Apr 22, 2025 City Commission Meeting

ITEM THREE, INDICATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR INDICATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO US THIS EVENING BY PASTOR BANCROFT WILLIAMS OF THE MERRILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, PASTOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM.

MADAM, MAY WE STAND, LET INVITE US ALL TO GATHER FOR PRAYER.

LET US PRAY ON MIGHTY GOD IN WHOM WE LIVE AND MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEEN.

WE GIVE YOU ALL PRAISE AND HONOR FOR THIS WONDERFUL DAY TODAY BEING EARTH DAY, A DAY IN WHICH WE ARE INTERRELATED TO THE, THE BENEFITS AND THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH WHERE WE ALL STAND TO BENEFIT AND TO GROW AS WE SHARE TOGETHER IN ITS DIVERSITY, ITS RICHES AND ITS PO POTENTIAL.

MAY WE THIS DAY, LORD, CELEBRATE THE BLESSING OF THIS KIND OF EARTHLY CONNECTEDNESS AND THAT WE MAY GROW ALL COMMUNITIES IN RELATIONSHIP TO LOVE, PEACE AND JOY.

WE PRAY THIS DAY, LORD, AS WE GATHER AS A COMMUNITY LORD OF THE LAKES, THAT YOU'LL BLESS THIS COMMISSION.

WE BLESS THE CITY EMPLOYEES ALL WHO SERVE VOLUNTARILY OR OTHERWISE WITHIN THIS RANKS.

AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT ALL THAT WE SAY AND DO WE BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY THAT IT MAY BECOME A BEACON AMONG OR COUNTIES.

AND IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOUR SPIRIT MAY REST UPON THIS MEETING AND ALL MAY BE CONDUCTED TO YOUR HONOR, TO YOUR GLORY.

FOR WE GIVE YOU ALL PRAISE AND GLORY IN THE POWER OF GOD AND MIGHTY AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

THANKS TO THE BLACK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, STAR AND NATION.

HONOR GOD IN THE VISIT.

LIBERTY.

ITEM FIVE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

PASTOR WILLIAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT IATION AND FOR THAT BLESSING UPON NOT ONLY THE CITY, BUT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND THOSE WHO ENTERED THE GATES OF LAUDERDALE LAKE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM FOUR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

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PREVIOUS MEETING.

APRIL 7TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES FIVE B, APRIL 8TH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

MINUTES.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ.

APRIL 7TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES APRIL 8TH, 2025.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR MISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

ITEM SIX, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR THEN PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE SEVEN PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

FIRST ONE IS FROM MS. BARBARA HERRERA.

THANK YOU MS. HERRERA.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.

MY NAME IS BARBARA HERRERA.

I AM WITH WM.

YOU ARE, WE ARE YOUR PROUD SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.

AND I AM HERE TODAY TO WISH EVERYONE HERE A VERY HAPPY EARTH DAY.

IT WAS MY PLEASURE TO BE A PART OF THE AWARD PRESENTATION SPONSORED BY THE CITY AND OF COURSE COMMISSIONER THOMAS TO INCREDIBLE CHILDREN WHO DID A WONDERFUL JOB WITH THE REUSE, REDUCE, AND RECYCLE MESSAGING.

THEY ARE SO BRIGHT, SO BRILLIANT, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BRING HOME A MESSAGE.

SO AGAIN, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT WE CELEBRATE OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANET AND WE ALSO CELEBRATE THE SMALL STEPS THAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT IT.

AT WM, WE ARE ALSO YOUR RECYCLER.

WE PROCESS YOUR MATERIAL AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT I'VE JUST FORWARDED TO YOU TO TODAY SOME INFORMATION ABOUT OUR BRAND NEW WM RECYCLING SOUTH FLORIDA.

IT'S OUR BRAND NEW FACILITY THAT WE ARE BUILDING AT THE SAME LOCATION WHERE OUR CURRENT FACILITY IS LOCATED.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS 60 TONS, AT LEAST 60 TONS OF MATERIAL PER HOUR, 60 TONS OF MATERIAL PER HOUR.

RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROCESSING 30 TONS OF MATERIAL PER HOUR.

WE'RE GOING TO BE USING INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY SUCH AS AI TO CAPTURE AS MUCH MATERIAL AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS IT AND PUT IT OUT TO MARKET SO IT CAN BE REUSED, REDUCED AND RECYCLED.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

AND I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO PLEASE IF YOU'D LIKE TO TOUR, I KNOW COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TOUR OUR FACILITY, OUR EXISTING FACILITY AND SEE WHAT WE'RE BUILDING.

PLEASE COME ON DOWN.

WE'RE PLANNING A TOUR FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS AND OF COURSE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSION, THE INVITE STANCE INVITE AND THAT YOU CAN CERTAINLY BRING YOUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EVENING AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. RA.

MADAM CLERK.

KEEP THE CRITERIA, THE CRITERIA.

NEXT WE HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER LE VOID WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. HI, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD EVENING, .

UH, I SAID MORNING, EVENING THIS MORNING SOMEWHERE.

TRUST ME.

UH, WHAT I CAME TO TALK ABOUT.

I KNOW WE ARE GETTING READY.

YOU ALL ARE GETTING READY TO LOOK FOR A CITY MANAGER.

I'M IMP EMPOWERING YOU TO PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME AND GET IT RIGHT.

UM, I KNOW FRIENDSHIPS ARE INVOLVED AND PEOPLE'S POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS, BUT I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER.

I WAS ON THE COMMISSION WHEN WE HIRED OUR FIRST CITY MANAGER.

AND IN MY OPINION, AND NO DISPARITY AGAINST THE PEOPLE WE'VE HAD, BUT THE LAST TWO C CITY MANAGERS THAT WE'VE HAD CLEARLY HAVE NOT BEEN.

THEY THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE, HARD WORKERS, BUT THEY WERE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE CITY MANAGER.

THEY TRULY WEREN'T.

UM, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE QUALIFICATIONS.

PEOPLE WHO NEED TO BE IN FINANCE NEED TO KNOW THEIR FINANCE.

THEY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PROJECTS, HOW TO DEAL WITH PROJECTS.

UM, CITY MANAGERS SHOULD KNOW HOW MANY EMPLOYEES DO WE HAVE? HOW MANY UN UM, UH, AND HOW MANY EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN, UH, NOT DESIGNATED POSITIONS NOT FILLED.

HOW DO WE HAVE THAT? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THAT MONEY? ARE WE PUTTING THAT MONEY BACK IN THE FUND? BALANCE THOSE, THE KIND OF THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW.

UH, UM, I LOOKED AT THE CRITERIA YOU SAID HAVE, UH, A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN, IN BUSINESS OR PUBLIC RELATIONS, BUT IT SAYS MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH SOME, A CITY THAT HAS OVER 20,000 PEOPLE AND A BUDGET OF AT LEAST $10 MILLION.

WE NEED YOUR CRITERIA.

FOLLOW THE CRITERIA.

THERE'S NO DISRESPECT OF ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO POSITION, BUT WE NEED TO

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AND WHEN YOU START DEVIATING FROM THAT, WHEN YOU START GOING ON PERSONAL ISSUES, THEN YOU DON'T GET THE BEST PERSON.

AND IT'S A DISSERVICE NOT JUST TO THE CITIZENS, CITIZENS OF THE CITY, BUT IT'S A DISSERVICE TO THE PERSON YOU PUT INTO PLACE.

'CAUSE YOU PUTTING 'EM IN THE POSITIONS THAT, THAT NECESSARY QUALIFIED FOR.

DON'T MEAN YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED TO BE A A MEMBER OF THIS CITY, A A A A, WORK HARD FOR THIS CITY BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THIS CITY WORK HARD AND HAVE THE BEST CITY'S INTEREST AT HEART.

BUT AS A COMMISSION, YOU ALL NEED TO HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD.

YOU NEED TO THINK THAT OUR CITIZENS DESERVE THE BEST.

HAVE SOMEBODY WHO HAS A VISION, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TRAINED, UH, UH, HAVE PEOPLE THAT THEY'VE SUPERVISED OVER A HUNDRED PEOPLE, 200 PEOPLE.

THAT'S A SKILLSET.

AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT SKILLSET, IT SOUNDS EASY, BUT IT'S NOT.

UH, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISION IMPASSIONATE, BUT STILL WITH HUMILITY AND, AND COMPASSION.

SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR CRITERIA.

GET A, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT A CITY MANAGER GROUP THAT USED TO THAT YOU CAN CONTACT.

THEY'RE RETIRED CITY MANAGERS AND THEY CAN COME IN AND HELP YOU WITH THAT.

DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEND 30, 40, $50,000 TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON BECAUSE THAT PERSON WILL SAVE YOU MILLIONS.

PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING.

GET SOMEBODY TO HIRE.

LOOK AT CITY MANAGERS.

BE IMPARTIAL AND ADAM GIVE YOU ALL.

'CAUSE WHAT I DID WHEN, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN I WAS THERE, UH, WE HAD A HEADHUNTER, BUT EVERY APPLICATION HAD TO BE SENT TO US.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THEM HANDPICKING ANYBODY THAT THEY WANT.

SO YOU HAVE ALL THE, ALL OF THE, UH, APPLICATIONS COME TO YOU AND THEN LET HIM PICK OUT THE FILE THAT HE SAYS THAT HE WANTS.

BUT YOU HAVE A A TO REVIEW IT BECAUSE THEY'LL TRY TO GIVE YOU SOMEBODY THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH.

THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU GUYS, BUT HE ALSO NEEDS TO BE QUALIFIED.

AND IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, I GUARANTEE YOU THE CITY WILL NOT FLOURISH BECAUSE YOU NEED LEADERSHIP.

YOU NEED PEOPLE WHO'VE BEEN THERE, WHO'VE BEEN IN THE, IN THE, IN THE CRUNCHES.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, WE ARE GOING TO FAIL.

MIGHT NOT PLAN.

BUT IF YOU, YOU MIGHT NOT BE PLANNING TO FAIL IF YOU DON'T PUT SOMEONE IN THAT POSITION, WHO KNOWS THE CITY OF GOVERNMENT.

'CAUSE I WAS THERE WHEN THE CITY WENT DOWN BECAUSE WE WERE NOT STAYING ON TOP OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE STAND ON TOP OF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FORMER COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. MADAM CLERK.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO AWARD HER.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. BYRON MAILER.

MR. MAILER, BYRON MAILER FROM NORTH HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, NOT A MALE.

MY REACTION THIS EVENING IS FROM YOUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUNIOR DELIBERATION, WE AS RESIDENTS SITTING IN THE CHAMBER CANNOT INTERRUPT.

ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT BE A ADU LATE OR A DOLLAR SHORT.

BUT I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MYSELF.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, AFTER THAT MEETING, WHEN I LEFT, EXIT THIS PLACE, MY PHONE WAS RINGING OFF THE, THE HOOK PEOPLE WERE CALLING ME AND TELL AND SAYING THEY ARE DISSATISFIED WITH WHAT IS GOING ON IN, IN THE CITY.

WHAT IS GOING ON? I SAID, UH, YOU HAVE TO COME TO THIS COMMISSION AND EXPRESS YOURSELF AND EXPRESS YOUR DISSATISFACTION.

