Jun 23, 2026 City Commission Meeting

PASTOR DR. BENNETT, GOOD EVENING.

ITEM THREE, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE PROVIDED BY APOSTLE DR. SHARON BENNETT OF OVERCOMERS LIFE COMMUNITY CENTER.

I ASK EVERYONE TO STAND.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, ASSISTANT MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

GOD BLESS YOU, ETERNAL GOD OF MY FATHER.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING.

FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU AS WE GATHER AS THE CITY COMMISSION GOD, TO DISCUSS THINGS, CONCERN THE CITY AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO BRING GOD AS WE STEP INTO THE SECOND HALF OF 2026.

WE ASK GOD FOR WISDOM.

WE ASK FOR GUIDANCE AND MOST OF ALL, GOD, FOR YOUR CONTINUOUS FAVOR OVER THE CITY AND THE DIRECTION OF OUR LEADERS.

SO BRING GOD.

WE ASK THAT THIS MEETING BE DONE IN DECENCY AND IN ORDER AND MOST OF ALL, GOD QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED, GOD AND HAD SET DIRECTION HOW WE MOVE FORWARD.

FATHER, WE BLESSING AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR GREAT LEADERS IN JESUS' NAME.

WE PRAY THAT EVERYONE SAY AMEN.

AMEN.

PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATION PRESENTATIONS.

THANK YOU APOSTLE BENNETT FOR YOUR FERVENT PRAYER.

THANK YOU FOR ASKING FOR DIRECTION AND FOR ASKING FOR GUIDANCE FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THE COMMISSION AND ITS RESIDENCE.

THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY THIS EVENING.

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[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING]

FIVE, APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.

FIVE A JUNE 8TH, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP.

MINUTES ITEM FIVE B JUNE 9TH, 2026.

CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

I HAVE READ JUNE 8TH, 2026, CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP, MINUTES JUNE 9TH, 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 SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

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[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC]

SIX, PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM MAYOR TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE

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PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MS. CORINA BARBOSA.

MS. BARBOSA? YES MA'AM.

TO MIKE.

CHECK YOUR MIC.

UH, I PROMISE I'M NOT GONNA TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.

NOT EVEN 30 MINUTES.

WHAT I'M ALLOWED TO.

UH, MY NAME IS KARINA BARBOSA.

I'M THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF SI LAKE APARTMENTS ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE BACK OF, OF, UH, THE CITY.

UH, WE ARE LOCATED AT, UH, OFFICE 44 0 6 NORTH WEST 36TH STREET.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST CONSIDERATION FOR TEMPORARY OR LONG-TERM USE OF A CITY OWNED PARKING LOT DURING NIGHTTIME.

MY PROPERTY HAS LIMITED PARKING AVAILABLE FROM THE TIME IT WAS BUILT, WHICH CREATES CHALLENGINGS FOR TENANTS AND VISITORS AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF LEASING, RENTING OR OTHERWISE OBTAINING PERMISSION TO USE A NEARBY CITY PARKING LOT DURING OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH ALL OUR VEHICLES VACATING THE LOT BEFORE STAFF AND VISITORS ARRIVING THE MORNING.

I BELIEVE THIS ARRANGEMENT COULD HELP ADDRESS A PARKING SHORTAGE WHILE ENSURING THE CITY PARKING FACILITY REMAINS FULLY AVAILABLE FOR ITS INTENDED DAYTIME USE.

WE ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS TERMS, INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES, AND ANY FEES THE CITY MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE.

WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL TO THE COMMISSION AND THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENT FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND WE VERY THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE RESOLUTION TO THE PRESENT PROBLEM THAT WE FACE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MS. BARBOSA STAFF WILL BE, WILL CONTACT YOU.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

MADAM.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE MR. KU, KU.

MR. KU, UM, I HAVE TO CRAWL HERE PLEASE.

PARDON ON BEHALF.

AN ACCENT.

JUST CAN YOU PERSON, IF I'M NOT HERE, I TRY TO BE HERE BY ZOOM AND UH, SYSTEM RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU ARE IN BY ZOOM, IF YOU RAISE WANT TO RAISE UP YOUR HAND, IT DOESN'T WORK.

YOU KNOW, FOR YOU TO REALLY GET TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU HAVE TO BE HERE IN PERSON.

SO I CRAWLED HERE.

I FORCED MYSELF TO BE HERE 'CAUSE I'VE HAD ISSUES AND I LIKE THOSE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION.

IT'S A VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS WHERE WE'RE GATHERED THE END AND BEFORE WE START ANY MEETING, SOMEBODY SAYS A PRAYER.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT A LOT OF OUR LEADERS ACCEPT PRAYERS.

SO IT IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.

SOMETIME AGO I MADE A STATEMENT HERE THAT CERTAIN PEOPLE OR PERSONS ARE SPENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS GOING TO SPACE WHEN THERE ARE NO FLOWERS, THERE ARE NO BABIES, THERE ARE NO PO CATS, THERE ARE NO DOGS.

THERE ARE NO HUMAN BEINGS WHILE ON EARTH HERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS TO DO.

I'M VERY HAPPY THAT EVEN THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS HERE.

YOU SAY THAT'S, DON'T MENTION NAMES, SO I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES.

SO THIS VERY SERIOUS BUSINESS.

I CANNOT IMAGINE IN MY LIFE THAT YOU'LL GIVE TRUMP $8 MILLION TO SPEND AND TRUMP CANNOT SPEND IT.

HE WILL SPEND IT AND ASK FOR MORE.

SO WHEN I HEAR THAT MY OWN CITY IS GIVEN $8 MILLION AND THEY CANNOT EVEN SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS, I SAY, WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? THESE ARE VERY SERIOUS STATEMENTS.

I'M NOT GOING TO, I, I HAVE JUST FIVE MINUTES AND I HOPE EVERYTHING IS BEING RECORDED.

UM, BUT I'M HAPPY SINCE I'VE BEEN COMING HERE.

I'M HAPPY BECAUSE WE HAVE MADE IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS CITY.

AND AN EXAMPLE OF THE IMPROVEMENT WE MADE IN THIS CITY WAS WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CARIBBEAN UNITY FESTIVAL.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE BEING A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY TO SEE THAT THE RESIDENT OF THE CITY CAME

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OUT.

I NEVER SEEN THAT ONE SINCE I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN THE CITY.

SO THAT'S A PLUS.

WHO IS THE CITY? IS THE CITY A MAYOR? THE MAYOR IS THE CITY, THE COMMISSIONER.

THE CITY IS A CITY AND THE CITY HAS RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS MAKE UP THE CITY.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT 34,000 RESIDENTS.

THE MAYOR, JUST ONE COMMISSIONER.

JUST MAYBE 2, 3, 4, 5.

SO WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS.

ANYBODY CAN BECOME A MAYOR.

ANYBODY CAN BECOME A COMMISSIONER.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

TRUE, SOMEBODY SAID SOMEBODY NOT HAVE A BED RIDE AND ENDED UP BEING THE PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY.

SO EVERY RESIDENT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS CITY.

EVERY RESIDENT.

I'M NOT GOING TO DEFINE WHAT THE RESIDENT IS.

I BELIEVE THE CITY, CITY COMMISSIONER MAY, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A RESIDENT IS.

IF YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT, YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT.

WE, WE CAN ALSO, WE CAN, WE CAN DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.

BUT YOU'RE NOT A RESIDENT.

I'M STANDING HERE AS A RESIDENT NOW.

SOMETIME AGO I HEAR PEOPLE SAY, WELL WE'RE BLESSED THAT WE HAVE WOMEN.

AND MOST OF THE TIMES YOU COME HERE YOU FIND THAT MOST OF US HERE ARE WOMEN AND SOMETIME BACK AHEAD WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN, WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN IS NOT THE SAME THING AS CITY OF LORD.

THAT THEIR LAKES CELEBRATING WOMEN.

NOW I'M TRYING TO BE AS SHARP AS A RESULT.

WHEN YOU PUT AN AD OUT, WHEN YOU SAY SEE WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN, WHAT DOES THAT ONE MEAN? IT MEANS IT IS A WOMEN'S OUTING.

FROM MY LEVEL OF EDUCATION, IT'S A WOMEN'S OUTING.

IF YOU SAY GIRLS CELEBRATING GIRLS, YOU SAY GIRLS OUTING.

YOU DON'T WANT BOYS THERE.

YOU DON'T WANT THE CITY THERE.

