* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WORKSHOP DECEMBER 8TH, 2025. WILL NOW HAVE OUR CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE, VICE MAYOR THOMAS, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON, PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY. PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. [REVIEW OF THE DECEMBER 9, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] I AM THREE DISCUSSION REVIEW OF THE DECEMBER 9TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MADAM. A CM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR PROCLAMATIONS. WE HAVE A AND B, A PROCLAMATION REGARDING NATIONAL HIV AIDS AWARENESS DAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM FORMER COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, A DISTRICT UPDATE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER 25TH, CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. UM, ITEM NUMBER A, A CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING ORDINANCE 2025 DASH ZERO TWO APPROVING ADOPTION OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050, PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 EVALUATION APPRAISAL REPORT FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, PROVIDING FOR THE AIR BASE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ALL APPLICABLE ELEMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR TRANSMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND OTHER APPLICABLE REVIEWING AGENCIES IS REQUIRED UNDER PART TWO OF CHAPTER 1 63 FLORIDA STATUTES. AND WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR TANJA MCCOY, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. MS. TANJA. WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS THING? I AM WAITING ON THE MAYOR, RIGHT? YES. OKAY, MS. TIME JUDGE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS ITEM IS, UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE LETTER FROM THE STATE REGARDING THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE LIEN PROGRAM. THIS LETTER, I'M SORRY, THIS ITEM WILL ALLOW US TO TRANSMIT OUR COMPREHENSIVE LIEN RETRANSMIT, OUR COMPREHENSIVE LI I'M SORRY, I'M SAYING THE WRONG WORDS. , BECAUSE IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WILL ALLOW US TO RETRANSMIT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO THE STATE FOR APPROVAL. OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS TRANSMITTED IN AUGUST OF THIS YEAR AND THE STATE CAME BACK IN OCTOBER AND TOLD US THAT THEY DEEMED SOME OF OUR, UM, LANGUAGE TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN OUR PREVIOUS PLAN. AND SO I'VE WORKED WITH THE CONSULTANTS TO UPDATE THAT INFORMATION AND I TALKED TO THE STATE, UM, OVER THE PHONE AND THEY, WE DISCUSSED SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AND I FEEL CONFIDENT WITH THAT WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE ISSUES. AND SO THIS ITEM WILL COME UP TOMORROW FOR, UH, APPROVAL TO BE, ALLOW US TO RETRANSMIT THIS INFORMATION TO THE STATE. AND MS. TANJA, WE HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE ITEMS THAT THE STATE SAYS THAT MADE SUGGESTIONS FOR. YES, THROUGH YOU BETTER MAYOR? YES, WE HAVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. THANK YOU, MS. SANDRA MADAM . THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE, A RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 61 AWARD ON A CONTRACT TO SAFER A CONSTRUCTIONS LLC CONSTRUCTION LLC AS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIVE, AND LOWEST VENDOR FOR ITB 25 DASH 63 10 DASH 15 B DASH 0 20 25 SLASH AP FOR WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CANAL EIGHT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2,218,704. AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZA P TO, UM, PRESENT ANYTHING AS IT RELATES TO THE AWARD. AND WE HAVE MR. MSU IN REGARD TO THE SCOPE THROUGH [00:05:01] YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. . GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE. WE HAD WORKSHOP PRESENTATION AT THE LAST MEETING ON THIS ITEM. IT WAS ADVERTISED AND FROM JULY 23RD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12 AND SEPTEMBER 12, AROUND 11:00 AM WAS THE CLOSING FOR THE SALE BEADS. WE RECEIVED FOUR RESPONSIVE BID. THE LOWEST BID BID IS S CONSTRUCTION. THEIR BID AMOUNT, $2,218,740. BNG IS THE SECOND ONE. THEIR BID AMOUNT, $2,369,300 ENCO A C $2,424,302 AND LANDFILL ENTERPRISES $3,261,609 AND 70 CENTS. SO BASICALLY ALL FOUR BIDS, THEY'RE RESPONSIVE, BUT THE LOWEST BID ISS CONSTRUCTION IN OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO AWARD THESE CANAL, UH, THROUGHS CONSTRUCTION. THE SCOPE OF FOR CANNEL EIGHT IS, UH, SIMILAR THAT WE ARE CONDUCTING IN THE OTHER CANNELS, UM, GION BASKET AND ALSO REPRE. SO BASICALLY YOU'LL SEE THE SAME LOOK OF THE CANNEL AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND ESTIMATED TIMELINE AROUND SIX MONTHS. SO OUR EXPECTATION BY JUNE 26, 26, THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE COMPLETED. IT IS LOCATED IN EASTGATE, JUST WEST EO PARK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, , NO QUESTION. QUESTION. VICE MAYOR THOMAS. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS PREVIOUSLY, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE OF 36,000 PLUS. IS THAT, UM, IF WE TAKE THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE 2 86? AM I LOOKING AT THE RIGHT ONE? YEAH, 2 86. AND WHAT WAS AWARDED 2 4 9 7 9 4 0 2. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. THAT DIFFERENCE IS FOR WHAT? UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S FOR THE NEXT ITEM. NOT THIS ONE. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S CENTER. OH, I'M JUMPING. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. TRYING TO GET FINISHED. THANK YOU . APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MR. Z. AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, NEW VICE MAYOR, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY C CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. I'M MADAM MAYOR. I'M ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE. UM, MR. NASIR HAS MENTIONED ALL ALREADY. JUST ALL I WANNA ADD IS THAT, UM, THIS WENT OUT ON OUR DEMAND STAFF PLATFORM, UH, TO 2078 VENDORS OF THAT THE RESULTS ARE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US TODAY AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? WELL, HOW MANY VENDORS DID YOU SAY WE WENT? WE SENT IT OUT TO 2078 VENDORS. 2 0 7 8. THANK YOU. WELCOME. I THOUGHT I WASN'T HEARING CORRECTLY. THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. ANYTHING. THANK, THANK YOU MR. NA. THANK YOU MR. Z. MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 63 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO HEAVY CIVIL INC. IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $893,718 AND 50 CENTS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTHWEST 36 TERRACE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD TO NORTHWEST 38TH AVENUE. WE DO HAVE MR. RON DIS BRUNI TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AS TO THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. RON. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MAN, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. I'M, UH, ACTING C MANAGER, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JUAN DE BRU, PUBLIC DIRECTOR. UH, MADAM MAYOR DECIDED I WAS DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WORKSHOP AND STAFF IS BRINGING IT BACK FOR FORMAL RESOLUTION. UH, IT'S, UH, A RESOLUTION TO OUR ORDER CONTRACT TO HAVE A CIVIL ACT IN THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY THREE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FIFTY CENTS TO PROVIDE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES FOR THE NORTHWEST 36TH TERRACE PROJECT. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON NORTHWEST 36TH STREET FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO 38TH AVENUE. THE PROJECT SCOPE INCLUDE MEDIAN IMPROVEMENT LANDSCAPE, SIDEWALK, UH, PARALLEL PARKING, AND THAT'S A LONG OVERDUE PROJECT. IT IS FUNDED BY THE CERTEX. WE RECEIVED, UH, THE FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THIS PROJECT AND, UH, THE BEAT WAS ADVERTISED IN, UH, AUGUST, UH, 2025. WE RECEIVED [00:10:01] SIX PROPOSAL. HEAVY CIVIL WAS THE LOWEST ONE AND THE AMOUNT OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND NINETY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND FIFTY CENTS. AND THE HIGHEST BID WAS FROM THE START GROUP AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,808,875 BILL. UH, THE BIDS WERE VIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE AND RESPONSIVENESS. UH, HEAVY CIVIL WAS DEEMED, UH, THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTOR, AND ALSO THE PROPOSAL FROM HEAVY CIVIL WAS SUBMITTED TO WELD COUNTY FOR REVIEW. UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COUNTY REQUIREMENT FOR FOR DBE, WHICH IS 30%, AND WE GET CONCURRENCE FROM WELD COUNTY AS WELL, THAT THE BID IS RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE. UH, I STATED IN THE WORKSHOP, UH, THE FUNDING WE RECEIVING FROM, FROM THE CERTEX IS THEN THE AMOUNT OF $863,866, WHICH MEAN THE, THE TOTAL PROJECT IS ABOUT 30,000 SHOT. WE REQUESTED THAT AMOUNT FROM THE COUNTY. WE'RE STILL WAITING, UH, FOR THEIR, UH, RESPONSE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE COUNTY, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES HAVE IDENTIFIED, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES TO COVER THE GAP OF $30,000. MADAM MAYOR, I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. DOUBLE MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER OSWELL, I WANNA QUESTION MR. RUN. THANK YOU. BECAUSE THAT'S THE PLACE I WALK IN THE MORNING AND I HAVE TO WALK IN THE MIDDLE IN THE STREET. SO I WELCOME THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER TO MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RON MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 64 APPROVING SERVICES WITH TRAINED US INC. FOR BUILDING AUTOMATED AUTOMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES WITH ANNUAL CONTRACT INCREASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH GSA COOPERATIVE GUIDELINES. CONTRACT NUMBER FOUR SEVEN QSWA 2 MILLION D 0 0 2 A OVER A FIVE YEAR TERM PURSUANT TO TRANE, US INC. PROPOSAL NUMBER 7 8 9 2 1 43 FROM NOVEMBER, 2024 TO NOVEMBER, 2028, ALONG WITH AN ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $23,000 FOR UNFORESEEN MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE CHILLER PLANT AT CITY HALL. AND WE DO HAVE MR. PWA TO PRESENT THIS ITEM, AND RON IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. AFTERNOON. MADAM MAYOR, UH, VICE MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. UM, AS PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF DALE LAKES, UH, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION, THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE YOU AT THE LAST WORKSHOP. UM, THIS WAS, UH, AS A RESULT OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY SOME TIME AGO REGARDING, UM, CONTRACT MATTERS AT THE CITY. UM, FOR SOME TIME, THE CITY HAS BEEN USING THE PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY FOR 24,999. UM, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS PER YEAR, IT'S ALLOWED. HOWEVER, AFTER DISCUSSION WITH OUR VERY WELL LEARNED AND EXPERIENCED CITY ATTORNEY, THE GUIDANCE WAS PROVIDED THAT THIS IS NOT PER YEAR, BUT IT IS MAX OF THE THREE YEAR. SO THAT AMOUNT SHOULD NOT BE EXCEEDING THREE YEARS. SO THEREFORE, NOW WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING ALL THE TIME, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOW CORRECTING ALL THESE MATTERS THAT COME FORWARD, WILL NOW COME TO THE COMMISSION, UH, AS A MATTER OF COMPLIANCE. SO ON THIS SPECIFIC MATTER FOR TRAIN, UM, THE CITY HAS FOR SOME TIME, UH, ENGAGED WITH TRAIN, UM, ON A BASS SYSTEM. IT'S A SOFTWARE SYSTEM THAT MANAGES OUR CHILLER. SO CHILLER SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE AT CITY HALL. UM, THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE 1990S. I'VE BEEN TOLD, UH, THE SOFTWARE IS PROPRIETARY TO TRAIN AND WE'VE BEEN ON AN ANNUAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM. I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN 2021, THEREABOUT. UM, THE CITY ENGAGED WITH TRAIN ON A MULTI-YEAR AGREEMENT WITH COOPERATIVE PRICING TO GET BETTER PRICING FOR THE SERVICES AND SO ON. UH, THAT ONE TERM EXPIRED, AND THEN A NEW TERM STARTED LAST YEAR FOR A FIVE YEAR TERM. THE CITY UNDERSTOOD IT AS BEING WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD, SIGNED ONTO IT AND WAS GOING WITH IT. HOW IT'S ABOUT, UH, 10,000 AND CHANGE PER YEAR, UH, PER, IT'S A QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE DONE TO THE SYSTEM, UH, AS YOU WOULD SEE BEFORE YOU, UH, ON YOUR BACKUP. UH, IT'S INCREASES A LITTLE BIT EACH YEAR, AND THAT'S FOR THE QUARTERLY MAINTENANCE OF THE SERVICE. WHAT I'VE ASKED THE DEPARTMENT TO DO IS ALSO PROVIDE, UH, AN, UH, ESTIMATED AMOUNT AS TO WHAT THE REPAIRS ARE BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE COVERED IN THE SCOPE FOR THIS SERVICE AND SOME THAT ARE NOT, UH, BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE PROVIDED, AN AVERAGE OF $23,000 WAS PRESENTED. AND THIS IS ALSO BEFORE YOU [00:15:01] IN TWOFOLD ONE, UH, A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT THAT STANDS THAT WAS SIGNED ON TO LAST YEAR UNTIL THE END OF THE PERIOD, UH, FOR YEAR FIVE, AND ALSO AN ALLOWANCE OF $23,000 PER FISCAL YEAR FOR ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES, EMERGENCY REPAIRS AND SO ON THAT THE DEPARTMENT MAY NEED TO CONDUCT AVAILABLE FOR. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE, PLEASE, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I JUST NEED A CORRECTION. AND I, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ONE, UM, OVERSEES THE OTHER IN THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION. IT SAYS FOUR UNSEEN MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY REPAIR, THEN UNDERNEATH THE RESOLUTION IT SAYS 23,000 FOR MAINTENANCE AND EMERGENCY. SIR, IS THAT THE SAME? UM, SHOULD BE THE WORDING COULD PROBABLY BE TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT, I GUESS. YEAH, FOR IT'S PRETTY MUCH UNFORESEEN. YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOTHING MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MRS. UM, ANNA MASON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BACKTRACK BECAUSE MY APOLOGY ONE ITEM WAS MISSED UNDER CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON A CONSENT AGENDA. NUMBER NINE B MM-HMM. RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 62 AWARD IN THE CONTRACT TO RAMAN DESIGNS LLC FOR ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER IMPROVEMENTS AFTER COMPLETING A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS ON THE CITY'S OPENGOV PLATFORM, IT B 26 DASH 63 10 DASH FIVE B IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $249,794 AND 6 CENTS. AND MR. NASIR IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM. AND, UM, MR. PWA CAN ALSO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. NASIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND THE AUDIENCE. WE HAD WORKSHOP PRESENTATION ON THIS, I EXPLAINED IN THE PAST. AND, UH, THE SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT PRIMARILY INCLUDE BATHROOMS, FLOORING, AND KITCHEN FOR ALZHEIMER'S CENTER. AND, UM, BASICALLY THE KITCHEN INCLUDES KITCHEN CABINET, BASE CABINET AND THE EQUIPMENT, A D COMPATIBLE BATHROOM, NON-COMPATIBLE BATHROOM, AND ALSO THE SLEEP RESISTANCE, UH, GLUED DOWN FLOORING THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AREA. THOSE ARE THE MAIN SCOPE FOR THIS PROJECT. IT WAS ADVERTISED ON OPENGOV AND WE RECEIVED HIGH BEADS, BUT THE LOWEST BIDDER WE FOUND NONRESPONSIVE. THEY DID NOT PROVIDE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT IS REQUIRED PER ITB. FOR EXAMPLE, THEY DID NOT INCLUDE BID BOND, THAT IS A MANDATORY REQUIREMENT. THEY DID NOT INCLUDE A STATEMENT OF THEIR CAPABILITIES. THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER REQUIREMENT. SO THERE WE FOUND THEM NON, NON-RESPONSIVE AS THEY DID NOT INCLUDE THE BID BOND. UH, SO BASICALLY THEY'RE NOT, UH, CONSIDERED TO BE RESPONSIBLE, RESPONSIBLE FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW. THE SECOND LOWEST BIDDER, THEY ARE $249,794 AND 6 CENTS. THEY'RE THE MOST RESPONSIVE AND LOWEST BID BID AS THE, UH, LOWEST BIDDER DID NOT FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ITB. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION REASON, UH, THOUGH THAT PROJECT COST IS $249,000, IT DOES INCLUDE AROUND $45,000 CONTINGENCY. THAT INCLUDES PERMITTING FEE. WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE PERMIT FEE WILL BE. NORMALLY WE USE THAT FOR THE PERMIT. AND AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT IS, UH, $201,000 FROM THE GRANTS AND ANOTHER $85,000 FROM CIP. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE $286,000 AVAILABLE, BUT WE NEED ONLY $249,000 FOR THIS PROJECT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, THANK YOU MATTER MAYOR, MR. CHAIRMAN CALLAWAY, UH, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, ON THIS, UM, YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE, UH, PURCHASING MANAGER SPEAK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO KIND OF SQUARE UP WHERE WE SHOULD BE WITH PURCHASING. UH, FYI, WHEN WE HAVE IT BIDS, I ITBS INVITATIONS TO BID AND STAFF FOR WHATEVER REASON, CHOOSES SOMEONE OTHER THAN THE LOWEST BIDDER STAFF IS REQUIRED. AND YOU SHOULD SEE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP STAFF IS REQUIRED TO GIVE YOU A STATEMENT THAT BASICALLY DESCRIBES WHY THEY MADE THE CHANGE FROM THE LOWEST BIDDER TO THE NEXT LOWEST BIDDER. SO JUST MORE OF AN FYI, UH, AND AGAIN, STAFF IS, UH, KIND OF RAISING THE BAR ON SOME OF THOSE THINGS. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU, MR. ZA. MAYOR. UM, JUST, UM, FOR MY, UH, COMMISSIONER TRU, UM, JUST TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS WENT OUT TO 16,629 [00:20:02] VENDORS AND ALSO THE VENDOR IS HERE IN QUESTION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE VENDOR THEMSELVES. THANK YOU, MRS. KELLY. NONE FOR ME, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MRS. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. NO, NO QUESTIONS, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A BEAUTIFUL UPGRADE. ALZHEIMER'S IS MY HEART. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU ALL. SHE'S READY TO GO TO GO OVER THERE. THANK YOU. MAD MACIA. ITEM NUMBER NINE, E RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 65 AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF CO-MANAGED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS SYSTEM SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE OMNIA CONTRACT. ZERO ONE DASH 1 7 0 FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS SERVICES FROM COMP INC. AN AUTHORIZED SELLER OF TD CENEX CORPORATION, AUTHORIZING THE ANNUAL COST OF CO-MANAGED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEM SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT OF $39,000 PER YEAR FOR A THREE YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 24TH, 2025 TO NOVEMBER 23RD, 2027. MR. PW CAN PRESENT THIS IN THIS ITEM AND MR. KURT IS HERE TO PROVIDE DETAILS AS WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ZA. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. UH, ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION IS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU BEFORE ALREADY AT THE LAST WORKSHOP. JUST AS A REMINDER, UH, WE HAVE BEEN, THE CITY HAS BEEN USING, UM, UH, COMP COMPUTE CRIP FOR SOME TIME IN 2021. THE CITY INVESTED IN COMP COMPUTE CRIP TO DO, UH, A COMPLETE THREAT ASSESSMENT ON OUR CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS AND SO ON, AT AN AMOUNT OF $30,000. THEREAFTER. A PART OF THAT PACKAGE WAS A ONETIME FEE OF 3,500 TO SIGN ON, BUT THEN ALSO AN ANNUAL FEE OF $35,000. AND THAT WOULD'VE EXPIRED. THAT TERM WOULD'VE EXPIRED LAST YEAR. AND THE CITY CHOSE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE SERVICES WITH THEM, UM, AT AN AMOUNT THAT THEY INCREASED FROM 35,000 TO 39,000. UH, FOR MULTIPLE OTHER REASONS, IT DID NOT COME TO THE COMMISSION IN TIME FOR WHATEVER REASONS THERE WERE. IT WAS AT ONE POINT IN TIME I DID CONFIRM WITH THE CITY CLERK. IT WAS ON THE AGENDA AND IT CAME OFF FOR WHATEVER REASONS, AND IT IS HERE NOW. UM, WHAT STAFF IS REQUESTING IS THAT, UH, IF THE COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THIS ITEM, UH, EFFECTIVE OF, OF ITS DATE WHEN IT STARTED, UH, FOR THIS CURRENT THREE-YEAR TERM, WHICH WAS, UH, DECEMBER LAST YEAR, 2024 AND RUNS UNTIL 2027, UM, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE, UH, THE SERVICE IS ONE IN, IN THAT'S NECESSARY FOR THE CITY AND TO COMPLY WITH CYBERSECURITY CODES THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND SO ON. UM, THE CITY CONTINUED WITH THE VENDOR. THE VENDOR HAS UNDERSTOOD OUR POSITION. UH, THERE'S A COMPLIANCE ISSUE. WE SAID IF WE WANTED TO PATHWAYS, THERE'S A WAY WE CAN DO IT. UM, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HIT US WITH ANY MAJOR PENALTIES. THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT IN TIME, UM, BUT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IF WE CAN CONTINUE FOR THIS TERM AND DURING THE PROCESS, ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD. AGAIN, UH, MR. KURT, WHO CAN ADVISE ON THE SCOPE ITSELF, MR. KURT , CITY ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, AND EVERYONE IN THE INSIDE, THE CHAMBERS AND VIEWERS ONLINE FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS KURT BROWN AND I'M THE IT MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKE. UM, IT'S VERY CRITICAL. WE CONTINUE WITH, UM, THE CYBERSECURITY PROTECTION FOR THE CITY THROUGH THE VENDOR. THIS IS ESPECIALLY CRITICAL CONSIDERING WATER COMMITTED TO RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 0 3 5, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CYBERSECURITY ACT AND THE FLORIDA STATUTE 2 8 2 0.1385, WHICH MANDATES ALIGNED WITH THE NIST CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK. THE CITY CANNOT RISK FALLING OUT OF COMPLIANCE. CONTI QUIP CURRENTLY PROVIDES CYBER SECURITY PROTECTION FOR THE CITY THROUGH RAPID INSIGHT, EITHER APPLICATION, ALONG WITH MIMECAST EMAIL SECURITY SECURITY GATEWAY. IN ADDITION TO THESE SERVICES, THEY APPLY A DEDICATED CYBERSECURITY TEAM THAT MONITOR TO OUR NETWORK 24 7. SO IN A NUTSHELL, I ADVISE THAT WE CONTINUE WITH THE SERVICES 'CAUSE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND APPRECIATE IF WE CONTINUE WITH THEM. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, I HAVE NOTHING. THANK YOU. UH, NO QUESTIONS. I DO AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID, BUT NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. KERRY. THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU MA'AM. MAAM, YOU'RE WELCOME. MADAM AC. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE F RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 66 AUTHORIZING THE APPROVAL OF MASTER CONTRACT JM 0 2 3 2 5 2 0 2 8. EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2028. BETWEEN THE AREA WIDE COUNCIL AND AGENT OF BROWARD COUNTY INC. AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERDALE LAKES, ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER. AND, UH, MS. ERICA LOCKETT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. ERICA. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS ACTING. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK FOR THE RECORD. ERICA [00:25:01] LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, MADAM MARINE COMMISSION. THIS ITEM WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING. THIS IS A MASTER CONTRACT BETWEEN AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING AND LAUDERDALE LAKES ALZHEIMER CARE CENTER. FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING FRAMEWORK FOR, UM, OUR RESPITE CARE SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, THE CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRES DECEMBER 31ST, 2025. THIS CONTRACT WILL TAKE PLACE JANUARY 1ST, 2026, AND END DECEMBER 31ST, 2028. AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER POSSIBLE. MS. ERICA, HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT WORTH? UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS JUST THE MASTER CONTRACT SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY FOR OUR, UM, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE FUNDING IN OUR ORDER AMERICAN ACT. SO THIS IS JUST A MA, UH, MASTER CONTRACT TO SAY WE'LL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR TWO YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. ERICA. MADAM ACM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. I THOUGHT, UM, MY COLLEAGUE ASKED HOW MUCH I DIDN'T HEAR THE NUMBER. DID I MISS IT, MS. ERICA, DO WE HAVE A COST? UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THE MASTER CONTRACT FOR US TO ENTER INTO WITH AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING SO THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR OUR OLD, FOR OUR ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE GRANTS AND OUR OLDER AMERICAN ACT GRANTS. THERE IS NO COST TO THE MASTER CONTRACT. AND SO YOU MADAM MAYOR. YEAH. HOW MUCH ARE THE GRANTS? IT DEPENDS, UM, PER YEAR, NORMALLY OUR, UM, A DI GRANT IS AROUND 248,000 AND OUR OLDER AMERICAN ACT IS ABOUT 52,000. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MS. ERICA, I HAVE A QUESTION, I'M NOT SURE IT RELATES TO THIS, BUT I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MS. PAT JONES FROM THE NORTHWEST FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB, WHO STATED THAT THEIR SENIOR COMPONENT OF THEIR PROGRAM, THAT FUNDING HAD BEEN DECREASED TO A POINT WHERE THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR SENIOR PROGRAM. AND SHE CAME TO TALK WITH SOMEONE HERE ABOUT HAVING THEIR SENIORS IN THEIR SENIOR DAYCARE PROGRAM TO COME TO LAUDERDALE LAKES. CAN YOU SHED ANY OTHER LIGHT ON THAT? WELL, I DO KNOW, UM, WOMEN'S FEDERATED HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION FOR A WHILE. UM, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE ON THE INS AND OUT OF THEIR FUNDING, BUT, UM, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING SOME OF THEIR CLIENTS, UM, TO REGISTER FOR OUR, UM, ADULT DAYCARE, WHICH IS A PLUS TO US 'CAUSE WE NEED THE CLIENTS. BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN IMPACTED BY ANY FUNDING. I JUST KNOW THEY'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, BEEN FINANCIALLY STRUGGLING. SO AS THEIR SENIORS ARE TRANSFERRED TO LAUDERDALE LAKES, THEN WE WILL RECEIVE THE LAUDERDALE LAKES WILL RECEIVE THE FUNDING. YES, WE WOULD, WE WOULD RECEIVE, UM, WE WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE FUNDING, BUT IT JUST DEPENDS. RIGHT NOW WE CAN ABSORB 'EM BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FUNDING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ERICA. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 67, APPROVING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION POLICY TO ADDRESS CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS THROUGH STRUCTURED PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING PROPERTY OWNER REQUEST FOR A REDUCTION IN MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. AND MS. TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR, MS. TAN, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR ACT, I'M SORRY, VICE MAYOR, CITY ATTORNEY CITY COMMISSION, ACTING CITY MANAGER. THIS ITEM IS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM. THIS ITEM WOULD ALLOW THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM. THIS POLICY WILL BE IN PLACE ONGOING FOR, UM, TO GIVE THE CITY ABILITY TO REDUCE LONGSTANDING CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. THE POLICY HAS A THREE TIER SYSTEM, STANDARD LIEN REDUCTION POLICY ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. HIGH LIEN REDUCTION PROCEDURES WOULD BE A SPECIAL MAGISTRATE RESU REVIEW AND EXTREMELY HIGH LIEN REDUCTION PROCEDURES WOULD COME TO THE COMMISSION. THE STANDARD REVIEW POLICY WOULD ALLOW FOR THE, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW IN HOUSE FROM 1000 TO $25,000. [00:30:01] THE SECOND HIGH LIEN REDUCTION POLICY WOULD START AT ONE AT $25,001 AND GO TO $150,000. AND THAT PRO PROCESS WOULD BE TAKEN ON BY THE CITY'S MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE. AND THEN THE EXTREMELY HIGH LIEN REDUCTION PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE, UH, THAT LIEN TO COME FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION FOR REVIEW. AND THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THE STAFF WILL PREPARE A STAFF REPORT AT THAT TIME AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE CITY COMMISSION FOR REVIEW OF THE LIEN REDUCTION. THIS POLICY ALSO ALLOWS FOR A PAYMENT PLAN FOR HOMESTEAD AS WELL AS NON-HOMESTEAD PARTICIPANTS. THAT PAYMENT PLAN CAN BE UP TO 24 MONTHS. DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? UH, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SANDRA MADAM ACM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE B RESO 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 68 RATIFYING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. FINANCIAL SERVICE DIRECTOR SHARON HAYNES, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. MS. HAYES. CAN YOU UPLOAD THE GOOD AFTERNOON? MADAM MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS? MY NAME IS SHARON HAYES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES BECAUSE SEPTEMBER IS THE END OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL YEAR. I CHOOSE TO DO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION OF HOW THE CITY PERFORM DURING THE YEAR. I WOULD GET STARTED AS SOON AS IT'S LOADED. OKAY, WE'RE EXCITED. SO LET'S SEE IF THIS WORKS. OKAY, SO THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWS THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES THAT WERE BUDGETED BY THE CITY FOR 2025. THAT BUDGET WAS AMENDED TWICE, ONCE IN JANUARY AND AGAIN IN MAY TO 67,000,500. UH, IT'S SENSITIVE. UH, OOPS. OKAY. $67,587,342. AND THE THIRD COLUMN SHOWS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE CITY. $54,317,097 IN REVENUES. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE SPENT $54,997,410. SO ACROSS THE CITY FOR ALL OF OUR FUNDS FOR THE YEAR 2025, THE CD EXPERIENCED A SMALL LOSS OF $680,313. THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW HOW A GENERAL FUND PERFORMED. UM, THE GENERAL FUND IS WHERE WE PAY, WHERE WE COLLECT MOST OF OUR REVENUES AND PAY MOST OF OUR OPERATING EXPENSES FROM. SO FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, THE GENERAL FUND COLLECTED ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WAS BUDGETED. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE. IF YOU NOTICE THE TOTAL REVENUE. UM, THIRD COLUMN SHOWS COLLECTION OF 101%. UM, THERE WERE JUST TWO AREAS WHERE THE ACTUAL WAS A LITTLE LESS THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED IN THE PERMITS AND LICENSE, AS WELL AS IN FINES AND FORFEITURES. MS. MS. SHARON, UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR, IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, BUDGET. AND THE ACTUAL WHAT ACCOUNTED FOR THE INCREASE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A LITTLE INCREASE. SO AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE VERY FIRST, UM, REVENUE, WE COLLECTED A LITTLE MORE IN, UH, A VALOREM TAXES THAN WAS BUDGETED AS WELL AS IN OUR FRANCHISE TAX AND SALES TAX. NO, ACTUALLY SALES TAX WAS A LITTLE BIT LOWER. UH, I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT OUT A HARD COPY. SALES AND NEW TAX WAS AT 106% AND OUR UTILITY TAX WAS AT 97%. [00:35:01] SO SOME WERE A LITTLE HIGHER, SOME WERE A LITTLE LOWER. BUT OVERALL THE FUND TOTAL WAS AT ABOUT 101% OF WHAT WAS BUDGETED. THANK YOU. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, MOST OF OUR, UM, DEPARTMENTS WERE WITHIN BUDGET. WE HAD JUST A FEW EXCEPTIONS. UM, OF COURSE, CITY ATTORNEY SPOKE ABOUT THAT. SEVERAL MEETINGS BACK. UM, HUMAN RESOURCES, UM, THEIR OVERAGE WAS MOSTLY COST THROUGH THE VACATION BY BACK AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES. AND THEN, UM, JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THE GENERAL FUND DEBT. THAT'S WHERE WE PAY FOR TWO OUTSTANDING LOANS, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST, AS WELL AS THE INTEREST ON OUR LEASE. UM, VEHICLES. SO THIS IS JUST A GRAPH OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE YEAR. SO THE FIRST TWO COLUMNS SHOW HOW WE BUDGETED, UM, FOR 2025, THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND. THE RED COLUMN INDICATE WHAT WAS BUDGETED. SO IT WAS ANTICIPATED THAT THE EXPENDITURES WERE GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN REVENUES AND THAT'S OKAY. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE BUDGET WAS OUT OF BALANCE. THAT'S WHEN THE CITY IS GONNA USE SOME OF ITS FUND BALANCE TO MEET ANY SHORTAGE. BUT ACTUALLY IN THE SECOND COLUMN YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND ACTUALLY HAD A LITTLE MORE REVENUE THAN EXPENSES. SO THE BLUE IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AND SO THE GENERAL FUND ENDED THE YEAR WITH $351,349. UM, THESE ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER MAJOR FUNDS REFERRED TO AS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. UM, THE CAPITAL FUND SHOWS, UH, POSITIVE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE TRANSFER FUNDS FROM THE JOURNAL FUND FUND BALANCE TO COVER CAPITAL PROJECTS. AND SO MOST OF THAT TRANSFER WAS NOT SPENT IN 2025 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE CASH FLOW USUALLY OCCUR AFTER THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. SO I WOULD EXPECT IN 2026, 'CAUSE THESE ARE MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS, THE CASH FLOW WOULD ACCELERATE SO THAT SURPLUS WOULD BE UTILIZED. THE SURTAX, UM, SIMILAR, IT'S A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND, UM, THROUGH THE COUNTY. AND ALTHOUGH 1.4 MILLION WAS BUDGETED, THE CITY HAS ONLY INCURRED 119,000 IN COSTS. SO THAT WAS ALL THAT WAS ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT CODE ENFORCEMENT. UM, THAT'S WHERE WE PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO, UM, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO NEED HELP WITH COMING INTO CODE COMPLIANCE. AND THAT IS ALSO A TRANSFER FROM THE JOURNAL FUND. THE TRANSFER WAS 15,000 THEY SPENT WAS 12,675. SO THERE WAS A SMALL SUR LIST THERE. THE FIRE RESCUE FUND, THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND UM, WE HAD A LOSS IN THAT FUND. ALZHEIMER CARE IS FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS SPECIAL REVENUE AND FEES WITH SMALL PROFIT, THE CRA THROUGH THE TIF. AND THE GAS TAX IS FUNDED THROUGH, UM, REFUND FROM THE STATE FOR MIDDLE FUEL PURCHASE WITHIN THE CITY. AND THOSE FUNDS ARE USUALLY USED ON OUR ROAD MAINTENANCE. SO WE HAD A DEFICIT IN THAT FUND. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF WHAT WOULD'VE CONTRIBUTED TO US HAVING A LOSS FOR THE YEAR. UM, GRANTS, WE ALSO BUDGETED APPROXIMATELY 5 MILLION IN GRANTS, BUT WE DID NOT RECEIVE A LOT OF THAT BUDGET. AND SO HERE I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE FUNDS WERE BUDGETED AND WAS, WAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED. UM, AND THESE SLIDES, UM, SORRY MR. SHARON, WOULD YOU GO BACK A SLIDE PLEASE? YES, PLEASE. MADAM VICE MAYOR. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, UM, ALL THOSE ERRORS GOING DOWN, WE DID NOT RECEIVE OR RECEIVE, BUT IT WAS LESS THAN WHAT WAS BUDGETED. LESS WHAT WHAT WAS BUDGETED? SO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, SO THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ON TARGET IS REALLY THE, UM, SENIOR TRANSPORTATION THAT WAS ON TARGET. UM, THE, THE OTHERS IS, IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT? WHY IT WAS DOWN IN TERMS OF NOT GETTING THE GRANTS WE ANTICIPATED? I DO BELIEVE SOME OF THESE GRANTS ARE [00:40:01] ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS AS WE INCUR COSTS, WE SUBMIT, UH, INVOICES FOR REIMBURSEMENT. SO THROUGH YOU MADAM. SO SHOULD WE SEE THAT COME? COULD THAT STILL COME IN FOR SO IT IS POSSIBLE, YES. BUT WOULD WE RECOGNIZE IT IN FISCAL 2025? ONLY IF IT'S RECEIVED BY NOVEMBER 30TH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND WE'RE IN DECEMBER. THANK YOU. GOOD TO YOU MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS BACK AGAIN. SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS THIS GRANT, WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO USE THE MONEY, OUR MONEY AND THEN THEY REIMBURSE US. SO IF WE HAVE USED OUR MONEY AND WE ARE AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET REIMBURSED BECAUSE THE DEADLINE HAS PASSED. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? OH NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. I'M SAYING THAT MOST OF THESE GRANTS ARE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. SO FIRST THE CITY UTILIZES ITS OWN FUNDS AND THEN GET REIMBURSED. THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, CAN THE AMONGST OF GRANT THAT WE RECOGNIZING FOR 2025 BE INCREASED? AND I SAID YES, PROVIDING THAT THE CHECKS WERE RECEIVED BEFORE NOVEMBER 30TH. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. I'M KIND OF CONFUSED, RIGHT. AND LET, PLEASE LET, HELP ME TO UNDERSTAND. SO LET'S START THE FIRST ONE, SAY $83,334. NOW IF I, WE HAVE TO USE THAT FUND AND THEN WE GET REIMBURSED. HAVE WE USED THAT $83,000 AND NOW WE ARE WAITING ON A REIMBURSEMENT? NO, WE HAVE NOT, UM, USED ANY OF THAT CUP GRANT FUND. SO THERE WOULD BE NO MONIES COMING IN FOR THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY. SO THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO, UH, HAVE WE USED, HAVE WE, SO YOU ARE SAYING RIGHT, WE WE PUT OUR MONEY IN, WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND THEN WE APPLY FOR THE GRANT AND THEY REIMBURSE US RIGHT? IN THE CASE OF THE COPS GRANT? YES. THAT'S HOW IT WOULD WORK. SO, SO THIS IS JUST A COP GRANT. THE OTHER GRANTS ARE NOT LIKE THAT. UM, THE PARKS AND REC GRANT, I DON'T KNOW IF THE PARKS DIRECTOR CAN SPEAK TO THAT. EACH GRANT HAS DIFFERENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS ON HOW FUNDS ARE DISPERSED. YEAH, I WOULD, I WOULD LOVE TO KIND OF FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THAT AND SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. BECAUSE LIKE THE ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE, I NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE ON THAT. IS ERICA PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED? FOR THE RECORD? ERICA LOCKETT, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THE CSE GRANT, THE SUMMER CAMP GRANT, WE RECEIVED, UM, 101,000 SIX FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTY SEVEN. THAT NUMBER IS CORRECT. WE, UM, DIDN'T RECEIVE ALL OF THE FUNDING BECAUSE THE ATTENDANCE FROM OUR SUMMER CAMP WAS LOW. THE, UM, SWIM CENTRAL GRANT, THAT NUMBER IS INACCURATE. UM, WE RECEIVED $14,683 AND 75 CENTS. FOR THE CDBG GRANT, WE RECEIVE $45,000. AND FOR THE UM, SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE, WE RECEIVE $15,000 FOR THE COMMUNITY BUS. THAT IS A REIMBURSEMENT. NORMALLY IT'S ABOUT 200 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO INVOICE THE COUNTY AND WE RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS BACK. OKAY, SO YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO BASICALLY ALL THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE SPENT OUT OF THE CITY WE SUBMITTED AND WE HAVE RECEIVED IT BACK. YES. UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, CAN I JUST SAY THAT SOME OF OUR GRANTS ARE 30 TO 60 DAYS BEHIND, SO WE STILL SHOULD RECEIVE WHATEVER WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED. AND OUR CDBG GRANT RUNS FROM UM, OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER. SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE MONIES ARE GONNA BE TRICKLING IN. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SHARON. CONTINUE. THANK YOU. UM, THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES I'M GONNA PRESENT IS TO SHOW HOW THE CITY PERFORMED, UM, COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 2024. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, AGAIN, OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES INTO THE JOURNAL FUND AND WHEN COMPARED TO 2024, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DID, UM, HAD AN UP IN MOST OF OUR CATEGORIES EXCEPT FOR A FEW SERVICE REVENUES WERE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, UM, AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. BUT OVERALL IN THE JOURNAL FUND COMPARING 2025 [00:45:01] TO 2024, UH, REVENUES PERFORMED, UM, BETTER IN 2025. AND THIS IS JUST A GRAPH, UM, DEPICTING AGAIN 2024 TO 2025. 