TEST TEST TEST TEST [GAVEL] >> MAYOR: GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO BOYNTON BEACH CITY MEETING AND JUNE 2, 2026 AND TIME IS 6 p.m. BEFORE I CONTINUE TO REMIND OF
CIVILITY AND DECORUM, NO INTERRUPTION, COMMISSION MUST BE ADDRESSED AS A WHOLE AND NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ON THE DAIS OR AUDIENCE, ASKED TO LEAVE IF YOU VIOLATE THE RULES.
ROLL CALL. >> CRUZ. >> PRESENT. >> MCCRAY. >> HERE. >> KELLEY. >> HERE. >> TURKIN. >> PRESENT. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> PRESENT. WE WILL HAVE INVOCATION AND
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE PLEASE STAND. >> LET'S PRAY. ETERNAL GOD, FATHER AND CREATOR OF ALL MANKIND.
WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON RECOGNIZING THAT THOU ART GOD AND BESIDE THERE IS NO OTHER. AND AS WE DELIBERATE FOR THE BUSINESS OF THIS CITY, ASK THAT YOU LEAD US AND GUIDE US AND HAVE US GO IN THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE US TO GO. AND THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE
MAKE TONIGHT AND NOT ONLY AFFECT THE INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING BEHIND US AND THOSE PRIOR. LET US BE IN MIND AND PRAY FOR MANKIND, LET US LOVE EACH OTHER AND IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY FOR
CHRIST, 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. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU, THANK YOU, IF EVERYONE COULD SETTLE DOWN SO WE
CAN KEEP MOVING, GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE THE AGENDA APPROVAL THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS REQUEST FROM THE BOARD. >> YES, BECAUSE WE ARE TAKING THAT SUMMER RECESS AND REQUESTING A SPECIAL MEETING THAT SHOULD TAKE 15 MINUTES BEFORE THE AUGUST 11CRA MEETING AND IF WE HAVE CONSENSUS, WE
WOULD LIKE TO NOTICE THAT. AND A CDBG PLAN THAT HAS TO BE APPROVED BY COMMISSION AND SENT TO HUD BY AUGUST 15. >> WHEN DO WE WANT TO HAVE IT? >> AUGUST 11. >> MAYOR: AUGUST 11.
>> AT 6, JUST TAKE A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NOW MOVING ON TO AGENDA, APPROVAL AND DELETIONS, COMMISSIONER MCCRAY. >> THANK YOU MAYOR, NOTHING AT THIS TIME.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> NO. >> TURKIN. >> NO. >> HAY. >> NOTHING FROM ME. >> MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA, SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES AND BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOTHING FROM ME. >> THANK YOU. >> NOTHING FROM ME.
>> KELLEY. >> NO MAYOR. >> TURKIN. >> I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE FOR CITIZENS IN BOYNTON, AND IN
FAVOR OF ATTENDING THE PROSPERITY AND OFFICIAL WELCOME TO THAT OCCASION, VERY WELL ATTENDED. I AM PROUD OF PATHWAY TO PROSPERITY AND I WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD AS WE HAVE MOVED THEM FORWARD.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS. WOULD STAFF PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM. ANYONE? >> JUST THE RECOGNITION. POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE. >> ANDREW WHO IS DOING? >> BILL.
>> BILL YOU ARE UP. >> HEY, BILL YOU CAN BRING UP CHRIS AND SHAWN AND ALSO JOE TO THE PODIUM AS WELL. >> COULD I HAVE MY COACHES
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND COACH LEE AND CATHERINE DILL, AND THANK YOU HAVING US TONIGHT. THE CITY MANAGER AND MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, IT'S A SPECIAL NIGHT TONIGHT OUR GIRLS PLAYED FOOTBALL FOR THE LAST FOUR
MONTHS AND AT THIS TIME HAVE THE 13-14 YEAR-OLD TEAM COME FORWARD, THE 13-14 YEAR-OLD TEAM PLEASE COME UP. OVER HERE GIRLS. OKAY, A LITTLE INFORMATION ON 13-14 YEAR-OLD TEAM.
THIS TEAM IS OUR SENIORS TEAM AND THEY MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. ALL OF OUR TEAMS MADE IT TO CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND. ENDED THE SEASON ON 6-1 RECORD UNFORTUNATELY WE FELL SHORT ON THAT CHAMPIONSHIP DAY.
RUNNER-UP CHAMPIONS AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND BOYNTON BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENT ALL OF OUR GIRLS WITH RINGS. [APPLAUSE] COULD I ALSO HAVE--[APPLAUSE]
YOU KNOW SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS WANT TO COME DOWN AND HELP US HAND IT OUT AND FOR A GROUP PICTURE ALSO. HANDING OUT 30 RINGS TONIGHT. AND AT THIS TIME HAVE THE A-TEAM FOR THE 12 AND UNDER TEAM, THIS
IS OUR JUNIOR TEAM, GUYS. OKAY, A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS TEAM GUYS. GIRLS--GIVE ME A SECOND. THIS IS OUR A-TEAM FOR THE 12-UNDER TEAM, THEY ARE OUR
EXPERIENCED TEAM OUT OF THE 12 AND UNDER GROUP. THEY ARE THE DEFENDING CHAMPS FROM LAST YEAR, THEY MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AND LOST BY ONE POINT. AND I TOLD THEM--STAY UP HERE
GIRLS FOR A TEAM PICTURE AND TOLD THEM TO BLAME ANYBODY THAT'S THE COACH AND THAT WOULD BE ME, 6-1 RECORD, GIVE IT UP FOR THESE GIRLS GUYS. [APPLAUSE] COULD I HAVE CHIEF JOE DEJULIO,
SINCE WE CAME BACK TO STARTING THE PAL PROGRAM THREE YEARS AGO, HE ASKED US THAT WE START A GIRLS PROGRAM. AND THIS IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED. SO WE CALL THIS THE CHIEF'S TEAM, AND CHIEF, THIS TEAM HERE, THIS 12 AND UNDER TEAM, PLEASE
COME FORWARD. THESE GUYS WERE OUR EXTRA TEAM THIS YEAR, GIRLS WITH NO EXPERIENCE AND THEY LET US PUT IN THE SECOND TEAM FOR THIS AGE GROUP. THEY DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL BUT SINCE THEY GOT TO PRACTICE WITH THE BIGGER GIRLS
THEY LEARNED REAL FAST. AND THEY ALSO ENDED UP WITH A RECORD OF 6-1 AND MADE IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THEY ARE YOUR 2026 CHAMPIONS! [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] EVERYONE ACKNOWLEDGE CHIEF
DEJULIO FOR STARTING THESE TEAMS. >> BILL, THEY DID WAY BETTER THAN THE DOLPHINS. >> THEY SURE DID, THIS TEAM WAS UNBELIEVABLE, ALL OF THEM WERE. BUT COACHED BY THE BEST COACHES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND YOUR
CITY EMPLOYEES, JOE EVANS. CHRIS FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. AND LYONS FROM THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND CHUCK WITH THE CITY.
CAPTAIN. AND THE SURPRISE COACH, ALL OUR COACHES GET A GOLD RING AND ANDREW MACK PLEASE COME FORWARD. ANDREW MACK CAME DOWN AND SUPPORTED US DURING THE YEAR AND THE LAST GAME ON OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP DAY, ALL OF OUR TEAMS WERE PLAYING AT THE SAME TIME. SO I NEEDED A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, SO ANDREW MACK STEPPED UP AND BECAME OUR DEFENSIVE COACH AND ABLE TO SHUTDOWN DAVIE AND WE WON THE
CHAMPIONSHIP 12-0! QUARTERBACK ALANNY. TURN AROUND FOR A PICTURE, HOLD ON, HERE'S THE MICROPHONE.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, QUARTERBACK FOR THE LITTLE TEAM. >> HI, I AM ALANNY, I WANT TO SAY HOW GRATEFUL AND HAPPY HOW THIS TEAM LIKE CAME TOGETHER. THANK YOU FOR CHIEF, FOR PUTTING THIS ALL GIRLS TEAM TOGETHER
THREE YEARS AGO. I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD A BUNCH OF FRIENDSHIPS AND BONDS MADE THROUGH THIS TEAM, AND YEAH, I'M GRATEFUL. >> SHE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THE CHIEF WITH A RING.
>> THANK YOU CHIEF AND COMMISSION FOR SPONSORING. GET A GROUP PICTURE HERE NOW. GREAT SEASON FOR THESE GIRLS AND SEE THE SHIRTS, SAYS 6-7 ON THE FRONT. IN THE PAST 6-7 DIDN'T MEAN
ANYTHING BUT MEANS SOMETHING NOW, CHAMP CHRONS. --CHAMPIONS. >> MAYOR: WE ARE NOW MOVING ON
TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE.
GOING TO LET IT CLEAR OUT FOR A MINUTE SO IT'S A LITTLE QUIETER. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO PUBLIC AUDIENCE, AS ALWAYS THREE MINUTES PER PERSON, NONTRANSFERRABLE, NOT A Q & A,
SAME RULES APPLY AND SPEAKERS ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE, YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE IF YOU VIOLATE THE RULES AND AFTER IN-PERSON, WE MOVE TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE.
CINDY--LADIES FIRST. CINDY DICORADDO, I AM HERE FOR DISTRICT 3 THAT DOES NOT PUT THEIR GARBAGE OUT AND I BELIEVE
THURSDAY NIGHT NOT A SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY. WE ARE TOLD ON FRIDAY AND A TIME SLOT THAT PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW IN MY COMMUNITY AND BEING CHARGED $175 ON THEIR UTILITY BILLS. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A BILL, JUST SHOW UP ON YOUR UTILITY
BILL. AND BY THE WAY DO YOU KNOW IT'S $43.25 WE PAY IN OUR BILLS FOR THE UTILITIES. SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE. THIS IS $175, THIS IS FOOD OFF THE TABLE FOR MANY FAMILIES FOR TWO WEEKS. THIS IS GAS FOR A WEEK AND A
HALF, THIS IS ABSURD, $175 THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING BILLED IF THEIR TRASH IS PUT OUT AFTER THE TRUCK GOES BY ON FRIDAY. AND PEOPLE WERE TOLD THEY NEED TO PUT THEIR TRASH OUT ON FRIDAY AND NOW TOLD THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THURSDAY NIGHT. BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND
THAT, THEY HEAR FRIDAY AND FEEL THEY CAN TAKE THEIR GARBAGE OUT AND THOUGHT IS PLAUSIBLE ON FRIDAY. BOTH MY NEIGHBORS GOT A $175 FEE. AND I LEARNED HARD WAY THAT WAS SHOCKING TO ME.
MY FRIENDS CAME OVER AND I DO A BIBLE STUDY AND GOT IN MY DOOR AND LESS THAN 10 MINUTES THEY WERE TICKETED FOR PARKING. SO ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE COMPANY ANYMORE? THE PARKING DESCRIPTION IS SO
CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE YOU CANNOT PARK THIS WAY IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND YOU CANNOT PARK IN THE SWELLS, WHERE ARE YOU TO PARK? ON THE ROAD, LESS THAN 15
MINUTES AND DAN THANK YOU FOR TAKING PART AND THIS IS SHOCKING, AND BORDERLINE LIKE COMMUNIST BOYNTON BEACH, I AM SORRY, IT'S THE TRUTH. AND MARCH 5 I WANT TO GO THERE AND RIGHT IN THIS ROOM I RESULTED IN ACTIONS THAT
REQUIRED MONTHS OF PHYSICAL THERAPY AND TREATMENT. WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FREE SPEECH AT A PUBLIC MEETING TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT NO AMERICAN CITIZEN SHOULD FEAR, AS
A SENIOR AND I ENCOUNTERED SILENCE AND CONTRADICTIONS AND ONGOING EFFORT TO PROTECT DEPARTMENTS THAN SEEK TRUTH. INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS TO SHIELD
FREEDOM AND WHEN CITIZENS ARE IGNORED AND RETALIATED AGAINST, PUBLIC TRUST ERODES. THE PEOPLE ARE WATCHING AND NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY SHOULD PROTECT ITSELF THAN PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE IT SERVES.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SPEAK PEACEFULLY AND LAWFULLY BECAUSE TRUTH DOES NOT DISAPPEAR-- >> IT'S TIME. >> TRANSPARENCY IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THANK YOU. >> NEXT PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING DAVID KATZ, LAST SINCE SENIOR PROM THAT WAS WONDERFUL AND THE STAFF THAT CONSTITUTES THE BOARD TO WORK ON ANOTHER ONE, WHERE DID HE GO, WOODY, HE CUT A RUG THAT NIGHT. HE DID.
AND WHAT IS COMING AFTER THIS IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, TWO PEOPLE THAT REQUESTED WAIVERS. I AM URGING THE COMMISSION NOT TO APPOINT THOSE PEOPLE. THEY LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY, IF YOU WANT TO PARTIALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PEOPLE NOT COMING
FORWARD TO SEARCH ON BOARDS. YOU SHOULD GET RID OF THE TERM LIMITS ON BOARDS, GET RID OF IT. AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND VOLUNTARY POSITIONS AND COME WITH INSTITUTION AL KNOWLEDGE, AND IM
SURE THAT ONE OF THE FOLKS AND ONE FOR EDUCATIONAL USE AND ADVISORY BOARD AND THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. I'M SURE IF FOLKS THAT CAME FORWARD OUTSIDE OF THE CITY AND TURN AROUND AND TELL THEM TO
ANNEX THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE QUITE A COMPLAINT ABOUT THAT. SO I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE PEOPLE SERVE ON THE BOARD FROM AREAS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CITY, HOPE YOU DO
NOT APPOINT THOSE. >> NEXT PLEASE. >> SUSAN OYER, BOYNTON BEACH AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO SHAWNA LAST MEETING I WAS NOT AWARE WHAT YOU WERE SPEAKING ABOUT AND THOUGHT DIRECTED TOWARDS ME.
