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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AFTERNOON EVERYONE.THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD.
PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLAWAY.
MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.
IS YOUR MIC WORKING COMMISSIONER OKAY.
CAN LET HIM KNOW I AM WORKING NOW.
[REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 25, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA]
THREE, DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.MADAM AC M THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THE FIRST ITEM IS REVIEW OF THE NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA.
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AND THEN WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.
AGENDA NINE A RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 43, APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO THE RECREATIONAL TRAILS PROGRAM GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
THE OTIS GRAY PARK EXTENDING THE GRANT TERM THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026.
AND WE HAVE NASIR MSU TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSION.
UH, AND THE AUDIENCE, THIS ONE TI GRAY PARK.
PREVIOUSLY WE HAD ONE EXTENSION AND THE DEADLINE IS DECEMBER THIS YEAR, AS WE KNOW, THE STATE FISCAL YEAR IS START BY JULY.
SO JUNE 3RD IS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE ALREADY HAVE THE CONTRACTOR, BUT PRACTICALLY IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FINISH THE PROJECT BY DECEMBER.
SO WE GOT THE SCHEDULE FROM THE CONTRACTOR AND THAT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT BY MAY 31ST, 2026.
WE INCLUDED THAT WITH OUR REQUEST AND IT STAYED APPROVED OUR EXTENSION UP TO JUNE 30TH, 2026, WHICH IS ONE MONTH MORE THAN WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED BASED ON THE CONTRACTOR PROVIDED SCHEDULE.
WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE EXECUTION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE UP TO JUNE 30TH, 2026.
THE PROJECT ALREADY IN DESIGN PHASE WITH THE DESIGN BUILD TEAM THAT IS AWARDED BY YOU LAST MONTH.
ANNIE, KIRSTEN, QUESTION? NO QUESTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER NINE B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 44 AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THIS END THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND THE TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP 25 DASH 34 10 DASH EIGHT R FOR CITYWIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES TO MARCH AND SOUTH LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $199,662 ANNUALLY.
FURTHER AWARDING AND AUTHORIZING VENDOR TO PROVIDE OPTIONAL SERVICES FOR VARIOUS CITY EVENTS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS AT THE FIXED RATE PROVIDED.
MADAM MAYOR, WE DO HAVE MR. ZALO AS WELL AS RHONES BRUNI.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, UH, COMMISSION CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLIP MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
ZAPA PERLA, PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE BROUGHT, UH, THE WORKSHOP IN OCTOBER, UH, ADVISING ON A SOLICITATION THAT WE DID, UM, FOR CITYWIDE JANITORIAL SERVICES.
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VENDORS COME OUT, ABOUT 28 VENDORS CAME OUT FOR THE SITE VISIT.WE DID GO THROUGH, UH, EVALUATION PROCESS WITH THE VENDORS, UM, WHEN WE DID OUR FIRST EVALUATION AND THE PRICES THAT WE GOT WERE REALLY HIGH AND THE COMMITTEE DECIDED THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE, UH, WENT AHEAD AND DECIDED LET'S DO SOME ORAL PRESENTATIONS, UM, WITH, UH, SHORTLIST OF VENDORS.
WE DID SHORTLIST FOUR VENDORS.
UM, AND THEN THEY CAME IN FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS WITH THE SAME COMMITTEE.
THE COMMITTEE WENT THROUGH THEIR PROPOSALS, LISTENED TO THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
UM, THE PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETING WAS A PUBLIC MEETING.
THE ORAL PRESENTATIONS WAS ANNOUNCED BUT NOT PUBLICIZED, UM, AS THEIR REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.
UM, UH, THE HIGHEST SCORED VENDOR, UH, AFTER THIS EXERCISE WAS MAZDA AND SALT LLC.
UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
UM, UH, THE VENDOR IS ALSO PRESENT HERE IF, UH, THE COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR ITSELF.
COLLEAGUES, NO QUESTIONS MR. THOMAS? NO, THANK YOU MR. AL.
ANYTHING TO ADD? MR. RON? GOOD, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MADAM, MME. CLARK AND THE AUDIENCE.
MY NAME IS RON DES BRU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, MADAME, AS YOU KNOW, PROVIDE, UH, JANITORIAL SERVICES TO 14 FACILITIES.
UH, THAT'S A TOTAL TOTAL OF ROUGHLY 70,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, CITY FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, LIKE 79 OFFICES.
UH, 49 BATHROOM, UH, NINE KITCHEN, 20 CONFERENCE ROOMS, UH, THREE FITNESS CENTER AND THREE AUDITORIUMS. SO, UM, THAT'S A LARGE AREA TO COVER.
SO THAT SERVICE WILL PROVIDE, UH, THE NEEDED JANITORIAL SERVICES, UH, TO COVER ALL OF THOSE FACILITIES WITH THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE REALLY HIGH, UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TARGETING WITH, UH, THAT NEW CONTRACT THERE.
ANY QUESTION FOR ME, MR. BARN, WOULD YOU GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, THE SERVICES OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE THAT MAY BE NEEDED AT A FIXED RATE? UH, YEAH, WE HAVE A LIST OF, UH, SERVICE THAT IS PART OF THE CONTRACT.
I DO HAVE THE ADDITIONAL SERVICES HERE.
UH, WE HAVE WINDOW, WINDOW CLEANING, UH, THE FLOOR, UH, STRIPPING, UH, BASED ON WHAT FACILITIES? MOSTLY THE MUL, UH, THE AUDITORIUMS, LIKE ECC, UH, MULTIPURPOSE.
SOMETIMES WE REALLY NEED TO WAX THE FLOORING, UH, 'CAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE A HEAVY USAGE, UH, BECAUSE THOSE ARE RENTAL FACILITIES LIKE WILLY WEB MULTIPURPOSE.
AND SO NOT EVERY MONTH OR EVERY QUARTER, BUT BASED ON THE NEED, BASED ON THE USAGE, WE WOULD ASK FOR THOSE SPECIFIC SERVICE, WHICH IS CHARGED PER SQUARE FEET.
UM, UH, THE VINYL FLOOR, UH, SPRAYING, UH, THE CARPET, SHAMPOOING, UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CARPET, CARPET, UH, CARPETING, UM, AND SOME FACILITIES.
AND THOSE ARE THE SERVICE THAT WOULD BE COVERED AS ADDITIONAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COL? NO, THANK YOU.
JUST TO ADD, UM, THERE'S AN, UH, MINOR ISSUE THAT WE'RE CLARIFYING AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL CONTRACT FOR THE VENDOR.
UH, IT'S AN ISSUE WITH REGARDS TO WHICH NAME GOES ON THE CONTRACT.
UM, I DID REACH OUT TO, UH, OUR DIRECTORS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE VENDOR, UM, DID QUOTE TO US AS ONE NAMED MA, THEN SOUTH LLC.
AND, UM, THEY HAVE A PARENT COMPANY AND THERE'S AN ISSUE WHERE ONE RECEIVES A 10 99, 1 DOES NOT.
UM, BASED ON MY CONVERSATION WITH OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTORS, WE DID PROCEED TO CREATE THE CONTRACT IN THAT MAY.
THAT WAY DRAFT CONTRACT WAS PRESENTED TO THE VENDOR.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A DISAGREEMENT, UM, AS TO HOW THEY'VE EXPLAINED IT TO US.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I'M SEEKING GUIDANCE FROM THE ATTORNEY ONCE HE CLARIFIES.
AND THEN WE'LL SET THE ACTUAL NAME ON THE CONTRACT AS TO WHO WE GO WITH.
UH, YES, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
ON ON THE, THE QUESTION, THE ISSUE THAT, UH, I HAVE, THIS
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IS A ENTITY, UH, THAT PRESENTED ITSELF TO THE CITY FOR THE PROCUREMENT, UH, IN ONE NAME.UH, AND THEN AT THE, UM, BEGINNING OF DISCUSSIONS AROUND EXECUTING THE CONTRACT, THEY NOTIFIED STAFF THAT THEIR, UM, PARENT COMPANY WAS, UM, THE ACTUAL COMPANY TO WHOM THE CITY WOULD BE PAYING, UH, FOR THE SERVICES.
IF I GOT THAT WRONG, CORRECT ME.
UH, THE, UH, THROUGH MADAM MAYOR.
SO THE COMPANY THAT, UH, WE'RE DOING BUSINESS WITH AND PAYING WILL BE MA AND SOUTH LLC.
HOWEVER, THE ONE THAT GETS IT, 10 99 IS THEIR PARENT.
OUR SYSTEM IS NOT REALLY ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT.
I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S NOT PERMITTED BY LAW, BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS I THINK IT'S INCONSISTENT AND, AND CERTAINLY I DON'T BELIEVE PURCHASING AT THE TIME THAT THEY RECEIVED THE PROPOSALS UNDERSTOOD THAT AT THE END OF THE, UH, DAY THAT THEY'D BE SENDING A 10 99 TO SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN THE COMPANY THAT THEY WERE DOING BUSINESS WITH.
SO THAT, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, IS GONNA REQUIRE, UH, SOME RESEARCH ON, ON, ON MY END.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
IN THE EVENT, IN THE EVENT, UH, MR. ATTORNEY THAT, UM, IT CANNOT WORK THAT WAY, I, I WOULD PROPOSE WE GO BACK TO THE, THE BID AGAIN FOR WHOMEVER IS NEXT IN LINE, JUST IN CASE THAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO OF USING ONE PARTICULAR NAME, BUT THE OTHER ONE HAVING THE 10 99, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT, UM, WE USE THE NEXT IN LINE DOWN FOR THE BIDDEN.
YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
I'M THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR MARS AND SOUTH.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT.
UM, SO WE DO A LOT OF BUSINESS WITH MANY GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS.
WE WORK WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI SPRINGS, CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, BROWARD COLLEGE.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ, UM, A BLURB.
I'M NOT A TAX ATTORNEY BY ANY MEANS.
SO THIS IS AN EMAIL THAT WAS SENT EARLIER TODAY.
SO MARSDEN SOUTH IS A PASS THROUGH ENTITY FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, AN ENTITY NAMED ENCORE ONE.
UM, THAT'S SEVERAL LEVELS ABOVE.
MARSDEN IS THE ULTIMATE TAX PAYING ENTITY.
AND SO WE HAVE A W NINE THAT SHOWS WHAT I'M JUST, UH, WHAT I JUST SAID WITH A LETTER EXPLAINING IT.
'CAUSE I GUESS ANOTHER TERM FOR IT IS MARSTON SOUTH IS A DISREGARDED ENTITY.
SO WE'RE ALL UP TO DATE ON OUR TAXES.
BOTH COMPANIES ARE REGISTERED ON SUNBIZ TO DO BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND THIS IS JUST A MINOR THING.
WE GO THROUGH THIS, THIS IS COMMON THAT ENTITIES QUESTION THIS.
I CAN SEE THAT 'CAUSE IT'S NOT A COMMON THING, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY LAWFUL.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS OVER 70 YEARS AND I'M SURE WE CAN WORK THIS OUT.
WHY WOULD YOU NOT SUBMIT THE APPLICATION IN THE NAME THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THE W NINE TO BE SUBMITTED? SO YES, WE SUBMITTED THE W NINE EXACTLY HOW IT WOULD READ, BUT THE COMPANY YOU'RE CONTRACTING WITH IS MARSDEN SOUTH.
THAT'S THE OPERATING COMPANY AND THAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMPANY SHOULD BE ON THE CONTRACT AS WELL.
AND THEN FOR TAX PURPOSES AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THE 10 99, YOU WOULD USE ONCORS TAX NUMBER THAT MARSDEN'S ALLOWED TO USE THAT PAYS THE TAXES FOR MARSDEN.
UH, YES AND MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I, WHAT I, WHAT I'M NOT SUGGESTING IS THAT THE PROCESS, UH, AND THE STRUCTURE BY WHICH THIS COMPANY DOES BUSINESS IS ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER.
WHAT I AM SUGGESTING, AND I HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN HANDLE 'CAUSE I NEED TO LOOK AT THE PROCUREMENT DOCUMENTS, IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CITY, THE CITY'S PROCESS ALLOWS FOR OR REQUIRES SOME LEVEL OF DISCLOSURE SO THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY WOULD BE KNOWING WHATEVER ENTITIES ARE INVOLVED, WHETHER IT'S A AFFILIATE
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OR A, A RELATED COMPANY.BUT AGAIN, I'M, I'M NOT SUGGESTING THAT, UH, THE STRUCTURE IS ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER.
MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THANK YOU.
UM, YEAH, I, I I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF JUST TAKING A SECOND LOOK AT A LOOK AT OUR PROCUREMENT CODE.
UM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE WITH THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES.
IT'S NEW TO US AND WE HAVE TO JUST REVISE AND LOOK AT OUR PROCUREMENT CODE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
AND OUR TAX ATTORNEYS AND OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, THEY'RE OPEN TO A PHONE CALL OR A TEAMS MEETING OR WHAT, WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH, WITH, UH, THEIR COUNCIL.
ITEM NUMBER NINE C RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 45 AUTHORIZING THE CITY COMMISSION TO AWARD A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT IN MUCO SPORTS LIGHTING LLC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SOURCE WELL MASTER PROJECT 1 9 9 0 3 0 CONTRACT NUMBER 0 4 1 1 12 3 DASH MSL FOR THE PURPOSES OF UPGRADING THE LIGHTING AT WILLIE WEBBS PARK BASKETBALL COURTS, THE PARTS OF THE PARKS REHABILITATION AND RENOVATION PROJECT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $75,600 AND 5% CONTINGENCY IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,780 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $79,380.
AND WE HAVE MR. ZAM HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION ONCE AGAIN, ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN, UM, PENDING TO THE AGENDA FOR MONTHS RIGHT NOW.
UH, THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO COME EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND FOR WHATEVER REASON IT DID NOT MAKE THE AGENDA.
UM, THIS IS A FUNDED PROJECT AS WELL, UH, FOR SOME GRANTS AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO BRING THIS, WE HAVE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD IN THE, UH, WORKSHOP PRE PREVIOUSLY, UM, THE VENDOR THEMSELVES, THEY DO HAVE A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE CONTRACT ITSELF WITH THE PARENT AGENCY AND THAT IS SOURCE, WELL, WE HAVE RECEIVED AN RS MEANS TO CONFIRM THAT THE RATES THAT ARE PRO PROVIDED TO THE CITY, ITS FAIR.
