Sep 27, 2023 Regular

WELCOME TO OUR 9:30 MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH.

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

MAYOR GOMEZ. GOOD MORNING, VICE MAYOR.

BOLTON COMMISSIONER.

RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. YEAH, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF EVERYONE WILL PLEASE RISE.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

AND THEN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

CITY ATTORNEY. YOUR REPORT, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR. NO REPORT.

ALL RIGHT. CITY MANAGER.

[2. CITY MANAGER REPORT]

I DO HAVE A REPORT.

DO WE WANT. HAPPY TO.

OKAY. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT TAMARAC IS ONE OF THE 385 GRANT PROPOSALS SELECTED BY THE FOREST SERVICE TO RECEIVE FUNDING UNDER THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FOREST SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM.

THE CITY IS RECEIVING $516,485 TO HELP IMPROVE THE URBAN FORESTRY ELEMENTS LOCATED ON THREE MAJOR CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE LANDSCAPE CLEARING, MAINTENANCE AND THE PLANTING OF TREES TO CREATE A MORE WELCOMING CITY ENTRANCE.

THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S FOREST SERVICE IS AWARDING MORE THAN $1 MILLION OR BILLION DOLLARS IN COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO PLANT AND MAINTAIN TREES, COMBAT EXTREME HEAT AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND IMPROVE ACCESS TO NATURE.

THE FUNDING WAS GRANTED TO ENTITIES IN ALL 50 STATES TWO US TERRITORIES, THREE US AFFILIATED PACIFIC ISLANDS AND SEVERAL TRIBES.

THROUGH THE FOREST SERVICES URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE THAT SIGNIFICANT SUM AND IT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE CITY'S APPEARANCE IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS AND YEAR.

SO SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT EVENTS COMING UP IN OCTOBER, OCTOBER 7TH, WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE AT TAMARACK PARK FROM 7:30 A.M.

TO NOON. OCTOBER 20TH.

THE HALLOWEEN HOOPLA WILL TAKE PLACE AT TAMARACK PARK FROM 6 P.M.

TO 8 P.M., WHICH IS ALWAYS A VERY POPULAR EVENT.

OCTOBER 21ST, THERE WILL BE A GREAT PUMPKIN SPLASH AT AQUATIC CENTER FROM 10 A.M.

TO 1 P.M. AND OCTOBER 28TH, WE WILL HAVE THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE BEAUTIFUL CAPITOLA PARK FROM 1 P.M.

TO 3 P.M. SO, STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS ON THAT ONE.

LAST I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE THREE OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT TO HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF TAMARACK.

SO YOU SEE THEM ON THE SCREEN.

FIRST, WE HAVE OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURVEY, WHICH PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO MAP AREAS OF INTEREST OR CONCERNS IN THE CITY THAT WILL HELP US PROVIDE LONG RANGE POLICY DIRECTION, WHICH WILL BE UTILIZED TO GUIDE SEVERAL AREAS OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE AT THAT ADDRESS.

NEXT, WE HAVE OUR MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION CONNECTED WITH THE MASTER PLAN SURVEY, WHERE YOU CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK ABOUT CURRENT AND FUTURE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

THE SURVEY IS OPEN THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH AND IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE, WHICH IS A LITTLE EASIER MOVE.

TAMARAC.COM. AND AGAIN, LAST WE HAVE OUR SOLID WASTE SURVEY ONLINE.

THE INPUT RECEIVED THROUGH THE SURVEY IS CRUCIAL IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITY'S WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ENSURING A CLEANER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE TAMARAC FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THE SOLID WASTE ONLINE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE AT THAT ADDRESS.

AND THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

IF THE COMMISSION CAN JOIN ME IN THE WELL.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

WE ARE HONORED TODAY TO HAVE SCOTT DUDLEY HERE WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHO IS HERE TO PRESENT US WITH SOMETHING.

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THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

I AM SCOTT DUDLEY. I'M WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF MAYORS AND FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS AND THIS YEAR, THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS CREATED A PROGRAM CALLED THE MAYORS MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARD AND THE MAYORS MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARD IS INTENDED TO REWARD CITIES THAT ARE COMING UP WITH NOVEL IDEAS TO HELP EITHER THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THEIR CITIZENS OR COMING UP WITH INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO DOING THINGS, TACKLING PROBLEMS, OR COMING UP WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY TO EXPEDITE PERMITTING OR WHATEVER.

IT IS JUST KIND OF FREE THINKING AND KIND OF THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX AND DOING DOING EXCITING THINGS.

AND THE CITY OF TAMARAC PRESENTED ITS THEY HAD A PET PANTRY THAT THEY CREATED AND WONDERFUL IDEAS AND TALKED TO A LOT OF OTHER CITIES WHO AREN'T DOING THIS YET, BUT WILL BE NOW.

NOW THAT YOU'VE SHARED THE IDEA WITH CITIES ACROSS THE STATE.

AND SO THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS IS HERE TODAY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LEAGUE OF MAYORS TO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

IT'S WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD.

I LOVE GETTING AROUND TO CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS AND ALL AROUND THE STATE.

IT'S AWESOME.

AND BUT TO AWARD YOU WITH THE MAYORS MUNICIPAL INNOVATION AWARD FOR YOUR OUTSIDE THINKING, REALLY KIND OF FORWARD-THINKING PROGRAM IN TERMS OF THE PET PANTRY AND DOING GOOD THINGS.

AND SO, THANK YOU FOR MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR YOUR CITIZENS AND FOR THE PETS OF YOUR CITIZENS.

AND SO, YES, WE GAVE THEM THE AWARD IN AUGUST AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

SO, I ACTUALLY HAVE TO TAKE THE AWARD BACK IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY PRESENT IT TO THEM.

SO, THANK YOU.

DO YOU DO GET TO IT? SO, I AM VERY PROUD TO PRESENT THIS AS WELL AS WASN'T SURE IF YOU WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING THE PLAQUE BECAUSE I WENT TO A CITY LAST WEEK THAT FORGOT TO BRING THE PLAQUE.

SO, WE'RE VERY PROUD, VERY PROUD.

I ALSO BROUGHT A THAT YOU CAN HANG THIS SOMEWHERE AND IT'S A CERTIFICATE.

AND SO, THANK YOU ALL FOR THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANKS. CAN WE GET A PICTURE? WE CAN GET A PICTURE. I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE THING.

MAYBE TWO. MAYBE YOU'RE THE MAYOR.

SO, I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR SUPPORT ON THIS.

THIS WAS AN IDEA THAT THE WHOLE COMMISSION SUPPORTED AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FIGURING OUT WAYS TO HELP EXPAND IT, TO HELP EVEN MORE PEOPLE.

SO, WE APPRECIATE THIS.

AND THEN ALSO, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.

I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME RETIREMENT IN YOUR YEAR FUTURE, BUT WE MAY NOT HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.

SO, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR CITY AND THE CONTINUED LOBBYING AND SUPPORT OF KNOWING WHAT CITIES NEED AND HELPING US OUT.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN GREAT IN THIS.

YES. LET'S SAY.

THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.

WE'RE COMING UP. WE HAD SOME INSURANCE THINGS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WITH THOSE.

YEAH. COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.

THANK YOU, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT. THE VICE MAYOR IS HERE, AND HE WILL JOIN US HOPEFULLY IN A MOMENT AS WE HAVE OUR NEXT PRESENTATION OF WATERSMART COMMUNITY CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.

THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY MORGAN M FLYNN, SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER OF SS DROWNING PREVENTION DEPARTMENT, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

FANCHON AND ZAHRA D'ASARO.

I'M SO SORRY I DID SCREW THAT ONE UP.

WE'LL BE HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD, SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF JUST MOVE ON OVER AND LET YOU GET THE AWARD.

WELL, THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING TO EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS MORGAN FLYNN.

I OVERSEE THE DROWNING PREVENTION AND WATER SAFETY PROGRAM AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

AND SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE PROGRAM, THE DROWNING PREVENTION PROGRAM AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH WAS ESTABLISHED TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE DROWNING PREVENTION AND WATER SAFETY ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY.

AND ONE OF THOSE INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE IS OUR WATER SMART COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE THAT WE ROLLED OUT.

AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, IT'S OUR WAY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE WITH MUNICIPALITIES ALL ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY.

AND SO WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CITY OF TAMARAC WITH THE WATER SMART COMMUNITIES AWARD. AND SO BASICALLY THE CITY WAS ABLE TO MAKE STRIDES AND TO PROMOTE WATER SAFETY AT A LOCAL LEVEL AND

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AND SO AND WE HONOR YOU FOR.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH AND SAY SOME OF THE FEW THINGS THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO DO, AND THEN I WILL PRESENT YOU WITH THE AWARD.

SO THE CITY WAS ABLE TO INCLUDE DROWNING PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND MUNICIPAL SPONSORED EVENTS, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE DROWNING PREVENTION, EDUCATION DURING CAR SEAT INSTALLATION EVENTS, BEING ABLE TO USE THE WATER SMART BROWARD LOGO ON BILLING SUCH AS UTILITY BILLS AND OTHER QUARTERLY MESSAGING GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC, BEING ABLE TO PLAY PSA, PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FREQUENT FREQUENTED AREAS, AND THEN HELPING INSTALL POOL SAFETY SIGNS AND THEN BEING ABLE TO HAVE DROWNING PREVENTION INFORMATION AT WATER SAFETY EVENTS ALL ACROSS TAMARAC AND THEN BEING A PART OF THE DROWNING PREVENTION TASK FORCE.

SO, ALL OF THOSE GREAT THINGS WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE YOU OUR BRONZE WATER SMART COMMUNITY DESIGNATION.

AND SO, I WILL GIVE THAT TO YOU NOW AND IT'LL BE FINE.

