY WITH GOD. JUST THREE THINGS. YOU KNOW, HE GOD KNOWS THAT WE WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SIMPLE. WE JUST CAN REMEMBER THREE THINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT HE GIVES US. UM, JUSTICE, BEING MINDFUL OF JUSTICE, THE JUSTICE THAT WE SEEK IN OUR LIVES, EXTENDING FAIRNESS AND EQUITY TO ALL THAT WE ENCOUNTER. LET US STRIVE TO BE ADVOCATES FOR THE OPPRESSED AND VOICES [00:05:01] FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AND MERCY. TO LOVE THAT MERCY WITH HEARTS READY TO EMBRACE COMPASSION, TO FORGIVE, AND TO SHOW KINDNESS. AND MAY THAT MERCY EXTEND THE GRACE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED FROM GOD TO ONE ANOTHER IN A WORLD THAT CAN OFTEN FEEL HARSH. LET US BECOME BEACONS OF THAT UNDERSTANDING, EMBODYING THE MERCY THAT OUR SAVIOR HAS SHOWN US. AND FINALLY, TO WALK HUMBLY, HUMBLY IS NOT SIMPLY A POSTURE, BUT IT'S A WAY OF LIFE. AS WE GATHER, MAY WE BECOME, WE HAVE OPEN HEARTS READY TO LEARN, READY TO GROW, AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEED FOR GOD'S GUIDANCE AND WISDOM. LET US PRAY. DEAR LORD, HELP US TO SEEK AND ALIGN OUR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS WITH YOUR WILL. REMEMBER THAT TRUE GREATNESS IS FOUND IN MEEKNESS AND SERVICE. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, HELP US TO REFLECT ON THE WORDS OF MICAH. MAY THEY GUIDE US IN OUR ACTIONS TODAY REMINDING US OF OUR CALLING TO JUSTICE, MERCY, AND HUMILITY. LET US OPEN OUR HEARTS TO WHAT THE LORD HAS IN STORE FOR US THIS EVENING. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BRING A PIECE OF REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, A CHURCH THAT'S BEEN HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND SERVING THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 55 YEARS. UM, I'M HONORED TO TO BE HERE. ONE OF OUR VERY FAITHFUL MEMBERS IS OUR VICE MAYOR, AND I'M ALWAYS THANKFUL TO, UM, SUPPORT HER AND HEAR ALL THE GREAT THINGS SHE'S DOING IN OUR CITY. UM, WE ARE ALSO THE HOME OF THE FEEDING PROGRAM. WE'RE GETTING READY TO DO THE SPRING FOOD DRIVE AND THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HOST THAT. UM, VICE MAYOR TACY AND COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, THANK YOU FOR ORGANIZING THAT. UH, WE HAVE OUR HOLY WEEK SERVICES COMING UP AND I'M JUST PUTTING A PLUG FOR EASTER SUNDAY AT NINE O'CLOCK AT REDEEMER. WE'D LOVE AND WE WELCOME EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PASTOR. THANK YOU BOSTON. YOU WOULD PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE OF THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE VISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. YOU MAY BE SEATED. WHAT DO YOU? ITEM FOUR A, B, C, D, E. PROCLAMATION, CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN FLORIDA. PROCLAMATION, HONOR OF FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS PROCLAMATION HONORING MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS PRESENTATION OF OUR EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS AND PRESENTATION OF INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT STAFF. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN EVERYONE. APRIL. [A.  PROCLAMATION - CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN FLORIDA (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] THE MONTH OF APRIL HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH. IT IS A TIME TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE PREVENTION EFFORTS WITH THE THING THIS YEAR BEING DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY. MOVING FROM THE CHALLENGE TO THE CHANGE, THE PURPOSE IS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT AND TO PROMOTE PREVENTION EFFORTS. THE THEME, DOING THINGS DIFFERENTLY, MOVING FROM CHALLENGE TO CHANGE. HOW CAN WE GET INVOLVED IN CHILD ABUSE AWARENESS MONTH? WE CAN SHARE AND ADVOCATE, WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES ABOUT CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE CAN DONATE, DONATE TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TO PREVENT CHILD ABUSE AND TO SUPPORT FAMILIES. WE CAN ATTEND EVENTS, PARTICIPATE IN LOCAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH. WE CAN EDUCATE, LEARN ABOUT THE SIGNS OF CHILD ABUSE AND HOW AND WHO SHOULD REPORT IT. SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY CHILD ABUSE. [00:10:03] WHEREAS FLORIDA BRIGHT FUTURE DEPENDS UPON THE HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, INCLUDING THE ABUSE AND NEGLECT OF CHILDREN, CAN HAVE SEVERE AND LONG-LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND FOR THE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. AND WHEREAS EVERY CHILD HAS A RIGHT TO A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND HAPPY CHILDHOOD WHERE THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN ACHIEVING THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONES. AND WHEREAS RESEARCH DEMONSTRATES THAT PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS WHO HAVE STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEMS AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES ARE MORE RESILIENT AND BETTER EQUIPPED TO PROVIDE SAFE NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. AND WHEREAS IT IS ESSENTIAL FOR INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS, COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PRIORITIZE CHILDREN AND TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THEIR PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AND WHEREAS THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING FAMILIES BY FUNDING FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE INCIDENTS AND IMPACT OF CHILD ABUSE, NEGLECT, AND TRAUMA. OKAY, GOT A LITTLE. THESE PROGRAMS STABILIZE THE FAMILIES IN CRISIS PROMOTE POSITIVE PARENTING STRATEGIES, PREVENT OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS AND REDUCE INVOLVEMENT IN THE DEPENDENCY SYSTEM. AND WHEREAS BROWARD AWARE, A COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN LED BY THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL AND ITS PARTNERS AIM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION BY PROMOTING HEALTHY CHILD DEVELOPMENT, POSITIVE PARENTING PRACTICES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND WHEREAS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH PROVIDES AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE ALL FLORIDIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES THAT STRENGTHEN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE CHILDREN CAN THRIVE. NOW THEREFORE, I VERONICA PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2025 AS CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TYSON SWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS TO JOIN IN EFFORTS TO SUPPORT THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AND WITNESS THEREOF, I HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE H TO BE FIXED. THIS EIGHTH DAY OF APRIL 2 25, VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS, MAYOR PAUL WATSON, DEPUTY CITY CLERK. THIS PROCLAMATION WILL BE ACCEPTED BY MS. NANCY, A JOHAN. MS. NANCY, ARE YOU HERE? YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL. THANK YOU . HELLO, MY NAME IS NANCY A JOHAN. I'M WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY. UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR, UM, BROAD AWARE CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT PREVENTION. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR LAST MONTH. UM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED BECAUSE ON SATURDAY WE HAVE OUR RESOURCE FAIR. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT SAMUEL DEVILLE PARK. UM, THE FIRST 500 PEOPLE, WE HAVE FOOD FOR THE FIRST 500 PEOPLE. WE HAVE A FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOR THE FIRST 200 PEOPLE. WE HAVE ICS. WE HAVE, UM, GAMES THAT YOU CAN PLAY. WE HAVE, UM, TOY GIVEAWAY. SO WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF. EVERYTHING IS FREE. WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY 'CAUSE WE GOTTA PAY FOR EVERYTHING. SO , WE JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN COME TO WHERE THEY CAN JUST ENJOY THEIR FAMILIES. AND SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ON SATURDAY AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE PROCLAMATION. I'M NOT GOING DOWN THERE. [00:15:26] I THINK GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD [B.  PROCLAMATION - HONORING FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)] EVENING. UH, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR THIS EVENING, UM, TO PRESENT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DEAR TO MY HEART. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I TOOK OVER FROM, UM, VICE MAYOR MARILYN DAVIS, THE CLEANUP, BUT I'VE ALSO INCORPORATED THE RECYCLE, REUSE, REDUCE AND RECYCLE. AND I, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, AND I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE FORMER COMMISSIONER LAVOY WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU SIR, UM, TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU TONIGHT. AND ALL THOSE THAT CAME TO CELEBRATE WITH HER BECAUSE COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN DILIGENT IN WORKING AND ESTABLISHING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS WELL AS THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN. AND TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN CLOSED WHEN MAYBE ABOUT ALRIGHT IN 2024. BUT THE COMMUN CHILDREN'S COMMUNITY GARDEN WILL BE CLOSING AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THOUGHT IT FIT TO HONOR THE PERSON WHO STARTED IT, NOT ONLY HONOR HER, BUT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WILL CONTINUE. SHE'S GOING TO ASSIST THE SCHOOLS. I KNOW I SEE HER SMILING IN ORGANIZING THEIR COMMUNITY GARDEN AT EACH AND EVERY SCHOOL. THAT IS COMMENDABLE. SO THIS PROCLAMATION CELEBRATE AND FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, WHEREAS FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, A LAUDERDALE RESIDENCE SINCE 1984. YOU, YOU BEAT ME, STARTED THE COMMUNITY GARDEN IN THE CITY THROUGH THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN 2011 AND THE CHILDREN'S GARDEN IN 2013. AND WHEREAS FORMER BEVERLY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS BECAME A MASTER GARDENER AND IS A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION IN 2011. AND WHEREAS FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS FACILITATED THE NEED TO EDUCATE LAUDERDALE LAKE'S RESIDENCE ON THE ART OF GROWING FLESH, FRESH, PESTICIDE FREE VEGETABLE. AND I KNOW THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE SENIORS AND QUITE A FEW OTHERS WERE RECIPIENT OF THOSE BEAUTIFUL, UM, VEGETABLES. SHE BEGAN CLASSES WITH A TOTAL OF 18 MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUB AND EVENTUALLY ENDED UP WITH A TOTAL OF 38 FAMILIES WHO GREW THEIR PERSONAL PRODUCE. AND WHEREAS FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS ATTENDED TO BOTH GARDENS WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CHILDREN FROM SEVERAL SCHOOLS IN BROWARD COUNTY, SUCH AS OREO ELEMENTARY, PINEY GROVE BOYS ACADEMY CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL, BOYLE H ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL, AND IRMA H WESLEY, WHO ALSO VOLUNTEERED AT THE GARDEN AND RECEIVED VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND WHEREAS FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS HIGHLIGHTED THE COMMUNITY GARDEN WITH MANY AWARDS, MOST NOBLE NOTABLY THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE, APRIL TO MAY EDITION IN 2022, THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY GARDEN AND CHILDREN'S GARDEN RECEIVED THE BROWARD COUNTY EMERALD AWARD AND THE UNDERSECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. AND WHEREAS FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS ALSO TAUGHT LESSONS ON RECYCLING, SAVING SEED COMPOSITING, AND USING COMPO COMPOSITE MATERIAL TO HELP PRESERVE WATER. NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARDS PHILIP, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS FOR HER EXPERTISE AS THE MAYOR MASTER GARDNER AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TACY SWELL COMMISSIONER EASTER EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, SHARON, UH, VICE MAYOR. YEAH, I DID SAY THAT. AND SHARON THOMAS IN CONGRATULATE AND FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS ON HER CONTRIBUTION AND YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY [00:20:01] GARDEN AND CHILDREN GARDEN WITNESS BY VERNO VERONICA EDWARDS FILLET MAYOR AND PAV EE PAV IS THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK COMMISSIONER, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLINGS. PLEASE STAND. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I DO REALLY DO APPRECIATE THIS. THIS WAS NOT, IT IS A GARDEN, IT'S A COMMUNITY GARDEN AND IT IS JUST NOT ME THAT DID THIS. FIRST OF ALL, Y'ALL CAN SIT DOWN , THANK YOU FOR STANDING. I HAVE SOME. WE STARTED, AS I SAID, UM, OUR PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGER, MS. ANITA FE TAYLOR WAS LOOKING FOR COLLARD GREENS ONE DAY AND SHE COULDN'T FIND ANY. SO SHE SAYS, I NEED SOME COLLARD GREENS. I SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, COME BY MY HOUSE. SO SHE CAME BY AND SAW ALL THE VEGETABLES I HAD GROWN. IN THE MEANTIME, THE, UM, CRA HAD GONE TO A CONFERENCE SOMEWHERE, FRA CONFERENCE AND THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO DO WHAT ANOTHER CITY WAS DOING, START A COMMUNITY GARDEN. SO IT WAS THERE WITH MY, MY FRIEND FRANK COLEMAN, DR. COLEMAN'S HUSBAND, MY WIFE, AND WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE GARDEN. NOW, IT WAS NOT JUST ME THAT STARTED BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY IN THE WORLD THAT WE COULD DO ALL THAT DIRT LIFTING. SO IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN, I NEED YOU ALL TO STAND. I'M SORRY. ANYWAY, , I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF, OF, UH, VEG PRODUCE THAT WE HAVE YOU THAT WE HAVE TO, THAT WE HAVE GROWN AND DONATED. I HAVE SOME SPECIAL FRIENDS HERE. WE HAD THE GARDEN CLUB AND WE WORE THOSE BEAUTIFUL SHIRTS. STAND UP GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS, THE YOUNG MAN WITH THE MASK ON. I ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1974. I ACTUALLY WAS AT BJ'S ONE DAY AND I MET THIS MAN. WE JUST WALKING IN. HE PICKED UP A BOX OF, UH, LETTUCE AND I PICKED UP WHATEVER I NEED. WE WEREN'T IN THERE LONG. SO AS WE WALKING TO THE WAITING AT THE CASH REGISTER, I SAID, I SAID, IF YOU LIVED IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY NO VEGETABLES HERE, JUST LETTUCE. HE SAY, I LIVE IN A WARING GARDEN. SO HE HAS BEEN HERE FROM ALL THAT TIME, ALL THESE MANY YEARS. MR. RUPERT CLIFF, ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE. I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND, UH, AND HER NAME IS, UH, YVONNE, AND I CALL HER THE MADE LADY. SHE HAS GROWN, I'M SURE PROBABLY ABOUT 800 OF OUR TOMATO PLANTS STOOD UP. YVONNE, THE TOMATO LADY, ABOUT 800 PLANTS. SO WE NEVER HAVE TO BUY OUR, UH, TOMATO PLANTS. AND TAKING THE VIDEO RIGHT HERE IS MALCOLM BIG STEEL. AND HE HAD, HE'S ONE OF OUR, HE'S A MASTER GARDENER. SHE'S A MASTER GARDENER. AND WE ALL VOLUNTEER. SO WHEN WE PULL IN OUR KIDS, WE FAMILIES COME IN. WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WHO HAVE GROWN THEIR OWN VEGETABLES AT HOME AND THEY'RE DOING, STILL DOING IT NOW. SO I AM JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS AWARD. I DO. THANK YOU. UH, IT HAS BEEN 14 YEARS, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN DOING THIS. BUT THE THING ABOUT IT IS I LOVE DOING THIS. IT WAS NEVER A CHORE. I WAS DOING THIS BEFORE I WAS ON ELECTED AS COMMISSIONER. BUT I THINK DOING THAT, THAT HELPED ME OUT. 