UM, THE VENDOR IS THE HOLDER OF THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY DO HAVE A SUB WHO WILL BE DOING THE ACTUAL WORK FOR US.
THE SUB IS A VENDOR WHO HAS DONE WORK FOR THE CITY IN THE PAST.
BOTH, UH, THE VENDOR AND THE SUB ARE PRESENT THIS MO THIS EVENING.
AND I DO HAVE, UM, UH, PUBLIC WORKS WHO CAN ADVISE MORE ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT ITSELF.
MAY YOU, MADAM MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 46 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56, A THREE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARD AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE.
AND A TEST RESPECTFULLY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND MGT IMPACT SOLUTIONS LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $28,500 TO ASSIST IN THE SELECTION OF A NEW CITY MANAGER.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY MAYOR EDWARD TULIP.
THANK YOU, MRS. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
OUR PROTOCOLS OBSERVED MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY AT A WORKSHOP AS WELL AS, UM, COPIES WERE GIVEN TO EACH OF YOU BEFORE.
UH, THIS IS A SOLICITATION THAT THE CITY DID PUT OUT FOR EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM TO HIRE A CITY MANAGER.
UH, THIS DID GO OUT ON OUR DEMAND STAR PLATFORM, UH, INVITED.
IT WAS BROADCASTED TO 833 VENDORS.
WE DID HAVE A SHORT LIST RECEIVED OF FOUR VENDORS WHO QUOTED ON THIS PROCESS, ON THIS, UM, SOLICITATION THAT DID GO BEFORE EVALUATION COMMITTEE.
HIS SCORES, COMMENTS, AND ALL WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION BEFORE, UH, MGT IMPACT SOLUTIONS.
UM, THE COST FOR THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS AT 28,500.
UM, I DO HAVE MR. TAR WHO CAN ADVISE ON THE SCOPE AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THE VENDOR IS ALSO ONLINE, UH, DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT.
THEY COULDN'T BE HERE PHYSICALLY WITH US.
UM, BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
QUESTIONS? CAN WE HEAR FROM THE YEAH.
WANNA ASK ONE QUESTION? THE VENDOR ONLINE, PLEASE.
MR. I BELIEVE THE VENDOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE ONLINE.
SOMEBODY ELSE BELIEVE THEY MAY NOT BE ON MS. TOWER.
MADAM UH, MAYOR ADUR CALLAWAY.
UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE COMMISSION AND, AND, AND, UH, CITY STAFF AS WELL.
THE CITY DOES HAVE A POLICY THAT, UH, PERMITS DISCUSSIONS BY THIRD PARTIES ON WORKSHOP MATTERS
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WHEN THAT MATTER HAS ALREADY BEEN BEFORE THE COMMISSION IN ANOTHER INSTANCE.THE COMMISSION'S POLICY IS THAT IT IS A STAFF DISCUSSION, UH, AND A CITY COMMISSION DISCUSSION ONLY.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? MR. AZAMA? MS. TAR, ANY QUESTIONS? NO.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 47 AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S CONTINUATION OF THAT CERTAIN COOPERATIVE CONTRACT ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY OF TAMARACK WITH WATERFIELD, FLORIDA STAFFING, L-L-C-D-B-A ACTION LABOR FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTENSION OF SET CONTRACT FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2025 IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $89,562.
AND, UM, WE HAVE MS. TARA WILLIAMS AND, AND MR. ZAM TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION ONCE AGAIN, HOPE FOR THE CALL TO OBSERVE MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION.
THIS IS AN, UM, ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE AS WELL, UM, REGARDING, UM, THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES TO THE CITY.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE CONTRACT DID EXPIRE, UM, IN AUGUST OF 2025.
AND THE PARENT COMPANY THAT THE PARENT AGENCY RATHER, CITY OF TAMARACK, WHO WE'VE BEEN PIGGYBACKING WITH THIS CONTRACT ON, UM, THEY ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE CONTRACT.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE STAFF DID NOT CATCH IT IN TIME.
SO IN REVIEWING OUR PROCESSES EVERY YEAR, UM, WE DID PUT SOME THINGS IN PLACE AND WE DID CATCH IT.
AND THE CITY OF TAMARA DID EXTEND THIS CONTRACT, UH, UP UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2025, UH, OR UNTIL A NEW CONTRACT, UH, IS AWARDED, THEY DID GO OUT FOR SOLICITATIONS.
THEY HAVE, UH, TOLD US THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THEIR EVALUATION PROCESS AND THEY ARE GOING BEFORE THEIR COMMISSION ON DECEMBER 10TH, I BELIEVE, UM, FOR APPROVAL.
UH, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THEY HAVE NO OTHER INFORMATION THAT THEY CAN SHARE WITH US.
UM, BUT THEY MAY ALSO, UM, BE EXTENDING FURTHER.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, OUR REQUEST IS TO DECOMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PERIOD FROM OUR, UH, SEPTEMBER 1ST TO DECEMBER.
UH, THAT'S THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED HERE AS WELL FOR THIS.
IF ANYTHING ELSE HAPPENS AFTER THAT, WE ARE MONITORING THIS CONTRACT, UM, TO SEE WHAT NEW THINGS HAPPEN, UH, IF THERE'S A CHANGE IN IT AS WELL.
UH, WE IN DECEMBER, WE WILL KNOW FOR SURE.
UH, AFTER THAT MEETING, WE WILL BRING SOMETHING TO COMMISSION TO ADVISE ON THE WAY FORWARD, UH, WHAT THE CITY OF TAMARACK IS DOING BASED ON THIS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, SO THE CURRENT CONTRACT IS AT THE 17.94.
UH, UH, IF I MAY, I'LL ASK MS. TOWER TO, UM, ADDRESS.
AND, AND SECOND QUESTION, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE THE 20 25, 20 26.
IS THAT IN ANTICIPATION OF IT GOING UP ONCE THEY HAVE APPROVED IN RACK? IT'S THOSE TWO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY ACTON CITY MANAGER, ACTON CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS TARA WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
AND THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UH, YES.
THE CURRENT RATE IS 1794 AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT IT WILL GO UP TO 1932 FOR THE NEW YEAR.
1932 IS THE, THE AMOUNT WE'RE APPROVING FROM SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER? YES.
THANK YOU MS. TAUS, SINCE THE CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED, WHY ARE WE PAYING THE INCREASED WEIGHT AND NOT WAITING UNTIL A NEW CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTED? SO WE'RE PAYING THE OLD RATE OF 19, OF 1794 FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, AND THEN THE NEW RATE OF 1932 FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER.
BUT, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A CONTRACT.
WE PIGGYBACKING, WE WERE PIGGYBACKING MM-HMM
WE ARE ON A PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH THEM.
AND AT THE END OF DECEMBER, SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO THE END OF DECEMBER, WE WILL HAVE INFORMATION AS TO THE RENEWAL OF TAMARACKS, RENEWAL OF THE CONTRACT.
AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE OR MAYBE LOOK FURTHER.
SO YOU'LL COME BACK TO US AT THAT TIME? THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU, MR. Z.
MAD AC YOU'RE WELCOME MADAM MAYOR.
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UM, SO WE WILL TRANSITION OVER TO THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A UPDATE ON UAZ PROJECT.I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CONCERNS BEFORE.
SO, UM, MR. DEENE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT SOME UPDATED INFORMATION.
UH, THANK YOU, MADAM ESTABLISHED.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE COUNTY, WELL COUNTY OWNS AND OPERATE ALL WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES WITHIN THE CITY.
AND FOR THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS, UH, THE COLONY HAS BEEN UPDATING THE WAR SEWER SYSTEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THEY, UH, CAME UP WITH THE USE PROGRAM, WHICH STANDS FOR UTILITY ANALYSIS ZONE, WHERE THEY DIVIDED THE CITY INTO MULTIPLE SECTION, UH, USE ONE, 13 A AND B.
AND EASTGATE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, USE ONE 10 AND 11 AND NORTHGATE HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
USE 1 22, 1 23 AND WESTGATE AND OUR GARDEN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
NOW, CURRENTLY, USE 1 0 8 IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN OIL ESTATE.
AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIMES FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS.
THERE WAS SOME ISSUE, UH, SOME DELAYS, UH, WHICH, UH, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION HELP, UH, MOVE FORWARD.
BUT THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS, UH, AND OTHERS THERE ARE SOME CONCERN WITH THE RESIDENT ASKING, HEY, WHEN IS THE PROJECT GONNA BE DONE? SO THE GOOD NEWS IS FOR THE LAST, UH, TWO OR THREE WEEKS, UH, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON FINALIZING, UH, THE PROJECT.
THE FINAL LEAF OF ASPHALT IS CURRENTLY BEING INSTALLED.
UH, THEY WORKING, UH, TIRELESSLY TO, UH, REPAIR DRIVEWAY SWELL.
OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE SOME CONCERN OF RESIDENTS STILL CALLING AND SAY, HEY, MY SPRINKLER WASN'T FIXED PROPERLY.
AND EVERY TWO WEEKS, UH, THE TEAM MEET TO DISCUSS PROGRESS AND HOW THE CONTRACTOR IS, UH, RESOLVING THOSE ISSUES.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE, WE SEE THE, THE, THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT, BY THE END OF, UH, DECEMBER, JANUARY, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY, UH, DONE WHERE, UH, RESIDENT WILL HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH CONSTRUCTION.
CURRENTLY THE SECOND LIFT OF ASPHALT IS BEING INSTALLED AS WE SPEAK FOR THE MOST PART OF THE PROJECT.
AND THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE TO, TO THE STRIPING AND FINALIZING THE SWELL, THE DRIVEWAY.
AND THAT SHOULD BE OUT OF THE WAY.
I HAVE MR. TUMAN MAYOR, UH, JEFF LABBER FROM, UH, CRAVEN THOMPSON, WHO IS THE ENGINEER OF RECORD FOR THE PROJECT.
UH, TO GIVE A FURTHER, UM, DETAIL, UH, ON THE USA PROJECT NUMBER MAYOR, MR. RON, WHO DOES A RESIDENT CALL, A CONTACT IN REFERENCE TO CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT THE SWELL, THE GRASS, AND SOME OTHER ISSUES AS IT RELATES TO THE UAZ PROJECT IN OREO.
UM, THERE HAS, THERE'S A, UH, A HUNDRED NUMBER WHERE THEY USUALLY CALL AND THEY CALL LOCALLY.
UM, THEY CALL ME A LOT, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T CALL ME.
THEY CALL THE PROJECT TEAM DIRECTLY, WHICH IS, UH, REALLY HARD FOR ME TO KNOW WHEN THEY DON'T CALL ME.
AND THERE'S AN ISSUE, WHICH I HELP, UH, TOO WITH THE PROJECT TEAM, UH, TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, HELP THOSE, THOSE ISSUES.
BUT THE, THE, THERE'S NOTIFICATION AND WITH THE CONTACT INFORMATION, THEY CALL FOR THE PROJECT, THERE'S A LINK, THERE'S AN EMAIL WHERE THEY SOMETIMES EMAIL THE PROJECT TEAM FOR ISSUES, BUT THEY ALSO CALL ME.
AND WHEN THEY CALL ME AND I MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE LOGGED IN AND FOLLOW THROUGH AND RESOLVE TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE RESIDENT MANE.
MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW STARTING WITH EASTGATE, IT WAS, IT TOOK A LITTLE WHILE AND, UM, SOME TIRES GOT BLOWN.
UM, BUT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS THERE.
SO I DO HOPE THAT IT HAS GOTTEN BETTER IN TERMS OF THE SWALE, UM, THE SPRINKLERS BEING PUT BACK, THE, THE PROPER GRASS, SEBASTIAN GLASS GRASS BEING PUT BACK, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL GRASS THAT WAS THERE AND, AND THINGS, UH, TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE RESIDENT.
'CAUSE IT, IT WAS NOT SO IN, UM, EASTGATE, IT TOOK A WHILE
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AND IT TOOK A LOT OF COMPLAINING.SO I HOPE THAT THEY'RE TAKE BEING COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT, UM, IT'S BEEN A WHILE.
AND TO PUT THINGS BACK THE WAY THE WORLD, ONE OF THE OTHER PROBLEM WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE SPRINKLERS.
SO IT PRESENTED A PROBLEM AFTERWARDS THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING, YOU DAMAGED MY SPRINKLER.
SO, UM, I HOPE ALL THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED, MR. RON, UM, WITH THIS PROJECT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CALL DOWN AND COMING BACK OUT TO, UH, ATTEND TO THE NEEDS, MR. RON WILL BE REMOVAL OF THE HIGH PILE OF DIRT, BE ONE OF THE LAST ISSUES TO BE TAKEN CARE OF ON NORTHWEST 41ST AND 4 41.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE LAST, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE WORK TIRELESSLY TO REMOVE IT BEFORE THANKSGIVING, BUT THERE'S, WE, THE CONTRACT, WE'RE STILL TRYING.
UM, SO JEFF CAN PROVIDE MORE, MORE DETAIL TO WILLIAM MAYOR.
BUT YES, THE GOAL WAS TO DO IT BEFORE, UH, THANKSGIVING.
BUT, UM, MR. LAP, UH, MAD MAYOR, JEFF LAB, UH, TO WILLIAM MAYOR, UM, CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAIL.
BEFORE WE HAVE JEFF COME UP, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I TOO AM AM, UM, HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SOME PROGRESS ON IT.
OF COURSE, YOU AND I WENT OUT THERE, I HAD A CHANCE TO PUT MY EYES ON THE PROJECT MYSELF.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MADAMS MAYOR QUESTION WHEN SHE SAID WHO DO WE CALL OR WHO DO THEY CALL? A LOT OF TIMES THEY CALL THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY CALL US AND WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TELL THEM THAT WE'RE WORKING HARD AND WE WANT TO SEEM AWARE.
BUT, UH, WE PUT IT IN THE HANDS OF YOU GUYS AS ENGINEERS TO DO THE JOB AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THE JOB.
