Feb 09, 2022 Regular

. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT.

MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW GO TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

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MS. GUNN? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR GOMEZ AND COMMISSIONERS.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE THE ITEM RECOGNIZING OUR LOCAL LEADERS FOR THEIR DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AND UNIQUE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

NOW WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROCLAMATIONS.

EXCELLENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE STILL OBSERVING, AS MANY CAN TELL, COVID PROTOCOLS. SO WHILE WE'D LIKE TO ALL BE TOGETHER, WE WILL BE DOING EACH PERSON ON THE COMMISSION WITH THEIR AWARDING, DOWN IN THE WELL AND TAKING PHOTOS INDIVIDUALLY.

AND THEN SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

PLEASE READ HIS PROCLAMATION IN THE WELL AND PRESENT TO THE HONOREE AND HAVE YOUR PICTURES TAKEN.

GOOD EVENING. WHEREAS THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS DOCUMENTED AND DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN EDUCATION, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, ATHLETICS AND ENGINEERING AND BENEFITS ALL RACES AND WHEREAS MS. PATRICIA D.

PARKIN'S IS A PROUD RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND HAS DEVOTED HER TIME AND SERVICES OVER THE YEARS TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS AND IS A MENTOR AS A CANCER SURVIVOR. AND WHEREAS MS. PARKINS WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KINGSTON IN JAMAICA, SHE EARNED A DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, A BACHELOR'S IN ACCOUNTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES AND A BACHELOR'S IN ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.

AND WHEREAS MS. PARKINS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDES DEVELOPMENT AS AN INSURANCE CLAIMS PROCESSOR, SPORTS AND EVENTS ADMINISTRATOR, CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGER, HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING AND LEGAL SERVICES.

AND WHEREAS OVER THE YEARS, MS. PARKIN'S VOLUNTEERED HER TIME TO MANCHESTER SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION FLORIDA TO THE NETBALL AMERICAN CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE, AND WAS THE TEAM MANAGER FOR THE NATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS TEAM FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TRACK AND FIELD EVENTS.

AND WHEREAS MS. PARKINS IS THE FOUNDER, EDITOR AND WRITER OF THE MONTHLY MANCHESTER SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER AND THE FOUNDING WRITER AND EDITOR FOR NETBALL AMERICA AMERICA'S NEWSLETTERS. AND WHEREAS MS. PARKINS USED HER TRAINING EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO ASSIST THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING AS A FORMER SECRETARY AND TREASURER FOR THE TAMARAC SAWGRASS DEMOCRATIC CLUB AND A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE TAMARAC SISTER CITIES COMMITTEE AND TAMARAC CHARTER BOARD COMMITTEE.

AND WHEREAS MS. PARKINS RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR HER VULNERABLE FOR HER VALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS AS A VOLUNTEER AND PIONEER OVER THE YEARS FROM VARIOUS

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ORGANIZATIONS. NOW, THEREFORE, I.

MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MS. PATRICIA D. PARKINS EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN DAY TRAILBLAZER.

WE'LL INVITE MS. PARKINS TO SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE TAKE A PHOTO.

THIS IS THE ONE TIME I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW ME, BELIEVE ME, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONERS, MARLON, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY RECOGNIZING ME IN THIS WAY. I DO WORK FROM MY HEART.

MY SON IS HERE, HE'LL TELL YOU EVERY DAY I GET UP.

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHO IS THE NEXT PERSON THAT NEEDS HELP FOOD, CLOTHES, DRIVING, WHATEVER CANCER INFORMATION.

BUT I DO IT FROM MY HEART.

I DON'T WANT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

I DON'T WANT ANY PAY.

OK. SO I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU NOMINATING ME, SIR, AND I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY AWARDING ME FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US.

OUR NEXT. PRESENTER IS VICE MAYOR GELIN.

MY EYES ARE NOT GREAT, SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO READ THIS SMALL FONT.

I AM HONORING CHUCK MORTON.

SO WHEREAS THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS DOCUMENTED AND DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN EDUCATION, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, ATHLETICS AND ENGINEERING AND BENEFITS ALL RACES MR. CHARLES "CHUCK" MORTON, JR.

HAVING MADE HISTORY IN 1976 BY BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROSECUTOR IN BROWARD COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY BECOMING THE HIGHEST RANKING AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROSECUTOR IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND HIS THIRTY SEVEN YEARS AS A PROSECUTOR IN FLORIDA.

SECOND MOST POPULOUS COUNTY, MR. BOLTON, HANDLE OVER 400 JURY TRIALS AND OVER 40 FIRST DEGREE MURDER CASES, INCLUDING MANY OF THE CIRCUIT'S HIGHEST PROFILE HOMICIDE CASES.

FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED MR. MORTON TO CHAIR HIS TASK FORCE ON CAPITAL CASES, AND THE SUPREME COURT NAMED MR. MORTON TO ITS RACIAL AND ETHNIC BIAS STUDY COMMISSION.

IN TWENTY SIXTEEN, THE FLORIDA BAR PRESIDENT APPOINTED MR. MORTON TO SERVE IN THE LEGAL EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS VISION 2016 COMMISSION OF THE FLORIDA BAR, WHICH CONDUCTED A THREE YEAR STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW THE BAR NEEDS TO ADAPT AND ADVANCE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE MODERN MARKETPLACE.

AND MR. MORTON ALSO SERVES ON THE FLORIDA BAR'S CODE OF RULES AND EVIDENCE COMMITTEE AND THE CRIMINAL LAW SECTION OF THE FLORIDA BAR.

HONORED MR. MORTON WITH ITS HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN 2014.

THE SELIG L.

GOLDEN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL BLACK PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION, HONORED MR. MORTON'S CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS BY NAMING ITS SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER IN HIS NAMESAKE.

WHEREAS MR. MORTON IS A LONGSTANDING ADJUNCT PROFESSOR IN LAW ADVOCACY AT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER, WHERE HE WAS HONORED AS HIS FIRST ADJUNCT PROFESSOR OF THE YEAR IN LAWYERING SKILLS COURSES.

AND WHEREAS IN 2010, MR. MORTON RECEIVED THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AND LEGAL EDUCATION FROM THE FLORIDA PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S ASSOCIATION, AND IN 2000 MR. MORTON WAS NAMED PROSECUTOR OF THE YEAR BY THE BROWARD COUNTY CRIME COMMISSION.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, VICE MAYOR MIKE GELIN OF CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MR. CHARLES B. "CHUCK" MORTON, JR.

EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN DAY CHARLES TRAILBLAZER.

BEFORE YOU COME UP, BEFORE YOU COME UP.

I DO HAVE A VIDEO PRESENTATION IF YOU WILL PLAY THE VIDEO.

MY NAME IS HAROLD PRYOR, THE BROWARD COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY.

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I KNOW CHUCK MORTON YEARS, FOUR YEARS SINCE I WAS A LAW STUDENT AT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY. I CAME TO BROWARD COUNTY, REALLY NO FAMILY ROOTS, NO CONNECTION HERE, JUST LAW SCHOOL. AND ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT IS CHUCK MORTON, THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND, AS I ALWAYS SAY.

WELL, MY NAME IS VERONICA WALKER.

I'M AN ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I MET CHUCK MORTON A FEW YEARS BACK AT A NETWORKING EVENT.

I HAD JUST GRADUATED LAW SCHOOL AND WE WERE DISCUSSING WORKING FOR THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN BROWARD. AND HE HAD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY.

I'VE KNOWN CHUCK SINCE 1976.

I'VE KNOWN HIM TO BE A TERRIFIC LAWYER.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, A TERRIFIC PERSON.

HE'S EXTREMELY GIVING.

HE WOULD STOP WHATEVER HE WAS DOING TO HELP SOMEBODY HE MENTORED.

SO MANY LAWYERS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR OFFICE WAS ALWAYS VERY PROFESSIONAL.

HE ALWAYS WOULD, NO MATTER WHAT.

HE WOULD STILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY, YOU WANT TO JUST GO TO BATTLE, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT HE WAS.

OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM, WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS THAT CHUCK IS AS IMPRESSIVE OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM, AS A CITIZEN, AS A PERSON, A FATHER, A HUSBAND, AS HE IS IN THE COURTROOM.

CHUCK AND I HAPPENED TO GROW UP IN MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE WE BOTH STILL ATTEND. EVERYBODY HERE KNOWS CHUCK MORTON.

EVERY ATTORNEY THAT YOU CAN INTERACT WITH IN BROWARD COUNTY KNOWS CHUCK MORTON.

AND THEY WILL TELL YOU WHEN YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU NEED TO GO AND MAKE CONTACT WITH CHUCK MURRAY. HE WAS SOMEONE I ALWAYS LOOKED UP TO.

HE WAS THE REASON WHY I BECAME A PROSECUTOR.

HE'S THE REASON WHY I EVEN CONSIDERED GOING THE PROSECUTION ROUTE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. HE'S MEANT SO MUCH TO ME, NOT ONLY JUST BLACK ATTORNEYS, BUT ALL ATTORNEYS WHO WANT TO BE PROSECUTORS BECAUSE HE WAS AN EXEMPLARY PROSECUTOR.

HE WAS THE MODEL. CHUCK HAS BEEN A MAN THAT HAS GIVEN UP HIMSELF.

HE LOVES TEACHING.

HE LOVES DEBATE.

I GUESS THAT'S A PART OF THE ADVOCACY AND THE LAWYERS IN HIM.

HE LOVES ATTACKING ISSUES AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING BY THE RULES.

HE HAS ENHANCED SO MANY LIVES.

AND I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO THAT WITHOUT HAVING WONDERFUL CHARACTER.

HE SETS AN EXAMPLE FOR EVERYBODY.

HE'S A TRUE PROFESSIONAL.

THERE'S A SAYING THAT WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.

BUT I WOULD SAY ABOUT MR. MORTON, AND HE WAS SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNELT DOWN, GRABBED MY HAND AND HELPED ME STEP UP ON HIS SHOULDERS.

AND SO FOR THAT, I THANK HIM.

I THANK HIM FOR BEING A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL FOR ME, FOR COMING BEFORE ME IN THIS OFFICE AND ALSO WALKING BESIDE ME, AS I CAME IN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON BEING HONORED.

YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE IT.

I REALLY MISS WORKING WITH YOU.

HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON. THANK YOU FOR BEING A LISTENING EAR, FOR BEING MY MENTOR AND BEING MY CONFIDANT AND SOMEONE THAT I CAN TURN TO WHENEVER A TOUGH DECISION LOOMS. THANK YOU. YOU EARNED THIS.

SO, CHUCK, I JUST WANT TO SAY, I LOVE YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE OF YOU I CAN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PAVING THE WAY.

THANK YOU, MR. MORTON, FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR GOING BEFORE US, FOR BEING THE MAN THAT YOU ARE, A MAN SO GIVING OF YOUR TIME.

A MAN GIVING OF HIS TIME TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND GENEROSITY FOR TRAINING AND TEACHING US HOW TO BE BETTER PROSECUTORS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JUST BEING THAT ROLE MODEL THAT WE CAN TURN TO THAT HELPING HAND JUST THAT, THAT EAR TO LISTEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GO GATORS.

I CERTAINLY THINK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR GIVING ME THIS HONOR, AS WELL AS MAYOR AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR THIS HONOR.

AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU ARE NOT HERE FOR ME, BUT IT MUST BE SOME IMPORTANT ISSUE, SOME IMPORTANT ISSUE. RIGHT.

BUT AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE BEING ON IT ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER HONOREES THAT CERTAINLY ARE WELL DESERVED.

I GREW UP HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I WAS BORN HERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, A NATIVE, AND I CAN REMEMBER WHEN STATE ROAD 7 WAS THE WEST BOUNDARY FOR BROWARD COUNTY, NONE OF THIS WAS HERE.

I WOULD GO TO SCHOOL AND DRIVE DOWN STATE ROAD 7 AND THAT WAS IT.

AND I CAME UP DURING THE TIME, EVEN HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING THAT YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY OF YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, DURING THE DAYS OF THE 60S, WE HAD JIM CROW

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AND I COULD NOT GO INTO A GROCERY STORE.

MY MOTHER WOULD LET ME DRINK FROM A COLORED WATER FOUNTAIN.

THE BEACHES WERE SEGREGATED.

YOU COULD NOT GO TO IT. I WOULD HAVE TO CATCH A FERRY FROM PORT EVERGLADES TO A BEACH IN DANIA.

RESTAURANTS WOULDN'T ALLOW ME OR MY DAD TO SIT DOWN.

WE HAD TO ORDER AND IT WAS AN ORDER AND MOVE OUT.

BUT AND THEN AFTER ALL OF THAT, I STILL WANTED TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION.

I WAS NOT ABOUT BITTERNESS, BUT ABOUT BETTERMENT, MAKING LIFE BETTER FOR ALL.

AND SO I CHOSE THAT CAREER AS A PROSECUTOR INSTEAD OF EDUCATION, MY PARENTS WERE EDUCATORS, BUT I CHOSE THAT INSTEAD AND BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROSECUTOR HERE, ENJOYED MY CAREER AS A TRIAL ATTORNEY, IMPACTED ALL OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING MANY, YOU KNOW, THINGS IN CRIMES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE THAT EVEN HAPPENED HERE.

SO I THANK YOU ALL AND BY THE WAY, IF YOU EVEN WANT TO MORE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF BROWARD COUNTY, I SERVE, I DO, I'M AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR AT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN LAW SCHOOL, BUT I SERVE ALSO ON THE SCHOOL'S LIBRARY, THE ALVIN SHERMAN LIBRARY, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND ALSO PRIVATE ENTERPRISE NOVA UNIVERSITY THEY'RE SPONSORING, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO EVENTS THAT YOU MAY WANT TO GO TO YOU HEAR ABOUT.

JUST NEXT TUESDAY, ON FEBRUARY 15TH, A LYNCHING THAT TOOK PLACE RIGHT HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY AT THE CORNER OF DAVIE BOULEVARD AND 31ST AVENUE IN 1935.

BEFORE I ARRIVED IN 1951, IT MADE NATIONAL NEWS.

YOU HEAR ABOUT THE 1961 SIT INS OR WAIT-INS, I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY BY EULA JOHNSON, WHICH I WAS 10 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME WHERE WE MARCHED OVER, COLLEGE STUDENTS, THEY MARCHED OVER TO THE BEACH JUST TO INTEGRATE THE BEACH AND MADE NATIONAL HISTORY ON THAT.

AND SO WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THAT'S MADE.

WE ARE FOR THE BETTER.

WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER. YOU'VE GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO.

THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. I APPRECIATE IT.

CONGRATULATIONS FROM ALL OF US NOW GOING TO OUR NEXT PRESENTER.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WHO'S ALREADY IN THE WELL.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, AND GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL.

AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE BLACK HISTORY MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE DONE SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUE TO DO SO.

BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO HONOR A ANEATRA KING.

WHEREAS THE HISTORY OF HERITAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS DOCUMENTED AND DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN EDUCATION, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ARTS, MUSIC, DANCE, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, ATHLETIC AND ENGINEERING BENEFITS ALL RACES.

AND WHEREAS MS. ANEATRA SHANTE KING IS A PROUD RESIDENT OF TAMARAC AND HAS DEVOTED THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS TO SERVING THE YOUTH OF FAMILIES OF BROWARD COUNTY IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES.

AND WHEREAS DURING HER TENURE WITH BROWARD COUNTY LIBRARIES, MS. KING DEVELOPED AND IMPLEMENTED HIGH QUALITY SYSTEM WIDE PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES THAT INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LITERACY AND CREATED LIFELONG LEARNERS.

AND WHEREAS MS. KING SECURED GRANT FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF AGENCIES AND FOUNDATIONS TO ENHANCE SERVICES TO THE UNDERSERVED AND DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AND WHILE SERVING AS REGIONAL YOUTH SERVICE SUPERVISOR AT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY AND CULTURAL CENTER, MRS. KING ENSURED THAT BOOKS WERE SELECTED WHERE CHILDREN COULD SEE A REFLECTION OF THEMSELVES. SHE ALSO IMPLEMENTED VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE AND EXPERIENCE.

AND WHEREAS MRS. KING HAS LED PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN NEED, WHICH INCLUDE THANKSGIVING MEALS TO FAMILIES, GIFTS FOR HOMELESS STUDENTS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, GIVEAWAYS.

AND WHEREAS MRS. KING AND HER SPOUSE STARTED A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, THE KINGS LEAGUE IN 2020, WHICH PROVIDES RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITY TO YOUTH THAT INCREASES LITERACY, SOCIAL AND LIFE

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READINESS SKILLS.

AND WHEREAS MRS. KING DEVOTIONS TO ENSURING THAT ALL CHILDREN RECEIVE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE IN WHAT ENCOURAGED HER TO START THE KING'S LAKE ORGANIZATION.

