Jul 28, 2026 City Commission Meeting

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

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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

WE ARE SO VERY GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE WITH US.

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 ENJOYED THE MEETING AND WILL ATTEND MORE OF THESE MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.

PLEASE TURN OFF OR SILENCE 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 FIVE, FOUR PARENTHESES TWO AND OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.

PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC PURSE. SECTION 2-5.

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'S OFFICE BEFORE 7:00 PM.

BY COMPLETING THE PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC FORM LOCATED ON THE PODIUM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS, THE 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 COMMISSIONERS.

AGAIN, GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US.

THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL.

MADAM CLERK, PLEASE. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS. VICE MAYOR THOMAS PRESIDENT.

COMMISSIONER CASWELL, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. ACTING CITY MANAGER.

HOWARD. PRESENT. CITY ATTORNEY. CALLAWAY, PRESENT.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

ITEM THREE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

ITEM THREE A OUR INVOCATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY RABBI YEHUDA EL JEWISH CENTER OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. RABBI.

HONORABLE. MAYOR. VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. CITY OFFICIALS AND EVERYONE THAT HAS GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME ONCE AGAIN. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, AND I HOPE TO COME MANY MORE TIMES.

AND MY WIFE AND I WERE JUST BLESSED WITH A THIRD CHILD.

SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT UPSIDE DOWN. SO I, WHEN I WAS RUNNING OUT OF THE HOUSE, I FORGOT TO BRING MY HAT AND JACKET AND, AND IT GOT ME THINKING. IT GOT ME THINKING THAT EVERYTHING IN JUDAISM THAT WE BELIEVE HAPPENS FROM DIVINE PROVIDENCE, THAT NOTHING IS BY ACCIDENT, NOTHING IS BY MISTAKE.

EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. AND USUALLY I HAD MY HAT AND JACKET ARE JUST A PART OF MY DAILY UNIFORM.

WE ALL HAVE ONE. FOR SOME, IT'S A SUIT. FOR SOME IT'S A IT'S A BADGE.

FOR SOME IT'S A ROBE. FOR SOME IT'S A HARD HAT.

AND FOR SOME IT'S A BUSINESS SHIRT. THEY. THEY REPRESENT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

BUT TONIGHT I WAS REMINDED THAT BENEATH EVERY UNIFORM.

IT'S JUST A. IT'S JUST A PERSON AND JEWISH THOUGHT.

ALSO, OUR BODIES IN A SENSE, ARE THE GARMENTS OF OUR SOUL.

THEY'RE THE WAY THAT OUR SOULS INTERACT WITH THE WORLD.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S HEALTHY TO TO REMEMBER THAT WHILE THE UNIFORM HELPS DEFINE WHAT WE DO, IT DOESN'T DEFINE WHO WE ARE.

THAT'S RIGHT. WHO WE ARE IS REVEALED IN THE KINDNESS THAT WE SHOW, THE HONESTY WHICH WE WITH WHICH WE LEAD, THE RESPECT WE GIVE OTHERS, AND THE GOOD WE CHOOSE TO DO EACH DAY.

EVERY PERSON WHO WALKS INTO THIS CHAMBER, WHETHER ELECTED, OFFICIAL, EMPLOYEE, OR RESIDENT, HAS THE ABILITY TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY, SOLVE A PROBLEM, LIFT ANOTHER PERSON UP, AND LEAVE THE CITY JUST A LITTLE BETTER THAN THEY FOUND IT.

SO MAY WE ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT THE SOUL BENEATH THE UNIFORM, AND TO USE THE UNIQUE GIFTS THAT GOD GIVES US, AND TO SERVE HIM WITH HUMILITY, PURPOSE, AND JOY.

AND NOW I'M GOING TO PRAY. I'M SORRY. THIS IS JUST IN THE BEGINNING.

THANK YOU, FATHER GOD AND MY GOD ALMIGHTY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF LIFE, FOR FAMILY,

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BLESS OUR MAYOR, OUR VICE MAYOR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, OUR CITY OFFICIALS, ALL THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL THOSE WHO WORK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF THIS CITY.

GRANT THEM WITH WISDOM, SOUND JUDGMENT, PATIENCE, AND COURAGE AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT SO MANY LIVES.

BLESS EVERY RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY WITH HEALTH, HAPPINESS, SAFETY, AND PEACE.

MAY OUR HOMES BE FILLED WITH LOVE, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH FRIENDSHIP, AND OUR CITY WITH OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE.

HELP EACH OF US TO SEE THE GOODNESS IN ONE ANOTHER.

TO TREAT EVERY PERSON WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT AND TO USE OUR AND.

AND TO USE OUR UNIQUE TALENTS TO BRING MORE LIGHT INTO OUR FAMILIES, OUR WORKPLACES, AND OUR COMMUNITY.

MAY THE WORK ACCOMPLISHED HERE TONIGHT BE GUIDED BY WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND SINCERE DESIRE TO SERVE THE COMMON GOOD.

AND LET US SAY AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES 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, RABBI STELL, BEFORE YOU GO FOR THOSE BLESSINGS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMINDING US THAT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT IS ON THE INSIDE IN OUR HEARTS.

AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR THIRD CHILD, YOU AND YOUR WIFE AND YOUR FAMILY.

GOD. BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR PROCLAMATIONS.

PRESENTATIONS. THERE ARE NOT ANY. ITEM FIVE. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.

[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING ]

ITEM FIVE B JULY 14TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CARSWELL, I HAVE READ.

JULY 13TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MINUTES.

JULY 14TH, 2026 CITY COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.

THERE ARE NO ERRORS OR OMISSIONS. I MOVE THAT THE MINUTES BE APPROVED.

MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CARSWELL FOR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

[6. PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ]

ARE THERE ANY PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE SIX PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC TONIGHT.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM MR. SANDHU, A SEARS, MISS SOPHIA.

YES, SIR. IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE.

I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE MIC FOR US. PLEASE.

HELLO? HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

YES, I JUST MY NAME IS PASTOR. I JUST COME IN THE MEETING TONIGHT TO ENJOY WITH EVERYBODY IN THE COMMISSION HOLD IT TO ENJOY WITH EVERYBODY IN THE IN THE MEETING AND THE COMMISSION BECAUSE I GOT MY MY APPLICATION IN FOR 4850, NOT 41. YOU NEED 104 I JUST GOT MY APPLICATION. I JUST COMING TO ENJOY THE MEETING TONIGHT.

I WAIT FOR THE APPROVAL ON MY APPLICATION. ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR. WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU ARE HERE AND PLEASE COME BACK.

PLEASE COME TO OUR MEETING. MADAM MAYOR. NEXT WE HAVE MR. JERMAINE CASELY. MR. CASE. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSION.

SO TODAY I AM SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO MY CASE NUMBER, CLRR-26-3.

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I ENDED THE LAST THREE YEARS IN AFGHANISTAN, QATAR AND KUWAIT FROM 2000 TO 2003.

DURING THAT TIME, I LEFT A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR IN ORDER TO FULFILL PERMITS FOR MY PROPERTY, FOR MY HOUSE WHERE I, I LEFT FOR WHERE I LEFT HOME IN ORDER TO GET ON THIS DEPLOYMENT AND NOTHING WAS RESOLVED, NO INFORMATION WAS GIVEN BACK TO ME. THIS WAS ULTIMATELY MY MISS COMMUNICATION SOMETHING I DROPPED THE BALL ON, ON PICKING UP THE RESPONSIBILITY ON SEEING EVERYTHING THROUGH.

BUT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN. UPON RETURNING FROM OVERSEAS IT TAKES A FEW MONTHS TO GET BACK INTO THE CIVILIAN SIDE OF THINGS.

AND I BECAME A OFFICIALLY RATED BY THE ARMY DISABLED VETERAN ON A MONTHLY SALARY.

I DO NOT WORK FULL TIME. AND DURING THIS TIME, I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD A LIEN REQUEST ON MY HOME.

AND THEN BECAUSE OF THIS, THE ONLY OPTION THAT I HAD IN ORDER TO GET THE PROPERTY BACK INTO FUNCTION AND GET BACK TO, TO GET ALL THE PERMITS RESOLVED WAS TO SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT I WAS TOLD IN DOING SO THAT THIS LIEN WAS ACTUALLY ON MY NAME, AND THEN FIGURED OUT THROUGH MISS TIFFANY FORTUNE.

SHE HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL OVER THE PAST YEAR AND GETTING THIS PROPERTY UP, IT'S COMPLETELY DISSOLVED ALL OF MY SAVINGS AND STILL IN DEBT BECAUSE YET AGAIN, I'M ON A MONTHLY FIXED INCOME, ALL THE CORRECTED, ALL THE VIOLATIONS HAVE BEEN CORRECTED.

AS SOON AS I COULD, THE ONLY WAITING TIMES THAT I HAD WAS DEALING WITH ANOTHER CONTRACTOR I HIRED.

I HAD TO HIRE TWO OTHER CONTRACTORS, ONE OF WHICH I'M CURRENTLY PURSUING A LAWSUIT BECAUSE THEY, THEY JUST, IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND A GC, A GOOD GC.

AND SO AS OF NOW THE, THE PROPERTY IS FULLY UP AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN RESOLVED.

WE'VE THEN EVEN AS MUCH AS REPLACING THE GRASS.

I'VE EVEN DONE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE, THE THE CHECKOFF TO, TO GET THE, THE PROPERTY UP IN ORDER.

I DID COME YESTERDAY AND SAT IN ON THE MEETING AND HEARD ABOUT THE, THE, THE GOOD, I WOULD SAY THE, THE, THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IN KEEPING THE, THE, THEIR TENANTS IN THE PERMIT IN PROPER PERMITTING.

AND I BELIEVE THAT IS TRUE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE AND WE SHOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHAT WE DO. AND THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.

THERE SHOULD, THERE SHOULD BE. AND I KNOW THERE'S ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT THAT IS RESTED ON THE CITY FOR SOMETHING THAT I ULTIMATELY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR.

BUT I RECENTLY HAD A, MY THIRD CHILD IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND THIS IS SEVERELY IMPACTING US AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.

BUT IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO WHAT THE CITY NEEDS ME TO DO, WHICH IS TO PAY MY FINE, PAY, PAY IT AND PAY IT ON TIME, I'M PART OF THAT WOULD BE TO LIQUIDATE THE ASSET THAT I DO HOLD, AND I CAN'T DO SO IF THERE'S A LIEN.

SO IT'S, IT'S IT'S HARD TO FOR EXAMPLE, IN ORDER TO COME TO THIS MEETING, I HAD TO PAY $1,600 FROM THAT.

AND IT TOOK ME ALMOST 30 DAYS TO RECEIVE THE INCOME IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND THEN PAY IT.

SO I'M CURRENTLY YOU KNOW, REQUESTING FOR A REDUCTION IN THE AMOUNT THAT I WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING. I LOOK FORWARD TO PAYING THAT PROMPTLY AND NOT DOING A MONTHLY PAYMENT BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN WHICH I WOULD GET HOW I WOULD RECEIVE THE MONEY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR UP I FROM YESTERDAY'S MEETING.

I HAVE A FEW THINGS I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE CITY.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITIZENS. THIS IS NOT A REPEATABLE OFFENSE, AND ALTHOUGH THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I FIND DIFFICULT TO DO WHILE I WAS OVERSEAS, I STILL HAD MAIL.

SO I STILL HAD COMMUNICATION WITH FAMILY THAT WAS HERE, BUT I JUST DIDN'T HAVE PROPER PROFESSIONALS AT THE TIME.

I DO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I JUST ASKING FOR YOUR YOUR GRACE.

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SHE HAS HER HAND UP. HOLD YOUR HAND. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT WE HAVE MISS SACCONE. WILSON. MILLS, MISS WILSON.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING.

ARE YOU HEARING ME BETTER? THANK YOU. SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS COURTNEY WILSON MILLS AND I LIVE AT 4200 NORTHWEST 36 WAY, LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I AM HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT AND THE MOTHER OF TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, TWO YEAR OLD AND A NINE YEAR OLD WHO PLAY AND WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MY REASON HERE IS FOR SAFETY SAFETY CONCERN.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS NOT THE REALITY IN MY COMMUNITY.

RESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY USED THE INTERSECTION NEAR MY HOME TO PERFORM DANGEROUS DONUTS, WITH THEIR VEHICLES SPEEDING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVEN STRIKING THE STOP SIGN. THE RECKLESS BEHAVIOR PUTS EVERYONE AT RISK, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, PEDESTRIANS AND OTHER DRIVERS. IT IS NOT ONLY.

IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED.

SO I'M URGING THAT ACTIONS BE TAKEN. I HAVE NOT SIMPLY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.

I HAVE DOCUMENTED IT. I HAVE VIDEO EVIDENCE OF THESE DANGEROUS INCIDENTS, AND I'VE REPORTED THEM TO MR. RONALD AT THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME EVERY TIME I CALL.

NOT ONLY THAT, I HAVE CALLED THE POLICE OFFICERS TO TRY AND STOP THIS DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR.

AS A RESPONSIBLE CITIZEN, I'VE DONE EVERYTHING WITHIN MY POWER TO STOP THEM.

THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT OCCURRED TWO WEEKS AGO WHERE THEY HIT THE STOP SIGN, AND I'M SAYING NO RESIDENT SHOULD HAVE TO FEAR THE RETALIATION FOR REPORTING THEM, BECAUSE AFTER I CALLED THE POLICE, THEY WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE TOWARDS ME.

THEY HARASSED ME, THEY HARASSED MY FAMILY. AND IN THE VIDEO, ONE OF THE VIDEO EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE, THEY WERE EVEN COMBATIVE WITH THE POLICE OFFICER.

SO AS A RESULT, I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE POLICE PATROL.

WE NEED STRONGER TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, PERMANENT TRAFFIC SAFETY SOLUTION TO STOP THE DANGEROUS ACTIVITY BEFORE THIS TRAGEDY STRIKES.

I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. I WANT IT TO BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN THRIVE WITHOUT FEAR.

I ASK YOU TO HEAR THE VOICES OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE ASKING FOR HELP AND TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE, SAFETY A PRIORITY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO PRESENT TODAY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, MISS WILSON. MADAM CLERK, MADAM MAYOR.

NEXT, WE HAVE MISS BARBARA SMITH.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, ALL THE COMMISSIONERS, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, ALL THE RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS BARBARA SMITH.

AND TONIGHT I COME REPRESENTING NOT ONLY ORIOLE ESTATES, BUT THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I ALSO HAVE OUR CHAIR HERE WHO WILL, WHEN I FINISH SPEAKING WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.

IF WE CAN ALLOW HER TO SPEAK, WOULD THAT BE OKAY? I WANT TO MAKE GET PERMISSION FIRST WITHIN THE TIME FRAME.

YES. PERFECT. ALRIGHTY. SO WE WERE IN OUR LAST BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE WERE MISS SHARON AND I KNOW SHE WORKED VERY HARD ON THIS PROVIDING US WITH A LIST OF THE POTENTIAL SAVINGS TO ACTUAL, TO ACTUALLY BALANCE THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. AND WE, I JUST WANT TO, WE CAME TONIGHT TO COMMENT ON TO GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS EVEN BEFORE WE GIVE OUR FORMAL RECOMMENDATIONS, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY THAT THIS COMMISSION WILL DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO FOR JUST STARTING OUT I DID LISTEN YESTERDAY, I HEARD AND WE HEAR THE, THE, THE THE REQUESTS FOR LENIENCY ON DIFFERENT LIENS AND DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING.

AND IN MY MIND WHEN I LISTENED YESTERDAY TO THE WORKSHOP IT DEFINITELY BROUGHT ME FULL CIRCLE TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE WE NEED TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT HOW WE PLAN, WE NEED TO EVEN TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF PUT OURSELVES IN BETTER POSITIONS

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SO HAVING SAID ALL THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I AGREE OR, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT I WANTED TO BRING OUT. SO THE ONLY THING.

SO SHE GAVE US A LIST OF. DEFINITELY SOME OF THE BSO REDUCTIONS CONSIDERATIONS AND BY PERCENTAGE FOR THE NOT ONLY THE BSO POLICE, BUT FIRE. AND THESE ARE SHE HASN'T PUT IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T BELIEVE WAS THE GREEN IN THE BUDGET OR NO.

OKAY. SO THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING. THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY ABOUT THAT, AS LONG AS THAT DOES NOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS.

THAT AND BECAUSE WE, WE CAN GET A HEALTHY, HEALTHY $3.8 MILLION FROM THE REDUCTIONS THAT SHARON PRESENTED TO US.

BUT WE, WE'RE JUST WANT TO BE SURE THAT THESE DO NOT INCLUDE A REDUCTION IN POLICE.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS VITAL. WE CAN WE JUST HEARD WHAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS JUST SAID, AND WE, WE BELIEVE THAT WE DEFINITELY DON'T NEED TO REDUCE AT ALL.

I AGREE WITH SOME OF THESE, SOME OF THESE I DO NOT I DO LIKE THE MAYOR AND I BELIEVE OTHER COMMISSIONER MENTIONED EASTON ABOUT THE COLA FOR THE EMPLOYEES.