YOU JUST WANT WOMEN CELEBRATING WOMEN.

SOMEBODY WAS A, SOME KIND OF ACTING OR I SEE CERTAIN THINGS IN LIFE.

WE SAY, OH IT'S WOMEN, EVERYTHING.

I DON'T WANT TO GET CRASHED.

I DON'T WANT TO GET THERE TO SAY MOM GOING AWAY.

MR. OKAND, WOULD YOU SUMMARIZE PLEASE? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

LEMME SUMS. I'VE ALMOST FINISHED MA'AM.

NO, JUST PLEASE SUMMARIZE FOR US.

YOUR TIME.

OH, I SHOULD SUMMARIZE.

YEAH.

YES, I ALMOST FINISHED MA'AM.

I'M ALMOST FINISHED.

MY LAST COMMENT IS ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER.

IF WE DO NOT, IF WE CANNOT HAVE A CITY MANAGER, WE CANNOT HAVE A MAYOR.

IF WE CANNOT HAVE A CITY MANAGER, WE CANNOT HAVE A COMMISSIONER BECAUSE WE HAVE A MAYOR AND BECAUSE WE HAVE COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER.

THANK YOU MR. MUNDO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, VERY MUCH.

THE ROLES OF OUR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS? AND THAT WENT OVER WELL AND AT THE TIME WE WERE FORMING THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKE AND AS A FOUNDATION MEMBER AND THEY ARE INVOLVED WITH CHILDREN, I DECIDED TO ENGAGE THEM AND THEY HAVE BEEN A STRONG SUPPORTER OF THAT EVENT FROM INCEPTION UNTIL TODAY, AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN OVER 20 YEARS.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE UH, BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, THE HONORABLE HAYES ROGERS.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

EVENING VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, RESIDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, RESIDENTS THAT MIGHT BE VIEWED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.

IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECISION OR ON YESTERDAY AS YOU DISCUSSED, UM, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR A DAY AND THE REQUEST THAT CAME THROUGH MY OFFICE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS COMMISSION CHAMBERS.

IT IS AN EVENT THAT STARTED IN THE CITY, I THINK THREE YEARS AFTER I WAS ELECTED.

THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO THIS CITY COMMISSION AND PROUD TO HAVE BEEN OF SERVICE TO THE CITY.

GOT ELECTED IN 1996, RIGHT? AND I RECALLED A RESIDENT OF THIS CITY, A CITIZEN OF THIS COUNTRY THAT APPROACHED ME AND WANTED FOR A STUDENT TO SHADOW ME.

AND I SAID, SHADOW ME, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA BE DOING FOR ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT AND OUR KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL.

SO I SAID, OKAY.

THE NEXT TIME HE ASKED ME, I SAID, WHAT ABOUT US HAVING THE KIDS ROLE PLAY

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SO WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD NOT DOING A LOT OF THINGS AND WE ALL HAVE CHALLENGES I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SIMILAR CHALLENGES TRYING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET.

WE ARE WORKING ON OURS RIGHT NOW FOR 2027.

WE KNOW OF THE CUTS AND DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAM THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THAT MIGHT NOT BE AVAILABLE DEPENDING ON THE VOTE OF CITIZENS OF THIS WEAKER, WEAKER CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

SO I AM HERE TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO USE THIS COMMISSION CHAMBERS, BUT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALSO THAT IN TALKING TO SOME OF THE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, PARENTS LOVE IT WHEN THEIR KIDS ARE PERFORMING, THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE PRESENT AND IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE PARENTS CONNECTED TO THEIR CHILDREN.

SO WHEN WE TOLD THEM THAT WE HAD LIMITS AND I TOLD THEM THE TIME, THEY SAID, I'M BARELY GETTING OFF WORK TRYING TO RUSH HOME TO GET THE KIDS READY TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO WHATEVER WE HAVE TO DO TO BE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO THAT WAS CREATING A CHALLENGE.

AND WHEN THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME, I SAID, OKAY, ALTHOUGH I WOKE UP THIS MORNING, I SAID, OKAY.

THEN WHEN AS THE DAY WENT ON, I SAID, YOU KNOW, LET ME GIVE IT A TRY BECAUSE I DON'T SAY NO USUALLY I BELIEVE I COULD COME HERE THIS EVENING.

EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET PARENTS WORKING FAMILIES WHOSE KIDS ARE TRAINING RIGHT NOW ON SOCIAL MEETING, WE ARE USING ZOOM TO TRAIN THE KIDS AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN IN YOUR COMMISSION CHAMBER.

SO WE ARE THINKING WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST.

WE WOULD GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN EARLY AND SIT AND GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH THEM.

AND THEN AROUND ABOUT 5 36 WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE A BREAK SO WE COULD GIVE THEM SOME LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AND THEN WE WOULD START THE PROGRAM AROUND 5 30, 6 O'CLOCK.

SO THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE, UM, THE END OF YOUR WORK DAY.

UM, I KNOW WE DON'T NEED A LOT OF STAFF.

I CAN TELL YOU SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

YOUR IT STAFFER I THINK WOULD BE THE STAFF THAT COULD HELP US GREATLY.

THAT'S A RESOURCE THAT WE WOULD DEFINITELY NEED.

SO I'M JUST HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU THAT A FIVE O'CLOCK CUTOFF OR A FIVE 30 WOULD NOT GIVE PARENTS AND WORKING FAMILIES WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.

I'M ASKING FOR YOUR KIND CONSIDERATION.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TILL EIGHT O'CLOCK.

I WE CAN FORCE IT AND TRY AND GET OUT OF HERE, NOT TRY TO GET OUTTA HERE BY SEVEN O'CLOCK AND WE WOULD ONLY NEED ONE EXPERIENCED PERSON AND THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY DOES WORK ALL THE TIME.

SO THAT'S ALL WE NEED.

YOU'VE BEEN AROUND, EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCED THIS EVENT AND TECHNOLOGY FAILS US SOMETIMES AND THAT IS MY REASON FOR BEING HERE AND I'LL BE BACK TO TALK ABOUT WHAT GOOD THINGS ARE HAPPENING.

THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.

I KNOW USUALLY YOU DON'T RESPOND TO PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT I AM HOPING BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR COMMISSION MEETING THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ADD IT SOMEWHERE ON YOUR AGENDA AND HOPEFULLY HELP US TO SERVE OUR KIDS AND THEIR FAMILY.

BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU YOUR HONOR.

MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR, THE LAST ONE IS MR. PATRICK GREEN.

MR. GREEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MADAM MAYOR.

UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING.

PATRICK GREEN IS THE NAME, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY A VERY, VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR WONDERFUL WEEK HERE.

CITY OF LAUNDRY LAKES, 65 YEARS IS NOT A SHORT TIME TO BE AROUND, AND SO I'M HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT, OF THAT 66TH, 65TH BIRTHDAY.

UM, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY THAT LIES AHEAD OF US AND THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE A DECISION IN SHORT WHILE ABOUT HOW WE MOVE AHEAD.

I WANNA

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UM, OUR POVERTY RATE IS AT 21.7%.

OUR MEDIAN INCOME IS AT 50,000.

OUR OWNER OCCUPIED HOMES IS AT ONLY 47% AND OUR PER CAPITA INCOME IS 24,541, WHICH MEANS THAT INDIVIDUALLY, THAT IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE EARNING.

THE CITY HAS AN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CHALLENGE AND WE HAVE A BUDGET ISSUE.

CURRENTLY, THE NEXT PERSON WHO COMES INTO LEAD OUR CITY AS CITY MANAGER, MUST MAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCES FOR THE CITY NUMBER ONE PRIORITY BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTINUE IN THE NEXT 5, 10, 15, 20 YEARS WITH THESE NUMBERS.

SO THE SMALL CITY, OUR NEXT MANAGER, UH, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING THE CHOICES, PLEASE ENSURE THAT THE PERSON WHO COMES ON BOARD IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE US OUT OF THE DOLDRUMS THAT WE ARE IN AT THIS POINT.

THAT IS ONE POINT I'VE ALWAYS SAID THAT THERE ARE TRIANGLE TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WHEN BUSINESSES DO WELL, THE CITY WILL DO WELL.

WHEN CITY DOES WELL, RESIDENTS WILL END UP DOING WELL.

PLEASE BEAR THAT IN MIND.

THE NEXT THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE AMAZING CARIBBEAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL THAT TOOK PLACE A FEW WEEKS AGO.

