* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] WONDERFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON [1.  CALL TO ORDER] EVERYONE. . THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP JULY 7TH, 2025. OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR, SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER, HOWARD PRESIDENT, CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH MADAM CLERK. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION [REVIEW OF THE JULY 8, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] REVIEW OF THE JULY 8TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM, A CM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. FIRST ITEM UNDER RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS OUR REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH EIGHT TWO AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A STATE HIGHWAY LIGHT LIGHTING MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT WITH FDOT. AND MR. RON DE F BRUS WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS ITEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. RON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU MADAM. IS I'M MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, MADAM CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS RON DES BOLT, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. UH, MADAM MAYOR. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF MAINTENANCE AND COMPENSATION AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS ITEM WAS, UH, DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP. UH, WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION BY MAYOR. UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, FDOT OR MAINTENANCE OF LIGHTING. WE TURN THE WHITEWAY ON STATE SEVEN FROM COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO NORTHWEST 19TH STREET, UH, FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, FROM NORTHWEST SERVICE AVENUE TO THE TURNPIKE. SO WE, WE PAIR ANY DEFICIENCIES. WE ALSO PAY FOR ENERGY, UH, FOR THOSE LIGHTS. AND THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 2003. AND EVERY YEAR THEY PROVIDE A, UH, ANNUAL COMPOSITION, UH, TO THE CITY. UH, SO IT CAN PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. UH, SO FDOT SQUARELY AND THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE TEMPLATE. AND THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BRINGING THIS, UH, AGREEMENT. IT'S A FORMALITY. THERE'S NOT, NOT MAJOR CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS AGREEMENT, UH, OTHER THAN, UH, THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS A YEAR TO YEAR, BUT THIS ONE AS A SEVEN YEAR RENEWAL, EVERY SEVEN YEAR, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO RENEW IT. AND ALSO THE AMOUNT, UH, FOR NEXT FISCAL YEARS IS SET AT 67,000, UH, $133 AND 12 CENTS. AND THAT AMOUNT WILL GO ON A 3% ANNUAL EVERY YEAR. SO THAT'S HOW MUCH WE RECEIVE EVERY YEAR FROM FDOT. IF WE USE IT, UH, WE USE IT. IF WE DON'T USE IT, IT STAYS, UH, WITH THE CITY. AND HISTORICALLY, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING GREAT, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN YEARS THAT WE MIGHT GO OVER BECAUSE SOME OF THE LIGHT POLES ARE EXPENSIVE IN CASE THEY, THEY JUST GET RUN OVER. BUT WHEN WE USE THAT FUND, IT GOES BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE, UH, FOR FUTURE USE BY MAYOR. UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION THE BOARD MAY HAVE FOR ME AT THIS TIME. ALEX HAVE NONE. NONE, NONE. THANK YOU, MR. RON. I DO RECALL THE DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY THAT WE HAD, AND I DO RECALL THAT THE MONIES THAT WE DO NOT USE, THAT IT COMES BACK TO US AND PLACED IN STORMWATER, IF I RECALL, YOU'RE SAYING WHERE DID, WHERE DID THE MONEY STAND? THE STREET. UH, GO AHEAD. STORMWATER STREET. UH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. RYAN. THANK YOU MADAM. A M YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10, A RESOLUTION 2025. THAT'S YOUR EIGHT THREE AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT AWARD TO GELLAN BENEFITS GROUP FOR INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES PURSUANT TO REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AS NUMBERED. AND WE DO HAVE PROCUREMENT, MR. ZAM, THAT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. MAD MAYOR. MR. ZAM. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR. UH, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. MY NAME IS ZA PEPPER. I'M THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF FLORIDA, DALE LAKES. UM, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO REQUEST A RESOLUTION, UH, CONTRACT AWARD [00:05:01] TO GALL BENEFITS GROUP FOR INSURANCE BROKERAGE SERVICES PURSUANT TO THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WENT OUT, UM, ON THE CITY'S, UH, DEMAND STAR PLATFORM, RFP 25 3 4 1 0 DASH ZERO FIVE R, UM, AFTER COMPETITIVE PROCESS, UM, THAT WAS DONE, UH, COMMITTEE WAS FORMED. EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS FORMED WITHIN THE CITY EVALUATION COMMITTEE, REVIEWED THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE RECEIVED, AND OFF THAT, UM, GALL BENEFITS SCORED THE HIGHEST AND THE CITY IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL TO THIS VENDOR. UH, POINT TO NOTE AS WELL, THIS VENDOR IS ALSO OUR INCUMBENT, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? NO, MR. COULD YOU REPEAT THE LAST QUESTION? NOT THE QUESTION. LAST SENTENCE. UH, THE, IS OUR INCUMBENT THE ONE THAT WE HAVE? OH, THAT'S THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW? YES. THAT'S ALL. I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. UM, THANK YOU MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 84 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 D OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND 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 21 F 0 7 5 AA IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $350,000. FURTHER AUTHORIZING OF 20% CONTINGENCY OF $70,000 FOR A TOTAL PROJECT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $420,000. AND MR. RON WILL PRESENT THAT ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, MR. RON. THANK YOU. UH, POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR. UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP. UH, STAFF IS BRINGING, UH, FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. UH, MADAM MAYOR, WE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT MAINTAINS ALL CITY FACILITIES. WE HAVE TWO, UH, FACILITIES THAT ARE REALLY OLD. UH, THE CURRENT CITY HALL THAT WE, WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW. IT WAS BUILT IN 1977 AND ALSO THE RESOURCE CENTER IN 1991. WE HAVE TWO ELEVATORS IN EACH ONE, ONE OF ONE IN EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES. AND THERE ARE REALLY, UH, OLD AND OUT OF, UH, THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. SO THE STATE HAS, UH, BEEN PUSHING TO GET THOSE OLD ELEVATORS INTO COMPLIANCE. CURRENTLY, ANY, ANY ELEVATOR BUILT BEFORE THE YEAR 2000 IS REQUIRED TO BE BOUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, UH, NEITHER ONE OF THOSE ELEVATORS ARE GONNA BE IN COMPLIANCE IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. UH, BUT, UM, IF I GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT, THEN IT'S NOT NEW. I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE BOUGHT THIS ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY WE WAITED SO LONG TO BREAK IT, UH, TO, UH, TO THE CITY COMMISSION. THAT ITEM HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSION SINCE 2023. UH, ACTUALLY IT WAS APPROVED IN THE BUDGET, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A NEW CITY HALL. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THE PROJECT WAS KIND OF PUT ON HOLD BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA SPEND THAT MUCH MONEY ON THE FACILITY THAT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE FACILITY. SO IT WAS PUT INTO WEIGHT. UH, WE STILL HAVING DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MUNICIPAL COMPLEX, BUT THE ONLY CHALLENGE THIS TIME, UH, THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANY TIME. 'CAUSE THE LAST TWO YEARS, THEY WERE PUSHING THE DEADLINE AND WE, IF WE COULD WAIT AGAIN, WE WOULD WAIT MORE. BECAUSE THE MORE WE WAIT, THE MORE WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE FACILITY. SO, AND THAT IS WHY WE WAITED SO LONG, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO SEE WHERE WE GOING. UH, AT LEAST THE, THE, THE, THE SEAL COMMISSION WANTED TO GO WITH, UH, THE, THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NEW COMPLEX. UH, THAT'S WHY WE SO LONG TO BRING THAT ITEM FORWARD. BUT IT'S BEEN ON THE BUDGET FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE KEEP ROLLING IT OVER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO, UH, MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, MAN. SO WE REQUESTED QUOTE FROM CONTRACTORS. UH, AGAIN, IT'S A SPECIALIZED, UH, SERVICE. UH, YOU NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO BECAUSE OF THE AGE, WE WERE HAVING SOME CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF, UH, CONTRACTOR COMING OUT WANTING TO DO THE JOB. SOME OF THEM COME OUT, THEY SAY NO, UM, THEY JUST FLAT OUT DON'T WANNA DO IT. SO WE GET QUOTES, FIVE QUOTES. UH, THE, THE CHEAPEST ONE WAS 296,000, AND THE HIGHEST ONE WAS $504,243. UH, [00:10:01] SOME OF THE PRICES WERE QUESTIONABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE OPEN-ENDED. THEY COULDN'T PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE, TO THE SERVICE WHEN THEY OPEN UP, UH, THE ELEVATOR. THERE MAY BE SOME UNFORESEEN SITUATION THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT. THEY WANT THE CITY TO PAY FOR IT. BUT, UH, FORTUNATELY, DELAWARE ELEVATOR IS THE CURRENT, UH, CONTRACT THAT MAINTENANCE THE ELEVATORS, THEY'RE ABLE TO GIVE US A GOOD PRICE AND ALSO, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE RISK. THE PRICE PROVIDED BY DELAWARE IS ALL INCLUSIVE. SO, WHICH IS, AND THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY. AND, UH, WE, PROCUREMENT SERVICES AND, UH, THE CONTRACTOR AND PUBLIC WORKS WILL GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE THAT PRICING OF $350,000 ALL INCLUSIVE. UH, WE ALSO REQUESTING 70,000, WHICH IS A 20% CONTINGENCY. UH, WE FEEL LIKE IT'S ABOUT 20%. UH, THERE'S SO MUCH UNKNOWN THAT WE MIGHT OR MIGHT NOT SEE. WE DON'T WANT TO DELAY THE PROJECT. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED JUST IN CASE. BUT IF IT'S NOT UTILIZED, THAT POND WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY. THE 70,000 WILL NOT BE PAID TO THE CONTRACTOR. IT WILL NOT BE INCLUDED INTO THE PURCHASE ORDER. IT WILL ONLY BE UTILIZED UPON WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE PROJECT MANAGER, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR, AND THE CITY MANAGER. ALL THREE HAVE TO ASSIGN OR THE CHANGE ORDER IN ORDER FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO USE ANY OF THAT PHONE. IF NOT, THEY'LL NOT BE ABLE TO USE ANY OF THAT PHONE. IF WE DON'T USE IT, UH, IT WILL GO BACK TO THE CITY. BUT GIVING THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING, UH, IT'S PRUDENT TO HAVE THAT, UH, ON THE SIDE, JUST IN CASE. WE HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT. WE HOPE WE NEVER USE IT, BUT JUST IN CASE WE NEED IT, UH, IT WILL HELP FACILITATE THE PROCESS AND MAKE IT, UH, GO FASTER AND RESOLVE THE PROBLEM QUICKLY. MAN. AND THERE IS ALSO A ONE YEAR WARRANTY ON EVERY ITEM THAT THEY'RE GONNA INSTALL. ONLY PARTS THAT ARE GONNA BE INSTALLED. UH, THEY, THEY PROVIDE IN A ONE YEAR WARRANTY. AND, UH, WE'VE BUDGETED 300,000, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT IN THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND I BELIEVE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES HAS IDENTIFIED, UH, ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR THE BALANCE, UH, OF THE FUNDS BY THE MAYOR. UNLESS ANY QUESTION THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS, MR. RON, THE ELEVATOR, THE ECC, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT, UM, THROUGH , UH, PUBLIC WORKS, MAINTAIN THAT THROUGH, UH, DELAWARE ELEVATORS. WE IN CHARGE OF MAINTAINING IT. THAT ONE, I THINK IT'S WHAT, 2009? SO IT'S WHAT IT STILL HAVE MORE LIFE LEFT IN IT. THIS ONE IS IN COMPLIANCE BECAUSE IT WAS BUILT AFTER. YES, IT IS AFTER THE THOUSAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MR. RON, SO IN TERMS OF THE, UH, THE BALANCE, WILL YOU COME BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW TOWARDS THE END WHAT WAS NOT USED IF THE 70,000 WAS NOT USED, UH, TO MAYOR, IF THIS IS A WILL OF THE COMMISSION? YES. UH, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A REPORT AS TO WHAT FUND WAS, WAS USED. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. BUT AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE, LIKE HOW WE HAD THE ISSUE WITH THE ROOF, YOU KNOW, THAT CONTINGENCY HELP IN THE PROCESS WHEN THINGS CAME UP. SO I, I, I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, 20,000 DO 20% EXTRA, UH, THAT'S REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY FOR, TO BRING IT INTO COMPLIANCE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. RON. WILL WE MEET THE EXPIRATION DATE AS WE MOVE FORWARD? UH, ? UM, NO, BUT, UH, WE CONTACTED THE AUTHORITIES. UH, AS LONG AS WE CAN SHOW OR DEMONSTRATE THAT WE START THE PROCESS OF BRINGING INTO COMPLIANCE, WE'LL NOT BE ACCUMULATED ANY FINE. SO AS SOON AS WE, IF, IF THE COMMISSIONER APPROVED THE CONTRACT, UH, THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THE PERMIT, THE PERMIT PROCESS IN PLACE AS SOON AS WE CAN SHOW THAT, UH, WILL NOT BE, UH, FINE. UH, UM, , MAY I HAVE THE CONTRACTOR HERE WITH, WITH US? UH, IF YOU WILL ASK ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTION TO MR. SIR JOHN RE FROM DELAWARE. UM, MR. REED, MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO, TO CIRCLE BACK ON WHAT WAS JUST SAID. AS LONG [00:15:01] AS WE CAN SHOW PROGRESS TOWARDS COMPLETION, WE, YOU, YOU WON'T IN, YOU SHOULD NOT INCUR FINES. THE INSPECTORS, ALL THEY'RE GONNA NEED IS A LETTER OF INTENT SHOWING THAT YOU'RE MOVING TOWARDS PROGRESS WITH, WITH THE REPAIR MODERNIZATION. NOTHING FOR ME MAD. I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. YES. MY NAME IS JOHN REEVE. I'M WITH DELAWARE ELEVATOR. I'M THE SENIOR ACCOUNT MANAGER. THANK YOU. MR. REED. WE JUST WANT TO BE ASSURED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THAT IF WE DO NOT MEET THE DEADLINE, THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ON OUR PART. YES, MA'AM. TH THIS, THIS DOOR LOCK MONITORING IS THE, IS THE CODE REQUIREMENT THAT'S UP AGAINST, THAT WE'RE COMING UP AGAINST IN AUGUST LAST TWO YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A DEADLINE AND THEY'VE EXTENDED THAT, BUT I'VE HEARD RUMORS THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO EXTEND IT THIS YEAR. BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE SHOWING PROGRESS TOWARDS THAT MODERNIZATION PROJECT BY HAVING A CONTRACT IN PLACE, OR A EVEN A LETTER OF INTENT IN PLACE, WE, WE SHOULD BE FINE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. VICE, MR. WHAT'S YOUR NAME AGAIN? JOHN REEVE. JOHN REEVES. HOW LONG, WHAT'S THE PROCESS IF THE RESOLUTION PASSES? OKAY, SO HOW, HOW WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET IT? SURE. SO ONE, ONCE A PROJECT IS AWARDED MM-HMM . UM, AND WE RECEIVE A LETTER OF INTENT, WE'LL START GENERATING THE SUBMITTAL AND APPROVAL PROCESS. THAT TYPICALLY TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FOR THOSE APPROVALS TO COME TO THE PROCESSING TEAM ON YOUR SIDE OF THE EQUATION. THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE ALL OF THEIR SELECTIONS COMES. IT, IT GOES BACK AND FORTH A FEW TIMES. SO THAT USUALLY TAKES ABOUT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS FOR THAT TO, TO, UH, WORK ITSELF OUT AFTER THAT. AND ONCE A DEPOSIT IS RECEIVED, OR ACTUALLY IT'S YOU, YOU GUYS DON'T PAY DEPOSITS, BUT THERE IS A PAYMENT THAT'S USUALLY MADE FOR THOSE SUBMITTALS AND APPROVALS. UM, ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN WE ORDER THE MATERIALS AND IT TAKES 14 TO 16 WEEKS. SO YOU'RE ABOUT FOUR MONTHS BEFORE MATERIALS ARRIVE, AND THEN WE'LL ACTUALLY START WORKING THE PROJECT. SO IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY AROUND FIVE AND A HALF TO SIX MONTHS FROM THE MOMENT THAT THE JOB IS AWARDED BEFORE WE ACTUALLY START WORKING THE JOB. AND I'M SHOWING ABOUT SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS PER ELEVATOR FOR INSTALLATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. RE. SO VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MR. RON. MADAM CLERK, ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF COMMISSIONER HARRISON. DULY NOTED. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 85 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A TASK ORDER TO CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES SERVICES TO THE CITY FOR THE BOAT RAMP INSTALLATION PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $156,170. AND MR. RON DES WILL WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. RON ESTABLISHMENT. MAYOR, UH, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP, AND STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. UH, AS YOU KNOW, MADAM MAYOR, WE, WE OWN AND MAINTAIN 11 MILES OF CANALS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, UH, THOSE, UH, 11 MILES OF CANALS ARE SEPARATED INTO FIVE ZONES. UH, WE DO NEED ACCESS, UH, TO THE CANAL SYSTEM TO MAINTAIN, UH, WITH WE, WITH, UH, GRASS, UH, ALGAE, UH, ALL KIND OF SERVICES TO THE CANAL. UH, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOAT RAMP TO ACCESS THE CANAL. WE USE IT TO MAKESHIFT, UH, BOAT RAMP. UH, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GO TO, UH, SOME RESIDENT'S BACKYARD. UH, WE DAMAGE THE GRASS. WE HAVE TO GO TO HOME DEPOT. WE REPLACE IT. IT'S A NIGHTMARE. UM, AND ALSO EQUIPMENTS ARE GETTING DAMAGED BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE ACCESS THE CANAL. UH, SO THIS PROJECT IS, UH, I MEANT TO, UH, START BUILDING, UH, BOAT RAMP TO ALLOW ACCESS, UH, TO THE CANAL SYSTEM AND TO PROVIDE EFFICIENCY TO OUR OPERATION. , UH, TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 BUDGET. UH, THE CITY ALLOCATED $700,000 FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT. UH, WE AND THE, THAT PARTICULAR PHASE, WE ARE GOING, GOING TO DESIGN SIX LOCATIONS. WE SELECTED SIX LOCATIONS BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, ACCESS. UH, WE ARE D DEALING WITH A WAY. A LOT OF THE LOCATION THAT, THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR BOT MAP, WE DON'T HAVE THE EASEMENT YET, SO WE WORK WORKING TO GET SOME EASEMENT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE SIX LOCATIONS ARE GOOD TO GO. WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE SIX, UM, LOCATIONS AND AS, AS WE WALK TOWARD THE EASEMENT. AND ULTIMATELY MORE BOAT RAMP WILL BE BUILT IN THE FUTURE, UH, THROUGH THE LIBRARY OF CONSULT. UH, STAFFS REQUESTED A PROPOSAL FROM C THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATE, AND THEY PROVIDE A REPORT IN [00:20:01] YEMEN OF $156,170 TO PROVIDE SURVEYING, UH, DESIGN OF THE PROJECT. SO WE FEEL LIKE THE COST IS WITHIN STANDARD, AND STAFF IS, UM, RECOMMENDING THE SEAL COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE AUDIT PROPOSAL. WE FEEL LIKE IT'S A GOOD PRICE GIVEN THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, UNLESS ANY QUESTION THE BOARD MAY MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME, NONE, BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS IT BEFORE. NO, MR. HARRISON? NO. THANK YOU. MR. RON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 25 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE 14 STEEL DUMP TRUCK FROM S FREIGHT FREIGHTLINER, LLC IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA SHERIFF ASSOCIATION COOPERATIVE PROGRAM, CONTRACT AS NUMBERED HEAVY TRUCKS AND BUSES FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $138,890. AND MR. RONDA BROOMS WILL ALSO PRESENT THAT ITEM, SIR. THANK YOU. MADAM. ESTABLISHED, UH, MAN ITEM ALSO WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP. STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION. UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO PLACE A FLATBED DUMP TRUCK THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT USE, UH, FOR VARIOUS, UH, TASK. AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL TO ALL OF OUR DIVISION FROM STORMWATER TO STREET, UH, TO LANDSCAPING. UH, BUT THE, THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS OLD. IT KIND OF REACHES USEFUL LIFE TIME, 23 YEARS OLD. UH, WE CANNOT GET PARTS BECAUSE OF THE AGE AND, UH, WE BARELY CAN USE IT. SO IT'S TIME FOR REPLACEMENT. AND THAT WAS BUDGETED IN THE, IN THE FY 2025, UH, UH, BUDGET. WE REQUESTED QUOTE FROM, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, PROVIDERS. ONE OF 'EM WAS, UH, BILL, UH, THE QUOTE WAS IN THE OF $140,950. UH, RICK 10 PROVIDED A QUOTE FOR ONE 43,207. AND FREIGHTLINER, UH, PROVIDED A QUOTE IN THE, OF $165,317. UH, BUT THAT'S, THAT WAS A DIRECT QUOTE. WHEN, UH, WE, WHEN WE BUY EQUIPMENT, IF WE BUY ONE, UH, ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, THE PRICE THEY'RE GIVING US IS HIGHER THAN IF YOU BUYING A THOUSAND. SO THAT'S WHY WE USE CO-OP. SOMETIMES, UH, THE CO-OP, YOU WILL BUY MORE AS A RESULT. THEY GOT A BETTER PRICING. SO THE ER, SHERIFF ASSOCIATION, THEY HAVE A CO-OP RIGHT NOW WITH FREIGHTLINER. UH, THEY GAVE US A PRICE FOR 165,000, BUT THE PRICE IN THE CO-OP, UH, WITH FSA, WITH, UH, EXTENDED WARRANTY IS IN THE AMOUNT OF MARGIN AND $38,890 FOR THE SAME PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, SAME EVERYTHING. SO WE REQUEST THEM TO USE THAT CO-OP TO PURCHASE THE EQUIPMENT. UH, NOT ONLY WE GET A BETTER PRICE, BUT WE GET, UH, FIVE YEAR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T ANY QUESTION BOARD MAYOR FOR AT THIS TIME. I HAVE NOT THIS QUESTION. THANK YOU, MR. RON. THANK YOU, MADAM. MAY SAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NOW WE WILL MOVE OVER TO OUR WORKSHOP AGENDA. WE DO HAVE SOME TIME CERTAINS MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN, AND WE HAVE A 6:00 PM AS WELL AS A 6:30 PM TIME CERTAIN. BUT IF YOU'D [A.  PRESENTATION - INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES (5:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] LIKE, WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR FIVE 30 TIME CERTAIN IF, UM, EMPLOYEES ARE HERE, OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO THE FIRST ITEM UNTIL 5:30 PM IT'S ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MINUTES TO FIVE 30. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO OUR FIVE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE INTRODUCTION OF NEW EMPLOYEES AND A NEW EMPLOYEES, UM, IF THEY ARE PRESENT, AND MS. TARA WILLIAMS WILL, WILL COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. TARA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY ATTORNEY ACTING, UM, ACTING CITY COMM, UH, CITY CLERK, UH, TARA WILLIAMS, INTERIM HR, UH, DIRECTOR. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LAST TIME THAT NEW EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO THE DAAS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE, UM, SOME NEW EMPLOYEE, THE, THE NEW WE CARE EMPLOYEES TO THE DIETS. IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU COULD PLEASE STAND, WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT FROM OUR CITY COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRIS. [00:25:01] , HARRISON . THANK YOU. THANK YOU . FROM OUR CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE ALBAN LEWIS, OUR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER, JANICE JOHNSON, OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. LEANNE SHAW, COMMISSION AID, LENE LIMOND. OUR STAFF, MS. CHAR, HOLD ON A MINUTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, FOR THOSE WHOSE NAME ARE BEING CALLED, COULD YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOURSELF BY RAISING YOUR HAND JUST IN CASE? SO WE, THOSE THAT ARE WITHIN WILL KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, WE HAVE KANEISHA WITHERSPOON, OUR RECORDS AND ADMIN SPECIALIST FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. MS. TARA, COULD WE START AGAIN, JUST SO EVERYONE CAN SURE. BE ACKNOWLEDGED, PLEASE. AND PROBABLY IF EVERYONE WOULD, UH, KINDLY HAVE A SEAT. YES. AND THEN AS YOUR NAME IS CALLED, ONE BY ONE, TO PLEASE STAND. THANK YOU, MS. TARA, FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION, COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON , WELCOME. WELCOME, THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE AL LEWIS COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER, JANICE JOHNSON, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. LEANNE SHAW, UH, COMMISSION AIDE LENE LES, STAFF ASSISTANT FOR MY CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. KENISHA WITHERSPOON, OUR RECORDS AND ADMIN SPECIALIST FROM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WE HAVE DIRECTOR TANJA MCCOY, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, LAUREN PROCE. WE HAVE ADRIANA MCINTYRE, UH, PERMIT TECH ONE. AYANA AMMAN, LEASING BUSINESS TAX RECEIPT ASSISTANT KADEEM ESTELLE, A CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, LOUIS O, SO SORRY. CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER OWEN SKINNER. CODE COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR. CHIANA GURLEY, PERMIT TECHNICIAN. GMAIL. BACA, S KAZAR, SORRY. CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICER, RADER, STAFF ASSISTANT. AND TIFFANY, UM, FORTUNE CODE COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR FROM FINANCIAL SERVICES, WE HAVE AZO. PALAWA, PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR. ANTHONY GURAN, PURCHASING COORDINATOR. DANIEL POTS, SENIOR ACCOUNTANT. DEANDRE WATSON, ACCOUNTING COORDINATOR. AND EDGAR PIERRE, COMPUTER SUPPORT SPECIALIST. BEHIND HERE. THAT WAS HIM. THAT THE LAW FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, WE HAVE AARON WILEY, MAINTENANCE WORKER. ANAYA HARLEY, RECREATION ASSISTANT ONE. ANA WOODEN LIFEGUARD. BRITTANY DIXON LIFEGUARD. DWAYNE HOLLOWAY PARK, RANGER GILLESPIE HUDSON, RECREATION ASSISTANT ONE. JAYDEN FRANCOIS LIFEGUARD. MIKE CHARLES, RECREATION ASSISTANT ONE. RIHANNA, SAMPATH, STAFF ASSISTANT. SHAMAYA MCDONALD. STAFF ASSISTANT. CHEVELLE ASHLEY, RECREATION ASSISTANT. STEVEN PHILLIPS, MAINTENANCE WORKER. AND TREMAINE DAVIS, MAINTENANCE WORKER FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE ADRIAN, I'M SORRY, ANDERSON. GABRIELLE, MAINTENANCE WORKER. CHRIS BELO, MAINTENANCE WORKER. DWAYNE WILLIAMS, MAINTENANCE WORKER, ERICA BAKER, STAFF ASSISTANT EUGENE BUTLER, MAINTENANCE WORKER. EVANS FONTAINE, MAINTENANCE WORKER. JUAN FLORES, MAINTENANCE WORKER. CAMU DARLINGTON, MAINTENANCE WORKER. KURT MABA BAR, SORRY. MAINTENANCE WORKER TWO. PATRICK SABAN, MAINTENANCE WORKER. NATHAN ALEXANDER, MAINTENANCE WORKER AND RODNEY BANDER, MAINTENANCE WORKER. TO, WE THANK, WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF THANK YOU, MS. TARA. WE WANT TO WELCOME ALL OF OUR NEW EMPLOYEES. I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A MINUTE, BUT WE ARE SO GLAD THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY WELCOMED YOU INTO THE WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LACE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU MADAM CM. THANK YOU. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE A VIBRANT CITY WHERE PEOPLE DO WANT TO WORK AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS, UM, MORE OFTEN, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. NEXT ON OUR AGENDA, WE HAVE AN ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AND WE FIRST, WE HAVE [00:30:01] OUR BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD. OH, I'M SORRY, THAT IS FOR 6:00 PM SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A FORENSIC AUDIT (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR CAUSWELL)] MR. RODERICK HARVEY. IS HE, OR THAT'S 6:30 PM WE HAVE A DISCUSSION REGARDING A FORENSIC AUDIT. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR SWELL, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM. YOU'RE WELCOME. ACTING CITY MANAGER. FEBRUARY 24TH OF THIS YEAR. THE ITEM CAME UP FOR DISCUSSION AND I, NOT MUCH WAS SAID OR NOT MUCH WAS DONE, BUT NOW MORE THAN EVER, THERE IS A NEED FOR A FORENSIC AUDIT. AND I'M GOING BACK TO 2023 WHEN THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WENT ON SICK LEAVE DECEMBER OF 2023. AND HE WAS OUT UNTIL MAY 10TH OF LAST YEAR. AND DURING THAT TIME, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING. 'CAUSE THERE WAS NO DIRECTOR AND THERE WAS ALSO NO ASSISTANT DIRECTOR IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AND GENERALLY THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON FOR, THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY LIES AND WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT. SO YOU THINK OF SIX MONTHS WITHOUT A DIRECTOR, NEITHER AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR. OF COURSE, MOST OF US HERE, WERE NEW NOW. I WAS NEW TO FINANCE 'CAUSE I HAVE TO FINANCE MY FINANCE, SO I HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN ORDER. THEN WE GOT SOMEONE AN INTERIM. AND I THINK, I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN SHE WAS CONFIRMED AS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND LESS THAN A MONTH AGO, SHE WALKED OFF THE JOB TECHNICALLY. 'CAUSE IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAND IN YOUR RESIGNATION EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, IT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE ABANDONED THE JOB. I DON'T KNOW HOW ELSE TO FRAME IT. I'M NOT A FINANCIAL IN TERMS OF PROFESSION. NOW I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT I WANTED IT LONG AGO. WANTED A FORENSIC AUDIT. AND AS I SAID, FEBRUARY 24TH, ON THIS DAYS I WAS NOT A FORENSIC. AUDIT IS NOT TO LOOK FOR STUFF. IT IS TO ELIMINATE IT. THAT YOU KNOW THAT OKAY, THINGS ARE IN ITS RIGHT PLACE AND THE MONIES THAT COME INTO OUR COFFER IS BEING ACCOUNTED FOR. NOW, I, I DON'T HAVE, IT'S HARD TO SAY IT AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT I COULD 100% SAY I KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THAT DEPARTMENT. AND IT'S HARD TO GET A NEW PERSON TO COME IN. REMEMBER ONE WAS OUT SICK DECEMBER UNTIL MAY SIX MONTHS, THEN ANOTHER PERSON CAME IN INTERIM TO GO OVER THE JOB. AND THAT PERSON IS NO LONGER THERE. THE AUDIT IS DUE. AND WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR A LONG TIME, WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT. SO IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO [00:35:01] DO A FORENSIC AUDIT, I KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, IT'S COST MONEY. EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY. AND IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO IT NOW BEFORE THE NEXT PERSON TAKES OVER. 'CAUSE FOR ME, IF I WERE IN CHARGE OVER THERE, I WOULD'VE DONE THAT LONG, LONG TIME AGO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW WHERE THE FUNDS ARE, WHERE IF THE FUNDS ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. AND I HAVE REASON FOR SAYING THIS. I SENT AN EMAIL, I THINK IT WILL LA 2023. I DID SEND AN EMAIL TO FIND OUT FROM THE FORMER CITY MANAGER HOW MANY CONSULTANTS, CONTRACTORS, PEOPLE AT THE TOP OF THEIR DIRECTORS HOPE. 'CAUSE I NEEDED TO KNOW HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT. AND I REMEMBER LOOKING ON THE PAPERS IS APRIL OF LAST YEAR, AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE CONTRACTOR ON THAT EMAIL THAT I GOT BACK. AND THAT'S NOT TRUE. AND I SAY IT'S NOT TRUE BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INNER GOV THAT WE SPENT NEARLY, WHAT, NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE PROGRAM. AND THEY, WHATEVER THAT THEY WANTED THAT YOU HAD TO PAY, I THINK IT'S NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. STILL DID NOT WORK. AND I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE DIRECTOR, NEW DIRECTOR THAT CAME LAST AUGUST. AND IN THE CONVERSATION SHE SAID THAT THEY SPENT A HUNDRED AND A HUNDRED DOLLARS AN HOUR. THEY HAD A CONSULTANT THINK SHE SAID, FROM MIRAMAR SOMEWHERE DOWN THERE COST $150,000. AND I GUARANTEE AS I'M TALKING TO YOU RIGHT NOW, IT NEVER, IT WAS NOT ON THE DOCUMENT THAT I WAS GIVEN AS A COMMISSIONER ASKING FOR THE RIGHT. I THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK FOR IT. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT WHEN I ASKED FOR IT, THAT THE DOCUMENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECT. IT WASN'T ON THE LIST, ONE CONTRACTOR WAS NOT ON THE LIST. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US START WHERE THE MONIES START FIRST IN FINANCE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE MONIES GO, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FROM THERE. SO I AM HOPING THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO LIKE THE CITY VERY, VERY WELL, 'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING OUT TO SAY THEY DON'T LIKE THE CITY. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING OR IF THEY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T. SO THIS IS WHERE I AM. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE CITY WITH OUR MONEY. I WON'T EVEN GO INTO ALL THE STUFF THAT I'M AWARE OF OR THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF AND RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF. SO I'M ASKING THAT WE DO A FORENSIC AUDIT STARTS WITH THE FINANCE PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR NOW. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NO COMMENTS. MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE A COMMENT. MADAM MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. YES. UM, I TOO BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. UM, I [00:40:01] WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR WHEN I SAY THAT, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING IN THE CITY SHOULD BE, SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT. UM, I SEE HERE ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA, WE HAVE A TIME CERTAIN FOR SIX 30 OF OUR YEAR END FINANCIAL AUDIT, I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE THE PROS AND CONS AND DIFFERENCE. WHAT'S THE MAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS FINANCIAL AUDIT AND WHAT A FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD DO. SO, UM, I THINK SOME CLARITY ON THAT WILL KIND OF HELP THE DISCUSSION. UM, BUT AT AT THE SAME TOKEN, I I THINK WE COULD DO, UM, A BETTER JOB, EVEN IF THINGS ARE TRANSPARENT, A BETTER JOB OF COMING OFF MORE TRANSPARENT. BUT, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD PROBABLY GET CLARITY ON WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE AND WHAT PURPOSES THEY SERVE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. SORRY, I WAS THROUGH YOU THROUGH FOR THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY TO COME. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. THE, UH, ANNUAL AUDIT IS A PROCESS AND PROCEDURE BY WHICH YOUR CITY AUDITOR LIKE MOST OTHER, UM, PUBLIC AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND LIKE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO MAY BE NOT-FOR-PROFITS OR EVEN FOR-PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THIS CONTEXT, AN ANNUAL AUDIT IS A, UH, DEEP DIVE INTO THE ANNUAL. UH, WELL, ACTUALLY THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY THE ORGANIZATION, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY'S FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THEY WILL LOOK AT THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THEY WILL ALSO DO A, A DEEP DIVE INTO NOT JUST THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN PREPARED, BUT ALSO BANK STATEMENTS, UM, LOOKING TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF HOW THE CITY RECONCILIATE THE MONEY THAT CAME IN, THE MONEY THAT WENT OUT, UH, AND THE ACCOUNTING. UH, THEY ALSO WILL LOOK AT THE INTERNAL OPERATING PROCEDURES OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE PROCEDURES ARE CONSISTENT WITH BEST, BEST PRACTICES FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY. UH, PERHAPS CONSISTENT BEST PRACTICES, UH, THROUGH A FINANCIAL SERVICES, UH, REGIME AS WELL. UH, NOW AT THE END OF THAT REPORT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PRESENT THEIR FINDINGS. IF THEY FIND THAT THERE ARE MATERIAL ISSUES THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD BE AWARE OF, THEY WILL OUTLINE THOSE IN A, UH, WRITTEN REPORT TO THE COMMISSION. IF THERE ARE NO FINDINGS OF ANY MATERIAL DISCREPANCIES, THEY WILL ALSO IDENTIFY THAT IN THE ANNUAL REPORT. UM, THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE ANNUAL AUDIT AND A FORENSIC AUDIT, A FORENSIC AUDIT. MOST CPAS, AND I'M NOT A CPA, SO I'LL MAKE THAT DISCLAIMER IN ADVANCE IF YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED THAT OUT. BUT A FORENSIC AUDIT, UM, BY MOST ACCOUNTS ARE AN AUDIT THAT IS REQUESTED ON THE BASIS OF SOME CONCERN RELATIVE TO THE FINANCIAL, UM, ACTIVITIES OF AN ORGANIZATION. IT COULD BE CONFINED TO THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, IT COULD BE CONFINED TO A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, A PARTICULAR PERSON, UH, BUT IS USUALLY A, UH, MECHANISM BY WHICH THE, UM, AUDITORS ARE SEEKING TO UNCOVER, UH, CORROBORATE THE EXISTENCE OF THAT MAY NOT BE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH, AGAIN, AN ORGANIZATIONAL'S, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE BEST PRACTICES AND HOW THEY OPERATE. UM, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, IT COULD BE, UH, SOME CONCERN RELATING TO IMPROPER EXPENDITURES OR RECEIPTS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS, UH, FRAUDULENT ACTIVITY OR MISREPRESENTATIONS. AND THINGS THAT, UH, REALLY WILL REFLECT ON THE, UH, ACCURACY OF STATEMENTS OR INCOME OR EXPENSES OF THE ORGANIZATION. THEY ARE A, A, A, A SPECIFIC, UM, INVESTIGATION, IF YOU WILL, UH, THAT GOES INTO A PARTICULAR MATTER FORENSIC MEANING THEY'RE USING, UH, WHAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM TO IDENTIFY CORROBORATE OR DISCLAIM OR DISC CORROBORATE, UH, WHAT THE OBJECTIVES ARE FOR, UH, THE INVESTIGATION. UM, I SUSPECT, UH, YOUR CITY AUDITOR CAN AMPLIFY MY COMMENTS TO YOU. BUT IN ESSENCE, THE DISTINCTION, AND LET ME JUST TAKE ANOTHER STEP BACK. AND ANNUAL AUDIT DOES NOT, AND YOUR ACCOUNTANTS, THEY WILL SAY, UH, THEY ARE, UM, NOT REQUIRED AND ACTUALLY DO NOT, UM, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINDING FRAUD [00:45:01] IN YOUR, UH, ANNUAL ACTIVITIES. THAT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF AN ANNUAL AUDIT. THEY WILL, HOWEVER, AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CITY AUDITOR ON FRIDAY, UM, THEY DO VERY MUCH WHILE THEY'RE DOING AN ANNUAL AUDIT, THEY ARE LOOKING AND IF THINGS COME TO LIGHT THAT THEY BELIEVE CAUSE THEM CONCERN, YOU'LL CERTAINLY HEAR THAT FROM, UH, THE AUDITOR. UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I DO, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UH, YOUR CITY AUDITOR CAN AMPLIFY AND PERHAPS, UH, BE MORE, UH, POINTED AS TO, UH, ANY OTHER DIFFERENCE THAT, UH, PERHAPS I'VE NOT ARTICULATED HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT CITY ATTORNEY. UM, SO, UM, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, UM, THE MECHANISM WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE THROUGH THE, THE CITY AUDITOR, UM, MAY COVER MOST OF, UM, IF THERE'S ANY DISCREPANCIES, THEY'LL HIGHLIGHT THAT. UH, MY POSITION IS I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE CITY AUDITOR, GET THEIR TAKE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CITY, UH, WHAT THEIR OPINION IS. AND, UM, I MAY BE IN FAVOR IN SUPPORT OF A FOCUSED FORENSIC AUDIT OVER A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT OF A SPECIFIC ALLEGATION. UM, LISTEN, I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED KNOWING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IF SOMETHING WAS GOING ON, TO BE HONEST. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO THINK THAT WAY. BUT I THINK A PART OF THE REASON WHY THE CITY IS SO BEHIND IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE'RE NOT DOING RIGHT. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE CRIMINAL OR FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES. BUT I FIRST WANT TO HEAR FROM OUR NATURAL MECHANISM OF THE CITY AUDITOR. AND BASED OFF OF THAT, UH, I I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSION AROUND A FOCUSED FORENSIC AUDIT OVER A PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT, A PARTICULAR INSTANCE. UH, SO I, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE, AND THAT'S MY DISCUSSION. UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE, UH, UH, CLEAR THAT, UM, UH, I, I'VE LISTENED TO THE VICE MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND NOTHING THAT I'VE SAID IS INTENDED TO DISAGREE WITH THE VICE MAYOR OR TO AGREE ON ONE WAY OR OTHER, BUT, UH, THAT CONVERSATION, AGAIN IS ONE THAT IS DIRECTLY, UH, RESPONSIBLE AND AT THE HANDS OF, OF, OF THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST. CONCERN IN A FORENSIC, UH, AUDITING, UM, IS NOT THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT AS MY, UM, COLLEAGUE SAYS, WOULD BE MORE FOCUSED, I WOULD FOCUS ON FINANCE. IT'S IS OUR, UM, WHERE THE MONEY LIES. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO RUN THIS, THIS CITY AND RUN IT PROPERLY. I DID HEAR MY COLLEAGUE SPEAK ABOUT THE GAPS AND THE FILL IN AND WHO IS WATCHING THOSE GAPS, WHO IS LOOKING AT WHEN THE GAPS ARE THERE? UM, AND I DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR FINANCE, BUT I'VE LEARNED A LOT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE CONCERNING, UM, I KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF MY LITTLE BITS. I'M NOT IN THE MILLIONS, BUT I KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT I HAVE. NEVERTHELESS, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING OUGHT TO BE LOOKED AT THE FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT, UM, FOCUS, AS I HEARD MY COLLEAGUES SAY, FOCUS. I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM OUR, OUR AUDITOR TO HEAR HIS PROCEDURE. AND WHAT, IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE LAWYER HAS SAID, UM, WHAT THEIR PROCEDURE OF HOW THEY LOOK AT REC. ANYONE CAN RECONCILE. I HOPE I'M ABLE TO RECONCILE. UM, BUT MATCHING. BUT WITH THE RECONCILIATION, WHAT ARE WE PUTTING ON? YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THINGS THAT GO IN BETWEEN THAT, UM, THAT CAN BE RECONCILED WITHOUT KNOWING, WITHOUT US KNOWING. SO, UM, I WOULD BE FOR THE FORENSIC, UM, FOCUS TOWARDS, UM, FINANCIAL SERVICES. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. NUMBER ONE IS WHEN MR. HARVEY GIVES HIS PRESENTATION THIS EVENING TO SEE HOW DEEP HE DIVES INTO CERTAIN MATTERS, ONCE DOCUMENTATION IS PRESENTED TO HIM BY THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. ALSO TOO WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, A, A FOCUS AUDIT. SOMETIMES WHEN WE ARE DOING OUR OWN LITTLE, UH, DOLLARS, [00:50:01] WE HAVE TO BACK UP SOMETIMES AND RECONCILE AND BALANCE AND SEE WHERE THIS WAS. AND DID WE MISS THIS RECEIPT? SO I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF A FOCUS AUDIT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR HOW DEEP MR. HARVEY DIVES INTO THE CITY'S AUDIT. AND IF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING CAN BE DONE BY OUR CITY AUDIT. SO MR. HARVEY IS UP AT SIX 30, I THINK IT IS. SO WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR FROM MR. HARVEY AND THEN WE CAN ASK FURTHER QUESTIONS. MME. MASON. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, WE DO, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, HAVE A 6:00 PM TIME CERTAIN IT IS 5:53 PM WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT ITEM OR MOVE TO THE NEXT, WHICH WILL PROBABLY TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BEING THAT IT'S A PRESENTATION FROM BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. WE'LL HAVE OUR FIVE O'CLOCK, FIVE 30, THE BEAUTIFICATION. BEAUTIFICATION. YEAH. SO THE, OUR NEXT ITEM IS FIVE [B.  ADVISORY BOARDS' PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION (BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD, HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD AND CIVIL SERVICE BOARD) (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] A. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE IFICATION, SORRY, FRONT OF, UH, CLARITY FIVE B SAID A MY APOLOGY FIVE B. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. OUR BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER IS, WHICH IS PAULA EDWARDS. YES. GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THIS PUBLIC. MY NAME IS PAULA EDWARDS. UM, I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE BOARD'S ACTIVITIES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE 2025 YEAR THUS FAR. FIRST, OUR OVERVIEW, OUR BOARD MEETINGS RESUME NOVEMBER, 2024, AND WE HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT EACH MONTH SINCE THE EXCEPTION OF JUNE, 2025, MEANING BECAUSE OF THE CITY CLOSURE AND OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH. DECEMBER'S MEETING TOOK THE FORM OF THE CITYWIDE HOLIDAY HOLIDAY DECORATION TOUR, WHERE THE BOARD MEMBERS PERSONALLY TOURED THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE AND SELECT THE MOST DECORATIVE HOMES IN THE, FOR THE HOLIDAY DECORATION CONTEST. FROM JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, THE BOARD RESUMED REGULAR BUSINESS, INCLUDING BUS BEAUTIFICATION, RECOGNITION, PROJECT PLANNING, AND ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS. MOST RECENTLY, IN APRIL, WE SET THE STAGE FOR UPCOMING BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, IDENTIFYING AREAS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT NEEDED BEAUTIFICATION ATTENTION TO OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATIONS. THE RECOGNITION AND HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE HAVE, UM, BEGUN. WE HAVE CONTINUED TO UPHOLD OUR TRADITION OF HONORING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES THAT GO BEYOND, UM, IN CITY, PRESENTING A HOLIDAY DECORATION CONTEST TO WINNERS WITH A PLAQUE IN THE MONETARY GIFT AT THE FEBRUARY 11TH COMMISSION MEETING. AND LOOKING FORWARD, EXCUSE ME, SEEING ROTI DELIGHT WAS SELECTED FOR OUR BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO INVITING BUSINESSES AND OWNERS TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE AT UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETINGS. ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE CELEBRATED A HARD WORK OF SEVEN OREO ELEMENTARY STUDENTS BY AWARDING THE BEAUTIFICATION ESSAY CON COMPETITION PARTICIPANTS OF A $25 GIFT CARD AND A CERTIFICATE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. WE HELD OUR ANNUAL HOLIDAY DIRECT DECORATING TOUR IN DECEMBER, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIRECTLY ENGAGE RESIDENTS AND RECOGNIZE HOLIDAY SPIRIT THROUGHOUT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THE BOARD MEMBERS CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN QUARTERLY CLEANUP EVENTS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE ALSO ARE WORKING TO SCHEDULE GROUPS PHOTO WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS IN A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND UNITY. IN MARCH, THE BOARD CON CONDUCTED A 2025 ELECTION FOR OUR OFFICERS. PAUL MARTIN WAS REELECTED AS CHAIR PAULA EDWARDS AS MYSELF, ELECTED AS VICE CHAIR, AND PAT WALKER WAS REELECTED AS SECRETARY. THE BOARD WELCOMED MEMBERS, NEW MEMBERS, SHIRLEY MON, APPOINTED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND THE CONSENSUS. WE ADJUSTED OUR MEETING TIME TO 6:00 PM MOVING FORWARD, IMPROVING ACCESSIBILITY FOR MEMBERS AND GUESTS ONGOING INITIATIVES. WE LAUNCHED SEVERAL KEY INITIATIVES THAT ARE STILL UNDERWAY. EACH BOARD MEMBER IS CON CURRENTLY IDENTIFYING A MINIMUM OF TWO AREAS WITHIN THE CITY THAT NEEDS A BEAUTIFICATION OR RECONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE REQUESTED THE ATTENDANCE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO FUTURE MEETINGS TO HELP ADDRESS ONGOING BEAUTIFICATION CONCERNS RAISED BY RESIDENTS. OUR LIAISON IS ALSO PROVIDING UPDATES ON PUBLIC WORKS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND LANDSCAPING UPGRADES AS THEY RELATE TO THE CITY BEAUTIFICATION. THANK YOU MS. MELISSA SMITH. [00:55:02] LOOKING AHEAD AS WE PLAN THE NEXT QUARTER, OUR PRO PRIORITIES INCLUDE FINALIZING THE, THE IDENTIFYING THE BEAUTIFICATION NEEDS, SITE SECTIONS, CONTINUE OUR HOME AND BUSINESS OF THE QUARTER RECOGNITION, COORDINATING THE BOARD GROUP PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PREPARING OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING ON THURSDAY, JULY 17TH AT 6:00 PM IN CLOSING, THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD REMAINS COMMITTED TO CULTIVATING PRIDE IN OUR CITY THROUGH MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT, CO COLLABORATING, PLANNING, SPEARHEADING BEAUTIFICATION INITIATIVES, AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION. WE THANK THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND LOOKING FORWARD IN PARTNERING WITH YOU AND ELEVATING OUR VISUAL CHARACTER AND LABILITY OF A LOT OF DE LAKES. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. B YES, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. HELLO, MS. EDWARDS. MS. EDWARDS, DON'T LEAVE JUST YET. YES, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION, MS. EDWARDS, AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL THINGS ON THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE, UH, TO THOSE LISTENING IN AS WELL. UM, I, I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I LOVE THAT YOU IDENTIFIED YOUR ONGOING INITIATIVES THAT YOU HAVE COMING UP. I JUST HAVE, UH, UM, JUST INPUT A SUGGESTION TO ADD ON TO WHAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON. UM, WHATEVER WE CAN DO FOR YOU GUYS TO RECOMMEND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH MORE ARTISTS, UM, THAT DO PAINTINGS AND SPECIFICALLY MURALS. UM, I THINK IN, IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WE HAVE A OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE CITY OF ARTS AND A CITY OF, UM, CREATIVE EXPRESSION, WHETHER THAT'S MUSIC OR PAINTINGS OR SCULPTURES. UM, SOME CITIES HAVE LIKE SCULPTURES IN THE LONG WHERE THERE'S LIKE DEAD SPACE, NOTHING GOING ON. AND IT LOOKS ABSTRACT, BUT IT ADDS MORE FLAVOR TO THE CITY SPECIFICALLY. UM, I I I TAKE THE BACK WAY, UH, AROUND, WELL I LIVE IN CYPRESS TRADE, SO NEXT DOOR TO ME IS HAWAIIAN GARDENS. AND ALONG THE BACK ROAD ON 52ND AVE, YOU HAVE THIS WALL THAT, THAT, THAT SEPARATES HAWAIIAN GARDENS FROM THE TURNPIKE. YES. AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THE WALL. AND I, AND I THINK THAT'LL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOME ARTISTS TO PUT SOME MURALS ON THE WALL REPRESENTS THE, ON THE CITY. YEAH. THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY. WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THE ARTISTS, PREFERABLY LOCAL ARTISTS. UM, NOW I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT I LEARNED ABOUT POLITICS. YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA. WE GOTTA WORK THE STUFF OUT. THEY'RE GONNA TELL ME, OH, EASTON, IT BELONGS TO D-O-T-F-D-O-T, ALL THIS STUFF, BUT STILL TRY TO PUT IT IN MOTION. AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO ALONG THAT AREA TO LIVELY UP THAT BACK WAY. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. SO, UM, JUST, JUST A THOUGHT AND THANK YOU AGAIN. BRING IT BACK TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I ALSO DITTO IN TERMS OF THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. UM, I KNOW THERE IS SOME GRANTS OUT THERE, UM, IN TERMS FOR BEAUTIFICATION FOR THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US LAST YEAR. UM, AND SO I HOPE THAT STAFF CAN IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE GRANTS ARE IN ORDER TO ASSIST YOU WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION. EVEN IN, I THINK IN ONE OF OUR PRESERVES, OTI NO, NOT IN OTIS GROVE, THE PRESERVE PARK. CYPRESS PRESERVE. CYPRESS PRESERVE, YEAH. UM, BUT THERE ARE THINGS OUT THERE TO HELP WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF, AND I KNOW JUMPING THE GUN FOR CRA, THAT'S IN THE WORK IN TO ADD TO THE BEAUTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF, YOU KNOW, THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND, AND BY THE WAY, THE WINNER OF THE HOMES WAS ON 24TH STREET, WHICH IS MY SCREEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 24TH STREET. THANK YOU KINDLY APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU MS. PAULA, FOR AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION. I'M SORRY FOR THE OTHERS WHO ARE COMING AFTER YOU MM-HMM. . IT'S OKAY. VERY GOOD. I WAS PLEASED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MISS . THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY APPRECIATES WHAT THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD DOES. WE ARE HERE TO HELP, TO ASSIST ANY WAY WE CAN BECAUSE ONE OF OUR, OUR BRANDING EFFORTS IS TO INCREASE THE AESTHETICS OF OUR CITY. SO WHAT WE CAN DO TO ASSIST THE BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD, PLEASE LET US KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD AND VICE CHAIR SAM GOODMAN SHOULD BE HERE. NO. MAY I HAVE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? BRUCE IKA WILL BE HERE TO MAKE THAT PRESENTATION. MS. REED. GREAT. GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY, I'M THE WOMAN COMING AFTER MS. PAULA. I WOULD TRY MY BEST. , UH, I JUST WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO THE MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF. UH, MY NAME FOR THE RECORD IS IKA REED AND I AM THE SECRETARY OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD. UM, IT [01:00:01] IS MY PLEASURE TO GIVE A, GIVE YOU MY OUR PROGRESS SUPPORT, UM, AND REPORT ON OUR GOALS THUS FAR. UH, SO I WANNA GO AHEAD AND START AT THE BEGINNING. WE DID MAKE SOME CHANGES TO OUR BOARD MEETING TIME. ORIGINALLY, WE WERE MEETING ON A THURSDAY. WE HAVE NOW CHANGED THAT TO THE SECOND MONDAY AT 8:30 AM SO WE ARE EARLY RISERS. UM, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE ALSO ESTABLISHED THREE NEW GOALS. I WOULD SAY REVISE THOSE GOALS, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER. THE FIRST ONE IS RECOMMENDING STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND ATTRACTING DESIRABLE BUSINESSES TO THE CITY. SO WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY PERSONNEL, UM, AND PENDING CONVERSATIONS WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THERE IS A BENEFIT TO RAISING OUR COMMERCIAL FACADE STANDARDS AND CODE TO BE MORE APPEALING TO THOSE WHO ARE WANTING TO BRING IN MORE BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES. NOW, IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, THE TOPIC OF FEES AND VIOLATIONS HAVE COME UP AND WE DO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE WORKING ON COLLECTING WHAT IS OWED TO THE CITY MORE AGGRESSIVELY, OF COURSE, IF WE BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT IS, UM, DEVALUING SOME OF OUR COMMERCIAL PLAZAS. NOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A VISION, UM, THAT MAY OVERLAP WITH SOME OF THE OTHER BOARDS, BUT WE SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND WORK IN PARALLEL WITH THEM IF THEY ARE WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO WE CAN MOVE THIS MISSION FORWARD. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S BEAUTIFICATION OR PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT WE ARE OPEN AND WILLING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. WE DO A LOT OF INTERDEPARTMENTAL COLLABORATION AND SOME OF YOU HAVE MAYBE BEEN PULLED INTO 'EM. UM, THE SECOND ONE IS HOSTING OUR FINANCIAL LITERACY AND BUSINESS RESOURCE FAIR. UH, THE DATE IS ACTUALLY THIS SATURDAY, SO I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOUR FACES HERE. UM, SO THAT'S JULY 12TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR SECOND YEAR HOSTING THIS AND MARKETING IS UNDERWAY. SO I WANNA GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE MARKETING AND PI TEAM, I BELIEVE WHO'S HELPING US TO, TO MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS. AND ALSO TO THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR TO HELP US, UH, PUT THIS TOGETHER. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF NINE AMAZING COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HAVE CONFIRMED ATTENDANCE. AND TO MY SURPRISE, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT TODAY, I LEARNED THAT WE HAVE 159 PEOPLE REGISTERED TO ATTEND THROUGH EVENTBRITE. UM, SO WE, THAT THAT, THAT DEFINITELY DESERVES A CLAP. SO WE WILL ALL BE PACKED IN THAT MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, UM, ACROSS THE STREET. UM, AND OF COURSE, I ALSO WANNA SPEAK TO BROWARD SCORE. SO BROWARD SCORE IS, UH, VERY PROMINENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING PARTNER. THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH US THIS YEAR. THEY ARE ACTUALLY GONNA BE PROVIDING PRIVATE ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS, UM, AT THIS EVENT FOR ALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND POTENTIAL BUSINESS OWNERS. SO YOU GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A TOUCH, YOU GET TO NETWORK, UM, AND, AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH BROWARD SCORE ON SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR YOU INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. UM, THE NEXT IS OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. THIS IS LED BY OUR AMAZING BOARD MEMBER, PATRICK GREEN. UM, SO WE ARE MAKING MAJOR HEADWAY TOWARDS THIS. UH, WE HAD OUR OFFICIAL MEETING GREET, UM, ON MAY 12TH, I'M SORRY, MAY 14TH. AND THERE WERE ABOUT 27 BUSINESSES IN ATTENDANCE. UM, SINCE THEN, THEY'VE HELD THEIR SECOND MEETING. UM, AND THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 25TH. UM, AND INTERIM BOARD OF NINE DIRECTORS WERE ELECTED. THE BYLAWS WERE REVIEWED AND EDITED BY THE GROUP. THEIR NEXT MEETING IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW, JULY 8TH, UH, WHERE THEY WILL BE ADOPTING THOSE BYLAWS AND PRESENTING STRATEGIES TO GROW THE CHAMBER AND KEEP THE MEMBERS ENGAGED. THEY ALSO INCLUDED SOME NEXT STEPS, WHICH ACTUALLY INCLUDES PRESENTING TO THE COMMISSION, UM, AND SOME BUSINESS REGISTRATION, UH, PROCEDURES. AND SO THEY ARE SCHEDULING THAT FOR THE JULY 21ST WORKSHOP. SO THEY'RE COMING. GREAT. UM, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING UP. SO WE PLAN ON REVIEWING OUR INITIATIVES, UM, AND PLANNING AHEAD SO THAT WE ARE ALIGNED WITH CITY STAFF. UH, WE KNOW WE HAVE A BIG ASK AND WE HAVE SOME EVENTS IN OTHER PROJECTS THAT SOMETIME REQUIRES THE HELP OF CITY STAFF AND ASSISTANT. UM, SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE WANNA DO SOME STRATEGIC PLANNING SO THAT THERE ARE NO CONFLICTING DATES OR CONFLICTING INITIATIVES. UM, I TRULY UNDERSTAND BANDWIDTH AND CAPACITY, AND SO WE DON'T WANNA BE A BURDEN TO CITY STAFF, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO EITHER PLAN AN EVENT OR A PROJECT. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT ON THE CALENDAR EARLY THIS TIME. UM, NEXT, I THINK THIS IS ALSO COMING UP. I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID A RESOLUTION FOR THIS YET, BUT THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED CHANGE THE NAME TO THE BUSINESS SUBSIDY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, WE'RE WANTING TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND REMOVE ANY BARRIERS FOR THOSE WHO, I'M SORRY FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS. UM, I THINK THERE WAS SOME LANGUAGE THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE MADE SENSE, WHICH WOULD, WHICH PRETTY MUCH JUST INVOLVES THE LOSS OF REVENUES. I MEAN, OF COURSE THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA THAT THEY NEED TO MEET TO BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THAT. UM, I THINK THAT IS MY LAST UPDATE. YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER, I'M SORRY, SUGGESTION. NO, I SAID YOU HAVE A BOARD MEMBER THERE WITH YOU, MISS ? YES. I'M SO SORRY. I DO HAVE A . MS. EDWARDS IS HERE US AS WELL. I DON'T MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU DIDN'T DO TOO BAD AFTER IT. UM, I, I CLAPPED BECAUSE AT THE LAST PRESENTATION, I, I WAS VERY, UM, HARD ON MY [01:05:01] CRITIQUE ABOUT HOW WE WERE GETTING THE EVENTBRITE LINK OUT AND GETTING PEOPLE REGISTERED. AND IT WAS A VERY POOR PERFORMANCE. I FELT LIKE WE WERE PUT IN A POSITION AFTER SPEND MONEY LAST MINUTE, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO BE IN THAT POSITION. WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THAT. SO I WAS VERY HAPPY TO, TO FIND OUT THAT SOMEHOW IT WAS FIXED. UM, BUT ALSO GOES TO SHOW I'M GONNA BE HARD WHEN IT'S TIME TO BE HARD, BUT I'M GONNA CLAP WHEN YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE E DAP. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO TO SAY, UM, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE CHAMBER, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I THINK IT'S NEEDED. UM, THERE WAS SOME TALK AROUND DOING IT REGIONALLY OR DOING IT WITHIN THE CITY. IT WAS MENTIONED ONE TIME. I JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK WE CAN DO IT WITHIN OUR CITY. I THINK WE HAVE WHATEVER WE NEED HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, BY ANY CHANCE, DO YOU KNOW WHICH BUSINESSES ARE ON THIS? I THINK YOU SAID NINE MEMBER BOARD, LIKE WHAT BUSINESSES THEY REPRESENT, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? ACTUALLY, I DO NOT KNOW. UM, THAT INFORMATION HAD TO BE, HAVE TO BE PROVIDED TO ME THROUGH PATRICK GREEN. I KNOW THERE'S, UH, THERE'S LIKE A, A LINE, A SEPARATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO WITH BEING INVOLVED AS BOARD MEMBERS IN THE CHAMBER. SO I HAVE TO GET THAT INFORMATION FROM HIM. IS PATRICK GREEN STILL ON THE BOARD? YES, HE IS. OKAY. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. YEAH. VICE MAYOR. YES, YOU DID. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. AND OF COURSE, MADAM MAYOR WILL BE AT THE EVENT ON SATURDAY. OKAY. YES, I WILL. MADAM MAYOR IN ADDITION TO ABOUT TWO OTHER PLACES, BUT YES, I'LL THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY SO VERY MUCH. UM, IKA FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ONE THING I LOVE, AND I EVEN COMMENTED TO THE ACTON CITY MANAGER IS THE BIG POSTER BOARDS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT GOT TRANSFERRED FROM THE AMERICAN CARIBBEAN, CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN UNITY FEST. AND SOMEONE CALLED ME AND SAYS, WHY HAVEN'T THEY TAKEN DOWN THOSE POSTERS FROM THE LAST EVENT? WELL, I SAY, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK BECAUSE WE HAVE UPDATED IT TO WHAT IS CURRENT. SO THOSE ARE KEY, UM, MARKETING STRATEGIES AROUND. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY. THANK YOU. MSRE. YES, I WILL BE THERE ON SATURDAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM TOO. THANK YOU FOR THE LEADERSHIP IN EAB AND WHAT EAP IS DOING. I THINK WE ALL TALKED ABOUT COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION, THAT WHATEVER ADVISORY BOARD THAT WE ARE MEMBERS OF, I THINK IF WE WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM THAT WE ARE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO ACCOMPLISH FOR THE CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, ADAM. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MR. HARRISON. SORRY, ONE MORE THING. UM, WHEN IS THE NEXT, UM, PUBLIC EVENT THAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT MAYBE DOING, OR I THINK YOU MENTIONED A MEETING COMING UP ON THE NINTH, I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THIS . DO YOU HAVE, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER EVENT COMING UP WITH THE, WITH THE CHAMBER CHAIN CHAMBER RELATED EVENT, PUBLIC EVENT, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I BELIEVE THE, THE MEETING'S ACTUALLY TOMORROW, IT'S A CLOSED MEETING, RIGHT? LIKE A IT'S A, YEAH, THIS IS FOR THE, THE CHAMBER. UM, THE INITIAL CHAMPIONS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE JUNE 25TH MEETING. THEY'RE GONNA BE MEETING AGAIN TOMORROW, I BELIEVE. DO YOU KNOW WHERE AND WHAT TIME? I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THROUGH PATRICK GREEN, BUT I'LL TRY TO GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE VICE CHAIR NICOLE HALL FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. AL. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND CITY STAFF. MY NAME IS NICOLE HALL. I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION ADVISORY BOARD. OPERATIONALLY, THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE HAD FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IS OUR MEETINGS ARE NOW MONTHLY AND THEY CAN BE, THEY'RE ADVERTISED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, SO RESIDENTS CAN ACCESS THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE MONTHLY HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEETINGS. UM, IT'S MY HONOR TO SPEAK TONIGHT. ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD TONIGHT, I'D LIKE TO SHARE OUR VISION, MISSION, AND GOAL, AS WELL AS TWO EXCITING INITIATIVES THAT POSITION LAUDERDALE LAKES AS A LEADER IN PRESERVING AND PROMOTING ITS HERITAGE THROUGH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION. OUR VISION IS CLEAR TO CELEBRATE, SAFEGUARD, AND ELEVATE THE UNIQUE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL IDENTITY OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, SO THAT EVERY RESIDENT FROM OUR ELDERS TO OUR YOUTH CAN RECOGNIZE THEMSELVES IN THE STORY OF THE CITY. OUR MISSION THIS YEAR IS TO RESEARCH, PRESERVE, AND PROMOTE [01:10:01] HISTORIC SITES, DOCUMENTS, COMMUNITY NARRATIVES, AND REFLECT THE CITY'S EVOLUTION AND DIVERSITY, WHILE EMBRACING AND INNOVATIVE TOOLS TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS, EDUCATION, AND ENGAGEMENT. OUR STRATEGIC AND COMMUNITY CENTERED GOALS FOR THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE STARTED THIS YEAR THAT WAS, UM, A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD WAS TO IDENTIFY AND PROTECT CULTURALLY AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITES AND LANDMARKS. ONE OF THOSE LANDMARKS IN OUR CITY IS, UM, MERRILL CHURCH. I'M NOT SURE IF A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THAT. THAT IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK FOR OUR CITY. UM, OUR SECOND IS TO DOCUMENT THE CITY'S HISTORY THROUGH COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORIES, ARTIFACTS, AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS TO MAKE OUR CITY. OUR THIRD IS TO MAKE OUR CITY'S HISTORY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT REFLECT THE NEEDS OF TODAY'S RESIDENTS AND FUTURE GENERATION. TO THAT END, WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE WHAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THIS YEAR THUS FAR THIS YEAR. FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE HAVE LAUNCHED THE LAUDERDALE LAKES 360 VIRTUAL HISTORIC TOUR. SO ONLINE RESIDENTS, YOUTH CAN ACCESS THE INTERACTIVE ONLINE EXPERIENCE TO VISIT OUR SAM BROWN HISTORIC PRESERVATION ROOM, WHICH IS ALSO HERE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. ADDITIONALLY. ADDITIONALLY, WITH THAT IS THE FIRST MEETING OF EVERY MONTH THE SAM BROWN HISTORIC PRESERVATION ROOM IS OPENED. AS YOU ENTER UP THE STEPS IS TO YOUR RIGHT AT THE VERY END, AND A HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD MEMBER WILL BE THERE. WELL, AS REFRESHMENTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR YOU. ADDITIONALLY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE'RE UNDERTAKEN FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD IS AFTER WE WENT THROUGH AND REALIZED THAT A LOT OF OUR ARTIFACTS AND, UM, HISTORIC DOCUMENTS WERE, HAVE BEEN PRESUMED TO BE, UM, LOST, I GUESS, OR MISS, I DON'T KNOW, LOST. UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY WERE ON VHS AS I WAS TOLD IN CDS. UM, WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IS WE HAVE DECIDED AS A BOARD TO DIGITIZE AT LEAST 25% OF OUR RECORDS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVES JUST TO ENSURE THAT WE ALIGN WITH FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS AND OPEN GOVERNMENT, UM, PRINCIPLES. THESE PROJECTS REFLECT A MODERN APPROACH TO PRESERVATION, ONE THAT IS INCLUSIVE, TECHNOLOGICALLY DRIVEN AND ROOTED IN COMMUNITY AND PRIDE. WE ASK THE COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO SUPPORT AND ENDORSE THE 360 VIRTUAL TOUR AND ASSIST IN THE INTEGRATION ACROSS CITY PLATFORMS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. MEANING, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU CAN ACCESS OUR 360 VIRTUAL ONLINE. WHAT WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT, UM, FOR THAT ON THE CITY BLAST TEXT. I CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW, THAT, UH, COMES OUT AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLATFORM. SECONDLY, WE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO ALLOCATE FUNDING OR SEEK GRANTS FOR THE DIGITIZING THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE CITY'S RECORD THAN HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. LASTLY, REINFORCE HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE FUTURE PLANNING INITIATIVES BOTH CULTURALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I ALSO SIT ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE INTERCONNECT IS, UH, SOME OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION EFFORTS, UH, THAT THE BOARD IS MAKING. JUST AND IN CLOSING, BY INVESTING IN OUR HISTORY, WE'RE INVESTING IN OUR FUTURE. PRESERVATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT PROTECTING THE PAST, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING IDENTITY, CREATING, CONNECTING, CREATING CONNECTION, AND INSPIRING PRIDE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR? WELL, YOU SEE HOW GREAT MISS [01:15:01] PAULA WAS. EVERYONE ELSE WHO CAME AFTER DID VERY WELL. WE WERE MEDIOCRE TO SAY THE LEAST. . UM, ADDITIONALLY, I'M SORRY, FOR THE FIRST YEAR, WE ARE ALSO, WE NOMINATED OUR PIONEER, UM, FOR THIS YEAR THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY. SO WE'LL BE HAVING THAT PRESENTATION LATER ON THIS YEAR. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER S THANK YOU VERY MUCH. . DON'T SAY ANYTHING. NO, NO, NO, NO. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. HALL. UM, I DO LIKE THE 360 VIRTUAL TOUR, UM, AND THE ADVERTISEMENT IS ALERT LAKES ALERT LAKES ALERT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GET OUT. BUT ALSO, UM, I KNOW YOU WANNA PRESERVE IT, SO THE OLDER ONES AS WELL AS THE NEW ONE IS IN GRAFTED IN AND A LOT OF THE OLDER ONES ARE NOT TECHNOLOGICALLY SAVVY. WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR THEM? THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO BRING BACK TO PRE ASIDE FROM THEM. THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT TO BRING BACK TO YOUR BOARD. MAYOR HARRISON, THANK YOU MS. HALL FOR DOING GREAT WORK. UM, YOU AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, THAT WAS A BOARD I SAT ON BEFORE GETTING ELECTED, SO I'M HAPPY YOU'RE ABLE TO, UM, TAKE THE VACATED SEAT. UM, YOU SAID WITH THE DIGITIZING RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT DOING AT LEAST 25% AND YOU WERE SAYING IF WE CAN GET FUNDING OR GRANTS. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT WOULD LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU ASKING THE MONEY FOR EXACTLY. SO, OKAY, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE EACH OF THE BOARDS IN THE CITY PRESENT IS DURING THE BUDGETING SEASON FOR US TO BE ALIGNED WITH THE BUDGETING SEASON AND PRESENT A BUDGET SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. WE ARE TRYING TO SPEAK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. WE HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN WITH HIM AND HIGH LEVEL, HE MENTIONED THAT HE COULD USE AN ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT IN TO DIGITIZE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE HAVE. ALSO TO PUT UP A MARQUEE, UM, TO LABEL THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SAM BROWN ROOM. HOW MUCH MONEY IS THAT A PART OF THE QUESTION? COMMISSIONER? THE, THE QUESTION IS FOR THE MONEY YOU'RE ASKING FOR, IS THAT FOR A DEVICE TO SCAN IT OR IS THAT FOR STAFF? I'M TRYING TO SEE WHAT THE MONEY WOULD BE FOR THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. WE, AT THIS POINT, WE THREW A LOT OF THINGS OUT AND WE ARE REALLY JUST LOOKING FOR ANYTHING AT THIS POINT. IF WE COULD GET MONEY FOR STAFF, I THINK THAT'LL BE THE FIRST STEP, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DECIDED YET ON THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE GONNA USE. AND WHO I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO BRING UP, IF I COULD, I KNOW THIS IS PROBABLY IS THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER BECAUSE THAT'S WHO WE SPOKE TO ABOUT. WOULD THAT BE OKAY OR WHAT ARE YOU ASKING? IT WILL BE OKAY. MS. HALL, UM, FOR HIM TO ANSWER COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION REGARDING WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT, WHETHER IT WAS JUST STAFF OR TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE HE KIND OF CAME INTO OUR MEETING, REQUESTED HIS PRESENCE, AND HE CAME IN TO WALK US THROUGH HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT ACHIEVING THE DIGITIZING. MR. ALTMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANY INPUT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE ANY INPUT? GOOD. NO, . GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, YOU SPEAKING TO THE MIC? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? UH, JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MS. HALL WAS SAYING, WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESERVING THE ARTIFACTS IN THE SAM RUN ROOM. UH, SO WHAT I DID OFF TOP WAS CREATE THE VIRTUAL TOUR WHERE YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND TAKE A 360 VIRTUAL, SEEING ALL THE ARTIFACTS. THAT'S A QUICK STOP. BUT WHAT WE WANT TO ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IS A PROPER VIRTUAL TOUR WHERE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CLICK ON THE ITEM, IT BLOWS UP, YOU GET A BIT OF HISTORY ON THE ITEM, YOU GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL, UM, ITEM IN A 360 TURNAROUND. AND IT'S GREAT FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. AND IT'S KINDA LIKE A VIRTUAL MUSEUM THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW. TO GET THAT DONE IS GONNA COST SOME MONEY. UM, I AM IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THE BEST SOFTWARE TO DO SO, BUT SPEAKING WITH THE, UM, TEAM, THAT WAS THE IDEA THAT WE WANTED TO DO. SO JUST BRING IT INTO A THINGS, UH, THE SMITHSONIAN, YOU GO ONLINE, GET AN ARTIFACT, IT BRINGS UP THE HISTORY OF IT, IT GIVES YOU WIKIPEDIA PAGE, THINGS ALONG THAT LINE. SO [01:20:01] THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO WITH IT. BUT FOR NOW, WE HAVE THAT 360 TOUR INVOLVED AND ALSO A VIRTUAL WALKING TOUR THAT WE DID WITH A CAMERA WALKING AROUND TO EACH PLACE. SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO THANK YOU, ALVIN. UM, SO OF OFFICIALLY, ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASKING FOR MONEY FOR STAFF OR FOR THE SOFTWARE? IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN-HOUSE. UM, SO BY MY TEAM, UM, IN TERMS OF SOFTWARE, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA BE. OKAY, SO YOU DON'T NEED A STAFF, IS IT OKAY, MATTER MA'AM. UM, IT, IT WAS MENTIONED DIGITIZED AT LEAST 25% OF DOCUMENTS. IS THAT THE GOAL OR HAVE YOU ALREADY DIGITIZED 25%? THAT IS THE, UH, TO YOU MADAM MAYOR? THAT IS THE GOAL. THAT'S THE GOAL. OKAY. HAVE, HAVE WE DIGITIZED THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? HAVE WE DIGITIZED ANYTHING SO FAR? YOU, MADAM MAYOR, UH, WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS JUST THE 360 TOUR, SO NONE OF THE ACTUAL ITEMS HAVE BEEN DONE. UM, WHAT WE CAN DO IS SCAN SOME OF THEM, BUT MY RELUCTANCE WITH THAT IS SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS ARE OLD AND IF YOU TRY TO RUN THEM THROUGH A SCENE, ARE YOU DAMAGE THEM. SO THERE IS SPECIFIC SOFTWARE AND CAMERAS THAT YOU CAN'T USE TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHY AND NOT DAMAGE 'EM WITH LIKE, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE READY. GOT YOU. GOT ONE MORE THING. IF I, KEN THING, THANK YOU. I, AND I'LL JUST WANT CLARITY BECAUSE, UM, I WORKED AT A MUSEUM. I KNOW THERE'S SPECIFIC SOFTWARE TO SCAN OLD DOCUMENTS THAT WON'T DAMAGE IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, IF WE'RE GONNA DO IT, WE DO IT RIGHT. UM, BUT I LOVE THE IDEA, I LOVE THE IDEA OF DIGITIZING IT. WHEN I WAS INITIALLY ADVOCATING FOR IT, IT WAS BECAUSE WHAT IF A NATURAL DISASTER HAPPENED LIKE A HURRICANE OR A FIRE AND WE LOSE EVERYTHING. SO FOR SOME TIME I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT AND, UM, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF ENTERTAINING, UM, A PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY OR SOFTWARE TO DO THAT THE RIGHT WAY. SO, UM, I I JUST WANTED CLARITY ON IT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT THE CLARIFICATION WAS BROUGHT FORTH CONCERNING ADDITIONAL STAFF BECAUSE I'M UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING WHY ARE WE NOT USING INTERNS TO BRING IN TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF THESE THINGS AND, AND QUITE A FEW OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. SO THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING I WANTED TO THROW OUT THERE. BUT IT'S A GREAT IDEA TO PRESERVE WHAT WE HAVE HERE. THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY HERE FROM PRIOR, UM, PRE-HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD THAT HAVE MADE THAT POSSIBLE, BUT NOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. ALT. AND, AND MS. HALL. I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AS FAR AS DIGITALIZATION AND TECHNOLOGY. UH, A LAKES ALERT COMMUNITY, AS I SAID BEFORE, ALL OF THE BOARDS, EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER WILL TAKE US WHERE WE NEED TO GO. AND MS. HALL, WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS NOTHING MEDIOCRE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, LA THANK YOU SO, SO VERY MUCH. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. MR. ONE LAST NOTE, MADAM MAYOR, UM, FOR LAKES ALERT, WHAT WE GENERALLY DO IS WHEN THE BOARD IS HERE TO OPEN THE ROOM, WE DO SEND AN ALERT THAT THAT DAY THAT THE ROOM IS OPEN. SO ER COMING TO MEETING. SO THANK YOU MS. ALBAN. I HAVE ONE MORE THING, JAMES. THANK YOU MS. HALL, IF YOU CAN ONE MORE TIME. THANK YOU. UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION AROUND, UM, HISTORICAL SITES. EVEN WHEN I WAS ON THE BOARD. UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT USING, UM, OR IDENTIFYING I THINK BOYD ANDERSON AS AS ONE AND LAUDER DE LAKES MIDDLE. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? ARE WE STILL IN DISCUSSION WITH THAT? WE'RE SUPPOSED TO AN APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY? HAS THAT BEEN PUT IN? WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT MAYOR? UM, CURRENTLY WITH THE HISTORICAL SITES, WE PAUSE BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN LOOKING AT IS, UH, REDEVELOPMENT. ONCE YOU MAKE A SITE HISTORIC, AS YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ELSE WITH IT. UM, SO WE HAD A DISCUSSION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE CITY. UM, SO AS FAR AS THE BOY ANDERSON, WE WERE AWARE 'CAUSE YOU CAME TO VISIT, UM, MAKING THE BOY ANDERSON A I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS BOY ANDERSON THOUGH. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS BOTH. BOTH. OKAY. UM, WE, WE THREW A FEW THINGS AROUND SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SEEING KIND OF LETTING ALL THE DUST SETTLE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON WITH EDUCATION, UM, AS WELL AS THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. SO WE WANNA BE VERY CAREFUL, UH, OF WHAT WE MAKE HISTORIC. UM, WE HAVE ALREADY MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AND IT, AS FAR AS REACHING OUT TO THE COUNTY, UM, AND GOING THROUGH THE VARIOUS STEPS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MAKE A SITE HISTORIC [01:25:02] MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR. MS, JUST FOR THE RECORD, I THINK A FEW MONTHS AGO WE HAD TO DO A RESOLUTION FROM BERNARD COUNTY RE THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. SO I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO MUCH. I CAN RECALL MAYBE IT WAS ABOUT FEBRUARY. UH, MR. ATTORNEY. YES. UH, SO TIMES THIS YEAR THOUGH. SURE. AND A MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO THE VICE MAYOR'S, UH, POINT, THIS COMMISSION DID APPROVE A AMENDMENT TO THE, THE ROLES, OBLIGATIONS AND THE WORK OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. THAT WAS TO, UH, NOT ONLY ALLOW THEM TO IDENTIFY SITES, BUT ALSO THAT PROCESS DOES INCLUDE AN ANALYSIS OF EACH SITE AS COMPARED AGAINST WHAT THE COUNTY CODE REQUIRES TO DETERMINE IF THAT SITE MEETS THOSE CRITERIA. IF THE SITE MEETS THOSE CRITERIA, THEN THE BOARD WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BRING THAT ITEM TO THE COMMISSION. COMMISSION WOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICATION FROM THE BOARD'S PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR REVIEWING THOSE CRITERIA AS WELL. BUT THE COMMISSION WOULD ULTIMATELY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICATION IS SUFFICIENT AND IF SO, SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO BROWARD COUNTY FOR APPROVAL. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, AGAIN, THE BROWARD COUNTY PROCESSES WOULD SORT OF TAKE THEIR OWN LIFE AT THAT POINT AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO WATCH AND FOLLOW IT AND DO WHAT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP IT, UH, AND TO SORT OF WORK IT THROUGH THE PROCESS. YEAH. THANK YOU. I HEARD YOU MENTION MERRILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. WELL, I HOPE THAT BECOMES A, YOU KNOW, A HISTORIC SITE. 'CAUSE I GOT MARRIED THERE 40 YEARS AGO, SO I HOPE THAT'S ON THE, IT ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY A HISTORIC SITE. UM, IT'S ALREADY A HISTORIC SITE. SO THE OTHER SITES THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON BROUGHT UP THE TWO SCHOOLS, UM, SAME AS THE ATTORNEY SAID, WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING LONG TERM BECAUSE ONCE YOU MAY MAKE IT A HISTORIC SITE AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE WITH IT AFTER THAT POINT, IT CAN'T BE TORN DOWN OR REDEVELOPED. MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. MAYORS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER TARGET SITES BESIDE THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT? WELL, UM, WE, WE WERE FOCUSING ON THE SCHOOLS AND I BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT, UM, A FEW BUSINESSES. 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOME BUSINESSES HERE THAT ARE LONG-TERM IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN HERE FOR OVER THREE DECADES. UM, BUT WE DIDN'T SETTLE MM-HMM . ON ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL. THEN AS I SAID BEFORE, WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN EDUCATION, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE SCHOOLS THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE IN OUR CITY. DEFINITELY HOLD ENROLLMENT AND WON'T BE SCHOOLS THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE LAND YEAH. MAY BECOME . OKAY. SORRY. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, JERRY'S OTTO RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF YEAH. 37TH STREET AND 4 41 IS, HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A HISTORICAL SITE. YEAH. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. ALONG WITH MAYOR MR. HARRIS. THANK YOU. THE, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE LAST TIME WE DOING THE AMENDMENT WAS SOMEBODY BROUGHT UP AND SAID, THAT'S NOT EVEN IN THE SCOPE OF THE BOARD TO BE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT'S HISTORICAL SITES. SO WE CHANGED THAT. SO NOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE OBLIGATION, THE DUTY TO DO THAT. UM, AND THAT INVOLVES A FORMAL PROCESS OF BRINGING RECOMMENDATIONS TO US FOR US TO, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I, I COULD SPEAK FOR MYSELF, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES, BUT IF YOU GUYS CAN BRING RECOMMENDATIONS OF HOW ARE WE LOOKING AT SOME HISTORICAL SITES, SOME PROSPECTS FOR US TO CONSIDER, UM, EVEN WITH JERRY'S AUTO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY DESIGNATED WHEN ON THE BOARD WE STILL TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE PUT A, A BETTER MARKER TO HELP IDENTIFY IT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THESE DISCUSSIONS DON'T GET LOST AND WE CONTINUE THEM ONE SECOND. AND ALSO, UM, WE NEED MORE CLARITY ON A HISTORICAL SITE VERSUS A HISTORICAL BUILDING. AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE I KNOW THE YMCA, THE MEISEL YMCA ON SISTRUNK, THEY WERE ARGUING HOW CAN YOU TEAR IT DOWN? THIS IS A HISTORICAL BILL. NO, IT'S A HISTORICAL SITE. SO DEALING WITH THE SCHOOLS WE NEED, I DON'T KNOW, WE NEED MORE CLARITY ON THAT, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. AND, UM, AS WE GO ABOUT THIS, WE HAVE TO, UH, BE MINDFUL OF THAT. [01:30:01] I DON'T THINK BOYD ANDERSON IS GOING ANYWHERE. ME PERSONALLY, I SPOKE WITH THE PRINCIPAL LAST WEEK, BUT I, I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T STOP US FROM HAVING A CONVERSATION. WHAT SITES IN THE CITY CAN WE IDENTIFY AS BEING HISTORICAL? YES, MAYOR. YEAH. UM, THROUGH YOU, MAYOR. WELL, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD AS A BOARD. UH, AS YOU KNOW, YOU ARE ON THE BOARD. WE ARE TAKING BABY STEPS FROM WHERE WE WERE. AND, UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'M AN ACQUIRED TASTE, SO , I HAVE TO FIGHT HARD CERTAIN THINGS. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND WE'LL, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU MS. HALL. THANK YOU MS. HALL. THANK YOU MADAM. A THANK YOU. AND OUR LAST IS CIVIL SERVICE BOARD CHAIRPERSON NAEL STEVENS, DR. STEVENS. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, CITY ATTORNEY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I AM DR. NAEL STEVENS, AND I AM THE NEWLY ELECTED CHAIR OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. SO WE HAD OUR SECOND MEETING. UH, THE FIRST MEETING WAS JUST TO LOOK AT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ELECTING THE FIFTH MEMBER, WE SELECTED IT, BUT WHEN OFFERED, THE FIFTH MEMBER DECLINED. SO OUR SECOND MEETING, WE HAD A QUORUM AND WE ACTUALLY ELECTED OFFICERS AND REALLY BEGIN TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. IN DOING SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD IS TO ENSURE FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND MERIT-BASED PRACTICES IN THE HIRING, PROMOTION, DISCIPLINE, AND TERMINATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES. THESE BOARDS SERVE AS A CHECK AND BALANCE SYSTEM BETWEEN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SYSTEMS. AND SO WE STARTED OUT JUST GETTING SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT WE WILL NEED TO EFFECTIVELY OPERATE AS A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD ASKING FOR POLICIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN PLACE. AND THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW OUR CITY HAS THREE OF THE TOP POSITIONS THAT ARE BEING OCCUPIED BY INTERIM PEOPLE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN SERVICES, AND CITY MANAGER. SO IN DEVELOPING OUR KEY FUNCTIONS, WE HAVE ASKED FOR COPIES OF POLICIES BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THE OVERSIGHT, THE PURPOSE. ANOTHER FUNCTION IS THE OVERSIGHT OF THE HIRING AND PROMOTION, THE PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS. WE DID DISCOVER THAT THERE IS NOT A WRITTEN PROCESS OF 'CAUSE. IN ORDER FOR AN APPEAL TO COME TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, WE WILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE ACTUAL, ON THE PERSONNEL SIDE, WHAT IS THE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS, WHAT ARE THE STEPS? SO THAT COULD NOT BE PRODUCED. UM, AND I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO KNOW THAT, UM, HAND EMPLOYEE HANDBOOKS. AND SO WE HAVE REQUESTED AT OUR NEXT MEETING THAT WHOEVER IS THE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES, UH, OR INTERIM SHOWS UP SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST GET THE BASIC INFORMATION TO FUNCTION APPROPRIATELY AS A BOARD. BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PROTECT EMPLOYEE RIGHTS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHTS HAVE BEEN EXTENDED BY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEY'RE WORKING FOR. ALSO, IT IS POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ENFORCEMENT TO DEVELOP AND ENFORCE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS SUCH AS JOB CLASSIFICATIONS, TESTING STANDARDS AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT. ONCE AGAIN, UM, WE WERE NOT PROVIDED WITH, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GETTING AT THAT IS NOT IN PLACE. AND THAT SHOULD BE AN ALARM FOR YOU GUYS AS THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. UH, DISCIPLINARY APPEALS AND HEARING SERVE AS AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO HEAR APPEALS FROM EMPLOYEES WHO BELIEVE THAT THEY WERE TREATED UNFAIRLY. AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE STARTING PHASE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF POLICIES THAT ARE NOT IN PLACE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT TO EXECUTE AND TO STAND BEFORE YOU AS YOUR APPOINTED REPRESENTATIVE AND SOME OF THE STAFF APPOINTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TREATED FAIRLY AND JUSTLY WHEN OBVIOUSLY THEY DON'T HAVE THE BASIC DOCUMENTS. WHERE THERE IS NO LAW, THERE IS NO TRANSGRESSION. AND SO IT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PAV, IS BEEN OUR REP, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH US JUST TO PROVIDE US WITH THE DOCUMENTS. AND SHE HAS A LIST OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE REQUESTED AND ORDER TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY. AND IF YOU WANT A BETTER CITY, IF WE WANNA BE THE WE CARE CITY, WE NEED TO START WITH SOME BASIC POLICIES IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? MADAM MAYOR, IT IS DISHEARTENING TO HEAR THAT A CITY, UH, WITH, UH, HUMAN SERVICES CALL IT WHAT IT MAY, DEPARTMENT THAT DID NOT HAVE [01:35:02] A HANDBOOK TO GIVE OUT TO EMPLOYEES. MAYBE SOMETHING IS REALLY, REALLY WRONG WITH ME BECAUSE I, THE BOARD, CIVIL SERVICE BOARD, AS I SAID BEFORE, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE UTOPIA. A CITY THAT DOES NOT EXIST, OR AN EMPLOYER WHERE THERE IS NO EMPLOYEE THAT IS, FEELS THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD. WHEN I ASK, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, MAY AND THIS YEAR, I ASKED, HAS THE BOARD ASKED THE PREVIOUS HR DIRECTOR WHO LEFT, HAS THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MET DURING HER TIME HERE? AND I THINK SHE SPENT ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE YEARS. AND HER ANSWER TO ALL OF US WAS IT NEVER MET. AND I AM ANGRY WHEN I SAY I'M ANGRY. I MEAN, I'M ANGRY. SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TOP OF THE LINE MAKING A BAG OF MONEY. BUT WAS SHE DOING HER JOB? NO. HOW COULD YOU HAVE A CITY WITH A HUNDRED AND ODD EMPLOYEES? AND HE NEVER DAWN ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND THE OTHER CITY MANAGERS BEFORE SEVERAL OF THEM CAME, AND NO ONE REALIZED THAT YOU HAVE THE HR DEPARTMENT WITHOUT A POLICY. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FIRE SOMEONE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A POLICY? NO POLICY, NO PROCEDURE. AM I IN TIMBUK? NOT EVEN TIMBUK TOO. CALL IT WHATEVER PART OF THE WORLD WHERE THERE IS NOTHING, CAN'T BE MY CITY. IT HURTS. IT HURTS THAT THAT WAS THE TOP OF THE LINE. I WAS TOLD THAT THAT LADY HAD ALL THE SKILL SETS BECAUSE I, AS A COMMISSIONER COMPLAINT, I COULDN'T FIRE HER, WHICH IS A PITY 'CAUSE IF I COULD, I WOULD'VE DONE THAT EVER SINCE I CAME HERE. BUT I COULDN'T. I SPOKE ABOUT IT AND OF COURSE NOTHING HAPPENED. DEFLECTION, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WAS ACCUSTOMED TO DOING. YOU HAVE AN HR DEPARTMENT WITHOUT A POLICY. SO HOW ARE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROMOTE PEOPLE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEMOTE THEM? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DISCIPLINE THEM? SOMETHING IS RADICALLY WRONG WITH MY CITY. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN THE FIRST STEP AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DIE. A NATURAL DEATH THAT THE BOARD WILL FUNCTION. THE BOARD IS PART OF OUR CHARTER. IT'S NOT A BOARD THAT SOMEONE DECIDED SUDDENLY IT'S A BOARD THAT HAS BEEN AROUND, BUT IT HAS NEVER FUNCTION. I WAS TOLD. 'CAUSE I DID ASK THE QUESTION, HAS THE, SINCE YOU HAVE BEEN HERE, HAS, IS THERE ANY MEETING? NO. DO YOU WANT TO TELL ME, THERE WERE NO EMPLOYEE WITH GRIEVANCES, NO EMPLOYEE THAT HAD A PROBLEM. SO HOW ARE YOU GOING TO SOLVE IT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING TO GIVE TO THEM? THESE ARE THE PROCEDURES. THIS IS HOW WE, WE DO THINGS IN LORD DELIS. AND THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS. I HATE MEDIOCRITY. [01:40:02] I HATE IT. MAYBE I'M OLD AND BECAUSE I AM OLD THAT MY STANDARD HAS NOT CHANGED. AND I'M GLAD IT HAS NOT CHANGED. AND IT'S A DARN PITY THAT WE CANNOT THROW BACK SOME OF THE MONIES FROM THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT DESERVE TO BE IN MY CITY. THEY DIDN'T LIVE HERE. THEY DID NOT DESERVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT SERVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THEY WERE HIRED FOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND I'M GOING TO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. DR. STEVENS. YES. JUST IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER SWELL, UM, I THINK THE BEAUTY OF IT NOW IS NOW THAT THE BOARD IS FUNCTIONAL, WE CAN AT LEAST START REQUESTING DOCUMENTS THAT'LL SHOW YOU A BASELINE OF WHAT IS MISSING. AND THE GREAT THING, I THINK ANOTHER BOARD MEMBER HAS EXPERIENCED, I HAVE OVER 28 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN HR AND FINANCE. SO IT WON'T BE EASY TO SAY, OH, THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE, BUT WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PRACTICES THAT OUR EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY AS WELL AS YOU GUYS, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A STRUCTURE. SO EVEN THE HR MAN, THE CIVIL SERVICE IS LIKE A STANDALONE BOARD. THAT'S WHY THEY APPOINT AN EMPLOYEE WHO DOESN'T HAVE A VOTE. BUT IT'S NOT TO BE, IT'S THAT YOU GOTTA LOOK AT IT AS IT IS THAT NEXT LEVEL, AFTER WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE STEPS AND WE'VE GONE TO HR, NOW WE HAVE AN INDEPENDENT BODY. SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE THAT CLEAR, DR. STEVENS, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR BEING A PART OF SUCH AN IMPORTANT BOARD, UH, IN, IN MY OPINION, THIS WAS THE BEST PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST GAVE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. UM, WE SAT UP HERE ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND I WAS APPALLED TO KNOW THAT IN OUR CHARTER, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN MEETING. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE LACK OF REPRESENTATION AND EMPLOYEES HERE AT THE CITY WE'RE RECEIVING IT. IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? IT? IT'S, IT'S LIKE, I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I WANNA SAY SLAVERY. LIKE YOU HAVE NO, SAY SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU, YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. THE OTHER DAY THEY BRING A DOCUMENT TRYING TO FILE A RESTRAINING ORDER AGAINST A PAST EMPLOYEE. HE DON'T EVEN, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW GROUNDS TO EVEN HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE HERE. AND HONESTLY, THE, THE, THE, THE PREVIOUS HR DIRECTOR FAILED US BECAUSE SHE ARE MAKE, SHE IS, SHE, SHE WAS MAKING US, UH, LEGALLY LIABLE FOR ALL OF THIS. PEOPLE COULD HAVE SUED AND ACTUALLY HAVE GROUNDS TO, THE ONLY REASON WHY A CITY WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS TO GET AWAY WITH DOING BAD THINGS TO PEOPLE. THERE'S NO OTHER EXCUSE FOR THAT. GET RID OF ANY OTHER BOARD. BUT OUT OF ALL THE BOARDS, YOU DECIDE NOT TO HAVE MEETINGS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD. AND, UM, I, I KNOW OUR INTERIM HR DIRECTOR IS LISTENING. SHE, I'VE HEARD HER SPEAK. SHE'S A VERY INTELLIGENT WOMAN. I TRUST SHE'S GONNA DO THE RIGHT THING, BUT IT IS JUST SAD. IT IS, IT IS VERY SAD. AND, UM, UH, VICE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT WHEN SHE SAID SOMETHING, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. I INTEND TO BE A PART OF A COMMISSION THAT WHEN THE MAYOR, THE VICE MAYOR AND THESE COMMISSIONERS SAY STUFF, THINGS HAPPEN. THINGS SHOULD BE HAPPENING ASAP. UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, FOR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. UH, I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. UH, MY ONLY QUESTION FOR YOU IS, UH, HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU GUYS DECIDED TO MEET? SO, BASED ON CHARTER, WE'RE MEETING QUARTERLY, BUT BECAUSE WE, WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD WAS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY POLICIES NOT IN PLACE THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO MEET MORE OFTEN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THE PROCESS, THEN IMPLEMENT THE CORRECT PROCESS. SO WE WILL HAVE TO KIND OF MEET MORE OFTEN ONLY BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY DOCUMENTS THAT WE NEED AS A BASELINE THAT WERE NOT IN PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I, I JUST WANT TO ASK THE ATTORNEY, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S STATED ORDERLY IN THERE. IT'S PERMISSIBLE FOR THE CHARTER TO AND, AND DUE RESPECT TO YOU, UM, THAT THERE IS A NEED IN ORDER TO GET, I, I DON'T EVEN WANNA DISCUSS MY VICE MAYOR DID WHAT SHE HAD TO DO. I DON'T WANT TO GO THERE, BUT, UM, IT IS PERMISSIBLE TO CONDUCT THOSE MEETINGS. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY? YES. MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER THOMAS'S QUESTION. UM, THE MINIMUM FOR THIS BOARD IS QUARTERLY. CERTAINLY THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CHAIR AND BOARD DEEMS THAT THEY SHOULD MEET MORE FREQUENTLY. I THINK THE FIRST STEP THAT THEY'VE TAKEN WAS HER PRESENTATION HERE, EVEN THROUGH THIS COMMISSION. AND THE COMMISSION CERTAINLY CAN, UH, RATIFY THEIR SUGGESTION THAT THEY MEET, UH, AT A MORE REGULAR PACE UNTIL THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GO BACK TO A QUARTERLY MEETING. BUT THE SHORT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THEY CAN MEET, UH, [01:45:01] BUT THEY MUST MEET AT LEAST QUARTERLY. THANK YOU DR. STEVEN, FOR AN EXCELLENT, INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. I RECALL WHEN WE STARTED AGAIN TALKING ABOUT THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND HAVING MEMBERS AND APPOINTING EMPLOYEES THAT WE ARE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE THERE IS SOME ACTION THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN AND WE'LL BE, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MOVING FORWARD AND BEING A GREAT REPRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THANK YOU GUYS. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU MADAM. A CM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 YEAR-END FINANCIAL AUDIT (6:30 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] ITEM NUMBER FIVE C, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE STATUS OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 YEAREND FINANCIAL AUDIT. AND MR. ROGER HARVEY'S HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. MR. HARVEY, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INDULGENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER. THE TIME IS NOW SIX 30. THANK YOU. I AM GONNA JUMP IN AND GIVE A REVIEW OF THE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR SEPTEMBER 30, 20, 24. I EXPECT, I'M ANTICIPATING QUESTIONS THAT YOU MUST HAVE MAY HAVE. WE BEGAN TO START IT A FEW MONTHS AGO. UH, WE SAT WITH STAFF, WE PLANNED THE AUDIT. UH, WE LOOKED AT WHAT MUST BE DONE, UH, WITH THE VARIOUS STAFF MEMBERS. AS OF, UH, TODAY WE HAVE PERFORMED A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN FINANCE LAST WEEK, UH, JULY 3RD. AT THAT MEETING, WE DISCUSSED SOME VERY CLEAR DIRECTIVES OF THINGS THAT SHOULD MUST BE DONE. UH, WE HAVE DATES PUT FORWARD BY FINANCE OF WHEN WE WILL RECEIVE, UH, ANY OPEN DOCUMENTS THAT MUST COME TO US FOR OUR AUDIT AND REVIEW. WE BELIEVE THAT ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE DOCUMENTS, WE WILL THEN BE ABLE TO AUDIT THEM OVER THE NEXT WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF. I HAVE ADVISED MY TEAM THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD PROGRESSIVELY, UH, IN THAT AREA AND ULTIMATELY GET TO A DRAFT OF THE ACTER, WHICH IS THE 200 300 PAGE AUDIT BOOK. UM, AT THAT TIME, WE WILL SUBMIT IT TO FINANCE, UH, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS BEING HEADED BY MRS. SUSAN GOODING BERG, UH, TO REVIEW, PROVIDE US ANY COMMENTS AND ULTIMATELY ISSUE THAT AUDIT REPORT. I AM HOPING THAT BY THE END OF JULY, EARLY AUGUST, THAT THAT PROCESS WILL BE DONE AND COMPLETE. YOU MAY HAVE A QUESTION AS TO WHAT DOES IT MEAN, UH, FOR THE CITY, THERE IS A OVERSIGHT BOARD CALLED JAC, THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE THAT SITS IN TALLAHASSEE. UH, WE WOULD EXPECT BASED ON TIMING, THAT WE MAY RECEIVE A, A LETTER FROM JLA LATER IN THE YEAR, UH, LATER IN THE YEAR BEING DEFINED AS SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER. UH, THAT LETTER WOULD GO TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE MAYOR. UH, WE WOULD GET A COPY. I AM HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN REPLY TO THAT LETTER THAT THE AUDIT IS COMPLETE AND DONE AND SUBMITTED, UH, TO THE STATE, UH, ON WHATEVER DATE, LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST, SO THAT IT WILL BE A NON-ISSUE. UM, TECHNICALLY YES, WE HAVE MISSED THE JUNE 30 DEADLINE BY STATE STATUTE. FUNCTIONALLY, THERE SHOULD BE NO IMPACT TO THE CITY AS IT RELATES TO, I MAY HEAR THIS WORD PENALTIES OR ISSUES. UH, AS IT RELATES TO FINANCES FROM THE STATE. THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNTIL THE CITY IS OVER TWO YEARS LATE WITH ITS AUDIT. AND SO THAT WON'T HAPPEN UNLESS, I DON'T KNOW THE RUSSIANS SHOW UP. SO WE SHOULD BE OKAY IN THAT REGARD. WE ARE COMMITTED TO GETTING THE AUDIT DONE AND COMPLETE. SOME AREAS TO NOTE, UH, WE WILL BE DIVING INTO OR OPEN AREAS CASH DEBT, THE CFA, UH, WHICH IS A SCHEDULE OF FEDERAL AWARD AND EXPENSES. THAT'S WHERE WE LOOK AT YOUR GRANTS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. AND AUDIT THOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL, UH, COMPLIANCE AUDITING STANDARDS OR STATE OF FLORIDA. UM, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE NET ASSET ROLL FORWARD. I'M NOT SURE AT THIS TIME, I WAS ABLE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DISCUSSION [01:50:01] ON A FORENSIC AUDIT. SO I'M NOT SURE, MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS PORTION FIRST AND ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS. AND THEN IF YOU SO DESIRE, UH, WE CAN HAVE ANY DISCUSSION OR I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE OF ME REGARDING FORENSIC AUDITS OR AUDITS. I WOULD AT THE LEAST LIKE TO EXPLAIN IT TO EVERYONE, UH, SOME DIFFERENCES. BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW THAT IS MY UPDATE AS IT RELATES TO THE EXTERNAL AUDIT FOR THE YEAR SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024. 2024. YES, MR. HARVEY, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO AHEAD IN YOUR DISCUSSION OF FORENSIC AUDIT, THE DIFFERENCES AND WHAT IT TELLS. AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I AM GONNA START BY GIVING TWO PIES. AN EXTERNAL AUDIT IS AN AUDIT BASED ON THE OVERALL OF THE CITY. WE LOOK AT A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AND SO WE WILL USE SAMPLE TESTING BASED ON RISK RISK AREAS AND BASED ON MATERIALITY OR THE LARGENESS OF THE TRANSACTION, WE WILL AUDIT THAT TRANSACTION OF THOSE TRANSACTIONS DOWN TO THE DETAIL. THAT DETAIL MAY BE A CHECK, IT MAY BE AN AUTHORIZATION, IT MAY BE A WIRE, IT MAY BE A A CH IF IT IS A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION AND THE APPROVAL OF IT. WE ALSO LOOK AT THE INTERNAL CONTROLS. WHAT IS THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES OR THE WAY THINGS GET DONE IF IT'S NOT WRITTEN, HEY, EXPLAIN TO US HOW IT GETS DONE. AND THEN WHAT WE DO IS SAY, HERE'S THE STANDARD, HERE'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO, HERE'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND HOW BIG IS THAT GAP? IF THAT GAP IS THERE, WE WILL, WE MUST REPORT TO YOU ALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. UM, ANYTHING THAT WE FIND, I DO WANNA SPRINKLE THIS IN. WE DO NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS THE EXTERNAL AUDITORS OR THE CITY TO LOOK FOR FRAUD, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO REPORT ANY FRAUD OR MALFEASANCE THAT MAY HAPPEN AT THREE LEVELS. THE ELECTED MANAGEMENT AND KEY EMPLOYEES, WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS. UH, IF WE SEE ANY AREAS, WE ALSO DO A GOOD JOB OF REPORTING ANY BEST PRACTICES. SO WHERE WE MAY FEEL THAT THERE IS AN OPEN AREA FOR MALFEASANCE OR FRAUD OR ERRORS OR IRREGULARITIES TO HAPPEN OR OCCUR, WE WILL ALSO REPORT THAT, UH, TO YOU ALL, UH, TO ENSURE THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF PLACES THAT, UM, YOU HAVE EXPOSURE. A FORENSIC AUDIT TAKES ON A NATURE WHERE YOU ARE PURPOSELY LOOKING FOR FRAUD. THE AREAS OF FRAUD THAT MOST LIKELY HAPPEN IS AN AREA OR AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU HAVE WEAK INTERNAL CONTROLS. YOU DO NOT HAVE SEGREGATION OF DUTIES, RIGHT? AND YOU HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE MAY COLLUDE, RIGHT? TWO OR THREE PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER TO COLLUDE TO GET SOMETHING DONE. A FORENSIC AUDIT, YOU LOOK AT A LOWER SCOPE. SO IN A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AUDIT, WE MAY LOOK AT ITEMS OF $25,000 AND UP WITH A FORENSIC AUDIT, YOU MAY LOOK AT A THOUSAND DOLLARS TRANSACTION TRANSACTION, UH, A FORENSIC AUDIT. YOU MAY DO IT ENTITY WIDE OR YOU MAY PAIR DOWN AND SAY, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE WEAK AND THAT THINGS MAY BE HAPPENING. IT CAN BE OPERATIONAL IN THE NATURE, IN NATURE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THIS IS ALWAYS A FUNNY ONE. SO PARKS AND RECS, LET ME PICK ON THEM. SO LET'S SAY WE GOT A GUY, HE HAS A LAWN BUSINESS. THE CITY BUYS A HUNDRED, UH, BAGS OF MULCH. AND THIS YOUNG PERSON, SOMEBODY'S LAUGHING SOMEBODY, THIS YOUNG PERSON DECIDES TO TAKE 25 OF THOSE BAGS OF MULCH AND USE 'EM IN THEIR PRIVATE ENTITY WHERE IT HAS A FINANCIAL IMPACT. BUT IT'S REALLY AN OPERATIONAL ISSUE, IS THAT THE MULCH THAT'S BOUGHT FOR THE CITY IS BEING USED IN A PRIVATE, UH, WAY BY THIS PERSON. AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S FINANCIAL FRAUD WHERE REAL MONEY LEAVES THE BUILDING AND PEOPLE ARE DOING THINGS WITH THE TRANSACTION. SO THAT PHANTOM EMPLOYEES, UM, IS ONE, UM, WHERE YOU HAVE ISSUE OF PEOPLE WRITING CHECKS TO VENDORS THAT'S NOT AUTHORIZED [01:55:01] OR THAT DIDN'T DO THE WORK OR BEFORE THEY DID THE WORK. THERE'S VARIOUS THINGS THAT A FORENSIC AUDIT WILL SPECIFICALLY GO AFTER. ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE, A THOUGHTFUL ALTERNATIVE. AND YOU CAN, YOU CAN RESEARCH THIS AND LOOK THIS UP YOURSELF. THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED AN AGREE UPON PROCEDURES ENGAGEMENT. I WILL SAY IT AGAIN, AGREED UPON PROCEDURES ENGAGEMENT. AND THAT ENGA AND THAT ENGAGEMENT. CITY, CITY STAFF WILL JUST LIKE THE NAMES, SAY, AGREE WITH THE AUDIT FIRM. THESE ARE THE PROCEDURES YOU WANT DONE. IT HELPS TO LIMIT THE SCOPE, THUS LIMITING THE PRICE AND ALLOWING THE CITY STAFF MANAGEMENT TO LOOK AT THOSE AREAS THAT THEY BELIEVE ARE, ARE, ARE RISKY. WE CAN DO THOSE PROCEDURES OVER WHATEVER TIMEFRAME, 12 MONTHS, 24 MONTHS, 36 MONTHS, AND LOOK AT THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE DONE IT PARTICULARLY, UH, FOR GOVERNMENTS WHERE THEY SAY WE BELIEVE, AND I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS A REFERENCE OF ONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY CAN GOOGLE. WE BELIEVE THAT WE ARE EXPOSED HERE A REFERENCE. WE DID A PERFORMANCE AUDIT, AGREED UPON PROCEDURES AUDIT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY, LOOKING AT THEIR 35 OR $53 MILLION SPEND IN FLAT SCREEN TVS. THEY HAD BOUGHT TV SYSTEM WIDE FOR ALL SCHOOLS TO HAVE FLAT SCREENS. THEY HIRED US TO LOOK AT WAS THE COST CORRECT? WERE THEY PUT IN, DID ANY OF THE FLAT SCREEN TVS WALK AWAY? AND OF COURSE WE REPORTED TO THEM THE FACTS BASED ON THOSE OBJECTIVES THAT THEY GAVE US. AND SO I WANT TO OFFER TO YOU ALL A THOUGHT OF DOING A PERFORMANCE AUDIT SLASH AGREED UPON PROCEDURES AUDIT. AND TECHNICALLY THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENCE, BUT I DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN THAT NOW, AGREED UPON PROCEDURES AND OR PERFORMANCE AUDIT INSTEAD OF A FORENSIC AUDIT, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN CONTROL THE COST, YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT AREAS ARE LOOKED AT OR FOCUSED ON, AND YOU CAN CONTROL THE PERIOD. I WOULD ALSO SUGGEST AS I COME TO A CLOSE THAT YOU BE VERY MINDFUL, NOT , UNLESS YOU WANT TO LOSE CONTROL. THERE'S A, THERE'S AN AREA WHERE YOU MAY LOSE CONTROL IF YOU BRING IN AN OUTSIDE AGENCY OR EXAMPLE, THE OIG, THE AG, THESE FOLKS WHO AUDIT FOR STATE AGENCIES, YOU CAN REQUEST THAT THEY COME IN AND, AND AND REVIEW AUDIT. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU FIRST PERFORM AN AUDIT OF A, OF A MORE LIMITED PROCEDURE BEFORE YOU TURN OVER YOUR SITUATIONS TO ANY OF THOSE OUTSIDE AGENCIES. THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE, MAYOR FOR NOW. IF YOU SO CHOOSE THE COMMISSION SO CHOOSES, I WILL DO MY VERY, VERY BEST TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. I HOPE THAT I HAVE ELIMINATED SOME QUESTIONS BY LAYING GOOD STRONG FOUNDATION WITH MY OPENING STANCE. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. HARVEY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, YOUR PRESENTATION ACTUALLY GAVE ME MORE QUESTIONS. , WE DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD, RIGHT? UM, FIRST QUESTION, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN AUDITING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES? GREAT QUESTION. SO WE AUDITED THE CITY FOR EIGHT YEARS OR NINE YEARS, MANY MOONS AGO. WE WERE GONE FOR FIVE YEARS AND NOW WE'RE BACK. AND WE'VE BEEN HERE TWO OR THREE, THREE YEARS CONSECUTIVELY SINCE TWO OR THREE. OKAY. IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. I THINK THIS IS YEAR TWO OR THREE. THEN NEW CONTRACT. I'M HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. YEAH, I'LL DOUBLE CHECK. BUT IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE TWO. IT'S NOT YEAR ONE AND IT'S NOT YEAR FOUR OR FIVE, SO IT'S TWO OR THREE. ALRIGHT, MAYOR. THANK YOU. UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR, YOUR JOB IS, UM, IF YOU SEE FRAUD OR ANY DISCREPANCIES, YOU FEEL OBLIGATED TO REPORT, BUT IT'S NOT YOUR JOB TO LOOK FOR IT. THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. SO, SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE YOU FOLLOWING A STANDARD AS TO WHAT FRAUD IS OR IS IT UP TO YOUR INTERPRETATION TO DECIDE WHAT IS FRAUD? GREAT QUESTION. SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE TECHNICAL. WE CPAS FOLLOW SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED GAS GENERALLY ACCEPTED AUDITING STANDARDS. WE APPLY [02:00:01] THE PRINCIPLE OF GAS TO ENSURE THAT THE CITY IS USING GA GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES. GAS IS A-A-I-C-P, A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT WE CPAS AUDIT FIRM PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS MUST USE AS IT RELATES MORE SPECIFICALLY TO YOUR QUESTION, THE A-I-C-P-A GUIDANCE SAYS AGAIN THAT WE ARE NOT IN THIS ROLE AS EXTERNAL AUDITOR REQUIRE TO LOOK FOR FRAUD. BUT IF WE FIND IT, IF WE SUSPECT IT, WE MUST REPORT IT TO THOSE CHARGED WITH GOVERNANCE. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU, YOU LOOK FOR FRAUD ALONG THE GUIDELINES OF GAS. LET ME CHANGE THAT BACK. OKAY. WE DO NOT LOOK FOR FRAUD SPECIFICALLY. IF WE FIND IT, THEN WE MUST REPORT. MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU FIND IT, ARE YOU ALIGNING IT TO THE STANDARDS OF GAS? SO YOU'RE ASKING SOME GOOD QUESTIONS. I'M, I'M GONNA INVERT WHAT YOU SAY. SO GAS, GAAS AS YOU SAID, REQUIRES FOR US TO REPORT IT. SO LET ME GIVE AN EXAMPLE. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT. WE'RE DOING OUR AUDIT PROCEDURES AND WE NOTICE THAT THERE IS A LACK OF SEGREGATION OF DUTIES, RIGHT? IT'S NOT THREE OR MORE PEOPLE DOING, UH, THE ABCS AUTHORIZATION, BOOKKEEPING AND CUSTODY. BUT I'VE GIVING YOU THE WHOLE SPEECH. THEN WE NOTICE THAT THERE APPEARS TO BE SOME ANOMALIES IN THE NUMBERS. WE ARE REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT ONE LEVEL UP, WHICH WOULD MOST LIKELY BE THE CITY MANAGER AND OR TO THE COMMISSION. I ALWAYS TAKE THE STANCE TO REPORT IT TO THE COMMISSION. AND SO ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO LOOK FOR IT, IF WE FIND IT, WE MUST REPORT IT. AND MOST TIMES YOU'RE GONNA REPORT IT IN WRITING. THANK YOU. SORRY. DO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK, OKAY, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, MR. RODERICK, THROUGH YOUR EXPLANATION, I FEEL WHAT WOULD BE BEST FOR US TO DO, IF WE WANT TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER, IS TO NOT DO THE ACCOUNTABLE AGREEMENT THAT YOU MENTIONED OF HAVING YOU GUYS FOCUSED LOOKING AT SOMETHING. I THINK IF WE WANTED TO DO A FORENSIC AUDIT IN ANY, UH, TO ANY DEGREE, WE SHOULD GO OUTSIDE AND GET THAT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. AND YOU HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH THE CITY, WHICH MEANS I WOULD LIKE TO HOPE IT MEANS YOU DO A GREAT JOB. I THINK SO. I WOULD HOPE. YES, SIR. UM, SO, UH, THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, WE AS COMMISSIONERS, WE, WE, WE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT AS, AS PEOPLE SAY, TECH SAVVY, BUT IN THIS WAY WE'RE NOT AS SEMANTIC OR WORD SAVVY USUALLY. AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, WHY IT HASN'T BEEN TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION THROUGH THE OTHER AUDITING PROCESSES. THAT'S ANOTHER CONVERSATION. BUT I THINK I'LL, OFTENTIMES AS COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE THE INSTINCT OF THINGS BEING DONE UNFAIRLY OF SOMETHING GOING ON. UM, THERE'S TALK ABOUT SO MANY STAFF BEING RELATED TO EACH OTHER. THIS PERSON'S GETTING THAT CONTRACTS AND THE NUMBERS DON'T MAKE SENSE TO US. SO WE SMELL THE SMOKE, BUT WE CAN'T SEE THE FIRE AND WE'RE TRUSTING INDIVIDUALS ARE COMING AND SHOW US WHERE THE FIRE IS. SO WE GOTTA BE SURE HOW WE GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS, AS YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, OF COURSE. UM, SO THIS IS TO MY COLLEAGUES, UH, BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS EXPLAINED, I THINK, UH, MR. HARVEY'S GONNA DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE CURRENT AUDIT. UM, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION BY THE WAY. UM, UH, I THINK HE'S GONNA DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE AUDIT. I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF WHAT HE'S ALREADY DESIGNED TO DO, WE SHOULD SEEK A OUTSIDE, UH, PARTNER TO DO A, A, A FOCUSED FORENSIC AUDIT. I ALSO THINK PEOPLE THINK FINANCE ALL THE TIME, BUT I ALSO THINK WE GOTTA LOOK CLOSELY AT PARKS AND RECS. I THINK IT'S IRONIC YOU MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON IN PARKS AND RECS TOO MUCH AND THEY THINK, I DON'T KNOW THIS, MAYBE OTHER PEOPLE DON'T, BUT I KNOW THIS. SO, UM, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WE MISSED THE JUNE 30TH, THAT LINE, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN GOOD STANDING, BUT, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR WHY WE MISSED IT. MAYBE I MISSED THAT, BUT WHY DID WE MISS THE JUNE 30TH? I DID NOT GIVE THE WHY. UH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. UH, FOR TWO MAIN REASONS. TURNOVER IN PEOPLE. I WOULD IMAGINE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE CURRENT FINANCE DIRECTOR, OR TAKE THAT BACK, THE LAWYERS WOULD SAY STRIKE. CURRENTLY THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR THAT I KNOW OF RIGHT NOW. I THINK RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A INTERIM ORAL CONTRACT. SO THE PEOPLE, AND THEN ALSO THE LACK OF DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED TO US. UM, DURING THAT MEETING ON JULY 3RD, WE WERE VERY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE NEED TO GET TO SEE. AND, UH, STAFF IS NOW AWARE. THEY ALSO MADE ME AWARE TO BE FAIR TO THEM, OF SOME THINGS THAT WE, WE MAY ALREADY HAVE THAT WE NEED TO GO AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT WE PUT THOSE FORWARD. UH, BUT, BUT THE MAIN REASON [02:05:01] IS DOCUMENTATION OR AUDIT EVIDENCE NOT BEING GIVEN TO US. AND THEN SECONDLY, THE TURNOVER IN PEOPLE IN THE FINANCE, UH, DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU MR. HARVEY. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANKS. UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, GREAT PRESENTATION MR. HARVEY, AS WELL AS ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS OF THE DIFFERENCE IN FORENSIC EVEN WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION. UM, NO DISCREDIT TO YOU, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU HAVE DONE OVER THE YEAR AND YOUR PRESENTATION. UM, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN TERMS OF LOOKING OUTSIDE, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, WITH THE FORENSIC LOOKING TARGETED AT A PARTICULAR, UH, DEPARTMENT. UH, HERE AGAIN, IT NOT, IT'S KEEPING CONSISTENCY, BUT ALSO GETTING A SECOND OPINION OF WHAT HAS BEEN. I HEARD THE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OF YEARS YOU'VE BEEN DOING THE AUDIT, WHICH HAS, YOU KNOW, WHICH HAS BEEN GOOD FOR CONSISTENCY. BUT HERE AGAIN, GETTING ANOTHER OPINION, UM, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD STAND. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, VICE, MR. HARVEY, GOING BACK TO YOU, YOU SAID WAITING ON DOCUMENTATION. THAT'S WHY THE AUDIT IS NOT FINISHED. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FINISHED BY JUNE 30TH. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM MAYOR, I STAND MAYOR BY WHAT I ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO DO. THIS IS OUR CITY. IT IS PULLING APART WHERE I, THERE WAS A TIME I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE ONLY ON HALF OF A CYLINDER, NOT EVEN ONE OR TWO. AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT REALIZE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG IN THE CITY. THINGS ARE NOT ALIGNING RESIDENTS. I CAN'T SAY IT'S TRUE. THEY SAY THERE ARE LOTS OF GHOST EMPLOYEES AT THE CITY. PEOPLE DON'T REPORT TO US, AND I CANNOT SAY IT'S NOT TRUE. I READ A STORY DOWN IN BATON ROUGE. THE MAYOR OF THE CITY EMPLOYED SOMEONE, AND AT THAT TIME THAT PERSON HAD A 40 HOUR JOB AND SHE MADE SURE THAT THAT PERSON WAS GETTING ANOTHER 40 HOUR NEVER REPORTED. AND I SAID, I LIVE HERE MARCH 28TH OF THIS YEAR, 42 YEARS. AND WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOUSE IN THIS CITY, I COULD HAVE GONE TO JACARANDA AND GET A CHEAP, IT WAS CHEAP ON JACARANDA, BUT THIS IS WHERE I WANTED TO BE AND I LOVE MY CITY. AND IT'S NOT PERFORMING. IT IS NOT PERFORMING. SO AS I SAID, IT'S UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS. YOU SAY, WE ALL SAY WE LOVE THIS CITY, SO LET'S DECIDE THAT WE, I'M NOT REALLY LOOKING FOR FRAUD BECAUSE FORENSIC AUDIT IS TO ELIMINATE FRAUD. YOU LOOK, YOU CAN LOOK AND IF YOU DON'T FIND ANY, THAT'S WHAT I WANT. BUT RIGHT NOW, AS IT STARTS, IT IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. AND I LIVE HERE AND I WANT THE BEST FOR MY CITY. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. AND THAT IS WHAT THE VOTERS ELECTED ME NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 TO DO FOR THEM ON THEIR BEHALF. AND IF I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT IS GOING ON, I WOULD HOPE THAT, AND I'M NOT MAKING UP STORIES, [02:10:02] IT'S NOT THAT I'M MAKING UP STORIES BECAUSE I WANT THE BEST FOR THIS CITY, BUT RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS, WHERE ARE WE? DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU REQUESTED TO FINISH THE AUDIT WAS NOT GIVEN. I LEAVE IT WITH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. HARVEY. FOR FORENSIC AUDIT. A FORENSIC AUDIT IS TO BE DONE OR HAS TO BE DONE BY A CPA FIRM OR SOME OTHER OUTSIDE FINANCIAL AGENCY. EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT. YEAH, NO, GREAT QUESTION. SO YOU SAY HAS TO A MUST STOOD MOSTLY IN, IN THE AREA OF A FORENSIC AUDIT, YOU'RE GONNA SEE CPAS AND CFES CERTIFY FRAUD EXAMINERS. OKAY. SO IF YOU SAY MUST BE A CPA, I WOULD SAY NO. UH, BUT THOSE TWO DISTINCTIONS WOULD BE THE DESIGNATION OF PROFESSIONAL CPA SLASH CFE THAT YOU WOULD SEE. AND MOST, SOME CPAS HAVE BOTH, UH, PEOPLE HAVE BOTH, UH, TO EXECUTE THAT, UH, FORENSIC AUDIT OR, OR ANY AGENCY. AGAIN, I DON'T THINK I WOULD BE WARY OF ANYBODY WHO DIDN'T HAVE ONE OR TWO OF THOSE DESIGNATION. IF SOMEBODY SAY, WELL, I'M A CII, WHICH IS A CERTIFIED INTERNAL EXAMINER, UH, INSPECTOR, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S JUST A GOOD, AS GOOD AS A CFE OR A CPA. MR. HARVEY IS CPA AND CFE, IS THAT THE STANDARD TO HAVE BOTH OR A GOOD STANDARD FOR BOTH? I WISH IT WAS. NO, IT'S NOT. SO, UH, FIRST OF ALL, A PERSON CAN BE JUST A DEGREE, A DEGREED ACCOUNTANT. YOU WENT TO SCHOOL, YOU GOT A DEGREE, GOD BLESS YOU. THE NEXT STEP IS HOPEFULLY IS YOU TAKE THE RIGOROUS TEST TO BECOME A CPA, THEN SOME OF US DO THE ADD-ONS, WHICH WILL BE A CFE. SO YOU CAN BE JUST A CFE AND NOT BE A CPA. YOU CAN BE JUST A CPA AND NOT A CFE, BUT YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BOTH. SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THAT'S A SPECIALIZED AREA, THE CFE THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PROFESSIONALS WILL GO OUT AND GET. THANK YOU MR. HARRIS. THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS JUST FOR MY COLLEAGUES. IT WAS MENTIONED AND ADVISED BY MR. HARVEY THAT WE STAY AWAY FROM THE OIG PIECE. I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THAT. UM, I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO OUTSIDE, WE COULD FIND A-C-F-E-C-F-E SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. I LIKE HOW THAT SOUND. UM, BUT I, I I, I THINK THAT IF, IF WE JUMP THE GUN AND GO FOR A OIG THINKING SOMEONE'S GONNA COME IN HEAVY ENDED, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE, UM, UNINTENTIONALLY AIR OUT OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY TO THE MEDIA. BUT WHEN I HEAR OF OIGI JUST THINK THAT'S THEIR JOB JUST TO KIND OF JUST GET SOMETHING, PUT A MAGNIFYING GLASS OVER IT. AND, AND I, I THINK OUR GOAL IS TO JUST SIMPLY ELIMINATE WAYS TO ELIMINATE FRAUD. AND, UM, AGAIN, I THINK WE STILL HAVE MORE DISCUSSION AROUND WHAT A FOCUSED FORENSIC AUDIT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT, UM, I I WOULD AGREE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD NOT CONSULT OR REACH OUT TO THE OIG TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. NOT TO TOUCH THE OIG. THANK YOU. I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT, OH, NO, I'M NOT SAYING YOU WEREN'T. NO. OH, OKAY. IT WAS JUST A COMMENT. NO, NO, BUT I, I'M SURE WE NEED TO GET OUR BURDENS LIGHTER. BUT WHERE, FOR ME, THE, OUR FORENSIC AUDIT IS NOT, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR FRAUD. IT IS TO ELIMINATE IT IN MY MIND THAT THERE THINGS ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I'M NOT HERE TO HURT ANYBODY. NONE FAMILIAR. MAYOR, CAN I MAKE MR. HARVEY? YES. CAN I, CAN I MAKE A ADDITIONAL COMMENT? I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR THAT HCT WORKS FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND I OFFER MYSELF TO EACH OF YOU INDIVIDUALLY. SHOULD YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ME OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING OR YOU WANT TO DO A ONE-ON-ONE, A ZOOM, A PHONE CONFERENCE. I'M VERY OPEN TO THAT TO EXPLAIN IN FURTHER DETAIL WHATEVER WAY THE CITY, THE POLICY MAKERS SHOULD DECIDE TO GO. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT AS YOU FRAME THIS, THAT YOU HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION FROM SOMEBODY IN THE INDUSTRY WHO [02:15:01] CAN GIVE YOU SOME OF THE, UH, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, THINGS TO CHEW ON, UH, AS YOU GO FORWARD IN THIS PERIL. IT'S BEEN SAID AND IT'S NAGGING AT ME. UM, YOU CANNOT EVER ELIMINATE FRAUD. THE WORST FRAUD IS COLLUSION AND YOU CANNOT STOP PEOPLE FROM COLLUDING. BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE HEARD, IS MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT AS SUCH WHERE IT IS NOT EASY OR BENEFICIAL FOR A PERSON TO, UH, DO ACTS THAT ARE DIS RIGHT. AND SO I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS GOOD BECAUSE IT WILL SET A TONE FROM THE TOP THAT WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO FOLKS THAT IF YOU ARE, UM, PLAYING AROUND THE OLD FOLKS, MY DAD WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE, THERE'S A DEAD CAT ON THE LINE SOMEWHERE. RIGHT? AND SO WE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND THAT DEAD CAT ON THE LINE SOMEWHERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. A CM THANK YOU [E.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION UPDATE] MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE E DISCUSSION REGARDING THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION UPDATE. YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A POWERPOINT THAT IT IS GOING TO LOAD WHILE WE WAIT FOR BSO OFFICERS TO, UM, PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION. UM, I BELIEVE MAYBE COLONEL DUNBAR. COLONEL DUNBAR LOWER FOR INVITATION VICE YOU SPEAKING TO THE MIC, PLEASE. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MR. ATTORNEY MADAM CITY MANAGER, MADAM CLERK, STAFF AND RESIDENTS. I'M COLONEL DUNBAR FROM THE BROAD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. UM, WHAT I'M ABOUT TO PRESENT IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR, UM, COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY, UM, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO ALL OUR CONTRACTS CITIES, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. YOUR CITY MANAGER, UM, WAS GIVEN A CONSIDERATION. UH, MAY 1ST WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY DO AN OVERVIEW OF THE NUMBERS THAT DROVE THE CONSIDERATION IN 2023. THE SHERIFF AUTHORIZED THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO CONDUCT A COMP, COMPENSATION AND SALARY STUDY, UM, BECAUSE WE SAW SOME DEFICITS WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION AND TO OVERCOME THOSE DEFICITS, UM, THAT WAS DRIVING CERTAIN THINGS, UM, AS EMPLOYEES LEAVING, UM, STABILITY TO BUILD FUTURE LEADERS AND COMPRESSION ISSUES. UM, WE ENGAGED IN A COMPENSATION AND SALARY STUDY. THE STUDY WAS DONE BY EVERGREEN SOLUTION. YOU CAN TURN TO THE NEXT, OH, HE ALREADY WENT TO LIKE PAGE THREE. OH, THAT'S FINE. UM, WE TARGETED OVER 150 CLASSIFICATIONS. UM, THE SURVEY RESULTED IN 17 PEER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR PRESENTATION, IT DEALT WITH IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ALSO ON A NATIONAL LEVEL OF ORGANIZATIONS, UM, LIKE, LIKE-MINDED WITHIN THE 150 CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, THAT WERE BENCHMARKED, UM, COMPARED, UM, DIRECTLY TO THE MARKET. UM, A UM, A RESPONSE, UM, OF THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS WAS AN AVERAGE OF 6.5. IF YOU LOOK, UM, THEY HAD TO BE [02:20:01] ADJUSTED BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY DOLLAR ISN'T THE SAME EVERYWHERE, UM, WHETHER IN THE, IN FLORIDA OR IN THE COUNTRY. UM, WE USED A COST OF LIVING INDEX TO, UM, EVALUATE WHAT EACH DOLLAR MEANS. NEXT PAGE, DURING OUR, UM, EVALUATION, SEVERAL CITIES ASKED US, UM, TO SHOW 'EM WHERE THE BARAR COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WAS IN RELATIONS TO DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT WERE, UM, DOING POLICE SERVICE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SCALE. UM, WE RANKED FOURTH FROM THE BOTTOM IN HOW WE WERE COMPENSATING OUR EMPLOYEES. NEXT, THE OVERALL MARKET RESULT SHOWED, UM, THAT WE WERE, UM, WE WERE AT THE BOTTOM TIER. IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESULTS, UM, AS IT RELATES TO COST OF LIVING, UM, UM, INPUT, UM, AT THE MINIMUM WE WERE A MINUS 19%, MID POINT 20, UM, 20%. AND AT THE MAXIMUM RANGE, WE WERE MINUS 21%. WE WERE BEHIND THE MAR, UM, ALL OF OUR, UM, MARKET PEERS. SO WE HAD TO MOVE, UM, IN A DIRECTION WHERE IN ATTEMPT TO RETAIN TALENT, UM, WE HAD TO BRING, WE HAD, WE HAD TO MAKE A PROPOSAL TO BRING EVERYONE IN LINE. NEXT PAGE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, UM, WE ALSO INCLUDED FIRE RESCUE BECAUSE THEY ARE PART, UM, PART OF, UM, YOUR CONTRACT, FIRE AND POLICE. UM, YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RANGES. UM, THE SURVEY RANGES WHERE WE WERE, UM, AT THE MINIMUM, AT THE MIDPOINT, AT THE MAXIMUM RANGE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ALL THE WAY FROM NEGATIVE 71% ALL THE WAY TO THE 5.2. THIS IS AN AVERAGE, NOT AN INDIVIDUAL. THIS IS THE ENTIRE SERIES. UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, UM, WHETHER IT'S A DEPUTY SHERIFF, UM, A DEPUTY SHERIFF, SERGEANT, LIEUTENANT, UM, FIREFIGHTER ENGINEERS, IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. IT'S THE ENTIRE SERIES OF EVERYONE WITHIN THAT, THAT CLASSIFICATION. THE REASON WHY WE ASKED, UM, TO MEET WITH ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS, WE UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE WEREN'T ASKING FOR A ONE AND DONE. WE HAD TO, UH, APPROACH IT IN A LAYER PLAN. AND WE CAME UP WITH A TWO YEAR PLAN TO BRING OUR, UM, ALL OF OUR UNITS BASICALLY INTO, INTO A, UH, A BETTER PLACE WHERE WE CAN RETAIN TALENT. SO THE NEXT TWO PAGES SHOWS, UM, OUR TWO YEAR PROCESS, WHAT WE ARE ASKING ALL OF OUR CONTRACTUAL CITIES, UM, TO LOOK AT. AND AGAIN, THE MAIN REASON I, I HATE TO SAY THIS, UM, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 33 YEARS. I AM, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF, UM, HUMAN RESOURCES FALL UNDER MY UMBRELLA. WHEN I DID MY RESEARCH IN 33 YEARS. UM, WE HAVE NEVER DONE A, UM, COMPENSATION AND CLASSIFICATION STUDY. AND THAT IS A SHAME. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE COMPETITIVE. YOU ALWAYS, YOU DON'T WANT TO BECOME A TRAINING. YOU DON'T WANT TO BECOME A TRAINING GROUND WHERE YOU'RE HIRING TALENT. THEY GET THE, THE KNOWLEDGE AND THEY'RE WALKING OUT THE DOOR. UM, SO ALSO, UM, THE LEADERSHIP, UM, STRUCTURE. YOU DON'T, YOU, IT TAKES YEARS TO BUILD A LEADER. YOU DON'T BUILD A LEADER, UM, OVERNIGHT. AND IF THEY DON'T STAY THE ORGANIZATION AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A REASON TO STAY IN THE ORGANIZATION, BECAUSE COMPRESSION WAS ALSO AN ISSUE. WHY WOULD I WANT TO MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL WHEN I'M ALMOST THERE AT THE, THE, UM, THE OPEN AND WRONG? WHY DO I WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT AND THE NEXT IF THE COMPENSATION ISN'T THERE? SO WE HAD TO FIX A MYRIAD OF ISSUES. AND THE, THE, UM, COMPENSATION, CLASSIFI CLASSIFICATION STUDY SHOWED US SOME SHORTFALLS. AND OUR JOB AS AN ORGANIZATION IS TO FIX THOSE SHORTFALLS. AND AGAIN, WE WEREN'T TRYING TO COME AND SAY, GIVE US EVERYTHING AT ONE SHOT. THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT ALL OF OUR CONTRACT CITIES IN AND SAT 'EM DOWN AND SAID, CAN WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER? AND THE, THE GOOD PART ABOUT IT, UM, I MUST SAY, UM, WHEN EVERGREEN SAT, UM, SAT IN THAT MEETING AND, UM, NEARLY EVERY CITY LOOKED IN SHOCK THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS [02:25:01] STUDY BEFORE BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE IT IN ORDER TO RETAIN TALENT. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I PRESSED UPON. UM, UM, AND SAY WE NEED TO CONTINUE, UM, WHETHER IT'S IN THREE YEARS AND FIVE YEARS, TO ALWAYS LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE CARE OF OUR EMPLOYEES, I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAD YOUR EMPLOYEES UP THERE TO RECOGNIZE 'EM. NEW EMPLOYEES COMING IN, YOU NEVER WANT TO HIRE. IT TAKES A A WHILE OF HIRING NEW EMPLOYEES. YOU DON'T WANT 'EM WALKING OUT THE DOOR. SO THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THAT BROUGHT US HERE. THOSE ARE THE FACTORS WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE TO BUILD A STRONGER FOUNDATION MOVING FORWARD IN SERVING OUR CITIES. UM, WITH THAT, I'M GONNA OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. GOOD SEEING YOU AGAIN. GREAT BEING HERE IN THE WEEK HERE, CITY. SO PLEASE HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND, I KNOW IT'S OVER A TWO YEAR PERIOD, BUT HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND THE MINIMUM, THE MIDPOINT, THE MAXIMUM. HOW WOULD THAT WORK? HOW WELL THE MINIMUM MIDPOINT. IT JUST SHOWS YOU, IT JUST SHOWS YOU, UM, WHERE PEOPLE FALL IN, UM, COMING INTO THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW THEY BASICALLY MOVE TOWARDS THEIR CAREER PATH. UM, THROUGH, THROUGHOUT THE AGENCY EACH YEAR YOU, YOU GET A MERIT. SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP. SO YOU'RE START, YOU ARE STARTING OUT AND YOU, YOU ARE MOVING EACH YEAR, YOU'RE MOVING YOUR PROGRESSING, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROGRESSION SERIES. IT TAKES 15 YEARS, UM, UM, FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. SO YOU'RE SAYING, IS THIS WHAT THEY'RE PINPOINTING NOW FROM THE STUDY OR WHERE THE PROGRESSION OH, NO, THEY'RE, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THE, THE, UM, THE COMPANY PINPOINTED WHERE WE NEED TO MOVE TOWARDS CURRENTLY. YES. SO WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING. NO. UM, YOU WERE GIVEN, YOU'RE GIVEN, YOU, YOU WERE GIVEN A CONSIDERATION. EACH CITY WAS GIVEN THEIR CONSIDERATION LETTER, SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT, UM, WHERE ARE YOU, UM, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS YEAR. IN EACH CITY'S CONSIDERATION LETTER, IT IS DIFFERENT, UM, BASED ON THE PERSONNEL THAT THEY HAVE, THE PERSONNEL THAT THEY'RE REQUESTING. OH, IT, WELL, THIS IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER. WHEN IS THE CONTRACT? WHEN DOES THE CONTRACT EXPIRE? IT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, MADAM BY, OH, THOSE ARE TWO MONTHS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, AND MADAM A C IN OUR CONSIDERATION MATTER, DOES IT INDICATE WE DO HAVE THE CONSIDERATION LETTERS AND I CAN DEFINITELY EMAIL THEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION TO DIGEST SITTING HERE AT ONE TIME. IF WE WOULD'VE RECEIVED IT PRIOR, WE WOULD'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY SIT DOWN AND VIEW, AND I THINK PRESENT SOME VERY INFORMATIVE QUESTION AND IMPACTFUL QUESTIONS FOR THIS. BUT THIS IS QUITE A LOT OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO DIGEST AND FOR ME TO HAVE A DISCUSSION THAT'S NEEDED. WE WILL BE BACK WITH THIS AGENDA ITEM. UM, FOR CONTRACT RENEWAL AND FURTHER DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE THIS WAS JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSE, INFORMATION PURPOSE VEHICLE REQUESTED TO PRESENT THAT INFORMATION, UM, SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IT IN ANTICIPATION OF CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS. MADAM MAYOR. SO COLONEL NA, YOU AND SOFTEN NASA. I, I JUST HATE, I I LOVE BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ME TO JUST DROP THIS INFORMATION WITHOUT, UM, UM, YOU DIGESTING, HAVING YOUR WORKSHOPS. EACH CITY IS DIFFERENT. EACH CITY, UM, GOES THROUGH THEIR EVOLUTION. UM, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, DRIVES YOUR NUMBERS, NO MATTER IT DRIVES EVERY CITY'S CITY'S NUMBER. AND, UM, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WE WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT IT. UM, AS YOU KNOW, LAUDERDALE LAKES IS OUR, UM, LONGEST STANDING CONTRACT. AND WE, WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY. NICE TO SEE YOU. IT'S NICE TO BE HERE. OTHER QUESTION, COLONEL DUNBAR, UNDER YEAR ONE, PAY PLAN RECS, UH, PAGE FIVE, UNDER RANKS, DEPUTY SHERIFF, DLE AND CC, SERGEANT, DLE AND CC, LIEUTENANT, DLE AND CC, THE MINIMUM IS WHAT THOSE POSITIONS CURRENTLY? NO, THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD GO TO. THEY [02:30:01] WOULD GO TO, IF THEY ARE NOT, WE ASSUME THAT WELL, THEY ARE NOT ALREADY THERE. NO, NO. THAT, THAT WOULD BE THE NEW, THE NEW MEN. THAT WOULD BE THE NEW THAT, UM, OCTOBER 1ST WILL BE THE NEW MIN AND THE MIDPOINT WOULD BE A PROGRESSION TOWARDS IT. IT WOULD BE A, UH, PROGRESSION. THE NEW STEP PLAN. IT'S, UH, AGAIN, 15 YEARS. IT'S A 15 YEAR PROGRESSION FROM, UM, FROM, FROM THE, UM, MINIMUM ALL THE WAY TO THE, TO THE MAXIMUM. SO YOU DON'T JUST GO TO THE, TO THE MAXIMUM. IT'S A 15 YEAR PROGRESSION. HOW IS IT DETERMINED BETWEEN 71, 5 0 AND 100, 1 79? THE MIDPOINT WHERE I WOULD GO NEXT? NO, NO. IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY EACH YEAR IT'S BASICALLY A 5% INCREASE. IT'S A MERIT BASE INCREASE. SO IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CAPPED, UH, A 5%. SO YOU, YOU DON'T JUST JUMP FROM 70 TO 100. SO IT GOES WITH YOUR ANNUAL, SAY, YOU KNOW, I, I START TODAY. UM, I, I START, UM, IN JUNE, UM, NEXT JUNE, UM, IT WILL BE A MERIT BASE OF 5% FOR 15 YEARS. FOR 15 YEARS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. UH, THANK YOU. UH, COLONEL, WITH THE, UH, ON PAGE FIVE WHERE YOU SAID THE MINIMUM, THOSE WILL BE THE NEW MINIMUMS. THE NEW MINIMUMS. IS THAT FOR, THAT'S, THAT'S FOR BSO? YES. OKAY. WHAT IS THE CURRENT MINIMUM? UH, STARTED, UH, THIRD IS 61. I WANT SAY 360. WELL, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU COME TO THE MIC AND IDENTIFY, IDENTIFY YOURSELF? THIS IS MY HR DIRECTOR. THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. AND TO ANSWER, UH, YOUR QUESTION, SIR, PLEASE. UH, SORRY. EDWARD MCCARDLE, WELCOME. UH, STARTING SALARY IS AROUND 61, I WANNA SAY 9 69. YOU HAD A 4% FIRST RESPONDER THAT EVERY B-S-O-D-L-E DEPUTY RECEIVES. SO STARTING SALARY IS AROUND 64. I'M GONNA SAY EIGHT FIFTH. OKAY. AND IF YOU REMEMBER, THE COLONEL HAD MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN YOU COMPARED US TO THE OTHER AGENCIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE WERE FOURTH FROM THE BOTTOM WITH 64,000 READING, UM, OVER READING OUT, UM, P PART MAD MAYOR. THANK YOU. NO, I, I AGREE. WE HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE TO RETAIN TALENT. I KNOW A LOT OF OFFICERS GOING OFF TO PALM BEACH, YOU KNOW, LIVING THE LIFE. UH, BUT MY, MY QUESTION IS, I JUST WISH THE MINIMUM, CURRENT MINIMUM WAS ON HERE AS WELL WITH ALL OF THE LINE ITEM POSITIONS. 