Apr 28, 2026 City Commission Meeting

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GOOD EVENING

[1.  CALL TO ORDER]

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT TO JOIN US THIS EVENING FOR OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE.

WE ARE EXCITED THAT YOU ARE HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF YOU AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS AT OUR NEXT CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

SO AGAIN, WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.

WE ARE PLEASED THAT YOU HAVE DEMONSTRATED AN INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES BY ATTENDING A CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE TURN OFF FOR SILENCE.

ALL YOUR CELL PHONES.

ANY PERSON REQUIRING AUXILIARY AIDS AND SERVICES MUST HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, WHO MAY SPEAK.

ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY DO SO.

PROVIDING IT IS ACCOMPLISHED IN AN ORDERLY MANNER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PER SECTION TWO DASH FIVE FOUR OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, EACH PERSON DESIRING TO PETITION THE CITY COMMISSION WILL BE ALLOTTED FIVE MINUTES UNDER THE APPLICABLE ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY COMMISSION.

MEETING PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC SHALL NOT EXCEED 30 MINUTES IN AGGREGATE TIME.

THE MAYOR AT HER DISCRETION MAY ALLOW MORE TIME THAN THE ALLOTTED TIME.

EACH PERSON WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION MUST SIGN IN WITH THE CITY CLERK BEFORE 7:00 PM BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

CHAMBERS CITY COMMISSION MEETING IS A BUSINESS MEETING.

AND AS SUCH, PLEASE CONDUCT YOURSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL MANNER, BOTH IN TONE OF VOICE AS WELL AS CHOICE OF WORDS.

PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AS A BODY THROUGH THE PRESIDING OFFICE AND NOT TO THE AUDIENCE OR INDIVIDUAL CITY COMMISSIONER AGAIN, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

OUR MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.

ROLL CALL MADAM CLERK PLEASE.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

HERE, VICE MAYOR THOMAS PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SWELL PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. PRESENT ACTING CITY MANAGER HOWARD PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY CALLWAY PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORA.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY BISHOP EVERTON WALKER FROM FIRST UNITED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, APOSTOLIC INK.

PASTOR, PLEASE YOU PLEASE STAND WITH ME EVERYWHERE.

THANKS TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE INVITE, FATHER OF ALL WISDOM AND CREATION, WE THANK YOU TODAY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT US TOGETHER IN THIS MEETING, YOU SEE THE GOVERNANCE THAT IS BEING PERFORMED IN THIS CITY.

WE THANK YOU FOR SERVANTS WHO LEAD BY EXAMPLES.

WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE WISDOM.

WE GIVE THEM THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR THEIR PEOPLE AND AND FOR OUR SAKE, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THEM THE HEART, THAT LOVES INDIVIDUALS FOR WHO THEY ARE.

AND WE PRAY FOR WISDOM AS THEY CONTINUE TO LEAD AND TO DIRECT YOUR PEOPLE.

WE PRAY THAT NO ONE CRIES OUT FOR HELP AND IT'S NOT RESPONDED TO, BUT WE PRAY FOR THE RESOURCES.

WE PRAY THAT IT BE GRANTED IN A WAY OF FAIRNESS.

THAT EVERYONE THAT RECEIVE HELP CAN SAY HEATH TO AS THE LORD.

HELP US THROUGH HIS SERVANTS.

SO AS THEY SERVE, GIVE US THE WILLING HEART TO LISTEN, TO RESPECT AND TO HONOR THEIR LEADERSHIP.

AND WE THANK YOU GOD FOR LIFE, THAT WE CAN BREATHE THE BREATH OF BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL WILLING, HONEST, AND LOVING ENOUGH TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR THE POOR, THE NEEDY, THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED.

AND WE THANK YOU THAT THEY ARE DOING IT WITH HONOR AND DISCRETION.

COVER US TONIGHT AND MAKE EVERYTHING, EVERY ITEM THAT IS PRESENTED MIGHT BE DEALT WITH IN THE WAY THAT IT OUGHT TO BE, IN FAIRNESS, IN HONESTY.

AND THAT TRUE WISDOM WILL PREVAIL.

AND THE HEART OF YOUR PEOPLE WILL, WILL BE BLESSED.

THESE MERCIES I PRAY AND ASK IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, LORD SAVIOR LORD.

AMEN.

AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, OF OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BISHOP WALKER FOR THAT PRAYER FOR US.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING US TO BE COVERED.

THANK YOU FOR ENSURING THAT OUR

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AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS.

THANK YOU.

ITEM FOUR,

[A.  PRESENTATION - EARTH DAY RECYCLING POSTER ART AWARDS CONTEST CEREMONY (SPONSORED BY VICE MAYOR THOMAS)]

VICE MAYOR SHARON THOMAS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

DO I SEE SMILES OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY FROM THE WINNERS UP FRONT.

MOST OF ALL I SEE THEM SMILING.

THIS IS EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT THIS EVENING.

UM, TO CELEBRATE OUR ART POSTER, ART AWARD CON, UM, CEREMONY TO BE PRESENT WITH US.

I KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU CAME IN THIS EVENING, YOU SAW SOME ARTWORK ON THE TABLE DOWNSTAIRS THERE WERE 78, UM, PARTICIPANT, I THINK THAT DESERVES A HAND 78 PARTICIPANT THAT, UM, BROUGHT IN THEIR, YOU KNOW, ARTWORK AND THE JUDGES WERE FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE STAFF, EVERYONE PLACED, UH, A VOTE.

AND TONIGHT YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN US GIVING, UM, THE AWARDS OUT.

I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

UM, WALMART WAS ONE OF OUR DONORS FOR THE GIVE THEM A HAND PLEASE FOR SOME OF THE AWARDS THAT WE'RE GONNA RECEIVE.

AS WELL AS I HAVE MS. JOSEPHA BENJAMIN HERE.

SHE'S FROM BORN ON PURPOSE, THE DIRECTOR AND CEO AND SHE'S ALSO GONNA PRESENT, UM, T-SHIRTS TO THE WINNERS AS WELL.

GIVE HER A HAND AS WELL.

ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS HOW MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING? I THINK THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR, THIRD YEAR, FOURTH YEAR.

I THINK IT'S THE THIRD, FOURTH.

I, I, THIRD, THIRD YEAR.

THANK YOU.

THIRD YEAR.

BUT IT SEEMS TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER EVERY YEAR.

SO I HAVE TO BE MORE INGENU, UM, BE MORE INNOVATIVE IN HOW I PRESENT IT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE IN OUR MIDST THE VICE MAYOR FROM OAKLAND PARK.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE VICE MAYOR FROM MARGATE, MR. ANTONIO.

THANK YOU.

AND YOU GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND.

YOU YOU'RE IMPORTANT.

ALL OF US ARE IMPORTANT.

EXCELLENT.

EXCELLENT.

SO AS IT STANDS, UM, THERE ARE A FEW MORE ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT WERE TO BE HERE AND THEY, UH, AT THE LAST MINUTE THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT AS THEY ENTER IN, I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.

SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE FOUR SCHOOLS IN OUR AREA.

UM, WELL MORE THAN FOUR SCHOOLS, RIGHT? WE HAVE PARK LAKES.

THERE'S PARK LAKES IN THE HOUSE.

YES.

ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE OREO ELEMENTARY AND WE HAVE LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL.

OKAY.

THAT, THAT'S THE AGE GROUP THAT I WENT UP TO.

BECAUSE IF I WAS TO DO HIGH SCHOOL, BOYD ANDERSON, THIS PLACE WOULD BE SO FILLED THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HOUSE ALL THE, THE DIFFERENT, UM, ENTRIES THAT CAME IN.

SO HOW IT WAS LABELED OUT, WE HAVE THREE FIRST PLACE WINNERS, THREE SECOND PLACE WINNERS AND THREE THIRD PLACE WINNER.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS GET $60 GIFT CARD.

SECOND PLACE WINNERS GET $40 GIFT CARD AND IT'S STILL NOT BAD.

THIRD PLACE WINNERS GET $30 GIFT CARDS.

SO ANYWAY, YOU LOOK AT IT, WE'RE ALL WINNERS, BUT SO, UM, LATER ON WE ARE GOING TO, UM, DELIVER ALL THE PARTICIPANTS, UH, CERTIFICATES TO THE SCHOOL SO THAT THEY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT, UM, WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THERE.

ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GONNA START FROM THIRD PLACE.

HOW ABOUT THAT? I, IS THAT THE WAY IT'S LABELED DOWN HERE? OH, I'M SORRY.

I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MS. LEANNE SHAW, WHICH IS THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND, AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GONNA DO THAT.

TODAY IS HER TWO YEAR EMPLOYEE.

MARK.

TODAY IS THE DAY THAT SHE CAME ON BOARD

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ALRIGHT, SO IT WAS BROKEN UP FROM KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE AND WE HAVE A FIRST PLACE WINNER OF FOR $60 IN FIRST GRADE.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? FIRST GRADE GETTING A $60 GIFT CARD FROM FORT LAUDERDALE PREPARATORY, FIRST PLACE SINCERE NATION.

IS SHE HERE? WHERE IS SHE? COME ON, COME ON DOWN.

SON UP.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB AND YOU WERE RECOGNIZED.

TONIGHT ISN'T WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT.

AND MS. JOSEPHA BENJAMIN IS GONNA OFFER HER, HER T-SHIRTS BORN ON PURPOSE.

YOU HEAR, YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT.

YOU ARE BORN ON PURPOSE FOR A PURPOSE.

PHENOMENAL , RIGHT? WE CAN PRESENT THE NEXT, THE NEXT WINNER.

SECOND PLACE IN KINDERGARTEN.

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? OREO ELEMENTARY, SECOND PLACE WINNER.

OREO ELEMENTARY.

AND THAT NAME IS DARVIN'S GUSTAVO.

DORIS OUS.

ALL RIGHT.

WHERE IS DARVIS? IS DARVIS HERE? DARVIN'S, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.

.

THIS IS MONEY YOU CAN SPEND AT WALMART.

THAT'S YOU.

AWESOME.

SO HARD.

YES.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S THE MAYOR THERE.

.

THIS IS FOR YOU.

YOU WANT IT? .

ALRIGHT.