2024 IS IN BLUE AND 2025 IS IN GREEN. AND ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, MOST OF COURSE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WOULD BE HIGHER THAN 2024. UM, BASED ON THE NUMBER OF THINGS, UM, OUR SALARY INCREASES EVERY YEAR. WE ALSO HAD INCREASED IN INSURANCE. UM, SO THOSE ALONE WOULD HELP TO CARRY UP THE COST. COMPARING ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST SHOWING, UM, GRAPHICALLY HOW THE CITY DID 2024 VERSUS 2025. UM, FOR OUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, MOST OF THEM INCURRED A LOSS, UM, BEGINNING WITH STORM WATER. SO STORM WATER HAD A LOSS IN 2024 OF $148,057. AND THAT DEFICIT INCREASED IN 2025 TO $303,816. UM, SIMILAR FOR SOLID WASTE AS WELL. UM, WE HAD SOME HIGHER COSTS IN OUR RECYCLING, UM, EXPENSE ON THE SOLID WASTE, UM, SIDE. SO THAT KIND OF CONTRIBUTED TO THE HIGHER COST IN 2025. AND THE BUILDING SERVICE FUND, UM, THEY HAD A POSITIVE IN 2024, BUT THEN EXPERIENCED A DEFICIT IN 2025. UM, I PROVIDED THIS SLIDE, UM, 'CAUSE WE GENERALLY GET QUESTIONS ON THE, UM, CODE SETTLEMENTS. SO THIS, WERE THE FUNDS RECEIVED IN 2025 FROM, UM, THOSE TWO, THE MARKETPLACE IN RAD. GOING FORWARD, WILL WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A LISTING OF SETTLEMENT FUNDS IF IT'S REQUIRED? YES. AND THEN THIS IS JUST TO OUTLINE OUR FUND BALANCE. SO WE ENDED THE YEAR 2024, WHICH IS OUR LAST AUDITED FINANCIAL YEAR WITH A FUND BALANCE FOR OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS OF ABOUT 46 MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOUR, FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY 9,000. UM, BUT ALL OF THAT IS NOT AVAILABLE. SOME OF IT IS RESTRICTED. WE HAVE ABOUT 20 MILLION RESTRICTED FOR THE CRA AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 8.7 FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THE CITY HAS A SET ASIDE OF 1.8 MILLION FOR STABILIZATION. AND THEN SOME OF THAT WERE, UM, EXPENSES THAT WERE PAID IN ADVANCE OR PREPAID. SO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE AT THE END OF 2024 WAS 14,550,000. AND THEN WITH THE PROJECTED LOSS IN 2025, WE WOULD END THE YEAR AT 13,870,000. ABOUT. I WOULD SAY THAT ONCE OUR AUDIT, THESE NUMBERS ARE JUST DRAFT ONCE OUR AUDIT IS COMPLETED, SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE LIKELY TO CHANGE BASED UPON ANY AUDIT RECOMMENDED CHANGE. UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK ANALYSIS TO EXPLAIN OUR REVENUE SHORTFALLS. UM, SOME OF IT I SPOKE OF EARLIER WHERE OUR PERMITS AND LICENSE REVENUE WERE ONLY AT 69% OF BUDGET FINES IN FORFEITURES AT 13%. AND THE LOW INCREASE IN GRANT FUNDS AND SURTAX FUNDS THAT WERE RECEIVED AS WELL FOR SOLID WASTE AND STORM WATER. UM, 'CAUSE THOSE GRANT FUNDS ARE RECEIVED AS THE PROJECTS ARE UM, IMPLEMENTED. AND THEN ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE OVER BUDGET AND THE INCREASED COSTS FROM 2024 TO 2025. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MAY HAVE, GO BACK, COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER CONSWELL. NEXT. GO BACK TO THE OTHER MM-HMM . THIS ONE. THANK YOU. GIVE ME A MINUTE, PLEASE. YOU DON'T MIND? PARDON? JUST GIVE ME ONE MINUTE. SURE. 10 30 SECONDS FOR ME TOO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT? MM-HMM . VICE MAYOR. [00:50:01] NO, I'M GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. UH, NOTHING. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. CHAIR. MADAM. SEE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10 C, RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 16 NINE A PROVEN AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $5,000 TO SUPPORT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S INITIATIVE ENTITLED SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING, LOCAL PROSPERITY. AND WE DO HAVE MS. UM, VECA BUCHANAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, VECA. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSION CITY ATTORNEY, DEPUTY CITY CLERK, ACTING CITY MANAGER, VIRTUAL AUDIENCE, COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS AND GUEST PRESENT FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS VCA BUCHANAN. I'M THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. THIS ITEM PERTAINS TO A RESOLUTION SEEKING FUNDING FOR A NEW INITIATIVE LAUNCH BY THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE INITIATIVE TITLE, SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES LOCAL SPENDING LOCAL PROSPERITY, WHICH AIMS TO STIMULATE REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES, PROMOTE THE BENEFITS OF SHOPPING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND ENCOURAGE GROWTH IN THE CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP. AT THE LAST COMMISSION WORKSHOP, THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED IN DETAIL AND A CONSENSUS WAS OBTAINED TO HONOR THE REQUEST IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000. INCLUDED IN YOUR INFORMATION PACKET AS A PROPOSAL PREPARED BY THE CHAMBER REPRESENTATIVES DETAILING THE INITIATIVES, OBJECTIVES, PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY, TARGET AUDIENCE AND BUDGET UNDER THE TEAM SHOP LAUDERDALE LAKES CAMPAIGN. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENT OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN CASE THE COMMISSION HAS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS? I HAVE NONE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NONE. THANK YOU. NO, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. VEKA. OKAY. THANK YOU MADAM ACM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. AND NOW WE WILL [A.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE PIGGYBACK CONTRACT FROM THE CITY OF PLANTATION WITH REDSPEED FLORIDA, LLC. FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEMS AT SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES (6:00 P.M. TIME CERTAIN)] DISCUSS OUR CITY COMMISSION WORK WORKSHOP AGENDA. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE PIGGYBACK CONTRACT FROM THE CITY OF PLANTATION WITH RED SPEED FLORIDA, LLC FOR ESTABLISHING SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEMS AT SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, THAT ACTUALLY HAS A 6:00 PM TYPE CERTAIN. SO PERFECT TIMING THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UM, UH, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO BRING FOR SOME TIME. I KNOW SOME MEMBERS WERE, UH, EAGER ABOUT THIS. UM, SOMETIME IN, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY DID, UM, DO AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO COMPLY WITH, UH, FLORIDA STATE LAW. THAT WOULD'VE CHANGED. UM, ALLOWING FOR SPEED ZONE CAMERAS IN SCHOOL ZONES. UH, THE CITY OF PLANTATION, THEY UNDERWENT A, A VERY DETAILED EXERCISE, UH, SOLICITATION TO SOURCE A VENDOR TO DO THE SERVICE. UH, MEMBERS OF THE COOPERATIVE OF SOUTH FLORIDA. OTHER AGENCIES DID PARTNER WITH THEM IN THIS PROCESS AND WAS INTERESTED IN PIGGYBACKING WITH THEM ON THIS CONTRACT. THE CITY OF PLANTATION UNDERWENT A VERY ROBUST PROCESS. UM, TWO ROUNDS OF EVALUATION, UH, ALL OF WHICH SHOULD BE IN YOUR BACKUP. UM, THEY DID A INITIAL EVALUATION PROCESS BASED ON THE QUOTATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED. AND THEN THEY DID A 90 MINUTE ORAL PRESENTATION WITH VENDORS. AND THE FIRST ROUND OF EVALUATION, UH, CONDUIT STATE AND LOCAL SOLUTIONS CAME FIRST WHEN THEY WENT TO ORAL PRESENTATIONS AT A 90 MINUTE, UM, PROCESS. RED SPEED, FLORIDA, LLC. THEY WON THE BID, THEY GOT THE HIGHEST SCORE. UH, I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR AT CITY OF PLANTATION. ONE THING HE DID TELL ME ABOUT RED SPEEDED WHEN THEY CAME TO THE TABLE AFTER THE EVALUATION PROCESS, THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE. THEY WERE NOT PUTTING UP WALLS OR LOOKING TO MAKE IT ABOUT MONEY OR ANYTHING. THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE IN THE DISCUSSION, VERY ACCOMMODATING AND MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE CITY AND THE OTHER AGENCIES AROUND. UM, IN, IN SUMMARY, UH, THIS PROCESS ALLOWS FOR, AND CAPTAIN PHILLIPS CAN GO MORE INTO THE SCOPE ITSELF, BUT THERE'S A FEE THAT WILL BE CHARGED FOR A PERSON TO BREAK, UH, THE SPEED LIMIT AT SCHOOL ZONES. UM, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN THAT'S ALSO PART OF YOUR BACKUP AS TO HOW THE FEE IS, YOU KNOW, SHARED AMONG DIFFERENT AGENCIES AS WELL. THE CITY GETS A PORTION, IT'S A REVENUE ITEM. THERE'S NO COST TO THE [00:55:01] CITY. UH, IT'S A REVENUE ITEM. SOME MONEY COMES TO THE CITY, SOME MONEY EVEN GOES TO DIFFERENT AREAS. STATE FUNDS, SCHOOL BOARD, EVEN OUR CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM FUNDS WILL GO THERE. WE DID INVITE THIS, THE, THE VENDOR. UM, AND IT'S ALSO PART OF YOUR BACKUP TO DO, UH, A ONE DAY, UH, STUDY OR ONE DAY TRIAL, UH, IN OUR CITY TO SEE WHAT IT MIGHT COST OR YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY MIGHT BENEFIT FROM ANNUALLY. UH, SO THEY THREW IN ALL THE SCHOOLS. THOSE ARE THE SCHOOL ZONES AND NON-SCHOOL ZONE. JUST TO TEST WHO'S GONNA BREAK THE, THE SPEED LIMIT. IF WE THREW IN EVERY SCHOOL ZONE, EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE HAD HERE, SCHOOL ZONE OR NO SCHOOL ZONE, THE ANNUAL ANTICIPATED REVENUE TO THE CITY WOULD'VE BEEN TWO POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS. THAT'S JUST FOR THOSE WHO BREAK THE SPEED LIMIT. OBVIOUSLY, UH, IF WE TOOK THE SCHOOL ZONES THEMSELF, WATCH OUT THE SCHOOL ZONES THEMSELF, THE ANNUAL ANTICIPATED REVENUE WOULD'VE BEEN ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS. NOW OBVIOUSLY THERE IS A PROCESS. UM, THERE ARE OTHER AGENCIES THAT WHO HAVE ALREADY PIGGYBACK ON THIS. OUR NEIGHBOR, LAUDER HILL, THEY'RE ALREADY PART OF IT. THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UH, THEY'RE ALREADY PART OF THIS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT. UM, SOME AGENCIES, UM, THEY HAVE YES, UH, ALREADY KICKED IT OFF. SOME ARE STILL IN THE PLANNING PROCESS. BUT EVERYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO THE POOLS, THE CAMERAS, THERE'S ALSO AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT THAT THE CITY IS LOOKING TOWARDS, UM, IMPLEMENTING A SPECIFIC BRAND OF CAMERA FOR OTHER SECURITY SERVICES. THIS VENDOR, AS PART OF THE CONTRACT, WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING THAT TO THE CITY IF THE CITY REACHES IN SOME LEGAL TROUBLES. THIS COURSE IS ALSO PROVIDED THE CITY, THIS SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO THE CITY AT NO COST AS WELL. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE. CAPTAIN PHILIP COULD BRING OUT THE GOODIES ON THE SERVICES ITSELF. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER , MR. ZA, I THOUGHT THAT WE DID DISCUSS LAST WEEK. LAST YEAR THROUGH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT, IT WAS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE BEFORE WE COULD COME TO THE CONTRACT PERIOD, THE CONTRACT PART OF IT. SO YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. YOU KNOW, THEY SEEM TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE 'CAUSE THEY'RE DEALING WITH LAW AND ALL OF THAT. BUT I SEE QUITE A FEW OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE PITY BACK WITH THEM, SO THAT'S GOOD. AND OUR COUSIN LAUDERHILL. YEAH. YEAH, I'M THE NEW BOARD. UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CAPTAIN PHILLIPS THAT ONE DAY? SURE. KYLE, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY. ACTING CITY ATTORNEY. CITY CLERK. YES MA'AM. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU? WE'LL HAVE SOME AFTER YOU GIVE US A LITTLE INFORMATION. . OKAY. I'M SORRY. HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB. UM, HE PRETTY MUCH BROKE DOWN THE ENTIRE, UM, CONVERSATIONS WE HAD REGARDING THE RED SPEED PROGRAM. UM, WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THOSE FEES, WE DID GET A MUCH MORE, UM, DETAILED BREAKDOWN OF SOME OF THE, UM, THE WAY THAT THE FEES WERE ADMINISTERED. UM, LOCALLY, THE, THE LOCAL MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY GENERAL PUBLIC SAFETY ENFORCEMENT WILL BE ABOUT $60. UM, THEN THERE WILL BE A STATE GENERAL FUND FEE OF ABOUT $20 PER CITATION. LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL GET ABOUT 12 BUCKS, UM, PER CITATION. STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, $3 IN THE SCHOOL CROSSING, UM, GUARD RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION PROGRAM. $5 EACH, EACH FINE IS A, UM, $100 CIVIL PENALTY. AND THAT'S HOW THOSE FUNDS WILL BE BROKEN DOWN. SOMETHING YOU WHO THIS QUESTION GOES TO, BUT FOR THE $5 FOR THE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, I KNOW WE PAY FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS NOW. SO WILL THOSE FUNDS GO INTO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM TO INCREASE THAT LINE ITEM? I THINK YES. I ZAM WE WERE AT THE MEETING. YES. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL GO INTO THAT ACCOUNT. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THE LOCAL IS THE CITY. YES, LOCAL. THANK YOU. AND THEY DID DO A STUDY HERE IN THE CITY, AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA HOW MANY, UM, VIOLATIONS WERE OBSERVED IN THAT ONE DAY. AND THERE WERE OVER 7,262 VIOLATIONS WITHIN THE, UM, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT INCLUDED CENTRAL CHARTER SCHOOL, PARKS, LAKES ELEMENTARY, ST. HELDEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL, OR ELEMENTARY LAKES MIDDLE AND BOYD ANDERSON, AS WELL AS PINE GROVE ACADEMY, ALL THOSE. AND ONE DAY CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, OVER 7,000 VIOLATIONS HER YES. MADAM MAYOR. IN THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOL ZONES. YES, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. AND, AND YOU, AND YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE, THESE SCHOOL ZONE PEOPLE, THERE'S NO POLICE OFFICER WHERE HIS LIGHTS FLASHING. SO PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. THEY'RE JUST DRIVING, GOING ABOUT THEIR DAY. [01:00:01] AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE SCHOOL ZONES ARE ACTIVE, THE SPEED LIMIT IS DECREASED FROM THE NORMAL DRIVING SPEED. SO THEY DECREASE THE SPEED LIMIT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE, UM, PEDESTRIANS, THE CHILDREN AND JUST THE SLOW ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL ZONE. AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY JUST DON'T CHANGE THEIR DRIVING HABITS. OH, SORRY. HOW MANY MILES PER HOUR DO THEY HAVE TO EXCEED THE, THE POSTED SPEED BEFORE THEY 11, 11 MILES PER HOUR. SO THEY GIVE YOU A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CUSHION BEFORE THEY MAD VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. UM, WILL, THE SPEED WILL ONLY BE TESTED DURING SCHOOL TIME. HOW IS THAT? YES MA'AM. VICE MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU KINDLY. PHILLIPS COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. THANK YOU MR. ZA. THANK YOU. MAD. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [B.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS FROM THE CITY] FIVE B DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR REQUEST FOR DONATIONS FROM THE CITY, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO SEVEN DASH TWO EIGHT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT CREATED SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 OF CHAPTER 82 OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND THIS ORDINANCE AND CHARTER PROVIDES FOR REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING THE SOLICITATION OF CITY FUNDS BY PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL FOR STAFF TO MAINTAIN THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE CITY AND ENSURE THAT PUBLIC FUNDS ARE BEING EXPENDED ONLY FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES. THE CITY DOES RECEIVE FROM TIME TO TIME REQUESTS FOR FUNDING TO SUPPORT VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS WITH PR, WHICH PROVIDE VOLUNTEER AND OTHER SERVICES TO THE CITY. THE CITY DOES HAVE IN OUR AIDES AND DONATIONS APPROXIMATELY $40,000 TO EXPEND. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE TYPE OF REQUESTS, WE DO, UM, HAVE SEVERAL REQUESTS, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS CURRENTLY, UM, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS ARE VETTED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE FELT IT NECESSARY TO BRING THIS MATTER FORTH TO THE COMMISSION. UM, TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION AS TO THE ORDINANCE, THE ORDINANCE DOES STATE THAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT REQUIRE THAT SUBMIT, UM, FOR DONATIONS HAVE TO SUBMIT A FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND AN OFFICIAL DONATION FORM. WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THAT, BUT WHAT STAFF IS NOT SURE OF IS HOW, UM, THE APPROVAL PROCESS, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE MANAGED. SAY AN ORGANIZATION IS IN THE RED, WOULD WE STILL, UM, APPROVE THIS REQUEST IF THE ORGANIZATION IS IN THE BLACK, SHOULD WE APPROVE THE REQUEST? UM, SO WE'RE NOT SURE, AND WE WANTED TO GET THE COMMISSION'S INPUT AS, UM, SO THAT WE WILL, UM, KNOW HOW WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. IF, UH, THE COMMISSION WANTS THIS COULD BE A MATTER THAT FINANCE, UM, APPROVES OR DISAPPROVES DEPENDING ON YOUR FEEDBACK. OR WE CAN BRING THESE MATTERS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, REVIEW THEM AND APPROVE THEM. UM, ALSO THE AREA AGENCY DOES GET A HUGE PORTION, UH, BECAUSE OF COST, SHAVING COST, UM, SHARING. THEY DO GET $31,000 EACH FISCAL YEAR, BUT THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE IN AIDS AND DONATIONS IS 40,000. SO THEY GET A HUGE SHARE. THERE'S NOT A LOT LEFT OVER FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, SO WE TEND TO RUN OUT OF FUNDS PRETTY QUICKLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. AND WE ALSO HAVE THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, SHARON HAYNES, THAT CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU COLLEAGUES. MADAM VICE. MADAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MS. HAYNES, MAY I ASK YOU? THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR FISCAL YEAR. WELL, UP UNTIL THE PRESENT, HOW MANY REQUESTS HAVE WE HAD FOR DONATION? DO YOU HAVE A I DON'T HAVE A TALK. I KNOW THERE'VE BEEN SEVERAL, UM, THAT HAVE FORWARDED TO THE CITY MANAGER. UM, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT THIS ACTING CITY MANAGER HAS SAID IS THE ORDINANCE SPEAKS TO THE, UM, REQUEST OF PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, BUT IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE AS TO, UM, AS SHE EXPLAINED, UM, IF THE COMPANY IS DOING WELL OR NOT DOING WELL, OR IF THE COMPANY'S PROVIDING A SERVICE THAT THE CITY ALREADY PROVIDES, UM, WITHIN, DO WE [01:05:01] GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT OR NOT APPROVE IT? SO IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD SOME GUIDANCE TO SAY, OKAY, COMPANIES THAT, UM, PROBABLY ARE USING MORE THAN 80% OF THEIR FUNDING ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST DOES NOT QUALIFY BECAUSE NONE, YOU KNOW, VERY LITTLE IS GOING TO WHATEVER THEIR CHARITY FUNCTION IS. UH, CHARITIES THAT ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT THE CITY'S ALREADY PROVIDING, WE ARE NOT GONNA FUND THAT BECAUSE RESIDENTS CAN ALREADY GET THAT THROUGH THE CITY. SO SOME SORT OF GUIDANCE TO HELP US MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WOULD BE HELPFUL. MADAM MAYOR, TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, HOLD ON. MOMENT. UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, DEFER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO, UH, SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THIS. UH, BUT I, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF HAVING SOME TYPE OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO SEEING HOW THEY'RE SPENDING THE MONEY. UH, SO AGAIN, I DON'T THINK WE'RE TRYING TO DONATE TO ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. SO EITHER THEY COVER THE COST AND WE REIMBURSE, OR THEY, WE, WE GIVE THEM THE FUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE TO PRODUCE RECEIPTS ON HOW THE MONEY WAS SPENT. AND WE HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ON HOW WE WERE GIVEN THE DONATIONS. BUT WITH THOSE COMMENTS, I WANT TO REFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE, UM, WE'RE DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY. THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR, MR. CITY ATTORNEY CALLAY, UH, YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION. AND I THINK THE OVERALL, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM STAFF, THE THREE WORDS THAT I WOULD USE HERE IS, NUMBER ONE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING ACCOUNTABLE. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BEING TRANSPARENT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO PRIMARILY WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE USE UNDER FUNDS THAT THIS CITY RECEIVES IS FROM YOUR TAXPAYERS IS BEING SPENT FOR A PUBLIC PURPOSE THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST OF THE CITY. SO THOSE THREE WORDS, I THINK, SORT OF CAPTURES THE OVERALL INTENT. AND THEN FROM A DUE DILIGENCE PERSPECTIVE, WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM STAFF IS, OKAY, THE ORDINANCE AS IT'S READ, REQUIRES US TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A FINANCIAL STATEMENT. WHAT LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY OR OVERSIGHT OR DILIGENCE DOES RECEIVING A FINANCIAL STATEMENT FROM AN ENTITY PROVIDE CAN BE QUITE LIMITED IF THAT'S ALL THAT YOU HAVE. SO, UH, AGAIN, I THINK, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT PERHAPS STAFF THROUGH THEIR DIRECTOR OF, UH, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, UH, CAN PROBABLY PUT THEIR HEADS, AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH 'EM, TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE. AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I'D BE MOST CONCERNED WITH, IS IF WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING DONATIONS TO PRIVATE ENTITIES, WHAT ARE THE PROCESSES THAT YOU WOULD REQUIRE, UH, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ENSURING THAT, AGAIN, IT'S IN THE CITY'S INTEREST, IT'S PROVIDING FOR OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY. THANK COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MADAM MAYOR. HOLD A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. YEAH. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GOOD POINT. UM, ATTORNEY, I, I WANTED TO GO KIND OF GO BACK TO THE, THE ORGANIZATION THAT IS GETTING THE $31,000. WHAT ORGANIZATION IS THAT? AND WHAT DO THEY DO? MS. SHARON OR MS. DENISE? MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS FOR, UM, THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, UM, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. AND THIS IS THROUGH THE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE AND THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT. SO THESE FUNDS SUPPORT THE ALZHEIMER'S AND SENIOR CENTER, AND AS A PART OF THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, THIS IS A, A PORTION THAT THE CITY HAS TO FULFILL, AND I'M SURE THAT MS. ERICA LOCKETT, UM, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR CAN, UM, ADD TO THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. ERICA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY CLERK, MADAM MAYOR. UM, NORMALLY EACH PROJECT, OR EACH ORGANIZATION THAT RECEIVE FUNDS FROM AREA WIDE COUNCIL LAW AGING HAS TO DO WHAT'S CALLED A COST SHARE. IT IS NOT JUST FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CENTER, IT'S FOR ANY SENIORS THAT RECEIVE SERVICES. IT COULD BE IN HOME MEALS OR ANYTHING. SO EACH, EACH, UM, CITY, IF YOU WILL DONATE A PORTION TO COVER THE COST IN THE STA STATE MANDATED THAT THEY HAVE TO DO. SO, IF WE ARE, IF WE ARE RECEIVING FUNDS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL, MADAM MAYOR, THIS POSSIBLE [01:10:01] QUESTION IS FOR THE A CM. HOW MUCH, I THINK YOU SAID LIKE WHAT? 40,000? HOW MUCH MONEY IS EARMARKED AT THE CITY FOR CHARITY? $40,626. AND YOU SAID AIR AGENCY GOT WHAT? 30 SOMETHING? $31,217. OKAY. WELL, NOT MUCH IS THAT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MS. ERICA. I, I JUST DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE 40,000 AND TO ONE ENTITY, 90% OF THE MONEY IS GONNA ONE ENTITY. IT'S, IT'S IN THE NAME OF CHARITY AND, AND DONATIONS. UM, CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO, TO GIVE MONEY TO THEM, HOW DOES THAT EXACTLY WORK? AND ARE WE MANDATED TO GIVE IT FROM THE DONATIONS OR CAN IT COME FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE? HOW DOES, HOW DOES THAT WORK? DO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? UM, I DON'T RECEIVE THE LETTER, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, UM, THEY, THEY REQUEST EACH YEAR. BUT I DO KNOW THAT, UM, THE COST SHARING HELPS EXPAND SERVICES AS IT'S REQUIRED BY STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMING HELP COVER THE COST OF ACTUAL COST OF CARE AND INSURERS CONTINUATION OF SERVICE FOR ODOR RESIDENTS. SO YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I'M SORRY, ARE WE OF, OF HONING IN ON THE REQUIREMENT PART? UH, YOU SAY YOU DON'T GET THE LETTER, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE REQUIRED TO GIVE OR IS THERE A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUDGET? HOW DOES IT WORK? I'M, I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. UM, IT NORMALLY GOES TO THE, UM, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I, YEAH, I, UM, THERE JUST HAS TO BE A WAY WE CAN LOOK AT THIS. I THINK THE AREA, UH, AGENCY ON AGING DOES AMAZING WORK. I, I MET WITH THEIR, THEIR STAFF AND CEOI THINK THEY DO AMAZING WORK. HOWEVER, UH, IF WE HAVE $40,000, I THINK 31,000 IS A HU IS PROB MORE THAN LIKELY TOO MUCH. AND I, I WOULD ADVISE MY COLLEAGUES, LET'S CONSIDER LOOKING AT THAT. IF I GET MORE INFORMATION ON HOW IT ALL WORKS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE, MAYBE WE NEED TO RAISE THE CAP FOR THE DONATION AMOUNT, BUT I'M NOT SURE, AND I THINK WE NEED MORE CLARITY. BUT IF IT IS JUST FOR DONATIONS AND THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT AMOUNT, I THINK THAT'S TOO MUCH MR. AS WELL, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK FOR AIR AGING, THE AIR AGENCY OF AGING, IT IS CALCULATED PER POPULATION IN DALE LAKE. THAT'S HOW THEY DO IT. LIKE MAYBE 6 CENTS, 5 CENTS, WHATEVER IT IS. AND IT'S FROM TALLAHASSEE, . WHICH HARRISON DOES IT HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR DONATIONS BUDGET? ERICA, DO YOU KNOW? THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, MS. ACM, THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO COMMENT. UM, I REALIZED RECENTLY THAT THIS CAME FROM OUR DONATION. SO MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM BECAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, ENTIRELY A, A DONATION. IT'S A PART OF THIS AGREEMENT. AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IT IS STATED IN THE LETTER I DID RECEIVE IT. AND FOR 2026, OUR COST SHARING IS $31,217. THEY ACTUALLY PROVIDE OUR RESIDENTS WITH $954, $430 IN SERVICES. SO IT'S A PART OF OUR AGREEMENT. SO I'M THINKING, UM, THE, UM, THAT COST SHARING, UM, COULD BE ALLOCATED ELSEWHERE AND NOT IN DONATIONS IF IT'S THE COMMISSIONER'S WILL, SO THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR $40,000 ALLOCATED FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN THIS IS ALLOCATED MORE APPROPRIATELY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. HOLD ON A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. YEAH, SO WHAT I HAD JUST INTERPRETED FROM THAT IS WE, WE, WE COULD HAVE PULLED FUNDS FROM ANYWHERE, BUT WE DECIDED TO TAKE IT OUT OF OUR DONATIONS, UH, BUDGET, WHICH I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT. UH, AND THEN 31,000 OUTTA 40,000 IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH. SO IF WE HAVE THE MONEY, WE HAVE IT. IF WE DON'T, CAN'T FIND IT ANYWHERE ELSE, THEN WE JUST LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE WANT TO, UM, WORK WITH THEM ON. BUT I THINK PULLING THAT FROM OUR DONATIONS IS POOR STEWARDSHIP OF OUR FINANCES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT BACK UP BECAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT AND AS SOON AS I, I'M HEARING EVERYTHING, A LOT OF YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANT I WAS GOING TO ASK. THAT SHOULD BE SEPARATE. THAT IT, THAT BASED UPON WHAT I'M HEARING, IT'S NOT A DONATION. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SAID THAT WE NEED TO GIVE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A DONATION. SO IT SHOULD BE SEPARATE FROM, AND ALSO TO CLARIFY, THIS BEEN GOING ON FOR WHAT, HOW MANY YEARS BEFORE I WAS [01:15:01] THERE BEFORE A LOT OF US WAS THERE. SO WHAT, HOWEVER THEY CAME UP ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THEN, NOW WE ARE HERE. NOW WE ARE GONNA TRY AND MAKE THE CORRECTION MOVING FORWARD. SO WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE TO POINT ANY FINGERS AND BLAME ANYBODY. ANYTHING OF ANYTHING. ALRIGHT, MAYOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. YEAH, WE, WE, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY, UM, FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY. SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. UM, MY, MY QUESTION TO ACE MADAM. A CM, COULD YOU COME BACK WITH US WITH HOW LONG THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON? SO WE KNOW HOW LONG THE PRECEDENCE HAS BEEN, BUT ALSO, UM, BETWEEN A CM AND MADAM, UH, PARKS AND RECS DIRECTOR, UM, SORRY, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR. WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS IF WE NO LONGER TAKE IT OUT OF THE DONATIONS? DO WE NOT HAVE, UH, UH, ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE THEM LESS. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE. I, I, I JUST, AND WE CAN'T GIVE 'EM LESS. SO DOES THAT MEAN WE GOTTA CUT A BUDGET SOMEWHERE ELSE? YOU KNOW, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALONG WITH THE COMMISSION, IF, IF THEY SEE IT AS FIT, BUT HOW LONG IT'S BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS IF WE HAVE TO MOVE THINGS AROUND THE YEAR AMOUNT OF MAYOR. UM, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, AND I CAN DOUBLE CHECK AT SINCE 2000 AND POSSIBLY 10. SO IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, UM, SOME TIME. AND TO ALSO, BUT TO YOUR POINT, ALSO, WE CAN, UM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A BUDGET AMENDMENT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE 40,000. I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT, BUT I'LL LET THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OPINE BECAUSE WE HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET AND IT IS FOR 40,000 OR A LITTLE OVER. AND I'D LIKE TO ADD TO, UM, COMMISSIONER TYSON SWELL TO JUST LET YOU KNOW SHE WAS CORRECT. THIS IS A CALCULATION BASED DEPENDING ON, UM, THE TOTAL RESIDENCE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO OUR, UM, WE DO HAVE A CALCULATION, UM, AND IT RELATES TO, IT HAS TO DO WITH NUMBER OF RESIDENTS OVER 60 IN OUR CITY, AND IT'S CALCULATED AT A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT. AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DECIDED UPON HOW WE PAY OUR FAIR SHARE. I'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND THE CITY ATTORNEY DOES GET A COPY OF THIS SO THAT YOU CAN INDEED SEE THE CALCULATION AND UNDERSTAND HOW THEY ARRIVE AT THIS NUMBER. THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME. AND ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT MADAM A CM, IF WE COULD GET A BREAKDOWN OF SERVICES PROVIDED OF THE 900 AND SOME DOLLARS PER, PER PARTICIPANT WILL DO. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MS. SHARON. MADAM AC, UM, UNDER QUESTION OF USING THE FUNDS THAT WERE DONATED, THAT'S WHAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED WHEN THE BUDGET WAS PASSED, THAT TOTAL BUDGET AND THAT LINE ITEM HAS OVER THE YEARS BEEN PAID FROM THAT ACCOUNT. NOW, I DO AGREE WITH YOU, IT SHOULD BE ON A SEPARATE LINE ITEM BECAUSE IT IS A REQUIRED EXPENDITURE OF THE CITY. BUT UNTIL WE AMEND THE BUDGET AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU, WE OURSELVES CANNOT JUST DECIDE TO USE OTHER FUNDS THAT'S BEEN APPROPRIATED FOR OTHER PURPOSE TO DO THAT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR. I'M SORRY, MR. ATTORNEY . UM, YES, MA, GO AHEAD. UM, MADAM MAYOR AND, AND, AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM ACTUALLY AT LEAST CAME TO MY ATTENTION ON THE BASIS OF ANOTHER PRIVATE ORGANIZATION WHO WAS REQUESTING A DONATION. SO AGAIN, JUST WANNA MAKE THAT POINT, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO CONVERSATIONS GOING ON. ONE IS, WHAT IS THE PARAMETERS AND THE DILIGENCE REQUIRED FOR DONATIONS, PER SE, UNDER THE ORDINANCE? AND THEN SECOND IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT AGAIN, THE REAL ISSUE RELATIVE TO THE ORDINANCE AND THE, UH, DILIGENCE REQUIRED UNDER THE DONATION ORDINANCES. AGAIN, I, I STILL BELIEVE THAT STAFF AND SHOULD PREPARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT AS WELL. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I, I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE THAT, UM, THIS ITEM WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IN TERMS OF THE AREA AGENCY SHOULD BE A SEPARATE ITEM. I DIDN'T, I WAS APPALLED AS TO THE AMOUNT THAT WAS DEDUCTED FROM THE, THE FULL AMOUNT OF, UM, DONATION. UM, I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY AT A DEFICIT, SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING LOOKING AT IF WE HAVE 9,000, HOW AFTER, UH, THE ATTORNEY STATED THAT PUT A PROCESS IN PLACE FOR THOSE THAT HAVE REQUESTED TO PROCEED WITH THAT CURRENTLY. AND THEN WE CAN LOOK FURTHER ON TO SEE HOW WE CAN PUT THAT LINE [01:20:01] ITEM IN, NOT NECESSARILY AMEND IT THIS YEAR, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE BELOW ALREADY IN ORDER TO LOOK FORWARD TO SOMETHING, TO HAVE THAT STIPULATED. 'CAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UM, AREA AGENT, IT IS MANDATED, I THINK SIMILAR ON MR. RON LEFT, BUT IT'S SIMILAR TO THE SOLID WASTE. UM, ACCORDING TO THE POPULATION, HOW MUCH WE HAVE TO PAY AS WELL. SIMILAR EFFECT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A DON, YOU KNOW, DONATION ITEM, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IT GOT DIRECTED TO THE DONATION AREA. WELL, LISTEN, ANYTHING HIDDEN, IT'S GONNA COME UP. SO WE'VE SEEN IT NOW AND WE ARE PROJECTING FURTHER IN ORDER TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. 'CAUSE I DO AGREE WITH THE, UM, CITY ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY. THE RESIDENTS ARE ACCOUNTABLE ASKING US TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL AND TRANSPARENT. SO WE WANT TO USE THAT IN ORDER TO, UM, MOVE FORWARD WITH WHAT IS REQUIRED AND WHAT IS NEEDED TO GET IT PROPERLY STRUCTURED. SO I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST THING TO HAVE THAT STRUCTURED, UM, IN PLACE. MR. COSTMAN? YES, MADAM MAYOR, THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY. COULD, WOULD YOU, WOULD IT BE BETTER TO CHANGE THE WORD DONATION SINCE IT'S MANDATED BY THE STATE, MR. ATTORNEY, INSTEAD OF USING THE WORD? 'CAUSE A DONATION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE GIVEN. UM, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER CASWELL'S QUESTION. MM-HMM . UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING FROM STAFF IS THERE IS A PROPER EXISTING MECHANISM IN THE CITY'S BUDGETING PROTOCOLS FOR THESE TYPES OF EXPENDITURES. STAFF HAS JUST, AND THE COMMISSION TOGETHER HAS JUST IDENTIFIED THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT BE IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AREA, SHOULD BE SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I THINK AGAIN, GOING FORWARD, UH, STAFF WILL HAVE THE, THE APPROPRIATE ACCOUNT WHERE THIS BUDGET ITEM SHOULD BE LODGED. BUT THE DONATION ORDINANCE, UH, STILL STANDS AS ONE THAT I, I BELIEVE IS, IS, IS NECESSARY. IT NEEDS SOME IMPROVEMENT BASED ON OUR CONVERSATION TONIGHT. BUT, UM, AGAIN, ON THE TWO SUBJECTS, STAFF GIVEN TIME AND IN THE FUTURE CAN FIND THE, THE CORRECT LOCATION WHERE THIS TYPE OF EXPENDITURE SHOULD BE MADE. OKAY. THEN AT THE SAME TIME, WE STILL SHOULD BE TRYING TO, UH, AMEND THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT IT, UH, DOES WHAT IT'S, UH, INTENDED TO DO RELATIVE TO DONATIONS MEETING A PUBLIC PURPOSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU, MS. SHARON. MADAM MAYOR? YES. QUESTION, JUST SO STAFF IS, IS CLEAR ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED IN REGARD TO THE ORDINANCE ITSELF AND STAFF KNOWING HOW TO PROCEED WHEN WE RECEIVE THESE REQUESTS AND REVIEWING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT. DOES STAFF HAVE ANY GUIDANCE IN, UH, I'M SORRY. DOES THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY GUIDANCE AS IT RELATES TO HOW STAFF WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS? WOULD YOU LIKE THAT INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU TO MAKE THE DECISION OR WOULD YOU LIKE THAT, UM, DUTY TO BE A PART OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES, UM, RESPONSIBILITY. AND I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN I DID SPEAK WITH, UM, MR. ATTORNEY BEFORE, MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOME CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE SO THAT IT'S CLEAR AS FAR AS HOW THE PROCESS, UM, SHOULD BE MANAGED. MR. HARRISON? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT STAFF GET TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND A CM AND PRODUCE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO CONSIDER. AND, UH, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT ALL. SO I THINK, UH, YOU'LL HAVE THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION, THE FINANCIAL FIGURES, WHO HAS SUBMITTED FOR A DONATION, AND WE ARE ALREADY DOWN 31,000, ALMOST $32,000 OUT OF $40,000. THAT DOESN'T LEAVE MUCH TO CONSIDER. UH, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD ALSO LOOK AT, UM, THE YEARS OF HOW, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN RECEIVING. YOU KNOW, IS IT EVERY YEAR ANNUALLY OR HAVE THEY JUST COME TO THE TABLE? NOT ONLY FINANCIAL STATEMENT. UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ASPECT, BUT MAYBE THERE'S A NEWCOMER, A NEW PERSON REQUESTING DONATION THAT HAVE NOT RECEIVED BEFORE, AND THEY ARE ASSISTING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE, WHAT, $9,000 LEFT? 9,000 PLUS. SO, UM, THOSE [01:25:01] THINGS TO BE LOOKED AT AS WELL. IS IT BENEFITING THE RESIDENTS OF LAUDERDALE LAKES OR ARE YOU JUST GETTING IT TO PUT IN YOUR POT? THAT TYPE OF THING. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UH, NO. I'M GLAD THAT WE, I I, WE, I WENT BACK AND BROUGHT IT UP THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. SO WE'RE GLAD THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD INTO A GOOD DIRECTION IN MAKING SOME CHANGES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD MASON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING HOOPIN ON PURPOSE (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] FIVE C, DISCUSSION REGARDING HOOPING ON PURPOSE, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOGO REQUEST ACTUALLY. UM, WE KNOW OF BORN ON PURPOSE, WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. AND THEY'RE WORKING, UM, TO DO AN INITIATIVE CALLED HOOPING ON PURPOSE. AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT IT. BUT VERY BRIEFLY, UM, IT IS GONNA COVER THE IDEA OF MENTAL HEALTH, BASKETBALL, AND MUSIC. AND THEY ALREADY HAVE A DATE SET. IT'S GONNA BE HELD IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH THE CITY AND USE OF THE LOGO TO HELP PROMOTE THIS SOME MORE TO LAUDERDALE LAKES RESIDENTS. AND, UM, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE READY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE, UM, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE INITIATIVE TO SPEAK MORE ABOUT WHAT THE INITIATIVE IS FOR, FOR THE LOCAL REQUEST. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS ITEM IS COMING, HAS COME UP. AND ACCORDING TO OUR PROTOCOL, SOMEONE FROM THE COMMUNITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME CANNOT SPEAK. YOU CAN GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION OKAY. AS YOU CAN GIVE US. OKAY. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. NO PROBLEM. SO, YEAH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS NOT A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE. IT'S ALREADY SOMETHING GOING ON BY BORN ON PURPOSE. THEY'RE A MENTORSHIP ORGANIZATION, AND THAT ORGANIZATION COMES UP WITH SEVERAL INITIATIVES. THIS INITIATIVE, HOOPING ON PURPOSE, IS DESIGNED TO BE A PANEL DISCUSSION WHERE YOUTH CAN COME OUT, YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT PRIMARILY YOUTH CAN COME OUT AND LEARN ABOUT THE IDEAS OF BASKETBALL, MENTAL HEALTH AND MUSIC, AND HOW ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS ESSENTIALLY JIVE TOGETHER. UM, THE IDEA IS TO, UM, HAVE YOUTH UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S AN OUTLET THROUGH BASKETBALL AND MUSIC AND MENTAL HEALTH, THAT ALL THREE CAN GO TOGETHER. SO THE GAME OF BASKETBALL CAN BE VERY PRODUCTIVE, UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UH, BORN ON PURPOSE, THEY DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF MENTORSHIP, UH, ACTIVITIES, INITIATIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY. UH, AGAIN, THEY ARE LOCATED IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, AND WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED A PROCLAMATION TO THEM THIS PAST JANUARY FOR MENTORSHIP AWARENESS MONTH. SO, UM, AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE LOGO THEY'RE ALREADY PROMOTING. THEY JUST WANT TO, UM, EXPAND THEIR REACH, UM, TO PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY. OH, SORRY. AND THE DATE IS GONNA BE JANUARY 11TH, WHICH IS A SUNDAY, UH, FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE BORN ON PURPOSE FACILITY IN THE HEADWAY PLAZA IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER HARRIS? NO, I DON'T HAVE, NOT, NOT A QUESTION, UM, BUT A COMMENT AND, AND DON'T TAKE THIS IN ANY WAY NEGATIVELY. UM, I, I THINK OUR CULTURE, I HAVE TWO YOUNG MEN. ONE IS SIX, SEVEN, THE OTHER ONE IS SIX SIX. AND THE FIRST TIME THAT SOMEONE SEES THEM, DO YOU PLAY BASKETBALL? NOT ACKNOWLEDGING A MINDSET TO SAY, YOU KNOW, UM, HOW'S YOUR ACADEMICS? AND SO THIS TO ME, YES, IT'S A GOOD IDEA, BUT I SEE A LOT OF US PROMOTING SPORTS, PROMOTING MUSIC, AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ AND WRITE. A LOT OF THE BASKETBALL PLAYERS, FOOTBALL PLAYERS, WHATEVER. OKAY, LET'S STICK TO WHAT IS HERE. BASKETBALL. UM, EVEN IF THEY'RE CHOSEN FROM HIGH HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR FUNDS PROPERLY. AND SO SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING IN, IN ESSENCE WHAT I'M SAYING, I DON'T, I DON'T MIND THIS BECAUSE IT KEEPS OUR, MY, MY SON WAS A STUDENT ATHLETE, SCHOLAR ATHLETE. HE GOT HIS, UM, AWARD FOR THAT, BUT HE INJURED HIMSELF. AND SO HE HAD THE ACADEMICS TO FALL BACK ON. AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T SPEAK RIGHT NOW. UM, BUT TO TIE ALL THAT IN, I THINK A LOT OF OUR YOUNG, YOUNG [01:30:01] MEN, YOUNG BOYS, DON'T KNOW THEMSELVES FULLY. AND TO TARGET THAT TOWARDS MUSIC, YES, WE ARE A CULTURE OF MUSIC. LISTEN, I DON'T NEED MUSIC TO HAVE THE MUSIC WITHIN ME, THAT TYPE OF THING. THE MUSIC IS ALREADY IN ME. I TAP AND I'M READY TO MOVE. AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE SEEING CONSTANTLY. AND IT, IT, IT TROUBLES ME. I'M, I'M NOT GONNA SAY NO, IT TROUBLES ME BECAUSE IF MY HUSBAND DIDN'T STAND UP FOR MY SON, THEN HE WOULD'VE BEEN PLAYING EVERY GAME, EVERY SPORTS THEY WANTED. HE SAYS, NO, HE'S HERE FOR EDUCATION. AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE MUSIC AND THE BASKETBALL WOULD DRIVE TOGETHER TO THE MENTAL, BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN I LEAVE OUTTA HERE AND I GO PAST VINCENT TORRES PARK, I'M SEEING THE PARK IS JAM PACKED FOR FOOTBALL PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, SCOUTING THEM AT, WHAT, SEVEN AND EIGHT YEARS OF AGE. BUT YET STILL THEY CAN'T READ AND WRITE. HOW CAN THEY NAVIGATE? I KNOW. AM I EXPRESSING MY ANGER? YES, I AM. BUT NEVERTHELESS, MY PASSION, OH, YES, THAT'S THE WORD. MY PASSION, THANK YOU. I HAVE TO EXPRESS IT BECAUSE I'M SEEING MORE OF THIS US BEING PULLED IN THAT DIRECTION, AND IT'S JUST A MINUTE AMOUNT THAT REALLY MAKE IT TO THE NBA OR THE NFL MM-HMM . SO, UM, IT'S DIRECTION. IF WE HAVE A PURPOSE, WHICH IS BORN ON PURPOSE, I HOPE THEY HAVE A PURPOSE. AND I LOVE THE ORGANIZATION. DON'T GET ME WRONG, I'VE ATTENDED, SUPPORTED MANY OF THEIR, UM, EVENTS, BUT THIS YEAR FOR, FOR OUR YOUNG MEN, THIS IS WHERE I HAVE A LITTLE STRUGGLE. GO CO COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER? I JUST WANTED TO SAY I AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR THOMAS, A HUNDRED PERCENT ACTUALLY. AND, UM, UH, ACTUALLY HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, ISRAEL AND A, A COUPLE TIMES LEADING UP TO THIS. AND ALL, ALL OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID ARE ACTUALLY IN MIND. SO, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU. THIS IS SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH, UM, EVEN TRYING TO INTRODUCE THE GAME OF CHESS. YOU KNOW, THE WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE YOU THINK? AND IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT BASKETBALL AND WHATNOT. UM, THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS A PART OF THE PURPOSE IS ACTUALLY TO SHOW THEM THAT THE WORLD IS BIGGER THAN JUST PLAYING BASKETBALL, YOU KNOW? UM, AND SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY INTERESTED IN BASKETBALL, HOW CAN WE USE THAT TO TALK MORE ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH? SINCE YOU'RE ALREADY INTERESTED IN MUSIC, HOW CAN WE USE THAT TO TALK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH? AND YOU MAY NOT MAKE IT INTO THE NBA, BUT IF YOU LOVE BASKETBALL SO MUCH, HERE'S SOME CAREERS AROUND THE SPORT OF BASKETBALL. YOU COULD BE A PHYSICAL THERAPIST, YOU COULD BE A SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST. UM, SOME YOUTH REALLY LOVE THE GAME OF BASKETBALL AND THEY NEED TO SEE OTHER FACETS OF IT. AND THEY ALSO NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, A LOT OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES HERE, STUDENT FIRST BEFORE AN ATHLETE. I KNOW I LEARNED THAT GROWING UP. BUT, UM, I'M RIGHT WITH YOU. I WANNA INTRODUCE MORE TO THE CULTURE. WE HAVE A VERY LOW READING AND LITERACY RATE, UH, NOT JUST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BUT ITS ENTIRE ZIP CODE. UM, BUT THIS IS TO ACTUALLY HELP BRING MORE POSITIVITY, MORE THAN JUST BASKETBALL. BUT DULY NOTED, WHAT AGE RANGES MAY TARGET COMMISSIONER HARRISON? UH, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT AGE RANGE, BUT I DO KNOW THAT IT'S, UM, GOING TOWARDS YOUTH. SO I WOULD ANTICIPATE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLERS FOR THE MOST PART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR. JUST ONE LAST THING. WHEN WE HAVE CAREER DAYS AND WE GO TO THE SCHOOLS AND WE SAY TO OUR YOUNG BOYS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A BASKETBALL PLAYER? MM-HMM . OR A RAPPER? A RAPPER. A RAPPER. THEY WERE TAKING THAT FROM COMMISSIONER HARRISON. HE MENTIONED . UM, BUT YEAH, THOSE, THEY, THEY, EXPANSION OF THEIR MINDS ARE VERY LIMITED. VERY LIMITED. UM, AND SO I, I ALSO WILL BE SPEAKING WITH, UH, MS. JOSEPH OR BENJAMIN, I'LL BE IN ATTENDANCE. THERE WE GO. IN ORDER TO, YOU KNOW, SEE HOW IT'S BEING NAVIGATED. AWESOME. YOU THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM AC. YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING FY 2026 MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES] FIVE D DISCUSSION REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2026, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE. [01:35:01] MADAM MAYOR, THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP. AND BEING THAT WE DID NOT HAVE THE FULL COMMISSION HERE, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE BROUGHT BACK FOR DISCUSSION. UM, BEFORE YOU, YOU WILL SEE A LIST OF ALL COMMISSION INITIATIVES. FIRST I'D LIKE TO PREFACE BY SAYING THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN 2023, THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO ADOPT, UM, AN, A RESOLUTION TO, UM, BECAUSE BEFORE YOU DID NOT HAVE THIS INITIATIVE FUND. SO A RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT ALLOCATED FOR YOUR SPECIAL INITIATIVES. UM, THAT ALLOCATION WAS $6,000. SO YOU DO HAVE, UM, YOUR PACKET WHERE IT LISTS ALL OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION INITIATIVES. IT LISTS THE ONES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED THAT THEY ALL NEED TO BE RE ADOPTED. BASICALLY A RESOLUTION RE-APP APPROVING ALL. UM, YOU MAY WANT TO REMOVE SOME, OR YOU MAY WANT KEEP THEM ALL AND ADD MORE, BUT THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S APPROVED ON A FISCAL BASIS YEAR. SO EVERY FISCAL YEAR, UM, THIS RESOLUTION NEEDS TO BE APPROVED. UM, THIS INITIATIVES LIST ALSO INCLUDES NEW INITIATIVES, AND IT BASICALLY TALLIES EACH INITIATIVE, UM, THAT A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER, UM, HAS. IN ADDITION, IT ALSO LISTS FUNDING SOURCE INFORMATION AS WELL. THERE'S A CALENDAR WITH ALL THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE COMING SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, OF COURSE WE KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE THIS BUDGET OF $6,000 AND I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT THE BIG PICTURE THAT THERE OVERTIME COSTS THAT ARE ADDED, THAT'S NOT USUALLY ACCUMULATED IN THAT IT'S NOT ALLOCATED, IT'S NOT CONSIDERED IN THAT $6,000. SO IN REALITY, IT REALLY COSTS MORE THAN $6,000. SO YOU DO HAVE A MEMO HERE THAT WAS DONE BY THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AIDS DATED DECEMBER THE SIXTH, THAT LISTS EACH INITIATIVE ALONG WITH THEIR JUST ACTUAL COST TO JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, IS AWARE. AND IT ALSO OUTLINES THE PROGRAM DESCRIPTION, THE TIME, THE DATE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU DO HAVE AN OVERTIME SUMMARY FOR EACH EVENT, AS WELL AS A LIST OF, UM, OF COURSE THE INITIATIVES THEY REQUIRE SPACE. THE RENTAL SPACE, UM, IS THE SPACE IS RENTED OUT BY RESIDENTS, BASICALLY. SO WE JUST, I BELIEVE THIS WAS PROVIDED BY PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. THEY ACCUMULATED A LIST BASICALLY OF WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED FOR FI THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO IF AN EVENT IS TAKING PLACE ON ONE OF THESE DATES, OF COURSE THE FACILITY IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR RENT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, OH, I BELIEVE THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LAST BIT OF INFORMATION. SO THIS INFORMATION IS BROUGHT BACK SO THAT THE COMMISSION, UM, CAN DISCUSS AND THEN WE WILL BRING BACK A RESOLUTION WITH ALL THE INITIATIVES. UM, ALSO TO NOTE MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THAT ALTHOUGH WE APPROVE THIS RESOLUTION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, UM, UH, MORE INITIATIVES ARE ADDED AND WE HAVE BEEN COMING BACK WHENEVER A NEW INITIATIVE IS ADDED. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF WE WANT TO, UM, AND OF COURSE, JUST SOMETHING THAT TO DISCUSS AMONGST THE COMMISSION. IF AT THE FISCAL YEAR, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS WAS WHAT WAS ENVISIONED BY THE PRIOR CITY MANAGER, THAT THAT WOULD BE A SET LIST BECAUSE THERE IS A BUDGET OR IF WE WANT TO APPROVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BECAUSE WE KNOW IDEAS COME UP, THINGS COME UP AND YOU MAY WANT TO APPROVE ADDITIONAL. UM, BUT, SO THAT'S BASICALLY ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE AS IT RELATES TO YOUR INITIATIVES AND THE, UM, IF I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. AND, UM, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CONSWELL, UM, CITY MANAGER, WANT YOU TO ADD ON ONE MORE FOR ME. IT'S GOING TO BE THREE HERE. YOU HAVE TWO WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN. I'M HAVING A FOOD GIVEAWAY THIS FRIDAY [01:40:01] FOR THE HOLIDAY, AND I'M GOING TO HAVE BACK THIS SPRING GIVEAWAY IN APRIL. SO IT'S GOING TO BE THREE. DO YOU MADAM MAYOR? HOLD ON A MOMENT. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. CHASE. THANKS. UM, COMMISSIONER SWELL WOMEN'S CELEBRATING WOMEN. MM-HMM . FOOD GIVEAWAY DRIVE. AND WHAT'S THE OTHER? AND IT'S GOING TO BE TWO FOOD GIVEAWAYS. TWO FOOD GIVEAWAYS. ONE FOR THE HOLIDAY HERE. FRIDAY COMING HERE. MM-HMM . AND ONE IN APRIL. SPRING. ONE IN SPRING HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY AND SPRING GIVEAWAY. OKAY. AND THE FOURTH ONE? THE ONLY THREE. I DON'T EAT FOUR. OKAY. GIMME BEEN CELEBRATING WOMEN COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. ARE WE GOING OVER WHAT WE, UM, WANNA KEEP AND DON'T KEEP? OR WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING IF YOU LIKE, IF YOU LIKE TO TELL US WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP, UM, ADD DELETES. ATTRACT. YEAH. I, I WILL TAKE, UM, OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE BREAST CANCER HEALTH FAIR AND DINNER REMAINS. THE RACIAL HEALING REMAINS THE LITERACY, UM, UH, DAY REMAINS. THE FLORIDA LICENSE ON WHEELS REMAIN. UH, I THINK WE CAN DO AWAY WITH THE YOUNG HEART FOR 2026. AND THE YOUNG HEART, I'M THE UTE TALENT SHOW WE CAN DO AWAY WITH AND I AM GOING TO INCORPORATE THESE YOUTH SAFETY AND WELLNESS IN OUR LITERACY PROGRAM. ALRIGHT, MAYOR AND, AND AND COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THE OTHERS THAT ARE READ THAT ARE ADDED WILL BE THE GOSPEL MUSICAL WOVE CHRISTMAS TOY GIVEAWAY, NATIONAL CHURCH SAFETY AND CLOSURE APPRECIATION, AND THE YOUTH SAFETY AND WELLNESS. RIGHT. SO WE'LL DO AWAY WITH THE, THERE'S SO MUCH TO DO. SO LET ME JUST CUT IT DOWN FOR THIS YEAR. SO I WILL PUT THE YOUTH TALENT SHOW AND THE GOSPEL MUSICAL ON THE SIDE. THE WOVE, UM, THING ALREADY APPROVED BY THE RESOLUTION LAST MEETING, SO THAT'S ALREADY IN THERE. UM, THE NATIONAL CHURCH SAFETY AND CLERGY APPRECIATION. I WANT THAT TO STAY. AND THE YOUTH SAFETY WELLNESS, I'M TYING IT INTO THE LITERACY PROGRAM AND WE'RE NOT DOING THE YOUNG AT HEART, WE'RE PUTTING THAT ON THE BACK BURNER AND THE MENOPAUSAL AND PREMENOPAUSAL SEMINAR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. MADAM THE PERIMENOPAUSE AND MENOPAUSAL, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. YOU SAID YOU'D LIKE TO PUT THAT ON THE BACK BURNER AS WELL TO REMOVE THAT? YEAH. PUT, YEAH, PUT THE Y AT HEART AND THE PREMENOPAUSAL MENOPAUSAL SE SEMINAR ON, ON HOLD AND WE'LL REPLACE IT WITH THE, SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP EVERYTHING ELSE AND THE YOUTH SAFETY AND WELLNESS, I AM GOING TO, UM, TRYING TO TIE IT IN TO OUR LITERACY DAY SO IT WON'T BE LIKE A SEPARATE THING BY ITSELF. IT'LL BE TIED INTO THE LITERACY PROGRAM. SO MADAM UH, COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS, HEALTH FAIR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS DINNER, NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING LACE LITERACY DAY, COMBINED WITH THE YOUTH SAFETY AND WELLNESS. MM-HMM . THE FLOW WOVE AND THE NATIONAL CHURCH SAFETY AND CLERGY. APPRECIATE THAT. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU MADAM MA'AM. AND THOSE NOT SAYING THAT THEY WON'T COME AGAIN, BUT I'LL, I'M GONNA PUT THOSE OFF. UM, NOT GOING FORWARD FOR 2026, BUT THEY'LL STILL BE THERE IN THE WAY MAYBE NEXT YEAR, THE OTHER YEAR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE A CORRECTION. UM, WITH THE HOOPING ON PURPOSE, WE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT IT IS NOT A COMMISSIONER INITIATIVE. THAT WAS A STAFF ERROR, BUT WE CLEARED THAT UP EARLIER IN THE WEEK. UH, BUT I TOO WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UM, AN INITIATIVE TO, TO MY LIST. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A YOUTH BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION AND TALENT SHOW. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD, UH, WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IN THE WORKSHOP, BUT A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY INITIATIVE. SO WHEN I SAY YOUTH BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION AND TALENT SHOW, AND THEN THE LITTLE LIBRARY INITIATIVE, WHICH THE LITTLE LIBRARY INITIATIVE, AGAIN, IS ON THE WORKSHOP FOR TODAY. UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS CHESS CHALLENGE, DIAPER DISTRIBUTION IS WITH A TWIST SWIM WITH THE COMMISSIONER, RAMADAN HOME BUY AND HOME BUYER AND SELLER SEMINAR, YOUTH BUSINESS PITCH AND COMPETITION [01:45:01] TALENT SHOW AND LITTLE LIBRARY. YES. THE, THE YOUTH BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION AND TALENT SHOW IS ONE. SO THAT'S SLASH OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALSO, UM, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, I JUST WANNA SAY ANOTHER, UM, JUST LIKE CORRECTION FOR RAMADAN, IF THEY CAN PUT RAMADAN IFTAR DINNER. SO IT'S NOT JUST THE CELEBRATE, IT'S A CELEBRATION OF RAMADAN, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE IFTAR DINNER. UM, IS, IS WHAT IT IS IT TITLE. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU SPELL IFTAR, PLEASE? SURE. THAT'S I-F-T-A-R. IFTAR. THANK YOU. THAT IT? OKAY. HEY MADAM A SAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO WE WILL BRING A RESOLUTION BACK LISTING ALL THE NEW INITIATIVES TO APPROVE AT THE NEXT MEETING. AND FOR THE UNDERSTANDING TO BE THAT THE EXISTING INITIATIVES AND THE ADDED INITIATIVES REMAIN WITHIN THE $6,000 THRESHOLD. THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM. FOR THE A CM, YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT OVERTIME THAT IT WAS NOT INCLUDED. ARE YOU GOING TO INCLUDE OVERTIME? I WAS ACTUALLY JUST GOING TO ADD TO THAT TO SEE HOW THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE OVERTIME IS COSTLY AND THE $6,000 WOULD NOT COVER ALONG WITH ALL THE EVENTS OVERTIME TIME. SO IT'S, IF IT'S ON A SATURDAY AND STAFF HAS TO COME OUT, THAT DOES AFFECT, I WANT THE COMMISSIONERS TO KNOW MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER, IT DOES AFFECT THE BOTTOM LINE. IF IT'S NOT BUDGET, THERE'S NO ALLOCATED LINE ITEM. SO THAT DOES AFFECT OUR BOTTOM LINE. IF IT'S NOT BUDGET FOR AND CURRENTLY THAT OVER TIME ISN'T BUDGETED FOR, FOR WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, NOT FOR COMMISSION EVENTS. ARE MOST OF OUR INITIATIVES HELD OUTSIDE OF REGULAR? SOME OF THEM ARE ON SATURDAYS. A LOT OF THEM ARE ON SATURDAYS OR AFTER HOURS. ALRIGHT. SOMETHING TO SAY. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT. LAUDERDALE LAKES CLEANUP. THAT WAS, AND I, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU BEFORE THAT WAS ON THE BOOKS. I JUST TOOK IT OVER FROM, UM, COMMISSIONER MARILYN DAVIS AND HAVE EXPANDED ON IT. UM, I'M SORRY THAT MORE STUDENTS ARE COMING OUT TO VOLUNTEER THEIR SERVICES. UM, BUT NEVERTHELESS, I THINK WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF THE PROVISIONS FOR THEM. UM, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK BACK AT, AND I WOULD HATE BECAUSE IT'S THE OLD, THE YOUNGER ONES ARE TEACHING THE OLDER ONES HOW TO RECYCLE, HOW TO KEEP THEIR COMMUNITY CLEAN. THEY, THEY ARE THE AMBASSADORS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. UM, I, I CAN'T HELP THAT. IT'S BEEN INCREASED FROM WHERE COMMISSIONER, UM, DAVIS HAD IT INITIALLY, BUT I I DON'T THINK I SHOULD BE PENALIZED . I'M JUST, I'M JUST STATING THE FACT. UM, AND, AND THEY LOOK FOR, I IT'S DONE QUARTERLY. SO WHAT IS THE, HAS BEEN THE COST FOR THE PROVISION OF, OF THE LUNCH, I'M ASSUMING THAT IS THE GREATEST COST ON AND THE T-SHIRTS. MM-HMM . UM, MR. RON DIS BRUNI CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARD TO THAT. MADAM MAYOR, MR. RON? UH, MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THE QUESTION? YES. THE COST OF THE, THE CLEANUP, UM, AS FAR AS THE, THE T-SHIRTS IS A COST AND THE LUNCH IS A COST. THAT IS CORRECT. AND COST HAS BEEN PER QUARTER. THERE'S A BREAKDOWN FOR EACH QUARTER WITH, UH, OVERTIME FOR STAFF. BUT IF YOU WANNA, YOU'RE ON JUST FOR THE LAUNCH. UH, THE FIRST EVENT WAS FOR 500 AND GET MY GLASSES, UM, $62 FOR LUNCH. BUT, UH, IT GOES WITH HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS, UH, SIGN OFF FOR THE EVENT. AND [01:50:01] LIKE, UH, THE VICE MAYOR STATED, UH, LATELY WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UH, VOLUNTEER FROM SCHOOL. THEY, THEY'RE GETTING THEIR, UM, VOLUNTEER HOURS. UH, THERE WAS A TIME WE ALMOST GET ALMOST 70 STUDENT. AND IT'S REALLY GREAT NOT ONLY FOR THE STANDPOINT OF TEACHING THE YOUNGER KIDS HOW TO RECYCLE THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING, BUT TO ALSO SHOWCASE THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THEIR OWN COMMUNITY. SO IT'S REALLY A POSITIVE EVENT. UH, LIKE THE VICE MAYOR STATED, UH, THE SECOND, UH, QUARTER WAS FOR SEVEN AGENDA $1. THE THIRD QUARTER WAS FOR $569. AND THE, THE LAST QUARTER IN SEPTEMBER, AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD THE BIG TURNOUT OF ALMOST 70 KIDS, WAS FOR 1040 $7. UM, AND 18 CENTS AT A MEAL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT 5, 12, 17, 20 SOMETHING THERE. I THINK IT'S, IT IS, IT IS GREAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE STUDENTS, MORE VOLUNTEERS, PARENTS, STUDENTS ITSELF. UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN CUT THE COST. WE'RE GLAD THAT IT HAS EXPANDED SINCE COMMISSIONER MARILYN DAVIS HAS IT. BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS. UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A A, A CAP OF $6,000, UM, TO, UM, TO THE VEST MAIL ALSO, I WANT, UH, WHAT POSSIBILITY WOULD BE TO SEEK FOR DONATION FROM, UM, OUTSIDE AGENCIES LIKE WASTE MANAGEMENT. UM, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE, THE, THE COMMISSION THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, UM, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I KNOW THEY DONATED FOR THE EARTH DAY RECYCLING POSTER CO CONTEST. THEY GAVE THE GIFT CARDS FOR THAT SO WE COULD, I COULD REACH OUT TO THEM FOR ASSISTANCE WITH THAT, WITH THE FOOD. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU RON. QUICK QUESTION, UH, FOR THE CLEANUP. WHAT STAFF, UM, DO YOU HAVE OUT THERE TO ASSIST WITH THAT INITIATIVE? UM, TO REMIND ME, WHEN I AVERAGE THREE STAFFING, UM, MOST OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS VERY, UH, UH, IMPORTANT. THE WAY WE SET IT UP, UH, WE SET UP ONE VEHICLE IN THE BACK, UH, WITH A FLASHER AND ALSO OFFSET TO THE ROAD. 'CAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, YOU'LL SEE SOME DRIVERS AND PATIENT AND, AND FLYING THROUGH. AND WHEN WE HAVE YOUNGER KIDS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT JUST WITH THE CHAPERONE, BUT ALSO, UH, PROVIDE THIS CERTAIN LEVEL OF SAFETY. SO WE HAVE ONE VEHICLE ON THE FRONT, ONE IN THE BACK, AND ALSO STAFF CAN MANEUVER IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO VEHICLES FOR SAFETY. AT LEAST THREE STAFF ON AVERAGE, UM, FOR EACH EVENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO MA'AM, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU. SO THE ONES THAT DRIVE THE BUS, ARE THEY ALSO OVERTIME AS WELL? UM, DO, UH, THE PARK STAFF SOMETIMES SIT THERE ARE ON, ON SCHEDULE FOR THAT DAY, SO NO. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE'LL LOOK FOR DONATIONS AND THEN LIKE, MAD MAYOR MR. RON. I THINK LEON IS ALWAYS THERE. COMMISSIONER. I SAID MADAM MAYOR. YEAH, I KNOW YOU DID. I WAS GETTING READY TO SAY SOMETHING. HOLD ON. SORRY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SO WE ARE, AS AN ALTERNATIVE, AS TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE TO REQUEST DONATIONS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WOULD, I'M EVEN THINKING ABOUT, I KNOW WESTWAY TOING HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GENEROUS IN DONATING FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND SOME OTHER THINGS. SO IF WE CAN GET DONATIONS TO SUBSIDIZE THE FOOD WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. MADAM COMMISSIONER COWELL? NO, I WAS JUST REMINDING MR. RON THAT GENERALLY LEANNE SHOW THE LEGISLATIVE AID IS ALWAYS THERE WITH COMMISSION, VICE MAYOR THOMAS'S INITIATIVE. SO THAT WOULD TAKE OVERTIME. 'CAUSE SATURDAYS ARE, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR TALKING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS, SHE'S ALWAYS THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE OVERTIME. [01:55:02] SO, AND OVERTIME HAS BEEN HOW MUCH MR. JUAN, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT OVERTIME. OVERTIME OVER TIME AS FAR AS COST IS, UM, YES, WE WOULD THAT HAVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT OVERTIME HAS COST? UH, I WOULD'VE TO ADD, UH, THE OVERTIME, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN PER, UM, QUARTER, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER WAS FOR $495, UH, FOR TWO STAFFS. THE SECOND QUARTER WAS FOR $812. THE THIRD QUARTER IN JUNE WAS FOR 1,045. AND THE LAST QUARTER WAS FOR, SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. $819, BUT IT HOW MANY? 19 EIGHT, $819. AND OVER TIME IS PAID FROM WHERE? TWO THE, UH, REGULAR, UM, BUDGET ALLOCATED BUDGET FOR OVERTIME. OKAY. AND THAT'S FOR ALL INITIATIVES. UH, THAT'S JUST FOR CLEAN FOR THE CLEANUP. HOW IS OVERTIME PAID FOR THE OTHER INITIATIVES? UH, SIMILAR TO THE, THE CLEANUP? SIMILAR OR THE SAME? YEAH, THE SAME. YES. UM, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY 2000, $2,500 FOR ONE INITIATIVE AND YOU HAVE FIVE, FOUR OTHERS, WHICH USUALLY REQUIRE OVERTIME ALSO, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OF HOW MANY STAFF PERSONS WE REALLY NEED. OKAY. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UH, NO, NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. P THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, NOW IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO CUT BACK ON CLEANUP. NOT A PROBLEM. THE, THE, THOSE THAT TIMES A YEAR. YEAH, IT'S FOUR TIMES. IT'S QUARTERLY. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM TO DO IT TWICE A YEAR. BUT HERE AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S MY HEARTBEAT, YOU KNOW, TO SEE THE AESTHETICS AND ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY WHERE THE CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, GET TO SEE THAT. AND ALSO LAST YEAR, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO TARGET IN ON ONE PARTICULAR PROBLEM PROPERTY THAT HAD, UM, CODE COM UM, PROBLEMS. SO IT VARIES. THAT'S, THAT WAS OUR FOCUS THAT DAY AND NOT THAT WAS LIKE A CLEANUP. SO, UM, WHERE THERE IS A WILL, THERE'S A WAY. MADAM MAYOR. YES. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA SAY, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DIAL BACK ON IT. I THINK IT'S A GREAT INITIATIVE AND, UM, I'M ALSO WILLING TO HELP TO FIND SPONSORS FOR IT AS WELL. I THINK THROUGH ALL OF OUR NETWORKS, IF WE SUPPORT OUR INITIATIVES, I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER WAY WE COULD SUPPORT. SO, AND PERHAPS WE CAN ENGAGE THE CITY'S BEAUTIFICATION ADVISORY BOARD TO ASSIST US IN, IN PARTICIPATING, NUMBER ONE. AND ALSO PERHAPS IN GETTING SOME DONATIONS THAT THEY MAY, DONORS THAT THEY MAY BE AWARE OF. UM, JULIAN STATE OF BEAUTIFICATION. YEAH, THERE ALWAYS BEEN, UM, ACTIVE AS PART OF THE, I I DIDN'T SEE IN THE LAST EVENT, BUT, UH, NO, NO. UM, BUT WE, WE DID HAVE ONE LAST WEEK. UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. NOT THERE. OKAY. SO, SO NOT AN A CM. WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT OVERTIME COSTS AND LET'S SEE WHERE WE CAN GO WITH THAT. WITH, UM, 'CAUSE THAT'S QUITE A BIT, IF WE ARE LOOKING AT ALMOST $2,000 FOR ONE INITIATIVE AND OVERTIME COST FOR, FOR OTHER INITIATIVES WITH FOUR INITIATIVES AND FIVE INITIATIVES AND 10 INITIATIVES, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT. SO WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT ABSOLUTELY. STAFF, UM, HEAR THE TASK AND WE'LL DISCUSS TO SEE HOW WE CAN COME BACK. I KNOW FOR THE VICE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE, WE HAD THE GREAT IDEA OF, UM, JUST ASKING THE STUDENTS TO BRING THEIR SHIRTS BACK SO THAT WOULD CUT BACK. AND I THINK THAT'S A, A GREAT IDEA. SO I'M SURE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO CUT BACK ON SOME OF THOSE COSTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU MR. RON. THANK YOU MADAM. MA'AM. MADAM. [02:00:01] THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NOW [E.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES WITH MAURICE J. KURLAND OF ALCALDE & FAY, LTD, PROVIDING FOR A THREE (3) YEAR TERM WITH TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AT AN AMOUNT OF $5,000 PER MONTH, TOTALING $60,000 ANNUALLY] WE ARE AN ITEM NUMBER FIVE E DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES WITH MAURICE J KERLIN OF ALADE AND FAY, LTD PROVIDING FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AND AN AMOUNT OF $5,000 PER MONTH TOTALING $60,000. AND MR. PWA IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MR. Z. AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UM, THIS IS AN AGREEMENT, IT'S A TWOFOLD. UH, ONE, IT'S AN, UH, AGREEMENT FOR OUR STATE LOBBYISTS OR FEDERAL LOBBYISTS, UM, WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING A TERM TO THE CONTRACT. NOW, WHEN THE CONTRACT WAS ESTABLISHED, THERE WASN'T ANY ACTUAL TERM. IT JUST WENT OVER. UH, NOW WE'RE ESTABLISHING A THREE YEAR TERM AND WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONAL TO RENEW. UH, AND ALSO IN YOUR BACKUP, THERE ARE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL 26 THAT HAS ALSO BEEN PRESENTED. UM, THE RATES ARE PRESENTED THERE, UH, 5,000 A MONTH, 6,000 ANNUAL 60,000 ANNUALLY AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. WELL, YOU KNOW, I AM, I'M HAPPY THAT A STRUCTURE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AND ALSO WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO PART WITH ONE OF OUR, OUR LOBBYISTS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN FAVORABLE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S SIMILAR. I'M GRATEFUL TO OUR ACTON CITY MANAGER WHO TOOK A LOOK AT THAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SIMILARITY IN SERVICE THAT WERE GIVEN AND RECOGNIZING THAT TO CUT BACK ON ONE, WHICH WAS AGREED UPON BY MY COLLEAGUE. UM, AND THEY'RE THERE FIGHTING ON OUR BEHALF. IT'S KIND OF HARD GETTING FUNDS RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY'RE THERE ON OUR BEHALF. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MME. MASON. THANK YOU MADAM [F.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR STATE LOBBYING SERVICES WITH YOLANDA CASH JACKSON, ESQ. OF BECKER & POLIAKOFF, P.A., PROVIDING FOR A THREE (3) YEAR TERM WITH TWO (2) ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AT AN AMOUNT OF $5,000 PER MONTH, TOTALING $60,000 ANNUALLY] MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE F DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR STATE LOBBYING SERVICES WITH YOLANDA CASH, JACKSON, ESQUIRE, BECKER AND POFF PA PROVIDING FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS AT AN AMOUNT OF 5,000 PER MONTH TOTALING $60,000. AND MR. PLO WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. UH, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, SIMILAR AS THE ITEM BEFORE. UH, IT'S, UH, OFFICIAL CONTRACT NOW FOR THREE YEAR TERM, UH, WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONAL TO RENEW. AND, UM, INCLUDING IN THIS RESO IS ALSO, UM, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL 26. MADAM MAYOR . THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S COMMENT WITH THE LAST ITEM. HOW, UM, WE DECIDED TO PART WAYS WITH, UH, DUPLICATING SERVICES. BEST WAY I COULD SAY THAT. UH, BUT I, I, I'M, I'M CURIOUS, WAS THIS THE SAME AMOUNT, THE 5,000 PER MONTH AS WHAT WE WERE PAYING, UM, THE BECKER FIRM? AND THE, THE QUESTION IN TIED IN WITH THAT IS HOW MUCH WERE WE PAYING THE OTHER FIRM AS WELL AS IF YOU COULD ANSWER THROUGH MADAM MAYOR. UM, THIS RATE OF 5,000 A MONTH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2008, AND THEY'VE BEEN PAID THIS AMOUNT. I THINK IT WAS SOMEWHERE AROUND, UH, 20 13, 20 14. AND THE CITY DID APPROACH THEM TO REDUCE THE RATE BECAUSE WE WERE GOING THROUGH SOME FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES. THE RATE WAS REDUCED. AND SOMEWHERE AFTER THAT, I THINK, UM, 18 OR 19, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE, IT WENT BACK TO THE 5,000 AGAIN. WE DID APPROACH THEM IF THEY HAVE ANY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS OR THEY BOTH HAD LEAVE IT AS US. OKAY. AND HOW MUCH WERE WE PAYING? THREE MAD MAYOR, HOW MUCH WERE WE PAYING? UM, THE, THE FORMER FIRM, SAME. SAME EXACT THREE ER, SAME, SAVED OURSELVES $60,000, OKAY? MM-HMM . IF, IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH WHAT THEY HAVE, THEN I'M OKAY WITH IT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. DAVIS. MADAM AC THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [G.  DISCUSSION REGARDING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE FY 2025 COPS HIRING PROGRAM (CHP) THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES] 5G. DISCUSSION REGARDING A GRANT AWARD FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 25 COPS HIRING PROGRAM THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICE. AND MS. SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, CHAIR HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. THIS COPS GRANT IS THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE OFFICE OF COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES AIMED AT ENHANCING PUBLIC SAFETY. THE FUNDING IS USUALLY TO PROVIDE IT TO ASSIST WITH STAFFING [02:05:01] COSTS FOR NEW POLICE OFFICERS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THAT USUALLY RESULTS IN TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. SO THE BUDGETED COMPLIMENT THE AWARD IS FOR $250,000 OVER THREE YEARS. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S A TOTAL OF 250,000 THAT WE WOULD SPEND OVER THREE YEARS. THE CITY'S PORTION OF THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $900,000. SHOULD THE COMMISSION CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD, THEN STAFF WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE AWARD AND INTO DISCUSSIONS WITH BS OF A HIRING OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL OFFICERS. MADAM VICE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, IS THIS A OLD CONTRACT THAT'S JUST NOW COMING ON THE BOOKS OR? NO, THIS IS AN AWARD FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THE CITY APPLIED, IT'S AN ANNUAL AWARD THAT CD IS GONNA APPLY FOR. AND SO THE C APPLIED BACK IN JUNE AND WAS AWARDED IN OCTOBER. OKAY. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. OKAY. UM, CAPTAIN PHYLLIS, WHAT IS OUR COMPLIMENT RIGHT NOW, SIR? CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED, UM, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT, IS 52 50 52 THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THIS WOULD BE TWO MORE ADDED ONTO THE 52, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. MADAM VICE MAYOR. ALRIGHT. UM, AND I KNOW WE ARE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. WE ARE RECEIVING ASSISTANCE FROM THIS COPS GRANT, BUT AFTER THE THREE YEARS, WE ASSUME THE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. MADAM VICE MAYOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE FULL AMOUNT IS, MS. HAYNES? HOW MUCH THE FULL AMOUNT WOULD BE THAT THE C CITY WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME ONE THIS THREE YEAR IS UP. AND, AND, AND BEFORE YOU EVEN SAY THAT, SO I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A COPS GRANT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY PAYING DOWN ON. SO WHEN WOULD THAT EXPIRE, MS. HAYNES, MS. SHARON, MS. SHARON . OH, TWO SHARONS. BUT THAT'S OKAY. UM, MADAM MAYOR, I BELIEVE THE LAST THREE, I BELIEVE THE, THE LAST AWARD WAS IN 2022. SO THEY'RE USUALLY FOR THREE YEARS. SO THAT ONE SHOULD EXPIRE THIS YEAR. OKAY. THREE. YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO THEY'RE EXPIRING THIS YEAR THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE ON THAT FULL COMPLIMENT STARTING OF THAT. SO THAT'S ALREADY IN OUR COMPLIMENT. UM, CAPTAIN OF THE 52, JUST WANNA YES, MADAM? YES. MADAM VICE MAYOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ACQUIRE TWO MORE THROUGH THIS COPS GRANT THAT WOULD BE ADDED ON TO THE COMPLIMENT. AND I UNDERSTAND, DO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK AND SAY, OH, WE DON'T WANT THEM ANYMORE. HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE POLICE OFFICERS? YEAH. OH, I'M NOT SURE. OKAY. SO IS IS THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR IS THAT CONTRACTED? 'CAUSE THEN WE WOULD'VE ACQUIRED FOUR ADDITIONAL, THE TWO THAT'S CURRENTLY HERE, PLUS TWO MORE. I, I KNOW PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING FOR SAFETY, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO SAFEGUARD WHAT WE HAVE AS WELL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO CARRY ON THE TASKS OF THE UPKEEP. UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR ASSESSMENT MAY BE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT IN ORDER TO COVER WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. YOU WANT SAFETY. WE ALL WANT SAFETY AND WE ALL HAVE TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF SEEING SOMETHING, SAYING SOMETHING, NOT JUST DEPEND ON OUR PUBLIC SERVICE FROM OUR, UM, POLICE. I, WE NEED IT MOST DEFINITELY. BUT TO HAVE THE WEIGHT, 'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO THAT WE HAVE TO CARRY AFTER THIS YEAR, AND THEN TO TAKE ON ANOTHER COPS GRANT IS ALWAYS GOOD, BUT WE STILL, WE ARE ACCOUNTABLE FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT AS WELL. SO THAT'S JUST MY SPILL ON THAT. WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT CAREFULLY. WE HAVE SOMETHING TO ASSIST US, BUT AT THE END OF THAT THREE YEAR, THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE AND TAKES OVER AS AS WE PROGRESS. DID YOU HAVE A [02:10:01] NO, I'M JUST SAYING, WAS THERE A RESPONSE OR COMMENT? ? NO, I WAS, I I'LL TAKE IT, MS. CHAIRMAN. I WAS GOING TO SAY, AS WE PROGRESS AS A CITY AND AS THE YEARS PRAYERFULLY, OUR REVENUES WILL ALSO INCREASE BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO AS MUCH PUBLIC SAFETY AS WE CAN GET. YES, IT IS, IT IS A BURDEN NOW FOR US TO TAKE IT ON. BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE YEARS THAT OUR REVENUES WILL ALSO INCREASE THAT WITH WHAT WE HAVE. CRIME WILL DECREASE PRAYERFULLY IN THE CITY OF LONGDALE LAKES AND TO GET AS MUCH PUBLIC SAFETY AS WE CAN GET. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD PROGRESSIVELY AND WITH THE VISION THAT OUR REVENUES WILL INCREASE ANYTHING. MAD MAYOR, GO AHEAD. UM, COMMISSIONER COWELL. I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH VICE MAYOR THOMAS. WE ARE, WE, AS I SAID, AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SAYING IT, PROPERTY TAX WILL BE ON THE BALLOT NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S MORE LIKELY IT IS GOING TO PASS AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERY CITY, ESPECIALLY THE SMALL CITIES. SO THIS LOOKS GOOD. YOU'RE GOING TO GET $250,000 TO HIRE TWO, BUT AFTER TWO YEARS YOU TAKE THE FULL LOAD. I THINK I WAS A BIG CITY MANAGER, SAID $900,000. SO IT LOOKS GREAT FOR NOW, BUT I DON'T SEE WHERE A PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT, AND IT'S MORE LIKELY THAT IT IS GOING TO PASS. SO REVENUES FOR MY CITY I KNOW IS GOING TO BE DONE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ONE. UM, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TOO IS TO BUILD OUR RESIDENT BASE. THAT MEANS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WE ARE GONNA ADD MORE, UM, FILL IN THE SPACES, THE LITTLE SPACES THAT WE HAVE WITH, UM, HOUSING IN ORDER TO BUILD UP. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, IF WE INCREASE OUR RESIDENT BASE, WE ARE ABLE TO GET MORE FUNDING. UM, I'M VERY OPTIMISTIC. I I ALWAYS LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND YES, IT IS TRUE THAT THE COMPLIMENTS ARE NEEDED BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST THING THAT EVERY, WE ARE OUR COPS. THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE WORKING HARD. BUT TO ADD MORE TO THAT IN ORDER TO, UM, INCREASE US, I, UM, TO PUT MORE WEIGHT ON US. FACTUAL, FACTUAL AND, AND HOPEFUL. SO ANYTHING ELSE? THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. HAY. THANK YOU CAPTAIN PHILLIPS. MADAM A CM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM [H.  DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO MOVE THE PURCHASING CARD (P-CARD) PROGRAM FROM BANK OF AMERICA TO TD BANK EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2026] NUMBER FIVE H, DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO MOVE THE PURCHASING CARD PCARD PROGRAM FROM BANK OF AMERICA TO TD BANK, EFFECTI JANUARY 20, 26. AND MR. P WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. MRS. UH, HI EVERYONE. , GOODNIGHT AGAIN. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UM, MADAM MAYOR, UM, THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS PART OF A, A COOPERATIVE GROUP CALLED THE SOUTHEAST CHAPTER, UH, OF NIGP, WHERE, UH, IN SOUTH FLORIDA, ALL THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENTS WE MEET ON A MONTHLY BASIS AT LEAST ONCE, UH, WE SHARE IDEAS, WE SHARE CHALLENGES AND SO ON. UM, UH, ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO AGO, I MET, UM, WITH THE, MY COLLEAGUES AND AN ITEM CAME UP ON THE BANK OF AMERICA PCARD PROGRAM. AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT I FOUND OUT, UM, THAT THE BANK OF AMERICA PCARD PROGRAM, THAT CONTRACT IS GONNA EXPIRE IN JANUARY. IT WAS NOT ON OUR BOOKS. IT'S NOT ON MY RADAR ANYWHERE, ON OUR SYSTEMS OR ANYTHING. SO THAT ALERT ME TO, UH, ADVISE MY DIRECTOR. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH FOR SOME TIME REACHING OUT TO BANK OF AMERICA. IT'S BEEN PRETTY CHALLENGING TO GET INFORMATION OR EVEN TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE DIRECTLY [02:15:01] ABOUT THE CONTRACT. YOU WANNA TALK PCARD, YOU HAVE SOMEONE THERE WHEN IT COMES ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND YOU KNOW HOW IT GOES ABOUT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING. UH, IT'S A STATE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. IT STARTED OFF IN 2014 WHERE THE CITY DID SIGN ON WITH BANK OF AMERICA. UM, IT WAS A TWO YEAR CONTRACT INITIALLY. AND THEN, UM, I THINK SOMEWHERE IN 2016 WE JOINED SAME BANK OF AMERICA, BUT ON A FEDERAL LEVEL, UM, SORRY, ON A STATE LEVEL STATE CONTRACT. UM, THAT EXPIRES NOW IN JANUARY. THERE WAS A OPTION TO RENEW. THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE CITY DID SIGN A RESOLUTION AT THAT TIME. I BELIEVE FROM 2016 TO NOW, THERE HAS NOT BEEN NOTHING IN WRITING ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS CONTRACT. AGAIN, IN MEETING OUR STANDARDS AND RAISING OUR BAR ON PROCUREMENT LEVEL, UH, I DID START TO DO SOME RESEARCH ON WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE. UM, SPEAKING WITH, UM, THE, THE STATE, UH, THE WHOLE OF THE CONTRACT, THEY HAVE INDICATED EVEN THOUGH THE CONTRACT EXPIRES ON JANUARY 4TH, 2026, THEY HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY DO HAVE INTENTIONS TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT FURTHER. UM, BUT IT PROMPTED ME TO IN, IN INVESTIGATE MY COLLEAGUES AND SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL, UH, THERE ARE OTHER BANKS OUTSIDE THERE. ONE WAS TRUIST AND UH, WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE WITHIN THE CITY WHO WORKED FOR TRUIST BEFORE ANOTHER ONE AGENCY WHO INDICATES THAT THEY WORK FOR THEM TO WORK WITH TRUIST. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY HAVE ONE DEDICATED PERSON TO DEAL WITH PCARDS, AND THAT'S ALL THEY DO ALL DAY WITHIN THE CITY, IN THAT CITY. UM, I INVITED THE FINANCIAL SERVICES TEAM, UH, THE DIRECTOR, AND ESPECIALLY THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR TO HELP ME OUT. YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE OPTIONS ARE? THIS THEIR BANKING IS THEIR THING. UM, ONE CONTRACT WE CAME ACROSS WAS, UM, A CONTRACT WITH TD BANK. TD BANK, THE PARENT AGENCY. IT'S, UH, CITY OF DEERFIELD, DEERFIELD BEACH. NOW, OUR ARRANGEMENT RIGHT NOW WITH, UH, BANK OF AMERICA IS IF WE SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS, THEN WE GOTTA REBATE WITH TD BANK. IF EVERY SINGLE, UH, AGENCY IN SOUTH FLORIDA, A COOPERATIVE COLLECTIVELY SPENDS A MINIMUM OF 500,000, EVERYBODY GETS A REBATE. AND THEN GOING FORWARD, WHATEVER YOU SPEND, YOU GET A REBATE. BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT CAME ON. AND THEN IT'S A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT. COOPERATIVE, MEANING OUR COOPERATIVE, WE BENEFIT FROM THESE SERVICES OF THIS CONTRACT. THEY'RE VERY EASY TO WORK WITH, VERY RESPONSIVE IN EVERYTHING THAT YOU ASK THEM FOR. FROM THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOTTEN FROM OTHER AGENCIES, UM, CONTRACTUALLY, IT IS, UH, AN ADVANTAGE IF WE GO, AND THIS IS THE RECOMMENDATION, BRINGING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION. IF THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO GO TOWARDS TD BANK OR PURSUE CONTINUALLY, UM, CONTINUOUSLY WITH, UH, BANK OF AMERICA, UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SHE HAS DONE SOME HOMEWORK INTO SOME OF THE OTHER BANKS OF WHAT THEY OFFER ON THE PCARD PROGRAM. SHE CAN ADVISE ON THAT. BUT, UH, ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MAY. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER. EXCUSE ME. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU, ZA. UH, I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT UNDECIDED ON THIS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BANK OF AMERICA DO MORE IN THE CITY AND ME PERSONALLY. THAT ALONE MAKES ME LEAN TOWARDS LOOKING AT SOMEONE ELSE TO PARTNER WITH. UM, BUT I, I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, WHAT ARE THE CONS OF STAYING WITH BANK OF AMERICA? MAY I DIRECT TO MICHELLE? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. YES, MS. CHERYL. GOOD EVENING. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. UM, I DID PREPARE A SPREADSHEET, WHICH ALL OF YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF IT. BASICALLY, WE REVIEWED, UM, BANK OF AMERICA, TD BANK AND CHASE, AND WE EVALUATED THEM ON FOUR DIFFERENT CRITERIA. ONE BEING THEIR REBATE PROGRAM, UH, THE SECOND BEING FEES, THIRD BEING CONTROLS, AND FOUR BEING CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND EASE OF USE. UM, CURRENTLY WITH BANK OF AMERICA, IN ORDER TO BE A PART OF THE REBATE PROGRAM, AS ZAM SAID, WE HAVE TO REACH A MINIMUM OF $1 MILLION IN PURCHASING ON THE PCARDS. LAST YEAR, UM, OUR PURCHASING WAS ONLY 618,000, SO WE COULD NOT, UH, REAP THE BENEFITS FROM THE REBATE PROGRAM FOR THAT. CHASE BANK IS ALSO AT A $1 MILLION MINIMUM. M TD BANK, HOWEVER, IS 500,000. SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE, THE BENEFITS OF THE REBATE PROGRAM. AND IT'S ALSO BASED ON THE SPENDING OF [02:20:01] THE COOPERATIVE GROUP. UH, THE FEES, BANK OF AMERICA AND CHASE BOTH WAIVED THE FEES INITIALLY, REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH YOU SPEND. BUT WITH TD BANK, THEY WAIVED THE FEES AFTER YOU HIT 300,000, WHICH IN THE PAST WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND SURPASSING THAT. THEY ALSO, UM, WILL LOOK AT OUR VENDORS THAT WE CURRENTLY USE AND LET US KNOW IF CERTAIN VENDORS THAT WE ARE ALREADY PAYING WITH CHECKS OR, UM, ACHS, IF THEY WILL ACCEPT PCARDS, WHICH WILL THEN ALSO INCREASE OUR, UM, PCARD SPENDING FOR THE REBATE OPPORTUNITIES. UM, THE CONTROLS, ALL OF THE BANKS HAVE SECURITY CONTROLS AND, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE AND ALL THAT. HOWEVER, UM, BANK OF AMERICA AND CHASE ARE MORE REGIMENTED AND TD BANK OFFERS MORE ROOM FOR US TO CHOOSE WHICH SERVICES WE REALLY WANT. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, SERVICES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED. UM, THEY ALSO HA STRONGLY SUPPORT VIRTUAL CARDS AND E PAYABLES, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT WANNA CONSIDER DOWN THE ROAD. AND LASTLY, UM, BANK OF AMERICA HAS, UM, JUST GENERAL CUSTOMER SUPPORT. THERE'S NO PERSONALIZATION TO THE CITY. EVERY TIME, UM, SOMEONE CALLS, IT'S, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO JUST A RANDOM CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHO LAUDERDALE LAKES IS. WITH TD BANK, WE DO GET OUR OWN CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THAT KNOWS WHAT WE WANT AND WILL ADVOCATE FOR US. AND IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WE CAN CALL IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR PROBLEMS. AND THAT'S BASICALLY IT. BUT YES, WE DO LIKE TD BANK. YOU PREFER GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? NO MATTER I'M THERE. I THINK SHE, SHE LIKES IT OR SHE PREFERS TD. WHERE IS THE NEAREST ONE? I THINK ONE IS DOWN ON BROWARD BOULEVARD. THAT I'M NOT SURE. MM-HMM . WE PREVIOUSLY HAD ONE IN THE CITY. I'M NOT SURE OAKLAND PARK, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT A COUPLE YEARS BACK, BUT THERE WAS ONE PREVIOUS IN THE CITY IS NO LONGER THERE. OKAY. AND JUST, UM, ON A SIDE NOTE, THERE WILL BE NO LAPSE IN PCARD COVERAGE FOR THE EMPLOYEES OR YOU COMMISSIONERS. UM, WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT WITH BANK OF AMERICA THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, WHICH TD BANK SAID WOULD BE BETWEEN 30 AND 45 DAYS, MOST LIKELY 30. MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. IT, IT, IT IS SO INTERESTING THAT, UM, THE LAST BANK HERE, WHICH WILL BE COMING CLOSER TOWARDS US, AND I, AND I EVEN SAID THAT TO MS. ALCA THE LAST TIME, THEIR INCENTIVE TO THE CITY IS NOT MUCH AT ALL. MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE CITY. UM, AND THEY'RE COMING EVEN CLOSER TO TOWARDS OUR, UM, WHAT WOULD WE CALL IT, WHAT WE CALL IT, AREA TOWN, OUR TOWN CENTER AREA. AND STILL, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR PROTOCOL. UM, HOW MANY, HOW MANY, UH, WE WOULD BE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF SOMEONE ANOTHER, YES. DEERFIELD. DEERFIELD. YES. WE'RE PIGGYBACK. DO YOU KNOW OF ANY OTHER CITY THAT'S CURRENTLY USING, ASIDE FROM DEERFIELD BEACH, UM, THROUGH ? UM, ASIDE FROM DEERFIELD BEACH, UM, I KNOW PLANTATION SPOKE HIGHLY ABOUT THEM. UM, CITY OF PLANTATION, THEY PRETTY MUCH PROBABLY TWO, THREE TIMES OUR SIZE. UM, THE DIRECTOR OF PROCUREMENT THERE, HE WAS LIKE, LISTEN, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO WORK WITH THEM. THEY HAVE NO ISSUES. IF THEY DO HAVE ISSUES, THERE'S SOMEONE PERSONALLY YOU CAN REACH OUT TO DIRECTLY. UM, AND THEY ENJOY THE REBATE PROGRAM MOST BECAUSE THEY SPEND A LOT MAD VICE SNACK. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY, UM, WITH MY COLLEAGUE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BANKS THAT ARE HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT [02:25:01] WHO IS HERE, AND YET STILL WE HAVE TO BE GOING OUTSIDE. UM, THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK ALONG WITH US. AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN WITH BANK OF AMERICA, DID YOU SAY? 2014. AND IT'S A, A STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACT THAT WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF. WOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. ISAM. I SEE THAT WE HAVE BANK OF AMERICA, TD BANK AND CHASE. DID WE ALSO TALK WITH TRUIST? I, I SPOKE NOT TO TRUIST DIRECTLY. I SPOKE TO, UM, IT WAS CITY, UH, TOWN OF DAVY. UH, THEY HAVE A DE THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. THEY HAD, UM, DESIGNATED STAFF MEMBER IN PROCUREMENT JUST TO DEAL WITH PCARD ALONE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY AUTOMATED. IT'S, UM, A VERY MANUAL PROCESS, AND THEY HAVE TO RECONCILE EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS THAT PROCUREMENT BOOST. AND THAT'S JUST FOR PCARD ALONE. UH, IT'S NOT VERY USER FRIENDLY FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING. TRUE IS TRUE. YES. IT'S, I GUESS IT'S A SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS WHEN THE BANKS IN OUR CITIES THAT OVER THE YEARS WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, OR COULD NOT DEVELOP THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND HAVE BEEN DEPOSITING OUR MONIES FOR ALL OF THOSE YEARS. I KNOW ON OCCASION WHEN I'VE GONE INTO THE BANK, I'VE, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF THREW SOME THINGS OUT THERE AND THE INTEREST WAS NOT THERE. AND, AND, AND IT WAS ON AN UNOFFICIAL BASIS. MADAM, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS FOR OUR PCARD PROGRAM ONLY, NOT ANY OTHER BANKING SERVICES. YES. YES. BUT STILL, I THINK THAT THE BANKS WHO ARE IN OUR CITY SHOULD WANT TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES ABSOLUTELY. FOR THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO DO BUSINESS WITH THEM. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MADAM COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. UM, NO, NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JUST, JUST TO CONFIRM, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE THE APPROVAL TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE TO GO AHEAD WITH TD BANK. I WOULD, YEAH. MADAM MAYOR, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR OF TD BANK. I AM IN FAVOR. YES. I'M IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MME. MASON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER [I.  DISCUSSION REGARDING INSTALLING LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] FIVE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING INSTALLING LITTLE FREE, FREE LIBRARIES WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, THIS ITEM IS TO, UH, BEGIN AN INITIATIVE OF INSTALLING LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY, UM, VERY LITTLE STRUCTURE. IT'S PROBABLY JUST THREE FEET HIGH, WHERE PEOPLE CAN DONATE BOOKS AND CHILDREN CAN COME AND TAKE BOOKS FROM THERE. IT'S TO ENCOURAGE LITERACY. IT'S ALSO TO ENCOURAGE, UM, USE OF OUR PARKS AND SOMETHING POSITIVE WITHIN THE PARK. UH, THE IDEA OF THIS IS WE WILL HAVE, UH, THE LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES BE PAINTED. UH, SO THAT'LL BE A ART PROJECT. AND THEN INSTALLED AND IDENTIFY AN ORGANIZATION THAT CAN SPONSOR. THE KIWANIS CLUB HAS AGREED THAT THEY WOULD, UH, BE WILLING TO SPONSOR ONE LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, UM, AND MORE IF NECESSARY. UH, BUT MY INTENTION IS TO HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY IN EVERY PARK IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, WHEN I WAS TOURING THE PARKS, UM, WITH OUR PARKS DIRECTOR, I ACTUALLY SAW THAT AT VINCENT TORRES. THERE IS A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, HOWEVER, IT'S, IT IS VERY MUCH NOT IN THE BEST SHAPE RIGHT NOW. AND I THINK THAT COULD BE IN THE SAME SPOT, BUT JUST REHABILITATED. UM, I AM WILLING FOR WHATEVER IT, THIS IS GONNA, UH, COST WITHIN THE COMMISSIONER'S INITIATIVE BUDGET TO, UM, NOT JUST SEEK DONATIONS, BUT ALSO, UM, INVEST TOWARDS THIS. SO THAT'S THE RE LIBRARY INITIATIVE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. IT WOULD GIVE OUR CHILDREN AND OUR PARENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP BOOKS THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD NOT PICK UP TO READ. UM, HOPEFULLY THERE WOULD BE ONE BOOK ON CURSIVE FRIDAY, BUT THAT'S MY SOAPBOX OFFER. , I WRITE THAT THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THAT. I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL IDEA. THANK YOU. MATTER. AND MAYBE A BOOK ON AI BEFORE THAT . I, I'M, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT AI, BUT MADAM VICE ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THIS ON HERE, UM, THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA, BUT ALSO, UM, IT'S TO GET BOOKS IN THE HOME AND MM-HMM . MM-HMM . BUT ALSO, HOW WILL THEY BE INTRODUCED TO THE LIBRARY THAT HAS RESOURCES? A A LIBRARY CARD, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL THINGS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE CAN'T GET THE PARENTS TO TAKE THEM TO THE LIBRARY. AND, AND I WOULD LIKE A ADDED PIECE TO BE ADDED IN THERE THAT THEY TAKE A VISIT TO THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE CONTINUOUS GROWTH TAKES PLACE. YOU KNOW, IF WITH THEM [02:30:01] GOING FORWARD TO HIGHER LEARNING, THEY NEED TO VISIT THE LIBRARY, COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, UM, TO DO RESEARCH AND ALL THAT. SO IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE READING, BUT WE'RE TAKEN AWAY FROM OUR LOCAL LIBRARIES AS WELL. SO HOW CAN THIS BE TIED IN TO OUR LOCAL LIBRARY? YES. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT, UM, COMMENT. SO THE IDEA WAS, BECAUSE KIDS DON'T OFTEN GET TO THE LIBRARY, HOW DO WE BRING THE LIBRARY TO THEM? BUT I, I AGREE. I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE SPOT ON SAYING WHAT CAN WE INCLUDE IN IT TO, UM, TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THE LIBRARY? SO, UM, I WILL THINK MORE ABOUT THAT. AND DURING THE INITIATIVE, I WILL BE SURE TO INCLUDE A WAY TO ADVERTISE FOR THE LIBRARY. UM, BUT ALSO AT THE INSTALLATION OF EACH LITTLE FREE LIBRARY, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING AND INVITE THE COMMISSION OUT TO THAT. AND THROUGH THAT, I DON'T SEE WHY WE CAN'T INVITE THE LIBRARY REPRESENTATIVES TO BE THERE AS WELL. I THINK ON LAST, I THINK IT WAS THURSDAY EVENING, THE LIBRARY HAD AN EVENT WHERE THEY INVITED THE COMMUNITY, INVITED PARENTS OUT, AND PROBABLY, LET ME PUT THIS WAY. I CAN COUNT ON ONE HAND THE NUMBER OF PARENTS WHO CAME OUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS THAT THE LIBRARY WAS HAVING, AND THEY HAD FOOD. SO THAT REALLY WAS NOT A HELP TO THAT. SO YES, WE DO NEED TO GET OUR KIDS MORE ACCLIMATED TO THE LIBRARY SO THAT OUR LIBRARIES CAN REMAIN OPEN. NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE OUR, THE VISITORSHIP AT LIBRARIES HAVE DECREASED MM-HMM . OVER THE YEARS. SO WE DO, DO NEED TO INCREASE THAT. BUT, UM, I WAS VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED, NOT ON THE LIBRARY'S BEHALF, BECAUSE THEY DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO. MM-HMM . BUT I WAS VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED ON THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO PARTICIPATE. MADAM VICE MAYOR , HERE GOES MY PASSIONATE. UM, AND THAT'S WHY I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE BASKETBALL AND ALL OF THAT. WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE SHIFTED IN TERMS OF WHERE WE PUT OUR, YOU KNOW, MINE IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE. AND SO WE JUST BEING ACTIVE AND NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EDUCATION AND ALL OF THAT, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE, YOU KNOW, HAS TO BE A BALANCE. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. QUESTION I NEEDED TO FIND OUT. WHERE IS THIS LITTLE LIBRARY, UM, GOING TO BE YET? COMMISSIONER HARRISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND? THANK YOU. UM, AS STATED BEFORE, THERE'S GONNA BE A LITTLE FREE, FREE LIBRARY INSTALLED IN EVERY PARK RIGHT NOW. VINCENT TORRES ALREADY HAS ONE, BUT IT'S NOT CURRENTLY IN USE. UH, SO THAT ONE WOULD BE REHABILITATED. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CONSWELL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. YES, SIR. WHERE IS THAT LITTLE FREE LIBRARY IN VINCENT TORRE PARK? RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO CATCH, BUT IF YOU'RE WALKING TOWARDS THE SPLASH PAD ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK, WALKING TOWARDS THE SPLASH PAD, IF YOU LOOK CLOSE ENOUGH, YOU'LL SEE IT. OKAY. AND YEAH, IT, IT, IT'S THERE. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT BEING USED RIGHT NOW. IT'S, IT'S NOT IN GOOD SHAPE, BUT I, I THINK WE CAN REHABILITATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MADAM ACM, IF I COULD MAKE A COMMENT, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE MOMENT, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ORDINANCE THAT SPEAKS TO STRUCTURES SUCH AS THAT. I HAVE SPOKEN TO TANJA MCCOY, AND I'D LIKE HER TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, UM, JUST SO THAT WE'LL KNOW HOW TO PROCEED, UH, WHETHER THIS NEEDS AN ORDINANCE CHANGE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. I JUST WANNA ENSURE THAT SHE'S ABLE TO SPEAK SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO YOUR MIC IS, UH, TANJA. GO BACK TO THE MIC. IT JUST WENT OFF SOME BATTERY TECH. THIS WASN'T THE ITEM WE NEEDED THAT TO HAPPEN ON. IS THERE ANOTHER MIC, MR. KURT? [02:36:50] THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? IS IT ON? IT'S ON, BUT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, CAN YOU HEAR QUIET? IT'S NOT ON. CAN WE, CAN WE, UH, TURN THE VOLUME UP? IT'S ON, BUT IT'S NOT LOUD. IT'S NOT, THE VOLUME IS NOT YOU, TANJA. THEY HAVE TO DO IT FROM THEIR END. THAT'S THE WAY YOU GUYS COULD TUNE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. I THINK THIS WORKING. YES. YEP. THERE WE GO. WHO ARE YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UNDERSTAND. SO I DID REVIEW THIS LAST YEAR WHEN WE SPOKE ABOUT IT. UM, THERE IS A ORDINANCE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR THOSE TYPE OF, UM, ACTIVITIES WITHIN, UM, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH, AND I'M SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT IT THROUGH. IF WE DO NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES TO THE CODE, THAT WOULD BE A EASIER OPTION THAN TO TRY AND DO IT WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL CODE. GREAT. THANK YOU. GREAT. GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. MADAM IS HERE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT [J.  DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVING THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE AIDES (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON)] ITEM NUMBER FIVE J. DISCUSSION REGARDING CITY COMMISSIONERS HAVING THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE AIDS. THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO, I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME, UH, TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, UM, AS A COMMISSION, UH, RIGHT NOW WE SHARE TWO LEGISLATIVE AIDES BETWEEN ALL FIVE OF US. AND THEN WE HAVE, I'M SORRY, MADAM. A CM. WE HAVE, UM, I'M DRAWING A BLANK. MS. LOLITA, WHAT'S HER TITLE OF POSITION? I BELIEVE IT'S LEGISLATIVE OFFICER. OFFICER. SENIOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICER. SENIOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICER. YES. UM, ALL DO A GREAT JOB. UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S A, THERE'S A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN WHAT THEY DO FOR COMMISSIONERS AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS, AND ALSO SOME CITY RELATED STUFF. AND, UM, MY PROPOSAL IS JUST TO BRING THE CONVERSATION UP, TO TALK ABOUT IT AGAIN, UM, OF US HAVING OUR OWN LEGISLATIVE AID. OBVIOUSLY, UH, THE STRUCTURE OF WHAT MY PROPOSAL IS, AND WE CAN WORKSHOP IT AND, BUT THE END GOAL IS TO HAVE OUR OWN AID. BUT A, A PROPOSED STRUCTURE COULD BE, UH, THE, THE TWO CURRENT AIDES RIGHT NOW WOULD BE OPEN FOR US TO HIRE INDIVIDUALLY IF, IF NEED BE. HOWEVER, UH, OUR SENIOR LEGISLATIVE OFFICER POSITION WILL STAY TO ACT AS A CONDUIT BETWEEN OUR LEGISLATIVE AID AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, THAT WAY MS. LOLITA IS STILL DOING HER JOB. BUT, UH, I THINK GIVEN THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING, UH, THIS WILL ALLEVIATE, UH, [02:40:01] A HUGE PART OF THE WORKLOAD IN TERMS OF OUR COMMISSIONER INITIATIVES AND THE CITY. UM, I THINK THIS WILL TACKLE THE OVERTIME ISSUE AS WELL. UM, PARTIALLY, UM, BECAUSE OUT OF THE, THE, THE STAFF THAT'S, IT LOOKS LIKE OUR AIDE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING THE MOST, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING STRETCHED THIN, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR NEEDS. SO, UM, IT'S NOT THE EASIEST DISCUSSION TO HAVE, BUT, UH, I KNOW LAUDERHILL JUST GOT THEIR OWN. I HATE CON, UH, COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES, BUT, UH, MOST CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE AIDE. AND I THINK WE'RE WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, UH, TO WORK MORE INTIMATELY WITH SOMEONE ONE-ON-ONE. ALSO, OUR STRUCTURE I'M PROPOSING IS THE COMMISSION WOULD GET TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WOULD WANT TO HIRE AS THEIR LEGISLATIVE AID. UH, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE POSSIBLE. UH, THERE ARE OTHER STRUCTURES THAT'S OUT THERE, OR THE CITY MANAGER DOES, BUT WHO WE WORK WITH, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE WHO WE WANT TO, UM, HIRE AND WORK WITH. UH, SO THAT'S THE DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL? YES. I THINK THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE ABOUT IT, I THINK IT WAS LAST YEAR, THE, OR NOT THE ORDINANCE, THE CHARTER MAYBE WOULD HAVE TO BE CHANGED BECAUSE ALL NO ELECTED OFFICIAL, AS FAR AS I CAN RECALL ABOUT THE CHARTER CAN EMPLOY ANYONE. IT WOULD, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND HR AND PART-TIME. ARE YOU THINKING OF FULL-TIME OR PART-TIME? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MS. HARRIS. THANK YOU. UM, THIS CITY WILL STILL BE EMPLOYING THEM. UM, OFFICIALLY THEY JUST WOULD REPORT TO US AS, AS COMMISSIONERS, AND WE WOULD, UM, FACILITATE WITH THE EVALUATION. THE, THE CITY WOULD STILL BE EMPLOYING THEM. THEY WOULD WORK FOR THE CITY. UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THAT, WAS THAT PART OF THAT AS FAR AS PART-TIME OR BACK AGAIN? MADAM MAYOR. HOLD ONE SECOND. COMMISSIONER. NO, I WAS, I HAD THE FLOOR. COMMISSIONER VO MM-HMM. UH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON RESPOND TO THE FULL PART-TIME QUESTION. MM-HMM . YEAH. SO THE, IN REGARDS TO FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME, UM, IT COULD BE EITHER OR. UH, I THINK PART-TIME, $30, UH, 30, 30 HOURS A WEEK, UM, IS SOMEWHERE TO START WITH. BUT AT THE COMMISSION, WELL, IF PART-TIME IS FULL-TIME IS NEEDED. AND THAT'S AN OPTION AS WELL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COWELL? YES. BACK TO WHAT TOOK THE I, THE CHARTER ITSELF? 'CAUSE WE HAD A DISCUSSION I THINK LAST YEAR AND COULD HAVE BEEN LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, GETTING COMMISSIONERS, GETTING THEIR OWN AID. BUT I KNOW THAT I WOULD NOT BE IN A POSITION TO CHOOSE, I WOULD SAY HAVE TO GO THROUGH HR. THEY ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CHARGED WITH HIRING AND THEN ALSO MAYBE FIRING. AND I STILL, I DON'T KNOW IF PART-TIME SOUNDS GOOD, BUT THE, THE DRAWBACK WITH PART-TIME. 'CAUSE ONE OF OUR COMMISSION AIDE WAS A PART-TIME, AND FINALLY SHE WAS LAST OCTOBER, SHE WAS MADE FULL-TIME. AND THE UNFORTUNATE THING ABOUT PART-TIME NO HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH IS TO ME, IF I'M A WOMAN, THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST I'M GOING TO WANT FROM A JOB. SO IT LOOKS GOOD THAT OKAY, WE CAN MAYBE GET WHO WE WANT, BUT THEN I KNOW THE CHARTER, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD WORK AROUND THAT. AND I DON'T, FOR ME, I RARELY, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, MISS THE CITY ATTORNEY, COULD YOU ADDRESS THE CHARTER AREA WITH, WITH REGARDS TO THE HIRING OF PART-TIME AS COMMISSIONERS? UH, YES. MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. TO THE QUESTION OF HOW THE CHARTER ADDRESSES, UM, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY, UM, SIMPLY PUT THE COMMISSION UNDER THE CHARTER HAS THE ABILITY TO HIRE AND FIRE THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY AUDITOR. THE CHARTER SPECIFICALLY LIMITS THE ADMINISTRATION [02:45:02] OF THE CITY DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS FROM THE PURVIEW OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION THE CHARTER AND YOUR ACTUAL CODE, UH, AS WELL ALSO OUTLINES THE RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE ADMINISTRATION. UM, BUT IT AGAIN, LEAVES THOSE ADMINISTRATOR'S RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITY MANAGER. AND IN FACT, IT HAS A SPECIFIC PROVISION THAT PROHIBITS THE COMMISSION FROM DIRECTING, UH, OR BASICALLY MANAGING CITY EMPLOYEES. MM-HMM . OTHER THAN THE CITY MANAGER AND OR THE CITY ATTORNEY. OR THE CITY AUDITOR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. SO THE CITY COMMISSION CANNOT HIRE ANY EMPLOYEE EXCEPT THOSE THAT YOU OUTLINED. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MAX WILLIAMS. HEY, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I'M, I'M NOT, I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT, IN ABOUT HIRING. I MEAN, WE KNOW THEY'RE GONNA HIRE, BUT IF THEY'RE GONNA HIRE SOMEONE, WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF SAY SO IN IT AS I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M ASSUMING. BUT, UM, I AM OPEN TO THE FACT, UM, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR THE PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN PART-TIME AIDE AND FOR US WHO DO A LOT OF EVENTS AND STUFF, WE DO NEED THAT. I FEEL LIKE WHAT I, WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS I'M NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT I HAVE AND I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER IT ABOUT AT LEAST HAVING OUR PART-TIME AIDE. NOW, I THINK THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PART-TIME ONE FOR ME AND THEN THERE, SO THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TWO, THREE FULL-TIME AND ONE PART-TIME, AND THE PART-TIME WAS ASSIGNED TO ME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M NOT SURE HOW ALL THAT DYNAMIC WORKED THE LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, I REALLY THINK THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT, UH, THE WHOLE ASPECT OF IT BECAUSE THEY, THOSE TWO YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE THERE ARE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING A LOT AND IT'S, IT'S HARD ON THEM TO DO ALL THE WORK THAT ALL FIVE OF US, UM, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND THINK ABOUT IT AND KNOW THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP US A GREAT DEAL. AND IT ALSO WILL ELIMINATE THIS OVERTIME THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IT IS HARD FOR, I WANNA ASSIST, UM, LIKE LEANNE, IT, LIKE, SHE HAD THE BREAST CANCER EVENT IN OCTOBER. SHE HAD THE MAYOR AND THEN SHE HAD MINES AND THEN THE NEXT DAY AGAIN. SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO HER TO BE GIVING HER ALL THAT BACK TO BACK, BACK TO BACK WITH TWO DIFFERENT, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK INTO AND THINK ABOUT AND, UM, MAKE A DECISION ON BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT HAS SOME ASSISTANCE, THEY HAVE SOME AIDS, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING. AND WE ARE THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION AND WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT TREATED THE SAME WAY. I DON'T LIKE THAT. SO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT AND REALLY MAKE SOME CHANGES, UM, FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD BACKWARDS. I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED, NO, I THINK FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY THAT THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER SHOULD HAVE SOME SAY. SO I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE VERY CLEAR TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SAY SO IN HIRING OR FIRING ANYONE EXCEPT THOSE OUTLINED BY MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. ALSO, I DON'T THINK THAT HIRING MORE A WILL ALLEVIATE THE OVERTIME THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THE OVERTIME EXTENDS AND EXPANDS ACROSS THE BOARD. SO I'M NOT SURE IF HIRING MORE FOR THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE. ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A COST ANALYSIS FOR 30 HOURS PER WEEK. WHAT WOULD BE THE COST? WHAT BENEFITS WOULD THEY HAVE? WHAT WOULD THEY DO? WHAT WOULD BE THE JOB DESCRIPTION OF THOSE? SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. I'M NOT QUITE SURE I AM IN FAVOR OF HIRING MORE A'S, BUT I CERTAINLY WOULD BE [02:50:01] OPEN TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRIS. THANK YOU. UH, SO I, I JUST WANNA SAY ONE THING. IF WE ALL HAD OUR OWN DESIGNATED AIDE, IT WOULD ENHANCE OUR JOB AS COMMISSIONERS. I, I THINK, UM, I, I'VE HEARD IT BEFORE, ASKING ONE OF THE AIDES TO GO TO SOMEWHERE AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL COMMISSIONER, AT THIS POINT I'M GONNA BE ON OVERTIME. AND IF WE GO TO APPENDIX A WITHIN THE HANDOUT, YOU SEE HERE THAT THE TWO LEGISLATIVE AIDES ARE TAKING UP THE MOST AMOUNT IN OVERTIME. $1,005 ONE LINE ITEM. THE OTHER ITEM IS $1,033. NOW, I HAVE A SUSPICION THAT THOSE 40 HOURS BEFORE THEY HIT THE OVERTIME THRESHOLD IS NOT ALL GOING TOWARDS ME AS A ONE COMMISSIONER. NOPE. THAT'S FOR CERTAIN. IT, IT IS SALARY BASED. AND, UM, THAT, SO THAT MEANS THAT IF IT'S FIVE OF US AND THEY GET 40 HOURS EACH, IT IS NOT BEING DIVVIED UP, UM, AS EVENLY AS I THINK IT SHOULD BE. I, I WILL SAY, I THINK THE TWO THAT WE HAVE DOES THE BEST THAT THEY CAN. UM, BUT I, THE END GOAL IS TO HAVE EACH OF US HAVE OUR OWN LEGISLATIVE AID DESIGNATED TO US. THE CHARTER MAY NOT ALLOW CERTAIN WAYS OF GOING ABOUT THAT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS WORKSHOP TO TALK ABOUT THE WAY TO GET IT DONE. BUT MY PROPOSAL, MY SUGGESTION IS THE END GOAL FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE OUR OWN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YEAH, YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALSO, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THREE, WE JUST MAYBE COULD JUST HIRE TWO PART-TIME. UM, UH, WE COULD CONSIDER FOR NOW JUST GET TWO MORE. NO, NOT TWO FULL-TIME AIDE, BUT TWO PART-TIME AIDE. AND THAT MAY WORK FOR A WHILE. YOU KNOW, JUST BABY, YOU KNOW, BABY STEPS. 'CAUSE SINCE EVERYONE SEEMED TO BE SCARED TO LEAP, WE'LL DO THE LITTLE BABY STEPS AND MAYBE GET TWO PART-TIME A ADDITIONAL TWO PART-TIME. A FOR NOW MATTER. MAYOR CHRIS HARRIS. THANK YOU. I I, I LIKE THE IDEA OF US TAKING BABY STEPS. I JUST WANT TO CAUTION OUR LEGISLATIVE OFFICER IS LIKE THE BOSS AND OVERSEER SUPERVISOR OF THE OTHER TWO. SO REALLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SETUP WHERE SHE, OH, YOU KNOW, SHE JUST WORKS WITH ONE COMMISSIONER, YOU KNOW, BUT REALLY WE ONLY HAVE TWO LEGISLATIVE AIDES. WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE OFFICER THAT'S SUPERVISED AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THEM. SO I'M OKAY WITH HIRING THREE MORE, KEEPING THE TWO THAT WE HAVE. BUT I, I THINK EACH OFFICE SHOULD BE DESIGNATED THEIR OWN. AND, UM, AGAIN, I, I, I THINK THERE'S A WAY WE CAN WORK AROUND THERE. THERE'S, THERE'S JUST NO COMMON SENSE BEHIND THE COMMISSIONER NOT HAVING A SAY AS TO WHO THEY WANT TO WORK WITH. THERE HAS TO BE A WAY WHERE WE CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, A POOL OF CANDIDATES. MAYBE WE DON'T TELL YOU WHO TO HIRE A FIRE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LOOK AT THE CHARTER AGAIN, TO FIND A WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO WE FEEL WOULD WORK BEST WITH OUR INITIATIVES. UM, FOR ME PERSONALLY, I'M, I'M VERY BIG ON COMMUNITY. I WOULD HATE TO BE ASSIGNED SOMEBODY WHO, LIKE IF SOMEBODY BUYS ME A FRIDGE OR BUYS ME AN ITEM FROM MY HOME AND I DON'T LIKE IT, THEY DIDN'T CONSULT WITH ME AT FIRST. LIKE, YOU WANT TO BE GRATEFUL, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S NOT REALLY JELLING WITH YOU AND A LEGISLATIVE AID FOR YOUR OFFICE HAS TO GEL WITH YOUR PERSONALITY AS A COMMISSIONER. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE CHARTERS IN THESE OTHER CITIES LOOK LIKE. OUR CHARTER IS OBVIOUSLY OUTDATED FOR IT TO SAY THAT I'VE HEARD IT IN OTHER CITIES BEFORE, THEY CAN ONLY HIRE AND FIRE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, ALL OF THAT. SO I, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THEIR NUANCE IS TO WHERE THEY CAN BE ABLE TO OVERSEE THEIR OWN LEGISLATIVE AIDS. SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING FOR US TO LOOK INTO SOME MORE TO SEE HOW A LOT OF THE LAKES CAN DO THE SAME. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, I THINK WE NEED TO CLARIFY, I THINK LOLITA IS, IS DETONATED TO THE MAYOR, EVEN THOUGH HER TITLE IS DIFFERENT. HER, HER MAIN OBJECTIVE IS TO HAVE THE, THE MAYOR HAS HER OWN AID AND THAT IS LOLITA AND THE OTHER TWO IS DEVELOPED BETWEEN USS. UM, I THINK THAT'S HOW IT WORKS WHILE AT THE SAME TIME SHE'S SUPERVISING. SO THE CITY MANAGER SHOULD, UM, SHOULD CLARIFY THAT MY COLLEAGUE THAT DOES NOT WORK LIKE THAT. AND IF IT DOES WORK LIKE THAT, IT IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I HAVE LEARNED THIS EVENING. AS FAR AS I KNOW, MS. LOLITA WORKS WITH EVERYONE, WORKS WITH EVERYONE SUPERVISES AND SHARES RESOURCES AND TRAINS, EVERYONE. AND LATELY MOST OF MY INTERACTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN WITH MS. LOLITA, [02:55:01] BUT HAVE BEEN WITH MS. LEANNE. SO THE MAYOR DOES NOT HAVE A DESIGNATED COMMISSIONER FOR HER, A DESIGNATED AIDE FOR HER. THANK YOU. YOU GOT A DESIGNATED COMMISSIONER. BAD JOKE. . MAD MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I, I, MAY I ASK THE CITY ACTON CITY MANAGER TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT. UM, I KNOW WE HAD THE CONVERSATION, WHETHER IT'S LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO TO SEE WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE TIME IN ORDER TO GET A GENERAL CONSENSUS. UM, I KNOW I AM OFF LIMITS TO HIRING, UH, COMMISSIONER AID LEGISLATIVE AID THAT IS IN YOUR DEPARTMENT AND HR RII AM COMFORTABLE, I UNDERSTAND AS THE INITIATIVES GO UP. 'CAUSE IT WAS NEVER LIKE THIS. AS THE INITIATIVES GO UP, IT REQUIRES MORE AND THEY'RE PULLED IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW THE SCALE IS WEIGHING RIGHT NOW. THE FORWARD WAS BALANCED. NOW IT'S WEIGHING A LITTLE HEAVY. SO, UM, BUT I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT AND WHAT THAT DISCUSSION WAS. WHAT, WHAT CONSENSUS WE CAME TO OR DID NOT COME TO. OKAY, SO YOU MET A MAYOR. SO AIDS UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKSTORY. SO WE ONLY HAD TWO AIDES BACK WHEN I STARTED AND WITH MY PUSHING AND PUSHING AND PUSHING, WE END UP HAVING ONE MORE, WHICH WAS PART-TIME AT TURNED FULL-TIME. SO THE THIRD ONE WAS WITH MY DOING. SO LET'S HOPE WE CAN REALLY COME TO A CONSENSUS WHERE WE CAN ALL AGREE UPON GETTING TWO PART-TIME AIDES. MADAM MAYOR, MME. MAY STAND. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, JUST SO THAT I'M ABLE TO COME BACK WITH THE CORRECT INFORMA, UM, VICE MAYOR THOMAS, MY APOLOGY, UM, IN REGARD TO YOUR REQUEST THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COMMISSION AID AND WHAT WAS DECIDED WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, UM, IN REGARD TO COMMISSIONERS HAVING THEIR OWN AID. OKAY, THANK YOU MATTER MA'AM. MS. HARRISON. THANK YOU. I ALSO, UH, MADAM A CM TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, A COST ANALYSIS OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR IF THERE WERE FIVE 30, UH, YOU KNOW, PART-TIME POSITIONS. AGAIN, I WAS LOOKING AT US BRINGING IN FIVE POSITIONS AND KEEPING LOLITA AS WHAT SHE IS, AS THE CONDUIT. UH, BUT I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, CAN, UM, YOU MADAM, A CM AND POSSIBLY EVEN THE CITY ATTORNEY, LOOK INTO HOW OTHER CITIES DO IT? 'CAUSE I'M FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL MUNICIPAL LAW WHERE WE KNOW THE COMMISSION CAN HIRE AND FIRE USUALLY THE, THE CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY, THE AUDITOR. SOME CITIES INCLUDE THE CLERK IN THAT CITY OF AUDITOR LAKES DOESN'T, BUT SOME CITIES INCLUDE THE CLERK ON THAT LIST AS WELL. BUT THESE ARE STILL CITIES THAT CAN DETERMINE WHO THEY WANT AS THEIR LEGISLATIVE AID. SO IF WE CAN SEE HOW THEY SET UP AND STRUCTURE TO MAKE THAT WORK, I THINK THAT'LL HELP US UNDERSTAND AS WELL WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO. THANK YOU MR. TURNER. KEL, UH, YES. UH, MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? I AM, UH, I I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT I'M, I'M NOT TAKING A POSITION, NOR DO I HAVE ONE ON THE EXTENT TO WHICH THIS COMMISSION BELIEVES IT NEEDS ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE AID SUPPORT. UM, BUT I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE CHARTER IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. AND I, AND I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE COMMISSION UNDER, UH, THE CIRCUMSTANCES THEN EXISTING, UH, SHOULD HAVE AN ELECTION FOR THE MAYOR. I WAS QUITE CLEAR ON WHAT THE CHARTER, UH, OUTLINE RELATIVE TO HOW THAT, UH, ISSUE SHOULD BE RESOLVED. AND I, AND I'M SAYING TO THE COMMISSION, UM, THAT, UM, THE CHARTER ABSOLUTELY NOT JUST PROHIBITS THE COMMISSION FROM HIRING AND FIRING. IT MORE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS THE COMMISSION FROM INTERFERING OR DIRECTING STAFF OTHER THAN THE CITY MAN, THE, THE CITY MANAGER. THE CHARTER SPECIFICALLY SAYS THE COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITY IS RELATING TO VISION AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE. UM, BUT IT ALSO GIVES YOU DIRECT AUTHORITY TO HOLD THE CITY MANAGER [03:00:01] ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY AS WELL AS FOR CARRYING OUT THE COMMISSION'S VISION. UM, BUT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WIGGLE ROOM THAT I CAN THINK OF. AND I'M HAPPY, I WILL ABSOLUTELY LOOK AT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME DISTINCTIONS. UM, BUT I, I WILL CERTAINLY BE WILLING TO DO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT THOSE OTHER, UH, MUNICIPAL AGENCIES ARE DOING. BUT I I AM TELLING YOU THAT I, AFTER, SINCE 2017, I KNOW THE CITY OF LAUDER LAKES CHARTER PRETTY WELL. UM, AND, AND THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO REAL ROOM FOR THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A COMMISSIONER OR THE COMMISSION CAN GIVE STAFF DAY-TO-DAY ORDERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES. THOSE COME DIRECTLY FROM THE COMMISSION. SO YOU CAN HAVE YOUR, UH, MANAGER IF YOU TELL HER YOU NEED ADDITIONAL AIDS OR TELL HIM THAT IS WITHIN THE MANAGER'S PURVIEW AND THEY ARE THE PERSON TO WHOM YOU WOULD HOLD ACCOUNTABLE FOR NOT JUST THE HIRING, BUT ACTUAL HOW THOSE POSITIONS ARE BEING ORGANIZED OR ADMINISTERED DAY TO DAY. BUT AGAIN, I I I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING AS I UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S, UH, UH, QUESTION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYTHING ELSE MME. MAY ASSUME? THANK YOU [A.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC] MADAM MAYOR. NOW WE'RE UNDER REPORTS, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. WE DO HAVE, UM, A PETITION THAT WE HAD BEFORE FROM CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT REGARDING BOUNCE, BOUNCE HOUSE FOR EVENT UPDATES. AND WE HAVE MS. TANJA MCCOY WHO WILL PRESENT. THANK YOU, UM, RESPOND TO THAT COMMENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU, MADAM THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. YES MA'AM. THIS WAS A ISSUE WHERE A PETITION CAME IN FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND THE, UM, FEES BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS DISCUSSION. THE, UH, APPLICATION CAME IN WITHIN THE SAME WEEK OF THE EVENT AND IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR STAFF TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THE FEES THAT WERE REQUIRED AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE, UM, EVENT WAS ON A WEEKEND. SO THAT INCLUDED OVERTIME COSTS. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER KOWELL, MS. STAN, WAS ANY FEES PAID BY CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR? NO. NO. WHAT? I'M GOING BACK TO THE CODE BECAUSE I WENT THROUGH THE, THERE IS NOTHING IN OUR CODE RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN RECALL THAT SPOKE ABOUT BOUNCES HOUSE. SO HOW DID ALL OF THAT MONEY SCHEME, BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING REALLY IN THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT THEY HAD TO COME TO CITY HALL TO SET UP A BOUNCE HOUSE THROUGH YOUR MADAM MAYOR. THE APPLICATION WAS FOR A SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT. THROUGH THAT PERMIT WE LOOKED AT, UM, THE EVENT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE, UH, GRILLING, UH, TENTS AND A BOUNCE HOUSE. SO THERE WAS, UH, ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WAS REQUESTED ON THAT PERMIT. I DON'T REMEMBER VERBATIM, BUT I KNOW THOSE WERE SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WERE INCLUDED. COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO GO BACK AND CHECK, GET SOMEONE TO CHECK ON THE CODE FOR ME ABOUT BOUNCE HOUSE? BECAUSE AFTER LAST WEEK, THE LADY FROM ATONEMENT CALLED ABOUT IT 'CAUSE SHE CAME HERE IN SEPTEMBER AND YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT WAS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MEETING IN OCTOBER. THE FIRST MEETING WAS CANCELED AND THEN IN NOVEMBER AGAIN WE HAD TO PUT BOTH THINGS TOGETHER. SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CHECK THE CODE AND THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. SO OUR CODE DOES NOT HAVE THE WORD BOUNCE HOUSE IN IT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE, UM, ANY TYPE OF SPECIAL EVENT, IT'S BASED ON THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE. ANY TYPE OF STRUCTURES OR, UM, GENERATORS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE INSPECTIONS AND A BOUNCE HOUSE WOULD HAVE A GENERATOR AND BE REQUIRED TO BE TIED DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. SANJA. STILL NOT REALLY SATISFIED MADAM. A MADAM MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA FOR THE AGENDA FOR THANK YOU, OUR WORKSHOP. THANK YOU TONIGHT. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.