##VIDEO ID:KUPiVosl_PY## 26 City commission has sworn in takes office and 
conducts their organizational meeting before we   get started this evening however city manager 
Joyce Shanahan would like to say a few words   in light of some of the recent events in our 
community I'd like to offer a moment of silence   tonight we come together as a community to reflect 
on the tragic loss of four-year-old Whalen Childs   losing a child is an unimaginable heartbreaking 
event and our hearts are heavy as we share in   the grief and sorrow felt by whan's family we 
extend our deepest condolences to them and hope   they find strength in the care and compassion 
of those surrounding them during this incredibly   difficult time the tragedy also reminds us 
of importance of unity and the strength we   draw from standing together as a community we are 
deep deeply grateful to the Ormond Beach police and   fire departments Volusia County Sheriff's Office 
Florida Department of Law Enforcement Florida   Fish and Wildlife conservation commission 
and neighboring law enforcement agencies for   their tireless efforts their compassion and 
collaborative response exemplified the best   of what it means to come together in times of 
need in light of this tragedy we are committed   to preserving Whalen's memory in a meaningful 
way when the time is right we will turn to   Whalen's family to understand their wishes from 
memorializing him and ensure those wishes are   honored with care and respect this could include 
exploring options like refreshing the park adding   fencing or creating a special memorial for Whalen to 
ensure a space that honors his memory and serves   the community as we pause for this moment of 
silence I will ask we focus our thoughts and   prayers on Whalen's family may they feel the support 
of our community and find comfort in knowing we   share in their grief let us honor Whalen's memory 
and reaffirm our commitment to offering strength   compassion and love to those who are grieving 
please join me now in a moment of silence for thank you Joyce and thank you all 
for that moment of silence we will   now have the Invocation given by Pastor 
Jamie Hartsgrove of Calvary Christian   Center followed immediately by the pledge of 
Allegiance if you all could please rise rise on behalf of County Christian Center and the 
staff and the pastors and the many great churches   in our community we just want to let you guys know 
the mayor Commissioners and City leadership that   we're here for you we're praying for you we thank 
the law enforcement and First Responders and we   are a Watchman on the wall for our city and we're 
here whenever you need us let us pray Lord we   just love you we come before you tonight in your 
presence we pray for a Heavenly atmosphere to rest   over our city which is life it's an atmosphere of 
Peace it's an at atmosphere of rest we pray that   over our city we pray that over this room tonight 
Lord God we pray for the family that lost a loved   one we pray for Supernatural peace that only 
can come from you we pray that this community   will rise together Lord God to be with those 
families and any family that's hurting and loss   in our community Lord God and we just pray for a 
hedge of protection we plead the blood of Jesus   over our city every area every corner that of our 
city Lord Jesus that we pray for peace Lord God   we pray for Prosperity over our city and we pray 
for safety over our schools our teachers Lord God   equip our law enforcement give our leaders Godly 
wisdom to make really crucial important decisions   in every part of our city we pray for Unity we 
pray the election just happened we pray that uh   healing and unity will come across our city 
our state and our nation Lord God and I just   pray that um the leaders will hear from you that 
they'll lead with Godly wisdom to make really hard   decisions all year long guide their steps order 
their steps give them the wisdom that they need to   make the decisions and let them feel your presence 
let them know that we are here as a community for   them and I pray over tonight I pray that you rest 
in this room I pray you guide every thought every   word that was spoken and lead us and go before 
us as we uh have this meeting and we make crucial   decisions in the city and I just pray that you 
continue to prosper this city and Lord I just   pray that we put you first Jesus in everything 
that we do we love you in Jesus name we pray amen amen 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 you all may be seated now I would like to   welcome judge Robert Sanders judge Sanders will 
be administering the oath of office to Mayor Jason Leslie okay if you please raise your right 
hand and repeat after me, I do solemnly swear   I do so that I will support protect and defend I 
will support protect and defend the Constitution   and government the Constitution and government 
of the United States of America United States   of America and the State of Florida and the State 