ABSOLUTELY. I GUESS I'LL GIVE IT TO ZERO.

THERE YOU ARE. OH, DOES ANYONE WANT TO SAY SOME WORDS? OKAY, BUT NO, THANK YOU.

SO, IF YOU HAVE HEARD.

THANK YOU, MORGAN, FOR ANNOUNCING THIS TO US AT OUR CAPRELLA AQUATIC CENTER AND PARTNERED UP WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE HAD BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SWIMMING LESSONS TO THE COMMUNITY.

ALSO A FEW DIFFERENT VOUCHERS THAT WE PROVIDE TO OFFER DISCOUNTED SWIMMING LESSONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE CAN OFFER THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS OF TAMARAC AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I.

THANKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY.

TWO MORE. TWO MORE. I DON'T KNOW.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

FIGURE OUT TECHNOLOGY. I'LL BE ABLE TO DO THE TECHNOLOGY PROCLAMATION.

SO, THE SUPPORT OF NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH.

THIS WAS REQUESTED BY JAMES TWIGGER, DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

WHEREAS THE CITY OF TAMARAC RECOGNIZES THAT IT HAS A VITAL ROLE IN IDENTIFYING, PROTECTING AND RESPONDING TO CYBER THREATS THAT MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE SECURITY AND PRIVACY.

AND. WHEREAS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE SECTORS ARE INCREASINGLY RELIANT ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT FINANCIAL SERVICES, ENERGY, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, UTILITIES, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEMS. AND WHEREAS, IT IS EASY TO STAY SAFE, ONLINE CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT WHILE CYBERSECURITY MAY SEEM LIKE A COMPLEX SUBJECT, ULTIMATELY, IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT PEOPLE.

AND. WHEREAS, MAINTAINING THE SECURITY OF CYBERSPACE IS SHARED, A SHARED RESPONSIBILITY IN WHICH EACH OF US HAS A CRITICAL ROLE TO PLAY, AN AWARENESS OF COMPUTER SECURITY ESSENTIALS WILL IMPROVE THE SECURITY OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC'S INFORMATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, THE MULTI STATE INFORMATION SHARING AND ANALYSIS CENTER, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICERS AND THE NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE HAVE DECLARED OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, AND ALL CITIZENS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE BASIC STEPS TO PROTECT YOUR ONLINE INFORMATION AND PRIVACY AND TO MAKE SMART CYBERSECURITY DECISIONS, WHETHER ON THE JOB AT HOME OR AT SCHOOL NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

NOW, THEREFORE, I. MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMISSION, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2023 AS CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH AND THAT THE CITY OF TAMARAC IS OFFICIALLY SUPPORTING NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH AND NATIONAL PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.

IT'S EASY TO STAY SAFE ONLINE.

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

COMMISSIONERS. SINCE 2004, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS HAVE RECOGNIZED THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH, WHERE IT'S A DEDICATED MONTH WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR CYBERSECURITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF IT IN OUR DAILY LIVES.

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ONE USE STRONG PASSWORDS AND A PASSWORD MANAGER TO TURN ON MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

THREE LEARN TO RECOGNIZE AND REPORT PHISHING AND FOUR UPDATE YOUR SOFTWARE.

EACH OF THESE ARE GREAT WAYS WHERE WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE RISK ONLINE OR FROM DEVICES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

RIGHT. THIS PROCLAMATION WAS REQUESTED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, LEVENT SISULU.

WHEREAS APPROXIMATELY 400 CITY OF TAMARAC EMPLOYEES FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS DEDICATE THEIR EXPERTISE TO PROVIDING EFFICIENT, HIGH QUALITY AND OFTEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES DAILY.

AND. WHEREAS, CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PROFESSIONALS AROUND THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE THE CRUCIAL ROLE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE PLAYS IN EVERY ORGANIZATION.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THE FIVE-STAR CUSTOMER SERVICE IT PROVIDES.

AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF TAMARAC EMPLOYEES REPRESENT NUMEROUS OCCUPATIONS AND TRADES, POSSESS A BROAD ARRAY OF SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY, AND PUT THESE TO USE WITH INTEGRITY AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, DEMONSTRATING THEIR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE SECOND TO NONE EVERY DAY.

AND. WHEREAS, WE THANK ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, THOSE WHO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN OUR CITY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THEM.

NOW, THEREFORE, I. MICHELLE J.

GOMEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON BEHALF OF THIS COMMISSION, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 2ND THROUGH SIX 2023, AS CUSTOMER SERVICE WEEK IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC.

WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE OUTSTANDING COMMITMENT OF OUR EMPLOYEES WHO CONSISTENTLY EMBODY OUR MISSION OF EXCELLENCE ALWAYS.

WE DEEPLY VALUE AND EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR UNWAVERING DEDICATION.

WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

NOW, CITY MANAGER, ARE YOU COMING FORTH OR ARE YOU SAYING SOMETHING, MADAM MAYOR? LORENZO IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTING ON CITY'S BEHALF.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION TO THE ENTIRE WORKFORCE, OUR MOST DEDICATED, HARDWORKING EMPLOYEES.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION, LORENZO.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.

MR. VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, WE LIKE TO THANK THIS COMMISSION, OUR CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THEIR LEADERSHIP, WHICH PAVES THE WAY FOR US TO PROVIDE EXCELLENCE ALWAYS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE.

THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS TO ALLOW US TO PROVIDE GREAT SERVICE TO YOU AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES WHO ARE WORKING BUT LISTENING.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING YOU NEXT WEEK WITH A COUPLE OF CELEBRATIONS.

THAT WILL BE A SURPRISE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU DO AND THANK YOU TO THIS COMMISSION, THE CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE ARE NOW MOVING TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND THE RULES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ARE ON THE SCREEN.

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IF YOU DON'T WANT THE FULL ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WE CAN'T SHARE MINUTES.

SO. GOING TO PAGE ONE, I HAVE KATE JOHNSON.

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SO IF THERE'S AN ITEM THAT YOU SIGNED UP FOR THAT YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT AND IT'S SPECIFIC TO AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA, LET ME KNOW.

WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME AND THEN I CAN MOVE YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. KATE JOHNSON, MAINLANDS FOR GOOD MORNING.

FIRST, I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND MAYOR GOMEZ FOR ATTENDING THE FAMILY FUN DAY AT MAINLAND'S PARK.

IT WAS NICE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH BOTH OF YOU BEFORE I LEFT AT 12:30.

I DO WANT TO BRING UP A POINT ABOUT THE EVENT.

IT MADE NO SENSE TO HAVE A FAMILY EVENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AND RIGHT NEAR THE BURROWING OWLS HOMES.

YES, SOME PEOPLE CAME FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY, BUT MAINLAND'S PARK ONLY HAS 17 PARKING SPACES.

I DO WANT TO THANK PARKS AND REC FOR PLACING BARRICADES TO STOP PEOPLE FROM PARKING ON THE GRASS OVER OUR SPRINKLER SYSTEM.

THAT WAS HELPFUL AND I KNOW A PERMANENT SOLUTION IS COMING, BUT PEOPLE ENDED UP PARKING AT OUR CLUBHOUSE.

I AM STILL RECEIVING UPSET COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS BECAUSE ONE, THEY COULD NOT PARK TO USE OUR POOL.

AND TWO, WE HAD A MEMORIAL SERVICE AT 12 NOON.

THERE WERE NO SPOTS FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AND IT CREATED A LOT OF TURMOIL AND HARD FEELINGS.

PLEASE RETHINK USING A PARK WITH SUCH LIMITED PARKING.

BY THE WAY, THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN AT THIS PROPOSED COMMUNITY CENTER AT SHAKER VILLAGE.

THERE WILL ONLY BE LIMITED PARKING AND THEREFORE THE USE IS LIMITED.

THOUGH YOU'LL SPEND $12 MILLION WHILE WE'RE AT IT BY THE CITY'S OWN POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, THAT PROPERTY HAS OVER 3 MILLION IN FINES AND THE COMMON AREA A TOTAL OF 12 MILLION.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW IT CAN NOW BE CLAIMED THAT THEY HAVE NO FINES ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, AS IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT THIS MAJOR VIOLATION HAS NO FINES.

SPEAKING OF SHAKER VILLAGE, HOW DID VICE MAYOR BILL AND WRITE HIS PIECE FOR THE TAMIL GRAM SO FAR IN ADVANCE? IT'S LIKE HE KNEW WHAT THE VOTE WOULD BE BEFORE IT OCCURRED, AS IF HE KNEW HOW COMMISSIONER STRAIGHTENED DOWN.

YOU WOULD VOTE AHEAD OF TIME.

SUNSHINE LAWS.

SOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.

ALSO, AS I SIT AT EACH MEETING WAITING FOR THE ATTORNEY TO GIVE UPDATES ON CITY BUSINESS, HE OFTEN HAS NO REPORT.

I'M CURIOUS AS TO WHY THE COMMISSION AND THE CITIZENS DO NOT GET UPDATES ON LEGAL ISSUES WITH THE CITY.

TAKE, FOR INSTANCE, SHAKER VILLAGE.

I, FOR ONE, WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE IT STANDS.

DID THE CITY GET THE EXTENSION FOR 90 DAYS? HAS THERE BEEN PROGRESS ON THE TITLE ISSUES? THE LAWSUIT ONLY ADDRESSES ONE TITLE ISSUE.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHERS? WHY DIDN'T WE CANCEL THE CONTRACT BY SEPTEMBER 26TH DEADLINE TO PROTECT THE CITY WHEN THERE WERE SO MANY TITLE ISSUES RATHER THAN EXTENDING AND RACKING UP MORE LEGAL FEES CHARGED BY [INAUDIBLE] LAW SEPARATELY FROM HIS MONTHLY SALARY OF $50,000? HOW MUCH MONEY, INCLUDING LEGAL FEES, HAS BEEN SPENT ON THIS PROJECT SO FAR? WHY ARE WE PAYING FEES AND CLEARING TITLES THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE PAID BY THE SELLER? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW.