I BELIEVE WE SHOULDN'T TOUCH REDUCTIONS TO THAT.

I BELIEVE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES DO WORK HARD. THEY DO DESERVE AN INCREASE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE STRATEGIC TO BRING OTHER, OTHER OPTIONS. AND WHAT I HAD WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE, NONE OF THESE LISTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS.

NOW I KNOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A HANDLE ON WHAT WE NEED.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS PRIORITY BASED BY WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR FACILITIES, WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR STREETS. SO HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK WE USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED WHAT WE NEED TO GET A TOTAL NUMBER AND THEN WE GO AFTER THAT. I THINK WE COULD THE THE THINGS, THE PROJECTS WE HAVE ON THE TABLE NOW, IF WE CAN, IF WE CAN REDO THEM OR DO THEM LATER TO HELP US BALANCE WHAT WE NEED TO GET DONE, I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD BE DONE. I BELIEVE WE SHOULD EVEN HIRE DO A HIRING FREEZE WHERE WE DON'T HIRE ANY NEW EMPLOYEES TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. AND AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING IS MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR GIVING IS TO NONPROFITS, BUT WE LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AS WELL. BUT THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE THINGS THAT I MYSELF CAME UP WITH AS WE MET WITH THE BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

BUT NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CHAIR, NATALIE DOCTOR, NATALIE STEVENS FOR THE RECORD, DOCTOR NATALIE STEVENS, CHAIR, BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS ACTING CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEY. I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT I THINK BARBARA SAID ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU DO IN YOUR ROLE AS A COMMISSION IS APPROVE THE BUDGET.

I WANT YOU TO STRONGLY NOBODY LIKES DOING CUTS, BUT I WANT YOU TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FUND BALANCE SO THAT OUR CITY.

I THINK AFTER THE BUDGET, WE GOT 4 MILLION IN THE FUND BALANCE.

I THINK THE BUDGET SHE PRESENTED HAD A OF $937,000 THAT COMES FROM YOUR FUND BALANCE, LEAVING YOU WITH ABOUT ALMOST 3 MILLION.

SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN COVER WHAT'S IN THAT FUND BALANCE SO THAT YOUR FUND BALANCE DOES NOT DROP.

THAT'S MY ONLY THING TO ADD WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE BUDGET, IS TO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THE FUND BALANCE SO THAT WE DON'T KEEP DECREASING THE FUND BALANCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, DOCTOR STEVENS. THANK YOU, MISS SMITH. MADAM MAYOR, NEXT WE HAVE FORMER COMMISSIONER GLORIA LEWIS, FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

TIME'S UP ALREADY, MADAM MAYOR. AND I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU WAS DOING A HOT JOB YESTERDAY.

OH, MADAM MAYOR JUST SAID THE TIME WAS UP. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MY NAME IS GLORIA LEWIS. 3500 NORTHWEST 15TH STREET.

I'M SO HAPPY THAT DOCTOR NATALIE STEVENS AND MISS BARBARA WAS UP HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M UP HERE.

I WANT TO SAY YESTERDAY YOU DID AN AWESOME JOB IN YOUR WORKSHOP MEETING, BUT I HAD SOME CONCERNS AND I DO HAVE A CONCERN.

AND I PUT IT ON THERE, THERE, THERE FOR I WHEN THAT COME UP, HOWEVER, I'M LOOKING AT THIS WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT ABOUT CHANGING THE COLA FOR THIS STAFF MEMBERS, I'M SO HAPPY THAT SOME OF YOU ALL SPOKE UP BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.

OUR STAFF MEMBERS WORKED TOO HARD TO NOT BE GETTING NO PAY.

THEN YOU GOT ON ON HERE YOU WANT TO GIVE START CHARGING THEM $10 ON SOME CONTRIBUTION FOR SINGLE COVERAGE.

WE DON'T NEED THAT. THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THIS, MADAM MAYOR, AND I WANT Y'ALL TO PLAY CLOSELY TO THIS BUDGET.

THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THIS HERE, WHEN FILLING THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER,

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HOWEVER, WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS AND SEEING THAT THAT'S $800,000, THAT'S ALMOST $1 MILLION IN THE SAND FOR THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER. 800 AND LET ME GET THE RIGHT NUMBERS DOWN, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO SAY COMMISSIONER.

OH, FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS IS GIVING SOME WRONG INFORMATION.

BUT AS I LOOK AT IT, $817,340 BUDGET COST FOR NEW CM AND A CM.

NOW I SAID BLACK AND WHITE. I AIN'T COMING OUT OF NOTHING OUT OF THE THING, BUT I, I READ FIRST BEFORE I COME UP HERE, WE AS RESIDENTS AND I'M SPEAKING WHEN WE ALL VOTED FOR MY COMMISSIONERS AND MY MAYOR, YOU ALWAYS SAID PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST.

OUR RESIDENT. MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THIS HERE BECAUSE WE'RE PAYING TOO MUCH HIGHER UP AND I ALWAYS REMEMBER COMMISSIONERS COME MARES COME. WE HAVE FOUR YEARS, TWO TERMS. NEW PEOPLE COME IN. BUT WE NEED TO BE MORE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW WE DOING OUR STAFF MEMBERS, HOW WE PAYING THE EXECUTIVE PEOPLE SO MUCH MONEY. BECAUSE WHEN PHIL WAS IN THERE, IT WAS $184,000 FOR A CITY MANAGER.

AND WHEN TRESSA WAS IN THERE, IT WAS 100. AND LET ME MAKE SURE, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET NO STORIES ON NOBODY OF IT.

WHEN TRESSA WAS IN THERE AND I MADE SURE I WROTE IT DOWN TO MAKE.

IT WAS 184,000 FOR PHIL, 195,000 FOR TRESSA, 209,000 FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

WHEN I SEE YOU GOT 276,000. AND THEN YOU GOT A CITY MANAGER ASKING FOR A COP OUT FOR AND 57.

I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT AS IS BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BRING THAT IN THERE ON THAT ON I BECAUSE I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WE ARE SPENDING TOO MUCH MONEY HIGHER UP. I ASKED YOU BEFORE AND BEFORE AND BEFORE MY SIGN ON 41ST STREET HAVE NOT BEEN CLEANED YET, BUT I'M A TAXPAYER. WE RESIDENTS WALK THROUGH THERE AND MOLD AND MILDEW ON THERE.

I WORK AT A SCHOOL. I'M WORKING MY BEHIND OFF.

I KNOW HOW TO BUFF NOW AND DO EVERYTHING THAT.

TO MAKE SURE THE SCHOOL IS CLEAN FOR THOSE KIDS WHEN THEY GET BACK.

SO WE NEED TO GET OUR CITY CLEAN BEFORE WE START GIVING OUT MONEY ON THE OVERNIGHT EXPRESS PACKAGE.

AND MADAM MAYOR AND MY COMMISSIONERS KEEP ON DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO READ, READ, READ. CUTTING DOWN AND TAKING AWAY THE BLACK HISTORY.

YOU BETTER MAKE IT A GREETING, A MEET AND GREET FOR BLACK HISTORY BECAUSE WE NEED TO KEEP IT AND MAYOR KEEP ON STANDING YOUR GROUND.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER LOUIS MADAM CLERK.

MADAM MAYOR, OUR FINAL PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC IS MISS ROSA MORALES.

MORALES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY.

MY NAME IS ROSA MORALES. I AM I COME ON BEHALF OF GONZALO GOMEZ, WHO HAS SUBMITTED LEAN REDUCTION FOR PROPERTY AT 3960 NORTHWEST 30 TERRACE. THE CASE NUMBER IS CLRR26-7.

REFERENCE NUMBER 19-07-016. THE REASON WE'RE REQUESTING A REDUCTION IS DUE TO THE THE HIGH AMOUNT THAT THE, THE VIOLATION HAS HAS ACCRUED IN FEES.

IT IS, IT IS. IT IS EXTREMELY HIGH FOR THE OWNER AND IT REPRESENTS HARDSHIP.

THIS IS A RENTAL PROPERTY THAT PROVIDES HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME INCOME FAMILIES.

AND THE PROPERTY HAS NOT HAD A VIOLATION ON RECORD SINCE IT'S BEEN ALMOST MORE THAN THREE YEARS. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY IN COMPLIANCE, AND ALTHOUGH WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING THE PROPERTY ACCORDING TO COMPLIANCE AND FOLLOW THE CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES, AND, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN IN COMPLIANCE FOR, LIKE I SAID, MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

THIS VIOLATION ALSO TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY MANAGER WAS NOT ON TOP OF THINGS.

THE VIOLATION WAS CURED. IT WAS NEVER NOTIFIED TO THE INSPECTOR.

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IN MAY OF 2023 THAT THE CITY WAS RECORDED, THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN COMPLIANCE, BUT THIS WAS DUE TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR ON. LIKE I SAID, THE PROPERTY MANAGER.

THAT WAS BEFORE. SINCE I TOOK OVER, I'M VERY PROACTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, NOT ONLY WITH THIS PROPERTY, BUT ANY OTHER PROPERTY THAT WE MANAGE.

WE WANT TO MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO, UP TO STANDARDS.

THIS IS LIKE I SAID MY TENANTS LIVE THERE, SO I REALLY CARE FOR HOW THE PROPERTY LOOKS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE AT THE SAME TIME FOLLOW WHAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW.

YESTERDAY ON THE WORK, I WAS HERE AT THE WORKSHOP AND THE CITY SUGGESTED A 65% REDUCTION ON THE, ON THE LIEN. AND ALTHOUGH I APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, THE, THE REDUCTION IS STILL CAUSES A REALLY AN EXTREME HARDSHIP ON THE OWNER.

I'M TALKING ABOUT OVER $100,000 THAT IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO PAY.

I DO WANT TO SUGGEST AND NOT SUGGEST I, I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT I AGREE WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT THE CITY INCURS IN SENDING OFFICERS, OFFICERS AND SENDING MAILING ALL OF THAT. AND, AND, AND WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, WE, THE OWNER IS WILLING TO PAY THE ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS THAT, THAT THIS VIOLATION COST. HOWEVER, WE WE REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS REVIEW THE VIOLATION THE LIEN AMOUNT AGAIN BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT JUST CREATES AN EXTREMELY HARDSHIP ON THE OWNER AND ABSOLUTELY CANNOT PAY FOR THAT.

AT THE SAME TIME, THE OWNER IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIEN IS, IS MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OWNER TO SELL.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND I'M AVAILABLE IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MORALES. MADAM MAYOR, THERE'S NO MORE PETITIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. ITEM SEVEN CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING.

[7.A. ORDINANCE 2026-004 OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES APPROVING A CITY INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY’S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF FIFTY (50) DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE IN APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS ]

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ESTABLISH CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REGARDING MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY.

ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, AND APPLICABLE ZONING DISTRICTS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS.

REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST A MOTION TO BRING TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON. THANK YOU. I MOVE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2026-004 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM WAS APPROVED ON FIRST READING.

IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP.

WE DO HAVE MISS TANJA MCCOY, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, TO PRESENT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS SANDRA. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THIS ORDINANCE IS A CITY INITIATED ORDINANCE AND IT IS INITIATED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO BRING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS INTO CONSISTENCY WITH THE CURRENT APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 2050. THIS ORDINANCE WILL ALLOW FOR THE MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, PROVIDING A MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WITH THIS CHANGE IN TEXT AMENDMENT WILL ALSO BE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BRINGING THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS INTO CONSISTENCY WITH EACH OTHER, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE CITY.

IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPERS TO SEE THE CONSISTENCY AND WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS WITHIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

AS A RESIDENT. GLORIA LEWIS, FOR THE RECORD, 3500.

I'M SITTING THERE AS BEING A DUMMY BECAUSE YOU'RE USING A LANGUAGE WHERE, AS RESIDENTS AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HERE,

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BUT YOU'RE SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE OF PROFESSIONALS.

BUT ME, AS A RESIDENT, PLEASE EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

I HOPE SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE CLOSE COLLEAGUES. COMMISSIONER CARSWELL I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ORDINANCE 2026-004 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS. PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

ITEM EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING.

THERE ARE NOT ANY. ITEM NINE CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

[9. CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON CONSENT AGENDA ]

COLLEAGUES, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? NO. OKAY, SO THIS IS A MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION CITY MANAGER TITLES.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION 2026-080 AYE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 82-358ND OF LAUDERDALE LAKES PROCUREMENT CODE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CONTINUED USE OF THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA GOVERNMENTAL PURCHASING COOPERATIVE GROUPS CONTRACT RFP 2015-16-32 WITH TD BANK FROM THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH FOR THE CITY'S PURCHASING CARD PROGRAM FOR THE SECOND RENEWAL TERM BEGINNING AUGUST 23RD, 2026 AND ENDING AUGUST 22ND, 2031. COPY OF THE DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA MASTER AGREEMENT AND RENEWED CONTRACT AWARD WITH TD BANK IS ATTACHED HERE TO AS COMPOSITE 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 2026081.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025-1 HUNDRED SEVEN, IN WHICH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, RECEIVED AN ANNUAL DONATION FROM WESTWAY TOWING, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000. DIRECTING THAT THE FUNDS BE RESERVED SPECIFICALLY FOR CITY SPONSORED EVENTS.

A COPY OF RESOLUTION 25TH, 2025 DASH 107 IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT AYE, 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 2026-082A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA.

CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP MEETINGS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 10TH, 2026 AND AUGUST 24TH, 2026 AND FURTHER CANCELING THE CITY COMMISSION'S REGULAR MEETINGS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 11TH, 2026 AND AUGUST 25TH, 2026, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS, PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK.

PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. RESOLUTION 2026-083.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SERVICES AGREEMENT TASK ORDER NUMBER 25-01 BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. UTILIZING CONTRACT NUMBER 22-3110-07QGP AUTHORIZED BY RESOLUTION 2025-01 FOR FURTHER PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL PLANNING SERVICES RELATING TO THE CITY'S 2050 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $31,000, A COPY OF THE RESOLUTION 2025-014 IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, A DRAFT COPY OF SAID TASK ORDERS IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT B, COPIES 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. RESOLUTION 2026-084.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST,

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ADMINISTERING BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAMS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES EXTENDING EXTENDING THE SERVICE PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 30TH, 2026. COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE IS ATTACHED HERETO AS 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 2026-085A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE INITIATIVE PROGRAM CONTRACT.

JAY Z026-25-2027. BY AND BETWEEN THE AREA WIDE COUNCIL ON AGING OF BROWARD COUNTY, INC. AND THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES LAUDERDALE LAKES ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER, PROVIDING FOR IN-FACILITY SERVICES IN HOME RESPITE CARE, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, SPECIALIZED MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER FOR THE TERM COMMENCING JULY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2027 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $392,689.

A DRAFT COPY OF THE AGREEMENT IS ATTACHED HERETO AS 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. EFFECTIVE DATE RESOLUTION 2026-086.

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THAT CERTAIN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR THE PROVISION OF SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES AT CITY SPONSORED EVENT.

THE DRAFT COPY OF THE MOU WITH BSO IS ATTACHED HERETO AS 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 2026-087. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA.

APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE AND ATTEST, RESPECTIVELY, THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

FURTHER INSTRUCTING THE CITY CLERK TO PROVIDE A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION AND THE EXECUTED SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT FOR SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

I MOVE TO I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-080.

RESOLUTION 2026-081. RESOLUTION 2026-082. RESOLUTION 2026-083. RESOLUTION 6-084 RESOLUTION 2026-085 RESOLUTION. 2026-086 AND RESOLUTION. 2026-087 COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOUR.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOUR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOUR.

MAYOR EDWARDS, PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR. THOMAS FOUR.

MOTION PASSES. ITEM TEN CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS ON REGULAR AGENDA ITEM TEN A MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

[10.A. RESOLUTION 2026-088 RATIFYING THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2026 ]

THIS IS A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-088 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR. COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR MOTION PASSES.

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THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER AND CITY CLERK.

AS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY, LAST NIGHT, AT THE END OF MAY 2026, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES OUTWEIGH THE EXPENDITURES AND. THE CITY'S STRONGEST REVENUE SOURCES ARE THE PROPERTY TAX COLLECTIONS, WHICH ARE AT 16.3 MILLION, WHICH IS 115% OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET.

SALES TAXES, UTILITY TAXES, FRANCHISE FEES AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES ARE GENERALLY PERFORMING WITHIN THE EXPECTED RANGES, WHILE PERMITS, LICENSES, FINES AND SERVICES ARE TRAILING BEHIND.

AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES CURRENTLY, THE. ALL THE EXPENDITURES ARE WITHIN THE BUDGET.

HOWEVER, THE BSO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS EXPENDING APPROXIMATELY 68% OF ITS ADJUSTED BUDGET BUDGET, AND THE BSO MS IS AT 63% OF THE YEAR TO DATE BUDGET.

THE PROPRIETARY FUNDS, THE STORMWATER FUND, IS PERFORMING WELL, AND REVENUES TO DATE ARE APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE BUDGET.