AS WAS SAID BEFORE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE, I WANNA COME IN THE CITY, I WANNA COME IN YOU FOR VOTING ON THE FINANCES THAT WERE NEEDED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN A FEW MONTHS OR A FEW WEEKS AGO.

AND TO THE CITY STAFF WHO DEDICATED THEIR TIME, THEIR EFFORT, ENERGIES, EXPERTISE TO MAKE THAT A REALITY.

THIS SETS A REALLY GOOD TEMPLATE FOR WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN GOING FORWARD.

AND WHAT I CAN SEE IS THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS EVENT ON THEIR AGENDA.

WE HAVE TO BE IN LA DAY LAKES NEXT YEAR AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME TO WITNESS AND EXPERIENCE WHAT IS THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN FESTIVAL.

SO KUDOS TO EVERYBODY WHO TOOK PART IN THAT.

UM, LAST THING I WANT TO DO, MADAM MAYOR IS SPEAK TO THE CITIZENS OF OUR WONDERFUL WEEK HERE AT CITY.

WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES, BUT LIKE IN EVERYTHING, WHEN THE CHALLENGES ARE GREAT, THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GREATER, IT MEANS THAT WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE OUR SMALL CITY AND MAKE IT INTO A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY WOULD WANT TO COME INTO.

WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE IN WHAT WE DO.

I HEARD THE MEETING YESTERDAY ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING WITH GARBAGE COLLECTION.

I KNOW THAT THE VICE MAYOR OVER THE YEARS HAS DONE SOME PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS TO GET CITIZENS TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE IF WE TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ENSURING THAT OUR GARBAGE IS PUT AWAY THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO, WHAT IT MEANS IS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE LESS TO DO, LESS TO PAY.

AND WHEN THE CITY SAVES IT MEANS THAT THE RESIDENTS WILL BE BETTER.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING IN THE PIPELINE LATER ON.

THERE IS GOING TO BE A SHARP, LARGER LEAKS INITIATIVE THAT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS PUTTING ON.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING EVERY SINGLE CITIZEN IN THE CITY SHOP WITH OUR BUSINESSES FIRST PROVIDING QUALITY AND PRICES ARE GOOD BEFORE YOU GO ON THE OUTSIDE BECAUSE AGAIN, WITH MY TRIANGLE, WHEN BUSINESSES DO WELL, THE GOVERNMENT DOES WELL, AND WHEN THE GOVERNMENT DOES WELL, IT MEANS THAT WE AS CITIZEN CAN GET BACK SOME OF WHAT WE ARE USED TO, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. GREEN.

MADAM CLERK.

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

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MR. PATRICK.

OH, IS IT? ALL RIGHT.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YES, I SAY SOMETHING.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS, I'M RECOGNIZED.

IS THERE A MECHANISM FOR THIS COMMISSION TO CONSIDER AN ITEM THAT HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA, HAS NOT BEEN NOTICED AND HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED BY THE COMMISSION AT THE TIME OF THIS MEETING? UH, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

I APPRECIATE IT.

UM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY IS WELL, UH, MR. GREEN.

UH, I LOVE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.

I WANTED TO SAY, UH, THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, JUST GUIDANCE WITH THIS, UH, THROUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, BEFORE WE GET INTO THE ACTUAL AGENDA HERE ABOUT, UM, ADDING ON, UH, THE ITEM, UM, IN REGARDS TO, UM, OR AT LEAST DISCUSSING WITH THE, UM, MAYOR, COMMISSIONER FOR THE DAY, UM, EVENT GOING ON, I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT THAT, MR. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY, UH, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER'S TWO COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTIONS, WHICH I BELIEVE IS,

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IT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, A MOTION THAT MUST BE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION.

THAT'S THE SHORT ANSWER.

MAY I ENTERTAIN A MOTION? YES.

SO COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

I MOVE.

WE BRING THE, UH, ITEM OF DISCUSSION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY IN REGARDS TO THE LOGISTICS OF TIME.

MAYOR EDWARDS FILLERS, NO RULE VICE MAYOR THOMAS, COMMISSIONER SWELL WHO REPEAT IT AGAIN, MAKE IT THE MOTION FOR ME.

THE MO MOTION IS NOT VERY CLEAR FOR ME.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE BRING THE ITEM OF DISCUSSION ON THIS AGENDA TO DISCUSS THE LOGISTICS OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY INITIATIVE.

IN TERMS OF THE TIME OF THE EVENT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, HE SAID, DISCUSSION.

DID WE HAVE A DISCUSSION FROM YESTERDAY? UH, MR. ATTORNEY MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS TO COMMISSIONER COWELL'S QUESTION, COULD THERE BE A DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? UH, MADAM COMMISSIONER, THE ANSWER IS YES.

HOWEVER, IT MUST FIRST MAKE IT TO THE FLOOR.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS AN ITEM THAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO CONSIDER UNDERSTANDING IT HAS NOT BEEN PLACED ON THE AGENDA.

THAT MECHANISM IS A REQUIRED UNANIMOUS DECISION OR UNANIMOUS VOTE BY THIS COMMISSION AT THIS TIME.

AFTER THAT, THEN THE MOTION OR THE THE MATTER WOULD GO ON THE AGENDA AS ITEM 10 C FOR DISCUSSION.

FOR DISCUSSION.

IT CAN ALSO BE VOTED ON AS WELL AT THE SAME YES, YES.

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE WE HAVE ON WOULD BE AN ITEM 10 C ON THE AGENDA.

IT COULD BE BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

AFTER DISCUSSION, THE COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER AND REQUIRE A VOTE ON, ON THE MATTER UP OR DOWN.

COMMISSIONER COSTCO FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION.

THE ITEM WILL BE MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR A DAY WILL BE ADDED TO OUR AGENDA AS ITEM 10, CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 10 C.

WE ARE NOW WE HAVE COMPLETED PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

MADAM CLERK? YES, MADAM MAYOR.

CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

ITEM SEVEN,

[A. ORDINANCE 2026-003 AMENDING SECTION 82-195 OF THE CITY'S CODE RELATIVE TO DONATIONS]

ITEM SEVEN, A MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 0 2 6 DASH ZERO THREE.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA.

AMENDING CHAPTER 82 DASH CHAPTER 82, TAXATION AND FINANCE, ARTICLE SIX, SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROVIDING FOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND CONFLICT, PROVIDING FOR ACCEPTABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2026 DASH 0 0 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS.

FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL.

FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOUR, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES MADAM A SIM.

PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS SOLICITING PUBLIC FUNDS FROM, UH, A, UH, A PUBLIC AGENCY FOLLOW CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT ARE OUTLINED UNDER STATE STATUTE.

THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP AND, UM, CITY ATTORNEY CALLOWAY'S LEADING AND WILL PRESENT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MR. ATTORNEY CALLWAY.

UH, YES, UH, AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM IS ON FOR SECOND READING.

IT IS, UH, THE, THE SAME MATTER THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED BEFORE, WHICH, UH, AGAIN BEGIN WITH THE COMMISSION ASKING, UH, BOTH MYSELF AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO SEE WHAT, IF ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO MAKE THE, UM, PROCEDURE FOR PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS REQUESTING PRI UH, PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE CITY, UH, TO BE A PROCESS THAT WAS MORE FRIENDLY.

UH, WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN OUR GOAL TO DO THAT.

HOWEVER, WE DID LEARN IN THE PROCESS THAT, UH, FLORIDA STATUTES UNDER CHAPTER 4 94, I BELIEVE IS THE GOVERNING LAW ON THIS MATTER.

AND IT DOES INDICATE THE LEGISLATURES, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT

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AND SO, UH, THIS COMMISSION, UH, NO OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENT REALLY HAS THE OPTION OF BYPASSING THOSE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS RECEIVED FROM THE STATE.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO, UH, SECTION 82 DASH 1 95 IS TO, UH, ALLOW A, UH, PERSON WHO IS A BONAFIDE PERSON FOR A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO DECLARE, UH, BY A SWORN DOCUMENT THAT THEY HAVE IN FACT COMPLETED AND SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENT OF THE STATUTE THAT IS GOVERNING HERE.

UH, AND THEN THAT, UH, MATTER, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS IS THE BEST MECHANISM THAT WE CAN THINK OF THAT WOULD ALLOW A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION TO AT LEAST MAKE THE REQUEST TO THE CITY.

