* 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. [00:00:09] CHAMBER. R YOU ARE VIRTUAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR MEETING [1.  CALL TO ORDER] IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR COSAL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD. PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY. PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF [3.  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING] THE SPECIAL MEETING. A STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING. ONE. ADOPTING A TENTATIVE MILAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. TWO ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE CITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026 COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. ITEM [A.  RESOLUTION 2025-114 ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2025, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE.] FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF BUSINESS CONTAINED IN THE CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING FOR A MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 25 DASH 14. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026 COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. FURTHER SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A DATE AND TIME AND PLACE FOR A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING AND PROVIDING DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR THOMAS. I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 1 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR SWELL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ACKNOWLEDGE THE PRESENCE OF VICE MAYOR ASWELL. NOTED MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COMMISSION FOR ITS GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, 26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT. WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT HERE, MRS. SUSAN BERG, WHO WILL PRESENT AT THIS TIME. MS. BERG. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE CITY STAFF. I AM SUSAN GOODING FINANCIAL SERVICES CONSULTANT IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTE CHAPTER 200, SECTION 0 6 5. SUBSECTION TWO, PARAGRAPH E SUBPARAGRAPH ONE. THE FIRST SUBSTANTIVE ISSUE DISCUSSED SHALL BE A SHALL BE THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN MILLAGE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2026. THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS CONSIDERING A LEVY OF 8.60 MILLS, WHICH IS 6.07% ABOVE THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081 AT 95%. THE MILLAGE RATE WILL GENERATE A NET AMOUNT OF $17,462,205 LESS. THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT $3,291,438. THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE MAKES UP APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. A VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE IS ALSO LEVIED. THE PROPOSED VOTED DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE IS 0.4910 MILLS. THIS DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE IS APPLIED SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT FROM THE GENERAL FUND OBLIGATION BOND DRAWS APPROVED BY MAJORITY VOTE OF THE PARTICIPATING QUALIFIED ELECTORS. THE COMBINED PROPOSED MILAGE RATE IS 9.0910 FOR 1000 OF TAXABLE VALUE. THIS WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE PROPOSED MILAGE RATE. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYTHING VIRTUAL? MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR? NO, THERE ARE NO VIRTUAL COMMENTS. IF, IF THERE ARE NOT ANY [00:05:01] COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THE PROPOSED MILITARY RATE FOR ALL GENERAL CITY PURPOSES, EXCLUSIVE OF DEBT SERVICE WILL BE 8.6000 MILLS, WHICH REPRESENTS A 6.07% INCREASE IN THE MILAGE RATE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081 MILLS. THE PROPOSED MILITARY RATE FOR DEBT SERVICE FOR THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND IS 0.4910 MILLS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 14 APPROVING THE PROPOSED OPERATING PROPERTY TAX MILAGE RATE OF 8.6 AND VOTER APPROVED DEBT RATE OF OF 0.490. CAN I HAVE A QUESTION? YES. OH, THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE DISCUSSION. UM, SO SUE, I PROMISE I WON'T MAKE IT. UM, WE ARE INCREASING. THERE WAS, DID WE DID OUR BEST TO AVOID THAT. I DIDN'T. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS, NOT DECREASE IT, BUT AT LEAST NOT INCREASE IT. AND JUST WHY WAS THAT? THAT CAN, WHY DID NOT MS. LIBER YES. TO THE MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONER, THE MILLAGE FROM 2024 TO 2025 WAS THE EXACT SAME MILLAGE. 8.6. SO THAT HAS NOT INCREASED FOR THE OPERATING. IT HAS NOT INCREASED FOR THE DEBT, WHICH WAS ALSO 0.4910 THAT DID NOT INCREASE FOR 2025. 