* 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. SHE DIDN'T SAY. [00:00:04] GOOD AFTERNOON. [1.  CALL TO ORDER] GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP. DECEMBER 22ND, 2025. THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. HERE VICE MAYOR THOMAS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SWELL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY PRESENT. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM THREE, DISCUSSION [REVIEW OF THE DECEMBER 23, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA] REVIEW OF THE DECEMBER 23RD, 2025 CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA, MME. MAY SIM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. FIRST WE HAVE ON THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA OUR MINUTES FOR APPROVAL FOR DECEMBER THE EIGHTH WORKSHOP AND DECEMBER THE NINTH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT. AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ONE 70 OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LADALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 30 58 D OF THE LADALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE APPRO AND AUTHORIZING THE ACTON CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH A PURCHASING CARD PCARD PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WITH TD BANK BUY AND THROUGH THE USE OF THAT CERTAIN NIGP SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASE AND COOPERATIVE GROUPS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT COMPETITIVELY AWARDED BY THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA, RFP NUMBER 2 0 1 5 DASH 16 SLASH THREE TWO. AND MR. ZA P IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND WE ALSO HAVE MS. CHERYL AS WELL THAT CAN PROVIDE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. ZA. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY CLERK, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COLLEAGUES AS ON PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF LADALE LAKES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU PREVIOUSLY AT THE LAST WORKSHOP REGARDING THE CITY'S INTERESTS IN MOVING OUR CURRENT, UM, PCARD PROGRAM FROM BANK OF AMERICA TO TD BANK. AND THIS, UH, CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE WITH BANK OF AMERICA, UH, EXPIRES IN SOMETIME EARLY JANUARY OR JANUARY 4TH, I BELIEVE. UM, IT IS A STATE OF FLORIDA CONTRACT THAT WE WERE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF AND THE CITY HAS BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCH INTO SOME OTHER ENTITIES, UH, THAT WILL BE FAVORABLE TOWARDS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UH, BASED ON YOUR CONCURRENCE LAST TIME WE DID UM, FOLLOW THROUGH WITH PUTTING THINGS IN PLACE TO BRING BEFORE YOU, UH, PROPOSAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TD BANK. UH, STAFF HAS, UM, REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL, UH, FROM THIS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT THAT WAS AWARDED BY THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH AND HAVE HAS FOUND A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE CITY. UH, AT THIS TIME I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS UM, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF TD BANK TO DO A SMALL PRESENTATION. ADD YOUR PERMISSION AS WELL. ALRIGHT, QUESTION? NO. OKAY. SURE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE TD BANK? MA'AM? VICE MAYOR? DID YOU? YEAH, JUST, UM, YOU SAID SOME OF THE BENEFITS. COULD YOU REITERATE WHAT THE BENEFITS ARE? SURE. IF I MAY DIVE, GO TO MS. UH, CHERYL, WHO DID THE RESEARCH OR ACTING. UM, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE, MS. CHERYL. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM ASSISTANT MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, BASICALLY THE BIGGEST, UM, BENEFIT THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE IS BEING ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REBATE PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW WITH BANK OF AMERICA, WE NEED TO SPEND ANNUALLY $1 MILLION ON THE PCARDS, UH, WHICH WE DON'T DO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. UM, WITH TD BANK WE CAN PARTICIPATE WHEN, UM, WE SPEND $500,000 ANNUALLY AND WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS IN THE COLLABORATIVE AGREEMENT TO GET THE, UM, HIGHER REBATE RATES. IT'S ALSO MORE CUSTOMER ORIENTED AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE THAT KNOWS THE CITY AND IS AWARE OF OUR NEEDS AND OUR WANTS RATHER THAN JUST CALLING A ONE 800 NUMBER AND GETTING A CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. ALRIGHT, UH, REPRESENTATIVE. OKAY, WE HAVE A [00:05:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M PAMELA WAN AND I AM HERE FROM TD BANK. I WILL BE THE RELATIONSHIP MANAGER FOR THIS PROGRAM FOR THE CITY, AND THAT'S MY ENTIRE JOB. SO YES, YOU DO HAVE DEDICATED SERVICE, UH, FROM MYSELF AND ANDREA AND ALSO WE HAVE A DEDICATED SUPPORT STAFF TO ASSIST US AS WELL. AND THAT'S TANYA AND SUE. OKAY. UM, AND I KNOW THEY TOUCHED ON THE PCARD PROGRAM A BIT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR AN OVERVIEW ABOUT THE PROGRAM. YES, PLEASE. OKAY. BLESS. OKAY, THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO THE FIRST, FIRST ITEM AND IN YOUR PACKETS YOU WILL SEE, UM, ON THE LEFT THERE IS WHAT'S CALLED A BUSINESS PROFILE AND AN INVESTOR FACT SHEET. SO I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EACH PAGE OF THOSE, BUT THAT'S BASICALLY A HIGHLIGHT DEMONSTRATING THE ORGANIZATION OR STRENGTH OR STABILITY OR FUNCTION WHERE WE ARE. UM, OUR LATEST, UM, CREDIT RATINGS. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY WELL RATED AND THE INVESTOR FACT SHEET SHOWS YOU OUR PARENT COMPANY AND WHERE WE ARE IN SEGMENTS. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO LIKE I SAID, IT'S THERE ON THE LEFT FOR ADDITIONAL INSIGHT AND THEN TO GO INTO THE PCARD PROGRAM ITSELF. UM, ON THE SECOND PAGE YOU WILL SEE THERE IS, UM, A PICTURE OF ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT WILL BE SUPPORTING LAUDERDALE LAKES AND PICTURES OF US. SO YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE. TWO OF US ARE HERE TODAY. IT'S ANDREA AND MYSELF. AND I AM GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO ANDREA TO WALK US THROUGH THE PCARD PROGRAM. THANK YOU MS. ANDREA. THANK YOU PAMELA. UM, SO LIKE PAMELA MENTIONED AND THE FOLKS BEFORE US, WE WON THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING CARD CO-OP A FEW YEARS AGO WITH CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH AS THE LEAD AGENCY. UM, SO YOU HAVE AN ESTABLISHED P CARD PROGRAM WITH BANK OF AMERICA. SO FOR THE MOST PART YOU UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE UM, CARD PROGRAM WORKS. THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS. IT HELPS TO SAVE ON PAYMENT COSTS. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN CONSOLIDATE YOUR PAYMENTS. UM, IT'S GREAT FOR T AND E AS YOU TRAVEL TO BE ABLE TO BOOK YOUR HOTELS, YOU KNOW, DO YOUR, UM, PROCUREMENT THROUGH THE CARD PROGRAM. AND THEN WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE REBATES THAT THE PROGRAM OFFERS. SO ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM. SO THE LEAD AGENCY IS THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH. PARTICIPANTS WILL EXECUTE A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. SO WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS, THERE WAS A NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. THE LANGUAGE IN IT IS PRETTY, PRETTY STANDARD. SO ANY MEMBER THAT WILL BECOME A PART OF THE CO-OP WOULD EXECUTE THAT NEGOTIATED CONTRACT. THE REBATE ON THIS PROGRAM IS PAID ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF EACH PARTICIPANT. SO IF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES EXECUTED THE CONTRACT, WE WENT TO IMPLEMENTATION. AND LET'S SAY YOUR GO LIVE DATE BECOMES MARCH 1ST, 2026, MARCH 1ST, 2027. WE'LL LOOK AT YOUR SPEND FOR THAT YEAR. AND IF YOU'VE HIT THE $500,000 MINIMUM, YOU WILL GET A REBATE ON YOUR $500,000 SPEND. BUT THE REBATE PERCENTAGE WILL BE BASED ON THE SPEND OF THE OVERALL CO-OP, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE BIG BENEFIT TO YOU. IF YOUR SPEND IS SMALL AND THERE ARE LARGER SPEND IN THE PROGRAM, YOU GET THE BENEFIT, THE REBATE IS CREDITED TO A TD BANK ACCOUNT. SO WE REQUIRE THAT YOU HAVE AN ACCOUNT ESTABLISHED FOR THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING, UM, BASED ON THE OVERALL CO-OP SPEND. UM, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO GL CODING. SO YOUR FINANCE TEAM WILL GET WITH OUR CARDS TEAM THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT GLS DO YOU SPEND FROM ON THE CARD PROGRAM. WE'LL LOAD THOSE GLS INTO THE SYSTEM SO THAT USERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN EACH MONTH AND APPLY THE SPEND TO THE RESPECTIVE GLS. IT MAKES IT, UM, MUCH EASIER FOR RECONCILIATION. WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO MERCHANT CATEGORY CODING. [00:10:01] SO IF CARDS SHOULD ONLY BE USED AT SPECIFIC VENDORS, WE CAN RESTRICT IT JUST TO THOSE VENDORS AND THAT'S PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. WE'LL WORK WITH YOU THROUGH THAT. UM, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET UP DEPARTMENTAL CARDS. SO YOU CAN HAVE INDIVIDUAL PLASTIC CARDS FOR INDIVIDUAL USERS, BUT YOUR ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, YOUR UTILITIES, WHATEVER DEPARTMENT. IF THEY DO BULK PURCHASES, WE CAN ESTABLISH A CARD FOR THE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO SET UP WHAT WE CALL USER GROUPS. SO IF YOU HAVE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT NECESSARILY CARD HOLDERS BUT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE PROGRAM, WE CAN SET UP GROUPS. SO IF YOU HAVE THIS PARTICULAR GROUP THAT WILL WORK WITH A PARTICULAR SET OF CARDS, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE USER GROUPS SET UP FOR YOU. IT'S A VERY, UM, ROBUST ONLINE MANAGEMENT TOOL. IT'S CALLED CENTER SUITE. UM, THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CANCEL A CARD, ORDER A CARD, CYA CARD WAS DECLINED, RAISE A LIMIT, LOWER LIMIT. IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY ROBUST. UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REPORTING TOOLS. WE CAN CUSTOMIZE REPORTS FOR YOU. SO AS WE GO THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION, WE'LL DETERMINE HOW YOU NEED TO TAKE A REPORT IN AND WHAT INFORMATION YOU NEED. IF IT'S ONE OF OUR STANDARD, UM, REPORTS WITHIN THE SYSTEM, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO PULL THAT OUT OF THE SYSTEM. IF WE NEED TO CREATE A CUSTOM REPORT FOR YOU, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL. UM, THE MONTHLY SPEND IS ACTUALLY DEBITED FROM YOUR TD BANK ACCOUNT TO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH. SO ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE WHO THE CURRENT CO-OP PARTICIPANTS ARE. UM, I