THE OTHER MATTER THAT IS NOT BEING TOUCHED IS THE GENERAL REQUIREMENT THAT BEFORE PUBLIC FUNDS CAN BE DONATED TO A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION, THAT THEY MUST BE FOR A SPECIFIC AND A, UH, BONAFIDE PUBLIC PURPOSE.

THAT REQUIREMENT IS STILL THERE.

HOWEVER, OUR EXISTING ORDINANCE DOES BY AND LARGE TRACK THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS EVEN FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WHO, UM, MAY HAVE A BASIS FOR BEING EXEMPT UNDER CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 4 94.

EVEN FOR THOSE ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS A SMALL BUSINESS OR A, UH, NOT-FOR-PROFIT, THEY STILL HAVE REQUIREMENTS TO SATISFY UNDER THE SAME STATUTE, UH, A DIFFERENT SECTION.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, IF THEY'RE CLAIMING TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE STATUTE IN GENERAL, THERE IS A SPECIFIC REGIME IN THE SAME STATUTE THAT IS REQUIRED FOR ORGANIZATIONS WHO ARE SEEKING THAT EXEMPTION.

THE DECLARATION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BE A, AGAIN, A DECLARATION THAT THEY, THAT THE PRIVATE ORGANIZATION HAS MET, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS, WHETHER THEY ARE EXEMPT OR NOT UNDER THE STATE STATUTE.

COLLEAGUES, NO COMMENTS, NO COMMAND, BUT MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU.

I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE, UH, 2026 DASH 0 0 3.

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

ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES.

I'M FIRST READING, THERE ARE NOT ANY ITEM NINE

[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA]

CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NINE A, NINE B, NINE C NINE D, NINE E, NINE F NINE G.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA NO MATTER MAYOR AND COMMISSION'S RESOLUTION 2 0 26 DASH 0 6 6 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTER GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY FEMA.

A FACT SHEET AND NOTICE OF THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY REGARDING THE A FG PROGRAM IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 0 6 7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO APPLY THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FIRE PREVENTION AND SAFETY GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 6 8 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE ACTION CITY MANAGER TO APPLY TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 STAFFING FOR ADEQUATE FIRE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SAFER GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.

A THEME OF FACT SHEET AND FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE SAFER PROGRAM IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION 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 6 9 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE IN A TEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND AWARD OF ITB NUMBER 26 DASH 62 10 26 B VINCENT TORRES

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PARK WALL REPAIR PROJECT TO VPR CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $257,600.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE GRIEVANCE IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE VPR CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION'S RESPONSE DOCUMENT REPORT AND THE PRELIMINARY EVALUATION TABULATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAY RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH SEVEN ZERO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND TEST RESPECTABLY THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT AND AWARD OF ITB NUMBER 26 63 10 DASH 25 B FUEL BAY OVERHEAD CANOPY REPLACEMENT AND CONTRACT TO, UH, REMAN DESIGNS LLC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $260,052 AND 79 CENTS, INCLUDING PERMITTING CONTINGENCIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,500 UTILITY COSTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,500 AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,913 AND 89 CENTS.

A DRAFT COPY OF THEIR AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE REMANDING DESIGNS LLC RESPONSE, DOCUMENT, REPORT AND PRELIMINARY EVALUATION.

TABULATION IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B, 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 7 1 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST RESPECTIVELY THAT CERTAIN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND BROWARD COUNTY FOR SHARING RESOURCES, BURDENS OF THE SYSTEM-WIDE N-P-D-E-S MS FOUR PERMIT FURTHER AUTHORIZING BROWARD COUNTY TO CONDUCT TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED BY THE NPDS MSS FOUR PERMIT.

A COPY OF THE ILA IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH IS AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH SEVEN TWO A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 1 3 2 2 MODIFIED THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR RFQ NUMBER 25 DASH 310 DASH ZERO TWO Q FOR PROFESSIONAL SURVEYING AND GEOTECHNICAL SERVICES AWARDED TO CRAVEN, THOMPSON AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

AUTHORIZING THE REALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS RESILIENT FLORIDA GRANT PROGRAM TO THE CITY.

STORMWATER FUNDS BALANCE RETAINED EARNINGS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $172,525.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE CONTRACT WITH CTA IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT A.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 1 32 IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES OF WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

MADAM MAYOR MADAM VICE CHAIR, MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 6 6 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 6 7 RESOLUTION 20 26 8 RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SIX NINE RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN ONE AND RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN TWO COMMISSIONER SWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOR VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

ITEM 10, CONSIDERATION

[A. RESOLUTION 2026-073 ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 AUDIT RESULTS]

OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA.

ITEM 10, A HONOR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN THREE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 20, I'M SORRY, ACCEPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2024.

2025 ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT REPAIRED BY THE CITY'S AUDITOR, HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS LLC PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

MADAM A CM.

IN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, WE EXPENSE THE WHOLE THING IN BUSINESS ACCOUNTING, WE CAPITALIZE IT AND TAKE A PORTION OF EXPENSE OVER THE USEFUL LIFE.

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

THANK YOU MS. HAYNES.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE DAAS COLLEAGUES, RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES ON THE DAAS.

I DID PROVIDE FOR YOU COPIES OF THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

UM, THE AUDITOR DID PRESENT A NARRATIVE LAST EVENING, BUT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR YOU, UM, ON THE STATEMENT SOME OF THE INFORMATION I THOUGHT YOU MAY FIND IMPORTANT.

SO BEGINNING ON PAGE ONE, THE FIRST HIGHLIGHTED AMOUNT IS THE AMOUNT OF CASH THE CITY HAD AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, JUST A LITTLE OVER 12 MILLION AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT WE HAVE IN INVESTMENT, 15.7 MILLION.

THE FIRST PART OF THAT, UM, STATEMENT IS ASSETS.

AND YOU SEE OUR TOTAL ASSETS BEING $147,545,688 AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED ONE HIGHLIGHT.

, THE RESTRICTED CASH, UM, OF 33 MILLION COMPRISES PRIMARILY OF THE CASH HELD THAT'S BEING HELD BY THE CRA AS WELL AS, UM, LOAN FUNDS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT BRIEFLY LAST NIGHT.

AND, UM, THE 6 MILLION IS THE PORTION OF THE UPPER FUNDS THAT IS BEING HELD BY STORM WATER.

AND THEN UNDER THE LIABILITIES I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU THE HONOR ON REVENUE.

AND AGAIN, MOST OF THAT IS GRANT FUNDS THAT THE CITY HAD NOT YET SPENT AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

WHEN WE'VE RECEIVED IN ADVANCE UNTIL WE SPEND IT, WE DON'T GET TO EARN IT.

AND I ALSO HIGHLIGHTED THE DEBT THAT WE HAVE OUTSTANDING AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER.

UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SHUT OUT IN TWO PLACES.

WHAT'S DUE IN THE NEXT YEAR, THAT'S 1.5 MILLION.

AND THEN WHAT'S DUE OVER THE LONGER PERIOD, THAT'S 6.4 MILLION.

AND THEN OUR NET POSITION AT THE BOTTOM THERE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE NET WORTH OF THE CITY AS OF SEPTEMBER 30TH, IS 90 MILLION $126,707.

SO THAT'S FROM OUR STATEMENT OF NET POSITION FROM OUR STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES.

AND THESE STATEMENTS, UM, I FORGOT TO SAY ARE PREPARED, UM, TO COMPARE THE CITY ON A BUSINESS LEVEL IF, IF WE WERE OPERATING AS A BUSINESS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE STATEMENTS THAT ARE PREPARED FOR GOVERNMENTS.

UM, AND THOSE ARE PAGES THREE AND FOUR.

SO THIS STATEMENT IS A STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES, UH, UM, WHAT WOULD NORMALLY BE AN INCOME STATEMENT.

AND SO ON THIS PAGE I'VE HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU THE TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR, UM, UH, 43,000,637.

6 87, AND THAT WOULD'VE BEEN FOR OUR GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES.

AND THEN RIGHT BELOW THAT ON THE BUSINESS TYPE ACTIVITIES, YOU SEE THE EXPENSES FOR OUR THREE ENTERPRISE FUNDS.

THAT CAME TO A TOTAL OF 7.1 MILLION, GIVING US TOTAL EXPENSES CITYWIDE OF 50.8 MILLION.

AND THEN OUR REVENUES, UM, WERE THE HIGHLIGHTED AMOUNT OF 11.6 MILLION FOR CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

THAT'S WHERE WE WOULD CHARGE RESIDENTS FOR SERVICES THAT WE PERFORM.