BUT SAYING THAT, I'M SAYING THIS MADAM MAYOR, MY REACTION THIS EVENING IS NOT TO DISPARAGE ANYONE, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER PER SE, BECAUSE IF I WAS THE ACTING SYSTEM MANAGER AND YOU COME OFFER ME A MILLION DOLLAR, YOU THINK I'M GOING TO REFUSE IT, I'M GOING TO TAKE IT.

NOW, AS I SAID THE LAST TIME, IT'S EASIEST TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

AND I, AND WE SEE, LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

BUT MAYOR, I HEAR COMMENT FROM THE, THE DIOCESE THE LAST MEETING SAYING THE ACTING SYSTEM MANAGER IS DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND I CAN BET YOU MY LAST DOLLAR AT THE TIME SHOULD HAVE BEEN GONE IN THE OFFICER OFFICE YET BECAUSE THE LADY WAS OUT AT ALL.

AND COMMENT WAS MADE.

THIS GENTLEMAN OVER HERE, SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.

YOU CAN EVALUATE A PERSON IN TWO WEEKS,

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WHAT? THE EX THE EXIT MANAGER.

THAT'S CRAZINESS.

YOU, COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. WHEN, WHEN YOU GUYS DEVIATING TO GIVE HER $50,000 MORE, SHE COMMENT, THAT IS, THAT IS NO MONEY.

SHE PULLING IN A A MUST ON ME.

A IS JOB.

OH, 50,000 IS NO MONEY.

YOU HAVE THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO OVERSEE THE PURSE OR THE CITY THAT, BECAUSE THAT IMPACT IN YOUR POCKET.

MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE TO RESTRAIN MYSELF FROM CALLING IG.

OIGI MOVE CALLING OIG BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SUSTAINABLE THE WAY YOU THE COMMISSION HAS RUN IN THE CITY.

I CAN'T MOVE .

I LOVE THE CITY, BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO PULL THE SOCKS BECAUSE IT, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT, IT'S NOT SUSTAINABLE.

TWO WEEKS.

HE'S DOING A GOOD JOB OF GOING AND GIVE HER ALL THE MONEY SHE WANT.

EASY TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE MONEY NOT IMPACTING YOUR POCKET, BUT YOU ARE THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE, TO OVERSEE, TO DELEGATE WHERE THE MONEY GO.

AND PUTTING YOUR NOTICE OR A G YOUR ECHO.

UH, WE HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, FORMER COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MY PLEASURE, MADAM MAYOR.

PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED.

MY QUESTION TO YOU ALL IS HOW DO YOU DEVALUE YOUR CITY? I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

ANYTHING THAT I SAY HERE, YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND LOOK IT UP.

OKAY? SO THE, WE NEED A CITY MANAGER.

I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR CITY, YOUR CITY COMMISSIONER RUNS YOUR CITY.

YOUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.

I'M JUST LISTENING TO STUFF.

YOU KNOW, I WAS OUTTA THE COUNTRY.

SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO, UH, THE, THE MEETINGS WHEN I COME BACK.

SO, HOW DO WE DO THAT? WE HAVE DONE SO MANY THINGS.

WE HAVE DONE THE PLACE WHERE WE WERE NOT EVEN ALLOWED TO HAVE AN, I WOULD SAY ALLEGED, BUT THAT WASN'T ALLEGED.

IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.

WE DID NOT HAVE AN ELECTION BECAUSE THE FORMER MAYOR DECIDED THAT SHE WAS NOT GOING TO RESIGN.

HEY, HOW DO YOU DEVALUE YOUR CITY? WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT IN 26, 20 16.

WE HIRED A CITY MANAGER.

WE HAD THE COMMISSION, AND THE DISCUSSION WAS, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE THE QUALIFICATION.

WHAT OUR CHARTER SAYS, I GO BY MY CHARTER.

YOU ALL SHOULD BE GOING BY YOUR CHARTER.

THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE.

YOU CANNOT GO WRONG BY FOLLOWING YOUR CHARTER.

SO I WAS THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THAT VOTED AGAINST IT, NOT AGAINST THE PERSON, BUT IT WAS FOR THAT POSITION THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT WE NEEDED SOMEBODY THAT WAS, WAS QUALIFIED.

YOU CANNOT JUST COME IN OFF THE STREET.

OH, I CAN BE THE COMMISSIONER.

I HEARD ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAY, OH, WE NEED OUR, UH, UM, CULTURE.

CULTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS PEOPLE CULTURE HAS TO DO WITH YOU ALL UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL SUPPOSED TO DO.

I DON'T LIKE BEING EMBARRASSED.

AND I KNOW I'VE ALREADY TOLD Y'ALL THAT.

Y'ALL KNOW THAT.

SO IT'S A MATTER OF FACT THAT WE NEED A CITY MANAGER.

YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK FOR A CITY MANAGER.

NOW, FIRST THING OFF, YOU LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER, WHAT ARE YOUR REQUIREMENTS? DO YOU, HAVE YOU ALL GOTTEN TOGETHER AND SAY, OH, WE NEED TO SAY, GO BACK OUR CHART AND SEE WHAT THIS THING SAYS RIGHT HERE.

IT IS RIGHT THERE.

WE DON'T NEED TO COME UP WITH NOTHING ELSE.

UH OH.

LET ME SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD DO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO ME.

YOU DON'T, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW YOUR CHARTER.

AND I HAVE SAID IT BEFORE.

EVERYBODY HADN'T READ THAT CHARTER.

EVERYBODY HADN'T READ THEIR MINUTES.

THEY, THEY WORK, WORK BACK UP AND THAT KIND OF STUFF.

'CAUSE WHEN YOU ASK CERTAIN QUESTIONS, I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE GOT TO DO BETTER.

WE NEED, YOU ALL NEED TO LOOK FOR A CITY MANAGER.

OKAY? I HAVE THE PAPER RIGHT HERE WHERE I VOTED THE

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ONLY ONE THAT VOTED BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY, WHAT HAPPENING IN MY CITY IS RIGHT.

I'M NOT ONE FOR BEING FRIENDS.

Y'ALL KNOW I'M ALL FRIENDS WITH EVERYBODY HERE, PEOPLE ALL OUT HERE.

I'M FRIENDS WITH Y'ALL TOO.

OKAY? BUT THE MERE FACT IS WE NEED TO RUN THIS CITY, RIGHT? YOU NEED A CITY MANAGER WHO HAS THE EXPERIENCE, FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE OF DOING WHATEVER THEY NEEDS TO DO, NOT JUST, I WAS HERE FOR A COUPLE OF WE, UH, YEARS, AND THEN Y'ALL JUST PUT ME IN.

IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING, OKAY? I, I LISTENED TO THE MEETING YESTERDAY.

I WAS ACTUALLY, I HAD TO GO OVER TO, UH, THE BLACK CAUCUS YESTERDAY.

SO I HAD TO LISTEN TO THE MEETING THIS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, THE, WE SOUND, YOU ALL SOUND, I'M JUST GONNA PUT IT THAT WAY.

NOT AS PROFESSIONAL AS I I, AS WE'VE HAD ON THIS COMMISSION BEFORE.

SO I'M HERE TODAY, OKAY? YOU ALL NEED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK FOR A CITY MANAGER, OKAY? I DON'T WANNA KEEP COMING UP HERE.

I HAVE OTHER THINGS I GOTTA DO.

Y'ALL KNOW I'M RETIRED NOW, BUT I NEED TO KEEP COMING UP HERE.

BUT YOU ALL NEED TO THINK IT IS ON YOU ALL.

SO WHEN NO RESIDENTS OUT THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, AIN'T SAYING MISS ERICA AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE OVER THERE, THEY'RE GOING TO SAY, IT IS.

WE ELECTED YOU ALL.

WHEN I GOT ELECTED, I KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO.

NEVER FELT IT OFF.

NEVER MISSED NO MEETINGS, NEVER DID NONE OF THIS CRAZY, SIR.

BUT I'M ASKING YOU ALL TODAY, SERIOUSLY, LOOK FOR A CITY MANAGER.

HE AIN'T GOTTA, YOU DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE YOUR FRIEND.

YOU NEED SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA COME IN HERE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE HAVE GOT TO, YOU GOTTA BE ABLE TO TAKE ALL YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, EVERYBODY'S SLACKING ON, OKAY? BECAUSE NOBODY'S HERE TO MANAGE IT.

SO NOW I, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALL, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING.

UH, YOU ALL ARE IN CHARGE.

YOU ALL IN CHARGE? OKAY.

FORMER BEVERLY, COMMISSIONER BEVERLY WILLIAMS, MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE, UH, NEXT, UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPENCE, VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION AND RESIDENTS OF LOG LEAKS.

MY NAME IS MARK SPENCE.

UM, THERE'S TWO THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

UM, FIRST IS THE HIRING OF THE CITY MANAGER.

UM, THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT YOU HAD, NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE WEEK, THE ONE BEFORE, IT WAS SAID TO YOU GUYS THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO GO THROUGH A PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER.

BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO AVOID THAT PROCESS.

AND YOU HAD YOU EVEN HIRED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ACT AS A HR DIRECTOR TO COME UP WITH THE SAME NAMES THAT THE HR DIRECTOR CAME UP WITH.

AND THEN EVEN TO THE POINT THAT HE SAID IT WAS JUST A PUBLIC SEARCH THAT HE DID.

SO WE PAID HIM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY FOR HIS TIME THAT HE SPENT TO DO STUFF THAT YOU COULD HAVE DID ON YOUR OWN.

THEN ON THE TOP OF IT LAST NIGHT, UM, THE MAYOR RECOMMENDED THREE, THREE COMPANIES FOR US TO CHOOSE.

HOW ARE WE GONNA CHOOSE THE COMPANIES THAT WE DON'T GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

SO, BUT EVEN WHEN I WENT BACK TO LISTEN TO THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I SEE WHERE WE ASKED THE CITY MANAGER, I MEAN THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FIND WAYS TO AVOID GOING THROUGH PROCUREMENT.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY FISHY.

SO WHEN MR. MAILER SAYS HE WANTS TO GO TO OIG, HE HAS REASONS TO DO SO.

JUST BY YOUR CONVERSATIONS, YOU'RE TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE THING.

YOU'RE TRYING TO PICK THE, THE, WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

AND, UM, MAKES ME WONDER HOW WE'VE BEEN DOING BUSINESS IN OUR CITY THIS WHOLE TIME.

YOU KNOW, AS A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD THINK THAT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WAS DONE FAIRLY IN THE RIGHT WAY.

BUT NOW I SEE ALL THESE PIGGY BANKS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, WHETHER THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING THESE, UM, THESE THINGS TOO BY HANDPICKING AND SEEING WHETHER THEY HAD A CONTRACT FOR ANOTHER CITY AND CHOOSING THEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY.

YOU GUYS SAID YOU WANNA DO IT AN EFFICIENT, FAST WAY.

THEY TOLD YOU YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH PROCUREMENT TO DO IT.

GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

YOU HAVE HR DIRECTOR, USE YOUR HR DIRECTOR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIRE THE ATTORNEY TO DO HR AS WELL AS ADVISE YOU FOR WHO TO, HOW TO FIRE THE CITY MANAGER.

WHO TO APPOINT AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

THAT'S NOT HIS JOB.

HIS JOB IS ALWAYS TO DO LEGAL.

HE'S ALREADY OVER BUDGET.

AND WE ALWAYS SEEM TO, UM, UNDER BUDGET THIS THE CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNT AND WE DON'T SEEM TO ADJUST HIS COUNT.