'CAUSE A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I MET FROM 19TH STREET ALL THE WAY TO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WERE WERE NEIGHBORS OF MINE THAT I PROBABLY NEVER WOULD HAVE MET HAD I BEEN NOT DOING THIS. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND I DO APPRECIATE IT. AND THE ALSO IS GROWN HER OWN, GOT VERY UPSET WHEN THEY TOWARDS [00:25:43] GOOD EVENING, [C.  PROCLAMATION - HONORING MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR CAUSWELL)] GOOD EVENING. THIS EVENING. WE ARE HERE TO HONOR MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS WITH A PROCLAMATION. HE'S SITTING RIGHT HERE. MR. HENDRICKS AND HIS LOVELY WIFE, MS. YUNA, I KNOW THEM FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. THE PROCLAMATION DOES NOT REALLY TELL ALL ABOUT THEM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WORDS HAVE TO BE MINIMIZED. BUT I'M GLAD THAT ONE OF THE NEW BOARD MEMBERS FROM THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD INSISTED THAT WE GET THAT RECOGNIZE MR. HENDRICKS. AND I'M GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION. IT SAYS, HONORING MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS. AND THIS PROCLAMATION IS SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR TACY SWELL. WHEREAS MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS MOVED TO THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LODE LAKES IN 1996. AND WHEREAS MR. HENDRICKS HAS DEMONSTRATED OUTSTANDING, OUTSTANDING CIVIC LEADERSHIP THROUGH HIS SERVICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE EAST GATE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FROM 2001 TO 2003, WHERE HE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS HIS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY IS EVIDENCE BY HIS REMARKABLE 23 YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH THE CITIES CITIZENS ON PATROL PROGRAM FROM 1998 TO 2021, HELPING TO ENSURE THE SECURITY AND WELLBEING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEREAS MR. HENDRICKS HAS FURTHER DEMONSTRATED HIS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGH HIS DEDICATED POLITICAL VOLUNTEERISM IN SUPPORT OF FORMER MAYOR BROWN'S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTING TO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHERE AS A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN, MR. HENDRICKS HAS EMBODIED THE VALUES OF FAMILY DEDICATION AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MR. EVERTON HENDRICKS AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TYSON OSWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTERN HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS [00:30:02] IN HONORING HIS EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTHCARE, HIS UNWAVERING AND INSPIRING DEDICATION TO FAMILY VALUES AND HIS OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN WITNESS, THEREFORE HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES TO BE AFFIX THIS DAY OF APRIL 8TH, 2025. VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS MAYOR AND PAV BENARY WATSON, DEPUTY CITY CLARK. AND I'M GOING TO ASK MR. EVERTON AND HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, MS. YUNA, TO STAND AND COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THIS PLAQUE FORMATION. THANK, I THINK THAT WE, LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES AND THEN WE'LL, SOMETHING, SOMETHING, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. MS. YUNA IS GOING TO DO SOME TALKING. YOU KNOW, SHE KNOWS MORE ABOUT HER HUSBAND THAN ANY ONE OF US. SO SHE'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ON HIS BEHALF, MS. UNA, PLEASE. WELL, THIS IS A SURPRISE. BUT ANYWAY, MY HUSBAND DO THIS IS A, I TOLD HIM NOW, NOW THAT ALL THESE, WE HAVE 30, 34 YEARS WE HAD IN JANUARY. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAY, YOU KNOW SOMETHING, IF YOU WERE IN A GOOD PROVIDER AND A 11 HUSBAND, I, SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE TO LOVE YOU AND TAKE CARE OF YOU BECAUSE SOME DAYS IT'S NOT EASY SINCE HE HAS MANY, YOU KNOW, THE SICKNESS. BUT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO US AND BLESSED US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. AND I'M NOW GOING TO ASK THE OTHER SIDE, THE MEMBERS OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD TO COME FORWARD AND I THINK THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE. SO WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? THESE ARE SOME OF THE MEMBERS. HOLD IT, THIS FOR ME. I THINK WE HAVE A GIFT AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE. WHO IS SCHEDULED TO SPEAK ON BEHALF? OKAY. YOU USE THE MIC PLEASE. NO, I USE THE MIC SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. ALRIGHT, I, HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD NIGHT. UM, ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT JUST A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION FROM NOT ONLY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, BUT FROM THE CITY AND THE COMMISSIONER AT LARGE. UH, JUST QUICKLY, I THINK THIS BRINGS FULL CIRCLE TONIGHT. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, STARTING FROM EVERY PROCLAMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO HONORING WHAT WE, AN OCTOGENARIAN THAT LIVES IN OUR CITY AND HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR OVER TWO DECADES ON, UH, OUR COP BEAT. HE IS, UM, A GENTLEMAN. AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, WHEN I WENT TO MEET WITH THEM AND TO GET THE HISTORY, I WAS SO PROUD AND I FELT HONORED AND I FELT EDUCATED AND I FELT ENLIGHTENED WHEN MS. YUNA YUNA BROUGHT OUT ALL THE OLD AGENDAS AND SHE BROUGHT OUT THE PAPERS AND THE PICTURES AND IT JUST MADE ME REALLY CONNECT WITH THIS COMMUNITY EVEN MORE. SO, I JUST ALL WANT YOU TO JOIN US IN HONORING THEM. UM, MR. HENDRICKS, SIR, THIS IS FOR YOU. YOU ARE A WONDERFUL TESTAMENT. SHE SPOKE SO HIGHLY ABOUT HOW YOU HAVE BEEN A PROVIDER, A MAN, A GENTLEMAN, AND A FATHER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND OF YOUR CHILDREN. AND WE THANK YOU AND WE LOVE YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR HAPPINESS FOR YOUR REMAINING YEARS. THANK YOU. [00:36:58] WHERE'S THE CLICKER CLICKER? GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DEANDRA GIDDENS JONES. [D.  PRESENTATION - EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION AWARDS] I'M THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT. AND THIS EVENING I HAVE THE HONOR AND THE PRIVILEGE OF CELEBRATING AND RECOGNIZING STAFF HERE AT THE CITY. NOW, WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THESE PARTICULAR STAFF MEMBERS IS THAT DURING CALENDAR YEAR 2024, THEY HIT WHAT WE CALL A MILESTONE YEAR OF SERVICE. SO THE STAFF THAT ARE BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, 15 YEARS, 20 YEARS UP TO 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. SO LET'S JUST GIVE THEM A ROUND APPLAUSE BEFORE WE GET STARTED. SO THESE ARE THE STAFF THAT HAVE HUNG IN THERE. THEY'RE DEDICATED TO THEIR JOBS AND EACH DAY THEY STRIVE TO MAKE LAUDERDALE LACE A BETTER PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, PEOPLE WHO WORK HERE, PEOPLE WHO PLAY, OR PEOPLE WHO JUST COME TO VISIT. OKAY? SO I TOLD 'EM I WASN'T GONNA PUT 'EM ON THE SPOT WHERE THEY HAD TO SAY ANYTHING. UM, SO WHEN I CALL THEIR NAME, THEY'RE GONNA COME UP AND GET THEIR CERTIFICATES AND THEIR GOODIE BAGS AND THEN WE'LL DO A GROUP PICTURE. OKAY? SO FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HERE DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS, BUT I STILL WANT TO SAY THEIR NAME SO THAT THEY'RE RECOGNIZED. SO FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE, WE HAVE THE COLIN THOMPSON. THE DEAD IS NOT HERE. YES, YOU CAN CLAP. THANK YOU. YOU CAN CLAP. WE HAVE KELLEN FELTS. I SEE KELLEN OVER IN THE CORNER. NOW KELLY WORKS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. AND ONE THING YOU'LL SEE ON THE POWERPOINT IS THE STAFF WERE ABLE TO COME IN AND TAKE HEAD SHOTS THAT OUR PIO DID. AND YOU CAN SEE KEL WITH HIS PRETTY GRAY IN THE FRONT. THERE'S SUCH A NICE PICTURE OF HIM. BUT KEL WORKS IN OUR FACILITIES. SO HE MAKES SURE OUR FACILITIES ARE UP TO PAR. THEN WE HAVE NICOLE HAYES JACKSON, SHE'S NOT HERE. SHE WORKS WITH OUR, UM, ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER. SO SHE WORKS WITH ONE OF OUR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. [00:40:05] YOU SEE HER NICE PICTURE. AND WE HAVE BERNICE HOWARD, WHO'S NOW OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. SHE'LL BE RECOGNIZED WHEN SHE RETURNS. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. ANOTHER PUBLIC WORK STAFF. ENRIQUE MARTINEZ, I SEE HIM OVER HERE. HE WORKS WITH KELLEN AND FACILITIES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TERRY MEREDITH WHO WORKS IN OUR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. TERRY COULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. STEVEN SMITH, WHO WORKS IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS OUR PLANNER. TWO TAMISHA WALKER, WHO'S OUR NURSE AND WORKS IN OUR PUBLIC, OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PEOPLE WHO REACHED THEIR TENURE MILESTONE. OKAY. WE HAVE JOSEPH BATEMAN, HE'S OUT OF OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OKAY? PRECIOUS GLOVER. I SEE PRECIOUS. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CALL INTO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY HEAR PRECIOUS VOICE AT THE OTHER END OF THE PHONE. , CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN ANOTHER PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEE. WE HAVE MELISSA SMITH. NOW ONE NOTE ABOUT MELISSA, AND I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO EMBARRASS HER, BUT SHE'S IN OUR 10 YEAR GROUP ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE COUNTING HER PRESENT SERVICE. IF WE COUNT HER PREVIOUS SERVICE, SHE WOULD BE IN OUR 20 PLUS YEAR GROUP. OKAY? AND YOU SEE MELISSA'S NICE PICTURE THAT SHE TOOK MR. JAMES WALLACE, WHO WORKS IN OUR PARKS OF HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WORKS WITH OUR KIDS. NOW OUR 15 YEAR OF SERVICE RECIPIENTS, WE HAVE SAM BRYANT, WHO ALSO WORKS IN OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE GRANT DURAS, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE ISAAC HAYES WHO WORKS IN OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND YOU GUYS LAUGH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE MY JOKE FIRST BEFORE YOU LAUGH, BECAUSE BY THE END YOU'RE GONNA MEET ANOTHER SINGER IN THAT R AND B GROUP. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW MUSIC, YOU'LL KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY HIS NAME. LIEBERT HENRY WORKS IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THERE IS LIEBERT. SO LIEBERT TAKES CARE OF OUR VEHICLES IN OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. YOU SEE LIEBERSTEIN PICTURE. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS LIEBER. REMEMBER MY JOKE. THE NEXT 15 YEAR RECIPIENT IS KEITH WASHINGTON . HE, UH, HE WORKS IN OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND SOME OF YOU WHO KNOW KEITH MAY NOT EVEN RECOGNIZE HIM OUT OF HIS UNIFORM. OKAY? OH, AND I'LL DO CHRISTOPHER. SO KEITH IS THE OTHER HALF OF THE R AND B GROUP. ISAAC HAYES AND KEITH WASHINGTON. THANK KEITH. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. YOU ARE WELCOME. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. OH, THESE KISSES. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHRISTOPHER LEE. IF YOU GO TO THE POOL, CHRISTOPHER LEE HELPS RUN THE POOL OVER THERE IN OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. NOW WE'RE MOVING TO 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, 20 YEARS OF SERVICE. WE HAVE JACQUELINE PVO, WHO WORKS IN OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW JACKIE KNOW THAT SHE WORKS WITH OUR SENIORS. SO SHE LOVES HER SENIORS OVER THERE. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MS. POPE. NOW MS. POPE HAS REACHED 30 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CITY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. NOW YOU HEARD ME SAY MS. POPE FOR THE LONGEST. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HER FIRST NAME BECAUSE EVERYBODY CALLS HER MS. POPE. [00:45:01] THOSE KIDS LOVE HER. THAT'S YOUR DADDY GO. SHE HAS HER DAUGHTER HERE. THOSE KIDS LOVE HER OVER IN PARKS AND WE LOVE HER ALSO. AND WE APPRECIATE HER FOR HER SERVICE. SO WE'LL HAVE THE COMMISSION COME TO TAKE A GROUP PICTURE. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES. AND SORRY, I WOULD NOT BE REMISS WITHOUT ACKNOWLEDGING OUR OTHER HR STAFF HERE. MS. PAULETTE, ROLL AS OUR HR ADMINISTRATOR. THANK YOU. OH, THERE IT IS. THERE IT, IT WORKED OUT. YES, MA'AM. I'M SO DRAMATIC. YOU TELL ME WHEN. OKAY. 30. THANK YOU ALL, UH, SO MUCH. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH, [E.  PRESENTATION - INTRODUCTION OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE MITCH ROSENWALD, FLORIDA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 98 AND DEBBIE AFFLICK FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY'S OFFICE] WITH OUR MEETING AT THIS TIME. ITEM FOUR E PRESENTATION. WE WILL HAVE INTRODUCTION OF DISTRICT A THOMAS G WILMOTH FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVE MITCH ROSENWALD, FLORIDA STATE HOUSE DISTRICT 98, AND DEBBIE AFFLECK FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY'S OFFICE. FOR THOSE OF US WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE, MITCH ROSENWALD NOW HAS A PORTION OF LAUDERDALE, LAKELAND PRIOR. THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, MADAM CITY, MADAM CLERK, MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, UM, MADAM STATE'S, MR. STATE'S ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY. UM, MY NAME IS TOM WILMUTH. I AM WHAT'S IS THE DISTRICT AIDE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD. HE ALSO HAS A LEGISLATIVE AIDE WHO'S UP IN TALLAHASSEE WITH HIM AT PRESENT DURING SESSION AS A DISTRICT AIDE. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR CONSTITUENT SERVICES AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT. I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD OBVIOUSLY CAN'T BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF SESSION. AND I ANTICIPATE WHEN SESSION ENDS EARLY MAY WE'LL ARRANGE FOR A TIME FOR HIM TO COME WITH YOUR PERMISSION AND INVITATION TO PRESENT, UM, A LEGISLATIVE RECAP. UM, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD REPRESENTS OAKLAND PARK DISTRICT 98 OAKLAND PARK, POMPANO BEACH, DEERFIELD BEACH, A LITTLE BIT OF TAMARACK, A LITTLE BIT OF FORT LAUDERDALE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY A LITTLE BIT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. WE SHARE DOES OUR DISTRICT 98 LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR PURPOSES OF CONSTITUENT REPRESENTATION WITH REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY AND REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL. UM, THEIR TWO DISTRICT AIDES WERE UNABLE TO APPEAR TONIGHT, BUT I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU AND YOUR THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WHAT WE INTEND TO DO, WHICH IS THE SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, IS THE THREE OF US ARE GONNA THREE DISTRICT AIDS AND THE REPRESENTATIVES, WHEN THEY'RE ABLE, SECOND MONDAY OF EACH MONTH FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM AT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM AT 35 80 WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED OFFICE HOURS. AND WHAT WE DO DURING THOSE OFFICE HOUR TIMES IS, IS OPEN OURSELVES UP TO ANYONE, ANY CONSTITUENTS WHO WANNA COME IN AND ASK US QUESTIONS ABOUT NEEDS THAT THEY MAY HAVE, THAT A STATE REPRESENTATIVE CAN ASSIST. FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY CAN'T [00:50:01] GET AN APPOINTMENT FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT'S BECOME VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THESE DAYS. WE HAVE IN STATE THAT STATE AGENCY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, A LEG LEGISLATIVE LIAISON PERSON WHO WE CAN CONTACT AND SAY, CONSTITUENT A CAN'T GET AN APPOINTMENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT US OR THEM DIRECTLY WITH AN APPOINTMENT? AND THAT HAPPENS, A CONSTITUENT CALLS ME AND CALLS OUR OFFICE AND SAYS, HEY, I APPLIED FOR REEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THREE WEEKS AGO AND I GET ON THE PHONE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, STATE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WHICH HANDLES UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING BACK TO ME. THEY CALL ME AND I SAY, WELL, LET ME CONTACT THE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON, UH, AT COMMERCE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR CLAIM. SO IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE THERE TO HELP WITH SOME BUREAUCRATIC SNAFUS WITH STATE AGENCIES, BUT ALSO WE'RE THERE TO HELP CONSTITUENTS WITH ANY CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE SO THAT WE CAN THEN DIRECT THEM TO, IF IT'S NOT A STATE AGENCY, A CITY AGENCY, OR JUST SOME OTHER KIND OF SERVICES. FOR INSTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE OR, OR HOUSING ASSISTANCE, ANYTHING, NOT JUST STATE AGENCY THINGS. AND AS I'VE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS A DISTRICT AIDE. I USED TO BE A LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR YEARS. DISTRICT CONSTITUENTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN LEGISLATION, WHAT'S GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE. AND WE GET MULTIPLE CALLS AND EMAILS EACH DAY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE. I ACTUALLY LOVE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT MY HISTORY IS. SO WE ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS TOO. IF SOMEBODY SAYS, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EDUCATION? WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE BILLS I'M HEARING ABOUT ON TELEVISION OR READING ABOUT, ABOUT EDUCATION OR ABOUT HEALTHCARE OR ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE'LL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WELL. IN ADDITION TO CONSTITUENT SERVICES, OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE ALSO DO IS CITY COMMISSION SERVICES FROM THE SIX CITIES. WE ARE AT YOUR SERVICE TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT CONSTITUENT NEEDS OR ABOUT LEGISLATION. I WAS HERE, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS AGO WITH THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AND I KNOW THERE WAS SOME RESOLUTIONS TO ADOPT CERTAIN CERTAIN LEGISLATION. WE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND I WILL BE AT THESE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS AS MUCH AS I CAN TO ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS, EITHER HERE DURING A COMMISSION MEETING OR AT ANY TIME THAT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, OF US ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE. UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO, UM, OH, LET ME TALK AGAIN ABOUT THE OFFICE HOURS. I, I VOW TO YOU THAT OUR OFFICE WILL NOT MONOPOLIZE THOSE, THOSE OFFICE HOURS. IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE US THERE. WE ARE WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY AND REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL'S DISTRICT A TO ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS BECAUSE THEY VERY WELL MAY HAVE BETTER ANSWERS THAN I DO ABOUT SOME THINGS IN ADDITION TO THE OFFICE HOURS WE ARE LOCATED, OUR OFFICE IS AT 34 11 NORTH DIXIE HIGHWAY. AND IF I'M NOT DOING OFFICE HOURS OR I'M NOT GOING TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT ONE OF THOSE SIX CITIES, I'M THERE TO ANSWER WALK-IN INQUIRIES AS WELL. SO IT'S ALWAYS OFFICE HOURS IN THAT REGARD. I BROUGHT, UM, UH, A STACK OF BUSINESS CARDS TONIGHT TO DISTRIBUTE TO ANYONE WHO WAS INTERESTED. I'M GONNA WATCH THE REST OF THE MEETING. UM, AND I'M GONNA WATCH THE REST OF THE MEETING. I KNOW THIS IS TAPE, SO I'M GONNA GET CAUGHT. BUT, UM, I'M GONNA WATCH THE REST OF THE MEETING 'CAUSE THIS IS MY FAVORITE CITY AMONGST THE SIX AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHY. MAYBE IT WAS SOMETHING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AT THAT HEALTH FAIR WHERE I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH A TERRIFIC EXERCISE. BUT I JUST FEEL, AND AGAIN, YOU'LL HAVE TO JUDGE MY CREDIBILITY OVER TIME. I FEEL MOST AT HOME IN THIS CITY. SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A, UNLESS YOU THANK YOU. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MADAM MAYOR, JUST ONE QUESTION. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE. JUST IN CASE THEY DON'T GET A, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU NOT ONLY OUR DISTRICT OFFICE NUMBER, BUT I'M GONNA GIVE YOU MY CELL PHONE NUMBER AS WELL. OUR DISTRICT OFFICE NUMBER IS (954) 481-0340. AND MY CELL PHONE NUMBER, I'M TOM, IS (954) 999-8609. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TONIGHT. OH, YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. THANK YOU, . GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING PROTOCOLS. RESERVE COMMISSION MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AUDIENCE. I AM DEBBIE AFFLECK. I'M DISTRICT 97 FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE LISA DUNKLEY. UM, I'VE ECHOED ALL THE SENTIMENTS THAT TOM STATED. UM, THE ONLY THING I NEED TO DO IS GIVE YOU OUR ADDRESS AND OUR PHONE NUMBER. SO OUR PHONE NUMBER IS [00:55:01] (954) 930-2160 AND OUR OFFICE IS ON OAKLAND, 74 91 WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, SUITE 2 1 9. WE ARE HERE TO HELP, AS TOM STATED. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY IS CURRENTLY IN TALLAHASSEE FOR SESSION. SHE'LL BE THERE UNTIL MAY 2ND. AND I ALSO GONNA INTRODUCE VALE BAILEY, WHO IS OUR LEGISLATIVE AIDE. UM, I ALSO GONNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY THAT, UM, ON APRIL 24TH, WE WILL BE HAVING CARIBBEAN DAY IN THE CAPITOL. ANYONE IS INTERESTED. WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A BUS GOING. AND THIS OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH, UH, THE LEGISLATORS. YOU JUST HAVE TO LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE SO WE CAN ARRANGE FOR YOU TO SPEAK. AND THAT IS GONNA BE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH OF THIS MONTH. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN CALL THE OFFICE. THE PHONE NUMBER AGAIN IS NINE THREE ZERO TWENTY ONE SIXTY. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE DUNKLEY'S OFFICE. WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM FIVE, [5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING] APPROVAL MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING. ITEM FIVE A, FIVE B, AND FIVE C. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ. MARCH 18TH, SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. MARCH 14, 24. 2025. SPECIAL COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, MARCH 25TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION. I MOVED THAT. THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL. FOUR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM SIX, [6.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC] PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NINE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. UM, THE FIRST ONE IS MS. RENEE BETTE. MS. BETTE. HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS RENEE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. UM, I RECENTLY MOVED HERE TO LAUDERDALE LAKES TWO YEARS AGO. IT'S A GREAT CITY, WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I LOVE IT. I LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT I FEEL THE NEED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. AN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OVER ON THE WEST GATES ESTATES. TWO YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT WAS QUIET, IT WAS QUAINT. WITHIN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, I COULDN'T HELP BUT TO NOTICE LATE NIGHT GATHERINGS, LOUD NOISE, LOITERING, PARTYING, BASS MUSIC, DEPENDING ON THE DAY OF THE WEEK. IN THE BEGINNING IT WAS VERY INFREQUENT. LIKE LATE NIGHT. ON THE WEEKENDS, YES, WE DO HAVE GATHERINGS AND GET TOGETHERS. THEN IT BECAME MORE FREQUENT, NOT JUST ON THE WEEKEND, IT SPILLED INTO THE WEEKDAYS. THESE WOULD GO ON STARTING FROM 10:00 AM SOMETIMES TILL 4:00 AM EVERY NIGHT AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR TIMES THAT I HAVE COUNTED BETWEEN 1:00 AM AND 4:00 AM THERE ARE GROUPS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO THEY ARE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY COME FROM. I DO NOT KNOW. I JUST KNOW THAT THEY COME WITH THEIR VEHICLES. THEY NOT ONLY PARK IN FRONT OF PROPERTIES, THEY PARK ON PROPERTIES IN DRIVEWAYS. THEY BLOCK THE STREETS. BSO HAVE BEEN CALLED NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. I'VE WRITTEN DOWN INCIDENT REPORTS, I'VE PRESENTED IT TO COURT. AND I'M SORRY, I HAVE A SPEECH IMPEDIMENT. I'VE PRESENTED IT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO, GOING ON THREE MONTHS. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. I DO SAY WHEN BSO DO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE, THEY DISBAND AND THEY DON'T REGATHER. SO GIVEN THE FACT THAT AFTER CALLING BSO LIKE FOUR TIMES, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED AFTER REACHING OUT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, NOTHING HAPPENING. MAYBE I CAN REACH OUT TO YOU. THE COMMISSIONER, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MAYBE WITH YOUR ASSISTANCE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY BSO, MAYBE DO SOME PATROLLING LATE NIGHT. JUST THE PRESENCE. I HAVE A STRONG FEELING IT WILL ABATE SUCH ACTIVITIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR. UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, PROTOCOL [01:00:01] ALREADY ESTABLISHED. FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS WAS ELECTED IN 2014. IMMEDIATELY AFTER BEING ELECTED, THE, THE FORMER CITY ATTORNEY, MR. BRADY, HAD A CONFERENCE WITH ME. WE MET FOR ABOUT THREE AND A HALF TO FOUR HOURS. WE WENT THROUGH THE CODE, WE WENT THROUGH THE CHARTER, WE WENT THROUGH EVERYTHING, ANY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. SO SUBSEQUENTLY, IT WAS NOT NECESSARY FOR ME TO MAKE, MAKE A MISTAKE SUCH AS MAKE SETTING UP A MEETING FOR THE COMMISSION WITH THE, I MEAN, NOT THE COMMISSION WITH CITY STAFF. THAT'S A NO-NO. IF YOU HAVE READ YOUR CHARTER, IT'S IMPORTANT. ALSO, I WANNA TALK ABOUT A CITY MANAGER. I, UM, MR. ELENE WAS HERE FOR LIKE SIX YEARS. WE WORKED TOGETHER. UH, EVERY TIME I GOT MY AGENDA, I ACTUALLY WEIGH IT THROUGH MY AGENDA, LOOKED AT MY BACKUP. AND WHEN I HAD A QUESTION, WE MET WITH HIM EVERY FRIDAY. YOU COULD FIND ME HERE AT THE CITY, AT HIS OFFICE BECAUSE WE MET ANY QUESTIONS I HAD. IF THERE WAS AN ISSUE THAT I HAD WITH DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICE OR FINANCE, THEY WOULD COME OVER TO THIS OFFICE AND WE WOULD HAVE A MEETING. I NEVER, EVER CHALLENGED ANY OF OUR STAFF. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW YOUR CODE. NOW, THE IMPORTANT, I GAVE Y'ALL SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ICMA. UH, ALL OF THESE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, LAWYERS HAVE THEIR, THEIR, UH, I'M GONNA KEEP THIS SHORT 'CAUSE WE GOT SO MANY PEOPLE. THE LAWYERS HAVE THEIR THING. THE THE CITY CLERKS HAVE THEIR THING. SO VERY SERIOUSLY. YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU CHOOSE THE CITY MANAGER, THAT YOU CHOOSE SOMEONE THAT'S PROFICIENT IN KNOWING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET, KNOWING ABOUT YOUR FINANCES. GO HOW TO GOVERN YOUR STAFF IS NOT FOR YOU GUYS TO GOVERN THE STAFF. I HAVE, YOU KNOW, I, UM, AS I SAID ABOUT MR. LEE, WE MET, WHEN I TELL YOU THAT ONE MEETING, DID I NOT MISS THAT WHEN WE HAD MY AGENDA, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT. SO THERE WAS NO FIASCO OF ANYTHING HAPPENING ON THIS DIET IS TO EMBARRASS ANYBODY BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW. AND I'M HOPING THAT SOMEHOW THAT THE, THE CHANGE HERE, BECAUSE I SIT HERE AND I HEAR THINGS AND IT'S LIKE, I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THAT HAPPENED. OKAY? SO I, I'M, I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL CHOOSE A, UH, GET A CITY MANAGER. WE NEED A CITY MANAGER. WE DON'T NEED FRIENDSHIP. FRIENDSHIP IS FINE. Y'ALL, AS I TOLD Y'ALL, I'M FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY WHEN IT COMES TO MY CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. WE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT STORY, OKAY? I DON'T LIKE HEARING A LADY CALLED ME TALKING ABOUT ONLY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. WELL, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT, THAT WASN'T NICE FOR ME. OKAY? I'M STILL GETTING, I GET CALLS FROM ALL OVER 'CAUSE I'M STILL CONNECTED WITH OTHER CITY COMM, UH, COMMISSIONERS. AND THEY'RE LIKE, WHAT IS GOING ON? SO NOW I'M JUST HERE TODAY, Y'ALL KNOW I LOVE MY CITY AND, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. SO I'M GONNA CUT THIS SHORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS, MADAM CLERK. UM, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER GLORIA LEWIS, FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS. GOOD EVENING. GLORIA LEWIS, 3,500 NORTHWEST 41ST STREET. MADAM MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR OF THE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN SAID. BUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS UP THERE, GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE HAVE A CITY AND WE ARE A, WE CARE CITY. WE HAVE A AWESOME MAYOR, WE HAVE AN AWESOME VICE MAYOR. WE HAVE AWESOME COMMISSIONERS. WHEN IT GET DOWN TO OUR CITY AND OUR BUDGET AND KNOWING YOUR RESERVE AND IF IT'S UNDER $5 MILLION, WE NEED TO START THINKING RIGHT ABOUT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE NEW COMMISSIONERS UP THERE AND I KNOW WE HAVE OLD COMMISSIONERS UP THERE, BUT IF YOU REMEMBER 2010 WHEN OUR RESERVE WAS SO LOW, THE STATE WILL COME AND TAKE OVER. LET ME BE CRYSTAL CLEAR. IF WE DON'T HAVE A RESERVE OVER $5 MILLION, WE IN TROUBLE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE RESIDENT'S UP HERE NOW TO SAY, WHEN WE GET A NEW CITY MANAGER, DON'T GET IT FOR FRIENDSHIP BECAUSE THE WORD ON THE STREETS IS SAYING, WE GOT [01:05:01] INFLUENCE BY SOME OF OUR LEGAL ADVICE. AND I TOLD YOU ALL MONTH BEFORE LAST THAT WE HIRE AND FIRE FOUR PEOPLE AND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLES, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY OR YOUR CRA ATTORNEYS, THEY CANNOT COME AND TELL Y'ALL ANYTHING OF ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO SELECT SOMEBODY OF THEIR OWN AGENDA TO BE OUR CITY MANAGER. PLEASE DON'T LET NOBODY INFLUENCE YOU, BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS IG AND THE BOARD ASSOCIATION, WHEN IT'S FACTS, I'M GOING TO IT AND I'M GOING TO FILE IT BECAUSE THIS IS OUR CITY. WE VOTED FOR YOU ALL, AND WE WANNA PUT OUR TRUST IN YOU ALL TO TAKE CARE OF US, TO PUT THE RIGHT PERSON UP THERE. AND DON'T LET NOBODY TELL YOU SOMEBODY GOT BAGGAGES FROM ANOTHER CITY BECAUSE ONET FOR THE PERSON WHO PUT THE BAGGAGES, WHO THEY'RE CLAIMING BROUGHT OUR CITY BACK TO PARK AND WE HAD $8 MILLION IN OUR RESERVE. SO PLEASE, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND OUR MAYOR, PLEASE DON'T LET NOBODY INFLUENCE YOU. LIKE FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS SAID, READ ALL THIS ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THEY WANNA DO IN OUR CITY. Y'ALL, PLEASE STOP AND LET'S LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE STANDING BECAUSE ALL THAT RAIN WE HAD TODAY, AND IF WE GOT LESS THAN I'M GONNA KEEP IT LIKE 5 MILLION. WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR 35,000 PLUS PEOPLE. PLEASE, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT UNTIL YOUR HANDS. BUT WE ARE, WE HAVE YOU OUR BACKS WHEN IT GET DOWN TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR RESIDENTS. WE GOING TO STAND WITH YOU WITH UNITED AND SOLIDARITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. LADALE LAKES NEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS. MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR. WE HAVE MS. NICOLE HALL, MS. HALL, THE PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. GOODNIGHT EVERYONE. GOODNIGHT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT OF FORMER COMMISSIONER GLORIA LEWIS. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT I'M HERE TO ECHO HER SENTIMENT. EXACTLY. UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK A WHOLE LOT 'CAUSE SHE SAID IT. UM, WHAT I AM GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT IS THE WORKSHOP LAST NIGHT WHEN I WATCHED IT AND I LOOKED AT, UM, WE HAVE A ITEM ON THERE. ITEM B, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER'S COMPENSATION. I AM GOING TO BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE COMMISSION, UM, NEEDS TO LOOK AT A FEW THINGS. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS IN DECIDING THE COMPENSATION OF THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. UM, LOOK AT THE FACT THAT A CITY CAN RUN WITHOUT A CITY MANAGER, BUT A CITY CANNOT RUN WITHOUT A CLERK. UH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER IS CURRENTLY PLAYING TWO ROLES. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. UM, I LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE A DISCONNECT BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE HR DOCUMENTATION THAT SPECIFICALLY OUTLINE HOW AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. SO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT, UM, THROUGH ME, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT. AND I WON'T BELABOR THAT POINT. NEXT. IN ADDITION TO WHAT, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER GLORIA AND BEVERLY SAID, I WILL SAY THIS BEFORE WE FAST TRACK HIRING A CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. YOU ALL NEED TO SIT DOWN AND DECIDE THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A CITY MANAGER. I'VE HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATIONS. YOU CAN HAVE CERTIFICATIONS. THEY ARE NECESSARY BECAUSE IT SAYS THAT YOU HAVE THE FORMAL, UM, KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS THE THEORY AND THE PRACTICE. UM, BUT I THINK YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK AT AND FOCUS ON THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT YOU WANT FOR [01:10:01] THE NEW CITY MANAGER. THE EXPECTATION, WHAT YOU WANT THEM TO BRING TO OUR CITY, HOW THEIR PERSONALITY WILL EMBODY, WILL BE EMBODIED WITH OUR CULTURE. OUR CITY HAS A SPECIAL CULTURE AND WE NEED A CITY MANAGER WHO IS GOING TO EMBODY THAT. UM, AND I ALSO WANNA RARELY STRESS THE POINT OF KNOWN FRIENDS, KNOWN FRIENDS, KNOWN FRIENDS. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO, UM, ABLE TO PRESENT NEW IDEAS, HAVE A VISION FOR OUR CITY, HAVE OPERATIONAL SKILLS FOR OUR CITY, UM, BE ABLE TO STRATEGICALLY OUTLINE WHERE AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO LEAD OUR CITY. COMMISSIONERS, I RESPECT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. WE STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS REGARDLESS OF HOW WE MAY COME ACROSS. UM, I THINK YOU ALL ARE ALL WONDERFUL IN YOUR OWN RESPECTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE IS FOR, UM, US TO SEE AS RESIDENTS, UM, AS YOUNGER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO STAND ON YOUR SHOULDERS WHEN INFORMATION COMES IN FRONT OF YOU. BE THOROUGH, BE PURPOSEFUL. TAKE YOUR TIME. YOU DON'T HAVE TO VOTE RIGHT NOW. ASK QUESTIONS. THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO ARE AVAILABLE TO YOU. CONSULTANTS, GET INFORMATION. UM, FIND OUT ABOUT, UH, COMPENSATION, PAY STRATEGY, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT NATURE. UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. PUT THE YOUNGER ONE OF US WHO ARE TRYING TO JUMP UP TO SIT DOWN BECAUSE YOU ALL HAVE DONE YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. UM, AND, UH, THAT'S IT FOR ME. UH, THANK YOU. AND AGAIN, NO FRIENDSHIPS. THANK YOU MS. HALL. MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE MR. BYRON MAILER. MR. MAILER, GOOD EVENING TO THE MEMBERS OF THE I'M TOLD MY FELLOW RESIDENTS AND FRIENDS, UH, MADAM MAYOR, BEFORE I START, LET ME PROFESS MY STATEMENT BY SAYING WHATEVER I I AM SAYING IS NOTHING PERSONAL TO ANYONE ON THE DIOCESE, BUT I'M SPEAKING FROM MY HEART. UH, I'M GONNA REFERENCE 10 B AND, UH, 10 C AND D UH, OTHER SPEAKERS MENTIONED ABOUT THE COMPENSATION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. AND I JUST HOPE THAT THIS COMMISSION DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE THAT PREVIOUS COMMISSION MADE. AND I'M REFERENCING THE CITY ATTORNEY. I REMEMBER WHEN THE CITY ATTORNEY CAME ON BOARD, THERE WERE COMMISSIONERS WHO ADDED A RACE THING TO THE COMPENSATION SAYING THE WHITE MAN GET SO MUCH, THEY MUST GET A BLACK MAN. THE SAME THING THE WHITE MAN SPENT 30 YEARS BEFORE . THE BLACK MAN WAS JUST COMING IN AND WON THE SAME THING AND THEY VOTED ON IT. IT IS EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY IN REFERENCE TO THIS ACTING CITY MANAGER. I DON'T WANT THE SAME MISTAKE IS MADE. I KNOW THE, I WOULD SAY THE ACTING SYSTEM MANAGER IS WELL CREDENTIALED AS A CITY CLERK. AND, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS WELL CREDENTIALED ALSO. WELL, LET ME SAY MADAM MAYOR, YOU CAN'T OFFER THE ACTING CITY MANAGER THE CMP, WHAT THE OUTGOING CITY MANAGER IS GETTING. IF YOU DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE SHOPPING FOR A CITY MANAGER AND HE'S COME, HE COME IN WITH WELL CREDENTIAL, HAVE LEADERSHIP SKILL, CAN'T BALANCE BUDGET A FINANCIAL THING. WHERE YOU GONNA START HIM FROM? YOU HAVE TO LEFT YOURSELF WITH A WIGGLE RULE. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. YOU HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO NEGOTIATE. [01:15:01] YOU CANNOT DO THAT. MADAM MAYOR. I KNOW IT'S EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY. I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS, MAN, MAYOR, YOU, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT, UH, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS JUST A STOP CAT MEASURE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO SHARP FOR A CITY MANAGER. AND IF YOU PUT YOURSELF IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN'T NEGOTIATE, AS I SAID, YOU EASILY SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY, DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CITY COMMISSION MADE TO SEE A MISTAKE OVER AND OVER WITH THE NOWHERE IN THE WORLD. YOU CAN APPLY FOR A JOB AND GET THE CMP WITH THE MONEY OR GO REPLACE. TELL ME, BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. WE ARE IN THE WORLD. WE DID IT ALREADY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. WE'RE GONNA DO IT AGAIN WITH THE, WITH THE ACTING SYSTEM MANAGER. I KNOW YOU THE THE THE COUNCIL WAS AROUND THEN. BUT I I I'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME TO SEE ALL THE MISTAKES AND AS I SAID, EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY. PLEASE MADAM MAYOR, LEAVE YOURSELF. YOU WANT THE COMMISSION. YOU ARE THE FIDUCIARY DUTY TOWARDS US TO MANAGE THE TEAM. FINANCIAL VIABILITY OF THE CITY IS IN YOUR HANDS, NOT EVEN THE CITY MANAGER, IS TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY. I'M IMPLORING YOU TO BE DO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WHEN SHOPPING, YOU CAN CONSULT OTHER CITIES. YOU GO TO THE, THE, THE, THE LEAGUE OF CITIES NETWORK. FIND, GO GET INFORMATION, EVEN THE PREVIOUS COMMISSIONERS WHO SERVED WITH THE INDIC CITY OR CALL THEM UP. FIND OUT, MAN, YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING. BUT DON'T MAKE THE MISTAKE AGAIN. IT'S EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NEXT WE HAVE, UM, FORMER COMMISSIONER LEVO WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MS. BESSIE DENNIS, MS. DENNIS TO OUR VICE MAYOR, OUR MAYOR, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS IN YOUR RESPECTABLE PLACES. I HONOR YOU TONIGHT AS I COME BEFORE YOU. UM, I ALSO HONOR EVERYBODY WHO THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO COME OUT TONIGHT TO BE A PART OF THIS MEETING. MY NAME IS BESSIE DENNIS. I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, ALSO KNOWN AS THE E DAP BOARD. UM, I UNFORTUNATELY WAS NOT ABLE TO, UH, LISTEN IN OR BE AT THE WORKSHOP ON LAST NIGHT. BUT WE ARE THE CITY THAT CARES. SO WE DO TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS. PEOPLE TELL PEOPLE WE ARE A CLOSE KNIT COMMUNITY. SO I DID HEAR OF SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED ON LAST NIGHT, ONE OF WHICH IS THE TOP ON, UM, PAYING SOMEONE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, $75, UH, AN HOUR FOR EIGHT HOURS A WEEK TO COME IN AND BE OUR EVENT PLANNER. UM, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT SIMPLY BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE A MAN A FISH WHEN IT'S DONE, IT'S OVER. BUT IF YOU TEACH A MAN TO FISH, HE CAN FISH AND EAT FOREVER. SO I BELIEVE IT WILL BE MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO TRAIN OUR ESSENTIAL STAFF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PRACTICING AND DOING EVENT PLANNING FOR THE CITY. BRING IN SOMEONE WHO IS AN EXPERT AND TRAIN THE NECESSARY EMPLOYEES TO DO EVENTS FOR OUR CITY BECAUSE THIS IS ONGOING. IT'S NOT JUST ONE EVENT A YEAR OR EVERY FEW MONTHS. BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE RELEVANT. AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO ADD IN EVEN BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PLANNING EVENTS TO ATTEND THOSE TRAININGS AS WELL. MY NEXT ISSUE FOR CONCERN IS, UM, THE C THE, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER BEING COMPENSATED THE SAME AMOUNT OF THE [01:20:01] FORMER CITY MANAGER. AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO THROW EGGS AT ME, BUT I'M PREPARED. I HAVE ON MY SHIELD, BUT I'M GOING TO SHARE A PARABLE WITH YOU ALL IF YOU DON'T MIND. LET ME TALK QUICK. THE PARABLE IS A MAN ON A VINEYARD. HE HIRED MEN TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING FOR ONE PENNY. AND THEY AGREED THE THIRD HOUR HE BROUGHT IN MORE MEN TO WORK IN THE VINEYARD AND THEY AGREED TO RECEIVE THE SAME PAY, WHICH WAS A PENNY IN THE NINTH HOUR. HE HIRED SOME OTHERS TO WORK IN THAT SAME VINEYARD. AND AT THE END OF THE WORKDAY, HE WAS GOING TO RECEIVE THE SAME ONE PENNY. AND AGAIN, IN THE 11TH HOUR, THE SAME THING HAPPENED. WELL, AT THE END OF THE WORKDAY, PEOPLE BEGIN TO GRUMBLE THAT WERE THERE FROM THE FIRST HOUR AND SAID, WHY SHOULD THE ONE IN THE 11TH HOUR RECEIVED THE SAME THING THAT WE RECEIVED FOR WORKING THE WHOLE ENTIRE DAY? AND JESUS, BECAUSE I GAVE YOU A PARABLE, WHICH IS A BIBLICAL TRUTH, BUT IT'S A EARTHLY STORY. IT'S A HEAVENLY TRUTH AND A EARTHLY STORY. HE SAID TO THEM, DID YOU NOT AGREE TO WORK FOR THE PENNY? SO WHY DO YOU COMPLAIN? BECAUSE I TOOK MY MONEY AND PAID THE ONE IN THE 11TH HOUR, THE SAYING THAT YOU AGREED ON. NOW MY THING IS TO EVERYONE, IF THIS LADY IS NOT PRACTICING, BUT SHE'S TRULY WORKING, SHE HAS THE INTEGRITY OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, AND SHE'S DOING HER JOB EFFECTIVELY AND SHE'S NOT ONLY DOING HER JOB, BUT SHE'S ALSO ASSISTING WITH HER FORMER POSITION, I FEEL THAT IT'S MORE THAN FAIR TO GIVE HER WHAT THE FORMER, UH, CITY MANAGER RECEIVED. AND THE REASON I SAY THAT TOO IS BECAUSE I HAVE CHECKED HER CHARACTER BECAUSE THAT'S WHO I AM. AND SHE HAS ACCOUNTABILITY. YOU CAN TOUCH HER. SHE ON HER FIRST DAY OF WORK WHEN I SENT HER A TEXT MESSAGES BECAUSE I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT THE, IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A FEW SECONDS, I HAD CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, SOME THINGS WAS GOING ON IN THE BOARD THAT I SERVE ON THAT I DIDN'T AGREE WITH. AND SHE SAID TO ME IN THE TEXT, I'M HAVING A MEETING WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS NOW THIS IS HER FIRST DAY AND ONCE I'M COMPLETED WITH THE MEETING, I WILL CONTACT YOU BACK CONCERNING YOUR, YOUR ISSUE. AND SHE DID. THEN I HAD ANOTHER CONCERN ABOUT WHY WE ARE ONLY GETTING ONE MESSAGE FOR EVENTS THAT WE HAVING AND SOMETIMES ON THE DAY OF THAT EVENT AND WE WONDER WHY WE HAVE SUCH A LOW TURNOUT. AND SHE SAID TO ME, I'M GOING TO GET WITH THE PIO DEPARTMENT. WHICH I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT WAS A THING, BUT SHE SAID THAT THAT'S WHO SHE WAS GONNA REACH OUT TO AND FIND OUT AND WORK WITH THEM ON MAKING SURE THAT WE GET NOTIFICATION SOONER. AND SHE DID THAT. SO FAR, WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU, I HAVE SEEN A LADY WHO HAVE COME IN AND HAVE TAKEN CONTROL OF THE POSITION THAT WAS GRANTED TO HER. NOW, IF YOU ALL THEM THINK SHE WAS CREDIBLE, THAT MAKE US LOOK FOOLISH, MS. DENNIS, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ASSISTANT, MS. DENNIS, THERE WAS AN ASSISTANT THAT YOU COULD HAVE PUT IN THAT POSITION, BUT YOU DIDN'T. YOU BROUGHT HER IN. SO COMPENSATE THE LADY. THANK YOU MS. DENNIS. MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE, UM, MS. MARLENE ROY, MS. AMROY. GOOD NIGHT, MARLENE AMROY. I AM GOING, EVERYONE THAT SPOKE EARLIER HAS TOUCHED ON ALL THAT I NEEDED TO ADDRESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. AMROY. MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR. OUR LAST PETITION IS FROM FORMER VICE MAYOR MARK SPENCE, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON, PROTOCOLS ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. HELLO TO EVERYONE, TO THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MARK SPENCE, FORMER VICE MAYOR OF CITY OF LARGER LAKES. UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT [01:25:01] WITH, UM, MR. MAILER. AS FAR AS THE COMPENSATION, I THINK, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A RANGE OF SALARY THAT WE HAVE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, AND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING THAT WAS CONSULTED WITH OUR, UM, OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT OUR, OUR DEPUTY CLERK IS WELL QUALIFIED TO BE A CLERK, HER ON HER OWN. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT THE CLERK DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE DEPUTY CLERK, BECAUSE OUR CLERK HAD DID A GOOD JOB MAKING SURE THAT, UH, THE HER ASSISTANCES WERE ABLE TO FILL THE SPOT IF WELL NEEDED. SO THAT'S THE PART. UM, MANY OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT THE COMMISSION IS DOING HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE BEFORE, IS NOT SOMETHING NEW. ONLY THING NEW IS THAT WE ARE BEING MORE TRANSPARENT. WHEN I CAME ON THE COMMISSION, I MADE SURE THAT WE HAD BUDGET FOR THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WAS NOT DONE BEFORE. ONCE WHEN THE COMMISSION WANTED TO DO SOMETHING, THEY TOLD THE CITY MANAGER AND IT GOT DONE. NOW WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE YOU DO A BUDGET SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAD A $6,000 SUPPOSED TO SPEND. I BELIEVE LAST YEAR WE REALIZED THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE STAFF OR THE FACILITY RENTALS. SO THAT HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE ADDRESSING AS FAR AS IT FAR AS IT, BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGET, EVEN THE MINOR THINGS AS, UM, 10 A, THE, UM, COMMISSIONER'S, UM, FOOD DRIVE THAT IS A BUDGET ITEM BECAUSE IT CALLS FOR US TO HAVE OUR RESOURCES, OUR MANPOWER TO BE USED. SO WHAT IS IT BEING? HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST OUR CITY? AND WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? THAT'S STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. UM, OUR CITY WENT BANKRUPT AND WE TALK ABOUT IT, BUT NOBODY TALKS ABOUT HOW WE GOT THERE. EVERYBODY PUTS THE BLAME ON SOMEBODY ELSE. THIS ONE WRITING CHECKS, THIS, THAT, AND OTHER. BUT THE COMMISSION NEVER TOOK RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTION. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS COMMISSIONERS, THAT WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACTION. THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE, UM, AGREE TO CERTAIN THINGS. WE KNOW WHERE THE MONEY COMING FROM. IT'S EASY TO TRANSFER MONEY FROM SOMEPLACE, BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW, NEEDS TO KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. UM, LAST I WANT TO SAY WITH THE, UM, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE MEETING, UM, LAST NIGHT. UM, I SAID IT TO THE CITY, UM, ATTORNEY BEFORE. I FEEL LIKE HE'S LIKE THE SIXTH COMMISSIONER ON THE, ON THE DIETS. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SAID TO HIM BEFORE, BUT NOW I SEE THAT WE'RE GIVING HIM THE HR RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL, AND THAT'S VERY CONCERNING. UM, WE ALWAYS RELY HEAVILY ON THE CITY ATTORNEYS TO DO A LOT OF THE STUFF FOR US THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING, AND A LOT OF STUFF THAT THE STAFF SHOULD BE DOING. SO I THINK WE HAVE A HR DIRECTOR. WE NEED TO RELY ON THE HR DIRECTOR TO DO THEIR JOB. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PAID THEM FOR, PAID THEM TO DO. IF THEY NEED TO FIND CONSULTANTS OR GIVE YOU THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO FIND A CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD AND DO SO. I'LL ALSO RECOMMEND AS THE OTHER CITIES, THEY FORM COMMUNITIES OF, UM, WHAT BUSINESS LEADERS OR OR RESIDENTS THAT, UM, HELP WITH THE CHOOSING OF CITY MANAGERS. I THINK CITY OF FOR LOTTO JUST DID THAT. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS MAY CONSIDER. THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT TALENT LOCALLY. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH THAT I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS FROM OTHER CITIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO STEP UP TO TAKE A JOB. WE'RE A SMALL CITY. UM, WE CAN'T AFFORD RIGHT NOW, WE FIGHTING FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT WE CAN'T COMPETE WITH OTHER CITIES, THAT WE HAD TO LOWER THE STANDARDS EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EMPLOYMENT. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO SHIFT TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD TO ALLOW THEM TO LOOK AT THE SALARIES AND THE, UM, THE, UM, JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO REVIEW IT ON A, A CERTAIN BASIS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT KEEPING UP. WE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LAST TIME. IT WAS PUBLIC WORKS A FEW YEARS AGO WHERE WE HAD, UM, EMPLOYEES LEAVING LIKE CRAZY, AND NOW WE HAD TO DO SOME SHIFTING AROUND AND CHANGE THE SALARY, WHICH IS A, UM, PART OF OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS COMMISSIONERS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SALARIES OF THE, I GUESS THE CIVIL SERVICE, NOT THE STAFF. THE CITY MANAGER HOLDS THE SALARIES OF THE SAP AS FAR AS THE, THE HOURLY EMPLOYEES IS WHAT THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVE. SO WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB TO MONITORING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE KEEPING UP WITH WHAT'S GOING ON TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS DOING WELL. ONCE AGAIN, I'M MARK SPENCE. I THANK YOU GUYS AND APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR VICE MAYOR SPENCE. MAD. I'M SORRY, DOES THAT END PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM CLERK? MADAM, MADAM MAYOR. THAT WAS OUR LAST PETITION FOR THANK YOU ADAM. SEVEN, [A.  ORDINANCE 2025-006 AMENDING THE DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD] CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING. ITEM SEVEN A, ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 6, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SIX, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE SIX, [01:30:01] DIVISION SIX, SECTION TWO DASH 4 22 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING FOR THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON. UM, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO SIX TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION ON THIS ITEM, HONOR, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE AGAIN, THAT IS ON SECOND READING. IT IS A ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S, UH, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES AS IT PERTAINS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. UH, YOU'LL RECALL, AS WE'VE SET, UH, BEFORE THAT, UH, THE REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THAT THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL POWERS RELATIVE TO IDENTIFYING AND HAVING RECOMMENDATIONS BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THIS COMMISSION FOR HISTORICAL PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, UH, THOSE POWERS. THIS, UH, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, THE HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION BOARD DOES NOT HAVE, IN FACT, THE, UH, BROWARD COUNTY, UH, CODE OF ORDINANCES IS THE AUTHORITY RELATIVE TO, UM, UH, CITIES WHO DO NOT HAVE, UH, THE, UH, CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT STATUS AS IT PERTAINS TO HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SECOND READING, ESTABLISHES, UH, UH, IS AMENDED TO ALLOW THE HISTORIC, UH, PRESERVATION BOARD TO ESTABLISH A LIST OF PROPERTIES THAT INCLUDE SITES, UH, BUILDING STRUCTURES, OBJECTS, LANDSCAPE FEATURES, DISTRICTS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY, UH, THAT COMPLIES WITH THE CRITERIA THAT ARE SET FORTH IN THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. UH, THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THIS BOARD UNDER THIS AMENDMENT WILL ALLOW, UH, THAT BOARD TO CREATE AND PREPARE A DRAFT HISTORIC DESIGNATION APPLICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OF THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE, AND MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS THEY'LL BE CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE COUNTY'S, UH, CODE, UH, AS WELL AS THE, UH, CITY'S, UH, UH, CODE, UH, IN THIS MATTER. UM, THE COMMISSION, AGAIN, EVEN WITH THIS AMENDMENT, STILL STANDS AS THE, UH, LEGISLATIVE BODY THAT WILL, UH, HEAR THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE BOARD, UH, AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY CODE, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE, UM, ROBERT COUNTY CITY COMMISSION FOR PURPOSES OF HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS. COLLEAGUES, QUESTIONS? NO, NO QUESTIONS. SO THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION, UH, RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 0 4 7. EXCUSE ME A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THIS ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING BY, UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT UP AT YOUR WORKSHOP. UM, DISCUSSION WAS ABOUT YOU GUYS WERE FOCUSED MORE ON THE SIGNAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT IT IS RECOGNIZABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS, THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT THIS IS A HISTORICAL SITE IN OUR CITY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE REAL FOCUS THAT WE WANT TO DO OR IF WE REALLY WANT TO DO THROUGH THIS PROCESS HERE, WHICH HAS MORE, IMPLEMENTA HAS MORE, HAS MORE THINGS TIED TO IT. SO ONCE WE DO THIS, ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE COUNTY PROCEDURES, IT IMPACTS, UM, REDEVELOPMENT OF, OF PROPERTIES AND SO FORTH. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR, THAT WE KNOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE COUNTY RULES, WHATEVER THEIR RULES ARE AS FAR AS, UM, RECOGNIZING THE HISTORICAL SITE. I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A PROTOCOL THAT WE ESTABLISHED ALREADY WHERE MAYOR METHODIST WAS RECOGNIZED, UM, BY A RESOLUTION, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WITHIN THE CITY OF LIMITS, I THINK THAT WAY WAS A MUCH FASTER WAY, AN EASIER WAY FOR US TO DO IT. UM, JUST THE PART ABOUT HOW DO WE DO A SIGN TO RECOGNIZE THEM COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD TO IT. BUT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS ADDS ANOTHER LAYER OF BUREAUCRACY AND IMPACTS REDEVELOPMENT FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY. WHEN WE SAVE POP'S GARAGE, IF WE WANNA MARK THAT AS A HISTORICAL SITE, GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. NOW, IF YOU WANT TO REDEVELOP THAT WHOLE CORNER THERE FOR SOMETHING [01:35:02] NEW OR GOOD THAT A CITY WANT, THAT'S GONNA BE A HINDRANCE TO THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE RESTRAINTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON OUR CITY, AND THE EXTRA WORK THAT THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION BOARD WOULD HAVE TO DO JUST TO GET THE APPROVAL THROUGH THE COUNTY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT UP TO YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE JUST GONNA APPROVE THE PROCESS THAT ALLOWS 'EM TO MOVE FORWARD, TO ASK THE COUNTY PERMISSION TO DO SO, AND WHETHER WE FULFILL THE, THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE COUNTY HAS SET FORTH IN THEIR ORDINANCES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR VICE MAYOR SPENCE. MR. MAILER, MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, LEMME ECHO SOME OF THIS THING THAT FORMER COMMISSIONER SPENCE SAYS. UH, THIS ORDINANCE IS OUT OF YOUR JURISDICTION. WE NOT A, WE ARE NOT A ENT CITY. ALL OF THESE DESIGNATION HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY. THE ONLY THING WE CAN BEAR IN MIND IS THAT WE DON'T JUST WILLY-NILLY NAME SOMETHING THAT IS NOT REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT OR HISTORIC AND REFERENCE IT TO THE COUNTY FOR THAT DESIGNATION. IT DON'T, IT DON'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. YOU DISCUSS IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE POWERS IS DOWNTOWN. THE AUTHORITY IS UNTIL WE BECOME A ENT, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. THANK YOU, MR. MILLER. THOMAS. NOTHING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 0 6 TO, UH, FOR APPROVAL. UM, IT'S ORDINANCE 20 25, 20 25 DASH 0 0 6 FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS, OR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING. THERE ARE NOT ANY. ITEM NINE, [9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA] CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION ON CONSENT. AGENDA NINE A. UM, THIS IS THE ONLY ONE ON CONSENT AGENDA. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL THIS? UH, NO, NOT THIS ONE. OKAY. AND AM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 4 7. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND TROPICAL MAILING SOLUTIONS, LLC TO PROVIDE PRINTING AND MAILING SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 5 8 B OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, PROVIDING FOR SOLE AND SINGLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $58,367 AND 24 CENTS, SUBJECT TO AN INCREASE TO POSTAGE OR PAPER RATE INCREASES. A COPY OF SET AGREEMENT FOR PRINTING AND MAILING SERVICES IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT A. A COPY OF THE CITY'S WRITTEN RE OF THE WRITTEN REQUEST AND JUSTIFICATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B. COPY OF THE WRITTEN DETERMINATION FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C. COPY OF ALL EXHIBITS CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SEE, THIS IS MOTION THREE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION FOR MAYOR. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. IT'S A CONSENT AGENDA. MAYOR. A COMMISSIONER HARRISON. OH. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IELT, THE VICE MAYOR. MADAM VICE. MADAM VICE. MADAM VICE MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR. UH, WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 7 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION AGENDA, HUH? OH, FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS FILLERS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM [A.  RESOLUTION 2025-056 APPROVING USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR FARM SHARE DRIVE REQUESTED BY BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZELLE ROGERS] 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 10 A RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 6. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 6. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, [01:40:01] AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES JOINT COLLABORATION WITH THE HONORABLE HAZEL P ROGERS, BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT NINE, AND FARM SHARE, INC. TO HOST A DRIVE THROUGH FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVENT ON FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2025, FOR FOOD INSECURE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY AND DISTRICT NINE, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS, SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 8TH, 2025 AND TERMINATING ON APRIL 19TH, 2025, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH FIVE SIX TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM, MADAM CLERK COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. MADAM MANAGER. UM, MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE THIS IS A ITEM, UM, FOR YOU TO DISCUSS, MADAM MAYOR, TO BRING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THE ITEM. NO, NO, THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS. SO THIS RESOLUTION APPROVES A REQUEST FROM BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR A FARM SHARE DRIVE ON APRIL 18TH, REQUESTED BY BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS. QUESTION. MADAM MAYOR? NO. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. UH, I MOVE THAT WE BEING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 6 OF THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES ITEM 10 [B.  RESOLUTION 2025-057 AUTHORIZING ACTING CITY MANAGER'S COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS] B, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 7. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE OR PULL RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 7. THE, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS WHAT? APRIL 22ND. 21ST? YES. IT'S SO, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO, UH, YES. MAD JUST APPOINTED OF, UH, INFORMATION. IT IS PROPER THAT WE READ THE TITLE OF THE, UM, RESOLUTION AND THEN FOLLOWED BY A MOTION RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 7, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LAUDER LAUDERDALE LAKES HOME RULE, CHARTER AND CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 7 4 TO THE NEXT, UM, COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 22ND. AND DURING THAT TIME, I WOULD LIKE THE HR DEPARTMENT TO GIVE ME, GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ON SALARIES AND COMPENSATION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A, AN INFORMED DECISION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I ALSO WAS GOING TO TABLE THIS FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NEXT, UH, COMMISSION, WORKSHOP AND, UM, MEETING COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DON'T AGREE WITH TABLING IT. I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY CLERK. SORRY. I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. UM, AS WE DISCUSSED, RECEIVING SAID COMPENSATION, UM, THE ONLY INFORMATION I COULD THINK OF AND I REACHED OUT TO STAFF WAS WHAT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WAS MAKING AND WHAT THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WAS MAKING AS CLERK. AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I'M NOT SURE WHAT OTHER CONTEXT COULD BE PROVIDED, BUT, UH, CITY MANAGER WAS MAKING 1 95 BASED ON A RESOLUTION, IS WHAT THAT SAYS, UM, THAT SHE WAS MAKING. AND OUR CITY CLERK WAS MAKING 142,000. AGAIN, OUR CITY CLERK STEPPED UP AND AGREED TO BE OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. I THINK SHE'S DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, AND I THINK, UH, GIVEN A LEARNING CURVE AND A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR HER TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO THAT COMPENSATION. SO, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK [01:45:01] YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I HATE TO SAY, BUT, UM, I DO AGREE. UM, I AM FOR, UM, AGAIN, REMEMBER SHE'S DOING TWO ROLES. UM, SHE'S ALSO OVERSEEING THE CITY, UM, THE CLERK'S OFFICE, AND SHE HAS TO, AND 'CAUSE THERE'S NO ONE ELSE. AND SHE'S ALSO THINK THE TIME SHE'S BEEN IN THE POSITION, BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB. UM, WHEN THE, THE OTHER ACTING CITY MANAGER STARTED, SHE WAS GETTING AROUND 18, AND THEN I GUESS SHE GOT A COST OF LIVING INCREASE THAT MADE IT 9, 9 1 NINES AND CHANGE, UM, OR CITY, CITY CITY MANAGER OR ACTING, WHAT IS IT? NOT THE CITY MANAGER OR CITY CLERK. SHE WAS GETTING ABOUT 140. SO I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENCE IN ABOUT 40 OR $50,000 IN SALARY, WHICH IS NOTHING. AND SHE'S PLAYING, I MEAN, NO, I'M NOT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF MONEY, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A BIG JUMP AS SAYING SHE'S GETTING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT SHE'S GETTING. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO SHE'S GETTING A PORTION. I MEAN, IT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WE ALL CAN SPEAK, EVERYONE SPEAK THEIR THOUGHTS. I'M SPEAKING MINDS. SO RESPECT MY THOUGHTS. OKAY. I RESPECT YOURS. RESPECT MINES. SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT SHE, SHE'S IN THE ROLE, SHE'S PLAYING THE ROLE, SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO, WHAT IS, WHAT ELSE IS THERE THAT WE NEED TO ASK TO MAKE THAT DECISION? SO I AGREE THAT SHE SHOULD, IF SHE'S DOING THE WORK, THEN SHE SHOULD GET THE PAY. MADAM MAYOR THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, A MOTION TO TABLE ONLY BECAUSE I NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT WHAT ABOUT THE INCOME IN, UM, AS A SMALL CITY. WHAT ABOUT THE INCOMING, UM, CITY MANAGER? WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE WHERE THEY START AND WHERE THEY GO AND LOOKING. UM, I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO TABLE IT UNTIL, UM, THE NEXT MEETING. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, I THINK FOR US TO HAVE AN OUTGOING CITY MANAGER AT A CERTAIN PRICE POINT AND BRING IN OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SPEAKS THAT WE EXPECT THAT SOMETHING LESS FROM HER. AND TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK VENICE IS ACTUALLY DOING A BETTER JOB. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PAYING HER MORE. UM, THE SECOND THING IS, THIS IS CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS AFFECTS OUR NEGOTIATION FOR THE INCOMING. I DON'T SEE HOW THOSE TWO THINGS CORRELATE. WE GET TO DECIDE AT THAT POINT HOW WE CROSS THAT BRIDGE. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOW MUCH WE'RE PAYING. UH, VENICE, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER RIGHT NOW, WHO AGAIN, IS DOING A GREAT JOB, UH, BUT TO TABLE THIS, I THINK IT SPEAKS TO SOMEHOW HER PERFORMANCE IS GONNA DIFFERENT FROM OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO DO. UM, I'M IN SUPPORTIVE FOR RECEIVING THE FUNDS, UM, THAT OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER WAS GETTING. I'VE, I'VE LISTENED TO PHONE CALLS FROM THE COMMUNITY ON BOTH SIDES. UH, BUT I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. ALRIGHT. ALSO AM IN SUPPORT OF OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER IN RECEIVING THE COMPENSATION OF 1 9 5. AND THE REST OF IT, UH, I GUESS FOR THE RECORD, I NEED TO KNOW THE TIMEOUT, BUT I AM IN, EXCUSE ME. UM, DALE LAKES, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH HER RECEIVING THE SALARY THAT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER HAS. I HAVE SEEN HER SINCE SHE HAS BEEN IN THIS POSITION TO STEP UP TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL, UM, THAT I THINK SHOWS THAT SHE IS IN THE POSITION AS ACTING CITY MANAGER TO BRING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO A HIGHER LEVEL DURING THE TIME THAT SHE IS IN THE POSITION. SO I'M IN FAVOR OF MEETING, BUT MAD MAYOR, WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WELL, UH, BUT OH, GO AHEAD. WE, OH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT FIRST MOTION, MAYOR. OKAY. GO AHEAD. VOTE ON THE TABLE TO TABLE. MADAM CLERK. GO AHEAD. MADAM CLERK. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. HUH? MME. CLARK. SORRY. COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR VOTING ON THE TABLE. YES. UM, FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS AGAINST MAYOR, VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. BENT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS AGAINST THE MOTION. MOTION FAIL. MOTION FAIL. MAD MAYOR. OH, PAT, NO, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. IT, I'M CONFUSED. IT'S FAIL, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. THAT'S WHAT I SAID. UM, MOTHER MAYOR, I AM BRINGING RE CAN I BRING RESOLUTION TO BE COMMISSIONER [01:50:01] HARRISON? COMMISSIONER HARRISON. OH, HE DID IT FOR, OF COURSE. WHY NOT? COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER CARLENE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO NO, THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. ALL RIGHT THEN. UM, SORRY, I'M LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT ITEM HERE. 20 25 0 5 7. IT'S FIVE SEVEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM MAYOR, I, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ITEM 10 B, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 7 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER THOMAS AGAINST MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL AGAINST COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 10 C, [C.  RESOLUTION 2025-058 AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY’S LEGAL INTERESTS IN PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY’S SPECIAL MAGISTRATE] RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 8. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 DASH 58, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION THREE, SECTION 30 DASH 55 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY TO REPRESENT THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST AND PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY'S SPECIAL MASTERS PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 5 8 TO THE FLOOR FOUR. DISCUSSION, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL. FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. GOOD. MADAM MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING, UM, TANJA MCCOY, THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, TO BRING A BRIEF, UM, DESCRIPTION ON THIS ITEM. MS. MADAM MAYOR MS. TANGER, THROUGH YOU MADAM. I'M SORRY. MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION CITY ATTORNEY ACTING CITY MANAGER. CITY CLERK. GOOD EVENING. GOODNIGHT. UM, I AM HERE TO DISCUSS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 8, WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ASSIST THE, UM, CITY WITH PROSECUTING DESIGNATED CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS THAT GO BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE FOR THIS ITEM, UM, COMMISSION. THIS IS THE ITEM WHERE WHEN WE GET IN FRONT OF THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS ARE, UM, BEING BROUGHT FORWARD WITH THE PROPER LEGAL FORCE BEHIND THEM. SO THAT WHEN WE, IF WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO APPEAL ONE OF THESE MATTERS, WE WILL HAVE ALL OF OUR, UM, LEGAL MATTERS IN THE PROPER POSITION SO THAT WE CAN BE, UM, REPRESENTED WELL AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN THESE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NOPE. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER, UH, VICE MAYOR, MS. TANGER, WAS THIS BUDGETED? WHAT I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE LOOKING ON THAT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND ON THIS? AND WAS IT PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT WENT, WAS IT BUDGETED? I DON'T SEE MS. BOBBY HERE TONIGHT TO FIND HIM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WAS BUDGETED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET 'CAUSE I DIDN'T PUT THAT BUDGET TOGETHER. BUT WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, THE NEW NEXT BUDGET YEAR. ALSO, MOST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD WILL BE SOMETHING THAT THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WILL PROBABLY MOST LIKELY BE PUTTING FINES AND LIENS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BRING IN REVENUE. AND THAT IS WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE, UM, EXECUTING A LIEN TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S TIME TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS AND SOMEONE WANTS TO FIGHT AGAINST THAT, THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER REPRESENTATION FOR THE CITY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. DID YOU HAVE QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR? UH, NO. NO. MADAM MAYOR THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, MS. TANJA, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET, SO WHATEVER IS CURRENTLY IN OUR READING, IT WILL NOT BE AFFECTED THIS YEAR. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO MAGISTRATE WITH THE, THOSE PARTICULAR ISSUES THERE, THEN THOSE WILL NOT RECEIVE. THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL, WILL [01:55:01] HE BE RECEIVING COMPENSATION FOR ASSISTANCE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. IF WE HAVE ISSUES GOING FORWARD THIS YEAR IN THE 2025, UM, BUDGET YEAR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS REQUESTED, THEN THOSE ITEMS WOULD, UH, REQUIRE COMPENSATION FOR HIM. HOWEVER, AGAIN, MOST OF MY ITEMS ARE SMALLER ITEMS THAT I NORMALLY TAKE TO MAGISTRATE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE HIS SERVICE WHEN THERE ARE SOME, UM, SPECIFIC MORE, UM, COMPLICATED MATTERS THAT MAY REQUIRE, UM, REMOVING A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM A FACILITY OR A UNIT. UM, ONE OF THE MATTERS THAT WE RECENTLY BROUGHT FORWARD THAT I REQUESTED HIS ASSISTANCE ON WAS A SAFETY MATTER, WHICH IN WHICH THE FIRE SYSTEM WAS DOWN IN A BUILDING THAT HAD ABOUT 200 RESIDENTS. SO WITH A MATTER LIKE THAT, I WANNA BE EXTRA CAREFUL IF WE HAVE TO, UM, GO THE ROUTE OF ASKING THEM TO VACATE THAT PROPERTY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, LOOK, I, I THINK IN, IN ONE BREATH WE TRY TO SAY HOW SERIOUS WE ARE ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT AND IN THE NEXT BREATH WE'RE BEING A LITTLE COLD FEET WITH GOING ABOUT THAT. I, I, IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE IT BECAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PEOPLE WHO OWN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN LIENS AND WHO HAVE BEEN GOING AGAINST CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT'S GOING TO FIGHT US BACK ON THAT. THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE GAME. AND WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY HERE WHO DOES A GREAT JOB, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING THAT. WE SHOULD BE EXPECTING GOING AFTER THESE PEOPLE AND DOING SO THE RIGHT WAY. SO I THINK IT'S A SMART THING TO DO TO TRY TO ANTICIPATE THAT. UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS THERE TO HELP WITH THAT. HE'S THERE TO DO HIS JOB, UM, IN THAT CASE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO SET THE FRAMEWORK UP FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. UH, SO I I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. IT ALLOWS NOTHING TO COME BACK ON US. UM, MS. TANJA, SHE COULD HAVE WENT AHEAD AND TRIED TO DO IT HERSELF, BUT SHE'S SAYING NO, THERE'S GONNA BE THINGS WHERE WE'RE GONNA NEED EXPERTISE. AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE OUR CITY ATTORNEY COMES IN AT. UM, WE'RE GONNA DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. IT'S GONNA COST US SOME MONEY, BUT HOW MUCH MONEY IS IT GONNA BRING THE CITY? NOBODY'S BRINGING THAT UP AS WELL. WHEN WE GET THESE LIENS BACK, WE'RE GONNA GET MONEY FOR THE CITY. AND I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENCE FOR HOW MUCH YOU'RE PAYING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GO FOR THOSE DOLLARS. SO, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY, AND PRIOR TO OUR CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY BEING WITH US, WE'VE HAD SO MANY LIENS THAT SINCE OUR ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WITH US, UM, HAS BEEN ABLE TO COME TO NEGOTIATIONS, WE HAVE RECEIVED MONIES. UH, OUR PLAZAS HAVE COME TO NEGOTIATION. SO I THINK WHEN AND IF THAT SERVICE IS NEEDED, BECAUSE IT IS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS. MS. TANGER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. AS NEEDED AND IT'S NEEDED THAT WILL BRING IN REVENUES TO OUR CITY. I THINK, UM, IT'S WORTH THE MONEY THAT IT WILL COST. MADAM MAYOR. IT IS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT IS NOT THAT I AM DISPUTING HIM, ASSISTING THE CITY, BUT I HEARD NEXT BUDGET. THAT'S WHY I WAS QUESTIONING NICK'S BUDGET. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. THANK YOU. SO IF IT'S IN THIS BUDGET, UM, AND THE NEED IS THERE, UM, MOST DEFINITELY PER DIEM BECAUSE HE HAS BROUGHT MONEY BACK TO THE CITY, THOSE LIENS THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR TANGER. UH, JUST TO COMMENT ON THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, ONCE I HAVE SOME DATA FROM HOW OFTEN I'D HAD TO USE THE CITY ATTORNEY, THEN I WOULD BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THAT IN MY UPCOMING BUDGET. AND WE ARE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS OVER THE BEGINNING. YES, WE ARE. THE BUDGET PROCESS SAYS MAYOR, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 8 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL AGAINST COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM [D.  