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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE.
WE ARE GLAD RECORDING IN PROGRESS.
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EVERYONE.WE, WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE TO ATTEND OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE SEE SOME FAMILIAR FACES, WE SEE FACES THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN IN A MINUTE, BUT OVERALL, WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE FOR OUR MEETING THIS EVENING.
WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE TURN OFF OF SILENCE OR CELL PHONES.
ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.
ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO.
PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH 5 4 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.
MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME.
THE MERIT OF HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME.
EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORM LOCATED AT THE PODIUM, JUST OUTSIDE THE COMMISSION CHAMBER.
THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING.
AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS.
PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER AGAIN, GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.
MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.
ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.
HERE, VICE MAYOR SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY PRESENT.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ITEM THREE A.
OUR INVOCATION WILL PROVIDED BY RABBI UTA ESTELLE OF THE JEWISH CENTER OF LAUDERDALE LACE.
REVEREND RABBI, I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING ME.
FELLOW CONGRESSMAN, UH, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CLERKS.
THIS WEEK'S PORTION THAT WE'RE READING IS CALLED BACH, AND IT SPEAKS ABOUT A KING WHO FEARED THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL, WHO FEARED THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL AND HIRED A PROPHET NAMED BIEM TO CURSE THEM.
BUT EACH TIME BIEM TRIED TO SPEAK A CURSE, ONLY BLESSINGS EMERGED INSTEAD OF DESTRUCTION, HE WAS MOVED TO SAY IN THE HEBREWS SAYING, MOTO ISRAEL, HOW GOOD ARE YOUR TENTS? SO JACOB, YOUR, YOUR DWELLING PLACES, OH, ISRAEL.
HE REALIZED THAT THE TRUE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE COMES NOT FROM POWER OR INTIMIDATION, BUT FROM THE WAY THEY LIVE, THE VALUES THEY CARRY, THE UNITY AND DIGNITY WITHIN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES.
THE DEEPER LESSON, THIS IS WHEN WE LIVE WITH PURPOSE, COMPASSION, AND INTEGRITY, EVEN THOSE WHO SEEK TO OPPOSE US CAN BECOME CONDUITS OF BLESSINGS.
LIGHT ALWAYS OVERCOMES DARKNESS.
AS WE GATHER THIS EVENING FOR OUR COMMISSIONS MEETING, LET US TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO HEART.
MAY WE BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, CLARITY, AND UNDERSTANDING.
MAY THE WORK OF OUR HANDS BE BLESSED.
MAY HEAVEN GRANT A STRENGTH TO SERVE WITH HONESTY, HUMILITY, AND PEACE.
MAY ALL THOSE WHO SIT AT THE, AT THESE TABLES AND THESE SEATS AND WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, BE A VESSEL FOR GOODNESS.
AND MAY WE BRING BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY WE, WE REPRESENT.
AND MAY WE REMAR TO SEE THE WORDS OF THE FULFILLMENT, UH, OF THE, OF THE PROPHET FULFILLED IN OUR TIME.
MAY ALL INTENDED HARM BE TURNED TO GOOD.
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND GUARD YOU.
MAY GOD SHINE HIS FACE UPON YOU AND BE GRACIOUS TO YOU.
MAY GOD LIFT HIS FACE TO YOU AND GRANT YOU PEACE.
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PLEASE REMAIN STANDING IN.JOIN US IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WI IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
RABBI ELLE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRAYER, FOR THE CITY, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE THANK YOU SO MUCH ALWAYS FOR COMING WHEN WE CALL YOU, AND PLEASE COME AGAIN AND JOIN ONE OF OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS FOR THAT.
[A. PRESENTATION OF A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF $314,830 FROM THE PENNY SURPLUS TAX FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR CAUSWELL)]
FOUR, PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS FOR A PRESENTATION OF A CHECK IN THE AMOUNT OF THREE $314,830 FROM THE PENNY SURPLUS TAX FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR COLEVILLE.THIS CHECK REPRESENTS THE SURPLUS FROM THE PENNY TAX, I'M SURE IF YOU ARE PART OF BROWARD COUNTY.
A FEW YEARS AGO, THEY DECIDED INSTEAD OF 6 CENTS, THEY ASKED FOR 7 CENTS.
AND I RARELY DID NOT EXPECT 1 CENT TO DO SO MUCH.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE MAP BROWARD MOBILITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM, THIS CHECK IS BEING PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF LORD DE LAKES.
AND I'M GOING TO ASK MS. HEIDI, WHO REPRESENTS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THIS CHECK FOR $314 830 $214,830.
I KNOW THIS WILL GO A VERY, VERY FAR AWAY AND I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY OF THE SURPLUS TAX THAT WILL BE COMING TO MY GREAT CITY, THE CITY OF LORD, THE DE LAKES, WHERE WE ALWAYS SAY WE CARE.
SO MISS HEIDI, ON BEHALF OF MAP BROWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS CHECK.
IT CANNOT BE USED UNTIL OCTOBER.
I DON'T THINK IF THERE WILL BE ANY INTEREST ACCRUED, MAYBE IT'LL, WHO KNOWS, BUT FOR NOW, I KNOW THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ANXIOUS TO DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THIS PART OF MONEY.
SO ON BEHALF OF BROWARD SURPLUS, I'M GIVING YOU THIS CHECK.
I KNOW IT'LL GO FAR, FAR AWAY BECAUSE THINGS ARE REALLY, REALLY GETTING HIRED IN TALLAHASSEE.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WASHINGTON, BUT I KNOW IN TALLAHASSEE IT'S GETTING HIRED.
AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS PUT TO GOOD USE.
AND WE WILL ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMM ME AND COMMISSION IS, UM, WE WILL UPDATE YOU ON WHERE THIS GOES AND YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.
DID YOU WANT US TO TAKE A PICTURE? UM, MADAM MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS IN ATTENDANCE.
DID YOU WANT A PICTURE? MADAM VICE MAYOR, DID YOU WANT A PICTURE? YOU WANT A PICTURE WITH THE COMMISSION? OH, COME ON COMMISSIONER.
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AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.I KNOW WE HAVE A LAUNCH OF ITEMS THAT WE CAN USE THAT CHECK FOR, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO OCTOBER GETTING HERE WHEN WE CAN DECIDE WHERE IT'S GOING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
[B. PRESENTATION - LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BY THE CITY'S LOBBYISTS YOLANDA CASH JACKSON, LATOYA SHEALS AND JILEAH WILDER OF BECKER & POLIAKOFF]
FOUR B PRESENTATION, LEGISLATIVE UPDATE BY THE CITY LOBBYIST YOLANDA CASH, JACKSON, LATOYA SHIELDS, ANGELOU, WILDER OF BECKER AND POLIO CAR.GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSION CITY MANAGER.
AS THE MAYOR STATED, I'M LATOYA SHIELDS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS CONSULTANT WITH BECKER AND POLLA COUGH AND MY COLLEAGUE JULIA WILDER.
UM, WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF LEGISLATIVE UPDATE OF WHAT TOOK PLACE THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
UM, FIRST OFF, I WANNA SAY JUST THANK YOU.
IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO YOURSELVES.
YOU SHOULD PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO DO COMING UP TO TALLAHASSEE.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU WERE ABLE TO SEE YOUR MEMBERS IN ACTION AND SEE WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO.
UM, THIS PARTICULAR LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS ONE FOR THE BOOKS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY DIFFERENT AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THAT AROUND, UM, THE SESSION BEGAN IN JANUARY OF 2020.
BUT PRIOR TO THAT WE HAD THREE SPECIAL SESSIONS JUST PRIOR TO US DOING THE REGULAR GAVEL IN FOR THE REGULAR SESSION.
AND THEN WE JUST FINISHED TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH.
SO, AND ALL THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS NORMALLY SUPPOSED TO BE 60 DAYS, AND I THINK IT ENDED AT 107, SO THAT LETS YOU, YEAH.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THOUGH, QUICKLY IN YOUR PACKET, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, UH, JANUARY, JUNE, I KEEP SAYING JANUARY, BUT JUNE, JUNE 30TH, UM, THE GOVERNOR ACTUALLY SIGNED SB 2,500, WHICH IS IDENTIFIED AS THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.
AND THAT IS A, UM, WHAT WE ALL KNOW AS THE BUDGET.
YOU ALL, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PRESENTED THREE LEGISLATIVE, UH, BUDGET ITEMS, UM, ONE BEING YOUR ALZHEIMER'S PROGRAM, WHICH WE KNOW IS A VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
UM, AS WELL AS A TWO WATER PROJECTS, ONE FOR THE CANAL, THREE A STORM WATER, AND ONE FOR SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THE ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT WAS SUCCESSFUL AND, UH, THAT CAME IN AT $251,449.
THAT ONE SAVE, SO YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, BE RECEIVING THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER TWO, UH, WERE NOT AS SUCCESSFUL.
HOWEVER, IN THE OUTLINE OR IN THE PACKET, I PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH DIFFERENT RESOURCES AND ALTERNATIVES OF WHAT YOU CAN DO AS IT RELATES TO FUNDING.
UM, LAST, UM, SESSION, THE GOVERNOR MADE A POINT IN MENTIONING THAT FOR DIFFERENT WATER PROJECTS TO CONTACT THE STATE AGENCY, THAT BEING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.
SO I HAVE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ALL, PROVIDED A DIFFERENT LIST OF GRANTS, BUT I ALSO PROVIDED LIKE A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF WHAT SB 2,500, UH, KIND OF OUTLINED IN DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY HERE AND THERE, WHETHER IT'S FUNDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, SUCH AS THE JOB GROWTH GRANT THAT WAS $50 MILLION THAT THEY AWARDED, UM, FUNDS SUCH AS THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION WASTEWATER GRANTS, UH, UH, UH, WATER QUALITY GRANTS.
THIS YEAR IT WAS $426 MILLION.
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SO PUTTING ALL THOSE THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU ALL.SO YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE DIFFERENT POTS OF MONEY.
I BELIEVE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, THEIR, UM, APPLICATION PROCESS IF IT HASN'T OPENED, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING OF JULY, PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.
BUT I WILL KEEP YOU GUYS ABREAST.
I'VE BEEN KEEPING IN CONTACT WITH EVERYBODY TO LET YOU KNOW WHEN THINGS OPEN SO THAT YOU ALL CAN APPLY, UM, FROM A LEGISLATIVE PERSPECTIVE.
UM, I KIND OF OUTLINED IT, JUST GIVING YOU ALL A PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT YOUR ACTUAL DELEGATION PRESENTED AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PASSED.
UM, 260 BILLS WERE PASSED THIS SESSION.
IT PROBABLY WAS ABOUT 1900 THAT WAS FILED, BUT 260 BILLS WERE PASSED.
AND OUT OF THAT, THOSE 269, I THINK ABOUT 16 WERE DONE, APPROVED BY YOUR BROWARD DELEGATION AND NINE BILLS WERE VETOED.
AND, UM, YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE LAY DOWN.
AND I KEPT, UM, A RUN OF THOSE BILLS THAT WERE IMPORTANT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS JUST ALL AROUND.
UM, I HIGHLIGHTED THOSE BILLS AS WELL.
AND I ALSO MADE A POINT IN MENTIONING THE BILLS IN THE END, WHICH ARE, UM, UH, BILLS THAT FAILED.
AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY, SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT CERTAIN BILLS SUCH AS MAYBE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION WITH THE CRAS OR LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES OR EVEN PROPERTY TAXES, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT FORTUNATELY DID NOT PASS.
BUT WHAT YOU WILL KNOW IS THAT NINE TIMES OUT 10, WE MAY SEE THEM AGAIN FOR THIS PARTICULAR, FOR THE NEXT SESSION COMING UP SESSION BEGINS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, WELL, NEXT YEAR, 2026.
WE GO BACK IN FOR COMMITTEE WEEKS IN OCTOBER AND, UH, WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THE PRIORITIES OF THE CITY.
AND, UH, IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL BE BACK.
