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[2. ROLL CALL]
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE.COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY ROLL CALL IS COMPLETED.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[3. OPENING REMARKS FROM THE CITY MANAGER]
OPENING REMARKS FROM OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, MS. HOWARD, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET AND THE FOLLOWING WILL BE PRESENTED FOR DISCUSSION, SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, ENTERPRISE FUNDS, DEBT SERVICE, GENERAL FUND, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCE TEAM HERE THAT WILL PRESENT THESE ITEMS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
WE HAVE MS. SUSAN GOODING, AS WELL AS MS. HEIDI, AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. GIO IN THE BACK, UM, WHO CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MS. AN MR. ANTHONY IS BACK THERE TOO.
THAT IS HERE FOR SUPPORT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
[PRESENTATION OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET AND OVERVIEW]
THANK YOU.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, EMPLOYEES.
THANKS FOR COMING OUT AND FINANCE TEAM.
SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING OUR 2026 FY 2026 BUDGET WORKSHOP.
THIS WILL BE OUR LAST WORKSHOP BEFORE WE GO INTO THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER TO DO OUR FIRST HEARING AND SECOND HEARING, AND ADOPT THE BUDGET TO START THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER.
UM, FIRST, I KNOW THE COMMISSION WILL BE ON HIATUS.
I KNOW THIS IS CLOSE TO THE END OF JULY, JULY 30TH.
SO WE TRY TO GET ONE MORE WORKSHOP IN JUST BEFORE YOU GUYS GO.
SO THE AGENDA, IS IT UP SO I CAN, OOH, I THINK I NEED TO TAKE OFF THESE GLASSES.
SO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA WILL BE THE BUDGET CHALLENGE THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR THE, UM, FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS WELL AS WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IN 2026.
WHAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE BUDGET.
WE'LL GO OVER THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE WILL GIVE YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE MILLAGE RATE SUMMARY.
UM, AND WE HAVE COUPLE PROGRAMS MODIFICATIONS WITHIN THIS BUDGET AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SUMMARY UPDATE.
AND THERE'S SOME KEY DATES THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND THOSE WILL GO OVER JUST TO STATE THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE WILL BE DONE BY, UH, MY BUDGET OFFICER, MS. HEIDI BUCK.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD IN PREPARING THIS FY 2026? OF COURSE, BALANCING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY WITH THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
WE DO HAVE OUR COURSE SERVICE, WHICH WE NEED TO MAINTAIN AND NOT JUST MAINTAIN.
WE ALWAYS WANNA WORK IT UP TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
SO WE WANNA WORK, UH, MAKE SURE WE SET THAT AT AN ENHANCED LEVEL.
SOME UNFUNDED MANDATES, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL COME IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AND THOSE CAN COME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR YOU CAN COME FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO SAY, CITY, YOU MUST DO THIS AND YOU MUST DO THAT.
SO, UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR AGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EQUIPMENT.
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DEFINITELY CAN SPEAK ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MAINTAINANCE PLAN OR, OR CHANGING OUT OUR FLEET ON A TIMELY BASIS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
AGAIN, WE HAVE OUR ESCALATING, UM, CONSIDERATION FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
OUR BSO AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, POLICE SERVICE WENT UP 7.8%.
FIRE SERVICE WENT UP 4.9% EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, UH, LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE LIVE HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND WE HAVE RISING IN INFLATION.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE DO GET, UM, OUR VENDORS AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THOSE COURSES ARE ESCALATED.
UM, WE DID CHECK OUT WHAT IS THE CIP FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY AREA, AND IT STATES THREE POINT 11%.
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HOWEVER, WE ALL KNOW THAT INFLATION IS APPROXIMATELY 5% OR FIVE TO 6%.SO, UM, WE HAVE CONSIDERED THAT IN OUR BUDGET.
UM, THE RISING COST OF OUR PERSONNEL.
WE HAVE TO, UH, MAINTAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE WITH OUR PERSONNEL.
AND ALSO WE KNOW THAT EVER RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET.
UH, WE DID RECEIVE OUR REVENUE SHARING AND SOME OF THE FORECAST ESTIMATION FROM THE STATE THAT PROVIDE REVENUE BACK TO THE CITY.
AND THOSE ESTIMATED ESTIMATION HAVE GONE DOWN.
NOW, WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT THEY WON'T GO UP BY THE TIME WE RECEIVE IT IN 2026, BUT THE ESTIMATION THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO US DECREASED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, TECHNOLOGY IS ALSO CHANGING AT THE BLINK OF AN EYE.
SO WE HAVE UPGRADES AND WE HAVE MAINTENANCE SCORES BASED ON THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO SO, THOSE ARE DEFINITELY SOME OF THE HUGE BUDGET CHALLENGE THAT WENT INTO THIS FY 2026, UM, PROJECTION.
THERE WERE SOME, UM, PRIORITIES THAT THE COMMISSION HAD, WHICH INCLUDE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, CANAL BANK STABILIZATION.
THE SIDEWALK WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
CODE COMPLIANCE ALSO WAS A HOT TOPIC, MINOR HOME REPAIR AS WELL AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALL THOSE PRIORITIES WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE THE BUDGET.
SO AS WE MOVE TO THE GENERAL FUND, UM, WHAT DOES THAT INCLUDE? AGAIN, IT, UH, INCLUDES OUR STAFF COMPLIMENT OF 1 57.
AND AS WE GO ON FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, SOME PERSONNEL WE ARE ASKING FOR ALSO SOME PERSONNEL INCREASE.
CURRENTLY WE ARE AT 1 57, THE KOHLER IS INSIDE THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING A 4% MAXIMUM MERIT INCREASE FOR THE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM.
ALSO IN THERE, IF WE IN ANTICIPATED A 23% INCREASE IN OUR HEALTH INSURANCE, I THINK OUR CURRENT, UM, PROVIDER IS BLUE, UH, FLORIDA BLUE.
WE ARE HOPING THAT THIS IS JUST THE HIGH END.
WE ARE STILL SHARPENED AROUND FOR THOSE RATES AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WILL COME BACK LOWER THAN THAT 23.5%.
BUT AT LEAST WITHIN THIS BUDGET THAT WE ARE PUTTING BEFORE YOU INCLUDES 23%, UM, INCREASE.
UM, WE HAVE THE POLICE CONSIDERATION WE RECEIVE FROM BSO.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE COP FUNDING FOR OUR CS 23, UM, GRANT OFFICES AS WELL AS SOME REPAIR REPLACEMENT.
WE KNOW WE ARE CHANGING OUR COMPUTERS.
THE NETWORK HAS TO BE MAINTAINED AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.
WHAT IS OUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY THAT'S CONSIDERED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
ALSO, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE EMPLOYEES GET HEALTHY SO THAT THOSE HEALTHCARE COSTS COME DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS.
SO WE ARE GONNA BE ENSURING THAT OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROGRAM GET FUNDED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR EMPLOYEES A WHOLE LOT HEALTHIER THAN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE PUT IN SOME DOLLARS FOR THE, UM, QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER.
WE WANNA ADD, UM, ENHANCE THAT A LITTLE MORE, FOCUS ON WHAT THE CITY IS DOING, THE DEPARTMENTS SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHT, MAYBE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THERE.
WE ARE, UM, COMPLETING SOME, UM, GREAT PROJECTS, CIP PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE NEWSLETTER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THE, THAT PROGRAM JUST A LITTLE MORE.
WE ARE ALSO, UM, SOME DISCUSSION IN THERE FOR THE PLANNING OF OUR NEW CITY HALL COMPLEX.
WHERE IS THAT GONNA BE WHEN IT'S GONNA BE? BUT, SO WE HAVE SOME, SOME FUNDS IN THERE FOR, UM, JUST GOING OUT AND GETTING, UM, SOMEONE TO COME IN AND, UH, SO A CONTRACTOR OR CONSULTANT OR SOMEONE TO COME AND ASSESS WHERE WE WANNA PUT THAT.
WHAT'S THE BEST OPTION FOR US? SO, UM, WE HAVE SOME DOLLARS IN THE, AND OF COURSE OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM.
I KNOW WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING THAT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ENHANCE THAT TO HAVE THE RESIDENT GET MORE INVOLVED WITH THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
AND I'M GONNA DO THIS AT A VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL COMMISSIONERS.
PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION, PLEASE WRITE THEM DOWN AND, UM, AT THE END WE CAN PASS THAT ON TO THE CITY MANAGER IF WE CANNOT ADDRESS THAT TODAY.
UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT ADDRESSED TO YOU BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FINAL, UH, FINAL BUDGET.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A COMPARISON HERE FOR YOU.
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WHAT'S THE FY 2025? AND WE LOOK AT THE REVISED BUDGET WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, AND WE COMPARE THAT TO WHAT IS IN THIS PRELIMINARY BUDGET.OKAY, FOR THE AVALOR, WHICH IS OUR MAJOR, MAJOR REVENUE SOURCE, UM, WE HAVE A BUDGET OF 13.2 AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN INCREASE THERE AT 14.1 DUE TO THE ASSESSED VALUE RECEIVED FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY PUBLIC APPRAIS OFFICE THAT THE ASSESSED VALUE WITHIN THE CITY OF DALE LAKES HAS INCREASED.
UM, FRANCHISE FEE, WE HAVE OUR UTILITY TAX AS WELL AS OUR, UM, IT INCLUDE OUR ELECTRIC WATER AND GAS TAX THAT WE RECEIVE.
WE HAVE OUR SALES AND NEW STACK.
WE HAVE SOME SERVICE REVENUES, UM, SUCH AS COURT FINES AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, INCLUDING THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY.
SO YOU'LL SEE THERE'S SOME SMALL CHANGES GOING DOWN AND, AND SOME ARE ALSO GOING UP.
SO THE ONE I WANNA EMPHASIZE HERE IS OUR PERMITS.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT, UM, BUDGETED AT ALMOST NINE, UH, 900,000, 2025.
BUT IN 2026 WE ONLY PUT IT AT 4 56 BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE REVENUE IS NOT COMING IN.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO, TO PUT IT AT 900,000 KNOWING THAT THE REVENUE IS NOT GONNA COME IN.
HOWEVER, IF THE REVENUE DOES COME IN AND BETWEEN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WE SEE THAT REVENUE INCREASE, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING THAT BACK AND ADJUST THAT JUST BEFORE WE BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
AND, UM, THE BIG ONE THAT WE DON'T HAVE, WE HAVE THAT 13.8 MILLION, WHICH SAYS OTHER SOURCES AND APPROPRIATION COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT INCLUDES THE APA DOLLARS THAT WE HAD TO SPEND DOWN 2026.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SPEND ALL OF THOSE UPPER DOLLARS AND THERE WILL BE NO MORE.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE SPENT IN 2025 AS FAR AS OPERATING THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THERE ARE ZERO WITHIN THE 2026 BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE BIGGEST REDUCTION THAT YOU SAW RIGHT THERE.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CIP FUNDING FOR CIP OR ANY PROGRAM MODIFICATION.
WE ARE BRINGING THEM TO YOU TODAY, AND THEN YOU WILL GIVE US DIRECTION AS TO HOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE PROGRAM.
BUT WE WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION LATER ON WITH CIP STRICTLY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON FINES AND FORFEITURES.
THE
UH, DIFFERENCE OF 21,000 WE'RE EXPECTING LESS.
JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN FOR ACTUAL FOR 2025, SOME OF THOSE, UM, REVENUE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE COME IN HIGH ARE NOT COMING IN AS, AS WE ANTICIPATED.
SO IN THE FINES AND FORFEITURE, THIS IS WHAT IS INCLUDING IN FINES AND FORFEITURE.
WE HAVE, UM, RENTAL INCOME, WE HAVE ROYALTY FEES.
SOME OF THESE ARE SALES OF SURPLUS PROPERTY.
SO IF THE CITY HAVE AUCTION ITEM, SOME OF THOSE ITEM WILL GO FOR AUCTION AND THOSE BRING IN REVENUE.
SO WE MAY NOT HAVE ANY, UM, INSURANCE.
UM, WE, SOMETIME WE GET A REFUND FROM THE INSURANCE.
UH, WE DON'T, WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE THAT.
AND, AND SOME OF THE VENDING PROCEEDS.
SO BASED ON WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY, UM, WHERE WE ARE FOR JULY OF 2025, SOME OF THOSE REVENUE ARE TRENDING DOWN.
THEY'RE NOT COMING IN AT WHAT WE BUDGETED.
SO FOR 2026 BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE, WE JUST REDUCED IT A LITTLE.
IT'S ONLY ABOUT 2020 $1,000 REDUCTION.
AND THE REVENUES THAT WE HAVE TO DATE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS THAT THEY'VE BEEN USED? WELL, ALL OF THOSE REVENUES ARE WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
ALL, ALL OF THAT MAKES UP THE, THE 45.
YOU SEE, WE HAVE A $45.8 MILLION, ALMOST $9 MILLION BUDGETED IN THE, UM, IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR FY 2025.
IF THE REVENUE DOES NOT COME IN, WE CANNOT CONTINUE ON WITH OUR SERVICE.
SO IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP IN THE PAYING MY SALARY, PAYING THE SALARY OF THE EMPLOYEES, PAYING THE VENDORS.
SO THEY ARE NOT LIKE FOR A SPECIFIC, UM, EXPENSE.
THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND OPERATION DAY BY DAY.
CAN THEY BE UTILIZED FOR SERVICES, DIFFERENT PROGRAMS FOR RESIDENTS? UM, IS THERE A PARTICULAR ONE THAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR? COMM UM, MAYOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR AC PROGRAM, OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE ONE, BUT FUNDS HAVE BEEN, UH,
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EXPENDED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.YEAH, YOU CAN, UM, AS WE GO FORWARD FOR FY 2026, YOU CAN, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE IN HERE AND I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT.