AND THEN WE HAD OPERATING GRANTS OF 2.3 MILLION.

AND THEN, UM, FURTHER OVER UNDER GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES HIGHLIGHTED IS 34 MILLION.

THAT'S THE BREAKDOWN DAY OF GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM OUR VARIOUS TAXES, UM, AND OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL INCOME.

AND SO OUR NET POSITION, UM, REPORTING AS A BUSINESS, UM, WAS 2.4 MILLION AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER ON THE THIRD PAGE, WHICH IS A STATEMENT OF REVENUE EXPENDITURE AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE.

AND THIS STATEMENT IS PREPARED IN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING AND THE BIG DIFFERENCES IN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING.

WE BASICALLY ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING ON A CASH BASIS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO, UM, BUSINESS WHERE WE ACCRUE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE MAKE A MAJOR PURCHASE LIKE A BUILDING OR LAND

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SO THAT'S THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IN WHY WE PREPARE TWO SETS OF STATEMENTS.

SO UNDER, UH, GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, UH, TOTAL GOVERNMENT REVENUES HIGHLIGHTED FOR YOU, UM, WAS 48.5 MILLION.

TOTAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSE, 48.2 MILLION, GIVING US A SMALL SURPLUS OF $313,932 FOR THE YEAR AND ENDING FUND BALANCE IN OUR GENERAL FUND OF JUST A LITTLE OVER 15 MILLION.

BUT WITH ALL OUR FUNDS COMBINED, WE WOULD BE AT 46 MILLION.

AND THE LAST PAGE IS THE STATEMENT FOR OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS AND STORMWATER UCR TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES FOR EACH OF THOSE FUNDS.

STORM WATER WAS A LITTLE OVER 2 MILLION SOLID WASTE AT 1.5 MILLION IN BUILDING SERVICES AT 1.1 MILLION.

OPERATING EXPENSES FOR OUR STORM WATER FUND WAS AT 3.5 MILLION.

SOLID WASTE AT 2.1 MILLION IN THE BUILDING SERVICES AT 1.4 MILLION.

ALL THREE FUNDS ENDED THE YEAR WITH A LOSS.

UM, AND SO THAT REDUCES THE FUNDS NET POSITION FROM 18.4 MILLION TO 15.9 MILLION.

I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

NO QUESTIONS.

YEAH, MADAM VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR.

UM, WITH THAT FUND BALANCE LOSS, THAT WAS DUE TO WHAT PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT ON THE LAST PAGE? PAGE? THE OPERATING EXPENSES, RIGHT, SO THOSE ARE BUSINESS FUNDS AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS LAST NIGHT WE WERE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ON THE ASSESSMENT.

UM, THERE ESPECIALLY ON THE SOLID WASTE, THE INCOME GENERATED THERE IS JUST NOT ENOUGH TO COVER THE COST OF OUR TRASH COLLECTION.

AND SO WE UTILIZE OUR SAVINGS THAT REDUCES THE, THE RESERVES MORE OR LESS UNDERSTAND.

UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND, AND I SEE WHY WE NEED TO, AS WE STARTED THAT DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT IN TERMS OF THE ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO BRING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO USE THE GENERAL FUND AS WE SHOULD.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

APPRECIATE IT.

MAD MAYOR CONSWELL.

UM, MS. SHARON, I SEE WHERE WE'RE ALSO HAVING PROBLEMS WITH STORM WATER TOO.

THAT IS CORRECT.

UM, IN, IN 2025, OUR SOME OTHER REVENUES, UM, DID NOT, UM, MATCH OUR EXPENDITURES AND A BIG PORTION OF THAT WAS THE GRANTS THAT WERE BUDGETED.

UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE GOVERNMENT GRANTS, YOU WOULD SEE THE EXPENDITURE THERE BEING, I MEAN THE INCOME THERE BEING JUST ABOUT $50,000.

BUT IF YOU LOOKED ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS PREPARED FOR 2025 FOR STORM WATER, AND I'M SORRY IT'S NOT HERE, BUT I BELIEVE THE, THE BUDGET WAS ABOUT 3 MILLION.

UM, UNDER FIRST PAGE WHERE WE HAVE THAT 6 MILLION IN RESTRICTED CASH, THAT'S ALL FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR STORM STORMWATER, THAT ONCE THEY EXPAND ON THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN THEN, UM, RECOGNIZE AS REVENUE IN THE FUND.

BUT WE FIRST HAVE TO, UM, MAKE THESE EXPENSES ON THE PROJECTS.

MR. COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, BRING RESOLUTION 2025 SLASH 0 20 26 7 3 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

IT'S 2026, SORRY.

DASH 0 20 26 DASH, THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

SOLUTION 2026 SAID FIVE, SORRY.

DASH 0 20 26 20 26.

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RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 0 7 4 FOR APPROVAL.

7 3 7 3.

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

COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

OKAY, I SEE NOW ITEM 10

[B. RESOLUTION 2026-074 RATIFYING THE CITY'S FINANCIAL REPORT AS OF APRIL 30, 2026]

UM, RESOLUTION 20 26 0 7 4.

MAD MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 4.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FLORIDA RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT'S FILING OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR THE MONTHS OF APRIL PERIOD SEVEN OF FISCAL YEAR 2026.

AS PREPARED FOR THE PURPOSE OF FULFILLING THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 82 DASH 3 27 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE, 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.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 TASK 0 7 4 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

THAT'S WHAT WE, UH, MATTER.

MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER'S RESOLUTION 26 20 26 DASH SEVEN THREE WAS THE REPORT PREPARED BY THE HCT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT THAT MATTER WAS DECIDED, RIGHT? YES.

4.3 MILLION A GAS TAX FUND.

AND THEN I READ THE TITLE FOR RESOLUTION 2026 DASH SEVEN FOUR.

UH, THERE WAS A VOTE TO BRING IT TO THE FLOOR.

UM, I BELIEVE IT PASSED.

IT'S NOW UP FOR DISCUSSION AND ADMISSION AND MS. SHARON HAYNES WILL PRESENT THROUGH YOU.

MADAM MAYOR.

MS. HAYS.

UM, I'M JUST TAKING CLARIFICATION, I'M PRESENTING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOW.

OKAY? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, .

UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE.

UM, THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR APRIL 30TH, 2027 AS DISCUSSED LAST EVENING, SHOWS THE CITY, UM, GENERAL FUND, UM, IN A HEALTHY POSITION.

AS OF THE END OF APRIL, WE HAD REVENUES OF 24.3 MILLION AND EXPENDITURE OF 18.9, GIVING US A SURPLUS OF 5.3 MILLION ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

ALL OF OUR EXPENDITURES ALL WITHIN BUDGET.

UM, THE EXCEPTION BEING OF COURSE OUR POLICE AND FIRES SERVICES, UM, FOR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

STORMWATER AS EXPLAINED EARLIER, UM, IT'S STILL OPERATING AT A DEFICIT, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE.

AND IF YOU LOOK UNDER THAT, UM, BUDGET COLUMN THAT SAYS EXPENSES THERE, YOU WOULD SEE 10,000,212, 405 AS A BUDGETED EXPENDITURE MONTH.

AND A BIG PORTION OF THAT GRANT FUNDS, UM, THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THE CITY FIRST NEEDS TO MEET THOSE EXPENDITURES BEFORE, UM, THE REVENUES CAN BE RECOGNIZED FOR SOLID WASTE.

THE INCOME AS OF THE END OF APRIL OF 1.3 MILLION EXPENSES AT 1.2 MILLION.

AND SO THAT FUND HAS A SMALL SURPLUS OF $133,540.

AND OUR BUILDING SERVICES FUND IS ALSO IN A DEFICIT OF $196,311.

UM, FOR OTHER FUNDS, THE, UM, SIGNIFICANT ONES THERE ARE FIRE RESCUE FUND THAT IS DOING WELL.

UM, AT THE END OF APRIL, THEY'RE SHOWING A SURPLUS OF 1.1 MILLION.

UH, ALZHEIMER CARE FUND IS ALSO STILL IN A DEFICIT AT THE END OF APRIL.

THE CRF FUND IS DOING VERY WELL.

UM, THEY HAVE A SURPLUS OF

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WE ARE REASSURING A SURPLUS.

THEY HAVE $153,621 AND OUR DEBT SERVICE, UM, THOSE ARE THE MONEY SET ASIDE TO SERVICE OUR LOANS.