MIDWAY, HE'S AT 40%.

EVERYBODY ELSE IS AT 20%.

AND LAST WEEK, UM, LAST COMMISSION MEETING, WE ADDED TWO MORE THINGS TO HIM WHERE HE COULD FREELY INTERACT WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WITHOUT GETTING OUR APPROVAL BEFORE WITH THE GENERATE PROPERTY, HE HAD TO GET OUR APPROVAL BEFORE US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, WITH THE, WITH THE, NOT EVEN JUST A LAWSUIT, BUT FOR HIM TO ASSIST THEM.

SO WE MADE A DECISION ON THAT.

NOW THEY HAVE AN OPEN DOOR THAT THEY CAN SPEND THE MONEY MORE.

SO WE GOTTA GET READY TO PAY HIM EVEN MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, ON, ON, ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN OR WHAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP ACROSS THE STREET.

I'VE BEEN ADVOCATE FOR NEW, NEW CITY HALL BECAUSE IT'S GOTTA BE HARD TO

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MANAGE A CITY HALL WHERE THIS PERSON'S OVER HERE, THIS PERSON'S UPSTAIRS OVER THERE, THIS PERSON'S OVER THERE, UM, RESIDENT'S CALLING.

THERE'S NOBODY WHO'S ANSWERING THE PHONES.

IT'S HARD.

WE GOTTA CONSIDER HOW WE CAN MANAGE A PLACE AND HOW WE CAN FIND A WAY TO GET A CITY HALL THAT IS MANAGEABLE, THAT WE CAN SEE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR TO MAKE SURE ALL THE STAFF IS COMING ON TIME, LEAVING ON TIME AND DOING THEIR WORK.

BUT THE WAY IT'S SET UP, YOU, WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I REMEMBER THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WAS DOWN HERE AND THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR WAS ON THE OTHER CORNER.

THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO WE GOTTA DO BETTER.

WE HAVE TO FIND OUT OTHER WAYS AND WE HAVE TO DO A BETTER JOB WHAT WE'RE DOING.

ALSO, UM, A FEW WEEKS AGO, A FEW MEETINGS AGO, ANTONIO CAME TO YOU ABOUT THE WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE PARK, AND YOU FOLLOWED UP WITH A, UM, BSO, UM, DO FOR ACTION PLAN, BUT THEY ASKED FOR THE COMMISSION TO PARTICIPATE.

THEY PARTNERS, AND HE RECOMMENDED USING, UM, A LAW, A STATE LAW THAT BAN THAT BANS, UM, SCHEME MASKS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT LAW WORKS FOR 'CAUSE.

IT HAS A, THERE'S AN AGE TO IT.

SO THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO, SOMETHING THE ATTORNEY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LAW CAN BE USED SO WE CAN HAVE SIGNS OUT THERE BANNING THOSE SCHEME MASKS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR PARK IS SAFE.

UM, I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT A PARK WHERE HE HAS TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT PARENTS HAVE TO WORRY IF THE KID'S GONNA GET SHOT, ROBBED, OR BEAT UP AT OUR PARK.

THAT DOESN'T CUT IT.

AND WE HAVE DONE NOTHING TO DISCUSS IT.

AT LEAST DISCUSS IT, TALK ABOUT IT.

DON'T JUST SIT AROUND AND DON'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.

WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF OUR KIDS, AND ONE OF OUR KIDS CAME AND TOLD US THAT WE GOTTA TAKE IT MORE SERIOUS.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DEPEND ON YOU TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION.

FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE, MADAM CLERK.

UM, MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. JOHN DAVIS.

MR. DAVIS.

GOOD EVENING, UH, CITY MANAGERS.

MY NAME IS JOHN DAVIS.

I'M A LONG-TERM RESIDENT, 40 YEARS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I LOVE THIS CITY.

I'VE SEEN IT GO THROUGH ITS UPS AND DOWNS.

CONFLICTS.

I HAVE TWO ISSUES I WANT TO DISCUSS.

THE FIRST ONE, UH, I AM A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO HONOR VETERANS AND, UH, THINGS THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO HONOR OUR VETERANS AND SERVE OUR VETERANS, AND, UH, THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED IS NAMING ONE OF THE PARKS IN THE CITY AS A VETERAN'S PARK.

AND WHEN THAT DISCUSSION CAME UP, WE FOUND THAT IT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE ALL OF OUR PARKS SEEMED TO BE SPOKEN FOR, SPOKEN FOR IN THE SENSE OF THIS COMMUNITY, THAT COMMUNITY.

SO WE CAME UP WITH AN IDEA OR A PLAN THAT WE LIKED FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO CONSIDER, AND ONE WOULD BE TO JOIN THE SAMUEL BROWN MONUMENT AS THE SAMUEL BROWN AND VETERANS MONUMENT.

SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY.

UH, IT'S THE ONE OF THE MOST VISIBLE SPOTS IN THE CITY AND, UH, IT'S TYPICALLY USED TO HONOR OUR VETERANS AND, AND, UH, CIVIC HOLIDAYS.

SO, UH, JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND.

UH, WE HAVE GREAT THINGS COMING FOR THE VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS LUNCHEONS AND EVENTS.

SO, UH, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK TACY FOR, AGAIN, APPOINTING ME, UH, THIS YEAR.

AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR VETERANS.

THE SECOND ITEM ON THE ISSUE OF, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH JOB, A VERY TOUGH JOB, AND IT PUTS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE TO MAKE SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO RUN THE CITY.

THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS A VERY TOUGH DECISION.

UH, QUITE HONESTLY, IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN BROWARD COUNTY AND IN THIS AREA, THE CITY MANAGER JOB SHOULD COME WITH A PARACHUTE BECAUSE IN EVERY CITY THEY CHANGE SOMETIMES SO RAPIDLY.

UH, AND IT'S AMAZING TO SEE CITY MANAGERS GO FROM CITY TO CITY.

SO THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS PLEASE TAKE YOUR TIME, BE THOUGHTFUL, MAKE SURE ALL THE BASES ARE COVERED, MAKE SURE WE'VE LOOKED AT EVERY POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE

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THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS.

MADAM CLERK.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. NAL STEVENS.

STEVENS.

UM, YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAD ONE, UM, PETITION THAT WAS TURNED IN A LITTLE AFTER SEVEN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN BEFORE SEVEN.

MADAM CLERK.

ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA.

CAN YOU SIT FOR MS. NAEL? PARDON? MS. MATTEL IS NOT HERE.

NO.

NOAM.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

OKAY, THAT'S THE END OF THE PETITIONS MATTER MAYOR.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY

[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UH, I MOVE THAT WE BRING ITEM NINE A RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 6 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

SINCE AGENDA IS FOR, OH, SORRY, PULL IT OFF AND BRING IT BACK.

AND FOR DISCUSSION SORRY, SORRY, BEFORE THOMAS, GO AHEAD.

I'D LIKE TO PULL, UM, 10 K, 10 A 9 1, 9, 8.

OH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? OH, MAD MAYOR.

NINE.

A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION, CONSENT AGENDA, UNLESS YOU WANT TO PULL IT.

SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

OKAY, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR MADAM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 6 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS OR COMMISSIONER THOMAS, OR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

[A. RESOLUTION 2025-063 APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES SUPPORT, JOINT COLLABORATION, AND COHOSTING WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE (SFCC) TO HOST THE 2025 MEN'S HEALTH EXPO ON JUNE 28, 2025, TO BE HELD AT THE WILLIE WEBB SR. PARK]

ITEM 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM 10, A MADAM MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CITY JOINT COLLABORATION WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE, INCORPORATED SFCC TO CO-HOST THE 2025 MEN'S HEALTH EXPO ON SATURDAY JUNE 28TH, 2025, EVENT TO BE HELD AT THE CITY'S WILLY WEBB PARK.

FURTHER AUTHORIZING LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO IN CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS, SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT LIMITED TO THE PERIOD BEGINNING APRIL 22ND, 2025, AND ENDING ON JUNE 29TH, 2025, PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO UNDERTAKE SUCH ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE TO FACILITATE AND PROVIDE IN KIND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE EVENT PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SOLICITOR MOTION.

BRING TO FOUR, FOUR.

DISCUSSION.

MR. BANKS WANTED TO PULL 10 A TABLE.

SHE WANTED TABLE 10 A RIGHT, UH, A MOMENT.

COMMISSIONER, OH, GO AHEAD.

SAY, WANTED TO TABLE 10 A RESOLUTION? YES.

SAY RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 3 WANTED TO TABLE IT.

I MOVE THAT WE TABLE, I MOVE THAT WE TABLE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 3.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.

[B. RESOLUTION 2025-064 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT’S FILING OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH (PERIODS 3, 4, 5, & 6) OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SEC.82-327 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES]

ITEM 10 BB AS IN BOARD, THE RESOLUTION 2 0 5 DASH 0 6 4, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH PERIODS 3, 4, 5, AND SIX OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 AS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 2 7 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES.

A COPY OF SUCH FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE ATTACHED YEAR TWO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 20 25 0 6 4

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TO THE FLOOR FOR A DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

THIS RESOLUTION SERVES TO RATIFY THE DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, AND MARCH 20, 25 PERIOD, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS PROVIDED BY THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, MS. BOBBY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, OUR CITY COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, OUR STAFF, AND OF COURSE OUR AUDIENCE.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY.

UH, TONIGHT'S ITEM, UH, WE DO HAVE SEVERAL FINANCIAL REPORTS THAT WE DID REVIEW LAST NIGHT.

UH, WE HAVE THE REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 2024, JANUARY TWO, JANUARY, 2025, THE FEBRUARY, 2025, AND ALSO THE MOST CURRENT, UH, PERIOD, MARCH, 2025.

UH, BECAUSE WE DID GO THROUGH THE REPORTS, UH, LAST NIGHT, UH, WOULD IT PLEASE THE DIOCESE WHO JUST REPORT ON THE MOST CURRENT REPORT, WHICH IS THE MARCH, 2025 REPORT COVERING 50% OF THE FISCAL YEAR, PROBABLY LAST NIGHT WE COVERED DECEMBER AND MARCH.

IS THAT YES, MA'AM, YOU WERE PLEASE.

SUMMARY DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, UH, WHICH, UH, REFLECTS, UH, OF THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER OF OUR FISCAL YEAR.

THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXPENDED

IN TERMS OF THE, THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2024, AGAIN REPRESENTING, UH, THE PERIOD THROUGH OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND REVENUE I WAS TRENDING, TRENDING PRETTY GOOD AT 32% OF BUDGET, WHICH REPRESENT A COLLECTION OF $14.1 MILLION.

UH, THAT 14, 1 14 $0.1 MILLION INCLUDES THE CITY'S AVALOR TAX, WHICH WAS COLLECTED AT 80% OF BUDGET EQUAL TO $10.6 MILLION.

THE FRANCHISE FEES OF 21% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 700, UH, $74,511.

IT INCLUDES, UH, 27% OF BUDGET FOR OUR UTILITY TAXES EQUIVALENT TO, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER $900,000.

IT INCLUDES THE SALES AND USE TAXES AT 20% OF BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $1.1 MILLION.

THE REVENUE ALSO INCLUDES THE SERVICES REVENUES EQUIVALENT TO 14% OF BUDGET, OR, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER $260,000 OF THE PERMITS, LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS CATEGORY.