of Florida and the charter and ordinances   of the city of Ormond Beach and the charter of 
the city ordinances of Ormond Beach that I am   dually qualified to hold office I dually qualified to 
hold office under the constitution of the State   of Florida under the constitution of the State of 
Florida and the charter and ordinances of the city   of Ormond Beach and the city in the Char ordinances 
of Ormond Beach and that I will well and faithfully per   perform I willfully perform I think I messed 
you up the duties of Mayor of the city of Ormond beach the duties of Mayor 
of the city of Ormond Beach   Florida of city of Ormond beach mayor Beach 
Florida upon which I am now about to   enter that I'm now about to enter so 
help me God so help me God congratulations at this time I'd like to call 
the Commissioners to uh go up   and get sworn in commissioner Lori 
Tolland commissioner Travis Sargent commissioner elect Kristin 
Deaton and commissioner Harold Briley really need this [Laughter] mic okay okay you folks ready yes sir 
sir okay raise your right hand and repeat after   me I do solemnly swear, I do solemnly swear 
that I will support protect and defend the Constitution  support protect and defend the Constitution and 
government the Constitution and government of the Constitution United States of America and the State of Florida, 
of the United States of America and the State of   Florida and the charter and ordinances of the 
city of Ormond Beach and the charter and Ordinances   of the city of Ormond Beach that I am duly qualified to 
hold office that I am Duly qualified to hold   office under the constitution of the State of 
Florida, under the constitution of the State of   Florida and the charter and ordin ordinances 
of the city of Ormond Beach and the charter and   ordinances of the city of Ormond Beach and that 
I will well and Faithfully perform and I will   well and Faithfully perform the duties of City 
Commissioner the duties of City Commissioner   of the city of Ormond Beach Florida of the city 
of Ormond Beach Florida upon which I am now about   to enter upon which I am now about to enter 
so help me God so help me God congratulations I think we get back up thank you so much back up 
going back she wants us back up congratulations everyone 
thank you appreciate that more cheese how it look good one that's called now yes starting 
with the mayor you can recognize   your okay my mom Diane James is 
here tonight thank you for being here I just recognize who's here yes all right I 
just want to thank everybody that is here um   to support all of us but I especially want 
to say thank you to my husband Tim who is   here it um means a lot that you're here and 
my beautiful daughter-in-law Brooke and my   absolutely gorgeous two grandchildren 
Maddie and Caroline thank you for being here guess I'll go uh I'd 
like to recognize my mom my brother and uh my two boys Everett Evan I feel like I have my entire fan club here 
so I just want to appreciate everybody here   um specifically my husband Keith 
this was a long rolling campaign   I appreciate it my boys Knox 
and Kyler my parents everybody else I to thank you all for coming out this 
evening this is obviously a big uh big evening   for us and uh I'd like to uh thank first off my 
wife and my my sister if yall just wave these   the folks got to put up with me all the time so 
uh I thank them I thank them I love them I like   to thanks some my uh my work family that's out 
here with me tonight and just a lot of friends a   lot of family and uh you know the residents 
of our on beach you all are what make our   city important you all are what make our city 
special and thank you all for being here thank you I think I lost my opportunity okay no [Music] it's where case at this time we'll do uh nominations for 
Deputy Mayor um this is uh an important   role uh because in my absence as mayor 
this is when the deputy mayor will come   in and we'll you know chair meetings and 
uh do proclamations and things like like   that and the last few weeks you saw Deputy Mayor 
Harold Briley um doing a lot of work because of   the absence of uh mayor Partington who had 
to vacate his seat so he could run for uh   state representative and congratulations 
to Bill too if he's listening out there so thank you deputy mayor for doing a 
great job um we got to do a couple together   and we we be observing at at that point so at 
this time uh I'd like to see if there's any   nominations for a deputy mayor commissioner 
Tolland uh mayor I would like this commission to   consider me as Deputy Mayor this election um 
if the commission may recall it um it was my   thought at the last election that the position 
should rotate with the Commissioners and I   nominated commissioner Briley uh to start that 
rotation and he did a fantastic job and I am very   appreciative about that um but at this point I 
