loun I pledge first yes please okay we'll face the flag I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands
na indivisible liy and Justice if everyone to please join me in prayer dear heavenly father i' like to give thanks to you for allowing everyone to arrive here uh this evening at beautiful uh City Hall uh s
continue to watch over our city our neighbors give us a sound mind that we only make the best decisions on behalf of the citizens of Coco tonus name am Madam may call please yes sir mayor Blake President Ma Deputy
Mayor weeks here council member gos here council member Hearn here council member C here City attorney Ike here thank you and city manager Whitten thank you thank you very much
Madam clerk you would like to say uh thank you very much for the roll call ma'am proceeding on to item number two das1 agenda special meeting of March the 18th 2025 what the
coun motion to approve have a motion on the floor by Council woman call second second by councilman call the question all in favor by saying I I I have unanimous
thank proceeding on to item number 2-2 regular meeting of January the 28th 2025 word are the wishes of council motion to approve we have a motion on the floor by councilwoman call
second second oh Che who Che got a second by Deputy Mayor weeks just going to call the question all the favor saying I I eyes have it unanimously proceeding on to Awards and
presentations okay we would like Council would you please come forward please down front for a proclamation um please ma'am please sir the first one will be professional weeks
Proclamation um de former de would you read that one Council woman call you read woman's History Month can we go down front please all right thank you that one's first all right go ahead sir good
evening everyone uh so tonight I'll reading this Proclamation whereas the Florida government Finance Officers Association is a professional association founded in 1937 and serves more than 3,300
professionals from state county and City governments school districts colleges and universities Special Districts and private firms and whereas the fgfa is dedicated to being your professional resource by providing
opportunities through education networking leadership and information and whereas this government Finance professionals week sponsored by fgfa and all its member governmental or organizations is a week-long series of
activities aimed at recognizing government Finance professionals and the vital services that they provide to our state and our community and whereas during this week government Finance professionals throughout the State of Florida will be acknowledged for their
hard work dedication and Leadership now therefore Mayor Michael C Blake as mayor and on behalf of the city of Coco City Council do hereby Proclaim March 17th through the 21st 2025 as
Government Finance professionals week in the city of Coco and extend our appreciation to all government Finance professionals throughout the state and here in the city of Coco for their hard work let's give them a round of applause and I like at this time to
present this proclamation to miss Bowman all right let's give her a round of applause please not only can she use the advocus but she can also utilize the slide Ru y'all know about that I'm telling my age
this generation do not understand that come on in come on in jeez all right let's give our finance department a round of applause their records are clean and presstine for seven or eight years ma'am seven or
eight years going on eight oh eight years let's give a round of applause pleasan no strikes against them now before we get started for women's month um being a cooan here like several of us here several of the ladies that have
impact my life here with the city of Coco and I love the diversity of it all cuz a lot of them range from 19 years all the way up to 20 maybe be 30 and greater so if I may before uh
councilwoman call read I would like to acknowledge Miss Florida Gardner Miss Sammy Robbins Miss Heidi Byron Miss Rosemary McGill Bethany Foster Vicky
Lakeman Susan young Pat Granger Sania Robinson and Laura how let's give these ladies a round of applause yes ma'am yes sir there are
more that works for the city of Coco but the majority of them are 20 plus years strong several over 30 years committed and dedicated to making our city the best place to live pray and educate yourself so I thank you ladies for being
the backbone of our great city of coko so again let's give these ladies a round of applause call now okay so it's women's History Month whereas the 2025 women's history theme is moving forward together women educating and inspiring
Generations this theme celebrates the significant roles women play in leadership mentorship and education and their impact on shaping the future whereas this timely theme highlights The crucial roles women have played in education membership and Leadership and
their profound influence on shaping the minds and futures of generations and whereas in the city of coko there are many women who educate Advocate mentor and Inspire young people to achieve their dreams break barriers and make a
positive impact in their communities and the world and whereas is it essential to support and recognize the importance of women in education and mentorship and to continue fostering an environment where future Generations can Thrive through the guidance and wisdom of women now
therefore I Micha BL on behalf of the city council of the city of Coco to hereby Proclaim this month of March 2025 as women's History Month all right let's give the lady round team What Makes the Dream Work
uh if I may I'll be remiss Diane Tingley one of the few female mayors that we've had in our beautiful city Judy parish is another one that just comes to the top of my mind uh uh um juel Collins our Deputy Mayor um also has been
instrumental in our city shaping and developing our city to where we are now because guess what ladies and gentlemen we are at the on The Cutting Edge of success and it's all predicated on the people in this room and throughout our community
again let's give the ladies a round of applause may we thank you very much would you give that to miss thank you okay if you have one of those white cards please turn your card in for this
particular item at the end I know Miss sing raise your hand please ma'am thank you ma'am please make sure you Den note on your card and on the top right hand corner if it's delegation or if it's pertaining to the Flor ride issue with
the water if it's the flu ride issue with the one Roman numeral a decimal point three thank you very much okay right now I only have one card for delegations let me make sure ladies and
gentlemen okay fantastic all right under delegations um former councilman Alec green Alec Greenwood would you please come forward sir be mindful we have three minutes to
expound on your particular item Please be aware that delegation is up to 30 minutes and if we supersede that time we must extend the time thank you thank you thank you mayor and councel thank you for letting me speak Alex Greenwood Bard
Avenue Coco Florida uh I had placed um with the help of Samantha and Monica this onepage item in front of you all and it's referenced to a wonderful article uh that was uh in reference to uh downtown melbour they're actually
doing what we're in the process of creating and I thought it'd be good reading for you all uh to get this information if you haven't seen it already I think this is nothing but a win-win and a plus plus Melbourne definitely needed and we're trying to be
able to be ahead of the game and be able to to get things on a roll without waiting for uh problems to develop and then you know be reactive instead of proactive um the other thing I'd like to mention is that I I'd like to cor uh to correct something and um also uh
apologize for getting angry at the budget meeting uh because uh it uh when when issues come up that concerns me about our path for Success I'm the first
to try to um uh find ways that uh we can achieve that goal and it can't happen if I keep seeing uh arguments over really minor things that happened during the
meeting and this has been a growing problem um the the thing I'm getting at is that if there is a statute guideline guideline that needs to be followed don't take it personal like you're being told only no you can't do
that and I'm seeing the reaction being handled when an issue like this comes up as if that one council member is being attacked personally that's not it it's the city manager doing a very good job following the charter and I really it
bothers me to see the mayor the city manager the City attorney uh all the most uh reput able and have been here for 30 40 years these are people that truly want to do the right thing and I I
don't see why there's got to be some kind of a debate or argument when there's something that the city manager wants to do now in reference to the um uh the ethics commission I have a letter here that basically States why
that was sent it was me and my constituents with the commercial property group that felt it was important because it was a letter that was sent by a council member here to the St John's River Management uh to try to
convince them to reconsider a permit that was going to be re reissued for this particular property not my property okay but it was looked upon as if it was me being attacked when I was
not this is a situ on another property that you cannot do that to new development people it is wrong and I've got the paperwork and the recording sir thank you but the recording and all the other information
on that paperwork that's filed I have uh available for anybody that's interested thank you thank you very much do we have any add councilwoman call ma'am I just want to say that that has been brought up eight times now eight times that's been
brought forward the letter that went to St John's was in fact an inquiry and that's really clear Madame clerk do we have any additional cards for delegations no sir we do not okay thank you this concludes this portion of
delegations proceeding forward to item number five the consent agenda item what are the wishes of council motion to approve we have a motion on the floor by councilwoman call second second by councilman goings CH
GNA call the question all in favor by saying I I I I have it unanimously okay proceeding thank you sir uh proceeding on to we have no public hearing proceeding on to item number
7-1 consider the appointment of Joseph bashad Russell single or Keith wall to fill one regular member vacancy one alternative member vacancy on the pnz
zoning board um please be mindful that you do have a document to your right um this voting column one being the highest member who you strongly
support and three being the lowest um you see the three names um if I may there is a regular seat that's open there is an alternate seat that's open that's currently filled
by uh Mr Joseph and then there's an additional alternate seat that is open is that correct Madam clerk that is correct sir is there anything that you think you would like to share with us ma'am um the only thing I would will say
is Mr bash is already an alternate um so depending on how you guys decide to vote um he'll either move up into the regular member seat or he will remain an alternate and you guys will have to fill the regular member seat as well as an
additional uh alternate vacancy right now thank you ma'am point of clarification too as well um Mr bashad isn't alternate as the city clerk alluded to uh Mr single was also a
former member of the pnz and was the chairman the current chairman is under the leadership of Mr Wesley Park and Mr wall was on a previous board um and now he's wanting to serve
in a higher capacity and come to the pnz um Mr uh Keith wall served three years for the uh pension police pinion board so the question is how do you rank
these gentlemen um we're going to do a tally count as we know um please do you want an inin or is pencil acceptable along with our signature okay I have a pen just in case
so it's authentic all right do we have any questions before we complete this ballot councilwoman Co I I just wanted to say I know you mentioned the other two candidates their
qualifications but Joseph bash is a lawyer specializing in real estate and is quite familiar with planning and zoning ordinances and the like think you need a pen use my
pen thank you very much make sure you sign it um fold your ballot um will the finance director do this or will who would you like for this to be talled Mr
C okay yes Mrs would you get Mrs Bowman would you get councilwoman C's ballot please here's my ballot ma'am thank you
ma'am so yes sir thank you sir okay in the meantime as we tally these um various ballots again I want to say thank you all for participating in the most um greatest form of government which is
local government because it's the former government that's closest to the people I'm glad to see everyone endured St Patty's Day yesterday if you didn't have any green on you know uh you know the outcome but I just
want to say thank you to you all we endur this beautiful weather another beautiful day in beautiful downtown Coco Florida and as the uh the ladies uh Toler the scores
