>> MAYOR: IT IS NOW 10:00 A.M., GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'D I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU COULD TAKE YOUR SEATS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING AND BUDGET WORKSHOP. TODAY IS MONDAY JULY 8th, 2024 AND THE TIME IS NOW 10:00 A.M. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE LOOKING THROUGH THE AGENDA ONLINE, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN FIRST WITH SOME CONSENT AGENDAS. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY SLATED FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING FOLLOWED BY THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. THIS SHOULD BE ONE OF A SERIES OF WORKSHOP MEETINGS. WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES TODAY. LET'S BEGIN FIRST -- WELL, FIRST, LET ME REMIND EVERYBODY THE RULES OF CIVILITY AND DECORUM. PUBLIC SPEAKERS MUST BE ADDRESSED BY THE CHAIR AND NOT INTERRUPT ONE ANOTHER. PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. PERSONAL INSULTS ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. SHOULD THESE RULES BE VIOLATED, HE WILL RECEIVE A WARNING. LET'S TURN TO THE CITY CLERK. GOOD MORNING, MAYLEE. >> GOOD MORNING, 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. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING WILL BE LED BY COMMISSIONER WOODROW HAY FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MYSELF. LET'S ALL STAND FOR THE INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> LET US PRAY. WE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY THIS JULY 8th AS THE CITY COMMISSIONERS GATHER FOR THIS IMPORTANT FIRST PROPOSED BUDGET MEETING. WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. WE ASK FOR YOUR DISCERNMENT TO BE WITH EACH COMMISSIONER AND MAYOR AS WE DELIBERATE AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. GRANT US CLARITY, COLLABORATION, AND A SPIRIT OF UNITY. MAY THESE DECISIONS BE JUST, EQUITABLE, AND BENEFICIAL FOR ALL RESIDENTS. BLESS THIS MEETING AND THE WORK AHEAD. AND MAY IT SERVE THE COMMON GOOD. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY, AND ASK IT ALL, AMEN. >> 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, EVERYBODY. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO AGENDA APPROVAL, ADDITIONS DELETIONS CORRECTIONS. LET'S BEGIN ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, IF YOU HAD ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS CORRECTIONS. >> NONE FOR ME RIGHT NOW, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR KELLEY. >> NO, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, CORRECTIONS? IS YOUR MIC ON? >> I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THIS. THE PORTION ABOUT THE CITY MANAGER THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING TO SIGN ALL THESE DOCUMENTS AND THERE WERE NO LIMITS ON IT, IS THAT ON HERE? >> MAYOR: I DON'T SEE THAT ON THIS AGENDA. >> OKAY. THEN I HAVE NONE. >> MAYOR: OKAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> THE ONLY THING -- AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ALREADY IN THE STAFF'S PRESENTATION. WE DIDN'T GO OVER THIS IN MY REVIEW. WAS IF THERE IS A PULSE CHECK FOR ALL THE FUND BALANCES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND HOW WE ARE INVESTING WITH THOSE FUND BALANCES. IF WE COULD -- IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE THE APPETITE FOR THAT, AND WHAT THAT RETURN LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE FUND BALANCES. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD GET TODAY, BUT AT SOME POINT. >> MAYOR: BEFORE STAFF RESPONDS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU SAID. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO? >> YES, CORRECT. >> MAYOR: I'D BE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT AS WELL. >> YES, MAYOR, IS THAT CORRECT, THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO. >> WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS TODAY, ABSOLUTELY. >> MAYOR: ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? I KNOW, STAFF, YOU HAD MENTIONED SOME SCRIVENER'S ERROR. WAS THERE IT SOMETHING ABOUT THE CONSENT AGENDAS OR JUST ITEMS FOR THE PRESENTATIONS? >> JUST ITEMS IN THE OVERALL BUDGET BOOK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE. >> MAYOR: WE'LL JUST ADDRESS THAT WHEN WE COME UP WITH THE SLIDES THEN. OKAY. WITH NOTHING ELSE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER TURKIN. SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. NOW, CONSENT AGENDAS, AGAIN, THESE ARE CARRY-OVERS FROM THE LAST MEETING IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS UNDER CONSENT AGENDA SECTION 2 THAT MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? ANY REQUESTS? SEEING NONE, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MOTION. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ, SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER 100,000. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FOR DISCUSSION? NO REQUESTS. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR, SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES OVER 100K SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT WAS FAIRLY QUICK. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE BUDGET WORKSHOP. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO CITY MANAGER. IF YOU'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE PRESENTATION. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COMMISSION. FIRST OF ALL, I DO WANT TO LIKE DEFINITELY GIVE A THANK YOU TO TONY AND FABIO AND SOPHIA. YOU GUYS DID A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS YEAR WITH THE BUDGET. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF WEEKENDS THAT YOU GUYS SPENT IRONING OUT A LOT OF THE DETAILS, BUT WE DID GET THROUGH IT. ALSO I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE COMMISSION. I KNOW TYPICALLY YOU GUYS GET YOUR BUDGET BOOKS A LITTLE SOONER. I KNOW WE WERE PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK LATE THIS YEAR, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS HAD AMPLE TIME TO GO THROUGH. I TRIED TO MAKE MYSELF AS AVAILABLE AS POSSIBLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OVER THE WEEKEND. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR IS SPECIFICALLY ON OUR AD VALOREM REVENUES, THEY CAME IN AT 8.1% AS FAR AS AN INCREASE. BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS 13.1%. WE DID SEE A 5% DECREASE FROM WHAT WE RECOGNIZED LAST YEAR. IT WAS STILL AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 8%. THE GENERAL FUND WENT FROM 118 MILLION UP TO 130 MILLION. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE INCREASES CAME IN THE FORM OF CCBA CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ENTERED INTO. THE OTHER MAJORITY OF THAT WERE THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY FROM THE PENSIONS. WE EXPERIENCED A $2 MILLION INCREASE IN THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND. I WILL SAY WE HAD LESS THAN .8% OF CONTROLLED COSTS. THOSE CONTROLLED COSTS COME IN THE FORM OF DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FROM FTEs, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. AND I WILL SAY THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE NEEDED FOR THE DEPARTMENTS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S THE COMMISSION'S DECISION WHETHER OR NOT YOU GUYS WANT TO GO FORWARD WITH THOSE REQUESTS. THE OTHER THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, OVERALL WITH ALL OF OUR FUNDS, WE EXPERIENCED A DECREASE FROM 323 MILLION DOWN TO 319 MILLION. SO ABOUT A $4 MILLION DECREASE OVERALL FOR THE YEAR AND THAT ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE CITY. AND THE REASONING FOR THAT IS OUR FLEET COSTS ACTUALLY CAME DOWN. WE APPROVED THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR FLEET REQUESTS LAST YEAR, SO WE DID EXPERIENCE A DECREASE OF PROBABLY ABOUT $4 MILLION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO NOW CALL THE MAN OF THE HOUR TONY. I DO KIND OF -- OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENT. I WANT TO KEEP IT A LITTLE INFORMAL. >> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSION. ANTHONY DAVIDSON, INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. ^# LET ME JUST TAKE YOU THROUGH SIMILAR SUMMARIZE, A VERY HIGH-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE AS IT PERTAINS TO THE BUDGET. YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE YOUR BUDGET BOOKS, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY GO TO THAT VERY MINUTE LINE-BY-LINE DETAIL, BUT A VERY HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW. >> POWERPOINT, PLEASE. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS JUST REVIEW THE SCHEDULE. AND THE SCHEDULE AS IT POINTS OUT TODAY, MONDAY BEING THE FIRST DAY OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOP, FOLLOWED BY WEDNESDAY AND THEN WE CONVENE ON THURSDAY IF THAT THIRD DAY IS NEEDED. THE MAJOR IMPORTANT ADOPTION FOR BOTH THE MILLAGE AND THE BUDGET IS IN SEPTEMBER. THAT'S SEPTEMBER 3rd AND ALSO WEDNESDAY THE 18th. AS AGAIN THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKSHOP IS TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT REVENUES, EXPENDITURES. AT SOME POINT DURING THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE PREPARATION FROM THE DEPARTMENTS HIGHLIGHTING THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A GENERAL FUND BALANCE UPDATE. WE'RE GOING TO ALSO REVIEW THE FTEs. AND THEN DEFINITELY, WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE AND ALSO GET SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS HIGHLIGHTING THE MAJOR COMPONENTS IN THE BUDGET BOOK AS IT PERTAINS TO REVENUES. I'LL ADDRESS YOUR ATTENTION TO THE TABLE AT THE SIDE THAT ALSO ADDRESS THE MAJOR REVENUES. AND AS DAN SAID EARLIER, HE SPOKE ABOUT THE AD VALOREM TAXES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE STARTED THIS FISCAL YEAR WITH A BUDGET OF $55.3 MILLION. AND WE ARE NOW AT 59.1 YIELDING US REVENUES IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.8 MILLION. THE NEXT MAJOR CATEGORY WOULD BE OUR FP&L FRANCHISE FEES. AS YOU CAN SEE THE VARIANCE TO THE RIGHT SHOWS AN INCREASE OF 700,000. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING FOR THE YEAR. THE STAGE SHARED AND SALES TAX REVENUE, A SMALL INCREASE OF 200,000 PLUS. THAT INFORMATION SOMETIME IN THE MONTH OF JULY WILL BE GETTING CONFIRMATION AS TO WHAT THOSE TRUE VALUES FOR FISCAL YEAR '24-'25 WILL BE. THE BIGGEST INCREASE AS YOU CAN SEE IS THE ALS TRANSPORT. WE GOT VERY POSITIVE NEWS FROM THE CHIEF WITH REGARDS TO -- AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE THREE ASTERISKS TO THE SIDE. IF YOU GO DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS, NOTE, DUE TO IMPROVED COLLECTIONS, INCREASED OPERATIONS, AND ALSO ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEY CAN CHARGE. BUT AGAIN, THAT VARIANCE IS OUT BECAUSE YOU ARE COMPARING THIS CURRENT YEAR TO THE NEXT. IN THE PRIOR YEAR THEY DID ABOUT $6.7 MILLION IN ALS SO WE BELIEVE THAT 8 MILLION IS WITHIN REASON. AND THEN FINALLY, IF YOU SKIP DOWN TO THE FUND BALANCE, THE FUND BALANCE NEED FOR THIS YEAR, AS THE BUDGET IS PRESENTED, IS 750K. THAT'S A NEED CURRENTLY NOW TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THE BULLETS TO THE LEFT -- OH, SORRY. >> MAYOR: YOU CAN ADVANCE THE SLIDE. I'LL ASK MY QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE SLIDE. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I THOUGHT HE WAS DONE. >> THE BULLETS TO THE SIDE PRETTY MUCH REFLECT THE SAME THING AS THE TABLE TO THE LEFT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MAJOR TOPIC I WILL BRING YOU BACK TO FOCUS ON IS THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GOING FROM A BUDGET OF 118 MILLION TO A BUDGET OF NOTE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED AT 130 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF $11 MILLION. GO AHEAD, MAYOR. YOU HAD A QUESTION. >> MAYOR: YES, THANK YOU, TONY. WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE STATE SHARED REVENUE, SALES TAX REVENUE, HOW ARE YOU DECIDING THOSE NUMBERS? I KNOW THEY ARE PROJECTIONS. >> RIGHT. >> MAYOR: IS IT HISTORICAL? IS IT SOME OTHER INFORMATION YOU ARE GETTING? >> NO, MOST OF OUR NUMBERS AS PERTAINS TO THE REVENUE ARE BASED ON THREE-YEAR TRENDS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE PAST AND THEN FORECAST GOING IN THE FUTURE. THERE ARE THREE-YEAR AVERAGE TREND ANALYSIS. >> OKAY. AND THE SECOND ITEM I WANTED TO SAY ON THE SLIDE, WHEN IT COMES TO FUND BALANCE APPROPRIATION -- AND THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I EXPECT US TO ADDRESS AT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT, BUT SOMETHING TO ADDRESS SOON. I KNOW LAST YEAR WE HAD PASSED SOME NEW POLICIES REGARDING ADDITIONAL BUFFERS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY OR AT LEAST THAT'S PART OF THAT FROM THE DAVENPORT REPORT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON TARGET, SO EVENTUALLY SOMETIME DURING OUR WORKSHOPS, THAT WE CIRCLE BACK TO THE DAVENPORT REPORT AND SEE ARE WE STILL ON TRACK ON MEETING THOSE GOALS. >> OKAY. CAN I -- >> MAYOR: I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO REFERENCE THAT AT SOME POINT. >> THERE'S A SLIDE FOR THAT, CORRECT? >> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT. TWO SLIDE FORWARD YOU WILL SEE THE PRESENTATION AS TO THAT RECOMMENDATION. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> AND IT IS PART OF THE FUND BALANCE. >> YEAH. WE HAVE ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, MAYOR. >> YEAH, WE HAVE. TWO SLIDES. >> MAYOR: I KNOW WHAT THE TWO SLIDES LOOK LIKE, OKAY. THERE MIGHT BE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING, BUT LET'S GO TO THE TWO SLIDES. MAYBE YOU'LL END UP ANSWERING IT. >> YOU WANT TO REPOSE YOUR QUESTION? >> MAYOR: I'LL BRING IT UP THEN. >> SO THE NEXT SLIDE GOING FORWARD HIGHLIGHTS THE EXPENDITURES. >> MAYOR. >> AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PIECHART TO THE LEFT, AGAIN TELLS YOU THAT IT'S $130.2 MILLION. AND THE MAJOR COMPONENTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS POLICE AT 35%, FIRE AT 29% AND PUBLIC WORKS AT 12.7%. THE CULTURAL SERVICE WHICH IS A NEW DIVISION AT ABOUT 5%. AND THEN ALL OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AT 26%. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE FIRST BULLET SPEAKS ABOUT THE NET INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET AT 64% COLLECTIVELY. PERSONNEL SALARIES, WHEN YOU COMPARED THIS FISCAL YEAR TO FISCAL YEAR '25, THE DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT $4.5 MILLION. IN PARENTHESES, THE NET DIFFERENCE FOR HEALTH INSURANCE IS IN EXCESS OF 515,000. WE ARE HOPING THAT WE COULD MAKE GOING FORWARD FIND SOME SAVINGS THERE. AND THEN AS THE CITY MANAGER SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS IMPACT OF THE PENSION THAT WE HAD, ACTUARIES CAME BACK TELLING US THE PENSION INCREASE WAS ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND THAT WAS NOT GOOD RETURNS ON OUR INVESTMENT. THAT WAS ONE REASON. IN ADDITION TO THAT, SALARIES IN GENERAL COMPOUNDS THAT PROBLEM, ALSO, FOR PENSION REASONS. AND ALSO AS FAR AS FOLKS PASSING AWAY, AS FAR AS THERE WAS LESS PEOPLE DYING THAT AFFECTED THOSE NUMBERS, ALSO. OH, YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COMMISSIONER TURKIN? >> MAYOR: I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T SEE WHO WAS FIRST. WE'LL JUST GO AROUND. >> I HAD MY HAND FIRST. >> MAYOR: YOU WERE FIRST? >> FIVE MINUTES. JUST BACK TO THE PRIESTS SLIDE E IS WHEN I ROSE MY HAND. DID WE FORECAST OR ANTICIPATE THE MILLAGE RATE IN CASE THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO LOWER THE MILLAGE RATE? AND ARE WE GOING TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY? >> WE DO. >> WE'RE GOING TO DO -- >> YEAH, THE SLIDE THAT I -- NOT SLIDE, BUT THE EXCEL SHEET THAT I NORMALLY HAVE IN PRIOR YEARS, WE DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. AND WE JUST WENT TO WHAT THE PROPERTY APPRAISER -- INFORMATION THEY GAVE US. BUT THE SCENARIOS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE LOWERED AND ETC., THAT SPREADSHEET IS AVAILABLE. >> PERFECT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL AROUND. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER? >> YEAH, TONY, IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE NEXT SLIDE. >> THE REVENUE SLIDE? >> YEAH, THE NEXT SLIDE. >> OR THE EXPENSE? >> YEAH. AM I UNDERSTANDING YOU TO SAY THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET TO 7.2%, THAT'S BASICALLY IN SALARY AND NOT BENEFITS? OR BENEFITS? >> IT'S EVERYTHING. SO IT WOULD BE A COMBINATION OF BOTH YOUR PERSONNEL SERVICES IN ADDITION TO YOUR OPERATING BUDGET. BUT THE BIGGEST IMPACT IS MORE IN THE PERSONNEL SERVICES HERE. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY COLLEAGUES? THANKS, TONY. LET'S KEEP GOING. >> ALL RIGHT. SO HERE'S YOUR FUND BALANCES YOU INQUIRED ABOUT, MAYOR, FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WHAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT IS YEAR '23 BECAUSE WE JUST COMPLETED THE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEAR '23. AS YOU CAN SEE, IN '23, THE FUND BALANCE IS AT $25 MILLION. AND THE FIRST BULLET THAT YOU SEE THERE SAYS INCLUDING IN THE $25 MILLION IS 17.7 FOR EMERGENCIES AND STABILIZATION. SO THE DAVENPORT REPORT FROM LAST YEAR AND WHAT YOU GUYS ADOPTED LAST YEAR WAS THE TUNE OF ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 5% IS ACTUALLY INCORPORATED IN HERE. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE DONE 10%. >> MAYOR: YES, THE RED LINE USUALLY MEANS THAT EMERGENCY 10%. >> AGREED AGREED. >> MAYOR: SO YOU HAVE SHIFTED THAT UP HIGHER? >> AGREED. IF YOU LOOK AT THE AUDIT REPORT, IT WOULD DEFINITELY SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S LIKE $6 MILLION THAT'S EARMARKED JUST FOR BUDGET STABILIZATION. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT, GOOD NEWS. >> WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS WHERE YOU SEE $24.6 MILLION AND THE $23.8 MILLION IS JUST OUR FORECAST GOING FORWARD AS TO WHAT THE DOLLARS THAT ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, HENCE THERE'S A SLIGHT TREND DOWN. ALL YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU VOTED ON LAST YEAR IS INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET. >> TONY, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO MY POINT ORIGINALLY. I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT, THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED. MY REAL QUESTION WAS ABOUT LONG-TERM TARGETING. I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DETAILS OF THAT PRESENTATION. IT WAS FROM LAST -- QUITE SOMETIME AGO. BUT I THOUGHT THERE WERE TARGETS THAT WE HAD TO HIT. I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING THERE. I JUST WANT -- I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK THIS UP. BUT IF THERE WERE TARGETS OVER SOME PERIOD OF TIME, ARE WE ON TRACK ON THOSE TARGETS? >> THE TARGETS THAT WERE MENTIONED WAS ACTUALLY TO GET US TO THE POINT THAT WE ARE AT NOW SO WE WERE ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD. YOU CAN SEE BY THE CHART, WHEN WE FIRST -- I GUESS THIS COMMISSION FIRST TOOK THE DAIS, WE WERE ACTUALLY BELOW THAT THRESHOLD. AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT MORE MONEYS AWAY INTO THE FUND BALANCE. BUT AS FAR AS FROM A COMPARATIVE STANDPOINT, WE FALL VASTLY BELOW MOST OTHER CITIES. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. THE TOWN OF WELLINGTON HAD A FUND RESERVE OF 96 POINT SOMETHING PERCENT. IF THEY DERIVED NO REVENUES FOR THE YEAR, THEY COULD OPERATE AT FULL CAPACITY OR 96%. WE DO FALL BELOW OUR PEERS. BUT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. AND IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE MENTIONING, MAYOR, YOU WANT TO SET LONG-TERM GOALS OF WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GET CLOSER TO OUR PEERS AS FAR AS FINANCIAL STABILITY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN LOOK AT. >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: IN THE BACK OF MY MIND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD MENTIONED 750K AS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION AND CALCULATION HERE. I'M TRYING TO ASSESS, IS THAT ENOUGH? IS THAT NOT ENOUGH? I DON'T KNOW. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THOSE SET OF QUESTIONS. >> FROM WHERE WE STAND RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN VASTLY BETTER FINANCIAL SHAPE THAN WE HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS. OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S DOCUMENTED FROM THE SLIDE. WE ARE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THIS YEAR'S FUND BALANCE REQUEST OF 750,000, THAT ESSENTIALLY IS JUST A FORECAST, I BELIEVE AND I KNOW TONY ALSO -- HE BELIEVES THERE'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE SAVINGS THAT WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET FURTHER IN THAT WE CAN'T PROVIDE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO GET WITH THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER AND BROKER AND SEE WHAT THE SAVINGS ARE. THAT WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY LAST YEAR OF 1.7 MILLION. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ACCURATE NUMBER. BUT MOST LIKELY, THERE WILL BE SAVINGS THAT WILL BALANCE THE BUDGET BY THE TIME WE GET TO SEPTEMBER TIME FRAME. >> MAYOR: OKAY, COMMISSIONER. >> I THINK THE QUESTION THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS ARE WE ON TARGET BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION -- WAS IT DAVENPORT? >> THAT IS ACCURATE. WE ARE ON TARGET. >> WE ARE ON TARGET. >> YES. >> CAN WE GET LIKE THAT FORECASTED PLAN? I KNOW IT'S SOMEWHERE? >> WE STILL HAVE THE PRESENTATION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT JUST SO I CAN VERIFY. >> ABSOLUTELY, COMMISSIONER. >> THANK YOU. >> YEAH, WE'LL GET THE DAVENPORT PRESENTATION AND MAKE SURE WE FORWARD IT TO EVERYONE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HE FIRST WALKED IN, ONE OF HIS STATEMENTS WAS TO GET THIS NUMBER UP TO 30 MILLION OR HIGHER, JUST FOR THE RECORD. SO WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT ADDRESSES THE PERSONNEL WITHIN THE CITY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS YEAR'S AMENDED BUDGET PUT ALL FUNDS AT 940 FTEs VERSUS WHERE WE'RE GOING AN ADDITIONAL 23 NEW FTEs, BRINGING UP TO 963. THE NUMBER YOU GUYS MAYBE WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS THE VERY FIRST ONE WHICH IS GENERAL FUND. ALTHOUGH IT SHOWS 3.5, IT'S ACTUALLY ABOUT 13 FTEs BECAUSE WE MOVED -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC FUND, WHICH IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE, IT SAYS PLUS 11 FTE. MOST OF THOSE FTE WERE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER INTO THE 103 FUND JUST FOR THE RECORD. AND THAT'S THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TRYING TO HELP US TO HELP THE GENERAL FUND. >> TONY, I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT IN THAT. >> YES. >> WHENEVER YOU DID GO THROUGH THE BUDGET BOOK AND THE FUND 103, I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE IT'S ON, BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU'LL SEE A PROJECTED MONEYS INTO THE 103 WENT UP CLOSE TO [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S A REFLECTION OF THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. WE NO LONGER NEED THE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE MONITORING THOSE. SO ANY OFFICERS THAT HAVE A NEXUS TO THAT PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE EMPLOYEES OVER INTO THAT FUND WHICH IS GOING TO HELP US OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> ANY QUESTIONS HERE? THE NEXT SLIDE ADDRESSES THE COLA IMPACT. >> MAYOR: I'M SORRY, TONY. THAT'S OKAY, VICE MAYOR, NOT A PROBLEM. JUST TO BE CLEAR, IS THE NUMBER OF FTEs CHANGING OR JUST THE SHIFTING OVER? >> BETWEEN THE GENERAL AND THE TRAFFIC OR IN GENERAL? >> MAYOR: YEAH, YEAH. >> IT'S A SHIFT. >> MAYOR: IT'S STILL 22.5 AND 23? >> IT'S 23 IN ALL FUNDS AND 13 SPECIFICALLY TO THE GENERAL FUND. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. >> NEXT SLIDE. THE NEXT SLIDE ADDRESSES THOSE ITEMS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HIGHLIGHTED EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO CONTRACTUAL COLA INCREASES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE EARLIER THIS MONTH OR LAST MONTH, YOU GUYS AGREED TO THE 8.15% INCREASE FOR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AGAIN CONTRACTUALLY WE ARE OBLIGATED TO GIVE THEM A 7% INCREASE. BLUE AND WHITE COLLAR, 5% INCREASE. AND THEN FOR ALL NON-UNION POSITIONS, WE ACTUALLY PLANNED IN THE BUDGET 1% TO 3% INCREASES. THE POSITIONS THAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER THAT WAS NET 13 IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE GENERAL FUND. SO YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY REVIEW THAT IF YOU'D LIKE AT YOUR OWN PACE. BUT THOSE ARE ALL 13 POSITIONS THAT I REFERRED TO EARLIER. >> TONY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? SORRY. >> AS FAR AS THE FIVE BEAUTIFICATION POSITIONS, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THE CRA TO SEE IF WE CAN'T OFFSET THE INITIAL COST OF THAT BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM. I KNOW THE STRATEGIC PLAN WHENEVER WE WERE DISCUSSING IT, THE COMMISSION'S PRIMARY GOAL WAS A CLEAN AND SAFE CITY. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE IN THE CITY. SO BOYNTON, IF WE CAN GET THE CRA TO FUND IT, THAT WILL OFFSET THE COST BY CLOSE TO 250,000. AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER COST SAVINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE IF IT DOES COME FROM THE CRA. >> AGREED. >> AND WE'RE NOT ASKING THE CRA TO PICK THAT UP FROM LIKE AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE CITY WILL ABSORB THAT COST. >> NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY SHOW YOT BASICALLY SHOW YOU THE VARIOUS BUDGETARY IMPACT WHEN YOU COMPARE TO A TWO-YEAR COMPARISON BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS. DIFFERENT VALUES IN TERMS OF CHANGES FROM A DOLLAR PERSPECTIVE, CHANGES FROM A PERCENTAGE PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU GO FROM SLIDE 9 TO SLIDE 10, WHICH IS THE NEXT PAGE, IT BASICALLY SHOWS YOU THE SAME EXPENDITURE CHANGE WHICH IS YOUR 118.9 MILLION AS IT COMPARES TO THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED WHICH IS 130.2 MILLION. AND THE NET DIFFERENTIAL WHICH IS YOUR 11.2 MILLION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SLIDE, YOU CAN -- I WILL PRESENT THEM. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER HAY. >> IF I COULD TAKE YOU BACK TO PAGE 7. >> 7. >> I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CIP. >> YES. YOU SAID PAGE 7? >> I NOTICED SOME TREMENDOUS INCREASES LIKE UTILITIES AND BASICALLY ALL OF THEM EXCEPT THE GOLF FUND CIP. NEXT PAGE BACK. >> THE ALL BE FUNDS SLIDES? THE SLIDE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, THESE TWO SLIDES? >> PAGE 7. >> PAGE 7. >> THAT'S PAGE 11. >> 7 OF THE BOOK? >> MAYOR: WHICH ONE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? >> THEY DON'T MATCH. >> NO, THEY DON'T. >> GO BACK TO THE PAGE THAT SHOWS THE EXPENDITURE SUMMARY. >> YEAH, THAT'S THIS PAGE WHICH IS PAGE 11 ON YOUR SLIDE. >> WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, THIS SHOWS UTILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, WENT UP FROM 13 MILLION TO 44. >> OH, YOU'RE IN THE BUDGET BOOK. OKAY. I'M LOOKING AT MY SUMMARIES. ALL RIGHT. >> ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE USING THE BUDGET BOOK? >> THAT'S FINE. I HAVE A SUMMARIZED VERSION. >> YOU CAN GET INTO IT LATER. BUT I JUST HAVE A CONCERN THERE. >> OKAY. >> KEEP GOING. >> WE DO HAVE THE UTILITY STAFF HERE IF YOU WANT TO GET IN FURTHER DETAIL WITH THAT. >> OKAY OKAY. >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. WE'LL DEFINITELY ADDRESS IT FOR SURE AND CIRCLE BACK TO IT. >> YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS, WHOEVER THE C.M. WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT. GO AHEAD. >> MAYOR: NO, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK ALL OF OUR STAFF WHO HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THIS BUDGET. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> I UNDERSTAND IT'S LONG HOURS, A LOT OF WORK. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO HAVE WORKED ON THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY BEEN A LOT BUSIER. JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES, CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU PLEASE GIVE US AN UPDATE ON STAFFING? I SEE SOME NEW FACES THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH. COULD YOU GIVE US A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR FINANCE STAFF? [INAUDIBLE] >> YOU HAVE TONY, HE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BUDGET FOR PROBABLY THE LAST 15 YEARS, TONY? >> YES. >> SO HE WORKED IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, VERY SENIOR MEMBER. FABIO IS TONY'S RIGHT-HAND MAN. SOPHIA, SHE WORKED OVER WITH PD DOING THEIR BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE THE THREE INDIVIDUALS. TONY IS THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR RIGHT NOW, SOPHIA IS THE DEPUTY AND FABIO IS STILL IN THE SAME POSITION. OR DID YOU BACKFILL FABIO? >> YES. >> ABOUT THE BUDGET SPECIFICALLY, ONE THING THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK BACK INTO AND GO FORWARD WITH IS KIND OF LIKE LOOKING BACK AT EVERYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED. I KNOW I SENT AN EMAIL LAST WEEK. ANY PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED OR PARTS OF PROJECTS LIKE THE CAL VERT AND THAT KIND OF THING, I WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE IN OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WERE WE, WHAT DID WE IMPROVE IN LAST FISCAL YEAR AND WHERE ARE WE RIGHT NOW IN REGARD TO THAT AS WELL AS STAFFING. I KNOW WE HAD SOME UPDATES, YOU KNOW, WITH REGARD TO LAST FISCAL YEAR. WE APPROVED SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS FOR CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN CITY HALL. I DON'T EXACTLY RECALL ALL OF THEM, BUT IF WE CAN GET AN UPDATE ON WHAT POSITIONS WERE TO BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE OBVIOUSLY RIGHT NOW BUT WE CAN DO IT EITHER TODAY OR WEDNESDAY TO TALK ABOUT ANY STAFFING THAT WAS ADDED LAST FISCAL YEAR. DID WE DO THAT FOR ALL THE STAFFING POSITIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED? AND WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ON THAT LATER. >> YEAH, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. I WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADDRESS THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTS. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THEM, COULD YOU JUST ADDRESS THE STAFFING CHANGES? BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A SERIES OF POWERPOINTS LINED UP ALREADY. WE'LL JUST DO IT AS WE GO THROUGH. >> I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIKE TELL THE COMMISSION EACH GRANULAR INDIVIDUAL, ESPECIALLY DEPARTMENTS LIKE PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES. I'M NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE LIKE AS OF RIGHT NOW. BUT WE CAN GET IT. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. >> WELL, SORRY. >> MAYOR: I THINK WE SHOULD ADDRESS IT ONCE WE GET THERE AND GIVE STAFF ENOUGH TIME -- >> BECAUSE I KNOW JUST IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALONE, I THINK WE ADDED 13 POSITIONS LAST YEAR. >> NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS LAST YEAR DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE WE APPROVED CERTAIN NEW POSITIONS. I THINK ONE OF THEM COULD HAVE BEEN WITHIN THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. WE APPROVED FOR ANOTHER STAFF -- >> AN ASSISTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT? >> I KNOW THERE WERE LIKE A FEW OF THOSE REAPPROVED LAST YEAR PER THE BUDGET. DID WE FOLLOW UP AND HIRE THOSE PEOPLE? >> YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE GRANTS ASSISTANT, ALSO? I THINK WE ADDED THAT. I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET IT TODAY. BUT IF I CAN, I KNOW WE'VE GOT STAFF IN FINANCE. MAYBE WE CAN GET A BREAKDOWN OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL POSITIONS THAT WE ADDED OVER THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR. >> WE CAN DO OUR BEST. >> MAYOR. >> TO FORWARD. >> MAYOR: I'LL COME TO YOU NEXT. >> YEAH. I GUESS THE POINT IS LIKE THE COMMISSION APPROVED FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS TO BE ADDED LAST YEAR FOR A PURPOSE. WERE THOSE PEOPLE HIRED? WERE THEY NOT HIRED? THAT'S KIND OF THE FOLLOW-UP THAT I WANTED TO GET. AND WE COULD DO IT, YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAY OR WHENEVER THERE IS A TIME. BUT JUST HONESTLY, I JUST WANT A FOLLOW-UP FROM NOT ONLY FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A PROJECT PERSPECTIVE, LIKE WE APPROVE CERTAIN PROJECTS, WE APPROVE CERTAIN PARTS OF PROJECTS. I REMEMBER THE CULVERT WAS LIKE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, LAST BUDGET SEASON. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? DID WE SPEND THE MONEY TO DO THE RESEARCH OR THE PLANNING? LIKE THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I WANT TO KIND OF DISCUSS. >> I CAN GIVE YOU AN UP DATE ON THE CULVER RIGHT NOW. THAT PROJECT WAS -- >> NO, NO, NO. I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A HEADS-UP. THE MAYOR SAID AS WE GO THROUGH THE FUNDS -- >> MAYOR: QUO WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, DAN. I WOULD RATHER ADDRESS IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE POWERPOINTS AND THERE'S SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT TOPICS. >> BUT I DO WANT TO ADDRESS, THOUGH, THAT SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE NOT IN THE PRESENTATION. >> I SEE. >> AND WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED UNLESS WE INTENTIONALLY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AND THE PURPOSE FOR THOSE DISCUSSIONS IS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVES CERTAIN ITEMS, STAFFING AS WELL AS PROJECTS, CIP PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ARPA DOLLAR PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY BY THE COMMISSION. WHERE ARE WE WITH THAT? WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THOSE PROJECTS? AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON DURING THE BUDGET CYCLE. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR, YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP AND THEN COMMISSIONER TURKIN AFTER VICE MAYOR. >> I DID. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION SAKE JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON COMMISSIONER CRUZ, THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WILL BE PRESENTING KNOW WHO THEY HAVE ADDED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS. AND SO IF THE STAFF OF THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTING, IF THEY COULD JUST UPDATE US ON IF THEY WERE THE ONES THAT HIRED A NEW EMPLOYEE TO COVER A PARTICULAR AREA, INSTEAD OF YOU, CITY MANAGER, HAVING TO REMEMBER ALL THOSE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL PART-TIME OR FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, THEN EACH DEPARTMENT AS THEY PRESENT CAN KIND OF GIVE US A SUMMARY ON IF THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE THAT PERSON, IF THEY HAVEN'T AND KIND OF GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THAT. AS FAR AS THE CIP, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN KIND OF ASKING FOR OVER THE COURSE AS A PRIORITY LIST OF THE CIP AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT SURTAX. HOPEFULLY THE COUNTY WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PRIORITIZING THOSE CIPs. AND I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE ALL KIND OF BEEN JUST STICK ON THE DIFFERENT BUDGET SHEETS. BUT TO HAVE SOME PRIORITY FOR THAT, I THINK WOULD HELP JUST CLARIFY WHAT PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, WHAT ARE IN PROGRESS AND WHAT ARE FUTURE LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM PLANS. SO THAT'S JUST -- THOSE ARE MY KIND OF COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT. SO I KNOW THAT WE GOT A UTILITIES IMPROVEMENT CIP PLAN. SO I'M SURE THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED. BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE GO IN-DEPTH IN CIP LATER ON TODAY. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. BEFORE I MOVE TO COMMISSIONER TURKIN, AGAIN SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. ANY SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT STAFFING CHANGES, PLEASE ADDRESS IT ONCE WE GET TO YOUR DEPARTMENT. IF THERE IS SOMETHING NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WORKSHOP PORTION THAT YOU WANT TO HEAR ABOUT -- THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. ABSOLUTELY BRING IT UP SO STAFF CAN BE PREPARED TO PRESENT ON THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THE AGENDA HERE IS OUR STANDARD WHAT WE HAVE EVERY YEAR. IT DOESN'T ENCOMPASS ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CURIOUS AND INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT, RIGHT. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, YOUR TURN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, COMMISSIONER CRUZ BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT. BECAUSE IF THERE IS POSITIONS SLATED OR PROJECTS SLATED FOR THIS PREVIOUS BUDGET YEAR THAT WEREN'T ACCOMPLISHED, THAT GIVES THIS COMMISSION MORE ROOM TO MAYBE FUND PROJECTS OR POSITIONS THAT FIT THE CONSENSUS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH ARPA FUNDING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT FUNDING. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR QUITE SOMETIME. WHERE ARE WE AT WITH CERTAIN THINGS? WE'RE GETTING TO BUDGET. IF I NEED TO BRING SOME THINGS UP TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND, YOU KNOW, AND FOCUS ON A PROJECT THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO GET DONE VERSUS WE MAY NOT GET GRANT FUNDING FOR, OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW WE DIDN'T GET ANY APPROPRIATIONS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, LIKE COMMISSIONER SAID, TO KNOW WHAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN EXECUTED VERSUS WHAT HASN'T. SO THEN WE CAN MAKE AN EDUCATED DECISION AND GO TO, OKAY, WHAT'S THE NEXT CRITICAL THING THAT WE NEED TO DO. NO, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY BUT FOR OUR DISTRICTS AND COLLECTIVELY FOR THE CONSTITUENCY. I WOULD PERSONALLY RECOMMEND GETTING THAT PREPARED AT SOME POINT LATER DOWN THIS BUDGET WORKSHOP. BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. AND SO WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS, OH, WE DON'T HAVE IT. RESPECTFULLY, WE DON'T HAVE IT, WE DON'T KNOW. THEN WE CAN'T MAKE AN EDUCATED GUESS AND DECISION FOR WHAT PROJECT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I COMMEND THE COMMISSIONER FOR BRINGING THAT UP. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. JUST AS A MATTER OF REMINDER, I DID ASK FOR AN ARPA UPDATE. IT IS UNDER FUTURE AGENDA AND SOME OTHER THINGS. BUT WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. TONY, IF YOU COULD WITH THE NEXT SLIDE. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT, PRETTY MUCH GIVE YOU AN ALL FUNDS PERSPECTIVE OF THE BUDGET AT A VERY HIGH SUMMARY LEVEL. AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN THE SAME COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PRIOR YEAR TO THIS YEAR. THE GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN SEE THAT $11.2 MILLION. AND THAT'S ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE SALARY AND PENSION IMPACT THAT WE HAVE HAD ON THE FUND. THE SAME IS SIMILAR FOR THE UTILITY FUND. AS YOU CAN SEE GOING FROM 60 MILLION TO 62 MILLION, A DIFFERENTIAL OF 2.3 MILLION. SAME SORT OF VARIABLES IN TERMS OF SALARY ADJUSTMENT, PENSION ADJUSTMENT, WAGES IN GENERAL. THE MINOR CHANGE I WOULD SAY ON THE GOLF COURSE GOING FROM 2.7 MILLION TO 3.7. SIMILAR ISSUES IN TERMS OF AGAIN SALARY IMPACT. BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE HAS BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF INCREASING OPERATIONS AND ACTUALLY DOING WELL IN TERMS OF THEIR REVENUES OUT THERE. THE FLEET, THE DIFFERENTIAL THAT YOU SEE THERE, THE REDUCTION OF $5.3 MILLION AGAIN IS DUE TO PURCHASING THE PURCHASE OF LESS VEHICLES, HENCE THE REDUCTION. IF YOU FLIP TO PAGE 12, WHICH CONTINUES, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ONE THAT HAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IS THE TRAFFIC FUND. AGAIN, THAT'S DUE TO US ROLLING OUT THE SPEED ZONE PLAN AND AGAIN MOVING THOSE SU 11 POSITIONS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OVER HERE. HENCE, YOU HAVE A PERSONNEL SERVICES IMPACT AND ALSO AN OPERATIONAL IMPACT WHICH REFLECTS IN THAT $6.3 MILLION. AND AS YOU GO DOWN THE LIST, YOU WILL SEE THE CIP. AND THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION LATER ON TONIGHT -- OR TODAY WITH RESPECT TO MORE DETAILS ON THE CIP. SO THAT IS FORWARD COMING. AND THEN THE UTILITY CIP, THE SAME THING, ALSO. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THEM SHIFTING DOLLARS AROUND OR PROJECTS THAT WERE CAN COMPLETED. SO YOU WILL GET SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION ON CIP LATER ON TONIGHT. AND THEN THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT AS FAR AS THE MAJOR CHANGES. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM A TOTAL BUDGET PERSPECTIVE, YOU HAVE 323.7 MILLION FOR THE AMENDED BUDGET IN '24 AS IT COMPARED TO A BUDGET OF 319 MILLION WHICH SHOWS A REDUCTION OF 4.4. SO EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, THERE IS STILL A REDUCTION FROM A TOTAL FUND PERSPECTIVE FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: TONY, I GUESS THE OBVIOUS THING TO ASK IS IN TERMS OF ALL THE FUNDS, NOT JUST THE GENERAL FUND, IF THERE IS A 4.4 MILLION REDUCTION OVER THE COURSE OF ALL THE FUNDS, YOU CAN ADDRESS NOW OR MAYBE WHEN IT GETS INTO LATER PRESENTATION. HOW ARE WE FILLING THAT GAP IF THERE IS A -- I'M SURE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN HERE, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE OBVIOUS QUESTION, RIGHT? >> YEAH. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSER, IT'S REALLY THE CIP. AS YOU CAN SEE, COLLECTIVELY, BETWEEN GENERAL CIP AND SURTAX AND UTILITY, IT'S DONE ALMOST -- WHAT IS THAT? $19 MILLION. AND THEN IF YOU FLIP OVER ON PAGE 11 TO THE FLEET, THE FLEET IS DOWN $5 MILLION. SO THE NET ACROSS IS WHAT'S DRIVING THAT DIFFERENCE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION. >> MAYOR: I WAS ASKING WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FILL IT. MAYBE I DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING. >> IT'S IN VARIOUS FUNDS AND VARIOUS DIFFERENT PLACES BASED ON OPERATIONAL NEEDS. SO IT'S REALLY A TOUGH QUESTION TO ANSWER. >> MAYOR: JUST BRING IT UP WHEN WE GET THERE. >> OKAY, NO PROBLEM. THE NEXT SLIDE IS A FINAL SLIDE THAT DEALS WITH THE MILLAGE RATE. AND AGAIN, JUST UPDATE BASED UPON WHERE WE ARE. THE CURRENT RATE IS 7.85 MILLS. THERE'S NO CHANGE TO THAT BEING PROPOSED WITH THIS BUDGET. THE ROLLED-BACK RATE IS 7.4229. JUST LIKE THE CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER, THE INFORMATION THAT WE GOT FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER SHOWED US A NET CHANGE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR TO 8.7%. IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPHIC, THE BAR CHART TO THE LEFT, THAT PRETTY MUCH SHOW YOU WHERE WE WERE FROM FISCAL YEAR '16, 7.9 MILLS TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY 7.85. IT ALSO SHOWS YOU IN FISCAL YEAR '22 IS WHEN WE STARTED THE FIRST REDUCTION WHICH WAS .01. AND THEN LAST YEAR -- NOT LAST YEAR, IN '23 WE WENT DOWN TO .05. SO THAT'S THE HISTORY WITH RESPECT TO THE MILLAGE. THE TABLE TO THE RIGHT PRETTY MUCH SHOWS YOU WHERE WE ARE TODAY AS PER TAPES TO -- PERTAIS TO THE BUDGET. IN THE CENTER COLUMN IN TERMS OF THE ASSESSED VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. AND IF YOU TAKE THE MILLAGE TIMES THAT RATE, YOU PRETTY MUCH GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY WHICH IS THE $77.49 MILLION. NOW, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE A DECISION TO GO BACK TO ROLLED-BACK, IT SHOWS YOU THAT THE IMPACT TO THE BUDGET WOULD BE -- YOU WOULD BE LOSING ANOTHER $3.2 MILLION OR YOU PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO FIND THAT SOMEWHERE IN THE BUDGET. AND THAT'S THE NET PERSPECTIVE WITH REGARDS TO WHEN YOU COMPARE TO THE MILLAGE RATE WHERE WE ARE TODAY VERSUS THE ROLLED-BACK RATE. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. ANY QUESTION, ANY COMMENTS? DO I NEED TO GO BACK TO THAT SLIDE? >> MAYOR: YES. >> WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THE SLIDE. >> MAYOR: YES, GO AHEAD. I'LL GO AROUND THE DAIS FOR QUESTIONS. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I SEE THERE'S NO CHANGE PROPOSED, I GUESS I WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S CONSENSUS TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF WHAT THIS BUDGET IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE IF WE WERE TO DECREASE THE MILLAGE RATE. SO I UNDERSTAND STAFF IS NOT PREPARED FOR THAT, BUT I WANT TO SEE IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE GET THERE WITH THE SPREADSHEET. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A QUESTION. COMMISSIONER HAY, LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS. >> YES, I WAS THINKING BASICALLY THE SAME THING. I WAS WONDERING WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE AT, SAY, 7.8. THAT WOULD BE A .05 DECREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATE. I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU'D HAVE -- >> OKAY. >> HAVE THOSE NUMBERS SOMEPLACE. BUT THAT'S OKAY. >> I DO. I WENT AHEAD AND I DID .1, IF YOU DID .01, YOU WOULD BE GIVING BACK 130 TO 150K. IF YOU DID .05, IT WILL BE 650K TO THE GENERAL FUND. THEREFORE, THE 750,000 THAT WE'RE TAKING FROM THE FUND BALANCE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WERE TO DO .05, THAT WOULD NOW BECOME $1.1 MILLION. THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IN THE FUND. THAT WOULD BE AN IMPACT OF .05. >> YES. >> IF YOU DID .01, THAT WOULD BE 152 I THINK K. I WOULD HAVE TO GET MY LAPTOP TO DOUBLE-CHECK. >> I'M SORRY. >> I'M SITTING AT NOW .05. >> 652K. >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: IF I MAY CHIME IN, IN THE PAST, TONY, WE HAD THIS EXCEL SPREADSHEET. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. >> WE DO, WE DO. YOU JUST LET US KNOW AND WE'LL PULL IT UP WHEN YOU GUYS NEED IT. >> MAYOR: TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, I AM INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE. >> I JUST WANT TO REMIND THAT 650K, THAT'S IF THIS BUDGET STAYS THE SAME AS-IS, CORRECT? THAT'S WITHOUT ANY REMOVAL. THAT'S AS-IS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S CLEAR. >> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS TO THINK ABOUT IT. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE, COMMISSIONER HAY? >> THE ROLLED-BACK BEING 7.4229, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT GIVES US SOME ROOM THERE TO CONSIDER -- I'M NOT PROPOSING GOING BACK TO THAT. LET ME GET THAT CLEAR. I'M NOT PROPOSING THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD BE OVER 3 MILLION WE WOULD HAVE TO FIND SOMEPLACE. AND G I DON'T WANT TO PLAY SEARCHING FOR THE EASTER EGGS IF WE DON'T HAVE TO. SO I AM NOT PROPOSING GOING BACK TO THE ROLLED-BACK. BUT BETWEEN WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD PUT US SOMEWHAT IN THE HOLE. AND SO I'M LOOKING MORE AT -- I'M STILL AT THE 7.8. I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS CRUNCHED OUT. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. >> MAYOR, CAN WE -- TONY, IT WE MAYBE AFTER ALL THE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATIONS -- MAYBE BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, MAYBE YOU CAN COME BACK UP WITH THE EXCEL. >> SURE. >> AND JUST POP THROUGH A COUPLE OF NUMBERS. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN KIND OF HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE MILLAGE RATE AND MOVE FORWARD. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: YEAH, YEAH. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I THINK IT WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL IF -- LAST YEAR WE HAD A SLIDE ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS. THERE WAS A ESCALATION OF WHAT THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD EQUATE TO. BUT WE'LL DO IT THEN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER. >> I AGREE WITH VICE MAYOR. I THINK THAT ADDING THAT DISCUSSION TOWARDS THE END AFTER WE LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT AND SEEING WHAT THINGS WE WOULD LIKE TO FUND, IT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A BUDGET WORKSHOP SO WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE. AND ALSO BE MINDFUL OF INFLATION, THE COST OF EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW. WE HAVE PROVIDED SALARY INCREASES. WE HAVE CHANGED OTHER THINGS RECENTLY THAT WE ARE AWARE OF. SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN FROM DAY ONE, I THINK NOT ONLY MYSELF, BUT THIS ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION HAS, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF LOWERING TAXES AS MUCH AS WE COULD AND TRYING TO SEE THE MILLAGE DECREASE. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON? TONY, I DO HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. IT IS ON SLIDE 12. IT IS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND. >> UH-HUH. >> MAYOR: 198 -- 191% INCREASE IS EYE POPPING, RIGHT? YOU CAN'T NOT SEE IT. CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS IS BEHIND THIS PROJECTION IN YOUR REVENUE? HOW ARE WE GETTING THOSE NUMBERS? I MEAN IT'S A GOOD THING IF TRUE OR AT LEAST IT LOOKS LIKE IT. BUT HOW DO WE COME UP WITH THAT? >> LET'S CALL THE CHIEF UP. >> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. >> MAYOR: GOOD MORNING. >> SO I'LL START WITH THAT SAYING ORIGINALLY HE SAID THAT WE HAVE HELPED THE GENERAL FUND. SO THERE WAS A POSITIVE THERE. SO THE 103 ACCOUNT IS PRIMARILY FUNDED AND REVENUE BASED ON OUR TRAFFIC INITIATIVE, THAT'S THE RED LIGHT CAMERA IN ADDITION TO THE SPEED ZONE CAMERAS THAT ARE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO THOSE FUNDS HAVE TO BE UTILIZED FOR POLICE INITIATIVES. SO THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF ITEMS WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND PUSHED OVER TO THE 103 THAT FIT THOSE REQUIREMENTS. >> MAYOR: OKAY. SO THIS PROJECTED 6.3, 6.4 MILLION INCREASE, IS IT BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING MORE TRAFFIC? WHAT IS DRIVING IT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. >> MAYOR, THOSE ARE PROJECTIONS. AND YOU'RE ASKING WHERE THEY CAME FROM. >> MAYOR: YEAH. >> WHAT WE DID IS LOOKED AT OTHER CITY THAT IS HAVE IMPLEMENTED THOSE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. >> MAYOR: SCHOOL ZONE. >> CORRECT. WE PROVIDED OF THE BEST CALCULATIONS POSSIBLE. WE WENT FROM A VERY CONSERVATIVE STANDPOINT VERSUS WHAT THAT FUND MOST LIKELY WILL BE AT NEXT YEAR. IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MANY PEOPLE BREAK THE LAW AND SPEED THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES. SO WE TRIED TO TAKE THE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FROM CITIES OF EUSTIS, TALLAHASSEE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT NUMBER. >> MAYOR: GOT IT. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT WAS RED LIGHT CAMERAS BUT YOU'RE SAYING SCHOOL ZONES. >> IN ADDITION TO. >> MAYOR: AND USING OTHER CITIES AS A METRIC. >> I KNOW THE CITY OF PLANTATION, THEY ARE GOING TO BE GOING LIVE SHORTLY AS WELL. OUR RFP IS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT, ANDREW? WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF AN IDEA ONCE THE PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOES LIVE. >> MAYOR: GOT IT. WOULD YOU SAY THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE? >> VERY CONSERVATIVE. >> MAYOR: GOT IT, OKAY. GREAT. COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> WITH THIS FORECAST OF REVENUE, WERE SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES FOCUSED ON THIS FORECAST OF REVENUE? BECAUSE I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS YEAR-OVER-YEAR-OVER-YEAR? I THINK THE IDEA OF ANY CAMERAS, RED LIGHT, SCHOOL ZONE IS A CHANGE OF BEHAVIOR. SO WHAT I DON'T WANT IS WE HAVE THIS INJECTION OF CASH AND WE'RE FOCUSING ON THIS INJECTION OF CASH AND THEN SPENDING BASED ON THAT. SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE A BAD HABIT OF, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS $6 MILLION, $7 MILLION IN REVENUE. WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND, RIGHT. AND THEN NEXT YEAR COMES AND THAT'S DOWN TO 2 OR 3. AND THEN WE'RE OPERATING IN THE RED. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RECORD TO CONSIDER. >> NO. EVEN WITH THE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TRAFFIC CAMERAS, LIKE THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS WHENEVER THEY WENT LIVE, WE SAW A LARGE INFLUX. AND THEN THAT TAPERED OFF. WE ACTUALLY WENT WITH THE NUMBER THAT WE ANTICIPATE IT'S GOING TO TAPER TO. SO ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT ARE LIKE THE INITIAL REVENUE INJECTIONS THAT YOU WERE SPEAKING OF SHOULD BE THERE. AND T THIS SHOULD ESSENTIALLY AT AS AN ADDITIONAL FUND BALANCE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE ANY EXCEPT FOR THE POLICE IMPACT FEE THAT WAS PASSED BY THIS COMMISSION LAST YEAR. AND REALLY, THAT'S JUST TO OFFSET FUTURE GROWTH. AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FISCAL IMPACT THAT THIS FUND WOULD HAVE. AND I KNOW THERE ARE REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS AND PROTOCOLS OF THINGS LIKE THAT, WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT SPEND THE MONEY ON. I THINK IT'S TRAINING IS ONE OF THEM. IT WILL ACTUALLY GO AND FUND OUR CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM COMPLETELY. SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IDEAS. I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO OFF-TOPIC. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT IDEAS TO ACTUALLY BRING THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM INTO THE CITY VERSUS THIRD PARTY AND CONTRACTING WITH A VENDOR BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE RAN INTO A FEW ISSUES THAT YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF, ESPECIALLY IN THE DISTRICT 2 AND DISTRICT 4. SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IDEAS AND SOME OF THE MONEYS -- BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY NEXUS TO THE SCHOOL ZONES IS FUNDING THE CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PORTION OF THE FUNDING, CHIEF ZELLER DOES THAT GO? >> CURRENTLY IN THE 103 ACCOUNT. >> IN THE SCHOOL ZONE, I KNOW THERE'S A BREAKDOWN AS FAR AS WHAT THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE CROSSING GUARDS ARE. >> I WILL LOOK IT UP. I THINK IT WAS 1330. >> IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE PAY ABOUT 375K A YEAR OUT OF THAT 103 FUND FOR OUR CROSSING GUARDS. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR, I SAW YOUR HAND UP. >> ARE WE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS LATER? THE TRAFFIC FUND? I WANTED TO MAKE THIS A POINT THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY -- ALTHOUGH IT DOES BECOME A REVENUE GENERATOR, IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES BENEFITS LIKE THE CROSSING GUARDS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT IS OUR CROSSING GUARD PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE ENHANCED BECAUSE WE'RE USING A THIRD PARTY, WE CAN'T INCENTIVIZE AND WE CAN'T -- IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET CROSSING GUARDS IN BECAUSE OF THE RATE OF PAY THAT THEY ARE AT. SO I JUST -- YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT IS TECHNICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT IT A REVENUE DRIVER, THIS FUND WILL ALSO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS AND OUR RESIDENTS WHO CAN'T VOTE YET BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A SAFE WAY TO GET TO SCHOOL. SO I KNOW THAT THIS FUND REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAS BENEFITS, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE SCHOOL ZONE CAMERAS. ALSO THAT FUND GOES TO OUR CROSSING GUARDS. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ENHANCE THAT PROGRAM. >> ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW IS YOU HAVE TO STAFF THOSE SCHOOL ZONES WITH POLICE OFFICERS THAT TAKES THEM AWAY. OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS AND THE COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU WRITE A UNIFORM TRAFFIC CITATION, A VAST MAJORITY OF THAT FUND THAT CITIZENS WILL PAY GOES TO THE STATE AND NOT THE MUNICIPALITY. WHAT THIS DOES, IT FLIPS IT ON ITS HEAD. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FUNDING COMES BACK TO OUR CITY. AND IF THE PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL, WE COULD ESSENTIALLY ROLL IT OUT TO ALMOST ALL SCHOOL ZONES. DO WE HAVE A PROJECTION HOW MANY IS THE INITIAL? >> I THINK IT'S 12 LOCATIONS. >> WE HAVE 12 LOCATIONS? >> THAT WAS THE NUMBER. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? >> HOW LONG WILL THEY BE TESTED BEFORE THE REAL THING? YOU SAID 12? >> 30 DAYS. IT'S A 30-DAY TEST. >> 30 DAYS? >> CORRECT. >> WELL, YOU DON'T KNOW THE LOCATION, BUT WILL POINCIANA BE ONE OF THOSE? I HAVE SEEN OUR CITY VEHICLES VIOLATING. >> I JUST NEED TAG NUMBERS, VEHICLE NUMBERS. [LAUGHTER] YES. OBVIOUSLY, SIMILAR TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM, WE DO HAVE A POLICY AND PROCEDURE IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE HANDLED ACCORDINGLY. SO ALL THE CITY SCHOOL ZONES WILL BE UP FOR CONSIDERATION. >> OKAY. THANKS, OFFICER ZEIGLER. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. CHIEF, I'M SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC OR FUND. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> SORRY, DID YOU WANT TO KNOW WHICH SCHOOLS? THEY ARE IN THE ORDINANCE AND I CAN JUST TELL YOU REAL QUICK. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER, DID YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT NOW? >> YES. >> ACTUALLY, GIVE ME SCHOOLS, SCHOOL ZONES. ACTUALLY, I'M IN TOLEDO. I DON'T KNOW WHY. GIVE ME A SECOND. >> MAYOR: YEAH, NO WORRIES, COUNSEL. IN THE MEANTIME, I DO WANT TO POSE MY NEXT QUESTION WHICH WE CAN AFTER COUNSEL CHIMES IN. IN THE MEANTIME, CAN STAFF EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE A.D.A. AND INCLUSION POSITION? IT'S SHOWING A NEGATIVE 100% DIFFERENCE, RIGHT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO THE PUBLIC ALSO UNDERSTANDS AND I UNDERSTAND. WHAT'S THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT? >> JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THOSE POSITIONS AND A HALF WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE H.R.'S BUDGET. SO THOUGH IT WAS MOVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT, THOSE POSITIONS ARE NOW IN H.R. SO IT HASN'T -- IT'S NOT GONE. >> MAYOR: IN THE FUTURE, IT JUST WON'T APPEAR AS A SEPARATE LINE HERE. IT WILL BE UNDER H.R. ISH GOOD, THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM PROJECTION OF THAT? THEY GOING TO MOVE BACK OR ARE THEY GOING TO STAY OVER IN HR? >> UM, YES, SO RISK MANAGEMENT IS NOW UNDER LEGAL, SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING -- >> UNDER LEGAL? >> YES, IT'S NOW A DEPARTMENT UNDER LEGAL BECAUSE MORGAN AND I WORKED TOGETHER CLOSELY ON A LOT OF THE RISK CLAIMS WITH REGARD TO PEOPLE WHO SUE WITHIN THE CITY, SO WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN WAS HR AND RISK MANAGEMENT HAD TO SPLIT THEIR BUDGETS SO SOME OF THE POSITIONS THAT WERE UNDER RISK THAT REALLY HR WAS USING, THOSE FUNDS HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE HR BUDGET. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >> YEAH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ABOUT THIS TOPIC, COMMISSIONER? I JUST WANTED TO LET HER FINISH AND ANSWER THE QUESTION FIRST. >> I'M SORRY. LET ME JUST CLARIFY. THERE IS STILL A SEPARATE RISK AND LEGAL BUDGET. THEY DID NOT COMBINE. SO RISK HAS THEIR BUDGET. CORRECT. >> ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> FOLLOW-UP ON THAT. I REMEMBER DURING YOUR ONE-YEAR OR SIX-MONTH REVIEW, WE TALKED ABOUT, AND I SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR THE RISK BUDGET TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET. THE PORTION THAT WAS SPECIFIC TO THAT WAS ANY ATTORNEY FEES THAT WE'RE USING SO ARE WE DOING THAT THIS YEAR? >> YEAH, SO YEAH THE WAY IT IS SET UP, THE OUTSIDE COUNCIL FEES THAT GO THROUGH OUR INSURANCE ARE INCLUDED AS PART OF OUR SELF-INSURANCE RETENTION, BASICALLY OUR CEDUCTIBLE SO THAT FUND WAS $550,000, SO THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN NAT FUND BECAUSE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING I CAN GET INTO AS WE TALK ABOUT THE CITY ATTORNEY BUDGET, BUT WE TALKED ABOUT ACTUALLY STREAMLINING AND BRINGING LITIGATION IN HOUSE NOW. I CAN PAY, WHAT I CAN PAY AN ATTORNEY IS SIGNIFICANTLY LESS THAN YOUR $550,000, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE THE NEED FOR THAT BUDGET. AND THERE WAS AN UPDATE THAT I NEED TO PROVIDE YOU REGARDING SOME -- LITIGATION BUT IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. BUT SO THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION IN THAT, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CANDIDATE THAT WE WANTED TO HIRE REJECTED THE POSITION, SO WE WILL BE POSTING THAT, AND THE LITIGATION MOVING FORWARD WILL COME IN HOUSE. THAT'LL BE YOUR TRIP AND FALLS, YOUR AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS, YOUR POLICE LIABILITY, AND THOSE SORTS OF CASES. OTHER THAN THE HIGHLY TECHNICAL SPECIALIZED CASES, THOSE WILL STILL HAVE TO GO OUT. >> GOT IT, WELL, SO, THE FIRST YEAR THAT I WAS ELECTED, I REMEMBER HAVING A, AS PART OF THE BUDGET WE HAD A DISCUSSION SPECIFIC TO ATTORNEY FEES THAT WE'RE PAYING THE FIRM AT THE TIME AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT AT THAT POINT, AND I WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO BE CONSISTENT BUT I ALSO REQUESTED THE AMOUNT OF ATTORNEY FEES THAT WE WERE PAYING RISK MANAGEMENT TO YOU KNOW TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM ANY LIABILITY. SO AS IT WAS DONE IN THE PAST I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE IT IS DONE THIS YEAR AND OBVIOUSLY AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT'S A SIGNIFICANT DEPARTMENT WE SHALL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THE BUNNELL AND THE WE SHOULD DEFINITELY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AND INCLUDE THE RISK MANAGEMENT WITHIN, ANY ATTORNEY FEES IN THE CITY SHOULD COME FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BUDGET. >> SO IF I HEAR YOUR DIRECTION, YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THE RISK MANAGEMENT BUDGETED ATTORNEYS FEES INTO THE ATTORNEY'S BUDGET. >> THAT WAY WE HAVE A HOLISTIC VIEW OF HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING FOR ATTORNEY FEES FOR THE CITY AS WE DID AGAIN THE FIRST YEAR AND OBVIOUSLY THINGS HAVE CHANGED. WE HAVE AN INTERNAL DEPARTMENT VERSUS AN OUTSIDE FIRM, BUT YOU KNOW IT'S RELEVANT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT DURING THE SIX-MONTH REVIEW AND I THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD WAY TO TO AGAIN AS PREVIOUSLY STATED COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES THAT WAY WE KNOW HOW MUCH THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IS SPENDING ON ATTORNEY FEES, ATTORNEY SALARIES WHATEVER IT IS TO PROTECT THE CITY FROM LIABILITY AND DAY TO DAY ACTIVITIES. >> OKAY SO I CAN TELL YOU LAST YEAR THE BUDGET WAS $550,000. >> WHY DON'T WOO DO A PRESENTATION, IT COULD BE TODAY, IT COULD BE WEDNESDAY. >> SURE, AND I HAVE THE NUMBERS AND MORGAN'S PREPARED AS WELL. >> GREAT. COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE EARLY ON WHEN WE FIRST GOT INTO OFFICE AND WE WERE EXAMINING LEGAL FEES WE DIDN'T REALIZE UNTIL MUCH LATER THAT THERE WERE IN MULTIPLE POCKETS AND WE COULDN'T GET A TOTAL SENSE OF WHAT WE WERE SPENDING ON LEGAL BECAUSE IT WAS SO DESC DISTRIBUTED IN DIFFERENT FUNDS AND DEPARTMENTS SO I THINK I UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE SAYING AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE NEED TO ASSESS ALL LEGAL, WHAT EXACTLY TOTAL COLLECTIVELY WE ARE SPENDING. DID I UNDERSTAND YOUR INTENT? >> YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU. >> OKAY. I KNOW YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY THE SCHOOLS, COMMISSIONER HAY. I HAD ASKED FOR, GO AHEAD, COUNSEL. >> INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH THAT IS NOT ON AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING JUST YET SO I WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT SO BEAR WITH ME I WILL COME BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER, I APOLOGIZE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE FOR TONY REGARDING THESE POWERPOINT SLIDES WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR? ALL RIGHT. I'M NOT SEEING ANY. TONY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, ONE SECOND, LET ME CHECK THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE A SEPARATE POWERPOINT FOR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT? I KNOW IT WASN'T HERE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. OR DO WE -- SO STAFF, I WASN'T SURE DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT DURING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION OR WAS THERE A SEPARATE ONE? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND IT'S UNDER THIS CATEGORY. >> CHIEF BROODER, CAN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. >> WHEN DID YOU WANT DO IT? I'M INDIFFERENT. >> HEY, GOOD MORNING, CHIEF BRUDER, FIRE CHIEF. IT'S TOTALLY UP TO THIS BODY. WE DO HAVE A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE PRESENTATION THAT IS READY TO GO. IF YOU WANT ME TO DO AS PART OF MY FIRE DEPARTMENT I CAN DO THAT OR WHEN YOU GET TO IT AFTER ALL THE BUDGET PRESENTATIONS. >> I THINK, MAYOR, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE PROBABLY DO IT BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO ACTUALLY WEIGH IN. >> OF COURSE, I MEANTIME DO WE DO IT NOW OR WAIT UNTIL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. I'M THE DIFFERENT, I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IT NOW. >> I WANT TO WAIT. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN SAYS ALTOGETHER, COMMISSIONER HAY SAYS? >> GIVE IT TO ME ALL AT ONE TIME. >> ALL AT ONE TIME, ALTOGETHER. >> WHEN YOU MAKE A PRESENTATION. >> OKAY,. >> YEAH, I DON'T NEED TO HEAR ONE THING NOW AND THEN HEAR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION SEPARATELY. ALL AT THE SAME TIME. >> VERY GOOD. WE'LL GET TO IT AFTER MY PRESENTATION FOR MY BUDGET. >> YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR, I'M SORRY, I HAVE THE SCHOOLS NOW. WHICH SCHOOL WERE YOU ASKING ABOUT? >> POINCIANA AND GALAXY, THOSE TWO. >> ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT DISTRICT 2 SCHOOLS, COMMISSIONER HAY. >> POINCIANA. >> AND GALAXY. >> AND ROLLING GREEN. >> ROLLING GREEN, POINCIANA, CITRUS COVE, FREEDOM SHORES, IMAGINE. GALAXY I BELIEVE IS THAT A CHARTER SCHOOL? >> NO. >> GALAXY ELEMENTARY. >> ALL RIGHT SO I WILL GET WITH THE CHIEF TO DISCUSS THAT AND WE MAY HAVE TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE IF IT'S NOT ON THERE. LET ME MEET WITH THEM BECAUSE THAT MIGHT AFFECT OUR RFP THAT WE JUST PUT OUT AS WELL. SO THAT JUST GOT POSTED, SO THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT. >> I'M SO GLAD YOU BROUGHT THIS UP, COMMISSIONER. >> AND WE WILL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> APPRECIATE IT. >> SO JUST GOING THROUGH THE AGENDA, THE NEXT ITEM IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ONTO DEPARTMENT BUDGET PRESENTATIONS, THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION THE COMMISSION DECIDED WE WILL HEAR THE FIRE ASSESSMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION. OKAY. >> GOOD MORNING AGAIN. >> GOOD MORNING. SO I FIRST WOULD LIKE TO THANK SOFIA STEWART WHO IS HELPING OUT WITH THE CITY'S FINANCE TEAM, BUT SHE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, SO THANK YOU, SOPHIA, AND AGAIN NOT GOING TO KNOCK TONY. I'LL TAKE ALL THE COMPLIMENTS WE CAN GET FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO. SO CHIEF DEGUILIO, UNFORTUNATELY IS IN TRAINING AND NOT ABLE TO BE HERE.  TODAY, SO YOU HAVE ME. I HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE BUDGET, SO WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. GO TO THE FIRST SLIDE. IF WE HAVE IT? NO, I GOT IT, NEVER MIND. >> THIS IS THE GREAT TEST. >> THERE YOU GO. >> GOT IT. >> PERFECT. SO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. WE HAVE OUR UNIFORM DIVISION, WHICH IS 2110, OUR OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, 2111, AND SUPPORT SERVICES, WHICH IS 2112. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A INCREASE OF 5.6% IN OUR UNIFORM SERVICES BUDGET. 3.5 IN OUR OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, AND THEN A 3% INCREASE FROM SUPPORT SERVICES. TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THESE CHANGES, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S UNIFORM SERVICES BUDGET, THE PERSONNEL COSTS HAS INCREASED, SO THE SEVEN ADDITIONAL OFFICERS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE GRANT, WHICH IS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE COPS GRANT, AND IN ADDITION TO OUR GENERAL FUND, THERE IS ASSOCIATED COSTSES ASSOCIATED WITH GIVING THEM THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO ALL OF OUR BODY CAMERAS, IN-CAR VIDEO, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS DO COME AT A COST. THE INCREASE TO HEALTH INSURANCE AND HSA COSTS INCREASED TO WORKERS COMP CHANGES, ALL OF THOSE COMBINED CREATED THAT. SO THERE IS SOME CHANGES INTO THE UNIFORM SERVICES BUDGET THAT DID GO TO THE 103, BUT THEY'RE STILL INCREASED DUE TO THE CBA REQUIREMENTS. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, THE  3.5, MAJOR INCREASE WAS THE INCREASE TO VEHICLE MAINTENANCE AND GARAGE. THERE WAS INCREASE TO GET ON TRACK WITH OUR PREFUNDING, MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR VEHICLES ARE OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER, OBVIOUSLY I THINK IT'S, IT GOES WITH NO SURPRISE THAT THE DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY COVID AND MAINTAINING THE VEHICLES. WE'RE STILL GETTING VEHICLES FROM LAST YEAR'S ORDERS IN, SO THERE IS AN INCREASE TO KEEP THE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER ON THE ROAD. THAT DOES COME AT A COST. AND THEN THE SAME PERSONNEL COSTS THAT WE SEE FROM THE INCREASE OF HEALTH INSURANCE AND HSA. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT SERVICES, THE INCREASE THAT WE SEE HERE AS PART OF THOSE INCREASES OF OUR FTEs. WE DID LOSE A COUPLE DISPATCH POSITIONS A FEW YEARS AGO, AND WE'RE SLOWLY GETTING BACK TO WHERE WE ARE. WE DID HAVE A LOT OF VACANCIES, BUT WE ARE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WE HAVE VERY, VERY FEW VACANCIES WITHIN OUR COMMUNICATIONS UNIT. SO WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL DISPATCHER, THE I.T. POSITION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN TELL YOU MYSELF AND CHIEF BRUDER ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THIS POSITION IS GOING TO SUPPORT FT. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES THAT REQUIRES THEM TO HAVE NCIC, FCIC ACCESS AND IT'S HARD TO WORK WITH CITY I.D. WITHOUT HAVING THOSE ACCESSES. SO CONTINUITY I THINK IS KEY. IT'S GOING TO MAKE A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT PROCESS TO HELP FD WITH THEIR NEEDS. HEALTH INSURANCE AND WORKERS' COMP AGAIN CONTINUED. LINE ITEMS YOU'LL SEE THERE. MOVING TO THE 103 OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE ALREADY HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT, AND LOOKING -- >> CHIEF? >> YES. >> CHIEF, BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO THE NEXT SLIDE, I ACTUALLY JUST WANTED TO FOCUS BACK INTO DISPATCH FOR A MOMENT. I KNOW A COUPLE YEARS AGO THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE JUST HAD TOO MANY VACANCIES, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE STRETCHED VERY THIN, AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK -- ASK AND UNDERSTAND BETTER WHAT IS NEEDED, RIGHT, WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT DISPATCH BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A GOOD WORKING ENVIRONMENT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND TAKE THOSE CAREERS. HAVE YOU HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS INTERNALLY AND WHAT MORE CAN THE COMMISSION DO TO HELP THEM OUT? >> I CAN'T SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE SUPPORT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND CITY MANAGER TO HELP SUPPORT OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING COMPETITIVE WITH PAY, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES IS GETTING THE COMMUNICATIONS CENTER MOVED OVER TO THE EOC WITH THE HELP OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND GIVING THEM ALL THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND WE'VE DONE THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE HUMAN RESOURCES FOR THEM HELPING GETTING THAT MOU CREATED. WE ARE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WE EVER BEEN, AND I DEFINITELY HAVE TO GIVE MONIQUE LEWIS A LOT OF THE CREDIT FOR HER LEADERSHIP IN THERE, WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, WE REALLY ARE SO I WOULD SAY RIGHT NOW THERE IS NOT MUCH MORE WE CAN DO. JUST KEEP MOVING FORWARD. >> ALL RIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE POSITIVE NEWS. GOOD, GREAT. >> YES. THE 103 ACCOUNT. SO THE 103 ACCOUNT REVENUE IS THE RED LIGHT CAMERA, BUT IT IS ALSO THE SPEED DETECTION, SO THE REVENUE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS WELL BELOW WHAT WE BELIEVE WE WILL SEE IN A COUPLE YEARS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THE STATUTE READS IS THAT THE POLICE INITIATIVES, THE FUNS CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THAT. SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THE ITEMS WITHIN 20-TON WAS MOVED THERE -- 2010 WAS MOVED THERE SO WE HAVE OUR CANINE UNIT AND CRIME PREVENTION UNITS SO WE HAVE FTEs SHIFTED OVER THERE TO INCLUDE THEIR COSTS, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A BREAKDOWN. SO WITH THE ANTICIPATED PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL RESOURCES ARE NEEDED. SO WE HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY AIDS, AND TWO POLICE ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALISTS FOR MAN MANAGING THOSE PROGRAMS. OBVIOUSLY THERE IS FUNDS RELATED TO OVERTIME PENSION THAT WERE NOW NEW LINE ITEMS FOR THOSE PERSONNEL. AND THEN MOVING CRIME PREVENTION AND CANINE AS I ALREADY DISCUSSED. WE ALSO LOOKED AT OUR OPERATING BUDGET AND HOW CAN WE HELP THE GENERAL FUND AND MOVING ITEMS THAT KEEP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNNING. OUR VERIZON CELLULAR SERVICE, THAT'S A BIG THING FOR OUR OFFICERS. OFFICERS DRIVE AROUND WRITING REPORTS. THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN DO THAT IS IF THEY HAVE INTERNET, SO EACH VEHICLE HAS A CRADLE POINT SO THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THEIR REPORTS AND GET INTO THE SERGEANT, GET THEM APPROVED SO THEN ULTIMATELY THE CITIZENS OF BOYNTON BEACH CAN GAIN ACCESS TO THOSE REPORTS. FLOCK OPERATION SYSTEM, AGAIN SUPPORT OF THOSE COMMISSION, GETS OUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER UP AND RUNNING. KIND OF I WOULD SAY THE LAST MISSING PIECE, MARK43, THAT'S OUR CAD AND RMS SYSTEM. ALL OF THOSE LINE ITEMS ARE BIG IN WHAT WE DO EVERY SINGLE DAY, SO. >> CHIEF? >> THE AXON IS ANOTHER BIG ONE. YES, SIR? >> THAT 190% INCREASE, ARE THOSE THREE, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, IS IT IN THE OVERTIME? OR THE PENSION? THE. >> I WOULD SAY THAT IN PRETTY MUCH YOU'LL SEE IN ANY BUDGET BETWEEN 85 AND 90% OF ANY BUDGET YOU'RE GOING TO SEE  IS FROM YOUR PERSONNEL COSTS. >> PERSONNEL? >> PERSONNEL COSTS WHICH INCLUDES THEIR SALARIES AND HEALTH INSURANCE, PENSION. >> WHERE DID THE CANINE UNIT MOVE FROM? >> THAT WAS 2110 WHICH WAS OUR UNIFORM SERVICES DIVISION. SO AGAIN THOSE WERE POLICE INITIATIVES THAT COULD FALL WITHIN THE STATUTE REQUIREMENTS OF THE REVENUE, SO WE DID SHIFT THOSE FROM 2110 TO 103. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> EXCESSES. STABILIZING OUR WORKFORCE -- SUCCESSES. STABILIZING OUR WORKFORCE. I CAN'T SAY IT ENOUGH. THE SUPPORT THAT THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND COMMISSIONERS HAVE GIVEN US INCLUDING ADMINISTRATION TO WORK WITH OUR UNION TO GET US TO BE COMPETITIVE WHEN IT COMES TO RECRUITING, DEFINITELY HAS AN IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN'T OVERSHADOW. IT'S JUST, IT IS AMAZING AND WE'RE SEEING THAT WITH CURRENTLY FOUR VACANCIES. THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL THAT WE RECEIVE FROM GOING FROM 156 FTEs TO NOW 170 AND HAVING FOUR VACANCIES IS HUGE. THINGS IN MY 20-PLUS YEARS CAREER YOU KNOW WE JOKE AND WE SAY THAT WE'RE FULLY STAFFED AND THEN 30 MINUTES LATER YOU LOOK AND YOU'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED ANYMORE. SO WE'RE DOING VERY, VERY WELL WITH THAT. THE CAD AND RMS SYSTEM, THAT'S THE MARK43, HUGE SUCCESS GETTING T THAT OUT TO THE OFFICERS. THEY'RE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY FROM A CELL PHONE TO BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR REPORTS AND IT'S JUST VERY USER FRIENDLY. ALWAYS KEEPING AN EYE ON TECHNOLOGIES AND OUR TRAFFIC PLANS, FIELD OPERATION EMERGENCY FIELD FORCE WAS ANOTHER THING THAT WE IMPLEMENTED. BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES, SO YOU KNOW WE ALWAYS HAVE AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WHICH WE YOU KNOW CHIEF AND I ALWAYS PUSH FOR FORCE MULTIPLIER. THAT IS ONE OF THEM. ENHANCED TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, ONE OF THE OTHER OTHER THINGS THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN IS VR TRAINING, BEING ABLE TO PUT VIRTUAL REALITY TO OUR OFFICERS, IT COULD BE A DOMESTIC SITUATION OR IT COULD GO ALL THE WAY TO JUST, YOU KNOW, A SIMPLE TRAFFIC STOP AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THAT, AND WE CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT AND GIVE THEM THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING THAT THEY NEEDED FOR THEIR SUCCESS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR SECURED GRANTS WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT GRANTS, ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN BRING REVENUE INTO THE CITY TO OFFSET SOME OF THE COSTS BECAUSE PUBLIC SAFETY IS IT'S NOT CHEAP. BUT IT'S A NECESSITY. AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I COULD TELL YOU THAT THIS DEPARTMENT NEEDED FOR SO MANY YEARS IS THE LEGAL ADVISOR AND I GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY A LOT OF KUDOS FOR HELPING US GET THERE. IF IT WASN'T FOR HER, WE'D BE BEHIND THE TIMES. SO THANK YOU. SO OUR CHALLENGES. RETENTION, RECRUITING. I'D SAY YOU'VE HELPED US GET PAST THAT. CHALLENGE. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THAT'S JUST MANAGING OUR OFFICERS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AND THINGS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE ON, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT THEIR SUCCESSES. DOCUMENTED APPROPRIATELY. OBVIOUSLY ALWAYS LOOKING AT TECHNOLOGY, INCREASED PUBLIC RECORDS WITH BODY CAMERAS. IN CAR VIDEO, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO COMES AT A COST FROM A PUBLIC RECORDS STANDPOINT, THOSE RECORDS ARE NOW AVAILABLE SO WE HAVE SEEN INCREASED, INCREASED REQUESTS, AND WE HAVE MOVED RESOURCES AROUND TO ADDRESS THAT. SO INITIATIVES, VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION STRATEGIES, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SPECIALTY UNITS BEING ABLE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT MORE OFFICERS IN THERE. OUR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAMS. OUR NARCOTICS UNITS, CRIME PREVENTION, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE THINGS THAT WILL HELP REDUCE VIOLENT CRIMES. AGAIN, THE RENOVATION TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. REACHING FULLY STAFFED 170 OFFICERS, WE WILL ASCH ACHIEVE THAT. WE HAVE LOT OF PEOPLE IN BACKGROUND, AND NOW WITH THE NEW MOU, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE EASILY ATTAINABLE. REINFORCE TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING WE KEEP GOING BACK TO WITH THE RENOVATION OF OUR DISPATCH EOC CENTER WITH THE HELP OF FD. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WORKING ENVIRONMENT. FALSE ALARM BILLING IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE HAD TO PUT ON THE BACK BURNER FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE OF THE CAD AND RMS SYSTEMS. WEWEAVE -- WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF CITY I.T. AND GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING AND CONTINUING TO LOOK AT GRANT FUNDING SOURCES EVERY DAY. THAT IS ALL. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, CHIEF. LET'S GO TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANYTHING? COMMISSIONER CRUZ, LET'S START WITH YOU ON MY RIGHT AND GO AROUND. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. VICE MAYOR? >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMISSIONER TURKIN AT THE JUNE 18th MEETING, YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS STAFFING AS FAR AS THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND SO I JUST WANT TO, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND STAFF THAT WE HAD HAD THAT CONVERSATION AT THE JUNE 18th MEETING AND IF YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS THAT, IS THAT YOUR PLAN IS DURING YOUR -- I JUST WANTED TO REMIND STAFF THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED ON THE JUNE 18th MEETING. BECAUSE I DID SEE ON YOUR PRESENTATION WHERE THERE WAS, THERE WAS MENTION OF RENOVATIONS TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO STAFF THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING COMMISSIONER TURKIN BROUGHT UP, SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU, CHIEF ZELLER, ON WHAT IS NEEDED BECAUSE YOU KNOW OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS SINCE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS BUILT, THEY WANTED TO HAVE THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER THAT WAS CITYWIDE TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE RETZDANTS, AND IT'S -- RESIDENTS, AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S REALLY NOT BEING USED SO IF YOU COULD AS PART OF YOUR KIND OF LET US KNOW WHAT ARE YOU -- WHAT ARE WE DO NOW TO STAFF THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND WHAT CAN WE DO AS PART OF WHAT COMMISSIONER TURKIN BROUGHT UP ON JUNE 18th TO KIND OF MOVE THAT FORWARD SO THAT IT'S NOT, I MEAN RIGHT NOW IT'S A WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S USED WHEN WE CAN AND ON AN OVERTIME BASIS. SO IF YOU COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT REAL QUICK, AND IF COMMISSIONER TURKIN WANTS TO TALK ABOUT HIS TALKING POINTS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT MAYOR YOU WEREN'T HERE, SO IT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT DIDN'T GET LOST IN THIS PRESENTATION. >> VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I KNOW I HAVE ASKED PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF ASKING SIMILAR QUESTIONS OR SAME QUESTIONS. CHIEF ZELLER WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU WERE PREPARED TO DISCUSS NOW? >> YEAH, I THINK THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER, IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, RIGHT? AND THE RENOVATIONS IS, WE NEVER HAD THE CORRECT EQUIPMENT IN THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. WE DO HAVE A FULL-TIME FTE WHEN HE WAS BROUGHT ON PROBABLY THREE MONTHS AGO. JUAN OF HIS TASKS WAS TO LOOK AT THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AND TOUR OTHER ONES AND FIGURE OUT WHAT EQUIPMENT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. SO WE DO HAVE ONE FULL-TIME PERSON IN THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER AUGMENTED BY ADDITIONAL OFFICERS AND DETECTIVES TO FULFILL. IN A PERFECT WORLD, YES, I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE RUN 24/7. MY PERSONAL OPINION, FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, I WOULD SAY MAYBE LOOK AT AN ADDITIONAL FTE MAYBE MID-YEAR, BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, LET US GET THE FLOCK OPERATING SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, WE SHOULD BE THERE BY OCTOBER 1, SO I WILL NEVER TURN DOWN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN OUR REALTIME CRIME CENTER BUT RIGHT NOW WE DO NEED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE EFFORT IN GETTING IT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. >> IF IF WE COULD BREAK THAT UP INTO COMPONENTS. I'M HEARING IT'S NOT FULLY FUNCTIONAL. I GUESS MY QUESTION IS IN TERMS OF RESOURCES, IS EVERYTHING ON ITS WAY ALREADY OR IS THERE SOME SOFTWARE WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE MISSING? >> THE APPROVAL OF -- >> AND THEN THE SECOND PART BEING THE PERSONNEL. >> THE FIRST PART IS THE DPLAWK OPERATING IS -- FLOCK OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH WE HAVE HAD SOME OBSTACLES WHEN IT COMES TO PERMITTING AND GETTING SOME OF THESE ADDITIONAL CAMERAS AND OUR SHOT RECOGNITION SYSTEM UP AND RUNNING. THE CHIEF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB OF GETTING US WHERE WE NEED TO BE AND THAT IS HIS MAIN FOCUS IS MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING SO I WOULD SAY WITHIN THE NEXT 30 DAYS WE WOULD HAVE THAT UP TO A PROBABLY 70, 80% OPERATIONAL. THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF OUR CONTROL TO MAKE SURE IT IS OPERATING AT FULL POTENTIAL. BUT A OF OUR VIDEO IS COMING INTO THAT SYSTEM. LPRs ARE COMING IN. REDUNDANCIES ARE OBVIOUSLY IN PLACE BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO VIEW OUR LPR CAMERAS SO ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH THE FLOCK OPERATING SYSTEM, AND WE'RE JUST WORKING THROUGH THAT. SO THAT'S GOING TO COME UP VERY SHORTLY. CHIEF HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THAT. PERSONNEL WISE, WE DO HAVE A FULL-TIME PERSONNEL IN THERE RIGHT NOW, AND HIS HOURS ARE PRIMARILY DURING THE DAY BUT HE IS ABLE AND FLEXIBLE TO WORK WHEN WE HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THEN WE ADADDITIONAL PERSONNEL FROM OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU, SOME OFFICERS THAT MIGHT BE ON LIGHT DUTY, GO IN THERE, BUT THE GOAL I CAN TELL YOU IS TO HAVE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL IN THERE 24/7 ALWAYS VIEWING CAMERAS AND BEING ABLE TO GIVE REALTIME INFORMATION ONCE THE CALL COMES IN. SO THAT IS OBVIOUSLY WHERE WE WOULD LOVE TO BE. FOR SURE. >> OKAY. CHIEF, IT SOUNDS LIKE IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE A TECHNICAL BOTTLENECK THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING THROUGH. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT DIRECTION, AND AFTER THAT'S SOLVED THEN ADDITIONAL STAFF WOULD BE REQUIRED. >> CORRECT. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. >> BUT AGAIN, IT'S VERY -- VERY CLOSE TO BEING ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR. >> GOOD. OKAY. COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER HAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF ON THIS ITEM? >> NO, CHIEF ZELLER, CHIEF ZELLER, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY YOU NEED IN PERSONNEL TO RUN THAT LIKE YOU WANT TO HAVE IT RUN? TWO, THREE,. >> I WOULD SAY FOUR PERSONNEL. >> AT MINIMUM IF YOU WANT IT 24/7. >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OVERALL WAS YOU'RE TRYING TO APPROACH THAT 170, THE WHOLE MIXED STAFF. HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO THAT? >> WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR VACANCIES. >> HOW MANY? >> CURRENTLY FOUR VACANCIES. >> OKAY. OKAY. HMM. I'LL LISTEN TOO. THAT'S -- THE CAMERAS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY RED LIGHT CAMERAS CLOSE BY WHERE THE NEW CAMERAS FOR THE SCHOOLS, THE SPEED, TO CATCH THE SPEEDERS OR WHATEVER, HOW IS THAT GOING TO -- IS THAT GOING TO COMPLEMENT WHAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE TO COVER MORE AREA OR IT'S JUST FOR THOSE SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING AS A TEST CASE? >> SO THE SPEED CAMERAS ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SCHOOL ZONES. THE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE FOR TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS, SO DO THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER? ONE 00%. -- 100%. >> OKAY, OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW NOW SOME OF THE CITIES ARE UTILIZING OUR TRAFFIC CAMERAS TO HELP THEM RESOLVE SOME OF THEIR CASES, AND I JUST WONDERING WOULD THIS BE TIED INTO THE SAME SYSTEM. >> YEAH, SO MOST OF THEM ARE -- OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT THE GOAL IS THESE ARE LPR CAMERAS THEY'RE CAPTURING D DATA THAT CAN ALSO BEING PUSHED BACK INTO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER TO HELP US ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. >> WERE THOSE CAMERAS BEING IN, WOULD THAT REDUCE YOUR OFFICERS FROM HAVING TO ASSIST THE CROSSING GUARDS? WE'RE STILL LIKING A TOTAL NUMBER OF CROSSING GUARDS WE NEED MORE, WOULD THIS, WOULD THOUGH CAMERAS INCREASE OR DECREASE THE NUMBER OF YOUR OFFICERS NEEDED TO HELP OUT. >> IT WON'T IMPACT THE NEED FOR CROSSING GUARDS, CROSSING GUARDS ARE NEEDED AT MANY LOCATIONS, I'LL TAKES A MANY CROSSING GUARDS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THE CHILDREN ARE SAFE TO GET TO POINT A TO POINT B. THE SPEED CAMERAS ARE MORE FOCUSED ON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND NOT THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. >> I WENT AROUND AND VISIT THE DIFFERENT INTERSECTION AND HAD CROSSING GUARDS, NUMBER ONE COMPLAINT WAS THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH HELP. AND SOME OF THEM HAD TO STOP ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC WHILE THEY THEMSELVES TOOK THE KIDS ACROSS THE STREET. WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ALLEVIATE THAT? ARE OTHER CROSSING GUARDS HARD TO FIND OR WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS APPLYING OR WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? OR THE CHALLENGE? >> CURRENTLY WE UTILIZE A VENDOR, SO THE VENDOR IS RESPONSIBLE TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS THAT THE CITY HAS SET FORTH. FORTUNATELY, THAT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE, WE'VE HELD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. WE CONTINUALLY HAVE COMMUNICATIONS WITH THEM, AND I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER ACKNOWLEDGE SAID THAT WE ARE NOW -- ACKNOWLEDGE SAID THAT WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO ACHIEVE THAT BUT THE LAST THING WE WOULD EVER WANT IS FOR A CHILD TO BE IN DANGER SO WE HAVE AUGMENTED SAFETY SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS WITH OFFICERS. >> -- FUNDED FOR OUR NEEDS. >>> YES, THERE'S FUNDING AVAILABLE TO DO IT. IT'S THE VENDOR BEING ABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR OBSTACLES WHEN IT COMES TO RETENTION AND HIRING AND RETENTION. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER TURKIN? >> HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD -- HOW LONG IS THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER BEEN OPERABLE? HAS IT HAD T THE ABILITY TO OPERATE? >> ABOUT, SINCE WE MOVED INTO THE POLICE STATION, SO I WOULD SAY ABOUT FOUR YEARS. >> AND HOW MANY YEARS HAS THAT BEEN FULLY STAFFED? >> THE PAST THREE MONTHS. >> OKAY. AND WHEN YOU SAY FULLY STAFFED, YOU MEAN THE ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT'S THERE? >> CORRECT. >> WHAT DO WE HAVE A COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AS TO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE, WHAT IS THAT THE D DAY TO DAY OPERATION LOOK LIKE. >> WE'VE TOURED OTHER LOCATIONS, SOME, SOME LOCATIONS HAVE FIVE TO TEN PEOPLE IN IT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CITY. THE MAIN OBSTACLES THAT WE HAVE FACED WITH THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER IS GETTING THE INFORMATION IN THERE, AND THAT HAS BEEN MAINLY DUE TO PRIOR CONTRACT FOR CAD AND RMS SYSTEM THAT FEEDS THE INFORMATION INTO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. WHEN CHIEF DEGUILIO AND MYSELF TOOK OVER THE DEPARTMENT THAT WAS OUR FOCUS WAS GETTING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT FOR THE OFFICERS AND THE RIGHT TOOLS. CAD AND RMS SYSTEM WAS THE MAIN FOCUS FOR US. NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED, IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR TO GET ONE OF THOSE IMPLEMENTED. WE DID IT IN EIGHT MONTHS WITH OUR STAFF. THE BALL IS ROLLING EXTREMELY FAST AND AGAIN THE CHIEF HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GETTING THAT INTO THE FLOCK OPERATING SYSTEM SO WE HAVE MADE STRIDES IN THE PAST YEAR THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO FOR THE PAST THREE PRIOR. >> OKAY, SO, THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW. SO TELL ME, WHAT, FOR THE PUBLIC, WHAT IS THE DAY TO DAY, WHAT DOES THE OPERATION LOOK LIKE AND HOW DOES THAT SERVICE THE CITY? BECAUSE IT'S NOT SERVING THE CITY NOW, SO IF YOU COULD PAINT ME A SCENARIO ON WHERE THAT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE SAY IF THERE IS A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING OR SOME YOU KNOW OLD LADY GETS ROBBED, RIGHT? CAN YOU GIVE ME A SCENARIO ON WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE FULLY OPERATING? IS. >> SO FULLY OPERATIONAL IS THAT THE INFORMATION IS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNICATIONS CENTER. >> WHAT'S THE INFORMATION SNA. >> A CALL FOR SERVICE. SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL CALLS AND SAYS THERE WAS A SHOOTING OUTSIDE OF HER RESIDENCE AND THERE IS SOMEONE THAT WAS INJURED AND NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND THERE WAS A GETAWAY VEHICLE SUSPECT LEAVING A DESCRIPTION OF THEM, WHERE WE'RE GETTING TO IS THAT INFORMATION IS IMMEDIATELY BEING PROVIDED TO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER. THEY'RE HEARING THE CALL FOR SERVE COMING IN SO THAT INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED DIRECTLY TO THE SUPERVISORS AND THE OFFICERS SO THEY CAN BE DISPATCHED PRIOR TO A COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION ON MAIN CHANNEL WHICH IS OUR RADIOS. SO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER PERSONNEL NOW IS LOOKING AT THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL LOOKING AT LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION LOOKING AT RED LIGHT CAMERAS, LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY CAN FIGURE OUT WHERE THAT VEHICLE IS OR WHERE THAT SUSPECT IS, AND THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE GOING. SO THE OFFICERS CAN GO TO THAT AREA. ALSO LOOKING AT VIDEO AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER BUSINESSES AND LOOKING AT THEIR VIDEO TO SEE IF WE CAN FIND OUT WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS OR WHERE THEY WERE COMING FROM. AND ALL THAT INFORMATION IS REALTIME GETTING TO THE OFFICERS SO THEY CAN ADDRESS THE SITUATION AT HAND THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE UTILIZING IT WITH GETTING THE INFORMATION FROM OUR CURRENT CITY CAMERAS, OUR LPRs, AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE TO LOG INTO TO LOOK AT ALL OF THAT. THAT'S WHERE THAT FLOCK OPERATIONS SYSTEM BRINGS IT AND PULLS IT ALL IN TOGETHER WITH CONNECTORS SO THEY CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FROM ONE PLATFORM. SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHERE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO IT. SO IT'S RAMPING UP. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT FOR IT. NOW AGAIN, PERSONNEL I'LL TAKES A MUCH PERSONNEL AS I CAN TO BE IN THERE BECAUSE IT ONLY ENHANCES THE PROGRAM. BUT TO SAY THAT WE OBVIOUSLY CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THE RED TAPE THAT WE NEED TO GET PAST. >> GOT IT. SO IF WE WERE TO DECIDE TO YOU KNOW FULLY STAFF AND ALLOW THE RTCC TO BE FULLY FUNCTIONAL IN THE WAY YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THAT COULD NOT HAPPEN TODAY BECAUSE OF THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH TRANSPORTING ESSENTIALLY THE LIVE FEED FROM THE CAMERA SYSTEMS WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CORRECT? >> ORIGINALLY THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES THAT WE WERE FACED WITH. NOW IT IS IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT THERE IS SOME EASEMENT ISSUES AND LEGAL ISSUES THAT WE ARE OVERCOMING WITH THE SUPPORT OF KEVIN RAMSEY AND DEPUTY CHIEF ANDREW BACK. THEY HAVE HELPED US TREMENDOUSLY IN GETTING THROUGH THAT. I BELIEVE WE WERE 30 -- THERE WAS MAYBE LIKE 30 LOCATIONS THAT WE WERE CONCERNED WITH AT THIS POINT SO WE REALLY CLEAR UP A LOT OF IT WITH THEIR HELP. >> AND FOR THE RENOVATIONS WHAT ARE THE VENERATION -- RENOVATIONS. >> THERE WAS A CONSULT. BEING ABLE TO HAVE A WORKSPACE IN THERE TO WHERE THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER PERSONNEL CAN SIT, HAVE ALL THEIR SCREENS, HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THEM. A RADIO CONSOLE. SO THEY COULD DISPATCH OVER OUR RADIO SO THE OFFICERS CAN HEAR. THEY'RE GETTING IT DIRECTLY FROM THE INDIVIDUALS VIEWING THE CAMERA VERSUS THIRD PARTY FROM COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCHER. >> GOT IT. AND WHEN YOU SAY THE PERSONNEL YOU MEAN THE ONE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. >> THAT'S CCIALTLY WHAT WE HAVE -- CURRENTLY WHAT WE HAVE, YES. >> WHAT IS THE PROPOSED COST FOR THE RENOVATION? >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I BELIEVE THE CONSOLE IS APPROXIMATELY $30,000 IN ADDITIONAL 18,000 IS GOING TOWARDS THE EQUIPMENT TO FUND THAT MORE COMPUTERS AND MONITORS. BUT I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT THAT WHOLE PURCHASE WAS COVERED BY A GRANT SO WE HAD -- WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT OUT OF OUR GENERAL OPERATING BUDGET. >> SO IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE WE CAN'T LAUNCH NOW, RIGHT, FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, BUT WE DO NEED, THIS THING HAS BEEN SITTING THERE FOR FOUR YEARS ALMOST AND HASN'T BEEN OPERATING, HASN'T SHOWED ITS ROI, RIGHT? AND SO YOU KNOW I WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO MAYBE PROPOSE IN THE BUDGET MAYBE NOT A FULL, NOT THE FULL FISCAL YEAR BUT A MID-YEAR YOU KNOW AMENDMENT TO GETTING THIS THING FULLY STAFFED OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD SOME STAFFING ISSUES, RETENTION, WE'VE HANDLED THAT. I THINK THIS COMMISSION IS PROBABLY DONE THE MOST FOR PUBLIC SAFETY YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE SEEN SINCE I'VE LIVED HERE IN THE LAST 12, 14 YEARS, AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE SO CLOSE TO CONNECTING THE DOTS, AND YOU KNOW REALLY REPRESENTING OURSELVES AS THE THIRD LARGEST CITY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND SO YOU KNOW THE BUSINESS, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO FULLY STAFF RIGHT NOW BUT PUT IN SOMEWHERE AN AMENDMENT OR MIDYEAR WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO NOT WAIT NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO GET THIS STARTED, BUT BE PREPARED AT LEAST HALFWAY THROUGH THE YEAR TO HAVE THOSE POSITIONS SLATED FOR THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER IS KIND OF WHERE I'M AT. THAT'S WHAT MAKES SENSE TO ME, YOU KNOW, AS KEEPING IT AS OBJECTIVE AS POSSIBLE. BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WE HAVE FOUR PEOPLE THEREIN AND THEY CAN'T SEE THE FOOTAGE IMMEDIATELY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DRINKING COFFEE EATING DOUGHNUTS SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME, YOU KNOW? SO I JUST, I CAN'T GO FOR THAT IMMEDIATELY BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT BUDGETED AT LEAST FOR MIDYEAR. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND THANK YOU, CHIEF. AGAIN, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS THAT THERE'S A TECHNICAL PROBLEM THAT IS ON THE WAY TO BEING SOLVED YOU SAID 30 DAYS, 78, 80% RESOLVED AND SOON THEREAFTER. AND CERTAINLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, COMMISSIONER WHEN THE TIME COMES AND YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S READY THEN WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? >> BUT WELL WHAT I SAID WAS I WANT TO PREPARE FOR IT. I DON'T WANT TO, I MEAN, SO I KNOW WE HAVEN'T DONE THIS THIS YEAR BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD LIKE A BUDGET AMENDMENT REVIEW, RIGHT? WE DIDN'T DO THIS THIS YEAR, THIS PAST YEAR OR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. AND SO IF THIS DOES COME UP, LIKE DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR STAFF TO COME BACK AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE READY, WE'RE GOOD TO GO, LET'S SAY IN DECEMBER, YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND TO THEN STAFF THAT REALTIME CRIME CENTER BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR IT, WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH AND THEN NOW WE'RE IN YEAR FIVE OF NOT HAVING THIS THING FULLY OPERATED WHEN WE'VE JUST SPENT YOU KNOW QUITE A BIT OF MONEY YOU KNOW SWEETENING UP OUR CONTRACTS, PROVIDING RESOURCES, DOING RENOVATIONS ON THE CENTER, SO I DO WANT TO TAKE STEPS TOWARDS THAT. >> CITY MANAGER, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT? >> I WANT TO CHIME IN. I UNDERSTAND WHAT CHIEF ZELLER IS SAYING AS FAR AS GETTING, GETTING ALL OF OUR ASPECTS THAT'S GOING TO TIE INTO THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER UP AND RUNNING BUT THE BUDGET AMENDMENT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADD THOSE PERSONNEL AS SOON AS WE GET THE GO AHEAD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND AS ALWAYS, I WILL SAY THIS. LIKE YOU'RE 100% CORRECT, THIS COMMISSION HAS BY FAR BEEN A SUPPORTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND IT LIKE 170 OFFICERS IN THE CITY, WHEN I FIRST CAME IN THE POSITION WHEN YOU GUYS CAME IN THIS POSITION, I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS OPERATING PROBABLY 190 OR 129 OFFICERS TOTAL. WE HAD PLETHORA OF VACANCIES, AND THAT'S A REPRESENTATION OF POOR RETENTION, NOT RECRUITING, SO WE'VE TAKEN LEAPS AND BOUNDS, SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THAT BOOK, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, THAT I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP WHENEVER WE GET THE GO AHEAD THAT I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SHOT SPOTTER GOING INTO EFFECT. HOW THAT'S GOING TO COINCIDE WITH DISPATCH, HOW THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER IS GOING TO TIE IN WITH DISPATCH SO THERE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A NEED FOR PERSONNEL THERE, SO. >> SO IS IT GOING TO BE IN THIS BUDGET OR ARE WE GOING TO -- >> NO, I WOULD RATHER -- I WOULD RATHER DO IT AT MIDYEAR LIKE YOU SUGGESTED. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT. >> AND BY THEN, COMMISSIONER, WE'LL KNOW FOR SURE WHERE THEY ARE WITH THE TECHNICAL ASPECT, RIGHT? >> YEAH, OKAY. >> GIVE US AN UPDATEOON THAT, CHIEF. >> WHAT I WANT IS IN A PERFECT WORLD IS, YOU KNOW, IS TO HIT THE TARGET RIGHT IN THE BULL EYES LIKE HEY WE'RE READY TO GO, WE'RE NOT WAITING, WE'RE NOT WASTING ANYMORE TIME WITH THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER, WE GOT IT STAFFED, YOU KNOW, AND LET'S, LET'S SHOW THE PUBLIC WHAT IT'S USED FOR, RIGHT? SO THAT'S, I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AND THAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THIS COMMISSION, THEN THE BEST AVENUE FORWARD I TAKE YOUR WORD FOR IT. >> IF WE HAD THE PERSONNEL ALREADY READY TO GO, CHIEF ZELLER, AND DO WE HAVE THE ANY ANCILLARY RESPONSIBILITIES THAT CAN BE DOING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WHAT'S THE PERSONNEL IN THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER, WHAT ARE THEY CURRENTLY DOING, IT'S JUST FROM A MONITORING STANDPOINT AND THEY'RE GOING OUT AND SEEING WHAT OTHER ASPECTS THAT WE CAN KIND OF TIE IN, OR ARE THEY RECOMMENDING CHANGES AND HOW WE CAN BE MORE EFFICIENT. >> ALL OF THE ABOVE. RIGHT NOW THE MAIN FOCUS IS THEY ARE LEARNING THE ORGANIZATION, THEY'RE GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH THE PERSONNEL THAT WE DO HAVE. UNDERSTANDING OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE, OUR RADIO, COMMUNICATIONS, SITTING WITHIN OUR DISPATCH CENTER. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT NEED TO TAKE PLACE FOR THEM TO FEEL COMFORTABLE. DEPENDING ON THE INDIVIDUAL AND WHO YOU'RE RECRUITING AND WHO'S COMING ON. THESE POSITIONS TYPICALLY ARE NOT SWORN POSITIONS, THEY ARE PROFESSIONAL STAFF, SO SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE DISPATCH EXPERIENCE, SO WE ADDRESS IT SIMILAR TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. ON OFFICER COMES IN THE DOOR, WITH NO EXPERIENCE, COULD TAKE YOU KNOW SIX MONTHS FOR THEM TO LEARN  OFFICER WITH EXPERIENCE COULD BE RELEASED IN TWO MONTHS SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUALS, BUT CONTINUITY WITH OUR PROCESS WOULD BE THE FIRST THING THAT WE WOULD DO WITH THEM. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, SO I MEAN, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. CITY MANAGER BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A MIDBUDGET YEAR AMENDMENT, IF THAT, IF WE WAIT UNTIL THEN, THEN WE HAVE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR POTENTIALLY OF HIRING SOMEONE, AND THEN TRAINING SOMEONE AND GETTING THEM UP TO SPEED ON THE EQUIPMENT AND HAVING THEM READY TO ACTUALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY. SO IN, IS THAT REALLY, ARE WE NOW -- ARE WE THEN GOING TO LOOK AT A YEAR AND A HALF OF WAITING FOR THAT CENTER TO STILL BE WHERE IT SHOULD BE? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE SAYING IT COULD POTENTIALLY DEPENDING ON YOU KNOW HOW QUICK SOMEBODY LEARNS I MEAN IT'S LIKE ANY OF US GOING THROUGH TRAINING IT'S HOW QUICK YOU LEARN THE PROCESS, HOW QUICK YOU GET UP TO SPEED, BUT IT COULD TAKE US TIME AND WE'RE NINETY FOUR -- FOUR OFFICERS DOWN AS IT IS, IT COULD TAKE TIME TO HIRE ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIALTY DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY HIRE PEOPLE WHO YOU KNOW WANT TO BE IN THAT SORT OF ENVIRONMENT TOO WHERE YOU'RE NOT ON THE ROAD AND YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE STUCK IN A, IT'S A VERY LARGE CLOSET BUT YOU KNOW I MEAN A ROOM FOR THE DAY MONITORING AND DOING THAT. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE WAIT FOR THIS MID-BUDGET YEAR, TO ADD THESE, THIS PERSONNEL. >> YOU'RE CORRECT IN YOUR ASSESSMENT. IT IS GOING TO, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO POST THE POSITION, WE HAVE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS INTEREST IN THE POSITION, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA AND I CAN GO BACK AND I CAN LOOK AT IT WHENEVER WE ADJOURN THE MEETING TODAY, TOMORROW, DO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF THE PERSONNEL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? THAT THE COMMISSION, I JUST NEED TO GET A CONSENSUS AS FAR AS ARE WE TALK ABOUT CIVILIAN SWORN POSITIONS? >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE DEPARTMENT TO GUIDE US ON WHAT THEY TRULY NEED. >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE CHIEF AS WELL. >> I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION AT A LATER TIME BUT I THINK THAT WE CANNOT WAIT, IT JUST FURTHER DELAYS IT, AND IF THE IDEA IS THAT THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER GETS UP AND RUNNING, WHEN IT'S READY TO GET UP AND RUNNING, THEN WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO STOP PROCRASTINATING AND WE JUST NEED TO IF THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT MEANS, FROM THE DEPARTMENT'S END ON WHAT IS NEEDED TO MOVE IT FORWARD, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAFF IT NOW. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAFF IT I MEAN IT'S POTENTIAL I MEAN WE HAVE, WE'RE ALREADY FOUR DOWN, POTENTIAL THAT THIS WON'T GET STAFFED RIGHT AWAY AS IT IS, AND SO THEN I THINK WE'RE JUST KICKING, KICKING IT DOWN THE ROAD. >> OKAY, SO THERE ARE ALSO SOME QUESTIONS I HAVE AS FAR AS FUNDING THOSE POSITIONS, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE 103 FUND, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE POLICE IMPACT FEE. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS GOING TO BE FUTURE GROWTH SO I DO WANT THAT LOOKED ADAS FAR AS LIKE MAYBE OFFSETTING SOME OF THE BUDGETARY IMPACTS. >> FROM THE SCHOOL SAFETY LIGHTS, THE SCHOOL SAFETY CAMERAS, I WANT TO START CALLING THEM SCHOOL SAFETY CAMERAS, INSTEAD OF WHAT THEY ARE, INSTEAD OF SPEED CAMERAS BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE TO REMIND OURSELVES WHAT THE PURPOSE IS, BUT THAT THAT COULD OFFSET SOME OF THE EXPENSE OF HAVING THIS PROGRAM REALLY TRULY BE UP AND RUNNING THE WAY THAT FORMER COMMISSION HAD ENVISIONED IT TO BE. BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING THIS WAS EIGHT YEARS IN THE MAKING EASILY. IF NOT TEN. I MEAN A LONG TIME THAT WE HAVE WANTED THIS REALTIME CRIME CENTER UP AND RUNNING, AND SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO STOP KICKING IT, KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD AND WE NEED TO JUST GET IT, GET IT DONE. SO THAT'S, THOSE ARE MY SENSES. ALL OF THEM. >> CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON. >> I KNOW YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS STILL. DID YOU HAVE A RECOMMEND EGGS ON HOW TO MOVE POR-- RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS? DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO US ONCE YOU GET YOU ARE UPDATES. >> YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR. TOMORROW WHAT WE'LL DO IS I'LL JUST HAVE TO GET WITH THE DEPARTMENT, SEE WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS, SEE HOW WE CAN TIE THAT INTO THE BUDGET, WHETHER  THERE IS A NEXUS TO THE POLICE OFFSET FEE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO AS FAR AS CAPITAL COSTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE AND I CAN COME BACK AND MAYBE REVISIT THIS WEDNESDAY IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION. IT'S FOUGHT GOING TO TAKE TOO LONG. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I CAN'T ENVISIONS THE REALTIME CRIME CENTER TAKING MORE THAN TWO OR THREE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL SO WE CAN DEFINITELY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CHIEF? ALL RIGHT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT IS 11:50. LET ME TURN TO MY COLLEAGUES. COMMISSIONERS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THE LUNCH BREAK NOW, OR DO YOU WANT TO HEAR A PORTION OF, THE FIRE PRESENTATION? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO 12 AND I WOULD RECOMMEND A LUNCH BREAK BUT I'LL HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU AND LET YOU DECIDE. >>> IT'S FINE WITH ME. >> DO YOU WANT A LUNCH BREAK NOW. >> I WOULD RATHER DO THAT THAN BREAK A PRESENTATION. >> OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD. DO WE HAVE AGREEMENT WITH A THIRD? OKAY. >> IT'S ALMOST NOON. 10 MINUTES. >> 10 MINUTES. >> IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE WE CAN -- WE CAN BUMP UP TO TALK ABOUT? >> IN 10 MINUTES? >> SURE. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING WE HAVE HAD SO FAR, WE HAVE 10 MINUTES UNTIL NOON, SO THAT'S PERFECT. SO WE'LL BREAK AT NOON IS OUR CONSENSUS. >> SURE. >>> SO I WOULD LIKE TO. >> ARE WE ALL GOING TO GO TO OUR FOLDERS OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO BOUNCE AROUND? JUST WONDERING WHAT YOUR -- >> I WANT TO TALK ABOUT -- >> WHAT ARE WE DOING? >> SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO TELL STAFF IN ADVANCE TO PREPARE FOR, JUST LET THEM KNOW SO THEY CAN PREPARE FOR LATER OR FOR WEDNESDAY. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, RIGHT? IS THAT WHAT YOU MEANT? >> CORRECT, YES. >> SO I WANT TO LOOK INTO THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX. >> I WAS READING IT, READING THE GUIDELINES, AND I THINK THIS IS APPROPRIATE TIME SINCE WE HAVE LIKE NINE MINUTES LEFT BUT ONE OF THE GUIDELINES FOR THAT ALLOCATION IS PROCEEDS OF THE TAX SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND ELIGIBLE MUNICIPALITIES BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION EXPENDITURES OF EACH OF THE FIVE FISCAL PRECEDING YEARS IN PROPORTION TO THE TOTAL COUNTY AND CITY EXPEPTTURES. -- EXPENDITURES. THE LOCAL OPTION GAS TAX CAN BE USED ONLY FOR TRANSPORTATION, EXPENDITURES, AND THEN IT LISTS SEVEN DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THAT. ONE THROUGH SEVEN, STARTING WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, TWO ROADWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT, THREE, ROADWAY AND RIGHT-OF-WAY DRAINAGE, FOUR, STREET LIGHTING, FIVE TRAFFIC SIGNS, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING, SIGNALIZATION, AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS, BRIDGE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND THEN NUMBER SEVEN, DEBT SERVICE AND CURRENT EXPENDITURES FOR TRANSPORTATION CAPITAL PROJECTS. IN THE ABOVE PROGRAM AREAS, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ROADS. SO I WENT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND LOOKED AT SOME HISTORICAL ALLOCATIONS AND ACTUAL EXPENSES, AND IT APPEARS THAT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, AND 23, WE MAINLY USE THE MONEY TO FIRST TRANSFER $850,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN $450,000 UNDER THIS GAS FUND WAS GOING TO TRANSFER TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A HEADS UP TO STAFF THAT I DO WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THIS, AND I WANTED TO SEE ALSO AS WE LOOKED AT TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF IT, ONE IS OPERATING EXPENSES, WHICH ARE PRETTY SMALL, AND THEN WE HAVE NONOPERATING EXPENSES, WHICH ARE YOU KNOW, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS SO I WANTED TO KIND OF LOOK INTO IF I CAN GET SOME HISTORICAL DATA AND IT YOU KNOW DOESN'T HAVE TO BE TODAY IT COULD BE ON WEDNESDAY, WITH OUR FOLLOW-UP I WANTED TO SEE WHAT HAVE WE SPENT THIS MONEY ON. BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT THE PURPOSE FOR THIS IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, ROAD MAINTENANCE, DRAINAGE, STREETLIGHTING, TRAFFIC LIGHTS. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT STRATEGIC PLANNING, BEAUTIFICATION, CLEANING UP THE CITY. WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THIS MONEY, WHAT HAVE WE DONE IN THE LAST THREE FISCAL YEARS WITH THIS FUNDING? AND I WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD IN ITS ENTIRETY ABOUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO GOING FORWARD BECAUSE AS WE UNDERSTAND, I KNOW THE MAYOR BROUGHT THIS UP MAYBE A FEW MEETINGS AGO, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CLEAN UP THE CITY. RIGHT? AND IF THAT'S ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, THEN LOOKING AT OUR FUNDING AND OUR BUDGET, ARE WE DOING THAT? ARE WE ALLOCATING FUNDING TO CLEAN UP THE CITY? AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE CASE RIGHT NOW. IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION MARK SO I WANTED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IF WE CAN HAVE IT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE THAT. IF NOT, WE COULD HAVE IT ON WEDNESDAY BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE YOU KNOW AS WE'RE SPENDING FUNDING, FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, HOW HAVE WE USED THE GAS TAX FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, AND 23, AND THEN WHAT IS OUR PLAN WITH IT BECAUSE AS IT APPEARS, AS A PROPOSED BUDGET SHOWS RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SENDING $600,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN 450 TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, 600 WAS REQUESTED, 700 IS PROPOSED. SO $700,000 GOING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH IT, IN THE GENERAL FUND. I KNOW IT'S A LONG DISCUSSION, WE'RE ABOUT TO GO TO LUNCH, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP THAT I DO WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. >> NO, I'M PERFECTLY FINE WITH PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE COMMISSION. I JUST GA GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT I DON'T PUT MY FINANCE STAFF IN A TRICK BAG. WOULD YOU GUYS BE ABLE TO -- BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRANSFERRING THE MONIES TO THE GENERAL FUND AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THE DIFFERING INTENTIONS FOR THE MONIES TO BE USED. EVEN THOUGH THAT IS GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND, OBVIOUSLY THE GENERAL FUND DOES THE EXACT SAME THING WITHIN THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO IMPROVE OUR ROADS AND STREETS AND COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF WE MOVE THOSE MONIES OVER INTO THE GENERAL FUND, ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE -- DO YOU WANT TO ITEMIZE BREAKDOWN COMMISSIONER CRUZ, OR WHAT ARE YOU -- >> WE CAN HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, LIKE I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF BUDGET AND YOU KNOW STAFF NEEDS TO BE HERE FOR OTHER PURPOSES. I'M MORE NAN HAPPY TO ADD THIS TO OUR WEDNESDAY DISCUSSION SO WE CAN GO MAYBE WE CAN GET AN E-MAIL WITH THE INFORMATION ON WHERE WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY, SO WE CAN HAVE THE TIME TO ACTUALLY REVIEW IT BUT I DID WANT TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION OF LIKE IF WE'RE SAYING THAT ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES IS NUMBER ONE PUBLIC SAFETY, AND THEN YOU KNOW ALSO CLEANING UP THE CITY, ARE WE PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AND ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING WHAT WE SAY WE WANT TO DO AND IS THAT BEING REFLECTED IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET? >> AND YOU'RE REQUESTING THREE YEARS, CORRECT, IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING? >> YES. >> OKAY. TONY IS THAT POSSIBLE FOR TODAY OR WEDNESDAY? WEDNESDAY? >> YEP, WEDNESDAY WORKS. >> YEAH WE CAN REC RECONCILE IT. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES BEFORE NOON. AGAIN I WANT TO GET YOUR OPINION, COLLEAGUES, IF THERE IS SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GIVE STAFF'S HEADS UP. >> I THINK THERE IS GOING TO BE LOT OF STUFF WEDNESDAY AND PROBABLY THURSDAY WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO REVIEW AND MOST IMPORTANTLY NOT PUT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTSOON SPOT AND THAT WAY WE CAN GET AN ANSWER BUT IT'S LIKE LAS YEAR SHOW ME YOUR BUDGET AND SHOW ME YOUR PRIORITIES WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT BUT ULTIMATELY THIS IS WHERE WE EXECUTE SO THAT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THAT MONEY'S BEEN SPENT AND THEN ALSO IF SOMEONE CAN GET ME TO THE CIP PROJECTS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AS WELL, I WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT MONEY'S BEEN ALLOCATED. YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETIMES WE GOT TO PUSH STUFF BACK LIKE THE CHAPEL HILL STORMWATER PROJECT, IT'S LIKE EVERY YEAR IT GETS PUSHED BACK, PUSHED BACK AND YOU KNOW I'M OKAY WITH THAT. I UNDERSTAND I'M A TEAM PLAYER BUT I JUST NEED TO KNOW THE WHY, RIGHT? SO I CAN GO BACK AND HAVE THAT REASONING AND HAVE THAT ANSWER AND SHAKING YOUR HEAD, CAN'T DO THAT OR? >> I JUST SAW YOU SHAKING YOUR HEAD OF YOU'RE SAYING NO WE CAN'T DO THAT OR NOT? >> [OFF MIC] >> NO, YOU ARE GOOD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO -- YOU'RE SHAKING NO LIKE WE CAN'T DO THAT ORE NOT. >> ALL RIGHT. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. >> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH,. >> SO I JUST WANT TO, I DO WANT TO LOOK AT THAT HOLISTICALLY BECAUSE I NEED TO LOOK AT THE PAST WE HAVE TO MAKE MY DECISION ON WHAT WE MAYBE DO NEED TO KICK BACK TO THE NEXT LINE ITEM OR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I APOLOGIZE LOOKING AT WHAT'S URGENT AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT. >> WHAT I DO WANT TO REMIND THE COMMISSION IS THE SURTAX IS GOING AWAY AND ALL THE $4.5 MILLION SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE WITH THE PROJECTS WE DO HAVE MOVING FORWARD. ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT COMPLETE AND I BELIEVE KEVIN AND ANDREW FORWARDED SOME OF THE INFORMATION AS FAR AS THE ROLLOVER PROJECTS FROM THE YEAR REQUIRE.  YEAR PRIOR BUT I'M SURE KEVIN, KEVIN RAMSEY. >> AND WE'LL GET TO THAT. I JUST, I JUST WANT TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION -- I JUST WANT TO HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS TIES INTO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE'RE JUGGLING A LOT OF STUFF. >> I KNOW THE CIP IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. >> AND I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS HOW YOU GUYS -- IT'S MANDATED, THERE'S A CHECK LIST, THERE'S A SAFETY ISSUE AND WE CAN'T TURN OUR HEAD TO SAFETY. I REVIEWED EVERYTHING ANDREW SENT AND I NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THE PAST. AGAIN I MENTIONED THERE IS ISSUES WITH FUNDING ARPA SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE ROADS IN GULF VIEW HARBOR STARTED, LAKE BOYNTON ESTATES, CHAPEL HILL HASN'T BEEN FIN FINISHED AND RIGHT AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THESE OTHER PROJECTS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SURTAX EXPIRING SO YOU KNOW FOR ME I NEED TO LOOK AT A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE. SO I WOULD JUST, I WANT THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE I MEAN I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO  CIP AND AGAIN MY MOTIVE HERE IS TO MAKE SURE STAFF IS PREPARED AND THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT PUT ON THE SPOT AND WHEN WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY COMES WE CAN HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AND THEN I CAN MAKE MY DECISION ON YOU KNOW WHAT AT LEAST PROPOSE IF THERE IS CONSENSUS FROM MY COLLEAGUES LIKE WHAT MAYBE WE SHOULD MOVE AROUND. WHAT'S THE URGENCY. WHAT REFLECTS OUR BUDGET LIKE, OR OUR STRATEGIC PLAN LIKE COMMISSIONER CRUZ SAID. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANKS. >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. VICE MAYOR DID YOU WANT TO CHIME IN, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING FOR STAFF TO GIVE THEM A HEADS UP ON ANYTHING? >> NO, I'M GOOD. >> OKAY, COMMISSIONER HAY, DID YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS FOR STAFF SO THEY CAN PREPARE FOR IT. >> WELL, I DO NEED SOME INFORMATION WHERE WE ARE WITH THE CEMETERY CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE WE NEED TO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE IF SOMETHING BECOMES AVAILABLE THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. WE CAN PUT IT IN THIS BUDGET INSTEAD OF ROLLING IT DOWN THE ROAD AND KEEP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WE HAVE DONE THIS LONG ENOUGH AND IT STILL HASN'T -- IT'S A PROBLEM THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOING TO WAIT AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW. SO JUST GIVE US SOME INFORMATION AS TO WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT ARE THE FIGURES. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. AS FOR MYSELF, I, AGAIN, NOT TODAY, WEDNESDAY, R IS FINE OR EVEN THURSDAY IF THAT'S WHAT IT COMES TO, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR DEBT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DISCUSS THAT AND WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD AND IF THERE ARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO REFINANCE OR WHATNOT THAT WE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION AT SOME POINT. OKAY SO IT IS A LITTLE OVER NOON. WE WILL RECESS FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES IS THAT FINE WITH EVERYBODY? 40 MINUTES. AND WE WILL RESUME THEN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. SEE YOU IN ABOUT 40 MINUTES. >> PLEASE STAND BY. >> MAYOR: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEARING WITH US. WE ARE RETURNING FROM RECESS FROM OUR LUNCH BREAK TO ALL OF YOU JOINING US ONLINE, WELCOME TO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP. WE HAVE HEARD PRESENTATIONS ON THE GENERAL FUND, DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE MILLAGE RATE. WE HAVE HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND UP NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND BEFORE US IS CHIEF BRUDER. ALL RIGHT, CHIEF. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A NICE LUNCH AS I DID. >> MAYOR: GOOD AFTERNOON. >> THANK YOU. SO WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT UP. >> MAYOR: AND BEFORE YOU -- CHIEF, COULD I ASK STAFF, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CLOSE THE DOORS BACK THERE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE TO -- ACTUALLY, CAN THIS VOLUME BE TURNED DOWN A LITTLE BIT? NO. I'LL STEP BACK A LITTLE BIT. I'M A LOUD TALKER. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, I KIND OF WANTED TO ECHO SOME OF THE SENTIMENT THAT WE HAVE HEARD SO FAR HERE TODAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO FOCUS. YOU HAVE HEARD SOME THINGS FROM CHIEF ZELLER ON THE WORK THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, TO EMPHASIZE THE RELATIONSHIP. YOU KNOW, AS WE SAY, PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, OF OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND OF OUR CITY. FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO BE GETTING ALONG AS WELL AS WE DO RIGHT NOW I THINK IS A TESTAMENT, NOT ONLY TO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN, BUT TO THE GOAL OF THIS CITY WHICH IS TO PROVIDE THE BEST PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES THAT WE CAN. SO YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT FROM CHIEF ZELLER THE POSITION THAT HE HAS IN THERE WHICH IS REFERENCE TO PUBLIC SAFETY I.T. THAT IS A CRITICAL POSITION AND IT WAS DECIDED TO KEEP THAT POSITION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE OBVIOUS REASONS. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE ONE THAT IS USED BY BOTH DEPARTMENTS. HE MENTIONED THE DISPATCH CENTER. I THINK, MAYOR, YOU HAD QUESTIONED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE DISPATCH CENTER. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS DISPATCH CENTER SITS IN MY BUILDING. AGAIN, WE ARE POLICE AND FIRE, BUT IT SITS IN MY BUILDING. I SEE THE DISPATCH FOLKS AND THE DISPATCH MANAGER EVERY DAY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A GREAT BUNCH OF FOLKS. THEIR STAFFING HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY. AND I'M VERY PLEASED THAT CHIEF ZELLER ANNOUNCED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR DISPATCH CENTER AND GET INTO THE NEXT GENERATION, WE'RE MOVING IT INTO THE EOC. AND THE EOC IS GOING TO BE MOVING INTO WHAT WAS THE DISPATCH CENTER. WE HAVE A VERY ROBUST PLAN IN PLACE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT IN TERMS OF INCREASING TECHNOLOGY FOR EVERYONE. AGAIN, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON GRANTS A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS A THEME WITHIN PUBLIC SERVICE OF OUR ABILITY TO GET GRANTS FOR FUNDING. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT IS AVAILABLE TO US AS A FIRE-RESCUE AGENCY, WE ARE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO APPLY FOR AND GO FOR, ONE OF WHICH WAS THE PUBLIC SAFETY DOCK FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE THAT WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. LATER ON WHEN I GET INTO THE FIRE FEE ASSESSMENT PRESENTATION, YOU'LL SEE IN THE FUTURE WHERE AGAIN GRANTS ARE GOING TO COME INTO PLAY. AS FAR AS OUR CONTRACT CITIES -- AND WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS. A LOT OF OUR CONTRACT CITIES THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVES ARE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL, ONE OF WHICH IS THE VILLAGE OF GOLF. RIGHT NOW, I'M IN TALKS WITH THE VILLAGE OF GOLF. THEIR CONTRACT DOESN'T END UNTIL NEXT YEAR, BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE MOVING TO TERMINATE THAT CONTRACT ONE YEAR EARLY AND GO INTO A NEW 10-YEAR CONTRACT EARLY. THAT 10-YEAR CONTRACT IS GOING TO HAVE A 10% INCREASE SO THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ADDITIONAL $30,000 IN REVENUE WHICH HAS NOT BEEN NOTED ANYWHERE IN ANY OF THIS BUDGET PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE NEGOTIATIONS. I'LL BE SENDING THAT CONTRACT TO LEGAL. LEGAL WILL BE REVIEWING IT AND WE'LL BE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE VILLAGE OF GOLF TO SOLIDIFY THAT CONTRACT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WILL AGAIN BE A LITTLE BIT OF INCREASE IN REVENUE AND IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE CARRYING OUR BRAND WELL OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC. IF WE WEREN'T, THEY WOULD NOT WANT TO CONTINUE WITH OUR SERVICES. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. LET'S DIVE RIGHT INTO THE BUDGET. THIS YEAR YOU'LL SEE A 16.6% INCREASE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. AND YOU'LL SEE A 5.8% INCREASE IN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER BUDGET. THOSE BUDGETARY INCREASES ARE PRIMARILY DUE AS MENTIONED EARLIER, FLEET IS PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST INCREASE THIS YEAR. WE HAVE HAD AN INCREASE OF $1.4 MILLION OVER THE PRIOR YEAR. AND THAT IS NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COVER PRIOR FLEET SHORTFALLS AND BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN THE FIRE-RESCUE FLEET AS WE NEED TO IN THE FUTURE. PART OF THAT IS FUEL COSTS. FUEL COSTS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BELIEVE IT OR NOT ARE $280,000 A YEAR. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR FUEL. WE'RE OUT RUNNING 24/7, 365 SO THE FUEL COSTS ARE QUITE HEAVY. JUST BETWEEN FLEET ALONE YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST $1.7 MILLION. WE WERE SUCCESSFUL -- THIS IS ONE OF OUR THINGS WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT. THIS YEAR WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AT INTEGRATING OUR OCEAN RESCUE DEPARTMENT INTO OUR FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGETARY IMPACT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ABOUT A $1 MILLION INCREASE GIVE OR TAKE TO ACTUALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET. AS WE LOOK INTO THE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, THERE'S A VERY SMALL INCREASE AS IT RELATES TO THE LIFEGUARDS AND ONE OF THE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR WITHIN THE BUDGET IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL LIFEGUARD POSITION. OUR LIFEGUARD CHIEF HASN'T -- HE'S BEEN ON CALL SEVEN STRAIGHT YEARS SO THEY REALLY NEED SOME HELP. BESIDES THE FACT THAT WE HAVE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF THINGS TO HELP INTEGRATE OCEAN RESCUE INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GETTING THEM INTO OUR CAD. PRIMARILY BEFORE WHEN THEY HAD A RESCUE CALL COME IN, THEY WOULD JOT IT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND PUT IT INTO A COMPUTER PROGRAM NOBODY SAW. WE WEREN'T CAPTURING THE STATISTICAL DATA. STATISTICAL DATA IN MY BUSINESS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. IF I'M GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR SERVICES, WE HAVE TO JUSTIFY THAT AND WE JUSTIFY THAT THROUGH DATA. WE ARE VERY, VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED THE OCEAN RESCUE DEPARTMENT IS NOW PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE CALL THAT WE JUST HAD RECENTLY IN THE INLET WHERE AN 8-YEAR-OLD CHILD WAS FOUND, IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT CALL FOR YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY HAND IN HAND. IT WASN'T JUST WITH OUR PD. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FIRE BOAT AND THE BOAT WE HAD ALREADY HAD PEOPLE ON IT, WE HAD DIVERS ON EVERY BOAT WE COULD FIND AND WORKED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FLORIDA WILDLIFE COMMISSION, WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WITH SOME OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS. AND WE WERE OUT THERE FOR SIX HOURS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, AFTER THE FIRST HOUR, WE WENT FROM A RESCUE TO A BODY RECOVERY. BUT WE STAYED. TYPICALLY BODY RECOVERY IS NOT A FUNCTION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE STAYED. WE STAYED TO GIVE THE FAMILY CLOSURE. AND WE STAYED BECAUSE IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. BUT WHAT IT POINTS TO IS THE FACT THAT OUR OCEAN RESCUE INDIVIDUALS WERE HAND IN HAND WITH FIRE-RESCUE ON THAT DAY. SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED IN THE HISTORY OF THIS CITY. WE HAD OCEAN RESCUE GUYS ON WATER VESSELS THAT WERE OUT THERE DOING THE SWIMS, DOING THE DIVES WITH OUR CREWS TRYING TO FIND THIS YOUNG MAN. SO HAVING THEM AS PART OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A BIG THING FOR US. SO AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU AND WITHOUT CITY STAFF, THAT COULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED. AND THAT WILL MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE. IN TERMS OF SOME OF OUR OTHER INCREASES, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS JUST THE NATURE OF DOING BUSINESS, FICA, HEALTH INSURANCE, DENTAL, VISION, SELF-INSURANCE, ALL OF THESE THINGS COMBINED WAS ALMOST A $1 MILLION INCREASE. AS SPOKEN BEFORE ELOQUENTLY BY THE INTERIM BUDGET DIRECTOR, WE HAVE HAD SALARY INCREASES. IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THOSE CONTRACTUAL SALARY AND NON-CONTRACTUAL SALARY INCREASES FOR THE '24-'25 YEAR ARE GOING TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $811,000. THE INCREASED PENSION OBLIGATION FOR BOTH GENERAL AND UNION EMPLOYEES IS $808,000. BASICALLY THAT COMES TO YOUR $5.3 MILLION. NOW, WITHIN THAT 5.3 MILLION, YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THREE NEW POSITIONS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR. ONE OF WHICH WAS THE LIFEGUARD POSITION THAT I ALLUDED TO EARLIER. ONE OF WHICH IS AN INCREASE IN OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU OF ONE ADMIN/INVESTIGATOR POSITION, INSPECTOR POSITION. AND THEN WE DESPERATELY NEED A LOGISTICS COORDINATOR POSITION AND I'LL EXPLAIN ALL THAT TO YOU. BUT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO YOU WITH THE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR AREAS OF FUNDING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE, BESIDES OUR EMS TRANSPORT REVENUE, IS OUR FIRE PREVENTION REVENUE FEES. OUR FIRE PREVENTION REVENUE FEES SHOULD BE GOING UP SOMEWHERE AROUND $400,000 NEXT YEAR. OUR FALSE ALARM FEES WILL PROBABLY GO UP ABOUT $50,000 NEXT YEAR. OUR DETAILS FOR OFF-DUTY JOBS ABOUT ANOTHER  $20,000. AND NOT TO MENTION THE EMS TRANSPORT REVENUE AND I WILL DEMYSTIFY THAT DIFFERENCE AND WHY WE'RE JUSTIFYING THAT. THE POINT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS LAST ITEM HERE, FOR THESE THREE POSITIONS THIS IS REVENUE NEUTRAL. NOT JUST COMING FROM THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU MORE THAN COVERS THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, MORE THAN COVERS THIS. MAY I ADD OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU IS ONE OF ONLY SEVERAL COMPLETELY FUNDED THROUGH ITS OWN REVENUE SOURCES. THE FIRE MARSHAL, ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHAL, EIGHT FIRE PREVENTION INDIVIDUALS AND INSPECTORS ARE COVERED BY REVENUE. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. LET'S SEE. LET'S LOOK OVER ON THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SIDE. SO THE REASON WHY YOU'RE SEEING THAT INCREASE IS BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE HAVE RESTARTED THE CERT. THAT'S THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND THAT COULD BE VERY CRUCIAL DURING AND AFTER POST-DISASTERS WHERE THEY CAN BE OUR FIRST EYES OUT IN THE FIELD. YOU KNOW, SINCE COVID, WE HAVEN'T DONE THE CERT PROGRAM AND HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM INDIVIDUALS HIMSELF SOME OF YOU ON THE DAIS HAVE INDIVIDUALS WITHIN YOUR CONSTITUENCIES THAT WANTED TO SEE THIS PROGRAM REINSTITUTED. IF YOU DIVE INTO THE EOC BUDGET, IT'S A VERY SMALL BUDGET BUT YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER CHANGES THAT ALLOWED THE NET TO NOT BE AS MUCH AS CERT BECAUSE WE HAD SOME REDUCTIONS IN OUR SOFTWARE. WE HAD SOME REDUNDANCIES IN THE EOC PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO LIMIT. THAT INCREASE IS TO COVER CERT. SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR '23-'24 ACCOMPLISHMENTS. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO THESE PRESENTATIONS, AND WE ARE ALWAYS TOLD, LISTEN, WE WANT TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET, I COULD PROBABLY DO FIVE MORE SLIDES ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE BOYNTON BEACH FIRE-RESCUE DEPARTMENT. BUT I REALLY WANT TO JUST ENCAPSULATE THESE HIGHLIGHTS BECAUSE I THINK THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE. SO AGAIN, THIS YEAR WE HAVE SEEN ANOTHER TREMENDOUS REDUCTION IN RESPONSE TIMES. PRIMARILY THIS REDUCTION IN RESPONSE TIMES HAS BEEN A RESULT OF THE NEW MARK 43 PROGRAM AS WELL AS SOME CHANGES THAT WE HAVE MADE ADMINISTRATIVELY IN MY OFFICE AND IN MY STAFF WHERE WE HELP TO CAPTURE AND ANALYZE THIS DATA. WHEN WE KNOW WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE DATA LIE, NOW WE KNOW WHERE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. ONE OF THOSE PROBLEMS WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE -- THIS GOES HAND IN HAND, MAYOR, WITH THE DISPATCH CENTER. IS OUR STATION RECALL SYSTEM. I'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE LATER BUT THAT'S IN DESPERATE NEED OF BEING REPLACED. THIS YEAR WE HAVE BEEN DOING NOW SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE -- WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALL OF OUR PROMOTIONAL TESTING AND ALL OF OUR HIRING PROCESSES IN-HOUSE. AND I BELIEVE THIS HAS SAVED US A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY. AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE THE FIRST YEAR I WAS HERE, WE WENT OUT TO CORAL SPRINGS FIRE ACADEMY FOR THE LIEUTENANT'S TEST AND I SAW THE BOTTOM LINE NUMBER OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WERE TESTING AND WHAT WE WERE GETTING FOR THE MONEY AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I KNEW WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB FOR LESS MONEY AND WE HAVE. PART OF THE INSTRUCTOR PAY THAT YOU APPROVED IN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET GOES TO ALLOWING ME TO DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS WHERE I CAN DO THESE IN-HOUSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT SAVE MONEY. WE HIRED 11 FIRE PYR PARAMEDICSS YEAR. WITH THE HIRING, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THREE VACANCIES, SOON TO BE A FOURTH VACANCY WHEN WE HAVE MY ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SAFETY AND TRAINING, WHOM WE'RE ALL DEVASTATED TO SEE RETIRE, CHIEF MOHORN WHO LEAVES IN APRIL. IN JANUARY WE'RE GOING TO BE PROBABLY HIRING THAT POSITION A LITTLE EARLY SO I CAN GET THAT PERSON IN EARLY. MY EXECUTIVE STAFF, EVERYBODY IN THAT STAFF IS EXTREMELY DYNAMIC POSITIONS AND THEY WORK VERY LONG HOURS. SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOMEONE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GET UP TO SPEED. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE EVER GOING TO FILL CHIEF MOHORN'S SHOESBY I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMEONE IN THERE TO TAKE CARE OF US. WE REALLY STARTED FOCUSING BACK ON ISO THIS YEAR. ACCREDITATION FOR ANY POLICE AND FIRE AGENCY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT NOT ONLY TO SHOW US WHERE WE ARE, IT SHOWS US WHAT ARE WE DOING. AND THEY COME DOWN AND THEY LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE THING WE'RE DOING. EVERY FLASHLIGHT ON THE TRUCK, EVERY LADDER ON THAT TRUCK, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THOSE FIRE TRUCKS OR RESCUE TRUCKS ARE GIVEN POINTS. THE BEST POINTS THAT WE CAN GET MOVES US TO A LEVEL 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE A 2A. THE REASON WE'RE A 2A IS BECAUSE IN 2017 DURING THE ISO THERE WERE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT KEPT US FROM GETTING WHERE WE NEEDED TO BE. SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN THE CITY'S WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. WE BELIEVE TOWARDS THE END OF 2025, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO ISO FOR ANOTHER REVIEW. OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT ACCREDITED AS A LEVEL 1 DEPARTMENT WHICH WILL TRANSLATE IN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS TO A SAVINGS IN THEIR HAZARD INSURANCE RATE. THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US. THE FIRE BOAT AND PUBLIC SAFETY DOCK, THOSE THINGS AGAIN WITH YOUR HELP -- AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT YOU ALL HAVE LISTENED TO THE REQUESTS. WHEN I STARTED THE BAND WAGON ON THE FIRE BOAT FOUR YEARS AGO, EVERYBODY KIND OF LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS FROM ANOTHER PLANET. I THINK IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, THE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING, THE NUMBER OF WATER RESCUE CALLS THAT ARE HAPPENING EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THIS RISK IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TURN OUR BACK ON. YOU HAVE ALL BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE IT'S A VERY BIG PART OF WHAT WE DO. AND SO THE FIRE BOAT IS ON ORDER. THE FIRE BOAT WILL BE HERE IN AUGUST. THE PUBLIC SAFETY DOCK WHICH IS BEING MANAGED BY GRANT FUNDS WILL BE READY BY MARCH. AS SOON AS THOSE TWO THINGS ARE DONE, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR EXISTING FIRE BOAT THAT WE HAVE NOW, THE SMALLER BOAT OVER THERE SO WE HAVE FASTER RESPONSE TIMES. WE ALSO PURCHASED NEW BALLISTIC BULLETPROOF VESTS AND HELMETS FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER EVENTS. THOSE ARE COMING UP AND EXPIRED. WE HAD TO DO THAT. UP FORTUNATELY, THAT'S A BIG TICKET ITEM THAT YOU ALL APPROVED RECENTLY AND WE JUST RECEIVED THEM. WE HAVE MADE SOME TREMENDOUS ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR IN-HOUSE FIRE TRAINING PROGRAM. WE ARE ONE OF THE ONLY FIRE DEPARTMENTS THAT HAS ITS OWN IN-HOUSE LIVE FIRE TRAINING CENTER. I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS SO THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES, THEY KNOW WHAT TO DO. THEY FEEL CONFIDENT. WHAT KILLS FIREFIGHTERS IS LACK OF EDUCATION, LACK OF TRAINING AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE. SO WE HAVE A ROBUST TRAINING PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. YOU'LL SEE OUR TRAINING BUDGET NUMBERS IN THERE. THEY ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH LAST YEAR. AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT CONSISTENT SO WE CAN DO THAT. NOW, THIS YEAR WE HAVE GOTTEN EVER SINGLE FIREFIGHTER ON THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH A LIVE FIRE TRAINING SCENARIO. THE FIRST ONE WAS BASIC. NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING INTO SOME MORE ADVANCED TRAGEDY. THE OTHER VERY KEY TRAINING THAT WE GOT EVERYBODY ON THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR IS ADVANCED VEHICLE EXTRICATION TRAINING. EVERY FIRE TRUCK IN OUR FLEET CARRIES EXTRICATION EQUIPMENT OR WHAT YOU MAY KNOW AS THE JAWS OF LIFE, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY CALL IT THAT ANY MORE. PRETTY MUCH, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CUT YOU OUT OF A CAR IF GOD FORBID YOU ARE CRUSHED INTO THE CAR AND CAN'T GET OUT. WE FELT IT WAS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAD A LOT OF OUR FOLKS WHO HAD THIS TRAINING AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR PEOPLE TO HAVE THIS TRAINING TO KEEP THEM SAFE AND THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE. THE FIRE AND LIFETIME SAFETY AS WELL AS EMS TRANSPORT -- PARDON ME, REVENUE INCREASES. A LOT OF THE REVENUE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE FIRE AND LIFE SAFETY DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN THE FIRE MARSHAL WHO IS JUST A BRILLIANT GUY, GENREBUCK HAS REALLY GONE IN THERE AND ANALYZED WHAT WE ARE DOING, WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND HOW CAN WE ACCOMPLISH THE VAST AMOUNT OF THINGS WE NEED TO DO. WE REVIEW EVERY NEW FIRE PLAN FOR EVERY NEW CONSTRUCTION. WE DO COMMERCIAL BUILDING FIRE INSPECTIONS AS WELL AS REINSPECTIONS. ISO THAT BUREAU IS EXTREMELY BUY AND THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INCREASE REVENUE QUITE A BIT. AS FAR AS EMS TRANSPORT NUMBERS ARE CONCERNED, WE HAVE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE A STEADY INCREASE BRINGING IN A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET. WHAT YOU'LL SEE THAT'S NOT ON THIS SLIDE -- BUT IF YOU CAN RECALL WHEN THE INTERIM BUDGET DIRECTOR DID HIS PRESENTATION IN REFERENCE TO THESE FEES, YOU'LL SEE WHAT WAS LAST YEAR A $4 MILLION AND THIS YEAR YOU SEE AN $8 MILLION. WELL, I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME KUDOS TO YOUR FINANCE STAFF AND TO YOUR MANAGER BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO BE CONSERVATIVE, RIGHT. AS THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR SAID FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, WE LIKE TO DO THINGS IN THREE AND FIVE-YEAR TERMS, STATISTICAL NORMS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT EMS TRANSPORT REVENUE OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, YOU'LL SEE A STEADY INCREASE OF ALMOST $1 MILLION A YEAR IN THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE. BUT A LOT OF THAT ALSO HAS TO DO WITH INCREASE IN CALL VOLUME BECAUSE WE'RE INCREASING TRANSPORTS BETWEEN 800 AND 1,000, BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRANSLATE INTO CAPTURED REVENUE. I'LL GET INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT NUMBER, AND AS ANTHONY INDICATED, THIS YEAR WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $6.7 MILLION I THINK IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO WIND UP BEING. AND LAST YEAR THAT NUMBER I THINK CAME IN AT AROUND $7 MILLION. OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD SOME WRITE-OFFS, SOME WRITE-DOWNS. TAN THAT'S THE LITTLE GLITCH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. I THINK WE WOULD CAPTURE MORE MONEY AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT. BUT WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN THROUGH ANALYSIS, REANALYSIS, THROUGH FARMING OUT SOMETHING THAT WE FELT -- YOU DON'T WANT TO FARM EVERYTHING OUT IN GOVERNMENT. IN THIS CASE, FARMING OUT EMS TRANSPORT BILLING WAS A WIN FOR THIS CITY AND A WIN FOR THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT. ONE ASPECT, THOUGH, THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT WHICH TOOK US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FIGURE OUT, THEY ARE NOT GOOD AT COLLECTING THE DEBT OF THE ONES WHO ARE NOT PAYING. AND WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THIS GOING IN. OTHER DEPARTMENTS SAID THEY DID A FAIRLY GOOD JOB AT THAT. WELL, THEY ARE NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB FOR ME BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE LOOKING BACK AND SAYING WE WROTE OFF $3 MILLION IN UNCOLLECTED DEBT. WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, YOU KNOW. THE AVERAGES WOULD PROBABLY BE FOR AN $8 MILLION OR $9 MILLION TRANSPORT REVENUE -- WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT A $1 MILLION WRITE-OFF. THAT IS ONE THAT MIEF ASSISTANT CORY GRANT WHO DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, WHO ACTUALLY WAS OUR SUPERVISOR OF EMS BILLING WHEN WE DID IT IN-HOUSE WANTS US TO TAKE THE COLLECTIONS BACK. SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT AND WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THAT REVENUE COLLECTION ON THAT SIDE OF IT BACK UP SO THAT WE ARE WRITING LESS OFF AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO I HOPE THAT KIND OF EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE. IT CAN BE EASILY CONSTRUED THAT WE'RE REACHING AND WE ARE NOT. I THINK CONSISTENTLY FROM AN ACCOUNTING STANDPOINT, YOU'LL SEE, '22, '23, '24, ABOUT A $1 MILLION A YEAR INCREASE. OUR PROJECTED 8.2 MILLION GOES COMPLETELY IN-LINE ACCOUNTING AND STATISTICALLY WITH THAT THREE-YEAR NORM. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR FIRE EXPLORER PROGRAM. AS I SAID, WE'RE GOING TO REINITIATE OUR CERT PROGRAM. WE ACTUALLY HAD -- I THINK NOW WE'RE GOING INTO OUR THIRD YEAR SINCE WE BROUGHT THE EXPLORER PROGRAM BACK. WE FINALLY HAVE OUR FIRST GRADUATE WHO IS GOING TO BE I BELIEVE -- I THINK CORY TOLD ME THEY MAY TURN IT DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO CHANGE CAREERS. IF THEY DECIDE TO GO FIRE, THEY WERE GIVEN A SCHOLARSHIP BETWEEN HOUR NON-PROFIT AND BETWEEN THE COLLEGE'S NON-PROFIT TO HELP THIS PERSON GET THROUGH FIRE AND PYRAMID SC -- PARAMEDIC SCHOOL D GET THEM A JOB. IT WAS OUR GRADUATE THAT WAS AWARDED A SCHOLARSHIP AND I THINK THAT'S HUGE FOR THIS PROGRAM AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. SOME OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SO WE JUST ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO TEACHING CPR CLASSES AS WELL. THIS INITIAL ONE IS NOT THE FULL COURSE. THIS IS THE CPR HEART SAVER SCREENING. I KNOW WE HAD A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM NOT ONLY SEVERAL COMMISSIONERS BUT CITY STAFF, I REALLY WANT TO GET A REGULAR CPR CARD, WHAT CAN WE DO. SO THIS WAS OUR FIRST STEP BACK IN THE WATER, IF YOU WILL. AND MY EMS CHIEF WILL BE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON MOVING FORWARD WITH OTHER CPR PROGRAMS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER THING IS OUR COMMUNITE PREPAREDNESS. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ALL ARE WATCHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S WEB PAGES AND THE CITY'S WEB PAGES. BUT OUR MARKETING TEAM IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB NOT ONLY MARKETING THE ENTIRE CITY, BUT IN TERMS OF MARKETING WHAT WE DO AS FIRST RESPONDERS AND HOW WE CAN TRANSLATE THAT INTO SAVING LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT. WE JUST ACTUALLY PUT OUT SOMETHING NOT ONLY ON RIP CURRENTS, BUT ALSO ON HAVING A LITTLE BIGOUT BAG WHICH CHANNEL 25 DID WITH US WHICH WE WERE VERY PROUD OF. OKAY. SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR '24-'25, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ACTUALLY IS THE PICTURE OF THE NEW FIRE BOAT THAT IS COMING. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE COLORS WHICH WILL BE REFLECTED WHEN IT DOES ARRIVE, BUT THAT IS YOUR NEW FIRE BOAT. THAT'S THE SILVER SHIP'S 25-FOOT FIRE BOAT AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED FOR THAT TO BE ARRIVING AND FOR US TO GET ALL THE TRAINING NECESSARY FOR US TO OPERATE SAFELY IN THE WATERWAYS. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORING AGENCIES ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THIS RESOURCE. I CAN TELL YOU WHEN WE DID THE DEBRIEF DOWN ON THE BEACH WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AFTER THIS LAST FATALITY, PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WAS BLOWN AWAY BY BOYNTON BEACH FIRE-RESCUE, BY WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE OFFERED AND WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. HAVING A 100% PARAMEDIC FIRE DEPARTMENT IS EXTREMELY RARE, EXTREMELY RARE. WE ARE ONE PERSON AWAY WHO IS IN PYRPARAMEDIC SCHOOL IN BEING A % DEPARTMENT. IT'S CORNY BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PARAMEDIC AND EMT WHEN YOU ARE DYING ON THAT STREET IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO CAN START AN I.V., SURGICALLY PUT A TUBE IN YOUR THROAT AND SAVE YOUR LIFE. SO IT'S TREMENDOUS KUDOS TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE, AS I STOOD UP ON THIS DAIS TRYING TO BUILD A DESTINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT, I COULDN'T DO THAT WITH ALL THE STAFF, THE SENIOR STAFF. BUT AGAIN, I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SUPPORT WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE. THAT FIRE BOAT IS ALSO GOING TO BE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT WHICH I THINK IS INTERESTING. AS WELL IT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ON IT AND LICENSED BY THE STATE AS AN ALS UNIT. WE ARE ALSO -- THIS YEAR WE STARTED THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE STATION PER YEAR WHERE WE ARE UPGRADING THE OFFICERS ON OUR SUPPRESSION UNITS TO CAPTAINS. THE LIEUTENANTS ARE ON THE RESCUES. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CAPTAINS ON THE SUPPRESSIONS. THIS GOES IN LINE WITH EVERY OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT USES THE HIGHER RANKING OFFICER IN THE SUPPRESSION UNIT. WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TACTICS ON THE FIRE GROUND, YOU MUST LOOK AT YOUR CHAIN OF COMMAND. YOU MUST LOOK AT THE SPAN OF CONTROL WITHIN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALLOWED TO AN INCIDENT COMMANDER TO OPERATE ON A FIRE SCENE. THE RANK OF CAPTAIN IS KNOWN AS THE FIRST LINE IN THE COMMAND RANK STRUCTURE. SO THAT IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR COMMAND  CONTINUITY WHICH WS LACKING IN THE PAST, HAVING THIS PROPER COMMAND STRUCTURE ON THE FIRE GROUND. SO HAVING A CAPTAIN ON THAT APPARATUS ALLOWS US TO HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE FROM AN INCIDENT COMMAND AND TACTICAL PERSPECTIVE. WE DID ONE THIS YEAR AND WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE PER YEAR. WE HAVE THREE MORE TO GO -- PARDON ME, TWO MORE TO GO BUT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE '25 AND '25 AND THE LAST IN '26, '27. THE S.W.A.T. MEDIC PROGRAM IS ALIVE AND WELL. IT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRAM AGAIN WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS WHO ARE ALSO POLICE TRAINED WHO WORK WITH OUR S.W.A.T. TEAMS AND WHO ARE PRIMARILY THE MEDICAL FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE GOING INTO THESE VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS. IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A RESCUE TRUCK STANDING BY OUTSIDE. BUT IF ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS GETS SHOT ON THE SCENE, THEIR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY BY HAVING A PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTER ON THAT S.W.A.T. TEAM. SO CURRENTLY, WE HAD THREE. ONE RESIGNED FROM THE TEAM BECAUSE HE'S GETTING READY TO RETIRE. SO WE HAVE FOUR POSITIONS THAT BETWEEN THE POLICE CHIEF AND I, WE HAVE AGREED WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AND THAT'S ONE PER SHIFT SINCE WE RUN A 24/72 SHIFT. THAT ALLOWS US ONE S.W.A.T. MEDIC PER SHIFT. WE DO AN INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO AND PICKED UP ONE EXTRA. IT'S A DIFFICULT POSITION TO FILL BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS. AND SO OUT OF THE FIVE OR SIX THAT TRIED OUT, I BELIEVE ONE PERSON MADE THE TEAM. AND THE NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE LOOKING TO PUT A FOURTH ON THE TEAM. AGAIN, FANTASTIC PROGRAM THAT SAVES LIVES. THE NEW FIRE-RESCUE POSITIONS THAT I JUST SPOKE ABOUT, I CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE. I ALREADY SPOKE ABOUT THE FIRE PREVENTION POSITION. THAT ONE IS AN OBVIOUS POSITION. THAT PERSON IS GOING TO BE DOING FIRE INSPECTIONS, THAT'S A LITTLE EASIER FOR A BUDGET PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU TO SEE THE DOLLARS. AS I SAID OVERALL DOLLARS THAT I JUST PUT ON THE TABLE FOR YOU SHOWS YOU THAT THESE POSITIONS ARE MORE THAN REVENUE NEUTRAL. BUT I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR LOGISTICS POSITION FOR A SECOND BECAUSE IF I'M A BUDGET HAWK AND I'M LOOKING AT MILE BUDGET AND SAYING DO YOU REALLY NEED THIS POSITION, I WANT TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY WE NEED THIS POSITION. AND I WANT TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT OUR LOGISTICS DIVISION HAS ONE PERSON IN IT AND THAT'S THE DIVISION CHIEF OR LOGISTICS CHIEF FREEDBURG, MY LOGISTICS CHIEF GURU. AND I WANT TO SAY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. WHAT WE DO HAVE IS IN SUBSEQUENT YEARS IN THE BUDGET, I WAS AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE AT MY DISCRETION SPECIAL PROJECTS PAY FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT MANAGE PROJECTS FOR US. WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAPPENS A LOT OF EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS THAT WE BREATHE IN FIRE. TALKING ABOUT ALMOST $2 MILLION WORTH OF EQUIPMENT RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE DIVE EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE FIRE EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF HYDRAULIC TOOLS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS TO CUT INTO CARS AND IF THEY GET STUCK IN TRENCHES AND IF THE SKY FALLS IN. THESE ARE JUST BUT SOME. A FIRE HOSE IS ANOTHER ONE. EVERY ONE OF OUR FIRE TRUCKS HAS $30,000 WORTH OF FIRE HOSES ON IT WE TEST ANNUALLY. WE HAVE LADDERS ON EVERY APPARATUS WE NEED TO TEST ANNUALLY. PEOPLE JUST DO IT FOR US AND WE GIVE THEM COMP TIME BUT THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH. I CAN'T HAVE 160 PEOPLE IN OPERATIONS THAT WEAR TWO SETS OF FIRE GEAR YOU APPROVE ON THE BUDGET THAT ISN'T BEING MANAGED PROPERLY. WHO IS MANAGING IT? HOW DO I KNOW WHEN IT'S EXPIRING? I CAN'T DO IT IN ADMINISTRATION. MY ADMINISTRATION CAN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE RUN LEAN. WE DON'T RUN A FAT ADMINISTRATION. WE RUN LEAN AND MEAN. WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO RUN WITH THESE SME CLASSIFICATIONS, SOMEONE WITH A CLASSIFICATION IN AIR PACK. I'LL GIVE THEM SPECIAL PROJECTS PAY TO DO THAT FOR ME. THE PROBLEM IS IT'S LIKE HERDING WILDCATS. I HAVE ALL THIS EQUIPMENT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT PERSONNEL MANAGING THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS SET UP PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. WE CAN DO BETTER. DO I WANT TO SPEND MONEY? NO, I DON'T WANT TO SPEND THE CITY'S MONEY. WHAT I WANT IS KEEP MY FIREFIGHTERS SAFE. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES THAT I'M RESPONSIBLE TO MANAGE. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE EQUIPMENT IS THERE WHEN NECESSARY. TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE AN OFF-DUTY GUY WHO IS GETTING SPECIAL PROJECTS PAY. GOD LOVE HIM, HE DOES A GREAT JOB. NOW HE'S OFF FOR THREE DAYS AND HE TAKES A VACATION DAY. NOW HE'S OFF FOR SIX DAYS. WELL, WE HAVE THREE AIR PACKS BREAK DOWN AND WE NEED ANOTHER AIR PACK. NOW, WE'RE PIECEMEALING AIR PACKS TOGETHER FOR THIS GUY WHO IS GOING INTO A FIRE AND SAVE YOUR GRANDMOTHER'S LIFE AND YOUR SON'S LIFE. WHAT IF THAT AIR PACK IS DEFICIENT. NOW, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS FOR SERVICES SO WE SEND EQUIPMENT OUT WHICH IS EXTREMELY COSTLY. SO THE IDEA OF THIS POSITION, THE SPECIAL PROJECTS PAY WOULD PROBABLY SAVE ABOUT $15,000 OR $20,000. THE POSITION IS ABOUT $52,000, $53,000. BUT IT'S GOING TO SAVE IN MUCH LARGER WAYS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR EQUIPMENT IN ONE POSITION, ONE PLACE WHICH IS GOING TO BE OUR LOGISTICS BUILDING. AND IT WILL ALLOW FOR GREATER CONTINUITY OF THE EQUIPMENT AND ALLOW FOR MORE SAFETY FOR OUR PERSONNEL. SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE LOGISTICS POSITION THAT WILL BE UNDER CHIEF REEDBERG. WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT GRANT FUNDING FOR THE NEW STATION LEARNING SYSTEM. WHEN I GET INTO THE FIRE FEE, WE'LL GET MUCH MORE INTO THE STATION ALERTING SYSTEM. IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THIS AS A LINE ITEM. WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH MOTOROLA TO MANAGE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S HAND-HELD RADIOS WHICH IS THIS RADIO. I HAPPEN TO HAVE ONE OF THE NEW ONES HERE. THIS IS THE NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART. MY COMMAND STAFF HAS THEM. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THESE RADIOS FOR THE REST OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE RADIOS ARE AROUND $800,000. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH MOTOROLA IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS PROCUREMENT IS THAT MOTOROLA WILL ALLOW US TO GET THESE RADIOS NOW WHICH ARE EXPIRING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AND WE HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO PAY FOR THEM. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SUGGESTING IS WE BRING THE RADIOS IN AND MOTOROLA WON'T CHARGE US FOR A YEAR. WE'LL BE PAYING THE RADIOS OFF OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD. SO I'LL BE EXPLAINING THAT TO YOU MUCH MORE AS WE GO ON BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING I'M GOING TO COME BEFORE YOU IN SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR. WE WILL BE THIS YEAR HAVING THE GRAND OPENING OF OUR COMBINED FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, MA RECOMPLEX AT HARVEY OYER PARK. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY TAKEN OVER THE COAST GUARD FACILITY THERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE COAST GUARD AND GIVING THEM OTHER AREAS WHICH THEY CAN STILL CARRY OUT THEIR MISSION OF DOING VESSEL INSPECTIONS. BUT WE NEED TO FULFILL THE GREATER MISSION OF OUR WATER RESCUE NEEDS HERE IN THE CITY. SO WE ARE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF RIGHT NOW, PUTTING SOME DOLLARS. YOU'LL SEE THIS AGAIN WHEN WE GET TO THE FIRE FEE. MY GOAL IS TO MOVE -- WE'RE GOING TO BE STAFFING AN ADDITIONAL UNIT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IT WITH IN-HOUSE RESOURCES. WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT UNIT TO THAT FACILITY. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENGINE COMPANY WITH THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE STATIONED THERE 24 HOURS A DAY. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO FROM HEADQUARTERS OR ANY OTHER STATION, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE FIRE BOAT TRAINED MEDIC DIVER TECHNICAL RESCUE STAFF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE GOING TO BE AT THAT STATION. SO WHEN WE GET A WATER RESCUE CALL, THEY WALK OUT OF THE STATION AND WALK TO THE BOAT. IF THERE'S OTHER CALLS GOING ON, THEY ARE GOING TO BE CALLED FOR OTHER CALLS AND HELP BEEF UP OUR FIRE AND OUR RESCUE CAPABILITY WITHIN THE CITY. SO THAT'S PART OF OUR OVERALL PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UTILIZATION OF THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY. AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, AND WE LOOK AT THE PAST, WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT -- AND I'M GOING TO EMPHASIZE THIS A LITTLE BIT NOW AND A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO WE ALL KNOW THAT THE POPULATION OF OUR CITY HOVERS SOMEWHERE AROUND 87,000, 88,000, I THINK, GIVE OR TAKE. WELL, IF YOU GO BACK TO 2010, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY WAS 68,000 PEOPLE. SO WE HAVE SEEN A 30% APPROXIMATELY INCREASE IN OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVEN'T SEEN A 30% INCREASE IN STAFFING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I'M TRYING TO BEGIN TO LAY A GROUNDWORK FOR YOU, I'M NOT LOOKING TO PUT NEW STAFF ON NOW BUT I'M TRYING TO HE HAD YOU UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE RUNNING THE CALLS AND MANAGING WHAT WE HAVE FROM 12-YEAR-OLD RESOURCE TECHNOLOGIES AND RESOURCES. SO THAT'S 30% LESS. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PUT OUT BY FIRE CHIEFS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, ANY INCREASE OF 1% OR GREATER OF POPULATION REQUIRES YOU TO INCREASE YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY FTE POSITIONS. BUT THAT'S A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY. SO AS PART OF THIS, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS NEED TO HAVE TO STAFF A 6th RESCUE FOR PEAK HOUR. SO LOOKING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO UTILIZING -- UNFORTUNATELY, IT WILL HAVE TO BE DONE WITH SOME OVERTIME. BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN WE GO INTO MUTUAL AID BECAUSE ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE BUSY, NUMBER ONE, THAT DELAYS RESPONSE TIMES. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY WITH A HARHEART ATTACK, THEY WILL CALL SOMEBODY FROM TWO TERRITORIES OVER AND THE CHANCE OF SURVIVAL ARE VIRTUALLY NONE. IT BOILS BACK TO THE GROWTH OF THE CITY. IF WE HAVEN'T KEPT UP WITH THE GROWTH WITH THE NUMBER OF FIRE AND RESCUE TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONNEL, YOU'LL SEE SLOWLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN TO NEED THIS INCREASE IN RESOURCES. I ALREADY ALLUDED TO THE FACT WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING EOC AS WE UPDATE THE DISPATCH CENTER. PARDON ME. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING SOME TECHNICAL RESCUE EQUIPMENT FOR NEXT YEAR. I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THE SURROUNDING AGENCIES BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO DO INTERAGENCY WATER RESCUE TRAINING WITH ALL THE AGENCIES AROUND BECAUSE WE FEEL IT'S THAT IMPORTANT. AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET A COMMUNITY-BASED PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM IN THE CITY. IT'S A GOOD REVENUE GENERATOR AND GOOD SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE WORKING OUT HOW TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO THE CITY. HOPEFULLY YOU MAY SEE SOMETHING COME BEFORE YOU. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT BOYNTON BEACH FIRE-RESCUE IS REACHING ITS 100-YEAR CELEBRATION THIS YEAR. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY BIG EVENT COMING UP. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE AREN'T MANY FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN FLORIDA THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND 100 YEARS. SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO EVERYBODY HERE. AND I'M DONE WITH MY PRESENTATION. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> MAYOR: CHIEF, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THAT IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. AND I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES DO AS WELL. EARLIER YOU HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT OR ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DISPATCH. AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD FROM CHIEF ZELLER AND YOU GUYS ARE ON TOP OF IT. THE OTHER FOCUS I HAD WAS THE EOC. ANYONE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION, WHETHER PUBLIC SAFETY OR WHERE WE'RE SITTING ON THE DAIS -- ONE OF THE WORST THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN COULD BE A DISASTER, SOME SORT OF CATASTROPHE, WHETHER IT'S A HURRICANE, MAJOR FLOODING. IT COULD BE A MASS SHOOTING. IT COULD BE A TRAIN DERAILMENT. COULD YOU JUST ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE EOC AND WHAT ARE YOUR LONG-TERM PLANS FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY, THAT WE ARE MORE THAN PREPARED. AGAIN, THE FULL GAMUT FROM A MASS SHOOTING TO EVEN JUST MAJOR FLOODING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IS ON THE HORIZON. WHAT MORE CAN WE DO? >> WELL SAID. AND I THINK THE LAST THING YOU SAID IS PROBABLY THE THING WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH MORE THAN ANYTHING. I MEAN GOD WILLING, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE A MASS SHOOTING. BUT I THINK THE FLOODING IS REALLY -- WE HAVE SEEN THAT THE CITY HAS AREAS THAT FLOOD. AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR ANY EMERGENCY. I CAN TELL YOU FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE NOT IN THIS CITY GOING TO GET ANY BETTER. SO I THINK FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE COVERED. FROM A FACILITY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE'RE COVERED. HAVING THE EOC AT STATION 5 WHICH IS A CAT 5 READY BUILDING, IT'S THE RIGHT CALL TO MAKE. IT CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY. TECHNOLOGY, IT'S 20 YEARS BEHIND. NOW, DOES THAT 20-YEAR BEHIND TECHNOLOGY HINDER ME IN BEING ABLE TO COMMAND A LARGE SCALE INCIDENT? NO, IT DOES NOT. I CAN RUN A LARGE SCALE INCIDENT FROM THE BACK OF MY CHIEF MOBILE SITTING OUT THERE. IT'S A MATTER OF EFFICIENCY. IT'S A MATTER OF HOW DO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMAND ANY SIZE EVENT AND DO IT EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY AND WITH THE PROPER TECHNOLOGY. SO PART OF THIS EOC INTEGRATION OR I SHOULD SAY REFURBISHMENTS IS TO INCREASE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THE SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE IS 20 YEARS OLD, 15 YEARS OLD. THE COMPUTERS THAT WE HAVE, THE MONITORS THAT WE HAVE ARE ALL OLD. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING -- WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH PD BECAUSE WE FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PD HAS SOME RTC CAPABILITY IN THE EOC. IT'S NOT THEIR PRIMARY SPOT FOR RTCC, IF WE HAVE A CATASTROPHIC OR MAJOR EVENT, THEY HAVE TO BE IN MY BUILDING. IF THEY ARE OVER IN THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, WE NEED PD TO MANAGE THOSE RTC RESPONSIBILITIES FROM EOC. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER IN THE MANY MEETINGS WE HAVE ALREADY HAD ON HOW DO WE REBUILD DISPATCH AND HOW DO WE REBUILD EOC. WHAT DO WE NEED AS A MINIMUM? WHAT IS THE WITH WISH LIST? AND WHAT DO WE NEED AS A MINIMUM? I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WOULD CONSIDER TO BE GOOD ADMINISTRATIVE FISCAL MANAGEMENT. WHEN WE GO OUT AND WE GET A QUOTE FOR NEARLY $500,000 TO REDO THE EEK AND WE LOOK AT THIS QUOTE AND GO THIS IS RIDICULOUS, WE CAN DO THIS FOR LESS. SO WE'RE NOT JUST TAKING THE STATUS QUO OF THREE QUOTES THAT ARE RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THEY REALIZE WE ARE A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AND WE HAVE NOWHERE TO GO. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MANAGING OURSELVES THE EOC RENOVATION AND WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR $200,000 AS OPPOSED TO HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THAT'S AGAIN I CONSIDER THAT GOOD GOVERNMENT. AND I CONSIDER THAT WHAT EVERY ONE OF THESE DIRECTORS AND EVERYONE IN PUBLIC SERVICE NEEDS TO LOOK AT -- IS EVALUATING THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE AND NOT JUST TO TAKE THIS BID OR THIS QUOTE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO SAVE MONEY FOR THIS CITY SO WE CAN USE IT ELSEWHERE BECAUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO COVER AND WE NEED THAT MONEY FOR THAT. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR? >> MAYOR: IT DID. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE, CHIEF. BUT I GUESS WHERE I'M COMING FROM IS I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT EXCELLENT STAFF. I DON'T QUESTION THAT. WE'VE GOT EXCELLENT PEOPLE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO AN EMERGENCY, AND WHEN AN EMERGENCY HAPPENS, NO ONE WILL QUESTION, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE SPENT LESS MONEY. I DON'T WANT ANY SHOULD'VE COULD'VE WOULD'VES IF THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY. I THINK ABOUT THIS A LOT BECAUSE SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN, NO ONE IS GOING TO ASK QUESTIONS LIKE THAT. THAT JUST WON'T BE THE FOCUS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. WE'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE IN PLACE. IF THERE IS ANYTHING, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT BECAUSE I WANT THE CITY TO BE, YOU KNOW, WELL-POSITIONED FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY COME, INCLUDING CYBER. AND I HAVE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AS WELL. WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, JUST KEEP US POSTED AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. >> AND IF I MAY, I THANK YOU FOR THE KUDOS, BUT IF I MAY, LET ME REITERATE ANY EMERGENCY, ANY THAT REQUIRES AN EOC LEVEL 3, 2 OR 1 ACTIVATION, THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY CAN FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE KNOWING THAT WE'VE GOT THEM HANDLED. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. >> AND WE'RE GOING TO BE REBUILDING THE EOC WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED, NOT MORE THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO WASTE MONEY. WE'RE GOING TO BUY WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE MISSION. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. TO MY COLLEAGUES, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I SEE YOUR HAND IS UP. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. YOU IT A VERY GREAT AND THOROUGH PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO WORKING TO RENEW CONTRACTS AND BRING IN MORE REVENUE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK WE CAN ALL SUPPORT THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO ALSO THANK YOU ALL FOR RESTARTING THE CERT PROGRAM, THE CERT PROGRAM. I CAN TELL YOU MY CONSTITUENTS SPECIFICALLY CARE ABOUT THAT. I KNOW THERE'S -- SOMETIMES THEY DO IT AT HUNTERS RUN AND I HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT IT. SO I WANTED TO JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I AM VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. AND THEN WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE ISO ACCREDITATION, I THINK THAT'S GREAT FOR OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT HELPS TO LOWER THE HAZARD INSURANCE RATES WHICH IS MONEY BACK INTO THE POCKETS OF OUR CONSTITUENTS WHICH I THINK THAT THE WHOLE CITY CAN SUPPORT. AND WITH THE IN-HOUSE LIVE FIRE TRAINING, I THINK THAT'S VERY COMMENDABLE. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW YOU GUYS DO THAT AND I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF THE FIRE TEAM AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MAKES ME FEEL REALLY GOOD BECAUSE WE WORK REALLY HARD SO THAT YOU ARE PROUD. AND NOT ONLY YOU, IT'S THE CONSTITUENCY. WE DO WHAT WE DO FOR THEM. WE SERVE THE PUBLIC BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE DO AND WE LOVE WHAT WE DO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> AND YOU MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT TOWARDS THE END WHEN YOU SAID YOU GOT THREE QUOTES AND THEY WERE $500,000. WHEN YOU REALIZED THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THINGS IN THERE THAT WERE NOT NECESSARY TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION, BUT MAYBE WERE EXTRA THINGS THAT MAYBE WERE NOT NEEDED, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO LOOK INTO THAT, AND FIND A WAY TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, THAT IS REALLY GREAT. AND AGAIN, YOU SAID YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED. YOU'RE NOT MISSING ANYTHING. BUT BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF JUST FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO ECHO ALL THE WORDS SPOKEN BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AS FAR AS THE LOGISTICS COORDINATOR POSITION THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, YOU BRIEFLY MENTIONED BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT POSITION NOW, YOU ARE SCRAMBLING TO MAKE EQUIPMENT WORK OR SCRAMBLING TO GET EQUIPMENT AT THE LAST MINUTE. IS THAT AT AN EXPENSE? OR IS THAT JUST OUT OF FRUSTRATION? I'M NOT TRYING TO -- I'M ASKING FOR MY OWN KNOWLEDGE, YOU KNOW. WHEN YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND PULL TOGETHER RESOURCES, ARE WE -- IS THAT COMING AT AN EXPENSE? OR IS THAT JUST JEOPARDIZING THAT MAYBE YOUR GUYS DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED PROPERLY OR THAT THEY ARE USED TO HAVING BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD TO LIKE PIECEMEAL IT TOGETHER AT THE LAST MINUTE? >> I WOULD SAY ALL OF THE ABOVE. BUT I DO WANT TO ADD ONE OTHER POINT AND ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DURING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S PRESENTATION TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW DOES IT STACK UP TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IF YOU COMPARE OUR LOGISTICS BUREAU TO BOCA AND DELRAY, I THINK BOCA HAS 12 PEOPLE IN THEIR LOGISTICS BUREAU AND DELRAY HAS MAYBE SIX PEOPLE UNDER THE LOGISTICS CHIEF, FULL-TIME FTE POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO MANAGE ALL OF THIS EQUIPMENT EFFECTIVELY. SO TO JUST GO ONE STEP FURTHER, SO MY ASSISTANT CHIEF OF SAFETY AND TRAINING, PHIL MOHORN WHO I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT BEFORE WEARS SO MANY HATS. ALL OF US WEAR A LOT OF HATS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES BOCA HAS. SO THERE'S AN OLD SAYING IN BOYNTON BEACH FIGHTER THAT I CAN'T STAND. WE DO MORE WITH LESS. I DON'T LIKE THAT. TO ME, THAT'S AN EXCUSE. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE ANALYZE WHAT WE HAVE. WE LOOK AT WHAT WE NEED. AND THEN WE SEE IS IT FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LARGER PICTURE OF A NEED TO MAINTAIN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF THE CITY'S ASSETS WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I THINK IT DOES US A DISSERVICE TO JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CAPTAIN OVER HERE MANAGING THIS PROGRAM AND A LIEUTENANT OVER HERE WHO IS ON DUTY ONCE A WEEK, TWICE A WEEK. WHEREAS A FULL-TIME POSITION WHO CAN MANAGE EVERY PIECE OF FIRE EQUIPMENT, THEY KNOW WHEN IT EXPIRES, I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT A FIREFIGHTER THAT MIGHT HAVE AN EXPIRED HELMET BECAUSE IT GOT LISTED -- BECAUSE IT MISSED THE LIST, GOD FORBID THAT FIREFIGHTER GETS INJURED WITH AN EXPIRED HELMET AND THEN I'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE YOU TO EXPLAIN WHY AT THIS FIREFIGHTER'S FUNERAL HE USED AN ZPIERD HELMET AND WHY WE ARE NOT IN A LAWSUIT. AGAIN, I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE IS WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO DO IT RIGHT. AND EVERYTHING WE TRY TO DO IS TO DO IT RIGHT BUT TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. SO I THINK IT'S A NECESSARY PART, IT'S A NECESSARY FUNCTION OF A FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THESE LOGISTICS POSITIONS. AND IT'S BARE BONES, YOU KNOW. IT'S BARELY NOTHING COMPARED TO OUR OTHER NEIGHBORING DEPARTMENTS. >> YEAH. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU TOUCHED ON IT. ADDING THIS POSITION NOT ONLY ASSISTS YOUR DEPARTMENT IN KEEPING YOUR GUYS SAFE, BUT IT ALSO MAKES SURE AND ENSURES THAT YOUR STAFF IS READY AND HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED SO THAT WE ARE SERVICING THE COMMUNITY TO THE BEST ABILITY THAT WE CAN.BLG AT THE LAST MINUTE TO FIND WHAT THEY NEED, THEN WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE DOING NOT ONLY A DISSERVICE TO THEM, BUT ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY BY NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVICE THEM TIMELY. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AHEAD AND THINKING OF WHAT YOU NEED. I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, ANNUALLY. AND WE WILL HAVE THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AS WELL. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS STAFFING NEEDS AND LIKE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE RESCUE SIX. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AHEAD AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON OUR RADARS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. >> MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE RADIOS THAT YOU SPOKE ABOUT. YOU BRIEFLY TALKED ABOUT UPGRADING EVERYONE'S HAND-HELDS. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT IT WAS SOMETHING YOU WERE GOING TO PAY OFF IN FIVE YEARS. MY QUESTION TO THAT IS, WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THAT RADIO? >> 10 YEARS. >> OKAY. SO THAT WAS MY QUESTION. >> YEAH. >> I WAS THINKING IF WE'RE BUYING RADIOS AND THEN GOING TO TAKE FIVE YEARS TO PAY IT OFF, ARE WE THEN GOING TO BUY MORE RADIOS AND TAKE FIVE YEARS? SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS HOW THAT PLAYED OUT. >> I WOULD NEVER PUT THE CITY IN A POSITION THAT WE WOULD HAVE AN ASSET THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR THAT'S ALREADY OBSOLETE. THAT WOULD BE PART OF MY FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. I'M GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER HAY. >> CHIEF BRUDER, THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR THE JOB THAT YOU DO FOR BOYNTON. DID I UNDERSTAND YOU TO SAY THAT YOU HAD SOME WATER ISSUES THAT IMPEDED YOU FROM DOING THE JOB THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO? AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? HOW CAN WE HELP? >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE HAD WATER SYSTEM ISSUES. IN FACT, WHEN MY STAFF JUST WENT TO THE LATEST ISO TRAINING CLASS, WE WENT IN COOPERATION WITH PUENAUM STAFF. PART OF ISO HAS TO DO WITH YOUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE. IF YOU GO BACK TO 2017, SEVEN YEARS AGO WHEN THEY DID THAT FIRST ISO REVIEW AND NOW YOU FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, THERE'S BEEN MANY CHANGES THAT WE HAVE HAD WITHIN OUR WATER DEPARTMENT AND OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE THAT HAVE IMPROVED THE FLOW OF WATER. ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND, WHEN THE TEAM COMES DOWN, THE ISO TEAM COMES DOWN, THEY BASICALLY GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE THING AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IN YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. EVERY LADDER, EVERY FLASHLIGHT. BUT WHAT ELSE THEY DO IS DRIVE AROUND WITH THE CHIEF AND THEY HAVE A BOOK. AND THAT BOOK IS EVERY ONE OF OUR FIRE HYDRANTS. THEY BASICALLY PICK A HYDRANT THEY WANT TO GO TO. REMEMBER, THESE GUYS ARE FIREFIGHTERS, SO THEY ARE GOING TO KNOW AND THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO PICK A FIRE HYDRANT AT THE END OF A RUN WHERE THE PRESSURE AND THE GPM FLOW ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ITS LOWEST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TRY TO GIG US. THAT'S THEIR JOB. BASICALLY THEY DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND SAY, CHIEF, WE'RE GOING TO TEST THIS H HYDRANT. IF THE FIRE FLOW DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, YOU GET POINTS TAKEN OFF. WE AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE ABLE TO MEET THE POINT NEEDS THAT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE, BUT AGAIN THERE WERE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, ALL THOSE HAVE  ALL THOSE HAVE BEEN MANAGED UP TO THIS POINT. SO WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND TWEAKING OUR TRAINING POINTS AND ALL THE OTHER POINTS WE CAN GET, AND AS I SAID PROBABLY TOWARDS THE END OF 25 WE WILL BE GOING BACK AND I THINK WITH THOSE UPGRADES WE'LL BE SUCCESSFUL AT OBTAINING A LEVEL 1. >> SO IT'S A MATTER OF INTERNAL CONTROL THAT WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU NEED, NOT ANYTHING WE NEED TO DO FROM OUR STANDPOINT. >> IT HAS TO DO WITH WATER MAIN SIZES, GALLON PER MINUTE FLOW, PRESSURE AT THE HYDRANTS. ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO MEET CERTAIN NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND FIRE CHIEF STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH FIRE FLOW BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE OCCUPANCY. AND THERE'S A QUICK LITTLE MATHEMATICAL EQUATION YOU CAN DO TO DETERMINE THAT, BUT THE POINT IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF FIRE FLOW TO BE ABLE TO SUPPRESS THAT FIRE GOD FORBID IT SHOULD BECOME FULLY INVOLVED IN FLAMES. >> OKAY. ONE OTHER CURIOSITY. YOU STATED THAT, I BELIEVE YOU STATED THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE, YOU ANTICIPATE AN INCREASE FROM FALSE ALARMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE IN THE FUTURE THAN WE HAD IN THE PAST. IS THAT DUE TO POPULATION GROWTH OR ARE YOU NOTICING SOMETHING THAT'S GOING OFF TRACK OR WHAT ARE YOU -- HOW DID YOU ARRIVE AT THAT? >> SO, IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION. AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN ANSWER. SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE FALSE ALARMS, AFTER CERTAIN NUMBER OF FALSE ALARMS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND BILL. AND THE REASON THAT WE FINE OR WE CHARGE THESE OCCUPANCIES ISN'T JUST BECAUSE WE WANT TO RAISE REVENUE. IT'S BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAINTAIN SAFETY FOR THE CITIZENS THAT WE SERVE. BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY OR NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING IN THEIR PARTICULAR OCCUPANCY. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE IN ONE OF OUR COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES HAD A COMPLETE FALSE FRONT WITH A STAIRWAY THAT LED UP TO WHERE HE WAS HIDING A FAMILY UPSTAIRS, AND IT WAS OUR FIRE INSPECTOR WHO PICKED OUT SOME LIGHT THAT WAS COMING FROM THE TOP, AND NOTICED AND WE WOUND UP GETTING INTO THAT STRUCTURE AND WE WOUND OUT FINDING THAT INDIVIDUAL AND SHUTTING IT DOWN. I WOULD SAY WE'RE NOT SEEING AN INCREASE IN FIRE ALARM ACTIVITY. IN FACT I THINK FROM THE WORK OUR FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU IS DOING YOU'RE SEEING AN ACTUAL DECREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF FALSE ALARMS, BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS MORE EFFICIENCY IN BEING ABLE TO BILL THOSE FALSE ALARMS. SO I THINK THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING. IT WASN'T THE FIRE ALARM, THE NECESSITY TO RUN THE FIRE ALARMS THAT WERE UP. IT WAS THE FACT THAT WE ARE BEING MORE EFFECTIVE AND MORE EFFICIENT AND WE'RE CAPTURING MORE REVENUE BECAUSE LET'S SAY THEY WEREN'T BEING BILLED APPROPRIATELY PRIOR. AND IN FACT, WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT THAT BILLING, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE BEEN SLOWLY FIXING IT, THERE WAS VIRTUALLY NO BILLING FOR FALSE ALARM FEES, AND IT'S IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE CAN CHARGE IT, AND THERE IS A REASON FOR IT. SO I THINK IT'S MORE ADMINISTRATIVELY CAPTURING THOSE DOLLARS, MORE SO THAN AN INCREASE IN THE ACTUAL FALSE ALARMS THEMSELVES. >> OKAY. REASON I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AT MY CHURCH IF I CAN FLIP MY HAT FO MINUTE, I WOULD GET FIRE ALARM CALLS  NIGHT, 2:00, 3:00 IN THE MORNING, FALSE ALARM AND I TRIED TO GET MY NAME OFF THE LIST FOR DECADES. FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY LOVE TO CALL MY NUMBER. UNGODLY HOURS. SO SO I'M WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON, IS THERE PANDEMIC HERE OR WHAT. BUT I JUST WANT -- HOW DO I GET MY NAME OFF OF THESE -- [LAUGHTER] OFF OF THESE CRAZY LISTS THAT CALL PEOPLE AT THAT TIME IN THE MORNING. I DON'T EVEN WORK AT THE POP-IN ANYMORE. I'M AN ORDAINED MINISTER NOW, AND THAT'S WHEN I WAS A DEACON BUT THAT'S, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. >> I GOTCHA. >> BUT I KNOW THAT HAS NOTHING PROBABLY TO DO WITH YOU GUYS, BUT IT IS ANNOYING WHEN I'M TRYING TO GET MY BEAUTY REST. >> WELL, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT'S ANNOYING. WHAT'S ANNOYING IS THE FACT THAT WHEN WE SEND A FIRE INSPECTOR OUT THERE AFTER WE SEE SO MANY FALSE ALARMS, AND THEN WE SEE THE THERE'S A BIG GAME THAT GOES ON RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S NOT JUST IN THIS MUNICIPALITY. IT'S EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT DEALS WITH THIS TO WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR, YOU HAVE YOUR FIRE COMPANY THAT COMES OUT AND SERVICES THE EQUIPMENT. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BUILDING MANAGER. YOU'VE GOT YOUR BUILDING BOARD. YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES WITHIN EACH OF THESE, EACH OF THESE OCCUPANCY TYPES, AND EVERYONE FIGHTS EVERYBODY FOR ARE WHOSE FAULT IT IS FOR WHAT SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST WANT THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM FIXED. AND WE'VE SEEN THES A LOT OF TIMES, AND WE SEE IT ESPECIALLY WHERE YOU'LL SEE A NEW BOARD COME IN. A NEW BOARD COMES IN. THE BOARD CHANGES THE RULES. YOU HAVE A NEW FIRE EXTINGS WISHER COMPANY OR FIRE TECH COMPANY IT'S JUST A NIGHTMARE SO WE GET KIND OF CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE WITH GOING OUT THERE RUNNING CALLS AND TRYING TO GET THEM TO JUST FIX THE SYSTEM BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE GO OUT, IF YOU'RE IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS 500 APARTMENTS, AND YOUR ALARMS ARE CONSTANTLY GOING OFF AND WE'RE SENDING YOU THOUSAND DOLLAR BILL EVERY TIME THAT HAPPENS, THAT'S GOING TO REALLY ADD UP. AND SO I MEAN, REALLY I'VE TOLD MY FIRE MARSHAL CAME TO ME AND GO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO, I SAID YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ANYBODY THAT YOU HAVE TO. CALL THE BOARD, CALL EVERYBODY. GET THEM TOGETHER, HAVE A MEETING AND SAY LOOK, WE NEED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE FIRE ALARM SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE FIXED, OR I'M GOING TO ORDER 24 HOUR FIRE WATCH, WHICH IS WITHIN MY PURVIEW. AND IF WE GO TO 24-HOUR FIRE WATCH THAT'S GOING TO BE COSILY SO IT'S BETTER TO JUST FIX THE SYSTEM. NOW IN YOUR PARTICULAR CASE, SIR, I WOULD GO TO THE BUILDING MANAGER AND TELL THEM YOU WANT OFF THAT LIST. SO THEY DON'T CALL YOU AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. >> I TRY AGAIN AND I'LL USE YOUR NAME. >> ANYTIME. [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'LL GET YOU. MIGHT GET YOU A KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT AND CUP OF COFFEE BUT OTHER THAN THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> ANYMORE QUESTIONS, SIR? >> NO, MORE QUESTIONS, CHIEF BRUDER. THANK YOU. >> OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. >> COMMISSIONER TURKIN. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, CHIEF, THANKS FOR ALL YOU DO. I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT A DEAD HORSE. FIRE DEPARTMENT, THANKS FOR YOU GUYS. HOW MANY VACANCIES DO WE HAVE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? >> THREE. >> WE HAVE THREE AND UNFORTUNATELY TWO WERE BECAUSE OF INDIVIDUALS LEAVING. >> RIGHT. AND I'M SURE THERE'S A LINE IN A STACK OF APPLICATIONS READY TO FULFILL THOSE. >> WELL WE HAVE NOT OPENED YET, BUT WHEN WE DO, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE'LL BE FILLING THOSE FOUR POSITIONS WITH THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WE CAN PUT IN THIS CITY BECAUSE NOTHING ELSE WORKS FOR ME. >> THAT'S RIGHT. YOU GUYS OPEN ANNUALLY OR. >> NO WE OPEN AS NEEDED BECAUSE LET ME JUST IF I MAY, WHEN WE HIRE SOMEONE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR OWN IN-HOUSE ACADEMY EVEN IF SOMEONE CAME LIKE I DID FROM MIAMI-DADE CAN MILLIONS OF YEARS OF SERVICE, WHOEVER COMES HERE HAS TO GO THROUGH OUR IN-HOUSE ACADEMY. SO WE DON'T WANT TO PUT OUT AN ACADEMY CLASS OF ONE, IT'S NOT EFFECTIVE SO WE WAIT UNTIL WE BUILD A NEW VACANCIES AND THEN WE GO AHAD AND WEED DO IT. NOW THERE IS OBVIOUSLY THE CONVERSE OF THAT WHICH MIGHT THAT CAUSE A LITTLE MORE OVERTIME? SURE. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE DO I WANT TO SPEND $20,000 TO TRAIN ONE PERS PERSON, WHEN I CAN TRAIN THREE OR FOUR AT THE SAME TIME. >> AND YOU WANT TO TRAIN THE RIGHT CANDIDATES. >> I THINK THAT'S HUGE, I'M WITH YOU THERE. >> ABSOLUTELY. YEAH SO IT'S NO SECRET THIS IS A DESTINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT. >> YES, SIR. >> YOU KNOW WITH THAT 24-72 SCHEDULE SOME OF THE CHANGES THIS COMMISSION'S MADE. YOU KNOW, THE INVESTMENT INTO THE RESOURCES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FOR THE TWO POSITIONS WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, SO YOU KNOW MY BIG CONCERN WAS TO MAKE SHIS IT'S SOMEWHAT COST NEUTRAL OR THERE IS A SAVINGS. THE FIRE INSPECTOR POSITION YOU KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT COULD HELP, THAT PAYS FOR ITSELF AND THEN THE LOGISTICS SPECIALIST WE TALKED ABOUT THE SPECIAL PROJECT PAY, WHAT THAT COSTS, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK YOU SAID ROUGHLY $20,000 MAYBE MORE ANNUALLY FOR THAT SPECIAL PROJECT PAY. NOT TO LEAVE OUT THE POTENTIAL VENDOR COSTS THAT IT WOULD TAKE TO HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCED AND CHECKED COULD THEN SUPERSEDE THE COST OF JUST BRINGING ON A LOGISTICS COORDINATOR. IS THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION CORRECT? >> YES, IT IS. AND IN FACT, IT WILL BE -- WE WILL BE -- WE'LL STILL NEED THE CONTRACTS. YOU KNOW, I'LL STILL NEED A BACKUP WITH MES WHO'S THE EQUIPMENT THAT FOLKS THAT WE DO THAT HANDLES OUR AIR PACTS AND SOME OF OF OUR STUFF FOR US. THAT INDIVIDUAL IS GOING TO BE AIR PACK TRAINED. THEY'RE GOING TO BE DIVE EQUIPMENT CERTIFIED SO THEY CAN MAINTENANCE. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO NOT HAVE THESE OTHER CONTRACTS BECAUSE WE NEED A BACKUP PLAN. EVERYTHING WE DO IS REDUNDANCY LIKE IN A COCKPIT. YOU WANT TO HAVE REDUNDANCY. >> SURE. >> BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE OUR GO-TO. OUR GO-TO IS GOING TO BE OUR LOGISTICS COORDINATOR THAT'S GOING IT MANAGE THAT EQUIPMENT. >> SURE. >> SO BETWEEN THE CONTRACTS AND THE SPECIAL PROJECTS PAY, WE SHOULD COME PRETTY CLOSE TO COVERING IT BUT AGAIN REMEMBER WE ARE, WE ARE RENEWING THE CONTRACT FOR VILLAGE OF GULF. THAT'LL BE ANOTHER $30,000 INCREASE. WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT CONTRACT. IT IS GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1st, BUT I CAN GO ON AND ON TO THE LIST OF REVENUE INCREASES THAT WE HAVE WHICH WILL FAR EXCEED THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THESE THREE POSITIONS. >> YEAH. YEAH. NO, IT MAKES SENSE TO ME. SO THOSE ARE THE ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE AS FAR AS THOSE TWO POSITIONS GO. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING, THANKS. >> THANK YOU. >> CAN I ASK A FOLLOW-UP TO HIS? IS THAT $30,000 ALREADY FACTORED IN TO YOUR BUDGET? >> NO; NO, THE $30,000 FROM VILLAGE OF GULF, NO. THAT IS NOT FACTORED IN YET. >> NO, YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T LIKE COUNTING MY CHICKENS UNTIL THEY HAVE HATCHED SO UNTIL EVERYBODY'S APPROVED IT, IT HAS TO GO BEFORE YOU, IT HAS TO GO BEFORE LEGAL FIRST BUT ONCE WE GO BEFORE LEGAL BUT I CAN TELL YOU BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE TOWN MANAGER, WE HAVE COME TO AN AGREEMENT THAT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY RESIDENTS OF BOYNTON BEACH, AS WELL AS THE VILLAGE OF GULF. SO ONCE, I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT CONTRACT -- I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD THE BOSS SO I GOT A PINK WINK AND A NOD BECAUSE AGAIN YOU KNOW WE'RE SOLIDIFYING, YOU KNOW, OUR SERVICES OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY FOR A LONG TIME TO COME RN, ANOTHER 10 YEARS, AND BY THE WAY, IN FACT, WHEN WE DO, CHRISTINE THE MANAGER WANTS TO VOTE BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO REITERATE TODAY NOT WHEN WE DO IT JUST THIS LONG-STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VILLAGE OF GULF AND HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATES THIS CITY AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR HER COMMUNITY. SO NEEDED TO REITERATE THAT. >> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CHIEF? WHILE WE'RE HERE? >> ARE WE -- >> GO AHEAD. >> GOING TO MOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE FOLLOWING PRESENTATION, CHIEF BRUDER. >> IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION. >> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. >> I'M READY TO GO WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED WITH THIS. >> AND I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS, OBVIOUSLY WHENEVER I CAME IN, YOU KNOW, I WAS A BIG THING OF MINE WAS I WANTED US TO LOOK AT ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAD BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAD SOME CONTRACTS THAT HAD NO CPI BUILT IN, WE HAD NO COST ADJUSTMENTS. THERE WAS ZERO LOOK AT A LOT OF OUR TRANSPORT DATA, AND CHIEF BRUDER'S REALLY TAKEN THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S REFLECTIVE IN THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO, SO YOUS J WANT TO SAY -- I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY MANAGER. [LAUGHTER] YEAH, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. >> CHIEF, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, JUST A BRIEF COMMENT. AS YOU KNOW ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ON THE RISE, AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ON A RISE. IT APPEARS HYBRID AND ELECTRIC, IT'S COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT SHOULD THERE BE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRE THAT HAS SOME MATERIAL AND FINANCIAL COST TO THE DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING TO DO WITH CONTAMINATION OF YOUR GEAR AND THE CLEAN-UP REQUIRED BEHIND THAT, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE FACTORED IN. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE WE HAVE IN BOYNTON YET. BUT AS THAT TREND GROWS, I SUSPECT IT WILL BECOME ONE IF IT ALREADY ISN'T. >> IT'S A HUGE PROBLEM. IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY HUGE PROBLEM, AND I CAN TELL YOU IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DEALT WITH WITH TRAINING, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENTS ARE SHARING ALL KINDS OF TRAINING DATA ON HOW DO WE MANAGE PUTTING THESE FIRES OUT, AND WHAT ARE THE RAMIFICATIONS. BUT TO GO BACK TO WHAT YOU PINPOINTED, WHICH A BRILLIANT COMMENT, WHICH IS COST RECOVERY. WHICH IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT SO WHERE WE DON'T BILL IS COST RECOVERY AND I-95 AND IF WE SEND A TRUCK OUT ON I-95 AND WE DISTRIBUTE KITTY LITTER WE COULD ACTUALLY CHARGE THE INSURANCE COMPANIES FOR THAT KITTY LITTER AND YOU KNOW IF WE CAN CHARGE THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT RELATES TO THAT CALL. SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO COST RECOVERY, BUT COST RECOVERY FROM A LARGER SENSE IN THAT CASE WOULD BE HAZMAT, HAZMAT COST RECOVERY. AND HAZMAT COST RECOVERY IS AGAIN AS THE AHJ THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAN LOOK AT AND WE CAN BILL FOR THAT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE IN OUR ORDINANCE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING AT. COREY'S ACTUALLY -- THERE ARE A FEW FIRMS OUT THERE THAT DO THIS TYPE OF COST RECOVERY FOR FIRST RESPONDER AGENCIES FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS BECAUSE IT COULD BE QUITE COSTLY. I MEAN, ONE FIRE, I MEAN, YOU PROBABLY ALL KNOW OR IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER EVERY TIME WE APPROVE ALL THIS FIRE GEAR EVERY YEAR ONE SET OF FIRE GEAR IS ABOUT $6,000, AND EVERY ONE OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN HAS TWO SETS BECAUSE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR CANCER PREVENTION. SO YEAH, IF ONE OF THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT GETS NAILED, SIX GRAND. IF ONE OF OUR TRUCKS GETS DAMAGED WE'RE TALKING A MILLION DOLLARS SO YES WE ARE GOING TO START LOOKING INTO COST RECOVERY, BUT YOU KNOW IF YOU KIND OF LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OF EVERYTHING WE DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, WE, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT, WE'RE WAY ABOVE THE LOW-HANGING FRUIT. BUT STILL COST RECOVERY IS UP THERE AND WE WILL BE GETTING TO IT. AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO MY ATTENTION. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AARE WE READY -- THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR BRINGING THAT UP AND THANK YOU, CHIEF FOR SPEAKING ABOUT THAT. SO RIGHT NOW IF WE HAVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AFFILIATED OR ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPONSE, IS THAT, ARE WE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT THAT AND THEN RECOVER THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE ALREADY DONE BUT BECAUSE NOW OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE AT THE ADDITION AND THE COST THAT GOES ALONG WITH FIGHTING THOSE FIRES IN PARTICULAR ARE, WE NOW TRYING TO, HAVE WE ALWAYS BEEN RECOVERING IF THERE IS -- >> NO. >> OKAY. >> NEVER. IT'S A NEW THING. I'M SORRY S THAT -- DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? >> YES, YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, IT'S INTERESTING TO BRING THAT UP. YOU KNOW, I MEAN I'M IN THAT LEGAL FIELD IN MY FULL-TIME JOB AND IT'S RARELY ANYTHING THAT EVER COMES UP IS THAT THERE IS A CITY OR A COUNTY THAT'S HAD A LOSS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH A FIRE OR A CRASH OR ANYTHING, AND BUT WE KNOW IT HAPPENS. WE KNOW OUR FIRST RESPONDERS ARE INVOLVED IN CRASHING NOT TO FAIR -- CRASHES NOT TO THEIR FAULT AND SO THAT'S INTERESTING THOUGH THAT IT'S BEING BROUGHT UP NOW IN RESPONSE TO, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN PARTICULAR, BUT I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN RECOVER THAT BECAUSE PALM BEACH COUNTY GETS RIIMBURSED IF ONE OF THEIR LIGHT POLES GETS KNOCKED DOWN OR YOU KNOW SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, AGENCY WILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEIR USH BEES GET DAMAGED STILL CRASHED SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOK ATING AT HOW WE CAN RECOVER BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHEAP EQUIPMENT THAT WE LOSE OR GET DAMAGED IN ANYWAY TYPE OF SITUATION -- ANY TYPE OF SITUATION. >> YEAH, POINT WELL TAKEN, AND I CAN ASSURE THIS COMMISSION THAT YOUR FIRE CHIEF IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT WAYS WITHOUT HURTING THE PUBLIC TO INCREASE REVENUE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CHIEF ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. CHIEF, I KNOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO START ANOTHER PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO JUST DROP IT IN FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION, AT SOME POINT I DO WANT TO DISCUSS AND WE DISCUSSED IT PRIVATELY PRELIMINARILY PREFUNDING OF VEHICLES. I WANTED TO HAVE A HOLISTIC LOOK AT THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER SITUATION AS WE HAD IN PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT NOT NOW, SOMETHING TO JUST THINK ABOUT FOR OUR FUTURE CONVERSATION. OKAY. >> AND I'M PREPARED TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE ANYTIME ANYBODY WANTS. >> I THINK FLEET IS ON THE LIST ANYWAYS. >> WELL, YOU'LL BE GETTING TO, YOU'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM FLEET AND FLEET WILL TELL YOU WITH THE STATE THE STATUS OF THE PREFUNDING IT'LL RELATE TO THE LARGER PICTURE. I'M LOOKING AT MY LITTLE WORLD OF FIRE TRUCKS BUT I THINK THE BIGGER PICTURE WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN IDEA OF THE BIGGER PROBLEM BUT IT JUST NEEDS TO BE -- MORE RESOURCES NEED TO BE ALLOCATED TO RECOVER SHORTFALL AND THAT COULD BE PAINFUL. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ONTO THE NEXT. >> OKAY. AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. HUGH BRUDER YOUR FIRE CHIEF AND I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON OUR FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE. AND I WANT TO, I WANT TO KIND OF PREMISE AGAIN BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON A FEW THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT IN MY BUDGET PRESENTATION WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING A DESTINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WE TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF GROWTH AND HAVING TO MAN OR STAFF I SHOULD SAY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES FROM WHERE WE WERE FOUR YEARS AGO. IS THAT ALL BECAUSE OF ME? NO. AM I THE CHEERLEADER IN CHARGE? YES. BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANALYZE THE NEEDS OF THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE, WHERE IT IS NOW, BUT, AND AS YOU SAID, VICE MAYOR, HOW DO WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE? WELL, PART OF LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE IS LOOKING INTO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE GROWTH. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO HAVE GROWTH, BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE. AND WE HAVE SOME VERY, VERY OLD AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S VERY, VERY COSTLY AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADDRESS IT BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS NOT GOING AWAY. SO BY THE NEED FOR A -- WHY THE NEED FOR A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE? FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT AWARE A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IS A NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT CHARGED ON A PROPERTY NOT BASED ON THE PROPERTY'S VALUE FOR THE COST OF PROVIDING FIRE SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS. NON-AD VALOREM ASSESSMENT. AND THIS IS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, THIS STATEMENT. BECAUSE YOU'LL GO DOWN TO THE NEXT ONE AND YOU'LL SEE HERE WHERE IT SAYS THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A DEDICATED SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR FIRE OPERATIONS, FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION, EMERGENCY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS. SO WHAT THIS MEANS IS IS THAT WHEN WE SOLELY RELY ON FUNDING FROM AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE, WHEN WE SEE TIMES, IN THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY WHERE WE SEE AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, WE SEE CITIES AND WE SEE MUNICIPALITIES THAT LAY OFF POLICE OFFICERS AND LAY OFF FIREFIGHTERS AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DO THAT? WE CAN TALK FOR AN HOUR ON WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. WHETHER IT DEGRAD AIDS OUR CITY, WHETHER IT MAKES OUR CITIZENS FEEL UNSAFE, WHETHER IT NOW STOPS THE MULTIMILLIONAIRES WHO WANT TO COME AND THEY WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR CITY. I CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE LARGER PICTURE. BUT AT THE CORE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS FUNDED PROPERLY, THE NEED FOR A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IS NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE REQUIRED. SO I KNOW THERE WAS TALK IN THE PAST, AND AGAIN I'VE BEEN HERE FOUR YEARS SO I'VE BEEN HEARING THIS FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE FOR FOUR YEARS AND I'VE SAT ON THE SIDELINES BUT THIS IS THE YEAR I FEEL I NEED TO COME TO THE DAIS AND I FEED TO HELP EXPLAIN -- NEED TO HELP EXPLAIN THIS FEE, WHY WE HAVE IT AND WHERE WE NEED TO GO. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IN PRIOR YEARS THE FEE WAS ESTABLISHED OR HOPED THAT THERE WOULD GO TOWARDS BUILDING -- THAT IT WOULD GO TOWARDS BUILDING A FIRE STATION. WELL WHATEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST, YES, IS IT A CONCERN TO ME? , IT IS. BUT MY GREATER CONCERN IS HOW DO I FULFILL THE NEEDS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT INTO THE FUTURE. THESE FEES PAID FOR A FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE MAY ONLY BE USED FOR FIRE OPERATIONS, FIRE SAFETY, AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. IT CANNOT BE USED FOR EMS SO I CAN'T USE IT TO BUY THE STATE-OF-THE-ART LIFE PACK 75, WHICH IS A JOKE. IT'S A LIFE PACK 20 OR SOMETHING NOW, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE. 30 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS A PIECE AND WE HAVE 15 OF THEM. YOU CANNOT PURCHASE ANYTHING RELATED TO MEDICAL FROM THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE. WE CAN PAY FOR FIRE STATIONS, WE CAN PAY FOR FIRE TRUCKS, WE CAN PAY FOR SALARIES, WE CAN PAY FOR BENEFITS. ALL RELATING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OUTSIDE OF THE VOLATILE NATURE OF AD VALOREM TAX ASSESSMENT REVENUE. NOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR'S FIRE ASSESSMENT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR AN INCREASE, AND THAT INCREASE IS GOING TO BE THERE TO COVER THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT WE NEED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WERE NOT TAKEN CARE OF IN THE PAST. THEY ARE THE FOLLOWING. THE REPLACEMENT OF FIRE STATION THREE, WHICH IS $10 MILLION. THAT PROPERTY WAS IQ ICHOIR -- ACQUIRED IN 1984 SO IT'S AN APPROXIMATE 40-YEAR-OLD BUILDING. LET ME JUST ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THIS. THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE IN THIS STATION HAVE REPORTED HAVING OVER THE YEARS AND OVER THE TIME THAT I'VE BEEN HERE RESPIRATORY ISSUES RELATING TO WORKING IN THIS STATION. IT'S AN OLD BUILDING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE PROBLEM IS HOW DO WE FUND IT? SO IT'S RIGHT HERE. SO NEXT STEP IS THE RENOVATION OF THE FIRE AND POLICE MARINE COMPLEX AT HARVEY OYER PARK. THESE FUNDS ARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THIS BUILDING AND PUT IT INTO THE NEXT PHASE SO I CAN HAVE THREE FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE LIVING OUT OF THIS BUILDING 24/7. NOW THAT BUILDING WAS BUILT IN 1950. NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING BACK TO THE WATERWAYS COMMISSION, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDS TO HELP US WITH THIS. BUT AS WITH ANY OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITY, YOU CANNOT GO FOR GRANTS UNTIL YOU'RE EITHER BUDGETED OR LAID OUT YOUR PLAN FOR THESE MONIES. SO YOU KNOW, AND IF WE WERE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS FIRE ASSESSMENT INCREASE AND YOU KNOW ONE OF THE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE WELL WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR GRANT. WELL THAT'S A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS WE WILL BE ABLE TO USE TOWARDS SALARIES AND BENEFITS THAT WILL FREE UP ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE GENERAL FUND OR CIP OR SOMETHING ELSE. SO THE NEXT THING IS TO RENOVATE THE FIRE FLEET AND LOGISTICS COMPLEX. SO WE TOOK THIS BUILDING OVER ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO AND WE'VE BEEN PIECEMEALING TOGETHER WITH LITTLE SCRAPS FROM OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO GET THAT THIS BUILDING UP AND RUNNING. THIS BUILDING IS NOT JUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO DO, IS GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS RELIEF FOR OUR FLEET SERVICES DIVISION WHO RIGHT NOW IF ANYBODY GOES TO FLEET SERVICES AND SEES THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS AND UNFORTUNATELY THE NUMBER OF FIFIRE TRUCKS AND RESCUE TRUCKS AS WELL BUT IT'S NOT JUST OUR VEHICLES, IT'S ALL THE CITY VEHICLES AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON THERE RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'RE JUST BURGEONING AT THE SEAMS. THERE'S NO ROOM. WE HAVE GUYS WORKING ON FIRE TRUCKS OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT. SO THE IDEA IS TO MOVE ALL FIRE FLEET MAINTENANCE TO THIS FACILITY WHICH WILL ALLEVIATE A HUGE STRESS ON OUR CITY'S FLEET. SO THIS IS THIS PLAN IS A MULTIPHASED PLAN. AND LASTLY ON THIS LIST OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THE INCREASE IN FIRE FEE IS GOING TO PAY IS FOR THE INCREASE OF THE -- REPLACEMENT OF THE FIRE STATION RECALL SYSTEM. NOW WE REFERRED TO THIS EARLIER IN IMPROVEMENTS TO DISPATCH. I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A LITTLE BIT OF A PERSPECTIVE ON RESPONSE TIMES SO AS I SAID BEFORE IN MY PRESENTATION WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIMES FROM 8 MINUTES WHICH I KNEW WAS A FAKE NUMBER WHICH A LOT OF THAT HAD TO DO WITH CAD ISSUES BUT WHEN WE DOVE DOWN INTO IT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE NUMBER DOWN TO 5 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS. AFTER WE DOVE DOWN DEEPER WE IMPROVED OUR TURNOUT TIMES BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE MEN AND WOMEN, HEY, YOU GUYS NEED TO GET OUT OF THE STATIONS QUICKER. THAT TOOK US FROM 5 MINUTES AND 20 SECONDS TO WHERE WE ARE NOW AT 4 MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS AVERAGE RESPONSE TIME. IT'S ONE OF THE BEST AVERAGE RESPONSE TIMES IN THE STATE. LOOK IT UP. IT'S AN AMAZING RESPONSE TIME. BUT NOW I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE ICING ON THE CAKE BECAUSE THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING WHEN THEY HAVE A LACK OF OXYGEN FOR FOUR TO SIX MINUTES, YOU HAVE BRAIN TISSUE DEATH AND YOU DIE? I JUST MENTIONED WE'RE FOUR MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS. THIS NEW STATION RECALL SYSTEM THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING IN, BECAUSE OF THE IMPROVEMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY, IS GOING TO INCREASE OR PARDON ME IS GOING TO DECREASE RESPONSE TIMES BY AS MUCH AS 60 SECONDS. THAT NOW PUTS OUR RESCUE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT INTO THE FOUR-MINUTE WINDOW TO SAVE A LIFE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LESS CHANCE OF CARDIAC TISSUE DEATH, AND LESS CHANCE OF BRAIN TISSUE DEATH IF SOMEONE SHOULD SUFFER FROM A STROKE. SO THIS IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE CARE OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO LET'S ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS INCREASE. SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING A $25 INCREASE FROM $120 AT THE CURRENT RATE TO A PROPOSED RATE OF $145. I WANT EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO KEEP IN MIND THAT EQUATES TO A $2.08 PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD INCREASE. $2 PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD INCREASE. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BUY DOWN. SO BASICALLY THIS SLIDE WAS TAKEN FROM MARA'S PRESENTATION LAST YEAR WHERE WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT, THE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS OF WHAT THIS BODY MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE WANTED TO INCREASE, BUT LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A GOOD OUTLINE OF WHERE THESE FUNDS WERE GOING, WHICH WAS A BIG CONCERN OF THIS COMMISSION. SO IF WE LOOK AT THE CURRENT YEAR, THE GROSS REVENUE IS 8.3, THE PROPOSED BRINGS IN 10, $10 MILLION, THE EXEMPT AND BUY-DOWNS YOU'LL SEE THAT. AND IT GIVES US THE REVENUE AT THE SIDE THERE OF 8.7 FOR THE PROPOSED INCREASE. AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE EDUCATION ON THE BUY-DOWN IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE. YOUR PRESENT ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW ALLOWS FOR WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMERCIAL TYPE OCCUPANCIES THAT WE CHARGE OUTSIDE OF THE RESIDENTIAL RATE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THE COMMERCIAL, 27 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT, INDUSTRIAL 6 CENTS A SQUARE FOOT, INSTITUTIONAL IS 30. WELL NURSING HOMES IN THIS CURRENT, ARE ACTUALLY 36 CENTS PER SQUARE FOOT, BUT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS, PROBABLY DO TO SOME LOBBYING, THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS NURSING HOME EXEMPTION FOR A BUY-DOWN TO THE INSTITUTIONAL RATE. SO THAT OUR NURSING HOMES CAN I GUESS MAINTAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE PROFIT AND THEREBY HELP OUR ELDERLY POPULATION. SO WHEN YOU SEE BUY-DOWN THERE, THAT BUY-DOWN IS THE NURSING HOME DIFFERENCE TO INSTITUTIONAL. SO THIS INCREASE, THIS PROPOSED INCREASE OF $2 PER MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD EQUATES TO ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $1.465 MILLION. THE PLAN IS TO USE THE CITY'S TRIPLE A BOND RATING TO OBTAIN $13.1 MILLION OF FINANCING WHICH THE DEBT SERVICE OF $1.465 MILLION WILL PAY THAT OFF OVER 15 YEARS. LEAVING AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS OF LIFE SERVICE ON A NEW STATION 3. NOT JUST 15, AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS OF SERVICE LIFE FOR A FEW FIRE STATION 3. WHY $25. THIS CALCULATION WAS BASED ON THE PROJECTED COST OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE CITY'S FINANCIAL RATING AS I MENTIONED TO FUND THIS PROJECT OVER 15 YEARS. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE COST ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE RUN SHOWED A 10 TO 15% OR MORE SAVINGS OVER IMPLEMENTING A PUBLIC SAFETY BOND WHICH COULD BE AS MANY AS TWO YEARS AWAY. REMEMBER WE HAVE TO GO BACK BEFORE, WE HAVE TO PUT IT IN, WE HAVE TO THEN GO VOTE, AND WE HAVE TO START. THEN WE HAVE TO INITIATE THE PROGRAM. SO IF WE INITIATEDDED A PUBLIC SAFETY BOND WE'D BE LOOKING AT ANYWHERE FROM PROBABLY 18 TO 24 MONTHS. THAT DELAY WILL COST THE CITY 1.5 TO $2 MILLION PER YEAR. EVERY YEAR THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS, THIS IS HOW MUCH THIS GOES UP EVERY YEAR. NOT JUST WAITING FOR A BOND. THIS IS HOW MUCH THIS PROJECT GOES UP EVERY YEAR AND I'LL GO BACK TO THIS IN A MINUTE. WE HEARD SO FAR TODAY A LOT ABOUT CIP. WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE SALES TAX. WE KNOW THAT WE'RE NO LONGER RECEIVING THE REVENUES THAT WE NEED. WE KNOW AS A CITY THAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO SHORE UP WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS PROJECT, THIS INCREASE IN THE FIRE FEE, THIS TACKLING THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT GOING AWAY WILL ALLOW A 1 $13.1 MILLION ADDITION TO CIP BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THESE PROJECTS ARE SLATED FOR CIP. SO IF WE DO THE PROJECTS THIS WAY, THAT ALLOWS YOU 13.1 ADDITIONAL MILLION DOLLARS TO TACKLE THOSE OTHER VERY NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE AGAIN NOT GOING AWAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THE INCREASED REVENUE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FINANCE THIS PROJECT. WE'RE NOT 12 MONTHS DOWN THE RODE, NOT TWO YEARS DOWN THE ROAD, AS SOON AS THIS BODY WOULD APPROVE THIS INCREASE, WE WOULD IMMEDIATELY MOVE ON MANAGING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND CHANGES. BOYNTON BEACH EVEN AFTER AN INCREASE OF $45 MILLION ASSESSMENT FEE WILL STILL BE THE SECOND LOWEST FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IN THREE COUNTIES. NEXT SLIDE. FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE COMPARISON BY MOVEMENT. I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER VERY, VERY IMPORTANT SLIDE TO LOOK AT. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TWO MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE BOTH TO THE WEST AND RIGHT OF US. BOCA IS 125, WE'RE PROPOSING 145. WHAT I THINK FOR YOU TO LOOK AT HERE THIS IS MIND BLOWING LOOK AT THE END, THAT IS PALM BEACH COUNTY MUNICIPALITY SERVICES TAX RATE SO RIGHT NOW IF I'M LIVING IN UNINCORPORATED PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND I HAVE A HOUSE WITH $486,308, LOOK HOW MUCH MONEY I'M PAYING FOR MY FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE. ASTONISHING, JUST SO YOU KNOW PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE COSTS $375,000 PER FTE. YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, $200,000. YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IN LINE WITH FDNY, WITH MIAMI-DADE FIRE-RESCUE, WITH L.A. COUNTY FIRE-RESCUE. WE ARE IN LINE FISCALLY WITH EVERY MAJOR METROPOLITAN FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THIS CONVY SO I THINK IT'S -- EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO NOTE. WE PUT THAT BLURB AT THE BOTTOM THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE, THE MEDIUM HOME PRICE IS $391,000 SO DOING THE MATH ON THAT, ONE COULD SAY WELL, IF WE DIDN'T BUILD A BESTINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT -- DESTINATION FIRE DEPARTMENT AND LET'S SAY TWO YEARS AGO WE WERE ON THE VERGE OF LOSING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PALM BEACH COUNTY AS WE WERE THIS CLOSE TO LOSING OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHATTED WITH THESE CITIZENS -- WHAT WOULD THESE CITIZENS BEING PAY THEN? AN UNGODLY AMOUNT FOR FIRE-RESCUE SERVICES SO THE AMOUNT OFMANY WE'RE ASKING FOR TO SHORE UP INFRASTRUCTURE IS MINUSCULE COMPARED TO WHAT THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY WOULD BE PAYING IF THEY WERE UNDER THE MSTU TAX RATE. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE NUMBER IN GREEN NEXT TO IT. THAT NUMBER IS THE AVERAGE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH IS MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR ASSESSMENT FEE. NOW ONE MAY SAY, WELL, WHAT DOES DELRAY BEACH DO. I DON'T SEE DELRAY BEACH UP THERE BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE AND THIS IS ANOTHER VERY INTERESTING SLIDE THIS SHOWS EVERY SINGLE OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN THIS COUNTY INCLUDING UNINCORPORATED SO LET'S TAKE LAKE WORTH FOR EXAMPLE. LAKE WORTH, MUNICIPAL TAX RATE. 3.4581 MILLS THAT MEANS IF I HAVE A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE IN LAKE WORTH I'M PAYING $1500 FOR MY FIRE ASSESSMENT. YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE ALL THOSE NUMBERS, EVERY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN THE MSTU TAX RATE. NOW, DELRAY AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE AS YOU SEE ON THE DAIS, CHIEF I RECOGNIZE WE HAVE THE NEED BUT HOW ELSE CAN WE FUND THIS? CAN YOU GET GRANTS? WE'VE TRIED TO GET GRANTS. WE'VE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET GRANTS BUT WE HAVE TO SHORE UP THIS FUNDING. WELL, HOW DOES DELRAY DO IT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A CHOICE? WHICH I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO DO. THE CHOICE IS YOU CAN EITHER INCREASE THE MILLAGE RATE OR INCREASE THE FIRE FEE BUT YOU GOT TO DO SOMETHING. YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING. THE DEAL IS ANY ONE OF US IN THIS ROOM TODAY, WE MIGHT NOT BE HERE TOMORROW, RIGHT? NONE OF US MAY BE HERE TOMORROW. BUT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT GOING AWAY. SO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONE OF POLITICS, IT IS NOT ONE OF ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN GOOD GOVERNMENT AND OTHER THAN GOING BACK AND MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO TAKE CARE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS A CITY SO THAT ENDS MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HERE IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. AS ALWAYS, YOU HAVE GIVEN US A LOT TO THINK ABOUT, AND AS PART OF GOOD GOVERNMENT AS MAKING SURE THAT WE TAKE THIS TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AS PART OF THE JOB. I DID SEE ONE HAND UP ALREADY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, WE'LL BEGIN WITH YOU AND WE CAN GO AROUND FOR QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. AS MY MOM WOULD SAY, CHIEF, SHE CAN SELL ICE TO AN ESKIMO. THAT WAS A HELL OF A PRESENTATION BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT AND YOU KNOW I HAVE BEEN A PRETTY STRONG ADVOCATE OF THE FIRE TAX. THAT MIND YOU WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET AT SOME POINT. AND SO I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I'M HEARING YOU AND I'M LISTENING, AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS AN AVENUE AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE HERE, SO WITH T WITH THE FIRE TAX FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY BEING THAT $1600 THAT'S THE MILLAGE RATE THAT THEY HAVE, THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE A CITYWIDE MILLAGE RATE OF 7.85 LIKE WE DO. THEIR MILLAGE RATE IS 4.5. SO 4.5 PLUS THAT, THAT'S HOW THEY'RE ACQUIRING THEIR SERVICES, SO I DON'T THINK YOU CAN MAKE THAT COMPARISON, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF LIKE A SHOCK OF FALSE SHOCK BUT LOOKING AT THIS AND THE PROPOSED CIP PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, $2.08 PER MONTH, I THINK MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, HEY, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, RIGHT? AND I THINK THEY'D GO FOR THAT. >> CAN YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE FOR? >> THIS ONE? >> YEAH. >> I SAID THIS BEFORE WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THE BOND, YOU KNOW, I DO BELIEVE THE REPLACEMENT OF FIRE STATION 3 IS VERY NEEDED. YOU MENTIONED RESPIRATORY ISSUES WITH SOME OF THE MEN AND WOMEN THERE. HAVE THEY PURSUED WORKMAN'S COMP, WORKMAN COMPENSATION CLAIMS FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT IS, THAT IS TRAGIC SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY'RE IDENTIFYING THAT IT IS THAT VERSUS YOU KNOW EVERYDAY OPERATIONS. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING THE HELP THAT THEY NEED, THE HEALTH CARE THAT THEY NEED. >> OUR CITY HAS DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN FOR OUR STAFF, INCLUDING GOING IN AND CLEANING DUCTS, ERADICATING ANY MINOR MOLD ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD. >> I'M SAYING FOR THAT, FOR THAT, HAS THERE BEEN CLAIMS? >> OF COURSE, OF COURSE. >> ARE THEY SEEKING -- ALL RIGHT. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. >> OF COURSE. >> AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THERE IS INDEED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE BEING SUPPORTIVE OF THEM. WHERE IT SAYS RESTORATION OF THE MARINE COMPLEX, THE COAST GUARD COMPLEX? >> THETHE COAST GUARD USES OUR BUILDING, YES. >> THE AUXILIARY BUILDING. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS BUILDING? WAS THE PURPOSE THIS? >> I'M SORRY. >> WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING TO BE A MARINE COMPLEX. >> THE THE PURPOSE OF THE BUILDING PRIOR TO ME GETTING AHOLD OF IT? >> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY BUILD, WHAT WAS ITS INITIAL PURPOSE. >> THE INITIAL PURPOSE BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO TAKE IT OVER FOR A MARINE FACILITY. >> RIGHT, RIGHT. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. >> RIGHT, IT'S USED RIGHT NOW AS A MARINE AUXILIARY USES IT TO TRAIN AND OTHER THAN THAT, NO ONE'S EVER THERE TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND THEY CAN DO THAT FROM ANYWHERE. >> IT'S NOT RENOVATING IT, WE'RE ESTABLISHING SOMETHING COMPLETELY NEW, RIGHT? SO I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WAS SOMETHING THERE BEFORE THAT WAS OLD. THAT WE'RE REN VAITING NO THIS IS A BRAND NEW CONCEPT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE I GUESS THE IS FOR LEGAL IS WOULD THERE BE A MECHANISM TO THEN -- LET'S SAY THE, THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO GO WITH THE PROPOSAL RAISING THE -- THIS FIRE TAX, RIGHT? IS THERE A WAY-- WHY ARE YOU M MAKING THAT? IS THERE A WAY, IS THERE, IS THERE A WAY TO TIE THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SOURCE TO THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN HAVE IT SUNSET WHEN IT'S DONE -- I'M SORRY NOT SUNSET BUGO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL TAX WHEN THIS IS COMPLETE BECAUSE I THINK YOU HAD A 15-YEAR TIMELINE FOR THAT. BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN IS IN THE PAST YOU KNOW WE'VE, THIS FIRE TAX IS PROPOSED, WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET, WE'VE, WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE, RIGHT, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS AND THAT'S WHY I'M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION IS TO IDENTIFY IF THERE IS A WAY FORWARD THAT CAN CAN BE A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE TO HOLD ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LONG GONE BEFORE THIS IS, THIS PROJECT'S DONE AND THE CONTINUED RATE SO IS THERE A LEGAL MECHANISM TO THEN TIE THESE PROJECTS TO THAT SPECIFIC INCREASE FOR THAT TIMELINE AND THEN LET'S SAY THAT INCREASE INCIDENTS. THAT -- SUNSETS. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE THE HABIT OF THIS BEING, YOU KNOW, A REVENUE SOURCE TO INCREASE AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES NEARBY, RIGHT? AND LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK SOME OF THEM, ARE A A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM BOYNTON BEACH BUT I JUST WANT TO SEE IF THERE IS A LEGAL MECHANISM THAT MAYBE WE CAN PURSUE THIS, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME TYPE OF FAIL SAFE ACCOUNTABILITY, YOU KNOW, FIVE, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. >> YEAH, I MEAN, AND I CAN LOOK INTO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EVEN IF YOU SUNSET SOMETHING, WHOEVER'S ON THE COMMISSION AT THAT TIME CAN ALSO VOTE TO EXTEND IT OR REMOVE IT AT ANY TIME SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT REALLY HAS AS MUCH TEETH AS WHAT YOUR PURCHASE MIGHT BE. >> SO THANK YOU. THERE IS NOTHING WE COULD DO. >> TO MAKE IT DEFINITELY DOES, UNFORTUNATELY NO. >> THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING. >> BUT IF I MAY. >> YEAH. >> SO GOING BACK TO THE LEGISLATION, THE ITEMS OUTLINED CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THE ITEMS OUTLINED. SO, AND AS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER KELLY HAD A CONCERN ABOUT, IF I MAY ADD, INTO THIS CONVERSATION, I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING NOW, I WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHERE EVERY DOLLAR OF THIS MONEY'S GOING AND ULTIMATELY I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO HELP EDUCATE AND UNDERSTAND -- AND TO HAVE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND, THIS NEEDS TO BE A SYSTEMIC FUNDING SOURCE. PERIOD. BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO -- THERE IS TOO MANY -- THERE IS TOO MUCH CHANCE OF ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS WHERE YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF LAYING OFF FIREFIGHTERS SO THE IDEA IS TO FIND A SOLID FUNDING SOURCE. THAT'S WHY FIRE CHIEFS IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE ENACTED LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS FIRE ASSESSMENT FEES BECAUSE IT'S AN OUTSIDE OF THE AD VALOREM TAX REVENUE. BECAUSE AS I SAID THE NEED'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS AS WE GO YEAR TO YEAR, THE NEED FOR MORE FIREFIGHTERS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN. WHERE DO WE PAY FOR THAT. >> I'M HAVING THIS CONVERSATION NOT SAYING HECK NO. DON'T PUT THIS IN FRONT OF ME, RIGHT? >> I HEAR YOU. >> I'M OPENING THAT DIALOGUE. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW? BECAUSE THIS IS A FIRE TAX AND HISTORICALLY IT WAS A TAX THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET. LIKE I'M HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WHICH WHEN YOU AND I SPOKE, CHIEF, WAS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN-MINDED FROM THE LAST CONVERSATION WE'VE HAD. BUT PREDOMINANTLY BECAUSE I KNOW FIRE STATION 3 NEEDS, IT NEEDS, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND LOOKING AT THE BOND, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T DONE IN THE BEST WAY I THINK. I KNOW, THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE BUT IT IS GOING TO BE MORE EXPENSIVE WITH A BOND. IT IS GOING TO TAKE LONGER. I UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TOUGH SITUATION, AND YOU KNOW, FOR ARE ME, OPENLY, FOR ME TO SUPPORT ANYTHING LIKE THIS AS IT SITS TODAY, I WOULD DEFINITELY NEED TO SEE A STRONG DECREASE IN THE MILLAGE RATE BECAUSE THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED. YEAR OVER YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR. THE FIRE ASSESSMENT TAX, WE CAN'T RAISE IT TO 145 AND THEN START THESE PROJECTS AND THEN LOWER IT BACK, RIGHT AND THAT'S NOT. >> RIGHT BUT WHAT WE CAN DO AS WE LOOK AT INCREASES IN REVENUE AND OTHER OUTSIDE FUNDING SOURCES SIMILAR TO THE CITYWIDE PARAMEDICINE PROGRAM, AND OTHER INITIATIVES STILL YET TO BE DISCOVERED THAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR THAT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES TAKE -- THE IDEA ISN'T TO TAX PEOPLE TO DEATH. THE IDEA IS TO SERVE THE PUBLIC IN THE BEST FASHION THAT WE CAN, SO I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I WOULD SAY THERE MAY BE A FUTURE MECHANISM TO REDUCE THE OTHER BALANCE OF THE FEE ONCE WE, ONCE WE FULFILL THAT MISSION OF MAKING SURE WE HAVE AN ADEQUATE STAFFING. >> AND AGAIN IF YOU BREAK IT DOWN, IT'S $2.08 A MONTH PER HOUSEHOLD. SO I GET THAT, AND THE MACRO LEVEL IT'S HEY ROW YAIZED TAXES -- HEY, YOU RAISED TAXES, RIGHT? YOU RAISED TAXES, THOMAS. AT THE MICRO LEVEL WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO CONSTITUENTS, YEAH, IT'S $2.00 A MONTH, YOU KNOW, BUT HERE IS THE WHY. HERE IS, HERE'S WHAT PROJECTS IT'S GOING TO, RELEASES FROM CIP. YOU KNOW I MEAN IT'S TOUGH. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO SAY BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING FORWARD WHAT YOU WOULD DO WITH IT. I KNOW WE DID IT TWO YEARS AGO. WE IDENTIFIED THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO SUNSET, RIGHT? AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I THINK I BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR WAS LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE THE EXEMPTIONS WITH THE FIRE TAX WITH THIS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY THAT YOU'RE PREACHING, CHIEF. >> WELL, AND ACTUALLY IF YOU LOOK HERE, COMMISSIONER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXEMPTION AND THE BUY-DOWN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED COMPARED TO THE CURRENT, SO THERE'S A 3, ABOUT A $300,000, $220,000 DIFFERENCE, RIGHT IN THE EXEMPTION AND BUY-DOWN. BUT THE MAJORITY OF THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS ACTUALLY EXEMPTIONS. SO WE'RE GIVING ABOUT $800,000 A YEAR RIGHT NOW IN EXEMPTIONS. >> $800,000 IN EXEMPTIONS? >> THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THOSE ARE FOR THE ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE LEGISLATION OR PARDON ME WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOW US TO EXEMPT INDIVIDUALS THAT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WAS SET UP, WHETHER, AND I DON'T KNOW THE MONTH FROM TOP OF MY HEAD BUT WHATEVER THEY ARE, WE'RE HONORING THEM AND THEY'RE GETTING EXEMPT. >> WHERE IS IT FOR RESIDENTIAL? >> THE RESIDENTIAL IS ABOVE IT, CURRENT RATE OF RESIDENTIAL IS 120. >> GOT IT. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S. >> A BREAKDOWN, CORRECT, OF COMMERCIAL. GOT IT. >> OKAY. >> YEAH, I MEAN TOUGH DECISION. SO I'M OPEN-MINDED WHEN WE TALKED LAST IT WAS A HARD NO FOR ME BUT I THINK THE REASONING'S THERE. I WANT TO SEE WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TO SAY. >> AS YOUR FIRE CHIEF I LOOK AT THIS BIG PICTURE, RIGHT? I'M NOT SITTING HERE LOOKING FOR MONEY BECAUSE I WANT TO DO THIS. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR CITY ARE TAKEN CARE OF FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S HARD DOING THIS. PUTTING A PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND STANDING UP HERE ON THE DAIS AND STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CONSTITUENCY AND BEING THE GUY THAT'S THE FACE OF BRINGING THIS FORWARD IS NOT AN EASY TASK BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. >> AND IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. >> AND THAT'S ALSO NOT AN EASY TASK TO DO. >> TOGETHER. >> FOR ALL OF US. >> THAT'S RIGHT. SO THANK YOU. >> AND ONE THING THE MILLAGE RATE ALSO RELATES TO POPULATION SO YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE COUNTIES IN OUR MILLAGE RATE. I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THOSE DIFFERENCES. IN OTHER WORDS IF THE COUNTY HAD LESS RESIDENTS THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHARGE MORE TAX, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE MILLAGE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE I WAS NOT TRYING TO BE DISINGENUOUS. IT IS DIFFERENT BUT THAT, THAT SLIDE, THAT'S CRAZY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT. AND EVEN IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, EVEN IF TOMORROW YOU GUYS WERE TO CONTRACT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE, IT WOULDN'T BE THAT RATE. BUT IT WOULD BE DOUBLE IF NOT TRIPLE. AND THAT'S HUGE, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I WANT TO BE GENUINE WITH YOU I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT YOU KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S TRYING TO PULL THE WOOL. THIS IS AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE. >> OH,  NO, YOU KNOW I'LL BE VERY VOCAL IF THAT'S THE CASE LIKE THE CDBG FUNDS FROM THE PAST. LISTEN, LIKE I SAID, CHIEF, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING THIS DIALOGUE, BUT I WANT TO SEE WHAT MY, WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAY, YOU KNOW, I MADE MY POSITION KNOWN AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, I GOT TO GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE BUDGET BEFORE I GET TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A HUGE DECISION, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL TIE INTO THIS. >> BUT AGAIN I HAVE TO THANK YOU AND ALL OF THE COMMISSION BECAUSE THESE ARE THE HARD QUESTIONS THADZ HAVE TO BE ANSWERED -- THAT HAVE TO BE ANSWERED NOT ONLY FOR YOURSELF BUT FOR YOUR CONSTITUENTSY AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE HERE TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS BUT I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS TO AT LEAST LISTEN. IT'S YOUR DECISION AT THE END OF THE DAY. IT'S NOT MINE. I BRING THIS TO THE TABLE AND IT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE WHETHER YOU WANT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. BUT I'M NOT GOING AWAY. AND I'M GOING TO KEEP TELLING YOU THE WAY IT IS, AND I JUST, I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND I APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS. >> YEP, ABSOLUTELY. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. I KNOW OUR COUNSEL HAS BEEN WAITING. I ASSUME IT'S ABOUT THE TOPIC. >> YES. >> GO AHEAD. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY, YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE EVERY YEAR. SO THIS WILL CONTINUE TO COME UP AND YOU WILL NOT BE LOCKED IN FOR MORE THAN 365 DAYS SO TO SPEAK JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. >> I KNEW THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTION SO WE WOULD KNOW, HEY BY THE WAY WE WOULD TRY BUT IT WOULDN'T WORK. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY, YOU ARE NEXT. >> YEAH, REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION, CHIEF. BUT I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER TURKIN'S MOTHER KNEW MY MOTHER BECAUSE SHE WOULD SAY YOU COULD SELL LAND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD BUT THANK YOU. >> GOOD, MAN. YOU'RE GOOD. BUT I THINK THE THING THAT CONCERNED ME AND I THINK I'M ALL FOR THIS, BUT LET ME JUST GET A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. BECAUSE EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS FIRE ASSESSMENT COMES BEFORE US. AND IT'S TO ME IT'S LIKE YOU KNOW YOU LIKE A USED CAR SALESMAN. AND. >> THERE WENT THE COMPLIMENT. >> YOU BASED ON THE LATEST FEATURES ON THAT CAR, AND THEN YOU COME BACK NEXT YEAR WE GOT SOME NEW FEATURES ON THAT CAR BECAUSE SAY YOU'RE ON THIS CAR. BUT I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT AND THAT'S YOUR JOB, BUT YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING OVERALL. THE RESPONSE TIME REALLY MEANS A LOT TO ME. I BELIEVE YOU SAID SOMETHING LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN IT DOWN TO 4 MINUTES AND 55 SECONDS AND WITH THIS NEW STEP YOU'LL GET MAYBE DOWN TO FOUR MINUTES. AND THAT'S, THAT'S TREMENDOUS. YOU KNOW, I REALLY LIKE THAT. $2.08 PER MONTH THAT'S LESS THAN A GOOD CUP OF COFFEE FOR THE BENEFITS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING FROM THAT AND I'M KIND OF MILLING IT OVERIN MY HEAD. THE RESPIRATORY PROBLEM, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION. DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE TO TEAR THAT BUILDING DOWN COMPLETELY BECAUSE -- THAT WOULD BE A YES. >> IT'S A TEARDOWN. >> YOU WOULD HAVE TO TEAR IT DOWN, I THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY THAT. SO AS I LOOK AT THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CITIES YOU SHOWED ON THE CHART, GOD FORBID WE'RE NOT PAYING $1,681. BUT WE'RE ON THE LOWER END OF THAT AND IT'S -- YOU KNOW, I READ A CERTAIN BOOK ON EVERY SUNDAY, AND THERE'S A LITTLE STORY IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT, YOU STATED IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AND THAT LITTLE STORY, THE MORAL OF THE STORY, WHICH I WON'T TELL YOU BUT IT SAYS IF WE STAY HERE, WE'RE GOING TO DIE. IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD DIE. SO WHY NOT TAKE A STEP, A CHANCE, AND LET'S MOVE AHEAD, BECAUSE WE KNOW IF WE STAY HERE, THINGS ARE GOING TO GO BAD. THERE'S NO IF ANDS ABOUT THAT. SO WHY NOT MOVE FORWARD, AND WITH YOUR GRANTS, WITH YOUR CONTINUOUS OF TRYING TO -- CONTINUANCE OF TRYING TO FIND THOSE FUND TIONDZ THAT WILL HELP -- FUNDINGS THAT WILL HELP THE SITB SITUATION OUT, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION. I'M FOR THE ASSESSMENT GOING FROM 125 TO 145, OKAY? AND I'VE HEARD MANY CITIZENS SAY WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR SERVICES THAT WE GET HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. YOU CAN'T LIVE IN A CITY LIKE THIS WHERE YOU KNOW THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS, IS VERY HIGH THERE ARE A LOT OF BENEFITS HERE AND THOSE BENEFITS DON'T COME CHEAP. WE ARE ONE OF THREE MUNICIPALITIES OUT OF 39 MUNICIPALITIES IN THIS COUNTY THAT HAVE FULL SERVICE AND BY THAT I MEAN WE DON'T OUTSOURCE ANY OF OF OUR SERVICES BECAUSE WE SERVICE AND WE CARE NOT THAT OTHER CITIES DON'T BUT WE SHOW IT UP FRONT BY NOT OUTSOURCING. AND AS YOU STATED, WE CAME CLOSE TO OUTSOURCING, TO THE COUNTY, AND WE COULD BE IN THAT 1681. WE CAME CLOSE TO OUTSOURCING OUR PD, AND GOD FORBID WHAT THAT COULD'VE TURNED OUT TO BE. WE COULDN'T EVEN COME UP WITH THE EXTRA $4 MILLION THAT WE NEEDED TO GO THAT DIRECTION. SO I'M JUST SAYING FOR MY POSITION, FROM THE WAY I SEE IT NOW, OKAY, I'M WILLING TO TAKE THAT CHANCE AND BELIEVE IN THE PEOPLE THAT THEY WILL ACCEPT THAT $2.08 FOR THE BENEFITS AND THE SERVICE THAT THEY RECEIVE. THANK YOU. >> WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT AND IF I JUST COULD FOR ONE SECOND, I GET THE CAR MEATFORE. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ONE MORE. SO THE CAR THAT HAS THE NEW LEATHER AND YOU KNOW WE'RE SELLING THE UPGRADE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THIS FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE AS THE INSURANCE POLICY. YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT AS THE EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE CAR. SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE SELLING YOU THE CAR. WE'RE SELLING YOU THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SO YOU CAN KEEP THE CAR FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. SO JUST TO CLARIFY. AND ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE. >> YOU'RE GOOD, MAN, YOU'RE GOOD. [LAUGHTER] >> AND LISTEN. >> AND LISTEN, I'M EARNING MY MONEY TODAY. >> AND YOU CANNOT -- AND THEN I'M GOING TO LET IT GO. QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT QUALITY OF LIFE BUT LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE. WHAT ARE WE ALL TRYING TO DO UP HERE EVERY DAY? WHAT IS THE STAFF AND CITY TRYING TO DO? WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS THE BEST CITY. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS CITY WHERE EVERY ONE OF THESE CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE FEEL SAFE, FEELS COMFORTABLE. THERE IS JOBS HERE. THERE'S UPWARD MOBILITY HERE. THERE'S A PLACE THAT THEY CAN FEEL LIKE THIS IS THEIR HOME HERE, RIGHT? WELL, IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD PUBLIC SAFETY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE AND IF YOU DON'T ATTRACT THOSE PEOPLE THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE TAX REVENUE YOU NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. SO AGAIN TO QUALITY OF LIFE, YOU'RE PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, REVEREND, SO THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOU. >> WELL SAID, WELL SAID. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MAYOR. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. LET'S TURN NOW TO VICE MAYOR, YOUR THOUGHTS, QUESTIONS. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. I HAVE SHARED MY THOUGHTS WITH YOU EXTENSIVELY, AND YOU KNOW, I MEAN FIRE STATION THREE, I MEAN THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IN MY WALKING AND TALKING TO MY RESIDENTS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS CONSTANTLY BROUGHT UP ON TOP OF THE MEDIANS ON LAWRENCE ROAD. BUT NO, I MEAN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, THIS CITY HAS PUT BAND AIDS AND LARGE GAUZE PADS ON FOR MANY YEARS, FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE LIVED HERE FIRE STATION 3 HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE TO YOUR FIRE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK OUT OF THAT STATION, AND ALSO FOR THE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO USE THAT FACILITY AND ARE NOW DON'T HAVE A FACILITY TO HAVE MEETINGS OR DIFFERENT THINGS AND BECAUSE A YOU'VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN EITHER PARTS OF IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAFE OR IT'S BEING REPAIRED OR IT'S BEING ANOTHER BAND AID IS BEING PUT ON THAT, AND WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS AND TO OUR STAFF THAT THAT FIRE STATION IS WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AND TO SERVICE, TO IMAGINE THAT YOU ARE SERVICING THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT 4 BUT ALSO DISTRICT 1 OUT OF THAT STATION THAT IS 40 PLUS YEARS OLD IS JUST, IT'S IMPRESSIVE, AND WE SHOULD ALL BE COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE RUNNING A VERY HIGH RATE OF CALLS OUT OF THAT STATION THAT IS COVERED IN BAND AIDS. MY ISSUE, AND THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT I HAVE HAD WITH STAFF, MANY TIMES IS THAT WHAT HAS EVOLVED OUT OF THIS FIRE ASSESSMENT IS THAT THIS AMOUNT COMES OUT OF EVERY HOMEOWNER'S TAXES NO MATTER THE SIZE OF THE RESIDENCE. SO ONE THING THAT I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT LAST YEAR I BELIEVE WITH STAFF WAS HOW, AND I KNOW IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY RESIDENTS ALSO, THAT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN A 1,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME, WHY ARE THEY PAYING THE SAME ASSESSMENT OR SHOULD THEY BE PAYING THE SAME ASSESSMENT AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES IN A 9,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME OR EVEN 3 OR 4,000 SQUARE FOOT HOME. AND SO I WOND WONDER AND I DON'T KNOW, I KNOW YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS BUT WHAT THE POSSIBILITY WOULD BE AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO HAVE MORE -- I MEAN WE HAVE IT ON THE COMMERCIAL END, TO HAVE MORE OF A PER SQUARE FOOTAGE BREAKDOWN THAN A TRUE FLAT RATE SO THAT YOU KNOW SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST ONE SIEWZ FITS ALL BECAUSE REALLY IT'S NOT A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL. AND BUT I DOING THAT, THIS IS AN  IMPORTANT THING, AND WE NEVER  WANT TO INCREASE ANYTHING, BUT  AT THE SAME TIME, WE SPEAK ABOUT HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. WELL, EVERYTHING IS GOING UP FOR RESIDENTS BUT EVERYTHING IS  GOING UP FOR THE CITY, TOO, AND  SO WE HAVE TO BE SMART ABOUT IT, BUT WE HAVE TO BE -- WE HAVE TO  BE SMART ON ALL FRONTS. WE HAVE TO BE SMART WHEN WE'RE,  WHEN WE'RE MAKING THESE  DECISIONS TO INCREASE  POTENTIALLY AN ASSESSMENT THAT'S FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC  WHILE KEEPING IN MIND THAT  EVERYONE'S EXPENSES ARE  INCREASING AS WELL. SO I AM CAUTIOUSLY IN FAVOR OF  SOME SORT OF INCREASE, BUT I  WONDER WHAT THE POSSIBILITY IS  AND WHAT THE OPTION IS AND WHAT  IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN CONVERTING THIS INTO MORE OF A PER SQUARE  FOOT, LIKE WE DO ON THE  COMMERCIAL END FOR RESIDENTS SO  WE'RE NOT SEEING AN  ACROSS-THE-BOARD GENERIC  ASSESSMENT. >> YEAH, AND I WOULD SAY --  SORRY, WERE YOU DONE? YES, I WOULD SAY THAT'S ONE OF  THE THINGS I WOULD TRY TO RUN BY LEGAL TO GET AN INTERPRETATION  OF THE STATE STATUTE, AND ONCE  WE DO THAT, BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THE STATUTE THAT RELATES TO  THE FIRE ASSESSMENT FEE  SPECIFIES THAT THE FEE FOR  RESIDENTIAL IS A FLAT RATE. WE COULD ABSOLUTELY, AS LONG AS  WE'RE NOT STATUTORILY OBLIGATED  AND WE'D HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT  COINCIDES OR SUPERSEDES, THAT'S  BETWEEN LEGAL, BUT THE POINT  BEING THAT I SEE NO REASON --  NOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DELAY  THIS YEAR'S, BECAUSE I WANT TO  GET ON, I WANT TO GET GOING. WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE  BUDGET CYCLE. THAT KIND OF CHANGE IS GOING TO  DO NOTHING BUT PUT US BEHIND THE 8 BALL AND KICK THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS THAT WE  PROCEED AS IT STANDS, AND THEN  BECAUSE THIS IS A YEARLY  APPROVAL PROCESS, THAT I ASSURE  THIS BODY IS THAT DAY ONE,  OCTOBER 1st, WE WILL BEGIN TO  WORK AS LONG AS WE'RE  STATUTORILY ALLOWED ON THE  RESIDENTIAL SIDE TO GO TO A PER  SQUARE FOOTAGE PRICE, WE  CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT. BUT AGAIN, I JUST HAVE TO MAKE  SURE WITHIN THAT STATUTORY  REQUIREMENT. >> OF COURSE, AND LEGAL, YOU  CAN, IF THAT IS NOT AN OPTION,  THEN JUST LET US KNOW AND WE CAN STOP HAVE THE CONVERSATION AND  MOVE ON AND BE DONE WITH IT. BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING  THAT, UHM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING  THAT IS NEEDED AND WE TALK ABOUT IT ANNUALLY, WHICH IS A GOOD  THING AND A BAD THING. THE GOOD THING IS WE CAN ASSESS  IT ON A YEARLY BASIS. THE BAD THING IS WE'RE GOING TO  ASSESS IT ON A YEARLY BASIS, SO  PART OF MY ISSUE, TOO, IS THAT  ALTHOUGH WE ARE HERE AND WE ARE  HERE FOR NOW, AND WE ARE  SUPPORTING MOVING FORWARD,  KNOWING THE NEED, IF THERE'S A  CHANGE IN BODY, THERE COULD BE A CHANGE IN THIS, AND SO THAT'S  ONE OF MY FEARS IS THAT HERE  WE'RE MOVING AHEAD AND WE'RE  PUSHING FORWARD, THEN WHAT? SO, RIGHT. I MEAN, WE HAVE --  >> I'D LIKE TO RESPOND. >> WE HAVE A BOND BUT IT WOULD  HAVE TO GET PAID. >> YES. >> SO, UHM --  >> SO MY RESPONSE WOULD BE THAT, UHM, ACTUALLY I THINK AN ANNUAL  REVIEW IS A GOOD THING. I THINK IT GIVES, FROM YOUR  PERSPECTIVE TO ME, I NEED TO  KNOW WHERE THAT MONEY'S GOING,  AND YOU NEED TO KNOW, SO YOU CAN TELL YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND JUST AS WE LOOK AT MY BUDGET AND LOOK AT ALL THESE BUDGETS, IT'S  EXTREMELY TRANSPARENT AND IT'S  GOING TO REMAIN TRANSPARENT, SO  I ACTUALLY APPLAUD EVERY YEAR  HAVING TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU  AND JUSTIFY THIS MONEY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT I CAN. BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE  IN FLUX AND THE NEXT BODY COULD  VOTE IT OUT AND I'LL HAVE TO  STAND BEFORE THE NEXT BODY, GOD  WILLING, IF I'LL STILL BE HERE  AND FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, BUT  WE'LL SEE. >> YES, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW  COMMISSIONER TURKIN BROUGHT UP  OR I THINK IT WAS THE MAYOR,  TOO, BROUGHT UP PREFUNDING. I KNOW WHEN WE CAME ON TO OUR  SEATS THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE. THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH  PREFUNDING AND I REALLY, I THINK THAT STAFF HAS DONE A REALLY  GOOD JOB OF CLEANING UP AND KIND OF MOVING US FORWARD WITH MAKING SURE THAT WHEN OUR TRUCKS ARE  PREFUNDED THAT THE MONEY IS  THERE AND I THINK THAT THIS ALSO WILL HELP WITH THAT, SINCE THIS  IS KIND OF THE REASON AND THE  NEED AND WHERE THOSE SOURCES  COME FROM SHOULD HELP MAYBE  ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT SHORING  UP OF THAT ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD  IN THE PAST. >> NO, I TOTALLY AGREE. LISTEN, THE TAXPAYER WANTS TO  KNOW WHERE THEIR MONEY IS GOING  AND THEY DESERVE TO KNOW WHERE  THEIR MONEY IS GOING AND AS  ADMINISTRATORS WE HAVE AN  OBLIGATION TO BE TRANSPARENT. I HOPE I PAINTED THAT PICTURE  FOR YOU AND THE CONSTITUENCY  THAT'S HERE THAT'S THE GOAL. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF. >> YOU'RE WELCOME, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO  COMMISSIONER CRUZ, I JUST WANT  TO SUGGEST TO MY COLLEAGUES,  IT'S BEEN ABOUT TWO HOURS SINCE  WE CAME BACK. I WOULD RECOMMEND ANOTHER BRIEF  RECESS, MAYBE A 15, 20 MINUTES  JUST TO GET UP AND TAKE A  STRETCH, USE THE BATHROOM IF  NECESSARY, IN A FEW MINUTES,  AFTER COMMISSIONER CRUZ HAS  GONE. HOW DOES THAT SOUND TO ALL OF  YOU? YES? ALRIGHT. >> I JUST WANTED TO SAY WITH THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, WE WOULD HAVE  TO DO -- STACEY, LET ME KNOW,  WE'D HAVE TO DO A STUDY  REGARDING THE METHODOLOGY, SO  IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE COULD DO  THIS YEAR AND THAT'S ACCORDING  TO OUR ORDINANCE. >> UH-HUH. >> SO THAT IS NOT, YEAH, ANY  CHANGES WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY  WITH THE STATUTE, BUT OUR  ORDINANCE REQUIRES A STUDY TO BE DONE. >> OKAY, WELL, WE CAN CONTINUE  THAT CONVERSATION ANOTHER TIME. >> GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I DON'T WANT TO KEEP BEATING  THE DEAD HORSE. I APPRECIATE YOU COMING FORWARD  HERE. I KNOW WE HAD A DIFFERENT, WE  HAD A CONVERSATION ON FRIDAY,  AND IT WAS A CHALLENGING  CONVERSATION, BECAUSE WHEN IT  FIRST WAS BROUGHT TO MY  ATTENTION I OBVIOUSLY WAS NOT  HAPPY ABOUT IT; HOWEVER, AFTER  LISTENING TO YOUR VERY  PERSUASIVE PRESENTATION, I SEE  THE VALUE OF -- I UNDERSTAND THE VALUE, AND I'VE SAID IT ON THE  RECORD BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT  AGAIN, COMMISSIONER KELLEY, I  WOULD SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT  HELPS US REVAMP OR REDO FIRE  STATION 3. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT  WE'VE NEEDED FOR SEVERAL YEARS  AND I THINK, AGAIN, KICKING THE  CAN DOWN THE ROAD IS NOT GOING  TO FIX THE ISSUE. COMMISSIONER HAY, YOU MENTIONED  SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. IF WE STAY HERE, WE'RE GONNA DIE OR IF WE MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD  FIND A SOLUTION FOR THINGS, SO I THINK THAT IF WE -- DEPENDS HOW  YOU LOOK AT IT, IF YOU LOOK AT  IT AS YOU'RE RAISING A FEE, PER  SE, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING IN  ITSELF AND NOT SOMETHING THAT  I'VE EVER SUPPORTED OR WOULD  GENERAL SENSE WOULD SUPPORT.  ARE. I UNDERSTAND WE HAD  CONVERSATIONS SEVERAL MONTHS  BEFORE ABOUT THE BOND AND DURING THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND SPEAKING TO MY CONSTITUENTS, MY  CONSTITUENTS DID COMMUNICATE TO  ME THEY WOULD SUPPORT SOME SORT  OF A BOND FOR PUBLIC SAFETY,  WHICH KIND OF THIS WOULD KIND OF BE IN THE REALM OF THAT, IT  WOULD BE, WHAT, $2 A MONTH  VERSUS LIKE $60 SO $25 A YEAR  VERSUS $50-60 A YEAR WHICH IS  WHAT WE DISCUSSED FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY BOND BEFORE. I'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE  CONVERSATIONS WITH MY  CONSTITUENTS, BUT I DO  UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AGAIN, WE CAN'T  SAY WHAT'S BEEN SAYING IN THE  PAST AND HOW THE FUNDING HAS  BEEN UTILIZED AND WHY WE  HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, REALLY SET  ASIDE THE MONEY TO REDO FIRE  STATION 3, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND  THE VALUE TO IT, NOT ONLY FOR  YOUR CONSTITUENTS BUT ALSO FOR  SOME OF MINE ON THE NORTHERN  SIDE OF THE CITY. SO I DO DEFINITELY SEE THE VALUE AND WE'LL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO  HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON THAT. >> SOUNDS GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT AND  AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR  OPENNESS TO AT LEAST HAVE A  DIALOGUE BECAUSE THESE DECISIONS ARE NOT EASY DECISIONS TO MAKE  BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I  REALLY BELIEVE AS PUBLIC  SERVANTS, TACKLING THE DIFFICULT PROBLEMS ARE NOT EASY. >> RIGHT. >> BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO DO  THAT. SO THANK YOU. >> AND AGAIN, ONE MORE THING I  WANT TO ADD. I KNOW COMMISSIONER KELLEY  BROUGHT UP THE IDEA, I WOULD BE  OPEN TO THAT, HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO STRESS THE VALUE OF IF WE'RE  GOING TO DO THESE FIGURES AHEAD  OF TIME, AND YOU'VE DONE YOUR  MATH AND YOU FIGURED OUT HOW IT  WOULD WORK WITH THE SPECIFIC  NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE  CHANGING IT TO A DIFFERENT WAY  OF MEASUREMENT, LIKE YOU KNOW,  SQUARE FOOTAGE VERSUS A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF, PER HOUSEHOLD, COULD  BRING THE COST SIGNIFICANTLY  DOWN. WE DON'T KNOW THAT, SO I WOULD  CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THIS IN THE FUTURE, BUT I WOULD BE OKAY WITH KEEPING IT AS IS FOR NOW JUST  BECAUSE IT WOULD GIVE US  SECURITY AND PLANNING AND  PLANNING WITH A SPECIFIC GOAL IN MIND AND A SPECIFIC DOLLAR  AMOUNT IN MIND WOULD GIVE US A  SAFER REVENUE SOURCE AND SAFER  RESULT THAN IT WOULD CHANGING  THINGS HALFWAY, ALTHOUGH I DO  UNDERSTAND THE INTENT IS A GOOD  INTENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, AND JUST  TO FINISH UP, WE WILL  IMMEDIATELY, UPON THIS POTENTIAL RATIFICATION AND MOVING FORWARD  OCTOBER 1, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY  LOOK INTO THAT AND WE CAN COME  BEFORE YOU WAY BEFORE NEXT YEAR. WE CAN PUT IT AS AN ITEM OF  DISCUSSION, ONCE WE GET ALL THE  INFORMATION, WE'LL COME BACK  BEFORE YOU AND GIVE YOU THE MATH AND SAY WOW, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT TURNS OUT MORE OR MAYBE  THERE'S, IT GENERATES MORE OR  MAYBE WE CAN RECUSE THE AMOUNT  OF REVENUE BUT YES, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD ON AN ALTERNATE WAY OF LOOKING AT  THIS. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE  CHIEF WHILE HE'S HERE ON THIS  TOPIC? SEEING NONE, LET US RECESS --  OH, FINAL COMMENT, SIR? >> DID YOU WANT TO FINISH BEFORE THE RECESS? >> MAYOR: NO, THIS IS MY FIRST  TIME SEEING IT AND I NEED TO  MULL OVER IT BUT YOU MADE A  VALIANT ARGUMENT, SO GREAT JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE TO A 15-20 MINUTE RECESS. 15'S FINE, 15-20, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ALRIGHT, STRETCH BREAK, BATHROOM BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE RETURNED FROM RECESS. THIS MEETING IS CALLED BACK TO  ORDER. ALRIGHT, BEFORE US IS MR. CRAIG  CLARK, AND MR. CLARK, I BELIEVE  YOU HAVE A NEW TITLE. WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT IT. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CRAIG CLARK, DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND CULTURAL  SERVICES, NOT A USED CAR  SALESMAN. [ LAUGHTER ] >> BUT A VERY BUSY GUY. >> BUT A VERY BUSY GUY, YES. CAN WE BRING UP THE  PRESENTATIONS, PLEASE? OKAY. THIS NEW DEPARTMENT IS A LARGE  DEPARTMENT. IT'S A BUDGET NEUTRAL  REORGANIZATION OF MULTIPLE  DEPARTMENTS THAT MAKE UP THE NEW RECREATION AND CULTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. THIS INCLUDES THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER WOMEN'S CLUB,  THE LINKS GOLF COURSE, THE  BOYNTON BEACH CITY LIBRARY,  SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM, CITY EVENTS  AND RECREATION AND PARKS,  INCLUDING PARKING AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, THE  BOLD DEPARTMENTS ARE THE REVENUE GENERATING DEPARTMENTS, AND ALL  OF THESE DEPARTMENTS HAVE  SIMILARITIES. YOU WONDER WHY ARE THESE ALL  UNDER THE SAME PERSON OR  DEPARTMENT. ALL OF THESE DEPARTMENTS PROVIDE LIFE-ENRICHING, LIFE-IMPROVING  SERVICES AND EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITIES. SO GOING BACK REAL QUICK, THE  OVERALL EXPENSE BUDGET PROPOSED  IS $13 MILLION OR $13.7 MILLION, SO IT'S A PRETTY LARGE  DEPARTMENT, AND PROBABLY OVER  100 FTEs. >> CAN WE GO BACK QUICK? I SEE FISCAL YEAR '23-'24. >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND,  COMMISSIONER TURKIN AND  COMMISSIONER HAY HAVE QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, LET'S BEGIN AND THEN TO COMMISSIONER HAY  NEXT. >> IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE  '24-'25? >> MAYOR: YES, LOOKS LIKE A  TYPO. >> SORRY T SHOULD BE '24-'25, I  APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. >> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. >> I PROBABLY USED AN OLD --  >> THAT'S FINE. >> YEAH, OKAY. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY, YOU  HAD A QUESTION. >> ALSO BACK ON THAT SLIDE. BOLD IS EQUAL TO REVENUE  GENERATING. >> YES. >> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE  GENERATING MONEY, RIGHT? >> CORRECT. >> I GUESS I'M WRONG, I THOUGHT  SCHOOLHOUSE MUSEUM WAS --  >> BASICALLY OVERALL IT WAS BORN A CITY DEPARTMENT UNDER THE  LIBRARY AND THE CITY THROUGH ITS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT THE  DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER POSITION  USED TO BE CITY EMPLOYEES BUT  BACK IN 2012 THEY SEPARATED  THESE AND THE CITY PROVIDES A  SERVICE SERVICES ALLOWANCE  BECAUSE THE DIRECTOR POSITION  CAN GO OUT AND FUND-RAISE, WHICH PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE REAL CLOSE GOOD ETHICALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, A  CITY DEPARTMENT OR A DIRECTOR TO GO OUT AND FUND RFUND-RAISE SO   WHY THEY MADE THE CHANGE. THEY MAKE THEIR OWN REVENUE BUT  THEY DON'T GIVE IT TO THE CITY  AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT BOLDED. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. SO THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE  BUDGET LINE ITEM FOR $432,969  THAT FUNDS MY OFFICE. IT'S NOT ADDITIONAL FUNDS BUT  THEY WERE SHIFTED OUT OF  RECREATION AND PARKS AND ARTS  AND CULTURAL CENTER BUDGE TOTE  CREATE AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERALL BUDGET. EACH DEPARTMENT IS MANAGED BY A  DIVISION DIRECTOR THAT REPORTS  TO MYSELF, AND AN ASSISTANT  DIRECTOR IS INCLUDED IN THE  BUDGET FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR. I'M JUST KIND OF GIVING AN  OVERALL THOUSAND-FOOT LEVEL AND  EACH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR HAS A  SHORT PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THEM, JUST LET ME KNOW,  AND EACH ONE WILL COME UP AND  WE'LL KEEP THEM TO THREE  MINUTES, OKAY. MY OVERALL INITIATIVE IS AND I  CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM  ABOUT THIS, THIS IS MY 42nd YEAR IN PUBLIC SERVICE, AND I'VE  NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED TO LEAD  THIS DEPARTMENT. WE'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING NEW  PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES,  DEVELOPING NEW CROSS-DIVISION  PROGRAMMING OPPORTUNITIES, FOR  INSTANCE, WE COULD HAVE THE  SUMMER CAMP AND RECREATION, BUS  THEM OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE AND  TEACH THEM HOW TO HIT GOLF BALLS AND GET THEM INTERESTED IN  GOLFING OR YOU KNOW, BRING THE  RECREATION SUMMER CAMPS TO A  PERFORMANCE THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER IN  THE FUTURE. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE  WANT TO LOOK AT. DEVELOP CROSS-DIVISIONAL  MARKETING INITIATIVES, FOR  INSTANCE, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO  MAYBE PROMOTE THE WOMEN'S CLUB  FOR WEDDINGS OVER AT THE GOLF  COURSE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING IN THERE WHO, YOU  KNOW, THEY HAVE MONEY, AND THEY  MIGHT NOT KNOW THAT THE WOMEN'S  CLUB IS, YOU KNOW, A GREAT EVENT SPACE. SO THESE ARE THE TYPE OF THINGS  THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. ALSO, DEVELOPING INCREASED  REVENUE SOURCES. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT  THE REVENUE AND DEVELOP A ROBUST SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM FOR EVENTS  AND PERFORMANCES AND EVEN GOLF  COURSE AND THE LIBRARY. I MEAN, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS  GO OUT AND GET SPONSORS TO DEFER SOME OF THESE COSTS TO THE  SPONSORS AND GIVE THEM SOME  PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AS  WELL. SO THAT'S IT FOR MY OVERALL. IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM EACH  OF THE DIVISION DIRECTORS THEY  CAN COME UP FOR THREE MINUTES. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT? >> MAYOR: I'LL TURN TO MY  COLLEAGUES IN A MOMENT. FOR ME, I DO WANT TO HEAR FROM  ALL OF THE REVENUE-GENERATING  DIVISIONS, BECAUSE I WANT TO  KNOW HOW IT IS GOING, RIGHT,  BECAUSE THE NUMBERS YOU'VE SHOWN US, THESE PERCENT INCREASE,  THESE ARE YOUR PERSONNEL AND  OPERATING I ASSUME? >> EXPENSES, YES. >> MAYOR: SO HOW IS IT WORKING? HOW IS THE WOMEN'S CLUB WORKING? IS IT DOING WELL, NOT DOING  WELL? THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M  INTERESTED IN. I KNOW SOME OF THEM ARE SLATED  ALREADY ON THE AGENDA BUT EVEN  IF THEY ARE, I WANT TO HEAR HOW  THE REVENUES ARE GOING. >> REAL QUICK, CRAIG, I'M GLASS  YOU BROUGHT UP THE  CROSS-UTILIZATION. I WAS OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE  TALKING TO BO, GOSH PROBABLY  ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO. I PROMISED HIM I'D BE OUT WITH  MY KIDS ANOTHER DAY AND HERE WE  ARE BACK OUT AND I HAVEN'T. I PROMISELY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED  ABOUT WHY ISN'T OUR SUMMER CAMP  GOING TO THE GOLF COURSE? WHY AREN'T WE INTEGRATING SOME  OTHER CITY PROGRAMS WITH THE  GOLF COURSE TO BRING AWARENESS  OF THIS GOLF COURSE THAT WE  HAVE? IT'S A HUGE ASSET THAT WE HAVE  THIS GOLF COURSE AND I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS  THAT BO AND I HAD, WAS REALLY  HOW DO WE CAPTURE THE YOUNGER  GENERATION TO KEEP GOLF ALIVE,  JUST LIKE WE TRY TO KEEP  BASEBALL ALIVE AND JUST LIKE WE  TRY TO KEEP ALL THE OTHER SPORTS ALIVE AND KEEP THE YOUTH  INVOLVED WITH THAT. I THANK YOU FOR HAVING, YOU  KNOW, BRINGING IN THAT NEW  VISION OF YOU KNOW, WHEN WE  BRING EVERYTHING TOGETHER AND WE HAVE INSTEAD OF EVERYONE BEING  IN ALL DIFFERENT PLACES AND WE  HAVE ONE HUB, THEN WE TEND TO  INTEGRATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SO  I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW YOUR  VISION AND PLANS MOVE FORWARD  BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT  BO AND I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND SO I WANTED TO  GIVE YOU PROPS BEFORE YOU GET  STARTED AND BEFORE IT GETS  SEPARATED INTO THE OTHER  DEPARTMENTS BUT I'M EXCITED  ABOUT THAT. I THINK THIS CHANGE IN  INTEGRATING THESE PROGRAMS WILL  REALLY ENHANCE WHAT WE OFFER THE RESIDENTS ESPECIALLY OUR YOUNGER RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO,ING WITH  THESE FIVE AMAZING DIVISION  DEPARTMENT HEADS. I'VE WORKED WITH JEANIE AND  KELLY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND  LOOKING FORWARD TO THE OTHER  THREE AS WELL. WHY DON'T WE GET STARTED WITH  CARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER. KELLY ARMSTEAD. COULD YOU BRING UP THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER PRESENTATION,  PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE  MAYOR, COMMISSION, CITY STAFF. >> MAYOR: GOOD AFTERNOON. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. >> KELLY ARMS, DIVISION DIRECTOR ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER. FOR FY '25, WE ARE PROPOSING A  DECREASE OF 2.2% FOR THE ARTS  AND CULTURAL CENTER, AND FOR THE WOMEN'S CLUB, WE ARE PROPOSING A 51.1% INCREASE MAINLY BECAUSE  THE WOMEN'S CLUB JUST OPENED  BACK UP IN NOVEMBER. PRIOR I KNOW MAYOR, YOU ASKED  ABOUT THE NUMBERS, REVENUE, SO  I'LL GIVE THEM AS WE GO THROUGH. PREVIOUSLY THE WOMEN'S CLUB HAD  ONE RENTER, AND IT WAS $3,000  THAT WE BROUGHT IN FOR FY '23. FOR FY '24 SO FAR WE'VE BROUGHT  IN $20,000. SO WE'VE SEEN A NICE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. >> MAYOR: KELLY, LET ME ASK YOU  ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: WHAT ARE YOU DOING  DIFFERENTLY SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE DOING, HOW WE CAN  HELP, AND WHAT MORE NEEDS TO BE  DONE. I MEAN, LET'S KEEP THAT GOING  >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IN THE PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR: ALRIGHT, I'LL WAIT. >> I WANTED TO TELL YOU OFF THE  TOP BECAUSE YOU ASKED ABOUT THE  NUMBERS. I WANT TO GIVE THEM TO YOU. >> MAYOR: THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. >> ABSOLUTELY. SO SOME OF OUR HIGHLIGHTED  CHANGES FOR THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER AS CRAIG SAID  THE DIVISION IS UNDER THE  NEWLY-CREATED DEPARTMENT OF  RECREATION AND CULTURAL  SERVICES, AND WE'VE COMBINED TWO PART-TIME "S FOR ONE ARTS  LEADER. WE HAVE FILE FUF-TIME POSITIONS  AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION AND  WE CREATED ANOTHER FULL-TIME  POSITION OUT OF THE TWO  PART-TIME POSITIONS. IN ALL, WE HAVE FIVE FULL-TIME,  ONE PART-TIME AND WE HAVE AN  OPEN PART-TIME POSITION THAT  WE'RE TRYING TO FILL RIGHT NOW  OF WHICH WE ARE INTERVIEWING. FOR THE HISTORIC WOMEN'S CLUB,  WHICH OPENED IN NOVEMBER, ALONG  WITH OUR RENTALS, WE DECIDED TO  OFFER THE SERVICE OF PROVIDING  VALET PARKING WHICH HAS BEEN A  TREMENDOUS HELP TO THE RENTER. THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT  IT. THE STAFF TAKES CARE OF THE  VALET PARKING FOR THEM. THEY OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, ABSORB THE COST OF IT BUT WE TAKE CARE  OF EVERYTHING UP FRONT. GOING FORWARD WE'LL BE  PURCHASING A NEW LECTERN. OKAY, SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES AND  CHALLENGES. FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL  CENTER, WE CREATED A FIRST EVER  LOGO, WHICH IS THERE ON THE  LEFT-HAND SIDE. WE CREATED AN EDUCATION PROGRAM  FLIP BOOK WHICH LIVES ON OUR  WEBSITE ONLINE, SO YOU CAN JUST  FLIP. IT WAS A COST SAVER FOR US. WE DID PRINT A FEW COPIES AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR  PROGRAMMING, WE WILL PRINT MORE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A ONE SHEET SO  YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST SCAN AND  THE SCAN WILL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO  OUR PROGRAM BOOK, WHICH WE FIND  IT VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. WE HIRED TV MEDIA AS AN  INSTITUTIONAL MARKETING FIRM TO  PROMOTE THE ARTS AND CULTURAL  CENTER PROGRAMS, CLASSES,  EVENTS, RENTALS AND THE HISTORIC WOMEN'S CLUB, TAKEN HAS  INCREASED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA  VISIBILITY AND CLASS AND EVENT  PARTICIPATION EXPONENTIALLY. AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO SIGNAGE  IN FRONT OF THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER. NO ONE KNOWS WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE ARE. WE'VE HAD FOLKS STAND IN FRONT  OF OUR BUILDING AND CALL US TO  TRY AND FIND THE --  [ LAUGHTER ] -- IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT  WITH TV MEDIA, THEY HELPED US  EXPONENTIALLY LETTING THE FOLKS  KNOW ON THEIR PHONES, WHERE THEY ARE AND THEY CAN REGISTER FOR  CLASSES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. WE HIRED TWO FULL-TIME  EMPLOYEES, ADMINISTRATIVE  ASSOCIATE AND THE ARTS LEADER. WE'RE UNDER A TWO-PHASED  APPROACH, IT HAS BEEN PLANNED TO COMPLETE THE BUILD OUT OF THE  ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER EVENT  HALL FOR FY '25. WE ARE PLANNING PARTNERSHIP  PROGRAMMING WITH THE SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS, THE KRAVITZ CENTER AND OTHER ARTS ORGANIZATIONS IN THE  COMMUNITY. THE HISTORIC WOMEN'S CLUB TO  YOUR NOTE, MAYOR, IS BEING  PROMOTED ON THE KNOT AND THE  WEDDING WIRE, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF INFLUX OF  INQUIRIES AND NEXT YEAR, THE  WOMEN'S CLUB WILL BE CELEBRATING ITS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, AND  THE WOMEN'S CLUB ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING A BIG HOO-RAH ON MARCH  22nd, 2025. AND THE HISTORIC WOMEN'S CLUB OF COURSE THEY HAVE NEW FURNITURE,  KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND SOON TO BE A NEWPORTABLE ELECTRIC. ALONG WITH OUR SUPSES WE HAVE A  FEW CHALLENGES SUCH AS SIGNAGE  FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL  CENTER, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED  AS CRAIG SAYS, IT'S IN PROGRESS. A FUNDING FOR ELECTRICAL  UPGRADES AND BUILDING UPGRADES  AND MAINTENANCE IS DEFINITELY  NEEDED AT THE WOMEN'S CLUB. WITH THAT BUILDING ALMOST 100  YEARS OLD, YOU CAN ALMOST  IMAGINE THE DOORS ARE ORIGINAL  SO THAT WOOD IS PEELING AWAY. WE HAVE WOODPECKERS THAT ARE  PEC PECKING. WE HAVE BIRDS SOMETIMES IN THE  CEILING. SO THERE'S SOME MAINTENANCE AND  WE DO OUR UPKEEP WITH IT BUT  THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME NEED  FOR ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE FOR  THAT FACILITY. AND WE NEED FUNDING FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER AUDITORIUM  OR THE EVENT HALL. RIGHT NOW, THE ARCHITECT IS  ESTIMATING $1.4 MILLION. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE $1.1 MILLION  AS PROPOSED IN THE FY CIP BUDGE  SOCIETY WE HAVE A SHORTFALL OF  $300,000 THERE. SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES GOING  FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A  POTTERY CLASS WHICH IS BY DEMAND FOR FALL OF 2024. WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE IN THE  HEART OF BOYNTON WHO WILL BE  TEACHING THAT CLASS. WE ARE SUPPORTING ARTISTS THAT  LIVE AND WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY  RIGHT HERE AT THE CULTURAL  CENTER SO THEY'RE PROMOTING ON  THEIR OWN, OUR OWN FOOT SOLDIERS WHICH IS GREAT SO WE CAN SUPPORT THEM AND THEY SUPPORT US. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE CULTURALLY  INFUSED CLASSES ARE PLANNED FOR  THE FALL FROM SALSA CLASSES AS  WELL AS AFRICAN DRUM AND DANCE. MOMMY AND ME MOVEMENT CLASSES IN SPRING OF '25, AND WE'RE ALSO  EVALUATING SOME NEW REVENUE  SOURCES INCLUDING GRANT FUNDING, SPONSORSHIPS, PHILANTHROPIC  DOLLARS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE'RE DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMMING PARTNERSHIPS WITH PERFORMING  ARTS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS  SUCH AS THE KRAVITZ CENTER. I CAME HERE FROM MIRAMAR AND THE BROWARD CENTER, SO WE HAVE SOME  GREAT RELATIONSHIPS, SO WHEN SAY FOR INSTANCE ONE OF THE  ORGANIZATIONS BRINGING "THE LION KING" WE CAN HAVE A DANCE SHOP  WITH ONE OF THEIR CAST MEMBERS,  ALL FUN THINGS TO DO. WE'RE PLANNING A BACK TO SCHOOL  OPEN HOUSE IN FALL OF 2025, WE  LIKE TO PLAN A YEAR IN ADVANCE  SO WE HAVE OUR FUNDING AND HAVE  OUR SPONSORSHIPS AND WE ARE  PLANNING PROGRAMMING FOR A SOFT  OPENING OF THE NEW EVENT HALL  PROJECTED IN 2025. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR  COMMENTS. >> UHM, WHAT -- SORRY. >> MAYOR: IT'S ALRIGHT. GO AHEAD. >> TWO THINGS. WE TALKED ABOUT THE WOMEN'S  CLUB. I KNOW CATHERINE, WE HAVE SPOKEN MANY TIMES ABOUT THE WOMEN'S  CLUB AND THE NEED FOR UPDATES  AND SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT  ELECTRICAL WORK AND I JUST WANT  TO JUST KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT  WE REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE THE CRA ALSO THAT CAN HELP AND ASSIST  WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB THAT TO  HELP US IN PARTICULAR WITH  RESTORATION AND RENOVATION WITH  RESTORING SOME OF THE HISTORIC  NATURE OF THAT BUILDING. SO I DIDN'T WANT THAT TO GET  LOST. AND THEN ALSO, SO AS PART OF THE ARTS AND CULTURE, CRAIG, YOU AND I WERE SPEAK BEING KINETIC. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT FALLS  UNDER ARTS AND CULTURE OR IS  THAT SOMETHING UNDER A DIFFERENT BUDGET? >> OKAY, THE PUBLIC ARTS PROGRAM IS, AMANDA HAS A PRESENTATION ON THAT. >> OKAY. >> WE'VE DIVVIED IT UP A LITTLE  BIT. IT'S A KINETIC, 2025 HAS GONE  UNDER CITY EVENTS BUT KELLY AND  I ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY ON IT  RIGHT NOW THE CONSULTANT THAT'S  GOING TO HELP US SO THE CALL ART SHOULD BE GO OUT TOMORROW, HELD  FEBRUARY 22nd OF 2025, TO PUT  THAT ON IT YOUR CALENDARS. >> PERFECT. SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ARTS AND CULTURE FOR THE PUBLIC, I  JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT  THAT DIDN'T GET LOST IN IT, THAT IT IS COMING AND WE'RE EXCITED  ABOUT IT, AND SO IT'S SOMETHING  THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT,  EVENTS WILL BE TALKING ABOUT IT  AND AMANDA WILL TALK ABOUT IT  AND THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES IS NOT FOREVER LOST BECAUSE IT'S  JUST BEEN SHIFTED. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, I  JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE POINTS BUT OTHERWISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL  CENTER. I LOVE YOU KNOW, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH KRAVITZ AND SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS. THERE ARE SO MANY PROGRAMS,  SPEAKING PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOOD. I KNOW THEY DO DAYTIME, DURING  THE DAYTIME LIKE LUNCH AND  LEARNS AND LECTURES AND STUFF. I'M EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS IN THE FUTURE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE SO  THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. WITH WILL HAVE SCHOOL LUNCHEONS  AND MATINEES AS WELL. >> MAYOR: AWESOME. COMMISSIONER TURKIN? >> FOR THE SALSA LESSONS, ARE  THOSE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? >> YES, THEY ARE. >> I'LL BE THERE, LOOKING  FORWARD TO THAT. [ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU CAN PAY RIGHT AT THE  DOOR. >> IT WILL COME WITH A SMALL  CHARGE. IT'S A RATHER NEW GENERATOR. >> ALL LEVELS? >> ALL LEVELS ARE WELCOME. >> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE'LL ALL COME. IT WILL BE FUN. >> YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR  PRESENTATION. FISCAL YEAR '23 ONE BOOKING. >> YES THIS YEAR SO FAR WE'VE  BROUGHT IN $20,676.70. >> FOR HOW MANY? >> FOR HOW MANY RENTERS? >> YES. >> I ACTUALLY HAVE THAT. NO, I DON'T ACTUALLY THAT. >> THAT'S OKAY. >> I WILL TELL YOU A  GUESSTIMATE, ABOUT 18. >> OH, WOW. >> FROM WHEN I LOOKED AT IT,  YES. WE HAVE MORE THAT'S ON THE  BOOKS. WE EVEN HAVE RESERVATIONS GOING  AS FAR AS 2026. SINCE WE'VE BEEN ON THE WIRE AND THE KNOT, WHICH IS THE WEDDING,  I'M NOT GOING TO SAY HICCUPS BUT THEY'RE ASKING FOR MORE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR CATERING, THEY'RE  ASKING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY SO  THEY'RE ASKING FOR FULL PACKAGES BUT WE'RE SELLING THEM ON THE  HISTORIC NATURE OF OUR FACILITY  AND WE HAVE RESERVATIONS AS FAR  AS 2026. >> AND THESE RESERVATIONS ARE  PRIMARILY WEDDINGS? >> THEY'RE WEDDINGS, BRIDAL  SHOWERS. WE HAVE OTHERS, OF COURSE,  BIRTHDAY PARTIES, ET CETERA. WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CENTENNIAL  BIRTHDAY PARTIES. >> WHAT WAS WHAT DID YOU SAY,  TYING THE KNOT? >> THE WEDDING, THE KNOT AND THE WEDDING WIRE, THOSE ARE ONLINE  ADVERTISING. >> OKAY. >> FOR THOSE THAT ARE, FOR A  YOUNG WOMAN AND MAN LOOKING TO  GET MARRIED THEY GO TO THESE  PARTICULAR WEBSITES. AND WE'RE ON THAT WEBSITE. >> LIKE ONLINE PLANNING. >> WE'RE ON THERE WITH THE  WOMEN'S CLUB  >> IF YOU PULL UP THE KNOT, THE  WOMEN'S CLUB WILL POP UP. >> AND ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL  PICTURES FEATURING THE HISTORIC  WOMEN'S CLUB IS ON THERE. >> AWESOME. >> EVENTUALLY WE'LL DO THE SAME  FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER ONCE WE GET OUR SIGNAGE SO  PEOPLE WILL KNOW WHERE WE ARE,  WHAT WE ARE, WHAT WE PROVIDE, ET CETERA, SO IT'S JUST MORE CACHE  FOR US TO GET OUT INTO THE  COMMUNITY BROADLY. >> AWESOME. WE'RE OBVIOUSLY SEEING A RETURN. WHOING YOU HAVE WE BEEN  ADVERTISING ON THE KNOT? >> ONLY THREE MONTHS? >> TWO OR THREE MONTHS. >> VERY SHORT TURNAROUND, BUT  WE'VE BEEN WITH TV MEDIA FOR THE PAST MAYBE EIGHT MONTHS NOW,  THAT'S OUR INSTITUTIONAL  MARKETING FIRM AND THEY'RE THE  ONES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH GETTING US OUT THERE SOCIAL MEDIA-WISE. WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE NOW, AN  INSTAGRAM PAGE, SO WE'RE  RESPONDING BACK TO PARENTS IN  REGARDS TO CLASS, ET CETERA. >> WE BROUGHT THEM ON DURING THE TRANSITION OF THE MARKETING  TEAM, SO WE NEEDED TO MOVE  QUICKLY SO THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT ON A CONSULTANT AT THAT TIME. THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH  US. ALSO TO ADD TO THE REVENUE  CONVERSATION, THE ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER ALREADY BYPASSED LAST YEAR'S REVENUE BY THE END  OF MAY THIS YEAR FROM LAST  FISCAL YEAR. >> OH, GREAT. >> WE'RE DOING MUCH BETTER IN  BRINGING IN REVENUE FOR OUR  CLASSES, AND OUR EVENT HALL  RENTALS. >> AWESOME. YES, THIS -- VICE MAYOR KELLEY  MENTIONED, WE HAD THE CRA BUDGET TOMORROW, BUT THIS IS ONE OF  THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU HAVE TO  BELIEVE I THINK, RIGHT, BECAUSE  TYPICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT A  BUSINESS OR A REVENUE SOURCE,  RIGHT, OPERATING IN A CERTAIN  AREA, THERE'S GOT TO BE A DREAM, THERE'S GOT TO BE A VISION, YOU  KNOW, TO MAKE IT MORE  PROFITABLE, PROFITABLE AND YOU  GUYS THAT'S FROM 3,000 TO  20,000-PLUS WITH A FEW SLIGHT  ADJUSTMENTS IS HUGE, IT'S FAN  WITH THE WOMEN'S CLUB. I'M SOLD ON THE VISION THERE. SO GREAT JOB. GREAT JOB, AND THEN ARTS AND  CULTURAL CENTER I KNOW THERE'S  SOME MORE STUFF AND I KNOW  THERE'S SOME HICCUPS THERE THAT  WE'RE RUNNING INTO TO MAKE THAT  FULLY I GUESS OPERABLE, RIGHT,  UNDER THE AUDIO/VISUAL IS ONE OF THOSE OBSTACLES WE'RE LOOKING  AT. >> YES, AND THE ACOUSTICS. IF YOU GO IN, THE SOUND IS  MUFFLED BUT IN THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS ONCE EVERYTHING IS DONE EVERYTHING WILL BE UP TO PAR,  THE STAGE EXTENDED, CURTAINS,  THE LIGHTING, THE ACOUSTICS WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE PANELING  ON THE WALLS, WE'LL HAVE WINDOW  SHADES, WE'LL HAVE A CONTROL  ROOM, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A  FANTASTIC, FANTASTIC SPACE,  INCLUDING A GREEN ROOM AND A  DRESSING ROOM ON THE STAGE. >> WOW. >> ON THE SIDE, SORRY, NOT RIGHT ON THE STAGE, YOU KNOW. >> YEAH, YEAH, SURE, SURE. >> TO THE RIGHT OF THE STAGE. [ LAUGHTER ] AND THE CULTURAL CENTER WILL BE  CELEBRATING ITS 100-YEAR  BIRTHDAY IN 2026 SO WE'RE  PLANNING A BIG OPENING FOR THAT. >> THAT'S AMAZING. >> AS WELL. >> THAT'S AMAZING. NOW, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB  AND CRAIG, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD BECAUSE  THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MONEY  DUMPED INTO THIS. THERE'S A BOND OUT FOR IT,  RIGHT, THAT WE'RE PAYING  INTEREST ON, AND SO WE HAVE TO  INVEST MORE MONEY INTO THIS AND  IT'S LIKE WE'RE ALREADY SO MANY  FEET IN, WE MIGHT AS WELL GET  THE JOB DONE THE RIGHT WAY. >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M AT. BUT YEAH, I THINK THERE'S OTHER  AVENUES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT,  TOO, AS THE VICE MAYOR HAD  MENTIONED. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND YOU'LL SEE ME IN THE FALL,  SALSA, LET'S GO. >> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR:  >> MY OFFICE IS OVER THERE NOW  SO I'LL BE OVERSEEING THE  CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU,  COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER HAY? >> YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN  OUTSTANDING JOB BUT I DO, I  DON'T KNOW, CRAIG IF YOU HAD AN  OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK THE AON AN  OVERALL BASIS, WHAT PERCENT OF  THE OVERALL BUDGET IS ALLOCATED  FOR ARTS AND CULTURE AND HOW  DOES THAT COMPARE TO PREVIOUS  YEARS IF YOU HAVE HISTORICAL? >> INTERESTING ENOUGH, ARTS AND  CULTURE WAS PULLED OUT OF  RECREATION AND PARKS THIS FISCAL YEAR, THIS IS OUR FIRST FISCAL  YEAR THAT IT'S BEEN PULLED OUT,  SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, GIVE  YOU ACCURATE NUMBERS ON THAT AT  THE MOMENT, BUT I THINK OVERALL  WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE  RIGHT DIRECTION. KELLY'S GOT SO MUCH WONDERFUL  EXPERIENCE IN BRINGING IN NEW  CLASSES, POTTERY, THOSE KILNS  WILL BE FIRED UP FINALLY. WE HAVE TWO OF THEM, THEY WERE  DONATED TO THE FACILITY AND SO  WE'RE DEFINITELY MOVING IN THE  RIGHT DIRECTION. >> VERY GOOD. BECAUSE THIS HAS GREAT POTENTIAL OF A REVENUE GENERATOR AND IF  WE'RE GOING TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT  THIS, WE DO NEED TO INVEST AND  BE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND YOU SAY THAT WE ARE, SO WE  WANT TO KEEP THAT GOING. JOB WELL DONE, THANK YOU. >> CAN I ASK, TONY, DID YOU SAY  EARLIER THAT ARTS, CULTURE AND  RECREATION TOOK UP 5%? ONE OF THE FIRST SLIDES YOU  PRESENTED IT'S ABOUT 5% OF THE  OVERALL BUDGET. THAT INCLUDES RECREATION, BEFORE IT WAS 1% ARTS AND CULTURE. NOW IT'S COMBINED THERE'S NO  ADDITIONAL COSTS OR FTEs WITH  THE REORGANIZATION. WE CHANGED POSITIONS AROUND BUT  IT'S ALL BUDGET NEUTRAL. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE SYNERGY  AND HAVING THIS ABILITY TO  CROSS-COLLABORATE AND HAVE ALL  OF THE OPERATIONS THAT OFFER  PROGRAMMING TO OUR RESIDENTS  UNDER ONE ROOF I THINK THERE'S  GREAT POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAP AND  SHARING RESOURCES FOR MARKETING  AND DIFFERENT THING. IT'S EXCITING. >> I UNDERSTAND YOU PROPERLY, 5% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET IS ARTS  AND CULTURE. >> AND RECREATION. >> AND RECREATION. >> DO YOU HAVE HISTORICAL DATA  AS TO HOW THAT COMPARES TO  PREVIOUS YEARS? >> I DON'T THINK IT'S INCREASED  FROM YEAR TO YEAR TOO MUCH BUT I DON'T HAVE IT OFF THE TOP OF MY  HEAD BUT I CAN PULL THAT. >> I'D APPRECIATE IT. GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU. >> THE DEPARTMENT UNDER  RECREATION AND PARKS THE TOTAL  REVENUE BROUGHT IN 97,000. WE WERE AT 110,000 AS OF MAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU,  COMMISSIONER. YOU'VE SPOKEN. COMMISSIONER CRUZ? ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLY OR  CRAIG? >> NO QUESTIONS, THANK YOU FOR  YOUR PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR: KEEP UP THE GREAT  WORK. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE  REVENUE. YOU'RE ON TRACK AND DOING A  FANTASTIC JOB AND SHOULD YOU  NEED OUR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE  DON'T HESITATE. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, KELLY. >> THANK YOU. >> OUR NEXT WOULD BE EVENT, NOT  REVENUE GENERATING. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO COME UP  OR BYPASS THEM AND GO TO THE NEW GOLF COURSE. >> MAYOR: WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM EVENTS, COLLEAGUES? >> YES. >> YES, I DO. >> SHE'S GOT SOME GOOD  INFORMATION. >> MAYOR: AND THE FIREWORKS  SHOW. >> GOSH! CRUSHED IT. >> HI. GABRIELLE FAVIDA, EVENTS  DIRECTOR. >> MAYOR: HI. >> I SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION  COMING. PERFECT. I AM THE EVENT DIRECTOR FOR THE  EVENTS DIVISION AND WE CAN GET  STARTED WITH MY PRESENTATION. OKAY SO OUR PROPOSED BUDGET THIS YEAR IS JUST ABOVE $1.4 MILLION, THAT IS A 20% INCREASE, BUT IT'S FOR A REASON. SO OUR EVENTS WE ARE IN AN  EFFORT TO MAKE OUR BUDGET  REFLECT THE TRUE COST OF EVENTS, SO THAT DOES INCLUDE POLICE,  FIRE AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICES  OVERTIME, WHICH WAS A BIG  INCREASE TO OUR BUDGET THIS  YEAR. ALL OF THOSE COSTS ARE REFLECTED AND BROKEN DOWN BY EVENT IN LINE ITEMS. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE INCREASING  THE FUNDING OF TASTE OF BOYNTON, AN EVENT WE PUSHED OUT THIS  YEAR. WE HAD A HUGE SUCCESS WITH THAT  EVENT. WE ARE TALKING TO THE  STAKEHOLDERS IN THE COMMUNITY,  THE RESTAURANT OWNERS, THE  BUSINESSES TO SEE HOW WE CAN  ADAPT THAT EVENT AND GROW IT  NEXT YEAR. WE ARE ASSUMING ADDITIONAL COSTS FROM PIRATE FEST. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE  ROLLING OUT PIRATE FEST  INDEPENDENT FROM THE CRA, AND  THEN WE ARE ASSUMING ADDITIONAL  VETERAN EVENTS JUNETEENTH AND  STATE OF THE CITY WITHIN MY  BUDGET ON THE EVENTS SIDE. SO THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE HAD A TON OF SUCCESSES. WE ARE VERY LUCKY ON THE EVENTS  SIDE. WE HAVE HAD A GREAT YEAR. THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM THE  EVENTS SIDE OF THE CITY HAS  NEVER HAD A THRIVING SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM. THIS YEAR BETWEEN OUR  SPONSORSHIPS AND VENDOR FEES WE  HAVE BROUGHT IN, LAST I RAN IT  WAS $90,000, BUT WE JUST AS I  WAS SITTING HERE GOT ANOTHER  $5,000 SPONSORSHIP SO I'D  ESTIMATE ABOUT 110 BY THE END OF THE YEAR. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING  BIG COMING UP, BUT I WOULD  ASSUME THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE  ACTUALLY ON THE IN-KIND SIDE  SAVED THE CITY ABOUT $150,000  THROUGH IN-KIND SPONSORSHIPS  WHERE THE BUSINESSES WILL GIVE  US THEIR SERVICES IN EXCHANGE  FOR OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES,  THAT REALLY SPEAKS TO THE  QUALITY OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE  HAVE IN THE CITY. A LOT OF BIG COMPANIES WANT TO  BE A PART AND HAVE THEIR NAME ON THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE PRODUCING  WITHIN BOYNTON. ADDITIONALLY, OUR FIRST YEAR OF  PIRATE FEST, SO WE HAD A  SUCCESSFUL PIRATE FEST THIS  YEAR, SO SUCCESSFUL THAT PEOPLE  WANT IT TO BE LONGER. SO WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THE  HOURS LONGER THIS UPCOMING YEAR  AND I'LL DISCUSS THAT FURTHER AS WE SPEAK ABOUT PIRATE FEST. TASTE OF BOYNTON THIS WAS OUR  FIRST YEAR, THAT WAS THE  LOVECHILD OF ALL OF US  HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THE CITY HAS  TO OFFER. WE SOLD OUT OF TICKETS IN THREE  DAYS. TWO TICKETS HUNG OUT FOR AN  ADDITIONAL TWO DAYS. WE DID SELL OUT OF OUR TICKETS. WE HAD TONS OF PEOPLE AT THE  DOOR TRYING TO GET IN, SO WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO TAKE A LOOK  AT WHAT THIS EVENT LOOKED LIKE  AND SEE HOW WE CAN ADAPT IT TO  INCLUDE MORE PEOPLE NEXT YEAR. WE ALSO HAD AN EXPANSION OF OUR  LOCAL VENDOR PARTICIPATION SO  THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WE  PARTNERED WITH OUR LOCAL VENDORS WITHIN THE CITY. WE OFFERED DISCOUNTS TO BOYNTON  BASED BUSINESSES AND PREFERENCES TO BOYNTON-BASED BUSINESSES AND  HAD VENDORS ON SITE FOR FULL  PRIZE, TO SELL AND THAT'S ALSO  REALLY BOOSTED OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF THE LOCAL  BUSINESSES. WE DID 9/11 THIS YEAR, A  DEPARTMENTAL EVENT SO WE WORKED  WITH PD, FIRE, REC. AND MY TEAM  TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE A  SUCCESSFUL 9/11 EVENT AND WE  HAVE STREAMLINEDED OUR  AMPHITHEATER RENTAL PROCESS SO  WE WENT THROUGH OUR RENTAL  PROCESS FOR THE AMPHITHEATER. A LOT OF TIME WAS SPENT BACK AND FORTH WITH PEOPLE REQUESTING  RENTALS AND WE COMBINED ALL OF  THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED THEM IN THE BACK-AND-FORTH AND  PROVIDED A MORE PRECISE  APPLICATION WHERE EVERYTHING IS  OUTLINED. IT HAS PULLED BACK ON SOME OF  THE INTEREST, BUT THE  AMPHITHEATER SPACE A LOT OF  PEOPLE COME OUT AND WANT TO DO  LARGE-SCALE EVENTS SO IT'S KIND  OF WEEDING OUT THE PEOPLE WHO  WANT TO HAVE BIRTHDAY PARTIES AT THE AMPHITHEATER AND WHERE IT'S  NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE  ACCOMMODATED. OUR CHALLENGES THIS YEAR, WE ARE A TEAM OF THREE. I KNOW SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE  POSITIONS THAT WERE OPEN. WE HAD ONE POSITION LAST YEAR,  AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT  POSITION. THAT WAS FILLED WITH ONE OF OUR  INTERNS IN JANUARY, SO CIANA,  I'M SURE EVERYONE HAS SEEN ON  SITE S FULL-TIME WITH OUR CITY  NOW SO WE ARE FULL AT THE THREE  POSITIONS. WE HAVE THREE FULL-TIME, AND  THEN WE HAD A COUPLE INTERNS  RUNNING AROUND, SO THEY ARE ALSO WILL CALL SO THEY COME IN WHEN  WE NEED THEM FOR EVENTS. WE HAVE A CHALLENGE OF EVENT  SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE AS OUR  DEVELOPMENT OF DOWN TO INGROWS. THERE WILL BE SOME CONSTRUCTION  THAT WILL REALLY TAKE INTO  EFFECT WHAT OUR EVENT LOOKS  LIKE. IT TAKES ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO GET AN EVENT OFF THE GROUND FROM THE CONCEPTION OF IT, SO THAT WILL  PROVIDE SOME CHALLENGES IN THE  UPCOMING YEAR WHENEVER WE END UP STARTING TO BREAK GROUND ON  THAT, AND THEN PARKING, SEEMS  LIKE OUR ATTENDEES ARE  OUTGROWING OUR PARKING SPACES SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH  CIRCUIT AND WITH DIFFERENT  SHUTTLING SERVICES TO SHUTTLE IN TO OUR EVENTS AND THE NUMBER OF  EVENTS CITY-WIDE SO I THINK I  JUST RAN NUMBERS AND WE'RE AT  LIKE 120 EVENTS CITY-WIDE THAT  WE HOST ACROSS ALL OF THE  DEPARTMENTS. MY TEAM ALONE DOES 26 OF THOSE  AND A LOT OF THEM ARE THE LARGER SCALE ONES, SO THAT IS  DEFINITELY A CHALLENGE AS  EVERYONE KNOWS THERE'S PROBABLY  SOMETHING EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND  GOING ON IN OUR CITY AND  COMPETING DATES WITH LOCAL  VENDORS. IF THERE'S ANYTHING NEW WE WANT  TO HAVE, WE'RE NOW ALSO LOOKING  AT EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING  IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AS A WHOLE  AND THOSE WEEKENDS ARE REALLY  STARTING TO GET CLEANED. SO IF IT'S NOT ON OUR CALENDAR,  IT'S REALLY HARD TO FIND A DATE  WHERE WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH  ANOTHER LOCAL VENUE. IN '24-'25 WE HAVE SOME  INITIATIVES ON BUILDING ON WHAT  WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR, SO WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE OUR  PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL  BUSINESSES ON BOTH THE VENDOR  AND THE SPONSORSHIP SIDE. WE HAVE BEEN IN CONVERSATION  WITH BOTH ENDS ABOUT HOW WE CAN  MAKE IT AN EASIER PROCESS FOR  THEM. SOME OF THE VENDORS WOULD LIKE  US TO WAVE VENDOR FEES AND THEY  BRING UP THEIR OWN SETUP AND  OTHERS WANT TO PROVIDE SETUP AND HAVE THE VENDOR FEE SO WE'VE  BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE  THERE'S A GOOD MIDDLE GROUND TO  BE ABLE TO OFFER THE RESOURCES  TO SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT  DON'T HAVE THE MONEY UP FRONT  WHILE STILL NOT BLEEDING OUT  MONEY FOR ALL OF OUR EVENT AND  THE SPONSORSHIP SIDE WE'RE  TRYING TO CREATE THE  PARTNERSHIPS WITH A LOT OF OUR  BIGGER SPONSORS TO HAVE THEM ON  A MORE REGULAR BASIS. THERE'S A CONTINUED INCREASE IN  REVENUE STREAMS THROUGH  SPONSORSHIPS AND KIND DONATIONS, VENDOR FEES AND AMPHITHEATER  RENTALS. IT'S ABOUT A YEAR PROCESS  BETWEEN PEOPLE REACHING OUT FOR  A LARGE-SCALE EVENT AND ACTUALLY PRODUCING IT ON THE AMPHITHEATER RENTAL SIDE SO WE'RE IN  COMMUNICATION WITH A LOT OF  PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DOING  EVENTS IN 2025; UNFORTUNATELY,  THEY WANT TO DO THOSE EVENTS  LONG-TERM AND WITH THE  POSSIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTION,  THAT MIGHT NOT START TO GO INTO  THE WORKS UNTIL THAT  CONSTRUCTION IS FINALIZED. AND THEN ALSO OUR EVENTS HAVE A  REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO  BRIDGE THAT GAP BETWEEN US AND  THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY  OUTREACH THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE EVENT SIDE SO WE WANT TO BUILD  ON THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH  THE MLK COMMITTEE AS WELL AS THE COALITION OF CLERGY AND OTHER  NON-PROFITS THAT ARE ON SITE FOR OUR EVENTS. SO I HAVE JUST A GENERAL BUDGET  OUTLINE OF WHAT OUR EVENT ARE  GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THIS IS JUST MY SPECIAL EVENTS  ITEM, OR SPECIAL EVENTS ACCOUNT. THE REST IS KIND OF THE STAFFING COSTS AND OPERATIONAL COSTS, BUT THIS IS THE OUTLINE OF FIRST  FRIDAY, AND PIRATE FEST AND AS  YOU CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY  QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SPECIFICS, I DID BREAK IT DOWN BY THE EVENT  COST AND THEN THE OVERTIME COST  SO YOU CAN SEE THAT ADDITION OF  OVERTIME FEES WITHIN THE BUDGET, AND I'M SURE I'LL GET A QUESTION ABOUT IT BUT PIRATE FEST IS A  LOWER COST THAN PREVIOUSLY. WE ARE GOING TO DO A LOT OF THE  CONSULTING, WE'RE COOPEKEEPING   IN-HOUSE. WE FEEL COMFORTABLE TAKING IT  ON, AND THAT WILL SAVE THE CITY  ABOUT $30,000. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE IT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,  PLEASE LET ME KNOW. OH, I DID WANT TO CONFIRM, SO  FOR PIRATE FEST THIS YEAR RIGHT  ABOUT THE TIME WE NEED TO  ANNOUNCE IF IT'S TAKING PLACE AS I'M ASSUMING IT'S TAKING PLACE  AND THE TIMES. SO WE WERE LOOKING DOING IT  12:00 TO 10:00 ON SATURDAY AND  12:00 TO 6:00 OR 8:00 ON SUNDAY, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY FEEDBACK,  I'D LOVE TO HEAR IF NOW BEFORE  WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANNOUNCING  TIMES. IT WILL GO UNTIL 10:00 P.M. ON  SATURDAY. YES? >> THAT'S THE LAST WEEKEND OF  OCTOBER? >> YES, I THINK IT'S THE 26th  AND 27th. >> THE LEAGUE OF CITIES BUDGET  EVENT, IS THAT THE ONE AT B BENVENUDO'S? >> IT'S USUALLY THE DAY BEFORE  THANKSGIVING. >> THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE  BUDGET, NOT COMING OUT OF FEES  THAT WE PAY TO THE LEAGUE OF  CITIES, CORRECT, DAN? >> [ OFF MIC ]  >> RIGHT, SO WE'RE COVERING THE  COST OF THIS EVENT HOSTING THE  LEAGUE OF CITIES HERE. DO WE KNOW --  >> IS THAT THE EVENT WITH THE  ICP? >> I THINK THE CRA COVERED HALF  OF IT LAST YEAR? >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN  YOU WERE CORRECT. >> BENVENUDOS, I MEAN --  >> MAYOR: THAT'S THE DECISION  FOR THE DAIS? >> I KNOW HISTORICALLY --  >> WE'RE SHOWCASING THE CITY AND YOU DID A GREAT JOB OF  ADVOCATING FOR LIKE OUR LOCAL  BUSINESSES WITH THOSE GIFT BAGS  AND THAT WAS GREAT, BUT IT'S  LIKE YOU THINK OF EVENT, YOU  GUYS HAVE CRUSHED IT, RIGHT? REMEMBER THE BACKLASH WE GOT  WHEN THERE WAS THAT  DISCONNECTION FOR PIRATE FEST,  RIGHT. THINK OF BOYNTON BEACH, YOU  THINK OF PIRATE FEST, YOU OF  THIS THINK OF OUR FIREWORKS  SHOW. LEAGUE OF CITIES, IT'S ONLY  $3,500 SO WHAT'S THE RETURN? IF WE WANT TO DO A FIRE  ASSESSMENT AND CUT THE MILLAGE  RATE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SOME  BUDGET CUTS SOMEWHERE, YOU KNOW, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE  THINGS THAT STUCK OUT THAT I  DON'T SEE THE OPERATIONAL  NECESSITY FOR. AGAIN, THAT'S A DECISION WE ALL  NEED TO MAKE, BUT NO, GABBY, YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT AND EVERYONE INVOLVED CRUSHES IT, YOU KNOW,  PIRATE FEST IT'S A HEFTY PRICE  TAG AND SAD BECAUSE OF THE STATE STATUTES THE CRA CAN'T COVER IT  ANYMORE AND THE CITY HAS TO  ABSORB THAT COST AND PUTS THE  DEPARTMENT OBVIOUSLY IN A HARD  SITUATION BECAUSE THAT IS, WHEN  YOU THINK OF EVENTS, THAT IS THE FACE OF BOYNTON BEACH IS PIRATE  FEST. GREAT JOB ON GETTING THE LOCAL  SPONSORS. I THINK THAT WAS HUGE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THINKING IN A  FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER TO  OFFSET COSTS. IT'S GREAT AND LONG OVERDUE. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO  THE TABLE. BUT NO, IT'S, UHM, I THINK, I  THINK THAT'S ALL I GOT NOW. I DO LIKE THAT YOU INCORPORATED  THE OVERTIME, SO YOU KNOW,  SEEING ON PAPER THAT 20%  INCREASE, WHEN I WAS DIGGING  THROUGH THIS, IT WAS LIKE, WOW,  THAT'S A LOT. WHAT OF THAT 20% COVERS THAT  OVERTIME? OF THAT 20%, WHAT IS THE  INCORPORATED COSTS OF THE  OVERTIME THAT WE WEREN'T  FACTORING IN PRIOR? >> I DON'T KNOW THE MATH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD BUT I CAN GET IT  TO YOU. >> IF YOU CAN GET THAT TO ME, I  THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW. >> THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONS OF, SO JUNETEENTH WAS AN ADDITION. LEAGUE OF CITIES, STATE OF THE  CITY, TAKE YOUR CHILD TO WORK  DAY, BUT BASICALLY THE BOTTOM  PART OF IT, THOSE WERE ALL  ADDITIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO OFFSET THAT BY,  AGAIN, TAKING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CONSULT TYPICALLY  THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND PUTTING  IT ON THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO  PRODUCE ON OUR OWN, SO THERE WAS SOME MOVING AROUND OF A LOT OF  THE COST OF IT, BUT I CAN FIGURE IT OUT. >> IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RIGHT  NOW. IF I CAN GET BEFORE THE END OF  THIS WHAT IS OF THE OVERTIME OF  209% IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. THAT'S IT. THANKS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HAY? >> YES, I COULDN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU MORE ON THE LEAGUE OF  CITIES. EVERY TIME THAT I'VE GONE, IT'S  BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO  SPEAK WITH OTHER COUNCILMEN AND  LEGISLATORS AND MAYORS AROUND  THIS COUNTY AND HAVE THE  OPPORTUNITY AND HAVE TAKEN  ADVANTAGE OF ASKING THEM WHAT  THEY ARE DOING WITH CERTAIN  SITUATIONS THAT WE FACE AS A  CITY AND IT'S BEEN VERY  BENEFICIAL. $3, $3,500 IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET. IF I HAD THEN DOUG'S MONEY I'D  PAY IT MYSELF. [ LAUGHTER ] >> ME, TOO. >> I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL-SPENT AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO  CONSIDER THE SMALL IMPACT THAT  $3,500 WILL HAVE ON OUR OVERALL  BUDGET. IT'S $3,500 WELL-SPENT AND I  SUPPORT IT 110%. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE  QUESTION. WHY IS THERE AN INCREASE, I  BELIEVE IT WAS THE PIRATE FEST  THAT USED TO BE PUT ON BY CRA  AND NOW THAT WE'LL TAKE IT OVER  AS A CITY, WILL THERE BE AN  INCREASE IN THE COST? I'D LIKE YOU TO EXPLAIN THAT TO  ME. >> LAST YEAR THE CITY I HAD I  BELIEVE 360,000 FOR PIRATE FEST  AND THE CRA HAD ABOUT 85,000  THAT THEY CONTRIBUTED TO DOING  THE ENCAMPMENT AREA WHICH WAS  CLOSE TO THEIR BUSINESSES AND  HIGHLIGHTED THEIR BUSINESSES. THEY'RE NO LONGER FROM MY  KNOWLEDGE BUDGETING FOR THAT. SO THE CITY IS TAKING ON THAT  ENCAMPMENT AREA. WE ARE CUTTING SOME OF OUR  SERVICES BACK SO WE CAN BE ABLE  TO PRODUCE THAT BUT THAT'S THAT  AREA LIKE YOU'RE WALKING THROUGH THE PIRATE TIMES. SO IT'S HEAVY IN THE THEMING OF  THE EVENT. >> YOU BROUGHT UP A POINT ABOUT  THE COMPETING DATES IN THE CITY  WITH THE OTHER ORGANIZATION,  THAT IS COMING TO BE TREMENDOUS  IMPACT. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COPY  MYSELF AND BE AT ALL THE EVENT  BUT UNFORTUNATELY I CAN'T. I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT  MAYBE THERE COULD BE SOMETHING  LIKE AN OVERALL CALENDAR THAT'S  ON A WEBSITE SOMEWHERE THAT WE  WOULD MAKE IT KNOWN TO THESE  ORGANIZATIONS TO PUT, YOU KNOW,  AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,  LIKE YOU'RE DOING IN ANY  ORGANIZATION, YOU PUT THOSE  EVENTS THAT YOU KNOW, WHOOSH,  RIGHT ON THE CALENDAR AND EVEN  IF THERE ARE MULTIPLES THAT  CAN'T CHANGE, AT LEAST YOU KNOW  ABOUT THEM AND YOU COULD DECIDE  AS AN INDIVIDUAL WHICH ONES  YOU'RE GOING TO AND WHICH ONES  YOU'RE NOT. BUT MAYBE THAT'S AN APPROACH,  BUT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. THE OTHER THING WAS ABOUT THE -- WE JUST HAD THE FOURTH OF JULY  FIREWORKS. EXCELLENT! OKAY, I REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME. UNFORTUNATELY, THE HOUSE THAT'S  RIGHT IN BACK OF MY HOUSE BURNED COMPLETELY. WE DON'T HAVE THE VIDEO, BUT IT  STARTED ON THE ROOF AND WENT  DOWN, AND BURNED EVERYTHING  EXCEPT THE BRICK WALLS. THE GUY WAS IN NAPLES AT THE  TIME, AND HAD TO RUSH BACK OVER, BECAUSE PD CALLED HIM AND TOLD  HIM THAT HIS HOUSE WAS ON FIRE. I WENT OVER THERE MYSELF AND SAW QUITE A BIT OF EVIDENCE OF THESE LITTLE ROCK THINGS, JUST FYI,  STAFF, OKAY, I'M SORRY, AND I  EVEN FOUND THOSE ROCKET BLASTERS OVER IN MY YARD, WHICH IS RIGHT  BEHIND HIS HOUSE, AND IT JUST  MADE ME VERY UNCOMFORTABLE. SO I'D LIKE STAFF, CITY OF  BOYNTON TO START PUTTING OUR  BRILLIANT MINDS TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTION  TO THIS, AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, OKAY, BUT I KNOW IT'S  SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO  ADDRESS, BECAUSE I FEAR GOING  FORWARD THAT I JUST NEED TO STAY HOME AND WATCH MY HOUSE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE KIDS AND SOME  ADULTS OUT THERE JUST SHOOTING  THESE ROCKETS UP AND DOWN, AND  WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN,  OKAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY MY PATIO AND  THERE'S A HEDGE AROUND THERE, I  SAW ONE OF THOSE ROCKET BLASTER  THINGS IN BETWEEN MY PATIO AND  MY HEDGE. SO IT EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN MY  HOUSE THAT BURNED. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT,  STAFF, OKAY, AND YOU KNOW, SO  THE LAST THING ON MY MIND IS  JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB  WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY. I HEARD ALL KIND OF POSITIVE  STATEMENTS ABOUT IT. WE ARE AMONG THE FEW CITIES THAT STILL ARE DOING THAT, AND IT'S A WAY THAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S COSTLY OF GIVING BACK TO THE PEOPLE AND THEY THOROUGHLY APPRECIATE THAT  WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND LOOK  FORWARD THAT. I KNOW I DO. OVERALL, JOB WELL DONE AND JUST  KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. >> THANK YOU. I DID WANT TO MAKE COMMENT ON WE HAVE A FULL LIST OF EVERYTHING  THAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY  THIS YEAR, SO THAT IS SOMETHING  THAT WE, AS SOON AS EVERYTHING  GETS APPROVED, WE CAN MOVE  FORWARD ON GETTING THAT  INFORMATION OUT INTERNALLY AND  EXTERNALLY SO THERE'S NO DOUBLE  BOOKING. WHAT I WAS MENTIONING WAS FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY STUFF, TYPICALLY IF WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT, EVERY  CITY IN THE COUNTY IS ALSO  HAVING IT, SO THAT'S WHERE SOME  OF OUR CHALLENGES COME INTO  PLACE, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT VENDORS, A LOT OF THEVENDORS TH  COME IN LOWEST OR PIGGYBACK, WE  BOOK OUR VENDORS ABOUT A YEAR IN ADVANCE FOR EVERYTHING AND THEY  KEEP ROLLING SO WE DO HAVE TO  KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN WE'RE  ADDING THINGS IS WE'RE COMPETING WITH EVERY SINGLE SURROUNDING  CITY. I WILL PAT OURSELVES ON  THE BACK, THOUGH, WE'RE  COMPETING HEAVILY SO WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AT HAVING THE  INFORMATION OUT THERE AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY SATISFIED WITH THE  PRODUCT THAT WE'RE DOING, BUT  EVERYONE'S OUT THERE HOSTING  EVENTS ON THE SAME DAYS. >> VERY GOOD, GABRIELLE. I ONLY BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I PARTICIPATED IN THE JUNETEENTH  EVENT. >> YES. >> AND IT WAS POORLY ATTENDED  AND I THINK A BIG CONTRIBUTOR  ACROSS THE STREET AT MY CHURCH  SO ST. JOHN, THERE WAS A BIG MEN  DAY CONFERENCE, AND A LOT OF  THOSE PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES WOULD HAVE BEEN AT JUNETEENTH  AND SO WE CLASHED THERE, AND I  WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, IF  POSSIBLE NOT LET THAT HAPPEN  NEXT YEAR. >> YES. >> BUT WE'LL WORK IT OUT. >> WE HAVE SOME GOOD  RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE LOCAL  CHURCHES AND NON-PROFITS THAT  USUALLY HOST EVENTS SO WE'LL  HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH  THEM. >> VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? >> NO. JUST GREAT JOB. THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, ALWAYS  HITTING IT OUT OF THE PARK AND  TAKING THE EVENT AND YEAR AFTER  AND MOVING THAT ON TO THE NEXT  EVENT TO MAKE IT BETTER. I MEAN, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND YOUR TEAM SHOULD BE SUPER  PROUD OF WHAT YOU'RE PUSHING OUT FOR THE CITY. IT REALLY REPRESENTS US WELL. I HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH FOR  STAFF AND IT'S KIND OF ON WHAT  COMMISSIONER TURKIN WAS TALKING  ABOUT, ABOUT LEAGUE OF CITIES. LEAGUE OF CITIES IS SUPER  IMPORTANT. I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS THIS A NEW, UHM, HAS THIS, IS THIS A NEW  BUDGET ITEM? IS THERE A REASON, STAFF, WHY -- BECAUSE WE'VE ALWAYS HOSTED IT,  THE LEAGUE OF CITIES JUST FOR  THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,  LEAGUE OF CITIES IS THE LEAGUE  OF THE CITIES AND EVERY CITY  HOSTS A MEETING AND OURS HAPPENS TO BE NOVEMBER AND WE'VE ALWAYS  HOSTED IT AND IT'S FOR ALL OF  THE CITY OFFICIALS, ELECTEDS AND REPRESENTED TO COME TOGETHER AND HAVE OUR MEETING AND HAVE A  LUNCH AND IT'S ALWAYS -- SO  BOYNTON BEACH ALWAYS DOES  NOVEMBER. AND WE'VE ALWAYS, WE HAVE TO  HOST AND WE'VE ALWAYS DONE THIS  ONE. MY QUESTION IS, HOW HAS THIS  ALWAYS BEEN BUDGETED AND HOW IS  THIS DIFFERENT THAT NOW EVENTS  IS TAKING ON SOME OF THAT COST? >> SHORT ANSWER, I DON'T EHAVE  AN ANSWER FOR YOU AS FAR AS  HISTORICALLY. >> UH-HUH. >> I KNOW IT'S ESSENTIALLY A  NETWORKING EVENT. CANDACE MAY BE HERE. CANDACE MIGHT HAVE IT. >> I HAVE AN ANSWER. SO PREVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN BUDGETED IN THE CITY HALL BUDGET. >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> AND THAT IS GETTING MOVED  OVER, ANYTHING THAT KIND OF RUNS THROUGH MY OFFICE IS REFLECTED  IN MY BUDGET, SO THAT WE HAVE A  TRUE VALUE OF WHAT EVENT COST  FOR THE CITY. >> OKAY, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING  THAT IS CHANGING, IT'S JUST  BEING MOVED OVER. SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE  PUBLIC, THIS IS JUST SHIFTING  BECAUSE OF LOGISTICS. >> THAT MAKES SENSE. ON THAT, THOUGH, AND  COMMISSIONER HAY, I CAN  DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT  THE FIREWORK THING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BOTTLE ROCKETS OR  GUNSHOTS IN MY BACKYARD, AND  IT'S STILL GOING ON. STILL GOING ON SO I'M RIGHT  THERE WITH YOU AND HAPPY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. SO VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR  ASKING THAT QUESTION. THAT'S IMPORTANT. WHAT I -- MY CONCERN IS I DON'T  THINK THE PUBLIC'S ALLOWED TO GO TO THOSE LEAGUE OF CITIES  MEETINGS, RIGHT? THERE'S A GUEST LIST. IS THERE AN ISSUE TO SPEND  TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR AN  EXCLUSIVE EVENT LIKE THAT OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I'M  KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT, AND I  MADE THE MISTAKE BY NOT  PREFACING THAT THE LEAGUE OF  CITIES IS VERY HELPFUL. IT'S HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY,  COMMISSIONER, YOU SAID JOIN AS  MANY CLUBS AS YOU CAN AND I'M  RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. IT'S VERY HELPFUL. THOSE MONTHLY MEETINGS WERE  SUPER HELPFUL AS A BOARD OF  DIRECTOR, VERY HELPFUL, LEARNED  A LOT, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. I JUST WAS A LITTLE BIT THROWN  OFF BY THIS BEING IN EVENTS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND IT'S  EXCLUSIVE IS MY CONCERN. I JUST DON'T WANT US TO GET TIED UP WITH ANYTHING IF IT'S  BUDGETED A CERTAIN WAY, THAT  WOULD --  >> MAYOR: I THINK THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION. >> ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING RIGHT  NOW. I'LL HAVE AN ANSWER. >> MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK TO  THAT  >> YES. >> THE EXCLUSIVITY IS NO  DIFFERENT THAN GOING TO THE NLC  OR THE STATE OR ANYTHING ELSE. >> RIGHT. >> WE PAY FOR THIS COMMISSION TO GO AND GAIN THAT KNOWLEDGE AND  PARTICIPATE IN THESE WORKSHOPS. THAT'S TAXPAYER'S MONEY. THEY EXPECT FOR US TO BE  EDUCATED AND TRAINED AS TO THE  STATE OF THE ART OF THE BEST  PRACTICES OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN  THIS STATE. AND SO THAT'S AN INVESTMENT ON  THIS CITY'S PART TO KEEP US  ABREAST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. SO I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEM HERE. NOW, WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH  THIS DISCUSSION, OKAY, FOR  EXAMPLE, OUR MAYOR JUST SPENT A  COUPLE OF WEEKS, OKAY, AND I  DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE  TAXPAYER'S MONEY THAT WAS, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THAT'S  EDUCATING US UP HERE, THE  TRAINING. SO I WOULD NOT WANT US TO  QUIBBLE OVER $3,500, OKAY, WHEN  IT'S BENEFITING THE CITY RATHER  THAN BEING A LIABILITY. >> MAYOR: ONE SECOND, EVERYBODY. COMMISSIONER CRUZ HAS NOT HAD A  CHANCE TO SPEAK. >> NOT A SINGLE CHANCE TO SPEAK, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. JUST WANTED TO SAY I DO SUPPORT  THE EVENT OF THE LEAGUE OF  CITIES AND ALSO WE SHOULD BE  FAIR AS WE GO THROUGH, WE SHOULD LET EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL HAVE  A CHANCE BEFORE WE REPEAT. I THINK THAT WOULD BE  RESPECTFUL. IN REGARD TO THE LEAGUE OF  CITIES, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH  HAVING THAT LUNCHEON. MY UNDERSTANDING IS EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY IN PALM BEACH  COUNTY SPONSORS ONE OF THOSE  LUNCHEONS AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE  BOYNTON BEACH AND WHY SHOULD WE  NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS EVERY  OTHER CITY THAT'S A MEMBER DOES  AS WELL. HOWEVER, I DO UNDERSTAND THE  QUESTION OF LIKE IS THIS THE  CORRECT FUND TO BE ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE. MAYBE NOT. I MEAN, I GUESS WE HAVE THE  POWER OF THE PURSE. THIS IS A POLICY DECISION WE CAN PUT IT INTO A DIFFERENT FUND. I KNOW WAS IT BEFORE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S BUDGET? >> CORRECT. >> YES. EITHER WAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE  ALLOCATING MONEY FOR THAT  PURPOSE. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC EVENT; I  UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IT IS AN  EVENT WHERE AS COMMISSIONER HAY  STATED, IT'S OUR ELECTED  OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, NETWORKING, ASKING QUESTIONS. IT'S THINGS THAT BENEFIT THE  CITY AS A WHOLE, AND IT'S  SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN DONE FOR  DECADES OR MANY, MANY DECADES AT A TIME. I DON'T HAVE A CONCERN WITH THE  FUNDING ITSELF. I DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR  IMPROVEMENT OF MAYBE PUTTING IT  INTO A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR  STAFF, GABBY, SPECIAL KUDOS TO  MELANIE. I KNOW SHE WORKS A LOT ON THE  CONTRACTS AND I JUST WANTED TO  TELL YOU GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. THIS LAST FOURTH OF JULY EVENT  WAS, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST ONES I'VE EVER ATTENDED AND I AM EXTREMELY PROUD NOT  ONLY OF OUR TEAM BUT THE FIRST  RESPONDERS, EVERYBODY WHO WORKED THAT EVENT AS WELL AS LOCAL  BUSINESSES THERE AS WELL. IT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND  TOUCHING TO SEE. SO THANK YOU, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF YOUR TEAM. >> THANKS. >> JUST THE NEXT TIME, TURN  THOSE SPEAKERS THE OPPOSITE WAY. [ LAUGHTER ] >> GABBY, DO WE HAVE AN EXAMPLE  OF ANOTHER EVENT WHERE WE HAVE  SOME SORT OF EXCLUSIVITY ASPECT  TO IT? I'M LOOKING AT LIKE THE  NETWORKING PORTION AND I KNOW  THERE'S DIFFERING FUNCTIONS THAT I'VE BEEN TO AS FAR AS THE PALM  BEACH COUNTY CITY MANAGER MANAGE MEETINGS THAT ARE IN REVERE AND  ALL THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES. DO ANY OTHER EVENTS AS AN  EXAMPLE THAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T  GO TO, WHERE IT'S ONLY ELECTED  OFFICIALS OR LIKE CITY  ADMINISTRATORS? THAT WE CAN  POINT TO? >> OTHER THAN RECOGNITION EVENTS SO OUR VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION,  OUR STAFF RECOGNITION. >> DOES THE PUBLIC, WOULD THE  PUBLIC BE ABLE TO, THEY'RE  INVITE ONLY? THAT'S WHY I THINK WE NEED TO  IRON DOWN, LIKE WHAT'S THE  PRECEDENT FOR INVITE-ONLY  EVENTS. I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY  ANSWER THE QUESTION. >> I THINK THIS IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO A CITY COMMISSION  POLICY, AND WHETHER IT'S DEEMED  A BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE  TAXPAYERS TO HOST AN INVITE-ONLY SORT OF EVENT THAT THERE'S A  PUBLIC INTEREST IN COLLABORATING AND GOOD WILL WITH THE COUNTY  AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, PLUS  WE DO GET LEGAL, A LOT OF LEGAL  INFORMATION FROM THE FLORIDA  LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND ALL OF  THOSE THINGS. SO THERE IS DEFINITELY A BENEFIT TO PARTICIPATING, BUT IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO WHETHER OR NOT  THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMISSION, EXCUSE ME, DEEMS THAT A PUBLIC  PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATE USE OF  FUNDS, CITY FUNDS. >> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, COUNCIL. I WANT TO GO BACK AROUND THE  DAIS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY  FOLLOW-UP COMMENTS. I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE JUST CROSSED 4:30. I DO EXPECT THAT THIS MEETING,  THIS WORKSHOP FOR TODAY WILL AT  LEAST END AT 5:00. IS THAT CORRECT, MY COLLEAGUES? >> I THOUGHT IT SAID 6:00. >> MAYOR: EXCUSE ME, 6:00. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE  STILL HAVE ROOM FOR ANOTHER  PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC  COMMENTS. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, OKAY? SO LET'S GO AROUND THE DAIS ONE  MORE TIME. GO AHEAD, VICE MAYOR, AND WE'LL  GO BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS ON  MY LEFT. >> MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S A  MONTHLY -- IT'S OUR MONTHLY  MEETING. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP TALKING  ABOUT LEAGUE OF CITIES BECAUSE  IT'S REALLY JUST KIND OF CRAZY,  BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE  HAVE DONE, BUT IT'S PART OF OUR  MEMBERSHIP IS THAT WE  PARTICIPATE IN THE MONTHLY  MEETINGS, AND SO EVERY CITY  HOSTS THE MONTHLY MEETING AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE, WHY WE  HAVE TO MAKE ANY SORT OF POLICY  CHANGE, IF WE'VE ALWAYS, IF IT'S PART OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, IT'S  PART OF OUR MEETINGS. IT'S THE MONTHLY MEETING OF  LEAGUE OF CITIES THAT BOYNTON  BEACH HAS DONE THE NOVEMBER  MONTHLY MEETING, WHERE WE ARE  NEEDING TO MAKE ANY SORT OF  POLICY CHANGES. >> NO CHANGES. THE POLICY CAN BE SOMETHING AS  SIMPLE AS APPROVING IT AS PART  OF THE BUDGET. RIGHT, YOU'RE APPROPRIATING FUND FOR THAT PURPOSE, SO IT COULD BE AS SIMPLE AS THAT. >> OKAY. >> MAYOR: I SUPPORT WHAT VICE  MAYOR JUST SAID. I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY MORE OF MY TIME TALKING  ABOUT THIS. OTHER CITIES HAVE FIGURED THIS  OUT. THIS IS NOT, THIS SHOULD NOT BE  A MAJOR ITEM. LET'S MOVE ON. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. >> YOU'VE SAID IT'S REALLY,  WE'VE BEATEN A DEAD HORSE HERE,  BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SOMETHING  THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS,  AND JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PUT INTO A DIFFERENT ACCOUNT, THE COVER'S BEEN PULLED OFF, AND WE SEE  SOMETHING HERE THAT WE ARE  MAKING AN ISSUE THAT REALLY  SHOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE. I UNDERSTAND THE REASONING  BEHIND IT BUT IT'S NOT WORTH IT  FOR THE BEN NATE WE GET. AT THIS POINT, I'M DONE WITH IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU,  COMMISSIONER HAY. COMMISSIONER TURKIN, DID YOU  HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS ON THIS  ITEM? >> YES, I THINK IT SHOULDN'T  HAVE BEEN MOVED TO EVENTS. COMMISSIONER CRUZ HIT IT ON THE  HEAD. I'M NOT TRYING TO RAILROAD THE  CITY OF LEAGUES THING AND SORRY, DIDN'T WANT TO YOU GET UPSET. I DON'T WANT TO BE  MISUNDERSTOOD. I'M TRYING TO COVER OUR SIX,  COVER OUR BACKS WITH THIS,  BECAUSE THE OPTICS DOESN'T LOOK  THE BEST. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FINE UNDER THE  CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. WHY KICK IT OVER TO MARKETING  AND EVENTS. THAT'S WHERE I'M NOT ONLY  RAISING IT UP BECAUSE I SEE IT  IN FRONT OF ME NOW. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. ON TO THE NEXT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. GABBY AND MELANIE AND YOUR  ENTIRE TEAM, I THINK THE WORLD  OF GUYS. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. I GENUINELY MEAN THAT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: CRAIG, WHO IS NEXT? >> MAYOR, WE HAVE THE GOLF  COURSE NEXT. >> MAYOR: ALRIGHT. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, VICE  MAYOR, COMMISSION, BO PRESTON,  GOLF COURSE MANAGER. 18 MONTHS AGO I CAME TO THE  LINKS AND WE STARTED AN  EVALUATION PROCESS. IT WAS ABOUT 38 YEARS OLD AND  THE BUILDING WAS 38 YEARS OLD  AND EVERYTHING IN IT WAS 38  YEARS OLD. WE STARTED A PROCESS OF  EVALUATION AND ME AND MY TEAM  DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO FOCUS  ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, GOLF  OPERATIONS AND ONCE WE GOT THIS  PRETTY WELL SQUARED AWAY, WE  WENT TO GOLF COURSE. SO THE GOLF COURSE IN THIS  BUDGET IS THE MAIN FOCUS, AND  THE CUSTOMER SERVICE HAS ALSO  BEEN ADDED TO IT, DUE TO THE  FACT THAT WE NEED MORE OF IT. WE NEED, THE GOLF COURSE IS ONE  OF THE TOP GOLF COURSES IN  BOYNTON BEACH. WE PLAN ON MAKING IT THE BEST. CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NUMBER ONE  IN PRIORITY. WE NEED TO OFFER A QUALITY GOLF  COURSE, AND AT 40 YEARS OLD, IT  NEEDS SOME WORK AND SOME HELP. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, NEVER HAD REGRASS ON A GOLF  COURSE, USUALLY EVERY 20 TO 25  YEARS YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE  GRASS ONLY TO KEEP THE SOIL AND  THE GRASS HEALTHY. WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. WE ALSO HAVE 40 YEARS OF  IRRIGATION, 40 YEARS OF DRAINAGE AND 40 YEARS OF DRAINAGE, WE  HAVE A LOT OF CLOGS AND OTHER  ISSUES. BECAUSE OF THE GRASS AND THE  OTHER CHALLENGES WE HAVE WITH  THE GRASS, WE HAVE SOME TEE  RECONSTRUCTION WE NEED, AND  THERE'S OTHER THINGS GOING ON,  ON THAT, WITH THAT. ALRIGHT. ALSO THE PROPOSED BUDGET WE'VE  GONE FROM $1.6 MILLION TO $2.2  MILLION, A BIG INCREASE OF 35%  AND GOLF MAINTENANCE WE'VE GONE  TO 38%. THE REASON WE'VE GONE SO MUCH,  WE'VE GENERATED A LOT OF  REVENUE. WE HAVE GOTTEN AN INCREASE OF  REVENUE APPROXIMATELY ALMOST $1  MILLION IN A YEAR AND A HALF AND WE'VE DONE THAT BY REORGANIZING  OUR COSTS, REORGANIZING OUR FEE  STRUCTURE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID,  WE LOOKED AT ALL THE NO SHOWS  THAT WE HAD. WE HAD OVER $200,000 WORTH OF NO SHOWS MY FIRST YEAR. WE NOW HAVE ABOUT $105,000,  STILL A BIG LOSS OF REVENUE. SO WHAT WE DID IS MADE A CHANGE, WE GET ABOUT 400 PHONE CALLS A  DAY IN OUR GOLF SHOP, PLUS WE  HAVE 400 PEOPLE COMING THROUGH  OUR DOORS EVERY DAY IN THE  SEASON. WE HAVE ONE PERSON BEHIND THE  COUNTER. THEY'RE TIRED. SO WE'VE REQUESTED MORE HELP  BEHIND THE COUNTER. WE'VE ASKED FOR MORE HELP OUT ON THE GOLF CART ATTENDANTS AND  ASKED FOR MORE HELP AT THE GOLF  COURSE MAINTENANCE. GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE WE HAVE  13 STAFF MEMBERS, THAT'S  INCLUDING THE SUPERINTENDENT WHO IS NOW A WORKING SUPERINTENDENT. IN THE INDUSTRY USUALLY -- WE  HAVE 27 HOLES AND THE, THE  STANDARD IS ONE EMPLOYEE PER  HOLE. WE HAVE 14. WE HAVE 27 HOLES. WE HAVE A LARGE GAP IN HOW WE  CAN MAINTAIN THAT GOLF COURSE. WE PUT A LOT MORE MONEY INTO THE GOLF COURSE AND TO STAFF TO  BRING THE LEVEL UP TO A PLACE  WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY GENERATE  MORE REVENUE JUST WE HAVE A  BETTER QUALITY GOLF COURSE. SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THE  INCREASE, WE HAVE A $284,000  TRANSFER TO THE GENERAL FUND FOR A FRANCHISE FEE, WE HAVE A  $260,000 INCREASE IN PAYROLL,  THE REQUEST FOR THE ADDITIONAL  PEOPLE BEHIND THE COUNTER, THE  FULL-TIME ATTENDANT AND SOME OF  THE INCREASES WITH THE PENSION  FUND. WE HAVE A $50,000 INCREASE IN  GENERAL FUND FOR THE SOLO RIDER  HANDICAPPED CART AS YOU MIGHT  HAVE HEARD, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE IN THE VETERAN COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SOME VETERANS THAT NEED  THAT CART. IT IS IN TOTAL DISARRAY AND  EXPENSIVE AND MATCHES THE ADA  REQUIREMENTS OF OUR GOLF COURSE. ALSO WE HAVE SEVERAL GOLF CARTS, WE'RE RUNNING LOW ON GOLF CARTS. OUR GOLF CART FLEET IS ONLY 87. WE NEED ABOUT 125 TO SERVICE THE TWO GOLF COURSES. WE'D LIKE TO GET THREE OR FOUR  MORE CARTS FOR OUR STAFF TO USE  SO WE CAN USE SOME OF THOSE  CARTS FOR REVENUE. AS FAR AS THE GOLF COURSE  MAINTENANCE SIDE, PAYROLL  INCREASE OF $195,000, IN  ADDITION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE  ASSOCIATE AND ONE MORE PART-TIME GREENSKEEPER. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE  WITH THE GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE SIDE IS ALL OF OUR PART-TIMERS  WORK SIX DAYS A WEEK. THEY WORK ABOUT SIX HOURS A DAY  PLUS THREE HOURS ON A WEEKEND. IT'S VERY HARD TO KEEP UP, 29  HOURS AT SIX DAYS A WEEK IS VERY CHALLENGING. RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON A  PROGRAM, HALF OF THEM COME IN  FOR THREE DAYS A WEEK, EIGHT  HOURS A WEEK AND WORK A WEEKEND  DAY AND OTHER HALF THREE DAYS  AND ONE DAY A WEEK WE'LL HAVE  THE FULL STAFF THERE TO WORK ON  THE GOLF COURSE. WE HAVE $160,000 INCREASE IN  TRANSFERS FOR VEHICLE SERVICES,  THAT IS FOR OUR GREENS MOWERS. WE NEED FIVE OF THE GREENS  MOWERS THIS YEAR. LOOKING AT $80,000 INCREASE IN  GOLF COURSE IMPROVEMENTS, NEEDS  A FILTRATION SYSTEM TO MOVE THE  WATER THROUGH THE PUMPS AND  THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE. WE NEED A LOT OF GOLF CART  REPAIR AND FAIRWAY MATE NANCE IS IN DIRE NEED. WE HAVE MEMATODS, EAT THE GRASS  FROM THE ROOTS UP, AND WE HAVE  110 ACRES OF GRASS AND WE NEED  TO MOW IT TWO OR THREE TIMES A  WEEK SO WE NEED TO DO WORK IN  THE FAIRWAYS. GARDENING SUPPLIES, WE NEED  14,000 MORE FOR SHOVELS, RAKES  AND WEED EATERS. WE GO THROUGH WEED EATERS A LOT. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRIMMING AND  EDGING TO DO. WE'RE ASKING FOR $50,000 TO DO  TEE RECONSTRUCTION DUE TO THE  NEMATODS AND PAR 3s, A LOT OF  THE TEE GETS DUG UP AND IT'S  HARD TO GROW GRASS IN THE  WINTERTIME. WE NEED TO DO THAT. WE NEED NEW SIGNAGE ON COURSE. SOME OF OUR SUCCESSES,  CHALLENGES AND INITIATIVES. THE P.J. HOPE PROGRAM AND THE  LEAGUE, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED  THIS LAST APRIL, WE HAD 15  MEMBERS, VETERANS GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. WE NOW HAVE 100. LAST WEEK OUR 99th AND 100th  VETERAN FROM THE HOPE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM IS RECOGNIZED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA PGA AS THE TOP AND MY STAFF HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR  PATRIOT OF THE YEAR, IT'S A  NATIONAL AWARD SO WE'RE PROUD OF THAT. 70% OF OUR TEE TIMES ARE BOOKED  ONLINE THROUGH THE RESERVATION  SYSTEM AND CUSTOMERS RECEIVE A  $5,000 DISCOUNT ON THEIR GOLF  ROUND. THE REASON WE ASK THAT, WE CAN  CAPTURE THEIR CREDIT CARD AND IF THEY NO SHOW WE CAN BILL THEM  THE $20 FEE AND WE'VE REDUCED  OUR NO SHOW FROM OVER $200,000  TO $105,000. HOWEVER, IT'S STILL A BIG NUMBER SO THOSE, THE 30% THAT BOOK  USING THE PHONE, THEY'RE THE  ONES THAT USUALLY NO SHOW NOW SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH  THEM YET BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT  OUT. THE INTERESTING PART ABOUT THAT  IS IF YOU DON'T BOOK ONLINE, YOU PAY AN ADDITIONAL $5 AND THAT'S  INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO BOOK  ONLINE. SO WE'VE GENERATED ABOUT  $120,000 IN REVENUE, ADDITIONAL  REVENUE FROM THAT 30% SO IT  OFFSETS IT A LITTLE BIT BUT  DOESN'T TOTALLY TAKE CARE OF IT. WE STARTED TO REMOVE THE 387  AUSTRALIAN PINES ON OUR GOLF  COURSE. THEY'RE TRASHING OUR GOLF  COURSE. THEY WILL NOT LET ANYTHING GROW  UNDERNEATH IT AND ALL GETTING  BIG AND OLD, OVER 100 FEET TALL  AND IGUANAS LIKE TO LIVE IN  THOSE SO THE IGUANAS EAT OUT THE MIDDLE OF THEM AND THEY FALL  OVER AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS AND WE STARTED TO TAKE THOSE OUT  NOW. OUR NEW MERCHANDISE AND VENDORS  ADDED TO THE GOLF SHOP,  MERCHANDISE SALES ARE UP $47,000 YEAR-TO-DATE. WHEN I FIRST GOT THERE WE HAD A  $70,000 BUDGET AND THIS YEAR  WE'RE ANTICIPATING APPROXIMATELY $175,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE  SOLD. SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES, THE OLD  INFRASTRUCTURE IS BREAKING. WE HAD TWO PUMPS OF OUR THREE GO DOWN AND THE ESTIMATE OF  APPROXIMATELY $100,000 TO FIX  THOSE. RATES MIGHT GO UP BUT AT LEAST  WE'LL HAVE WATER. ONE OF OUR CHALLENGES IS  ACQUIRING PART-TIME LABOR. PART-TIMERS DON'T LIKE TO WORK  SIX DAYS A WEEK AND WE HAVE A  LIMITED NUMBER OF GOLF CARTS  DURING OUR BUSY PERIODS. INITIATIVES, WE'RE GOING TO  DEVELOP A MANAGED PLAN FOR GOLF  COURSE CONDITION IMPROVEMENTS,  REMOVE THE EXOTIC DIRTY TREES  FROM THE PROPERTY TO ENHANCE THE PROPERTY AND PROMOTE BETTER GOLF COURSE CONDITIONS, GROW THE GAME THROUGH WOMEN, JUNIORS AND  VETERAN PROGRAMMING AND EXTEND  THE HOPE PROGRAM AND LEAGUE AND  COOKING FLORIDA STATE GOLF  ORGANIZATION, U.S. KIDS AND  CHARITY EVENTS FOR THE SUMMER  AND OF COURSE WE ARE HOSTING THE OTIS ANDERSON SCHOLARSHIP  FOUNDATION EVENT OCTOBER 10th  AND FOR THOSE WHO PLAY GOLF, WE  LOVE TO HAVE YOU, FOR THOSE WHO  DON'T, WE'D STILL LOVE TO HAVE  YOU. OTIS IS GOING TO BE BRINGING  SOME OF HIS FRIENDS SO IF YOU  KNOW ANYBODY THAT SAY GIANT FAN  OR FOOTBALL FAN, COME ON DOWN. WE'LL LET YOU IN THE DOOR FOR A  $20 DONATION AND YOU CAN MEET  SOME OF OTIS' FRIENDS. WE ARE ACTIVELY SEEKING OUTINGS  AND EVENTS FOR THE SUMMER. WE HAVE FIVE LEAGUES THIS YEAR  THAT SIGNED UP FOR THE AFTERNOON TO FILL SOME OF OUR EMPTY TEE  SEATS AND WE HAVE COMMITTED  THREE OF THOSE GROUPS TO NEXT  YEAR AS WELL. ALL OF THEM ARE OVER 24 PLAYERS  PER EVENT. THAT'S IT. . ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU. WE CAN START, COMMISSIONER CRUZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY? >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR  PRESENTATION. MY FIRST QUESTION, DO WE CHARGE  FOR NO SHOWS? YOU SAY YOU DO IT ONLINE. DO YOU CHARGE THEM ANYTHING FOR  NOT SHOWING UP? >> WE ONLY CHARGE IF THEY HAVE A CREDIT CARD ON FILE. WE CAN'T CHARGE THEM OTHER THAN  THAT. >> THE REASON I'M ASKING, IT'S  BECAUSE WELL, IF WE WERE TO  CHARGE, EVEN IF IT'S LIKE $5,  RIGHT, FOR NO SHOWS AND IF WE  REQUIRE A CREDIT CARD TO  SCHEDULE, RIGHT, A SESSION, THEN IT WOULD IN TURN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET PEOPLE TO WANT TO COME OR AT LEAST THEY GET CHARGED  WHETHER IT'S $5, $10, WHATEVER  IT IS THAT WE DEEM APPROPRIATE. IT COULD REALLY HELP US WITH  ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WHICH COULD  HELP THE GOLF COURSE IN GENERAL, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I  WANTED TO ASK, LIKE IF WE COULD  MAYBE MAKE IT AS TO WHERE IF WE  COULD REQUIRE A CREDIT CARD FOR  RESERVATIONS AND SAYING IF YOU  DON'T SHOW UP, THERE'S GOING TO  BE A $5 NO SHOW FEE, IT ADDS UP  AND IT COULD HELP A LOT WITH  BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE OTHER  THINGS THAT WE MIGHT NEED IN THE LONG-TERM. >> SURE, WE CHARGE $20 PER  PERSON FOR NO-SHOW RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE A LOT OF LEAGUES THAT,  GROUPS WE HAVE DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY OR THE WEEK RATHER. WE HAVE A FORM THAT THEY ALL  AGREE TO AND THE LEADER FILLS  OUT A CREDIT CARD AND THE DEAL  IS IF YOU'RE A LEAGUE, SINCE WE  GUARANTEE YOU THE TEE TIMES, IF  YOU'RE A NO SHOW, YOU PAY THE  FULL RATE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO  AS WELL. THE HARD PART IS, IF YOU JUST  CALL AND GET A TEE TIME, I HAVE  TO GET A CREDIT CARD FROM YOU,  AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE CALLING  FROM THEIR CELL PHONE ON THE WAY OVER OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. A LOT DON'T LIKE TO GIVE THEIR  CREDIT CARD BECAUSE THEY DON'T  TRUST. >> OF COURSE. >> SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE -- AND PLUS WHEN YOU GET TO THE GOLF COURSE  AND IF I ASK, TO STAND AT THE  COUNTER AND TRY TO GET YOUR  CREDIT CARD, NOW WE'RE READING  NUMBERS, PEOPLE BEHIND, IT'S  JUST THE PROCESS. >> THEY CAN'T SWIPE IT AND HAVE  IT IN THE SYSTEM? >> ONCE YOU SWIPE IT FOR THE  SALE, IT DOES NOT CAPTURE IT  FOR, IN YOUR PROFILE. WE HAVE TO CREATE A PROFILE FOR  YOU. >> UNDERSTOOD. >> WE'RE TRYING. >> OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN NEXT THING I'M LOOKING  AT IS THE RENTS AND ROYALTIES,  THE SNACK BAR RENTAL, WE HAD A  RECENT CONTRACT I KNOW, I THINK  IT WAS THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHERE  WE HAVE A ANY VENDOR IN THAT  SPACE. ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF THE  CONTRACT AND THE REASON WHY WE  MADE IT SO AFFORDABLE FOR THEM  WAS FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW,  REVAMP THE WHOLE THING, AND DO  SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION IN  THAT AREA. I JUST WALKED IN ON FOURTH OF  JULY AND GOT TO SEE IT. IT LOOKS PRETTY DATED AS IF  NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. FROM AN ACCOUNTABILITY  PERSPECTIVE, ARE WE WORKING ON  IT? WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR THAT  GOAL AND WHAT ARE WE DOING ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, THE CONTRACT, WHAT WE  DID WAS THEY WERE TO REBUILD THE KITCHEN. THEIR KITCHEN CONTRACT, THEY  SPENT OVER $38,000 ON NEW  KITCHEN EQUIPMENT AND AROUND THE BAR AND SUCH. WE TOOK CARE OF THE OUTSIDE AND  PUT NEW PAINT, NEW CARPET AND  NEW LIGHTING IN THERE. AS FAR AS IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO MAYBE THE FURNITURE --  >> YES, THEY'RE VERY DATED. >> VERY INHERITED THAT AND  WORKING ON THAT. THE PROBLEM WAS WE HAVE SOME  SELECTED AND HAVEN'T PURCHASED  ANY YET BECAUSE SOME OTHER  EXPENSES AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO USE THAT MONEY FOR,  PRIORITIZING IT, WE HAVE A SEWER PIPE ISSUE, WE HAVE A COUPLE  OTHER ISSUES WE NEED THE MONEY  FOR, BEFORE WE GO TO THE  FURNITURE. WE FOUND FURNITURE FOR  RELATIVELY GOOD PRICE AND I'M  TALKING WITH OUR VENDOR, WHO HAS BEEN FANTASTIC, BY THE WAY, HE  HAS SUPPORTED EVERYTHING WE'VE  DONE. HE EVEN WAS THE ONE WHO  SPONSORED THE DENNIS WALTERS  TRICK SHOT SHOW, SO HE IS VERY,  VERY ACCOMMODATING AND GOOD AND  EASY TO WORK WITH AND FOOD IS  DYNAMITE. >> I CAME OUT AND --  >> WE'RE WORKING ON IT AND  HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE IT BY  SEPTEMBER. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO --  >> LET US KNOW. I'D LOVE TO CHECK IT OUT ONCE  IT'S BEEN UPGRADED AND I THINK  IT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN A POSITIVE WAY TO OUR REVENUE  SOURCES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. I WAS OUT THERE FOR THAT  ANNIVERSARY PARTY AND WHAT A  GREAT TIME AND THE VENDOR IS  AMAZING. I UNDERSTAND THE VENDOR IS  ACTUALLY DOING SO WELL THAT ARE  YOU NOW COLLECTING RENT? >> WE STARTED JULY 1 AND  COLLECTING RENT JUST ABOUT  SEPTEMBER I BELIEVE IT WAS. SO HIS FIRST CHECK AT LIKE $38  CAME IN AND WE WERE SO EXCITED  TO HAVE IT, BUT YES IT'S  GROWING. HE'S DOING MUCH BETTER, YES,  ABSOLUTELY. >> I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE  LIKE A SNACK CART AT THE BAR  CART, THAT'S SOMETHING. >> WE HAD A BEVERAGE CART BEFORE WE OPENED UP THE DINING ROOM SO  THAT'S DOING VERY WELL AS WELL. >> GLAD TO HEAR IT. I WAS OUT THERE AND SAW THE  RENOVATIONS TO THE RESTROOMS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB IN THE SHORT TIME  THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE AND  REALLY REVAMPING THE GOLF  COURSE. >> THANK YOU. >> BEING FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE  AND MAKING, TO BE THE BEST YOU  CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, AND IT  SUPPOSE BY YOUR REVENUES AND  WHAT YOU ARE BRINGING IN THAT  THE GOLF COURSE IS THRIVING. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, LIKE I  SAID EARLIER, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SLABCOLLABORATION WITH PARKD REC. THROUGH THE SUMMER  PROGRAMED, THAT'S SOMETHING YOU  AND I SPOKE ABOUT WHEN I WAS OUT THERE. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. COMMISSIONER HAY? >> GOOD JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> I DO PLAN TO COME OUT AND HIT A FEW BALLS. IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE I'VE  BEEN OUT THERE, SO GET USED TO  TELLING EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW,  WATCH OUT. MY BALL COULD GO ANYWHERE, BUT  IT TRIGGERED SOMETHING IN MY  MIND FROM YOUR REPORT. I GUESS IT'S MORE OF A QUESTION  FOR STAFF. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO PUT  SOMETHING IN THE BUDGET FOR IT. HAVE WE -- DO WE HAVE AN UPDATED SECURITY TO DIVERT HACKERS FROM  ATTACKING OUR WATER SYSTEM? BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THIS RECENTLY OVER THE NEWS. >> I SAW IT LAST NIGHT. >> YOU SAW IT LAST NIGHT. AND WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR  SUCH INCIDENCE, IF IT HAPPENED  IN BOYNTON. DO WE HAVE THAT KIND OF  SECURITY? DO WE NEED TO BUDGET FOR IT? DO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO IT? CAN YOU TALK ON THAT JUST A  LITTLE BIT? I KNOW IT'S A GOLF COURSE. YES, BUT IT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE  GOLF COURSE AND IT CAN HAPPEN TO THE DRINKING WATER THAT WE HAVE. >> YES, WE DO HAVE SECURITY. OBVIOUSLY BEING A SENSITIVE  TOPIC, WE WON'T BRING IT UP AND  GO INTO DETAIL HERE BUT WE HAVE  FIREWALLS TO PROTECT OUR  SOFTWARE AND APPARATUS THAT WE  HAVE, YES. >> THIS COMMISSION LAST YEAR YOU SPENT CLOSE TO $380,000 IN  ADDITIONAL CYBERSECURITY. WE HAVE 24/7 PROTECTION RIGHT  NOW. >> DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THAT  LAST NIGHT, WAS THAT SOME UNIQUE THING? COULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN TO US? >> I'VE SEEN A FEW STORIES. WE CAN CONSULT WITH OUR I.T.  DIRECTOR, FRED HARRIS AND  DR. CALCOTT. IF WE NEED TO ADDITIONAL LAYERS  WE'LL LOOK TO THEM. >> BUDGET WISE? >> CORRECT, YES. >> OKAY. GOOD JOB. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANYTHING ELSE? >> THAT WAS IT. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN? >> DEFINITELY FOR SURE, WE  SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT  BECAUSE YOU'RE GIVING IT AWAY. YOU DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT  WHAT YOU'RE DOING BECAUSE THEN  YOU'RE GIVING THE ENEMY AN  ADVANCE --  >> OPERATIONS. >> OPERATIONAL SECURITY. >> FINANCING AND MAKING SURE WE  HAVE THE INVESTMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY, I'M RIGHT THERE  WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER. I'VE BEEN TO THE GOLF CLUB A FEW TIMES, THE GOLF COURSE A FEW  TIMES AND I DON'T KNOW THE LAST  TIME YOU WENT BEFORE JULY 4th,  YOU WOULDN'T SIT DOWN. YOU'D TURN AROUND. >> AND WHEN IT'S OPEN. >> WHEN WE WENT TO THE  ANNIVERSARY EVENT, OH MY GOSH,  I'LL ACTUALLY STAY IN HERE. WHEN I WENT AROUND, I WAS LIKE,  I'M NOT COMING BACK HERE. >> WORSE THAN "CADDYSHACK." >> THERE WAS ROOM FOR  OPPORTUNITY, THERE DEFINITELY  WAS AND IT'S NOT PERFECT BUT WE  SHINT' LET PERFECT BE THE ENEMY  OF GOOD. WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY BUT  YOU'VE DONE A LOT WITH WHAT  YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN, BO, AND AND  THAT VETERAN'S PROGRAM IS HUGE. ONE THING YOU DIDN'T MENTION,  THERE IS PTSD AND THAT SENSE OF  BELONGING. I WAS AT A LUNCH THE OTHER DAY  TALKING ABOUT VETERAN SUICIDES. YOU HAD MORE VETERAN SUICIDES  THAN YOU DO FROM BODIES FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ, WAR IN AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR. YOU HAVE MORE BODIES THAT ARE  VETERAN SUICIDE SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO AND THAT'S SOMETHING  THAT YOU BROUGHT FORWARD I THINK IS HUGE. I DON'T THINK IT'S HIGHLIGHTED  ENOUGH SO I COMMEND YOU FOR  INITIATING THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING WHEN I SEE YOU, YOU'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I APPRECIATE THAT, BECAUSE YOU  DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE  GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO DO AND I KNOW THERE'S PERSONAL TIES  WITH YOU AS WELL. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER THAN WHAT IT  WAS AND WE HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY AND YEAH, JUST COMMEND YOU FOR  THE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS. IT'S TWO PART-TIME FOR THE PRO  SHOP AND WHEN IT SAYS BETTER  CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPERIENCE, DO  WE JUST NOT HAVE, ARE WE LOSING  PEOPLE THERE? ARE WE NOT STAFFED THERE? >> WELL, NO THERE'S VERY LITTLE  STAFF. I HAVE FOUR, FIVE PEOPLE THAT  CAN GO BEHIND THE COUNTER AND  THEY'RE A CART ATTENDANT AS  WELL. >> GOT YOU. >> ONE GUY IS BEHIND THE COUNTER AT ALL TIMES, HAS TO ANSWER THE  PHONE, CHECK-IN, SOMETIMES THERE IS HE A LINE OF 20 PEOPLE AND HE HAS TO BOOK TEE TIMES AND IT'S  JUST POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE ASK HIM TO GET THERE A HALF  HOUR AHEAD OF TIME BECAUSE IT  TAKES SO LONG TO CHECK THEM IN,  IF THEY'RE WAITING IN LINE, AND  NOT EVERYBODY GETS THEIR 30  MINUTES IN AT A TIME, IT'S  USUALLY FIVE SO EVERYBODY'S IN A RUSH, IT THROWS OFF OUR TEE  SHEET AND THEN IT JUST CREATES  HAVOC, AND IT'SER I ERTERRIBLE. THE CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOT  GOOD, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. NOBODY LIKES TO WAIT IN LINE FOR 10, 15, 20 MINUTES AND THE WAY  OUR SYSTEM WORKS, IF YOU'RE NOT  IN OUR SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO PUT  YOU IN OUR SYSTEM. SO IF YOU CAN'T TYPE, WHICH MY  GUYS ARE NOT REAL GOOD, IT'S  JUST A LABORIOUS PROCESS. QUITE HONESTLY, I CAN USE THOSE  PEOPLE OUTSIDE AS WELL  ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER, WHEN I HAVE A SMALLER STAFF AND I CAN  ACTUALLY MY FULL TIMERS TAKE  VACATION IN THE SUMMER, NOW I  CAN USE THE PART-TIMERS TO FILL  THAT AS WELL. ALL OF MY FULL-TIMERS ARE BEHIND THE COUNTER. IF THEY'RE GONE, I HAVE NOBODY. >> I THINK YOU'RE SELLING  YOURSELF SHORT WITH THAT  DESCRIPTION ON PAPER, BECAUSE  WHAT YOU'VE TOUCHED IS YOUR  CROSS-TRAINING, RIGHT. >> UM-HUM. >> WE'RE NOT IN THE GOLF COURSE  EVERY SINGLE DAY. WE DON'T KNOW THAT ONE PERSON IS DOING THREE JOBS SO IT'S  IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS  TO WHY WE NEED, YOU KNOW WHAT I  MEAN AND FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES TO  TAKE VACATION LIKE YOU  HIGHLIGHTED. I THINK FOR ME THE KEY POINT IS  THAT CROSS TRAINING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE DONE  OVERSEEING BUSINESSES IN THE  PRIVATE SECTOR THAT I'VE BEEN  PLEADING ABOUT TO CROSS OVER THE PRIVATE SECTORS HAVE YOUR  EMPLOYEES CROSS-TRAIN. LET THEM DO MORE THAN ONE  FUNCTION. THAT'S HOW YOU OPTIMIZE YOUR  EFFICIENCY. THIS IS JUST TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR HIS DEPARTMENT HEAD, THIS IS YOUR ORGANIZATION,  CROSS-TRAINING, CROSS-TRAINING,  CROSS-TRAINING. WHEN SOMEONE CAN ONLY DO ONE  THING, THEY CAN ONLY DO ONE  THING, WE HAD TO HIRE SOMEONE TO DO ANOTHER THING. PEOPLE WANT TO GROW IN THE ROLES AND LEARN AND DO OUTSIDE THEIR  JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND THEY  BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY DEVELOP AND THEY GROW IN THEIR ROLE BUT THEN ALSO THE CITY BENEFITS BECAUSE  THEY CAN HAVE THAT COLLATERAL. THEY CAN DO MORE THAN ONE THING, RIGHT, AND THAT MAKES IT BETTER  FOR US, BECAUSE WE HAVE  ORGANIZATIONALLY IF THAT'S THE  CULTURE YOU CAN ESSENTIALLY  MINIMIZE THE LABOR THAT YOU NEED FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE. I LOVE THAT YOU TOUCHED ON THAT. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THAT'S LONG-WINDED. SORRY, GUYS, THANKS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. BO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: YOU'RE DOING A GREAT  JOB. KEEP IT UP. >> MAYOR? >> MAYOR: YES, I'LL TURN TO YOU  NOW. >> JUST IN REGARDS TO TIME, I  KNOW WE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED  TODAY FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR PERIOD. WE ALLOCATED ALSO WEDNESDAY AND  THURSDAY FOR ADDITIONAL TIME,  FOUR-HOUR BLOCKS BUT AT THE RATE WE'RE GOING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO ADD ANOTHER DAY OR EXTEND  TODAY BY PROBABLY ANOTHER THREE  TO FOUR HOURS. WE STILL HAVE PROBABLY CLOSE TO  10 TO 12 MORE PRESENTATIONS  OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S UP TO YOU  GUYS, BUT JUST THE FIRE  DEPARTMENT ALONE WE TOOK ABOUT  AN HOUR AND A HALF ON. TWO HOURS, I'M SORRY. AND AGAIN, THAT'S UP TO THE  COMMISSION. WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO  CUT DOWN ON THE DEPARTMENTS OR  GOING TO HAVE TO ADD TIME. >> MAYOR: LET ME JUST SAY,  PERSONALLY, SPEAKING FOR MYSELF, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF GOING PAST  6:00 TODAY. IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG TIME I'VE  BEEN HERE. WE ALL NEED A BREAK. >> WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW  NIGHT. >> WE HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW  NIGHT, BUT ALSO WE NEED SOME  TIME TO TALK TO RESIDENTS,  RIGHT? WE NEED TO BRING THIS BACK OUT  AND GET THEIR INPUT. I DON'T KNOW WITH CERTAINTY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE THAN THE  THREE DAYS THAT WE'VE ALREADY  ALLOCATED. IF IT COMES TO THAT, I THINK  WE'LL KNOW NEXT TIME WE MEET. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM TODAY,  BASICALLY LET'S STICK TO THE  SCHEDULE FOR TODAY AND IF WE  NEED MORE TIME, WE'LL KNOW  BETTER ONES AS WE GET CLOSER. OKAY, SO WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? LET'S GO AROUND AND HEAR FROM  EVERYBODY. >> I SAY FIGURE IT OUT AS WE GO, AS WE CONTINUE TO DISCUSS THE  BUDGET AND WE HAVE ANOTHER TWO  SESSIONS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO  GET THROUGH IT, IF NOT, WE'LL  FIGURE IT OUT AT THE LAST  MEETING AND MAYBE ADD AN  ADDITIONAL MEETING IF NECESSARY. GOOD THING WE TOOK THE WHOLE DAY TODAY, YOU SEE? >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. VICE MAYOR, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> YES, I THINK THAT THIS  MORNING WAS SOME OF THE LARGER  OBVIOUSLY THE LARGER DEPARTMENTS AND THE LARGER BUDGETS AND  HOPEFULLY AS THINGS PROGRESS, WE CAN ASK, YOU WE CAN JUST MOVE IT ALONG A LITTLE BIT FASTER, AND  SO WE'LL JUST, BUT I DON'T WANT  TO MAKE TODAY LONGER BECAUSE WE  HAVE A MEETING TOMORROW NIGHT  AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND BUDGET  WORKSHOP ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WE HAVE THURSDAY ALLOCATED. LET'S SEE HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUSH  IT ALONG. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER HAY, YOUR THOUGHTS? >> MY THOUGHTS IS I DON'T WANT  TO EXTEND IT PAST THE THREE  DAYS. I WOULD BE ALSO IN FAVOR -- I  DON'T WANT TO GO ANY FURTHER  TODAY EITHER, BUT I WOULD BE IN  FAVOR OF MAYBE CUTTING BACK SOME OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND NOT  LETTING THEM -- IT MAY NOT BE  NECESSARY TO GO TWO HOURS, OKAY, FOR US TO GET THE POINT. I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF CUTTING  BACK THE TIME, PUTTING A TIME  LIMIT ON IT AND WE'LL KNOW AS  IT'S BEEN STATED WHEN WE GET TO  THAT, IF WE NEED TO GO ANOTHER  DAY, OF WHICH I DON'T WANT TO  DO. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER TURKIN? >> WE NEED TO START A LIBRARY. >> DO YOU WANT TO, DO YOU NEED  TO DO A PRESENTATION, THAT'S NOT REVENUE GENERATING PER SE BUT  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GENERATING  FOR SURE. >> IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME, MY  REQUEST WAS ONLY FOR REVENUE  GENERATING. WHAT ABOUT MY COLLEAGUES? YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? WITHOUT THE LIBRARY? >> AGREE WITH WHAT YOU WANTED. >> MAYOR: SORRY, COUNSEL? >> WE HAVE TO KEEP PUBLIC  COMMENT TIME BECAUSE WE HAD  CONSENT AGENDA FROM LAST  MEETING. >> MAYOR: ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THERE'S RECREATION AND  PARKS. >> WHY DON'T WE MOVE ON TO PARKS AND REC.  >> MAYOR: I'M COMFORTABLE WITH  THAT. >> AND THEN PUBLIC COMMENT. >> FABIAN IS ON HIS WAY UP. THIS YOUNG MAN IS LIKE SPEEDY  GONZALEZ. [ LAUGHS ]  >> THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYBODY. HELLO, MONTHLYR. MAYOR, COMMISS  AND STAFF. HELLO, ALL. ALRIGHT, SO THANK YOU GUYS. I'LL TRY TO BE AS QUICK AS  POSSIBLE. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY FOR  ALL OF US SO I'LL DIVE RIGHT IN. OKAY, SO A FEW BUDGETS THAT WE  OVERSEE IN RECREATION AND PARKS. WE HAVE THE RECREATION GENERAL  FUND PROGRAM REVENUE, PARKING  SERVICES, WHICH IS OUR PARK  RANGERS AS WELL AS THE PARKING  SERVICES THEY PROVIDE AS WELL AS THE PARK IMPACT FEE SO AS YOU  CAN SEE, PRETTY MUCH ACROSS THE  BOARD HERE, THERE ARE SLIGHT  DECREASES, SOME MORE THAN OTHERS TO ALL OF THE BUDGETS. A LOT OF THESE ARE DUE TO A LOT  OF THE POSITIONS MOVING TO  DIFFERENT DIVISIONS AND SO ON,  WHICH I'LL GET TO IN THE NEXT  SLIDE HERE. BUT THE MAIN FUND BEING THAT 3.5 GOING DOWN TO ABOUT 2.9 AND  CHANGE MILLION FOR THE  RECREATION GENERAL FUND. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO SPEAKING OF THE  DECREASES, THE RECREATION  GENERAL FUND, THE BIGGEST CHUNK  WAS OCEAN RESCUE TEAM MOVING TO  FIRE RESCUE, WHICH HAS SEEMED TO BE A SEAMLESS TRANSITION, BUT  YET THAT WAS A LARGE PERCENTAGE  OF THE SALARIES THAT MOVED OVER. WE'RE VERY SALARY-HEAVY  DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD SO  WHENEVER WE DO HAVE ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF TRANSITIONS, IT DOES A  PRETTY BIG IMPACT IN OUR OVERALL BUDGET. LOSS OF A RECREATION MANAGER,  POSITION, THAT MOVED TO A  DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, AND WE  HAVE A RECREATION SPECIALIST  POSITION, WHICH IS A LOWER PAY  GRADE POSITION THAT CAME BACK  OUR WAY TO KIND OF REPLACE THAT  POSITION, AS WELL AS DECREASE IN CONTRACTED SERVICES. SO LIKE THE PLAYGROUND SAFETY  INSPECTIONS MOVED OVER TO PUBLIC WORKS SO THEY'RE COVERING THE  COST OF THAT ANNUAL INSPECTION  THAT TAKES PLACE AT ALL OF OUR  PLAYGROUNDS. FOR THE RECREATION PROGRAM  REVENUE FUND, 50% OF THE  RECREATION LEADER SALARY, A LOT  OF OUR FRONT LINE STAFF, OUR  PART-TIME STAFF THAT WORK AT OUR VARIOUS FACILITIES AROUND THE  COMMUNITY MOVED TO THE GENERAL  FUND, SO ESSENTIALLY IT WASN'T  SO MUCH OF A DECREASE. IT WAS SHIFTED OVER TO OUR  GENERAL FUND AS OPPOSED TO OUR  REVENUE FUND AS WELL AS REDUCING THE FUNDING FOR THE SEASONAL  STAFFING BASED OFF OF  YEAR-TO-DATE ACTUALS. I'LL SPEAKEN THE ADJUSTMENTS  GOING FORWARD. THE PASHING SERVICES DIVISION  DUE TO HIGHER NEED FOR  ADDITIONAL PARK RANGERS, DUE TO  COVERING SOME OF THE BUILDING  SECURITY AT CITY HALL AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL DUTIES WE REQUIRE OF  THEM AROUND THE COMMUNITY HERE  WE ADDED THREE PARK RANGER  POSITIONS DURING THIS FISCAL  YEAR, SO THAT IS REFLECTED ON  THIS NEW BUDGET THAT WE HAVE  COMING FORWARD HERE TO BETTER  ACCOMMODATE AND TO MAKE SURE OF  COURSE THAT WE DON'T GO OVER THE SALARY BUDGETS FOR THE PARK  RANGERS FOR THOSE THREE  ADDITIONAL POSITIONS, AND THEN  LASTLY, THE PARK IMPACT FUND,  THAT IS REMAINING THE SAME AS  ABOUT $175,000 FOR THAT, AND OF  COURSE THAT IS DIRECTLY TIED TO  ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, A PERCENTAGE USUALLY  FALLS BETWEEN 1900 TO 2500 PER  DWELLING IN THE COMMUTE HEAP  THAT IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PURCHASE OF PARK LAND. IT CAN'T BE USED FOR  RENOVATIONS.  IT'S FOR NEW PROPERTIES WE'RE  LOOKING TO ACQUIRE AS A CITY TO  USE AS PARK PROPERTIES. SOME OF THE SUCCESSES OVER THE  LAST YEAR AND OF COURSE THIS IS  A HUGE THANKS TO MY STAFF, I'M  FAIRLY NEW MYSELF, SO I CAN'T  TAKE TOO MUCH CREDIT FOR A LOT  OF THESE THINGS LISTED HERE BUT  MY STAFF HAS BEEN FANTASTIC AND  DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS  EVEN BEYOND WHAT IS LISTED ON  HERE OVER THE PAST YEAR. SO SOME OF THESE BEING THE  COMPLETION OF HESTER FIELD,  COMPLETION OF WILSON PARK AND  PLAYGROUND AND FITNESS AREAS,  INSTALLATION OF DIGITAL DISPLAYS AND TELEVISIONS AT THE  RECREATION CENTERS AND AROUND  THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE,  RECREATION DEPARTMENT BEING  REACCREDITED AS A CAPRA,  CAPRA-ACCREDITED AGENCY  ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE WORKING AT  THE HIGHEST STANDARD FROM A  PARKS AND RECREATION STANDPOINT, COMPLETION OF JC DOG PARK,  RESURFACING OF TENNIS COURTS AND THE TENNIS COURTS AT HESTER  CENTER, THE TENNIS CENTER AND  HESTER CENTER, HOSTED THE ANNUAL FRPA REGIONAL HOLIDAY LUNCHEON  AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES AS WELL AS NEW WORKOUT EQUIPMENT HAS  BEEN INSTALLED OVER AT THE  SENIOR CENTER. SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED  WERE CAPRA ACCREDITATION, THAT'S A HUGE UNDERTAKING, MAKING SURE  WE HAD ENOUGH STAFF, HANDS ON  DECK TO TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THE  PROCESSES. RECREATION FACILITY COVERAGE, WE RUN ESSENTIALLY AT A SKELETON  CREW A LOT OF THE FACILITIES WE  HAVE AS IT PERTAINS TO  FRONT-OF-HOUSE STAFF, FOLKS TO  GREET YOU AT THE FRONT DESK, A  LOT OF THAT IS PART-TIME STAFF,  LABOR INTENSIVE AND AS A LOT OF  MY COLLEAGUES BACK HERE SPOKE  ABOUT BEFORE, IT'S HARD TO  MAINTAIN PART-TIME STAFF  ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU ARE ON A  SKELETON CREW BECAUSE THEY HAVE  TO WORK MORE DAYS AND  ESSENTIALLY SOMETIMES MORE HOURS THAN EXPECTED WHEN INITIALLY  COMING INTO THE POSITION, SO  THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO  ADDRESS IN VARIOUS WAYS. INCREASE IN PARK USAGE, GOOD  PROBLEM TO HAVE BUT MAKING SURE  THAT WE CAN KEEP THESE PARKS UP  TO THE STANDARD AND THE  RECREATION FACILITIES UP TO THE  STANDARDS THAT THE FOLKS IN OUR  COMMUNITY EXPECT THEM TO BE. AGING RECREATION FACILITIES,  TOO, AS WE ALL MAY KNOW, THESE  ARE SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE QUITE A BIT OLDER SO MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP THEM UP TO DATE,  MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEETING  ALL THE SAFETY STANDARDS, ALL  THE ADA STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO OFFER A GREAT FACILITY TO THE PUBLIC,  AS WELL AS THE TENNIS CENTER  HYDRO COURTS DRAPAGE SYSTEM,  SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING ON NOW. THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN WITH THE HYDRO COURTS MAKING SURE THAT  THE COURTS ARE PROPERLY DRAINED  AS WELL AS ALL OF THE IRRIGATION IS UP TO DATE AND WORKING  PROPERLY, TOO. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A BIG  INITIATIVE FOR US, MAKING SURE  WE GET THE IRRITATION  ABOVE-GROUND SO WE CAN PROPERLY  HAVE THE COURTS LEVELED OUT AND  SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO USE AND HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CLOSURES BASED OFF OF TOO MUCH  WATER, NOT ENOUGH WATERING AND  SO ON. SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT COME  WITH THE COURTS. SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES,  INCREASING RECREATION PROGRAM  REVENUES, THERE'S A FEW IDEAS  THAT I'M WORKING ON MYSELF TO  MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE NEEDS, SOME OF THOSE THINGS  BEING INCREASING SOME OF OUR  OFFERINGS FROM SUMMER CAMP,  THAT'S A BIG REVENUE GENERATOR  FOR US. WE ACTUALLY FILLED UP AT BOTH OF OUR CAMP LOCATIONS THIS YEAR,  WHICH IS PHENOMENAL, BUT THAT  ALSO CREATED A LITTLE BIT OF A  CONCERN, TOO, BECAUSE WE HAD A  WAIT LIST, SO WE'RE NOT PROPERLY SERVING ALL OF THE FOLKS IN OUR  COMMUNITY BY HAVING THAT WAIT  LIST AND OF COURSE THAT KIND OF  STUNTS OUR POSSIBILITIES OF  BEING ABLE TO GAIN THE PROPER  AMOUNT OF REVENUE BASED OFF OF  DEMAND THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. CONTINUING TO GROW AWARENESS OF  PARK SYSTEMS AS WELL AS  RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES TO THE  PUBLIC. LUCKILY WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE A  MARKETING AND OUTREACH  COORDINATOR IN OUR DEPARTMENT,  SO WORKING CLOSELY WITH HIM TO  MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH  AWARENESS OUT THERE AS IT  PERTAINS TO PROMOTION,  MARKETING, WORKING WITH OUR  PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE AND  THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE  THAT ALL OF THE LANGUAGE AND  VERBIAGE IS GOOD THAT'S GETTING  OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC AND  WE'RE GETTING THINGS MARKETED  WELL IN ADVANCE, SO FOLKS CAN  COMPLETELY BE IN THE KNOW, AND  USING THOSE CHANNELS OF  COMMUNICATION THAT ARE  APPROPRIATE FOR WHATEVER  DEMOGRAPHIC THE PROGRAM THAT  WE'RE OFFERING IS AND LASTLY,  ENHANCEMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES AND RECREATION  PROGRAMMING THROUGH VARIOUS  FUNDING SOURCES, SO THROUGH  GRANTS, THROUGH THE BUDGET  ITSELF, THROUGH SPONSORSHIP, AND VARIOUS OTHER AVENUES, MAKING  SURE THAT WE ARE DOING  EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP COSTS  DOWN FOR OUR RESIDENTS, AND  MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR  PROGRAMMING IS AFFORDABLE TO ALL FOLKS IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE THAT  ARE WILLING TO TAKE PART IN OUR  PROGRAMMING. AND THAT IS IT. WOW, THAT WAS QUICKER THAN I  EXPECTED. [ LAUGHS ]  IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,  COMMENTS OR CONCERNS. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, FABIAN. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GLAD TO SEE  YOU'RE PART OF OYOUUR TEAM. >> THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: FOR NOW I WANT TO ASK  YOU ABOUT THE TENNIS CENTER. >> SURE. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE HAD MAJOR  EVENTS THERE. WE HAD AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT  THERE THE OTHER YEAR. I HAVE HEARD THAT -- YOU SAID IT YOURSELF THAT WE ARE, I THINK  YOU USED THE PHRASED "SKELETON  CREW" IN SOME PLACES. >> YES. >> MAYOR: THE PROPOSED BUDGET  HERE, DOES THAT ADDRESS THE  TENNIS CENTER? >> YES --  >> MAYOR: OR IS THAT SOMETHING  IN DEVELOPMENT? >> ABSOLUTELY. IT'S DEFINITELY A STEP IN THE  RIGHT DIRECTION ESPECIALLY WITH  THE ADDITION OF THE TWO  PART-TIMERS PRO SHOP ATTENDANTS  COMING ON BOARD BUT IN THE  FUTURE WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT A  FEW ADDITIONAL STAFF, BECAUSE I  KNOW IT'S A HEAVILY-USED  FACILITY AND IMPORTANT PREMIERE  FACILITY. FOLKS COME FROM OTHER  COMMUNITIES TOE USE THIS TENNIS  CENTER AS WELL. THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL LOOK AT  INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO GET IT  PROPERLY STAFFED TO PROVIDE THE  SERVICES WE'RE LOOKING TO  PROVIDE AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO OFFER SERVICES DURING THE HOURS  THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO PROVIDE TO FOLKS, TOO. >> MAYOR: WHERE DO YOU THINK IT  IS TODAY? IN OTHER WORDS, YOU JUST SAID  FOR THE FUTURE. >> YES. >> MAYOR: ARE WE AT ADEQUATE  LEVELS TODAY OR STRUGGLING  TODAY? >> WE ARE SOMEWHAT ADEQUATE AT  THE MOMENT. WE ARE GOING TO BE --  >> MAYOR: I APPRECIATE YOUR  CANDOR. >> YES, ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. WE WILL WE WILL BE LOSING ONE OF OUR  FULL-TIME POSITIONS TO ADA  THAT WE WERE DISCUSSING  EARLIER SO THAT MIGHT RAISE A  FEW ISSUES HERE AND THERE BUT  HAVING THESE TWO PART-TIMERS  FOR THE TIME BEING WILL BE  VERY HELPFUL BUT WE WILL  PROBABLY WANT TO LOOK AT  GETTING AN ADDITIONAL  FULL-TIME POSITION THERE IN  THE FUTURE.  WE DO HAVE A NEW RECREATION  SPECIALIST POSITION AS I  MENTIONED HERE IN THE  PRESENTATION, TOO, THAT WILL  BE COMING ON BOARD SO I WILL  PROBABLY HAVE THAT POSITION  PLACED OVER THERE FOR THE TIME BEING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR  ALMOST PRIMARILY UNTIL WE CAN  GET TO NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND  HAVE MORE OF A SPECIFIC  POSITION KIND OF LINED UP FOR  THAT LOCATION.  >> MAYOR:  SO JUST TO MAKE  SURE I UNDERSTOOD, YOU ARE  THINKING ABOUT MOVING ONE  FULL-TIME; IS THAT RIGHT?   AND THE TWO PART-TIMES?   >> YES, YES, SO WE HAVE TWO  PART-TIMES THAT HAVE BEEN  APPROVED FOR THIS BUDGET THAT  WE ARE LOOKING TO GET STARTED  AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.  AND THAT WILL HELP ESPECIALLY  WITH THE LOSS OF THAT ONE  FULL-TIME POSITION AS WELL AS  THIS NEW RECREATION SPECIALIST POSITION WHICH WAS GOING TO BE MORE OF A GENERAL PROGRAMMING  POSITION FOR THE TIME-BEING I  WILL HAVE THEM PLACED OVER  THERE AT THE TENNIS CENTER TO  PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVERAGE  AND SO ON.  >> MAYOR:  I'M NOT SURE IF  THERE ARE OTHER INTERNATIONAL  EVENTS SLATED FOR THE TENNIS  CENTER I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF  IS AWARE BUT MY CONCERN HERE  IS NOT JUST THAT STAFF AND  EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY  DIVISION BUT SHOULD WE HAVE  ANOTHER MAJOR EVENT ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT PUTS US ON THE  MAP CERTAINLY HIM NOT  SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO DROP  THE BALL ON.  I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL OF THE  SUPPORT YOU NEED BECAUSE  HAVING AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT  THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE  SPARE, RIGHT?   WE WANT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO  DO TO PUT US IN GOOD LIGHT  WHEN THOSE THINGS HAPPEN SO  THAT'S WHERE I AM COMING FROM  BUT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOT A  PLAN GOING ON SO THAT'S GOOD.  >> WE HAVE A NEW SUPERVISOR SO TEMPORARILY WE HAVE THE HESTER SUPERVISOR OVERSEEING THAT  FACILITY BUT WE ARE IN THE  HIRING PROCESS AND SOON HERE  WE SHOULD HAVE A FULL-TIME  TENNIS PRO ESSENTIALLY  OVERSEEING THE OPERATION OVER  THERE WHICH WILL BE HUGE FOR  US.  >> MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER CRUZ?  >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR  PRESENTATION AND WELCOME TO  THE TEAM.  >> THANK YOU.  >> WOULD IT BE BENEFICIAL AND  THAT'S SOMETHING I WAS JUST  ASKING IF IT WOULD BE  BENEFICIAL TO HAVE A FULL-TIME PERSON INSTEAD OF TWO  PART-TIME PERSONS AT THE  TENNIS CENTER BECAUSE I WOULD  SUPPORT THAT.  THAT'S I MEAN NOT BECAUSE IT  IS MY DISTRICT BUT THAT'S PART OF IT BUT ALSO BECAUSE LISTEN  YOU GOT A DOG PARK SO LET US  DO THIS.  >> THE CITY GOT A DOG PARK.  >> BUT HAVING A FULL-TIME  STAFFER WOULD BE IMPORTANT NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE WOULD GET A -- IF WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL  EVENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT BUT IT WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT  TO MAKE SURE OPERATIONS ARE  NUMBER ONE RUNNING SMOOTHLY  AND THAT WE HAVE NOT JUST A  SUPERVISOR BUT ALSO THE STAFF  TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE  FACILITIES.  I'VE GOTTEN MULTIPLE E-MAILS  AND I KNOW YOU ARE NEW AND  THAT'S FINE BUT I'VE GOTTEN  MULTIPLE E-MAILS ABOUT THE  TENNIS CENTER WITH CONCERNS  FROM MY CONSTITUENTS SAYING  YOU KNOW WHAT?   LIKE WE WANT TO STOP USING IT  BECAUSE IT IS IN SUCH -- THERE ARE JUST CONCERNS AND  OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY.  >> I WOULD SUPPORT AND  HOPEFULLY THE BOARD AS A WHOLE WOULD SUPPORT A FULL-TIME  STAFF THERE AND I GUESS NOT TO PUT YOU GUYS ON THE SPOT BUT  MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF CIRCLE  BACK ON THIS ON WEDNESDAY OR  NEXT TIME AROUND AND SEEING I  MEAN IF YOU ALL THINK THAT,  YOU KNOW, FROM A MANAGEMENT  PERSPECTIVE IT WOULD BE MORE  BENEFICIAL TO HAVE INSTEAD OF  TWO PART-TIMERS ONE FULL-TIME  STAFF PRESENT THERE TO BE MORE LIKE ACCOUNTABLE TO IT AND  MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN  IMPROVE THE SITUATION AT THE  TENNIS CENTER.  >> YES.  >> I THINK THE ENTIRE  COMMUNITY WOULD BENEFIT.  >> ABSOLUTELY.  YES, HAVING AN ADDITIONAL  FULL-TIMER WOULD BE  TREMENDOUS.  TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST WE  NEED BOTH SO GETTING THESE TWO PART-TIMERS ON BOARD IS GOING  TO BE HELPFUL BECAUSE AS OF  RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE AND A  HALF BECAUSE ONE OF THEM HAS  LIMITED HOURS THAT THEY CAN  WORK SO WE NEED THOSE  PART-TIME STAFF TO WORK THAT  FRONT DESK AND FIELD THESE  CALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND JUST HAVING THE ONE FULL-TIMER OBVIOUSLY MAKES THINGS  CHALLENGING, TOO, BECAUSE IF  THEY NEED TO GO OUT FOR ANY  REASON SO BOTH SIDES OF THOSE  THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.  I THINK GETTING THE  PART-TIMERS IN ADDRESSES MORE  OF AN IMMEDIATE NEED BUT  ABSOLUTELY WE ARE DEFINITELY  GOING TO NEED A SECOND  FULL-TIMER THERE TO PROVIDE  COVERAGE AND TO BE ABLE TO  ACCOMMODATE ALL OF THE THINGS  WE ARE LOOKING TO DO AT THAT  FACILITY.  >> RIGHT.  OKAY.  >> BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR  SUPPORT.  I APPRECIATE THAT.  >> OKAY.  THANK YOU.  >> DEFINITELY.  MY PLEASURE.  >> MAYOR:  THANK YOU,  COMMISSIONER.  VICE-MAYOR?   >> THANK YOU FOR THE  PRESENTATION I WILL BE QUICK.  I KNOW WE HAVE SPOKEN AND WE  GOT A COUPLE OF E-MAILS WITH  REGARD TO THE TENNIS CENTER.  YOU AND I SPOKE.  I SPOKE TO ANDREW AND, YOU  KNOW, IT JUST COMES DOWN TO  COMMUNICATION AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH I KNOW THE  ISSUES THAT WERE AT THE TENNIS CENTER THAT SOME OF THE  RESIDENTS HAD HAD TO DO WITH  THE CONDITION OF THE FIELD AND THAT WAS A WORK IN PROGRESS  AND THINGS YOU HAD IN THE PLAN JUST NOT SOMETHING RELAYED TO  THE RESIDENTS AND NOW MY  UNDERSTANDING IS IT HAS BEEN  RELAYED AND THEY ARE EXCITED  ABOUT THE CHANGES AND WHAT IS  GOING ON SO I'M SUPER EXCITED  AND IT IS REALLY JUST ABOUT  COMMUNICATION AND YOU'VE BEEN  THROWN INTO THIS AND SO THANK  YOU FOR JUMPING IN, YOU KNOW,  FEET FIRST AND EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE THE  RECREATION DEPARTMENT FORWARD  SO THANK YOU AND, YOU KNOW, I  SUPPORT RECREATION RUNS ON A  VERY THIN STAFF AND I GET THAT AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE  CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR  RESIDENTS ARE BEING SERVED TO  THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BECAUSE AS MUCH AS ALL OF THE OTHER  DEPARTMENTS ARE IMPORTANT SO  IS RECREATION AND ONE OF THE  THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IN  DOING SOME OF THE STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IS THAT  OUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING  OUTSIDE MORE.  THEY ARE UTILIZING OUR PARKS.  THEY ARE UTILIZING OUR  RECREATION SERVICES AND SO WE  REALLY NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE  NEED TO INVEST SOME IN THOSE  AREAS, TOO, SO I'M EXCITED TO  SEE WHAT YOU HAVE AND FEEL  FREE TO REACH OUT IF THERE IS  A NEED THAT WE CAN HELP WITH.  >> ABSOLUTELY.  >> THANK YOU.  >> THANK YOU.  I APPRECIATE THAT.  >> MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER HAY?   >> YOU KNOW I SUPPORT  RECREATION.  >> THAT'S RIGHT.  >> SO I'M GOING TO MAKE MINE  VERY SHORT.  I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION KIND OF WE HAVE TALKED SEVERAL TIMES  AND THE SITUATION WITH THE  MICHAEL BIRD AND THE BULLDOGS, IS THAT ALL SQUARED AWAY?   >> I WAS ABLE TO TALK TO PD A  LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT SO  I'M PLANNING ON DOING A  CONVERSATION WITH MR. BIRD  RIGHT AFTER THIS ACTUALLY TO  GET HIM UP TO SPEED AND GET  EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY BUT  THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE  BULLDOGS IS KEY FOR US  ESPECIALLY WITH THE PENDING  GRANT OPENING OF OUR NEW FIELD AS WELL AS THE BIG EVENT WE  HAVE COMING THIS WEEKEND SO  WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE  FUTURE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP  AND, YES, I LOOK FORWARD TO  BUILDING THAT.  >> BUILDING THAT TOMORROW?   >> YES, YES, THE GRAND OPENING TOMORROW 9:30 OVER AT HESTER  FIELD SO VERY EXCITED IN  CONJUNCTION WITH THE MIAMI  DOLPHINS SO A GREAT  PARTNERSHIP.  >> AND THEN SATURDAY WE HAVE  THE OTHER BIG EVENT.  >> SATURDAY THE FUN DAY AND  SUNDAY IS THE 7 ON 7  TOURNAMENT SO BUSY WEEK FOR US IN RECREATION.  THAT'S CORRECT.  >> IS IT JUST GOING TO BE THE  DOLPHINS OR ARE THE JAGUARS  GOING TO BE THERE ALSO?   >> JUST THE DOLPHINS FOR THE  RIBBON CUTTING AND ALL OF THE  EVENTS OVER THE WEEKEND ARE  WITH LAMAR JACKSON'S  FOUNDATION SO THAT'S SEPARATE. >> I'M LOOKING FOR GREAT  THINGS TO HAPPEN WITH THAT  BEAUTIFUL FIELD.  >> YES.  >> ONE QUICK QUESTION AGAIN.  I THOUGHT ABOUT IT.  >> ABSOLUTELY.  >> DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE CONCESSION STAND?   >> THE CONCESSION STAND THERE? >> OR COMPLETION.  >> IT IS LOOKING LIKE IT WON'T BE COMPLETED THIS WEEKEND JUST BASED OFF OF THE RECENT  ASSESSMENTS THAT WE GOT BUT WE ARE WORKING HARD TO GET AN  EXACT TIME LINE OF WHEN THAT  PIECE OF IT IS GOING TO BE  COMPLETED.  BUT WE HAVE SAFETY MEASURES  PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT SECTION OF THE  FACILITY AND ANYTHING THAT IS  STILL TECHNICALLY A  CONSTRUCTION ZONE WILL BE  FENCED OFF TO MAKE SURE  EVERYBODY IS SAFE WHEN THEY  COME TO THE FACILITY.  >> VERY GOOD.  THANK YOU.  >> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.  >> MAYOR:  COMMISSIONER?   >> NO, WELCOME TO THE TEAM.  WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF  CONVERSATIONS AND THE DOG PARK WAS DONE VERY, VERY UNDER  BUDGET AND THAT WAS ANDREW AND KEVIN AND THAT BENEFITS THE  WHOLE CITY, RIGHT?   ONE OTHER DOG PARK THAT IS IN  THE MIDDLE OF RENAISSANCE  COMMONS SO IT IS A DISTRICT  ONE DOG PARK AND ANYONE IN THE CITY CAN USE IT SO ANYONE IN  THE CITY CAN USE JC PARK AND  IT IS ACTIVATED THAT AREA AS  WELL.  THERE WAS A LOT OF UNDESIRABLE ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE,  RIGHT, WHICH GIVES -- IT IS  LIKE A TWO-FER NOT ONLY DOES  IT ACTIVATE THAT AREA AND  PROVIDE SOMETHING AWESOME FOR  OUR FUR-LEGGED FRIENDS AND  FAMILY MEMBERS BUT YOU ARE  TAKING -- YOU ARE ALLEVIATING  THE LOAD OF CALLS FOR SERVICE  FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY  ACTIVATING THAT PARK SO I  THINK THAT WAS A HUGE WIN.  AND AS FAR AS THE TENNIS  CENTER GOES, I HAVE BEEN  GETTING PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS  ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL LIKE THE OPERATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES  THERE FOR LIKE SIX, SEVEN,  EIGHT MONTHS AND, YOU KNOW,  THAT JUST THERE NEEDS TO BE  IMPROVEMENT SO YOU HAVE A  FULL-TIME THERE NOW AND THAT  PERSON IS LEAVING.  >> YES.  >> SO WE HAVE A FULL-TIME  ALREADY AND THEN WE ARE  POTENTIALLY ADDING TWO MORE  PART-TIME?   >> POSITIONS.  >> AND THEN WE WANT TO ADD AN  ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME; IS THAT  WHAT I AM HEARING?   >> WOULD BE THE MOST I-DEAL.  >> I'M HERE FOR WHAT IS BEST  FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, I'M  SURE WE CAN MAKE THINGS WORK,  YOU KNOW, AGAIN WHAT I BELIEVE IS PROPOSED IN FRONT OF US  THERE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE  FLUFF TO CUT AND ALWAYS GOING  TO BE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU  KNOW, MOVE THINGS AROUND.  I SAID THIS LAST YEAR.  DAN, YOU ARE GOING TO PROPOSE  SOMETHING WITH US ANTICIPATING TO SLASH IT AND SO I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING IS NOT THE  BARE MINIMUM ESPECIALLY WHEN  IT COMES TO CUTTING THE  MILLAGE RATE SO I DEFINITELY  WANT TO SUPPORT YOU,  COMMISSIONER CRUZ AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO THERE SO -- >> I'M GLAD YOU GUYS HAVE THE  CONFIDENCE IN ME.  >> I JUST KNOW IT IS LIKE WHEN YOU OFFER ON A HOUSE ARE YOU  GOING TO OFFER WHAT YOUR  BOTTOM LINE IS?   NO, YOU ARE GOING TO PROPOSE  SOMETHING GREATER.  I KNOW YOU.  >> GOOD BUSINESS RIGHT THERE.  >> THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT  AND IT IS OUR JOB TO BRING IT  DOWN AND FOCUS ON WHAT IS  URGENT AND IMPORTANT.  >> MAYOR:  ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU.  ANY FINAL QUESTIONS OR  COMMENTS FOR EITHER FABIAN OR  CRAIG?   AFTER THIS I WOULD LIKE TO GO  TO PUBLIC COMMENT.  IS THERE ANY FINAL QUESTIONS  OR COMMENTS FOR THESE TWO  PRESENTERS?   ALL RIGHT.  WITH THAT BOTH OF YOU THANK  YOU SO MUCH.  >> MAYOR, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT QUI QUICKLY?   >> MAYOR:  ABSOLUTELY.  >> I WANT TO THANK CRAIG AND  ALL OF THE DIRECTORS THAT ARE  NOW REPORTING TO HIM FOR BEING FLEXIBLE AND ADAPT IBL.  I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THE  ENERGY AND THE FUTURE OF THIS  DEPARTMENT AND I FEEL LIKE WE  HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE AT THE  TABLE AND IT HAS TAKEN AWAY TO BUILD THAT TEAM BUT WE ARE  THERE AND IT IS REALLY  EXCITING SO GOOD JOB, TEAM.  >> WE'RE GOING FROM GREAT TO  GREATER.  >> THAT'S RIGHT.  GOOD JOB.  >> MAYOR:  ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU, EVERYONE.  SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO  PUBLIC AUDIENCE THE SAME RULES APPLY.  THREE MINUTES PER PERSON NOT A Q AND A BUT WE ARE HERE  LISTENING TAKING DOWN NOTES.  WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC A AUDIENCE OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR  OTHER WORKSHOP DAYS.  WE WILL BEGIN WITH THOSE IN  THE ROOM FIRST AND THEN WE  WILL GO TO THOSE ONLINE AND  GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO SWITCH  TO THE TIMER.  STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY.  >> YES, SIR.  BARBARA READY.  THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.  THIS SHOULD BE QUICK SINCE I'M THE ONLY ONE.  THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT  I NOTICED IN THE BIGGER  VERSION, NOT THE CLIFFNOTE  VERSION.  I'M WONDERING WHY ENGINEERING  HAS GONE UP $4 MILLION WHICH  IS 158%.  I AM WONDERING WHY OUR PIE  CHART TOTALS 105%.  64% OF WHICH IS POLICE AND  FIRE AND 5% IS RECREATION AND  CULTURE.  I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT  MORE EMPHASIS ON THE CULTURE  PART OF IT.  IT IS INTERESTING THAT  SUDDENLY OUR HISTORIC  BUILDINGS ARE BECOMING A  BRIGHT LIGHT IN A BRIGHT PLACE IN OUR CITY.  IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD  HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNER. IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE HAD A  PUBLIC GUARD ADMINISTRATOR  BOTH OF WHICH ARE I BELIEVE  ARE REQUIRED IN THE ORDINANCES THAT ESTABLISHED THESE  PROGRAMS.  I THINK WE ARE NOT IN  COMPLIANCE WITH OUR  ORDINANCES, OUR OWN ORDINANCES AT THE MOMENT SO IT IS ALSO  INTERESTING THAT THE LITTLE  LEAGUE FIELD IS NOT LISTED AS  A SUCCESS OR A CHALLENGE ON  ANYTHING ON THE RECREATION  RE REPORT.  I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE ONE THING THE MAYOR SAID.  IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE  EVERYTHING BACK IN A GOOD  LIGHT WHEN GOOD THINGS HAPPEN  SO GOOD THINGS ARE ART AND  CULTURE, TOO.  I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE OF  THAT.  THANK YOU.  >> MAYOR:  THANK YOU.  ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAMBERS?   COME ON.  NO?   OKAY.  I GUESS THERE IS NO ONE ELSE  IN THE ROOM.  WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THOSE  ONLINE AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE. >> NO.  >> MAYOR:  I DON'T SEE ANYONE  ONLINE.  GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE.  SOMETHING IS BEING SIGNED AT  ME.  IS THAT A HOLD ONE MOMENT?   OKAY.  >> THERE IS ONE IF YOU CLICK  ON ACTIVE.  >> MAYOR:  OKAY.  IT USUALLY JUST POPS UP.  >> IT GOT DEFERRED OVER.  >> MAYOR:  I.T., WE ARE GOOD?  ALL RIGHT.  SO THUMBS UP WE HAVE A MIKE  TAYLOR FROM PORT ST LUCIE.  STARM  >> MY NAME IS MICHAEL TAYLOR  AND I GO BY THE ARM FISHERMAN  ON YOUTUBE.  THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY  IS I CAME TO -- I DID THE SAME THING WE'RE DOING NOW AND I  SAID ABOUT THE AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE  DISCUSSED THAT, THE ATTORNEY. I KNOW I SENT THE VIDEO TO  SOMEBODY TO FORWARD IT TO THE  ATTORNEY. THE SECOND THING IS, I WANT TO  GO OVER THE FIRST AMENDMENT,  RIGHT? THE FIRST AMENDMENT COVERS  FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF  RELIGION, FREEDOM OF PRESS,  FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, AND ALSO,  REDRESS OF GRIEVANCES TOWARD OUR GOVERNMENT. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO A  BUNCH OF THAT, BUT WHAT I DID  SEE ON YOUR LAST MEETING OR ONE  OF THE LAST MEETINGS THAT I  WITNESSED, WAS A COMPLETE DIRECT VIOLATION OF PEOPLE'S CIVIL  RIGHTS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE WOMAN THAT  WAS ESCORTED OUT AFTER YOU WERE  LIKE, HEY, LET'S END THE  MEETING. I HOPE SHE DIDN'T GET ARRESTED. IF SHE DID, I HOPE THAT WOMAN  REACHES OUT TO ME. THE ONE THING ABOUT OUR  CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY WHATEVER  WE WANT. I GET YOU WANT US TO SPEAK ABOUT THE AGENDA, YOU WANT US TO FOCUS ON SOMETHING. THERE'S TIMES THAT THE  GOVERNMENT DOES SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA. AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD TELL A  LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, WE'RE  TRYING TO SPEAK TO THINGS THAT  WERE NOT ON THE AGENDA. LET THEM SPEAK FOR THREE  MINUTES. YOU CAN IGNORE THEM ALL YOU  WANT. I DIDN'T IGNORE THEM. I MEAN, I HAD TO WATCH THE WHOLE VIDEO. WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS FOR  THAT COUNCIL, AND IF YOU LOOK AT MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL, I COVER  CLEARWATER. I'M IN PORT ST. LUCIE, I COVER  CLEARWATER, DALTON, ILLINOIS,  COLLEEN, TEXAS. I COVERED SO MANY COUNCIL  CHAMBERS AND I LIVE LESS THAN AN HOUR AWAY FROM YOU. I HOPE I SEE MORE CHANGES, THAT  I DON'T HAVE TO COME TO YOUR  COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THAT'S WHAT I'M HOPING. BUT IT'S -- WHATEVER IT MAY BE,  IT MAY BE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR  TIME, AND YOU HAVE A GOOD  WEEKEND. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC  SPEAKERS? SEEING NONE, WE WOULD LIKE TO  THANK EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT  TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. CLOSING COMMENTS? I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANT TO ADD  ONE FINAL THING HERE? >> I JUST WONDER, MAYOR, IF  INDIVIDUALLY WE WANT TO, OR IF  STAFF WANTS US TO REVIEW WHAT IS ON THE REST OF THE AGENDA, AND  MAYBE WE CAN DECIDE IF THERE ARE MUSTS, AND MAYBE WE CAN  REPRIORITIZE WHAT'S ON HERE, SO  THAT WE'RE NOT -- WHEN WE COME  BACK, WE'RE PRIORITIZING THE  THINGS WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO  HEAR OR THAT ARE -- YOU KNOW,  LIKE, FOR INSTANCE -- SO THAT'S  GOING TO --  >> COULD WE DO IT NOW, IS THAT A POSSIBILITY? >> IT'S POSSIBLE. FINISH FIRST, I WANT YOU TO  FINISH. >> I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU -- I  THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF EITHER AS A COMMISSION WE TALKED ABOUT  IT AND PRIORITIZED IT, ALTHOUGH  THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT  CUMBERSOME TO SIT HERE AND TALK  ABOUT OUR PRIORITIES. OR IF WE JUST INDIVIDUALLY SAY,  I DON'T KNOW -- IEN DON'T KNOW  WHAT THE EASIEST WAY IS, I THINK THAT MOVING -- THAT IS PROBABLY  A PRIORITY OF MINE, I WOULD  RATHER SEE THE AGENDA BE IN AN  ORDER OF IMPORTANCE SO THAT IF  WE DON'T GET TO CERTAIN THINGS,  THOSE ARE MAYBE LOW HANGING  FRUITS WE CAN TALK ABOUT OFF  THE -- INDIVIDUALLY, THAT AREN'T A HIGH PRIORITY AS A  COMMISSION -- I'M SORRY, EXCUSE  ME, AS A COMMISSION TO SPEAK  ABOUT TO THE PUBLIC  >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THE ONLY AREA WHERE I DISAGREE,  I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT AT THE  BEGINNING OF OUR NEXT MEETING AS WE NORMALLY DO, THAT WILL GIVE  US ALL TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT  IT IS WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR  OVERNIGHT. >> PERFECT. >> ANYTHING ELSE FOR MY  COLLEAGUES? >> WE ARE NOT GOING TO ADJOURN. WE'RE TAKING A VERY LONG RECESS  TO THE NEXT DAY. THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE  MEETING AND WE WILL PROCEED AND  CONTINUE TOMORROW -- I'M SORRY,  WEDNESDAY. CITY MANAGER, YOU ARE ABOUT TO  SAY SOMETHING? >> THE CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO  SEND ME INFORMATION THEY WANT TO HEAR, THEY WILL PROVIDE ME A  LIST, AND WE CAN LOOK AT IT, AT  THE NEXT MEETING, I CAN  BASICALLY SAY WHICH DEPARTMENTS  THAT EACH OF YOU HAD REQUESTED,  AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE,  IF THAT'S --  >> TO BE CLEAR, THESE ARE  REQUESTS THAT ARE NOT ALREADY ON HERE, OR EVEN THE ONES ON HERE. >> THE ONES WE HAVEN'T HEARD  FROM YET. >> OKAY. >> BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO  HAPPEN IS, SINCE WE'RE  ADJOURNING AND NOT GETTING A NEW AGENDA, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO --  STAFF'S NOT GOING TO KNOW IF WE  REPRIORITIZE WHAT'S ON HERE,  THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A  HEADS UP, IF WE WAIT UNTIL --  >> MAYOR: OKAY, LET'S REORDER. >> I KNOW UTILITIES, I BELIEVE  WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONSULTANT PRESENT. AND I KNOW WE HAVE CIP, 302 AND  303 WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO THE  COMMISSION. AND IN ADDITION TO THE CIP,  THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL REQUESTS TO PREVIOUS CIP CONTRACTS TO BE  HIGHLIGHTED. THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF THINGS TO GET THROUGH, PLUS YOU HAVE YOUR  MILLAGE RATE TO DISCUSS, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE  MILLAGE RATE THE SAME OR LOWER  IT, THAT'S THE WHOLE CONTEXT OF  WHY I WANTED TO PUT THINGS IN  PERSPECTIVE. >> MAYOR: I DEFINITELY WARRANT  TO HAVE ONE ON RUNS REQUEST THE  STAFF FIRST, THAT'S MY POSITION. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FROM MY  COLLEAGUES? OKAY, WITH THAT, WE WILL RECESS  TO WEDNESDAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN, AND  HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.