HAVE SUNNY ISLES, UH, CITY OF NORTH MIAMI, CRA AND CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE 'CAUSE YOU'RE COMING ON BOARD SHORTLY. UM, CITY OF NORTH MIAMI CRA IS ACTUALLY GOING LIVE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. UM, THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR SPEND FOR THE CO-OP IS 8.5 MILLION. OKAY. THAT TAKES YOU IN THE 130 BASIS POINTS, UM, REBATE TIER. AND WITH THE, WITH THE THREE, UM, OTHER ENTITIES THAT WE HAVE COMING ON BOARD, WE FIGURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO, WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA SURPASS THE $10 MILLION SPEND IN SHORT ORDER. OKAY? UM, I HAVE THE REBATE SCHEDULE IN HERE JUST FOR YOUR REVIEW. IT KIND OF SHOWS YOU THE TIERS. SO YOU SEE AT THE LOWER TIER 500 TO A MILLION, UM, YOUR REBATES IS 60 BASIS POINTS, RIGHT? SO ON YOUR OWN OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM, YOU WOULD GET 60 BASIS POINTS IF YOU SPENT BETWEEN 500 AND A MILLION. BUT THE CO-OP IS SPENDING WITHIN THE 5 MILLION TO THE 9.999 MILLION RANGE. SO IT'S 130 BASIS POINTS. AND IF WE GO OVER THE $10 MILLION SPEND, THEN YOUR PERCENTAGE WILL GO HIGHER. OKAY? THE REBATE SCHEDULE IS HERE, IT HAS SOME DISCLOSURES ON IT. ON THE SECOND PAGE, WE CAN DO A CUSTOM LOGO ON THE CARD. IF, IF THAT'S A NEED. UM, WE WAIVE THE CUSTOM LOGO ON THE CARD. IF YOUR SPEND IS OVER 300,000, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT THERE, JUST BASED ON WHAT WE SAW ON THE BANK OF AMERICA STATEMENTS, THERE'S NO FEE ASSOCIATED, NO MONTHLY FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM. OKAY? UM, THERE'S NO INTEREST. THE, THE, THE SPEND IS DEDUCTED FROM YOUR TD BANK ACCOUNT TO BUSINESS DAYS. AFTER THE CLOSE OF THE MONTH, THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS AND USERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CENTER SUITE. SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR STATEMENTS AND KNOW WHAT THAT SPEND AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE. WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMEFRAME. WE DO WHAT WE CALL A VENDOR MATCH. SO WE'VE RECEIVED YOUR BANK OF AMERICA STATEMENTS AND WE SEE WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING EACH MONTH AND WE GET A SENSE OF WHO THOSE VENDORS ARE. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE TAKE IN YOUR TOTAL VENDOR LISTING. SO VENDORS THAT YOU'RE NOT CURRENTLY PAYING ON, THE PCARD WILL RUN ALL YOUR VENDORS THROUGH OUR DATABASE AND WE'LL SAY TO YOU, YOU'RE PAYING THESE TODAY BY CHECK OR BY A CH, BUT THEY ACCEPT THE CARD. SO GIVE, THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND YOUR SPEND. AND IN THAT YOU ALSO EXPAND YOUR POTENTIAL FOR A REBATE. SO WE DO THE VENDOR MATCH, WE CONFIRM WHAT THE MONTHLY SPEND IS REQUIRED. PAMELA'S TEAM DOES THE CREDIT EXPOSURE UNDERWRITING TO, UM, GET THAT PIECE IN PLACE. ONCE THE, UM, CREDIT EXPOSURE IS IN PLACE AND WE RECEIVE THE SIGNED AGREEMENTS, [00:15:01] GOES TO OUR IMPLEMENTATION TEAM CARDS ARE ISSUED WITHIN 1520 DAYS. ONCE THE CARDS ARE ISSUED, THEN OUR IMPLEMENTATION TEAM WILL SCHEDULE TRAINING, OKAY? AND WE DO A TRAIN THE TRAINER, IF YOU WILL. SO WE WILL TRAIN THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS AND THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATORS. EACH USER WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN LOGIN TO CENTER SUITE, BUT THEY WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO SEE THEIR CARD. THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE OVERALL PROGRAM. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT GL CODING AND MCC CODING AND ANY ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT IS NEEDED. SO ONCE THE CARDS ARE ISSUED AND THE ORIGINAL TRAINING IS DONE, THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM WILL SET A SCHEDULE WITH THE SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR TO DETERMINE LET'S START WORKING ON GL CODING, LET'S START WORKING ON MCC, CODING, ET CETERA, AND ANY ADDITIONAL TRAINING. TYPICAL IMPLEMENTATION IS ABOUT 30 TO 45 DAYS, SO BEAR THAT IN MIND AS THE BANK OF AMERICA CONTRACT, UM, COMES UP FOR EXPIRATION. AND THEN JUST THIS, JUST ANOTHER SLIDE THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING A NORMAL COMMERCIAL CARD CAN DO JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT. WHEN YOU HAVE SOME TIME YOU CAN READ IT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? THANK YOU MS. GRANT FOR THAT INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. AS YOU BEGAN YOUR PRESENTATION, ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS THAT POPPED INTO MY MIND WAS WHAT WAS THE REBATE PERCENTAGE? BUT YOU COVERED THAT IN SAYING THAT THE REBATE PERCENTAGE IS BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF THE CO-OP SPENDING ITSELF. CORRECT. AND, UM, THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW. AND JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, WHAT UH, COULD YOU JUST GIVE A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF GL CODING AND THE OTHER C CODING? YES. SO GL CODING FOR THE FOLKS IN ACCOUNTING, EACH, EACH OF YOUR VENDORS FALL UNDER A SPECIFIC GL, RIGHT? SO YOU WOULD HAVE THAT SET UP IN YOUR SYSTEM. SO WHETHER IT'S OFFICE SUPPLIES OR MAINTENANCE. SO WHEN YOU DO A PURCHASE, YOU WOULD APPLY IT TO THAT PARTICULAR GL SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING, WHAT DOES THE LETTERS GL STAND? GENERAL LEDGER, THANK YOU, . RIGHT? SO WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR ACCOUNTING TEAM TO LOOK AT ALL OF YOUR GENERAL LEDGER NUMBERS AND WE WOULD PUT THAT IN OUR SYSTEM SO THAT WHEN THEY GO AND THEY LOOK EACH MONTH TO DO THE RECONCILIATION, THEY KNOW, THEY SEE OFFICE DEPOT, THEY CAN APPLY THAT TO THE OFFICE SUPPLIES GL OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND THEN THE MCC CODING IS MERCHANT CATEGORY CODING. SO WHEN YOU ISSUE CARDS, SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE CARDS TO YOUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE ONLY ALLOWED TO GO TO ACE HARDWARE, HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, WE CAN CODE THE CARD SO THAT IT CAN ONLY BE USED AT THOSE MERCHANTS. SO THEN THEY CAN'T GO TO MACY'S, THEY CAN'T GO ELSEWHERE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S A, THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE WAY THE SPEND IS ON THE CARD. THANK YOU, ALEX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE WELCOME MS. THANK YOU MS. THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER NINE B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 71 AUTHORIZING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR STATE LOBBY AND SERVICES WITH YOLANDA CASH, JACKSON EX ESQUIRE OF BECKER AND POLL COUGH PA PROVIDING FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS IN AN AMOUNT OF 5,000 PER MONTH TOTALING 60,000 ANNUALLY. AND ADDITIONAL APPROVAL IS REQUESTED FOR THE LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND MR. ZAM WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. AFTERNOON AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY AT ANOTHER WORKSHOP, UH, REGARDING OUR STATE LOBBYIST FIRM. UM, PRETTY MUCH THIS ITEM, IT SOLIDIFIES A CONTRACT FOR OUR LOBBYISTS, UH, IN THIS CASE OUR STATE LOBBYISTS, UM, PUTTING A TERM TO THEIR CONTRACT. UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS APPROVAL, UM, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2026 AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES? NO QUESTION. NO. THANK YOU MR. ZA. ITEM NUMBER NINE C RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 72 AUTHORIZING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES. MY APOLOGY, FEDERAL LOBBYING SERVICES WITH MAURICE J KERLIN OF AL AND FAY, LTD PROVIDING FOR A THREE YEAR TERM WITH TWO [00:20:01] ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR RENEWAL OPTIONS IN AMOUNT OF $5,000 PER MONTH TOTALING 60,000 ANNUALLY. AND ADDITIONAL APPROVAL IS REQUESTED FOR THE LIST OF LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026. AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. ZA AS WELL. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. UH, MADAM MAYOR, ALL PRESS PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UH, AGAIN, THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS ITEM WHERE THIS IS NOW, UH, IDENTIFYING OUR FE FEDERAL LOBBYISTS, UH, SIMILAR TO OUR STATE LOBBYISTS. WE HAVE NOW PUT A TERM TO THEIR CONTRACT, UH, AS DISCUSSED BEFORE, THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE YEAR OPTIONAL TO RENEW. UH, WE HAVE INCLUDED OUR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR 2026 FOR YOUR APPROVAL AS WELL, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. COLLEAGUES? NO QUESTIONS. NO, NONE. THANK YOU MR. ZA. MADAM. ITEM NUMBER NINE D RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 73 AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FUNDED BY THE RESILIENCE GRANT, FDEP AGREEMENT NUMBER 22 FRP 22 TO A TC ENGINEERING INK FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $997,219. AND WE DO HAVE MR. ZAM THAT WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ZA. AFTERNOON AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR. UM, COMMISSION ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY REGARDING OUR CITYWIDE DRAINAGE PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE GOING ON ONGOING ON IN THE CITY. IT'S GRANT FUNDED AND ENGINEERING IS AVAILABLE TO GIVE ADDITIONAL DETAILS, BUT, UM, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE DID PUT OUT FOR SOLICITATION, UM, UH, ON OUR NEW OPENGOV PLATFORM. WE DID INVITE OR NOTIFY RATHER, 16,435 VENDORS OF THAT. WE DID GET SOME, UM, RESPONSES, SUBMISSIONS EIGHT TO BE SPECIFIC. UM, OF THAT, UM, THE CITY IS RE RECOMMENDING TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE VENDOR. UH, THERE'S A TYPO THAT WAS DONE ON THE AGENDA COVER. UM, THE FUNDING SOURCE THAT'S THERE, IT SHOULD BE THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT PROTECTION, FTEP, NOT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. OTHER THAN THAT RESOLUTION IS CORRECT THOUGH, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE SOLICITATION SIDE. UH, ENGINEERING CAN GIVE MORE ON THE SCOPE ITSELF. COLLEAGUES, IF WE COULD HEAR MORE. YEAH, A LITTLE BIT MORE. MADAM MAYOR, MR. SAEED. ZAMAN, EXCUSE ME. GOOD EVENING. MR. UH, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, UH, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK, AND MY DEAR COLLEAGUES. AND WE WERE LISTENING. SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, THE PROJECT IS CITYWIDE DE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. THIS IS PHASE TWO. ON PHASE ONE. WE HAD ANOTHER PROJECT WAS DONE RECENTLY. THAT'S NOT THE 30, UH, 49 STATE, UH, DENNIS IMPROVEMENT THAT WAS DONE BY MR. RON. UH, IT'S THE SAME CONTRACTOR. THEY, THEY, UH, THEY GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY GOT, UM, LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BID. SO