there um and share the results with us I think it's important and I appreciate it okay so the one with the lowest number will be the person that's filling the empty
seat and then the second will be first alternate and the third will be second alter okay sir I think we have the results tallied yes ma'am would you share that information with us because this is an official document yes ma'am
um so according to your nominations here rusty SLE would take the regular member seat um Joseph bash came second uh but he's already an alternate so so he maintains the he maintains the alternate and then you guys have the
option to decide if you want to put Keith wall into that other Al yes right now I'm in favor of so I would just say make that part of your motion yes sure like to make the you want I see you hit your button there um Council M you want to say
something uh no I'm just was going to Second your motion oh okay um you like to make a motion to approve the results stated by city clerk um number one as a regular member will be rusty excuse me Russell single um the second will be
Joseph Rashard and the second will be first alternate and the second alternate will be Mr wall and we have a motion on the floor by the chair and I'll second that motion and second by councilman Hearn she just gonna call the question
all in favor saying I I I Council M no no no no fou eyes have it unanimously thank you very much let's give them a round of applause please
okay um next will be item number two Council approval to apply a phase 2 construction Grant Waterway assistant program better known as WAP Grant through the Florida
Inland navigation district for the construction of the new docking system and the re rment to replace and protect the day slips that were destroyed by the hurricane in and also Nicole located at
the Coco Waterfront approved resolution 25 2025 authorize the city manager to execute this Grant application March 14 2023 #
23-166 was approved the second uh part of phase one was December 12 2020 three # 23709 um as you all know this funding
will be implemented by the district find which has been a very instrumental portion to us and I would like to make a motion to approve staff recommendation for phase two of this grant second I got
a second by councilman GES just going to call the question all in favor by saying I I I eyes have it unanimously proceeding on to City business item number 8-1 approve fiscal year 2024
2025 home dispersement agreement between the city of coko and Bard County in the amount of $4 1,671 decimal point 98 cents to approve the resolution amending fiscal year budget bath #
25- 04-a for the current allocation second okay okay okay you yeah yeah I can make the motion or you want to make the motion it doesn't matter motion to approve all right we have a motion on the floor by councilman
Hearn second by Deputy Mayor weeks this is a no Brandon great job everyone all in favor by saying I I I I have it unanimously proceeding on to item number
8-2 request Council to approve the contri to contribute $1,216 for major Abby sweet wine this is a no-brainer signed to be located in the Habitat for Humanity female veterans
Village in Diamond Square authorize the city of manager to approve the budget make the adjustment for the amount approved by Council on this monthly budget adjustment cleanup um as
you know Mrs sweet wine is known as Angel platform number six during her time during this her time as being in the nurses uh for the United States Air Force during the 1950s she would put a x
mark on the individual's forehead for receiving morphine and the letter excuse me me the letter M for morphine and the letter X for receiving treatment and this is a heroic effort by this young
lady and she was born here in beautiful Coco May 2th 1915 and she served with the United States Air Force and she's buried laid to rest at National I me excuse me Arlington National Cemetery and I'm
thankful for Space Coast habitat diamond Square in the city of coko M um n is there anything you would like to share before chair entertains a motion uh no Mr Mayor is that the uh Diamond
square board is paying a third and habitat's paying a third and the city's requesting to pay a third and uh and the sign will be uh it will have a QR code on it that will tell the history of uh major Abbey sweet wine so um visitors
who are walking down uh Wy Street will be able to uh learn more about her her story and uh and what she did to uh to to benefit the the medical industry at that time thank you very much what are the
wishes of council motion to approve second second she have it okay we have a motion on the floor by Council woman cost and a second by Deputy Mayor weeks and yes ma'am yes sir this is woman's mon all in
favor saying I I I I have be unanimously moving on to the final item for tonight now let me set some parameters please if someone comes up and I'm not
going to deny you from your Amendment one freedom of speech I do have multiple cards here in front of me um and I'm receiving some more count that card and count this card tell me what's the magical number you have there sir I do
have more than 12 cards I can just Bas on the thickness but if someone who has similar thoughts and ideas of you or they reflect and it's
Equitable along of what you speak about out maybe you would consider doing this please ma'am please sir I'm not going to deny you but I have a card and I will we will listen to
everyone 15 cards you have three minutes so and and I know we're all empathetic we don't want sympathy we want empathy because then I know you care and that's why you're in this room
good bad or and different we still red blooded Americans okay yes ma'am yes sir yes ma'am yes sir yes sir sir thank you kindly all right first on the list okay and we're going to proceed in
this order thank you sir uh councilman sir first on the list um Miss Jane Benton is that am I saying that right you are yes ma'am come forward please ma'am
good evening good evening I'm Dr Jane Benton and thank you I appreciate the opportunity to speak this evening I'm a pediatrician a parent a grandparent and I'm a member of this community um I'm not in the habit of speaking at public forums however I'm
very concerned about removal of fluoride from our drinking water there's no question fluoride is extremely important in the prevention of cavities you may think dealing with the cavi is a simple matter of going to the dentist and
getting a filling in a tooth or two but it is much more than that and most of us would agree that sitting at the dentist seat respectfully uh is not a lot of fun either um some young children requiring extensive dental work must be subjected
to general anesthesia that's not a small deal poor Dental Health can to poor nutrition which in turn leads to other health problems a mouth full of cavities contributes to missing school days fluoride at a safe level is effectively
and safely decreases cavities for those who want to remove fluoride they likely have the luxury of deciding whether to get fluid through their dentist or through supplementing water at home that's not the case for everyone if people want to have a choice those
who do not want fluoride in their water can purch purchase fluoride free bottled water or filter their water at home if you do not personally understand the research regarding what fluide why fluoride is important in our drinking water I ask that you not make an
emotional or political decision about this service the addition of fluoride to our drinking water has been a tremendous community Health success to remove it would burden individuals as well as our community and providing care to those
affected the bottom line is removing fluoride from our drinking water will hurt kids who may have no other protection from dental disease thank you thank you very much Dr Ben okay um counsel let me be first to
apologize because normally I will hear either from the city manager or um Wala utilities director and then proceed into the portion of listening to the audience um let me get your opinion
would you like to continue listening to the audience first or would you sure i' like to hear from um our city manager or our utilities the director what are the wishes of council M proceed since we have a pretty good explanation in our
books right so you like to hear from the audience you would like toar from the audience sure is that good with you Council mcon yes sir thank you Council M councilman Hearn Deputy Mayor weeks is that good with you that's fine with me thank you kindly ma'am okay next Big
John is it Nyon yes sir okay come on down I feel like Bob Barker sir hey good evening my name's John Nyon I live at 160 sea spray Lane in Orland Florida I've been inolved in a
seven-year trial against EPA for fluoride and after seven years after seven years in trial millions of dollars spent we brought experts from around the world dozens of them and one of the
highest courts in this country has concluded without a doubt in an 80-page decision that fluoride poses a threat threat to human health one of our top health agency the
top health agency in this country HHS has declared that fluide poses a threat to human health Florida's top health
officer Florida's top health officer has declared that fluide is a threat to Human Health the idea that a city council member has the right to force it
citizens especially their children to take a drug goes against everything that this country stands for if anybody took their children to a dentist and that dentist forced that
child to a fluoride treatment they would immediately immediately lose their license I have given at least half a dozen speeches before this County this uh city council and I work
for one of the organization that took the EPA to court and one and what I can tell you so you understand and hundreds right now hundreds of Public Water
Systems hundreds of City Council Members just like you have looked at the evidence have taken to time to analyze the evidence and have taken fluoride out of their Public Water System since the trial
ended back in September and this Count's own Board of Commissioners three years voted unanimously to take fluoride out of
their Public Water Systems because they looked at and they read the evidence and if all of this put together doesn't resonate with you then I'm not sure what will thank you very much thank you very much
sir okay next will be Dr Mary br Uno please good evening good evening mayor Blake and council members I am Dr Mary berno I am an educator at Eastern Florida State
College I teach in the dental assisting and dental hygiene programs I have taught and Allied Dental education for 25 plus years an important Public Health policy that has been longstanding oral health
initiative that is safe and efficacious in reducing cavities for children is the addition of adding fluoride to the water this was instituted across the US in the 1940s and in 1957 in the Coco Water
Works water supply at safe levels 7 parts per million in the past 2 years fluide was removed from the drinking water in cocoa and now is being considered for final removal due to unsubstantiated reports of various health concerns including
lower IQ and possible neurobehavior problems in children exposed to fluoride that was revealed to be at Double the levels for safe use and drink water Florida has been proven to offer significant dental health benefits
including reducing tooth decay preventing cavities particularly among children and underserved communities by as much as 25% there is scientific consensus among the American Dental Association the American Medical Association the World
Health Organization American Academy of Pediatrics and many others including evidence based research journals and reports in support of fluoridation and Community Water Supplies the US Center for Disease Control and prevention has indicated
that Community water fluoridation is one of the 10 great Public Health achievements of the 20th century fluide was removed from drinking water in Juno Alaska in 2007 research has revealed there has been a significant increase in
Dental related procedures for children and adolescents by as much as 50% according to Florida Department of Health they have noted that emergency room departments in bravar County have saw over
3,000 children 5 years and older in 20123 for dental related conditions a benefit regardless of socioeconomic status education or other social variables is that we can offer as
a Community to give children and families access to fluoride and their drinking water I grew up in bavard County I went to school here I was married here may I finish is that okay okay and my husband and I have raised our
children in Bard County we deeply care for our community I along with my colleagues would like to respectfully urge the city council to highly consider the essential benefits of fluoride for the residents that rely on the drinking water from Coco and make the informed
decision to add fluoride into the water system thank you um next will be is it Aaron Dy am I saying it right Dy yes sir yes ma'am thank you K ma'am please come forward good evening my name is Aon dy I
live here in coko I'm just gonna be kind of short and simple um I feel like it's my responsibility as a mother to watch out and protect my children I believe that fluoride um has neurotoxicity that my children are exposed to when I cook when I clean when