UH, WE COLLECTED, UH, 5% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $46,371.

IN TERMS OF THE FINES AND FORFEITURE CATEGORY OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE, THE CITY DID COLLECT 52,700, EXCUSE ME, $52,213 EQUIVALENT TO 8% OF BUDGET.

AND FINALLY, THE, UH, MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY OF REVENUE.

THE CITY DID COLLECT 2% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $273,251.

IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, THE CITY DID EXPEND 15% OF ITS BUDGET, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO $6.9 MILLION.

THOSE EXPENDITURES INCLUDE TO THE DEPARTMENTS.

UH, IN TERMS OF THE CITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET, THE CITY COMMISSION DID EXPEND 17% OFF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $67,896.

THE CITY ATTORNEYS A BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 49% OF BUDGET BEING SPENT EQUIVALENT TO $300,524.

THE CITY CLERK'S BUDGET, UH, EXPENDED AT $90,975 OR 17% OF BUDGET.

THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 19% OF BUDGET, OR $221,728.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, UH, EXPENDED 14% OF HIS BUDGET, OR 281,800, EXCUSE ME, $23.

THE, UH, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT EXPENDED 3% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 438,000, UH, $5.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT EXPENDED 20% OF HIS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $77,744.

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12% OF HIS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $182,630.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPENT 16% OF HIS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $519,696.

THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPENT 17% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $614,810.

THE CITY'S ADVISORY BOARDS SPENT 8% OF ITS BUDGET OR $3,420.

THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE ACCOUNT EXPENDED 4% OF ITS BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO $54,399.

UH, BOTH THE B-S-O-E-M-S AND POLICE, UH, SPENT ITS BUDGET 25% AND 24% RESPECTIVELY.

THE, UH, REVENUE LOSS CATEGORY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES FUNDED THROUGH THE ALLOWANCE FOR LOSS REVENUES FROM THE US TREASURY DEPARTMENT SPENT 28% OF HIS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $476,859.

IN TERMS OF THE OTHER FUNDS THAT THE CITY DOES MANAGE, UH, THE MAJOR FUNDS ARE OVER ON THE, UH, FAR RIGHT OF THE, THE CATEGORY OF THE SPREADSHEET THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF THE FIRE FUND.

THE FIRE FUND, THE REVENUE, UH, WAS TRENDING WELL IN DECEMBER, UH, JUST AHEAD OF THIS EXPENDITURES AT 71%.

THE EXPENDITURES BEING 25% SPENT.

THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER, UH, THE REVENUE, UH, A LITTLE BIT UNDERPERFORMING, UH, IS PRIMARILY DUE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, GRANTS THAT WE DO COLLECT FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND.

UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF REPORTS YOU'LL SEE, UH, THAT AMOUNT IS GOING TO CATCH UP IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE, IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION, GAS TAX, THE REVENUE DOES EXCEED THE EXPENDITURES.

THE REVENUE BEING 14% OF OF BUDGET OR AT $118,654 IN COLLECTION.

OVERALL, THAT POINT IS DOING WELL.

UH, OUR DEBT SERVICE, UH, THAT IS THE, THE FUND THAT COLLECTS THE, UH, FUNDING FOR THE GOB.

BACK IN 2005, UH, THERE WAS NO EXPENDITURES AS OF, UH, DECEMBER 31ST.

HOWEVER, WE DID COLLECT REVENUE, UH, FROM BROWARD COUNTY EQUIVALENT TO 84% OF ITS BUDGET, OR 778,000, UH, $31.

IN TERMS OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UH, THOSE ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE SELF-SUPPORTING.

UH, THAT'S OUR STORMWATER FUND.

UH, THE REVENUE, UH, BEING COLLECTED AT SIX POINT, I'M SORRY, 6% OR 700, $2,441.

UH, THE REVENUE IS TRENDING JUST A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE, UH, EXPEND EXPENDITURES.

AND OVER TIME YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE, UH, IS, UH, CATCHING UP WITH THE, UH, EXPENDITURES OR THE REVENUE IN EXCEEDING THE EXPENDITURES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, ACROSS THE REPORTS.

IN TERMS OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REVENUE IS TRENDING WAY AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES AT 44% OF BUDGET, UH, WITH A COLLECTION OF $1.1 MILLION.

AND FINALLY, THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, THE, UH, REVENUE IS TRAILING JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES.

AS I EXPLAINED LAST NIGHT.

YOU WILL SEE THE CATCH UP OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF REPORTS, UH, ON THE MINOR FUNDS THAT ARE DOWN BELOW.

UH, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT, UH, TRENDS, SIGNIFICANT, UH, DEFICIENCIES THAT WE'VE NOTED, OR ANY NEGATIVE TRENDS THAT WE'VE NOTED.

UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO THE JANUARY'S REPORT.

MR. THOMAS? YEAH, MY CONCERN, AND I KNOW IT'S GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER MONTHS THAT, THAT, UM, MOVES FORWARD WITH THE FINES AND FOR FORFEIT TRUTHS.

UM, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE LAST NIGHT HAD MENTIONED, UH, CONCERNING WHERE THE MONIES ARE GOING, UM, FOR CANDIDATE THAT WE COLLECT FROM THEM.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO A LINE ITEM FOR JUST THAT, THE WHAT COMES IN FROM THEM, ANY TYPE OF, AND THEN IF IT'S CERTAIN AMOUNT TO BE BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION IN ORDER TO PROVE, UH, APPROVE TO USE THAT MONEY.

'CAUSE THAT'S EXTRA MONEY COMING IN.

IS THAT A TH THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? I JUST WANNA JUST CLARIFY.

UM, SO YOU'D LIKE TO ADD AN EXTRA LINE ITEM JUST TO SHOW THE RECEIPT OF THE REVENUE, BUT ALSO TO SPEND THIS EXTRA REVENUE IS, IS THAT'S WHAT, NOT NECESSARILY TO SPEND IT.

WHERE IS IT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? UM, WHERE IS THAT MONEY CURRENTLY GOING? SO, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE, THE CATEGORY IS FINES AND FORFEITURES AND WE CAN EASILY PULL IT OUT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT, YOU KNOW, PLAINLY HO, HOWEVER, THE,

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UH, THE BUDGET IS, THE BUDGET THAT WE'VE CREATED IS A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND.

UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A SEPARATE AND APART USE FOR THAT FUNDING.

IT'S A PART OF THE, THE REVENUE BUDGET THAT'S FUNDING ALL OF GENERAL FUND.

AND YOU, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, AND WE COULDN'T DO I UNDERSTAND, JUST ALIGN, ADAM, IT STILL STAYS IN THE GENERAL FUND TO SEE EXACTLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE FINES AND FORTITUDE.

RIGHT.

UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FINES ARE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE, THE FORTITUDE TO JUST STRICTLY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GETTING IN FROM KENRICK.

'CAUSE WE SEE A COMBINATION.

SO YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT.

SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH REPORTS, BUT YOU'LL CERTAINLY SEE IT IN THE APRIL'S REPORT.

CHAIRMAN, VICE, COULD WE, AS COMMISSIONERS DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH THAT MONEY? I'M SURE WE CAN.

BUT COULD MAYBE I'M GONNA ASK THAT REPORT WORKSHOP.

I THINK ONCE WE GET A CLEAR AMOUNT OF HOW MUCH WE ARE GETTING, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, EQUIVALENT TO 21, EXCUSE ME, 20% OF ITS BUDGET, UH, EQUIVALENT TO $408,261.

THAT'S WHAT I WOULD NOTE.

BOBBY, UH, THROUGH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, UH, THE, UH, THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED AS A BALANCED BUDGET AND THE REVENUE IS EQUIVALENT TO THE EXPENDITURES.

UH, WE CAN CERTAINLY CHANGE, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THOSE FUNDS AT ANY TIME.

UH, WE JUST NEED YOUR, YOUR APPROVAL TO DO SO.

THANK YOU TO YOU MAD THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. SO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT THE MONEY WAS BEING PUT IN A FUND THAT YOU GUYS BEEN USING, SO YOU THAT IS CORRECT.

IT'S JUST A PART OF THE OVERALL GENERAL, GENERAL FUND BUDGET.

SO YOU HAVE BEEN USING THAT MONEY, UH, NOT NECESSARILY THOSE FUNDS, BUT IT IS A PART OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE IS TO HAVE THAT SEPARATED COMPLETELY.

NOT IN THAT IT NEEDED ITS OWN CATEGORY.

'CAUSE WE NEED TO SEE THE, WE NEED AND WE NEED IT TO BE IN ITS OWN CATEGORY, AND THEN IT NEED TO BRING TO US TO DECIDE HOW WE ARE GOING TO USE THAT FUND.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I CAN CERTAINLY ADD AN EXTRA, UH, LINE TO SEPARATE THE KENRICK MONEY FROM THE OTHER FUNDS, AND WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT THE EFFICACY OF THAT AND HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE JANUARY, 2005 REPORT, 2025 2025 THROUGH THE, UH, MONTH OF JANUARY 31ST WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND.

IN TERMS OF THE REVENUE COLLECTION OVERALL FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE CITY DID COLLECT, UH, 35% OF THE BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $15.6 MILLION.

UH, THAT $15.6 MILLION, UH, INCLUDES THE AVALOR TAXES, WHICH WAS RECEIVED AT 11.1 MILLION OR 84% OF BUDGET, UH, 27% OF THE FRANCHISE FEES OR $1 MILLION.

THE UTILITY TAXES WAS RECEIVED AT 36% OF BUDGET, OR $1.1 MILLION.

THE SALES AND USE TAXES, UH, RECEIVED AT 27% OR $1.5 MILLION.

UH, THE SERVICES REVENUES WERE COLLECTED AT 19% OF ITS BUDGET, OR $362,376.

THE PERMITS, LICENSEES, AND INSPECTIONS CATEGORY, UH, RECEIVED 6% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $53,739.

THE, UH, FINES AND PURCHASE CATEGORIES EQUIVALENT TO, UH, 11% OF ITS BUDGET OR COLLECTION OF 69,900.

AND THE FINAL CATEGORY OF REVENUE AND THE JOURNAL OF FUND IS OUR MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY.

AND, UH, THERE WAS NO REAL CHANGE FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY.

UH, OVERALL THE COLLECTION WAS $280,537.

IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND, UH, THE CITY DID EXPEND 21% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $9.6 MILLION OF THAT.

YOU'LL SEE THE DEPARTMENTS DOWN BELOW IN TERMS OF THE EXPENDITURES FOR EACH DEPARTMENT, AND I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE FOR YOU.

THE CITY COMMISSION EXPENDED ROUGHLY 20% OF ITS BUDGET AT $91,000.

THE CITY ATTORNEY AT 59% OF ITS BUDGET, OR 363, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THE CITY CLERK AT 25% OF ITS BUDGET, OR 132,324 IN EXPENSES.

THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AT 28% OF HIS BUDGET, OR $334,748.

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THE, UH, GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT EQUIVALENT TO 6% OF ITS BUDGET, OR $870,853.

THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT EXPENDED 30% OF HIS BUDGET DURING JANUARY, EQUIVALENT TO $118,820.

THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXPENDED 17% OF ITS BUDGET, OR $261,249.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT EXPENDED, EXCUSE ME, 23% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 742,000, UH, $25.

THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT EXPENDED 27% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $943,000.