THE, BUT THIS PROJECT IS ON ORAL ESTATE NORTHWEST 39TH STREET. THE IS BETWEEN NORTHRIDGE 39TH AVENUE AND, UH, NORTHRIDGE 35TH AVENUE. SO THE SCOPE IS INCLUDING SOME NEW TEXTURE. IN ADDITION TO REPLACING THE EXISTING TEXTURE THAT NEED TO BE REPAIRED, UH, WE HAD, UH, UNDERGROUND CTV FOOTAGE, SOME OF THE CROSS PIPE, THOSE ARE REALLY BAD NEED TO REPAIR. SO ON WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT, WE'LL REPLACE THOSE CROSS PIPE, THE DRAINAGE TEXTURES. AND SO OUR PROCUREMENT TEAM, THEY RECEIVE EIGHT, UH, EIGHT BEAT. SO A TC ENGINEERING IS THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE BIDER. UH, SO THEY'RE, UH, CONTRACT AMOUNT IS, UH, 9 97 2 19. IT'S LESS THAN A MILLION. AND THIS CONTRACTOR IS LIKE, THEY WORK PREVIOUSLY IN THE CITY. THEY DID NORTH EAST 31ST AVENUE. THEY WERE, UH, THEY WASN'T PRIME CONTRACTOR, BUT THEY WORK AS A SUB. UH, BUT THE CONTRACTOR IS REALLY GOOD. THEY DID GOOD JOB PREVIOUSLY AND THEY RECENTLY DID WITH, UH, ANOTHER PROJECT WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. SO THAT PROJECT IS ALMOST CLOSED, I THINK THIS CLOSE, CLOSE OUT PHASE. SO, UH, WE, WE FOUND THIS CONTRACTOR IS GOOD AND RESPONSIBLE. ANY QUESTION, COLLEAGUES? NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM. A THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. AND THIS ITEM RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 74 9 E OF THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82 DASH 3 58 D OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE PROVEN IN AUTHORIZING THE ACT AND CITY MANAGER UTILIZE THAT CERTAIN COOPERATIVE [00:25:01] CONTRACT EXECUTED BY THE CITY OF PLANTATION FLORIDA WITH RED SPEED FLORIDA, LLC CONTRACTOR, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A SPEED DETECTION CAMERA SYSTEM AT CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONES LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AT A WORKSHOP BEFORE, AND WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FROM RED SPEED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. I THINK THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OVER REGARDING THIS ITEM BEING IN CONSENT THAT IT MAY NEED TO BE PULLED AND PLACED ON REGULAR AGENDA TO BE HEARD BY THE OF THE PUBLIC. FORMALLY THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. . AFTERNOON AGAIN. I, UM, ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED MALAMED AS MENTIONED BY OUR ACTON CITY MANAGER. THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE YOU ALREADY, AND WE DID MENTION LAST TIME ABOUT A ONE DAY STUDY THAT WAS DONE. THIS IS THE FIRM ALSO WHO DID THE ONE DAY STUDY AND PRESENTED IT AND PRESENTED THEIR FINDINGS TO US. UM, THE VENDOR IS HERE, THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE. UH, HE DID, I I DID INDICATE TO BRING A PRESENTATION. HE WASN'T SURE IF TO BRING THE SHORT ONE OR THE LONG ONE. SO TO BE SAFE, HE BROUGHT THE LONG ONE, BUT HE CAN BREAK IT DOWN, I'M SURE TO GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF IT. I'LL, IF YOU ALLOW, I CAN ALLOW THE VENDOR TO, UM, PRESENT THAT, UM, AND ALLOW FOR QUESTIONS. THEREAFTER, WE'LL NOW ACCEPT THE SHORT PRESENT . OH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MADAM MANAGER, CLERK AND ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. FIRST OF ALL, I GOTTA SAY THAT, UH, I LOVE YOUR DECLARATIONS, . UM, I WAS KIND OF LOW IN MY SPIRITS. I CAME FROM A FUNERAL A LITTLE EARLIER TODAY AND, UH, AND WHEN I WALKED IN, THIS REALLY KIND OF LIFTED UP MY SPIRITS, THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, AS, UH, MR. ZAM SAID MY NAME, UH, MY NAME'S DAVID DEL PERELLA. I'M CURRENTLY THE VICE PRESIDENT OF, UH, CLIENT RELATIONS FOR RED SPEEDED FLORIDA. I'VE BEEN WITH 'EM FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS THE ASSISTANT CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH DOWN IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. I DID ALMOST 30 YEARS WITH, WITH, UH, MIAMI BEACH. AND SO WHEN I WAS GETTING READY TO RETIRE, I STILL HAD A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO I HAD TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. AND, UH, THIS KIND OF ALIGNED REALLY NICELY WITH MY EMPHASIS THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE CAREER, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SPECIFICALLY, UH, TRAFFIC RELATED TYPE SAFETY. UM, I SEE THAT THE PRESENTATION IS UP. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GONNA BE CONTROLLING IT OR NOT. I'M, IT'S, IT IS THE LENGTHY PRESENTATION. BUT WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE SYNOPSIS OF THE POINTS THAT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO KNOW AND TRY TO COVER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I ANTICIPATE YOU WILL HAVE. UM, RED SPEED AS A COMPANY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE, UH, YES. OH, THERE'S A CLICKER HERE. I JUST CAN'T SEE IT. 'CAUSE OF THE TREE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'LL DO MY BEST. THANK YOU. ONE BEHIND, AND THERE'S ONE BEHIND ME. I DON'T WANNA GIVE MY BACK TO THE COMMISSION, TO THE MAYOR, BUT, ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, AS I WAS SAYING, SO WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR QUITE A WHILE. WE WERE, WE WERE IN GEORGIA. WE HAVE ABOUT 70% OF THE MARKET FOR THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS IN GEORGIA. OH, THANK YOU. WHOEVER'S CONTROLLING THE, THE, UH, THE TVS, THE MAIN POINT ABOUT THESE SYSTEMS IS YOU'RE GONNA SEE 90, GOD BLESS YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SEE A 90 TO A 95% REDUCTION IN SPEED IN THE SCHOOL ZONES. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL SPEED STUDIES THAT WERE CONDUCTED TO A YEAR LATER, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOME DRASTIC IMPROVEMENTS OF SPEEDERS IN THOSE SCHOOL ZONES, WHICH REALLY IS THE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO SLOW PEOPLE DOWN WHEN THEY'RE APPROACHING SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, FLORIDA HAS BEEN RATED CONSISTENTLY AS ONE OF THE WORST STATES IN THE ENTIRE NATION FOR ACCIDENTS AND ISSUES, UH, REVOLVING AROUND SCHOOL ZONES. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT, UH, UH, UH, PROGRAM FOR EVERYBODY TO, UH, TO IMPLEMENT. I THINK, REGARDLESS, MY BOSS HATES IT, BUT I SAY IT REGARDLESS OF THE VENDOR. UH, SO LOCALLY, WE'VE GOT, UM, WE'RE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE'VE, WE'VE GOT NEARLY 40 CLIENTS STATEWIDE, UM, CLOSE BY TO YOU. UH, DEERFIELD BEACH IS ALREADY LIVE PLANTATION, COCONUT CREEK, UH, WILL BE LIVE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT, UH, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS. UM, LAUDER HILL IS IN THE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING, UH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU ALL WILL BE, UH, ONBOARDING AS WELL. UH, SO WE'VE GOT, UH, A LOT OF EXPERIENCE ALREADY IN BROWARD COUNTY. WE'VE GOT, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IS PROBABLY OUR LARGEST CLIENT, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO OR RIGHT AFTER HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. UH, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NEARLY 40 CLIENTS STATEWIDE THROUGHOUT THE STATE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF IS WE'RE THE ONLY PREFERRED VENDOR THAT IS, UM, UH, DESIGNATED BY THE FLORIDA POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION. UH, I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS ASSOCIATION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UH, IN FACT, I'M STILL ON THE AWARDS COMMITTEE. UH, BUT IT WAS VERY GOOD TO SEE THAT THEY, OUT OF ALL THE VENDORS, UH, THAT ARE IN THIS SPACE, SELECTED RED SPEEDED AS THEIR ONLY PREFERRED VENDOR. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. THAT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ORGANIZATION, THE STRONGEST CHIEFS OF ORGANIZATION IN THE NATION. UH, THIS IS JUST, UH, ALL OF OUR [00:30:01] UPPER MANAGEMENT. I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH THAT WEIS SODA. THIS IS, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. UM, WE, WE HAVE WEIS SODA, UH, IN CASE ANY OF OUR CLIENTS, IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF LEGAL ACTION TAKEN AGAINST ANY OF OUR CLIENTS, THIS IS PART OF WHAT WE OFFER. UH, WE, WE WILL HAVE WEISER TO DEFEND ANY KIND OF CHALLENGES. UH, THE PRINCIPAL ATTORNEY THAT WE USE ACTUALLY, UM, ARGUED THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, UM, CASE AVENTURA VERSUS, AND I FORGET THE PLAINTIFF'S NAME WAS IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT SUCCESSFULLY. SO WE'RE VERY, UH, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM, UH, WITH US, UH, GUIDING US AND GIVING US COUNSEL AS WE GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES. ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA, I'M GOING REALLY QUICK. MADAM MAYOR. I KNOW YOU SAID SHORT. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA TRY TO HIT SOME OF THE, THE HIGHLIGHTS. FLOCK SAFETY. HERE'S A BIG THING THAT I KNOW. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS REALLY ENJOY THIS FOR EVERY CAMERA THAT WE, FOR EVERY SPEED CAMERA THAT WE INSTALL, RED SPEED WILL PAY FOR A FLOCK LICENSE PLATE READER. AND SO, ONE FOR ONE, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT 'CAUSE. THAT'S A HUGE TOOL THAT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY RELIES ON. IN FACT, I WAS WATCHING THE, UH, I WAS WATCHING THE, UM, PRESS CONFERENCE THAT THEY GAVE, UH, UP IN, UH, BROWN UNIVERSITY REGARDING THAT, UH, HORRIBLE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED. AND THEY ALL SAID THAT PART OF THE REASON THEY WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS THE LPRS THAT WERE USED ONCE THEY HAD SOME, SOME, UH, VEHICLE INFORMATION AND VEHICLE DATA. SO THE, THE NETWORK THAT IS UTILIZED BY THE LICENSE PLATE READERS IS ESSENTIAL FOR TODAY'S MODERN TECHNOLOGY AND MODERN POLICING. UH, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL. ALRIGHT, ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT ARE CALIBRATED AND CERTIFIED. UH, WE USE EITHER LIDAR OR RADAR, DEPENDING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY. ALL RIGHT, LEMME GO THROUGH THESE. I'M USUALLY A LOT MORE IN DEPTH. SOLAR, WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES TO UTILIZE SOLAR POWERED, UM, SPEED CAMERAS IN THE STATE. UH, WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS SPEEDS UP THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS, THE INSTALLATION PROCESS, AND THE PROCESS TO GET YOUR SYSTEM RUNNING. BEFORE FPL WAS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST HURDLES TO GET POWER BROUGHT TO ONE OF THE LOCATIONS. THEY USUALLY WOULD TAKE TIME, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE WERE IN HURRICANE SEASON. THAT SEEMED TO ALWAYS, UH, BE PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF GETTING POWER TO THE SYSTEMS. BUT WITH THE SOLAR PROGRAM, UH, AS LONG AS THE LOCATION IS SUITABLE FOR THE SOLAR, THAT IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS IS A LOT, IS SHORTENED TREMENDOUSLY. SO THAT IS A HUGE BENEFIT TO GO, UH, WHERE WE CAN WITH SOLAR. UH, AND THEN I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS LATER ON. UH, YOU KNOW, WITH MORE, YOU KNOW, CALMLY, YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE'VE USED. THIS IS THE CITY MANAGER FROM AVENTURA, BRIAN PIG. HE, HE'S BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH, UH, WITH WHAT, WHAT OUR SOLAR PRODUCT HAS BEEN PROVIDING. ALL RIGHT, LET ME GET TO, THESE ARE THE STEPS. THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COME OUTTA THERE. ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO DO IS, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, AS PART OF THE STATUTE, AS PART OF HOUSE BILL 6, 5, 7, IS YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT. YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU GOTTA, YOU GOTTA LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS COMING. YOU CAN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, SURPRISE, THIS IS NOT. UH, AND SO WE ASSIST WITH THAT. WE WILL HIRE A VIDEOGRAPHER TO COME AND, UH, FILM AND PRODUCE A PUBLIC SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR YOU. UH, IF YOU GO TO YOUTUBE AND YOU TYPE IN RED SPEEDED FLORIDA, YOU WILL SEE ALL OF THE PSAS THAT WE HAVE PRODUCED THUS FAR. UM, PRETTY MUCH ALMOST EVERY AGENCY, UH, THAT WE HAVE CONTRACTED WITH HAS OPTED FOR THAT. UM, FOR THAT PSA, UH, FROM US, SOME OF THE LARGER AGENCIES LIKE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, CHARLOTTE COUNTY, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THEY HAVE REALLY LARGE MEDIA UNITS. SO THEY'VE OPTED TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN JUST BECAUSE IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY THEY, THEY WANT IT TO LOOK THEIR CERTAIN WAY, UH, WHICH IS FINE. BUT FOR EVERYONE ELSE, UH, WE WILL HAVE A VIDEOGRAPHER COME AND SPEND A HALF A DAY HERE. AND WE WILL, WE'LL FILM IT AND THEN WE'LL PRODUCE IT. WE'LL PROVIDE AFTERWARDS, UM, TWO VIDEOS, ONE A LITTLE, ONE A LITTLE LONGER, MAINLY FOR WEBSITE, FACEBOOK, THAT KIND OF THING. AND THEN A SHORTER VERSION FOR SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES LIKE INSTAGRAM, YOU KNOW, X WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE CITY PREFERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WILL, UM, PUT WHATEVER LANGUAGE, UH, SUBTITLES THAT THE CITY WOULD LIKE. FOR EXAMPLE, SUNNY ISLES, I THINK WE DID, UH, I THINK WAS IT SUNNY ISLES? WE HAD, WE HAD ONE OF OUR CLIENTS WHO OPTED FOR, THEY, THEY WANTED RUSSIAN SUBTITLES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LARGE RUSSIAN POPULATION. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR POPULATION IS, WE WILL PROVIDE THOSE SUBTITLES TO THE PSA, UH, WITHOUT ANY ISSUE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME FLYERS, UH, AND LITTLE POSTCARDS, UH, THAT CAN BE HANDED OUT, UH, TO THE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE LIKE TO SEND THEM TO, WE LIKE TO HAVE THE CITY AND OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEND THEM TO THE, UH, PRINCIPALS OF YOUR SCHOOLS. 'CAUSE USUALLY THE PRINCIPALS HAVE VERY GOOD DISTRIBUTION LISTS FOR PARENTS. AND THAT WAY THEY CAN EMAIL OUT THESE FLYERS OR POSTCARDS TO THE PARENTS TO [00:35:01] AGAIN, MAKE THEM AWARE. IT'S ALL PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE TO DO A 30 DAY WARNING PERIOD. SO WHENEVER OUR CAMERAS ARE READY TO GO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO 30 DAYS MINIMUM OF A WARNING PERIOD TO WHERE ANYONE THAT'S CAUGHT VIOLATING THE 11 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT WILL RECEIVE A, A LITTLE PIECE OF PAPER IN THE MAIL. IT'S VERY CLEAR, JUST SAYS, WARNING WITH A PICTURE OF THEIR CAR, PICTURE OF THEIR TAG. AND IT'LL SAY, YOUR CAR WAS CAPTURED DOING MORE THAN 11 MILES PER HOUR. IT'LL GIVE 'EM THE SPEED THAT WE'RE DOING, UH, BE AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A WARNING, BUT MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE 30 DAYS, IT THEN BECOMES A HUNDRED DOLLARS FINE. AND I'M GONNA GO TOWARDS THE END A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR YOU. 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE. UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THE, UM, PSAS. THIS IS, WE HAVE A, A FULL REPORTING ON THE BACKEND. SO WHOMEVER FROM THE CITY THAT'S GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO THIS CAN, CAN GENERATE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT REPORTS. NOT JUST FINANCIAL REPORTS, BUT STATISTICAL REPORTS ON THE SPEEDS. THIS IS ONE THAT WE CREATED NOT LONG AGO, BUT THE REQUEST OF ONE OF OUR CLIENTS UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE. IT'S CALLED TOP FIVE SPEEDERS. AND THIS ONE I LIKE TO, EVERY, UH, EVERY SUNDAY I LIKE TO GO IN HERE AND RUN IT FOR THE STATE. AND THEN ON MY OWN LINKEDIN ACCOUNT, OF COURSE, I BLOT OUT THE TAG. AND, YOU KNOW, I MAKE SURE THERE'S NO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION, BUT I'LL SEND OUT AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S MY SPEEDER OF THE WEEK. THIS GUY WAS DOING 78 MILES PER HOUR IN A 15 MILE OR A 20 MILE PER HOUR ZONE. THE HIGHEST SO FAR THAT I'VE GOTTEN IS 93. YEAH. AND THAT ONE, THAT WAS DOWN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. I'M NOT GONNA SAY WHERE, BUT THAT WAS DOWN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SO, YOU KNOW, WE PROVIDE ALL THIS INFORMATION TO, TO HELP, UM, YOUR PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS TO, TO REALLY JUST CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE MESSAGE. WE WANT PEOPLE TO, AS THEY APPROACH A SCHOOL, INSTINCTIVELY SLOW DOWN REGARDLESS OF TIME OF DAY. NOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR CAMERAS AREN'T WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND THEY'RE NOT WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS OR ON HOLIDAYS, BUT ONCE YOU START TO CONDITION DRIVERS TO DO SO, THEY'LL INSTINCTIVELY DO SO. AND WE SEE THAT, THAT'S WHY WE SEE THAT THE NUMBERS GO DOWN IN, UH, IN, IN OVERALL SPEED. SO HOW DOES THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS BREAK DOWN? THIS IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE, THE WAY THAT IT'S BROKEN DOWN, UM, IS, IS IS MAINLY, UH, UH, STATUTORILY, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, SET. SO OF THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS, I'M GONNA GO FROM THE BOTTOM UP. $5 GOES TO A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. IF THE CITY PAYS FOR YOUR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS, I KNOW YOU HAVE BSOS A CONTRACT, BUT IF THE CITY PAYS FOR A SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD, THEN THE CITY GETS THAT AMOUNT. IF IT'S FOR A BSO, 'CAUSE BSO DOES IT, THEN YOU WOULD BE A PASS THROUGH AND YOU'D HAVE TO SEND THAT OVER TO BSO FOR THEM TO UTILIZE THOSE $5 FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SPECIFIC, UM, EITHER RETENTION EQUIPMENT TRAINING, ET CETERA. $3 GOES TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CRIMINAL STANDARDS AND TRAINING FUND. UH, PRIOR TO THIS PROGRAM, UH, BEING AN ENACT BEING ENACTED, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THAT FUND WAS, UH, WAS DEPLETED. IT WAS, THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE. SO THIS IS A WAY IN ORDER TO HELP, UM, IMPROVE THE, THE, UH, TRAINING THAT IS OFFERED BY FDLE FOR ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. $12 GOES TO THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, THEY NEED TO USE THAT MONEY FOR SECURITY IMPROVEMENT. UH, THAT WITH YOUR PERMISSION, WE WILL SEND DIRECTLY TO THE BROWARD, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT. EVERY CLIENT, UM, THAT WE HAVE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT FOR THEM. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST ONE LESS THING FOR YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT. UH, WE DID HAVE ONE AGENCY EARLY ON THAT OPTED, WANTED US TO SEND IT TO THEM, AND THEN THEY WOULD SEND IT. AND ABOUT FIVE MONTHS LATER, THEY CALLED ME AND SAID, CAN WE, CAN WE CHANGE THAT? PLEASE? MY FINANCE PEOPLE, DON'T THEY PREFER THAT YOU SEND IT DIRECTLY SO WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU. $20 GOES TO THE STATE GENERAL FUND, THE $20 AND THE $3, THOSE TWO AMOUNTS, WE CANNOT SEND TO THE STATE FOR YOU. WE'VE ASKED, WE'VE TRIED, THEY SAY NO. SO THAT GOES TO YOU, TO THE CITY, AND THEN YOUR FINANCE WILL HAVE TO SEND THAT OFF TO THE STATE, UH, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THE WAY THAT YOU NORMALLY WOULD DO OTHER, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER FUNDS THAT YOU ALL SEND TO THE STATE. AND THEN THE, WHAT'S REMAINING IS THE $60. SO 39 OF THAT $60 IS FOR, UH, FOR THE CITY AND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. IT'S A VERY BROAD TERM, UM, BUT IT JUST HAS TO BE PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVES. SO, UH, YOU ALL, AS THE ELECTED BODY, CAN MAKE THOSE KIND OF DECISIONS AS TO WHAT THAT MEANS. AND THEN THE $21 IS WHAT RED SPEED RETAINS IN ORDER TO RUN THE PROGRAM FOR YOU. UH, THERE IS ZERO COST TO THE CITY, UH, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, INSTALLING THESE, UH, THESE, UH, THIS EQUIPMENT, THE, THE PLANNING, THE PERMITTING, ALL OF THAT IS AT OUR COST. AND THEN ONCE REVENUE STARTS COMING IN, WE GET $21 OF PAID VIOLATIONS, WHICH IS A HUGE, THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. IT'S NOT A VIOLATIONS ISSUED. IT'S PAID VIOLATIONS. UH, SO WE, WE, WE SHARE IN THAT ONCE, UH, ONCE PEOPLE, UM, START PAYING. SO THAT'S THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS BREAKDOWN. THAT'S, THAT, THAT MAKES [00:40:01] A HUNDRED DOLLARS. UM, I THINK I HIT ALL THE MAJOR POINTS, BUT I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE SOME QUESTIONS, MAYBE ON PROCESS OR MAD MAYOR, I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU IN TERMS OF QUESTIONS. MADAM VICE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YES, MA'AM. THAT PRESENTATION, UM, THAT WAS A VERY SHORT ONE, BY THE WAY, . THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING. YES, MA'AM. UM, JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN AGAIN, WITH THE RED SPEED AND THE FLOCK, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT COMBINATION THERE, HOW THAT, THAT ONE'S IS EASY FOR EVERY SPEED CAMERA YOU GET. WE'RE PAYING FOR A FLOCK CAMERA. OKAY. WHERE THOSE FLOCKS GO IS, UH, REALLY UP TO YOU AND BSO TO DECIDE WHERE IT'S MOST CONVENIENT. MOST, MOST, UH, STRATEGICALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD PLACE IT STRATEGICALLY. THERE WAS AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROGRAM. UM, BUT, BUT WE'VE GOTTEN, GOTTEN SOME INTERPRETATIONS TO WHERE WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND THE CAPABILITY TO HAVE IT ALL INCORPORATED INTO THE SAME SYSTEM. MEANING OUR CAMERAS CAN FUNCTION AS DUAL. HOWEVER, THE WAY THAT THE STATUTE'S WRITTEN, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT CANNOT BE THE SAME SYSTEM. THEREFORE, WE OPTED TO GO THIS ROUTE, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE AND JUST PAY FOR AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, FLOCK ONE FOR ONE. WHICH I ACTUALLY, AS YOU KNOW, HAVING LAW ENFORCEMENT BACKGROUND, I, I PREFER THAT 'CAUSE I CAN PLACE THEM WHERE I THINK I NEED THEM BEST, WHERE I CAN UTILIZE THEM THE MOST. YOU MADAM MAYOR, NO VICE MAYOR. UM, SO HOW MUCH DOES THE RED SPEED CAMERA COST? THE FINE? THE FINE COST? LIKE THE FINE. PARDON? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? FOR YOU ALL OR FOR US? FOR US. OH, OKAY. ZERO FOR YOU. ZERO FOR US. OKAY. NOTHING, ZERO. STARTING THIS PROGRAM DOESN'T COST YOU ANYTHING. ALRIGHT. I, I DO HAVE A, GO AHEAD. I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. YOU STRESSED THAT $21 WAS PAID TO YOU ALL OUT OF THOSE FINES THAT WERE PAID. CORRECT. BUT THOSE FINES THAT ARE NOT PAID, IS THERE ANY TYPE OF FOLLOW UP, UM, TO SEE WHAT IS A CONCERN AND WHETHER IT WILL AFFECT THEIR LICENSE IF THEY ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS, ET CETERA? SO I'LL EXPLAIN. THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO ROUTES THAT A, WELL, THERE'S THREE OPTIONS THAT SOMEONE THAT RECEIVES ONE OF THESE CAN, CAN, CAN CHOOSE. THE FIRST OPTION, OBVIOUSLY IS JUST TO PAY IT. THE SECOND OPTION IS TO REQUEST AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. THAT IS A LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF CODE VIOLATION. IT'S A CIVIL INFRACTION. AND THAT WOULD GO IN FRONT OF YOUR CITY, ESTABLISHED MAGISTRATE PROCESS, WHATEVER THAT PROCESS IS FOR LAUDERDALE LAKES. THE THIRD OPTION IS IF THEY IGNORE IT, IF THEY COMPLETELY IGNORE THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION, THEN EVENTUALLY IT CAN BECOME UTC ELIGIBLE UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION ELIGIBLE. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE REVIEWERS TO THE, TO THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT. AND THEN A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION WOULD BE ISSUED. AT THAT POINT. IT BECOMES A TICKET JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TICKET, AS IF IT WAS WRITTEN BY A POLICE OFFICER, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ZERO POINTS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THAT VIOL OF THAT CITATION. NOW, IF THAT INDIVIDUAL CONTINUES TO IGNORE IT, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY, THEY GET A HEARING, UH, NOTICE TO GO TO COURT ON THIS TICKET AND THEY JUST CHOOSE NOT TO GO AND THEY IGNORE IT, IT CAN EVENTUALLY SUSPEND THEIR LICENSE. HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF IGNORING A SEATBELT TICKET BECAUSE IT'S A NON, REALLY, IT'S A NON-MOVING VIOLATION. NOW, IF YOU GO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROUTE AND YOU GO IN FRONT OF THE MAGISTRATE AND YOU'RE FOUND TO HAVE VIOLATED, UH, THE, THE STATUTE AND YOU, AND THE VIOLATION IS UPHELD, YOU'RE ASSESSED A HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS WHATEVER ADMINISTRATIVE FEE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IMPOSES FOR HAVING REQUESTED THAT HEARING. AND NOW LET'S ASSUME THEY'RE GIVEN 30, 60, 90 DAYS, DEPENDS ON WHAT THE MAGISTRATE, UH, DECIDES TO PAY IT. IF THEY FAIL TO PAY IT AT THAT POINT, WE ONLY HAVE THE OPTION OF COLLECTIONS AT THAT POINT. NOW THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ADDRESSED IN THE LEGISLATURE BECAUSE THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM, IF YOU DON'T PAY IT AT THAT POINT, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, THEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLACE A REGISTRATION, HOLD, HOLD ON YOUR TAG. BUT THAT'S FOR THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS. FOR SOME REASON, THEY LEFT THAT OUT OF THE SPEED. I DON'T THINK THEY INTENTIONALLY LEFT IT OUTTA THE SPEED. I JUST THINK THEY, THEY DIDN'T THINK ABOUT IT. UH, AND THERE MAY BE SOME FIXES IN TALLAHASSEE REGARDING THAT BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COLLECTIONS, THE REGISTRATION HOLD, IF YOU HAD THE REGISTRATION HOLD, YOU CAN'T RENEW YOUR TAG UNLESS YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR BILLS. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE TO COLLECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. MADAM MA'AM. COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. YOU, UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. UM, I'M A HUGE FAN OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH RED SPEED. UH, MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE $12 GOING TO THE SCHOOL BOARD MM-HMM . HOW DO WE FOLLOW THOSE DOLLARS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, JUST WHAT'S THE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURE TO SEE IF THE SCHOOL BOARD IS BUDGETING IT? IF WE SEND, LET'S SAY, $10,000 TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, JUST TO FIGURE, UM, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING REINVESTED BACK IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES? SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, MY AND [00:45:01] AND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY COULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU MORE GUIDANCE HERE, NOT AN ATTORNEY. HOWEVER, THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN SEE IN THE STATUTE THAT MANDATES THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SPEND THE MONEY BACK INTO THE SAME, UM, MUNICIPALITY THAT PROVIDED IT. WHAT WE CAN DO IS, IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS EVERY MONDAY, UH, YOUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL RECEIVE A REPORT FROM US THAT BREAKS DOWN THOSE, ALL OF THOSE LINE ITEMS. AND SO YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE SENDING TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. UH, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE SEND IT, UH, WE A CH IT OVER TO THEM A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. SO YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THE ACCOUNTABILITY SO THAT THEN YOU USE AS AN ELECTED BODY CAN GO TO THAT ELECTED BODY AND SAY, WE'VE SENT YOU WHATEVER, $50,000 IN THE LAST COUPLE, YOU KNOW, MONTHS. HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU MEETING THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENT TO SPEND IT THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SPEND IT? UH, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT I SEE WITHIN, WITHIN THE STATUTE. UM, AND I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. NO, THAT, THAT ANSWERS PERFECT. BUT I DEFINITELY GET WELL, YOU'LL DEFINITELY KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SENDING. YEAH, THAT HELPS. THAT HELPS. OH, ABSOLUTELY, A HUNDRED PERCENT. YEAH. WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SHOW WHAT WE'VE SENT AND ABSOLUTELY. IF WE NEED EXTRA LIGHTING FOR OUR WALKWAYS FOR OUR STUDENTS, THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TRY TO PARTNER WITH. ABSOLUTELY. THE SCHOOL BOARD, UM, THROUGH MADAM MAYOR OF THE FOLLOW UP, UM, I WOULD THANK YOU. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIS, THE, THE RED SPEED CAMERAS AND THE FLOCK CAMERAS. MM-HMM . I, I THINK ONE IS A LICENSE PLATE READER, THE OTHER ONE IS JUST READING SPEED. IS THAT CORRECT? COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY A LITTLE? YES, CORRECT. SO THE, THE SPEED CAMERAS AND THE ASSOCIATED SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE THAT'S ATTACHED TO THAT SPEED CAMERA IS REALLY ONLY INTENDED TO CAPTURE SPEEDS AND THEREFORE ISSUE VIOLATIONS. IF THEY'RE EXCEEDING 11 MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, AT THE TIME AN LPR OR A FLOCK FLOCK CAMERAS ARE LPR CAMERAS OR LICENSE PLATE READERS THAT CAPTURES THE LICENSE PLATE DATA AND PUTS IT INTO A DATABASE THAT CAN THEN CAN BE ACCESSED FOR FOLLOW UP FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER. THERE'S MANY REASONS WHY YOU WOULD USE FLOCK IF THE, IF THAT PARTICULAR LICENSE PLATE IS ON A HOT LIST, LET'S SAY IT'S A STOLEN VEHICLE, OR THE PERSON HAS A WARRANT THAT, THAT, UH, NOTIFICATION GOES TO THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAS CONNECTS, I BELIEVE THEY DO. I I SHOULDN'T CAPTAIN, CAPTAIN YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS USE FLOCK, CORRECT? YEAH. YES. SO IT GOES TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THEIR DEPUTIES HAVE FLOCK AND IF THERE'S A, UM, A HIT, RIGHT, IF THERE'S A HIT THAT'LL POP UP, HEY, THIS CAR JUST PASSED BY. IT'S A STOLEN CAR AND IT JUST PASSED THIS, THIS, THIS CAMERA, THIS LPR CAMERA. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS TECHNOLOGY WISE. I MEAN, THE CAMERA'S A CAMERA, RIGHT? I MEAN, THEY'RE BOTH FANTASTIC CAMERAS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS, RIGHT? SO THE, SO THE RED SPEED CAMERA DOES READ THE LICENSE PLATE, BUT THE FLOCK UTILIZES THE LICENSE PLATE READING FOR GENERAL PURPOSES. YES. WE HAVE TO READ, WE HAVE TO READ THE LICENSE PLATE IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE REGISTERED OWNER. WE HAVE TO SEND THAT LICENSE PLATE INFORMATION TO FLORIDA, TO F-L-H-S-M-V IF IT'S IN STATE OR INLETS, IF IT'S OUTTA STATE, IN ORDER TO GET BACK THAT INFORMATION OF WHO THE REGISTERED OWNER IS. SO WE CAN, WE, SO WE CAN KNOW WHO TO SEND THE VIOLATION TO. THE VIOLATION GOES TO THE REGISTERED OWNER. IT DOES NOT GO TO THE DRIVER. WE HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING WHO'S DRIVING. UH, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, THE HUSBAND'S CAR AND THE WIFE WAS DRIVING, WHICH BY THE WAY, I'VE SEEN A HUSBAND TRANSFER LIABILITY TO THE WIFE. I WOULD NEVER DO IT BECAUSE I WOULDN'T BE FED. BUT, BUT I HAVE SEEN IT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S INTERESTING. THANK YOU, SIR. YOU'RE BEING FED WELL, BY THE WAY, SO YOU'RE DOING GOOD, . THANK YOU. UM, ONE OTHER QUESTION, MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, IN REGARDS TO IF THEY DON'T PAY IT MM-HMM . AND IT GOES TO COLLECTIONS. IF, IF IT'S A YEAR DOWN THE LINE AND THEY END UP DUE PAYING IT DOES THAT MONEY, THE DEAL STILL COMES BACK TO US WITH THE $26, SORRY, $29. 