THANK YOU. DARCY SCHILLER.

GOOD MORNING. DARCY SCHILLER, KINGS POINT TAMARAC.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE DROWNING PREVENTION.

HOWEVER, I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND BROWARD COUNTY PARKS HAS OFFICIALLY JOINED THE AIDAN PERRY HERO LIFE RING INITIATIVE, AND NOW AIDAN HAS HERO RINGS IN THEIR COUNTY PARKS.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT COUNTYWIDE INCLUDE BUT NOT EXCLUSIVE TO BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATORS, BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATION, BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, PARKS AND REC, PUBLIC WORKS.

WITH THAT, AGAIN, I AM ASKING WHY WE DO NOT HAVE THE LIFE RING HERE IN TAMARAC.

I DID SPEAK TO GREG LETTSWORTH AND HE SHARED THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM, AND HE GOT IT THROUGH A MARINE SERVICE. NOT SURE ON THE DETAILS.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET BACK TO ME TO LET ME KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY WE HAVE AND EXACTLY WHERE THEY ARE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD FROM HIM, BUT I HAVE NOT.

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WHAT I FIND UNBELIEVABLE IS THAT SHE ASKED AND CALLED THE CITY FOR HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND NOBODY WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT TO HIM.

SO I TOLD HER, BEFORE I LEAVE TODAY, I WILL MAKE SURE I GET IT AND I'M HOPING SOMEBODY ON THE COMMISSION WILL MAKE SURE I GET THAT EMAIL BEFORE I LEAVE.

UM, THAT'S IT.

WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY THE LIFE RING IS GOING TO SAVE CHILDREN.

IT'S A BOY TIED TO A ROPE AND EVERYBODY CAN USE IT.

AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN PUBLIC, JUST TAKE A RIDE DOWN ON MCNAB ROAD OPPOSITE THE WALMART AREA.

NORTH LAUDERDALE HAS TWO OF THEM RIGHT THERE FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE.

OKAY. THE NEXT ONE AND THIS IS A LITTLE OLD AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS, GOING BACK TO THE FORMER COMMISSION, WHEN WE HAD GELIN, PLACKO AND BOLTON VILLALOBOS AND THE MAYOR, WE HAD GIVEN AN AWARD TO A CHILD TO NAME A DALMATIAN.

AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG TO DO.

THE KID CAME UP, HE GOT AN AWARD.

WHERE'S THE DALMATIAN? I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GET A STATUE OF SORTS.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW SOME FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO COMMEND YOU ALL FOR GETTING THROUGH THE BUDGET LAST NIGHT IN UNDER 30 MINUTES.

THAT'S LIKE UNHEARD OF, ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WHICH WENT WELL INTO LIKE 1130, 12:00.

HOWEVER, I'M AGAIN, OLD SORE NEWS TO EVERYBODY.

DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE GAS ALLOWANCE WAS JUST ACCEPTED THE WAY IT IS? ARE WE GOING TO DROP THE GAS ALLOWANCE? I KNOW THE PUBLIC IS NOT.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN READDRESS THAT SOMETIME IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

THAT'S IT. I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CITY MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR.

I KNOW WE DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO CLEAR UP IS, IS THE CITY'S POLICY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THESE THESE PROGRAMS THAT REQUIRES INDIVIDUAL COUNTING OF MILES OR OTHER OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THE CITY PROVIDES AND THE CONDUCTION IN THE CONDUCTING OF THE CITY BUSINESS. WE MOVED AWAY FROM THESE PROGRAMS YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF IRS REGULATIONS.

SIMILARLY, WITH OUR CELL PHONES, WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENTS, THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF ACCOUNTING ON OUR BEHALF, ON THE CITY'S PART AND ON THE RECIPIENT'S PART AS WELL.

THIS WAS DONE AWAY YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE NEW IRS REGULATIONS THAT WAS INTRODUCED BACK THEN.

SO, THIS PROVIDES A MUCH BETTER WAY OF HANDLING THESE ACCOMMODATIONS.

SO, THERE IS A REASON THAT WHY WE DID THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED METHODOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS IN THIS SITUATION SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT IT PROVIDES ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE AND ON THE RECIPIENT SIDE.

I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP.

THANK YOU. AND A QUICK CLARIFICATION.

I BELIEVE THE LIFE RINGS ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS.

WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THAT.

AND SPECKLES MR. FRECKLES WILL BE PUT UP WHEN IT'S FINISHED WITH WHAT IT NEEDS TO DEAL WITH ARTWORK.

SO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GO TO LETICIA TORRES.

THE TECIA TORRES.

JOSE TORRES.

I GUESS THEY ARE NOT HERE.

MONICA BECKFORD.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING AGAIN TO THE PANEL AND TO ALL THE GUESTS INSIDE THE AUDITORIUM.

I'M VERY NEW TO THIS TYPE OF SPEAKING, SO FORGIVE ME IF I AM NOT THAT VERBALLY AS OTHERS DO.

I'M JUST GOING TO ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME.

MY NAME IS MONICA BECKFORD.

I'M A SHAKER VILLAGE OWNER RESIDENT, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY OF SHAKER VILLAGE, WHICH I AM IN OPPOSITION WITH.

I CAME TO SHAKER VILLAGE IN 2017 WITH SHORTLY AFTER THE CLUBHOUSE WAS DAMAGED.

IN 2019, I JOINED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ORDER TO SEE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE

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WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS CONCERNING THE CLUBHOUSE.

AS YOU KNOW, MAYOR AND THE OTHER VICE MAYOR AND THE COMMISSIONER ARE SITTING BY THE TAMARAC SPORT COMPLEX.

AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD IN 2019, FAST FORWARD TO 2020.

WE STOP BECAUSE I WAS IN OPPOSITION.

I BOUGHT THE COMMUNITY WITH A CLUBHOUSE AND I'M EXPECTING TO HAVE A CLUBHOUSE THAT I BOUGHT INTO.

AND NOT A PUBLIC FACILITY.

NO, A BEAUTIFUL MAYBE BY THE CITY AND IT DOESN'T MATTER.

OR WE CAN BUILD IT ONCE IT REACHES STANDARD.

I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE.

IN 2020 SEPTEMBER, I RECOMMENDED A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WAS FELL THROUGH BECAUSE OF FLIER THAT WENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THAT MEETING WAS THE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THE SATURDAY MORNING, I GOT A TEXT ON MY PHONE THE FRIDAY NIGHT, WHICH I WAS VERBALLY ABUSED.

LIKEWISE AT THE MEETING CONCERNING THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT THAT I WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH AND THE COMMUNITY WAS NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

SUBSEQUENTLY, AFTER THAT OUTBURST OF OUTPOURING OUT BY THE CLUBHOUSE AT THE OLD BUILDING, THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, THE BOARD DID NOT CHOOSE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BECAUSE OF FEAR OR ANYTHING.

I CAN'T SAY THAT, BUT I WAS STILL IN PURSUIT OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT.

SO UNTIL THEN, I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT WHAT TRANSPIRED ABOUT THE CLUBHOUSE UNTIL JULY 22ND ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THAT THE CLUBHOUSE WAS UP FOR SALE BY LIKE TO REQUEST THE EXTENSION FOR THE SPEAKER TO FINISH SPEAKING.

EXCUSE ME. I SUPPORT.

WE ONLY HAVE TWO MORE PEOPLE.

SO, WHOMEVER ELSE WILL SPEAK AFTERWARDS WILL GET THE SAME COURTESY OF ANOTHER MINUTE.

YES. I HAD NO IDEA.

I AM TELLING YOU; I AM IN OPPOSITION THEN.

I'M IN OPPOSITION NOW AND I'LL BE IN OPPOSITION FORWARD AND THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL THING THAT COULD EVER HAPPEN.

WE SHOULDN'T. WE SHOULD HAVE A VOTE OF 75% OF THE UNIT OWNERS BEFORE A CONTRACT WAS EVEN CONSIDERED TO BE SIGNED. AND WE DID NOT HAVE THAT RESPECT FOR A COMMISSIONER THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO INVOLVE HIMSELF IN EVERYTHING THE BOARD DO BECAUSE IT CAN DROVE THEM AROUND.

I AM NOT ONE OF THEM.

I AM A STRONG, INDEPENDENT WOMAN AND I STAND UP FOR MY COMMUNITY AND I WISH THEY HAD STAND UP FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING HIM, AND GIVE US THE PRIVILEGE TO ABSTAIN TO 5%.

IF THEY DID, I WOULD NOT BE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ARMANDO GOMEZ.

AND MR. GOMEZ GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE FOUR MINUTES AS WELL.

THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ARMANDO GRANDI, GOMEZ.

THE ONE THING I CAME DOWN HERE IS WHEN I WATCHED THAT MEETING THAT YOU ALL INITIALLY HAD.

AND HELLO TO ALL OF YOU.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH COMMISSIONER WRIGHT AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

ADDRESS, ADDRESS OR LOCATION? OKAY. GAINS CITY OF GAINESVILLE.

ONE THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL IS IN WATCHING THAT MEETING IS A COUPLE OF THINGS.

ONE THING IS TO TALK ABOUT BAD POLICY, AND I KNOW THAT THAT ISSUE WITH SHAKER VILLAGE IS PROBABLY GOING TO PASS 3 TO 2.

I'M NOT GOING TO OPERATE IN HYPOTHETICALS.

WE MUST OPERATE.