AND WHEREAS MRS. KING IS A MEMBER OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC KIWANIS CLUB, WHERE SHE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT FROM TWENTY TWENTY TO TWENTY TWENTY ONE 2020-2021 AND TREASURER FROM 2021 TO 2022.

AND WHEREAS, IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH HER FELLOW KIWANIANS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS, MRS. KING RECENTLY SECURED FUNDING FROM THE FLORIDA KIWANIS FOUNDATION AND THE PARKS RECREATION FOUNDATION FOR THE STORY TRAIL AT WATER PARKS EDGE.

AND NOW. I, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT MRS. ANEATRA SHANTE KING EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN DAY TRAILBLAZER.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH MS. ANEATRA, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HER SPOUSE AND HER FAMILY COME OVER.

. EXCELLENT AND FROM ALL OF US AS WELL.

CONGRATULATIONS. NOW WE GO TO COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYONE.

I AM VERY PROUD TONIGHT TO BE HONORING DR.

BROWN. I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DR.

BROWN. DR.

SHERINE BROWN IS AN INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND HAS 11 YEARS OF DIVERSE EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN INTERNAL MEDICINE.

DR. BROWN IS AFFILIATED WITH VARIOUS HOSPITALS, INCLUDING HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL, FORMERLY KNOWN AS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE SHE SERVES ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

IN HER CURRENT ROLE AS ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR, DR.

BROWN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERSEEING THE DAILY OPERATIONS IN THE INPATIENT HOSPITALIST PROGRAM AND LIAISON WITH THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM OF THE HOSPITAL TO FACILITATE THE SAFE DISPOSITION OF THE PATIENTS.

DR. BROWN IS A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FLORIDA OSTEOPATHIC MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC INTERNIST AND THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC ASSOCIATION, AOA.

DR. BROWN'S RESEARCH EXPERIENCE INCLUDES SERVING AS A NIH, NATIONAL HEART, LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE RESEARCH FELLOW, AND WHEREAS DR.

BROWN'S COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT INCLUDES PARTICIPATING IN THE SPARKS MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM FOR YOUNG WOMEN, SERVING AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE OPEN BIBLE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF NORTH MIAMI'S YOUTH MINISTRY AND SERVING AS THE YOUTH DIRECTOR OF THE OPEN BIBLE COMMUNITY

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CHURCH OF NORTH MIAMI.

THEREFORE, MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, OUR MAYOR, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THAT DR.

SHERIN J.

E. BROWN EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN DAY TRAILBLAZER.

GOOD EVENING, DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO, THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR, CITY MANAGERS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.

GOOD EVENING. THIS IS INDEED A GREAT HONOR.

I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CORE, MY HUSBAND, MY FAMILY, MY SISTER, MY COLLEAGUES, MY NURSE PRACTITIONERS THAT I WORK WITH.

THEY ARE THE CORE OF WHAT I DO.

MY WOODMONT FAMILY CEO AND COO AND OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF HERE.

I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUTTING YOUR ENTIRE HOSPITAL AND PATIENTS IN MY TRUST.

THIS IS NOT A JOB THAT I TAKE LIGHTLY.

BEING AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BEING FEMALE AND A DOCTOR, I AM AMONG THE TWO PERCENT WITHIN THIS DISTINGUISHED ROLE.

SO INDEED, GRATEFUL AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.

EVERYBODY ON YOUR TEAM.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

AND I GUESS AT THIS POINT, IT LEAVES ME, SO EXCUSE ME, I'M COMING DOWN.

VICE MAYOR IS CORRECT, THE WRITING ON THIS IS A LITTLE SMALL, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH GREAT PEOPLE TO HONOR TODAY AND WE HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THEM.

SO TO ALL THE OTHER HONOREES, YOU ARE WONDERFUL AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND TO EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE.

THE FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS.

I SEE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND KNOW THAT EACH ONE OF YOU ARE GREAT AND YOU CONTRIBUTE.

WE ALL CONTRIBUTE A LOT TO MOVING THIS WORLD FORWARD POSITIVELY.

SO IT IS GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO HONOR THIS RECIPIENT.

AND WHEREAS THE HISTORY AND HERITAGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IS DOCUMENTED AND DEEPLY EMBEDDED IN EDUCATION, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC, DANCE, ARCHITECTURE, DRAMA, ATHLETICS AND ENGINEERING AND BENEFITS ALL RACES.

AND AS DR. FRANCINE BAUGH STEWART BEGAN HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER IN EDUCATION IN 1988 AS A LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHER AT BOYD ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL.

AND WHEREAS DR. BAUGH STEWART TRANSITIONED INTO ADMINISTRATION AS A CURRICULUM ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT NORTH LAUDERDALE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1994, WHERE SHE SUCCESSFULLY CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED A SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO INCREASE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, BRINGING A DOUBLE F SCHOOL IN DANGER OF CLOSING INTO A C GRADE SCHOOL AND WAS DR.

BAUGH STEWART CONTINUED HER SERVICE TO OUR STUDENTS BY HELPING IMPROVE DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADE AS THEIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND THEN SERVED AS INTERN PRINCIPAL AT BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE SHE ASSISTED IN IMPROVING THE SCHOOL TO A LETTER GRADE A.

AND WHEREAS DR. BAUGH STEWART COMPOSED A LITERACY PLAN THAT RESULTED IN STUDENTS DEMONSTRATING IMPROVED IN READING IMPROVEMENT IN READING AND WRITING DURING HER TIME AT THE DEERFIELD BEACH HIGH SCHOOL AND BLANCHE ELY HIGH SCHOOL, AND WAS DR.

BAUGH STEWART STRATEGICALLY SCHEDULED STUDENTS IN COURSES THAT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BLACK STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES AND GRADUATING ON TIME AND

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WAS. DR. BAUGH STEWART EARNED RETURNED TO DEERFIELD BEACH AS A PRINCIPAL AT DEERFIELD BEACH MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RECEIVED THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH HOMETOWN HERO AWARD FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEREAS DR. BAUGH STEWART BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF MILLENNIUM 6-12 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IN 2018 AND IS MOST PROUD OF EVERY STUDENT IN THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF 2021 FOR GRADUATING WITH HONORS AND AN ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE, THEREBY SECURING A SCHOOL GRANT TO BE THE VERIZON INNOVATIVE SCHOOL AND WAS DR.

BAUGH STEWART'S SUPPORT WAS INTEGRAL INTO THE SUCCESS OF THIS NEWLY EXPANDED SCHOOL, FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL TO A COLLEGIATE ACADEMY IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC IN THE FALL OF 2017, LEADING THE SCHOOL'S RECOGNITION AS A 2020-2021 POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION AND SUPPORT MODEL SCHOOL.

AND WHEREAS DR. BAUGH STEWART IS A WONDERFUL ROLE MODEL, SHE LEADS BY EXAMPLE, SHOWING STUDENTS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LEARNING AND TRYING TO IMPROVE OURSELVES IN THE LIVES OF OTHERS. WE CONGRATULATE HER FOR EARNING HER DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY AND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN 2021.

AND WHEREAS DR. BAUGH STEWART'S RESEARCH INTERESTS ADDRESSES THE FACTORS THAT IMPEDE BLACK STUDENTS FROM LOW INCOME SOCIOECONOMIC HOUSEHOLD FROM ATTAINING QUALITY EDUCATION, AND SHE CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE AND ENGAGE IN ALL ACTIVITIES THAT WILL CHANGE LOCAL AND NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL POLICIES TO ENSURE EQUALITY FOR BLACK CHILDREN.

AND NOW, THEREFORE, I.

MICHELLE J. GOMEZ, VERY PROUD MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM DR.

FRANCINE BAUGH STEWART EMBODIES THE SPIRIT OF A MODERN DAY TRAILBLAZER, AND IT IS MY GREAT HONOR TO GIVE THIS YEAR.

I HAD TO WRITE SOMETHING NOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THIS CAPACITY AND I GIVE HIM ALL THE GLORY. THANK YOU TO THE DEDICATED AND CONSCIENTIOUS LEADER.

MAYOR GOMEZ FOR HONORING THE OUTSTANDING AND DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE POSITIVELY IMPACTED THE BLACK COMMUNITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE BLACK HISTORY HONOREES.

THANK YOU TO ALL THE TAMARAC COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR AMAZING WORK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC. TO SAY THAT I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

I LOVE BEING AN EDUCATOR.

I LOVE CHILDREN. MY DESIRE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF ALL STUDENTS AND ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE A HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION.

THIS GOAL CAN ONLY BE ACHIEVED WITH A GREAT TEAM.

I'M GRATEFUL TO WORK WITH SUCH A TALENTED, DEDICATED, HARDWORKING ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM, FACULTY AND STAFF AT MILLENNIUM 6-12 COLLEGIATE ACADEMY.

I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS SCHOOL.

I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PARENTS AND STUDENTS BECAUSE THEY GIVE SO MUCH TO OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY THROUGH FUNDRAISERS AND PROJECTS.

THANK YOU PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND TO MY FAMILY.

WE ARE IMMIGRANTS WHO CAME TO THIS COUNTRY FROM JAMAICA.

MY SIBLINGS AND I ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE THE MOST SUPPORTIVE AND LOVING PARENTS, ALAN AND CYNTHIA BAUGH. I LOVE YOU.

YOU CAME TO THIS COUNTRY.

YOU GAVE US ALL AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE UNITED STATES, AND YOU INSTILLED IN US THE IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE.

SO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NEPHEWS AND NIECES, YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME, ALTHOUGH MY CHILDREN ARE NOT HERE TONIGHT, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I'VE FOUR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN WHO INSPIRED ME TO WORK HARD TO CREATE A BETTER WORLD FOR ALL CHILDREN.

AND SO MY HUSBAND, JEREMIAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ALWAYS CHEERING ME ON.

. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL OF OUR HONOREES AND THEIR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE LEAVING US NOW, GET HOME SAFELY, STAY WARM. I KNOW A LITTLE STRANGE IN FLORIDA, BUT STAY WARM AND WE WILL NOW BE MOVING TO THE REST OF OUR AGENDA.

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CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON TAMARAC INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO END HOMELESSNESS, PLEASE? YES, MAYOR. BEFORE I DO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT OUR 2022 BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26TH FROM ONE TO THREE AT CAPORELLA PARK.

5200 PROSPECT ROAD.

THIS EXCITING EVENT WILL FEATURE ART DISPLAYS, FOOD VENDORS, LIVE JAZZ MUSIC BY E.J.

AND COMPANY POETRY BY REBECCA BUTTERFLY VAUGHN AND A PERFORMANCE BY THE DELOU AFRICAN DANCE ENSEMBLE.

THERE'S LIMITED ONSITE PARKING, SO WE ASK THAT ATTENDEES PLEASE PARK AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AT 2699 WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND USE THE SHUTTLE BUS WE'LL HAVE AVAILABLE AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.

NOW, FOR THE UPDATE ON THE INTERAGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS TASK FORCE AND IN KEEPING WITH YOUR DIRECTIVE. STAFF HAS SELECTED FIVE INDIVIDUALS TO SERVE ON THE TAMARAC INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE TO END HOMELESSNESS FROM A POOL OF 10 APPLICANTS.

ON JANUARY 18TH, MY OFFICE PROVIDED YOU ALL WITH A MEMORANDUM UPDATING YOU ON THE SELECTION PROCESS AND THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE SELECTED BY STAFF BASED ON THEIR BACKGROUND AND SPECIALTY.

MR. TOM ALBANO REPRESENTS THE EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL MS. ALICIA BROWN REPRESENTS THE FAITH BASED ADVOCATE.

MS. CHRISTINA CRESPO REPRESENTS THE JOB COACHING AND SKILLS PROFESSIONAL.

MR. STEPHAN FRAZIER REPRESENTS THE LIFE SKILLS AND POSITIVE OUTLOOK ADVOCATE, AND DR.

TYESHA NELSON REPRESENTS THE MENTAL HEALTH SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROFESSIONAL.

IN ADDITION, THESE SELECTED INDIVIDUALS WILL SERVE ALONGSIDE CITY STAFF SERGEANT EDWARD RATHALFOWICZ FLUIDS FROM BSO DEPUTY JENNIFER MARION, BSO, ROSE CURE, PARKS AND RECREATION AND CAROLYN FRANCES ROYER FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

IN ORDER TO FORGE EFFECTIVE DIALOG WITH CURRENT PROFESSIONALS, STAFF IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT CARL FALCONER, CEO OF THE TASK FORCE ENDING FOR ENDING HOMELESSNESS, HAS AGREED TO SERVE AS A COMMITTEE MEMBER AS WELL.

NOTIFICATIONS OF SELECTION WILL BE SENT TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS BY TOMORROW, FEBRUARY 10TH, WITH ORIENTATION EXPECTED TO OCCUR BY FEB.

28TH. MEETINGS WILL CONTINUE AND WILL BE HELD QUARTERLY AS NEEDED.

SO THAT IS THE UPDATE ON THE INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE TO END HOMELESSNESS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO TOGETHER TO HOPEFULLY MAKE AN IMPACT WITH HOMELESSNESS HERE IN THE CITY.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT.

ITEM C? YES.

SO I'VE HAD REQUESTS TO RESTORE ACCESS FOR COMMISSIONERS TO BE ABLE TO POST DIRECTLY TO THE CITY'S NEXT DOOR ACCOUNT AND THAT EACH COMMISSIONER WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO POST CITYWIDE TO EVERY DISTRICT.

I WANTED TO RECEIVE EXPRESS DIRECTION FROM THE BODY THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WANT INSTITUTED. SO IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WISH FOR ME TO PROCEED WITH? COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS. I WOULD BE MORE FAVORABLE THAT WE WOULD EACH INDIVIDUALLY BE ABLE TO JUST POST TO OUR DISTRICT WITH THE MAYOR BEING ABLE TO POST AT LARGE.

SEEING THAT THERE'S NO OTHER SUPPORT FOR EVERYBODY BEING BACK ON NEXT DOOR.

THERE'S NO CONSENSUS. I THINK THAT WE HAVE OUR ANSWER ON THIS, THAT THE CITY WILL RUN THE NEXT DOOR ACCOUNT ONLY.

DULY NOTED, AND WE'LL PROCEED ACCORDINGLY.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

NOW WE WILL GO ON TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND THIS IS WHERE WE TURN THE MIC OVER TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO READ THE RULES OF THE ROAD, PLEASE.

[3. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, AS I NORMALLY DO, I WILL NOW READ THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT GOVERN THE CONDUCT OF THE MEETING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2-29 AND 2-34 OF THE CITY

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CODE. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK AT CITY COMMISSION MANY MEETINGS DURING PUBLIC HEARING OR AT A TIME TO BE SPECIFIED THAN BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER OR DURING THE PERIOD SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING RULES MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY SPEAK ONLY AT TIMES DESIGNATED BY THE CITY COMMISSION. SPEAKERS WILL BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES AND ALL REMARKS SHALL BE ADDRESSED TO THE CITY COMMISSION. AS A BODY THROUGH THE MAYOR AND NOT ANY MEMBER THEREOF.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SHALL ADDRESS ONLY THE TOPIC BEING DISCUSSED.

DISRUPTIVE, BELLIGERENT OR ABUSIVE CONDUCT BY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS PROHIBITED AND SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED.

ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO VIOLATES THIS SECTION MAY BE INSTRUCTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO REMOVE HIMSELF OR HERSELF FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS OF THE CITY UPON HIS OR HER FAILURE TO DO SO.

A MEMBER OF THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHALL EJECT THE PERSON FROM THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS UPON INSTRUCTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION.

IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO REFUSE TO LEAVE THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO BY THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED THAT THEY STATE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD . IN LIEU OF THEIR ADDRESS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY GIVE THEIR CITY RESIDENCE.

THE CITY COMMISSION HAS THE FOLLOWING DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

RECOGNITION SHALL BE GIVEN ONLY BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER.

UPON BEING RECOGNIZED, THE MEMBER MAY PROCEED.

NO MEMBER THE CITY COMMISSION MAY FILIBUSTER AND MAY NOT SPEAK FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES CONTINUOUSLY, EXCEPT BY LEAVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

THE DECISION THE CITY COMMISSION IS FINAL.

GENERALLY, BRIEF PRESENTATION BY CITY COMMISSIONERS DO NOT COUNT AGAINST THE FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMITATION. A MEMBER MAY SPEAK A SECOND TIME ON ANY ONE QUESTION.

ONLY AFTER ALL, MEMBERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.

GENERALLY, THIS IS LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES.

THE MAYOR SHALL REGULATE DEBATE IN ANY OTHER MANNER THAT SHE OR HE DEEMS NECESSARY, PROVIDED AT THE RIGHTS OF ALL PERSONS TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ARE RESPECTED.

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHOULD BE RESERVED INSOFAR AS POSSIBLE FOR THE END OF THE PRESENTATION.

TO AVOID INTERRUPTING THE SPEAKER, DISRUPTING THE TIMEKEEPING PROCESS AND DUPLICATING GROUND. THE SPEAKER MAY COVER ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY.