SO I WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WE ARE PUTTING TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM.
SO AS A COMMISSION CONSENSUS, IF YOU WANNA INCREASE THAT, IT CAN BE INCREASED.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON IS ONLINE AND HE HAS A QUESTION.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION UNDER THE, THE SECTION OF FINES AND FORFEITURES.
DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT FINES AS WELL? I'M GOING TO THAT DETAIL, UM, RIGHT NOW, COMMISSIONER, SO GIVE ME ONE MINUTE.
NOW, UNDER THE FINES AND FORFEITURE, I DID NOT SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT IS WITHIN THE, UM, THE LICENSE PERMIT AND INSPECTION LINE ITEM, WHICH IS JUST RIGHT ABOVE THE FINE AND FINES AND FORFEITURE.
OKAY, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, IF I MAY.
SO, UH, SO, SO IF THERE'S, UM, IF SOMEONE GETS A FINE ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHETHER COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL OR IF WE'RE FINING THEM, THAT DOESN'T GO AS A REVENUE SOURCE TO DEFIANCE AND FORFEITURES THAT GOES AS A REVENUE SOURCE UNDER LICENSES AND PERMITS.
SO WITHIN THE LICENSE PERMIT AND INSPECTION REVENUE, OKAY, IT GOES, UM, IT GOES, IT GOES WITHIN THE COURT FINES, MUNICIPAL CITATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE LIKE FINES AND FORFEITURE.
AND IF I MISSPOKE, UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, CITY LIENS, COURT ENFORCEMENT DOES GO INTO THE FINE AND FORFEITURE REVENUE.
DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? MR. HARRISON? YEAH.
SO, OKAY, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HERE.
SO ALL OF THAT DOES FALL UNDER THE FINES AND FORFEITURES REVENUE OF 1.9%? YES.
AND YOU, YOU DID MENTION EARLIER THAT IN THAT CATEGORY WE'VE SEEN A DIS UH, WE'RE WE'RE GONNA BE EXPECTING A DECREASE, UM, VERSUS LAST YEAR.
IS THAT CORRECT? A SLIGHT DECREASE.
JUST A SLIDE BECAUSE IT'S COM IT'S COMPRISED OF SO MANY OTHER THINGS WITHIN HERE.
I SEE MUNICIPAL CITATION, DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL PENALTIES.
SO THOSE ARE COMING IN LESS THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION, QUESTION.
I'M, I'M BACK AT THE, THE FINES AND FORTITUDE.
UM, AND AND SIMILAR QUESTION, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME HEAVY FINES THIS YEAR, AND, UM, ANTICIPATING THAT SOME OF THOSE FINES WILL COME IN FOR NEXT YEAR, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S 21,000, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULDN'T PUT IT BACK TO WHERE IT IS THIS YEAR, BUT ARE YOU PROJECTING BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY SEEING IS LESS THAN WHAT WE RECEIVED THIS YEAR? AND WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT.
WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, AS I SAID, WE HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS REMAINING IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
SO IF WE SEE THAT TRENDING UP, WE CAN DEFINITELY SAY, HEY, LET'S ADD BACK THE 21,000, OR EVEN LET'S GO 25 OR 30,000 BASED ON WHAT WE SEE.
WE'RE JUST BEING CONSERVATIVE RIGHT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
SORRY, AT ANOTHER TIME, CAN YOU GIVE US A BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT'S UNDER FINES AND FORFEITURES? PLEASE, BY ALL MEANS.
UH, YEAH, THAT, THAT WAS GONNA KIND OF BE MY QUESTION, BUT ALSO I THINK TO, UM, KIND OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUE WAS ASKING WAS, WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE EXPECTING A LOWER REVENUE FOR THAT CATEGORY, WHAT IS MAKING YOU EXPECTING IT TO BE LOWER? LIKE WHAT, WHAT IS SIGNALING TO YOU THAT THAT IS GONNA BE LOWER THIS TIME? WHICH OF THOSE CATEGORIES WITHIN THAT CATEGORIES ARE WE PROJECTED TO SEE A LOWER AND WHY? LIKE, WHAT'S SIGNALING TO YOU THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE LOWER THIS TIME AROUND? SO WITHIN THAT CATEGORY, WE ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC COURT FUNDS, AND I THINK WE ESTIMATED THAT AT, UM, 70,000 BUDGETED.
AND THOSE ARE COMING IN A LITTLE LOWER.
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WILL BE SETTLED, COURT FINES WILL BE SETTLED, AND THOSE COME FROM THE COUNTY TO US.UM, WHAT, WHAT I HAVE SEEN INCREASE, UM, WOULD BE LIKE YOUR CITY LIENS.
WE HAVE THAT WE HAD THAT BIG, UM, SETTLEMENT THAT WAS BACK IN 2024 WHERE WE GOT THAT INITIAL BIG LUMP SUM FOR THE OREO.
I WANNA, I THINK I STATE SOMETHING.
UM, HOWEVER, WE ARE RECEIVING MONTHLY AND THAT WAS ANTICIPATED IN THE FY 2025 BUDGET ALREADY.
SO SOME OF THE SMALL ONES THAT MAY BE GOING DOWN IS THOSE THINGS.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, LIKE THE MUNICIPAL CITATION OR THE COUNTY COURT FINES.
UM, SOMETIME IT COMES IN HIGHER, SOMETIME IT COMES IN LOWER.
I THINK THAT BREAKDOWN, MS. SUSAN WOULD HELP US TO HAVE A BETTER PICTURE.
OKAY, THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A GRAPHIC, UM, DEMONSTRATION OF HOW THE REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS BROKEN DOWN.
WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, THE MILLAGE RATE AT 8.6 AND WE ARE ESTIMATED TO COLLECT 32.7 MILLION.
UM, SO THIS IS JUST, UH, ANOTHER GRAPHIC WAY OF SHOWING HOW THE AVALOR COMES IN, HOW YOUR REVENUE COMES IN.
UM, WE SEE OUR SALES AND USE AT 10 16%.
FRANCHISE REPRESENT 11% UTILITY, 12% LICENSE, THE SAME LICENSE AND PERMIT.
THEY ONLY REPRESENT A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THE OVERALL, UM, REVENUE THAT COMES INTO THE GENERAL FUND, THE LICENSE AND PERMIT AS WELL AS THE FINES AND FORM FIXTURE.
THEY ONLY REPRESENT LIKE A ONE POINT SOMETHING PERCENT.
UM, SO, SO YES, SOMETIME THERE THOSE REVENUE COME IN, SOMETIME THEY DO NOT.
BUT JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AVALOR, WHICH IS OUR BIGGEST REVENUE THAT REPRESENT A LITTLE OVER 43% OF THIS GENERAL FUND REVENUE.
SUSAN, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROJECTED DIFFERENCE IN REVENUE BETWEEN THE 8.6% AND THE ROLLBACK RATE? SO I WOULD, I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT'S THE NEXT SLIDE UP.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE LOOK AT THAT HIGHLIGHTED BLUE SECTION.
UM, FY 26, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THE BUDGET MILLAGE STAY AT 8.6 MIL.
NO CHANGE BASED ON THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUE THAT IT'LL RECEIVE FOR FY 26 WILL BE $32.7 MILLION.
OKAY, AS YOU GO TO THE NEXT COLUMN, WE GAVE YOU ANOTHER OPTION.
SO SAY FOR INSTANCE, YOU WANNA LOWER THE MILLAGE TO 8.5, SO THAT WILL BRING IN $32.6 MILLION AND WE GAVE AN A SECOND OPTION.
IF WE LOWER THE MILLAGE FURTHER TO 8.45, IT WILL BRING IN $32.5 MILLION.
THE LAST COLUMN REPRESENT THE ROLLBACK.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE ROLLBACK BECAUSE THE ROLLBACK RATE REPRESENT THE SAME REVENUE THAT WE APPROXIMATELY RECEIVE IN THE PRIOR YEAR.
FOR AS VALOR, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL DO IF YOU UTILIZE THE ROLLBACK RATE.
I WANNA GO TO THE SECOND LINE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE.
AND I WILL GO ON FURTHER IN THE, THE PRESENTATION DETAILING THE DEPARTMENT AND HOW THEY COME OUT WITH THOSE EXPENDITURE.
RIGHT NOW, WITHIN THIS BUDGET, THE REVENUE IS SITTING AT ESTIMATED 32.7 MILLION.
AND RIGHT NOW OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BASED ON THE REQUESTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMISSION THAT IS SITTING AT $34.6 MILLION.
SO WE HAVE A UNBALANCED BUDGET, A SHORTFALL OF ALMOST $2 MILLION.
IF WE UTILIZE THE 8.6 AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE MONTHS TO GO.
WE LOOK AT THOSE REVENUES AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, AS WE JUST DISCUSSED, WE CAN INCREASE SOME OF THOSE REVENUE OR WE CAN DECREASE SOME OF OUR EXPENDITURE.
BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO SEPTEMBER OR FIRST READING, WE WILL HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET.
AND THE SECOND COLUMN, IF WE UTILIZE THE 8.5 MILLAGE RATE, THE EX TOTAL EXPENDITURE IN THE GENERAL FUND, REMEMBER THAT CONTINUES BASED ON THE PRIORITY AND WHAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE GIVE, HAVE PROVIDED TO THE
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CITY MANAGER.SO THAT SHORTFALL WILL BE TWO, A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION.
SO THE LOWER WE GO IN THE MILLAGE RATE, THE HIGHER THE GAP IN THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
SO IF WE UTILIZE THE ROLLBACK RATE, WE WILL HAVE A SHORTFALL OF ALMOST $3 MILLION, 2.8.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE RECOMMEND KEEPING OUR MILLAGE AT THE 8.6.
UM, MS. SUSAN, I AM LOOKING AT THE OPTION B, UH, WITH THE 32 MIL DROPPING DOWN.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE, THAT'S THE REVENUE COMING IN, BUT YET STILL OUR EXPENDITURE, IT REMAINS THE SAME HIGH FOR THE 2026.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THAT DIFFERENCE THERE, CORRECT? OF, UM, 2.0 A LOSS.
KEEP IN MIND THIS WORKSHOP, THE BA THE BUDGET IS NOT BALANCED YET.
UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND THIS IS ALL PROJECTION.
AND MS. SUSAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, UM, THE DEFICIT, PROJECTED DEFICIT IS 1 MILLION 9 1 9 6, 7 4, AND COLUMN B, OPTION B AT 8.5%.
THE DEFICIT PROJECTED DEFICIT IS TWO MIL 84, 4 50.
AM I CORRECT IN CALCULATING THAT THAT IS, IS A ONLY ALMOST $165,000 DIFFERENCE? YEAH, WHATEVER THAT DIFFERENCE IS, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
UH, BECAUSE REMEMBER THE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURE IS STAYING AND YES, IT'S APPROXIMATELY, MY STAFF COULD CALCULATE THAT THEY HAVE A CALCULATOR.
IF YOU CAN DOUBLE CHECK THAT FOR THE, THE MAYOR JUST TO MAKE SURE HER NUMBER, YOU DO THE 2.0 8 4 4 5 1 MINUS THE ONE.
SEE WHAT THAT DIFFERENCE IS SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER THE MAYOR QUESTIONS.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON HAS A QUESTION.
UM, JUST A HEADS UP TO, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND STAFF WHEN, WHEN THE QUESTION'S BEING ASKED ABOUT A PARTICULAR SLIDE, I'M NOT SEEING THAT SLIDE THAT THE QUESTION'S REFERRING TO FROM HERE ON ZOOM.
SO COMMISSIONER THOMAS IS REFERRING TO SOMETHING ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE, BUT I'M SEEING THE NEXT SLIDE, SO I'M NOT REALLY FOLLOWING THE QUESTION VISUALLY IF WE CAN, IF A QUESTION'S BEING ASKED IN A PREVIOUS SLIDE TO ALSO REVERSE THE SLIDE ON ZOOM AS WELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER MY HAND JUST
IS THAT CALCULATION MADE? YEAH.
SO I CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UM, I WILL DO A PROPERTY TAX AND MILLAGE SUMMARY.
AT THE FIRST LINE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR OPERATING MILLAGE, AND THAT IS WHAT IS USED AND WHAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT'S USED FOR THE GENERAL FUND.
OKAY? AND THAT MILLAGE IS AT 8.6.
AS WE ADOPTED IN 2025, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SAME MILLAGE TO MOVE FORWARD, ZERO CHANGE.
UM, WITHIN, UH, WE DO HAVE A DEBT SERVICE, UH, MILLAGE, WHICH IS 0.491.
THAT IS IN THE DEBT SERVICE FUND.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GENERAL FUND THAT MILL IS.
ONCE WE COLLECT THOSE, UM, REVENUE, IT PAYS THE DEBT OFF FOR THAT PARTICULAR, IT PAYS THE GO BOND DEBT FROM 2005.
SO FOR A TOTAL OVERALL MILLAGE, UM, OF THE CITY OPERATING AS WELL AS DEBT AT A 9.0910, THAT IS NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, THE TABLE BELOW JUST GIVE A EXPLANATION OF WHAT ONE MILL REPRESENTS.
UM, JUST FOR EDIFICATION, I WOULDN'T GO THROUGH THAT UNLESS THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, PERTAINING TO THAT, WE TOOK IT DOWN BY 0.25 EACH ONE.
SO ONE MALE REPRESENTS GROSS 2 MILLION, UM, UH, 0.75 MILLION REPRESENT 1.6.
SO WE KIND OF BROKE IT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A 0.1, WHAT IT REPRESENTS AS FAR AS REVENUE TO THE CITY.
I I'M, THIS IS LIKE MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF ALL
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I LOVE TO SHOW THE RESIDENTS JUST WHAT A DOLLAR REPRESENTS.SO WHEN THE RESIDENT RECEIVED THEIR TRIM NOTICE, WHICH THEY WILL RECEIVE SOON IN THE MAIL, I THE, THAT TRIM IS A COMBINATION OF MANY, UM, MILLAGE OR RATES THAT, UH, THAT THEY, THE RESIDENT HAS TO PAY FOR.
