>> VICE MAYOR: THE >> MAYOR: WE WILL TURN TO THE CLERK FOR ROLL CALL.
[ROLL CALL] >> MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYLEE. PASTOR SANTOS WILL LEAD THE INVOCATION AND WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE. IS THE PASTOR HERE TO COME DOWN?
PASTOR SANTOS, ARE YOU HERE IN THE ROOM? WOODROW, I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO BE GIVING OUR INVOCATION AGAIN. >> LET US PRAY. MOST GRACIOUS AND HOLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY. BLESS NOW THESE WHO HAVE COME. BLESS THIS COMMISSION. BLESS OUR STAFF. WE PRAY THAT EACH DECISION WILL
BE PLEASING IN YOUR EARS AND IN YOUR SIGHT. LORD, WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR. AND AS WE PROCEED TODAY, WE JUST THANK YOU, LORD, FOR ORDER. WE THANK YOU FOR COOPERATION.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM THAT YOU WILL SHARE UPON EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THIS GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. WE GIVE YOU ALL THE HONOR AND WE GIVE YOU ALL THE PRAISE, FOR IT'S IN JESUS' NAME WE DO PRAY AND ASK IT ALL. LET EVERY HEART SAY AMEN. >> GROUP: 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. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, EVERYONE. WE ARE MOVING ON TO THE AGENDA
APPROVAL, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, OR CORRECTIONS. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS A REQUEST. >> YES, MAYOR. BASED ON THE MEETING WE HAD WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION LAST WEEK, I THINK IT'S IN THE BEST
INTEREST WE RECOMMEND PAUSING ANY FURTHER ANNEXATION T UNTIL WE CAN ENTER INTO A MEDIATION PERIOD. I KNOW THEY WANT TO EXPLORE DOING SOME DUE DILIGENCE AS FAR AS THE SECONDARY OPTION WE PROVIDED THEM. AND UNTIL WE CAN GET FURTHER INFORMATION, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF WE PUT A PAUSE ON
ANNEXATION AT LEAST UNTIL FIRST MEETING OF JANUARY. THE STAFF'S REQUEST. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO TABLE ITEMS 8A THROUGH 8K TO JANUARY 6th, 2026. >> MOTION TO TABLE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE MOTION TO TABLE.
COMMISSICOMMISSIONER CRUZ MADE E SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR. >> MAYOR: SURE.
>> I'D LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. LET ME START BY SAYING WE GRIEVE WHENEVER A LIFE IS TAKEN UNJUSTLY.
EVERY PERSON IS CONSIDERED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD AND EVERY LIFE HAS VALUE. GENESIS 1:27 SAYS TEACH US THAT
WE ARE ALL HIS LIKENESS. FOR THAT REASON, WE RECOGNIZE THE PAIN OF THIS LOSS. THERE'S NO PERSON THAT DESERVES
TO BE ASSASSINATED. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE KIRK WAS A DISGUSTING ACT. HE WAS KILLED DG THE UTAH COLLEGE CAMPUS EVENT. THAT'S NOT RIGHT. HE LEAVES BEHIND A LOVING FAMILY
THAT LOVED HIM. A WIDOW WHO NO LONGER HAS A HUSBAND. CHILDREN WHO NO LONGER HAVE A FATHER.
NO ONE DESERVES WHAT HAPPENED TO CHARLIE KIRK. HOWEVER, THE WAY YOU DIE DOES AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE, AS A
CITY, DECIDE WHOM AND WHAT WE MOH WISDOM. A STATUE, A PUBLIC RECOGNITION REPRESENTS NOT JUST AN INDUAL BUT THE VALUES OF OUR
ENTIRE COMMUNITY. OUR CITIZENS -- OUR CITY'S VISION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO STAND FOR UNITY, QUALITY, AND RESPECT FOR ALL PEOPLE.
AGAIN, THE BIBLE REMINDS US AND I AM A MINISTER, IN GALATIANS 3:28 THAT THERE IS NEITHER JEW NORTILE, NEITHER SLAVE NOR
FREE, NOR IS THERE MALE AND FEMALE. FOR YOU ARE ALL ONE IN CHRIST JESUS. WE BELIEVE EVERY RESIDENT REGARD OF BACKGROUND, BELIEF, OR WALK OF LIFE SHOULD
FEEL WELCOME. EVERY CITIZEN SHOULD FEEL APPRECIATED AND RESPECTED HERE IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND EVERYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER. WHILE CHARLIE KIRK CERTAINLY HAD
THE RIGHT TO VOICE HIS OPINIONS, MANY OF HIS WORDS AND RHETORIC HAD BEEN DEEPLY OFFENSIVE AND DIVISIVE TO COMMUNITIES THAT WE HOLD DEAR.
THERE ARE MANY STATEMENTS THAT HE MADE -- LET ME STATE JUST A FEW THAT HE MADE. ON RACE, BLACK PEOPLE, D.E.I., CIVIL RIGHTS, HE SAID IF I SEE A BLACK PILOT, I'M GOING TO BE
LIKE, BOY, I HOPE HE'S QUALIFIED. AND DISCUSSING THE D.E.I. HIRING PROGRAM IN AIRLINES. HE ARGUED THAT PASSING THE CIVIL RIGHTS BIL IN THE 1960s WAS A MISTAKE AND HAS CLAIMED THAT IT
LED TO A PERMANENT D.E.I. TYPE BUREAUCRACY THAT UNDERMINES MERIT AND CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM. HE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE SAID MLK, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAS AWFUL, NOT A GOOD PERSON.
CHARLIE KIRK MADE VERY NEGATIVE STATEMENTS ABOUT OUR FOUR BLACK WOMEN, SPECIFICALLY MICHELLE OBAMA, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE BROWN JACKSON, POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR JOY REED AND THE LATE CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA JACKSON LEELE HE WAS TALKING AGAIN GO D.E.I., DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION PROGRAMS. HE SAID ABOUT THESE FOUR BLACK
WOMEN -- AND I QUOTE -- YOU DO NOT HAVE THE BRAIN PROCESSING POWER TO BE TAKEN REALLY SERIOUSLY, UNQUOTE. I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT THE STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
MANY PEOPLE SEE THESE STATEMENTS AS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND UNDERMINING CIVIL RIGHTS GAIN. CRITICS BELIEVE SUCH SMENTS ERODE TRUST AND ERODE AND
INFLAMES RACIAL TENSION. THE QUALIFIED BLACK PILOT REMARK, PARTICULARLY WAS WIDELY CONDEMNED AND ROOTED IN STEREOTYPE. AGAIN, PROVERBS 18:21 SAYS THAT
LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE. WE CANNOT IGNORE THE IMPACT OF WORDS THAT WOUND, DIVIDE, OR MAKE SOME FEELS THAN OTHERS.
AS LEADERS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS CLEAR. MICAH 6:8 CALLS US TO ACT STLY, O WALK UMABLY WITH OUR GOD.
CHOOSING NOT TO CREATE A PUBLIC STATUE, A MEMORIAL IS NOT DISHONORING HIS LIFE. IT IS PROTECTING THE DIGNITY, WELL PUBLIC, AND UNITY OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS. INSTEAD OF INVESTING IN SYMBOLS
THAT DIVIDE, WE CAN CHOOSE TO CELEBRATE THE VALUES THAT BRING US TOGETHER. EPHESIANS 4:3 URGES US TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE.
THAT IS WHAT OUR CITY SHOULD REFLECT. A PLACE WHERE DIVERSITY IS APPRECIATED. WHERE EQUALITY IS REAL AND WHERE EVERY PERSON KNOWS THEY ARE VALUED AS A CHILD OF GOD, BORN
WITH A UNI PURPOSE. THIS IS NOT WHAT I WANT FOR OUR CITY. WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS PROGRESS IN BOYNTON BEACH. LET'S CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, NOT BACKWARD. THERE ARE SO MANY GREAT PROJECTS
THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH MUCH SO LET US STAY FOCUSED AND NOT FIGHT AMONG OURSELVES. SO TONIGHT, I STAND FOR UNITY. I STAND FOR PEACE.
I STAND FOR A CITY WHERE NO ONE IS MADE TO FEEL LESS IMPORTANT. BUT WHERE WE TRULY LUF OUT -- LIVE OUT THE TRUTH THAT WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN. AND THAT WE ARE EQUAL IN
GOD'S SIGHT. WHY CREATE A PROBLEM IN OUR CITY WHERE THERE IS NO PROBLEM? SO WITH ALL THAT I JUST SAID, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE DROP ALL
CONVERSATION NOW AND IN THE FUTURE OF MEMORIALIZING CHARLIE KIRK IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
[CROWD NOISE] >> MAYOR: DO I HAVE A SECOND? GA[POUNDING OF GAVEL] DO I HAVE A SECOND TO THE MO MOTION. >> SECOND FOR DISCUSSION.
>> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. [CROWD N] IF I CAN ASK EVERYONE TO CALM DOWN WHILE I CALL THE VOTE. [POUNDING OF GAVEL]
>> MAYOR? MAYOR, IF I MAY. >> MAYOR: YES, PLEASE. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE VOTE IN A MINUTE AFTER COMMISSIONER KELLEY HAS SOMETHING TO SAY. >> THANK YOU, YES. I JUST THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR HAY FOR YOUR WORDS. I THINK THAT IT IS -- I KNOW IT IS ECHOED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY
AND I THINK THAT WE CAN ALL APPRECIATE YOUR WORDS AND REALLY TRULY, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY MEAN TO THIS COMMUNITY. I THINK THAT THE STIER FOR THE DISCUSSION WAS WELL INTENDED. I DON'T THINK THAT IT WAS MEANT
TO CAUSE ANY DIVISIVENESS, BUT I THIS IS A TOPIC THAT WOULD CAUSE DIVISIVE. AND I THINK IN OUR CITY, AS A NON-PARTISAN CITY AND IN OUR POSITION AS BEING NON-PARTISAN,
I THINK IT TRULY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK TO WHAT WE ARE MEANT TO STICK TO. AND THAT IS REALLY UNIFYING OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS. [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, VICE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, AS A MOM AND AS
A WIFE, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE TO MAKE THAT -- TO HAVE TO TELL YOUR KIDS THAT YOUR HUSBAND ISN'T COMING HOME OR THEIR FATHER ISN'T COMING HOME, I CAN'T IMAGINE EVER BEING IN THAT POSITION. SO MY HEART BREAKS FOR HIS
FAMILY. SO I JUST -- HE'S A HUMAN. HIS WIFE IS A HUMAN BEING. HIS CHILDREN ARE HUMANS, INNOCENT LITTLEABIES. SO, YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THEM. BUT I THINK THAT, AS A CITY, I
THINK THAT WOULD -- MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY SORT OF DISCUSSIONS OR PLANS WOULD CREATE MORE DIVISIVENESS THAN TRULY WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I DO AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER KELLEY. [APPLAUSE] I THINK THAT THE INTENTION FOR THE DISCUSSION WAS NOT ILL
INTENDED. HOWEVER, WHEN I DID RUN FOR OFFICE, I RAN AS AN N PASTOR A - NPA AND I FEEL LIKE ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL. I THANK EVERYBODY FOR BEING IN THIS ROOM, NOTER WHERE YOU'RE REGISTERED OR WHERE YOU STAND ON THIS.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY COMING TOGETHER. AND I HOPE MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSIONS THAT DON'T CREATE SUCH DIVISION IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. AND THE MOTION PASSES
UNANIMOUSLY TO REMOVE THE DISCUSSION OF CHARLIE KIRK OFF OF THIS AGENDA.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE AGENDA MOVING.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> MAYOR: YES. >> NO, I'M SORRY. >> SECOND. >> WAIT. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A CHANGE. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY ANEY WOULD LIKE TO DO HER REVIEW BEFORE THE CITY MANAGER. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO SWITCHING ITEMS 10A WITH 10B? >> NO.
>> MOTION TO SWITCH THOSE. THAT'S FINE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO SWITCH ITEMS 10A AND 10B AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED, SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. [AYES] ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
>> MAYOR? >> MAYOR: YES. >> COULD WE WAIT FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES UNTIL THE MASS EXIT? >> MAYOR: YEAH, WEPICK UP AT 2A. >> MOTION TO TEMPORARILY ADJOURN FOR -- TO TAKE A BREAK FOR THREE MINUTES. >> THREE MINUTES.
[BREAK]
>> WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO INFORMATIONAL ITEMS BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. LET'S GIBB ON MY RIGHT -- BEGIN ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL THINGS? >> I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO
SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR STAFF, CITY EVENTS AND MAYLEE AND ALL OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND STAFF MEMBERS WHO WORKED ON THE FIRST FRIDAY. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FORLL YOUR HARD WORK.
I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB BRINGING IN LOCAL BUSINESSES AND I'M HAPPY WITH THE WAY THINGS TURNED OUT. I WANT TO GIV A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT AND SPECIAL KUDOS TO MELANIE. SHE REALLY RAN THE BUYER EVENT FROM A TO Z AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. AND VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES.
I'M HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE ABOUT THE IEDC CONFERENCE, THAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE THAT WAS HELD IN DETROIT. A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AGAIN HANDED OUT. AND I WAS PLEASED TO BE THERE TO
GATHER THOSE IDEAS. ALSO, I ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING THE LAST MONDAY OF THIS MONTH. AND I GIVE AN OPEN INVITATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST FOR DISTRICT 2. IT IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
WE JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE IT INDN THE NEEDS OF DISTRICT 2 BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST THAT'S THERE. THAT'S THE LAS MONDAY OF EACH
MONTH AT 6:00 P.M. AT CAROLYN SIMS CENTER IN BOYNTON BEACH. THE FIRST FRIDAY CELEBRA WAS FANTASTIC WITH THE EMPHASIS ON THE HISPANIC HISTORY. I EVEN TRIED TO DO A LITTLE DANCE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WELL I IT. GHTER] >> YOU DID GREAT. >> SHE SAID I D GREAT. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE JUST COMPLETED OUR CHURCH ANNIVERSARY FOR 117 YEARS OF
BEING IN EXISTENCE HERE IN THE GREAT CITY. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. OF BEING HERE IN THE GREAT CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND THEN LASTLY, I WAS HAPPY TO ATTEND WHAT THEY CALL THE SENIOR
PROM, I GUESS IT WAS, AT THE WOMAN'S CENTER. I'LL TELL YOU, WE OLD FOLKS STILL GOT SOME MOVES LEFT. [LAUGHTER] I'LL TELL YOU, THEY WERE REALLY HAVING A F GOOD TIME. THEY HAVE ALREADY SAID'S
CONTINUE TO DO THIS NEXT YEAR. AS MANY AS YOU WANT, COME OUT AND ENJOY THE SENIOR PROM MUCH GOD BLESS YOU, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR, I WAS AT THE SENIOR PROM AND I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEACH ALL OF US HOW TO DO THE ELECTRIC SLIDE BEFORE WE GO BECAUSE YOU
WERE THE ONLY ONE THAT KNEW HOW TO DO IT. >> YEAH, YEAH. >> MAYOR: YOU'LL HAVE TO GIVE US SOME LESSONS PRM WE GO NEXT YEAR. >> IF I MAY, MAYOR, WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DID VOTE ME AS THE BEST DANCERS. >> I CAN SEE WHY. I CAN SEE. YOU WERE THE BEST ONE THERE, I'LL TELL YOU. YOU AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL WIFE.