WITH A GRANT REIMBURSEMENT TOTALING 1.2 MILLION AND EXPENSES FOR THE PERIOD ARE ONLY 33%.

THE BUILDING SERVICES FUND, HOWEVER, HAS A DEFICIT WHICH WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR TO SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN RAISE THE REVENUES IN THE FUTURE.

AND FOR THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS, THE CIP SURTAX AND CODE ENFORCEMENT FUND ARE SHOWING NEGATIVE BALANCES AS THE EXPENDITURES FOR THESE FUNDS ARE FROM FUND BALANCE TRANSFERS, WHICH HAVE NOT YET BEEN MADE.

THOSE ARE MADE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THE ALZHEIMER CARE FUND REVENUES ARE 30% OF THE BUDGET, AND THIS FUND ALSO RELIES ON REVENUES FROM GRANTS, WHICH ARE PENDING.

REIMBURSEMENT EXPENDITURES ARE CURRENTLY AT 63%.

THE DEFICIT FOR THE PERIOD SO FAR IS APPROXIMATELY $288,000.

THE FIRE RESCUE FUND HAS GENERATED AN INCREASE FOR THE YEAR TO DATE DUE TO REVENUES OUTPACING EXPENDITURES, AND THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS COLLECTED ALL OF ITS TIF REVENUES, BUT IT'S ONLY EXPENDED A SMALL PORTION DUE TO THE TIMING OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND THE DEBT SERVICE REVENUES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS EXPECTED.

EXPENDITURES ARE BELOW BUDGET AS LOAN PAYMENTS ARE ONLY MADE TWICE A YEAR.

AS OF MAY 31ST, 2026, THERE HAVE BEEN COURT SETTLEMENT FEES COLLECTED OF $269,500, AND I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. MADAM MAYOR, MADAM VICE MAYOR, JUST JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. COULD YOU WITH THE.

I KNOW, WE KNOW, BUT JUST TO LET THE, THOSE IN, IN ONLINE AS WELL AS IN THE CHAMBER KNOW CONCERNING THE BSO MS AND POLICE. WHY IS SO HIGH, HOW IS PAYMENTS MADE.

THOSE ARE MADE MONTHLY. MONTHLY THROUGH YOU MADAM MAYOR.

ARE THEY MADE IN ADVANCE? YES THEY ARE. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY IT'S A BIT HIGH.

THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO HEAR. OKAY. TO LET THEM KNOW.

SO THANK YOU. MR. COUNCIL, WOULD YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID IN REFERENCE TO THE $269,500 AS IT RELATES TO COURT FEES.

YES. SO THE COURT SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY THROUGH THE END OF MAY HAS TOTALED $269,500.

AND THAT SETTLEMENT WITH WAS WITH THOSE WITH THE KINNERET AND THE MARKETPLACE SETTLEMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

NO PROBLEM, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MISS.

WE HAD DISCUSSION SOME MEETINGS AGO. I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM FOR THE COURT SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY.

THOSE FUNDS IS GOING INTO ITS OWN SEPARATE PARTICULAR ACCOUNT.

CORRECT? THANK YOU. THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

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COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS OR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. OR VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL.

FOUR. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM TEN B MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, RESOLUTION 2026-089A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF

[10.B. RESOLUTION 2026-089 ADOPTING A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 ESTABLISHING OF A ROLLED-BACK RATE AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TENTATIVE OPERATING AND DEBT SERVICE MILLAGE RATES ]

A COPY OF THE CERTIFICATION OF THE TAXABLE VALUE IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 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. A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-089 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

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

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MISS SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, MISS HAYNES. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

VICE MAYOR, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, FELLOW COLLEAGUES AND RESIDENTS.

MY NAME IS SHARON HAYNES, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR.

THIS RESOLUTION. THIS RESOLUTION. SETS OF PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 8.6.

SORRY. YES. THIS RESOLUTION SETS A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 8.6 MILLS FOR OPERATING PURPOSES. IT ALSO INCLUDES A PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE OF 0.4910 FOR AVOIDED DEBT SERVICES AND A ROLLBACK RATE CALCULATED 8.2372. THIS THE ROLLBACK RATE, SHOULD THE CITY ADOPT OR SET THE MILLAGE AT 8.600? IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A TAX INCREASE. AND SO WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THIS.

HOWEVER WE ARE ASKING THAT WE DO THAT THAT COMMISSION DO ACCEPT THE 8.6 OPERATING MILLAGE RATE SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE USED TO PREPARE OUR PROPOSED BUDGET. IT ALSO SETS THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT RATE OF 8.6. SHOULD THE COMMISSION CHOOSE TO ADOPT THAT RATE FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M.

HERE IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS. AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. NO. SO THAT'S THE MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MADAM MAYOR, MR. COSTELLO, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 089 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS OR MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES. ITEM TEN C.

[10.C. RESOLUTION 2026-090 PROVIDING FOR A PRELIMINARY RATE RESOLUTION FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A FIRE-RESCUE SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATES FOR FIRE SERVICES ]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 46, SECTION 46-288 OF THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CODE OF ORDINANCES.

ADOPTING THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE SERVICES ASSESSMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, AS SET FORTH IN EXHIBIT A, ATTACHED HERETO, 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.

DISCUSSION. MADAM MAYOR, MR. HARRISON, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-090 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER.

MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MISS HEIDI BROCK, THE BUDGET OFFICER, WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.

CITY ATTORNEY, ACTING CITY MANAGER, DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

COLLEAGUES. STAFF. RESIDENTS IN THE CHAMBERS AND ONLINE.

OKAY, WE DO HAVE THAT. SO MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU RESOLUTION 2026 090 IS TO ADOPT THE PRELIMINARY FIRE RESCUE SERVICE ASSESSMENT RATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027.

AS I SAID, THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCEDURAL RESOLUTION WHICH IS NECESSARY PER OUR CHARTER.

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NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO AS I SAID, THIS IS REQUIRED UNDER OUR CODE UNDER CHAPTER 46 OF OUR CITY CODE AND SECTION 197.3632 OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES.

THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THE FINAL RACE WILL BE ACCEPTED OR ADOPTED.

SORRY. AFTER OUR SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026 PUBLIC HEARING.

AND I WANT TO CORRECT MYSELF FROM LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I DID SAY SEPTEMBER 9TH, BUT IT WILL BE SEPTEMBER 14TH.

SO OUR FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENTS IS INCREASING.

YOU KNOW, THE FIRE RESCUE FUND SUPPORTS FIRE SUPPRESSION, RESCUE OPERATIONS AND PREVENTION.

IT ADDRESSES THE RISING COSTS FOR PERSONNEL FOR EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND OPERATIONS.

AND WE HAVE BASED OUR FIRE RESCUE ASSESSMENT ON THE RECENTLY CONDUCTED FIRE ASSESSMENT BY STANTEC.

SO WE DID BRING IT TO COMMISSION AT A WORKSHOP ON JUNE 22ND.

AND WE WERE DIRECTED OR GIVEN A RECOMMENDATION OF THE RATES THAT WE WANTED TO PROPOSE.

SO HERE IS JUST A CHART OF THE ASSESSMENTS. AND YOU HAVE THOSE IN YOUR BACKUP.

WE HAVE THE RESIDENTIAL RATES. WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE FROM $333.84 TO $344.96. COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FROM $36.20 PER SQUARE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, I BELIEVE, TO 41.

37 INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WILL ACTUALLY INDUSTRIAL FACES A DECREASE, BUT INSTITUTIONAL WILL INCREASE, AND THE GENERATED REVENUE FROM THE PROPOSED RATES WILL GENERATE ABOUT $7.3 MILLION ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT.

SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS THAT WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVING THIS PRELIMINARY RATE.

AS I SAID, NOTHING IS GOING TO BE ADOPTED UNTIL THE PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

BUT WE DO HAVE TO CERTIFY TO BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER FOR INCLUSION IN THE TRIM MAILING, BECAUSE THAT IS OUR PUBLIC NOTICE. THAT IS THE METHOD THAT WE USE TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC OF THE RATES.

SO WE DO NEED TO CERTIFY BY AUGUST 4TH, AND THEN WE WILL HAVE.

THAT WILL ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING DATE INCLUDED.

SO WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION YOUR COMMENTS LAST NIGHT.

SO WE WILL DEVELOP A YOU KNOW, A PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN USING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA DURING THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND ALSO IN PERSON THROUGH SEPTEMBER TO REACH OUT TO RESIDENTS, TO LET THEM KNOW, TO INFORM THEM, TO EDUCATE THEM ABOUT WHY WE NEED TO INCREASE THE RATES FOR OUR SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT PUBLIC HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 4TH.

SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 6 P.M. HERE IN THE CHAMBERS AND RESIDENTS ARE, OF COURSE, ENCOURAGED TO COME OUT AND GIVE THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO THAT'S THE BRIEF PRESENTATION. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, HAVE NONE.

MOTION FOR APPROVAL, MADAM MAYOR. MR.. I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-090 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON, FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, RESOLUTION 2026-091.

[10.D. RESOLUTION 2026-091 ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLL]

A COPY OF EXHIBIT A IS ATTACHED HERETO 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, VICE MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026 SACHSE 091 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MISS BRACKS WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. PROTOCOL ESTABLISHED. SO ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE THE THE SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT.

WE HAVE THREE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, THE FIRE SOLID WASTE AND STORM WATER.

SO THIS IS OUR SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT. SO THIS ASSESSMENT WAS ADOPTED.

IT IS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 30 OF OUR CITY CODE.

THAT'S WHAT ESTABLISHES THIS SOLID WASTE PROGRAM.

AND ALSO SECTION 197763, TWO OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES, WHICH GOVERNS THE COLLECTION OF NON AD VALOREM.

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SETTING THE PRELIMINARY RATE SO THAT WE CAN CERTIFY TO THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER BY AUGUST 4TH FOR INCLUSION IN THE TRIM MAILING NOTICES.

THE FINAL RATES WILL BE ADOPTED AFTER THE SEPTEMBER 14TH PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WHY DO WE NEED THE ASSESSMENT TO INCREASE? THIS IS GOING TO REFLECT THE RISING COSTS OF OUR OF PROVIDING RELIABLE, ESSENTIAL RESIDENTIAL AND WASTE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.

WE DO HAVE RISING COSTS FOR COLLECTION SERVICES.

WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH INCREASES EVERY YEAR BY 5%.

SO WE NEED TO KEEP PACE WITH THAT. WE HAVE INCREASED RECYCLING, PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL FEES, HIGHER FUEL TRANSPORTATION COSTS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE, AND OF COURSE, INCREASED LABOR AND OPERATING EXPENSES.

OUR PROPOSED FISCAL 27 ASSESSMENT RATES. WE ARE CURRENTLY AT $272 PER YEAR.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO INCREASE TO 401. AS YOU KNOW WE ALSO DID A SOLID WASTE ASSESSMENT STUDY.

THE RATE OF 401 WAS RECOMMENDED BY COMMISSION AT JUNE 22ND WORKSHOP.

HOWEVER THAT IS ONLY ABOUT 70% OF OUR COST RECOVERY.

THE PROPOSED RATE FROM THE CONSULTANT AND FROM THE STUDY WAS AT 573.

BUT WE DO NOT WANT TO TAX OUR RESIDENTS TOO HIGH TO GO FROM 272 TO 2 573, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN STAGES.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE PROPOSING FOR FISCAL 27 A RATE OF 401 SO THAT WE CAN NOT HAVE TO TAX THE GENERAL FUND FOR ANY FEES FROM STORMWATER FOR SOLID WASTE. SORRY, THAT IS ESTIMATED TO PRODUCE REVENUE OF $2.14 MILLION FOR THE THE SOLID WASTE. AND OUR CONTRACT IS RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 2.4 WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND THAT THAT ALSO DOES NOT INCLUDE REGULAR OPERATIONAL COSTS.

MADAM MAYOR. MISTER. MISS. HEIDI. WHAT? THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY. YOU SAID SO THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR SOLID WASTE IS.

SORRY. GO BACK. YEAH. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT. WHAT ABOUT THE CONDOS, THAT IS.

WELL, I BELIEVE THAT IS UNDER RESIDENTIAL. WE DO HAVE THE BREAKDOWN FOR COMMERCIAL AND OTHER PROPERTIES, BUT THAT IS ALSO RESIDENTIAL COMBINED CURBSIDE.

IT SAYS CONDOS DON'T GET DO CURBSIDE. I'M SORRY.

COMMISSIONER I SAID HERE IT SAYS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, COMBINED CURBSIDE AND CONDOS. THE CONDOS, THEY DON'T DO CURBSIDE, THE CURBSIDE.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE CURBSIDE IS AN OPTIONAL CHARGE THAT IS BUILT SEPARATELY.

THAT MEANS FOR THE IF THEY WANT I DON'T KNOW, CONDOS HAVING CURBSIDE, THEY DON'T. SO WHO CAN EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. RYAN. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. MADAM, MR.. MADAM CLERK AND THE AUDIENCE.

FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS PAULA COX, DIRECTOR MADAM MAYOR FOR CONDOMINIUM AND COMMERCIAL.

THEY ARE BUILT DIRECTLY FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT.

SO THAT IS NOT PART OF THE ASSESSMENT. THE ASSESSMENT, THE ASSESSMENT OF 272 IS ONLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS AND BUSINESSES ARE BUILT SEPARATE SEPARATELY.

WE DON'T WE DON'T WE DO NOT HANDLE WE SET THE RATE FOR CONDO AND BUSINESSES, BUT THEY PAY DIRECTLY SO IT'S NOT ON THEIR TRIM NOTICE. THE IT WOULDN'T BE BECAUSE THE CONDOS.

I UNDERSTAND NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPLANATION.

THANK YOU. THOSE IN THEIR MAINTENANCE MOVES ON.

OH, YEAH. SO THAT IS YEAH, I WAS CONFUSED WITH THE BACK DOOR COLLECTION.

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SO YES, SO AS I SAID, OUR CURRENT ASSESSMENT OF 272 WE ARE PROPOSING 401 AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING A GENERATED REVENUE OF $2.1 MILLION.

SO IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS PRELIMINARY RATE TO CERTIFY FOR BCPA BY AUGUST 4TH, WE WILL DO OUR PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN.

AND WE WILL, WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH AT 6 P.M.

FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. MADAM, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-091 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON. FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS. PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. ITEM TEN E.

[10.E. RESOLUTION 2026-092 ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR STORMWATER SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND SETTING A DATE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT ROLL ]

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, ADOPTING A PRELIMINARY RATE FOR STORM WATER UTILITY SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027, FURTHER PROVIDING A DATE FOR PUBLIC HEARING TO ESTABLISH THE FINAL RATE AND ASSESSMENT.

ROLL A COPY OF THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT RATE IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A, A COPY OF WHICH MAY BE 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, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-092 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MISS HEIDI WILL EXPLAIN THIS ITEM THROUGH YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS THE FINAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT WE NEED YOUR APPROVAL FOR THE PRELIMINARY RATES.

THIS IS THE STORMWATER ASSESSMENT. AND THIS STORMWATER ASSESSMENT IS REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 42 OF OUR CODE, WHICH ESTABLISHES THAT ASSESSMENT. AND ALSO SECTION 197.363.

TWO OF THE FLORIDA STATUTES WHICH GOVERNS THE COLLECTION OF NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENTS.

WE WILL HOLD A FINAL RATE, A FINAL HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 14TH TO ADOPT THE FINAL RATE.

ONCE THIS IS APPROVED TONIGHT. WHY THIS ASSESSMENT IS INCREASING.

OKAY. SO ONCE AGAIN, THESE RATES GOVERN OUR PROPRIETARY FUNDS.

AND OF COURSE THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THEMSELVES.

SO WE HAVE NOT INCREASED RATES IN SEVERAL YEARS.

AND IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY NOW TO INCREASE THOSE RATES SO THAT WE CAN STAY ON PAR WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED.

SO THE PROPOSED INCREASE HELPS OFFSET RISING COSTS TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN ON OUR STORMWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS OUR DRAINAGE CANAL MAINTENANCE, STORM DRAIN CLEANING PIPE AND CULVERT REPAIRS, FLOOD PREVENTION PROJECTS, WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.

AT THIS TIME, THE RATE FOR PER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT ER IS AT $75 PER YEAR, WHICH IS $6.25 PER MONTH. WE ARE PROPOSING A RATE OF $90 PER YEAR, WHICH IS $7. AND I'M SORRY, WHAT'S MY MATH? SEVEN $6.25 IS WHAT IT IS NOW.

WE ARE PROPOSING $75 ANNUALLY. SO I THINK THAT'S SEVEN, 27, 25 OR 750.

I BELIEVE IT'S AN INCREASE OF $1.25 PER MONTH OR $15 ANNUALLY FOR WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING NOW.

AND IT IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE RATES, A REVENUE OF $426,960 TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER RATE, ANOTHER CHART. SO IT'S 625 A MONTH, $75 A YEAR. 750 A MONTH IS WHAT WE'RE ARE PROPOSING.

