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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO OUR LAST VIRTUAL MEETING.
THIS COVID TIME, AND IT IS SEVEN PM ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, CITY CLERK, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. YES.
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
BOLTON. COMMISSIONER GELIN ALL HERE, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
COMMISSIONER PLACKO. MAYOR VILLALOBOS HERE AND ARE GOMEZ.
I DID HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON SCHEDULED TO BE THE PERSON THAT WOULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AS HE IS NOT YET ON.
WE WILL GO TO DISTRICT TO COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, GUNN, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
UNDER GOD WITH KING, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, OK.
SORRY ABOUT THAT, MADAM MAYOR, TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, AND I'M ASKING IF WE CAN DO A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR DIANE GLASSER, WHO WAS BORN ON THIS DAY, TODAY WOULD BE HER BIRTHDAY. OK, WE HAVE FINISHED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO CELEBRATE COMMISSIONER GLASSES OR THE.
AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE SHOW THAT COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS JOIN US AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER PLACKO IS.
BY MISTAKE, AND THEN WHEN SHE APPEARS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
I'M HERE, I SEE MYSELF, YOU ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW TURN TO OUR CITY AND CERTAINLY WILL ASK TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS
[1. PROCEDURES FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS]
FOR CONDUCTING A VIRTUAL MEETING.I WILL ASK BEFORE HE DOES ANYBODY WHO IS NOT SPEAKING TO PLEASE TURN THEIR MICROPHONES ON MUTE TO AVOID SOME OF OUR FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AS YOU INDICATED EARLIER, UNLESS THE GOVERNOR REVERSES EXECUTIVE ORDER, THIS IS BASICALLY THE CITY LAST VERSION MEETING A CITY COMMISSION ADOPTED EMERGENCY ONES WHICH PERMITS THE CITY COMMISSION OR VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEANS UNDER THESE GUIDELINES, THE CITY IS CROWDED, KNOWS ALL THIS MEANS AND CAUSES THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE CITY CODE OF STATE LAW. ST.
CLAIR HAS POSTED ALL REQUIRED NOTICE TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS OF CITY COMMISSION AND PHYSICAL CRIME IS NOT REQUIRED OF SUCH A QUORUM IS REQUIRED BY LAW.
CIRMINIELLO HAS CONFIRMED THOSE CONFLICTS.
NICE MEETING. ADDITIONALLY, THESE GUIDELINES, ALTHOUGH SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION MUST BE BY ROLL-CALL VOTE C.I.T.
IN AND SHOW ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CITY MANAGER ESTAB AND THE PUBLIC HAVE ACCESS TO THE VOTE TO MEET. IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA.
ITEMS LIKE COMMENTS TO THE PUBLIC AND THE PUBLIC MUST BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS, BY TELEPHONE, BY E-MAIL TO CITY CLERK.
TAMANAC DOT ORG SYNCLAVIER FACILITATE THE COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC, ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO TIME LIMITATION UNDER THE CITY COMMISSION RULES OF PROCEDURE, WITH ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS BECOME PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC COMMENTS OPERATED BY TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, CITY COMMISSIONS INQUIRY, WHICH DOESN'T MEET UNTIL THE TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ARE CORRECT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
AND THIS IS THE LAST VERTAMAE.
I WAS SAYING IT'S A LITTLE BITTERSWEET NOW, ISN'T IT? AND I GUESS IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
I MEAN THAT OUR THOUGHTS GO ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SOME FUN WITH WHAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
[2.a. Legislative Update - Florida House of Representatives, District 92, Patricia Williams]
SO IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE AT THIS TIME OUR LEGISLATURE, FLORIDA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT NINETY TWO REPRESENTATIVE PATRICIA WILLIAMS, AND SHE WILL BE PROVIDING US A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS IN THE LISTENING AUDIENCE.
IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE BACK IN BROWARD COUNTY.
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I FEEL THAT YOU ARE ATTENDING TO AND I LOVE YOU TO THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION WAS ONE OF THE WORST SESSIONS THAT I HAVE HAD SINCE I HAVE BEEN ELECTED.WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME ACROSS THE DESK THAT WE VOTED ON.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TWO OF THE BAD BILLS THAT I FEEL WILL ACTUALLY HURT OUR VOTERS IN OUR BROWARD COUNTY.
ONE OF THEM WOULD BE HB ONE, WHICH IS PEACEFUL PROTESTING.
THEY WILL CALLING COMBATING PUBLIC DISORDER AS HB ONE.
HB ONE IS A FREE SPEECH ATTACK.
TAXPAYER WASTED UNNECESSARY MONEY, BIG GOVERNMENT BILL THAT WOULD HURT FLORIDIANS, H.B.
ONE TAKES CONTROL OVER LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS DECISION MAKING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT MEANS MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION YOUR POWER WITH TAKEN AWAY, YOU WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE YOUR BUDGET BUDGET, TO DECREASE ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
AND I FEEL THAT YOU ARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
IT SHOULD BE YOUR DECISION HOW THE MONEY IS SPENT, NOT LEFT UP TO OUR GOVERNOR.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS THAT I HAD WITH THIS BILL, BECAUSE I FEEL ELECTIVE OFFICIALS ARE CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
YOU ARE BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR US AT THE STATE LEVEL.
SO I WOULD LISTEN TO YOU A LOT MORE THAN LISTEN TO WHAT THE GOVERNOR MAKING THE DECISIONS. HB ONE IS THE LAW.
THIS LAW IS UNNECESSARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ALREADY HAVE TOOLS IN PLACE FOR PUNISHING WRONGDOERS.
THERE IS NO NEED TO CHANGE THE LAW.
THIS WILL PUT MORE PEOPLE IN JAIL, IN PRISON, AND IT'S UNMANDATED.
SO THAT MEANS TAXPAYERS WILL PAY ADDITIONAL MONEY BECAUSE OF THE BILL ITSELF.
AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL MONEY TO PAY OUT UNNECESSARILY ON THIS.
HB ONE COMBATING PUBLIC DISORDER.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? SEEING ANY BUT THANK YOU.
OK, SB ONE ELECTION VOTER SUPPRESSION BILL, SB 90 IS UNNECESSARY BILL THAT CREATE ADDITIONAL ROADBLOCKS TO VOTE BY MAIL PROCESS, RESTRICTING SECURITY, DROPBOX USAGE, CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OFFICE BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOW HAVE TO MAN THOSE BOXES. WHICH ADDITIONAL MONEY WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID OUT IN THIS DISCOURAGE VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION? WHY IS IT DO IT DOES IT DISCOURAGE? BECAUSE THE BOX WAS THERE.
WE HAD NO PROBLEMS. FLORIDA HAD NO REPORTS OF ANYTHING WENT WRONG.
MATTER OF FACT, OUR GOVERNOR EXPRESSED THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL ELECTION THAT WE HAVE HAD.
SO WHY ARE ALL THE CHANGES NECESSARY? THERE WAS NO NEED FOR THIS.
MORE THAN ONE POINT FIVE MILLION FLORIDIANS USED A DROP BOX IN THE TWENTY TWENTY ELECTION. WHEN THEY CAME TO CONCERNS DUE TO KOVIK, WE TURN TO THE DROP BOX ITSELF, WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL.
IT WAS SAFE. IT WAS WELL LIKED BY FLORIDIANS.
THEREFORE, WHY ARE WE MAKING ALL THESE CHANGES? ANYTHING THAT GETS IN THE WAY OF FLORIDA AND CASTING BOTH BALLOTS IN A SAFE, SECURE ELECTION IS WRONG.
WHY WOULD WE PUT BIRTE BURDENS ON VOTERS? WHY WOULD WE PUT ANYTHING IN THE WAY TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM VOTING? THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS, THEY DIDN'T WANT THIS.
THEY FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET A CHANGE OR THROWN OUT, BUT IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
I CLOSED ON A DEBATE ON THE FLOOR.
IT WAS, PLEASE LET THE PEOPLE VOTE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS WAS PUSHED ACROSS THE TABLE, BUT WE HAVE IT AS A BILL NOW AND IT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR.
ANY QUESTIONS? I AM NOT SEEING ANY.
OK. THOSE ARE TWO BILLS THAT I WANTED TO REALLY POINT OUT SO THAT YOU CAN GET A GENERAL IDEA OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD TO VOTE ON.
AND NOW I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE BUDGET ITSELF.
THE BUDGET THIS YEAR WAS THE LARGEST BUDGET IN THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA.
THIS BUDGET IS AN EIGHT POINT THREE BILLION DOLLAR INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR.
WE HAVE THIRTY SIX POINT THREE IN GENERAL REVENUE FUNDING, THIRTY SIX POINT THREE BILLION
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DOLLARS IN GENERAL, REVENUE FUNDING, TWENTY FIVE POINT THREE BILLION IN STATE FUNDING, STATE TRUST FUNDING, AND THIRTY NINE POINT NINE BILLION IN FEDERAL TRUST FUNDING, BRINGING A TOTAL OF THIS BUDGET, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS.FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE POINT THREE MILLION OF THIS WAS SWEPT FROM THE TRUST FUNDS, APPROXIMATELY SIX BILLION DOLLARS IS IN RESERVE RIGHT NOW.
EDUCATIONAL RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THIRTY POINT ONE BILLION DOLLARS THERE.
THAT WAS AN INCREASE OF THREE BILLION DOLLARS FROM LAST YEAR BUDGET.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FORTY FOUR POINT FIFTY SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS, AN INCREASE OF FIVE POINT TWO NINE BILLION DOLLARS FROM LAST YEAR.
JUSTICE. FIVE POINT NINE BILLION DOLLARS.
THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE BILLION INCREASE FROM LAST YEAR.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT, SIX POINT THREE BILLION DOLLARS, THIS ONE IS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE POINT FORTY FIVE MILLION DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR, BUDGET, NATIONAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL. YOU HAVE FOURTEEN POINT SIXTY EIGHT BILLION, ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLAR DECREASE FROM LAST YEAR BUDGET.
I HAVE ASKED MY ASSISTANT TO FORWARD A COPY OF THE BUDGET ITSELF TO YOUR OFFICE.
AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR LIKE ADDITIONAL COPIES SENT OUT, THEY CAN CONTACT MY OFFICE. THE NUMBER IS NINE FIVE FOUR TWO ZERO TWO THIRTY TWO ZERO TWO NINE FIVE FOUR TWO ZERO TWO THIRTY TWO ZERO TWO.
AND I'M OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME.
WELL, APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE DO LOVE YOU AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR CITY. AND FOR THAT, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU'VE PROVIDED, I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY IF YOU WISH FOR THE MEETING OR YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR EVENING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE TIME.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING AND GOOD TO SEE.
[2.b. Legislative Update - Florida House of Representatives, District 97, Dan Daley]
THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO TO BE OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE FROM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT NINETY SEVEN REPRESENTATIVE DAN DAILY.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, CAN EVERYBODY HERE, ME ALL RIGHT? YES, SIR. VERY GOOD.
VERY GOOD. WELL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU ALL.
I THOUGHT TONIGHT I WOULD BE IN THE CHAMBER AND LIKE SUNRISE LAST NIGHT.
I WAS THE FIRST PERSON BACK AT THE PODIUM SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
I WON'T HARP ON A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WILLIAMS TOUCHED ON TO SAVE YOU TIME AND ENERGY.
ALSO, JUST AS A SIDE NOTE, I LOVE WORKING WITH WITH PAT WILLIAMS. SHE'S PHENOMENAL UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
AND SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE HER START OFF THIS MEETING.
I HOPE I CAN DO DO IT JUSTICE TO START OFF.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS, I REALLY JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE AS A CITY IN LIGHT OF COVID-19, WHETHER THAT'S YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, YOUR YOUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT, YOU PUT TOGETHER FOOD DRIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
YOU PUT TOGETHER TESTING SITES, VACCINATION SITES AND SO MUCH MORE.
AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT IT BEING UNPRECEDENTED, BUT YOU ARE QUITE LITERALLY THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE.
AND DID, I WOULD SAY, A YEOMAN'S JOB OF TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR RESIDENTS WERE SAFE AND HAD EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WEATHER, THIS STORM.
AND SO JUST WANTED TO START WITH THAT AND SAY THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, FOLKS, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR AND I THINK EVERYBODY ON THE ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW IS IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE SET UP IN TALLAHASSEE, ONE PARTY BASICALLY CONTROLS PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING, BOTH BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE CABINET, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER, NICKY PRIEDE.
AND SO SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD BECAUSE THINGS GET A LITTLE PARTIZAN.
AND THIS SESSION WAS CERTAINLY PARTIZAN.
AND THERE WERE A LOT OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION LIKE HOUSE BILL ONE THAT REP.
WILLIAMS MENTIONED THAT WERE, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, PUSHED THROUGH THAT ELECTIONS BILL, SENATE BILL 90 THAT REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS MENTIONED.
THE FINAL VERSION OF THAT BILL DROPPED AT ONE 30 IN THE MORNING, THE NIGHT BEFORE WE WERE TO HEAR IT ON THE FULL FLOOR.
AND I'LL TOUCH A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE HOUSE BILL ONE IN A SECOND.
BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T WANT TO RAIN ON EVERYTHING COMPLETELY.
YOU CAN STILL GET SOME WORK DONE.
AND I PRIDE MYSELF ON STANDING FOR STANDING, STANDING FIRM ON THE ISSUES LIKE HOUSE BILL ONE AND THEN THE VOTING BILL AND THE GUNN PREEMPTION BILL THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT.
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BUT WHILE STILL WILLING TO BE WILLING TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE AND WORK WITH FOLKS ON GOOD POLICY. SO I'D LIKE TO MENTION, IF I MAY, A COUPLE OF BILLS THAT I THINK YOU'LL FIND OF INTEREST THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET PASSED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AS A AS A BROAD FRESHMAN DEMOCRAT. I THINK I DID.ALL RIGHT. WE ENDED UP GETTING FOUR POLICY BILLS PASSED INTO LAW FOR LOCAL BILLS PASSED INTO LAW SOON, SOON ENOUGH, HOPEFULLY, IF THEY'RE ALL SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR AND BROUGHT HOME SOME MONEY. AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND AS WELL.
SO FIRST, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THE HOUSE BILL FOR 89.
THIS IS THE STUDENT ID BILL THAT I SPONSORED WITH THE AWESOME REPRESENTATIVE MARIE WATSON FROM THE HOLLYWOOD AREA.
AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT MARIE AND I WORKED ON IT TOGETHER IS BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY A HIGH SCHOOL BILL IDEA THAT CAME FROM STUDENTS FROM MACARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS IN HER DISTRICT. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS BILL DOES IS PUT A CRISIS INTERVENTION HOTLINE OR TEXT LINE ON THE BACK OF A STUDENT ID CARD.
SO ANY SCHOOL THAT ISSUES A STUDENT I.D., THE STUDENTS WILL NOW BE REQUIRED TO PUT THAT CRISIS INTERVENTION LINE ON THE BACK AND THINK THROUGH IT FOR A SECOND.
RIGHT. IF YOU'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, MAYBE YOU'RE NEW, MAYBE YOU'RE BEING BULLIED, MAYBE YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM PHYSICAL OR MENTAL ABUSE AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL.
MAYBE, JUST MAYBE YOU'LL YOU'LL TAKE THAT TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND REACH OUT FOR HELP.
SO I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL SAFETY BILL AND PENDING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE, THAT'LL BECOME LAW HOUSE BILL.
NEXT ON MY LIST IS HOUSE BILL FOURTEEN POINT NINE.
THIS IS THE PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ACT.
I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT I'M A GRADUATE OF MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS.
I WAS THERE THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING WITHIN ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES.
AND A LOT OF WHAT I HAVE FOCUSED MY TIME AND EFFORT ON IN THE WAKE OF THE SHOOTING, LIKE SO MANY, IS TRYING TO PREVENT SOMETHING LIKE THE TRAGEDY OF DOUGLAS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
EXCUSE ME. SO I MESSED UP HOUSEHOLD NAMES, EVERYONE IS THE PARENTS NEED TO KNOW ACT, I WAS FORTUNATE TO WORK ON THAT BILL WITH TONY MONTALTO, APRIL CENTROPA AND A NUMBER OF THE PARENTS WHO REALLY MADE IT POSSIBLE.
HOUSECALL 951 BASICALLY REQUIRES THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO NOTIFY PARENTS, TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHEN THERE'S BEEN AN INCIDENT OR A THREATENED INCIDENT ON CAMPUS.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK PARENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW.
I THINK THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON SCHOOL GROUNDS.
AND IT'S SERIOUS ENOUGH THAT IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF SOME OF THE ISSUES WE SAW.
DOUGLAS, CERTAINLY EVERYONE NEEDS TO TO BE ABLE TO KNOW AND KNOW WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN IN THE WAKE OF THAT THREAT OR IN THE WAKE OF THAT INCIDENT.
SO PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE SCHOOL SAFETY BILL AND PENDING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE, THAT WILL GO INTO LAW AS WELL TO OTHERS THAT I LIKE TO TOUCH ON REAL QUICK. HOUSE BILL ONE ONE NINE THAT RELATES TO WATER SAFETY AND WATER SAFETY.
EDUCATION IS ACTUALLY NAMED AFTER A YOUNG CONSTITUENT OF MINE, EDNA MAE MCGOVERN.
SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL WHO WHOSE LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY LOST TO DROWNING.