COMMISSIONER KELLEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DISCLOSE? >> I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING BUT NOW I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS. OH, SORRY. IT'S BEEN SO LONG. I WENT TO OUR FIRST FRIDAY. AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN, BUT
THE EVENTS TEAM IT AN AMAZING JOB. AND, OF COURSE, PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALWAYS JUMP IN TO WORKT OUR EVENTS. THEY TO SUCH AN AMAZING JOB. AND IT'S ALWAYS FLAWLESS. SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE EVENTS AND ALSO COMMISSIONER CRUZ, YOU
INVITED SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER HISPANIC COMMUNITY LEADERS. SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY COMING TO VISIT. SO THAT WAS GREAT. AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE PUBLIC SINCE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EXTRA IN THE ROOM TONIGHT, THE
COUNTY IS DOING THEIR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN. THEY ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR COMMUNITY INPUT. SO EVERY TIME I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU, THE WEBSITE IS PBCMOVES. AND THEY ARE REALLY WANTING HONEST FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC
ON WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK IN ALL THINGS TRANSPORTATION. SO PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES. IT'S A SUPER QUICK SURVEY. TAKE THAT SURVEY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THEY ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT HOW TO IMPROVE AND WHAT WE CAN DO OR WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO
NG-E OUR STREETS A LITTLE BIT SAFER AND A LITTLE BIT QUICKER FOR US TO GET FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B." IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT. THROWING THAT OUT THERE TO GIVE THE COUNTY SOME INFORMATION. IT'S PBCMOVES.COM I BELIEVE.
>> IS THAT ON OUR FACEBOOK? >> IT'S ON OUR FACEBOOK, ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: GREAT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. COULD I PLEASE HAVE CITY STAFF COME UP TO THE PODIUM TO ANNOUNCE THEIR EVENTS?
>> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE FALL FESTIVAL. IT'S THE RECREATION AND PARKS SIGNATURE FALL EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY, SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th AT CENTENNIAL PARK JUST EAST OF CITY HALL HERE FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 6:00 P.M.
THERE WILL BE MUSIC, BOUNCE HOUSES, FACE PAINTERS, GAMES. WE WILL BE DOING A PUMPKIN GIVEAWAY COURTESY OF PUBLIX. AND ACTUALLY JUST CONFIRMED WITH SUSTAINABILITY EARLIER THIS MORNING THAT COMMUNITY GREENING
WILL BE ON HAND TO DO A TREE GIVEAWAY AS WELL. THAT'S ALWAYS A POPULAR EVENT. AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONFIRM THAT THIS MORNING -- THAT THEY WILL BE ON SITE GIVING AWAY TREES. IT'S BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENTS ONLY. AND IT'S A MUM OF TWO TREES PER RESIDENT AND FIRST COME
FIRST SERVED PEACE. BUT IT IS A FREE EVENT AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE WHO CAN ATTEND TO COME OUT AND ENJOY WHAT IS ALWAYS A FUN EVENT. AND ONE OF T THINGS I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
>> FEENK, MAYOR, COMMISSRS. AMANDA RADIGAN, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. I WANTED TO TAKE JUST 10 SECONDS IF WE COULD PUT UP THE RIGHT FLYER, PLEASE. NOT IN CHARGE OF PIRATE FEST. THERE'S A MUCH MORE EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AFTER ME.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE 10 SECONDS TO SPEWS OUR NEWEST ADDITION WHO WILL DO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US. OUR RECENT ADDITION TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IEVIN FISHER. HE IS THE NEW DIVISION DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONING. HE COMES TO US WITH ABOUT 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN BOTH
PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTOR, INCLUDING HIS LAST ROLE AS PLANNING DIRECTOR AT PALM BEACH COUNTY. PREVIOUS WORK WITH LAKE WORTH AS WELL AS WORK WITH KIMLEY-HORN ON THE PRIVATE SIDE. HE IS ALSO A LONG-TIME BOYNTON BEACH RESIDENT.
HE'LL BE GIVING THE ANNOUNCEMENT. [APPLAUSE] >> ALL RIGHT. >> HI, FEENK, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. DAY TWO FOR ME SO VERY EXCITED TO BE ON BOARD. EQUIPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT WHILE I'M UP HERE. AS PART OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THE FIRST OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS WILL
BE HELD ON OCTOBER 20th IN THIS BUILDING. SO WE DO HAVE FLYERS ON THE TABLE NEXT TO THE AGENDAS FOR ANYONE WHO MAY WANT THAT. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. >> AMANDA, YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW
TO SAY WHEN WE HAVE THE FEST, YOU KNOW, THE PIRATE FES-- >> ARGGH! >> ARGGH, YEAH, YOU'VE GOT IT. >> THE NEXT GUY IS MUCH BETTER THAN ME. [LAUGHTER] >> VERY GOOD, AMANDA. I'M A MESS.
I KNOW IT. OH, THERE HE IS. OKAY. HIT IT! >> GOOD EVENING, MY RECORDS AND LADIES! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PIRATES AND, OF COURSE, WE CANNOT FORGET OU GOOD COMMISSION!
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] IN MY DAY I'D CUT YOUR HEADS OFF. SO GOOD EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING. >> ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM SIR HENRY HYDE, LORD HYDE,
EARL, BARREN OF HENDON, LORD GOVERNOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENA POTENTIALARY -- I LOVE THAT WORD. OF AOTAPPIC COMPANIES IN THE NEW WORLD AND THE ISLES ADJACENT.
AND I AM HERE TODAY IN YOUR FAIR CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO GIVE YOU THE FRAIST OF NEWS AND TO ISSUE A PROCLAMATION. >> ALL RIGHT. YEAH, YEAH.
[APPLAUSE] I SIR HENRY HYDE, ETC., ETC., DO HEREBY PROCLAIM FORTH WITH -- HERETOFORE, WHEREBY,
NOTWITHSTANDING -- SHAKESPEARE SAID KILL ALL THE LAWYERS, NO OFFENSE. [LAUGHTER] HERE WE ARE. HEAR YE, HEAR YE. GOOD PEOPLE OF THE FAIR CITY OF BOYNTONCH, I COME BEARING TIDINGS OF GREAT NEWS.
FOR IT IS THUS PROCLAIMED THAT ON THE 25th AND 26th OF THIS MONTH OF OCTOBER, SHALL BE HELD THE IMMENSELY POPULAR AND WELL-BELOVED BOYNTON BEACH PIRATE FEST! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
AND EVEN BETTER AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FREE! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> EVEN BETTER. >> THAT'S RIGHT, THIS FUN FANTASTIC SIGNATURE EVENT SHALL BE HELD FOR TWO GLORIOUS DAYS ON SATURDAY THE 25th AND IT SHALL
COMMENCE AT NOON AND GO UNTIL 10:00 P.M. AND ON SUNDAY THE 26th WHERE IT SHALL IF FROM NOON TO 6:00 P.M. AND IT SHALL BE IN THE VERY HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN IN BOYNTON BEACH AND THE AREA SHALL COUNCIE
ALIVE WITH SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT, FUN FOR THE WLE FAMILY. THERE SHALL BE WONDERFUL MUSIC ON MULTIPLE STAGES, CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES ALL THROUGHOUT INCLUDING BELLY DANCERS,
ACROBATS, SWORD SWALLOWERS, THE THRILL SHOW WITH A TRAPEZE. AND, OF COURSE, THEY ALSO HAVE THE WORLD FAMOUS WHEEL OF DEATH! IT'S A GIANT HAMSTER WHEEL.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC. [APPLAUSE] A LIVE PLAQUE POWDER CANNON SHOW PERFORMED BY THE ROYAL ARTILLERY. IT'S VERY LOUD. VERY LOUD. MORE THUNDROUS THAN YOUR APPLAUSE.
WHERE WAS I? AND SHALL BE GALORE UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, GREAT FOOD AND DRINK, LIVE MERMAIDS, KIDS ACTIVITIES APLENTY AND MUCH, MUCH MORE. AND THAT'S NOT ALL. IN THE HEART OF IT ALL IS OUR
PIRATE TOWN OF HOBBS COVE WITH SCORES OF COSTUMED INTERACTIVE PIRATE ERA CHARACTERS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIRACY. IT IS A PIRATE FESTIVAL AFTER ALL. AND THUS, THIS BUSTLING 18th
CENTURY PORT OF CALL IS COMPLETE WITH MULTIPLE ENCAMPMENTS OF PIRATES, SMUGGLERS AND COLORFUL RIFFRAFF AND THE STAGE WITH PIRATE MUSIC ALL DAY, GAMES AND, OF COURSE, I MYSELF SHALL BE ON
HAND WITH MY ROYAL FAMILY TO LO IT OVER YOU ALL. I MEAN TO WELCOME AND GREET YOU ALL. [LAUGHTER] AND OH, I ALMOST FORGOT. BUT TAKE HEED AND BEWAR BECAUSE WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN THAT
SATURDAY EVE, OVER THE PIRATE TOWN, THE VEIL SHALL BE LIFTED AND THE ALL HALLOW'S EVE CURSE SHALL TAKEOLD AND TRANSFORM OUR FRIENDLY INTO UNDEAD CREATURES OF THE NIGHT IN THE
SPECTACULAR -- SPOOKTACULAR HOBBS COVE HAUNTED TRAIL FROM 7:00 TO 10:00 P.M. IF YOU DARE. I HAD SOMETHING IN MY THROAT. IF YOU DARE. [LAUGHTER] NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN AND PREGNANT WOMEN OR THE FEINT OF HEART.
AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO STICK AROUND, I HAVE TO GET BACK TO MY OWN TIME. AND ALTHOUGH I LOVE HEARING THE SOUND OF MY OWN VOICE AND I COULD ENTERTAIN YOU ALL FOR HOURS WITH LIGHT WORDS, I SHALL
BE OFF. BUT I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND I TO HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AT THIS 2025 BOYNTON BEACH PIRATE FEST! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> FAIRFARE THEE WELL! >> MAYOR: I WOULD HAVE WORE MY PATCH IF I KNEW. >> HANDING OUT EYE PATCHES? TO WE HAVE MATCHING EYE PATCHES? >> MAYOR: I HAVE PLENTYF EYE PATCHES. I'LL BE PUTTING ONE ON BEFORE
THE END OF THE NIGHT PROBABLY. OKAY. SO WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE PORTION OF THE MEETING. AS ALWAYS, IT'S THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND NOT TRANSFERABLE. WE WILL NOT BE DISCUSSING THE PALMYRA AND BAMBOO LANE ANNEXATIONS THIS EVENING. SAME RULES APPLY.
THE SPEAKER MUST ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE. INSULTS, PERSONAL ATTACKS AND DISRUPTIONS ARE NOT PERMITTED AEN YOU MAY BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE MEETING SHOULD YOU VIOLATE THESE RULES. AFTER WE HAVE CONCLUDED IN-PERSON COMMENTS, WE WILL MOVE TO ONLINE.
TO THE PODIUM AND TAKE ONE AND THEN THE OTHER TO KEEP THINGS MOVING QUICKLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> REALLY FAST, DAVID KATZ, TWILLTHERE BE PUBLIC INPUT DURIE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER? >> NO, PLEASE MAKE IT IN PUBLIC
COMMENT. >> THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO THE RUN UP TO MR. DUGGER'S POINT ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, IT'S NO SECRET I WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. AND TO BE HONEST, I WAS
MANIPULATED. SOMEBODY WHO FEELS THAT HE'S NOT EASILY MANIPULATED, I WAS MANIPULATED BY PEOPLE TO THINK OF HIM IN A NEGATIVE WAY. AFTER HIS CONFIRMATION, I WAS AT A POARD MEETING HE CAME AND
SAT NEXT TO ME. I SAID NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT IT, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT. I HAVE EXPERIENCED AND I HAVE COUNTED SEVEN CITY MANAGERS IN THE 43 YEARS I HAVE LIVED IN THIS CITY. AND PROBABLY A FEWERIMS. I'M NOT BLOWING SMOKE WHEN I SAY THAT MR. DUGGER HAS BEEN THE MOST INNOVATIVE, RISK TAKING AND
I MEAN THAT IN A POSITIVE WAY, THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX CITY MANAGER THIS CITY HAS EVER HAD. THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY ARE SO OBVIOUSLY LOYAL TO HIM BECAUSE HE GIVES LOYALTY DOWN SO HE GETS LOYALTY UP. HIS TIME BEING CITY MANAGER IS RIDDLED WITH MAJOR
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS WELL AS MINOR ONES AND THE UNSEEN AND UNKNOWN KINDNESSES HE'S SHOWN RESIDENTS WHEN ASKED. HE ATTENDS COMMUNITY MEETINGS UNLIKE ANY CITY MANAGER BEFORE HIM. BESIDES ALL THAT, HE'S A GREAT FAMILY MAN WHO LOVES HIS FAMILY DEEPLY AND THIS CITY. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SICKIRRA, A RESIDENT HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH. I'M A TRUCK DRIVER SO I'M UP PRETTY EARLY IN THE MORNING.
