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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AFTERNOON.THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
MADAM CLERK, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.
HERE, MAYOR VICE MAYOR SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
PRESENT, CITY ATTORNEY CALLWAY PRESENT.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
[REVIEW OF THE APRIL 22, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
REVIEW OF THE APRIL 22ND, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
FIRST WE WILL REVIEW THE APRIL 22ND CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
FIRST, UNDER CONSIDERATION OF RESO RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 2 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR SURTAX FUNDED MUNICIPAL TRANSPORTATION RELATED TO THE NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $863,000 EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY THREE SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE.
AND THIS RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE MAN, THE DEPUTY CLERK, TO EXECUTE THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT.
AND RON DIS BRUNE IS HERE TO EXPLAIN THAT ITEM IN MORE DETAIL.
UM, THANK YOU MADAM IS GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS.
MR. CITY ATTORNEY MADAM CLERK, AND, UH, THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS RON DE BRONZE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
THE BEFORE IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING, UH, THE EXECUTION OF OUR INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY, UH, WHICH WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THE, UH, NORTHWEST 36TH THIRD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
IT'S A CAX PROJECT, UH, THAT'S BEEN UNDER THE WORKS FOR QUITE SOME TIMES NOW, BUT WE FINALLY GOT THE, THE LAST STEP.
UH, THE PROJECTS PRETTY MUCH IS LOCATED ON 36TH TERRA SOUTH, UH, SOUTH OF, UH, OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND BACK TO 38TH AVENUE.
UH, THE, THE, THE SCOPE OF WORK IS GONNA BE, UH, SIDEWALK WOODWAY IMPROVEMENT, MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT LANDSCAPE, UH, PARALLEL PARKING.
AND, BUT SINCE SIDEWALK, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY IS THE SIDEWALK WILL PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY, UH, THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, TO AUCKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.
UH, IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S A LONG, UH, WAITED PROJECT.
UH, WE FINALLY TO THE LAST STEP, UH, WE WORKSHOP THIS ITEM.
I THINK ONE QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER THOMAS WAS, UH, THE LACK OF BIKE LANE.
WE DID NOT HAVE BIKE LANE BECAUSE OF THE PARALLEL PARKING, EITHER ONE WAY, ONE OR THE OTHER.
UH, THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE BIKE LANE.
SO I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTION ABOUT ME FROM THIS TIME.
I, ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST EXCITEMENT.
I WALKED THERE FIVE DAYS A WEEK AND EVERY TIME FOR, I THOUGHT WHEN BELLA VISTA WAS BEING DONE, THEN THEY WOULD'VE DONE THE SIDEWALK.
THEY WOULD'VE FINISHED IT UP, WHICH THEY NEVER DID.
SO, MR. RON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU MADAM IN ADVANCE THAT IT'LL BE DONE.
SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
FIRST IS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 3.
THAT APPROVES THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE SUPPORT, JOINT COLLABORATION, AND CO-HOSTING WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE TO HOST THE 2025 MEN'S HEALTH EXPO ON JUNE 28TH, 2025, TO BE HELD AT THE WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK.
UM, THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BROUGHT FORTH TO THE COMMISSION AT A WORKSHOP.
SO IT HAS BEEN D DISCUSSED ON TWO OTHER OCCASIONS, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK AS A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE.
STAFF DID MEET WITH MS. SAMANTHA, WHO WOULD BE THE, UM, ORGAN.
SHE'S WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT'S ORGANIZING, THAT WOULD BE ORGANIZING THIS EVENT, AND I BELIEVE SHE SHOULD BE HERE.
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CHECK ONLINE, BOB TO SEE IF MS. SAMANTHA IS ONLINE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.AND OF COURSE, THIS IS A, AN ITEM THAT, UM, AN EVENT THAT COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON IS ALSO, UM, NOT SPONSORING AT THIS MOMENT.
IT'LL BE A CITY, UM, EVENT, BUT THAT HE'S INVOLVED IN TO YOU.
SHE IS NOT, SHE'S NOT, SHE'S NOT ONLINE.
BEFORE WE COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE POINTS TO MAKE, SO LET ME MAKE THEM PLEASE.
FIRST POINT, RIGHT? THIS INITIATIVE WAS PROPOSED BY HARRISON AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION ALREADY.
UM, AND I THINK IT, IT HAS WHAT, WAIT, WAS HE APPROVED INITIATIVE? IT WAS AN, LET ME FINISH.
IT WAS INITIATIVE THAT WAS APPROVED, THAT WE APPROVED.
UM, YOU REMEMBER WE ALL HAD OUR INITIATIVES? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND WE ALL, UM, EVERYBODY CHOSE WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO.
THAT IS, AND WE APPROVED IT FOR, AS AN INITIATIVE.
AS AN INITIATIVE, RIGHT? THAT'S NUMBER ONE.
NUMBER TWO, NOW WE ARE ASKED TO COLLABORATE WITH CSC.
WAS IT SFCC? INSTEAD OF DOING HI INSTEAD OF A SPINOFF WITH COLLABORATING WITH HIM, HE WANTS US TO COLLABORATE WITH CFCC, RIGHT? AM I CORRECT? ETTE CONTINUE? YES.
THIRD, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY INVOLVES IN KIND DONATION ONLY COMPLETING WITH THE REQUIRED APPLICATION FOR THIS EVENT.
SO, AND FOURTH, THE COMMISSIONER SHOULD NOT BE ALLOCATING ANY FUNDS TOWARDS ANYONE WHO WISHES TO PARTNER WITH US.
NOW, WE PROVIDE IN KIND DONATIONS, BUT AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED, I DO NOT THINK ANY OF US SHOULD BE, UH, AGREEING TO THAT.
WHEN THEY DO FEST, WE DO NOT GIVE FEST ANY MONETARY.
WE GIVE THEM IN KIND DONATIONS.
AND THAT SHOULD BE THE SAME BECAUSE WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I SEE THAT THERE'S SOME MONEY INVOLVED.
AND I WANTED TO MAKE IT PERFECTLY CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT GIVING ANY MONETARY MONEY, ANY MONETARY FUNDS TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, NUMBER FIVE, UM, THAT ORGANIZATION SHOULD HAVE THE SKILLS TO SEEK SPONSORSHIP AND FUNDING TO COVER ALL THE COSTS THAT THEY NEED, INCLUDING THE PROJECT MANAGER'S FEE, WHICH I THINK IN HERE, SHE'S ASKING FOR $7,200.
THAT CANNOT, WE ARE NOT GOING TO, WE SHOULD NOT AGREE TO BE PAYING SOMEONE TO PARTNER WITH US AND PAY THEIR FEE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION THAT THEY RUN.
UM, ALSO, I AM NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE HAVE A RESOLUTION, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR THIS INITIATIVE ALREADY, NOW, EVEN IF WHY WE HAVE A RESOLUTION NOW.
BECAUSE EVEN IF WE HAVE A SPINOFF ON HERE, THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION FOR THE PARTNERSHIP.
BECAUSE HAVING A, UH, DOING AN INITIATIVE WITH THE COMMISSIONER IS A PARTNERSHIP ALREADY, ISN'T IT? IF, IF I HAVE, IF, IF HE WANTS TO DO THIS INITIATIVE WITH, UM, THIS ORGANIZATION, IT IS CONSIDERED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
THE IN-KIND DONATIONS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE GETTING AS A PARTNER WITH US IS THE SAME THING IF HE WAS WITH, WITH HIS INITIATIVE.
SO WHY ARE WE CREATING A RESOLUTION FOR THIS? THAT MAKES NO SENSE.
AND I REQUEST A MOTION TO TABLE IT TOMORROW.
COMMISSIONER CARLEEN, MAXWELL WILLIAMS SAID THAT WE DID APPROVE IT.
AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, OR I CAN RECALL.
COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON CAME AFTER THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED FOR 20 25, 20 26.
SO THERE IS NO WAY WE COULD HAVE APPROVED AN INITIATIVE BY HIM.
HIS ELECTION WAS SWORN IN ON NOVEMBER 25TH, 2024.
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I CAN RECALL, THERE WAS NO, THERE COULD HAVE BEEN NO INITIATIVE FOR HIM BECAUSE THE BUDGET, THAT THE BUDGET WAS APPROVED AND TOOK EFFECT OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.SO I, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL, MAYOR, MAYOR THROUGH THE MAYOR, I'M STILL TALKING.
SO I BEG FOR YOU TO RECALL THAT STATEMENT.
OKAY? BECAUSE THERE COULD HAVE BEEN NO INITIATIVES FOR COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON IN THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED, TOOK EFFECT OCTOBER 20.
OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, WHICH WOULD RUN UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
TILL YOU MET A MAYOR WILLIAMS. SO WE HAD A MEETING AND WE HAD A RESOLUTION.
WE ALL CHOSE OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE WANTED TO NOT HERE THAT TIME.
DID, WHEN DID WE DO THAT INITIATIVE? UM, CITY CLERK.
REMEMBER THE ONE I WAS TRYING TO AMEND? MINES, BECAUSE I ALREADY ADDED, HE WAS NOT HERE WHEN THAT INITIATIVE HAPPENED, BECAUSE HE ST HOLD A MOMENT.
NO, I'M, SO WE NEED CLARIFICATION.
WAS HE HERE? DID HE, DID WE APPROVE ALL OF OUR INITIATIVE? REMEMBER WE ALL HAD INITIATIVES FROM, AND DID WE, DID WE HAVE THAT FROM, FROM MY RECOLLECTION, I, AS, AS MADAM MANAGER IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE, RESEARCHES THAT MM-HMM
IS THAT NO, COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S IN INITIATIVE WAS, WAS NOT ORIGINALLY INCLUDED IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET.
HOWEVER, ONCE HE WAS ELECTED MM-HMM
HE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE A MEN'S HEALTH EXPO AND THE COMMISSION AGREED.
WELL, REMEMBER IN HIS WORDS, HE SAID HE DID NOT WANT TO USE HIS MONEY FOR HIS, THAT INITIATIVE.
HE WANTED IT TO BE GOING OVER TO THE, HE WANTED A CITY TO PARTNER WITH THEM INSTEAD.
UH, SO THAT WAS MY, OKAY, FINE.
UM, WHATEVER IT IS, I AM ALL FOR THE MEN EXPERT IF THAT'S WHAT NEED TO BE DONE.
AND THAT'S ONE WANTED TO BE DONE.
BUT WHAT I'M NOT AGREEING UPON IS GIVING ANY MONEY MONETARY FUNDS TOWARDS THAT, UM, INITIATIVE.
BE IT IF IT'S NOT HIS OR WE ARE PARTNERING WITH THEM, UM, THE IN KIND DONATIONS THAT WE ARE GIVEN SHOULD BE SUFFICE AND THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE, UH, ALLOTTING FUNDS TO PAY, UM, PROJECT MANAGERS FEES.
YOU SAID THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AGREED.
I GUARANTEE THAT THERE WERE NO VOTES THAT WERE TAKEN.
AND IF THERE WERE NO VOTES TAKEN, I DON'T, I, A MONTH AGO, IF I CAN RECALL TWICE, IT CAME UP FOR WORKSHOP.
AND I DID ASK WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT'S HAPPENING FROM WASHINGTON DOWN TO THE STATE IN TALLAHASSEE, WHERE WOULD THAT MONEY BE COMING FROM? I DON'T, I, I, I DON'T, I I AM ONE OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT THERE WAS NO VOTE TAKEN, THAT WE WORKSHOPPED IT.
AND I CAN REMEMBER, OR I CAN RECALL THAT I RAISED ISSUE AND THERE WERE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO CAME AND RAISED ISSUE ABOUT THIS THING HERE.
SO NOT TRUE THAT THERE, THE COMMISSIONERS HAD AGREED.
'CAUSE I, IF I'M A COMMISSIONER, I'M SURE I WAS NOT ASKED AND NO VOTE WAS TAKEN.
UM, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME, UH, CONFUSION, UH, BUT, UM, I THINK YOU STATED IT CORRECTLY.
I BROUGHT IT UP AS SOMETHING FOR THE COMMISSION TO ADOPT.
AND THIS WAS DURING A WORKSHOP WHERE WE DID TALK ABOUT IT AND MAJORITY DID HAVE CONSENT.
SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT WHAT THE AGREEMENT IS ABOUT IT, BUT WE ALL HEARD ABOUT, UH, THIS, THE MEN'S EXPO IS A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY.
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I THINK IT'S NEEDED.I THINK IN ANY EVENT WE HAVE, UM, THERE'S SOME TYPE OF INVESTMENT TO BE MADE.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER, IF WE HAVE SAMANTHA ONLINE, WE DO HAVE HER ONLINE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'LL BRING HER INTO THE ROOM.
UM, I DO RECALL THERE WAS SOMETHING, UM, FOR YOUR IGNITION, UM, YOUR INITIATIVE COMMISSIONER HARRISON, AND IT WAS LIKE $15,000.
DO YOU RECALL THAT FOR YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THERE WAS, AND YOU SAID IT WAS, IT WAS A BIT OVER WHAT HAS BEEN ALLOTTED TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US? YES, THERE WAS, UM, INITIALLY IN UNDERSTANDING THE PROCESS, HAVING THE MEETING WITH THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER, WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS AS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES.
AND THEN IN THAT SAME MEETING WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING A CITY EVENT.
AND IT BEING A CITY EVENT MEANS THAT IT WON'T BE A, A COMMISSIONER SPONSORED INITIATIVE, WHICH I WAS OKAY WITH.
AND THEN, UH, I KNOW YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WOULD I BE WILLING TO SPONSOR SOME MONEY TOWARDS IT, OUT OF MY INITIATIVES BUDGET? I SAID, YES, THAT'S FINE.
BECAUSE, UH, IT'S JUST, EVEN I BELIEVING IF I'M ALLOWED TO DO THAT, I'M STILL WILLING TO DO THAT.
BUT IT NEVER CAME AND WAS APPROVED AS ONE OF MY INITIATIVES OFFICIALLY THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO TO MY RECOLLECTION, UH, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND, UH, THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT ON AN AGENDA AS A STANDALONE ITEM, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN PRESENTED AS, UH, AS A STANDALONE ITEM AS THE, UM, INITIATIVE THAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING TO ADOPT.
UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER CARLENE WHEN IT COMES TO EVEN GETTING SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS.
UM, INSTEAD OF, BECAUSE I, I HEAR WHAT SHE'S SAYING WITH TWOFOLD.
I HAD ASKED YOU MONETARY WISE, BUT TWOFOLD, HAVING USE YOUR INITIATIVE TO PUT INTO THIS.
SO, AND IT SHOULD NOT BE, EACH ONE OF US HAVE OUR INITIATIVE IN ORDER TO CREATE, UM, SOMETHING FOR THE CITY AND BE ALLOTTED THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEEN ALLOTTED IN ORDER TO USE THAT.
UM, SO I DO HEAR WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER CARLENE IS SAYING IN TERMS OF IF IT'S CITY, IT SHOULD BE CITY.
AND I, I THINK WE WERE UNDER THE MISCONCEPTION NOW WITH COMMISSIONER HARRISON PUTTING IN FOR HIS INITIATIVE OR TOWARD FROM HIS INITIATIVE TOWARDS THIS.
AMBIGUITY AS TO, UM, HAVING A TOTAL CITY AND HAVING IT, UM, WHEREBY PART OF HIS INITIATIVE IS BEING PUT FORWARD, WHICH I KNOW NONE OF US HAVE DONE IN THE PAST, CORRECT? YEAH.
UM, IT'S EITHER ALL THE CITY, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS TIME.
THE MEN DEFINITELY NEED THIS EXPO.
UM, IS VE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, BUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE MOVE FORWARD? AS I WAS READING THE BACKUP INFORMATION, I HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS.
I STILL DID NOT GET A GOOD IDEA OR INFORMATION ON WHY A CONSULTANT IS NEEDED.
UH, WE HAVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BROWARD HEALTH.
WE HAVE NUMEROUS MEDICAL FACILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE, THE DISPUTE IS NOT WHETHER A MEN'S HEALTH EXPO IS NEEDED, RIGHT? I THINK WE ALL AGREE MM-HMM
BUT I THINK THE PRESENTATION AND TO PAY SOMEONE TO DO WHAT THE CITY CAN DO, AND I KNOW PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICE IS OVER THERE LOOKING AT ME AT THE CORNER OF THEIR EYE,
BUT, UM, THESE ARE EVENTS THAT OUR CITY, WE SAY IN KIND, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU STILL PAY FOR STAFF YEAH.
TO COME OUT, STILL PAY FOR WHOMEVER COMES OUT, UH, HOWEVER MANY STAFF ARE NEEDED.
SO IT REALLY ARE STILL FUNDS MONEY THAT COMES OUT OF OUR BUDGET.
I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THIS AT ANOTHER TIME, MAYBE NEXT YEAR WHEN WE REALLY CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION AND UNDERSTANDING AND TO SEE WHAT OUR, OUR, OUR CITY STAFF CAN DO.
I AM TOTALLY NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH PAYING CONSULTANT
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TO FACILITATE WHAT THE CITY ON NUMEROUS OCCASION WITH OTHER EVENTS HAVE DONE.SO, SO EXPERTLY AND
SO MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO, AND, AND I, I, I'M GLAD YOU, UM, YOU GUYS SEE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
THE, THE C THE SAMANTHA, THE PROJECT MANAGER, SHE IS THE OWNER AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF C-S-F-C-C.