they take a bath there's a lot of documents that show this um I'm asking that you guys will vote to not put it back in or not have it in our our water system also um
our Dr um surgeon Joseph um lapido said it is a public health malpractice with information that we have now and if we continue to add fluoride in our water system so please consider this and this
is just from a mother these are my four kids and um I care deeply for them so thank you thank you very much this is Da okay Dr Gerald bird sir affectionately known as Dr J but I'm
reading the card before I start I wanted to ask you if you the mayor if you know what shirt I got on yes sir the rotarian sir what do you know about that oh boy a thing or two a thing or two sir yes sir okay um as an oral maxel facial
surgeon I came here my office is right here across in 1985 um and here's where I've been most of my life now um I'm I'm originally from the Grand Rapids Michigan area Grand Rapids was
the first city to put fluoride in the water in 1945 and they got into a comparison with mosan which is 30 miles west on Lake Michigan so the two cities Grand Rapids
added fluide to the water mosan did not after 6 years mosan looked at how improved Grand Rapids got they went up 25% in decreased in cavities in people
so that's what started the whole country to come forward with that unfortunately the studies that have come out say in the last 5 to 10 years the studies have come from other countries and they're very poorly done they're not done like a
study in this country they don't have the proper education on them they don't have the knowledge on them and they're too short and they're not putting out on a a magazine that you can read That's trusted by the medical profession here in this
country taking out a fluoride out of water is going to hurt our young people because if you don't have fluoride in the water that makes the teeth stronger on the outside it pro protects them from
getting cavities so you look at the people it's young people especially as they're growing up these days unfortunately this gets worse every year they're all gaining about a Munch of weight so they're getting bigger and bigger because they don't eat properly
um they don't drink properly and so they are not going to add fluoride to treat them while they're young they're not going to buy water at the store that has fluoride in it they're not going to have toothbrush properly that has fluoride in
it they're not going to have a mouth rinse that has fluoride in it um so they're not going to be doing all these things to protect them from getting teeth that are all bombed out from one to the other I don't need extra work in
what I do um the mayor knows what happen happens when you have multiple teeth that are decayed and this only gets work with time word with time and you know if children and adults especially in areas
that their parents aren't working and there's no money the kids in those areas are not going to be raised properly of how to brush their teeth every day what to use how to rinse their mouth every day uh they won't be doing any of this
to protect themselves from getting cavities so we as dentists don't need to more patience because the general dentist is fixing teeth right now putting crowns on uh whatever they need
to do already we don't need to get bombed with all these children that need multiple teeth out or we have to admit them to the hospital to get these teeth out or they get a massive infection and we've got to add them to the hospital
and take them to the o to drain these we don't need this uh activity in Coco and all the cities that are surises by our water so you can't count on the studies if you look back 15 to 20 to 30 years
and you read those studies they were properly done all every time and you can read them you read something now and they're not done well they weren't done properly and you know I was born in 54 in the Grand
Rapids area so here I am at 70 and my brain works fine and I just had my first cavity two months ago in Jim an talk Dr Jim anone had to fill it for me my kids have never had a
cavity so why would I want to turn that around and have my any grandkids that live here have cavities it's just not worth it and have them multiple teeth so you know I really appreciate it if you keep fluoride in the water cuz
that's what I'm used to having my first cavity and I don't want to have another one so thank you all everyone thank you Dr bur thank you sir okay Michael husing am I saying that
right yes thank you C sir all right thank you mayor and thank you Council my name is Michael hosking um I'm an edist practicing here in Bard County I live in Rock Ledge and drink cocoa water um I'm currently serving as
the President of The Bard County Dental Society an organization representing 139 dentists I'm here to express support for Community water floration the prop of current evidence shows that water fluoridation is safe
and effective at 0.7 parts per million um studies that show potential harm use fluoride levels well above the recommended level of water fluoridation recommended in the US even so these studies are not ignored by the medical
and dental communities they're evaluated and often lead to new studies numerous recent studies published between 2015 and 2025 five show no IQ deficits when consuming fluoridated water at levels
recommended or at the at the optimal recommended levels removal of fluoride from water has been shown to increase cavities in kids water fluoridation is a proven method to improve the oral health of communities not just those that can
afford dental treatment I urge the council to vote in support of community water fluoridation a measure that's supported by nearly every Health Organization in the world um recently you know across the state there have been um different
municipalities kind of bringing up the same issue um in the city of Barto Dr lpo was at that meeting speaking against water fluoridation and the City of Barto voted to keep fluide in their City's water system um speaking on the EPA case
the judge in that case did not conclude that there was definitive evidence of harm from fluoride and did not order it to be stopped um fluoridation has never been ordered to be stopped in the United
States um and over 109 cases um it's never been um you know never been ruled that it needed to be stopped thank you thank you much sir thank you I have a question go ahead sir Council going the
question I had was um with bavard Dental Association did did did you guys have a vote on this particular situation or a huge discussion and and if you did vote what did that vote look like yeah not of the full membership we had a discussion
of the executive board um so I would say just from informal conversations it's certainly not everyone uh not every single member that's in support of it but the overwhelming majority are um but there was no official vote of all of the membership okay thank
you thank you very much I I would be remiss if I go ahead no I'll keep going forward okay is there a Doctor yoshita Patel Hing to as
well now now is well I'll wait be mindful we were in Tallahassee was it last year or the year before last was it last year when the council members on on on um legislative day from bavari County they
were with us at the state capital yes because we we went to uh State legislator's uh house representative we're going again Tuesday thank you sir there we'll see you there again
sir I'm sorry oh you're fine forg I'm short take your time man hi my name is Dr Yosh Patel hosing I am board certified pediatric dentist the past president of the Florida Academy of pediatric dentistry and a member of
community and a mom um I just wanted to address a few points that were made just to clarify um fluoride is safe and effective at the appropriate dose which is 7 parts per million and it's one of the very few public health measures that
actually saves more money than it costs our kids deserve the freedom from dental pain Dental infection Dental cavities Miss days from school and parents deserve to not have Miss days from work to bring their kids to my office I own
Vieira pediatric dentistry and I serve our community with my heart and my soul sorry if I get emotional but this is an important thing every dental school in this country supports Community water fluoridation so when you go against it
you're going against your education and your training and that's fine that's your privilege but a lot of our kids don't have a privilege to have a voice that's why I'm here I get a flyer every few months from
our school and they ask for Hygiene supplies because many students can't afford basic hygiene supplies on that list includes things like deodorant but it also includes toothpaste and
toothbrush so when people say to you tonight tonight that just brush and floss it's not that simple it's inexpensive to those who can afford it but to those who can't afford it it's expensive in many ways it affects their
livelihood their safety their health and I see it on a daily basis to the extent that I worked very closely with someone who you may know Dr does Cynthia does we partnered as community members to serve
our community because there is a deep gaping hole of children who do not get care it's not because they're not loved or that they they aren't seen in the community is that dental decay is often silent until it's
not and when it isn't it screams just like those babies all night long I get the text messages from parents every day ask my kids of people asking for help and I can help them to extent but
you can help them at such a significant extent that it's going to affect so many more children than I will in my life time and I hope that you do that tonight by keeping fluoride in the water I just received a text from Dr
does ma'am so I don't know if you all are on the same wavelength of synchronization but yes ma'am so thank you very much thank you for your time oh I thought youing for light um next on the list
um um Susan Anon please hello I'm Susan Anton I've lived in Bard County since 1979 I originally came from Jacksonville where in the uh groundwater they have
higher levels of fluoride than the optimal level um I haven't been harmed by that I've never had a cavity um I came from a a large family there were I'm the oldest of six kids we
drank Kool-Aid because it was cheaper it was made with sugar it may have given me diabetes but it I did not give me cavities because I had water flation I am a mother of five I'm grandmother of
nine and I'm here to support Community water floration um I recognize there are many issues that your Council has to address but I'm a Problem Solver and I have been
all my life you have very big problems to solve with a finite amount of funding water fluoridation will help you will allow you to do the most good for for the least amount of money it will
reach um the most vulnerable people in our community our children and it is supported by science which has a a proven 80-year uh history of safety and benefits so let's be practical Let's
Help the greater good let's do the right thing let's continue optimal water fluoridation in our community thank you thank you very much Mrs Susan and I do apology I said Anton we should
been Anton so I apologize I'm used to it no man it's biblical it says uh a name the power of a name far greater than silver and gold so that's the reason why a good name and that you have Proverbs
221 okay okay since we have you ma'am let's bring on the other half Dr Jim sir would you please come forward sir it's a hard act to follow yes sir my name is Jim Anton I'm a dentist
retired dentist in paronis and rockage and a lifelong uh Bard resident and Coco water user it takes courage to do the right thing when you're facing a rockus crowd but voters tend to reward that courage based on the preponderance of evidence
over the past 80 years fluide is both safe and effective effective in reducing cavities and that means less pain less miss school less misw workk and according to the pediatricians here tonight and elsewhere fewer hospitalizations and deaths for medical complications 3,000 ER visits in
Bard the study showing IQ issues run contrary to current science including those cited by our Surgeon General and he is no um stranger to controversy the school test scores are the same in floridated and unfluoridated areas a
recent review of the article cited by the Surgeon General stated and I quote those studies on IQ are flawed and a failed attempt to undermine water fluoridation they should be unacceptable for policy purposes ladies and gentlemen we should base our policy on facts and
not fear the author of one of the IQ studies went on the record to say that even she supported optimal water floration and let's consider who else supports it you've heard others speak to it but the American and Florida Academy pediatricians our children's doctors the
American and Florida Academy of pediatric dentist the American Florida and Bard County Medical Association supports water fluoridation and of course the American Dental Association and the Florida Dental Association they did vote their house of delegates approves policy every year American Public Health Association