I WANT TO TAKE THIS MOMENT TO APOLOGIZE PUBLICLY TO YOU AND STACEY, I DIDN'T REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING, SO SORRY. AND AGREE WITH DAVID I THINK WE NEED TO GET RID OF TERM LIMITS
ON OUR BOARDS. WE HAVE ME AND BETTY AND DAVID WE HAVE SAT ON THOSE BOARDS AND BETTY IS 18 OR 19 YEARS AND GETS KICKED OFF AND TERM LIMITED OUT. AND NO ONE HAS MORE KNOWLEDGE
ABOUT THE REC AND PARKS BOARD THAN SHE DOES. AND I THINK IT'S WRONG AND I THINK YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND RELOOK AT THAT AND REVISIT THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU, NEXT PLEASE.
>> GOOD EVENING, CHRISTIE WARD, AND I AM A BOYNTON RESIDENT AND WORKER IN BOYNTON BEACH, AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY HEALTH, I WANT TO PUT INFORMATION OUT THAT WE WILL BE
HAVING OUR THIRD ANNUAL BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT AND AT THE HOUSE OF KINGDOM WORSHIP IN BOYNTON BEACH, THAT IS BISHOP JONES CHURCH NEXT TO--YEAH, I
KNOW--I KNOW, IT IS NEXT TO ST. JOHN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. IT'S ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20 AT 9 a.m. TO 1 p.m. I HAVE A FLYER, ALSO ON EVENTBRIGHT. YOU CAN GO ON EVENTBRIGHT, THERE
IS A PREREGISTRATION QR CODE ON THERE AND ASKING FOR THOSE IN NEED FOR CHILDREN TO GET PHYSICALS AND DO SO BY SCANNING IT. YOU CAN SKIP THE LINE AND BE ON THE LIST. WE WILL HAVE FREE SCHOOL
SUPPLIES AND DEEJAY AND MUSIC AND FOOD AND GIVEAWAYS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. FYI IF YOUR CHILD IS INTO SPORTS AND NEEDING SPORTS PHYSICALS BY FLORIDA STATE LAW IT IS NOW
REQUIRED THAT CHILDREN HAVE EKG DONE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THEIR PHYSICALS. THEREFORE IF YOUR CHILD COMES AND THEY NEED A SPORTS PHYSICAL, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE EKG, WE WILL HAVE TO TURN THEM AWAY. NOT THAT WE WANT TO DO IT, DUE
TO RECENT CHILDREN FALLING ILL OR PASSING AWAY, IT'S JUST A PRECAUTION. SO AGAIN THAT EVENT IS ON JUNE 30, AT 135 NORTHEAST 7 AVENUE AT HOUSE OF KINGDOM WORSHIP AND
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IF YOU CAN COME OUT, SEND YOUR KIDS OUT, HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, NEXT PLEASE. >> HOW YOU DOING, TYLER BER
NETTY, AND I HAVE A LOCAL POOL BUSINESS AND PARK ENFORCEMENT I SERVICE MORE THAN 80 POOLS IN BOYNTON. I RECEIVE TICKETS ON A NORMAL BASIS WITH A WORK TRAILER AND NO
RECOURSE FOR THOSE KINDS OF TICKETS. MY ONLY CONCERN, THANK YOU. >> SOMEONE FROM STAFF WILL GET WITH YOU, SIR. >> MAYOR: WE WILL HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
MOVING ON--ANYONE ONLINE? >> MAYOR, THERE IS NOBODY ONLINE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU SO MUCH, MOVING ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT REQUEST FOR YOUNG MEN OF DISTINCTION, A MOTION FOR THIS?
>> MOTION TO APPROVED. >> SECOND. >> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR AYE? >> AYE. >> I NEED TO ADDRESS THIS-- >> ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY,
MOTION PASSES. COMMISSIONER MCCRAY WANTS TO ADDRESS SOMETHING. >> GOOD EVENING TO MY COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON, I WOULD LIKE THE MEN OF DISTINCTION TO PLEASE COME DOWN FRONT, PLEASE.
[APPLAUSE] I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THINGS BUT MAKE SURE THEIR CHECK IS RIGHT, I THINK MINE IS RIGHT, OKAY.
COME DOWN AND STAND HERE, PLEASE. LET ME GIVE YOU BACKGROUND, I MET WITH THESE GENTLEMEN AND THE YOUNG LADY A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND THEY GAVE ME THEIR PLIGHT AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON, 100% FOR THEM
AND WHY I SAID THAT I WOULD GIVE THEM $1,000 OUT OF MY COMMUNITY FUND. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO THIS GROUP, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT I AM DOING THIS, I AM DOING THIS. I AM GIVING YOU $1500 OF MY OWN MONEY.
AND ALSO GIVING Y'ALL A DONATION OF $1,000 SO YOU SHOULD GET $3500 FROM MCCRAY DISTRICT 2. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE]
>> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> I DON'T LIKE TO BRAG IT BUT EXCEPT FOR MR. HAY, I'M OLDER THAN THE REST OF THEM, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING.
>> I USED TO LIKE YOU. >> WE ARE THE MEN OF VISION OF PURPOSE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCCRAY AND CITY OF BOYNTON FOR THESE DONATIONS.
DONATIONS LIKE THESE GO FAR IN A MOVEMENT FOR OUR KIDS AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT US, WE BEEN AROUND FOR THREE YEARS AND RECENTLY FINISHED OUR FIRST BUDDY PROGRAM AT RECREATIONAL
CENTER. WE HAVE HAD TWO PROGRAMS AT POINCIANA AND TWO MENTORING PROGRAMS THROUGH BASKETBALL. WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF VARIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
WE ARE PART OF TWO PROGRAMS RECENTLY, WE SERVED THESE WONDERFUL MOTHERS. IN JULY, JULY 6 WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE FIRST BUDDY PROGRAM AT CITY HALL IN BOYNTON BEACH.
THANK YOU. >> MY NAME IS LEON JENKINS AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN INVOLVED WITH MVP READING BUDDIES FOR A WHILE. BUT THIS SUMMER THANKS TO
COMMISSIONER MCCRAY AND THE REST OF YOU GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO VENTURE THE READING BUDDY'S THING IS FANTASTIC, GIVES THE KIDS, THE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO PRACTICE. BUT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO
START A SUMMER TUTORING PROGRAM. AND I HAVE A FLYER HERE THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF. BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FIVE
PROBABLY TEACHERS, PROBABLY CERTIFIED TEACHERS THAT'S OUR GOAL, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 20 CHILDREN THAT WE'RE GOING TO TUTOR. AND IT'S GOING TO READ--THE
PROGRAM DATES, JULY 6 THROUGH JULY 28, THAT'S FOUR WEEKS TOTAL BUT IT'S TWICE A WEEK. ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS, THE HOURS FROM 2-4 p.m. PROGRAM LOCATION THANKFULLY YOU
GUYS CAME TO OUR RESCUE IS RIGHT HERE. 100 EAST OCEAN AVENUE ROOM 115, CITY HALL BUILDING. THE MAIN THING WE WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IS THAT SPACE IS LIMITED.
SINCE WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE INDIVIDUALIZED TUTORING, WE'RE LIMITED TO 20 CHILDREN. FIRST COME/FIRST SERVE. WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS FLYER, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS FLYER,
A BUNCH OF FLIERS, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT AT CAROLYN SIMS, HAS THIS FLYER NOW. IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE, ANY PARENT, ANY GRANDPARENT, ANYONE
THAT WHERE THEY FEEL THAT THE CHILD IS NOT READING ON GRADE LEVEL. WE WANT TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP THE READING CRISIS IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON. STARTING OUT WITH 20 BUT HEY, WE
DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WILL BE 120 TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW. SO-- PRIMARILY WE WANT THE PARENTS TO BE AGGRESSIVE IN SIGNING UP.
BECAUSE THE PARENT ORIENTATION IS JUNE 30. WE WANT THE PARENTS TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP SO WE CAN DO THE PARENT ORIENTATION.
WE HAVE A PROFESSOR, Dr. MELANIE ACOSTA, AN FAU PROFESSOR THAT IS COORDINATING THIS. SHE HAS PREVIOUSLY BEEN AT UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, AND SHE'S
BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE UP TO THIS POINT. SO WE REALLY WANT EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY. BEEN AROUND BOYNTON FOR A WHILE, I DON'T RECALL ANY PROFESSORS
FROM ANY SCHOOLS, ANY COLLEGES TAKING IT UPON THEMSELVES BASICALLY SHE REALLY HASN'T BEEN PAID. SHE'S BEEN PLANNING THIS THING FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS, WE KNOW SHE HAS PASSION FOR IT. TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING
ELSE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE CONTINUE TO GET THE FUNDING. RIGHT NOW IT'S 20 KIDS, FIVE INSTRUCTORS. WE'RE PAIRING THEM WITH SOME TUTORS THAT DO ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THEY
GET $60 AN HOUR FOR ONE-ON-ONE TUTORING. WE HAVE FIVE TEACHERS NOT GETTING PAID THAT MUCH BUT IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THIS THING, WE NEED MORE FUNDS. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS LAST THING.
AT DUFFY'S OUT WEST ON JOG ROAD ON JUNE 8, THAT'S--WHEN IS THAT? NEXT MONDAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FUNDRAISER ALL DAY. IT HAPPENS TO BE, WE CHOSE THE
DATE BECAUSE IT HAPPENS TO BE BASKETBALL GAME THAT NIGHT. NBA GAME THAT NIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE. BUT YOU CAN COME ANY TIME YOU WANT TO COME. IF YOU CAN GET THE WORD THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE WILL BE BLESSED WITH 20% OF THE
PROCEEDS. SO LET BOYNTON BE THE ONE CITY THAT WALKS THE WALK, AND TALKS THE TALK ABOUT HELPING KIDS IMPROVE THEIR READING. BECAUSE IT IS A CRISIS. I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT.
AND UP TO THIS POINT, I DON'T THINK ANYONE HAS TAKEN A STAB AT IT LIKE WE HAVE. WE HAVE ALL OF THESE GENTLEMEN, EVERY ONE HAS PLAYED A TREMENDOUS ROLE, A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. IF WE CAN GET THE CITY ON BOARD,
HOWEVER YOU CAN DO IT. TO HELP US MOVE THIS THING FORWARD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MOVING ON TO ADVISORY BOARD AND APPOINTMENTS.
WE HAVE TWO WAIVERS OF APPOINTMENT REQUIREMENTS TO REVIEW. CHERYL McKEEVER IS SEEKING A WAIVER AND PERRY JETTER IS SEEKING A WAIVER.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR CHERYL McKEEVER? IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE WAIVER FOR PERRY JETTER? OKAY. WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR THE BUILDING ADJUSTMENT OF APPEALS
AND NOMINATION TO COMMISSIONER MCCRAY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? >> THANK YOU, ANDREW PODRAY. >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A
SECOND FOR ANDREW PODRAY FOR THE BUILDING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS AND APPEALS. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> ALL OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
WE HAVE ONE APPLICANT FOR-EDUCATION AND YOUTH. >> THAT'S WAIVER. >> AND NEXT IS FOR NOMINATION FOR ADVISORY BOARD AND I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE THIS FOR TIME TO
EDUCATE MYSELF. >> OKAY, FINE WITH THAT. >> MOTION TO TABLE. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THREE APPLICANTS FOR--TWO, THE FIRST NOMINATION TO VICE
MAYOR TURKIN. >> IT'S MY HONOR TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT LINDA WILLEMAIN TO THE SENIOR ADVISORY BOARD. >> SECOND.
>> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. SECOND NOMINATION TO COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> I WILL NOMINATE MAX CANTER TO
THAT SPOT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO NOMINATE MAX CANTER. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
THAT'S IT. YEP, THAT'S IT. NO THIRD NOMINATION. THERE ARE NO APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING BOARDS BUT ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO APPLY, AND
HISTORICAL COMMITTEE LIBRARY BOARD. >> AND MAYOR, I BELIEVE WHEN WE PROPOSE A WAIVER REQUIREMENT NOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR WAIVER FOR THE TERM LIMITS. I WANT TO BE SURE THAT IS ACCURATE.
>> THAT IS CORRECT. >> THANK YOU >> MAYOR: MOVING TO CONSENT AGENDA TO PULL ANY ITEMS. MCCRAY? >> NO. >> KELLEY. >> NO. >> TURKIN. >> NO. >> CRUZ.
>> NO. >> MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA. >> SECOND. >> ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> OPPOSED NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW MOVING ON TO CONSENT BIDS
AND PURCHASES OVER 100,000. COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NOTHING FROM ME. >> TURKIN. >> I WON'T PULL IT BUT HOPE TO HAVE SUPPORT FOR CHAPEL HILL ROAD PAVING PROJECT.
>> KELLEY? >> NO MAYOR. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. >> AYE. >> PAVE AWAY. >> PARDON ME? >> PAVE AWAY.
MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW TO CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, MR. CITY MANAGER, YOU WANT TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS? I FIGURED YOU DID, INTERESTING
DAY TODAY. >> AND WE LOOK WHERE? >> HERE. >> Y'ALL ENJOY THIS MORE THAN
ME. NO WALK DOWN MUSIC THOUGH I WAS THINKING ABOUT TAG TEAM. >> MAYOR: NO MORE, NONE OF THAT. I AM BANNING THAT. >> OKAY. I KNOW I CAME DOWN WITH LEVITY
BUT TODAY THERE WAS SOME PRETTY I GUESS REVOLUTIONARY WAYS THAT MUNICIPALITIES DO BUSINESS FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT. SO PUT TOGETHER A LAST-MINUTE PRESENTATION AND THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE BOARD ON THURSDAY
WHEN WE DID OUR AGENDA REVIEW. SO IT'S FAIRLY REMARKABLE AND A LOT OF UNANSWERED QUESTIONS THAT I WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT STRICTLY
TENTATIVE WHETHER OR NOT THE RESIDENTS OF FLORIDA VOTE FOR THIS AND CHARTER ADOPTION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE OVER 60%, THIS IS NOT A SIMPLE MAJORITY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE 60% VOTE FOR THESE CHANGES TO PASS.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS WHENEVER I DID MY PRESENTATION AT THE LAST COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT WAS PENDING PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION, EXACTLY WHY WE PUT THAT SLIDE IN THERE. BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE TO PIVOT ON
SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES. WHAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS TRYING TO SAY THEY WANT TO DO TAX FREE AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH CENTRIC ON MIDDLE CLASS, IF YOUR HOUSE IS VALUED UPWARDS OF 3-5
MILLION AND THE $250,000 HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS NOT GOING TO DO MUCH IF SOMEONE'S HOME AND 200,000 AND THE EXEMPTION IS SIGNIFICANT. THIS IS TARGETED AT THE MIDDLE
CLASS FOR RELIEF. I'M GOING TO START THIS OUT, WITH GOING OVER WHAT DO WE PULL
FROM AD VALOREM WE PULL IN 75-80 MILLION AND THIS YEAR 79-80 AND EXPERIENCED 4.88% INCREASE IN AD VALOREM REVENUE AND SHARE 21%
WITH CRA. IS THERE AN ECHO IN HERE? OKAY, ABOUT 21% OF REVENUE EQUATES TO 16-17 MILLION TO CRA AND LEFT WITH 62 MILLION AND WE
DON'T HAVE FINALIZED NUMBERS AND THIS IS PLUS OR MINUS 1-2 MILLION. WITH THE NEW INITIAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, IF IT GETS VOTED IN, YOU ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE ABOUT 18-22 MILLION LOSS IN AD
VALOREM REVENUE OFF THE START. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, YOUR ENTIRE LEISURE SERVICES THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALL PARKS AND RECREATION, ALL OF YOUR CULTURAL SERVICE, EVERY SINGLE EVENT TO INCLUDE YOUR PERSONNEL, IF WE
WERE TO ELIMINATE THAT ENTIRE SWATH OF DEPARTMENTS, THAT WOULD SAVE YOU ABOUT $10.3 MILLION. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. THERE IS SOME OPTIONS TOWARDS
THE END BUT WE'RE FACING ABOUT 46% REDUCTION IN FUNDING FROM AD VALOREM, FIRST YEAR 18-22, SECOND YEAR WHEN IT GOES TO 250,000 YOU WILL BE LOOKING AT 32-34 MILLION REDUCTION IN
FUNDING FOR THE CITY. SO THE PATH FORWARD. AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER BUT YOU GUYS CAN ACTUALLY LOOK, SEE THE
PRESENTATION ON YOUR SCREENS. I'M GOING TO HIT DIFFERENT POINTS THAT I THINK ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. SO THE AMENDMENT DIRECTS THE LEGISLATURE BY GENERAL LAW TO SCHEDULE TO ELIMINATE HOMESTEAD
PROPERTY TAXES OVER TIME. WE DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER GUIDANCE AS FAR AS WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE PAST 2028. 2029 YOU WILL HAVE A NEW GOVERNOR, NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEGISLATURE CHANGES.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE AMBIGUITY AS HOW WE GET TO THAT $500,000 MARK WHAT THE ULTIMATE GOAL. SCHOOL TAXES UNTOUCHED. THIS IS KEY, NEW RESIDENTS WILL WAIT FIVE YEARS.
SO THE OVER ALL ARCHING GOAL IS THAT ANYONE WITH HOMESTEAD IMMEDIATE RELIEF. CURRENTLY THE MAJORITY OF H HOMEOWNERS EXPERIENCE 50,000 ALL OF VALUE OF HOME.
AND THAT IS ADVANCED UPWARDS OF 150,000 FIRST YEAR THAT GOES INTO EFFECT OCTOBER, 2027. NEXT YEAR WE HAVE TO MAKE A LOT OF THESE ADJUSTMENTS IN OUR BUDGET CYCLE. WITH THAT BEING SAID, INITIALLY THERE IS GOING TO BE PROTECTIONS
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT WAS NOT THE CASE, THERE ARE NO PROTECTION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN THIS BILL THAT WAS PASSED. IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TODAY. SO I KNOW THERE'S CURRENT LEGISLATION ON THE BOOK THAT
SAYS YOU CAN'T CUT PUBLIC SAFETY BELOW 5%. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME OF THESE CHANGES. OF COURSE AGAIN I'M GOING TO REMIND EVERYONE THIS IS CONTINGENT ON THE REFERENDUM ON
IN NOVEMBER AND WHETHER OR NOT THIS BILL OR THIS REFERENDUM ITEM OBTAINS OVER 60% OF VOTES. INITIALLY IT WAS THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A TRUST FUND OR
BACK-FILL FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES, REMOVED TODAY. THERE IS NO GAP FILL FOR MU MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES TO APPLY FOR IF GAP IN THE FUNDING.
WHAT THE CONSTITUTION SAYS, LIST CONTAINS A BROAD CATCH ALL TO FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ANY APPROVED THROUGH GOVERNING BODY EXCEPT THOSE PROHIBITED BY LAW. AND INITIALLY IT WAS PARKS AND
LIBRARIES AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS REMAIN LEGALLY FUNDED. ORIGINALLY--GOOD CATCH, SHAWNA, ORIGINALLY THOSE WERE ALL BANNED. YOU WERE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY ALL QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICE, MEANING PARKS AND RECS, YOUR
CULTURAL CENTER, COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS. ALL OF YOUR EVENTS, JULY 4 SPENDING TAXPAYER DOLLARS ON FIREWORKS. ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THOSE WERE PROHIBITED TO INCLUDE
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE GENERAL FUND FROM A FUNDING STANDPOINT. THIS IS ELIMINATING ALL QUALITY OF LIFE, BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT GOING TO ELIMINATE THE CORE
FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY. BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PROHIBITING THOSE ECPRESLY IN THE LANGUAGE AND NOT CUT PUBLIC SAFETY OR CORE SERVICES OF CITY AND IT'S A
NEED VERSUS A WANT. WHERE THE REMAINING TAXES GO. PUBLIC SAFETY. EDUCATION. SCHOOLS. INFRASTRUCTURE. NATURAL RESOURCES. INCLUDING FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS.
CHAPEL HILL. BONDS AND DEBT SERVICES, EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT, OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION. WHAT IS THE MOST EXPOSED? AGAIN I JUST SPOKE ABOUT THIS,
OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT. LIBRARY SERVICES. POOLS AND RECREATION CENTERS, YOUTH PROGRAMS AND CAMPS AND ART AND CULTURAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS. CHILDREN SCHOOL HOUSE MUSEUM, ALL OF OUR SENIOR PROGRAMS.
MY RECOMMENDATION AND I WILL TELL YOU AT THE END, THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOME VERY COMPREHENSIVE DISCUSSION AMONGST THE BOARD. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SCHEDULE WORKSHOPS LIKE EVERY OTHER MUNICIPALITY AND COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE NEED TO EARMARK AS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. AND THERE IS ALSO SOME DIFFERENT OPTIONS I WILL GET TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT AS WELL. WHICH ARE GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON US ADDING ITEMS TO OUR OWN
REFERENDUM IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. SERVICES THAT CAN PAY THEIR OWN WAY. OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT. PLANNING AND ZONING. PARKING SERVICES. BUILDING DEPARTMENT. GOLF COURSE.
OUR UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND I DON'T WANT TO USE A LOT OF CITY JARGON FOR THE SAKE OF THE AUDIENCE AND
IT'S A DEPARTMENT THAT CAN OPERATE ON ITS OWN JUST LIKE A BUSINESS WOULD ON THE OUTSIDE PRIVATE SECTOR. MOVING ON, WHAT SURVIVES? PAVING AND LIGHTING AND BEAUTIFICATION. DEDICATED DOLLARS DO NOT DEPEND
ON PROPERTY TAXES AND LOCAL GAS TAXES THAT 1.5 MILLION PER YEAR, THAT ALTERNATIVES YEAR TO YEAR. AND WHAT IS AT RISK, DAY-TO-DAY STREET CREW AND GENERAL FUND AND
BEAUTIFICATION, AND PAVING FOR UPGRADES BEYOND THE DEDICATED DOLLARS. SO WE HAVE A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THE GENERAL
FUND IS FUNDED, GAS TAX AND REVENUE SHARES FROM THE COUNTY AND FRANCHISE FEES FROM THE ENTERPRISE FUNDS THEY BRIEFLY MENTIONED. PROBABLY 8%, ALL IN ALL GENERAL FUND IS 137 MILLION AS WE STAND
WITH NO FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS. IF YOU CUT OUT 20 MILLION AND TAKE THE MEAN FROM THE RANGE, YOU ARE LOOKING AT PASSING A GENERAL FUND CONSTITUTES RIGHT AT 116 MILLION TO 117 MILLION. LOSE ABOUT 20 MILLION IN FUNDING
THE WAY THAT THINGS STAND NOW. THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS GOING TO HURT. THE 991 EMPLOYEES, THERE WILL BE MASS LAYOFFS IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH. I JUST TOLD YOU GUYS THE ENTIRE
LEISURE SERVICES DEPARTMENT ACCOUNTS FOR 10.3 MILLION. AND YOU ARE STILL SHORT ANOTHER 10 MILLION. SO THERE'S SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF CUTS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE BE RECOMMENDING TO THE BOARD AND
YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS PUTTING INTO THE OVERALL BUDGETARY PROCESS TO BE PASSED. SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT 991-674
AND THAT'S 72% OF EVERY GENERAL FUND DOLLARS IS PERSONNEL. A LARGE MAJORITY OF OUR GENERAL FUND COMES FROM SALARIES AND PENSIONS AND BENEFIT LIABILITIES. WHERE IS IT STANDS, A GAP OF THIS SIZE CANNOT BE CLOSED
WITHOUT AFFECTING POSITIONS. WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTECTED TO 5% DEGREE, AND WITH DEPARTMENTS AND LIBRARY, PLANNING AND STREET CREWS. WHAT THE RESIDENTS NOTICE?
REDUCED LIBRARY AND REC CENTER HOURS. I DON'T FEEL THOSE WILL SURVIVE THIS. FEWER OR SMALLER FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS. I DON'T FEEL WE HAVE BUDGET FOR ANY COMMUNITY EVENTS.
CODE AND NUANCE RESPONSE AND CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE MANEUVERED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ASPECT. FACILITY CONSOLIDATION OR
CLOSURES. THINK EZELL HESTER CENTER AND LITTLE LEAGUE AND INTRACOASTAL PARKS AND INCLUDING OCEAN FRONT.
THOSE OF YOU WHO HEARD ME LAST MEETING, I WAS TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE MERGERS. NOW THERE WILL BE SOME SAVINGS THERE THAT WE ARE GOING TO EXPERIENCE. WE WERE GOING TO EXPERIENCE, KEY, THOSE SAVINGS ARE GOING TO
BE NOT ONLY SHARED WITH THE COUNTY FOR THE PENSIONS UNFUNDED LIABILITY OBLIGATIONS IN THE EVENT THAT A MERGER DOES GO THROUGH. AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO DETERMINE WITH THE
REMAINDER SINCE THE STATE HAS P PREEMPTIVE OUR GOAL OF CUTTING ON THE RESIDENTS THAT TAXES ARE CUT AND ACCOMPLISHED THE GOAL AND HAVE TO BACK TEST THE
THEORY. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW TO GET IN THE SAME PLACE AND INFLECT LESS PAIN. IF THE MERGER DOES GO THROUGH THERE WILL BE FUNDING LEFT OVER TO THE TUNE, AND AGAIN THIS IS A BALLPARK FIGURES, EXTRA FUNDING
TO PROBABLY 2-4 MILLION A YEAR. AND THAT'S IF WE DECIDE TO MERGE WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY FIRE RESCUE. IF WE DO NOT, THERE IS NOT ANOTHER AVENUE THAT YOU CAN RETAIN YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT INCREASING THE FIRE
ASSESSMENT FEE TWO TO THREEFOLD TO MAKE UP THE REVENUE LOSS. OR YOU WILL HAVE TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. TRANSFER CELL OF UTILITY. THIS IS ENTERPRISE FUND, NOT
AFFECTED BY ANYTHING THAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THIS DOES NOT COME OUT OF YOUR GENERAL FUND. THE TRANSFER TO CELL UTILITY IN THE EVENT THAT THE COUNTY DOES GO FORWARD OR WE ARE NOT SATISFIED WITH A PURCHASING PRICE OF OUR UTILITY TO CREATE THE ENDOWMENT FUND.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS AND ONE OF THE OPTIONS FLOATED IS CREATING A REGIONAL UTILITY, I HAVE NOT APPROACHED DELRAY BEACH WITH THAT AND THESE ARE PRELIMINARY AND DON'T THINK THAT WE APPROACHED THE CITY OF DEL
RAY. AND UTILITY ASSOCIATION WE HAVE FLOATED THAT IDEA AND PULLING MONEY OUT OF UTILITY AND STILL CREATE THAT ENDOWMENT FUND. THAT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS.