I PASS BY A LIGHT THAT IS BOTHERING ME EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE LIGHT IS LOCATED IN FRONT O LATIN AMERICA. IT'S THE BRAND-NEW LIGHT ON BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. LATIN AMERICA'S ADDRESS IS ACTUALLY 401 BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. 33435. THE LIGHT TURNS RED SO CHILDREN
ARE CROSSING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE TO GO TO THE NORTH SIDE TO GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHEN THEY PRESS THE LIGHT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, IT TURNS -- THE LIGHT TURNS RED. BUT ONCE THEY IN THE MIDDLE, THEY ARE STUCK. THE OTHER DAY A LITTLE GIRL, IT TURNED RED. SHE JUST PROCEEDED TO WALK
ACROSS. BECAUSE I HAVE NOTICED THIS ALREADY, I KIND OF ALMOST GOT MYSELF IN A FENDER-BENDER BUT I HAD TO STOP THE TRAFFIC. SHE JUST WAS WALKING ACROSS BECAUSE THE LIGHT IS RED ON ONE SIDE. SHE'S NOT NOTICING BECAUSE SUMS YOU'RE RED ON COMING AND GOING
EAST AND THEN YOU'RE GREEN GOING WEST. SO SHE'S NOTICING THAT. AND I SEE IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM IF THE LIGHT IS NOT FIXED. SO THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY. BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHILDREN IN MY COMMUNITY. I'M THE MOTHER OF A 10-YEAR-OLD. AND IT WOULD KILL ME IF I SENT HER TO SCHOOL AND THIS HAPPENED
TO HER WHILE I'M AT WORK. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY. I HOPE THAT IT'S RECTIFIED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NEXT PLEASE. >> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I AM --
>> HANG ON ONE SECOND, SUSAN. >> NO PROBLEM. >> REALLY QUICK, KEVIN, I SEE YOU IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM. KEVIN RAMSEY -- KEVIN, CAN YOU GET WITH THE WOMAN WHO JUST SPOKE? >> EXCUSE ME, BEFORE YOU LEAVE. >> MAYOR: ONE MINUTE. >> IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO KEVIN
ABOUT THAT LIGHT BECAUSE IT'S AN FDOT AND I THINK THERE'S A BUTTON IN THE MIDDLE. NO, IT IS FDOT. YEAH, IT IS. AND SO IF YOU COULD JUST SPEAK WITH HIM AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN -- MAYBE WE CAN ADD SOME SIGNAGE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. BUT I THINK IT HAS TO BE PRESSED IN THE MIDDLE TO CROSS TO THE
OTHER SIDE. [SPEAKER OFF MIC] BUT JUST TALK TO KEVIN RIGHT THERE IN THE BACK. SORRY, THANK YOU. >> NO WORRIES. SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH. I WANT TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING I CAN BE CRITICAL OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS AT TIMES, BUT
I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF THEM. SO WHILE I'M ABOUT TO DISAGREE WITH YOU, DAN, I DO THINK YOU'RE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB EVEN WHEN YOU DO DISAGREE WITH YOU. SAME WITH SHAWNA. SO I'LL LEAVE THAT POINT AT THAT. I AM WANTING TO KNOW WHERE MY ENVIRONMENIMPACT STUDY IS ON
THE SAVE BOYNTON'S FOREST ON NICHOLS BOULEVARD FOREST. WE'RE IN OCTOBER, WHERE IS THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY? I WANT IT, I'M S OF WAITING. WHEN I COME BACK FROM VACATION, BOY ARE YOU GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT IT IF IT'S NOT SITTING IN MY INBOX AND IF WE'RE NOT MOVING
FORWARD ON THIS. THERE'S NO REASON THIS IS STILL DRAGGING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS STATE IN ADDITION TO OUR CITY THAT CARE ABOUT THE GOPHER TORTOISES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED BUT THEY ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD IN BOCA SO IT'S REALLY ON PEOPLE'S MINDS. SO IT WILL BE ON YOURS BECAUSE I'LL MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS AGAIN
IF WEON'T MOVE FORWARD ON SAVING THIS FOREST. MY ISSUE TONIGHT, THOUGH, THE BIG ONE IS I AM QUITE DISTRESSED OVER THE THOUGHT OF US SELLING OUR UTILITIES. I HAD A FIT WHEN I STARTED SEEING THIS THE OTHER DAY.
AND THIS IS MY CRITIQUE OF YOU, DAP. AT WHAT POINT DID THIS EVER COME UP? I MEAN I USUALLY SIT IN THESE MEETINGS. I'M RECENTLY ATTENTIVE INBETWEE. WHEN DID WE DECIDE AS A CITY TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION TO DISCUSS
GETTING RID OF OUR UTILITIES? SELLING OUR UTILITIES, TRADING OUR UTILITIES. HOW IS THERE A BIG CONTINGENT OF PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING TO DISCUSS? AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT ANNEXATION BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY IN SUPPORT OF THAT, JUST IN PHASES.BUT WHE?
HOW ARE WE TALKING ABOUT GETTING RID OF OUR BIGGEST ASSET IN THIS CITY WITHOUT COMING TO THE VOTERS AND PUTTING THIS ON THE BALLOT? THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD TELL ME YOU COULD GET RID OF HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
ASSETS WITHOUT COMING TO THE PUBLIC. AND I WANT TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT WAS THIS EVER DISCUSSED IN THE COMMISSION MEETING. WHO GAVE PERMISSION TO GO AND HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, BEGIN THESE DISCUSSIONS, COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT AND GO FORWARD? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
WHEN DID THE RESIDENTS GET A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT THIS OR GULF THEIR PERMISSION? HOW IS THIS HAPPENING THAT YOU WANT TO UNLOAD HALF OF OUR CITY'S WATER SUPPLY? AND WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF WATER. AND DON'T FOOL YOURSELVES.
THIS STATE IS RUNNING OUT OF WATER. JUST BECAUSE THIS SIDE OF THE STATE ISN'T PUTTING IT IN THE NEWSPAPER REGULARLY WHEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE IS, WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF WATER. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 12 PEOPLE THAT SIGNED A NON-DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IN THIS CITY SAYING THEY KNOW THERE'S NO WATER AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
WHY AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS NOW? AND WHY THE HECK ARE WE TRYING TO GIVE AWAY, SELL, TRADE,BARGA? [TONE] THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> GOOD AFTERNOON.
MAC McCRAY. STAND TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. DAN DUGGER. I WAS ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED FOR THIS TOWN SQUARE PROJECT WHICH ENCOMPASSED THE CITY HALL.
THE OTHER CITY MANAGER, MS. LORI LaVERRIERE, DIDN'T EVEN TAKE THE TIME OUT TO GIVE ME A TOUR OF CITY HALL. BUT MR. DUGGER SAID, LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT YOU VOTED FOR. THAT SHOWED ME A MAN OF
INTEGRITY, STABILITY MUCH I TAKE HIM NOW TO BE A FRIEND. MANY PEOPLE SAIAT HE WASN'T EDUCATED. HE DIDN'T HAVE THE QUALIFICATIONS. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE PROVED EVERYBODY WRONG. SOMEONE SAID THAT YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED AND WHEN YOU GO AND
GET QUALIFY, YOU MAKE THEM OUT A LIAR. CONTINUE YOUR PROGRESS, SIR, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> CINDY FALCO DiCORRADO. T I'D LIKE TO FIF MY SUPPORT FOR DANIEL DUGGER AS WELL.
HE SPEAKS TO YOU ON A PERSONAL LEVEL IF YOU HAVE A NEED. HE'S MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE. HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH ANDROMISES MADE, PROMISES KEPT. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT I BELIEVE IS VERY IMPORTANT. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BLACK HISTORY MONTH. WE HAVE HISPANIC HERBAL MONTH
AND MANY OTHER MONTHS BUT NOT ONE MONTH THAT CELEBRATES ALL OF US AS AMERICANS. IF WE CAN HONOR DIVERSITY, SURELY WE CAN HONOR UNITY. I PROPOSE THAT NOVEMBER, THE MONTH OF THANKSGIVING AND VETERANS DAY BE PRO CHIMED ASAME REMEMBERED OF OUR VALUES, SHARED
VALUES, OUR FAITH, OUR FREEDOM AND FAMILY. A TIME TO FOCUS NOT ON WHAT DIVIDES US, BUT WHAT UNITES US, ONE NATION UNDER GOD. I AM A NATIVE FLORIDIAN AND I SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE I'M THE OUTCAST IN MY OWN COUNTRY. WHY? BECAUSE WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE,
AS A UNIT, NOT BY WHAT HERITAGE YOU ARE -- YOU DON'TE ANY SAY IN THAT. WHAT COLOR SKIN YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE NO SAY IN THAT. WHY IS THAT DIVIDED OUT? WHY AREN'T WE CELEBRATING TOGETHER AS FAMILY ONE NATION UNDER GOD? AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. I HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT THE UNITY
BEFORE. WE TALK ABOUT IT IN LITTLE BITS BUT THEN WE GO BACK TO A DIVIDE BY OUR SHADES OF BEIGE OR OUR HISPANIC HERITAGE OR THIS OR THAT. WE ARE A FAMILY MEANING THAT WE ALL WERE CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF GOD. AND THIS HAS TO THE TO STOP. AND WE NEED TO MAKE ABOUT THE ROOTS OF AMERICA.
I AM A PROUD AMERICAN. AND I SEE NOTHING FOR AMERICANS. AND I'M REALLY TIRED OF IT. I GO PLACES AND I FEEL LIKE I'M A FOREIGNER IN MY OWN LAND. I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE. I HEAR MANY DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND I'M THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING ENGLISH. WHERE AM I?
I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK. I DON'T MIND SHARING IT. RESPECT YOU CAME TO OUR CRY AMERICA AND LEARN OF US AS MUCH AS YOU WANT US TO LEARN OF YOU. I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BRING UNITY TO EVERYONE IF WE DID AN AMERICAN MONTH. WE DON'T GET A MONTH AT ALL. WE GET LITTLE FOURTH OF JULY,
THANKSGIVING. BUT WE DON'T HAVE A MONTH. I WANT TO SEE OUR HERITAGE, WHAT HAPPENED, WHY WE ARE ESTABLISHED AS A NATION. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. ALSO, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ON OUR TAX BILL, I WAS QUITE PERTURBED AGAIN TO SEE $145 ASSESSMENT.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY SPOKE ABOUT THAT PEOPLE CAN OPT OUT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND THEY NEED TO KNOW HOW TO OPT OUT OF THAT BECAUSE IT IS ANOTHER SITUATION. WHY ISN'T IT BUDGETED IN TO THE REGULAR AMOUNTS HERE? WHY ARE WE ALSO PAYING EXTRA MONEY FOR UTILITIES? 200 SOMETHING DOLLARS I WAS
ASSESSED WHEN WE JUST HAD A WATER PROBLEM. WHY ISN'T THAT BUDGETED INTO THE REGULAR BUDGET? WHY ARE WE THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR THIS? THIS IS RIDICULOUS. WE'RE BEING TAXED LEFT AND RIGHT. I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING IN RARS TO SOMETHING SAID EARLIER TODAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK T PEOPLE SHOULD REALLY -- ESPECIALLY
SOMEONE WHO CALLS HIMSELF A PASTOR, NEEDS TO READ ABOVE OR HEAR WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE SOMETHING WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT TO GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO START TO HATE. [TONE] THE BIBLE SAYS GOD HATES THOSE WHO CAUSES DIVISION. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE.
>> MY NAME IS BRENDA WILLIAMS, I LIVE AT 337 NORTHEAST 24th AVENUE. I WAS GOING TO SPEAK MY THREE MINUTES ON THIS RESOLUTION. BUT SINCE MINISTER HAY, COMMISSIONER HAY WAS SO ELOQUENT
IN HIS DISSERTATION, THAT I WANTED TO AT LEAST COME UP HERE AND THANK -- I THINK YOU'RE THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME TO MY HOUSE ON THE 24th AVENUE, THE HOUSE THAT NEXT-DOOR TO ME. I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT THAT HOUSE
THAT HAD BEEN ABANDONED FOR YEARS. THEY FINALLY HAVE MOVED FORWARD. THEY HAVE TAKEN THE PROPERTY. THE CITY HAS THE PROPERTY NOW. THERE WAS A BEEKEEPER OUT THERE BECAUSE I GUESS THE HOUSE IS INFECTED WITH BEES, YOU KNOW.
SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME PROGRESS. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN AN EYESORE FOR A LONG TIME. AND YOU FINALLY HAVE STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE. AND I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. NEXT PLEASE. >> MY NAME IS GAVIN SIZER, I STAY RIGHT UP THE STREET ON BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD BY THAT WENDY'S RIGHT THERE.
I REMEMBER COMING A LITTLE BIT UNDER A YEAR AGO TO DISCUSS -- OR I HEARD ABOUT A MOVEMENT TO HAVE HOUSING FOR ARTISTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
THERE WASOARD MEMBER HERE. I FORGET HER NAME. OLDER BLACK WOMAN. [SPEAKER OFF MIC] I'M SORRY. I WAS SAYING THERE WAS AN OLDER BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS PART OF THE BOARD FOR THE CRA THAT I DON'T
REMEMBER THE NAME OF. I WAS HERE MAYBE A YEAR AGO OR A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY I LIVE IN FOR ARTISTS OR SOME TYPE OF ART PROJECT. AND I WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ANY
INFORMATION REGARDING THAT OR IF I AM MMEMBERING. >> MAYOR: THIS IS FOR THE CRA? ANGEL, IF YOU CAN GET THIS GENTLEMAN'S CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE CAN HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH THE CRA SIDE. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SANDRA WATSON, RESIDENT FROM BOYNTON BEACH. I JUST WANT TO COME TO SAY FIRST, I AM SO GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON
BEACH. AND I WANT ALL TO KNOW WHAT THE GREAT THINGS THAT THE CITY IS DOING. THE FIRST FRIDAYS ARE WONDERFUL. I'M THERE AS MUCH AS I CAN BE. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMISSION FOR HELPING THE SENIOR ADVISORY
BOARD WITH THE SENIOR PROM. I WAS OUT OF TOWN. AT'S THE ONLYI WASN'T THERE. BUT I HEARD GREAT THINGS ABOUT IT. I NOW SIT ON THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD SO I'LL BE BACK WITH THINGS FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD AS SOON AS I GET EVERYTHING DOWN. AND ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW
THAT YOUR MAYOR SPOKE TO A GROUP OF GIRL SCOUTS OUT AT CANYON LIBRARY. AND THEY EARNED THEIR DEMOCRACY BADGE. IT WAS A WONDERFUL THING. PEOPLE OF BOYNTON, EVERYONE, THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH IS DOING
WONDERFUL THINGS AND I AM SO PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON. >> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> HELLO, HELLO. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TODAY? >> EVERYBODY IS DOING GREAT. >> OKAY. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO COME OUT HERE.
CAMERO DISTRICT 2, AS ALWAYS. ON JUNE 3rd -- >> MAYOR: CAMERON, CAN YOU STATE YOUR LAST NAME. >> MA HA RAJ. THE LAST TIME I WAS IN PUBLIX I DID A VIDEO CHAT THAT CALLED FOR
A CLEAN AND SAFE ON MY REMARKS WITH SAFETY WITHIN THE ROLLING GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE THAT BRINGS ACCOUNTABILITY, RESOURCES ANDEAL IMPROVEMENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS WAS THE RIGHT MESSAGE BUT NOW THAT THE BUDGET IS PASSED, WE NEED TO ASK, WHAT HAS REALLY
CHANGED TO MAKE THAT VISION REAL? HERE'S T REALITY. ROADS AND INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE THE CRA DISTRICT ARE STILL UNDERFUNDED. PUBLIC WORKS DID NOT RECEIVE A SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE TO RESURFACE OUR STREETS, REPAIR SIDEWALKS AND ADD LIGHTING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODST NEED IT
THE MOST. MEANWHILE, MILLIONS ARE BEING SPENT ON POLICE TECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING THE ROLLOUT OF FLOCK CAMERAS. THESE CAMERAS ARE PLACED ACROSS THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE UNDERSERVICED. THEY LOG SPEEDING. TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND VEHICLE
MOVEMENT. BUT THAT INFORMATION IS NOT BEING SHARED WITH PUBLIC WORKS. SO WHEN FLOCK DATA SHOWS CARS SPEEDI THROUGHOUT THE ROLLING GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD -- ABOUT 25% OF OUR MAILBOX OR SMASHED OR TRAFFIC PATTERNS NEAR THE HESTER CENTER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
KEEPS THE INFORMATION WHILE THE STREETS REMAIN DANGEROUS. RESIDENTS GET MONITORED, BUT THE ROADS DON'T GET FIXED. BEYOND EFFECTIVENESS, THERE ARE SERIOUS PRIVACY RISKS. OTHER CITIES IN FLORIDA PUBLISHED RYE TENSION LIMITS. THEY ARE EXTERNAL ACC LISTS
AND THEIR AUDIT POLICIES FOR THE FLOCK DATA. BOYNTON BEACH DOES NOT. WITHOUT OVERSIGHT, THIS SYSTEM RECORDS WHERE WE DRIVE, WHEN WE TRAVEL, AND WHO WE ASSOCIATE WITH WITH NO GUARANTEE OF HOW LONG THAT DATA IS STORED OR WHO SEES IT. THE RESULT IS A CLEAR IMBALANCE.
