* 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. [00:00:04] RECORDING IN PROGRESS. [1.  CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE'RE SO GLAD THAT THERE'S SO MANY OF YOU ALL HERE AND I KNOW YOU'RE HERE FOR A SPECIAL OCCASION, BUT I AM INVITING YOU BACK AGAIN ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH TUESDAYS FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING. WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE. PLEASE TURN OFF FOR SILENCE. ALL YOUR CELL PHONES AND ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES SHOULD HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO. PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH 54. PARENTHESES TWO OF THE COURT OF ORDINANCES PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH 54 OF A CODE OF ORDINANCES EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION. MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME. THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME. EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FORM PUBLIC FORM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION. CHAMBERS, THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING. AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OF INDIVIDUAL OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONERS. OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR OCTOBER 28TH IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. WILL CALL MADAM CLERK PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE VICE MAYOR SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER PRESENT, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER LOCKETT PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO US TONIGHT BY MINISTER HEATHER DEVON FROM THE REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH. GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND, UH, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CITY OFFICIALS, MAYOR AND OUR WONDERFUL CITIZENS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING ME ON SUCH A SPECIAL OCCASION. UM, I KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A CELEBRATION, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT OUR HEARTS ARE VERY HEAVY, UH, WHEN WE CONSIDER WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR WORLD WITH THE, UM, RECENT HURRICANE, UH, THE LARGEST HURRICANE TO HIT THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA. UM, AND THAT HITS HOME FOR MANY OF US. UM, MYSELF INCLUDED. UM, MANY OF US HAVE ROOTS IN JAMAICA OR THEY HAVE, WE HAVE FAMILIES OR FRIENDS THAT ARE PART OF JAMAICA. AS A MATTER OF FACT, OUR CITY HAS AT LEAST 15,000 MEMBERS THAT ARE, UM, OF THE JAMAICAN DESCENT. AND LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE OF JAMAICANS OF ANY CITY IN THE UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TOP. SO IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS TODAY. BUT EVEN THOUGH OUR ROOTS MAY BE IN JAMAICA AS YOUR CLERGY THAT'S VISITING, I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT OUR ROOTS ARE IN OUR LORD. AMEN. GOD HAS OUR ROOTS AND HE SEES US AND HE KNOWS OUR PAIN AND THAT WE ARE HURTING. SOMETIMES WE ASK OURSELVES WHY THESE THINGS HAPPEN, WHY THIS WOULD HAPPEN. JOHN 1633 TELLS US WHEN JESUS SPOKE AND SAID, IN THIS WORLD YOU WILL HAVE TRIBULATIONS, THERE WILL BE TROUBLES, THERE WILL BE TRIBULATIONS. BUT DO NOT LOSE HEART. FOR I HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD. I KNOW WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND THINGS WOULDN'T GO WELL, I WOULD GO TO MY MOTHER AND [00:05:01] SHE'D SAY, HEATHER, IT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD. WE DO HAVE A SCRIPTURE THAT REMINDS US THAT GOD IS A VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE. AND AS A LUTHERAN, WE ALSO HAVE A MISSION THAT THE WORK IS GOD'S WORK, OUR HANDS. AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF CITY THAT WILL PUT OUR HANDS AND OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO RALLY AROUND NOT ONLY JAMAICA BUT THE OTHER ISLANDS, CUBA THAT MAY BE AFFECTED AND IMPACTED. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF PEOPLE WE ARE. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF CITY THAT WE ARE IN. SO GOD IS ALSO HERE TO HELP US TO DO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO. JAMAICA'S A LITTLE ISLAND, BUT WE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT JAMAICA BEING LITTLE, BUT IT'S TALLAC, WHICH ALSO MEANS NO NONSENSE. SO I KNOW THAT THE SPIRIT OF JAMAICA WILL BE STRONG AND WE'LL PUT OUR RESOURCES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RALLY AROUND THEM IN SUPPORT. BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO GIVE AN INVOCATION FOR OUR GREAT WORK THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE CITY. SO LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY TO THANK YOU FOR OUR SEA, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IT. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERS THAT YOU HAVE PLACED IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE PRAY FOR YOUR GRACE TO BE UPON OUR MAYOR. THIS COUNCIL AND OUR CITY STAFF GRANT THEM WISDOM TO GUIDE OUR CITY THROUGH THESE CONFLICTING TIMES. WE PRAY THAT YOUR WISDOM WILL GUIDE THEM WITH A DEEP SENSE OF JUSTICE, INTEGRITY, AND GENUINE CONCERNS FOR THE NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR CITIZENS. GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER IN HARMONY, EVEN IN DISAGREEMENT, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE THE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS FOR ALL. AS WE BEGIN THIS MEETING, WE ASK FOR YOUR GRACE AND YOUR PEACE AND HUMBLE HEARTS THAT OUR DECISIONS WILL BE PRODUCTIVE AND OUR ACTIONS WILL REFLECT YOUR WILL. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU MAY BE SEATED. THANK YOU MINISTER DEVON FOR THAT PRAYER FOR OUR CITY, FOR THE PRAYER, FOR OUR MAYOR AND OUR COMMISSION, THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO GOD'S WORK WITH OUR HANDS. AND ALSO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO LET OUR AUDIENCE KNOW THAT THE GREAT WEEK HERE CITY STANDS IN SUPPORT AND SOLIDARITY OF JAMAICA, HAITI, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CUBA. AS WE KNOW, A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE OF JAMAICAN HERITAGE AND JAMAICAN CULTURE. AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES STANDS IN SUPPORT AND IS PRAYING FOR THE ISLANDS THAT HAVE BEEN AND WILL BE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE MELISSA. SO LET'S JOIN HANDS. LET US JOIN HEARTS IN PRAYING THAT GOD'S WILL WILL BE MERCIFUL AND FAVORABLE TOWARDS ALL AFFECTED. ITEM [A.  RECOGNITION - HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD'S RECOGNITION TO VICE MAYOR TYCIE CAUSWELL AS A 2025 BROWARD COUNTY PIONEER] FOUR, OUR PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. ITEM FOUR, A RECOGNITION, HISTORIC PRESERVATION, BOARDS RECOGNITION OF VICE MAYOR TYSON SWELL AS THE 2025 BROWARD COUNTY PIONEER. WOO. MAYOR VERONICA EDWARD PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR TY SWELL COMMISSIONERS EASTERN HARRISON, CARLENE, MAXWELL WILLIAMS, SHARON THOMAS, ACTING CITY MANAGER THERESA BROWN, STUBBS , ATTORNEY SIDNEY CALLOWAY, CITY, ACTING CITY CLERK VITRI BERNICE WATSON, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, FELLOW CITIZENS. MY NAME IS CAROLYN FIFE AND UM, I'M REPRESENTING THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD. IT IS WITH MUCH PLEASURE AND GRATITUDE FOR A LONG AND COMMITTED SERVICE TO THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD ITSELF THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. [00:10:10] I AM GONNA ASK THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR TO COME DOWN PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. I FEEL HUMBLED THAT YOUR BOARD COULD DECIDE THAT I AM. UM, I WOULD SAY NOT, I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD RECOGNIZED. I WOULD SAY THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT IT WAS BEFITTING FOR ME TO BE NOMINATED AS THE BROWARD COUNTY PIONEER FOR DALE LAKES. I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN DALE LAKES FOR, I WOULD SAY FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY. 42 YEARS HAVE GONE BY. AND I WOULD LOOK AT IT AS IS, AS IF IT WERE YESTERDAY. I KNOW THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ONE CAN DO IN A COMMUNITY IS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN'T DEPEND ON OTHERS OUTSIDE TO DO THINGS THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO. AND IT'S MORE THAN 37 YEARS THAT I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE COMMUNITY AND I TRIED MY BEST. I KNOW FAILURES ARE IMPORTANT 'CAUSE IT'S ONLY THROUGH FAILURES YOU CAN SUCCEED. SO I KNOW THERE WERE MANY, MANY TIMES I FAILED, BUT I RARELY TRIED BECAUSE ONE THING FOR SURE, I CAN TELL YOU I FELL IN LOVE WITH LORD DE LAKES OVER 42 YEARS AGO WHEN I DECIDED TO MAKE HERE MY HOME. AND I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH THE CITY. I CARE ABOUT IT. I LOVE THE PEOPLE AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT I CAN DO. AND SO ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU LADIES. NO, NO MAN, OH NO ON BOARD. HE, THAT HE GRADUATED THAT YOU COULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT ME AND I DON'T WANT TO CRY. THAT'S OKAY. THAT YOU COULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I AM WORTHY. AND THERE, I ALWAYS SAY THERE IS WORK PEOPLE VALUE YOUR WORK, BUT DO THEY VALUE YOUR WORTH? AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT NOT THAT NOT ONLY THAT YOU VALUE MY WORK, BUT YOU REALLY VALUE MY WORK. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU EVER SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE WE ARE GOING TO HEAD DOWN TO HOLLYWOOD NEXT SATURDAY DOWN AT HOLLYWOOD MONROE STREET FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO FOR THOSE WHO CAN MAKE IT, IT STARTS AT 12, REFRESHMENT AT 12, AND THEN THE CEREMONY WILL START AT 1:00 PM SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS CITY BECAUSE THIS IS OURS, OUR LITTLE PART OF BIG AMERICA. AND [00:15:01] WE HAVE TO DO, WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE CAN DO. SO MAY CAN WE HAVE A PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TAKE YOUR CERTIFICATE. TAKE CARE CERTIFICATE. GOOD. OKAY. I'VE NEVER SEEN YOU CHOKED UP, BUT THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, I DID. LET'S CONGRATULATE VICE MAYOR COWELL AGAIN FOR HER WORK AND FOR HER WORTH. ITEM [B.  PROCLAMATION - CELEBRATING FLORIDA CITY WEEK] FOUR B PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING FLORIDA CITY WEEK, FLORIDA, FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK. I JUST, WHEREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS THE GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE AND THE ONE WITH THE MOST DIRECT DAILY IMPACT. MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, ENCOURAGE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM AND THE ELEVATION OF DIVERSE VOICES IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE. AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IS ADMINISTERED FOR AND BY ITS CITIZENS AND IS DEPENDENT UPON PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF ITS MANY RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. AND WHEREAS MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES SHARE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PASS ALONG THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THEIR MUNICIPALITIES. AND WHEREAS IT IS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST FOR OUR NATION'S LEADERS TO FOSTER CIVIC DISCOURSE, EDUCATION AND PARTICIPATION IN FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AFFAIRS. AND WHEREAS THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN CIVIC FORMS, EDUCATE CITIZENS ON THEIR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, ENCOURAGE GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND PARTICIPATION IN EVERY 10 YEARS CENSUS ACTIVITY. AND WHEREAS FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNIFICANT ROLE PLAYED BY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN OUR LIVES AND TO SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL FLORIDIANS THAT THEY CAN SHAPE AND INFLUENCE THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS PROMOTED THE FOLLOWING EVENTS THAT RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK, THESE EVENTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK RECOGNITION, VETERANS DAY RECOGNITION, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACADEMY, YOUTH COUNCIL, GAME CHANGERS. WE CAN DEV SERVICE MLK EVENT ALONG WITH MANY OTHER HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL EVENTS. NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA AT PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE OCTOBER 20TH TO OCTOBER 26TH AS FLORIDA CITY GOVERNMENT WEEK AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TY SWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS IN ENCOURAGING ALL CITY OFFICIALS, CITY EMPLOYEES AND [00:20:01] CITIZENS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS THAT RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE FLORIDA GOVERNMENT WEEK. AND WITNESS, THEREFORE, I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE A FIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS MAYOR. AND WE ARE GOING TO ASK OUR ACTING, ACTING CITY MANAGER , MS. ERICA LOCKETT TO ACCEPT THIS . THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS MS. ERICA LOCKETT. MS. ERICA LOCKETT IS AT THIS TONIGHT, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. BUT MS. LOCKETT IS ALSO DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS, UM, PROCLAMATION. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WE WORK HARD TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, UM, ON WHAT IT IS TO WORK IN CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE THINGS WE DO AND IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MARKET. NEXT [C.  PROCLAMATION - CELEBRATING MRS. SALOME CRAWFORD BAILEY'S 100th BIRTHDAY (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)] ITEM FOUR C PROCLAMATIONS CELEBRATING MRS. SALOME CRAWFORD BAILEY 100TH BIRTHDAY SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS. I I THINK THAT DESERVES A STANDING OVATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO STAND YET, BUT IS THIS BEAUTIFUL QUEEN DOWN HERE IN THE, UH, FUCHSIA COLOR REPRESENTING, UH, BREAST HISTORY MONTH. CELEBRATE MISS SALOMI CRAWFORD BAILEYS. YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SALOMI CRAWFORD BAILEY'S HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY. YOU KNOW, THIS IS DEFINITELY A GEM CITY. THIS IS A HIDDEN TREASURE RIGHT HERE IN THE WEEK HERE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. WE HAVE SO MANY HAVE CELEBRATED SO MANY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND EVEN SOMEONE 102, 101. SO WHATEVER WATER WE'RE DRINKING IN HERE, I HOPE YOU GET A TASTE OF IT AS WELL. WHEREAS MS. SALOME CRAWFORD BAILEY AFFECTIONATELY CALL ON SAL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 4TH, 1925 IN MANCHESTER, JAMAICA TO THE LATE IRENE AGATHER RUDDS AND WILLIAM CRAWFORD. SHE WAS THE FIRST DAUGHTER AND SECOND CHILD OUT OF 12 CHILDREN BORN TO IRENE AND THE FIRST OF SIX CHILDREN FATHERED BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD. AND WHEREAS MS. CRAWFORD BAILEY BEGAN HER FORMAL EDUCATION AT ROSE HILL, ALL, ALL AGE SCHOOL WHERE SHE EXCELLED, SHE DID NOT COMPLETE HER FORMAL EDUCATION AS SHE ATTENDED AT AN EARLY AGE TO HER SIBLINGS. HOWEVER, THE EARLY RESPONSIBILITIES OF CARE TAKEN AND GAINED EXPERIENCES SERVED HER WEALTH THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. SHE MAINTAINED CLOSE FAMILY STRUCTURE AFTER THE PASSING OF HER PARENTS. AND WHEREAS IN 1959, THAT WAS A GOOD YEAR. THAT WAS WHEN I WAS BORN. , MS. CRAWFORD DALEY MOVED TO KINGSTON TO FURTHER HER DREAMS AND WITHIN A FEW YEARS, HER ENTIRE FAMILY FOLLOWED HER. IN 1968, SHE MIGRATED TO NEW YORK CITY TO CONTINUE HER QUEST. AND ONCE AGAIN, HER FAMILY FOLLOWED HER. I HAVE TO TOUCH WHAT'S ON HER 'CAUSE EVERYBODY'S FOLLOWING HER. WHEREAS IN 1995, MS. CRAWFORD BAILEY RETIRED TO FLORIDA AND MADE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HER HOME. [00:25:01] SHE WAS FOLLOWED BY HER SIBLINGS AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHO ALL MADE FLORIDA THEIR NEW HOME AS WELL. AND WHEREAS MS. CRAWFORD BAILEY'S IMMEDIATE FAMILY CONSISTS OF HER LATE HUSBAND, MR. VINCENT SONS, LLOYD BRETT, AND THE LATE CLAYTON GRIFFITH GRANDSONS LLOYD JR. JASON AND RASHID AND GRANDDAUGHTER, THE LATE LAUREN BRETT. AND WHEREAS MS. SALOME CRAWFORD BAILEY ACHIEVE THE MILESTONE OF 100 YEARS OF AGE ON AUGUST 4TH, 2025. NOW THEREFORE, THE MAYOR, VERONICA EDWARDS PHILIP, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY, VESTED IN HER AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MS. SALOMI CRAWFORD BAILEY'S HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY AND JOIN TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TY SWELL COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLEEN MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS, AND ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN CELEBRATION OF MS. SALOMI CRAWFORD BAILEY'S 100TH BIRTHDAY. IN WITNESS THEREOF, SHE HAS A FIX HERE ON TO SET HER HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025. VERONICA EDWARDS, PHILIP MAYER, ATSS PAV, DENNIS AIR WATSON, PLEASE GIVE HER A HAND AS SHE AND HER FAMILY COME FORWARD. COME ON UP, MS. HUNDRED YOUNG. HERE YOU GO, MY DARLING. THE FLOOR IS YOURS. YOU CAN GREET THOSE THAT ARE HERE. HERE'S A MICROPHONE HERE. RIGHT? I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING MY FAMILY, THANK MISS JACKIE. IN THE DAYS I SPEND MY DAYS AT CITY HALL WITH MISS JACKIE AND MISS ERICA AND ALL THE GIRLS I ENJOY, UM, BEING AT THE CITY HALL IN THE DAYS I ENJOY FAMILY PEOPLE. I LOVE PEOPLE. I LOVE GOD. WELL, YOU HAVE TO LOVE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU CAN LOVE GOD. SO I LOVE GOD. I LOVE PEOPLE. AMEN. AND I LOVE A LOT OF FORT LAUDERDALE. LAUDERDALE LAKES. LAUDERDALE LAKES. I LOVE LAUDERDALE LAKES. . YES, YES. I'M 100 YEARS OLD. THE MEMORY'S NOT AS GOOD AS BEFORE. BUT YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T REMEMBER TO PUT THE WORDS TOGETHER, BUT I DO WHAT I CAN. YOU DID WHAT I CAN. I I COME FROM A BIG FAMILY. I WAS NOT ABLE TO FINISH SCHOOL. I LEFT SCHOOL WHEN I WAS 14 TO HELP MY MOTHER WITH THE REST OF THE CHILDREN. YES. AND I WORK, I HELP THE CHILDREN, I HELP MY PARENTS AND I STRUGGLE UNTIL I REACH HERE. AMEN. GIVE NO STRENGTH, NO HELP FROM NO ONE. GOD GIVE ME THE STRENGTH. AMEN. AND I, I WILL CONTINUE TO, I CAN'T DO ANYTHING, BUT I PRAY FOR PEOPLE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S A BIG THING. WE'RE GONNA STAND IN HERE. FAMILY, YOU CAN COME AS WELL AND STAND AROUND HER PLEASE. AND MS. SALOME IS PART OF THE SENIOR CENTER HERE IN LAUDERDALE. ALL STAND NEXT TO HER. WE CAN WE GO DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS WAY? COME ON, COME ON. YOU LOOKING RIGHT THERE? [00:30:30] GO RIGHT AHEAD. HAVE A PIECE OF PAPER. I WAS LOOKING FOR A LITTLE INDEX CARD. DID ANYONE SIT ON IT? NO. MR. ATTORNEY, DO YOU SEE A LITTLE CARD UP THERE? INDEX CARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THAT'S MY CHEAT SHEET. OKAY. IT'S AN [D.  PROCLAMATION - CELEBRATING THE 114TH NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER THOMAS)] HONOR FOR ME TO PRESENT ALSO THIS PROCLAMATION. UM, WHEN I RAN IN 2022, I WENT ON THE RADIO STATION, WAVS. AND AT THAT TIME WHEN I WAS BEING INTERVIEWED, I MET A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN THERE BY THE NAME OF WINNIE TANG. AND I WAS MESMERIZED BY HER AND I THINK SHE WAS MESMERIZED BY ME. SO FROM THAT TIME, FROM 2022, WE'VE BEEN CONNECTED. WE'VE BEEN CONNECTED. UM, AND SO SHE INVITED ME ON THE, LET ME SEE WHAT'S THE DATE HERE. IN AUGUST 18TH, I WAS INVITED TO OUR BEAUTIFUL RESTAURANT RIGHT HERE IN THE WEEK HERE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, THAT RESTAURANT IS OWNED BY MR. JOHNSON. IS THAT CORRECT, JOHN? ALRIGHT, RAISE YOUR HAND. THAT'S RIGHT. UM, AND IT IS, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO SINGH'S ROTI. RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR. BEAUTIFUL SPACE THAT IS THERE. AND I'VE BEEN ASKING HIM TO COME FOR THE LONGEST AND HE'S HERE TONIGHT, SO I THINK HE DESERVES A HAND. YEAH. UM, SO PROUD OF HIM FOR BEING HERE. BUT THIS, UM, PROCLAMATION, WHEN I WENT THE NIGHT IT WAS, UH, IN THE INVITATION I CAME TO, UH, A CELEBRATION AND IT WAS A CELEBRATION OF LEADERSHIP OF OFFICIALS BEING CHANGED OVER, CHANGED FOR OF OFFICIALS, UM, THE WORLD CHONG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, MIAMI CHAMBER OF NEW OFFICIALS OF OFFICERS INSTALLATION CEREMONY. AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DINNER. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS DINNER PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF ME AND I THOUGHT I WAS FINISHED. THEN THEY BROUGHT ANOTHER BIG DI I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE A SEVEN COURSE MEAL, BUT EVERYTHING WAS VERY TASTY. AND THAT WAS AT THE CURRENT RESTAURANT, 42 85 NORTH STATE ROAD SEVEN. YOU CAN SEND THE MONEY LATER. ALRIGHT. AND AT THAT TIME I MET, UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL GENERAL. RIGHT? CAN YOU YES. AT THAT TIME I MET HIM AND, UM, WE HAD CONVERSATION AND WE TOOK PICTURES TOGETHER. AND SO THIS PRESENTATION IS BEING MADE TO TAPIA TAPIA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE FROM MIAMI IN CORAL GABLES. THEY'RE CELEBRATING 114 NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, THE TAIWAN, UM, PORTION OF IT, 114 NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TAIWAN, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS. WHEREAS THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TAIWAN OBSERVED THE 114 NATIONAL DAY ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2025. AND WHEREAS THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN HAVE MAINTAINED CLOSE FRIENDSHIP BASED ON THE 1979 TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT, PUBLIC LAW 96 DASH 8 96 CONGRESS, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE BASIS OF THE UNITED STATES TAIWAN TIES. AND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT LE CHIN TI UH, I I'LL LEARN IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT TAIWAN IS [00:35:01] A PIVOTAL FORCE FOR DEMOCRATIC STABILITY AND PROSPERITY IN THE INDO-PACIFIC. AND WHEREAS TAIWAN IS THE UNITED STATES SEVENTH LARGEST TRADE-IN PARTNER, AS WELL AS FLORIDA FOURTH LARGEST BILATERAL MERCHANDISE TRADE MARKET IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION. AND WHEREAS HURRICANE HELEN, YOU REMEMBER THAT THAT HIT AND HURRICANE MILTON MADE LANDFALL IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, 2024 RESPECTIVELY IMPACTING OF VAST AREAS AND CAUSING, UH, CAUSAL CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE. AND THE GOVERNMENT OF TAIWAN DOTED THREE DONATED 300,000 THROUGH THE TAPIA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE IN MIAMI TO THE FLORIDA DISASTER FUND. I THINK THAT DESERVES A HAND. MANY WERE AFFECTED, WHEREAS TAIWAN AND THE UNITED STATES SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC AND TRADE CORPORATION ON JUNE 8TH, 2025, EMBODYING THE DETERMINATION OF BOTH SIDES TO ADVANCE TOWARDS A STRONGER PARTNERSHIP ON MUTUAL TRADE INDUSTRY AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES. AND WHEREAS TAIWAN'S MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION IN NUMEROUS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIC AVIATION ORGANIZATION, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION WOULD BENEFIT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PEACE AND PROSPERITY. NOW THEREFORE, I VERONICA EDWARDS PHILIP, BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, DO HEREBY CELEBRATE THE HUNDRED AND 14 NATIONAL DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA, TAIWAN, AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TACY SWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS IN CELEBRATING IN TAIWAN'S MISSION OF ECONOMIC LIBERAL LIBERALIZATION, DEMOCRATIC, YOU KNOW WHAT THESE WORDS , THAT DEMOCRATICIZATION AND SIGNIFICANT INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN WITNESS THEREOF. I HAVE HERE ON TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO AFFIX THIS 28 DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025, VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS MAYOR AND HAVE AS THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE COUNCIL TO COME BEFORE US NOW TO ACCEPT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN SAY SO. YES, OF COURSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HONORABLE. YES. UH, THANK YOU HONORABLE, UH, COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS, AND HONORABLE MAYORS, HONORABLE VICE MAYOR AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS TODAY. I'M SO, SO HAPPY. MY NAME IS CHAO CHO. I'M A COUNCIL GENERAL OF TAIWAN, STATIONED IN BEAUTIFUL STATE FLORIDA. EVEN THOUGH I WOULD LIKE TO SAY MY COUNTRY A LITTLE BIT FAR AWAY FROM HERE, BUT I MUST SAY ACTUALLY WE ARE PART OF THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. YOU CAN SEE ALL MY COMMUNITY LEADER ALSO JOIN TODAY'S COMMISSIONER MEETINGS. WE ARE SO HONORED TO COME HERE AND TO RECEIVE THIS BEAUTIFUL, UH, PROCLAMATION. IT MEANS A LOT FOR US BECAUSE JUST LIKE THIS CITY, YOUR YOUR NAME IS WEAK BECAUSE THIS CITY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. TAIWAN ALSO THE SAME. WE CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE. WE ALSO CARE ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN US, EVEN THOUGH WE SAY TAIWAN'S FAR. BUT YOU SEE, WE HAVE A PEOPLE HERE. WE ALSO HAVE A GOOD FRIENDS RUN THE BUSINESS, UH, RESTAURANT HERE. I CAME HERE ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH MY OFFICE IN CORAL GABLE IN SOUTHERN FLORIDA. BUT ACTUALLY I CAME FOR A LOT OF DE LAKES VERY OFTEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GOOD PEOPLE HERE, GOOD FOOD HERE. YEAH. SO I, I BELIEVE WE WILL COME HERE MORE OFTEN. WE REGARD HERE AS OUR SECOND HALL, NOT ONLY ME. COME HERE TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE A CHAIRWOMAN. HE'S THE, HE REPRESENT FOR LOT THE SISTER CITY INTERNATIONAL TO COME HERE. WE SINCERELY [00:40:01] HOPE IN NEAR FUTURE, UNDER THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF THE HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, WE CAN TRY TO ENHANCING OUR RELATIONSHIP BY BUILD UP THE SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP WITH US. NOT ONLY THAT, I ALSO WANT TO REPORT TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. BECAUSE EVERY YEAR AROUND THE MARCH, WE HOST A VERY BIG EVENT IN TAIWAN. WE CALL IT SMART CITY EXPO. ONCE I COME TO THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, THIS CITY IS NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL, ALSO VERY SMART. SO WE ALSO HOPE IN NEAR FUTURE WE WILL REACH OUT TO YOUR CITY HALL, YOUR GOVERNMENT, AND ALSO CITY MANAGER. PLEASE RECEIVE OUR INVITATION TO COME TO OUR, UH, BEAUTIFUL ISLAND TO SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW YOU RUN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY. MAKE THIS CITY NOT ONLY BEAUTIFUL AND ALSO SMART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OH YEAH. I THINK OUR YES. YEAH, PLEASE. I JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. HI. THANKS FOR, UH, LAUDERDALE'S LAKE FOR RECOGNIZING OUR NATIONAL DAY. UM, I AM THE CHAIRWOMAN OF, UH, GREATERFORD LAUDERDALE, 60 CITIES INTERNATIONAL GAON TAIWAN DIVISIONS. AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TAIWAN, WHERE IS NOT ONLY FAMOUS FOR MAKING WORLD, WORLD CLASS SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS, BUT ALSO FOR ITS AMAZING FOODS. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TODAY. IT IS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE, UH, . ONE OF OUR FAVORITE, NO, NO, TAKE IT UP. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE, ONE OF FAVORITE TRAITS. TRAITS IN TAIWAN. IT'S, IT'S CALLED THE PINEAPPLE CAKE. YEAH. SO IN TAIWAN, PINEAPPLE ARE CONSIDERED AS GOOD FORTUNE AND PROSPERITIES BECAUSE IT'S MODERN, IT'S PRONUNCIATIONS OF PINEAPPLE ONLINE. UM, SOUNDS LIKE, UM, GOOD FORTUNE TO COME. SO THIS, THIS, UM, THE PINEAPPLES ARE ALWAYS CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST GIFTS TO GIVE AWAY, TO BRING IN GOOD LUCK AND HAPPINESS. SO INSIDE IT IS, IT IS, UM, IT IS, UM, SWEET PINEAPPLE FILLING, WRAPPED WITH BUTTERY AND CRUMBLY CRUST. SO IT'S A PERFECT BALANCE OF TEXTURES AND FLAVOR. SO IT'S NOT ONLY A DESSERT, UH, WE CONSIDER IT AS A BITE OF TAIWANESE WARMTH AND HOSPITALITIES YES. AND FRIENDSHIPS. SO HOW WE ENJOY THEM AND MADE GOOD LUCK COMES YOUR WAY. SO I BROUGHT FOUR BOXES, AND THEN EACH BOX CONSISTS OF 16 PINEAPPLE CAKE. SO IF YOU WANT GOOD LUCK, COME TO YOU, TAKE ONE. OKAY, I HAVE ONE FOR THE CITY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE MAYOR AND, AND WITH AND WITH THE PROCLAMATIONS. LET'S GO TO THE FRONT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE BUSINESSMAN. WHERE IS OKAY? OKAY. BIG SMILE. THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR. ONE MORE. ONE [00:45:13] HONOR, HONORABLE. WE ALWAYS SAYING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A IS REALLY GOOD, BUT IF WE CAN COME WITH HIGH, HIGH MOUNTAIN TEAM, THEY WERE EVEN THE BEST. SO I GOT, SO THAT MEANS YOU CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL YOU GET A THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO CELEBRATE TONIGHT, ITEM [E.  PROCLAMATION - CELEBRATING HINDU HERITAGE MONTH (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)] FOUR E CELEBRATING HINDU HERITAGE MONTH SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WHEREAS HINDUISM IS THE THIRD LARGEST RELIGION IN THE WORLD, WITH 1 BILLION DEVOTEES WORLDWIDE AND NEARLY 4 MILLION IN THE UNITED STATES. HINDUS STRIVE TO ACHIEVE DHARMA, WHICH IS A CODE OF CONDUCT FOR LIVING. THAT PUTS AN EMPHASIS ON ETHICS, MORALITY, RIGHTEOUSNESS, DUTY, RESPONSIBILITY, LAW AND ORDER SERVICE TO HUMANITY, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND INCLUSIVITY. AND WHEREAS THE PRACTICE OF HINDUISM SEEKS TO PROMOTE UNITY AMONG ALL COMMUNITIES, INCREASED AWARENESS OF THE HERITAGE VALUES, AND EDUCATE SOCIETY ON ISSUES AFFECTING THE HINDU AMERICAN COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS HINDU AMERICANS REPRESENT ONE OF THE WORLD'S OLDEST CIVILIZATIONS, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY, GUIDED BY A BELIEF IN PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION THROUGH DIALOGUE, DISCOURSE, AND DEBATE. HINDU AMERICANS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL ASPECTS OF OUR SOCIETY, FROM SCIENCE AND MEDICINE TO BUSINESS, POLITICS, AND INDUSTRY, ALL WHILE WORKING TOWARDS A MORE PEACEFUL, DIVERSE, AND INCLUSIVE WORLD FOR ALL. AND WHEREAS OCTOBER IS A MONTH OF FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS FOR THE ENTIRE HINDU COMMUNITY WORLDWIDE, HINDU AMERICANS CELEBRATE NUMEROUS HOLIDAYS WITH DIWALI BEING THEIR MOST SIGNIFICANT FESTIVAL, WITH CELEBRATES THE VICTORY OF GOOD OVER EVIL, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FESTIVAL OF LIFE'S. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF DALE LA PROUDLY CELEBRATES HINDU HERITAGE MONTH WITH SCENES ROTI DELIGHT A LOCAL RESTAURANT WHO PROVIDES DELICIOUS CUISINE AND PROMOTES A WONDERFUL ATMOSPHERE FILLED WITH CULTURE, DIVERSITY, AND SPIRITUAL HARMONY. NOW THEREFORE, I, VERONICA IS PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO HEREBY CELEBRATE OCTOBER AS HINDU HERITAGE MONTH. AND THERE'S ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TY SWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS. IN APPRECIATING THE RICH HERITAGE, FAITH, AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF HINDU AMERICANS AND WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVE HERE TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE GREAT WEEKEND CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE AFFIXED THIS 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 AND ACCEPTING FOR SAGE ROYALTY DELIGHT IS MR. ANTHONY SUE HONG, COME ON DOWN [00:50:01] VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT. MIKE IS YOURS. ? I'M NOT A GOOD MIKE. PERSON. PERSON. . WOW. THAT'S NICE. WELL, I HAVE A WORD, UH, MESSAGE FROM THE SINGS FAMILY. THEY WERE OUTTA TOWN DUE TO DEATH IN THE FAMILY. UH, BUT I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THEM. SO IT'S, UH, WHAT THEY WANTED ME TO SAY IS, ON BEHALF OF THE SINGS ROTI DELIGHT, WE'LL, WE, WHO WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY DUE TO THE PASSING OF A FAMILY MEMBER ALL DAY, ALTHOUGH THEY COULDN'T BE HERE. THE SINGS FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND THEIR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO COMMISSIONER CONLINE MAX WILLIAMS AND THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL LAKES FOR PRESENTING THEM WITH THIS BLOCK PROCLAMATION AND THE MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO TAKE BACK, UH, YEAH, PLEASE. SO SHE ONLY DID FOUR BECAUSE SHE SAID THAT THE COPY. THAT'S OKAY. FOUR OF THEM HERE. WOULD YOU NEED A COPY? YES. OKAY. JUST TURNED IN THEIR PETITION. AND THEY WANT SPEAK ABOUT, I SAID, IT'S UP TO YOU CONSIDERATION. IT'S ITEM FOR THE VERY, THEY JUST, THEY JUST EXCUSE US, PLEASE. LET'S CELEBRATE EVERYONE. LET'S CELEBRATE OUR CI. LET'S CELEBRATE OUR HINDU AMERICANS. LET'S CELEBRATE OUR TAIWANESE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. WE REALLY LOVE YOU ALL. WE CARE ABOUT YOU ALL AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING INVITED TO THE RESTAURANT AND TO TALK MORE ABOUT THE SISTER CITIES AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS SISTER CITIES ARE CONCERNED. SO THANK YOU ALL SO VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. ITEM [5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING] ITEM FIVE, APPROVE OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING. ITEM FIVE A, FIVE B, FIVE C, FIVE D, FIVE E, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE READ THE MINUTES. SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025, SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2025, SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2025, SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING, MINUTES AND SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED. CLERK MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR. SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [6.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC] ITEM SIX [00:55:01] PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE THREE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. YES MA'AM. THE FIRST ONE IS FROM, UH, MS. NICOLE HALL. MS. HALL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE OF THE WECARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. MY NAME IS NICOLE HALL AND I WANT TO FIRST, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR WONDERFUL LITTLE ISLAND OF JAMAICA LAND OF MY BIRTH. UM, I'M A MANIAN, SO AS THE STORM IS, HAS TOUCHED DOWN, I'VE BEEN VERY WORRIED I COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I HAVE SISTERS AND PEOPLE THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO BRING A TREMENDOUS, UM, AMOUNT OF AWARENESS TO MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING, UM, WE OPEN OUR HEARTS PRAYERS, UM, TO OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS THERE TO THE ENTIRE ISLAND. UM, 'CAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN, UH, QUITE A CATASTROPHE AFTER THIS CATEGORY FIVE. I THINK IT'S THE WORST HURRICANE THIS YEAR. UM, AND A LOT OF US, A LOT OF RESIDENTS HERE. SO MY CHILDREN ARE CLATON, RIGHT? SO A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ARE CLATON AND CLARENDON GOT HIT, UH, REALLY BADLY, UM, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S ON THE SOUTH COAST AND THEY GRILL ALL OF THAT. UM, AND THE HURRICANE. SO I JUST WANT TO REALLY POINT OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF US, UH, A GIVEN, I BELIEVE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS OPENED UP, UM, AVENUES FOR US TO BRING ITEMS HERE. AND I WOULD REALLY WANNA STRESS THAT WE BRING IT TO THE CITY HALL. THAT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO NEED IT, UH, ACTUALLY GET IT. UM, BUT I ALSO, AS I WAS THINKING ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE HURRICANE, I JUST WANNA QUICKLY, UM, THROW THIS OUT THERE. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH, UM, THE AGENDA, I SAW, UM, AN ITEM ON HERE DEALING WITH THE PROCUREMENT CODE. AND I'VE HAD SOME ISSUES. I'VE BEEN AT HOME, UM, KIND OF STAYING OUTTA CITY HALL AND LOOKING AT THIS. I CAME SPECIALLY TONIGHT FOR OUR WONDERFUL VICE MAYOR TY SWELL. UH, BECAUSE SHE IS BEING NOMINATED INTO THE BIG POND, BROWARD COUNTY, UH, AS A PIONEER, SHE WELL DESERVES IT. UM, IT'S MORE THAN DESERVE, GIVE PEOPLE THEIR FLOWERS WHILE THEY'RE ABLE TO SMELL THEM, RIGHT? UM, BUT I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT CODE AWARD IN AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK. I'M NOT SURE I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING AS TO IS THIS AN AWARD OF THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT BY PROCUREMENT? AND IF SO, WE, AS THE PUBLIC, AS I'M ALWAYS STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSPARENCY IN OUR GREAT WE CARE CITY, I DON'T SEE AN AMOUNT FOR THIS CONTRACT, UM, IN WHAT THE PUBLIC GETS TO READ AND UNDERSTAND AS IT PERTAINS TO THE SPENDING OF OUR DOLLARS. SO I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY CLEAR, UM, ON TONIGHT AS TO THIS ITEM. UM, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE, UH, WHETHER OR NOT I SEE WHERE IT LOOKS AS IF THEY'RE GETTING A PAY INCREASE FROM $68 AND 98 CENTS TO $75. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT CLEAR TO US AS THE PUBLIC, ANYONE JUST READING AS TO THE AMOUNT THAT IS BEING AWARDED. THE, THE LANGUAGE IS VAGUE. IT DOES NOT SPECIFY THE AWARD AMOUNT AND IT NEEDS TO DO THAT FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, I WOULD ASK THAT WE LOOK AT THIS ITEM THOROUGHLY. UM, ALSO, I'M JUST GONNA CAUTION, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M STEPPING DOWN FROM THAT RAH RAH RAH TYPE OF PERSON. UM, AND, BUT I'M JUST GONNA ASK THE CITY COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE STAFF FOR US TO JUST BE VERY MINDFUL AND BE TRANSPARENT AS YOU DEAL WITH US, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPENDING OF OUR DOLLARS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ITEMS OF THIS NATURE BE MOVED UP ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE OFTENTIMES WHEN THEY'RE AT THE END LIKE THIS, BY THEN EVERYBODY'S TIRED, PEOPLE HAVE LEFT. UM, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IT MOVED UP. SO I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR US TO KIND OF PEEL BACK THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. 