39. $39. YES. OKAY. UM, THEY HAVE TO, THE COLLECTIONS AGENCY HAS TO COLLECT AT LEAST THAT A HUNDRED DOLLARS FINE. THAT, THAT'S JUST AS, JUST LIKE IF IT GOES TO, UH, THE CLERK OF THE COURTS AS A UTC, AS A UTC, WHATEVER THE COURTS IMPOSE, THEY HAVE TO AT LEAST IMPOSE THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE LITTLE BUCKETS NEED TO BE SPLIT UP FOR THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS. UH, SO YES, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS YOU WOULD STILL, UM, RECEIVE YOUR $39. I MEAN, I MAY BE DELAYED, OBVIOUSLY, BUT SURE. BUT YES, EVENTUALLY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THIS IS ONLY DURING SCHOOL HOURS? YES. THE STATE, THE STATE STATUTE ALLOWS US TO RUN OUR CAMERAS HALF HOUR BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS FOR BREAKFAST PROGRAM MM-HMM . OR THROUGH ALL THE WAY THROUGH HALF HOUR AFTER SCHOOL ENDS. SO THEY WILL NOT BE ON HOLIDAYS, IT WILL NOT BE AT NIGHT. OKAY. IT WON'T BE AFTER, YOU KNOW, FIVE O'CLOCK, SIX O'CLOCK. UH, BUT IT IS THE ENTIRETY OF THE DAY. AND THE, THE, I THINK THE INTENT OF THAT IS, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE INTENT OF WHY THAT IS. UM, IT CONDITIONS DRIVERS TO, AS THEY APPROACH SCHOOLS, REGARDLESS OF THE TIME OF DAY TO SLOW DOWN, IF YOUR SCHOOL ZONE NORMALLY IS 30, IF THE, IF THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, THE NORMAL SPEED LIMIT IS 35 MILES PER HOUR, NO ONE SHOULD BE DOING 46 [00:50:01] MILES PER HOUR. AND SO THEY'D HAVE TO BE DOING THAT AMOUNT OF SPEED ABOVE THE SPEED LIMIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. LET'S SAY IT'S 12 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A VIOLATION. AND THE REASONING FOR THAT IS KIDS COME AND GO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY, WHETHER IT'S FOR DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. P PARENTS COME IN AND PICK UP KIDS ALL THE TIME. UH, AND IT'S A ME AND IT'S A MECHANISM TO CONDITION THE DRIVERS SO THAT, UM, SO THEY'RE NOT JUST LOOKING FOR A SIGN OR A FLASHING LIGHT IF THEIR SCHOOL'S IN SESSION. WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN THAT. THAT'S HOW YOU BECOME SUCCESSFUL IN THAT LONG TERM, UH, UH, REDUCTION OF SPEEDERS. SPEEDERS. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. QUITE IT IS A PLEASURE. HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. SAME TO YOU. SAME TO YOU. THANK YOU MR. Z. MADAM MAYOR, JUST TO CONFIRM, UH, ARE WE MOVING THIS FROM CONSENT OR REGULAR TO REGULAR? YES. ATTORNEY CALLOWAY, MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, I DO BELIEVE THIS SHOULD COME OFF OF CONSENT, BUT I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION RELATING TO THE NECESSARY ORDINANCE THAT THE CITY WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THIS. SO I'VE ASKED CITY STAFF WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY HAS ALREADY PASSED AND THAT ORDINANCE YES, THAT IS IN PLACE THEN IT, IT, IT, IT'S FINE TO GO AS OF TOMORROW, BUT IT WOULD'VE TO COME OFF OF THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA COME OFF. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM AC. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER 10, A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 75 RATIFYING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT FOR PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31ST, 2025. AND MS. HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MS. HAYES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY ATTORNEY YANKTON, CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK. SHARON HAYES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES. THE FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR OCTOBER, 2025. THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WAS CIRCULATED AND PUBLISHED. I WOULD BEGIN BY GOING OVER THE WORKSHEETS THAT WERE PROVIDED, STARTING WITH THE GENERAL FUND. SO THE GENERAL FUND RECEIVED REVENUES OF $357,417. MOST OF OUR REVENUE CATEGORIES WERE BELOW THE ANTICIPATED BUDGETED MONTH FOR THE FIRST MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 8%. UM, BUT THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL BECAUSE, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, PROPERTY TAX REVENUES WILL NOT START COMING IN UNTIL MORE THAN LIKELY IN DECEMBER 'CAUSE IT'S PAID TO THE COUNTY AND THEN TRANSMITTED TO THE CITY. ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE. WE'RE ALSO ON THE BUDGET. MOST OF OUR DEPARTMENTS STAYED UNDER THE 8%, UM, FOR THE FIRST FISCAL MONTH OF THE YEAR. UM, THE ONLY TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT CAME CLOSE, UM, CITY ATTORNEYS AND, UM, BSO POLICE AND EMS SERVICES. SO AT THE END OF THE YEAR, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, I'M SORRY, THE GENERAL FUND WOULD HAVE A LOSS OF ABOUT $1.8 MILLION. AND THEN, UM, OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS DID NOT RECEIVE ANY REVENUE FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THEY, UM, ARE FUNDED THROUGH SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT IS STORM WATER AND SOLID WASTE. AND SO LIKE PROPERTY TAX, THOSE REVENUES TEND TO COME, UM, DURING THE LATER PART OF THE FIRST QUARTER. PROBABLY THE DECEMBER, JANUARY IS WHEN WE'LL SEE MOST OF THOSE REVENUES COMING IN. BUILDING SERVICES FUND, WHICH IS ANOTHER PROPRIETARY FUND, DID HAVE REVENUES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND SHOWED A SMALL SURPLUS FOR THE MONTH. THEY EXPENDITURES WERE $23,650. UM, AND THEIR INCOME WAS $84,580. SO THEY HAD A SURPLUS FOR OCTOBER. I ALSO PROVIDED YOU WITH, UH, OTHER MAJOR FUNDS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE'RE DOING THERE. WE DID NOT HAVE ANY SPEND FOR OUR CAPITAL, NONE OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS IN OUR, UM, CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED THROUGH JOURNAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS, RSR TAX FUND. NEITHER DID WE HAVE ANY FROM THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE HAD SOME SMALL INCOME ON OUR FIRE RESCUE FUND, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY FROM FIRE INSPECTIONS ON. UM, OUR EXPENDITURE DEATHS TRENDING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN BUDGET. SHOULD HAVE BEEN AT 8% OR LESS. WE'RE AT 9% THERE. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE. [00:55:01] UM, THEY'RE ALSO TRENDING A LITTLE HIGHER THAN BUDGET AT 9%. SO FOR THE AMOUNT OF OCTOBER, THEY'RE A LOSS OF $27,933. UM, CRA, UM, THE REVENUE REFLECTED THERE IS PRIMARILY FROM INTEREST INCOME. CRA AS WELL WOULD NOT RECEIVE MOST OF ITS REVENUE. UM, PENDING PAYMENT OF THE TIFS, WHICH WERE BUILT IN NOVEMBER. SO WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING THOSE SOMETIME. UM, IN JANUARY. UM, THE GAS TAX REVENUE FUND SHOWS, UM, $240,711 OF REVENUE. ALL OF THAT DOES NOT APPLY TO THE AMOUNT OF OCTOBER, BUT WAS RECEIVED IN OCTOBER. UH, $190,000 OF THAT WAS, UM, FUNDS THAT WERE PAID IN ERROR BY THE STATE TO LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA. AND SO IN, DURING RECONCILIATION, THOSE FUNDS WERE RETURNED, UM, TO THE CITY AND WE RECEIVED THEM IN OCTOBER. AND FINALLY, OUR OTHER BUDGETED FUNDS. UM, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY REVENUE FOR MOST OF THOSE FUNDS FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, BUT I WANTED TO LIST THEM SO YOU CAN ALSO BE AWARE OF THESE FUNDS. UM, THE GRANT FUNDS, UH, PUBLIC ARTS, C-D-P-C-D-B-G PROGRAMS, HURRICANE LOSS MITIGATION, AND HOUSING REPAIR. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, I PRESENTED YOU WITH THE INFO, THE INCOME RECEIVED FROM OUR CODE SETTLEMENT $17,107 AND 50 CENTS FROM RAD LLC AND 33,000 FROM THE MARKETPLACE SETTLEMENT FOR A TOTAL OF $50,187 AND 50 CENTS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. HAYNES, FOR THAT REPORT. JUST WANT TO ASK YOU, WITH THE FIRE AND ALZHEIMER'S, YOU, IT'S TRENDING A LITTLE HIGHER. DID YOU, IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT RIGHT NOW? I KNOW THE EXPENSIVE, UM, I, I DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC REASON, BUT I CAN PRESENT IT TO YOU TOMORROW. THANK YOU KINDLY. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. NO, NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MS. MS. ACM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER 10 B RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 76 REQUESTING THE USE OF THE CITY'S LOGO FOR BORN ON PURPOSE PROJECT, HOOPING ON PURPOSE EVENT ON JANUARY THE 11TH, 2026, SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THIS EVENING FOR THIS ITEM. THE, UM, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ORGANIZATION WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE TOMORROW, AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED IT ON WORKSHOP. UH, UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAD THAT CONCLUDES OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA. SO WE'LL TRANSFER OVER TO THE WORKSHOP. AGENDA [A.  DISCUSSION REGARDING EXECUTING AMENDMENT NO. 1 FOR THE EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH ATC ENGINEERING, INC. FOR THE NW 49TH AVENUE ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (FDEP): FLORIDA RESILIENT PROGRAM] ITEM NUMBER FIVE, A DISCUSSION REGARDING EXECUTING AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE FOR THE EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH A TC ENGINEER FOR THE NEW 45 40 NINTH AVENUE. ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION, FLORIDA RESILIENT PROGRAM. AND MR. ZAM IS HERE TO PRESENT THAT ITEM TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ZA. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. UH, AS ON PROCUREMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF DALE LAKES, UH, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, THIS IS AN ITEM. UM, AS WAS MENTIONED, UM, BEFORE, UM, CITY DID AWARD TO THIS VENDOR FOR THIS PROJECT, UH, FOR THE NINTH AVENUE ROAD WAVE PROJECT. UH, THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACTUAL CONTRACT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THIS VENDOR. THERE'S A DOCUMENT AND THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE PART OF THE CONTRACT, AND THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED AT THE TIME AND SOMETIME LAST YEAR. AND THIS AMENDMENT IS TO REQUEST, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE COMMISSION TO INCLUDE THIS DOCUMENT AS PART NOW OF THE CONTRACT SO THAT THE CITY CAN BE REIMBURSED FOR WHAT WE HAVE PAID TO THIS VENDOR. THE AMOUNT OF THIS PROJECT WAS $1.3 MILLION, UM, AND IT WAS FUNDED BY THE, IT IS FUNDED BY THE FLORIDA RESILIENT PROGRAM. UM, FROM SPEAKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UH, THE PROJECT IS PRETTY MUCH COMPLETED. THEY'RE IN THE FINAL INSPECTIONS NOW, AND THIS, UH, EFFORT IS JUST FOR THE CITY TO RECOVER OUR FUNDING NOW AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES, MAD MAD. YOU, UM, I, I KNOW I'M JUMPING BACK, BUT, UM, WHY WAS THIS NOT IN INITIALLY? I, I, UH, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I CANNOT ANSWER. THIS WAS LONG BEFORE MY TIME. UM, BUT YES, IT'S A REQUIREMENT, UH, TO BE INCLUDED, UM, IN THE CONTRACT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT WAS MY THOUGHT [01:00:01] TOO, MR. ZA. COMMISSIONER. THAT WAS MY THOUGHT TOO. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ZA, MADAM. A CM. THANK YOU, ZAM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE B, DISCUSSION [B.  