>> PLEASE STAND BY. >> MAYOR: IT IS 6:00 P.M. I'M ASKING IF EVERYBODY COULD MOVE TO THEIR SEATS OR TAKE A SEAT SO WE CAN BEGIN MOMENTARILY. >> MAYOR: THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH CITY COMMISSION MEETING. TODAY IS TUESDAY, MAY 21st, 2024. AND THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 P.M. BEFORE I CONTINUE ANY FURTHER, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE OF OUR RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. SPEAKERS MUST FIRST BE ADDRESSED BY THE CHAIR AND NOT INTERRUPT ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. PUBLIC COMMENTS MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE AND NOT TO ANY PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS UP HERE OR IN THE AUDIENCE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS, DISRUPTIONS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. YOU'LL BE ASKED TO LEAVE SHOULD YOU VIOLATE THESE RULES. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE NOW WITH THE ROLL CALL. I'LL TURN IT OUR CITY CLERK. >> MAYOR PENSERGA. >> MAYOR: HERE. >> VICE MAYOR KELLEY. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER HAY. >> HERE. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYLEE. OUR INVOCATION THIS EVENING WILL BE LED BY PASTOR ASH. I ALMOST CALLED YOU COMMISSIONER ASH. FROM FIRST PRIS TEACHER CHURCH FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG LED BY COMMISSIONER CRUZ. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A CITY COMMISSIONER SO I WILL SAVE THIS BULLETIN. >> YOU NEVER KNOW. >> LET US TAKE A BREATH AND BRING OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO A BETTER PLACE. MERCIFUL GOD, WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK TO THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE CARING MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO REACH OUT TO THOSE IN NEED. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR ELECTED LEADERS, CITY STAFF AND CITY VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE HELPING TO BUILD A STRONGER BETTER CITY. WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM INSIGHT AND COURAGE TO CONTINUE IN THIS IMPORTANT WORK. WE LIFT THIS PRAYER AND ALL TO YOU, GOD, IN FAITH. AND ALL WHO COULD SAY AMEN. [RESPONSE] >> Group: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. AND THANK YOU, PASTOR ASH, FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE CITY THROUGHOUT THESE YEARS. IT IS MUCH APPRECIATED. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS. >> YES, MAYOR. JUST WANTED TO ADD IF I COULD, LAST MEETING WHEN WE HAD THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER PROCLAMATION, WE DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO READ IT BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL HAD TO TAKE IT WITH HER TO ANOTHER EVENT. SO I WANTED TO JUST READ IT FOR THE RECORD IF WE COULD. IT WON'T TAKE TOO LONG. >> MAYOR: TODAY YOU MEAN? >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS. >> WE'RE GOOD. >> MAYOR: SEEING NO OBJECTIONS, WE'LL DO THAT. OKAY. >> THAT'S ALL I HAVE, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. DO YOU HAVE THE PROCLAMATION ALREADY OR DO WE NEED TO GET IT? >> I HAVE IT PULLED UP ON MY COMPUTER. I'LL READ IT. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR KELLEY. >> MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANY CHANGES. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY. >> I'M GOOD. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER TURKIN IS ALSO GOOD TO GO. ALL RIGHT. I BELIEVE THERE IS ONLY ONE REQUEST ON MY END WHICH IS A PROCLAMATION THAT DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE PUBLICATION WHICH IS THE GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ITEM FOR MY REQUEST. CITY MANAGER, I SAW YOUR HAND UP. DID YOU HAVE A REQUEST AS WELL? >> YES, MAYOR. I NEED TO KNOW -- BECAUSE, YOU GUYS SERVE DUAL ROLES WITH THE CRA. THE CONFERENCE IS IN DENVER, COLORADO THIS YEAR BUT IT HAS A CONFLICT ON THE BUDGET SCHEDULE FOR THE 2024-2025 BUDGET WHICH FALLS ON SEPTEMBER 17th. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE PUT A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR NEW DATE OR SOMETHING. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO THAT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE QUORUM, WE NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE MOVING THAT SECOND BUDGET MEETING. >> MAYOR: OKAY. BECAUSE -- I MEAN I'M COMFORTABLE IF YOU GUYS ARE READY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF YOUR SCHEDULES, THAT FAR IN ADVANCE. OR WOULD YOU RATHER TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER? >> YOU WANT TO DO IT AT A FUTURE MEETING? >> YES. >> IT DEPENDS. >> MAYOR: FUTURE MEETING? OKAY, WE WILL DEFINITELY ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. >> I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE EVENT WAS AND ALL THAT. >> MAYOR: I WAS NOT READY. >> WILL THE NEXT MEETING BE SUFFICIENT? THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE? >> THE ONLY MEETING IN JUNE. >> THE DATE IN QUESTION IS THE 17th. >> WELL, THE CONFERENCE IS FROM THE 15th THROUGH THE 18th. SO IF ANYONE IS GOING TO THAT CONFERENCE. >> OF SEPTEMBER. >> OF SEPTEMBER, CORRECT. IT'S NOT THE REGULAR FRA CONFERENCE. IT'S ANOTHER ONE THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF. THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, IF ANYONE IS ATTENDING THAT, WE NEED TO MOVE THE WORKSHOP. >> MAYOR: WE ATTENDED LAST YEAR. >> BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THE PANEL. >> MAYOR: THAT'S RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> IT'S IN DENVER THIS YEAR. >> MAYOR: IN ANY CASE WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL IN FAVOR TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS DISCUSSED, SAY AYE. [AYES] THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AGENDA IS THEREFORE AMENDED. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL ITEMS TO BE SHARED? >> I WANT TO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY, FOR INVITING ME TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE NEW PASTOR AT ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH, PASTOR JOHN BARBER. THAT WAS AN EXCITING SPECIAL MAGICAL MOMENT. I HAD GOOSEBUMPS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS AFTERWARDS. IT WAS VERY POWERFUL, YOU KNOW. I FELT A LOT OF LOVE IN THE AIR IN THOSE SLIDES THAT SHOWED PASTOR JOHN BARBER, EVERY SINGLE ONE HAD FOUR WORDS IN IT THAT STUCK OUT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ME TO KNOW. I'LL SPEAK FOR MYSELF. LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION. I THOUGHT THIS WAS VERY IMPORTANT AND I FELT A LOT OF LOVE IN THAT ROOM. SO I WAS ASKING YOU, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN YOU ARE THERE BECAUSE I'LL DEFINITELY BE GOING BACK. IT WAS AMAZING. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PASTOR JOHN BARBER. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR INVITING ME AND MAKING ME FEEL WELCOME. >> THAT'S WONDERFUL. IF YOU COME TOO OFTEN, WE MAY HOOK YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY. >> YOU ARE ON ME, RIGHT? >> MAYOR: YES. >> I DO WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS WHO MADE IT. THERE WAS ONLY ONE WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY HAD A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, OKAY, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. OKAY, AIMEE, SINCE YOU IDENTIFIED YOURSELF. THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WAS THERE AND REALLY SHOWED GREAT SUPPORT ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. AND WHO ELSE? SOMEBODY WAS THERE. BUT IT REALLY SPOKE VOLUMES TO THE CHURCH AND THE CITY AS A WHOLE TO SEE THE CITY'S SUPPORT. WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IS TO RE-ESTABLISH THAT RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAD MANY YEARS AGO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ST. JOHN'S BECAUSE OF THE FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE. IT CAN BE A GREAT MARRIAGE BETWEEN THE CITY AND ST. JOHN. WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT MORE DOWN THE ROAD, OKAY. I ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE P2P FUND-RAISER, THE NIGHT OF JAZZ AT BEN VERNUTO, THAT WAS OUTSTANDING. THE D.J. IS ALWAYS A FUNNY GUY. ALSO I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THOSE MOTHERS WHO RECENTLY CELEBRATED MOTHER'S DAY. I PRAY THAT YOU WERE ALL WELL TREATED AND THE RED CARPET WAS ROLLED OUT BEFORE YOU BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY DESERVE IT. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING MY FIRST GRANDSON'S HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION UP IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA AREA. AND THAT WAS OUTSTANDING BECAUSE HE IS A PARTICIPANT IN MANY ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CHOIR. HE HAD A SONG THAT HE HAD THE LEAD. I THINK HE TOOK THAT FROM HIS GRANDPA. [LAUGHTER] LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE BOYNTON BEACH PD AWARDS AND SWEARING IN CEREMONY ON YESTERDAY. I GOT THERE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT I GOT THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. BUT I ALWAYS LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THESE YOUNG RECRUITS THAT ARE COMING IN AND HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. WE HAVE A GOOD PD DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE LOOKING TO GULF THEM THE PROPER TRAINING SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE US THE PROTECTION. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAD ON OUR LIST AMONG ALL OTHER PRIORITIES WAS SAFETY. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT FROM OUR PD AND STAFF AROUND THE PD DEPARTMENT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY. LET'S TURN TO VICE MAYOR KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WILL BE A LITTLE QUICK BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT. I, OF COURSE, WANT TO WISH THE OTHER MOTHERS A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. I ALSO ATTENDED -- I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE SUITS FOR SENIORS GRADUATION I GUESS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. BOYNTON BEACH HIGH SCHOOL, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT THEY PARTICIPATED. THEY HAD SEVERAL STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT HELPS YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH THE HIGH SCHOOL PROCESS AND PREPARING THEM FOR COLLEGE. AND SO IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT WAS STARTED BY A YOUNG MAN WHO JUST HAD A DREAM TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR KIDS AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SO THAT'S TORONTA. I WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO OUR ENTIRE STAFF BECAUSE TASTE OF BOYNTON WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AND AMAZING AS IT WAS WITHOUT EVERYONE. THERE WAS STAFF FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT AT THE CITY PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT, WORKING THE EVENT. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, GABBY AND HER TEAM AND ALSO ALL OF THE REST OF CITY STAFF BECAUSE IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, EVERY DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE, FIRE, EVERYONE WAS OUT THERE. AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. I HAD NOTHING -- I HEARD NOTHING BUT AMAZING FEEDBACK AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR. THIS PAST SATURDAY, JUST A COUPLE OF FUN THINGS THAT HAVE -- BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED IN THE CITY THAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE EVERYONE AWARE OF IT. SKY ZONE OPENED ON CONGRESS AVENUE. WE HAD A GRAND OPENING THIS WEEKEND. IT'S A LOT OF FUN. A GOOD TIME WHEN IT'S 90 DEGREES OUTSIDE TO STAY INDOORS AND JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN ON SATURDAY. A COUPLE OF NEW BUSINESSES ON CONGRESS AVENUE, JUST SALAD AND NOTHING BUNDT CAKES. THEY HAVE HAD THEIR SOFT OPENINGS SO A LOT OF BUSINESSES AND STUFF HAPPENING ALONG CONGRESS AVENUE. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH NEW INSTALLATION SERVICE. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY FOR THE INVITE. AND I AM READY TO GET STARTED. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. DITTO TO ALL OF THOSE THINGS. I ATTENDED ESSENTIALLY THE SAME EVENTS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ALSO, COMMISSIONER HAY, FOR HAVING ME AT YOUR CHURCH. THAT WAS A MEANINGFUL EXPERIENCE. AS THEY SAID, JESUS FROM GALILEE, JOHNNY FROM MIAMI. [LAUGHTER] SO THEY CHOSE THE RIGHT LEADER FOR THE CHURCH. SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM AS WELL. MOVING ON, AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. WE HAVE THREE PROCLAMATIONS. SO I WILL ACT JUDICIOUSLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY. NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE TIRE AMNESTY WEEK JUNE 3-7, 2024. DURING THIS WEEK, RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO PLACE UP TO EIGHT CAR AND/OR PASSENGER TIRES WITH OR WITHOUT RIMS AT THE CURB FOR PICKUP. TIRES WILL BE PICKED UP ON THE SCHEDULED BULK TRASH DAY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. TIRES MUST BE PLACED AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD 3 FEET AWAY FROM YOUR GARBAGE CART AND OTHER FIXTURES SUCH AS TELEPHONE POLES, MAILBOXES, ETC. KEEP TIRES AND VEGETATION SEPARATE. THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP DAYS IF TIRE AMNESTY DAY IS MISSED. THAT'S JUNE 3 THROUGH 7. THE NEXT IT SAYS HERE THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISPOSE OF TIRES IN NOVEMBER FROM NOVEMBER 4th THROUGH NOVEMBER 9th. THAT'S QUITE SOMETIME AWAY. THE NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE FLAG PLANTING CEREMONY AND THE MEMORIAL DAY VETERANS CEREMONY. THE BOYNTON BEACH VETERANS TASK FORCE WILL HOST A FLAG PLACING CEREMONY AT 8:00 A.M. FRIDAY MAY 24th AT THE BOYNTON BEACH MEMORIAL PARK, SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD. THE TASK FORCE WILL BE PLACING FLAGS AT THE GRAVES OF ALL VETERANS CURRENTLY LAID TO REST AT THE PARK. VOLUNTEERS ARE WELCOME TO ASSIST WITH FLAG PLACEMENTS. THE MEMORIAL DAY VETERANS CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR 2:00 P.M. SUNDAY MAY 26th AT AGAIN BOYNTON MEMORIAL PARK. 1611 SOUTH SEACREST BOULEVARD. THIS EVENT IS HOSTED BY THE BOYNTON BEACH VETERANS TASK FORCE AND THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AND IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. IF WE HAVE VOLUNTEERS THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FLAG PLANTING, WHO SHOULD THEY REACH OUT TO? >> IT'S GOING TO BE UTILITIES, MAYOR. IT'S GOING T TO BE ALANNAH. >> MAYOR: SO JUST MAKE IT CLEAR FOR THE RECORD, QUICKLY, JUSTIN, AND LET PEOPLE KNOW YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. WE WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE VOLUNTEERS. >> ABSOLUTELY, MR. MAYOR. JUSTIN JOHNSON, MARKETING AND OUTREACH MANAGER. THEY CAN CONTACT ME, MY EMAIL ADDRESS IS JOHNSONJ@BBBA.ORG. THAT'S IF THEY WANT TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE. BUT WE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ACCEPT THEM ON THE MORNING OF. THEY WILL SIMPLY SIGN A WAIVER TO PARTICIPATE. WE'LL HAVE THE FLAGS. WE'LL HAVE THE LAYOUT OF WHICH GRAVES NEED THE FLAGS TO BE PLACED ON THEM. WE'LL PROVIDE WATER. WE ASK THAT THEY DRESS COMFORTABLY FOR THE WEATHER AND WEAR COMFORTABLE SHOES. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR, WE APPRECIATE THAT. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION. THIS IS THE BOB BOROVY CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. WHO DO WE HAVE HERE FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD? COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM AND TELL US ALL ABOUT IT. THE AWARD WAS CREATED IN 2000 TO RECOGNIZE A GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DR. VALERIE VALCOURT, THE CHAIR FOR THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH COUNCIL. TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING THIS AWARD WHERE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS WRITE AN ESSAY ON WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM PERFORMING VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS AND PROVIDE THREE LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION. THE WINNER MUST BE OF GOOD MORAL CHARACTER, PERFORM SIGNIFICANT VOLUNTEER WORK AND MADE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO HIS OR HER COMMUNITY. THE AWARD IS FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS SECURED BY THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD AND THE WINNER IS SELECTED BY A PANEL OF JUDGES INCLUDING LAST YEAR'S WINNER. THANK YOU TO THIS YEAR'S JUDGES, COY LAZEAR, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT PINE GROVE ELEMENTARY, KAVON THOMAS, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT BENOIS FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND JESSICA WILSON, LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT. SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE AWARD, LITTLE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH HAS DISTRIBUTED $30,250 IN AWARDS TO 50 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS. THIS YEAR'S RECIPIENT, THE 24th BOB BOROVY STUDENT CITIZEN OF THE YEAR WHO WILL RECEIVE $1,000 HAVE HER NAME PLACED ON THE PERMANENT PLAQUE IS LEAH COLLINS. [APPLAUSE] LEAH GRADUATED WITH A 4.9 -- I'M GOING TO REPEAT THAT. 44.9GPA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM AT ATLANTIC COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, FLAG FOOTBALL AND GIRLS WEIGHT LIFTING TEAMS AND CAPTAINED THE VARSITY CHEERLEADING SQUAD. IN THEIR LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, HER TEACHERS DESCRIBED HER AS A STRONG LEADER WHO CONDUCTS HERSELF WITH MATURITY AND FOCUS AND A STUDENT DEDICATED TO EXCELLING. HER COMMUNITY SERVICE INCLUDES ASSISTING THE VETS AND THE STAFF IT AT CONGRESS AVENUE ANIMAL HOSPITAL, SORTING AND STOCKING PANTRY ITEMS FOR BOCA HELPING HANDS, MAKING CARE PACKAGES FOR THE PINK COIN FOUNDATION, A BREAST CANCER SUPPORT ORGANIZATION, VOLUNTEERING FOR THE ELKS LODGE CYSTIC FIBROSIS CHARITY EVENT. LEAH PLANS TO ATTEND FAMU, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY AND MAJOR IN PHARMACY. CONGRATULATIONS, LEAH. [APPLAUSE] SO THE BOARD IS PRESENTING LEAH WITH THIS CERTIFICATE FOR THE CITIZEN OF THE YEAR. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: BEFORE YOU GO, ARE THERE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME UP AND MAYBE TAKE A GROUP PHOTO WITH HER? >> YES. >> MAYOR: THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. [INAUDIBLE] ABSOLUTELY, COME ON DOWN. VERY PROUD PARENTS. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION ON THE NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. I WILL READ THIS PROCLAMATION INTO THE RECORD. AND TODAY WE HAVE MR. IRWIN FREED WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION. IS MR. FREED HERE? LET'S READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. WHEREAS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK IS OBSERVED TO BRING ATTENTION TO IMPORTANT LIFE-SAVING TIPS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATERS, SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE A SAFER MORE FUN EXPERIENCE OUT ON THE WATER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WHEREAS AN AVERAGE 650 PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR IN BOATING-RELATED ACCIDENTS IN THE U.S., 75% OF THESE ARE FATALITIES CAUSED BY DROWNING. AND WHEREAS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ACCIDENTS ARE CAUSED BY HUMAN ERROR OR POOR JUDGMENT, AND NOT BY THE BOAT, EQUIPMENT, OR ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, AND WHEREAS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BOATERS WHO LOSE THEIR LIVES BY DROWNING EACH YEAR WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY HAD THEY WORN THEIR LIFE JACKETS. AND NOW, THEREFORE, I TY PENSERGA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DO HEREBY SUPPORT THE GOALS OF THE SAFE BOATING CAMPAIGN AND PROCLAIM MAY 18th THROUGH THE 24th, 2024 AS NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK. MR. IRWIN FREED, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AT THE U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY BECAUSE YOU ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN SUPPORTING THIS CITY FOR MANY MANY YEARS. >> TO THE COUNCIL AND ENTIRE CITY, VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE A WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP IN THAT THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD AUXILIARY BASICALLY HAS A FOUNDATION AND THE PILLARS TO PROTECT THE RECREATIONAL BOATING PUBLIC. AND CONSIDERING THE COASTLINE THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS, OUR JOB IS AN ENORMOUS ONE. COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT WE HAVE BOATING WEATHER YEAR-ROUND, WE HAVE BOATERS THAT I GUESS NEED TO LEARN THEIR LESSONS. AND AS THE YOUNGSTERS GROW UP, WE NEED TO REINFORCE THESE TASKS. I AM VERY HAPPY THAT WE HAVE SUCH A WONDERFUL PARTNERSHIP AND VERY PROUD THAT WE HAVE I GUESS A COMMITMENT FROM THE CITIZENS AND THE COMMISSION THAT WE CAN WORK SO WELL TOGETHER. AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THIS GATHERING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, MAY I? >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER. >> BRYAN, HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN OVER THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY? >> I BELIEVE I'LL BE STARTING MY 17th YEAR. >> YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER ME. >> THIS IS A COMMITMENT THAT'S -- >> I TOOK THAT CLASS. I TOOK THAT CLASS SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO. I GOT 100 FOR THE RECORD. [LAUGHTER] AND IT WAS -- THE BOATER SAFETY COURSE AND ESTABLISHED A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN ME TO GET OUT ON THE WATER. AND I THINK SOMETHING YOU SAID HITS IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD. IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT US BUT IT'S THE OTHER BOATERS. >> IT IS. >> A LOT OF CRAZINESS ON THE INTRACOASTAL AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO CHECK IT OUT. I THINK IT'S A ONE-DAY COURSE, EIGHT HOURS. AND YOU LEARN A LOT AND, YOU KNOW, THE INSTRUCTORS WERE SUPER HELPFUL AND IT ESTABLISHES CONFIDENCE. >> FOR THOSE WHO ARE AVID BOATERS, WE HAVE ADVANCED CLASSES, TOO. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> YOU KNOW, GPS, IF YOU WANT TO GET A LARGER VESSEL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS DRIVING THE VESSEL SO YOUR PARTNER NEEDS TO LEARN THINGS TOO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION WILL BE FOR NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. AND THIS EVENING WE HAVE KRISTEN FLYNN AS WELL AS PETER FERNANDEZ WHO WILL BE ACCEPTING IT, MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA. THE PROCLAMATION IS AS FOLLOWS. BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO SAY THIS IS PARTICULARLY MEANINGFUL TO ME AS AN EDUCATOR WHO HAS HAD TO HIDE IN THE CLOSET AND WHO RECENTLY EXPERIENCED SHOTS FIRED ON MY CAMPUS. IT IS ONE OF THE WORST FEELINGS THAT ONE HAS TO GO THROUGH. THE PROCLAMATION READS AS FOLLOWS. WHEREAS EVERY DAY MORE THAN 120 AMERICANS ARE KILLED BY GUN VIOLENCE AND MORE THAN 200 ARE SHOT AND WOUNDED AND ON AVERAGE THERE ARE NEARLY 18,000 GUN HOMICIDES EVERY YEAR. AMERICANS ARE 26 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE BY GUN HOMICIDE THAN PEOPLE IN OTHER HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES. AND WHEREAS GUN HOMICIDES AND ASSAULTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CITIES WITH MORE THAN HALF OF ALL FIREARMS-RELATED GUN DEATHS IN THE NATION OCCURRING IN 127 CITIES, CITIES ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, ARE WORKING TO END THE SENSELESS VIOLENCE WITH EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS, PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY SERVE IS THE MAYOR'S HIGHEST RESPONSIBILITY. AND WHEREAS, SUPPORT FOR THE SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS GO HAND IN HAND WITH KEEPING GUNS AWAY FROM PEOPLE WITH DANGEROUS HISTORIES. MAYORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS KNOW THEIR COMMUNITIES BEST AND THE MOST FAMILIAR WITH LOCAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND HOW TO ADDRESS IT. AND ARE BEST POSITIONED TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO KEEP THEIR CITIZENS SAFE. WHEREAS GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER AS WE SEE AN INCREASE IN FIREARM HOMICIDES AND NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCREASED CALLS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINES AND AN INCREASE IN CITY GUN VIOLENCE. WHEREAS IN JANUARY 2013, HADDIA PENDLETON WAS TRAGICALLY SHOT AND KILLED AT AGE 15. ON JUNE 7th, 2024, TO RECOGNIZE THE 27th BIRTHDAY OF HADDIA PENDLETON BORN JUNE 2nd, PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WILL RECOGNIZE NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY AND WEAR ORANGE IN TRIBUTE TO HER AND OTHER VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE. AND WHEREAS HADDIA WAS INSPIRED BY A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO ASKED THEIR CLASSMATES TO COMMEMORATE HER LIFE BY WEARING ORANGE, THEY CHOSE THIS COLOR BECAUSE HUNTERS WEAR ORANGE TO ANNOUNCE THEMSELVES TO OTHER HUNTERS WHEN OUT IN THE WOODS. AND ORANGE IS A COLOR THAT SYMBOLIZES THE VALUE OF HUMAN LIFE. AND WHEREAS, BY WEARING ORANGE ON JUNE 7th, 2024, AMERICANS WILL RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE AND HONOR THE LIVES OF GUN VIOLENCE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS. WE RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO REDUCE GUN VIOLENCE AND PLEDGE TO DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO KEEP FIREARMS OUT OF THE WRONG HANDS AND ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP TO HELP KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, TY PENSERGA MAYOR OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE 7th DAY OF JUNE, 2024 AS NATIONAL GUN VIOLENCE AWARENESS DAY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK IF KRISTEN FLYNN AND PETER FERNANDEZ CAN COME UP AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND TELL US ABOUT THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M KRISTEN FLYNN, A MEMBER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE. ESSENTIALLY WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO ADVOCATE SUPPORT AND PROMOTE ALL LEGISLATION AND ELECTIONS THAT SUPPORT GUN SENSE REFORM AS WELL AS PASSING BILLS THAT PROMOTE SAFE GUN OWNERSHIP AS WELL AS GUN USAGE. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER IF WE COULD LIGHT UP THE WATER TOWER ORANGE ON THIS DAY, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. [APPLAUSE] >> YES, MAYOR. I'LL GET WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DANNY. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE THIRD PROCLAMATION AND FINAL PROCLAMATION FOR THIS EVENING, WHICH IS REGARDING THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, THIS WAS YOUR REQUEST. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING AND JUST WANTED TO GET IT ON THE RECORD. THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH PROCLAMATION, WHEREAS, THE 73rd OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER WAS ACTUALLY HELD THURSDAY MAY 2nd, 2024 WITH THE THEME, LORD, WE PRAY, POUR OUT YOUR LOVE, LIFE AND LIBERTY BASED ON 2 CORINTHIANS 3:17. NOW, THE LORD IS IN THE SPIRIT AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS LIBERTY. AND WHEREAS, A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER HAS BEEN PART OF OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE SINCE IT WAS DECLARED BY THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS IN 1775 AND THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN 1952, APPROVED A JOINT RESOLUTION THAT THE PRESIDENT SHALL SET ASIDE AND PROCLAIM A SUITABLE DAY EACH YEAR OTHER THAN A SUNDAY AS A NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER ON WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION IN CHURCHES, GROUPS AND AS INDIVIDUALS. AND WHEREAS, THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS IN 1988 BY PUBLIC LAW 100-307 AS AMENDED ESTABLISHES AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SETTING ASIDE THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY AS THE DATE ON WHICH THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IS CELEBRATED. AND WHEREAS LEADERS AND CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE AFFORDED THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER WITH THE JOY OF SEEKING GRACE, WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, AND WHEREAS RECOGNIZING THE LOVE OF GOD, WE TREASURE THE FREEDOM TO GATHER IN PRAYER, EXERCISING RELIANCE ON GOD'S POWER IN THE FACE OF PRESENT CHALLENGES AND THREATS, ASKING FOR HIS BLESSING ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL OF OUR CITY. NOW, THEREFORE, I, ANGELA CRUZ, COMMISSIONER -- MAYOR? DO I HAVE TO SAY YOU? >> MAYOR: AND I TY PENSERGA. >> OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA DO HERE BY PROCLAIM THE 2nd DAY OF MAY, 2024, AS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> WE PRESENTED IT LAST WEEK. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES THAT ITEM. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO A PRESENTATION BY THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSION ON ETHICS. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. I HAVE HERE MS. MARTIN. SHE'LL BE PRESENTING ETHICS EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGER, SHE'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND HOW THE COMMUNITY CAN REACH OUT TO THEM. THANK YOU, WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSION. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THANKS FOR HAVING ME OUT THIS EVENING. I AM LIZABETH MARTIN, I DO EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS AND OUR GOAL IS TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC'S TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND WITH THAT BUILD A CULTURE OF ETHICS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. IN 2010, AS MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW, THE COMMISSION ON ETHICS WAS ESTABLISHED AS A RESULT OF A GRAND JURY RECOMMENDATION IN 2009 FOLLOWING A NUMBER OF ETHICAL ISSUES IN OUR COUNTY MANY OF WHICH LED TO CRIMINAL CHARGES. WE WERE CREATED TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MORE THAN 10,000 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS ELECTED OFFICIALS, PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS, IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. WE SERVICE 39 MUNICIPALITIES, ONE OF WHICH IS YOUR OWN, AND MANY OF WHICH YOU ALL SIGN UP FOR THIS SERVICE. THAT JUST MEANS WE ADMINISTER AND ENFORCE THE COUNTY'S ETHICS LAWS USING THE PRINCIPLES OF FAIRNESS, CLARITY AND COMMON SENSE. AGAIN, WE SUPPORT A CULTURE OF ETHICS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND ENCOURAGE CIVIC PARTICIPATION. WE VALUE HONESTY, INTEGRITY, AND WITH THAT CHARACTER. EVERYONE UNDER OUR JURISDICTIONS HAS TO TAKE OUR TRAINING FROM COUNTY EMPLOYEES. AGAIN TO ELECTED OFFICIALS AND AS THROUGHOUT THE 39 MUNICIPALITIES, WE ALSO HAVE JURISDICTION OVER LOBBYISTS, PRINCIPALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE LOBBYISTS AS WELL AS VENDORS. OUR COMMISSION IS INDEPENDENT OF ANY COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AND INSTEAD WE ARE GOVERNED BY A GROUP OF FIVE COMMISSIONERS, MANY OF WHICH COME FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OR INDEPENDENT GROUPS IN OUR COMMUNITY SUCH AS THE HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE F. MALCOLM SR. CUNNINGHAM BAR ASSOCIATION AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION, THE CHIEF OF POLICE, THE CERTIFIED FRAUD REGULATORS OF FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ETHICS PROFESSOR AS WELL AS LEAGUE OF CITIES. THE CODE OF ETHICS IS A 12 PAIGE DOCUMENT THAT CREATES PUBLIC TRUST ENSURING PUBLIC OFFICIALS CONDUCT THEMSELVES INDEPENDENTLY AND IMPARTIALLY. THEY DO NOT USE THEIR OFFICE FOR PRIVATE GAIN AND THAT THEY ALSO SHOULD DISCLOSE VOTING CONFLICTS. MOST OFTEN YOU HEAR ABOUT GIFTS AND GIFTS REPORTING. THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL ETHICS PROGRAM IS EDUCATION, INFORMATION, AND PREVENTION. MY GOAL IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. I TAKE CARE OF AGAIN THE EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH, SOCIAL MEDIA, LIKEWISE WE PROVIDE TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL GROUPS. OUR STAFF IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO TRAIN ON ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT AND YOU ALSO CAN PERUSE OUR ADVISORY OPINIONS. THERE'S 540 TODAY THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU CAN ALSO FIND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, MANY OF WHICH CAN PREVENT ETHICAL MISCONDUCT FROM BECOMING CRIMINAL MISCONDUCT. WHILE THE COMMISSION HAS STATUTORY AUTHORITY, WE ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT BOARD, WE DO ISSUE LETTERS OF REPRIMAND, LETTERS OF INSTRUCTION AND IN SOME CASES FINES UP TO $ $500 PER VIOLATIO. OUR GOAL IS TO PREVENT THOSE VIOLATIONS BEFORE THEY OCCUR. OUR MOTTO IS ASK FIRST, ACT LATER. OUR ADVISORY OPINIONS AGAIN, GIFT FORMS, VOTING CONFLICT FORMS AND OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT FORMS AS WELL AS ALL THE COMPLAINTS ARE ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE DATABASE'S TAB. IT IS DESIGNED TO FURTHER THE PUBLIC'S TRUST IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT. WE CAN ONLY DO OUR JOB WELL WITH THE PUBLIC'S SUPPORT. IN DOING SO, PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR SOLEMN DUTY TO CONSIDER THE ETHICS OF YOUR ACTIONS SO WE CAN ALL LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES ETHICS. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, OR WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT, AGAIN I'M LIZ MARTIN. OR NUMBER IS 561-355-1915. OR YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK OR TWITTER AT PBCCOE AND OUR WEBSITE IS PALMBEACHCOUNTYETHICS.COM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. CITY ATTORNEY, HAVE WE ORGANIZED THOSE ETHICS TRAININGS FOR STAFF ALREADY? HAVE WE DONE THAT? >> WE HAVE STARTED SOME OF THE ETHICS TRAININGS. I BELIEVE THAT A NUMBER OF US ATTENDED AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZING ADDITIONAL ONES. AND IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE SOME COMMISSION TRAINING, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US THEIR PRESENTATION FROM LAST TIME, THEIR POWERPOINT WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ALL DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. LET'S DO THAT AND LET'S ALSO EXTEND THAT TO ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS AND ANYONE ELSE WORKING IN A SIMILAR CAPACITY. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> MAYOR: WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE. AS ALWAYS, IT IS THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IT IS NON-TRANSFERABLE. IT IS NOT A Q&A. SAME RULES AS ALWAYS, MUST BE ADDRESSED TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE NOT TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR IN THE AUDIENCE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS ARE PROHIBITED. AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDE THOSE IN PERSON, WE WILL GO TO THOSE ONLINE. I HAVE ONE REQUEST THIS EVENING. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE LINE, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM A STAFF MEMBER. DO WE HAVE KATHRYN AVAILABLE? >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: WHERE ARE YOU? >> KATHRYN MATOS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW RECREATION DIRECTOR FABIAN -- AND I'M GOING TO BUTCHER THE LAST NAME AND I'M SO SORRY. DEROLLO. FABIAN COMES TO US WITH OVER 10 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN RECREATION. HE'S GOT A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN RECREATION AND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE HIM ON-BOARD AND EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT. >> MAYOR: FABIAN, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. SAY YOUR LAST NAME ONE MORE TIME? >> DEBROLO, JUST LIKE THE SINGER, LIKE JASON. >> MAYOR: OH, DEBRELLO. >> YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> MAYOR: WELL, WELCOME. INTRODUCE YOURSELF. >> YES, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF AS WELL AS FOLKS FROM THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS FABIAN DEBRELLO, SUPER EXCITED TO BE HERE AND GETTING STARTED WITH THE TEAM. >> MAYOR: FEEL FREE TO USE THE OTHER MIC. [LAUGHTER] >> OH, THIS IS BETTER, OKAY, WONDERFUL. >> MAYOR: IT'S TALLER. >> VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE AND JOINING THIS TEAM. AS SHE MENTIONED I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH RECREATION MY ENTIRE CAREER, GREW UP HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. WORKED FOR VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES, MOST RECENTLY UP IN THE NORTHEAST, THOUGH, SO I'M JUST MOVING BACK FROM PHILADELPHIA AREA. BUT EXCITED TO BRING MY WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING GOOD THAT I HAVE LEARNED OVER THESE YEARS TO THIS COMMUNITY. I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SOME OF THE STAFF AND ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC. SO I'M THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THIS TEAM AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT. >> YES, THANK YOU, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] IS. >> YOU'VE GOT YOUR WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. LET'S BEGIN PUBLIC AUDIENCE. LET ME SET THE TIMER. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> MY PLEASURE. I'M DAVID MERKER. I BELIEVE OUR MAYOR DID A VERY PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL EVENT BY HAVING HAITIAN DAY WHICH TRULY REPRESENTS AN EXTREMELY PROUD GROUP OF PEOPLE. AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT. PLUS SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF WHO IS PAST 21 YEARS OLD, YES, I LEARNED A LOT. AND NOW I HAVE A CONFLICT. AND THE CONFLICT IS WITH COMMISSIONER HAY. WHY? WELL, YOURS TRULY, WHO HAS BEEN -- HOW SHOULD I SAY? GOING TO ST. JOHNS CHURCH FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS, AND YET YOU NEVER ASKED ME TO BECOME A MEMBER. AND YET I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SITTING DOWN WITH AND BEING AT PASTOR BARBER'S INAUGURAL EVENT. SO I GUESS I ENJOY MYSELF, BUT THEN THERE'S YOU AND I. I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE QUESTION, CAN I BE A MEMBER? AND I THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MR. MERKER. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. >> GOOD EVENING, HARRY WOODWORTH, BOYNTON BEACH. BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE GUYS THAT ORGANIZED THAT TRASH PICKUP FOR BULK DAY. I CUT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT, PILED IT DOWN THERE, TURNED AROUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IT WAS GONE. IT WAS AMAZING. SO WHOEVER DID THAT, THUMB'S UP. LAST COMMISSION MEETING ON THE 7th, I FOLLOWED LYLE UP HERE A LITTLE BIT. HE TALKED ABOUT THE UPDATE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. SO, OF COURSE, WHAT ELSE WOULD I TALK ABOUT TONIGHT? THAT WAS A GOOD MEETING. YOU GUYS ALL PUT FORTH TO MAKE IT SIMPLER AND CLEAN IT UP AND ALL THAT. AT THE END, LYLE BEING THE GOOD PROJECT MANAGER THAT HE IS, HAD ONE ACTION STATEMENT AND HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO GO AWAY, I'M GOING TO MEET WITH ALL YOU GUYS INDIVIDUALLY AND UPDATE THIS THING. GOING TO COME BACK IN A MONTH AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THIS THING FORWARD, APPROVE THE DRAFT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS TO DO THE IMPLEMENTATION. AND WHAT DID THEY CALL IT? MANAGING THE METRIC. MONITORING THE MECHANIC. I'M NOT USED TO THAT TERM. THOSE WERE THE TWO REMAINING THINGS. I GUESS IT WASN'T ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER HERE. BUT MAYBE ON THE NEXT MEETING WE COULD GET A LITTLE UPDATE ON HOW THAT'S GOING SINCE THE MONTH WILL HAVE PASSED. THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE OF SMALL THINGS TO DO. I MEAN I THINK YOU ALL ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE IT ISN'T OVERWHELMING LIKE IT USED TO BE. THERE ARE JUST A FEW THINGS LEFT TO DO TO STILL ALL THAT STUFF DOWN AND GET IT TO A FEW SIMPLE THINGS. WHERE ARE WE? WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE? HOW THE HELL DO WE GET THERE? IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO. IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING OR THROW IT ON THE WEB PAGE, HOW'S THAT GOING. LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. Y'ALL CAME IN DOING A BUNCH OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY FOR THE CITY SAYING YOU WERE GOING TO DO A BUNCH OF THINGS DIFFERENTLY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE LIVED HERE 40 YEARS. WE ARE AT THE POINT NOW WHERE ALL THE PREVIOUS STRATEGIC PLANS OR WHATEVER NAME YOU WANT TO PUT ON THEM GOT CHECKED OFF, THE DOCUMENT IS DONE AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN THE FILE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE AGAIN. PEOPLE LIKE ME WORRY ABOUT THAT BECAUSE PLANS WITHOUT EXECUTIONS AND WITHOUT MONITORS ARE THE WASTE OF THE TIME AND THE PAPER AND EFFORT PUT INTO THEM. IF YOU'RE GOING TO STOP HERE, JUST SAY SO AND WE'LL CALL IT A DAY. IF YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD, WHICH I REALLY THINK YOU SHOULD DO BECAUSE THE CITY DESERVES TO HAVE A PLAN, WORK THE PLAN AND GET THERE, WE'VE DONE THE OPPOSITE FOR 40 YEARS. LOOK AROUND. LOOK AT THE CITIES NEAREST THAT HAVE PLANNED, PALM BEACH, BOCA, DELRAY. WE'RE NOT THOSE CITIES, BUT PLANNING WORKS. THE REST OF THE WORLD DOES IT. CORPORATIONS DO IT. THE DAYS OF THE NEXT GLITTERING THING, PROJECT DEJOUR, WHATEVER GETS DONE IS A WASTE OF TIME. GET A PLAN AND LET'S MOVE WITH THE PLAN. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN DO IT. I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN YOU. I DON'T WANT TO BE A PETA COMING UP HERE WEEK AFTER WEEK. THIS COULD BE A REAL PARADIGM CHANGE FOR THE CITY AND I HOPE YOU STEP UP. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I WAS ATTACKED IN THIS ROOM AS A SENIOR WOMAN ON MARCH THE 5th. AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY OF YOU HAVE ACTUALLY READ THE INCIDENT REPORT. SO I'M GOING TO READ IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S VERY DISHEARTENING THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE WEARING UNIFORMS AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SIGNED WHICH IS PERJURY BECAUSE IT'S NOT A TRUTH. AND I WANT TO JUST READ A DEFINITION SO THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WILL KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. SO AS I'M LOOKING FOR IT REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO IT SAYS WHEN YOU SIGN A DOCUMENT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY, YOU SWEAR THAT THE CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT ARE TRUTHFUL AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT YOU CAN GET IN TROUBLE FOR LYING. IT IS ALSO CALLED SIGNING UNDER OATH AND A PENALTY OF PERJURY. SO I'M GOING TO READ THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS WRITTEN, SIGNED, WHICH IS AN AFFIDAVIT BY THE BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY THOMAS COPPINI AND EVAN S. DEES. THEY WROTE ON MY REPORT, I THEN SPOKE WITH SERGEANT GENE. SERGEANT GENE ADVISED WHILE FALCO DiCORRADO WAS SPEAKING DURING HER ALLOTTED THREE MINUTES E INTERVAL, SHE BECAME IRATE AND WENT OVER HER TIME. SERGEANT GENE ADVISED FALCO DiCORRADO SHE NEEDED TO RELINQUISH THE MICROPHONE TO ALLOW OTHERS TO HAVE THEIR TIME. FALCO DiCORRADO THEN BECAME EVEN MORE IRATE AND BLEJ RENT CAUSING THE MAYOR TO HAVE TO STOP THE COMMISSION MEETING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT WHICH TIME SERGEANT GENE ADVISED FALCO DiCORRADO THAT SHE WAS NO LONGER WELCOME AT THE COMMISSION MEETING AND HAD TO LEAVE. FALCO DiCORRADO THEN REFUSED TO LEAVE THE MEETING PEACEFULLY CAUSING SERGEANT GENE TO HAVE TO ESCORT HER OUT OF THE BUILDING BY GRABBER HER ARM AND WALKING HER OUT OF THE MEETING. AS YOU WELL KNOW, I FINISHED EVEN A MINUTE PRIOR TO MY TIME. IT WAS THREE SPEAKERS AFTER THE FACT WHEN I WAS ATTACKED. I WAS ASSAULTED. I WAS TOUCHED AND HURT. MY SHOULDER, I'M STILL IN THERAPY FOR MY SHOULDER. YOU WERE ALL WITNESSES. YOU SAT IN THIS ROOM AND SAW WHAT HAPPENED. AND YOU KNOW THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY. IF THIS CAN BE DONE RIGHT HERE AT A COMMISSIONERS MEETING WITH ALL OF YOU AS EYEWITNESSES AND A POLICE OFFICER -- NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO LYING ON AN AFFIDAVIT, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE IN THIS CITY HAVE BEEN FALSELY ARRESTED, ATTACKED, BEAT UP? I'M AN ELDERLY WOMAN. I'M 66 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR. I'M A SENIOR. WHAT WAS DONE TO ME WAS TOTALLY UNCALLED-FOR AND IT WAS BRUTAL AND AN ASSAULT ON ME PERSONALLY. I WAS NOT SPEAKING. I WAS NOT OUT OF ORDER. I DID NOT CALL ANYONE NAMES. I WAS SITTING IN MY SEAT RIGHT THERE. NOT UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE A MICROPHONE UNDER MY SEAT. AND JUST NODDING OR SAYING SOMETHING IS ILLEGAL, IT'S NOT. WE KNOW IT'S NOT BECAUSE THAT FALLS UNDER FREEDOM OF SPEECH. [TONE] I WANT TO ASK YOU, TOO, PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT AND SEE THE LIES. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL RESET THE TIMER. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> ERIC CARTY. OKAY. I SAW THE PROBLEM WITH THE BLACK LIVES MATTER FLAG. LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS A STATEMENT, THAT'S FINE. BUT IT'S BECOME A MOVEMENT AS HAS LED US TO DEFUND THE POLICE. WE HAVE MENTALLY ILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS TURNING CHILDREN AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THEIR SKIN COLOR. AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CHILDREN BEATING EACH OTHER TO DEATH FOR THEIR SKIN COLOR AND BRAINWASHING CHILDREN TO THINK THAT ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE RACIST, WHICH IS -- YOU KNOW, SLAVERY WENT OUT IN THE 1860s. RACISM, SYSTEMATIC RACISM WENT OUT IN THE 1960s. TO DENY THAT, YOU'RE DENYING EVERY CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST FROM FREDERICK DOUGLASS TO MARTIN LUTHER KING. AND SINCE THE 1960s -- I WENT TO SCHOOL IN THE '70s AND '80s. WE LEARNED HISTORY. WE LEARNED THE RIGHT HISTORY. AND THERE WERE KIDS IN THE CLASS OF ALL COLORS AND ALL BACKGROUNDS. WE DIDN'T EVEN GIVE EACH OTHER A SECOND LOOK. NOW, TO THINK -- AND, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE YOU CANCELING ALL THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OVER THE LAST 200 YEARS, YOU ARE ALSO DENYING BLACK SUCCESS BY THINKING THIS IS A RACIST COUNTRY IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE. MAYBE 100 YEARS AGO I WOULD AGREE WHEN THEY HAVE SIGNS THAT SAY NO BLACK PEOPLE ALLOWED OR THEY HAD TO USE A CERTAIN DOOR. WE'RE ALL EQUAL AT THIS POINT. AND TO DENY THAT IS TAKING US BACKWARDS. HOW IS THAT HELPING OUR SOCIETY? I'M NOT SAYING BLACK LIVES MATTER BECAUSE ALL LIVES MATTER. AND THIS IS DAMAGING AND DEFUNDING THE POLICE, WELL, WE HAVE WHITE CRIMINALS AND WE HAVE BLACK POLICE. WE HAVE BLACK JUDGES. AND WE HAD A BLACK PRESIDENT FOR TWO TERMS. HOW IS THIS A RACIST COUNTRY? SO THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT IS JUST DESTROYING OUR SOCIETY. IT'S DESTROYING OUR CULTURE. IT'S TEACHING CHILDREN TO HATE THEMSELVES, EACH OTHER AND THEIR PARENTS AND THIS COUNTRY. AND WHY? WE HAVE COME SO FAR FROM THAT. SO IT'S JUST CAUSING NOTHING BUT TROUBLE AND DIVISION. THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NOT THE DIVIDED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. >> HI, SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. SO I THINK I WILL BE COMPLAINING ON A REGULAR BASIS SO LET THIS BE THE FIRST OF MANY SPEECHES ON THE DISASTER KNOWN AS BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD'S RENOVATION. I HAVE ALREADY EMAILED ALL OF YOU BEFORE I WENT ON VACATION ABOUT THIS. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT YOU ARE ALLOWING THIS TO CONTINUE ON. THIS WAS BUDGETED FOR 3 MILLION. IT'S NOW AT 7 MILLION AND COUNTING. DO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA 4 MILLION TO COVER THAT COST FOR A PROJECT THE RESIDENTS DON'T WANT IS THIS BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK CLOSELY AT YOUR BUDGET BECAUSE THE LAST TWO COMMISSIONS ONLY PUT ASIDE 3 MILLION. THEY HAVE NEVER PUT ASIDE AN EXTRA 4 MILLION. SO WE HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE COST OF THIS PROJECT THAT NONE OF US WANT. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD DOWN TO ONE ROAD EACH WAY CAR WASH I'M SORRY, ONE LANE EACH WAY FOR 488 DAYS PLUS. THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MEANT TO MOVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CARS AND PEOPLE DAILY. AND YOU HAVE IT ONE LANE EACH WAY FOR A YEAR AND A HALF PLUS? AND WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER THAN THE 488 DAYS. NEXT I WORRY ABOUT ALL THE BIKES ON THE ROAD BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE TAKING THE BIKES OFF THE SIDEWALKS AND THEY ARE FORCING THEM INTO THE LANES. THEY ARE ALSO TAKING ONE TO TWO FEET AWAY FROM EVERY SINGLE LANE. SO NOW YOU HAVE A BICYCLE ON THE SAME 10-FOOT WIDE LANE AS A MASSIVE SUV OR SEMI TRUCK. AND SEMIS GO UP AND DOWN THAT STREET ALL THE TIME DELIVERING PRODUCTS TO THE BUSINESSES. SO THAT'S JUST A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN. WHO PAYS THAT FAMILY WHEN SOMEBODY GETS HIT AND KILLED ON A BICYCLE WHILE THEY ARE LEGALLY RIDING IN THE LANE ALLOTTED TO THEM BY FDOT THAT YOU HELPED PAY FOR? WHO IS GOING TO PAY THAT FAMILY WHEN THE LAWSUITS START FLYING? WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING THOSE LANES DOWN FROM -- WHAT IS IT? 12, 13 FEET NORMALLY DOWN TO 10. THAT'S OBSCENE. AND THEN I THINK WE ALL NEED TO STOP THIS NOW. YOU GUYS CAN EASILY STOP THIS. JUST SAY WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. WOULWOOLBRIGHT IS A MESS. WE CAN'T HAVE OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES DOWN DURING HURRICANE SEASON AND PUT A STOP TO THIS. YOU HAVE HOPEFULLY READ MY COMMENTS ADDRESSING THE RACIALLY DISCRIMINATORY SIDEWALK ISSUE WHICH COMMISSIONER HAY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE NOT ALL OVER THIS. THIS IS APPALLING, THE STATUS OF THESE SIDEWALKS AND WHAT'S BEING DONE. AND IF YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN, MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO BACK AND READ MY NICE LONG THREE-PAGE EMAIL WHEN I PRINTED IT OUT AND IT ADDRESSES IT. PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AND I WILL BE DISCUSSING THIS ON A REGULAR BASIS COMING FORWARD UNTIL YOU GUYS DECIDE TO STOP THIS INAPPROPRIATELY OVEREXPENSIVE ROAD PROJECT THAT WE DIDN'T ASK FOR AND WE DON'T NEED. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER. BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. >> HELLO. SANDRA WATSON, 348 BAY CIRCLE, BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA. FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR REAPPOINTING ME AS THE CHAIR FOR THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I TELL YOU THAT. THANK YOU. THEN I WANT TO ALSO THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TO ST. JOHN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH INSTALLATION SERVICE. I DIDN'T GET TO SAY ANYTHING TO YOU GUYS. I WAS OVER IN THE CORNER BUT I DID SEE YOU THERE AND IT WAS WONDERFUL SEEING YOU IN THE HOUSE. AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT ST. JOHN, WE HAVE A NON-PROFIT WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY PROMISE THAT WE WILL BE GETTING IN CONTACT WITH YOU BECAUSE NOW WE ARE READY TO GET STARTED AND DOING THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO DO IS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY BACK TO SCHOOL DRIVES HERE IN BOYNTON, LITTLE ONES. WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL EVERYBODY TOGETHER AND HAVE ONE NICE MASSIVE BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE IN THIS AREA. I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THINGS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, BUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BOYNTON AND WE ARE SPECIAL. SO I WILL BE GETTING IN CONTACT WITH YOU FOR THAT. I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT OUR COMMUNITY GIRL SCOUT TROOP WILL BE GOING TO SAVANNAH ON JUNE 7th AND THEY WILL BE REPRESENTING BOYNTON. SO I'M LOOKING FOR SOME KIND OF PATCHES OR STICKERS OR SOMETHING TO TAKE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GIVE TO THE WONDERFUL STATE OF GEORGIA REPRESENTING THE WONDERFUL STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE WONDERFUL CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND THE NEW RECREATION DIRECTOR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET WITH YOU BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND WE ARE ABOUT TO START OUR SENIOR OUTINGS AND WE ARE WORKING WELL TOGETHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. LAST CALL FOR IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS. GIVE ME ONE MOMENT TO RESET THE TIME. ALL RIGHT. YOU MAY BEGIN BEGIN. >> HELLO, BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS. IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME BACK OUT HERE. I WANT TO SAY -- >> MAYOR: CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. >> CAMERON DISTRICT 2 RESIDENT. YES, SIR. SO I WANT TO SAY THE TASTE OF THURSDAY WAS AN AMAZING PROJECT THAT YOU GUYS PUT TOGETHER. I REALLY ENJOYED THAT THOROUGHLY. BUT LET'S GET BACK TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT'S GOING ON. THE SAME PROBLEM CONSISTENTLY, I'M COMING BACK OUT HERE EVERY SINGLE TIME I HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME SPREAD MY VOICE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY DISTRICT. SO AS WE CAN TELL, WE JUST HAD AN OFFICER STRIKE A PEDESTRIAN RIGHT THERE AT THE EZELL HESTER PARK DURING A HIGH-SPEED CHASE. DID I NOT COME HERE THE LAST TWO WEEKS TALKING ABOUT THIS? HOW WE NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE TO FIX WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT THERE AT THE EZELL HESTER PARK CROSSING THAT ROAD? I CAME OVER HERE AND I TOLD YOU THERE WERE GOING TO BE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN. I WAS JUST PULLING A LEG, HOPIN, TO CAUSE A KNEE-JERK REACTION. NO. SOMEONE ACTUALLY HAD TO GET HIT BY AN OFFICER CROSSING THE STREET BEFORE ANYTHING HAS HAPPENED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY JUST PUT DOWN A SIGNAL POST, A LITTLE SIDE POST ON THE SIDE RAIL. I GUESS, I GUESS WE'RE TRYING. I GUESS WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN EFFORT. BUT REALLY? WE SIT UP HERE AND WE LOOK AT YOU FOR GUIDANCE. WE LOOK AT YOU LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE MAKE SURE WE VOICE YOU IN EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND IF YOU CONTINUOUSLY DO THIS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, TO OUR FACTIONS, TO OUR CHILDREN, TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHAT STOPS US FROM KNOWING WHERE TO PUT OUR VOTE NEXT TIME? IT'S JUST A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT BECAUSE IF THIS CONSISTENTLY HAPPENS ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND NOTHING CHANGES, WE KNOW WHERE THE CHANGE NEEDS TO BE MADE. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO RUN FROM IT. WE'RE GOING TO JOIN UP TOGETHER AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHANGE. BUT FOR YOU TO LOOK AT ME IN MY EYES EVERY WEEK IN AND OUT, NO CONTACT, NO EMAIL YET, IT'S KIND OF DISTURBING DON'T YOU THINK? YOU REPRESENT MY DISTRICT, RIGHT? IT'S KIND OF DISTURBING, DON'T THINK? I AM SICK OF COMING OUT HERE AND EXPRESSING HOW MUCH WE NEED THIS. HOW MUCH THE KIDS NEED THIS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM KIND OF GETTING TIRED. I'M GETTING AGGRAVATED. I'M GETTING TIRED OF SEEING THE BLOOD. I SAT THERE AND I WATCHED THAT ACCIDENT SCENE FOR THE TWO HOURS THAT IT HAPPENED. WAS THAT A PRETTY SIGHT? IT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. YEAH, IT COULD HAVE. BUT IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU. IT ALL STARTS WITH YOU. FOUR VOTES, COME ON. IT'S A PLEASURE. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER. >> MAYOR: NEXT SPEAKER. AGAIN, THIS IS THE LAST CALL, PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK BY APPROACHING THE PODIUM. OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO GO TO THOSE ONLINE. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU. >> AMELIA -- >> CLOSER TO THE MIC. >> ANITA. >> MAYOR: PRIEST BEGIN AND I'LL BEGIN THE TIMER NOW. >> THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT BEATITUDES. BLESSED ARE THE POOR IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED. BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HUNGER AND THIRST FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR THEY WILL BE FILLED. THE SERMON IDEAS ON BEATITUDES WILL HELP TO PROVIDE A POWERFUL MESSAGE ON JESUS' SERMON ON THE MOUNT EXPLORE WHAT IT MEANS TO THE POOR GRIEVOUS, MEEK, HUNGER, MERCIFUL, PURE, PEACEFUL, AND PERSECUTED. BLESSED ARE THEY [INAUDIBLE]. THE SERMON OUTLINES A SERMON SERIES. >> MAYOR: MA'AM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME BUT I HAVE NOT HEARD ANY CITY BUSINESS BEING DISCUSSED. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. >> HI. GOOD EVENING. ERNEST GEORGE MIGNOLI. I HAVE LIVED HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS NOW, FOUR YEARS IN NOVEMBER. I'VE BEEN COMING IN AND ESPECIALLY TALKING ABOUT THE ETHICS COMMITTEE THAT COMES IN HERE. AND THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME INVESTIGATIONS IN BOYNTON BEACH. AND YET EVERYONE COMES IN HERE, SENATORS, REPRESENTATIVES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE COMMITTEES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INVESTIGATIONS. AND NOTHING HAPPENS FOR FOUR YEARS. SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY. AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE ETHICS COMMITTEE RESPONDS TO ALL OUR EMAILS AND COMPLAINTS AND YET THE CITY DOESN'T. SO THAT'S ANOTHER QUESTION. THE OTHER THING IS I INDICATED THE LAST TIME ABOUT THE VIOLENCE GOING ON HERE WITH CERTAIN FACTIONS IN THE CITY AGAINST A LOT OF VICTIMS AND CITIZENS. AND I ALSO INDICATED THAT AS A NEWS SOURCE ON THE INSIDE OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY ARE INDICATING THERE'S A FORMER BOYNTON BEACH POLICE OFFICER. I THINK IT'S A FEMALE WHO IS CLAIMING THAT SHE LEFT THIS DEPARTMENT TO GO WORK WITH THE SHERIFF BECAUSE ACCORDING TO HER COMMENTS, SHE MAY HAVE BEEN RAPED BY AN ACTIVE POLICE OFFICER NOW. AND THE STORY THAT I'M GETTING OUT OF THERE IS THAT IT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT ARRESTED ME. NOW, THAT'S A BIG THING ON A CALL FOR AN INVESTIGATION. AND PEACEFULLY AND LAWFULLY, I'VE BEEN EMAILING THE CITY. I'VE BEEN EMAILING THE LAWYER, EVERYBODY. NOT ONE REPLY, NOT ONE. NOT ONE. AND THE CITY'S BEEN SERVED WITH LEGAL NOTICES ABOUT DOING THIS TO VICTIMS, HIKE MYSELF AND A LOT OF OTHERS AND NO RESPONSE ABOUT THAT. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHY AND HOW DOES THIS CITY HAVE THE ABILITY TO BLOCK INVESTIGATIONS? THAT'S WHAT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND. AND WHY AND HOW DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY US CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE BY NOT RESPONDING? AND DENYING US PROTECT AND SERVE. DENYING US EVERYTHING. I DON'T GET IT. WHY DO WE GET ALL THE RESPONSES FROM FLORIDA LAW ENFORCEMENT, FROM EVERYONE SAYING THE CRIMINAL DIVISION HAS TAKEN NOTICE OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INVESTIGATION. AND YET WE FIND OUT THAT THERE'S SO MUCH CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THIS CITY ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON THAT EVERYTHING KEEPS GETTING SQUASHED. I ONLY HAVE 16 SECONDS LEFT. CAN I GET AN EXTRA 10 MINUTES OR SO? FIVE MINUTES? GOOD EVENING. >> MAYOR: SEEING NO ONE ELSE APPROACHING THE PODIUM, IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED. I ALSO SEE NO ONE ONLINE. WITH THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PUBLIC AUDIENCE IS NOW COMPLETELY CLOSED. >> REAL QUICK. >> MAYOR: YES, VICE MAYOR. >> CAN WE GET GABBY TO GET WITH SANDRA WATSON ON IF WE HAVE ANY STUFF, ANY SWAG THAT SHE CAN BRING UP WITH THE GIRL SCOUTS TO GEORGIA? THAT WOULD BE GREAT. >> MAYOR: THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> AND THEN ALSO, HARRY BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. ONE OF THE THINGS I THOUGHT OF AFTER THE MEETING LAST TIME WAS TO CHECK WITH LYLE AND SEE IF IT IS AT ALL POSSIBLE TO DO KIND OF A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KIND OF GO OVER WHAT CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE BECAUSE, JUST LIKE THEIR MEETING WITH ALL -- HE'S MEETING WITH ALL OF US, MAYBE IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, A GOOD WAY FOR THE PUBLIC TO NOT HAVE TO COME OUT TO A MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT TO REALLY JUST HAVE A QUICK VIRTUAL MEETING SET UP WITH LYLE TO KIND OF GO OVER HOW THOSE CHANGES PLAY OUT AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S MOVE ON TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION OF THE AGENDA. ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS. LET ME GO THROUGH THE LIST TO MAKE SURE WE ANNOUNCE WHAT POSITIONS ARE AVAILABLE. THE ART ADVISORY BOARD HAS OPENINGS. THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS, LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE MANY OPENINGS. WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADVISORY BOARD. EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN BOARD OF TRUSTEES. EDUCATION YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. AGAIN, IF I'M SAYING THESE NAMES, IT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE OPENINGS IN THESE ADVISORY BOARDS. THE HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD WHICH IS QUASI-JUDICIAL. AND WE DO HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR THAT BOARD. AND THAT NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER HAY. COMMISSIONER HAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THE NOMINATION THIS EVENING? >> FIRST NAME IS -- [INAUDIBLE] >> MAYOR: HIS NAME IS ROBERT WILT. >> YES, I NOMINATE. >> MAYOR: IS THERE A SEND TO THIS? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING ROBERT WILT TO THE HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND CONGRATULATIONS, MR. WILT. WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE LIBRARY BOARD. WE HAVE OPENINGS THERE WITH NO APPLICANTS. RECREATION AND PARKS BOARD, WE DO HAVE ONE APPLICANT THERE. IT ALSO GOES TO YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY. THE APPLICANT IS JULIE MONDELLO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION? >> I WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT JULIE MONDELLO. >> MAYOR: IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT REQUEST? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A SECOND. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPOINTING JULIE MONDELLO, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS, JULIE, WHEREVER YOU ARE. THE SOUTHERN ADVISORY BOARD HAS MULTIPLE OPENINGS AND NO APPLICANTS. SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ADVISORY BOARDS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO OUR CITY CLERK WHICH YOU CAN FIND HER INFORMATION THROUGH THE CITY WEBSITE. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM 5B, RATIFY THE SELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE EDUCATION AND YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. DR. VALERIE VALCOURT AND PEDRO AS THE VICE CHAIR. IS THERE A MOTION TO RATIFY THOSE APPOINTMENTS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY MADE THE MOTION, I BELIEVE. THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO RATIFY, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO PURCHASE. IS THIS IN THE WRONG PLACE? >> ADMINISTRATIVE. >> MAYOR: THAT'S ALL RIGHT. PURCHASE FOR OVER $10,000 FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: YES. >> I'M SORRY, IT IS NOT A CONSENT ITEM. THIS IS JUST DISCLOSING TO THE COMMISSION, THIS WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VOTED ON. THIS IS FOR TRANSPARENCY, DISCLOSING TO THE COMMISSION THE PURCHASES. >> MAYOR: YES. >> AND FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS E IS ONE THAT IS OVER THE $50,000 THRESHOLD, BUT THAT IS BECAUSE IT IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WHICH IS 200 AND UNDER. >> MAYOR: THE THRESHOLD FOR THAT BEING HIGHER. >> CORRECT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT WE DON'T NEED A FORMAL MOTION. >> NO. >> MAYOR: INFORMATIONAL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. NOW FOR CONSENT AGENDA, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL UNDER CONSENT? LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, WHAT'S YOUR REQUEST. >> I'D LIKE TO PULL 6I UNTIL NEXT MEETING. >> MAYOR: 6I. YOU MEAN TO TABLE? >> I'M SORRY, YES, TO TABLE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEM 6I IN THE NEXT MEETING. THE SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN FIRST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF TABLING THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT HAS NOW BEEN TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING. ALL RIGHT. ONE LESS ITEM. ANY OTHER REQUESTS? GOING TO MY RIGHT, VICE MAYOR. >> NO. >> MAYOR: NOTHING. COMMISSIONER HAY OR COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> NO. MOTION TO APPROVE. >> MAYOR: WAIT, THERE IS ALSO ME. >> I'M SORRY, MAYOR, SORRY. >> MAYOR: WERE YOU ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING, COMMISSIONER HAY? >> NO, NO. >> MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM 6C. THIS IS PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R24-110. IT IS TERMINATION OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH AND THE CITIES OF BOCA RATON AND DELRAY BEACH FOR THE OPERATION OF A BIOLOGY PROCESSING LAB TO REPROCESS DNA SAMPLES PURSUANT TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS. BUT BEFORE THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN. A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THE REMAINDER OF CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SO LET'S PROCEED NOW TO ITEM 6A. AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM TO BE -- 6C, EXCUSE ME, THANK YOU. 6C, FOR THIS TO BE DISCUSSED, BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, IT MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL IF, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU COULD GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ITEM AND I WILL BRING UP MY QUESTION. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> MAYOR: WHICHEVER. >> I THINK IT'S PROBABLY APPROPRIATE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> MAYOR: LET'S DO THAT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. >> GOOD EVENING, DEPUTY CHIEF SELLER FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE HAVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BOCA RATON LAB. IT ALSO INCLUDES DELRAY. THIS YEAR THE INCREASE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75% TO OUR ANNUAL FEE, WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED. SO WE WERE IN CONVERSATIONS AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT TO REQUEST TO CANCEL THAT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR THAT, CHIEF. MY QUESTION IS, WERE WE EVER NOTIFIED OF THE INCREASE IN ADVANCE OR THE EXPECTED INCREASE? OR WERE WE TOLD AFTER THE FACT? >> IT WAS AFTER THE FACT WHEN WE RECEIVED THE INVOICE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP -- AND I'M ADDRESSING MY COLLEAGUES NOW -- IS BECAUSE FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE CONTRACT, IT HAD STATED WHAT THE EXPECTED COST WOULD BE ANNUALLY. AND IT HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT WAS NOT EXPECTED TO EXCEED MORE THAN 10%. AND MY WORRY IS NOW WE'RE SHOCKED BECAUSE IT HAS GONE WELL ABOVE THAT. AND AS THE CHIEF JUST SAID, WE WERE TOLD AFTER THE FACT. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT TO WONDER HOW MANY OTHER CONTRACTS MAY HAVE A SIMILAR CLAUSE OR, YOU KNOW, LACK OF REPORTING AND THAT WE MAY HAVE OTHER UNEXPECTED OVER-THE-TOP INCREASES. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST BRING THIS UP TO MAKE THAT COMMENT. NOTHING REALLY MORE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY HAVE TO BE MINDFUL ABOUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR CONTRACTS BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE HAD SAID SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE 10%. BUT NOT EXPECTED IS NOT THE SAME THING AS SAYING IT WILL NOT GO ABOVE 10%. AND AT BARE MINIMUM TO AT LEAST NOTIFY US, RIGHT. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE RECOMMENDED ACTION. I BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT IN TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD, I WANT US TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT, CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, CHIEF, AND THAT WAS IT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> SO MOVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HAY. ALL THOSE IN FAIR OF APPROVING ITEM 6C, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES CONSENT. WE'RE NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER $100,000. IS THERE ANYTHING UNDER THIS CATEGORY THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL? NO REQUESTS. WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENTIRETY OF CONSENT BIDS? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KELLEY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO -- MOVING FORWARD TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS. THIS IS THE UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF 2024 ROAD RESURFACING PROJECTS BY CONSTRUCTION SERVICES DIVISION PRESENTED BY MR. RAMSEY. GOOD EVENING. HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS OUR INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, YOU HAD MADE THIS REQUEST. >> ALL RIGHT. KEVIN RAMSEY, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A PROPER INTRODUCTION TO THE STREETS WE ARE DOING THIS YEAR. WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS COMING UP AND THEN GO BRIEFLY OVER SOME THAT WE HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED. OKAY? SO UPCOMING IS GOLFVIEW HARBOUR. THIS IS ONE PROJECT WITH THREE DIFFERENT THINGS IN IT, GOLFVIEW HARBOUR, MEADOWS, TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN MEADOWS, HEATHER LAKE AND WINDERMERE AND CITRUS PARK DRIVE. WE ESTIMATE THIS TO BE 1.45 MILLION AND TO START IN MID JULY. THIS IS THE AREAS OF GOLFVIEW HARBOUR. THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS ARE THE ROADS THAT WE WILL BE RESURFACING, REPAIRING SOME SIDEWALKS THAT WE HAVE AMONGST THE WAY. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS ACTUALLY SOME OF THE DETAILS THAT WE HAVE USED TO ACTUALLY BID THE PROJECT TO OUR CONTRACTORS. I JUST ADD THOSE IN THERE TO SHOW THE EXTENT OF THE PROJECTS. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO. THERE ARE SECTIONS OF SIDEWALKS THAT WILL BE REPLACED, REPAIRED, EDGES OF ROADS THAT WILL BE MILLED OUT AND SOME WILL HAVE NEW BASES INSTALLED. I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU TOO MUCH BUT I WANT TO SHOW OUR PUBLIC WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOOD REDO'S. SO THIS IS ANOTHER SLIDE IN GOLFVIEW HARBOUR. THIS IS JUST MORE OR LESS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. GO TO THE NEXT ONE, MEADOWS. THESE ARE THE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS IN MEDIAS, HEATHER LAKE AND WIND WINDERMERE. THESE ARE THE DRAWINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO PUT OUT. ACTUALLY THE CONTRACTORS DO HAVE THEM AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY BIDDING THEM RIGHT NOW. THIS IS HEATHER LAKE OF MEADOWS. CITRUS PARK, THIS IS WITHIN ROAH SIDE OF CITRUS COVE ELEMENTARY. AND ACTUALLY WHEN WE GET THE BIDS IN, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST SECTION THAT WE HIT IN TRYING TO BEAT OUR SCHOOLS OPENING IN AUGUST. THIS IS LIKE ESTATES, THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE WE ARE UNDERTAKING THIS YEAR. LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES AS WELL AS THE OCEAN AVENUE AND ALSO AS WE GO THROUGH YOU'LL SEE WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING A COUPLE OF THINGS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE DETAILS WE PUT OUT TO OUR CONTRACTORS TO BID FROM. AND THIS IS AN ARPA PROJECT AS WELL JUST LIKE THE GOLFVIEW HARBOUR, MEADOWS AND CITRUS COVE. SO THIS IS GOOD DETAILS. AND THERE IS ONE AREA THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ADDING A LOOP ROAD TO FIRST STREET AND FIRST COURT THERE. THIS WAS ADDED BECAUSE ACTUALLY OUR FIRE TRUCKS NEED TO HAVE A WAY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT BACKING BACK OUT OF THEM, CORRECT, MS. KELLEY? MS. CRUZ, ACTUALLY, THAT'S YOURS. THESE ARE MORE DETAILS OF THAT AREA. AND THOSE ARE THE TWO BIG PROJECTS WE HAVE COMING UP. BOTH ARE OUT TO BID RIGHT NOW. WE EXPECT ONE TO START MID JULY AND THE OTHER MID AUGUST WITH ARPA FUNDS. THIS IS A GIK SNIPPET OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS YEAR, KUDOS TO STAFF, FINANCE AND CONSTRUCTION SERVICES AND ENGINEERING. SOUTHWEST 8th STREET, THAT WAS $814,000. AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE TO OUR CONTRACTORS. AND JUST A FEW LITTLE PICTURES AND THEN WE'LL SHOW YOU A BEFORE AND AFTER AT THE END OF THIS HERE. THAT WAS A LONG STREET FROM BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD TO WOOLBRIGHT. WE INTERACTED WITH BUSINESSES LIKE HOME DEPOT, CRACKER BARREL, WE ARE OUR OWN PR PEOPLE AND NIGHT WORK AS WELL. STAFF DID REALLY WELL IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND NOT TOO MANY COMPLAINTS. BEFORE AND AFTER WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO GOOD JOB BY CONTRACTORS AND OVERSIGHT BY STAFF. THIS IS BOYNTON LAKES BOULEVARD RESURFACING. BOYNTON LAKES, THAT'S ON THE -- WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT IS. THESE ARE THE DRAWINGS THAT WE ARE DOING. BUILT IT. AND I THINK THIS IS -- IS THIS THE ONE? THERE'S ONE IN HERE I PUT TOGETHER AND IT WAS LIKE THE MONEY SHOT OF ALL. IT WAS LIKE THE BEST SHOT. WE HAVE DRONES THAT WE DO. WE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE PILOT AND FLY ON THESE JOBS PRIOR TO AND AFTER. THAT WAS BEFORE AND AFTER. IT LOOKS LIKE $1 MILLION, NOT $500,000, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. SO WE TAKE PRIDE IN OUR WORK AND IT'S FUNDED TO BUILD STUFF. IT'S A DIFFERENT BREED OF PERSON THAT LOVES BUILDING THINGS. MEMEADOWS WAY, ONE OF THE FIRST ONES WE DID. WE WENT TO MEADOWS WAY AND MEADOWS BOULEVARD AND INTO BOYNTON LAKES. THIS IS A SMALL LITTLE ROAD, BACKED UP TO THE OLD PUBLIX WHICH I THINK NOW IS A PRESIDENTE SUPER MARK. THIS ONE ACTUALLY TORE DOWN SOME OF THE BASE ROCK AND REPAIRED A LOT OF THAT STUFF AS WELL. THESE PICTURES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE. MEADOWS BOULEVARD, ALMOST DONE, THAT WAS A NICE PROJECT. THAT TOUCHED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ONE. IT WAS A GOOD ONE TO DO. IT CAME OUT REALLY NICE AS WELL. THESE ARE AGAIN THE DRAWINGS THAT WE PUT OUT FORTH FOR OUR CONTRACTORS TO BID FROM AND US TO BUILD FROM. AND THIS IS BEFORE AND AFTERS COMING UP. THAT TIES CONGRESS TO CONGRESS. THAT WAS BEFORE AND AFTER. WE HAVE A LOT MORE SHOTS BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THIS ALL NIGHT LONG LIKE OUR EX-PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD EXTENSION. THIS WAS DESIGNED TWICE, ONCE BY IN-HOUSE STAFF, ONCE BY A CONTRACTOR, BID TWICE. WAY OVER BUDGET. AND STAFF WAS APPROACHED BY THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SAYING CAN YOU REDESIGN IT. THIS IS ALL IN-HOUSE DESIGNS. AND THIS IS BEFORE AND AFTER. WE OPENED IT UP. WE TOOK AWAY A LOT OF -- I DON'T KNOW -- COVERAGE FOR BAD THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. IT WAS A CLEAN JOB AND ADDED A DOG PARK TO THE EAST SIDE OF IT. THERE'S MORE OF IT RIGHT THERE. MORE BEFORE AND AFTER. CHAPEL HILL, THAT WAS A SMALL PROJECT. WE WERE LIMITED BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT UTILITIES NEED TO DO FIRST. BUT WE DID GET A LITTLE BITE OF IT. AND THAT WAS JUST THE MAIN DRAG COMING IN TO THERE BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES FOR THAT ONE. AND CHERRY HILL, THAT WAS A GOOD PROJECT, TOO. THAT ONE -- WELL, THAT'S ALL I HAD RIGHT THERE ON THAT ONE, I THINK. THAT'S A NICE VIEW OF THAT. THAT PLACE, IT NEEDED SOME HELP FOR A WHILE, SO I WAS GLAD TO DO THAT. AND THERE'S A LOT MORE TO DO GOING SOUTH IN THAT AREA TO BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. SO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, THIS IS A QUICK INC SNIPPET OF WHAT E HAVE DONE AND WHAT WE ESTIMATE THIS YEAR'S EXPENDITURES TO BE, ALMOST $7 MILLION. PROJECTS IN WAITING, WE HAVE LAKESHORE HAVEN CANAL BRIDGE DESIGN, AGAIN FUNDED BY ARPA MONEY REAR HOPING. GOLFVIEW HARBOUR, THAT'S THE ONE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, THE JOINT VENTURE WITH DELRAY. SOUTHEAST THIRD, IF THERE'S ENOUGH ARPA, I'D LIKE TO USE THAT MONEY BECAUSE IT IS IN DISREPAIR. SKY LAKE IS OUT FOR STATE APPROPRIATIONS GRANT. AND THESE ARE NEXT YEAR POTENTIAL. I HAVE STAFF STARTING TO WORK ON THESE EXHIBITS AND DESIGNS IN CASE WE ARE ABLE TO FUND THEM AND IN CASE THE COMMISSION SAYS GO FOR IT. WE'LL BE THE EARLIEST TO START WITH BID AND SECURE P.O.'S AND GET IT DONE BY END OF SPRING TO AVOID HURRICANE SEASONS. AND THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S GO WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING THE MAPS. IT WAS AN AMAZING PRESENTATION. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES AND THE IMPROVEMENT THAT WERE DONE ON 8th STREET. IT LOOKS FANTASTIC. SEEING ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN EVERY SINGLE DISTRICT, SO THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE. IF WE COULD, I WANTED TO QUICKLY HIGHLIGHT AND GIVE SOME CREDIT TO -- BACK TO THE U-TURN THAT WE CREATED. IT WAS LIKE ONE OF THE FIRST PROBABLY FOUR TO SEVEN SLIDES ON THE PRESENTATION. ANDREW KNOWS WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT. >> GOLFVIEW HARBOUR? NO? OH, 8th STREET, OKAY. >> SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE TURNAROUND FOR THE GARBAGE TRUCKS AND THE FIRE TRUCKS. >> AFTER LAST TIME, WE OVERDID IT. THERE'S 8th STREET. >> A COUPLE MORE. >> YEAH, JUST A LITTLE. >> OH, YOU MEAN THE LOOP. >> WE'VE GOT TO KEEP GOING. >> IT'S THE VERY FIRST ONE. IT'S THE SOUTHWEST 8th. >> MAYOR: SLIDE NUMBERS. >> THERE ARE ONE OR TWO. >> YEAH. >> THERE YOU GO. >> THAT'S THE LOOP ROAD. >> KEEP GOING. >> BACK? >> GO BACK, IT'S ONE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS. >> THAT WAS IN LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES. >> THERE YOU GO. >> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO GIVE SOME CREDIT TO ANDREW MACK BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST MONTH I GOT ELECTED WE TOOK A DRIVE AND, YOU KNOW, HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT HOW THIS HAS BEEN AN ISSUE, ONGOING ISSUE FOR DECADES WHERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE LEISUREVILLE PARK BUT CROSSING 8th STREET ON FIRST COURT AND FIRST AVENUE. AND IN BETWEEN THERE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE AN AREA THAT HAS BEEN TROUBLING FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE FIRST RESPONDERS, THE FIRE TRUCKS AS WELL AS THE GARBAGE TRUCKS ARE NOT ABLE TO GO AROUND. SO THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR BRINGING THAT TO MY ATTENTION AND FOR REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE CITY AND REALLY FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO BE BETTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU TO CITY MANAGER AS WELL AND TO YOU, KEVIN, FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN. REALLY EXCITED. AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. >> GLAD TO HELP. >> MAYOR: LET'S GIVE THEM THAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE. >> ROUND OF APPLAUSE NOW? >> MAYOR: YES. [APPLAUSE] KEVIN, I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. [LAUGHTER] JUST VERY QUICK. >> YES, SIR. >> MAYOR: YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS DOING GREAT WORK AND THE QUESTION IS DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. I HAVE SEEN IN MANY CITIES THEY USUALLY PUT UP SIGNS THAT SAY SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK. ARE WE PUTTING UP SIGNS OF THAT NATURE? >> ON OUR PROJECTS, THE BIG PROJECTS WE HAD FOR THE -- NOT FOR ROAD PROJECTS, NO, SIR, WE ARE NOT. >> MAYOR: YES, I WOULD RECOMMEND, CITY MANAGER, MAYBE WORKING WITH THE PIO TO PUT TOGETHER THAT SIGN. IT'S CUSTOMARY, MOST CITIES DO IT. THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> WELL, MAYOR -- >> MAYOR: YEAH. >> JUST TO PIGGYBACK AND AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. >> MAYOR: EXACTLY. >> A LOT OF TIMES, A MAJORITY OF OUR ROADS ARE COUNTY ROADS. BUT THE ONES THAT ARE CITY, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMISSION HAS MADE HUGE STRIDES IN FINDING THE FUNDS AND SETTING ASIDE FUNDS TO PRIORITIZE OUR ROADS AND OUR STREETS THAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL OVER. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A COMMISSION WE HAVE PRIORITIZED THAT. AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE. AND GIVEN KUDOS WHERE IT'S DUE. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY TO US. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU, KEVIN, AND YOUR TEAM FOR REALLY TAKING IT AND THEN GOING A STEP FURTHER. BECAUSE THERE ARE ALSO ROAD PROJECTS THAT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW -- WE ASKED FOR CERTAIN ONES AND YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SQUEEZE OUT OTHER ONES BECAUSE OF FUNDING. AND, YOU KNOW, PAST STAFF WOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT MONEY AND STUCK IT IN SOME OTHER POT OR USED IT ON SOMETHING ELSE. AND INSTEAD YOU HAVE REALLY HONED IN ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THIS COMMISSION AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR ROADS ARE OUR PRIORITY AND THAT WE'RE MAKING THOSE CHANGES. AND RESIDENTS DO SEE IT, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN SEE A ROAD BEING REPAVED. YOU CAN SEE IT HAPPENING. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THE MAYOR'S POINT, WHEN IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO THAT'S GOOD, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING CREDIT FOR IT AS OPPOSED TO THE COUNTY OR FDOT. >> YEAH. >> WE'LL BLAME FDOT WHEN IT'S BAD LIKE BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. >> THAT IS TRUE. >> WE WILL TAKE CREDIT WHEN IT'S OUR SMALL ROADS AND THE RESIDENTS DO TAKE NOTICE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? >> I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT VICE MAYOR KELLEY SAID. I'M STILL GETTING USED TO THAT. FIRST YEAR WE ALL TALKED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, WHAT DID WE DO? WE STAFFED OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SECOND YEAR, WHAT HAVE WE DONE, RIGHT? INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY RECORD-BREAKING AMOUNT OF NOT JUST EXPENDITURES, BUT LINEAR FEED OF ROADS PAVED WITHIN THE CITY IN SUCH A SHORT TIME. I'M SAD THAT HARRY WOODWORTH LEFT BECAUSE WE ARE EXECUTING. WE CREATED A STRATEGIC PLAN AND WE ARE EXECUTING. YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE POLICY MAKERS, BUT EVERYONE AT THE CITY IS MAKING THIS HAPPEN. KEVIN, YOU HAVE STEPPED UP. I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY QUITE SOMETIME BUT YOU HAVE STEPPED UP AND YOU HAVE BEEN HITTING HOME RUNS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF PERSONALITIES, A LOT OF DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I THANK EVERYONE ON YOUR TEAM. >> I HAVE A REALLY GOOD TEAM AND WE DIALED IN HOW TO GET THE ROADS PAVED. IF YOU WANT TO FUND NEXT YEAR, IF YOU CAN DO IT, WE CAN GET ANOTHER FEW MILLION DONE IF YOU'D LIKE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WHICH IS NEW BUSINESS A, DISCUSSION RAUSING THE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. ANDREW MACK, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. JUST WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY IS LONG OVERDUE IN THE CITY. CREATING A BEAUTIFICATION PLAN AND EXECUTING ON IT. FROM OUR ORIGINAL AGENDA ITEM, WE HAD THE PLAN PUBLISHED WITH THE PRESENTATION. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE MAYOR SINCE THE BREAK AND WHERE WE HAVE RETOOLED IT A LITTLE BIT. SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS JUST MORE OF AN OVERVIEW PLAN LOOKING AT A SHORT-TERM SOLUTION WHICH WILL BE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. WE DO WANT TO LOOK AT LONG-TERM VISION FOR BEAUTIFICATION AS WELL. I THINK THAT WE WILL PROBABLY DO SOME WORKSHOPS WITH THE PUBLIC TO GET SOME PUBLIC FEEDBACK TO SEE WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT'S IMPORTANT ON THEIR STREETS, SO THAT WE ARE IDENTIFYING THOSE LOCATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE EXECUTING ALSO. REAL QUICKLY, I'LL JUST GO THROUGH. I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION, A FEW SLIDES AND THEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY. >> ALL >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY. >> SO JUST A LITTLE QUICK OVERVIEW. WE'LL DO A LITTLE PLAN OVERVIEW, THE PRIORITY GOAL, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE FACING. AND THEN SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM GOALS. I LEFT THE LONG-TERM PROJECTS OFF. THOSE WILL BE COMING LATER. AGAIN, THE PLAN WILL ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK TO GOVERN SOME SHORT-TERM GOALS OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. AS WELL AS SOME LONG-TERM GOALS WHICH WE WON'T HIT IT THIS TIME BUT AS WE ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND GET SOME MORE FEEDBACK, WE'LL COME BACK WITH THAT. THE FOCUS AREAS WILL INCLUDE REMOVAL OF TRASH AND LITTER WITHIN THE ROADS AND STREETS AND L LANDSCAPE AREAS, SOME INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS AND SAFETY, AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT INCREASED ENFORCEMENT AND CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCES AS WELL. BENEFITS OF THE PLANS GIVES US SOME CONSISTENT DIRECTION. SOME INFORMED DECISION MAKING. COORDINATED PLANNING EFFORTS AS WELL AS PROPER ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, STEWARDSHIP ENHANCEMENT TO THE CITY'S ASSETS AS WELL AS PROVIDE SOME POSITIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PRIORITY GOAL NUMBER 1, OBVIOUSLY PRETTY SYNC AND SHORT. A CLEAN BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND KIND OF WHAT THAT MEANS TO US, PREVENTING TRASH AND LITTER AND GARBAGE FROM INFILTRATING THE ROADS, STORMWATER SYSTEMS, AND OPEN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT PRESSURE WASHING CLEANING SIDEWALKS, DEVELOPING ATTRACTIVE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING, AND STREETSCAPES. REVISING SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENSURING TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTIONS FOR CLEANLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY ON PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT HIRING ADDITIONAL STAFF TO ADDRESS AREAS WITH HIGH VOLUME OF TRASH AND LITTER WHICH IS VISIBLE TO THE STREET. SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING, SOME OF THE ENTRY FEATURES, SOME OF THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE SOME OF OUR PROBLEMATIC AREAS, WE DON'T OWN THEM BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR US TO PARTNER WITH SOME OF THOSE OWNERSHIP OF THOSE RIGHT-OF-WAYS TO DO SOME ENHANCED AREAS OR DO SOME ENHANCED CLEANUPS OR MAINTENANCE IN THOSE AREAS TO HELP SUPPLEMENT WHAT THEY DO. LACK OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN REGARDS TO TRASH AND LITTER. LACK OF PROGRAM AND SERVICES PROPORTIONAL TO OUR NEEDS. AS WELL AS RESIDENT AND BUSINESS UNDERSTANDING OF THE SHARING AND RESPONSIBILITY OF CREATING THAT SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY. ALSO INCREASED COSTS FOR GOOD AND SERVICES ARE ALSO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING. SOME OF THE OPPORTUNITIES I THINK ENGAGING AND INVOLVING OUR RESIDENTS, SETTING ASIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY CLEAN-UP AND TRASH REMOVAL EFFORTS, SUPPORTING THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY CODE AND REGULATIONS, INCREASING PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PROPER TRASH AND RECYCLING MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY AS WELL AS REVISING THE AND CREATING THE ORDINANCES THAT ENSURE THE RESIDENTS AND THE CLEANLINESS OF THE COMMUNITY. SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM PROJECTS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR IS CREATING OR CONVERTING ONE OF OUR DIVISIONS, THE STREET DIVISIONS INTO A BEAUTIFICATION DIVISION, SO THEY MANAGE, WE'LL MANAGE A ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WORK AS WELL AS BE POINT OF SOURCE IN ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKING, ENSURING THAT THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE CITY. ALSO THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT FOR STREET SWEEPING, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND SIDEWALKS, TRIMMING OF THE SWALE TREES, MAINTENANCE COORDINATION WITH OTHER DIVISIONS, COORDINATION OF LITTER AND GARBAGE AND BULK TRASH, AND MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OF IRRIGATIONS ALONG THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS. THIS WILL BE JUST SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT THIS NEW DIVISION OR THAT EXISTING DIVISION WHICH WILL BE CONVERTED INTO THIS BEAUTIFICATION DIVISION WILL ENDEAVOR. ANOTHER IDEA THAT I'M SURPRISED THAT WE DECENT HAVE ALREADY BUT -- DON'T HAVE ALREADY BUT ADOPT A ROAD PROGRAM WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. KUDOS TO COMMISSIONER HAY. HE HAS REACHED OUT TO ME PREVIOUSLY AND WIEBE OUR FIRST APPLICANT -- WE HAVE OUR FIRST APPLICANT WHICH IS OMEGA SCI-FI WHO WILL BE DOING MARTIN LUTHER KING ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE HEART OF BOYNTON VILLAGE IS COMPLETE AND THE ROAD IS MORE PUT BACK INFOA FAVORABLE PLACE. WE LOOK TO ENGAGE WITH THE OMEGA PSI FI AND THEY WILL BE OUR NEW PARTICIPANT THAT IS HOPEFULLY BORN OUT OF THIS NEW EFFORT. AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SHORT-TERM PROJECTS. LET ME GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. COMMUNITY STANDARDS WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY STANDARDS WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING STANDARDS FOCUSING IN ON LAWN MAINTENANCE, DRIVEWAYS, FENCING, GRAFFITI REMOVAL. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WILL DEFINITELY NEED SOME COMMUNITY INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE DIAS AS WELL AS AS WELL AS SETTING STANDARDS AND THRESHOLDS WE WANT TO MAINTAIN. ORDINANCE CHANGES AGAIN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOOKING AT OUR ORDINANCES. THERE'S BEEN A LONGTIME SINCE WE'VE UPDATED THAT. OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT OVER THE YEARS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES AND MAKING SURE OUR RULES ARE SIMILAR TO OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DOING WELL AT THIS ASPECT. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE'LL DO SOME COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EDUCATING THE BUSINESSES AND THE RESIDENTS ON THE CODE. AND THAT'S JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT IN A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME. WE WANTED TO JUST FOCUS ON THE SHORT-TERM GOALS AS WE SAID, I MET WITH THE MAYOR, HE HAS LOT OF GREAT SUGGESTIONS. AND TRYING TO HONE IN ON THOSE SHORT-TERM GOALS SO THAT WE CAN EFFECTUATE SOME TYPE OF CHANGES IN A QUICK AMOUNT OF TIME, SO DEFINITELY EXCITED TO ENDEAVOR IN THIS, AND I'M LOOKING FOERWARD TO CREATING THAT DIVISION THAT WILL BE SOLELY ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A EFFORT THAT WE CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS CLEAN. SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS AND OR ANY SUGGESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> MAYOR: ANDREW, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE REGARDING THIS ITEM. THE FIRST DRAFT THAT I THINK MANY OF YOU SAW FROM THE LAST MEETING ALTHOUGH WE DID VBT TIME TO GET TO IT -- DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET TO IT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SUGGESTIONS I SAID WERE LISTEN WE HAVE LOT OF GREAT YIENDZ THAT DRAFT PLAN, BUT -- GREAT IDEAS IN THAT DRAFT PLAN, BUT IT WAS TRYING TO TACKLE WAY TOO MANY THINGS IN ONE PLAN, AND MY WORRY WAS THAT IF YOU TRY TO TACKLE TOO MANY THINGS, MANY OF WHICH WERE REALLY OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF CLENLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION, THAT IT BECAME SO CUMBERSOME THAT AS WE'VE HEARD ONE RESIDENT SAY THIS EVENING, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IT TOGETHER, THEN WE PUT IT ON A SHELF, AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY FOLLOW THROUGH. AND SO ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS I MADE WAS, LET'S GET TO THE POINT, LET'S KEEP IT CLEAN, PUN INTEND, RIGHT, GET TO THE POINT, ADDRESS IT SUCCINCTLY, SO IT BECOMES MORE REALISTIC AND EASIER TO IMPLEMENT. SO THAT WAS MY SUGGESTION NUMBER ONE. MY SUGGESTION NUMBER TWO WAS TO REALLY MAKE IT CLEAR THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN CLEANLINESS AND BEAUTIFICATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE RELATED BUT THEY'RE NOT THE SAME THING, WE ASK SOME BASIC QUESTIONS. WHAT IS IT THAT THE CITY ALREADY PERFORMS TO CLEAN OUR CITY? WHAT ARE THE LIST OF SERVICES, WHAT ARE THE VENDORS DOING THAT, IS IT JUST STREET SWEEPING, LET'S HAVE SOME CLARITY ON WHAT'S CURRENTLY BEING DONE SO WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE A DECENT PLAN, AN APPROPRIATE PLAN TO KNOW WHAT NEEDS, WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET WHERE WE WANT TO BE. SO SUGGESTION NUMBER TWO WAS JUST ASK THE BASIC QUESTION. WHAT ARE WE DOING RIGHT NOW TODAY. LET'S START WITH THE BASICS. THE THIRD IDEA I BROUGHT IN WAS, LISTEN, SO THIS MAY BE WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE AIMING FOR, AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER WAS YOUR PHRASE, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU CREDIT, IT WAS YOUR PHRASE I BELIEVE YOU CALLED IT AESTHETIC STANDARDS, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? SO WHAT IS OUR AESTHETIC STANDARDS? HAVE WE DEFINED WHAT OUR GOALS ARE SO FOR EXAMPLE, JUST USING SIDEWALKS AS AN EXAMPLE, NO DIRTY SIDEWALKS BY THE END OF THE YEAR,RIGHT? PLANTS OR TREES I SHOULD SAY IN EVERY MEDIAN BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WHATEVER THOSE GOALS ARE THAT THIS BODY NEEDS TO DECIDE, WE SHOULD FIGURE OUT WHAT THOSE STANDARDS ARE SO WE KNOW WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, WE KNOW WHAT WARE AIMING FOR AND THEN THE PLAN CAN BE HOW TO GET THERE. AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT'S CLEANLINESS, THAT'S LIKE OUR BASELINE. THEN BEAUTIFY ABOVE THAT. WHETHER THAT'S BETTER LANDSCAPING, OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, TO TAKE IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL. SO YOU KNOW I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. ONE MORE THING ACTUALLY. ONE OF THE THINGS I SAID TO, SO THE STAFF IN THAT MEETING, WHERE DO WE GET OUR IDEAS FROM? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAP INTO THE BRAIN TRUST THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CITY EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OR PEOPLE FROM SANITATION, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES ON THE GROUND. THEY MAY HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO SEE IT DAY IN AND DAY OUT. SO THANK YOU TO STAFF I BELIEVE YOU HAVE RELEASED A SURVEY TO COLLECT AS MANY GOOD IDEAS INTERNALLY AND I ALSO WANT TO THEN EXTEND AS YOU MENTIONED ANDREW TO TAKE IT TO THE PUBLIC BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE EVERYTHING SINCE WE'RE LIVING IT DAY TO DAY, BUT YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE FROM THE PUBLIC NOT TO MENTION THE BUY IN, SO WHEN WE GATHER ALL THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER, I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE PLAN WILL REALLY SHINE. NO ONE HAS A MONOPOLY ON GOOD IDEAS. OKAY. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE SO THESE WERE JUST MY INITIAL THOUGHTS. GETTING SOME CLARITY AND FOCUS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CLEAR PLAN. BUT WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION. WHAT ARE WE AIMING FOR? WHAT ARE OUR AESTHETIC STANDARDS? ALL RIGHT, SO I'LL LEAVE IT THERE. >> I MENTIONED ONE OTHER THING THE MAYOR MENTIONS. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE DOCUMENT WE PRE-PAIRED BEFORE WAS, YOU KNOW -- PREPARED BEFORE WAS VERY LENGTHY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO PARE IT DOWN TO BE VERY SIMPLE, COUPLE PAGE DOCUMENT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EASILY YOU KNOW LOOKED AT AND THEN HOLDING US ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EXECUTING AS A TEAM WE'RE EXECUTING TO GET THIS, ADVANCING THE CITY. SO APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK ON THE, ON THE PLAN, AND I DEFINITELY THINK WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE DECISIONS TONIGHT, BUT DEFINITELY HEARING YOUR VOICE AND HAVING OPENING UP THIS DISCUSSION WILL DEFINITELY BRING BACK THIS PARED DOWN PLAN WITH MORE FOCUSED ON THE CLEANLINESS AND THEN AS WELL AS IDENTIFYING WHAT WE'RE DOING LIKE YOU'VE MENTIONED, TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING CURRENTLY, WHAT WE'RE DOING WELL, WHAT CAN WE DO BET, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE IDEAS BEING BORN FROM THAT AS WELL AS ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC. >> I ALSO WANT TO GIVE KUDOS VICE MAYOR I BELIEVE LAST MEETING WAS IT RAST MEETING YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT YOU'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH STAFF TO GET THOSE TREES IN THOSE MEDIANS, RIGHT? SHADE TREES ARE ALWAYS GOOD AND LAWRENCE ROAD, WE BOTH KNOW NEEDS IT. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR: SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUE? COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DO YOU WANT TO BEGIN? >> YEAH, ON THE THOUGHT OF WHAT'S OUR ASSTETTIC STANDARD YOU KNOW ONE THING THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE HEARD YOU SAY, MAYOR, FROM, I MEAN BEFORE YOU WERE MAYOR AND AS COMMISSIONERS LIKE THE VERY STANDARDS SHOULD BE THERE SHOULDN'T BE COUCHES ON THE SIDE OF SEACREST, RIGHT? LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT -- LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING. >> MAYOR: AND MATTRESSES. >> COUCHES AND MATTRESSES AND BROKEN DOWN VEHICLES AND YOU KNOW I THINK, I THINK SIMPLIFYING THIS WAS GREAT AND THEN HAVING THAT BROADER IDEA, INCORPORATING, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN WE DO, RIGHT, DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND FEASIBILITY TO CLEAN A ROAD THAT'S NOT OURS LOOKING AT SEACREST, I KNOW I'VE SEEN THE E-MAIL CHAIN GO BACK AND FORTH ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING THE SWAP WHATEVER, I THINK THAT COULD BE A GREATER PICTURE IN THIS SO THAT WAY WE HAVE THAT JURISDICTION YOU KNOW TO EXECUTE ACCORDINGLY, BUT I MEAN, LIKE AT IT VERY MINIMUM, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE ALL THIS, RIGHT, SO I LIKE THIS SURVEY IDEA TO STAFF. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW AND IT'S JUST ABOUT BEING ON IT. LIKE IT'S, LIKE MAYBE THAT'S OUR FOCUS, RIGHT LIKE THAT'S CITY STAFF'S FOLK, HEY, BEAUTIFICATION, BEAUTIFICATION, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON RIGHT, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON FOR THE YEAR SO IT'S ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL'S MIND. I THINK TOO CONSIDERING AN ADVISORY BOARD  WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THE PUBLIC TO PARTNER WITH CITY STAFF, RIGHT, AND THEN EXECUTE THOSE IDEAS AND THEN ESSENTIALLY MAKE OUR LIVES EASIER TOO BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE'RE TAPPING IN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PHRASE HE USED BUT IT WAS A GREAT PHRASE, THE BRAIN POTENTIAL. >> MAYOR: BRAIN TRUST. >> BRAIN TRUST OF THE CITY. IT WAS GREAT. YEAH I THINK THAT'S HUGE, AND YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, FIRST YEAR WE TACKLED PUBLIC SAFETY, SECOND YEAR WE TACKLED INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ROADS, THIRD YEAR WE CAN TACKLE BEAUTIFICATION REALLY CLEAN UP THE TOWN AND HIT THAT AESTHETIC STANDARD SO MAYOR, CUDE  KUDOS TO YOU AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND ANDREW AND EVERYONE ELSE IS, YOU KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THE PUBLIC SEES. RIGHT? THE PUBLIC, I MEAN, WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE HERE IN THE COMMISSION MEETINGS, BUT MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC, 95% DON'T TYPICALLY PARTICIPATE BUT WHAT THEY DO SEE IS THE ROADS BEING PAVED, THEY DO SEE THE OFFICERS DOING MORE ROUTINE PATROLLING OR SHOWING UP WHEN WE CALL 9-1-1, AND YOU KNOW AND WHAT THEY WILL SEE IS HOPEFULLY NO MORE MATTRESSES AND COUCHES ON THE SIDE OF, YOU KNOW, ANY ROAD, AND YOU KNOW, PRESSURE WASH SIDEWALKS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THOSE LOW-HANGING FRUIT ARE, SO YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS YOU KNOW GROUP EFFORT I'M GOING TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE, MAYOR, THIS IS YOUR INITIATIVE AND THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY WILL SEE AND SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. >> I APPRECIATE THAT, COMMISSIONER. YOU KNOW, BUT THIS IS ALL OF US, THIS REALLY SHOULD BE AND IF WE RECALL, IT'S IN OUR, WAS IT MISSION STATEMENT? VISION STATEMENT. >> MM-HMM. >> MAYOR: IN ANY CASE, COMMISSIONER HAY, ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. >> I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID. I WON'T SPEND ANYMORE TIME ON THAT EXCEPT TO SAY THERE ARE CITIZENS OUT THERE WAITING TO WORK WITH US. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY. >> MAYOR: CORRECT. >> THIS IS WHY I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE OMEGA PSI PHI. THOSE GUYS ARE READY TO GO. AND I THINK WE SHOULD WORK WITH THOSE GROUPS TO SHOW SOME SHORT-TERM SUCCESSES, WHICH WILL BE A MOTIVATION TO THE REST OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO COME IN AND HELP US CLEAN UP OUR CITY. THIS IS NOT JUST THE, YOU KNOW, TOWN SQUARE PROJECT. IT'S THE ENTIRE CITY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TACKLE THOSE SHORT-TERM SUCCESSES. IT WILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE CITYWIDE. SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, ANDETS ALLE LET'S DO IT. >> MAYOR: QUICKLY PIGGYBACKING ON THAT WHEN STAFF IS READY IF YOU COULD BRING BACK MORE DETAILS ON THAT PROGRAM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S EXCITING, AND WE ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY BUY IN. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR: I CAN SEE IT BEING A SUCCESS IF WE DO IT RIGHT. VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, ANY THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS? >> YES. MAYOR, THANK YOU, ANDREW. WIEBE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION CITYWIDE. WE DON'T JUST HAVE A MATTRESS PROBLEM IN DISTRICT 2. WE HAVE MATTRESS PROBLEMS ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND IT REALLY IS JUST YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS I WANT US TO LOOK AT WHAT CITY STAFF CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN DO. ALSO I WANT TO EMPOWER THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE IT PERSONAL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS MY CITY. I LOVE MY CITY. I'VE BEEN HERE A REALLY LONG TIME. AND IF I SEE SOMETHING AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT JUST SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION, BUT YOU KNOW, HEY, THERE'S A DOOR ON LAWRENCE ROAD. SOME OF IT IS LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW HOW TO GET THAT TO US. WHO TO CONTACT. WE KNOW AND YOU KNOW CITY STAFF CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE. WE CAN'T SEE EVERYTHING. AND WE REALLY DO DEPEND ON THE RESIDENTS TO REACH OUT AND TO SAY SOMETHING. QOIM HAPPY TO GET -- I'M HAPPY TO GET A TEXT MESSAGE OR PHONE CALL SAYING HEY, THERE IS A PROBLEM ON THIS ROAD, OR HEY, DOES SOMEBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS OR I GOT A TEXT MESSAGE HEY, THERE IS A LIGHT OUT, YOU KNOW, ON ONE OF THE LIGHTS AT, YOU KNOW, GATEWAY AND LAWRENCE FOR INSTANCE, AND THEN I KNOW WHO TO REACH OUT TO TO EXPEDITE THAT OR REACH OUT TO. BUT I REALLY WANT THIS ALSO TO BE ABOUT GETTING THE RESIDENTS AND GETTING THE BUSINESSES EXCITED TO BE A PART OF MAKING OUR CITY AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT CAN BE. YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO ADAM NOT TO PUT -- I'M NOT PUTTING ANYONE ON THE SPOT. BUT YOU KNOW WE HAVE SOME BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT 4 THAT, IT'S JUST A MESS. AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE THEY JUST DON'T REALLY CARE AND NOBODY'S GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND NOBODY'S GOING TO SAY ANYTHING AND PEOPLE JUST PARK ON THE TRASH AND IT'S FINE. SO, SO PART OF THIS ALSO I WANT THAT TO BE OUR FOCUS TOO IS THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BOTH ON THE BUSINESS END AND ON THE RESIDENTS' END TO GET PEOPLE EXCITED TO GET PEOPLE TO JUST SEE IT AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S THERE. AND SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER BECAUSE AS MUCH AS WE DEPEND ON STAFF TO SEE IT OR US TO SEE IT, THE RESIDENTS SEE IT TOO AND MAYBE THEY JUST IGNORE IT OR MAYBE THEY THINK SOMEBODY WILL GET TO IT EVENTUALLY. BUT SOMETIMES IT'S ALL ABOUT JUST NOT KNOWING. I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO GET GLEANED OUT OF THE SURVEYS. WE KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM. BUT YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT THERE TO BE SOME EXCITEMENT FROM THE RESIDENTS AND FROM THE BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, CONGRESS AVENUE. WE HAVE NEW BUSINESSES COMING IN ALMOST YOU KNOW ON A WEEKLY IF NOT DAILY. AND THERE'S SOME MAJOR EYE SORES THAT ARE JUST VACANT AND THAT COULD REALLY BOOST THE APPEARANCE OF THIS CITY AND ATTRACT MORE BUSINESSES TO OUR CITY TOO. AND SO IT, IT'S REALLY A WIN-WIN IF WE CAN GET EXCITED ABOUT AND GET STAFF EXCITED ABOUT IT FROM EVERYONE. I PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY HEY, THERE'S A DOOR ON LAWRENCE ROAD AND HOW DID IT GET THERE, CAN SOMEBODY TAKE D CARE OF IT. I WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT BUT I CAN'T PICK UP A DOOR. THOSE ARE THINGS, I WANT PEOPLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT IT. ONE OF MY CONCERNS, AND I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS, ANDREW, YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE ROADS ARE COUNTY ROADS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE COUNTY ROADS AND THEN THEM JUST KIND OF ASSUME WELL SINCE THE CITY HAS TAKEN IT OVER THEN THEY'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY IF WE ARE GOING TO BE PRESSURE WASHING SIDEWALKS, THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT THEN TAKING OVER ALL OF THE CARE BECAUSE THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE'RE PRESSURE WASHING IT AND THERE'S A CRACK OR THERE'S DAMAGE AND THEN THE COUNTY COMES BACK AND SAYS, OH, WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU PRESSURE WASHED IT TOO MANY TIMES OR WHATEVER AND NOW YOU'RE -- NOW WE'RE INCURRING COSTS OF REPAIRING SOMETHING THAT DID IT -- WAS IT REALLY FROM PRESSURE WASHING? NO, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ALSO REMOVE THE COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE CARE OF SOMETHING THAT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. I'M ALL FOR CLEANLINESS AND BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE IN DOING THAT AS WELL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO THEN END UP THAT THE CITY THEN TAKES ON THE BURDEN TO MAKE REPAIRS AND THINGS FOR THE COUNTY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE CERTAIN THINGS. YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE RELIEVING THE COUNTY OF SOME OF THEIR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN MAINTAINING THE SIDEWALKS AND EVERYTHING AS WELL. LONG-TERM DOWN THE ROAD WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FEDERAL HIGHWAY, BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD IS ON EVERYONE'S RADAR. WE TALKED ABOUT OVERPASSES, OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, SIX YEARS OUR OVERPASSES ON EACH OF OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS IS SET TO BE REVAMPED BY FDOT AND SO I THINK LONG-TERM WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THEN, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR ROADS AND BIGGER PROJECTS YEARS DOWN THE LINE WHERE I THINK THE LONG-TERM PLANNING OF BEAUTIFICATION CAN REALLY COME INTO PLAY. Y LOVE THE IDEA OF HAVING IT SPLIT, ALL OF OUR STUFF IS REALLY SPLIT. WHAT ARE OUR SMALL LITTLE SHORT-TERM GOALS, CIP, WHAT ARE OUR LONG-TERM GOALS SO I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS IN ALL OF THESE KIND OF PLANS HAVE LIKE THE SHORT, EASY FIXES. WHERE DO WE SEE THE CITY GOING IN FIVE YEARS, BEAUTIFICATION WISE. WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR WISH LISTS? THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF MY POINTS, BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR OF COURSE SPEARHEADING THIS, AND MAKING IT, YOU KNOW, PART OF THIS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE CAN GET THE RESPONSE BACK FROM THE SURVEYS AND WHEN YOU EXPECT TO HAVE THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT IT WITHOUT A PLAN, WITHOUT AN EXECUTION. IT CAN GET LOST. IT CAN GET DEPRIORITIZED REALLY QUICK WITH ALL THE BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON. SO THOSE ARE MY POINTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP MAKING THE MEETING A LITTLE BIT LONGER, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT. I SUPPORT IT 100%, AND LIKE YOU SAID, BEAUTIFICATION IS NOT THE SAME AS CLEANLINESS, WHICH I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT MUCH, SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >> MAYOR: WHAT I TOLD STAFF IS THINK OF CLEANLINESS IS BASELINE AND WHAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND IS BEAUTIFICATION PART. SO YOU KNOW, I REALLY WANT TO TAKE THIS TO THE RESIDENTS AND SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS ONCE STAFF PUTS TOGETHER A VERSION THE UPDATED VERSION, VERSION 2, INCORPORATING THE IDEAS FROM STAFF THEN IT'LL BE PRIME FOR EVERYONE ELSE TO JUMP IN. I APPRECIATE IT. ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? ANDREW, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAY, ARE YOU DISCUSSING THE NEXT ITEM? >> I WILL AND KEVIN BACK UP. >> MAYOR: THE NEXT ITEM IS SIDEWALK CLEANING PROGRAM. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT PRESSURE WASHING. I MADE THIS REQUEST BECAUSE AS WE WORK ON THE PLAN I SEE NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T TACKLE A LOW-HANGING FRUIT. >> WE LOOKED AT DOING ALL THE POTENTIAL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY. KEVIN USED ONE OF OUR EXISTING CONTRACTS AS A BASELINE TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET, WHAT EE HE FELT BY -- AND ALSO A SCHEDULE AS FAR AS WHAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE. I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW BASED ON THE NUMBERS HE WORKED ON LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE $140,000. , 1 AU140,000 TO DO IT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE MAXIMUM WE WOULD PAY. THAT WOULD BE UTILIZING ONE VENDOR BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO TRY AND ENGAGE AGAIN SMALLER VENDORS TO TRY AND BREAK THIS UP TO BE ALSO NOT JUST ABULATEI BULATEIFICATION -- A BEAUTIFICATION EFFORT BUT ALSO A CLEANLINESS EFFORT BUT AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY SO THAT WE'RE GIVEN OPPORTUNITY FOR SMALL BUSINESSES TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK AS WELL. ONCE WE HAVE THE NUMBERS AND START ISSUING POs WE CAN START DOING IT BY PHASES, KEVIN THINKATIZE'LL BE ABOUT A 10-WEEK PROCESS TO GET THAT DONE. SO 10 WEEKS STARTING WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN BEGIN? >> WELL, WE CAN START AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE PRICING DONE. SO I THINK IT'LL TAKE US PROBABLY MAYBE A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET PRICING DONE. TO GO AHEAD AND GET FINANCE APPROVAL. IF IT CAN BE APPROVED UNDER MAYOR'S AUTHORITY AND WE CAN START EXECUTING RIGHT AWAY SO I THINK FROM THE DATE WE START AND HAVE EVERYBODY PRICED OUT IT SHOULD BE ABOUT A 10-WEEK EFFORT TO GET THE WHOLE THING COMPLETE. >> IF WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE VENDOR IT WOULD BE LESS THAN TEN WEEKS OBVIOUSLY. >> I'M SORRY, MIC. >> IF IT'S -- >> I WOULD LIKE TO USE FOUR OR FIVE LOCAL VENDORS IF WE COULD. THAT WAY WE COULD HAVE HALF THE TIME ONE FIFTH THE TIME TO DO IT AND TWO WEEKS WE COULD HAVE ALL IT DONE OR -- >> THAT ISN'T A BUDGETED ITEM WE WILL LOOK AT TAKING FROM POTENTIALLY SAVINGS OR OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET WE WILL LOOK AT DOING A TRANSFER TO COVER THAT. WE WILL DO THAT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS TO COVER PRICING AND WE WILL BRING IT BACK IF IT'S UNDER THE THRESHOLD WE WILL GO AHEAD AND EXECUTE WITH THE MANAGER IF NOT WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND WE WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ONCE WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS I WANTED TO SHARE. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP MULTIPLE VENDORS. LOCAL -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CARRY THAT OUT IN A PROJECT LIKE THIS. THE EXTRA THOUGHT I HAD WAS BECAUSE OFTENTIMES SMALL BUSINESSES DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE CITY PROCESS, I WAS WATCHING THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT THIS SIMILAR TOPIC AND IT IS ASTRONOMICALLY MORE CUMBERSOME TOPIC AT THE CITY BUT COULD WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME ASSISTANCE OR WORKSHOPS SO SMALL MOM AND POP BUSINESSES CAN ACTUALLY NAVIGATE THROUGH WHATEVER PAPERWORK THEY NEED TO FILL OUT, YOU KNOW, MY GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY GOES BACK IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT OFTENTIMES PEOPLE CAN'T EVEN GET IN THE DOOR BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW ALL THE STEPS. RIGHT? IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT LOCAL HIRING PREFERENCE WE GOT TO TAKE THE STEPS TO MAKE THAT A REALITY. >> WE CAN LOOK AT DOING SOME POTENTIAL WORK, NOT A WORKSHOP BUT A Q&A OR, YEAH, CALL TO, AND WE COULD PUT IT ON THE DIGITAL MARQUEES IN THE CITY AND WE CAN IS A DATE CERTAIN AND MEET WITH ALL THE VENDORS AT ONE SHOT, GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT UP, AND WE CAN DO THAT I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. >> MAYOR: OKAY. ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION WHAT THE PLAN AFTERWARDS? I KNOW THERE IS A LACK OF CLARITY IN THE CITY CODES AS TO WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE PUBLIC SIDEWALKS. MAIN THOROUGHFARES, THESE AREN'T PRIVATE HOA ROADS, GUYS, THIS IS NOT IN YOUR -- THIS IS THE MAIN PUBLIC ROADS THAT WE ALL USE. THE QUESTION IS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE THEREAFTER? RIGHT? WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR IT NOW? BECAUSE CLEARLY WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT NOW, NO ONE KNOWS. WHICH IS WHY NO ONE IS TAKING CARE OF IT. WHERE DOES YOUR LINE END, WHERE DOES MINE BEGIN, I DON'T KNOW. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT? WHO'S GOING TO ENFORCE IT? COMPLIANCE, IS COMMUNITY STANDARDS GOING TO SEND OUT A THOUSAND LETTERS AND WHAT A CUMBERSOME WAY TO KIND OF MANAGE THAT MOVING FORWARD. SO YOU KNOW LET'S NOT JUST DO THIS AND -- DON'T LET STOP YOU FROM MOVING FORWARD, BUT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THINK ABOUT THE LONG-TERM PLAN, RIGHT? BECAUSE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO CARRY THE BURDEN FOREVER, THERE COULD BE COMMUNITY PARTNERS, SPONSORS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, WE NEED TO HAVE A LONG-TERM VISION FOR THIS AS WELL. OTHERWISE IT'LL DIE OUT. WE'LL DO IT ONCE, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, PEOPLE WILL FORGET, AND WE'RE BACK TO THE SAME PLACE. >> YEAH, WE DID ACTUALLY DO PRESSURE WASHING ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO. WE DID THE WHOLE LENGTH OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND LIKE YOU SAID WE DID IT ONCE AND THEN THEY'LL GET BACK TO IT. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT RESONATES WITH ME, AND LIKE YOURSELF AND COMMISSIONER, VICE MAYOR KELLY, SORRY, YOU KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MEETINGS, SOME REAL HEART TO HEART MEETINGS WITH D.O.T. AND PALM BEACH COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR PART AND THEN WE'RE DOING OUR PART AS WELL. SO WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE JUST LIKE THEY HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY AND THIS MULTIJURISDICTIONAL ISSUE I TOLD THE CITY MANAGER, GO NORTHBOUND ON -- DO WE SEE THE AMOUNT OF GARBAGE BAGS AND DEBRIS JUST EVERYWHERE? I THOUGHT I SAW A CHAIR THE OTHER DAY. YOU KNOW, THE POINT IS NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE SO WHAT HAPPENS? NO ONE DOES IT, RIGHT? SO -- UCALLED? EXCELLENT. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> I CAN CONFIRM, SHE DOES CALL QUITE A BIT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> AND GUYS, FEEL FREE TO STEAL IDEAS BECAUSE IF SOME OTHER CITY'S FIGURED IT OUT WE DON'T NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR MY COLLEAGUES? SO DO WE HAVE CONSENSUS TO EXPEND THE FUNDS AS NECESSARY? >> YES,. >> YES. >> MAYOR: BRING US BACK ADDITIONAL INFO IF YOU HAVE. >> ANDREW, THESE ARE ALL COUNTEE ROADS SO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE -- >> YEP, ABSOLUTELY. THEY'LL BE THE FIRST CALL. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >> FDOT, IT'S NOT JUST COUNTY. FDOT TOO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO SECTION 12, LEGAL. 12A, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE UPDATE PRESENTATION AND SIX-MONTH PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY CO ATTORNEY. THIS IS PURSUANT TO HER EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT THAT THE CITY COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AFTER THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF EMPLOYMENT AND THEREAFTER NO LESS THAN ANNUALLY. THIS WILL BE THE FIRST PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONER, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. MY NAME IS LINDA ZARIO, AND I'M INTERIM HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR. AND SO AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, THE CITY COMMISSION WILL PROVIDE THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AFTER THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF HER BEING IN PLACE. AND SO THIS IS A SIX MONTH MARK. THE CITY ATTORNEY SHAWNA LAMB BEGAN WORKING FOR THE CITY OCTOBER 23rd, 2023, AND SIX-MONTH ANNIVERSARY WAS APRIL 23, 2024. THE EVALUATION PROVIDED TO YOU FOCUSED ON HOW EFFECTIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S ACCOMPLISHING THE GOALS ESTABLISHED BY THE COMMISSION, AND HOW SHE IS CARRYING OUT HER RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE KEY FUNCTIONAL AREAS. AND ALSO THE PART OF THE AGREEMENT WAS YOU ALL CAN MAKE CHANGES TO HER CURRENT SALARY AND BENEFIT AS WELL SO HER SALARY, HER BASE SALARY IS 205,000 ANNUAL. OKAY SO OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL NOW BE PRESENTING HER AND HER LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THANK YOU. 72 GOO >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, EXECUTIVE STAFF, THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A CLICKER? THANK YOU. I AM PROBABLY GOING TO SCREW THIS UP. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ENTRUSTING ME WITH THE ROLE OF COUNTY ATTORNEY SO I HAVE NOW -- CITY ATTORNEY SO I HAVE NOW BEEN HERE SEVEN MONTHS SINCE I ASSUMED THE POSITION AND I AM THRILLED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE PROGRESS AND FUTURE PLANS OF OUR OFFICE. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE FIRST SLIDE IS KIND OF JUST AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DOES. WE OFFER COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL SERVICES AND GUIDANCE TO THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, CITY MANAGER, AND ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS. SO SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES WE HOPE THAT YOU ARE SEEING, AND I KNOW I'VE HAD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYONE REGARDING SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT EBMANOT EVERYONE GETS TO -- MAYBE NOT EVERYONE GETS TO SEE WHAT OUR OFFICE DOES, BUT THE GENERALLY THE ADVANTAGES THAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH AN IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL IS YOU HAVE ON-SITE AVAILABILITY FOR DISCUSSIONS, WHICH ENHANCES THE EFFICIENCY, PREVENTING LEGAL ESCALATIONS, HOPEFULLY IDENTIFYING THOSE BEFORE THEY BEGIN, AND NOT AFTER THE FACT. THIS ACCESSIBILITY ENSURES TIMELY RESOLUTION OF LEGAL CONCERNS. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF PLAYS AN INTEGRAL ROLE IN THE EXECUTIVE TEAM PROVIDING INVALUABLE EXPERTISE AND AGAIN HOPEFULLY POINTING OUT SOME THINGS THAT MAY BE A NONLAWYER WOULD THINK OF. THERE IS A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING FOR THE CITY'S LEGAL NEEDS BECAUSE WE ARE THERE EVERY DAY, YOU WILL SEE ONE OF US THERE 10 TO 12 HOURS A DAY. FINALLY, THE CITY COMMISSION SELECTS THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS NOW UNDER THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, SO PART OF MY BACKGROUND IS AS A LIABILITY ATTORNEY, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS REALLY NEUTRALIZE POTENTIAL RISK TO THE CITY AND PREEMPTIVELY PREVENT THOSE BIG LEGAL THINGS THAT CAN BE VERY COSTLY TO A CITY. WE HAVE DAILY COORDINATION WITH THE RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE PROACTIVE LEGAL INVOLVEMENT WHICH MINIMIZES LIABILITY TO COST SAVINGS AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HOPE YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENTLY ESPECIALLY IN TERMS OF LIKE THE ILA THAT WE MENTIONED TONIGHT, WHICH IS AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, FOR NONLAWYERS, ONE OF THE TERMS IN THE AGREEMENT SAYS SHOULD S EXPECT TO SEE UP TO 10%, WELL, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR OFFICE, YES, THAT IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT. THERE IS NOTHING IMPROPER WITH THAT BUT THAT IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT. SO WHAT OUR OFFICE WOULD DO BEING MORE IN-HOUSE IS WE'RE GOING MAYBE THIS IS LEGALLY SUFFICIENT BUT IS THIS SOUND WORDING THATT YOU WANT TO RELY ON OR CAN WE HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE WITH 10% AND THEN ULTIMATELY IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION, RIGHT, FOR THE COMMISSION OR THE CITY MANAGER, WHOEVER HAS THAT AUTHORITY TO REVIEW THAT CONTRACT TO DETERMINE IF THAT'S SOMETHING OR A RISK THE CITY IS WILLING TO TAKE. AND THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THOSE HAS STARTED PREPARING THESE COST SHEETS OR THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO MOST OF YOUR CONTRACTS SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE, WHICH WILL IDENTIFY UP FRONT THE LEGAL PITFALLS. THE BUDGETED STAFF AND EXTERNAL COUNSEL ARE JUDICIOUSLY USED TO MANAGE COSTS, AND THEN THE, THE CITY ATTORNEY IS SOLELY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY COMMISSION. RIGHT? SO I ANSWER TO ALL OF YOU. BEAR WITH ME. SO THE ROLE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE ARE IN AN ADVISORY POSITION. THE PRIMARY LEGAL ADVISOR TO ALL ELECTED BOARDS AND DEPARTMENTS. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HANDLES A DIVERSE RANGE OF LITIGATION MATTERS FOR THE CITY, INCLUDING EMPLOYMENT MATTERS, LAND USE ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, FORECLOSURES, BREACH OF CONTRACT ACTIONS. WE ALSO DO TRANSACTIONS. SO WE HANDLE EVERYDAY CONTRACTS FOR ALL OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS DRAFTING ORDINANCES, NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS, HANDLING REAL ESTATE MATTERS, AND PREPARING BID DOCUMENTS. AND AGAIN AS I MENTIONED, WE WORK NOW WITH THE RISK MANAGEMENTMENT DEPARTMENT IN IMPLEMENTING PROICT AIVE MEASURES -- PROACTIVE MEASURES TO MINIMIZE CITYWIDE RISK AND OVERSEE THE MANAGEMENT AND SETTLEMENT OF WORKERS COMPENSATION AND ALL TORT CLAIMS. SO OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY IS -- OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS DEDICATED TO OFFERING PROMPT PROFESSIONAL SKILLED LEGAL SUPPORT ADHERING TO THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONALISM TO SAFEGUARD AND PROMOTE THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH INTERESTS. HOWEVER, AND I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY THIS, WE ARE NOT LEGAL ADVICE TO CITIZENS OR FOR PERSONAL LEGAL ADVICE TO CITY EMPLOYEES. SO WE CAN ONLY, WE ARE LIMITED TO OUR LEGAL ADVICE TO THE ACTUAL CITY COMMISSION. SO YOU HAVE ME, I HAVE 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, AND ALSO OUR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY IS STACY -- WHO HAS, OH, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. WHO HAS 14 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, SO IN TOTAL, YOU'RE GETTING 40 YEARS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE. OUR CURRENT BUDGET DOES ALLOW FOR A THIRD SENIOR CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT PERSON IN ORDER TO MEET THE MINIMAL QUALIFICATIONS HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL BE GETTING A COMBINED MINIMUM OF 50 YEARS EXPERIENCE IF NOT MORE. SO SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT MY OFFICE HAS ACHIEVED IN SIX MONTHS, SO WHEN I STARTED HERE, YOU GUYS HAD NOTHING. RIGHT? IN TERMS OF LEGAL SERVICES, THERE WAS NO, THERE WAS NO SOFTWARE, THERE WERE MINIMAL PROCESSES AS TO HOW THIS WOULD WORK WITH AN IN-HOUSE CITY ATTORNEY. SO YOU KNOW, INITIALLY COMING IN, I COLLABORATED WITH CITY STAFF TO FOSTER STRONG RELATIONSHIPS SO I COULD PROVIDE ESSENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE AND AIDING IN THAT STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR THE CITY'S BENEFIT. I EXPANDED THE LEGAL TEAM BY HIRING A DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY AND TWO PARALEGALS WHO ARE ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT. I HAVE A PARALEGAL, AND YOU ALL HAVE MET STACY WI WEIN GR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY. SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED FILE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THE OIG RECOMMENDED WHEN THEY DID THEIR EVALUATION IN 2018 WAS BETTER TRACKING OF CONTRACTS AND SOFTWARE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED IS PROCESSES BY WHICH THINGS GO TO THE CITY MANAGER, TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS, TO THE CLERK SO THAT LEGAL AT A MINIMUM HAS A COPY OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN AND OUT OF OUR OFFICE. SO THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE OIG STANDARDS WITH REGARD TO HOW WE'RE TRACKING THAT. WE'VE ESTABLISHED PROTOCOLS TO ENSURE CITY'S COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. REDUCING LEGAL RISK, AND WE NEGOTIATE CONTRACTS TO SECURE ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS AND SAFEGUARD THE CITY'S ASSETS. SO WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN, SO AGAIN, WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF ENTHUSIASM AND INNOVATION AMONG THE EMPLOYEES TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S GOALS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY COMMISSION TO UNDERSTAND YOUR PRIORITIES AND FORMULATE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT YOUR PRIORITIES. WE WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE PROACTIVE LEGAL ADVICE TO ENSURE QUALITY RECOMMENDATION FOR -- REPRESENTATION FOR ALL CITY REPRESENTATIVES. OBVIOUSLY REDUCING COSTS, WE WANT TO MINIMIZE  RELIANCE ON EXTERNAL LEGAL COUNSEL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AND MAINTAIN ACCESSIBILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS IN THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. FINALLY, WE WANT TO OFFER CITYWIDE TRAINING ON KEY ISSUES INCLUDING PUBLIC RECORDS LAWS, ETHICS AND PROCUREMENT POLICIES. I TOOK A EMPTY TO COMPARE YOUR LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WITH USE OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND THE BUCKET OF HOURS THAT YOU WERE USING WAS 160 HOURS AT A BUDGET OF 1 POINT NEARLY $7 MILLION. SO WHEN YOU TAKE THAT 160 HOURS PER MONTH THAT YOU WERE RECEIVING IN LEGAL SERVICES, AND DO, DIVIDE THAT WITH YOUR BUDGET, ON ESTIMATE, AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THE BOARD WHAT ARE YOU PAYING FOR. YOU WERE GETTING $875 AN HOUR IS WHAT YOU WERE PAYING FOR EVERY TIME YOU HAD TO TALK TO A LAWYER. $875 AN HOUR. IF YOU PUT ALL THOSE COSTS. NOW, WE ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED FOR THREE ATTORNEYS WHICH WILL GET YOU 600 HOURS A MONTH OF LEGAL SERVICES. AT A COST OF $1.07 MILLION. THAT IS A COST SAVINGS OF $149 AN HOUR. SO THAT IN AND OF ITSELF, THE BUCKET OF HOURS YOU'RE GETTING IS A LOT CHEAPER, BUT WE ALSO HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU OR HAVE SHOWN YOU THAT THE QUALITY OF LEGAL SERVICES BY HAVING A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT ARE 100% DEDICATED TO THE CITY IS A HUGE COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY: WE HAVE OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND ENHANCED OVERALL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE. AND WE THINK YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE DOLLARS ON THE BACK END IN SOME OF THE AREAS WE DISCUSSED BY ENHANCING OUR ABILITY TO FOR EXAMPLE GET REIMBURSEMENT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEMA WHEN WE HAVE THOSE DISASTER SORT OF THINGS AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THOSE IN PLACE. I HOPE YOU ARE, YOU WOULD AGREE THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS RAPIDLY ADAPTED, HAS LEGAL ACUMEN, CONTRIBUTION, EXPERTISE, VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE CITY WITHIN A SHORT TIME FRAME. SO I DID A COST COMPARISON, I'M SORRY, THANK YOU. KEEPING ME ON TRACK. OKAY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT IS WHERE ARE OTHER CITY BUDGETS FOR THEIR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HOW MANY FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES DO THEY HAVE COMPARED TO THEIR POPULATION. WHAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS THAT AS WE ARE RIGHT NOW, WE ARE THE LOWEST BUDGET, LOWEST BUDGETED CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH THE THIRD HIGHEST POPULATION FOR PALM BEACH COUNT A. WE ALSO HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF ATTORNEYS RIGHT NOW WITH THREE. SO WHICH WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE OTHER ONES RIGHT NOW YOU'RE REALLY DEALING WITH TWO. BUT OUR BUDGET AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW IS ONLY .9% OF THE OVERALL GENERAL BUDGET. BUT OUR BU OFFICE PROVIDES LEGAL SERVICES TO OUR ENTIRE CITY SO YOU REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE BUDGET COMPARED TO THE TOTAL BUDGET AND THAT IS .3% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET OF THE CITIES. I HAVE PULLED THE OVERALL BUDGETS FOR THESE OTHER ENTITIES AND MOST OF THEM ARE BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2%, SO REALISTICALLY, A CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET IS GOING TO BE USUALLY ABOUT 1.5% TO 2% OF THE GENERAL BUDGET. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO START HITTING THAT SWEET SPOT AND GETTING THE MOST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK. >> SHAWNA, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING BUT SAY IT ONE MORE TIME, WHAT IS THE PERCENT OF OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO OUR GENERAL BUDGET TODAY? >> IT IS .9%. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> AND BUT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, BECAUSE WE PROVIDE SO MUCH SERVICE TO PUBLIC UTILITIES AND PUBLIC WORKS, WE REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE OVERALL PERCENTAGE TO THE ENTIRE CITY, TO THE ENTIRE BUDGET AND AT THAT RATE WE ARE .3%. >> THE 1.5 TO 2% IS THAT FOR ALL CITIES? >> FOR EXAMPLE WEST PALM BEACH'S TOTAL BUDGET AND NO, NO, NO, NO. ALAL. >> YOU SAID.NENE-- .9 AND THEN .3. >> IF YOU COMPARE OUR BUDGET TO GENERAL BUDGET WE ARE CLEARLY LESS THAN 1% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL BUDGET BUT WE ARE LESS THAN .3, SO LESS THAN ONE-HALF OF A PERCENT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY'S OVERALL BUDGET AT $285 MILLION. >> AND WHAT IS THAT COMPARED TO THE OVERALL BUDGETS OF THE OTHER CITIES -- >> WELL, STACY GET OUT YOUR CALCULATOR. NO, FOR EXAMPLE, WEST PALM BEACH IS TOTAL, THEIR TOTAL BUDGET IS 711 MILLION WITH A $4.3 BILLION BUDGET. I KNOW THEY ARE A GENERAL FUND SO I DIDN'T RUN THOSE NUMBERS. I CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT IF YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY ARE PAID OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, SO I WAS GOING TO KEEP IT MORE OF A DOLLAR PER DOLLAR COMPARISON. >> AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE WITH REGARD TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, SHAWNA, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS. I DON'T KNOW WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST. LET'S GO TO MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER CRUZ AND THEN WE WILL GO AROUND AGAIN IF NECESSARY. YOUR THOUGHTS, YOUR EVALUATION. >> MM-HMM. THANK YOU, SHAWNA. WE ARE PROUD OF YOU PUTTING TOGETHER A REALLY DYNAMIC TEAM TO REALLY BUILD OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT BUZZ WHEN WE STARTED -- BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE LEGAL TEAM WE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE NEEDED TO SUCCEEDS AND IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THERE WAS NO OTHER OPTION, RIGHT, SO I THINK YOU HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD AT ACCOMPLISHING THAT GOAL. OF MAKING US HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. I THINK YOU HAVE MADE A GOOD TEAM AND YOU HAVE PUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. ONE THING I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR IS THE PROCUREMENT. I JUST GOT A BIG HUGE BINDER, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A REALLY LONG TIME FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS, AND IT'S LECTY WORK. IT'S VERY -- LENGTHY WORK, IT'S ATTENTION TO DETAIL WORK AND I DEFINITELY WANTED TO COMMEND ALL OF YOU ON THAT. DO YOU GUYS WANT ME TO GO THROUGH -- I MEAN, WE HAD OUR REVIEW ALREADY, BUT I'M GOING TO BE SUBMITTING THIS PAPER TO YOU AS WELL BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH YOU KNOW THE KIND OF THINGS WE DISCUSSED. I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME I CALL YOU OR TEXT YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE AND YOU DO REACH BACK OUT TO ME, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY DILIGENT IN GETTING BACK TO ANY LEGAL QUESTIONS I HAVE AND FINDING OUT OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THOSE ANSWERS, YOU KNOW, TO ME WHEN IT'S, WHETHER IT'S POLICY RELATED OR IT'S, YOU KNOW, INTERNAL LIKE PROCUREMENT PER SE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, I DEFINITELY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE VERY COMPETENT, AND WE HAVE ONE, NOW MOVING ONTO THE BUDGET SIDE, I GUESS I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OF SHOULD WE INCLUDE AND MAYBE IT'S AN OPINION, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST INCLUDE PALM BEACH COUNTY CITIES WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE COMPARISON OF THE SALARIES AND MAYBE INCLUDING THE COUNTY LIKE WHAT THE COUNTY'S PAYING FOR THEIR ATTORNEYS AS WELL. MAYBE ADDING THE CITY OF GREEN ACRES, CITY OF LAKEWORTH BEACH, LIKE LOCAL AREAS WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WELL. >> YEAH, IF I MAY ADDRESS THAT. SO SOME OF THOSE STILL USE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AND SO IT'S USUALLY THE LARGER CITIES THAT HAVE IN-HOUSE COUNSEL, AND SO THAT'S WHY THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COMPARISON. >> SO FROM THE PALM BEACH COUNTY, THESE ARE THE ONLY CITIES THAT HAVE -- >> NO, I MEAN, WELLINGTON WAS IN THERE, BUT IT WAS WEIRD BECAUSE, AND CATHERINE HELPED COMPILE SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT, BUT THEIR MAKEUP WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE THE WAY THEY WERE PAYING IS NOT THE SAME AS OUR, AND SO I WANTED TO DO A COMPARISON FOR THOSE THAT HAVE ADOPTED A TRUE IN-HOUSE MODEL, AND IN ALL FRANKNESS I DID NOT HAVE THE TIME TO REACH OUT TO THEM. >> GOTCHA. >> TO CLARIFY, BUT YET, YOUR SMALLER CITIES ARE USING LAKEWORTH -- NOT THAT THEY'RE NECESSARILY SMALLER BUT LAKE WORTH, GREEN ACRES, PALM SPRINGS, LAKE CLARK SHORES, THOSE SORT OF CITIES ARE STILL USING THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL MODEL. >> PERFECT AND SO MAYBE ADDING THE COUNTY IN THERE SEEING WHAT THE COUNTY'S PAYING -- IT WOULD BE GOOD, JUST CURIOUS -- YEAH. >> I MEAN IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO US BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THEY GENERALLY ARE GOING TO PAY, YOU KNOW, MORE HANDSOMELY BECAUSE THEIR BUDGET IS MUCH BIGGER. THEY HAVE A LOT MORE ATTORNEYS. BUT I CAN CERTAINLY -- >> IT DEPENDS WHAT KIND OF ATTORNEY LIKE WHAT, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT LEVEL MANAGEMENT IT WOULD BE AT DIFFERENT AREAS. >> ABSOLUTELY I CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. BUT YEAH I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU POSITIVE FEEDBACK. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING COLLABORATIVE AND FOR COMMUNICATING WELL AND YOU KNOW, FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS WHEN I DO HAVE QUESTIONS, AND YEP, I MEAN I HAVE MY NOTES HERE. THEY CAN REVIEW LATER, BUT I THINK THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS, AND I GUESS THE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS WHEN WE THINK ABOUT, YOU COME FROM THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH, DO THEY HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR LIKE RISK MANAGEMENT THINGS BECAUSE I KNOW LOOKING AT PAST BUDGETS, RISK MANAGEMENT IS LIKE A HUGE BUDGET EATER, RIGHT? SO AND SOME OF THAT INCLUDES OUTSIDE COUNSEL. SO DO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN -- >> SO I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS A LITIGATION ATTORNEY FOR WEST WEST PALM BEACH, SO GENERALLY NO. THEY HAVE TWO SECTIONS, YOU CAN SEE WEST PALM HAS TWO ATTORNEYS, RIGHT? AND THOSE ATTORNEYS DO INCLUDE LIKE THEY HAVE AN ETHICS ATTORNEY WHO ONLY WORKS ONE DAY A WEEK. SO HE'S A PART-TIME EMPLOYEE. BUT THEY HAVE TRANSACACTIONAL LAWYERS AND THEN THEY HAVE A LIABILITY MODEL. SO WHAT THAT DOES, AND THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN TALK ABOUT OVER TIME, IS WHETHER THERE IS A GOAL TO BRING OUT IN-HOUSE YOUR LIABILITY ATTORNEYS. SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO PAY OUTSIDE COUNSEL. THAT WOULD CHANGE YOUR MODEL IN THE WAY YOU PAY FOR INSURANCE IF YOU ARE EATING THOSE COSTS, YOU WOULD CERTAINLY WANT TO CHANGE SOME CERTAIN THINGS WHICH WE COULD TALK ABOUT IN PERSON. I FIND THAT -- >> IT'S A BIG UNDERTAKING. >> NO, I THINK THAT THE COST SAVINGS WOULD BE THERE. BECAUSE YOU'RE, WHAT YOU DO AS AN OUTSIDE LAWYER AND WHAT YOU DO AS AN IN-HOUSE LAWYER BECAUSE I'VE BEEN BOTH IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT. HOWEVER, OVERALL, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO -- YOUR BUDGET WOULD GO UP A LOT MORE THAN WHAT IT IS, EVEN WHAT IT MAY BE NEXT YEAR. BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE COMMISSION WANTS TO GO LONG-TERM AND IF THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANT TO UNDERTAKE AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET MAYBE NEXT YEAR SOMETHING CERTAINLY WE CAN TALK ABOUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO. I COULD CERTAINLY GET A COMPARISON BETWEEN WHAT WE PAID LAST YEAR IN OUTSIDE COUNSEL EXPENSES FOR THOSE TORT CLAIMS, PERSONAL INJURY AND STUFF LIKE THAT COMPARED TO WHAT WE THINK A BUDGETED ONE OR TWO ATTORNEYS WOULD BE FOR OUR OFFICE. >> THANK YOU, YEAH, I WASN'T, I WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE A CHANGE OF THAT NATURE. I WAS JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE WHEN WE COMPARE BUDGETS I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. SO IF WE'RE SAYING THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH HAS 12 ATTORNEYS PER SE AND WE HAVE RISK MANAGEMENT THAT YOU KNOW IS WITHIN A BUDGET WHERE WE HAVE OUTSIDE COUNSEL, WE MIGHT, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE INCLUDE THE COST OF ALL OUTSIDE COUNSEL IN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET BECAUSE IN FACT IT IS, YOU KNOW, LEGAL SERVICES BEING PROCURED WITHIN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. >> SO THIS 1.7 MILLION DOES INCLUDE THE COST OFI OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL. I DON'T KNOW -- OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW WHEN YOU HAVE A LIABILITY CASE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE CITY IS HAVING TO PAY $100,000 BEFORE YOUR INSURANCE DOLLARS KICKS IN. THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT YOUR, THOSE DOLLARS YOU'RE SPENDING ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL ARE ACTUALLY GOING TOWARDS YOUR DEDUCTIBLE. BEFORE THAT INSURANCE KICKS IN. SO WHEN I'M SUGGESTING A DIFFERENT MODEL, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IS WHAT YOUR DEDUCTIBLE WOULD BE BECAUSE YOU WOULD EAT THOSE COSTS IN HOUSE AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T APPLY TOWARDS YOUR DEDUCTIBLE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES SENSE. SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT MODEL, AND IT'S NOT A TRUE COMPARISON. I THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO LOOK MORE TOWARDS BOCA, DEL RAY, AND I KNOW COCONUT CREEK ISN'T IN BUT IT'S A CITY LIKE OURS. AND SO YES, THEY STILL RELY ON OUTSIDE COUNSEL FOR LITIGATION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. >> OF COURSE. >> AND YEAH THAT'S ALL, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDED THE COST OF ANY OUTSIDE ATTORNEYS INCLUDING RICK MANAGEMENT ATTORNEYS WITHIN THAT BUDGET, WHAT YOU SAID IT WAS INCLUDED IN THERE. >> NOT RISK MANAGEMENT BUT OUTSIDE SO OUR EMPLOYMENT, OUR DEP, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO MEET WITH DEP OR OTHER LITIGATION WE MAY THAT IS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, THIS IS INCLUDE IN OUR BUDGET. >> THANK YOU SO I GUESS IN THE FUTURE WE CAN LOOK AT INCLUDING THE RISK MANAGEMENT IN THERE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE LIKE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF IT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS I THINK YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB I THINK YOU HAVE WRR PUT TOGETHER A REALLY GREAT TEAM AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR NOW. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER CRUZ AND JUST FOR EVERYONE'S CLARIFICATION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHAT WAS THE OVERALL IMPRESSION SCORE THAT YOU PROVIDED SO WE CAN HAVE SOME CLARITY. DID YOU PROVIDE THAT? >> YES, I I PUT MAJORITY EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS AND THEN SOME OF THEM ARE MEET EXPECTATIONS SO VERY GOOD SCORES. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT,SARY GOOD. VICE MAYOR. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, SHAWNA. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE STARTED DOWN THIS ROAD, YOU KNOW, I WAS, WE WEREN'T, ONE OF MY MAIN POINTS WAS IF WE'RE GOING DOWN THIS ROAD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SUPPORT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO THAT THEY SUCCEED. AND I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED WITH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO IN JUST SIX MONTHS. LYNN I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THE ANONYMOUS SURVEY. ONE THING THAT THEY DID WAS THEY REACHED OUT TO EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY AND WE GET TO EVALUATE HER BUT REALLY WHAT I LOOKED AT WAS WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS FROM YOUR STAFF THAT WORKS WITH THE DEPARTMENT EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY IS KEY YOU KNOW SOME OF THE -- I'M GOING T TO GO THROUGH QUICK BECAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR. PRIOR ATTORNEY SERVICE WAS NONEXISTENT. GREATLY IMPROVED. COMMUNICATION IS GREATLY IMPROVED. THEY'RE ACCESSIBLE. THEY'RE QUICK TO RESPOND. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW I BELIEVE IT WAS, I KNOW IT WAS COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND ALSO COMMISSIONER CRUZ WAS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CITY ATTORNEY ACCESSIBLE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SHOWN UP AND HAD A LEGAL QUESTION AND WE'RE LIKE OH, HANDED A CELL PHONE NUMBER. HERE'S WHO TO CALL OR WHATEVER. SO TO BE ABLE TO WALK INTO YOUR OFFICES AND SPEAK TO YOU OR GET YOU ON THE PHONE IS SO IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS MORE RESPONSIVE. IMPROVED SUBSTANTIALLY IN RESPONSIVENESS, AVAILABLE, AND PROVIDING DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE. YOU KNOW, THAT IS ONE THING IN SPEAKING TO DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND STAFF IS REALLY FEELING LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS EVERYONE'S BACK. AND THAT YOU'RE NOT JUST HERE TO RUBBER STAMP A DOCUMENT AND PUSH IT THROUGH. AND THAT'S SUPER IMPORTANT THAT THE COMMISSION REALIZES THAT BUT THAT STAFF REALIZES THAT TOO. YOU KNOW, ONE, ONE, THERE WAS -- NO NEGATIVES, MAYBE ONE, AND THE, THE WAY IT WAS WORDED MADE IT SOUND ALMOST POSITIVE BUT IT SAYS, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT JUST SO THAT IT'S CLEAR, IT SAYS THE TIME IT TAKES FOR THINGS TO GET RETURNED HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT'S POSITIVE, BECAUSE YOU'RE USING POSITIVE WORDS, BUT IT'S NEGATIVE, AND THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OUT IS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO CITY STAFF THAT WITH NOW HAVING A CITY ATTORNEY ON SITE, AND THERE BEING THOROUGH AND THEY'RE REALLY WATCHING WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE CITY, THINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE LONGER. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO RUBBER STAMP THINGS. THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO PUSH YOUR STUFF THROUGH. IF YOU'RE UP AGAINST DEADLINES, YOU NEED TO VOICE THAT. YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND SAY HEY, I'VE GOT -- SORRY THIS SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS, AND I NEED IT QUICK. BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT COMMUNICATION. I MEAN, THAT IS KEY TO MAKING EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL, AND SO YOU KNOW, THE ANONYMOUS SURVEYS ARE GREAT, BECAUSE I THINK WE TRULY GET THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, BECAUSE NOBODY'S AFRAID TO SAY IT. AND I'M, SUPER EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE DID THIS FOR IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMEBODY ON SITE, AND BUT, THEN WHEN YOU HAVE ISSUES, AND YOU HAVE NEGATIVE -- YOU'RE REALLY, JUST IMPLORE THAT WHOEVER IS, IS HAVING A PROBLEM COMMUNICATING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT YOU REALLY  SIT DOWN WITH THEM AND GO OVER WHAT THE ISSUES ARE THAT YOU'RE HAVING BECAUSE YOU'RE ONE OF THE FEW BECAUSE REALLY THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS IS IMPRESSIVE. A SO THANK YOU SHAWNA FOR TAKING THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND RUNNING WITH THIS. THANK YOU, STACY, YOU HAVE BEEN AN AMAZING ADDITION, AND TO YOUR STAFF, I HAVEN'T MET THEM YET, I'M EXCITED TO BUT I KNOW THAT, THEY ARE REALLY TRULY HERE FOR THE CITY SO THANK YOU. I WENT INFORMALLY THROUGH MY SURVEY OR MY REVIEW, AND IT WAS ABOUT A 4.5, I THINK WE ALL HAVE -- YOU KNOW, AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT, ALWAYS. WHERE NOBODY IS PERFECT. I KNOW I DO TOO. AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAME IN, THERE WAS SOME THINGS YOU'RE REALLY STRONG AT AND THINGS YOU WERE NOT SO STRONG AT AND THEN YOU BROUGHT STACY AND SHE, SHE KIND OF FILLS SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND VICE VERSA. SO, SO THAT'S MY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, AND I AM, I SUPPORT, I KNOW THAT WE WERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO TALK ABOUT WAS SUPPORTING ANY PAY INCREASE, AND I WOULD SUPPORT 5% AT THIS TIME GOING FORWARD. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. LET'S TURN NOW TO COMMISSIONER HAY FOR YOUR EVALUATION. >> WELL, A LOT OF A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND I'M SATISFIED WITH THE PROGRESS THUS FAR. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY WITH THE TIMELY MANNER OF YOU GETTING BACK WITH ME ON ISSUES THAT I'VE ASKED YOU THAT'S A BIGGIE WITH ME. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT OTHER BUDGETS FROM CITIES JUST FOR MY OWN SATISFACTION AND SO I CAN COMPARE THOSE NUMBERS THAT YOU'VE GIVEN. I THINK YOU SAID WE'RE RUNNING SOMEWHERE AROUND .9. >> IF YOU CAN -- YEAH, IF YOU COMPARE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET TO THE, THE GENERAL BUDGET. THAT IS CORRECT. I CAN PROVIDE YOU THE OTHER BUDGETS AS WELL? >> DID YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE SIZE OF OUR BUDGET COMPARED TO THOSE CITIES THAT YOU PICKED OUT? >> YES, I DID, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, WEST PALM IS 1.77. THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET IS COMPARED TO THEIR OVERALL BUDGET. ONE IS 1.3%, SO THEY'RE ALL ABOVE 1% OF THE OVERALL GENERAL BUDGET. >> OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE OUTSIDE COUNSEL PIECE OF IT IN THERE. SO I'LL BE TALKING WITH YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I STILL DON'T FEEL LIKE I WANT TO FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT THIS. I KNOW THAT THE PREVIOUS LEGAL DIDN'T HAVE, WE DIDN'T HAVE AN IN-HOUSE MATTER. WE HAVE THAT, BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FOR WHAT THAT NUMBER WAS FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, DID THE LEGAL GET PAID MORE OR LESS FROM THE PERCENTAGE STANDPOINT THAT YOU QUOTED US TONIGHT? >> WELL, YOUR BUDGET PREVIOUSLY FOR, AND I CAN BRING IT UP HERE BUT YOUR BUDGET PREVIOUSLY JUST 22-23, WHICH EVERYTHING BEING OUTSIDE COUNSEL WAS 1.68 MILLION. BUT WHAT YOU WERE GETTING FROM THAT IS ONLY 160 HOURS PER MONTH OF LEGAL SERVICES AT $1.68 MILLION. >> I'LL COME BACK. LET HIM FINISH, I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. >> OKAY. >> WHAT ARE THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF STAFF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE YOURSELF PLUS THREE OTHERS. I JUST MET STACY A LITTLE BIT AND AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH HER AND AND WITH YOU. THAT'S NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOU. I HAVEN'T MET THE OTHER TWO YET, BUT I WILL BE GETTING, BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING OTHERS TO YOUR STAFF. WHAT WOULD BE THE OPTIMUM NUMBER IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE WHAT YOU WANTED. >> SO WITH THE CURRENT MODEL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE DO HAVE A POSITION OUT FOR A SENIOR CITY ATTORNEY, AND THAT IS CURRENTLY POSTED. THAT'S WHAT THIS BUDGET, THE $1.07 MILLION REFLECTS ANOTHER FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT POSITION. WE HAVE PLANNED FOR AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IS BRINGING ON WHAT I WOULD CALL A YOUNG LAWYER, RIGHT, THIS IS SOMEONE -- >> A YOUNG LAWYER. >> I WOULD ACTUALLY CALL THEM A BABY LAWYER BUT I DON'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE. SO. >> A TRAINEE? >> THIS IS A ONE OR TWO-YEAR LAWYER THAT'S GOING TO COME IN THAT I HOPE THAT TO LEAVE YOU WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN GROW YOUR OFFICE AFTER ME. RIGHT? TO START BRINGING IN THOSE LAWYERS WHO CAN REALLY LEARN THE CITY AND COME FROM THE GROUND UP WITH THE CITY. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THAT AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE, IT'S NOT A PARALEGAL. IT'S A LEGAL ASSISTANT. SO IT'S NOT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY DOING PARALEGAL TYPE WORK. THEY'RE DOING MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE WORK. AND THAT'S WHAT THE BUDGET IS FOR NEXT YEAR. I CAN TELL YOU ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN MEETING WITH YOUR POLICE CHIEF IS I REALLY THINK THE CITY WOULD BENEFIT FROM AN IN-HOUSE POLICE LEGAL ADVISOR. YOUR BIGGEST LIABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD IN ANY CITY IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, YOUR POLICE AND FIRE. AND I THINK IF WE COULD BRING IN A POLICE LEGAL ADVISOR WHO IS GOING TO DO TRAINING, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT UP IS FIRST AMENDMENT TRAINING. THIS IS A PERSON WHO IS GOING TO COME TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR BRIEFINGS AND GO, THIS IS HOW WE DEAL WITH CERTAIN ISSUES. THIS IS WHAT THE SUPREME COURT HAS NOW SAID, RIGHT? SO WE'RE IDENTIFYING THOSE ISSUES, AND BEING THERE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO A POLICE OFFICER CAN CALL AND GO, I'M ON THIS CALL, CAN I ARREST THIS PERSON. SO THAT WE'RE AVOIDING THOSE POTENTIAL DOWNFALLS AND THOSE REALLY, REALLY COSTLY LAWSUITS, RIGHT? THE ONES THAT END UP IN FEDERAL COURT WHERE THERE IS NO CAP. THAT IS EXPENSIVE. SO THAT IS ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE RECEIVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT -- WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BRINGING ON AS WELL SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF -- [COUNTING] SIX ATTORNEYS. >> SIX. >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER. LET ME FINISH UP. >> OKAY. >> SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. >> I'M SORRY,. >> HERE TONIGHT. >> COMMISSIONER HAY, I APOLOGIZE, I MISSPOKE, THAT WOULD BE FIVE ATTORNEYS. >> OH, OKAY. >> I MISSPOKE. >> OKAY. INCLUDING STACY AND I. SO A TOTAL OF FIVE ATTORNEYS WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE IF WE EXCLUDE WEST PALM BEACH, IS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, SIMILARLY SITUATED CITIES ARE. >> SO ANOTHER QUESTION. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR HERE TONIGHT IS BASICALLY TO GIVE YOU MY OVERALL NUMBER, MY RECOMMENDATION FOR SALARY. BEFORE I GIVE YOU THAT, WE ARE ON A TRACK RECORD HERE OF GIVING OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF AND CITY MANAGERS INCREASES PRETTY CLOSE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, AT A CERTAIN TIME OF THE YEAR. WE BUMP YOU NOW,  ARE YOU GOING TO BE COMING BACK AT THAT TIME LOOKING FOR ANOTHER BUMP IN SALARY? >> SO THE WAY MY CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN IS IT WAS AT THE SIX-MONTH MARK AND THEN ANNUALLY THEREAFTER. SO IT WOULD BE THE WAY MY CONTRACT IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN UNLESS YOU GUYS DECIDE TO CHANGE THAT, IT WOULD BE NOW AND THEN A YEAR FROM NOW. IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> OKAY. WELL, AFTER CRUNCHING ALL OF THE STATEMENTS AND STUFF, I CAME OUT WITH A 4.0. I SEE IMPROVEMENTS. YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS THAT I BROUGHT UP. SO I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM BUMPING AT 5%. THAT'S IT FOR ME, MAYOR. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> DID COMMISSIONER -- DID SHE HAVE A QUESTION. >> MAYOR: I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE DAS A SECOND ROUND -- DAIS A SECOND ROUND. >> OKAY. ONE FOR ME. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. THAT'S A JOKE. STRIKE THAT, PLEASE. SO SHAWNA, YOU'RE GREAT, STACY, YOU MAKE SHAWNA LOOK REAL GOOD. AND SO DOES YOUR TEAM. AND SO YOU KNOW THEY MAKE YOU SHINE AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE WHILE WE'RE THANKING YOU AND GIVING YOU CREDIT THAT WE'RE THANKING, AND GIVING CREDIT TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM. SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT. IT'S VERY MONOTONOUS, IT'S VERY TEDIOUS. I HAD A LONG BRIEF WITH STACY YESTERDAY FOR LIKE TWO HOURS AND I THINK SHE KNEW AND WAS GETTING ZONED OUT AND WE HAD TO RECOUP YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN AND GOD BLESS YOU VICE MAYOR KELLEY FOR WHAT YOU DO. YOU KNOW, IT'S A TOUGH JOB, AND YOU'VE GOT TO LOVE IT, RIGHT, AND I KEPT, YOU KNOW, I KEPT HEARING THE WORD FEEL, RIGHT? AS MY COLLEAGUES WENT AROUND AND YOU KNOW FOR ME, I FEEL THAT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. I'VE SEEN THAT YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB. AND SO WHEN I TAKE THE FEEL OUT OF IT AND I LOOK AT THIS OBJECTIVELY IT WAS STATED LOOKING AT APPLES TO APPLES AND LOOKING AT THE CITIES SO AS MY COLLEAGUES WERE SPEAKING I WAS LOOKING AT SOME OF THE CITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY LOOKS LIKE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE ACTUALLY UTILIZING FIRMS FOR THEIR LEGAL COUNSEL. SOME OF THE CITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED YOU KNOW CITY OF BELLE GLADE, CITY OF GREEN ACRES, JUNEAU BEACH, LAKE WORTH BEACH, LOXAHATCHEE GROVES, NORTH PALM BEACH, OCEAN RIDGE, PALM RIDGE, YOU DO HAVE WELLINGTON ON THERE AS A SECONDARY AS WELL AS A CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT APPLES TO APPLES, I THINK THE PRESENTATION OBJECTIVELY SHOWS THAT YOU ARE COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. LOOKING AT WEST PALM BEACH, I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A ONE OFF. I WOULDN'T NECESSARILY COMPARE US TOO CLOSE TO THAT WHEN RECOMMENDING ANY TYPE OF INCREASE, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION BUT I THINK IF YOU LOOK YOU KNOW FROM WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER, CLOSE BY, AROUND US, DEL RAY IS THE CITY TO THE SOUTH BOCA RATON IS JUST NEXT DOOR TO DEL RAY, AND YOU KNOW, I SEE COCONUT CREEK THAT'S BROWARD COUNTY, SO I DO THINK THAT YOU KNOW YOU ARE AT THE LOWER END AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE DONE A GREAT JOB AND ONE THING THAT I LEARNED IN CORPORATE MANAGEMENT AND MANAGING, YOU KNOW, LEADERS, YOU KNOW THAT LEAD PEOPLE, AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, IS THEY NEED TO FEEL VALUED. RIGHT AND THAT'S HOW YOU CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERCENTAGE AND 5%, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A $10,000, $250,000 -- $10,250 ROUGHLY, RIGHT? IS THAT WORTH TO MAKE OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S TEAM FEEL VALUED TO CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING? BECAUSE ONE THING THAT THAT I'VE LEARNED IN LARGE ORGANIZATIONS IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE DON'T FEEL VALUED YOU CREATE TURNOVER, YOU CREATE A CULTURE OF I'M WORKING SO HARD I'M DOING EVERYTHING I'M ASKED TO DO YET I DON'T FEEL VALUED, AND SOMETIMES THAT COMES WITH COMPENSATION, SOMETIMES THAT COMES WITH BENEFITS, BUT I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY THAT COMES WITH CULTURE, THAT COMES WITH BUILDING A TEAM AND WE ALL DECIDED TO MOVE TO THAT, MOVE TO AN IN-HOUSE CITY ATTORNEY MODEL, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE AS LEADERS ON THIS DAIS IN CHARGE OF THIS BUDGET MAKE SURE THAT WE PROMOTE A CULTURE OF FEELING VALUED. AND SO FOR ME I THINK IT'S NOT AN EVEN A QUESTION TO GRANT A 5% THAT VICE MAYOR KELLEY HAD RECOMMENDED. I DO SHARE THE CONCERN OF EVERY SIX MONTHS. I'M OKAY WITH REVISITING THIS AGAIN AND THEN THEREFORE ANNUALLY. I WOULDN'T BE IN FAVOR OF EVERY 6 MONTHS. I WANT TO KEEP THE ACROSS THE BOARD BUT YOUR CONTRACT DOES STATE THAT AND FOR ME 5% I THINK THAT'S A NO-BRAINER IT'S A DROP IN THE BUCKET TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF WHAT THIS COMMISSION'S DONE IN ESTABLISHING AN IN-HOUSE CITY ATTORNEY TO SAVE THIS CITY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE FUTURE SOEWITH THAT BEING SAID, HONEST ANSWER, 4.5, THERE IS ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND SO YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD VICE MAYOR KELLEY MENTION IT, WOOD ROW HAY OR COMMISSIONER WOODROW YOU'VE MENTIONED IT AND SO YOU KNOW, I'LL BE THAT THIRD TO AGREE, I THINK YOU DO DESERVE THAT 5% INCREASE. >> MAYO. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. I KNOW COMMISSIONER CRUZ YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP EARLIER. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? >> JUST VERY BRIEFLY. >> MAYOR: SURE, GO AHEAD. >> SO WHAT I'M SAYING APPLES TO APPLES, I'M SAYING THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH INCLUDES ATTORNEYS THAT DO RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN THEIR BUDGET AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE $4.3 MILLION BUDGET WITH 12. >> RISK MANAGEMENT IS NOT IN THEIR BUDGET. >> SO BUT YOU'RE SAYING THEY HAVE LITIGATION ATTORNEYS, WHICH HANDLE THE RISK MANAGEMENT ASPECT. >> CORRECT, I COULD GO THROUGH AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE PAYING, SAY A TRANSACTIONAL LAWYER. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME LIABILITY ATTORNEYS BECAUSE WE DO FORECLOSURES, WE DO FORFEITURES, WE DO MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLATIONS, SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME LITIGATION. BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE -- AND WE DO EMPLOYMENT MATTERS, SO WE -- THE ONLY THING WE WILL NOT BE DOING IS YOUR STANDARD TRIP AND FALL AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT CASE. >> GOT IT. PERFECT. SO THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO ADD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THE COST OF ALL LEGAL SERVICES LIKI LIKE AS WE GO FORWARD INCLUDING THE COST OF ALL LEGAL SERVICES INCLUDING WHAT WE PAY FOR ANY, LIKE INCLUDING RISK MANAGEMENT BECAUSE I REMEMBER SEEING LAST YEAR'S BUDGET I THINK IF I, I DON'T WANT TO THROW THE NUMBER OUT, INCORRECTLY, BUT I THINK IT WAS CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS, IN ATTORNEY FEES FOR RISK MANAGEMENT. SO THAT CHANGES THINGS A LOT, SO THAT WE ARE AGAIN COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES. YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE'RE TA SAYING THE CITY WEST PALM BEACH THEY HAVE ATTORNEYS THAT REPRESENT THE CITY ON BEHALF WHEN THEY'RE BEING SUED FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DURING YOUR INTERVIEW AND SUCH THAT'S SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE BECAUSE IT'S RELEVANT AND BECAUSE IT'S, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I CAN'T QUOTE FOR SURE, I BELIEVE IT WAS $1 MILLION THAT WE SPENT ON RISK MANAGEMENT LEGAL SERVICES, LAST YEAR BEFORE EVEN GETTING A CITY ATTORNEY, AND I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE STILL SPENDING THAT MONEY BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION AS WE GO FORWARD TO LOOK AT WHAT THE LEGAL BUDGET IS AND WHAT THE PERCENTAGE IS YOU KNOW, FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER HAY, YOU HAD A QUESTION AS WELL? >> YEAH, JUST A POINT OF CLARITY, SHAWNA. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY ACCORDING TO YOUR, THE WAY YOUR CONTRACT IS WRITTEN, THAT IF WE WERE TO BUMP YOU IN SALARY NOW, THEN IT WOULD GO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS FROM THAT POINT ON? >> CORRECT. SO IT WOULD BE ONE YEAR FROM NOW. >> SO IT WOULD NOT BE ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. FINALLY MY TURN. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD SO MANY POSITIVE THINGS, AND YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO FIRST BEGIN BY SAYING I HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE KNOW THAT I ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE TO GIVE COMPLIMENTS, AND I THINK WHEN YOU REACH A CERTAIN LEVEL, WE DON'T NEED THAT PAT ON THE BACK ANYMORE THAT REQUIRES A CERTAIN DEGREE OF SECURITY, RIGHT, A CERTAIN DEGREE OF WHATEVER THE RIGHT WORD MAY BE IN YOURSELF CONFIDENCE, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED BY THE WORK THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DONE IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE B BEEN HIGHLY COMMUNICATIVE, YOU HAVE BEEN OPEN AND CONSISTENT, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE. ALL THESE THINGS WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN ACCESSIBLE AND THAT HAS BEEN A GODSEND TO OUR STAFF IN MOVING THINGS FORWARD AND IDENTIFYING THINGS THAT THEY'VE NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT, RIGHT, THINGS TO ASK AND TALK ABOUT THAT THEY HAVE NEVER, EVER HAD TO CONSIDER. BUT I THINK WHAT REALLY PUSHED ME OVER THE EDGE, AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M IMPRESSED BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THOSE THINGS THAT I WOULD EXPECT. YOU BEING OPEN, RESPONSE. IF YOU WEREN'T AT LEAST THAT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE, RIGHT? BUT YOU HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU BUILT A TEAM, RIGHT? PHENOMENAL GROUP HERE FROM STACY TO RIS AND SIGRID AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT MORE YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT. BUT YOU HAVE ALSO STARTED ALONG WITH YOUR TEAM PUTTING IN PLACE PROCEDURES AND POLICIES TO MAKE THIS CITY BETTER. RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE BEHIND THE SCENES, LET'S CALL THEM MI MECHANICS, VERY NICE WAY OF PUTTING IT AND OH, MY GOODNESS, WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR IDENTIFYING IT AND RESPONDING TO IT AND YOU'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB DOING THAT. YOU KNOW, I THINK SIX MONTHS REALLY ISN'T ENOUGH TIME. THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU CAN SEE IN THAT TIME, AND SO MANY DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. I THINK YOU ARE ALL ABSOLUTELY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. BUT PERSONALLY, I WANT TO COME BACK AND ADDRESS THE PROGRESS OF THE OFFICE SIX MORE MONTHS FROM NOW. IT IS STANDARD PROTOCOL TO EVALUATE AT THE ONE-YEAR POINT. NOW I KNOW WE AGREED AT THE SIX-MONTH MARK PER HER CONTRACT, SO YOU KNOW WE'RE DOING THAT TODAY, BUT FOR MY OWN FEELING AND MY OWN POSITION, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO OBSERVE AND EVALUATE AND REACH THAT ONE-YEAR MARK. SO THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT I SUPPORT A RAISE. THEY ALL SHOULD GET A RAISE. NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT. I PERSONALLY DO NOT WANT TO SET THE PRECEDENT OF GIVING A RAISE AT THE SIX-MONTH POINT. IT'S JUST TOO SOON. BUT ABSOLUTELY YOU ARE DESERVING OF THAT, AND IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE COMFORTABLE I WOULD LOVE TO JUST REVISIT THIS AT THE, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AT HER ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY. SO THAT'S WHERE I STAND. THE TEAM IS DOING A GREAT JOB. KEEP DOING WHAT YOU ARE DOING. BUT THAT IS NOT A PRECEDENT THAT I AM COMFORTABLE WITH SETTING. I DON'T KNOW WHO WAS FIRST. LET'S JUST GO AROUND. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES, I GUESS I WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE WE'RE BUILDING THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW. AS WE'RE ALL DISCUSSING WHETHER WE WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASE FOR YOU, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT AN INCREASE IN SALARY. I DO AGREE ABOUT SETTING A PRECEDENT, SIX MONTHS AHEAD LIKE WOULD OTHER STAFF MEMBERS FEEL, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THEIR INCREASES WITHIN THE SIX MONTH TIME FRAME BUT RATHER WITHIN THE YEAR TIME FRAME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE DID THAT FOR THE CITY MANAGER. I THINK WE WAITED A YEAR FOR YOU I'M NOT SURE I BELIEVE WE DID. >> YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT, IT WAS A ONE-YEAR EVALUATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY OFFICE WAS ESTABLISHED, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD AN IN-HOUSE CITY ATTORNEY SO I THINK THAT, AND I KNOW WE DID THE EVALUATION -- >> NO, THE QUESTION WAS WAS, IT WAS ONE-YEAR. >> IT WAS ONE YEAR, YES. >> SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DO AGREE WITH PROVIDING AN INCREASE. I WOULD SUPPORT I THINK THERE WAS A 5% THAT WAS KIND OF THROWN OUT THERE. I WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASE OF THAT SIZE I JUST WANT TO ASK I KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT THEN YOU HAVE YOUR MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF, SO MY BRAIN GOES TO LOGISTICS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO PROVIDE THAT INCREASE, HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT YOUR STAFF BECAUSE THEN THEY DESERVE A RAISE AS WELL. >> SO, SORRY, I DON'T WANT TO CUT YOU OFF. I APOLOGIZE. >> NO, SO, SO I WAS THINKING AS WE'RE, I GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY A BUDGET QUESTION, WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING SALARY INCREASES TO THE LEGAL STAFF, BECAUSE I WOULD SUPPORT THAT AS WELL, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE WITH THE REMAINING OF STAFF? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE HAVE A DIFFERENT LEGAL DEPARTMENT PER SE. SO IT KIND OF JUST WANTED TO FIGURE OUT LIKE HOW THAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. >> IF THE, BODY DECIDES TO GIVE A 5% INCREASE HERE AND I KNOW THE MAYOR HAD SPOKE ABOUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO SET THE PRECEDENT, BUT THOSE EMPLOYEES WOULD GET THEIR SUBSEQUENT PAY, ANNUAL PAY RAISES IN OCTOBER, I'VE ALREADY BUDGETED FOR THOSE BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY OBVIOUSLY WOULD NOT. SO THAT WOULD BE DONE IN OCTOBER. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE PAY RAISES BUDGETED, CORRECT. >> OKAY. OKAY. SO THEY WOULD GET THE PAY INCREASES AT THE SAME TIME OF ALL STAFF MEMBERS? >> CORRECT. >> CORRECT, THEY'RE CONSIDERED REGULAR -- EMPLOYEES UNDER DAN. >> GOT IT, OKAY. YEP. SO MY THOUGHT IS LIKE IF WE CAN JUST GIVE EVERYBODY THEIR INCREASE AT THE SAME TIME AS WE GO IN WITH THE BUDGET, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REASONABLE BECAUSE WE'RE TREATING EVERYONE EQUALLY. YOU KNOW, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF, SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH AN ARRANGEMENT  OF THAT SORT BUT I DO SAY I WOULD SUPPORT AN INCREASE FOR YOU AS WELL AS YOUR LEGAL STAFF. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I SEEM TO REMEMBER, AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I SEEM TO REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF HIRING YOU, SHAWNA, THAT THERE WAS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PAY AND WE WEREN'T COMFORTABLE WITH IT BEING SO HIGH IF WE DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WERE GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND WE SET THIS UP ON PURPOSE. THIS WAY. WE WANTED TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING WORKED IP IN SIX MONTHS THE THEN WE WOULD TALK ABOUT GIVING YOU AN INCREASE AT THAT TIME THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU ASKED FOR MAYBE MORE. WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT PRICES, WE TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT SALARIES. AND SO I REMEMBER IT BEING THIS WAS SET UP THIS WAY ON PURPOSE FOR THIS REASON SO THAT WE COULD EVALUATE HOW THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS DOING, HOW YOU WERE DOING, AND THEN EVALUATE IT. AGREE WITH THE MAYOR IN THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A PRECEDENT. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO START WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SIX-MONTH PAY RAISES. THIS WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL IN THIS INSTANCE BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH. AND IT WAS SOMETHING WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW IT WAS GOING TO WORK AND WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. AND SO THAT'S WHY I AM IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING YOUR PAY AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED SEVEN MONTHS AGO WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU ON. AND SO GOING FORWARD THOUGH, YOU WILL BE AT AN ANNUAL EVALUATION AND EVALUATION OF YOUR SALARY AT THAT TIME, BUT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS SPECIFIC AND THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION OF IT. I COULD BE THINKING OF A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MEETING AND A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CITY, BUT THAT WAS MY RECOLLECTION OF IT AND THIS WAS SET UP FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE. SO THAT'S B WHY I AM SUPPORTIVE OF A PAY INCREASE AT THIS TIME AND THEN MOVING FORWARD, IT WOULD BE ANNUAL, AND ON THE RECORD, EVERYONE ELSE IS' EVALUATIONS AND RAISES AND INCREASES ARE UP TO THEIR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WILL BE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR HOWEVER THE DEPARTMENT HEADS SHOULD THE CITY MANAGER SETS IT UP, BUT THAT'S MY POSITION ON THAT AND THAT'S MY REB LECTION OF THAT. >> MAYOR: -- RECOLLECTION OF THAT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE HAYER. SO WE HAVE COMMISSIONER CRUZ SAYING SAME TIME AS EVERYONE ELSE, RIGHT? MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT. WE HAVE VICE MAYOR SAYING RIGHT NOW LET'S CONTINUE AROUND THE DAIS. >> THANK YOU. THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT I WAS ASKING EARLIER WHEN I WAS ASKING MY QUESTIONS. YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE FOR TONIGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN EVALUATION. AND SEE HOW YOU WERE DOING. BUT THEN I GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT I HEARD THE 5% OVER HERE AND I, I THOUGHT OKAY, I'LL GO ALONG WITH THAT. BUT BASICALLY THAT'S WHY I ASKED YOU THE QUESTION ABOUT YOUR CONTRACT. HOW IT WAS WRITTEN. >> RIGHT. >> I ALSO REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION AND WE SET THIS UP PURPOSEFULLY FOR THIS TIME. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO WORK OUT. OKAY. AND SO LET ME FINISH. SO SEE I LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY GETTING INCREASE AT THE SAME TIME. WHETHER THAT BE OCTOBER OR WHATEVER THE TIME FRAME IS. IT'S OCTOBER, RIGHT? OKAY. AND IF WE GO WITH THIS NOW, THEN ARE WE SAYING A YEAR FROM NOW IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE MAY FOR YOU BUT OCTOBER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. >> IT I UNDERSTAND ON HOWEVER YOU WANT THE CONTRACT TO READ. AND IF I CAN SPEAK CANDIDLY, SO I CAME IN AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE SALARY, SCALE OF WHAT YOU HAD SET UP FOR CITY ATTORNEYS, AND I DO HAVE 26 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND SO I WANTED AN AUTOMATIC INCREASE AT 5%. BECAUSE I WASN'T, I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE BUT YOU KNOW, CANDIDLY, I WANTED THE ADDITIONAL 5%. >> I UNDERSTAND ALL OF THAT. >> SO WHAT THE COMMISSION ASKED, WHICH IN ALL FAIRNESS WAS WELL LET'S DO A REVIEW AT THAT TIME TO DETERMINE BUT IN THE COMMISSION WANTS TO WAIT UNTIL OCTOBER, I RESPECT THAT AND THAT'S FINE AS WELL. I'LL DO WHATEVER THE COMMISSION DECIDES. >> I HEAR YOU. HERE'S WHERE I AM. I HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH DOING THE 5% NOW. OKAY? AND THEN WE TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT YOU IN SIX MONTHS REALIZING THAT IT MAY NOT BE 5% THEN. IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE TO GET YOU IN LINE WITH WHERE WE THINK YOU NEED TO BE ACCORDING TO YOUR PERFORMANCE. AND THEN FROM THAT POINT ON, YOU'LL BE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. I'LL BE WILLING TO GO ALONG WITH THAT. BUT AS FAR AS WHAT WE DISCUSS UP HERE, I SPECIFICALLY REMEMBER WE SET THIS UP FOR SUCH AS TIME AS THIS. THAT'S WHY I STILL SUPPORT A 5% TO YOU RIGHT NOW, AND TO GET YOU ON TRACK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. REALIZING YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET THE BIG INCREASE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AN ANNUAL CYCLE FROM THAT POINT ON. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU SAID. YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THE 5% RAISE NOW. >> NOW, YES. >> MAYOR: HOWEVER, YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVISIT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW . >> YES. >> MAYOR: SO THAT'S TWO SEPARATE EVALUATIONS AT TWO SIX-MONTH INCREMENTS. >> THAT'S IN ORDER TO GET HER ON TRACK WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. WITH THAT NEXT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. OKAY. >> SO THIS IS A DIFFERENT SETUP FROM WHAT I HEARD BEFORE. >> I LIKE THAT, THAT'S GOOD. CAN I GO? >> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND, YES, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. THAT WAS YOUR INTENTION. >> YES, THAT IT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. OKAY SO 5% NOW AND THEN YOU'RE RECOMMENDING A SECOND EVALUATION, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AT WHICH POINT YOU CAN MAKE THAT DECISION. >> WE DECIDE WHAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE. >> IT MAY BE -- >> IT MAY BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. >> HMM. >> MAYOR: THAT WOULD BE TWO RAISES,. >> IT MAY NOT BE A RAISE. >> MAYOR: IT MAY NOT BE A RAISE. >> IT MAY NOT BE A RAISE. >> MAYOR: OKAY . >> BUT IF YOU RECALL, SHE CAME IN AT THE BOTTOM, I REMEMBER THAT, OKAY, AND WE SET THIS UP SO THAT WE COULD LOOK AT HER AT THE 6 MONTHS. SEE WHAT TYPE OF JOB SHE WAS DOING. THAT'S WHY I STILL SUPPORT I THINK THE VICE MAYOR WAS BASICALLY SAYING THE SAME THING. >> YES. >> 5% NOW. WHAT I'M EXTENDING THAT TO SAY IN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK A HER FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING HER ON TRACK FROM THAT POINT ON. >> O. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, YOUR THOUGHTS. >> I SEE THE HR DIRECTOR HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF --  -- >> I JUST WANTED TO FOR CLARITY'S SAKE AS I HEAR ALL OF YOU IS THAT IF YOU DO THE 5% NOW, AND WE WANT TO GET EVERYBODY ELSE IN LINE WITH EVERYONE ELSE UNDER THE CITY MANAGER, THEN IT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1st. YOU SEE WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY BECAUSE IF YOU DO SIX MONTHS FROM NOW IT WOULD BE PAST THAT THEN IT WOULD BE OFF. >> CITY ATTORNEY. >> THEY MEAN OCTOBER 1. >> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, OCTOBER 1st. I WASN'T SURE. I DIDN'T HEAR -- YES, THAT THE NEXT EVAL WOULD BE THEN, BECAUSE IF YOU COUNT SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE OFF. IT'S GOING TO BE PAST THAT DATE. >> PAST THE BUDGET CYCLE. >> IF YOU WANT TO ALIGN EVERYTHING AT SOME POINT WITH THAT DATE I DO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION. >> YEP. >> WHATEVER THOSE NUMBERS ARE, MONTHS OF. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. >> BASICALLY. >> MAYOR: I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. >> BASICALLY EVALUATE ME AGAIN WITH THE CITY MANAGER. >> OKAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR: GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HAY, I COMMEND YOU FOR BEING A MAN OF YOUR WORD. YAO IMA MAN OF MY WORD TOO -- I'M A MAN OF MY WORD TOO AND WE SET THIS UP, IT'S UNPRECEDENTED BUT ARE WE DOING HERE? IT'S UNPRECEDENTED. WE BROUGHT IN THE FIRST EVER IN-HOUSE LEGAL COUNSEL TO THIS CITY AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL, AND HER WHOLE TEAM IS SITTING HERE WATCHING IF SHE'S GOING TO FEEL VALUED. RIGHT. THEY MIGHT NOT SAY, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD SUPPORT HER AND SHAWNA'S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO SAY IT. SHE'S GOING TO BE PROFESSIONAL. I CAN TELL. BUT YOU KNOW FOR ME TO SIT SIX MONTHS AGO, SEVEN MONTHS AGO, BRING ON A CITY ATTORNEY, AND SAY HEY, WE'LL REVISIT IN SIX MONTHS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BRINGING IN YOU AT THE LOWEST IN THE COUNTY, AND THEN YOU KNOW, SIT HERE AND HEAR HOW MUCH OF THE AN OUTSTANDING JOB GOING ABOVE EXPECTATIONS, EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS, AND WE'RE MAKING A FUSS ABOUT 5%? I  I MEAN I THINK 5% TO FEEL VALUED AND GETTING BACK ON TRACK LIKE COMMISSIONER HAY MENTIONED IS A GOOD IDEA. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF WHAT LYNN, YOU KNOW, MENTIONED. SO WE DO A REVIEW IN THE OFF-CYCLE. HOW OFTEN DO WE DO BUG AMENDMENTS? WE DO A MIDYEAR BUDGET AMENDMENT. THAT FITS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MY CITY ATTORNEY AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT A 5% PAY INCREASE EFFECTIVE TODAY OR TOMORROW, WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE IS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HEAR FROM EVERYBODY FIRST BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALL OF THAT. BEFORE WE PROCEED THERE, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I AM NOT HEARING DISAGREEMENT ON 5%. THE ONLY DISAGREEMENT IS THE MECHANICS OF HOW IT'S DELIVERED AND WHEN. MAKE SURE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE SUPPORT OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND SHE IS DESERVING OF THE RAISE. THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION. JUST HOW AND WHEN. THAT'S ALL. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: LET'S GO BACK, YES. >> SUPER QUICK. MAYBE IT'S JUST KIND OF A COMPROMISE. BUT I WANT TO HEAR -- MAYBE NOT A REVIEW. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO NECESSARILY A FULL REVIEW IN SIX MONTHS. BUT I WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT. YOU TALKED ABOUT WHERE YOU SEE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GOING. AND I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE PART OF JUST A LEGAL REVIEW OR A LEGAL OVERVIEW IN SIX MONTHS, ANOTHER SIX MONTHS IF YOU THINK THAT YOU'LL HAVE INFORMATION FOR US. BUT TO GET JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS. IT'S NOT A FORMAL REVIEW. WE WILL, OF COURSE, TELL YOU IF YOU ARE STILL DOING GREAT OR WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING IF YOU ARE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE HEAR FROM YOU. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC. IT'S IMPORTANT FOR CITY STAFF TO HEAR OVERALL WHAT IS GOING ON. SO THAT'S KIND OF MY COMPROMISE -- MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A FULL REVIEW BUT WE HEAR FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN SIX MONTHS. THEN WE GET ON TRACK. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT BUT WE'LL DO WHAT IS PROBABLY IN AUGUST SO THEN IT'S EFFECTIVE FOR OCTOBER. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TWO-MONTH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN WE WOULD DO YOUR REVIEW IN A YEAR. SO I THINK THAT IS A COMPROMISE THAT WE CAN MAYBE LOOK AT BECAUSE WE WILL BE GIVING A REVIEW IN LIKE AUGUST FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER. A YEAR FROM NOW. BUT IN SIX MONTHS, LET'S HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. AND WE CAN GIVE FEEDBACK AND VICE VERSA. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> THEN WE'LL START THE YEAR FROM TODAY BUT IT WILL BE LIKE AUGUST AND EFFECTIVE IN OCTOBER, A YEAR AND THREE MONTHS FROM NOW. >> MAYOR: OKAY. IF YOU HAD TO MAKE THE MOTION, HOW WOULD YOU PHRASE IT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD YOUR INTENTION. I'M JUST ASKING. >> HE'S ASKING FOR CLARITY. >> MAYOR: I WANT SOME CLARITY. >> THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD RECEIVE A 5% INCREASE EFFECTIVE TODAY OR TOMORROW OR WHATEVER. AND THEN WE WOULD GET A REVIEW FROM THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT IN SIX MONTHS. AND THIS IS JUST ON THE RECORD, NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE RECORD BUT WE'LL DO IT PART OF THE MOTION. TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON WHERE THE LEGAL TEAM IS. BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD, SHE WILL BE REVIEWED IN ADVANCE OF AN OCTOBER 1st INCREASE WHICH IS LIKELY IN AUGUST WHEN WE WOULD DO THE CITY MANAGER. SO IT WOULD BE ABOUT 15 MONTHS FROM NOW. BUT THAT WE WILL OBVIOUSLY GET AN EVALUATION AND UPDATE IN SIX MONTHS ON THE POSITION. BUT THAT THEN SHE WOULD GO INTO A YEARLY REVIEW AND SALARY EVALUATION IN AUGUST FOR OCTOBER. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? NO, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. WHAT? >> 5% NOW? >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ, YOU ARE THE NEXT PERSON WITH YOUR HAND UP AFTER THE VICE MAYOR. I'M SORRY, WERE YOU FINISHED, VICE MAYOR? >> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS NOT CLEAR. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. >> OKAY. >> I GUESS WHAT I HEAR FROM A CONTRACT STANDPOINT, RIGHT, THE WAY I WOULD PHRASE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THE ACTUAL REVIEW OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD BE DIFFERENT AFTER TODAY AS OPPOSED TO THE SALARY COMPONENT REVIEW. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THIS SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE JUST -- NOW WE HAVE CONFUSED IT. >> YEAH. I THINK WE'RE JUST OVERTHINKING IT. >> MAYOR: COMPLICATING THIS. >> I'M GOING TO STICK WITH MY ORIGINAL MOTION. >> SO AM I. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU. >> CAN I GO? YEAH. SO ARE WE DOING ANNUAL REVIEWS IN AUGUST? >> WHEN DO WE DO THE CITY MANAGER'S EVALUATION? >> MY EVALUATION IS OCTOBER 1st OR THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER. SO IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO DO THE 5% NOW AND THEN REVISIT THE EVALUATION FOR A POSSIBILITY OF NO OR A SECOND PAY RAISE, YOU COULD DO IT IN COP CERTIFICATE WITH MY EVALUATION FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN OCTOBER. >> RIGHT. >> THAT GOES WITH EVERYBODY ELSE AT THE SAME TIME. >> YES. >> SO THAT'S FIVE MONTHS FROM NOW. >> MAYOR: SO HAVE ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS BEEN ASKED SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC? >> MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. I DON'T THINK THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT TYPICALLY THERE WOULDN'T BE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. BUT IF THE COMMISSION WANTS THAT, THAT'S FINE. >> MAYOR: IT'S A FINAL ACTION. >> REALLY? >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> IT'S YOUR CHOICE. >> MAYOR: THIS IS WHY WE HAVE A DEPUTY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I JUST WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION FINAL AGREEMENTS ARE -- [INAUDIBLE] WE ARE DOING A SIDE BAR. >> I KNOW. THERE NEED TO BE CLARIFICATION. I'M ASSUMING YOU ARE AUTHORIZING IN ADDITION TO WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO WITH REGARD TO THE PAY, THAT YOU WOULD BE AN AUTHORIZATION TO AMEND THE CONTRACT TO REFLECT THE CHANGES STATED ON THE DAIS TODAY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAS TO BE BROUGHT UP. AND THERE IS ONE OTHER THING IN THE CONTRACT THAT IS NOT CLEAR. I JUST WANT TO BRING IT TO THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION. THERE SHOULD BE AN AMENDMENT THAT -- SO THE CITY MANAGER AND I, WE ARE NOT IN A SPECIFIC EXECUTIVE TIER. AND IT CREATES SOME CONFUSION. SO MY PERSONAL REVIEW OF THIS FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, NOW THAT I HAVE HAD MORE THAN AN HOUR TO REVIEW IT, WOULD BE THAT THERE ALSO NEED TO BE AN AMENDMENT THAT THE CITY MANAGER -- WELL, AT LEAST I WOULD BE IN THE EXECUTIVE TIER, THE SAME AS THE DEPUTY AND CITY MANAGER AND THE DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING WITH SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF THAT GOES ALONG WITH HOW THEY IMPLEMENT IT. THAT WOULD BRING SOME CLARIFICATION TO THE CONTRACT AS WELL AS JUST MAKING AN AMENDMENT WITH REGARD TO WHATEVER YOU DECIDE AS TO WHEN THE ANNUAL REVIEW WOULD BE WHICH WOULD BE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CITY MANAGER, KNOWING AT THAT POINT YOU COULD EITHER CHOOSE TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL PAY RAISE OR NOT. JUST LIKE YOU COULD WITH ANY, YOU KNOW, EXECUTIVE THAT YOU REVIEW. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. DID YOU GUYS FOLLOW? >> SO I UNDERSTAND, DID WE SAY WE ARE GOING TO MAKE STACY'S SALARY EQUAL TO ANDREW'S SALARY? >> NO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BENEFITS LIKE PAID TIME OFF AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. >> OH, OKAY. >> BECAUSE WE AREN'T IN A BOX. >> UNDERSTAND. >> SO IT IS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER AND I NEED TO BE IN A BOX EXCEPT FOR WHAT IS SEPARATE IF SOMETHING IS STATED TO THE CONTRARY IN THE CONTRACT. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S JUST FROM A HUMAN RESOURCES IMPLEMENTATION THING. IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE ACTUAL CONTRACT. IT IS JUST A CLARIFICATION POINT. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THIS IS UNNECESSARILY COMPLICATED. [LAUGHTER] AND I SEE NO ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. AND SO THERE'S NOBODY ONLINE. COMMISSIONER HAY, YOUR HAND WAS UP. DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I COULD SAY A LOT. YOU DO KNOW YOU REPORT TO THIS COUNCIL? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> JUST FOR THE RECORD. >> CORRECT. >> I'M GOING TO KEEP MY POSITION. I'M DONE WITH THE DISCUSSION. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION? >> MAYOR: YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION. COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY YOUR MOTION AGAIN SO IT'S CLEAR? AND WITH THE ADDITION THAT SHAWNA JUST MADE. >> YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE THE 5% INCREASE EFFECTIVE -- WHEN WOULD THAT BE? TOMORROW? >> MAY 21st. WELL, TOMORROW, MAY 22nd. >> EFFECTIVE MAY 22nd, 2024 WITH REVIEW IN SIX MONTHS TO THEN ALIGN THE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES. AND THEN INCLUDING THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU STATED. >> CORRECT. IF I MAY? >> YOU MAY, YES. >> A MOTION TO APPROVE A 5% PAY INCREASE EFFECTIVE MAY 22nd, 2024 WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO REFLECT REVIEW DATE ON THE FIRST COMMISSION MEETING FOLLOWING THE NEW BUDGET YEAR AND ALSO WITH REGARD TO CLARIFICATION AND AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO CLARIFY THE EXECUTIVE TIER POSITION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY EXCEPT FOR WHERE OTHERWISE STATED SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTRACT. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> ARE YOU GOING TO REMEMBER THAT? >> YES, ACTUALLY, YES. [LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR MADE THE SECOND. BEFORE I CALL THE VOTE, I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE IS NO QUESTION THAT I APPRECIATE YOU AND THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ALONG WITH YOUR TEAM. BUT I AM, TO MY GUT, UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS SETUP. NOT WITH THE EXECUTIVE CHANGES THAT YOU HAVE MENTIONED. MY COMMON SENSE SAYS JUST TO WAIT. YOU ARE GOING TO GET THE RAISE. BUT THAT IS NOT SOMETHING I'M COMFORTABLE WITH. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IS MY REASONING BEHIND MY VOTE. IT IS BY NO MEANS TO INDICATE LACK OF APPRECIATION OR GRATITUDE. OKAY? >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION. YES. >> JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT GIVING YOU A RAISE TODAY. HOWEVER, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF PROVIDING MULTIPLE INCREASES BECAUSE IF WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE ARE TREATING OUR STAFF, IF WE ARE GIVING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO ONE PERSON, ONE ENTITY, ONE INDIVIDUAL, WHATEVER IT IS AND GIVING SINCE-MONTH RAISES, IT'S VERY CONCERNING FOR ME THAT OTHER STAFF MEMBERS MIGHT FEEL NOT AS APPRECIATED AS THE PERSON WHO IS GETTING INCREASES EVERY SIX MONTHS. AND IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR FOR THE REMAINING OF STAFF. SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS WITH THE NOT WITH A CONDITION, BUT WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD BE YOUR ANNUAL RAISE. AND THAT THIS WAS WHAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTING BECAUSE IT WOULD BE ON THE CONCERNING SIDE FOR ME TO PROVIDE ONLY ONE STAFF MEMBER MULTIPLE RAISES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND THEN TREATING THE REST OF OUR STAFF. OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE EVERYBODY RAISES EVERY SIX MONTHS, OTHERWISE I WOULD FEEL THAT WE ARE TREATING THE REST OF THE STAFF NOT EQUAL. SO I JUST LIKE TO TRY TO BE FAIR AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, I WILL SUPPORT GIVING EVERY MEMBER OF STAFF OF THE CITY AND EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT ONCE A YEAR RAISE WHICH I THINK IS REASONABLE. AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY TREAD WITH CAUTION IN THE FUTURE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T DO RAISES EVERY SIX MONTHS, BUT RATHER FOCUS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE ARE DOING YOUR RAISE RIGHT NOW, WE LOOK AT NEXT YEAR OF INCREASING IT AT THE SAME TIME AS OTHER STAFF MEMBERS. THAT'S WHERE I STAND. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, I LIKE CONSISTENCY AND UNIFORMITY. AND I THINK THAT SENDS A MESSAGE OF FAIRNESS. I KNOW WE AGREED TO SIX MONTHS BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS A SIX-MONTH REVIEW DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY GUARANTEE A RAISE. AND SO ANYWAYS, I THINK I HAVE MADE MY POINT CLEAR. SO WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER TURKIN. VICE MAYOR, THAT WAS YOUR SECOND? >> YES. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE MOTION SAY NO. [NO INDICATION] THE AYES HAVE IT. MOTION PASSES 4-1. CONGRATULATIONS. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE CONTRACT IS SIX MONTHS REVIEW AND THEN ANNUAL. >> CORRECT. >> UNTIL WE JUST AMENDED IT. >> YEAH, RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT CONCLUDES ALL OF THE ITEMS ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES] THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.