Nov 10, 2025 Special Commission Meeting

YOU.

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THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR SPECIAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING NOVEMBER 10TH, 2025.

OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK PLEASE.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

HERE, VICE MAYOR SWELL PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS, PRESENT, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.

PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

[3.  STATEMENT OF PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING]

THREE A.

THE PURPOSE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING IS TO CONSIDER ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

CONSIDER NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF BUSINESS CONTAINED IN THE CALL FOR SPECIAL MEETING.

CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR THE NOVEMBER 11TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT THIS TIME.

ITEM FOUR A THERE ARE TWO PROCLAMATIONS.

ARE WE SUPPOSED TO YES.

YES YOU DID.

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

OKAY.

GOOD

[A.  PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: CELEBRATING MS. FRANCES HAWES 103rd BIRTHDAY (SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS)]

WE HAVE PROCLAMATIONS AND HERE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I THINK, I THINK COMMISSIONER THOMAS SAYS THERE MUST BE SOMETHING IN THE WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CENTENARIANS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALLS 103RD BIRTHDAY.

MR. KURT WANT TO SEE WHAT A GREAT 100 AND 3-YEAR-OLD LOOKS LIKE.

UH, MR. KURT IS GETTING THAT UP, CELEBRATING MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALLS 103RD BIRTHDAY, WHEREAS MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALLS WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 8TH, 1922 IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA.

AND WHEREAS MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALL'S MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1960, SHE HAD EIGHT CHILDREN AND WAS A BONUS MOTHER TO TWO STEPSONS.

IS SHE UP YET? YES.

ALL RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

AND WHEREAS MS. FRANCIS HALLS ENJOYED SINGING AS A CHILD, SHE SANG SOLOS AT CHURCH AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SHE MEMORIZED ALL OF HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBER'S BIRTHDAY, AND EVERY YEAR SHE CALLED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TO SING HER SIGNATURE VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

SHE NEVER MISSED ANYONE'S BIRTHDAY.

AND WHEREAS MS. FRANCIS DETA HALLS WAS A MATH GENIUS AND WOULD SOLVE VERY COMPLICATED MATH PROBLEMS IN HER HEAD WITHOUT THE USE OF A CALCULATOR.

CAN WE DO THAT NOW? IS THAT THE NEW MATH OF THE OLD MATH? WHICH ONE IS THAT? AND WHEREAS MRS. FRANCIS LUTA HALL'S FAMOUS WORDS OF WISDOM WERE TO ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST, WORK HARD AND HELP OTHERS.

HER LIFELONG MOTTO IS TO LOVE JESUS AND TRUST HIM IN ALL THINGS.

AND WHEREAS MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALLS ACHIEVED THE MILESTONE OF 103 YEARS OF AGE ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025.

NOW THEREFORE, I VERONICA AS PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MS. FRANCIS LUTA HALL'S 103RD BIRTHDAY AND JOINED TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TYSON SWELL COMMISSIONERS EASTON

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I HAVE HEARING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE AFFIXED THIS 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025.

AND ACCEPTING ON BEHALF OF OUR 103RD YEAR OLD IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE OAKLAND VILLAS, MR. PATRICK GREEN, AND HE WILL MAKE SURE SHE GETS THIS.

AND ANOTHER TIME WE WILL HAVE A PERSONAL, PERSONAL VISIT WITH MS. HALL.

MR. OH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR.

UM, I WISH I COULD LIVE TO SEE THIS LONG, BUT MS. HAWS, THE LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD THE CHRISTMAS PARTY IN THE AUDITORIUM OVER THERE AND A CROWD GATHERED AROUND BECAUSE MS. HAWS WAS SHAKING IN SOME LEGS YOU COULD NOT IMAGINE.

AND THAT IS, SHE WAS 101.

AND SO WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HER IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE VALUE HER, UM, AND WE WISH HER HER EVERY SUCCESS FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR AND BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF OAKLAND VILLAS, AND WE WILL DEFINITELY PRESENT MR. TO MS. HAWES THE NEXT TIME WE GET TO SEE HER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PROCLAMATION

[B.  PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: CELEBRATING SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY]

WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WAS FOUNDED IN 2010 BY AMERICAN EXPRESS AS A NATIONAL EFFORT TO DRIVE CONSUMERS TO SHOP AT INDEPENDENTLY OWNED BUSINESSES AND BRING NATIONAL ATTENTION TO SMALL BUSINESSES DURING ONE OF THE BUSINESS BUSIEST SHOPPING DAYS OF THE YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT DATA FROM THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, SBA, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 36.2 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT REPRESENT NEARLY 99.9% OF AMERICAN EMPLOYER FIRMS GENERATED 1.2 MILLION NET NEW JOBS AND ACCOUNT FOR 17% OF EMPLOYMENT GROWTH IN RECENT YEARS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS OVER 700 BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS, MANY OF WHICH ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HAVE GREATLY SERVED AS A CATALYST IN CREATING JOBS, BOOSTING OUR ECONOMY AND PRESERVING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THROUGH THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT HAS BEEN PROVIDED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HAS CREATED SHOP, SMALL SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES, WHICH IS A CAMPAIGN DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO VISIT THEIR FAVORITE SMALL BUSINESS STORE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ON NOVEMBER 29TH AND MAKE PURCHASES.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL CONTINUE TO ACCESS RESOURCES THAT WILL HELP SMALL BUSINESSES TO GROW.

NOW, THEREFORE, I VERONICA PHILLIPS, BY VIRTUE OF AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME AS MAYOR OF THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM NOVEMBER 29TH, 2025 AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME TOGETHER WITH VICE MAYOR TYSON SWELL AND COMMISSIONERS EASTON HARRISON, CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, AND SHARON THOMAS TO SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES ON SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY AND WITNESS THEREOF, I HAVING TO SET MY HAND AND CAUSE THE FISH SEAL OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO BE AFFIXED THIS 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2025 AND ACCEPTING FOR SMALL BUSINESS.