SO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES 36.9% OF THAT $1, OKAY? BROWARD SCHOOLS REPRESENT ANOTHER 31 3%.
BROWARD COUNTY REPRESENTS 23% OF YOUR DOLLAR.
AND YOU'LL SEE THE NORTH BROWARD HOSPITAL DISTRICT, YOU'LL SEE THE CHILDREN COUNCIL AND YOU ALSO SEE THE SOUTH OF FLORIDA, UH, WATER MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN ALL INLAND, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO YOUR DOLLAR, EACH RESIDENT'S DOLLAR OF THE TAX BILL THAT THEY PAY TO BROWARD COUNTY, THIS IS HOW IT'S BROKEN UP.
SO THE WHOLE DOLLAR DOES NOT BELONG TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
ONLY 36, ALMOST 37 CENTS DOES COME INTO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THE REST OF YOUR DOLLAR GOES TO THESE DIFFERENT UM, AGENCIES.
SUSAN, DID YOU SEE WHAT, SAY WHAT? FINE IS FIND AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT? WE CAN FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT ACRONYM MEANS.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING LIKE INLAND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT FIND MEAN FLORIDA INLAND SOMETHING, SOMETHING, BUT, BUT WE'LL GET THE CORRECT.
WE ARE GONNA GO TO THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE DETAIL.
UM, RIGHT NOW, AS WE SPOKE ABOUT THE 34.6 MILLION BUDGET THAT YOU SAW ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY PROPOSE THESE EXPENDITURE.
SO THE BUDGET PROCESS, I WANNA MAKE SURE I EMPHASIZE THAT THE BUDGET PROCESS IS ONGOING.
WE MAY END UP AT THE 32.7 MILLION AND SAY, HEY, DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE TO CUT TWO POINT WHATEVER OUT OF THIS JUST SO THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN'T RAISE THIS REVENUE ANY FURTHER OR WE ARE NOT GOING TO USE, UM, APPROPRIATION FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO CURRENTLY WE KNOW POLICE AND FIRE, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, THEY ARE OUR BIGGEST SPEND WITHIN OUR BUDGET AT 27.5%.
OKAY? SO WE HAVE COMMUNITY POLICE AND WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ADVISORY BOARD.
WE EVEN HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA THERE.
BUT OUR CORE, CORE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, LIKE OUR PUBLIC WORK, PUBLIC STATE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR RECREATION, WE MUST HAVE ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO THIS, UM, GRAPH JUST HAD A REPRESENTATION OF DEFINITELY HOW THOSE ARE BROKEN DOWN.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTION ON THE GRAPH, I CAN GO OVER THAT.
I'M GONNA MOVE TO THE, UH, MUCH MORE DETAIL, UM, WITH THE LINES.
SO WE HAVE OUR DEPARTMENTS, SUSAN, UM, DEPARTMENT.
WITH ON YOUR GRAPH, I'M SEEING DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES 2.6, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE, UH, BELOW.
IS THAT TO INCLUDE CODE COMPLIANCE? IS THAT WHAT I'M TO ASSUME? YEAH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, CODE COMPLIANCE IS WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO I SEE PUBLIC, PUBLIC WORKS ON THERE.
YOU SEE PUBLIC, THE WITHIN DEVELOPMENT, SERVICE CODE COMPLIANCE, UM, IS INSIDE THE CODE OFFICER ARE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
SO AT THE NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE OUR 11TH DEPARTMENTS, THE MAIN COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGERS, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHICH INCLUDE CODE ENFORCEMENT, OUR CLERK, FINANCIAL SERVICES, HUMAN RESOURCES, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, EMS AND POLICE SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A COMPARISON WITH THE 2025 BUDGET AND THE PRELIMINARY 2026 BUDGET.
SO BASED ON THE, THE DEPARTMENT REQUEST, AND THEY HAVE MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, AND THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY WENT OVER THEIR REQUESTS, THEIR JUSTIFICATION, WE SAT DOWN.
SO SHE'S AWARE OF THAT WE ARE BRINGING THIS TO YOU.
NOW, THE SLIGHT CHANGE WITHIN THE MAIN COMMISSION WAS ONLY $538.
THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WE INCREASED THAT BUDGET 133.
AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW AS WE BUDGET IN 2025, WE SAW THAT SOME LITIGATION, UM, CASES THAT HE'S WORKING ON AND THE EXPENDITURE THAT IS COME IN, COMING
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IN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE.UH, WE WANNA INCREASE HIS BUDGET A LITTLE TO, UH, UH, COMPENSATE FOR THAT CITY, THE MANAGER'S OFFICE, 1 52, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICE ONLY, SLIGHT INCREASE OF 43 K.
UM, THE CITY CLERK, NOTHING TO SPEAK OF.
LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS AS WELL AS FINANCIAL SERVICES.
UM, 1 27 BECAUSE WE WANNA IMPLEMENT SOME PROGRAM, WE WANNA DO THE WELLNESS, WE WANNA DO THE, UM, THE SURVEY, THE COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY WHATEVER.
SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING SOME OF THESE, UM, COURSES, INCREASE PARKS AND, UH, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, UM, INCREASE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS INCREASE THE MAJOR INCREASE, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, REPRESENT THE POLICE AND THE FIRE.
AND BECAUSE THOSE ARE CONTRACTUAL ON THE OUTSIDE, THEY HAVE GIVEN US THEIR CONSIDERATION.
WE HAVE NOT SAT DOWN YET TO NEGOTIATE THAT WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE ATTORNEY FINANCIAL SERVICES.
SO, SO THAT MAY COME DOWN, BUT THIS IS BASED ON WHAT THEY HAVE PRESENTED AS OF THIS POINT IN TIME.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, THANK YOU SUSAN FOR AGAIN THE PRESENTATION.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN GET THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE TO REFLECT THE INCREASE IN PERCENTAGES? OH, ABSO AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, 900, 11,000 MAY SEEM A LOT FOR POLICE SERVICES, BUT RELATIVE IN THE MILLIONS, IT MAY NOT REFLECT A BIGGER PERCENTAGE INCREASE THAN OTHER CATEGORIES.
AND I THINK AT THE FRONT WE SHOW WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, OR WHAT IS INCLUDED OR THE CHALLENGES, I THOUGHT I MENTIONED THE INCREASE OF THE POLICE AND FIRE, FIRE SERVICES WENT UP APPROXIMATELY 7.9 BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION, WHICH IS REFLECTING IN THAT NINE 11 AND THE FIRE WENT UP BY 4.9%.
BUT ABSOLUTELY WE CAN ADD THAT, UM, PERCENTAGE TO THE SLIDE.
SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY SEE THAT.
WELL, THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY MY QUESTION AS WELL, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT INCREASE IN HUMAN SERVICES AND PARKS.
SO PERCENT WISE, HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, THAT INCREASE HAS SPONSORED, NOT A PROBLEM.
ON THE NEXT PAGE, UM, THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, WE HAVE THE CITY ADVISORY BOARD, UM, THEIR REQUESTS, UH, I MEAN WHAT WE LIKE TO INCREASE THAT UP TO AS WELL AS THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND OUR DEBT SERVICE.
UM, SO THE MAJOR DECREASE RIGHT THERE, THAT 8.3 MILLION, 8.4 MILLION GENERAL ADMINISTRATION, KEEP IN MIND IN FY 2025, THAT'S WHERE THE APA MONEY WAS.
SO AGAIN, FOR 2026, WE ARE NOT EXPECTING ANY OF THE APA TO, WE WANNA SPEND ALL OF THAT DOWN AND THEY ARE ON TRACK TO SPEND IT ALL DOWN.
SO THERE WILL BE VERY LITTLE OR ZERO TO GO OVER IN 2026.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT BIG REDUCTION THERE.
YOU'RE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO EXPAND THOSE FUNDS DOWN BY SEPTEMBER 30.
SO, UM, DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW I'M GONNA GO INTO, UH, SOME OF THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION THAT IS WITHIN THIS BUDGET THAT THE DEPARTMENTS ARE ASKING FOR.
UM, KEEP IN MIND THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION, WE DON'T KNOW IF THE, IF WE WILL ACCEPT THIS OR NOT, IF THE CITY MANAGER WILL ACCEPT.
SO WE ARE JUST INCLUDING IT FOR INFORMATION AND WE MAY DECIDE TO NOT FUND ANY OF THESE, OR WE MAY DECIDE TO ACTUALLY FUND IT.
HOWEVER, THE NUMBERS ARE NOT WITHIN THAT 34 UM, MILLION THAT YOU SAW FOR EXPENDITURE.
ONCE WE GET APPROVAL AND YOU SAY, YES, GO AHEAD, UH, MAYBE I SHOULD DISCUSS WITH THE COMMISSION, THEN THOSE WILL BE THEN ADDED IN.
AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT THE TRUE OPERATING, UM, BUDGET FOR FY 2026 WILL BE.
WE ARE ASKING FOR, THE CLERK OFFICE IS ASKING FOR AN ADMIN COORDINATOR.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE IS LOOKING AND THE ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION, UH, MANAGEMENT, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR MANAGER.
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YEAH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.MS. SUSAN, I, I KNOW THAT LAST YEAR YOU WERE NOT HERE, BUT UM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, UM, IN THE BUDGET WAS A MANAGER, INSPECTOR, INSPECTOR SLASH MANAGER FOR A NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THAT.
UM, IS THAT TO BE IN THIS 2026 BUDGET AS WELL? SO I AM SURE IF THE HR OR THE CITY MANAGER CAN SPEAK IF THAT PER, IF THAT WAS APPROVED LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH IT MAY HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, MAYBE IT WAS NOT APPROVED AND UH, I'M NOT SURE WHO CAN ANSWER THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION.
WE HAVE OUR ENGINEER IN HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION AND AUDIENCE.
UH, IT WAS APPROVED FOR CONTRACT AS A CONSULTANT.
THE, THAT HAS FUNDED THROUGH ARPA AND THE AGREEMENT EXPIRED BY JANUARY THIS YEAR.
SO WE EXTENDED THAT AGREEMENT AGREEMENT UP TO SEPTEMBER 30 WITH THE PLAN THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY, UH, TAKE HIM AS A REGULAR EMPLOYEE BY THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S HOW YOU SEE THIS PROGRAM MODIFICATION.
SO IN ESSENCE, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT, UM, WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE WITHIN THE COMPLEMENT, IT'S GOING TO BE EXTENDED, UM, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION? YES.
THIS IS, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ON THE SAME PAGE.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DUTIES OUTLINE, UM, THE CITY CLERK.
THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT MS. KEN'S POSITION IS.
YOU WANT TO, I I WILL LET THE, UH, ACTING A CM OR THE ACTING CITY CLERK SPEAK ON THAT REQUEST.
UM,
SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR BECAUSE THE LOAD HAS GOTTEN A LITTLE, SOMEWHAT BIGGER FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WE'RE SEEKING SOME ASSISTANCE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR REQUEST AND THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK, THAT STILL REMAINS MY POSITION AND I'M CURRENTLY ACTING IN THE RULE OF THE CITY CLERK.
ARE YOU PERFORMING ANY OF THE DUTIES THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR? YES, MADAM MAYOR.
ALRIGHT, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON, OKAY.
UM, WELL THIS QUESTION IS FOR, UM, THESE POSITIONS AS WELL AS THE ONES ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO, BUT, UM, ARE THERE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE VOTE AND AGREE ON OR AFTER WE VOTE ON THESE IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, DOES HR THEN FINE TUNE THE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS? DO YOU GUYS HAVE THE, THE SUGGESTED DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR THESE POSITIONS IN PLACE NOW? SO I'M GETTING A RESPONSE FROM THE ACTING HR DIRECTOR AND SHE SAID ONCE IT'S, UH, APPROVED, THEN THEY WILL FINE TUNE THAT DEGREE REQUIREMENT.
BUT ISN'T THAT SORT OF LIKE PUTTING A CART BEFORE THE HORSE? YEAH.
AND MADAM MAYOR, I ASKED BECAUSE WE SEE THE SALARY AND YOU KIND OF GET ME THINKING WHAT DEGREE KIND OF ALIGNS WITH SET SALARY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW,
SO YOU KNOW WHAT, WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE JOB DESCRIPTION PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION ON THESE REQUESTS FOR YOU, SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
UM, WOULD THAT BE A SUGGESTION OR WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST ACTING HR DIRECTOR? I WOULD SUGGEST IN ADDITION TO JOB DESCRIPTION ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION.
MADAM MAYOR, WELL THIS, THE CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR MANAGER SHOULD ALREADY HA UM, BE ON, ON THE BOOKS AS TO HIS QUALITY, HIS OR HER QUALIFICATION, BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXTENSION.
BUT BASED ON WHAT, IF I UNDERSTOOD, UM, UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, IF I UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT POSITION IN FY 25 AND NAZI IS HERE WAS A CONTRACT POSITION AND NOW YOU ARE MAKING IT A PERMANENT
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POSITION.AND YOU KNOW, I REALLY DO, I MUST JUST, LET ME JUST COMMENT.
I REALLY LOVE WHEN I'M CALLING MS. LIBERT OR MS. GOODING, I, I IF, I MEAN, JUST HONOR ME IN DOING THAT.
I REALLY LIKE THAT RATHER THAN THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
UM, LET'S MAKE SURE WE GET ON THE RIGHT PAGE.
LET'S MAKE SURE, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I'M GONNA DOUBLE A CHECK MINE, SO BE HELPFUL ALSO IF THE PAGES WILL BE NUMBERED MS. SUSAN, NEXT TIME? I DO.