AND YOU ALSO GET A T-SHIRT FROM MISS JOSEPHA.

THERE SHE IS.

GO STAND RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

PHENOMENAL.

THIRD PLACE FROM THE KINDERGARTEN TO SECOND GRADE IS TTI LUNA.

TTI LUNA.

AND SHE'S FROM, ALSO FROM OREO ELEMENTARY.

$30.

SHE'S NOT HERE.

CAN A REPRESENTATIVE TAKE IT FOR HER PLEASE? WE HAVE THE PRINCIPLE FROM OREO ELEMENTARY.

EXCELLENT.

EXCELLENT.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU SHOULD BE RECEIVING THIS, TALKING ABOUT PRINCIPLE.

OH MY GOOD.

OH, YOU CAN STAND UP HERE.

STAND RIGHT UP THERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND FROM THE THIRD TO FIFTH GRADE, FIRST PLACE, CADEN, JOHNS FIFTH GRADE.

OREO.

OREO AGAIN.

OH MY GOSH.

AND HE GETS A $60 FIRST PLACE GIFT.

ALRIGHT, .

THERE YOU GO.

COME, COME AND GET OREO IS ROCKING IT IN THE HOUSE TODAY.

AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

GREAT.

GOOD JOB.

LOOK AT IT.

AND GREEN TODAY FOR WE'RE CELEBRATING EARTH DAY.

SO, UM, ALL RIGHT.

SECOND PLACE.

BUT FOR THE THREE TO FIFTH GRADE IS ISABEL ANDRE.

AND SHE'S GET, WHAT IS IT, $40 FUN.

SENT HELEN'S SEND HELEN'S IN THE HOUSE.

AWESOME.

GREAT.

GREAT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATS.

CONGRATS.

GO STAND.

YOU CAN GO FURTHER DOWN.

GO FURTHER DOWN.

IT'S FINE.

ALRIGHT.

IN SECOND PL UH, IN THIRD PLACE, GRACE.

OCTOBER.

OCTOBER FROM PARK LAKES.

PARK LAKES.

ALRIGHT.

$30 GIFT CARD.

I KNOW I DIDN'T SAY YOUR NAME RIGHT? TELL ME YOUR LAST NAME.

OCTOBER.

OCTOBER, OKAY.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS, .

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GO AHEAD.

LIKE WHAT ARE YOU? ALRIGHT.

FROM SIXTH TO EIGHTH GRADE AND IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE, OKAY, HERE YOU GO.

YOU'RE GOOD AT ANNUNCIATION PRONUNCIATION.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

WHY WA NISHA? BUT COME ON.

COME ON AND ACCEPT HER.

THE ART TEACHER FROM ST.

HELEN'S IS ACCEPTING AND SHE HAS THE $60 FIRST PLACE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

HAVE STAND UP THERE FOR, UM, IN SECOND PLACE.

OH, IN THIRD PLACE.

LORD, HERE'S A NO, THIS IS SECOND PLACE.

THAT WAS THE $60.

THIS IS SECOND PLACE.

GO FOR IT.

COMMISSIONER SWELL.

OKAY.

S IS THAT THE CORRECT PRONUNCIATION? ARE YOU IN THE HOUSE? NO, NOT, NO, WE WHERE THAT FROM? THIS IS $40 FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES.

MIDDLE, MIDDLE THERE.

ANYONE TO RECEIVE IT? ANYBODY FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES MIDDLE? NO.

OKAY, GOOD.

MM-HMM .

OKAY.

COME ON NOW.

THANK YOU.

GOOD.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THIRD PRIZE, WHICH IS A $30 FROM FORT LAUDERDALE PREPARATORY IS GIA GIVENS.

GIA GIVENS.

WOO.

GOOD JOB.

.

AWESOME.

EXCELLENT.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WONDERFUL.

WOW.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE A PICTURE.

UM, I'M GONNA HAVE JOSEFA PLEASE COME UP AND, UM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING AFTERWARDS.

THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PICTURE WHERE, UM, SO THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE, COME ON COMMISH PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

1, 2, 3.

1, 2, 3.

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TRINITY, YOU ARE GONNA GET A SPECIAL PICTURE WITH JUST YOU AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

HOW ABOUT THAT? SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.

HOLD ON TO THIS AND COME ON.

COME ON.

NO, THAT'S A 31 3.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS.

DON'T LEAVE.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

UM, WHAT ARE WE CELEBRATING THIS MONTH? EARTH DAY.

RIGHT.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUE, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS THAT JUST CAME INTO THE ROOM, PLEASE GIVE HER A HAND.

PHENOMENAL.

AND I MAY GET A LITTLE TEARY, BUT, UM, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.

WE LOST A COLLEAGUE EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT WAS VERY PASSIONATE, PASSIONATE ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

WE WANNA RECOGNIZE VICE MAYOR NANCY MATEO.

AND I ASK YOU TO ROLL AT THIS TIME.

IN REMEMBRANCE OF NANCY MATEO, VICE MAYOR NANCY MATEO SERVED NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY SHE LOVED SERVED, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY SHE LOVED, BUT SHE BELIEVED IN COMMUNITY PRIDE, SUSTAINABILITY, AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

SHE BELIEVED THAT WE SHOULD LEAVE THIS EARTH BETTER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

SHE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST SCIENTIST, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST.