SATURDAY IS OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

MR. GREEN, I'M FEELING AS IF, UM, ARE THE OSCARS HERE.

YOU KNOW, JUST COME A MINUTE.

THE WE HERE CITY AND AND THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT THE HERE GOES TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, I'M REPRESENTING OVER 700 BUSINESSES, UM, TO LET THE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THIS PROCLAMATION.

UM, AND WE INVITE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY TO COME IN AND SHOP LAUNDRY LAKES.

IT IS GOING TO BE TRULY, TRULY WORTH IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY,

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PARDON? YOU TAKING PICTURE? NO, NO.

MR. GREEN, YOU'RE THE LONE RANGER HERE.

SO WE NEED TO GET A PICTURE.

COME ON.

YOU WANNA GIVE, UM, FORMER VICE MAYOR THE SMALL BUSINESS AND YOU TAKE THE ? WE ARE GOING TO THE STEP AND REPEAT.

OH, WE'RE GOING.

WHERE'S, UM, MRS. DO, HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, HOW ARE YOU? YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. DOS AND REMEMBER TO SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES ON NOVEMBER 29TH.

OKAY.

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[C.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES - OCTOBER 27, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES AND THE OCTOBER 28, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES]

MINUTES.

OKAY, MADAM VICE, SIR.

MADAM MAYOR, I HAVE READ OCTOBER 27TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES, OCTOBER 28TH, 2025, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR MISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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[D.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

MADAM CLERK FOR THE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE FIVE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU.

THE FIRST ONE IS MS. ADINA WILSON.

MS. WILSON, GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

IS THAT TOO LOUD? MY NAME IS ADINA WILSON.

I DO NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF LIVING IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

HOWEVER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING COMMISSIONER THOMAS AT YOUR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EVENT.

I AM THE OUTREACH COORDINATOR FOR LIGHT OF THE WORLD CLINIC.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT CLINIC IN OAKLAND PARK.

OUR DOCTORS VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL CARE.

OUR ONLY THREE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT THE PERSON LIVES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THEY HAVE NO HEALTH INSURANCE, NO MEDICARE, MEDICAID, NOTHING.

AND THEY MAKE UNDER TWO AND A HALF TIMES THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

THOSE ARE OUR ONLY THREE REQUIREMENTS.

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SO I AM HERE ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE CARE THAT WE OFFER TO YOUR RESIDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE RECEIVING MEDICAL CARE BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

UM, BECAUSE OUR DOCTORS VOLUNTEER, OUR PATIENTS GET A NUMBER OF SPECIALISTS, EVERYTHING FROM ACUPUNCTURE, DERMATOLOGY, CARDIOLOGY, PODIATRY, PHYSICAL THERAPY, OPHTHALMOLOGY.

UM, WE HAVE A DISPENSING PHARMACY.

SO WE TRY TO GIVE THE PATIENT ANY MEDICATION THAT THEY NEED AS OPPOSED TO WRITING

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UM, WE ARE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO NOT USE THE EMERGENCY ROOM UNLESS IT IS AN ACTUAL EMERGENCY.

THE BIGGEST THING TO ME IS THAT THERE'S NO FOLLOW UP.

IT'S A ONE AND DONE.

WHEN YOU CHECK OUT, WHAT, WHAT DO THEY SAY TO YOU? FOLLOW UP WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN.

OKAY.

AND IF YOU DON'T, IT'S A ONE AND DONE.

SO WE WOULD LIKE PEOPLE INSTEAD TO APPLY TO BE OUR PATIENT.

THERE IS AN APPLICATION PROCESS BECAUSE OF THOSE THREE CRITERIA, BUT THAT IS ALL WE CHECK.

THAT'S ALL WE ASK.

THAT'S ALL WE TRACK.

UM, WE ARE LOCATED ON THE BUS LINE.

EVERYONE IN THE CLINIC IS BILINGUAL, VOLUNTEERS, STAFF, PERSONNEL DOCTORS.

UM, WE ARE A TEACHING CLINIC, SO WE GET RESIDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI.

WE GET NOVA NURSING STUDENTS.

THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE BILINGUAL.

UM, AND E EVERYTHING WE DO IS LITERALLY FOR THE GOOD OF THE PATIENTS.

THE DOCTORS ARE NOT MAKING ANYTHING.

WE ARE A NONPROFIT.

MOST OF US ARE PAID BY GRANTS OR NOT, DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS IN WASHINGTON.

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WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO GET MEDICAL CARE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE EACH OF YOU WITH A BROCHURE AND MY CARD, UM, THE BROCHURES ARE IN FOUR DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

THIS IS SIMPLY ENGLISH.

BUT, UM, IF YOU CAN MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS ON HOW I CAN REACH THE CITIZENS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I'LL BE DOING MORE EVENTS, I'M SURE NOW.

UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE THE HELP.

THANK YOU, MR. YOU, MR. WILSON.

THE CLERK WILL GIVE IT TO HIM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MADAM CLERK.

MAD.

THANK YOU.

YES, YOU'RE GOOD.

DID, SORRY, DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, WE WILL.

WE WILL READ THROUGH YOUR BROCHURES.

AWESOME.

IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND YOU ARE WELCOME TO CALL ME, TEXT ME, EMAIL ME, WHATEVER.

YES.

I APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NEXT, UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPENCE, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

GOOD EVENING.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEYS, CITY CLERK AND ASSISTANT CITY MAN.

I MEAN, ACTING CITY MANAGER.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

AUDIENCE.

UM, EARLIER WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE AMNESTY PROGRAM.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THE PROGRAM FOR THE, THE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LA, CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, THAT THEY HAD APPLICATION FEE PLUS, UM, ADMINISTRATIVE AND HARD COSTS WAS ADDED.