I DON'T HAVE ANY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR, UM, GREAT PRESENTATION AND YES, IT WAS VERY FUN BEING IN TALLAHASSEE.
UM, EVERY TIME I GO I'M ALWAYS AMAZED HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO WALK
AND YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB IN SHEPHERDING US THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTOOD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, TO YOU AND THE BECKER TEAM.
UM, MY, MY QUESTION IS, AND I HAD A, UM, A ISSUE WITH OUR, OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER WENT UP THERE BEFORE US AND THEY CAME BACK AND, UH, TO ME IT JUST KIND OF FELT LIKE DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD BEFORE THE COMMISSION HAD A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF THOSE INITIAL DISCUSSIONS.
NOW THE WAY TALLAHASSEE WORKS DURING COMMITTEE WEEK, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON.
UM, HOW SOON CAN WE, THIS NEXT TIME AROUND BE INVOLVED ON THE FRONT END OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS? SO WE WILL HAVE, WE WILL START DISCUSSING THINGS SEPTEMBER, WE'LL REACH OUT AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO PREPARE FOR OCTOBER, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OFF IN AUGUST, SO I WOULD SAY PROBABLY IN SEPTEMBER.
AND GET THE LAY OF THE LAND, FIGURE OUT, UM, PRIORITIES OF THE CITY AS WELL AS PRIORITIES OF THE, UM, LEGISLATURE, THE SPEAKER AND THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE MENTION REALLY QUICKLY TOO, OF, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE AIDS FOR REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD OFFICE.
BRIAN AND REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL'S OFFICE.
CHARLES, BECAUSE THEY WERE SPONSORS OF YOUR PROJECT, SO THEY'RE HERE AS WELL.
THEY MAY WANNA ADD SOMETHING, BUT I WANT TO POINT THAT OUT.
I'M LISTENING THAT THE CA BILL YES, MA'AM.
EITHER DIDN'T PASS OR WAS ASKED OR WHATEVER.
DOES IT APPEAR THAT IT MAY COME BACK AROUND NEXT SESSION? YES, MA'AM.
SHE SAID I IMAGINE THAT IT WOULD, I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN.
OH, I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN, BUT I IMAGINE THAT IT, IT WOULD, IT, IT, IT GOT THROUGH, UM, PROBABLY AT LEAST TO THE LAST, UM, COMMITTEE STOP.
USUALLY THEY HAVE THREE, IT GOT THROUGH TO AT LEAST THE LAST COMMITTEE STOP.
UM, SO IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF IT DID COME BACK, BUT WE WON'T KNOW FOR SURE FOR THOSE CRAS THAT ARE SUNSETTING AND CITY OF LAUDERDALE, LAKE CRAS WILL SUNSET IN 30.
WILL THAT AFFECT US AT ALL IF IT IS PASSED? POSSIBLY.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE NEW LANGUAGE WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO WE'RE IN 25, SO FIVE YEARS MAYBE IT'LL TAKE THEM THAT LONG TO GET IT BACK AROUND AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, UM, ONLY ONE COMMENT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAYS, I HAVE THE FIRST YEAR I WORE HIGH HEELS, BUT THE NEXT TIME I SAID,
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NO, GO DOWN LOW, GO DOWN LOW, SHARONSO, BUT IT WAS REALLY AN ENGAGING AND, UH, CONVERSATION WITH ALL OUR LEGISLATIVE AND MEETING THE NEW ONES THAT HAVE COME ON BOARD AS WELL.
AND BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ABSOLUTELY.
AND THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN, SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, UH, FOR THE RECORD.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS ONLINE.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE OBSERVATION THAT WHEN WE DO GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND DISCUSS WITH OUR LEGISLATORS, IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A FACE WITH PAPERWORK AND MM-HMM
TO PUT FACE WITH A TELEPHONE CALL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THAT GIVES US A HAND UP, BUT AT LEAST IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEM.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS EARLY MORNING, LATE NIGHT, WALKING FROM HERE TO THERE, BUT WE KNOW IT IS ALL FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY.
AND PLEASE TELL THOMAS MADAM MAYOR, PLEASE TELL MS. YOLANDA CASH JACKSON THAT WE MISSED HER, WHETHER BY, YOU KNOW, VIDEO ABSOLUTELY.
WE MISSED HER IN OUR PRESENCE.
SHE, MS. WILDER, WE ALWAYS GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
MY NAME IS CHARLES HOROWITZ AND I'M THE LEGISLATIVE PAID FOR REPRESENTATIVE CAMPBELL.
UH, FIRST I DO JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, UH, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THOSE OF YOU WHO DID COME TO TALLAHASSEE.
IT WAS A GREAT BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA GO OVER REAL QUICK SOME OF THE LEGISLATION, UM, THAT PASSED AND THEN SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING.
UH, THE FIRST IS, WE KNOW THAT PROPERTY INSURANCE IS A MAJOR ISSUE, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
UM, WE'VE ALL SEEN IT IN OUR BILLS.
AND, UM, THERE WAS A BILL THAT THE HOUSE PASSED THAT WOULD'VE SLIGHTLY CHANGED THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK IN WHICH PROPERTY INSURANCE DISPUTES ARE MADE.
UM, IT WOULD'VE CHANGED IT FROM THE CURRENT SYSTEM, UH, TO A LOSER PAY SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD'VE RESTORED BALANCE THAT WAS PASSED BY THE HOUSE ON THE BROAD BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DID DIE IN THE SENATE.
UM, I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROPERTY TAX PROPOSALS THAT ARE UN CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW IN THE HOUSE.
UM, THERE'S FIVE PROPOSED IDEAS, AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT AT LEAST ONE OF THEM APPEARS TO BE DEAD ON ARRIVAL.
THAT IDEA IS THE ATTEMPT TO PROTECT HOMEOWNERS AGAINST FORECLOSURE FOR UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES ON THE HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES.
UM, IN COMMITTEE, THEIR DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WAS, WELL, ISN'T THAT JUST GOING TO SAY THAT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T WANNA PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WON'T PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAXES AND THERE WON'T BE A WAY TO GO AFTER THEM.
IT'LL KIND OF BE LIKE A POINTLESS LITTLE BILL THAT THEY GET IN THE MAIL.
UH, THAT WAS LAUGHED OUT OF COMMITTEE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME ADJUSTMENTS ALSO TO PROPERTY VALUE GROWTH CAPS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT.
ONE OF THOSE IS A 3% MAXIMUM INCREASE EVERY THREE YEARS, UM, OR INFLATION, WHICHEVER ONE THEY CHOOSE.
ANOTHER FOR NON-HOMESTEAD IS A 15% INCREASE CAP EVERY THREE YEARS.
THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GIVE THE LEGISLATOR GREATER LATITUDE TO RAISE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL.
CURRENTLY, AS YOU KNOW, FROM VOTING ON THE AMENDMENTS, EVERY TIME THEY WANNA CHANGE PROPERTY TAX RATES, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS, THE PEOPLE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT.
THERE WOULD BE A PROPOSED EXEMPTION OF HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS.
UH, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PROPOSED EXEMPTION, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR SENIORS OR THOSE WITH 30 OR MORE YEARS OF A HOMESTEAD RESIDENCY.
THEN THE LAST ONE THERE, BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE GOOD STUFF, IS THAT CITIES AND COUNTIES MAY SOON BE REQUIRED TO HOLD REFERENDUMS ON ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES ON ALL HOMESTEADED PROPERTIES.
ALL OF THESE PROPOSALS THAT YOU'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE PASSED BY THE HOUSE, THE SENATE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE VOTED ON IN 2026 OR LATER.
UM, BUT WE ARE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR CITIES ARE FINANCIALLY SOLVENT AND THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE DELIVERING ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS SOME THINGS DEALING WITH HOME RULE REAL QUICK.
HB 6 83, UH, PREEMPTS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM REGULATING SYNTHETIC TURF.
UM, SB 700, THAT'S ONE THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT ON THE FLOOR.
UH, REP CAMPBELL WAS IN ABOUT 28 DIFFERENT NEWS OUTLETS THAT ONE BANS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM ADDING FLUORIDE TO DRINKING WATER.
WE KNOW THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST PUBLIC HEALTH ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS STRONGLY AGAINST THAT.
UM, ALSO SB 9 54, THAT'S SOBER
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HOMES REGULATION.THIS CHANGES SOME THINGS REGARDING SOBER HOMES.
UH, IN ALL COUNTIES, IT PREEMPTS COUNTIES IN CITIES FROM NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY MUST ACT ON REGULATING SOBER HOMES BY JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
AND IT INCREASES THE AMOUNT OF RESIDENTS THAT THE MANAGER CAN OVERSEE FROM 150 RESIDENTS TO 300.
BUT IT MAINTAINS A ONE TO SIX STAFFING RATIO WHEN RESIDENTS ARE PRESENT.
UM, MOVING ON TO TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY.
UH, WE ALL SEE THOSE SCOOTERS ON THE ROADS.
UM, AND THOSE CAN BE REALLY DANGEROUS BOTH FOR DRIVERS WHO TRY TO AVOID THEM AND THE PEOPLE WHO USE THEM.
WE SEE THOSE ACCIDENTS ALL THE TIME.
UM, THE LEGISLATURE IN SB 4 62 PASSED A BILL THAT WOULD CLARIFY THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN SET MINIMUM AGE LIMITS THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO REQUIRE IDS FOR RIDERS, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA, AND ALSO OFFER SAFETY TRAINING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WE SEE WITH THESE SCOOTERS JUST DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO USE THEM VERY WELL.
SO THAT EDUCATION COULD GO A LONG WAY.
ALSO, WE ALL SEE HOW SCHOOL BUS SAFETY CAMERAS ARE ROLLING OUT AROUND THE STATE.
THIS BILL WOULD STREAMLINE HOW WE CAN PROCESS THOSE VIOLATIONS.
SO THEY WOULD BE ADMINISTRATIVE RATHER THAN IN A COURT.
AND SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS CAN ALSO ENFORCE THOSE.
UM, IN SB 10 80, THIS DEALS WITH DISASTER RELIEF.
SO PREVIOUSLY, A LOCAL GOVERNMENT COULD SAY, OKAY, IF A HURRICANE COMES AND IT'S GONNA KNOCK DOWN A BUNCH OF BUILDINGS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE KNOW THAT THOSE BUILDINGS NEED TO BE REBUILT SO THAT THEY ARE STRONGER AND THEY'RE MORE RESILIENT, ESPECIALLY WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.
THIS BILL SAYS THAT FOR ONE YEAR AFTER A HURRICANE, A CITY OR A COUNTY CANNOT CHANGE ANY REGULATIONS, UM, THAT WOULD IMPOSE A BUILDING MORATORIUM OR STRICTER DEVELOPMENT RULES.
SO IT DOES TAKE AWAY YOUR ABILITY TO DO THAT.
UM, WE SAW A HUGE OUTCRY OVER STATE PARKS.
YOU KNOW, OVER HERE IN BROWARD, WE HAD VDI MISSILE ULA JOHNSON PARK, WHERE THEY WANTED TO BUILD THOSE PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, AND OTHER RIDICULOUS THINGS, HOTELS, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, NOW STATE PARKS ARE COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS FOR THAT CONSERVATION BASED RECREATION.
THAT IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN OCCUR.
UM, ANY COURTS OR COURSES, UM, THAT ARE NEEDED TO PLAY THESE SPORTS LIKE PICKLEBALL, THOSE ARE NOT ALLOWED.
THEY CANNOT BULLDOZER STATE PARKS TO BE PICKLEBALL FACILITIES.
THEY CAN STILL BUILD RUSTIC CABINS.
WE SEE THAT THOSE ARE ON STATE PARKS.
UM, AND THEY ALSO NEED PUBLIC INPUT.
THEY CANNOT DO WHAT THEY DID AND TRY TO PASS ALL THESE CHANGES WITHOUT PROPERLY NOTIFYING PEOPLE.
WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE OF A WHISTLEBLOWER REPORT.