SHE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE.

SHE SERVED ON THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY ON, ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, ADVOCATING FOR SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR CITIES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS, WITH ALWAYS AT THE FOREFRONT OF HER MIND TO LEAVE THINGS BETTER FOR YOU YOUNG PEOPLE THAN WHERE SHE IS EXPERIENCING IT HERE.

SO IN CLOSING, I ASKED YOU GUYS OUR RESPONSE MUST BE INTENTIONAL.

AS VICE MAYOR MATEO WAS INTENTIONAL, OUR RESPONSE MUST BE UNWAVERING.

OUR RESPONSE MUST BE COLLABORATIVE.

THAT MEANS EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART IN MAKING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

WE DON'T WANT TO FIND OURSELVES ON THE LOSING END OF THE BATTLE.

LET'S ALL BE THE CHANGE WE WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.

IF YOU ARE GONNA COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CLIMATE, THE TRASH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, THE WAY THE AESTHETICS LOOK AROUND YOU BE A ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN HELPING TO BRING A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

NANCY WAS THAT TYPE OF VICE MAYOR, NOT JUST TALK ABOUT IT.

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AND SO I THOUGHT IT THIS YEAR TO HONOR AND EVERY YEAR THIS AWARD WILL PASS FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL.

I THOUGHT TO HONOR VICE MAYOR NANCY MATHEO WITH THE SCHOOL PARTICIPANT WHO HAD THE MOST PARTICIPANT IN THE POSTER ART CONTEST.

AND THE AWARD READS IN HONOR OF VICE MAYOR NANCY MATEO, CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE IN CREATIVITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PRESENTED TO THE TOP SCHOOL PARTICIPANT OF THE REDUCE, REUSE AND RECYCLE POSTER ART CONTEST.

AND THAT GOES TO, THESE ARE THE HANDS THAT HOLD AND THIS IS THE GLOBE OF EVERYONE DOING THEIR PART.

AND THAT GOES TO PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY FOR THE MOST PARTICIPANT.

COME ON UP AND RECEIVE IT.

PARK LAKES ELEMENTARY.

WE ARE GONNA, EVERY YEAR THIS WILL GO FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL IN HONOR OF TWO, THREE.

COME ON, COMMISSIONER ROGERS AND ALL THE COMMISSIONERS.

VICE.

VICE.

YEAH.

I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE ACTON CITY MANAGER FOR MAKING THIS AWARD POSSIBLE.

'CAUSE AT THE, THE LAST MINUTE WE REQUIRED SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS AND SHE HAD TO DO A LOT BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ACTON CITY MANAGER, VERNICE HOWARD, THIS ENDS OUR PROGRAM, BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

THERE'S SOME CAKE AND STUFF FOR THE WINNERS AND THOSE THAT WANNA STAY ALONG WITH THEM TO CELEBRATE.

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IS THAT ALL RIGHT? MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO THANKS TO ALL THE PARENTS THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT FOR ALLOWING YOUR STUDENT TO PARTICIPATE AND FOR YOU COMING OUT.

SO NEXT YEAR IT'S GONNA BE BIGGER AND BETTER, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT.

DO APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

AND THANK YOU VICE MAYOR AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNERS.

ALL OF YOU ARE WINNERS.

FANTASTIC.

SO YOU'RE GONNA GO BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOU'RE GOING TO PASS THE WORD ABOUT RECYCLING.

YES.

YES.

THAT WAS ONLY THE ADULTS THAT I HEARD .

REMEMBER PLEASE.

EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT LIVE IN THE WEESE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, YOU RECEIVE A BOOK, UH, LAKES NEWS THAT HAS THE PROPER WAY OF RECYCLING.

PLEASE LOOK AT IT.

'CAUSE SOMETIME WHEN I WALK IN THE MORNING, I'M STILL SEEING THE RECYCLE BIN WITH BAGS, WITH THE RECYCLE.

YOU HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING IN THE RECYCLE BIN FREE.

NO BAGS INSIDE THERE.

ALRIGHT, SO PLEASE, IF YOU PASS THE WORD ON YOU ONES THAT WON, YOU ARE THE AMBASSADOR.

THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO GO AND TELL OTHERS ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND AS YOU GO AND ENJOY THE CAKE AND THE GOODIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU, WE WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN ALL GO BACK AND CELEBRATE AND THEN RECONVENE.

YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO SOLICIT A MOTION TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND RECONVENE IN 10 MINUTES.

YOU WANT THE MOTION? YES MA'AM.

MAD MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A MOTION ON THE FLOOR THAT WE ADJOURN THE MIN THE MEETING FOR 10 MINUTES.

YES.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR THOMAS.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE ROOM AND WE WE'LL RECONVENE IN 10 MINUTES.

ONE MINUTE.

I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THE STAFF FROM, UH, FORT LAUDERDALE PREP.

PLEASE STAND UP.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PLEASE GIVE THEM A HAND.

THANK YOU.

YOU HAD A WINNER IN THE MIDST.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SO YOU CAN GO INSIDE THE ROOM AND TO CITY COMMISSION MEETING OF APRIL 28TH, 2026 IS NOW RECONVENED.