UM, AS A CHAMBER, WE HAD THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT, UM, IT WAS INCLUDED IN THE COMMERCIAL SIDE FOR THE 1300.

BUT THAT COULD BE PUT INTO YOUR DESIGN FOR THE PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION FEE PLUS ADMINISTRATIVE AND HARD COSTS.

SO THAT'S, AS A CHAMBER, PERSONALLY, AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LAUDER LAKES ADVOCATING FOR THE PEOPLE.

I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD THE 10% OR THE 15%.

SO I ASKED YOU GUYS TO LOWER IT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LARDER LAKES, THE HOMESTEAD THAT YOU LOWER IT TO AT LEAST THE 1% OR 2.5, 2.5% THAT THE CITY OF LAUDER HILL DOES.

NOW, EARLIER I WAS LISTENING TO THE, UM, COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND THERE WAS A PROGRAM THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER HARRISON WAS PRESENTING, AND IT WAS ABOUT THE SOMETHING TO DO WITH REAL ESTATE, RIGHT? AND I WAS DISAPPOINTED WHEN WE HAD THE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO WAS DOING THE PROGRAM.

NOW, I'VE NEVER HEARD, AT LEAST ME ON THE DICE.

I NEVER HEARD US ASK COMMISSIONER THOMAS, WHO'S PRESENTING IT FOR HER COM TALK TO THE COMMISSION.

I NEVER HEARD US ASK THE MAYOR WHO'S GONNA BE AT THE, UM, MAYOR'S TALK, THE, THE TV PRODUCTION.

I NEVER HEARD TO ASK.

UM, MS. COWELL, WHO'S GONNA BE AT THE, THE, THE WOMEN OR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, WHO'S GONNA BE AT ANY OF HER EVENTS SPEAKING? WE'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE.

SO WHY NOW? IT'S DIFFERENT.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT DIFFERENT.

THIS IS, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS A COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE, COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.

EXCUSE ME.

IT'S A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE ON THE FACE BACK.

IT'S NOT A CITY EVENT.

IT'S A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.

AND HE'S GONNA APPROVE FOR APPROVAL FOR IT.

WE ARE GONNA PROVE IT TO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

AND WE NEVER QUESTIONED WHO WAS A PRESENTER.

NOW, I'M GLAD THAT HE'S ACCEPTED TO INCLUDE RESIDENTS OF LAR LAKES, BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY.

THAT'S UNFAIR.

AND I THINK HIM BEING A YOUNG COMMISSIONER THAT WE TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

UM, FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT IS MR. BYRON MAILER.

MR. MAILER, NO PROTOCOL HAS, HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.

I AM BYRON MAILER FROM NORTHGATE KID, UH, PASSIONATE

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UH, LEMME PREFACE MY COMMENT BY SAYING MY COMMENT IS NOT DIRECTED AT ANYONE SPECIFICALLY ON THE D BUT ANY, ALL OF YOU MIGHT BE INCLUDING MY REMARKS.

I'M ADDRESSING THE, UH, ITEM G ON THE, WITH REGARDS TO THE CONSIDERATION OF EXPANDING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT.

AND, UH, I'M AN INDEPENDENT THINKER AND I TRY TO BE INDEPENDENT.

AND I DO MY RESEARCH.

I INQUIRE AND I, WHEN I OBSERVE THEIR LAST MEETING, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, WHO IS THE CITY COMMISSION REPRESENTING ANYTHING? WHY I SAY THAT? MADAM MAYOR, THE COMMISSION SEND OUT YOUR EMISSARY OF LACKING, USING A BETTER WORD TO DISCUSS AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

MADAM MAYOR, I OBSERVED THE REMARKS WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE NO CONSULTATION WAS DONE WITH YOUR EMISSARY, WAS THE STAFF PERSON THAT YOU SENT TO NEGOTIATE.

BECAUSE, UH, I DON'T THINK NIU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CONTRACT LAW, BUT SHE SUPPOSED TO BE REPRESENTING THE CITY.

BUT I MAYOR, GONNA PICK ON YOU, YOU'RE THE MOST SENIOR PERSON ON THE DIOCESE.

AND THIS IS WHERE LEADERSHIP SHOULD COME FROM.

NOW YOU'RE THE MAYOR, YOU SHOULD EXPOSE CERTAIN LEADERSHIP AS FAR AS THIS NEGOTIATION IS CONCERNED.

LEMME TAKE WITH MY NOTES IN RESEARCH.

I, I I MADE AND WAS, I'M JUST AN ORDINARY CITIZEN.

I INQUIRE AND RESEARCH WHAT OTHER ATTORNEY IN BROADCOM TO MAKE.

AND I FOUND OUT, I FOUND THAT THE, THE, THE LOWEST AND THE HIGHEST LOWEST IS 74,000.

AND THE HIGHEST IS 230,000.

RIGHT NOW, THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 160,000 A YEAR.

AND, UH, AS I LOOK, I'M NOT A MATH GENIUS, BUT , I KNOW MY MATHEMATICS.

IT, IT, IT TURNED OUT TO BE ABOUT $77 AND 18 CENTS PER HOUR, WHICH, UH, TABLET TO 3080 $7 PER WEEK.

OR THREE 13,378 APPROXIMATELY PER MONTH.

NOW I HEAR THAT THE CITY ATTORNEYS ASKING TO DOUBLE WHAT HE'S MAKING, HE'S MAKING 19,000 A YEAR AND WANT A LIQUOR LESS THAN 19,000.

DOUBLE.

NOW IN MY LIQUOR RESEARCH SKILL LEVEL IS, IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, EXPERIENCE AND DEPENDS ON THE, THE LOCAL YOU ARE WORKING.

YES, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE DUTIES OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THE DUTIES HAS EXPANDED BEYOND WHAT HE'S DOING NOW.