RESOLUTION 2025-059 PROVIDING FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ASSIST WITH RESOLVING CURRENT LARGE OUTSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS] D, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 9 MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA. PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 30, ARTICLE TWO, SECTION 30 DASH FIVE FIVE OF THE LAUDER O'LAKES CODE [02:00:01] AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST IN OBTAINING COMPLIANCE AND SEPARATE LONGSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS AT ISSUE BEFORE THE CITY SPECIAL MAGISTRATE PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THIS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE. WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES. MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS ALSO, UM, MS. MCCOY'S ITEM TO BRING A BRIEF DESCRIPTION. THANK YOU MS. SANDRA THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, WE HAVE FOUR PROPERTIES RIGHT NOW THAT ARE, UM, THREE WHO HAVE VERY HIGH OUTSTANDING LIENS. AND THIS WILL ALLOW ME TO WALK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY TO BRING THESE LIENS INTO COMPLIANCE, UM, THROUGH THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS. AND, UM, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 5 9 WOULD PROVIDE FOR THE CITY. QUESTION ATTORNEY. UH, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, I, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A SUPPLEMENT TO MY, UH, COMMUNICATION LAST NIGHT ON THIS SUBJECT. UH, WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED BY THE MAYOR, I BELIEVE, UM, HOW DO WE COLLECT ON THESE AMOUNTS? UH, AND I STATED, UH, AGAIN, THAT THE WAY THAT WE COLLECT ON THESE AMOUNTS IS TO, UM, HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT IS CANDID AND FRANK, UH, ABOUT THE NEED FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE UNDER CHAPTER 30. COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY CODE MEANS, UH, PAYMENT OF ALL AMOUNTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING AND DUE THESE CONVERSATIONS SHOULD BE HAD WITH THE, UH, OWNERS, UH, OR VIOLATORS. UH, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE NEGOTIATIONS, UM, ARE FRUITFUL, THEN OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD WORK IN THE CITY'S BENEFIT, THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UH, THE OWNERS REFUSE TO COMPLY. THEN THIS RESOLUTION, AGAIN, WILL ALSO AUTHORIZE OUR OFFICE TO, UH, TAKE WHATEVER AVAILABLE MEANS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE BROWARD COUNTY 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT TO ENFORCE THE CITY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UH, MONIES ARE NOT PAID. UH, THE RESOLUTION WOULD AUTHORIZE OUR OFFICE TO TAKE STEPS THAT WOULD BE DESIGNED TO, UH, GET COMPLIANCE BY HAVING A, A, A, UM, 17 CIRCUIT, UH, JUDGE, UH, MAKE A FINDING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE OWNER, UH, SHOULD COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S CODE, INCLUDING PAYMENT OF, UH, FINES AND FEES. AND AGAIN, THIS MATTER, THESE MATTERS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE MATTERS THAT WE'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY ON RELATIVE TO OREO PLAZA. IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE MATTER THAT WE REPRESENTED THE CITY ON RELATIVE TO THE BOWLING ALLEY PROPERTY. IT WOULD ALSO BE SIMILAR TO THE MATTER THAT WE'VE REPRESENTED THE CITY RELATIVE TO THE BUILDING THAT WE, UH, KNOW AS THE SOFA BUILDING WHERE WE HAVE TAKEN TO TASK THOSE OWNERS WHO ARE BASICALLY IN A POSITION WHERE THEY'VE DECIDED THAT FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS, AND IN THESE MATTERS IN PARTICULAR, UH, THESE LIENS HAVE EXTENDED, UM, WELL BEYOND THE TIME THAT, UM, I'VE BEEN THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY. UH, BUT THESE MATTERS, AGAIN, CAN BE ADDRESSED AND WE KNOW FULL WELL THAT, UM, UH, OUR LAST REMEDY OF RESORT IS TO HAVE A, UM, 17TH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL, UH, COURT, UH, MAKE A FINDING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY IS OWED MONEY AND, UH, WHO SHOULD BE PAYING AND WHAT AMOUNTS SHOULD BE PAID. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 5 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES ITEM E RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 6 MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH SIX ZERO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES JOINT COLLABORATION WITH THE WOMEN OF VETERAN AFFAIRS INC. TO HOST A COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE ON SATURDAY APRIL 26TH, 2025 AT THE VINCENT TORRES PARK TO RAISE FUNDS TO ASSIST VETERANS IN NEED WITHIN THE CITY. FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE LIMITED USE OF THE CITY NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS, SPECIFICALLY [02:05:01] INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT TO BE EFFECTIVE FROM APRIL 8TH, 2025 AND TERMINATING ON APRIL 27TH, 2025, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR, TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, I MOVED COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, UM, AMEND, UM, JUST A POINT OF INFORMATION MATTER. YOU NEED A MOTION TO ADD IT, A MOTION, BRING IT TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION FIRST TO DISCUSSION. OKAY, I BRING, SO WE WANT DO TO AMEN. IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE FLOOR. IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE FLOOR. UM, COMMISSIONER. OKAY, I BRING I, UH, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 0 6 0 4. THE FLOOR FOUR DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. FOUR. MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL. FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO WE JUST TO SMALL AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, RESOLUTION, UM, MOVE TO AMEND, UM, ADDING THE USE OF THE, OF THE PARKING LOT OF THE PARK. UM, IT WAS NOT IN THE RESOLUTION, SO I WANTED IT TO BE ADDED THAT WE ARE GIVEN THE PERMISSION TO DO THAT ALSO. ANY QUESTIONS? IT'S NOT IN THERE, RIGHT? MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR. THROUGH YOU. THROUGH JUST A QUESTION. UM, I KNOW THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION IDENTIFIED JUST ONE OR TWO PARKING SPACES. HOW MUCH OF THE PARKING LOT ARE WE, UM, UM, PROPOSING TO BE USED? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL. UM, SORRY. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR IS ABOUT FOUR TENS THAT WILL BE OUT THERE FOR, SO FOUR PARKING SPACES. SO YOU'RE AMENDING TO USE FOUR PARKING SPACES? WELL, THE, THE RESOLUTION IS ASKING TO JUST USE THE LOGO, BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS IN THERE THAT WE ARE ALSO, WE ARE, WE DID GIVE THEM CONSENT TO USE THE PARKING LOT PARKING SPACE. SO I WANT TO PUT IT IN THE RESOLUTION. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. SORRY, JUST I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY. YOU WANT TO AMEND TO USE FOUR PARKING SPACES? NO, JUST TO USE THE PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF THE VINCENT TOURIST PARK. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? THAT'S WHERE THE GARAGE SALE IS GOING TO BE. COMMISSIONER. MAD MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, YOU'RE SAYING FOUR SPACES AND THEN YOU'RE SAYING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. WELL, THEY'RE GONNA BE, YOU ASKED ME HOW MANY TENS STILL BE FOUR 10. I ASKED YOU HOW MANY TENS. I SAID HOW MANY PARKING SPACES ARE YOU GOING TO USE? THERE'S GOING TO USE THE PAR THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. COMMISSIONER HARRIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL. WHY, WHY, WHY ARE YOU DOING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. ANY COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. UM, WHAT I'M, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS WE ALREADY HAD THE CONSENSUS FOR THEM TO DO THE GARAGE SALE, BUT I WANT TO JUST BE ON, JUST LET FOLLOW PROTOCOL AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND DOING FOLLOWS THE RULES. SO I, WHEN I READ THE RESOLUTION, IT DIDN'T SAY THAT WE ARE GIVING PERMISSION TO USE A PARKING LOT LOT. SO I JUST WANT IT TO BE ADDED THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. IT'S A PARKING LOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CARS IS THERE. I KNOW MANY TENTS WE'RE GOING TO USE. OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE GONNA BE CARS THERE, PARKING AND, AND LOOKING AT THE ITEMS. SO IT'S GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY USING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT AND I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE IN THE RESOLUTION. THAT'S IT. NOTHING COMPLICATED. SO YOUR AMENDMENT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, IS TO INCLUDE THE PARKING LOT OF VINCENT TORRES PARK TO BE UTILIZED FOR THE GARAGE SALE, RIGHT? WE, WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE IT TO PUT IN THE RESOLUTION FOR RECORDS. THANK YOU FOR RECORDS. COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU, UH, I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE NOBODY'S ATTACKING YOU OR ATTACKING WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS. I JUST WANTED CLARITY. UH, WE DID THE SAME THING, A PARKING LOT BUSINESS, BUT SOMETHING ELSE. AND SHE WAS VERY SPECIFIC. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS WITH THIS ONE. YOU WANNA USE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT? YOU COULD USE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY. YOU SAID FOUR PARKING SPACES, YOU SAID FOUR TENS AND THEN YOU SAID TWO, AND NOW YOU'RE SAYING THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. THE WHOLE PARKING. I'M IN AGREEMENT FOR THE WHOLE PARKING LOT. SO THIS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT. OH YEAH, THERE'S MOTION. SHE HAS TO MOVE THE AMENDMENT. OH, THE AMENDMENT MOTION. COMMISSIONER CARLENE. MOTION. MOTION TO APPOINT INFORMATION. MADAM MAYOR, THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO AMEND THE RESOLUTION AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS TO ADD THE USE OF THE PARKING LOT. VINCENT TOUR'S PARKING LOT. MADAM MAYOR FOR CLARITY, CAN THE COMMISSIONER RESTATE THEIR MOTION TO AMEND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? OKAY. AMENDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 0 TO TO [02:10:01] USE, UH, TO USE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 6 OR PROVEN USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO AND THE PARKING LOT AT VINCENT TORRES PARK FOR THE WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WOLVER GARAGE CELL. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOUR. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. FOUR. MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR CROSWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE GOLDEN MADAM CLERK. IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? THE GOLDEN GOLDEN, RON? YES. THANK YOU. GOLDEN WR RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 1. MR. ATTORNEY, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, OPPOSE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 1. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA SHELA MCCORMICK TO STATION A CONGRESSIONAL MOBILE OFFICE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AT CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH, 2025, TUESDAY, MAY 20TH, 2025 AND TUESDAY JUNE 17TH, 2025. FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE STATIONING OF THE CONGRESSIONAL MOBILE OFFICE AT CITY HALL ONCE A MONTH PER QUARTER PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, A GOLDEN ROCK MATTER WILL REQUIRE THE UNANIMOUS, UM, A MOTION TO BRING THIS TO THE FLOOR AND IT WILL REQUIRE UNANIMOUS, UH, VOTE FOR, UH, THIS MATTER TO BE HEARD. JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, UM, AFTER JUNE 17TH IS THE, IS THE CONGRESSWOMAN ASKING FOR A CONTINUATION? IT SAYS ONCE PER, PER MONTH, PER QUARTER IF IF NEEDED. OKAY. SO SHE MAY DO IT ANOTHER QUARTER, MAYBE THE FOLLOWING QUARTER, BUT IF IT'S GOING SHE'S GONNA BE NEEDING THE QUARTERS, THEN GO AHEAD OF TIME. GET THE LADY. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? MADAM MAYOR? MR. WILLIAMS? OH, DID HE READ IT? YEAH, HE, YEAH, IT WAS RED. IT WAS RED. MADAM MAYOR, BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 1 FOR DISCUSSION. WE HAD DISCUSSION, I THINK READ DISCUSSION ALREADY. THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING THIS ITEM TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION. YES. YES, THAT'S WHAT I SAID. OKAY, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. ADDITIONAL MOTION FOR FOR APPROVAL? YES, IF THERE ARE NOT ANY, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS OR, UM, DISCUSSION FROM ME, BUT I, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 20 25 0 6 1 FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, I I THINK WE HAVE ONE PROCEDURAL ISSUE THAT I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CORRECT ON. UH, GOING BACK [E.  RESOLUTION 2025-060 APPROVING USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR THE WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS INC. (WOVA) GARAGE SALE EVENT (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] TO, UH, ITEM 10 E, RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 0. I KNOW THE COMMISSION VOTED TO, UH, AND, UH, APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 0. I DON'T THINK THAT THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. SO I BELIEVE AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE SUBJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROCEDURALLY IN THE RIGHT POSTURE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MITCHELL WILLIAMS. SO, SO WE NEED TO, I NEED TO BRING A MOTION RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 0 FOR THE TABLE FOUR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT. WE DID THAT. I THOUGHT WE DID. THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE AMENDMENT COMMISSION NOW NEEDS TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED. OH, AS AMENDED. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, I BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 0 FOR THE TABLE FOR APPROVAL IN THE AMENDED FORM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR COSAL. FULL MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? NO CORRESPONDENCE. MADAM MAYOR. [12.  