COMMISSION SHALL BE PERMITTED TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER AND SHOULD NOT BE RULED OUT OF ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER UNLESS THE MEMBER HAS MADE ABUSIVE, DEROGATORY OR RUDE REMARKS.

NO MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL BE LIMITED IN HIS OR HER DEBATE ON ANY ISSUE, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED HEREIN, UNLESS THE MEMBER ENGAGES IN ABUSIVE, DEROGATORY OR RUDE COMMENT. ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION SHALL ACCORD THE UTMOST COURTESY TO EACH OTHER, TO CITY EMPLOYEES AND TO PUBLIC MEMBERS APPEARING BEFORE THE CITY COMMISSION, AND SHALL REFRAIN AT ALL TIMES FROM RUDE AND DEROGATORY REMARKS.

REFLECTIONS AS TO INTEGRITY, ABUSIVE COMMENTS AND ALL STATEMENTS AS TO MOTIVES AND PERSONALITIES. THE CITY MANAGER MAY SPEAK TO ANY MANNER IN WHICH HE OR SHE HAS INFORMATION FOR THE CITY COMMISSION AND THE EVENT THAT THE MAYOR PRESIDING OFFICER FAILS TO ACT. ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION MAY MOVE TO REQUIRE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ACT TO ENFORCE THE RULES AND THE AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT AT THE TIME SHALL REQUIRE THE PRESIDING OFFICER TO ACT.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO THAT THE RULES GO ON TO STATE DURING THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS.

CITY COMMISSION MEMBERS SHALL PRESERVE ORDER AND DECORUM AND SHALL NEITHER BE BY CONVERSATION OR OTHERWISE DELAY OR INTERRUPT THE PROCEEDINGS OR THE PEACE OF THE CITY COMMISSION, NOR REFUSE TO OBEY THE RULES OF THE CITY COMMISSION.

ONE LAST ITEM BEFORE WE ENGAGE IN THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I DO WANT TO MENTION, IF I MAY, THAT THERE ARE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA UNDER OTHER THAT RELATE TO POTENTIAL CENSURE OF BOARD MEMBERS OR COMMISSION MEMBERS.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE BODY THAT THOSE ARE DISCUSSION ITEMS, NO ACTION IS GOING TO BE TAKEN ON THEM. IF THERE IS CONSENSUS, THEY WILL BE MOVED TO A FUTURE TO THE NEXT AGENDA AS ACTION ITEMS AND THEN POTENTIALLY SCHEDULED FOR A HEARING AS PROVIDED FOR IN ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. BUT CERTAINLY ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC IS FREE TO SPEAK TO THOSE ITEMS DURING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IF THEY SO WISH.

THANK YOU. AND ONE THING THAT WAS NOT MENTIONED AND THAT WE WE WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY GETS A LITTLE EXCITED, WHETHER IT'S FOR OR AGAINST OR SOMETHING, SO WE TRY TO KEEP IT IF YOU WANT TO.

SNAP, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN FAVOR OR PEOPLE WERE DOING THIS, IF THEY'RE NOT IN FAVOR, SO WE CAN TRY TO KEEP IT WHERE WE'RE NOT INTERRUPTING THE SPEAKER.

PEOPLE ARE STILL ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS, BUT WE ARE WE HAVE EVERYBODY GETS THREE MINUTES AND WE WILL GET THROUGH OUR LIST OF SPEAKERS.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER, CAROL MENDELSOHN.

BACK TO FOLLOW UP. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE HONOREES.

MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I HAVE ADDRESSED THIS COMMISSION SEVERAL TIMES REGARDING THE EMBARRASSING

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BEHAVIORS EXHIBITED BY YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

YET IT CONTINUES TO FALL ON DEAF EARS.

YOUR BEHAVIOR IS DEPLORABLE.

I HAVE ALSO STATED PREVIOUSLY THAT I HAVE SAT ON VARIOUS EXECUTIVE BOARDS WITH DIFFERENCES OF OPINION CERTAINLY OCCURRED, BUT HAVE NEVER, EVER SEEN OR HEARD SUCH DESPICABLE, DISGRACEFUL BEHAVIOR AND COMMENTS TO ONE ANOTHER.

YOU'RE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED YOU INTO OFFICE, AND WE DESERVE BETTER.

LOOK AT YOUR MISSION AND VISION, THE PLATFORM YOU RAN ON.

CLEARLY, YOU ARE DYSFUNCTIONAL AS A TEAM AND CHANGE IS NEEDED.

THE MAYOR CANNOT SINGLE HANDEDLY BE THE ONLY LEVELHEADED PERSON TRYING TO KEEP SOME SEMBLANCE OF PROFESSIONALISM, DIGNITY AND DECORUM AND INTEGRITY ON THE DAIS.

AS TO THE COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONERS WHO REMAIN SILENT DURING EACH COMMISSION MEETING.

SHAME ON YOU.

YOUR SILENCE SPEAKS VOLUMES OF INTIMIDATION OR TACIT APPROVAL, BUT THE MEDIA TELLS ALL.

THIS COMMISSION IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF CHANGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE.

I WILL ENDEAVOR TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AT THE NEXT ELECTION.

YOU ARE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF OTHER CITIES.

IS THIS THE LEGACY YOU WISH FOR? IT REALLY PAINS ME TO HAVE TO SPEAK THIS WAY, I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN IN THIS MANNER OR AT ANY MEETING IN MORE THAN 30 YEARS DURING MY CAREER.

I HAVE ALWAYS STRIVED TO ACHIEVE COLLEGIALITY AND AT THE VERY LEAST COMPROMISE NEVER TO BE DISRESPECTFUL OR ABUSIVE TO COLLEAGUES.

YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH ONE ANOTHER, HOWEVER, YOUR VOLATILE COMMENTS IMPACT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR CITY.

MANY BUSINESSES AND PROSPECTIVE HOMEOWNERS DO NOT WANT TO COME INTO A CITY WHERE SUCH CONFLICT EXISTS.

CHANGE IS FORTHCOMING.

THE RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC HAVE HAD ENOUGH.

WE DESERVE BETTER AND WILL DEFINITELY WORK TO ACHIEVE THAT IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

I LEAVE YOU WITH THESE THREE WORDS THAT ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR CITY'S FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ACCOUNTABILITY. INTEGRITY.

RESPECT. WORDS TO LIVE BY.

THINK ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I APPRECIATE, BUT PLEASE THANK YOU.

NEXT IS DARCY SCHILLER.

DARCY SCHILLER, KING'S POINT.

I'D LIKE TO FIRST START OFF BY THANKING ALL THE CONSTITUENTS FROM DISTRICT ONE FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT, I HOPE I CAN ELUCIDATE SOME OF THE WORK THAT YOUR COMMISSIONER DOES FOR YOU. THIS COMMISSIONER HAS BULLIED HIS PEERS AND CONSTITUENTS, HAS VIOLATED NUMEROUS ETHICAL BOUNDARIES, AND HAS ABUSED THE POWER OF THE COMMISSIONER SEAT, TELLING VOTERS MICHELLE GOMEZ IS A WHITE JEW AND DON'T VOTE FOR HER, AS REPORTED BY FIRE CHIEF WILLIAM DUESLER, IS UNACCEPTABLE.

ANOTHER COMPLAINANT HEARD THE SAME COMMISSIONER STATE, GOMEZ CAN'T EVEN SPEAK SPANISH AND THAT SHE IS A WHITE JEW.

IN 2019, THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF BULLYING BY THIS CITY COMMISSIONER AND ALSO ATTACKING HIS POLITICAL OPPONENTS BASED ON RACE, ETHNICITY AND RELIGION.

PER TOM LAWDER REPORT IN RED BROWARD, THIS COMMISSIONER HAS ALSO ABUSED THE.

MS. SCHILLER? I NEED TO ASK YOU TO HOLD FOR ONE SECOND; CITY ATTORNEY? I RELUCTANTLY AM GOING TO INTERRUPT THE SPEAKER.

AND WHILE I KNOW THAT SHE HAS NOT INDIVIDUALLY IDENTIFIED THE COMMISSIONER THAT SHE'S SPEAKING TO, SHE IS IN FACT MAKING A PERSONAL ATTACK AGAINST ONE OF YOU UP HERE BY MAKING REFERENCE AND STATEMENTS THAT SHE'S ATTRIBUTING TO THE COMMISSIONER IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES I JUST READ AND I ASK EVERYONE TO, AS I HAVE BEFORE.

AND AS TO DR.

SCHILLER IN PARTICULAR, THE RULES ARE THERE FOR CONDUCT SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THE BUSINESS OF THIS COMMISSION AND OF THE CITY.

PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE INAPPROPRIATE.

I AM ADDRESSING HISTORICAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN POSTED ON THE MEDIA.

I DON'T SEE WHERE THIS IS A PERSONAL ATTACK, THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION OUT IN THE MEDIA.

PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THAT'S A PERSONAL ATTACK.

THEN PEOPLE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SPEAKERS, AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR.

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GO AHEAD. I'M FOND OF SAYING IN THESE INSTANCES, BECAUSE I HAVE THIS DISCUSSION SOMETIMES WITH MY CHILDREN, JUST BECAUSE, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT INTERRUPTING ANY OF YOU ALL. I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH AND EVERY ONE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITHOUT INTERRUPTION AS LONG AS EVERYONE FOLLOWS THE RULES.

MY COMMENT IS JUST BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INTERNET DOES NOT MEAN IT IS TRUE.

OK. AND SO. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, EVERYBODY, WE WILL NOT GET THROUGH THE LIST OF SPEAKERS IF WE CONTINUE TO DO THIS, PLEASE OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS SPEAKING.

SO SUGGESTING THAT THE COMMENTS ARE VALIDATED BECAUSE IT'S OUT ON THE INTERNET DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE THEM TRUE.

AND IT IS JUST REITERATING OR RESTATING COMMENTS OUT THERE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE TRUE AND THEN IT CAN CONSTITUTE AND PERSONAL ATTACKS ON COMMISSIONERS.

MR. HERIN, I HEAR YOU AND FOR MY APOLOGIES TO THIS COMMISSION, AS WHAT I WAS HEARING WAS ACTUALLY THE REPETITIVE REPETITION OF A REPORT THAT WAS HANDLED AND DISCLOSED TO THIS BODY. SO THAT IS WHY I DIDN'T PICK IT UP AS AS YOU ARE SAYING, CITY ATTORNEY NEVERTHELESS, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR MINUTE AND A HALF THAT YOU HAVE.

OK. I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE FACT THAT A FEMALE COMMISSION HAS NEVER ADDRESSED OR SUPPORTED OTHER EGREGIOUS ACTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONS, AND YET WE FIND OUT THAT $4000 HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A PARTICULAR PAC.

ALSO, THE BULLYING THAT GOES ON IS HORRIFIC.

MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT COMMISSIONERS POSSIBLY CHANGING RELIGIONS.

AND YET THE STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN ANTI-SEMITIC.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

OK? WE ALSO KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN VERY MISOGYNISTIC STATEMENTS MADE BY A COMMISSIONER, AND WE KNOW HE FEELS THREATENED BY HIS MALE COUNTERPARTS.

WE KNOW THAT HE WAS BOOKED AND CHARGED WITH THE GRAND THEFT, THIRD DEGREE FELONY OF WHICH WAS EXONERATED BASED ON THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE MAKING AN ERROR.

AND I HAVE THE CASE NUMBER NUMBER F-10035614.

WE KNOW HE FEELS THREATENED BY HIS MALE PEERS, AS DISPLAYED BY HIS THREATENING AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AT THE END OF THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING.

IN CONCLUSION, IF THE ONLY FEMALE THAT THIS COMMISSIONER SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH IS A MALACHI JOSEPH, OF WHOM THIS COMMISSIONER IS FRIENDS WITH AND CLEARLY AGGRESSIVE AND EASILY THREATENED BY HIS MALE PEERS.

HE IS ABUSIVE OF HIS COMMISSIONER POWERS.

HE IS A BULLY.

HE IS A MANIPULATOR.

HE'S A POTENTIAL CRIMINAL.

HE'S ALSO TRIED TO STEAL $36000 OF PPP MONEY.

AGAIN. MS. SCHILLER? OK. ACKNOWLEDGING ALL OF THAT, ALL I WANT TO SAY IS WHERE IS THE CRITERIA TO BE FIT FOR A COMMISSION? TIME IS UP. TIME IS UP.

I UNDERSTAND. I SAY HE'S NOT FIT TO BE COMMISSIONER.

AGAIN, I'M GOING TO ASK RESPECTFULLY TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE THAT ENGAGING IN ATTACKS AGAINST COMMISSIONERS AND MAKING REFERENCE TO ALLEGED CONDUCT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TRUE, THAT NO ONE IS PROVIDING EVIDENCE OF THAT IT EXISTS IS IN FACT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON A SITTING COMMISSIONER IN VIOLATION OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE THAT GOVERN US ALL, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY.

CITY CLERK, CAN ONE SECOND.

THE BOX HERE, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SPEAKER IS NOT TELLING US THE TIME, SO I CAN'T SEE THAT BOX IS WORKING, THAT BOX IS NOT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN EASY FIX, IF NOT, NO WORRIES, I'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING AT YOU. SO SPEAKER, IF I STOP LOOKING AT YOU FOR A LITTLE BIT, I'M TRYING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TIME.

IS THAT AT LEAST? MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS AT LEAST SHOWING TO THE SPEAKER AT THE TIME ON THAT BOX OR NOT AT ALL.

SO THE SPEAKER IS NOT SURE?

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THE POWER SEEMS TO BE OUT, OK? OF COURSE.

SO SPEAKERS, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE THREE MINUTE TIME AND PLEASE LOOK OVER THERE WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING, SO THIS WAY WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF TIME.

. WELL, I CAN'T I WILL START LOOKING THAT WAY MORE, AND I JUST THE SPEAKERS WILL SO.

WE'LL HAVE THAT FIXED FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

WE WILL NOW GO TO LYNN SCHURR'S PASSING.

RICH ? GOOD EVENING, YOUR HONOR.

AND COMMISSIONERS AND I JUST WANT TO SAY IT WAS GRATEFUL TO BE HERE TO SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE, THE TRAILBLAZERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, THANK YOU. I AM RICH [INAUDIBLE], THE PRESIDENT OF KINGS POINT AND THIS IS MY EXECUTIVE BOARD.

THE KING'S POINT OF TAMARAC, I'M HERE TODAY EXPRESSED MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE COMMISSION ON THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS BOARD.

YOU WERE ELECTED TO OFFICE TO SERVE TAMARAC RESIDENTS, NOT THEMSELVES, NOT THEIR CRONIES.

GIFT CARDS FROM PARROT THAT SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN TAMARAC WERE GIVEN TO PLANTATION RESIDENTS. WHERE THE WHERE WAS THE OVERSIGHT PROCESS ON THIS? SEVERAL PACS THAT ASSIST SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE LINKED TO THEIR OWN BUSINESSES AND FRIENDS WHILE THESE PACS HAVE TALLAHASSEE ADDRESSES.

THERE THEY ANSWER TO OUR CITY IN OUR CITY.

HOW MANY MORE FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL BENEFIT? THE BACKBITING ON THIS COUNCIL DAIS PUTS OUR CITY IN SHAME.

THERE IS NO PLACE FOR THE PERSONAL POLITICS, NOR PERSONAL VIEWS.

THE COUNCIL SHOULD BE RUNNING OUR CITY AND DOING THE BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

NOT THE REST OF BROWARD, NOT COMMISSIONER FRIENDS, FAMILY AND NOT THE COMMISSIONERS.

IT'S TIME FOR THE COMMISSIONERS TO OPEN THEIR EYES AND DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

STOP STANDING ON THE FENCE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES.

SO WE ALREADY HAD MARTIN SCHURR CAME UP, WE ARE NOW FOR MARIANNE GILL.

YOU PASSED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BARBARA ROTHFELD? YOU PASS. NORM ROTHFELD? NOT PASSING. ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THE MIKE IS BEING CLEANED.

NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.

NORM ROTHFELD, A NEW RESIDENT OF KINGS POINT IN TAMARAC.

TRUST, INTEGRITY, ETHICS, RESPECT.

I WAS THINKING OF THESE WORDS TONIGHT, AND I WAS SAYING, HOW DO I EXPRESS IT? SO I REALIZED WHEN, IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.

THE HONOREES HERE TONIGHT.

THEY'RE AN EXAMPLE OF THESE WORDS.

THEY EXEMPLIFY TRUST, INTEGRITY, ETHICS AND RESPECT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN THEIR LIVES.

THE COUNCIL, ANYONE ELECTED, COMMISSIONERS, REALLY IS SET TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN MOST.

AND THE VOTE, THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR SOCIETY IN AMERICA.

AND SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY WHEN WE VOTE FOR COMMISSIONERS, PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, CONGRESS.

WE TRUST THEM.