REVIEWING CONTRACTS, DRAFTING ORDINANCES, DEFENDING THE CITY WHEN NECESSARY AS FAR AS LAND, LAND LITIGATION MAY CONCERN OR DRAFTING RESOLUTION.

DOUBLE, ALMOST DOUBLE.

MADAM MAYOR, YOU KNOW WHAT I FOUND OUT IN MY RESEARCH TOO? THE BLACK CITIES, THE CITIES THAT RUN BY BLACK PEOPLE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM, BUT, OR THEY DON'T KNOW TO NEGOTIATE IN, IN THE CENTURY IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY.

BECAUSE AS I SAID TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, YOU GUYS SEND OUT YOUR EMISSARY WHATEVER EARNING NAME IS TO NEGOTIATE AND ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE DYERS WAS LORD IN THE CITY MANAGER.

MADAM MAYOR,

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IT CAN BE TOTALLY FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

SOMETHING HAVE TO BE IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY.

AND I EXPECT YOU TO LEAD ON THIS.

MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. MAILER.

MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. INGRID ROBERTS.

MS. ROBERTS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY ACTON, CITY MANAGER, COMMISSIONERS IN VIEW AND AUDIENCE.

MY NAME IS INGRID ROBERTS.

FOR THE RECORD, I WAS HOPING THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK AFTER THE ITEM THAT, UM, BROUGHT ME HERE TONIGHT.

AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS.

SO CAN YOU, AM I ABLE TO SPEAK AFTER THAT DISCUSSION? CAN I YIELD WHAT I HAVE TO SAY UNTIL AFTER THAT DISCUSSION? WHICH IS NUMBER N IT'S AN ITEM ON THE SPECIAL AGENDA THAT'S NO, ON THIS ONE.

OH, WHICH ONE? OH, I HAVE, I THINK I HAVE THE WRONG ONE.

YEAH.

SO YOU GUYS ARE NOT DISCUSSING, WE'RE ON, ON THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE, COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.

SO THIS ONE IS IRRELEVANT RIGHT NOW? NOT AT THIS TIME.

UM, OKAY, SINCE I HAVE MY TIME, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME WHEN THIS IS GONNA COME BACK ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION AFTER WE CONCLUDE OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING? THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER TO CONTINUE THE WORKSHOP THIS EVENING OR RESCHEDULE THE WORKSHOP TO CONTINUE.

OKAY.

I STILL HAVE, UM, MINUTES, SO I'M JUST GONNA JUST EXPRESS WHAT I HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA COME HERE IN VAIN.

UM, AND I, I DID TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE SOME THINGS DOWN BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANNA FORGET ANYTHING.

RIGHT.

UM, I'M NOT SURE THE REASON WHY THIS IS BACK ON THE AGENDA.

'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT, UM, THE COMMISSION HAD ALREADY VOTED AND MADE IT A DECISION ON THE RENAMING OF THE HAZER P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

UM, I'M GUESSING, AND I, AND I HEARD THAT, UM, BEFORE ON THE DAIS.

YOU GUYS HAVE STATED SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IMAGINATION OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I'M GONNA USE MY IMAGINATION AND THINK THAT THE REASON, MAYBE THE FINANCES RIGHT OF THIS EVENT.

UM, I'M HERE TO PETITION THE CITY FOR A CELEBRATION FOR COMMISSIONER HAZEL P ROGERS.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE RIBBON CUTTING, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS LABORED IN THIS CITY FOR DECADES, I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY OF DER DAY LAKES FOR MANY YEARS.

SO I KNOW THE VALUE OF COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS.

SO I'M NOT HERE SPEAKING AS A FRIEND.

I'M HERE SPEAKING AS SAD WHO WAS INTRICATELY INVOLVED IN THE ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY OF LATTER DAY LAKES.

I WELCOME THE ZONING AND PLANNING BOARD, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD.

SO I HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LETTER DAY LAKE.

I STILL CONSIDER MY HEART, SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.

COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS HAS BEEN AN INTRIGUING PART OF THE CITY OF LETTER DAY LAKE.

SHE LIVES IN THE CITY.

SHE HAS POURED INTO THE CITY.

SO I'M JUST HERE PETITIONING AS A COMMUNITY PERSON THAT WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CITY TO FUND A CELEBRATION FOR HER BECAUSE I KNOW YOU HAVE TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WITH YOUR DOLLARS.

BUT WE DO HAVE PARTNERS, BUSINESSES THAT SHE HAVE WORKED WITH FOR MANY YEARS THAT SHE HAVE HELPED.

AND I WANNA COMMEND THE GENTLEMAN THAT TALKED.

HE'S NOT HERE, BUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE BUSINESSES IS VERY IMPORTANT.

SO I HAVE TO COMMEND THEM BECAUSE THE CITY NEEDS TO GROW AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT ALSO CELEBRATING A LEGEND IN THIS CITY IS ALSO IMPORTANT.

AND WE DON'T WANNA PUT A FINANCIAL BURDEN IN THE CITY, LIKE I SAID, BUT WE HAVE PARTNERS THAT'S WAITING TO HELP TO CELEBRATE HER IN

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SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL CONSIDER THAT, THINK ABOUT IT, AND PARTNER WITH THE PEOPLE THAT'S STANDING AND WAITING TO GIVE HER MEANINGFUL, UM, CELEBRATION FOR THE YEARS THAT SHE HAS SERVED IN THE CITY THAT SHE HAS LIVED IN FOR DECADES.

SO, UM, THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY TO PETITION TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT'S ON THIS DAIS THAT HAVE WALKED IN THE SHOULDERS OF COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, THAT I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER DURING THIS CELEBRATION ON HER BEHALF, WITHOUT SPENDING ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I ALSO WANTED TO FINISH WITH A SCRIPTURE BECAUSE I DID WRITE THAT DOWN AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

BUT I CAN'T BECAUSE MY TIME IS UP.