'CAUSE THIS IS SHOWING ME WHERE YOU'RE ASKING OR EX HOPING THE MINIMUM WAS GONNA START FOR THE NEW MINIMUM OR WHERE IT WOULD BE. BUT I WANT TO KNOW, IT WOULD'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO SEE THE CURRENT MINIMUM FOR ALL OF THESE LINE ITEMS. THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I NOTICED. UM, MADAM MAYOR, ONE OTHER QUESTION ON PAGE SIX. THE THIRD TO LAST LINE, AUXILIARY DEPUTY, UH, WHAT DOES THAT DO? JUST CURIOUS. IT'S JUST, IT'S A CLASSIFICATION. UM, IT'S AN AUXILIARY DEPUTY SAID, IT IS JUST A DEPUTY SHERIFF THAT CANNOT ACT ON THEIR OWN. THEY NEED TO ALWAYS BE WITH SOMEONE, UM, LIKE A RIDE ALONG. GOTCHA. THEY, THEY'RE SWORN, BUT THEY, THEY ACT IN A CAPACITY. I, I BELIEVE, UM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE PERSON IN THAT CLASSIFICATION, THE ENTIRE AGENCY. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. LAST QUESTION. I THINK, SO I KNOW YOU, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT TEAM IN BSO. ARE THESE ONLY SPECIFIED? I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF THESE PEOPLE HERE ARE ACTUALLY SWORN YOU HAVE DRIVER ENGINEER. WELL, THOSE ARE FIREFIGHTERS. THOSE ARE FIREFIGHTERS, RIGHT? THOSE ARE FIREFIGHTERS. DO WE HAVE ANY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ROOM OR ANY EXPECTATIONS FOR THE NST AS WELL? WELL, NST NST IS, IS STILL A DEPUTY SHERIFF. THAT'S JUST A CLASSIFICATION. IF YOU ARE A DETECTIVE, YOU'RE STILL A DEPUTY SHERIFF. EE UM, IF YOU ARE A, UM, ARE N NARCOTICS DETECTIVE, YOU'RE STILL A DEPUTY SHERIFF. UM, YOU'RE, THAT'S YOUR CLASSIFICATION. YOU'RE JUST WORKING IN THE CAPACITY OF A NARCOTICS DETECTIVE, A BURGLARY, UM, APPREHENSION DETECTIVE, EVEN A, A MOTOR, UM, A MOTORCYCLE LOSS. YOU'RE STILL A DEPUTY SHERIFF. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COLONEL DUNBAR. THANK YOU. WELCOME. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM ACN. THANK YOU. BS T THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FROM KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX THOUSAND, NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND FORTY NINE CENTS ($436,954.49) TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING - VARIOUS LOCATIONS PROJECT] NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM FIVE F, DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF A PROPOSAL FROM KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $436,954 AND 49 CENTS, TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC COMMON. AND THIS IS THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS PROJECT. AND MR. UM, RHONDA SP BRUS WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR. UH, ESTABLISHED, UH, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS A DISCUSSION [02:35:01] REGARDING A WARNING OR CONTRACT TO KIM LEON AND ASSOCIATE OF IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE $36,954 49 CENTS, UH, TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECT. UH, IF YOU ECONOMY, LAST YEAR, BACK IN APRIL, UH, THE SILICON COMMISSION APPROVED, UH, AN AGREEMENT WITH FDOT, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT AND THE AMOUNT OF $137,143. UH, AFTER THE AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, UH, STAFF DEVELOPED AN RFQ, UH, TO ADVERTISE THE PROJECT FOR, FOR BID. UH, QUICKLY, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT INCLUDE, UH, INSTALLATION OF, UH, UH, TRAFFIC CALLING DEVICES AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS THROUGH THE CITY. UH, MAINLY ROUNDABOUT, UH, SPEED BUMP, UH, NORTHWEST 24TH STREET, EASTGATE WILL HAVE TWO ROUNDABOUT AND, UH, AND SPEED BUMP NORTHWEST 34TH STREET AND NORTHGATE NORTHWEST, UH, 35TH AVENUE, AND NORTHGATE NORTHWEST 41ST STREET AND WEST OF WARD SEVEN, AND ALSO NORTHWEST 33RD, UH, STREET AND WESTGATE. SO THOSE ARE THE LOCATION THAT WERE PART OF THE SCOPE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FOR, FOR GRID. AND, UH, WE ADVERTISED THE PROJECT FOR AN RFQ. UH, WE RECEIVED FOUR PROPOSALS, AND THEY WERE EVALUATED BASED ON, UH, DIFFERENT C CRITERIA, UH, WHICH IS QUALIFICATIONS, UH, RESULT TIMELINE. AND WE SELECTED THE TOP THREE CONSULTANT, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH WAS KIM LEON AND ASSOCIATE, UH, JOHNSON, M MIRAN, AND QUA THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATE. THOSE WERE THE TOP THREE CONSULT THAT WERE EVALUATED AND RANKED, UH, KIM LEON. LEON WAS NUMBER ONE. JOHNSON MIRAN WAS NUMBER TWO, AND QUA THOMPSON WAS NUMBER THREE. UM, BECAUSE IT, IT WAS A GRANT. IT'S A GRANT FROM FDOT. EVERY ASPECT OF THE PROCESS HAS TO BE APPROVED BY FDOT. WE SUBMITTED THE, THE TOP THREE CONSULTANT TO F THAT FOR REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE, AND THEY APPROVED IT. AND ONCE THEY APPROVED THE, THE TOP THREE CONSULTANT, WE, UH, DOCUMENT SERVICES ENTERED INTO NEGOTIATION WITH THE TOP CONSULTANT, WHICH IS KIM LEHON AND ASSOCIATE. AND THEY WERE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PRICING, AND WE AGREED ON THE PRICE OF 436,000, UH, 954 AND 49 CENTS. AND THAT PRICE WAS SUBMITTED AGAIN TO FDOT FOR CONCURRENCE. IT TAKE A LONG TIME. THEY ASKED FOR A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION. AND FINALLY, LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, WE RECEIVED CONCURRENCE FROM FDOT, MEANING WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH, AWARD THEM THE CONTRACT TO, UH, KIM LEON AND ASSOCIATE. SO NEXT STEP IS TO AWARD THE CONTRACT SO THEY CAN START DESIGNING THE PROJECT, UH, SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. UH, IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, UH, A TYPICAL DESIGN FOR THAT SIZE, IT'S ABOUT SIX MONTH. BUT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH OF THAT, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TIMELINE, UH, WHICH IS ON AVERAGE 30 DAYS. UH, WHENEVER YOU SUBMIT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR 30 DAYS, WE HEAR BACK. SO WE ANTICIPATE PROBABLY MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR FOR COMPLETION OF DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT. ANSWER ANY QUESTION, FOR ME AT THIS TIME? YES. MADAM MAYOR. NO, MR. RON, THEN MAYBE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE TRAFFIC CALMING IS PUT IN PLACE. HOW LONG DO YOU THINK AFTER THE DESIGN PHASE WILL THAT HAPPEN AFTER MAYOR? WELL, AS SOON AS THE DESIGN IS COMPLETED, WE WILL MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP, UH, WHICH IS, UH, RELEASING THE FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS ROUGHLY $1.6 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION. WE FUNDED 1.6 MILLION, YOU SAID? YES. AND THAT IS FUNDED BY FDOT. AGAIN. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST TO CLARIFY, MR. RON, THIS TRAFFIC COMMENT IS BEING FUNDED BY FDOT, THE ENTIRETY OF IT? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, RON, COULD YOU, COULD YOU MAKE MENTION OF THE, THE STREETS AND AREAS WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING US ON THERE? OKAY. IS, IS, IS 44TH COURT IN 4 41, 1 OF THOSE AREAS, UH, TO MADAM MAYOR? NO. OR SPEED? NO. [02:40:01] OKAY. UH, MADAM MAYOR, I SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW, UM, I DIDN'T ASK FOR SPEED BUMPS, BUT I REMEMBER ASKING YOU WHAT IS THE PROCESS? YOU SHARED THE PROCESS. IF PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES STILL STILL WANNA SPEED BUMPS, THEY CAN STILL FOLLOW THAT PROCESS OF PETITIONING THE MEMBERS ON THEIR STREET. AND OKAY, BECAUSE ON THAT STREET 44TH COURT, AND I'VE BEEN THERE MYSELF PERSONALLY, CARS ARE JUST COMING IN, SPEEDING. THERE'S NOTHING THERE STOPPING THEM. THERE'S, THERE'S SKID MARKS ON THE ROAD SHOWING THAT PEOPLE COME DO DONUTS. UM, LIKE LITERALLY AS I'M TALKING TO RESIDENTS, THEY SAY, SEE, LOOK, LOOK. AND PEOPLE ARE COMING IN SPEEDING. AND THAT'S JUST ONE AREA OF THE CITY. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, AS WE ADD MORE SPEED BUMPS, WE, WE CAN EXPECT THERE'S STILL NEIGHBORS THAT STILL MAY WANT SPEED BUMPS. UH, SURE. UH, YES. MR. ALMAN, MAYOR. YES. UM, WOULD THAT BE WEST OF, UH, 4 41 WEST? YEAH. YES. YES, THERE WAS. UM, TO MAYOR, THERE'S A LOT OF ALL THE LOCATION THAT WE ARE AWARE OF, LIKE 39TH STREET, WEST OF, UH, CITY, SEVEN 39TH STREET, EAST OF, UH, CITY SEVEN, SEVEN, UH, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LOCATION THAT WE GET CALLS ABOUT SPEED MAP. AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT. ONE PARTICULAR LOCATION WITH, UH, WEST 39. UH, WE, THE PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TO THE POINT BUDGET, UH, TO THE NEXT BUDGET. WE TRYING TO ESTABLISH, UH, THE BEGINNING OF A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE WE CAN, UH, PURCHASE THOSE, UM, REMOVABLE SPEED BUMP AND SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT. AGAIN, WE CANNOT PUT SPEED BUMP AT EVERY SINGLE STREET. RIGHT, RIGHT. TRUST ME, IF WE COULD, WE WOULD GET GOOD REQUEST FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM. LIKE PERSONALLY, I'VE SEEN CARS FLYING O OVER 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE RIGHT NOW SCHOOL IS OUT, KIDS ARE PLAYING IN THE STREET, IT'S REALLY NOT SAFE. UH, BUT, UH, WHEN WE PUT SPEED BUMP EVERYWHERE, WE KIND OF SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC RESPONSE TIME FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES AS WELL. SO, BUT WE ARE LOOKING INTO THOSE REQUESTS, UH, AS A COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU MR. RON FOR THIS. I'M, I'M VERY EXCITED. I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT NOT NEGATE ALL THE OTHER STREETS, BUT I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT 24TH STREET FROM PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. IT'S COMING. IT'S COMING. AND, UM, I HEARD VICE MAYOR SPEAK ABOUT, SO HOW LONG IN THE PROCESS? SO IT'S STILL A WAIT, AND I'M SAYING THIS ONLY BECAUSE RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY DO HAVE A COMPLAINT, THEY THINK IT'S GONNA GO UP 1, 2, 3, AND IT DOES NOT HAPPEN THAT WAY. UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE YEARS PRIOR BEFORE I HEARD, I HAVE TO KEEP CALLING THE, UM, THE CAPTAIN TO GET SIGNS UP TO SLOW DOWN. SO I'M HAPPY THAT THIS PROCESS IS, IS GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS. IS THE WEATHER TWO OR THREE YEARS? JUST THAT IT DOES NOT HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. JUST WANNA STRESS THAT. BUT THANK YOU FOR THIS. THANK YOU, MR. RON. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT THAT RESIDENTS PRESENT SOMETHING AND THEY THINK THAT OVERNIGHT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ACTION TAKEN ON. AND SO I THINK THE MORE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT, INFORM THEM OF THE PROCESS, THE LONGEVITY, WHO WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM, HAS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COMMISSION, THAT THAT WILL HELP THEM TO SEE AT LEAST THAT WE HAVE FINALLY, FINALLY, FINALLY, BEGUN THE PROCESS OF HAVING SPEED BUMPS. MY MY CONCERN IS, HEAVEN FORBID WHAT MAY HAPPEN DURING THE PROCESS OF THIS LONG, LONG WAIT TO GET SPEED BUMPS OR TRAFFIC CLIMBING ROUNDABOUTS, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME NEAR MISSES. WE'VE HAD CARS THAT HAVE BEEN CRASHED, WE'VE HAD YARDS THAT HAVE BEEN RUN INTO, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO EXPEDITING THIS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, SIR. CHAIRMAN, MAD MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. RON. THANK YOU, MADAM. A THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 5G, [G.  DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM SURTAX INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY] DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVAL OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SIRTAX INTER, A LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD, MPO, AND MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND MR. DIS BRUNO WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, SIR. THANK YOU, MADAM. ESTABLISHED MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS, THIS IS A DISCUSSION REGARDING, UH, APPROVAL OF, UH, OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE TRUST TRANSPORTATION SURTAX SYSTEM, UH, INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOW COUNTY, UH, BOW AND PO, UH, AND THE CITY, UH, AROUND THE, [02:45:01] THE, THE COUNTY. AND 2018, UH, THE CITY COMMISSIONER APPROVED THE, THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN WARD COUNTY WELD AND PO. AND, UH, THE CITY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION, UH, AND ALSO PREMIUM TRANSIT FOR THE CITY. IT WAS, UH, A VOTER APPROVED INITIATIVE. AND, UH, EVERY MUNICIPALITY AROUND THE, THE, THE COUNTY, UH, SIGNED UP TO THAT PROGRAM TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION AND PREMIUM TRANSIT. UH, THAT INTERNAL AGREEMENT HAS BEEN MADE IT TWICE, UH, IN 2019, IT WAS, UM, THE FIRST AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED, AND THEN 2021, UH, THE SECOND AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED, UH, BY THE, BY THE CITY. BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME DELAY, SOME, UH, ISSUES WITH THE INTER AGREEMENT, MAINLY BECAUSE OF, UH, THE LACK OF PROGRESS AND THE PROJECTS, UH, FUNDINGS IS, WAS SLOW TO COME IN. SO THERE WERE SOME ISSUES THAT THE, UH, ALL THE CITIES WERE FACING THE SAME, UM, UH, ISSUES. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, THE BROAD COUNTY, UH, CITY MANAGER ASSOCIATION, UH, WORKED WITH THE COUNTY TO AMEND THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO MAKE IT MORE, UH, FLUID TO MAKE, MAKE IT MORE AMENABLE TO, TO THE CITY, TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, M PO, UH, TO GET MORE PROGRESS. SO THROUGH THAT, THE THIRD AMENDMENT WAS, WAS PRODUCED AND WORKED WITH, UH, THE COUNTY. THE COUNTY ALREADY APPROVED IT. UH, AND JUNE, ON JUNE 10TH, THEY APPROVED THAT INTER AGREEMENT, UH, AMENDMENT. AND, UH, AS OF TODAY, MORE THAN 50% OF THE CITIES AROUND THE COUNTY HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE AMENDMENT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE THE SCHEDULED, UH, UH, TO BE APPROVED. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW, UH, CHANGES, UH, TO THIS AMENDMENT. UH, ONE OF THEM IS THE ABILITY FOR THE COUNTY TO, UH, TO TERMINATE, UH, SOME CYCLE ONE PROJECTS. UH, THE SECOND ONE PROJECT WAS APPROVED IN 2020. IT'S A LIST OF PROJECT, THE FIRST CYCLE. SO THERE ARE STILL SOME PROJECT THAT BE LINGERING, UH, HAS THAT BEEN MOVED. SO THE COUNTY, UH, WANT TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO TERMINATE THOSE PROJECT IF THE CITIES DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECT. UH, ANOTHER, UH, CHANGE TO THAT AHMED MET IS THE ABILITY TO REPRIORITIZE, UH, AMONG COMMUNITY BOSS AND ALSO CAPITAL PROJECT AND R AND M PROJECT R AND M STAND FOR REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE. UH, THIS IS A SPECIFIC CATEGORY OF PROJECTS THAT IS NOT CAPITAL, BUT LET'S SAY IF YOU WANNA IMPROVE AN EXISTING PROJECT, THEY WILL FUND THAT PROJECT. AND ALSO THERE'S A FORMULA BASED, UH, MODEL THAT THAT, THAT DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE, UH, FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND, UH, THE MAIN GOAL OF THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT EACH MUNICIPALITY RECEIVE FUNDING EVERY YEAR TO SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT, BUT SUPPLEMENT EXISTING BUDGET FOR R AND M. SO EVERY YEAR, EVERY MUNICIPALITY WILL, WILL RECEIVE A SET AMOUNT BASED ON THE, THAT, UH, FORMULA BASED MODEL, UH, THAT THEY, THAT DEVELOPED. UH, AND ONE OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THE AMENDMENT MET IS THE INTRODUCTION OF A GREAT MATCHING PROGRAM BEFORE THE AMENDMENT MET, UH, SERIES WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE SURTAX FUND AS GRANT MATCH. LET'S SAY. IF YOU HAVE A GRANT FROM, FROM THE STATE, UH, THEY WERE, THEY WERE, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE SURTAX FUND AS MUCH. BUT NOW WITH THIS AMENDMENT, UH, CITIES CAN USE, UH, SURTAX FUND PROVIDING THAT THE PROJECT FITS THE TRANSPORTATION, UH, MODEL THAT THE SURTAX, UH, AND VISION DOING. SO YOU CAN USE SURTAX FONT FOR GREAT MATCHING, WHICH IS A GREAT, UH, IMPROVEMENT. AND ALSO THEY, WE DEFINE THE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN PROJECT ELEMENTS SUCH AS LIGHTING. UH, THE BEGINNING LIGHTING WAS PROBABLY NOT, UH, AN ELEMENT THAT WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR SET TAX FUNDING DRAINAGE. UH, THERE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY LOOK INTO THAT. UH, FOR, FOR THE DRAINAGE TO BE ELIGIBLE, IT HAS TO BE SO, [02:50:01] UH, COMPLICATED ON IN THE WORLDWAY, UH, FOR THE DRAINAGE TO BE ELIGIBLE ON THE CERTEX, BUT NOW THEY'RE MAKING IT MORE EA LITTLE BIT EASIER TO, UH, FOR DRAINAGE ELEMENT TO BE ELIGIBLE ON THE CERTEX AND ALSO DECORATIVE PAVING. UH, BEFORE THAT IT WAS A NO GO, UH, BUT NOW, UH, AT LEAST THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO FUND PORTION OF IT, BUT AT LEAST YOU GET SOMETHING, BUT BE, UM, BEFORE THAT, THEY'LL SAY, NO, IT'S NOT ELIGIBLE AT ALL. UH, AND ALSO THEY KIND OF REDEFINE CERTAIN CAPITAL PROJECT, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SIDEWALK, UM, BEFORE THE AMENDMENT SIDEWALK TO BE ELIGIBLE HAS TO BE PART OF THE WHOLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. BUT NOW THERE'S AN STANDALONE SIDEWALK, AND THAT CAN BE ELIGIBLE FOR SURTAX FUNDING, WHICH IS GREAT. GREENWAY 12 WAS NOT ELIGIBLE, BUT NOW IF YOU CAN SHOW THAT IT'S PART OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, IT CAN BE ELIGIBLE. THOSE ARE, AND, UH, IN A SENSE, MOST OF, SOME OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENT FROM THIS, THIS AMENDMENT, UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT. IT WILL HELP, UM, MOVE THE, THE, THE PROJECT FASTER. AND, UH, I REALLY, UH, RECOMMEND THE C COMMISSION TO APPROVE THAT, UH, AMENDMENT. ANY QUESTION? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, I'M LOOKING HERE AT THE BACKUP, UH, AND I, AND I DO THANK THE BROWARD COUNTY CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION FOR LOOKING AT UPDATING AND AMENDING. WHAT WAS THERE? JUST, YOU MAY NOT KNOW, MR, BUT IT SAYS IT STARTED IN, UH, COUNTY FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2032. AS FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE, I, I'M FORESEEING THAT PERHAPS CUTTING BACK ON CERTAIN SURTAX FUNDS IF THEY'RE LOOKING A SPECIFIED AMOUNT OF YEARS, YOU KNOW, AFTERWARDS. SO WE NEED TO GET BUSY, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING IN ESSENCE, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. UM, BUT I SEE SOME GOOD THINGS HERE THAT THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED. AND, UM, LOOK THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED, SHOULD BE APPROVED BY THAT. YEAH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'M SAYING IT SHOULD BE APPROVED IF WE NEED THE MONEY. MR. HARRIS, THANK YOU MR. RON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM, A SOON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT ITEM [H.  DISCUSSION REGARDING CANCELLING THE AUGUST 11TH AND AUGUST 25TH CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND THE AUGUST 12TH AND AUGUST 26TH CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS] FIVE H DISCUSSION REGARDING CANCELING THE AUGUST 11TH AND AUGUST 25TH CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOPS AND AUGUST 12TH AND AUGUST 26TH, CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR THE COMMISSION. COLLEAGUES, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION FOR YOU, MADAM MAYOR , NO DISCUSSION. THAT'S, I HAVE A HAIRCUT ON THE 11TH, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE ANSWERING THIS. MAYBE SEPTEMBER TWO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM. A C WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE [I.