CALLED TO ORDER

[5.  APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

APRIL 13TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES APRIL 14TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CASWELL, I HAVE READ.

APRIL 13TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES APRIL 14TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSION.

I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE CONFIRMED.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER COSAL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

ITEM

[6.  PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM MAYOR? WE DO HAVE ONE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC.

UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR, MARK SPZ, FORMER VICE MAYOR FINCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MEMBERS OF DICE AND THE PUBLIC.

UM, I'M HERE AGAIN 'CAUSE OF THE BOUNCE HOUSE.

I WAS HOPING TO SEE IT ON THE, ON THE, UM, WORKSHOP YESTERDAY TO SEE IF WE HAVE A, A RESOLUTION.

AGAIN, I PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION.

THE STAFF HAS PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, INSPECTIONS.

I'M HOPING THAT WE COULD, UM, THAT WE COULD FIND OUT, UM, WHAT IS REQUIRED FOR BOUNCE HOUSES AND THE COST.

AGAIN, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT BOUNCE HOUSES REQUIRE ELECTRICAL AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS.

I ALSO DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE FI THE FEE FOR BOUNCE HOUSES SHOULD BE 500 TO $700.

SO I'M ASKING THE COMMISSION THAT WE MAKE CLARITY ON THIS.

UM, A LOT OF OUR CHURCHES MAY HAVE HAD, UM, PLANS FOR, UM, EASTER AND GRADUATIONS COMING UP AND THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THIS IS HOLDING THEM BACK.

SO PLEASE COME TO A RESOLUTION THAT WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE REAL COST IS AND WHAT, UM, AND HOW WE RESOLVE THIS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FROM VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

MADAM CLERK MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

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[9.  CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE AWARDING AND AUTHORIZED IN THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN CONTRACT AWARD TO GLORIFY PRINTING, INC.

DVA MINUTEMAN PRESS UNDER ITB 26 DASH 3 4 10 27 B, PROVIDING FOUR LAKES NEWS, PRINTING AND MAILING FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,062 AND 93 CENTS PER QUARTERLY PUBLICATION.

A DRAFT COPY OF SAID CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT EIGHT.

COPIES OF GLORIFIED PRINTING INKS.

RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION TABULATION AND FINAL EVALUATION.

TABULATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT C, COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 3 5.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MATTER TO APPLY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE 2025 EDWARD BYRNE MEMORIAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN AN AMOUNT OF $28,809.

A COPY OF THE 2025 FLORIDA LOCAL JAG ALLOCATIONS IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 3 6 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY.

AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TO THAT CERTAIN RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM AGREEMENT 22 SRP 23 FOR THE FIRE STATION 37 HARDENING PROJECT.

COPY OF AMENDMENT NUMBER THREE TWO, AGREEMENT NUMBER 22 S RRP 23 IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE STANDARD GRANT AGREEMENT 22 S RRP 23 IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B.

A COPY OF AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO TO AGREEMENT NUMBER 22 SRP 23 IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT C.

COPIES OF EACH WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 3 7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, SUPPORTING THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES NOMINATION OF CENSUS TRACKS 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 1 AND 1 2 0 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 8 4 RE-DESIGNATION AS OPPORTUNITY ZONE 2.0 AREAS FURTHER AUTHORIZED AND SUBMISSION OF SUCH NOMINATION TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 3 8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND CULINARY AFFAIRS BY DOMINIC INC.

PROVIDING FOUR NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST AND LUNCH SERVICES FOR THE 2026 SUMMER FOOD PROGRAM AT WILLY WEBB SENIOR PARK.

FURTHER PROVIDING FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CON CONSUMER SERVICES SUMMER FOOD SERVICE PROGRAM.

DRAFT COPY OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH THREE NINE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER RETAINER INTO AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF BROWARD COUNTY, PROVIDING FOUR ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $145,975 FROM CSC FOR SUMMER CAMP.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ELIGIBLE YOUTH AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2026 MOST SUMMER CAMP PROGRAM FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH AUGUST 31ST, 2026.

FURTHER AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURE OF CITY MATCHING FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT

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DRAFT COPY OF SAID AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

COLLEAGUES, WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS UNDER ITEM NINE A-B-C-E-D-E? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

UM, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, PULL RESOLUTION 2026 DASH THREE SEVEN, UM, FROM THIS CONSENT TO BE TABLED FOR A LATER DATE.

3 7 0 3 8 3 8 SORRY.

3 8 3 8 OH THE, I'M SORRY, THREE EIGHT MOTION.

THREE EIGHT.

SETTLE THE MOTION TO BRING, UH, MOVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 8 FROM THE CONSENT TO BE TABLED FOR A LATER DATE.

NEXT MEETING, VICE MAYOR THOMAS.

FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 4 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 5 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 6 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 7 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 3 9 VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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[A.  RESOLUTION 2026-040 AUTHORIZING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS ($1,411,347.00) FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING - VARIOUS LOCATIONS PROJECT]

ITEM 10, A HONOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 4 0 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TO TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, FDOT LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AGREEMENT WITH FDOT TO PROVIDE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,411,347 FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

PROJECT A DRAFT COPY OF THE FDOT LAP AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO SOLICIT A MOTION TO BRING FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026, THAT'S 0 4 0 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR.