BUT SO MUCH IS GIVEN, MUCH IS EXPECTED, AND WE HAVE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED AND LABORED FOR US.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MS. ROBERTS.

MADAM MAYOR, THE FINAL PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS FROM MS. MARLENE ROY.

MS. ROY, I'M THANK YOU.

MS. ROBERTS PROTOCOL HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.

SO I, I DO GET A CHANCE TO FINISH MY PRAYER, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

UM, THE BIBLE SAYS IN ROMANS 13, SEVEN, GIVE HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE.

SO LET THE CELEBRATION THAT I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO DO BE ABOUT HONORING A WOMAN WHO HAS GIVEN SO MUCH OF HERSELF, WHOSE LOVE AND DEDICATION HAVE LEFT A LASTING MARK ON THIS COMMUNITY.

MAY THIS NOT JUST BE A MOMENT OF RECOGNITION, BUT A CALL TO CONTINUE HER EXAMPLE TO SERVE WITH PURPOSE AND LEAD WITH COURAGE, AND TO LIFT AS WE CLIMB.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ROBERTS.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE CUP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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[E.  RESOLUTION 2025-140 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA; PURSUANT TO SECTION 82-356(A)(3) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IDENTIFIED AS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL, COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES, RFP25-3410-18R (“SOLICITATION”), AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDEDALE LAKES AND LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC., PROVIDING FOR DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES’ NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST ROUTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS AND 50/100 ($75.50) PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1, 2025, FOR A THREE (3) YEAR TERM WITH TWO (2) OPTIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWALS]

RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH FOUR ZERO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA PURSUANT TO SECTION 82 DASH 3 5 6 A THREE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE.

AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT CERTAIN FORMAL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IDENTIFIED AS REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES RFP 25 DASH 34 10 DASH 18 R SOLICITATION, AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE IN A TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA INC.

PROVIDING FOUR DAY-TO-DAY MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST ROUTES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75 50 CENTS PER HOUR, EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025.

FOUR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWALS.

A COPY OF THE SOLICITATION IS ATTACHED HERE, TWO AS EXHIBIT A.

A DRAFT COPY OF SET CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE, TWO AS EXHIBIT B.

COPY OF THE EVALUATION DOCUMENTS OR ATTACHED HERE TWO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT C, COPIES OF EACH, 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.

SO THIS IS A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAD MAYOR MR. HARRISON, OUR MOVE.

WE BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 40 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

MADAM.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PRIOR WORKSHOP AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZA QUALA LINE TO PRESENT FURTHER THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. P.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

MY NAME IS PER, I'M

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UH, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, AS MENTIONED ALREADY, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP.

MR. PEPPER.

MR. ZA, I'M SORRY.

YES.

COULD YOU TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT IF IT'S ON YOUR END, PLEASE.

IT IS NOT ON MY END.

I APOLOGIZE.

I'M WHISPERING .

UH, IS THIS A BETTER MADAM MAYOR? IT IS TAKING CARE OF IT.

IT IS NOW, RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

I'M GOING.

I APOLOGIZE MADAM MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, UH, MADAM MAYOR, AS MENTIONED, UM, WE DID PRESENT, UM, TO THE COMMISSION, UM, A TIMELINE OF EVENTS FOR THIS, UM, ITEM, UM, FROM WHEN WE ADVERTISE UP UNTIL IT CAME TO COMMISSION THE LAST TIME I'M AVAILABLE TO ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THAT MAYBE, UM, COMING FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, NO QUESTION.

MR. ZA, WOULD YOU PLEASE WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS? SURE.

FROM THE TIME THE RFP IS PUT OUT UNTIL THE EVALUATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS DONE, PLEASE.

SURE.

SO, UM, AS, UM, I REQUESTED, SO THE, THE SOLICITATION WENT OUT ON AUGUST 19TH, UH, ON OUR DEMAND STAR PLATFORM.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE HAD TWO LEGAL ADV ADVERTISEMENTS IN THE, UH, SOME SENTINEL PEOPLES, UM, FOLLOWING THAT, UM, WHICH CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 12TH.

UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT DID PUT ITEMS TOGETHER TO DETERMINE, UH, THE BIDDERS WHO ARE RESPONSIVE FROM THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT OUT OF THE SIX THAT WE'VE GOT, WHO WERE DEEMED NON-RESPONSIVE.

ONE DID NOT PROVIDE ANY DOCUMENTS AT ALL AND ONE DID NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE.

SO THEY WERE KNOCKED OUT AND THE MEETING FOUR, UM, THEIR PROPOSAL WERE EVALUATED, MAKING SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPLIANT.

UH, PART OF THE SOLICITATION PROCESS WAS THAT THE VENDORS WERE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS SO THAT THE CITY CAN DETERMINE THEIR FINANCIAL STRENGTH.

THE GUIDELINE WAS PUT TOGETHER AND THESE DOCUMENTS WERE SENT TO THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM TO EVALUATE THE FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF EACH OF THESE FILMS. UH, ONCE THOSE SCORES CAME BACK FROM THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM, UH, THOSE SCORES WERE ADDED TO THE TALLY, UM, TO THE RATING SHEET THAT WERE GIVEN TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO WERE NOW TAKE THOSE SCORES AS WELL AS THE LOCAL PREFERENCE SCORES THAT WE HAD.

UM, AND GIVEN, UH, TO THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, THEY WILL NOW REVIEW THE PROPOSALS IN DETAIL.

WE ANNOUNCED A PUBLIC MEETING, A PUBLIC EVALUATION MEETING, UM, ON OCTOBER 6TH FOR OCTOBER 13TH, GIVING AMPLE NOTICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON OCTOBER 13TH AS THE MEETING STARTED, WHICH IS ALSO, MAY I ADD A RECORDED AND LIVESTREAM PUBLIC MEETING.

UM, ONE OF THE VENDORS, ONE OF THE EVALUATORS, INDICATED THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT TIME TO REVIEW THE PROPOSAL.