WE EXPECT INTEGRITY.

WE DEMAND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.

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AND WE SHOULD HAVE THAT.

IT'S VERY SIMPLE, BY THE WAY, TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

WE'RE NEW RESIDENTS HERE IN TAMARAC, WE LIVED IN SUNRISE FOR 16 YEARS.

I'M ON THE VETERANS ADVISORY BOARD.

I WAS ON THE POET LAUREATE NOMINEE.

I WORKED FOR BROWARD COUNTY, HELPING TO END HOMELESSNESS, VERY ACTIVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I HOPE I COULD BE ACTIVE HERE IN TAMARAC.

I THINK THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE INCIDENTS THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THAT MAYBE HAS BEEN SAID ALREADY.

BUT I THINK THAT THE COMMISSIONERS, WHEN YOU GO TO VOTE ABOUT CENSORING, KEEP IN MIND THE TRUST, INTEGRITY, ETHICS AND RESPECT.

THAT'S WHY YOU'RE UP HERE.

YOU'RE NOT THERE FOR ANY OTHER REASON.

THIS IS VITAL TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

WHEN WE MOVED HERE FROM SUNRISE, I HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE POLITICAL SITUATION HERE.

NO IDEA.

AND I DON'T KNOW. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE, BUT WE ALL CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A CERTAIN WAY.

AND YOU ALL UP THERE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON CENSURING.

KEEP IN MIND THE WORDS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

JOHN FLORSHEIM? PASS. KATHLEEN MORRIS ? NAME AND ADDRESS, IF YOU WISH, OR IF NOT JUST YOUR LOCATION, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR.

COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, GOOD EVENING. FIRST, LET ME SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RECIPIENTS OF THE DISTINGUISHED AWARDS THIS EVENING. MADAM MAYOR.

MY NAME IS KATIE MORRIS AND I RESIDE IN THE MAINLAND'S COMMUNITY.

I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT SPEAKING BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE RHETORIC COMING OUT OF THIS BUILDING AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAIS.

NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF YOU MAY NOT LIKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON, BUT I KNOW HIM TO BE AN ACCESSIBLE AND RESPONSIVE MAN WHO TENDS TO THE NEEDS OF HIS CONSTITUENTS LIKE ME.

I DON'T USUALLY SPEAK BEFORE THE COMMISSION, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TODAY TO REPEL THE LIES TOLD BY INDIVIDUALS OUT WITH AN AGENDA THAT IS OPPOSED TO THE VISION OF THIS CITY. SINCE BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE, COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS MADE CONSTITUENT SERVICES. EXCUSE ME, ONE SECOND.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AT THIS TIME, THE COMMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE ARE BEING POSITIVE COMMENTS. THEY ARE NOT NEGATIVE COMMENTS.

WHAT WE TRY TO STAY AWAY FROM IS NEGATIVE COMMENTS TO PEOPLE SO POSITIVE.

I APPRECIATE WE REALLY.

WE'RE GOING TO PLEASE CONTINUE, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S SOME CONCERN AND CONSTERNATION THAT IS BEING DIRECTED TOWARDS AN INDIVIDUAL, BUT WE KEEP POSITIVITY IN THIS PLACE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, PLEASE.

SINCE BEING ELECTED TO OFFICE, COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS MADE CONSTITUENT SERVICES A TOP PRIORITY. REGULAR CHECK INS WITH SENIORS, FOOD GIVEAWAYS AND RESPONSIVENESS TO ANY ISSUES THAT ARISE. I ASK THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST COMMISSIONER BOLTON; IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO? IF IT WAS, THEN I ASK YOU TO RECONSIDER YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE.

IF IT WASN'T, THEN LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.

THAT'S JUST SOME THOUGHTS.

AND DON'T FORGET, I VOLUNTEERED FOR BOTH OF YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ATTACKING OUR COMMISSIONERS AND PASSING SCATHING REMARKS DESPITE BEING TOLD NOT TO DO SO IS NOT DIFFUSING ANY TENSION OR ANY FIRE.

LET US ALL ASPIRE TO WORK TOGETHER AND SEEK TO FOSTER UNITY IN YOUR CIVIC DUTIES TOWARDS HUMANITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. MADDIE [INAUDIBLE]?

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PASS. BEN VERDI? GOOD EVENING, NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, YOUR HONOR, EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD, MY NAME IS BEN VERDI, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE VIENNA CLUB ASSOCIATION, TAMARAC.

I REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY 3000 PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY.

LET ME JUST SAY, AND I WANT TO KEEP A CLEAN.

OK, LET ME APOLOGIZE TO ANY OF THE WOMEN.

I DON'T MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE.

LET'S TALK ABOUT COMMISSIONER OF THE FIRST DISTRICT.

I'VE SEEN SOME PAPERWORK AND SOME STUFF ONLINE.

THAT WAS A TOTAL DISGRACE TO WOMEN.

AFTER I READ THIS MEMO, I WAS TOTALLY DISGUSTED.

I SEEN THIS ABOUT APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO.

WHEN I DID, I IMMEDIATELY SPOKE TO MY BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND INFORMED THEM THAT THE DISTRICT ONE COMMISSIONER IS NO LONGER ALLOWED ON OUR PROPERTY.

HOW CAN THIS GUY DISRESPECT WOMEN LIKE THIS? IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

BEING A REAL MAN, I TAKE THIS STATEMENT PERSONALLY.

I WAS BROUGHT UP BY MY PARENTS IN A SENSE.

I MEAN, GOD REST THEIR SOULS ABOUT THE PAST TO DEAL, TO HAVE RESPECT AND DIGNITY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

THIS PERSON SHOULD NEVER HOLD ANY KIND OF OFFICE THAT REPRESENTS PEOPLE AS LONG AS I'M PRESIDENT OF THE BERMUDA CLUB.

HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO SET FOOT ON MY COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, MAYOR TO THE SPEAKER, THE COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER, ALTHOUGH HE WAS BRIEF.

IT'S AN AD HOMINEM ATTACK AGAINST ONE OF YOU SITTING UP HERE.

I'M NOT PASSING JUDGMENT ON THE VERACITY OF ANY OF THE STATEMENTS, BUT TO SAY THOSE KINDS OF THINGS WITHOUT SAYING, LOOK, ALL EVERYONE HERE SHOULD RESPECT EVERYONE OF ALL RACES OF ALL GENDERS CONVEYS THAT MESSAGE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING AND MAKING REFERENCE TO A PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER, WHICH YOUR RULES SAY IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE.

THANK YOU, MR. VERDI. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. FORGIVE ME, BUT I CANNOT READ THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE A SIGNATURE.

SOMEBODY FROM LAKESIDE IS THERE, SIR.

SORRY, I ONLY SEE A C.

AND I DON'T WANT TO READ YOUR PHONE NUMBER OUT LOUD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS.

ALL INDIVIDUALS HERE TO SEE ME.

MY NAME IS ROBERT L MARTIN.

I'M A 15 YEAR RESIDENT IN THE LAKESIDE COMMUNITY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY.

FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH HONOREES.

AS A CITIZEN, I TRY TO FOLLOW CITY MATTERS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT I ESSENTIALLY LEAD THE OPERATION OF THE CITY TO THE CITY STAFF AND THE POLICY IN THE GOVERNING MATTERS TO YOU, MAYOR, AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE RECENTLY AS A RESIDENT, I BECAME AWARE OF SOME RATHER UNPROFESSIONAL AND DISRESPECTFUL COMMENTS MADE BY, UNFORTUNATELY, CITY COMMISSIONERS AGAINST ANOTHER CITY COMMISSIONER, WHO HAPPENS TO BE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WHILE I HAVE NOT WITNESSED THESE COMMENTS MYSELF, I AM AWARE THAT ON ONE OR MORE OCCASIONS, COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS BEEN CALLED A CROOK IN ADDITION, AND MOST INAPPROPRIATELY, I HAVE HEARD ALLEGEDLY.

THAT A CITY COMMISSIONER CALLED COMMISSIONER BOLTON, A BLACK BODY.

NOW I FULLY UNDERSTAND THAT TENSIONS ARE HIGH.

DISAGREEMENTS HAPPEN.

DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS ARE MADE.

BUT AS A RESIDENT, THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING.

MAYOR. AND AS A RESIDENT, I DON'T FEEL THIS LEVEL OF COMMUNICATION IS ACCEPTABLE, AND I ASK THAT IT CEASE IMMEDIATELY AMONG ALL COMMISSIONERS AND INDIVIDUALS.

YES, SIR. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE RULES APPLY EVENLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL IDENTIFYING AND

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CALLING OUT INDIVIDUAL COMMISSIONERS FOR MISCONDUCT AND AS OPPOSED TO ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION AS A BODY IS, VIOLATES THE RULES OF PROCEDURE.

I RECOGNIZE THAT, SIR, AND I WON'T DO IT AGAIN.

OK, I RECOGNIZE THAT.

ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE, PLEASE CONFORM TO THE RULES. ALL RIGHT, SIR. SO I DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO INTERRUPT YOU ALL.

I RECOGNIZE THAT.

THANK YOU BECAUSE IT IS A FINE LINE FOR FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT. I RECOGNIZE THAT.

NOW RESIDENTS, MAYOR COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY CAREER PATH HAS BEEN EDUCATION AND I SERVED AS PRINCIPAL IN THE BROWARD SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM 1996 TO 2009 AND MORE RECENTLY AS A DIRECTOR IN THE STATE PRIVATE SCHOOL DIVISION OF SCHOOL CHOICE.

IN THE PRINCIPALS ACADEMY, WE WERE INSTRUCTED AND DIRECTED THAT SUCH COMMENTS AGAINST ANYONE WHILE DOING SCHOOL BUSINESS IS INAPPROPRIATE, UNETHICAL AND AGAINST THE STATE'S ETHICAL REGULATIONS AND MUST NOT BE TOLERATED, ESPECIALLY AGAINST FELLOW PRINCIPALS.

AND IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THIS WOULD BE THE SAME TO APPLY TO CITY OFFICIALS AS WELL.

NOTWITHSTANDING, I WOULD NOT MENTION ANY INDIVIDUAL NAMES AGAIN, SIR.

I SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE COMMISSIONER IN MY AREA, AND I URGE THAT SUCH COMMENTS SEATS AND BE AVOIDED IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE UNDER CITY BUSINESS.

THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, REGARDLESS OF THE DISAGREEMENT.

I URGE YOU TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE DEROGATORY AND INSENSITIVE COMMENTS AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND SPECIFICALLY AGAINST CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN ELECTION. THERE ARE STATE REGULATIONS TO DEAL WITH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THE NEXT PERSON WHO HAS SIGNED UP IS ADRIANNA WILLIAMS. PASS. THANK YOU, CHARMAINE MCHALE? PASS. DAVID MCHALE? PASS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

JAMIL BROWN OR CHERYL BROWN.

I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT READING HERE AND WRITING, WELL.

PASS. OK, THANK YOU.

MIKE JONES ? COMMISSIONERS, MADAM MAYOR BSO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING.

I WONDER IF I SHOULD PUT MY MASK ON BECAUSE ALL THESE VERBAL SCUD MISSILES THAT HAVE BEEN COMING FROM EVERYBODY.

WELL, WELL BEFORE YOU BEFORE YOU WORRY ABOUT PUTTING YOUR MASK ON, CAN YOU AT LEAST TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR LOCATION FOR THE ROCKET? IT'S MIKE JONES.

I'M A RESIDENT OF MAINLAND SIX.

I AM HERE TO SEE WITHOUT GOING IN THE NEGATIVE DIRECTION THAT I HAVE KNOWN COMMISSIONER BOLTON SINCE HE FIRST GOT REELECTED AND ELECTED.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED FOR THE POSITIVE AND THE NEGATIVE TO JUST KEEP IT AS GENERAL.

IF YOU OK, THANK YOU.

AND MY COMMISSIONER IS A STAND UP GUY.

I HAVE BEEN IN THIS VERY ROOM ON MANY OCCASIONS BEFORE THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND HE SAVED MY HEAD FROM OFF THE CHOPPING BLOCK.

SO HE GETS THE JOB DONE.

AND YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME RUMORS, INNUENDOES WHICH ARE JUST ALLEGATIONS, NOTHING HAS BEEN PROVEN AS FAR AS I KNOW.

I BELIEVE THAT WE'RE JUST COMING OUT OF COVID.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE BEHIND IT NOW OR IT'S BEHIND US.

WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A CITY.

THIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TIT-FOR-TAT YAK YAK YAK.

WE DON'T NEED THAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADULTS.

WE TRY TO MOVE IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION AND THE COMMISSIONER.

I BELIEVE HE JUST CAME FROM TALLAHASSEE, GETTING FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND PARKS AND TRYING TO TO DO BETTER FOR ALL OF US.

WE WANT TO STAY HERE.

WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, RAISE OUR FAMILIES HERE, WE WANT OUR KIDS TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE, AND I JUST FIND IT THAT AT THIS JUNCTURE, WITH ALL THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT WE HAVE HAD TO FACE, THIS HAS BECOME CENTER STAGE.

WE DON'T NEED THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO PULL TOGETHER, MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE IN THIS TOGETHER. NO MATTER YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR ETHNICITY, YOUR RACE, YOUR RELIGION.

WE HAVE A MOTTO IN JAMAICA OUT OF MANY ONE PEOPLE.

AND THIS IS WHAT I HOPE THAT THIS CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY CAN UTILIZE AND JOIN HANDS.

AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT BE YAY OR NAY.

YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.

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WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN THE OTHER SIDE WHERE ARROWS ARE BEING SLUNG AT YOU AND IT'S NOT RIGHT? IT'S NOT FAIR, YOU KNOW, MARLON.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY TIME HERE IS LIMITED, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, AS A BODY OF PROFESSIONALS, YOU KNOW, WE TAXPAYERS, WE'RE LOOKING AT YOU FOR LEADERSHIP.

WE DON'T NEED THIS.

WE NEED LEADERSHIP.

WE NEED PEOPLE TO STAND OUT AND STAND UP AND BE STRONG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.

WE APPRECIATE MR. JONES COMMENTS, PLEASE.

WE WILL NOW HAVE RON WASSERMAN.

NAME AND ADDRESS, AS YOU KNOW, THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS RON WASSERMAN.

I LIVE IN A COMMUNITY CALLED SHANGRI-LA, DEBORAH PLACKO IS MY COMMISSIONER.

GOOD EVENING TO ALL OF YOU.

MARLON BOLTON, DEBORAH PLACKO, THE MAYOR, MIKE GELIN, MR. VILLALOBOS. I'VE COME TO YOU MANY TIMES SPEAKING ABOUT MANY THINGS.

AND TONIGHT, I JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY, PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.

DISTRICT ONE, THE BACKBONE OF TAMARAC, THE ORIGINAL TAMARAC.

THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

THIS IS HOW OUR CITY WORKS.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS FOR ME TODAY, AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE AND I ALMOST FORGOT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WARN EVERYONE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF CANCER, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT COLON CANCER, PLEASE, PLEASE BE TESTED.

FOR YOU LADIES, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.

IT'S THE DEVIL WORKING ON THIS EARTH.

SO A LOT OF YOU HERE TONIGHT WITH YOUR FEELINGS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER ABOUT DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS THAT SIT ON OUR COMMISSION.

AND I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, QUITE FRANKLY, TO MEET EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT SITS ON THIS COMMISSION. YOU'VE ALL HAD OPINIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I'VE TRIED TO RESPECT ALL OF YOU. I'VE MET WITH ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY.

I FOUND IT TO BE PART OF MY COMMUNITY TO SPEAK OUT.

YOU SHOULDN'T JUST SNIP AT INDIVIDUALS ON NEXT DOOR OR WHATEVER SOCIAL MEDIA YOU MIGHT LIKE. COME ON OUT TO THE MEETINGS.

DO MANY OF YOU FIND THAT THE COMMISSION DOESN'T LISTEN TO YOU? WELL WORK WITH YOUR COMMISSIONER.

CONTACT THE CITY MANAGER, SHE'S BEEN VERY RESPONSIBLE TO REQUEST.

SO JUST LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE, PLEASE, LET'S TRY TO GET ALONG.

PLEASE STOP LITTERING IN OUR COMMUNITY; RIGHT? IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE.

PLEASE STOP THE DRAG RACING AT NIGHT AT ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR; RIGHT? IT'S QUALITY OF LIFE, AND, YOU KNOW, MANY OF US AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THIS, MANY OF US GET TIRED OF HEARING.

WELL, IT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY.

WE DON'T LIVE ALL OVER THE CITY, DO WE? SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO STAY INVOLVED IN OUR CITY.

PLEASE DO.

YOUR OPINIONS ARE RESPECTED.

THANK YOU, RON. MEL YODER ? MEL YODER, WELDED COMMUNITY KING'S POINT, TAMARAC.