2026, NO MILEAGE INCREASE WAS, UM, INCLUDED FOR THIS 25 20 26 FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THANK YOU. SO WE ARE NOT INCREASING NO MILLAGE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAD MADAM. JUST NEEDED CLARITY. THANK YOU. IT, WHAT WAS, UM, MADAM LIBRARY? WHAT WAS THE, THE INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE IN LOWER DE LAKES. SO I WILL HAVE STAFF, UM, GET THAT INFORMATION FROM THE BROWARD PROPERTY APPRAISER. YES. MM-HMM. WE'LL GET THAT FOR YOU. OKAY. THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT THEIR PROPERTY TAXES WENT UP AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS BASED ON THE MILLAGE RATE BEING INCREASED. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO LET THEM KNOW IT'S BASED ON THE, THEIR PROPERTY VALUE BEING INCREASED. OKAY. SO MADAM CITY MANAGER, PLEASE GET THAT OUT. WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. BERG. UM, I YOU STRESS THAT IS 30% OF THE PROPERTY TAX, RIGHT? THAT'S GOING ON WHEN YOU GAVE YOUR REPORT? UM, THAT WE, IT'S NOT A FULL HUNDRED PERCENT. I'M SAYING THIS FOR A REASON BECAUSE, UM, LAST NIGHT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH, UM, FUTURISTIC OR WHAT'S COMING UP WITH OUR PROPERTY TAX BEING PUT ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WOULD, UM, CAN BE TAKEN OFF OR CONTINUE ON. AND YOU SEE THE PERCENTAGE THAT'S COMING FROM THE PROPERTY TAX TO THE CITY. AND IF THIS IS DEPLETED, WHAT WILL WE DO? WHERE WOULD THE SERVICES COME FROM? SO IT'S KEEN FOR THE RESIDENT TO TAKE NOTE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A PROPERTY TAX TO BE PUT ON SO THAT THE SERVICES CAN CONTINUE IN THE CITY. SO I I JUST WANNA STRESS IT AGAIN, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT EACH ONE OF US DO OUR SHARE. AND AS, UM, VICE MAYOR SAID, IT'S ACCORDING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF YOUR PROPERTY. SO PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THAT. WHEN ELECTIONS COME AROUND AND THEY'RE WANNA TAKE AWAY THE PROPERTY TAX FROM, YOU'RE SCREAMING, YAY, NO MORE PROPERTY TAX. ALL THIS AFFECTS US. IT AFFECTS US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I ECHO THAT SENTIMENT ALSO, MS. BERG, THAT RESIDENTS NEED TO HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, THE TAXES, NO SERVICES, BASICALLY. THAT'S WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. MADAM MAYOR, DO YOU, I'D LIKE TO ASK, UM, MS. BERG, UH, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE'VE HAD AN INCREASE OR DECREASE? I GUESS I'M TRYING TO SEE SINCE IT'S THE SAME AS LAST YEAR. UH, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 20, MAYBE 2019. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME ANY CHANGE WAS MADE IN THE MILLAGE RATE. SORRY. YOU MAY NOT KNOW. YEAH. BUT WE CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. THANK YOU. YOU BEFORE THE END OF THE MEETING. [00:10:01] OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS FROM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THAT WAS THE LAST CHANGE WAS 20, 20 19. YEAH, LAST. YEAH, THE LAST ONE. YEAH. WHICH WE INCREASE IT IN 2024. 2025. SO, AND WE ARE NOT DOING IT FOR 25, 26. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE LAST, EXCUSE ME, SORRY. I THINK THE QUESTION WAS ASKED CONCERNING THE 8.6 AND THAT STARTED IN 2019. RIGHT. AND IT HAS NOT CHANGED SINCE THAT TIME. THANK YOU. NO, I WAS ABOUT VICE MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT. I DON'T RECALL THAT LAST YEAR WE INCREASED. NO, WE NEVER INCREASED THE MILL RATE. IT WAS WHAT MADAM MAYOR, WE, THE MILLAGE RATE WAS NOT INCREASED. BUT AS I SAID, PROPERTY VALUE WENT UP AND A PROPERTY VALUE GOES UP. MR. KIA, MARTY AND HIS TEA IS GOING TO CHARGE MORE FOR EVERYTHING. AND ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT HOMEOWNERS MAYBE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IS THAT THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF OUR PROPERTY TAX RARELY COMES TO THE CITY BECAUSE BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD TAKES A BIG CHUNK AND THEN AFTER THAT THE COUNTY SOLD. BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WHATEVER THEY PAY, IT'S ALL FOR LORD OF DAY LAKES. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT A LOT OF OUR, THE FIRE RESCUE, OUR STORM WATER AND OUR WASTE IS ALL ADDED TO OUR TAXI. YOU KNOW, SUNRISE DOES NOT CHARGE FOR THEIR GARBAGE IS PAID SEPARATE. I THINK PLANTATION LAUDER HILL DOES THAT. IT'S NOT ADDED ON, BUT YOU SEE THE BIG, YOU GET A BIG BILL. AND WE ARE NOT, PEOPLE ARE NOT BREAKING IT DOWN. SO MAYBE AS ELECTED LEADERS, WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB TOO AND LET THEM KNOW HOW THE BREAKDOWN, BECAUSE THEY RARELY BELIEVE THAT, OH, I'M PAYING $5,000 A LIVING, WHATEVER IT IS, AND NOT REALIZING THAT THE MONEY IS NOT COMING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY IS A SMALL PORTION OF IT COMES TO THE CITY. THANK. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY JUST, I, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ARE HELPING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AND COMMISSIONER THOMAS HIT IT ON AHEAD. THE, THE MILLAGE RATE SPECIFICALLY, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM IF 2019 WAS THE LAST TIME THAT HAS CHANGED UP UNTIL NOW. RIGHT. JUST, UM, TO YOU, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, TO CONFIRM WITH STAFF. YES. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME. 8.6. HOWEVER, THE DEBT MILLAGE DID GO DOWN AND WE WILL GET TO THE EXACT DATE OF WHEN THE DEBT MILLAGE WENT DOWN. THANK YOU. BUT THE OPERATING MILLAGE DID NOT CHANGE SINCE 20. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. JUST A RECOMMENDATION PERHAPS, UM, TO MAYBE WHEN WE DO OUR NEXT NEWSLETTER AFTER THIS, UM, FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES. 'CAUSE WE WERE GIVEN THIS BREAKDOWN, UM, MADAM ACTON AND PROBABLY WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL TO SEE THAT. SO THIS WAY THEY SEE IT BEFORE US TO LET US KNOW IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE. NOTED. MADAM COMMISSIONER. NO. THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, PLEASE. MAD MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 1 4 TO FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM [B.  ORDINANCE 2025-010 APPROVING THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026, COMMENCING OCTOBER 1, 2025, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026] FOUR B. ATTORNEY, MAYOR, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS'. ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 0 A RESOLUTION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, THE LAKES, FLORIDA ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILITATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH [00:15:01] SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. FURTHER SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR THE SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHING OF A DATE AND TIME, UH, AND PLACE FOR A FINAL PUBLIC HEARING. PROVIDING FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS AS REQUESTED BY LAW ON THE TENTATIVE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025. 2026. BRING TO THE FLOOR A MOTION TO DISCUSS ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 0 1 0. I MOVE THAT WE BRING ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH ZERO ZERO TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL. A COMMISSIONER HARRISON, A COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS OR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC IN THE AUDIENCE OR ANY VIRTUAL VIRTUE? MADAM CLERK, YOU CHECKING? NO. NO. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU MADAM. A CM THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25 26 TENTATIVE BUDGET PROVIDING APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO OPERATE THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES OR FISCAL YEAR 25 26. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR ITS LEADERSHIP AND GUIDANCE THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS. THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS PROVIDED THE FRAMEWORK NEEDED TO OUTLINE THE PRIORITIES OF THE RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES COULD HAVE CONSULTANT MS. BERG WILL NOW, UM, CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. BERG. YES. UM, OR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, IF WE CAN REPLAY, I THINK, AND I WANNA STATE THAT I THINK THE ATTORNEY READ THE WRONG ITEM. HE SAID, UM, A MILLAGE AGAIN INSTEAD OF THE TENTATIVE BUDGET. SO PLEASE READ THE CORRECTION INTO, OTHERWISE THEY'LL MAKE US DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT AND I, UH, STAND, UH, INCORRECTION FOR THAT. UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 0 1 0, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 COMMENCING OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026. FURTHER SETTING A DATE AND TIME FOR A SECOND AND FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A DATE AND TIME FOR FINAL PUBLIC HEARING, PROVIDING FORWARD DIRECTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, PROVIDING, UH, AN EFFECTIVE DATE. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU, UH, MR. ATTORNEY. THANK YOU MS. LIBERT. THANK YOU. BOARD PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED. SO THE CITY HELD SEVERAL BUDGET MEETINGS AND WORKSHOP WITH THE CITY COMMISSION BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS AND THE PUB AND THE PUBLIC DURING THE FY 20 25, 20 26 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. THE FY 20 25, 20 26 TENTATIVE BUDGET INCLUDES 8.5 MIL FOR OPERATING AND A 1.0 MIL FOR RESERVE OF THE TOTAL FOR A TOTAL OPERATING MILLAGE OF 8.60 MS. I COULD SAY THAT AGAIN, THAT 0.1. YOU SAID ONE POINT. I WOULD SAY THAT AGAIN. THE FY 2025 TENTATIVE BUDGET INCLUDES 8.5 MIL FOR OPERATING AND 0.10 MIL FOR RESERVE FOR A TOTAL OPERATING MILLAGE OF 8.6. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO INCREASES IN THE MILLAGE. THERE ARE NO INCREASES IN THE NON AVALOR ASSESSMENT. THE ANNUAL FIRE ASSESSMENT RATE REMAINS AT $333 AND 84 CENTS PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT. THE ANNUAL SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT RATE REMAINS AT $272 PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT. AND THE ANNUAL STORM WATER ASSESSMENT RATE ALSO REMAINS AT $75 PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT. THE CURRENT MILLAGE RATE IS 6.07% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE OF 8.1081. THE FY 2026 TENTATIVE BUDGET OVERALL FOR ALL FUNDS IN THE CITY IS $111,813,166. THIS IS AN INCREASE OF [00:20:01] 2.3% FROM THE AMENDED BUDGET OF FY 2025 OF $109,000,333 878 BUCKS. SO I WILL GO INTO YOUR PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME. THAT AMOUNT THAT I READ WAS INCLUDE ALL FUNDS. SO INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET ARE ALL CORE FUNCTIONS. CITYWIDE OPERATIONS, PUBLIC SAFETY, PUBLIC WORKS, STORM WATER SOLID WASTE, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS YOU KNOW, WE INCLUDE THE RISING COURSE OF PERSONNEL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AS WELL AS INVESTMENT IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURES REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR FACILITY. OUR SENIOR AND ALZHEIMER PROGRAM IS ALSO INCLUDED AS WELL AS OUR DEBT OBLIGATION. THIS IS A CHART OF HOW THE 111 MILLION 8 13 166 IS BROKEN DOWN BY THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. I WOULD NOT GO THROUGH ALL OF THE FUNDS. THE MAJOR FUND OF THE CITY, UM, FOR 2026 IS 46,646,267. THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU HAD THE CHART. NOW YOU HAVE THE GRAPH TO SHOW YOU A DIFFERENT DISPLAY OF HOW IT IS BROKEN DOWN. THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS THE MAIN FUND OF THE CITY. THAT'S THE ONE I'M GONNA GO INTO AND I'M GONNA DIVE IN AND TALK A LITTLE MORE ON THAT. SO, AREAS OF RISING COURSE THAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR GENERAL FUND. OF COURSE, WE SAW OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, OUR GENERAL INSURANCE WENT UP. LEGAL SERVICES ARE GOING UP. WE ARE WORKING MORE CASES OVER TIME. IT'S ALSO A FACTOR AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES THAT IS WITHIN, UM, THE GENERAL FUND. UH, OUR BUDGET, OUR GENERAL FUND, ESTIMATED REVENUE FOR FY 2026 IS 30 33 MILLION 1 37, 38. AND WE HAD AN EXPENDITURE OF 34 WHEN ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT CAME TOGETHER. 34 MILLION 5 24 3 32. SO WE STARTED THIS BUDGET WITH A SHORTFALL OF APPROXIMATELY $1.4 MILLION. NOW HOW DO WE PROPOSE TO FUND THIS SHORTFALL? THERE ARE DIFFERENT IDEAS THAT WE CAN GO AROUND. WE CAN REDUCE SERVICE TO ADDITIONAL BUDGET CUT. WE CAN GO OUT FOR SHORT TERM FINANCING LOANS OR WE CAN UTILIZE FUND BALANCE. AND FOR THIS, UM, FISCAL YEAR, WE DID UM, UTILIZE FUND BALANCE TO CLOSE THE GAP. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WE NEED TO REVIEW ALL SERVICE CHARGES TO ENSURE THE FEES ARE APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA. UM, INTRODUCE NEW FEES, UM, THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY FREE OF SERVICES. UM, I HAVE UP HERE INCREASED MILITARY RATE. WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO DO THAT OF COURSE, BUT WE DO HAVE A RATE, COUPLE RATE STUDY COMING UP THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE DO OUR RATE STUDY, THAT WE ARE CHARGING THE RIGHT RATE TO FUND THE FUND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, OR AT LEAST FOR ALL OF THE SERVICES THAT WE NEED. AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY OUR FIRE ASSESSMENT AND OUR SOLID WASTE RATE STUDY THAT WILL BE COMING UP. GENERAL FUND INCLUDES PUBLIC SAFETY. OUR POLICE AND FIRE POLICE SERVICES IS FUNDED 100% WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. THE FIRE SERVICE IS FUNDED 40% WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND. THE REMAINING 60% IS WITHIN THE FIRE FUND, WHICH I WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE LATER ON. WE ALSO HAVE 30% FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE CRA COMMUNITY POLICING PROGRAM, WHICH IS SOME SHARED COURSE. WE HAVE OUR GENERAL OPERATION, OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC WORK, RECREATIONAL PROGRAMMING. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE A, JUST A SMALL PORTION OF OUR, UM, LOST REVENUE THAT IS REMAINING. THESE ARE ALL MAJOR REVENUE CATEGORIES AS VALOR, AS YOU SEE IS THE MAJORITY, [00:25:01] UM, 40 14 MILLION 1 7 0 7 6 7. WE STATED EARLIER, I STATED EARLIER THAT THAT REPRESENT AT LEAST 30% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. SO WE HAVE FRANCHISE FEES, UTILITY TAXES, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUE, THE SERVICE REVENUES. WE HAVE OUR FINES AND FORFEITURE. AND WE ALSO HAVE WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND REV APPROPRIATION THAT APPROPRIATION FROM THE FUND BALANCE THAT WE ARE USING FOR OUR CIP AND FOR OPERATION. I'VE PRESENTED THE 2025, I'VE PRESENTED THE 2026 AND YOU'LL SEE THE INCREASE DECREASE WITHOUT GOING OVER EACH LINE AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE INCREASE OR DECREASE. THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT, UM, AREA WHERE TO SHOW A GRAPH AREA TO SHOW ALL OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUE UNLESS WE TALK ABOUT OUR GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. AND OF COURSE YOU SEE THAT THE REVENUE AND THE EXPENDITURE HAVE TO BALANCE MAJOR CATEGORY, YOU KNOW, EXPENDITURES OR PERSONNEL SERVICES, OPERATING EXPENDITURES. UM, WE HAVE OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY. WE HAVE TO PAY OUR DEBT SERVICE. WE ALSO PROVIDE AIDS AND DONATION TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATION. WE ALSO TRANSFER OUT TO OUR CIP AS WELL AS FUND OTHER OF THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND THAT ARE THAT THE CITY, THE GO, THE GENERAL FUND SUPPORT. AND WE ALSO HAVE IN THEIR CONTINGENCY, WHICH REPRESENT, UM, A 0.1 MIL OF THE, FOR OUR BUDGET JUST SO THAT WE CAN SET THAT ASIDE FOR FUTURE EMERGENCY OR STABILIZATION IN OUR BUDGET. ANY, UM, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE OF A FACILITY THAT WE MAY HAVE. UH, THE QUESTION ARE JUST A GRAPH REPRESENTATION OF THE, THAT EXPENDITURE, THE GENERAL FUND. SO LET'S GO INTO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY LAY WITH THIS EXPENDITURE OF 46 MILLION 646 2 67. WE HAVE OUR ADVISORY BOARD AND I PROVIDE COMPARISON FROM THE TWO YEARS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE INCREASE FROM YEAR TO YEAR AS WELL AS THE PERCENTAGE CHANGE. UM, WE SEE OUR BSO FIRE, YOUR BSO POLICE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK. THESE ARE ALL OF THE FUNCTIONING DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY. I WILL NOW MOVE OVER TO OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS AND TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THOSE. SO ONE OF THE, UM, OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND IS OUR FIRE RESCUE. WE SPOKE ABOUT OUR FIRE ASSESSMENT. WE TALK ABOUT OUR FIRE FEE THAT WE COLLECT, UM, BSO CONSIDERATION OF 12.3 MILLION, UM, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 4.9 INCREASE FROM PRIOR YEAR. AS STATED BEFORE, 60% IS FUNDED IN THIS FIRE FUND. 40% COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR WAGE STUDY FOR OUR FIRE FEE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, I DON'T THINK IT WILL EVER GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT OF FUNDING THE FIRE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE ESCALATING COST OF THE UM, BSO. BUT AT LEAST WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE CLOSER. SO WE NEED TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THAT. IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE AS WELL AS THE FIRE INSPECTION. AND I DID READ THOSE RESIDENTIAL RATE, WHICH WERE NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. WE HAVE OUR GRANT FUND OF 5,000,760 3005 90. AND THIS IS, UM, AN ALLOCATED OF ALL OUR FUNDS THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING, EXPECT TO RECEIVE, RECEIVE SOME IN THE PAST. THE ONLY NEW ONE WAS THE LAST ONE, FDOT, THE LAB BRAND. UM, BUT THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT ARE COMMITTED AND THESE ARE WHAT IS GONNA BE IN OUR GRANT FUND SO THAT WE CAN, UM, MONITOR IT FOR THE FY 2026 FISCAL YEAR. OUR TRANSPORTATION GAS TAX FUND BUDGET OF 461,730. THAT'S MAIN, THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS. MINOR ROAD REPAIR OR STREET LIGHTING. AND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY OUR LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX AS WELL AS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH FDOT. THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR REVENUE. SO SOME OTHER MINOR SPECIAL REVENUE FUND INCLUDES OUR ALL ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER, UM, WHICH WE ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES. COMMU, UM, CDBG BLOCK GRANT, PROGRAM CODE ENFORCEMENT TRUSTS. WE HAVE OUR HOME [00:30:01] REPAIR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WE HAVE A HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST, UM, ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER FUND, THE ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACE FUND CODE ENFORCEMENT TRUST, AS WELL AS HOME REPAIR. THOSE ARE SUPPORTED WITH ALLOCATION FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO THERE ARE THREE ENTERPRISE FUND WITHIN THIS FOR THE CITY. WE HAVE OUR STORMWATER FUND, WHICH IS GONNA BE 10 MILLION 2 1 2 4 0 6. WE EXPECT TO DO A LOT OF WORK THIS YEAR IN 20 FY 2026. BUT OUR STORMWATER, IT HAS A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. THE RATE HAS NOT CHANGED. WE HAVE OTHER STATE GRANT AND WE DO HAVE, UM, THE APA PIECE THAT IS IN HERE THAT NEED TO BE SPENT DOWN AT LEAST BY SEPTEMBER, 2026. UM, BASED ON, UM, THE REGULATION, IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SPENT BY DECEMBER, 2026. BUT IF WE HAVE THE GOAL OF SPENDING IT BY SEPTEMBER, 2026, I THINK WE WILL MORE THAN MEET THE, UM, THE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT. SO THIS IS WHAT IS FUNDING AND SOME MAJOR WORK TO BE DONE. AND WE EXPECT A MAJORITY OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE CIP WILL BE DONE IN FY 2026. AND IT WILL BE STORM MORTAR. SO WE HAVE OUR SOLID WASTE FUND. IT SITS AT 2,156,981. THAT IS SUPPORTED ALSO BY OUR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND OTHER CONTRACTUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT. OUR THIRD, UH, ENTERPRISE FUND IS OUR BUILDING, UH, BUILDING SERVICE FUND, WHICH IS 1.6 MILLION 1,647,344. AND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY OUR PERMITS FEE. OUR PLAN REVIEWS, UH, MAYBE THAT NEEDS TO JUST LOOK, UH, TAKE US, MAKE US LOOK A LITTLE BETTER AND SEE HOW THE FEES ARE. BUT THIS IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING SUPPORTING OUR BILLING FUND. AND BASED ON STATE LAW AND STATE STATUTE, IT NEEDS TO BE AN ENTERPRISE FUND. WHEN WE COLLECT PERMIT FEES AND PLAN, DO OUR PLANNING REVIEWS, I'LL MOVE INTO OUR, UM, CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN. AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT FIVE YEARS. SO ONE YEAR WE MAY CONCENTRATE MORE ON ANOTHER YEAR, WE MAY DO SOMETHING ELSE, BUT OVERALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE FIVE YEAR SITS AT 52,686,911. HOWEVER, FOR FY 2026 BUDGET, WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY, THAT, UM, EXPENDITURE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, IT'S 37 MILLION 642, 931. SO THAT'S A VERY, A MAJORITY OF THAT 52 MILLION. AND WE ARE EXPECTING TO DO A LOT OF WORK IN FY 2026. IT INCLUDES 46 43 PROJECTS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FUNDED AND THERE ARE NO NEW PROJECTS ADDED. SO THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WAS COMING FROM THE PAST THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO, ESPECIALLY THE STORM WATER. AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU SEE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND YOU SEE BY THE FUNDING SOURCE THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STORES THAT IS FUNDING IT. AND I JUST WANT US TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LINE TO THE COLUMN FOR THE FY 25 26. WE'VE INCLUDED UP TO TWO 2030. BUT UM, I JUST WANT US TO PAY ATTENTION JUST TO SEE WHERE THAT 37 MILLION, HOW IT'S BROKEN DOWN. GENERAL FUND PORTION, THE STORM WATER GRANTS, WHAT'S COMING FROM BROWARD COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SUR TAX, UM, FROM CITY DEBT, UM, BUT FROM THE GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION. ALSO INCLUDED HERE IS THE CRA. UM, 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A MAJOR CHUNK IN THIS 37 MILLION, UH, OF, FOR THEIR CAPITAL PROJECT. THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWED THE DEPARTMENT THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SPENDING THIS 37 MILLION. UM, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UH, 10 MILLION PLUS. WE HAVE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS TRANSPORTATION ALSO AT ONE, ALMOST 1.8 PARKS, 2 MILLION AND ENGINEERING AND OUR CRE, THEY'LL BE CARRYING THE BULK AND THE ENGINEERING, UM, THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE IN OUR STORMWATER. SO THEY WILL BE CARRYING THE BULK OF THIS TO BE SPENT DOWN INTO FY 2026. SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER, UH, GRAPH SHOWING YOU HOW IT IS DISPLAYED AND ALL OF THAT. UM, SO I WILL MOVE INTO PROGRAM MARCH. UH, WE PRESENTED THE COMMISSION, UM, WITH, UH, THE PROGRAM MARCH THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT. THE FACT THE PROGRAM MOD IS NOT, AND I WANNA EMPHASIZE IS NOT INCLUDED [00:35:01] IN THIS BUDGET. WE ARE AWAITING THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION AS TO WHAT, BECAUSE YOU PROVIDED IT TO YOU. UM, SO YOU WILL DO YOUR RANKING AND YOU WILL TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO INCLUDE. AGAIN, I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION ARE NOT IN THIS BUDGET THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TODAY. AND THESE ARE THE, THE BREAKDOWN OF, UM, THE FIN AND THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE DIFFERENT FUNDS. AND WE JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SHOWING YOU THE PROGRAM MARKS KEY IMPORTANT DATE, OF COURSE TODAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, ADOPT THE PROPOSED MILLAGE AND TENTATIVE BUDGET. UM, THE NEXT IMPORTANT DATE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 22ND, WHERE WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL FY 2026 BUDGET ADOPTION. THIS IS OUR FIRST READING. AND OF COURSE, BY, UM, APPROVING THIS AND, AND APPROVING ON THE SEPTEMBER 22ND WILL ALLOW US TO START OCTOBER ONE, OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR. SO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AS APPROVED WILL BE ADVERTISED IN THE SUN SENTINEL, A LOCAL NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2025 BY THE MAYOR COMMISSIONER. IT IS MY OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I CONCLUDE THIS REPORT AND THIS PRESENTATION. THIS ALSO IS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL, HEARING FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANY VIRTUAL MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NOT ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HERE, OR VIRTUAL PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW CLOSED AT THIS TIME, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, ABSOLUTELY. HI SUSAN. THANK YOU FOR THAT WONDERFUL PRESENTATION. LOVED IT. SO, SUCH A IMPROVEMENT IN EXPLAINING THINGS . SO THANK YOU. SO THIS, UM, THE, THE, THE, WE'RE IN THE RED HERE AND WE ARE GETTING THAT MONEY TO KICK US OUT OF THE RED FROM THE FUND BALANCE. CORRECT. AND HOW MUCH IS IN THE FUND BALANCE? UH, UH, CURRENTLY, UM, WITH THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR FY 2023, THE FUND BALANCE SITS AT APPROXIMATELY 24 MILLION UNASSIGNED. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING OUR FY 2024. OKAY. SO I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER FOR YOU. OKAY. BUT WE ESTIMATED TO AT LEAST INCREASE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU MS. LEBERT FOR GREAT PRESENTATION. MY QUESTION WAS GEARED TOWARDS THE SHORTAGE AS WELL. IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF THOSE? UM, I THINK YOU SAID IT'S NOT, BUT THOSE DIFFERENT, UH, MOD PROGRAM MODIFICATION THAT NEEDS OUR RANKING. YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE PROGRAM MARKS ARE NOT, NOT BIG LETTERS TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO ON THE, UH, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE, UM, THE AIDS AND DONATIONS, THAT WAS A LOT. SO CAN I, DO YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN ON NOT WHERE THIS MONEY, WHO ARE THESE AIDS AND DONATIONS MONEY GOING ON? UM, $640,000. WHERE'S WHERE, WHO, WHO ARE WE GIVING THESE MONEY TO? WE CAN DEFINITELY, AT THIS POINT, WE, LET'S GET THAT FOR YOU RIGHT NOW TO SEE, TO SEE. I I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN A, A NOTCH THAT A NOTCH MORE THAN A NOT. YEAH, THAT'S CRAZY. WHAT, SO MS. LIBER, ONCE THE MODIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZED AND INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET, THEN WHAT'S THE NEXT PROCESS? SO YOU WILL PRESENT THAT TO THE CITY MANAGER THAT WILL COME TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL INCLUDE IT BEFORE THE SECOND READING FOR YOU. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR. MS. BERT, I'M GOING BACK TO GRANT FUND AND IN IT, I THERE IS MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE FOR 4 41 AND THE $90 FOUR. 41,000. [00:40:02] AND THE $90, I DON'T REMEMBER IF WE THERE WAS ANYTHING IN THE BUDGET FOR 2025 FOR MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE. I KNOW THEY HAD IT. 2023. SO THIS, YOU SAID IT IS A GRANT. COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE WHERE THIS, UH, MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE GRANT WILL BE COMING FROM? ABSOLUTE, UH, TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE WILL GET THAT INFORMATION. THE STAFF JUST WENT BACK, SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE WE END THE PRESENTATION, WE WILL THANK YOU. GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. UM, QUESTION. UM, DO YOU MA'AM, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU. UM, JUST LOOKING AT THESE NEW POSITIONS, MAYBE I'M LOST AND NOT UNDERSTANDING IT, BUT, UM, IS NOW THE TIME TO ADVOCATE FOR WHAT WE FEEL WOULD BE A GOOD POSITION IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO YOU? MADAM MAYOR? UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. I AM NOT SURE HOW THE PROCESS OF PROTOCOL WAS IN PRIOR YEAR. I WOULD BAT THAT ONTO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IF THAT COULD BE A DIRECTION. I'M NOT SURE. ACT CITY MANAGER. ACTING CITY MANAGER. SORRY. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. I DID SEND AN EMAIL WITH THE POSITIONS FOR RANKING. THE COMMISSION MAY CHOOSE TO RANK THOSE POSITIONS AND RETURN THEM SO THAT THEY CAN BE INCLUDED. AND YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, OF COURSE, DISCUSS RIGHT NOW. AND STAFF IS HERE IF THERE ARE ANY DIRECT QUESTIONS YOU HAVE RELATED TO THOSE POSITIONS. YEAH, SO I, I JUST WANTED, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO POSITIONS THAT I, I HOPE IS, UM, FOR US TO CONSIDER. ONE IS, UH, WE SAID IT BEFORE, A GRANTS WRITER. UM, I FEEL LIKE A GRANTS WRITER WOULD BE HELPFUL WITH A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, WHAT THEY GET IS GONNA PAY FOR THEIR OWN POSITION. AND NUMBER TWO, UM, A SPECIAL EVENTS STAFF COORDINATOR. UH, SOMEBODY WHO CAN FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON THE INITIATIVES AND EVENTS OF THE COMMISSION. SO WHAT THE CITY DOES GENERALLY DOESN'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE COMMISSION, WE'RE GONNA BECOME MORE ACTIVE. SO SOMEBODY THAT CAN FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THE INITIATIVES AND THE, UM, EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE COMMISSIONERS, THAT THAT'S THEIR SOLE OR ONE OF THEIR MAIN PRIORITIES RIGHT NOW. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT I CAN SPEAK ON NOW, BUT I'LL GO THROUGH THE RANKING AND CHOOSE. ARE THOSE TWO IN INCLUDED ON THE, THE, I'M SORRY. I WAS SPEAKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. OH, SORRY. ABOUT GRANTS WRITER. WHAT? THE GRANTS WRITER. SECOND ONE WAS THE SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COMMISSIONS. UH, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UM, INITIATIVES AND EVENTS. SOMEBODY WHO'S SOLELY COULD FOCUS ON JUST THAT. AND WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? UM, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THE LIST. OKAY. BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. AND CAN, CAN THAT LIST BE ADDED TO ITEMS ADDED TO THAT LIST THAT YOU WANT US TO RANK? UM, I KNOW THE GRANTS WRITER IS IN THAT LIST. I'M NOT SURE AS A SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR. I DON'T BELIEVE SO. DO YOU MAD MAYOR, LOOKING AT THE LIST. I SAW THE, UM, GRANTS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN, CAN DEFINITELY ADD IT PRIOR TO THE NEXT OH YEAH. AND, AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MS. HARRISON. UM, I'M, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE, UM, I THINK THAT WHEN WE DO EVENTS, YOU KNOW, STAFF DOES AN AMAZING JOB. BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES, UH, WHEN WE WANNA DO AN INITIATIVE, THE CITY'S ALREADY PLANNING AN EVENT AROUND THAT TIME. AND IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY CAN'T DO IT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LABOR INTENSIVE WORK AND JUST SOMEBODY THAT CAN BE, THAT CAN PLAY POINT PERSON FOR WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS NEED, UM, IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY'S NEEDS IN TERMS OF EVENTS AND INITIATIVES. UM, SO YEAH, OBJECTION. NO. AN OPPORTUNITY ATTORNEY, STATE ATTORNEY? YES MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, ON THE QUESTION OF HOW, UH, THE COMMISSION WILL DETERMINE WHAT OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS ACTUALLY GET INTO THE BUDGET? UH, I DO AND I'VE RECOMMENDED TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS TO THIS COMMISSION NOW THAT THAT PROCESS SHOULD BE A PUBLIC PROCESS. UH, SO TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ARE DETERMINING WHAT OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS YOU WANNA PUT IN THE BUDGET, UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT NOT BE DONE THROUGH THE MANAGER, BUT THROUGH A DISCUSSION AND, UH, DETERMINATION BY, BY THE COMMISSION. NOW AGAIN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REQUIRE A VOTE, BUT COMMISSION TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ARE RANKING OR ORDERING THOSE MODIFICATIONS THAT SHOULD BE ACCOMMODATED IN YOUR PUBLIC PROCESS. [00:45:04] ANY OTHERS COMMENTS? ANYTHING ELSE, MS. BY NOT AT THIS MIGHT, MAY NOT AT THIS TIME. ANYTHING ELSE? ION MAX, ADAM, MAYOR. SORRY, I WANTED DEFER. MR. THOMAS? YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO EVEN WITH THE RANKING, I DID RANK, DIDN'T BRING IT IN, BUT THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION IS ENHANCEMENT AS IT HAS ON HERE IS DIFFERENT FROM NEW POSITION, BUT THOSE ARE BEING RANKED AS WELL IN THE OVERALL TO YOU. MADAM MAYOR? YES. COMMISSIONER. GOOD MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I WANNA SEND US HOME. SO, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 0 FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR. SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. DO ITEM FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF OTHER MATTERS BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM SIX ADJOURNMENT. 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.