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

THANK YOU MADAM.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UM, THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED BY MR. RON DIS BRUNI, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU MR. RON.

MADAM MAYOR, MAD VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS MADAM MR. .

UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS RON DES BRU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

UH, MADAM MAYOR.

DEAR, BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE, UH, THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, TO PROVIDE FUNDING AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,411,347 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CAR PROJECT.

UH, THE PROJECT, THE PROJECT SCOPE CONSISTS OF INSTALLATION OF, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES, UH, SUCH AS ROUNDABOUT, UH, SPEED BUMP AND SEVERAL LOCATIONS TOWARD THE CITY.

UH, SPECIFICALLY IN EASTGATE ON NORTHWEST 24TH STREET AND NORTHGATE.

UH, 34TH STREET, 35TH AVENUE, UH, OAKLAND STATE, NORTHWEST 41ST STREET WEST OF 607 WESTGATE, UH, NORTHWEST 30 STREET.

UH, THERE'S A NEED FOR TRAFFIC COMING TOWARD THE CITY AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.

UH, THIS PROJECT WAS APPROVED FOR DESIGN FUNDING LAST YEAR, UH, AND THE AMOUNT OF $137,143, UH, THAT PHASE OF THE PROJECT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THE FINAL DESIGN PACKAGE PACKAGE WAS SUBMITTED TO FDOT FOR APPROVAL AND CURRENTLY DOT SUBMITTED THAT AGREEMENT, WHICH WILL RELEASE THE FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION.

UH, THIS IS A NECESSARY

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AS A MATTER OF FACT, TODAY I GOT GOOD NEWS FROM DOT.

WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ITB DOCUMENT.

UH, THE ITB DOCUMENT IS COMPLETED, SO AS SOON AS THE AGREEMENT IS SIGNED, WE WILL GO BACK TO FDOT FOR SIGNATURE AND THE NEXT STEP IS FOR DOT TO RELEASE, UH, NTP NOTICE PROCEED, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO GO TO BID AND SELECT THE CONTRACT DEVELOPMENT.

UNDERSTAND.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MAYOR FOR ME AT THIS TIME? NO.

NO, NO.

SO THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER COWELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 0 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

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

[B.  RESOLUTION 2026-041 RATIFYING THE CITY'S MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF THE FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY PERIOD FIVE OF FISCAL YEAR 2026 AS PRE-PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 27 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES.

COPIES OF SUCH FINANCIAL REPORTS ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH CAN BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH FOUR ONE TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

THANK YOU.

ITEM IN C, D, C.

OKAY.

10 B, 10 B.

YES, MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR, RESOLUTION ITEM 10 TO BE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 1 RATIFYING THE CITY'S MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.

YES, THANK YOU.

WELCOME BACK, MS. SHARON.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK SHARON HAYS, DIRECTOR FINANCIAL SERVICES PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE CITY AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026, BEGINNING WITH OUR GENERAL FUND.

OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026 WAS AT 43% OF BUDGETED REVENUES, OR $20,026,611.

THE ADV TAX COLLECTIONS ARE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT WE BUDGETED, AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS AS A RESULT OF INTEREST IN DELINQUENT PAYMENTS THAT WERE BEING COLLECTED.

THE PAYMENTS ARE NOT USUALLY BROKEN OUT.

SO THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION BASED BASED UPON THE AMOUNT THAT'S BEEN RECEIVED.

A UTILITY IN SALES AND NEW TAXES ARE THE NEXT HIGHEST PERCENTAGES FOR REVENUES RECEIVED AT 30% AND 32% ARE OTHER REVENUES SUCH AS FRANCHISE TAXES, PERMITS, AND LICENSE AND FINES AND FORFEITURES ARE STILL BELOW BUDGETED AMONGST AS OF FEBRUARY 28 ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE, GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES ARE TRENDING BELOW BUDGET AT 29%.

SOME OF OUR EXPENSES WERE DELAYED PENDING THE APPROVAL OF THE BUDGET TRANSFER, WHICH WE'VE DONE.

AND SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE EXPENSES COMING OUT IN MARCH.

AS WELL AS INVOICES BEING RECEIVED AFTER THE MONTH AND CLOSED DEADLINE.

WE EXPECT A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MARCH WHEN THESE MONKS ARE REPORTED.

UM, JUST WANTED TO EXPLAIN.

UM, I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A QUESTION LAST NIGHT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSE, UM, WHY IT WAS SO MUCH LOWER THAN BUDGETED.

UM, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE AMOUNT THAT WAS BUDGETED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS INCLUDED A TRANSFER FROM THE JOURNAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL FUND OF A MILLION $11 MILLION THAT WAS PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT.

SO THE AMOUNT THAT IS SHOWN ON THE BUDGET WOULD DECREASE NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE MAKING THAT TRANSFER ANYMORE.

PART OF THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WAS TO REDUCE THAT TRANSFER FROM 11 MILLION TO JUST ABOUT 4 MILLION.

UM, THE ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES THAT WERE BUDGETED IS JUST ABOUT $3 MILLION.