AND THEN SHE'S ASKING US TO GIVE HER $7,200 TO RUN HER BUSINESS AND MARKET HER BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND WE SHOULD PAY HER TO A COLLABORATE WITH US.
I'M GOING TO CALL MS. SUKRA, UM, TO THE MIC RIGHT AFTER MADAM VICE MAYOR.
SHE'S ON MAYOR, MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF YOU AT LEAST HAVE ME.
OH, DID I MISS YOU? MY, MY APOLOGIES.
UM, SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, UM, THE SENTIMENT OF NOT BEING WILLING TO PAY A CONSULTANT.
UH, WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE CITY AND THE EVENTS WE DO HERE IN THE CITY, HOW IT IS, HAD A LACK OF TURNOUT.
UM, YOU AND I HAVE BEEN AT EVENTS AND WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS WHERE WE CAN DO OUTREACH EVENTUALLY, IF NOT WITH THIS EVENT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT DOING SOME, UH, CREATIVE WAYS TO GETTING OUR EVENTS MORE ENGAGING AND HAVING A COMMUNITY TRUST US TO COME OUT TO OUR EVENTS.
WE'VE DONE SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE CITY.
WE'VE COMPLAINED UP HERE THE SAME FOLKS THAT'S COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SPENDING ON A WHITE LEATHER COUCH, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PAY SOMEBODY TO DO THE JOB, RIGHT? SO, IF WE CAN'T TRUST OUR OWN CITY STAFF TO DO THE JOB, BUT WE'RE EXPENDING HOW MUCH MONEY FOR THAT.
WE MAY NOT WANNA DO THE MEN'S EXPO, BUT LET'S REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING HERE TODAY.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS NOT FIRST.
LET'S REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING TODAY.
IF YOU ARE UPSET WITH HOW YOU'RE SPENDING CITY FUNDS ON CITY STAFF TO RUN THE EVENT, WHICH COSTS MORE THAN 7,200, EVENTUALLY WE HAVE TO LOOK OUT SOME OUTSIDE HELP.
AND ALL THAT WAS HAPPENING WAS THAT WE KNEW WE WERE GONNA DO THIS EVENT IN JUNE, AND THAT PUT US OUT AT THE TIME, IT WAS TWO MONTHS, WE STILL DIDN'T GIVE US A LOT OF TIME.
SO THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER SAID WHAT WE COULD DO IS WORK WITH HER AS, AS HELP FOR THE CITY, WITH THE CITY TO DO THINGS SO IT COULD ALLEVIATE THE STRESS ON STAFF.
NOW, IF YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO DO A CONSULTANT, THAT'S FINE.
THAT'S A PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
OF COURSE, A MEN'S HEALTH EXPO IS NEEDED.
UM, ANOTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW, WHAT'S THE, UH, IDEA ABOUT SOMEBODY PROMOTING THEIR BUSINESS IN THE CITY? UH, SHE, SHE DOES EVENTS.
SHE, SHE'S HELPED THE PERSON WHO SAID THAT REMARK DO EVENTS.
SO I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THAT, BUT TRUE.
YOU MAD AND MAYOR, AS FAR AS, EXCUSE ME.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, PLEASE.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I JUST BROUGHT UP THIS IDEA.
UM, IT COULD HAVE BEEN AN INITIATIVE TO DO SOMETHING THE RIGHT WAY.
UH, US AS COMMISSIONERS, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH IN OUR BUDGET TO DO CREATIVE EVENTS.
WE CAN GIVE SOME MONEY TO SOME FOLKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND DO IT AGAIN EVERY YEAR WHEN, WHEN THOSE, UM, FUNDS GET REPLENISHED.
BUT COMING ONTO THIS COMMISSION, I KNEW THAT EVENTS WEREN'T BEING RAN AWAY, THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RAN.
AND THE COMMISSION UP HERE SAID THE SAME THING.
SO, WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT WHO'S DONE EVENTS BEFORE, WHO'S DRAWN OUT PEOPLE BEFORE, WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH THAT.
UM, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSSING THIS AT ANOTHER TIME.
I THINK SAMANTHA, THROUGH YOU, OF COURSE, IS GONNA HAVE SOME REMARKS TO SAY ABOUT IT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY IS WHAT WE WANT AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT.
WE CAN IN ONE BREATH SAY WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY.
EVENTS ARE COMING OUT IN THE NEXT BREATH.
WE'RE BEING OFFERED TO SPEND A FRACTION TO DO AN EVENT THE RIGHT WAY.
THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS THROUGH YOU.
NO, BY MADAM VICE MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, MELODY, DOMINIQUE, I CONSIDER HER THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS.
I'VE HAD FOUR EVENTS, THREE WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN, AND GUESS WHAT? THE ROOM WAS FULL.
SO FOR ME, I KNOW THAT THEY MISS ERICA AND HER TEAM.
LAST FRIDAY, THE 11TH OF APRIL, WE HAD THE FOOD DRIVE GIVEAWAY AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND
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IT WAS MORE THAN SUCCESSFUL.SO I LIFT MY HAT TO PARKS AND RECREATION.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO THE MARKETING FOR ANYONE.
WHOEVER PUTS ON THAT INITIATIVE WILL HAVE TO DO THEIR OWN MARKETING.
SO I KNOW FOUR TIMES IN A ROW, AND ALL MY INITIATIVES HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
SO, LET ONE, WITH MY INITIATIVES THAT I'VE DONE, ESPECIALLY MY LITERACY, I HAVE ALWAYS HAVE GOOD TURNOUTS, SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT THERE ALWAYS A SOLUTION WE CAN HIRE.
CONSIDER ONE DAY ON THE TABLE, HIRE A MARKETING CONSULTANT THAT WILL BE ON ONCALL NEEDED, IF IT'S NEEDED.
AND WHEN WE ARE DOING OUR EVENTS, AND IF WE SEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED SOMEONE TO COME OUT AND HELP US WITH THE MARKETING TOOL, UM, TO GET MORE PEOPLE OUT, THAT PERSON WOULD BE JUST LIKE HOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE ON CONTRACT.
WE CAN HAVE A MARKETING CONSULTANT AS AN UNNEEDED BASIS ON OUR INITIATIVE.
IT'S IF IT'S NEEDED MOVING FORWARD, IF THAT'S AN ISSUE.
SO THAT'S HOW WE RESOLVE THAT ISSUE.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE MOVING.
WE SHOULD TABLE THIS ITEM TOMORROW, AND WE SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERING, UM, PAYING ANY MONEY TOWARDS THIS PROJECT.
MONETARY FUNDS TOWARDS THIS PROJECT MATTER.
AND AGAIN, THE MEN HEALTH IS IMPORTANT.
UM, WE DO HAVE A MEDICAL VAN THAT IS OUT HERE EVERY MONTH.
SO IF THE MEN NEED TO COME OUT AND GET THEIR HEALTH, THEY KNOW WHERE IT IS.
ALSO, I DO THE HEALTH FAIR AND THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS THAT IS GEARED TOWARDS MEN AND WOMEN EVERY OCTOBER.
AND ALSO, WE KEEP IN MIND THAT THE MEN HEALTH FAIR MEN ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW UP WITHOUT WOMEN.
AND HOW WE THE MEN COME OUT IS BECAUSE OF US.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S NEEDED, BUT IT'S ALSO, IT'S GONNA BE A WORK IN PROGRESS.
AND SHE KNOWS HOW TO DO THE JOB.
LET HER DO IT, BUT DON'T ASK THE CITY TO PAY FOR HER TO DO HER JOB.
MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I DO RECALL THAT, UM, LAST YEAR, NO COMPARISON.
UM, HARRISON, UM, VICE MAYOR SPENCE HAD A MAN JUST BEFORE, I THINK IT WAS TAILGATE, AND HE PUT ALL HIS FUNDS INTO THAT.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD TURNOUT, VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
UM, BUT WITH REGARDS TO THE EVENTS, RECENTLY, I HAVE AIRED MY SENTIMENTS CONCERNING THE LOW TURNOUT TO FORMER, UM, CITY MANAGER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE HAD RECOMMENDED WAS PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES WAS GONNA SCALE BACK A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT WAS DONE, I THINK, WITH EXTRA, THE LAST EVENT, THAT IT WASN'T AS BIG AS IT WAS BEFORE.
BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE CLIMATE AND WE DO UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES.
I I DON'T BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THE MEN'S HEALTH IS NEEDED.
MAYBE THERE CAN BE A COLLABORATION WITH SOMETHING ELSE INSTEAD OF BRINGING IN OTHERS.
MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, THERE'S, THERE, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SAYING MEN'S HEALTH IS IMPORTANT, BUT OTHER THINGS OBVIOUSLY ARE A LITTLE POLITICAL.
WE WANT TO PRAISE PARKS AND RECS FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WE DO.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE UP HERE TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO PARKS AND RECS.
WE DON'T HAVE TO BE UP HERE TO SHOUT OUT, UH, UH, THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT TURNOUT.
MY STATEMENT WAS ABOUT TURNOUT.
THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, THEY MENTIONED THEIR INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVES, AND IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT.
YOU HAVE YOUR FACE ON A FLYER.
YOUR PERSONALITY IS GONNA BRING OUT PEOPLE.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TURNOUT.
THESE ARE THE SAME, UH, COLLEAGUES UP HERE.
WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE BLACK, UM, THE, THE BLACK, UH, HISTORY, UH, MARCHING EXPO, THEY WERE LIKE, NOBODY WAS THERE.
WHAT IS PARK THAT DAY? THEY'RE GOING HARD ON PARKS AND STAFF TODAY.
WE'RE PRAISING PARKS AND STAFF.
IF WE WANT TO KILL THE EVENT, WE CAN KILL THE EVENT.
MY INTENTIONS OF BRINGING ON A CONSULTANT WAS TO HELP EXPAND THE WAY WE DO EVENTS FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE.
THEY'RE USING EXAMPLES OF THEIR COMMISSIONER
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INITIATIVE.OF COURSE, IT'S GONNA BE FULL, YOU'RE PUTTING IN WORK TOO.
BUT THE CITY, I THINK, COULD HAVE DONE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
AND THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME ACTUALLY AGREED WITH THAT.
OUR CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER SAYS, WE SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS OF DOING THINGS.
SO WE WORKSHOPPED THIS ITEM TWICE ALREADY.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HEARING THIS TODAY IN TODAY'S WORKSHOP.
SO SOME THINGS ARE POLITICAL, IT'S JUST ARE, SOME PEOPLE GO HOME, THEY HEAR WHAT TO SAY AND THEY COME UP HERE AND THEY SAY IT.
BUT AS FAR AS ME, MEN'S HEALTH IS IMPORTANT.
NO, YOU CAN'T DRAW OUT MEN'S HEALTH AT A WOMAN'S UM, HEALTH EXPO EVENT.
IT DOESN'T TAKE WOMEN TO SHOW UP.
I BELIEVE MEN ACTUALLY LEAD, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT WAS FOR MEN AND THEIR CHILDREN TO SHOW UP.
SO INSTEAD OF USING THE WOMEN TO GET THE MEN TO SHOW UP, IT'LL BE A GOOD TIME FOR MEN TO SHOW UP WITH THEIR KIDS.
I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH TABLING THE EVENT.
THERE'S A BUNCH OF THINGS I HOPE WE TABLE TO NEXT YEAR, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
BUT, UH, MEN ARE DYING AT AN ALARMING RATE BECAUSE OF HEALTH REASONS.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD EVENT.
SO GOOD THAT I REALIZED THAT COMMISSIONERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO DO EVENTS PROPERLY.
SHE'S GONNA COME ON AND TRY TO PITCH FOR THE EVENT, WHICH IS OKAY, BUT FROM OUR CONSENSUS, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA TABLE IT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M COMPLETELY OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT OUT OF THREE WORKSHOPS, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HEARING THESE SENTIMENTS TODAY.
MS. SUKRA, ARE YOU THERE? STILL THERE? YEAH.
RO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? RA AGAIN, MS. RA, MAY I THINK THAT PERHAPS NOT.
OR ARE WE HAVING DIFFICULTY? TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY MATTER.
MANAGER, ARE WE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY? IT ADVISED THAT SHE IS IN THE ROOM.
OH, SORRY ABOUT, I HAD A LOT OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND EVERYONE ELSE.
UM, THANK YOU FOR, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS AS COMMISSIONER EASTON.
UM, YES, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS PERTAINING TO WOMEN'S AND MEN, BUT JUNE IS A MEN'S HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
AND, UM, IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO SHED LIGHT AND LIGHT ON MEN'S HEALTH, NOT WOMEN'S HEALTH, MEN'S HEALTH, AND ADVOCATING FOR THEIR RESOURCES.
UM, WHEN I DO THIS MEN'S HEALTH TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS NOT AS MANY RESOURCES AVAILABLE FROM SINCE THEN.
THERE IS MUCH MORE, UM, AVAILABILITY COME INTO PLAY, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY FOR THIS MEN'S HEALTH.
I UNDERSTAND THE COMMISSION'S, UM, VIEW ON BUDGET, AND I AM OPEN, UM, TO SUGGESTIONS.
IF YOU CAN TABLE IT NEXT YEAR, GREAT.
BUT I REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION, PUT ON AN EVENT PERTAINING TO MEN'S HEALTH IS VERY CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME WE ARE LIVING IN.
COMMISSIONER AXEL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I COULD SAY A LOT OF THINGS, UM, WHEN THE, THE TWO WORKSHOPS, I, I LISTEN, UM, JUST LISTENING TO EVERYTHING BEFORE I SPEAK AND SEE HOW FAR THIS WAS GOING TO GO.
AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I KIND OF SAY, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE VERY DIPLOMATIC AND, AND ONE THING.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, NO ONE MAKES THIS POLITICAL.
MY COLLEAGUE MAKE THIS POLITICAL WHEN HE BRINGS WHOLENESS HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, NOT A PERSONAL.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
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I, I NOTICED THAT, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE GONNA TABLE THIS OR NOT, UM, I NOTICED THAT SOME OF THE CONDITIONS FROM THE CITY, FROM THE STAFF WAS OBTAINING AND MAINTAINING ALL NECESSARY CITY, STATE AND APPROVAL, CITY AND STATE APPROVAL AND PROVIDING PROOF OF, UM, GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMP INSURANCE APPROVED BY CITY MANAGER VENDORS AND FOOD TRUCKS.UM, WAS THAT, IS THAT LOOKED AT, WAS THAT DONE? THOSE WERE SOME OF THE CONDITIONS IN THE BACKUP THAT THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED.
MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
IF THIS ITEM WAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE, THEN WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH THE APPLICANT AND FURTHER EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE COMPLETED CORRECTLY.
SO THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE AS OF YET.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU.
BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, AN EXPECTATION FROM STAFF IT WOULD TO FACILITATE THOSE ITEMS. SHE WOULD, AND WE'VE SPOKEN TO MS. SUKRA ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
SHE WOULD COME INTO US AND COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION.
WE WOULD FORWARD, SHE WOULD MAKE A REQUEST, WE WOULD FORWARD IT TO HER AND SHE WOULD COMPLETE IT, AND THEN WE WOULD ASSIST FROM THERE.
WE ALL AGREED THAT THE MEN'S HEALTH EXPO IS SO MUCH NEEDED.
UH, WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH MANN.
UM, WE KIND OF SORT OF KNOW WE HAVE TO NUDGE MEN, BUT BE THAT AS IT MAY, I THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT THERE JUST IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND TO FACILITATE IT AT THIS TIME.
MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A FIVE 30
[A. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES (NLC) SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)]
TIME CERTAIN, AND IT IS THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM.AND CELESTE DUNMORE IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
CELESTE, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS ITEM.
IT IS RELATED TO A PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS CARRIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
MAYOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D JUST LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF BACKGROUND YES.
FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR.
SO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA.
AND IT WAS DONE SO IN ORDER TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE SERVICE PLANS FOR HOMEOWNERS.
AND HOMEOWNERS WERE HAVING, UM, CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIR OF WATER AND SEWER LINES.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SPEAKING TO THE LINES THAT ARE OF THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES.
I'M SPEAKING TO THE WATER AND SEWER LINES THAT ARE ON THEIR PARTICULAR PROPERTY THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY.
AND SO THIS PROGRAM WAS ESTABLISHED ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, AND THE BENEFITS OF THE PROGRAM WAS TO PROVIDE SERVICE PLANS FOR WATER AND FOR SEWER LINES.
AND IT WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE WERE HOMEOWNERS WHO MAY NOT HAVE HAD COVERAGE FOR SUCH REPAIRS.
AND ALSO BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM WAS ON A NATIONAL LEVEL, THERE WAS A, A LARGER GROUP OF PARTICIPANTS.
SO IT ALLOWED THE PROGRAM TO NOT ONLY EXPAND TO THOSE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, BUT IT HELPED TO LOWER THE COST ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IN 2012, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BECAME A PARTNER ALONG WITH VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND THEY'VE BEEN, UM, VERY BENEFICIAL.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD ANY OVERWHELMING ISSUES WITH THE PROGRAM, AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE LINE WHO CAN RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
BUT AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, AS A PARTICIPANT AND A PARTNER, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ALLOW USAGE OF ITS LOGO.
UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES RECEIVES A 10% ROYALTY PER PLAN, AND AS IT RELATES TO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ORGANIZATION, SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA, THEY ARE THE MARKETERS OF THE PROGRAM.
SO EVERY SO OFTEN, THEY'LL SEND OUT WHAT THEY CALL A CAMPAIGN AND THE, THE CAMPAIGN WILL
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PROVIDE OPTIONAL PLANS FOR THE RESIDENTS.IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A 24 7 CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, AND ALSO OUR CONTRACTORS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM GENERALLY EACH YEAR.
THIS CAMPAIGN PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY, AS I SAID, AN OPTIONAL BASIS.
WE HAVE OFFERED TO WORK WITH THEM FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE REPAIRS TO THEIR WATERLINE SEWER LINE.
HOWEVER, IN 2015, THAT WAS EXPANDED TO IN-HOUSE PLUMBING PLANS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PARTICULAR PLAN WAS DISCONTINUED.
WE HAD 31 PLAN HOLDERS, AND AS A RESULT, THEY ARE STILL RECEIVING THE SERVICES, SO THEY DID NOT DENY THOSE PLAN HOLDERS.
HOWEVER, THE IN-HOME PLUMBING PLAN IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
AS IT RELATES TO THE ENROLLEE DATE, WE HAVE 140 ENROLLEES.
SO I'M SPEAKING TO THE WATER SEWER OR IN-HOME PLANNING.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN, FOR INSTANCE, FOR WATER SERVICE LINE 83 CLAIMS, THE SAVINGS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS IS $67,612 FOR THE SEWER CEPT LINE.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THAT PLAN, WE'VE HAD 391 CLAIMS. THE SAVINGS HAS BEEN ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND FOR THE INTERIOR PLUMBING 586 CLAIMS, AND WE'VE HAD A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS SAVINGS.
AND THAT IS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE STEVE BURKI, WHO IS UNDERLINE, HE IS FROM HOME SERVE.
HOMESERVE IS THE PARENT COMPANY FOR SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN ANSWER SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE PROGRAM, WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE GENERAL INFORMATION FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DESPERATELY IN NEED WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO NECESSARILY AFFORD THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU'D LIKE, MR. BAROVSKY CAN SPEAK IF IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSION IF QUESTION, MA'AM, VICE MAYOR.
THE QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH IS THE PAYMENT? DO YOU HAVE IT, MADAM CELESTE? YES, I DO.
THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MS. CELESTE
$4 AND 16 CENTS PER MONTH FOR THE SEWER SEPTIC LINE.
AND IT WAS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
IT COVERS UP TO $8,500 FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND REPAIR OF THOSE LINES.
AND THERE ARE, THERE'S NO DEDUCTIBLE.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD MY QUESTION BECAUSE I AM A CUSTOMER.
I AM A CUSTOMER OFF THERE, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION AFTER HE DOES THE PRESENTATION.
'CAUSE I HEARD SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T REALLY, UM, SIT WELL WITH ME.
SO I'LL WAIT UNTIL THE PRESENTATION AND THEN I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS.
I'LL WITHHOLD MY QUESTIONS ALSO, MR. LES, BECAUSE I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? YES.
UH, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS STEVE BARANOWSKI FROM, UH, HOME SERVE, ALSO KNOWN, KNOWN AS SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA.
UH, I'VE BEEN YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER SINCE, UH, 2019.
UM, AND YES, THANK YOU MS. CELESTE FOR THE, THE WONDERFUL OVERVIEW.
UM, SINCE IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE SINCE WE PROVIDED AN UPDATE, I DID JUST WANTED TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHAT THE PROGRAM WAS ALL ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE SERVICES WERE, AND OF COURSE ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ON THE SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES.
UH, WE ARE THE, THE SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM OF AMERICA, UM, ENDORSED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
UH, WE, TO DATE, WE'VE, UH, WE HAVE OVER 1300 PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES AND UNI UTILITIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
AND THAT ALSO INCLUDES, UH, 51 MUNICIPAL AND WATER UTILITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH OVER 600 AND, UH, 29,000 ACTIVE WATER
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POLICIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.UM, THERE IS NO COST FOR THE CITY OF LIKES TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE MARKETING COSTS WHEN THE, THE MAILERS GO OUT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
ALL WE DO IS ASK FOR SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE CITY BEFORE ANY MAILER WOULD GO OUT, UM, AS WELL AS THE, THE USE OF THE LOGO.
UM, AND THEN ALL REPAIRS ARE PERFORMED BY THE LOCAL CONTRACTORS, UH, AND TO BECOME A NETWORK CONTRACTOR, THERE IS A, A VETTING PROCESS WHERE WE MAKE SURE ALL THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE DONE, UM, LICENSES ARE UP TO DATE, ALL THAT IMPORTANT STUFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE UTILIZING, UH, THE BEST CONTRACTORS WE, WE CAN.
UM, SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THE WATER AND SEWER LINE ON THEIR PROPERTY OR THEIR RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THAT'S THE BIG THING ABOUT THIS, THIS PROGRAM IS JUST THE EDUCATIONAL PIECE.
UM, EVEN IF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SIGN UP, AT LEAST THEY'RE GONNA BE AWARE THAT, UH, THE WATER AND SEWER LINE ARE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY SO THAT THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, PLAN OR THINK AHEAD OF THE FUTURE ABOUT IF, IF SOMETHING DOES COME UP, UM, HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE, THE PROGRAM.
AND ON THE, UH, FLIP SIDE, WE ALSO OFFER THE OPTIONAL COVERAGE, UM, THAT MS. MS. CELESTE WA WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UM, AND WHEN A RESIDENT DOES FILE A CLAIM, THERE'S NO SERVICE CHARGE, NO DEDUCTIBLE.
UH, THERE IS JUST THAT, THAT MONTHLY CHARGE.
UM, WHENEVER A CLAIM IS DONE, WE SEND, UM, A CUSTOMER SATISFACTION SURVEY.
AND IF ANYBODY'S, UH, YOU KNOW, FILLS THAT OUT, WE, WE DO LOOK AT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE TO MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS, UH, IS HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE.
THEY, UH, PROVIDED IT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE THE SCORES ARE LOWER, WE DO REACH OUT AND JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
UM, WE ARE AVAILABLE 24 7 365 FOR CLAIMS. SO IF IT'S ONE, TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, UH, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CALL AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO DISPATCH A LOCAL CONTRACTOR TO GET OUT THERE AND, UH, TAKE A LOOK AT, AT WHATEVER THE THE ISSUE IS.
AND ALL OUR, UM, REPAIRS ARE GUARANTEED, UH, UP TO A YEAR.
AND, UM, AGAIN, NO DEDUCTIBLE, NO SERVICE CHARGE, NO PAPERWORK.
UH, THE, THE CONTRACTOR WILL INVOICE US DIRECTLY AND WE PAY THEM.
UM, AGAIN, JUST THAT MONTHLY SERVICE CHARGE.
AND THEN THE LAST THING I LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, SINCE YOU ARE PARTICIPATING PROGRAM, THERE IS OUR FOUNDATION CALLED HOME SERVE CARES.
UH, THIS WOULD BE FOR ANY RESIDENT THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY A CUSTOMER AND SOMETHING HAPPENS AT THEIR HOUSE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD WHATEVER THE, THE ISSUE IS.
UM, THE CITY OR THE RESIDENT CAN GO ONTO OUR FOUNDATION WEBSITE AND APPLY FOR A JOB WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT AT NO COST TO THE HOMEOWNER.
UM, WE ACTUALLY, I, I WORK WITH MS. CELESTE, UM, UH, ABOUT TWO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO ON, UH, UH, LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENT, UM, THAT DID UTILIZE THIS, UH, PROGRAM.
SO, UM, PLEASE KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND.
IF, IF YOU CATCH WIND OF ANY RESIDENT THAT'S REALLY IN A TOUGH SPOT AND SO, AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, UM, THIS FOUNDATION IS AVAILABLE AND, UM, DEFINITELY PLEASE UTILIZE IT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW ON THE, ON THE PROGRAM, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
MR. BROSKI, UM, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION QUESTION FOR YOU, I KNOW MR. CELESTE SAYS, UM, WE GOT A ROYALTY, UM, BACK WHEN THE SERVICES WERE FIRST INITIATED.
IS THAT STILL? SO SIR? YES, CORRECT.
YOU RECEIVE, UH, 10% OFF ALL THE, THE, UM, REVENUE THROUGH THE YEAR.
UM, AND THAT IS CALCULATED, UM, JANUARY THROUGH THE END OF DECEMBER, AND, UH, THAT IS PAID OUT USUALLY THE END OF JANUARY, BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY, THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS.
I, I KNOW THE SEAT I'M SITTING IN.
UM, COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS HAD INTRODUCED IT AT OUR HOMEOWNERS MEETING, AND I WAS VERY INTRIGUED WITH IT BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF OUR HOMES ARE EXTREMELY OLD, AND WHEN THEY PUT IN THE NEW WATER AND SEWAGE LINE, UM, WITHIN OUR CITIES, IT CREATED IS A HEAVY FLOW FROM OUTSIDE COMING INTO OUR CAST IRON
SO THAT WOULD CREATE A PROBLEM.
AND I, I WAS HAPPY THAT I FOLLOWED, UM, HER AND TOOK OUT BOTH SERVICE LINE.
I TOOK OUT THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR THERE TOO.
ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THOUGH, AND PERHAPS I CAN SPEAK TO YOU PERSONALLY, I HAD TO CALL AGAIN TODAY BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THE
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INTERIOR OF MY, MY SERVICE LINE WAS CANCELED LAST YEAR BECAUSE YOU DID NOT HAVE A, UM, A SERVICE PERSON, YOU WENT TO A DIFFERENT SERVICE LINE, UM, SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST.AND SO I WAS WITHOUT MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE 3, 3, 3 1 1 AND I TODAY, I WAS JUST REENACTED.
BUT, UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT STARTED APRIL 1ST, THIS IS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT THIS, THAT THEY JUST REENACTED THAT INDOOR.
SO I WAS ABLE TO, UM, RESIGN, BUT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A PERSONAL CALL, UM, TALK BECAUSE I, I STILL THINK I'M DO SOME QUESTIONNAIRE ASKING OF, UM, TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS OFF.
I DID RECEIVE A LETTER, UM, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO KNOW WHERE TO GO OR WHO TO LOOK TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND TODAY WAS THE 3, 3, 3 1 1 THAT SERVICES WERE STOPPED, UM, FOR THEN.
SO I REENACTED TODAY, BUT I'M, I'M STILL NOT SATISFIED.
I AM SATISFIED, THOUGH, TO KNOW THAT I DO HAVE THE EXTERIOR PLAN AND IT'S VERY REASONABLE, UM, TO TAKE IT OUT.
I, I PAY ON A, A YEAR, WE PAY, MY HUSBAND AND I PAY ON A YEARLY BASIS, BUT I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED FOR THAT.
UM, STOP DURING, UM, AFTER LAST YEAR FOR THE INTERIOR, WHICH IS SOMETIME WHEN WE HAVE PROBLEMS, BUT WHICH WAS A GOOD PLAN AS WELL FOR, YOU KNOW, BATHROOMS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE WATER LINES ON THE INSIDE.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF COMMISSIONER THOMAS BECAUSE, UH, MY HOUSEHOLD ALSO UTILIZES THE SERVICE LINE PLAN IN HAVE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, AND WAS QUITE EXCITED THAT THERE WAS AN EXTERIOR PLAN AND AN INTERIOR PLAN.
HOWEVER, EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN I RECEIVED MY NOTICE TO RENEW, I DID NOT NOTICE THE INTERIOR PLAN WAS ON THE INVOICE.
SO OF COURSE I CALLED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE INTERIOR PLAN AND I WAS INFORMED THAT IT HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED.
AND WHY WAS IT DISCONTINUED? WELL, THE UTILIZATION OF THE SERVICES, THERE WERE NOT MANY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AS IT PERTAINS TO LAKES THAT WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM.
SO I ASKED, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THOSE WHO OF US WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM? WELL, I WAS INFORMED, WELL, MRS. PHILLIPS, I'M SO VERY, VERY SORRY.
UM, THAT PLAN IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
AND AS WE KNOW, THINGS HAPPEN ON THE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, THE TOILET RUNS OVER, THE PIPES GET STUCK UP, THE PIPES UNDER THE KITCHEN SINK GET STOPPED UP.
SO I WAS VERY, VERY PERTURBED MINIMALLY TO KNOW THAT THAT PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.
SO I AM, UH, EXCITED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE THE PROGRAM, THAT THEY DID CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SERVICES THAT THEY HAD A CALL IN OR AN INVOICE FOR SERVICE IN AT THAT TIME.
I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THOUGHT THAT I AM SAYING WHEN WE USE IT.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY DIFFICULTY.
THEY SENT OUT COMPANIES, THEY WERE VERY COURTEOUS, VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY COMPETENT FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE RECEIVED.
SO I THINK THE, IT'S AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM.
I SEE TO DATE THAT SINCE 2016, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS RECEIVED ROYALTY PAYMENTS TOTALING $21,885 AND 84 CENTS.
SO WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT ROYALTY PAYMENTS THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE WOULD LIKE FOR MORE OF OUR RESIDENTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM IF, UM, SEND OUT INFORMATION, LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE.
PLUMBING SERVICES ARE EXPENSIVE AND, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT.
SO THIS PROGRAM TAKES LIKE, UM, A LOAD OFF AS FAR AS PLUMBING SERVICES ARE CONCERNED.
SO MR. MAKI, I DO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM, THE IN HOME PLUMBING SERVICE PROGRAM.
MADAM VICE MAYOR? NO, I'M AGREEING WITH YOU THAT I NEED TO TAKE IT OUT.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? MS. ESTE? YES.
UM, AM I ABLE JUST TO ANSWER YOUR, SIR, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE IN-HOME PLUMBING REAL QUICK? YES, SIR.
AND IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEND ME YOUR INFORMATION AFTER THIS MEETING OR EVEN TOMORROW, WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE, I'M HAPPY TO LOOK INTO,
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UH, YOUR CONCERNS AND, AND MS. CELESTE CAN HELP PUT YOU IN, IN CONTACT WITH ME.AND, UM, YEAH, THE, THE IN-HOME PLUMBING WAS JUST A, A UNFORTUNATELY DIFFICULT DECISION THAT THE COMPANY NEEDED TO MAKE.
UM, BUT YEAH, IF YOU WANNA SEND ME YOUR INFORMATION, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO REACH OUT AND DO SOME INVESTIGATION ON YOUR BEHALF AND, AND GET SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU.
SO WHY DID COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, AND STEVE, THIS IS FOR YOU AS WELL.
UH, WE CAN DISCUSS NOT ONLY THE, UM, COMMISSIONERS, BUT THERE ARE 31 PARTICIPANTS.
WELL, IN THIS CASE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE 31 MINUS TWO.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH YOU HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY ENJOY THE SAME SERVICES AS, AS EVERYONE ELSE.
MAD VICE MAYOR, MS. CELESTE, HOW CAN RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF RIGHT CITY HALL NOW, HOW CAN THEY SIGN UP FOR THIS PROGRAM THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR FOR THE WATER AND SEWER LINE SURFACE PLANS? IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AND WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE COMPANY SENDS OUT WHAT THEY CALL A CAMPAIGN.
SO THEY SEND LETTERS TO ALL OF THE RESIDENT RESIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING IN THE PROGRAM.
IF I, IF I COULD JUST ADD, UM, MAYOR'S ALSO THE OPTION TO MR. MR. BAROVSKY, GO AHEAD.
UH, THERE'S ALSO AN OPTION TO GIVE US A CALL OR GO ON OUR WEBSITE ANYTIME OF THE YEAR.
IF A RESIDENT WOULD GO ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, TONIGHT, THEY COULD SIGN UP FOR COVERAGE.
SAME THING WITH GIVING, GIVING US A CALL.
OUR CALL CENTER IS LOCATED IN CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.
WHAT'S THE NUMBER, MADAM MAYOR? MS. CELESTE? MR. CELESTE, YOU'LL PROVIDE US WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL NUMBER, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, I WILL.
I'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH MR. BARANSKI'S CONTACT INFORMATION.
I WOULD NEED SOME DIRECTION ON WHETHER THE COMMISSION WANTS US TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF EXTENDING OUR AGREEMENT WITH SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA HOME SERVICE OR PARENT COMPANY COLLEAGUES.
MADAM? YES, THOMAS? UM, THAT I, I AM STILL UNDECIDED, BUT, UM, I, I LOVE THE SERVICE, BUT I NEED TO KNOW PERSONALLY IF THE INDOORS ON, 'CAUSE SOMEONE JUST SIGNED ME UP TODAY FOR THE INDOOR.
AND, AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MR. ESTE, STEVE, IF YOU CAN GIVE SOME CLARIFICATION AT ONE POINT, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS THAT IF THE INDIVIDUAL WAS AN EXISTING PARTICIPANT IN THAT PROGRAM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE CASE, THOSE ARE THE, THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE THE OPTION OF RECEIVING SERVICES BECAUSE THEY WERE ALREADY PART OF THAT PLAN.
BUT STEVE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME.
NO, THAT IS, THAT WAS CORRECT.
IF YOU HAD THE COVERAGE, YOU UM, COULD STILL FILE IT.