SO I'M ACTUALLY ON THE SECOND ONE THAT HAS THE BUSINESS SUBSIDY ASSISTANT PROGRAM, AND THAT IS A NEW PROGRAM THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HOPING TO ROLL OUT.
UM, THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COORDINATED.
THAT IS A POSITION THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING.
BUT THE COMMERCIAL EXTERIOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AS I READ THE DESCRIPTION, THAT WILL BE AN EXPANSION OF SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN, IN, UM, ON THE CITY BOOKS.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR PAGE? THE TIME TO READ.
I'M SURE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK AGAIN THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.
MS. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UM, I HAVE AN EXAMPLE AND, UM, UH, WITH THE COMMERCIAL EXTERIOR SLASH NO, SORRY, WITH THE, GIVE ME A SECOND HERE.
I WAS, UH, I MISSED WHAT I WAS READING.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS MARKETING CONSULTATION PROGRAM.
AND I THINK THAT PROGRAM IS CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE AND THEY ARE JUST ASKING FOR EXPANSION, UH, MORE FUNDING INTO THAT PROGRAM AFTER I'VE READ THE PROGRAM.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY GOOD PROGRAM FOR THE BUSINESSES AND THE SUCCESS RATE THAT THEY HAVE DESCRIBED HERE.
AND THEY JUST WANT TO, UM, EXPAND FUNDING TO THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
SO THEY'RE BRINGING, WOULD LIKE TO BRING THE LL BEAMS PROGRAM BACK BECAUSE WE PREVIOUSLY HAD IT.
YOU WANT TO HEAR SOME DISCUSSION NUMBER? BY ALL MEANS.
UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CLERK.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS VCA BUCHANAN.
I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
AND YES, LL BEAM, UM, WAS LAUNCHED IN JANUARY OF 2023 AND IT STANDS FOR A LOT OF DE LAKES BUSINESS ELEVATION AND MARKETING SUPPORT.
THAT PROGRAM ENDED IN JULY OF 2023.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND OF THE, OF THE PROGRAM BASICALLY IS OFFERED TO ALL BUSINESSES IN DALE LAKES AND THEY OFFER MARKETING EDUCATION, ONE-ON-ONE MARKETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
THEY ACTUALLY HELP THE BUSINESS OWNER WITH A MARKETING PLAN.
I'M HELPING ALSO WITH PEER NETWORKING.
AT THE TIME WE HAD 15 BUSINESS APPLIED, 10 BUSINESS OWNERS ACTUALLY ENROLL, AND EIGHT BUSINESSES WERE GRADUATING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRING THE PROGRAM BACK.
WE WILL PROCEED WITH THE SAME PROCESS WE DID THROUGH THE BIDDING PROCESS AND HIRING A CONSULTANT TO ASSIST US FOR THE, WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, I NOTED NOTE THAT THE LAST TIME THIS, UH, WE APPROVED THIS PARTICULAR, UM, MARKETING PROGRAM.
WE APPROVED IT FOR NOW I'M LOOKING AT 60,000.
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? IS THE QUALITY OR, UH, WHAT THEY'RE RECEIVING GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT WHY THERE'S A DECREASE NOW? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
SO YES, SO ACTUALLY THE CITY ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CONSULTANT AND THE PROGRAM THAT, UM, COST 97,050.
UH, WE ALLOCATED 100,000, BUT WE
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ONLY USED 97,000 AND CHANGE.SO THAT AT THAT TIME WE HAD PROGRAM BRANDING AND WE ALSO HAD PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR NOW, UM, THE PROGRAM BRANDING, WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT ANYMORE BECAUSE WE ALREADY BRANDED.
SO THAT CAUSED DEFINITELY REDUCE IT AND PLUS SOME OF THE WORK THAT THE PROJECT MANAGER WILL BE DOING ALSO WILL BE REDUCED.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT AMOUNT OF 60,000.
UM, I, I ATTENDED EVEN WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, TOWARDS THE END AND I WAS VERY PLEASED.
BUT, UM, I, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE FOLLOW UP OF EVEN SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES THAT, UM, WERE IN THE PROGRAM, HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING NOW.
YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT'S A OFF THING, BUT I, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING.
UM, I'M SEEING THE 60,000 AND I'M STILL, I KNOW DECREASE AS, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT YET STILL, WHAT ARE THEY MISSING? WHY IT, YOU KNOW, WILL THEY BE MISSING FROM THE FIRST? YOU DID EXPLAIN IT WELL, BUT IT, IT IS ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE DECREASING SOMETHING.
UM, BUT WILL THEY BE GETTING THE FULL AMOUNT OF SIMILAR TO THE FIRST SET THAT MADAM MAYOR? YES.
SO DEFINITELY WE DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.
UM, MARKETING TOOLS, WHICH IS PART OF THE PROGRAM, ACTUALLY THE CORE OF THE PROGRAM, THE ONE-ON-ONE BUSINESS, THE THE EDUCATIONAL, THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS, AND ALSO THE MARKETING TOOLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET.
THEY'RE GONNA GET LIKE, UM, GUIDANCE ON HOW TO BUILD THEIR OWN MARKETING PLAN.
UM, HOW TO DO, UH, A AN UH, THE 10 MINUTE ELEVATORS SPEECH THAT THEY DID THE LAST TIME, A PITCH COMPETITION.
THEY'RE GONNA GET THE SAME THING ON REGARDING THE TOOLS.
WHAT IS REDUCED IS ALL THE COST THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE BRANDING OF THE PROGRAM.
AND REGARDING, UM, ME, UM, COMMISSIONER ALSO, WE DID DO A FOLLOW UP, UM, REGARDING, UM, THE BUSINESSES THAT PARTICIPATED.
AS I STATED BEFORE, THE PROGRAM ENDED IN JULY AND I WENT BACK IN DECEMBER, IN JANUARY, DECEMBER, DECEMBER, 2023 AND JANUARY TO SEE HOW THEY WERE DOING.
UM, AND WHAT I CAN JUST GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL WHAT I GOT THE RESULTS I GOT 88% OF THE EIGHT PARTICIPANTS THAT ACTUALLY GRADUATED.
UH, THEY STATED THAT THE PROGRAM MET THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND THE EXPERIENCE INCREASED REVENUE AFTER THE PROGRAM WAS COMPLETED.
75% OF THE PARTICIPANTS BENEFITED FROM THE MARKETING TOOLS OBTAINED AND WERE SATISFIED WITH THE MATERIALS USED, DURATION OF THE PROGRAM AND CONTENT OF THE VIRTUAL SESSION AND COURSE OUTLINE.
AND 63% OF THOSE THAT ACTUALLY GRADUATED SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE OVERALL IMPACT GROWTH OUT OF WHICH 38 WERE ABLE TO HIRE ONE TO TWO EMPLOYEES.
MS. SKA, THE PROGRAM ENDED IN 2023 IN DECEMBER OF 2020.
NO, IT ENDED JULY, 2023, UHHUH.
AND YOU CONDUCTED YOUR REVIEW IN DECEMBER OF 2023.
WE'RE JUST ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF, ALMOST TWO YEARS OUT.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY FOLLOW UP TO SEE THE LONG TERM IMPACT BECAUSE YOUR REVIEW WAS CONDUCTED SIX MONTHS, 5, 6, 7 MONTHS AFTER THE PROGRAM.
HAVE WE DONE ANY FOLLOW UP TO SEE THE LONG-TERM IMPACT? NOT, UM, NOT WITH ALL EIGHT, NO.
PROBABLY ONE OR TWO THAT I HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH SO FAR, THEY'RE DOING WELL.
BUT IT DEFINITELY BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, I CAN COME BACK AND GIVE YOU THAT REPORT.
FROM ALL EIGHT, LIKE TO SEE IN A TWO YEAR PERIOD WHERE THEY ARE NOW.
AND WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE WILL DO.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON DID HAVE HIS HAND UP.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE, THE PROGRAM, THE LL BEAMS ALSO A, A NAME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WENT THROUGH THEM IF, IF POSSIBLE, CAN I? YES, MADAM MAYOR, CAN I READ THE NAMES? YES, I DO.
UM, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THE NAMES OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT ACTUALLY GRADUATED IS
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WORLD FINANCE GROUP, CHI TRUST, HOUSE OF ELEGANCE, MY BUG GUY PEST CONTROL, UM, SIKA ENTERPRISE, LLC, WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP, ISLAND JOY BEVERAGES, UH, THE BASEMENT HERE, SALON AND GOLDEN HOGAN CONNECTIONS.SO I WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT SAME SLIDE.
UM, WE ARE NEXT ON, WE ARE ASKING FOR A BUDGET AND GRANT ANALYSTS IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO PURSUE NEW REVENUE SOURCES, ESPECIALLY IN GRANT, WE DEFINITELY WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER, UM, THAT COMES ON BOARD.
WE ALSO WANT A SYSTEM AND ANALYST AND THAT WILL BE HOUSED IN OUR IT DIVISION, UH, BECAUSE OUR IT, UH, REALIZE THAT THERE ARE, UM, MANY AREAS WITHIN THE, UM, THE CITY AND THE REQUIREMENT, UM, ALL OVER THE CITY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM ANALYST THAT WOULD UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE SYSTEM PROGRAM THAT THE CITY NETWORK HAS.
MS. SUSAN? YES, IT'S JUST FOR, UH, AN ONGOING QUESTION FOR ALL OF THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION REQUESTS THAT ARE BEING MADE THAT REQUIRE NEW POSITIONS.
WE DO HAVE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND THE SAME ELIGIBILITY.
AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS WAS REQUESTED EARLIER.
ALL OF THAT WILL BE, SORRY, MS. LIBER
I THINK WE HAVE THE, UM, PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST.
UM, WE ARE REQUESTING, UM, ONE EMPLOYEE THERE TO ASSIST THERE.
UM, BASED ON DIRECTIVE THAT I'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION, THE DS.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO DO MORE RFPS.
UM, WE NEED SOME MORE HELP THERE COMPARED TO A PIGGYBACKING.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, HAVE THE STAFF RIGHT THERE TO, UM, ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE, UM, UPCOMING AS WE DO BUSINESS WITH OUR VENDORS.
UM, AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE RFPS, RF, QS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS READY AND IN THE LIBRARY FOR WHEN WE REQUIRE OUR SERVICES.
UM, NEXT WE ARE ASKING FOR A HUMAN RESOURCE BUSINESS PARTNER AS WE EXTEND, UM, THE, UM, THE WELLNESS PROGRAM TO DO OUR, UM, SALARY SURVEY OR SALARY RECLASSIFICATION.
WE ARE LOOKING, CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO EMPLOYEES RIGHT THERE, WHICH IS THE HR DIRECTOR AND, UH, ONE OF THE STAFF.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD ANOTHER STAFF THERE IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA AS WELL AS A BENEFITS SPECIALIST, SOMEONE THAT CONCENTRATE STRICTLY ON BENEFITS.
WE NEED, WE KNOW WE EITHER NEED TO BRING MORE BENEFITS WITHIN THE CITY AND TO UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS.
SO AS OUR EMPLOYEE COME ON BOARD, THEY CAN EXPLAIN ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO THE, UM, THE NEW EMPLOYEES.
SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ADD THESE TWO POSITION WITHIN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
I'M SORT OF GETTING A DIFFERENT CONNOTATION IN MY MIND ABOUT WHAT A BUSINESS PARTNER IS.
I WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO BRING UP THE ACTING HR DIRECTOR TO KIND OF EXPAND ON THAT FOR YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ACTON CITY MANAGER AND ACTON CITY CLERK.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS. I'M THE INTERIM HR, UM, DIRECTOR.
UM, TWO, THREE, YOU, YOU MADAM MAYOR.
UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, AN HR BUSINESS PARTNER IS THE SAME AS AN HR GENERALIST.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UM, THE, UM, ORGANIZATION, SHRM HAS LOOKED, DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THAT TITLE HR GENERALIST IS NOW GOING OUT AND THEY'RE MOVING MORE TOWARDS BUSINESS PARTNERS WHERE THEY'RE INCLUDING HR TO BE A PART OF THE BUSINESS VERSUS JUST A PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT JUST PUSHING EMPLOYEES THROUGH.
SO, UM, THEY'VE DONE THE RESEARCH AND NOTICED THAT IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO CHANGE THE TITLE TO, UM, GO MORE WITH A BUSINESS PARTNER 'CAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE BUSINESS.
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STILL NOT QUITE GETTING IT.SO THEY STILL DO THE, THE, UM, DUTIES AS A GENERALIST.
SO THEY STILL DO NEW HIRE ORIENTATION, THEY CONDUCT, UM, UH, BENEFITS, OVERVIEWS.
UM, THEY DO, UM, DETERMINATION OF EMPLOYEES.
SO THEY, THEY STILL ACT AS IF THEY'RE A GENERALIST ROLE.
THEY JUST CHANGE THE TITLE TO BUSINESS PARTNER.
I THINK THE WORD PARTNER IS THROWING ME OFF.
UH, IT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE A PARTNER IN THE BUSINESS.
IN WHICH BUSINESS WITH THE ORGANIZATION IN THE CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES.
THERE ANOTHER WORD WE CAN CHANGE IT TO.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'LL, WE'LL THINK ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. WILLIAMS. UM, OKAY, I HEARD YOU MENTION THAT THEY DO BENEFITS AS WELL, THIS GENERALIST.
SO THEN WHY WOULD YOU NEED A BENEFITS SPECIALIST? SO A BENEFIT SPECIALIST WOULD NOT JUST THE BENEFITS SPECIALIST WOULD FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL BENEFITS FOR THE ORGANIZATION.
UM, THEY WOULD HELP WITH OPEN ENROLLMENT, THEY WOULD RUN, UM, WITH THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE.
THEY'LL BE ON THE WELLNESS COMMITTEE AND ACTU AND, UM, HELP WITH LAUNCHING, UM, DIFFERENT WELLNESS EVENTS AND HAVING IT MORE OFTEN.