AND FOR OUR MISCELLANEOUS FUNDS, AGAIN, UM, THE GRANTS WE HAD BUDGETED 5.7 MILLION TO DATE ONLY $211,662 WAS RECEIVED.

AND SO YOU ARE SEEING AN EXPENSE OF 1.5 MILLION AND A NET LOSS DATE OF $939,504.

THE OTHER FUNDS HAVEN'T HAD ANY SIGNATURE SIGNIFICANT EXPENDITURES AND THE COURT SETTLEMENT RECEIVED AT THE END OF APRIL IS $252,312 AND 50 CENTS.

I WILL TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

MS. SHARON, IT'S GOOD NEWS TO HEAR THAT ALL OF THE BUDGETS ARE, ARE TRENDING AND WITHIN THEIR BUDGET SAYS THE GENERAL FUND SPENDING IS AT 48%, WELL BELOW THE BENCHMARK OF 58% EXCEPT FOR POLICE AND FIRE.

THEY ARE THE ONLY TWO THAT ARE TRENDING HIGHER.

CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE INFO ON THAT? YEAH, THOSE, UM, THOSE TWO DIVISIONS, WE MAKE THE PAYMENT IN ADVANCE.

SO WHEN WE ARE REPORTING FOR SEVEN MONTHS HERE, WE'VE ACTUALLY PAID FOR IT.

NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT WE SHOULD PUT THAT IN A PREPARED ACCOUNT AND THEN CAN RECLASSIFY TO THE EXPENSE IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH.

BUT UNDER GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING, WE RECORD THE EXPENSE ONCE THE CASH GOES OUT THE DOOR.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE WOULD CONTINUE TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE OTHER EXPENSES.

ADAM, MS. SHARON, A QUESTION, WHERE DO WE PUT THE COURT SETTLEMENT? THAT THE MONIES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED FOR, IT'S ACCOUNTED FOR SEPARATELY IN ITS OWN ACCOUNT, BUT ONCE THE YEAR ENDS, SO IN SEPTEMBER, ONCE A YEAR ENDS, THAT REVENUE ROLLS INTO WHAT IS CONSIDERED A FUND BALANCE.

IF IT'S THE COMMISSION WISH TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS SET ASIDE, THEN IT CAN BE SO, UM, DESIGNATED IN OUR BOOKS AS, UM, BEING RESTRICTED FOR WHATEVER PURPOSE, BUT WITHOUT THAT DIRECTIVE, IT WOULD JUST FLOWING TO OUR FUND BALANCES, UNASSIGNED FUNDS, WHICH BY THE MAYOR, MS. SHARON, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S UNASSIGNED, IT CAN BE USED ANYWHERE.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WE NEED COMMISSION TO DECIDE WHERE WE WANT.

WHAT YOU WANNA DO.

THANK YOU MS. SHIRA.

THIS THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION.

SORRY, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2 0 2 6 DASH 0 7 4.

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

ITEM 10 C, MAYOR AND COMMISSION FOR A DAY.

MADAM A SIN.

UM, OF COURSE WE JUST HEARD FROM A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAD MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING ITEM 10 C, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

MADAM A CM.

TO, UM, STAY OVER LATE THAT EVENING TO ENSURE THAT IT'S TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT OVERTIME IS NOT INCURRED IF THIS MATTER IS APPROVED.

WE JUST HEARD FROM THE HONORABLE MAYOR RO, UM, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.

THE EVENT IS ON JUNE THE 29TH FROM 5:00 PM TO 8:00 PM SHE WOULD LIKE TO USE OUR COMMISSION CHAMBERS FOR MAYOR FOR THE DAY WITH A SETUP FOR THE YOUTH TO PARTICIPATE, UM, AS WELL AS FROM MY UNDERSTANDING THERE WILL BE REFRESHMENTS.

SO, UM, IT IS ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO, UM, APPROVE HER REQUEST.

COLLEAGUES, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM, SORRY I YIELD TO YOU MAYOR .

I I THINK LAST NIGHT WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING IT, ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS STAFF FOR IT FOR OVERTIME.

SO MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THAT THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR, MADAM A SAM, I DID CONFER WITH KURT AND HE WOULD BE AVAILABLE

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MADAM COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

ALRIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT MADAM AC AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE FROM YESTERDAY'S DISCUSSION WE WERE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT THE TIME EXTENSION AND PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO STAY THERE.

SO THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR.

SO AS IT STANDS, WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM FIVE TO EIGHT OR CAN WE DO IT A LITTLE EARLIER IN LOOKING AT THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT BEING OVER TIME, BUT IT IS, UH, AN EMPLOYEE.

HOW EARLY CAN WE START IN ORDER TO PERHAPS GET OUT BY SAY SEVEN? I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IN PRIOR YEARS THE, UM, PARENTS WERE HERE.

I ATTENDED A FEW OF THE, UM, MAYOR FOR A DAY.

IT IS GREAT TO ALWAYS SEE YOUR CHILD, YOU KNOW, EXHIBIT OR GO TOWARDS, UM, LEARNING ABOUT CIVIL GOVERNMENT, UH, AND BEING INVOLVED IN THEIR CIVIC DUTY.

BUT I, IN TERMS OF THE TIME FACTOR, CAN WE DO, WOULD TWO HOURS BE GOOD OR FOUR 30 TO FOUR 30 TO SEVEN 30? I I, I THINK THE HONORABLE MAYOR EARLY SAID THAT PERHAPS THEY COULD BE OUT BY 7, 7 30, YOUR HONOR.

THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR ALLOWING THIS DISCUSSION.

AND I WILL TELL YOU WHAT WE ARE DOING THAT AFTERNOON.

THERE IS A, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO ANYTHING AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DON'T FORGET EVERYONE IS STUDYING RIGHT NOW AND TRYING TO GRADUATE AND ALL OF THAT.

SO WE WOULD LIKE TO COME IN.

I DON'T KNOW, MADAME CITY MANAGER.

WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL REQUEST THAT MY STAFF MADE? WAS IT FROM FIVE TO EIGHT OR WAS IT FROM THREE TO EIGHT? IT WAS FROM THREE, IT WAS FROM THREE TO EIGHT.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE DO A REHEARSAL WITH THE CHILDREN.

REMEMBER THESE KIDS ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER WATERDALE LAKES, DIFFERENT GROUPS AND THERE ARE LOT OF DE LAKES AS WELL AS OTHER KIDS WHO BELONG TO THE SYSTEM.

RIGHT? SO WE HAVE ALWAYS STARTED AT A CERTAIN TIME SO THEY CAN PRACTICE.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME PRACTICING TOGETHER AND THEN WE OFFER THEM LIGHT REFRESHMENTS RUN ABOUT FIVE O'CLOCK.

THEN AT FIVE 30 WE START THE PROGRAM GIVING PARENTS HOPEFULLY ENOUGH TIME TO GET HERE BETWEEN FIVE 30 AND SIX.

MOST PEOPLE ARE LEAVING WORK AND WE ARE HOPEFUL, EVEN THE VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HELPING TO TRAIN THE KIDS AND TEACH THE KIDS THEY'RE GIVEN OF TIME ALSO.

AND WE ARE JUST SAYING TO MAKE IT WORK RIGHT NOW, WE NEED THAT TWO HOURS OF REHEARSAL.

YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH THE REHEARSAL WITH THE KIDS SITTING THERE AND DOING THEIR THING AND RE REMEMBERING ALL THE QUESTIONS THEY WILL HAVE.

WE HAVE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ROLE PLAYING THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY CLERK, YOUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER BASED ON THE TOPIC THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.

SO THEY NEED THAT TIME TO REALLY DO SOMETHING THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST TIME DOING IT AND THEY NEED THAT TIME.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE REQUESTING THAT TIME.

AND THREE TO FIVE YES, COULD NOT WORK FOR THE PARENTS AND OR VOLUNTEERS, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU WE WILL LEAVE YOUR GIRAFFE ROOM CLEAN LIKE WE FOUND IT.

WE WILL BE OUT OF HERE IF YOU SAY SEVEN, WE WILL BE OUT OF HERE AT SEVEN.

WE REQUESTED TILL EIGHT, BUT WE CAN WORK TILL SEVEN.

BUT CUTTING THE TIME THAT WE START THE REHEARSAL AND ALL OF THAT WOULD NOT HELP US.

MADAM MAYOR, MR. , IS IT MADAM COMMISSIONER? IS IT DIFFERENT FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN, HAPPENED TWICE.