IN FACT, HOWEVER, IS I DIDN'T HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY OR I DON'T RECALL IN WATCHING THAT MEETING BECAUSE IT KEPT GOING AND GOING AND GOING.

WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GIVE PUBLIC DOLLARS TO A COMMUNITY TO CREATE A COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION AND HEARING THAT AND I DON'T RECALL HEARING FROM YOUR CITY ATTORNEY.

WHETHER OR NOT WHEN WE'RE GIVING PUBLIC DOLLARS, WILL THERE BE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SAID COMMUNITY IF SHAKER VILLAGE IS GOING TO TAKE PUBLIC DOLLARS AND CREATE A COMMUNITY CENTER, THAT MEANS ANYONE IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC SHOULD HAVE ACCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING PUBLIC DOLLARS.

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THEY WANTED IT EXCLUSIVE.

THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME.

AND IF I'M WRONG, I STAND CORRECTED.

I'M SEEING A SHAKING OF THE HEAD. NO.

SO I'M HAPPY TO STAND CORRECTED ON THAT.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THIS.

I HEAR A LOT FROM OUR FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THAT FOLKS THAT COME TO THE DAIS AND TALK TO YOU ALL THE TIME ABOUT WE WANT ONE TAMARAC ALL THAT RHETORIC IS GREAT.

WHAT IS NOT GREAT IS IF THERE'S ANYBODY BEING LEFT OUT IN A COMMUNITY.

WE ALL SO IN THE MILITARY, WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT A RISING TIDE, LIFTS ALL SHIPS.

WE LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND.

WE ALL SHOULD COME TOGETHER.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S KINGS POINT, WOODLANDS, MAYLANDS, WHOEVER.

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME OF YOU THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON THAT HAVE ADVOCATED.

I'M GOING TO LOOK OVER THIS WAY BECAUSE SOMEBODY LOOKS DIFFERENT.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE SHOULD. WE YOU ALL SPEAK AS ONE VOICE.

YOU MAY BE DISTRICT ONE. DISTRICT TWO.

DISTRICT THREE, ET CETERA.

BUT ALL OF YOU MAKE A DECISION AS ONE TAMARAC FOR EVERYBODY.

I'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAT'S NOT IN THE COMMISSIONER'S DISTRICT OF SHAKER VILLAGE, ADVOCATE FOR SHAKER VILLAGE BEFORE I WATCHED IT, AND THAT PERSON KNOWS IT.

AND HERE'S WHAT ALSO THE THING I WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL.

I'M PROUD OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, BUT I HOPE WHEN PEOPLE ARE CONTACTING YOU, YOU ARE RETURNING CALLS BECAUSE YOU'RE CHARGED TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.

IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

THE MAYOR CALLED ME BACK.

I'M ON A PLANE TO NEW YORK.

I'M GETTING A CALL FROM THE MAYOR.

I'M LIKE, OH, THIS IS COOL.

BUT SHE CALLED BACK.

AND THEN I HEAR SOME OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS SOMETIME TALK ABOUT YOU.

DON'T CALL THEM BACK.

THAT'S NOT GOOD. THAT'S NOT GOOD.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO TELL YOU, I'M PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.

I KNOW PEOPLE COME UP AND HARANGUE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I LIKE COMMISSIONER BOLTON.

I LIKE MAYOR GOMEZ.

I LIKE MAYOR VILLALOBOS.

I DON'T KNOW COMMISSIONER DANIEL AND MR. COMMISSIONER. RIGHT.

HELLO. HELLO TO YOU.

BUT I'M NOT AGAINST ANYBODY.

I WANT YOU ALL TO BE ONE TAMARAC I DON'T WANT IT TO BE TURF GUARDING BECAUSE I LIVE IN KINGS POINT.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT SAID COMMUNITY.

WE HAD VETERANS DAY LAST YEAR.

THE MAYOR WAS IN THOSE PATRIOTIC HIGH HEELS AND WE HAD A UNITED STATES MARINE COME HERE, COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT WHAT UNITY IS ABOUT.

AND THEN I HEAR SOME OF YOU TALKING ABOUT, WELL, YOU'RE GETTING THIS TAX, YOU'RE TAKING THIS THIS ALLOWANCE FOR YOUR CAR, BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SAME ENERGY WHEN WE HAVE ADMINISTRATORS MAKING LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY.

WE NEED TO BE CONSISTENT.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, INSTEAD OF HARANGUING SOMEBODY, I GET.

WE DON'T LIKE A PERSON OR WE DO LIKE A PERSON.

WE ALL NEED TO MAKE POLICY TOGETHER.

AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN BECOME MORE COLLEGIAL BECAUSE THEY DESERVE THAT.

THEY CAN BE UN COLLEGIAL, BUT YOU ALL NEED TO BE COLLEGIAL.

LET'S STOP THAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE WHO HAS NOT SIGNED UP WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? SEE, NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

MAY I SPEAK ON THE ORDINANCE REGARDING ONE-WAY STREET AND THE REPAIRS? WHEN THAT COMES UP. I'LL CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION THEN.

THANK YOU. GOING ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[4. CONSENT AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS? NO, MAYOR. EXCELLENT.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR ITEMS TO BE PULLED, SO THEREFORE I WILL ASK FOR A SECOND, PLEASE.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND TO MY MOTION BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES 5-0.

THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

[5.a TR14003 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, approving a Broward Sheriff’s office permit application for Special Details and authorizing the appropriate City Officials to execute the permit application for police services to be used by the Parks and Recreation Department in an amount not to exceed $107,000 in FY24, October 1, 2023-September 30, 2024; approving funding from the appropriate parks and recreation accounts; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.]

CITY ATTORNEY. PLEASE READ THE TITLE FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

ITEM 5.A A RESOLUTION OF CITY COMMISSION AND CITY OF TAMARAC APPROVING THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL DETAILS AND AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE PERMIT APPLICATION FOR POLICE SERVICES TO BE USED BY THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $107,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 24, WHICH BEGINS OCTOBER 1ST, 2023, ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024, APPROVING FUNDING FOR THE APPROPRIATE PARKS AND RECREATION ACCOUNT, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW OPEN.

SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY ARE NOW CLOSED.

MELISSA PETRONE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND REC, IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

SEEING NO DISCUSSION BY THIS COMMISSION.

CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. MAYOR GOMEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER DANIEL.

OH, WAIT A SECOND. I DIDN'T CALL FOR A MOTION, SO I WAS GETTING SO EXCITED.

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DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I'VE GOT A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW.

PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. SORRY ABOUT THAT, MAYOR GOMEZ.

NO, IT'S ON ME. I WAS JUST EXCITED.

I WAS LIKE, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY PROUD ALSO THAT MELISSA IS NOW OUR ASSISTANT PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR.

CONGRATULATIONS.

CALL] PASSES 5-0.

THANK YOU. 5BTR14006 CITY ATTORNEY.

[5.b TR14006 - A Resolution of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida accepting the recommendation of the City of Tamarac Auditor Selection Committee recommending the award of request for Proposal #23-30R for Financial Auditing Services to the proposer ranked as the most highly qualified firm of all ranked firms by the Auditor Selection Committee, RSM US, LLP; authoring the appropriate city officials to execute a letter of engagement between the City of Tamarac and RSM US, LLP, for financial auditing services for a period of five (5) years for fiscal years ending on September 30, 2023, September 30, 2024, September 30, 2025, September 30, 2026 and September 30, 2027 respectively, for an annual amount not to exceed $118,000 for the first two (2) years, $124,000 for years three (3) and four (4) and $130,500 for year 5 for an aggregate fee of $614,500; with the option to renew for one (1) additional five (5) year period subject to satisfactory performance; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date. ]

5BA RESOLUTION CITY COMMISSION.

CITY OF TAMARAC. ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE RECOMMEND AWARD OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL 2330 R FOR FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES.

THE PROPOSAL RANKED AS MOST HIGHLY QUALIFIED, FIRM OR RANKED FIRMS BY THE AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE.

RSM US AUTHORING THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE THE LETTER OF ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND RSM US FOR FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS FISCAL YEAR ENDING ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2003.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025.

SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2026, AND SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2027, FOR AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 118,000 FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.

124,000 FOR YEARS THREE AND FOUR, 130,500 FOR YEAR FIVE.

AND THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF 614,500 WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR ONE ADDITIONAL FIVE-YEAR PERIOD SUBJECT TO OBVIOUSLY SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NOW I NEED A MOTION IN A SECOND, PLEASE.

SO MOVED. SECOND, I'VE GOT A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR.

A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

ALL RIGHT, NOW OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE NOW CLOSED.

AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, AS HE WAS THE AUDIT COMMITTEE CHAIR, IS GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO RESPOND FOR ANY FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE COST PROCESS AND PROPOSALS.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT. THANK YOU.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR.

GOOD MORNING, VICE MAYOR.

FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, I WAS SELECTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE.

IT WAS AN HONOR TO SERVE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCESS.

STAFF WAS VERY HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE AND DRAFTED AN RFP THAT WE ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES TO.

YOU HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE DETAILED BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS WELL AS ALL OF THE RFP RESPONSES AS STATED IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL.

RSM US USA LLP WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED FIRM WITH AN AGGREGATE SCORE OF 94.45, WHICH THE COMMITTEE FELT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY HIGH ENOUGH TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD OF AN AGREEMENT TO THE FIRM.

STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS A CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUDITOR SELECTION COMMITTEE.

THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? STAFF LATHAM.

CITY MANAGER. MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER WRIGHT FOR HIS ROLE IN THE LEADING OF THIS COMMITTEE TO FIND OUR AUDIT FIRM FOR THE NEXT, WHAT, THREE YEARS.