NOW IF THAT ENDOWMENT FUND WERE TO--IF THE ENDOWMENT FUND WERE TO BE CREATED AND PROBABLY LOOKING TO PULL $15-30 MILLION SOMEWHERE IN THERE, OF PASSIVE INCOME, SAFELY, NOT AFFECTING THE PRINCIPAL.
SO TWO PATHS TO CLOSE THE GAP ABSORBED IN THE GENERAL FUND, I'M GOING TO SKIP TO PAGE 14. THESE ARE YOUR HARDEST TO
PROTECT, SUBSIDIES FOR SENIOR SERVICES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS AND LIBRARY SUBSIDIES, UNLESS HANDED TO THE COUNTY OR NEW DISTRICT. BEAUTIFICATION AND STREETLI LIGHTING AND LAND ACQUISITION. THE PRESSURE GROWS OVER TIME AS
I SPOKE OVER BEFORE. AND FIRST YEAR, 2027, LOSS OF 20 MILLION IN YOUR BUDGETARY CYCLE AND SECOND, LOSS OF 32 MILLION
IN FUNDING WHICH WILL OCCUR IN 28-29. I HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF $500,000 IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF FOR OUR RESIDENTS OR FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA RESIDENTS WHO ARE HOMESTEADED. THIS IS GOING TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE
RESIDUAL EFFECTS ON THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND YOU HAVE HOME HOMESTEADED AND $25 $250,000 TAX RELIEF. AND IF YOU HAVE A RESELL AND
RESETS AND FIVE-YEAR WAIT PERIOD FOR RESELL. WHEN THAT HAPPENS AND IMPACT TO THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AND ASSUME SLOW DOWN TREMENDOUSLY IF A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE RECEIVING THOSE
LARGE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND IF THE SAVING GRACE, APARTMENTS WILL BRING IN TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF REVENUE.
AND THE INCREASE OF THOSE COMMERCIAL ASSETS IS CAPPED AT 5%, IT WAS 10%, THAT IS DROPPED IN HALF. I WILL TELL YOU THAT BUSINESSES AND OTHER COMMERCIAL ENTITIES IS WHERE YOU STILL DERIVE THE LARGE
MAJORITY OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE FROM. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COMMERCIAL ASPECT AND ANYONE WATCHING THE NEWS AND MUNICIPALITIES LIKE PARK LAND, AND BARRIER ISLANDS, THEY DON'T HAVE LARGE COMMERCIAL
ASSETS AND HIT HARDER THAN CITIES WITH THAT COMMERCIAL ASPECT TO THEM. THE LIKELY SHAPE OF THE CITY, NEAR TERM, LEANER, FULL SERVICE CITY, LIVING WITHIN A 18-22 MILLION LESS IN THE FIRST YEAR
AND COMPOUND TO 32 MILLION. AND POLICE, FIRE, INFRASTRUCTURE, DEBT, PENSION FUNDING AS CORE USES. DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS AND LEANING ON FEES ASSESSMENTS OR A DISTRICT. SOME FACILITIES CONSOLIDATED.
LONG-TERM DEPENDS ON GENERAL LAW AND SCHEDULE OF FULL ELIMINATION AND WHETHER FUTURE GENERAL LAW PROHIBITS SPECIFIC USES. AND EITHER PUSH THE CITY TO A CORE SERVICE ORIENTED MODEL. AND STRUCTURE MOVES AND FIRES
AND UTILITIES PAYROLL IN THE BUDGET. IF THIS BODY REMEMBERS AND YEAR 2 I SAID TO LOWER MILLAGE RATE TO 4.29 TO IMPLORE THE RATE OF PALM COUNTY RESCUE, 3.881.
THAT STILL HOLDS TRUE IN THE EVENT YOU DO NOT WANT TO RAISE TAXES AND UNDERMINE THE SPIRIT OF THIS LEGISLATION. IN THE EVENT THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE THOSE QUALITY OF SERVICES YOU HAVE TO RAISE YOUR MILLAGE RATE.
NOT ABLE TO GO DOWN TO THAT RATE. THAT 4.91 WAS CONTINGENT BEFORE THE PROPERTY TAX LEGISLATION TOOK HOLD. BEING THAT IT DOES PASS IN NOVEMBER, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE A
SERIOUS DECISION TO MAKE. WHAT THE COMMISSION WILL NEED TO DECIDE. THIS IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO GET TO, THERE IS A PLETHORA OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND EVERY MUNICIPALITY WILL HAVE THE
ABILITY TO GOOD FORWARD. WHICH SERVICES SHIFT TO A NEW DISTRICT? YOU CAN FORM A SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT FOR YOUR PARKS, YOUR FOR YOU LIBRARY, FOR YOUR LEISURE SERVICES BUT IT'S GOING TO BE CONTINGENT ON THE VOTERS
IN THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH VOTING FOR ADDITIONAL TAXATION. AND BOCA RATON IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE AND PALM BEACH COUNTY DID A LIBRARY BOND AND WENT TO REFERENDUM AND VOTERS VOTED FOR
THAT TAXATION. AND BOCA RATON HAS A SPECIAL TAX FOR BEACHES AND PARKS AND THAT REFERENDUM PASSED. THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD. WHETHER TO TRANSFER FIRE AND EMS TO PALM BEACH COUNTY?
AGAIN IF THE TRANSFER DOES OCCUR THERE WILL BE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE. IF THE TRANSFER DOES NOT OCCUR, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE SERIOUS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, EITHER STAYING THE SAME OR
TAKING SLIGHT CUTS. THAT BRINGS IN 8.8 MILLION PER YEAR. YOU HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY TRIPLE THAT TO MAKE UP THE FUNDING DIFFERENCE. FOUR, HOW TO FUND LIGHTING, BEAUTIFICATION AND LAND IN A
SMALLER BUDGET. FIVE, WHICH FACILITIES TO SELL, CLOSE OR REPURPOSE. IF YOU DO REDUCE YOUR FUNDING AND WE LOSE THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO RAISE REVENUE OR
HOW TO MAINTAIN THOSE BUILDINGS AND PARKS. AND WHAT LEVEL OF WORKFORCE REDUCTION IS ACCEPTABLE AND OVER WHAT TIME? THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW IT WAS NOT PLEASANT BUT I GUARANTEE YOU GUYS THERE IS A
PLETHORA OF MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVING THIS TOUGH DISCUSSION TONIGHT. I WANTED TO STICK TO FACT BASED AND NOT OPINE THAT THE CITY IS FOR IT, AGAIN THE RESIDENTS ARE
THE ONES PAYING FOR OUR SALARIES AND SERVICES. AND THE STATE MADE THIS DECISION, THESE ARE OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES LIKE YOU GUYS ARE. AND THEY MADE A DECISION TODAY, HOUSE AND SENATE PASSED THE GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE. 100% CERTAIN HE WILL SIGN IT.
IT WILL BE A REFERENDUM ITEM AND WILD PUBLIC RELTZ RELATIONS CAMPAIGN WHETHER PASSED OR VOTED DOWN. THIS IS JUST PASSED TODAY AND COULD BE THINGS THAT WE ARE
MISSING. A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS FOR THIS BODY TO EXAMINE. IT WILL REQUIRE A WORKSHOP. STAFF WILL HAVE TO PUT A LOT OF HOURS INTO PREPARING YOU GUYS. BUT AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GIVE YOU SOME FACT-BASED
ANSWERS, IF I CAN, TRY TO GO TO BETTER SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT THAN I AM. >> I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT FOR THIS,
AND I ARGUE, YES, MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND I DON'T THINK IT'S THE SAME CONVERSATION OF BEING PROACTIVE AND A LOT OF SOLUTIONS AND IF THIS GOES FORWARD, VOTERS WILL DECIDE THIS.
AND I THINK YOU CAN BRING THAT SAME SENTIMENT OF THE MOST PURE FORM OF DEMOCRACY, WHICH IS ALLOWING THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT THESE WORKSHOPS IN THE
CASE THAT THIS DOES PASS, MEETS 60%. I THINK DEFINITELY SEE THIS PR CAMPAIGNS ON BOTH SIDES AND APPRECIATE THE OBJECTOB OBJECTI
THE CITY HAS AND DON'T WANT TO BE CAUGHT WITH OUR TAIL BETWEEN OUR LEGS IF THIS DOES PASS AND WE DON'T PUT IN EFFORT. I THINK IT'S TIME TO HAVE THOSE CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS SO THAT EVERYONE CAN PREPARE, RESIDENTS AND US AND EMPLOYEES.
AND WORSE-CASE SCENARIO IT DOESN'T PASS AND REVISIT THE BUDGET NEXT YEAR. HOWEVER I THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING THAT WAY WE CAN GET CREATIVE, YOU KNOW AND I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
SHARE AT THE WORKSHOP. IF WE DECIDE TO MOVE THAT WAY. BUT I THINK IT'S RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE TO KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING. YOU KNOW, I ASSUME AFTER THE LEGISLATIVE BREAK.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT IN TALLAHASSEE, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET AND WE'RE RESPONSIBLE TO DELIVER THE CORE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR MARKET, SO TO SPEAK. IF WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE
DIFFICULT DECISIONS. THE IDEAS THAT YOU WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR CITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY OF LIFE GOES UP. REFLECTS IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. REAL ESTATE MARKET GOES UP, AND VALUE GOES UP AND AD VALOREM GOES UP. THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS
THERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG CONVERSATION AND NOT MUCH TO ADD BUT WANTING TO CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE IN A WORK-SHOP FASHION. >> REAL QUICK, DAN, I KNOW AND I
HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO READ THE ENTIRE BILL THAT WAS PROPOSED. I KNOW THAT EARLIER IN THE WEEK THERE WAS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CAPPING, FORCING ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES TO ROLL BACK THEIR MILLAGE.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS PULLED OUT LAST ONE AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT BOYNTON ON THE RED LIST ALONG WITH I THINK 50 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND BECAUSE OUR
MILLAGE IS SO HIGH AND PART OF THAT PROPOSAL IS A MASS ROLL BACK AND CURIOUS IF THAT WAS PULLED OFF OF THIS FINAL BILL OR-- >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER K
KELLEY, MY LAST CONVERSATION WITH BALLARD PARTNERS AT 5 O'CLOCK TODAY AND MATT GETTING ON A PLANE AND ASKED, IN LAY TERMS ANY LAST-SECOND ADJUSTMENTS THAT I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AND TOLD ABOUT PUBLIC
SAFETY ASPECT, DID NOT MENTION THAT. AND I WILL SAY AND THIS IS A DISCUSSION TO HAVE ON CRA SIDE OF THE AISLE. YOU'RE GIVING 17 MILLION OF YOUR REVENUE TO THE CRA AND IN IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU GET 10
MILLION FROM THE COUNTY. I CAN TELL YOU WITH 100% CERTAINTY THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND IS HURTING AS BAD IF NOT WORSE. THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT, ALMOST LIKE THE STATE TOOK A
GIGANTIC BOULDER AND THREW IN THE LAKE AND A MILLION DIFFERENT RIPPLE EFFECTS THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH. >> YEAH, AND ONE MORE REAL QUICK AND THEN GO AND A CONVERSATION TO CONTINUE, I WANTED--IT KIND OF CAME UP ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.
BUT OUT OF--IT KIND OF COMES FROM LAST MEETING AS WELL--YOU KNOW THROUGH THE POTENTIAL CONVERSATIONS OF MERGERS AND TRANSFERS AND ALL OF THAT. WE'VE DONE EFFICIENCY BUDGET STUDIES AS IT PERTAINS TO FIRE
AND AS IT PERTAINS TO UTILITIES. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT HAS TO BE A TREND AND ESPECIALLY OUR LARGER DEPARTMENTS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING
AT DOING AN OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY AND BUDGETARY STUDY ON POLICE, ON FIRE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE--AND I THINK THIS IS MOST MUNICIPALITIES HAVE
SEEN IT TOO. PROPERTY TAXES HAVE GONE UP BECAUSE VALUES HAVE GONE UP. BUDGETS HAVE GONE UP. YOU KNOW WE'VE BOUGHT THE PRETTY CARS, WE HAVE UPGRADED OUR EQUIPMENT. WE HAVE DONE ALL OF THIS STUFF.