REPORT OF THE MAYOR] GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. THIS WILL BE KIND SHORT. I JUST WANT TO, UM, [02:15:02] I JUST WANT TO CELEBRATE AGAIN THOSE WHO ARE RECOGNIZED, UM, FOR THEIR LONGEVITY WITH THE CITY, FOR FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS FOR HER WORK WITH OUR, OUR CITY GARDENS, OUR ADULT GARDEN, AND OUR CHILDREN'S GARDEN. AND FOR THE WORK THAT THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL IS DOING AS FAR AS RELATES TO CHILD ABUSE MONTH IS CONCERNED, THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU. UM, ON LAST SATURDAY, I STARTED MY MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WALK IN THE WESTGATE AREA. THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING THE YOUNG LADY WHO WAS HERE FROM WESTGATE WITH HER CONCERN WOULD BE HERE. HOWEVER, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT WAS A VERY ENGAGING EXPERIENCE WITH THE RESIDENTS IN WESTGATE. THE WESTGATE COMMUNITY IS A COMMUNITY BEHIND WALMART AND THE COMMUNITY, JUST CITY HALL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE RESIDENTS WERE VERY RECEPTIVE. I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT THERE WERE NOT ANY DOORS THAT WERE KIND OF SORT OF CLOSED, BUT EVERYONE OPENED THEIR DOOR. AND IF THEY WERE STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE THAT I WAS ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH THEM ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY, WHAT RESOURCES ARE IN THE CITY, HOW THEY CAN CONTACT THE CITY. I LEFT A GOODIE BAG FOR THEM WITH INFORMATION THAT ALSO INCLUDED INFORMATION ON BSO AND THE SERVICES AND PHONE NUMBERS FOR BSO. ALSO, JUST WANT TO, UH, REMIND US THAT ON APRIL 23RD, I WILL HAVE OUR MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR. AND THIS MONTH OUR GUEST WILL BE OUR NEW TAX COLLECTOR, OUR NEWLY ELECTED CONSTITUTIONAL TAX COLLECTOR, MS. ABIGAIL AYA. SO PLEASE TUNE IN TO SEE WHAT OUR NEW TAX COLLECTOR HAS TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT THE NEW POSITION THAT WE HAVE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY. ALSO, JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY, AND I WON'T READ IT, THAT WAS FORWARDED TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER INFORMATION ABOUT POLICE PRESENCE. ONE OF OUR RESIDENT'S MAIN CONCERN IS ABOUT POLICE PRESENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THERE WAS A REPORT FROM CAPTAIN PHILLIPS IN REFERENCE TO POLICING IN ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE RESPONSE THAT WAS RECEIVED. SO I WON'T READ THE ENTIRE LETTER, BUT IT WAS A POSITIVE LETTER, UH, COMMENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND COMMENTS FROM VIA. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALSO VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND SHARING WITH US THIS EVENING. GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS. MAD VICE MAYOR. [13.  REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR] GOOD EVENING. I WILL BE VERY, VERY BRIEF TONIGHT. I'M JUST REMINDING YOU THAT ON FRIDAY WE ARE HAVING A FOOD DRIVE GIVEAWAY SPONSORED BY THE CITY, ALONG WITH COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, AND BY SMEAR THIC SWELL AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, 3,500 WEST OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. IT BEGINS AT NINE UNTIL THE FOOD IS FINISHED. AND I'M GOING TO ASK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CITY TO WEAR THEIR CITY SHIRTS. AND I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME, GOOD NIGHT, AND I'LL SEE YOU ON FRIDAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD COMMISSIONER [14.  REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS] HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE WHO CAME OUT AND DECIDED TO SPEAK AND, UH, BE A PART OF THE CIVIC PROCESS. UH, AGAIN, YOUR COMMENTS NEVER FALL ON DEAF EARS AND WE'RE ALWAYS LISTENING. UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING INVOLVED. MY, UH, PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS VERY SHORT. I JUST WANTED TO SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT AND GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE THE ROOM FULL, BUT ALSO TO SEE THOSE THAT STAY ON TO THE END. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND FOR ANY THAT'S ONLINE, I I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO BRING FORTH. UM, OUR VICE MAYOR MENTIONED FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH. UM, DO COME OUT FOR THE THE FOOD DRIVE, UM, CAR FOOD DRIVE. AND ALSO JUST TO REMIND YOU, I SEE THE NOTICES KEEP GOING OUT ON BROWARD, STAY HEALTHY WITH OUR MOBILE THAT'S IN OUR CITY. UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THREE DAYS A WEEK. I, I DON'T WANNA SAY TO ALARM YOU, BUT I HAD TO RUSH THROUGH THE EMERGENCY ROOM THIS MORNING. UM, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE BUS WAS NOT THERE, SO I HAD TO DO WHAT WAS [02:20:01] HERE. BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT. UM, EVERYTHING CHECKED OUT WELL. UM, ALSO ON APRIL 15TH. UM, I'M GONNA ASK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU ONLINE AS WELL AS THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN THE DAIS TO PLEASE. WE HAVE A RECYCLE ARTWORK CONTEST WILL BE, UM, PARADING IN THE, IN THE FOYER DOWNSTAIRS IN THE ATRIUM. PLEASE COME OUT AND VOTE FOR ALL THOSE THAT BRING IN THEIR ARTWORK. IF YOU COME FOR ANYTHING HERE AT THE CITY, PLEASE, UM, MAKE YOUR VOTE TO WHOM YOU CHOOSE. THERE'LL BE BOXES THERE FOR YOU, LIKE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. AND ON MAY 20, UH, 22ND IS WHEN WE WILL HAVE THE CELEBRATION RIGHT THERE AT VINCENT TORRES PARK OF CELEBRATING. AN HONORING THOSE THAT, UM, WHO PRESENTED AS WELL AS HONORING THEM WITH CERTIFICATE. AND I'M THANKFUL TO WASTE MANAGEMENT PARDONING WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR, UM, GIVING THE, UM, SPONSORING THE GIFT CARDS THIS YEAR. SO I'M VERY HAPPY FOR THAT. ON APRIL, UM, 24TH, I'M STAYING WITH THE RECYCLING. UM, IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED IN GOING FOR THE TOUR TO THE RECYCLE FACILITY, UM, PLEASE SEE ME. UH, SPACES ARE LIMITED. I AM ALMOST FILLED TO CAPACITY. AND, UM, THE BUS WILL PICK YOU UP HERE, I GUESS AT EIGHT. MR. RON, EIGHT TO NINE. AND WE'LL GO TO THE FACILITY AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, HOW WE ARE BEING CHARGED BACK. BECAUSE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE RECYCLE BIN THAT ARE NOT RECYCLABLE, LIKE BABY DIAPERS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PUT YOUR RECYCLING INTO THE BIN, PLEASE DO NOT PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG. THAT'S WHY EVEN PUBLIX IS COLLECTING, UM, PLASTIC BAGS. BUT DO NOT PUT, TIE THEM AND PUT THEM IN THERE WHEN I WALK AND LIFT UP A BIN, IT, IT'S HORRENDOUS. WE'RE STILL DOING IT WRONG. PLEASE, GUYS, AS LITTLE MONEY THAT COULD STAY INTO THE CITY. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW THE BUS OR IS ALMOST FULL, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO COME ALONG ON THE TOUR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOD BLESS. I KNOW CHANGE IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND AND I CONTINUE TO CHOOSE, LIKE GANDHI SAID, I AM BEING THE CHANGE I WANT TO SEE HAPPEN. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. OH, SORRY. I THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE LITERACY PROGRAM THAT WE ARE HAVING ON SATURDAY. IT IS GOING TO BE WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING SOME DELICIOUS PANCAKES FOR OUR KIDS AND GIVING OUT. WE ARE GIVING OUT FREE BOOKS, AND SO IT'S GONNA BE A FUN DAY TO HANG OUT WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS ON SATURDAY. IT STARTS AT 10 O'CLOCK AT THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME ONE MORE TIME FOR THE EASTGATE HOMEOWNERS RESIDENT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT THIS THURSDAY, UM, ON THE 10TH, UM, IS OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MEETING. IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S FOR ELECTION OF PRESIDENTS AND ALL THOSE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME FOR THE DIFFERENT ZONE AREAS. SO PLEASE COME OUT, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE HAVEN'T GATHERED. AND THIS THURSDAY AT 7:00 PM WE WILL BE GATHERING AT THE UPSTAIRS, UPSTAIRS AT THE ECC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE OTHER THING, UM, MADAM MANAGER, PLEASE. I WANT TO PUT OUT AN URGENT CALL TO ALL OF OUR SENIORS WHO LIVE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. IT IS SCHOLARSHIP TIME FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES. WE DID HAVE A DEADLINE OF MARCH AND WE RECEIVED ONE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION. SO IF YOU KNOW OF ANY SENIOR WHO LIVES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO ATTEND BOYD ANDERSON, BUT WHO LIVES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, PLEASE ASK THEM TO CONTACT MS. LOLITA AT 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 7 3 0. WE HAVE EXTENDED THE APPLICATION DEADLINE AND WE CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE SENIORS TO APPLY FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP. UM, AS I SAID, LIVE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, PLEASE PASS THAT INFORMATION. I, I I THINK YOU COULD CLARIFY SENIOR STUDENTS. YES. , YOU SAY THE SENIORS, THEY'LL APPLY. I SAID SENIORS THE FIRST TIME SENIOR STUDENTS. THANK [02:25:01] YOU SO MUCH. YES MA'AM. MADAM MANAGER, [15.  REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER] MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY GO OVER OUR HIGHLIGHTS. WE HAVE OUR EXTRAVAGANZA SPRING FLINGING ON APRIL 12TH, 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK. WE HAVE OUR CREATIVE, MY SUMMER CAMP REGISTRATION, APRIL 19TH, NINE TO ONE AT WILLY WEBB PARK. THIS IS OUR SECOND REGISTRATION SPACE IS LIMITED. WE HAVE, UM, EARTH DAY AWARDS AND RECOGNITION. APRIL 22ND, FIVE 30 VINCENT TORRES PARK. WE HAVE THE MAYOR'S PAINT AND GLOW, WHICH IS SOLD OUT APRIL 25TH, 2025, 7:00 PM AT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER. UM, WE HAVE ESAU CLASSES. WE'RE REGISTERING FOR MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM PLEASE CALL 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 8 2 9. WE HAVE OUR ADULT DANCE CLASS FOR MORE INFORMATION. CALL 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 8 2 9. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS, PING PONG CLUB MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK, OUR SENIOR DOMINO CLUB MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM IN OUR RESOURCE ROOM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING. FOR MORE INFORMATION, 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 8 0 4. UM, APRIL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL CARLENE, MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE, ASK YOU AND ASSOCIATE PA AS OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT FOR APRIL. THEY'RE CONVENIENTLY LOCATED AT 3,500 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN, SUITE 3 0 0 DASH TWO. THEY CAN BE REACHED AT 9 5 4 5 4 6 2 6 9 9. UM, WE HAVE R VITA'S TAX PREPARATION. THEY'LL BE HERE TILL APRIL 15TH. PLEASE CALL 9 5 4 8 6 0 9 6 0 0 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. WE HAVE OUR RELAY FOR LIFE. THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PRIDE PROUDLY INVITE YOU TO RELAY FOR LIFE 2025, A POWERFUL EVENT DEDICATED TO HONORING CANCER SURVIVORS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 9TH, 2025. SO YOU HAVE SOME TIME. BROWARD, SHE SHERIFF, SHERIFF OFFICE MEDICAL CABINET, AND SHRED AON, UM, WILL TAKE, BRING YOUR UNUSED UNWANTED EXPIRED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION FOR A SAFE DISPOSAL. NO NEEDLES, NO SHARP ITEMS WILL BE COLLECTED. AND YOU'LL RECEIVE A $5 GIFT CARD THAT WILL BE IN THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT. UM, LEMME GET THE, SORRY. IT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE MAY 3RD, 2025 FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM. UM, WE ARE HIRING, WE HAVE HIRING OPPORTUNITIES. AND PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION THAT IN MY THAT ENDS MY ANNOUNCEMENTS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY, UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. [16.  REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY] UH, MY REPORT IS GONNA REALLY JUST TAG A LITTLE BIT ALONG THE REPORT THAT YOU HEARD FROM ME AT THE LAST CITY COMMISSION MEETING RELATING TO THE WORK THAT THIS, THAT MY OFFICE DOES. UM, I, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE BUDGET SEASON AND I I'M BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION IS PREPARING FOR ALL MATTERS CONCERNING THE BUDGET. AND WHAT I'M ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT OVER THE TIME IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT MY OFFICE GETS HEARD RELATIVE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET. UM, AND I BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT AND IMPERATIVE THAT THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, UH, MY OFFICE DOES AS WELL AS THE BUDGETS. UH, SO I AM MAKING A NOTE TO, UM, MYSELF THAT, UM, I ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE THIS COMMISSION TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES, TAMARACK, NORTH LAUDERDALE, LAUDER HILL, AND OTHER CITIES THAT MAY HAVE SOME RELEVANCE TO, UM, WHAT MY OFFICE DOES AS WELL AS WHAT THE BUDGET IS. UM, AND I I NOTE THAT YOU RECALL FROM OUR LAST DISCUSSION, UM, WE SAW THE REPORTS THAT WERE PREPARED BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THAT INDICATES THAT OUR OFFICE, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, IS 59% OVER BUDGET AS OF [02:30:01] THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE YEAR. I SAID THEN, AND I'M REPEATING TONIGHT, THAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES BECAUSE , THERE IS NO BUDGET FOR LITIGATION. THE BUDGET THAT WE DO AND THAT WE'RE PROVIDED WITH IS A BUDGET FOR SERVICING THIS COMMISSION AND THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. THERE IS NO BUDGET FOR LITIGATION. UM, BUT I ALSO AM SAYING TO YOU THAT ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK YOU'LL FIND IF WHEN YOU DO THE RESEARCH, IF YOU DO THE RESEARCH RELATING TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET IS THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW CITIES WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND THE WORK OF, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY ON CODE ENFORCEMENT MATTERS IS PRETTY PROGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF THE RESULTS AND IN TERMS OF THE EFFORTS. I ALSO JUST WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO COMPLIMENT, UM, THE DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, FOR HER PROGRESSIVE VIEW ON CODE ENFORCEMENT. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER 'CAUSE I CAN SEE THAT SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THIS CITY RELATIVE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M NOT SPEAKING FROM POLITICS OR ANY OTHER MATTER OTHER THAN MY INTEREST IN REPRESENTING THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST. AND Y'ALL HAVE HEARD ME SAY SINCE I'VE GOTTEN HERE THAT THE WAY THAT WE DO A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW WE DEAL WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO I'M ABSOLUTELY PLEASED TO UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WITH HER PROGRESSIVE VIEW OF WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT LOOKS LIKE, UM, FOR, FOR THIS CITY. UM, BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UH, AS WE APPROACH THE BUDGET SEASON, UH, I DO THINK WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME IN UNDERSTANDING WHAT MY OFFICE DOES, UH, AND FOR TRYING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION THAT FRAMES THE BUDGET IN A WAY THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. UM, AND, AND SO AGAIN, I, I, I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND, UH, AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN SOME OF YOUR DISCUSSIONS RELATIVE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET. AND I'M SAYING THAT TO SAY THAT WE'VE NOT BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND I DO THINK NOW IS THE TIME FOR US TO HAVE THAT AS WE SEE THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND THE RESIDENTS ARE INTERESTED NOW MORE THAN EVER IN HOW THIS CITY IS RUN. UH, AND PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE WORK THAT WE DO, PROTECTING THE CITY'S LEGAL INTEREST, WHICH IS OUR FOREMOST RESPONSIBILITY. UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THINGS ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE ALIGNED. AND SO AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT DISCUSSION WITH YOU. THANK YOU. IF THERE'S NOT ANYTHING ELSE, GOOD NIGHT AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR STAYING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.