UM, I AM, UH, CONFUSED AS TO WHO WOULD'VE SIGNED YOU UP AND, AND THAT IS WHY I WANNA DO SOME INVESTIGATION BECAUSE, UM, THE, THE PLAN WAS, WAS DISCONTINUED.
SO IF YOU WERE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, IN INACCURATE INFORMATION, I DEFINITELY WANT TO INVESTIGATE THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU RIGHT AWAY.
SO I TAKE IT THERE IS CONSISTENCE AND WE WILL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION COLLEAGUES? YES, I'M IN STATEMENTS.
THANK YOU MR. LES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 4 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS FILING OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH OF FISCAL YEAR 2025.
AND BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR OF CITY COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, TO OUR STAFF AND OUR AUDIENCE.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, I AM BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF LARGER LAKES.
AND I CAN'T BE REMI TO SAY, UH, HAPPY BELATED EASTER AND RESURRECT RESURRECTION DAY TO EVERYBODY.
IN TERMS OF THE, THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE TONIGHT, UH, WE ARE PRESENTING SEVERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS.
WE HAVE THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE HAVE THE MONTH, I'M SORRY, THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND
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THE MOST CURRENT MONTH, THE MONTH OF MARCH.IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO, UH, PRESENT THE, UH, MOST CURRENT FINANCIAL RESULTS TO YOU, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
AND I LIKE TO START WITH THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE, WHICH IS THE, THE LARGEST FUND THAT WE DO HAVE FOR THE CITY, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR THOMAS.
UM, MS. BOBBY, UM, COULD YOU PLEASE, I KNOW EVERYTHING IS, UM, IT TALLIES UP TO CURRENT, BUT COULD YOU JUST DO, UH, WHAT'S THE, THE FIRST ONE AND THEN DO THE LAST, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
SO YOU MADAM MAYOR? ABSOLUTELY.
SO I WILL BEGIN WITH THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2024, WHICH REPRESENTS A FULL QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
PARDON? COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. UH, SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE NO PAGE NUMBERS, BUT THERE IS A TITLE PAGE FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
IT STARTS WITH THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOLLOWED BY THE FINANCIAL DATA.
UH, SO, SO THERE'S NO, UH, PRESENTATION.
TONIGHT'S, IS IT OKAY TO, TO PROCEED? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, THIS, UM, MID-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WAS PUT ON OUR, ON, ON OUR DESK HERE.
IS IT ON, IS IT IN HERE? THE MADAM MAYOR? THE MEDIA FINANCIAL REPORT WILL BE DISCUSSED DURING THE ACTUAL WORKSHOP ITSELF.
OKAY? THE FINANCIAL POLICIES DOES REQUIRE THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, BUT IT'S NOT REQUIRE THE MID-YEAR, HOWEVER, UH, UH, TO ENSURE THERE IS, UH, TRANSPARENCY IN OUR FINANCIAL REPORTING.
UH, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT YOU HAD A, A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE, UH, THE, UH, HALF OF THE YEAR TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, RACHEL MAX WILLIAMS. SO I DIDN'T BRING MY, I FORGOT MY TABLET, SO I'M NOT SEEING THE, WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT.
I, I AM NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA SEE IT.
AND I NEED A VISUAL, I THINK MOVING FORWARD, LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE MONEY PART, NO MATTER, EVEN IF YOU PUT IT AS AN ATTACHMENT, STILL PRINT IT AND GIVE IT TO ALL OF US TO BE ON HERE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT.
'CAUSE NOT ALL OF US BRING OUR LAPTOP, AND I PREFER HAVING IT THAT I CAN MAKE MY LITTLE NOTES AS YOU GO ALONG AS YOU TALK.
SO IN THE FUTURE, IF WE COULD DO THAT.
DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
UH, SO I'LL BEGIN WITH THE DECEMBER, 2024 FINANCIAL REPORT.
UH, THIS IS A RESULT OF THE FULL FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, UH, TO DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.
THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE WAS COLLECTED AT 32% OF BUDGET, UH, WHICH EQUATES TO, UH, $14.1 MILLION.
THE, UH, AVALOR TAXES, UH, WAS COLLECTED AT 80% OF BUDGET, OR $10.6 MILLION.
THE FRANCHISE FEES COLLECTED AT 21% OF BUDGET EQUATING TO $774,000.
THE UTILITY TAXES, UH, RECEIPT OR COLLECTED AT 27% OF BUDGET FOR A TOTAL OF $906,000.
THE SALES AND USE TAXES COLLECTED AT 20% OF THE BUDGET DURING THIS TIME, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF $1.1 MILLION.
OUR SPECIAL REVENUES, I'M SORRY, SERVICE, SERVICE REVENUES, EXCUSE ME, COLLECTED AT 14% OF BUDGET, UH, EQUAL TO $261,000.
THE CITY'S PERMITS, LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS CATEGORY COLLECTED AT 5% OF BUDGET OR EQUIVALENT TO, UH, JUST BARELY $46,370.
AND OUR FINES AND FORFEITURES COLLECTED AT 8% OR EQUIVALENT TO $52,213.
THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES AND ANY OTHER, UH, SOURCES OF INCOME OR OUR TRANSFERS WAS COLLECTED AT 2% OR $273,000, AGAIN, FOR A TOTAL OF $14.1 MILLION AT 32 30 2% OF THE BUDGET.
IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, THE CITY DID EXPEND 15% OF THIS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 6.6 $0.9 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE BY DEPARTMENT, UH, THE CITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET IS AT 17% SPENT.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET IS 49%, UM, OF ITS BUDGET.
THE CITY CLERK AT 17% OF BUDGET.
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OF BUDGET, THE FOUR, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 14% OF BUDGET.OUR GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AT 13% OF BUDGET.
THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS AT 20% OF BUDGET DURING THIS TIME.
THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS AT 12% OF BUDGET DURING THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS AT 16% OF BUDGET.
THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EXCUSE ME, IS AT 17% OF BUDGET.
OUR CITY ADVISORY BOARDS DURING THIS TIME IS AT 8% BUDGET.
THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE IS AT 4% OF BUDGET, AND OUR B-S-O-E-M-S AND POLICE SERVICES ARE AT 25% AND 24 20 4% RESPECTIVELY.
AND OUR REVENUE, REVENUE LOSS, UH, PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES ARE AT 28% OF BUDGET.
UM, OVERALL THE GENERAL FUND IS TRENDING, UH, POSITIVE DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON TO SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS THAT ARE ON THE, THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE, THE, UH, SPREADSHEET THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I WILL ONLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE MAJOR, SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF THE, UH, FIRE FUND.
THE FIRE FUND IS, IS TRENDING POSITIVE.
UH, THE REVENUE IS 71%, UH, TRENDING ABOVE ITS EXPENDITURES, THE ALZHEIMER'S FUND A LITTLE BIT.
UM, UNDERSPENT, AS WE KNOW, THE ALZHEIMER FUND IS PRIMARILY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS.
UH, FOR THE MOST PART, OUR GRANTS ARE TYPICALLY RECEIVED TWO TO THREE MONTHS, UH, BEHIND.
UH, SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, THE, THE, UH, THE REVENUES ARE TRENDING BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.
IN TERMS OF THE, UH, GAS TAX, UH, TRANSPORTATION, GAS TAX, UH, TRENDING VERY WELL.
THE REVENUE COLLECTION WAS 14% OF ITS BUDGET, WHICH IS TRENDING ABOVE THE EXPENDITURES.
UH, OUR DEBT SERVICE IS, UM, THE DEBT SERVICE IS TRENDING.
WELL, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE NO PAYMENTS MADE DURING THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR, UM, OF THE, UM, DURING THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
TYPICALLY, THESE PAYMENTS ARE MADE IN JANUARY AND THEN AGAIN IN JULY.
IN TERMS OF THE STORM WATER, MS. MS. BOBBY HO, TIME COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, MS. BOBBY, YOU SAID DEBT SERVICE, BUT I SEE, UM, NEAR TO DATE, 7 78 0 3 1.
IS THAT, YOU SAID IT WASN'T BEING SPENT YET, OR HOW THAT WHAT CAME IN? REVENUES CAME COMING IN, OKAY.
UH, THAT IS THE MILLAGE RATE POINT, UH, 4 9 0 THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BROWN COUNTY'S, UH, REVENUE COLLECTION DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION.
IN TERMS OF THE, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, I'LL START WITH THE STORMWATER FUND.
UH, JUST BARELY TRENDING ABOVE THE REVENUE, JUST BARELY TRENDING ABOVE THE EXPENDITURES.
UH, THE MAJORITY, UM, OF THE OPERATING REVENUE DOES COME FROM THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
UM, WHAT'S KEY ABOUT THE STORMWATER FUND IS THAT WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF GRANTS THAT ARE BEING BUDGETED IN THIS PARTICULAR FUND.
AND AGAIN, AGAIN, WITH GRANTS.
TYPICALLY, WE RECEIVE THE ACTUAL CASH OR REVENUE, UH, TWO TO THREE MONTHS AFTER IT'S REQUESTED.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S SOLID WASTE, UH, AGAIN, UH, TRENDING VERY POSITIVE, THE REVENUE, EXCUSE ME, TRENDING POSITIVE OR TRENDING AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES.
AND THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF REVENUE IS THE, UM, SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE SOLID WASTE, WHICH IS OUR, OUR BULK WASTE PICKUP.
IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, UH, THE REVENUE IS TRENDING JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND OF THE EXPENDITURES AND SOME OF THE FUTURE REPORTS.
YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REVENUE WILL CATCH UP WITH THE EXPENDITURES.
UM, BUT AS OF DECEMBER 31ST, THE REVENUE WAS TRENDING JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND, UH, THE EXPENDITURES.
MS. BOBBY, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
AND WHAT IS THE BUILDING SERVICES? THE, UH, BUILDING SER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND IS THE ENTERPRISE FUND THAT IS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND THAT IS THE FUND WHERE WE COLLECT ALL OF THE, UH, PERMITTING TYPE OF, UH, FEES THAT SUPPORT THE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU, MS. ROGER? YES, MA'AM.
UH, SO IN TERMS OF THE, UH, SMALLER FUNDS, THERE AREN'T ANYTHING SIGNIFICANT TO REPORT, BUT AT THIS TIME, I COULD ENTERTAIN ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE DECEMBER'S REPORT.
JUST ONE THING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
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SLASH ARTS? WHAT'S THE ACRONYM FOR THAT AFTER YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THE LETF IS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND, AND WE COMBINE BOTH THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES FUND, WHICH IS FUND ONE ZERO, I'M SORRY, 1, 1 0.THERE ARE REALLY SMALL FUNDS, SO WE WERE COMFORTABLE WITH COMBINING THEM ON PAPER FOR YOU, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATED IN OUR GENERAL LEDGER.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE AHEAD TO THE MOST CURRENT REPORT, WHICH IS THE MARCH, 2025 REPORTS, WHICH DOES, UH, REFLECT THE, UH, SIX MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA GO DECEMBER THEN.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, THEN MARCH.
ISN'T THAT HOW WE, WE, YOU WANTED DREW, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, YEAH, LIKE STEP BY STARTING STUDY, SKIPPING TO MARCH, AND THEN GOING BACK TO JANUARY AND GOING BACK TO FEBRUARY THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THE REQUEST WAS TO, TO REPORT ON THE DECEMBER AND THE MARCH, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY GO THROUGH EACH OF THE MONTHS.
OH, NO, WE GOTTA, OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL CATCH UP ON IT, MS. BOBBY, UH, AND READ IN OUR BACKUP.
THROUGH YOU, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND THROUGH THE STATE OF MANAGER.
UH, I'M CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO MEET WITH YOU AT ANY POINT TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE FINANCIALS.
REMEMBER, THIS FINANCIAL REPORT SERVES AS THE, UH, BANK STATEMENT, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE CITY.
IT'S LIKE OUR BANK STATEMENT, BUT IN TERMS OF MARCH, 2025, WHICH REPRESENTS 50% OF OUR FISCAL YEAR, UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, CITY'S BUDGET OR THE CITY'S FINANCIALS POSITION IS STILL POSITIVE.
UH, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOES AN AWESOME JOB, NOT BECAUSE I'M THE DIRECTOR, BUT WE DO SUCH AN AWESOME JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MONITORING AND MANAGING EACH OF THE FUNDS.
UM, YOU'LL NOTE, UH, THAT DURING THE MONTH OF, I WANNA SAY IT WAS DECEMBER, WE DID REVISE THE BUDGET.
UH, WE INCREASED THE BUDGET BY $101,000, UH, FOR A TOTAL OVERALL BUDGET OF $108,210,128.
IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND, UH, IN MARCH OF 2025 OR MARCH 31ST, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE COLLECTION WAS AT 41% OF BUDGET.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, BELOW TARGET.
UM, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THE CATEGORIES WITHIN THE REVENUE, UH, ARE, ARE PERFORMING PRETTY WELL IN TERMS OF THE AVALOR, UH, TAXES.
UM, 80% OF ITS OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $11.7 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF OUR FRANCHISE, 80 OR 88 MS. BUCK, 88.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S FRANCHISE FEES OR, UH, FRANCHISE TAXES, THE CITY DID COLLECT 37% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $1.4 MILLION.
IN TERMS OF THE UTILITY TAXES, THE CITY DID COLLECT, UH, 51% OF ITS BUDGET IN TERMS OF THE SALES AND USE TAXES.
THE CITY DID COLLECT, EXCUSE ME, 42, 40 2% OF THE BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO CLOSE TO FOUR, TWO, I'M SORRY, EQUIVALENT TO ALMOST $2.4 MILLION.
THE SERVICES REVENUES, UH, COLLECTED AT 32% OF ITS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE OVER $600,000.
THE CATEGORY FOR PERMITS, LICENSES, AND INSPECTIONS, THE CITY DID COLLECT 7% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 63, UH, THOUSAND $956.
THE, UH, FINES AND FORFEITURES, THE CITY DID COLLECT 16% OF ITS BUDGET AT THE END OF MARCH 31ST, UH, EQUIVALENT TO $105,550.
AND THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES.
THE CITY DID COLLECT 3% OF ITS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $397,000 OVERALL, ONCE AGAIN, FOR A COLLECTION OF, UH, $18.4 MILLION FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE BUDGET.
IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, OVERALL, THE, UH, EXPENDITURES ARE PERFORMING WELL, BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT BELOW TARGET.
UH, HOWEVER, WE DO DO NOTICE THAT A LOT OF OUR EXPENDITURES HAPPEN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
IN TERMS OF A CITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET, UH, WE'RE AT 32% SPENT EQUIVALENT TO $141,000.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET AT 61% OF ITS BUDGET AT $377,664.
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THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET AT 39% SPENT EQUIVALENT TO $205,000.THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, AT 42% SPENT, UH, EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOVE $500,000.
THE, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPENT, UH, 31% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $639,641.
THE CITY'S GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, UH, SPENT, UH, 10% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 1.39 MILLION, $1.3 MILLION.
OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS AT 44% OF BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $176,000.
THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS THE EQUIVALENT TO, I'M SORRY, SPENT AT 25% OF ITS BUDGET OR EQUIVALENT TO $367,000.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 36% OF HIS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $1.15 MILLION.
THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, THAT ONE, THE, UH, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT 38% OF BUDGET AT, UH, $1.3 MILLION.
THE CITY'S ADVISORY BOARDS ARE AT 15% OF ITS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE OVER $6,000.
AND THE GENERAL FUND, UH, THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE IS 7% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 85, 80 $5,682.
AND THE BSO, BOTH EMS AND OUR POLICE SERVICES ARE AT, UH, 49% SPENT AND 48% RESPECTIVELY.
AND THE REVENUE, REVENUE LOSS PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES BUDGET IS AT 31% OF HIS BUDGET, OR EQUIVALENT TO 522, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AGAIN, THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES THROUGH THE, UH, MONTH OF MARCH IS $14.1 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO 31% OF ITS BUDGET.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO OVER SOME OF THE MAJOR FUNDS THAT ARE OVER ON THE RIGHT, UH, SIDE OF THE, OF THE SHEET.
SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'RE GIVING OUT THE HANDOUTS TO THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO YOU SHOULD NOW HAVE A, A HARD COPY OF THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, THE JANUARY REPORT, THE FEBRUARY REPORT, AND THE MARCH REPORT, UH, TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MATTHEW WILLIAMS. I'M, I'M, I'M IMPRESSED.
IN TERMS OF OUR, UH, FIRE FUND, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FIRE FUND IS TRENDING POSITIVE.
UH, THE REVENUES ARE WELL AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES.
AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UH, FIRE FUND IS PRIMARILY, UH, FUNDED THROUGH THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OR THE FIRE RATE FEES.
THE ALZHEIMER, YOU'LL SEE IT'S, UH, CAUGHT UP JUST A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'LL SEE WE ARE AT 19%, UH, REVENUE COLLECTION, UH, STILL JUST, UH, TRENDING BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES.
UH, WE DO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, DO OUR BEST TO NOT ONLY REQUEST THE REVENUE, BUT ALSO RECORD THOSE REQUESTS AS AN ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE.
UM, SO NEXT MONTH YOU SHOULD SEE, UH, A BETTER CATCH UP OF THE ALZHEIMER FUND IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION GA GAS TAX FUND.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT BE THE REVENUE IS A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES, AND, UH, THAT JUST COULD BE DUE TO REPORTING.