'CAUSE I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT PROPERLY SPECIFIED TO THE PUBLIC, [01:00:01] UM, AS TO THE AMOUNT OF THE AWARD FOR THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT. AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. HALL. MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NEXT MS. BESSIE DENNIS. MS. DENNIS, GOOD EVENING TO THE ENTIRE DIOCESE, OUR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO SIT IN THE DIOCESE. UM, MY NAME IS BESSIE DENNIS. I AM A RESIDENT OF 31 YEARS, A HOMEOWNER, AND THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. I'M HERE TONIGHT, UM, BECAUSE I'M DISAPPOINTED. UM, AND I WANTED THE DECISION MAKERS, THE COMMISSIONERS, OUR MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND EVERYONE THAT IS NOT AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITY AS IT RELATES TO, UM, OUR GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE HOME REPAIR. UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE I APPLIED FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM, UM, THREE MONTHS AND MAYBE A WEEK OR SO AGO. UM, I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NOTIFIED WITHIN TWO TO THREE WEEKS, BUT I GOT A NOTIFICATION THREE MONTHS AND TWO DAYS LATER STATING THAT I WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF, EXCUSE ME, WHOEVER I, SOMEBODY'S TALKING, I CAN'T HEAR WHAT I'M THINKING. UM, SO I WAS DENIED BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IN THE LETTER THAT I WAS NOT, I DID NOT PROVIDE SUFFICIENT PROOF OF LACK OF INCOME. SO THIS IS A, NOT AN INCOME-BASED GRANT. UM, IT IS A NEED-BASED GRANT, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO MEET A INCOME THRESHOLD IN ORDER TO, UH, UH, BE APPROVED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. WHEN I SUBMITTED MY APPLICATION, I SUBMITTED THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE CITY, AND THEY DO NOT ACCEPT AN APPLICATION PACKET IF THAT PACKET IS INCOMPLETE. SO AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION, STAFF GOES THROUGH EACH DOCUMENT, AND ONCE THEY CONFIRM THAT EVERY PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION REQUESTED HAS BEEN PRESENTED, THEN THEY WILL TIMESTAMP YOUR APPLICATION, WHICH THEY DID. SO FOR THE PROOF OF NO INCOME, I WAS TOLD TO GIVE A LETTER STATING THAT AT THIS TIME I AM NOT IN, UH, CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AND DO NOT HAVE AN INCOME. AND THAT LETTER WAS NOTARIZED BY LAUDER LAUDERDALE LAKE STAFF AS AS MY PROOF. SO I, UM, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT ME, I HAD A BEAUTY SCHOOL FOR 20 YEARS. I WAS THE FIRST BLACK-OWNED BEAUTY SCHOOL IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. I RETIRED, BUT I DIDN'T PUT AWAY FOR RETIREMENT. SO I ENDED UP STARTING ANOTHER BUSINESS, UM, AFTER I CLOSED MY BEAUTY SCHOOL. UM, THEN I DECIDED I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MYSELF ASIDE FROM THE, UM, CERTIFICATIONS AND THE LICENSES THAT I ACQUIRED THROUGHOUT MY YEARS, UM, AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE AND I DID SO AT THE AGE OF 60. AND MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS MY ONLY CHILD, UH, SAID TO ME, MA, I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. DON'T WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING. DO, DO YOU GET YOUR DEGREE AND I'LL PAY YOUR BILLS. AND SHE HAS BEEN DOING JUST THAT. AND SO I AM NOT EMPLOYED AT THE WILL AND DESIRE OF MY DAUGHTER. AND SO I'M DISAPPOINTED NOW TO BE KICKED OUT OF A PROGRAM THAT I SO GREATLY NEED BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT I HAVE EMERGENCY ISSUES IN MY HOME, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN MY HOME 31 YEARS HERE IN, IN BROWARD COUNTY WITH NO HUSBAND, NO SUGAR DADDIES, JUST WORKING HARD, RUNNING BUSINESSES AND TRYING TO KEEP UP. SO, UM, I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY AND I SAID, OKAY, BECAUSE THE LETTER STATED THAT UNTIL THAT OBLIGATION HAS BEEN MET, I'VE BEEN DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE. SO I SAID, OKAY, WHAT IS IT THAT I NEED TO PROVIDE TO MEET THAT OBLIGATION? 17 DAYS AGO, I REACHED OUT TO THEM VIA EMAIL AND I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE [01:05:01] IN TERMS OF RECTIFYING THE MATTER. SO IN OTHER WORDS, NO ONE CALL ME OR NO ONE SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PROVIDE, OR YOU CAN COME IN, WE'LL MAKE AN APPOINTMENT SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT IT IS WE WILL ACCEPT, UH, AS IN TERMS OF, UH, DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE I'M NOT WORKING. SO I JUST WANTED MY COMMISSIONERS AND MY MAYOR TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON SO THAT THEY CAN REPRESENT ME IN THE BACKGROUND AND DO WHAT IS NEEDED, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE. IF YOU ASK ME FOR SOMETHING AND I GIVE IT TO YOU, THEN THAT SHOULD SUFFICE. AND I'M IN COLLEGE, AND TONIGHT I'M IN CLASS FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 20. SO I'M LEAVING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU, MS. DENNIS. MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR. OUR FINAL PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS FROM MR. DALE HOLNESS. MR. HOLNESS, NAMASTE, KNEE, HIGH, KNEE, SHALOM, PANIS, BUENO, WA THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE GREETING THAT YOU'D HAVE HEARD WHILST THERE WAS MAYOR OF BROWARD COUNTY AT OUR AIRPORT, WELCOMING HOME, THE DIVERSITY OF THE WORLD TO BROWARD COUNTY. WE'RE ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PLACES IN ALL THE WORLD AND COMMISSIONERS MAYOR STAFF, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT TONIGHT WE'RE CELEBRATING THAT DIVERSITY WITH YOUR PROCLAMATION FOR THE HINDUS, FOR TAIWAN WITH THE TAIPEI ASSOCIATION. BUT I'M HERE BECAUSE I HEARD MY FRIEND, VICE MAYOR TY SWELL WAS BEING HONORED. THANK YOU. AND IT'S WELL DESERVING. EVEN BEFORE I WAS ELECTED, I KNEW YOU WERE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WAS WITH YOU THERE, HELPING OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING THAT THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED WERE GIVEN FOOD AND RESOURCES THAT THEY SO NEEDED. AND TONIGHT, ON A SOMBER NOTE, THE OTHER REASON I CAME IS THE FACT THAT THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE THAT HAS EVER HIT THIS REGION HAS JUST GONE OVER THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA STRAIGHTENING CUBA. THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC HAS ALREADY FELT ITS EFFECT WITH ONE, UH, LIFE LOST THERE IN HAITI. IN HAITI. THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED ALREADY. TWO IN JAMAICA. WE CAN ONLY PRAY FOR THOSE FOLKS AS WE SIT HERE TONIGHT. BUT BEYOND THAT, NOT JUST PRAYERS, WE OUGHT TO DO SOMETHING AND GIVE NOW GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS JOINED IN THAT EFFORT. I WAS ON RADIO TODAY ON THE VOICE OF THE CARIBBEAN RADIO. HOSTING FOOD FOR THE POOR. FOOD FOR THE BO POOR IS ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE ORGANIZATIONS SERVING THIS HEMISPHERE IN 15 COUNTRIES, PROVIDING OVER $18 BILLION IN SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED. THEY'RE ON THE GROUND IN JAMAICA WITH 40 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ACROSS THE ISLAND WITH HEAD WITH A HEADQUARTERS IN ST. CATHERINE, IN SPANISH TOWN. THEY'RE ALSO IN HAITI. YES, SIR. IN FACT, AFTER THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE THAT HIT HAITI AND I DID TO HAITI WITH LOVE, THAT'S THE ORGANIZATION I REACHED OUT TO, TO ENSURE THAT THEY WOULD DO WHAT WAS NECESSARY. BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE YEAR ROUND. THEY DON'T JUST GO IN WHEN THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR EMERGENCY AND GO OUT. THEY'RE ON THE GROUND PERMANENTLY. IN JAMAICA, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'VE BUILT OVER 35,000 HOMES IN HAITI. THEY HAVE DONE SIMILARLY. UH, SO AS FOLKS LOOK TO GIVE, THE BIG CRY TODAY IS FOR FUNDS BECAUSE THEY CAN BUY MANY OF THE GOODS AND SERVICE IN PLACE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THE DISASTER [01:10:01] IS AND AT WHOLESALE PRICES CUTTING OUT THE COST FOR SHIPMENT. AND EVEN WHEN THEY BUY FROM HERE, THEY CAN BUY BASED ON VOLUME AT DISCOUNTED RATES. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE FOOD FOR THE POOR IS A PLACE YOU CAN REACH TO AND THEIR WEBSITE IS FOOD FOR THE POOR, FOOD FOR THE POOR.ORG, THERE'S ALSO A SITE THAT'S SPECIFIC TO JAMAICA AND THAT'S GIVE TO JAMAICA.COM. GIVE TO JAMAICA.COM. IF ALL YOU HAVE IS $5, THAT WILL HELP. BUT MAYBE YOU HAVE A MILLION DOLLARS. MM-HMM . I'M SURE THEY'LL BE VERY GRATEFUL AND THAT COULD GO VERY FAR AWAY. BUT WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, MAKE A CONTRIBUTION. AND I'M WATCHING THE CLOCK. FOLKS ARE COLLECTING GOODS, BUT WHAT'S MOST NEEDED, ACCORDING TO THE FOLKS FROM FOOD FOR THE POOREST BLANKETS, CHILDREN'S SCHOOL AND ART SUPPLIES, DIAPERS FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS, SHAMPOO, OUR BODY WASH EIGHT OUNCES, SOAP, THREE OUNCES TARPS, UNSCENTED DEODORANTS, TWO OUNCES WASHCLOTH STORE BY 12 WATER BOOTS. AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A LOCATION WHERE YOU CAN DROP THE STUFF OUT. 6 64 0 1 LIONS ROAD IN COCONUT CREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. HOLNESS. I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO THIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FORMER MAYOR. UM, HOLNESS, I JUST WANNA ADD TO THAT BECAUSE I DO GIVE TO FOOD FOR THE POOR AND IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME, THERE'S A SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK. THEY HAVE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT SHIFTS THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP PUT THOSE THINGS TOGETHER IN ORDER TO GET THEM SHIPPED OUT. SO IF YOU ARE HOME AND NOT DOING ANYTHING, STARTING TOMORROW, FRIDAY AND MONDAY, I HAVE A SCHEDULE IF YOU ARE INTERESTED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND CLERK DOES THAT END. MADAM MAYOR, THERE ARE NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. THANK YOU. ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING. THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING. THERE ARE NOT ANY [9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA] ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT. AGENDA ITEMS NINE A, NINE B, NINE C, NINE D, NINE E. COLLEAGUES, OR ANY ONE OF THESE YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL. NO, NO, NO. ATTORNEY MATTER. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S. RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH THREE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA SUPPORTED THE METROPOLITAN AND PLANNING ORGANIZATION'S AMENDED 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, INCLUDING INCLUSION OF TWO PRIORITY QUARTERS LOCATED WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. COPY OF THE AMENDED 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 3 1. YOU GOOD? YES. OKAY. RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 31. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO AGREEMENT NUMBER 22 DASH 3 4 1 0 DASH ZERO ONE R FOUR. TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES EXTENDED THE TERM OF SERVICES THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 AND INCREASING THE MONTHLY COMPENSATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $6,678. A COPY OF SAID CONTRACT AND AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH TWO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE IN A TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD UNDER RFQ NUMBER 25 3 0 2 Q FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEY AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES FOR THE CITYWIDE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $172,525. [01:15:03] A DRAFT COPY SAID CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A. A COPY OF THE EVALUATION DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B. A COPY OF THE CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATE INC'S PROPOSAL FOR SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT C. COPY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA CITYWIDE DRAINING IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT D. COPIES OF EACH EXHIBIT MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 33. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING AGENDA SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 IN OBSERVATION OF VETERANS DAY PURSUANT TO CHAPTER TWO, ARTICLE TWO, DIVISION TWO, SECTION TWO DASH 51 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES, NOTING THAT THE CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED AND OBSERVATION OF THE HOLIDAY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025 WILL PROCEED AS PLANNED TO BE FOLLOWED BY A SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT 7:00 PM PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 34. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH THREE 50 A1 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, PROVIDING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR EDUCATIONAL OR ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THE DENTIST PROJECT INC. PROVIDING FOR CONTINUATION OF THE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING ARTS AND MATHEMATICS STEM PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $29,000. A DRAFT COPY OF THE DENNIS PROJECT STEAM TEAM SATURDAY'S PROGRAM. PROPOSED CONTRACT TERMS AND CONDITIONS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MR. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO PRO, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 25 1 3 0 20 25 DASH 1 3 1 20 25 DASH 1 3 2 RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 3 AND 2025 DASH 1 34 CLERK MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 10, [A.  RESOLUTION 2025-135 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS AGREEMENT] CONSIDERATION RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM 10 A MATTER MAYOR COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 5. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND THE BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR PROVIDING FOUR UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON ADMIRAL NORM SPECIALIST ASSESSMENTS AGREEMENT. A DRAFT COPY OF SET AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A AND MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FURTHER FOR TRANSMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 5 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES. YES, MADAM DO YOU MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO CALL, UM, MS. SHARON HAYS UP TO FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM. MS. HAYES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES MADAM MAYOR. A RESOLUTION CURRENTLY BEFORE US IS THE, IS FOR A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE NEW TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE FOR COLLECTION OF NON-AD [01:20:01] UM, FEES. I DO BELIEVE THAT IS STILL IN DRAFT AND I WOULD, UM, DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FURTHER COMMENT ON IT. UH, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, AS WE INDICATED LAST NIGHT, THE TAX, THE COLLECTION AND REMITTANCES OF NON ADVIL ALARM, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS, IE THE STORM WATER, THE FIRE RATES AND THE, UM, WASTE, SOLID WASTE AND AND THE STORM WATER. YEAH, AND, AND THE FIRE RATE. THOSE ASSESSMENTS HISTORICALLY HAVE BEEN COLLECTED BY BROWARD COUNTY IN THE MOST RECENT ELECTION IN 2024. UH, THE TAX COLLECTOR, UH, WAS ELECTED AS A CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER, UH, FOR BROWARD COUNTY. AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDING FOR THE UNIFORM COLLECTION OF SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, UM, THEY NOW NO LONGER HAVE THAT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY, OBLIGATION, OR AUTHORITY. UH, THAT MATTER HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER, THE TAX COLLECTOR HERE FOR, UH, BROWARD COUNTY AS A RESULT OF THAT ELECTION. UH, THE AGREEMENT THAT IS UNDER IN FRONT OF YOU FOR CONSIDERATION IS A AGREEMENT FOR A UNIFORM COLLECTION OF NON-AD ALARM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. UM, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE INITIAL AGREEMENT, UM, OUTLINED THE TAX COLLECTORS, UM, UH, INDICATION THAT THE COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS WOULD BE CAPPED AT 2% OF THOSE ASSESSMENTS. OUR LOOK AT THE STATUTE AS IT PERTAINS TO MUNICIPALITIES AND THE TAX COLLECTORS, UH, FEES AND COSTS FOR THAT TELLS US, AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM TODAY AND YESTERDAY TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, THEY DON'T GET A STRAIGHT 2% OR EVEN A STRAIGHT 1% OF, UH, THE ASSESSMENTS COLLECTED, BUT WHAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IS TO CHARGE AND BE REIMBURSED BY THE CITY FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF COLLECTING THOSE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. WHEN THEY SAY ACTUAL COSTS, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT MEANS. AND OUR CONVERSATIONS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN AROUND GETTING MORE CLARITY ON THE CITY'S RIGHT AND ENTITLEMENT UPON PAYMENT TO UNDERSTAND AND TO GET A STATEMENT OR SOME DETAIL AS TO WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE. UH, MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE COUNSEL TODAY CONCERN THAT MATTER AS WELL AS HIS REPRESENTATION, AND I MEAN COUNSEL FOR THE TAX COLLECTOR, HE DID UNDERSCORE THAT THE, UM, PROSPECT OF WHAT TAXES, WHAT AMOUNTS WOULD BE PAYABLE BY THE CITY, UM, IS GOING TO BE NOT 1%, NOT 2%, BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT IT WILL BE AROUND 0.7. THAT'S THE TAX COLLECTOR'S COUNCIL'S REPRESENTATION. WE WON'T KNOW IT UNTIL WE SEE IT, BUT WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A TIMELINE FOR UNDERSTANDING WHAT THOSE COSTS WOULD BE AND WHAT WE COULD EXPECT SO THAT THE CITY COULD PROPERLY BUDGET AND PREPARE FOR THAT. UM, WE AGREED THAT, UH, THOSE AMOUNTS, UH, AND THEIR ACTUAL COSTS WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE CITY BY VIRTUE OF A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION AND ASKED THEM TO PUT IT IN THE AGREEMENT THEY DECLINED TO DO THAT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT IF WE REALLY WANT THAT INFORMATION, WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. UNDER CHAPTER 19, MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER HAS INDICATED THAT WE WILL TICKLE THE CALENDAR SO THAT WE WILL BE ON TOP OF MAKING THOSE REQUESTS SO THAT WE GET THEM IN TIME FOR THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF THE BUDGET. WE ALSO CLARIFIED, UH, THE OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS NEGLIGENCE AND THE EQUAL OBLIGATION OF THE TAX COLLECTOR TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR NEGLIGENCE. THOSE WERE THE LAST REMAINING ITEMS THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY. UH, THE DRAFT EXHIBIT THAT YOU HAVE ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION, UH, IS, HAS BEEN CHANGED AND MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, TODAY AND OVER, UH, THE, THE, UM, UH, LAST SEVERAL HOURS. UH, AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, INSERT AND AS EXHIBIT A, UM, THE DOCUMENT THAT, UH, WILL BE THE AGREEMENT AND THAT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED. THAT DOCUMENT THAT IS ATTACHED AS A DRAFT, AS EXHIBIT [01:25:01] A, UH, IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS DOCUMENT EXCEPT FOR THE CHANGES THAT WE BELIEVE ARE, UM, AGAIN, PERTINENT TO OUR DISCUSSIONS, UH, THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY. SO, UM, WE DO HAVE A DRAFT, A, A FINAL DOCUMENT THAT, UH, SHOULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR, UM, THE DRAFT DOCUMENT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE RESOLUTION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER WHATEVER OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE GET TO THE DAY AS, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM? THERE'RE NOT BEING ANY MADAM VICE MAYOR. YES, MR. ATTORNEY. HOW MUCH WAS, UM, THE PROPERTY APPRAISERS OFFICE CHARGING US? WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE WE PAYING? UH, WELL AS OF NOW BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN NOTE OF YET. GOOD QUESTION. UM, I SAT IN ON SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT LAWYERS THAT INCLUDED THE BROWARD COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE UNDERSTAND HISTORICALLY, UM, THE, UH, COUNTY'S CHARGE TO THE CITY HAS BEEN, I BELIEVE AROUND $10,000 OR LESS, BUT A MINUSCULE AMOUNT IS THE WAY THE COUNTY ATTORNEYS DESCRIBED IT. UM, AND I WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, WHAT I HEARD FROM THE TAX COLLECTORS COUNSEL TODAY IS THEY BELIEVE THAT THAT AMOUNT WOULD ALSO BE, THEY SAID CERTAINLY LESS THAN 1%. THEY DESCRIBED IT AS POTENTIALLY ABOUT 0.7%. SO AGAIN, WE WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE IT. THIS IS THEIR FIRST YEAR TO BE UP AND RUNNING. UM, BUT IT'S GONNA BE INCUMBENT UPON US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ASK FOR THE DOCUMENTS. UH, AND WE HAD A, A ROBUST DISCUSSION AROUND THAT PARTICULAR SUBJECT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THIS, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE THE TRANSITION YES. MAKE THE, THE QUERY IS THAT IT WAS THE WORDING IN WHICH IT WAS WORDED WITH LACK OF CLARIFICATION, WHICH YOU DID STATE TO US. YES, WE CLARIFIED, UH, AND THE TAX COLLECTOR'S COUNSEL AGREED THAT THE CITY IS ONLY OBLIGATED TO REIMBURSE FOR THE ACTUAL COSTS. AND I'M SAYING THAT IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER TAXING DISTRICTS, OUR ARE CHARGED A COMMISSION, IF YOU WILL, WHEREAS THE STATUTE FIRMLY DESCRIBES THE REIMBURSEMENT AND THE OBLIGATION FOR MUNICIPALITY IS TO PAY FOR WHATEVER THE ACTUAL COST ARE. SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT THOSE ARE. AND WE CERTAINLY ARE ENTITLED UNDER CHAPTER ONE 19, UH, TO ASK THEM, SHOW US THE ACTUAL COST. I DID TRY TO PUT THAT IN THE DOCUMENT. AGAIN, THEY PUSHED BACK NOT FOR A GOOD REASON, BUT BECAUSE THEY COULD. UM, BUT WE STILL HAVE THE OBLIGATION AND, AND THE ENTITLEMENT TO, TO REQUEST THOSE, THAT INFORMATION THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE MS. HAYNES? NO. MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MADAM MAYOR. MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 3 5 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM [B.  RESOLUTION 2025-136 AWARDING A DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACT TO CONCORD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR OTIS GRAY PARK IMPROVEMENTS] 10 B, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 36. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 A ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD TWO CONCORD TECHNOLOGIES, INC. UNDER ITB NUMBER 25 DASH 63 10 DASH 21 B. PROVIDING FOR DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR OTIS GRAY PARK IN IMPROVEMENTS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $839,050. A DRAFT COPY OF SAID CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A. A COPY OF THE EVALUATION DOCUMENTS IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025, THAT 1, 3 6 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL. FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE [01:30:01] THE PRESENCE OF BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM AC YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING, UM, MR. OU SIER, THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES, UP FOR A BRIEF SUMMARY ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU, MR. NASIR. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR WEIS, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS CITY ATTORNEY. BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THANK YOU. CONTINUE. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR WEIS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE. UH, THIS SOLUTION IS TO AWARD OUR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR PARK IMPROVEMENT. IT DOES INCLUDE AROUND NINE FEET WIDE WALKWAY TRAIL. WE CAN CALL IT MULTIUSE BECAUSE IT'S NINE FEET WIDE. WE HAVE ADDITIONAL, UH, FITNESS EQUIPMENT, WATERFRONT CHAIN, UM, THE EQUIPMENT, INSTALLATION PARTS AND WALKWAY TRAIL. ALL OF THESE ARE INCLUDED IN THE DESIGN AND ALSO IN THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. THIS WAS A DESIGN BUILD PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SO BASICALLY IT'S A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM. WE RECEIVED BIDS AND, UH, BASED ON THE EVALUATION, WE FOUND CONCORD TECHNOLOGY. THEY RANKED HIGHEST THEIR BID, BID PACKAGE IS COMPLETE, AND THEY MEET ALL OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT WE REQUIRED IN THE BIDDING PROCESS. AND BASICALLY THOUGH THEY'RE THE SECOND LOWEST BIDER, BUT THEY GOT THE HIGHEST RANK BECAUSE THEY PROVIDED STRICT TIMELINE. THEY PROVIDED THE DESIGN TEAM THAT INCLUDES THE GEOTECHNICAL SERVING AND ALSO CIVIL DESIGN. ALL OF THESE ARE INCLUDED AND HOR IS THE DESIGN ENGINEER FOR THEM. THEY'RE ALSO IN OUR CC N APPROVED LIST OF IN OUR CITY, UH, POOL OF THE CONSULTANTS THAT IS APPROVED BY YOU. AND, UH, THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT AS ALREADY MENTIONED IN THE RESOLUTION, $839,050. UH, OUT OF THAT $400,000 WE HAVE GRANTS FROM FDEP ARREST WILL BE FROM THE CITY CIP BUDGET. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I HAVE NONE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, HONOR. MAYOR. OH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH THREE SIX. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. ITEM TENNESSEE [C.  RESOLUTION 2025-137 RATIFYING THE FILING OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR AUGUST 2025 (PERIOD 11) AS PREPARED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONFORMING TO THE CITY'S ADOPTED FINANCIAL INTEGRITY PRINCIPLES AND FISCAL POLICIES] HONOR MAYOR COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 37. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST PERIOD 11 OF FISCAL YEAR 2025, AS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 27 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES. COPY OF SUCH FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING A EFFECTIVE DATE. MR. MOTION MOVE TO THE FLOOR. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 3 7 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU MADAM AC. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING MS. SHARON HAYNES FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR UP TO GIVE A OVERVIEW OF THE AUGUST, 2025 FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES REPORT. THANK YOU MS. HAYNES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. UM, I WANNA ENSURE EVERYONE HAS A COPY OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTS YES. AS WELL AS THE NARRATIVE DISCUSSION. SO I'LL, UM, GO OVER THE HIGHLIGHTS IN THE NARRATIVE DISCUSSION. AS OF THE END OF AUGUST, THE CITY HAD COLLECTED 90% OF THE BUDGETED REVENUES AND, UM, WE'VE EXPLAINED HERE ARE ADV VALOREM TAX. MOST OF THAT IS USUALLY COLLECTED BY THE END OF MARCH BECAUSE MOST PERSONS WOULD PAY THEIR PROPERTY TAX EARLY TO GET THE DISCOUNT. HOWEVER, WE ALMOST ALWAYS HAVE A FEW LATE, UM, PEERS. AND SO, UM, SOME FUNDS TEND TO TRICKLE IN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. ON THE FRANCHISE TAXES WE'RE ABOUT 78% OF THE BUDGET. UM, WHEN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, IT'S ABOUT $242,000 LESS THAN THE AMOUNT THAT [01:35:01] WE HAD COLLECTED. AND THE PRIMARY REASON FOR THAT IS WE HAVE NOT YET COLLECT A SOLID WASTE ADMIN FEE AS OF THE END OF AUGUST. SO, UM, HOPEFULLY IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE REPORT OUR NUMBERS WOULD BE BETTER ON THE UTILITY TAXES, WE'RE AT 97% OF BUDGET. THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL GOING ON IN THAT CATEGORY, NEITHER IN THE SALES AND USE TAX. IN THE SERVICE REVENUE, WE'RE AT 70% OF BUDGET. AND HERE WE ALSO HAVE NOT COLLECTED ALL OF OUR EMS, UM, REVENUES THAT WE COLLECT FOR TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES. UM, HOWEVER, UM, IN THAT CATEGORY, WE SAW SOME INCREASES IN OUR BUILDING AND POOL RENTAL INCOME, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN, MEANS OUR RESIDENTS ARE UTILIZING THE FACILITIES UNDER, UH, PERMITS, LICENSE AND INSPECTION THAT IS ONLY, UM, AT 39% OF BUDGET. UM, IN REVIEWING OUR, OUR RECORDS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THAT REVENUE HAS BEEN, UM, MISQUOTED THROUGHOUT, UM, THE PAST YEAR. AND SO THAT CORRECTION WAS MADE IN SEPTEMBER. SO IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE REPORT TO YOU, UM, THAT CATEGORY WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE BUDGET DATE AMONGST, UM, OH, UM, UH, FINES AND FORFEITURE, I THINK I MET HAD A MISTYPED HERE A SECOND. SOME OF THAT REVENUE WAS, UM, MISCODED INTO MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD SAY HERE IS THAT AS WE ARE REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL RECORDS, WE'RE DISCOVERING MISCO SOME MISCODING OF HOW TRANSACTIONS WERE RECORDED. AND SO WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO MAKE CORRECTIONS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WITH THE OCTOBER PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE ALL OF THOSE COMPLETED. UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026, UM, ON MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE, WE ARE AT 81% OF BUDGET. UM, THE BIGGEST SECTION OF THAT IS THE INTEREST INCOME THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ON OUR INVESTMENT. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE PRIMARILY WITHIN BUDGET. WE'RE AT 79%. UM, THIS IS LIKELY TO INCREASE AT THE END OF THE YEAR BECAUSE WE DO TRY AND ENSURE THAT WE ARE RECOGNIZING ALL PENDING INVOICES OR ANY SERVICES, UH, GOODS THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR. SO AT THIS POINT, WE ARE STILL PROCESSING EXPENSES THAT RELATES TO FISCAL YEAR 2025, UM, IN THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION SECTION. UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE UNDER BUDGET OVERALL, UM, OUR UTILITY SERVICES EXCEEDED, UM, THE AMOUNT BUDGET AT, UM, AUGUST. UM, AND THAT IS OUR ELECTRICITY AND OUR WATER AS WELL AS OUR INSURANCE EXPENSE. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT IN SEPTEMBER, THOSE WOULD ALSO BE OVER THE AMOUNT THAT WERE BUDGETED. UM, THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES CITY BOARDS, ALL AT THE END OF AUGUST OR WITHIN BUDGET. AND FINALLY, UH, REVENUE LOSS EXPENDITURES. THAT'S THE FUNDS THAT THE CITY, UM, IS USING FROM THE UPPER, UM, GRANT THAT WAS PROVIDED. UM, ARE AT $663,473. WE HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER, 2026 TO UTILIZE ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT WERE BUDGETED FOR USE IN THAT CATEGORY. AND, UH, WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. I, NONE, NONE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. MR. MOTION FOR BEFORE MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 3 7. COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. I MATTER. [D.  RESOLUTION 2025-138 REGARDING THE CITY'S HOSTING THE POWER OF CHOICE-TEEN DECISION MAKING SUMMIT] MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 38, A [01:40:01] RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE JOINT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND UNMUTE YOURSELF, INC. HOSTING AN EVENT ENTITLED THE POWER OF CHOICE ON NOVEMBER 15TH, 2025 AT THE CITY'S MULTIPURPOSE AUDITORIUM, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND BROWARD COUNTY TEENAGERS. FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE LIMITED USE OF THE CITY'S NAME AND LOGO AND CERTAIN WRITTEN PUBLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO MARKET AND ADVERTISE THE EVENT FOR THE LIMITED PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, AND TERMINATING ON NOVEMBER 16TH, 2025, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. SO THE MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR MADAM MAYOR MADAM VICE, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH THREE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE BEGIN? MADAM A M THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE CITY HOSTING THE POWER OF CHOICE TEEN DECISION MAKING SUMMIT. AND THIS IS COMMISSIONER THOMAS'S. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. UM, WE HAVE SPOKE LAST NIGHT, UH, DR. JOAN BROOKS, DR. JONNE BROOKS. GEORGE IS NOT NECESSARILY YOU COME TONIGHT, BUT IT'S SO GREAT FOR YOU TO BE HERE. UM, THIS IS CONCERNING THE, THE POWER OF CHOICE AND DR. GEORGE BROOKS, SHE'S HERE NOT FOR FUNDS IN ANY WAY. IT'S TO HAVE, USE THE USE OF OUR LOGO AND IT'S TO ASSIST OUR TEENS WITH, UM, CYBERBULLYING, SHOULD I SAY CYBERBULLYING. UM, SO I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN DR. GEORGE BUSH. DR. DR. DENISE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UM, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. THE THE FULL DAY IS MEMBERS OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LADALE LAKES IN THE ROOM AND ON ZOOM. I'M DR. JEANNETTE BROOKS, GEORGE OF UNMUTE YOURSELF, INCORPORATED. UH, THE POWER OF CHOICE TEEN SUMMIT IS THE THIRD OF, UH, THREE WELL, OF OUR SERIES OF TEEN SUMMITS. THE LAST ONE WAS ACTUALLY CO-SPONSORED BY OUR, UH, FORMER MAYOR DALE HOLNESS. AND WE HELD THAT ONE IN SUNRISE. UH, WE'RE TAKING IT ALL THROUGHOUT BROWARD. THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THIS ONE, WE WANT TO HOLD IT HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF LADALE LAKES. THE REQUEST IS, OF COURSE, AS STATED FOR THE LOGO TO BE PLACED ON OUR MARKETING MATERIALS TO SHOW THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING, UH, CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE METAVERSE AND DIGITAL USE WITH OUR TEENS. THE STATISTICS SHOW THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 75 DEATHS THIS YEAR NATIONALLY, IN REFERENCE TO SIX EXPLOITATION, WHICH IS, UH, A TOOL USED ON INSTAGRAM AND OTHER DIGITAL SPACES TO EXPLOIT OUR TEENS AND THREATEN THEM WITH, UH, PAYING OUT MONIES. AND THEN THE TEENS DON'T HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEIR PARENTS AND THEY END UP COMMITTING SUICIDE BECAUSE THEY FEEL THERE'S NO OTHER CHOICE. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THE KEY TOPICS WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT CYBER BULLYING, UM, AND JUST OUR MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES IN DIGITAL SPACES. SO WE HAVE AN EXPERT, HE'S AN EX, UH, FBI, UM, CYBER TRAINER. HE WORKED IN CYBERSECURITY. AND WE HAVE A FEW OTHER EXPERTS THAT WORK IN THE DIGITAL SPACE TO COME IN TO SPEAK TO PARENTS AND CHILDREN ABOUT NAVIGATING THE DIGITAL WORLD AND ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A CLEAN DIGITAL FOOTPRINT WHEN YOU WANT TO GO INTO THE WORKFORCE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'LL BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH FROM 10 TO 2:00 PM RIGHT ACROSS FROM US IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM. AND THERE IS NO COST TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY. YES. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. [E.  RESOLUTION 2025-139 AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-356(A)(3) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE, AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP25-3410-18R, COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES, FOR A CONTRACTOR TO PROVIDE DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH/SOUTH AND EAST/WEST ROUTES (“LSF CONTRACT”), IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($75.50) PER HOUR; A FURTHER APPROVAL IS REQUESTED TO PAY AN INVOICE FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2025-OCTOBER 31, 2025 AT A RATE OF SIXTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND NINETY EIGHT CENTS ($68.98) PER HOUR] MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 39 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. 1 3 8. SORRY, ONE POINT OF CORRECTION. 9 1 3 8 1 3 8 1 8. HAVE AT THE BOTTOM, SORRY. 1 3 8. COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU MAYORS. ITEM 10 E, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 39, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE, [01:45:01] ENTER TEST RESPECTIVELY A CONTRACT WITH LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC. FOR COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RFP 25 DASH 34 10 DASH 18 R. AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 DASH 3 56, A THREE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75 AND 50 CENTS PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025 FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS, NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS. FURTHER PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF SERVICES RENDERED DURING THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2025 AT A RATE OF $68 98 CENTS PER HOUR. A DRAFT COPY OF SUCH CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A. A COPY OF THE EVALUATION DOCUMENTS IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B. COPY OF THE TEMPORARY AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT C, COPIES OF ALL WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAD MAYOR MR. HARRISON, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 3 9 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE SM MAYOR SWELL FOUR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? AND I HAVE A QUESTION TO ASK ERIC. GOOD EVENING TO THE BEAUTIFUL SITTER, A LOT OF THE LAKES. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK AND RESIDENT. MY NAME IS KELLY GONZALEZ JR. I'M THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF MINORITY TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION, BUT I'M HERE IN THE CAPACITY AS THE CEO AND FOUNDER OF PROCAL MOBILITY. OUR COMPANY, PROCAL, IS ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING AND ONE OF THE LARGEST MINORITY OWNED COMPANIES IN THE UNITED STATES. I STARTED AS A DRIVER IN 2008, MAKING MINIMUM WAGE AS A DRIVER. WENT UP THE RANKS FOR A COMPANY CALLED MV TRANSPORTATION, WHERE THE COMP WHERE I GREW IN THE COMPANY. IN THE EIGHT YEARS, THE COMPANY GREW FROM 500 MILLION TO $1.3 BILLION. THE COMPANY WASN'T MINES. I WAS AN EMPLOYEE. I STARTED MY COMPANY IN 2020. TODAY WE OPERATE THE CITY OF CORAL, CORAL SPRINGS SHUTTLE PROJECT BUSES, FORMULA ONE, MIAMI DOLPHINS, UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI, JACKSONVILLE, ORLANDO, THE NORTH MIAMI BEACH TROLLEYS, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ANNAPOLIS, NORTH CAROLINA, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK, PHOENIX, ARIZONA. I GREW UP IN LIBERTY CITY. SON OF TWO IMMIGRANT PARENTS THAT CAME TO THIS COUNTRY IN THE CHASE OF THE AMERICAN DREAM. I'M THE ONLY COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A ALL WOMEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS, ALL MAJORITY, 75% MINORITIES. OUR STRATEGIC ADVISOR, WHO'S MY MENTOR, FRANK T. MARTIN, WHO'S SITTING RIGHT HERE. AND 1987 WAS THE FIRST BLACK DIRECTOR FOR MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT ON THE RAIL SIDE. OUR COMPANY HAS MADE A FORMER CEOS AND COOS IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY. IT WAS A DREAM JUST LIKE EVERYONE HERE, OUR COMPANY BID ON THIS BID FOR THE SHUTTLE BUS TRANSPORTATION CONTRACT. IT'LL BE A HONOR AND A PRIDE TO OPERATE HERE. OUR COMPANY CAME AS THE LOWEST BID PROVIDER FOR THIS SERVICE. THE COMPANY THAT'S BEING AWARDED THE CONTRACT TODAY, THEY'RE THE THIRD HIGHEST EXPENSE, A LEGACY COMPANY. BUT I'M NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN AND I'M NOT HERE TO CRY ABOUT IT. I JUST WANT A FAIR SHOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY AND I'M LOOKING AROUND, LOOK JUST LIKE ME. AND THAT'S WHAT I STAND FOR. I'M NOT ONLY HERE TO BRING TRANSPORTATION. OUR COMPANY PROPOSED INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS WHERE WE'LL WORK WITH THE COMMISSION AND WE WILL WORK WITH THE CITY TO CREATE INTERNS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION. SO THE FRANK T MARTINS CAN SEE THE KELLY GONZALEZ'S AND CAN SEE OUR COUSINS, OUR KIDS, OUR GRANDCHILDREN COME UP AND BE ABLE TO START THEIR BUSINESSES. WE ARE LIVING IN A TIME [01:50:01] WHERE FUNDING IS BEING CUT. I'M A MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DID AWAY WITH THAT. I'M NOT ASKING FOR A CONTRACT. I'M ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO PULL THIS ITEM AND JUST ALLOW OUR COMPANY TO INTERVIEW. I SENT AN EMAIL AT TO THE CITY AND I WAS DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO JUST INTERVIEW. I JUST WANT A VOICE I COULD LOSE. I'M NOT A SORE LOSER, BUT I GOTTA STAND UP 'CAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE MAYOR. I BELIEVE IN THE VICE MAYOR. I BELIEVE IN THE CITY COMMISSION, AND I BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE, AND I BELIEVE IN FRANK. I JUST NEED A CHANCE. THANK YOU MADAM ACM. MADAM MAYOR. UM, I LIKE TO BRING ZA PURPLE WALLER PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR UP TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS ITEM, MR. PEPPER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UM, CITY ATTORNEY, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND BROAD COUNTY COMMISSIONER COLLEAGUES. UH, MY NAME IS AL. I'M THE PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION. UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION LAST NIGHT FOR THE WORKSHOP, UM, REQUESTING, UH, APPROVAL TO AWARD, UH, COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES TO S OF SOUTH FLORIDA. AND THIS VENDOR, UM, PREVIOUSLY HELD A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY FOR THE SAME SERVICE. UM, VENDOR WAS THE CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED. UM, THE VENDOR WENT ON A MONTH TO MONTH ARRANGEMENT AND THE VENDOR DID, UH, EXTEND AN OPPORTUNITY TO THE CITY. LISTEN, I CAN'T DO THIS MONTH TO MONTH ARRANGEMENT ANYMORE. UM, I'M, I HAVE TO INCREASE MY RATE. UM, THE CITY DID NEGOTIATE WITH HIM AT LEAST, UH, HE CAME IN IN THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST. WE SAID, LISTEN, AT LEAST GIVE US TILL THE END OF SEPTEMBER. PERHAPS WE CAN ENTER AND WE COULD COMPLETE OUR SOLICITATION PROCESS TO WHICH WE DID, HE DID AGREE TO. AND WE AGREED. LISTEN, IF WE'RE NOT DONE AT THAT TIME, PERHAPS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE ONE MONTH, UH, TEMPORARY CONTRACT AT THAT REQUESTED RATE THAT HE PROPOSED. UM, WE DID GO THROUGH THE SOLICITATION. WE DID GO THROUGH AN EVALUATION PROCESS. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT DURING THIS PROCESS THAT HE WAS ON A TEMPORARY CONTRACT, THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY HIM NOW, UH, STAFF IS, HAS INDICATED IT EXCEEDS THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD. SO THEREFORE, THE RESOLUTION IS A TWOFOLD REQUEST. ONE TO APPROVE AN AMOUNT WHEN WE GET THAT INVOICE FOR OCTOBER TO PAY THAT AMOUNT AT THE RATE THAT HE HAS GIVEN TO US. AND TWO, UH, TO AWARD HIM THIS CONTRACT AT THE RATE THAT HE HAS PROPOSED. THIS VENDOR, UH, WAS PART OF A SOLICITATION THAT WENT OUT, UM, TO 732 VENDORS ON OUR DEMAND STAR PLATFORM. SIX RESPONSES CAME IN, TWO OF WHICH WAS WERE FOUND NON-RESPONSIVE AS INDICATED ON YOUR BACKUP. ONE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTS AT ALL. THE OTHER DID NOT PROVIDE THE ACTUAL DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE. THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, UM, DID MEET, UM, BEFORE THEY MET. WE INDICATED TO VENDORS ON THE SOLICITATION THAT YOUR COSTS, THIS IS NOT A, A SOLICITATION THAT'S BEEN AWARDED ON COSTS. IT'S GONNA GO TO A COMMITTEE. COST IS GOING TO BE EVALUATED. A FORMULA WAS INDICATED ON THE SOLICITATION AS TO HOW COST WILL BE EVALUATED, THAT WILL AND PUT TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE FINANCIAL, UH, STRENGTH OF THE FIRM WAS ALSO EVALUATED BY OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. UM, THAT SCORE WAS GIVEN TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DID LOOK AT THAT, AS WELL AS THE VENDOR THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS LOCAL TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THAT ALSO INCLUDES A HIGH SCORE IF YOU'RE LOCAL TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, BEARING THAT IN MIND, THE COMMITTEE DID ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING. IT WAS RECORDED AND IT WAS LIVE STREAMED TO THE PUBLIC. AND THE COMMITTEE DID MEET AND EVALUATED ALL THE PROPOSALS THAT WERE FOUND RESPONSIVE ON PAST PERFORMANCE, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS OF THE KEY PERSONNEL AND THE APPROACH FOR PERFORMANCE. UM, THESE DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION PRIOR. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE COMMISSION FROM THE COMMISSION. MADAM MS. AZAR, HOW MUCH IS AT, MAN? HOW MUCH [01:55:01] IS THE CONTRACT WORTH? YEARLY, UH, UH, MALAM THROUGH YOU. UM, AS I UNDERSTAND FROM PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, IT'S A DIFFICULT AMOUNT TO SAY BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE SHUTTLE. SO PREVIOUS CONTRACT WAS ALSO AWARDED ON A RATE, AND THIS CONTRACT IS ALSO BEING RECOMMENDED ON A RATE. ALL VENDORS WERE ALSO PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO QUOTE, BASED ON A RATE THE VENDOR THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING. UM, HE WAS THE THIRD OF FOUR. HAVE A SEAT, MR. GONZALEZ, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THIS VENDOR, HE QUOTED AT A RATE AT 75 50. THE LOWEST WAS 73 64. THE THIRD THAT CAME IN YIELD VALUATION WAS 75. THE HIGHEST RATE THAT WE GOT WAS 180. SO FROM HOW I UNDERSTAND, THE CONTRACT WAS WRITTEN BEFORE AS WELL AS FROM PARTS AND HUMAN SERVICES. IT'S NOT A FIXED AMOUNT EVERY MONTH. AND BECAUSE OF HOW THE SHUTTLE RUNS AND THE, THE CITY WILL GET AN INVOICE AT THE END OF THE MONTH, OR RATHER THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW MONTH FOR WHAT SERVICES ARE CARRIED FORWARD. THAT'S WHY I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THE LAST CONTRACT WAS ALSO DONE AT A REIT. IT WAS AWARDED AT A REIT? YES. AGAIN, MR. HASAN, YOU SAID IT'S NOT FIXED, SO IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF A SHUTTLE. IF IT, IF I WAS TOLD LAST NIGHT THAT I THINK IT'S RUNS EVERY HOUR, IF, IF I MAY. AND DIVER TO THE DIRECTOR OF FACTS AND HUMAN SERVICES CAN EXPLAIN A LITTLE BETTER TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO COMMISSIONER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER. THE, THE INVOICING IS A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE SHUTTLE DOES RUN NINE POINT A LITTLE OVER NINE HOURS A DAY FROM NINE TO 6 55. MM-HMM . HOWEVER, IF THERE IS DOWNTIME, WE CAN'T DETECT THAT. SO THE INVOICES KIND OF, KIND OF VARIES. SO THEY MAY RUN SIX HOURS, THEY MAY BE DOWN THREE HOURS. SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GIVE A, UM, A TOTAL OF HOW MUCH THE, THE INVOICES WILL BE ON A MONTHLY BASIS. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS PAID THROUGH THE SIRTAX. SO THE CITY DOESN'T PAY ANYTHING. THIS IS PAID THROUGH THE COUNTY. YES. AGAIN, ANOTHER THING MADAM MAYOR. SURE. MISS ERICA, WHAT HAS BEEN THE, THE INVOICES? GIVE ME THE AVERAGE. SO AN AVERAGE INVOICE IS PROBABLY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 20, 20 PLUS THOUSAND A MONTH. MM-HMM . UM, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, IT'S A LITTLE OVER 300,000. OKAY. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU LASAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I, I GOTTA SAY THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AS A COMMISSIONER, I'VE SEEN A CONTRACT PROPOSAL THAT'S GOING BY THE HOUR. I'M NOT VERY MUCH USED TO THAT. UM, WE GAVE A ESTIMATE. I THINK THERE'S STILL AN IDEA OF A RANGE OF WHAT THE MOST IT COULD BE VERSUS WHAT THE FLORIDA COULD LOOK LIKE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S VERY, IT IS JUST TOO VAGUE FOR ME. UM, AT THE LAST MEETING I TALKED ABOUT LOOKING AT BETTER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR THE CITY. AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT HERE IN THE CITY WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB AT LOOKING AT OUR OPTIONS TO HOW WE CAN UTILIZE BETTER TRANSPORTATION. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN USING THESE OTHER FOLKS FOR A WHILE AND PROCUREMENT DOES A GOOD JOB WITH HOW THEY GO ABOUT THAT PROCESS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE A COMMITTEE AND ALL OF THAT. BUT NOT JUST WITH THIS, BUT IN GENERAL, WHENEVER WE GET SUGGESTIONS FROM STAFF, IT'S LIKE, WE WANT PERMISSION TO AWARD THESE PEOPLE. WE'VE EVALUATED THEM, BUT, UH, AT WHAT POINT DO WE GET TO EVALUATE THEM AS, AS COMMISSIONERS? AND I THINK WE NEED A BETTER CHANCE TO KIND OF SEE PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE SCORES ARE CLOSE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING KEY TO LOOK AT. IT'S NOT A HUGE DISCREPANCY IN THE SCORE TALLY. SO, UM, I HAVE A HUGE ISSUE. IT'S NOT MY FIRST TIME SAYING, THIS STAFF IS COMING TO US, TELLING US WHAT SHOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO CHOOSE, BUT WE'RE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY. WE GET TO CHOOSE HOW WE WANT TO CHOOSE, BUT WE'RE ASKED TO VOTE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE, I I PERSONALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE FLYING BLIND. UM, 20,000 PLUS A MONTH. THAT'S NOT WRITTEN ANYWHERE. I THINK THAT'S VERY VAGUE. I THINK THIS IS VERY ILL PREPARED TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. UH, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR SCENARIO, BUT ALSO MOVING FORWARD WHEN RATINGS ARE CLOSE, WE GET A PRESENTATION FROM THESE BIDDERS. WE GET TO HAVE THE FINAL OPINION AS COMMISSIONERS TO SEE WHO DO WE RECOMMEND FOR OUR CITY, UH, TOO OFTEN IS COMING FROM STAFF AND I HOPE THE A CM CAN TAKE NOTE WITH THAT. I KNOW OUR OTHER A CM IS OUTTA TOWN, SO HOPEFULLY SHE GETS THE BATON WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. UM, I CAN'T VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS. WHAT I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO ASK IS THAT WE TABLE THIS AND AT OUR NEXT MEETING WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE TWO TOP BIDDERS. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF MY COLLEAGUES AGREE WITH, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN GO FOR. AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS ON WHO TO AWARD, [02:00:01] BUT STAFF SHOULD BE TELLING US, LISTEN, THESE ARE OUR RATINGS. THIS IS HOW THEY RATED. IT'S TOO MUCH THINGS GOING ON WHERE WE'RE BEING TOLD ONE THING. AND THEN IT'S, IT'S VERY SUGGESTIVE. AND, UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION ON WHO TO CHOOSE. SO I ALSO WANT, UM, A CM, THE VERBIAGE TO BE CONSIDERED CHANGED FROM WHO WE ARE PREFERRING TO BE AWARDED TO, JUST WHAT THE RATINGS ARE AND THE, UH, THE ACTUAL AWARDS, THE ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARDS SHOULD COME FROM THE DECISION MAKERS, THE PEOPLE REPRESENTED BY THE COMMISSION. SO, UM, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE ACTUALLY TABLE THIS ITEM UNTIL WE GET PRESENTATIONS FROM THE TOP BIDDERS OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. UH, MR. ATTORNEY. YES. MAD MAYOR AND, AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE'VE GOT COUPLE THINGS AT PLAY HERE, UH, THAT I THINK DESERVES SOME, SOME HIGHLIGHT. UM, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS A PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, AND THAT CODE PROVIDES A PROCESS BY WHICH GOODS AND SERVICES ARE OBTAINED. UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL, I BELIEVE IT IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, YES. UNDER THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE. I DO AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER HARRISON, TO THE EXTENT HE'S INDICATING THAT ULTIMATELY THE MATTER DOES COME BEFORE THE CITY FOR APPROVAL UP OR DOWN. I WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE FACT, THOUGH THAT THE PROCUREMENT CODE IS THE PROCESS THAT RELATES TO MAKING SURE THAT WHAT HAS BEEN, UM, PROMOTED AND PUBLISHED AND THE PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN FOLLOWED. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT THE PROCESS HAS DICTATED, SOMEBODY IS NOT GONNA BE HAPPY WITH THAT. YOU'VE HEARD FROM WHAT APPEARS TO BE AT LEAST ONE OF THE VENDORS, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S THE SECOND PLACE OR THE THIRD PLACE, BUT CERTAINLY DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE THE VENDOR WHO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR THE AWARD. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THAT VENDOR HAS A, UM, PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS. THERE WAS A PROCEDURE TO BE FOLLOWED FOR MATTERS RELATING TO EITHER THE STAFF OR THE CITY NOT COMPLYING WITH THE PROCUREMENT CODE. I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT. MM-HMM . OKAY. UM, IF THEY'RE COMPLAINING THAT WE CITY DIDN'T FOLLOW THE PROCESS, THEN THAT'S ONE THING AND THERE WOULD BE A TIME REQUIREMENT FOR THAT TO BE, FOR THAT CHALLENGE TO BE MADE AS WELL. SO, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE FIRST PLACE VENDOR, UM, IS ALSO SOMEONE WHO WILL HAVE, UH, SOME ABILITY AND MAY WANT TO CHALLENGE THE CITY'S DECISION TO DO X, Y, Z. SO I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT. MM-HMM . UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO A AGAIN, IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR PROCUREMENT CODE AND TO GIVE THIS COMMISSION SOME DIRECTION RELATIVE TO WHAT ITS RIGHTS ARE RELATIVE TO A DECISION. UM, AND SO, UM, THE MOTION TO TABLE THE ITEM I THINK MAY BE SOMETHING THAT, WELL, CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE COMMISSION CAN DO. UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU HEARD ME SAY LAST NIGHT THAT I NEED TO GIVE SOME ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE AROUND PROCUREMENT AND THE COMMISSION'S ROLE IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS. NOW I'M ALSO HIGHLIGHTING, UH, THAT UNDER THE BROWARD COUNTY, UM, CODE OF, UH, ETHICS RELATING TO SECTION ONE DASH ONE NINE, IT DOES HAVE SOME LIMITATIONS RELATIVE TO A COMMISSION OR TO THE COMMISSION'S ABILITY TO DO THAT. I'M NOT CERTAIN THAT WE'RE THERE YET, BUT AGAIN, I DO THINK IT'S GONNA BE HELPFUL FOR THIS COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COMMISSION'S ROLE IS RELATIVE TO THE SITES. SO, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THE COMMISSION NECESSARILY NEEDS TO DO ANYTHING FOR THE REQUEST OF STAFF, UNLESS YOU JUST ABSOLUTELY WANT TO. BUT I DO WANNA OBSERVE THAT, UM, SOMEONE MAY HAVE A, A CHALLENGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE THERE YET. MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR. SORRY, COMMISSIONER. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, YEAH, I, I I'M NOT SUGGESTING TO CHANGE THE PROCUREMENT CODE. UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE AT THE POINT OF MAKING A DECISION, UM, WE [02:05:01] CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM SEEING SAID PRESENTATIONS AS A BODY WHEN WE CAN DISCUSS IF WE GO HOME AND WATCH IT LIVE, WE CAN'T DISCUSS THAT WITH EACH OTHER, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE LAW AND ETHICS. SO WHILE WE ARE HERE WORKSHOPPING, WHILE WE ARE HERE DOING THAT, WE CAN SEE PRESENTATIONS, ASK QUESTIONS IN REAL TIME AND DISCUSS. AND I THINK THAT BECAUSE TWO, UH, BIDDERS ARE CLOSE IN THAT I THINK IT'S WORTH CONSIDERATION TO HELP US, UH, MAKE A DECISION. SO THAT, THAT WAS JUST, AND, AND THE SECOND PART IS, WHICH I KNOW IS ALSO, UM, DISCRETIONARY OF THE PROCESS. YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE TO SAY WHO WE GONNA TELL YOU TO AWARD. YOU GUYS CAN JUST COME WITH THE RATINGS. NONE BY STAND. THANK YOU. WELL, YES, MR. TONY. UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON WANTS THE TABLE, BUT WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? WOULD THERE BE A CHALLENGE TO THAT? UH, THE VENDORS MAD MAYOR TO THE VICE MAYOR'S QUESTION. COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S REQUEST TO TABLE THE ITEM THE COMMISSION CAN ACT ON MM-HMM . UM, WHAT I AGAIN WAS HIGHLIGHTING IS SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER IN THE INTERIM, IF THAT MOTION IS WHAT THE COMMISSIONER MAKES AND THERE'S ACTION ON THE MOTION, BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S NOTHING PREVENTING THIS COMMISSION NECESSARILY FROM TABLING THE ITEM FOR A SPECIFIC DATE GOING FORWARD TO FOR RECONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UM, I, I RECOGNIZE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE SO HAPPY AND THAT'S OKAY. SOMETIMES, UH, I DO BELIEVE WE LEGALLY HAVE THE RIGHT TO TABLE SOMETHING IN THIS COMMISSION, UH, THAT'S OKAY FOR US TO DO. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE PREVIOUS BIDDER AND THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. BUT, UH, WE DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO TABLE AS A BODY OF DECISIONMAKER. SO, UH, THE MOTION? YES, MA'AM. THE MOTION TO CLARIFY. A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM. UM, UNTIL THE NEXT, UH, REGULAR MEETING OF DISCUSSION. MADAM CLERK, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR. SWELL. FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 11, CORRESPONDENCE. IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM CLERK? MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CORRESPONDENCE REPORT OF THE [12.  REPORT OF THE MAYOR] MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. OH, I JUST SAW A GROUP OF US LEAVE WAS THANK SOFA. THEY WERE STAYING FOR THE CELEBRATION. AGAIN, GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. GOOD EVENING. TO THOSE IN OUR CHAIR. TELL HER DON'T GO. SHE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. HOPEFULLY. ALSO, THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO ARE IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE, AS I SAID AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR MEETING. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE STANDS IN SUPPORT OF JAMAICA, HAITI, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND CUBA. THERE ARE SO MANY OF US AND SO MANY OF YOU WHO ARE FROM THE ISLANDS, JAMAICA AND OTHERS, THAT WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE SUPPORTS YOU, THAT YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS. AND WHEN I SAY SUPPORT YOU, I DON'T MEAN JUST IN WORDS, BUT ALSO IN DONATIONS, IN WHATEVER SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED. UM, FORMER MAYOR COMMISSIONER HOLNESS TALKED ABOUT FUNDS, UM, FUNDS, FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED. SO WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK INTO YOUR HEARTS AND IN YOUR FAMILY AND MAKE THOSE DONATIONS IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE DONATIONS OF SUPPLIES. THERE ARE THREE PLACES IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. ONE IS AT CITY HALL, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE ATRIUM ON THE FIRST FLOOR AT THE BOTTOM. THE OTHER IS AT THE WOODY WELL PARK ON NORTHWEST 21ST STREET, AND THE OTHER IS AT VINCENT TORRES PARK, WHICH IS OUR BIG PARK HERE. SO AGAIN, WE ARE LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES SUPPORTS THOSE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH. AGAIN, WE PRAY GOD'S GRACE AND GOD'S FAVOR UPON THEM. AND WITH THAT, I WILL SAY GOD BLESS AND GOOD NIGHT MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK [13.  REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR] YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT AND FOR THOSE WHO CAME TO SUPPORT ME, I THANK YOU. AS THE MAYOR JUST STATED, YOU KNOW, JAMAICA AND OTHER ISLAND HAVE HAD, JAMAICA WAS HIT BADLY WITH A CATEGORY FOUR TO FIVE HURRICANE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO SUGGEST THAT JAMAICANS DON'T LIKE OLD CLUES, SO THEY PREFER CASH. OKAY? DON'T GO INTO YOUR CLOSET FOR STUFF THAT YOU CANNOT USE. YOU NO LONGER NEED IT, AND THEN YOU DECIDE THAT [02:10:01] YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE, AH, THE NATION. THEY DON'T WANT THAT. THEY PREFER CASH EASIER TO SEND BACK HOME. OR AS FORMER BROWARD COUNTY MAYOR SUGGESTED FOOD FOR THE POOR. AND I CAN TELL YOU, FOOD FOR THE POOR HAS BEEN THE GREATEST CHARITY, I WOULD SAY, IN THE CARIBBEAN. SO DONATE TO THEM. NOT MUCH TO SAY THIS EVENING. AGAIN, ON BEHALF ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION BOARD, I THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN ME AND FOR SHOWING UP THIS EVENING, AND I AM INVITING YOU ALL. I ONLY NEED 15 PEOPLE TO THE BROAD DOWN AT MONROE STREET. I THINK, I THINK IT'S 1770 MONROE STREET NEXT SATURDAY TO CHEER ME ON. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU. THANK YOU MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM [14.  REMARKS OF THE COMMISSIONERS] MAYOR. UM, I WANTED TO START OUT BY SAYING FIRST HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN TO MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. UM, AND UH, ALSO MY HEARTS AND PRAYERS IS ALSO WITH THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA AND THE OVERALL CARIBBEAN AT LARGE. UH, I HAVE, UH, BOTH OF MY PARENTS ARE FROM JAMAICA. MY WHOLE FAMILY'S FROM JAMAICA. UH, I WAS BORN HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT VERY CLOSE TO MY JAMAICAN HERITAGE. AND, UM, I CALLED IN WITH SOME FAMILY MEMBERS AS THE HURRICANE AND STORM WAS COMING IN. AND, UH, IT'S MOVING VERY SLOW, WHICH IS NOT A GOOD THING. BIG REACH. IT'S NOT A GOOD THING. THAT MEANS THAT IT'S GONNA, UH, MOVE SLOWLY. AND IT'S THE BIGGEST HURRICANE TO EVER, UH, LOOKS LIKE IN THE HISTORY OF JAMAICA EVER, UH, IMPACT JAMAICA. SO, UM, UH, MY, MY PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE PEOPLE OF JAMAICA DURING THIS TIME. AND, UM, I'M GONNA REITERATE WHAT WAS SAID. PLEASE DONATE. PLEASE DONATE, UH, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF TRUSTED ORGANIZATIONS. UH, CITY HALL IS ONE OF THEM. YOU COULD DROP OFF YOUR, YOUR ITEMS, UM, CANNED GOODS, UH, WHATEVER YOU CAN GIVE EVERY, UH, LIST HAS A GENERAL GUIDELINE TO THAT. UH, BUT, UH, PLEASE KEEP THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA IN YOUR HEARTS. AND OTHER THAN THAT, WITH THE CITY, WE HAVE A CHESS CHALLENGE COMING UP NEXT WEEK, UH, THURSDAY, WHICH IS THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THIS IS GOING TO BE AT THE ECC, WHICH IS THE LAUDERDALE LAKES LIBRARY UPSTAIRS AT, UH, EDUCATIONAL CULTURAL CENTER WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING OUR CHESS CHALLENGE. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAY CHESS, YOU ARE WELCOME. WE ACTUALLY PAY FOR A CHESS MASTER TO BE THERE AND TEACH YOU HOW TO PLAY CHESS. HE STARTS FROM THE BASICS. CHESS IS A WONDERFUL GAME, AND THIS PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY MARKETED TOWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE, UH, JUST LEARNING OR DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY. SO PLEASE COME OUT THERE AND, UM, ENJOY A GOOD GAME OF CHESS. AND WITH THAT, THAT'LL BE ALL FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. [15.  REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, IT'S GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE STILL HERE. I, I WAS WONDERING IF VICE SMEAR WAS GONNA LEAVE. I, I RECALL LAST YEAR, UM, WHEN WE HAD A WORKSHOP AND WE CELEBRATED ONE ANOTHER WITH MARTINELLI. SO I HAVE MY SPARKLING MARTINELLI TONIGHT FOR CHAMPAGNE VICE. NO, NOT CHAMPAGNE. I HAVE SPARKLING MARTINELLI APPLE SIDE OF, UM, MARTINELLI TO CELEBRATE YOU. VICE MAYOR, NOT UH, VICE MAYOR. IT'S MY TURN NOW. THANK YOU. MY CASE IS CHAMPAGNE. SORRY, SORRY. AND SO I GIVE THIS TO YOU AND CELEBRATE YOU AND SAY, JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. MAY YOU LIVE TO SEE MANY, MANY MORE. UM, WE CELEBRATE YOU TONIGHT. CELEBRATE TONIGHT. AND I WANT TO REITERATE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE WEEK HERE, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THERE IS A SAYING, SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING. A LOT IS GOING ON. WE HAD PRESENTATIONS LAST NIGHT FROM OUR, UM, CAPTAIN. AND I WANT US TO BE AWARE AND ALERT OF WHAT'S AROUND US IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE'RE COMING. I KNOW YOU'RE HUNGRY, BUT WE'RE COMING. THANK YOU, NEVERTHELESS. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I'M ALSO FROM THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA. AND I, I DO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, DITTO WITH FOOD FOR THE POOR. I DO DONATE TO THEM AND I WILL, I SET MY TIME TO GO AND GIVE MY HOURS OF VOLUNTEER AND PACK IN STUFF, UM, BEFORE THE WEEK ENDS [02:15:01] AS WELL AS TOMORROW. IF ANYONE NEEDS THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO SEE ME. THEY DO GET THE JOB DONE. AND THERE IS A ORGANIZATION IN THE ISLAND OF THE JAMAICA. WE PRAY FOR ALL THOSE WHERE THAT ARE BEING HIT IN DR AS WELL AS THE OTHER ISLANDS. GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU. THIS IS MY PRAYER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER THOMAS. BE QUICK. MADAM [16.  REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY] ACM, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT? I DO. I JUST A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, MADAM MAYOR. UM, OUR SPECTACULAR IS OCTOBER 31ST, THIS FRIDAY FROM SIX TO NINE AT VINCENT TORRES PARK. UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR OUR ANGEL TREE PROGRAM UNTIL NOVEMBER 7TH. YOU HAVE TO BE ALLOTTED THE LAKES RESIDENT AND ELIGIBLE CHILDREN MUST BE ZERO TO 10 YEARS OLD. SO THAT'S MY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TONIGHT, MADAM MAYOR. WOW. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. UH, MADAM MAYOR, I'LL, UH, HOLD MY, UH, REPORT FOR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND PLEASE JOIN US IN THE JURY ROOM TO CELEBRATE VICE MAYOR TY SWELL WALK OUT, MAKE A RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. 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.