$90 A YEAR, AN INCREASE OF $1.25 A MONTH AND $15 A YEAR.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE DO RECOMMEND APPROVING THE PROPOSED RATES.

AS THIS WAS WORKSHOPPED AND WE WERE GIVEN DIRECTION FROM THE COMMISSION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE RATES AND BUILDING THE BUDGET TO CERTIFY TO BE CPA BY AUGUST 4TH

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WHERE WE CAN. THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME OUT AND COMMENT AND THEN WE CAN ADOPT THE FINAL RATES.

SO THAT IS THE BRIEF PRESENTATION. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, MISS HEIDI.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IN LAYMAN'S TERMS, AND I THINK WE HAD PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT HOW WE DISCUSSED THINGS SO THE GENERAL RESIDENTS CAN UNDERSTAND IT, BUT JUST YESTERDAY, WE EXPERIENCED SOME FLOODING IN LAUDERDALE LAKES FROM THE RAIN JUST DRIVING WEST DOWN 41ST INTO OAKLAND ESTATES ABSOLUTELY FLOODED. AND WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY IN, YOU KNOW, UPDATING OUR ROADS. AND NOW WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO RAISE THE STORMWATER RATE SO WE CAN PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES.

BUT WHAT COMES WITH THAT? WHAT, WHAT ARE THE RESIDENTS PAYING FOR EXACTLY WHEN THEY RAISE THIS RATE? OKAY. SO WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO CALL MR. RONDA TO ANSWER THE OUR CITY, OUR CITY ENGINEER.

POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT MAYOR THE SUMMER ASSESSMENT COVER NOT JUST MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM, BUT ALSO IMPROVEMENT TO THE SYSTEM. RIGHT. I THINK LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT A STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

THE LAST MASTER PLAN WAS DONE IN 2007. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THAT MASTER PLAN.

WHAT THAT DOES IS LIKE A, A SCANNING OF THE ENTIRE CITY, WHICH WILL DICTATE THE THE SOFT SPOTS OF WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.

SO WE CAN PLAN FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST CHASING ISSUES.

WE KNOW WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE, BUT OUR DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS A GLOBAL KIND OF PROCESS.

WE JUST, WE DON'T JUST PUT PIPES CONNECTED, BUT WHEN WE DO IT IN A SYSTEMATIC WAY WHERE WE KNOW WHERE THE HOT SPOTS ARE, WHERE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED, THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN WILL DICTATE PROJECT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW CERTAIN ISSUES LIKE, LIKE YOU DID LAST NIGHT EVEN 36TH STREET, THERE WAS SOME FLOODING, BUT WITHIN A MINUTE IT WAS GONE. BUT WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT TO THE PROJECT.

SO SLOWLY ARE WE IMPROVE THE SYSTEM. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ARE THAT ASSESSMENT IS NOT JUST FOR MAINTENANCE OF JUST NOT JUST DRAINAGE. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CANAL SYSTEM AS WELL.

AND ALSO ALL THE GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENTAL REGULATORY AGENCIES.

THERE ARE SOME FINES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY. SO ALL OF THAT IS COVERED THROUGH THAT ASSESSMENT.

MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION, RON.

THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT. I ACTUALLY WANT TO TAKE IT A BIT FURTHER JUST FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES.

WHAT CAUSES FLOODING WHEN WE WHEN WHEN IT STARTS TO RAIN AND LET'S SAY IT'S RAINED FOR AN HOUR, MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND WE SEE A BUNCH OF FLOODING HAPPENING, JUST CARS, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A BOAT.

HONESTLY, OF 41ST WAS CRAZY AND EVEN THOUGH IT RAINED HARD, IT WASN'T THAT TOO LONG OF A RAIN.

SO I KNOW SOMETIMES YOU HAVE DEBRIS THAT GETS CAUGHT UP IN THE SEWAGE.

BUT BESIDES THAT, IN TERMS OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, WHAT IS IT ABOUT IT THAT'S SO OUTDATED THAT CAUSES THE FLOODING TO HAPPEN TO YOU, MADAM MAYOR? I TO YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, LET ME TAKE IT A STEP BACK.

OKAY. LET'S SAY YOU HAVE TWO ACRES OF LAND WITH NOTHING BUT TREES AND GRASS AND BUSHES.

MY RENT FOR THE WHOLE DAY. YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE ANY FLOODING BECAUSE IT'S TOTALLY PERVIOUS, MEANING THE WATER THAT FALLS DOWN JUST PERCOLATES THROUGH THE SOIL, AND YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE IT.

ONLY IT'S IT MIGHT BE LIKE A HEAVY RAIN, BUT YOU'RE BARELY GOING TO SEE ANY FLOODING.

BUT WITH DEVELOPMENT, YOU PUT CONCRETE ASPHALT.

THOSE ARE IMPERVIOUS SURFACES. WHEN THE WATER FALLS DOWN, IT CANNOT PERCOLATE THROUGH THE SOIL, SO IT WILL RUN OFF. SOMEWHERE. SO THE MORE CONCRETE, THE MORE ASPHALT YOU HAVE, THE MORE POSSIBILITY YOU HAVE OF FLOODING. HEIDI JUST MENTIONED EARLIER THE EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL UNIT.

IF YOU TAKE A TYPICAL LOT THE $75 IS, IS CHARGED BASED ON AN ASSUMPTION THAT EVERY UNIT IT'S IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCE HAS 2311FT² OF THAT PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY IMPERVIOUS.

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BECAUSE IF THE LOT WAS NOTHING BUT GREEN, YOU WOULD NOT INCUR ANY COST EVEN FOR CONDOMINIUM BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON UNIT THE WAY IT'S CALCULATED, ALL THE TOTAL, THE TOTAL UNIT IS DIVIDED.

SO WE CAN CHARGE PER UNIT. BUT IF THERE'S A PROJECT WHERE THEY HAVE TO PAVE MORE PARKING SPACE TO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WE HAVE TO READJUST THEIR FEES BECAUSE THEY'RE ADDING MORE IMPERVIOUS AREA.

SO THEIR FEE WILL GO UP BECAUSE THEY'RE CAUSING MORE FLOODING.

SO FLOODING IS BASED ON HUMAN YOU KNOW, CAUSE BECAUSE WHEN YOU PAVE WITH CONCRETE ASPHALT, WATER CANNOT PERCOLATE BACK TO THE SOIL. WE LIVE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

IT'S A SANDY SOIL. WHEN THE WHEN THE STORMWATER FALLS DOWN, IT PERCOLATES QUICKLY TO THE SOIL.

BUT WITH PAVEMENT. ASPHALT. THAT'S WHY WE COME UP WITH DRAINAGE SYSTEM THAT TAKES IT FROM THE ROAD TO THE NEXT WATER BODY.

IT CAN BE A CANAL. AND WHEN THE SYSTEM IS INTERCONNECTED IT TAKES IT FROM THE, FROM THE ROOF TO THE DRIVEWAY, TO THE ROAD, TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND TO THE CANAL OR ANY WATER BODIES.

BUT WHEN THERE'S THERE'S A BREAKDOWN. SOMETIMES WE HAVE 43 MILES OF ROAD.

NOT EVERY SINGLE LOCATION HAVE DRAINAGE. SO WE START WITH THE CRITICAL LOCATIONS WHERE IT FLOODS THE MOST, AND THEN WE MOVE OUR WAY BACK. SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE SYSTEMS THAT JUST NOT CONNECTED.

I WAS LOOKING AT THE ATLAS THE OTHER DAY IN OAKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU HAVE PIECES OF DRAINAGE. YOU HAVE AN INLET RIGHT HERE, ANOTHER INLET.

IT DOESN'T GO ANYWHERE. SO AS SOON AS THE SYSTEM STARTED TO FILL UP, IT WILL FLOOD BECAUSE THERE'S NO POSITIVE OUTFALL TO ANY WATER BODIES WHATSOEVER. MADAM MAYOR, JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND TO SORT OF SUMMARIZE THIS THE MASTER DRAINAGE STORMWATER PLAN IS GOING TO ADD MORE DRAINAGES AND ALSO HELP CREATE MORE CONNECTIVITY WITH THE PIPES WITHIN THE GROUND. MAYOR. YES. NOT ONLY ADDING MORE DRAINAGE, BUT TELL US STRATEGICALLY WHERE WHERE TO PUT THE MOST CRITICAL LOCATIONS ARE SO WE BE MORE EFFICIENT WITH THE FUNDING. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR.

MADAM VICE MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-092.

COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MAYOR EDWARD PHILLIPS. VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR MOTION PASSES.

ITEM TEN F MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS. RESOLUTION 2026-093.

[10.F. RESOLUTION 2026-093 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST (CLRR-26-7) SUBMITTED BY GONZALO GOMEZ (HURACAN SP LLC) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3960 NW 30TH TERRACE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA ]

LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA, 33309, PROVIDING FOR REDUCTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

A COPY OF THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A COPY OF THE RECORDED ORDER IMPOSING THE MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN AND LIEN PAYOFF CALCULATION IS ATTACHED HERETO AS COMPOSITE EXHIBIT B COPY OF THE APPLICANT'S WRITTEN EXPLANATION.

REQUESTED REQUEST IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT C, 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. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR. MR. HARRISON, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-093 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. VICE MAYOR THOMAS BOARD COMMISSIONER CASWELL.

FOR MOTION PASSES, MISS TONYA MCCOY WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. PROTOCOL ALREADY ESTABLISHED THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO THIS LIEN WAS. THIS PROPERTY WAS FIRST SIGHTED IN JANUARY 24TH OF 2019 FOR DERELICT VEHICLES, IMPROPER BULK TRASH PLACEMENT AND FAILURE OF MAINTENANCE OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT WITH WITH THE CITY.

THE FOLLOWING THE MAGISTRATE MEETING, THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS GIVEN 90 DAYS TO COMPLY WITH THE.

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NOW IN A NON COMPLIANCE STATE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN JULY OF 2019, THE PROPERTY WAS IMPOSED AND THAT WAS WHEN THE DAILY FINES STARTED OF $100 PER VIOLATION, FOR WHICH THIS PROPERTY HAD THREE DIFFERENT VIOLATIONS.

THOSE FINES CONTINUED UNTIL THE PROPERTY WAS BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND THOSE FINES, TOTAL AMOUNT OF $299,442.70.

AND AT THIS TIME, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED A LIEN REDUCTION.

AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COMMISSION REVIEW THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST AND CONSIDER THE STAFF'S ANALYSIS AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT'S SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. AND WE RECOMMEND A REDUCTION OF 65%.

MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. FOR ME, 65% IS A LOT.

AND I HEARD THE PROPERTY MANAGER STATING THAT THEY'RE READY TO SELL.

AND I'M ASKING MYSELF THE QUESTION, IF THEY WERE NOT READY TO SELL, WOULD THEY BE COMING HERE? I DON'T KNOW. BUT FOR EVERY TIME A PROPERTY WHEN MY CITY LOOKS LIKE A SLUM, IT DOES NOT GO WELL FOR ME. AND I THINK I HEARD YOU SAID THAT IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY. PEOPLE DON'T PAY RENT. GUESS WHAT THEY DO? THEY VICTIM. THE PROPERTY MANAGER IS GOING TO TAKE THAT TENANT TO COURT.

AND. AND THAT TENANT WILL HAVE TO PAY ALL THE FEES.

THEY WILL ALSO INCLUDE ATTORNEY'S FEES. THAT IS NOT NOT CHEAP.

SO FOR ME, 65% REDUCTION YOU'RE LEFT ONLY WITH 35%.

TO ME THAT IS EXCELLENT. AND ANYTHING ELSE IS I'M GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

THANK YOU, MISS TANJA. THROUGH YOU, MADAM COMMISSIONER.

MR. WILLIAMS, CAN I HAVE THE AMOUNT? LIKE, HOW MUCH IS IT? WHAT? HOW MUCH IS OWED? AND WITH THIS 65%. WHAT IS THAT? GIVE ME THE NUMBERS. SO THE CURRENT AMOUNT OWED IS $299,442.70.

AND WITH THE 65% REDUCTION, IT WILL BE $104,804.95, PLUS ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. DO WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS? THAT WILL BE DETERMINED ONCE WE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

ONCE WE IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF PAYMENT PLAN THEY'RE GOING TO RECEIVE, AS WELL AS THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION AND RECORDING PROCESS, AS WELL AS THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WHICH REQUIRES A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO THE 65% IS A THEY'RE RECEIVING A PAYMENT PLAN ON THE 65%.

THE 65% IS ELIGIBLE FOR A PAYMENT PLAN IF THEY CHOOSE THAT OPTION.

OTHERWISE THEY WILL PAY IN FULL WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.

YES. MADAM MAYOR. MISS STANGER, IS IT 65% REDUCTION? I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEARD. I'M SORRY.

YES, 35% IS WHAT THEY'RE PAYING. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MR. HARRISON. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'VE ADVOCATED BEFORE ON MAKING SURE WE DO THIS, THESE TYPE OF THINGS PRETTY FAIRLY WHEN IT COMES TO LEAN REDUCTION.

NOBODY WANTS THEIR CITY TO NOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY.

AND I'VE SEEN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT TAKE HOW THEIR CITY LOOKED PRETTY SERIOUSLY.

AND LAUDERDALE LAKES, SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS SHOULDN'T BE HELD TO THE SAME STANDARD.

I THINK IT SHOULD, IF NOT MORE. OKAY. I BELIEVE IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE FOR WHATEVER LIENS THEY MAY HAVE ACCUMULATED. I ALSO BELIEVE IN THE CITY'S ROLE IN HELPING PEOPLE COME BACK INTO COMPLIANCE.

I THINK 35% TO HAVE TO PAY THAT OF ANY AMOUNT IS FAIR OUT OF 100.

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BEFORE YOU'VE GOTTEN HERE, MISS TANJA, BEFORE OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER WAS OUR CITY MANAGER.

THE CITY IN THE PAST HAS NOT HAD A STREAMLINED SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY WHERE ALL THE LIENS ARE, AND WE HAVE NOT DONE THE BEST JOB IN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS AND COMING INTO COMPLIANCE.

SO I THINK TWO THINGS CAN BE TRUE AT THE SAME TIME.

I THINK WE CAN DO A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO HAVE TO HOLD OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE TO DO A BETTER JOB AS A CITY, WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS, WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THESE VIOLATIONS. CODE VIOLATIONS SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS A REVENUE STREAM PURELY BY THE CITY. IT SHOULD BE SEEN AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP PEOPLE GET BACK INTO COMPLIANCE AND PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

SO I STILL BELIEVE IN THAT. I THINK 35% IS SOMETHING THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO.

I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN DO.

BUT I DO WANT TO TAKE NOTE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BY CASE BY CASE BASIS, WHICH WE ARE. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST IMPRESS UPON MY COLLEAGUES WITH THAT.

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

I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES. AND I DITTO TO WHAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON HAS SAID IN TERMS OF WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM WITH CODE COMPLIANCE. I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE LEAN REDUCTION PROGRAM.

THAT LETS THE RESIDENTS OR WHOMEVER IS THE ONE THAT'S IN THAT PARTICULAR PREDICAMENT TO KNOW THAT WE STILL CARE IN SPITE OF WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS.

AND THEY GO FURTHER TO SAY NOT ONLY IS IT REDUCED, BUT THERE IS A POINT WHERE A MONTHLY BASIS CAN BE ATTAINED IN ORDER TO SUFFICE THE THE LIEN AND HAVE IT CROSSED OFF.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT 35% IS ADEQUATE. MAYBE WE CAN STILL LOOK AT IT AT A FUTURE DATE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER FOR QUITE A LONG TIME NOW, AND WE HAVE BATTLED BACK AND FORTH. CERTAIN PERCENTAGES, NO PERCENTAGE, 50% PERCENTAGE.

BUT I THINK 35% IS FAIR. I THINK WE HAVE COME ACROSS SITUATIONS WHERE WE DO NOT RECEIVE COMPLIANCE UNTIL THE HOME OWNER WOULD LIKE TO SELL HIS OR HER PROPERTY, THAT IT WOULD NOT BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE IF THEY WOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE INITIAL NONCOMPLIANCE.

AND SO I THINK 35% IS MORE THAN FAIR FOR FOR A LANE REDUCTION.

OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YEAH.

I THINK 35% IS FAIR FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.

AS YOU SAID, WE HAVE TO DO CASE BY CASE. ARE THEY SELLING THE PROPERTY THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR? YES. SO WHEN THEY SELL THE PROPERTY SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE PAYING THE LUMP SUM BEFORE THE PROPERTY SOLD OR AFTER THE PROPERTY SOLD? THEY'RE GIVING US THE LUMP SUM. MISS SANDRA.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. WITH THE PROPERTY SALES, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT TRANSACTION TO SO THAT THE THE FUNDS ARE SET ASIDE IN THE SALE. OKAY. SO THAT MEANS WHEN THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WE WILL BE GETTING THIS FULL AMOUNT OF THE 35%.