SOMETIMES WE DO GET REVENUE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.
UH, SO, UH, THESE REPORTS ARE, ARE UNAUDITED AND THEY ARE UNADJUSTED.
SOMETIMES THEY COME IN AFTER THE FACT.
UM, BUT WE ARE MONITORING THE TRANSPORTATION, GAS TAX FUND, THE, UH, DEBT SERVICE FUND.
YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE HAS SKYROCKETED AT 91%, UH, REVENUE COLLECTION COMPARED TO THE ONE PAYMENT THAT WAS MADE IN JANUARY.
IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
UH, THE, THE STORMWATER FUNDS STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT.
UM, THE REVENUE'S STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES, UM, BUT WE DO, UH, MONITOR, WE ARE MONITORING THIS FUND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CAPTURING ALL OF THOSE GRANTS, UM, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPENDED, AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REVENUE COLLECTION.
UH, YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE, UH, SKYROCKETED AT 48% OF ITS BUDGET.
AND, UH, ITS TRENDING WELL, WELL AHEAD, UM, OVER OUR EXPENDITURES,
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ARE AT 36%.UH, REVENUE COLLECTION, AGAIN, UH, MUCH BETTER THAN THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, UH, 'CAUSE 'CAUSE WE ARE COLLECTING THAT REVENUE.
AND, UH, THE EXPENDITURES ARE AT 31%.
IN TERMS OF THE, UH, SMALLER FUNDS.
THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT ISSUES OR TRENDS THAT WE'VE DETECTED, BUT I CAN CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL REPORT.
MAD COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, BOBBY, WHERE DOES THE FUNDING GO FROM THE, UM, THE COLLECTION THAT WE RECEIVE ACROSS THE STREET? THE, THE, THE COM, THE, UM, SHOPPING CENTER AND THAT MONTHLY PAYMENT THAT HE IS PAYING EVERY MONTH, IT, UH, THROUGH NEVADA BAY.
IS THAT THE KENRICK, LLC, THE, THE CLAIM THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY LITIGATED FOR THE CITY? YES, MA'AM.
THAT'S RECORDED IN THE, UH, GENERAL FUNDS REVENUE UNDER THE FINES AND FORFEITURES.
AND WE DO COLLECT $17,187 PER MONTH ON THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH.
AND HE'S ON, HE'S UP TO DATE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, THIS DOES CONCLUDE THE MARCH YES.
NOW MADAM MAYOR, WE WILL MOVE OVER BACK TO THE WORKSHOP AGENDA.
WE COMPLETED FIVE A, SO NOW WE'LL DISCUSS FIVE
[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]
B DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER.THERE WAS BACKUP THAT WAS, UM, ATTACHED, PROVIDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS BOBBY TO ASSIST.
THIS ITEM, AS WE KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING TO HIRE A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.
AND IN YOUR BACKUP, WE WERE PRESENTED WITH 10 CONSULTING FIRMS, OR NINE CONSULTING FIRMS IN ICMA TO MAKE A 10 OF, FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.
I DID A LITTLE, UH, RESEARCH BACKGROUND MYSELF AND OUT OF THE 10 IN READING WHAT SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AS FAR AS RECRUITMENT OR NEW CITY MANAGER IS CONCERNED, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHETHER THEY PROVIDE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES SUCH AS RECRUITMENT, WHETHER THEY PROVIDE SERVICES, INTERVIEWING IF NEEDED.
AND THE THREE CONSULTING FIRMS THAT I, AND THIS IS INDIVIDUAL THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER FURTHER, ARE COLIN BAER AND ASSOCIATES, S RENEE, NOR LOCK AND ASSOCIATES AND SLAVIN, OR SLAVIN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS.
FROM REVIEWING AND GOING ONLINE ALL 10, I DID REVIEW ALL 10.
AND THESE ARE JUST THE ONES THAT, FOR WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, I THINK THEY MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE US WITH A GREAT SERVICE IN LEADING US TOWARD A GREAT CITY MANAGER.
AND THAT'S MY DISCUSSION, COLLEAGUES.
MAYOR, MIDDLE ONE? PARDON? COULD YOU REPEAT? UM, NUMBER TWO.
NUMBER TWO S RENEE, R-E-N-E-E, NOLOCK, N-A-R-L-O-C-H-N ASSOCIATES.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, COULD YOU START AGAIN TO RE REPEAT THAT? OH, YES, MA'AM.
THE FIRST ONE IS COLLIN, C-O-L-I-N, BAY ZINGER, B-A-E-N-Z-I-G-E-R AND ASSOCIATES SLAVIN, S-L-A-V-I-N, OR SLAVIN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS OUT OF NORCROSS, GEORGIA.
AND S RENE, R-E-N-E-E, NOLOCK, N-A-R-L-O-C-H, AND ASSOCIATES OUT OF TALLAHASSEE.
WHERE IS THE FIRST ONE? MADAM MAYOR, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY? FIRST ONE IS IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA.
AND THE OTHER ONE, UM, THAT ONE IS, IS IN TALLAHASSEE.
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IS IN GEORGIA.SO COLLIE, WE ARE CERTAIN LOOKING FORWARD TO INPUT FROM ALL OF YOU ALL.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TODAY TO, UM, SENIOR ADVISOR PROGRAM.
I, I SPOKE WITH THE COORDINATOR, UM, AND THESE ARE FREE SERVICES TO ALSO EQUIPPED US.
I THINK FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS HAD GIVEN US, UM, THE SENIOR ADVISOR PROGRAM.
AND, UM, WHEN I SPOKE, WHEN I CALLED THE COORDINATOR, I LEFT A MESSAGE.
BUT WHAT SHE DID TELL ME, SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE CLOSEST TO US WOULD MR. ROSS BLACKBURN, BUT HE WOULD BE THE ONE TO HAVE TO REACH OUT TO THAT SENIOR ADVISOR IN ORDER TO ASSIST US IN WHATEVER WAY THERE.
IT'S JUST TO GET INFORMATION AND SEE HOW WE CAN BEST PROCEED, UH, WITH THIS PROCESS.
IT'S THE ICMA IN FLORIDA CITY AND COUNTY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION SENIOR ADVISORY PROGRAM.
MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
WHEN WE COMPILED THIS LIST, WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA THAT WE FOLLOWED TO COMPILE THE 10, UH, FIRMS? WE ASKED HUMAN RESOURCES TO SUBMIT A LIST TO US OF CONSULTING FIRMS. THAT DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES WANTED US TO LOOK AT IT.
WE DID NOT HAVE A CRITERIA AS FAR AS SUBMITTING THE NAME OF A CONSULTING FIRM.
WAS IT AN ACTON CITY MANAGER OR THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT ASKED HR? NO, WE ASKED FOR IT, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID THAT HE ALSO WOULD, UH, HAVE ADDITIONAL ONES TO ADD IF WE WANTED TO.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO SUBMITTED TO, I DON'T KNOW.
WELL, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, SO HR RANDOMLY JUST LOOKED UP 10.
THEY DID THEY FOLLOW A CERTAIN CRITERIA TO FIND THESE 10 OR MADAM MANAGER? MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? ACTUALLY, HR WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.
THE CITY ATTORNEY AS WELL AS THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, DID THEIR DUE DILIGENCE.
THERE WEREN'T ANY CRI SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
I'M SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN SPEAK TO THAT.
AND HOW THEY LOOKED UP CRED, CREDIBLE, UM, CONSULTANTS TO PRESENT.
SO, MS. BERNICE, OUR HR DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS AT ALL? NO, JUST THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE, THAT IS JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME.
I WOULD'VE HOPED THAT THE HUMAN RESOURCE, SINCE DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE TAKEN, WOULD'VE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT.
MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
UM, AGAIN, I'M STILL LEARNING THE PROCESS.
UM, I THOUGHT HR WOULD, WOULD BE INVOLVED.
UM, I THINK THAT TO, TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO, OR CONSIDER THIS IS WORKSHOP.
I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE HRS OPINION ON THIS.
UH, 'CAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRMS THAT WE'RE USING, UH, WE HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP OF FIRMS TO CHOOSE FROM.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, YOU DON'T GET IT AT ME.
SO, AS I SAID THIS FOR THIS, UM, I DON'T, I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND MY COLLEAGUES AS FAR AS WHAT DOES, WHAT DO YOU EXPECTING FROM HR? AND I THINK ALSO THE LIST THAT THE ATTORNEY, I TRUST THE LIST THAT THE ATTORNEY PROVIDED IT WITH US, AND I LOOKED IT UP.
AND THEY ARE VERY GOOD, REPUTABLE COMPANIES.
UM, DID, WE ALL DID OUR RESEARCH ON THESE COMPANIES THAT WE, UM, DIDN'T ANYONE DO THAT BESIDES ME AND THE MAYOR? WE DID DO THE RESEARCH, AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD, REPUTABLE COMPANIES.
SO A FEEDBACK FROM THE HR, WE COULD ASK FOR A FEEDBACK ON HR ON WHAT THEY BELIEVED, UM, WHAT THEY THINK OF THESE COMPANIES AND, AND GET A RECOMMENDATION OF WHAT THEY THINK.
BUT I THINK THESE COMPANIES ARE VERY GOOD, REPUTABLE COMPANIES.
MR. SENATOR, ATTORNEY CALLOWAY, GOOD EVENING.
UH, MADAM MANAGER AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, I WANNA BE CLEAR, I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE NAMES.
I, I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO INVESTIGATE AND TO DO AS MUCH RESEARCH, PUBLIC RESEARCH BY THE WAY, UH, THAT I COULD DO TO GATHER NAMES OF EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT FIRMS WHO SPECIALIZE IN ASSISTING PUBLIC AGENCIES IN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT.
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I ALSO LOOK FOR FIRMS WHO'VE DONE WORK IN FLORIDA.UM, AND I LOOK FOR FIRMS WHO'VE DONE WORK FOR PUBLIC AGENCIES.
I WAS ASKED TO PROVIDE THE NAMES TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
I FULLY EXPECTED THAT THOSE NAMES WOULD BE ADDED TO OTHERS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THE ONES I SUBMITTED ARE THE ONLY ONES OR IF THEY ARE IN ADDITION TO, BUT I FULLY EXPECTED THIS COMMISSION TO GET A REPORT THAT REALLY WAS TO TAKE IN ALL OF THOSE NAMES AND PERHAPS DO MORE RESEARCH.
BUT AGAIN, MY EMPHASIS WAS TO PROVIDE YOU NAMES OF COMPANIES WHO I KNOW, UH, BASED ON MY OWN INVESTIGATION, OUR SPECIALIZE HAVE AN EXPERTISE IN EXECUTIVE RECRUITMENT.
I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THE FIGHT.
I JUST KNOW THAT THESE FOLKS ARE GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO.
ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE NAMES THAT I'VE GIVEN THE, UM, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, THAT'S MY INPUT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CITY ATTORNEY.
I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD LIST.
HOWEVER, I THINK BASED ON PROTOCOL WITHIN THE CITY, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT, UH, WHETHER WE TRUST THE CITY ATTORNEY OR NOT, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING IS THAT HOW WE GO ABOUT HIRING SOMEONE OR HOW DO WE GO ABOUT HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, PERSONNEL AND OUR HUMAN RESOURCES PERSON IS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PLACE TO START.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE WENT THROUGH IT.
YOU HAVE YOUR TOP THREE COMMISSIONER, MAX WILLIAMS DONE HER DUE DILIGENCE WITH IT.
UH, BUT I THINK TO PROTECT US AS A CITY, UM, WE HAVE TO INVOLVE HR IN THE PROCESS.
WE SHOULD HAVE DID THAT INITIALLY.
I THINK WE MAY HAVE JUMPED THE GUN.
AND THIS IS ALSO AN, UM, EVOLVING CONVERSATION.
UH, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT ALL OF THESE, UM, FIRMS. AND I, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A LIST INFORMATION RIGHT NOW THAT WE'RE STILL ADDING MORE AND WE STILL MIGHT HAVE ROOM TO ADD TO MORE.
IT WAS MY EXPECTATION THAT WE WOULD ALSO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN ADDITION TO THE INFORMATION THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTED FOR US.
I DON'T THINK WE WOULD DARE NOT INCLUDE OUR OWN HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IN THE HIRING, SINCE THAT IS IN THE REVIEW HIRING, UM, THE WHOLE PROCESS SINCE THIS IS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND THAT IS OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
SO MADAM MANAGER, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MS. DEANDRE IS AT A CONFERENCE.
SHE WILL BE BACK IN A FEW DAYS.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO WHEN WE, I DON'T, I RECALL, UM, WHEN WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION, IT WAS, UH, DEANDRA WAS HERE AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO HER PART.
AND WE ASKED THE ATTORNEY TO DO A PART ALSO.
SO HER INFORMATION IS NOT ATTACHED.
HERE IS NOT THAT WE DID NOT SHARE IT WITH HER.
SO WHO WILL FOLLOW UP ON THAT? I DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE ASKED THE ATTORNEY TO BRING A LIST, AND WE ALSO ASKED DEANDRA TO DO HER PART, AND HER PART WAS NOT ATTACHED.
SO MATTER MANAGER, WE ARE, OR ASKING AGAIN FOR OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR TO DO HER DUE DILIGENCE AND RESEARCH AND PROVIDE US WITH A LIST IN ADDITION TO INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE CITY, CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS, SHE MAY HAVE COORDINATED WITH HUMAN RESOURCES.
SHE ACTUALLY CREATED THIS ITEM.
SO SHE'LL ACTUALLY PROVIDE SOME COMMENTS THROUGH YOU.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD.
SO THE, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST THAT YOU HAVE IS A COMBINATION OF THE RESEARCH THAT WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN MYSELF, THE HR DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY.
UM, AT THE APRIL 8TH COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETING, UH, THE REQUEST, UH, WAS FOR THE ATTORNEY AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF TO GO BACK AND TO PROVIDE, UH, CONTRACTS OR NAMES OF EXECUTIVE FIRMS, UH, THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER HIRING, UM, THAT WILL DO YOUR, DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE WITH LOCATING AND RECRUITING, UH, AND HELPING YOU TO SELECT A CITY MANAGER.
UH, THIS INITIAL STAGE IS TO SELECT AN EXECUTIVE FIRM, NOT A CITY MANAGER.
WE DO KNOW THAT THIS STAGE IS NOT TO SELECT A CITY MANAGER, BUT TO SELECT AN EXECUTIVE FIRM.
BUT OUR CONCERN IS THE INPUT FROM OUR OWN HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, SORRY TO YOU BY MAYOR.
THE, THE LIST IS INCLUSIVE OF, UH, BOTH MY RESEARCH AS WELL AS OUR HR DIRECTOR'S RESEARCH, AS WELL AS THE CITY ATTORNEY'S LIST.
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SAYING THAT OUR HR DIRECTOR ACTIVELY PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH AND SUBMISSION OF THESE CONSULTING FIRMS? THAT IS CORRECT.THE MAD MAYOR? THAT IS CORRECT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS.
DO WE HAVE NOTES ON WHICH FIRMS THAT ARE DIRECTOR OF HR RECOMMENDED OUT OF THE LIST? UH, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR? TYPICALLY THESE ARE CONTRACTUAL, UM, CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIPS.
AND USUALLY PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATORS OR FINANCIAL SERVICES WILL, UM, NEGOTIATE THE AGREEMENT.
NOT THE HR DEPARTMENT TYPICALLY.
NO, NO, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION.
WOULD YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? QUESTION PLEASE? UM, YOU SAID THAT THE HR DIRECTOR WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS OF COMPILING THIS LIST.
SO SOMEBODY AT SOME POINT SUGGESTED, LET'S GO WITH THIS PERSON.
AND SOMEBODY OTHER SAID, OKAY.
DO YOU, OUT OF THESE 10, DO YOU KNOW WHICH ONES THE DIRECTOR OF HR SUGGESTED? ABSOLUTELY.
DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? UM, MUCH LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE BOTH CAME UP WITH COLIN AND INGER ASSOCIATES.
SO ALL THREE OF US CAME UP WITH THAT ONE.
UM, WE ALSO, SHE ALSO CAME UP WITH THE, UH, JANICE ALLEN, JACKSON AND ASSOCIATES.
LLC, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE THAT TO US INSTEAD OF US WRITING JUST THE SEPARATION OF WHO PROVIDED WHAT FOR US? ABSOLUTELY.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO CONSIDER TO, UM, COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS'S POINT, THE ICMA, I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT THAT VERY CLOSELY BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE IN THE FOOTNOTES, THEY DON'T OFFER EXECUTIVE SEARCH PROGRAMS, HOWEVER THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL NAMES FOR WHO DO.
SO I THINK WE COULD ALSO, UH, REACH OUT TO THEM THROUGH STAFF AND, AND SEE IF, UM, WE CAN GET SOME SUGGESTIONS FROM THEM AS WELL.
THROUGH, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, AS A PART OF YOUR PACKET, YOU DO HAVE A LIST OF ALL OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT THE ICMA DOES RECOMMEND.
AND ICMA ITSELF DOES NOT PROVIDE RECRUITMENT SERVICES.
MADAM MAYOR CONSULTING, BUT NOT THE INFORMATION IN OUR BACKUP ARE THOSE THAT ICMA RECOMMENDED IN ADDITION TO THOSE RECOMMENDED BY YOURSELF, MR. CITY ATTORNEY AND MADAM HR DIRECTOR? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND YOU'LL SEE SOME DUPLICATES ON THE LIST, UH, ON THE ICMA LIST FROM THE CITY STAFF LIST AS WELL.