AND I ALSO WANT TO INVITE THE MANAGING PARTNERS FROM THE LOCAL FORT LAUDERDALE OFFICE OF THE RSM TO SAY A FEW WORDS FOR THIS UPCOMING CONTRACT TERM.

GOOD MORNING AND NEIL HARRIS RSM AND ALSO JOINED BY BRETT FRIEDMAN, WHO A PARTNER AT RSM.

GOOD MORNING MAYOR VICE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS.

I WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CITY GOING FORWARD.

WE'VE HAD A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP AND A VERY SUCCESSFUL ONE AND LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD.

OUR ROLE AS AUDITORS AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS WILL BE TO SERVE THE COMMISSION AND REPORT TO THE COMMISSION DIRECTLY AS WE EXECUTE OUR CONTRACT.

AND WE'VE ALSO MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND ESTABLISHED A PROTOCOLS AND TO EXECUTE THE AUDIT IN THE CONTRACT AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ENSURE THE AUDIT PROCESS IS A VERY SMOOTH ONE.

AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER.

MAYOR, WE'RE OPEN TO.

TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OTHERWISE, WE'RE, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR JUST CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE IT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SURPRISED ABOUT.

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YOUR CONTRACT CALLS FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH US AND ACCESS OUR ACCESS AS A COMMISSION INDIVIDUALLY TO YOU.

IF WE THINK THAT THERE'S ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE AUDIT PROCESS AND FINANCIAL ITEMS WITH THE CITY, CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT WE ARE NOT.

AUTHORIZED TO CALL YOU DOWN TO A MEETING FOR INDIVIDUAL USE UNLESS THE CITY COMMISSION CALLS YOU DOWN FOR COMMISSION.

APPEARANCE FOR APPEARANCE AT THE COMMISSION.

MEETINGS FOR CITY COMMISSION ON USE.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND UNDERSTOOD? UNDERSTOOD. YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

YOU DO A LOT OF HARD WORK AND SO DOES OUR STAFF.

YOU WORK VERY WELL WITH OUR CITY.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE IT WENT OUT TO A FULL BID.

AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, WHO WAS NEW TO THE COMMISSION, ALSO SEES YOUR VALUE AND WHAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY.

SO WITH YOUR ASSURANCES AND YOUR CONTINUED GOOD WORK, LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

AND MADAM MAYOR, IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS.

IT WAS MADE UP OF FINANCE DIRECTORS FROM THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE, COCONUT CREEK AND SUNRISE.

TWO WOMEN, ONE AFRICAN AMERICAN MALE, A HISPANIC MALE.

SO, IT'S A VERY DIVERSE PROCESS.

STAFF WAS VERY INVOLVED.

I WAS THE CHAIRPERSON.

THESE PEOPLE A LOT MORE QUALIFIED THAN I WAS.

SO THEY WERE THE ONES DOING MOST OF THE JUDGING OF THE CONTRACTS.

SO IT WAS A VERY FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND OPEN PROCESS, VERY DIVERSE PROCESS.

WE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF GIVING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALLER FIRMS AND THEY WERE RESPONSES THAT SOME OF THE SMALLER FIRMS DOESN'T HAVE THE CAPACITY.

AND ONE THING THAT STOOD OUT WAS THE FACT THAT THEY CAN AUDIT PENSIONS.

ONE OF THE ISSUES WE HAVE IS WITH OUR PENSIONS, AND THAT SEPARATED THEM BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF ALL THESE OTHER FINANCE DIRECTORS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS WELL, SO THE PUBLIC CAN KNOW IT WAS A VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE PROFESSIONALS, NOT NECESSARILY ME DIRECTING IT, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE TEN TIMES SMARTER THAN I AM.

SO, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.

I TO GO BY THE TEN TIMES SMARTER, JUST SAY THEY HAVE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND I WANT TO ECHO BOTH MAYOR'S COMMENTS AND COMMISSIONER WRIGHT'S COMMENTS ABOUT TRANSPARENCY.

I BELIEVE THERE IS AN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING YOU WERE SAYING, WHICH IS FOR THE PUBLIC'S USE OF INFORMATION.

THERE WAS ABOUT I READ THE BOOK LAST WEEK, I THINK IT WAS 4 OR 5 FIRMS THAT APPLIED, SIX FIRMS TO BE EXACT.

SO, SIX FIRMS THAT APPLIED AND THEY RANKED THE HIGHEST AT 94 POINT SOMETHING.

SO THE NEXT ONE, I BELIEVE, WAS EITHER IN THE HIGH 89 OR SOMETHING.

SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, THIS THIS WAS A VERY STRINGENT, YOU KNOW, PROCESS THAT CONGRATULATED THEIR FIRM TO WIN THE BID.

AND I ALSO WANT TO MAKE AWARE, YOU MIGHT SEE TWO MALES, BUT ON THEIR TEAM, I THINK MR. CHRISTMAS IS CHRISTINE ADDRESSED THIS AS WELL ON THE YOUNG LADIES THAT WORK WITH US IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN YOUNG LADY.

SO, IT'S NOT A MALE DOMINATED TEAM.

THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE WOMEN AND A VERY DIVERSE TEAM THAT WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT DOES THE STATE LAW SAY ABOUT AUDITORS CHANGING FIRMS AND BEST PRACTICES? I WOULD DEFER THAT QUESTION TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR BECAUSE SHE PROBABLY HAS.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME BEST PRACTICE IN TERMS OF LONGEVITY OF AUDITORS FOR.

GOOD MORNING. MAN COMMISSIONER CHRISTINE CAJUSTE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL.

OH. RIGHT NOW.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? ALL RIGHT.

CHRISTINE CAJUSTE, DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL SERVICES.

THE STATUTE ITSELF IS SILENT AS TO LENGTH OF TIME THAT AN AUDITOR CAN STAY, SO THERE IS NO STRICT RULE ON THAT.

THE AUDITOR GENERAL HAS ISSUED SOME BEST PRACTICE STATING THAT FIVE YEARS WILL BE A REASONABLE TIME FOR AN AUDIT CONTRACT, BECAUSE IT GIVES THE AUDITOR TIME TO LEARN THE ORGANIZATION AND GET INTO THE GROOVE AND FOR THE AUDIT TO BE SEEMLY. SO, FIVE YEARS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR THAT.

YES. OKAY.

HOW LONG HAS THE RECOMMENDED FIRM BEEN THE AUDITOR IN THE CITY OF TAMARAC? YEAH, THEY FIRST AT THE AUDIT FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT WAS EXTENDED FOR TWO, SO.

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NO. YOU SAID THE BEST PRACTICE TO KEEP AN AUDITOR IS FIVE YEARS.

NO, THE INITIAL CONTRACT SHOULD BE AT LEAST FIVE YEARS.

AND THEN OTHER CONTRACTS SHOULD BE HOW LONG? THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE LENGTH.

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE MINIMUM LENGTH.

THEY WERE SAYING THAT THE MINIMUM LENGTH SHOULD BE FIVE YEARS.

OKAY. OTHER FIRMS. APPLIED, RIGHT? HOW MANY OTHER FIRMS? I BELIEVE IT WAS SIX IN TOTAL.

I'M GOING TO DIRECT THAT TO THE CHAIR OF THE SIX, TO BE EXACT.

YES. AND THEN.

WE HEARD THE SCORE FOR RSM, BUT CAN YOU TELL US HOW THE OTHERS RANKED? CERTAINLY RSM HAD A SCORE OF 94, 94 POINT, 4.5 POINTS.

THEN MARKHAM ACCOUNTANTS ADVISOR WAS 88.16.

MSL. PR WAS 85.54.

ANTHONY BRUNSON PR WAS 80.65 AS DAVID AND ASSOCIATES 79.47 AND CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS 76.54.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC SINCE THE INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE BACKUP.

I. PAGE TEN IF ANYONE IS LOOKING FOR IT.

TELL US ABOUT THE COST DIFFERENCES.

SO. HOW MUCH DID RSM US LLP BID FOR MARKHAM, MSL AND SO FORTH? OKAY. MISS, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU RATHER THE CHAIR ANSWER? WOULD YOU RATHER. YOU'LL DEFER.

OKAY, THEN PLEASE PROCEED.

SO, PART OF THE STATUTE ASKS THAT WHEN YOU MAKE THE DELIBERATION, COST IS NOT A FACTOR WHEN WE MAKE A SELECTION.

SO RSM BID SIX 639,500.

MARKHAM BUILD 703 930.

MIZPAH BIDDED 580,000.

ANTHONY BRONSON PR FIVE 24,000 AS DAVID AND ASSOCIATE 495,003 60 AND EIGHT 556,000.

SO WHAT? SO, THE HIGHEST AMOUNT IS HOW MUCH ASKED AMOUNT WAS 703,930 FROM MARKHAM.

ACCOUNTANT AND ADVISOR.

AND THEN RSM WAS 639.

AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE WAS LOWER.

LOWER? YES.

THE STATUTE ALSO ALLOWED THAT ONCE YOU HAVE MADE YOUR SELECTION, ONCE YOU HAVE MADE YOUR SELECTION, YOU CAN NEGOTIATE FOR A LOWER PRICE, WHICH WE DID NEGOTIATE, AND THEY AGREED TO LOWER IT TO 614,500.

OKAY. ALSO, VICE MAYOR, WE CHANGED THE SELECTION FROM 10% WEIGHT IN EXPERIENCE TO 20% IN EXPERIENCE.

SO, THAT PUT A LOT OF PUT SOME MORE WEIGHT ON THE FORM WITH A LITTLE MORE EXPERIENCE.

SO, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE.

WE SHOULD. WHICH WOULD PROBABLY NOT BE IN CONTRACT WITH.

A FIRM THAT HAS BEEN.