THEY WILL OVERSEE THE WELLNESS DOLLARS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, THOSE FIGURES AS WELL.
SO WOULD THAT, UM, LEAVE OUT OUR CURRENT, WOULD WE LEAVE OUT OUR CURRENT, THE ONE WHO GETS OUR BENEFITS FOR THE HEALTH INSURANCE? IT IS THAT TWO SEPARATE THINGS THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M, I'M ANSWERING THE QUESTION APPROPRIATELY.
I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE ASKING ME IS IF THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE A BROKER, RIGHT? NO, A BROKER SHOPS FOR OUR INSURANCE AND ENSURES THAT WE ARE, UM, THAT WE HAVE THE APPROPRIATE INSURANCE.
THE BENEFIT SPECIALISTS WOULD DO THE DAY-TO-DAY AS NEW EMPLOYEES, UM, COME ON BOARD.
THEY'LL ENROLL THEM AND ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ENROLLED.
THEY'LL EDUCATE OUR EMPLOYEES ON THE DIFFERENT BENEFITS AND THAT WE, UM, WITHHOLD.
UM, AND AS EMPLOYEES CHANGE BENEFITS, THOSE, THE, THOSE ITEMS WILL GO THROUGH THE BENEFIT SPECIALIST.
SO THEY WILL REALLY FOCUS ON PROVIDING THOSE, UM, CONCIERGE SERVICES TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
MADAM MAYOR, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING THAT.
SO WHO CURRENTLY DOES THAT? ME.
OH, THROUGH YOU BY THE MAYOR, ME
THE, THE OTHER POSITION THAT WE HAVE IN HR.
WHAT ARE THEIR JOB DUTIES? UH, THE HR, UM, ADMINISTRATOR, SHE HANDLES THE DAY-TO-DAY, UM, OP, SHE HELPS THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS AS WELL.
UM, SHE OVERSEES PAYROLL, SO SHE DOES, UM, PAYROLL EVERY, UM, EVERY, UM, BIWEEKLY.
UH, SHE, UH, PAYS, UM, INVOICES.
UH, SHE, SHE, SHE, OOH, WHAT ELSE? IT'S, IT'S A PLETHORA OF THINGS THAT SHE HANDLES ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH IN INSTEAD OF, 'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S A LOT, IT'S A TWO MAN TEAM RIGHT NOW, BUT IF YOU COULD GET THAT TO US, THE CURRENT, WHAT IS, SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR US TO APPROVE.
I, I, WELL, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
IT'D BE VERY HELPFUL THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
I WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE REQUESTING.
UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, YOU'RE REQUESTING A LIST OF DUTIES THAT ARE HAPPENING BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE ADMINISTRATOR? YES.
UH, WE HAVE A PLANNING STAFF ASSISTANT AND THAT IS BEING REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS A BUS DRIVER FROM THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU NEED FURTHER DETAIL, I CAN HAVE THOSE COME UP AND EXPLAIN THOSE.
MY QUESTION ABOUT THE BUS DRIVER, UH, WE NOW MINUS A BUS DRIVER OR WE WANT TO HIRE AN ADDITIONAL BUS DRIVER.
SO I'M GONNA HAVE THE, UM, THE DIRECTOR COMES UP AND ADDRESS THAT.
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GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.COMMISSIONERS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
ACTING CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
ERICA LOCKEY, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, THIS ACT, THIS TITLE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE A BUS DRIVER SLASH WRECK ASSISTANT.
WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE A IN-HOUSE BUS DRIVER.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE UTILIZE, UH, LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA WHO DRIVES OUR, UH, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO INSTEAD OF, UM, USING, WE DON'T HAVE A, A PERSON IN THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT WITH THE CDL.
SO WE WANTED SOMETHING IN WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN WE DECIDE TO GO ON TRIPS OR WHATEVER WITH THE SENIORS AND THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER, WE WOULD HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE.
WHEN THEY'RE NOT DRIVING THE BUS, THEY WOULD DO REC ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.
I'M SORRY? THEY WOULD DO REC ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES.
AND THIS PERSON, MS. ERICA, WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A CDL? CORRECT.
SO THOSE ARE A PROJECT, UM, UM, PROGRAM MODIFICATION AND BASED ON WHAT YOU HAVE REQUESTED, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THOSE JOB DESCRIPTION ELIGIBILITY AND ALL OF THOSE.
SO WE ARE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND WITHIN OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND, WE HAVE THE FIRE RESCUE FUND, OUR GRANT FUND, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST, AND WE ALSO EVEN HAVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FUND, ALZHEIMER CARE TRANSPORTATION.
SO THIS IS WHAT MAKES UP ALL OF OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
WE'VE GIVEN YOU THEIR 2025 NUMBERS AS WELL AS THEIR 2026 NUMBER THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
FIRE RESCUE, WE HAVE A SLIGHT DECREASE, UM, WITHIN THAT FUND OF $190,000 AS WELL AS THE IMPACT.
UM, WE, WE HAVEN'T BUDGET ANYTHING THERE.
SO, UM, AS WE FINALIZE THIS BUDGET, IF WE TALK, WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE TALK WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UM, DIRECTOR AND SHE SAID, YES, MS. SUSAN, THERE'S SOME IMPACT FEE COMING IN, THEN WE WILL ADD THAT.
BUT WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT REMAINS THE SAME.
CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU SEE THE, UM, THE 15,000, UM, THE ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACE, UM, AND AS WELL AS ALZHEIMER'S CARE.
NOW I KNOW THIS FUND, AND I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM HISTORY ON THIS FUND, THE, THE HUMAN HEALTH SERVICES DIRECTOR IS ALSO HERE.
UM, THIS IS THE FUND THAT REALLY NEEDS SOME MORE REVENUES TO COME IN, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, THE REVENUE, WE GET THE GRANT FROM THE AREA AGENCIES AND ALL OF THOSE.
SO WE HOPEFULLY REALLY NEED, IF WE HAVE A GRANT WRITER THAT MAYBE WE CAN FOCUS MORE ON GETTING SOME OF THOSE ALZHEIMER CARE OR FOUNDATION GRANT THAT CAN HELP THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM.
'CAUSE IT'S A VERY GOOD PROGRAM WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOME MORE REVENUE THERE.
THIS FUND HAS BEEN, UM, TRENDING DOWN OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
SO WE REALLY WANNA, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'LL HAVE THE GRANT WRITER FOCUS ON HELPING US WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE FUND.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION AS WELL AS OUR HOUSING REPAIR AND ASSISTANT GRANT.
THESE ARE ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT FALLS WITHIN OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND BUDGET.
MS. SUSAN ARSON, MS. BYBERG, ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES FUND.
WHERE ARE THOSE FUNDS? FROM THE GENERAL FUND? YES.
WE CURRENT EVERY, EACH AND EVERY YEAR THAT IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH, UM, FUNDS FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
HAVE WE USED THEM? UM, 2025? I KNOW WE HAVE USED IT IN THE PAST.
UM, AND WE DO USE IT, UM, AS WE DO ARTS AROUND THE CITY THAT YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT IF I MAY HAVE AN OPINION, AND AS I SAID, I'M ONLY, I THINK THIS FUND SHOULD REALLY BE INCREASED
UM, BUT WE CAN BRING BACK JUSTIFICATION, UM, BECAUSE I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE ARTS IN THE CITY.
UM, SO, SO THIS MAY BE SOMETHING IF IT'S THE DIRECTIVE OF THE COMMISSION, UM, THIS HAS BEEN, I THINK IT STARTED WITH 10,000 AND OVER THE YEARS IT HAS GONE UP, SO IT'S NOW A $25,000.
SO MADAM MAYOR, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE CODE ENFORCEMENT FUND THE INCREASE.
THAT'S JUST MY, UH, LITTLE THING.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE ARE A LOT OF, UM, CO
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COMPLIANCES THAT ARE GOING OUT TO SOME OF THESE HOMES THAT ARE SENIOR HOMED.AND, UM, THE LAWN IS, YOU KNOW, NOT UP TO PAR AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK A LOT HOME TO EAT, YOU KNOW, THOSE OLDER HOMES THAT NEED SOME SUPPORT.
AND SO I, THAT, THAT'S JUST ME.
I COULD SEE THAT INCREASING AS WELL AS THE ARTS, BUT I COULD SEE THAT INCREASING.
MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY SUGGEST SOMETHING, I, AS I SPOKE EARLIER ON THE OREO ESTATE, UM, THAT BIG LITIGATION THAT WE RECEIVE, UH, THERE'S CURRENTLY A MONTHLY $17,000 THAT COMES IN.
UM, AND THAT WAS BASED ON A LITIGATION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE GONNA RECEIVE THAT I THINK FOR THE NEXT, UP UNTIL 2028.
THAT 17 I WOULD RECOMMEND, OR I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MAYBE A PORTION OF THAT REVENUE IF AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION, IF YOU HAVE A CONSENSUS, UM, SOME OF THAT REVENUE INSTEAD OF THE GENERAL FUND.
SOME COULD GO INTO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSIONER.
THAT'S ONLY A SUGGESTION OR RECOMMENDATION.
SO, UH, THE CAPITAL AND ENTERPRISE FUND, OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND, YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, FUND.
UM, WE HAVE 10 MILLION BUDGETED.
WE ARE HOPING TO HAVE 11 MILLION, AND WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING.
MY CO UH, MY BUDGET OFFICER WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT PARTICULAR, UM, THE CIP FUND.
WE HAVE OUR SURTAX TRANSPORTATION, UM, NO CHANGES THERE.
UM, YOU'LL SEE A DECREASE RIGHT THERE IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND.
AND THAT IS DUE TO, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER STATING THAT THE TWO RESILIENCY GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED BEFORE THAT WE HAD TO DO A MATCH FOR IN 2025.
THE STATE HAS TOLD THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANY MATCH.
WE CAN APPLY FOR GRANT AND THAT COULD FUND IT TOTALLY.
SO THEREFORE, THE MATCH FOR 2026 AND HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD WILL NOT BE THERE.
THAT'S WHY THE REDUCTION IN THAT PARTICULAR FUND.
AND WE HAVE OUR SOLID WASTE FUND AND AS WELL AS OUR BUILDING FUND.
MADAM MAYOR, THE, THE BUILDING FUND, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? COULD YOU, THAT'S THE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, ULA OVER THERE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, BUT THOSE ARE ALL THE FEES THAT THEY RECEIVE FOR PERMITS.
IF I'M SPEAKING OUT OF ORDER, MS. ANGELA, YOU CAN, UM, COME AND, UM, GIVE THEM A BETTER, UM, RUNDOWN OF WHAT THAT BUILDING FUND IS, BUT THOSE ARE ALL OF THE FEES THAT WE GET FROM THE BUILDING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE, UM, REDEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY.
MS. SANDRA? YES, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THE BUILDING FUND IS A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS SET UP AND, UM, IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND FOR BUILDING, UM, DEPARTMENT FEES AND INSPECTIONS SO THAT WE CAN, UM, WORK KIND OF LIKE A BUSINESS AND MAKING SURE THAT AS WE COLLECT FEES, WE ARE ALSO SPENDING THOSE FEES ON THE, UM, BUILDING PERMITTING COSTS TO THE CITY.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE, AND AS I STATE MY, UM, BUDGET OFFICE IS GONNA COME UP AND HIGHLIGHT THE CIP, BUT I WANNA HIGHLIGHT SOME KEY DATES THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR BUDGET PROCESS.
SO WE HAVE MET OUR TRIM REQUIREMENT THAT IS COMPLETED.
WE HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED ALL OF THE TRIM REQUIREMENT TO THE STATE AS WELL AS TO BOROUGH COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAIS OFFICE.
THAT'S WHY THAT SAYS COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 10TH.
WE WILL ADOPT, UH, PROPOSED BUDGET.
OUR FIRST BUDGET HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 10TH, SEPTEMBER 15.
WE WILL ADOPT THE FINAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
THOSE ARE THE NON-AD VALOREM THAT WILL ALSO GO ON THE, THE TAX BILL.
AND WE ALSO WILL CERTIFY THE NON-AD VALOREM RATE TO THE STATE COUNTY AND BCPA ONCE WE ARE APPROVED.
UM, FINAL ASSESSMENT, SEPTEMBER 22ND, THAT WILL BE OUR SECOND BUDGET HEARING, AND BY THAT TIME, THE BUDGET SHOULD
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BE BALANCED AND WILL BE BALANCED SO THAT WE CAN COMMENCE OPERATION OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 IN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR.SO THESE ARE SOME KEY DATES REGARDING OUR BUDGET PROCESS AND I WANTED TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THOSE.
ALL RIGHT, SO NEXT YOU'LL HEAR FROM MY BUDGET OFFICER, MS. HEIDI BROCK.
OKAY, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COMMISSIONER, ACTION, CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK COLLEAGUE SETH.
UM, THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRO, UH, PROGRAM.
UM, ITS PURPOSE, OF COURSE IS TO KEEP YOU INFORMED ON THE STATUS OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS AND TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT WILL CARRY FORWARD INTO FISCAL YEAR 2026.
SO, AS, UM, MS. LIBOR SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, MANY OF YOUR COMMISSION PRIORITIES, WHEN WE MET WITH, UM, OUR BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I, A MEMBER HERE, YOU SPOKE ABOUT, UM, CANAL STABILIZATION DRAINAGE, UM, PONDING, PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, SHORING UP HOMES, MINOR HOME REPAIR.
SO WE HAVE INCLUDED A LOT OF THAT IN THE BUDGET AS WELL AS, AS OUR CIP PROJECTS.
SO, UM, SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THESE, UM, PRO UM, PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, IT ALIGNS WITH OUR CITY'S STRATEGIC, UM, OBJECTIVES AND FINANCIAL PLANNING EFFORTS.