QUESTIONS? ANYONE ELSE? MADAM MAYOR.
THE RECRUITMENT FIRM DIRECTORY, THOSE LOGOS.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO READ OUR BACKUP AND THAT WE STUTTER OUR BACKUP BECAUSE IT HAS GREAT, GREAT INFORMATIVE INFORMATION.
I JUST THOUGHT THESE WERE SPONSORS.
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PILOT EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]
IS DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PILOT EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM.AND THIS ITEM IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO I HAVE RELATIONS WITH LEGAL AID, AND I AM ALSO A MEDIATOR, WHICH I MEDIATE A LOT OF LANDLORD AND, UM, TENANT.
AND I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP? 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EVICTIONS HAPPENING IN LAUDERDALE LAKES WHEN I DO MY, ME BASED UPON MY MEDIATION THAT I DO EVERY DAY.
SO THEIR LEGAL AID HAS A PROGRAM, UM, A PILOT EVICTION PROGRAM, PILOT EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AND I THINK I'VE HAD, UM, THE CLERK PUT EVERY, UH, FLYER ON EVERYBODY'S DESKS.
AND I HAVE THE GENTLEMAN WHO'S IN CHARGE, WHO IS COLLABORATING WITH LEGAL AID.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YES, MA'AM.
DO YOU KNOW THAT AT FIRST DISCUSSION OF AN ITEM THAT WE DO NOT HAVE PERSONS FROM ORGANIZATIONS TO COME OUT? WE DO HAVE AN ORDER FOR THAT.
UM, SO DO WE HAVE BOBBY, WHO, WHO WAS GOING TO, YOU WOULD HAVE A SEAT, SIR.
UM, MS. DEANDRA OR BOBBY? UM, MS. DEANDRE IS TANTRA HERE.
MS. KO AND MR. POINTED AT EACH OTHER.
I KNOW, RIGHT? LIKE YOU GO, YOU GO, YOU GO THROUGH YOU.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, GOOD EVENING.
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MS. BCA DID SOME RESEARCH ON THIS PROGRAM, AND SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT IT TODAY.GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UM, THE AUDIENCE PRESENT THOSE THAT ALSO VIRTUALLY FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS VCA BUCHANAN, AND I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
I WAS ASKED TO JUST DO PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION ABOUT THE PILOT EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF WHAT I WAS ABLE TO COLLECT, UM, IN 2023, MS. MS. BOB, MR. BOB AND GRACE MANNING FOUNDED
UM, THEY ESTABLISHED THIS PILOT EVICTION PREVENTION PROGRAM, UM, WITH AN INITIAL INVESTMENT OF HIS OWN MONEY OF A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE FOUNDATION HAS PARTNERED WITH LEGAL AID SERVICES OF BROWARD COUNTY TO PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO THOSE IN THE PROGRAM.
THE MANNY FOUNDATION HOMELESS PREVENTION PROGRAM FOCUSES ON PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL, FINANCIAL AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES.
RECENTLY, UH, MR. MANNY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT BROWARD COUNTY ACTUALLY, UM, SU SHOWING SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS OTHER PRIVATE AGENCIES.
AND RECENTLY HE HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF SUNRISE, THAT THEY ALSO HAVE DECIDED TO SUPPORT THE PROGRAM FINANCIALLY.
AND MR. MANNY SAID HE WAS OPEN AND WILLING TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT WORKED WHENEVER THE C, THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION AND CITY MANAGEMENT FEEL THAT IS BEST AND APPROPRIATE.
AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND, UM, I, I BELIEVE IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM.
HOW MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE YOU, UM, BOUGHT INTO WHAT YOU HE'S CURRENTLY DOING? DO YOU KNOW MADAM MAYOR? OKAY.
I JUST KNOW ABOUT THE CITY OF SUNRISE.
CAN HE ANSWER THAT QUESTION? OR, I JUST KNOW WHAT WE WAS, WHAT HIM AND I DISCUSSED THAT, THAT SUNRISE WAS ONE, BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OTHER, THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS IN THE BACKUP.
UM, YOU MADAM MAYOR, BUT HE'S HERE.
IF I KNOW, AS YOU SAID, IF WE WOULD LIKE HIM TO FEEL AN ANSWER, MORE IN DEPTH QUESTIONS FOR YOU, HE'S HERE AND AVAILABLE TO DO SO.
AS FAR AS HOW MANY OTHER CITIES, UM, HOW DOES THE PROGRAM REALLY WORKS? HE'S HERE.
UM, IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE ON WHAT TO UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, UM, INFORMATION THAT'S IN OUR BACKUP AND WHAT MS. VEHICLE GIVES US WILL HAVE TO SUFFICE FOR TONIGHT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON? UH, I, I ACTUALLY THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM.
UH, I HOPE WE CAN, UH, LOOK AT IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN, UM, DO SOMETHING FOR HOMELESSNESS.
I THINK WE GOTTA DO A LOT MORE.
WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTY, SO IF, IF WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, THEY WILL CONGREGATE HERE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD ITEM, AND, UM, WOULD LIKE THE GENTLEMAN AT A LATER TIME, YOU COULD ALWAYS EMAIL US AND SEND US MORE INFORMATION AS, UM, WE GO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD.
BUT I'M APPRECIATIVE FOR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'M FINISHED.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? MY BAD.
UM, I THOUGHT HE COULD HAVE SPOKE TODAY.
UM, SO IT, WE COULD HAVE HIM SPEAK ON MAYBE THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH WILL BE, WHAT DAY WOULD THAT BE? NEXT WORKSHOP? MAY, MAY 13TH IS MAY 13TH, MAY 12TH.
SO MR. MAN CAN WELL, I'LL CALL, TALK TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
AND FROM WHAT I SEE IN THE BACKUP, THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PUT IN 25,000 OFF, UM, THE CITY'S FUNDS IN ORDER TO ASSIST.
I SEE 25,000, RIGHT? THE CITY OF SUNRISE.
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SORRY.THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. THOMAS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE AS TO IF THE CITY PARTICIPATES, WHAT THAT MONEY WOULD GO TOWARDS ON HIS NEXT, NEXT PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW AS WELL AND THE CLARITY AROUND THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STRAPPED FOR MONEY.
UM, BUT I, I DO WANT TO SAY TO, UH, THE POINT OF WHAT I READ THAT LOOK, THAT SEEMS TO BE JUST WHAT THE CITY OF SUNRISE AGREED TO DO, RIGHT? SO IT'LL BE UP TO THE CITY'S DISCRETIONS TO SEE WHAT'S BEST SUITED FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND, UM, HOW WE CAN HELP FOR WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY.
SO I, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IT FROM THAT ANGLE.
YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
THAT'S WHAT, NO, I, YOU CAN'T ADDRESS ME.
WELL, THANK, I, THANK MICHAEL.
YOU'RE WELCOME, CARLY, FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT ON THE CITY SUNRISE, THAT'S THEIR, UM, PROPOSAL.
SO UNTIL WE CAN GET HIM TO SPEAK, YOU'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH ON HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS.
A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED ON MAY 12TH IS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROGRAM, THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS PROGRAM AND OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND HOW TO UTILIZE THOSE MONEY.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A ROBUST DISCUSSION YES.
MADAM MAYOR THOMAS, AND ALSO DUTY NOTED UHHUH THOMAS.
AND ALSO, I KNOW LEGAL AID DOES GIVE FREE SERVICES.
SO HOW DOES THAT COMBINATION WORKS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM? I WAS RECENTLY AT A, UM, A SYMPOSIUM AND LEGAL AID WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY ASSIST, UM, THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN TERMS OF EVICTION AND ALL OF THAT.
SO I, THE COMBINATION, HOW THAT WORKS OUT TO YOU,
I CAN TELL YOU THE COMBINATION IS LEGAL AID PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES AND WE HELP, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUNDING, LEGAL AID DOESN'T HAVE THE FUNDING.
AND THAT'S WHERE MR. MANNY COMES IN AS FAR AS, 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE BEING EVICTED, THE LANDLORD NEED THEIR MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE FUNDING WILL GO IN TO PAY THEM, PAY THE LANDLORD THAT THEY DON'T GET EVICTED.
YOU KNOW, UM, IF YOU GIVE A MAN A FISH, YOU KNOW, HE ONLY HAS A DINNER FOR A DAY.
YOU TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH, HE'LL HAVE FOR A WHILE.
SO I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER CARLENE, WHICH IS A GREAT THING, BUT JUST LIKE HOW MAYOR SAID, UH, WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM HERE.
WE WERE ASSISTING WITH RENTAL ASSISTANT UP TO THREE MONTHS OR, UM, BEHIND.
AND SO HOW DOES, THIS IS FOR FUTURE MM-HMM
I KNOW THE GENTLEMAN IS HERE, BUT ALSO TO, UM, SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO TOWARDS ASSISTING THEM.
LET'S HEAR THE WHOLE PACKAGE OF HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS.
I THINK THE, UH, THE GENTLEMAN'S EAGER TO COME BACK AND TELL US.
I THINK THIS PROJECT GIVES US SOME SPACE TO KIND OF DEFINE HOW WE WANT TO ROLL IT OUT.
AND, UM, LOOK, SOME PEOPLE AREN'T INTERESTED IN FISHING, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND, UM, I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN HELPING SOME FOLKS OUT.
YOU KNOW, JESUS ONLY HAD TWO FISH AND DID SO MUCH WITH THAT.
SO I, I THINK WE CAN, UH, FIND A WAY TO, UM, HEAR MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND SEE, UH, I, I THINK WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PUT UP AS MUCH AS SUNRISE, BUT I THINK WE CAN DO SOMETHING TO HELP WITH, UM, THE HOMELESS POPULATION, PEOPLE BEING EVICTED.
IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM HERE IN THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO JOIN THAT DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, THE AUXILIARY SERVICES THAT WOULD ACCOMPANY PROVIDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE.
BECAUSE IF WE PROVIDE, OR IF A CITY PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE AT SOME POINT IN TIME TO CATCH UP WITH YOUR RENT, THEN IS THE PERSON EMPLOYED WHAT OTHER RESOURCES THEY HAVE? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A REAL ROBUST DISCUSSION.
[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AMENDING THE FY2025 OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGETS IN AN AMOUNT OF $1,123,750.00]
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BUDGETS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,123,750.AND BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UH, BUT AGAIN, FOR THE RECORD, I AM BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.
AND THE ITEM, UM, ON DISCUSSION FOR THIS EVENING, UM, AS YOU KNOW, IS TO, UM, UH, CONFORM TO THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES.
AND, UH, THAT IS WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, HOPING TO GET YOUR, UH, CONSENSUS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH AN ORDINANCE, UM, TO AMEND THE, UH, 2025 ALL FUNDS OPERATING IN CAPITAL BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,123,750.
UH, THIS, THIS AMOUNT IS TO AMEND THE BUDGET IN THREE SEPARATE FUNDS.
UH, THE FIRST IS THE GENERAL FUND.
UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY COMMISSION DID APPROVE A RESOLUTION, UM, TO ALLOW THE CITY TO PURCHASE, UM, THE TANGIBLE PROPERTY AT 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 48TH AVENUE.
UH, THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT WAS ALLOWED PER THAT RESOLUTION WAS $1.6 MILLION.
AS YOU KNOW THAT THE, UH, ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE CAME, UH, CAME IN WELL UNDER THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AT $965,400.
UH, HOWEVER, WITH THE PURCHASE OF ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE, UH, CERTAIN FEES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.
UH, SO THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT IS, UH, REQUESTING TO USE, UH, FUNDING OR FUNDS FROM OUR, UM, FUND BALANCE OF 988, I'M SORRY, 986,647, UH, DOLLARS, WHICH WILL BE CREDITED, UH, TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, IF ACCEPTED AND THEN IF APPROVED, UM, THE NEW REVISED BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND WOULD BE 45 MILLION, UH, $897,086.
UH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS FOR THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND.
UH, BACK IN FEBRUARY, MARCH TIMEFRAME, THE CITY COMMISSION DID ACCEPT A GRANT AWARD FROM BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA, UH, DOING BUSINESS AS FLORIDA BLUE, UH, FOR A GRANT, UH, FOR RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES TO THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $100 $100,000.
UM, SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE BUDGET BY THAT $100,000.
IF ACCEPTED AND EVENTUALLY APPROVED, UH, THE REVISED BUDGET FOR THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND WILL, WILL BE $766,075.
THE, UH, THE LAST AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING REQUESTED OR BEING DISCUSSED THIS EVENING IS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND.
UH, THE CITY IS REQUESTING TO INCREASE THE BUDGET BY 37,000, UH, $103.
UH, AT THE FEBRUARY 25TH COMMISSION MEETING, THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE BY RESOLUTION, UM, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL FUNDS THROUGH THE, UH, 49TH AND 50TH YEAR PROGRAMS FOR OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, WHICH INCREASED THE OVERALL GRANTS BY $37,103.
IN ORDER TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS, AND IN ORDER TO ACCEPT, UH, THE CITY DOES NEED TO APPROPRIATE THOSE NEW GRANT DOLLARS.
AGAIN, THESE THREE SEPARATE, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENTS TOTAL, $1,123,750.
AGAIN, IF, IF ALL ARE APPROVED, UH, ACCEPTED, EXCUSE ME, UH, ACCEPTED AND APPROVED, THE NEW REVISED ALL FUNDS OPERATING IN CAPITAL BUDGET WILL BE $109,333,878.
AT THIS TIME, I COULD ANSWER ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
MADAM MAYOR THOMAS, UH, MS. BOBBY, I THOUGHT THAT THE AMENDMENT ALSO INCLUDED THE MONIES FOR THE COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE ADDED IN JANUARY, WERE THEY NOT THROUGH, THROUGH THE MADAM MAYOR, UH, ORDINANCE 2000, UH, ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 0 1 WAS THE FIRST AMENDMENT OF THE YEAR, WHICH WE DID AMEND THE BUDGET AND IT INCLUDED THE INCREASE FOR THE MAYOR COMMISSION'S SALARY.
UH, THIS IS AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO.
OKAY, THANK YOU KINDLY, ELISE.
NO, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, IT LOOKS LIKE WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
JUST COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC.
IT WAS IN REGARD TO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN SPEAK THE SECOND TIME AROUND.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. JEN.
THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY, MADAM MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU.
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FIVE E,[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO BROWARD COUNTY SEEKING ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR THE 51ST YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDING CYCLE FOR THE CITY'S MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE AND PENDING HEARINGS HELD ON APRIL 21, 2025 AND MAY 13, 2025]
DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER.TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION OF BROWARD COUNTY, SEEK AN ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR THE 51ST YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING CYCLE FOR THE CITY'S MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM, AND SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, SUBJECT TO REQUIRED PUBLIC NOTICE AND PENDING HEARINGS HELD ON APRIL 21ST, 2025, AND MAY 13TH, 2025.
MS. ERICA AND MS. TANJA WILL BE BOTH PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF, UM, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL BE DISCUSSING, UM, THE SENIOR TRANSPORTATION AND SE SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE PORTION.
AND MS. TAN WILL DO THE MINOR HOME REPAIR.
SO, UM, AS, UM, MADAM CITY MANAGER SAID THE, THE CITY IS, UM, STAFF IS SEEKING THE MERIT COMMISSION APPROVAL TO APPLY FOR THE 51ST YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT THROUGH THE COUNTY.
UM, THE THREE PROGRAMS ARE A MINOR HOME REPAIR, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION AND SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE.
OUR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION IS THE SHUTTLE THAT PICK UP SENIORS THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY, 62 AND OVER.
UM, THEY BRING THEM TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND ALSO TRANSPORT THEM TO, UM, THEIR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, NAIL APPOINTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
WE DO KNOW THERE'S NOT A MAJOR GROCERY STORE, SO WE DO GO TO THE GROCERY STORES IN LAUDER HILL AND TAMARACK.
UM, THESE RESIDENTS, UM, ARE REGISTERED 62 AND OVER AND HAVE TO LIVE IN THE CITY.
THEY ALSO PAY FOR OUR SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, UM, DESIGNED FOR A SENIOR 62 AND OVER, AND THEY PARTICIPATE IN OUR SENIOR CENTER AND OUR LIFELONG LEARNING PROGRAMS. THAT AMOUNT IS $15,000.
SENIOR TRANSPORTATION IS $45,000.
AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
IT JUST SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE HERE THE OTHER DAY WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
FOR THE 50TH? YEAH, FOR THE 50TH, YES MA'AM.
MS. TANGER, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, SO THE CDBG FUND FOR MINOR HOME REPAIR IS A FUND THAT WILL ALLOW US TO ASSIST RESIDENTS WITH HOME REPAIRS, INCLUDING, UM, ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND DOORS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND THIS IS A FUND THAT WOULD BE $232,079, AND THAT SHOULD HELP US TO FUND ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 11 HOME REPAIRS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, MA'AM? VICE MAYOR.
THIS IS AN ADDITION TO WHAT WE GOT THE OTHER DAY.
SO THIS FUND, WE WILL GET APPROVED AND THEN IT'LL COME BACK NEXT YEAR FOR FUNDING.