THE FIRM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S THE BEST PRACTICE FOR US.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS HAS THE SUPPORT, BUT FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE SELECT THIS FIRM. WHEN THIS FIRM WAS OUR FIRM WHEN MICHAEL CERNECH GOT ARRESTED.

SO I JUST CANNOT IN IN GOOD FAITH GO WITH THIS.

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SECONDLY, AUDIT ROTATIONS PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO BE EXAMINED WITH A THREE PAIR OF EYES. ACCOUNTANTS ARE CREATURES OF HABIT AND CHECKLIST.

THINGS ARE NOT DONE THE SAME WAY EVERY POINT OF ORDER.

COMMISSIONER CITY CLERK DID NOT TAKE TIME, BUT I DID, AND COMMISSIONER HAS ABOUT 10S LEFT ON HIS FIVE MINUTES.

CITY CLERK.

PLEASE PUT A MINUTE ON THERE.

VICE MAYOR? THE THINGS ARE DONE.

THINGS ARE DONE THE SAME WAY AS THEY.

THINGS ARE NOT DONE THE SAME WAY AS THEY WERE SOME COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

AND SO, WITH IRS RULES, WITH BEST PRACTICES SHOWING US THAT FIVE YEARS IS ENOUGH.

I DON'T THINK THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS FIRM, ESPECIALLY FOR THE REASONS STATED AS WELL.

WE WERE IN THE NEWS UNDER THIS FIRM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST CANNOT LEND MY SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL. OR CAN YOU RESPOND TO THE COMMISSIONER'S CONCERNS, PLEASE? YES, MA'AM. JUST TO START, FIRST, THE BEST PRACTICE IS TO GO THROUGH A COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS.

AND WHEN SELECTING AUDITORS, THERE'S A VARIETY OF FACTORS YOU WANT TO CONSIDER.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE ARE DEFINITELY HIGH ON THE LIST, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE WORK.

ALSO, JUST ANOTHER THING AS FAR AS OUR FIRM, AS A NATIONAL FIRM, WE HAVE A CONSTANT ROTATION OF NEW AUDITORS IN THE ENGAGEMENT EACH YEAR.

WE KEEP SENIOR LEADERSHIP FOR CONSISTENCY, BUT THE PEOPLE DEALING WITH CITY STAFF ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TURNED OVER TO HAVE FRESH EYES EVERY YEAR.

ALSO, OUR METHODOLOGY REQUIRES US TO HAVE ELEMENTS OF UNPREDICTABILITY PUT INTO THE AUDIT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF MAINTAINING SKEPTICISM IN THE AUDIT AND WHAT WE DO IN EVERY YEAR.

WE DO CHANGE UP THINGS AND HOW WE'RE APPROACHING THINGS AS WELL AS ALSO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CONSTANTLY CHANGE.

LIKE FOR THIS YEAR, THERE'S NEW STANDARDS COMING IN THAT ALSO CHANGE HOW AUDITORS APPROACH THINGS.

SO IT IS A BEST PRACTICE TO GO THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION PROCESS.

THERE'S NO PROCESS. ACTUALLY.

IF YOU LOOK IN THE SEC WORLD, THEY ACTUALLY ENCOURAGE STAYING WITH THE SAME AUDITORS BECAUSE THE GREATEST RISK OF FAILURES OCCUR WHEN YOU SWITCH AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE.

WE PROVIDE BOTH THE INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AS WELL AS FRESH PERSPECTIVE BY OUR APPROACH TO CONSTANTLY MAINTAIN INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR OATH AS ACCOUNTANTS.

COMMISSIONER DANIEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE, BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO HAVE REITERATED ON.

THERE IS NO BEST PRACTICES FOR TIME FRAME OR RENEWAL.

IT'S JUST TO GO OUT AND SEEK IT.

AND AS COMMISSIONER RIGHT AS A CHAIR OF THIS BOARD HAS CLEARLY SAID, AND ALSO THE TONS OF BACKUP WE HAVE WITH THE PROFESSIONAL PROCESS, WITH THE DIVERSE GROUP, WHICH ACTUALLY AS LONG AS THEY'RE THE SMARTEST AND BEST, IT REALLY IS WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SMARTEST AND BEST FOR OUR CITY.

AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT.

YOUR EMPLOYEES CHANGE THE FACES, STAY THE SAME FOR PRESENTATION TO US.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD BODIES AND PEOPLE CHANGING HERE.

WE'VE HAD BODIES AND PEOPLE CHANGING IN THE CITY STAFF AS WELL.

AND SO APPRECIATE ALL THAT.

AND YOU ALSO GET AUDITED, IF I'M CORRECT, PLEASE.

EVERY YEAR, EVERY YEAR YOU GET AUDITED FROM A HIGHER LEVEL OF AUDIT.

SO, THERE ARE OTHER BEST PRACTICES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT POLITICS DO NOT PLAY A ROLE IN YOUR JOB AS YOU SHOULD BE. CHECKLISTS.

THAT IS YOUR JOB IN ACCOUNTING.

SOME PEOPLE LOVE CHECKLISTS.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE THE CREATIVITY, YOUR CHECKLISTS.

FOLLOW THEM, MAKE SURE YOU'RE THOROUGH, KEEP DOING THE GOOD JOB.

BECAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I DON'T THINK WE CHANGE, ESPECIALLY NOT THAT WE NOW THAT WE HAVE.

YOU HAVE SEVEN YEARS WITH US, YOU'VE GOT THE GOOD EXPERIENCE AND THE CITY HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG, NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

THE CITY STAFF, THE CITY TEAM AND EVERYTHING IN OUR FINANCIALS HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG.

WE ARE, WHAT, 34, 33 YEARS, IF YOU WOULD.

WHAT'S OUR 34 YEARS? 34 YEARS OF AN AWARD WINNING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION? OUR RATING IS PLUS DOUBLE A PLUS.

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WE DO A GOOD JOB KEEPING THINGS TIGHT WE DON'T HAVE OVER EMPLOYEES.

IN FACT, EVERYBODY KNOWS I THINK WE NEED MORE.

WE DO A GOOD JOB.

THIS IS NOT A CITY THAT IS.

DOING THINGS IMPROPERLY.

SO FINANCIALLY WE'RE GOOD.

I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS.

AND IF COMMISSIONER DANIEL, ARE YOU SEEKING TO SPEAK AGAIN? NO, I JUST WANTED TO HEAR MR. WRIGHT'S OPINION SINCE HE WAS ON THE BOARD.

PRIVY TO WHAT COMMISSIONER VICE MAYOR BOLTON SAID.

WHAT'S YOUR OPINION NOW? DID YOU CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU DECIDED WHO SHOULD GET THE CONTRACT? DR. DANIELLE? YOU KNOW, I TRY TO BE FAIR AND BALANCED, AND THE PROCESS WAS NOT A POLITICAL PROCESS, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED.

IT WAS A PROCESS TO FIND AN ACCOUNTING AUDIT FIRM.

WE HAD FIVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT CITIES WHO JUDGED THEM BASED ON PRICING EXPERIENCE AND ALL THE EMPIRICAL THINGS THAT YOU WOULD LOOK AT.

I'M NOT GOING TO INVOKE MY POLITICAL BELIEF IN THAT PROCESS.

I ASK THE QUESTIONS ABOUT HAVING A SMALLER FIRM.

I DO. I'M A FAN OF INNOVATION.

I WORK IN TECHNOLOGY. I BELIEVE IN INNOVATION.

I BELIEVE IN CHANGE.

BUT AS IN THIS POSITION, I'M IN GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT.

YOU FOLLOW PROCESSES AND THE PROCESS IS THAT SOMEONE FROM LAKEWOOD, CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE AND COCONUT CREEK SELECTED THIS FIRM.

I CAN'T CHANGE THAT.

YOU KNOW, I'M THERE TO BE THE CHAIR.

I'M THERE TO BE A QUARTERBACK, CONTROL THE PROCESS, TAKE THEIR KNOWLEDGE, AND THEN MAKE AN ASSESSMENT.

IT WAS DONE VIA A TECHNOLOGY.

WE USE OUR ONLINE PLATFORM WHERE THEY JUDGED, THEY PUT IN THEIR SCORES, AND IT WAS VERY TRANSPARENT.

SO, I UNDERSTAND THE VICE MAYOR'S CONCERNS POLITICALLY, BUT THIS WAS NOT A POLITICAL PROCESS.

THIS WAS A PROCESS TO AUDIT THE BOOKS OF THE CITY, NOT TO BRING THINGS FROM THE PAST AND JUDGE FIRMS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO FOR ME, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE A SMALLER FIRM, A MINORITY FIRM.

I'M A CHAMPION OF QUALIFIED MINORITIES.

HOWEVER, THIS PROCESS SELECTED THIS FIRM, AND THAT'S THE FIRM THAT I'M GOING TO SUPPORT BECAUSE I SUPPORT THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

SO THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH POLITICS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH WITH RSM IN GENERAL.

JUST 15 YEARS TOTAL WITH THE SAME FIRM BECOMES A PROBLEM.

SO AT THIS JUNCTURE TODAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5 TO 7 YEARS IN THE PAST.

BUT ONWARD, THIS COULD BE 15 YEARS A 15 YEAR RELATIONSHIP IF THIS VOTE GOES FORWARD TODAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST CONTENTION IS THE SAME AUDITING FIRM FOR SO, SO, SO LONG IN THE CITY.

THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR THAT, YOU KNOW.

THE STATUTE ALLOWS FOR FIVE YEARS OR WHATEVER IT IS.

BUT I HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR TAXPAYERS AS WELL.

YOU KNOW THIS, WE'RE PAYING $639,500.

THIS IS A LOT MORE THAN WHAT THE OTHER FIRMS, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT PROVIDED US.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEST PRACTICES AND.

AND WHAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED.

SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW YOUR PROCESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DID TO ARRIVE HERE.