RESIDENTS OUTSIDE THE CRA ARE BEING WATCHED MORE CLOSELY THAN THEY ARE BEING SUPPORTED. THEY GET THE SURVEILE, BUT NOT THE SERVICES. CAMERAS BUT NOT THE CROSSWALKS. LICENSE PLATE READERS BUT NOT THE SAFE WELL LIT STREETS. IF THIS CITY IS SERIOUS ABOUT A CLEAN AND SAFE INITIATIVE, LET'S
MAKE ITE THAN WORDS. FUND PUBLIC WORKS PROPORTIONATELY. INCREASE RESOURCES FOR NON-CRA NEIGHBORHOODS SO PROBLEMS IDENTIFIEDY CAMERAS LEAD TO REPAIRS NOT JUST DATA. BUILD TRANSPARENCY.
PUBLISH RETENTION AND ANNUAL USAGE REPORTS. I SPOKE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S ATTORNEY. THEY TOLD ME I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU NOTHING. BALANCE PRIORITIES. EVERY DOLLAR FOR SURVEILLANCE SHOULD BE BALANCED WITH INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
I AM NOT HARD TO FIND, Y'ALL. I HAVE BEEN UP HERE AND SCREAMED ABOUT THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. DO NOT LET A KID GET KILLED IN MY STREET! WE DON'T DESERVE IT. TAKE ME SERIOUS. DON'T LET BLOOD BE ON THE HANDS BEFORE WE MAKE A CHANGE. [TONE] THANK YOU. >>OR: THANK YOU.
NEXT PLEASE. >> HI, MY NAME IS ROY JACKSON. I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE TIME, FIRST OFF, TO APPRECIATE AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU DO. HOWEVER, I LIVE AT 436 NORTHWEST 5th AVENUE HERE IN BOYNTON BEACH.
THERE'S AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, GALAXY ELEMENTARY THAT'S THERE. I LOOK HERE AND JUST THIS MORNING I HAD AN INCID I WASN'T AT WORK EARLY. I TOOK THE DAY OFF FOR A PERSONAL ISSUE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT PARENTS
WILL USES A BUS STOP. DROP THEIR KID OFF, WALK THEM AND DO WHAT THEY DO. THAT'S FINE. AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE PARENTS' CONCERN. BUT LEADING UP TO SAFETY, WE DO T HAVE SIDEWALKS THERE. WE DO NOT HAVE A REGISTERED
SCHOOL ZONE THERE. THERE ARE SIGNS THAT SAYS 20, 2. THERE ARE NO BLINKING SIGNS. WE DON'T HAVE SPEED BUMPS THERE. WE HAVE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH THAT'S INCREASED CONSIDER BRING. AND DURING SCHOOL ZONES AND
SCHOOL HOURS, WE HAVE CROSSING GUARDS THERE TRYING TO CONTROL TRAFFIC COMING 10, 20, 15 CARS IN EACH DIRECTION. AND THERE ARE TIMES WHERE THE PARENT ARE GETTING IMPATIENT AND NEARLY ACCIDENTS.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AROUND. THERE'S NO POLICE OFFICERS IN THE AREA OTHER THAN THE SCHOOL OFFICER. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THAT OFFICER, ANOTHER OFFICER. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE PRINCIPAL, THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL. AND THEY SAY IT'S ALL AN ISSUE
FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, THEY ARE OUT DOING ALL THEY CAN DO. I'M JUST EXTENDING THIS OUT AND ASKING YOU ALL TO PLEASE, IF NOTHING MORE, COME OUT AND OBSERVE DURING SCHOOL TIME, DURING THE BEGINNING OF SCHOOL, DURING THE EXIT OF SCHOOL, AND JUST PAY ATTENTION.
PAY ATTENTION. IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S LIKE YOUR KIDS, MY KIDS ARE ALL GROWN, BUT WE ALL WANT THEM TO BE SAFE. AND WE'RE IN THE ARENA HERE AND WE HAVE THE CITY REVENUE AND RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR
KIDS ARE SAFE OR SAFER THAN WHAT THEY ARE. I HAVE YOUNG KIDS WALKING THROUGH MY YARD. I SAY NOTHING TO THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GET THERE. WE HAVE OR SEVEN INCHES OF
PAVED LIFT. AND THERE IS SIDE AND THEN THERE'S ASPHALT. THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE FOR THESE CHILDREN TO GO. AND AFTER GETTING TO SCHOOL, THEY ARE EXCITED. A HARD DAY AT SCHOOL, THEY ARE EXCITED TO GO HOME.
THEIR MIND IS NOT FOCUSED ON THOSE LARGE VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING OR THE IMPATIENT PARENTS THAT ARE TRYING TO GET TO THESE OR THE PEOPLE THAT JUST HAVE NO CONCERN AND NO RESPECT. I JUST ASK IF NOTHING MOR HAVE
OFFICERS DRIVE THROUGH THERE. NOT ONE OFFICER, NOT TWO. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THEM FOR BOTH SIDES. NORTHWEST 5th STREET AND 4th. AND FBOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY BACK TO MLK. THERE ARE KIDS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT DO GO THERE.
A VAST MAJORITY -- >> MAYOR: SIR, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> DROPPED OFF BY THEIR PARENTS AND A FEW BUSES. PLEASE TAKE LEAD HEED OF THAT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ARE THREANY ONLINE. >> THERE ARE NONE ONLINE. >> I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK
WITH STAFF, THE ROOM IS CLEAR OUT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE FOR -- OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ONTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. BEFORE WE GO TO THE AD ADVISORY BOARD APPOINTMENTS WE HAVE A FEW APPLICANTS THAT ARE SEEKING WAIVERS FROM REQUIREMENTS TO BE ON ADVISORY
BOARD. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE WAIVER OF BARBARA READY. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A WE HAVE A SECOND FOR THE WAIVER FOR BARBARA READY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. VOTE DOES NOT PASS 2-2. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE WAIVER FOR MICHAEL WILSON. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MICHAEL
ON IT AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE WAIVER FOR KRISTOPHER KENNY? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.
I MEAN. >> MAYOR: I GOTCHA. >> I MOVE THAT WE WAIVE IT. >> MAYOR: OKAY, WE DO NOT HAVE A SECOND. WE CAN MOVE ON. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE WAIVER
FOR MICHAEL LA LOUIS. WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTION. MOVING ONTO ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINTMENTS. WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE TABLED AT THE LAST FEW MEETINGS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FROM THE TABLE. >> MOVE TO REMOVE FROM THE TABLE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO
UNTABLE AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSE SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE ANICATION FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS. THERE ARE THREE REGULAR POSITIONS AND ONE ALTERNATE POSITION. THE NOMINATION GOES TO VICE MAYOR HAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION?
>> MOTION TO NOMINATE CHARLIE HOLDER. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: VICE WE HAVE A MOTION. WHO DID YOU APPOINT? >> CHARLIE HOLDER. >> MAYOR: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FROM VICE MAYOR
HAY AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER KELLILY TO APPOINT CHARLIE HOLDEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. MY COMPUTER'S LOADING THEM RIGHT NOW. OKAY. WE HAVE FOUR APPLICATION FOR
EDUCATION YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD. AND THERE ARE TWO REGULAR POSITIONS AND THREE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE. THE FIRST NOMINATION GOES TO MYSELF. I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO APPROVE
PAUL JEAN. >> SECON >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PAUL JEAN AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> I'LL GO A AND MAKE A
MOTION FOR MYAH SAGRANS. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MYAH SAGRANS AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. NAY. I SAID NO. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THERE ARE OTHER POSITIONS.
THE OTHER POSITIONS ARE STUDENT POSITIONS, AND NO OTHER APPLICANTS QUALIFY FOR THOSE POSITIONS. WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS FOR THE HISTORIC -- >> REAL QUICK, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. CAN, STAFF, CAN MAYBE SHEILA REACH OUT TO BOYNTON HIGH SCHOOL
AND SEE IF THROUGH SOME OF THEIR GOVERNMENT SCHOOL -- THEIR HISTORY OR THEIR CIVIC CLASSES MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME STUDENTS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT? I THINK THAT WE MAY NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PROACTIVE TO GET THOSE STUDENT APPLICATIONS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD AVENUE.
>> COULD WE GET SAN ALUCIUS. >> GET DISTRICT 4. >> WHAT'S THE AGE LIMIT ON THE STUDENT? >> I KNOW IN OTHER BOARDS IT'S BEEN HIGH SCHOOL. IS IT THROUGH 18? >> I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. >> HIGH SCHOOL AGE I BELIEVE >> HIGH SCHOOL AGE. >> CORRECT, BECAUSE THEY VOTE ON THE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE THREE APPLICATIONS FOR THE HISTORIC RESOURCES PRESERVATION BOARD. THERE ARE THREE REGULAR POSITIONS AND TWO ALTERNATE. THE FIRST NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER CRUZ, WOULD YOU
LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> IF WE'VE, IF WE, IF A WAIVER WAS NOT APPROVED I CAN'T APPOINT THAT PERSON, CORRECT? >> CORRECT. >> SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND NOMINATE MICHAEL WILSON. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A NOMINATION TO NOMINATE MICHAEL WILSON AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS THE SECOND NOMINATION GOES TO VICE MAYOR HAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE YOUR MOTION? >> ABHI KANTHAN.
>> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT ABHI KANTHAN AND WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. THE LAST NOMINATION GOES TO COMMISSIONER TURKIN, SO DO WE JUST SKIP -- >> TABLE IT. >> NO APPLICANT. >> WELL, THERE IS NO VIABLE APPLICANT.
>> MAYOR: OH, THERE IS NO ANYWAYS. OKAY. DO I NEED A MOTION TO TABLE IT OR I'M GOOD? >> THAT'S IT. >> NO, IF THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS. >> MAYOR: OKAY. THERE IS ONE REGULAR POSITION FOR NO APPLICANTS FOR THE
LIBRARY BOARD. WE ENCOURAGE RESID TO APPLY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. MOVING ON WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS FROM COMMISSIONER CRUZ FOR THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION AND THE INTE INTERICT AIVE COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR 500 EACH. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION.
COMMISSIONER CRUZ MOVED TO APPROVE THE -- FOR THE MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE MAYOR HAY. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION P PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE WILL NOW BE MOVING TO CONSENT AGENDA. IF ANYONE WANTS TO REMOVE ITEMS
FROM CONSENT, LET'S BEGIN TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY. >> I HAVE NONE. >> MAYOR: COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NONE. >> MAYOR: GREAT. >> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ONTO THE CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES F. MY COLLEAGUE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS LET'S BEGIN ONY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> I DO NOT, THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: VICE MAYOR HAY 72 NO, I DO NOT. >> MAYOR: AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO MOTION TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT BIDS AND PURCHASES AND WE HAVE A SECOND.. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ITEMS 8A THROUGH 8K HAVE BEEN TABLED. WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARING
IT PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE PERMITTED ON EACH ITEM. ITEMS 8M AND N ARE QUASI-JUDICIAL AND I WILL NOW TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO SWEAR IN ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS SO IF WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WHO WANTS TO SPEAK OR SPEAK AT ALL, NOW IS THE TIME TO STAND UP SO
YOU CAN BE SWORN IN. >> BREAT [SWEARING IN] THANK YOU. YOU MAY HAVE A SEAT.
>> I'LL TURN TO THE CLERK TO READ 8L THROUGH 8N INT THE RECORD. >>> WE HAVE DO TO THEIR DISCLOSURES FIRST? >> YEAH. >> MAYOR: OH, HOLD ON. WHERE ARE THEY. >> YES, SORRY. >> MAYOR: DO YOU HAVE IT? >> AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EX PARTE COMMUNICATION.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> AS TO THIS MATTER I HAVE NOT HAD ANY EXPERT COMMUNICATIONS, I
HAVE NOT WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION, I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE PART OF THE RECORD. THANK YOU. >> AS OF THIS MATTER, I HAVE NOT
HAD EXPART I COMMUNICATION, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN INVESTIGATION. I HAVE NOT MADE A SITE VISIT. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINION. I REQUEST THAT THESE D DISCLOSURES AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION BE MADE PART OF
THE RECORD. >> AS TO THIS MATTER, I HAVE HAD EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS, I HAVE, I DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM THE ATTORNEY BUT I DID NOT REPLY. I HAVE NOT CONDUCTED AN
INVESTIGATION,. I HAVE NOT MADE SITE VISIT, AND I HAVE NOT RECEIVED EXPERT OPINIONS OTHER THAN THE STAFF OR OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. I REQUEST THAT THESE DISCLOSURES AND ALL WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS BE MADE PART OF THE RECORD. >> MAYOR: I'LL TURN TO THE
CLERK. >> OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE PRESENTED TOGETHER, CORRECT? SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND READ THEM ALL. PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25-022, FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, VOLUNTARILY ANNEXING APPROXIMATELY .36 ACRES OF
UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY LOCATED AT 3604 BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD INTO THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY, PURSUANT TO SECTION 171.044 FLORIDA STATUTES. PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR A PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION, DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO RECORD THIS ORDINANCE
WITH THE CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT WITH THE CHIEF OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF PALM BEACH COUNTY AND WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE PROVIDING A BUSINESS IMPACT ESTIMATE, PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, CONFLICT, SEVERABILITY, AND EFFECTIVE DATE: AND NEXT ONE IS
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-032 FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 89-38 BY AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, FOR AN APPROXIMATELY .36-ACRE PARCEL OF REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3604
BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY'S COMMERCIAL HIGH WITH AN UNDERLYING MR8 TO CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH'S LOCAL RETAIL COMMERCIAL DECLARING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO BE CONSISTENT
WITH ALL OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY. PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-033, FIRSTEADING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA,
IN ASSOCIATION WITH CURIALEAF FLORIDA LLC. AMENDING ORDINANCE 02-013 TOO RE APPROXIMATELY .36 ACRES OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY LOCATED AT 3604 BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY'S COMMERCIAL HIGH OFFICE TO CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH'S
DECLARING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THIS IS THE FIRST READING. STAFF, YOU CAN BEGIN YOUR
PRESENTATION, PLEASE. >> THE APPLICANT. OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING, MY NAME IS BARBARA HALL, I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH GREENBERG, AND WE HAVE A
PRE PRESENTATION.OKAY. THIS GOES FORWARD AND THIS GOES BACK. I.T., THERE IS A DIFFERENT -- >> YEAH.