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR CITYWIDE TOWING] I IN DISCUSSION REGARDING A CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR CITYWIDE TOWING. AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZAM HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. ZA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGERS, COLLEAGUES, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ZA PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF ALL THE LAKES. UH, MADAM MAYOR, THIS ITEM, IT'S, UM, IN DISCUSSION, CONTINUING DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE CITY. UM, THIS VENDOR, WE TOWING, WHO IS NO STRANGER TO ANY OF US HERE, UM, WAS RECENTLY AWARDED AND THE, UH, MAY THIS YEAR, UH, COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AGREEMENT FOR CITYWIDE TOWING. DURING THAT AWARD, JUST AFTER THAT AWARD, THE VENDOR CAME FORWARD AND WAS LIKE, LISTEN, I WANNA OFFICIALLY PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY, UH, AND THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY IS DOING AND SO ON. THE VENDOR HAD INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION, UH, OF $10,000 PER FISCAL YEAR IN, IN ADDITION TO PLEASE LET HIM KNOW WHEN WE'RE DOING TOUCH A TRUCK, HE WANTS TO BRING HIS TRUCKS AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT AND SO ON. UM, AT THE ONSET WHEN HE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, UH, IMMEDIATELY WE TOLD HIM THERE'S AN EVENT HAPPENING, AND HE PARTICIPATED AND GAVE FOR THIS FISCAL $10,000 FOR THE EVENT THAT HAPPENED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. THE CARIBBEAN, UM, UH, AMERICAN FESTIVAL, UH, MOVING FORWARD, HE HAS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE FURTHER EVERY FISCAL YEAR BY PUTTING $5,000 TOWARDS A VETERAN'S EVENT AND $5,000 FOR A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENT. UM, WHEN THIS MATTER WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US AND THE FORMER FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, SHE RECOMMENDED THAT A [02:55:01] CONTRACT MODIFICATION BE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ABOVE POWER. UM, STAFF IS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SEEKING THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH THIS REQUEST, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S ABOVE POWER, YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENT, ALWAYS DEFENDERS, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED ME TO DO, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS CLEAR AND THERE'S NO AMBIGUITY IN ANY WAY. MADAM MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S A QUESTION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MADAM MAYOR. UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO THE QUESTION OF WHAT IS THE BEST, UH, METHOD OF, UH, ALLOWING THIS VENDOR TO VOLUNTARILY CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO THE CITY? UM, IT'S A VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION, SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST POINT. UM, THE VENDOR DOES HAVE A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY THAT HAS OBLIGATIONS AND RIGHTS, AND ALL OF WHICH DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR DESIRE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY'D LIKE TO MEMORIALIZE THEIR VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION, UH, AND NOT HAVE THE CONVERSATION WITH, UH, PROCUREMENT. BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN, UH, DRAFT A RESOLUTION, UH, THAT ACKNOWLEDGES THE CITY'S, UM, UM, RECEIPT, UH, AND DESIRE TO HAVE THE VENDOR CONTRIBUTE A CERTAIN AMOUNT. UM, AND AGAIN, THE ESSENCE OF IT WILL BE, WILL UNDERSCORE THAT THIS IS THE VENDOR'S DESIRE AND THE CITY AGREES TO ACCEPT THAT CONTRIBUTION AND THE WAY THAT THE VENDOR ANTICIPATES MAKING THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE CITY. MAD, MAD. MAYOR, WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU, MS. HASSAN. UM, I SEE THAT $5,000 SAYS TO BREAST CANCER EVENT, I NEED CLARIFICATION ON THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A BREAST CANCER WALK AND THEN THERE'S A BREAST CANCER DINNER. UM, SO THERE'S TWO THINGS HAPPENING IN THE MONTH ABOUT OCTOBER. SO CLARIFICATION AS TO WHICH ONE THE $5,000 WOULD GO TO MADAM MAYOR. IT WAS LEFT OPEN FOR BREAST CANCER, UM, AWAY ANY BREAST CANCER EVENT. UH, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE TWO ONE VETERANS EVENT, SO IT'S NOT ONE SPECIFIC VETERANS EVENT AND ANY BREAST CANCER EVENT, BUT BOTTOM LINE IS, AND HE'S, LISTEN, I I WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS $10,000 EVERY YEAR, EVERY FISCAL YEAR FOR THESE TYPE OF EVENTS. UH, I THINK IT'S THE CITY OR NEW COMMISSIONER RATHER, TO DECIDE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE THAT. I THINK MADAME MADAM VICE MAYOR, I THINK THE SHOULD DECIDE, SINCE THERE ARE TWO EVENTS, THEN MAYBE I WOULDN'T LEAVE IT TO WESTWAY TOWING TO DECIDE WHICH ONE. THEN WE SHOULD MAYBE DECIDE YOU HAVE A BREAST CANCER DINNER AND YOU HAVE A BREAST CANCER WALK. WALK IS NOT GOING TO TAKE MUCH MONEY. MAYBE WE WOULD DIVIDE IT IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE, SINCE THERE ARE TWO EVENTS, ONE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUDE THE OTHER OF RECEIVING MONIES FOR THAT. CORRECT. HARRIS, THANK YOU. THANK YOU ZA FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, UM, WE DON'T HAVE WES WAY HERE. I HOPE YOU'RE LISTENING IN, BUT THANK YOU TO WESTWAY TOWING FOR BEING A GREAT PARTNER. UM, I, I'M, I'M, UM, IMPRESSED AT THE EAGERNESS TO, TO DO SO WITHOUT OBVIOUSLY ASKING FOR ANYTHING IN RETURN. UM, BUT I ALSO WANNA SAY THIS, I CHALLENGE ALL OF OUR VENDORS TO DO THE SAME, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THEY CAN. BUT NO, I, I, I REALLY WANNA THANK WESTWAY TO AND THE TEAM FOR, UM, BEING GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND BEING LEADERS IN WHAT IT MEANS TO NOT JUST, UH, TAKE FROM THE CITY, BUT TO GIVE AND, UM, TO, TO CRAIG AND, AND THE REST OF THE TEAM OVER AT WESTWAY. KUDOS TO YOU. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND, AND I DITTO THAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I SPOKE WITH, UM, THE GENTLEMAN ON AT THE CARIBBEAN, AMERICAN UNITY FEST, AND HE SAYS, WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST HERE. WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CITY, AND, AND THAT SAYS A LOT RIGHT THERE THAT THEY WANNA GIVE BACK NOW, REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND LET'S WAIT TILL WE HAS BEEN IN GOOD BUSINESS IN OUR CITY AND FOR OUR CITY. SO WE ABSOLUTELY WELCOME THE PERPETUAL DONATION. YES, MADAM MAYOR. JUST TO ADD, UM, THE DONATION FOR THE CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL CAME IN VERY LAST MINUTE, AND THE PIO TEAM WAS VERY QUICK TO MOVE, MOVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THE COVERAGE FOR THAT AS WELL ON THE FLYERS AND SO ON. JUST WANNA ADD THAT, UM, ADDITIONALLY, JUST FOR CLARITY, IT IS THE, UH, WHAT IS THE [03:00:01] COMMISSION DIRECTION, UH, FOR THE DONATIONS, HOW THEY SHOULD BE SPLIT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE SOMETIMES WE MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE VETERAN'S EVENT AS WELL. HOW WOULD WE LIKE TO DO THAT? 50 50 ACROSS THE BOARD? UM, 2,500 EACH EVENT, OR WHAT IS THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION? I KNOW, I KNOW. WE DO HAVE TWO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED. OKAY. UM, HOW MANY VETERANS EVENTS WE HAVE. I KNOW, I KNOW. UM, SOMETIMES WE MAY HAVE ONE, WE MAY HAVE TWO. WHATEVER IS WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. YEAH, I THINK A 50 50 SPLIT FOR US FOR THE BREAST CANCER EVENTS. OKAY. AND THEN FOR VETERANS, PUT ALL $5,000 TO THE, OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS ONLINE. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO I'M, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR THE PRESENTATION FOR WESTWAY TO APPRECIATE IT. UM, I'M, I WAS KEENLY LISTENING TO MY COLLEAGUES, OF COURSE, THE, I I HAVE TWO BREAST CANCER, UM, EVENTS IN OCTOBER THE THIRD GOING ON AT THIS THIRD YEAR. SO WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT HOW THAT IS GOING TO PLAY OUT. I DO APPRECIATE THEM MAKING, UM, THE DONATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, BUT WE CAN TALK AMONGST US AND SEE HOW THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, WESTWAY TOWING, WE SO MUCH AND SO APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I DID NOT KNOW YOU WERE VIRTUAL MADAM MAYOR. I DID. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN TO WESTWAY TOWING, UH, FOR, UH, SUPPORTING CITY EVENTS. I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT THING. UH, WE HAVE SOME GREAT EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND FOR THEM TO SEE THAT THEY WANNA INVEST IN WHAT THE CITY IS DOING AND THE GREAT EVENTS THAT THE CITY STAFF PUT TOGETHER, I THINK IS A GREAT THING. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I'M GLAD WESTWAY TOWING IS GROWING WITH THE CITY AND SEE WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP IN THE CITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND FOR OUR BUSINESSES. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ZA. THANK YOU MADAM. A CN THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND ITEM NUMBER [J.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)] FIVE J. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS AND PROCEDURE FOR HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER SPONSORED BY YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M NOT A MARRIED, QUITE WELCOME. AS WE KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING A NEW CITY MANAGER. THE DEADLINE DATE HAS COME AND GONE FOR RECEIPT OF SUBMISSIONS. SO IF WE COULD HAVE MS. TARA TO COME TO LET US KNOW WHERE WE ARE, HOW MANY WE RECEIVED, AND WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP. GREAT. MR. ZAM IS HERE TO PROVIDE THE PROCUREMENT SECTION, AND THEN MS. TARRA CAN PROVIDE ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ZA PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND THE CITY UNDERTOOK A SOLICITATION, A FORMAL SOLICITATION TO THE PUBLIC ON OUR PLATFORM ON DEMAND STAR PLATFORM. UH, SOLICITATION WAS PUT OUT, UH, VENICE WAS INVITED TO PROVIDE A COURT, AND WE DID RECEIVE SOME RESPONSES, UM, AT THE CLOSING, WHICH WAS, UM, ON JULY 2ND AT 10:30 AM UH, WHAT WE GOT WERE 17 RESPONSES, SORRY, 11 RESPONSES OF THAT 11 RESPONSES INTENTIONALLY. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS POST THE VENDORS WHO QUOTED ON OUR DEMAND STYLE PLATFORM TO MAKE IT PUBLIC, WHO PUT IT INTENTIONALLY. WHAT WE DID NOT DO WAS, UM, PUBLISH THE PRICES THAT WERE QUOTED. IT IS NOT THE INTENTION TO MISLEAD ANY VENDOR. UH, IT IS NOT THE INTENTION OF THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT TO GIVE FALSE HOPE. AND WE DID ANNOUNCE AT THE BID OPENING THAT WE WILL ANNOUNCE THE VENDORS AND THEREAFTER, UH, A THOROUGH, THOROUGH EVALUATION PROCESS. THEN WE WILL ANNOUNCE A SHORTLIST. THE INTENTION OF DOING THIS, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, BIDS AS LOW AS $10,000 AND AS HIGH AS $39,000. AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE BY DEFAULT, WE JUST AWARD TO THE LOWEST ONE. UH, THE PROCUREMENT TEAM, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM IS RIGHT NOW DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING SURE WE DOT OUR, I'S CROSS OUR T'S AND DO A THOROUGH EXERCISE TO MAKE SURE THE VENDORS WHO HAVE QUOTED THAT NOT HAVE THE ONLY PROVIDED EVERYTHING, BUT THEY WILL MEET THE CRITERIA AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS, UM, THE PROCUREMENT ANGLE OF IT, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY [03:05:01] QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE? SO, MR. ZA, THE, WHEN THE BID GOES OUT, I THINK IT SAYS LOWEST AND MOST RESPONSIVE. SO THE MOST RESPONSIVE COMPONENT IS IF THE FIRM CAN DO WHAT WE NEED FOR THEM TO DO. ? YES. IT SAYS IT'S ACTUALLY THE LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE VENDOR. YEAH. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT, UM, BEFORE MOVING FORWARD TO A SHORTLIST. IT IS OUR INTENTION AS OF DISCUSSED WITH THE A CM, UH, THAT WE WILL BRING THIS TO THE C CITY ATTORNEY FOR FINAL REVIEW BEFORE WE PUBLISH OUR SHORT LIST, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. I HAVE NOTHING, MS. TAR, I HAVE NOTHING. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. UM, GREAT INFORMATION. WE ARE MOVING, BUT WE ARE MOVING METHODICALLY. WE ARE MOVING STRATEGICALLY AND WE'RE MOVING IMPACTFULLY. SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH, MADAM. THANK YOU MME. MASON. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT ITEM 5K [K.  DISCUSSION REGARDING HOSTING FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS (FLOW) EVENT AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] DISCUSSION REGARDING HOSTING FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS, ALSO KNOWN AS FLOW EVENT, AS A COMMISSION INITIATIVE. AND THAT ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. SO, UM, FLOW, FLOW, WHICH IT MEANS, UH, WHICH STANDS FOR FLORIDA LICENSING ON WHEELS. UM, IT'S A PROGRAM THAT OFFERED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES. IT PROVIDE MULTIPLE, UH, DRIVER'S LICENSE AND MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICES TO VARIOUS, UH, LOCATIONS TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND SO WE'RE ASKING THEM TO COME TO OUR CITY. UM, THEY BRING THE SERVICE CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTS TO AVOID THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS LONG LINE THAT WE'RE, UM, EXPERIENCING AND, UM, GOING TO DMV. SO THEY COME IN WITH THEIR BIG MOBILE BUS AND THEY PROVIDE ALL THE NECESSARY SERVICES, RENEWING YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE, UM, YOUR ID, CARD REPLACEMENTS AND SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES. ALL OF THAT IS DONE ON THIS BIG BEAUTIFUL BUS. SO I'M ASK, UM, ASKING TO HAVE THEM COME IN OUR CITY AND HAVE THAT DONE. SO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MR. THOMAS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, WERE THEY THE ONES THAT CAME IN LAST YEAR AND SET UP IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, UM, AND HAD DIFFERENT RESIDENTS COME IN, BECAUSE I REMEMBER I WAS THERE ASSISTING SOME PEOPLE IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, TO COME ON IN AND, UM, GET THE DIFFERENT NEED, THEIR DIFFERENT NEEDS MET. HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT? WILL THEY, BECAUSE WHEN I ASKED THE, UH, THE FACILITATOR FOR THAT DAY, THEY SAID IT'S ON A ROTATION BASIS. SO WOULD THIS COME IN HERE? WILL THAT BE A ONE-TIME THING? OR HOW WILL THAT WORK, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER MARSHALL WILLIAMS. WELL, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I'M HO IT WON'T BE A ONE-TIME THING AND IN THE MULTI, I NEVER, I AM NOT AWARE OF IT BEING IN THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. AND IF IT IS, WAS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKED. DID THEY SET UP A MACHINE AND WAS TAKING PICTURES AND GIVING EVERYONE THEIR LICENSE ON THE SPOT? UM, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMPSON. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY WERE, THEY WERE DOING ALL THAT THAT DAY FROM MOR THEY WERE HERE FROM MORNING, UM, AND MEMBERS FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTED, YOU KNOW, SIGNING IN PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT, SO I, I WASN'T AWARE. SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE, UM, PROPOSING? THEY'RE, THEY DO HAVE A BIG BUS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TO USE A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE A BIG BUS THAT WE COULD PARK AT FRONT OF THE, I DON'T REMEMBER. I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE THEM TO COME IN AND DO MAYBE EVERY OTHER MONTH, EVERY THREE MONTHS. I, WE DON'T WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS OF IT ALL YET, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING FREQUENTLY THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING, NOT ON JUST A ONE-TIME THING. MAX WILLIAMS, I THINK YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE ROTATION AND THE SCHEDULE OF THE BUS. SO THE INTENT IS FOR FLOW TO COME TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ON A REGULAR SCHEDULED BASIS? YES, MADAM MAYOR. AND WE'LL WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS AS THAT, AS FAR AS THAT IS CONCERNED. ONCE WE SIT WITH THEM, SEE WHAT THEIR SCHEDULE IS, BECAUSE THERE WON'T BE ONLY SERVICE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, THEY'LL [03:10:01] BE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO WE'LL SEE, UM, WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO US. AND THEN I'LL BRING IT BACK AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT FROM THERE. BUT I WON'T SAY THIS IS WHAT I WANT. I HAVE TO SEE THEIR SCHEDULE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. BECAUSE AS I RECALL THE PREVIOUS ONE, THE ONLY ONE IS I CAN RECALL THAT WE'VE HAD, WAS QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER. THANK YOU. UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER, THANK I. IS THERE A FEE TO THIS OR THERE? JUST PARDONING WITH THE CITY. MR. MAX A FEE. IF YOU GO TO DMV TO GET YOUR LICENSE OR YOUR ID, IT'S NOT FREE. SO THERE IS A FEE. JUST, IT IS JUST LIKE GOING TO THE DMV. IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING THERE. YOU'RE COMING TO THIS. UM, A QUESTION FOR YOU, WAS IT FREE WHEN THEY WERE DOING IT IN A MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, COMMISSIONER TOM THOMAS. WAS IT FREE? MY, MY QUESTION WAS, IS THERE A FEE TO THE CITY? OH, TO THE CITY? OH, I THOUGHT YOU MEANT TO THE RESIDENT. MY, MY APOLOGIES. NO, THERE SHOULDN'T BE A FEE TO THE CITY. THEY JUST HAVE A BUS AND EVERYTHING IS SERVICED THERE. UM, THERE WASN'T A FEE TO THE CITY WHEN IT WAS IN THE MULTI, EXCEPT FOR USING THE, THE, UM, THE CENTER. I'M ASSUMING THIS, THEY WON'T BE USING THE, THE CENTER, SO THERE'S NO FEE THAT WHEN THEY WERE IN THE CENTER, THERE WAS A FEE TO THE CITY. 'CAUSE THEY WERE USING THE CENTER. NOW IF THEY BRING THEIR BUS, THEY'LL BE JUST USING THE PARKING SPACE WHEREVER WE DECIDE TO PUT THE BUS. ADAM, VICE MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [L.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A CONTRACT FOR INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR] NEXT ITEM'S, ACTUALLY OUR LAST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, SECOND TO LAST ITEM, UM, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTRACT FOR INTERIM FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN GA WE'VE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN, AS YOU KNOW, OUR, WE LOST OUR PRIOR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR RECENTLY. UM, WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH MS. SUSAN GOODING LIBRARY AS A CONSULTANT TO SERVE AS THE CITY'S INTERIM. SHE'S ALREADY ON BOARD AND HAS BEEN ASSISTING WITH PROGRESSIVELY ENSURING THAT OUR AUDIT, UM, GETS COMPLETE. UM, SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT. AS IN, UM, PRIOR HISTORY, SHE WAS OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR OF ONE POINT. UM, SO SHE BRINGS EXTENSIVE KNOWLEDGE DUE TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS MATTER BECAUSE SHE WAS ACQUIRED UNDERNEATH THE, THE, UNDER THE CITY MANAGERS, UM, SPENDING AUTHORITY QUITE SOME TIME AGO TO ASSIST WITH THE AUDIT. AND I AM RECOMMENDED THAT SHE BE BROUGHT ON AS INTERIM WHILE WE ACTIVELY SEARCH FOR A NEW FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, PERMANENTLY A CONTRACT, UM, WILL BE PREPARED IF IT SET THE PLEASURE OF THE, UH, CITY COMMISSION AS WELL. AND MAYOR AND COMMISSION WILL BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH PARTICULARS. AND FOR DISCUSSION AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I'M REALLY GLAD THAT SUSAN WAS AVAILABLE SO THAT AT LEAST SHE KNOWS THE CITY AND I THINK SHE WAS UNDER DOING SOME WORK HERE PRIOR TO OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ABANDONING. SHE, SO, YOU KNOW, GOD ALWAYS PREPARE PEOPLE OR PLAY SOMEONE OTHERWISE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED. SO I, SHE'S RETIRED. SHE DOESN'T WANT THE JOB. IT'S NOT SOMEONE THAT IS LOOKING FOR A JOB TO STAY. SO AT LEAST THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR REACHING OUT TO HER AND MAYBE TRYING TO APPEASE HER TO HELP OUT. MADAM MAAM. UM, YOU, YOU SAID THIS PERSON, UM, UNDER THE FORMER CITY MANAGER WAS USED FOR A AUDIT BEFORE SHE WAS ACTUALLY HELPING THE FORMER FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. TO COMPLETE THE AUDIT. OKAY. UM, I, I ECHO MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS. VICE MAYOR. [03:15:01] I, UH, I'M ACTUALLY SAD TO SEE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR GO, UM, WISH THINGS COULD HAVE WORKED OUT BETTER, AT LEAST HAPPEN ON A BETTER CIRCUMSTANCES. I HOPE SHE'S DOING WELL, UM, KEEPING HER IN MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND, UM, I'M EXCITED TO ALSO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, NOT TOO MUCH OF A GAP TO FILL. SO I'M SUPPORT MADAM MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO I'M EXCITED. I, I KNOW OF SUSAN. NO, I DON'T KNOW HER, BUT I KNOW OF HER AND SHE'S BEEN HELPING US FOR A WHILE, SO I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. AS LONG AS SHE'S AVAILABLE AND WILLING, I THINK IT, UM, IT'S A GREAT IDEA. SO THANK YOU. ACTING CITY MANAGER COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM. A CN THANK YOU. I DEFINITELY THINK THAT SHE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE LEADERSHIP AND THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE NEEDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. NEXT LAST, [M.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A CONTRACT FOR INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR] WE HAVE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CONTRACT FOR INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, A FEW MONTHS AGO WE ALSO LOST OUR HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK DIRECTOR AND WE DID ACQUIRE MS. TARA WILLIAMS AS THE INTERIM. UM, WE WILL BE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR A HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, BUT SHE IS SERVING WELL IN THAT ROLE. SHE'S BROUGHT ABOUT, UM, POSITIVE CHANGES. SHE WAS ALSO BROUGHT UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S SIGNING AUTHORITY, WHICH HAS NOT EXPIRED. BUT I WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY BRING THIS MATTER BEFORE THE COMMISSION BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, JUST SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF HOW SHE WAS ACQUIRED. THAT THAT SPENDING AUTHORITY WILL, UH, EVENTUALLY IT WILL BE EXCEEDED. SO BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, I WANTED TO BRING A CONTRACT. I'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO THAT ALSO WILL BE PRESENTED, UM, TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THANK YOU. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. FINNISH, MS. FINNISH FOR THE CONTRACT FOR HUMAN RESOURCES, THAT IS FOR A PERMANENT BASIS? NO, THAT WE WILL BE ACTIVELY SEARCHING FOR A PERMANENT, THIS WILL BE ON A CONTRACTUAL BASIS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. YOU'RE QUITE WELCOME. THIS COMMISSIONER ? YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM. A CN ITEM, SIX PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE ARE NONE. RIGHT? BUT THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING. GOOD. 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.