RFP HAS NEVER BEEN MY THING.

I'VE NEVER LIKED, YOU KNOW, THIS KIND OF THIS PART OF MY JOB.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU.

IT'S JUST ABOUT THE PROCESS.

THANK YOU. AND IN FIVE YEARS IT WILL BE 12 YEARS.

AND IN FIVE YEARS IT'LL BE A DIFFERENT COMMISSION AND FIVE YEARS WILL GO OUT FOR BID.

AND IN FIVE YEARS, THAT COMMISSION AT THE TIME WILL MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THAT RFP PROCESS.

SO SEEING NO FURTHER ITEMS, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.

A MOTION I THOUGHT WE HAD A MOTION ALREADY.

IT WAS ALREADY A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR BOLTON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES.

4 TO 1. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING ON TO AN ITEM THAT I'VE REQUESTED FOR A DISCUSSION REGARDING NINE OVER 11.

[10.a Discussion about yearly commemorating and honoring September 11 Requested by Mayor Michelle J. Gomez]

22 YEARS HAS JUST GONE BY.

OUR CITY DID NOTHING.

OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE STUFF.

I FIND 9/11 TO BE VERY SPECIAL DAY.

AND IT'S ONE THAT CAN'T BE FORGOTTEN.

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IT SEEMS. MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY.

IT DID NOT MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE, WHO YOU PRAY TO, WHO YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT WITH, OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT.

WE GOT ATTACKED.

WE GOT ATTACKED ON OUR SOIL.

WE GOT ATTACKED TWO LOCATIONS AND ANOTHER ONE THWARTED.

YET OUR COUNTRY HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING YET TO SUPPORT A DAY OFF.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER BILL GOING FORTH FOR OUR CONGRESS TO REVIEW AND HOPEFULLY SUPPORT.

CAME DOWN TO SOME DOLLARS AND CENTS.

HOW DO YOU VALUE THE LIFE OF DOLLARS AND CENTS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED UNNECESSARILY IN OUR COUNTRY? HOW DO YOU VALUE DOLLARS AND CENTS FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RAN INTO THOSE BUILDINGS TO TRY TO SAVE PEOPLE? OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO SUPPORT OUR COUNTRY AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY IN OUR COUNTRY FROM TERRORIST ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF OUR COUNTRY, ON OTHER SOIL? HOW DO WE NOT HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT AND COMMEMORATE THIS DAY? BECAUSE. AS MY MOTHER TAUGHT HISTORY, AS I'VE SHARED WITH YOU BEFORE, 36 YEARS IN NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU FORGET HISTORY, YOU ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.

THIS SHOULD NEVER BE SOMETHING WE ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT AGAIN BECAUSE WE DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO COMMEMORATE SUCH AN IMPORTANT DAY.

AND AS CITY LEADERS AND I MEAN EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS A CITY LEADER, WE SHOULD BE TAKING TIME TO HONOR AND RESPECT AND REMEMBER.

AND WHILE I FIND 9/11 MEMORY COMMEMORATIONS BITTERSWEET BECAUSE IT'S THE MEMORY TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, IT IS TO KEEP OUR MINDS FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL SUFFERING THE AFTERMATH FROM THE AIR THAT THEY HAD TO BREATHE IN TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LOVED ONES.

BUT IT'S ALSO TO SAY WE ARE HERE, WE ARE STRONG.

WE DID NOT GET BEATEN DOWN AND WE DID NOT GET TAKEN OVER.

WE ARE OUR OWN COUNTRY AND WE ARE STRONG.

AND WE, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED BY MR. GOMEZ, WE ARE STRONGER WHEN WE ARE TOGETHER AND WE ARE ONE.

AND I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

WHY THIS SET ASIDE FROM THE COUNTRY.

I'LL KEEP IT LOCAL. OUR CITY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR THIS DAY.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL.

COMMEMORATIVE OUTSIDE.

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT LIGHT STAYS ON.

I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.

BUT IF OUR CITY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE AN EVENT EVERY YEAR, THEN I WANT OUR CITY TO HAVE A DAY OFF OR AT LEAST THE MORNING OFF, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN MOST OF THE MEMORIALS OCCUR TO ALLOW OUR EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS MORE THAN SOME OF US MAY KNOW.

AND THEY DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY UNLESS THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE DAY OFF TO SHARE.

THEIR PAIN AND THEIR JOY IN THIS VERY BITTERSWEET DAY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE NOTHING AS A CITY FOR IT.

SO I'M ASKING THIS COMMISSION TO EITHER SUPPORT A YEARLY EVENT OR SUPPORT A MORNING OFF OR SUPPORT THE DAY OFF. SO IT'S FOR US TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND COMMEMORATE THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY.

SO THAT IS MY ASK OF THIS COMMISSION AND IT IS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER. DANIEL. SO.

AND THEN. COMMISSIONER. VILLALOBOS. NO.

IT'S A BITTERSWEET DAY FOR ME AS WELL.

MY AUNT WAS IN THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.

SHE SURVIVED. SHE WALKED FROM MANHATTAN TO QUEENS, QUEENS THAT DAY.

MY HUSBAND'S UNCLE WAS THE FIRE CAPTAIN, AND HE HAS SUFFERED TRAUMA SINCE.

SO I GET IT.

BUT AS A SCHOOL LEADER, WE LIKE THAT DAY BECAUSE WE TELL THE KIDS ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, WE SHARE WHAT HAPPENED.

SO I GET WHY, TOO.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE IN SCHOOL THAT DAY BECAUSE WE TEACH THE YOUNG ONES SO YOU DON'T FORGET HISTORY.

BUT I'M FOR HONORING THOSE WHO.

GAVE THEIR LIVES BECAUSE A LOT DID.

SO I'M ALL FOR HONORING THE SERVICE THAT THEY GAVE THAT DAY.

AND THANK YOU.

AND I'M GLAD THAT IT IS IN THE SCHOOLS FOR TEACHING.

AND AS FAR AS WHATEVER DAY WE WOULD DO, WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE EFFECT ON SCHOOLS.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT CONTROL.

YEAH, NO, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT.

EITHER WAY, I'M FINE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER VILLALOBOS.

YOUR LIGHT WAS LIT. IS IT? THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND THANK YOU, DR.

DANIELS. YES, I'M IN SUPPORT OF.

WHICHEVER ONE FOR ONE.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS HERE.

WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN MAKE IN MEMORY OF FOR FOR THE DAY, BUT ALSO PERHAPS WHEN YOU HAVE

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SO FOR ONE, FOR SURE, I'M IN AGREEANCE WITH HAVING SOMETHING DONE HERE IN THE CITY LIKE WE DID FOR THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY, BUT ALSO GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO EMPLOYEES TO TAKE SOME TIME OFF TO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S UP TO STAFF TO FIGURE THAT PART OUT.

I WOULDN'T BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO STILL RUN THAT THE CITY AND ISSUES DO COME UP, WHETHER IT'S MOTHER'S DAY OR CHRISTMAS OR WHATEVER DAY OF THE YEAR. I'M IN SUPPORT.

COMMISSIONER. OKAY, SO YOU'RE IN SUPPORT.

YOU'RE IN SUPPORT OF EITHER A DAY OFF OR COMMEMORATION OR BOTH OR I GUESS AT THIS POINT I NEED TO KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN.

SO, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT VERY MUCH.

NARROW IT DOWN. YES, EITHER.

I'M ASKING. I WAS ASKING FOR EITHER.

HALF DAY. FULL DAY.

OR IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO A HALF DAY, FULL DAY, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING A YEARLY SOMETHING TO HAVE OUR STAFF AND OUR EMPLOYEES BE ABLE TO COMMEMORATE AND HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CITY COME TO.

BECAUSE AS OF NOW, I GO TO THREE OTHER PLACES.

I GO TO A MORNING EVENT; I GO TO A MID-DAY EVENT, AND I GO TO AN EVENING EVENT.

SO, IT SEEMS SO FAR ON SEPTEMBER 11TH.

I APPRECIATE THAT ALL THESE ENTITIES ARE DOING SOMETHING, AND I GET THE PLEASURE OF BEING ABLE TO GO.

WE DID NOT HAVE A COMMISSION MEETING OR WORKSHOP ON THAT DAY.

WHICH I APPRECIATED AS WELL.

I HAD THE ABILITY.

OTHER PEOPLE IN THE CITY DON'T STAFF DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY.

THEIR TIME IS NOT AS FLEXIBLE AS OURS.

SO, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. CALHOUN REGARDING THE FISCAL IMPACT OR HOW IT WOULD CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION'S HOLIDAY LIST.

GOOD MORNING. LORENZO CALHOUN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THE RECORD.

VICE MAYOR, WE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT WOULD BE AS WELL.

WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE IF WE DECIDED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY OFF TO EMPLOYEES WITH THE FEDERATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, WHICH COVERS THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES. ALSO WITH THE IF THAT COVERS OUR FIREFIGHTERS, I CAN TELL YOU THERE WOULD BE AN EASY NEGOTIATION IF WE WERE CLOSED FOR THE DAY.

AND I'M SURE FIRE WOULD HONOR THEIR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WERE LOST.

BUT IF YOU CAN GIVE US SOME TIME, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU.

I COULD EMAIL THE COMMISSION AND WORK WITH OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

SO WOULD IT BE BETTER FOR US TO RESEARCH THAT PART, FOR YOU, TO RESEARCH THAT PART, AND THEN COME BACK TO US WITH THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN WE CAN MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE FISCAL IMPACT, HOW IT WOULD CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION, THE NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

YES, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

OKAY. CITY ON THAT.

I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT.