SO THE LEGISLATURE ACTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW HOW THEY PROTECT THEIR PARKS, BECAUSE WE KNOW IN FLORIDA PEOPLE REALLY SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA GO OVER SOME THINGS IN BUDGET PROVISO.
THESE THINGS WERE NOT REALLY IN LEGISLATION, BUT THEY WERE SNUCK IN AT THE LAST MINUTE.
THIS HAPPENS EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION.
WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS A NEW DOGE EQUIVALENT THAT THEY CREATED WITHIN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO NOW ALLOW THE GOVERNOR TO HAVE THE POWER TO FIND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, A THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE WITH REVIEWS FOR WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE.
WE KNOW THAT THAT SOUNDS NICE.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN HOW IT PLAYS IN PRACTICE, WHICH IS NOT SO NICE.
UM, THIS IS DONE WITHOUT ANY VOTER INPUT.
UH, IT DID NOT GO THROUGH COMMITTEE.
IT WAS JUST PUT INTO THE BUDGET.
WE DID FIGHT AGAINST IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT DID PASS.
UM, STATE AGENCIES STILL ARE NOT ABLE TO ADVERTISE OR CONTRACT WITH MEDIA OUTLETS THAT FACT CHECK OR ANALYZE BIAS.
UM, AND LIMITS ON DEI IN STATE FUNDED INSTITUTIONS ARE STILL MAINTAINS, UH, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE FOR OUR CITIES, WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE LATITUDE ON THESE THINGS AS THEY REPRESENT THEIR POPULATIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, AS ALL OF THESE NEW LAWS DO GET IMPLEMENTED, UM, OVER THE NEXT YEAR, STATE AGENCIES HAVE TO REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND LITIGATION STATUS OF A LOT OF THESE, WHICH COULD BE USEFUL FOR CITIES BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LAWSUITS OVER THINGS THAT THE LEGISLATURE DOES EVERY YEAR.
IT SEEMS LIKE MORE AND MORE MONEY IS APPROPRIATED TO HAVE THE STATE PAY FOR LAWSUITS, UM, AGAINST BILLS THAT SEEM OR, AND SOMETIMES ARE COMPLETELY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
AND, UH, ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED, AGAIN, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
THE VICE MAYOR HAS MY CARD, BUT OUR OFFICE IS AN OPEN VIRTUAL DOOR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS IN TALLAHASSEE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
NO, I WAS JUST SAYING THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, AND, AND GIVE OUR REP CAMPBELL OUR BEST.
UM, MS. YOLANDA CASH JACKSON IS NOW ONLINE.
UM, WE WANNA FINISH UP THEN FROM, UM, HELLO COMMISSION.
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MOST OF THE, UH, REALLY IMPORTANT MATERIAL WAS ALREADY COVERED, UH, BY LATOYA AND CHARLES HERE.MADAM VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, MS. CLERK AND MS. CITY MANAGER.
I'M THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR REPRESENTATIVE MITCH ROSENWALD, UH, HOUSE DISTRICT 98.
WE COVER AREAS, UH, OAKLAND PARK, UH, LARGE PORTIONS OF DEERFIELD BEACH, POMPANO, UH, SMALL PORTIONS OF FORT LAUDERDALE TAMARACK, AND OF COURSE, UH, THE WONDERFUL LAUDERDALE LAKES.
SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO SPEAK HERE TONIGHT.
UM, I SPENT, UH, COMMITTEE WEEKS AND, UH, SESSION MONTHS WITH REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD IN TALLAHASSEE.
UH, IT WAS GOOD TO GET AWAY FROM THE, UH, SOUTH FLORIDA TRAFFIC, BUT, UH, ALWAYS GREAT TO BE HOME.
UH, SO I'LL JUST BE BRIEF HERE.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ROSENWALD COULDN'T MAKE IT HERE TONIGHT.
UH, BUT JUST A COUPLE OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT I, I, I BELIEVE HE'D WANT TO SHARE.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS, UH, A BAD BILL PASSED, UH, THE CITIZENS' BALLOT INITIATIVE, WHICH, UH, CHANGED FLORIDA'S CONSTITUTION, UH, TO REQUIRE CIRCULATORS TO NOW HAVE TO GO THROUGH TRAINING AND BE REGISTERED JUST IN ORDER TO GET PETITIONS SIGNED.
UM, AND IT SHORTENED THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THESE PETITIONS FROM 30 DAYS TO 10 DAYS.
SO IT'S LIKE YOU BETTER HAVE FEDEX OVERNIGHT READY TO GO, RIGHT TO GET THESE IN, UH, ALREADY MAKING, YOU KNOW, THE 60%, UH, THRESHOLD, UH, EVEN MORE DIFFICULT.
UM, IT MAKES, UH, SIGNATORIES DISCLOSE IN ADDITION TO THEIR, UH, THEIR NAME, THEIR ADDRESS, UH, THEIR BIRTHDATE NOW, UH, LAST FOUR OF SOCIAL SECURITY.
UM, UH, AND IT, IT, IT, IT PROHIBITS PUBLIC FUNDS FROM BEING USED TO ADVANCE OR OPPOSE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
NOW, THIS, UH, LEADS TO A POINT WHICH, UH, A TOPIC THAT CHARACTERIZED THE SESSION, UM, WAS THE HOPE FLORIDA FOUNDATION SCANDAL, UM, MONEY FROM A MEDICAID SETTLEMENT, UH, WITHE, WHICH IS A GOVERNMENT SPONSORED, UH, UH, MEDICAL PROVIDER.
UM, IT TOOK THAT MONEY, UH, 67 MILLION.
IT TOOK 10 MILLION OF IT, AND IT FUNNELED IT INTO, UM, THE HOPE FLORIDA FOUNDATION, UH, WHICH IS, UH, GOVERNOR DES SANCHEZ'S WIFE'S, UM, NONPROFIT FOUNDATION.
AND FROM THERE, IT WENT INTO, UH, THESE POLITICAL COMMITTEES THAT WERE TASKED WITH, UH, UM, INHIBITING THE PROGRESSION OF, UH, THE THIRD BALLOT INITIATIVE.
SO, UH, THIS SPEAKS VERY MUCH DIRECTLY, UH, IN CONTRAST TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR HIMSELF DID.
UM, UH, MOVING ON, I WANNA MENTION THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UH, LEGISLATION.
UH, ANYONE WHO IS, UH, INHABITING, UM, UH, A CONDOMINIUM THREE STORIES ARE TALLER.
UM, THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE VERY DIFFICULT, UH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, LEVYING ON THEM.
UM, THIS BILL TRIED TO PROVIDE SOME RELIEF.
IT ALLOWS THAT, UH, BY EXTENDING THESE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY RESERVE STUDY FROM DECEMBER 31ST, 2024 TO THE END OF THIS YEAR.
SO IF IT WASN'T DONE ALREADY, YOU'RE OKAY AGAIN, BUT YOU NEED TO GET THAT DONE.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UH, IT ALLOWS FOR LINES OF CREDIT TO BE, UH, TAKEN, UH, AS PART OF THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY RESERVE STUDY.
UM, AND, UH, IT ALLOWS, UH, UH, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS TO POOL THOSE RESERVES.
UM, IT, THERE ARE ALSO REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
SO BY OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, UH, YOU NEED TO SET UP AN ONLINE ACCOUNT WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION.
AND FINALLY, THERE ARE NOW VIRTUAL MEETINGS ALLOWED.
SO, UH, THAT WILL ALLOW, UH, RIGHT, THE SNOWBIRDS TO PARTICIPATE.
IT'S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THESE.
UH, IF THE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION HAS, UH, UH, COMPLIED WITH THE, UH, MILESTONE INSPECTION AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY RESERVE STUDY, THEY CAN APPLY FOR, UH, THE MY SAFE FLORIDA CONDOMINIUM PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS HOMES TO BE HARDENED IN THE FACE OF FUTURE HURRICANES.
SO IF THEY WANNA IMPROVE YOUR DOORS, YOUR WINDOWS, YOUR ROOF, YOU CAN APPLY FOR, UM, UH, THIS, UH, GRANT PROGRAM.
AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT A CONDOMINIUM SPENDS, THE STATE WILL SPEND $2 IN SUPPORT OF THAT, UH, UP TO 175,000.
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WAS PASSED.UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE WAKE OF THESE, THIS INCREASING, UH, EPIDEMIC OF, UH, FENTANYL DEATHS, UH, FLORIDA PARTICULARLY IS, UH, SUFFERING, UH, VERY MANY OF THESE DEATHS, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS GAGE'S LAW.
THIS REQUIRES HOSPITALS TO, UH, PERFORM FENTANYL TESTS, UH, TESTING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PATIENTS ARE NOT SENT HOME WITH EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF FENTANYL.
UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND DIED BECAUSE THE HOSPITALS ARE NOT DOING THESE FENTANYL TESTS.
UM, ALSO, DIABETES MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS, GLUCADONE WILL NOW BE, I THINK I'M SAYING THAT PROPERLY WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO BE ON SITE AND ACCESSIBLE.
UH, AND FINALLY, UM, OH, THE CRA'S, UH, LEGISLATION, AS LATOYA SAID, DID NOT PASS.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON LEGISLATION OR DISTRICT MATTERS, UH, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
JUST WANNA ASK YOU ONE QUESTION, PLEASE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT BY OCTOBER 1ST, UH, THEY HAVE TO REPORT ONLINE CONDOS TO YEAH.
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS REGULATION.
UM, IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE BY DECEMBER, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THAT SAFE PROGRAM, SAFE GRANT.
UM, IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, I, I, I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
I'M NOT POSITIVE, BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE.
IF YOU, UM, I, I'LL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
MAYBE THE BEAUTIFUL, UM, MS. BECKER COULD ANSWER FOR US.
ONE QUESTION, MADAM VICE MAYOR.
THE $175,000 IN GRANT, IS IT PER CONDOMINIUM? YES.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT PER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION.
ALSO, AT ONE TIME, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION THAT EVERYONE IN THE CONDOMINIUM UNIT HAD TO AGREE.
IS THAT STILL PART OF THE REQUIREMENT? UH, IT, THAT HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM A HUNDRED PERCENT TO 75% OF THE, UH, UNIT OWNERS.
THANK YOU, ATTORNEY KASS JACKSON.
I WAS HAVING TROUBLE LOGGING ON.
I AM LIVE HERE FROM WASHINGTON D DC WISH I COULD BE THERE.
UH, HERE, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, UH, UH, ALLEN FANS AS I AM, UH, I'M A BAHAMIAN DESCENT AND I'M HERE ON LOCATION, UH, WITH THE BAHAMIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES.
SO I APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T BE THERE IN PERSON.
BUT, UM, THANK YOU TO LATOYA AND OUR TEAM FOR THE WORK.
AND, AND MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOU.
I'D LIKE TO JUST TALK JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.
THE GOVERNOR HAS AN, UH, ANOTHER YEAR, YOUR SENATOR.
UH, I KNOW WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM SENATOR OSCAR TODAY, BUT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE CAN DO OUTSIDE OF THE PROCESS SO THAT IT MAKES IT, UH, MORE ECONOMICAL, MAKES IT, MAKES SENSE, WORKING WITH STAFF TO TRY TO BRING THOSE THINGS HOME THAT YOU NEED TO DO.
UM, SO, UH, WE, YOU, I WOULD SAY STAY TUNED, UH, FOR SOME THINGS IN THE FALL WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT WATER QUALITY, WHERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UH, CANALS, BUT WE'LL HAVE THE STATE, UH, FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS OUTSIDE OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TO, TO HELP US TACKLE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH EVERY DAY.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
UM, HATS OFF TO, UH, REP CAMPBELL AND, UH, REP ROSENTHAL.
UH, THEY WERE TREMENDOUS PARTNERS ALONG WITH, UH, SENATOR OSGOOD.
THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY TO YOU IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE NEW HERE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT THIS PROCESS DOESN'T JUST ENTAIL JUST THE SESSION.