>> THIS IS THE STAFF PRESENTATION. >> THEY'RE GOING BRING IT UP. >> OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY. THIS IS A VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CITY, AND ALONG WITH THE ANNEXATION OF
COURSE WILL NEED TO CHANGE INTO A CITY LAND USE AND CITY ZONING, AND SO ALL THESE THREE ITEMS ARE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD AND IT'S ADJACENT TO THE WESTERN LIMIT OF THE CITY. IT'S 36 S, SMALL PARCEL, AND HAS A BUILDING OF 1,250 SQUARE
FEET, WAS FORMERLY A HAIR SALON AND IT'S GOING TO BE USED AS A DISPENSARY, THE LESSEE IS HERE TONIGHT. THIS IS THE AERIAL SHOWING THE PROPERTY ON THE LEFT.
THE SMALL BUILDING, AND THE PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT IS THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. SO IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY.
WHY ANNEX AND BECAUSE WE FOUND YOU TO BE A BUSINESS FDLY CITY. THE STAFF WORKED VERY WELL WITH US TO HELP GET US THROUGH THIS PROCESS O OF ANNEXATION AND CHANGE IN ZONING AND LAND USE. YOU KNOW WHY W ANNEXED.
OKAY. WHY IS ANNEXATION APPROPRIATE? WE MEET THE CRITERIA. THE PROPERTY IS CONTIGUOUS. THIS HAS BEEN A VOLUNTARY REQUEST, AND ALL THE PREREQUISITES TO ANNEXATION HAVE
BEEN CARRIED OUT BY YOUR STAFF. ALSO, IMPORTANT THIS SITE IS IN THE CITY'S ANNEXATION AREA. AND WE ALREADY ARE IN THE UTILITY USE AREA AS WELL. SO FOR ALL THOSE GOOD REASONS,
WE BELONG IN THE CITY. THE FIRST REQUIREMENT IS THAT THE SITE BE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS. I'M NOT SURE YOU CAN BE MORE COMPACT THAN BEING .36 ACRES AND
ONLY 1,250 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE CITY'S FUTURE ANNEXATION AREA, THIS SHOWS IN THE SLASHED YELLOW LINE, THE CITY'S ANNEXATION AREA, AND WE ARE LIKE THE FIRST
PROPERTY IN THE COUNTY IN THAT AREA. THE FUTURE LAND USE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS LOCAL RETAIL, COMMERCIAL FOR THE SITE AND THAT USE IS CONSISTWITH THE ADJACENT USES. YOU CAN SEE THE PINK IS THE
LOCAL RETAIL, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO BE PINK AS WELL. AND THAT'S -- AND THEN THE ZONING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LIKEWISE IS ABSOLUTELY
CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT ZONING. AND ALSO FOR SOME LENGTH OF PROPERTY GOING EASTWARD ALONG BOYNTON BEACH BOULEVARD. AND AGAIN, THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT HAS THE SAME ZONING WE'RE REQUESTING,
AND FOR ZONING, WE WOULD BE ORANGE JUST LIKE THE ORANGE PROPERTY. NEXT TO US. SITE IS WITHIN THE CITY'S UTILITY SERVICE AREA. IN SUMMARY, WE MEET THE CRITERIA
FOR ANNEXATION. WE FURTHER THE CITY'S OWN PLANS FOR ANNEXATION. THIS OPENS THE AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE SITE FOR ANNEXATION. BY MAKING THEM CONTIGUOUS. AND THE LAND USE AND ZONING ARE
COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT USES. SO THANK YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. WE DO -- ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT? >> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE YOU,
ATTORNEY HALL, REPRESENT A FEW OTHER ONES THAT WE HAVE. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FORR PRESENTATION. >> MAYOR: IS THERE ANY PRESENTATION FROM STAFF, OR ARE WE GOOD THERE?
OKAY. >> PRINCIPLE PLANNER. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO DO IT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONSR JUST PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS. >> MAYOR: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> WHAT ABOUT? >> MAYOR: IS THERE ANYONE HERE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? ABOUT THIS ISSUE? >> WE HAVE TO DO THEM
INDIVIDUALLY. SO IF THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON 8L, WE'LL OPEN THAT AT THIS TIME. >> MAYOR: RIGHT. RIGHT. >> MAYOR: OKAY.
>> MAYOR, THERE IS NOBODY ONLINE. >> 8M. >> OKAY. >> NOBODY ON -- >> MAYOR: NOBODY ON 8N. OKAY AND THERE IS NO ONE ONLINE. >> NOBODY ONLINE, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: OKAY, SO PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE
PROPOSED ORT NNS NUMBER 25- ORDINANCE 25-022 ON THE FIRST READING. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> VICE MAYOR HEY MOVED TO APPR ORDINANCE 25-032. COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER CRUZ 72 YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> CHAIR: YES. >> IN ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION TO, MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORDINANCE 25-03221 ON FIRST READING. >> SO MOVED.
>> SECOND. >> VICE MAYOR HAY MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25-032 ON FIRST READING. COMMISSIONER KELLEY SECONDED THE MOTION. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR THE ROLL CALL VOTE. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON.
>> MAYOR: YES. >> AND ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: GREAT. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE PROPOSED ORT NNS -- ORDINANCE 25-33 ON THE FIRST READING. >> SO MOVED. >> MAYOR: BOTH OF YOU SPEAK AT THE SAME TIME. >> SHAKE IT UP A LITTLE BIT. >> MAYOR: I'M GOING TO SAY
COMMISSIONER KELLEY MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 25-033 ON FIRST READING AND VICE MAYOR HAY SECONDED THE MOTION. LET'S TURN TO THE CLERK FOR A ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR HAY. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> CHAIR: YES. >> IN ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.
>> MAYOR: GREAT. SO. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: WE ARE MOVING RIGHT ONTO 10A AND B WHICH WE DID REVERSE. >> SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. >> MAYOR: YES, SO WE'RE PUTTING B FIRST. WE'RE NOW MOVING TOM TENT A -- NO, THAT WAS YOU, DAN, YOU WERE FIRST.
SO. >> I HAD IT RIGHT. >> 10B. 10B, SO WE'RE MOVING ONTO 10B, WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO 10B, THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY SHAWNA LAMB CITY , THIS IS BRACE BASED ON THE CRITERIA IN
MS. LAMB'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT. MS. LAMB, BELIZE BEGIN YOUR PRESENTATION. >> GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS FOR THE RECORD I'M SHAWNA LAMB CITY ATTORNEYMENT TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING THE FISCAL YEAR '24-25 YEAR END REPORT AND A REQUEST FOR FAIR COMPENSATION ALIGNMENT. THIS PAST YEAR, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE OFFICE
OF RISK MANAGEMENT DELIVERED OVER $20 MILLION IN MEASURABLE VALUE TO THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, PROTECTING TAXPAYER DOLLARS, NEGOTIATING MAJOR AGREEMENTS, AND SECURING HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR WAS OUR $8.4 MILLION PFAS
SETTLEMENT, ONE OF THE LARGEST RECOVERIES IN THE CITY'S HISTORY. WE ALSO NEGOTIATED LONG-TERM FIRE AND EMS AGREEMENTS WITH THE TOWN OF -- AND THE VILLAGE OF GOLF ALONG WITH A 25-YEAR UTILITIES AGREEMENT WITH GULFSTREAM. TOGETHER THESE AGREEMENTS BRING
IN NEARLY $10 MILLION IN REVENUE AND PROVIDE LONG-TERM STABILITY. WE ESTABLISHED FIRE AND CANAL ASSESSMENTS THAT GENERATED OVER $10 MILLION, RESOLVED THE EAST BOYNTON BEACH LITTLE LEAGUE DISPUTE, A PROTECTED PUBLIC ACCESS AT HARVEY OYER PARK. FINALLY, WE COMPLETED COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND MODERNIZED THE CITY'S EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK ENSURING CLARITY AND REDUCING LIABILITY. OUR OFFICE ALSO SUPPORTED THE CITY'S DAILY GOVERNANCE AND OPERATIONS.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WONDERING WHAT WE DO, MY OFFICE DRAFTED 355 RESOLUTIONS AND 33 ORDINANCES THIS YEAR, WE MODERNIZED THE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS, ESTABLISHING 31 NEW PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS,
WE SUPPORTED CRITICAL CITYWIDE INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE ERP SYSTEM, THE CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE, AND THE TENNIS CENTER REDEVELOPMENT. D WE ADVANCED ANNN EFFORTS THAT THE WILL STRENGTHEN BOYNTON BEACH'S FUTURE GROWTH.
IT DIDN'T FORWARD. ONE SECOND. OKAY. THE RISK MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS. THROUGH PROACTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT, WE REDUCED CLAIM PAYMENTS BY NEARLY 29%. ACHIEVED A RETURN TO WORK RATE FOR INJURED EMPLOYEES, AND
CONDUCTED 37 FACILITY RISK ASSESSMENTS TO IMPROVE SAFETY. IMPORTANTLY, WE ACTUALLY NEGOTIATED A $229,000 INSURANCE PREMIUM SAVINGS WHILE MAINTAINING DPUL -- FULL COVERAGE FOR THE CITY. THIS IS A REAL SAVINGS WITHOUT
S SACRIFICING OUR PROTECTION. THESE RESULTS DID NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE. THEY CAME FROM SETTING CLEAR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND EXECUTING THEM. I REDUCED RELIANCE ON OUTSIDE
COUNCIL, KEEPING MORE IN-HOUSE WORK WHICH SAVED MONEY AND INCREASED EFFICIENCY. I FOCUSED ON NEGOTIATING REVENUE GENERATING AGREEMENTS, MENTORING STAFF, AND IMPLEMENTING SUS SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES. THE OUTCOME, OVER $20 MILLION IN VALUE DELIVERED UNDER MY
LEADERSHIP ONLY THIS YEAR. SO THE BOTTOM LINE. WHEN YOU ADD IT ALL TOGETHER, THE NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, $8.4 MILLION SETTLEMENT, 176,000 SAVED IN OUTSIDE COUNSEL COSTS,
$10 MILLION PLUS IN FIRE AND CANAL ASSESSMENTS, $9 MILLION IN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, 750,000 ANNUALLY FROM UTILITIES SERVICES IN TOTAL MORE THAN $20 MILLION IN MEASURABLE VALUE WAS DELIVERED TO BOYNTON BEACH THIS YEAR AGAIN, AND MY OFFICE TOUCHES EVERY SINGLE ONE OF
THOSE ITEMS. COMPENSATION.OK AT THE HERE'S HOW BOYNTON BEACH COMPARES TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES. AS YOU CAN SEE BOCA CUTONE THEIR CITY ATTORNEY, I WILL NOTE THESE ARE THEIR SALARIES FROM 24-25. THESE ARE NOT TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION ANYT OF LIVING OR INCREASES THAT THEY RECEIVE. BOCA RATON IS $285,000 DELRAY BEACH IS 260,000, RIVIERA BEACH IS 248,000, WELLINGTON IS 243,
AND BOYNTON BEACH IS $236,900. AS YOU CAN SEE BOYNTON BEACH IS WELL BELOY MY MARKET PEERS DESPITE DELIVERING OUTCOMES ON PAR OR EXCEEDING THOSE CITIES. I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A BIT OF CONTEXT ABOUT MY ENTRY INTO THIS ROLE. WHEN I WAS APPOINTED FO Y
AGO, THIS WAS A NEWLY CREATED POSITION. AND I ACCEPTED THE LOWEST POSSIBLE SALARY STEP BECAUSE I WAS NEW TO THE ORGANIZATION AND WANTED TO DEMONSTRATE VALUE BEFORE SEEKING ANY ADJUSTMENT. OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS'VE LED THE OFFICE THROUGH TRANSFORMATIONAL RESULTS, SECURING OVER $20 MILLION IN MEASURABLE VALUE FOR THE CITY IN
ONE YEAR, REDUCING OUTSIDE COUNSEL COSTS AND STRENGTHENING GOVERNMENTS ACROSS -- GOVERNANCE ACROSS EVERY DEPARTMENT WITH 27 YEARS OF LEGAL EXPERIENCE INCLUDING A DECADE OF MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC SECTOR WORK, I BELIEVE IT'S NOW APPROPRIATE FOR MY COMPENSATION TO REFLECT BOTH THAT EXPERIENCE AND THE
PERFORMANCE OUTCOMES MY OFFICE HAS ACHIEVED. THAT'S WHY I'M RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING AN 8 TO 10% RAISE. THIS REFLECTS THEMORE THAN $20 MILLION INIMPACT I'VE DELIVERED THIS YEAR. THIS REQUEST ALIGNS WITH MY 27
YEARS EXPERIENCE AND CORRECTS THE ENTRY LEVEL STARTING POINT I ACCEPTED WHEN THE POSITION WAS NEW. AND ENSURES PAY EQUITY WITH PEER CITIES, REINFORCES THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING PERFORMANCE AND LEADERSHIP CONTINUITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT ENSURES STABILITY AND RETENTION OF
PROVEN LEADERSHIP. SO BOYNTON BEACH CONTINUES TO BENEFIT FROM PROACTIVE, RESULTS DRIVEN LEGAL STRATEGY. THIS IS NOT JUST A RAISE. IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINING AND BUILDING UPON THE SUCCESSES WE'VE ALREADY ACHIEVED. SO IN CLOSING THIS PAST YEAR
SHOWED THAT SMART LEGAL STRATEGY PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR THE CITY. WE DELIVERED HISTORIC SETTLEMENTS, MAJOR REVENUE GENERATING AGREEMENTS, REDUCED COSTS, AND STRENGTHENED CITY GOVERNANCE, ALL WHILE PROTECTING TAX PARISHER DOLLARS. -- TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I
CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR? >> MAYOR: PLEASE, JUST DOING SOME MATH. >> THANK YOU, NO, YOU'RE FINE. >> SHAWNA, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF WHAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE FOR THE CITY AND I THINK THIS BOARD REALLY SHOULD
BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE SHORT TIME THAT YOU'VE BEEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY. IT IS VASTLY DIFFERENT FROM HAVING SERVED ON THIS BOARD WITH
. YOU HAVE, YOU ARE HANDS ON. YOU ARE AVAILABLE. YOU ARE PRESENT. YOUR STAFF IS, YOU HAVE HAND PICKED THE BEST OF THE BEST, AND SO I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE, THAT YOU
HAVE ESTABLISHED AND REALLY HAVE TAKEN ON THE, AND I KNOW THAT TH GOES ALONG WITH THAT JOB AS WELL BUT REALLY HAVE TAKEN BOYNTON BEACH, YOU KNOW, AS YOUR, KIND OF YOUR BABY AND YOU HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT LIKE IT
WAS YOUR OWN. AND SO SO I KNOW WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER OFF THAN WE EVER WERE BEFORE YOU CAME IN.SO I DID -- S HAVE ONE QUESTION OR I LIKE TO
ASK ONE QUESTION, GOING INTO THE NEXT YEAR, WHAT ARE SOME GOALS THAT YOU AS THE CITY ATTORNEY BUTO AS YOUR DEPARTMENT HAVE THAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH OR THAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR RADAR IN THE COMING YEAR.
>> SURE, ONE OF THE ONGOING LITIGATIONS I CAN'T GO TOOUCH IN IT IS RESULTING OUR SUIT AGAINST FDOT FOR WHEN THEY DRILLED INTO OUR WATER MAIN AND WE HAD TO PAY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES AND REPAIRING THAT AND BUYING WATER FROM THE COUNTY WHILE THAT WAS DOWN.