SO, UM, I WAS, I WAS PLEASED TO GET A MORE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WORKS AND WHERE THE PIPE IN THE ROAD GOES.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN FLORIDA, SO IT'S A LOT OF SAND UNDER US, SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL HOW WE DO IT, DIG A LITTLE WIDER THAN OTHER PLACES.
AND, UH, A LOT OF TIMES THE RESIDENTS DON'T JUST UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
UM, AND UH, AS FAR AS THE SPRINKLERS, I KNOW WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH PUTTING DOWN PINK FLAGS WHEREVER THERE IS AN ISSUE.
SO WE CAN GO BACK AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT MYSELF AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS WAS HELPFUL FOR ME.
UH, I'M HAPPY TO KNOW THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE BULK OF THE PROJECT IS OUT OF THE WAY AND WE'RE GOING TOWARDS THE END.
I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT DEFINITELY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR AS A PROMISING TIMELINE.
AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT, THAT CHRISTMAS IS GONNA BE A GOOD FOR THEM AS WELL.
AND THIS IS OUR LAST UAZ PROJECT.
SO, UM, I I, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK MORE ABOUT YOU AT A LATER TIME AS HOW WE CAN KIND OF EDUCATE RESIDENTS KIND OF THE SAME LENS THAT I HAD AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING.
'CAUSE AS FAR AS THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHEN THEY DRIVE, THEY'RE JUST DRIVING THROUGH DUST FOR MONTHS AND, AND IT SEEMS LIKE NO END, BUT BECAUSE ALL THE WORK IS BEING DONE UNDERGROUND, A LOT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DONE.
AND THE LAST PIECE, IT SHOULD BE THE FASTEST LAYING DOWN THE LAST PIECE OF ASPHALT SMOOTHING OUT THE ROADS.
SO ALL THE SEWAGE MANHOLES THAT ARE STICKING OUT THE UPPER LIPS, THAT'LL BE SMOOTHED OUT.
COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, RON? UM, DO YOU MIND MAYOR? UM, CON HARRISON WAS REFERRING TO, UM, WHAT CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME PORTION OF THE PROJECT WHEN YOU DRIVE, THERE'S ASPHALT THE ROADWAY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE MANHOLE STICKING OUT ABOUT THREE QUARTER OF AN INCH.
SAME THING FOR THE, UM, METER VALVE.
SO THAT IS LEFT OUT ON PURPOSE.
WHEN THE FINAL LIFT IS INSTALLED, EVERYTHING WILL BE SMOOTH.
RIGHT NOW, IF WE DRIVE ON THE PORTION WHERE THE FINAL LIFT IS, YOU'LL SEE IT'S A COMPLETELY SMOOTH, UH, SURFACE.
BUT WHERE THERE IS NO SECOND LIFT, YOU WILL SEE THOSE MANHOLE STICKING OUT.
AND THAT FOR THE PURPOSE OF, UH, LEVELING WITH THE FINAL LEAF OF ASPHALT, WE LEFT IT.
I MEAN, THE CONTRACTOR LEFT IT THAT WAY.
SO, UM, UH, I WISH I CAN PROBABLY TAKE YOU A SECOND DRIVE TO SEE THE FINAL PRODUCT WHERE WE HAVE THE FINAL LEAF, UH, OF ASPHALT.
MR. RON, THOSE, THOSE MANHOLE, ARE THOSE THE SMALL ROUND ONES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD OR TO THE SIDE? UM, TO THE MIDDLE.
WHICH MANHOLE ARE YOU REFERRING TO? THE SEW MANHOLE ARE MOSTLY ON THE CENTER OF THE ROAD.
UM, BUT THE VALVE, THEY'RE SMALLER.
THEY CAN BE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THOMAS, I, I, I KNOW THIS IS A DIFFERENT PRODUCT, UM, PROJECT, BUT 24TH STREET, STILL SHOWING THOSE LITTLE HOLES AND I HAVE MENTIONED IT, AND WE HAVE PUT FIRST AND SECOND LAYER OVER IT, AND THEY'RE SHOWING NOW, AND I, I HAVE ADDRESSED IT IN TERMS OF TIRES RUNNING OVER THAT, AND I, AND I THINK IT SHOULD NOT BE SHOWING, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO
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WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER TO THAT.DO YOU WANNA THAT IS A DIFFERENT COMPANY, MR. RON.
AND HOW WOULD WE ADDRESS THAT? BECAUSE I THINK EASTGATE HAD A DIFFERENT, UH, CONTRACTOR.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR? NO, IT'S NOT THE SAME CONTRACTOR.
BUT THE, UH, THE ISSUE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS IS REFERRING TO THE VALVE BOX, I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT MM-HMM
I I BOIL UP TO, TO THE COUNTY MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN IT'S PROPERLY FIXED, IT, IT'S LEVELED MM-HMM
BUT TRAFFIC KEEP POPPING IN THE OUT AND FLIP UPSIDE DOWN AND LEAVING ABOUT TWO INCHES GAP.
AND WHEN THEY DRIVE OVER IT, IT CAN DAMAGE TIRES.
I I, LAST WEEK WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE.
OUR BOTTLE UP, EVERY TIME THEY FIX IT, IT KEEP FLIPPING BACK.
SO IT'S A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, BUT WHEN, WHEN PROPERLY FIXED, IT'S, UH, IT'S LEVEL, THERE ARE TWO OF THEM ON 24 20 FOURTH STREET, EAST OF THE BRIDGE.
UM, MAYBE I'LL BRING THE COUNTY MEET WITH THEM ON SITE TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, PERMANENTLY FIX THE PROBLEM.
BECAUSE EVERY TIME THEY REPAIR THOSE TWO MANHOLE, UM, VALVE BOX AND TRAFFIC WILL FLIP THEM BACK AND CREATE A PROBLEM.
BUT IT'S NOT THE LEVEL, IT'S THE COVER THAT KEEP COMING OUT AND FLIPPING UPSIDE DOWN.
UH, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
YEAH, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING MR. RON.
AND THIS IS FOR ANOTHER, BUT SINCE YOU'RE ON THAT, IT, IT'S ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE, UM, THE ACTUAL ROAD ROAD.
SO EVEN IF WE PUT SOMETHING OVER IT, THE CARS CAN HIT IT AND KNOCK IT OFF.
SO WOULDN'T IT BE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE LEVEL OF THE STREET?
YOU CAN ADDRESS, SO WE CAN HEAR FROM MR. JEFF NOW? YES.
STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AND I'M WITH CRAVEN THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION AS IT RELATES TO THE UAZ AND OREO? I THINK RON COVERED IT PRETTY THOROUGHLY.
ANY QUESTIONS MADAM? MAYOR? MAYOR.
THANKS FOR COMING, JEFF DOWN HERE AND, UM, SPEAKING WITH US TODAY.
UH, WITH THE RESIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE AN ISSUE AND THEY WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOUR COMPANY TO, UM, COMPLAIN ABOUT SOMETHING OR ADDRESS SOMETHING, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL, UM, WITH HOW YOUR COMPANY DEALS WITH THESE CALLS? WE HAVE A CONSULTING SERVICE CALLED DCS, WHICH IS DICKIE CONSULTING SERVICE.
I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH HER.
SO WE ENCOURAGE THE CALLS TO GO THERE.
IF THEY CAN ANSWER 'EM, THEY ANSWER 'EM.
THE MORE GENERIC THINGS, THE MORE TECHNICAL THINGS, THEY GET US INVOLVED.
WE PROVIDE THE ANSWER IF WE CAN.
IF IT'S SOMETHING, AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT NEEDS REPAIR OR CORRECTION, WE PASS THAT ON TO THE CONTRACTOR.
SO DICKIE, LIKE RON WAS SAYING, MULTIPLE PEOPLE GET CALLS, Y'ALL GET CALLS, HE GETS CALLS, I GET CALLS, DCS GETS CALLS, BUT THE GOAL IS TO GO THROUGH DCS, THEY LOG IT, WE LOG IT, AND THEN IT GETS PASSED TO THE CONTRACTOR.
THEN IN OUR BIWEEKLY MEETINGS, PART OF THE AGENDA IS THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS. IT DOESN'T LEAD THAT AGENDA UNTIL WE HAVE A RESOLUTION.
SOME GET RESOLVED QUICKLY, SOME FOR DIFFERENT REASONS, TAKE LONGER.
SOMETIMES IT'S A LEAKY WATER METER.
WE NEED TO GET THE DATA ON THEIR PREVIOUS BILLS THAN THEIR CURRENT BILL.
AND THEN WE GOTTA GO ANOTHER, UM, MONTH TO GET OUT OF THAT LEAKY SITUATION, MAKE SURE THE BILL WENT BACK DOWN.
SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE WHERE THAT'S GONNA TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS.
WE GET THAT DATA, DO THE MATH, PROVIDE IT TO THE CONTRACTOR, THEY HAND DELIVER A CHECK.
SOMETIMES THERE'S A DELAY THERE.
YOU KNOW, MISS MISSING WHEN PEOPLE ARE HOME, WHEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE PRETTY MUCH WRAPPED UP RIGHT NOW.
SOD, IRRIGATION, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
WE'RE WORKING ON 'EM AS WE SPEAK.
AND IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANTS.
SO FROM 35TH AVE TO 39TH AVE AND 39TH STREET
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TO 41ST STREET, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WRAPPING UP THERE IS THE S SWES, THE GRADING OF THE SWALE, THE PLACING THE SOD, THE REPAVING OF THE DRIVEWAY, APRON AND STRAIGHTENING UP THE IRRIGATION.MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JEFF.
UM, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UH, IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT, I UNDERSTAND THAT IF IT WAS UP TO US, THE PROJECT WOULD'VE BEEN DONE A LITTLE SOONER, BUT THERE WAS SOME DELAYS.
UH, ONE OF THE DELAY PROBABLY HAD TO DO AROUND THE TIME OF COVID AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET A CERTAIN TYPE OF PIPE OR, OR, YOU KNOW, PRODUCT AND JUST THE SUPPLY, THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, HOW THAT COULD AFFECT.
COULD YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT CAUSED A DELAY? I KNOW WE'RE PAST IT NOW, BUT WHAT THE DELAY WAS, THE NATURE OF IT AND OTHER DELAYS THAT KIND OF SLOWED THE PROJECT DOWN.
THE PIPE THAT WAS PROPOSED AND WAS IN THE BID DOCUMENTS IS CALLED DUCTILE IRON PIPE, AND THAT'S THE PIPE THAT BROWARD COUNTY USES FOR THE WATER MAIN.
THE AVAILABILITY OF THAT BECAME A BIG ISSUE.
SO THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO SWITCH TO PVC, BUT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH PVC? YES, SIR.
SO SAME SIZE AND EVERYTHING, SAME VOLUME OF WATER, JUST A DIFFERENT MATERIAL.
IT'S ALSO AN ACCEPTABLE MATERIAL.
IT'S JUST THAT'S NOT WHAT WE USE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
SO THERE'S A PROCESS TO GO THROUGH TO GET THAT SWITCHED, TO GET THAT APPROVED TO USE A DIFFERENT MATERIAL, AND THEN ONCE THAT'S GRANTED, THERE'S A PROCESS TO OBTAIN THAT MUCH MATERIAL.
IS THE PVC JUST AS GOOD AS THE PREVIOUS TYPE OF PIPING? YES.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S GOT A LONGER LIFESPAN.
MAYOR, SO ARE WE, DO, DO WE HAVE A, A PIPE NOW? DID WE GET OVER THE, ARE WE STILL REQUESTING ALL THE PIPE IS INSTALLED? PERFECT.
SO DID, UH, FOR BROWARD COUNTY, UM, ALLOWED US TO USE A PVC PIPE? OH YES.
JUST WANTED, THE PROCESS WAS PRETTY MUCH ADMINISTERED BY THEM.
TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET NOT JUST WHAT THEY WANT, BUT WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE TO THE WHOLE PROJECT.
BUT ALL PIPE IS IN NOW, SO EVERYTHING NOW IS ON THE SURFACE.
AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S MOSTLY THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT, SWES, SOD, SOD, IRRIGATION, DRIVEWAYS, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT PART FOR THE FINAL LIFT TO ASPHALT AND THE WEST HALF OF 41ST.
I HAVE ONE MORE THING, MADAM MAN.
AND MY, MY LAST QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE WORKERS THAT ARE ACTUALLY OUT THERE ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE THE FIRST CONTACT WITH RESIDENTS AS WELL.
IF A RESIDENT MAY DRIVE BY AND ASK THEM A QUESTION, I WON'T BRING UP WHAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS SOME INTERACTION MAY HAVE BEEN.
BUT IS THERE ANY PROCESS OR TRAINING THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AS FAR AS, UH, CUSTOMER CLIENT RELATIONS WITH YOUR STAFF AND, AND RESIDENTS? THEY, THOSE ARE ALL THE CONTRACTORS.
RARELY DO YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE MM-HMM
WE HAVE IMPRESSED UPON THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE WORKERS TO ADVISE THE RESIDENT WHERE THEIR SUPERVISOR IS AND DEAL WITH THE SUPERVISOR.
THERE HAVE BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S BEEN SOME DISAGREEMENTS.
WE, AS SOON AS WE'RE MADE AWARE OF IT, WE REMIND THE CONTRACT WE ARE OUT HERE TO SERVE THESE PEOPLE AND TO GET THE HECK OUT OF THEIR WAY.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN PERFECT, BUT WE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED TO BE PROFESSIONAL AT ALL TIMES, AT ALL LEVELS OF OUR PEOPLE, BUT TRY AND ESCALATE THINGS UP TO DEAL WITH SUPERVISORS, DEAL WITH US, DEAL WITH MS. CHERYL AT DCS, PEOPLE THAT ARE MORE ACCOMPLISHED TO EXPLAIN AND HAVE SOME EMPATHY FOR PEOPLE FOR WHAT THIS JOB IS WHEN YOU LIVE THERE DAY AND NIGHT AND GETTING IN AND OUT AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE'LL, WE REVERT BACK TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA AND WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 10, RESOLUTION, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.
WE DISCUSSED ALL THE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, 10 A IS RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 48, APPOINTED A COMMISSIONER TO SERVE AS VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.
