[1. City Manager's Opening Remarks] [00:00:03] WELL, GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT'S 10:00 A.M. SO LET'S GET STARTED. IT'S SEPTEMBER. SO LET'S GET STARTED. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ON WEDNESDAY THE 23RD. [2. City Manager Report] SO THIS IS A MORNING MEETING. AND WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS. AND THEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. THE FIRST ITEM IS THE CITY'S [5. Consent Agenda] INSURANCE POLICY RENEWAL WITH FMIT DANIELLE IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU. YES. GIVE US THE GOOD NEWS. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. GOOD MORNING. DANIELLE DURGAN, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES. THIS MORNING, I'LL BE PRESENTING UNDER TEMPORARY RESOLUTION 14417. THIS IS OUR PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE RENEWAL WITH FMIT FLORIDA MUNICIPAL INSURANCE TRUST. OKAY. SO THIS RENEWAL COVERS GENERAL LIABILITY, AUTOMOBILE LIABILITY, PROPERTY AND WORKER'S COMPENSATION. AND THE PRINCIPAL COVERAGE STRUCTURE REMAINS IN PLACE FOR FY 27. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FMIT. THIS IS ADMINISTERED BY THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES AND IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC ENTITIES. IT'S A MUNICIPAL RISK SHARING MODEL, PROVIDES BROAD COVERAGE AND HELPS PROVIDE STABILITY COMPARED WITH THE TRADITIONAL INSURANCE MARKET. SO FMIT ALSO PROVIDES VALUE BEYOND THE INSURANCE PREMIUM. WE ALSO USE A SPECIALIZED PUBLIC SECTOR CLAIM SUPPORT, SAFETY GRANTS AND LOSS CONTROL RESOURCES, AND DISASTER RESPONSE AND RECOVERY SERVICES. THE CITY HAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY $50,000 IN FMIT SAFETY GRANT GRANTS TO DATE. SO THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR TEN-YEAR PREMIUM HISTORY. THIS CHART SHOWS FROM FY INTO FY 27, THE $1.6 MILLION PREMIUM COST, WHICH IS A REDUCTION OF $231,000 FROM FY 26 OR 12.44% DECREASE. [LAUGHTER] SO THIS THE GRANT IS TRULY A GRANT. IT'S NOT INSTITUTED IN THE COST. SO, DANIELLE, WHAT'S THE NATURE OF THAT BIG JUMP FROM FY 23 TO 24? I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT EXPLAINED IN THE NEXT TWO SLIDES. SO THIS PROVIDES JUST AN OVERVIEW OF OUR CLAIMS. SO YOU'VE SEEN THERE IS A DECREASE OF CLAIMS THAT WE RECEIVED. AND STAFF IS CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON CLAIMS MONITORING FLEET SAFETY AND LOSS CONTROL. SO THIS LAST SLIDE SHOWS THE WE HAVE A DECREASE IN GENERAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY OF 21%, A DECREASE IN PROPERTY INSURANCE. SO THAT'S A DECREASE OF 14% WORKER'S COMPENSATION. AND SO WE THE LARGEST INCREASE HAS BEEN ON THE AUTOMOBILE AND LIABILITY AND PHYSICAL DAMAGE SIDE. AND THAT'S DUE TO THE INCREASE OF ADDED VEHICLES TO THE COVERAGE. NOW WE DIDN'T ADD NEW VEHICLES, WE JUST REPLACED SOME VEHICLES. SO THERE'S BEEN. SO ALSO YOU KNOW, DAMAGES TO OUR, OUR VEHICLES AS WELL. THAT'S PART OF THAT AS WELL IS THAT LINE ITEM IS ANY ACCIDENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN FY 26 THAT ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO THAT INCREASE IN COST. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THE 23 TO 24 THAT THAT I MISSED THAT PART. IF YOU GO BACK TWO SLIDES. YEAH. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THAT 23 TO 24? FY 23? YEAH. SO THIS IS THE TIME BELIEVE WHEN THE INSURANCE CRISIS WAS HAPPENING WITHIN FLORIDA, WHEN WE HAD ISSUES WITH I KNOW A LOT OF INSURANCE COMPANIES LEAVING FLORIDA. AND SO THEY BECAME THESE COVERAGES BECAME MORE EXPENSIVE TO HAVE SO, BUT THEN INSURANCE THEN CONTINUED TO, I THINK LAST YEAR WAS WHEN THE STATE STARTED BRINGING MORE INSURANCE COMPANIES, WHICH THEN HELPS TO, TO STABILIZE THE MARKET. [00:05:05] SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOW SEEING KIND OF A MORE. AND ALSO OUR CLAIMS HAVE HELPED TO STABILIZE THAT AS WELL. WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A DECREASE YOU KNOW, IN CLAIMS. THAT'S THAT ALSO HELPS WITH THE PREMIUM COSTS. OKAY. SO THE CITY IS FACING THE SAME INSURANCE OUTCOME. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. ESPECIALLY AS, AS BEING FULLY INSURED WITH THESE LINE ITEMS. OKAY. OKAY. OH, AND THAT'S IT CONCLUDES ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM 5.D IS. IS THE CITY'S SUPPORT FOR FUNDING THE EXPANSION OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE. BUT TO, TO GIVE A BETTER EXPLANATION. LET'S ASK MELISSA PETRON PARKS AND RECREATION. YES. MELISSA PETRON PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR. SO THE CITY IS ASKING APPROVAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION TO APPROVE TWO APPLICATIONS TO BROWARD COUNTY TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT SHUTTLE SERVICES. SO CURRENTLY, WE OFFER MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SERVICES FOR OUR RED ROUTE, AND WE OFFER A RED ROUTE EXTENSION THAT IS TWO DAYS A WEEK. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO EXPAND BOTH ROUTES TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SO WE NEED APPROVAL FROM THE COMMISSION TO SUBMIT THE TWO APPLICATIONS. AND THEN IF APPROVED BY BROWARD COUNTY, THEY WOULD BE FUNDING THE PROGRAM FOR FY 28 TO EXPAND THOSE SERVICES. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS ALSO FOR, IF AWARDED TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. SO MELISSA, THIS IS SUBJECT TO THE EXPANDED ROUTES ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RIDERSHIP NUMBERS. RIGHT? CORRECT. YES. OKAY. AND THEN WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THAT RIDERSHIP ONCE WE MAKE THIS EXPANSION. YES, YES. OKAY. IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT ANY OF OUR SURTAX DOLLAR ALLOCATIONS? THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT DOES NOT THE. ANY MICRO-GRANT. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THEN 5.E AND 5.F ARE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF TAMARAC AND THE COUNTY. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SHIFT THOSE PROGRAMS INTO SOMETHING ELSE. SO CAN YOU YEAH, A BRIEF SUMMARY, 5.E IS KIND OF A USE IT OR LOSE IT. FOR FY 23-24 24-25 WE'RE SHIFTING THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS, THE HOME FUNDS FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY COALITION FROM MINOR HOME REPAIR TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. SO THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE FUNDS. OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU DO MINOR HOME REPAIR, THERE'S SO MANY BITES AT THE APPLE THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT ISN'T DONE ON TIME. AND THEN IT REQUIRES US TO USE GENERAL FUND BY UTILIZING THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, WE'RE ABLE TO GET LARGER CHUNKS, LESS DRAWS, AND WE CAN BE MORE PROACTIVE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO USE GENERAL FUNDS. WE CAN GET THE FUNDING PROVIDED. ALSO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS MOVING FORWARD. SO WE'RE NOT TAKING MONEY OUT OF MINOR HOME REPAIR AND DISPROPORTIONATE. WE'RE PUTTING THE SHIP FUNDS OF 150,000 NOW INTO MINOR HOME REPAIR. AND WE'RE JUST SWITCHING THE HOME FUNDS TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. SO IT'S THE EXACT SAME MONEY, JUST DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TO ALLOW US TO UTILIZE IT WITHOUT HAVING TO NOT USE IT, WHICH WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO THE 5.F IS NOW UTILIZING THE 223. AND WHEN I SAID 150 BEFORE, THAT'S JUST ON THE AVERAGE, THE 223. HERE IS HOME FUNDS FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. THE SHIP FUNDS WOULD THEN GO BACK INTO THE MINOR HOME REPAIR. AND JUST TO GIVE AN FYI ON THE MINOR HOME REPAIR WE HAD RECOVERED 800,000 FROM THE NSP PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN DEFUNCT, SO WE PUT THAT INTO MINOR HOME REPAIR, WHICH OFFSETS THAT COST OF 306,000 BY ALMOST 500,000 THAT WE HAD PUT IN FROM RECOVERED NSP. OKAY. SO WE DON'T WANT TO. LOWER OUR COMMITMENT TO TO MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAMS. AND THEN SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT 5.E $306,000 FOR THE PAST FEW FUNDING YEARS IS NOW BEING SHIFTED TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM. BUT THE SAME ALLOCATION WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE SHIP SIDE FOR MINOR HOME [00:10:02] REPAIR PROGRAM. STILL DEDICATING THAT FUNDING TO FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM, RIGHT. AND THEN WHATEVER WAS ALLOCATED FOR SHIP THAT WAS TYPICALLY A FIRST-TIME HOME BUYER, WHICH IS CAN BE 150,000 AND HIGHER BECAUSE IT FLUCTUATES EACH YEAR. I WAS JUST GIVING YOU AN AVERAGE THAT WOULD THEN GO TO MINOR HOME REPAIR. BUT THEN ALSO WHAT I MENTIONED THAT 800,000, BECAUSE ADDITIONAL OF THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING YEARS TOO AS WELL. OKAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT PLUS THE 800. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SOUNDS GOOD. MR. MANAGER, JUST TO MAKE A DISTINCTION THAT 223 IS THE ALLOCATION, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 150. IT INCLUDES SOME PROGRAM INCOME. SO THAT'S WHY IT LOOKS SO HIGH. IT INCLUDES ABOUT 70,000 OR SO OR PROGRAM INCOME. AND PROGRAM INCOME IS MONEY THAT'S CAPTURED. YEAH. IF SOMEONE SELLS THEIR PROPERTY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. SO IT'S ABOUT 150,000, WHICH IS THE STANDARD ALLOCATION AMOUNT. AND SO THIS IS FOR FY 25 AND 26 IS 223. BUT FUTURE YEARS MAY BE. ABOUT 150S AND ON AVERAGE OF WHAT IT COMES IN. AND THAT'S THE SAME AMOUNT FOR 26 AS WELL. BUT IT JUST INCLUDES SOME PROGRAMING OKAY, GREAT. AND THE RECOVERED FUNDS COME FROM THE SAME ESSENTIALLY THE SAME POT AS SOMEBODY SELLS THEIR HOUSE EARLY. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MAKING PROFIT OFF OF SELLING THE HOUSE. THEY GIVE BACK THE WHATEVER THE DIFFERENCE IS ON THAT GRANT. AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE GET THE PROGRAM INCOME. JUST FOR, FOR CLARITY PURPOSES. CAN'T THE HOME FUNDS ARE DISTRIBUTED BY THE COUNTY ARE STATE OR FEDERAL FUNDS? FEDERAL. FEDERAL. OKAY. COUNTIES HAVE PASSED THROUGH. RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND ITEM 5.G IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF TAMARAC AND ALEXANDER AND JOHNSON PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF WESTSIDE DOG PARK. SO MELISSA, TELL US ABOUT THAT PROJECT, PLEASE. YES. THIS IS THE APPROVAL FOR THE WEST SIDE DOG PARK OFF OF 108TH TERRACE ON THE WESTSIDE OF TAMARAC. THERE WAS TWO SUBMITTALS FOR THIS PROJECT, AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE WAS PUT TOGETHER TO REVIEW THE TWO PROPOSALS, AND BASED ON THE COMMITTEE'S EVALUATION, THEY AGREED TO RECOMMEND ALEXANDER AND JOHNSON PROJECT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AT A BASE BID OF $995,000. 800. $905,804.62. THIS WILL INCLUDE THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. BASICALLY, THE CART. THE PARK WILL INCLUDE A LARGE AREA AND A SMALL AREA FOR THE DOGS. WALKING PATHS, SHADED COVERED AREAS AND BENCHES, WATER FOUNTAINS, WASTE DISPOSAL, SOLAR POWERED LIGHTS AND WI-FI OUT AT THE PARK. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT ITEM IS A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE ADJUSTING THE OR [7.a TO2637 – An Ordinance of the City Commission of the City of Tamarac, Florida, amending Chapter 2 of the City's Code of Ordinances, entitled "Administration", by specifically amending Section 2-34 entitled "Comprehensive Procedures for City Commission Meetings" by amending Subsection (H) to eliminate the time restriction for discussion of agenda items by members of the City Commission; providing for codification; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; and providing for an effective date.] AMENDING THE CITY'S ORDINANCE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PROCEDURES BY COMMISSION FOR, FOR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. SO CITY ATTORNEY THIS ARTIST WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER. OH, I MISSPOKE. [LAUGHTER] BASICALLY, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PROCESS IN TERMS OF SPEAKING ALLOCATION OF TIME BY COMMISSION. THERE WAS NO TIME SET UP WHEN THIS COMMISSION WAS ESTABLISHED AND YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. MADAM CLERK, THERE WAS A TIME LIMITATION THAT WAS ENACTED AS PART OF THE PROCESS, 5 MINUTES FOR EACH COMMISSIONER INITIALLY, THEN ANOTHER 5 MINUTES. 5 MINUTES OR 2 MINUTES. 2 MINUTES. OKAY. AND SO THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BASICALLY ELIMINATE THE TIME RESTRICTION FOR DEBATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT CONCLUDES THE AGENDA FOR WEDNESDAY'S MEETING. ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS? THINK ABOUT ADD, REMOVE? NO? ALL GOOD? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.