OUR CITY, UH, ADVISORY BOARDS EXPENDED, UH, 10% OF ITS BUDGET AT 400, EXCUSE ME, $4,200.

THE GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE FUND OR DEBT SERVICE FUND ACCOUNT EXPENDED 4% OF ITS BUDGET.

UH, NO REAL CHANGE FROM THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, UH, REMAINING AT, UH, 54,300, UH, $99.

UM, THE B-S-O-E-M-S EXPENDED 33% OF HIS BUDGET AT $1.4 MILLION.

AND THE BSO POLICE SERVICES, 30%, 32% OF HIS BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, OR, UH, $3.3 MILLION.

AND THE, UH, REVENUE LOSS CATEGORY OR REVENUE LOSS ACCOUNT, UH, 29% OF HIS BUDGET.

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM THE, THE MONTH BEFORE AT $492,577.

IF YOU GO OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SPREADSHEET, UH, I'LL GO OVER THE MAJOR FUNDS VERY QUICKLY.

UM, STARTING WITH THE FIRE FUND, UH, THE, THE FIRE FUND IS STILL TRENDING, UH, PRETTY POSITIVELY WITH THE REVENUES, UH, EXPENDING, UH, I'M SORRY, TRENDING MORE THAN THE EXPENDITURES.

YOU'LL SEE.

THE REVENUE RECEIVED AS OF JANUARY 31ST WAS $5.4 MILLION AT 73% OF HIS BUDGET.

AND THE EXPENDITURE IS JUST, UH, 33%.

THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND AT 11, UH, 11%, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S INCREASED FROM THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, UH, STILL UNDERPERFORMING BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE LAG IN RECEIPT OF THE GRANTS THAT WE GET THROUGH THE, UH, A DI AND THE OA EIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE ACRONYMS ARE, BUT THOSE ARE OUR GRANTORS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAMS. UM, BUT THE REVENUE, UM, AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE IT CATCH UP OVER, UH, A NUMBER OF MONTHS.

IN TERMS OF THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION, GAS TAX, UH, THE, UH, THE REVENUE IS, UH, TRENDING POSITIVE, UH, JUST ABOVE THE EXPENDITURES.

THE REVENUE COLLECTION AS OF JANUARY 31ST WAS $153,166, AND THAT'S 19% OF ITS BUDGET.

AND THE, UM, THE EXPENDITURES ARE WITHIN TARGET.

UH, THE, THE DEBT SERVICE AT 87% OF REVENUE COLLECTION, UH, 88, I'M SORRY, 800, 11,000 1 0 9.

UH, AND WE MADE OUR FIRST DEBT PAYMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR DEBT, UH, AS OF JANUARY 15TH, UH, BEING $322,773.

IN TERMS OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, AGAIN, WHICH ARE THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE SELF-SUPPORTING, THAT DOES NOT GET ANY SUPPORT FROM THE GENERAL FUND.

UH, WE HAVE OUR STORM WATER.

UH, THE REVENUE IS STILL PRETTY STAGNANT.

UM, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE COLLECTED JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM DECEMBER.

UM, SO WE'RE AT 7,780 $1,745, AND THE EXPENDITURES YOU'LL SEE ARE ALMOST CATCHING UP TO THE REVENUE.

AND THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, I'M SORRY, THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

HOWEVER, THE REPORTS THAT WE WENT OVER LAST NIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE STARTS TO, UH, CATCH UP IN, UM, TREND JUST ABOVE THE EXPENDITURES.

IN TERMS OF THE CITY SOLID WASTE, WE'RE AT 45% OF ITS REVENUE COLLECTION AT $1.1 MILLION.

AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE BEHIND A LITTLE BIT UNDERPERFORMING AT, UH, 21%.

AND FINALLY, OF THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, WE HAVE OUR BUILDING SERVICES, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S JUMPED FROM 14% IN DECEMBER TO 27% OF REVENUE COLLECTION IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, UH, FOR AN AMOUNT OF $457,057.

AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, UNDER TARGET.

UM, BUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS IN TERMS OF THE MINOR FUNDS.

JUST BELOW, UH, THE ONLY ONE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE, UH, HOUSING REPAIR.

UH, THIS IS WHERE WE, UH, HAVE THE AC THE AIR

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CONDITIONING PROGRAM.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE EXPENDED ALMOST ALL OF THE MONEY IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY.

FOR THIS PARTICULAR FUND.

WE'RE ALREADY AT ALMOST $50,000.

AND ALSO IN JANUARY, WE HAD OUR BUDGET AMENDMENT WHERE WE APPROVED, UH, THE INCREASE FOR THE CITY COMMISSION SALARY, AND THEN WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE, UH, HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION PROGRAM.

GRANT, IF THERE ARE NO, UH, CONCERNS, I WILL MOVE RIGHT TO THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, MS. BOBBY, I KNOW WE DIDN'T GO OVER THIS LAST NIGHT, WE JUST WENT TO FROM, UM, DECEMBER TO MARCH, BUT JUST LOOKING AT, UM, DECEMBER AND JANUARY, JUST QUESTIONABLE, UM, JUST ASKING WITH THE FINANCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, THOSE INCREASE THERE FROM DECEMBER TO JANUARY.

YOU MEAN THE 14%, AND YOU MEAN THE 6% INCREASE? YES, MA'AM.

UH, T TYPICALLY FROM MONTH TO MONTH, WE ANTICIPATE AN 8%, UH, INCREASE.

UH, BUT SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURES HAPPEN, UH, NOT ALWAYS ON A, A STRAIGHT LINE.

AND WE USE THE TERM STRAIGHT LINE WHEN WE ARE, UM, WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, CREATE TARGETS FOR A BUDGET, AND TYPICALLY IT'S LIKE 8% EVERY MONTH.

SO YOU WANNA GO 8% FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER.

BY 16TH BY, BY NOVEMBER, YOU SHOULD BE ABOUT 16%, AND THEN BY DECEMBER, YOU SHOULD BE ABOUT 25%.

SO THAT'S A STRAIGHT LINE.

UM, SO THAT'S LIKE A PERFECT WORLD FOR A PERFECT BUDGET, BUT WE KNOW THAT EXPENDITURES DON'T HAPPEN THAT WAY.

THE ONLY, UH, GUARANTEE THAT WE HAVE ARE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE MONTH, ALL THE TIME ON THE, ON THE SAME SCHEDULE.

BUT OUR EXPENDITURES ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

UH, WE DO HAVE OUR AUDIT THAT'S ONGOING, AND, UH, WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS PAY, UM, EVERY SINGLE MONTH.

WE MAY PAY LUMP SUM FOR CERTAIN THINGS.

SO THAT MAY, UH, BE THE REASON THAT YOU SEE SOME, UH, EITHER, UH, SPIKES IN SOME OF THE, UH, EXPENDITURES, OR SOMETIMES WHEN THE EXPENDITURES REMAIN THE SAME, MAYBE THERE ARE NO, UH, HIGH LEVEL EXPENDITURES OR SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES.

FEBRUARY, 2025, MS. HARVEY.

MM-HMM .

THANK YOU FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, THE MONTH OF LOVE.

UH, , WE'LL START WITH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE GENERAL FUND.

KEEP IN MIND THAT WE DID INCREASE THE BUDGET BY 101, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, IN THE MONTH BEFORE IN JANUARY.

SO IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE, UM, THE CITY'S AT 38% COLLECTION OF ITS REVENUE.

UH, AND THAT REVENUE INCLUDES THE, UH, THE AVALOR TAXES, UH, 80% COLLECTION RATE EQUIVALENT TO $11.4 MILLION.

OUR FRANCHISE FEES AT $1.2 MILLION, OR EQUIVALENT TO 32% COLLECTION OF ITS BUDGET.

THE UTILITY TAXES, UH, 40%, 44% OF BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, AT, UH, $1.4 MILLION, UH, THE SALES AND USED TAXES COLLECTION OF 35% OF HIS BUDGET, OR JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER $2 MILLION.

UH, OUR SERVICES REVENUE AT 26%, UH, EQUIVALENT TO 485,152.

DO WANNA STOP RIGHT THERE AND TALK ABOUT SERVICES REVENUE REAL QUICK.

UH, SERVICES, REVENUES, UH, FOR THE MOST PART ARE THOSE, UH, UH, FEES OR COLLECTIONS THAT WE, UH, HAVE AT OUR PARKS, UH, ALONG WITH OUR A MS. UM, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, WE, UH, DO COLLECT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE TYPES OF FEES DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

UM, SO AS WE GO ALONG IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, YOU'LL SEE THAT AMOUNT START TO, UH, INCREASE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF THE PERMITS, LICENSES, INSPECTIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UM, THE, UH, COLLECTION IS 59,000 OR 7% OF BUDGET, UH, THE FINE FINES AND FORFEITURES CATEGORY AT 87,000, $88 OR THREE 13% OF BUDGET.

AND FINALLY, THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY OF REVENUE, UH, STILL LIKE NO REAL BIG CHANGES IN THE MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY WAS STILL AT 2% OF COLLECTION AND $281,487.

IN TERMS OF THE, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THE GENERAL FUND OVERALL EXPENDITURES ARE 26% OF BUDGET.

UH, AND THAT IS THE EQUIVALENT TO, UH, $11.6 MILLION.

AND JUST DOWN BELOW THE CHART, YOU'LL SEE THE, UH, EXPENDITURES PER DEPARTMENT, AND I WILL GO OVER THOSE REAL QUICK.

THE, UH, CITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET AT 27% OR $118,000, YOU'LL SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET DID DIP BY

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50%, UH, DID DIP, I'M SORRY, UH, BY 9% FROM THE MONTH BEFORE.

WE DID MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO HIS BUDGET.

UH, BASED UPON OUR AUDIT, WE HAD SOME EXPENDITURES AND HIS ACCOUNT THAT WERE FROM 2024.

SO DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

UH, IN TERMS OF CITY CLERK'S BUDGET, UH, THEY WERE AT 31%, OR 100, EXCUSE ME, $160,630.

THE CITY MANAGER, UH, SPENT, UH, 36% OF HIS BUDGET AT $435,576.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AT 26% SPENT, OR $543,432.

THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AT, UH, 7%, UH, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE YEAR, BE FROM THE MONTH BEFORE.

HOWEVER, THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION IS AT 939,826,000.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT IS A, IS A NON-DEPARTMENTAL ACCOUNT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE PAY A MAJORITY OF OUR, OUR PROPERTY INSURANCES, OUR, UH, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATIONS, OUR, SOME OF OUR, UH, FEES THAT GO TO THE STATE.

AND MOVING ON TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, WE'RE AT 38%, SPENT A BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $149,442.

THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SPENT, UH, $311,051, OR 21% OF ITS BUDGET.

THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPENT, UH, $910,294 OR 29% OF ITS BUDGET.

THE, UH, PARK PROTON HUMAN SERVICES SPENT, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER A MILLION, UM, 1.1 MILLION OR 32% OF BUDGET.

UH, OUR, OUR CITY BOARD, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, WE'RE, UH, GETTING ON BOARD WITH, UH, EX, UH, EXPENDING.

UM, WE'VE, UH, SPENT 12% OF BUDGET FOR THE, UH, ADVISORY BOARDS, OR $5,100 FOR THEIR GENERAL FUND DEBT.

UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE SPENT, UH, $75,254 EQUIVALENT TO 6% OF ITS BUDGET.