SO WHAT WE DID WITH TERMINATED THE MEETING AND WE RESCHEDULE, WE RESCHEDULED FOR FIVE DAYS AFTER, WHICH WAS ON THE FRIDAY.

UH, AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS ALSO A PUBLIC MEETING RECORDED AND LIVESTREAM TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THE CRITERIA THAT WERE GIVEN, UH, ON THE SOLICITATION.

THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS WERE ASKED FROM EACH ABOUT EACH VENDOR HOW THEY MET EACH CRITERIA, AND THE COMMENTS OF THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE WERE PUT ON RECORD.

THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE SCORED EACH OF THE VENDORS THE HIGHEST SCORED FROM THE, UM, ON THE RATING SHEETS COMBINED, UM, THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, WAS LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

THEREAFTER, WE, UH, PUT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TOGETHER AND BROUGHT IT TO COMMISSION THAT BASED ON THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, THAT WAS DONE.

UH, IN ADDITION, MAY, MAY I ADD THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF STAFF FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND FROM PARTS OF HUMAN SERVICES PROCUREMENT FACILITATES THE PROCESS.

WHEN WE HAVE AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE, WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE EVALUATION ITSELF, WE JUST FACILITATE THE PROCESS.

SO WE TOOK, UM, WHAT THEY GAVE US.

UH, WE HAVE PRESENTED, UM, THIS TO THE COMMISSION, THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE LIKE ME, DO THEY ALWAYS ROTATE FOR DIFFERENT SOLICITATIONS? UH, EACH EVALUATION COMMITTEE MEMBER MUST COMPLETE, UH, A FORM INDICATING THAT THEY HAVE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH ANY OF THE VENDORS.

SO THEY DECLARE THAT IN WRITING, WE GIVE THEM AN ID IDENTITY OF WHO THE VENDORS ARE AND MAKING SURE, AND THEY HAVE TO ATTEST TO THAT AS WELL.

SO, UM, AFTER THAT COMPLETE PROCESS, UM, WE BROUGHT THESE SCORES, UM, TO THE COMMISSION, RECOMMENDING THAT AFTER THE COMPLETE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, UH, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD TO LI SOUTH FLORIDA BASED ON THE HIGHEST SCORE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED.

UM, AND AFTER THE COMMITTEE HAS ALSO, UH, REVIEW THEIR PROPOSALS AVAILABLE TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, MR. ZAM, WHAT ARE THE SCORES OF ALL OF THE, UH, PEOPLE THAT PUT IN FOR THIS APPLICATION?

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SO BEFORE YOU SHOULD HAVE, BEFORE YOU, IT WAS, UM, SUPPOSED TO BE PART OF YOUR PACKET, UH, LIMOUSINE SOUTH FLORIDA SCORED 277.70 P.

TRANSPORT CORP.

SCORED 260.40 A ONE A AIRPORT.

AND LIMOUSINE SERVICES 2 2 4 0.60.

PHOENIX BUS SERVICE, INC 1 1 4 0.30.

ALRIGHT, MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRIS.

THANK YOU.

SO, UH, WHAT WAS DISCUSSED LAST TIME? UH, SO, SO HERE'S THE IDEA THAT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE A POINT OF WHAT STAFF RECOMMENDS.

THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE TO GO WITH THAT PARTICULAR RECOMMENDATION.

AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING TOO OFTEN IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS THAT STAFF IS COMING WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT THE CITY COMMISSIONS IS GONNA NOD THEIR HEAD AND FEEL LIKE THE RECOMMENDATION IS GOD.

BUT NO, WE ARE GOD.

SO WE GET TO CHOOSE WHO WE GET TO VOTE ON AND WHO WE GET TO SELECT AS THE ACTUAL VENDOR THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH AT THE CITY.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WHAT I WAS RECOMMENDING WAS WE GET PRESENTATIONS FROM BOTH VENDORS, UH, WHO HAVE THE CLOSE TOP SCORE OF ONLY ABOUT 17 PERCENTAGE POINTS.

AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT CLOSE.

UH, BUT THEY ARE ACTUALLY RELATIVELY CLOSE IN TERMS OF THE REST OF THE SCORES ON THERE.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MR. ZA AND OUR COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD, I AM NOT GOD.

MR. AGU.

MS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, AFTER IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED, IS THERE A PROCESS OR TIME PERIOD FOR ANY OF THE VENDORS WHO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO APPEAL? ABSOLUTELY.

MADAM MAYOR.

THERE IS A PROTEST PERIOD WRITTEN IN THE SOLICITATION ITSELF AS WELL AS ON UH, PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, FIVE DAYS.

THE NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD, UH, WAS ISSUED AND PUBLISH ON OUR DEMAND STAFF PLATFORM IN THE ADVISING ALL VENDORS THAT THIS IS THE, UM, INTENT OF THE CITY TO, UH, AWARD TO THIS VENDOR.

WE HAD FIVE DAYS WITH THE PERIOD ENDING ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THAT NOTICE OF INTENT WOULD'VE BEEN ISSUED WAS THE DEADLINE FRIDAY AT 5:00 PM WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, CONFIRMATION THAT ANYONE WANTED TO PROTEST.

THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU.

I START, I WON'T EVEN TRY TO PRONOUNCE THE NAME.

SO, UM, I HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING, BUT AT THIS POINT I BELIEVE THAT THEY WENT, UM, I'M LOOKING AT ALL THE STEPS HERE THAT THEY HAVE MADE AND THEY HAVE COVERED EVERY BASIS IN ORDER TO ARRIVE AT THESE, UH, LSFS SHUTTLE.

LEMME THE SCORE.

SO I'M NOT SEEING, UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING UNETHICAL IS HAPPENING, SOMETHING I THEN I WILL HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT.

I DON'T HAVE A ISSUE WITH THIS.