UH, WE START SESSION EARLY, UH, UH, NEXT YEAR.
UH, SO WE'LL BE IN COMMITTEE WEEKS BY SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE THINKING RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE ALREADY BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS, UM, PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR EVEN PUTTING OUT HIS VETO LIST BECAUSE HE WAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY VETO PERSON.
IT DIDN'T MATTER, PARTY OR WHATEVER THE AFFILIATION, IT DID NOT MATTER.
UH, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, PROVIDE EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE CAN, NOT JUST FOR FUNDING, BUT FOR POLICY.
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LATOYA MENTIONED THE CRA BILL.WE WORK VERY, VERY CLOSELY, UH, WITH SENATOR MCLEAN, WHO'S TO SPONSOR THAT BILL, UH, DAILY, TRYING TO FIND OUT, UH, WHAT WAS GOING.
HE SAID IT WAS DEAD, BUT THEN IT WASN'T.
SO IT'LL, YOU KNOW, IT COULD COME BACK.
SO THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO.
JUST WANNA GIVE KUDOS TO, UH, THIS COMMISSION WHO TOOK THE TIME TO, TO COME TO TALLAHASSEE, WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TALK TO LEGISLATORS.
MANY OF YOU HAVE, UH, RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE LEG LEGISLATORS.
PLEASE, PLEASE CONTINUE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO, SO VERY IMPORTANT.
SO, I'M GONNA STOP THERE AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
I HAVE MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, GREAT SEEING YOU IN TALLAHASSEE.
AND, UM, YOU'RE, IT IS JUST A HUGE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE.
UM, WE, WE HEARD FROM YOU THE BECKER FIRM.
WE, WE HEARD FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LEGISLATIVE AIDES.
UH, WAS, WAS MR. BOOK ABLE TO POSSIBLY JOIN US TODAY? GIVE A UPDATE? I AM NOT SURE, BUT THE PROJECT THAT I CAN TELL YOU, JILLIAN, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR HIM.
UM, THEY DID WORK ON THE ALZHEIMER'S, UH, PROJECT, AND THAT WAS FUNDED.
THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED.
AND IF YOU GO THROUGH THE BUDGET, AND I INVITE YOU TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET AND SEE WHAT WAS FUNDED, UM, SENIOR PROGRAMS WHERE S WERE UNIVERSALLY, UH, SUPPORTED, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS WERE A LITTLE BIT, UH, MORE CHALLENGING PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAMS, VERY CHALLENGING, EVEN IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING TO STAFF, HOPING TO GET IN THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET AT THE BEGINNING SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE, THE DAY-TO-DAY COMBAT, UH, IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
BUT, UH, THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE PROJECT THAT THEY WORKED ON, WHICH WAS THE, UH, ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT, WHICH YOU HAVE GOTTEN, UM, QUITE A, QUITE A BIT OF, UH, YEARS.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, HAVE WE HEARD ANY COMMUNICATION FROM, UM, RON BOOK OR THE FIRM AS THEY COME? I HAVE NOT.
YOU HAVE NOT ACTING CITY MANAGER, ANYTHING.
MAYBE THE ACTING CLERK, THEY WILL BE AS WELL AS OUR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS, UM, PRESENTING BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE GET BACK FROM OUR BREAK.
AND, AND, AND MR. COMMISSIONER, WE ARE WA WE WILL HAPPY TO COME BACK AS WELL.
UH, BY THAT TIME WE MAY HE HAVE ANY MORE, EVEN MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S PLANNING TO DO, BECAUSE HIS AGENCIES WILL BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS TO HIM, UH, AS HE RELEASES HIS BUDGET.
MR. HARRIS, UH, MS. JACKSON, THANK YOU.
AND WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE BECKER FOR BEING PRESENT.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UH, WE ARE SO SORRY THAT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS EVENING, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
SO PLEASE ENJOY, BE SAFE, UM, HAVE SOME CULTURAL BONDING AND WE WILL SEE YOU VERY SOON.
AND IT'S THE DELTA CONVENTION AS WELL.
SO YOU, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS,
CATCH JACKSON? YEAH, IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS.
I DON'T THINK SHE, UM, WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? WHERE ARE WE? FIVE, FIVE MINUTES.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]
FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS.ITEM FIVE A JUNE 23RD, 2025 SESSION, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MENACE, AND FIVE B.
I HAVE READ JUNE 23RD, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, JUNE 24TH, 2025.
CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.
THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.
I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR, SWELL FOUR.
ITEM SIX, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE TWO PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
THE FIRST ONE IS MR. JOSH LEVY.
AND THE NEXT, THE NEXT ONE IS MR. MATT.
SO NO, NO, THAT'S NOT MR. THAT'S NOT HIM.
MR. MATT SOLS SON? NO, HE'S MR. WILSON.
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ALSO.THAT'S NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.
THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.
[A. RESOLUTION 2025-082 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A STATE HIGHWAY LIGHTING MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT (ASM26) WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (FDOT)]
OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA.MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 8 2.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THAT CERTAIN STATE HIGHWAY LIGHTING MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT.
A SM 26 BY AND BETWEEN THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
A COPY OF A SM 26 IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.
A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 8 2 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
VICE MAYOR, FOR VICE MAYOR COWELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.
[A. RESOLUTION 2025-083 AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AWARD TO GELIN BENEFITS GROUP FOR INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES, PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP) NO. 25-3410-05R]
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.ITEM 10 A ITEM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS' RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH EIGHT THREE.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING CONTRACT AWARD, TWO GALLON BENEFITS GROUP LLC FOR INSURANCE.
BROKERAGE SERVICES PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NUMBER 25 DASH THREE FOUR, PROVIDING FOR AN INITIAL TERM OF TWO YEARS WITH THREE ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS.
A COPY OF THE CITY'S AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.
A COPY OF THE GALLON BENEFITS GROUP LLC PROPOSAL IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT B.
COPY OF THE BID TABULATION FOR RFP NUMBER 25 DASH 34 10 DASH ZERO FIVE R IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT C.
A COPY OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SCORING THAT IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT D, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH EIGHT THREE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS BOARD VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.
NEXT ITEM 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
MR. CITY ATTORNEY, HE READ, OH, HE READ IT ALREADY.
MR. AWARD FOR THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. ZAM PEP, OUR PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, A CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE COLLEAGUES.
I AM THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
UM, THIS ITEM IS TO REQUEST A CONTRACT AWARD TO GALL BENEFITS, UH, AS THE INSURANCE BROKER FOR THE CITY OF LORD DEAL LAKES.
UM, THIS DID GO OUT FOR SOLICITATION, UH, ON A PUBLIC FORUM DEMAND.
THE BID DID CLOSE, UH, EARLY IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, AND THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS SET UP.
THE VENDOR IN QUESTION IS OUR INCUMBENT AND DID ALSO SCORE THE HIGHEST IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS MAYOR, JUST A QUESTION.
MR. ASAD, WHO DOES THE SCORING? MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU.
SO THE SCORING WAS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS SELECTED FROM MEMBERS OF STAFF, UH, FROM DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, NOT THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS SET UP WITH MEMBERS OF STAFF.
THEY REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS VIA PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH WAS DONE VIRTUALLY.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WERE INVITED AND THEY DISCUSS THE PROPOSALS AND THE CRITERIA THAT THEY HAD TO MEET, AND THEY WERE SCORED.
BASED ON THAT GALLEN BENEFITS, THEY SCORE THE HIGHEST OF 263.
AND THE SECOND VENDOR, UH, SECOND SCORE WAS 226.
AND THE LAST SCORE OF THREE? THREE, YES.
MR. THOMAS IS, UM, GELLAN, UM, BENEFITS GROUP INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT.
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YES, THEY ARE.UH, THE, THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE.
MS. MS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY AND ACT ACTOR.
UM, CLERK, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I'M THE INTERIM HR DIRECTOR.
AND, UM, I DO HAVE, UM, THE INSURANCE BROKER OR THE AWARDED ASSURANCE BROKER, GALEN BENEFITS GROUP HERE TO ANSWER, UM, ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, CITY COMMISSION INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK.
I'M APPEARING ON BEHALF OF GALL BENEFITS GROUP HERE TODAY.
MIKE GALLAND WITH THE GALLAND BENEFITS GROUP.
WE'VE HAD THE PLEASURE, UM, OF BEING YOUR BROKER, I THINK SINCE 20 AND 19.
UM, AND WE'VE DILIGENTLY WORKED TO ENSURE THAT WE PROVIDE QUALITY BENEFITS, NO MATTER THE INSURANCE CARRIER, UM, TO FIT WITHIN YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND CITIES, UH, HAVE A BUDGET TO MEET.
AND SO, UM, WE'VE TRANSITIONED THE CITY FROM A FEW DIFFERENT CARRIERS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, I THINK I MENTIONED THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UM, A 63% INCREASE THAT CAME FROM A CARRIER THAT IS NO LONGER IN THE, UM, MEDICAL GROUP, MEDICAL INSURANCE.
THEY LEFT, I GUESS THEIR BOOK OF BUSINESS WAS BLEEDING THEM.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE OUT OF THE MEDICAL INSURANCE.
BUT WE TRANSITIONED YOU TO YOU ALL BEFORE THEY GOT OUT OF THE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF A 63% INCREASE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CLIENTS CANNOT ABSORB SUCH AN INCREASE, AND WE WORK DILIGENTLY TO, UH, MOVE TOED AT THAT TIME.
UM, WE DID GO OUT TO MARKET AS WE DO EACH YEAR.
UM, AETNA DECLINED TO BID AS WELL AS CIGNA, BUT ONCE AGAIN, ADMIN CAME IN WITH ONLY AN 8% INCREASE THAT YEAR AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PRETTY MUCH MATCH, UM, THE BENEFITS.
AND SO WE WERE, WE PRESENTED THAT AS AN OPTION.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE NEVER TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.
WE GIVE YOU KIND OF THREE OR FOUR, UM, OPTIONS.
ABED WAS SELECTED THAT, UM, PARTICULAR YEAR AND THE CITY STAYED WITH AHMED FOR, I BELIEVE A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS, UM, IN THIS PAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD A, UM, WE GO OUT TO BID EACH YEAR ONCE AGAIN.
AND WE GOT A VERY COMPETITIVE OFFER FROM, UM, FLORIDA BLUE, WHO PREVIOUSLY WAS NOT VERY ACTIVE IN THE MARKET.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, FLORIDA BLUE IS A TOP TIER, UM, INSURANCE CARRIER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THEY MATCHED A LOT OF THE BENEFITS.
BUT THEY ALSO OFFERED, UM, WELLNESS FUNDS, WHICH YOU WERE NOT RECEIVING FROM AVMED, $10,000.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE EMPLOYEES WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A CLINIC RIGHT IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.
AND WE DID PROVIDE A TOUR FOR, UM, STAFF AND WANNA OFFER THAT AND BELIEVE IT WAS OFFERED.
AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO OFFER IT TO THE COMMISSION AND ADDITIONAL STAFF TO GO, UM, TO VISIT THE CLINIC.
IT OFFERS X-RAYS, MAMMOGRAMS, URGENT CARE, UM, THERE'S ALSO SENIOR CARE, UM, UH, ON SITE FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO MAY BE IN BETWEEN AND TRANSITIONING TO, UH, MEDICARE.
SO IT'S A FULL FLEDGED, VERY CLEAN, UM, WELL, UH, MAN, WELL-MANAGED, UH, FACILITY THAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY FOR EMPLOYEES RIGHT DOWN THE STREET TO ATTEND.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE IS A CLINIC AVAILABLE IN THE SAWGRASS AREA.
UM, SO AS WE DISCUSSED WITH SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES AT A HEALTH FAIR, THEY HAD SOME OF YOUR EMPLOYEES LIVE OUT THAT WAY AND MENTION THAT THEY'LL BE UTILIZING THAT CENTER WHERE THERE'S A FULL-TIME, UM, NURSE THERE WHERE THEY CAN GO ASK QUESTIONS.
IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CLAIMS CLAIM, UM, STATEMENT, THEY CAN GO AND THEY WILL, UH, REVIEW THE CLAIM STATEMENT WITH THEM.
SO THERE WAS JUST AN OVERALL INCREASE IN, UM, NOT ONLY MONETARY BENEFIT TO THE CITY, BUT IN SERVICES THAT, UM, WOULD TOUCH YOUR EMPLOYEES AND THEIR QUALITY OF THEIR HEALTHCARE BENEFITS HERE AT THE CITY.
AND SO WE ARE HAPPY, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSITION.
AND IN THE FUTURE AS WE ENTER INTO THE FALL, UM, YOU HEAR FROM US AGAIN, AS WE WILL DETAIL, UM, AS WE GO OUT TO MARKET YOUR OPTIONS.
THE ONES WE FOUND, WE'LL COMPARE THEM FOR YOU, BUT WE WANNA HEAR FROM YOU WITH REGARD TO WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
AND WHEN WE PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS, OBVIOUSLY THEY COME WITH A COST AND YOU ALL WILL DETERMINE WHETHER YOU WANNA, YOU KNOW, PAY A LITTLE BIT MORE FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE BENEFIT OR YOU KIND OF WANNA STAY WITHIN A SPECIFIC BUDGET.
BUT IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO SERVE AS YOUR BROKER
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ALL THESE YEARS.UM, WE ENJOY, UH, PARTNERING WITH OUR CITY AND I THINK I MENTIONED EARLY ON I ATTENDED LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL, SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A COMING HOME TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BE THE BROKER HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE COULD ANSWER? I HAVE ONE UHHUH WITH THE NEW BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
HOW, WHAT KIND OF IMPACT ARE YOU EXPECTING IN THE HEALTH FIELD RIGHT NOW WITH THE NEW INSURANCE THAT WE ARE LOOKING ON? WILL THERE BE ANY, OR DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY? YOU MEAN AGAIN, UH, MIKE YELLEN YELLEN BENEFITS GROUP.
THERE'S A SMALL IMPACT FROM THE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL.
UM, THE BIG BEAUTIFUL LAW, I SHOULD SAY.
UM, TRUMP CREATED THE TRUMP ACCOUNT, SO, UM, PARENTS CAN SAVE UP TO $5,000 A YEAR, UH, FOR CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18.
UH, FOR FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS, THE AMOUNT, UH, THAT YOU CAN SAVE HAS INCREASED FROM $5,000, UH, TO $7,500 FOR MARRIED PEOPLE FILING SEPARATELY, 37 50 EACH.
UM, FOR PLANS THAT HAVE A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTHCARE PLAN, UM, THEY, THEY'VE EXPANDED ACCESS TO HEALTH SAVINGS ACCOUNTS TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE, UM, AN H UH, HDHP, BUT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS GROUP.
UH, AND THEN ANYONE THAT IS PART OF A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTHCARE PLAN CAN ALSO ACCESS TELEHEALTH SERVICES.
UM, SO THE CITY DOES NOT OFFER A HIGH DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN, SO THAT WILL NOT APPLY, UH, TO THIS CITY.
MA'AM, SORRY, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? ASK IF I HAD ONE? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I WANT UT DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER HARRISON
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.
[B. RESOLUTION 2025-084 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-358(d) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE, AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO ATTEST, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT WITH DELAWARE ELEVATOR, INC., FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF TWO (2) CITY-OWNED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS, UTILIZING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING UNDER GSA CONTRACT #GS-21F-075AA, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($350,000.00), FURTHER AUTHORIZING A 20% CONTINGENCY OF SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($70,000.00), FOR A TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($420,000.00)]
RESOLUTION, UH, CONSIDER RESOLUTION ON RE AGENDA B 10 B, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 8 4, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH THREE FIVE A B OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE.AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO ATTEST THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT WITH DELAWARE ELEVATOR INC.
FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF TWO CITY OWNED HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS, UTILIZING COOPERATIVE PURCHASING UNDER GSA CONTRACT NUMBER GS DASH 21 F DASH 0 7 5 AA IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000 FURTHER AUTHORIZING A 20% CONTINGENCY OF $70,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $420,000.
DRAFT COPY OF SAID CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF THE ELEVATOR MODERNIZATION PROPOSAL SLASH BUDGET IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 0 8 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
MADAM MAYOR MADAM VICE, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 8 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP AND AT ANOTHER WORKSHOP PRIOR.
MR. RON DIS BRUNI WILL ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AND, UM, MAKE A PRESENTATION.
MAD NAME IS GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.
MAD VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MAD NAME IS MR. CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DES, BRONZE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
UH, BUT THE BEFORE IS A RESOLUTION, UH, TO AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH, UH, DELAWARE ELEVATOR TO UPGRADE TO ELEVATOR UNIT, UH, WITHIN CITY FACILITIES AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, $350,000 AND ALSO, UH, REQUESTING A CONTINGENCY OF 20% FOR $70,000, UH, AS WELL.
UM, WE MAINTAIN TWO FACILITIES, THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX THAT WE HERE RIGHT NOW, AND ALSO ACROSS THE ROOM.
THE RESOURCE CENTERS E EACH ONE OF THEM HAS
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A ELEVATOR, UH, THAT HELP US WITH, UH, NOT JUST A DA COMPLIANCE, BUT, UH, FACILITATE, UH, FUNCTIONALITY WITHIN THE, THE FACILITIES.UH, THE ONE IN CITY HALL WAS BUILT IN 1977.
UH, THE ONE, THE RESOURCE CENTER WAS BUILT IN 1991.
UH, THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIRES ALL ELEVATORS BUILT BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, UH, FOR SAFETY REASON.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE TWO UNITS ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
UH, BRIEFLY, UM, IF I WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUICK BACKGROUND ON THE, THE PROJECT, IT'S ON A NEW PROJECT.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME CONCERN THE LAST TIME ABOUT THE TIMING OF, OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT, UH, PROJECT SINCE 2023.
UH, WE PURPOSELY PUT IT ON HOLD BECAUSE OF, UH, ONGOING DISCUSSION, UH, THAT, UH, WE ARE, UH, GOING THROUGH FOR THE, FOR THE NEW CITY HALL.
AS YOU KNOW, UH, THAT COMPLEX WAS BUILT IN 19 19 77, WHICH IS REALLY OLD.
UH, THERE ARE STILL ONGOING DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, UH, THE FEASIBILITY OF A NEW CITY HALL, AND IT WOULDN'T BE WISE TO JUST SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON A FACILITY THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, IS GOING TO BE, UH, EITHER DEMOLISHED OR WE DON'T KNOW YET AT THIS POINT.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, EVERY YEAR, UH, THE STATE WAS PUSHING THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUY IN ON, UH, EVERY TIME THEY PUSH IT, WE WAIT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, MAD MAYOR, IF WE COULD WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, WE WOULD WAIT AGAIN JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO, UH, TO THE FACILITY.
UH, AS A RESULT, UH, EVERY YEAR WE PUT, WE ARE LOCATED FUND IN THE BUDGET AND WE KEEP ROLLING IT OVER, HOPING THAT, UH, WE WOULD BUY SOME MORE TIME.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UH, WE REACH, WE REACH THE DEADLINE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT EXTENDED THE DEADLINE, SO WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO UPGRADE THE THE 11.
SO WE, WE REACH OUT TO SELECTED AND QUALIFIED CONTRACTOR, UH, THAT CAN DO THE PROJECT.
UH, THE CHEAPEST ONE WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF 209 6,000.
UH, THE HIGHEST QUOTE WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF 504,243, BUT THE LOWEST QUOTE HAS SOME, UH, HIDDEN COST IN IT BECAUSE THEY JUST GIVE US A QUOTE.
UH, POTENTIALLY THEY WILL COME BACK FOR, UH, CHANGE ORDERS BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THOSE ELEVATORS, THEY'RE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT CAN COME BACK.
SO THEY WANTED TO PUT THE RISK ON THE OWNER, WHICH IS THE CITY.
UH, BUT DELAWARE ELEVATOR IS THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY MAINTAIN.
THEY'VE BEEN MEN MAINTAINING THOSE TWO UNITS FOR YEARS.
THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT.
WE FEEL LIKE THE PRICE THAT THEY ARE PROPOSING IS MORE REALISTIC.
UH, THE 20% CONTINGENCY THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS ONLY FOR CONTINGENCY.
IT WILL NOT BE PART OF THE PO, IT WILL NOT BE PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR.
UH, IN ORDER FOR ELEVATOR TO USE ANY OF THAT, IF ANYTHING THAT WE COULD NOT SEE COME UP, IT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PROJECT MANAGER.
UH, THE FINANCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR AND THE CITY MANAGER HAS TO SIGN ON ANY CHANGE ORDER THAT REQUIRE THAT IS NOT PART OF THE $350,000.
AND AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT CAN ARISE.
BUT DUE TO TO AGE OF THE FACILITY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, WE HAVE THE FUNDS ON THE SIDE TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, CONCERN.
AND ALSO, UM, THEY ARE PROVIDING A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON EVERY PART THAT THEY'RE INSTALLING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS, UH, UH, A GOOD SAFETY NET FOR, FOR THE NEW UNIT.
UH, WE BUDGETED 300,000, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.
SO THE, UM, FINANCIAL SERVICES AS, UM, IDENTIFY POTENTIAL, UH, FUNDING SOURCE JUST TO OFFSET THE BALANCE.
BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE NOT.
SO THIS IS THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I LIKE MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 8 4.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.
[C. RESOLUTION 2025-085 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TASK ORDER TO CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC., TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES TO THE CITY FOR THE BOAT RAMP INSTALLATION PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT EXCEED ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($156,170)]
10 C, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 8 5, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTING THE TEST RESPECTIVELY.THAT CERTAIN TASK ORDER BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES,
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INC.TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES RELATED TO THE CITY'S BOAT RAMP INSTALLATION PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $156,170.
A COPY OF SAID TASK ORDER IS ATTACHED.
ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.
A COPY OF THE LOCATION, MAP OF THE BOAT RAMPS IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK FOR INSPECTION, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO JUST A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 20 25 0 8 5 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL.
FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.
MADAM A THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MR. DIS BRUNI WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS INFORMATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
YEAH, PART ESTABLISHMENT, MAD MAYOR.
UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION
UM, MANAMA, WE OWNS AND OPERATE 11 MILES OF CANAL, UH, THAT ARE SEPARATED INTO FIVE ZONES.
UH, WE NEED ACCESS TO THOSE CANALS TO MAINTAIN THEM TO CLEAN, AND, UH, CURRENTLY THE WAY TO DO IT IS TO SLIDE A BOAT INTO THE CANAL.
AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE TWO, WE DOS WE HAVE TO GET ACCESS TO THE CANAL, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE PROPER WAY TO DO IT, THE MO, THE SAFER, PROPER, UH, WAY TO DO IT IS TO USE A BOAT WRAP.
UH, IT'S LIKE A CONCRETE STRUCTURE WHERE WE CAN SLIDE, UH, THE BOAT IN AND OUT, UH, OF THE CANAL.
UH, NOT ONLY PROTECT OUR EQUIPMENT, BUT IT'S SAFER FOR STAFF AND, UH, UH, FOR EFFICIENCY AS WELL.
IT'S A MAKESHIFT, UH, THAT, UH, A STAFF MEMBER HAD TO BE CREATIVE AND DO IT WITH, UH, TWO BY FOUR AND PLYWOOD.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOAT RAMP ANYWHERE ELSE.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE USE, UH, THE, THE SHORELINE, UH, TO ACCESS THE CANALS.
AND SOMETIMES, UH, EVEN RESIDENT WILL ALLOW US TO THEIR BACKYARD.
UH, WE JUST LOOKING FOR THE BEST, UH, ALTERNATIVE TO ACCESS, UH, THE CANAL SYSTEM.
UH, SINCE, UH, 2016, UH, THE CITY SURVEYED ABOUT 26 POSSIBLE LOCATIONS THAT COULD BE, UH, USED FOR BOAT RAMPS.