FOR THE, UH, B-S-O-E-M-S PORTION OF THE CONTRACT.

WE'VE SPENT 41% OF BUDGET OR $1.8 MILLION FOR THE BSO POLICE PORTION OF OUR CONSIDERATION.

WE'VE SPENT 40% OF ITS BUDGET AT $4.2 MILLION.

AND OUR LAST ACCOUNT, THE, THE REVENUE LOSS PROGRAMS INITIATIVES, UH, WE'VE SPENT, UH, 30% OF BUDGET, UH, JUST BARELY $500,000.

IN TERMS OF THE OTHER FUNDS, WHICH ARE LOCATED ON THE RIGHT HAND OF THE, UM, THE, THE SPREADSHEET HERE, WE'LL START WITH THE, UH, FIRE FUND.

THE FIRE FUND, AGAIN, JUST DOING WELL.

UH, IT'S COLLECTED QUITE A, QUITE A BIT OF REVENUE, AND IT'S STILL TRENDING.

UH, THE REVENUE IS STILL TRENDING WAY AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES.

THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE FUND, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE SLOWLY CATCHING UP WITH THE REVENUE.

UH, THE COLLECTION WAS 11.2, UH, PERCENT, UH, JUST A 0.2% ABOVE THE MONTH BEFORE.

UH, THE EXPENDITURES ARE STILL, UM, UH, UNDERPERFORMING, BUT ABOVE THE REVENUE.

BUT AGAIN, IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF REPORTS, YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE IS STILL CATCHING UP, UH, FROM THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND.

IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPORTATION GAS TAX, YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE IS TRENDING AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES.

WE'VE COLLECTED $187,394, EQUIVALENT TO 23% OF THE BUDGET.

OUR DEBT SERVICE, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED 830,800, $30,135 OR 89% OF THE BUDGET.

AND YOU'LL SEE, WE STILL HAVEN'T MADE ANY MORE DEBT PAYMENTS.

YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT DEBT PAYMENT IN THE MONTH OF JULY.

IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S ENTERPRISE FUNDS, THOSE FUNDS THAT ARE SELF-SUPPORTING AND NOT FUNDED OR SUPPORTED BY THE GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE THE STORM WATER, WHICH IS, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE, UH, REVENUE IS, UH, CREEPING UP THERE.

UH, WE'RE 7%, ALTHOUGH THE REVENUE IS STILL TRAILING BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES, YOU'LL SEE THAT SLOW CATCH UP, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH.

IN TERMS OF SOLID WASTE, UH, SOLID WASTE CONTINUES TO, UH, PERFORM WELL.

UH, WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, 40, 47% OF THE, UH, ANTICIPATED REVENUE OR $1.1 MILLION, AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE TRAILING BEHIND AT 26%.

UH, KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS WHERE WE PAY WASTE MANAGEMENT.

UH, SO SOMETIMES THE, THERE'S LIKE A, A A LAG OF OUR PAYMENTS, ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO BEHIND.

BUT YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL START TO SEE THAT CATCH UP, UH, AROUND JULY.

IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING SERVICES

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FUND, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE REVENUE IS TRENDING AHEAD OF OUR EXPENDITURES AT 31%, OR COLLECTION OF 516,100, UH, 91 90 $1.

AND IN TERMS OF THE MINOR FUNDS THAT ARE DOWN BELOW, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT, UH, DEFICIENCIES OR ANY NEGATIVE TRENDS THAT WE DETECT.

UH, SO IF THERE ARE NO CONCERNS, I'LL MOVE RIGHT INTO THE MONTH OF MARCH.

MS. BOBBY, GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

UH, BOBBY, THANK YOU FOR, UM, GOING OVER, UH, FEBRUARY FOR US.

UH, I WANNA LOOK AT THE ALZHEIMER'S BUDGET AGAIN.

I KNOW WE'RE, UH, SEVERELY UNDERPERFORMING THERE IN TERMS OF REVENUE TO EXPENSES.

AND YOU SAID IT'S AT 11.2 NOW, AND THAT'S ONLY 0.2% UP FROM LAST MONTH.

CAN YOU HELP EXPLAIN WHAT'S THE CAUSE OF THAT? WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT'S CAUSING THE REVENUE TO BE SO LOW AND BASED ON THE TREND? WELL, KIND OF HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA PICK UP THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR, THE ALZHEIMER CARE, UH, CARE CENTER FUND IS FUNDED THROUGH TWO DIFFERENT SOURCES.

WE HAVE GRANTS, UH, WHICH IS THE A DI, THE ALZHEIMER DISEASE INSTITUTE, MAYBE IN INITIATIVE.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT, BUT ALSO TO THE GENERAL FUND PROVIDES A SIGNIFICANT, UM, UM, SUPPLEMENT TO THIS FUND.

AND WE DON'T PROVIDE THAT SUPPLEMENT UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH THE FUND NEEDS.

UH, SO EVEN IF THE, UM, ALL THE FUNDS COME IN AND TOWARDS THE END OF THE, THE FISCAL YEAR, AROUND SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, ONCE WE KNOW WE'VE COLLECTED ALL OF THE GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR, THEN WE WILL APPROPRIATE THOSE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.

SO, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU, UH, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT VALUE.

BUT NOW MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IF WE MAY HAVE TO COME IN AND SUPPLEMENT THAT, THEN WHERE DOES THE EXPECTED, UM, REVENUE AMOUNT COME FROM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

UH, DURING THE BUDGET ADOPTION, WE DID APPROVE, THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE TO FUND THE ALZHEIMER, UH, CARE FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF, GOT MY BIBLE HERE IN THE AMOUNT OF $165,387.

THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE TO, UH, SUPPLEMENT THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND.

HOWEVER, IF THAT AMOUNT IS NOT NEEDED, WE ONLY GIVE TO THE FUND WHAT'S NEEDED UP TO THE 1 65.

SO THAT'S ALREADY INCLUDED IN THE, IN IN THE BUDGET, YES, IN THE RECORD.

YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES, SIR.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, IT'S BOBBY.

HOW OFTEN DO WE PAY THE SHERIFF? HOW DO WE PAY? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

ABSOLUTELY.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU MAKE A PAYMENT? SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IT'S EVERY MONTH.

EVERY MONTH.

ALSO, MISS BOBBY, YOU, YOU STATED THAT WHEN WE PAY WASTE MANAGEMENT, THAT WE PAY ONE OR TWO MONTHS BEHIND.

WHY IS THAT? UH, THROUGH YOU, YOU MADAM MAYOR.

IT IS JUST, UH, TIMING.

UH, IF WE RECEIVE THE PAY THE INVOICES EARLY, WE GET TO PAY EARLY.

IF WE RECEIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT LATE, WE, WE PAY THEM AS A PART OF OUR REGULAR, UH, CHECK RUNS.

SO SOMETIMES THEY WILL MAKE THE REPORT, UH, IF THEY ARE DONE ON TIME OR IF THEY A DAY OR TWO BEHIND.

THEY WON'T MAKE THE, THE, THE FINANCIAL REPORT.

BUT WE DO PAY MORE ONCE A MONTH.

BUT SOMETIMES THE INVOICES WHO COME IN LATE, SO I'LL GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE, UH, THE MONTH OF APRIL, RIGHT? WE MIGHT HAVE JUST PAID FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, AND I WON'T GET THE APRIL'S INVOICE UNTIL MAY, BUT SOMETIME THE INVOICES ARE SUBMITTED LATE.

THAT IS CORRECT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

UH, I THINK I WAS MOVING ON TO THE MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT.

AWESOME.

FOR THE SALES AND USE, UH, TAXES.

SO MY FAVORITE MONTH OF THE, OF THE YEAR AFTER CHRISTMAS OR AFTER DECEMBER, UH, WE'LL START WITH, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS A REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH REPRESENTING, UH, 50% OF THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR.

AND THIS REPORT INCLUDES FINANCIAL DATA THROUGH MARCH 31ST.

UH, THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE OUR COLLECTION OF OVERALL REVENUE IS 41% EQUIVALENT TO $18.4 MILLION, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, OUR AVALOR TAX RATE.

WE'VE COLLECTED UP TO, UH, $11.7 MILLION FOR OUR FRANCHISE FEES.

WE'VE COLLECTED 1.4 MILLION FOR OUR UTILITY TAXES.

WE'VE COLLECTED 1.7 MILLION EQUIVALENT TO, UH, 51% OF ITS BUDGET

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WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, $2.3 MILLION, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 42% OF ITS BUDGET.

FOR THE SERVICES REVENUE.

WE'VE COLLECTED 32% OF THE BUDGET, EQUIVALENT TO JUST A LITTLE OVER $600,000.

IN TERMS OF THE, UH, PERMITS, LICENSES AND INSPECTIONS, UH, WE'VE COLLECTED, UH, 7%, UH, JUST A SMALL INCREMENTAL CHANGE FROM THE FEBRUARY'S REPORT.

UH, WE'VE COLLECTED A TOTAL OF $63,956.

IN TERMS OF THE FINES AND FORFEITURES, YOU'LL SEE WE'VE COLLECTED $105,550 EQUIVALENT TO 16%, UM, OF ITS BUDGET.

AND OUR MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORY, WE'VE COLLECTED 3% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO, UH, $397,775, AGAIN FOR A TOTAL OF $18.4 MILLION IN COLLECTIONS.

IN TERMS OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, UH, WE'VE, UH, EXPENDED 31% OF OUR BUDGET, EXCUSE ME, UH, EQUIVALENT TO, UH, $14.1 MILLION.

AND THAT INCLUDES OUR CITY COMMISSION'S BUDGET AT, UH, 32% OF ITS BUDGET, OR 141,000, UH, $77.

OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AT $377,664 OR 61%, UM, OF ITS BUDGET.

THE, UH, CITY CLERK AT 39% OF BUDGET, OR 205,000 3 363.

THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET AT 42% OF BUDGET, OR $503,217.

THE FINANCIAL SERVICES 31% OF BUDGET, OR $639,641.

UH, THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT, UH, THE CITY EXPENDED $1.3 MILLION, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO 10%, UM, OF THE BUDGET.

THE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT, UH, WE'VE SPENT, UH, 44% OF ITS BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO $176,204.

THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE'VE SPENT 25% OF ITS BUDGET, OR $367,096, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, SPENT, UH, $1.1 MILLION EQUIVALENT TO, UH, 36% OF ITS BUDGET IN OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AT 1.3 MILLION OR 38% OF ITS BUDGET.

UM, OUR CITY ADVISORY BOARDS AT 15% OF BUDGET OR $6,660.

THE, UH, GENERAL FUND DEBT SERVICE, YOU'LL SEE WE'VE SPENT, UH, 7% OF BUDGET EQUIVALENT TO 85,000, UH, $682.

UM, OUR, UH, B-S-O-E-M-S, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE COLLECTIONS AT 49% OR 2.1 MILLION IN OUR POLICE, UH, AT 5 MILLION OR 48% OF BUDGET.

AND THEN OUR FINAL ACCOUNT IN THE GENERAL FUND IS THE REVENUE LOSS PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES WHERE WE'VE SPENT 31% OF ITS BUDGET, OR $522,089.

AGAIN, THE OVERALL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE $14.1 MILLION, EQUIVALENT TO, UH, 31% OF THE BUDGET.