DISCUSSION REGARDING UTILIZING THE SOURCEWELL COOPERATIVE CONTRACT 011124-UFC FOR "UNIFORMS WITH RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES" AWARDED TO UNIFIRST CORPORATION IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($20,000) PER FISCAL YEAR] REGARDING UTILIZING THE SOURCE WELL, COOPERATIVE CONTRACT 0 1 1 1 2 4 DASH UFC FOR UNIFORMS WITH RELATED PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AWARDED TO UNIVERSE CORPORATION AND IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $20,000 PER FISCAL YEAR. WE DO HAVE MR. ZAM TO PRESENT THE I THIS ITEM AS FAR AS PROCUREMENT, AND WE DO HAVE MR. RON WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE SCOPE IF YOU WISH, MADAM MAYOR THROUGH YOU. THANK YOU MR. . ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED MADAM MAYOR, AS WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR SOME TIME AT MOST OF THESE MEETINGS, UM, UH, CHECKS AND BALANCES THAT THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IS PUTTING IN PLACE AND BECOMING MORE COMPLIANT. THIS ISSUE IS MORE FOR COMPLIANCE ISSUE. UH, THIS IS A MATTER THAT PREVIOUSLY, UH, THE CITY WOULD'VE PURCHASED UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S THRESHOLD, WHERE IT WOULD'VE BEEN ASSUMED THAT THE MANAGER'S THRESHOLD WAS THAT 24 9 9 9, UM, PER PER YEAR. UH, HOWEVER, UH, AS DISCUSSED WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THAT AMOUNT ACTUALLY GOES FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE YEARS. IF THEREFORE, HAVING SAID THAT, IT MEANS THAT THIS AMOUNT THAT THE CITY WOULD'VE BEEN ENGAGING WITH THIS VENDOR ON AVERAGE OF ABOUT 20,000 PER YEAR WOULD EXCEED THE MANAGER'S AUTHORITY. THEREFORE, THIS IS AS A COMPLIANCE ISSUE COMING BEFORE YOU TO ONE, EXPLAIN THE MATTER AND ALSO GET YOUR APPROVAL TO PROCEED WITH THIS VENDOR IN A CONTRACT, IN AN ACTUAL AGREEMENT, UH, COMPLIANT TO THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT CODE, UH, TWO DEPARTMENTS UTILIZES THIS VENDOR. THIS VENDOR IS PART OF A SOURCE WELL CONTRACT, UH, THAT WAS COMPETITIVELY BID. UH, YOUR BACKUP INDICATES WHERE THIS VENDOR WOULD'VE RANKED NUMBER ONE OUT OF A NUMBER OF VENDORS WHO COMPETED FOR A SIMILAR SERVICE. UH, THIS IS TO PROVIDE, UH, ONE, UM, UNIFORMS FOR THE FIELD STAFF IN PUBLIC WORKS AND PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES, AS WELL AS TO PROVIDE, UH, OUR LOGO MAPS THAT YOU SEE AT OUR CITY FACILITIES. UH, THE VENDOR WILL COME AND PUBLIC WORKS CAN, UH, UH, MR. RON, HE CAN, UH, EXPLAIN FURTHER, BUT LIKE I SAID, AGAIN, THIS IS MORE OF A COMPLIANCE ISSUE, UM, BASED ON HISTORIC DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS AND REVIEWED, UH, THE AMOUNT THAT THE CITY IS REQUESTING IS AN AMOUNT OF $20,000 PER FISCAL YEAR WITH THIS VENDOR, UM, FOR SERVICES THAT WILL BE EXPLAINED, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE. THANK YOU, MR. RON CAN EXPLAIN MORE ON THE SERVICES. ANY SERVICES VENDOR. NOPE. THANK YOU, MR. MADAM. MAY STAND. ITEM NUMBER RON MADAM VICE MAYOR. MR. CAN MR. RON, COME FORTH PLEASE. MR. RON? MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR. UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, MADAM IS C MR. UH, SIERRA CLERK. UH, FOR THE RECORD, MAD NAME IS RON DE PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, AS STATED BY MR. UH, ZA. UH, UNI FIRST HAS BEEN PROVIDING, UM, UNIFORM SERVICES TO, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND, UH, HUMAN SERVICES, AND ALSO THE, THE FLOOR MATH THAT, UH, YOU SEE IN EVERY CITY FACILITIES WITH A CITY LOGO ON IT, UH, FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS. SO EACH FIELD EMPLOYEE HAS A SET OF 11, UH, SET OF UNIFORM PANTS, CARGO PANTS, UH, WITH SHIRT, WHICH CAN BE A MIX OF LONG SLEEVE AND SHORT SLEEVE, WHICH USUALLY IT'S THE, THE CHOICE OF EACH EMPLOYEES. SOME, SOME OF THEM LIKE THE LONG SLEEVE. SOME HAVE A MIXTURE OF LONG AND SHORT. MOSTLY DURING THE SUMMERTIME, THEY USE THE SHORT SLEEVE MORE. SO EVERY FRIDAY, THE COMPANY BRING, UH, NEW SETS OF CLEAN UNIFORM AND COLLECT THE DIRTY UNIFORM, AND IT SOLELY IS A ROTATION. SAME THING FOR THE MATS. UH, WE HAVE 28 MATS, SO EVERY FRIDAY THEY COLLECT 14, UH, DIRTY MATS AND THEY'LL BRING, UH, 14 VENUE SO THAT THIS ENSURE THAT THE FIELDS EMPLOYEES ARE ALWAYS CLEAN BECAUSE THEY, THEY ARE THE FACE OF THE CITY. UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THEY GO OUT THERE, UH, THEY ALWAYS WEAR A CLEAN UNIFORM. AND EACH UNIFORM HAS A NAME TAG, WHICH MAKES IT EASY FOR ANY RESIDENT OR ES TO CLEAR THEIR IDENTIFY EACH, UH, EMPLOYEE, EACH EMPLOYEE. SO, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH YEAR, IF WE HAVE NEW EMPLOYEE, WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW THE SIZE OF THAT EMPLOYEE SO THEY CAN BRING THE SET OF UNIFORMS SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE. I UNDERSTAND. ANY QUESTION NOW? MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SEE ON HERE, MR. RUN, UM, ALLOWANCE FOR DAMAGE LOSS OR MISSING UNIFORMS OR MATS, $900, UH, TO MAD MAYOR? YES. SOMETIMES, UH, UNIFORM GET [01:05:01] DAMAGED, UH, BECAUSE MOSTLY THE FIELD GUYS, UH, THERE'S A, UM, PROVISION FOR THAT IN THE CONTRACT. OKAY. I, I GUESS I COULD THOUGHT AS BEING THE SAME, BUT I CAN SEE THE DAMAGED UNIFORMS. I AS A UNIFORM LOST OR, OR MISSING, UM, LOST. WE DON'T HAVE THAT A LOT, BUT THEY DO GET LOST, UH, BECAUSE THE WAY IT WORKS, THEY TAKE, THEY TAKE SOME OF THE, THEY TAKE THE UNIFORM HOME AT NIGHT AND BRING IT, UH, THE DIRTY AND WEAR CLEAN ONES, SO YOU CAN SEE. BUT FOR THE DAMAGE, IT DEPENDS ON THE DIVISION, LET'S SAY LANDSCAPE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE, THEY DEAL WITH A LOT OF MOVE MOVABLE OBJECTS. I'M GOOD WITH DAMAGE. YES, I'M GOOD WITH DAMAGE. IT'S A LOSS OF MISSING. IT HAPPENS MANAM MAYOR, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT NOT OFTEN THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. I APPRECIATE YOUR MR. RON . THANK YOU, MR. RON. THANK YOU MRAM, MADAM. ANY MADAM MAYOR SIM. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE [C.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SECOND EXTENSION OF CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES' COOPERATIVE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND WATERFIELD FLORIDA STAFFING FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES, EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH JULY 31, 2026] C, DISCUSSION REGARDING THE SECOND EXTENSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES COOPERATIVE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARACK AND WATERFIELD, FLORIDA STAFFING FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARD SERVICES, EXTENDING SERVICES THROUGH JULY 31ST, 2026. AND MR. ZA WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM. AND MS. TARA'S ALSO HERE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ZAMO. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED. UH, MADAM MAYOR, WE CAME TO COMMISSION, UH, SOMETIME ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, UM, INDICATING THAT WHILE REVIEWING SOME REQUESTS FROM DEPARTMENTS, WE FOUND THAT THIS CONTRACT THAT THE CITY, UM, PIGGYBACKS WITH THE CITY OF TAMARA, UM, HAD EXTENDED, UH, THEIR SERVICES WHEN IT EXPIRED IN AUGUST, AND THEN IT EX, WE EXTENDED IT, UH, OUR, OUR, UH, ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM, UH, UNTIL DECEMBER. UH, CITY OF TAMARACK, THEY HAVE THIS SERVICE FOR SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS. UM, THEY DID DO A SOLICITATION, UM, TO S**T BECAUSE THE CONTRACT DID COME TO AN END. UH, THE VENDOR THAT THEY AWARDED TO, UH, WAS UNABLE TO MEET THE START DATE OF JANUARY, UH, JANUARY 2ND, I BELIEVE IT WAS, OR BEGINNING OF JANUARY. THEREFORE, THE CITY, UH, DETERMINED THAT THEY WILL REJECT ALL BIDS AND GO BACK OUT AGAIN, UH, ON THEIR OWN. THEY ARE GOING BACK, UM, OUT WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026. THEY HAVE INDICATED SOMETIME ABOUT MARCH THEREABOUT. UM, DURING THIS PERIOD, THE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE SERVICE WITH THE INCUMBENT TO JULY 31ST, 2026. THIS COVERS THE PERIOD UP UNTIL WHEN SCHOOL ENDS AND ALSO FOR ANY SUMMER PROGRAMS THAT HAPPEN. UM, I DID CHECK WITH THE VENDOR. UH, WE DID CHECK WITH THE VENDOR TO CONFIRM, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHERE THE STAFF COMES FROM, AND THEY SENT US A LIST OF 14 PEOPLE, UH, 12 OF WHOM RESIDE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES. UM, AT YOUR REQUEST AT THE NEXT MEETING, IF YOU WANT, WE CAN REQUEST THEM TO COME FORWARD. I KNOW YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM PERHAPS. UM, HOWEVER, THE RATE THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, THAT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS COMPLIANT TO, UM, FLORIDA MINIMUM WAGE POLICIES, EXISTS THROUGH THE LIFE OF THIS CONTRACT UP UNTIL JULY NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE SAME RATE THAT THEY'RE AWARDING THE VENDOR TO RIGHT NOW. UH, AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE AFFECTED BY THIS. UM, THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WITHIN THE SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER THAT ARE ALSO PIGGYBACKING OF THEM. UM, ONE, UH, OF THE CITIES, I BELIEVE WAS THE CITY OF SUNRISE. THEY WERE ALSO PART OF IT, BUT THEY DECIDED TO OPT OUT AND GO TO THE SAME VENDOR, BUT A DIFFERENT CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, CITY OF PLANTATION. SAME VENDOR AWARDED THAT SERVICE, AND THEY'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF THAT CONTRACT. HOWEVER, WE LIKE OTHER VENDORS, NOT LAUDERDALE, UH, AND CORAL SPRINGS. WE REMAIN TOGETHER WITH THEM AMONGST OTHER CITIES AS WELL. UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? ELISE? NO QUESTIONS. NONE. THANK YOU MR. Z. THANK YOU, MADAM. I SEE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE [D.  DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY COMMISSION'S EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CITY'S HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND DÉCOR FOR THE 2026 HOLIDAY SEASON] D DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CITY COMMISSION'S EXPECTATIONS FOR THE CITY'S HOLIDAY LIGHTING AND DECOR FOR THE 2026 HOLIDAY SEASON. AND MR. ZAM WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU MR. ZA. MY LAST ITEM FOR TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AGAIN AND COMMISSION ALL PROTOCOLS OBSERVED, UM, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSION. WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY, UM, LAST YEAR, UM, IT AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON, UH, IT BECAME A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE TO PUT TOGETHER HOLIDAY DECOR, UM, IN COMPLIANCE WITH PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES. UM, I DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, UH, PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL, UH, UNDERSTANDING WHAT TOOK, WHAT HAPPENS USUALLY, UM, AN EMERGENCY PURCHASE WAS DONE, UH, TO SOME EXTENT, AND, AND A VENDOR WAS AWARDED LAST YEAR. THIS YEAR WE INTENDED TO GO OUT FOR A SOLICITATION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET SOMEONE, UH, THROUGH A SOLICITATION AND AWARD THAT VENDOR FOR THAT SERVICE. HOWEVER, THE CRITERIA WERE, YOU KNOW, AMONG STAFF, THERE WAS NOT A AGREEMENT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE [01:10:01] SURE THAT WE MET YOUR EXPECTATIONS. UH, SOME STAFF WERE SAYING, OKAY, LET'S PUT IT, LET'S PUT THE LIGHTS OVER HERE, UM, AT ENTRYWAYS, LET'S DO THIS, AND SO ON. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY ALREADY HAD AN ARRANGEMENT WITH ONE VENDOR, UM, UH, FOR THE TREE AT THE SAM BROWN MONUMENT, UM, WHERE THAT VENDOR WILL PULL OUR TREE AND THAT THOSE DECORATIONS FOR ONE YEAR, THEY, WE ARE PAYING THEM TO PUT IT UP, TAKE IT DOWN, AND ALSO WE ARE PAYING TO HOLD IT FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR. UH, DURING THIS CO THE COURSE OF THIS YEAR, UH, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM AN ARRANGEMENT THROUGH THE CRA WHERE, UM, SOME FUND, SOME PROGRAMS THAT THE CRA WOULD'VE DONE WITH A STORAGE FACILITY NEARBY WITHIN THE CITY. UM, PART OF THAT CONTRACT, UM, THE CITY WAS ALLOTTED A NUMBER OF UNITS FREE OF CHARGE, AND THE CITY IS NOW USING THAT TO STORE ITEMS FOR NOT JUST DEPARTMENTS, BUT ALSO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOR MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IF ALL THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED, UM, STORAGE UNIT. SO THAT TAKES AWAY THE ADDITIONAL COST, WHICH IN TOTAL WAS AROUND 12, $13,000 A YEAR. UH, NOW WE'VE CUT IT DOWN TO JUST FOR THEM TO PUT IT UP AND TAKE IT DOWN, WHICH COMES AROUND TO $6,000. THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT. IT, THE OTHER ASPECT CAME WHERE, WHERE DO WE NOW PUT LIGHTS? HOW MUCH LIGHTS DO WE PUT? SO WE ENGAGE, UM, IN A TIPS CONTRACT, I SENT A REQUEST THROUGH, UH, THE TIPS PORTAL AS A COOPERATIVE PROGRAM THAT THE CITY HAS USED MANY TIMES. UH, COUPLE VENDORS SHOWED INTEREST. TWO IN PARTICULAR CAME OUT, ONE CAME OUT, UM, AND THEY OFFERED A PRICE OF 22,000 SOMETHING AND CHANGE. UM, PART OF BEING A TIPS VENDOR MEANS THAT YOU MUST ALSO PROVE THAT THE PRICE THAT YOU'RE GIVING US, IT'S VALID AND IT CONFORMS THIS INDUSTRY STANDARDS. THE, NOT THE A TIPS VENDOR IS REQUIRED TO GIVE US AN RS MEANS THIS VENDOR WAS NOT THE ACTUAL VENDOR, BUT WAS A SUB INVITED BY A PRIME ON TIPS AND WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE THAT RS MEANS. THEREFORE, WE TOLD YOU, WE TOLD HIM, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU DO NOT TECHNICALLY HAVE A COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AND WE CANNOT, CANNOT DIRECTLY ENGAGE WITH YOU. SO THIS VENDOR WAS PUT OUT. WE DID INVITE ANOTHER, ANOTHER VENDOR SHOWED INTEREST WHO IS A, A TIPS VENDOR AND THE STAFF, UH, FROM THE PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES GIVE THEM THE SCOPE, WHAT THE, WHAT WE BELIEVE MIGHT MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE COMMISSION. THIS, THE PRICE CAME IN AT AROUND $71,000. SO THEREFORE WE TOLD THE GUY, LISTEN, UM, FROM THE BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED, RIGHT, THAT WE HAVE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WAS AN AMOUNT OF $24,999. THAT'S AS PRETTY MUCH AS WE CAN GO. THE GUY WAS LIKE, OKAY, HE CAN CUT IT DOWN. SO HE MET WITH STAFF OF PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES AGAIN, AND PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS WHAT WAS NEGOTIATED AND COMES BELOW THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY. WE ARE AN IMPART NOW AS TO WHAT DO WE GO FORWARD THIS VENDOR CAN OFFER US, HAS ACTUALLY OFFERED US, UH, A TERM CONTRACT FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD IF WE WANT, OR A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT TO DO THE SAME THING. WHAT HE HAS RIGHT NOW, HE CAN DO THE SAME EXACT THING, PERHAPS EVEN AT A, A REDUCED COST, BUT UNDER TIPS CONTRACT, IT'S A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SO WE CAN USE THEM. THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN DOING A, AGAIN, AT YOUR DIRECTION IS TO HEAR WHAT YOUR REQUIREMENTS ARE. THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS WE WILL NEED, WHAT YOUR BUDGET IS. I'VE SEEN MANY CITIES, UM, THEY'VE CHANGED WHAT THEY'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY. SOME THEY DO, THEY THEIR BUILDINGS AND THE TREES AND ALL ENTRYWAYS, SOME THEY HAVE CUT DOWN ON THAT. AND JUST THE TREES ALONE, SOME ENTRYWAYS ALONE. IT'S AGAIN, AT YOUR DIRECTION. WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE MEET YOUR EXPECTATIONS, WHAT YOU BUDGETED, WHAT YOU FEEL SHOULD BE COVERED IN THIS RFP IF WE GO THIS WAY, AND WHAT YOU FEEL SHOULD BE PART OF THE SCOPE, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES. ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER FURTHER DIRECTION AS WELL, ALEX. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, ONLY QUESTION IS WHAT IS, WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING LIT UP? LIKE WHERE ARE WE PUTTING LIGHTS AND WHAT ARE WE, UM, ESSENTIALLY PAYING FOR? SO WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, UH, AT THE CITY HALL, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE, WHAT YOU SEE ON THE OUTSIDE, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. THE, WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, THROUGH MADAM MAYOR, UH, THE CITY USED TO DO THIS ON THEIR OWN BEFORE, UH, I THINK A COUPLE YEARS BACK WE HAD A MISHAP WHERE WE HAD SOME INJURY WITH STAFF AND THE CITY OPTED, I THINK, UH, AND I'M SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE CAN, UH, GO MORE INTO DETAIL ABOUT THAT. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, TWO STAFF MEMBERS, THEY WERE PUTTING UP SOME STUFF AND THEY FELL DOWN AND THE CITY WAS LIKE, WE'RE NOT DOING THIS AGAIN ON OUR OWN. UH, STAFF WAS SEVERELY DAMAGED, BUT WHAT WE ARE COMING TO YOU ASKING FOR IS WHAT YOU EXPECT US TO PUT AS WELL AS WHAT YOU EXPECT THE BUDGET SHOULD BE AROUND. AND THAT'S WHAT WE ARE ASKING THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, WELL, I KNOW CURRENT THIS 2025 DECEMBER, THAT BUDGET DOWN THE BOTTOM IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING. THAT WAS WHAT WAS SPENT THIS YEAR. YES, IT THROUGH REMIND ME. YES. YES. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I SPOKE WITH THE ACTON CITY MANAGER [01:15:01] ABOUT, AND A AND A FEW RESIDENT HAD ASKED ME ABOUT IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT PARTICULAR THING CAME FROM. THE ENTRANCEWAY TO EACH COMMUNITY HAD LIGHTS AROUND THE LOGO, UM, MAYBE LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR PRIOR. AND I INQUIRED AS TO WHY THAT STOPPED. I KNOW WE HAVE THE BANNERS ENTERING INTO THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, BUT A LITTLE LIGHTING, UM, WOULD BE GOOD BY JUST BY THE LOGO TO SAY, THIS IS WESTGATE E YOU KNOW, EASTGATE NORTHGATE, RIGHT BY THAT ENTRANCEWAY. UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT DID IT SAY? SOLAR LIGHTS WHEREBY COME, I DON'T KNOW HOW IT WAS CONNECTED. I, I LIKE WHAT I SEE OUTSIDE. IT CREATES SUCH A, UM, VIBRANT AND HOLIDAY FEEL AROUND, UM, TO ME IT, IT LIGHTS UP CITY HALL. IT REALLY DOES. UM, AND WITH THE SAVING THAT WE RECEIVE FROM THE STORAGE, UM, WHICH HELPS IN THE OTHER AREAS AS WELL. UM, I, I, I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OTHER THEME, BUT I, I DON'T LIKE, I PREFER ONCE I HEARD YOU SAY ABOUT THAT EMPLOYEE HURTING THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A BIG NO-NO. AND I SAW A FACE IN THE AUDIENCE LIKE HOW IN HEAVEN'S THAT HAPPEN. UM, BUT DEFINITELY TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IT CONTRACTED OUT IN ORDER FOR US TO GET THAT SERVICE. AND I'VE HEARD MANY, UM, RESIDENTS SPEAK ABOUT THE LIGHT, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE COME HERE FOR DIFFERENT EVENTS. IT CREATES THAT FLARE OF TOGETHERNESS AS WELL. AND, AND GIVEN THE, THE HOLIDAY SEASON, A NICE, UM, UPLIFTING FEELING. SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT. SORRY, MADAM MAYOR, JUST ONE THING TO ADD. SO THE VENDOR THAT WE'VE, UM, UH, PIGGYBACKED WITH ON THIS COOPERATIVE CONTRACT, IF YOU REALLY LOOK CLOSELY AT OUR BUILDINGS, NOT EVERYWHERE OF THE BUILDING, BUILDING IS LIT UP. WHAT THE VENDOR DID IS TOGETHER, AND I APPRECIATE PARTS AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THIS, THEY WORKED WITH HIM TO TAKE WHAT WAS VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC MOST VISIBLE, AND THAT'S WHY HE TRIED TO LIGHT UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, THEREFORE GIVING US A LOT OF COVERAGE AS IN THE PRIME AREAS. UM, BUT YEAH, WELL, I LOVE THE LIGHTS. IT, WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO THE CITY, IT GIVES YOU SUCH A HOLIDAY SPIRIT. UH, IT PUTS YOU IN THE MOOD. JUST LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID. HE CAME FROM A FUNERAL AND HE WALKED IN, THAT IT REALLY LIFTED HIS SPIRITS. THE LIGHTING AT EACH ENTRANCE TO EACH DEVELOPMENT PROBABLY HAS NOT BEEN DONE. NO, STARTED SINCE I HAVE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION. I STARTED THE COMMISSION IN 2016, SO THAT WAS NOT A PREVIOUS THING. ONE OF THE REASONS, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT DONE THIS YEAR, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS THAT SOME OF THE ENTRANCEWAYS DO NOT HAVE POWER SOURCES, IF THAT'S THE CORRECT THING. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOLAR LIGHTS, AND I DO RECALL ONE YEAR THE LIGHTS WERE BORROWED, IF YOU WILL, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. BUT IF WE CAN GET SOLAR LIGHTS OR WHATEVER IT IS, THAT WILL LIGHT UP THE INTEREST. STREET OREO AND OAKLAND, I THINK HAVE POWER SOURCES AND THEY HAVE THE BIG INTEREST WASTE. SO THAT PROVIDED A VERY, VERY VIBRANT INTEREST RATE TO THE CITY. BUT THE OTHERS, WE CAN GET SOLAR LIGHTS. SO WHATEVER THE BEST WOULD BE IN, FOR THOSE THAT DO NOT HAVE A POWER SOURCE, WE CAN EXPLORE THAT. THE ENTRYWAYS, UH, THREE WERE ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL SCOPE THAT WAS GIVEN AND AMONGST THOSE AND THAT THE ENTRYWAYS AMONGST OTHER THINGS DID COME UP TO $71,000. SO THAT'S WHY WE TOLD THE GUY, JUST KEEP US BELOW THIS AMOUNT. WHAT COST? THE, THE PRICE WAS REALLY THE LABOR. THE LABOR IS THE MAJOR FACTOR IN THIS, NOT SO MUCH SO THE EQUIPMENT, BUT THE LABOR IS WHERE WE'RE PAYING A LOT BECAUSE THERE'S A LIABILITY AND THEN THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR TO PUT UP AND THE TIME IT SPENDS AS WELL. BUT UM, YEAH, WHEN WE DID HAVE LIGHTING AT THE ENTRANCEWAY, THAT WAS WHEN THE CITY WAS INSTALLING THEM. I, MR. RON, 'CAUSE PROBABLY IT WOULD'VE BEEN PUBLIC WORKS. UH, YES MA'AM. MAY, THAT WAS A YEAR THAT MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO WE DID INSTALL, UH, SOLAR LIGHTS AT, UH, MOST OF THE N ENTRY OA PUBLIC WORKS DID THAT IN HOUSE. OKAY. WAS THAT DURING THE TIME THAT WE OCCURRED THE INJURY OR WAS THAT FROM SOMETHING ELSE? UH. * 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.