would really appreciate the opportunity to serve   this term as Deputy Mayor and I humbly ask for 
the commission's support okay can you call the   vote then Susan yes commissioner Tolland yes 
commissioner Sargent yes commissioner Deaton   yes commissioner Briley yes mayor Leslie 
yes thank you so much congratulations now judge Sanders will administer the oath 
of office to the deputy mayor have to say   something again yes yes you do go nice and slow 
okay you ready yes sir okay I do solemnly swear   I do solemnly swear that I will support protect 
and defend that I will support protect and defend   the Constitution and government the Constitution 
and government of the United States of America   of the United States of America and the State of 
Florida and the State of Florida and the charter   and ordinances and the charter and ordinances of 
the city of Ormond Beach okay we broke it up that I   am duly qualified to hold office that I am duly 
qualified to hold office under the constitution of   the State of Florida under the constitution of the 
State of Florida and the charter and ordinances of   the city of Ormond Beach and the charter and the 
ordinances of the city of Ormond Beach and that   I will well and Faithfully perform and I will well 
and Faithfully perform the duties of Deputy Mayor   the duties of deputy mayor of the city of Ormond Beach Florida of the city of Ormond Beach Florida   upon which I am now about to enter upon which 
I'm about to enter so help me God so help me God congratulations wow congratulations 
uh Deputy Mayor Tolland at this time   uh we're going to move to audience 
remarks and I see a card here for   a Cynthia Costa so if you can 
come to the uh microphone here um you'll have uh three minutes to speak and 
soon as you start speaking it will clock will   start going down hello everybody I'm here again 
to excuse me could you put the mic a little lower   so we can hear you I'm sorry to bring to your 
attention some issues with code enforcement   with the fences that are in disrepair and lying 
on the grounds or not there at all and with the   screens that are covering the pools the metal is 
there the screens are completely gone and there's   water in the pool any child could drown with 
that now the first one is 18 Brookside Circle   I complained about this to code enforcement last 
year it was reported that they were going to   repair the fence that's what I was told by Chris 
Mason it's a year now and the storm Milton hit it   again the fence is completely laying on the ground 
there's an 87y old lady who lives next door who is   my friend and tries to put it up nobody does 
anything that's a code enforcement I don't see   why that happens in Ormond Beach and what about 
the neighbors that live next door how does that   depreciate their home value that shouldn't happen 
the other one is at 107 putam and I I reported   this at in September here at this desk that has 
no fence and there's no screens at all around the   pool at 18 Brookside the screens are ripped okay 
and my other one is I have to talk quickly going   down North Beast Street and I have talked to the 
supervisor of streets I forget his name but he has   been in touch with me he told me they were busy 
picking up the trash from all the trees that were   blown over that they would get to it and I just 
got an email that they were going to look at it   the roots of one of the oak trees has raised 
North Beach Street up up a good 3 or 4 in he   told me it was only an inch I had somebody measure 
it it's at least 3 3 and 1/2 in when you ride over   it you could feel the bump and it kind of tips 
you a little I'm worried about these motorcycles   that drive on the outsides of the road because 
the middle of the road has got oil drippings and   whatever if somebody hits that at night there's 
no warning there's a bump there or anything they   could easily tip now now I brought these all up 
so many times and nothing is nothing's happened   and I I would like to easily say that I think 
we need to be looking at code enforcement and   who's I've dealt with Chris Mason I've had many 
many talks with him and stuff from last year is   still not fixed I thank you and I'm hoping that I 
will see some results thank you Cynthia Jason Mr Mayor into those items and some of those 
are in process and code enforcement and   that's takes a process but we will 
reach out to the okay thank you Joyce okay so I don't see any more cards here um   so now we move to line eight 
which is the consent agenda the action proposed is stated for each item on 
the consent agenda unless the City Commissioner   removes an item from the consent agenda no 
discussion on individual items will occur and   single motion will approve all the items at 
this time any member of the commission wish   to pull any agenda items move approval second 
call a vote please commissioner Sargent yes   commissioner Deaton yes commissioner Briley 
yes commissioner Tolland yes mayor Leslie yes this time we'll move to uh line number eight 