COMMISSIONERS, MADAM MAYOR, WE ALL HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

WHEN WILL ALL THE INSANITY WITH COMMISSIONER STOP? IS THERE ANYONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY ADMINISTRATION THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR HOLDING CITY EMPLOYEES AND COMMISSIONERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS? WHEN QUESTIONS OF IMPROPRIETY ARISE, DOES ANYONE INVESTIGATE? DOES ANYONE WITH A CITY EVEN CARE? IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE'S ATTITUDE IS IF WE DRAG OUR FEET LONG ENOUGH, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL FORGET ABOUT IT. NOTHING TO LOOK AT HERE, IT'S JUST POLITICS AS USUAL.

HEY, I BROUGHT IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, BUT NOBODY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT.

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OR IS IT JUST SHUT UP? YOU'RE JUST TOO STUPID TO UNDERSTAND.

THERE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONS OF COMMISSIONERS USING COVID FUNDS FOR THEMSELVES, HAVING ORGANIZATIONS THEY HAVE OWNERSHIP OR PARTNERSHIP WITH TO ATTACK OTHER COMMISSIONERS.

STRONG ARMING BUSINESSES AND NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO DONATE FOR A COMMUNITY EVENT, ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT SOME OF IT ENDED UP IN A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY.

ACCUSATIONS OF SLANDER TOWARD OTHER COMMISSIONERS WALKING OUT OF COMMISSION MEETINGS.

AND USING CITY FUNDS, NOT THEIR DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, TO TRY TO CONVINCE RESIDENTS THAT THEY'RE THE BEST THINGS SINCE SLICED BREAD, THE LIST GOES ON.

WHERE IS THE CITY'S ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT? COMMISSIONERS JUST SEEM TO BE DOING ANYTHING THEY CAN TO PROMOTE THEMSELVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, THE COUNTY AND TO GRAB POWER.

NOW, SINCE THE ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY AND SEVERAL BSO OFFICERS WERE SUPPOSEDLY AROUND IN CASE TWO OF THE COMMISSIONERS GOT PHYSICAL.

ARE THEY GOING TO SPEAK UP ABOUT IT OR ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP QUIET? POLITICIANS ARE QUICK TO CALL FOR CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARDS FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

MAYBE THERE NEEDS TO BE ONE FOR COMMISSIONERS.

AS A VETERAN, I'M DISGUSTED BY THE LACK OF RESPECT.

SEVERAL OF THE COMMISSIONERS DEMONSTRATED DURING THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY INSTEAD OF PLACING THEIR HAND OR THEIR HEART.

SHOW RESPECT TO THE FLAG AND THE VETERANS THEY CHOSE INSTEAD TO COVER THEIR CROTCH.

DO EVERYONE A FAVOR, DON'T BOTHER TO SHOW UP NEXT YEAR.

A GREAT GENTLEMAN I KNEW, WE CALLED HIM UNCLE HERSCHEL, LIVED BY SIMPLE WORDS.

TREAT EVERYONE AS YOU'D LIKE TO BE TREATED YOURSELF.

BE DOWN TO EARTH.

HUMBLE, SOFT SPOKEN AND WEAR A SMILE.

TRY IT FOR ONCE.

IT ACTUALLY WORKS.

WALT ZORKA ? GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS WALT ZORKA, AND I LIVE IN THE WOODLANDS HERE IN TAMARAC. I'M NOT GOING TO DIRECT THIS AT ANYBODY.

THANK YOU, MR. YODER.

I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN A COMMISSIONER BOARD.

AS BAD AS WHAT THIS ONE IS, YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR JOB FOR WHAT YOU ARE ELECTED TO DO, TO WORK WITH OUR MAYOR, TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER CITY.

ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS ARGUE AND FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER, CALL EACH OTHER NAMES AND IT'S NOT DOING ANY GOOD FOR OUR CITY.

AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO WHAT YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO, MAYBE WE'LL VOTE YOU OUT COME NOVEMBER. I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THEN.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S GARNETT, HYDE OR GARRETT HYDE, I'M SORRY.

YVONNE GRAHAM.

YVONNE GRAHAM HERE. OK.

GARNETT. PLEASE COME FORWARD.

NAME AND LOCATION, PLEASE.

GARNETT HYDE [INAUDIBLE].

IT IS A PROFOUND GRATITUDE THAT I CAN STAND HERE AND SPEAK ABOUT LIVING HERE IN TAMARAC.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT I OBSERVE THAT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE TRYING THEIR BEST.

AND FOR THAT, I AM GRATEFUL TO BE A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND IN THE PARTICULAR COMMISSIONER THAT I FOUND TO BE RECEPTIVE, COOPERATIVE, AND WILL GO THE EXTRA MILE TO GET THINGS DONE.

AND FOR THAT, I MYSELF FEEL PROUD TO BE A CONSTITUENT IN THAT PERSON'S DIVISION. AS WE GO ALONG AS A PEOPLE, WE WON'T HAVE EVERYTHING AT OUR DISPOSAL, BUT AS WE, AS TIME GOES BY, YES, WE TRY IN EVERY WAY TO BETTER THAT, WHICH MUST BE BETTERED.

I AM, AS I SAID EARLY ON, I'M PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF TAMARAC BECAUSE I'VE LIVED

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ELSEWHERE. AND THE COMPARISON IS NOT LIKE WHAT IT IS HERE.

SO THESE ARE VERY FEW WORDS IN GIVING SUPPORT TO THE PERSON WHO SIT AS COMMISSIONER FOR THE AREA IN WHICH I LIVE, I'M GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU, MR. HYDE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE GOING TO NOW HEAR FROM COLIN GRINNELL.

NAME AND LOCATION, THANK YOU, STATED COLIN GRINNELL.

I'M RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE.

I'M SO DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'VE NEVER VOTED IN MY LIFE AND FELT SO DISAPPOINTED.

I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON YOUR SIDE OF THE LINE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE IGNITING DIVISIONS THROUGH LANGUAGES THAT ARE SO DEROGATORY.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PART OF A GROUP YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CAN INTERJECT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE YOU'RE GOING TO START TO MAKE MOCKERY OUT OF ONE'S RELIGION, MAKE MOCKERY OUT OF ONE'S ATTIRE. COME ON, MAN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE TO POLITICS THAN THIS.

LIKE MR. MORTON SAID, HE WASN'T IN THIS FOR BITTERNESS, HE WAS IN IT FOR BETTERMENT.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE NOVELTY OR IT'S SOMETIMES GOOD TO JUST SIT BACK AND WATCH OTHERS.

WATCH OTHERS, YOU CAN'T JUST COME AND BURN DOWN THE BUILDING.

YOU'VE GOT TO HUMBLE YOURSELF, MAN, HUMBLE YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T BE THROWING STICKS AND STONE OUT THERE AND EXPECT NO ONE TO THROW BACK STONES. COME ON.

NOT BECAUSE IT HITS HARDER, BUT YOU HAVE TO SET AN EXAMPLE, TOO.

I HAVE NEVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE CAST A VOTE THAT I'M SO DISAPPOINTED.

I DRAG MY WIFE AND I DRIVE MY KIDS IN MY FAMILY, EVERYBODY.

THERE'S TOO MUCH DIVISION AND IT'S NOT NEEDED.

YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF CHASING DOWN A PHONE COP IN THE PARKING LOT, SENDING OUT THE TASK FORCE, THEY'RE RUNNING UP AND DOWN WITH GARBAGE TRUCK LEAKS.

THERE'S SO MUCH MORE WE NEED TO INCREASE REVENUE.

WE CAN'T BE BLOCKING EVERYTHING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR DISTRICT, NO, THINK ABOUT IT, EDUCATE THEM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE THINGS ARE JUST OFF YOUR LIPS.

THINK ABOUT IT, STREAMLINE IT AND SEE WHERE WE CAN GO AHEAD WITH THIS.

LOOK AT THE TAXES.

RATES AND NOTHING TO OFFSET IT, BUT WE SIT HERE SENDING OUR TASK FORCE TO GO COLLECT A FORM, COPY IT IN RUNNING UP AND DOWN WITH GARBAGE TRUCK.

COME ON. COME ON, MAN.

STOP IT. ONE LOVE ONE HEART MAN.

LET'S ALL GET TOGETHER AND UNITE.

STOP IT. INTERJECT WHEN YOU SEE THESE THINGS ON YOUR GROUP AND SAY, GUYS, EASE THE RHETORIC. ONE LOVE, ONE HEART.

STOP IT, STOP IT.

THANK YOU, MR. GELIN, AND ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT MIND IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GET UP AND HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SING.

I WON'T LET IT BE ME BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOU ALL RUNNING OUT OF HERE IN A HEARTBEAT.

SO I SEE MARGARET PAUL.

OH. GOOD.

COMMISSIONER. OH, YEAH, I HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

YOU CAN MOVE THEM TO YOU CLOSER IN YOUR NAME.

YES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONERS, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, EVERYONE HERE.

MY NAME IS MARGARET PAUL.

I'M NEW OWNER OF A BUSINESS AND TAMARAC AT UNIVERSITY CUMMING.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT.

AND TO SHOW YOU GUYS THAT I'M VERY PROUD TO BE AN HONOR IN THIS CITY, OK, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW IT, MR. JONES.

IN HAITI, WE SAY FAIR, FALSE.

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OK, SO.

THAT MEANS IN UNITY, YOU CAN BECOME STRONG, AND IF YOU USE ONE FINGER, HE HAS NO POWER. BUT WHEN YOU USE THE ENTIRE HAND.

IT IS VERY POWERFUL, AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

SINCE MR. BOLTON, IT HAS WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE TAMARAC A BETTER PLACE.

OK. SINCE TAKING OFFICE, COMMISSIONER BOLTON HAS SUPPORTED THE TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND TAX CREDIT FOR LONG TERM LOW INCOME SENIORS AND TAMARAC, AND HE SUPPORTED THE FIRST TIME HOMEOWNERS HOMEBUYERS PROGRAM.

HE IDENTIFIED FUNDING TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

HE SUPPORTED UPGRADING OUR PARKS.

THERE'S A LOT MORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT I THINK MR. MR. BOLTON IS DOING A GREAT JOB.

I THINK HE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO OUR CITY.

WELCOME TO OUR CITY AND YOUR BUSINESS IN OUR CITY.

OH YES, THANK YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, WE HAVE ONLY A FEW MORE PEOPLE.

OK. AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS.

NEIL GOLDBERG. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE, I'M NEIL GOLDBERG, I'M FROM THE FAIRFAX AREA IN THE KING'S POINT COMMUNITY.

I HOPE THAT DOESN'T FRIGHTEN ANYBODY CONSIDERING WHAT'S HAPPENED THIS EVENING SO FAR.

FIRST, I WANT TO TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO SAY WHEN I CAME TONIGHT, I HAD NO IDEA THAT I WAS GOING TO BE SO HONORED TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF MS. PARK AND MR. MORTON, MS. KING, DR. BROWN AND DR.

BAUGH STEWART. IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AN HONOR TO SEE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER.

NOW, LET'S GO TO THE OTHER SIDE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, LET'S SAY IT WAS LIVELY AND I STOOD ON THIS VERY PODIUM, HAVING JUST MOVED TO TAMARAC ABOUT A YEAR AGO SAYING HOW PROUD AND HOW HAPPY I AM TO LIVE IN TAMARAC. I STILL HOLD THAT TO BE TRUE.

I AM PROUD AND HAPPY TO BE HERE IN TAMARAC, IN FLORIDA AND AWAY FROM THE 11 DEGREE TEMPERATURES OF BALTIMORE.

HOWEVER, I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE AND THEN LAST WEEK I HEARD THAT IT GOT LIVELY AGAIN. SO MY MAIN REASON FOR COMING TONIGHT WAS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT VALUE.

I HAVE NOT BEEN DISAPPOINTED.

I HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THINGS SAID.

AND TO TELL YOU THE HONEST TRUTH, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHO STRUCK JOHN AND WHO STRUCK WHO. I'VE HAD LUNCHES WITH SOME OF YOU.

I HAVEN'T WITH SOME OF YOU.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF MOST OF YOUR WORK.

WHEN YOU BECAME REPRESENTATIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR.

YOU SIGNED UP TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF YOUR COMMUNITY, OF YOUR DISTRICT.

NOW, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE DONE SOME WONDERFUL THINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I APPLAUD YOU.

BUT. IF AT ANY TIME YOU HAVE DECIDED KNOWINGLY TO GO TO THE DARK SIDE.

I DON'T APPLAUD YOU ANYMORE, BECAUSE I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.

IF YOU DO SOMETHING THAT HURTS THIS COMMUNITY, I DON'T WANT YOU AND I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT LIKE THE ONE GENTLEMAN SAID AT ELECTION TIME.

IF YOU CANNOT LIVE UP TO THE PLEDGE YOU MADE TO THE PEOPLE OF TAMARAC, I'M SURE THAT YOUR RESIGNATION WOULD BE WELCOME.

HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT.

THANK YOU, MR. GOLDBERG.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MR. GRINNELL, YOU SIGNED UP TWICE, SO I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND.

I'M GOING TO THE NEXT ONE.

OH, SORRY.

ETTA LEE SALMON, PLEASE.

S ALL RIGHT.

ROBERT L. MARTIN.

SO HE SPOKE BEFORE, SO THERE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED UP WHO HAS SEASON HIS NAME, SAYS LAKESIDE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF THE NUMBER SIX EIGHT EIGHT FOUR.

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DOES THAT HELP FOR THE PERSON WHO I'VE WHO SIGNED UP AND I MISSED.

OK, MAYBE THEY'VE LEFT FOR THE EVENING.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I'VE ACTUALLY WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THROUGH EVERYBODY ON THE LIST, HOWEVER.

OK, THAT'S FINE.

THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO NEXT SAY.

THIS GENTLEMAN HAS KIND OF.

THERE YOU GO. EXCELLENT.

THAT'S OK, SO WE HAVE YOURSELF.

YOURSELF AND YOURSELF.

YES, AND WHILE I KNOW YOUR NAMES, I'M JUST YES, I'VE GOT IT.

AND I'LL CALL YOU. YOUR NAME, PLEASE, AND LOCATION.

MY MANE IS MARY VIRGINIA AND I LIVE IN MAINLAND THREE.

IT IS REALLY, REALLY SAD TO HEAR SO MANY MARVELOUS REMARKS THIS EVENING, BUT I AM HERE FOR ALL OF YOU, BUT ESPECIALLY ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR.

HIS NAME IS COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

ONE OF THE THINGS I FIND WHEN I FIRST LAY MY EYE ON HIM, I FIND HIM TO BE ATTENTIVE, VERY INTELLIGENT, KIND, THOUGHTFUL, COMPASSIONATE.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASON I VOTED FOR HIM AND WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WAY.

I FOLLOWED ALL OF HIS ITINERARY COMPARED TO DOING THE JOB THAT HE WAS ELECTED TO DO, AND I WANT TO THANK HIM FOR ALL OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE FOR TAMARAC AS A WHOLE IN DISTRICT ONE.

I FIND HIM TO BE VERY CONSIDERATE, CARING AND ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIORS AND THE WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.

HE HAS BEEN TIRELESS IN HIS EFFORTS TO COMBAT HUNGER AND POVERTY, ESPECIALLY FOR THANKSGIVING, WHICH IS ONE OF MY MOST FABULOUS HOLIDAYS.

I KNOW FAMILIES WHO BENEFITED FROM GIFTS.

GIFT CARDS ARE EITHER THAT HE GAVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

YES. ESPECIALLY GIFT CARDS FOR TURKEY.

AND I WAS ONE OF THEM.

I REALLY NEEDED THAT TURKEY.

OH MY GOD. IT CAME RIGHT ON TIME.

THANK YOU, SIR. THE PROJECT ALLOWED FAMILIES TO GET A TURKEY FOR ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAYS OF THE YEAR.

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED BY MEMBERS OF HIS OWN PARTY FOR PROVIDING THE NEEDIEST RESIDENTS WITH GIFT CARDS.

NOW I'M NOT THAT NEEDY, BUT I NEEDED THE CAR.

NEVERTHELESS, SOME PEOPLE ALLEGEDLY FALSELY CLAIM THAT HE WAS WASTING TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

NO, YOU ARE NOT, BECAUSE THAT'S PART OF MY MONEY TOO LIKELY.

SERIOUSLY. HAVE THEY TRIED TALKING TO ACTUAL PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO BENEFITED FROM THIS TYPE OF LEADERSHIP? USING MY TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO PURCHASE GIFT CARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY DURING THE HOLIDAY IS NOT WASTEFUL SPENDING.

NO, I HAD FIVE MINUTES AND I STILL HAVE NINE.

NO MS., VIRGINIA. IT'S GONE WELL.

I DO APOLOGIZE, SO I NEED TO SAY GOODNIGHT.

UNFORTUNATELY, GOODNIGHT.

THANK YOU. I BET YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE FOUR MORE SPEAKERS, AT LEAST.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO JOE KINSEY, PLEASE.