I THINK THE DEPARTMENT WAS THOROUGHLY DID THEIR JOB AND WE ARE NOT SAYING THAT WE ARE WANTING THE, THE STAFF TO RUN, BUT WE HIRE THEM TO DO A JOB.

SO IF WE CAN'T TRUST THEM TO DO THE JOB, THEN WE NEED TO GET RID OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE TAKE IT OVER.

BUT WE HIRE THEM TO DO A JOB.

THEY PROVIDE US ALL THE STUFF THAT WE ALWAYS ASKING FOR AS FAR AS STEP BY STEP GUIDE AT HOW THEY ARRIVE, AT WHAT THEY ARRIVE AT WHICH THEY DID.

I SEE NOTHING WRONG WHAT THEY DID.

SO I THINK THAT THE PERSON WHO WON THE BID WANTED FAIRLY AND WE SHOULD MOVE ON AND APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.

I THINK, I THINK IN ADDITION TO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS HAS SAID, IF THERE WAS AN ESTABLISHED TIME TO DISPLAY DISSATISFACTION WITH THE AWARDING OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF, THAT THE PERSON WHO IS DISSATISFIED OR WAS DISSATISFIED SHOULD HAVE FOLLOWED THE RULES AND SUBMITTED THAT DISSATISFACTION AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCEDURE.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I HAVE LOOKED ON THE OVERALL SCORE.

ONE OF THE GOOD THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THE VENDOR, THAT THE VENDOR IS RIGHT IN MY, IN THE CITY, IF THERE IS A BREAKDOWN, I'M SURE NO ONE WANTS TO SIT ON A BUS FOR AN HOUR OR HALF OF AN HOUR AND THE BUS IS NOT MOVING.

THEY CAN CALL AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY HAVE A REPLACEMENT AND

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SO FOR ME, I, WHEN THE TIME COMES, I WILL BE VOTING TO MAKE, TO KEEP LIMOUSINE OF SOUTH FLORIDA BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT DOWN THE CORNER.

THOUGH WE HAD SOME PROBLEMS, NOT WITH THEM.

THEY KNOW WE CAN ALWAYS, THERE, THERE WILL BE A REPLACEMENT BUS TO COME AND PICK UP THESE PEOPLE.

SO I WOULD MESS WITH THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IF THEY DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS ALL THE T'S, I DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO DECIDE TO SUE THE CITY BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO CHANGE IN MID STREET.

THEY GOT EVERY OTHER VENDOR GOT THE CHANCE TO APPEAL.

AND IF THAT VENDOR OR VENDORS DID NOT USE THE PERIOD, THE TIMEFRAME THAT WAS ESTABLISHED, THEN I WOULD KNOW WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE ROUTES RIGHT NOW? 'CAUSE TECHNICALLY THAT IS WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING.

CHANGING THE RULES.

I DID NOT.

YOU GOT FIVE DAYS TO APPEAL AND YOU DID NOT TAKE IT.

AND THEN SUDDENLY WE ARE COMING, I WILL VOTE TO MAKE TO KEEP SOUTH FLORIDA LIMOUSINE.

GIVE THEM THE CONTRACT AND IF THEY MESS UP, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ALSO.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

ALSO, IT'S KIND OF WEIRD, BUT THE LIMOUSINE SERVICE THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM FOR YEARS.

WE KNOW WHAT THEY ARE CAPABLE OF, WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING.

THE OTHER COMPANY THAT SCORED BELOW 17 POINTS DIFFERENCE, WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE.

WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR SERVICES AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY TRULY GOING TO OFFER FOR US.

SO TO EVEN CONSIDER THAT, THAT WAS JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL.

AND I FIND IT VERY, I, YOU KNOW, THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

YES.

MAD MAYOR.

GO AHEAD MADAM VICE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE FOUR OH TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

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[F.  RESOLUTION 2025-141 AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA; IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-355(B)(3) OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING AMENDMENT TO TEMPORARY SERVICE CONTRACT AND PAYMENT OF INVOICES SUBMITTED BY LIMOUSINES OF SOUTH FLORIDA, INC. (“LSF”) FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES WITH CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES’ NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST ROUTES (“LSF TEMP CONTRACT”), FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2025 AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED AN HOURLY RATE OF SIXTY EIGHT DOLLARS AND NINETY EIGHT CENTS ($68.98) PER HOUR]

FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNECTION WITH MANAGEMENT, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNITY BUS SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES NORTH TO SOUTH AND EAST TO WEST FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH OCTOBER, EXCUSE ME MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

UH, BEGINNING FROM OCTOBER 1ST THROUGH 20 OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 1ST THE AMOUNT TO PLUGIN IT WOULD BE NOVEMBER 31ST, 30 NOVEMBER, EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2025 AT AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $68 AND 98 CENTS PER HOUR.

A COPY OF SAID TEMPORARY SERVICE CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

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.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 4 1 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL

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THANK YOU MADAM MACIA.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

WE DO HAVE MR. ZAM THAT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM AS WELL THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU MR. ZA.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, UH, ALL PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED MADAM COMMISSION.

THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, WHERE SOUTH FLORIDA, THEY PROVIDED, UH, CONTINUATION OF SERVICES TO THE CITY DURING THE PERIOD THAT WE HAD THIS SOLICITATION ONGOING.

UM, HIS OFFICIAL TEMPORARY CONTRACT STARTED ON OCTOBER 1ST AND UH, HE GRANTED US A RATE, AN ALLOWANCE TO USE RATE UP UNTIL JANUARY, 2026, UM, BEFORE THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1ST, UHTO THE END OF OCTOBER.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE INITIAL PERIOD THAT WE WANTED TO USE HIS TEMPORARY SERVICES, UH, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AWARD THE NEW CONTRACT, UM, BY NOVEMBER 1ST.

AND HE IS STILL ONGOING WITH SERVICES.

UM, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS, UM, JUST REVIEWING THE DATES.