UH, BUT THE PROBLEM IS A LOT OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT WE IDENTIFY SIX LOCATIONS WHERE WE DON'T NEED, UH, TO GET TO EASEMENT.
WE CAN GO JUST TO, UM, WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
UH, THERE WERE FUNDS ARE LOCATED IN THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE AMOUNT OF $700,000 FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION, UH, UH, TO THE LIBRARY OF CONSULT.
WE SELECTED, UH, CVIN THOMPSON, UH, TO PROVIDE AN ESTIMATE FOR THOSE, UH, BOAT RAMPS.
AND THEY PROVIDED, UH, A PROPOSAL AND, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $156,170.
AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S WRITTEN STANDARD AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSAL MANAGER.
I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, I HAVE NONE.
SO THIS IS THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 85 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.
[D. RESOLUTION 2025-086 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE 14' STEEL FLATBED DUMP TRUCK FROM SBL FREIGHTLINER, LLC, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FLORIDA SHERIFF ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE PROGRAM CONTRACT NO. FSA23-VEH21.1, HEAVY TRUCKS AND BUSES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS ($138,890)]
MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 8 6.A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 DASH 3 3 5 8 PER D OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN PURCHASE ORDER FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE 14 FOOT STEEL FLATBED DUMP TRUCK FROM SBL FREIGHTLINER, LLC IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE CONTRACT NUMBER FSA 23 DASH VEH 21.1, HEAVY TRUCKS AND BUSES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $138,890.
A COPY OF THE FSA COOPERATIVE CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF THE CITY'S UPDATED QUOTE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE
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OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.IS THIS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR? FOR DISCUSSION, HONOR, MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
I MOVE THAT WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 8 6 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.
MME. MAY SEE MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, THIS RESOLUTION WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. RON DIS BRUS.
THANK YOU MR. RON FOR LOCAL ESTABL MADAM MAYOR.
UM, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF THE ATTEMPT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO UPGRADE THE, THE CS FLEET.
UH, THE FLATBED TRUCK IS, UH, IS THE OLDEST PIECE OF, UH, VEHICLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE, THE FLEET.
UH, WE BARELY CAN GET ANY PARTS TO REPLACE IT, AND IT'S VERY USEFUL TO ALL, ALL OF OUR DIVISION, UH, FROM STREET, UH, WHEN, 'CAUSE IT, IT'S A LOW RIDING TRUCK.
IT'S EASY TO UPLOAD A MATERIAL AND, UH, EFFICIENCY, UH, QUICKNESS.
UH, WHEN YOU USE THE THE LARGER DUMP TRUCK, IT'S REALLY HARD TO TO MOVE AROUND.
SO, UH, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DIVISION USE THAT TRUCK, BUT BECAUSE IT'S ALL RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT USE IT.
ONE OTHER THING THAT WE USE IT A LOT FOR IS THE SHOW MOBILE.
UH, IT HAS THE CONNECTION, UH, TO MOVE THE SHOW MOBILE.
AND RIGHT NOW WE CAN BARELY USE BECAUSE TRANSMISSION WITH JUST TRIP WHEN WE DO IT, AND, UH, WHEN IT'S DOWN, IT KIND OF REACH IS USEFUL LIFE.
UH, THERE, THERE WERE FUNDS ALLOCATED, UH, IN THE BUDGET FOR THE REPLACEMENTS OF THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO TO, UH, STAFF TRY TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO VENDORS TO SEE POTENTIALLY WHAT, UH, THE DIFFERENCE IN COST COULD BE.
UH, THE, THE, THE PRICE THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, ONE IS FROM PURE BUILD FOR $140,950.
UH, WEEK 10 PROVIDED A QUOTE IN THE AMOUNT OF $443,270.
AND SBL FREIGHTLINER, UH, PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR $165,317.
THAT THIS IS THE PRICE THAT WE WOULD PAY IF WE, THE CITY WOULD DIRECTLY DEAL WITH THOSE VENDORS.
BUT FORTUNATELY, THE FLORIDA SHAE ASSOCIATION HAS A CO-OP WHERE THEY HAVE A BETTER PRICING, UH, FOR THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
UH, IF WE USE THEIR CO-OP, WE WILL PAY 138,890, AND THAT INCLUDES A FIVE YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THAT EQUIPMENT.
SO WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A BETTER, UH, PRICE IF WE USE THE, THE FLORIDA SHERIFF ASSOCIATION CO-OP TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT.
ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A VERY USEFUL EQUIPMENT AND, UH, IT, IT KIND OF REACHES IT'S A USEFUL LIFETIME.
WE NEED TO UPGRADE THAT, UH, EQUIPMENT.
ANY QUESTION BOARD MAY FROM ME, MR. RON, IF WE APPROVE IT, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET THAT? WHAT'S THE TIMELINE, MAYOR? UH, PROVIDING THAT WE GET A QUICK, UH, P PURCHASE ORDER.
UH, PROBABLY TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
UH, AND WE WILL PROBABLY DEAL WITH THE, UH, I DON'T THINK THE TARIFF IS GONNA AFFECT THAT MUCH.
I BELIEVE THAT THE EQUIPMENT IS READY TO GO.
UH, BUT I CAN, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIMELINE, BUT EVERYTHING IS PENDING.
THE APPROVAL OF THE PO, THE PURCHASE ORDER TO RELEASE THE FUNDS.
IT'LL BE QUICK MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MR. THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 0 8 6.
MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR, SWELL FOUR.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
ITEM 11, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM MAYOR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE.
[12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR]
AND I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE PRESENCE OF MR. MONMOUTH FROM STATE REPRESENTATIVES ROSENWALD OFFICE.THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE WITH US AND THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TUNING INTO THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
IF I HAD SOME BELLS AND WHISTLES AND ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, NOISE MAKER THINGS I WOULD HAVE THEM TO PLAY BECAUSE I WANT TO REPORT ON THE GRADES OF OUR SCHOOLS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
RIGHT, RIGHT HERE, BOY ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL A, A
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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL A, COME ON.PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL B.
DALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL B AND CENTRAL CHARTER, ONE OF OUR GREAT PARTNERS.
SO OUR SCHOOLS ARE EXCELLENT SCHOOLS.
SO WHENEVER SOMEONE ASKS YOU ABOUT A SCHOOL TO ATTEND, LET THEM KNOW THAT THE SCHOOLS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE MOVING UP, MOVING FORWARD.
WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR PARENTS, OUR ADMINISTRATORS AND LETTERS WILL BE SENT TO THE PRINCIPALS, CONGRATULATING THEM AND CONGRATULATING THE SCHOOLS.
ALSO, I HAVE ASKED OUR A CM TO LOOK INTO HOW WE CAN GET OUR MARQUEE TO CONGRATULATE.
SO AS THE RESIDENTS PASS AND AS VISITORS PASSED, THEY WILL KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE EXCELLENT SCHOOLS.
SO MAYBE NOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT REAL ESTATE LISTINGS, YOU WILL NOT SEE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE VERY DEROGATORY AS FAR AS OUR SCHOOLS ARE CONCERNED.
SO LET'S CELEBRATE OUR SCHOOLS IN LAUDERDALE LAKE.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR.
IT WILL BE HELD THIS THURSDAY AT 6:30 PM IT IS A VIRTUAL MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR.
YOU CAN STAY AT HOME, YOU CAN BE WHEREVER YOU ARE AND TUNE IN.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING, VERY INFORMATIVE AND IMPORTANT TOPIC.
MY GUEST WILL BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOOD AND NUTRITION OFFICE.
AS WE KNOW, THE RULES AND REGS ARE CHANGING FOR FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH, AND A LOT OF OUR KIDS ARE ON FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT AND DISCUSS WITH US THE NEW REGULATIONS.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? WHAT ARE THE NEW REQUIREMENTS? I HAVE SENT THE INFORMATION OR HAD THE INFORMATION SENT TO ALL OF OUR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS TO SHARE WITH THE PARENTS VIA THE ROBOCALL SYSTEM.
I AM ASKING ALL OF US TO PLEASE PASTE IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT OUR PARENTS CAN SEE IT, BECAUSE IT'S SO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN A PARENT COMES TO ENROLL HIS OR HER CHILD OR CHILDREN, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION PRIOR AND NOT KNOW THAT FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH IS JUST GOING TO ROLL OVER THE WAY THAT IT NORMALLY DOES EACH YEAR.
SO TONE, TUNE IN ON THIS THURSDAY AT 6:30 PM MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR, AND YOU CAN SEND YOUR QUESTIONS IN AHEAD OF TIME, OR IT IS A LIVE INTERVIEW.
OR YOU CAN ASK YOUR QUESTION LIVE.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANY PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, AUNTS, AUNTIES, UNCLES, GRANDFATHERS WHO ARE RAISING CHILDREN, PLEASE ASK THEM TO TUNE IN TO MOMENTS WITH THE MAYOR ON THIS THURSDAY, JULY 10TH AT 6:30 PM ALSO, I'M INVITING YOU TO OUR STATE OF THE CITY, WHICH WILL BE HELD, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON JULY 23RD AT 6:30 PM AND OUR MULTIPURPOSE CENTER COME OUT AND HEAR THE GREAT THINGS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OUR CITY HAVE HAS DONE OVER THE LAST YEAR.
COME OUT IN HERE, GIVE US YOUR INPUT.
LISTEN, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO LET YOU KNOW IN AN AGGREGATE FORM WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
I WENT TO THE, TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EARLIER TODAY TO INQUIRE ABOUT OUR CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
NOW WE NEED TO GET THE WORD OUT.
WE DISCUSSED THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
AND I FOUND OUT THAT THERE WERE FOUR, I THINK, APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PICKED UP AND NOT ANY HAVE BEEN RETURNED.
SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR 55 AND OVER CONDOMINIUMS, RESIDENTS WHO MAY NEED THIS ASSISTANCE, GETS THIS INFORMATION.
THE PACKAGE IS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, DAUNTING, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTIONS.
I KNOW SOMETIMES OUR RESIDENTS DON'T LIKE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFORMATION.
UM, IT'S A LITTLE BIT PRIVATE, BUT IF THERE IS A NEED, THEN WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET THE INFORMATION OUT ABOUT OUR CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
AND LAST SEARCHING, NOT LEAST, MADAM CLERK, IS COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS STILL ONLINE? MADAM MAYOR.
OKAY, BUT EVEN SO, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR HER PARTICIPATION WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SHEILA, SHE MCCORMICK'S OFFICE, AND THE DISCUSSION AS IT RELATED TO IMMIGRATION COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR THE RECORD, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR INPUT, YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR SUGGESTION, YOUR RESOURCES THAT YOU GAVE
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TO THOSE WHO WERE IN THE LISTENING AUDIENCE WAS VERY INVALUABLE.THINGS THAT I DID NOT KNOW, PLACES THAT I DID NOT KNOW.
AND WHAT THE IMMIGRATION PROGRAM THAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, WHO ORATES DOES, IT IS EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT EXCELLENCE.
SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR ALL THAT SHE IS DOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR IMMIGRATION IN OUR GREAT RETAIL CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTY AND ACROSS THE STATE.
AND I KNOW SHE GOES OUT OF THE STATE ALSO.
SO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, JOB WELL DONE WITH THAT.
I WOULD SAY GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS MADAM VICE
[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]
MAYOR.MADAM MAYOR, GOOD EVENING TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, BOTH WHO ARE IN THE CHAMBER AND THOSE ONLINE.
YOU KNOW, BEING VICE, SOMETIMES THERE IS A DISADVANTAGE BECAUSE IN MY NOTES THIS EVENING, OF COURSE, I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE GOOD NEWS.
HAVE YOU HEARD THE GOOD NEWS THAT LORD OF DAY LAKES CONTINUE TO HAVE WINNERS? BUT OF COURSE, THE MAYOR PRECEDED ME.
PARK LAKES IS MY BABY'S SCHOOL.