SO THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU IS OUR, JUST A PRELIMINARY PROPOSED, UM, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN KEYNOTE THAT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS WE WILL MOVE INTO FISCAL 2026 SIMPLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS HAD MULTI-YEAR PHASES.
SO, UM, BUT WE WILL HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED THUS FAR.
SO BY, WE BROKE THEM DOWN BY DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THEY HOUSE A LOT OF THE, UH, PROJECTS, PUBLIC WORKS, THE TRANSPORTATION, SURTAX, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES ENGINEERING.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE THOSE, UM, PROJECTS BROKEN DOWN BY THE DEPARTMENT.
AND ON THE NEXT SLIDE YOU HAVE THE FUNDING SUMMARY.
SO WE HAVE THE, UM, AS I SAID, THE ARPA LOSS REVENUE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE.
WE DO PLAN TO SPEND DOWN ALL OF THOSE MON THOSE, UM, MONIES BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026 OR BY DECEMBER, 2026.
WE MUST SPEND ALL OF IT BY DECEMBER, 2026 IN A FEW CASES WITH THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT WE APPROVED WHERE WE MOVED, UM, THE MONEY FROM BROADBAND THAT HAS TO BE SPENT BY SEPTEMBER BECAUSE THAT'S LIKE A TITLE ONE PROGRAM.
THERE'S A SPECIAL REQUIREMENT THAT THAT'S SPENT BY SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
AND IN ALL ESTIMATION, WE HOPE WE FEEL THAT THAT WILL BE DONE.
UM, WE ARE NOT SENDING ANY MONEY BACK
SO WE HAVE OF COURSE GRANTS, UM, BROWARD COUNTY SURTAX, WE DO HAVE SOME CITY DEBT.
AND IF NEED BE, WE HAVE SOME APPROPRIATED, UM, FUND BALANCE FROM STORMWATER AND GENERAL FUND.
OF COURSE, THE CRA PROJECTS ARE FUNDED BY THE CRA CITING.
DO WE HAVE ANYWHERE INDICATED THE CIP PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER EACH DEPARTMENT? YES.
UM, WE WILL, YES, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES, WE WILL HAVE, I'M LOOKING FOR IT, BUT, OKAY.
OKAY? SO YOU'LL HAVE, AND THEN, UM, IN YOUR BACKUP AS WE GO FORWARD.
NOW, MIND YOU, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE ON VACATION, YOU WILL, WE ARE STILL WORKING AND YOU WILL GET ALL OF THE BACKUP WITH THE, UM, PROGRAM, THE CIP PROGRAMS AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS.
SO YES, TRUST ME, WE ARE NOT ON VACATION
OKAY? UM, SO THIS SLIDE, AS I SAID, HAS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE PERCENTAGES OF THE PROJECTS BY DEPARTMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, STORMWATER, GENERAL FUNDS, CRA, UM, ALL OF THE FUNDING SOURCES.
SO I'M JUST GONNA MOVE INTO THE PROJECT UPDATE AND WE WILL, I DO HAVE DIRECTORS HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
UM, WE WILL BREAK THE PROJECTS OUT BY THE ONES THAT ARE COMPLETED, THE ONES THAT ARE IN PROGRESS.
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT DEPARTMENTS, UM, THOSE ARE IN.
SO FOR OUR COMPLETED PROJECT FOR CANAL BANK
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STABILIZATION, WHICH IS, UM, ONE OF YOUR HIGH PRIORITIES, WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF CANAL PROJECTS, UM, IS, OH, YES, MS.SO WE COMPLETED CANAL FOUR, WE COMPLETED CANALS TWO AND SEVEN IN THE LAST FISCAL YEAR.
AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE COMPLETED CANAL FOUR, WHICH IS IN THE ORAL ESTATES.
SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE BEFORE.
AND THIS PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN APRIL, 2025.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WHERE WE DID GET A GRANT.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY GONNA MATCH THAT GRANT WITH STORMWATER FUNDING, BUT THEY DID AMEND AND WE CAME BEFORE COMMISSION.
THEY DID AMEND THE, UM, THE AGREEMENTS WE DID NOT HAVE TO MATCH.
SO THEREFORE WE WERE ABLE TO SPEND DOWN ON THE GRANTS AND LEAVE THE FUND BALANCE IN STORMWATER.
AND THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL AFTER PICTURE.
WE HAVE SO MANY PICTURES, BUT I JUST HAD TO, YOU KNOW, CHOOSE ONE.
I HOPE I DID THE YEAR JUSTICE.
WE HAVE, UM, THE STATE DID COME DOWN AND DO THEIR FINAL INSPECTION.
EVERYTHING IS, EVERYTHING IS COPACETIC.
WE ARE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF DOING OUR REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE WE WANT OUR MONEY BACK
UM, SO THIS, AND THAT WAS HOUSED IN THE, OF COURSE, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
WE, IF THE PRESENTATION DOES NOT PROVIDE THE BREAKDOWN AS I, I, IT WILL, I WILL PROVIDE THAT TO THE COMMISSION THROUGH THE, UM, CITY MANAGER, ALL OF THE PROJECTS, AND YOU WILL HAVE THE PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS THERE.
CANAL BANK, STABILIZATION AND PROCESS.
NOW WE ARE IN PROCUREMENT, I BELIEVE FOR CANALS FIVE AND EIGHT, AND I'LL LET LET MR. NIR SPEAK ON THAT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, HONORABLE MAYOR.
CITY COMMISSION AS ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE CANAL, CANNEL FIVE THAT IS, UH, ALREADY IN PROCUREMENT.
AND, UH, CANNEL EIGHT IS ALSO ON PROCUREMENT.
WE HAD TO EXTEND, UH, THE DEADLINE, UH, BECAUSE OF THE RFI THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE LEADERS, POTENTIAL LEADERS, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, LOCATION OF CANAL FIVE, UH, THAT IS IN NORTHGATE AND CANAL EIGHT IS IN EASTGATE.
THESE ARE THE TWO PROJECTS CONCURRENTLY IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
OUR NEXT COMPLETED PROJECT, UM, AND I'M SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS ONE, WILLY, WE PARK, WE DID HAVE A STATE GRANT, UM, THE
SO WE DID SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT WILLY WEBB.
UM, AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL SIGN, YOU KNOW, DEDICATING, UM, THAT WE HAD FUNDING AVAILABLE FROM THE
UM, THERE IS SOME WORK STILL GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, WE DID IT IN A PHASE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO GET THE GRANT ELEMENTS DONE.
WE IMPROVED THE PAVILION, THE BASKETBALL COURT.
WE DID SOME FENCING, SOME LANDSCAPING.
SO, AND WE DID IT IN TIME FOR SUMMER CAMP, WHICH WAS GOOD.
SO THANK YOU TO THE HARDWORKING STAFF, MR. RON AND HIS TEAM AND PROCUREMENT FOR GETTING IT DONE.
BECAUSE WE, AS I SAID, I DON'T GIVE BACK MONEY.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS IN PHASES.
LAST YEAR WE DID CITY HALL, OR THE FIRST YEAR WE DID CITY HALL.
THE SECOND YEAR WE DID, WHAT WAS THAT WRONG? THE ROOF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THIS YEAR WE DID THE ALZHEIMER BUILDING, MULTIPURPOSE AND WILLIE WEBB.
SO WILLIE, WE, I MEAN, WILLIE WEBB REALLY GOT SOME LOVE BECAUSE IT NEEDED IT.
UM, SO THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ROOF AT THE MULTIPURPOSE, OH, I'M SORRY.
THE FIRST ONE IS ALZHEIMER, UM, THE MULTIPURPOSE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE ROOF AT WILLY WEBB.
AND WELL, WILLY HAS TWO BUILDINGS, THE GYM AND THE MAIN BUILDING.
SO, UM, THIS WAS GENERAL FUND FUNDED, SO WE DID, YOU KNOW, WE, BUT WE DID HAVE THAT MONEY IN PHASES, AS I SAID, STARTING FROM 2022 TO 2324.
MADAM MAYOR, UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
MS. MS. HEIDI, UM, NO, NOT DISCREDITING, BUT THIS ROOF IS COMPLETED.
THE ALZHEIMER'S ROOF REPLACEMENT.
IS THIS, THE, THIS THE REPLACEMENT WE'RE LOOKING AT? DO YOU MADAM? MAY YES.
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CONFIRM THAT YES, YES.SO THOSE, UM, THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED AND AS I SAID, WE WILL MOVE INTO, UM, THE PHASE, THE NEXT PHASE IN FISCAL 26, A REALLY BIG PROJECT.
AND, UM, MR. RON, I GIVE HIM KUDOS FOR THIS BECAUSE, AND I'LL LET HIM SPEAK ON THIS NORTHWEST 49TH AVENUE DRAINAGE.
THIS WAS ANOTHER THIRD UP OF, I'M SORRY, FTP GRANT FOR FRAUD RESILIENCE THAT WE GOT.
AND WE DID THIS, THIS IS PHASE ONE BECAUSE WE, THAT GRANT WAS $3.5 MILLION.
SO WE'VE USED ABOUT 1.1 $0.4 MILLION OF THAT GRANT.
AND MR. SIERRA WILL CONTINUE WITH PHASE TWO IN FISCAL 26.
AND I'LL GIVE RON JUST A MOMENT TO MR. DE A MOMENT TO REALLY SPEAK ON THIS, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS ONE IS NEAR AND DEAR TO HIS HEART.
UH, THANK YOU MR. A GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, MADAM CI, MADAM CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DES BRU, PAUL'S DIRECTOR.
YES, UH, LIKE MRS. BROCK JUST STATED, BUT I, UH, NOT JUST FOR IN OUR AVENUE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.
IT WAS A PROBLEM, UH, NOT JUST AESTHETICALLY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE SOLID ENTRANCE WHERE WE HAVE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE CITY OF FLOOD LAKES AND THE CITY OF FLOOD HILL.
UH, THE ROAD WAS IN BAD SHAPE, IT'S BEEN IN BAD SHAPE.
AND ALSO ANY SMALL STORM EVENT, WE EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
SO MOST OF OUR RESOURCES IN TERMS OF POPS, NOW THAT WE, WE ARE IN RAIN SEASON, UH, EVERY TIME IT RAINS, I WAS NERVOUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD HAVE MOST OF OUR RESOURCES ALLOCATED.
UH, THE FLOODING USED TO BE REALLY, REALLY BAD.
AND THE ROADWAY WE USED TO GET COMPLEX, NOT JUST FROM RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF FLOOD LAKES, BUT ALSO FROM RESIDENT FROM LAUDERHILL.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS FROM LAUDERHILL CALLING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, BUT WE DID NOT WANT TO JUST FIX THE ROADWAY BECAUSE THE MAIN PROBLEM WAS ASSOCIATED WITH POOR DRAINAGE.
SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE COME UP WITH, WITH THIS PROJECT TO NOT JUST FIX THE ROAD, BUT FIX THE DRAINAGE PAR, UH, PROBLEM FIRST, AND THEN FIX THE ROAD.
SO WE COMPLETED THIS, THIS PROJECT IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTH.
WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME HEAVY RAIN, AND I WAS ABLE TO PEACE PEACEFULLY SLEEP, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE WE'VE
UH, THE, THE PROJECT IS WORKING, UH, AS IT SHOULD WORK.
UH, IT'S CURRENTLY COMPLETED, I WOULD SAY WE JUST, UH, FINISHED THE PUNCH LIST.
NOW WE GONNA GO, UM, WITH THE FINAL INSPECTION.
HOPEFULLY THE STATE CAN COME DOWN AND DO THEIR, UH, FINAL INSPECTION SO WE CAN CLOSE OUT THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M GETTING A LOT OF CALLS FROM RESIDENTS, BOTH FROM THE CITY OF DER LAKES AND LAUDERHILL TAKING THE CITY, OUR COMMISSION FOR, FOR FINALLY FIXING THE ROADWAY BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE GETTING THE, THE SAME WAY WE WERE GETTING COMPLETE BEFORE THE PROJECT.
NOW THEY ARE REACHING OUT TO SAY THANK YOU.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO RELAY THAT MESSAGE, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE HOW WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE TO BREAK GROUND, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GO BACK AND TAKE A PICTURE, SO A COMPLETION BECAUSE, UM, THIS IS, IT IS A, A MUCH NEEDED DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RIDE BEFORE AND WHEN YOU RIDE NOW.
SO I REALLY THINK WE NEED TO DO A COMPLETED, UM, PICTURE THERE WITH ALL THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED, THAT THE INITIAL
EXCELLENT HONOR, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THAT, BECAUSE I CAN REMEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL AND, UH, THEN WHEN WE BROKE GROUND, AND THERE ARE RESIDENTS FROM THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL WHO WERE APPROACHING ME AT CHURCH, WANTED TO KNOW WHEN WE WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL INSPECTION AND THE FINAL CREW.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR FOR THAT INDULGENCE.
'CAUSE HE, YEAH, WE, HE WORKED VERY HARD.
UM, SO WE, WE REALLY DID SOME HEAVY LIFTING OR SOME HEAVY PROJECTS.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE DO HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE ALMOST THERE, BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA PUT IT ON THIS LIST JUST YET.
SO RIGHT NOW, PROJECTS IN PROGRESS OR CONSTRUCTION, OF COURSE, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO YOU DID APPROVE THE ELEVATOR UPGRADE.
SO WE HOPE TO GET THAT COMPLETED.
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UM, HOPEFULLY BY JANUARY THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING, UM, WHAT IS THE WORD OF, UH, YEAH, GETTING THE CON THE CONTRACT ON BOARD OF MOBILIZING.THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY.
QUESTION ABOUT ELEVATORS MESSIAH, PLEASE.
AND I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S IN THE PURVIEW OF THIS, THE ELEVATOR AT THE ECC IS VERY SLOW AND IT IS SORT OF FRIGHTENING AT TIMES.