IN TERMS OF THE MAJOR FUNDS, UH, THE FIRE FUND, YOU'LL SEE THE REVENUE COLLECTION IS STILL TRENDING, UH, EXCUSE ME, TRENDING, UH, AHEAD OF THE EXPENDITURES AT 79% AND THE EXPENDITURES AT 3.7 MILLION.

THE, UH, ALZHEIMER, YOU'LL SEE WE'VE, UH, DONE SOME CATCH UP.

WE'RE AT 90 19% AND OF, OF REVENUE, UH, THE EXPENDITURES ARE, ARE STILL, UM, ABOVE THE REVENUE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, WE DO MONITOR THE RECEIPTS, UM, OF THE, UH, THE GRANTS THAT WE RECEIVE, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE IT TO CATCH UP BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

THE TRANSPORTATION GAS TAX, UH, THE REVENUE DIPPED A LITTLE BIT.

YOU'LL SEE A MONTHS BEFORE THE REVENUE WAS, UH, WAS TRENDING PRETTY WELL FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, IT DIPPED JUST A LITTLE BIT.

UH, SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE, UM, CATEGORIZE AS MONITOR ON THAT INDICATOR IN THE MID MEDIA FINANCIAL REPORT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE MONITORING THE RECEIPT OF OUR, OUR GAS TAXES, UM, AGAIN, THE REVENUE IS AT 26% OF COLLECTION AT $216,831.

UH, WHILE THE EXPENDITURES ARE AT 27% OF BUDGET, OR $225,483, UH, THE DEBT SERVICE, UH, THE REVENUE CONTINUES TO CLIMB AT, UH, 91% OR $844,447, AND THE EXPENDITURES REMAIN THE SAME, UH, AT $322,773.

UH, FOR THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS OR THE, UH, FUNDS THAT ARE SELF-SUPPORTING AND DOES NOT RECEIVE ANY SUPPORT FROM GENERAL FUND, WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER FUND, UH, WHICH IS

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AT 9% OF ITS REVENUE COLLECTION OR $1 MILLION, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE EXPENDITURES AT 10%.

UH, SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE FUNDS THAT ON THE, UH, MIDYEAR FINANCIAL REPORT, WE, UH, INDICATED THAT WE'RE MONITORING THE ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE REVENUES ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE EXPENDITURES RIGHT NOW.

THE, UH, SOLID WASTE IS, IS DOING WELL.

UH, AGAIN, THE, UH, REVENUE IS, UH, OUTWEIGHING THE REVENUE AT THIS POINT.

AND YOU WILL SEE THE EXPENDITURES OF 880,400, UH, $45 ARE, UH, A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.

UH, TYPICALLY, UH, WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ROUGHLY AROUND 2 MILLION IN THE ACCOUNT, AND WE'RE GOING TO EXPEND 2 MILLION IN THE ACCOUNT, UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE DID THE, UH, 16% INCREASE IN THE, UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT'S CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.

IN TERMS OF THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, UH, THE, THE REVENUE CAUGHT UP FROM THE DECEMBER'S REPORT, YOU'LL SEE WE'RE AT 36%, UM, OF COLLECTION OF ITS REVENUE AT JUST A LITTLE OVER $600,000.

AND OF COURSE, THE EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING WELL AT 31% OR 500, UH, $17,747.

UM, LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER REPORTS, IN TERMS OF THE MINOR FUNDS THAT YOU SEE BELOW, UH, WE HAVE NOT DETECTED ANY NEGATIVE TRENDS OR ANY SIGNIFICANT DEFICIENCIES.

UH, SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MARCH FINANCIAL REPORT, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

NO, MS. FABI, WE LOOK FORWARD TO A COMPREHENSIVE APRIL REPORT, SO WE WON'T HAVE TO BACKTRACK.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

THAT'S, DO YOU MADAM, MAY, WHEN YOU SAY COMPREHENSIVE, UH, IN TERMS OF THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, DO WE WANT TO CHANGE THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY? THAT'S A PART OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT OR MADAM MAYOR PERMISSION.

UM, IT, I, I, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE COULD KEEP IT MONTHLY INSTEAD OF HAVING FOUR DIFFERENT MONTHS INSTEAD OF FOUR MONTHS IN A RATE OF, SO THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY MONTH TO MONTH.

SO I WAS SAYING MS. BOBBY, SO WE WILL NOT HAVE TO BACK UP.

AND WE WENT FROM DECEMBER ALL THE WAY THROUGH MARCH, AND THAT'S QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO ABSORB AND TO TRY TO MAKE REFERENCES FROM ONE MONTH TO THE OTHER.

SO IF WE COULD HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE MONTHLY THROUGH YOUR MATTER, MADAM MAYOR.

UNDERSTOOD.

UNDERSTOOD.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MR. THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION, UH, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

MOTION PASSES.

THE MAYOR, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

ITEM 11, CORRESPONDENCE.

IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERKS, MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE.

[12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR]

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THOSE WHO CAME OUT THIS EVENING TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IT, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ATTENDING AGAIN BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE YOUR INPUT.

IF YOU HAVE A DISCUSSION DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO BE WITH US, AND YOU MAY HAVE TO BE ONLINE, WE DO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE AS LONG AS YOU SUBMIT YOUR, YOUR, UM, PETITION TO THE PUBLIC FORM PRIOR TO 7:00 PM TO THE CITY CLERK VIRTUALLY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO INFORM AND INVITE EVERYONE TOMORROW EVENING AT 6:30 PM ONLINE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE YOUR HOME OR WHEREVER YOU ARE, BUT WE WOULD HAVE MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR AND THE GUEST SPEAKER FOR MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR WILL BE OUR NEW TAX COLLECTOR, ABIGAIL AYA.

SO PLEASE COME AND LISTEN TO WHAT SHE HAS TO SAY.

IT'S A NEW POSITION.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS CHARGED WITH DOING.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SUBMIT THEM PRIOR TO SIX 30 OR YOU CAN ASK THEM ONLINE.

IT IS A LIVE INTERVIEW.

SO IF WE WOULD PLEASE JOIN US AT SIX 30 TOMORROW EVENING ONLINE FOR MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR FOR DISCUSSION WITH OUR NEW TAX COLLECTOR AND WHAT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE WILL BE CHARGED WITH FOR BROWARD COUNTY.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL SAY GOODNIGHT.

GOOD EVENING.

GOD BLESS,

[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU .

MADAM MAYOR, GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS BUSINESSES, THOSE IN THE CHAMBER AND ONLINE.

I'M GOING TO BE SURE THIS EVENING IS KUDOS, TWO PARKS AND HUMAN

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SERVICES, AND I'M GOING TO NAME THEM MISS ERICA, MISS MELODY, MS. SANTANA, AND OF COURSE, A LONE GENTLEMAN, MR. JOHNNY.

TWO PUBLIC WORKS.

MR. RON, THANK YOU FOR SENDING THOSE MEN TO, FOR ME TO GET THE EXTRA BREAD AND OTHER STUFF.

PLEASE CONVEY TO MR. ROBIN HOW WONDERFUL THOSE GUYS WERE.

AND OF COURSE, TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS WAS NOT THERE, BUT HIS OTHER PEOPLE WERE THERE.

AND I AM REFERRING TO THE FOOD GIVEAWAY LAST FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH AT REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND, OH, SORRY, YOU DIDN'T GET ANY NEXT TIME YOU WILL BE INCLUDED.

IT WA IT WENT SO SMOOTH.

SO WHEN WE DO GOOD THINGS, I LIKE TO GIVE ALL THE PRAISES.

IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL DONE.

AND I THANK THE VOLUNTEERS.

LOTS OF THE SENIORS FROM MS. JACKIE'S GROUP CAME.

IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL DONE.

SO ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER THOMAS AND MYSELF, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY FOR AN EXCELLENT JOB AND WITH THAT GOODNIGHT, AND IT'S NICE TO SEE SOME NEW FACES IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK TWO MORE WEEKS.

IT'S SO NICE TO SEE YOU HERE.

GOODNIGHT.

THANK YOU, MADAM

[14. REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]

VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

AND I TOO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

THERE'S SOME FAMILIAR FACES, BUT TO THE NEW FACES, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITING I GET EVERY TIME I SEE NEW PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY COME AND STAY THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MEETING.

UM, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOU WHO, UH, CAME OUT.

UH, I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHORT AS WELL AND BRIEF, BUT I DO WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRE CHIEF, UH, CHIEF HACKETT.

UH, LAST WEEK HE GAVE ME JUST A QUICK TOUR OF OUR FIRE STATION AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL TO NOT JUST SEE, BUT ALSO HEAR FIRSTHAND FROM THOSE WHO WORK OVER THERE AND ALSO HOW MANY CALLS WE GET HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UM, WE ARE AMONG THE HIGHEST, I THINK THE HIGHEST IN TERMS OF, UM, EMERGENCY SERVICES.

UM, AND THEY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK OVER THERE.

SO THANK YOU CHIEF HACKETT, UH, FOR, UM, GIVING ME THOSE UPDATES.

AND WITH THAT, THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO PARKS AND RECS.

UM, THEY MADE A TRIP TO TALLAHASSEE AND, UM, AND THE SHOOTING, AND THEY WERE THERE.

OUR YOUTH COUNCIL WAS THERE WITH THEIR THREE CHAPERONES.

VINCE AND THE TWO OTHER YOUNG LADIES THAT WORK HERE.

THEY WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR THEM.

UM, THANK GOD THAT THEY CAME HOME SAFELY AND THEIR TREE CHAPERONES WERE THE BOMB.

SO I'M GONNA ASK CAPTAIN PHILIP TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR THEM.

UM, THE TOTAL OF THEM WAS NINE.

I I WAS ABLE TO BE WITH THE PARENTS AND GREET THEM WHEN THEY CAME BACK HOME AND GIVE EVERYONE A HUG AND LET THEM KNOW THAT WE ARE, THAT WE CARE CITY.

AND WE DID CARE FOR THEM.

I CALLED AND MAKE SURE THEY WERE OKAY AND CHECK UPON THEM BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS A SCARY TIME FOR THEM.

SO I'M GLAD EVERYONE CAME HOME SAFELY AND IS HERE.

AND THANK YOU.

PARKS AND RECS AGAIN.

WHOOP BOOP.

, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, AND EVERYBODY'S HOME, SO THANK YOU.

UM, I DID HAVE MY APPRECIATION DINNER FOR THEM AND THEY WERE ALL EXCITED.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR CHIEF.

UM, HE IS A GREAT PANCAKE MAKER.

HE MADE SOME WONDERFUL PANCAKES.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME.

IT WOULD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR THE LITERACY.

SO THANK YOU IF I CHIEF FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, AND WE'LL BE DOING IT AGAIN.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR GARAGE SALE WITH THE MILITARY, UH, BOARD COMING UP.

UM, WHAT ELSE? WE HAVE THE NEXT LITERACY DAY COMING UP, UM, WHICH WILL BE ON MAY 10TH.

WE HAVE OUR CITIZENSHIP DRIVE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY, UM, IN THE MULTI.

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SO SUPPORT 'CAUSE IT'S SUPPORTING THE, OUR MILITARY, ESPECIALLY OUR WOMAN IN MILITARY.

SO THIS SATURDAY, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND THAT IS IT.

I SEE WHAT ELSE I HAVE HERE.

I WANNA LET Y'ALL ALSO KNOW THAT I TAKE THE CITY MANAGER'S POSITION VERY SERIOUSLY AND I AM ON BOARD TO MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT DECISION.