AND MR. MR. WEBSTER, YOU'RE ON DECK.

YOU'RE ON DECK, MR. WEBSTER, YOU'RE ON DECK. OH, YOU'RE ON DECK, MR. WEBSTER. YOU'RE ON DECK.

OK, JOE CLANCY, KINGS POINT RESIDENCE, CLAREMONT MADAM MAYOR COMMISSION, ALL TAXPAYERS IN THE ROOM.

I THINK WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE COMMISSION.

WHERE DO WE START? SQUARE ONE? YEAH.

LET'S START THERE WITH THE ADVERSITY THAT TAKES PLACE, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE ADVERSITY.

SOMETIMES WE ALL FALL SHORT.

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WE ALL DO. BUT LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID BEFORE ME, IF YOU CAN'T HANDLE ADVERSITY, THEN YOUR RESIGNATION WOULD BE ACCEPTED RIGHT NOW.

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL A VOTE.

SO EITHER WE SEE SOME COOPERATION.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL MAYOR WHO I KNOW WANTS TO WORK WITH ALL OF US.

WE DON'T SEE COOPERATION.

THEN WE MAY ASK FOR A RESIGNATION.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STUART WEBSTER.

STUART WEBSTER, FIRST, GARDNER'S MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER HAS STAFF UNDER BEARS.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

I'M HERE TO CAUSE GOOD TROUBLE, BUT BEFORE I START THROUGH THE MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT COMMENTS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY MADE.

I WOULD INVITE HIM TO CONSIDER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AD HOMINEM ATTACKS VERSUS STATEMENT OF FACT. SECONDLY, I WAS EVEN MORE CONCERNED WHEN HE MENTIONED AS QUOTE, AS I SAY TO MY CHILDREN, I WOULD INVITE HIM TO CONSIDER THAT.

ANYWAY. BUT I CAME TO THE MEETING THE LAST TIME I START AGAIN, AS I SAID, EVERY TIME I COME HERE, I BASICALLY IMAGINE WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO DEAL WITH CHINESE WATER TORTURE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS, I WILL ELABORATE.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, AFTER TONIGHT, I THINK I WILL COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING DURING MY THREE MINUTES.

WHILE I DO NOT THINK IT'S UNIQUE TO JAMAICA.

THERE IS A JAMAICAN EXPRESSION THAT GOES LIKE THIS.

A PROMISE IS A COMFORT TO A FOOL.

AND THIS SEEMS TO BE HOW OUR CITY OPERATES.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, THERE WAS MENTION ABOUT FACE MASKS, AND I ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE DOG PARK AT SOUTH GATE AND UNIVERSITY.

AND I ASKED HOW THE CITY WOULD ADDRESS AND ADVERTISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FACE MASKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE WERE PUBLICLY TOLD THAT THE CITY WOULD BE DEALING WITH THIS.

SO OK. WELL, TODAY THERE HAS BEEN NEITHER DISTRIBUTION NOR ADVERTISEMENT ABOUT THIS CRITICAL MATTER. AND I THINK THE COMMISSION KNOWS THAT I HAVE BEEN COMMITTEEMEN OF MY PRECINCT FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 10 YEARS, SO I KNOW I STAY IN TOUCH WITH MY COMMUNITY VERY MUCH. WE ALL KNOW THAT IF THE CITY IS INTERESTED IN ACTING PROACTIVELY IN THIS INSTANCE, THERE ARE MANY METHODS OF DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND THE QUICKEST IS VIA THE TAMARAC TEXT APP. I SAY NO MORE.

AS FOR MY COMMENT ABOUT THE DOG PARK AND ANY RESPONSE, I WAS PROMISED INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS SHOULD ONE ASK IF I RECEIVED ANYTHING? ENOUGH SAID. WHILE I WAS LED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PLANS WERE IN LOCK WERE LOCKED IN, I WONDER HOW MUCH PUBLIC INPUT THERE WAS IN THE PROJECT FROM THE TRACK RECORD, I IMAGINE.

THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER IMPOSITION ON THE COMMUNITY.

IT DIDN'T DO A SEEING MADAM MAYOR, A COMMISSIONER.

THIS IS HOW WE, THE RESIDENTS OF THIS GREAT CITY, ARE TREATED BY BOTH THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION AND THE STAFF.

THE AND I THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I WILL CONTINUE.

THAT'S FINE. THAT'S FINE.

ALL RIGHT. TO BE CONTINUED TO BE CONTINUED.

ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'M ACTUALLY SIR.

BEFORE I GO TO YOU, I HAVE MS. BUSH. SORRY? BUT YOU'LL COME NEXT, PLEASE.

NICOLE BISSUE, SUNFLOWER HEATH GATE, DEBORAH PLACKO IS MY COMMISSIONER.

I MOVED HERE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO.

IMMEDIATELY WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH, I STARTED WATCHING THE VIDEOS OF THESE MEETINGS ONLINE. IF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY ARE NOT AWARE, EVERY SINGLE MEETING IS AVAILABLE ON THE TAMARAC WEBSITE, YOU CAN GO BACK.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN THIS LAST YEAR, NOT JUST THIS LATEST INCIDENT, BUT MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF TESTY BEHAVIOR, SHALL I SAY, HAS BEEN WITNESSED BY MYSELF AND IT IS RECORDED FOR

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EVERYONE TO SEE PUBLIC RECORDS.

YOU CAN GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE MEETINGS.

IT IS FRUSTRATING, VERY FRUSTRATING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO WATCH BEHAVIOR LIKE THIS.

YOU ARE ALL ADULTS.

YOU'RE ALL OLDER THAN ME.

YOU SHOULD ALL KNOW HOW TO ACT.

I HAVE JOKED MANY A TIME WITH MY FRIENDS THAT THIS SHOULD BE TWITCH STREAMED WITH COMMENTARY BECAUSE THAT'S HOW ENTERTAINING SOME OF THESE NIGHTS ARE.

I DO NOT HAVE THE ENERGY FOR THAT TWITCH STREAM AND I FEEL THAT BEING HERE IS MORE IMPORTANT. THE MORE BODIES THAT SIT IN THIS CHAMBER, THE MORE THESE PEOPLE UP IN THE DAIS WILL FEEL THEY ARE BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

PLEASE, PLEASE ATTEND YOUR MEETINGS.

KEEP IN CONTACT WITH YOUR COMMISSIONERS.

I KNOW I HAVE EMAILED DEBORAH, I HAVE EMAILED MICHELLE.

I HAVE EMAILED MULTIPLE CITY STAFF.

ALL OF THEIR WEBSITE OR ALL OF THEIR EMAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, ALL OF THEIR PHONE NUMBERS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

IT'S A GREAT SOURCE.

PLEASE ACT LIKE ADULTS.

PLEASE TRY AND WORK FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COMMUNITY.

PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR COMMISSIONER IS A GREAT WOMAN ONCE SAID.

YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY. I'M NEWTON.

I LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE DISTRICTS.

NEWTON FAIRWEATHER.

THANK YOU. A GREAT WOMAN ONCE SAID THAT IF YOU ARE BUSY JUDGING PEOPLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO. TO LOVE THEM, MOTHER TERESA WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS WOMAN.

I THINK I'M AMAZED.

LET ME GIVE YOU A MIDDLE GROUND.

SOMEBODY ONCE SAID, WHY DO YOU LOVE TAMARAC? OR DO YOU LOVE TAMARAC? LOVE IS PATIENT.

LOVE IS KIND. LOVE FORGIVES A MULTITUDE OF SIN.

LOVE DOES NOT KEEP RECORD.

AND I THINK I'M AMAZED AT THE PERFECTION IN THIS ROOM.

SO MANY PERFECT PEOPLE.

SO MANY.

AND I THINK WHEN WE GO HOME, WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THERE'S TWO OF YOU OF US.

THERE'S A POLAROID VIEW, BUT THERE'S ALSO AN X RAY VIEW.

AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOW BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S AN X RAY VIEW BEING RECORDED RIGHT NOW OF US.

WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

WHO DO YOU SEE THE REAL MAN, THE REAL WOMAN? I THINK WHAT IT IS, I THINK THIS GROUP OF LEADERS NEEDS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

I THINK THERE'S NOTHING YOU CANNOT WORK OUT IF YOU PRAY ABOUT IT, GET TOGETHER AND REALIZE WE ALL HAVE SOME NICHES.

WE ALL HAVE SOME FAULTS.

DON'T BE SO QUICK TO THROW STONES.

EVERY TIME YOU THROW ONE, THERE'S FOUR POINTING BACK.

YOU ALL FEELING ME ON THIS ONE? SO I THINK IT'S, IF THE JOB OF GOVERNING IS ALWAYS A CHALLENGE.

I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE RELATIONSHIPS, NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE TRACKS YOU FROM, YOU TEND TO WORK OUT THESE THINGS QUICKER.

THERE'S NO REASON YOU CAN'T GET TOGETHER, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE MALE OR FEMALE AND BEGIN TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BEFORE YOU COME UP, YOU CAN SOLVE THESE THINGS.

THE TRICK OF THE ADVERSARY, WHATEVER THE ADVERSARY, IS TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER.

I MEAN, DO YOU REALLY LOVE TAMARAC OR IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT WE.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND WELCOME TO THE COMMUNITY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE COME ON UP.

DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK MY? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? WE'LL GO NEXT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, GUEST SPEAKER, LAWYER, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

GOOD NIGHT TO YOU ALL.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I MUST SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO ALL THE NOMINEES.

YOUR NAME, PLEASE. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY SORRY.

OK. CARLENE WALKER FROM TAMARAC DISTRICT ONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THAT GOES BEYOND SAYING.

MY COMMISSIONER IS MARLON BOLTON.

OK, I'M NOT HERE TO HAVE A LONG CONVERSATION.

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VERY PRECISE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I THINK HE HAS BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. I HAVE BEEN TO CAPORELLA PARK.

WE WENT MORE THAN ONCE, HAVE BEEN SOMETHING GOING ON FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

AND IT WAS WELL-ORGANIZED AND A LOT OF THINGS WERE THERE.

MANY TIMES I GET LIKE TEXT ON MY PHONE THAT THEY ARE HAVING.

YOU CAN COME FOR A MEAL IN THE COMMUNITY ON A SATURDAY, AND ME AND MY FAMILY WERE ABLE TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE THAT NOT HIM, OF HIMSELF THAT TOLD ME, BUT PEOPLE SAY THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD FOR MYSELF.

HE HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND IF HE WEREN'T DOING A GOOD JOB, IT WOULD NOT BE GETTING A SECOND TERM IN THIS ELECTED SEAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALL NOT JUST YOU PEOPLE ON THE BOARD, BUT US AS THE PUBLIC HAVE TO WORK AS A TEAM BECAUSE TEAMWORK IS DREAM WORK AND DOESN'T MATTER THE DIFFERENCES EACH AND EVERY ONE HAVE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL AND WE HAVE OUR PERSONALITIES.

WE GOT TO PUT IT ASIDE AND COME TOGETHER AND DO THINGS ON A PROFESSIONAL LEVEL SO THAT YOU CAN GO FORWARD IN WHATEVER DREAM YOU ASPIRE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

I MUST SAY BEFORE I GO, WHEN I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE IN JAMAICA, I WILL NEVER, EVER FORGET IS A FOOD OF THOUGHT.

I WAS A GROUP LEADER AND WHEN I SEE THE GIRLS AND GUYS THAT WORK WITH ME NOT PUSHING ENOUGH BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN MY A'S, I WOULD GO TO THE LECTURE AND SAY, I'M GOING TO DO IT ALL BY MYSELF.

HE SAID, NO, CARLENE DOESN'T MATTER HOW GOOD YOU ARE, YOU HAVE TO PRACTICE THE WORK IN A GROUP BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WORKING WORLD, IT CAN'T BE JUST YOU.

ONE PERSON DOES NOT MAKE DECISIONS.

SO INSTEAD OF BOMBARDING AND CRITICIZING, COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND LET IT WORK BECAUSE IT CAN WORK BECAUSE PEOPLE VOTED IN AND PEOPLE WILL VOTE YOU OUT.

BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

PEOPLE USE THE TIME TO BE ON SOMEBODY'S BACK BRINGING THEM DOWN.

GET IT RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS. CARLENE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, WE ARE AT OUR LAST SPEAKER.

OK. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.

HI, MY NAME IS STEVE [INAUDIBLE].

I LIVE IN HAMPTON HILLS DISTRICT TWO.

I WORK WITH YOU ALL CLOSELY IN THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE, AND I'M ONLY GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC ITEM.

SECTION 10 BE THE REASON WHY I'VE BEEN KIND OF DEBATING ACTUALLY SPEAKING ABOUT THIS TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE AN INCLINATION OF PERSONAL BENEFITS.

I SPEAK TO THIS ITEM DIRECTLY BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER A RIGOROUS DEBATE ON THIS TOPIC.

I'M NEWLY WORKING AS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON HERE FOR THE CITY OF TAMARAC, AND I CAN SAY THAT IN MY FEW WEEKS WORKING HERE, I HAVE ENJOYED MY JOB, TRULY WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND ACTUALLY CONNECTING WITH CONSTITUENTS AND DOING EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TOLD MY FIRST DAY OF ORIENTATION AND ONE OF THE PILLARS OF WHAT TAMARAC STRIVES FOR, WHICH IS CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND SINCE I HAVE BEEN IN THIS POSITION, I HAVE STRIVED TO DO THAT NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, BUT ALSO FOR THE CONSTITUENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC. I'M ASKING THAT YOU GUYS DO CONSIDER THIS ITEM AS AN ACTION ITEM AT A FUTURE COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE.

IN TRUTH, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH A LIMITATION OF TIME TO TRULY SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS HERE.

ALSO BEING AN EXTENSION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMISSION OFFICE, IT DOES TAKE TIME AWAY FROM OTHER ASPECTS OF WHAT OUR DUTIES ARE.

SO I ASK YOU ALL SIMPLY TO JUST CONSIDER A RIGOROUS DEBATE ON ALL THE VARIABLES AS TO THIS ITEM ITSELF AND TO ALLOW US AS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS TO CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD WORK THAT THE CITY IS ASKING OF US.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT HAS BEEN LOVELY HAVING YOU HERE.

YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY.

WE ARE GOING TO TAKE WHAT TIME IS IT? IT IS 8:55.

WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 9:10.

IF YOU'RE BACK HERE WITH US.

FABULOUS. IF NOT, WISH YOU A VERY SAFE RIDE HOME.

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THIS MEETING IS IN RECESS.

ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME BACK TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING, IT IS CURRENTLY 9:10 AND WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

CITY MANAGER.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS, PLEASE? OH, ACTUALLY, DO WE NEED TO CALL ROLL AGAIN OR YOU CAN SEE WHO'S HERE? OK, THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER? YES, MAYOR, THERE'S A REQUEST TO MOVE ITEM 10D TO THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH IS THE ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT ITEM.

THAT 10 B OR D? D AS IN DAVID.

AND D AS IN DAVID. OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.

I'LL TAKE A A MOTION IN A SECOND FOR OUR CONSENT AGENDA, PLEASE.

I GOT A MOTION.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO MOTIONED, VICE MAYOR SECONDED.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL CITY CLERK.

THANK YOU, MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? PRESENT. YES OR NO? IT'S THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OH YES, I'M SORRY, THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR GELIN? YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON? YES. THANK YOU. AND COMMISSIONER PLACKO? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 5-0.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE NOW GO TO NUMBER 5A, TR-13733 CITY COMMISSION INITIATIVE POLICY.

[5.a. TR13733 - City Commission Initiative Policy]

OH, GOODNESS, I CAN READ. CITY ATTORNEY, HOPEFULLY YOU READ BETTER THAN I DO.

PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION OF SEEING COMMISSIONER SEEING TAMARAC FLORIDA ADOPTING CITY COMMISSION INITIATED POLICY AND AUTHORIZING ITS IMPLEMENTATION, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR IN THE EFFECTIVE DATE.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL NOW ASK FOR A MOTION, AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

SO MOVED. THANK YOU.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

I'LL NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

VICE MAYOR, YOU LOOKING FOR DISCUSSION OR YOU JUST? OK, OK, SEEING THAT THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

MAYOR GOMEZ? YES.

VICE MAYOR GELIN? NO. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? YES. COMMISSIONER PLACKO? YES. COMMISSIONER BOLTON? NO. THE MOTION PASSES 3-2.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING TO 5B, TR-13742, ADOPTING A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY.

[5.b. TR13742 - Adopting a Social Media Policy]

CITY ATTORNEY, PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

YES, MADAM MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION IN THE CITY COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, ADOPTING THE CITY OF TAMARAC SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY FOR THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, I NEED A MOTION A SECOND.

SO MOVED.

FAILED TO GET A SECOND.

THIS MEETING DIES FOR FAILURE TO GET A SECOND.