nearly every institution research institution supports water fluoridation and you also heard every essentially every dental school in the world supports it so who opposes water floation well intention vocal group and even a very few dentists and yes there's been 109 court cases and 108 of them
have been have been decided in favor of fluoridation and it is not illegal anywhere and the judge did not order it stopped so who then should we trust the few these few or legitimate associations institutions and the experts and professors who trained them floration
cost pennies per day and you heard that $30 return on every dollar invested and that's 10 billion in the United States every year that's saved from water florid due primarily to floration the number of adults with Dentures decreased from 40% in 1964 to less than 6% in
2014 I did Head Start exams for 10 years and I participated in dozens and dozens of local and Statewide missions of Mercy I've seen the devastation the misery the medical complications and the cost to families and communities Mr Mayor and honorable council members removing
optimal fluoridation will disproportionately affect lowincome families especially children I'm not here for myself I'm retired my kids are grown I'm here for children and families who don't get to vote but will ultimately pay the price if fluoride is
removed thank you uh Dr Anton I have a question sir would you tell me how many cities currently now still have fluide in their water I can't give you an exact number of cities but it's still well over 60% it's close to 70% in the State of Florida yes sir we've we've lost a
lot of we've gained six or seven in the past month or two uh Tallahassee where Dr Ado works and speaks voted to continue water fluoridation based on Expert testimony okay thank you very much do we have any questions for the doctor saying none thank you very much
sir please tell your dad I still can't make a free throw so yes sir okay do we have Mr Bailey is it I can't s e l St St Bailey parone me forgive
me that's okay can you hear me in the microphone loud and clear ma'am okay St Bailey Coco Florida I am on the city of Coco water first thing I want to address is the type of fluoride that is in this drinking water um well let me start with my background so you guys understand a
little bit more here I'm a globally recognized environmental health Advocate who has worked closely with the EPA the White House Council of Environmental quality and I'm known for the first ever National drinking water standards for posos chemicals uh when they first told
us that 70 parts per trillion was safe and we learned that it wasn't and it was much lower that um we ended up bringing it down to but the fluoride in the drinking water is hydr fluosilicic acid you're going to hear tonight about how um it's fluoride fluoride but what
about the type of fluoride it is not a pharmaceutical grade fluoride that we're talking about right now do you know where hydros solstic acid comes from it comes from the phosphate mining industry in Central Florida the reason likely
that Barto voted it down is because they are heavily influenced by the phosphate mining industry like Mosaic I want to show you a photo of cows from when this type of hydrofluosilicic acid was being aized in
the air this is not the same fluoride that you're thinking is in toothpaste that is in mouthwash this is a Industrial Waste byproduct we want to talk about underprivileged
communities what about the different dose sizes same thing with POS same thing with DDT we were told numerous times by the government that things were safe for decades 30 40 years posos is safe DDT is safe you have
doctors in advertisement smoking cigarettes how many decades did it take for them to realize the dangers of some of these chemicals all I'm asking you as a city of Coco drinking water and a nonprofit that
actually gives drinking water filters to a lot of your community here is that you consider all of the information Beyond I know it was difficult for me to wrap my head around Hydro Floric acid it really was I was Pro Fluoride until I
learned where the fluoride came from and I think if you just really really researched and learned about this fluoride and yes it is in toothpaste I find it very offensive that you're telling people oh well poor people are
too dumb to understand this I don't believe that for a second I don't infants are a different size toxicology is different than topical please consider the opposition of this thank
you next will be Warren Edwards thank you mayor and Council uh people my name is Dr Warren Edwards uh I live in Rock Ledge Florida and I am a practicing a dentist of 47 years
and I early in my career I was totally pro- fluoride I supported it because that's what I was trained and when I lived in Rhode Island I was actually the president of the Newport County Dental society and was
able to get the town I lived in floridated I was very proud of that the chiropractor that was Three Doors Down was against it and we labeled him a quack and we were unwilling to really
listen to his point of view and we were very happy that we got it floridated when I moved to Florida I learned that I was toxic to Mercury which is a substance that to this day is still approved by all of the same Health
authorities that want uh fluoride still in the water and that led me to a journey of learning how to treat myself to get the the Mercury out of my body and I became a doctor of naturopathy and one of the things that we studied is
toxicity I can tell you this fluoride is a toxin it has no place in the human body we do not need it at all and what's interesting is that water fluoridation only affects the first nine years of
life when the tooth is being formed in the bone once the tooth comes into the mouth it has nothing no benefit to anybody whether it's a child or an adult yet the negative effects of fluoride are body wide all of the bones of the people
in this room have fluoride in them and those bones might be stronger but they're Britt how many people have thyroid problems how many people have sleeping problems because the pineal gland is is
calcified with fluoride there are many bad negative effects of fluoride on the human body what I propose is that the money that we save from fluoridation we use in public health because many countries in this world that do not
fluoridate fluoridate have less cavities than we do and we can go ahead and use educate the pregnant mothers and the young mothers as to how to prevent these problems and and and not subject the
rest of us humans to a toxin that shouldn't be in our body so I request that you do not continue to add fluoride to the water I I know I think it's a mistake and and although the dentists say that they have science on their side
there really is no good science in the last 20 or 30 years that really supports their position the science that they have is all old and can be questioned look at the current science and you're going to see that it is a you know
the the the evidence is there so thank you very much thank you Mr Edward now technically I'm not supposed to allow y'all to clap and I'm just trying to be calm about it so okay a
niy okay is it Christmas okay may I see forgive me if I mispronounced your last name is it um Dr Lexi is that a t r b e i k e c k herck
herck thank you Dr herck hey thank you L good evening greetings ma'am how are you doing tonight all is well thank you all right well good evening everybody my name is Dr Lexi herbeck I am a double graduate of the University of Florida I've been using my go Gators I've been
using my degree to treat patients over the bridge at merid island for the last three years and it's been the honor of my life I'm here tonight because we have an issue that involves all of us I think I speak for all of us in the room when I say that we are here because we care about our community no matter what side of this fluoride issue we're on we are
here because we care and I think that's part of what makes our country great so no matter what side you're on thank you for being here thank you for participating in our country this might seem like it's about fluoride but really truly this is about misinformation in our digital age we
have an unprecedented amount of access to in information something that nobody nobody in human history before us has had and while that is wonderful it does not protect us from the overwhelming preponderance of information that like a
wolf and sheep's clothing is designed to take advantage of us people who use science and mask it in a way to benefit themselves financially and take advantage of those of us who are less fortunate maybe are less educated I know there are some
studies that seem scary about fluide and I am not willing to blame anybody for being worried about that it seems scary being able to be literate about the science that's in front of us was not something that I was taught to do until I was well into my very expensive and very exclusive scientific degree okay so
I want to conduct some science here tonight how many people in this room have been to Australia raise your hand I see four people of the roughly 55 maybe of the 50 people we've been in here so based on study conducted by a University
of Florida scientist that would be me five people of 50 have been to the Australia therefore Australia does not exist do you see how you can warp science to say something that maybe isn't quite true you can come to a conclusion that might seem scientific if
you put it a certain way but truly it is silly I'm telling you that all of these anti fluide studies are run the exact same way you hear about calcification of the pineal gland and lower IQ numbers but I'm here to tell you it's run with the same scientific Integrity that I
just did just now okay it is Bas on cherry-picked flawed data that does not account for lead toxicity it does not account for the dose it does not account for any of the societal factors that are going on in those communities they're based in China they're based in India they are none of them are based here in the United States if you want to talk
about stuff that's based here in the United States look at the JMA article from January 6th of this year published by our country in a meta analysis that shows conclusively talking about old research it was from this year that shows that Florida has no negative Health on IQ or any of those things
so listen I I I don't blame anybody for being worried about this but I'm asking you look at the ulterior motive of the people who are saying to take this out of the water because it is inexpensive to keep it and very financially viable to take it out thank you thank you Dr
Lexi ma'am alrighty next is it Angela mcnight am I close yeah you got thanks ma'am good evening May and council members my name is do oh sorry no you're good okay you're good my name is Dr
Angela mcnight and I'm an orthodontist and strong advocate for public health I was born and raised in bevard county and now have three offices in Bard including merid Island sunry and Vieira I urge you to continue adding fluoride to the city of Coco's drinking water since
fluoridation is a cost-effective Equitable solution that benefits everyone I am the chair of The Bard County Dental society's give kids a smile free dental care clinic we put on yearly at the efsc Coco campus if you want to see the dental care need in Bard
I ask you to come with me to this Clinic I invite you to see the families that sit for hours and the swollen faces of the children that cannot eat and I ask you to help them transport their families there because that's the difficult part is getting them to our Clinic whereas at home they have this
drinking water that is the solution I understand concerns about personal choice but this is a public Public Health measure just like seat belt laws or clean water regulations the amount of fluide in the water is carefully controlled to remain safe the fluoride and Community water
fluoridation dissolves simply into fluoride and hydrogen ions and sand there is only one fluoride ion no matter where it comes from and an Iowa study specifically studied 0.7 parts per million for kids over 15 years old with no change in bone
quality when you choose not to have something you are taking that choice away from others in our community we want to make choices that benefit the benefit excuse me the health safety and well-being of all of our citizens including children the elderly and those
with physical and mental challenges I am a past president of The Bard County Dental Society The Bard County Dental Society is an arm of the Florida Dental Association and a strong supporter of fluoride and we stand with them on this topic our city is a hub for technology
space exploration and forward progress please do not allow our community here to take a step backward at your hands let's continue supporting a healthier future for our residents by keeping Floyd in the water thank you thank you very much Dr
mcnight okay next is it um is it Mulla Karen Karen Karen thank you ma'am thank you all for serving the city of Coco and Beyond and for considering our comments my name is Karen McCulla and I'm asking you to remove the fluoride