SO THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS NOT A PART OF THIS.
SAY IT AGAIN? YOU SAID IF IT IS APPROVED, THIS IS APPROVED, IT WILL, UM, GO THROUGH THE CYCLE, GO BACK TO THE COUNTY, AND THEN BY THE TIME IT COME BACK TO US, IT WILL BE OCTOBER OF 2025 WHEN WE WILL START THE PROCESS OF, OF EXPENDING THESE FUNDS.
HOWEVER, THE FUNDS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ARE CURRENTLY ACTIVELY BEING, UM, UTILIZED.
IT'S READY FOR NEXT YEAR, MAYOR.
I'M READING WHAT IT, WHAT'S HERE, AND IT SAYS, UM, WHEN I LOOK AT THE BACKUP, IT SAYS THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN, SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN AT 12 NOON TODAY.
SO I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WASN'T BROUGHT TO US BEFORE.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, WE'RE KIND OF DOING CATCH UP BECAUSE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND NORMALLY MYSELF OR THE FORMER, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICE WOULD'VE BROUGHT IT, BROUGHT IT.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS OUT AND SHE'S NO LONGER HERE.
SO I JUST TOOK THE LEAD, UM, TO HELP MS. MCCOY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO IT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, BY NOON TODAY, WE ARE JUST GETTING YOUR APPROVAL
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TO, UM, COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORMALLY BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE RESOLUTION BACK MAY 13TH.THEY, AND I'M SORRY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THEY JUST OPENED, UM, FOR US TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION LIKE MID-MARCH, SO THEY WERE LATE.
I HAVE A THOUGHT AND A CONCERN.
I KNOW WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO RECEIVE FUNDS, THEY HAVE TO GET THREE BIDS, UH, CONTRACTUAL BIDS, AND WE ACCEPT THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE.
AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID.
I HAVE NOTICED ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THAT THE BIDS THAT COME INTO THE CITY ARE VERY HIGH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THREE AND WE TAKE THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE, THEY'RE VERY HIGH BECAUSE ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, I HAVE COMPARED AN OUTSIDE COMPANY TO WHAT WE RECEIVE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND I THINK THAT THE CITY RECEIVES BIDS BECAUSE WE ARE THE CITY AND THAT WE HAVE THE MONEY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BUT I HAVE ON OCCASION MADE SOME COMPARISON, UH, FOR, FOR SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
AND THE BIDS ARE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN WHAT CONTRACTORS GIVE US.
I, IT IS JUST A POINT I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE.
THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, SANDRA, I WILL DEFINITELY BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY THIS YEAR.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I AM, UM, VERY SKILLED IN, SO I WILL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GETTING, UM, WHAT WE SHOULD BE GETTING.
AND THE BIDS ARE THE LOWEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND THAT'LL BE VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE I THINK JUST BECAUSE WE ARE IN MUNICIPALITIES, SOME CONTRACTORS THINK THAT THEY CAN GIVE US A BID, UM, INCREASE THE BID, AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE LOWEST, IT STILL IS SO MUCH MORE THAN OUT IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE NON-EXCLUSIVE PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH WESTWAY TOWING INC.
FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING TOWING AND RECORD SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL CONTRACT AS NUMBERED.
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE NON-EXCLUSIVE PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH WESTWAY TOWING, INC., FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING TOWING AND WRECKER SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CITY OF OF LAUDERHILL CONTRACT NO. RFP2023-049]
F AND BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM, MS. BOBBY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, ONCE AGAIN.BOBBY WILLIAMS. BOBBY JEAN WILLIAMS. UH, SO THE DISCUSSION FOR TONIGHT'S ITEM IS TO, I KNOW WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE CHANGE IN THE LAW.
AS YOU KNOW, THE, UH, STATE, UH, STATUTE NO LONGER, UH, ALLOWS THE CITY TO IMPOSE A FRANCHISE FEE ON TOWING COMPANIES, UH, IN OUR CITY.
UH, SO WE DID GO THROUGH THE STEPS OF THE THREE EFFORTS, EFFORTS, UH, BEING COMMISSIONED THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS TO, UH, CHANGE OUR, TO CHANGE OUR GOALS, TO ENSURE, UH, THAT WE NO LONGER, UH, REFER TO, UH, FEES AS A FRANCHISE FEE FROM TOWING SERVICES, BUT WE, UH, REFER TO THOSE AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OR PUBLIC PUBLIC SERVICE FEE.
UH, CURRENTLY, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A, A DEDICATED, UH, CONTRACT OR SERVICE PROVIDER, UH, THAT PROVIDES TO US, UH, TOWING AND WRECKING WRECKER SERVICES.
UH, WE REACHED OUT TO, UH, A FEW, A FEW COMPANIES AND WE REACHED OUT TO A FEW CITIES THAT DID GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS, UH, WHICH WAS CITY OF LAUDER HILL.
AND THEY DID AWARD, UH, WESTWAY TOWING, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE A LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, BUSINESS.
UM, THEY, THEY DID AWARD THAT COMPANY, I'M SORRY, THE AWARD TO WESTWAY TOWING.
AND WE'D LIKE TO, UM, HOP ON BOARD WITH USING THAT, UH, SAME SERVICE PROVIDER TO OUR CITY.
AGAIN, UH, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, RECEIVING ANY, UH, REVENUE, UM, BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE LAWS IN PLACE THAT ALLOWED US TO COLLECT, UH, ANY REVENUE FROM A TOWING COMPANY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WESTWAY, UH, DID PROVIDE TO US WAS A LIST OF ALL OF THE TOWING AND, UH, RECORD SERVICES THEY PROVIDED FOR ALL OF 2024, UH, THAT WAS VALUED OVER 670, 670, UH, TOWS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT TO 300, UH, $93,000.
IF WE WOULD HAVE HAD A CONTRACT IN PLACE, UH, THE CITY COULD HAVE COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY, UH, $98,000 IN 2024.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE HOPING TO, IF, IF YOU DO, UH, ACCEPT AND ALLOW US TO BRING FORTH, UH, THIS
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CONTRACT AS A, UH, PIGGYBACK CONTRACT, UH, WITH THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL, WE LIKE TO, UH, MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO AWARD, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW THE CITY, UM, TO ACCEPT AS MUCH REVENUE AS POSSIBLE.THIS CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE ANY, IT'S A NO COST TO THE CITY.
THERE IS NOTHING THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR.
UH, WE JUST GIVE THE, UH, COMPANY WESTWAY TOWING THE NON-EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO TOW OUR VEHICLES.
TYPICALLY, IT'S OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT ARE CALLING TO HAVE ACCIDENT VEHICLES BEING PICKED UP, UH, ABANDONED VEHICLES, VACANT, UH, VEHICLES BEING PICKED UP AT THIS TIME, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU DO HAVE.
AND AT ONE POINT WE DID HAVE THE, OH, WE DO HAVE DARREN WITH US FROM WESTWAY TOWING, IF YOU HAD ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ACTUAL CONTRACT ITSELF.
UM, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE CONTRACT, BUT SIR, UM, THAT LOCATION REALLY NEEDS SOME CLEANING UP.
UM, I DUNNO, I, I KEEP PASSING BY WHEN I'M BY BANK OF AMERICA AND IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT APPEALING TO THE CITY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE AROUND IT IN THE LOCATION.
THAT'S JUST MY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT 'CAUSE I'VE CALLED THEM BEFORE, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM.
MS. TANYA, ARE THERE ANY, UH, CODE VIOLATIONS IN THAT AREA? YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT, UM, TYPE OF CODE VIOLATIONS WOULD BE AT THAT PROPERTY.
I DO HAVE MY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS LOOKING INTO THAT CURRENTLY, BUT, UM, WE HAVEN'T, UM, AS OF TODAY PUT ANY VIOLATIONS, BUT WE WILL BE REVIEWING IT.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE ITEM, I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD PIGGYBACK CONTRACT FOR US TO CONSIDER, UM, TOWING AND RECORD SERVICES.
UH, THEY, THEY WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBOR WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CITY AND UM, I KNOW WEST WAY'S BEEN HERE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
I KNOW THEY HAVE STAKE IN THE COMMUNITY AND UM, I THINK IT'S A GOOD ITEM FOR US TO SUPPORT.
I SEE MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'M IN AGREEMENT COLLEAGUE THAT WE SUPPORT.
AT LEAST THE MONEY WILL BE COMING IN.
[G. DISCUSSION REGARDING A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF THE AQUATIC WEED HARVESTER (WEEDOO) FROM THE WEEDOO GREENBOAT, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $89,515.00]
YOUR MADAM MAYOR DISCUSSION REGARDING A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE OF THE AQUATIC WEED HARVESTER.WE DO FROM THE, WE DO GREEN BOAT, INC.
AND BOBBY WILLIAMS AND RON IS HERE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST.
RON, MR. RON, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UH, UH, FOR THE RECORD, ONCE THERE IS BRONX PUBLIC DIRECTOR, UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, UH, OWNS, UH, TWO AQUATIC.
WE DO, UH, WE PURCHASED THE FIRST ONE IN 2018, I BELIEVE THE SECOND ONE IN 2019.
UH, THOSE ARE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY USE TO HELP US, UH, MAINTAIN THE CANAL SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
UH, THE CITY OWNS AND MAINTAIN 11 MILES OF CANAL FOR A SMALL THREE PET NINE SQUARE MILE CITY.
WE HAVE 11 MILES OF CANAL THAT WE MAINTAIN.
AND, UH, AND THOSE WATERWAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF AQUATIC WEEDS, NIGERIA TORPEDO GRASS, UH, THAT GROWS REALLY FAST.
AND THOSE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT HELP US, UH, KIND OF CUT THE GRASS AND TAKE 'EM OUT OF THE CANAL AND DISPOSE THEM.
AND BACK IN OCTOBER, 2024, ALL OF THOSE WEED DO CAPSIZED.
UH, 'CAUSE WHEN WERE MAINTAIN OF THE, ONE OF THE SCANNERS AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS A LEAK IN ONE OF THE HALL, IT KEPT GETTING WATER ON ONE SIDE AND CAPSIZED.
UH, BUT, UH, FORTUNATELY THOSE, UH, EQUIPMENT ARE INSURED TO FMIT.
UH, WE, UH, TOUR OUR HR DEPARTMENT.
SO THEY, UM, NO, FIRST WE GOT A QUOTE FROM, UH, THE WIDOW, UH, SOLE SOURCE AS, AS FAR AS HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR THE WIDOW.
SO THE QUOTE WAS FOR $64,000 DOLLAR WALEY.
AND SO THE FMIT INSURANCE, UH, TO, UH, HR, UH, WE, WE REIMBURSE THE CITY SIX 3000 WALEY.
THE REASON IT'S 1000, I BELIEVE THERE'S A 1000 DEDUCTIBLE,
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UH, TO THE INSURANCE.SO INSTEAD OF REPAIRING THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SO WE ASKED, WE DO HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO BUY A BRAND NEW ONE.
AND SO THEY PROVIDED, UH, WITH A QUOTE.
SO WE HAVE 63,000 ROUGHLY FROM THE INSURANCE AND IT WILL COST ABOUT 89,000 TO BUY A BRAND NEW ONE.
SO THE CHOICE IS TO REPAIR WHAT WE HAVE, UH, WITH 63,000 OR BUY A BRAND NEW ONE WITH A THREE YEAR WARRANTY, UH, FOR 89,000, WHICH, UH, THE DIFFERENCE OF IS ABOUT $26,000 BY MAIL.
I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ABOUT MAYOR, FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I KIND OF SORT OF THINK FOR ME IT'S A NO-BRAINER OF NOT TO PAY $63,000 TO REPAIR AN AGE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT VERSUS PURCHASING A NEW ONE.
I SAY MAD MAYOR BY MAYOR COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HOW MANY OF THESE EQUIPMENTS DO WE HAVE? UH, TWO BY MAIL? YES SIR.
WE HAVE ONE THAT IS OPERATIONAL AND UH, AS WE ABOUT TO ENTER THE, UH, HEAT, UH, SEASON, THE SUMMERTIME WHERE GRASS WILL GO FASTER, UH, WE REALLY WILL NEED THAT.
SECOND PIECE OF EQUIPMENT MANAGER.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
HOW OLD ARE THE, HOW OLD ARE THEY? 29.
20 YOU SAID? HOW OLD ARE THEY? UH, ONE OF THEM WAS PURCHASED IN 2018.
UH, I THINK THE OTHER ONE WAS PURCHASED ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT.
SO ANOTHER QUESTION, WILLIAMS, YOU SAID WE HAD INSURANCE ON THE 2020 AND TO REPAIR IT? NO, UH, TO, WE HAVE INSURANCE ON BOTH, UH, OF EQUIPMENT 63.
SO TO REPAIR IT WITH THE INSURANCE THAT WE HAVE ON IT IS $63,000 TO YES, 63,000 AND UH, TO THE INSURANCE PROVIDED THE GOOD COST TO REPAIR IT, UH, WE JUST FEEL LIKE IT WOULD BE A BETTER DEAL TO BUY WHEN YOU WE WITH THREE ONE T INSTEAD OF REPAIRING WHAT WE HAVE.
MR. RON, WHAT DID YOU SAY HAPPENED WITH THE, UM, THE ONE THAT WENT UNDER ALREADY? WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM WITH THE, UH, TO MY MAYOR, CAPSIZED? UH, WE WERE OPERATING THE, THE, WE DO, BUT APPARENTLY, UM, WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH BOAT RENT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, UM, ISSUE THAT WE'RE FACING.
SO THE WAY WE ACCESS THOSE CANAL, WE DON'T HAVE DEDICATED BOAT RENT TO ACCESS THE CANAL.
UH, WE HAVE TRAILERS, SO SOMETIMES, UH, WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AS, AS TO HOW TO ENTER THE CANAL, I GUESS IN THE PROCESS OF ENTERING THE CANAL, ONE OF THE HALLS, SO THE, THE WE DO HAS TWO HALLS THAT KIND OF KEEP IT AFLOAT DURING OPERATION.
SO ONE OF 'EM WAS LEAKING, SO IT WAS GAINING WATER.
SO, AND THEN THE CAPSIZE, UH, THE WEED DO ER THOMAS.
DOES THIS WEED DO ALSO DO LIKE THE TREES THAT HANG OVER OR IT'S JUST THE WEED THAT'S ON THE WATER ITSELF? DOES IT BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TREES BY THE CANAL THAT HANGS OVER.
WOULD THAT TAKE A DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT TO CUT THOSE? UH, TO MY, NO.
THE WAY IT DOES NOT CUT THE TREES, BUT WHEN THE BRANCHES, UH, FALL IN THE CANAL, THAT'S WHAT WE, WE USED TO TAKE 'EM OUT.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TREES OVERHANGING ON THE CANAL, BUT, UH, NO, THAT'S A DIFFERENT OPERATION MODEL.
UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SO YOU, YOU'RE SAYING WE CAN APPLY THE INSURANCE TOWARDS PURCHASING THIS NEW EQUIPMENT IS WHAT WE'RE SAYING.
YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
AND THAT WOULD BRING OUR TOTAL FLEET TO TWO AGAIN, IS THAT CORRECT? TWO MILLIMETER, YES.
UM, AND THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I'VE I HAVE TWO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE, WE DO, UM, HOW OFTEN ARE YOU GUYS MAINTAINING, UH, THE CANALS? I KNOW OVER THE SUMMER IT'S GONNA BE MORE FREQUENT FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT IN GENERAL, HOW OFTEN DO YOU GUYS TRY TO GET OUT THERE AND MAINTAIN THE CANALS UP TO REMEMBER? IT'S A DAILY OPERATION.
UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE 11 MILES, WE HAVE FIVE ZONES.
WE TRY TO DO ROTATION TO THE ZONES.
GRASS DOESN'T GO EVERY DAY, BUT SOMETIMES ONE DAY OFF ON HOLIDAY CAN TOUR OR RANCH INTO, INTO THE SCHEDULE.
BUT, UM, IT'S A DAILY OPERATION.
SO, UH, SO, SO EVERY DAY AT SOME POINT, SOMETHING IS GOING ON OUT THERE WITH THE CANALS, OR DO WE DO OKAY? YES.
AND, UM, TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DEDICATED BOAT RAMP.
UH, WOULD THAT BE HELPFUL FOR YOU GUYS TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? WOULD THAT PROBABLY PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE CAPSIZED BOAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN, IF WE HAVE
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A DEDICATED BOAT RAMP, UH, TO MY MAYOR, YES.AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING ONE ITEM, UH, FOR THE CITY COMMISSION CONSIDERATION.
WE, UM, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IF IT WAS JUST ONE 11 MILE LONG CANAL, WE COULD PROBABLY DO ONE OR TWO LOCATIONS, BUT THE, THE CANALS ARE SCATTERED AND SOMETIMES THERE'S NO CONNECTIVITY.
WE HAVE MIGHT HAVE LIKE 400 FEET AND ONE SIDE, SO WE HAVE TO TAKE THE EQUIPMENT OUT AND GO ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UH, BACK IN 2016, UH, THE CITY IDENTIFIED 26 LOCATIONS SUITABLE FOR BOAT REPS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE WEENED PRIVATE PROPERTIES, SO WE HAVE TO GET AN EASEMENT, UH, TO GET THERE.
UH, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THAT SOMETIMES DEALING WITH, UH, THE MORTGAGE, UH, COMPANIES, THE HARDEST PART OF IT.