uh nine I'm sorry read the title city clerk   RESOLUTION NO. 2024-205:  A RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE VOLUSIA COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD REGARDING THE RESULTS OF THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION CONDUCTED IN THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024; DECLARING THE RESULTS OF SAID ELECTION; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  this is resolution   number 2024-205 read by title only move approval 
second call the vote please commissioner Deaton yes   commissioner Briley yes commissioner Tolland 
yes commissioner Sargent yes mayor Leslie yes move to line item 10 now actually 
have nine oh sorry well sorry that's okay   went a little too fast there RESOLUTION NO. 2024-206:  A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION, ALSO ACTING AS THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, OF THE CITY OF ORMOND BEACH, FLORIDA, APPOINTING A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR TO THE ORMOND BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; ESTABLISHING TERM AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE; AND SETTING FORTH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 2024-206 read by title only move approval second call to vote Susan 
commissioner Briley can we clarify who is   in the motion a second is that the mayor and uh 
the deputy mayor I made the motion oh I'm sorry   yes we do need to I'm sorry yes I would I'm sorry 
for clarification I will nominate the mayor as the   chair and the deputy mayor as the vice chair 
second now we call the vote commissioner Briley   yes commissioner Tolland yes commissioner Sargent 
yes commissioner Deaton yes mayor Leslie yes now   we move to line item 10 and we're going to start 
tonight with the uh city manager Joyce Shanahan   I have nothing tonight thank you assistant city 
manager congratulations i look forward to working with   all of you thank you thank you uh City attorney 
thank you I I'll Echo that congratulations this   is actually one of the funner meetings of the 
every two year cycle for us um you know it's   celebrations are always nice and want to welcome 
you mayor and and uh commissioner Deaton uh welcome   back uh to all the other Commissioners and uh 
we look forward to working with you thank you   very much thank you from there I'll move to my 
right here to our new Deputy Mayor Lori Tolland all   right thank you very much um I want to express 
my deepest gratitude to the residents of Ormond Beach for trusting me with the honor of serving 
as your City Commissioner and now your new Deputy   Mayor this is truly a humbling experience and I'm 
excited to continue this journey with you I'd like   to thank my family my friends and supporters who 
have offered support and encouragement throughout   my first term your belief in me means the world 
and I am truly grateful to my fellow commission   I commend each of you for your dedication to 
our community and your passion for making Ormond  Beach a better place this is not a job I take 
lightly and I promise to work with all of you   as well as the city's staff and Leadership to 
ensure that we continue to build a prosperous   thriving Community for everyone serving as your 
commissioner means I have the responsibility to   listen learn and lead with Integrity compassion 
and transparency the issues that matter to you   will always be my priority my goal is to ensure 
that every voice in our community is heard and   that together we can make Ormond Beach even better 
for the generations to come I also want to thank   the dedicated City staff Public Service personnel 
and volunteers who tirelessly work to make Ormond   Beach a better place your commitment does not go 
unnoticed and I look forward to collaborating with   all of you as we continue to move our city forward 
thanks again for your trust and your support I'm   excited to continue this work together and serve 
with dedication and respect thank you thank you   deputy mayor uh commissioner Sargent thank 
you Mr Mayor ladies and gentlemen friends and   fellow residents of Ormond beach I stand before 
you filled with gratitude and humility thank   you for placing your trust in me once again to be 
your representative of Zone 2 your continued your   continued support is a testament to our shared 
vision for the future of our beautiful Community   first and foremost I would like to express a 
heartfelt thanks to my family friends for your   unwavering encouragement tireless efforts in 
this journey have been invaluable I could not   have done it without you to the residents of 
Zone 2 thank you for your trust in me with the   responsibility of representing your interest and 
I do not take take that lightly I am committed   to listening to your concerns understanding your 
needs and advocating for the issues that matter   most to you this election was not just about me 