SO WE ARE IN CURRENT LITIGATION WITH THEM. THAT IS RAMPING UP. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON. WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE TRIAL PERIOD ON THAT. AS IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY T READ MY REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT
WE HAVE DONE A LOT IN TERMS OF FORFEITURE ON BEHALF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CAN TELL YOU HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE MADE LAST YEAR, BUT I CAN TELL YOU LAST WEEK I GOT OVER $310,000 IN DRUG MONEY FOR THIS
CITY. OR I'M SORRY, $360,000 -- $361,000. LET ME REPHRASE. SO THOSE ARE THINGS I THINK WE CAN CONTINUE. I KNOW THE N NARCOTICS DEPARTMENT IS VERY INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING THOSE
STREET STOPS WHEN THERE IS MONEY IN THE CAR AND COCAINE IN THE CAR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR FORFEITURE. THAT ALSO CLEANS UP OUR STREETS. AND IT'S A VERY HELPFUL TOOL SO PEOPLE KNOW DON'T DRIVE THROUGH BOYNTON, DON'T DO YOUR DRUGS IN POINTEN AND I THINK THAT WILL
FURTHER HELP GROW THE CITY. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS, WITH ALL OF THETHI. STACY AND HER TEAM COULDN'T BE BETTER WITH REGARD TO THE CONTRACTS, AND I THINK THE DEPARTMENT'S REALLY SEE THE
VALUE IN GETTING HER TO REVIEW A CONTRACT AND REALLY PROTECTING THE CITY. OUR RISK MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO BE MORE PROACTIVE ON FINDING AREAS THAT HAVE SAFETY FAILURES, THOSE RAISED SIDEWALKS, THOSE THINGS THA NOT ONLY HURT OUR CITIZENS BUT COST ULTIMATELY THE CITY MONEY SO WE
ARE GOING TO BE MORE FOCUS DRIVEN ON THAT. INITIALLY YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU START SOMETHING ALL YOU CAN DO IS PUT OUT FIRES. WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE WE COULD START BEING MORE PROACTIVE ON THOSE THINGS. AND ALSO DOING A ROBUST RISK
PROGRAM SO IF SOMETHING DOES GO WRONG WE ARE PROTECTED. AND WE HAVE THOSE PCTIONS IN PLACE. SO THOSE ARE JUST THE FEW THINGS WE HOPE TO DO. >> OKAY. YEAH, NO, I, COMPLETELY SUPPORT YOU.
I KNHEN YOU DID COME IN, IT WAS -- YOU DID HAVE AS MUCH EXPERIENCE IN THE MEETINGS. WE WS GOING TO WORK, AND YOU WEREN'T SURE HOW IT WAS GOING TO WORK, BUT I THINK I KNOW FOR ME IT IS WORKING VERY WELL, AND I'M VERY
HAPPY AND SO I SUPPORT YOU. I SUP, I AGREE THAT YOU NEED TO BE COMPENSATED, AND I WOULD SUPPORT A 10% INCREASE TO YOUR SALARY. I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE NOW. I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES
HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET BUT I WANTED TO PUT MY THOUGHTS ON THE RECORD THANK YOU, MAYOR FOR. >> MAYOR: I ALSO WANT TO SAY I'VE BEEN HERE SIX MONTHS, AND I THINK THAT I DO SEE SUCH A VALUE ON YOU, MUCH LIKE THE OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE ROOM WE
CALL YOU ON IN THE WEEKEND AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DELIVER AND BEING THE ATTORNEY IN THE ROOM YOU HAVE TO STEP IN IN TE TIMES THAT WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS COMING DOWN. THAT IS GOING TO HELP US IN THE CITY TO MANEUVER THROUGH SOME OF THE DIFFICULT THINGS COMING AHEAD AND I CAN PEOPLE -- I
THINK PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT VALUE AS MUCH AS I DO KNOWING THAT WHEN SOMETHING GOES ON, ANY ONE OF US UP HERE OR ANY STAFF AND EVEN THE CONSTITUENTS AND EVEN YOU STEPPING UP WITH THE CHARTER REVIEW, THAT WAS SOMETHING NEW. YOU HAD TO TAKE THAT UNDER YOUR PLATE -- YOU KNOW, ON YOUR PLATE AND BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH
CITIZENS AND US, SO I DO COMMEND YOU AND I DO SUPPORT, I'M ALIGNED WITH YOU. I DO SUPPORT A 10% RAISE. ESPECIALLY BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT ING COMPENSATED COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, AND YOU ALSO HAVE HOW MANY YEARS EXPERIENCE? >> 27. >> 27. SO, THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY INPUT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? >> YES, I DO. I REALLY AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO YOU THAT WE MIGHT'VE STARTED OFF ON THE
WRONG FOOT, BUT ALL THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, I HAVE NOTICED A BIG CHANGE. YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER A REALLY ALL OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I BROUGHT UP BEFORE YOU AND YOUR STAFF. AND THAT'S VERY PLEASING.
DOLLARS, AND THE DOLLARS ARE INDEED BETTER THAN THEY USED TO BE. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE THATE MADE TO BRING IT IN HOUSE RATHER THAN OUT OF HOUSE,
AND YOUR COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN RIGHT UP THE PAR. BEEN VERY GOOD. SO I JUST, I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT I SEE. JUST LIKE I GUESS COMMISSIONER
KE CELL WAS SAYING I HAVE A QUESTION TO I ALWAYS KIND OF ASK. WHAT'S YOUR VISION AS FAR AS YOUR STAFF IS CONCERNED? ARE YOU AT THE OPTIMUM NUMBER OF STAFF THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE
GOING FOR. >> WE ARE ADDING, RISK MANAGEMENT IS ADDING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE WHO WILL WORK PART TIME WITH THEM AND PART TIME WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THE ATTORNEYS I THINK WERE WELL SITUATED FOR THE AMO OF WORK WE HAVE, I MEAN GRANTED SOME
WEEKS ARE JUST GOING TO BE CRAZY BECAUSE THEY ARE. BUT IT'S OUR STAFF THAT'S HAVING OUR -- YOU KNOW OUR PARALEGALS THAT ARE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUDOING SOME OF THE SMALLER FUNCTIONS, SO WE WILL BE SPLITTING A PART-TIME ADMIN ASSISTANT THIS YEAR WITH RISK
MANAGEMENT AND THAT'S MY ONLY ADDITIONAL STAFF PERSON WE'RE ADDING. >>Y, OKAY. I COULD SUPPORT A 10% IN THE SALARY BECAUSE THAT WOULD PUT YOU TOWARD THE, MAYBE THIRD
DOWN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I HAVE NO OTHER ISSUES WITH YOU. YOU'VE BEEN VERYPERATIVE, AND I LIKE THE WAY YOU BRIBE ME WITH THE CHOCOLATE. [LAUGHTER] >> I FIGURED OUT THE KEY, BUT
YOU JUST, YOU JUST, YOU JUST OUTED YOURSELF TO SOMEONE. >> MAYOR: DID HE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DO YOU HAVE ANY? >> I CONCUR WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE AND I SUPPORT THE
10%. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE 10% INCREASE FOR SHAWNA LAMB. 10% VICE MAYOR HAY MOVE SAID TO APPROVE THE 10% ADJUSTMENT AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY MADE THE CON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE ARE MOVING ONTO YOU, MR. DUGGER. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US? >> YES, I DO, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: LET'S GET IT GOING. >> I, HI, GOOD EVENING, THIS IS LINDA ZARIO, HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. AND I'LL BE JOINING MY BELOVED BOSS ON REGARDING HIS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. WE WILL BREAK IT UP BETWEEN WANT TO KIND OF COVER THE PERFORMANCE
EVALUATION CRITERIA BY WHICH HE IS MEASURED. I KNOW WE SENT YOU ALL THE EVALUATION. HE WILL GO OVER THE MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS. OF HIS SALARY. OKAY? SO JUST VERY QUICKLY, WANTED TO
GO OVER HAD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION CRITERIA BY WHICH HUZ MEASURED SO THAT WHEN HE DISCUSSES HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS YOU CAN THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS BECAUSE HE'S REALLY DONE A LOT. HE'S MEASURED ON LEADERSHIP AND VISION, HE IS MEASURED O
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT. HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT,STRATEGID
INTEGRITY. SO QUITE A LIST HERE BY WHICH HE IS MEASURED SO KEEP THOSE IN MIND AS HE GOES OVER HIS MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. >> WE'RE GOING TO START THE PRESENTATIONS. >> WEAL START THE -- WE WILL START THE SLIDE BUT I BRIEFLY
WANT TO PREFACE BEFORE WE GET STARTEDITH THE PRESENTATION IT'S RATHER LENGTHY SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL SLIDE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER EACH INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENT. I HAVE 980 EMPLOYEES, 16 DIFFERING DEPARTMENTS, WOULD BE HERE A FAIRLY LENGTHY AMOUNT OF TIME.
BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTED AND HELP PUT THIS TOGETHER. THEY DID A MARVELOUS JOB AND I COULDN'T BE PROUD, WHICH LEADS ME INTO MYT POINT, AND GOOD SEGUE, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE
TEAM I PUT TOGETHER IS VERY COMPLIMENTARY THAT INCLUDES THE BOARDET I THINK FROM AN ORGANIZATIONAL STANDPOINT A LOT OF TIMES YOU CANBY A VISIONARY BUT YOU NEED YOUR TEAM TO BE THE IMPLEMENTATION ASPECT OF THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. ANDREW YOU GUYS KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIM. I MEAN, HE -- HE DEFINITELY LIKE
A GUDSEND TO ME AND LIKE -- GODSEND TO ME AND LIKE WHENEVER I CAME IP, INFORMAL CREDIBILITY IS SO VASTLY IMPORTANT TO ME. POSITIONAL TITLE AUTHORITY IS ONE THING. BUT STRIP AWAY THE TITLE AND ALL YOU HAVE THE RESPECT AS A MAN OR A WOMAN AND YOUR INTEGRITY AND WHAT YOU STAND FOR.
AND CHARACTER MEANS A LOT, AND I ALWAYS SAY THIS. CHARACTER OVER COMPETENCY A MILLION TIMES BECAUSE YOU CAN TEACH COMPETENCY, YOU CANNOT TEACH CHARACTER. YOU JUST HAVE IT. ADAM,'S GOT A LOT OF FORWARD FACING DEPARTMENTS, AND HE'S DID A MARVELOUS JOB TAKING OVER PUBLIC SAFETY AND REALLY CANADA
OF BOTH THESE GUYS DID WHAT I ASKED WHEN I CAME IN. I FEEL LIKE THE, THERE'S A FRACTURE FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR PROBABLY 50% OF OUR COUNTY WORKFORCE. ADAM AND ANDREW ARE OVER THERE WORKING OUT WITH THE GUYS, THEY H THEM, CREATING THAT FAMILY TYPE ATMOSPHERE SO I COULDN'T BE
PROUDER OF THAT. I MADE A PROMISE TO YOU GUYS THREE YEARS AGO WHEN I CAME IN, AND I SAW THE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES. MY FAVORITE WAS THE SUN SENTINEL OF ME HAVING A DRIVERS LICENSE TO AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BUT I HAVE MY MBA NOW AND I ATTAINED
THAT THANKS TO YOUR GUY'S SUPPORT. [APPLAUSE] AND ONE THING I CAN SAY IS A LOT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY I'M OUT THERE, I TAKE PHONE CALLS, WHETHER IT'S WEEKENDS, WHETHER IT'S NIGHTS, WHETHER IT'S MORNINGS, WE HAVE ISSUE
AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AFTER ISSUE AND ONE THING I PRIDE MYSELF ON IS BEING ABLE TO COME TO NOT ALWAYS THE MOST AMICABLE SOLUTION WHERE IT'S GOING T 100% BUT WE STRIVE FOR PERFECTION AND IF WE CAN'T GET THERE, PERFECTION IS THE ENEMY OF GOOD.
SO AND I KIND OF RUN WITH THAT. I WILL SAY THAT WHEN I CAME IN THREE YEARS AGO, I LOOKED AT THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I JUST, I KIND OF FELT LIKE WE WERE PUTTING THE WALLS AND THE ROOF ON TOP OF NOTHING. WE DIDN'T HAVE A STRONG
FOUNDATION. SO AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD MY TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE, WE HAD TO GET BACK TO CORE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS. AND ME, ANDREW, AND ADAM AND CANDICE, SHE'S ALWAYS HAD MY BACK, AND YOU GUYS KNOW HOW I FEEL ABOUT HER. SHE'S EMP EXTREMELY
COMPETENT AND SHE COMES IN AND SAYS, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW. AND I REMEMBER THAT AND I KIND OF, PEOPLE THAT YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THAT CONSTANTLY TE YOU YES, THAT'S A DISINGENUOUS BEHAVIOR, SO I VALUE WHEN PEOPLE TELL ME NO AND THIS IS WHY.
AND MY TEAM, THEY DO TELL ME NO AND I V THAT AND I CAN TELL YOU COMING IN WE ELIMINATED A LOT OF THE SOCIAL ISSUES ASPECTS THAT WE WERE TREATING AS PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE CITY; AND WE GOT BACK TO ARE WE PAVING ROADS.
DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT TO WHERE PEOPLE NEAL SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY -- FEEL SAFE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, THE NUMBER ONE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT AND WHAT KIND OF AESTHETIC STANDARD ARE WE SETTING FROM A BUTT BEAUTIFICATITANDPOINT OF THE CITY. SINCE THEN AND YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THESE IN THE SLIDES, I WILL SAY FULLY
STAFFED PUBLIC SAFETY, FULLY STAFFED POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENTS BY NATURE ARE INCREDIBLY HARD TO RECRUIT AND EVEN HARDER TO RETAIN. AND YOU GUYS HAVE NOT ONLY SUPPORTED THAT AND SUPPORTED ME IN THAT ENDEAVOR, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A RESERVE POOL AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WHERE WE HAVE
OFFICERS WAITING TO GET HIRED WITH OUR DEPARTMENT. YOU GOT OTHER POLICE DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE COUNTY WHERE YOU'VE READ HEADLINES. THEY ARE PROBABLY 20, 30% DOWN ON PERSONNEL AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU GUYS AS WELL AS FAR AS SUPPORTING THAT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FULLY STAFFED.