SO, SO WHAT I'M DOING SO FAR IS TRY TO IDENTIFY THE ONES THAT ARE EASIER TO, UH, TO GO WITH RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE, UM, BUDGETED, UH, $700,000 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCT, UH, SOME BOARD WEB, UH, ON 39TH STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD TO DO SOME MAKESHIFT, UH, BOTH REP WITH, UH, TWO BY FOUR, JUST TO ACCESS THOSE CAN, IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE EQUIPMENT, EVEN FOR STAFF.
SO THAT'S THE PLAN GOING FORWARD TO, UH, TRY TO IDENTIFY THE EASIEST LOCATION AND START BUILDING THOSE BOAT RAMP.
WELL, ONE MORE THING, MADAM, IF I MAY.
UM, I THANK YOU AGAIN, RON, FOR PRIORITIZING THIS.
UM, I THINK WE ARE, OUR, OUR WATERWAYS IS A HUGE ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S PART OF OUR FRENCH PORT WHERE LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE HAVE LAKES AND CANALS, AND, UM, I, I'M EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM, MR. RON.
SO IF APPROVED, OUR ONLY EXPENDITURE WILL BE ABOUT 20 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS INSTEAD OF 64,000 FOR REPAIR.
MA'AM, I'M IN FAVOR, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
NEXT WE WILL GO THROUGH OUR REPORTS, SIX A'S
[A. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]
PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.AND IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD DEVAL, MR. DEVAL DECOSTA SPEAK ABOUT HIS FRUSTRATION WITH LANZO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
A FEW MEETINGS BACK, RON HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH HIM TO ASSIST, AND HE'S GONNA PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
UM, THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED.
UH, YES, MAN, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UH, THE USE PROGRAM SINCE THE BEGINNING.
AND, UH, YES, UH, IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, UH, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. DASA TRYING TO GET HELP, UH, TO HIS, UH, ISSUES.
UM, MR. LAA HAS FOUR CLAIMS. UH, ONE IS RELATED TO THE DRIVEWAY THAT WAS DAMAGED.
UH, HE HAS A STAMPED CONCRETE DRIVEWAY, AND ONE CLAIM IS, UH, RELATED TO EXPENSES THAT HE HAD TO INCUR BECAUSE OF, UH, REPAIR TO IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
HE HAS A BROKEN FISH TANK AND ALSO, UH, SOME DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE.
SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, THE COUNTY, UM, MR.
UM, ACTUALLY THEY DID A GOOD JOB BATCHING THE EXISTING PATTERN OF THE STEP CONCRETE.
AND, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, MR. DASA RECEIVED A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF HUNDRED AND $15, UH, FOR THE EXPENSES THAT THEY INCURRED, UH, FOR THE IRRIGATION, UH, SYSTEM REPAIR.
BUT THERE ARE TWO CLAIMS THAT ARE DENIED BY THE CONTRACTOR, THE FISH TANK, UH, AND ALSO THE CAR DAMAGE.
UH, THE MAIN REASON THEY SAID IS HE LACKS, SORRY, UH, EVIDENCE, UH, OR ENOUGH SUPPORTING DOCUMENT, UH, FOR THIS CLAIM.
AND THOSE ARE THE, THE, THE, THE SOURCES OF FRUSTRATION FOR MR. DACO.
I, I, I TRY TO, UH, GET THE COUNTY'S, UH, REP INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THEY PROVIDED MR. DAA WITH THE CONTRACTOR'S INSURANCE SO HE CAN FILE THE CLAIM DIRECTLY TO THE INSURANCE.
HE'S, UH, GOING THROUGH SOME ISSUES RIGHT NOW AS A MATTER OF TODAY.
I WAS, UM, UM, IN CALL WITH HIM AS FAR AS HIS PROGRESS.
UH, SO WE GOING TO, WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA TRY TO HELP HIM, HELP HIM THROUGH THE PROCESS OF FILING THE CLAIM, UH, WITH THE, THE CONTRACTOR'S INSURANCE TO SEE IF HE CAN GET, UM,
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A LOCK.BUT AS FAR AS THE CITY, I'M LIMITED IN TERMS OF WHAT I CAN FORCE THE CONTRACTOR TO DO.
I CANNOT FORCE, UH, THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY THE CLAIM, AND EVEN THE COUNTY CANNOT FORCE THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY THE, UH, TO PAY THE CLAIM AS WELL.
BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO PUSH THE ISSUE, GET HIM HELP, UM, TO TALK TO WHOEVER CAN TALK TO THE COUNTY LEVEL.
UH, THAT ISSUE HAS BEEN BROUGHT, UH, TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.
SO IT'S, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT EVERYONE AT THE COUNTY KNOWS THEY'RE TRYING TO TO HELP, BUT, UM, THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE LIMITED IN TERMS OF HOW THEY CAN PUSH, UH, THE CONTRACTOR TO PAY THOSE TWO CLIPS.
UH, HE'S GONNA TRY TWO OTHER CONTRACTOR'S INSURANCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA PLAY OUT.
AND, UH, WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE.
BUT, UH, I'M GONNA KEEP WORKING WITH HIM AND TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME HELP.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS SIX A NUMBER TWO, ERIN BOUQUET ALSO, UM, PRESENTED A ISSUE WITH LOUD MUSIC, LOITERING AND UNLAWFUL PARKING IN THE WESTGATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MS. TANJA MCCOY DID REACH OUT TO HER AND SPEAK WITH HER, AND I BELIEVE SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPOKE WITH HER AS WELL.
SO I'LL HAVE TANJA COME UP SO THAT SHE CAN PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLY, UM, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS IF HE HAS ANY INFORMATION THAT HE CAN PROVIDE AS WELL.
MS. TANGER TAN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
SO, YES, WE DID SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENT AND, UM, BASICALLY THE HOMEOWNER WAS NOT AT HOME.
AND THEN, UM, SHE CAME IN AND PRETTY MUCH GOT EVERYTHING UNDER CONTROL 'CAUSE UH, I GUESS SOME OF HER ADULT CHILDREN WERE LIVING AT THE PROPERTY.
UM, WE DID TALK TO THE RESIDENT ABOUT WHAT HER OPTIONS ARE RELATED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE POLICE, UM, FORCE BSO, AND WE ALSO CREATED A DOCUMENT FOR BSO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO, WHEN THEY GO OUT TO THE PROPERTY IN THE EVENINGS, WHEN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT THERE, THERE TO, UM, DOCUMENT THE, UM, RESPONSES APPROPRIATELY SO THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN ENFORCE ON BASED ON THEIR REPORT.
I SEE CAPTAIN PHILLIPS COMING, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSION.
UM, I'M PRETTY MUCH GONNA ECHO THE SAME THINGS THAT, UM, SHE MENTIONED.
WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR DEPUTY, SO WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WE CAN ENFORCE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT SHE WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT.
I HAD MY PATROL COMMANDER MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM.
HE SAID THAT THE CONVERSATION WAS, UM, PLEASANT.
SHE WAS UNDERSTANDING, AND THEY WERE GONNA, UH, AND HE JUST ASSURED HER THAT WE WOULD BE MAKING SOME, UM, IMPLEMENTING SOME STRATEGIES TO HELP HER RESOLVE HER ISSUE.
AND WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF FOR.
THANK BOTH OF YOU ALL FOR LOOKING INTO THAT.
WE WANT YOUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR RESOLUTIONS TO THEM.
[B. PRESENTATION OF THE FY2024-25 MID-YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT]
ITEM SIX V, PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 MIDYEAR FINANCIAL REPORT BY BOBBY WILLIAMS. IT'S BOBBY.OKAY, LAST ITEM FOR THIS EVENING.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, FOR THE RECORD, BOBBY JEAN WILLIAMS, UH, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, UH, INCLUDED, UH, IN YOUR PACKET AND ALSO A HARD COPY.
YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THE, THE MEDIA FINANCIAL REPORT.
AND THIS DOCUMENT COINCIDES WITH THE, WITH THE, UH, MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
AND THE REASON WE DO THIS DOCUMENT IS BECAUSE CURRENTLY, OF COURSE, WE'RE IN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT, UH, SEASON, AND WE DO NEED TO, UH, TAKE SOME TIME TO, UH, GO BACK AND LOOK AT INDIVIDUALLY HOW EACH FUND IS PERFORMING TO ENSURE ONE, UH, THAT WE ARE GOING TO COLLECT THE REVENUE THAT WE ANTICIPATED.
AND THEN TWO, THE EXPENDITURES ARE BEING EXPENSED, UM, ON TARGET.
AND ACCORDING TO THE PLAN THAT WAS ACCEPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, THIS DOC, THIS DOCUMENT ALSO HELPS US TO WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS TO, UH, GAUGE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, DISCREPANCIES, ANY DEFICIENCIES, UH, IF WE ANTICIPATE ANY, UH, CHALLENGES WITH NOT ONLY THE CURRENT US BUDGET, UM, OR ANY BUDGETARY CONCERNS THAT WE MAY HAVE IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.
UM, UH, IT'S, IT IS KEY TO NOTE THAT, UH, WITH ALL OF OUR NUMBERS, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL, UM, UNAUDITED AND UNADJUSTED, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY'RE NOT FINAL UNTIL THE, UH,
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YEAR END, UH, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT IS BOTH AUDITED AND THEN RELEASED AND APPROVED BY USD CITY COMMISSION.UM, OVERALL, UM, UH, OVERALL, THE, UH, CITY'S BUDGET IS $108 MILLION, OF WHICH, UH, WE HAVE COLLECTED $35.6 MILLION AS OF TODAY, SORRY, AS OF MARCH 31ST, WHICH REPRESENTS 33% OF THE OVERALL BUDGET.
UH, UM, WE DO ANTICIPATE RECEIVING QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE DURING OUR SUMMER MONTHS, AS WELL AS RECEIVING, UH, THOSE RECEIPTS FROM THOSE GRANTS, UH, THAT WE ARE OPERATING.
IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PROJECTION IS AT THE YEAR END, UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE, UH, COLLECTING, UH, 65% OF THE BUDGET, OR APPROXIMATELY $65.6 MILLION NOW.
NOW, WHAT, UH, IMPACTS THE PROJECTION ARE, UH, ONE OF, ONE OF MANY, UH, MANY THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UH, NEW GRANTS, UH, NO GRANTS, UH, LAG IN RECEIPT OF REVENUE, UM, ALSO TO, UH, FUNDS OR ACCOUNTS UNDERPERFORMING.
UH, AGAIN, WE DO MONITOR THE BUDGET EVERY MONTH SO WE CAN, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S UNDERPERFORMING OR WHAT'S OVER-PERFORMING IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL EXPENDITURES ACROSS ALL OF OUR FUNDS.
UH, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT BELOW TARGET AT 23.4% OR $25.2 MILLION EXPENDED.
AGAIN, THIS IS ACROSS ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR FUNDS.
UM, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE SIMILAR TO REVENUE.
UH, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING THAT IS ENCUMBERED, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE PURCHASES.
UH, THERE ARE SOME PURCHASES THAT ARE PURCHASED ONE TIME.
THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE PURCHASED TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE FISCAL YEAR OR TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO YOU WON'T SEE THOSE EXPENDITURES IN IN SOME OF THE REPORTING ALSO TO, UM, HOW WE, UH, PROGRESS WITH OUR PROJECTS.
UM, WHEN OUR PROJECTS FALL BEHIND, WE AREN'T EXPENDING, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UH, SPENT BEYOND SEPTEMBER 30TH, IT GOES TO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UM, SO THERE'S A MANY, MANY, UM, UM, REASONS WHY OUR PROJECTIONS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OFF.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE DO MONITOR AND MANAGE THE CITY'S FINANCIALS, UH, ON A DAILY BASIS FOR THE MOST PART.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE PROJECTION, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE, UH, BASED UPON OUR CURRENT TRENDS, OUR CURRENT SPENDING PATTERNS, WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR PROJECTS, OUR CIP PROJECTS AND OTHER, UH, GRANTS OR, UH, PROGRAMS OR INITIATIVES, WE ANTICIPATE SPENDING, UM, $63.3 MILLION OR 58% OF THE BUDGET.
AND THAT'S STILL WITH THE REVENUE TRENDING WAY AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES OVERALL.
SO I DO, UH, WANT TO GO OVER, UH, WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO, UH, FIND IN THE PACKET.
AND IT'S SIMILAR TO THE REPORT THAT I PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU CAN GO BACK, YOU CAN, UH, GET A GREATER UNDERSTANDING, MORE TRANSPARENCY OF HOW THE FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY OPERATING.
ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF ALL OF THE, THE FUNDS THAT WERE APPROPRIATED AND THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF, UH, PERFORMANCE.
FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF OUR FUNDS ARE TRENDING ON A, ON A POSITIVE NOTE.
UH, THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE, ARE NEUTRAL, AND ALL THAT MEANS IS BASED UPON TRENDS BASED UPON HISTORICAL SPENDING OR HISTORICAL REVENUE RECEIPT.
WE'RE JUST MANAGING THEM, AND THEY MAY BE BEHIND, UH, REVENUE OR BEHIND IN EXPENDITURES, BUT WE ANTICIPATE, UH, THOSE FUNDS TO CATCH UP.
UH, THOSE ITEMS WHERE IT SAYS MONITOR, THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE, THE REVENUE MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES.
AND YOU'LL NOTE THAT MOST OF THESE ARE THOSE ACCOUNTS WHERE WE ARE RECEIVING EITHER GRANTS OR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION GAS TAX FUND.
UH, THAT'S FUNDING FROM THE STATE.
UM, SO WE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, NOTICED THAT THE, UH, FUNDING FROM THE STATE IS COMING IN, UH, KIND OF SLOW.
SO, UH, EACH, EACH FUND THAT'S NOTED ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, UH, PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION, A LIST OF, NOT A LIST, BUT THE NUMBER OF THE ADOPTED STAFFING, IF THERE'S ANY VACANCIES, IF THERE WERE ANY NEW POSITIONS THAT WERE, UM, ADJUSTED FOR THAT DEPARTMENT OR THAT FOR THAT FUND.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, FINAL, UH, STAFFING COMPLIMENT AS OF MARCH 31ST.
ADDITIONALLY, YOU'LL SEE, UH, THERE ARE THE, UH, THE FINANCIAL DATA THAT DOES COINCIDE WITH THE FINANCIAL REPORT THAT WE PRESENTED EARLIER THIS EVENING, BUT ALSO TOO, WE INCLUDED AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR EACH FUND.
I KNOW IN THE ONE PAGE FINANCIAL SUMMARY THAT YOU TYPICALLY GET, UH, WE DON'T ALWAYS GIVE YOU A LOT OF DETAILS ON THE OTHER FUNDS.
UM, SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING, EITHER FROM THE REVENUE, UH, PERSPECTIVE OR FROM THE EXPENDITURE OR EXPENSE
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PERSPECTIVE.ALSO TO, UM, EACH FUND WE PROVIDED WHAT THE YEAR END FUND BALANCE OR UNASSIGNED, UH, FUND BALANCE OR NET POSITION FOR OUR, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
UH, WE ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH THE 2024 ESTIMATED, UH, FUND BALANCE OR NET POSITION.
UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THE AUDIT IS ONGOING.
UH, WE NEED TO ANTICIPATE THE AUDIT BEING COMPLETE IN THE NEXT, UH, THREE, THREE WEEKS.
AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE THAT REPORT TO YOU IN THE MONTH OF MAY.
IN TERMS OF, UM, THE ADOPTED APPROPRIATION, YOU'LL SEE THE AMOUNT, UH, THAT WE ANTICIPATED TO USE OUT OF THAT UNASSIGNED BALANCE OR THAT NET POSITION.
AND AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S OUR LITTLE PRETTY CHART THAT SHOWS BY MONTH THE REVENUE IN THE EXPENDITURES THAT WERE COLLECTED.
THE, UH, BLUE, I DON'T SEE AN INDICATOR HERE, BUT THE BLUE REPRESENTS THE REVENUE AND THE ORANGE REPRESENTS THE EXPENSE OR THE EXPENDITURE.
SO AGAIN, UH, THIS REPORT DOES INCLUDE, UH, OUR GENERAL FUND.
IT INCLUDES A LIST OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE, WHICH IS THE FIRE FUND, THE GRANTS FUND, THE IMPACT FEE FUND, THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND.
THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES FUND, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND, THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, GRANT BLOCK, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, THE TRANSPORTATION GAS TAX FUND, THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION FUND, THE HOUSING REPAIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FUND.
IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR DEBT SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS OUR, UH, GENERAL OBLIGATION FUND FROM 2005 AND 2007.
IT INCLUDES OUR TWO CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, WHICH IS OUR GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND, AND THEN OUR SURTAX TRANSPORTATION, UH, FUND.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE REPORT INCLUDES OUR THREE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WHICH IS OUR STORM WATER, OUR SOLID WASTE, AND OUR DEVELOP AND OUR BUILDING SERVICES FUND.
UH, SO I, I DON'T WANT TO, UH, UM, HAVE YOU TO, UH, GO THROUGH EACH OF THE PAGES, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, AT YOUR CONVENIENCE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, I CAN MEET WITH YOU AT ANY POINT TO GO OVER ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IN THIS PACKET AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY CONCERNS, ANY QUESTIONS, MR. THOMAS? NO.
THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY, MADAM MAYOR.