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AND, UM, I DO HAVE AN EMAIL WITH THE BREAKDOWN, UM, FROM DISCUSSION IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR THE VICE MAYOR.
OF COURSE, WE HAVE VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS AS THE MAYOR FOR VICE MAYOR.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY, FOR THE CRA.
WE HAVE VICE CHAIR AS COMMISSIONER SHARON THOMAS AND CHAIR AS COMMISSIONER HARRISON EASTON HARRISON.
AND I BELIEVE THOSE WERE THE, THE CHANGES.
AND AS FAR AS THE COMMISSION IS CONCERNED.
AND AS FAR AS THE LEADERSHIP POSITIONS, COMMISSIONER EASTERN HARRISON IS THE DELEGATE FOR THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.
MAYOR VERONICA EDWARDS, PHILLIPS ALTERNATE DELEGATE FOR THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES.
COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS AS THE DELEGATE MAYOR, VERONICA EDWARDS PHILLIPS AS THE ALTERNATE DELEGATE FOR THE BROWARD MPO.
WE HAVE VICE MAYOR TACY CALWELL AS THE DELEGATE AND FOR THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT WILL COME AT A, A LATER TIME IN MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
SO NOW WE ARE AT NUMBER 10 I RESOLUTION 20 25 1 5 6 APPROVING THE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS FOR THE ADDITION OF THREE CRITICAL POSITIONS.
AT THE LAST, UM, WORKSHOP WE DID, DID DISCUSS THIS ITEM.
THE POSITIONS ARE THE BENEFITS SPECIALISTS, PROCUREMENT SPECIALISTS, HOUSING AND ZONING ASSISTANT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE BEING FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND.
AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CRA.
THE BUILDING OFFICIALLY IS FOR, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND WE DO HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, MS. SHARON HAYNES, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK.
CAN'T HEAR, CAN'T HEAR YOU TOO WELL, SHARON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MADAM MAYOR.
BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE 2026 BUDGET WAS BEING PRESENTED, THE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS WERE TABLED.
HOWEVER, THE THREE, UM, ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PRETTY SHORT STAFF, UM, THE HUMAN RESOURCES PROCUREMENT AND PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND SO THE REQUEST OF THE RESOLUTION IS TO GO AHEAD AND FILL THE THREE POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED, A BENEFIT SPECIALIST, UM, PROCUREMENT SPECIALIST, AS WELL AS A PLANNING AND ZONING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR THOSE THREE DIVISIONS.
AND THOSE WOULD BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND AT A TOTAL COST OF $267,254.
IN ADDITION TO THOSE THREE POSITIONS, STAFF ALSO REQUESTED TO FUND FROM THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND A SENIOR BUILDING OFFICIAL.
UM, AND THAT WOULD COME OUT OF THE RENEGOTIATION OF THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT IS, THAT IS IN PLACE WITH GIORDANO AND ASSOCIATES.
AND THAT COST IS EXPECTED TO BE $153,731.
UM, JUST TO ADD THAT, THAT POSITION WOULD COME WITH A CITY, UM, VEHICLE AND THE, UM, CRA AS WELL REQUESTED.
AND WE ARE ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER AND THAT POSITION WOULD BE FUNDED OUT OF THE CRA AT $145,332.
THAT POSITION ALSO INCLUDES A CITY VEHICLE.
THE VEHICLES A LEASED, SO THE COST IS FOR THE ANNUAL LEASE IS INCLUDED IN THE AMOUNT THAT ARE PROVIDED TO YOU.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
MS. MS. HAYES, FOR THE BENEFIT SPECIALIST POSITION, IT SAYS THE SALARY RANGE IS 74 6 4 7 TO 95 3 9 5, BUT AT THE BOTTOM IT'S 6 7 7 9 2.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US PLEASE? IT SAYS NET FUNDS TOTAL 67,000 7 92 AND NET FUND SUPPORT 67,792, WHICH IS
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NOT IN THE 74 TO 95 RANGE.THE BENEFITS SPECIALIST POSITION, UM, THE BUDGETED COST IS $74,912, WHICH SHOULD INCLUDE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
AND THE 67,000 7 92, THAT'S WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.
I LOOKING AT, I'M LOOKING AT THE BACKUP MATERIAL AND IT SAYS BENEFIT TITLE, POSITION BENEFIT SPECIALIST.
THEN UNDER THE JUSTIFICATION IT SAYS SALARY RANGE 74,647 TO 95 3 95 AND IT GOES ON TOTAL REVENUE, REGULAR SALARY, FICO, RETIREMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
THIS IS THE PROGRAM MODIFICATION THAT SHE'S REVIEWING.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WAS AN ERROR IN THE CALCULATION OF THE BENEFITS MATTER MAYOR, UM, THAT WAS SUBMITTED IN THE INITIAL BUDGET.
DID, WHAT DO WE HAVE? 74 74? YEAH.
THE, THE CORRECT, THE CORRECT ESTIMATE IS $74,912 AND NOT 67 7 92.
AND THAT WAS CALCULATED HOW IT'S SUCH A BIG DIFFERENCE.
SO USUALLY FOR POSITIONS, A SALARY RANGE IS, UM, ESTIMATED BASED UPON THE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POSITION AND WHERE, WHAT RANGE IT FALLS IN.
AND THEN WE ANTICIPATE WHAT BENEFITS THAT PERSON MAY REQUIRE IN TERMS OF HEALTH.
AND WE BUDGET AT A MEDIUM RANGE FOR THAT.
'CAUSE IF THE PERSON IS SINGLE, THEN THE CITY COVERS ALL OF THAT COST.
IF THE PERSON HAS THE PENDANTS, THEN THERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS.
SO WE USUALLY DO AN ESTIMATE IN THE MIDDLE SALARY PLUS WHAT WE ESTIMATE BENEFITS MAY COST.
SO THIS BOTTOM LINE ON THE BENEFIT SPECIALIST WILL BE CORRECTED? YES.
UM, WHEN THAT'S CORRECTED, CAN WE SEE THAT PLEASE? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ASKING TO, IF WE COULD HAVE THAT, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T ESTIMATE THAT BOTTOM LINE 74,000 WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
IN REGARDS TO THE, I KNOW THESE ARE THE CRITICAL POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR NOW.
THERE WERE SOME OTHER PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS.
WHEN COULD WE EXPECT TO GET THOSE BACK TO THE DAYS FOR DISCUSSION? IT IS MY INTENTION TO BRING TO THE COMMISSION OF BUDGET AMENDMENT, UM, MID-YEAR, UM, NO LATER THAN MARCH.
AND IN THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT WE WOULD PRESENT THOSE PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS AGAIN FOR COMMISSION TO ACT UPON.
SO EVEN THOUGH WE, WE WILL PASS A BUDGET, WE'LL TRY TO MODIFY AND GET THOSE POSITIONS IN.
YEAH, WE ARE ALLOWED TO DO AN AMENDMENT.
UM, IF THERE ARE CHANGES THAT WE THINK ARE CRITICAL, UM, STAFF CANNOT MOVE FUNDS AROUND WITHOUT THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.
SO THAT COMES BACK TO YOU FOR APPROVAL.
WOULD THAT INCLUDE OTHER POSITIONS THAT ALREADY HAVEN'T BEEN DISCUSSED BUT ARE PART OF THE CITY STRUCTURE? WE CAN CHANGE SOME JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CURRENT POSITIONS IF THE REQUEST IS SUBMITTED, YES, IT COULD BE PART OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS.
THANK YOU MS. HAYNES, WOULD YOU ALSO PLEASE CHECK THE PROGRAM SPECIALIST BECAUSE THE SALARY RANGE IS 6 3 3 4 5 TO 91 5 40 AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS 98 9 73.
I MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO TO THE OTHER ONE.
AND THE HOUSING AND ZONING ASSISTANCE? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO QUESTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 10 J RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 57 APPROVING THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTRACT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AND MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.
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PROTOCOL HAVING BEEN ESTABLISHED, MADAM MAYOR, THE RESOLUTION FOR THE BROADWOOD SHERIFF OFFICE, THIS IS AUTHORIZING RENEWAL OF A CONTRACT WITH BROAD SHERIFF OFFICE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.A PREVIOUS CONTRACT EXPIRED IN SEPTEMBER AT SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.
THIS NEW CONTRACT IS FOR FIVE YEARS AND EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2030.
THE ANNUAL COSTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT, WHICH GOES FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 TO SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, IS $11,478,467 ON 956,500 HUNDRED DOLLARS AND 92 CENTS.
AND THAT WOULD BE FOR 50 PERSONNEL.
THE CONTRACT IS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER NO QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS.
ITEM NUMBER 10 K RESOLUTION 20 25 1 5 8 APPROVING THE BROAD SHERIFF'S OFFICE CONTRACT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL, FIRE PROTECTION AND FIRE PREVENTION SERVICES.
AND MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, MS. HAYES? YES, MADAM MAYOR.
THIS, UM, ALSO IS A CONTRACT WITH BSO SIMILAR TO POLICE.
THIS CONTRACT IS FOR FIVE YEARS AND BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2025 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2030 FOR THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE TO PROVIDE TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FIRE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES.
THE COST FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT IS $12,385,314 AND IT PROPOSES TO FUND THE STAFF OF 48 PERSONNEL.
THANK YOU MS. MME. MAY, ITEM NUMBER 10 L RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 59 REQUESTED THE USE OF THE MULTI-PURPOSE FACILITY FOR WOMEN OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WOVE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY AS A COMMISSIONER IN INITIATIVE ON DECEMBER 20TH, 2025.
UM, THIS WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST COMMISSION WORKSHOP AS WELL, AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING THE RESOLUTION FORWARD.
I'M SURE COMMISSIONER CARLY MAXWELL WILLIAMS WOULD'VE SPOKEN BEING THAT THIS IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HER AND NOT SO I BELIEVE NOW IT IS A COMMISSION INITIATIVE.
OH, COMMISSIONER CARLY AND MAXWELL WILLIAMS IS ONLINE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
THE MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. GOOD EVENING.
IS SHE ON MUTE? SHE'S SPEAKING BUT SHE'S NOT ON MUTE.
SHE'S SPEAKING BUT WE CANNOT HEAR HER FOR SOME REASON.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU TURN YOUR VOLUME UP PLEASE? WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ON THIS END? MS. BOB? NOTHING.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN YOUR VOLUME UP AND OR SPEAK LOUDER? I'M SPEAKING OUT.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? ONLY I'M THINKING MS. POPS.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM.
OUR SYSTEM ISN'T CONNECTED TO, THIS IS JUST HER ZOOM.
WE'RE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE LAPTOP, BUT NOT THROUGH THE MICROPHONE.
SOMETHING'S WRONG ON OUR END, SO NO.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE CAN HEAR HER DO EXACTLY.
CAN YOU, IT'S NOT THAT YOU CAN'T HEAR HER.
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COMMISSION.MADAM AC CM WHILE WE ARE GETTING THIS DONE, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT.
HE SAYS EVERYTHING'S OKAY HERE.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO, UM, CAN YOU, UNTIL WE CAN GET THIS RESOLVED, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. WE WILL ATTEMPT TO GET THIS RESOLVED.
ITEM NUMBER 10 M RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE 60.
REGARDING HOME BUYER AND SELLER WITH THE KIA COMPANY, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
THIS IS, UM, A ITEM THAT, UH, WE WORKSHOP AND DISCUSSED IN REGARDS TO THE HOME BUYER AND SELLER, UH, WORKSHOP.
THIS IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE AND, UM, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO, UH, HELP RESIDENTS WITH UNDERSTANDING THE STEPS TO BUYING THEIR FIRST HOME, UNDERSTANDING HOUSING TRENDS, UH, FINANCING PROGRAMS, AVAILABLE FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE AND COMMON BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS FOR NEW BUYERS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE LOOKING TO SELL AND UNDERSTAND THE VALUE PROPERTY OF THEIR HOMES.
UM, THIS IS ALSO GONNA INCLUDE EDUCATIONAL PANELS AND BREAKOUT DISCUSSIONS AND DISCUSSING THE MORTGAGE LANDSCAPE, CREDIT, CONFIDENCE, AND UNDERSTANDING THE BUYER AND SELLER PROFILE, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
UM, THIS IS OPEN TO OTHER VENDORS.
I HAD ASKED THE QUESTION OF, UM, WILL THERE BE A FEW OTHER VENDORS? AND AS I READ ON IT, DID SAYS OPEN TO VENDORS CITYWIDE.
UM, SO IS THEY'RE PUTTING, YOU'RE PUTTING ON THIS INITIATIVE WITH, UM, THE KEYS, THE KEYS REALTOR, AND UM, SO THEY'LL BE COLLECTING THE FUNDS OR GUYS WILL BE COLLECTING THE FUND I SEE.
TO DO DIFFERENT THINGS WHETHER OR NOT IT'S, UM, TO BUY GIFT CARDS, CREDIT, YOU KNOW, UM, PROVIDE DIFFERENT THINGS FOR, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, RAFFLES AND GIVEAWAYS.
WHAT'S GONNA HAP THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, VENDORS, UM, THEY CAN, UH, REACH OUT TO EITHER MYSELF OR, UM, HIS REALTY, UM, REALTOR GROUP AND UM, THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE USED STRICTLY TOWARDS THE WORKSHOP THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR HARRIS, DO YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE COST WILL BE FOR THE VENDORS? I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE COST FOR THE VENDORS.
I KNOW IT'S NOT ANYTHING, UM, BEYOND, IT'S GONNA BE $50 FOR EACH VENDOR SPACE.
MR. THOMAS, JUDGE, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
THANK, THANK YOU MR. KURT, ARE WE ABLE TO GET THE VOLUME? HE COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? I'M HERE.
I WAS SAYING WE COULD JUST HANDLE IT TOMORROW.
AS YOU SAID, WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE, UM, IT'S OUR FOURTH YEAR DOING THE TOY GIVEAWAY.
UM, I KNOW LAST YEAR THE CONCERN WAS THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAD LIKE, UM, HUNDREDS OF KIDS THIS YEAR.
WE ARE GIVING THEM OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AND THEY'RE GOING TO REGISTER AND THEIR AGE.
SO WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF KIDS THAT WE HAVE IN THE SPACE.
COMMISSIONER MAX, ANY QUES? YES.
ANY QUESTIONS? GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. HOW MANY KIDS WILL BE, WILL BE SERVICE? YEAH, UM, WE ARE GOING FOR 200.
AND WHAT'S THE CAPACITY OF THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER? IS IT TWO 50 OR 300? UM, A CMI BELIEVE IF IT'S SITTING MM-HMM
IT'S ONE 50, BUT IF IT'S STANDING IT'S TWO 200.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY SITTING.
I MEAN THERE WILL BE A COUPLE CHAIRS IF THE PARENTS,
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BUT MOST OF THE KIDS ARE STANDING, SO, UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT ONE 50 FOR SITTING DOWN? YES.IF THEY'RE ROUND TABLES THAT ARE STANDARD.
OH NO, THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO ROUND TABLES.
THERE'S, IT'S LIKE A, A COUPLE CHAIRS, UH, LIKE A THEATER STYLE, BUT THERE'S NO TABLES.
HOW MANY WOULD, IT MAY BE HELPFUL.
COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HOW MANY DOES THE MULTIPURPOSE ACCOMMODATE CLASSROOM STYLE WITH REMOVING THE TABLES? WE, WE WON'T HAVE ANY TABLES.
RIGHT? IT'S WHEN WE DO IT, WE JUST, THE ONLY TABLE WE HAVE IS THE TWO LONG TABLES IN THE BACK WHERE WE HAVE THE HOT DOGS AND THE BURGERS.
BUT THERE'S NO TABLE ROUND TABLES OR ANY KIND OF TABLES AT ALL.
SO I'M ASKING WILL, WILL, WE HAVE CHAIRS FOR THE 200 AND SOME KIDS PLUS PARENTS AND I WAS SUGGESTING THAT IF YOU PUT THE CHAIRS IN CLASSROOM STYLE, THAT MAY HELP TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE STANDING.
WHAT, WHAT IS CLASSROOM STYLE CHAIRS? ONE ROW NEXT ROW.
RIGHT? WELL I CALL IT THEATER STYLE, BUT YEAH.
IS THAT WHAT THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT? YEAH.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COLLEAGUES? UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I'M GLAD WE GOT YOU.
THAT HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT TOY DRIVE DONATION FOR THE YEARS.
IT HAS A CURVE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MME. MAY SIM.
THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I JUST HAD, IF I MAY JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THE RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO THE HOME BUYER SELLER SEMINAR, WERE WE USING THE USE OF CITY LOGO? IT MAY BE IN HERE, BUT YES.
JUST IN CASE, IS IT? I'LL DOUBLE CHECK TO JUST MAKE SURE I DIDN'T SEE IT RIGHT OFF.
AND IT MAY BE IN THERE, BUT, UM, IT'S A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, SO IT SHOULD HAVE THE LOGO.
SO COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, UM, ONE TO YOU MADAM MAYOR.
COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER, I SEE IT.
I WAS ANSWERING THE ACMS QUESTION, SO WE'LL REVIEW THE RESOLUTION JUST TO MAKE SURE IT WAS INCLUDED.
THAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION WITH OUR REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. SO WE'RE, I'LL BE MAKING OUR OWN FLYER, UM, NO LOGO AND NO POSTING ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE.
IT'S ABOUT US JUST REACHING OUT PERSONALLY TO THE, TO THE CHILDREN AND THEIR PARENTS.
SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT ADVERTISING IT FOR LET ME, AND, AND, AND LET ME I GUESS GET A CLARIFICATION.
IF IT IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, CAN WE NOT HAVE THE LOGO? NO, WE NEED TO HAVE THE LOGO.
I, I I THINK WE HAVE, IF WE DON'T WANT THE LOGO TO BE ON IT, THERE'S NO REASON.
UM, MADAM A CM, THE RESOLUTION, I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW THE RESOLUTION THAT WE CREATED FOR UTILIZATION OF THE LOGO FOR CITY INITIATIVES.
I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT SAYS, LET ME NOT MISSPEAK.
I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW THE LOGO, BUT I I DON'T THINK IT MANDATES YOU TO, IT'S NOT MANDATORY, BUT IT, IT IS A, A COMMISSION IN INITIATIVE WHENEVER WE USUALLY HAVE COMMISSION INITIATIVES, IT HAS A SPONSORING COMMISSION PHOTO AT THE TOP AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER AT THE BOTTOM.
BUT IS IT MANDATED BY RESOLUTION? I DON'T RECALL, BUT I'LL HAVE TO REVIEW IT JUST TO ENSURE, UM, I KNOW IT WAS PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT, BUT YEAH, I'D HAVE TO REVIEW IT.
ATTORNEY WILL WILL REVIEW IT BECAUSE I'M THINKING, AND NOT WITH THE INITIATIVE ITSELF, BUT IF WE ARE EXPENDING CITY MONIES, THEN UM, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION THAT THE CITY WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED IF WE'RE SPENDING CITY MONIES, BUT, UH, ATTORNEY CALLOWAY WILL REVIEW THAT FOR US.
MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
I JUST WANT TO GO BACK TO, UH, I'M SORRY.
GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S, UM, INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE RE WE HAVE COMPLETED THE DISCUSSION FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I NOTICE IT'S SAID HERE, UM, MARKETING AND ALRIDGE STRATEGY, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WEBSITE 'CAUSE IT'S INITIATIVE ON A SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IT SAYS E EMAIL NEWSLETTER.
SO WILL IT BE IN THE NEWSLETTER? EMAIL, NEWSLETTER,
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MR. HARRISON? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.YEAH, THAT'S JUST SPEAKING TO WHATEVER OUTLETS THE USING TO GET IT OUT THERE, THAT CAN BE A, AN ADDITIONAL IF NEED BE.
[B. DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2025-100 APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED-TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS]
FIVE B ON THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO ZERO, ALL PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LIMITED TIME AMNESTY PROGRAM FOR REDUCTION OF QUALIFYING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS.AND MS. TANJA MCCOY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, AND CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER.
SO THIS EVENING I AM PRESENTING A, UM, LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM.
THIS INITIATIVE IS DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE, REDUCE, UH, THE FINANCIAL BURDEN ON PROPERTY OWNERS AND IMPROVE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO RESOLVE LONGSTANDING LIENS.
THE AMNESTY PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE A TEMPORARY OPPORTUNITY FOR ELIGIBLE HOMESTEAD AND NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTY OWNERS TO SETTLE CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS AT A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RATE CONTINGENT UPON MEETING COMPLIANCE BENCHMARKS ARE WE WAITING FOR? SO BASICALLY THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.
SO THE CURRENT LIEN AMNESTY PROGRAM IS THAT, UH, IS ATTACHED TO THE ITEM IS GOING OVER THE PURPOSE, THE ENCOURAGE COMPLIANCE REDUCTION OF THE LIEN BURDEN ON QUALITY PROPERTY ON QUALIFYING PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO BASED ON THIS DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE, UM, HAD PREVIOUSLY, THE PROGRAM CHARACTER CHARACTERISTICS INCLUDE THE DURATION AMEE WINDOW WILL BE OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS, STARTING ON THE FIRST DAY A MOMENT.
MS. SANDRA, HOLD, HOLD YOU ON A MOMENT PLEASE WHILE WE, UM OH, OKAY.
PROGRAM CHARACTERISTICS, DURATION, AMNESTY WINDOW.
WE OPEN FOR A PERIOD OF 18 MONTHS, STARTING ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH FOLLOWING COMMISSION APPROVAL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR AMNESTY PROGRAM.
THIS AMNESTY PROGRAM APPLIES TO ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS ISSUED FOR VIOLATIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO FULL COMPLIANCE.
THE SETTLEMENT OFFER, THE CITY WILL ACCEPT A FLAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL LIEN BALANCE EQUAL TO 15% OF THE TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR ALL HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, 35% OF THE TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR ALL NON-HOMESTEAD PROPERTIES, AND 20% FOR TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT FOR THIS, I'M SORRY, AMENDMENT.
AND IT'S, UH, CHAPTER 20 25, 1 90 LAW OF FLORIDA.
AND BECAUSE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WE SUBMITTED IT WAS, UM, CONSIDERED TO BE IN SEVERAL, UM, PORTIONS, MORE RESTRICTIVE OR BURDENSOME FROM OUR PREVIOUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE STATE KICKED IT BACK.
SO AT THIS TIME, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TO GET THIS BACK ON THE AGENDA BECAUSE AS IF YOU GUYS, IF THE, I'M SORRY IF THE COMMISSION REMEMBERS, WE HAD A TIMEFRAME, UM, THAT WE HAD TO GET THIS BACK TO THE STATE AND BE IN COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS COMING UP ON US IN JANUARY, END OF JANUARY, 2026.
SO AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE 14 POLICIES THAT MYSELF AND THE CONSULTANTS HAVE REVIEWED AND MADE THE CHANGES THAT WAS REQUESTED BY THE STATE, AND NOW WE ARE READY TO RESUBMIT THIS EAR AMENDMENT TO THE STATE.
UM, THOSE POLICIES INCLUDE AREAS WHERE ANY TIME THAT WE SAID REQUIRED VERSUS ENCOURAGED, UM, JUST MAKING SOME SMALL, UM, LANGUAGE CHANGES REGARDING NEW DEVELOPMENT VERSUS REDEVELOPMENT, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY REQUIRED, YOU'RE MAKING IT MORE BURDENSOME, AND THAT WAS WHAT THE STATE WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH.
SO WE'VE GONE BACK THROUGH THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED AND MADE THOSE CHANGES TO CHANGE, REQUIRED TO ENCOURAGE OR REMOVED THE POLICY IF, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO, SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT WE HAD, UM, ADDED TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WERE BECAUSE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY.
AND EVEN WITH THAT, THE STATE HAS SAID,
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NO, WE CANNOT MAKE THOSE CHANGES, EVEN THOUGH BROWARD COUNTY REQUIRES THEM.SO WE HAVE HAD TO WORK WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO COME TO A RESOLUTION, AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW BEFORE US MAYOR, ATTORNEY CALLOWAY, UM, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ISSUE.
UH, THE, UH, LEGISLATION THAT THE DIRECTOR FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ALLUDING TO IS WHAT YOU MAY RECALL AS BEING SENATE BILL 180.
THIS IS A, UH, PIECE OF LEGISLATION THAT WAS AFFECTED AS OF, UH, I BELIEVE JULY 1ST, UH, 2025 THAT ESSENTIALLY, UH, FOUND THAT, UM, AS THE DIRECTOR MENTIONED, UH, IT IS THE MOST OVERREACHING, UH, PROHIBITION AND, UM, DEVASTATION TO HOME RULE, UH, RELATIVE TO A MUNICIPALITY'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP, UH, AND TO REGULATE LAND USES WITHIN THE CONFINES.
THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION IS UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION BY, UM, LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, INCLUDING COUNTY GOVERNMENT, UH, ATTORNEYS, UH, ACROSS THE STATE, UH, FOR, UH, POTENTIAL LEGAL CHALLENGES.
THERE IS SOME LEGISL, UH, UH, LAWSUITS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE CHALLENGING THE, UM, ESSENCE OF WHAT THIS LEGISLATION DOES, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TO BASICALLY SAY TO ANY MUNICIPALITY WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, UH, THAT, UM, UH, YOU CANNOT PROPOSE ANY LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT REQUIRE REVIEW BY THE STATE, UH, THAT WE BELIEVE ARE EITHER OVERBURDENSOME OR, UH, MORE RESTRICTIVE.
AND, AND SO, UH, WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU IS THAT THIS LEGISLATION AND THIS LAW IS UNDER A, UH, SERIOUS LEGAL CHALLENGE.
UH, AND I EXPECT THAT, UH, UH, IT, IT MAY TAKE A BIT, UH, BUT, UM, WHAT THE DIRECTOR'S PROPOSING IS THAT WE TRY TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT WE CAN.
BUT I AM SAYING, I DO EXPECT THAT THE, UH, STATE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU GIVE THEM, UH, IS PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A, A ISSUE WITH IT.
BECAUSE THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATION WAS BASICALLY TO, UH, DELIVER TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT YOU CANNOT, UH, REGULATE, UM, UH, LAND USES IN YOUR, UH, RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP OUR EYE ON THE LEGISLATION AND, AND THE LAWSUITS THAT ARE ONGOING.
MR. THOMAS, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MR. ATTORNEY.
YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S REALLY SAD ABOUT TAKING THE POWER FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUTTING IT IN THE HANDS OF THOSE THAT, UM, ARE MAKING THE LAWS, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, MS. MCCOY, SO YOU WERE GIVEN A MANDATE, RIGHT? WHAT YOU SENT IN WAS NOT GOOD.
SO NOW, WAS THERE A STIPULATION TO WHAT YOU OUGHT TO BE LOOKING AT, EVEN WITH THE CONSULTANT? I'M HEARING FROM THE ATTORNEY? NO.
SO YOU ARE PUTTING SOMETHING TOGETHER WHICH YOU BELIEVE WOULD FULFILL THE EARMARK OR, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENT FOR THIS BILL, BUT IT'S STILL NOT SURE WHETHER IT BE ACCEPTED THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR.
UM, I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE AGENCY, AND THEY DID GIVE ME SOME, UM, VERBAL GUIDELINES.
BUT, UM, WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN IN MANY COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, THEY WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW AS WELL.
AND SO WE HAVE DONE THAT, UM, PRO PROCESS VERY EXPEDITIOUSLY IN ORDER TO TRY TO MAINTAIN, BECAUSE AGAIN, I DID ALSO ASK ABOUT OUR EXTENSION THAT WE RECEIVED.
AND, UM, FROM THE INFORMATION THAT I RECEIVED FROM THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE IS THAT THAT EXTENSION WOULD NOT BE, UM, EXTENDED ADDITIONALLY.
SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE AT LEAST TRY AND GET SOMETHING BACK TO THEM THAT WILL, UM, SATISFY THEM, HOPEFULLY, AND, UM, ALLOW US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
IT'S LIKE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, UM, WE CAN ONLY DO THE BEST WE CAN, AND I TRUST THAT THIS WILL PASS SOME APPROVAL WHEN YOU DO GET IT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE DIFFERENT ADVICE YOU'RE RECEIVING.
YOU KNOW, IT SAYS OUTTA MANY COUNSELORS THERE, SAFETY.
SO LET'S GET AS MUCH COUNSEL AS POSSIBLE IN
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ORDER TO GET IT, YOU KNOW, APPROVED.ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, MS. MS. TANJA WAS THERE AVAILABLE OR ACCESSIBLE TO US, A PLAN THAT WE COULD REVIEW THAT DID PASS, THAT MAY BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THESE, UH, THIS PROCESS HAS, UM, HIT A LOT OF COMMUNITIES VERY QUICKLY AND VERY FAST.
I DO NOT BELIEVE MOST OF THE COMMUNITIES HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT.
UM, I THINK FROM MY PERSPECTIVE WITH THE CONSULTANT, I WAS JUST FOCUSED ON GETTING IT BACK AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.
SO I HAVEN'T HAD ANY REAL FEEDBACK IN TURN OF TERMS OF OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT I WILL BE LOOKING FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES WAS ABLE TO DO OR SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT THEY USED.
IS THERE A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE CAN RESUBMIT IT IF REQUIRED THROUGH YOUR MADAM? NO, THERE'S NOT A MAXIMUM, UH, NUMBER OF TIMES.
IT'S JUST THAT, UM, WE CAN BE DENIED AGAIN, AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL NOT, AND WE WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE COME, UH, THE END OF JANUARY, 2026.
I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. ANY COMMENTS? NO, MADAM MAYOR.
ADAM AC, ITEM NUMBER FIVE E DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVING SERVICES WITH TRANE, US, INC.
FOR BUILDING AUTOMATED SYSTEMS FOR THE CHILLER PLANT AT CITY HALL.
AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON DIS, UM, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM UNLESS ZAM, YOU'RE GONNA PRESENT FIRST.
MR. ZAM, WHO YOU MADAM MAYOR, MR. RON, OR I BELIEVE RON IS GOING TO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, REGARDING COMPLIANCE.
UH, OCCASIONALLY, UH, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO OUR VERY LEARNED CITY ATTORNEY, UM, ON ONE SUCH OCCASION, NOT TOO LONG AGO.
UM, WE HAD A CONVERSATION REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT CODE AND REGARDING, UH, THE INFORMAL AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE AT THE CITY, OR WHAT WE WILL DO IN TEMPORARY CONTRACTS.
UH, FOR MY RESEARCH, WHAT I'VE FOUND FOR OVER 10 YEARS OR SOMEWHERE THEREABOUT, THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CITY WITH REGARDS TO INFORMAL ARRANGEMENTS, OR RATHER, THOSE CONTRACTS THAT ARE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY, ONE MUST NOT EXCEED $24,999 99 CENTS.
THAT'S ONE THAT'S BEEN COMPLIED WITH.
THERE HAS, HOWEVER, BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING OR MISINTERPRETATION OF THE CODE AS TO THE DURATION.
SO THEREFORE, IN PASS, UM, THE CITY WOULD'VE ENGAGED IN THESE CONTRACTS USING THAT LIMIT PER YEAR.
HOWEVER, THE INTERPRETATION AFTER SPEAKING WITH A, AN ATTORNEY IS THAT THAT LIMIT SHOULD NOT EXCEED THREE YEARS, MEANING IT'S NOT FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS, BUT WITHIN THREE YEARS, YOU SHOULD NOT BE SPENDING THAT AMOUNT WITH A VENDOR IN AN INFORMAL AGREEMENT.
THEREFORE, AFTER THAT DISCUSSION, UM, UH, WHATEVER AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD, I MEAN, IT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME, BUT IT'S NOW BRINGING TO COMPLIANCE.
UH, THIS INCIDENT HERE IS ONE, UH, WHERE THE CITY FOR SOME TIME NOW.
UM, THE SERVICE ITSELF HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE THE 1990S, BUT THE AGREEMENT, UH, I THINK IT WAS EARLY 2000 THEREABOUT, THE CITY DID ENGAGE WITH, WITH TRAIN THAT VENDOR FOR SERVICES TO OUR BUS SYSTEM.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH LIKE A REMOTE CONTROL THAT CONTROLS OUR CHILLER PLANTS, UH, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM WITH THE CITY.
UH, THE CITY DID ENGAGE IN AN AGREEMENT A FIVE YEAR TERM WITH THEM, UH, TO THE CITY'S UNDERSTANDING OR TO THE USER'S DEPARTMENT.
UH, IT DIDN'T EXCEED THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT.
IT WAS LESS THAN 10,000 EVERY YEAR, SO NO ONE SAW A PROBLEM.
HOWEVER, IN BRINGING THE DEPARTMENT TO COMPLIANCE, NOW, UH, IT IS THE RIGHT TO BRING THIS BEFORE COMMISSION.
UH, ONE, WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER OUR SECOND YEAR, UH, WITH THIS FIVE YEAR TERM.
UH, THE RATES THAT ARE THERE, UH, THEY'RE DIVIDED BY ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY.
THE VENDOR DOES COME ON A QUARTERLY BASIS TO SERVICE THIS EQUIPMENT.
UM, THE AMOUNT INCREASES EVERY YEAR.
THE RATES THAT WE ARE GETTING IS VIA A GSA COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
SO WE KNOW THAT IT IS A COMPETITIVE, UH, PRICE THAT WE'RE GETTING.
UH, HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO REQUESTING, UH, THERE'S A REGULAR SERVICE THAT THE VENDOR WILL DO.
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DID ASK THE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL NORMALLY COME UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S LIMIT, BUT A HISTORICAL AMOUNT AS TO WHAT REPAIRS THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE SERVICE SHOULD BE, THEREFORE SHOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL AS WELL.THE AMOUNTS ARE THERE ON THE BACKUP THAT WAS PRESENTED, PRESENTED TO YOU AS TO WHAT WOULD'VE BEEN SPENT OVER PAST YEARS RECENTLY.
UM, THEREFORE, BASED ON THAT, THE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING AN AMOUNT OF, UH, $23,000 PER YEAR, UH, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR ANNUAL RATE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, COMMITTED TO THE VENDOR.
I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE VENDOR INDICATING THAT, LISTEN, THIS IS GONNA BE COMING TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL, RATHER REVIEW, UH, AND HOPEFULLY APPROVAL AS WELL.
HOWEVER, IF THE COMMISSION DECIDES NOT TO APPROVE IT, WHAT OUR CONSEQUENCES ARE, UH, THE VENDOR HAS BEEN, LIKE I SAID, UH, BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR SOME TIME.
THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY'RE USING IS PROPRIETARY TO TRAIN.
UM, AND ALSO THEY'RE LIKE, LISTEN, IF YOUR COMMISSION DECIDES NOT TO APPROVE IT FOR THE NEXT YEAR, IT'S FINE.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE WE ARE ABOUT TO ENTER OR HAVE ALREADY ENTERED SERVICES FOR THE SECOND YEAR, UH, WITH THIS VENDOR.
UM, I HOPE, I KNOW IT WAS A LOT, BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
HOPEFULLY, MRS. UM, DID YOU SAY NO? DID I UNDERSTAND THAT THE A CM SHOULD NOT SPEND THE ALLOTTED AMOUNT WITHIN A THREE YEAR PERIOD? CORRECT.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT? SURE.
THE CITY'S UNDERSTANDING IN PASS HAS BEEN THAT THAT'S PER YEAR, NOT MAXED THREE YEARS.
UH, BUT YOU HAVE BEFORE YEARS AN EXTRACT FROM THE PROCUREMENT CODE, UM, THAT, LIKE I SAID, AFTER CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WAS LIKE, LISTEN, NO, NO.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY I'M SURE THERE ARE SETTING ARRANGEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL BE UNDER REVIEW AND WILL BE COMING FORWARD TO YOU SHORTLY OR IN THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.
HOPEFULLY NOT TO EXTEND THE MEETINGS LONGER, BUT, UM, IT WILL BE UNDER THE SAME ITEM OKAY.
TO BRING COMPLIANCE TO THE DEPARTMENTS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MADAM MAYOR, SHE'S NO LONGER ON.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM, THE DEPARTMENT DOES HAVE APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH RESOLUTION AT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, FOR THIS ITEM.
OKAY? YES, I, I, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING PURCHASE OF CO-MANAGED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OMNIA CONTRACT.
1 0 1 DASH 1 7 0 4 ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION SERVICES FROM COMP EQUIP, INC.
AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER OF TD SYNEX CORPORATION, AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL COST OF CO-MANAGED CYP SECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT OF 39,000 PER YEAR FOR A THREE YEAR TERM.
AND ALSO, IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, KURT WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM AS WELL THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED ALREADY.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ALSO SIMILAR TO THE ONE BEFORE, BUT NOT EXACT.
UH, THIS IS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE AGAIN.
UM, WE'VE BEEN WITH COMP, UM, JUST, AND I BELIEVE IT COULD GIVE MORE BACKGROUND ON IT, UH, FOR SOME TIME.
AND ALSO WHAT THEY'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.
IT'S MORE SO CONNECTED TO OUR CYBERSECURITY AND THE INTEGRITY AND THE PROTECTION OF THE CITY'S, UM, CYBERSECURITY NETWORK ITSELF.
UM, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION SIGNED SOMEWHERE BACK IN 21, I BELIEVE.
UH, BUT THE CITY DID SIGN ON FOR THIS VENDOR TO DO SPECIFIC THINGS, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE.
IN YOUR BACKUP, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN AS TO THE SERVICES THAT THIS VENDOR HAD DONE FOR AN AMOUNT OF $68,000.
HOWEVER, IN THAT AS WELL, THERE WAS AN ANNUAL FEE OF $35,000 FOR CONTINUED SERVICE AFTER THEY'VE DONE WHAT THEY'VE ALREADY DONE.
UH, LAST YEAR, THAT FEE WENT UP BY A $4,000 MORE, SO THEREFORE BY $39,000.
UH, AT THAT TIME WHEN THE VENDOR DID COME, AND I BELIEVE, UH, THE VENDOR DID COME WITH THE PROPOSAL, UH, SOMEWHERE IN MAY OR JUNE, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THERE WAS CORRESPONDENCE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT TO BRING THIS TO COMMISSION.
UH, I DID CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
THIS ITEM WAS PREPARED TO COME TO COMMISSION ON THE AGENDA, BUT CAME OFF FOR WHATEVER REASON AND NEVER WENT BACK ON.
WE ARE ACTUALLY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT.
AND THIS IS, AGAIN, A COMPLIANCE MATTER, UH, TO CONTINUE SERVICES WITH THIS VENDOR FOR, UH, CYBERSECURITY.
AND AS I SAID, UH, IT CAN ADVISE MORE ON WHAT THEY DO, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT MATTER AS WELL.
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I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE VENDOR ALSO INDICATING AS A, UH, COMPLIANCE ISSUE.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE COMING FOR APPROVAL, IF THERE ARE ANY, UH, ISSUES WITH IT.
HAVE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR PENALTIES TO US? UH, THERE'S, THERE IS NO, BUT WE ARE INTO THE SECOND YEAR AND WE CAN, THERE'S NOTHING NEGATIVE FOR THE CITY.
HOWEVER, UM, IT IS A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT WE ARE GETTING THE PRICES FROM AS WELL.
SO IT'S A, IT IS PREFERRED REACH AS WELL.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. KURT AS TO PLEASE, MR. KURT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AND EVERYONE INSIDE THE CHAMBERS AND OUR REVIEWERS ONLINE.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS KURT BROWN AND I'M THE IT MANAGER.
SO, UM, AS I'M MATT SAID, UM, SOMEWHAT A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT COMP KIP DOES.
SO I, I WANT TO GO IN A LITTLE DETAILS OF WHAT THEY DO.
SO COMP KIP, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 2021 CONDUCTED A CYBER SERVER PENETRATION TEST ON OUR NETWORK, WHICH LED TO SEVERAL SECURITY MEASURE BEING IMPLEMENTED.
BASED ON THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THEY UTILIZE A CYBER SECURITY APPLICATION CALLED RAPID SEVEN INSIGHT, IDR AND OUR EMAIL SECURITY, UM, GATEWAY WAS REPLACED IN MIMECAST, WHICH DRASTICALLY REDUCED EMAIL IMPERSONATION INCIDENTS.
THEY ALSO MADE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH OTHER VENDORS, INCLUDING OUR CITYWIDE FIREWALL UPGRADE.
WE'RE CURRENTLY USING CISCO MARKET APPLIANCES AND OUR ANTIVIRUS PROTECTION WAS UPGRADED TO CENTEN ON AI.
THE COMP EQUIP, UM, THE COMPANY ALSO SERVE AS THE EYES OF THE CITY WHEN WE'RE ASLEEP AT NIGHT.
THEIR CYBER TEAM ACTS AS AN EXTENSION OF OUR IT DEPARTMENT BY PROVIDING 24 7 CYBERSECURITY MONITORING OF OUR NETWORK.
I ALSO, I ALSO DO A MONTHLY CADENCE MEETING WITH OUR CYBERSECURITY TEAM, WHICH WE DISCUSS ANY THREATS OR ALERTS ON OUR NETWORK AND THE MITIGATION ACTION TAKEN TO KEEP OUR SYSTEM SAFE.
IT IS VERY CRITICAL THAT WE CONTINUOUS, UM, OUR SERVICES WITH THE VENDOR, ENSURING THE CITY NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE IS PROTECTED FROM ANY CYBER TRAITS.
AND ALSO A REMINDER OF THE FLORIDA STATUE 2 8 2 3 1 8 5, THAT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY ACT, WHICH IS MANDATED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO BE INCOMPETENT.
AND WE HAD PASSED RESOLUTION 2024, THAT 0 3 5 AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL MAINTAIN AND CREATE CYBERSECURITY STANDARDS CONSISTENT WITH THE N CYBERSECURITY CITY SECURITY FRAMEWORK.
SO MAYOR, IF YOU NEED ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS YOU COULD ASK.
THANK YOU, MR. KURT AND MR. ZA.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY IS TO CONTINUE WITH THIS CYBERSECURITY COMPANY THREE, MADAM MAYOR.
THIS IS TO ONE, UH, CONTINUE, UM, TO OFFICIALLY APPROVE THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED OFF LAST YEAR.
SO THE TERM WOULD OFFICIALLY BEGIN FROM LAST YEAR, AND WE'LL FINISH NEXT YEAR, RIGHT? IT IS A THREE YEAR TERM.
UH, IT'S A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT.
UM, SO PRICES ARE, UM, OUT THERE COMPETITIVELY BID.
WE HAVE CHECK MIDY CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE, UM, IN SUMMARY, YES.
SO THE 68,500, IS THAT WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS? NO, NO.
WHAT THEY STARTED WITH, THAT'S WHAT THEY STARTED, THEY DID THREE THINGS.
IT WAS A PENETRATION THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, IT WAS A PENETRATION TASK.
UH, IT INCLUDED AN ANNUAL FEE, AND THERE WAS A ONE TIME SIGNUP FEE.
PRETTY MUCH THAT'S WHAT THAT 68 INCLUDED.
NOW, WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS AN ANNUAL 39,000 LAST YEAR, THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR.
MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU SAY AN ANNUAL 39,000, WHAT IS THAT FOR? THAT IS THE ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION TO THIS VENDOR, ELK AND THE 6 8 5, I'M JUST, IT SAYS CITY COMMISSION APPROVED THE INITIAL, NO, THE 68 5 IS WHAT WAS DONE.
DISCUSSION REGARDING A CON AWARD OF A CONTRACT TO HEAVY CIVIL INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $893,718 AND 50 CENTS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTHWEST 36TH TERRACE PROJECT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
AND MR. RON DIS BRUNI WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM FOR YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
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GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.UH, MADAM MAYOR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED, UH, THE OTHER BEFORE YOU IS A DISCUSSION TOWARD AWARD CONTRACT TO HEAVY CIVIL ACT AND THE AMOUNT OF AROUND JUNE 90, $3,718 AND 50 CENTS, UH, TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTHWEST 36 TERRA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, IF YOU CALL BACK IN APRIL, UH, THE CITY APPROVED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH WILD COUNTY TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $863,633.
UH, THE PROJECT SCOPE CONSISTS OF, UH, MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT, UH, LANDSCAPE INSTALLATION, UH, LANE REDUCTION, UH, SIDEWALK, UH, IMPROVEMENT, SOME DRAINAGE ON NORTHWEST 36 TERRA TERRA.
THAT WAS, THAT WOULD BE SOUTH OF AUCKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, THE
UH, THE PROJECT WAS ADVERTISED FOR BID IN JULY, UH, 2025.
UH, WE RECEIVED SIX PROPOSAL, UH, THE LOWEST ONE WAS FROM HEAVY CIVIL AND THE AMOUNT OF $893,718 50 CENTS.
UH, THE HIGHEST BID WAS FROM THE START GROUP LSC AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,808 8,000 175, UH, DOLLARS.
SO THE, THE BID WERE REVIEWED FOR, UH, COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THE BID PROPOSAL AND OUR RESPONSIVENESS.
UH, AFTER REVIEW AND, AND CHECK OF, UH, REFERENCES FOR HEAVY CIVIL, UH, IT WAS DEEMED THAT, UH, THEY ARE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, AND ALSO BECAUSE IT'S A SURTAX PROJECT.
AND THE PROPOSAL WAS SUBMITTED TO GU COUNTY FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL, AND THE COUNTY REVIEWED IT AND THEY FOUND THE CONTRACTOR TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR CBE REQUIREMENT.
AND THEY GAVE US THE CLEARANCE, UH, TO AWARD THE CONTRACT TO HEAVY CIVIL.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A GAP IN FUNDING AND, AND APPROXIMATELY 30,000 BECAUSE THE, THE GRANT IS FOR 8 63 AND, UH, THE BID IS FOR 8 93.
SO, UH, THROUGH THE MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE REQUESTED THAT EXTRA 30,000 FROM THE COUNTY.
AND THAT PROPOSAL, THAT REQUEST IS CURRENTLY BEING REVIEWED.
UH, WE ARE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO GET THE WHOLE AMOUNT, BUT IT'S BEING REVIEWED.
AND IF WE DON'T HAVE IT, UH, THE FINANCIAL SERVICES HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, POSSIBLE FUNDING SOURCES TO, TO BRIDGE THE GAP OF, UH, 30,000.
UH, WE REVIEWED THE BID AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE, THE CONTRACT WITH HEAVY CIVIL.
I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTION THE BOARD MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU MR. RON FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, I, I'M LOOKING FOR THE BACKUP WITH THE OTHERS.
SO WITH THIS, THIS VENDOR, UM, HEAVY CIVIL INC, THEY WERE THE, THE BEST OUT OF THE LOT THAT YOU CHOSE DO BY THE MAYOR? YES.
UH, WE WOULD SAY THE MOST, MOST RESPONSIVE.
AND, AND THERE WAS THAT ADDITIONAL 30,000 YOU SAID WAS IDENTIFIED BY FINANCIAL SERVICES TO COVER IF BROWARD COUNTY DOES NOT APPROVE THAT ADDITIONAL MAYOR? YES.
MR. RON, FOR THE BID BOND IS 5%, IS THE BID BOND ALWAYS 5%? UH, YES.
BUT ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE BID PROCESS, THE BID BOND IS RETURNED TO THE CONTRACTOR AND THEY WILL SUBMIT WHAT WE CALL A PREFERENCE BOND, WHICH IS 100% OF THE BID PRICE.
AND WE'LL HOLD IT TO THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT.
UH, AND AFTER COMPLETION, THAT PERFORMANCE BOND WILL BE CONVERTED INTO A WARRANTY BOND, WHICH IS ONLY 25%.
AND WE'LL HOLD THAT FOR ONE YEAR IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED, UH, SOME DEFECT, UH, UH, IDENTIFIED WITHIN THAT ONE YEAR.
AND IF THE CONTRACTOR DOES NOT COME BACK TO FIX THAT PROBLEM, WE CAN USE THE BOND, WE CAN CASH THE BOND TO, TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
I LEARNED SOMETHING GOOD TONIGHT.
I LEARNED A LOT OF GOOD THINGS.
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ONE TONIGHT, BUT THAT WAS GOOD.THIS, UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE H DISCUSSION REGARDING RAMADAN EVENT AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE.
AND THIS IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON.
UH, THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY OF RAMADAN, WHICH IS A MUSLIM HOLIDAY.
UH, CELEBRATE ALL OVER THE WORLD ACTUALLY.
AND, UM, LOOKING TO HOST THIS AS AN EVENT ON FEBRUARY 20TH, UH, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE A SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH AT, UH, THE MULTIPURPOSE CENTER, UH, TO HOST A RAMADAN IFTAR DINNER, WHICH IS WHERE, UH, PEOPLE OF THE MUSLIM FAITH CELEBRATE RAMADAN BY BREAKING THEIR FAST.
AND ON THIS EVENING, THEY'LL BE BREAKING THEIR FAST DURING RAMADAN, UM, HOSTING AN IFTAR DINNER.
UH, RAMADAN GOES BACKWARDS A MONTH EVERY YEAR.
SO LAST YEAR, UM, IT WAS HELD IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND IT WAS AN AMAZING TURNOUT AND WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION AS A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE, UM, FOR SUPPORT.
COMMISSIONER HARRISON, THAT'S ON A FRIDAY NIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, I COMMIT DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARDING A CONTRACT TO SAFA CONSTRUCTION LLC IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 56 A, ONE OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE IS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE AND LOIS VENDOR FOR I TB.
25 DASH SIX THREE DASH 15 B DASH ZERO DASH 2 0 25 SLASH AP FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CANAL EIGHT.
AND WE HAVE NAER MAX WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MAYOR,
[C. DISCUSSION REGARDING RESOLUTION 2025-101 ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM TO ADDRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS THROUGH STRUCTURED REVIEW PATHWAYS]
COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND AUDIENCE.CANAL EIGHT IS LOCATED IN EASTGATE, JUST WEST OF
WE ADVERTISED IN, UH, FROM JUNE 20, JULY 23RD TO SEPTEMBER 12, AND WE RECEIVED FOUR BIDS, SUBPAR CONSTRUCTION THERE.
BID BID AMOUNT, $2,218,740, WHICH IS LESS THAN $150,000 FROM THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, WHICH IS BNG CONSTRUCTION.
THEN THIRD IS ENCO, LLC, UH, IN FACT CONSTRUCTION, THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE CITY, BNG.
THEY DID CANAL FOUR ENCO, THEY DID CANAL TWO.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ALL OF THESE TOP THREE CONTRACTORS IN THE CITY.
AND BASED ON THE BEAT WE FOUND ALL OF THEM COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THIS TO THE LOWEST BIDDER THAT WILL SAVE, UH, AT LEAST MORE THAN $150,000 FROM AS THEIR LESS THAN THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER BY THAT, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT.
UH, WE HAVE A FUNDING FROM EASTERN WATER FUND.
SO BASICALLY THE INFORMATION I GOT FROM FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THIS WILL BE FULLY FUNDED FROM EASTERN WATER FUND.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS? YEAH, THANK YOU MR. NAIR.
JU JUST WANT TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY, ALL THESE VENDORS WERE USED PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE, YOU WENT WITH SFA, WHICH IS THE LOWEST.
WELL, YOU'RE COMING TO EASTGATE, SO I APPRECIATE THAT,
DISCUSSION REGARDING CITYWIDE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FUNDED BY RESILIENCE GRANT.
AND MR. NAER WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM AS WELL.
UH, DO I PUT CITYWIDE UNDER CITYWIDE? WE HAVE ACTUALLY 14 PROJECTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT THAT IS IN PALMING WITH B BROWARD COUNTY, WE SUBMITTED, UH, THE PLAN ON NOVEMBER 7TH.
THAT IS NORTHWEST 39TH STREET FROM 39TH AVENUE TO 35 AVENUE.
UH, ONE THING I SHOULD SAY, AS YOU UH, HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT USG PROJECT,
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BASICALLY, UH, THIS PROJECT IS ALSO IMPACTED BY[D. DISCUSSION REGARDING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ADOPTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL (EAR) REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR THE EAR-BASED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES AS REQUIRED UNDER PART II OF CHAPTER 163, FLORIDA STATUTES]
USG PROJECT.THEY RECENTLY DID THE ROAD OIL WORK AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT THE DRAINAGE IN THE SOIL AREA, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE SOME IMPACT TO THE ROAD OIL.
WE'LL ADDRESS CTPC, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY TIME SENSITIVE PROJECT, A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED BY FURTHER RESILIENCE GRANT.
AND OUR PROJECT MUST BE UH, COM COMPLETED, UH, BY JUNE 30TH, 2026.
SO, UH, THIS ONE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST.
WE HAVE $2.2 MILLION AVAILABLE.
WE ARE WORKING ON THE OTHER, UH, PROJECTS, BUT WITH THE FUNDING, I KNOW WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE PROJECTS, BUT WE'LL SEE.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO AT LEAST WE'LL TRY TO USE THE, UH, RESILIENCE GRANT A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MASS 50%, BUT THERE IS NO MASSING REQUIREMENT.
WE CAN USE THE RESILIENCE GRANT A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THE PROJECT.
AND THE REASON I'M ACTUALLY COMING TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THIS PROJECT, WE HAVE ADVERTISED THIS, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, THE BD EIGHT WILL, UH, RECEIVE THE BID ON DECEMBER FIVE.
THAT'S WHY I'M GOING TO BRING IT TO, I ONLY HAD DISCUSSION WITH OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER THAT I WOULD LIKE TO BRING THIS TO DECEMBER 1ST.
THIS, THAT MR. NINE COMMISSION MEETING, THAT WILL HELP US BECAUSE WE CANNOT WASTE ANY TIME AS WE HAVE TO COMPLETE THIS BY JUNE 30.
AND THIS IS THE FIRST PROJECT.
SO MR. NAIA, OUR REQUIRED COMPLETION DATE IS JUNE 30TH, 2026.
AND YOU'RE SAYING IN SIX, SEVEN AND A HALF MONTHS, WE WILL COMPLETE DESIGN, PERMITTING AND CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS ALREADY IN PERMITING DESIGN.
COMPLETE THIS, THE FIRST PROJECT DESIGN COMPLETE, WE SENT IT TO COUNTY FOR PAR MEETINGS, UH, S ORDER MANAGEMENT, UH, LICENSE.
WE DID NOT WAIT FOR THE PAR ACTUALLY, WE ADVERTISED IF WE GET ANY COMMENTS AND DURING THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING OUT BID IS THAT THIS IS, UH, ALREADY I, WE HAVE ADVERTISED THIS.
SO DECEMBER FIVE WILL BE THE BID CLOSING DATE BY 10:00 AM AND MY PLAN IS TO SEND THE AGENDA INFORMATION TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAME DAY IN THE AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 14 DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 30TH, 2026 THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.
NO, WE HAVE TO SPEND THE FLORIDA RESILIENCE GRANT BY JUNE 30.
WE'LL NOT BE ABLE TO DO ALL 14 PROJECTS WITH THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
MAYBE WE CAN, WE MAY BE ABLE TO DO MAYBE, MAYBE MAXIMUM THREE PROJECTS BECAUSE
SO THAT'S JUST SPEND THAT AMOUNT BY JUNE 30TH.
SO HAVE YOU DESIGNATED WHAT AREA YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT? IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE PROJECTS? THE PAST ON, AS WE HAD THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED THE DESIGN AND WE SUBMITTED PER THE PERMITTING.
THE NEXT ONE, AS WE ARE ON 39TH STREET, WE PUT IN DEFENSE SEGMENT.
LET ME EXPLAIN YOU, WE COULD PUT MORE PROJECTS IN ONE SINGLE BID.
THE REASON WE DID NOT DO THAT, WE WANT MORE CONTRACTOR TO WORK AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WE CAN USE THE MONEY QUICKLY.
OTHERWISE, UH, IT'LL BE A PROBLEM IF, IF WE GET ONE CONTRACTOR AND IF THEY TAKE LONG TIME, IF THE PROJECT IS BIG, THAT MIGHT BE ISSUE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENT WITH DEP.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT TAKE ANY RISKS WHERE WE SPLIT IT.
AND THAT'S WHY THE 14 PROJECTS, WE ONLY SPLIT IT.
THAT IS THE REASON WE WANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRACTORS IN DIFFERENT AREA.
AND, UH, WE HAVE THE LIST OF THE 14 PROJECTS.
IF YOU WANT US TO PRIORITIZE ANY OF THIS PROJECT, YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON THE DESIGN ON THAT ONE IMMEDIATELY AS WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
YOU CAN GIVE US THE PRIORITY IF YOU HAVE ANY.
BUT I, I, I LEAVE THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU BECAUSE I HAVE VERY LIMITED TIME.
YOU KNOW, YOU, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I'LL SAY GO TO 24TH STREET IN EAST COAST, RIGHT?
SO ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU MISS.
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ITEM NUMBER 5K DISCUSSION REGARDING AWARDING A CONTRACT TO RAMON DESIGNS FOR ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AFTER COMPLETING A COMPETITIVE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON CITY'S OPENGOV PLATFORM, ITB 26 DASH 63 10 DASH FIVE B IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $249,794 AND 6 CENTS.
AND WE HAVE MR. NASIR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM AS WELL.
AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS, UH, A LOVELY ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY AND AUDIENCE.
THIS ONE FOR ALZHEIMER CARE IMPROVEMENT.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THIS, THE TOTAL FUND WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS $286,000.
THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WE GOT FROM THE BIDDING PROCESS, $249,000.
THAT MEANS WE ARE GOING TO SPEND LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS PROJECT.
THAT'S THE DEFINITELY GOOD NEWS.
NOW LET ME GO INTO THE PROCUREMENT PORTION.
THE SECOND LOWEST ONE IS ANCE DESIGN.
THAT THEY'RE THE SECOND LOWEST BID, BUT THEY'RE MOST, UH, RESPONSIVE BIDDER.
THE LOWEST BIDDER IS NOT RESPONSIVE.
THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE BID BOND.
THEY ALSO DID NOT INCLUDE THEIR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS.
SO THEY ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENT.
AND AS THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE BID BOND, THAT MEANS THEIR BID AMOUNT.
IF I ADD THE COST OF THE BID, MOST LIKELY THEY'LL NOT BE THE LOWEST BIDDER.
AND FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW, IF I INCLUDE RESPONSIVENESS, THEN AL DESIGNS THAT THE LOWEST RESPONS, THAT THE LOWEST, LOWEST AND RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BID.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR RE DESIGNS FOR $249,794 AND 6 CENTS.
UH, THE DIFFERENCE IS NOT THAT BIG, UH, ONLY BY, UH, AROUND $12,000.
AND, UH, ONE THING I FOUND IN THE LOWEST BIDDER PACKAGE, THEIR MOBILIZATION IS ONLY $6,000.
NORMALLY, THE CONTRACTOR PUT THEIR BID BOND COST IN THEIR MOBILIZATION, AND AS THEY PUT ONLY $6,000, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE BID BOND COST.
THE SECOND LOWEST BID, THEIR MOBILIZATION COST $32,000.
IF I COST THE BID BOND COST $12,000.
EVEN THEN THEY HAVE AROUND $20,000 FOR THE MOBILIZATION, WHICH IS REALISTIC.
SO BASED ON MY ANALYSIS CONSTRUCTION, 95 LLC THOUGH THEY'RE THE LOWEST BIDDER, BUT IN REALITY, THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
AND THEIR MOBILIZATION COST IS ALSO NOT REASONABLE.
IF I CONSIDERED THE COST OF THE BID BOND THAT THEY DID NOT INCLUDE.
SO ANCE DESIGNS, BASED ON OUR ANALYSIS, THEY'RE THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BID.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THIS PROJECT TO ANCE DESIGN.
NOW, IF I TALK ABOUT THE SCOPE, THIS IS RELATING THE IMPROVEMENT.
PRIMARY FOCUS IS THE FLOOR WALL, UM, THEIR KITCHEN, A DA BATHROOM.
WE ARE GONNA UPGRADE ALL OF THESE.
AND KITCHEN DOES INCLUDE THE APPLIANCES.
UH, SO BASICALLY THEY'RE GOING TO, I THINK YOU, UM, HONORABLE MAYOR AND OUR FUTURE VICE MAYOR.
YOU ARE AT THAT, UH, PRE MEETING.
SO YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESCOPE.
UH, WHEN, WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED TIME FOR COMPLETION FOR THIS? ONCE IT'S STARTED? OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, COMPLETE BY JUNE 30.
THOUGH IT'LL NOT TAKE THAT LONG.
IT SHOULD NOT TAKE MORE THAN 120 DAYS TO COMPLETE THIS KIND OF VERY SMALL JOB.
BUT THE REASON WE ARE CONSIDERING EXTENDED TIME, AS YOU KNOW, THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO ALL AT A TIME.
WE WANT TO DO IN ONE AREA, KEEP ANOTHER AREA OPEN, AND WE ARE GOING TO DO WORK IN TWO DIFFERENT PHASE.
MADAM MAYOR, I, I KNOW IT'S GONNA LOOK GOOD.
ANYTHING UPGRADED, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR OUR CLIENTS AS WELL.
SO I AM, I AM PLEASED FOR THIS.
[E. DISCUSSION REGARDING APPROVING SERVICES WITH TRANE U.S. INC FOR BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS (BAS) FOR THE CHILLER PLANT AT CITY HALL]
UM, NOW DISCUSSION.THIS IS NUMBER FIVE L DISCUSSION REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2026, MAYOR AND COMMISSION INITIATIVES.
SO IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN WHEN THE RESOLUTIONS ARE
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APPROVED, MADAM MAYOR, THEY'RE APPROVED ON A FISCAL YEAR BASIS.WE'VE HAD, UM, NEW INITIATIVES THAT HAVE COME UP TO BE ADDED.
SO STAFF HAS PREPARED AN AGENDA, COVER LIST, ALL COMMISSIONS INITIATIVES FOR YOU TO REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE'S, IF YOU, THERE'S ANY YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REMOVE OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO KEEP ALL INITIATIVES LISTED.
UM, SO THAT WE'LL KNOW HOW TO MOVE FORWARD THIS FISCAL YEAR IS MS. ERICA.
MS. ERICA WALKED UP AS NO MADAM MAYOR BECAUSE THIS IS A MAYOR COMMISSION INITIATIVES.
OKAY, COLLEEN, UM, MADAM AC MI SEE UNDER THIS ITEM THAT I MAY SPEAK TOO SOON, BUT LET ME CONTINUE THAT.
COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON AND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS ARE EN LISTED ITSELF IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NEW ONES TO BE ADDED.
COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER EASTON HARRISON AND COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS HAVE TWO INITIATIVES THAT ARE LISTED UNDER THE ATTACHMENT IN THE BACKUP.
IS THAT BECAUSE THOSE ARE TWO NEW ONES THAT THEY'RE ADDING OR ONE EACH? NO, THOSE ARE EXISTING, I BELIEVE RESOLUTIONS WERE ATTACHED FOR EXISTING ONES.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THERE IS THE, UM, FISCAL YEAR 26 LIST OF MAYOR AND COMMISSION SPECIAL INITIATIVES.
THE NEW ONES ARE INDICATED IN RED WITH AN ASTERISK.
SO COMMISSION THOMAS, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.
SO JUST TO, UM, ASK WITH COMMISSIONER CARLY AND MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ALL THOSE RED, THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE 6,000 RANGE, MADAM ASSUME PROBABLY NOT AS FAR AS THE INITIATIVE FOR 6,000, BUT, UM, THERE IS, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO RAISE SPONSORSHIP DONATIONS, BUT, UM, $6,000 WILL NOT COVER INITIATIVES UNDER SOME OF THE COMMISSION INITIATIVES.
MADAM MAYOR, MR. THOMAS, I, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT THE STAFF DOES IN, UM, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
I KNOW LAST WEEK IT WAS A HEAVY LOAD.
UM, AND THAT WAS JUST, THAT WAS JUST CITY CITY INITIATIVE THAT'S CONSTANTLY, UM, DONE EVERY YEAR AND WE REALLY NEED TO GIVE CONSIDERATION.
I DON'T THINK, UH, AN EVENT PERSON FOR THE COMMISSION WAS ADDED.
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT, UM, ALL THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'RE ADDING AND THE TAXING ON STAFF.
UM, AND I KNOW I EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD MY INITIATIVE DONE QUARTERLY AND I TRY TO KEEP TWO BACK TO BACK SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, UM, OVERTAXING TO THE STAFF.
BUT I KNOW THERE WAS ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WAS ADDED ON AND WE WORKED IT OUT, UM, THROUGH MY COLLEAGUE COMMISSIONER HARRISON AND THERE WAS A, A DATE CONFLICT AND YOU KNOW, WE WORKED IT OUT.
BUT IT, IT'S A LOT FOR THE STAFF, I DO BELIEVE.
AND WE OUGHT TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION WITH ALL THESE ADDITIONAL, IF IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHEREBY, UM, THERE'S A LIMITED AMOUNT OF STAFF, THEN THAT'S FINE.
BUT I, I DO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE SOME CONSIDERATION TO STAFF WHEN WE ARE ADDING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL, UM, INITIATIVES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, COLLEAGUES? MME. MASON, THANK YOU.
MAY I MAKE A, MAY I MAKE A SUGGESTION MADAM MAYOR? YES.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS TAXING ON STAFF, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A TIME WHERE WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS, UM, DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND THE COMMISSION DECIDED AND MADE A CONSENSUS, OR ACTUALLY I BELIEVE A RESOLUTION WAS CREATED TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED, UM, DURING THAT FISCAL YEAR.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSIONERS WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR INITIATIVES.
FOR INITIATIVES AS IT RELATES TO INITIATIVES AND, UH, A CERTAIN LIMIT
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ON THE NUMBER OF INITIATIVES THAT A COMMISSION MAY WANT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE HOLD OR ORGANIZE EACH YEAR.THOMAS, I THINK, I THINK WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE, UM, THE COMMISSION HERE.
I DON'T THINK WE ARE, I'M JUST EXPRESSING WHAT I'M SEEING AND I THINK MY COLLEAGUES NEED TO BE HERE AS WELL IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION.
THAT'S SINCE IT IS PARTICULAR TO THE COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE.
UM, FOR THIS ITEM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK AS A WORKSHOP DISCUSSION FOR THE NEXT WORKSHOP? YES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE M DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF MASTER CONTRACT JM 0 2 3 DASH 25 DASH 2 0 28.
[F. DISCUSSION REGARDING PURCHASE OF CO-MANAGED CYBER SECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OMNIA CONTRACT 01-170 FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS SERVICES, FROM COMPUQUIP, INC., (AN AUTHORIZED RESELLER OF TD SYNNEX CORPORATION) AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL COST OF CO-MANAGED CYBER SECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT OF $39,000 PER YEAR, FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM]
THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.BETWEEN THE AIR WIDE COUNCIL ON AGENT OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC.
AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERDALE LAKES ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER, WE HAVE MS. ERICA LOCKETT, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING.
CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD.
ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES.
UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.
THIS ITEM, UM, IS AN AGREEMENT THAT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES ALZHEIMER'S CENTER HAVE WITH AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE RESPITE CARE SERVICES AND CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, UM, FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
WE DO THIS CONTRACT ON A BIANNUAL BASIS.
OUR CURRENT CONTRACT ENDS DECEMBER 31ST, 2025.
UM, THE NEW CONTRACT WILL START JANUARY 1ST, 2026 AND END, UM, DECEMBER 31ST, 2028.
AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE AREA AGENT, UM, OF BROWARD COUNTY WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESPITE CARE SERVICE HOURS.
WHAT DOES THAT ENTAIL? PLEASE THAT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S NORMALLY OUR, UM, OUR A DI, OUR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE CONTRACT.
AND NORMALLY THAT COMES DOWN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SO THEY'LL DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US.
AND THEN WE, THE AREA WHY THE A DRC, UM, THEY DIVVY OUT THE MONEY THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THEY DETERMINE HOW MUCH MONEY, UM, THEY'RE GONNA GIVE EACH CITY.
SO THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST FOR US TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH A DRC FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD TO, UM, RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS.
THIS IS NOT THE ACTUAL A DI CONTRACT FOR OAA CONTRACT.
SO THE RESPITE CARE IS YOUR CLIENTS IN THE ALZHEIMER'S USING THEM AS A RESPITE FROM THE FAMILY, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
ITEM NUMBER SIX, A PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
WE HAVE BESSIE DENNIS HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
IS THAT MS. TANJA? MS. TANJA MCCOY.
PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU.
MADAM MAYOR, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS CAME BACK ON THE MEETING BECAUSE WE DID DISCUSS THIS EARLIER.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THE VICE MAYOR DID ASK FOR THIS.
SHE NEEDED MORE CLARIFICATION, BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE IS ABSENT, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING THIS BACK IF IT'S THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION.
BUT SHE DID ASK FOR THIS TO BE ADDED BACK TO THE AGENDA FOR CLARIFICATION.
AND THE NEX IS IN REGARD TO THE CHURCH OF ATONEMENT BOUNCE HOUSE FOR EVENT UPDATE.
I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME REASON THE VICE MAYOR WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF BOTH OF THESE.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.
AND THAT ENDS THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP AGENDA.
UM, MADAM AC M, THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL CLEAR ON.
NUMBER ONE, I THINK MR. ATTORNEY WAS GOING TO RESEARCH FOR US THE INITIATIVE, IF THERE'S AN INITIATIVE UTILIZING CITY FUNDS,
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IF THE LOGO HAS TO BE, HAS TO APPEAR IF CITY FUNDS ARE UTILIZED.AND ALSO FOR MS. TANJA TO BRING BACK INFORMATION ON THE LIMITED AMNESTY PROGRAM.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT SHOULD BE ON THE COMMISSION AGENDA FOR TOMORROW.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.