IS IT POSSIBLE, UH, MAD MAYOR THROUGH YOU? CAN I ACCESS YOUR ATTORNEY? CAN WE MAKE THIS, UM, TEMPORARY CONTRACT READS, UH, THE INVOICE FOR THE COMPLETE PERIOD OF OCTOBER AND THE PREVIOUS, UM, ITEM BE EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST.

UH, THAT MAY HELP.

IT'S THE SAME VENDOR PROVIDING SERVICES JUST FOR THE INVOICING.

IT'S GONNA BE AT A DIFFERENT NOW EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 1ST, MR. ATTORNEY PLEASE.

UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THE PURCHASING MANAGER IS ASKING IF THE AWARD ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM COULD BE EFFECTIVE AS OF NOVEMBER 1ST WOULD ALLOW, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE PAYMENT OF THE INVOICES UNDER THE ITEM BEFORE THE COMMISSION NOW TO BE A PAYMENT PERIOD FROM OCTOBER ONE THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 31ST.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, CORRECT? MM-HMM .

UH, AND MAD MAYOR, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THE COMMISSION WOULD HAVE TO REVISIT THE ITEM ON A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION TO PROVIDE FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CONTRACT TO BE FOR NOVEMBER 1ST, 2025.

AND THAT RECONSIDERATION WOULD HAVE TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, IF IT'S POSSIBLE THEN CAN WE MAKE THE NEW CONTRACT EFFECTIVE? UM, DECEMBER 1ST? I USE THE CURRENTS UP UNTIL THE END OF NOVEMBER.

OKAY.

YES, THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE.

THAT MAKES BETTER, THAT SOUNDS BETTER.

UM, MR. ZA, THANK YOU.

AVAILABLE TO ANY QUESTIONS? HAVE NONE.

ALRIGHT.

SAYS MOTION PLEASE.

ADAM MAYOR.

MR. HARRISON, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 1 4 1.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR COMMISSIONER THOMAS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

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[G.  RESOLUTION 2025-142 APPROVING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT FOR LEGAL SERVICES]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY AS CERTAIN RENEWAL OF AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL LEGAL SERVICES BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND SYDNEY C CALLAWAY, ESQUIRE AND SHUT BOWEN, LLPA DRAFT COPY OF SET AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, 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.

MR. MOTION BRING TO THE FLOOR MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 42 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS VICE MAYOR SWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MME. MAY STAND.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MS. UM, SHARON HAYNES WILL COME AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, PROTOCOL HAVING, UH, BEEN ESTABLISHED ALREADY.

MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU IS THE RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH AN OPTION FOR TWO ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR PERIODS.

THE CONTRACT IS AT $600,000

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IS THAT IT? YES MA'AM.

MS. MS. HAYNES, WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION AND THIS AND THIS PRESENTATION AS IT RELATES TO THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE CONTRACT? IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, I ATTEMPTED TO HIGHLIGHT TO THE COMMISSION MY CHALLENGES AND I THINK ANY FINANCE DIRECTOR CHALLENGES WITH THE WAY THE CITY WAS BEING BILLED PER MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTRACT, SOME OF THE SERVICES FOR WHICH THE CITY WAS BEING BILLED FOR SEPARATELY, UM, I DEEMED TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE RETAINER WITH THIS, UM, PRESENTATION.

MR. CALLWAY STATED ON THE PODIUM THAT THE NEW CONTRACT WOULD NOW INCLUDE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT HE PREVIOUS BILLED FOR, SEPARATELY, THAT THOSE WOULD NO LONGER BE BILLED SEPARATELY.

UM, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY BUT MY READING AS A FINANCE PERSON OF THE LANGUAGE, UM, STILL LEAVES ME WITH RESERVATION.

BUT I WAS ADVISED BY MY SUPERVISOR THAT THE CONTRACT IS PROVIDED TO ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND SO Y'ALL ARE ABLE TO READ IT AND INTERPRET IT AS WELL.

SO I LIMIT MY DISCUSSION TO WHAT'S IN THE CONTRACT.

ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE TOPICS OF DISCUSS, ONE OF THE TOPICS OF DISCUSSION AT OUR LAST MEETING WAS THE 10 HOURS, THE BILLING INVOICE WHERE EVENTS WOULD OCCUR IN EXCESS OF 10 HOURS.

THAT WAS NOT IN THE, UM, ORIGINAL CONTRACT OR IN THE INITIAL CONTRACT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT WAS A PROPOSAL IN THIS VERSION OF THE CONTRACT THAT HE HAS PROVIDED THAT MATTERS EXCEEDING 10 HOURS WOULD BILLED FOR AT THE RATE OF $485 AN HOUR.

WHAT ISN'T QUITE CLEAR TO ME IS IF IT'S $10 PER EVENT OR 10, I MEAN 10 HOURS PER UM, EVENT.

UH, 10 HOURS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.

I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY, MR. THOMAS.

YES, MADAM MAYOR.

WELL, MR. CALLAWAY IS HERE.

COULD YOU JUST BRING CLARITY TO THAT? MR. CALLOWAY, UM, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I GAVE A FEW EXAMPLES OF WHAT MIGHT BE DEEMED A MATTER THAT REQUIRES SPECIAL COUNSEL LEGAL SERVICES.

FIRST, I SAID AGAIN, THOSE MATTERS WOULD BE ANY MATTER THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE MORE THAN 10 HOURS OF TIME.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, OAKLAND VILLA, WHEN WE STARTED, IT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THIS EXAMPLE, BUT WHEN WE STARTED WE WERE REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO HAVE THAT MATTER PRESENTED FOR A PUBLIC BID THAT OBVIOUSLY TOOK MORE THAN 10 HOURS OF TIME.

IF IT'S A MATTER THAT IS GOING TO REQUIRE 10 HOURS OF TIME IN THIS CONTRACT, THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES THAT.