IS THAT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW? WELL, AS FAR AS I KNOW, WE DO NOT OWN THAT ELEVATOR, THAT BUILDING.
SO WE, WE MAINTAIN IT, BUT I'M NOT SURE MR. RON CAN PROBABLY SPEAK AS TO IF WE CAN DO SOME REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THEY OWN THAT BUILDING AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAYBE COORDINATE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S SLOW.
YOU GO UP THE STEPS FASTER THAN THE ELEVATOR
WE LIKE, UM, MRS. UH, BROCK SAID WE DO NOT OWN THAT ELEVATOR, BUT WE DO MAINTAIN IT.
UH, AND I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT, UH, THE SAME AS THE TOOL THAT WE ARE UPGRADING BECAUSE IT'S AFTER 2000.
WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE EXTENSIVE, UH, UPGRADE THAT, UM, THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THOSE TWO ELEVATORS.
BUT, UH, I'LL LOOK INTO THAT PA.
ALL RIGHT, SO MOVING IN ONTO OUR OTHER PROJECTS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR IT DEPARTMENT TO UPGRADE THE MEDIA EQUIPMENT AT THE ECC.
UM, WE DID UPGRADE THE LAST YEAR.
WE COMPLETED THE MULTI-PURPOSE BUILDING AND WILLY WEBB.
SO WE'RE NOW DOING THE ECC, SO THAT IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE COMPLETED PRETTY SOON.
WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING DETECTOR.
UM, THAT ONE IS ALSO IN PROGRESS.
WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME, UM, CONTRACTS, I BELIEVE FOR THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO MR.
SO WE CAN TAKE THAT ONE OFF THE LIST.
THE PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AT O UM, OTIS GRAY, THAT IS ALSO IN PROGRESS.
WE HAVE AN ONGOING SECURITY CAMERA UPGRADE, UM, PROGRAM.
I DID SPEAK WITH CAPTAIN PHILLIPS AFTER THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, AND HE SAID HE REALLY WANTED TO GET SOME CAMERAS, UM, AT THE PARK.
SO WE ARE GOING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH HIM OF, FORTUNATELY, HE'S ON VACATION RIGHT NOW AND A WELL DESERVED VACATION.
SO WHEN HE COMES BACK, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, CITYWIDE HVAC REPLACEMENTS.
THAT'S ANOTHER ONGOING, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT YEARLY.
WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR, UM, ACS AND WE HAVE, WE, WE CONSTANTLY PUT MONEY IN THE BUDGET FOR THAT RIGHT OF AWAY A DA AND SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT.
I KNOW MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ASKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY.
WE ARE REALLY DOING, UM, WE HAVE DONE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SIDEWALKS AND WHERE THEY'RE NON-COMPLIANT, A DA SO, OR A DA NON-COMPLIANT.
AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF ACTUALLY DOING THE REPAIR OF THOSE, UM, OR BRINGING THOSE PORTIONS INTO COMPLIANCE IN FISCAL 26 THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I SAY PUBLIC WORKS, I MEAN MR. DES BRUS BECAUSE HE IS SERVING AS OUR MULTIPURPOSE PROJECT MANAGER,
SO WE HAD IN THE LAST BUDGET APPROVED A PROJECT MANAGER BECAUSE WE REALLY NEEDED A PROJECT MANAGER TO MOVE THESE PROJECTS.
AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY, WELL, THEY'RE NOT ON BOARD, BUT WE HAVE MADE MOVES TO MAKE AN OFFER TO SOMEONE.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT PERSON CAN COME ON BOARD BECAUSE THE CIP PROJECTS REALLY NEED TO GET MOVING AND WE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF OUR CAPACITY, THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS STILL ON THE BOOKS.
BUT ONCE WE GET THAT PROJECT MANAGER, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MOVE ALONG.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MR. MR DE BRUS, HE IS STILL THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BUT HE'S SERVING AS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS.
AND ALONG WITH MR. NASIR, UM, AND THE GEO, UH, GEOTHERMAL POOL HEATER THAT IS, UM, WAITING FOR A CONTRACT TO BE COMPLETED.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT DONE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
MS. UH, HEIDI, THE GEOTHERMAL POOL HEATER IS APPROVED SOMETIME AGO.
WHY HAS IT TAKEN SO LONG TO GIVE YOU, AND NOW, ONCE AGAIN, I HAVE MY SISTER
'CAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A REGULAR HEATER.
SO THEY NEEDED SPECIFIC WIRING AND STUFF LIKE THAT TO ACTUALLY INSTALL THIS HEATER.
BUT I'LL LET MR. DIS MAYBE SPEAK ON THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MRS. BUR, UH, YES, MADAM MAYORS, UM, THE, THE
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CONTRACTOR THAT IS INSTALLING, UH, THE POLE HEATER, THERE WAS SOME DELAY IN TERMS OF ACQUIRING MATERIAL AND ALSO THEIR OWN TIMELINE, UH, WHICH PUSHED IT TO THAT WAY.BUT LAST WEEK, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO, WE MET WITH THE CONTRACTOR IS LIKE A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING.
UH, EVERYTHING THAT NEED TO BE IN LINE IS IN LINE RIGHT NOW, SO THEY READY TO GO.
UH, WE COORDINATED THAT, UH, I THINK LAST WEEK WITH, UH, THE CONTRACTOR ON SITE.
SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK THE DRILL, UM, SUBCONTRACTOR WILL START FIRST, UH, WITH THE WELLS AND THEN THEY, UH, FROM THERE IT WILL BE, UM, UM, NOT STOP UP TO COMPLETION.
UH, LIKE MRS. BOX SAID IT, THIS IS SEPTEMBER.
YEAH, BUT I'M SURE IT, IT WILL BE PROBABLY BEFORE THAT.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS THAT, SO MIND YOU, EVEN THOUGH WE, WE DON'T SEE THE PROJECTS MAYBE MOVING IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT THERE, THERE'S WORK GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING STAGE, DESIGN STAGE OR PROCUREMENT.
SO THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN PLANNING AND DESIGN CURRENTLY, OF COURSE WE HAVE OUR FIRE STATION 37, WHICH MR. RON IS ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER OF OTIS SQUARE PARK IMPROVEMENTS.
AND I WANNA SAY ABOUT OTIS SQUARE, WE DO HAVE A GRANT, UM, IT'S A RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT OF $400,000.
WE WILL BE COMING TO COMMISSION TO DO AN EXTENSION OF THAT GRANT AGREEMENT BE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE HAD TO DO AN ENVIRONMENTAL, UM, ASSESSMENT.
AND THAT PROCESS TOOK OVER EIGHT MONTHS.
IT WAS A VERY ARDUOUS PROCESS.
AND THIS, THIS IS THROUGH THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT.
SO IT HAD TO BE DONE IN ORDER FOR US TO GET A NOTICE TO PROCEED.
ADDITIONALLY, WE DID HAVE SOME TURNOVERS FROM THE FDP.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON LIKE OUR THIRD GRANT MANAGER.
SO THEY HAVE ONCE, ONCE WE REACHED OUT FOR AN EXTENSION, THEY'RE LIKE, YES, WE ARE GIVING ADMINISTRATIVE EXTENSIONS THROUGH DECEMBER OFF THE TOP, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE ARE, THEY ARE ALSO BEHIND.
SO WE ARE, BUT WE DID GET THE NOTICE TO PROCEED BECAUSE WE HAD ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTS ALREADY SUBMITTED.
SO WE HAVE THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
I'VE SPOKEN TO MR. P AND WE ARE GOING TO GET THE TEAM TOGETHER TO GET THE SCOPE AND GET THIS INTO PROCUREMENT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONTRACT AWARDED, HOPEFULLY BY THE, WELL, WE HAVE TO GET SOMETHING DONE BY DECEMBER OR BEFORE.
SO WE CAN START THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OF THE PARK.
AND THIS WILL BE LIKE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRAIL, UM, AND SOME EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, BUT AT OTI GRAY PARK.
UM, SO THAT'S IN THE PLANNING AND DESIGN AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL MOVE INTO PROCUREMENT.
UM, NORTHGATE PARK IMPROVEMENTS SINCE WE HAVE COMPLETED WILLY WEBB, WHICH IS A, I'M SORRY, MR. THOMAS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. HEIDI? YES, I, I, I SEE MR. RON WAS LOOKING AT ME 'CAUSE I THINK HE KNEW WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.
CONCERNING THAT LITTLE PRESERVE AREA AT OTIS GRAY PARK, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THAT? ANY GRANTS TO UPGRADE? I KNOW YOU'VE CLEARED THE BUSHES A LITTLE BIT.
UM, NOT AT CYPRESS, UH, NOT AT CYPRESS PRESERVE, BUT AT OTIS GRAY, CORRECT.
WELL, UM, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY STILL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SEARCHING, UM, WE HAVE A, A GRANT CONSULTANT THAT WE WORK WITH AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE.
SO WE CAN DEFINITELY, UM, SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FIND OR, BUT I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY MORE MAINTENANCE, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO BECAUSE WE, IF WE WANT TO TRY TO IMPROVE OR MAYBE EXTEND THE TRAIL, WE'LL HAVE TO CLEAR THAT AREA.
YEAH, I, I THINK EVEN EXTENSION, YOU KNOW, SOME BENCHES OVER THERE.
JUST SOMETHING TO HAVE THE TRAIL BE EXTENDED.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE TOUCH IN THAT AREA THERE.
YES, THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.
'CAUSE WHEN WE WENT OUT THERE, THE PARK IS USED A LOT.
THE TRAIL IS USED AND IT'S NOT JUST USED BY A LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS.
I MUST SAY LAUDER HILL RESIDENTS ARE THERE AND THEY DO WALK THAT TRAIL A LOT.
SO WE WANT REALLY WANT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE A SMALL
WE HAVE ANOTHER GRANT FOR NORTHGATE.
THIS IS JUST $50,000 AND WE'LL, NORTHGATE DOESN'T NEED AS, AS MUCH LOVE AS THE OTHER PARK, BUT WE WILL DO SOME BENCHES AND, UM, IMPROVE THE PAVILION OUT THERE.
SO WE UM, WANNA GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE DO, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE NOTICE TO PROCEED.
SO WE WILL, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
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IN ADDITION TO THE GEOTHERMAL THEATER AT THE POOL, WE DO HAVE AN OVERALL POOL FACILITIES UPGRADE AND THAT'S IN PLANNING.SO ONCE THAT HEATER IS COMPLETED, THEN WE CAN MOVE INTO JUST OVER, UM, IMPROVING THE OVERALL POOL.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S OUR ONLY AQUATIC CENTER, SO WE REALLY WANNA KEEP IT UP, UP, KEPT BESIDE.
DOES THAT OVERALL IMPROVEMENT FOR THE POOL INCLUDE EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES? EQUIPMENT AND, UM, WE CAN, WE CAN ACTUALLY DO WHATEVER WE WANNA DO.
THIS IS, 'CAUSE THIS ONE IS FOR GEN, IT'S GENERAL FUND DOLLARS.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ACTUAL SCOPE OF WORK AT THIS TIME.
I CAN DEFINITELY, UM, BRING THAT BACK TO YOU.
BUT WE WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION, UM, IN THE OVERALL CIP UM, PACKET.
SO, BUT I KNOW THAT MR. UDINE WAS WORKING WITH THAT.
I'M NOT SURE IF MR. DRUN IS FAMILIAR, BUT MR. UDINE WAS MORE INVOLVED IN THIS ACTUAL PROJECT.
WE HAVE THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER IMPROVEMENTS THAT'S IN PLANNING AND I KNOW MS. ERICA WILL BE HAPPY ONCE THIS IS COMPLETED.
SO THAT'S IN PLANNING RIGHT NOW AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT COMPLETED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE MAJOR ROADWAY, LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT'S MR. UM, JUST RUN'S PROJECT.
WE ARE TRYING TO WORK, UM, TO, I THINK WE HAD DESIGNED IT'S, IT'S ALMOST 90% DESIGN.
SO I'LL, I'LL HAVE HIM JUST GIVE YOU UPDATE.
UH, SO A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS, UH, ARE CURRENTLY EITHER PLANNING OR DESIGN PHASE.
SO NEXT FISCAL YEAR, I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF THOSE PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE THE DESIGN FOR THE MOST PART ARE COMPLETED.
I KNOW, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, THE MAJOR LANDSCAPE, UH, FOR THE MAJOR ROADWAY LANDSCAPE PROJECT, WE ARE PLANNING TO WORKSHOP IT SO WE CAN SHOW THE SEAL COMMISSION WHAT EXACTLY WE ARE DOING.
UM, I DON'T WANNA GET AHEAD OF MRS. B.
SAME THING FOR THE, FOR THE FIRE STATION.
WE ARE AT THE STAGE WHERE WE'RE GONNA BRING SOME, UH, ALTERNATIVE TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT LEAST TO SHOW YOU WHAT UH, WE ARE DOING.
UH, BUT MOVING FORWARD, BUT DEFINITELY A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THAT LIST WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR BECAUSE DESIGN DESIGN ARE COMPLETED OR ALMOST COMPLETED.
SO NEXT YEAR THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES, UH, IN THE CIP MANAGEMENT.
SO YEAH, SO THE CITYWIDE, THE CITYWIDE BRIDGE FRONT REPLACEMENT AND OF COURSE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING IS, UM, UM, IN THIS LIST AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THIS IS WHY MR. PAPER WALLA IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL PERSON,
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED THAT HELP.
SO AS MR. UH, MAXUS SPOKE EARLIER, CANAL FIVE AND EIGHT ARE CURRENTLY IN PROCUREMENT.
SO WE HOPE, UM, I THINK ON FRIDAY WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR ONE OF THEM.