ORAL, GOT AN A BOY, ANDERSON A AND I REMEMBER WATCHING THE JEFFERSON'S MOVIE YEARS AGO.
SO LORD, THE DAY LAKES IS ON THE RISE.
I THANK THE STUDENTS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, CUSTODIANS.
'CAUSE SOMETIMES A A A CUSTODIAN CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
SO I THANK ALL OF THEM FOR REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB.
AND OF COURSE, I'M HOPING THAT THE MAYOR WILL INVITE ALL THOSE PEOPLE TO COME.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO LET THEM KNOW HOW WE FEEL.
THIS BLUE CAME THE OTHER DAY, SEE HOW ORO IS DOING? WELL, SHE WAS THE PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.
SHE HAS MOVED ON, I THINK, DOWNTOWN TO TRAIN OTHER TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, BUT, OR HAS DONE EXCEEDINGLY EXTREMELY WELL.
NOW, I WANT TO OFFER A THANK YOU TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER AND HER CREW, HER TEAM, FOR PUTTING ON THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST.
THERE WAS MUCH TIME, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IF THERE WAS NO THUNDERSTORM, MAYBE WE WOULD STILL BE DANCING AND CHEERING ON RIGHT NOW.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM.
BUT I WANT JUST TO THANK YOU THAT IT WENT VERY, VERY WELL, BECAUSE AT LEAST THERE ARE MORE PATRONS THAN EMPLOYEES ON THE 27TH.
SO CITY MANAGER, CONTINUE DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE, MADAM MAYOR, FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY.
I WILL BE SOMEWHERE ELSE ENJOYING MY VACATION.
BUT I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE, WELL, I'M NOT GOING TO BURDEN YOU TONIGHT.
AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE FROM TALLAHASSEE, CONTINUE TRYING TO GET TO THE GOVERNOR FOR US.
THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, PLEASE ENJOY YOUR VACATION AND I KNOW YOU WILL.
[14. REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS]
EVERYONE.THANK YOU FOR, UM, NOT JUST ATTENDING, BUT STICKING AROUND.
UH, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE WHO IS ALSO WATCHING ONLINE.
UH, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF THE SCHOOLS FOR RECEIVING THAT IF, IF ONLY PEOPLE REALLY KNEW THE IMPACT THAT HAS ON THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, BUT ALSO PARTICULARLY, UM, UH, THE STIGMA BEHIND THE SCHOOLS HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
I REMEMBER WHEN BOYD ANDERSON, YOU, YOU TELL PEOPLE YOU'RE GOING TO BA OR YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT GOING TO BA, THEY WILL TAKE THE ACRONYM B AND A AND COME UP WITH ALL TYPES OF NONSENSE AS TO WHAT IT, WHAT
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IT MEANS.AND PEOPLE WOULD PICK ON THE SCHOOL ALL THE TIME.
AND, UM, I REALLY HAVE TO GIVE KUDOS TO THE PRINCIPAL, UH, PRINCIPAL JAMES GRIFFIN.
WHO IS A ASTOUNDING, AMAZING VISIONARY PRINCIPLE.
HE, HE DOES, HE, HE, HE WANTED TO BRING A HORSE PROGRAM.
I I HELPED HIM WITH THAT AT THE SCHOOL.
AND IT'S SOMETHING YOU JUST NEVER SEEN BEFORE, PARTICULARLY IN, UM, COMMUNITIES LIKE THIS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE HIM, WHO IS ALSO THE FORMER PRINCIPAL OF LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND, UH, THEY HAVE A SAYING AT BA WHERE THEY SAY B TODAY, A TOMORROW.
AND THEY LITERALLY LIVE THAT OUT.
AND NOW THEY CAN SAY B YESTERDAY, A TODAY.
SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE SCHOOLS, UM, THAT, UH, RECEIVED THESE GRADES.
UH, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TO THE MEN'S HEALTH EXPO ON JUNE 28TH AT ALL NATIONS CHURCH IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.
UH, WE HAD A UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI BRING OUT THE HEALTH BUS OUT THERE.
WE DID TONS OF HEALTH SCREENINGS, UH, FROM BLOOD PRESSURE TO HEPATITIS.
UM, WE DID, UH, AMAZING WORKSHOPS.
ALSO, THANK YOU TO MY COLLEAGUE, COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, FOR COMING OUT AND CHECKING IT OUT.
UH, THE COMMUNITY REALLY LOVED THE EVENT.
UH, GOT SOME GREAT INFORMATION, SOME GREAT FEEDBACK.
AND, UH, PEOPLE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR THE CITY TO DO MORE AROUND MEN'S HEALTH.
THEY OFTEN FEEL LIKE MEN'S HEALTH DON'T GET TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH.
UH, SO, UH, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE COMMUNITY FOUND SOME TYPE OF VALUE OUT OF THAT EVENT.
I TOO WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, VENICE, ON THE CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN UNITY FESTIVAL.
THAT THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAD, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, RESOURCES WE BROUGHT TOGETHER.
I THINK IT JUST SPEAKS TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, VENICE.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
THERE WAS SOMEONE WHO CAME ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM WEST PALM BEACH, HEARD ABOUT THE EVENT, AND DROVE ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE RAIN IN THE BEGINNING, WE STILL HAD AN AMAZING TURNOUT.
AND IT JUST SPEAKS TO, AGAIN, THE POTENTIAL OF THE CITY IF WE DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, IF WE GET IT OUT THERE MARKETING WISE.
SO, THANK YOU AGAIN TO VENICE AND OUR, UH, MARKETING TEAM IN, UH, DOING AN AMAZING JOB.
THE PEOPLE LOVE SANI AND I, I, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO LEARN FROM THAT.
IF, IF WE GET THE RIGHT TALENT, THE RIGHT HEADLINERS, WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT.
UH, THIS THURSDAY IS GOING TO BE THE COMMISSIONER'S CHESS CHALLENGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE EVERY FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
WE RESCHEDULED IT FROM LAST WEEK BECAUSE IT WAS RUNNING CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAY.
BUT THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM AND THE, UH, MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR CHESS CHALLENGE.
AND AGAIN, THAT'S AT SIX O'CLOCK.
AND THERE WILL BE AN INSTRUCTOR THERE.
SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY CHESS AT ALL, FEEL FREE TO COME OUT.
WE HAVE A CHESS MASTER, UM, THAT NOT, NOT ONLY CAN TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY CHESS, BUT HE HAS A VERY ENGAGING WAY OF DELIVERING THE INFORMATION.
UH, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, DO I HAVE TO KNOW HOW TO PLAY CHESS TO SHOW UP? THE ANSWER IS NO.
COME OUT, LEARN HOW TO PLAY CHESS.
IT'S A WONDERFUL GAME, WONDERFUL PASTIME.
AND, UM, I THINK IT'LL BE A BENEFIT TO FOLKS.
UH, DESPITE ALL THE GOOD NEWS WE HAD TO SHARE TODAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE SOME, UH, SOMBER NEWS THAT THAT HAPPENED HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT I WANTED TO TAKE THIS TIME OUT TO, TO TALK ABOUT.
NOW, I, I KNOW WE ALL, UH, PUSH FOR INITIATIVES AS COMMISSIONERS THAT WE WANT TO PUSH AND PROMOTE.
AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO PUSH IS BECAUSE WE IDENTIFY A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY, THE INITIATIVES THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUR NAME BEHIND.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE OUR NAME IS GONNA BE ON THE FLYER, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S A NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE, UM, INITIATIVES THAT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE WAS SWIM WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER, UH, TO IMPROVE AND ENHANCE WATER SAFETY, WATER AWARENESS, AND ALSO HELP WITHDRAWN PREVENTION.
AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE CITY YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY MORNING AROUND 10:15 AM UM, IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE 3030 300 BLOCK OF NORTHWEST 22ND COURT, UM, THERE WAS, UH, A NEAR DROWNING THAT TOOK PLACE.
UH, SOMEHOW, THIS YOUNG CHILD, A BOY, ESTIMATED TO BE AGES FOUR AND FIVE, HIS EXACT AGES DISCLOSED, BUT SOMEHOW THIS CHILD ENDED UP IN THE POOL, IN THE BACKYARD, UH, THE GRANDMOTHER GOES OUTSIDE, IS, IS, IS, IS, IS ASKING WHERE'S, WHERE'S THE CHILD? LONG STORY SHORT, THEY END UP REALIZING THE CHILD WAS IN THE POOL, SHE JUMPS IN, TRIES TO SAVE, SHE HERSELF CAN'T SWIM.
OH MY GOD, THE CHILD CAN'T SWIM.
UM, A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR SEES THE INCIDENT, COMES OVER, JUMPS IN, AND THIS, THIS CHILD, SHE ACTUALLY HAD TO PERFORM CPR ON THE CHILD, AND SHE CREDITS THAT TO JUST THE TRAINING THAT SHE RECEIVED AT HER JOB.
SO, UM, AGAIN, IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED OF, OF, OF THESE TYPE OF, UM, INITIATIVES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, JUST TO SHARE SOME STATISTICS WITH YOU ALL,
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LAUDERDALE LAKES IS RIDDLED WITH LAKES AND CANALS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES, AND A LOT OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN LAUDERDALE LAKES HAVE POOLS BEHIND THEM.AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE A SMALL CITY, I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT LAUDERDALE LAKES FACES A DROWNING RATE, WHICH IS 20% HIGHER THAN THE FLORIDA STATE AVERAGE, AND NEARLY 40% OF LOCAL ADULTS REPORTING LIMITED SWIMMING ABILITIES.
THIS WAS DONE FROM A LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY SURVEY.
UH, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, UH, I DIDN'T JUST WANT TO PROMOTE THIS EVENT, WE'RE DOING THIS SATURDAY, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, THIS SATURDAY AT OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES AQUATICS POOL, WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A SUM COMMISSIONER, UM, WHERE FOLKS CAN COME OUT AND GET AND RECEIVE FREE SWIMMING LESSONS.
UM, IT'S ALSO GONNA BE A POOL PARTY, SO FOLKS WILL BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, HAVE FUN, HAVE FOOD, LISTEN TO MUSIC AND MINGLE.
AND, UH, I WANT TO INVITE YOU ALL TO PLEASE SUPPORT.
PLEASE COME OUT, TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, THAT'S GONNA BE THIS SATURDAY, JULY 12TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND, UM, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF VISITING THE POOL TODAY JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS OF THE EVENT, AND SPOKE WITH THE AQUATICS INSTRUCTOR OUT THERE, HAD A CHANCE TO MEET THE LIFEGUARDS.
AND IT ALSO GAVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE NEED OF THE CITY WHEN IT COMES TO WATER SAFETY.
RIGHT NOW, THE CITY ONLY HAS ONE POOL, AND THIS ONE POOL WE HAVE IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN THESE THREE SCHOOLS.
AND IT JUST SPOKE TO THE NEED THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY.
UH, I ASKED, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE LEAD INSTRUCTOR THERE, HOW MANY SWIMMING LESSONS DO YOU DO ON AVERAGE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE SUMMER? AND I, I THREW A GUESS OUT THERE, WHAT IS IT? LIKE MAYBE A HUNDRED, 200? SHE SAID NO, IN THE THOUSANDS.
LIKE, SHE'S LIKE, IT'S LIKE CLOCKWORK AROUND THE CLOCK.
AND WE ACTUALLY ARE GONNA NEED, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE MAY NEED, UH, MORE SPACE.
TO BE HONEST, I THINK A LOT OF THE LAKES COULD USE ANOTHER COMMUNITY POOL EVENTUALLY AT SOME POINT.
UM, SO THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE MORE PROGRAMS TO GIVE MORE RESOURCES TO THIS, BUT I THINK IT STARTS WITH DOING THE RIGHT THING WITH THE PROMOTION OF WATER WELLNESS.
LOOKING AT THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY AND HOW WE CAN HELP PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IF MORE PEOPLE KNEW CPR, IF WE HAD POOL FENCES.