YES. OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO IF THEY'RE SELLING THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET A PORTION, THERE SHOULD BE NO PAYMENT PLAN. IT SHOULD BE GIVEN OUR MONEY IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT WE GOT TO DEAL WITH.

WE DON'T WANT THAT. SO MAKE SURE THAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. OKAY. READY FOR.

YES. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-093 TO THE FLOOR FOR APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MAYOR. EDWARDS. PHILLIPS. VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR.

COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR MOTION PASSES. ITEM TEN G.

[10.G. RESOLUTION 2026-094 APPROVING A COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION REQUEST (CLRR-26-3) SUBMITTED BY JERMAINE KAISLEY FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3491 NW 39TH AVENUE, LAUDERDALE LAKES, FLORIDA ]

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A COPY OF THE INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

A COPY OF THE RECORDED ORDER IMPOSING A MUNICIPAL CODE ENFORCEMENT LIEN AND LIEN PAYOFF CALCULATION IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT B.

A COPY OF APPLICANT'S WRITTEN EXPLANATION REQUEST IS ATTACHED HERETO AS 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. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-094 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR EDWARDS. PHILLIPS.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR. COMMISSIONER CASWELL. FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MADAM. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MISS MCCOY WILL ALSO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE PROPERTY WAS CITED ON AUGUST 20TH, 2021 FOR WORK THAT WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT AND THAT INCLUDED THE INSTALLATION OF A FENCE. THE PROPERTY WAS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE UNTIL THE MAGISTRATE MEETING.

THEY OUTLINED A COMPLIANCE DEADLINE WHICH IS ESTABLISHED AND THE PROPERTY WAS NOT BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.

AND THAT STARTED THE DAILY FINES OF $100 PER DAY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.

THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE COMPREHENSIVE LIEN REDUCTION APPLICATION IN MARCH OF 2026 AND PAID ALL THE REQUIRED FEES.

AND NOW THEY'RE BEFORE US. THE COMMISSION REQUESTING THE LIEN REDUCTION.

THIS PROPERTY HAS A TOTAL LIEN AMOUNT OF $164,242.70.

AND IF THE LIEN REDUCTION IS GRANTED BASED ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF 65%, THE APPLICANT WOULD PAY $57,484.95. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION, MADAM MAYOR.

I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-094 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR.

THOMAS. COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR. COMMISSIONER HARRISON FOR.

MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU BRING IT TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

YES. OKAY. SO MISS MCCOY HAS PRESENTED THAT ITEM.

POINT OF ORDER. MR.. JEREMY KAISER. JERMAINE.

KINGSLEY. YES, MADAM MAYOR. JUST A POINT OF ORDER, MR. ATTORNEY. A MOTION WAS MADE TO BRING THE ITEM TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

IT IS CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. OKAY.

MY APOLOGIES. I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2026-094.

YES. YES. COMMISSIONER. MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I DIDN'T ASK A QUESTION.

NO, WE WEREN'T REALLY DISCUSSING. DIDN'T DISCUSS IT.

GIVE ME A SECOND. I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED FOR MR. KINGSLEY. WE DID NOT HAVE A DISCUSSION. NO. SHE.

YES. TANYA EXPLAINED, BUT THEN WE DIDN'T ASK HER QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION? WELL, I BROUGHT IT TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION. YEAH, WE'RE IN DISCUSSION.

I WITHDRAW MY MOTION TO APPROVE. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS, YOU CANNOT BE HAVING A SENIOR MOMENT.

YOU'RE THE YOUNGEST ONE HERE. SO QUESTION, MISS.

THIS IS ALSO A PROPERTY THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLD.

AND AT THE TIME THE MONEY WILL BE RESERVED THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY IS SOLD WE'LL BE GETTING OUR MONEY UP FRONT.

THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. YES. THAT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS STATED.

OKAY, PERFECT. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MR. HARRISON, SORRY.

FOR THE RECORD, IS THIS PROPERTY AS WELL AS BEING SOLD? YES. IT'S NOT BEING.

SO. MR.. EXCUSE ME, MR. CASEY, WOULD YOU COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE? YES. SO I, I I'M NO LONGER HIRED BY THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

BUT I WORK WITH THEM WITH THE VA, AND I TRAVEL FOR WORK.

THIS THIS IS MY PERSONAL HOME. THIS IS WHERE I LIVE.

AND I TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE WEEK TO DIFFERENT VA'S IN THE IN THE REGION IN ORDER TO DO PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE ON THEIR HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT.

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SO DURING MY TIME IN SERVICE, I HAVE. I HAVE MOVED TWICE AND ONE OF THOSE WAS IN ANOTHER STATE IN TEXAS.

I HAVE TO I'M TRYING TO SELL THAT PLACE IN ORDER TO HAVE MONEY IN ORDER TO PAY OFF MY DEBT.

AND, AND THIS ONE, NOT THIS PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS WHERE I LIVE.

SO DO YOU, MADAM. SO THE LIENS ON THIS PROPERTY IS AFFECTING HIS ABILITY TO SELL HIS OTHER PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WORKS LIKE THAT. SORRY.

I JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK I GOT AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HE'S SAYING IS THAT HE'S GOING TO SELL ANOTHER PROPERTY TO PAY THE AMOUNT, BECAUSE WHEN HE SPOKE EARLIER, I THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING HE WAS GOING TO SELL THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE THE FINAL PAYMENT.

HE'S GOING TO SELL ANOTHER PROPERTY AND PAY THIS AMOUNT IN FULL.

IT'S HIS PLAN. OKAY. OKAY. SO HE JUST NEEDED THE OKAY UNDER.

SO YOU YOU'RE GOING TO SELL YOUR OTHER PROPERTY TO PAY THIS OFF.

YOU JUST NEEDED THE REDUCTION THAT YOU HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY IT OFF IN FULL.

OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. MR. KINGSLEY, GO AHEAD. I WAS I WAS INFORMED BECAUSE THIS PROCESS WAS MADE KNOWN TO ME WHILE I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SELLING THAT OTHER PROPERTY. IT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR A YEAR WITHOUT A TENANT.

I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR THAT. AND YES, I AM NOT ALLOWED TO SELL ANY OTHER ASSET OR PROPERTY IF I HAVE A.

THE LINE IS ON MY NAME PERSONALLY. RIGHT. SO IT'S BOTH.

YES. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR. MR.. BOSWELL. MR.. SHE SAID COMMISSIONER.

THE ONLY SENIOR MOMENT. YES, IT COULD BE A SENIOR MOMENT.

COMMISSIONER. WHO ELSE? THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID.

YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER AND MADAM MAYOR. MISS SANDRA.

MR. KINGSLEY. AM I PRONOUNCING YOUR NAME CORRECTLY? YES. YOU LIVE IN THIS PROPERTY IN LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE HOMESTEAD. IT DOESN'T HAVE HOMESTEAD.

YEAH. OKAY, SO TECHNICALLY, IT'S NOT YOUR RESIDENCE BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE HOMESTEAD IN IN FLORIDA.

YOU WOULD GET HOMESTEAD IF THIS IS YOUR PERMANENT ADDRESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT IT WAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-094 FOR APPROVAL.

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

ITEM TEN H. MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, RESOLUTION 2026-095.

[10.H. RESOLUTION 2026-095 APPROVING AND ACCEPTING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY DEDICATION FOR CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY PROPERTY AND APPROVING COLLECTION OF OUTSTANDING PILOT FEES AT CLOSING, PURSUANT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ]

PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK.

PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-095 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

MADAM MAYOR, THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED AT LAST NIGHT'S WORKSHOP. THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THROUGH YOU, MR. ATTORNEY CALLOWAY? YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS.

AS WE MENTIONED LAST NIGHT, THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY THE CHAMPIONSHIP ACADEMY OF DISTINCTION AT DAVIE HIGH SCHOOL.

THE PROPERTY THROUGH THAT OWNERSHIP WAS OPERATED A CHARTER SCHOOL ON THAT PROPERTY.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL CHARTER WAS REVOKED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD OF BROWARD COUNTY.

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THE PROPERTY WAS PICKED UP BY THE LENDER FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOL IN LIEU OF FORECLOSURE.

THE LENDER HAS HELD ON TO THE PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY TWO.

IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS. THEY HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT WITH A PRIVATE SCHOOL OWNER TO SELL THE PROPERTY. BUT UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT RUNS WITH THAT LAND.

THEY ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE OBLIGATION TO MAKE DO ON THE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE IMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO THROUGH THE INITIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THEY HAVE OVER THE PAST YEAR, DONE SOME WORK TO RENOVATE THE EASEMENT AREA THAT IS NOW A PUBLIC STREET FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A CORRECTED RIGHT OF WAY DEED.

THEY'VE GIVEN THE CITY A TITLE REPORT, AS WELL AS A OPINION OF TITLE THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT THERE'S NO OTHER ENCUMBRANCES THAT WOULD PREVENT THE CITY FROM TAKING INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY.

THEY'VE ALSO PROVIDED A LETTER OF WARRANTY FOR THE WORK THAT WAS DONE RELATIVE TO SOME RENOVATIONS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY ALSO HAVE MADE A PAYMENT TO THE CITY FOR OUTSTANDING PILOT FEES THAT WERE DUE ON ON THE PROPERTY FROM 2021 THROUGH 2023.

AND I MADE A NOTE LAST NIGHT TO THE COMMISSION MADAM MAYOR, THAT IN 2024, THE PROPERTY DID GO BACK ONTO THE TAX ROLLS UNDER THE BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. AND SO THEREFORE, NO PILOT FEES WOULD ATTACH TO THE TAX YEAR FOR 2024 AND 2025, THE PILOT FEES THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN PAID FOR I BELIEVE APPROXIMATES $145,000 FOR THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2023. AND THEN AGAIN, THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IN ADDITION TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PILOT FEES IS THAT THEY HAVE PROVIDED A CORRECTIVE RIGHT OF WAY DEED TO THE CITY THAT IMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH INITIALLY WAS AN EASEMENT.

AGAIN, IT'S NOW A PUBLIC ROAD THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW RELATIVE TO THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT.

GOOD. MADAM MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION ZERO 2026 09095 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION, FOR APPROVAL.

FOR APPROVAL. MAYOR EDWARDS PHILLIPS, VICE MAYOR.

THOMAS COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER. MAXWELL WILLIAMS FOR MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU. ITEM TEN I. GOOD MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS

[10.I. RESOLUTION 2026-096 AUTHORIZING AND FIXING THE COMPENSATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES ]

PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF RECITALS. PROVIDING FOR INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CITY CLERK.

PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MOTION FOR DISCUSSION.

MADAM. MADAM VICE MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-096 TO THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS FOR COMMISSIONER CASWELL. FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. MADAM MAYOR, MISS TARA WILLIAMS, HR DIRECTOR, WILL INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

THROUGH YOU. THANK YOU. MR.. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.

FOR THE RECORD, TARA WILLIAMS, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

I, I RESPECTFULLY DEFER TO THE CITY ATTORNEY TO FOR THIS DISCUSSION.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, THE. MATTER RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL CITY MANAGER WAS DISCUSSED AT YOUR SPECIAL MEETING ON JULY 8TH WHERE THIS COMMISSION APPROVED THE APPOINTMENT OF JONATHAN EVANS AS THE

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I WAS INSTRUCTED AT THAT TIME TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY IN NEGOTIATING A AGREEMENT WITH THE WITH MR. EVANS AND HIS COUNSEL. WE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER OVER A PERIOD OF AT LEAST A COUPLE OF WEEKS SINCE JULY 8TH ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION. DURING THAT PROCESS, I DID WORK WITH THE HR DIRECTOR AS WELL, AND I BELIEVE SHE CONSULTED WITH YOUR FINANCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

BUT THE ESSENTIAL GIST OF THE AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDED INITIALLY BASED ON INFORMATION RECEIVED DURING THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

MR. EVANS IDENTIFIED HIS SALARY NEEDS BASED ON A RANGE BETWEEN 235,000 AND $250,000. AS YOU'LL RECALL FROM THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED TO THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC LAST EVENING THAT RANGE OF 235 TO 250 STILL REFLECTS A SOUTH FLORIDA.

SALARY FOR A EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR AT. I BELIEVE THE BOTTOM OF.

I BELIEVE NUMBER 34 OR NUMBER OF 35 POSITIONS.

SO WE DID DISCUSS HIS SALARY. OUR INITIAL OFFER AGAIN WAS 235.

THAT OFFER DURING THE COURSE OF THE TWO WEEK PERIOD THAT WE NEGOTIATED WITH THIS COUNCIL WAS RAISED TO $240,000. AS I INDICATED. THAT AMOUNT, AGAIN, STILL PLACES THE CITY MANAGER AT TODAY'S STANDARDS WELL BELOW THAT OF COMPENSATION PAID TO CITY MANAGERS NOT JUST IN BROWARD COUNTY, BUT THROUGHOUT SOUTH FLORIDA, WHERE AGAIN, I BELIEVE THAT NUMBER IS AROUND THE BOTTOM 2% OF THOSE MANAGERS.

THAT SAID, MR. EVANS DID ACCEPT THE 240,000 240,000 AS THE ANNUAL BASE SALARY.

AND THEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION RELATIVE TO HIS ENTITLEMENT UNDER 457 BENEFITS THAT THE CITY PAYS TO EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE 401 AYE BENEFITS THAT THE CITY PAYS TO EMPLOYEES.

HE ASKED THAT THE BENEFIT THAT WOULD ORDINARILY GO TO HIM UNDER A DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN UNDER 457 B BE ALLOCATED AS PART OF HIS SALARY, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AMOUNTS THAT HE WOULD RECEIVE WOULD BE TAXABLE AND NO LONGER IN A DEFERRED STATE.

HE ALSO UNDERSTOOD OUT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT NOT ONLY WOULD THERE BE TAX CONSEQUENCES, BUT THAT WAS A.

HE'D HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR A EXPRESS, IRREVOCABLE WAIVER OF ALL RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO PAY INTO THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ON HIS BEHALF.

HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. AND AGAIN, MR. EVANS IS HERE TONIGHT.

HE ALSO HAD COUNSEL WHO AGAIN, DID MOST OF THE DISCUSSIONS I'VE HAD ON THIS MATTER HAS BEEN THROUGH HIS COUNSEL BUT HE FORMALLY UNDERSTOOD THE NEED TO HAVE THIS MATTER DRAFTED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WOULD BE IN KEEPING WITH PROTECTION FROM AUDIT, AS WELL AS ENSURING THAT WE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LAW.

AND I TOOK YOU THROUGH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE MAJOR SECTIONS OF THE AGREEMENT.

BUT I ALSO LOOKED AT THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT A MANAGER COULD REQUEST THAT THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION FUNDS ACTUALLY BE PAID TO HIM OR HER AS PART OF THE SALARY. AND I FOUND, BASED ON MY RESEARCH, THAT, AGAIN, IT IS UNIQUE, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NOT ATYPICAL. PARTICULARLY WITH MANAGERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL MATTERS WHERE AND EVEN HIS FORMER EMPLOYEES. THAT ARRANGEMENT WAS INTACT TO SOME DEGREE.

SO THE ADD ON TO HIS BASE SALARY, BASED ON THE DEFERRED COMPENSATION AMOUNT WAS $36,000.

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AND SO WHAT YOU SEE BY LOOKING AT THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.

IT'S SHOWS 276 AS THE ACTUAL SALARY, BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE THAT DEFERRED COMPENSATION AMOUNT, WHICH AGAIN, HE HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT WITH THE PROVISION THAT IT'S AN IRREVOCABLE POSITION ON HIS PART. WE ALSO DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS MR. EVANS'S REQUEST TO HAVE A REMOTE TRANSITION PERIOD DURING THE TIME THAT THIS AGREEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE THROUGH AUGUST 31ST OF 2026. LAST NIGHT, I WAS ASKED BY THIS COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE SECTION TWO OF THE AGREEMENT RELATING TO THAT TRANSITION PERIOD AND REVISE IT SO THAT IT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH A REQUIREMENT THAT MR. EVANS BE ON PREMISES AT LEAST THREE BUSINESS DAYS.

DURING THE TIME WHAT WE ARE DESCRIBING AS THE TRANSITION PERIOD, HE HAS AGREED TO THAT AND THE SECTION ONE. FOR THE RECORD, I'LL READ THAT PERIOD FOR THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AGREEMENT AND TERMINATING ON AUGUST 30TH, 2026. THE CITY MANAGER MAY PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION THREE, WHICH IS THAT LAUNDRY LIST OF A MANAGER'S DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER THE CODE, AS WELL AS THE CHARTER MAY PERFORM THOSE DUTIES. REMOTELY. HOWEVER, THE MANAGER SHALL REPORT AND PERFORM SUCH FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES AT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL PREMISES FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE BUSINESS DAYS PER SCHEDULED WORK WEEK DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER TRANSITION PERIOD WORK SCHEDULE THAT IS ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

AND WHILE WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THE CITY MANAGER TRANSITION PERIOD WORK SCHEDULE LAST NIGHT MR. EVANS AND I DID WORK ON WHAT THAT SCHEDULE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, AND HE SENT THAT TO ME EARLY THIS MORNING.