treatment system from our water supply for the following reasons mass medicating of the public should not happen especially without proving the safety of doing so second there is new concerning evidence of health risk from fluoride being added to the water supply and finally because the source of the
additive seems questionable at best while I do not prefer to read medical journals in my spare time I absolutely do so for my children's health and I expect the same from our elected public leaders who serve our community's children my first point is mass medicating the public should not happen
when there is a risk there must be a choice which is also known as informed consent if an individual needs fluoride it would be determined by their Healthcare dental provider and would be appropriately dosed for their age and size by adding it to our water system there's no control over how much any
individual receives based on the information of dentists prescribing it as a treatment it seems in order to distribute it to the population through the water supply it should be required that the documentation of the double blind Placebo safety testing should be provided by each municipality for
transparency sake and if you were to fix the system that's currently broken there should be a way for the public to be informed of all of these risks as well as to be able to opt out of receiving it second last year a 10-year government study came out that indicates fluide
exposure can have significant neurotoxic effects I'm quoting from an article I'm going to email all of you eight out of nine high quality studies found that fluoride exposure negatively affected neurodevelopmental or cognitive outcomes in children the working group also
considered 72 studies that analyzed how fluoride exposure related to Children's IQs and of the 19 studies that were deemed to be high quality 18 of them found higher fluoride exposure led to a decrease in IQ I imagine none of you want to decrease any of our children's
IQ or cause potential neurodevelopmental delays therefore you should remove the water fluoridation system lastly in researching this topic I found what um this lady previously mentioned hydrofluoric silc acid is an industrial waste byproduct used in water treatment
to artificially fluoride um Elevate the fluoride content in public water systems the hydrofor acylic acid is produced by removing sif4 from the gas stream and hydrolyzing it so I had to look up what is
sif4 in 2001 it was listed by authorities as a hazardous substance that's corrosive and may severely irritate or even burn skin and eyes and is fatal if inhaled so by hydroling this it somehow makes it safe perhaps someone ought to be proving to the public why it's a good idea to add this to the
water supply please vote no to repair the water system fluoridation please do not massm medicate the public especially in light of toxic effects it's shown to have and know that what's being added is not just a fluoride ion it's a previously toxic substance that should
be proven and documented if there's any question about the safety of a product you should absolutely wait until further long-term studies are available and air on the side of caution thank you for your time thank you very much Mrs McCulla ma'am okay next on the list will be Dr
Gary herbeck to as well please I thank are there any additional cards in the audience come one come all l d and everybody what you saved the best
for last amazing thank you I have one more card behind you so yes all right well how about next to last that's good that's a good thing um I'm Dr Gary herbeck uh thanks for the opportunity to meet and speak here tonight my dental offices in merid island and I've been serving the citizens of Bard County
since 1981 I was president of Bard County Dental Society the Central District Dental Association I was also with the Board of Trustees of the Florida Dental Association for 10 years and I was the editor of the state Dental scientific
journal today's FDA but before that I was the scientific editor and in my time I had to go through many many many articles trying to decide which were scientifically valid to be published and in many of those submissions one of the
things I found was the occasional anti fluoride positions were severely lacking in what I would call logical scientific truth so we never ever publish those um we did learn over time that for instance
fluoride originally years ago was 1.5 milligrams part part parts per million and now it's 7 which is the safe e efficacy um we also know that fluoride is most effective in pregnant women why
because the whole goal is to make sure the structure of the teeth the outside enamal is as strong as possible but since uh about at 18 for almost all people your adult teeth are already formed so many of the anti florists come out and say well you can just brush your
teeth with Colgate fluoride toothpaste or you can rinse with lerine fluoride it's not as safe it's I mean it is as safe but it's not as ethicus you will not reduce tooth K worth almost anything think of yourself think of your
teeth as a product that's being formed and and when they get to the the part where you're supposed to actually use them you want those teeth to be as strong and cavity resistant as possible and um sorry about that I write too many
notes and I start I've got so much to say but if you are if you're looking to opt out from the program it makes sense if you're a person who's against fluoride it's so easy for you all you have to do is buy a bottled
water you get your own desalination unit if you want to anyway because that would be your personal choice but the number of people anti fluida are so low compared to the general population because most intelligent people I know
want the best for their children and if we are able to provide that for our kids Council men and women I I sincerely ask you to please continue fluoridating the water here in kogo thank you thank you very much Dr Gary and our last card for
tonight um Dr Gail Stewart Isles evening I've learned uh I am a PhD not a medical doctor and uh so I don't have the
medical aspect of it but uh mine is more analysis and I looked at the I just saw the thing in the paper yesterday so I didn't have time to prepare anything but I looked at the number uh for how much it cost to have the correct equipment to
ensure the correct level of floid ation which I'm totally for based on all the scientific again PhD evidence that's presented and I looked at that number and I thought well you're talking about something that needs to control something in parts per
million and I'm thinking okay somebody wants to give me money they give me a dollar or a thousand there's a big difference but that's only millimeters or or m whatever and we're talking parts per a million m
mro and that is a th000 times a th000 and you need equipment that can do that validly which I'm thinking would Merit that kind of a price tag and it's been shown well shown I think that fluide and
water is good but you want the proper level so you pay a fair sum to get equipment that can ensure that so it it made sense and um the other of me is Scottish and we're very Thrifty
so uh so it seemed it's a good trade it's a good trade if somebody is giving me money I don't want them to make the mistake you know if it's like a dollar or a million dollars you know so yeah it's a good trade and I understand why we haven't had it the last few years
because the equipment wasn't certified which I trust my cocoa water because I know that people are doing their very best to ensure that it is safe and so they pulled it out because the equipment wasn't certified and so
now we need to get the new equipment even though the price tag looks a little bit high so but we're talking parts per million it needs to ensure so thank you well just for the record would you please state your name again oh Gail
Stuart Isles thank you ma'am thank you very much good evening okay councilman Hearn sir yes sir def okay okay um Mr city manager and then Mr
uh utilities director Mr wsh I think Mr wal you here to answer any of the technical questions on the agenda report I think we laid it out fairly clearly for you and as a couple of the speakers said tonight for last two years we have not infused uh the cocoa water system
with fluoride because because of um because of the end of life of the uh prior equipment and so we do have under uh final design I believe it is engineering design the uh the new uh
Capital system Capital Improvement system and so uh after getting the the new guidelines from the Surgeon General it was the most appropriate time to bring this issue to the council um um again for the last reporting cycle our
levels of fluoride have averaged uh a highest concentration of 0.13 with a range of 0.13 to 019 and so what uh what we have in our
water system is what naturally occurs in the groundw uh and occurs without additional chemicals and so again this item is uh asking the council the question of do you want staff to continue uh to pursue
the capital Improvement program that would again uh begin the process of infusing fluoride into uh the water system that is estimated at approximately $700,000 with an annual recurring
expenditure of approximately $65,000 and we're here to answer any questions Mr May council members we have any questions for the city manager think I do just okay okay give me one second do you want me to wait to
hear from her so yes okay counil woman calls and then we from Jack is that my correct understanding Mr city manager answer question okay oh I was just uh wanted to recall the level of fluoride we had when we had the equipment
operating did we keep it at the 7 under yeah or under I think we averaged 0.556 I was thinking it was under yeah yeah thank you okay councilman um hear
sir um so as stated uh we haven't been uh infusing our water with uh fluoride over the past uh two years now um uh what does occur in our water is uh naturally occurring so uh sunf fluide
get in there um I can say my district I I have a large uh population of those kids that are uh challenged in getting fluide and their uh what the levels that they need uh uh through dental hygiene uh Endeavor is one of the schools in my
district um I go out there all the time I volunteer I speak with a lot of the the students and parents and uh speaking of Dr dopes I've been out doing some of her initiatives to get uh dental hygiene for those students and it's very needed and demand so there is evidence there
that a lot of those kids won't get that proper fluoride uh without it being in our water um however um I I would say this on record I'm I'm in favor of continuing fluide in our water however um I have to get some clarity but I
believe there may be uh some push from the state in regards to uh forcing municipalities to uh discontinue fluoride so so my my concern is I don't want to move forward on this uh on this initiative here and spend the
money and and then be turned around by the state uh to discontinue that's money that we wasted basically and this is a high price tag so uh I don't know how the rest of the council feels but I would love to uh put a hold to this conversation until we find out what's
going on after this legislative session so that's just my my thought I'll hear from the rest of my colleagues one else would like to chime in on that um can I speak yes ma'am go ahead
okay um I've gotten more phone calls and uh emails on this subject I'm sure the whole Council has um and uh as a product of you know can you hear me yeah I have I have been
floridated my whole life except for the last two years in Coco uh but hearing the experts talk uh especially about pregnant women and their teeth um and the forming you
know the babies forming and all that uh really gave me a different perspective in the fact that after the age of 18 uh the fluoride that you're drinking really doesn't make a lot of difference I I'm convinced that I don't think that it's
hurting people uh at this point um and I am in favor of continuing to FL fluoridate our water uh but like lavander I'm you know if there's going to be something from the state and I don't want to spend money unnecessarily
either so uh I would not be opposed to waiting until after the session to see where we stand but I am in favor of fluoridating the water motion no no no I want to hear from everyone okay um can I say something
I've been in contact with um our legislative group with the Florida League of cities and I have not yet read anything about taking um a FL ride any Bill summaries talking about
what you all are saying now I'm not saying it hasn't happened but in our discussion today at the webinar that did not come up in our conversation and it did not come up in yesterday's conver excuse me conversation and reference of
Bill summaries so I'm not saying that it doesn't exist I just have not yet viewed it because the top things right about now is property taxes transferring funds from General uh from our utilities or
into our general fund uh uh uh local business um tax so forth being uh business receipt being in effect but I haven't heard anything pertaining to fluoride um my thing is this um um and
then I'll turn the floor over and I'll just go last um at 0 five at0 five Mr Walsh can you tell me you said generally that is the average 7 to0 five yeah if you go back and look at our water quality reports