I KNOW THAT. I THINK I SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ON THE SCREEN WHEN I SAY THAT DROWNING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSED ON AS A STATE, GIVEN THAT WATER IN FLORIDA IS QUITE LITERALLY EVERYWHERE AND DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF CHILDREN, ONE TO FOUR. SO WHAT THIS BILL ACTUALLY DOES, AGAIN, PENDING THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE IS A SCHOOL DISTRICT. WHEN A STUDENT GOES TO BE ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IS REQUIRED TO ASK IF THAT STUDENT KNOWS HOW TO SWIM.
IF THE ANSWER IS NO, THEY'RE PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION THAT SAYS HERE'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
THESE ARE THE FACTS AND FIGURES ON DROWNING AND SWIM EDUCATION, WHY IT'S SO VITAL TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND THEN ALSO PROVIDE A LIST OF FIVE LOCAL NO COST OR LOW COST SWIM PROVIDERS IN THAT INDIVIDUAL'S REGION.
SO WE'RE HOPING, LOOK, IT'S NOT A MANDATE.
MANDATES AREN'T VERY POPULAR IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO GO AND GET THOSE LESSONS, TO SHOW THEM TO POINT THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THEY GO AHEAD AND GET THEIR CHILD SWIM CERTIFIED.
ANYBODY LISTENING TONIGHT, YOUNG OR OLD, PLEASE GO AND GET SWIM CERTIFIED.
IT IS IT IS TOO, TOO IMPORTANT.
FINALLY, I'LL TOUCH ON THE HOUSE BILL.
FIVE THIRTY ONE. THAT'S A STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT CREATED THE FLORIDA STUDENT INTERNSHIP TAX CREDIT PROGRAM.
AND WHAT THIS DOES IS, YOU KNOW, LOOK, SOMETIMES THERE ARE THERE ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST IN COLLEGE.
THEY'RE THEY'RE WRAPPING UP THEIR COLLEGIATE TIME AND THEY GET OFFERED AN INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY WITH WITH SOMEONE WITH SOME COMPANY THAT MAY BE A REALLY GOOD FIT FOR THEM.
AND MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET HANDS-ON SKILLS AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN STUDYING.
MAYBE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP AND BUILD A CAREER.
BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, BECAUSE THAT BECAUSE THAT INTERNSHIP IS UNPAID, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO AFFORD IT. SO THIS INTERNSHIP TAX CREDIT PROGRAM ACTUALLY PROVIDES A CORPORATE INCOME TAX CREDIT TO A BUSINESS WHO HIRES AND PAYS THEIR INTERN FOR THE LENGTH OF THE INTERNSHIP. SO TWOFOLD.
ONE, YOU'RE GIVING AN INTERN WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, THE CHANCE TO TAKE ON THAT INTERNSHIP.
BUT TWO, YOU'RE HOPING THAT THEY'LL BUILD THAT RELATIONSHIP AND KEEP THAT PERSON IN FLORIDA. MAYBE THEY'RE HIRED FULL TIME AT THE END OF THAT AT THE END OF THAT INTERNSHIP.
SO THAT'S JUST A COUPLE OF THE BILLS THAT I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE AND HONOR OF WORKING ON.
AS YOU CAN TELL, MOST OF THEM ARE ARE CHILD AND STUDENT SAFETY OR CHILD OR STUDENT OPPORTUNITY, TRYING TO DO TRYING TO DO RIGHT BY FLORIDA FOR HIS KIDS.
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I WILL TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THE BILLS AND ONE THAT THAT REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAMS ALREADY MENTIONED, HOUSE BILL ONE ONE ONE PROVISION IN THAT BILL IN PARTICULAR.AND I TRIED TO AMEND IT. I SPOKE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT.
I REALLY THOUGHT IT MADE SENSE, THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL AS IT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW SAYS ANY REDUCTION IN POLICE BUDGETS.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYBODY ON THIS CALL THAT THAT DOESN'T WANT TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE FUNDING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT MY CONCERN IS, IF IT IS ANY REDUCTION, IT DOESN'T SAY ANY PERCENTAGE.
IT DOESN'T SAY 10 PERCENT, FIVE PERCENT, FOUR PERCENT, IT SAYS ANY.
SO TO ME, THAT MEANS ONE CENT.
ONE CENT COULD MEAN THAT THE GOVERNOR TAKES OVER YOUR BUDGET PROCESS IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PUBLIC BUDGET PROCESS, COMES IN AND TAKES OVER THE WHOLE THING AS IT RELATES TO THE BUDGET, TO THE POLICE BUDGET.
SO THINK THROUGH THIS FOR A SECOND YEAR.
CHANGE THE THE LIGHT BULBS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING AND THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE ELECTRIC BILL. WELL, DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE BUDGET? AND IS THAT GOING TO TRIGGER THE STATE ATTORNEY TO TO NOTIFY THE GOVERNOR THAT THERE'S BEEN A REDUCTION AND THEREFORE YOUR BUDGET PROCESS IS HELD UP? YOU KNOW HOW TIGHT THOSE DEADLINES ARE.
AND I JUST THINK IT'S A TERRIBLE BILL FOR SO MANY REASONS.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
I THINK IT GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING WE STAND FOR AS A COUNTRY.
BUT THEN YOU ADD IN THE IMPLICATIONS THAT IT HAS ON OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
AND IT'S REALLY JUST IT'S VERY TROUBLING THAT THAT THAT MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH INTO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK AS A PRIORITY.
ONE MORE THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
THE EXISTING STATUTE ANYWAY, WAS HOUSE 14 09, AND THAT WAS A GUNN PREEMPTION EXPANSION.
SO I KNOW YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE GUNN EXEMPTION, THE EXCUSE ME, THE GUNN PREEMPTION STATUTE AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DECIDED THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO MAKE ANY DECISION AS IT RELATES TO GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
IN 2012, THEY ADDED A STATUTE THAT CAN ACTUALLY MEAN YOUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS GET REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOR DOING SO BY THE GOVERNOR ARE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL SUIT IN THEIR INDIVIDUAL CIVILIAN CAPACITY, WHICH MEANS ANYBODY CAN SUE THEM AND THE CITY CAN'T DEFEND THEM AND THEY CAN ALSO BE SUBJECTED TO CIVIL FINES.
FOLKS, I DIDN'T KNOW THE LEGISLATURE COULD FIND A WAY TO MAKE THAT STATUTE WORSE.
AND YET HERE'S HOUSE BILL 14 NINE, WHICH CHANGES THE MECHANISM.
THEY CALLED IT A CLARIFICATION.
I CALLED IT AN EXPANSION THAT CHANGES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE.
SO YOU AS A BODY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO VOTE ON SOMETHING AND SEND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SAY, WE WANT YOU TO DO THIS.
IT CAN BE A SPOKEN DIRECTIVE AT THIS POINT.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, THEY'VE ADDED AN ATTORNEY FEES PROVISIONS THAT IF YOU REALIZE AFTER THE FACT, OK, MAYBE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE DONE.
WE WANT TO GO BACK AND CORRECT IT.
EVEN IF YOU CORRECT IT, YOU'RE GOING TO OWE ATTORNEY FEES IN THOSE CASES.
NOW, IT'S REALLY FOLKS, IT'S REALLY EGREGIOUS.
AND IT'S AND IT'S A SHAME THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN TALLAHASSEE RATHER THAN THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC AND WHAT THAT'S MEANT FOR FLORIDA BUSINESSES TO MARLON MAYOR.
I KNOW I'VE RUN IT OVER ON MY TIME HERE, BUT I'LL BE BRIEF.
HOUSE BILL 55, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THIS WAS THE BUILDING DESIGN BILL.
THIS BASICALLY TOOK ANY OF YOUR ESTHETIC STANDARDS AND THREW THEM OUT THE WINDOW.
I FOUND THIS BILL DEEPLY TROUBLING GIVEN THE COMMUNITIES THAT I REPRESENT IN TALLAHASSEE.
I FOUGHT IT HARD. I SAW IT IN BOTH OF MY COMMITTEES.
I DID GET THEM TO ADD AN AMENDMENT RIGHT BEFORE THE FLOOR VOTE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT BILL WAS WAS SLATED TO DIE.
AND BECAUSE OF SOME SOME GAMESMANSHIP IN THE FLORIDA SENATE, THANKS EVEN TO A COUPLE OF LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH IS AGAIN, TROUBLING TO ME.
AND SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, PUT ONE INTO EFFECT BEFORE THIS BILL GOES INTO EFFECT, BECAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT ANY ESTHETIC STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE.
IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, THAT'S I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS, BUT IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT.
AND AT SOME POINT, FOLKS, IT IS NOT ALWAYS WHAT YOU CAN DO IN TALLAHASSEE, BUT WHAT YOU CAN STOP. AND WHAT I CAN TELL YOU, AS YOU HAVE SEEN, PREEMPTION AFTER PREEMPTION, AFTER PREEMPTION, ONE OF THE MOST FUN THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO BOTH LAST SESSION IN THIS SESSION IS IS HELP KILL THE VACATION RENTAL BILL.
SO I'M PROUD TO SAY WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
LAST YEAR, I MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THIS FLOOR.
THIS YEAR, WE GOT TO STOP IN THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE, THANKS TO ME AND AND AN UNLIKELY COLLEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE RANDY FINE FROM BREVARD COUNTY.
IF YOU'VE HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE, HE'S ACTUALLY A BIG FAN OF KILLING THAT VACATION RENTAL BILL. SO POLITICS MAKES FOR STRANGE BEDFELLOWS SOMETIMES.
I GUESS, MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'LL WRAP IT UP.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR OUTREACH, YOUR ADVOCACY AND EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AS YOU KNOW THAT TALLAHASSEE AND THE LEGISLATURE, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION CAN BE THE MOST DANGEROUS SIXTY DAYS IN FLORIDA.
AND SO WE'VE WEATHERED ANOTHER ONE.
SURE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF NEW PREEMPTIONS COMING DOWN, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE FOLKS LIKE YOU WHO SPEAK UP.
I DID WANT TO GIVE A QUICK SHOUT OUT TO SARAH PRASOW AND STEPHANIE JEAN WHO WORK IN MY OFFICE. I COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT THEM.
SARAH WAS WITH ME ALL SESSION IN TALLAHASSEE.
YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD FROM THEM.
YOU'VE PROBABLY ALSO GOT MY EMAIL BLAST.
SO I'M SORRY. AND THANK YOU FOR NOT UNSUBSCRIBING AS ALWAYS.
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YOU CAN CALL ME. I THINK EVERYBODY HERE HAS MY PHONE NUMBER, BUT I'LL GIVE IT TO EVERYBODY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC HAS IT.MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS NINE FIVE FOUR SEVEN SEVEN EIGHT THREE THREE ZERO FOUR.
YOU CAN EMAIL ME AT DAN PERIOD DAILY LAOWAI AT MY FLOOR A HALF AGO AND YOU CAN FIND ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THEY PRACTICE AND PLAY IN MY DISTRICT.
SO IF YOU'RE A HOCKEY FAN AND EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT, PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THEY THINK THEY CAN ACTUALLY, MY LAW SCHOOL PROFESSOR WAS TO SAY NOTHING IS SAFE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION.
SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE UMPTEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN IN LAW SCHOOL.
SO, ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT.
AND DEFINITELY YOU KNOW HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THE VACATION RENTALS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW MORE ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE ITEM AND THE GUN CONTROL, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR ADVOCATE AS WELL.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU BACK IN CHAMBERS WHEN WE ARE BACK IN CHAMBERS AND YOU FEEL LIKE COMING BY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
AND I WILL SHARE FOR THE REST OF THE COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVE, AN EMPLOYEE FROM DISTRICT NINETY FIVE. OUR THIRD OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE JOINING US AT NEXT WEEK'S SORRY IN TWO WEEKS MEETING OUR FIRST SPECIAL MEETING.
SHE WANTED TO JOIN US TONIGHT, BUT DUE TO SCHEDULING, IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE.
SO SHE WILL JOIN US NEXT WEEK OR TWO WEEKS.
SORRY. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG NOW AS WE ARE NOT READING OUR PROCLAMATIONS, I WILL JUST
[2.c. Proclamation - Kate Friedewald (Centenarian)]
READ THE PROCLAMATION TO THE RECORD.WE HAVE TO SEE A PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY MYSELF FOR KATE FRIEDWALD.
SHE IS TURNING ONE HUNDRED YEARS YOUNG ON MONDAY TO D PROCLAMATION REQUESTED BY
[2.d. Proclamation - Haitian Heritage Month]
COMMISSIONER GELIN FOR HAITIAN HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION TO E REQUESTED BY TAMARAC FIRE[2.e. Proclamation - Home Fire Sprinkler Week]
MARSHAL TOMMY DEMOPOLIS FOR HOME FIRE SPRINKLER WEEK.[2.f. Proclamation - Jewish Heritage Month]
PROCLAMATION FOR TWO ARE REQUESTED BY MYSELF FOR JEWISH HERITAGE MONTH TO PROCLAMATION[2.g. Proclamation - Mental Health Awareness Month (NAMI)]
REQUESTED BY MYSELF FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS NAMI.[2.h. Proclamation - No Place for Hate Day]
PROCLAMATION TO AGE, ALSO REQUESTED BY MYSELF, NO PLACE FOR HATE PROCLAMATION REQUESTED[2.i. Proclamation - Older Americans Month]
BY COMMISSIONER PLACKO OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.THOSE ARE ALL NOW READ INTO THE RECORD.
[2.j. 2021 Q1 - Neighborhood Beautification Program]
WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ANOTHER OF OUR QUARTERLY ITEMS THAT WE GREATLY ENJOY, AND IT WILL BE PUTTING SOMETHING ON THE SCREEN.THANK YOU. THE CITY OF TAMRAT TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN ENHANCING THE VISUAL IMAGE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IMPROVING LIVABILITY, PROMOTING COMMUNITIES.
TODAY, THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION PROUDLY PRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION RECOGNITION AWARDS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER.
GIVEN THE AWARD, WHICH IS GIVEN TO RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT DISPLAY ARCHITECTURAL APPEAL, OUTSTANDING LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS. AND ACTUALLY WE ONLY HAVE, I BELIEVE, TWO OF OUR WINNERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. THEY WILL BE ON THE SCREEN AND THEY WILL SPEAK VERY BRIEFLY.
SO IF THEY WISH TO, THERE'S NO PRESSURE.
CITY WIDE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, CIGALE PROPERTIES LLC AND NOW URGENT CARE, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED FORTY SIX FORTY WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.
R.J. PERILLO, OUR MARKETING COORDINATOR FOR M.D.
NOW. WE'RE NOT HAVING PEOPLE SPEAK, OK, BUT WE WILL GET THESE PROCLAMATIONS TO YOU, DISTRICT ONE, KATHLEEN D.
TURNER, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 53, A ONE NORTHWEST FIFTIETH AB IN TAMARAC.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE CANNOT BE ON THE CALL.
WITH US TONIGHT DISTRICT TO ANGELA AND JOHNSON, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT FIFTY SEVEN HUNDRED NORTHWEST 17TH AVENUE IN TAMARAC.
UNFORTUNATELY, SHE COULD NOT ATTEND EITHER.
WE HAVE DISTRICT THREE, LORRAINE RING AND FRANK J.
KAMPO, WHOSE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT ONE ZERO ONE TWO SIX NORTHWEST 71ST STREET IN TAMARAC. THEY TOO, UNFORTUNATELY COULD NOT ATTEND THIS EVENING.
AND WE HAVE IN DISTRICT FOUR MARCUS A, CRUZ RIVERA AND WILLIAM OGLEBY TO TO YOU APOLOGIZE IF I DID NOT PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME CORRECTLY.
HIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT EIGHTY THIRTEEN NW SEVENTY THIRD TERRORIST.
AND TAMARA, WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WILL MAKE SURE TO GET YOU YOUR AWARD.
CONGRATULATIONS AND ALL OF YOU FOR HAVING THE MOST ATTRACTIVE AND WELL MAINTAINED PROPERTIES IN OUR CITY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR PLAYING YOUR PART IN HELPING THE CITY OF TIME BE THE CITY FOR YOUR LIFE. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.
THE CITY COMMISSION AT THE CITY COMMISSION'S REQUEST HAVE REMOVED COMMISSIONER REPORTS, ALSO CITY ATTORNEY REPORT, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
[6. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]
AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC PARTYISM CITY ATTORNEY.[00:30:02]
I KNOW YOU MADE REFERENCE TO SOME OF THE RULES EARLIER FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE FURTHER THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW THE SAME RULES APPLY MEDICARE.THAT IS FINE. AND I'M JUST GOING TO REMIND EVERYBODY WHO WE CALL THAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO 30 MEN AS AGGREGATE TIME FOR THESE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT AGENDAS FOR THE MEETING. I HAVE THE LIST HERE.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE KNOW, SOME OF IT WE DO NOT KNOW AND.
THE CITY CLERK WILL HAVE HER BACKGROUND GOING FROM YELLOW WHEN IT IS A 30 SECONDS LEFT AND IT WILL GO RED AND I AM WORKING TO GET MY.
STOP. WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, A STOPWATCH OF A TIMER, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THIS TO. THIRTY THREE, THREE MINUTES FOR EVERYBODY, PLEASE, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH MY LITTLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND I'M WORKING FROM HOME.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD A MEETING AT HOME, SO I'M NOT USED TO HAVING MY TWO SCREENS. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
AS OF NOW, THE FIRST PERSON IN PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS MARK RASCHEIN.