I THINK THERE IS A TRUE WAY THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES OF OUR DEPARTMENTS. AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE RUNNING OPERATIONALLY EFFECTIVE. BUT ALSO BUDGETARILY EFFECTIVE
AS WELL, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOSING, I DON'T WANT OUR RESIDENTS. WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD ON OUR PARKS AND ARTS AND CULTURE AND MOVING THE CITY TO WHERE WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT COME FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY TO COME TO
OUR CITY, TO COME TO OUR EVENTS TO ENJOY WHAT WE WORKED SO HARD TO BUILD AND CREATE. TO THINK THAT WE PRIORITIZE FIRE, UTILITIES AND POLICE AND DEGRADE OR PUSH ASIDE THE
THINGS--THERE IS A BALANCE. AND I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET SERIOUS, THIS IS A SERIOUS CONVERSATION AND IT WILL BE A LONGING CONVERSATION THAT WE WILL BE HAVING. I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EFFICIENCIES OF THE DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND
WHAT PAYING FOR AND WHERE TO MAKE CUTS. AND WHERE TO LOOK MAYBE OUR VEHICLES, MAYBE OUR FLEET LAST FIVE YEARS INSTEAD OF REPLACE AT THREE YEARS. MAYBE WE ARE NOT BUYING THINGS THAT ARE GETTING 10 MILES TO A GALLON OF GAS, AND WE ARE NOT
PAYING $5 A GALLON AT THE CITY, BUT THINGS TO LOOK AT. ARE WE REALLY WORKING AS EFFICIENTLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LOSING SERVICES. BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS LOOK AT OUR RESIDENTS AND
SAY, SORRY WE HAVE NIXED EVERYTHING BECAUSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NEEDS SHINY CARS AND NEEDS GAS. AND NEEDS TO DRIVE TO THEIR HOMES AND YOU KNOW AND FIRE NEEDS THAT AND UTILITIES NEED THAT AND OUR CODE NEEDS THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
ARE BEING EFFICIENT WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING SERVICES. PERIOD. AND SO AS WE GO INTO THIS CONVERSATION I REALLY WANT MY COLLEAGUES TO--THAT IS MY POSITION AND IF THAT MEANS DAN
THAT WE DO AN OPERATIONAL BUDGET EFFICIENCY STUDY. ON OUR LARGE DEPARTMENTS. THEN THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT GOING INTO THIS, GOING INTO THESE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE ARE BEING RESPONSIBLE. BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
ARE SPENDING--I'M SPENDING MY TAXPAYER MONEY AND THE RESIDENTS' TAXPAYER MONEY AND IF WE CUT THIS BUDGET SO THIS DEPARTMENT CAN RUN RAMPANT. WHAT ARE WE DOING, AND ARE WE
BEING EFFICIENT. THAT IS MY POSITION ON THAT AND I KNOW THAT MY COLLEAGUES BASED ON THE CONVERSATION ON THIS DAIS, THAT THEY AGREE WITH BEING EFFICIENT. I AM THROWING THAT OUT THERE THAT I THINK WE NEED TO BE
PROACTIVE ABOUT THAT. >> THANK YOU. YEAH, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU COMMISSIONER KELLEY FOR THE EXTENTS YOU MADE AND THANK YOU DAN FOR BEING PREPARED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VOTE
HAPPENED. IN OUR MEETING TODAY. AND ADDING THAT TO OUR AGENDA INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING AND HAVING ENOUGH TIME TO REALLY REVIEW T THESE ARE REALLY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE. AND DIFFICULT THINGS TO EVEN
THINK ABOUT RIGHT. AS WE THINK OF THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE AMAZING PEOPLE THAT WORK IN OUR CITY. AND MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I THINK THAT, I DO AGREE THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE, WE SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK INTO
EFFICIENCIES FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS. MAYBE OVER TIME IF POSSIBLE. MAYBE LOOKING AT IF THERE ARE RETIREMENTS COMING UP, CAN WE POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW, MAYBE BECOME A LITTLE BIT LESS TOP HEAVY IN CERTAIN AREAS. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE
YOU CAN WORK WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND MANAGEMENT AS A WHOLE. AND NEW POSITIONS RIGHT. LET'S THINK OF ABOUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU FOR BEING READY AND PRESENTING THIS SO SOON. AND YEAH WE WILL CONTINUE TO
TALK ABOUT THIS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. >> YES, THANK YOU, DAN. >> COMMISSIONER MCCRAY. >> THANK YOU, I CONCUR WHAT EACH OF YOU SAID THUS FAR. I REALLY THINK IT GOES FARTHER THAN JUST THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
WE NEED TO START EDUCATING OUR CITIZENS RIGHT NOW. NOT LATER. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING BOYNTON WILL BE SAVING AD VALOREM DOLLARS BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GIVING UP? A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID I DON'T
NEED THE SENIOR CENTER, I DON'T NEED THAT AND THAT AND THAT, AND GUESS WHAT WHEN WE WERE KIDS AND SOMEONE PAID FOR US, WE HAVE TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE. SOMEBODY PAID FOR US AND WE HAVE
TO PICK UP THE BALL AND PAY FOR THE CHILDREN, AND LIKE THE MEN OF DISTINCTION AND THEY ARE VOLUNTEERING. WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO GIVE THEM, HOW DO WE REACH THOSE INDIVIDUALS? WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CUTTING.
WE CAN'T CUT PROGRAMS THAT'S NEEDED. WE CAN'T CUT THEM AS NEEDED. I AM SAYING YEARS AGO WE WORKED LIKE HELL TO GET WILSON POOL. CAROLYN SIMS AND EZELL HESTER
AND STANDING UP HERE TONIGHT AND MAY HAVE TO DO AWAY WITH THOSE PROGRAMS. THAT'S A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW WHEN PEOPLE GAVE SO MUCH AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC AND THAT YOU
ARE NOT ONLY SAVING TAX DOLLARS BUT GIVING UP A HELL OF A LOT. YOUR LIFESTYLE WILL CHANGE 100%. WHAT YOU USED TO DO, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYMORE. WHEN I WANT TO CALL A POLICE AND TAKE THREE MINUTES AND MIGHT
TAKE 10 MINUTES TO GET THERE. AND TALKING ABOUT WHY DIDN'T THEY COME. AND BEAUTIFICATION. WE NEED TO EDUCATE NOT ONLY THE STAFF SITTING UP HERE, WE NEED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. AND WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO START PUTTING OUT
FLYERS AND MEETING WITH PEOPLE. AND LIKE YOU GAVE THIS REPORT TONIGHT, NEEDS TO BE PUBLICIZED OVER THIS ENTIRE CITY. LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE ARE UP AGAINST, A FIGHT WE ARE ALL IN. NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS. >> I WILL SAY THE ONE THING THAT
I DID SAY TONIGHT, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WILL HAVE TO GO TO REFERENDUM. I'M NOT SURE, WHEN IS OUR NEXT REFERENDUM SHAWNA? >> OURS? >> YES, OURS. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO IMPLEMENT ON
REFERENDUM BEFORE THESE CUTS COME. >> WE COULD GET IT ON THE MARCH BALLOT IN 2028--NO, WE WON'T IMPLEMENT IT. >> NO, YOU STILL FACE THAT 20 MILLION CUT. >> YEAH, WE NEED FOCUS, AND WE
NEED TO HAVE DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS AND COMMISSIONER KELLEY BROUGHT UP A LOT OF DIFFERENT POINTS AND I THINK AN EXERCISE AND I DON'T WANT TO FREAK EVERYONE OUT. BUT A GOOD EXERCISE FOR THE WORKSHOP FOR YOUR DIRECTORS TO
SLASH THE BUDGET AND LOOK FOR OPERATION EFFICIENCIES AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT AND EVERYTHING THAT UPPER MIDDLE MANAGEMENT GETS NEED TO LOOK AT IT. NOT SAYING TO CUT IT BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING HOL
HOLISTICALLY WITH EVERYONE DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK EVERYONE AGREES IF WE CUT OUT ONE DOZEN VEHICLES TO SAVE JOBS AND PEOPLE TO PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE, IF WE GET TO THAT POINT. I THINK THAT'S FAIR.
AND DIFFERENT HOW I FEEL ABOUT THIS REFERENDUM BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY SERVICES ARE DELIVERED. AND ULTIMATELY WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND A COMPANY DOESN'T DO WELL AND DO CUTS AND LOOK AT ASSETS AND PEOPLE.
I THINK BEFORE--I GUESS IS EVERYONE OKAY TO DO A PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THIS? IS EVERYBODY OKAY TO GET THAT TYPE OF EXERCISE AND LOOK AT THIS BUDGET? OKAY, AND COME FORWARD WITH THAT. AND THEN WE CAN OPEN UP THE CAN OF WORMS WITH THE PROGRAMS AND
EVERYTHING. I'M SURE WE'LL ALL HAVE A DIFFERENT PRIORITY LIST BUT THAT'S HOW WE WILL GET COMMON GROUND AND MAYBE THIS DOESN'T PASS; RIGHT. BUT I THINK IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS
AND ALSO TO CITY STAFF WHO DEDICATED TO DO WHAT WE CAN AND ULTIMATELY BRING THE MOST COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. >> MAYOR: REAL QUICK, I KNOW WE HAVE OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE
30th. >> NOT SURE OF THE DAYS. >> YES. WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME TO KIND OF HAVE AS WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT POTENTIALLY BRING, I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO LOOK
AT TENTATIVE NUMBER LIKE 10% OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE. I DON'T KNOW, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD. IF WE AT LEAST MADE THE GOAL OF HAVING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION ON ALL AREAS. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SEEN THIS AT THE STATE LEVEL.
WHERE THEY WANT MUNICIPALITIES TO DO EXERCISE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO REDUCE OUR ENTIRE BUDGET BY 10%. WE COULD AT LEAST DO THAT AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE SO WE CAN BE AGILE AND MOST EFFECTIVE. AND THEN WE CAN OBVIOUSLY
HOPEFULLY NOT HAVE TO GO TO THAT END. BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAID, VICE MAYOR ABOUT LOOKING AT BENEFITS AND VEHICLES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE TO SAVE JOBS. TO REALLY KEEP FAMILIES IN THEIR
HOME AND FOOD ON THE TABLE FOR FAMILIES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD. >> I WANT TO REMIND THE VEHICLE, I KNOW THAT KEEPS COMING UP. THAT IS A CAPITAL ONE-TIME EXPENSE, OPERATIONALLY SALARIES ARE REVOLVING EXPENSE.
EVEN IF YOU DO ELIMINATE EVERY VEHICLE THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE MONIES FOR ONE TIME. AND THEN YOU ARE STILL HAVE THE SALARIES AND WHATEVER JOBS WE DO RETAIN, WE HAVE TO ABSORB THOSE. >> AND FUEL COSTS TOO.
>> FUEL COSTS AND INSURANCE AND HAVING TO PAY. >> WE WOULD HAVE SAVINGS THERE. >> ESPECIALLY NOW. >> LOOKING AT NECESSARY USES VERSUS NOT NECESSARY. >> I CAN'T DO THAT--THERE IS NO WAY TO DO THE ENTIRE CITY BY JUNE 30.
WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE TIME. BUT WE CAN DO AN EXERCISE AND A WORKSHOP LIKE THAT. >> YEAH. I THINK WHAT WE END UP SEEING, VICE MAYOR TURKIN TO T
TIG--PIGGYBACK ON YOU AND DO THIS EXERCISE OBVIOUSLY FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO GO INTO THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND TIGHTEN OUR BELTS A LITTLE BIT AND BE REALISTIC.
AND LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR AND SAY IT DOESN'T BUT WE HAVE DONE THIS EXERCISE AND NOW SEEN, AND WE HAVE NO CIP BUDGET, WE HAVE NO PAVING BUDGET. WE HAVE NO MONEY TO DO ANYTHING EXTRA. IF WE ARE ABLE TO SQUEEZE EVEN MORE AND HAVE THAT ABILITY TO
HAVE THAT CIP FLEXIBILITY. IF THIS DOESN'T PASS AND WE'RE SAFE FOR ANOTHER YEAR. BECAUSE WHO KNOWS WHAT THEN WHAT THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT YEAR. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF PROPERTY TAX REFORM DOWN THE ROAD I FEEL LIKE, IT WILL REPEAT
IF IT DOESN'T PASS. BUT I THINK THAT IT WILL GIVE US AN EXERCISE, MAYBE WE SEE WHERE WE CAN SQUEEZE AND WHERE THEN WE HAVE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE FUNDING TO DO THE EXTRA PAVING THAT WE
STILL NEED TO DO, $8 MILLION OF PAVING LEFT TO BE DONE CITY WIDE AND THAT STARTS THAT PROCESS OVER AGAIN. I THINK IT'S A GOOD EXERCISE. I AGREE, I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW TO GO INTO THIS BUDGET, I THINK WE CAN TIGHTEN OUR BELTS A
LITTLE BIT AND I THINK UNREALISTIC TO GET 10% AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. WE DEFINITELY NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND LOOK AT EFFICIENCIES THAT IS IMPORTANT. >> I CAN ONLY MOVE THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DOWN 5% STATORTLY, SO YOU KNOW, CANNOT MOVE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN 10%. THAT IS ONE DEPARTMENT CAVEAT. >> MAYOR. ALTHOUGH WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY, I DON'T TO SEND THE
WRONG MESSAGE TO STAFF FOR OUR DISCUSSION. FOR THOSE LOOKING ONLINE AND SEEING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING RID OF EMPLOYEES AND COMING TO WORK IN THE MORNING, I MIGHT LOSE MY JOB. MORALITY DOWN, I AM SAYING NOT TRYING TO LOOK AT THAT AVENUE.