that were required to to submit to the state uh I think over the last five or six years you know not counting the years we didn't put in uh it was somewhere between 0.55 and 61 or Point what happens is at the plant most things that we do are a maximum contamination
level so operators are kind of trained to stay at or below so to average it for the entire year would would mean would imply that we would be dosing higher than 7 during the year and I don't think any of the operators ever really wanted to go above the recommended level of 0.7
parts per million and therefore that's why we would always fall somewhere below that level as an average for the year and I'm a living product I'm 65 years old born and rear right here in Coco Florida all my life consumed tap cocoa water and my thing is I'm a product of
BPS school system and I believe in I've been drinking this cocoa water all my life my father's been drinking this cocoa water all his life and he's a 101 91 years Young uh my grandfather he's in heaven right now but he lived to be 96 years old and he consumed Coco's water to as well so
just on that simple principle in itself and everyone that is in my family I'mma take the stance of I support having fluoride in our water and I believe in the fluoride in our water and I and I do not see it being a detering to your
ability to have cognitive skills because some of the Great kids in our community come from Coco Florida and surrounding area and if you really want to take a look at it from a BPS perspective kogo Beach where
did they get their word from Jack Walsh much sir right hot chocolate baby every day all day the only water to go to the mooning back so I believe in the system and the individuals that's responsible for the system because we all in this room are living
proof so that's why I stand on those sincere moral character and the fiber of drinking this Quality Water for us one more other question and then I will hear from you
all Mr Walsh if the people do not want to drink the bottle water um excuse me do not want to drink the cocoa water because in our bottle water do we have fluid sir in bottled water it depends on the
manufacturer yes sir it comes from cocoa not all bottled water no no no for our cocoa bottled water when we were circulating when we used our Bott no it didn't have it in it well no it had it in it because we provided the water that goes in the bottle thank you sir that's yes sir now if individuals do not want
fluoride in the water they can either drink bottled water or is there some type of filteration that they can utilize so there there are actually filters and things processes that would take it on yes sir but bottle water would probably be the simplest alternate to use okay okay um I don't know who
would like to go first councilwoman C or councilman goes okay councilwoman c um okay you don't have to turn your light on ma'am we're just going around the days well first of all I just want to thank everybody that came here tonight I
don't think we've ever had this many doctors in the room quite a distinguished audience and um you know it's it's intimidating and as someone mentioned it takes uh courage to to to um really speak what
you think is the right thing to do um one of our earlier speakers John Nyland uh several years ago he came here I think you mentioned at least a half a dozen times and in kind of small bites
gave us an education on some of the issues and on the case on the um the lawsuit the EPA lawsuit um which having worked in the water sector all my career um I
followed and um at that time um Mr dient you were you know asking us to eliminate fluoride in the water and my response was that I was really looking for that EPA
ruling because we're in the position of being elected by Coco but our water serves a much larger body so now that ruling has come in and I'm not sure that everyone understands that ruling but
correct me if I'm wrong but the ruling is that the government does not have should does not have the right to medicate the population to determine whether or not people taking
fluoride the federal government is I think you have I'm sorry you have to come to the mic so that everyone at home can hear you as well okay but then I'm gonna give someone to cter that too as well in the audience and I'm sure I can find one of those doctors on the back row or even Dr Anon the federal
government by Mand is not allowed to put a medication in the public water supply it can only be done on a Town by town or municipality basis and throughout this country anytime Florida was going to be
put in the water system the Town Council or the city council or the County Commissioners had to vote to put in that drug in in the water supply okay can I hear way Ike hold it
sir esar Ike ma'am yes I was going to say that I'm happy to um Talk about the EPA ruling if you'd like yes um I could wait until if You' like councilman cost until you're done with your comments
but yeah and again the state of Utah just passed a bill Statewide Florida's uh fluide is out so I would like to hear from from Esquire Ike
please yes so several of the speakers um have alluded to this case um in September of 2024 the federal district court in the Northern distri District of California um issued an order in food and water
watch versus EPA um and this case is also mentioned briefly in the flyer that's attached to the agenda item from the Florida Surgeon General um essentially what the the order found was that fluoride at levels typical in the
United States which is 0.7 uh Mill milligrams per liter um presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health and um determined essentially the
court ordered that um the EPA is now going to have to engage with a regulatory response meaning that they will have to engage in Ru making to determine what level if any of fluoride
in the drinking water will not present that unreasonable risk now I can tell you that um in an open letter the American Dental Association and number of other uh uh associations uh of dental
practitioners urged the EPA to uh appeal that decision the EPA has done so and filed a notice of heal in uh in January and So currently the um you know the
state of of what the the level of recommend you know recommendation of fluoride in the water is really in flux um and we're not entirely sure how this case will be resolved but I did want to
provide that context to you um as you're deciding whether to invest in in you know the new equipment thank you I appreciate that sure um so that really kind of speaks to
councilman hearn's question about making this decision at this point uh when the actual safe levels are being reconsidered I'm just see when she's finished so I would be in support of
postponing um this decision until we do have some solid recommendations um I mean the thing about fluoride is it's also expensive to buy bottled water or the filtration
systems to take fluoride out it's common to purchase toothpaste with fluoride and those topical treatments are so available to us now as compared with I'm I no question my mind
in the 40s and when they first started um putting fluoride in our water supplies that this was benefits to to um some communities but we now have a lot of
topical options which Don't Force us to ingustice justest it and take the risk of accumulating those toxins um you know I also speak to
this with the concern of postmenopausal women who have bone issues many of my constituents and um I would hope that we you know take into account all
of those the health issues but I don't feel good about making this decision at a point in time where we really don't even have the optimal dosage so
I'll give the floor up coun M go um I will say this uh I I am very encouraged by the amount of emails uh that I receive which is probably close to probably over a 100 um on both
sides and I absolutely um really really appreciate the knowledge I feel like I'm a scientist now um um a lot of things I didn't pay attention to um I did a lot of research my myself and you you guys
forc me to do so um and so I I really appreciate that so I wanted to say that uh before anything um I'm I'm in favor of of fluid fluidization of the water but I'm also um concerned uh if we do make a
decision um and something happens within the next few months or next year um you know I didn't really I didn't really think about that uh so I appreciate uh councilman Hearn for bringing that up and I don't think we're right now we're not in a time crunch to make this
decision um as of today um am I mistaken on that uh we're we're kind of holding the bid the invitation to bid we're about at 100% planned so we were hoping for a decision but obviously we'll follow whatever guidelines come
from this this Council how long we've been on hold right as of as of today um we were at 90% uh in December okay that's all I have M okay Mr um Dr Anton would you come to the microphone
please I just wanted to add that the court did not conclude with certainty that floride was harmful um that decision is under appeal uh the point 7 was never the issue floration is not a medication the courts have ruled over a 100 times that it is not a medication
ation it's a nutrient it's like vitamin A that's added to your milk it's like phosphorus and calcium added to your bread it's like iodine that's added to your salt I could go on with a dozen other uh similar situations it is not a medication the courts have never ruled that it is and no court has ever banned
floration I have one more additional question um and it's this is applicable to Pediatrics too as well I've been to multiple elementary schools to read to the kids kids and and Dr Cynthia dos has
have taken kids from yes Endeavor and throughout Saturn the municipalities and unincorporated elementary schools as well and because of cause she had to take the kids to Orlando to get dental
treatment because I think a lot of the doctors were there giving service at a reduced cost or if not at a very very reasonable CA my concern is this um yes a lot of these kids do not have the
necessary coverage and and I'm a firm believer I can tolerate 0. five I really can and I think Pediatrics can you tolerate 0.5 fluoride in the
water the range hello shake your head no maybe ify come talk to me Gator doc come on up Miss uh DOC Florida Gators herbe so the research I mean originally when we were this recommendation of a
dosage amount was put forward it was about 1.2 parts per million if my memory serves me correctly 1.5 and as time went on you know we've kept reviewing this information this is not something that science is always decided this is the amount and we're never going to look at
it again so over time over the last 60 years This research has been re-evaluated time and time again and that dose has lowered 7 has been shown to be the minimum effective dose so it minimizes any potential kind of side effects while maximizing the benefit to any person coming out here I know
someone had did mention about uh osteoporosis I'd like to ask in that respect looking at what our water quality report from 202 three shows we have an arsenic concentration of 1.2 parts per million I'm sorry excuse me
parts per billion in our water supply that has been shown to have negative osteoclast uh formation in our bones my question is um for that study that showed that fluoride was the causitive factor did it factor out arsenic as a potential cause what was the P value of
it what what statistical regression was used to analyze this to make sure that it is a sound scientific study okay there's that but then I also know about the three million children every single year that Miss days and days of school
because they are in the ER with dental infections that's something that we do know that is something that is concrete okay so my point is yes 05 is better than nothing but 7 is ideal and it has been shown for decades that this is
something that is beneficial to our children to people who cannot be here a seven-year-old cannot come here on a Tuesday night but I can so here did she drive here I hope
not anyway point seven is where the most advantageous um I'll make a motion I just looked this up the CDC says 6 to 0.1 parts per million is the operating range to try and Achieve that 7 parts per million um
there's probably benefit at 6 to 7 is a range but probably not below P six okay thank you very much so I I I am and I will go out I'm go out of the L I do I will recognize your light uh councilman
her okay and um yes we might be splitting hairs here point six um versus 7even or even five and um whatever the case may be I'm in
favor of addressing this issue right now because the citizens Believe in Us that's what representative democracy is sometimes you have to stand on your own convictions and I'm living proof and a lot of our family members here consume
the water our kids and our grandkids drink this water I have 15 grandkids and they drink this water and I told my uh children do not look at the Book of Genesis is anymore you'll catch that but the point
that I'm saying and I love my 15 grandkids um the point that I'm saying to you take a stance just take a stance vote your conviction and on that note chair would like to make a motion to approve the