I THINK THE YOUTH COUNCIL OF LORD DE LAKES HAD, UM, WITH, I THINK WITH THE KIWANIS I KNOW OF DIFFERENT OR IS SOMETHING NEW.

I I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW.

I JUST ACKNOWLEDGE OF I NEED YOUR HELP MADAM MAYOR.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR YOUTH COUNCIL DOES.

THE KIWANIS CLUB, BUT IT WAS STARTED BY THIS COMMISSIONER AND 20 YEARS AGO.

BUT I KNOW THE INITIAL MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS WAS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH

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AND BECAUSE I'M A FOUNDATION MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS, THAT WAS MY PROJECT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THOSE ORGANIZATION YOU HAVE TO DO SOME WORK AND THAT WAS AN EASY JOB FOR ME.

SO COMMISSIONER, I KNOW YOUR YOUTH COUNCIL PARTICIPATES WITH IT BECAUSE I WOULD NOT LEAVE OUR CHILDREN IN OUR YOUTH COUNCIL.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR, MADAM.

NO, THAT'S MADAM COMMISSIONER.

UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.

I THINK COULD I ASK FORMER VICE MAYOR MY EXPENSE? I KNOW HE WAS PART OF THE PLANNING MOTHER MURPHY.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT, WHAT WOULD BE YOUR QUESTION TOO FORMER? THE QUESTION IS, IS IT DIFFERENT WHAT SHE WANTS NOW FROM WHAT THE KIWANIS WHAT THE KIDS HAD LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE? 'CAUSE I KNOW I CAME HERE AND SAT HERE AND THEY WERE SITTING UP HERE.

SO I JUST WANTED, AS I RECALL, GOOD EVENING.

AS I GOOD EVENING, UH, FROM VICE MAYOR.

AS I RECALL, UP UNTIL THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FACILITATED WITH THE CITY'S YOUTH COUNCIL, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FORAY, WHERE THE YOUNG PEOPLE WOULD PLAY THE ROLES OF THE MAYOR, THE COMMISSIONER, THE ATTORNEY, THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY CLERK, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

THEY HAD PRESET QUESTIONS.

THEY ASKED QUESTIONS.

WE AS THOSE WHO WERE HERE, SORT OF ASKED QUESTIONS OF THEM.

AND UM, THEN REFRESHMENTS WERE SERVED.

SO IT WAS ON A, A SKILL, BUT AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE, THE KIWANIS CLUB OF LAUDERDALE LAKES FOR SOME REASON HAS NOT DONE IT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

I DO NOT KNOW FORMER VICE MAYOR SPENCE.

I'M SORRY.

UM, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THAT THE, THAT UM, MADAM COMMISSIONER HAS STARTED THAT THEY'RE DOING.

AND SO THE PRACTICE IS ALMOST LIKE THE, ALMOST LIKE A WORKSHOP FOR THEM.

SO THEY GO LIKE HOW WE GO THROUGH OUR WORKSHOP, THEY GO THROUGH THE WORKSHOP AND THEN THEY HAVE THE ACTUAL COMMISSION MEETING.

SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH SIMILAR THAT THEY DO WHEN THEY HAVE THE PROGRAM.

BUT IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT WITH THE QAS CLUB.

BUT AGAIN, MEDICAL COMMISSION IS THE ONE THAT STARTED THAT PROGRAM AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO.

THANK YOU .

WELL I JUST WANTED TO KNOW.

UH, SO MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIME FROM THREE TO SEVEN.

SEVEN VICE .

ALRIGHT, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR.

SORRY.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS, YOU FINISHED VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER HARRIS.

UM, I JUST WANTED SAY I'M IN TOTAL SUPPORT.

UH, WE DID DISCUSS THIS YESTERDAY AND WE JUST WANTED TO HAMMER DOWN THE LOGISTICS IN TERMS OF TIME.

UM, THANK YOU COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM 10 C, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER FOR A DAY, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED TO BE FROM 3:00 PM TO 7:00 PM MAD CLERK, MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS FOUR VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOUR, COMMISSIONER SWELL FOUR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOUR.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

THANK.

AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT MY MOM, MY MOM PASSED EARLIER TODAY AND IT IS A SPECIAL DAY BECAUSE TODAY IS THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ANNIVERSARY.

SHE LOVED THIS CITY AND OUR FAMILY WILL MATRIARCH IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT WE ARE TOGETHER AND WE JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT TODAY.

CHAMBER AT SOME TIME SO THAT YOU CAN FELLOWSHIP AND INTERACT WITH US ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS WILL BE THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 25TH.

SORRY MADAM CLERK, IS THERE ANY, ARE THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCES? MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT.

REPORT

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OF THE MAYOR AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

MADAM.

UH, COMMISSIONER, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

OUR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU.

MRS. BAX WAS A STARWALK OF OUR COMMUNITY.

SHE WAS A STARWALK OF THE DOMINO'S CLUB .

THEY ARE GOING TO MISS HER.

WE ARE GOING TO MISS HER.

AND SHE'S A STARWALK OF YOUR FAMILY.

SO WE WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO LOVE YOU AND THAT WE ARE HERE FOR YOU.

AND GOD BLESS.

GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR ATTENDING OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE WHO ARE ON VIRTUAL ATTENDING THE MEETING.

WE APPRECIATE YOU ALSO, PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN IMITATION TO YOU TO COME TO THE COMMISSION

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THE DOORS WILL OPEN AT 6:00 PM AND OUR PROGRAM WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 6:30 PM COME OUT AND HEAR WHAT GREAT THINGS YOUR CITY HAS ACCOMPLISHED OVER THE LAST YEAR, BUT ALSO COME OUT TO HEAR SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE CONTINUE TO FACE IN MOVING OUR CITY FORWARD TOGETHER.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THIS THURSDAY NIGHT, JUNE 25TH, 6:00 PM 6:30 PM SHARP FOR OUR PROGRAM.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

WE CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO GROW, THAT WE ARE CONTINUING TO BE BLESSED WITH RESIDENTS AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER AND BUSINESSES AND PARTNERS AND SPONSORS WHO ARE SEEN WHERE THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS GOING, HOW WE HAVE DEVELOPED, HOW WE HAVE GROWN, AND WHAT OUR VISION AND MISSION IS, AND TO HELP US TO SECURE THAT VISION AND THAT MISSION.

AND ALSO, MR. GREEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

GOD'S BLESSINGS FOR MANY MORE FOR YOU.

WITH THAT, I WILL SAY I WILL SEE YOU ON THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 25TH AT 6:00 PM IN THE HAZEL P ROGERS MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

GOODNIGHT AND GOD BLESS, MADAM VICE

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MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM MAYOR.

I TOO WANNA SAY GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE THAT'S STILL IN THE COMMISSION AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I HAD A MEETING WITH A GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING.

UM, MR. MOSS, AND RAISE YOUR HAND.

MR. MOSS, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT FOR THE FIRST TIME.

YOU KNOW OUR MEET AND WENT WELL.

AND YOU DID SAY THAT YOU WOULD BE HERE.

AND YOU'RE TRUE TO YOUR PROMISE.

ISN'T IT? CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE, THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LEFT IN THE CHAMBER, THANK YOU.

AND ALSO FOR THOSE ONLINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY DO BUT SO MUCH, BUT WITH EVERY HAND PUT INTO THE POT, WE WILL MAKE IT A BETTER, UH, CITY.

AND I, I WORE MY RED, WHITE, AND BLUE BECAUSE, UM, 65 DOES SIGNIFY A MEDICAID MEDICARE AGE, RIGHT, , IS THAT, SO I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO.

SO, YOU KNOW, I GOT MY RED, WHITE, AND BLUE CARD.

SO I, I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT FOR ALL THE FORMER COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE THAT LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE HERE NOW, UM, MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE CONTINUING TO BUILD ON WHAT WAS LAID IN THE BEGINNING, DO WE HAVE SOME CHALLENGES? MOST DEFINITELY.

BUT TOGETHER WE CAN BUILD AND MOVE THE CITY FORWARD.

AND I CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR THE CITY AS I WALK.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

I'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

I'VE BEEN HERE 40 PLUS YEARS.

AND SO WE MAY NOT SEE THINGS THAT WE LIKE, BUT PUT A HAND IN, BRING YOUR VOICE, BRING YOUR COMMENTS TO THE DAIS.

LET US HEAR YOUR VOICES.

BUT NOT ONLY HEAR YOUR VOICES, PUT YOUR HANDS IN.