[10.a. Update - 2022 Inspiration Way Sculptures]

WE WILL NOW GO TO 10A., UPDATE 2022 INSPIRATIONAL WAY SCULPTURES.

AND WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT, GEORGE GADSON.

MR. GADSON, WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE US WITH YOUR.

GOOD EVENING. GEORGE GADSON, GASTON RAVITZ MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS AT THE LAST MEETING.

MY BUSINESS PARTNER, BETH ROBERTS, PRESENTED TO YOU WHAT WAS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS YEAR'S INSPIRATION WAY, AND THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR SCULPTURE THAT WAS NOT APPROVED AND WE HAD AGREED THAT WE WOULD BRING BACK TWO ADDITIONAL SCULPTURES FOR YOU TO REVIEW AND FROM THOSE TWO, ONE THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE, WHICH, THAT YOU PREFER HAVING.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST SHARE THOSE WITH YOU.

THE PARTICULAR ONE HERE BY THE ARTIST NAMED JONI HERZOG'S THE DRAGON FLOWER, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF ADVANCE THE SLIDES FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES.

AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO PREFERENCE ON OUR PART, WE'RE SHOWING THESE TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN THEN DECIDE WHICH OF THE TWO THAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE.

WOULD YOU PREFER THAT YOU WOULD PREFER? AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS BY THE ARTIST KURT SEESE, AND I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE IMAGE OF

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THIS PARTICULAR SCULPTURE.

SO I CAN GO BACK IF YOU WISH ME TO.

AND WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR IS TO ASK YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND SUGGESTION AND VOTE ON ONE OF THE TWO THAT YOU WOULD PREFER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE HERE FOR A CONSENSUS ON ONE OF THE TWO ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR INSPIRATION WAY, WHICH IS GOING FOR INSTALLATION THIS WEEK, TOMORROW, ACTUALLY OR DID WE PUSHED IT BACK? YEAH, NO, THERE'S BEEN SOME DELAYS, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE NEXT, SAY, TWO TO THREE WEEKS.

OK. OK. BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE THIS DECISION TONIGHT? YES. ALL RIGHT. PLEASE.

SO AS SUCH, I WILL JUST GO DOWN THE LINE AND SEE IF I CAN GET A ONE OR TWO.

SO IT WAS DRAGON FLOWER OR WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TREE? SORRY, TREE BRANCHES.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WHICH IS YOUR PREFERENCE? EITHER OR. ALL RIGHTY, THEN.

VICE MAYOR? I DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE.

DID MY PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBER HAVE A PREFERENCE OR SAY ON THIS? WITH THESE PARTICULAR SELECTIONS, I THINK [INAUDIBLE] WAS ONE OF THE SUBMISSIONS THAT WAS NEXT IN LINE IN THE EVENT THAT ONES THAT WERE PRESENTED EARLIER WERE NOT ALL ACCEPTED.

OK. SO NO OPINION BY, FOR YOURSELF? ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER PLACKO? DRAGON FLOWER. OK.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON? DRAGON FLOWER.

OK, SO SEEING THAT WE HAVE CONSENSUS FOR DRAGON FLOWER IT SEEMS TO BE CORRECT.

ALL RIGHT. GREAT. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I THINK THIS WAS THE FASTEST TIME WE'VE EVER DONE ART IN THIS COMMISSION.

SO YAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING RIGHT ALONG TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 10B, INCREASING THE MAXIMUM

[10.b. Increasing the maximum number of hours for Community Engagement Liaisons]

NUMBER OF HOURS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISONS.

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY VICE MAYOR GELIN.

MR. GELIN, PLEASE PROVIDE THE EXPECTATION RELATED TO THIS CHANGE.

YES, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.

IF WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE TWO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THEY HAD TO SPLIT TWENTY FIVE HOURS A WEEK.

SO TO ME, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD INCREASE IT WHERE EACH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT LIAISON CAN SERVE UP TO TWENTY NINE HOURS PER WEEK, AND THAT WAY THEY CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN THEIR ROLE.

FOR EXAMPLE, YOU KNOW, MY LIAISON DOES RESEARCH ON ITEMS LIKE THE ANTI-CORRUPTION ACT, WHICH I HAD TO REMOVE FROM THE AGENDA TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER ITEMS THAT I DON'T THINK ARE AS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S TAKING UP TOO MUCH TIME.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THE RESEARCH IN THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND DO RESEARCH, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE INCREASE THE HOURS.

SO IT'S REASONABLE. OK, SO WE HAVE NO BACKUP ON THIS ITEM FOR HOW MUCH IT WILL COST THE CITY, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN FOR DISCUSSION BY THE CITY BEFORE AND NOT IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. I WILL JUST ASK IF THERE IS CONSENSUS TO GO HAVE THE CITY RESEARCH THIS AND BRING THIS FOR A FUTURE WORKSHOP MEETING, COMMISSIONER GELIN, SORRY.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON? CONSENSUS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY.

YES, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING DUE DILIGENCE AND FIGURING OUT WHAT SOMETHING COST AND WHEN IT COMES BACK TO US, WE COULD DECIDE AT THAT TIME.

COMMISSIONER PLACKO? HOW MANY HOURS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE GOING FROM TWENTY FIVE TO WHAT? OH, NOTES ON. HE SAID 29 PER PERSON.

TWENTY NINE PER PERSON.

SO, OK, I THOUGHT YOU SAID TWENTY FIVE, MAYBE IT WAS YOUR MASK.

THEY WANT TO INCREASE.

WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE TWENTY FIVE HOURS PER PERSON.

NO, IT'S NOT PER PERSON.

SORRY PER. IT'S SPLIT BY TWO PEOPLE.

SO IT'S 12 AND A HALF HOURS A WEEK, WHICH DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

IT'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT TO GET OUT OF THE BED FOR THAT, SO IT SHOULD BE TWENTY NINE HOURS.

TWENTY NINE HOURS A WEEK PER PERSON IS WHAT HE'S.

SO FROM TWENTY FIVE TO TWENTY NINE? HOURS PER PERSON VERSUS TWENTY FIVE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE.

OK. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM LISTENING TO WHAT STAFF HAS TO SAY ABOUT IT.

I'LL KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS? CAN WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, I MEAN, I'M PRETTY SURE.

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TWENTY NINE HOURS PLUS FOUR TIMES THE 20 DOLLARS AN HOUR.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THAT WOULD BE TIMES TWO PEOPLE.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MORE DUE DILIGENCE DO WE NEED TO DO THAT? THAT'S A QUICK MATH, SO I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF ADDING ANY MORE HOURS.

I HAVE PLENTY OF HOURS WITH MY COMMUNITY LIAISON.

I ONLY HAVE ONE.

WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IN OUR EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM STAFF.

I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE WOULD NEED.

SIX, ALMOST 60 HOURS OR 58 HOURS PER WEEK AND GET ADDITIONAL LIAISONS OR.

IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, AND THERE'S NO POINT OF EVEN DOING DUE DILIGENCE, IT'S IT'S IT'S SIMPLE MATH HERE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLACKO? YOU LET YOUR LIGHT. YES, GO AHEAD.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF STAFF HAS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.

SO I AM WILLING TO HEAR WHAT STAFF CAN COME BACK WITH.

OK. I'M NOT AGREEING TO ANYTHING.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF STAFF HAS ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE, ANOTHER IDEA OR WHAT THEY CAN COME BACK WITH. THANK YOU.

THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WAS DISCUSSED TWICE BEFORE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED AND FOUND THAT BUDGETING WAS NOT IN THE CARDS AND SOMETHING THAT OUR HUMAN RESOURCES WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE FURTHER ANALYSIS.

AGAIN, TO REMIND US THAT GOING OVER TWENTY FIVE HOURS PER WEEK FOR AN EMPLOYEE CHANGES THE ROLE OF AN EMPLOYEE FROM PART TIME TO FULL TIME AND HAS OTHER QUANTIFIABLE AND FINANCIAL ITEMS THAT ARE NOT IN OUR CITY'S BUDGET, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE ROLES OF OUR LIAISONS AND APPRECIATE THE ROLES THAT WHETHER IT'S A LIAISON OR LIAISON PLURAL PER PERSON ON THE COMMISSION.

WE ARE ALSO HERE TO DO OUR JOBS AND NOT HAVE THEM DOING IT FOR US.

SO BUT HOWEVER, THAT SAID, THIS COMMISSION HAS MADE, THERE IS A CONSENSUS BY THREE ON THE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE THAT THIS ITEM SHOULD COME BACK FOR A DISCUSSION AND A POSSIBLE ACTION DATE ACTION AT A FUTURE MEETING.

SO AT CITY STAFF'S CONVENIENCE AND ABILITY TO.

REVIEW NUMBERS AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING FEASIBLE TO PRESENT BACK OR NOT AT A FUTURE DATE. THANK YOU.

SO WE ARE NOW GOING TO 10C CENSURING OF COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

[Items 10.c, 10.e, & 10.f]

THIS IS BROUGHT BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

PLEASE STATE THE REASONS FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE REQUESTED ACTION IF THERE IS CONSENSUS TO BRING IT OUT BACK AT A FUTURE MEETING.

CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PLEASE REITERATE OUR CONVERSATION FOR YOUR SUGGESTION TO BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS AND I'VE IN ANTICIPATION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

IN THIS ITEM COMING FORWARD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CLERK, WE REVIEWED THE CITY CODE.

AND WHILE THE CITY CODE CERTAINLY PROVIDES FOR CENSURE TO TAKE PLACE, THERE IS NO PARTICULAR PROCEDURE OR MECHANISM WITHIN THE CODE IN WHICH TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A MOTION TO CENSURE, ACCORDING TO, AND IN OUR CODE WHEN THERE'S AN ABSENCE OF A SPECIFIC PROCEDURE IN OUR RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING YOUR MEETINGS, THEN YOU LOOK TO ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER HAS TWO PROVISIONS ON MOTIONS TO CENSURE IF THE ACTION GIVING RISE TO THE POTENTIAL MOVE TO CENSURE TAKES PLACE AT A REGULAR MEETING WHERE EVERYONE IS PRESENT, THEN IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CENSURE AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

IF THE ACTIONS TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE OF A SCHEDULED MEETING THAT'S TAKING PLACE, THEN THE APPROPRIATE THING IS TO ONE, DETERMINE THAT THERE'S CONSENSUS AND TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

WE WOULD THEN PUT IT ON THE NEXT AGENDA FOR ACTION AND THEN WE WOULD AGAIN, IF THERE'S CONTINUED INTEREST, WE WOULD SCHEDULE A HEARING BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER CALLS FOR.

SINCE THE ACTIONS THAT GIVE THAT APPEAR TO HAVE GIVEN RISE TO THIS ITEM BEING PLACED ON THE AGENDA TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE OF A REGULAR MEETING, THEN YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HEARING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TESTIMONY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INFORMATION AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE INVOLVED PARTIES, WHAT TOOK PLACE, HOW IT TOOK PLACE AND

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WHETHER OR NOT YOU BELIEVE IT RISES TO THE LEVEL BEING A CENSURABLE ACT.

I'M SORRY.

SO, I SHARED THAT INFORMATION WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, I SHARED THAT INFORMATION ALSO WITH COMMISSIONER BOLTON, SINCE HE HAS A SIMILAR ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THE YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN STATEMENTS BY BOTH COMMISSIONERS THAT THEY BELIEVE THIS WARRANTS FURTHER ACTION.

SO THE QUESTION UNDER OUR RULES IS DO WE MOVE IT FORWARD AS AN ACTION ITEM? AND THEN TO SCHEDULE A HEARING, SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND APPRECIATE THIS, AND I KNOW THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SO.

I'M GOING TO ASK THIS IN GENERAL, AND I KNOW THAT I AM STEPPING ON YOUR TOES.

AND I KNOW I'M STEPPING ON COMMISSIONER BOLTON TOES AT THIS TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT ANYWAY.

IN LIGHT OF WHAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS THIS EVENING.

CAN WE PLEASE PUT THIS ASIDE AND START JUST DOING THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

STOP MAKING THINGS PERSONAL AND NOT HAVE TO BRING ANYTHING FORWARD IN A CENSURE FOR EITHER ONE OR ANYONE ELSE.

AND IF NEED BE, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BROUGHT IT UP, I BELIEVE TWO OR THREE TIMES TO STRENGTHEN OUR POLICIES ON OUR BEHAVIOR, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, I SAY WE SHOULDN'T NEED RULES WRITTEN TO BE ABLE TO BE PAID.

SO AGAIN, I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS FOR STEPPING ON YOUR TOES AND SAYING THIS AND ALSO TRYING TO SPEAK BEFORE COMMISSIONER BOLTON, BUT I AM ASKING IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO JUST MOVE IT FORWARD WITHOUT THE CENSURE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING.

I WOULD BE OK WITH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, THAT IN OUR LAST INSTANCE THAT WE HAD THAT I HAD WITH VICE MAYOR GELIN COMMISSIONER PLACKO SPECIFICALLY SAID FAMILY IS OFF THE BOOKS.

WE DON'T TALK ABOUT OUR FAMILIES, ONE BEING CALLED STUPID AND IDIOT.

YOU CAN TELL ME ALL DAY LONG.

UP OTHER THAN THAT, I REALLY DON'T HAVE A DESIRE TO HAVE CHAOS.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE A DESIRE.

THIS IS ENERGY DRAINING.

BUT THE DISRESPECT TOWARDS OUR CITY MANAGER, OUR STAFF, OUR VENDORS ARE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO ONE ANOTHER, AND WE GO INTO FAMILY.

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AND THAT'S WHY I ALSO BROUGHT MY SECOND ITEM THERE.

SO I'M OK, NOT GOING THROUGH WITH THAT.

IF COMMISSIONER BOLTON WILL BE AMENABLE TO THAT, I WOULD BE AMENABLE TO THAT AS WELL.

IF HE IS NOT, THEN I'M GOING TO PUSH IT FORWARD AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I SEE THE COMMISSIONER PLACKO WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

ASK THE ATTORNEY. BUT DON'T INTERFERE WITH THIS.

GO AHEAD. OK.

SO SKIPPING OVER THE ITEM E FOR DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION BY THE COMMISSIONER BODY TO ENACT A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH.

CONSEQUENCE OTHER THAN CENSURING, I WILL NOW ASK COMMISSIONER BOLTON FOR THE SAME THING THAT I HAVE, THAT I ACTUALLY ASKED BOTH OF YOU AT THE SAME TIME.

CAN WE PLEASE PUT THE CENSURE MATTER BEHIND US AND THEN JUST WORK ON OUR CODE OF CONDUCT? PLEASE, MADAM MAYOR, I WILL RESPOND TO YOU, BUT WITH THIS GESTURE.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS NOT MADE RACIST COMMENTS TO ME JUST ONE TIME.

HE HAS MADE IT SEVERAL TIMES AND I'VE SPOKEN TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ABOUT RACIST COMMENTS BEFORE, PRIVATELY.

I'VE SAID TO HIM THAT THINGS THAT HE SAYS ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LOOK LIKE ME IS NOT APPROPRIATE. I'VE HAD TO ENDURE LOOKING AT NEXT DOOR POSTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER, AND HE IS RELENTLESS IN HIS PURSUIT TO TARNISH MY REPUTATION.

I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT WHAT WAS COMING TONIGHT, BUT FOR A RESIDENT REACHING OUT TO ME IN HIS DISTRICT. WHAT SOMETIMES WE SEE HERE BY ONE RESIDENT OR JUST A FEW IS A SMOKE SCREEN.

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I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY THINK THAT I AM CRAZY OR THAT THE COMMISSION IS CRAZY.

WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS I DID NOT, ABSOLUTELY DID NOT CALL COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS' WIFE FAT.

I DID NOT DO THAT.

WHAT I DID DO IS REPEAT WHAT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS SAID TO ME ABOUT HIS WIFE.

AND SO IF HE FEELS STRONGLY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HE'S SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE IN PRIVATE, WE CAN GO DOWN THAT ROAD.

WE CAN.

WE CAN GO DOWN THE ROAD OF CENSURE BECAUSE I WILL STATE ON THE RECORD EXACTLY WHAT I SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE, AND HE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH THAT TRUTH IN HIS HOUSE.

CAN I? I'M ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION.

HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE.

AND HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS TRUE.

HE WOULD HAVE TO CONTEND WITH WHAT HE SAID ABOUT HIS WIFE IN HIS HOUSE.

I ONLY REPEATED WHAT HE SAID TO ME AND TO SAY, MADAM MAYOR, I'M FINISHING.

TO SAY IN CONTEXT, TO SAY IN CONTEXT WHY I REPEATED TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WHAT I DID THAT NIGHT IS BECAUSE COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS CALLED ME A BLACK BALDY, A BALD HEAD.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON THE WHOLE PURPOSE IS NOT.

MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR.

DO THIS. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS CALLED ME A BALD HEAD, NOT JUST ONCE, BUT IN THE COMMISSION OFFICE, AS WELL AS HE'S LEAVING IN FRONT OF STAFF.

THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME.

THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT HE DID THAT.

SO IS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION YOU DO NOT WISH TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO, MADAM MAYOR.

I FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT MY CENSURE BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN ANYWHERE.

AND BY ME LETTING IT GO DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT SHOULD PERPETUATE.

THE COMMISSIONER SELLS THE NARRATIVE THAT I'M A BULLY AND THAT I DO ALL OF THESE THINGS TO BULLY STAFF AND TO BULLY THE COMMISSION.

THAT IS NOT TRUE AND THAT NARRATIVE HAS TO STOP.

COMMISSIONER? SO I AM, I'VE NOT GOTTEN ON NEXT DOOR TO TALK ABOUT THE VICE MAYOR.

I'VE NOT GONE INTO PRIVATE GROUPS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO TALK ABOUT THE VICE MAYOR.

NEVER HAVE AND NEVER WILL.

BUT ONE THING I WILL NOT TOLERATE IS PEOPLE MAKING RACIAL COMMENTS ABOUT ME.

IT HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES BEFORE, NOT JUST WITH COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, BUT IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, WE'RE AT THE POINT I ASK A SIMPLE QUESTION AND YOU'RE GOING.

OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS CALLED ME NAMES IN FRONT OF ALL OF YOU AND NOBODY SAID ANYTHING.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

WE'RE DONE. WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.

BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S TRUE.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, ACTUALLY, DO YOU KNOW.

WHAT DO YOU RECALL? COMMISSIONER BOLTON? WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD BECAUSE REMEMBER THERE WERE WITNESSES AND THAT WILL BE WHAT WILL COME OUT IF THIS PROCEEDS.

THERE WERE WITNESSES. BUT THE POINT IS, COMMISSIONER.

COMMISSIONER, PLEASE LISTEN TO THE POINT OF WHAT I'M ASKING.

PLEASE LISTEN TO THE POINT OF WHAT I'M ASKING.

I AM REPEATING WHAT I THINK THAT YOU ARE ASKING ME AND THEN I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YOU ARE ASKING ME IF I WANT TO CONTINUE MY CENSURE OR I WANT TO JUST LET THIS GO.

THE NARRATIVE IS I DO NOT WANT TO JUST SAY I'M LETTING IT GO BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS TO THINK THAT IT IS OK TO MAKE RACIAL REMARKS AGAINST ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME HE HAS DONE IT, AND.

WE'VE GOT THAT PART, YOU SAID THAT PART. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR.

YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR YOU'VE MADE IT CLEAR ON THE RECORD, BUT WHAT I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS THERE IS, YOU KNOW, TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF TWO DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

THE PURPOSE BEING WE HAVE JUST HEARD FROM APPROXIMATELY 20, MAYBE 30 OF OUR RESIDENTS AND PROBABLY ANOTHER 10 WHO DID NOT WISH TO SPEAK FURTHER ABOUT IT TONIGHT.

WHAT WE HAVE HOPEFULLY HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS THIS BEHAVIOR, WHETHER IT HAPPENED OR DIDN'T HAPPEN CANNOT CONTINUE.

SO IN THE EFFORT TO HEAR OUR RESIDENTS, I AM ASKING THAT WE PUT THIS ASIDE.

WE CAN THEN GO BACK AND WE CAN ASK FOR OUR POLICIES TO BE STRENGTHENED.

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THE CITY, IF THERE'S CONSENSUS ON THAT, BUT MOVING IT FORWARD AND THERE WAS A REASON WHY AS WELL THAT WE HAD ASKED FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY THAT NOBODY GAVE US SUPPORT FOR.

SO IF WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT SECOND TO THAT MOTION, MAYBE SOME OF THE CRITICISM OR THE CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE HAVING ABOUT PEOPLE POSTING THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE MET WITH SOME PENALTY.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS COMMISSION DID NOT PASS THAT ITEM AND THEREFORE THERE SHALL BE NO PENALTY. SO I WILL GO BACK TO MY REQUEST.

CAN WE REMOVE THE CENTRAL ITEMS FROM THE TABLE? WE CAN THEN DISCUSS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO HAVE DIRECTION TO AN ACT, A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH OR CONSEQUENCE TO OUR BEHAVIORS.

AND IF THAT IS NO, THEN WE DON'T GO ON THAT ONE, EITHER, BUT I'M ASKING FOR BOTH.

WE'VE GOT FROM COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

HE'S HALF OF THE POPULATION MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO BEHAVE, I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE HAVEN'T, BUT WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD POSITIVELY.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON CAN YOU SAY THAT? WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY THAT.

MAYOR, MY MOTION IS TO TAKE ACTION AND OR TO CENSURE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE MOTIONS DURING OTHERS.

SO THE ITEM IS BASICALLY YOU ARE ASKING UPON, YOU'RE ASKING FOR CONSENSUS OF THIS COMMISSION TO MOVE THE DISCUSSION REGARDING CENSURE TO THE NEXT MEETING.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? MADAM MAYOR, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT AT SOME POINT, COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WILL HAVE TO MAN UP TO WHAT HE SAID AND THE PAIN THAT HE HAS PUT ME THROUGH.

I WILL SAY THIS ON THE RECORD THAT AS I RELENT TONIGHT FOR THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM, MADAM MAYOR, IF IT'S NOT HEARD IN THESE CHAMBERS, WILL BE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY. IT WILL BE HEARD BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION AND IT WILL BE HEARD BY THE BOARD OF THE REALTORS. MARK MY WORD, BECAUSE THESE.

NO MORE THREATS, COMMISSIONER BOLTON, NO THREATS, NO THREATS ARE NEEDED, WE ARE TRYING TO MOVE OUR COMMISSION FORWARD IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

WE HAVE HEARD OUR RESIDENTS HAVE WE NOT? YEAH, WE DID. OK, WE DID GOOD.

GOOD, THANK YOU. AND I HEARD THE 50 OF THEM THAT I INVITED HERE.

COMMISSIONER, PLEASE.

HAD I HAD MORE THAN 24 HOURS, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN 200 PEOPLE.

COMMISSIONER, THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST.

I AM, CAN WE HAVE AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION? ARE YOU NOT? YOU DO NOT WISH TO REMOVE THIS ITEM, IS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING? IS THAT WHAT I HEAR? I REMOVE THE ITEM, BUT COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS HAS TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE WERE NOT JUST AND MY COMMUNITY IS HURT BY IT.

I'M HURT BY IT.

I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM ABOUT IT PRIVATELY.

THIS IS A PRIVATE DISCUSSION THAT HAPPENED AND HE MADE IT PUBLIC.

HE MADE IT PUBLIC. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

COMMISSIONER. ITEMS C AND C AND E ARE OFF THE TABLE.

SORRY, C AND F ARE OFF THE TABLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL NOW GO TO E, DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION BY THE COMMISSION BODY TO ENACT A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH, CONSEQUENCE OTHER THAN CENSURING.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, WILL YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS ITEM? SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS ON THIS ONE.

ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER PLACKO BEFORE WE GO TO.

THANK YOU. GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I GET ALONG WITH ALL MY COLLEAGUES.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THINGS ARE PERSONAL AND THEY SHOULDN'T BE.

WE SIT UP HERE TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, SO GENTLEMEN, I GET IT.

YOU ALL DON'T GET ALONG.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER.

DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH EACH OTHER.

YOU SIT AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE DAIS.

YOUR OFFICES ARE VIRTUALLY AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE OFFICE.

BUT WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS, IT IS SO DISHEARTENING TO SIT HERE AND LISTEN TO RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT WENT OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE, IT SHOWED UP IN PRINT.

I HATE, HATE, HATE, HATE AIRING OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC.

I HAVE SAID THAT MANY TIMES AND I DON'T SIT UP HERE AND SCREAM, HOLLER AND YELL.

I TAKE IT BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO AIR OUR DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC.

I REALLY DO NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL.

GENTLEMEN, I RESPECT BOTH OF YOU.

YOU'VE BOTH BEEN ELECTED TO YOUR POSITION BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THEY CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT IN THESE SEATS.

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IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, MAYBE HR WOULD BE A BETTER SOLUTION, RATHER THAN DOING THIS.

OK. IT WAS JUST A SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW, HASH IT OUT AT SOME POINT.

I JUST DO NOT WANT TO SEE US GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN TONIGHT WITH OUR RESIDENTS, IT WAS, I THINK, ONE OF THE THE SMARTEST, AND ONE OF THE SADDEST THING I HEARD TONIGHT WAS A YOUNG LADY SAY, I'M YOUNGER THAN YOU ALL AND I DON'T BEHAVE THAT WAY.

I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, I SAY THIS TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WITH RESPECT, BUT WE DON'T, SOME OF US DON'T GET ALONG, IT'S OK, IT'S ALL RIGHT, WE DON'T HAVE TO.

SO JUST KEEP AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

LET'S PLEASE, GENTLEMEN.

GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, BOTH.

THANK YOU. SO NOW WE GO BACK TO ITEM E.

IN CONSIDERATION OF, I WON'T SAY A TRUCE, BUT OUT OF RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER, OUT OF PROFESSIONALISM, OUT OF RESPECT TO OUR STAFF AND OUR RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, PUTTING THOSE TWO ITEMS THAT CENSORING IS NONE OF US WANT IT.

RIGHT? NONE OF US WANT TO BE PUT ON PAPER ON THE NEWSPAPER THAT WE ARE.

WE HAVE BEEN CENSURED BY THE COMMISSION.

WE HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE DAIS BECAUSE WE CAN'T BEHAVE, BUT IT CANNOT CONTINUE.

IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG YEAR AND PAST YEARS.

AND WE NEED TO ENACT SOMETHING THAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT WE ARE GOING TO GET SUPPORT FROM FOUR COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, THAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN.

OTHERWISE, IF WE DO NOT SAY THAT WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING THIS ITEM IS SAYING THAT WE DON'T CARE, IT'LL HAPPEN AGAIN, AND WHO CARES? AND IF VICE MAYOR GELIN IS OK WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIS FAMILY, WHEN MAYOR IS OK, TALKING ABOUT HER FAMILY, WHEN MS. COMMISSIONER PLACKO TALKING ABOUT THEIR FAMILY, WHEN WE BRING CERTAIN THINGS UP, WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION. POINT OF INFORMATION, CITY ATTORNEY, THE COMMISSIONER.

YOU'RE NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER SPEAKING TO. YOU'RE NOT RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER BOLTON, YOU HAVE NOT YET BEEN RECOGNIZED.

YOU SAY POINT INFORMATION AND YOU LET US PROCEED, THAT IS THE WHOLE REASON WE ARE HAVING ISSUES. SO PLEASE, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A POINT OF INFORMATION.

IS THAT CORRECT, COMMISSIONER BOLTON? YES. OK.

PLEASE ASK AND WE WILL HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY RESPOND.

A CONTEXT IS NOT PROVIDED BEFOREHAND.

A CONTEXT IS PROVIDED AFTER A MOTION IS PLACED ON THE TABLE AND IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED. WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.

IT HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY SECONDED.

WE CANNOT HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM WITHOUT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ACTION IS ADVISED. THIS IS THIS IS THIS I WILL HANDLE.

THIS IS NOT EMOTION.

THIS IS OUR DISCUSSION WORKSHOP.

THIS IS COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS ITEM THAT HE IS PRESENTING, ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION FOR WHETHER OR NOT THERE WILL BE CONSENSUS TO ASK CITY STAFF TO PRESENT A MORE STRINGENT.

CODE OF CONDUCT FOR US TO REVIEW AT A FUTURE MEETING AND FOR DISCUSSION.

THIS IS NOT A MOTION ITEM.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

SO I'VE VILLALOBOS, IF I MAY.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE OF THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THAT IF THERE IS CONSENSUS, THEN STAFF WILL BEGIN THE PROCESS OF CANVASING OTHER JURISDICTIONS IN BROWARD AND, IF NECESSARY, OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW OTHER JURISDICTIONS ADDRESS AND DEAL WITH DISCIPLINARY MATTERS AMONG THE BOARD OR THE COMMISSION.

AND THEN WE WOULD BRING BACK THAT REPORT TO YOU AND SEEK ADDITIONAL DIRECTION.

IF YOU WISH FOR US TO THEN PROCESS AMENDING THE CODE TO MODIFY THE CURRENT LANGUAGE THAT ESSENTIALLY STATES THE PENALTIES OR THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMISSION MEMBERS, VIOLATING THE RULES OF CONDUCT IS SUSPENSION REMOVAL OR CENSURE, NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER.

AND THAT WAS MY CONCLUSION.

AND ACTUALLY, THE REMOVAL IS BY THE GOVERNOR AND IS NOT BY THIS COMMISSION, ITS REMOVAL FROM THE MEETING, BUT NOT REMOVAL FROM OFFICE, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, PLEASE.

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COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS, PLEASE PROCEED.

THAT WAS MY CONCLUSION.

OK, THANK YOU. SO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS IS SEEKING CONSENSUS ON THE DAIS FOR DETERMINATION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE STRENGTHENING OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS ALREADY IN OUR CHARTER AND IN OUR ORDINANCES, AND AN ITEM THAT HAS BEEN UP TWICE BEFORE.

SO. VICE MAYOR GELIN, DO YOU SUPPORT THIS ITEM COMING BACK AFTER THE CITY TEAM REVIEWS AND CALLS OTHER CITIES AND CITIES FOR BEST PRACTICES THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR CITY FOR US TO REVIEW AND A FUTURE MEETING AND DISCUSS THEM? POINT OF INFORMATION MADAM MAYOR.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM.

THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM AND I'M ASKING FOR CONSENSUS.

RIGHT. YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMEBODY'S OPINION.

YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR DISCUSSION.

SO I WANT TO HAVE DISCUSSION ON THIS BEFORE YOU ASK PEOPLE THEIR OPINION.

BEEN GIVING THEIR DISCUSSION ITEMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ME.

SO COMMISSIONER GELIN.

AM I BEING RECOGNIZED? YES, YOU ARE.

OK. VICE MAYOR GELIN.

SO IN RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS WHEN YOU'RE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

YOU YOUR FAMILY IS EXPOSED TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

AND SO IF YOU DON'T WANT YOUR FAMILY TO BE TALKED ABOUT, THEN YOU SHOULD NOT BE A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. WHETHER YOU'RE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, BARACK OBAMA, GEORGE BUSH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT RIGHT, IT'S SUBJECT TO ATTACK, I EXPERIENCED IT PERSONALLY AFTER BEING ON NATIONAL NEWS. BUT THE WAY I CONDUCT MYSELF, PEOPLE CAN SAY WHATEVER THEY WANT ABOUT ME.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN MY FAMILY, IF YOU'RE NOT IN MY CIRCLE OF FRIENDS OR CIRCLE OF TRUST, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT ME.

AND THEN REGARDING THESE ITEMS, WHAT I DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOUR APPROACH TO THINGS IS YOU START THE TROUBLE AND WHEN WHEN THE WHEN THE WHEN THE RESPONSE COMES BACK TO YOU AND YOU DON'T LIKE IT, THEN YOU BRING IT BACK ON THE DAIS AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE YOU'RE THE VICTIM.

I HAVE THE FLOOR. SO YOU ADMIT ON RECORD THAT YOU CALLED COMMISSIONER BOLTON A NAME.

HE RESPONDED TO YOU AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE RESPONSE, AND NOW YOU COME TO THIS.

MONTHS AGO, WE WERE BACK THERE AFTER THE COMMISSION MEETING WAS OVER WITH AND YOU CALL ME A NAME IN FRONT OF THE HR DIRECTOR IN FRONT OF THE FIRE CHIEF, IN FRONT OF THE POLICE OFFICER, IN FRONT OF THE FORMER CITY MANAGER.

AND I RESPONDED, YOU DIDN'T LIKE MY RESPONSE AND YOU CAME AND BROUGHT IT TO THE PUBLIC.

CONVERSATIONS, PERSONAL DISCUSSIONS THAT HAPPEN OUTSIDE THE DAIS.

DON'T NEED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC.

YOU AND COMMISSIONER BOLTON USED TO BE FRIENDS.

NOW YOU'RE NOT FRIENDS. BUT YOU BROUGHT A PERSONAL BEEF OUT INTO THE PUBLIC AND IT DOESN'T BELONG THERE. THAT WAS AN IMMATURE MOVE.

YOU HAVE AN ISSUE.

RESOLVE THE ISSUE BEHIND THE SCENES.

COMMISSION BOLTON THE TOPIC IS WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO SHORE UP OUR.

WE HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH CODE OF ETHICS.

SO THIS IS WHERE THE TOPIC IS NOT.

WE HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH CODE OF ETHICS.

SO YOUR ANSWER IS YOU DO NOT WISH FOR US TO SHORE UP ANYTHING FURTHER ON OUR CODE OF CONDUCT. MY ANSWER IS EVERYONE NEEDS TO BEHAVE RESPONSIBLY.

THAT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER. THAT'S ALL WE NEEDED.