I SENT THAT TO THE COMMISSION. IT IS AVAILABLE IN YOUR BACKUP FOR THIS MATTER THIS EVENING.

AND THAT TRANSITION PERIOD, WORK SCHEDULE IS WHAT HE DESCRIBES AS THE TIME THAT HE WILL SPEND HERE AT THE CITY DURING THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. AND BASED ON MY READING OF IT, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE, IT IS DEFINITELY CONSISTENT WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT I WAS GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION LAST EVENING RELATIVE TO ENSURING THAT HE WAS HERE ON PREMISES AT THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF TIME, PARTICULARLY WHILE THE COMMISSION IS IN RECESS.

SO THAT TRANSITION PERIOD AGAIN IS OUTLINED UNDER THE NEW SECTION TWO OF THE AGREEMENT.

THERE WILL BE AGAIN FOR REPEAT OF OUR DISCUSSION LAST NIGHT IN SECTION FOUR OF THIS AGREEMENT.

IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR A INITIAL CHECK IN RELATIVE TO A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.

AND THAT PART OF THE AGREEMENT READS A INITIAL CHECK IN EVALUATION WILL BE UNDERTAKEN SIX MONTHS FOLLOWING THE MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT.

FOLLOWING THIS CHECK IN EVALUATION, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL PROVIDE THE COMMISSION WITH EVALUATION TOOLS THAT INCLUDE GOAL SETTING AND A EVALUATION SCHEDULE THAT CAN BE USED FOR SUBSEQUENT EVALUATIONS.

A SUBSEQUENT COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION WILL TAKE PLACE SIX MONTHS THEREAFTER UPON ATTAINMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AS DETERMINED BY THIS COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BASE SALARY ADJUSTMENT.

THEREAFTER, PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS WILL OCCUR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, WITH ANY SALARY ADJUSTMENT TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE RESULTS OF THAT EVALUATION AND CONSISTENT WITH ANNUAL BUDGET APPROPRIATIONS UNDER GROUP BENEFITS.

THE MANAGER WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THOSE GROUP BENEFITS THAT YOUR FORMER MANAGER AND THE CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER AND YOUR CITY EMPLOYEES RECEIVE UNDER GROUP BENEFITS UNDER SECTION SEVEN.

WE PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THAT RELATING TO RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND THE ASSIGNMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER SECTION SEVEN.

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A DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN UNDER B. YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT PROVIDES FOR A VOLUNTARY WAIVER AND OPT OUT OF THE 457 CONTRIBUTIONS. THE CITY MANAGER HEREBY EXECUTES A VOLUNTEER, A VOLUNTARY, ABSOLUTE AND IRREVOCABLE ELECTION TO OPT OUT OF AND WAIVE ANY AND ALL EMPLOYER FUNDED CONTRIBUTIONS, MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS OR DISCRETIONARY DEPOSITS INTO THE CITY'S SECTION 457 BE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE DURATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, AND THIS AGREEMENT LASTS AT THE CITY COMMISSION'S DESIRE.

AND THEN THERE UNDER SECTION C, WE PROVIDED FOR IRS COMPLIANCE AND ABSENCE OF A CASH ALTERNATIVE TO, AGAIN, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW RELATIVE TO THIS TYPE OF ARRANGEMENT UNDER SECTION D, IT MAKES. NOTE THAT THE MANAGER. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT PREVENTS THE MANAGER FROM MAKING VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE 457 PLAN ON HIS OWN, BUT THAT, AGAIN, IS WITHOUT THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ANY OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THAT PLAN UNDER SECTION E. AGAIN, WE NOTE THAT THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM HERE AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS NOT UNDER THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM, AND THIS SECTION IS MEANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS SECTION DOESN'T WAIVE OR REDUCE ANY CONTRIBUTION OR BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED UNDER A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

BUT WE'RE ALSO NOTING IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH THAT NONE THAT THERE'S NO PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM AT PLAY HERE, NAMELY, AGAIN, THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

THERE'S A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE UNDER SECTION F THE AUTOMOBILE ALLOWANCE, AGAIN CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT ACTING CITY MANAGER AND PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS, IS THE ALLOWANCE OF 650,000 650,000.

NOT THAT MUCH, $650. LET ME GET JUMPED. I THINK I'M GOING TO CLAIM THE SENIOR MOMENT STATUS AS WELL.

SO I DIDN'T DRINK IT. THAT'S THE SENIOR CROWN TO YOU, SIR.

UNDER DUES AND SUBSCRIPTION AGAIN IN CONCERT WITH THE CITY'S HISTORY THE CITY MANAGER WILL HAVE THE CITY RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP DUES.

AND THOSE ARE OUTLINED UNDER SECTION 11. UNDER SECTION 12 RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY MANAGERS CONTRACTS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, AS WELL AS THE PREVIOUS MANAGERS AND OTHER CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR ADMINISTRATORS IN OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES. THE CITY AGREES TO BUDGET AND PAY REASONABLE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER SECTION 13 RELATING TO OUTSIDE PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES.

I NOTE HERE AGAIN THAT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED FOR IS THE MANAGER HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH CERTAIN NOT FOR PROFIT TYPE ACTIVITIES THAT WILL NOT TAKE UP REAL TIME WILL NOT BE COMPENSATED.

AND HE CAN, HE IS FREE TO DO THAT PROVIDED HE GIVES THE CITY WRITTEN NOTICE OF PARTICIPATING IN, ANY SUCH ACTIVITIES. AND THOSE ARE WHAT WE DESCRIBE AS INCIDENTAL ACTIVITIES.

AND THEY WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, SERVICE ON BOARDS OR COMMITTEES OR ACCREDITED ACCREDITATION TEAMS OF PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATIONS OR ON LOCAL OR REGIONAL, NOT FOR PROFIT OR CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. AND AGAIN, THIS SECTION WAS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT TO MR. EVANS AS WELL AS TO MYSELF ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY HE'S SAYING HE'S AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE CITY AND SERVICE AND BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, WORKING ON SOME OF THESE BOARDS AND PRESENTING HIMSELF AS THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES DOES ENHANCE THE CITY'S ROLE. AND SO THOSE ARE WHAT WE DESCRIBE AS PERMITTED INCIDENTAL ACTIVITIES.

THE ONLY CAVEAT AGAIN, IS THAT THE CITY IS HE'S REQUIRED TO GIVE THE CITY NOTICE OF THAT KIND OF PARTICIPATION FOR ANY MATTERS THAT HE WOULD BE RECEIVING AN HONORARIUM OR ANY TYPE OF COMPENSATION, THEN THAT IS A MATTER THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THIS

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AND THAT ANY USE OF HIS TIME OUTSIDE OF THE CITY IS GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH UNDERSTANDING HIS PRIMARY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE CITY.

AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY REAL DISPUTE ON THAT. BUT AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT WOULD REQUIRE A, A HONORARIUM OR SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION OR PAYMENT IS A MATTER THAT HE WOULD HAVE TO BRING BEFORE THIS COMMISSION PRIOR TO.

AND HAVE THE COMMISSION APPROVE IT. AND THEN UNDER SECTION F, UNDER SECTION PARAGRAPH F, UNDER SECTION 13.

AGAIN, JUST WANT TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION DOES RESERVE THE RIGHT, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TO DISAPPROVE OR RESCIND PERMISSION FOR ANY OUTSIDE ACTIVITY AT ANY TIME IF IT DETERMINES THAT THAT ACTIVITY, THAT ACTIVITY INTERFERES WITH THE MANAGER'S PERFORMANCE OR IT DEMANDS EXCESSIVE TIME OR CREATES AN UNFAVORABLE PUBLIC PERCEPTION.

AND AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AGAIN, THIS COMMISSION WELL KNOWS THAT YOU HIRE YOUR CITY MANAGER, YOU HIRE YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND YOU HIRE YOUR CITY AUDITOR.

AND THIS CONTRACT, ALTHOUGH IT IS A CONTRACT WITH MR. EVANS, IT IS NOT TO SUGGEST THAT THE COMMISSION DOES NOT HAVE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OVERSIGHT OF THIS DISPOSITION.

MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AGAIN, I'VE TAKEN YOU THROUGH WHAT I THINK IS THE GIST OF THE OVERALL DOCUMENT.

I WILL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT, MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. LAST NIGHT, YESTERDAY WE DISCUSSED THIS AGREEMENT IN ITS TOTALITY.

WE WILL WALK THROUGH IT. IT SEEMED TO ME WHERE WE CREATED A SCOPE AROUND WAS THE TRANSITION PERIOD IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT CLOSELY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE WITH THE HANDOUT THAT WE HAVE HERE TITLED CITY MANAGER TRANSITION PERIOD, WORK SCHEDULE. AGAIN, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

IT LOOKS FAIR, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT'S SAYING WHAT IT SAYS HERE.

AT MINIMUM, THREE DAYS ON THE WEEK OF AUGUST 3RD.

THERE'S THREE IN PERSON DAYS ON THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10TH.

AGAIN, THIS IS HOW MANY DAYS IN PERSON VERSUS REMOTE.

ON THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10TH, WE HAVE TWO IN-PERSON DAYS.

SO WOULDN'T THAT NOT FALL OUT OF BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE CLAUSE OF THREE MINIMUM? AND THEN ON AUGUST, THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24TH, WHICH IS STILL WITHIN THE TRANSITION PERIOD, AGAIN, I'M OKAY WITH WHAT'S HERE. I JUST WANT TO DISCUSS IT. BUT THERE IS ZERO IN-PERSON DAYS.

SO YES, THROUGH YOUR CITY ATTORNEY, THROUGH YOU, MADAM MAYOR, FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY, MR. KELLY. YES, MADAM MAYOR AND TWO, COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S QUESTION.

LET ME JUST READ, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE. AGAIN, IT WAS IN THE BACKUP, BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO.

I JUST WANT TO READ THE THE CONTEXT THAT, MR. EVANS SHARED WITH ME LAST EVENING AS WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PERIOD WORK SCHEDULE.

AND JUST TO GET TO YOUR BASIC QUESTION. MR. EVANS IS REQUESTING CONSIDERATION, PARTICULARLY OF THE TIME PERIODS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY AUGUST 24TH AND THAT AUGUST 10TH.

SURE. THOSE HE WOULD BE ASKING THAT THEY BE CONSTRUED AS JUST AN ACTUAL ABSENCE.

AND SO LET ME JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT I GOT FROM HIM IN WRITING AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S HERE. HE CAN SPEAK FOR HIMSELF IF YOU NEED HIM TO.

BUT HE SAID LAST NIGHT, I'M RELOCATING TO BROWARD COUNTY.

MY FAMILY IS MOVING FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AT THE SAME TIME, WHERE OUR CHILDREN WILL START AT NEW SCHOOLS.

OUR SON LEAVES FOR COLLEGE AS WELL. THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE IS MY ATTEMPT TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE COMMISSION'S REQUEST.

WHILE ALL THAT IS UNDERWAY, AND I DO EXPECT IT TO HOLD, I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE UNDERSTOOD AS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH APPROPRIATE NOTICE.

SINCE LIFE HAPPENS. TWO WEEKS FALL SHORT OF THREE IN PERSON DAYS AND I WOULD RATHER DISCUSS THEM NOW RATHER THAN AFTER EXECUTION OF THE DOCUMENT. THE WEEK OF AUGUST 10TH SHOWS TWO.

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SO THAT REFLECTS A PREFERENCE RATHER THAN A CONSTRAINT.

SO IF THE COMMISSION WOULD RATHER I ADD A THIRD DAY ON SITE THAT WEEK, I WILL.

SO AS FOR AUGUST 10TH, COMMISSIONER HARRISON WHAT I'M GLEANING FROM THIS IS IF YOU WANT ME TO BE HERE FOR THREE DAYS DURING THAT WEEK, I ABSOLUTELY WILL. BUT I'M ASKING FOR A LITTLE LENIENCY ON THAT SUBJECT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE I'VE GOT TO GET MY KIDS IN SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK I READ NOW AGAIN, IF I GOT IT WRONG, MR. EVANS, CAN HE? HE CAN ACTUALLY COMMENT THE WEEK OF AUGUST 24TH SHOWS NONE.

AND I AM UNAVAILABLE AND THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH REASONABLE NOTICE.

BUT RATHER THAN NEGOTIATE THE THREE DAY FIGURE, I WOULD ASK FOR TWO CLARIFICATIONS.

ONE IS TO DEFINE A SCHEDULED WORK WEEK, WHICH WE HAVE IN THE DOCUMENT IN IN THE AGREEMENT, THE SCHEDULED WORK WEEK IS DEFINED TO BE THE PERIOD IN WHICH THE MANAGER SHALL DEDICATE NO LESS THAN AN AVERAGE OF 40 HOURS PER WEEK IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THE FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES DESCRIBED IN SECTION THREE OF THE AGREEMENT, AND THEN TWO, A DEFINITION OF THE SCHEDULED WORK WEEK. AND AGAIN, THAT IS ALSO PROVIDED FOR IN THE AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU UNDER SECTION TWO. A A. DEFINITION OF A SCHEDULED WORK WEEK, WHICH I'VE JUST DESCRIBED. AND THEN TO ALSO A DEFINITION OF A BUSINESS DAY. AND THAT AGAIN, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT MEANS A DAY IN WHICH THE MANAGER REPORTS FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS AT THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL PREMISES. SO THAT'S THE CONTEXT THAT THIS TRANSITION PERIOD WORK SCHEDULE WHICH IS PART OF EXHIBIT A TO THE AGREEMENT.

AND AGAIN, HE'S HERE IT IS SUBJECT TO DISCUSSION AND I'M SURE MR. EVANS WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

BUT HE DID PRESENT THIS TO ME LAST NIGHT AS A DRAFT OF WHAT THE SCHEDULE MIGHT LOOK LIKE, MADAM MAYOR.

ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SEE SOMETHING HERE.

SAYS GIVE ME A SECOND, SAYS ATTACHMENT A. TRYING TO SEE WHAT ATTACHMENT A CONSISTS OF. IS THIS OKAY? JUST MAKING SURE THIS IS ALL OF ATTACHMENT A OKAY, THAT'S THE ENTIRE.

ALL RIGHT. SO SO MY, SO MY THING IS, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THINGS HAPPEN.

I JUST WANT TO JUST MAKE CLEAR WHAT WE DISCUSSED YESTERDAY WAS AN UNDERSTANDING OF THREE DAYS IN PERSON MINIMUM.

AND EVEN THOUGH I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS, I DON'T SEE THAT IN THE WRITTEN CONTRACT.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THIS, WE HAVE TO APPROVE AS SUGGESTED BY THE PERIOD WORK SCHEDULE SUBMITTED.

BUT WE I WOULD HATE TO APPROVE SOMETHING THAT SAYS HARD LINE THREE DAYS MINIMUM.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT THE UNDERSTANDING IS IN THE WORK SCHEDULE.

YES. MADAM. MAYOR. ERNIE CALLOWAY. YES. TWO. COMMISSIONER HARRISON'S POINT.

COMMISSIONER HARRISON, IF YOU LOOK AT SECTION TWO IN THAT LAST SENTENCE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE THE WAY I'VE DRAFTED THIS, I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING MORE WITH THIS BECAUSE IT SAYS DURING.

FOR NOT LESS THAN THREE BUSINESS DAYS PER SCHEDULED WEEK WEEK, DURING THE TRANSITION PERIOD, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE DRAFT CITY MANAGER'S WORK SCHEDULE ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT A.

SO I THINK THAT PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY. IF THE COMMISSION DESIRES, I CAN WE CAN DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH WITH WITH YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.

I'M HAPPY. OKAY. TO TO DO THAT. BUT JUST AS YOU'VE OUTLINED THE QUESTION, I'M SAYING THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY BASED ON THAT LAST LINE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FOR MR. ATTORNEY. IT'S I THINK SOMETHING AT YESTERDAY.

WHEREBY IT'S A TRANSITION. SO I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT SAID HE WOULD NOT BE PAID.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. IS IT THAT. DURING THE TRANSITION THAT I THINK THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I GOT YESTERDAY.

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HE WILL BE PAID FOR THE TIME THAT HE IS HERE.

YES, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT. OKAY. SO THAT I'M COMFORTABLE.

OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. YES. AND THEN HIS HIS IN PERSON.

EMPLOYMENT WILL START AUGUST 30TH, 31ST. OKAY.

UNDERSTOOD. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT HELPS. THAT'S OKAY FOR ME.

YES. BECAUSE HE HAS TO MANAGE HIS OWN TIME. BECAUSE HIS FAMILY IS MOVING.

YES. SO THAT'S OKAY BY ME. MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER, ARE WE OKAY? I'M FINISHED. OKAY. MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 20, PLEASE.

I HAVE THIS, COMMISSIONER I. YES I DO, COMMISSIONER.

FORMER. YES. PUBLIC. PUBLIC. YES. YES. FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS.

SHE'S SPEAKING NOW. OH, HERE. MADAM MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DON'T KNOW YOUR PROTOCOL.