IT TAKES A COMMUNITY AND WE'RE ALL PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

I WANT TO KEEP YOU, UM, A BRISK OF JULY 9TH.

PLEASE FOR THOSE WHO COMMENTED AND CAME TONIGHT TO LET US KNOW CONCERNING YOUR, UM, CONCERNS, PLEASE COME OUT ON JULY 9TH.

WE'RE HAVING A COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE HAZEL P ROGERS, UM, MULTIPURPOSE CENTER.

AND IT'S FROM SIX TO 8:00 AM PLEASE COME OUT TO SEE PM DID I SAY AM THAT'S MY WALK-IN TIME.

I'M SO SORRY.

PM PLEASE DO COME OUT AND, UM, SEE HOW YOU CAN BE INVOLVED.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT.

WE ARE ONLY FIVE UP HERE.

THERE ARE OVER 37,000 RESIDENTS IN THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

CAN YOU IMAGINE IF ALL HANDS WERE ON DECK, NOT JUST COMPLAINING, BUT BEING A PART OF THE SOLUTION? THAT WOULD BE PHENOMENAL.

SO PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR JULY 9TH.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED THAT THE, THE HEAT, IT'S GETTING HOTTER,

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SO I'M ASKING YOU PLEASE, TO HYDRATE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HYDRATE.

IF YOU ARE WORKING OUTSIDE OR EVEN GOING TO AND FRO, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

PLEASE KEEP WATERS IN YOUR CAR, BUT NOT TOO LONG BECAUSE THEY SAY WHEN THE, THE HEAT GETS THROUGH THESE PLASTIC BOTTLES, IT'S NOT VERY GOOD.

BUT HYDRATE YOURSELF AND IMPORTANCE OF BEING A NEIGHBOR.

BE COMMUNITY MINDED.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SENIORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

KNOCK ON THE DOOR, INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

BE A PART OF WHAT COMMUNITY IS ABOUT.

'CAUSE WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, WHETHER I LIKED IT OR NOT, MY MOM MADE BIG DISHES AND SHE WOULD TELL ME, BRING IT DOWN THE STREET TO MISS LOU OR MISS SUSIE.

AND THAT'S HOW I GOT TO KNOW MY NEIGHBORS.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S IS ABOUT.

THIS IS THE WE CARE CITY.

LET'S EXPRESS OURSELVES AS THE CARE CITY FOR ALL TO BE ENGAGED.

AGAIN, MR. MR. UM, PATRICK, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT AGE IT IS, BUT MAYBE YOU'RE IN THE 65 AGE , THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT CAME OUT AND WILL BE CELEBRATING WITH US AFTERWARDS.

THANK YOU MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER

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GOOD EVENING.

I PLAN TO BE BRIEF THIS EVENING, BUT I WANT TO COMMENT ON THREE DEATHS.

WE HAVE HAD THREE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PASSED.

FORMER VICE MAYOR MARK SPENCE LOST HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNEW ABOUT THAT.

AND I WANT TO EXTEND MY CONDOLENCE TO THE FAMILY.

DEATH IS NOT A NICE THING BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MISS THAT PERSON SO MUCH.

AND THEN WE HEARD THAT ERICA LOCKETT, OUR PARKS AND HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR LOST HER FATHER.

AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A BLOW FOR HER BECAUSE IT'S ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO SHE LOST HER MOTHER.

SO I JUST WANT HER TO KNOW THAT WE CARE CITIES THINKING OF HER.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT PLANTS MADAM MAYOR A CM HAVE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING MORE.

THEY'RE ACCEPTING THE NATIONS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.

AND OF COURSE MY FRIEND ACH MABY, I CALLED HER.

SHE WAS MY WALKING PARTNER FOR 22 YEARS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE HARD EVERY SUNDAY WHEN I LEAVE CHURCH.

'CAUSE SHE WENT, SHE ATTENDED THE SAME CHURCH.

I WOULD MAKE SURE TO GO THERE, SPEND A LITTLE TIME WITH HER.

AND I KNOW THAT DEATH, SOME PEOPLE SAY, OH, THEY'RE GOING TO A BETTER PLACE FOR ME.

IT'S NOT.

SO THERE IS A MISSING SPACE.

SO REACH OUT TO THE FAMILY, ESPECIALLY MARLENE, HER YOUNGER DAUGHTER.

SHE DID THE CARE.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, I I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANOTHER PERSON THAT IS AS WAS OR AS GOOD TO ANYBODY DOING THE CARE.

SHE WAS TOP OF THE LINE.

I WOULD GIVE HER A THOUSAND PERCENT.

SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO BALI BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S GOING TO MISS HER MOM.

IT'S ONLY TWO OF THEM LIVED IN THE HOUSE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO CAN YOU THINK OF HOW HARD IT'S GOING TO BE BY SEAR SPOKE ABOUT THE HEAT, JUST THREE OR FOUR MINUTES OUTSIDE.

IT'S NOT PLEASANT.

SO BRING YOUR WATER BOTTLES WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU HYDRATE.

AND OF COURSE, WE CELEBRATE 65 YEARS, WHICH

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IS A LONG, LONG TIME.

NEARLY AS LONG AS VICE MAYOR BEING ON THIS EARTH.

THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY CITY OF LORD THE DAY LAKES AND OF COURSE, MR. PATRICK GREEN, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

AND THAT MAYBE THEY, YOU WILL LIVE ON UNTIL THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE ROCKING CHAIR AND PUT YOU OUTSIDE.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU LOOK VERY GOOD.

HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SUMMER AND WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT.

TWO MORE WEEKS, THE NIGHTS, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF STUFF TO TALK ABOUT.

SO TELL YOUR FRIENDS, HERE'S THE P ROGERS AT 6:00 PM WHEN THE VICE MAYOR WILL BE HAVING PEOPLE SPEAKING.

SO ENJOY WHATEVER IS LEFT.

WHAT, MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US? ANY CAKE, ANY ICE CREAM? YES.

UH, COMMISSIONER SWELL .

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL JOIN MADAM MAYOR LATER.

LORD, HAVE A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NIGHT.

COMMISSIONER COWELL.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

UM, I, I TOO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, UM, BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA BE BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A CELEBRATION TO GO TO.

UH, BUT I WANT TO FIRST SAY, UM, THAT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL GRILL AND CHILL FATHER'S DAY EVENT, UM, THAT TOOK PLACE, UM, LAST SUNDAY, UH, A COUPLE SUNDAYS AGO.

AND, UM, UH, IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.

I WANT TO GIVE A, A PARTICULAR SHOUT OUT TO, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION FOR REALLY HELPING AND ALL THE STAFF IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES THAT TOOK A HAND IN HELPING WITH THAT.

UM, VINCE MULLEN, OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND HELPING TO BRING THAT, UH, EVENT TOGETHER.

UH, THANK YOU TO FORMER VICE MAYOR FOR PLANTING THE SEED AND, AND LEADING THE EFFORT IN DOING THAT WHEN HE WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

UM, I ALSO WANT TO, UH, THANK JOHNNY FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.

RALPH MEAD.

ERICA LOCKETT, OF COURSE FOR HER LEADERSHIP, BEING A DIRECTOR, UH, LEANNE SHAW LOLITA, AND SO MANY MORE.

UH, WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THE EVENT IS STAFF CAME AND ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT.

UM, THERE WERE KIDS THERE, THEY HAD FUN.

UH, THANK YOU TO ALL THE SOCCER COACHES AND, UH, I DON'T SEE WHY WE WOULDN'T LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL, UM, SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

UM, I TOO WOULD LIKE TO SAY, MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AS OF RECENTLY, FORMER VICE VERSA.

MARK SPENCE, REST IN PEACE TO YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW.

MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

UM, MS. ERICA LOCKETT.

JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU AND, AND YOUR LOSS OF YOUR FAMILY AS WELL.

AND COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS, UH, REST IN PEACE TO YOUR MOTHER WHO WAS A TRAILBLAZER AND MY CONDOLENCES OR PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

UM, IN CONCLUSION, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

UH, CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS A LITTLE OLDER THAN ME, BUT I AM EXCITED TO BE HERE, TO BE A PART OF THE, UH, THE STORY FOR THIS CITY AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT 65 YEARS HAS IN STORE FOR US.

MADAM CLERK IS COMMISSIONER MAXFIELD WILLIAMS ONLINE.

MADAM MAYOR, SHE IS NOT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH MADAM

[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

ACM.