IF YOU WOULD I SAY, PLEASE GIVE A CALL TO MARK RASCHEIN.
HI, THIS IS MARK ON THE INFORMATION.
HI, MARK. HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? YOU HAVE IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR FULL NAME AND THE PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE. FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, JUST GIVE US THE CITY AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS LEFT.
YOU'LL BE GIVEN A WARNING. MY NAME IS MARK RASKIND AND I LIVE IN MALVERN AND KINGS POINT AND TAMARAC, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CHATTING.
PLEASE PROCEED. YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS MARK, I LIVE IN TAMARAC IN KINGS POINT AND DISTRICT THREE AND I WANTED TO KEEP A COUPLE OF CONGRATULATIONS FIRST.
I WATCHED YOUR WORKSHOPS TONIGHT AND I SAW THAT YOU ADVERTISED SOMETHING I NEVER KNEW ABOUT WATER'S EDGE PARK.
AND I'M GOING TO GO LOOK AT IT TOMORROW.
SECOND THING IS, I NEVER REALIZED HOW VALUABLE THE BUFFER WALLS ARE THAT YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHOEVER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL I'VE SEEN IN THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND FINALLY, A CUT OUT TO SOMEBODY THAT MAY GET A LOT OF CRITICISM.
AND THAT IS I'M NOT EVEN SURE OF THAT DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I DID RENOVATIONS IN MY HOUSE, I DEALT WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PERMITS DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, BUT I'M TOLD BY EVERY VENDOR I DEALT WITH, TAMARAC IS THE STRICTEST AROUND.
BE CAREFUL. AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU TO MY PEOPLE THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE.
AND TERREMARK, YOU'RE ONLY OUT TO PROTECT ME.
AND YOU DID A MARVELOUS JOB WITH NOT APPROVING SOME THINGS.
BUT THE REASON FOR MY CALL TONIGHT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME ISSUES IN THE NEWS LATELY AND THERE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT ON OVERLAPPING ISSUES.
THE SMALL ONE IS ABOUT THE ATTORNEYS.
AND I DO HOPE YOU TAKE VERY CAREFUL, PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO EXACTLY WHO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE NO CONNECTIONS WITH EACH OTHER.
AND FINALLY, THAT YOU PICKED THE BEST FOR THE CITY, NOT FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY BE FRIENDS. BUT FINALLY, THE REAL REASON FOR MY CALL IS I WAS APPALLED WHEN I READ THE SUN-SENTINEL ABOUT THE FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR EXPENSE THAT YOU WERE PROPOSING TO LOOK INTO WHAT I CALL A WHISTLEBLOWER.
MR. AUSTIN, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT AS THIS IS AN ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA, YOU CAN WE CAN CALL YOU BACK AT THAT AGENDA PERSON I SPOKE WITH BEFORE TO INCLUDE THAT IN MY PRE MEETING WAS, OK, FORGIVE ME, I'M INTERRUPTING YOUR TIME, BUT AM I INCORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE DOING THROUGH OTHER MEETINGS, THAT BECAUSE IT'S AN AGENDA ITEM, WE CALL ME BACK BECAUSE I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THAT.
OK, WE WILL. PLEASE MAKE NO TO CALL MR. RASCHEIN BACK FOR YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE.
I GUESS EIGHT DAYS OR EIGHT DAYS SECTION.
BUT MAY I SEE YOUR HANDS UP? YEAH, REALLY QUICKLY, CAN YOU JUST REPEAT THE PROCESS SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING ON A CALL UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CAN ONLY SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA? YOU JUST GO BY JUST ONE MORE TIME.
I WILL, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE HEARING US.
[00:35:02]
BUT HOW ABOUT WHEN WE BRING THEM UP? I'LL HAVE TO SAY THAT TO THEM.THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA AS A SPECIFIC ITEM IN MY CORRECT.
I'M CORRECT, OK? AND IF YOU WOULD. PLEASE CALL MR. ALFONSO.
WE WILL TRY TO GO BACK TO MR. ALFONSO. I HAVE L.A.
TORRES IS JUST AS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE GIVE HER A CALL.
YES, WELCOME TO THE TAMARAC CITY, COMMISSIONER ME.
WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOU TO SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT IS ON TODAY'S AGENDA, WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AT THAT TIME. IF YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THAT MATTER IS, WE WILL ASK YOU FOR YOUR NAME, YOUR LOCATION, WHICH YOU LIVE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE US YOUR FULL ADDRESS.
AND AT 30 SECONDS LEFT, THE CITY CLERK'S LIGHT WILL TURN YELLOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING. AND AT THREE MINUTES SHE WILL TURN RED AND OR HER BACKGROUND WILL TURN RED AND WE WILL SAY THANK YOU. SO PLEASE PROCEED.
OK, THANK YOU. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GO OUT ANYTHING AND NOT IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT IS POSITIVE, THAT WE WILL CALL YOU BACK ON THE.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR EITHER WHEREVER YOU'RE WATCHING THE MEETING, IF YOU CAN TURN THAT TO SILENT AND THEN PLEASE PROCEED.
SO IT'S PRETTY. GETTING THE MADAM MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS ALI TOREZ AND I LIVE IN WOODMAN'S.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE LACK OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CONCERNING BEHAVIOR SOME OF YOU HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR CITY RECENTLY.
COMMISSIONER. PLEASE STOP WASTING SO MUCH TIME BICKERING AND WORRYING ABOUT YOUR COLLEAGUES SALARIES, WHICH ARE, BY THE WAY, COMPARABLE TO OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTY AND MORE TIME FOCUSED ON IMPROVING OUR CITY.
I LOOK TO TAMRAT WITH A HOPE THAT IT WAS A GROWING AND SUCCESSFUL CITY, ONLY TO FIND MYSELF SPENDING MOST OF MY TIME AND MONEY IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
TAMARAC OFFERS VERY LIMITED OPTIONS FOR FINE DINING, SHOPPING AND ENTERTAINMENT.
OUR SHOPPING PLAZAS ARE OUTDATED AND UNINVITING.
SHOPPING CENTERS ARE DIRTY AND UNKEMPT.
AS AN INVESTMENT HOMEOWNER AND TAXPAYER, I AM CONCERNED THAT WITH A COMMISSION THAT FOCUSES MORE ON FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND PADDING THEIR OWN BACK, WE WILL FAIL TO THRIVE. WE, THE RESIDENTS, VOTE FOR OUR COMMISSIONERS TO REPRESENT US, TO MAKE GOOD DECISIONS AND HELP OUR CITY GROW, NOT TO EMBARRASS US WITH A COMMISSIONER MEETINGS YOU'VE HAD. I HAVE HAD THE HONOR IN THE PAST OF ATTENDING OTHER CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS AND THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL AND EFFECTIVE.
OURS HAVE BEEN A JOKE FOR OTHERS TO MOCK.
I AM ALSO BEYOND DISAPPOINTED THAT THE COMMISSIONER THAT I VOTED FOR IN MY DISTRICT HASN'T DONE ANYTHING TO STAND UP FOR THE BULLYING AND UNPROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR BEING DISPLAYED AT OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS.
FURTHERMORE, THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE, AND INSTEAD OF FINDING UNITY AMONG OUR LEADERS, WE COME TO SEE SEPARATION AND FINGER POINTING ONLY TO PROMOTE YOUR SELFISH AGENDAS.
I DO, HOWEVER, WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER CITY STAFF FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CONDUCT CITY BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MAYHEM.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HARRIS, YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AS WELL.THANK YOU. THE NEXT PERSON ON THE LIST.
I CAN GET BACK TO IT IS HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT EIGHT B AND EIGHT D, WE WILL MOVE ON TO DARCY SCHILLER, WHO IS LISTED FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
HELLO. HI, GOOD EVENING, WELCOME TO THE TAMARAC CITY COMMISSION MEETING.
AS THE RULES HAVE BEEN, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES.
PLEASE DO NOT SPEAK ABOUT ANYTHING IS AGENDA.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING, WE WILL CALL YOU BACK AT THAT TIME WHEN YOU'RE UP TO 30 SECONDS.
LEFT THE SCREEN BEHIND, THE CITY CLERK WILL TURN YELLOW AND THEN THREE MINUTES WILL TURN RED. I WILL GIVE YOU A VERBAL WARNING WHEN THERE'S THIRTY SECONDS LEFT AND THREE MINUTES WHEN IT'S OVER. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVE.
IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO GIVE US YOUR FULL ADDRESS, PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU. DOROTHY SHILA, GLENVIL KINGS POINT, TAMARAC.
GOOD EVENING. MY COMMENTS ARE IN REGARD TO MARLON BOLTON.
I WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE MR. BOLTON TO MAKE AND VOTE FOR THE MOTION THAT THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS SALARIES GO BACK TO WHAT THEY WERE IN 2000.
NINETEEN WITH THE THREE PERCENT COST OF LIVING INCREASE WITHOUT ALL THE PERKS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BY MR. BOLTON AND OR MR. GELIN, THAT WOULD ENTAIL THE LEAVING THE FULL TIME HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS THAT HAD BEEN PROPOSED TO FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR TRAVEL BUDGET, THE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLAR MONTHLY TECHNOLOGY BUDGET, THE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EXPENSE ACCOUNT AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLAR NO RECEIPT BUDGET AND ALL OTHER FINANCIAL PERKS THAT I HAVE NOT MENTIONED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TWENTY TWENTY.
MR. BOLTON IS BEHAVING LIKE A FLAMBOYANT DRAMA QUEEN NARCISSIST WHICH CAN BE ADDED TO THE MISOGYNIST AND BULLY ADJECTIVES USED TO DESCRIBE HIM.
HIS MEMO WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A LONG PAGE OF WORDS DEFLECTING HIS BEHAVIOR, SIMILAR TO THE CHILD WHO GETS HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE COOKIE JAR AND HE FLIES.
LOOK, MOMMY, THE DOG PEED ON THE CARPET.
MR. BOLTON NEEDS TO STOP ACTING AS A PROVOCATEUR AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND PUT HIS ENERGIES INTO PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE CAMERA COMMUNITY VERSUS HIS OWN POCKETBOOK.
MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT IT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE EVALUATING MR. CERNECH, THE CITY MANAGER'S JOB PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD STEP ABOVE I'M BEING UNPROFESSIONAL AND THAT THEY WOULD DO THAT ONE ON ONE WITH HIM.
AND THEN IF IS NEED TO HAVE IT ADDRESSED AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THE NEXT PERSON THE LAST PERSON TO HAVE ON THE LIST FOR RIGHT NOW IS MATT EASTWICK AND IT JUST SAYS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.
OK, IT SEEMS THAT MISS WORK IS NOT AVAILABLE.
CAN WE DO? OK, WE'VE GOT OUR VOICE MAIL, I THINK.
BUT THE FAX MACHINE. ALL RIGHT, CAN WE TRY ONE MORE TIME FOR MR. ALFONSO, PLEASE?
[00:45:01]
I'M SORRY, BUT THE PERSON YOU CALL, OK, WE'VE TRIED.BOTH MR. ALFONSO TWICE AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE TRIED MISSICK TWICE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THEM TODAY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER CALLERS? THEY ARE NOT MAD AND THEY ARE THERE FOR LATER IN THE EVENING.
OK, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.
[7. CONSENT AGENDA]
CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS THIS EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.I WILL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SENATE AGENDA.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE GOT TO SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS TO THE CLERK WHEN YOU READ IT, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL PLAYER GOMEZ.
YES, I THINK VILLALOBOS YES, MR. PLACKO COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, FIVE TO DO EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ONE POINT POINT OF ORDER, IF YOU WILL, MADAM, MAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
I MEANT TO SAY THIS AFTER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, A GENTLEMAN CALLED ME TODAY.
UM. ONE SECOND, HE'S ON A PLANE RIGHT NOW.
HE MEANT TO CALL FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, BUT HE IS THE OWNER OF THE WEST POINT RETAIL PLAZA ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN NOB HILL AND HIATUS.
HE SPOKE WITH SCOTT CAJUSTE AND ANDRE SMITH.
IF YOU MAY RECALL, THE COMMISSION ASKED TO TAKE A MORE VIGOROUS STANCE ON FINDING PLAZA OWNERS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY IT LOOKED.
AND ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT THAT CALL DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND YOU MAY RECALL THAT I WAS ADAMANTLY AGAINST IT.
I SUPPORTED THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, MAXINE CALLAWAY, IN SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY AS A RESULT OF THE PANDEMIC, IT IS NOT A GOOD TIME.
HE'S BEEN CALLING ME ALL WEEK FOR AND BUSY DEALING WITH ALL THE COMPLAINTS BASED ON THE FALSE ARTICLES IN THE SUN-SENTINEL.
AND SO I FINALLY REACHED HIM TODAY.
AND, OF COURSE, HE'S ON A PLANE BACK TO NEW YORK, BUT HE RECEIVED SOME HEFTY FINES.
HE EXPLAINED THAT HE GAVE SEVERAL OF HIS TENANTS SEVEN MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, MULTIPLE MONTHS FREE RENT BECAUSE THEY WERE STRUGGLING AND COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY RENT.
AND SO NOW HIS REVENUES ARE DOWN.
HE WAS BEING FLEXIBLE WITH HIS TENANTS AND NOW HE'S BEING HIT WITH FINES FROM THE CITY OF TAMRAT. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE'S ASKING US AS A BUSINESS OWNER, AS A COMMUNITY PARTNER, AS A AS A TAXPAYER THAT PAYS A LOT OF MONEY IN TAXES TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE COMPASSION, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME OF THIS PANDEMIC, AND TO NOT LEVY THESE FINES ON HIM. SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM FROM FROM ACTUALLY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, MAXINE CALLAWAY, TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT SHE'S BEEN HEARING FROM OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS. WHILE THIS IS A CONCERN, NO DOUBT, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE IN TIME FOR IT TO HAPPEN, WE COULD BE DISCUSSING THIS AT 13.
I UNDERSTAND HE'S ON A PLANE AND THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS, BUT.
WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE AGENDA THIS.
SO WE CAN BRING THIS BACK UP AND TALK ABOUT IT AT 13.
WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE TO A REGULAR GENDER DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOVE REGARDING THE
[8.a. Discussion and possible motion regarding City Attorney selection process]
CITY ATTORNEY SELECTION PROCESS.THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED BY MYSELF.
WE HAVE NEVER HAD IN A DISCUSSION REGARDING HOW WE WILL DO THIS.
AND AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, IT DID NOT SEEM LIKE WE.
WE'RE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS AS WELL.
I'M GOING STRAIGHT TO A VOTE OR SUMATE OR SELECTION FROM THREE TO FIVE.
SO THERE WAS SOME I FELT THAT THERE WAS CONCERN AND NEED FOR DISCUSSION, AND I WANTED US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ONE FREELY.
I SEE THE COMMISSIONER GOMEZ HAND IS RAISED.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I'VE GIVEN IT SOME THOUGHT AND I AGREE WITH I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PLACKO IN THAT WE SHOULD PERHAPS LOOK AT HAVING ANOTHER PROCESS.
[00:50:01]
BUT BEFORE GOING INTO THAT PROCESS, I DO WANT TO WANT TO JUST SHARE SOME INFORMATION AND TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A PROCESS AND WE DID HAVE SOME QUALIFIED FOLKS THAT APPLIED FOR THE PROCESS.AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE POWERPOINT ABOUT SOME OF THE CITY ATTORNEYS, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO PURPORT TO BE NEWS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY NEWS.
AND WE HAVE TO KNOW THAT THIS WAS CALHOUN.
WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS TO FIVE MINUTES, RIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS WORK.
IT'S NOT. I MEAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
SO SO NEWS REPORTS, ACTUAL NEWS AND PROPAGANDA IS SPREADING INFORMATION OR RUMORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF INJURING AN INSTITUTION, A CAUSE OR A PERSON.
SO MICHAEL GARCIA IS AN ATTORNEY AND THERE IS A SCREENSHOT OF HIS FLORIDA BAR LICENSE.
AND THERE WAS SOME CRITICISM FROM A LOCAL BLOGGER ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE'S PROPOSING OF COUNSEL ATTORNEYS.
AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING SUBCOUNCIL ATTORNEYS HE'S BEING CRITICIZED FOR, INCLUDING HIS INSURANCE THAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE RFP TO INCLUDE THE INSURANCE.
WELL, GIVE ME A ONE MINUTE WARNING.
ARE YOU TAKING TIME? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I RESPECT THE TIME.
OK, THANK YOU. SO MICHAEL GARCIA IS A QUALIFIED ATTORNEY.
HE AT ONE POINT HE WAS A PARALEGAL AND REALIZE, HEY, I'M SMART ENOUGH TO BE MORE THAN A PARALEGAL. AND HE BECAME ATTORNEY AND WORKED FOR SEVERAL FIRMS BEFORE STARTING HIS OWN FIRM. AND NOW HE HAS CONTRACTS WITH VSO AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEN YOU HAVE THE AUSTIN POWERS N WEEKS FIRM, ANOTHER QUALIFIED FIRM.
THEY WORK WITH THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND OTHER FIRMS. NOW, GARCIA IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR BEING PART OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
WELL, IF THIS WAS A REAL REPORTER, THEY WOULD HAVE CALLED THE PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND ASKED IF MICHAEL GARCIA WORKS IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR, IF THEY AND IF THEY DID THE RESEARCH, THE ANSWER IS YES.