THE SWIM COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE IS NOT JUST GONNA BE A POOL PARTY, BUT A ONGOING INITIATIVE PROMOTING THESE THINGS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, MAYBE RESIDENTS THAT, UM, WE DO OFFER SWIMMING LESSONS, UH, AT A DISCOUNTED RATE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT.
AND THIS SATURDAY FROM, UH, ON JULY 12TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES SWIMMING POOL AT 3 0 7 7 NORTHWEST 39TH STREET, UH, YOU CAN COME OUT AND ENJOY, MAKE A SPLASH THIS SUMMER AND ALSO GET FREE SWIMMING LESSONS AND, UM, BE A PART OF THE CHANGE IN THE CITY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
GOOD EVENING TO EACH AND EVERY, EVERYONE, THOSE THAT ARE STILL IN THE CHAMBERS, THANK YOU TO ALL THE REPRESENTATIVE THAT WERE HERE AND PROVIDED SUCH VALUABLE, UM, INFORMATION UPDATES FROM OUR, UH, STATE, UH, LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING HOW COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR WENT AFTER THE MAYOR AND I TOO AM REPORTING ON WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
AND WAS GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, GIVE SHOUT OUTS TO YOUR, UH, YOUR EVENT THIS WEEKEND.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, I ALSO WANNA SEND PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS OUT TO THE OVER 110 THAT WERE KILLED IN TEXAS, UM, FROM THE TORRENTIAL RAIN AND THE YOUNG CHILDREN THAT, UM, DIED FROM THAT CAMP, AS WELL AS THEY'RE STILL SEARCHING.
SO MY PRAYERS GOES OUT TO THE FAMILY AND TO THOSE THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONE, WE NEVER KNOW, AS WE SEE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE HAPPENING, WE NEVER KNOW WHEN IT MAY BE IN OUR CITY.
SO PREPARATION, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, BEING PREPARED, AS WE SAY, BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER CHANGES.
AND SECONDLY, AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED EARLIER, I WAS ALSO GOING TO REPORT ON THE, UM, THE NEAR DROWNING DEAR TO MY HEART.
BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER, UH, JUST A TURN OF OUR HEAD, EVERYONE WAS THERE.
SHE WAS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL AS WELL.
SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS OF NOT ONLY KEEPING AN EYE, THEY DID NOT KNOW HOW THAT 5-YEAR-OLD LEFT FROM THE HOME
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IN CARE OF THE GRANDMOTHER WENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION BEING DONE, AND IT'S IN THE EASTGATE COMMUNITY, MY COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I'M THANKFUL TO BSO AS WELL AS THE, UM, PARAMEDICS AND THOSE THAT CAME OUT TO ASSIST.
BUT I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE GOOD SAMARITANS THAT TOOK THE TIME.
AND ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT KNEW CPR.
UM, SHE PULLED THE GRANDMOTHER OUT AND ANOTHER NEIGHBOR DID CPR ON THE CHILD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CHILD IS IN STABLE, WAS IN STABLE CONDITION YESTERDAY, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TODAY.
SO THE IMPORTANCE OF SWIMMING LESSONS, NOT ONLY TO THE YOUNG ONES, BUT AS WELL AS ADULTS, BECAUSE INSTINCTIVELY THE GRANDMOTHER JUMPED IN NOT KNOWING HOW TO SWIM AND WAS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WOULD'VE BEEN A DUAL, UM, TRAGEDY IF SOMEONE DID NOT COME TO THEIR AID.
SO PLEASE REMEMBER THIS WEEKEND, A LOT IS HAPPENING IN THIS WEEK HERE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
BUT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET YOUR CHILDREN OUT.
UM, LEARN HOW TO SWIM YOURSELF, RIGHT VICE MAYOR, LEARN HOW TO SWIM YOURSELF SO THAT YOU KNOW, AT ANY TIME AND ANY MOMENT, UM, WE CAN BE IN A PREDICAMENT.
I LEARNED HOW TO SWIM IN MY POOL.
I TAUGHT MYSELF, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND, UM, I'M PROUD ABOUT THAT.
SO, UM, SO REMEMBER ALL PARENTS AS WELL AS GUARDIANS OF YOUNG CHILDREN LEARN HOW TO SWIM.
THERE'S THE YMCA, THERE'S A VERY MUCH OUR AQUATICS SWIMMING, UM, POOL HERE IN THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
AND THIS WEEKEND, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHAT'S HERE FOR YOU.
NOT JUST THE FUN, BUT BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE POOL.
I CAN IMAGINE HOW COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS GONNA LOOK SWIMMING IN THERE WITH THE KIDS.
YOU KNOW, I'LL JUST GO THERE JUST TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING ELSE.
BUT THE TEACHING, UM, IS VERY IMPORTANT.
WE LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND ESPECIALLY THE CITY OF, UH, LAUDERDALE LAKES IS SURROUNDED BY SO MANY LAKES.
WE'VE HAD TO PUT RINGS AROUND CLOSE TO OUR CANALS IN ORDER TO ASSIST THOSE.
THERE WAS ANOTHER DROWNING NOT TOO LONG AGO.
SOMEONE WENT INTO, UH, THE CANAL AS WELL.
SO WE WANT TO BE MINDFUL OF THIS, AND IF IT DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU, RECOMMEND SOME, TELL SOMEONE ELSE.
THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY IS ABOUT.
IT'S NOT JUST FOR I, ME AND MYSELF.
THERE IS NO TEAMWORK COMMUNITY.
UM, AND LASTLY, I, I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY FROM THE, UH, FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY, MR. CLARENCE ANTHONY.
HE SENT OUT A 4TH OF JULY REFLECTION AND HE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE CHANGE THAT IS HAPPENING WITHIN LEADERSHIP.
SOMETHING RECENTLY HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA, UH, WITH THE POLI POLITICAL VIOLENCE, UM, THAT CAME IN, IN THAT CITY.
AND IT SAYS IN THESE CHANGE IN TIMES, LEADERSHIP, ROOTED IN CARE AND EMPATHY IS ESSENTIAL.
AS LOCAL OFFICIALS, WE MUST SET THE TONE FOR RESPECTFUL DIALOGUE AND MODEL THE VALUES THAT STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY.
EACH OF US HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AND A ROLE TO PLAY.
AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO DO IT.
HERE ARE THREE OF HIS RECOMMENDATION.
SLOW DOWN AND HAVE HONEST CONVERSATION IN JUST ONE YEAR.
WE'LL MARK 250 YEARS OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT, LET'S TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOMMIT OURSELVES TO TRANSPARENCY, CIVIL DISCLOSURE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
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TO, UH, HAVE, HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.TRANSPARENCY, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION BUT HAVE IT IN, IN THE END COME TO AND AN AGREEMENT.
AND I HOPE THIS IS WHAT ALL OF US WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAPPEN, NOT ONLY IN OUR OWN HOME, BUT IN THE GREAT WEEK HERE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
THIS IS MY PRAYER THAT IT WOULD TAKE PLACE.
I SAY GOD BLESS AND HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, MADAM A CM.
[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UM, REPEAT AFTER COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, THAT THERE IS DEFINITELY NO I IN TEAM.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO THANK THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS OUR PIO TEAM, BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFINITELY ROCK STARS IN HELPING ME MAKE THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN UNITY FEST SUCCESSFUL.
SO A HEARTFELT, THANKFUL TO YOU ALL.
IT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE EFFORTS FOR EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED TO MAKE IT A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.
AND WE DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO EVEN A MORE SUCCESSFUL EVENT NEXT YEAR.
UM, AS FAR AS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WE DO HAVE SPRAY THE WORLD COMMUNITY DAY EVENT THAT'S COMING UP ON JULY THE 26TH AT VINCENT TORRES PARK FROM 11:00 AM TO 4:00 PM ALSO, STAY TUNED FOR OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP.
OUR NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP IS ON JULY THE 30TH AT 6:30 PM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS.
UM, OUR SAMUEL S. BROWN ROOM IS OPEN ON THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING.
DURING THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING FROM SEVEN 30 TO 8:30 PM WE HAVE OUR FARM SHARE FOOD DISTRIBUTION THURSDAY, JULY 17TH AT 10:00 AM AT THE MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM.
WE DO HAVE ADULT LINE DANCE CLASSES AT THE ECC ON THE SECOND FLOOR FROM 6:00 PM TO 7:00 PM ON EVERY WEDNESDAYS.
WE ALSO HAVE ACTIVE ADULT PROGRAMS, PING PONG ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT VINCENT TORRES PARK, THE DOMINO'S CLUB ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT THE RESOURCE ROOM IN THE MULTIPURPOSE BUILDING COMMISSIONER'S CHESS CHALLENGE.
PLEASE ATTEND JULY 10TH AT 6:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE A CANDLE MAKING WORKSHOP.
IT'S A SIX WEEK COURSE AT THE ECC FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:00 PM ON MONDAY, STARTING AUGUST THE SEVENTH.
WE ALSO HAVE ESOL CLASSES ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM REGISTRATION IS OPEN THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE ECC JULY'S BUSINESS.
SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND THE BUSINESSES THE SPACE SHOP SELF STORAGE.
OUR MOBILE HEALTH UNIT BRINGS HEALTHCARE TO LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND THEY ARE PRESENT ON THROUGH JULY THE 28TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM AT WILLIE WEBB SENIOR PARK.
WE WILL BE STARTING OUR FOOD TRUCK ROLLOUT SERIES.
SO IF YOU'RE STILL CRE, IF YOU'RE STILL CRAVING CARIBBEAN FLAVORS FROM OUR CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN UNITY FEST, PLEASE JOIN US.
IT'S HAPPENING THE LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH IN THE WALMART PARKING LOT.
THAT'S THE WALMART HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES AT 33 0 1 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN.
THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS IN OUR CITY.
PLEASE JOIN THEM IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY WHERE THEY WILL BE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE WITH PROPERTY TAXES, LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES, AUTO TAG AND REGISTRATION RENEWALS IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO DRIVER'S LICENSE SERVICES.
THEY WILL BEGIN SERVICING OUR RESIDENCE ON JULY 11TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM INSIDE OF THE CITY HALL GIRAFFE'S ROOM.
AND AFTER THAT, THE FIRST FRIDAYS OF EACH MONTH, WE, WE DO HAVE HIRING OPPORTUNITIES.
WE'RE HIRING FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS.
PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ALSO, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
[16. REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY]
UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC.JUST A BRIEF REPORT YOU'LL RECALL.
WE DID MENTION THAT THE, UM, PROPERTY THAT WE, UM, THAT THE CITY ACQUIRED VIA A SUCCESSFUL PUBLIC
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BID, UH, THAT IS DESCRIBED AS THE OAKLAND VILLA PROPERTY.UM, WE DID INDICATE THAT THE, UH, MATTER, UH, THE DEFENDANTS HAVE APPEALED.
UH, THE COURT REQUIRED A BOND IN THE AMOUNT OF $241,000 PLUS THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE, UM, UH, POSTED BY LAST MONDAY.
THE COURT'S ORDER DIRECTED THAT IN THE EVENT THE BOND WAS NOT POSTED, THAT THE CLERK OF COURTS BE REQUIRED TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE TO THE PROPERTY IN FAVOR OF THE CITY.
SO AS OF LAST MONDAY, UH, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS THE OWNER, UH, EQUITABLE AND LEGAL OWNER OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS DESCRIBED AS THE OAKLAND VILLA.
THE MATTER IS STILL ON APPEAL.
UH, WE BELIEVE THE ISSUES 'CAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE CITY NOW HAS TITLE AND INTEREST.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, THOSE MATTERS SHOULD BE RESOLVED.
UM, BUT OF COURSE, WHETHER OR NOT THE DEFENDANTS CONTINUE TO EXERT THE EFFORTS THAT THEY HAVE, UH, WILL PROBABLY STILL BE WITHIN THEIR DISCRETION.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, UM, THE CITY OWNS THAT PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.
BEFORE NINE O'CLOCK IS NOT GREAT.