WHEN I CAME HERE ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS WE PROBABLY HAD ABOUT 249 VACANCIES. TODAY I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE 28, L DEPARTMENTS. WE'VE STARTED THE, WHEN I CAME IN, I THOUGHT HR WAS A LITTLE,
HAD A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH CONTROL OVER CERTAIN ASPECTS OF THE CITY. I FELT LIKE THE INVESTIGATIONS DEPARTMENT COULD HAVE DID A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB AND I REMEMBER ONE CASE IN PARTICULAR, AND I WAS WINING IT. IT WAS GOING FOR -- WITNESSING IT. IT WAS GOING FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, THIS V INVESTIGATION
HAD TWO BIRTHDAYS. NO EMPLOYEEULD'VE BEEN SUBJECTED TO THAT SO I SEPARATED THAT, CREATED THE INVESTIGATIONS AND ACCOUNTABILITY DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO SAY THAT THEY'VE SAVED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THROUGH P CARD AUDITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. REALLY KIND OF GETTING OUR HOUSE IN ORDER,ND JUST OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS KNOW WE HAVE TREMENDOUS
AMOUNTS OF WORK AHEAD OF US, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE ARE STEERING THE SHIP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WITH THAT SAID, I AM GOING TO START THE SLIDE SHOW SO WE CAN GEL OUT OF HERE BEFORE 9:00. I KNOW, MAYOR, I'M GOEGTO MAKE IT QUICK. -- I'M GOING TO MAKE IT QUICK. [LAUGHTER] SO A CITY'S TRANSFORMED BY
INNOVATION AND STRENGTHENED MY GROWTH AND DEFINED RESILIENCE. A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS FROM TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT. YOU HEARD ME TALK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE ERP SYSTEM IS. THAT'S YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM IS. PROCESSES ARE.OUR WORK FLOWS AND WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH PROCUREMENT WHERE YOU SUBJECT
YOURSELF TO SERIOUS LITIGATION AND YOU SUBJECT IT THROUGH HUMAN ERROR. SO WHAT WE'VE WORKED IS IMPLEMENTATION IS ARTIFICIAL TELINGS, AI INTO THE CITY. WE'VE INTRODUCED AND ROLLED OUT WITH THE HELP OF OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT AND FRED A LOT OF OUR COPILOT LICENSE WHICH A LOT OF
THE DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN BENEFITING FROM. WE'VE AUTOMATED A LOT OF OF OUR PROCESS, THE PERMITTING SYSTEM. I ENVISION GOING AS PAPERLESS AS A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CAN BE INTO THE FE, AND THAT'S
REALLY WHAT'S GOING TO DRIVE THE EFFICIENCY ASPECT OF THIS. WE'RE GOING TO BE CUTTING DOWN LOT OF THE REDUNDANCY ASPECT OF GOVERNMENT BY IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATION AND COMBINING THAT WITH AI AND WE'RE GOING TO BE USING WORK DAY TO THAT. SO, AND I JUST, WE SENT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ALAN LAWSON AND
FRED HARRIS OUT TO WORK DAY CONFERENCE IN SAN FRANCISCO. THEY ABSORBED A LOT OF THE INFORMATION, BROWARD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS MOVING TO THE WORK DAY AS WELL, AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP REALLY PROPEL US INTO THE 21st CENTURY, SO GO AHEAD, NEXT SLIDE. SO EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AT A
GLANCE. THIS IS THE I REALLY WANT TO, YOU GUYS TO TAKE A LOOK AT, AND THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF YOU GUYS SUPPORTED AND WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING A RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT. SO 183 PROJECTS TOTALING $23.6 MILLION INCLUDING THE
LARGEST INFRASTRUCTURE RESURFACING PROGRAM IN CITY HISTORY WHICH IS 8.6 $8.67 CHAPEL HILL. SAND CASTLE, MEADOWS, BOYNTON LAKES NORTH, FOREST PARK. YOU NAME IT. THERE HAS BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE CITY.
SO THAT'S A REINVESTMENT THAT'S TANGIBLE THAT'S A TANGIBLE RETURN ON INVESTMENT THAT A TAXPAYER CAN ACTUALLY SEE. HOUSING AND INDUSTRY. I GAVE A PRESENTATION TO THE BDP, I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, AND WE'RE YOU GUYS
SEE THE CRANES.THEY'RE UP IN THT ARTES AR-- THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO ADAM IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND AMANDA RADIGAN. WE ARE GOING BACK, WE ARE GRABBING THOSE MOBILITY IMPACT FEES THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN APPROPRIATING TOWARDS THEIR
UNINCORPORATED ROADWAYS, WE'RE BRINGING MONEY BACK INTO THE CITY IN THAT FACT. I KNOW I WANT TO SAY IT'S RIGHT AROUND 2.5 $2.5 BILLION JUST IN CONSTRUCTION PERMITTING THAT WE'RE DOING. THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE TO COME. BUSINESSES KNOW THAT WE ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET, AND THE ATTORNEY THAT JUST SPOKE, SHE ESPECIALLY
JUST PREFACED THAT. ECONOMIC GROWTH IS UP 15%. COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL LIBRARY, THE YEAR -- GENIE'S DOING A MARVELOUS JOB AND CRAIG. FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP. MILLIONS SAVED THROUGH SELF-INSURANCE. WHEN I CAME IN, WE HAD N OPTIONS WHEN IT CAME TO INSURANCE AND I TOLD YOU GUYS WE
HAVE CITY INITIATIVES. WE HAVE ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES. ORGANIZATIONAL INITIATIVES WHAT WE DID WAS THIS WAS A HUGE ONE BECAUSE INSURANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE LIKE YOU GUYS KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS UNLESS YOU'RE ON MEDICARE AND EVEN THEN YOU NEED AAR SUPPLEMENTATION TO
MAKE SURE THAT ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A FIXED INCOME SENIOR, EMPLOYEES NEED QUALITY HEALTH -- BUT IT'S ECONOMY TO SCALE. THE LARGER YOU ARE, THE BIGGER THE GROUP IS, THE BIGGER THE DISCOUNT, AND SO WE IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT TO BID, AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THEY I
WANT TO SAY WE HAD AETNA, WE HAD UNITED AND I THINK HUMANA WAS THE OTHER ONE AND AETNA CAME OUT ON TOP. WE HAD INCREASED BENEFITS WITH THE CARE ATC CLINIC WHICH THE USE NLT OF THAT CLINIC -- USABILITY OF THAT CLINIC HAS SKYROCKETED NOW AND THAT IS
ANOTHER BENEFIT THE EMPLOYEES HAD. SO WE REVAMPED THAT. WE PROVIDED AN HMO, A PPO AND HIGH DEDUNGTABLE SAVINGS AND WE LOWERED THAT OVERALL COST THROUGH CHILD CARE OR CHILD HEALTH INSURANCE SUBSIDIES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS WELL
WHICH HELPED US ALSO LOWER THE HEALTH INSURANCE COST. GOHEAD, NEXT SLIDE. TOWN SQUARE. THIS HAD THE, THIS HAD THE PROPENSITY TO BE ABLE TO CRATETHER CITY FINANCIALLY. -- CRATER THE CITY FINANCIALLY.
WE LOST $44 MILLION IN PUBLIC LANDS, AND WE LOST THAT MONEY THROUGH INCOMPETENCY. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE SALVAGED MUCH AS WE COULD. WE GOT A $5 MILLION SETTLEMENT. WE WERE ABLE TO REINVEST THAT.
WE GOT SOME MONEY IN LIEU OF WORKFORCE HOUSING WHICH WE ARE GOING TO PUT INTO A HOUSING FUND THAT'S GOING TO HELP US WITH SENIOR HOUSING LATER ON. AND I CAN TELL YOU GUYS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF ONE, 2:00 A.M. NIGHTS THAT WE SPENT WORKING ON IT NEGOTIATING THAT WITH AMANDA AND ADAM, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH.
AND OCTOBER 26th, IT'S GOING TO BE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND AND WE'RE GOING TO START BUILDING SO AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SOUTH TOWER AGAIN. THAT'S YOU GUYS SUPPORTING US. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT I WAS JUST AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING AND GAVE A PRESENTATION TO DISTRICT
2. I'VE DID TOWN HALLS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, I'VE DID TOWN HALLS AT STERLING VILLAGE. WE GET OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, ME AND MY TEAM DO, AND THE COMMUNITY KNOWS US. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS COME UP AND I DON'T TAKE IT AS A CO COMPIMENT ALL TO ME.
IT'S A COMPLIMENT TO MY SFL STAFF BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES I'M ON THE PHONE, I'M BUSY, BUSY, BUSY AND THEY DO PICK UP A LOT OF OPERATIONAL ASPECTS FROM THE DAY-TO-DAY CITY BUSINESS. HOLIDAY DINNER BASKET INITIATIVE, MAYLEE, MAYLEE REALLY DRIVES THAT HOME SO WE DO
CARE ABOUT THE FAMILIES, WE DO A LOT, I KNOW COMMISSIONER CRUZ, SHE'S ASKED MULTIPLE TIMES WORKING WITH CHRIST FELLOWSHIP, I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS HER IDEA TO COME UP WITH $10,000 SO THE SENIOR PROM COULD, COULD GO FORWARD. AND I THINK IT WAS A A YEAR,
YEAR AND A HALF AGO. AND WE, WE ALLOCATED THAT MONEY, AND THAT MONEY WAS USED TO PUT ON THE SENIOR PROM. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE, THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, GRG UP A KID THAT WAS ON A WELFARE, WITHOUT A FATHER. WATCHING OTHER KIDS PLAY
RECREATIONAL SPORTS. IT WAS CRUSHING BECAUSE ABILITY WITHOUT AN OPPORTUNITY IS HEARTBREAKING. AND I THINK EVERY KID DESERVES ESPECIALLY IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT THERE. AND I WILL SAY THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN RIGHT B MY SIDE. I HAVE BUILT A TEAM AND THEY ARE FORWARDING MY VISION. GO AHEAD, NEXT SLIDE. SO BEFORE I GET INTO THE, I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE INTRICATE DETAILS OF EVERY DEPARTMENT. I'M GOING TO SPENTD PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MIN -- SPEND PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MINUTES ON EACH SLIDE AND THEN I WANT YOU GUYS TO FORWARD THROUGH.
GO AHEAD, NEXT SLIDE. IT'S A GREAT PICTURE SHOVELS IN THE GROUND. THAT'S THE VILLAGES BREAKING GROUND. I DON'T HAVE TO GIVE ANYMORE
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.ND IT'S A FORMAL MEETING, I'LL RESERVE MY VERNACULAR. BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT. BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. CONTINUE ON WITH THE MODERNIZATION. NEXT SLIDE.
UTILITIES. >> I HAVE TWO SLIDES. >> OKAY. THIS IS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THEY HAVE DONE ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LIKE WHENEVER WE HAVE TEEN TIDE, WHENEVER, AND PUBLIC WORKS ALSO THEY WORK HAND IN HAND SO THERE
IS -- THE $1.5 MILLION COQUINA COVE DRAINAGE PROJECT THAT HELPED OUT INCA. LAKESIDE GUARDENS IMPROVEMENTS. A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS KEITH,
CHARLES, AND FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO HIT ON THIS REAL QUICK LIKE BECAUSE WHEN I CAME IN A LOT OF OUR MONEY WAS STAGNANT. WE WEREN'T APPROPRIATELY INVESTING AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT THE -- INVESTING YOUR MONEY YOU'RE LOSING 3% A YEAR, YOUR
DOLLAR LOSES VALUE OF 3% A YEAR IF YOU DON'T KEEP UP WITH COST OF INFLATION AND ALAN CAME IN SPHRAWMENT PUBLIC OR -- FROM THE PUBLIC OR FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND HE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND WE SAT DOWN, WE HAD HOURS UPON HOURS UPON HOURS OF MEETINGS AND WHAT HE'S DONE AND TONY AND FABIO AS FAR AS LIKE
MOVING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FORWARD, MIRREN AND CANDICE WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS, WE HAD NO SET PLAN FOR OUR APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANTS WHENEVER I CAME IN AND NOW WE HAVE REDUNDANCY PLANS IN PLACE SO IT'S A COOKIE CUTTER
APPROACH. WE NOW HAVE A FEDERAL LOBBYIST FIRM THAT'S GOING TO WORK FOR US TO GET APPROPRIATIONS AND GRANTS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THEY DON'T REQUIRE ANY MATCHING FUNDS AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL. THOSE ARE ALL FUNDS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE PEOPLE, WE SHOULD HAVE FIRMS FIGHTING FOR MONEY TO BRING BACK INTO THE CITY SO WE'RE NOT A DONOR CITY AND
THAT'S SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO. I KNOW THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T MAKE -- PALM BEACH COUNTY DAYS, COMMISSIONER HAY, STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED. >> YOAMENTD TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> -- I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE IT UP FOR SESSION THIS YEAR THOUGH. AND WE LOOK AT WAYS WHERE WE CAN
NOT ONLY CONCENTRATE ON THE BOTTOM LINE, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO CONCENTRATE ON THE TOP LINE. AND WE'VE HAD EVERY SINGLE CITY SERVICE THAT WE'VE DONE AS FAR AS LIKE REVAMPING OUR CONTRACTS. WE HAD NO CPI INCREASES IN ANY OF OUR OUT OF -- OUTER CITY LIMITS CONTRACTS.
WE REDID THOSE, WE HAD INCREASES TO MIRROR THE INFLATION THAT WE FACED DURING 22-23, AND WE, WE'VE REALLY RESTRUCTURED THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY'S BOTTOM LINE AND LINE AND THE REVENUE WE'RE BRINGING INTO THE CITY, SO, AND ANDREW, I'M NOT GOING TO FORGET ABOUT
YOU AND DANIEL WHITEFIELD YOU GUYS ARE REALLY TAKEN THE PROCUREMENT WITH P CARD AUDITS WITH REVAMPING THE TYPE OF, LIKE, WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE, LIKE, WE PUT OUR BEST PLAYERS ON THE FIELD. AND THE CITY BENEFITS FROM THAT. AND ANDREW CAME IN AND HE CUT
I WANT TO SAY PER, PO TIME FRAME I WANT TO SAY IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE 60 DAYS AND HE CUT IT DOWN UNDER A WEEK FOR PO APPROVALS. SO HE IS, AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER CRUZ YOU WORK I GOVERNMENT SERVICES, SO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT. SO THERE IS A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES HAPPENING HERE, SO
NEXT SLIDE. FIRE-RESCUE. OUR RESPONSE TIMES ARE AMAZING. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO NEXT SLIDE. CRIME IS DOWN OVERALL. I'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE INVESTMENTS INTO PUBLIC SAFETY AND CHIEF DEGUILIO AND CHIEF
BROODER, THEY'RE FORWARDING WHA. INVESTMENTS IN TECHNOLOGY. DRONE PROGRAMS. NEW SWAT TRUCKS. THE SWAT TRUCK DOESN'T BREAK DOWN DURING SEARCH WARRANTS ANYMORE. THAT'S A REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY. YES. AND NOW WE HAVE A SWAT TRUCK
THAT IS DEFINITELY ADVANTAGEOUS TO HAVE DURING HIGH, HIGH RISK INCIDENTS IN THE SWAT TEAM IS DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY DESERVING OF THAT. XT SLIDE. HUMAN RESOURCES. LANSTEPPED INTO A PROJECT TO SAY
THE LEAST, AND SHE'S DID A MARVE MARVELOUS JOB OF SETTLING THAT DEPARTMENT DOWN, AND AGAIN, FORWARDING THE VISION THAT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY AND HELPING WITH THE NEW ERP, SOME OF THE HEALTH CARE PLANS THAT WE'VE ROLLED OUT THAT
CARE ATC CLINIC, GAIL MOOTS I KNOW I WANT TO MENTION HER SHE WORKS HER BUTT OFF AND SHE'S RETURNED A LOT, A LOT OF FUNDING TO THE CITY, SO. NEXT SLIDE. ED,. [LAUGHTER] , I REMEMBER GOING TO FRED AND SAYING, HEY, I WANT TO ROLL OUT AI AND I NEED TO KNOW WHAT NEEDS
TO BE DONE. SO WE WERE, IF YOU LOOK AROUND MUNICIPALITIES ARE NOT EMBRACING AI. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS A MISTAKE. IF YOU WERE RAST, YOU ARE GOING TO BE BEHIND THE CURVE BALL.