recommendation of7 uh percent per million am I correct am I saying that correctly parts per million parts per million and I'm looking for a second
second okay yes of course councilman Hearn your light is on thank you Deputy Mayor weeks you're welcome I wanted to come back to that uh possible bill that that's up in the state right now Senate Bill 700 that
just made it out uh through unanimous vote from the Senate agriculture committee what is it again uh Senate Bill 700 uh that bill I believe it's a part of a a larger uh initiative as well in regards to the Florida Department of
Agriculture and consumer services but if enacted it would prohibit it would prohibit the use of any additive in public water systems that include primary primarily for health related purposes um such as fluide so again I
want to be uh smart with the uh taxpayers money and I don't want to uh I don't want to D at such a large price tag or a large pot of money towards something that we may be prohibited from utilizing um so that was just about
seven days ago if I believe if I'm correct that that came out um we're going into the legislative session I would feel more comfortable making a decision on this after that um I know this had came up before up in Tallahassee and it was voted down so uh
I would just like to see how it goes is it out of committee sir out of the man the Senate agriculture committee yeah know is is is it at the subcommittee that's what I'm trying to ask you is it not sure on that um so if anybody has any knowledge is there a
house bill because normally you can't do a bill without having to support of both sides traditionally well they F 13 F right it's file but it doesn't mean it's out of the subcommittee May I yeah give me one
second depy it may just die right there it may not gather any legs and grow so March March 8 let me March 18th um it was read for the first time uh to the agriculture department so that
was March 18th which is today so it's not out of subcommittee it's just red yep so it has no legs so that's the reason why I'm saying to you and my thing is ladies and gentlemen and
I'm coming to you uh Deputy Mayor weeks my thing is this take a stance and and if it until if the governor we're not going to with the whatever it takes to repair the equipment or get the proper equipment it's not going to happen overnight it's not going to happen
overnight so we make the decision right now even the governor may not may even veto if it gathers legs but and it's not even out just because I read it to you doesn't mean it left the sub committee that's what the point that I'm saying to you so do you know do not put the cart
in front of the horse um and that is the reason why I'm saying you let's make a decision um and whatever that decision may be I will stand behind it because I am we all in this room if you're 65 or younger or even 65 in season we're
living proof okay uh councilman going you have your life oh I'm sorry count Deputy Mayor weeks and then I'll go to you councilman go and we do have a motion on the floor Deputy Mayor yes I yes I just wanted to say that um I agree with uh
again with the floration but uh I do know that it will take time it's not like we're going to have the equipment up and running that has to go out for bid and all of that correct that's true right yeah so so we can get this process
uh started and if things change Statewide we can always you know call a halt before $700,000 is spent but I do think I I started thinking of all the women who are uh who are pregnant whose babies won't have the uh the
internal fluoridation for their teeth which down the road is you know who knows how many upand cominging children that's going to affect and uh especially hearing that the topical fluoride doesn't do what the internal fluoride does that really stuck with me
so I would like to see us move forward thank you very much Deputy Mayor weeks councilman go yes sir um Mr Walsh sir um so the the end of session is May 2nd so you you are putting I know you
pretty much ready to go with the bid so when will the when will you read the bid for the deadline for that I think we were waiting for Action by this Council uh once action is taken by this Council or not I I mean we were wanting to hear we we have we have
$700,000 that equipment you know is beyond its useful life so it needs to be replaced so if council's action was to remove it then obviously we wouldn't include it in the bid if if council's action was to was to uphold and maintain the0 7 uh we would keep it in the bid uh
I could also uh because we've already talked about a little bit if we need more time but I mean the contract has to come back to council anyway so even if we put out the bid tomorrow which we probably wouldn't go tomorrow if it came out over the next few weeks whatever it might be contract has to be evaluated and then reviewed and approved by
purchasing comes back as a contract and so if at that time something else changed you would still have another second look at that before we would award that that that that portion of the contract and this is not just for this this is a there were some other components to the plant that we were working on this was just one of those
components you leave it out on the street for how long oh we typically put up for 30 days yep okay all right yeah I I just I wanted that point of clarification not only for me but for the audience as well um and also I wanted to get a cug on how
everybody feel about this vote cuz look like it's the way it looks like it's going to fly anyway um but I I would really want to try to match up those match up match those dates need your vote and let me say one more thing additionally session started early why
because we're at a special s Excuse Me session the governor call us in before the designated day and he can do a special session post uh legislative days too as well he can call it any time he wants to Governor Ronda santis and
that's the beautiful thing about understanding and that's why we're going up there on Capitol Hill to fight for citizens of all concerns all right s we have a motion on the floor by the chair in the second by
Deputy Mayor weeks you have the motion right Council uh clerk ma'am yes sir all right CH going to call in question all in favor by saying I I I any Nays nay let the record reflect 41 May so we will
move forward thank you both parties I thank you for exercising your rights the story has not yet been concluded but we're moving forward sir and ma'am and I look forward into having this continued conversation but I rather air on the
side of help helping someone than not helping them when I know they need it and I will believe in that because I believe like everyone else in helping people because it comes back to you 12 times the fold so that's why we all a good red blooded Americans all right
this concludes this portion of it s and MS MR city manager sir thank you go in peace God bless Mr city manager reports sir do we do we do we have any reports Mrs singer has a report thank you
sir want me to wait thank you councel oh my bad my bad thank you Council see the manager she's waiting oh I have a report just wait yes ma'am
yes sir man we got more to come okay hey hey I love you all yes ma'am yes sir I got mad love and respect for you hey same Coco Channel same Coco time exactly okay I'll go ahead and get started
maybe so I just wanted to remind everybody that we have um a couple of events actually three events coming up on April 5th um so we have our um trash bash event which starts at 8:00 a.m. um
we have our Arbor Day event um and plant sale so home um docks Dr Burr Dr herbeck could y'all close the door thank you sir I'm sorry thank you go ahead ma'am um we have our uh trash bash which starts at 8
o'clock um again that's with KBB we pick up trash throughout the city we have our um Arbor Day plant sale which starts at 10:00 and then there's also bookfest going on in the village Amy when does that start starts at 10 a.m. 10: a.m. as well so we have um all the streets in
the village we'll have authors um they have fun stuff throughout the village and they are actually coming into Riverfront Park as well with some of their authors to incorporate into our Arbor Day event as well so that should be a fun day so make sure everybody comes out on April 5th uh Riverfront
Park in Coco Village and that's all I have thank you very much did I miss something yeah can I ask a question are we going to hear from the chief isn't the chief having a a breakfast here pretty soon times a day
um we just going to make the announcement next Council but we have a uh Chief's breakfast on April the 29th here at the Civic Center going to go from 700 a.m. to 9 A.M thank you very much sir you're
welcome all right okay Mr City man that's yes sir uh Esquire Ike ma'am no report sir okay yes ma'am okay uh Council M hear let's let
let um Deputy Mayor may we let her go first with everyone's blessings Deputy Mayor well first of all Deputy Mayor weeks first of all thank God you made it safely to your destination our prayers are with you um if there's anything that we can do please reach out and touch us
please ma'am thank you I that is very kind of you I appreciate that very much it is a it is a tough time um anyway we um uh I did not get a chance to submit a report since we had
to leave town so quickly and uh we've been sitting with my father-in-law all day so um I don't have a report but I thank you all very much and I'll keep you apprised of what's going on so thank you yes ma'am I can
go if you like ma'am go ahead ma'am yeah are you gonna steal my thunder oh oh no no no okay you know what I'm talking about but go ahead oh yeah uh Deputy Mayor weeks I'm I'm so glad you made it
there earlier than you expected because I know you wanted to be here tonight uh I just have a couple of things one I wanted to we got a we got an email I don't recall the woman's I think
it was a woman in regard to the trash under the bridge and in that whole area as as that been dealt with did somebody go I sent an email okay okay great um and
just I'm looking forward to next Tuesday and Orchid Lakes we're going to have the Clear Lake community meeting um we will have um a couple folks from the County's planning department they're uh venturing
into an initiative to get public input for enhancements to the corridor and we're going to share with people we have a little better set up there a little better um acoustic so people can hear and see and and we're
going to share some of the developments going on particularly around the quarter and and um the excitement with the bright Line station so if Coco Village is our downtown then this could
potentially be our Uptown so we're eager to get the word out and hear from people in the community so that'll be next Tuesday and that's my report you
Cena all right uh busy busy month and I guess the last three or four weeks um this was an event at Jolie Smith Center um put on by the links I'll be the may win as well um it's a health and
wellness event a great event not so great of an event for the turnout for the community and so but I I did talk with them multiple times about in the future maybe getting with um uh me and or us and and maybe get some volunteers that I
can find and go out and do some door knocking because it was some great resources that was there um especially on the Pediatric side of it a lot of free care potential free care FR free dental care was there as well that they could have took advantage of so we just got to do a better job of communicating
and I think we'll do that moving forward um top picture is my son we we got got we got kicked out of Amazon uh they want they they want to allow kids to come but he still wanted to take a picture in front of it so um thank you for uh the
city for allowing the council to go a part in this this tour as when um at least Sam Samantha once you started that process I'm assuming that I'm gonna give you the credit anyway um I think it's a great thing for the businesses to see us
out um in the community as well and for us to see some of the businesses that we may not even know that they exist or what they do so um appreciate staff for for getting this done um March 7th I went to the uh FL Flor
Lega City's leadership class it was one of the best ones I know I've been a part of um thank you to uh Deputy Mayor I mean um councilman Hearn uh for stepping back and allowing me to go on this one um I really uh enjoyed it and I really
needed this um as well uh uh I know one of the biggest topics we all had was we the We the People conversation um and know that happens a lot in politics where you get um you know two people out of you know 25,000 uh say they want something and
when you don't do what they want you to do then uh you become the idiot of the crew and so uh everybody had the same issue with that and so I felt a lot better um that we're not the only ones that get uh attacked for for the weed the people speech um but it was a great
great Florida Leal cities leadership and I I appreciate Florida leag cities for all they do um next one I went to was the um FBC Leo uh annual conference of the 40th year anniversary as well a great event another opportunity to learn
um and learn about other cities and also learn about myself as well um because we all we all in a um uh I try to keep myself in an education mode all the time cuz we all we never know enough uh this was at the Koko High
football banquet which was the six I think um of this month um what was great about this event they actually had uh the head coach of Kaiser uh which I didn't even know Kaiser had a college or a football team with their college um
but they just started I think one or two years ago uh they went 11 to 12 and one last year um and actually the guy on the far in he's the head coach he uh is actually the the coach of the year for ni and he's right down the road and I
believe kokoa has two or three kids that committed to Kaiser um and so it was a good event you know Matt diesel there was his last event with Koko high school he's now the head coach at tylerville high school um they're they're going to miss him and he's going to miss them as
well so um great event uh to support uh KOCO High School um that was was all I know trash bash is coming up um I think my area this year and my crew will be over by uh
probably provos Park um down Jackson Street so if any council members of anyone in the community that want to come we have enough trash to pick up so please show up um again I'm going to try to my best to provide donuts and coffee or whatever else you like maybe some
Kool-Aid I don't know uh but we need anybody who wants to come come out is a it is a great two or three hours to to get uh get your steps in but also clean up the community so that's April 5th correct yes all right that's all I
have no I just want to apologize ahead of time that I will not be able to participate in the April 5th I'm and the next council meeting I will be by phone so I'm sorry that's avoidable I was
looking forward to Arbor Day all right District Two uh so I had the opportunity to attend Endeavors Spring Fest or spring festival uh love to see so many families and kids out there so many Community
Partners um uh thrifties they gave out food there was other organizations gave out food and res sources uh Bard heal Alliance uh as we were speaking about too brushes and toothpaste uh just so many Community Partners I was amazed to see it uh the
amount of kids and families that you know that needed those resources at the same time the kids were able to have fun my kids went out there enjoyed it as well and I'm so thankful that we have that as a community here and all the work that Endeavors doing to uh make the
lives of those families better um so that was a great event um as councilman going stated uh myself and also the mayor also attended uh the FB FBC Leo event um got a lot of great
information um and it's it's always great when you can get with other city leaders and see the issues that that they are struggling with uh are very similar to the things that we're struggling with and bringing those great minds together and coming up with Solutions so um very thankful to be able
to attend that as well um also attending the event for the Koka football team seniors um it really touched me to see uh you know when we think football we just think of it as a a a a sport uh but
that sport spe specifically Coco high is providing so many kids and our community the opportunity to go to college uh something that they probably wouldn't be able to do without uh that Avenue especially at a time when we're seeing scholarships uh very very hard to attain
um so I'm I'm thankful they are thankful the uh the parents the kids are thankful for the support um that the city has given to that school um so our Good Deeds are not going unnoticed uh as as a counsil and also I like to end by saying
I I know the last meeting uh we approved uh a couple weeks ago we approved the jnk project to move forward um I would like to say for anyone that's listening up uh please be patient give staff the opportunity to uh gather the information
uh and get get the ball rolling we knew that it would be a big process a large overhaul so I would ask please be patient allow staff to uh get things going um don't bombard their emails up with public records request um the
information will be put out um and we want we don't want to rush them and get information out because we want the whole picture we want uh uh efficient information so um thank you to all the staff thank you to those that showed up tonight I didn't know we had that many
medical professionals here in Coco so that's a great thing we see what our city is made of so and that's democracy hearing from both sides and making a decision on behalf of the people so that's all I have from District 2 thank you very much from the mayor
perspective I want to say thank you to each and every council member you make it always happen you diligently involved in your communities and your districts and I just want to say this one thing the difference between stumbling blocks and Stepping Stones is
the way you use them that's important there that's the difference the difference between a stumbling blocks and Stepping Stones is the way you use them and we have been using them in a
positive way so that we can catapult our city into a New Horizon and moving forward this is one of the events on our business day that's Big Mike Big Mike owns this uh Steel company there in the Sito Park area This Is Us on
Friday um this is the group where councilman go was talking about at the with the links one of our former uh one of my former teachers that we work together she did a performance with the
yoga also this is uh we in uh Washington DC uh with the intergo leader intergovernmental leader with under the president uh Trump's uh league and GOP administration at Washington DC seven
days there at Washington DC uh Mr city manager could you expound on it because you know I'm coming to you sir go ahead brother about how busy we were I only spent two days there and so so we we had
an opportunity to go up and um and um speak with uh Senator Scott's staff uh Senator um Congressman harod dolas himself and his staff and then the
uh the uh Chief legal counsel for the Federal Railroad Administration on the bright line Grant um and so we spent two days um there in DC uh going around and and uh and uh Shoring up support for
that uh Grant so it was a it was a always a funfield two days with a lot of walking and a and a lot of uh uh meetings there but but again we're we're just as encouraged by this visit uh as we were of the last time and even more
so so so it was a good two days for us and that was um the mayor and myself georgana Gillette um um for yeah Ben Port from uh bright line uh
former uh County Commission chair Jason steel and uh joined by uh Hussein cumber um I think that was the contingent so yes sir you're correct here we're at the National League of cities um the other additional
five days by me being on the executive board they covered the cost is that not cost the city of Coco not one DME from from the national league of cities matter of fact uh vice president JD van spoke there and it was quite educational
he informed us about certain grants that will be available and also the the the the forness of the GOP Administration we have to reach across the aisle ladies and gentlemen so that we can ascertain
funds for our bright line we have to work with the people we must have an off Branch there so that we can accommodate this multimodal transportation system that benefits not only the citizens of
coko not only just bavari County but the entire Eastern region and uh we are very thankful like uh city manager stated uh to Congressman Mike heropolis whose birthday was on the 15th and also Senator Rick Scott and
staff um this is one of our very own Sharon Moss Taylor she's from Coco Florida she's an elected official from Atlanta GA um this is the city manager right here the the delegation here that we
spoke about the city manager elaborated on right there at Washington DC you can see the climate everyone has on the jacket or myself quite naturally you see me with the chrome dome cuz I have a Scully cap on you can go to smirk
so am I but it was cold there is no place like home the Sunshine State trust me man um we were at the FBC Leo here uh as uh councilman GES and councilman Hearn talks about that and let me make
it clear FBC Leo is for all both Spanish and European we do not discriminate it's a great organization very informative and it talks about issues across the board um had the opportunity to celebrate and
read a proclamation to Mrs Pearl Thomas celebrating her 85th birthday a young whipper snapper um um I would like to say thank you to Bernie Cox the blonde bber who assisted me in gathering the information from Mrs Pearl Thomas here
in Coco Florida we were at West Coco complex yes to be 85 yes ma'am yes and her children was there and we're very proud of her member of Zion Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church and this is the mayor
from casimi and the vice mayor as well at the FBC Leo um as you can see our Kino speaker was the judge our our Fierce leader Mrs Jeanie Gardner uh West the outgoing president and this is in
conjunction one of our original U members of fblc uh FBC Leo or Miss Mary Brown um she's one of the original members this is us there received a plaque from them Jeff
Branch um also Mr U Curtis Johnson and the new incoming president and the vice president from Paca Florida um we're at yes ma'am yes sir at Amazon man Happy Days great job baby
this is a group notice man it's women's month there are what six seven ladies there that were in charge running the show man and we had a great time I saw some of my former students you can see Council there and we had a great time roll
Tide as you can see this is the Florida delegation um with vice mayor um Greg langowski the chairman the CEO the national Florida League of cities myself and also Joshua Simmons
this is our CEO Jeannie Gardner and also our first vice president uh Mrs Holly Smith from Santa Bell aisle once I turn the Baton over she will do a remarkable phenomenal job I have the utmost respect
for her uh this is the mayor from Jackson Mississippi at the National League of cities this is our congregation let me tell you something the Florida City job is doing a a phenomenal job that had standing room only and we did a job survey and they're
going to sponsor a scholarship just like we do with the Space Coast League of cities in arival of our great city called Coco which will be under us that's right a $5,000 scholarship per person this is Vice President JD Vance
yes sir yes ma'am I stood for this man yes ma'am yes sir I need his help we need his help doesn't matter for whom our help comes from as long as it's blessed from the man upstairs today we were at the m2x it's in um located in South South
Coco on Barton Boulevard Barnes Boulevard but they have a facility at Eastern Florida State College as you can see um Edgar from EDC uh commissioner Rob feltner Mrs McKinley from Bard zoo and also the Miss
caror councilwoman caror from the city of Rock LGE this is one of their um friendly equipment where they convert methane gas into methanol protecting our environment if you ever been out there on that Landfield that sweet AR Roma
they converted over and utilize that energy uh this is one of the co-founder Paul you can see we had a great time highly attended this is the ribbon cutting ceremony and as you can see you can see the co-founders there again um I
want to say thank you to m2x Welcome to the city of Coco and what a great job they have over 50 plus employes and growing so I want to say thank you to everyone that participated um real quick fot did a
zero targeted Zero Safe counting measure and councilwoman cost was in present there and they asked the question um what is a good number for safety and the answer was zero because we're trying to slow everything down on
Clear Lake yes people were upset yes they did not like the modification but we're here to save lives and that's what it's all about so Mrs singer there have a PowerPoint presentation and I would like to get with you so we can put it a part of ours they also will have a
Mobility on demand at our FR at Tampa where we all attended we're going to have one it's a pilot program right here in the city of Coco to assist in individuals that need Transportation outside of the scats bus you can still
get transportation and they will come when called and last but not least Space Coast TPO again kudos to Mrs Gillette they were awarded $4.9 million for the rail Crossing elimination grant that
will enhance the safety of 7 World Crossings and one of them is right here in beautiful downtown Coco Florida I want to say thank you to all the citizens of coko that participated in tonight's event to council to staff to
city manager uh City attorney but more so than any everything else I want to just thank everyone for making our job easy but challenging but more so than anything else rewarding Buy Local spend
local keep it local thank you staff thank you city manager thank you all 400 plus employees of the great city of coko chair entertains a motion to a journ all right uh before we depart yes I I'll go with it I'll I'll take
that Deputy Mayor weeks we love you ma'am God speed and God blessings CH going call question all in favor saying I go in peace great job everyone thank you