GARCIA IS A SUBCONTRACTOR TO AUSTIN POWERS N WEEKS, AND HE DOES PROVIDE LEGAL SERVICES TO THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. SO SO THERE'S NO CONTROVERSY HERE.
THEN WE GO TO MR. ABRAMS. MR. ABRAMS IS A SOLO PRACTITIONER AND HE HAS PROPOSED WORKING WITH A SEPARATE ATTORNEY WHO IS BOARD CERTIFIED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
WE HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A LOCAL BUSINESS PROGRAM.
OUR GOAL, PER OUR POLICY, IS TO SUPPORT LOCAL AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
AT ONE POINT, MR. OTTENHOFF, WHO HAS 19 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE, DIDN'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE, BUT HE GOT TO START AT ONE POINT.
SAM GOREN DID HAVE EXPERIENCE, BUT HE GOT TO START.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT NOT JUDGING PEOPLE FOR NOT HAVING EXPERIENCE AND GIVE PEOPLE WHO WANT AN OPPORTUNITY, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT.
DANNY JOSEPH AS AN UP COUNTY EMPLOYEE AND THE SAME THING REGIME EARNESTINE.
SHE'S SHE WENT TO YALE FOR UNDERGRAD, GEORGETOWN FOR LAW SCHOOL, AND SHE'S A STATE REPRESENTATIVE. ISN'T IT AN HONOR TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S WORKING IN TALLAHASSEE AS A STATE REP? DAN DALY WORKS IN TALLAHASSEE AND HE ALSO WORKS WITH 13 FOR INVESTMENTS.
THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST OF THAT.
MR. ENSENAT, 19 YEARS AS A CITY ATTORNEY, 25 YEARS OVERALL EXPERIENCE NAME TWICE ONE OF THE BEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS BY HIS PEERS, PEOPLE LIKE SAM GOREN BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA LEAGUE AND MAGAZINE.
FLORIDA GOV. RICK SCOTT APPOINTED HIM TO THE 11TH JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMISSION TO HELP THE GOVERNOR APPOINT ATTORNEYS.
PAM RYAN, BOARD CERTIFIED FROM THE FLORIDA BAR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROUGEMONT AUSTIN BOARD CERTIFIED IN APPELLATE LAW.
SO. SO THIS ARGUMENT THAT THERE ARE NO QUALIFIED FIRMS IS NOT TRUE.
AND TAMRAT TALKS SAYS THAT JOHN HERRON IS THE ONLY APPLICANT WHO IS A FLORIDA, OUR BOARD CERTIFIED ATTORNEY IN CITY, COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S NOT TRUE. AND IF YOU JUST GOOGLE THE FLORIDA BAR, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE FOR PAM RYAN, BOARD CERTIFIED MEMBER PROFILE, AND IT SHOWS SHE'S BOARD CERTIFIED.
AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE PURPORTING TO REPORT THE NEWS AND IN FACT, THE REPORTING LIES AND NOT DOING THE RESEARCH.
SO, SO AND MOST OF THE ATTORNEYS WERE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, THANK YOU, THREE SLIDES LEFT, GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW AND MIAMI LAW, BOTH ALL HIGHLY RANKED LAW SCHOOLS.
WHAT DOES UP COUNSEL MEAN? ALL COUNSEL IS SOMEONE IS USING REFERENCE TO AN ATTORNEY WHO IS ASSOCIATED WITH A LAW FIRM, BUT IT'S NEITHER A PARTNER OR AN ASSOCIATE, BUT THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LAW FIRM. THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NO NEGATIVE CONNOTATION TO THAT.
THEN SHE SAYS THERE ARE SLIM PICKINGS.
THIS IS IN THE MARKET. THE MARKET RESPONDED.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO GO BACK TO MARKET AGAIN OR WE CAN SELECT FROM THESE QUALIFIED FIRMS. SHE'S SAYING THESE FIRMS ARE NOT QUALIFIED, THEY AREN'T REALLY QUALIFIED.
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AND THEN WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OF COUNSEL FIRMS, ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT FIRMS IS WEISBROD.AND GUESS WHAT? FIVE OF THE ATTORNEYS, QUALIFIED ATTORNEYS ARE OF COUNSEL ATTORNEYS.
NOTHING WRONG BEING OF COUNSEL.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL GET THE SCREEN BACK TO.
LET'S SEE. I SEE COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAND IS RAISED.
METAMORA, I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION, I NOTICED THAT MY VIDEO IS ON THE SCREEN AND IT'S BEEN ON THE SCREEN, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU LOG ON TO FACEBOOK AND THE VIDEO IS NOT TURNED ON. IT IS JUST MY PHOTO THAT IS THERE AND HAS BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
AND THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT I'M HIDING MY FACE, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION SHOWING MY FACE.
SO I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE A MISCONCEPTION THAT I'M NOT IN THE MEETING.
AND EVEN NOW, AS I'M TALKING LIES AND YOU'RE SEEING MY FACE THERE, BUT ONLY, ONLY MY ONLY MY PICTURE IS BEING SHOWN ON FACEBOOK.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS WITH YOU, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT THAT I'M ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MY ONLY MY PHOTO IS BEING SHOWN ON FACEBOOK, SO I DON'T KNOW.
THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WOULD, WHATEVER.
I THINK IT'S THE OTHER DEVICE.
WE'RE HEARING THE BACKLOG OF YOUR SERVICE ON FACEBOOK.
I JUST I JUST WENT ON FACEBOOK TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS LIVE.
I HEARD MY VOICE ON FACEBOOK, BUT NO VIDEO.
BUT YOU'RE SEEING VIDEO RIGHT NOW.
I AM. WHEN YOU STARTED SPEAKING THIS TIME I AM NOW.
I'M JUST ANSWERING. OK, THANK YOU.
WE SEE YOU NOW. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
THANK YOU. MY INTENTION AT THE LAST MEETING FOR SUGGESTING WE RESTART THE PROCESS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GELIN COMMISSIONER PLACKO YOU NOW SOUND LIKE YOU'RE OUT OF QUARTERS, THOUGH, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO IS NOT.
IT WAS NOT IN ANY WAY DOUBTING THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE FIRMS THAT APPLIED.
I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONVOLUTED WAY THAT THAT WE WENT ABOUT IT.
AND I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WERE FIRMS WHO INITIALLY CONTACTED US DID NOT APPLY BASED ON THAT FACT. THAT'S THE REASON I MADE THE MOTION THAT WE START THE PROCESS OVER.
I WILL AGAIN TRY TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO SEE IF WE CAN GET CONSENSUS ON IT.
NIGHTMARE. YEAH, AND YOU KNOW, REGARDING COMMISSIONER GELIN COMMENTS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A CITY OF SEVENTY THOUSAND RESIDENTS, FOUR HUNDRED PLUS EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS MANAGING OVER TWO HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN A BUDGET.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HIRE THE PROPER CONSOLE AND NOT ONE THAT FAVORS OUR PERSONAL AGENDA.
SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY I HAD PERSONALLY LOOKED INTO ROTH CHILD VERSUS THE OTHERS, BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH MANY OF THE APPLICANTS.
SO IT'S NOT ABOUT A SMALL BUSINESS.
IT'S NOT ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.
IT IS ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION THAT WE CAN FOR THEM AS A GROUP AND NOT EVEN NARROWING IT DOWN.
WE NEED TO OPEN IT UP FOR EVERYONE AND THEN CHOOSE THE RIGHT ONE.
I'M GOING TO MAKE MY COMMENTS NOW, EVERYBODY HAS HAD THEIR FIRST ROUND IT, I THINK I'VE BEEN CLEAR FROM WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS PROCESS, THIS IS NOT ONE THAT IS FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. AS MUCH AS I LOVE SMALL BUSINESSES, THOSE OF US IN SMALL LAW FIRMS ALSO KNOW OUR LIMITATIONS.
AND WHEN WE ARE SMALL LAW FIRMS, WE CAN'T DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY WANT TO DO.
AND IT MAY BE LOVELY TO HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF COUNCIL PEOPLE TO PULL FROM, BUT THAT DOESN'T GIVE THE CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUITY THAT A VERY BUSY CITY WITH A 200 MILLION
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DOLLAR BUDGET AND FIVE VERY ACTIVE PEOPLE ON A COMMISSION NEED.WE ALL KNOW HOW MUCH WE'VE GONE TO OUR FORMER CITY ATTORNEYS, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR NOT IS BESIDE THE POINT.
SMALL COMMISSIONER GELIN IS YOU WANT TO PUT INTO THE JOB.
HOW DO I JUST FIND SMALL? I JUST FINE SMALL AS A ONE OR TWO PERSON LAW FIRM, I DO NOT FIND THAT THAT IS SUFFICIENT ENOUGH LAW FIRM FOR US AND I'M NOT HERE TO GRILL.
WE ARE NOT LAW FIRM. I BELIEVED IN THEM FOR WHAT THEY WERE DOING FOR US FOR THE INTERIM PERIOD OF TIME. BUT I STAND BY WHAT WE TOLD EVERYBODY THAT THEY WERE ENTERING.
AND JUST BECAUSE HE'S HIRED A FEW MORE PEOPLE, NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY HIRED CERTIFIED ATTORNEY IN ATTORNEY PAMELA RYAN.
THAT DOES NOT SIGNIFICANTLY MAKE HIS FIRM LARGE ENOUGH.
AND WE DO KNOW THAT HE IS CALLING UPON OTHER ATTORNEYS FOR ASSISTANCE, AND THAT'S WHAT ATTORNEYS DO AS WELL.
BUT IF WE HAD A LARGER FIRM, ONE THAT IS SUFFICIENT TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR NEEDS.
SUCH AS THE FOX TROT LAW FIRM, ONE THAT ALSO THE MAINE ATTORNEY WHO WAS GOING TO BE SITTING AT THE DESK AND BE COMING TO OUR MEETINGS IS THE CERTIFIED LAY CITY COUNTY MUNICIPAL ATTORNEY, THE ONE WHO'S BEEN PRACTICING FOR 30 YEARS.
MR. HARRAN IS IN THE BUSINESS 30 YEARS.
HE LIVES RIGHT HERE IN DENVER, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WILTON'S.
AND HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN ORDER TO GET ANYWHERE HE WANTS.
SO HE ACTUALLY HAS SOME VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT GOES ON IN OUR CITY AS WELL.
SO IT IS MY OPINION THAT IF WE GO OUT, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET ANYBODY.
LET'S BE REALISTIC. THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO COME TO OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
THEY THINK THAT WE ARE JUST A SHOW RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE DONE NOTHING SINCE JANUARY TO GIVE ANYBODY CONFIDENCE THAT THEY SHOULD WANT TO COME TO OUR CITY AND BE OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
I'M SURPRISED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO STILL WANT TO BE OUR CITY ATTORNEY WHO APPLIED ACTUALLY EVEN DESIRE TO STILL BE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GLAD THAT THEY DO.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND IT IS A WASTE OF OUR PROGRESS AND MOVING FORWARD, IF WE ARE TO GO OUTSOURCE, TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND BECOME OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
SO THEREFORE, I AM GOING TO TURN OVER THE GAVEL OVER TO VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO HIRE THE FOX ROTHSCHILD LAW FIRM TO BE OUR ATTORNEYS AND START TOMORROW. IF I HAVE A SECOND, WE'RE ACTUALLY VICE MAYOR.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
OK, THEN AT THIS TIME, THE GAVEL NEEDS TO GO TO COMMISSIONER, PLACKO.
OK, CITY CLERK, COULD YOU CALL THE POLICE? MAYOR GOMEZ, YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN NO.
MR. BOLTON, YES, THANK YOU, VILLALOBOS.
THE MOTION PASSES FOUR TO ONE EXCELLENT CITY MANAGER, IF YOU WOULD.
A BREAK, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH MR. HERRON AND LET HIM KNOW THAT HE NEEDS TO COME IN AND FINISH SIGNING UP WHATEVER PAPERWORK NEEDS TO BE DONE TO HAVE HIM BECOME OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND TO PLEASE WORK WITH CITY ATTORNEY. HANDS OUT, NOT FOR WHATEVER ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.
MR. ABBOTT, NOT CITY ATTORNEY, WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU STEPPED IN.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION STAFF WORKING WITH A LAW FIRM. THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
I BELIEVE WE PROVIDE FIRST CLASS LEGAL SERVICE.
AND I LIVE NEXT DOOR IN CORAL SPRINGS AND CHIMERIC IS MY NEIGHBOR AND WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. THANK YOU.
I STILL HAVE HANDS RAISED AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IF THEY'RE FOR THE A TOPIC THAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED, THAT MATTER IS OVER.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE LET'S TRY YOUR HAND.
OK, BASSMA, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. HINES, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY WHILE YOU WERE DURING THE INTERIM PROCESS.
RIGHT NOW, WE WILL BE SKIPPING A BEAT AS THAT IS MOOT AND WE WILL BE GOING TO SEE A
[8.c. Motion to reconsider the motion to direct the City Attorney hire an independent investigator to investigate who from staff leaked this memo to the news media, including members of the City Commission]
MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE MOTION TO DIRECT THE ATTORNEY, TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR, TO INVESTIGATE WHO FROM CITY STAFF LEAKED THIS MEMO TO NEWS MEDIA MEDIA, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.THIS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.
SO, MR. VILLALOBOS, PLEASE ANSWER YOUR MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER MY PREVIOUS VOTE ON DIRECTING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE THE FROM THE FROM STAFF WHO LEAKED THE MEMO TO THE NEWS MEDIA, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
I'LL SECOND THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AT THIS TIME, CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC?
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WE DO NOT, MADAM MAYOR, IF THIS PASSES, THEY WILL COME UP ON THE NEXT ITEM.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO THE CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL MAYOR GOMEZ.
MOTION TO RECONSIDER? YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO MOTION TO RECONSIDER, YES, COMMISSIONER GELIN YES, AND VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS YES, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY FIVE TO ZERO.
THANK YOU. NOW GOING TO EIGHT, THE MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN
[8.d. Motion to direct the City Attorney hire an independent investigator to investigate who from staff leaked this memo to the news media, including members of the City Commission]
INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE WHO FROM STAFF LEAKED THIS MEMO TO THE NEWS MEDIA, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, AGAIN REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS AS MAYOR. PLEASE ENTER YOUR MOTION.I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE WHO FROM THE STAFF LEAKED THIS MEMO TO THE NEWS MEDIA, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
AND I DO HAVE A COMMENT FOR THAT, IF I MAY.
MAYOR GOMEZ, WE USUALLY NEED THE MOTION, THE SECOND IN ORDER TO GET THE DISCUSSION GOING.
AND IF THE QUESTION IS MORE OR LESS, ARE WE DOING THIS IN THE POSITIVE TO DO THE NEGATIVE? CORRECT, THAT IS NORMALLY HOW EMOTIONS ARE HANDLED IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK FOR US.
I'M JUST LOOKING FOR A SECOND FOR THAT EMOTION.
OK, I'M SORRY I MISSED SOMETHING, DID YOU WISH TO REVERSE IT? CORRECT. MY MOTION IS TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR WHO FROM STAFF LEAKED THE MEMO TO THE NEWS MEDIA.
VICE MAYOR. YOU'RE SAYING THE WRONG THING.
I'M BRINGING IT BACK TO THE NOT AS A NEW MOTION.
SO YOU DO WANT A NEW MOTION TO HIRE, CORRECT? OK, SO THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, YOU'RE FINE.
SO BASICALLY, MY PREVIOUS MOTION WAS FOR ME TO RECONSIDER MY PREVIOUS VOTE FOR MY GUESTS.
WE KNOW NOW WE ARE BRINGING THIS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD TO MOVE IT FORWARD AS A INTRODUCTION TO A NEW MOTION.
NO, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE CONFUSED, WE WE HAVE NOW EXPLAINED IT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO RECONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE HIRING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR.
USUALLY IT'S VERY HARD, SOMETIMES WE DO MOTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE ALWAYS DO IT IN THE ALTERNATIVE VERSUS VOTING AGAINST IT.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY.
AND IF HE WANTED YOU VOTE YES, IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, YOU VOTE NO.
ALL RIGHT. OR DOING A MOTION NOT TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR WHERE IF YOU VOTE YES, THEN THERE WILL BE NO INVESTIGATION AND NO, THERE WILL BE ONE OR THERE WON'T BE ONE.
BUT IT HAS TO BE A NEW MOTION IF THERE WILL BE ONE MOTION, YES AND NO.
INSTRUCT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO TO TO DO THAT, BUT MY BOAT IS GOING TO CHANGE SO THAT THAT'S THE POINT. OK, SO WE'LL JUST PROCEED THIS WAY SO THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE TABLE.
THE MOTION ON THE TABLE HAS BEEN MOTION AND SECONDED FOR TO PROCEED WITH THE MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR TO INVESTIGATE WHO FROM THE STAFF LEAKED THIS MEMO TO THE NEWS MEDIA, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION.
A YES VOTE MOVES IT FORWARD, A NO VOTE CANCELS IT FROM GOING FORWARD.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE NOW HAVE IT THE WAY YOU DESIRE.
I NORMALLY WOULD GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
I HAVE HANDS UP FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS IN THE FORMAT THAT THERE'S A QUESTION COMMISSIONER PLACKO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT WAS UP THE FIRST TIME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE THAT NOW OR WOULD LIKE IT.
WELL, WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, OK.