THE FLOOR WILL BE BACK TO YOU IN A SECOND.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT HUMAN RESOURCES YOU ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS AS WE DID THE JUNETEENTH EVENT AND WE DID A JUNETEENTH NIGHT EVENT, BUT WE DID A DAY OFF FOR THE CITY. SO THE FIGURES SHOULD BE ALONG THOSE LINES SIMILAR.

THE THEY WILL HAVE INCREASED BECAUSE WE HAVE NEGOTIATED INCREASES FOR BOTH UNIONS.

SO THERE WILL BE A SLIGHTLY HIGHER FINANCIAL IMPACT.

SO, I WANT TO COME BACK TO YOU, BUT THE ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE'VE DONE THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD WANT TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION WITH THE MOST UP TO DATE NUMBERS, AND THAT'S FINE.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE BECAUSE I HAVE THE JUNETEENTH PRESENTATION, SO OBVIOUSLY EVERY DAY OFF, WHETHER IT'S JUNETEENTH OR CHRISTMAS OR WHATEVER IT IS, IS STILL GOING TO INCREASE BECAUSE OF THAT.

BUT GO AHEAD. YES. VICE MAYOR, BACK TO YOU.

RIGHT. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR THIS IDEA.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

SO, I WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT A CELEBRATION JUST LIKE WE HAVE VETERANS DAY CELEBRATION, I MEAN, COMMEMORATION OR MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES.

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I'M ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE EMPLOYEES GETTING A DAY OFF.

I THINK THAT'S GREAT. AND I ALWAYS WANT TO SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ALSO PAY HOMAGE AND SO FORTH.

BUT I WANT TO DO THAT PART WITH CAUTION.

JUST HAVE THE HR DIRECTOR LOOK INTO HOW THIS CHANGES THE OPERATION, THE FISCAL IMPACT AND THAT SORT OF STUFF.

ARE WE GOING TO GIVE UP A HOLIDAY IN ORDER TO GET A HOLIDAY? THIS HOLIDAY? AND THEN WHICH ONE DO YOU GIVE UP? BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE WERE DOING JUNETEENTH, DID WE GIVE UP A HOLIDAY FOR THAT OR WE GAVE UP COLUMBUS DAY FOR SOMETHING OR ANOTHER.

HAVE WE EVER SWITCHED OUT HOLIDAYS? VICE MAYOR WE DID NOT GIVE UP A HOLIDAY.

IN FACT, I APPLAUDED THE COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME.

WE LED THE CHARGE IN THE STATE AND WE WERE THE FIRST IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA AREA TO INSTITUTE JUNETEENTH AS A CELEBRATION OF A DAY OFF.

AND THAT WAS AN IDEA FROM COMMISSIONER GELIN.

COMMISSIONER. FORMER VICE MAYOR GELIN.

OH, WELL, LET'S KEEP THE RAIL TRAINS ALMOST THE SAME.

YEAH, BUT SO, THEORETICALLY, IF WE DO SEPTEMBER 11TH AS A DAY OFF, YOU YOU COULD SWITCH IT FOR ANOTHER HOLIDAY.

WE COULD. AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE NEGOTIATED.

IF WE ARE LOOKING AT SUBSTITUTING ONE OF THE PAID HOLIDAYS FOR ANOTHER.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE I GIVE PAUSE AS WELL.

RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO KNOW THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE HOLIDAY.

YOU HAVE TO WE HAVE TO KNOW THEN IN THE ALTERNATIVE, IF WE DON'T WANT THE FISCAL IMPACT, WHAT HOLIDAY WOULD BE SWITCHED OUT.

AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO JUST ADVOCATE TO STAFF TO DO THAT BEHIND THE SCENES WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION FORWARD AND THEN THEN YOU DO THE ACTION AFTERWARDS. I'D PREFER TO MAKE THAT DECISION WITH THE INFORMATION BEFORE US.

SO I SUPPORT THE INITIATIVE.

I THINK IT'S GREAT.

I SUPPORT MY COLLEAGUES REGARDLESS OF POLITICS.

SO, I THINK THE INITIATIVE IS GREAT AND I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THE CELEBRATE YEARLY CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT OF THE EMPLOYEES AS WELL GETTING THE DAY OFF.

BUT I JUST WANT TO KNOW, MAKE SURE WE KNOW AND THE TAXPAYERS KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS COSTING THEM.

MR. CALHOUN, IF YOU WOULD.

WHEN IT COMES TO SELECTION OF DAY OFF OR SWITCHING DAYS OFF OR ADDING DAYS OFF.

THAT IS STRICTLY BETWEEN NEGOTIATIONS.

IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE WOULD HAVE TO NEGOTIATE IF WE SWITCH DAYS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT.

BUT WE DON'T DICTATE THAT THAT'S DICTATED THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WITH PHP.

AND IF I'VE GOT THE ACRONYMS WRONG, I APOLOGIZE IF YOU'RE CORRECT AND ALL THOSE GUYS, RIGHT? CORRECT. ONE OF THE THINGS WHICH WE HAVE IS A SHADE SESSION AFTER THIS ANYWAY, THAT'S DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS, BUT THIS IS WHEN WE DID JUNETEENTH, WE GOT FINANCIALS. IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, BUT IT WASN'T US DIRECTING WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS A DAY OFF OR YOU HAD TO SWITCH A DAY.

IT WAS JUST WE DIRECTED THAT WE WANTED A DAY OFF.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND THEN IT'S FROM THERE FOR STAFF TO NEGOTIATE OTHER POINTS AND COME BACK TO US FOR RATIFICATION OR NOT.

THAT'S CORRECT. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT PART CLEAR BECAUSE.

THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ASK IS THE ASK FOR THE DAY.

FIGURING OUT IF WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE ANYTHING DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE IS FOR DIFFERENTLY IN THE FUTURE, LED BY STAFF.

OKAY. SO AT THIS TIME I HAVE CONSENSUS FOR I HAVE TO WRAP IT BACK AROUND BECAUSE I WE KNOW HOW MUCH, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE DAY OFF.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DAY OFF VERSUS AN EVENT.

SO GO AHEAD.

ADVISE ME. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. I WAS GETTING READY TO RESPOND TO YOUR.

OH, TO MY ATTEMPTING TO WRAP THIS AROUND.

COMMISSIONER WRIGHT, DO YOU SUPPORT?

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MR. VILLALOBOS, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO START WITH THE ANNUAL THING.

I'M SPEAKING FOR YOU.

I'M SORRY. NO, IT'S FINE.

THE REASON I'M GOING FOR THE DAY OFF IS BECAUSE THE CITY MAY DECIDE AT A LATER DATE THROUGH PARK AND REC.

WE MAY WANT TO DO AN EVENT.

BUT IF THAT'S SEPARATE SO THAT I'M PRETTY SURE NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED.

BUT I WAS ON THE DAY OFF BECAUSE WE WERE ON THE DAY OFF AND TALKING ABOUT FINANCIALS.

SO ALSO GO AHEAD.

COMMISSIONER RYAN, WOULD YOU LIKE, WOULD YOU SUPPORT A DAY OFF? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, WHY DON'T WE JUST DISCUSS THE IMPACT FINANCIALLY OF ALL THREE OPTIONS AT A WORKSHOP AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE A YEAR, RIGHT, THAT'S FINE.

AND THEN WE MAKE A DECISION.

I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A DISCUSSION AT A WORKSHOP WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY FULLY DISCUSS THIS.

I THINK IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE BETTER.

SO CONSENSUS.

OKAY. IN ORDER FOR OUR CITY CLERK TO HEAR YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RATTLING AROUND IN YOUR HEAD.

YES. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WRIGHT IS.

YES. YES. COMMISSIONER.

VILLALOBOS. COMMISSIONER.

DANIEL. NICE WORKSHOP.

WORKSHOP? YES. THANK YOU.

IT WILL BE COMING UP AT A WORKSHOP.

WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT NEEDS TO BE ON THE NEXT WORKSHOP.

I THINK OUR NEXT WORKSHOP IS PRETTY FULL, SO JUST DEFINITELY WITH ENOUGH TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND IMPLEMENTATION, PLEASE.

WE'LL DO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER ON OUR CALENDAR OR OUR AGENDA.

IT IS CURRENTLY 10:52, MADAM MAYOR, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE COMMISSION MEETING.

I AM NOW OPENING A SHADE SESSION.

AND MAYOR, LET'S DO A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE COMMISSION MEETING.

THEN WE COULD OPEN UP THE SHADE SESSION.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE DON'T DO A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR CITY MEETINGS.

OUR CITY MEETINGS ARE JUST DONE.

WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR AGENDA, THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO HAVE THE SHADE SESSION WHICH WE'RE HANDLING IN THIS ROOM.

OR ARE WE HANDLING IN THE OTHER ROOM 105.

OKAY. SO THIS COMMISSION MEETING IS NOW DONE AS FAR AS.

OUR REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE INTO 105 WHERE WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR A MOMENT AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE IT TO THE PUBLIC FOR A SHADE SESSION.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING A STAGE SESSION? IT IS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS OR NEGOTIATE ITEMS FOR LAWSUITS OR ANY OTHER SUCH.

AND SO THERE WILL BE A STENOGRAPHER THERE.

THEY WILL TAKE MINUTES AND THERE WILL BE.

THIS IS A LABOR NEGOTIATION, THEN A LABOR NEGOTIATION.

THERE IS NO STENOGRAPHER, NO CIRCUS.

SO THEN YOU'LL KNOW THE RESULTS WHEN IT COMES THROUGH.

BUT WE ARE MOVING INTO ROOM 105.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY SO WE CAN TALK TO YOU BEFORE YOU GO INTO YOUR MEETING.

IT IS 1053.

WE WILL START OUR MEETING AT TEN.

SORRY, 11:10 EVERYBODY GO TO THE RESTROOM.

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.