SO THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE LOOK BETTER WHEN WE REPORTING MARCH ON OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

UM, REVENUES RECEIVED AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH

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THE INCREASE REPRESENTS WATER FRANCHISE REVENUES FROM BROWARD CONTI.

REVENUE COLLECTION AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH EQUALS $728,513 OR 38% OF BUDGETED REVENUE.

WE ANTICIPATE THE REVENUES FOR STORM WATER TO INCREASE GRADUALLY OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN MOST OF THESE REVENUES TEND TO BE PAID EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH WORTH.

AT 16% OF BUDGET, THERE WERE NO CAPITAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN MADE, WHICH IS THE REASON FOR THE LOW EXPENDITURE AMOUNT.

AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, THE FUND IS SHOWING A DEFICIT OF $880,735 FOR SOLID WASTE REVENUES COLLECTION FOR THE PERIOD ENDING FEBRUARY 28TH, 2026.

TOTAL $1,241,984.

ALL REVENUES TO DATE FROM THE ANNUAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.

EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR TO DATE ARE WITHIN BUDGET AT 33%.

THE FUND HAS A SURPLICE OF $520,144 AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH.

OUR NEXT PROPRIETARY FUND IS OUR BUILDING SERVICE FUND.

THIS FUND RECEIVES REVENUE FROM SERVICES PROVIDED FOR BUILDING PERMITS, PLAN REVIEWS, AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

REVENUES RECEIVE EQUAL $407,928 OR 25% OF OUR BUDGETED REVENUES.

AND THEN EXPENSES FOR THE SAME PERIOD WERE AT 17%, 17% OF BUDGET.

THE FUND HAS A SURPLUS OF $120,822 AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH.

UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT OUR SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THE CITY HAD MINOR EXPENDITURES IN ITS CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDS AS WELL AS THE SAW TAX FUND.

THE FIRE RESCUE FUND REVENUES INCREASED TO 78% OF BUDGETED REVENUES TO DATE AND EXPENDITURES ARE AT 52%.

THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN WE EXPECT AT THIS TIME IN THE YEAR WHERE WE BUDGET SHOULD BE AT 40%.

WE ARE TRENDING AT 52%, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE CARRYING A HIGHER PORTION OF THE ACTUAL COST, UM, FOR THE FIRE RESCUE FUND, UM, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE CORRECTING WITH, UM, THE 2027 BUDGET WHEN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEES ARE PRESENTED.

THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND REVENUES INTO THE ALZHEIMER FUND IS AT 22% OF BUDGET AND EXPENDITURES ARE AT 24% AS OF FEBRUARY 28TH.

THE FUND HAS A DEFICIT OF $81,932.

THE CRE HAS RECEIVED ALL OF ITS SLEEP REVENUE BUDGETED, WHICH DUE TO EARLY PAYMENTS IS SHOWING AT 97% OF BUDGET EXPENSES FOR THE SAME PERIOD ARE AT 6%.

THE FUND HAS A SURPLUS OF 5 MILLION $105,432 AS OF THE END OF FEBRUARY 28, WHICH IS PURE FIVE A GAS TAX REVENUES ARE AT 94%.

AGAIN, MAINLY DUE TO THAT RETRO PAYMENT THAT WAS RECEIVED EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR PREVIOUS SHORT PAYMENTS.

EXPENDITURES FROM THE FUND ARE AT 57%.

THE DEBT SERVICE, THE REVENUES IN THE DEBT SERVICE ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT OF THE REVENUE AND CAPITAL BONDS.

THE FIRST PAYMENT FOR THE YEAR WOULD BE MADE IN APRIL.

AND OUR CODE SETTLEMENT AMOUNT AS OF FEBRUARY 28 RECEIVED WAS $217,937 AND AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ONE QUESTION MADWELL MS. HAYNES, WHY IS THERE DEBT WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S FUND? THE ALZHEIMER'S FUND IS FUNDED THROUGH PRIMARILY GRANTS, UHHUH, , UM, THAT WE HAVE TO BILL FOR ONCE WE HAVE EXPENDED, UM, ONCE WE'VE MADE THE INITIAL EXPENSE.

AND SO THAT FUND IS MORE THAN LIKELY GONNA BE IN A DEFICIT UNTIL THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS ARE RECEIVED.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MADAM VICE? MAYOR, COULD YOU JUST, UM, TAP ON THE FIRE RESCUE FUND AGAIN FOR ME PLEASE? SO THE FIRE RESCUE, UM, FUND, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO PORTION OF THIS.

THERE'S A PORTION THAT THE JOURNAL FUND PAYS FOR, AND THERE'S A PORTION THAT THEIR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT IS SUPPOSED TO COVER.

UM, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE ARE USING WAS NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE EXPEND THE EXPENSES OF THAT FUND.

SO THE JOURNAL FUND IS PAYING FOR SOME OF THE COSTS OF THAT.

MM-HMM .

ANYTHING ELSE, COLLEAGUES? NO.

THANK YOU.

IS THIS THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAD MAYOR.

MOTION? POSSIBLE.

I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK

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

[C.  RESOLUTION 2026-042 AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE 2026 ANNUAL SALARY ADJUSTMENT TO THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER]

ITEM 10 C.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 2 AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE 2020 MADAM ACM.

OH, I'M SO SORRY.

IT HAS TO BE READ.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 4 2.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FOUR, SECTION 4.0, ONE OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES HOME RULE CHARTER AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE 2026 ANNUAL SALARY ADJUSTMENT TO THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO THIS A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH FOUR TWO TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

YES, UH, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, UH, AS INDICATED LAST NIGHT, THE, UM, CITY EMPLOYEES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF YOUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, WHICH IS, UH, THIS COMMISSION'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO SET THE COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.

BUT FOR ALL THE OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, THEY RECEIVED A 3%, UH, COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT IN THEIR SALARY EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1ST, 2025, THEY ALSO RECEIVED A 4% MARKET ADJUSTMENT TO THE SALARIES.

UM, AND THAT WAS DONE PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S PERSONNEL RULES, REGULATIONS, AND CODE.

HOWEVER, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE CITY MANAGER, IT IS THIS COMMISSION'S ROLE TO AGAIN SET THE COMPENSATION.

SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION THAT AUTHORIZES THE, UH, COMPENSATION OF THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO ALSO INCLUDE NOT ONLY THE 3%, UH, COLA, BUT ALSO THE, UH, MARKET ADJUSTMENT OF 4% COLLEAGUES.

NO DISCUSSION.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 26 0 4 2.

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

THANK YOU.

[D.  RESOLUTION 2026-043 SUPPORTING HOUSE RESOLUTION 1689 DESIGNED TO EXTEND TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE STATUS (TPS) FOR HAITI (SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER MAXWELL-WILLIAMS)]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTION OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 1689 AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 9 65 OF THE 19TH 100, EXCUSE ME, THE 119TH CONGRESS URGING THE UNITED STATES SENATE TO TAKE PROMPT ACTION DESIGNATING HAITI FOR THE TEMPORARY PROTECTED STATUS, HOUSE RESOLUTION 1689 AND HOUSE RESOLUTION 9 65 ARE ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE INSPECTED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SO, MR. MOTION TO BRING FOR INSPECTION, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM A STAND.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ITEM IS BEING SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLENE MAXWELL WILLIAMS, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

SO AS WE STATED LAST NIGHT, UM, THAT CONGRESS HAS PASSED THE RH 1689 TO XTEND TPS FOR HAITI UNTIL I THINK APRIL OF 2029, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO THE HOUSE.

NOW I KNOW LAST NIGHT WE SAID, UH, I HEARD THAT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT DO ANYTHING, BUT IT'S A SMALL GESTURE THAT CAN MAYBE MAKE A BIG IMPACT.

SO I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES TO, TO BE ON BOARD AND WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

I NO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT WE ARE AT LEAST KNOWING THAT WE ARE UNITED AND WE ARE SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY.

ANY QUESTION? IS THIS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MAD MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER

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I WOULD LIKE TO BRING BACK RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 4 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR, VICE MAYOR THOMAS.

FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ITEM 11, CORRESPONDENCE.

MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? MADAM MAYOR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ITEM

[12.  REPORT OF THE MAYOR]

AGAIN, I WANT TO SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING TONIGHT.

WHETHER YOU WERE HERE IN THE CHAMBER OR YOU ARE ATTENDING AT HOME VIRTUALLY, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING IN AND TO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT ALLOWS YOU TO OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, THE CITY'S FINANCES, OUR PROGRAMS, AND OUR RESOURCES.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

I EXCITEDLY WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR EARTH DAY WINNERS.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR CHILDREN.

THEY ARE SO EXCITED.

I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE SUBMISSIONS.

THEY'RE STILL DOWNSTAIRS, SOME ARE UPSTAIRS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE THE GREAT WORK THAT OUR CHILDREN DID AND THE EFFORT THEY PUT INTO IT.

YOU CAN TELL THAT SOME HAD BEEN RESEARCHED, UM, ALL OF THE PROPS, THE EGG CARTONS, THE BOTTLES, IT, IT WAS JUST SO EXCITING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MADAM VICE MAYOR FOR AN EXCELLENT WELL DONE JOB ON EARTH DAY.

I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REPORT THAT ON MAY 16TH, I WILL HAVE THE MAYOR'S COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WALK.

THIS WALK.

I WILL BE IN CYPRUS CHASE NORTH.

UH, I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN ONE OF OUR CONDOMINIUMS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE BOARD AND THEY ARE EXCITED ALSO.

SO I WILL BE IN CYPRUS, CHASE NORTH ON MAY 16TH.

I WANT TO INVITE ALL OF US TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN RELAY FOR LIFE.

I KNOW ALL OF US KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY CANCER.

SOME OF US HAVE BEEN CAREGIVERS, SOME OF US, UH, ARE AFFECTED OURSELVES.

SO WE'RE ASKING YOU TO COME OUT AND WALK WITH US.

RELAY FOR LIFE, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 8TH FROM 6:00 PM TO 12:00 AM AT THE JOSEPH C. CARTER PARK IN FORT LAUDERDALE, JUST RIGHT OFF OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD IN NORTHWEST 15TH AVENUE.

PLEASE, YOU CAN DONATE.