I WON'T SAY WHICH ONE, BUT YEAH, WE DO HAVE A BID OPENING AND, UM, NORTHWEST 36TH TERRACE, WE DO HAVE A PRE-BID MEETING FOR THAT.
WE HAVE THE, AS I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, NORTHWEST 49TH AVENUE, THAT WAS PHASE ONE OF THE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE NORTHWEST.
UM, PHASE TWO INVOLVES DOING, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT PROJECT ALREADY DESIGNED READY TO GO.
THE OTHER PROJECTS, WE NEED THE GEOTECHNICAL IN SURVEYING FOR THAT.
AND MR. UM, NASIR IS OVER THAT PROJECT.
SO WE ARE IN PROCUREMENT TO GET THOSE DONE SO THAT HE CAN KNOW WHICH ONES ARE MOST, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
WE HAVE ABOUT 13 LOCATIONS I BELIEVE, AND UM, ONCE WE GET THAT GEOTECHNICAL AND SURVEY DONE, HE CAN KIND OF PRIORITIZE WHICH ONES WE GO TO NEXT.
UH, MADAM MAYOR THOMAS, UM, I GUESS THIS WOULD BE DIRECTED TO MR. NAIR, IS THAT THE LOCATIONS LIKE, UM, THAT PEOPLE HAD CALLED IN ON WHERE THE HEAVY DRAINAGE WAS IN TERMS OF RAIN AND ALL OF THAT? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? YES.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COMMISSION AND AUDIENCE.
UH, I MADE PRESENTATION ON THOSE LOCATIONS.
IF YOU CAN REMEMBER THE SAME LOCATIONS, P 15 LOCATIONS TOTAL.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE ADVERTISED FOR GEOTECHNICAL AND SERVING SERVICES.
THE FIRST TIME THE CONSULTANT WAS ASKING AROUND $5.4 MILLION.
THAT IS TOO EXPENSIVE AND THAT IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
SO WE ACTUALLY, WE SCOPED DOWN TO 15, UH, ROAD
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AND WE MADE PRESENTATION AND UH, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME PRIORITIES TO INCLUDE ALL OF THEM.SO AS I SAID, WE HAVE LISTENED, WE HAVE YOUR PRIORITIES AT HEART.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS FUEL BAY UPGRADE, MR. DOES RUN SPOKE ABOUT, I THINK HE SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE BY THE, UM, END OF THIS FISCAL IN TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR THE, HOPEFULLY BEFORE ANY HURRICANE WE WERE, WE'RE NOT CALLING THEM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT DONE BEFORE THEN.
OUR PARK PAVILION REPLACEMENTS, WE ARE IMPROVING OUR PARK, UM, PAVILIONS.
'CAUSE A LOT OF THE PAVILIONS ARE CORRODED AND IT'S NOT YEAH.
UM, DOES NOT LOOK AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
SO WE ARE GETTING, UM, SOME OF THOSE REPLACED AND PARK FACILITIES INTERIOR, WE DO RENT OUR BUILDINGS, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE KITCHEN, THE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, INDOOR, THAT WE DO SOME UPGRADES THERE.
SO WE ARE DOING SOME UPGRADES TO ALL OF THE FACILITIES ON THE INTERIOR.
AND SO OUR UPCOMING PROJECT, WE DO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.
I DO WANNA CAUTION, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
WE DO HAVE SOME DOLLARS, SOME ARPA LOST REVENUE DOLLARS IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE DO NEED TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS BY DECEMBER, 2026.
WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS THAT MAY NEED THAT FUNDING.
SO IF WE CAN MAYBE REALLOCATE THAT FUNDING, UM, AS THE NEED ARISES WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL INTO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE CAN SPEND THAT MONEY DOWN.
AND THEN WE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK TO THE OTHER SOURCES.
SO $4 MILLION IS ALLOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER RIGHT NOW.
WE DO NEED TO SPEND THAT MONEY BY 2026.
THIS IS ONE WE, WE HAVE TO SPEND BY DECEMBER, 2026.
SO I KNOW THERE WILL BE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK, YOU KNOW, OUTTA TURN, BUT WE WILL HAVE SOME PROJECTS THAT MAY, WE COULD PROBABLY USE THAT, THAT FUNDING.
MS MS. HEIDI, IS THERE A LIST AVAILABLE OF EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS MONEY CAN BE SPENT DOWN? WELL THIS IS, LUCKILY THIS IS OUR LOSS REVENUE, SO WE CAN SPEND IT.
UM, AS I SAID, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE PIECE IN THE ALZHEIMER, UM, UM, IMPROVEMENT, ABOUT 30,000.
WE'LL SPEND THAT, UM, DRAIN PIPE LINING AND REPAIR.
THAT'S STORM WATER THAT'S UNDER, UM, PUBLIC WORKS CANAL WATER QUALITY, THAT'S THE AERATORS AND AGITATORS TO IMPROVE THE WALL QUALITY FACILITIES, INTERIOR RENOVATION, BATHROOM RENOVATIONS AT THE PARKS.
AND OF COURSE WE DO HAVE OUR FUTURE CITY HALL COMPLEX.
SO THAT IS DEFINITELY ONE THAT WE WANNA LOOK AT, UM, AS THE THE TIME COMES.
AND LASTLY, OUR SURTAX PROJECTS.
WE HAVE NORTHWEST 50TH AVENUE PLANNING IS COMPLETED MOVING INTO DESIGN AS THE HASTINGS PARKWAY.
IMPROVEMENT DESIGN IS AT 90% NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE.
AS I SAID, THAT'S IN PROCUREMENT, IS ADVERTISED FOR BID AND THE CITYWALK CITYWIDE SIDEWALK REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT PROJECT IS ON HOLD RIGHT NOW DUE TO, UM, THE BROWARD COUNTY UAZ PROJECT.
BUT WE ARE MOVING ALONG WITH THE OTHER THREE.
SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE CIP UPDATE.
AS I SAID, MOST OF THESE PROJECTS YOU WILL SEE IN THE PROPOSED, UM, FISCAL 26 THROUGH 29, 30 CIP.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET, IT'S STILL EARLY.
WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE OFF THE LIST, THE ONES THAT ARE MAYOR IN COMPLETION.
SO YOU'LL SEE A MORE UPDATED LIST AS, UH, BY SEPTEMBER.
ADAM MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST READDRESS AGAIN THE
UH, WHEN WOULD WE HAVE TO DO THAT? WHEN WILL THE COMMISSION, IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION TO DO THAT? WHEN WOULD THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? UM, UM, I WANNA SAY, WELL WE WOULD HAVE THE, THE MONIES ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED IN OUR TREASURY PORTAL.
SO WE, AT THIS POINT, WE HAVE ALLOCATED ALL OF OUR DOLLARS.
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UM, FOR INSTANCE, I'M JUST THROWING THIS OUT, MAYBE THE FIRE STATION OR THE FUTURE CITY HALL.UM, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO MAKE THAT DECISION SOMETIME.
I WON'T, MAYBE I'LL SAY THREE MONTHS, UM, TO GIVE US THE TIME TO REALLY MAKE THE DECISION, MAKE THE PREPARATIONS TO, IF WE'RE GONNA BUY PROPERTY OR SOMETHING, TO REALLY GET THAT IN PLAY.
AND OF COURSE THAT WOULD COME TO YOU, UM, AS A RESOLUTION.
OKAY, SO THAT CONCLUDES THE WORKSHOP.
THE, THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE.
IF THERE, AS I SAID, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE JOT JOTTED DOWN THROUGH MADAM UM, ACTON CITY MANAGER, WE CAN BRING THE INFORMATION BACK.
WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGHOUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE WILL BE SENDING YOU INFORMATION FOR YOUR DIRECTIVE AND UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THEM THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
I HAVE TAKEN DOWN NOTES FROM TONIGHT AS WELL.
SO WE WILL START THERE AND WE CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK MS. HEIDI FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION.
IF THE CITY COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE FUNDS FOR OUR AC PROGRAM, OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, WHAT IS THAT PROCESS? THAT WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION, A CONSENSUS FROM THE DAIS AND A RECOMMENDATION TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.
AND SHE WILL BRING THAT FORTH.
UM, BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE BUDGET FOR FY 2026.
AND ALSO OUR CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE PROGRAM APPEARS TO BE UNDERUTILIZED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS FOR THOSE FUNDS? I, I, THE LAST TIME I CHECKED WE WEREN'T QUITE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS WHETHER WE THOUGHT WE WERE WHICH PROGRAM IS THAT? ME? THE CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM? YES, MA'AM.
MS. HEIDI CONDOM MAYOR, IF I MAY.
SO YEAH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE REALLOCATED THE BROADBAND FUNDING INTO.
SO WE HAD A SPLIT WITH THE MINOR HOME REPAIR AND THE MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE.
SO THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WE DO NEED TO SPEND BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THOSE ARE IN SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026.
SO WE WITHIN, BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE LOST REVENUE CATEGORY, THAT'S IN THE REGULAR ARPA.
SO WE DO, THAT'S WHY IT'S SEPTEMBER.
SO WE, IF WE WANT TO MOVE IT INTO, SAY FOR INSTANCE CANAL STABILIZATION, WHICH IS IN THAT POT OR THAT CATEGORY, UM, WE CAN DO THAT.
IF WE WANTED TO MOVE IT INTO, IF WE SAW THE MINOR HOME REPAIR IS, HAS MORE TRACTION, WE CAN DEFINITELY MOVE THE FUNDING THERE WITH.
SO WHATEVER THE, WHATEVER PROGRAMS WE HAVE, UM, WHICH IS MOSTLY JUST THE CANAL STABILIZATION AND THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WITHIN THAT ARPA POT, WE CAN MOVE THEM AROUND SINCE THE BUT THE 4 MILLION THAT'S IN LOST REVENUE, WE CAN DO WHATEVER.
FOR THE CONDOMINIUM MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, SINCE IT IS BEING UNDER APPEARS TO BE UNDERUTILIZED AND WE WERE TRYING TO ASSIST CONDOMINIUM OWNERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT MAINTENANCE HAS, INCREASED ASSESSMENTS HAVE BEEN LEVIED FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
CAN THOSE MONIES ALSO BE USED TO ASSIST WITH ASSESSMENTS? WHEN I RESEARCHED IT AT THE TIME, MADAM MAYOR, BECAUSE WE, WE JUST CANNOT PAY THE, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE PAYING THE CONDIMENT, THE CONDO ASSOCIATION, UM, IT WASN'T AT THAT TIME ELIGIBLE.
I CAN DO SOME MORE RESEARCH AND SEE IF THAT'S, IF WE CAN FIND SOME LOOPHOLE AND I CAN DE DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO TREASURY TO SEE, BUT BECAUSE WE JUST CAN'T SIT, WE CAN'T PAY THE CONDO ASSOCIATION AND THERE'S NO, UM, REAL WORK DONE.
IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.
HOPEFULLY IT'S TO IMPROVE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDOS.
SO IF THERE'S NO WORK THAT'S GONNA BE DONE, WE JUST CAN'T PUT IT IN A POT.
I THINK, UM, YOU MADE THAT COMMENT BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE, BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING IT BACK AROUND AGAIN TO MAKE SURE AND I'LL, I'LL I'LL, UM, DOUBLE CHECK BECAUSE WE DO WANNA SPEND IT.
UM, WE ALSO DID GIVE SOME MONEY TO THE AC PROGRAM LAST YEAR THAT WAS FUNDED AT 50,000 AND WE BOOSTED ANOTHER 50,000 SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, PUT SOME MONEY THERE, UM, AS WELL MEAN 84 DEGREES AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
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YOU KNOW, YOU NEED AN AC MM-HMMAND I'M SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR ELDER AND OTHER RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN NEED OF ACS OR AC REPAIR.
WELL THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION FOR OUR WORKSHOP.
UM, AS MS HA, MS. BROCK STATED, WE HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE NOTES THAT WHAT WE NEED TO BRING BACK FOR YOU, UM, TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IMPROVEMENT BEFORE WE GET TO OUR FIRST READING, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE THAT TO US AND WE WILL INCORPORATE IT INTO OUR BUDGET.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AT THE WORKSHOP.
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A DETAILED PRESENTATION.
OH, YOU EVEN GETTING A APPLAUSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU MS. HEIDI FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND YOUR TEAM.
AND THANK YOU ALSO FINANCE TEAM AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.
UM, WE WENT THROUGH A VERY THOROUGH VIGOROUS PROCESS.
UM, WE LEARNED A LOT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS BUDGET TOGETHER AND WE'LL JUST CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH IT, UM, THROUGH THE ENTIRETY, THE REST OF THE, THE FEW MONTHS SO THAT WE, UM, THE END RESULT IS A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE'LL ADDRESS ALL OF YOUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AND WE'LL FINE TUNE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OF COURSE AND THE SALARIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BRING IT BACK IT'S DEFINITELY ACCURATE AND THE SALARIES REFLECT THE EDUCATION AND EVERYTHING THAT'S NEEDED.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, I THANK YOU MME. MASON, MADAM MAYOR, BUT BEFORE YOU HIT THAT GAVEL, UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT TO SAY I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD PUT PRIORITIZING WHAT WOULD COME FIRST, SECOND IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THESE ADDITIONAL, UM, ARE WE GONNA DO THAT THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF FIRST IF SAY FOR INSTANCE, THERE'S A PARTICULAR, UH, AREA THAT WE FROM A DEPARTMENT THAT WE ARE NOT WANTING.
SO CAN WE LIST THAT AS WELL AS TO WHAT'S FIRST, SECOND, THIRD? MADAM A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
WOULD YOU THAT LIKE THAT LISTED PER DEPARTMENT OR OVERALL PER DEPARTMENT? FOR INSTANCE, I SEE THAT HR HAS TWO POSITIONS, SO YOU'RE WANTING THOSE RANKED TO SEE WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT DONE FOR YOU MADAM COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU KINDLY.