PROBABLY A DECADE. AI IS GOING TO HELP WITH Y YOUR AUTOMATION, I HAVE BROUGHT IN MIRIAM FROM FAI. HE HAS WORKED WITH CROWD STRIKE WHEN THEY WENT DOWN. HE DID COUNTLESS INTERVIEWS WITH THNEWS. HE DID ABSOLUTELY PRO BONO FREE
TO THE CITY TWO WORKSHOPS FOR THE CITY HELPING ROLL OUT AI, AND WE GOT TRUE RETURN ON OUR INVESTMENT FROM THAT BECAUSE VERSUS THE APPREHENS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE IT'S NOT SKY NET.
IT'S NOT TERMINATEINATOR -- TERMINATOR 2. IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO H THE CITY MOVE FORWARD AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE A COST REDUCTION ASPECT TO THAT. SO FRED DID A -- HE'S HELPED OUT A LOT AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY'S PROPRIETARY INFORMATION STAYS THERE AND WE
ACTUALLY ARE SAFE FROM A STANDPOINT OF CYBERSECURITY AND ALSO FROM INPUTTING INFORMATION INTO AI. SO NEXT SLIDE. WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT KEVIN RAMSEY? CHARLES MOSELY WITH THE BEAUCATION TEAM.
[APPLAUSE] CLEAN AND SAFE. BEAUTIFICATION TEAM, WHEN I CAME IN, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE MOST LOWEST HAN FRUIT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A DEDICATED DEPARTMENT TO BEAUTIFY IN THE CITY. COUCHES, MATTRESSES, WEEDS, EASEMENTS NOT BEING TAKEN CARE
OF. LIKE SIDEWALKS NOT BEING PRESSURE WASHED. OVERPASSES. I KEPT HEARING OH, WELL THAT BELONGS TO LAKE WORTH DRAINAGE DISTRICT. THAT'S THE COUNTY. OH, THAT'S FDOT. NO, IT'S IN THE CITY LIMITS. IT'S OURS. TAKEWNERSHIP OF IT. LIKE YOU EXPECT OTHER PEOPLE TO COME IN AND DO THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DISAPPOINTED PROBABLY 10 OUT OF 10 TILES. NEXT SLIDE. ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER. AGAIN, 1 POINT SOMETHING MILLION INVESTMENT INTO THE AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT
WHEN TOWN SQUARE WAS REDONE. WE DIDN'T DO THAT BUT I'M CORRECTING THE MISTAKE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE CONVENTION CENTER, GUYS AND IT'S GOING TO BE BOUTIQUE STYLE. IT'S GOING TO HAVE HISTORICAL FLAIR TO IT TO WHERE IT'S GOING TOE UNIQUE UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND
WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOST OUR EVENTS THERE AND NO LONGER AT BE ENVINUDOS. >> TASTE OF POINTEN.
BOYNTON. PIRATES FEST. WE HAVE GIRLS WHO WORK THE TAILS OFF. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB. NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE A LOT OF OUR ATTABOYS. NEXT SLIDE. CODE ENFORCEMENT. THE MAYOR'S FAVORITE.
WE DID LOT OF THINGS AS FAR AS LIKE IMPROVING OUR ABILITY TO RUN ANALYTICS AND PULL DATA FROM THAT. WE JUST IMPLEMENTED SAGIS SO NOW MOVING FORWARD WE WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO PULL ANALYTICS WHENEVER THEY'RE REQUIRED FOR
EACH DISTRICT, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A TESTAMENT TO LIKE A LOT OF THE INVESTMENT YOU GUYS HAVE MADE IN THAT. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN SEE, I CAN TELL YOU SO INVESTIGATION LINK DOWN IN THE METRICS, THIS IS WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, 114
DAYS WAS THE AVERAGE INVESTIGATION IN 2021. WE MOVED THAT DOWN TO 33.9 DAYS. SO THAT'S A 70% CASES HANDLED WERE EIGHT, NOW WITH THE ACCOUNTABILITY ASPECT WE WHICH IS A 438% INCREASE, WE'VE
CREATED AND CULTIVATED PARTNERSHIPS WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY, OIG, AND THE ETHIC COMMISSION. WE'RE ON FIRST NAME BASIS WITH THOSE AGENCIES, SO WE'VE,ID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THERE, AND IT'S A TESTAMENT THAT DEPARTMENT DID NOT EXIST, AND NOW IT'S BUILT
OUT AND WE HAVE SET AN EMPLOY ASTANDARD THAT'S BEING ADHERED TO AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BENEFITING FROM THAT. SO NEXT SLIDE. SO RECORD BREAKING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT MODERNIZING SERVICES ACROSS
EVERY DEPARTMENT, SAFER AND STRONGER MORE ENGAGED COMMUNITY AND POSITIONED FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS WELL INTO THE FUTURE. I CAN PROMISE YOU GUYS IF YOU THINK THE FIRST THREE YEARS WERE GOOD, THE NEXT THREE YEARS ARE GOING TO B AMAZING. AND WE'RE NOT STOPPING. WE'RE DOUBLING DOWN. WE'RE GOING TO BE CREATING
CENTRAL REPOSITORY FOR ALL OF OUR ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES THAT'S GOING TOE ESSENTIALLY ON AN APP, AND THE EMPLOYEES ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST DO FACIAL RECOGNITION TO SIGN FOR WHATEVER POLICY IS GOING TO STREAMLINE OUR ONBOARDING SYSTEM, SO, AND WE'RE, REMOVING
FORWARD WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INVESTMENTS. WE GOT SOME DIFFERENT REVENUE TOOLS TO WHERE I HAVE INITIATIVES TO WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH THE BOARD INDIVIDUALLY MOVING FORWARD TO WHERE THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF
WHERE WE COULD CUT TAXES 25 TO 30% IN THE FUTURE. IT'S A POSSIBILITY. AND I'M GOING TO MEET WITH YOU GUYS. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER NAT AND I CAN TELL YOU THE FUTURE OF BOYNTON IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BRIGHT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID. >> ARE YOU DONE? I'M JUST KIDDING. >> NO. NO. >> I'M DONE. I AM DONE. WITH THAT BEING SAID,. >> UH-HUH. >> I WOULD LIKE TO MIRROR THE
CITY ATTORNEY'S PAY RAISE, MIRROR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT, MY CONTRACT IS VERY, VERY VAGUE. IT WAS DONE FROM A COOKIE CUTTER APPROACH. I WOULD JUST APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GUYS PROVIDED ME THREE YEARS AGO. I'VE GROWN INTO THIS ROLE.
I KNOW THE PERILS OF THIS ROLE. I KNOW HOW TO AVOID A LOT OF THE PERILS OF THIS ROLE. I KNOW HOW TO WORK WITOU GUYS BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH YOU GUYS BETTER. Y REPRESENT -- I REPRESENT THE CITY WITH PASSION. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'D AULSE LIKE -- ALSO LIKE TO
MIRROR THE CITY'S ORDINANCE OF A 4-1 VOTE IN MY CONTRACT. THAT'S ALSO MISSING. SO THOSE THINGS TO MIRROR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT AND WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS WITH SHAWNA AND HER DEPARTMENT, 10% RAISE TO INCLUDE THE FOUR-ONE VOTE IN MY CONTRACT AS WELL. THANK YOU, GUYS, AND IF YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, PLEASE, I KNOW I TOOK PROBABLY 20 MINUTES WHICH IS A LITTLE LONG. >> MAYOR: NO, THAT'S GOOD. DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THE 10%. I DON'T THINK IT'S RIGHT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY WOULD GET THAT AND YOU WOULDN'T, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO ANSWER YOUR PHONE
ALL WEEKEND LONG EVERY NIGHT, EVEN ON VACATION. I CAN SAY THAT AGAIN THERE'S TIMES WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AREN'T AVAILABLE AND I CAN'T FIX IT AND SO YOU ALWAYS JUMP IN AND OBVIOUSLY SO DO YOU, BOTH OF Y
SO I'M DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THAT 10%. >> I JUST WANTED TO REFER TO THIS SLIDE HERE SO THAT YOU HAVE SOME CONTEXT, AND PERSPECTIVE, IN TERMS OF SALARIES OF OTHER CITY MANAGERS WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND WHERE HE WOULD FALL.
SO WITH THE 10% IT WOULD BE 261, $552.50 SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE NUMBER. >> THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING? >> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING I GUESS PEOPLE.Y WILL SURPRISE A FEW
YOU KNOW, WHEN DAN STARTED OFF, WE WERE NOT ON THE SAME PAGE. AS YOU KNOW, BUT AS MY MOM ALWAYS SAID, WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKE. AND I'VE SEEN IMPROVEMENT
UNAREAS THAT I THOUGHT WERE NOT THERE. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ONE TO SAY WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, BUT YOU DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY TO GET YOURSELF UP TO WHERE YOU SHOULD
BE. DO YOU STILL HAVE A LEARNING CURVE? YES. OKAY? BUT I'VE SEEN YOU IN ACTION. I'VE HEARD YOU IN ACTION. AND I MUST SAY I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU. BEING STANDING UP TO FOR EXAMPLE I WILL JUST PULL THIS ONE OUT,
THE COUNTY COMMISSION. YOU WENT TOE TO TOE WITH THEM,N. BUT YOU HELD YOUR OWN. YOU HELD YOUR GROUND WITH FACTS, WITH KNOWLEDGE. AND THAT'S THE KIND OF CITY MANAGER NAT I CAN BE PROUD OF --
THAT I CAN BE PROUD OF. AND I MUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE BEGINNING I HAD MY DOUBTS, BUT I'VE SEEN A TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT, AND I JUST I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
THE HIGHEST POSITION IN THE CITY MAKING LESS THAN ANYBODY. OKAY? AND THAT INCLUDES OUR LEGAL, NOTHING AGAINST YOU. OKAY? BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US GO TO
12.5%, THAT WOULD PUT YOU ABOVE WHAT WE HAVE GIVEN HER, WHICH YOU DESERVE IT. OKAY? I APPRECIATE PRIVATE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAVE HAD. THE HELP THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME.
AND I JUST TINK -- THINK IT'S BEEN WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY WHAT I'VE SEEN YOU DO IN THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS HERE. OKAY? SO IF I MAY, I WOULD SUGGEST
THAT WE GO, I DID THE MATH. >> YAY. >> I HAD ACTUALLY CALCULATED UP TO 12%. >> I SUPPORT THE 12%. >> I'M REALLY GLAD YOU WENT A POINT FIVE HIGHE >> 12.5. >> I HAD 12 AND 12.5.
DOWN HERE. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD GO FOR 12. >> SO THAT NUMBER IS 266,308. >> YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I GOT. >> OKAY. GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, SIR.
>> YES. >>> I WON'T SAY TOOH. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR, AND WE CAN DO IT OFF THE RECORD LATER ON BECAUSE IT'S 8:35 AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT EARLY THIS EVENING BUT WHAT YOUR PERSONAL GOAL ARE, YOU HAVE YOUR MBA,
YOU, AND SO NOW YOU'VE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON YOUR HANDS. JUST A LITTLE BIT BUT WE'LL FILL IT. HAVE NO FEAR.BUT WHAT ARE SOME R PERSONAL GOALS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND THAT COULD BE OUTSIDE OF
EVEN CITY GOALS BUT WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS A THE CITY MANAGER, WHAT ARE YOU ENVISION AS YOUR GOAL FOR THE COMING YEAR? AND YOU CAN, WE CAN TALK OFFLINE BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR GOAL IS, AND
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF, WHAT DO YOU, WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT WHETHER IT BE DIFFERENT YOU KNOW DIFFERENT COURSES OR DIFFERENT ORGATIONS OR WHATEVER. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT I, YOU KNOW THAT I
SUPPORT YOU BUT IT DOESN'T COME EASY. AND I DON'T WANT THE BOARD TO KNOW AND I KNOW DAN THAT YOU KNOW. I KNOW I OUR CITY AND OUR
RESIDENTS ARE IN A MUCH BETTER PLACE WITH YOU AS THE LEADER OF OUR CITY. I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT YOU. IT DOESN'T COME EASY. I DO MAKE YOU WORK FOR IT. >> SAME. >> I KNOW ADAM AND ANDREW CAN ATTEST TO THAT. I DEFINITELY HOLD HIS FEET TO THE FIRE, AND I THINK THAT'S
BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO AND YOU'RE CAPABLE OF. I KNOW YOU FOR A LONG TIME AND YOUR WORTH ETHIC IS -- WORK ETHIC IS TOP NOTCH AND OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS I ONLY COME -- ONE OF THE FEW COMPLAINTS I HAD WAS THAT YOU DON'T, YOU DIDN'T
DELEGATE ENOUGH, AND I THINK YOU LEARNED ESPECIALLY WITH GOING THROUGH THE MBA PROCESS THAT YOU HAD TO DELEGATE AND SO I HAVE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED IN DOING THAT IS JUST HOW CAPABLE AND HOW STRONG YOUR
STAFF IS TO BE ABLE TO TO HANDLE MORE AND TO HANDLE THINGS, AND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT ALL.BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO LEAD AD YOU DO THAT WELL, AND SO I SUPPORT THE INCREASE.
I AM PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS THE CITY MANAGER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT HOWEVER MANY YEARS YOU'RE HERE. SO THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MERIT
INCREASE FOR 12% -- >> I'M SORRY, ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION. ARE THESE EFFECTIVE TODAY OR RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1. >> ISN'T THAT WHEN YOUR CONTRACT -- >> LET'S MAKE IT RETROACTIVE OCTOBER 1. >> MAYOR: SODEE WE HAVE A MOTION
TO APPROVE THE MERIT INCREASE FOR DANIEL DUGGER FOR RETROACTOCTOBER 1. >> INCLUDING THE 4-1. >> YES. >>> TO MIRROR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT. >> CLARIFICATION.
THAT WILL NOT MIRROR MY CONTRACT UNLESS YOU ADD I TO MINE AS WELL ON THE 4-1 VOTE. >> OH, YES -- [OFF MIC] >> IT'S GOING TO MIRROR THE ORDINANCE. >> AS LONG AS -- IT'S FOR POINT
OF CLARIFICATION, YEAH. >> SO WE HAVE A -- >> SO MOVED. >> OKAY. >> SECOND. >> OICAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MERIT INCREASE FOR 12% TO MIRROR THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER OF THE SAME CONTRACT FOR 4-1 AND WHAT WAS THE LAST ONE?
>> RETROACTIVE TO OCTOBER 1: WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? >> MOTION TO ADJOURN. [APPLAUSE] >> SO MOVED. >> I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AND A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY EYE -- AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NO. >> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.