* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THANK YOU SO VERY [00:00:01] MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. MAY 12TH, 2025. THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR, SWELL COMM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESIDENT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD CITY. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MS. OZ. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION [REVIEW OF THE MAY 13, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] REVIEW OF THE MAY 13TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM ACTING MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH SEVEN. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FIVE, SECTION 5.04 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, ADOPTED BUDGET PROVIDING FOR REVISIONS TO THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,123,750 PERTAINING TO COMMISSIONER PROOF PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 48TH AVENUE, PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 2 7 PERTAINING TO APPROPRIATING THE NEW GRANT AWARD NUMBER 2 1 4 6 9 FROM FLORIDA BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INC. DBA FLORIDA BLUE PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 4 6, PROVIDING FOR REVISION TO FUNDING AMOUNTS ALLOCATED TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND PROGRAM, PROGRAM FUND PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 3 4. AND MADAM MAYOR, [4.  DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE(S)] WE SHOULD HAVE, UM, BOBBY WILLIAMS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY. THANK, THERE WE GO. TEST, TEST, TEST. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, OUR CITY COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. CITY CLERK, OUR AUDIENCE. I DO WANT TO SAY OUR HAPPY, HAPPY BELATED MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL OF YOU ON THE DIET AS WELL AS OUR AUDIENCE AND OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE. I KNOW MOTHERS, UH, PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS BOBBY WILLIAMS, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF WATERDALE LAKES. AND, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THESE, THIS ITEM IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT, UH, ADJUSTING THE BUDGET FOR THREE SEPARATE AND APART ITEMS. WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL FUND, TO THE CARE CENTER FUND AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUND. UH, AS YOU KNOW, THE ADOPTED BUDGET, UH, WAS APPROVED BY COMMISSION VIA ORDINANCE 20 24 0 16 IN THE AMOUNT OF $108 MILLION. IT WAS, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED, UM, TO ADJUST, UH, FOR SOME ITEMS THAT CAME, UH, UPON US AFTER THE ADOPTION, ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH, UH, WAS THE INCREASE IN THE SALARIES OF OUR MAYOR AND COMMISSION, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REFERENDUM THAT WAS APPROVED BY OUR VOTERS AS WELL AS THE, UH, INCREASE IN OUR HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION. UH, SO TOMORROW NIGHT WILL WE, WE WILL BE REQUESTING THE FIRST READ OF AND, UH, UH, BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO. AND, AND AGAIN, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING THREE SEPARATE AND APART ADJUSTMENTS FOR THREE SEPARATE FUNDS. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THEIR GENERAL FUND, UH, PER RESOLUTION, UH, 2025 DASH 27. THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE THE CITY, THE STAFF TO, UH, TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AT, UH, 43 0 1 NORTHWEST 40TH AVENUE, UH, WITH THE MAXIMUM OF 1.6 MILLION. HOWEVER, THE ACTUAL PURCHASE PRICE WAS A LITTLE BIT, UH, LOWER THAN THE MAXIMUM THAT WAS AUTHORIZED. UM, SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE GENERAL FUND BY $986,647. AND, UH, THAT FUNDING WILL COME FROM THE FUND BALANCE. SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO JUST AMEND THE APPROPRIATION FROM THE FUND [00:05:01] BALANCE AND THE EXPENDITURE, UH, SO THAT WE COULD ADJUST THE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE EXPENDITURES. UH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS WITH THE ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION, UH, 20 25 0 4 6, THE CITY COMMISSION DID APPROVE OR ACCEPT A GRANT FROM THE, UH, BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF FLORIDA INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS FLORIDA BLUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. AND THIS IS TO RENOVATE AND UPGRADE, UH, OUR ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000. IN THE FINAL AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING AT THIS TIME IS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION 20 20 20 20 25, EXCUSE ME, UH, 0 34. UH, THE CDBG UH, WAS ALSO INCREASED, UM, BY AN AMOUNT OF $53,000. SO WE NEED TO ADJUST THE BUDGET TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS, THIS NEW REVENUE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE AND THE NEW EXPENDITURES THAT WE ANTICIPATE TO INCUR IN THE CURRENT YEAR. UH, THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR THE ALL FUNDS OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, TOMORROW NIGHT WOULD BE $1,123,750. UH, I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. BOBBY, THE CDBG GRANT FUND, IT SAYS 37,103. COULD YOU TELL ME, IS IT 30,037 OR 50 AS YOU SAID? WHICH ONE? OH, OKAY. UM, THAT IS, UH, OUS ERROR. THE AMOUNT IS 37,000, UH, 103 3 $103,000. UH, THE CITY ALREADY ACCOUNTS FOR THE CDB GRANTS FOR THE CURRENT, UH, PROGRAMS THAT ARE ACTIVE, BOTH 49TH YEAR AND THE 50TH YEAR. UH, SUBSEQUENT TO THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THE CITY DID RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM OUR COUNTY THAT WE WOULD BE SAVING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, AND THAT AMOUNT WAS $37,103. SO THAT IS A SCRUPULOUS ERROR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, MS. BOBBY. THANK YOU MS. DENISE. QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT ITEM 19, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 0 6, I'M SORRY, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 5 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND WEST WAY TO AND INC PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13, SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 D OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AS AN INCLU EXCLUSION AND EXCEPTIONS, THE BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS IN THE PROCUREMENT CODE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN CITY OF LAUDERHILL CONTRACT WITH WESTWAY TOWING IN COMPETITIVELY AWARDED UNDER CONTRACT NUMBER RFP 2023 DASH FOUR NINE, PROVIDING FOR TOWING AND RECORD SERVICES AT NO COST TO THE CITY LAUDERHILL TOWING CONTRACT. AND WE DO HAVE BOBBY WILLIAMS TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM AS WELL. MADAM MS. BOBBY MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR ONCE AGAIN, BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. UH, THIS ITEM, UH, MADAM MAYOR IS TO, UH, REQUEST A CONTRACT AWARD TO WESTWAY TOWING. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RESEARCH AND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WORK AND ADJUSTING OUR ORDINANCE SO THAT THE CITY CAN RECEIVE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THROUGH OUR TOLLING SERVICES. UH, SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE REQUESTING TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH, UH, WESTWAY TOWING AT NO COST TO THE CITY TO PROVIDE THOSE TOWING AND RECORD SERVICES TO THE CITY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. LAST THREE YEARS, EXACTLY. UM, THE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO ACCEPT OR RECEIVE FRANCHISE FEES FOR TOWING SERVICES. UH, THEREFORE, THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REVENUE, UH, FROM THE, UH, TOWING SERVICES THAT WERE PROVIDED BY NOT ONLY WESTWAY, BUT OTHER, OTHER COMPANIES THAT MAY HAVE PROVIDED TOWING OR RECORD SERVICES IN OUR CITY. UH, THIS CONTRACT WILL OBLIGATE THE, UH, WESTWAY TOWING COMPANY TO PROVIDE A UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 25% OF THE TOWING COST OF EVERY SINGLE TOWING COST, UM, THAT, UH, IS, UH, CONDUCTED IN THE CITY, UH, AS REVENUE TO THE CITY. ALSO, THE WESTWAY TOWING COMPANY IS, UH, HAPPENS TO BE A LOCAL VENDOR WITH THE CITY. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THEIR MAIN OFFICE HERE IN THE CITY, BUT THEY ALSO DO BUSINESS WITH THE BROWN COUNTY, WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, THE [00:10:01] CITY OF SUNRISE, THE CITY OF WINSTON MANORS, AND THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AS WELL AS CITY OF LAUDER HILL. UH, THIS ITEM IS REQUESTING TO DO A, UH, PIGGYBACK WITH THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL. THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL, UH, WENT THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS OF, UH, US, UH, SOLICITING AND AWARDING THE CONTRACT TO WESTWAY TOWING THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS. UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PIGGYBACK UPON, UH, THEIR, THEIR CONTRA THEIR CONTRACT TO RECEIVE THOSE BENEFITS OF TOWING AND RECORD SERVICES IN OUR CITY. AT THIS TIME, I COULD ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. I HAVE NO MS. BOBBY WOULD WESTWAY BE THE ONLY TO TOWING COMPANY TO BE ALLOWED TO TOW IN LAKES? UH, MADAM MAYOR, THIS CONTRACT IS NON-EXCLUSIVE. NON-EXCLUSIVE, WHICH MEANS ALTHOUGH WE WOULD USE THE WESTWAY AS OUR MAIN, UH, PROVIDER, HOWEVER ANYONE ELSE CAN PROVIDE TOWING SERVICES IN OUR CITY, WOULD WE RECEIVE THE FEE FROM OTHERS? NO, WE WOULD NOT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY. THANK YOU, MS. MAD MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTE ITEM NINE B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SIX SIX AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR AN AQUATIC WEED HARVESTER. WE DO FROM WE DO GREEN BOAT, INC. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 13, SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 B OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 80, 88, 89, 80, OH, IT'S, I'M SORRY, TYPO HERE. $89,515 AND 0 CENTS. AND WE HAVE BOBBY WHO WILL ALSO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, AND RON IS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, THE, UH, AGAIN, WHAT'S, UH, ONCE AGAIN BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD. AND THIS ITEM IS TO PURCHASE, UH, THE, UM, I WANNA GET THE NAME RIGHT, THE AQUATIC WEED HARVESTER, UH, AS WE KNOW, AS THE, WE DO AS A SOLE SOURCE. UH, SO MR. UH, JESS BRUINS WILL PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. BUT AS YOU KNOW, A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE DID HAVE, UM, SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ONE OF OUR OOS. THE CITY HAS TWO OOS ON HAND. UH, ONE OF THE OOS WAS SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED. UH, THE CITY DID FILE A CLAIM THROUGH OUR INSURANCE CARRIER. THE INSURANCE CARRIER DID PROVIDE THE CITY WITH, UH, $63,145,000 THAT WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FOR REPAIRS. BUT THEY HAVE ALSO APPROVED US TO PURCHASE A NEW WE DO IF WE CHOSE TO DO SO. UH, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE, WE DO FROM THE SAME COMPANY THAT WE ACQUIRED, THE CURRENT WE DO FROM, SO THAT WE COULD STANDARDIZE THE REPAIR, STANDARDIZE THE MAINTENANCE, UH, SO THAT, UH, WE COULD, UH, STANDARDIZE OUR COSTS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME. UH, BECAUSE WE DID RECEIVE THE $63,145,000 FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY. THE, UH, NET IMPACT TO THE CITY IS ACTUALLY ONLY $26,370. UH, SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE REQUESTING TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT AT 90 89,000, EXCUSE ME, $515. AT THIS TIME, MYSELF OR MR. DE BROWNS CAN ANSWER ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PURCHASE. MAD MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY FOR THAT. UM, DOES THIS COME WITH A WARRANTY, MS. BOBBY? UH, ACTUALLY IT DOES. IT'S A THREE YEAR WARRANTY. UM, BUT I WILL CERTAINLY YIELD MY TIME TO MR. DE BROWNS TO DISCUSS MORE ABOUT THE ACTUAL EQUIPMENT ITSELF. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. RON. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, MRS. WILLIAMS. UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MADAM, UH, MR. , MADAM CLERK, AND, UH, THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JUAN DES BRONZE, UH, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, MANIR, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MAINTAIN 11 MILES OF CANAL, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE HAVE FIVE ZONE BETWEEN OAKLAND ESTATE, OIL ESTATE, UH, WESTGATE, NORTHGATE, AND EASTGATE. UH, WE DO SO WITH A COMBINATION OF MANPOWER, UH, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT. AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, FIVE, SIX YEARS, WE'VE HAD TWO WE DOS, UH, THAT REALLY HELP US, UH, MAINTAIN THE CANALS 'CAUSE CANAL CLEANING INVOLVE PICK, PICKING UP TRASH, UH, WEED AND AQUATIC WEED THAT GROWS FAST. AS WE ABOUT TO ENTER THE, THE SUMMERTIME, UH, THE WEEDS ARE GONNA GROW REALLY EXPONENTIALLY FASTER. AND ALSO, ONE OF THE ISSUE WE HAVE WITH CANALS IS IN THE BACK OF THE CANALS, THERE'S A LOT OF COCONUT TREES, [00:15:01] MANGO TREES, UH, THAT KIND OF OVERHANG OVER THE CANALS. AND CUSTOMARILY WOULD HAVE A LOT OF COCONUT TREES, UH, DEAD BRANCHES AND THE CANALS. SO THOSE TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE REALLY, REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR US, AND MAINTAINING THE CANALS. SO, AS MRS REALLY AB STILLED BACK IN OCTOBER, ONE OF 'EM CAPSIZED, AND WE FIND OURSELF WITH ONE WEED RIGHT NOW. SO, UH, WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER THE, THE PEAK OF, UH, CANAL CLEANING, UH, WHICH IS A SUMMERTIME WHERE THE GRASS GO FASTER. AND, UH, WE NEED TO KEEP UP WITH, UH, OUR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE. UH, YES, THE, THE WINDOW HAS A WARRANTY OF THREE YEARS, AND, UH, WE FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE BEST CASE FOR THE CITY TO PURCHASE A NEW WE DOING INSTEAD OF SPENDING, UH, 63,000 ROUGHLY TO, TO REPAIR THE OLD ONE. UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, UNLESS ANY QUESTION ON THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NOT. NO, NONE FROM ME. YOU DID? THANK YOU, MR. RON. THANK YOU, MR. DENISE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM NINE C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SIX SEVEN, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR THE CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TANJA MCCOY WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MS. TANJA, MADAM MAYOR CITY COMMISSION. UM, CITY CLERK. CITY ATTORNEY. GOOD EVENING. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS THE, UM, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE, PARTICULARLY, WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THIS MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND THIS ITEM IS JUST TO APPROVE THE DESIGN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME? MS. TAN, WOULD YOU BRIEFLY GO OVER THE, UH, DESIGN FOR US PLEASE? SO, EXHIBIT A IS THE DRAFT PROGRAM AND IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MORTGAGE PROGRAM. BASICALLY, YOU HAVE TO BE 55 OR OLDER AND A CONDOMINIUM RESIDENCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, ADDITIONALLY, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE A LIST OF DOCUMENTATION TO, UM, PROVE THAT YOU ARE RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND, UM, THAT YOU HAVE A MORTGAGE. AND THIS PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW YOU TO RECEIVE UP TO $4,000 PER PERSON. WHO APPLIES MA'AM? VICE MAYOR. MS. STANGER? YES. HOW FAR BACK WOULD THEY HAVE WITH THEIR MORTGAGE? 'CAUSE MORTGAGE MEANS IF THEY, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY ARE PAYING THEIR MORTGAGES, THEN IT WOULDN'T REALLY BENEFIT THEM. HOW MANY MONTHS WOULD THEY, WOULD YOU GO BACK? IT, WE DIDN'T IDENTIFY ANY LIMITATION ON THE AMOUNT OF MONTHS THAT THEY WOULD, UM, GO BACK. WE WOULD JUST NEED TO BE IN ARREARS $4,000 OR MORE. AND THE OWNER OF THE MORTGAGE? OWNER OF THE MORTGAGE, YES. ONLY. ONLY THE MORTGAGE? YES. OKAY. WHICH, UM, INSURANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. . SO MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION HOME, CAN SHE DO THE, HAVE, HAVE YOU TOUCHED ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT OR YOU GONNA DO THAT? UM, WE'RE GONNA DO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT, UM, ITEM ON THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IT LISTED HERE, MS. TANGER, THERE WAS A TYPO OR SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T GET ADDED TO THE MEETING AND SO WE HAD TO PUSH IT TO THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT. THAT'S WHY I WAS MS. TAN. HOW EARLY CAN ANYONE APPLY? NO. IS IT READY OR AFTER THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PASSED? YES. AFTER THE RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PASSED, WE ARE LOOKING TO START THE PROGRAM AS SOON AS WITHIN THE NEXT 15 DAYS FOR, AT THE MOST PART, UM, THEY CAN APPLY PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AWAY. ONCE YOU GUYS SIGN OFF AND APPROVE THIS APPLICATION, WE CAN START [00:20:01] SENDING THAT APPLICATION OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. TANGER FOR CLARIFICATION. THE MORTGAGE MUST BE IN ARREARS. THE MORTGAGE MUST BE IN ARREARS AT LEAST $4,000. I'M SORRY, LET ME RESTATE THAT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AT LEAST 4,000, BUT THAT'S THE MOST THAT THEY CAN RECEIVE. 'CAUSE THEY MAY ONLY OWE TWO MONTHS AND THAT'S ONLY 1600. WE STILL WOULD, THEY WOULD STILL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS PRO. SO IT'S UP TO 4,000. UP TO 4,000. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. SO THE MOST THEY CAN RECEIVE FOR ASSISTANCE IS UP TO 4,000? YES. UM, IS, IS THERE A MINIMUM FOR HOW MUCH THEY NEED TO HAVE OWED? NO. OKAY. JUST THEY HAVE TO BE IN ARREARS, SO TO SOME DEGREE, YES. SO IF YOUR MORTGAGE IS $300 A MONTH AND YOU'RE TWO MONTHS BEHIND, THEN YOU WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, ON THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SECTION, I'M LOOKING AT THE ELIGIBILITY SECTION. YES. AND THERE'S, THERE'S TWO POINTS. IF YOU CAN CLARIFY FOR ME. THE FIRST ONE SAYS TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOUR HOME MUST BE OWNER OCCUPIED AS THE QUOTE UNQUOTE PRIMARY RESIDENCE. YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE OWNER OF THE MORTGAGE MUST LIVE IN SAID UNIT IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE? YES. OKAY. AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE HOME MUST NOT HAVE ANY OUTSTANDING CITY LIENS, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. OPEN PERMITS AND NO ILLEGAL ENCLOSURES OR ADDITIONS WORK DONE WITHOUT PERMIT. CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT ILLEGAL ENCLOSURES OR WORK DONE WITHOUT PERMIT COULD LOOK LIKE? 'CAUSE SOMEBODY MAY HAVE WORK ON THEIR BATHROOM AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY JUST MINOR WORK OR MINOR REPAIR, THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T GET A PERMIT FOR THAT OR FOLLOW CERTAIN FORMAL, UH, PROTOCOL AND THEY MIGHT MISS OUT. SO IS THERE LIKE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT A SITUATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE YOU HAVE A GARAGE AND NOW YOU'VE TURNED THAT INTO A LIVING UNIT AND, UM, THAT HAS NOT BEEN PERMITTED. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DEFINITELY DISQUALIFY YOU. SO MADAM MAYOR JOHNSON, THANK YOU. SO WE'RE, WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUBSTANTIAL VIOLATIONS. WE'RE NOT NITPICKING ON LITTLE THINGS THAT, OKAY. MS. TANGER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, YES. WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT SMALL THINGS LIKE MINOR PLUMBING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA GO IN AND START LOOKING UNDER SINKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO IT'S MOSTLY IF IT'S, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY IDENTIFY THAT THERE WAS WORK DONE HERE. THE STAFF WILL GO BACK AND CHECK FOR PERMITTING AND IF THOSE PERMITS WERE NOT PULLED AND THEY WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR THE PROGRAM. MADAM MAYOR, MS. HARRISON. OH, UH, ACTUALLY I HAD ONE MORE QUESTION. DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UH, THE LAST ONE, IT SAYS THE HOMEOWNER MUST BE UP TO DATE WITH THE MORTGAGE OR THE PROPERTY IS FULLY OWNED. OH, COULD IT? WHAT IF SOMEONE WAS LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE FROM BOTH THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? IF THEY WANTED MORTGAGE AS ASSISTANCE, BUT THEY ALSO NEED IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR HOMES, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO QUALIFY BECAUSE THE ELIGIBILITY SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR MORTGAGE. MS. TANGER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, ARE YOU REVIEWING THE HOME, UM, REPAIR PROGRAM WHEN YOU'RE SAYING UP TO DATE WITH YOUR MORTGAGE? BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONE THAT REQUIRES THE UP TO DATE WITH YOUR MORTGAGE, RIGHT? YES. I, I'M SAYING IF SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, LIKE IF THEY WANTED TO APPLY FOR BOTH, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO. 'CAUSE IF YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE BY DEFAULT, THAT MEANS YOU'RE BEHIND, WHICH MAKES YOU NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THEIR HOME IMPROVEMENT. NOT NECESSARILY. OKAY. I THINK WE COULD, UM, WORK WITH A HOMEOWNER THAT'S IN THAT SITUATION IF WE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEM CURRENT. 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS ONLY GOES UP TO $4,000. SO IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR BOTH AND YOU'RE BEHIND IN THE REARS OVER 4,000, THEN WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BRING YOU CURRENT. BUT WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE $4,000 SO YOU STILL WOULDN'T BECOME IN COMPLIANCE TO RECEIVE THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. AWESOME. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO HELP. THANK THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, MS. TORA, I, I WAS ASKING A QUESTION ON THE HOME REPAIR AND I THOUGHT IT WAS NOT GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD ON IN THIS MEETING. IS THAT CORRECT? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO THAT'S COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THAT'S JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR HIM. RIGHT? THANK YOU. SO MS. TANGER, [00:25:01] AT OUR NEXT MEETING, YOU WILL HAVE A FULL REPORT ON THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH WE JUST, UM, HEARD SOME INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO HOME REPAIR. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? YES. WE'LL HAVE A FULL REPORT ON THE HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. MADAM VICE MAYOR? NO, NO. NOTHING MORE MAD. SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ANDREW MADAM. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S. ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 8 ADOPTED AN AGREEMENT FOR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE BETWEEN THE AREA COUNCIL ON AGING AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. LAUDERDALE LAKES ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FOR CONTRACT AS NUMBERED FOR THE TERM COMMENCE IN JULY 1ST, 2025 WITH SERVICES ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2026 IN THE AMOUNT OF $272,689 FOR THE PURCHASE OF IN FACILITY RESPITE CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES. AND WE DO HAVE MS. ERICA LOCKETT HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MS. SIR. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTING OUR, UM, CONTRACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 FOR OUR ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER WITH THE, UM, AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING. THIS IS AN ANNUAL, UH, CONTRACT THAT WE DO FOR IN FACILITY RESPITE, CASE MANAGEMENT, AND SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $272,689. AND THIS COVERS OUR CLIENTS THAT COME INTO THE FACILITY. UM, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH I'M SURE WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK FOR AN AMENDMENT, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN, UM, PASSED OUT FROM THE, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR THE STATE. AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MS. ER. YOU'RE WELCOME. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NINE E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SIX NINE AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO 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 22ND, 2025 AND MAY 13TH, 2025. WE HAVE MS. ERICA LOCKETT AND TANJA MCCOY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. YES SIR. ONCE AGAIN, PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, UM, WE CAME TO YOU IN THE APRIL 22ND MEETING, UM, TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY, UH, FOR THE 51ST FUNDING GRANT CYCLE WITH BROWARD COUNTY FOR, UM, CDBG. I'LL SPEAK ON SENIOR TRANSPORTATION AND QUALITY OF LIFE AND MISS RO SPEAK ON MINOR HOME REPAIR. SO WE'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR THE GRANT. WE HAD TO DO TWO READINGS, SO WE WERE A LITTLE BEHIND, UM, WITH PUTTING IT ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA. SO FOR THE SENIOR TRANSPORTATION, WE APPLY FOR $45,000 AND THAT'S FOR OUR SENIORS THAT LIVE IN THE, UM, AREA TO APPLY, UH, THAT 62 YEARS OF AND ORDER. AND WE'LL PROVIDE DOOR TO DOOR PORTAL IF THEY WANT TO GO TO SHOPPING DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, FOR SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE IS $15,000. AND THIS TAKE CARE OF ALL OF OUR, UM, PROGRAMS WE OFFER IN THE SENIOR CENTER ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THAT. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. ERICA, THE THE TRANSPORTATION IS ONLY IN ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES OR FOR ALL THE SENIORS. 'CAUSE I KNOW A FEW SENIORS LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. NO MA'AM. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. IT IS FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENCE 62 OF AGE AND OLDER AND THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND REGISTER AND GET A PEN NUMBER IN ORDER TO RIDE. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS ERICA, FOR THOSE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO NEED TRANSPORTATION FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DO THEY HAVE TO REGISTER FOR THAT? AS SOON AS THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, THEY CAN CALL IN AND REGISTER, BUT WE DO REQUIRE 24 HOURS. AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN 24 HOURS, WE COULD, UM, TAKE 'EM. THANK YOU. [00:30:04] THANK YOU MS. ERICA. MS. TANGER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. UM, AGAIN, I'M HERE FOR THE CDBG FUNDING PORTION OF THIS RESOLUTION. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT PORTION OF THE RESOLUTION? WOULD YOU GIVE US A SUMMARY PLEASE, MS STAND? SO THIS IS THE, UH, CDBG FUNDING FOR THE 51ST YEAR FOR THE, UM, MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM. AND WE ARE RECEIVING OUR FUNDS OF, I THINK IT'S 297. YEAH, 205 SORRY, 237. WHAT'S THE NUMBER FOR THE, UH, TOTAL BUDGET WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO TWO ZERO SEVEN NINE OH TWO THIRTY TWO. 2 32 0 7 9. YES. THAT WAS THE TOTAL FUNDS FOR THE CDBG FUNDS FROM WHICH WE RECEIVED FROM BROWARD COUNTY. UM, THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS WITH MINOR HOME REPAIRS SUCH AS ROOFS, UM, WINDOWS, DOORS, AND SOME UTILITIES SUCH AS AC UNITS. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS WITH A 10 YEAR FORGIVABLE LOAN. SO AS LONG AS THEY STAY IN THEIR HOME FOR 10 YEARS, THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY THESE FUNDS. BACK TO YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THE RESOLUTION UP THE, UM, LINE 32 SAID 2 9 2 0 7 9 AND DOWN BELOW IT SAYS 2 32 0 7 9. SO THEN IT SAYS TWO, THEN IT SAYS, UM, WHERE 2 92 0 7. SO WHAT EXACT, WHAT IS EXACTLY THE NUMBER? THE 2 32 0 7 9 IS THE CORRECT NUMBER. THE RESOLUTION IS 2 9 2 MAY I MADAM MAYOR, EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YEAH. UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, IN THERE TWICE AS WELL AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT. I DID SAY THAT. IS THERE A MADAM MAYOR? WE CAN VERIFY THE CORRECT NUMBER AND ENSURE THAT IT IS CORRECTED BEFORE THE RESOLUTION IS PRESENTED AT TOMORROW'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE DO NOT HAVE IT AT THIS TIME. IF MS. TANJA MCCOY IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, MS. ERICA THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE 2 92 IS THE TOTAL OF ALL THREE PROGRAMS. OKAY. OKAY. TWO AND SIX. OKAY. SANDRA, ANYTHING ELSE? ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? I DOT HAVE THAT. NO. THANK YOU MS. . MADAM MAD MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO SEVEN AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT GRANT FUNDING FROM THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2025 MOST SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM AND THE AMOUNT OF $144,018 FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 1ST, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2025 TO PROVIDE FOR SUMMER CAMP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELIGIBLE YOUTH PROVIDING FOR A CITY MATCH AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $9,595. [00:35:03] AND TO ERICA LOCKETT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. MS. ERICA PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS, UM, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO ENTER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL FOR OUR 2025 MOST SUMMER CAMP THAT TAKE PLACE AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK THIS YEAR. WE WILL SERVICE 120 KIDS AND WE HAVE A GRANT FUNDING FOR $144,018. UM, I CAN ENTER, THIS WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 1ST TO AUGUST 31ST. SUMMER CAMP STARTS JUNE 9TH TO AUGUST 2ND. AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. MS. ERICA, FROM MAY 1ST TO JUNE 9TH, UH, WHAT ARE WE DOING? THAT'S THE PLANNING PERIOD, UM, WHERE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL WILL ALLOW US TO START SPENDING FUNDING BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GET THE, UM, BOOKS AND THE DIFFERENT SUPPLIES THAT THE SUMMER CAMPERS MAY NEED, BUT WE CAN'T SPEND ANY FUNDING BEFORE MAY 1ST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. MADAM MANAGER, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM NINE G. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH SEVEN ONE AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CULINARY AFFAIRS TO PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR THE 2025 SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK, FUNDED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES SUMMER FOOD SERVICE, MS. ERICA LOCKETT. ONCE AGAIN, PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS RESOLUTION IS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANOR TO CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH CULINARY AFFAIRS. THEY WILL BE THE, UM, ORGANIZATION THAT WILL PROVIDE NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPERS. THIS IS ALSO A SUMMER BREAK SPOT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UM, AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE HAVING 120, UM, MEALS FOR OUR CAMPERS. AND THEN FOR THE FIRST WEEK WE'LL ORDER LIKE AN ADDITIONAL 50 AND THEN WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES MOVING ON FROM THERE. AND THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $36,619 AND 50 CENTS. I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST A, A QUESTION FROM MY KNOWLEDGE, CULINARY AFFAIRS IS THIS, UM, UH, A VENDOR WE'VE USED BEFORE. UM, I CAN'T SAY I CAN DO SOME RESEARCH, BUT I KNOW FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE USED A DIFFERENT VENDOR AND THEY WEREN'T SUITABLE FOR US. UM, SO WE DECIDED TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE. EXCUSE ME, MR. THOMAS, BUT THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THAT WAS MY 'CAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE USED CHEF PATTON THE YEARS PRIOR. SO, UM, I, WHEN I SAW CULINARY AFFAIRS, I WAS JUST WONDERING, UM, HOW DID WE COME TO THIS? AND YOU SAID IT, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. ERICA, WHERE IS CULINARY AFFAIRS? WHICH CITY ARE THEY IN OUR CITY OR THEY'RE OUT, THEY'RE THEY'RE OUT OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. YEAH, WE DID A, A BID AND WE ONLY GOT A FEW RESPONSES. SO WE WENT WITH CULINARY AFFAIRS, MR. HARRISON. UH, AND YOU SAID THIS IS FOR A SUMMER BREAK SPOT PROGRAM? IT'S, IT'S FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPERS, BUT IT'S ALSO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY. IT'S, IT'S FOR OUR SUMMER CAMPERS, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERED A SUMMER BREAK SPOT BECAUSE WE GET, UM, FUNDING FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO WE HAVE TO OFFER IT AS A SUMMER BREAK SPOT. AND YOU'LL SEE SIGNAGE COMING UP SOON ONCE THE RESOLUTION IS APPROVED. UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, JUST SINCE THE SUMMER BREAK SPOT IS INCLUDED IN THIS, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, UM, JUST A NUMBER OF AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY MEALS ARE GONNA BE GIVEN OUT THROUGH THE SUMMER BREAK SPOT, UH, PROGRAM. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S SEPARATE. KIDS FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN COME UP AND RECEIVE FOOD. UM, 'CAUSE I USED TO DO 'EM ALL THE TIME EVERY SUMMER WITH THE YMCA. AND, UM, I REMEMBER ONE YEAR AFTER THE, THE NEXT YEAR WE HAD LESS FOOD, LIKE LESS PACKAGES OF MEALS TO GIVE OUT. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WE'RE GIVING OUT, IF WE ONLY HAVE LIKE 12 OR IF WE HAVE 20 OR 30. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE TOO EARLY ON TO GET A NUMBER, BUT JUST A ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY MEALS WE'LL BE GIVING OUT FOR OUR SUMMER BREAK. SPOT TO YOU MADAM MAYOR, NO PROBLEM. WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL THE SUMMER, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP YOU UPDATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. THANK YOU [00:40:04] MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS ITEM NUMBER 10, A RESOLUTION 20 25 7 2 AUTHORIZING PAYMENT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000 FOR EXPENSES AND CURED IN THE HOSTING OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET AND GREET EVENT. AND MS. VCA BUCHANAN IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. SHE, IT'S COMING. MS. VCA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD. A UM, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK. UM, MADAM, ACTING CITY MANAGER FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS VCA BUCHANAN AND I'M THE ECONOMIC MANAGER. YOU MAY RECALL IN JANUARY OF 2025, A BOARD MEMBER OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, MR. PATRICK GREEN, PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION THEIR INTEREST, EH, OF THE BOARD OF HOSTING THE MEET AND GREET EVENT IN THE NEXT FOLLOWING MONTHS. THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TO DISCUSS THE BENEFITS OF HAVING THE LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF INCORPORATING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION FROM THE BUSINESS OWNERS SONER. FURTHERMORE, MR. GREEN REQUESTED THAT EXPENSES SECURED IN THE COORDINATION AND THE EXECUTION OF THE EVENT BE FUNDED BY THE SEA OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FUNDS AND NOT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR ACTIVITIES AT THAT TIME. THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS NOT TO EXCEED $1,500 BASED ON THE REMARKS PROVIDED AT THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE TIME, THE CITY COMMISSION SHOWS SUPPORT OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD EFFORTS AND DID NOT SHARE ANY CONCERNS RELATED TO COVERING THE EXPENSES OF THE EVENT. THEREFORE, WE ARE TODAY, WE ARE REQUESTING TO APPROVAL IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION TO UTILIZE THE CITY FUNDS TO COVER THE ABOVE EXPENSES FOR THE MEET AND GREET. A I DO WANNA MENTION THOUGH THAT YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE IN COST. UM, WE HAVE INTENSIFIED, UM, OVER MARKETING EFFORTS. UH, WE ARE, WE PLACED PLACING SOME SMALL SIGNS IN THE COMMERCIAL CLASSES, WHICH REQUIRES SOME PERMITTING FEES TO BE PAID AND THE PRODUCTION OF THE SIGNS. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE AMOUNT OF $2,810 AND 19 CENTS. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I'M EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED IN THE, THE CITY'S HANDLING OF THIS EVENT. UH, FOR ONE, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT THAT POINT. BUT THE, THE FACT THAT THE EDA ASKED FOR THE MEETING TO BE, FOR THIS EVENT TO BE PLANNED, AND ONCE THE CITY STAFF RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION, IT JUST FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. UM, IT WASN'T MARKETED PROPERLY. THE, THE, THE SIGN SAID EAB MEET AND GREET. NOBODY GENERALLY KNOWS WHAT A E DAB IS. I THINK THIS KIND OF GOES INTO OUR DISCUSSION OF HOW ARE WE GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE FOLKS. UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE PAID FOR SIGNS TO GO UP. UH, THOSE SIGNS ALREADY COSTED THE CITY MONEY. NOW WE'RE SAYING WE'RE GONNA GO BACK AND SPEND MORE MONEY, WHICH IS NOT A LOT OF MONEY. I THINK FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THE WORD OUT. THEY HAVE TO MARKET IT. BUT THE CITY SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS EVENT NOT BEING AS SUCCESSFUL AS IT COULD HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN. I'M ALSO DISAPPOINTED IN OUR MARKETING TEAM AND NOT TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY. I WAS AT THE EAP MEETING, JUST VISITING, AND I DON'T THINK PROPER LEADERSHIP WAS TAKEN AND JUST SAYING, LISTEN, THE BUCK STOPS WITH US. WE DROPPED THE BALL AND WE DIDN'T DO WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. IT ALMOST FELT LIKE THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WERE BEING GASLIT. LIKE THEY, LIKE THEY DID SOMETHING WRONG AND ALL THEY DID WAS JUST GIVE A VISION AND TRUST THE STAFF TO GET IT DONE. SO, UM, THERE WAS AN EVENTBRITE LINK WHEN YOU CLICKED ON THE LINK. IT TAKES YOU TO AN EVENT THAT HAPPENED IN 2024 AND NOT EVEN THIS YEAR. AND IT, IT'S LIKE FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THAT SHOWS THAT THE LINK WENT OUT AND NOBODY CHECKED IT. SO THAT TELLS ME WHO CARES ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE DOING. UH, THIS IS A LEADERSHIP ISSUE. I THINK WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE ON OUR E DAP COMMITTEE TO DO A GREAT JOB, UH, THAT WANT TO DO GREAT THINGS. BUT I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE HERE AGAIN, READY TO SPEND MORE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO, IN ORDER TO MARKET THIS EVENT THE RIGHT WAY. IT COULD HAVE BEEN $2,800 TOWARDS MORE FOOD OR MORE DECORATIONS OR [00:45:01] SOMETHING MORE USEFUL. THIS IS US TRYING TO CORRECT A MISTAKE THAT HAPPENED. AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M STILL IN SUPPORT OF IT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DO IT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. FCA. AS I WAS TRAVELING 4 41 THIS AFTERNOON, I SAW ONE SIGN YOUR NARRATIVE SAYS THAT SIGNS WILL BE PLACED AT THE ENTRANCE OF EACH BUSINESS DISTRICT. I SAW ONE SIGN, WHICH PRESUMABLY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER AND THE RAIN AND THE WIND THAT OCCURRED WAS NOT UPRIGHT, IF YOU WILL. AND I THINK ONE SIGN AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF 4 41 IS NOT ENOUGH. I THINK SIGNS NEED TO BE PUT WITHIN THE AREAS OF THE BUSINESS DISTRICT. EVERYONE DOES NOT ENTER THE BUSINESS DISTRICT FROM 4 41 ITSELF. THERE ARE SIDE STREETS WHERE WE DO ENTER IN IT. SO I THINK NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO REVIEW THE IMPACT THAT THE WEATHER HAD ON THE SIGNS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN, AND ALSO TO PLACE MORE SIGNS IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION AND IN STRATEGIC POSITIONS AND NOT JUST AT THE ENTRANCE. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, MS. VEHICLE WENT, I THINK I SAW SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON HAVING ANOTHER EVENT AT WILLOW WEB PARK. OH, ON, UM, EXCUSE ME, MADAM MAYOR ON THE MAY, MAY 14TH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OR SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, UH, WHERE DID I SEE IT? I SAW SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAVING SOMETHING AT MEET AND GREET AT WILLOWY PARK. YEAH, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, THAT'S THE EVENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE MEET AND GREET IS IS GONNA BE AT WILLY WEBB WHEN, AND IT'S GONNA BE ON MAY 14TH FROM SIX TO EIGHT. WELL, MAY 14TH IS ONLY TWO DAYS FROM NOW. AND IF IT'S ONLY TWO DAYS FROM NOW AND THERE IS NO, NOTHING IS OUT THERE THAT IS GOING TO TELL SOMEONE THAT, OKAY, WE ARE, UM, FORMING THIS NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT WILLY WAY PARK. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S JUST NOT REALLY, REALLY GOOD ENOUGH. IT'S LIKE WE HAVE A BOARD WHO, AND I THINK THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE PASSIONATE BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY. TODAY IS MONDAY, MAY THE 12TH, TWO MORE DAYS. AND THERE IS NOTHING OUT THAT I CAN SAY. I WALK, I DON'T RIDE, I DON'T RIDE A BICYCLE. I WALK IN THE MORNINGS. I DON'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE SIGN. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S ON MY CALENDAR, BUT OTHERWISE I DON'T SEE A SIGN OUT THERE TELLING ME OR OTHERS THAT SOMETHING GOOD IS HAPPENING IN DALE LAKES AND YOU NEED TO PARTICIPATE. MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR. MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, WELL TO UM, THE EAP BOARD, I HAVE SEEN SIGNS. I SAW QUITE A FEW IN, UM, THE MARKETPLACE THIS PAST WEEKEND. UM, I DON'T KNOW FOR THE OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CITY. I KNOW MARKETING WERE SENT OUT VIA EMAIL TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THERE WERE A FEW. UM, I, I HAVE BEEN TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT IT TOO. EVEN THE OTHER DAY I WENT TO DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND A GENTLEMAN WAS IN THERE. UM, AND FLYERS ARE IN THERE AS WELL AND I ENCOURAGING HIM AND HE SAID HE WAS COMING. SO I, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING, BUT PERHAPS THE SIGNS COULD BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER ONLY BECAUSE THEY'RE FLOWN BACK AND FORTH. WIND. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN THIS MORNING, SO THEY ARE NOT UPRIGHT, BUT I HAVE SEEN THEM. JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MANAGER. NO SIR. GO AHEAD MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE, UM, THROUGH YOU NAEL STEVENS ON THE LINE WITH HER HAND RAISED IF YOU WOULD ALLOW HER TO SPEAK TO PROVIDE A PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, LOST MY POINT. UH, LAST MONTH I WAS, I I ATTENDED THE EDA, UH, MEETING [00:50:01] AND I JUST WANT JUST SOME, SOME CLARITY ON THE, THE TIMELINE. UM, 80% OF THAT MEETING WAS SPENT TALKING ABOUT A FLYER AT LE I'M BEING GENEROUS. AT LEAST 80% IN THE MEETING. THIS IS A MONDAY MORNING. AND THESE ARE BUSINESS PEOPLE THAT HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO AND THEY'RE IN A MEETING TALKING ABOUT A FLYER WASTE OF TIME. EMBARRASSING THAT A CITY WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF RESOURCES IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING I'VE SEEN COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS DO WITH $0. TWICE IS BETTER. AND, AND IT IS NOT REALLY ON YOU VE TO BE HONEST. IT'S UM, IT'S IT'S STAFF THAT'S HERE 'CAUSE WE ARE NOT DOING THE, THE JOB. BUT, UH, STAFF WAS ASKED IN THE MEETING, UH, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME? WE'RE NOT THE EXPERTS ON MARKETING. WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU THE, THE MARKETING, WHATEVER. DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PULL THIS OFF? AND HE LOOKS, HE LOOKS AROUND, HE SQUINTS HIS EYES, HE SAYS, YES, WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO CALL OTHER STAFF UP HERE THAT WAS THERE THAT DAY TO HELP EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE? BUT HOW DO WE THINK WE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO MARKET? I THINK THESE WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT I THINK IT'S UNUSUAL TO ASK FOR MONEY JUST TWO DAYS FROM AN EVENT. TODAY'S A WORKSHOP SO WE CAN'T EVEN DECIDE ON IT TODAY. SO REALLY IT'LL BE ONE DAY FOR TOMORROW. I, I JUST NEED HELP UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE RATIONALE WITH THE TIMELINE. AND AGAIN, YOU WEREN'T THE ONLY ONE IN THE ROOM VEHICLE. SO IT THROUGH THE THROUGH THROUGH THE MERIT TO YOUR DISCRETION IF YOU FEEL LIKE THERE'LL BE SOME HELP. MS. FIELD, MADAM MAYOR. SO THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, UM, MADE THROUGH THE DAAS. UM, WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING, PROMOTING FOR A MONTH TO DATE. WE HAVE 83 REGISTRANT. PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED PEOPLE THAT HAVE REGISTERED THROUGH EVENTBRITE TO ATTEND EVENT ON WEDNESDAY. THE, THE SIGNS THAT YOU SEE IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, THEY ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. WE HAD TO CALL EACH PROPERTY OWNER REQUEST PERMISSION TO PUT THOSE SIGNS THAT YOU SEE THERE. SOME OF THEM SAID YES, SOME OF THEM DID NOT EVEN RESPOND TO CALLS NOR EMAILS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THEY'RE NOT ALL OVER. IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, DEFINITELY WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT. BUT WE COULD NOT DO IT UNTIL WE GET THE AUTHORIZATION FROM THE PROPERTY MANAGER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET IT FROM ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WE REACH OUT TO, ALL OF THEM BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMOTE. SO THESE WHERE YOU SEE THE SIGNS, THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE AUTHORIZATION AND WE PLACED THEM THERE. UM, THE TYPE OF SIGNS IT WAS RECOMMENDED AND SUGGESTED AND THAT'S WHAT WE DID. BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING AND WE'RE MAKING CALLS. SO WE ARE EXPECTING, GOD FORBID, EVERYTHING TURN OUT OKAY. A GOOD CROWD ON WEDNESDAY. WE HAVE SO FAR A REPEAT 83 PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY REGISTERED BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY REGISTERED TO ATTEND THE EVENT. MS. KER, YOU SAID THEY HAVE REGISTERED ON EVENTBRITE. I WOULD ASK THAT SOMEONE CALL BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS. PEOPLE GO ON EVENTBRITE REGISTER AND WHEN THE TIME COMES THEY'RE NOT THERE. SO I WOULD ASK THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO CAN CALL THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE REGISTERED JUST TO REMIND THEM ABOUT THE EVENT ON WEDNESDAY. YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, YES, DEFINITELY. AS I SAID, WE ARE MAKING CALLS. WE ARE NOT, JUST NOT NOW SINCE LAST WEEK BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND WE ARE MAKING THE CALLS REMINDING PEOPLE. OF COURSE WE CAN'T FORCE THEM FOR ANYTHING, BUT WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND TO COME TO JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY. I'VE SEEN MR. ALVIN COME UP TWICE. MR. ALVIN, DO YOU HAVE? YES. SO YEAH, I WANTED TO GIVE HIM A CHANCE. I GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON MADAM MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE. UH, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DID DO A MASS EMAIL THE RECORD PLEASE. I'M SORRY. ALBAN LEWIS COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. THANK YOU. UH, WE DID SEND OUT A EMAIL TO ALL THE REGISTRANTS TODAY DOES REMINDING THEM THAT, HEY, THE EVENT IS COMING UP. WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE YOU THERE TO SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY. UM, EVENTBRITE GIVES US A DUMP WITH ALL THEIR NAMES, EMAIL ADDRESSES AND HOW MANY TICKETS THEY PICKED. SO WE SENT OUT AN EMAIL TODAY LAST WE BID AT A LAKES ALERT AS WELL, WHICH GETS SENT TO 2000 PERSONS IN OUR MAILING LIST. SO THEY GOT THAT LINK TO REGISTER AS WELL. THE [00:55:01] SIGNAGE AT THE FRONT OF OUR ENTRANCE HAS BEEN UP FOR OVER A MONTH NOW. WE'VE DONE SOME SMALL YARD SIGNAGES AS WELL. WE'VE BEEN RUNNING A FACEBOOK AD CAMPAIGN, WHICH HAS BEEN PICKED BY OVER 300 PERSONS AND SEEN BY ABOUT 2000. SO THERE'S BEEN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF, UM, PROMOTIONS GOING ON. IT'S BEEN ON OUR LAKES, UH, TV AS WELL. CHANNEL 78. SO WE'VE BEEN RUNNING SOME ADS FOR A MONTH NOW AND WE'VE BEGIN, AS IKA SAID, 83 PERSONS HAVE PICKED TICKETS AND SIGNED UP FOR THE EVENT. OKAY. MAD THANK YOU MR. HARRIS. YEAH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST MONTH, BUT BEFORE THAT WE HAD THE EVENT ON TRACK TO HAPPEN AND I THINK WE HAD MORE THAN A MONTH FOR THE INITIAL TIMELINE. SO, UH, UH, UH, MR. ALBAN HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN. SURE, YOU CAN THAT MAYOR MR. ALMAN? UH, SO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE EVENT, BRI? LET ME JUST CLARIFY. UM, EVENTBRITE MERGED AN OLD EVENT WITH THE NEW EVENT AND IT SHOWED THE WRONG URL WHEN WE CAUGHT ONTO IT, WE MADE AN UPDATE AND CHANGED IT, BUT AT THAT TIME THE BOARD DECIDED THEY WANTED TO PULL BACK, DISCUSS A NEW DATE, NEW OPTIONS, AND THEY COME AGAIN. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE, THE SYSTEM AS DISCUSSED IN THE MEETING, WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD PURGE A SYSTEM AND INSTEAD OF DUPLICATING CAMPAIGNS GOING FORWARD, WE WOULD DO THEM FROM SCRATCH BECAUSE THE ISSUE WAS, LIKE I SAID, THEY MERGED AN OLD CAMPAIGN WITH A NEW ONE AND IT WAS SHOWING THE OLDER INFORMATION. UM, I SPOKE WITH THEIR TECH SUPPORT. THEY SAID IT WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS ACROSS BOARD, UH, WITH SOME UPDATES THAT THEY DID AND IT CAUSED ALL THE OLD CAMPAIGNS AND NEW CAMPAIGNS TO COME TOGETHER. SO GOING FORWARD, WHAT WE DID, LIKE I SAID, IS TO START A NEW CAMPAIGN FROM SCRATCH. NEW CURE CODES, NEW LINKS, NEW URLS, EVERYTHING. SO WE WON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, UH, GOING FORWARD. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU. SO, UM, WE HAVE THE REPORT FOR THE LAST MONTH, WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING AND ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY, WE HAVE TRACTION, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. AND AGAIN, I THINK WHAT WE'RE UH, SUPPORTING THIS WOULD HELP WITH THAT EFFORT. BUT MY POINT IS BEFORE THAT, WHAT ARE THOSE NUMBERS LOOKING LIKE? 'CAUSE PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED, IT LOOKS LIKE NOBODY IS SIGNING UP FOR THE MEETING. UH, WERE YOU THEN TRACKING LIKE HOW MANY PEOPLE WAS ENGAGED? OBVIOUSLY NOT MUCH 'CAUSE IT WAS THE WRONG LINK. SO AT WHAT POINT DID YOU FIND THAT OUT? WHAT WERE THE NUMBERS LIKE BEFORE LAST MONTH'S MEETING, DID WE HAVE 83 PEOPLE REGISTERED? OBVIOUSLY NOT 'CAUSE IT WAS THE WRONG LINK. WERE WE RUNNING ADS ON TV? WERE WE, 'CAUSE IT, IT FEELS LIKE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MISTAKE NOW IN THE PAST MONTH, WE'RE TRYING TO CRAM THIS IN NOW, WHICH YOU GUYS DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS TO PROMOTE IT NOW, BUT BEFORE, MY SUSPICION IS THAT THESE THINGS WEREN'T DONE. SO IT, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT HELP ME UNDERSTAND YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO MY UNDERSTANDING AT THE TIME THE PROJECT WAS STARTED WAS THAT THE MARKETING EFFORTS WERE ON THE BOARD AS OPPOSED TO ON THE CITY'S DIME. SO WHAT WE GAVE TO THE BOARD WAS OUR USUAL BACKEND WORK IN TERMS OF CREATING A FLYER, SENDING IT OUT THROUGH THE EMAIL BLAST, BUT NOTHING PAID BEHIND IT. 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO SET BUDGET AS TO WHERE THAT FUNDS WOULD COME FROM TO PAY FOR ANY PAID ADS. SO NOTHING ON RADIO, NOTHING ON TV, NOTHING ON SOCIALS. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, WE CAME TO COME TO MEETING AND IT WAS DECIDED THAT HEY, THE CITY NEEDS TO GO GET BEHIND THIS. SO THAT'S WHEN WE DECIDED TO PUMP SOME MARKETING DOLLARS BEHIND IT. SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN INTERACTIONS AND PERSONS GOING THROUGH THE SITE AND THEN ONTO EVENTBRITE LINK. SO WE'LL GET ALL THAT DATA AND NOW BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A PAID TRACKING, UH, SERVICE THAT WE'RE USING. UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTS NOW THAT WE PUT SOME DOLLARS BEHIND IT. SO WAS IT, THANK YOU. WAS IT ON THE DISCRETION OF THE DEPARTMENT TO JUST USE THOSE FUNDS? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE VOTED ON THAT, WHICH IS OKAY, I'M JUST ASKING LIKE IS THAT HOW THAT WORKED? YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET THAT WE USE FOR, UM, MARKETING, AN ADVERTISING BUDGET. LET ME PUT IT IN THAT WAY, MADAM MAYOR THAT WE UTILIZE FOR CITY EVENTS FOR PROMOTING, UH, CERTAIN ITEMS. SO IF IT'S A CASE WHERE IT'S BLACK EXCELLENCE FESTIVAL OR ANY OTHER KIND OF EVENT THAT'S A CITY INITIATIVE, WE USUALLY EITHER DO SOME RADIO ADS, SOMETIMES SOME TV ADS AND A LOT OF FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM MARKETING. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I GOT HERE WAS THAT THAT WAS PRIMARILY ONLY FOR CITY EVENTS, SIGNATURE EVENTS. NOW THAT THIS ISSUE CAME UP WITH BRINGING THE BOARDS IN, IT'S A BIT OF A GRAY AREA WHERE IF YOU DO FOR ONE BOARD, YOU HAVE TO DO [01:00:01] FOR EVERYBODY. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE A EXTENSIVE BUDGET. UM, BUT THERE'S THINGS WE CAN DO TO GET AROUND IT. UM, SO WE DID DECIDE BECAUSE THIS IS AN EVENT THAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, UM, THE FORMATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THAT WE WOULD PUT SOME MARKETING DOLLARS BEHIND IT, WE'D GO AHEAD AND RUN SOME ADS AND AS YOU CAN SEE IT, IT'S PAYING FORWARD. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU KNOW, TO SAY WHEN THERE'S A WILL, THERE'S A WAY. UM, I JUST WISH WE WOULD MAKE A WAY FOR MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY. UM, I THINK BECAUSE WE WERE ON A TIME CRUNCH THAT WE GOT CREATIVE AND WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS FROM HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE. UM, FROM PROPERLY INVESTING IN EVENTS WE DO. SO I JUST HOPE THAT THIS ISN'T A RECURRING THING. SO I JUST, UM, YEAH, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ITEM ON REGULAR AGENDA WE HAVE DISCUSSED BEFORE AND YOU DID SAY THAT THERE IS SOMEONE VIRTUALLY THAT IS CORRECT. MS. NAEL STEVENS. THANK YOU. SHE'S NO LONGER ON LINE. MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CO I HAVE NO, NO, NO. HOPEFULLY THANK YOU MS. ALTA. THANK YOU MS. S THANK YOU. ITEM MANAGER, ITEM 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 7 3 AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE MARKETING SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND UTILITY SERVICE PARTNERS, PRIVATE LABEL INC. DBA SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA TO EXTEND THE AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR WITH TWO ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AND TO FURTHER CONTINUE LICENSING THE USE OF THE CITY'S TRADEMARK IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADVERTISEMENTS THE CITY'S RESIDENCE RELATED TO WARRANTY PLANS FOR THE REPAIR OF WATER, SEWER, AND INTERIOR PLUMBING ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. MS. CELESTE DUNMORE, IF DUNMORE IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM TO YOU. MADAM MAYOR, MS. CELESTE. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD AGAIN, ESTE DUNMORE. THIS PARTICULAR RESOLUTION WAS DISCUSSED AT OUR PREVIOUS WORKSHOP, COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND IT PROVIDES FOR AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA. THIS IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TO OFFER WHAT THEY CALL A SERVICE LINE WARRANTY PROGRAM. THE GIST OF THAT PROGRAM IS TO OFFER AFFORDABLE SERVICE PLANS. THESE ARE PLANS WHERE HOMEOWNERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE INSURANCE, WOULD BE ABLE TO PAY A A MONTHLY FEE AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET NECESSARY REPAIRS TO THEIR WATER AND SEWER LINE. IN 2012, THE CITY OF LYDELL LAKES PARTICIPATED AND JOINED MANY CITIES AS WELL AS COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. AND AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, THE ORGANIZATION SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA HAS USE OF THE LOGO WHEN IT COMES TO PROVIDING INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS TO RECEIVE FOR THE CITY A 10% ROYALTY PER PLAN, THE ORGANIZATION HAS TO MARKET THE PROGRAM. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES 24 7 CUSTOMER SERVICE TO RESPOND TO THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND ALSO AS PART OF THE PROGRAM CONTRACTORS, LOCAL CONTRACTORS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM AS WELL. FOR THE WATER SERVICE LINE PROGRAM, THE MONTHLY FEE IS $4 AND 16 CENTS PER MONTH. FOR THE SEWER LINE SERVICE PROGRAM, THE FEE IS $12 AND 41 CENTS PER MONTH. IN 2012, THE CITY WORKED ALONG WITH SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA TO INTRODUCE THE IN-HOME PLUMBING PLAN. HOWEVER, THAT PARTICULAR PLAN WAS DISCONTINUED. HOWEVER, THERE IS ANOTHER PLAN THAT'S SIMILAR, BUT IT'S OFFERED THROUGH THE OTHER FIRM, WHICH IS FPNL. SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PARTICIPATE, THEY CAN ASK FOR MORE INFORMATION OVER TIME. WE'VE HAD 140 THAT HAVE ENROLLED HOMEOWNERS THAT IS, THAT HAVE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM. 242 POLICIES FOR THE WATER SERVICE LINE PROGRAM. THERE HAVE BEEN 83 CLAIMS SAVINGS, $67,612 FOR THE SEWER CEPT LINE 391 CLAIMS SAVING ALMOST A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR RESIDENTS FOR THE INTERIOR PLUMBING. 586 [01:05:01] CLAIMS SAVING A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS. THE REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT HERE TODAY. I WOULD BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO GENERAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND IF WE MOVE FORWARD, THEN THE SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA WILL SEND OUT A CAMPAIGN TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE PROGRAM. AND AS ALWAYS, THESE ARE OPTIONAL PLANS THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN CONSIDER. QUESTIONS I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. MS. ES. THE INDOOR PLUMBING PROGRAM WAS DISCONTINUED AND NOW A RESIDENT CAN PURCHASE A POLICY VIA F PEN L. WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE, THE REPRESENTATIVE, MS. LACEY, UH, THE PARENT COMPANY, HOMESERVE IS A PARENT COMPANY OF SERVICE LINE WARRANTY. IF A RESIDENT PURCHASES A PROGRAM VIA HOMESERVE SLASH FP AND L, WILL THE CITY ALSO RECEIVE WARRANTY? NO. NO. EVEN THOUGH HOMESERVE IS A PARENT COMPANY OF SERVICE LINE WARRANTY? THAT IS CORRECT. SO YOU HAVE SERVICE LINE, YOU HAVE HOME SERVE THE PARENT COMPANY. THERE ARE TWO, LET'S CALL IT PLANS SO TO SPEAK. ONE IS OFFERED THROUGH THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ALONG WITH MANY CITIES AND COUNTIES WITH THE NATION, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO THAT'S ONE OPTION, DIFFERENT SET OF FEES, DIFFERENT COVERAGE, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN FPL. AND THEN WE HAVE HOME SERVE AND FP AND L'S AGREEMENT, WHICH OFFERS DIFFERENT COVERAGE, A LOWER AMOUNT OF COVERAGE. SO THE RESIDENT WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT FPL. YOU ARE CORRECT TO COMPLY ABOUT THE IN-HOME PLUMBING. YOU ARE CORRECT, MAYOR. OUR PARTICULAR ALLIANCE IS UNDER SERVICE LINE WARRANTIES OF AMERICA WHERE THE COVERAGE IS OF TO $8,500. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DO HAVE THAT PROGRAM, BOTH PROGRAMS AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE INDOOR WAS DISCONTINUED, BUT THE GENTLEMAN, UM, WAS ABLE TO, THROUGH HOME SERVES TO SIGN ME UP FOR LATE. WHAT I FOUND WAS THE FPL PROGRAM. SO I WENT THROUGH THE HOME SERVE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE. I DIDN'T NEED TO WORK WITH FPNL. IT'S UNDER HOME SERVE. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? AND FOR THE SAKE OF THE PUBLIC, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD FOR THE, THEY CALL IT SOMETHING ELSE NOW IT'S, IT'S INTERIOR, PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE PLAN. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE A LOWER MONTHLY FEE. I BELIEVE AS OF TODAY UNDER FP AND L, IT'S $6 AND 99 CENTS. PLEASE ASK IF THAT IS THE INTRODUCTORY FEE BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE CERTAIN CAMPAIGNS WHERE IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR A YEAR. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY FOR THE PUBLIC. BUT OUR PLAN IS NOT UNDER F, P AND L. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT FOR OTHERS WHO MAY NOT KNOW BECAUSE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IT WHEN YOU'RE ONLINE. SO THE IN-HOME PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE AS OF TODAY VIA F, P AND L IS $4. AND THE INTERIOR PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE PLAN IS $6 AND 99 CENTS. THAT IS AN INTRODUCTORY FEE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHIN A YEAR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO CHECK BACK EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU. AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD MAYOR TO LOOK AT OTHER PLANS. THERE ARE OTHER PLANS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COMPARE AND SEE WHICH ONE WOULD BE MORE APPEALING FOR THEM. FOR OUR PROGRAM, WE MAY PAY A LITTLE MORE, BUT THE COVERAGE IS $8,500. FOR FP AND L, YOU PAY A LITTLE LESS, BUT THE MAXIMUM COVERAGE IS $5,000. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO LOOK TO SEE WHICH ONE WOULD BE MOST BENEFICIAL FOR THEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. WEST. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THAT ENDS OUR WORKSHOP. AGENDA ITEMS. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON. CAN I SAY BEFORE WE MOVE, CAN I HAVE SECTION MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS? YEAH. SO RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 69. WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FOR TOMORROW BECAUSE ALL THE NUMBERS ARE WRONG. THEY'RE NOT ADDING UP. SO PLEASE PAY ATTENTION. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REDO THAT. 'CAUSE ONE POINT OF IT IS SAYING 42,500, THEN WE HAVE ONE SAYING 4,500. AND WHEN YOU ADD ALL OF THESE THINGS, THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS, SO SOMEONE [01:10:01] NEED TO LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S CORRECT FOR TOMORROW. IS THAT, UM, 9 8 0 6 25 20 25 0 6 9. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR [A.  PRESENTATION - NEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTION] AND COMMISSIONERS. WE WILL NOW MOVE OVER TO OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM. AND THAT'S UNDER ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ITEMS FIVE. A PRESENTATION OF NEW EMPLOYEE. ACTUALLY AN INTRODUCTION. AS YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TWO NEW EMPLOYEES, MS. TARA WILLIAMS. SHE'S THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS MS. JANICE JOHNSON, WHO IS THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER OF BOTH. UM, MS. TARA AND MS. JANICE COULD COME TO THE PODIUM AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS YOU, MS. TARA. MS. JANICE. SO, MS. TARA WILLIAMS. UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND ACTING CITY CLERK. MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I'M HONORED TO SERVE, UM, TO SERVE YOU AS YOUR INTERIM HR AND RISK MANAGEMENT. UM, DIRECTOR. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM WASHINGTON, DCI PROBABLY, I'VE PROBABLY CALLED SOUTH FLORIDA, MY HOME FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. I HAVE, I BRING OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OF HR EXPERIENCE. I'M SHRM CERTIFIED 14 OF THOSE YEARS IN MUNICIPAL, UM, GOVERNMENT. THROUGHOUT MY CAREER, I HAVE RETAINED, COMMITTED TO FOSTERING EFFECTIVE WORK STRATEGIES, PROMOTING ORGANIZATIONAL GROWTH, AND SUPPORTING EMPLOYEES FROM EVERY LEVEL. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TARA. AND MS. JANICE. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY CLERK. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JANICE JOHNSON AND I AM HONORED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS YOUR NEW PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY. I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE PIO OFFICE AND THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OF CITY EVENTS. SO I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE WE CARE FAMILY. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU SOON. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. JOHNSON. MADAM. THANK YOU. MAD MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. OUR NEXT ITEM IS [B.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A CITY-INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE CITY’S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS (LDRS), MODIFYING CHAPTER 9 SECTION 903 “DEFINITIONS”, AND CREATING SUBSECTION 911.1 “SNIPE SIGNS” TO ESTABLISH MORE STRINGENT ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF SNIPE SIGNS CITYWIDE] ITEM FIVE B, DISCUSSION REGARDING A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS MODIFYING CHAPTER NINE, SECTION 9 0 3 DEFINITIONS AND CREATING SUBSECTION NINE 11.1 SNIPE SIGNS TO ESTABLISH MORE STRINGENT ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF SNIPE SIGNS CITYWIDE. AND THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY MS. TANJA MCCOY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION. CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK. UM, AGAIN, I AM HERE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED, UM, CHANGE TO OUR ORDINANCE CHAPTER NINE, WHICH INCLUDES THE SITE SNIPE SIGN ORDINANCE. THIS PROPOSED CHANGE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IN PREVIOUS, UH, MEETINGS. AND SO I, UM, TOOK THE LIBERTY TO GO AHEAD AND CREATE A ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WILL, I MEAN, YEAH, ORDINANCE THAT I THINK WILL, UM, ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE SPOKEN ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, INCLUDING THE, UM, ESCALATION OF THE COSTS RELATED TO, UM, PLACING SNIP SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. SO, UM, THE PROPOSAL ESTABLISHES A PROHIBITATION ON THE UNAUTHORIZED PLACEMENT OF SNIPE SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND WITHIN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ORDINANCE, UM, CURRENTLY DOES NOT DEFINE SNIPE SIGNS EFFICIENTLY. SO THIS NEW ORDINANCE WILL TAKE THE LIBERTY TO REDEFINE AND APPROPRIATELY DEFINE THE WHAT A SNIPE SIGN IS, AS WELL AS IDENTIFY WHAT THE PROHIBITIONS ARE RELATED TO SNIP SIGNS AND WHAT THE FINES AND PENALTIES WILL BE WHEN, UM, WE HAVE TO REMOVE THESE SIGNS. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS REVIEWED AND, UH, APPROVED BY THE, UH, CITY COMMISSION AT THIS TIME. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE PROPOSED CHANGES? MADAM TO YOU, MME. THOMAS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, [01:15:01] THANK YOU MS. TANJA. WHEN YOU SAY, UM, FINES, WILL, DO YOU HAVE A WHAT? THE FINES WOULD BE? SORRY. YES, IN TERMS OF, UM, 'CAUSE I, I MEAN, I'M TIRED OF PICKING THEM UP IN THE MORNING TOO, SO, UH, I SHOULD BE GIVEN SOME OF THAT MONEY. NO, I'M JUST, SORRY. YES. SO THE NEW, UM, ORDINANCE WOULD ALLOW A FIRST OFFENSE OF A HUNDRED DOLLARS PER SIGN FOR THE FIRST FIVE SIGNS, AND THEN $150 FOR EACH SIGN ON THE SAME DAY AFTER THAT. ON A SECOND OFFENSE, IT WILL BE $250 PER SIGN. AND ON THE THIRD OFFENSE, THE SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE WILL BE $500 PER SIGN. IF A SIGN IS PLACED AT A HEIGHT THAT EXCEEDS FIVE FEET, SO IMAGINE ON A, A POLE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY GO TO A $350 FINE. THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MAY DOCUMENT VIOLATIONS BY DIGITAL PHO PHOTOGRAPHY AND ISSUE CITATIONS UPON OBSERVING, UM, THE BASIS OF THESE SIGNS AND THE CREDIBILITY OF THE EVIDENCE. AGAIN, THIS ORDINANCE ALSO STATES THAT, UM, THE, THE MERE PLACING OF THE SIGN AND THE ADVERTISEMENT IS, WILL BE A REBUTTABLE OFFENSE. MEANING THAT WHEN WE ARE READING THE ADVERTISEMENT, WE WILL AUTOMATICALLY ASSIGN THAT SIGN TO THE PERSON WHO, WHOEVER IS ADVERTISING. SO EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY NOT BE LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF DALE LAKES, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE CITATION AND THE FINES AT THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. OH, THANK YOU. SHE EXPLAINED THE FEES I WANTED TO FIND OUT, DOES THIS SIGN GO WOULD BE OF ALL, ALL SIGNS, ESPECIALLY POLITICAL SIGNS WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTIONS, MS. TANJA, UH, 'CAUSE IS THAT APPLIED TO, OR ARE WE GONNA HAVE TO DO A WHOLE DIFFERENT, IT'S A SEPARATE ORDINANCE. THIS, UH, ORDINANCE WILL BE RELATED TO SIGNS THAT ARE ADVERTISEMENTS IN NATURE. SO IF YOU'RE ADVERTISING A BUSINESS OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE, POLITICAL SIGN IS ADVERTISING. ALSO IT IS AN ADVERTISEMENT. SO DOES THAT IMPLY, 'CAUSE WHEN DURING ELECTION TIME IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO ARE WE GONNA BE FOLLOWING THOSE RULES OR THERE'S AN EXCEPTION? WE CAN, IF THAT'S, THIS IS WHY WE'RE HERE FOR THE DISCUSSION PORTION. IF YOU, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY. UM, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD POLITICAL SIGNS AS AN EXCEPTION BASED ON SOME CRITERIA. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THAT THE CANDIDATE IS A KNOWN CANDIDATE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE SO THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT THOSE PARTICULAR SIGNS ARE ALLOWED DURING A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT? I THINK YOU, MATTHEW WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I THINK THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED. 'CAUSE WE'RE TALKING ON OVERALL SIGNS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THERE SHOULD BE SOME, IT SHOULD COVER EVERYONE. SO IF YOU COULD WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE FOR ME, I'D LOVE TO SEE IT. OKAY. MS. TANGER, IN YOUR BACKUP INFORMATION UNDER SECTION 9 1 1 0.6 EXCEPTIONS, IT REFERENCES, WELL, I'LL JUST READ THIS AS A SHORT SENTENCE. MM-HMM . EXEMPTIONS FROM THIS SECTION SHALL ONLY APPLY TO SIGNS INSTALLED BY A GOVERNMENT AGENCY FOR OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY PURPOSES OR SIGNS, OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY THE CITY'S TEMPORARY SIGN REGULATIONS. THIS, DO POLITICAL SIGNS COME UNDER TEMPORARY SIGN RELATIONS, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. THE TEMPORARY SIGN REGULATION IS FOR, UM, SOMETHING LIKE WHAT MS. BCA WAS DOING IN ORDER TO PROMOTE A, A CITY EVENT, OR IF SOMEONE'S BUILDING SOMETHING AND THEY NEED TO PUT UP A TEMPORARY SIGN TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF WHAT'S GOING ON AT THAT LOCATION. THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF SIGNS THAT WE CURRENTLY, UH, SEE COME THROUGH. PERMITTING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION. LEAD LANGUAGE AS IT RELATES TO POLITICAL SIGNS? YES, I DO HAVE A, GO AHEAD. SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SECTION TO ADD THIS EXEMPTION. OKAY. I DO HAVE A SECOND QUESTION. UNDER THE AMOUNT FOR OFFENSES ON THE FIRST OFFENSE, $100 PER SIGN UP TO FIVE SIGNS. SO FIVE SIGNS WILL BE $500. THE SIXTH SIGN WOULD BE $150 PLUS $500 THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. YES. AND FOR THE SECOND OFFENSE, [01:20:01] $250 PER SIGN. SO IF THERE ARE TWO SIGNS UNDER THE SECOND OFFENSE, THAT WOULD BE $500. CORRECT? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT GOES. AND UNDER THE THIRD OFFENSE, UM, $500 PER SIGN, TWO SIGNS WOULD BE $1,000. CORRECT. MADAM MAYOR PLUS MADAM VICE MAYOR, MISS TANJA, MOST OF THE SIGNS THAT I SEE ON THE SWALE ON THE 4 41 OAKLAND PARK, MOST OF THEM HAVE. THERE IS NO NUMBER, NO TELEPHONE NUMBER, NO ADDRESS. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIND THOSE PEOPLE? 'CAUSE MOST OF THE SIGNS ARE NOT REALLY FOR PEOPLE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES WHO LIVE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. I SEE THEM ALL OVER. SEE THEM ON OAKLAND PARK, SEE THEM IN SUNRISE, LAUDER HILL ADVERTISING ROOF IMPACT WINDOWS WHEN IT'S TAX SEASON, HOW MUCH MONEY FOR TAX CREDIT, WHATEVER IT IS. SO TELL ME, HOW ARE WE GOING TO COLLECT THOSE MONIES WHEN THE SIGNS RARELY DO NOT GIVE AN ADDRESS OR A TELEPHONE NUMBER JUDGE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES. UM, I DID SOME SAMPLING WITH THE SIGNS THAT WE HAVE BEEN, UM, PULLING UP AND I WAS ABLE TO USE THOSE SIGNS TO CONTACT INDIVIDUALS. UM, MOST OFTEN I ASKED THEM RIGHT AWAY WHERE YOU LOCATED AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT I WAS A CUSTOMER. SO ONCE I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE AND GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THEM, I WOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND SEND OUT THOSE NOTICES. OKAY. MS. TANYA, IT'S CODE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE SIGNS. ARE THEY THE ONLY DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE SIGNS THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? AS FAR AS I KNOW, CODE IS THE MAIN, UM, DIVISION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE SIGNS. SOMETIMES THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS MAY REMOVE THE SIGNS AND I THINK PUBLIC WORKS OFTEN REMOVE SIGNS AS WELL. 'CAUSE I'M, UM, I SEE SIGNS DIFFERENT PLACES THAT I WOULD THINK WHERE CITY STAFF IS THAT WOULD REMOVE THEM. IN PARTICULAR TODAY, AS I TURN ONTO 36TH STREET, COME TO CITY HALL, THERE IS A SIGN RIGHT THERE NEXT TO THE SAM BROWN. AND I WOULD THINK THAT PERHAPS STAFF WOULD'VE SEEN IT BECAUSE IT WAS THERE THIS MORNING WHEN I PASSED AND IT WAS THERE WHEN I CAME IN A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO I'M, UH, JUST IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DILIGENT IN REMOVING THE SIGNS. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER STAFF. I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS OUT A LOT OF TIMES WHERE THERE ARE SIGNS. I I DON'T WANT TO CROSS ADMINISTRATIVE LINES, BUT IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE ABOUT REMOVING THE SIGNS. IF, IF A STAFF PERSON IS THERE YES, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, BASED ON THIS ORDINANCE, UM, IT WOULD ALLOW ANY CITY EMPLOYEE TO REMOVE SIGNS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. TANYA. MS. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF THE OPENGOV CLOUD SOFTWARE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 82-358(D) OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES' PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTION TO BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT WITH CARAHSOFT, COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED AND AWARDED BY THE STATE OF UTAH, LEAD AGENCY ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS (NASPO) VALUEPOINT, COMPETITIVELY PROCURED AND AWARDED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RESULTING IN MASTER AGREEMENT NUMBER AR2472, ON BEHALF OF THE CARAHSOFT COOPERATIVE PURCHASING PROGRAM, IN AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS ($262,233.60), IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2026 ADDITIONALLY, AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS ($115,925.85) PLUS FIVE PERCENT, AND AN ADDITIONAL FIVE PERCENT EVERY FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER] AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM FIVE C DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF THE OPEN GOV CLOUD SOFTWARE. PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 13, SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 D OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVIDING FOR EXCLUSIONS AND EXCEPTION TO BID AND PROPOSAL REQUIREMENTS THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT WITH CARESOFT COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVELY SOLID AND AWARDED BY THE STATE OF UTAH LEAD AGENCY, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS VALUE POINT COMPETITIVELY PROCURED AND AWARDED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL CONSULTED AND MASTER AGREEMENT AS NUMBERED ON BEHALF OF CARESOFT COOPERATIVE PURCHASE AND PROGRAM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $262,233 AND 60 CENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2026. ADDITIONALLY, AUTHORIZING AND ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2027 OF $115,925 AND 85 CENTS PLUS 5 CENT PLUS 5%, AND ADDITIONAL 5% EVERY FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER. AND WE HAVE MS. TANTRIC MCCOY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. SANDRA. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, THIS DISCUSSION IS REGARDING [01:25:01] THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PURCHASING THE OPENGOV CLOUD SOFTWARE FROM CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGIES CORP THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SOLICITED, UM, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT. UH, AGAIN, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION. WE'VE, UH, WORKED THROUGH, UH, OVER SEVERAL YEARS OF ATTEMPTING TO IMPLEMENT THE INTER GOV SOFTWARE PROGRAM WITH NO, UM, RESULTS. THE TECH TYLER TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM HAS PROVED TO BE, UH, VERY DIFFICULT PROGRAM FOR US TO BRING ON BOARD, UM, DUE TO PERSISTENT CHALLENGES AND A LACK OF PROGRESS IN ACHIEVING THE DEPARTMENT'S GOALS. DESPITE THE INTENT, INITIAL INTENT TO MODERNIZE PERMITTING INSPECTIONS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKFLOWS THROUGH INTER GOV, THE SYSTEM PROVED TO BE DIFFICULT TO CONFIGURE TO THE CITY'S SPECIFIC NEEDS. AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS ENCOUNTERED REPEATED DELAYS, LIMITED FLEXIBILITY, AND ESCALATING COSTS. SO THE CITY, UM, DECIDED THE DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE MARKETPLACE IN THE CURRENT MARKETPLACE. AND THE RESPONSE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE REASSESSMENT OF ITS THIS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIES AND IDENTIFY OPENGOV AS A MORE ADAPTABLE AND USER-CENTERED SOLUTION. UNLIKE ITS PREDECESSOR, OPENGOV OFFERS A MODERN CLOUD-BASED PLATFORM BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH A FOCUS ON STREAMLINE IMPLEMENTATION AND INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE. UM, THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO UTILIZE IT TO OPERATE ADDITIONAL UNITS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING THE HOUSING AND GRANTS UNIT, THE BUSINESS SERVICES UNIT, CODE ENFORCEMENT, PERMITTING AND PLANNING, UM, BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS. THIS PROGRAM WILL ALLOW US TO, UM, EXPAND EFFORTS TO ADDRESS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION. THE SYSTEM WILL ALSO PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IS SUPPORTING RENTAL PROPERTY REGISTRATION, ENABLING AUTOMATED RENEWALS AND OWNER COMMUNICATIONS. UM, ALSO THE SYSTEM WILL INCLUDE A PROCUREMENT PORTION TO THE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL ALSO ALLOW THAT PROGRAM TO BE USED THROUGH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT WHEN PROPOSED TO STAFF IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THIS PROCUREMENT PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WAS A, UM, CONSIDERABLY MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT BY US BEING ABLE TO PACKAGE THIS PROGRAM WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WE WERE ALLOWED TO GET A SUBSTANTIAL DECREASE IN THE COST. AND, UM, LEMME SEE, INCREASE. BASICALLY THE PROGRAM WILL HELP US TO INCREASE SUPPLIER OUTREACH AND, UH, COMPETITIVE COMPETITION FOR LEVERAGING EXISTING VENDOR POOLS AND FORMS, SURROUND OUR CITIES AND COMMUNITIES WITH THE USE OF OPEN GOP DATA DRIVEN INSIGHTS AND DASHBOARDS, REPORTS AND ANALYTICS TO INFORM DECISION MAKING AND SUPPORT RESULT DRIVEN CONTRACTING, AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, OUR ADVANCED PROCUREMENT BEST PRACTICES OPPORTUNITY FOR AI IN THE BUDGET AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES, AND COLLABORATING WITH TEAMWORKS WITH A PLATFORM THAT ALLOWS COLLEAGUES AND VENDORS TO EASILY CONNECT FOR STREAMLINE COMMUNICATIONS AND COLLABORATIONS. DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR ME RELATED TO THE OPENGOV PROGRAM? MS. TANGER, I'M LOOKING ON THE WARRANTY FOR A YEAR AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN STARTING $115,925. THAT IS ABOUT 45% OF THE COST OF THE PROGRAM. WHY WOULD IT BE SO EXPENSIVE? THAT'S NOT A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, IT'S A ONE YEAR WARRANTY THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS MORE OF A PROGRAM WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL UPGRADES SIMILAR TO A MICROSOFT OR, UM, A PRO A SOFTWARE PROGRAM OF THAT NATURE WHERE YOU'RE GETTING UPGRADES AND UPDATES AND ALSO CONSISTENT MAINTENANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE WITH THAT $115,000 MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO WHENEVER WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF BREAKDOWNS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE, IT'S ALL [01:30:01] INCLUDED IN THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM, WE WOULD, UM, HAVE ANY TYPE OF BREAKDOWN OR NEED ANY TYPE OF UPGRADE, WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY ADDITIONAL COSTS. AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, A PURCHASE ORDER OR A CHANGE ORDER RELATED TO THAT PROGRAM WHERE THIS IS A ALL-INCLUSIVE PROGRAM? YES, MADAM, BUT IT'S THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IT'S THE NEXT YEAR THEY, THE PROGRAM, IT SAYS FOR THE, UM, YEAR 2027, AND WE ARE LOOKING ON BUYING SOMETHING NOW THAT WILL KICK IN FROM NOW 2026. THAT'S, TO ME THAT'S A LOT, A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE NEXT YEAR THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PAY 45% OF THE COST OF THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN IT ALSO SAYS THEN THE YEAR AFTER FIVE PLUS 5% AND AN, AND AN ADDITIONAL 5% EVERY FISCAL YEAR AFTER I COULD UNDERSTAND THE 5%, BUT THERE IS NO WAY I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEXT YEAR I BUY A NEW PROGRAM, I BUY A CAR, AND THE NEXT YEAR THE WARRANTY KICKS IN, STARTS AND I'M GOING TO PAY 45% MORE FOR THE WARRANTY. IT'S NOT THAT I GOT THREE YEARS AND THEN MAYBE THE FOURTH YEAR, IT'S THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE WARRANTY WOULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH. 45, ABOUT 45% OF THE COST OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE PROGRAM COSTS FOR THE 262,000 THAT IS COVERING FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 2026 THE NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS THE THIRD YEAR, THE PROGRAM WILL BE THE 115,000. DO WE, MA'AM? I'M STILL TALKING TO HER. SO I SUPPOSE, PARDON? IT'S, THE PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN BOUGHT US YET. THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, WHICH WILL SOON BE FINISHED ACCORDING TO OUR CITY YEAR. I DUNNO, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER WARRANTY THAT WOULD'VE COST 45% OF THE COST OF BUYING ANYTHING THAT THE WARRANTY KICKS IN ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO. AND IT'S 45% OF THE COST OF WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT. MAYBE SOMEONE CAN, MAYBE I'M, IT'S, I DON'T KNOW. I JUST CAN'T THINK OF THAT, THAT THE WARRANTY SHOULD COST SO MUCH, DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? I I UNDERSTAND YOU. SO THE UPFRONT COSTS, AGAIN, IS LOADED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR, THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS COSTS MORE DURING THE FIRST YEAR. SO THAT'S WHY, UM, YOU SEE THE 262,000, THE COST STARTING IN THE YEAR 2027 IS NOT BASED ON A WARRANTY. THAT COST IS BASED ON MAINTENANCE AND CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL AS UPGRADES TO THE PROGRAM. SO IT'S NOT A WARRANTY IN EFFECT. SOME, I MEAN, WHEN I THINK OF A WARRANTY, I THINK OF SOMETHING THAT, UM, LIKE A CAR, YOU KNOW, IF THIS GOES OUT, THEN THEY WILL COVER IT. THIS IS ACTUAL ACTIVITY THAT THE COMPANY WILL BE DOING ON AN ONGOING BASIS TO SUPPORT US WITH CUSTOMER SERVICE, AS WELL AS MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SOFTWARE IS WORKING PROPERLY AND IS UP TO DATE. SO AS WE LOOK AT AI AND NEW TECHNOLOGY COMING ON THIS COMPANY, AS THEY UPGRADE THEIR SYSTEMS, WE WILL CONSTANTLY GET THE NEW INFORMATION AND THE NEW UPGRADES SO THAT OUR, OUR PROGRAM WILL STAY CURRENT TO THE TIMES AND IT WON'T JUST, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY TURN INTO SOMETHING THAT IS USELESS. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, MS. TANJA, IT SAYS, AUTHORIZING AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN. I'M GOING BY THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO ME. SO WHAT IS AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN INCLUDES MAINTAINING THE SOFTWARE ITSELF, ALSO MAINTAINING ANY UPGRADES THAT'S NEEDED, AS WELL AS ANY CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE NEED. SO IF WE NEED TO CALL THEM EVERY DAY AND SAY, [01:35:01] THIS IS NOT FUNCTIONING CORRECTLY, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST FOR THAT, IT IS INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. I MAD TIME. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU'LL ALLOW IT. BOBBY WILLIAMS WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. MS. BOBBY, THANK YOU. I THINK PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED, BUT FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS BOBBY WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, UM, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I DID WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT THE FUNDING SOURCE, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR SOFTWARE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, UH, WHICH IS NOT SUPPLEMENTED BY THE GENERAL FUND AT ALL. UM, HOW THE STATE STRUCTURES THE PERMITTING FEES, IT DOES ALLOW FOR A CERTAIN PORTION OF EVERY SINGLE PERMITTING FEES INCLUDES AN ADMINISTRATION PIECE. IT INCLUDES A TRAINING PIECE, AND IT INCLUDES A TECHNOLOGY PIECE. UM, SO WE ARE COMPLETELY FUNDING, UH, THIS, THIS NEW SOFTWARE AND THE UPGRADES AND THE ONGOING AND THE UPKEEP, UH, THROUGH THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE CUSTOMERS WHO ARE PURCHASING PERMITS AND, AND, AND PLAN REVIEWS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I KNOW THAT WE SCRAPPED THE INNER GOV BECAUSE THAT JUST WAS NOT WORKING FOR US FOR HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET IT ON. AND I, AND I KNOW THAT THEY DO HAVE LAWS THAT STIPULATES HOW LONG OUR PERMITTED AND ALL THAT SHOULD TAKE. UM, THE TIME FACTOR SHOULD BE CUT DOWN. I I, I JUST WANTED TO, EVEN THOUGH THANK YOU FOR YOUR CLARIFICATION MS. BOBBY, THAT THIS WILL NOT BE FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND, BUT THROUGH THE, UM, BUILDING SERVICES FUND. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU HAVE USED THE SYSTEM BEFORE. YOU DID EXPRESS TO US, MS. TANJA, UM, AND YOU SAID IT WORKED EFFICIENTLY WHERE YOU WERE? UM, I, I, I SUPPORT IT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE MONETARY PART OF IT BECAUSE AS IT IS A LITTLE HIGHER THAN, UM, INNER GOV. MR. MATTHEW WILLIAMS, DID YOU HAVE YOUR, DID I HEAR YOUR VOICE? NO. OH, NO. UM, DID WE, UM, RESEARCH ANY OTHER, UH, COMPANIES THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, I LOOKED AT THREE COMPANIES. UM, BUT THE OPENGOV PROGRAM OFFERED THE MOST, UH, RESPONSIVE PROGRAM AND THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE MEANING THAT WITH THE OTHER TWO COMPANIES THAT I REVIEWED, I WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE HOUSING GRANT PORTION. I WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE RENTAL, UM, REGISTRATION PORTION OF THIS PROGRAM. SO, BUT THE PROGRAM COSTS WITH ALL OF THEM WERE VERY SIMILAR IN NATURE. SO I FELT THAT WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE A FULL DEPARTMENT WIDE PROGRAM THAT WE COULD UTILIZE THROUGH AND BE COLLABORATIVE THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY KEY. AND THE REASON THAT I THOUGHT OPENGOV WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE CITY THANK YOU. WITH THIS PROGRAM. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I AM DOING A HOUSING, UH, GRANT PROGRAM, THAT PROPERTY WILL BE IDENTIFIED AND THEN WHEN IT GOES INTO THE PERMITTING SYSTEM, IT WILL BE ABLE TO, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM WITH THE HOUSING GRANTS, SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE PERMITS AND THEY'RE REVIEWING THE CONTRACTOR'S DOCUMENTATION, THEY KNOW THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO MS. JULIE TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. THANKS, COMMISSIONER. MADAM, MADAM VICE MAYOR. YES, MS. BACK TO YOU. MS. TAN AGAIN. IT SAYS PLUS 5% AND AN ADDITIONAL 5% EVERY FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER. SO A HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN, NINE TWENTY FIVE, THEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN 5% MORE FOR THE NEXT YEAR THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, STARTING IN 2027. THAT'S OUR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE PLAN BASED COST IS THE 115 AND SOME ODD DOLLARS, AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT WILL ESCALATE 5% EACH YEAR. AGAIN, THIS IS MORE THAN THE A HUNDRED AND YES. 69, 25. CORRECT. THANK YOU MANAGER. MS. BOBBY WILLIAMS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT. MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU. UH, I DO APOLOGIZE AGAIN, BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD. UH, MS. TANJA MENTIONED SOMETHING EARLIER THAT WAS SO KEY, UM, TO OUR RESEARCH IN THIS PARTICULAR PRODUCT. AND NOT ONLY DOES IT PROVIDE THE PERMITTING SOFTWARE THAT IS SO DESPERATELY NEEDED, BUT ALSO TO THE COMPANY, OPENGOV, UM, [01:40:01] HAS, UH, UH, PROVIDED AN INCENTIVE OR ADDED VALUE, UM, TO INCLUDE A PURCHASING MODULE, UH, THAT WE ARE, UH, THAT WE DO NOT HAVE AT THIS MOMENT. UM, CURRENTLY, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE USE A E, UH, PROCUREMENT PLATFORM DEMAND STAR, UM, TO, TO SOLICIT OUR FORMAL, UH, SOLICITATIONS OR, OR FORMAL BIDS, AND IT STOPS AFTER AWARD WITH OPENGOV. THEY HAVE THE MODULE THAT CONTINUES AFTER THE AWARD, WHICH IS THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PHASE. UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING MANUAL NOTICES TO NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD MANUAL NOTICE OF INTENTS TO PROCEED, UH, MANUAL AWARD LETTERS. UH, AND THE SYSTEM ALREADY PROVIDES THAT TO US AS AN AI BONUS. UM, SO THE, THE OVERALL FEE, UM, THE MAJORITY OF IT IS THROUGH THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, BUT A SMALL PORTION OF THE PROCUREMENT MODULE, UH, WOULD BE IN THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT IS GOING TO, UH, AID THE, UM, THE, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH, UH, WITH, UH, REVOLUTIONIZING, UH, OUR CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION PROCESS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. STAND. THANK YOU, MS. BOBBY, OUR MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONERS. [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] ITEM NUMBER FIVE D DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER THAT'S SPONSORED BY YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, LOOKING FOR DIRECTION AND PROCEDURES OF HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER. WE DO HAVE AN ACTIVE CITY MANAGER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER, WE DO KNOW THAT WE MUST MOVE FORWARD IN HAVING A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER. AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE RECEIVED INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO CONSULTING FIRMS THAT PROVIDE, UH, ASSISTANCE. I THINK, UM, THE CART WAS PUT BEFORE THE HORSE A LITTLE BIT AT THE LAST MEETING. AND AT THIS MEETING FOR OUR BACKUP INFORMATION, WE RECEIVED LISTS OF SENIOR ADVISORS FROM ICMA. SO TONIGHT WE NEED TO DISCUSS, UH, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ARE WE GOING TO DO OUTSIDE CONSULTING, OR ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER CONSULTING FROM THE LIST OR ADDITIONAL CONSULTANTS, OR ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER UTILIZING THE SERVICES OF SENIOR ADVISORS? FROM WHICH I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NOT ANY COST. AND THE LIST OF SENIOR ADVISORS HAVE NUMEROUS YEARS OF SERVICE THROUGH ICMA. SO COLLEAGUES, YOUR, YOUR INPUT, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM, I WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE ICMA. MADAM, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. LIKEWISE, I, UM, I KNOW WHEN I HAD GOTTEN THIS INFORMATION, I REACHED OUT TO ONE OF THE ADVISOR AND, UM, THEY HAD RECOMMENDED DIFFERENT ONES THAT ARE LOCAL TO US. SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY CANNOT DO, THEY'RE LIMITED TO WHAT THEY CAN DO, BUT THEY CAN HELP TO ADVISE US ON HOW TO PROCEED AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR. COMMENTS. MS. UM, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULDN'T DO. THEY, THEY, THEY CANNOT SEARCH FOR, RIGHT? A NEW CITY MANAGER, BUT THEY CAN ADVISE ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO GO THROUGH FIRMS TO SEE WHICH FIRM WOULD BE GOOD TO DO THE ACTUAL SEARCH. AM AM I UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? MADAM MANAGER MAY ASK MS. WILLIAMS TO COME UP AND GIVE US SOME INFORMATION? BOBBY WILLIAMS, IF YOU CAN COME UP AND PROVIDE MADAM HR WILLIAMS YES, OF COURSE. UH, THERE'S TWO WILLIAMS. THAT'S RIGHT. WILLIAMS, YOU PREFER MS. TARA WILLIAMS GET USED TO THAT, THAT CORRECTION. MADAM MAYOR, UM, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND GOING OUT TO, WITH THE RECRUITING FIRM, AND HERE'S WHY I WROTE DOWN SOME PROS AND CONS. OKAY? THE PROS AND CONS OF RECRUITING IN-HOUSE VERSUS USING A RECRUITING FIRM. SO THE PROS WOULD BE THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST TO THE CITY. YOU HAVE A QUICKER TURNAROUND TIME, ABOUT 60 DAYS THAT WOULD TAKE TO ACTUALLY BRING ON A CITY MANAGER. UM, YOU CAN POST THE SAME WAY THAT THE RECRUITING FIRMS POST. UM, WE, WE, WE WOULD USE THOSE SAME RESOURCES. SO ICMA WOULD BE ONE. WE WOULD ALSO USE, UM, FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, SEVERAL [01:45:01] DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY'RE GONNA UTILIZE IT. WE'LL UTILIZE THE SAME WAY. UM, WE CAN RECRUIT CANDIDATES THAT ARE FLORIDA BASED, UH, SPECIFICALLY SOUTH FLORIDA BASED, IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. AND WE CAN ALSO DO IT NATIONALLY. SO WE HAVE THE SAME, UH, RESOURCES AS A RECRUITING FIRM. THE DIFFERENCES IS NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING MORE ENVIRONMENT. YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT IS IN-HOUSE? IN-HOUSE. OKAY. WELL, WITH THE LIGHT OF ALL OF THAT, WITH SEEING THAT WE HAVE CHANGES IN OUR, IN OUR HR, I, I WOULD, I WOULD GO FOR DOING IT IN-HOUSE. AS YOU SAID, IT'S A QUICKER TURNAROUND TIME. AND BASED UPON YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR RESUME, I THINK YOU ARE CAPABLE OF MAKING THAT DECISION, UM, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN THAT WAY. SO I AM IN, I'M FOR THE IN-HOUSE COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, I TOO AM IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. I, I TRY TO, IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS, SAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE MONEY, CUT COSTS, MAKE IT AS EFFICIENT? UM, I WOULD LIKE US TO STAY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF TALENT IN THE STATE ALREADY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF TALENT DOWN HERE AND SOMEONE THAT CAN CONNECT WITH A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS, I THINK IS GONNA BE KEY. SO I'M, I'M ALL FOR DOING THE IN-HOUSE. I THINK IT'S, LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PUT THE JOB OUT THERE AND MARKET IT, THERE'S ENOUGH OF A CITY MANAGER WORLD TO GET THE WORD OUT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TALK. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A CITY MANAGER IN THAT PROFESSIONAL ARENA. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO JUMP OVER THE MOON AND DO IT ANY FANCY TYPE OF WAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING INTO THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, FIRST TIME COMING UP AND DOING THAT RESEARCH FOR US, AND I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF US IF IT MEANT CUTTING COSTS, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THAT. MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, ONE THING I WOULD STILL LIKE TO LOOK INTO, IMA FOR THEIR ADVICE TO US, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, NOT, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T CHARGE, SO IT'S REQUIRING THEIR ASSISTANT TO HELP US THROUGH THE PROCESS, BECAUSE IN THE END, WE'RE THE ONE MAKING THE CHOICE ON WHO THE NEXT CITY MANAGER WILL BE. SO, UM, I, I KNOW YOU HAD PUT IMAN IN THERE, UM, BUT THEY, THEY'RE A FREE SERVICE, SO I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, UTILIZE THEM AS WELL IN ORDER TO HELP US TO GUIDE US THROUGH THE PROCESS. ALTHOUGH YOU'RE HERE VERY CAPABLE IN TERMS OF YOUR RESUME, UM, AND YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN. I JUST, THAT'S JUST, UM, WHAT I WANTED TO PUT FORTH ON THAT. I THINK FROM THE, THE INFORMATION WE RECEIVE REGARDING THE ICMA SENIOR ADVISORS, THERE'S NOT A CAUSE THERE IS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THERE. SO US UTILIZING THEM WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE TO THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH IN THE END WE ARE STILL GOING TO, TO STILL BE KIND OF IN-HOUSE BECAUSE ICMA DOES NOT RECOMMEND CONSULTING FIRMS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD ON THE FRONT END, UTILIZE SENIOR ADVISOR FROM ICMA TO GIVE US THAT FOUNDATION THAT WE ARE GOING TO NEED AND THEN MOVE ON TO THE PROCESS OF, OF, OF PERSONS WHO ARE, MAY BE INTERESTED IN THAT. BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THAT ICMA ADVISORS, ADVISORS ON JOB DESCRIPTIONS, WHAT TO LOOK FOR, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD UTILIZE ICMA FIRST AND THEN CONTINUE ON TO YOU BY THE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. AS LONG AS THAT SERVICE IS FREE, I'M ALL FOR IT. IT IS FREE. IT, IT IS MARKETED AS FREE. OKAY, THEN I'M ALL FOR IT THEN. VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, AS I SAID BEFORE, I WOULD START WITH PREMA IT SOMETIMES FREE. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BECAUSE IT'S FREE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU PAY A PRICE FOR SOMETHING THAT IS FREE. BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS. WHEN I LOOK ON THE LIST, SOME OF THEM ARE, WERE CITY MANAGERS. I KNOW WHAT I WANT FROM A CITY MANAGER. SO I WOULD GO THROUGH AND THEN AS A NEW INTERIM SAYS IN-HOUSE, BUT LET ME GET SOME OTHER BACKUP FROM THESE PEOPLE. MADAM. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ICMA ADVISORS DO COLLABORATE WITH, WITH STAFF AS TO WHAT THEY WILL WANT TO SEE. OKAY. IN THE CITY MANAGERS. GOOD. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, OR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. [01:50:01] THANK YOU. UM, MS. WILLIAMS, QUICK QUESTION WITH ICMA. IF, IF, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW DOES THE PROCESS WORK? I SEE A LIST OF ADVISORS ON THERE. DO WE CHOOSE WHICH ADVISOR WE WANNA WORK WITH? DO THEY ASSIGN ONE TO US? IS IT A GROUP THAT, DO THEY PUT TOGETHER A COLLECTIVE REPORT? CAN YOU HELP US? SURE. THROUGH YOU? MY MAYOR, THEY WOULD ASSIGN US AN ADVISOR AND I WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THAT ADVISOR, ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE AND ANSWER THEM. AND THEN TOGETHER WE WOULD COME UP WITH A JOB DESCRIPTION, SOMETHING THAT, UM, REALLY PROMOTES THE CITY AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN A, UM, CANDIDATE. AND THEN WE WOULD USE THAT JOB DESCRIPTION TO POST, UM, LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, ANY WAY THAT WE WANT. THANK YOU. YOU SAID NO, I'M JUST SAYING THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU SAID LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, I THINK IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. OKAY. . THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR, ARE WE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE NICOLE HALL IN THE AUDIENCE WHO APPEARS, OR FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPENCE, WHO I BELIEVE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THANK YOU. FORMER MAYOR, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE. MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GREETINGS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE. I'M MARK SPENCE. UM, THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT WE'VE ALREADY MUDDIED THE WATER THROUGH OUR OPEN CONVERSATIONS AT THE VARIOUS MEETINGS BEFORE, AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE DIGGING A HOLE EVEN DEEPER. UM, 'CAUSE BEFORE YOU, YOU WENT AHEAD AND YOU, UM, RESEARCH, UM, DIFFERENT COMPANIES TO, TO DO THE SEARCH BEFORE TRYING TO AVOID THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. AND THEN IN BETWEEN THEN THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF WHO PICKED WHO BETWEEN THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, PROCUREMENT AND, AND THE FORMER CITY HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER. AND NOW AFTER THAT MEETING, THE CITY HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER IS FIRED, AND NOW WE WANNA MOVE TO IN-HOUSE. SO IT'S VERY CLOUDY. MAYBE ONE OF MY SUSPICIONS MAY NOT BE RIGHT, BUT THE WHOLE THING SEEMS VERY CLOUDY THAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO AVOID THE PROPER PROCESS. THAT'S A FAIR PROCESS, A OPEN PROCESS BY CHOOSING TO GO THIS WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HALL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. PROTOCOL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED. I'M NICOLE HALL. I MUST SAY ON THIS RARE OCCASION, I AGREE WITH FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE. I THINK THE WATERS HAVE BEEN MUDDIED. ICMA, LIKE THEY SAID, ONLY GIVE YOU WHAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE. YOU ALL SHOULD BE SITTING DOWN DECIDING ON AS FORM AS COMM VICE MAYOR SWELL SAID, UM, SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS IN A CITY MANAGER, AND EVERY COMMISSIONER SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY WANT IN A CITY MANAGER. HAVING THE CHOICE MADE IN HOUSE, I DON'T CARE WHO HR IS, UM, I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON THAT HR PERSON AS THAT'S GOING TO BE THEIR BOSS ULTIMATELY FOR THAT REASON. UM, FOR OTHER REASONS. I, AND I MADE IT VERY, UM, VOCAL THAT IT SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY. THERE SHOULD BE A COMMITTEE FORMED, UM, TO HAVE, I WOULD SAY THE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES, UM, INTERVIEWED BY THE COMMUNITY, UM, SPECIFIC MEMBERS OR MAYBE EACH BOARD MEMBER, WE PICK SOMETHING FROM THERE. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE A SOLE IN-HOUSE PROCESS FOR THE REASON OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST EVEN. IT CAN CAUSE, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE DEPENDENT ON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GETTING TOGETHER AND WRITING DOWN. WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FOR LEADERSHIP YEARS OF EXPERIENCE? UM, I AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE FLORIDA. I DON'T AGREE THAT IT SHOULD BE A HASTING PROCESS. I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT POSSIBLY KEEPING THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER. UM, THESE CITY MANAGER CONTRACTS ARE TYPICALLY ONE YEAR. WE'RE ALREADY MUCH INTO THE YEAR. WE'VE ALREADY USED THAT MUCH OF THE YEAR. I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, KEEP THE CURRENT INTERIM AS IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THINGS ARE BEING DONE AND, UM, CONVENE, HAVE A COMMITTEE, UM, CONVENE AND TAKE OUR TIME. [01:55:02] WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH, I WANT TO SAY AT LEAST THREE CITY MANAGERS THAT WE HAVE NOT DONE WELL, UM, WITH OUR CHOICES. SO I THINK THIS TIME WE NEED TO BE MORE PURPOSEFUL, MORE CONSIDERATE, UM, AND COME TO THE TABLE INFORMED IF IMA IS INDEED FREE AND YOU COULD JUST PICK UP THE PHONE AND YOU ARE ASKING FOR, UM, CONSULTATION COMPLETELY FREE, ZERO CAUSE, UH, TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONER, THEN DEFINITELY GO FOR THAT. BUT IF ICMA HAS ANYTHING ELSE TO DO WITH IT, NO, BUT IT BEING AN IN-HOUSE CHOICE WHERE HR PERSON, UM, IS GOING TO MAKE THAT CHOICE FOR OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, NO, THAT NEEDS TO BE, I MEAN, ULTIMATELY YOU ALL WILL VOTE ON IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A COMMITTEE, UM, INVOLVED IN THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MS. HALL. MS. WILLIAMS. SO I WANNA BE A LITTLE CLEARER. UM, HR WOULD NOT BE MAKING THE FINAL DECISION ON THE CITY MANAGER. HR WILL BE USED AS YOUR RECRUITING TOOL. WE ARE NOT THE HIRING DEPARTMENT OR THE HIRING MANAGER. YOU ALL ARE. UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, WE WOULD, UM, CHOOSE A CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. WELL, I JUST COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I, I AGREE WITH THIS PROCESS. I THINK AS LONG AS THE DULY, UH, ELECTED PEOPLE UP HERE, UH, GET A FAIR SHOT IN DECIDING WHO OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER IS GONNA BE, I THINK THAT'S ULTIMATELY GONNA MAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAPPY. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY JUST, JUST, UH, I HOPE THAT WE'RE KEPT UP TO DATE WITH WHAT THE PROCESS LOOKS LIKE AND OVER TIME, AND I ALSO THINK THE PROCESS OF DOING IT THIS WAY IS ACTUALLY GONNA MAKE THE PROCESS MORE EQUITABLE, MORE FAIR. I THINK. UM, I THINK THAT IT KIND OF ELIMINATES A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND OTHER, OTHER VARIABLES AND UH, WE CAN DETERMINE LOOKING AT A SEARCH. YOU GIVE US SOME NAMES AND WE LOOK AT THOSE NAMES AND I THINK WE COULD SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN DOING THAT. SO, UM, I'M IN A AGREEANCE. OKAY. MADAM VICE, VICE MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, MY VICE MAYOR. IT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOU, UM, MS. WILLIAMS, BUT, UM, I'M SURE IT HAS BEEN AROUND IN SOUTH FLORIDA THAT THE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A CITY MANAGER. HAVE THERE BEEN ANY, YOU JUST TOOK OVER JUST A WEEK AGO. MM-HMM . NOT EVEN A WEEK AGO. TOMORROW WILL BE A WEEK. WHAT? I WOULD, ARE THERE ANYONE THAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SENDING ON ANYTHING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING, I KNOW THEY'RE INTERESTED. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY, ANY BUZZ THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? MM-HMM . MR. WILLIAMS, UH, ARE YOU ASKING ME IF I'VE GOTTEN ANY WORD OF ANY CANDIDATES THAT ARE INTERESTED? YES. FROM YOUR HUMAN RESOURCES SIDE? UM, NOT DIRECTLY. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. [E.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A VETERAN'S PARK (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] ITEM FIVE E DISCUSSION REGARDING A VETERAN'S PARK THAT'S BEING SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. AGAIN AT THANK YOU AGAIN. AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY'S AFFAIRS BOARD IN REFERENCE TO VETERANS PARKS. I WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING TO GET INPUT ON THE VETERANS PARK. I KNOW MAYBE A YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS HAS, HAS, UM, MADE IDEAS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THAT. SO WE DO NEED TO, UH, DISCUSS THAT. MAXWELL COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, YES, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, ANY DISCUSSION? NO. UM, THE, THE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MONUMENT AT THE, UM, I THINK THE LAST TIME I RESEARCHED IT, THEY TOLD US WE COULDN'T HAVE IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T A PART OF THE CITY OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, UM, RESEARCH IS RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE I, I DID DO MY SOME RESEARCH AND THAT WAS WHAT WAS TOLD. SO I'M NOT SURE IF SOMETHING HAS CHANGED, AND THAT'S SOME, BUT IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE IT THERE BECAUSE, UM, WE CAN'T DO IT AT THE PARK, SO WE COULD HAVE IT THERE. I MEAN, I'M, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THAT FOR A WHILE, SO I WOULD LEAVE IT UP TO THE ASSISTANT CITY [02:00:01] MANAGER TO TELL US IF THAT'S SOMETHING HOT, IF IT COULD HAPPEN, AND OUR COLLEAGUES TO SEE IF THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. COLLEAGUES IN INPUT. SORRY, WHAT ARE WE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO? EXACTLY? WHAT'S THE PROPOSAL? COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. I, I WANT TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S YOUR NAME NEXT TO THIS, NOT MINE. YES, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. RECEIVING INPUT FROM COLLEAGUES. OH, I ALREADY SAID THANK YOU. YEAH, THANKS COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I THINK VETERANS ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS, I'LL BE ON BOARD WITH COMMISSIONER THOMAS. MADAM MAYOR. UM, I TOO THINK VETERANS ARE, UM, VERY IMPORTANT. I, THE DISCUSSION HERE, I THINK IS TO INCLUDE IT WITH THE MONUMENT OVER BY WHERE THE MONUMENT IS. IS THAT WHAT THE DISCUSSION IS CURRENTLY? I PURPOSEFULLY DID NOT INCLUDE TO SPECIFY THAT, BUT TO GET IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS, BUT THAT IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS MADE FROM THE MIL ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AFFAIRS BOARD. WELL, WE MATTER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE DO A LOT OF THE EVENTS FOR VETERANS DAY, MEMORIAL DAY, UM, AT THAT DESIGNATED LOCATION. SO IF IT CAN BE USED AS A COMBINED EFFORT AND IT CAN WORK OUT, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR IT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MAAM, VICE MAYOR, WHO OWNS THAT LAND THERE? IS IT THE CITY? THE CRA MADAM MANAGER? I'M NOT SURE. MR. RON. OH, MR. RON, PLEASE. UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, JUAN, THERE'S BRU FOR WORKS DIRECTOR, UM, MAD MAYOR. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY BRO COUNTY. UM, BUT, UH, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY, UH, STATED THERE WAS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY. I TOOK SOME, UH, STEP IN CONTACTING THE COUNTY ORIGINALLY. I WANTED TO SEE HOW, UH, WHETHER THE COUNTY WAS WILLING TO EVEN DEDICATE THAT LAND TO THE CITY. BUT THEY, UH, THERE ARE SOME RELUCTANCE TO DO IT. SO, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE A, WELL, A WATER WELL, NOT ON THE BACK OF THE MONUMENT. UH, BUT FOR THAT REASON, THEY, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO DEDICATE THE LAND TO THE CITY. BUT AS FAR AS WE NAMING THE, THE, THE MONUMENT, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'LL CONSIDERED TO DO TO RESOLUTION AND ALSO TO THE APPROVAL AS WELL. MM-HMM. MADAM, MAAM, YOU SAID RENAMING THE MONUMENT. UM, AM I TO UNDERSTAND, TO CHANGE THE NAME OF THE MONUMENT? UH, MAN, THE PROJECT WAS DONE WITH CITY FUND AND THEY ALLOW THE, THE PROJECT TO BE NAMED, UH, THE CURRENT NAME SANBORN MONUMENT. SO IF WE, IF IT'S, IF THE, IF IT IS THE WILL OF THE CITY COMMISSION, DO WE NAME THE MONUMENT? UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY'LL CONSIDER? UH, DEFINITELY. UH, THE, THE WHOLE SECTION, UM, ITS ON PARK. IT'S CALLED SAM BROWN MONUMENT RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT THE LAND BELONGED TO WELL, COUNTY. MR. RON, JUST TO BE CLEAR, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE COUNTY MAY AGREE WITH RENAMING THE PROPERTY BUT NOT KEEPING SAM BROWN MONUMENT IN THE RENAMING SAID NO. UM, AT, SO NO, WHAT I'M, WHAT I MEANT TO SAY IS THAT THE, THE ONE THING THEY WOULD, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO RELINQUISH IS THE OWNERSHIP OF THE LAND. BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE IMPROVEMENT THAT OUT THERE IS THE CITY MAINTENANCE, UH, WE MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPE. ANY IMPROVEMENT THAT'S ON THERE, UH, WE HAVE THE CITY PAID FOR IT. SO IF IT'S, IF IT IS THE WHEEL OF THE CITY COMMISSION TO, UH, WE NAME OR CHANGE THE NAME OR PETITION, THEY WILL, THEY WILL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. THANK YOU. UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF RENAMING IT. UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE VETERANS, AND IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THE COUNTY OWNS THE LAND, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS WE WOULD PUT A MONUMENT THERE, SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE OR SOMETHING, THE COMMEMORATE VETERANS ON THAT LAND, IS THAT SOMETHING JUST FROM WHAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE STILL WOULD HAVE TO GO [02:05:01] TO THE COUNTY FOR PERMISSION ON? YES. UH, TO JUST FOR APPROVAL? YES. FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. UM, MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU. YES, SIR. UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. EXCUSE ME. I THINK, I THINK WE'LL BE KIND OF DOING TOO MUCH TO KIND OF FIT FITTED THERE. I THINK WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING IN THE CITY FOR VETERANS, MAYBE AT ANOTHER SITE, AT ANOTHER LOCATION. UM, JUST TO MY COLLEAGUES. I, I THINK THAT, UM, THAT SECTION RIGHT THERE, OWNED BY THE COUNTY, WHAT WE HAVE THERE ALREADY IS ALREADY ENOUGH. AND, UH, WE SHOULD EXPLORE OTHER PARTS IN THE CITY AND USE THIS AS A MEANS TO HELP BEAUTIFY THE CITY AND MAKE OTHER SPACES IN THE CITY HAVE MORE OF A MEANING, BE MORE MEANINGFUL. THERE'S SOME SPACES NEXT TO THE LIBRARY, THERE'S SOME SPACES, UM, IN THE CITY I THINK WE CAN DEDICATE, UH, FOR OUR VETERANS. SO I JUST THINK IT'S WORTH SOME MORE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. I, I, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, UM, FOR THE MILITARY BOARD TO COME BACK WITH US, TO US WITH OTHER SPACES THAT CAN BE UTILIZED. I'VE BEEN TO OTHER CITIES, UM, WHEN I'VE WENT ON CONFERENCES AND THEY'VE HAD LIKE A LITTLE WALL AND A AND A SEAT THERE DEDICATED TO VETERANS WHEREBY THEIR NAMES PUT THERE. THERE'S A BRICK AROUND JUST A RECOGNITION OF VETERANS AND SOMETHING CAN BE, HAD ARTWORK AROUND THAT SPACE. I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE RESEARCHED MORE, UM, IN TERMS OF A SPACE, A PARK. I KNOW NORTHGATE, IT WAS SAID NORTHGATE DOES NOT WANT IT THERE. UM, AND SO WE HAVE OTHER PARKS. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD WORK, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, BUT MR. I THINK OTHER PARKS ARE NAMED, OTHER PARKS ARE NAMED AS WELL. SO DISAGREE. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I MADE IT A VERY GENERAL DISCUSSION. I SEE IT A VERY GENERAL DISCUSSION AS TO VETERANS PARK. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I SAY WE ASK AROUND TO BUILD US A NEW PARK. . THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO MADAM MAYOR. YES, SIR. ONE CONSTRUCT THAT WE HAVE IS, UH, AVAILABLE LAND, BUT IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S UH, UM, THAT'S THE 29TH STREET, UH, WHERE LENZO USED TO HAVE THE STAGING AREA. UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE EMPTY LAND THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY. AND UM, BUT THERE MIGHT BE ONE OR TWO SMALL SPOTS. UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE SEARCHED AND ALSO, UH, WORKSHOP TO THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WANT. UH, WE, WE CAN'T JUST WALK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, JUST PUT A PARK THERE WITHOUT THEIR BUYING. WE GOT VENUE, NEW COMMUNITY, CAIA, STATE CAIA COMMONS. THEY HAVE TO BUY IN AS WELL INTO THE PROCESS. BUT WE CAN RESEARCH FOR AVAILABLE LAND OR SMALL BIG, UH, PARCEL TO SEE WHERE WE CAN FIT SOMETHING. BUT WE ARE KIND OF LOCKED INTO WHERE WE ARE AT NOW. AH, MADAM MAYOR. MR. BROWN, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WERE ALANZO BEHIND CAIA COMMONS. THAT, THAT LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY BEHIND CA CONCEAL COMMONS, THAT IS CITY ONE AWAY MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, MR. THOMAS. THERE'S A HAND, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT WAS YOUR HAND WAS UP. COMMISSIONER, UM, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE, COME ON UP. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AGAIN. MARK SPENCE. UM, WHEN WE, I WAS ON A DICE WHEN WE HAD THE INITIAL CONVERSATION AND THE TOPIC OF THE, THE MONUMENT CAME UP AND THE WRONG INFORMATION WAS, SORRY, THE WRONG INFORMATION WAS GIVEN. SO IT IS COUNTY LAND. AND I DID SPEAK TO OUR, UM, OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME, AND SHE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON IT AND THEY SAID IT'S OKAY FOR THE CITY TO, UM, TO DO WHATEVER ON THAT PROPERTY FOR VETERANS. UM, THIS ONLY CONCERN THEY HAVE IS TO DIG IN, UM, THEIR PIPES THAT GO THROUGH THE AREA. SO, UM, AS A VETERAN, I BELIEVE THAT IS, UH, I MEAN THAT'S THE MOST CENTRAL PLACE IN THE CITY. UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ALWAYS HAVE OUR VE VETERANS EVENTS. I THINK IT'LL BE AN HONOR TO, UM, MAYOR SAMMY BROWN, BEING THAT HE'S A IMMIGRANT, UM, THE FIRST BLACK ELECTED MAYOR IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND IT WAS THROUGH THE RIGHTS, IT WAS THROUGH THE FIGHT TO THE VETERANS IN THEIR LIFE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO COME TO THE US AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO I THINK IT'LL BE A, UH, IT'LL BE A, A GREAT HONOR AS WELL FOR HIM AND FOR THE VETERANS THAT THE, WE COULD SHARE THAT SPACE AND HONOR OUR VETERANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, IS IT, MAY WE ASK, MAY I ASK ACTON CITY MANAGER IF, IF THAT COULD BE RESEARCHED TO [02:10:01] CONFIRMED IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE THROUGH YOU? MADAM MAYOR? YES. YES, MADAM, MADAM MANAGER. YES, DEFINITELY. THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. OH, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. I WOULD ASK THAT WE SEND MAYBE A FORMAL LETTER TO BROWARD COUNTY. THEY OWN THE LAND AND ASKED THAT, FIND OUT IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING FOR US TO ADD ON NOT ONLY THE MONUMENT, BUT AS FOR THE VETERANS. BUT SOMEONE TOLD ME, 'CAUSE THE CONVERSATION CAME UP AND SOMEONE SAID, IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT BROWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH NINE COMMISSIONERS, THAT MAYBE THEY WOULD AGREE, BUT WHY NOT? MAYBE WE NEED TO SEND A FORMAL LETTER THAT, UM, IT'S NOT REALLY US, THE VETERANS IN THE CITY AND WE HAVE OVER 700 VETERANS WHO WOULD LOVE FOR THAT AREA TO BE DESIGNATED AS A VETERANS PARK OR WHATEVER IT IS. MAYBE BASED ON THAT THEY COULD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THEM ARE VETERANS. SO MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE VETERANS. I DUNNO. NOT ME. PARDON ME. NOT ME, MR. MAX. WHAT ELSE? I SAID BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. SO TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PROPOSING? IS TO REMOVE THE NAME FROM SUN BROWN, MAKE IT AND RE RENAME IT, OR, OR YOU'RE ADDING SAM BROWN SLASH VETERANS MONUMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I WOULD PREFER THAT, YEAH. OH, OKAY. I'M JUST ASKING. I THINK, UM, WE NEED TO, MADAM MANAGER NEEDS TO DO MORE RESEARCH ON THAT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN AND CANNOT DO FIRST BEFORE WE MAKE ANY TYPE OF, OF COMMITMENT OR PROGRESSING ON A COMMITMENT OF WHAT WE WILL DO. ABSOLUTELY. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. HALL. JUST ONE QUESTION. UM, COME, I APOLOGIZE. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY, JUST FOR CLARITY, IS THIS THE SAME PARK WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, GIVEN TO FORMER COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS? NO, IT'S NOT. NO, IT'S NOT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I WANTED. THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. RON. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING CANCELLATION OF THE MAY 26, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP DUE TO THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY AND RESCHEDULING IT TO MAY 27, 2025 AT 5:00 P.M.] ITEM FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING CANCELLATION OF MAY 26TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP DUE TO THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY AND RESCHEDULE IT TO MAY 27TH, 2025 AT 5:00 PM UM, EACH YEAR. THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD. THERE IS A HOLIDAY ON THAT MONDAY, SO WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HOLD THE WORKSHOP. SO WE STAFF PROPOSES WITH YOUR PERMISSION, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, TO HOLD THE WORKSHOP ON TUESDAY, UM, IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO OUR, UM, CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THAT'S VERY SIX. I'M, I'M FOR IT. BUT, UM, IF I'M GONNA STAY HERE ALL DAY, I NEED SNACKS AND REFRESHMENTS. DON'T HAVE ME HERE FROM FIVE TILL 10. DYING OF THIRST. OKAY. OH, OH, SORRY. THE, UM, UH, YEAH, I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT. I'M IN FAVOR. I'M IN FAVOR. SO AM I IN FAVOR OF SNACKS, MADAM MAYOR? YES, MA'AM. I'M IN FAVOR OF SOME LITTLE SNACKS. OKAY. A SIZE GIRL NEEDS SNACKS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM 5G. [G.  DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY'S ADVISORY BOARDS MEETING DATES AND TIMES FOR THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR] DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY'S ADVISORY BOARD MEETING DATES AND TIMES FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025. AS YOU KNOW, AFTER ELECTIONS, UM, WE ALL ADVISORY BOARDS HAD THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING AT THAT TIME. THEY WERE ABLE TO, BOARD MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO DISCUSS WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO HOLD THEIR MEETINGS, IF THEY'D LIKE TO, UM, KEEP THEM AS THEY WERE. SOME BOARD MEMBERS DECIDED TO CHANGE THEIR MEETING DATES AND TIMES. THOSE MEETING DATES AND TIMES HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. AND, UM, WE'RE PRESENTING THEM TO YOU SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE AND THEY WILL BE ALSO PRESENTED AT THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU TO YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO THE EAP BOARD, I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH THE TIMES BECAUSE I'M NOT THERE AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH MEETING AT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING. THEY SELECTED THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE ADVISORY BOARDS DID SELECT THOSE MEETING DATES [02:15:01] AND TIMES. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM [H.  DISCUSSION REGARDING OPPOSING THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ("SNAP") (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)] NUMBER FIVE H DISCUSSION REGARDING OPPOSING THE PROPOSED CUTS TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SNAP, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM MAYOR, UM, AND MY COLLEAGUES. THIS WAS A PIGGYBACK FROM LAUDER HILL, UM, SPONSORED BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MELISSA DUNN. I'VE YET SINCE WAS INFORMED THAT THIS PARTICULAR BILL HAS BEEN INDEFINITELY POSTPONED AND WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. SO WE'D LIKE TO POLL MADAM MANAGER THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ITEM FIVE J DISCUSSION REGARDING COSTS PAID TO THAT DJ CHRIS FOR HIS SERVICES AT CITY EVENTS FROM JANUARY. HI MADAM MANAGER. AYE, AYE, AYE. SORRY. AYE, [I.  DISCUSSION REGARDING CONSIDERING A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN CITY COMMISSION AND BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE] , MY APOLOGY DISCUSSION REGARDING CONSIDERING A JOINT MEETING BETWEEN CITY COMMISSION AND BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BOBBY WILLIAMS WILL, UM, PRESENT THAT ITEM. MS. BOBBY. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. BOBBY WILLIAMS FOR THE RECORD. UH, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. UH, AS YOU KNOW, UM, THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS IS, UH, CERTAINLY PARAMOUNT AND IT DOES ALLOW, UH, THE CITY TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT, TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE, AND CERTAINLY TO BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE DOES COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION, TYPICALLY THE LAST MEETING IN JULY, AND THEY WOULD SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS BASED UPON THE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY STAFF HAS SHARED WITH, UH, THE GROUP OVER A COURSE OF A FEW MONTHS. AND THEY WOULD JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THEIR THOUGHTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON, UH, WHAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. UM, FOR THE MOST CURRENT, UH, BUDGET YEAR, UH, WE HAVE ESTABLISHED, OR THE, UH, COMMITTEE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED ALREADY AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS INCLUDE DR. NEEL STEVENS, UH, SIMONE SHEPHERD, BARBARA SMITH, EARL ESELLE, AND JANINE YOUNG. AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN THE LIAISON FOR QUITE, UH, QUITE SOME TIME, UH, PROBABLY AROUND, UH, NINE YEARS, UH, BEING THE LIAISON TO THIS COMMITTEE. AND, UH, ONE OF THE, UM, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POINTS, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS IS THE COMMISSION REALLY READING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. UM, SO ATTACHED IN THE DOCUMENT TONIGHT, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR 2025. UM, BUT THEY'D LIKE TO GO A LITTLE STEP FURTHER. UH, THEY'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU TO GO OVER PERHAPS SOME OF THE, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS THEY'VE HAD OVER THE YEARS TO SEE IF STAFF HAS ACTUALLY INCLUDED ANY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IF WE HAVE NOT TO GET YOUR INPUT ON WHY WE HAVE NOT. UH, SO IT'S JUST MORE OF, OF JUST, UH, BEING MORE TRANSPARENT IN OUR BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT, UH, WITH THIS MEETING IT'LL ALLOW BOTH THE, UH, STAFF AND THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO, UH, BECOME STRONGER. AND CERTAINLY, UH, WITH THIS BUDGET PROCESS, IT'LL BE MORE CREDIBLE PROCESS AND HOPEFULLY PROVIDE MORE TRUST, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS APPROACH. UH, CURRENTLY THE, THE NEXT MEETING THAT WE HAVE WITH THE, WITH THE BUDGET ADVISOR COMMITTEE IS, I BELIEVE MAY, UH, IS, I WANT TO SAY MAY 14TH. UM, SO PERHAPS IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT, UH, TOO HASTE LEE TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE COMMISSION IF YOU SO DESIRE. UM, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE, UH, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, TO SCHEDULE MORE APPROPRIATE TIME SO THAT YOU COULD TALK WITH THEM AND UNDERSTAND SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. MS. BOBBY, ARE YOU REFERRING TO A MEETING OR IS THE, UM, WHAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE REFERRING TO A MEETING, A PUBLIC MEETING, OR A MEETING WITH WHOM? , UM, MADAM MAYOR. THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE COMMISSION AS A GROUP. UM, SO IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL MEETING. UH, 'CAUSE IT WILL BE, UH, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THEIR WORKSHOP OR SEPARATE APART FROM THE COMMISSION MEETING, UH, JUST TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOU SO THEY COULD SPECIFICALLY TALK ABOUT BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OR OPERATIONAL [02:20:01] RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE BUDGET IN THE UPCOMING YEAR. AND THIS MEETING WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? UH, YES MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. YEAH, I, I THINK IT WILL HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC IF MORE THAN ONE OF US WILL BE THERE. AND, UM, I I, I'M NOT SURE IT, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, MS. BOBBY OR, UH, OR CITY ATTORNEY. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING. I THINK WE CAN MAYBE FRAME IT AS A BUDGET COMMUNITY COMMISSION DISCUSSION SIMILAR TO HOW COMMISSIONER THOMAS DOES HER COMMISSIONER TOWN HALLS. AND MORE THAN WHEN COMMISSIONER'S THERE, WE DO SOMETHING MORE THAN WHEN COMMISSIONER'S THERE, WE CAN DO IT AS AN EVENT AND THEY STILL WILL BE ABLE TO SPEAK AND HAVE DIALOGUE WITH US AS A COMMISSION. SO, YOU MAD MAYOR. I BELIEVE THAT'LL BE APPROPRIATE IF IT'S ACCEPTED BY THE ATTORNEY. MATTER. UH, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE QUESTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMISSION CAN MEET JOINTLY WITH THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, CAN BE DONE IN A NUMBER OF WAYS. IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING, OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, WE GO BACK TO THE FUNDAMENTALS WHERE YOU'VE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'VE GOT A WORKSHOP OR YOU HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, OR YOU HAVE A REGULAR MEETING OR AN EMERGENCY MEETING UNDER THE RUBRIC OF THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION, IT COULD BE HELD IN THE FORM OF A SPECIAL MEETING IF THE COMMISSION DEEMED IT THAT WAY. AND THE ORDINANCE HAS PROVISIONS FOR REQUIRING A SPECIAL MEETING. UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, AGAIN, THE COMMISSION, AT LEAST ONE COMMISSIONER, SUGGESTED THAT YOU COULD DO IT AS A EVENT, UH, THAT WOULD BE PUBLICLY NOTICED. AND THAT IS INDEED AN ALTERNATIVE WAY OF, UH, HAVING THAT MEETING TAKE PLACE AS WELL. UH, BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER, UM, ONE 19 RELATIVE TO OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC MEETINGS. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. AS LONG AS WE FOLLOW THE RULES ON NOTICING IT IN ADVANCE ENOUGH AND GETTING IT OUT THERE, I, I THINK WHAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE IS LOOKING FOR IS TO HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION WITH THEIR COMMISSIONERS, NOT STAND BEHIND THE PODIUM REPORT TO US, AND WE LOOK DOWN ON THEM. UH, BUT I, I THINK THEY WANNA SIT WITH US IN ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION AND JUST HAVE A CANDID CONVERSATION OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND, UM, I I, I JUST WANT IT TO BE NOT SO FORMAL, LIKE OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS. AND, UM, I WOULD BE OPEN TO DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS LONG AS WE DO IT RIGHT UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF OUR, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, AND PERHAPS THE GREATEST CAVEAT THAT I WOULD URGE IF WE SERVE, WE ARE GOING TO FOLLOW, UH, WE'LL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW, UH, CHAPTER ONE 19. UM, AGAIN, YOU DO WANT TO BE IN A PUBLIC SETTING, UM, AND THE DISCUSSION ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKELY A SUBJECT OF COMING BACK BEFORE THIS COMMISSION, UH, YOU'LL BE MINDFUL OF THAT. BUT AGAIN, THE MAJOR GIST IS THAT IT WILL BE A PUBLIC MEETING AND YOU CERTAINLY CAN TAKE, UH, POSITIONS. UH, BUT, UM, WE STILL HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT A LATER PUBLIC MEETING THAT YOU HAVE ON, ON, ON THESE ITEMS. UM, NOW IF, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME FOR MY FRANK ADVICE, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOUR BUDGET COMMITTEE, I CERTAINLY AM AM SAYING THAT THAT IS A, UH, DECISION THAT THIS COMMISSION IS FREE TO MAKE. ANYONE ELSE I WOULD LOVE MADAM VICE MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR. IN A PUBLIC SETTING. IN A PUBLIC SETTING, OF COURSE, I, I TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T SEE WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC SETTING. THEY HAVE THEIR MEETING PRIVATELY EVERY, EVERY QUARTER. SO LET'S HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM PRIVATELY AND DISCUSS WHAT THEY NEED TO, WHY IT HAS TO BE A, A PUBLIC BRAWL OUT THING. UM, WE SIT TOGETHER ONE-ON-ONE. WE AS A COMMISSION. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT. AND WE TALK AND WHAT, WHAT IS WRONG? I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING, UM, THE DIFFERENCE WHY WE NEED TO BE MAKING IT PUBLIC OR 'CAUSE I THINK THEIR REQUEST IS LIKE THEY WANNA HAVE A MEETING WITH JUST US. SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH DOING SO. AND WHATEVER WE DISCUSS, UM, AND AGREE UPON, IT WILL BRING FORTH. SO THEN IT WOULDN'T BE, [02:25:01] IT WOULDN'T BE A PUBLIC THEN IT WOULDN'T BE A MEETING WITH US. IT WOULD BE A MEETING WITH US AND THE, THE COMMUNITY THEN. WELL, TECHNICALLY IT'S FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. I THINK WHENEVER THE BODY MEETS AS COMMISSIONERS, IT HAS, UNLESS YOU ARE HAVING THE SHADE MEETING, YES. IT MUST BE A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN ONE COMMISSIONER. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M WRONG. YES, MR. ATTORNEY. MAD MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, A DISCUSSION WITH THE BUDGET COMMITTEE UNDER MEETING ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER ONE 19 AND OTHER APPLICABLE FLORIDA LAW IS MUCH IN THE WAY OF AN ADVISORY BOARD'S, UM, OBLIGATIONS UNDER OUR CURRENT CODE. CERTAIN OF THOSE ADVISORY BOARDS HAVE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION, PROVIDE A REPORT TO THE COMMISSION, DO SO IN A PUBLIC VENUE, AND THE COMMISSION IS FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS. AND THE, UM, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS GENERALLY SHOW UP. UH, AND YOU CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF A DISCUSSION. SO AGAIN, I WOULDN'T PLACE A WHOLE LOT OF EMPHASIS ON ANYTHING MORE THAN A PUBLICLY HELD WORKSHOP MEETING WHERE YOUR BUDGET COMMITTEE IS PRESENT. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO PRESENT THE COMMISSION WITH, WITH THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS OR DISCUSSIONS. AND THE COMMISSION IS FREE TO INTERCHANGE AND HAVE THAT PUBLIC CONVERSATION. MR. HARRISON, I JUST THINK THAT IT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD IF WE MAKE IT MORE COMMUNITY ORIENTED. THAT'S JUST MY OPINION. I, I UNDERSTAND PROTOCOL IS THERE TO PROTECT US. UM, BUT I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE, AND, AND BY THE WAY, I THINK I WANT TO GO BACK AS SEND BOBBY BACK TO ASK THEM WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE, TO BE HONEST. BUT MY, MY SUSPICION IS THAT THEY WANT TO TALK TO US ON A EYE LEVEL AND THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US. NOW, THERE ARE WAYS TO DO THAT PROPERLY. MAYBE WHEN WE'RE UP THERE. WE DON'T COMMIT TO HOW WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THINGS AND, AND WE DON'T. UH, BUT, BUT THERE'S JUST WAYS TO DO THAT. IT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T DO IT. UM, I ALSO DON'T SEE IT AS A RISK. UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MEETINGS, WHICH, WHICH ARE NOT PRIVATE. ALL MEETINGS ARE PUBLIC. UH, HOWEVER, I I, I THINK FOR THEM TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH US IS DIFFERENT FROM REQUESTING TO DO A PRESENTATION TO US. AND I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THEM. I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO BE INVOLVED. I THINK THE COMMUNITY WOULD COME OUT MORE IF THEY SAW A HEADLINE THAT SAYS, BUDGET WORKSHOP, COMMUNITY EVENT VERSUS WORKSHOP MEETING AT THE CITY. DREW, YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST, UM, SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY FINISH. YEAH, I, I JUST, I JUST FEEL LIKE, UM, WE SHOULD APPROACH IT MORE IN AN INFORMAL WAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 'CAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO, SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE OUR PARKS AREN'T WELL STAFFED, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE HOMELESS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE DOING DRUGS IN OUR PARKS. THAT'S GONNA BE BEST COMING FROM COMMUNITY INPUT, NOT JUST FROM US UP HERE. SO I THINK WE KIND OF CREATE A PLATFORM FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THE COMMUNITY TO GIVE INPUT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. OH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, JUST, I, I REALLY DON'T CARE AT THIS POINT. JUST, UH, JUST TELL ME WHEN AND WHEN AND THE TIME, AND I'LL BE THERE. HOWEVER, FOR YOU GUYS WANT TO DO IT. I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH ANY DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TAKE IT. JUST GIVE ME THE DATES AND TIME AND I'LL BE THERE. MADAM MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, UM, GET WITH THE APPROPRIATE STAFF FOR A PUBLIC MEETING BETWEEN THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE. MADAM MAYOR. OBJECTION COMMISSIONER. SORRY, IF I MAY ONE MORE TIME. I JUST WANTED TO SAY, JUST FOR THE RECORD AND FOR OUR AWARENESS, IT DOES NOT HAVE TO, THAT MEETING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE HELD IN THESE CHAMBERS AS LONG AS IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING, AS LONG AS IT CAN HOLD ENOUGH PEOPLE AND IT'S NOTICED PROPERLY. SO IF, IF WE CAN EXPLORE HAVING IT SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS, I THINK THAT WAS MY DIRECTION WITH MY STATEMENTS. YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WAS MENTIONED OR EXCLUDED OR INCLUDED BY THE PUBLIC MEETING. THANK YOU. WILL DO. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM FIVE [J.  DISCUSSION REGARDING COSTS PAID TO "THAT DJ CHRIS" FOR HIS SERVICES AT CITY EVENTS FROM JANUARY 2023 TO APRIL 2025 (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR CAUSWELL)] J. DISCUSSION REGARDING COSTS PAID TO THAT DJ CHRIS FOR HIS SERVICES AT CITY EVENTS FROM JANUARY, 2023 TO APRIL, 2025. AND THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR SWELL, MADAM VICE MAYOR, [02:30:01] CHAIR MADAM MAYOR. I, I WOULD SAY I AM HURT WHEN I SEE THE TYPE OF FEES THAT THIS PERSON HAS, HAS CHECKS THAT THIS PERSON HAVE, HAS COLLECTED FROM THIS CITY THAT, WHERE SO MANY PEOPLE NEED SO MANY THINGS. I STARTED WITH BLACK EXCELLENCE FEBRUARY THE FIRST, AND IN THAT, BUT HIS FEES WERE $18,450. WHOA. 5,000 A RETAINER. I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS AN ATTORNEY. 'CAUSE I THOUGHT WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY HERE. $5,000 WAS PAID TO HIM AS A RETAINER RESERVATION FEE. HE ALSO HAD AN INFLUENCER, $1,750 STREET TEAM BRANDED PHOTO UP. NAME IT, IT WAS THERE. AND I'M ANGRY. AND MIKE, ANGRY, ANGRY, THAT $24,450 BLACK EXCELLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE FEBRUARY THE FIRST, $18,450 TO THIS GUY LIVES IN NORTH LAUDERDALE. HIS OFFICE IS IN LAUDER HILL. ANOTHER $6,000 FOR SUMS SURROUND, LET ME SEE. IT HURTS TO THE CORE THAT WE HAVE OVER 12,000 HOUSES WITH CONDOS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. 50,000 WAS DESIGNATED TO CONDOS FOR I THINK FOUR AIR CONDITION, ANOTHER 54 RESIDENTIAL. AND IT DIDN'T TAKE TWO MONTHS FOR THAT MONEY TO GO. AND I DON'T, I, I REALLY, REALLY DON'T KNOW HOW COULD ANYONE, HE, FOR ME, THE GUY WOULD'VE TO BE THERE MAYBE FOR A MONTH PLAYING AT THE PARK NIGHT AND DAY FOR ANYONE THAT HAD THE RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S MONEY IS BEING SPENT CORRECTLY. THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE THIS GUY THAT SEEM TO, HE'S AT THE PARK MORE OFTEN THAN MAYBE THE 365 DAYS A YEAR. 2023. HE STARTED WITH BLACK HISTORY. IT WAS $2,000. AND BETWEEN 20 23, 20 24 LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD TASTE OF THE CITY, HIS FEES WERE 18 OVER $18,000. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS A CURATOR. 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING AT THE IAN THAT THEY'RE NOW IN. THEY ARE, WELL, MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT FIRED THE CURATOR, CURATOR FOR THE IAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS A CURATOR. I DON'T KNOW WHY. LORD. THE DE LAKES, NO MONEY WAS SPENT AT THE PARK FOR MARKETING FOR BLACK EXCELLENCE. NONE. IT SAYS ZERO. BUT THIS GUY WHO SEEMED TO LOVE [02:35:01] THAT, WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH THAT WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE, THE FEW DOLLARS THAT THE CITY HAS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY HIM SO MUCH. AND BELIEVE YOU ME, RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, I AM NOT SURE IF I'M NOT GOING TO REFER TO THE OIG BECAUSE THERE SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG. BUT HE CAN COLLECT THIS TYPE OF MONEY, 18,000 OVER $18,000, 13,000, $24,000, $12,000. AND NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION BECAUSE IT'S UNDER THE $25,000 THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEND. BUT I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING KNOWN AS THE FIDUCIARY, THAT WHOEVER IS SPENDING THE MONEY HAS A FI JUDICIARY TO THE CITY OF LORD AT THE LAKES, MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT WISELY. AND I, I, IT HURTS DOWN TO THE CORE THAT NO ONE WAS MINDING THE STORE. NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION. A GUY HE'S NOT SINGING, THE DJ DOES NOT SING. I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAS A TURNTABLE OR THEY, HE USES HIS COMPUTER. SO I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHO APPROVE THIS TYPE OF MONEY FOR A CITY WITH A LITTLE BIT OVER A HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BUDGET. A CITY WHERE SO MANY RESIDENTS NEED HELP. IN MARCH WHEN MS. TANJA HAD A WORKSHOP FOR MINOR HOME REPAIR, OVER 180 PEOPLE TURNED UP, AND HERE WE AS LORD, CITY OF LORD DE LAKES, THIS GUY, INFLUENZA GETTING $1,750, $5,000 RESERVATION FEE. AS MS. MADAM MAYOR, THERE IS, UM, LOOK LIKE HE WANTS TO TALK. MADAM MANAGER, I KNOW. NO, NO, NOT . NO, NO. I, I KNOW. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, I, I DO SEE THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE REGARDING ITEMS. UM, WE ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENTS WHEN IT'S BEEN PRESENTED ONCE PRIOR. AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ITEM IS ON THE AGENDA. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MANAGER, WE WOULD LIKE SOMEONE, UH, FROM STAFF TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES. PLEASE, MS. ERICA LOCKETT, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. AND, UH, POSSIBLY. I SEE, UM, MELODY DOMINIQUE IS ALSO HERE, AND I SEE MR. VINCE IS HERE. SO I GUESS THEY'LL TAG TEAM ON THIS ITEM WITH PROVIDING COMMENTS TO YOU. MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. SO WHO DOES HE RELATED TO IN THE CITY? I DON'T KNOW. I'M THINKING THERE'S SOME RELATIONSHIP. MS. LOCKETT, WHO IS HE RELATED TO IN THE CITY? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ACTING CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO IN REGARDS TO, UM, DJ CHRIS, UM, YES, HE HAS BEEN HIRED TO CURATE SEVERAL EVENTS. UM, HE'S TAKE, HE TOOK ON A LOT OF THE STRESS THAT STAFF WOULD'VE HAD GETTING, GETTING THESE EVENTS TOGETHER. UM, MELODY, UH, DOMINIQUE, OUR ESPECIALLY VINCE COORDINATOR, [02:40:01] UM, THROUGH, UM, MADAM MAYOR, CAN PROVIDE, UM, AN UPDATE. MR. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I, I NEED TO KNOW, DOES HE, IS HE RELATED TO ANYONE IN THE CITY THAT WORKS HERE? MM-HMM . DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NO. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. MALLORY. GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR COMMISSION, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND ACTING CITY CLERK. UM, MY NAME IS MELODY DOMINIQUE, A SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE SOME JUSTIFICATION, UM, REGARDING THAT DJ CHRIS, WHO HAS NOT JUST SERVED ONLY AS A DJ, BUT AS AN ENTERTAINMENT CURATOR, A FULL SERVICE PRODUCTION PARTNER FOR MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS. A VERSATILE VALUE-BASED PARTNER THAT DJ CHRIS CONSISTENTLY DELIVERS FAR MORE THAN MUSIC. HE PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL, DJ AND LIVE ENTERTAINMENT HOSTING, FULL SOUND LIGHTING AND STAGE PRODUCTION, VENDOR AND TALENT COORDINATION, INFLUENCER MANAGEMENT AND STREET TEAMS, BRANDING, INTEGRATION, AND ALSO DRONE COVERAGE. LIKE WHEN WE DO OUR, UM, PARADE WHERE WE HAVE THE DRONES, AND WE CAN USE THAT FOOTAGE IN OUR, UM, A AFTER OR I WOULD SAY POST-EVENT, UH, POSTING. UH, ALSO HE HAS ADJUSTED HIS FEES OVER THE YEARS FOR US. UM, HE IS, AS FAR AS OUR EVENTS ARE CONCERNED, HE CHARGES US LESS THAN OTHER CITIES THAT HE WORKS WITH, UM, BECAUSE HE DID START WITH US, UM, IN THOSE, UH, THINGS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. EVERY EVENT THAT WE HAVE, IF IT IS WITH A HOST, IT IS $700 PER EVENT. BUT IF IT IS NOT WITH A HOST, HE ONLY CHARGES US $500 WHEN HIS FEES FOR OTHER CITIES ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER EVENT. MM-HMM . ALSO, UM, FOR, FOR, UH, TASTE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I HEARD, UM, VICE MAYOR TY, UH, SWELL MENTION TASTE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR TASTE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WAS $52,950. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE HAD, UM, CURATORS COME IN AND THOSE COSTS WENT BETWEEN $84,000 TO 110. SO HE HAS REDUCED THE COSTS FROM THAT TO BE THREE 30,000. BETWEEN 30 AND $55,000 OF SAVINGS THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN WITH THAT DJ. CHRIS, DESPITE THE REDUCED BUDGET DJ CHRIS DELIVERED FULL ENTERTAINMENT AND SOUND PRODUCTION EVENT DECOR AND BRANDED INSTALLATIONS, STAFFING BARTENDERS FOR THE TASTE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES EVENT CHEFS. THE STREET TEAMS ARE A TEAM OF PEOPLE THAT GO OUT AND PUT OUT OUR INFORMATION IN VARIOUS AREAS IN THE CITY AS WELL AS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO WHERE OUR HANDS CAN'T REACH HERE, HE CAN GO FURTHER WITH THAT. ALSO, WE, UM, HAVE HOW DID YOU THAT, UH, DURING BLACK EXCELLENCE, WE HAD OUR THREE YEARS. WE, HE STARTED WITH US AS A CURATOR IN 2023, BUT BEFORE THAT, HE WAS JUST THE HOUSE DJ. IN 2023, WE SPENT 12,500. AND THAT WAS JUST FOR DJ ENTERTAINMENT AND COORDINATION OF THE STAGE. IN 2024, IT WENT UP BECAUSE HE PROVIDED FULL PRODUCTION, MEANING A BACK LINE FOR THE STAGE BECAUSE WE WANTED A LIVE BAND THAT YEAR. AND THEN IN 2025, IT WENT UP TO THE 18,250 THAT YOU MENTIONED. BECAUSE HE PROVIDED THE FULL ENHANCED PRODUCTION, MEANING WE ENHANCED THE EVENT, WE ENHANCED ALL THE, UH, THE STAGE. SO WE DID NOT USE OUR CITY STAGE. WE ENDED UP USING A STAGE THAT WAS BUILT, UM, ON THE FIELD ALONG WITH THOSE CANOPIES THAT YOU REMEMBER. SO WHEN WE DID THAT, THE FEES THAT YOU SEE DJ CHRIS, UH, HAS PUT IN HIS BUDGET ANY, UM, OF THE BLACK EXCELLENCE BUDGETS, HIS FEE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WE GAVE YOU, HIS FEE DOES NOT EXCEED 2,500. THE OTHER FEES GO TO OTHER [02:45:01] LOCAL VENDORS THAT WE USE HIM AS OUR, UM, EVENT CURATOR TO SPEAK TO THOSE VENDORS. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I'VE FOUND AS THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR IS WHEN I CALL A VENDOR AND TELL THEM THAT I AM THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THEY UP THE CHARGE. BUT WHEN I HAVE ANOTHER VENDOR SPEAK TO ANOTHER VENDOR, THERE ARE DISCOUNTED RATES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR CONVERSATION. AND THAT HELPS US TO REDUCE THE COST. INSTEAD OF PAYING FOR EVENT THAT WOULD BE A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, IT WOULD BE REDUCED TO THE COST THAT WE HAD FOR THE EVENT THAT WE JUST DID. SO IF THAT PLEASES THE, UH, COMMISSION OR YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK ME ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN DO THAT AT THIS TIME. MADAM VICE, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE, MISS MELODY, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT $130,000, I'M SORRY, 110,000. YES. THE UNFORTUNATE THING THAT AS MR. MAY ALWAYS SAY, PEOPLE LIKE TO SPEND MONEY THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO THEM. WE ARE SPENDING ALL OF THAT MONEY AT THE PARK. SINCE LAUDERDALE LAKES IS NOW KNOWN AS THE PARTY CITY OF BROWARD COUNTY, WE ARE SPENDING ALL OF THAT MONEY THERE. AND THE NINE OUT OF 10 TIMES THERE ARE MORE WORKERS THAN PATRONS. THE UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT THE BUDGET THAT I CAN TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE APPROVE BUDGETS AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT IS BEING USED FOR. FOR YOUR TALKING OF, YOU ARE SAYING $130,000, THIS IS A CITY WHERE THE MEDIAN INCOME IS UNDER $50,000, UNDER $50,000. AND IT'S LIKE, IT'S NOTHING BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MR. CHRIS, THE PARK, WITH ALL THAT YOU ARE TELLING US THAT HE DOES, THE NUMBERS DON'T TELL A STORY. THE NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE EVENT DO NOT TELL A STORY. MORE WORKERS ARE ALWAYS THERE, DONE PATRONS. SO IT'S, WE ARE THROWING AWAY MONEY. AND FOR YOU IT'S, HE CHARGES LESS $18,450. AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL FOR, FOR YOU, FOR TECHNICALLY THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, YOU ARE GETTING A BARGAIN. NO, YOU ARE, WE MAYBE YOU SEE THAT WAY. I DON'T. AND THE AVERAGE RESIDENT IN THE LORD OF DAY LAKES, THEY WON'T SEE THAT. THAT'S A BARGAIN FOR THEM. FOR THEY NEED 5,000 OR $3,500 TO GET A, AN AIR CONDITION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE HEAT IS ON AND THE CITY CANNOT AFFORD IT, THERE IS NO MONEY. AND HERE WE ARE THROWING AWAY MONEY AS IF IT AS IF IT IS. OKAY. IT IS NOT OKAY BY ME. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE MAYOR AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, BUT CERTAINLY FOR ME IT'S NOT. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'M SORRY, BEVERLY. UH, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THIS $18,000 THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING IS NOT GOING SOLELY TO THAT DJ CHRIS. $2,500 OUT OF THE $18,000 IS GOING TO THAT DJ CHRIS. THE REMAINING BUDGET GOES TO VARIOUS VENDORS, LOCAL VENDORS THAT HE WORKS WITH AND THROUGH HIS CONNECTIONS HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET THE CITY A DISCOUNT AND OUTSOURCE. SO THAT WAY WE DON'T GET OVERCHARGED BECAUSE WE'VE MENTIONED THAT WE'RE A CITY. ALSO. THE OTHER CLARIFICATION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE IS THAT THE HUNDRED, UH, THOU, THE $110,000, UH, BUDGET THAT I WAS REFERRING TO WAS AN EXAMPLE FROM PREVIOUS TASTE OF LAUDERDALE LAKES EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH PREVIOUS, UH, CURATORS. SO HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO TAKE THE COST [02:50:01] AND WE TOLD HIM THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE CANNOT DO ANOTHER EVENT FOR $110,000. IF HE CAN FIND A WAY TO REDUCE IT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BUT WHAT HE'S DOING IS HE'S FINDING LOCAL VENDORS ACCORDING TO THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED TO HIM TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT, BUT ALSO A EVENT THAT IS FISCALLY WITHIN OUR BUDGET. SO I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES WHAT WE'RE SAYING AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR TAKE ON, UM, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT THE CITY IS MAKING AND ALL OF THE DISPARITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY. BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TODAY AND TRY TO DO BETTER, SCALE BACK WHERE WE CAN AND CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THE WAY YOU SEE FIT. ALRIGHT, MAYOR, MAYOR, HOLD ON A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THAT MELODY. AND, UM, I GOTTA SAY DJ CHRIS IS A GREAT DJ. HE'S AN EXCEPTIONAL DJ. UM, IS HE A VENDOR WITH THE CITY? HE IS. I'M SORRY, THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. HE IS A VENDOR REGISTERED WITH THE CITY. OKAY. UM, WHEN WE DO EVENTS FOR A DJ, DOES THAT GO OUT TO BID OR DO WE JUST, UH, WHAT'S BEEN THE PROCESS WITH THAT, WITH SELECTING A DJ? WELL, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, WITH DJ CHRIS, HE STARTED DOING CURATION IN 2023. SO WHEN WE STARTED WORKING WITH HIM, BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY WORKED WITH US, WE DID LOOK FOR OTHER, UH, OTHER BUSINESSES OR I WOULD SAY VENDORS, BUT THEY SUPERSEDED THE AMOUNT HE WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH US WHERE WE WERE AT. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE KEPT DJ, CHRIS, BECAUSE ANYONE ELSE THAT WE GO TO, THEY SUPERSEDE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. IT'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO DJ WHAT TO DO. SORRY? NO, TO, TO CURATE NOW TO DJ, IT'S $500 EVERY EVENT, WHICH, UH, DJS, UM, THEIR RANGE IS 800 TO A THOUSAND PER EVENT. UM, WHAT IS THE HARRISON? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A FEW FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AS WELL. WHAT IS THE, UM, AS A VENDOR, WHAT VENDOR IS HE LISTED AS? HE IS LISTED AS A, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE DJ SERVICES, BUT AS WE'VE DONE CURATION, WE WERE WORKING ON DOING A CONTRACT WITH HIM. MADAM MAYOR, UM, THIS DOESN'T SOUND GOOD. NOT A MAN BETTER, IF I MAY. UM, I THINK HE'S A GREAT DJ. I, MY BACKGROUND IS IN MUSIC, SO I'VE WORKED WITH DJS AND DONE EVENTS. IF, IF HE'S DOING MORE THAN DJING WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT HE'S UNDER THE RIGHT VENDOR DESCRIPTION. SO IF HE'S A DJ, AS A IS A VENDOR, AS A DJ, HE HAS TO BE A DJ. IF HE DOES MORE, HE HAS TO BE THAT. THAT'S, AGAIN, I'M THE NEW GUY, SO I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING WHAT I THINK COULD WORK. UM, MY LAST QUESTION. YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S A STRATEGY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE HIM REACH OUT TO OTHER VENDORS TO WORK WITH US BECAUSE IF THE CITY REACHES OUT THESE THINGS, BUT WHEN WE PAY MONEY FOR THOSE VENDORS, ARE WE PAYING THOSE VENDORS DIRECTLY OR ARE WE GIVING HIM MONEY TO THEN GIVE TO THE VENDORS? OKAY, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, HE IS RECEIVING THE FUNDING TO GIVE TO THE VENDORS. BUT WE ARE ABLE, BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US HIS, UH, INVOICES FROM THEM, WE ARE ABLE TO BACKTRACK IF THE VENDOR HAS BEEN PAID OR NOT. AND WE ALSO HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THOSE VENDORS BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR PERMITTING PROCESS. WHO BACKTRACKS TO MAKE SURE THEY GET PAID? I DO SORRY. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I DO. THEN MS. MELODY, CAN I ASK IF THE PERSONS THAT DJ CHRIS HIRES OR, OR, OR GUESTS THAT, WHY CAN'T THEY REGISTER AS VENDORS AND THEN PRESENT THEIR INVOICE OR PRESENT THEIR PROPOSAL FOR THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR? THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, HIS BUNDLED SERVICES HAVE ALLOWED US TO STREAMLINE EXECUTION, REDUCE CONTRACTS, AND STAY WITHIN BUDGET. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE CONTINUE TO GO WITH HIM. BUT IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT WITH EACH VENDOR, WE CAN WORK ON DOING THAT. NOW, IT DOES TAKE MORE TIME TO ENSURE THAT WE GATHER ALL OF THESE VENDOR CONTRACTS TOGETHER IN THE AMOUNT OF TIME GIVEN TO US TO ENSURE THAT WE, UM, GET THE EVENT ROLLING. UM, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING [02:55:01] THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, AS LONG AS WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT WITH ALL OF THE VENDORS, THEN WE CAN WORK ON DOING THAT AS WELL. BUT WOULDN'T IT BE THE VENDOR'S RESPONSIBILITY IF THEY WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR EVENTS AND NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GET WITH THEM? YES. I'M SORRY FOR, FOR THE CLER YOU'RE SAYING, WOULD IT BE THE VENDOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO REACH OUT TO US FOR EVENT THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON MM-HMM . WELL, WE PUT OUT A SCOPE OF WORK, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO US. AND IF THEY ARE A VENDOR THAT MATCHES WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AND ALSO FITS WITHIN THE BUDGET, THEN OF COURSE WE'LL GO WITH THEM. NO, MADAM MAYOR, HOLD ON A MINUTE. HOLD ON A MINUTE. COMMISSIONER HARRISON? YES, MAAM. I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. I'M SITTING WAITING QUESTION MADAM MAYOR, HOLD ON A MINUTE. MADAM VICE MAYOR, I DO HAVE A COUPLE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. MS. UH, MELODY, WHY DO WE NEED A CURATOR? UH, THE CURATOR ASSISTS US WITH OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE EVENT. SO AS THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR, UM, LIKE OTHER CITIES, YOU HAVE THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR THAT SERVES AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE CITY AND VENDORS OR A VENDOR OR A CURATOR TO, UM, GO WITHIN THEIR AREA OF EXPERTISE AND PROVIDE US WITH WHAT WE NEED THROUGH THE SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE PROVIDE THEM. NOW, SOME EVENTS WE MAY NOT HAVE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN OUR REACH, BUT THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS WHERE WE MAY NOT BE EASILY, UH, WE DON'T KNOW, LIKE SOME OF THE ENTERTAINERS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW OR DIFFERENT THINGS. AND HE CARRIES AN EXPERTISE THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE KNOW WE CAN RESEARCH, BUT SOMETIMES RESEARCH MAY TAKE LONGER. SO WE UTILIZE THE CURATOR TO GET THE RESULTS THAT WE NEED WITHIN THE TIME SPAN THAT WE HAVE. UH, YOU STATED THAT MARKETING IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE CURATOR INCLUDES IN HIS DUTIES. WHY DO WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO MARKETING? AND WE HAVE OUR OWN PIO OFFICE AND, UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE TWO PIOS, WHY DO WE NEED SOMEONE TO DO MARKETING? SO IN THE PAST TWO EVENTS, 2023 AND 2024, WE DID NOT UTILIZE HIM FOR THE MARKETING, BUT 2025, WE UTILIZED HIM FOR MARKETING BECAUSE OUR MARKETING, UM, PERSON WAS OUT SICK. SO WE HAD TO UTILIZE ONE OF THE VENDORS. WE ALSO, UM, U UTILIZE THE MARKETING THAT HE WAS PROVIDING US THROUGH THE STREET TEAM. THE STREET TEAM IS A BROADER GROUP OF PEOPLE INSTEAD OF THE AMOUNT OF STAFF THAT WE HAVE THAT CAN GET THE WORD OUT THROUGHOUT THE TRI-COUNTY AREA. FOR THE MAGNITUDE OF EVENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HOST, UH, VICE MAYOR. MADAM, THIS QUESTION IS REALLY FOR MISS BOBBY. OKAY. FOR WHO? THE CHECK THE 18,000, 13,000, $24,000. WHO, I THINK YOU ANSWERED IT, THE CHECK. WHO WAS WHO, WHOSE NAME IS ON THE CHECK FOR THE RECORD? BOBBY WILLIAMS, DIRECT DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE CHECK IN FRONT OF ME. TYPICALLY, ALL OF OUR CHECKS ARE ELECTRONICALLY SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER. UH, CURRENTLY IT'S SIGNED BY THE, THE MAYOR AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEAN, MS. BOBBY, BECAUSE MS. MELODY IS TRYING TO TELL ME AND OTHERS THAT HE'S NOT THE ONE, HE DOESN'T GET ALL THAT MONEY, BUT I KNOW THE CHECK IS WRITTEN IN ONE PERSON'S NAME. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY EXPLAIN PROCUREMENT JUST A LITTLE BIT TO THE, TO, TO THE COMMISSION. UM, WE, WE MENTIONED ABOUT GOING OUT TO BID. WE MENTIONED THE TYPE OF VENDOR DJ. CHRIS IS, UH, ONE, I JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH THE FACT THAT HE'S, HE'S REGISTERED AS AN ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES. AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO, UH, POINT OUT THAT, UM, BOTH THE STATE AND OUR CITY, UM, ALLOWS FOR EXCEPTIONS AND EXCEPTIONS FOR THE PROCUREMENT POLICY THAT ALLOWS THE STAFF TO, UH, REACH OUT TO LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL ENTERTAINERS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL, UH, COMPETITIVE PROCESS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, UH, REASONS THE, UH, PARKS, UH, AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS USING DJ. CHRIS, [03:00:01] UM, I DON'T WANNA STEAL YOUR THUNDER, MS. MEL, 'CAUSE YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPLAINING THE OPERATIONAL PART OF IT. UH, BUT IN TERMS OF, UH, SUBCONTRACTS, UH, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CONTRACTORS THAT WE USE THAT ALSO HAVE SUBCONTRACTORS. UH, MS. MELANIE DID SPEND SOME TIME TALKING ABOUT SUBCONTRACTORS, WHICH I TYPICALLY NEVER DO BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT SUB SUBCONTRACTORS IF I PAY THE PRIMARY. THE PRIMARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUBCONTRACTORS, BUT TYPICALLY FOR EVERY SINGLE FORMAL, FORMAL CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, WE DO IDENTIFY SUBCONTRACTORS. UM, SO THAT PROCESS MAY BE INVISIBLE TO THE COMMISSION, BUT CERTAINLY IN TERMS OF THE STAFF, WE KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SERVICES THAT A PRIMARY PROVIDE. UM, BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC SERVICES THAT THEY WILL REACH OUT TO OTHER FOLKS TO PROVIDE ON THEIR BEHALF, AND THEY ARE A SUBCONTRACTOR. UM, SO AGAIN, MS. MELODY, UH, SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THOSE SUBCONTRACTORS, BUT TYPICALLY WE WORK WITH THE PRIMARY. UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, UH, SHE'S ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, DJ, I WANNA GET HIS NAME RIGHT. DJ CHRIS OR CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT THAT, CHRIS THAT DJ, CHRIS THAT DJ CHRIS, UH, APPARENTLY SHE'S WORKING WITH HIS SUBCONTRACTORS AS WELL. UH, AND I JUST WANT TO BRING THE EXAMPLE OUT TO YOU. WHEN WE DO MAJOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT ARE A MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, UH, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THAT RUN PRI PRIMARY THAT WE ARE PROVIDING, UM, AN AWARD TO, THERE COULD BE FOUR OTHER SUBCONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THAT PARTICULAR CONTRACTOR TO COMPLETE THE WORK. UM, THAT HAPPENS WITH QUITE A FEW OF OUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN, IN, UH, UH, CONSTRUCTION. SO IT, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON. UM, BUT I THANK YOU MS. MELODY FOR ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SUBCONTRACTOR PORTION OF SOME OF OUR AGREEMENTS THAT WE DO HAVE. COMMISSIONER MS. BOBBY, YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. I THINK THERE WAS SOME THINGS THAT WERE, AND AGAIN, I'M A FAN OF NOT JUST DJ CHRIS, BUT ANYBODY WHO'S TRYING TO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND I'VE SEEN WHAT HE'S DONE OUT THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S NO HATE ON THAT. UH, BUT I, I THINK SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A PRIVATE COMPANY, , YOU KNOW, YOU WALK INTO A CLUB OR A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR WHATEVER, AND WHATEVER YOU DO, HOW YOU MOVE THE MONEY IN THAT SITUATION, HOPEFULLY IT'S BEING DONE RIGHT, BUT IT WON'T BE SCRUTINIZED, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS HERE. AND I, I JUST HATE TO SEE NOT JUST HIS NAME BEING BROUGHT UP BECAUSE I, I DON'T THINK HE'S A BAD PERSON, BUT ALSO NOW HE'S NOT EVEN HERE TO SPEAK AND DEFEND HIMSELF. Y'ALL NEXT ARE ON A CHOPPING BLOCK AND I'M LIKE, DANG, WE TALKING ABOUT BIG MONEY HERE. ACCUSATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR HIS SIDE OF THE STORY. UM, BECAUSE I, I, I KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO THINGS GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY. I COULD SEE IT IN THEIR FACES. THEY WANT TO SEE THE EVENT LIVE. THAT'S A DJ'S JOB OR ENTERTAINER'S JOB TO, TO MAKE THE EVENT, UM, ENTERTAINING. UM, SOMETHING WAS SAID EARLIER THAT WE USE HIM TO TALK TO, WELL FIRST OF ALL, IF HE'S SUBCONTRACTING, ARE THERE ACTUALLY SUBCONTRACTS BEING MADE? THAT'S THE FIRST THING'S, THE FIRST QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW. BUT BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE'S JUST SAYING THEY'RE SUBCONTRACTING OR WHATEVER, IS THERE AN ACTUAL CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT WE'RE SEEING BEING SUBBED OUT? BUT MY, MY MY MAIN QUESTION IS THIS. WE'RE SAYING WE'RE USING HIM TO TALK TO OTHER VENDORS TO GET A BETTER RATE BECAUSE WHEN THEY HEAR HIM, THEY DON'T THINK IT'S THE CITY. BUT ISN'T THAT KIND OF THE POINT? DO THEY FEEL LIKE THEY WORKING FOR HIM OR FOR THE CITY? DO THEY FEEL LIKE HE'S PAYING THEM OR THE CITY'S PAYING THEM? AND ALSO DON'T THEY EVENTUALLY KNOW THAT HE'S GETTING PAID FROM THE CITY? SO THERE SHOULD BE MONEY. LIKE I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND LIKE THE STRATEGY BECAUSE IF WE PUT OUT SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE TO BE VENDORS WITH THE CITY, YOUR MONEY. UM, I THINK TO VICE MAYOR, WHAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SAY IS IF WE HAVE, OR SORRY TO THE MAYOR, IF WE HAVE A POSTING ONLINE, WE NEED A POETRY SPEAKER, WE, WE PUT THAT IN THE PEOPLE SEE IT AND APPLY. BUT WE'RE SAYING WE HAVE SOMEBODY GOING OUT, FINDING PEOPLE FOR US UNDER THE GUISE THAT INITIALLY IT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST HIM. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY, SO I, IT WAS JUST, I KNOW WE'RE ALL TALKING ON RECORD HERE, SO I JUST THINK CLARITY IS KIND OF NEEDED THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UM, KEEPS ME WORKING WITH DJ CHRIS IS HIS TRANSPARENCY. HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT COMING TO ME AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE VENDOR. DO YOU WANT THIS TO GO UNDER MY CONTRACT OR UNDER YOURS? BUT HE HAS A TRANSPARENT CONTRACT OR SUBCONTRACT, UM, WITH HIS VENDORS AND I CAN TELL YOU WHICH VENDOR HE'S UTILIZED BY NAME. THOSE ARE LISTED AND IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE HIM TO COME, HE'S OPEN TO DOING THAT AS WELL. SO, UM, I THINK WHEN WE SAW THIS IN THE DISCUSSION, WE WANTED TO HEAR [03:05:01] THE VICE MAYOR OUT TO SEE WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS WE COULD RESPOND TO. BUT IF YOU WANT A FURTHER CONVERSATION WITH HIM ABOUT HIS SUBCONTRACTING OR HOW HE DOES IT, I THINK, UM, THAT HE WOULD BE OPEN TO DOING THAT. JUST LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, DJ CHRIS, HE IS VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED. HE IS VERY ABOUT WHAT IS YOUR BUDGET? AND I'LL SEE IF I CAN WORK WITH IT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS HIDDEN. HE'S NOT SAYING, OH, OR I WOULD SAY GATEKEEPING, IF I COULD USE THAT WORD, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM. HE'S NOT GATEKEEPING WHO HIS VENDORS ARE AND SOME OF HIS VENDORS WE'VE ACTUALLY USED APART FROM HIM. AND THEY ARE VENDORS IN OUR SYSTEM. SO I DO WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR AS WELL. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING WHERE HE'S GOING AND HE'S HAVING THESE SECRET CONVERSATIONS AND WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEM. SOMETIMES WHAT HE DOES IS HE DOES THE, AN INITIAL CONVERSATION AND THEN WE'RE IN A WHOLE MEETING WITH ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT HE'S UTILIZING. SO LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO HIM OR HAVE HIM SPEAK FOR HIS SELF AND PROVIDE A SYNOPSIS OF HOW HE DOES HIS PROCESS, I THINK THAT CAN BE ARRANGED. MADAM MAYOR, MS. MELODY, UM, I REALLY DO NOT THINK A, AN AUDIENCE WITH DJ CHRIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. I THINK THAT THE GIST OF THE CONVERSATION IS AS STAFF OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AND THE, THE ACCEPTANCE OR NON-ACCEPTANCE OF VENDORS, THE CURATE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY FALLS ON THE STAFF TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE EXPENDED PROPERLY. NOT THAT THEY WERE NOT, BUT I DON'T THINK A CONVERSATION WITH THE DJ CHRIS IS APPROPRIATE. MAYOR, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. REAL QUICK. UM, I I, IF I'M, I'M NOT, UH, I'M, I'M NOT REQUESTING HIM TO COME UP HERE TO, TO THE POINT I, UM, COME UP HERE FOR WHAT, SO I I THINK THAT, UM, WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID IS SUPER HELPFUL AND WE JUST SHOULD BE, UH, JUST, JUST MINDFUL AS TO WHAT THINGS COULD LOOK LIKE. UM, I'M, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO JUST, UH, PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW THE OPTICS OF THINGS COULD SOMETIMES PLAY A ROLE. AND, UM, OH, THIS IS MY POINT. I WANTED TO SAY, YOU TALKED ABOUT HIM COMING HERE TO SPEAK, RIGHT? WHAT I, I, I BELIEVE ONE MOMENT. I BELIEVE THAT WE, AS A COMMISSION, I HOPE, AGAIN, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS COMMISSION THING, BUT I HOPE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO SINGLE OUT ONE PERSON JUST, JUST FOR THE, FOR THE CLIMATE, FOR THE, FOR THE SEASON. IF THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES AND THINGS HAPPENING IN OTHER PLACES, LET'S CALL EVERYBODY OUT. LET'S CALL EVERYBODY OUT. AND THAT GOES BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT HAVING THIS BUDGET MEETING BEING PUBLIC. LET'S CALL EVERYBODY OUT. HAVE EVERYBODY COME ASK THESE QUESTIONS FOR EVERY DEPARTMENT THAT, THAT FEELS LIKE THERE'S SOME DISCREPANCIES. NOT JUST 'CAUSE SOMEBODY'S A DJ, NOT JUST 'CAUSE HE'S UNDER, WELL HE'S PROBABLY, I'M SURE HE'S UNDER 40. MAD MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME. JUST A JUST ATTORNEY POINT OF, UH, SERVICE HERE. UM, THE DISCUSSION THAT THE COMMISSION IS HAVING THROUGH THE MANAGER'S STAFF, I BELIEVE BASED ON THE SUBSTANCE OF IT AT THIS POINT, IS A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD BE POINTED TOWARDS THE CITY MANAGER, NOT NECESSARILY THE CITY MANAGER STAFF, HOWEVER, THIS COMMISSION CEASES FIT. BUT THE COMMISSION DOES HAVE DIRECT ACCOUNTABILITY, UM, WITH THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH STAFF NEEDS DIRECTION, THAT'S A CON COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. AND I KNOW THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN HELPFUL FOR BOTH STAFF, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A DISCUSSION AGAIN THAT SHOULD BE POINTED TOWARDS THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU. UH, I, I DON'T MEAN TO GET INVOLVED IN ADMINISTRATIVE AFFAIRS OR I'M NOT INSTRUCTING STAFF ON WHAT TO DO. THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE CALL EVERYBODY OUT AND NOT JUST SINGLE IT ON ONE PERSON. 'CAUSE IT'S ATTRACTIVE IN THE MOMENT. WE SHOULD CALL EVERYBODY OUT AND, UM, MAKE IT AN EVEN PLAYING FIELD. AND I, I, I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE THAT GOES BACK TO MY POINT ABOUT THIS BUDGET ADVISORY MEETING BEING PUBLIC BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN DO EXACTLY WHAT HIS TALENTS ARE IN A BETTER WAY, IN AN EVEN MORE TRANSPARENT WAY, A MORE UNDERSTANDABLE WAY. 'CAUSE IT'S NOT THAT IT'S NOT TRANSPARENT, IT'S A MATTER OF DID WE UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS THE CORE? UM, BUT THERE'S JUST, UM, I DON'T KNOW. I FELT LIKE THIS, THIS AGENDA ITEM COULD HAVE BEEN ANYBODY OR ANYTHING. THERE'S SO MUCH TO BE LOOKED AT, SO [03:10:01] I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS? DID I HEAR YOU? NO, I HEARD A VOICE COMING FROM THAT. ANYTHING ELSE MS. MALL? DO YOU MAD MAYOR? I JUST WANNA, UM, CLARIFY AS WELL THAT, UM, WE DID NOT GO OVER BUDGET . IT WAS STILL WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT WE WERE GIVEN. UM, SO WE STILL, UH, STRIVE, ESPECIALLY THROUGH MY DIRECTOR TO REMAIN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND NOT TO GO OVER ANY BUDGETS THAT WERE APPROVED. SO THAT'S ALL I WOULD LIKE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, THE BUDGET WHO APPROVED THOSE TYPE OF MONIES. MS. ERICA MAYBE CAN LET ME KNOW, OR LET REFRESH MY MEMORY. MS. ERICA PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED, ONCE AGAIN, ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. SO THE BUDGET IS APPROVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION. UM, WE HAVEN'T ALLOTTED ALLOTTED BUDGET FOR SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THEN INTERNALLY WE BREAK DOWN THE BUDGET ACCORDING TO EVENTS. UM, BUT I DO WANNA POINT OUT MADAM MAYOR, THAT WE HAVE BEEN CHARGED IN THE PAST WITH ENHANCING OUR PROGRAM. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING. AND I DO WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT THAT, THAT DJ CHRIS NOT ONLY DOES EVENTS FOR PARKS, BUT HE DOES EVENTS FOR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AGAIN. MAY I ASK MISS ERICA THE BUDGET? I CAN RECALL LAST YEAR THERE WAS NO LINE ITEM THAT OKAY, NOTHING WAS SPECIFIC IN THE BUDGET THAT, OKAY, IT'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OR $200,000 FOR FOUR PARKS AND RECREATION OR WHATEVER IT IS. SO MAYBE THIS YEAR, SINCE WE ARE GOING TO MEET THAT, WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS LINE ITEM THAT IT WON'T BE THAT IS $80,000 OR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IT IS, OH, IT'S A HUNDRED. COULD HAVE BEEN A HUNDRED THOUSAND, BUT WE HAVE ONLY SPENT 80,000. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. THANK YOU, MS. MELODY. MAYOR MADAM MAYOR. OH, MM-HMM . COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, HONESTLY, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT FOLLOWED LIKE THE BUDGET. I MEAN, WE APPROVED THE BUDGET. I DON'T SEE ANYONE GOING OVER THE BUDGET OF WHAT WE APPROVE. I THINK, UM, OUR STAFF, GIVEN WHAT THEY HAVE IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF IT. AND I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING WRONG. I THINK MELANIE'S DOING A GOOD JOB AT WHAT SHE'S DOING. UM, IF THERE IS, IF SHE'S GOING OVER THE BUDGET, THEN I WOULD SEE THAT WHERE THE CONVERSATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAD. BUT SHE'S NOT GOING OVER THE BUDGET. SHE'S STAYING WITHIN THE BUDGET. UM, I LOOKED AT DJ, UM, WEBSITE. HE HAS DONE A LOT. HE'S DOING NOT JUST FOR THE CITY, A LOT OF DAY LAKES, HE WORKS AT OAKLAND PARK. HE WORKS WITH SEVERAL CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO HE SEEMED, HE HAS A WEBSITE THAT WE SHOULD CHECK OUT. HE SEEMED LIKE AN LEGITIMATE PERSON. AND AGAIN, SHE'S EXPLAINING THAT IF SHE, IF DJ CHRIS, YOU HIRE HIM AND HE DOES SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS. IF WE HIRE HIM JUST FOR THE DJ, THEN THEY'RE ALREADY SHORT STAFFED, WILL HAVE TO DO ALL THE OTHER LITTLE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. SO YOU HIRE ONE MAIN PERSON AND THEY COMPLETE EVERYTHING. AND, UM, BASED UPON THE, THE, THE PRINTOUT I SEE THEY ITEMIZE EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING IS BROKEN DOWN, HOW MUCH IT COST AND EVERYTHING IS SEEMED TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT TO ME. SO I DON'T SEE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH IT AT ALL. MAYBE WE WANT TO MAYBE GET A SECOND PERSON TO SEE IF THERE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON, ON HAND TO GO TO AND SAY, HEY, WHAT DJ PRICE IS, WHAT'S YOUR PRICE OR SOMETHING. BUT I, UM, MADAM, I DON'T SEE WHERE THERE'S ANYTHING. AND I THINK PARKS AND REX IS DOING A VERY, VERY GOOD JOB IN THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE THESE EVENTS GOOD. SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG. UM, SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON THAT. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MELANIE FOR THAT. WONDERFUL, THANK YOU MS. EVENTS. EXPLAN WITH THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. MELANIE AND VINCE. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ITEM 5K, DISCUSSION REGARDING SPRAY, THE WORLD COMMUNITY PLAY DATE EVENT, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, WANTED TO BRING FORTH AN IDEA FOR AN EVENT THAT, UM, UH, [03:15:01] LOOKING TO, UH, BRING TO THE CITY. UH, THIS IS A COMMUNITY PLAY DAY, WHICH IS GONNA BE, UH, ENCOMPASSING FIELD DAY ACTIVITIES, UH, OPEN MIC TALENT SHOWCASE, AND, UM, THAT'S GONNA INVOLVE MUSIC, POETRY, DANCE, VISUAL ARTS, SPOKEN WORD, ET CETERA. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE TONS OF EVENTS. THE PROPOSED DATE IS SATURDAY, JULY 19TH, AND THE PROPOSED TIME IS FROM 12 TO FOUR. AND, UH, WANTED TO BRING THIS FOR DISCUSSION TO THE COMMISSION DURING OUR WORKSHOP DISCUSSION SO WE CAN TALK SOME MORE ABOUT IT. WOULD YOU CONTINUE, BECAUSE I DON'T RECALL THIS BEING SORRY WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ. YES. YOU GUYS DID NOT HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO READ IT. THESE BACKUPS WERE JUST PUT, PUT HERE ON THE DAY IS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, FOR THE RECORD, BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, UH, BE ABLE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IT. AND, UM, I DID ASK FOR IT TO BE ON THE WORKSHOP SO WE COULD DISCUSS IT ON THE AGENDA. BUT IF YOU WANTED ME TO CONTINUE, I CAN. UH, BASICALLY WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS WE HAVE, UH, AN EVENT THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, REALLY, IT'S NO COST TO THE CITY, BUT OF COURSE, UH, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR US TO COVER THE MOBILE STAGE AS WELL AS, UH, FIRE AND POLICE. OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY. UH, THIS IS GONNA BE WITH A PARTNER THAT'S WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES BEFORE THAT'S HAD A GREAT TURNOUT IN ALL OF THEIR EVENTS THAT THEY'VE HAD, UH, OVER 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO WORK WITH A CITY SO THEY CAN, UH, WORK WITH US AND GET THE, THIS EVENT PROMOTED. UH, SO WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COME OUT WITH THINGS TO DO. I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING GOOD FOR PHYSICAL FITNESS TALENT SHOWCASE AS WELL AS A ART SHOWCASE. AND, UM, THE TARGET AUDIENCE AGAIN, IS OUR YOUTH K THROUGH 12, UH, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, PARENTS AND FAMILIES. BUT I THINK THIS IS A NO-BRAINER TYPE OF EVENT. OF COURSE, IF THERE'S QUESTIONS, I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU GUYS. UH, THIS IS JUST OUR FIRST DISCUSSION ON IT. UH, BUT AGAIN, THERE IS, UH, LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE CITY COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WHO IS SOUTH PROMO.COM. SOUTH PROMO.COM IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT DOES EVENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND IT'S RAN BY JESSICA, I CAN'T REMEMBER HER LAST NAME, IF IT'S HERE. JESSICA WILLIAMS. SO THAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMPANY ORGANIZATION THAT'S LOOKING TO DO THE EVENT HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND THEY'VE DONE EVENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE. THEY'VE DONE BACKPACK GIVEAWAYS, THEY'VE DONE, UM, FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS IS USUALLY WHAT THEY SPECIALIZE IN FOR SURE. BUT THEY'VE DONE, UM, AN EVENT SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE. THE AGENDA ITEM STATES THAT THIS WILL BE ONE OF YOUR INITIATIVES. BUT YOU SAID THERE'S NO COST TO THE CITY. YES, THAT WOULD BE WELL NO COST TO ME EITHER, I GUESS. UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS WILL BE ONE OF MY INITIATIVES AND, UM, IT, THE ONLY THING IT'S GONNA BE, UH, REQUESTING IS FIRING POLICE. SO BY WHOM? THAT'S FOR ME TO GO BACK AND FIGURE OUT TO YOU. MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. SO IF IT QUESTION, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IF IT'S YOUR INITIATIVE, WHY DO WE NEED, DIDN'T WE APPROVE THAT AS YOUR INITIATIVE ALREADY? WHY DO WE NEED TO DO IT AGAIN? WE DIDN'T, WE NEVER APPROVED THIS. THIS IS COMING TO US FOR THE FIRST TIME, COMMISSIONER. BUT YOU SAID IT'S YOUR INITIATIVE. GO AHEAD. THIS IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE ONE OF MY INITIATIVES. OH, IT'S NOT, IT IT WASN'T AN INITIAL. YEAH, NO MA'AM. OH, OKAY. I I MEAN I'M ALL FOR IT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT CAUSING THE CITY HARM AND THE LEG AND, UM, WE'RE NOT PAYING. UM, WHAT IS IT CALLED AGAIN? CONSULTING FEE. WHAT IS IT? WAS IT, WAS THAT THE WORD? I'M NOT REMEMBER, BUT, UM, IF IT'S ALL YOU NEED IS A STAGE FIRE AND POLICE, UM, THAT'S IN KIND DONATION, ARE THEY GONNA BE CHARGED TO COME TO THIS EVENT? NO, NOBODY WOULD BE CHARGED. THIS WOULD BE A COMPLETELY FREE, UM, EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY WANNA USE VINCENT TORRES PARK. UM, ACTUALLY I, I SEE THAT WE CAN TALK SOMEWHERE ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS EITHER VT PARK OR WILLY WEBB SAID SOMEWHERE ON HERE. WILL YOU BOB? I'M, I'M, I MEAN IT SOUND, I MEAN, BASICALLY OF WHAT I'VE READ, IT SOUNDS GOOD. AND IF IT'S NOT GONNA COST US ANYTHING AND IT'S FREE TO THE COMMUNITY, I'M ALL FOR IT. I WASN'T HERE. MADAM MAYOR. MS. UM, COMMISSIONER? YES MA'AM. VICE MAYOR. HE SAID IT'S COMMUNITY PLAY DAY TO LIFE. WHAT'S THAT? SO THIS IS GONNA BE A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT'S GONNA BE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WHERE, UH, FRIENDS, FAMILIES OF ALL AGES CAN COME OUT AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. THERE'S GONNA BE ACTIVITIES, OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, FLAG FOOTBALL, A BASKETBALL [03:20:01] TOURNAMENT, KICKBALL, TOURNAMENT SACK RACES, JUST THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO WITH THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE AN OPEN MIC TALENT SHOWCASE OF MUSIC, POETRY SPOKEN WORD. AND WE'RE TARGETING PARENTS AND FAMILIES AND PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS, WE'RE PROPOSING TO HAVE IT, I'M PROPOSING TO HAVE IT ON SATURDAY, JULY 19TH FROM 12 TO 4:00 PM SO THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME TO MARKET IT, PROMOTE IT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS DONE BY SOUTH PROMO WHO WANTS TO WORK WITH ME AS A SPONSORING COMMISSIONER ON THIS EVENT. AND THEY'VE DONE EVENTS LIKE THIS BEFORE. THEY'VE WORKED WITH CITIES, THEY'VE DONE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, BACKPACK GIVEAWAYS, TURKEY GIVEAWAYS, AND UM, ACTUALLY HAVE A, A FEW MORE IDEALS ON WHAT TO WORK WITH THEM IN THE FUTURE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE BASED ON OUR LAST DISCUSSION, I THINK THEY'RE A GOOD PE GOOD ORGANIZATION TO WORK WITH. 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT CHARGING US CONSULTING FEES. OKAY. UH, THE ONLY, UH, I GUESS ON OUR PART WOULD BE THE IN-KIND DONATION OF FIRING POLICE. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. WILL THEY BE PROVIDING, UM, FULL FORWARD WHO WILL BE MANNING DOING ALL THAT WITHIN THEIR, WITH SOUTH PRO PROMO.COM? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UH, BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT SOMETIMES OUR STAFF GOTTA DO A LOT OF THE LEGWORK. THEY'RE DOING ALL OF THE WORK, BUT WILLING TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE MANAGING, UH, PEOPLE FOR THE EVENT. IF THERE'S VENDORS, THEY'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH VENDORS COORDINATING THAT. THEY'RE GONNA VOL COORDINATE THEIR VOLUNTEERS, UH, BUT THEY'RE COMPLETELY OPEN TO WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS TO DO AS FAR AS HOW WE WANT TO, UH, MANAGE THE EVENT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I, I'M HEARING TWO THINGS HERE. I'M HEARING, UM, THE ONLY THING THAT'S NEEDED IS A STAGE POLICE AND FIRE. BUT NOW I'M ALSO HEARING, UM, WORKING WITH STAFF AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED A QUESTION PRIOR, IF THEY WILL HAVE A FULL FORCE OUT VOLUNTEERS SETTING THIS UP, DOING ALL WHATEVER, BECAUSE HERE AGAIN, HAVING ADDITIONAL STAFF COME OUT IS PAYMENT OF MONEY. YEAH, NO, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL FORCE OUT THERE OF STAFF. THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL FORCE OF STAFF. UM, OF COURSE IF IT IS MY INITIATIVE AND IT'S DONE, UH, THROUGH MY OFFICE AS COMMISSIONER, I WAS TOLD THAT IN THE GENERAL BUDGET, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED FOR A STAFF TO ANTICIPATE BEING THERE FOR INITIATIVE BASED EVENTS. UM, BUT NO, IT'S NOT GONNA COST US THAT THE CITY ANY EXTRA MONEY, UH, THAT WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT, IT'S GONNA BE, UM, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING. THEY'RE JUST LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH A CITY. UH, SO WE CAN BRAND THE EVENT PROPERTY. WE KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO COST US ANYTHING, BUT IN ACTUALITY IT IS GOING TO COST US ANYTHING. AS FAR AS STAFF IS CONCERNED, I'M SURE WE WILL NEED THE STAFF TO SET UP THE STAGE BECAUSE THAT IS OUR STAGE AND WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR STAGE FIRE POLICE. WILL SOUTH PROMO HAVE ENOUGH WORKERS SO THAT OUR STAFF WILL NOT HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD. AND I WANNA BE CLEAR ON THAT. MY, MY, MY CONFUSION JUST NOW WAS I SAID THEY MENTIONED WHATEVER WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH. SO IF, IF, IF WE COME IN AND WE SAY, LISTEN, WE KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE IT ALL, BUT WE WANT THIS STAFF, THIS STAFF TO BE OVER, THEY, THEY'LL DO WHATEVER WE WANT, BUT IF WE JUST PROVIDE THE PARK FOR THEM, THEY'RE GONNA COME AND MAKE IT HAPPEN. OF COURSE, THE STAGE, THE CITY ONLY KNOWS HOW TO OPEN THE STAGE OR WHATNOT, BUT YES, THERE WILL BE A COST SOMEWHERE FOR FIRE AND POLICE, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT I, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF SPEAKING WITH THEM, THEY HAVE A FULL FORCE READY TO DO IT. CAN WE GET INFORMATION ON THE COST OF FIRE POLICE? SURE. SO, UH, SORRY TO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR ACTON, CITY MANAGER, IF, IF SHE CAN GET OH, DIDN'T DOWN. YEAH. MADAM MANAGER. WELL OF COURSE WE DO HAVE THE FIRE CHIEF HERE AND THE POLICE CHIEF WHO CAN PROVIDE US INFORMATION ABOUT THESE DETAILS AND HOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COST BREAKDOWN WOULD POSSIBLY LOOK, NOT SURE IF THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE EXACT NUMBERS, BUT POSSIBLY THEY COULD GIVE US SOME TYPE OF IDEA. SO FIRE AND POLICE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING TO THE PODIUM, CHIEF HACKETT, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSION. UH, WE WOULD'VE TO SEE, UH, SPEAKING FROM OURSELF, UH, I WOULD'VE TO SEE PLANS TO SEE WHAT, WHAT IS NEEDED, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ATTENDING, IF [03:25:01] THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WHERE EXTRA INSPECTIONS MIGHT HAVE TO INCUR. UH, WE'D ALSO HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE IN THE BUDGET, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN USED IN KIND ALREADY AND WHAT WE CAN AFFORD. SO CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND DS. UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME THING. WE HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU'RE EXPECTING TO ATTEND AND JUST LOOK AT THE SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED SO WE CAN ACTUALLY GIVE YOU A, UM, YOU KNOW, A LEGITIMATE, UM, SET OF NUMBERS AS TO WHAT WE WILL NEED, HOW LONG THE EVENT WOULD LAST, HOW MANY OFFICERS WE WOULD NEED TO BE THERE BEFORE, AFTER, AND DURING. SO, UM, WITH A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, WE CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS. THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE IT COULDN'T BE MORE DETAILED RIGHT NOW, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DURING, DURING YOUR DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, YOU STATED THAT AT OUR EVENTS BUDGET INCLUDES STAFF THAT WOULD HELP TO SUPPLEMENT WORKERS AT OUR EVENTS. SO ARE WE POSSIBLY LOOKING@IFSOUTHPROMO.COM DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFF THAT WE'RE FALLING BACK ON THAT PARTICULAR STATEMENT? SORRY, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION. IN YOUR DISCUSSION EARLIER, YOU STATED THAT IN OUR BUDGET, IN SPEC IN EVENTS BUDGET, THAT THERE ARE ALREADY STAFF WHO WOULD PARTICIPATE, HELP ASSIST IN EVENTS. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF SOUTH SOUTH PROMO.COM DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, THEN ARE WE LOOKING AT THOSE STAFF REFERENCE IN YOUR STATEMENT TO PULL UP THE SLACK SOUTH PROMO HAS TOLD ME THAT ALL THEY NEED IS A SPACE. OKAY. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. OKAY. I ALSO WANTED TO SAY TO, TO MY COMMENT EARLIER, UM, I, I'M NOT SURE WHICH BUDGET IT'S SPECIFICALLY IN, BUT WHAT I WAS TOLD IS JUST LIKE HOW I HAVE MY CHEST CHALLENGE AND IT GOES FROM SIX TO NINE. OH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WHAT'S IN OUR BUDGET IS STAFF EXPECTS THAT THAT CAN HAPPEN SOMETIMES, SO IT'S NOT AN EXTRA EXPENDITURE. THAT'S WHAT I WAS, UH, CLARIFYING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? NO. OH, UH, MA MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU. UH, AND THANK YOU, UM, POLICE, UH, CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AND CHIEF HACKETT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THESE GENTLEMEN OBVIOUSLY DON'T, DON'T, CAN'T, CAN'T GIVE US AN ANSWER. UM, I PLAN TO WORK WITH THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO GET THOSE SPECIFICS SO WE CAN GET A NUMBER. I JUST WANTED THIS TO BE A FIRST ROUND OF DISCUSSION. SO IF THE COMMISSION DIDN'T FIELD IT AS A GOOD IDEA. WE WOULD'VE JUST STOPPED RIGHT HERE. BUT, UM, IF THERE'S NO PUSHBACK, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET THOSE DETAILS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND COMMISSIONERS, I'LL BE WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER HARRISON TO ENSURE THAT WE GET THOSE NUMBERS. AND AT THIS TIME, UM, MADAM MAYOR, I DO, UM, REALIZE THAT MS. NICOLE HALL ADVISED THAT SHE HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARD TO THE CITY MANAGER ITEM IF IT PLEASES THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION YES. TO ALLOW HER TO SPEAK. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR NICOLE HALL AGAIN. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SAID. UM, IT IS IN REGARDS TO WHAT I SAID EARLIER, AFTER THE, UM, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AFTER THE ITEM JI WANTED TO JUST REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF US NOT RUSHING TO HIRE CITY MANAGER AND TO CLEAN UP OUR HOUSE. AND MAYBE WE'VE BEEN ASKING MYSELF AND MANY PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT, BUT THIS YEAR LET'S STEP DOWN AND MAYBE NOT BE AS AGGRESSIVE. WE NEEDED TO DO MAYBE AN INTERNAL AUDIT OF DEPARTMENTS, UM, BEFORE WE HAND IT OVER, I BELIEVE TO A PERSON COMING IN, UM, A NEW CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE ALSO. UM, COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME. MOMENT, MS. HALL. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE HAVEN'T ADJOURNED YET. OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. MS. HALL? YES. BRIEFLY. MM-HMM . UM, WE NEED TO CLEAN HOUSE. I THINK, UM, BEFORE WE FOCUS ON BRINGING IN A NEW CITY MANAGER, LIKE COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON SAID, UM, I DID FEEL AS IF MAYBE THAT PARTICULAR STAFF OR THAT DEPARTMENT WAS UNDER FIRE WHEN THERE ARE AREAS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT. AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO REEMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MAYBE NOT [03:30:01] RUSHING TO BRING IN A NEW CITY MANAGER IN 60 DAYS. KEEP WHAT WE HAVE, CLEAN OUR HOUSE, FIX UP AND ERASE AND GO FORWARD. START FRESH. THANK YOU, MS. HALL. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA. THANK YOU. IT IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.