it was about all of us it was about our shared   commitment to the to preserve the charm of Ormond
Beach enhancing our neighborhoods and ensuring   that our community remains a wonderful place 
to live work and play together we can tackle   the challenges ahead be it improving our part s 
addressing our infrastructure or enhancing Public   Safety I want to assure you that I will continue 
to be accessible and responsive to your needs your   feedback is essential and I encourage you to reach 
out to me with your ideas and concerns together   we will build a brighter future for Zone 2 and 
all of Ormond as we move forward let us remember   the importance of unity and collaboration our 
strength lies in our ability to come together   respect one another and work towards common goals 
I'm excited about the the possibilities that lie   ahead and the progress we can achieve together 
once again thank you for your trust and support   I am honored to serve you and I promise to work 
diligently for each and every one of you in the   coming years let us continue to make Ormond Beach 
a place that we are proud to call home thank you   thank you, commissioner Sargent, uh commissioner 
Deaton well I didn't write anything, so you know   we'll just roll with it but I do want to thank 
my friends my family everyone who's here tonight   the residents of zone 3 who entrusted me with their 
their trust to be able to do this job properly so   I look forward to working with you I look forward 
to working with the residents the fellow commission   and I think we'll have a good successful two-year 
term thank you commissioner Deaton uh commissioner   Briley thank you Mr Mayor um first of all I'd 
like to thank my again thanks again to my wife   and sister for being here this tonight A lot 
of my support structure and obviously my my   friends uh the residence Zone 4 I I thank you for 
entrusting me with another two years in this seat   um we have we've been through a lot the last two 
years we have a lot left to do uh and I really   want to thank you the citizens of Ormond Beach 
because you all you come you you give us your   input you tell us when we do it right you tell 
us when we're wrong and you know it takes that   it takes you all giving us your input so we can 
help formulate Ormond Beach to keep it to mold Ormond   Beach is to what we all want it to be and uh you 
all are fantastic I thank you Mr Mayor and there's   one last thing I would like to say um touching 
on what Miss Shanahan mentioned earlier about   um Whalen Childs it's very sad for the family very 
sad for our city and um I want to thank all of our   First Responders who responded I know there were 
over a hundred people out there uh in uniform and   volunteers looking for this young child and um 
I'm sorry it ended the way it did I'd also like   to thank a couple of folks um and of course they 
didn't want I'm sure they didn't do this because   they wanted recognition there were many folks 
who contribute to this but I know that Outback   steakhouse and Houligans delivered meals to the uh 
the folks looking for the young child I'd like to   thank them publicly uh and all of the other folks 
who helped out but uh just keep the family in your   thoughts and prayers over the next few days thank 
you thank you commissioner Briley well at this   time I'd like to uh thank everyone that has helped 
my uh me in this journey and want to be mayor uh   I see a lot of faces out there that really were 
the backbone of everything that I was committed to   doing and continue commit my commitment by want to 
serve the community and this is a great Community   I mean I almost want to cry right now because 
you know it's just really really means a lot   that all you that came out supported everything 
that I was trying to do but I'll tell you what   though we have a Great Commission here I got to 
know some of you through the course of time here   out campaigning and some meetings that we've been 
to uh we have a great staff uh I remember the the   day after the election I got a call from Joyce 
or text message and she says Mr mayor um when   you're ready come to the office and we'll show you 
around and I said I'll see you at 10:00 I was so   excited I was like oh my God I'm going go office 
uh but uh it's been a great journey so far um this   staff here is unbelievable I mean I've done a 
lot of work for big companies and Fortune 500   being one of them and I'll tell you what hands 
down to staff here on getting me up the speed   on the things I need to know is incredible the 
people that work for the city they're dedicated   I mean everybody from the water department to 
the utilities um the police department the fire   uh great great community and I love to be a part 
of this thing and I love to also you know serve   and and make this community better and greater as 
we go so thank you very much I really appreciate   it I won't keep you here all night though so 
uh with that said uh meeting we're adjourned