OK, CITY CLERK AND FOR THE THE QUARTER IT'S GOING TO BE COMMISSIONER PLACKO AND THEN IT'LL BE COMMISSIONER GELIN ON THAT.
SO IF YOU WOULD CITY CLERK, PLEASE LEAD US TO OUR FIRST PERSON FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YES. IF WE CAN WE WE SHOULD GO BACK TO MR. RASKIN'S LEVENT.
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HELLO. MR. ASKIN. CAN YOU HEAR US, MR. RUSKIN? YES, I CAN.EXCELLENT. WE ARE BACK ON THE DAIS FOR EIGHT DAYS, THE MOTION TO DIRECT THE CITY ATTORNEY TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR.
AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.
AND WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR YOU FOR THE RECORD.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME AGAIN.
WHILE I WATCH THE NEWS, LISTEN TO THE NEWS, READ THE NEWS AND THE SUN-SENTINEL AND OTHER PLACES. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FIRM BELIEVER THAT JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY SAYS SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TRUE.
I DO KNOW, HOWEVER, THAT I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCHING AND A LOT OF WHAT I'VE SEEN DOES, IN FACT, MAKE IT SEEM APPARENTLY VERY TRUE.
WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO SAY THAT THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER BOARD SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT WITH ITS PANTS CUT DOWN.
YOU'VE BEEN EMBARRASSED BEFORE YOU MADE A VOW TO TRY TO FIND OUT WHO WAS THE WHISTLEBLOWER AS THE WORD I WILL USE.
AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY POOR JUDGMENT CALL ON YOUR PART TO MAKE.
WHOEVER REPORTED THIS, I'M TOLD, HAS ONLY REPORTED SOMETHING THAT WAS PUBLIC INFORMATION.
YOUR GOAL WAS TO PROTECT SOME ONE INDIVIDUAL, PERHAPS ON THE COMMISSION OR NOT.
AND I THINK IT IS A RIDICULOUS WASTE OF OF CITY MONEY.
AND I DO ENTIRELY SUPPORT MY REPPAS, MY COMMISSIONER, MR. VILLALOBOS, WHEN HE SAID HE WANTS TO TURN THIS DOWN AND VOTE AGAINST IT.
AND I WOULD VOTE EVERYONE ELSE AND ENCOURAGE EVERYONE ELSE ON THE COMMISSION TO COMPLETELY SHOW HONEST RESPECT AS PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND ADMIT AND YOURSELVES IN YOUR MINDS, PERHAPS IT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO.
AND I KNOW, BUT WHEN I CALLED HIM BEFORE, I WAS TOLD I COULD NOT MIX TWO ITEMS. SO I DO WANT TO SAY VERY BRIEFLY, I DO NOT KNOW CITY MANAGERS, WHATEVER HIS NAME IS, HE'S BECOME A SCAPEGOAT IN THIS ISSUE.
AND I FEEL THAT HE'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB FOR THIS CITY.
AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE BEEN CAUGHT IN AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION.
DON'T POINT THE FINGER AT SOMEONE OUTSIDE YOURSELVES IF THAT'S WHERE THE FINGER GOES TO BE POINTED. MAYBE IT'S ON YOUR STAFF.
THEY ONLY DID WHAT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN AMERICA.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU.
WHO ELSE DO HAVE A NIGHTMARE? WE HAVE JULIE FISHBURN NEXT.
THE. HELLO, GOOD EVENING, MR. FISHMAN, YOU ARE ON FOR THREE MINUTES, PLEASE STATE YOUR FULL NAME, THE CITY IN WHICH YOU LIVED, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A WARNING AT TWO MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS SINCE PERSAY.
THANK YOU, JULIE FISHMAN, 76 50 WEST WESTWOOD DRIVE, NUMBER FIVE ON NINE, TAMARAC, FLORIDA, THREE THREE, THREE, TWO, ONE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I AM UNCERTAIN AS TO WHY THIS ITEM HAS MADE IT THIS FAR.
FLORIDA HAS SOME OF THE MOST FAR REACHING AND OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS IN THE COUNTRY.
WHAT HAPPENS IF THE COMMISSION DOES HIRE AN INVESTIGATOR AND THEY FIND OUT WHO GAVE THE DOCUMENTS TO THE SUN-SENTINEL? DOES THE WITCH HUNT, DOES THE WITCH HUNT CONTINUE? DOES THE FUTURE FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF TAMARAC HOLD VENDETTAS BY THE COMMISSION, A STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE? PERSONALLY, I HAVE ALREADY HEARD FROM TAMRAT STAFF MEMBERS THAT DON'T WANT TO SPEAK UP FOR FEAR OF REPRISALS FROM CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS, SO MUCH FOR STRATEGIC GOALS.
NUMBER THREE, DYNAMIC ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, WHICH READS AS THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL CREATE AND SUSTAIN A CULTURE CONDUCTIVE TO DEVELOPMENT AND RETENTION OF A SKILLED WORKFORCE. I GUESS THAT DOESN'T APPLY FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHO DISAGREE WITH AN ELECTED OFFICIAL. TALK ABOUT A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ARE THERE OTHER PEOPLE SIGNED UP? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WE HAVE MADDIE SWICK, WHO HAS SIGNED UP AGAIN, AND SHE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION SO WE COULD CALL HER.
HI, MISS SWACKED, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
WE'RE SORRY WE MISSED YOU EARLIER.
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YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF HIRING AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATOR.
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE TELL US YOUR NAME AND WHERE YOU LIVE FOR THE RECORD.
AND THAT IS FALLICK FROM KINGS POINT.
AND AT TWO MINUTES, WITH 30 SECONDS LEFT, WE WILL GIVE YOU A WARNING AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW THOSE THREE MINUTES WHEN YOUR TIME IS DONE.
SO LET'S PROCEED. I WANT TO KNOW BY HIRING AN INVESTIGATOR, WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS IF THEY FIND WHO DID IT? WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE IF NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN EXCEPT TAP ON THE HAND, IT'S A WASTE OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
I JUST CAN'T SEE WASTING THE MONEY, IF NOT UNLESS THERE'S GOING TO BE A RAMIFICATION, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM, BUT UNTIL THEN, IT'S SILLY TO HIRE SOMEONE ELSE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS, YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
CITY CLERK, DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? THAT'S ALL I HAVE, METAMORA.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, YOUR HAND WAS RAISED.
IS IT DOWN NOW IS DOWN AND WE'RE GOING TO COMMISSIONER GELIN AND THEN WE'LL GO TO VICE MAYOR VILLALOBOS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WHEN THIS ORIGINALLY CAME UP, I REACTED OUT OF ANGER. I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT.
I DEFINITELY KNOW BETTER, WHICH IS WHY I WILL BE CHANGING MY VOTE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GELIN.
YEAH, SO I THINK THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC BEING MISLED, SO NO ONE THERE'S NO FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR TAB, THE ITEM SAID NOT TO EXCEED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.
NUMBER TWO, THE GOAL WAS NOT TO, QUOTE UNQUOTE FIND THE WHISTLEBLOWER OR FIND THIS PERSON WHO WHO WHO GAVE INFORMATION PUBLIC.
WE WANT INFORMATION TO BE PUBLIC.
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC SALARIES, THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS, THE PUBLIC.
EVERYTHING IS PUBLIC. THE QUESTION IS AND WE'VE STILL YET TO HEAR THE ANSWER FROM THE CITY MANAGER IS WHO GAVE THE APPROVAL TO PUT THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? EVERYONE SAID AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING THAT THEY DID NOT ASK FOR THESE ITEMS TO BE ON THE AGENDA. I WAS CONTACTED BY THE SENTINEL, ASKED ABOUT ALL THESE REQUESTS TO ENRICH THE COMMISSION, AND I TOLD HER I DIDN'T MAKE THIS REQUEST AND I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
I EMAILED HER. SHE EMAILED ME THE NEXT DAY AND I TOLD HER IN WRITING I DID NOT MAKE THE REQUEST TO THE CITY MANAGER.
I DID NOT MAKE THE REQUEST TO THE COMMISSION.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, THE MARLON VILLALOBOS SAID THE SAME THING, AND WE ALL ASKED THE CITY MANAGER WHAT MEMO'S BEING TALKED ABOUT, PLEASE SEND US A COPY OF THE MEMO, BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE SENTINEL HAS INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE.
SO THE GOAL OF THE INVESTIGATION AND RIGHT NOW THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL IS LEADING THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S NO NEED TO HAVE THIS INVESTIGATION, IS TO FIND OUT WHAT DIRECTION AND FROM WHOM DID THE DIRECTION COME FROM, FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO ADD THESE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA? BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A HAVE THE CONSENSUS OF THE COMMISSION TO INCREASE RETIREMENT BENEFITS, TO INCREASE HEALTH INSURANCE, OUR TECHNOLOGY FUND, WAS THIS HIS IDEA WHEN THIS IDEA COME FROM? CITY MANAGER.
YES, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, THOUGH, THE PROCESS FOR PUTTING SOMETHING FORWARD THESE DAYS IS FAR COMMISSIONER TO TELL THE CITY MANAGER OR TO TELL THE CITY ATTORNEY TO INCLUDE THINGS FOR THE AGENDA.
THERE WERE ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT WERE REQUESTED BY THE COMMISSION AND THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD, AS IT TYPICALLY WOULD.
BUT FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS SUCH A HIGH EXPENSE AND A HIGH COST, AND WHY WOULD YOU NOT DISCUSS THESE ITEMS, THESE POTENTIAL ITEMS WITH THE COMMISSION BEFORE PUTTING IT ON A DRAFT MEMO? WHY WOULD THEY EVEN READ THE DRAFT MEMO WITHOUT BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE COMMISSION? BECAUSE THEY WERE DIRECTED BY A COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER.
IN WHICH COMMISSIONER MADE THAT DIRECTION TO YOU.
I THINK YOU SHOULD ASK YOUR COLLEAGUE THAT.
GENTLEMEN, LADY, I'M NOT SURE IF.
THIS IS ALL PART OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS, BUT THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
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ALL RIGHT. IT'S MY IT'S MY MOTION AND I HAVEN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO SPEAK ON IT.SO IT IS APPARENT THAT IT'S YOU KNOW, EVEN BEFORE THE IG GOT INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO RECONSIDER, TO REMOVE FROM TO BRING HIM BACK TO BE ABLE TO KILL IT. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GETTING CONSENSUS ON ANYTHING, WHICH IS A TERRIBLE THING AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE NOT DOING WORKSHOPS TO PUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
AND EACH AND ALL OF US ARE WANTING TO PUT SOMETHING IN THE AGENDA AND JUST DIRECTING CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER AND THEN EXPECT AND THEN IT COMES TO US TO GO THE SAME WAY COMMISSIONER GUNN IN THE SAME WAY THE TRACK CAME ABOUT THAT CAME SIX DAYS PRIOR TO TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE EVEN KNEW ABOUT.
SO THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE.
THERE'S A SECOND. AND I THINK WE NEED JUST NEED WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AND JUST BUILD THIS ACCORDINGLY.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON. IF YOU WOULD.
THERE WAS ALSO A CALL FOR THE QUESTION, I DID NOT ESCAPE NOW.
OK, YOUR HANDS DOWN, IF YOU WOULD.
I KNOW. THAT'S WHY I'M LETTING YOU KNOW THAT I'VE CALLED YOU, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THERE'S A CALL FOR THE QUESTION YOU JUST RAISED.
PLEASE PROCEED. MR. CERNECH, YOU PURPORT THAT I ASK FOR THESE ITEMS ARE THE HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS? LISA HARRIS SAID IN A ON THE CONVERSATION THAT SHE RECEIVED AN EMAIL.
WITH FROM YOU TO STAFF, AND YOU SAID SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS ASKED YOU FOR HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS. CAN YOU TELL US WHO THOSE COMMISSIONER THOSE WERE THAT ASK YOU FOR OR DISCUSSED WITH YOU HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS? WE'RE IN THE SUNSHINE COMMISSIONER.
I EMAILED MY STAFF SPECIFICALLY LORENZO CALHOUN AND CHRISTINE JOSEPH CAJUSTE.
AND IN THAT EMAIL I WROTE, I'VE EMAILED BOTH OF YOU REGARDING THE CITY COMMISSION'S CURRENT COMPENSATION.
I'VE HAD SEVERAL ASK ME ABOUT THREE THINGS.
AN INCREASE IN THE CITY'S COMMISSION TO A TO THE FOUR FIFTY SEVEN DEFERRED COMP ACCOUNT WAS ONE, AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT PAID TOWARDS COMMISSIONER HEALTH INSURANCE AND ALSO HEALTH INSURANCE CONTINUING BEYOND THE TERM OF OFFICE UNTIL THE COMMISSIONER MARRIAGE IS MEDICARE ELIGIBLE AGE.
THESE WERE ALL ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED WITH COMMISSIONERS INDIVIDUALLY AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT WAS THE CONTEXT OF THE EMAIL THAT LISA RECEIVED WHEN SHE DID HER PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. OK, AND AGAIN, WHO WHO DID YOU DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS WITH? I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS REGARDING RETIREMENT AND REGARDING HEALTH INSURANCE WITH MOST OF YOU. AND IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
OK, CAN YOU TELL ME, MR. PLACKO, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT I'M NOT POINTING A FINGER AT ANYBODY.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH A NUMBER OF YOU ABOUT HEALTH INSURANCE AND RETIREMENT AND SOME OF THESE THINGS COMING FORWARD.
OK, SO CAN YOU TELL US WHO THE MOST OF YOU ARE? MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO END DISCUSSION AND TO CALL THE QUESTION, PLEASE.
THAT IS NOT FAIR. IT'S ABSURD.
IF IT'S IRRELEVANT TO THE MOTION AT HAND, IT IS QUITE FAIR.
IT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE QUESTION AT HAND.
THE MOTION AT HAND IS WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION FOR THE MEMO THAT HAS BEEN LEAKED OR ALLEGEDLY LEAKED.
AND THEREFORE, PLEASE CALL THE QUESTION, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
THEY ARE GOMEZ. OK, THIS IS TO HIGHER, AND SO I SAY NO.
PLACKO NO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON NO.
I SWEAR, VILLALOBOS, NO, COMMISSIONER GELIN.
NO. THE MOTION FAILED UNANIMOUSLY, ZERO TO FIVE.
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OH, THANK YOU, MADAM.OH, YES, THANK YOU. RESOLUTION TO SEE THE COMMISSIONER SOON.
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ONE OF P21 12 ALL SPORTS COMPLEX AND TAFFET PARK PLACE SURFACE REPLACEMENT PROJECT TO DAY RECREATION SERVICE AND IMPROVING EXECUTION AGREED BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RECREATION SERVICES AT NO COST AT A COST NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY DOLLARS AND CONTINUE TO SEE A LOSS OF TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE.
A TOTAL PROJECT OF TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN DOLLARS FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS TO THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS.
THE FUNDING FOR APPROPRIATE CAPITAL APPROVING ACCOUNTS FOR CONFLICTS PROVIDE FOR CENTRALLY PLANNED FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED.
A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE SLOWMO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DIRECTOR OF PARK AND REC, GREG WARNER IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
IF WE HAVE ANY CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WE DO NOT, MADAM MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. I AM NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED BY THE COMMISSION.
THEREFORE, I WILL ASK YOU TO CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
MÁIRE GOMEZ, YES, VICE MAYOR LEVELS, YES.
COMMISSIONER GELIN. YES, MR. PLACKO, YEAH, I COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, YOU PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, FIVE TWO ZERO, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME IT IS EIGHT TWENTY SIX.
WE'RE GOING TO CALL A RECESS TILL EIGHT FORTY.
FIFTY MINUTES, WE'RE 14, WE'RE IN RECESS FOR 40, THANK YOU.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO OUR MAY 12TH MEETING.
IT IS CURRENTLY EIGHT FORTY, SO THE CLERK PLEASE CONFIRM THAT WE ARE ALL QUESTIONS HERE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BOLTON COMMISSIONER GELIN.
MR. PLACKO VILLALOBOS HAIR IN THERE, GOMEZ.
I AM HERE. THANK YOU HABERKORN ARE EXCELLENT.
SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING NINE EIGHT ZERO TWO FOUR FOUR EIGHT
[9.a. TO2448 - Amending Ordinance 2020-011 FY 2021 Operating and Capital Budget]
AMENDING ORDINANCE 20, 20, DASH 11, OUTFLY 20 21.CITY ATTORNEY IS READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
YES. AND ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONER SAY TAMRAT, FLORIDA ON THIS TWENTY TWENTY ELEVEN WHICH ADOPTED THE CITY OPERATING BUDGET REVENUES, THE EXPENDITURE, THE CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET AND THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF FISCAL YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE BY INCREASING THE TOTAL REVENUE EXPENDITURE BY A TOTAL OF THREE MILLION NINE HUNDRED FIFTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT, AS DETAILED IN PART FROM A WEALTH COMPLEX TRYING TO SELL IT AROUND FOR A FACT THAT THEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SLOWMO. SECOND AND THIRD EYE, WE'RE SELLING FOR PLACKO SECOND YET AGAIN.
THIS NOW MOVING ON TO I AM NINE V..
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AND ALL THIS IS THE COMMISSIONER TIME I'VE REALLY BEEN IN CHAPTER 10, THIS ENTIRE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, I MEAN, AN ARTICLE THREE ENTITLED USE REGULATIONS, M.S.10 DASH THREE POINT FIVE ENTITLED TEMPORARY USE STRUCTURE BY SPECIFICALLY SECTION 10, DASH THREE POINT FIVE FOUR ENTITLED SPECIAL EVENTS TIME.