TRYING TO TIGHTEN UP OUR BELT AND THOSE THAT CAN DO MORE, REQUEST TO DO MORE, AND NOT TALKING ABOUT JOB LAYOFFS AND THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THIS AND NOT THE WAY THAT WE ARE GOING. >> RIGHT, AND WHY I PREFACED BEFORE I STARTED THIS
CONVERSATION, EVERYTHING IS TENTATIVE AND BASED OFF OF THAT VOTE. IF THAT VOTE DOES GO YES, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES TO ADDRESS. IF IT GOES NO, THEN I THINK AS FAR AS LIKE THE BUDGETARY CYCLE THERE WILL BE A LITTLE LESS--A
LOT LESS SIGNIFICANT DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT MY STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES. >> MAYOR: OKAY, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME WE WILL MOVE ON TO REGULAR AGENDA, TURN TO THE CLERK TO RUN 10 "A" INTO THE RECORD.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 26-016- FIRST READING, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 2 TO ADOPT A NEW SECTION 2-10, "CONTROL OF ACCESS TO CITY-OWNED, CONTROLLED, AND LEASED PROPERTY"; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THIS IS THE FIRST READING DOES STAFF--YES, YOU DO.
>> HERE WE GO, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, I HAVE TO LOWER THE MIC AFTER THAT. THE CITY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING SOME RECURRING ISSUES OF INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP TO CITY FACILITIES AND DISRUPTING OPERATIONS AND QUOTING EMPLOYEES
IN A DISRUPTIVE MANNER AND INTERFERE WITH STAFF IN PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES. FEDERAL COURTS HAVE MADE CITY AREAS AS LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM OR
A NONPUBLIC FORUM. SO ONE THING-- ONE THING THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS CLASSIFIES THE AREAS OF BOYNTON FACILITIES AS ONE OF THOSE THREE. SO HERE A PUBLIC FORUM THAT
WOULD BE COMMISSION CHAMBERS, AND ANY DESIGNATED CONFERENCE ROOMS DURING A NOTICED PUBLIC MEETING AND AS THE ONE NOW AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. AND LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM IS YOUR
LOBBIES AND RECEPTION AREAS AND SERVICE COUNTERS AND THE LIBRARY. THESE AREAS ARE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO ARE PRESENT FOR LEGITIMATE PUBLIC BUSINESS. AND A NONPUBLIC FORUM THAT'S EMPLOYEE WORK AREAS. AND IN CITY HALL PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE THIRD AND FOURTH FLOOR.
BUT THIS WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THE OTHER CITY FACILITIES, FIRE AND POLICE AND UTILITIES, ETC. AND ALSO CHAMBERS WHEN NO PUBLIC MEETING IS IN SESSION. THOSE AREAS NO PUBLIC ACCESS IS
PERMITTED UNLESS CURRENTLY ESCORTED BY CITY STAFF. AND AS PART OF THE ORDINANCE SIGNAGE WOULD BE PLACED AND LETTING YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN RESTRICTED AREA, FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY, THAT SORT OF THING.
THE ORDINANCE ALSO LISTS OUT A NUMBER OF CONDUCTS THAT IS PROHIBITED AT CITY FACILITIES. AND MOST OF THESE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE, THERE IS A SIGN IN FRONT OF THIS BUILDING AND MOST OF THESE ON THE SIGN. ONE THAT IS NEW, MATERIALLY
DISRUPTS CITY OPERATIONS. THAT COMES INTO PLAY LATER IN THE ORDINANCE. SO ONE ISSUE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN PARTICULAR, INDIVIDUALS SHOWING UP AND AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING STAFF AND
DISRUPTING STAFF. UNDER THIS ORDINANCE, UNDER THIS ORDINANCE IN A NONPUBLIC FORUM AND NONPUBLIC AREAS RECORDING CAN BE PROHIBITED TO PROTECT SAFETY AND PRIVACY OF EMPLOYEES.
IN A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM, LOBBIES AND RECEPTION AREAS AND RECORDING IS PERMITTED UNLESS PREVENTS STAFF FROM PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES AND IF YOU ARE
BLOCKING SOMEONE FROM SPEAKING WITH THE CUSTOMER BEHIND YOU AND BECAUSE YOU ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DESK AND SHOVING A PHONE IN THEIR FACE, THAT IS CONSIDERED MATERIALLY DISRUPTING THEIR DUTIES.
AND PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN PUBLIC FORUMS. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE RECORDING RULES COULD RESULT IN REMOVAL OF PREMISES AND ISSUANCE
OF A TRESPASS WARNING. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IN WRITING AND LIMITED TO THE
SCOPE OF WHERE YOU RECEIVE, IF YOU RECEIVE AT CITY HALL, LIMITED TO CITY HALL. AND A VIOLATION OF THAT TRESPASS WARNING TO BE CHARGED UNDER
FLORIDA STATUTES. I WANT TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE PROCESS LOOK LIKE AND USING AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING AS AN EXAMPLE. SAY THAT SOMEONE IS HERE IN CITY HALL, FILMING IN DISRUPTIVE
MANNER, STAFF ASSESS THE FORUM TYPE AND WHETHER THE RECORDING IS CAUSING MATERIAL DISRUPTION. IF THEY DETERMINE IT IS AND VERBAL CEASE RECORDING IS ISSUED AND IF THE PERSON REFUSES AND
REMOVED FROM THE PREMISES AND ISSUED THAT WRITTEN TRESPASS WARNING AND VIOLATION COULD RESULT IN ARREST OF FLORIDA STATUTES. AND IT'S NOT THE RECORDING
ITSELF THAT GETS IT REMOVED, MATERIAL DISRUPTION AND PREVENTING STAFF FROM DOING THEIR DUTIES AND SHOVING A CAMERA IN THEIR FACE. IF YOU RECEIVE A WRITTEN TRESPASS WARNING AN APPEAL PROCESS IN PLACE.
YOU NEED TO FILE A WRITTEN APPEAL WITH THE CITY CLERK WITHIN 10 DAYS. AND THE CITY CLERK SCHEDULE A HEARING BEFORE THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE AND THAT HEARING TAKE PLACE IN THIS ROOM. AND YOU SHOW UP WITH EVIDENCE
AND THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE WOULD ISSUE A FINDING, UPHOLDING OR MODIFYING OR UPHOLDING THAT WRITTEN TRESPASS WARNING. LAST SLIDE IS A SUMMARY, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. >> MAYOR: QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
FOR THE COMMISSION. >> I HAVE ONE, AND WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU ARE SAYING CITY FACILITIES, DOES THIS INCLUDE PARKS AND REC? >> IT DOES. >> IT DOES. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, OKAY. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, FOR ME I THINK THIS IS TOO CLOSE TO LIKE THE FIRST AMENDMENT, I UNDERSTAND LIKE WE DON'T DISRUPTIONS IN CITY HALL. I GET THAT, I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE YOU CAN IGNORE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND IF THEY DO
GET TO A POINT WHERE THEY'RE A MATERIALISTIC DISTRACTION, WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE WAS, I THINK THAT CAN BE RESOLVED. I THINK THIS OPENS UP LIKE A CAN OF WORMS. ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL CITY FACILITIES.
SO SAY SOMEONE--HERE'S THE OTHER THING, SAY SOMEONE THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE DOING SOMETHING AT A PARK AND THEY WORK FOR THE CITY. AND IT'S WRONG. AND NOW THIS PERSON WHOSE VIDEO TAPING THIS COULD ESSENTIALLY BE
SUBJECT TO DISRUPTING CITY SERVICES. >> NO THAT'S NOT. LET ME GIVE A LITTLE MORE EXPLANATION. WHAT THIS DOES, THIS IS FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON WHO COMES IN AND NOT JUST SITTING IN OUR LOBBY IN AN IT CHAIR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THESIS --- THESE ARE FOR THE TYPE OF PEOPLE SITTING IN FRONT OF THE INFORMATION DESK FOR 6-8 HOURS AT A TIME. THESE ARE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING INVOLVED IN POLICE INVESTIGATIONS HAPPENING WITHIN OUR LOBBY.
SOMEONE COMES IN TO REPORT A CRIME, THEY ARE RECORDING THAT PERSON AND GETTING INVOLVED, ASKING QUESTIONS, DOING THOSE THINGS. WHERE SOME OF THE ISSUES HAS COME FROM IS THAT STAFF GIVES OUT THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AND THE PERSON IS THEN
DISSEMINATING THAT INFORMATION WITH STAFF'S CONTACT. AND MANY STAFF MEMBERS ARE GETTING THREATENING PHONE CALLS, THREATENING E-MAILS ON CITY STAFF TIME. TO THE POINT THAT IT IS DISRUPTING THEM. WHAT WE HAVE FOUND OUT WHEN WE
HAVE TRIED TO REMOVE THOSE PEOPLE, THERE'S NOTHING IN PLACE. WHAT THIS ORDINANCE DOES, IT SPECIFICALLY PROTECTS CONSTITUTIONAL FREE SPEECH. THOSE CERTAIN SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE ACTING
INAPPROPRIATELY SAY TOWARDS A CHILD IN PARKS AND RECREATION. THAT IS TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE AND THAT SHOULD BE RECORDED AND REPORTED TO THE CITY. BUT THESE ARE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE USING THIS TO CREATE A NARRATIVE.
LET'S SAY. OR TO HARASS CITY STAFF. THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY HAS A DUTY TO PROTECT YOUR STAFF FROM HARASSMENT BEHAVIOR. WHEN THAT HARASSMENT BEHAVIOR BECOMES SEXUAL OR BULLYING OR
ALL OF THOSE THINGS, WE AS A CITY HAVE A LEGAL DUTY TO PROTECT THEM FROM THAT. WHAT WE REALIZED IN THESE INCIDENTS WE HAVE ZERO, NOTHING IN PLACE. WHICH PLAYS OUT WHAT MATERIALLY DISRUPTS IS.
AND THIS DEFINES THAT AND GOES FURTHER AND WE HAVE DUE PROCESS IN PLACE. THIS IS ACTUALLY PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING ARRESTED. IT GIVES THEM A WARNING AND A TRESPASS WARNING SO IT PREVENTS AN ARREST.
IT'S LESS--SORRY IT'S LESS SERIOUS THAN SAY AN ARREST. RIGHT. THEY THEN HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL JUST THE WARNING. SO THIS IS PROTECTING YOUR STAFF IN THOSE PLACES AND ALSO TELLING
THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS COMING HERE TO RECORD, THIS IS WHAT MATERIAL DISRUPT MEANS. RIGHT. SO IF YOU ARE JUST SITTING THERE AND YOU ARE RECORDING, HAVE AT IT, HAVE A NICE DAY, NO PROBLEM. BUT WHEN YOU REPEATEDLY KEEP
STAFF AT A COUNTER, ONE, TWO OR THREE HOURS AND THAT PERSON HAS DONE ZERO WORK FOR THE DAY. THAT'S WHERE YOU ARE HAVING THE PROBLEMS AND THIS DEFINES ALL OF THAT. I DO WANT TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING.
THIS HAS BEEN UPHELD BY FLORIDA COURTS. WHEN IT IS LIMITED IT DOESN'T INTERFERE. WE ARE NOT REGULATING THE SPEECH OR THE ACTIVITY. WE ARE NOT PREVENTING RECORDING. WHAT WE ARE PREVENTING IS THE INABILITY FOR STAFF TO DO THEIR JOB. THESE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
PEOPLE WANT STAFF TO DO THEIR JOB. WE HAVE SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE A PERMIT ISN'T DONE BECAUSE THAT PERSON WAS STUCK AT THE COUNTER ALL DAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CERTAIN DEADLINES AND THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, THOSE ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO BE DONE EFFICIENTLY, AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF BAD ACTORS WHO ARE
MAKING THAT IMPOSSIBLE FOR STAFF. SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT JUST IN RECENTLY, THIS HAS BEEN PASSED BY, WE WILL NOT BE THE FIRST CITY IN -- >> W THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION. >> YES, SO WE HAVE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH JUST ADOPTED IT ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS AGO. CITY OF-LONGWOOD, CITY OF WINTER PARK, CITY OF MARATHON. CITY OF SANFORD, CITY OF OPOP OF APOPKA, AND THE BIG CASE
THAT WENT TO FEDERAL COURT THAT WAS UPHELD WAS PUNTA GORDA BUT I WILL TELL YOU WE INITIALLY STARTED LOOKING AT THESE AND WE WENT FURTHER THAN THOSE, RIGHT, WITH GIVING THEM THE DUE PROCESS SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE IF THEY DO FEEL THAT THIS WAS REGULATING
THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED SPEECH. SO I AM VERY AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS, AND COURTS ARE VERY AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS SO WE HAVE DONE THIS ONE. IT GIVES STAFF WHAT IS MATERIALLY DISRUPT, RIGHT?