I WAS ON BOARD FIRST FOR THE FIRST, THE LAST ONE, AND I WAS NOT IN AGREEING IN THE DIRECTION IT WENT.

AND SO I AM STILL HERE PUSHING TO GO INTO THAT RIGHT DIRECTION THAT ALL OUR, UM, RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO DO, AND I AM GOING TO STICK TO IT AS MUCH AS I CAN AND MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING BY OUR RESIDENT AND GET THE RIGHT PERSON THAT WE NEED HERE.

WITH THAT, I SAY GOODNIGHT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

I'M GRATEFUL TO MS. BARBARA HERRERA.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE.

UM, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE, UM, ALL THESE RESIDENTS STILL LEFT IN HERE.

I I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE FORMER COMMISSIONER MARILYN DAVIS IN OUR MIDST.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE YOU.

I, I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU'VE HAD A LITTLE DISPLACEMENT, BUT GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO YOU AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU.

UM, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE COMMENTS.

UM, WE TAKE THOSE SERIOUSLY AND, UM, YOU MAY NOT, IT, IT'S NOT A EASY JOB UP HERE.

UM, THEY SAY IT'S PART-TIME, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT PART-TIME.

IT'S NOT PART-TIME WORK.

SO WE DO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.

UM, AND IT'S ONE THING TO COME AND EXPRESS YOURSELF.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THAT SO THAT WE TAKE NOTE OF WHAT OUR RESIDENTS IS SAYING.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAVE A VOICE, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE, BUT I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, A HAPPY EARTH DAY TO YOU.

AND, UM, WE HAD A WONDERFUL EARTH DAY POSTER ART CONTEST.

UH, AND THE AWARD CEREMONY WAS THIS AFTERNOON.

WE HAD THIS YEAR, I THINK IT WAS 89, PARTICIPANT OF ENTRIES, BOTH ARTWORK AS WELL AS, UH, YOU KNOW, POSTER, POSTER BOARD.

AND IT WENT WELL.

WE HAD, UH, ENTRIES FROM PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY, RIVERLAND ELEMENTARY.

THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO LIVE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, BUT PERHAPS GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FROM OREO ELEMENTARY, UM, AND SENT HELEN CATHOLIC CHURCH.

UM, THAT SPOKE EARLIER TODAY DURING HER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

AND THEY DONATED $400 TOWARDS THE SPONSORSHIP WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD PRIZE.

UM, AND THAT RANGED FROM $60 ALL THE WAY DOWN TO $30.

SO THE, THEY HAD A GOOD TIME OVER THERE AND EACH ONE.

SO I HAVE NOT BROUGHT MY MY TWO CONTAINERS FOR A WHILE, ONLY BECAUSE WHEN I WALK IN THE MORNING AND YOU SEE WASTE MANAGEMENT HERE, BUT WE'RE PAYING BACK MONEY, WE'RE PAYING BACK MONEY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT RECYCLING PROPERLY.

SO I BROUGHT MY TWO CONTAINERS HERE.

THIS IS, UM, YOUR BIN.

SO THIS ONE IS FOR REGULAR GARBAGE.

WHEN IN DOUBT WITH RECYCLE STUFF, THROW IT OUT, OPEN THIS AND PUT IT IN YOUR BROWN BIN.

THIS IS THE RECYCLABLE BIN.

BUT WHEN I WALK AND OPEN THE BIN, I'M SEEING PLASTIC BAGS IN THERE.

I SEE DIAPERS IN THERE, I SEE ALL KIND OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND WHEN IT'S NOT DONE CORRECTLY, WE GET CHARGED BACK FOR IT.

SO I ASK YOU PLEASE, AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN THE LAKES NEWS WENT OUT, THERE IS A BIG SPREAD IN THE LAKES NEWS ABOUT RECYCLING.

WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT.

BUT LEARN HOW TO REUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN WASH OUT AND REUSE.

I KNOW A LOT OF US DON'T LIKE TO EAT LEFTOVERS, BUT IT TAKES BETTER THE NEXT DAY.

DON'T THROW IT OUT.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, I'M FROM THE ISLAND SO I KNOW HOW TO TAKE THAT ONE THING AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND BE ABLE TO USE IT.

IT'S REUSING AND REDUCING BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING

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A PROBLEM WITH THE LANDFILL.

WE ARE HAVING A BIG PROBLEM NOW WITH THE LANDFILL, AND SO IT'S US TO DO OUR PART.

PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE DO THE PROPER RECYCLING.

IT'S IMPORTANT AND IT HELPS US AND IT HELPS THE STUDENTS TOO, TO LIVE ON THIS EARTH, TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY EARTH DAY WITH ITS BEAUTY AND ITS GLORY.

AND I THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR BEING HERE.

UM, I TOO TAKE THE CITY COMMISSION, UH, MANAGER'S POSITION SERIOUSLY.

AND SO I'M DOING MY RESEARCH.

SOME THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED FROM FORMER COMMISSIONER, UM, BEVERLY WILLIAMS. I'VE MADE CALLS AND WE HAVE SPOKEN UP HERE.

UM, BUT I AM DILIGENTLY SEEKING, UM, AND WORKING ALONG WITH MY COLLEAGUES IN ORDER TO, IT'S NOT ABOUT A FRIEND THING, IT'S ABOUT GET GETTING SOMEONE IN HERE, UM, WITH THE PROPER QUALIFICATION.

AND TO YOU, MA'AM, UM, IF YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP FOR LAKES ALERT, PLEASE DO SO BECAUSE WE GIVE YOU ALL THE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN GET THE FOOD YOU NEED AND EVERYTHING.

AND I'M SORRY YOU MISSED IT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO PLEASE SIGN UP.

IF ANYONE HAS NOT SIGNED UP FOR LAKES ALERT, PLEASE DO SO BECAUSE AT THAT TIME YOU ARE INFORMED BY PIO ABOUT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY.

AND I WANNA THANK BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THIS AFTERNOON, UM, FOR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, PIO, FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AS WELL AS WE DON'T SEE THEM OFTEN, UM, BUT MR. MEDIA TECH, TECH TECH WAS THERE WITH THE SOFT MUSIC AND CUT THE CAKE, THE CAKE, AND CUT THE CAKE, AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HOPE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAD A GREAT, UM, HAPPY EASTER AND YOU CONTINUE TO LIVE LIFE.

GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU.

THANK

[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM ANDREW.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

WE HAVE MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR, APRIL 23RD AT 6:30 PM VIA ZOOM, AND YOU CAN ACCESS THE LINK ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ALSO HAVE A PAINT AND GLOW EVENT THAT IS CURRENTLY SOLD OUT.

IT WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL THE 25TH AT 7:00 PM AT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER.

WE HAVE A GARAGE SALE SUPPORTING WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ON APRIL 26TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES MEMORIAL PARK SMALL BUSINESS MICRO GRANT WORKSHOP ON MAY 1ST FROM 3:30 PM TO FIVE AT WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK, LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MEET AND GROW MAY 14TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 8:00 PM AT WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK, AND A BUDGET TOWN HALL MEETING ON MAY 21ST FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM.

UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED WE HAVE OUR SAMUEL S. BROWN ROOM OPEN.

WE HAVE A SIGN OUT FRONT THAT WILL BE OPEN AT THE START OF EVERY COMMISSION MEETING, UM, FROM ABOUT 6 45 TO 7 45.

THAT TIME IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, SO PLEASE KEEP AN EYE ON OUR WEBSITE.

TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE LEGACY OF A TRUE TRAILBLAZER WHO HELPS SHAPE OUR WE CARE CITY.

ALSO, WE HAVE FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION.

UM, WE HOST THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION EVERY THIRD THURSDAY STARTS AT 10:00 AM WHILE SUPPLIES LAST STOP BY THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM TO RECEIVE NUTRITIOUS ITEM THAT IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

WE HAVE ESOL CLASSES AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM REGISTRATION IS CURRENTLY OPEN AND THIS, UM, APPLICATION FORMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT THE EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER.

WE HAVE ADULT DANCE CLASSES, LINE DANCING.

JOIN US EVERY WEDNESDAY AT THE EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL CENTER AS WELL ON THE SECOND FLOOR FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM WE HAVE ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS. JOIN THE PING PONG PING PONG CLUB ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK DOMINO'S CLUB ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT THE RESOURCE ROOM AND THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PROGRAMS, CALL 9 5 4 5 3 5 2 7 8 5.

APRIL'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE, ASK YOU AND ASSOCIATES PA AS OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES SPOTLIGHT FOR APRIL.

THEY'RE LOCATED AT 3,500 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN, SUITE 300 DASH TWO, AND THEY CAN BE REACHED AT 9 5 4 5 4 6 2 6 9.

WE HAVE A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT BRINGING HEALTHCARE TO LAUDERDALE LAKES THROUGH BROWARD HEALTHPOINT.

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UM, THEY'RE PRO THEY'RE PROUD TO PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE HIGH QUALITY HEALTHCARE DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY PROVIDE ESSENTIAL MEDICAL SERVICES TO RESIDENTS ENSURING CONVENIENCE AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE CLOSE TO HOME.

THEY'RE THERE ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FROM 8:30 AM TO FOUR 30 AND THURSDAYS FROM 11:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK.

OUR RELAY FOR LIFE 2025.

PLEASE BE SURE YOU ACCESS OUR WEBSITE AND SIGN UP.

YOU CAN ALSO DONATE, BUT PLEASE JOIN OUR TEAM AND WALK WITH US.

UM, THIS IS A POWERFUL EVENT DEDICATED TO HONOR CANCER SURVIVORS, REREMEMBERING LOVED ONES, AND FIGHTING BACK AGAINST THIS DISEASE.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT EVENT TAKES PLACE ON MAY 9TH AT JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK AT 1450 WEST SUNRISE BOULEVARD AT 6:00 PM THE LINK IS ON THE WEBSITE FOR YOU TO REGISTER TO JOIN OUR TEAM, BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE MEDICINE CABINET, CABINET AND SHRED AON IS ON SATURDAY MAY 3RD, 2025 IN THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT.

SO BRING YOUR UNUSED, UNWANTED, OR EXPIRED PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS FOR SAFE DISPOSAL.

THIS IS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST ONLY, UM, LIMIT OF TWO BOXES.

AND IT CAN'T BE ANY LARGER THAN 16.

BY 12 BY 12, WE HAVE OUR COMMISSIONER'S CHEST CHALLENGE.

IF YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT GAME, IT'S TIME TO PUT YOUR SKILLS TO THE TEST AT THE COMMISSIONER'S CHESS CHALLENGE.

PROUDLY PRESENTED BY COMMISSIONER EASTON K HARRISON.

THIS EXCITED AND INTERACTIVE COMMUNITY EVENT IS OPEN TO PLAYERS AGES 16 AND UP, AND IS PERFECT FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES A GOOD MENTAL CHALLENGE.

WHETHER YOU'RE SEASONED GRANDMA OR SOMEONE WHO, WHO JUST ENJOYS A CASUAL MATCH THAT TAKES PLACE BEGINNING MAY 6TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS CURRENTLY HIRING FOR VARI VARIETY OF POSITIONS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

THAT ENDS MY REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR MEETING.

MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, NO REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

MADAM MAYOR, VERY MUCH AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE MEETING'S ADJOURNED.