I WAS EXEMPTIONS FROM SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS, AN ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF CHARITABLE ENTITIES LISPENARD FOR CONFLICTS OF FACILITY PROVIDE FOR CLARIFICATION FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
I'M ACTUALLY READ THE TITLE AND MY APOLOGIES.
IT IS NINE BETIO TWO FOUR SEVEN SPECIAL EVENTS FEE WAIVER FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND CHARITIES AND THE COMMISSION APPROVED LIST.
THIS MATTER IS FAILING FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.
THIS ITEM IS NOW FILED FOR A LACK OF A SECOND.
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MOVING ON TO NINE CEOS, CO2 FORCED TO AMEND ONE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE DISASTER FUNDING[9.c. TO2471 - Authorization to Execute Disaster Funding Agreements]
AMENDMENTS TO THE ATTORNEY.PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.
YES. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, COMMISSIONER SAID, TIME OUT FOR THE MIDDLE SECTION TO DESCRIBE THIS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDING AGREEMENTS OF THE CITY CODE AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGERS TO EXECUTE DISASTER EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDING AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY.
FEDERAL AND STATE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR COSTS INCURRED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AS A RESULT OF ANY CATASTROPHE PROVIDES A CLASSIC FLOOD FOR SO ABILITY PROVIDE FOR QUITE A BIT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I NEED EMOTIONAL SECOND, SO THE SECOND.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW ASK THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES, MR. STEVEN CAJUSTE, TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
EXCELLENT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY HANDS RAISED BY THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION SO THE CLERK WILL CONDUCT THE ROLE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ. YES, MR. BOLTON. YES.
COMMISSIONER GELIN ON YOUR VOTE WAS NOT HER.
THANK YOU. MOVING TO NINE DAYS TO GO TO FOR SEVEN TO AMENDING CHAPTER TWO.
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SECTION TWO. THIRTY FOUR.CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL, READ THE TITLE.
A MAN IN CHAPTER TWO SECTION DOES TWO, THREE, FOUR.
SORRY. AND ALL THE CITY COMMISSIONERS OF CITY TAMARAC, FLORIDA IN CHAPTER TWO OF THE CITY CODE. ALL THIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION TO THE ENTIRE CITY.
COMMISSIONER MINUTES SECTION TWO DASH 34 ENTITLED TO CITY FOR THE CITY COMMISSION MEANS SUBMIT A SUCCESSFUL G ORDER BUSINESS TO REMOVE PROCLAMATION'S SPECIAL RECOGNITION AND COMMISSIONER REPORTS FROM THE ALL BUSINESS LIFE.
A QUALIFICATION PLAN FOR CONFLICT.
I HAVE BEEN ADVISED THAT MY PICTURE IS OFF, BUT I KNOW THAT MY PICTURE IS NOT OFF BECAUSE I CAN SEE ME. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU CAN'T SEE ME, REALLY.
IT'S NOT THAT MUCH TO LOOK AT, BUT I'M TURNING ON TURN IT OFF ANY BETTER.
SOME SAY NO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, NEXT WEEK, TWO WEEKS FROM NOW, WE'RE IN PERSON.
RIGHT. SO NOW I'M GOING TO ASK AN EMOTIONAL SECOND ON THIS ONE AND IN SECOND PLACE.
THANK YOU. THIS IS A COMMISSIONER INITIATED ITEM, COMMISSIONER GUNN IN YOUR HAND IS RAISED. I DISAGREE WITH THIS ITEM.
I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A COMMISSION, A NEW COMMISSION TAKING OVER AND, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS THAT ARE PROACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE, THEN IT'S SOMETHING I CAN AGREE WITH.
BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING PROCLAMATIONS AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA TO DO WHILE WE HAVE THESE VIRTUAL COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT AS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE VACCINATED, WE'LL BE BACK IN COMMISSION CHAMBERS NEXT MONTH.
AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE WILL BE HOSTING RESIDENCE GUESTS, DIFFERENT HONOREES AT THE COMMISSION MEETINGS. IT IS NICE TO PRESENT RECOGNITIONS TO PEOPLE AT THE COMMISSION MEETING. SOME PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
OTHERS LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED AT THEIR PLACE OF BUSINESS OR AT AN EVENT.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT SOME PROCLAMATIONS AT MY BIKE EVENT COMING UP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. BUT TO REMOVE THESE ITEMS, I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE.
YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE START, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION IS A CLOWN SHOW OR, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO WHEN WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, COMMON THINGS THAT ARE DONE AT PRETTY MUCH EVERY COMMISSIONER MEETING I'VE GONE TO AND I'VE GONE TO COMMISSIONER MEETINGS AT MAYBE HALF THE CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY BECAUSE I'M GOING COMMISSIONER MEETINGS IN OTHER CITIES FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES.
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COUNTY COMMISSION DOES THIS.I DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE TO DO THIS.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE HAVE A COMMENT OR WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON SUCUOGLU, PLEASE CALL THE REAL. MAYOR GOMEZ.
YES, COMMISSIONER PLACKO, THE VICE MAYOR, VILLALOBOS, YES, GELIN.
NO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YES, PATH IS FOUR TO ONE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE ARE NOW GOING TO AUDIENCES ON SECOND READING.
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ELEVEN EIGHT, TWO, FOUR, SIX FOR AMENDING CHAPTER 10 CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE. YOU ARE MUTE.ALL THIS OBVIOUSLY COMMISSIONER SENTIMENT FOR WOMEN IN CHAPTER 10 OF THE CITY CODE OF HONOR AND TITLE IN DEVELOPING CODE BY DESIGNATING THE CITY COMMISSIONER AS THE FINAL DECISION MAKER ON LAND USE MATTERS, INCLUDING SPECIAL EXCEPTION, DISCIPLE'S VIOLENCE BY MEN, AN ARTICLE FOR DEVELOPMENT SCIENCE STANDARDS, SECTION 10 DASH FOUR POINT THREE.
WALL STREET PARKING AND LOADING SECTION 10 DASH FOUR POINT TEN SIGNS BY OMITTING ARTICLE FIVE ADMINISTRATION SECTION 10 DASH FIVE POINT TWO SUMMARY TABLE OF DEVELOPING NEW PROCEDURES BY AMENDMENT TABLE 10.
SECTION 10. DASH FIVE POINT THREE COLUMN REVIEW PROCEDURE TABLE 10.
THOSE REQUIREMENT MEANING SECTION TEN, DASH FIVE POINT THREE SPECIFIC REVIEW PROCEDURES.
I MEAN THE SECTION TEN DASH FIVE POINT FOUR APPLICATION SPECIFIC REVIEW PROCEDURE PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATION BY FASHION STATEMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.
SECOND, SO THE ATTORNEY WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.
DR. PARK, I CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME THE PROCESS BEFORE TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
HOW LONG DID IT TOOK TO PUT THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER AS FAR AS GETTING IT TO WHERE IT IS OR WAS PRIOR TO US DECIDED WE WANTED TO TAKE THIS ON.
OH, I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK THERE IF WE COULD HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF THIS GALLOWAY ADDRESS THAT QUESTION FOR THE VICE MAYOR.
I NEED TO GIVE HER A MINUTE AND MEET.
THANK YOU, MARY. GOOD EVENING, MAXINE CALLOWAY.
FOR THE RECORD, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION TO BUY VILLALOBOS HAS QUESTIONED THE PROCESS STARTED, I WANT TO SAY, IN 2015 OR CODE AT THE TIME WAS ANTIQUATED, OVER 40 YEARS OLD. AND SO WE DID AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS.
I THINK YOU ALSO SERVE AS ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT TOGETHER TO EVALUATE THE OLD CODE AND TO LOOK AT THE CHANGES FOR THE NEW CODE.
AND SO IT TOOK ALMOST THREE YEARS OF COMPREHENSIVELY LOOKING AT WHAT WE HAD SERVING OTHER CITIES AND THEN PROPOSING SEVERAL WORKSHOPS WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COMMISSION BEFORE ADOPTING IN AROUND JUNE OF TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHTEEN.
SO WE WANT TO TAKE WITH TOOK THREE YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THAT PROJECTS JUST COME TO US AND IT GETS VOTED ON AND THEN WE GET BLAMED FOR IT.
BUT TO TAKE A PROCESS THAT TOOK THREE YEARS, THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF LABOR HOURS WOULD BE AN INJUSTICE TO HOW WE DIRECT OUR CITY STAFF.
I THINK SOME OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED THAT WHEN WE DO WANT TO PUT AN ITEM FROM STAFF BECAUSE WE HAVE A CONCERN, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WHEN AN ITEM IS ON WITH THE PLANNING BOARD, THE WE CAN PULL THAT AND QUESTION IT AND DIRECT CITY STAFF AND EVEN PERHAPS THE BOARD.
IT'S THE PLANNING BOARD ITSELF.
GIVE IT DIRECTION OR VERSUS US COMING TO US.
WE I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE THE FINAL SAY.
WE SHOULD BE THE FINAL SAY AFTER WE HAVE REVIEWED THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS. I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, COMMISSIONER.
I MEAN, MAYOR GOMEZ, LET ME LOOK AT THAT, THAT ITEM.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO TWEAK OTHER COMMISSIONERS OR CITY STAFF.
AND SO WE NEED TO TWEAK. AND THAT WAS NO PUN INTENDED.
I'M JUST SAYING AND GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT.
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SO FOR US TO NOW TAKE AWAY WITH TOOK ALL THAT TIME AND EFFORT AND GIVE IT TO OURSELVES, I, I THIS IS NOT A PART TIME JOB.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANY OF YOU, BUT I SPENT A LOT OF TIME.
AND FOR US TO NOW REVIEW, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE EXPERTIZE ON SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT CRAZY AND YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THIS CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE HOTEL SITUATION, YOU KNOW, STAFF, RUBBER, THE WHOLE THING, BECAUSE LET ME NOT SAY THAT WORD.
THEY APPROVED IT BASED ON MEETING CRITERIA.
THE DEVELOPER MET THE CRITERIA THAT PUSHED IT THROUGH, WENT THROUGH THE PLANNING BOARD, THEY THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS THAT WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE AS QUICKLY AS THOSE ROADS WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE THE POWER TO PUT AN ITEM BACK AND DISCUSS IT.
MAYBE, PERHAPS WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING CONSENSUS.
MAYBE PERHAPS WE SHOULD BE GETTING WORKSHOPS AND STOP PUTTING WORKSHOPS TO DECIDE.
AND ACTUALLY START LOOKING AT ITEMS THAT ARE GOING INTO THE AGENDA AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS AND THEN WE CAN IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.
BUT FOR US TO BE ADDING ALL THAT WORKLOAD WHEN STAFF AND A PLANNING BOOK MY MY APPOINTEE, SO WHY THE HECK AM I EVEN ON THIS BOARD IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE MAKING DECISIONS? WHAT IS THE POINT OF ME? WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE COMMUNITY GETTING INVOLVED? THERE IS NO POINT. SO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
I'M NOT SEEING ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION.
I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT I'VE SAID AND SOME OF IT IS WHAT I BELIEVE THE VICE MAYOR WAS SAYING AS WELL. I'M SURE THIS IN THE PAST.
RESEARCH ACROSS THE NATION FOR BEST PRACTICES, THAT'S WHAT WE DO, WE LIKE TO BE THOROUGH IN WHAT WE DO. WE ARE AN EXCELLENT CITY, DESPITE THE WAY WE MAY HAVE FELT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. WE ARE STILL AN EXCELLENT CITY AND WE HAVE BEEN SMART PLANNING AND WE'VE DONE THINGS IN AN INTELLIGENT, COMPREHENSIVE MANNER.
AND IN SUCH WE DID THE SAME THING WHEN WE DID THE WHOLE OVERHAUL OF THE LAND PLAN.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE EVEN HEARD EARLIER THIS EVENING BY A RESIDENT WHO WAS SO UPSET BECAUSE WE HAD IN PLACES THAT ARE DILAPIDATED, PEOPLE WERE NOT COMING TO THE CITY OF TAMRAT BECAUSE OUR LAND USE CODE PRIOR TO WHAT WE DID IN THAT TOOK US THREE YEARS AND PUT THROUGH IN JULY OF TWENTY EIGHTEEN.
IT WAS NOT USER FRIENDLY, IT WAS NOT BUSINESS FRIENDLY, IT WAS NOT DEVELOPMENT FRIENDLY.
AND WE KNOW THAT WE WANT DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED DEVELOPMENT AND REMAIN VIABLE.
WE NEED SMART DEVELOPMENT TO REMAIN VIABLE.
IT'S HARD TO ATTRACT SMART DEVELOPERS IN HERE WHEN THEY DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE MISHMOSH. THAT WAS WHAT OUR CODE USED TO BE.
SO WE FIXED BUILDINGS WITH WIRES AND CONSTRUCTION.
WE WHEN THEY'RE 40 YEARS OLD, WE HAD TO DO THAT WITH OUR LAND USE AND WE WORKED HARD ON IT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY.
COMMITTEES, ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES DON'T USUALLY HAVE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE HAVE A VERY HARD RULE IN OUR COMMITTEE THAT WE REALLY WANT THEM TO HAVE LAND USE EXPERIENCE, ARCHITECTURAL EXPERIENCE, ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE, LAWYER, BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF ART THAT WE ARE USING OR THAT IS BEING USED AT THE PLANNING BOARD.
AND PEOPLE WERE STARTING TO COME TO OUR CITY.
YOU SAW SOME THINGS STARTING TO COME OUT OF THE GROUND BECAUSE PEOPLE FOUND IT EASIER AND BETTER FOR THEM TO USE IF WE REMOVE WHAT WE WORKED SO HARD FOR THREE YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THE SHOPPING PLAZA THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT, IT'S GOING TO REMAIN DILAPIDATED. IT'S GOING TO REMAIN HAVING SOME ISSUES BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE NO MECHANISMS IN PLACE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO.
OUR BUSINESS WILL BE MUCH LESS CURRENT FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO REDEVELOP LARGE STRUCTURES AND ALSO EVEN THE SMALL ONES WHEN MR. PETERS IS TRYING TO MOVE THAT SIX FOOT FENCE.
SO WE HAVE THINGS IN PLACE TO CALL THEM UP.
IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S BEFORE THE PLANNING BOARD AND MAKE THAT DIRECTED TO THE PLANNING BOARD AND SAY, NOW THAT YOU'VE REVIEWED IT, BRING IT UP.
WE WANT TO SEE IT. AND WE ALL KNOW WHEN THERE'S A MAJOR SITE PLAN.
THAT'S WHY SOME OF THEM DIDN'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN OFFICIAL EMAIL, FOR A CALL UP, BECAUSE WE DID IT AT THE LAND USE BECAUSE WE HAD TWO MEETINGS FOR THAT AND WE SAY, CALL IT UP.
WE'RE NOT EVEN LETTING THEM HAVE THE OPTION TO NOT CALL IT UP.
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WE ARE INVOLVED AND WE ARE ENGAGED.AND AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO STAY THAT WAY, WE ARE DOING OUR JOBS.
AND SO IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT HAS BEEN SOUGHT BY REVIEWED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS SAYING THAT THERE'S A CHARTER ISSUE, WELL, GUESS WHAT? WE'RE IN THE CHARTER REVIEW.
WHY DON'T WE HAVE OUR CHARTER BE FIXED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT CAN BE CURRENT TO TWO THOUSAND TWENTY ONE VERSUS GOING BACKWARDS TO TEN YEARS? MY COMMENTS, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY TELL, I WILL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS ITEM.
SAYING THAT THERE'S NO OTHERS, CITIPOWER, PLEASE CALL THE ROYAL.
YES, MA'AM. MAYOR GOMEZ, NO, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
SORRY, NO MOTION PASSES THREE TO TWO.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE NOW MOVING TO 13, A OTHER.
THIS IS CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, CITY MANAGER CONTRACT.
THIS WAS REQUESTED BY COMMISSIONER GELIN.
I DO KNOW THAT. COMMISSIONER GELIN, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YEAH. SO FIRST I WANT TO HEAR FROM MAXINE CALLAWAY ON THE ITEM I BROUGHT UP EARLIER
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DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM OUR BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WE'RE FINDING. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYOR GOMEZ.YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OUR CODES AND EVERYTHING.
WE'RE WRITING OUR CODE. WE'RE FINDING PEOPLE.
SO THE WAY WE'RE ACTING NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DRIVE BUSINESSES OUT OF THE CITY OF TOWN, LIKE BY PENALIZING THEM AT A DIFFICULT TIME.
SO I MADE MY COMMENTS EARLIER IN DEFENSE OF A BUSINESS OWNER WHO WAS ON THE PLANE AND CAN'T MAKE IT HERE. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK A PLANNING DIRECTOR TO SPEAK ON WHAT SHE'S ALSO HEARING FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
MY OFFICE PREPARED A MEMORANDUM WHICH INCLUDED AN UPDATE ON YOUR DIRECTIVE AT A PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING, CITY COMMISSION.
I HAD A CONSENSUS TO HAVE STAFF GO BACK OUT AND LIFT THE STATE.
THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON RIGOROUS COMMERCIAL ENFORCEMENT DUE TO THE PANDEMIC WE HAD.
WE HAD DELAYED ENFORCEMENT AND THIS WAS ONLY RESPONDING TO CALLS THAT WE WERE GETTING, AND SO WE WANTED TO BE RESPONSIVE TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. AFTER THAT COMMISSION MEETING AND STAFF WENT OUT, CODE ENFORCEMENT DID AND DID A SERIES OF SWEEPS IN THE COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY STARTED WITH BORSOS.
FIRST, WE WENT OUT AND VISITED 11 PLAZAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BROUGHT A TOTAL OF 12 NOTICES OR VIOLATIONS ON THOSE BUSSES.
WE ALSO WENT OUT AND DID STOREFRONTS.
A TOTAL OF TWENTY THREE LOCATIONS WERE VISITED AND WHICH RESULTED IN FORTY ONE NOTICES OF VIOLATION. MY CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICERS ARE TELLING ME THAT CONSISTENTLY THERE ARE COMPLAINTS FROM PLAZA OWNERS REGARDING THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, THE FACT THAT THEY ARE FINDING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN AND TO SUSTAIN. AND SO NOW TO HAVE TO RESPOND TO VIOLATIONS IS PROBLEMATIC.
AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THE VIOLATIONS WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS AND WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DELAY MAGISTRATE MEETING AND GIVE TIME FOR THESE CLAUS'S OWNERS TO TRY TO RESOLVE CERTAIN ISSUES.
WE'RE ALSO BEING ASKED TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES IN A PIECEMEAL MANNER, BUT PRIMARILY WE'RE GETTING COMPLAINTS ON THE TIMELINESS OR THE TIME IN WHICH WE'RE ASKING FOR THESE THINGS TO BE DONE. AND SO CONSISTENTLY, I THINK SOME OF THESE OWNERS OF WHAT COMMISSIONER NEED, AND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AT THE DIRECTION OF COMMISSIONER.
AND SO WE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT TO THEM.
IN FACT, THE REASON WHY THE GENTLEMAN CALLED ME TODAY, I THINK HIS NAME, CITY CLERK, IS MR. CASTELLANOS.
YOU KNOW, HE WAS TOLD BY SCOTT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A COMMISSIONER DIRECTIVE.
I SAID, LOOK, DON'T JUST TALK TO ME.
TALK TO INSIDE THE COMMISSION.
THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED. I DIDN'T WANT IT.
I SAID, NO, I AGREE WITH STAFF AND SAID THEY SHOULD NOT BE DONE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE EXPLAINED HOW MUCH MONEY HE'S PAYING IN TAXES, HOW HE PROVIDED RELIEF FOR HIS TENANTS.
BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOT PROVIDED RELIEF TO ANY LANDLORD.
SO THEY JUST HAVE TO BEAR THE BURDEN.
AND NOW WITH THEM BEARING THE BURDEN OF THEIR TENANTS, NOT BE ABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT, WE'RE ADDING TO THAT BURDEN BY FINDING THEM.
SO WE'RE FINDING THEM. HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO NOW TAKE CARE OF THEIR CLOSETS? AND THIS PARTICULAR GENTLEMAN HE GOT IS HIS STREET PAVED A WHILE AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, AND
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HAS A LIFESPAN OF SIX TO EIGHT YEARS.HE DOES TAKE CARE OF THE BUSHES AND THE GREENERY.
AND SO HE DOES UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S BEING FINED, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME.
THAT DIRECTIVE CAN GIVE HIM MORE TIME.
AND I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAYBE, MAXINE, YOU CAN SHARE WITH US SOME OF THE I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S BEEN COMPLAINING IN WRITING, BUT TO INFORM THE THE BUSINESS OWNERS TO CONTACT THE COMMISSIONER AND LET THEM KNOW THAT NOW'S NOT A GOOD TIME TO BE DOING THIS TO THEM.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GUNN FOR PRESENTING COMMISSIONER.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TIME FRAME ARE WE GIVING THEM TO DO THE REPAIRS OR WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO? WE IMPORTED THEM 60 DAYS FOR COMPLIANCE.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT, I DO UNDERSTAND THE PLAZA OWNERS ARE STILL TRYING TO RECOVER AND WE DO WANT OUR POLICIES TO LOOK NICE, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT TIME A LITTLE BIT TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO RECOVER FROM THIS.
SO I DO KNOW A LOT OF THEM HAVE RELAXED THE RENTAL TO THEIR TENANTS AND THEY PROBABLY HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT BACK YET.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER RAISING THE TIME TO ENJOY THEM BEFORE WE SEND THEM TO THE MAGISTRATE. THAT WILL BE MY SUGGESTION.
APPRECIATE IT. ACTUALLY, I WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THOUGHT WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS GIVING THEM A SUITE, A NOTICE TO SAY, BY THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO START ENFORCING THIS. THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE ISSUE.
WHY DON'T YOU START WORKING ON THEM NOW? I'M SORRY, BUT I FEEL LIKE MAYBE THERE WASN'T CONSENSUS OR MAYBE I WASN'T SURE OF WHAT IS WE ARE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WE AGREED TO.
I THOUGHT WE WANTED TO START ENFORCING, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT IMMEDIATELY.
WE NEEDED THEM TO KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME PROBLEM AND WE KNEW THAT WE WERE JUST COMING OUT OF IT AND ROLLING OUT OF IT.
AND IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IMMEDIATE.
SO IF THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTIVE YOU RECEIVED, THEN I DO WISH TO HAVE THIS.
WE VISITED TO BE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THAT DIRECTIVE AS NOTICE TIME AND THEN CURE, BUT NOT TO 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS, DON.
SO. I KNOW THIS IS NOT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND THIS IS.
PROBABLY BEST TO BE PUT TO AN ITEM FOR THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING TO BE DONE PROPERLY.
YEAH, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I WAS ASKED BY THE OWNER, HE TEXTED ME TEN MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS ABOUT TO GET ON A PLANE BECAUSE HE WAS SIGNING UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HE COULD NOT SPEAK. SO I SPOKE ON HIS BEHALF.
AND SO AS OF NOW, WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR MISS CALLAWAY TO REITERATE WHAT HER RECOMMENDATIONS WERE, WHICH SHE STATED IN THE LAST COMMISSIONER MEETINGS, THAT WE ALL KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT GOING INTO NEXT COMMISSIONER MEETING. BUT I HEAR YOU, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO MODIFY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT TO BE ON THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING WITH AN EXPANSION ON IT FOR THE DISCUSSION TO HAVE IT BE MORE OF A NOTICE, I NOTICE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN A TIME CERTAIN, BUT NOT AS IT BEING 60 DAYS, 90 DAYS VILELY.
AND THAT WOULD BE MORE FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND THEN I SEE THE CITY MANAGER'S HAND RAISED.
SO I WILL LIKE I WILL DEFER GUNN.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST THIS.
MADAM MAYOR, COULD WE HAVE LIZ CALLAWAY BRING A REPORT TO THE NEXT MEETING TO ADVISE YOU OF THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE THINGS ARE AND THEN BRING YOU A RECOMMENDATION AS FAR AS RELAXING THE ENFORCEMENT AND WHAT SOME APPROPRIATE TIMES WOULD BE FOR FOR CONTINUING THAT RELAXATION IN ORDER TO GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE RELIEF THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PLAN TO ME, SO IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR THE NEXT COMMISSIONER MEETING.
NOW, THE ACTUAL TOPIC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON HANS COMMISSIONER GUNN, YEAH, IT'S THE
[13.a. City Manager Performance Evaluation and City Manager Contract]
CITY. WELL, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME AN EVALUATION WAS APPROVED FOR YOUR BEHALF OR WHAT FOR WHAT YEAR WAS YOUR LAST EVALUATION COMPLETED? THE LAST EVALUATION THAT I DID WAS FOR THE.HERE, 18, 19, THE LAST EVALUATION THAT I HAD WAS DONE IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE, JANUARY 19.
OK, SO WHERE WE ARE IN THE YEAR TWENTY, TWENTY ONE.
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AND THIS COMMISSION, AS I STATED BEFORE, IS BEING IRRESPONSIBLE AND HAS FAILED TO MEET THE TERMS OF ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS.AND I WILL READ SECTION THREE POINT OF TITLE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT, THREE POINT ONE THE CITY SHALL REVIEW AND IN LEGAL TERMS, SHALL MEANS MUST THE CITY. THE CITY SHALL REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CITY MANAGER INITIALLY AFTER 12 MONTHS FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH WAS INITIALLY DATED IN 2011 AND THEREAFTER, AT LEAST ONCE ANNUALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE ANNIVERSARY DATE, WHICH, AS THE CITY MANAGER STATED, IS IN JANUARY OF THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THIS AGREEMENT SAID REVIEW AND EVALUATION SHALL, WHICH AGAIN MEANS MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC CRITERIA DEVELOPED JOINTLY BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE CITY MANAGER SET OF CRITERIA MAY BE ADDED OR DELETED FROM THAT FROM AS THE CITY COMMISSION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
FURTHER, THE CITY COMMISSION DURING A PUBLIC MEETING SHALL, WHICH AGAIN MEANS MUST PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH A SUMMARY WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE FINDINGS OF A CITY COMMISSION AND PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO DISCUSS HIS EVALUATION WITH THE CITY COMMISSION DURING SUCH A PUBLIC MEETING.
CITY MANAGER, HAS THIS BEEN DONE? WELL, IT HAS BEEN IT'S JUST A YES OR NO, WHAT HASN'T BEEN DONE FOR TWENTY, NINETEEN AND TWENTY TWENTY, IT HAS NOT FOR NINE.
OK, OK, SO MAYOR GOMEZ, YOU ARE THE LEADER OF THIS COMMISSION.
AND THE ENTIRE TIME THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN IN THIS OFFICE, THIS CITY COMMISSION HAS FAILED TO MEET ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH A WRITTEN EVALUATION. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? WHAT ARE WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? I THOUGHT WE DISCUSSED YOU KNOW, WE'RE QUICK TO EVALUATE AND HIRE AND FIRE A CITY ATTORNEY, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO HOLD THE CITY MANAGER ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS ROLE AS CITY MANAGER.
COMMISSIONER GELIN, YOU HAVE A LOT OF COMMENTARY AND OPINION IN YOUR QUESTION, AND I'M NOT GOING TO ADDRESS YOUR I'M ADDRESSING THE CONTRACT I'M ADDRESSING.
BASICALLY, WHAT THIS COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD DO SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WAS TO HAVE AN EVALUATION FORM FILLED OUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO REHASH THIS CONVERSATION, HAVEN'T GONE ANYWHERE WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
THERE'S BEEN NO ACTION. GELIN, COMMISSIONER GELIN OFFERED ME THE COURTESY OF LETTING ME FINISH. SURE.
YOU. MAKE SURE YOUR STATEMENTS ARE FACTUAL.
COMMISSIONER MARLON YOUR OPINION OF FACT AND FICTION IS NOT RELEVANT, IS NOT RELEVANT HERE. I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER.
THIS COMMISSION HAS DISCUSSED IN A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS THE PROCESS, THE PAST PROCESS OF THE PAST COMMISSION HAS NOT BEEN TO SOME PEOPLE'S LIKING AS SUCH.
JUST BEFORE COVID, WHERE WE HAD OUR ONE MEETING IN THE OFFICE, I BELIEVE IT WAS DECEMBER TWENTY TWENTY, WE MADE A DECISION WHERE WE WILL REDO OUR EVALUATION PROCESS.
SO THAT EVALUATION PROCESS WAS HANDED OFF TO BE COMPILING FROM THE ITEMS I.
C.M.A AND A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS DETERMINE AN EVALUATION PROCESS THAT IS BEST FOR THIS COMMISSION. WHEN THAT COMES BACK TO US, WE CAN THEN PUT THIS COMMISSION ONTO A NEW EVALUATION PLAN, ONE THAT THIS COMMISSION DECIDES THAT IT IS WORKABLE WILL BEST.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT YET.
SO I WILL ASK CITY MANAGER, DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT EVALUATION REPORT PROCESS WILL BE AVAILABLE? SO, MADAM MAYOR, I KNOW THAT LAW THAT WAS WORKING, I THINK WITH ALL OF YOU, I THINK SHE MET WITH ALL OF YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF A PROCESS YOU BELIEVE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS ANY CONSENSUS COMING OUT OF THAT, BUT I DO KNOW THAT SHE WAS I THOUGHT TO GET BACK, PARTICULARLY WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WHO I BELIEVE HAD SOME IDEAS FOR REGARDING AN EVALUATION PROCESS.
WE HAVE COMPILED ANY NUMBER OF EVALUATION PROCESSES USED BY OTHER CITIES AND AND BY THE ACMA IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION TOOLS.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT LAW WAS GOING TO BE GETTING BACK WITH ALL OF YOU IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND TO COME UP WITH WHAT WOULD BE AN ACCEPTABLE PROCESS TO THE CITY COMMISSION IN THAT IN THE INTERIM.
AND AS AS I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE, THE LAST EVALUATION THAT WAS DONE WAS FOR TWENTY EIGHTEEN. SO IN THE INTERIM, I HAVE COMPLETED MY TWENTY, NINETEEN AND TWENTY TWENTY SELF EVALUATIONS AND I HAVE I'VE ACTUALLY TURNED THEM INTO YOUR OFFICE THIS AFTERNOON AND IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET CAUGHT UP ON THE EVALUATION SO THAT WE CAN BE CURRENT AND SO THAT WE
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CAN COME UP WITH AN APPROPRIATE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT SINCE THIS COMMISSION AND GOING FORWARD PUT THAT INTO EFFECT.SO CITY MANAGER, I'M GOING TO ASK THIS.
ARE WE INTENDING TO GO BACK TO WORKSHOPS? AND IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS WITH ME BECAUSE UTE'S ADDED ITEMS. WELL, IF WE'RE NOT DOING A WORKSHOP IN TWO WEEKS TO HAVE NO LATER THAN THE WORKSHOP IN FOR FOUR WEEKS, SO WE CAN FINALLY GET AN EVALUATION PROCESS LOCKED AND LOADED SO WE CAN PROCEED AND GET BACK ON TRACK.
THE CITY IS READY TO GET BACK ON TRACK.
BUT BEFORE WE GO WITH AN EVALUATION PROCESS, I HAVE A PROBLEM.
THERE'S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR THIS SUBORDINATE TO THE CITY MANAGER TO COME UP WITH A PROCESS. SO IN MY IN MY OPINION, WE SHOULD HIRE AN INDEPENDENT HRR AND COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO HELP THE CITY COMMISSION DETERMINE AN EVALUATION PROCESS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE KIMBERLY DILLON DEVELOP AN EVALUATION PROCESS FOR THE CITY CLERK.
YOU CAN'T HAVE LORENZO'S ASSISTANT DIRECTOR DEVELOP A PROCESS FOR THE DIRECTOR.
THAT'S A THAT'S AN INHERENT AND CLEAR CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THE CITY COMMISSION NEEDS TO HIRE AN INDEPENDENT HRR AND COMPENSATION CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT A STUDY CONDUCTOR, COMPARISON, SALARY AND BENEFITS AND BENCHMARK IN COMPARISON TO THE TERMINAL PROCESS.
BUT THE CITY MANAGER HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DOES NOT DESIRE TO BE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AT LEAST FOUR TIMES.
HE APPLIED FOR JOBS IN OTHER CITIES.
HE WAS A FINALIST AND WAS SELECTED BY THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AND HE ASKED FOR COMPENSATION THAT WOULD HAVE AMOUNTED TO 400000 DOLLARS A YEAR, WHICH AT THAT TIME THE MAYOR THOUGHT WAS OUTRAGEOUS.
SHE THOUGHT IT WAS OUTRAGEOUS FOR THAT AND OUTRAGEOUS TO HAVE AN AX VERSUS SOMEBODY ELSE'S PLACE. AND SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT CONDUCT AN EVALUATION AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION COMMISSIONER GUNN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COMMISSION HAD ORIGINALLY MADE A DETERMINATION THAT THIS WAS A PROCESS WE WERE GOING TO GO.
SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE IN MY REQUEST FOR US TO GO THAT ROUTE, THEN MAKE SURE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS EVALUATION IS BEING PUSHED BACK, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT OF THE CITY MANAGER, BUT IT'LL HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY COMMISSION.
THAT'S MY POINT. SHE MAY HAS BEEN COMMISSIONER 19 THAT THIS COMMISSION HAS FAILED IN ITS OBLIGATIONS TO.
COMMISSIONER GELIN, I'M GOING TO FINISH MY SENTENCE.
THE CITY MANAGER. THIS IS OUR CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION.
I THIS, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, HAS FAILED.
I'M GLAD YOU GOT YOUR SOUND BITE AND I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY.
OK, BACK TO BASICS, EVERYBODY.
THIS COMMISSION MADE A DECISION FOUR MONTHS AGO OR SO TO GO THE ROUTE AGAINST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, COMMISSIONER, GELIN.
SO COMMISSION IS THIS IS THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE AT A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN SEE WHAT WAS PROVIDED OR COMPILED BY THE LAST DIRECTIVE OF THIS COMMISSION NOT BEING REWRITTEN BY ONE COMMISSIONER AT THIS TIME.
AND IT'S AT THAT NEXT MEETING WHERE WE WORKSHOP IT.
WHAT WE FIND IS NOT SUITABLE FOR OUR NEEDS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S REALLY.
ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THERE BEING A SUBORDINATE OF AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY, BEING ABLE TO HANDLE GIVING US AN EVALUATION FORM.
WE'RE QUITE COMPETENT TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW IT.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME, IF WE FIND THAT THE PRODUCT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY MISS PARKERVISION SAY THAT WE HAD ASK FOR IS INSUFFICIENT, THEN WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DETERMINE IF WE SHOULD HAVE OUTSIDE PERSON COME IN AND SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOUR HAND HAS BEEN RAISED.
COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ARE YOU HEARING ME NOW, WE ARE OK.
I THINK THE MANAGER SAID SOMETHING ABOUT LAURA WAITING ON ME FOR FOR SOMETHING.
CAN YOU REPEAT WHAT YOU SAID? MANAGER COMMISSIONER BOLTON.
I SAID LAURA WAS TO GET BACK TO YOU.
NOT WAITING ON YOU, BUT TO GET BACK TO YOU.
OK, GET BACK TO ME FOR WHAT EXACTLY? I MEAN, YOU YOU DO NOT COMMISSIONER.
I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE BECAUSE I'VE REMAINED HANDS OFF WITH THIS SINCE LAURA WAS DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSION TO MOVE THIS FORWARD WITH WITH EACH OF YOU ALL.
I'M ALL I'VE ASKED IS WHETHER THERE WAS CONSENSUS AFTER THERE WAS DISCUSSION WITH EACH OF YOU AND MY I THINK THE FEEDBACK I GOT I THOUGHT THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM LAURA WAS THAT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPILING SOME INFORMATION AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING BACK TO YOU. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
IS IS LAURA AVAILABLE TONIGHT?
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LAURA, LAURA IS ON VACATION.I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT SHE WOULD BE ASKING, THAT SHE WOULD BE GETTING BACK TO ME FOR OR WITH. SO I DON'T THINK THAT IS FACTUAL.
SO IT'S LAURA CAN SEND ME AN EMAIL TOMORROW MORNING TO LET ME KNOW WHAT WHAT IT IS THAT SHE WANTS TO APPRECIATE AND APPRECIATE THAT.
LAURA, LAURA IS ON VACATION, I DON'T THINK WHEREVER AND WHENEVER.
THE CITY MANAGER, WILL WE BE HAVING WORKSHOPS AGAIN? WELL, THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE COMMISSION, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK THAT IT WAS THE COMMISSION'S DESIRE NOT TO HAVE WORKSHOPS THAT SEEMED AND IT SEEMS LIKE THAT CERTAINLY HAS EXTENDED THE LENGTH OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT I DO RESPECT THE COMMISSIONER PLACKO FOUR OR FIVE OF YOU WORK, I KNOW THAT IT'S DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY TO TO GET YOU IN FOR THE WORKSHOP, WHICH IS WHY WE'VE BEEN ASKING YOU TO GIVE UP A COUPLE MORE HOURS BEFORE THE COMMISSION MEETING RECENTLY TO TALK THROUGH ITEMS. SO, YEAH, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME WORKSHOPS.
IT'S A REALLY A SCHEDULING ISSUE.
AND WE'VE WE'VE TRIED TO FIND THE TIME THAT'S MOST CONVENIENT FOR THE FIVE OF YOU.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER. I REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD THE DISCUSSION AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT WAS REMOVING OUR WORKSHOP, I THINK THAT WORKSHOPS BECAME REMOVED DUE TO COVID AND THE TIME THAT WE WERE HAVING.
AND IT MADE IT A LITTLE HARDER TO DO WORKSHOPS.
PLUS WE WERE FINDING THAT MANY OF THE STUFF THAT WE WERE WORKSHOPPING ALL OF A SUDDEN BECAME PULLED ON CONSENT AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION SEPARATELY AT COMMISSIONER MEETINGS.
I WOULD LIKE THAT THIS COMMISSION, WHICH EVERYBODY WHO WHENEVER WE WERE ELECTED, WERE QUITE AWARE OF THE SCHEDULE.
IT WAS A SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH THAT THE NINE THIRTY IN THE MORNING WE HAD A WORKSHOP AND THE WEDNESDAY, THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAY, WE WOULD HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING. THOSE TIMES HAVE BEEN EDITED ACCORDINGLY AND WILL BE REREVIEWED IN DECEMBER.
I THINK THAT OUR COMMISSION OWES OUR CITY SOME TIME TO GET BACK TO THAT WORKSHOP PROCESS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO BRING.
WE ARE COMING OUT OF COVID NOW AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DEDICATE OUR TIME AND ENERGY TO TO HELP OUR CITY RUN PROPERLY AND SMOOTHLY, ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE GOING INTO OUR BUDGET SEASON STARTING IN JUNE.
SO IT IS MY REQUEST THAT WE START PUTTING BACK OUR OUR MONDESIRE, OUR WORKSHOPS IF IT CAN'T HAPPEN IN MAY BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED SINCE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD STILL BE VIRTUAL.
AND I WOULD LIKE THEM TO START AGAIN IN JUNE, PLEASE.
VICE MAYOR, OUR WORKSHOPS PUBLIC OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEY DO NOT SPEAK. IT IS TIME FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS THINGS IN THE SUNSHINE.
YES. SO I THINK THE REASON WHY WE MOVED THE SECOND MEETING OR THE FIRST MEETING TO 7:00 P.M. WAS TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO LISTEN IN.
AND I THINK MOVING IT TO THE MORNING TIME WILL PROBABLY PROHIBIT MANY, MANY PEOPLE FROM LISTENING IN. BUT THAT'S JUST ASSIGN A CITY MANAGER.
HOW MANY BOSSES DO YOU HAVE? THE. SORRY, I WAS JUST TAKING A NOTE.
WELL, I HAVE FIVE BOXES, I HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE CITY COMMISSION IS MY BOSS.
OK, SO SO COMMISSIONER GELIN REFERENCED MAYOR GOMEZ AS BEING THE LEADER, WHICH SHE IS.
AND I WOULD NOT TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH HIM, BUT I ALSO DON'T TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH MAYOR GOMEZ. BUT THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE FIVE BOSSES TO THE CITY MANAGER.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY OUT OF ALL OF US, NOT JUST ONE PERSON, NOT JUST ONE PERSON GIVEN THE DIRECTION, NOT JUST ONE PERSON MAKING DECISIONS.
I WAS TOLD THAT FROM THE BEGINNING I WAS SHUT DOWN BY MAYOR GOMEZ FOR THINKING THAT I CAN THINK AND JUST SAY THINGS.
I'VE COME TO REALIZE THAT THE MANAGER HAS FIVE BOSSES, SO IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. AND I WOULD NOT DISAGREE.
INSTEAD OF SPENDING MORE MONEY LOOKING OUTSIDE FOR A RESOURCE TO DO AN EVALUATION, LET US DO AN INTERNAL EVALUATION.
AND THEN IF THAT DOES NOT MEET OUR NEEDS LIKE MAYOR GOMEZ SUGGESTED, THEN YEAH, LET'S LET'S LET'S LET'S HIRE SOMEONE.
BUT THE HIRING PROCESS, TOO, SHOULD BE ON A CONSENSUS BASIS AND WE NEED TO BE MEETING UP
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PRIOR TO MEETINGS.I MEAN, I KNOW THIS IS LIKE THE FIFTH TIME WE TALK ABOUT THIS TONIGHT, BUT WE NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT AND, YOU KNOW.
IF I RUN TO OFFICERS, IF I HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO DO, MY PLATE IS PRETTY FULL.
BUT THIS WE SIGNED UP FOR THIS, WE RERAN IN ELECTIONS.
SO WHOEVER THINKS THAT AN ELECTION TO RUN, TO WIN IS EASY, THEY ARE MISTAKEN.
IT IS NOT EASY, IS NOT PRETTY.
IT'S VERY UGLY AND DISGUSTING, SO IF WE CAN AT LEAST WORK TOGETHER TO PUT THIS PROCESS TOGETHER FOR ANY CITY MANAGER, WE NEED TO DO THE WORKSHOPS REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER TIME IT IS WE KNOW IS TWICE A MONTH.
WHOEVER WANTS TO WORK A PART TIME CAN WORK PART TIME, BUT I KNOW I DON'T WORK A PART TIME. THAT'S MY AMMOS.
THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR COMMISSIONER BOLTON, MICHIGAN, DOUG.
MAYOR, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED WITH A VICE MAYOR, BUT A WAS HIS COMMENTS EARLIER, HE SAID THAT THE COMMISSION THE THE JOB IS A FULL TIME JOB.
EARLIER, HE SAID THAT THE JOB IS A FULL TIME JOB, AND NOW HE'S SAYING THAT THE JOB IS A PART TIME JOB.
IS THIS RELEVANT? PLEASE PROCEED. RIGHT.
SO HE SAID THAT THE JOB IS A FULL TIME JOB.
NOW HE'S SAYING IT IS A PART TIME JOB.
SO THERE WAS A TIME THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION ON WHETHER OUR JOB IS PART TIME OR FULL TIME. WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION, CITY FURNITURE, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT THE JOB DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CHANGED TO A FULL TIME POSITION.
DIRECTOR MENTIONED THAT OUR JOB IS A PART TIME JOB.
SO AT SOME POINT I'D LIKE TO GET CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
AND I WANT TO REMIND THE LOCALS THAT HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO RUN A CAMPAIGN BECAUSE IT'S AN IRRELEVANT ONE TO RUN RELEVANCE, RELEVANCE AND RELEVANCE.
LET'S KEEP IT TO THE TOPIC AT HAND.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONER BOLTON COMMISSIONER GUNN, YEAH, JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO THE VICE MAYOR.
I'M THE ONLY ONE ON THIS COMMISSION THAT ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS TO THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION. THE PRIOR CITY ATTORNEY FAILED TO EDUCATE THE CITY COMMISSION ON ITS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE THE CITY MANAGER WITH A WRITTEN SUMMARY FOR HIS PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.
I BROUGHT UP MY FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.
I BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE HAS NEVER DONE.
I CHALLENGE HIM ON PAPER, HE RESPONDED, AND I WENT TO HIS HOMEBOYS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS FEED THE HOMELESS WITH JAMIE COLE OF LYSSA WROTE A NAME FUNDERWHITE SEROTA AND I SHARE THE EMAIL WITH HIM. I SAID, HEY, LOOK.
HE SAID, LOOK, I THAT'S MY FRIEND.
I RESPECT THAT. WE DON'T COMPLETE EACH OTHER.
WE DON'T COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER WHEN WE DON'T HAVE TO.
BUT HE'S WRONG ON THIS AND HE KNOWS HE'S WRONG ON THE CITY MANAGER KNOWS HE'S WRONG ON THIS. I MEAN, YOU GOT NOTHING YOU TO ADD TO THIS TOPIC THEN.
NO ONE, IN YOUR COMMENTARY, YOUR OPINION HAS BY SAYING THAT I'M PUTTING IT ON YOU AS YOU GET PAID TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN WE DO.
SO YOU ARE THE LEADER AS THE MAYOR, YOU ARE THE LEADER AND YOU ARE AN ATTORNEY.
SO YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO READ THIS CONTRACT AND KNOW WHAT OUR OBLIGATIONS ARE.
AND YOU ACTUALLY SHOULD BE TELLING THE COMMISSIONER, HEY, I'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST.
IT'S OUR JOB TO DO THIS, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE IT.
YOU HAVE STATED IT ON THE TABLE AT VICE MAYOR.
HE DOESN'T REALIZE HE DOESN'T KNOW THAT I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT UP THE FIRST YEAR.
I BROUGHT UP AGAIN LAST YEAR AND THE PROSECUTOR SAID, YES, WE'RE WORKING ON IT, WE'RE GETTING IT, AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT.
AND IF I DIDN'T BRING IT UP TODAY, YOU WOULD NEVER BRING IT UP.
SO LET'S DO OUR JOB, WHICH WE'RE CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO.
NOW, YOU GIVE THE CITY MANAGER A THREE PERCENT BONUS EVERY YEAR.
HE HASN'T GOTTEN IT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I KNOW HE WANTS HIS THREE PERCENT COMMISSIONER GELIN.
YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ON THAT POINT.
DO NOT SPEAK FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THIS TOPIC YOU ARE COMPLETED ON.
WE'RE GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER, PLACKO.
THANK YOU. WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL UP TO THIS POINT.
WE WERE ROLLING ALONG HERE ABOUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY TO THEM TO BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.
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SO THAT'S WHY SHE'S FIGHTING ABOUT GELIN.IF WE NEED TO GO BACK TO WORKSHOPS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF THERE'S NOTHING PERTINENT FOR US TO DISCUSS AND THEN PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP FOR THE WORKSHOPS, THEN WE'RE WASTING STAFF TIME.
SO I HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM GOING BACK TO OUR WORKSHOPS.
WE SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES GOING ON CURRENTLY.
WE SHOULD BE DISCUSSING THEM, BUT EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SHOW UP.
AND I KNOW I HAVE SPOKEN TO LAURA AND I HAVE GIVEN HER MY THOUGHT ON THIS PROCESS, AND I DON'T SEE ANY REASON AT THIS POINT THAT WE NEED TO GO OUTSIDE IF WE'RE USING C.M.A OR WHATEVER OTHER DIRECTIVES.
THEN I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT FIRST BEFORE WE GO OUTSIDE IT.
AND I REMEMBER THE MEETING AT CITY FURNITURE AND THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PART TIME VERSUS FULL TIME, AND IT WAS DISCUSSED.
THIS IS NOT IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM A PART OF MY JOB.
AND I THOUGHT WE HAD CLEARED THAT UP.
BUT IT KEEPS, FOR WHATEVER REASON, COMING BACK.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR MR. CALHOUN TO PLEASE GET THAT CLEARED UP.
I KNOW TO SOME IT'S SEMANTICS, BUT I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED UP.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD WITH THE PROCESS.
AND THAT COULD BE AT A WORKSHOP OR IT COULD BE IN OUR BUDGET MEETING WHEN WE ARE DOING OUR BUDGET MEETING IN JUNE FOR MR. CALHOUN TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND FOR US TO FINALIZE THAT DISCUSSION BY SUMMER.
VILLALOBOS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO ADD ABOUT THIS? YES, A CITY ATTORNEY.
QUICK QUESTION. HOW DO HOW DO WE MAKE WORK? NOT AND.
HOW DO WE MAKE WORKSHOPS A REQUIREMENT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO SHOW UP TO TWO MEETINGS A MONTH.
RIGHT, ONE OF THE ITEMS IN OUR JOB DESCRIPTION, SO HOW DO WE GET TO GET INTO A WORKSHOP SO THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION? OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMISSION, AS A BODY MAJORITY COMMISSIONER, CAN AGREE TO HOLD AS A POLICY A WORKSHOP, ONE WORKSHOP PER MONTH, ONE.
HOW MANY WORKSHOPS DO YOU WANT? SO THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION CAN MAKE IT MAKE IT A LAW.
YOU CAN PUT IN YOUR CODE AND YOU HAVE A WORKSHOP PER MONTH.
SO IT IS WITHIN YOUR DISCRETION.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WORKSHOP, YOU CAN YOU CAN EITHER DO IT THROUGH POLICY INITIATIVES, VIA A RESOLUTION, OR YOU CAN ADOPT CODE PROVISION.
BUT I WOULD SUGGEST A RESOLUTION MIGHT BE THE BEST METHOD THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH A DATE IN A TIME CERTAIN ALSO.
DISCRETION MAY ACCEPT THE COMMISSION RIGHT NOW IF WE CAN PUT THAT INTO A RESOLUTION.
I'M GOING TO ASK IF YOU WOULD HOLD THAT AND WE COULD PUT THIS AS A TOPIC BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW CITY ATTORNEY COMING FORWARD.
I'M PRETTY SURE WE HAVE SOMETHING ALREADY WRITTEN REGARDING THIS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN FOR 10 YEARS PRIOR, HAVE MEETINGS ON WORKSHOPS ON MONDAY WITHOUT HAVING SOMETHING ALREADY ON OUR BOOKS.
SO CAN WE TO FURTHER COMMENT AND TO PUT IT INTO ANOTHER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE WAY I'M GOING TO SUMMARIZE WHAT I THINK WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW AND I WILL.
IN ORDER TO HELP, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEMS WITH CONSENSUS HERE, WE WANT TO DISCUSS WORKSHOPS AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR FIGURING OUT WHAT OUR TIME FRAME WE'RE GOING TO BE AND WE WILL FIND OUT IF WE ALREADY HAVE THAT SET INTO OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS.
THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WHEN IT'S CUT BEFORE SHE GETS BACK NEXT WEEK, THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE DISCUSSING WHERE SHE STANDS WITH THE EVALUATION PROCESS, WHICH THIS COMMISSION AS A PUBLIC BODY IS TO BE GOING FORWARD VERSUS US INDIVIDUALLY TO BE DOING.
AND THEN WE WILL SET A TIME FRAME FOR US TO WORKSHOP THAT PARTICULAR MATTER SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHICH FORM WILL BE THE BEST FOR US.
AND THEN WE WILL FINALLY MOVE ON TO THE REVIEW PROCESS.
IF WE HAVE TROUBLE AT THAT TIME, WE WILL THEN GO FORWARD, IF NEED BE, FOR OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE, SEEING THAT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS NINE THIRTY TO CONGRATULATIONS, THIS IS OUR EARLIEST MEETING ONLINE EVER.
GOOD JOB. SEE YOU IN PERSON ON AT 7:00 P.M.
ON WEDNESDAY, MAY TWENTY SIXTH.
HAVE A GOOD EVENING. GOOD NIGHT.
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