STAFF DIDN'T KNOW BECAUSE ONE PERSON IS LIKE I CAN'T SPEND 15 MINUTES SPEAKING TO YOU AND ONE PERSON IS LIKE OKAY IT'S NOW BEEN THREE HOURS. SO THIS IS GOING TO HELP US STAFF, AND IT ALSO GIVES AWAY FOR US TO SAY, OKAY, BECAUSE
CURRENTLY THERE WAS NO ONE WHO COULD AUTHORIZE A TRESPASS WARNING AT CITY HALL. OR ANYWHERE, SO THIS GIVES LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE CITY MANAGER THE ABILITY TO DO THAT BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND WAS A HUGE GAP
WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE INCIDENTS THAT, AND WE'RE TALKING THE BIG ONES, WE'RE NOT TALKING THE DAY TO DAY WHERE SOMEONE COMES IN TO ASK ABOUT THEIR UTILITY BILL AND THEY RECORD THE SITUATION THEY HAVE A 15-MINUTE CONVERSATION. WE'RE TALKING SIX TO EIGHT HOURS
NOT ONCE A MONTH, THREE AND FOUR TIMES A WEEK. >> HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAPPEN? >> WE HAD OVER 19 INCIDENTS IN THE LAST DON'T QUOTE ME, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHIEF IS HERE, OVER 19 INCIDENTS BETWEEN POLICE,
FIRE, AND CITY HALL WITHIN THE LAST SINCE THREE MONTHS UBGO. SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT A ONE-OFF. IT'S HAPPENING A LOT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> YES. THANK YOU. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY BEFORE THE MEET, AND I ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS AND YOU WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE ANSWERS. IN A LIT MORE CONTEXT AND I HAD THE SAME CONCERN. YOU KNOW, CONSTITUTIONAL
CONCERNS, FIRST AMENDMENT CONCERNS. ONE OTHER CONCERN THAT I HAD THAT WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED WAS YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MAGISTRATE TO HEAR FOR THE PERSON TO APPEAR.
BUT WHEN I ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHO PAYS THE MAGISTRATE TO DO THEIR JOB, IT'S, IT APPEARS TO BE THE CITY. SO YOU KNOW, AS JUST TRYING TO BE FAIR, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THE CITY PAYING FOR THE MAGISTRATE AND THEN THE MAGISTRATE COMING
IN AGAINST YOU KNOW QUESTIONING THE CITY ON SOMETHING FROM A PUBLIC INDIVIDUAL, YOU KNOW, COULD THAT HAVE ANY POTENTIAL BIAS THERE. I DON'T KNOW. RIGHT? THERE IS ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN EVERY SINGLE TIME BUT I DID WANT
TO BRING UP THAT CONCERN. AND THEN I DO WANT TO DISCUSS AREAS, AND CAN WE GO BACK TO THE DEFINITIONS OF WHAT'S A PUBLIC VERSUS MID-RANGE VERSUS NOT PUBLIC AT ALL? THANK YOU.
SO LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM WE'RE LOOK AT LOBBIES, RECEPTION AREAS, AND SERVICE COUNTERS. UTAWHAT ABOUT ROOMS THAT ARE LIKE AT THE LIBRARY, THAT THE PUBLIC CAN RESERVE, THAT ARE BECAUSE I THINK IN THE ORDINANCE
THE LANGUAGE UTILIZED WAS THE CITY MAY REGULATE PUBLIC ACCESS TO AREAS WITHIN ENCLOSED FACILITIES OWNED, CONTROLLED OR LEASED BY THE CITY DEPENDING ON WHETHER SUCH AREAS ARE CLASSIFIED AS A DESIGNATED PUBLIC FORUM, LIMITED DESIGNATED
PUBLIC FORMM OR NONPUBLIC FORUM BASED ON THEIR INTENDED USE. I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKE N TENDED USE VERSUS ACTUAL USE BECAUSE WE COULD INTEND LIKE WE COULD INTEND FOR A ROOM TO BE UTILIZED FOR X REASON BUT THE ACTUAL USE OF IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF INTENDED MIGHT BE THE BEST WAY OR MAYBE ADDING INTENDED AND/OR ACTUAL USE OF THE ROOM, AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS BECAUSE THERE WAS A SPECIFIC ROOM, RIGHT, THAT SOMEBODY USED FROM
ALLEGEDLY THE PUBLIC, AND SO IS THAT CONSIDERED A PUBLIC FORUM OR WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM? >> THESE ARE COURT DEFINED FIRMS TERMS SO -- TERMS, THESE ARE NOT THINGS WE HAVE DEFINED. THESE ARE COURT DEFINED TERMS. AS TO WHEN IT'S A NONPUBLIC FOR
A PUBLIC, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO INTO A ROOM, BUT IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE TYPE OF THE ROOM. WHAT THE COURTS LOOK AT IS THEY ALSO LOOK AT WHO WAS IN THE ROOM. RIGHT? SO IF YOU AND I GO INTO A ROOM, SAY IN THE LIBRARY, AND IT'S N TENDED JUST FOR YOU AND I, THEN
THAT BECOMES A NONPUBLIC FORUM BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RESERVING IT AND IT'S A BUILDING BECAUSE IT'S A ONE-ON-ONE MEETING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS THAT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T HAVESIC ACCESS TO, IT BECOMES A NONPUBLIC FORUM AND ALL OF THAT IS DEFINED BY COURT AND CASE LAW
AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS. >> AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE MY CONCERN LIES BECAUSE IF MAYBE SOMEBODY INTERNAL DETERMINING THIS TO BE A PRIVATE CONVERSATION VERSUS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC FEELING LIKE I'M SPEAKING TO A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE, AND THIS SHOULD BE A PUBLIC
CONVERSATION, I DON'T KNOW WHAT A JUDGE MIGHT SAY ON THAT. >> YEAH, WELL, AND SO AND IT ALSO DIFFERS, RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY TREAT POLICE OFFICERS AND THEY, IT'S HOW, THEY'RE GOING LOOK AT THE POSITION IS HOW PUBLIC FACING IS YOUR POSITION. >> RIGHT, SO, MAY PERHAPS A
MEETING BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF YOU GUYS WITH SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE MORE PUBLIC FACING THAN IF MY ASSISTANT WHO DOES NOT HAVE A PUBLIC FACING JOB HAS TO MEET WITH SOMEONE TO SIGN A NOTARIZED DOCUMENT. OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT THE COURTS LOOK AT. AND GO THROUGH. IN MAKING THOSE DETERMINATIONS. >> THANK YOU, AND IT DOES GET A LITTLE BIT COMPLEX WHEN IT COMES TO DEFINING CERTAIN THINGS OR DETERMINING WHAT A JUDGE WOULD
SAY. I DON'T KNOW IF MAKING THE PUBLIC JUMP THROUGH THOSE HOOPS TO BE ABLE TO BE AT A PUBLIC YOU KNOW BUILDING WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF A CERTAIN ROOM IS LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM OR PUBLIC FORUM PER SE OR NONPUBLIC FORUM, LIKE, YES, WE'RE, WE HAVE
TO LOOK AT TWO THINGS. OBVIOUSLY AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAVE A DUTY TO PROTECT OUR STAFF AND THAT'S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ALSO HAVE A DUTY TO TRANSPARENCY AND AND YOU KNOW ALLOWING THE PUBLIC
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I HAVE A CONCERN. >> WELL, THERE IS A GENERAL MISCONCEPTION THAT BECAUSE A BUILDING IS OWNED BY A GOVERNMENT THAT THE PUBLIC HAS UNFETTERED RIGHT TO THAT BUILDING.
AND THAT IS THE MISCONCEPTION. IF THERE ARE AREAS THAT REQUIRE BADGE ACCESS, THAT IS NONPUBLIC FORUM. RIGHT. SO IF I TAKE A PERSON INTO A ROOM THAT REQUIRES MY BADGE ACCESS FOR ME TO ESCORT THEM INTO THAT ROOM THAT BECOMES A NONPUBLIC FORUM AND FLORIDA IS A
TWO-PARTY CONSENT STATE. REGARDLESS OF THE PERSON'S POSITION. >> AND THAT'S RA A GREAT POINT. SO WE -- CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE -- I UNDERSTAND THE INTEND OF THIS AND I RESPECT THE INTENT BECAUSE THE INTENT IS TO
RESPECT CITY STAFF AND EVERYTHING THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT BUT YOU KNOW, IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO POTENTIALLY BE A LITTLE BUT MORE DETAILED WITH REGARD TO THE DEFINITIONS OF CERTAIN THINGS OR
MAYBE MAKING IT BOYNTON BEACH SPECIFIC KNOWING THAT THERE ARE MAYBE POTENTIALLY AREAS AND AGAIN NOT TO GO BACK TO THE DOWNSTAIRS OF THE CITY HALL AND THE ROOMS DOWN THERE, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO DEFINE THAT HERE TO DECIDE IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE
WOULD CONSIDER X, Y, OR Z. >> THE, TWO THINGS. I CANNOT DEFINE EVERY POTENTIAL ROOM IN EVERY FACILITY IN CITY HALL. YOU WOULD NOT PUT THAT INTO AN ORDINANCE. ADDITIONALLY, THESE ARE DEFINED BY THE COURTS.
AND I AM, IF I DO THAT I AM CONCERNED IT OPENED THE ORDINANCE UP TO A CHALLENGE IF I DEFINE IT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE COURTS DO. >> RIGHT. >> THAT'S MY CONCERN. >> AND SO THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO, AND AGAIN, I'M JUST PLAYING
DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO A ROOM IN INSIDE OF OUR CITY HALL THAT'S, YOU DON'T NEED A BADGE TO GET INTO. AND SOME MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC COMES IN -- >> IN THAT CASE, THEN IT'S A LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM AND SO LONG AS THEY DON'T DISRUPT THEN IT'S ACCEPTABLE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY GO INTO OUR LIBRARY, AND IT'S NOT A SPECIAL ROOM THAT THEY NEED BADGE ACCESS, THEN IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE AS LONG AS THEY ARE NOT DISRUPTING STAFF, AND THEY'RE NOT PREVENTING EGRESS
AND INGRESS OR CAUSING A SAFETY CONCERN, THEN IT'S NOT AN ISSUE. >> MAYOR: WE'RE GOOD? OKAY. IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE, DOES
SOMEONE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26-016. >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. TAMMY, WOULD YOU DO THE ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> NO, I STILL HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, THANK YOU. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN.
>> NO, I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES. >> ROLL CALL VOTE, THE VOTE PASSES 3-2. >> MAYOR: TAMMY COULD YOU PLEASE READ IN 10B INTO THE RECORD? >> PROPOSED ORT N -- ORDINANCE
26-018 FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18 ARTICLE 4 PENSIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS CREATING SECTION 18-195 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING MEMBERSHIP, CREATING SECTION 18-196 OF THE CITY CODE, REGARDING OPTIONAL TRANSFER
RIGHTS OF FIRE CHIEF PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> THIS IS THE FIRST READING. IS THERE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF? >> ME. CAN I PLEASE ASK TAMMY TO READ
10C TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY GO -- THEY GO TOGETHER. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> THANK YOU. >>> PROPOSED ORDINANCE NUMBER 26-CAEN FIRST READING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 18-ARTICLE 4
PENSIONS OF FIREFIGHTERS CREATING -- I'M SORRY, I FEEL LIKE I'M READING THE SAME THING. ALL RIGHT. PENSIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS CREATING SECTIONS 18-195 OF THE CITY OF CODE REGARDING MEMBERSHIP, CREATING SECTION
18.196 OF THE CITY CODE REGARDING OPTIONAL TRANSFER RIGHTS TO THE FIRE CHIEF PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS. AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> MAYOR: THIS THE FIRST READING FOR THIS ITEM TOO, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING BOTH OF THEM. >> YES, YES, I WILL PRESENT THEM AT THE SAME TIME.
CURRENTLY FLORIDA STATUTE ALLOWS THAT A FIRE CHIEF CAN ELECT TYPICALLY THE TIME THEY'RE HIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER THE FIRE PENSION OR THE GENERAL EMPLOYEES PENSION. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO
ALLOW OUR CURRENT FIRE CHIEF BECAUSE HE WASN'T GIVEN THAT OPTION AND ANY FUTURE FIRE CHIEF THAT OPTION TO ELECT ONE TIME. GENERAL EMPLOYEES OR FIRE, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS IT AMENDS THOSE ORDINANCES TO MATCH STATE
STATUTE. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> WE NEED TO -- WE NEED TO DO A SEPARATELY. >> MAYOR: CORRECT. >> AND A ROLL CALL. >> MOTION TO APPROVE 10B. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE 26-07. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
SAY -- NO IT'S A ROLL CALL, SORRY. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES. >> ROLL CALL VOTE THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 26-018?
>> SO MOVED. >>> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER KELLEY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER McCRAY. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER CRUZ. >> YES. >> VICE MAYOR TURKIN. >> YES. >> MAYOR SHELTON. >> MAYOR: YES. >> IN A ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ONTO ITEM 10D, PROPOSED RESOLUTION NUMBER R26-095. ANY, WHO IS PRESENTING IT FROM STAFF? >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION. AS MS. SULEAKA BROWN WALKS UP, I
JUST WANT TO SO STATE LAW CHANGED A FEW YEARS AGO AS IT RELATES TO BUILDING PERMIT DEPARTMENTS. THERE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND AS YOU KNOW WE'VE BEEN VERY 6FUL, VERY BUSY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A LOT OF GOOD INVESTMENTS IN BOTH TECHNOLOGY
AND OUR PEOPLE AND THE TOOLS THAT WE USE. SO OUR STAFF HAS CRAFTED A CREATIVE MEASURE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ENCOURAGE BUILDING SAFETY AND HARDENING FOR THEIR HOMES.