WITH THIS. BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE CITY OF CLARK WOULD HAVE SAID THAT YOU HAD ONE PERSON FROM THE AUDIENCE FOR ITEM I.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAID POINT OF ORDER. MAYOR. MADAM MAYOR, I CAME HERE AND Y'ALL DID.

THE CITY ATTORNEY DID ADDRESS A LOT OF IT WITH THE REMOTE, BECAUSE I WAS SAYING, AS YOU ALL HIRED A CITY MANAGER.

JULY THE 8TH. HERE GO. YOU GOT A WHOLE MONTH.

AUGUST THE 8TH, EIGHTH. AND AFTER READING IT, THIS.

IT'S TELLING US AUGUST THE 30TH. THEY'RE GOING TO START.

BUT HOWEVER, WHEN I DID MY HOMEWORK, I'M JUST HERE TO SAY I HOPE AND I PRAY THAT OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, ACCORDING TO US FROM FROM IDA. WHAT? AT RIVIERA BEACH, THERE WAS A SERVICE PACKAGE OF $186,000 FOR ON, ON APRIL THE 27TH AND 2027. IT WAS A FILE ON THE, IT WAS A, A LAWSUIT FILED FROM THE SAME CITY MANAGER FOR THE SAME RIVIERA BEACH, AND HE GOT PAID 190,000. ONLY THING I'M HERE TO SAY, I HOPE WE DID OUR HOMEWORK AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S THAT WAS FOR THE SECOND TIME. NOBODY IS NOT COMING INTO OUR CITY AND WANT TO SUE US AND TAKE MONEY FROM THE RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN I SEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, WAS SAYING 240,240 000, WE'RE HERE TALKING ABOUT GIVING CHARGING ME A SINGLE MAMA OR INCREASES.

WE INCREASE INCREASING A LOT OF THINGS FOR OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THESE TAXES.

SO WE WILL BE HERE ON THE 15TH. MY THING IS, WE SHOULD NOT BE GIVING PEOPLE ALL THIS MONEY UNTIL WE GET THEM IN. NOW, WHEN I SAW THE APPLICATION ONLINE, THEY SAY 200,000 AND I GAVE YOU WHEN I CAME UP HERE EARLY, WHAT PHIL MADE, WHAT TRUSTEE MADE, AND WHAT THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS MAKING.

AND I SAID, AND IMMA SAY IT AGAIN, WE DO NOT NEED, NOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER UNLESS SOMEBODY DIED OR WHATEVER.

WE ARE NOT AN ENTITLEMENT CITY. WE'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE UPPER LEVELS, BUT NOBODY IS NOT HELPING US.

AT MY HOUSE OR ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL HOUSE. I HAD A RESIDENT CALL YESTERDAY JUST FOR SOME WHAT'S YOUR THING UP IN THE BATHROOM? AND I THINK THE MAYOR, YOU MIGHT HAVE TALKED TO HIM AND THEY TOLD HER TO CALL BACK IN OCTOBER FOR SOME HOME REPAIR MEN.

BUT MY THING IS, WE ARE GETTING IT REAL, TREATED LIKE SECOND CLASS CITIZEN.

BUT WHEN WE HIRING SOMEBODY, WE WANT TO GIVE THEM ALL THAT MONEY.

AND THEN CITY ATTORNEY, THANK YOU FOR SAYING ABOUT THE.

457. DON'T LET US GET IN TROUBLE. LET'S DO OUR HOMEWORK FIRST BEFORE WE START GIVING AWAY SO MUCH MONEY.

THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. FORMER COMMISSIONER LEWIS COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO BRING RESOLUTION 2026-096 FOR APPROVAL.

VICE MAYOR THOMAS OR COMMISSIONER CASWELL FOR COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

FOR COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. FOR MAYOR EDWARDS.

PHILLIPS. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM 11 CORRESPONDENCE.

IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE, MADAM CLERK. MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE NO CORRESPONDENCE TONIGHT.

ITEM 12, REPORT OF THE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE.

[12. REPORT OF THE MAYOR ]

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I'M SO GLAD TO SEE YOU SMILING TOO THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING UP HERE ON THE DESK TONIGHT, BUT.

BUT WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE OKAY. ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. AZIA. OUR FIRST TIME VISITOR TO TO OUR OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ATTENDING MANY, MANY MORE AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS FOR OUR CITY ITSELF.

SO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

JUST BEFORE I CAME HERE, I WAS OVER TO THE LIBRARY, THE SEC, ATTENDING THE BANQUET FOR OUR COPS, OUR CITIZENS ON PATROL GENTLEMAN, AND FOR OUR BSO EXPLORERS.

THEY HAD THEIR BANQUET THIS EVENING AND IT WAS A GRAND AFFAIR.

IT WAS VERY, VERY INTERESTING AS THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE COPS WERE BEING PROMOTED.

THEY WERE PROMOTED FROM SERGEANT TO LIEUTENANT, FROM LIEUTENANT TO CAPTAIN, FROM CAPTAIN TO MAJOR.

AND AS WE KNOW, OUR OUR COPS ARE ARE A LITTLE BIT MATURE.

AND THEY WERE JUST LIKE THEY WERE YOUNG MEN. SO EXCITED TO BE TO BE PROMOTED.

BUT WE ALSO THANK THEM. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW, TOO, THAT I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE BANQUET THIS EVENING, AND I THANK THEM ON BEHALF OF OUR GREAT WE CARE CITY FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER ALL THESE YEARS.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUR COPS, SOME FOR 20 YEARS, SOME FOR 23 YEARS, SOME FOR 17 YEARS, SOME FOR 13 YEARS.

AND I THANK THEM FOR ALWAYS BEING THE EYES AND THE EARS OF OUR CITY.

I THANK THEM FOR WHEN WE HAVE CITY EVENTS. THE FIRST ONES YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH AS YOU ENTER THE GATE ARE OUR COPS, SO WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THEM CONTINUING AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THEM BEING EXCITED.

I ALSO TASK AND ENCOURAGE AND CHALLENGE OUR EXPLORERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING IN THE LAW IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CAREER, I LET THEM KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS NOT NECESSARILY MAKING SOMEONE COME INTO COMPLIANCE BY FORCE, BUT BY DISCUSSION OF WHAT IS RIGHT, WHAT IS WRONG, SHOWING COMPASSION, SHOWING KINDNESS, AND LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THEY CARE ABOUT THEM AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE NOT DONE ACCORDING TO THE RULES AND REGS.

SO THERE WERE SIX EXPLORERS. ONE IS IN THE NINTH GRADE OR WILL BE IN THE NINTH GRADE WHEN SCHOOL BEGINS SOON.

ONE THERE ARE FIVE 10TH GRADERS, SO WE HAVE A FEW YEARS ON THE 10TH GRADERS AND ABOUT THREE A COUPLE OF YEARS ON THE 10TH GRADERS, AND A FEW YEARS ON THE NINTH GRADERS. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM SERVING OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY HAVE THROUGHOUT.

ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK OUR. THANK BSO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR TAKING THE TIME THAT THEY'RE INVESTED IN OUR YOUNG MEN, NOT ONLY AS POTENTIAL BSO OFFICERS, BUT IN SERVING AS A MENTOR FOR THEM FOR WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE A YOUNG MAN OR JUST LIKE TO BE A MAN. THINGS THAT MEN DO, THINGS THAT MEN DO NOT DO.

INSTILLING IN THEM THE VALUES AND THE ETHICS OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A YOUNG MAN AND A MATURING MAN AND A MATURE MAN.

SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. I HAD TO LEAVE BECAUSE I HAD TO COME TO CITY COMMISSION MEETING.

THEY STARTED AT 6 P.M. AND I SAID TO SERGEANT, SERGEANT JOHNSON, SERGEANT JOHNSON, BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF YOU ALL WHO KNOW SERGEANT JOHNSON, I SAID, SERGEANT JOHNSON, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE OUT OF HERE.

AND SHE SAID, OKAY. MAYOR. OKAY. MAYOR. OKAY. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GET YOU AND AND I DID LEAVE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE PORTION OF THE PROGRAM WHERE OUR EXPLORERS RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE AND RECEIVE THEIR HONORS.

BUT AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES, I THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR THEIR SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO THE FOREFRONT VOTING SEASON IS UPON US.

SO IT IS CRUCIAL EVERYONE WHO IS LISTENING HERE, EVERYONE WHO IS IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE THAT YOU CHECK YOUR VOTING STATUS.

NUMBER ONE, CHECK TO SEE IF YOU'RE EVEN ON THE ROLL AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THAT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT. CHECK IF YOU'RE A VOTE BY MAIL PERSON.

CHECK YOUR VOTE BY MAIL STATUS. CHECK YOUR ADDRESS.

CHECK EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN YOU GET READY TO VOTE NEXT MONTH, THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER. CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PRECINCT IS THE SAME THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY.

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SO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PRECINCT IS ALSO THE SAME.

WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I WENT, AND I'M ONE OF THOSE IN-PERSON PEOPLE TO GO PLACES SO I CAN KIND OF REACH OUT AND TOUCH.

SO I'LL REALLY KNOW THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME AND NOT WHAT THE COMPUTER IS TELLING ME.

SO I, WE WENT TO THE NEW SOS OFFICE AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING.

INFORM THE RESIDENTS THAT THE SOS OFFICE IS NO LONGER IN LAUDERHILL MALL.

THAT'S CORRECT. THAT IT IS NOW ON NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE, A BIG, BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

BUT I'VE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE SAY TO ME, OH, I'LL JUST GO TO LAUDERHILL MALL AND I'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND I HAD TO LET THEM KNOW THAT IT'S NO LONGER AT LAUDERHILL MALL.

SO WHEN YOU TALK WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, LET THEM KNOW THAT THE SOS OFFICE IS NOW ON NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE, RIGHT OFF OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ITSELF. SO.

SO IF WE WOULD DO THAT FOR EACH OTHER, IF WE WOULD DO THAT FOR THE ELDERLY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF WE WOULD DO THAT FOR THOSE WHO DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PAPERWORK IS SAYING, THEN PLEASE, PLEASE HELP THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO LET US KNOW TO CHECK OUR VOTER REGISTRATION STATUS, WHATEVER THAT MEANS NOWADAYS, BECAUSE IT CAN MEAN QUITE, QUITE A FEW THINGS ON THAT.

SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE IN OUR VIRTUAL AUDIENCE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR FOR STAYING WITH US. THIS IS WHAT GOVERNANCE IS ABOUT.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST SITTING AT HOME AND THEN COMING WHEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T LIKE, IT'S ABOUT THAT TOO, BUT ALSO TO COMING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS ITSELF.

SO I'M SO EXCITED. YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH TO EXCITE ME ABOUT A WHOLE LOT OF THINGS, BUT I AM SO, SO VERY EXCITED. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING.

GOD BLESS AND GOOD NIGHT, MADAM VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.

[13. REPORT OF THE VICE MAYOR]

I, I HAVE QUITE A FEW CONGRATULATIONS TONIGHT.

FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUST SPOONS THAT WE DID OUR RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY.

IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SPACE RIGHT DOWN FROM JUICY PATTIES.

WHAT'S THE PLAZA THAT IT'S IN. IT IS IN LAKE, LAKE SHORE.

LAKE SHORE PLEASE. IF YOU NEED A GOOD BREAKFAST AND THEY'RE OPEN IN THE EVENING AS WELL.

THE ATMOSPHERE. I HOPE THEY'RE GIVING ME SOME PR MONEY, BUT I TRULY DO WANT.

IT'S A GREAT ASSET TO LAUDERDALE LAKE. SO YOU'VE BEEN ASKING FOR MORE RESTAURANTS.

SIT DOWN AND EAT. AND THIS IS ANOTHER COMPLIMENT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE GRADUATION FOR THE GAME CHANGERS, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK.

THE GAME CHANGERS IS A PROGRAM THAT THE COMMISSION EACH YEAR AWARDS THE MONEY FOR IT.

SO WE HAVE HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE TAUGHT DIFFERENT ASPECT OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FINANCIALLY LITERATE. THEY HAVE DIFFERENT TUTORS THAT COME IN AND THEY'RE ON A SIX WEEK PROGRAM, 6 OR 7 WEEK PROGRAM. AND THEY TAKE IT. THEY HAD TO DEVELOP A A PROGRAM ALMOST LIKE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A BUSINESS.

SOMEONE WON LIKE A PITCH COMPETITION. THEY WON AND WERE AWARDED MONEY AS WELL.

THESE STUDENTS, BECAUSE THEY ARE AWAY FROM THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A SUMMER EMPLOYMENT.

THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN A STIPEND EACH WEEK AS WELL TO HELP THEM THROUGH THE SEVEN WEEKS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GAME CHANGERS AND FOR THE THE STAFF OF MISS MELODY, MISS SANTOS SANTANA. AND THERE'S ONE OTHER LASHANDRA THAT HELPS WITH THAT PROGRAM ON A YEARLY BASIS.

THEY DO AN ABSOLUTE PHENOMENAL JOB. AND I ALSO WITH THE MAYOR.

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MISS NICOLETTE MARSH SHE'S PART OF THE LET ME SEE WHAT IT SAYS HERE.

SHE WAS ALL DISTINGUISHED WITH HER UNIFORM ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO CONTINUE ASSISTING IN THE ARMED FORCES AND TO ASSIST OUR CITIZENS. AND. AND IT SAYS YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD RECRUITER.

SHE LOOKS SO ASTUTE WHEN I WALK IN. YES. SO I HAD TO BRING ATTENTION TO HER.

THANK YOU, MR. RON, FOR THE EDUCATION YOU GAVE TONIGHT TO THE QUESTION THAT COMMISSIONER HARRISON ASKED.

I, I AM MORE AWARE NOW OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE EDUCATED ON STORMWATER, AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT TO SEE I CAN'T TERM IT THE WAY YOU SAID IT, BUT YOU SAID IT VERY ELOQUENTLY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WE BUILD, WE WANT DEVELOPMENT, BUT AS WE BUILD UPON OUR CITY, IT'S HARDER FOR THE WATER TO GO DOWN. SO IT HAS TO GO OUT. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STORMWATER MASTER PLAN.

AND I ALSO ASK THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE SEE WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, THE HURRICANE, THE HURRICANE THAT CAME THROUGH.

IT WASN'T FOR LONG, BUT IT HAD SOME EFFECT ON WHAT IT LEFT.

SO PLEASE ANY SIT IN WATER THAT YOU HAVE PERHAPS IN A POT.

I KNOW I'M A PLANT LOVER, SO I HAVE TO GO IN THE BACKYARD AND MAKE SURE THERE'S NO SIT IN WATER.

SIT IN WATER CAUSES MOSQUITOES TO COME ABOUT AND WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AT THIS TIME.

SO PLEASE LOOK FOR SIT IN WATER THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND DISPOSE OF IT.

WE ARE IN HURRICANE SEASON. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SUPPLIES ARE IN HAND.

YOU KNOW WHERE THE DIFFERENT EXITS ARE. YOU KNOW YOUR SAFE SPACE, WHERE YOU ARE TO BE.

AND YOU ALSO KNOW WHERE THE SHELTERS ARE AS WELL FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED OF IT, I AM I AM GRATEFUL TO BE HERE AT THIS APPOINTED TIME WITH THESE APPOINTED PEOPLE AT THIS SET TIME.

CONGRATULATION TO YOU AND WELCOME MR. JONATHAN EVANS.

THANK YOU TO THE COMPLIMENT OF THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERYONE. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER. GOOD EVENING. I AM GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF BECAUSE SOMEONE TOOK SOME OF MY TIME.

[14. REPORTS OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS]

WELCOME YOU. AND I WOULD SAY ON BEHALF OF ME AS WELL AS A COMMISSIONER, I LOOK I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR LEADERSHIP. I KNOW THAT I WAS HAPPY THAT YOU WERE GOING TO START IN AUGUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONERS, WE ALL HAVE.

WHAT SHOULD I SAY? YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT AT TIMES WE ARE NOT THE NICEST SET OF PEOPLE TO GET ALONG WITH.

SO AT LEAST YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TIME TO MEET WITH YOUR STAFF.

NO, I'M SPEAKING TRUTH. NO I'M NOT. NO. COMMISSION.

WE ARE NOT MANY, MANY TIMES. SO I'M I I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE STARTING IN AUGUST.

SO YOU WILL FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THE STAFF.

AND AS YOU DID SAY IN YOUR INTERVIEW, YOU LIKE TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER TIRZ COUNCIL, WELCOME TO MY CITY.

SECOND THING I WANT I WANT TO TELL THE MAYOR I HAVE ALREADY VOTED.

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THEY HAVE KNOWN THAT THE CYCLE HAS CHANGED. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO MY ONE MONTH AWAY, BUT I.

I THINK I DID SEE ON YOUR TRANSITION, MR. EVANS, THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MEET ON AUGUST THE 6TH WITH THE STAFF AUGUST 6TH. I'M GOING TO CELEBRATE IT AS JAMAICA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY. SO MAYBE YOU'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER THE 6TH.

A MONTH AFTER THAT, YOU CAN SEE ME. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR AUGUST RETREAT. AND I AM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I AM EXTENDING. STILL EXTENDING CONDOLENCE TO.

HAYES. ROGERS, MARLENE. ONFROY. HERBERT. BAX, PAULETTE BAILEY.

ON THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER. THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SERVICE ON SUNDAY. ON FRIDAY. TOO LONG FOR ME AND TOO MANY PEOPLE.

I THINK THEY HAD ABOUT 700 PEOPLE ON THERE, BUT IT WENT WELL.

AND I KNOW THE FAMILY IS GRIEVING AND ALTHOUGH I AM NOT RELATED BY BLOOD, SHE WAS MY FRIEND FOR 20 ODD YEARS SO. I KNOW HOW THEY FEEL. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COSWELL, FOR THOSE BRIEF COMMENTS.

I KNOW, RIGHT. BRIEF COMMENT, COMMISSIONER HARRISON.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I TOO AM GOING TO BE VERY BRIEF.

WOW. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TO THE MEETING.

THANK YOU ALL FOR STICKING OUT AND STAYING IN THE MEETING, THOSE PHYSICALLY AND THOSE WATCHING ONLINE.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND DID PUBLIC COMMENT. YOUR WORDS NEVER FALL ON DEAF EARS, PARTICULARLY THOSE GOING THROUGH THEIR LEAN ISSUES.

ANYTIME WE CAN HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, I THINK HELP MAKE OUR JOB A LOT EASIER AND BETTER.

ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR GIVING INSIGHT AS WELL.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. I REMEMBER LAST YEAR DURING BUDGET SEASON WE MADE AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT WITH SITTING DOWN IN A PUBLIC SETTING AND TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, NOT JUST HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS IN THE DAIS. AND I WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SAME THING THIS TIME AROUND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK WITH STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WELL ATTENDED AND WELL PROMOTED.

BECAUSE BUDGET SEASON IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TIMES OF THE YEAR AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE JUST SPOONS RESTAURANT AS WELL FOR OPENING UP AND CHOOSING THE WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT TALK ABOUT LEAVING THE CITY. SO I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN BUSINESSES TALK ABOUT THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO BE RIGHT HERE AT OAKLAND AT 441.

THERE'S NO OTHER BETTER PLACE TO DO BUSINESS AND SPOONS RESTAURANT BECAUSE I'M IN THAT PLAZA VERY OFTEN EVERY DAY ACTUALLY.

AND I ALREADY SEE THE DIFFERENCE. PEOPLE ARE JUST SHOWING UP THERE.

YOU CAN TELL IT'S THEIR FIRST TIME IN THE PLAZA.

THEY'RE WALKING AROUND AND NOT ONLY DOES THIS BENEFIT JUST SPOONS, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE PLAZA AS WELL.

PEOPLE NOW ARE LOOKING TO THE LEFT AND SEEING THERE'S THE BEST TRINI FOOD IN BROWARD COUNTY AT SINGS.

AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING TO THE RIGHT AND SEEING ONE OF THE BEST JAMAICAN RESTAURANTS, MONTEGO BAY. AND I DO SEE PEOPLE WALKING UP AND DOWN FROM JUST SPOONS AND CHECKING OTHER PLACES OUT. SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE HAVE A RESTAURANT OF THIS WELL KNOWN NOTORIETY WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES,

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BUT NO, THEY REALLY ARE DOING SOME GREAT THINGS AROUND MENTORSHIP.

THEY HAVE A PODCAST STUDIO, THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL EVENT SPACE.

AND IT'S BEING LED BY A FORMER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WHO SERVED AND SHE'S VERY GOOD AT GETTING CURRENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE RETIRED TO BE MENTORS. SO IF YOU HAVE NOT AS OF YET CHECKED OUT THE BORN ON PURPOSE PROJECT THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKES IN THE HEADWAY PLAZA.

AND THEY TOO, HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF LIFE TO THAT PLAZA OVER THERE.

AND TO CONCLUDE MY REPORT, I WANTED TO ALSO CONGRATULATE MR. JONATHAN EVANS ON BEING APPOINTED AND SELECTED AS OUR NEW CITY MANAGER.

I THINK YOU HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY MULTIPLE TIMES.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD SO-CALLED AN OFFICIAL CITY MANAGER, AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

I THINK YOU'RE ALREADY GETTING A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH UP HERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I THINK WE FOUND THE RIGHT MAN FOR THE JOB. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NOT ONLY WORKING WITH YOU, BUT LEARNING A LOT FROM YOU IN YOUR ROLE AS CITY MANAGER.

SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I AM GOING TO BE BRIEF ALSO.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. JONATHAN AGNEW.

I'M EXCITED. I KNOW THERE'S SO MUCH IN STORE, SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE.

FOR ME, I WANT TO ADDRESS YESTERDAY WAS THE ENDING OF TPS LEAVING THOUSANDS OF FAMILY FRIGHTENED AND UNCERTAIN TO THOSE AFFECTED. I'M EXPLAINING. DON'T PANIC, BUT TRY TO SPEAK WITH SOMEONE, AN ATTORNEY OR A LICENSED IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY OR DOJ REP LIKE MYSELF.

EXPLORE ALL YOUR LEGAL OPTIONS. THERE'S THERE'S STILL OPTIONS.

AVOID ANYONE PROMISING YOU GUARANTEE RESULTS.

THERE'S NO SUCH THING. I URGE EVERY ELIGIBLE GREEN CARD HOLDER TO APPLY FOR THEIR CITIZENSHIP.

CITIZENSHIP IS SECURITY. IT'S POWER. IF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE LEGAL, PERMANENT RESIDENT HERE AND THEY CAN GET THEIR CITIZENSHIP AND YOU HAVE TPS APPLICANTS, YOU CAN HELP YOUR FAMILY MEMBER WHO IS ON TPS.

SO NOW IS THE TIME THAT WE ALL HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AS FAMILY AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

SO LAST SATURDAY I HAD A CITIZENSHIP DRIVE IN OAKLAND PARK.

THANK YOU. CITY OF OAKLAND PARK. IT WENT EXTREMELY WELL.

WE HELPED A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS AUGUST 8TH, THE NEXT CITIZENSHIP DRIVE WILL BE IN NORTH LAUDERDALE THANKS TO NORTH LAUDERDALE.

SO IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION ON THE DRIVE AND WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE CALL THE ONE 800 NUMBER.

YOU CAN CALL OR TEXT AND IT'S 1-888-600-5762.

WE ARE AVAILABLE THERE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, AND CREOLE.

FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS REFERRAL. NEED TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS OR YOU NEED PRO BONO ATTORNEYS OR ANY ORGANIZATION TO HELP YOU WITH THAT WITH YOUR IMMIGRATION ISSUES. SO PLEASE REACH OUT BECAUSE THE HELP IS THERE.

YOU'RE NOT ALONE. THE HELP IS THERE. ALSO, YOU CAN CALL ME DIRECTLY AT (954) 588-0473. SO I AM HERE ALSO TO HELP IN ANY WAY I CAN.

WE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING OUR FLOW BUS ON AUGUST 10TH.

IT'S RETURNING TO LAUDERDALE LAKES FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. AT THE VINCENT TORRES PARK, WHERE YOU CAN GET YOUR LICENSE RENEWED, YOUR VEHICLE'S REGISTRATION DONE, NO WAITING IN LINE. ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CALL 954535 2700 AND REGISTER FOR THAT DAY.

AND WE'RE THERE FROM 10 TO 2. AND AS I SAID, NO WAITING IN LINE.

WITH THAT SAID, I SAY GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MAXWELL WILLIAMS. MADAM.

[15. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER]

I AM ALSO GOING TO BE BRIEF, BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE EXCITING EVENTS AND PROJECTS THAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

FIRST, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GATHER ALL THIS INFORMATION IN OUR JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER EDITION OF LAKES NEWS, WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC. SO CHECK YOUR MAIL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU OPEN IT.

A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THAT MAGAZINE SO THAT YOU ARE WELL VERSED IN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND GET INFORMATION ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. WE DO HAVE SOME CITYWIDE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS.

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IT IS EXPECTED TO BE ADVERTISED AS FAR AS FOR BIDS IN SEPTEMBER.

AND THEN WE'LL PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR PARKS, OTIS GRAY PARK AND IT IS SOME RENOVATIONS.

IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETED. WE'RE DOING SOME RESTROOM RENOVATION, PAVILION REPLACEMENT.

SO THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. ALSO AT NORTHGATE, WE HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE APPROXIMATELY 95% COMPLETE, SO THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED VERY SOON.

WE TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE AND WE HAVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT'S GOING ON, AS WELL AS ALZHEIMER'S CARE CENTER REHABILITATION PROJECTS THAT ARE COMPLETE.

OUR CANAL FIVE PROJECT IS TARGETED FOR COMPLETED COMPLETION SEPTEMBER 20TH OF 2026.

ALSO, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS REALLY, REALLY BUSY RIGHT NOW, MANAGING 730 ACTIVE APPLICATIONS.

AND WE DO HAVE AN ARPA FUNDS HOME REPAIR PROGRAM THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW.

AND ALL THOSE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETE ARE GOING TO BE COMPLETED AS FAR AS CONSTRUCTION IN SEPTEMBER.

AND I AM SO PROUD OF LAUDERDALE LAKES TO ANNOUNCE THANKS TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE ONE THE GFOA THAT'S GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BUDGET AWARD FOR THE CITY CITY'S 2026 BUDGET BOOK. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS HEIDI GIOVANNI AND OF COURSE, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, SHARON HAYNES, AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT PROCESS.

OUR FISCAL YEAR 2027 PROPOSED BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT LAST NIGHT'S JULY 27TH WORKSHOP, AND IT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE TO REVIEW.

WE DO HAVE OUR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR.

THAT'S ON AUGUST 4TH AT 6 P.M. AT THE VINCENT TORRES PARK AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FARMSHARE.

WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR NEXT FOOD DISTRIBUTION ON AUGUST THE 20TH AT 10 A.M.

AT THE HAZEL P ROGERS JULY'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED BY COMMISSIONER CARLEEN MAXWELL WILLIAMS AND IT IS WE CARE ASSOCIATES GROUP THERE. LOCATED AT 3354 NORTHWEST 22ND COURT. ALSO AUGUST BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT IS SPONSORED ALSO BY COMMISSIONER CARLEEN MAXWELL WILLIAMS. AND WE'RE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE JUST SPOONS AS THAT LAKE'S BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT.

THEY'RE LOCATED AT 4349 NORTH STATE ROAD, SEVEN, BROWARD HEALTH POINT IN BROWARD HEALTH POINT, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, PROVIDES ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE SERVICES.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU UTILIZE THEM. THEY HAVE A MOBILE HEALTH UNIT HERE, RIGHT ON PREMISE MONDAYS FROM 9 A.M.

TO 5 P.M. AT VINCENT TORRES PARK. ALSO, WE'VE BROUGHT THE RESOURCE, THE BROWARD COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR HERE, ALSO ON SITE TO HELP WITH PROPERTY TAXES, LOCAL BUSINESS TAXES, AUTO TAG REGISTRATION, RENEWAL ON FRIDAY.

THEY'LL BE HERE NEXT AUGUST THE 7TH FROM 10 A.M.

TO 2 P.M. IN OUR GIRAFFE ROOM. AND ALSO LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR INVESTING IN OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS.

AND WE HAVE A FREE YES, I SAID FREE SIX WEEK BUSINESS GROWTH INITIATIVE AND PITCH COMPETITION.

PARTICIPATE. PARTICIPANTS WILL GAIN VALUABLE TOOLS AND EXPERT GUIDANCE TO STRENGTHEN AND GROW THEIR BUSINESSES, AND THEY'LL ALSO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF RECEIVING $7,000 EACH.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF $21,000 IN FUNDING TO HELP OUR ENTREPRENEURS, SO PLEASE LOOK FOR ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OR EVENTS AND PROGRAMS ONLINE AND LOOK FOR THE INFORMATION. ALSO IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

WE DO HAVE A PROPERTY TAX. IT'S TOWN HALL MEETING THAT'S COMING UP.

IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT A FUTURE MEETING. WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER.

THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOPIC. SO PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT BECAUSE WE DO WANT ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO BE WELL VERSED IN THIS TOPIC.

AND AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER THE 3RD.

THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, MADAM ACM.

AND SPEAKING OF SPOONS, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW IF YOU DID NOT KNOW THAT THE ORIGINAL SPOONS IS ALSO IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ON 19TH STREET.

YES, YES, FATHER. ATTORNEY CALLAWAY. YES, MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AND TO THE PUBLIC,

[16. REPORT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY ]

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YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE'VE INDICATED THAT THAT BALLOT QUESTION HAS BEEN CHALLENGED.

IT WILL BE UP FOR ARGUMENT ON TOMORROW AT 230.

AND SO WE EXPECT TO, TO HEAR SOMETHING RELATIVE TO THAT BALLOT QUESTION SOMETIME SHORTLY.

SO I'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THAT ARGUMENT AND WHAT THE RULING LOOKS LIKE.

ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THAT YOU, BY APPROVING THE ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMP PLAN THAT WILL ALLOW DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH THE MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

THAT IS GOING TO THAT IS A SIGNAL. AND AGAIN, NOT ONLY WAS THAT ORDINANCE NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW, BUT IT WAS ALSO REQUIRED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE POISED AND READY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF. AND THERE IS ALREADY A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF INTEREST ON THE PART OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN LIVE LOCAL APPLICATIONS, AS WELL AS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE IN LAUDERDALE LAKE.

SO THAT SAID I'VE ALSO SAID BEFORE THAT THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED BY WAY OF SOME OF THE LEGISLATION OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S SESSION THERE WAS A LAW THAT TOOK EFFECT ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR THAT REQUIRES THE CITY, THROUGH ITS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TO HAVE CERTAIN PROCESSES AND REGISTRIES OF CONSULTANTS AND QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS TO BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY OF 2027. SO, YOU KNOW, THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS WE'VE GOT SOME REAL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE HAPPENING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE COMING AND THEY WILL COME WITH SOME CONSEQUENCES IF WE'RE NOT READY.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO, NOT ONLY TO, TO RESPOND. SO AGAIN, I'LL RESERVE FUTURE COMMENTS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MR. JONATHAN EVANS AND FORMALLY AND OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU, MR. EVANS, TO THE GREAT WE CARE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND PLEASE COME UP AND SPEAK WITH US.

YOU SEE HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I THINK MY NEW BEST FRIEND, WE.

SHE WAS PRETTY. SHE WAS PRETTY ANIMATED DURING THE THE THE DISCUSSION.

SO I'VE GOT SOME WORK TO DO. YES. MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THE CAPACITY OF CITY MANAGER. I WILL TELL YOU, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I DEDICATED MY LIFE TO WHEN I WAS 19 YEARS OLD.

I SAID I WANTED TO BE A CITY MANAGER. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE AT THAT AGE, THAT'S THE FURTHEST THING AWAY FROM THEIR MIND.

BUT I REALLY AND TRULY LOVE PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE TRUST THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON ME, NOT ONLY SELECTING ME, BUT ALSO RATIFYING MY CONTRACT.

FIVE OH, I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE SPOKEN TO A LOT OF MY PEERS IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, AND THAT IS A RARE THING TO HAPPEN.

AND SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT I WILL NOT TAKE THIS MOMENT FOR GRANTED, AND I WILL WORK EVERY DAY TO MAKE YOU PROUD OF THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE THIS EVENING TO MAKE ME YOUR CITY MANAGER AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD, TO BRING PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATION THAT IS DEDICATED TO MOVE THE ORGANIZATION FORWARD WITH ETHICS, INTEGRITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND TO BE THE BEST COMMUNITY IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO MUCH SHOWN, I CAN TELL YOU DURING THE TRANSITION PLAN.

MY FAMILY IS ACTUALLY RELOCATING TO ANOTHER COUNTY, BECAUSE MY WIFE SAYS THAT I HAVE A TENDENCY TO BECOME FIXATED ON MY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES. AND SO SHE REALLY WANTED ME TO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR US AND OUR FAMILY.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO, TO BALANCE TWO HOUSEHOLDS.

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SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF POSITIVE THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE EXTREMELY PROUD. AND AND LIKEWISE, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, LEARNING FROM YOU, AND DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BUILD STRONG RELATIONSHIPS AND BONDS THAT LAST. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE AS PROFESSIONAL ADMINISTRATORS ARE BETTER THAN THEY WERE WHEN WE FOUND THEM. AND SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO PUTTING SOME SWEAT EQUITY INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT MY COMMUNITY JUST AS MUCH AS EVERY 37, 38,000 RESIDENTS CHOSE TO BE HERE.

AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IT FELL IN THIS PERFECT TIMING FOR ME IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER.

AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND SO YOU HAVE SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO BE HERE AND THAT'S COMMITTED TO THE CAUSE AND COMMITTED TO THIS ORGANIZATION.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. GOD BLESS AND GOOD NIGHT. NIGHT, NIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.