AND SO WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MS. BROWN TO GO OVER THE PROPOSED PROGRAM. . >> THANK YOU, ADAM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONERS, AND MANAGEMENT. MY NAME IS SULEAKA BROWN THE
DIVISION DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. THE MONTH OF MAY IS RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY AS OUR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE FOR STORM HARDENING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WE WANTED TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS BY TEMPORARILY REFUNDING 100% OF BUILDING PERMIT FEES, EXCLUDING ANY
REGULATORY FEES, FOR QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENTS FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE HOMESTEADED UNW OUR COMMUNITY. -- WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT HOME QLOANERS BY REINFORCE --OWNERS BY REINFORCING SAFETY, STRENGTHENING PROPERTIES FOR SEVERE STORMS AND WEATHER EVENTS, IMPROVE ENERGY
EFFICIENCY, AS WELL AS LOWER THE OVERALL COST OF PERMITTING FOR QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENTS. SOME OF THE QUALIFIED IMPROVEMENTS, WOULD BE ROOF REPLACEMENTS, IMPACT WINDOWS AND/OR DOOR REPLACEMENTS, HURRICANE SHUTTERS OR HURRICANE
PROTECTION, AIR CONDITIONING REPLACEMENTS, GENERATORS, AND CUSTOMERS WOULD QUALIFY FOR THIS INCENTIVE BY BEING A HOMEOWNER IN OUR COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE TO USE THAT HOME AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE OWN AND
OCCUPY A HOMESTEADED PROPERTY WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION, AND THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND HAVE IT APPROVED BY JANUARY 1st OF THIS YEAR. AND THEY HAVE -- THEY MUST HAVE HAD THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT IMPROVEMENTS FROM MAY 1st SO
WE WERE RETROACTIVELY REFUND THOSE PERMITS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15th. AND OUR CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE THESE REBATES OMENTLY. THEY WILL NOT NEED TO APPLY FOR THESE REBATES. WE HAVE REPORTING SYSTEM PUT IN PLACE AND WE PUT ALL OF THE
ALGORITHMS IN TO MAKE SURE WE WILL FILTER OUT WHO WOULD QUALIFY FOR THESE INCENTIVES AND CUSTOMERS WOULD NEED TO SUBMIT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD THE PLAN REVIEW MUST BE APPROVED AND THE PERMIT MUST BE ISSUED.
ONCE IT IS ISSUED WE WILL PROCESS IT AUTOMATICALLY ARE FOR REFUND AND IT WILL BE MAILED TO THE PROPERTY ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEB SITE AS THE MAILING ADDRESS FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. WITHIN 60 DAYS. SORRY I MISSED MY SLIDE.
SO THIS JUST SHOWS A BRIEF PROCESS OF HOW THAT WILL UNDERGO OUR SYSTEM. AND HOW WE WILL ISSUE THOSE REFUNDS AUTOMATICALLY. WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH FINANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS GOES SMOOTHLY, AND ALSO IT WILL BE EASY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, AND IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JOHN AND I ARE HERE WELCOMING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> MAYOR: ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? >> I HAVE ONE. OKAY. OVER THE PAST YEAR, I'M JUST -- THE REBATE PROGRAM WOULD'VE BEEN IN PLACE, HOW MANY WOULD WE HAVE ISSUED?
I'M JUST SAYING MONEY WISE HOW MUCH WOULD WE HAVE PAID BACK, I'M JUST SAYING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FINDING WAYS TO WITH THE BUDGET THE WAY IT'S GOING AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIVING MONEY BACK NOW I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD WRAPPED AROUND. >> YES. COMMISSIONER McCRAY, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF
THOSE SPECIAL FUND DEPARTMENTS, SO THE REVENUES THAT WE GENERATE IS USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE REACHED REVENUES FOR OUR GOALS FOR THIS YEAR, SO THIS WOULD HAVE NO FINANCIAL IMPACTS ON OUR DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY.
>> IMPRESSIVE. >> GREAT. >> MAYOR: GOOD. >> MAYOR: OKAY. >> WHAT A WAY TO GIVE BACK. >> JUST TO GIVE LIKE AN IDEA LIKE WHEN WE RAN NUMBERS OVER THE LAST YEAR FOR THE TIME PERIOD, WE ANTICIPATE THAT MORE THAN A THOUSAND HOMEOWNERS WILL GET THESE REBATE CHECKS MAILED TO THEIR HOMES.
SO PROBABLY A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH ORPHREBATE CHECKS WILL LIKELY GO OUT. >> MAYOR: OGO AHEAD. >> ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA IT WOULD BE GREAT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS. >> WE J JUST IN PREPARATION
HO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS APPROVE IT WE HAVE MEDIA RELEASE PREPARED WE HAVE LETTERS ALSO PREPARED TO SEND OUT WITH THE REBATE CHECKS JUST TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, AND WE WILL WORK WITH MARKETING AS WELL AS OUR I.T. DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED ON OUR WEB SITE. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK. >> YEAH I JUST WANT TO GIVE
KUDOS. THIS IS AMAZING. GREAT, GREAT, ESPECIALLY GREAT FOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AND GOING INTO HURRICANE SEASON AND I REALLY HOPE IF THE NEWS IS LISTENING NAT THEY LIKE PROMOTE THIS PROBABLY WON'T, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BAD THING AGAINST THE
CITY, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT SO IF YOU'RE LISTENING, PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION. AND DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. >> MAYOR: EXCELLENT. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FOR
RESOLUTION R26-095. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE -- ROLL CALL. >> NO, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE WILL BE MOVING ONTO ITEM
10E, R26-096. COME ON DOWN.
>> SORRY, MY MIC -- [LAUGHTER] >> GO. >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS.
I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. IT'S THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERA PRESENTATION.
JUST TO PREFACE, THE PRESENTATION WAS INCLUDING THE ITEM THAT YOU ALREADY ADDRESSED IN 7E, WHICH IS THE CANCELLATION OF THE BUREAU SCHOOL ZONE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERA BUT THE SECOND IS THE HARD PIVOT. AS YOU GUYS KNOW, YOU APPROVED
ITEM 7E WHICH WAS TO RESCIND THE RESOLUTION FOR THE RED LIGHT CAMERA. IT EXPIRED MAY 14th. IT ALSO TO PROVIDE A 30-DAY NOTICE TO VERO MOBILITY TO CANCEL THE CURRENT SCHOOL ZONE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERA PROGRAM. THE TIMING RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY HAS BEEN BENEFICIAL BECAUSE
SCHOOL IS NO LONGER IN SESSION, SO WE DO HAVE A FEW MONTHS TO DO A QUICK PIVOT. AND THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDING PIGGYBACK CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF NEW PORT RICHEY, WHICH IS AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON TO OUR PROGRAM HERE BECAUSE IT'S
BOTH THE RED LIGHT CAMERA AND THE SPEED ZONE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AS WELL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO ZIP THROUGH THESE FIRST COUPLE SLIDES. BECAUSE THIS IS THE, THE INFORMATION FROM PREVIOUS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE REASON WHY WE WENT WITH REDSPEED WITH THE PIGGYBACK LIKE I MENTIONED IT'S AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON TO THE PROGRAM WE HAVE BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A HISTORY OF SIMILAR CONTRACTS THAT VERO DID HAVE IN
THE PAST AND THEY HAVE SHOWN A HISTORY OF BEING ABLE TO TURN THE PROGRAM AROUND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY WE WANT MIKE SURE THESE PROGRAMS GO BACK AND ARE OPERATIONAL WITH LITTLE DOWNTIME. SO THAT THE HISTORY THEY HAD WITH THE CITY OF SARASOTA WE
WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM, AND PROVIDED A GOOD TESTIMONIAL OF REDSPEED AND HOW THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE PROGRAM THAT VERO HAD AND BECOME OPERATIONAL WITHIN 60 DAYS WITH THE RED LIGHT AND THE SCHOOL ZONE BECAUSE I BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE
BREAK WE HAVE WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL AGAIN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS BECAUSE THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS A VERY BENEFICIAL PROGRAM TO THE CITY. WE'VE SEEN SOME GREAT RESULTS IN IT: EVERYBODY ACTUALLY IS DRIVING LESS THAN 20 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE ACTIVE BEACON
TIME WHICH IS GREAT. SO POSITIVE RESULTS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE PIGGYBACK AND I KNOW WE DO HAVE? PEOPLING FROM REDSPEED HERE I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WANT TO COME UP.
SAY A FEW WORDS. >>> GOOD EVENING, KEVIN MALON FROM REDSPEED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU. AS THE CHIEF HAD SAID, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE.
WITH TAKING OVER FOR ANOTHER VENDOR. AND IT HAS BEEN A VERY QUICK AND SEAMLESS PROCESS WHICH WE ARE READY FOR THE ENTIRE TEAM. >> I HAVE A QUESTION. COME BACK. YOIDZ THAT YOU -- I'M TALKING TO
YOU. >> YES, SIR. >> YOU SAID YOU DID THIS IBSARASOTA, RIGHT? >> YES, SIR,. >> WAS SEAMLESS PROCESS. RIGHT? >> YES, SIR. >> STILL GOING SMOOTH? >> YES. >>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE -- I WANT TO HEAR FOR THE RECORD. >> YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] YOU GOT IT, YOU GOT ME ON THE
RECORD. >> MAYOR: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MY COLLEAGUES AT THE MOMENT OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF NOT DO WE HAVE A MOTION? >> SO MOVED. >> SECOND. >> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FOR R26-096. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY.
MOTION PASSES. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> CHIEF DID YOU HAVE MORE PRESENTATION? >> I CUT IT DOWN. I HAVE -- I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS. SO THIS PRESENTATION WAS THE ABRIDGED VERSION. SO. >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T
CUT YOU OFF. >> YEAH, NO, IT'S, IT'S A MOOT POINT BECAUSE IT WAS COVERED UNDER A DIFFERENT ITEM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR MEETING WITH US BEFORE THE MEETING. THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS DURING OUR ONE ON ONE. >> YEAH, OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE'RE NOW MOVING ONTO ITEM 10F,
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF ERECTING A STATUE FOR HAYM SALOMON. VICE HAYER WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN THE DISCUSSION AND PRESENT YOUR PROPOSAL TO THE COMMISSION? >> YEAH, THANK YOU, BECAUSE OF THE LEGISLATION TODAY, I JUST
WANT, I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO PAY FOR ANYTHING. BUT IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY FOR PRIVATE BLIEK DONOR TO DO THAT, I WOULD -- LIKE DONOR TO DO THAT I WOULD LIKE DO ASK FOR SUPPORT TO OPEN THAT UP. I HAVE BEEN APPROACHED, THERE IS SOMEONE THAT'S INTERESTED.
I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DETAILS. BUT JUST TO TRISTE KEEP THE CONVERSATION ALIVE AND MAYBE HAVE THAT PERSON COMMUNICATE WITH THE CITY MANAGER BUT AT THIS POINT I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD UTILIZE CITY FUNDS IS WHERE I'M AT, SO JUST LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TOO JUST CONTINUE
THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER IF THERE IS SOMEONE INTERESTED OR A GROUP OF PEOPLE INTERESTED TO DONATE SO THAT IS IT. >> MAYOR: OKAY. YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT ON THIS, AND I ALSO THINK IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE TALK TO RABBI
SIMON BECAU ABOUT BECAUSE -- SO I THINK THAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION. >> YEAH, NO, THAT'S, I SUPPORT THAT. I THINK THAT YOU KNOW WE ARE BECAUSE WE ARE COMING UP TO THE 250TH I THINK THAT YOU KNOW, I
KNOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE REASON BEHIND IT AND ALL, AND THE HISTORY. AND I THINK THAT, I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS SOME COOL THINGS IN PLAY FOR THE 250TH. BUT I THINK WE ALSO CAN LOOK AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO WHETHER IT BE
TO HONOR MAYBE YOU KNOW ON OUR WAY UP TO THAT MAYBE I KNOW I HAVE SEEN OTHER CITIES AND I'M JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE, WHERE LIKE DURING A SPECIFIC SPECIAL MONTH EACH OF THE COMMISSION SELECTS A PERSON THAT THEY WANT TO JUST RECOGNIZE AND
IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO'S PASSED OR SOMEBODY WHO'S ALIVE BUT SOMEBODY WHO'S HAD MEANINGFUL AND MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO LEADING UP TO THE 250TH IS WE CAN EACH SELECT SOMEONE IN OUR HISTORY OR SOMETHING TO KIND OF DISCUSS AND
BRING FORTH BECAUSE LIKE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU BROUGHT UP SOMEBODY THAT NOBODY HAS REALLY HEARD ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW DOESN'T HAVE BOOKS AND MOVIES AND FILMS ABOUT THEM AND SO IT'S COOL TO LEARN THAT HISTORY. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW FORMER COMMISSIONER HAY LIKED TO DO
THAT WHERE HE WOULD BRING UP HISTORY AND I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS I HAD NO IDEA JUST SITTING UP HERE ON THE DAIS AND HAVING THOSE KIND OF THOSE OPEN YOU KNOW PRESENTATIONS. SO MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER SOMETHING THAT WE DO
WHERE WE CAN HONOR YOU KNOW CHOOSE SOMEBODY IN HISTORY TO HONOR AS WE ARE COMING UP TO THE 250TH. SO IT'S, I THINK IT'S A. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU. >> YEAH, I DEFINITELY I SUPPORT YOU KNOW POTENTIALLY MAYBE EACH
OF US CAN SUPPORT SOMEONE OR IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PERSON. IT COULD JUST BE A REALLY GREAT CAUSE IN THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY. >> MAYOR: GOOD. IF THERE IS NO, IF THERE IS NO MORE, ANY FINAL COMMENTS, DO I
HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 7:59 P.M. >> GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU.