Hi, >> how are you? >> Good. Thank you. Mayor, >> are we ready? >> Oh my gosh. >> Wow. Turned that out. >> Getting on some microphones for me because >> Okay. Okay. Well, let's call the meeting
to order. Please rise to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> Call the role please.
>> Commissioner Green >> here. >> Commissioner Canfield >> here. >> Commissioner Orw. Vice Mayor Stanley here. >> Mayor Morgan >> here. >> Also present participating today is town manager Dunham. Assistant Town Attorney Nazaro, CFO Baster, Chief Jones, and myself. >> Thank you very much. We've been
presented with the minutes from our December 12th meeting. Are there any corrections, additions, or a motion? >> Uh motion to approve the minutes from December 12th, 2025 presented. >> Second, >> Commissioner Gray. >> Yes. >> Commissioner K. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin.
>> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Stan. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morton. >> Yes. Um the change to agenda, Mr. Dunham. Uh yes, sir. Um we have an addition. We're going to put
it as item number 10. Uh we're going to replace 10 C with the um um item that was distributed to you during the week that was for the lighting
fixtures. >> And then move 10 uh the town manager to 10D. >> 10D. >> Correct. Is that >> uh next meeting will be February 13th at 10 a.m. for anyone who wishes to attend public comment. Anyone wish to speak?
>> Yes. Craft. >> I'm Cubby Craft and I just wanted to uh publicly thank Greg Dunham for his tenure here. He's just been so responsive to the residents. He listens
and he hears what we have to say. You're going to be desperately soaring this, >> but thank you for everything. >> Thank you very much. >> Appreciate that. >> Uh, anyone else wish to speak? >> Sir,
>> uh, I'm Tony Gotick. I live at 549 GW. First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your service and happy new year. There are two items I just would like to bring on the agenda. I don't think immediate it won't get solved immediately, but two things as a resident that I'd like the town to at least discuss and it's probably been
discussed over the years. The first one, and I've mentioned it to a few people, um, but I actually almost saw a catastrophic accident yesterday. Um, at the end of G and A1A, um, you're not allowed to make a left, which is fine, uh, because there's a tree. You the
sight line is is missing, um, clearly, but it's really even hard to make a right. Um, you just you can't see cars coming. You definitely can't see uh bicyclists coming. So, um I know there's the protected trees or something, but at some point someone a human life's going
to get uh hurt and um and maybe they have over the years. I don't know. But it's I think a real issue that needs to be looked at. It might be a Department of Transportation issue. I don't know. But I would just like to flag it to the commission. Yeah, I think it No, it's I just did it the other day thinking, wow,
[laughter] you know, cuz I used to live in the core, but uh now that I drive through it, it's like, oh my gosh, this is dangerous. Mirrors, uh DOT issues, chief. >> So, if we were to place mirrors there, we would have to have approval from the Department of Transportation because of
the rightway. I don't know what the permitting process or approval process looks like for that. Um, we've done some mirrors before on town streets that are obviously easy to do because it's our property, but I'm not so sure about the DOT rightway issues.
>> Has there been consideration of mirrors there? >> Not to my knowledge. >> Um, anyone have an objection to us doing that? >> No, I agree. I agree with you. Totally agree because I go out that way all the time and it's even worse when a bicycle
is coming. Right. You've seen that, too. On the wrong side of the road. Yeah. And there's even worse golf carts. There's all sorts of things besides cars. >> Yeah. >> Um which aren't protected as much as a car. But I will say when I go out there just to make a right, >> you like hold your breath and you have
to floor it just because you just you don't see. At night you can see more if someone's got their lights on, but during the day >> worse now. I'm not quite sure why, but it just seems worse. So, we normally don't do this with public comment, but sorryFie this is for the police to look into um
mirrors or any other way to address this safety issue. >> And I did I did mention to the chief just recently and he was very receptive to understanding what we're up to and for safety and security. I just wanted to bring that up. >> The second one I'm really sorry and Mr. Stanley knows about this is um at some
point in time if and it's probably been done already but if the village we can sit down and figure out a way to petition to the state about creating a no wake zone um the speed of the boats that are going by from a safety standpoint that's not really my issue.
Uh the issue is the destruction of the seaw walls. Um we are our seaw wall is having to be filled now every two years. Um the boats are getting bigger. Um, people are going faster and I know it's not I know it's a very hard fix to do and it might take some time but I just
wanted to know if we could study it and determine what would be the best. >> We tried it once before that tried twice >> uh because it's not just uh slow it's full speed through that area >> and we also we u
uh applied for that along with point and beach. So, it's not just the fact that we're a small town and Boon Beach was denied. I think there were five or six communities that went together. >> Do you remember how long ago?
>> Uh, it's probably been four or five. >> Yeah, I'm thinking four. I'm thinking five years. So, um, why don't we try again? Let's reach out to to Boon. I don't know if Delray has an interest in it, but u because they've got slow speed off. Yeah, I think it was one of those
where Boon kind of took the lead and and we >> but maybe try to include Del Rey too. I mean because there's no wake zones there too. I know that >> right now this has been a persistent problem and we have tried to address it getting knocked [clears throat] down but it's been you know five years.
>> Okay. If there's anything I can do to help if you we need some residents to sign who are affected I'm happy to do that. But I just want to thank you all and I want to bring those two things up. >> Sure. Um, oh, thanks. I appreciate >> Does anybody remember what the reason for the denials were on a prior u
efforts? >> I don't remember if they gave much in the way. This sounds very crude and counterproductive, but they said it is not a safety issue if there's been no loss of life. Highland Beach was very successful in doing this, but if there's
been no loss of life, they don't care. manatees chopped down. They don't care. Seagarass is pulled out. They don't care about your seaw wall, but there's no loss of life. There's no grounds to be doing it. So, we went back to Highland Beach. Representative Kenny Gossit was
very, very productive in this. And at the same time that she was going after um Army Corp, it was an Army Corps of Engineers and also a Coast Guard issue, they actually had a tragedy happen. So that's the only reason.
>> I I kind I kind of remember that. Yes. [laughter] >> Sure. As long as it's a rowboat and you're rowing, I'm [laughter] Anyway, thank you very much. I appreciate it. And again, happy new year. >> That's fine. >> Anyone else wish to speak? Uh if not,
let's move on to town manager report CIP update. >> Uh yes. Thank you, Mayor. get my stuff together here. Okay. Um, so I I just want to remind
everyone because there some people may not know this yet. Um, whether it's poor communication could be. Uh, I just want everyone that lives in phase one, as you know, from Polo and
everything west of Polo, every everyone there is on the new water system. So, that's all been cleared by the health department and so all of the residents have been hooked up and are on the new water system. Uh, so let me just talk
about phase two right now. Phase two began April 2125. Uh it includes all roads east of Polo including Gulfream Road. Uh substantial completion which means all infrastructure
uh can be used for its intended purposes for phase three is estimated to be on or before March 4th. That's substantial completion. Uh currently for phase two all water manes have been installed and pressure
tested. Uh once they are flushed they will be ready to sample for health department clearance. Um sampling sampling for that operation should be completed by the end of next
week. Uh the new drainage system for phase two has been it's all been installed. Correct. uh and has been cleaned, inspected, and passed from Gueview to Banyan. Uh
cleaning and and inspecting of that system north of Banyan is in progress. The first lift of asphalt paving on Bermuda and Oleander is scheduled to take place next week.
Uh and I I would like to say that we have started um uh an activity uh that involves our new utilities director uh who will be uh
going uh house to house uh of all the houses in phase one at this point in time to uh to identify uh um what's the term? >> Punctuation type.
>> Yeah, punch list items that have been identified. Uh that may or may not be uh uh relating to the to that residence. It doesn't matter. We're still going to do he's going to uh uh just spend a few
minutes to update uh all of those residents because a punch list has been uh uh uh developed for phase one. So, we're going to start there and um and discuss any kind of issues that they may
have [clears throat] because because phase two is not quite complete. The contractor would like to substantially complete that uh before they uh develop a punch list for phase two. It's not that they haven't taken notes or
pictures about phase two yet. Uh but they have an electronic uh uh identification. Oh, you see a a picture of of what the engineers have created. Uh these are punch list items for phase
one. Uh, and so I know that looks like a lot. >> Mhm. >> But that [laughter] could be but that could be anything from a grease spot
on on a valley gutter or on the road uh to uh probably 75 to 80% of those punch list items for phase one are either repair or replacement of the valley gutter. I know you've all seen all the
cracks and uh chips and and that sort of thing. So that definitely is the majority of the punch list items in phase one. Uh so we so the the computerized uh list of punch list items
for phase two has not uh been quite uh uh developed yet. Um but uh um we have started the door-to-door contact with all the residents uh and we'll continue that till all the residents have been
contacted. >> Have the um valley gutters the ones are being replaced is it consideration that they won't crack again? I mean are they going to do it a better or how are what's the fix here? >> Uh I knew that question was coming so I'm glad
>> I just need to know. I [laughter] I know I >> because we don't want to just fix it. It's like that next year. >> So, uh I discussed this with one of this is Robert Ernest. He is one of Baxter Woodman inspectors for >> I think we've talked about this before.
>> Hi, Robert Ernest with Baxter Woodman. The um as in many cases with issues we have, it's a whole lot of little things add up to a big thing. So when the curbing was installed on phase one,
uh I believe you know they they poured the concrete and then it was a lot of it was being driven on and it it really needs more than 24 hours cure time to uh be more effective. So I the
contractor could have done a little bit better job of preserving the curbing until it cured more. Uh there was some compaction issues that we believe that was also issues with it. Uh so they've
been driven on a long time. So I think the compaction issues will be better. Uh when they repport a lot of the equipment will be out of here. That's one of the reasons they're waiting on the cracking issues is to get all their big
construction equipment out of here. Uh the concrete is 25 3,000 PSI curbing is 7 and 12 in thick. There's no absolute guarantee that it won't crack at all, but we have the geomat which was uh you
know that we got installed to help uh with the mucky issues. You know, we have the bad soil underneath. So, we have the geomat there to help it. And like I said, uh when they replace it, I think a lot of the heavy equipment driving on will be done. I think that will fix a
lot of the problems, but there's no absolute 100% uh curve that that you know it can't it won't crack in so future. But >> so so I have a question. Uh uh most of those valley gutters were poured
and there was no back fill. >> Correct. >> Like I said, it was a lot of little issues that they >> and so there there there was a void [clears throat] >> there. And so my question is is now that
I think most of that has been back filled. We have all that back. >> And then you have the second lift of asphalt. Will that provide more support for >> I think that's going to help too. And uh it's like some of it was settling issues. If you see it lower than like
the the inlets, it was a settling issue. So we uh I believe it's going to be much better. >> Will Dr. Woodman be out there inspecting to make sure that the back fill is there, that the base is more secure, and
that the time for cure is extended. Correct. We will try that. I the enforcement of the if, as you know, we've we've tried to get them to put their barrels and cones up quite a bit. It's been that's been a challenging
issue with the contractor, but they're responsible and it uh I haven't read the warranty information on the contract, but there I'm there's warranty time on it also. So, >> that they're going to take >> before the warranty is up, we'll have
another inspection and these things can be addressed. But at the same time, if you got a big landscape truck with a great big trailer driving on it, >> Yeah. I mean, we're still going to have trucks in the neighborhood. So, I mean, how [clears throat] will they hold up to
that? >> They should. They should. I I believe so. >> You'd have to speak to [clears throat] the the engineer would probably have to speak better to that, >> but I mean, it was designed that way, so it should hold. Well, if you've looked at these in other communities and chief
does this, you we've already discussed a plan just like with street signs and other maintenance uh issues that you have to go through, especially in the high use areas because we have construction, big trucks, Jeep has to escort them in and out. So, you're going to have high use areas at the the inlets
going in from A1A, this corner probably where the school traffic goes in and out and we're going to have to go in, which we do with signs and whatnot. We're going have to put in all new signs through this part >> like every two or three years you're going to have to pull some and pour them or we're going to have to use our own, you know, independent contractor to do that. We we know that
>> it's just with like you said with tree roots, you know, pop some up. So it it is a wear item per se, >> but it it should be nothing like what you see now. What you will see in the future is maybe a crack here, a crack
there, but nothing even close to resembling what you see now. Okay, that's >> should not be that should not happen. >> Okay, that's what I was talking about to do. >> Yeah. >> Any other questions? [clears throat] >> Just one question. So there there's never been any issue with the quality or
consistency of the concrete that they're being used. It's it's to a known standard. >> The it's it's a specked concrete. They have to submit a form on the on the on the on the thickness of the concrete. they have to submit a whole uh
application for the concrete and it gets approved. So, >> okay, [clears throat] >> it it's an approved concrete base. Uh so, they use it, but it's normal like sidewalk concrete. It's not a 5,000 PSI
or anything like that. So, fairly standard concrete. >> Good. Any other questions? >> Thank you, Robert. Appreciate it. >> Um Mr. Dunham. Anything further on the CIP? >> No, sir. >> Great. Uh, that's good. That was a good
update. I think we should follow that up maybe so a few people actually come to these meetings. Maybe a letter from your office summarizing what you just said would be a good idea. >> We'll do that. >> I do want to follow up one thing with the interactive map. So, it's interactive, which I have on my tablet
and the contractor has it. So, how this thing works, you've seen it. So, how this thing works is uh uh red means that that it's in it's something they haven't done. Yellow or orange means that it's in progress, which means that they've
attempted to work on it. And when they feel like they have uh >> completed one of the punch list items, it goes in green. Then I go on my tablet every now and then. I I don't do just one and then go look. I let you know get
five or seven and I go inspect the green ones and if I if it has been handled and I approve it and it comes off the list or it turns blue. You didn't see any blues on there, but there are actually on my tablet because that was a older picture.
15 to 20% of the original items have have uh been addressed. some of the smaller things like cleaning rocks out of the area, picking up stakes, and then those turn blue. So, if you ever asked to look at it, which I would
have, just [snorts] throw a rock at me on the street, and I I'd be more than happy to show any of you uh what has been approved. If if I do not approve of the uh corrections, I say I it goes in there and they say
complete, I go in there and I say it's in progress. So, it goes back to orange. So when you see the oranges, most of the time I have looked at them and rejected that and they have to go back and complete the corrections. So that's why you see the different colors on the map.
So red is they haven't worked on it. Orange is it's in progress. Green means they have they have attempted to complete it. I haven't inspected it yet. And blue means I have inspected and it has been approved. >> That's a good point. and and for the
town to know this [clears throat] these punch list items all all the work frankly is not something that the town goes out and verifies. We have our engineering firm, >> correct? >> That is responsible for uh overseeing, inspecting and making sure that the work is done correctly.
>> And as soon as they reach substantial inum phase two, just because I know this is always a question, what are they going to get done? Soon as they reach substantial inum phase two, which is their priority because then they go into penalty phases, then you will start seeing a lot of these punch list items
being attacked. Right. Uh and I just uh I think uh I think the only road work that is being done at this point that is left uh is from is on Lake View from Oleander to Gulfream Road.
>> Correct. They need to they want to that's extremely shallow and very uh tricky situation there with the existing water man. It's and it's in rock. So, they want to approve the water man and get the water man approved for use and
get switched over. Then they can go in there and remove that road and and not worry about the old water man. They they have been in there. They just pulled up some asphalt and asphalt's like 12 inches thick right there and they pulled the water man up with it. So, it's it's
not even in rock. It's like it's right under the asphalt. So, uh, although it's a means and methods thing, and we've had quite a few debates over this, that is their intent is to switch the water man over, then they will repair that. Now,
the the potholeing on Gulfream, I think they intend on tackling next week with part of their paving, all those little div potholes. So, that that's a separate issue. I think they plan on working on that. So, I 99% of the project should be paid by the end of next week.
What's the spec on that? Because they punched through the grate to check the >> uh they have to dig down and they have to uh reinstall that with a 12 inch overlap on the geog grid. >> Uh and and we are very diligent on that. >> How long's it going?
>> What they told me is I think they're going to peel the whole that whole lane up and just redo the whole lane instead of >> right next. >> So what's the time frame on that time? Length of time it'll take to do that. Uh well, when they get on that, uh it
probably take a day or two to repair it. >> Okay. >> But as to when it's going to be done, [clears throat] that's not until the health department approves the water >> on not on Gulfream. Correct. >> Not on Gulfream. They're going to attempt to do that next week. >> Okay. >> Lake View is the one they're waiting on.
The health department is the one. >> Yes. >> And that's just that little piece between >> and they already did half the road. The south side of half of that road is has been the rock has been removed and replaced, not asphalted. The curbing has
been done. It's just the north side where the existing water mane is. There's a strip a little wider than that table right there that they have left until they get health department clearance. >> Right. But just so people realize when that it remains unfinished, it's because
of >> correct >> the need to get the health department to approve the water. >> If that water man breaks, >> switch over to the new line. >> Correct. And if that water mane breaks, everybody's out of water all the way down to Oleander. >> Yeah, >> that's fun. And when are they going to
put in the uh one of the other curbing items over there is the uh the curb on the north part of Oleander >> the um excuse me Banyan between Oleander and A1A. >> So that is going to uh
>> they are working on they did the radiuses yesterday. The radius is the >> swing part onion from the corner of >> the north part's done is the south side. >> Yep. that uh they haven't told me. I know they have done the radiuses. >> Okay.
>> Uh they there's nothing stopping. >> Everything else is just about in or >> correct. >> Y >> So I have a question for you, Mr. Mr. Stanley. Can you exit from A1A on to Banyan to get home? >> Uh when it's open. Yeah.
>> Well, no. No. [laughter] Okay. >> Good question. >> No, no, no. Okay. So, let me kind of qualify that. >> Yeah. >> When it's not open, I I know the paving's been done for a while, but it's when it's not open, >> it's uh because
[clears throat] in in working on Oleander, they that's the only place they were able to park there from, you know, six. Yeah. They finished Oander, which is fine. You know, they got they got to stage it somewhere. It's tight. Get my neighbor full of time and ready to go
behind there. >> [laughter] >> I realize it's a great in inconvenience, but it really is a safety issue trying to get in and out of there. It's for the best to to close those streets for them to be able to work. >> We've been talking the April bus every day, too. So, we're all in it together.
We know it's got to get done. >> There's been some police activity over there on that street, too. So, >> good. Any other questions, Robert? I believe when the uh paving is done, I've been told that the brick paver guys are
going to start coming back in and they're probably start tackling some of the uh driveways also. >> Yeah. I mean, Mr. Condan's been kind of the center of the >> Well, Mr. Condan's a [snorts] a special case there, but >> uh yeah, as soon as this paving's done,
then they're going to start tackling driveways. >> Great. Thanks for the update. >> Yes, >> appreciate you. >> Thanks, Robert. >> Okay. Um, ARPB meeting, next call will be January 22nd at 8:30 for anyone who
wishes to attend. Finance report back at you, Mr. Tom. >> Uh, I don't believe that there is anything that I need to point out to you. Uh, Mark, no. Uh, and uh, I did want to say that
in your balance sheets that uh, Jessica is working with Mark to learn how to do that and eventually take that um, >> right >> activity over. >> Um, any questions on the financial reports?
>> Very good. Uh, chief activity report. >> Good morning. Uh, nothing unusual or abnormal. As you are aware, we did have the package theft that occurred um on Golf View. That package theft incident was related to three locations. Um so
you see that reflected on the activity. Other than that, there's nothing on there that's unusual. Uh obviously, if anybody has any questions regarding that incident, I'll be more than happy to talk to you um individually, whether it's a resident or the commission. Um we have identified obviously the suspect
vehicle. Um, but beyond that, um, there are some legal challenges with us going after, uh, anybody relating to it, uh, due to the status of the car being a rental. Um, if there's any other questions about the report or anything else, I'll be more than happy to answer that.
>> Any questions? >> I would like to, uh, bring one more thing to your attention. We mentioned it briefly, um, last month. We have now began uh training uh individual police officers within the uh police department for leadership purposes to try to build
uh a plan for succession in the future of the police department. And we were successful uh as of this last month uh the month of December in graduating one police officer from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Executive Leadership Program uh which is a pretty
intensive program as well as two police officers from the FBI LITA program which is also a leadership program to try to build supervisory police officers that someday will raise through the ranks and become you know the chief or assistant chief when that time comes.
So, that's obviously something that we're very proud of. And um we've also been able in the last three years to um achieve individual um police officer training for all of our officers to get specialized courses that now allow us to
do all of our training inhouse without having to rely on other agencies. So, we've managed to achieve that in the last three years as well. And uh that's a huge accomplishment for the men and women who are going through those programs as well as for the department to be able to do that without having to
rely on other agencies to train us. >> Great. Speaks well of your leadership, Chief. Um any questions for uh Chief or Captain Hassel? >> Very good. All right, let's move on then um to items for commission action. We
have change order number 10. Mr. Mr. Robert, [clears throat] this is the existing gate valve, >> correct? >> Uh removal and add the thrust block. >> Correct. >> Can you just
>> So what happened was when we there was it was designed to uh update >> tell them the location. >> Uh this is the end of golf view in the golf course little work. I don't know exactly what you call where their pump station is at the very west end of Gulf
View inside the gate there's a interconnect that goes under the inter coastal to >> place >> blue water I guess on or on the edge of blue water >> yeah main main >> so that's the main main and uh we did
some updated on updating on the piping because it was old and uh redid some valves the existing valve was that was at the end of the interconnect. Unbeknownst to anybody, when we disconnected it, it it blew out behind
it, which was at no fault of the contractor. Um, it was even it was even restrained, just just old and >> you know, there's a lot of salt water there and it blew out. So, uh, in order
for them to fix it, we we, uh, got a new gate valve. Might as well put a new gate valve in. And we, uh, did some additional form of restraint, which is what a thrust block is called. It's a large amount of concrete put behind the
T, so nothing can move. And uh that was that was uh an additional that was not per the contract >> but like with our old >> infrastructure >> infrastructure
these things needed to be done need [clears throat] to be done and you're recommending that we obviously authorize that payment for the repair. >> It was uh just an unfortunate incident as a part as a result of the construction. >> Uh any any questions on this? Seems pretty.
>> Do you need a motion? >> Yeah, we do. >> Just one little typo. I think um under change to contract price should reference this change order 10 as opposed to nine. >> We're going to have the engineer modify that. >> Uh I see change order 10 which is fourth
item down under change contract price should be 10 instead of 09. >> Thank you. Somebody reads these reports [laughter] in great detail. Is there a motion to >> motion to approve change order for the
new valve in the amount of 14,291.04? >> Second. >> Rene. >> Commissioner Green. Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. Yes. >> Commissioner Ormine. Yes. Vice Mayor Stanley. Yes. Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. Uh we have ordinance 252 uh presented to us. I believe we we
dealt with this before. Um, any questions, comments, discussion? If not, please read and then >> an ordinance of the town commission of the town of Gulfream, Palm Beach County, Florida, amending the town code of ordinance at chapter 70, Gulfream design manual,
article 7, predominant architectural styles, division 3, Gulfream, Bermuda style, section 7238, roofs to allow coded white tiles and further to allow approval of gray or slate light color roof tiles through the level two review process, providing for severability, providing for repeal of ordinances and
conflict, providing for codification, providing an effective date of today, January 9th, 2026 for second reading. >> Ordinance 252 has been brought to us on second reading. Is there a motion to approve? >> Motion to approve ordinance 25-2 as presented.
>> Second, >> Rene. >> Commissioner Green? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield? >> Yes. >> Commissioner, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley, >> yes. >> Mayor Morgan, >> yes. [clears throat] Uh we've also been uh it's been brought to us this lighting improvement [clears throat] by uh the
chief that is lighting for the town hall and for the police department. Chief, would you just explain what this this is? >> Yes, sir. Thank you, mayor. So, as you all are aware, we have uh seven uh light posts around town hall property as well as the police department property that have [clears throat] uh parking light
fixtures on them. They are uh very old. several uh commission meetings passed probably a year plus ago. Um it was brought to the commission in a discussion with the previous um public works director that the cost to
repair or replace these uh fixtures was going to exceed $230,000. So obviously at the time it was kind of put on the back burner and and not much was done with it after that due to the cost. Um since uh Mr. After Beltram left, I picked this up and started
working on it myself and I was able to obtain a quote to do a replacement of the fixtures instead of the entire infrastructure and then obviously just simply recoat the poles because they're in pretty good shape to be completely honest with you. Um the price to do that
is going to be approximately $32,974 instead of $234,000. So, we thought it was a good time to bring it to the commission and get approval to try to move forward with getting those light fixtures replaced. Those new fixtures would match the fixtures that are already throughout the
town. Um, not completely identically, but you wouldn't notice the difference by looking at them visually. >> Yeah. What has to be done? Um, so you either replace the entire light bulb for, you know, quarter million dollars or we we go with this fix.
Any questions? That's an easy fix. >> Yeah. >> Let me think. >> I want to make a motion on that one. >> Uh I'll make a motion to approve the lighting to be uh fixed for $32,000. >> Thank you.
>> That's with American uh >> American lighting quote. Correct. >> Yes, sir. >> Yes. Second, >> Rene. >> Commissioner Green. Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin. Yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley. Yes. >> Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. >> Uh thank you. Let's move on to u town
manager. Um >> yes, >> this is an important one. >> Uh thank you um Mr. Mayor. So uh as discussed last month that our lunchon I uh will be retiring effective January 31, 2026.
And so I would like to uh discuss with the commission uh uh the alternatives for hiring a new manager. Um uh but before I do that uh I and understanding the mayor does not
like uh verbose uh discussion and and commentary, I would just like to take a minute to uh express uh my sincere gratitude to Mayor Morgan and the town commission for the support they've provided to our staff and myself to do
our jobs. I believe the relationship between the staff and the commission helps foster positive results for our residents regarding special projects or normal municipal operations that we perform. To the staff, uh I want to say thank you
for your and I should say to the working family is really what it is. Uh, I want to uh thank you for your hard work and your dedication and commitment to make Gfream the best town for our residents to live in.
And of course, our residents to our residents. uh God bless them uh for their support and tolerance for uh at least during the time that I've been here two major projects uh uh and uh supporting the work that
needed to be done and that was the completion of phase two of the undergrounding. We all [clears throat] remember that and then of course our uh the replacement of our uh water manes. So, uh, it's been the best job I've ever
had. What a job to have at the end of your career. And what a town to work for. It's >> Well, >> I told you no crying, Greg. [laughter] >> So, before we move on to uh to your other suggestions, I was gonna do this
at the end, but I think the timing is probably right now. Uh it was nine years ago when you came to the town of Gfream, Greg, and the town was in a state of difficulty. We were under assault by the oil faction, which was inundating this
this town with public records requests and and dozens and dozens of lawsuits. and your your calm demeanor and presence stabilized what could have been a real problem in in this town hall because we
had already lost staff as a result of that that problem. Um but you kept people together, you moved it forward and we made [snorts] it uh through um through that time uh doing those small part to your leadership at the same time
and you mentioned it. We had the the electrical underground. [snorts] Um, and while that actually went fine with the electric, it was the utilities, AT&T and Comcast that were the problem. And so this core was torn up. Residents yards
were torn up just waiting for those utilities to come in. And AT&T and Comcast delayed and refused and and were were issue oriented. But you persevered. You you you stayed on top of them. You
you called you you cajjol. You threatened. You did what needed to be done to finally get those utilities in place. And now look at our town without those wires everywhere. It truly is beautiful. Then we moved on to the CIP
and the first part was A1A. uh you arranged to get that those water lines in in in short order, which really improved the quality and the pressure of water for our town. and then led the way with with what is the major project. The
undergrounding of new water lines and new drainage that will um will ultimately make this town so much more livable, improve the quality of life and improve the beauty uh of our town. Um
a great deal of that is owed to you for your leadership. Over nine years you've done nine budgets and you have worked diligently on those because as you know I struggle to look at budgets but you have always been very
helpful to me on that. But you brought 40 years of experience and judgment. You knew where to save the money. You knew where to spend the money. And in short order this town created reserves
that it has never had before. the amount of reserves that allowed us to move forward with this very expensive infrastructure improvement. And as we heard today, the condition of those vows, this had to be done and through your leadership again, you were able to
raise the money uh to allow us to proceed with [clears throat] it. And then finally, your personal connections uh have been remarkable. you your contacts in the Florida League of Cities on the board with the Association of Town Managers has all endured to the
benefit of our town when issues arose. Your personal connections at Ocean Ridge, Manalapan, Highland Beach, and other towns has been so beneficial to our town in terms of addressing issues that come up and are like issues with
with these other towns. So, as you move forward into your retirement, I want you to know that you leave with the with honor, but also with the uh the best wishes and the gratitude of this town.
[applause] I've worked for a lot of towns, town commissions. Best place I've ever been. >> A thank you. That's so kind. >> All right. Well, now >> to talk. >> Sure. Okay. [clears throat] >> Uh so, um we really I I have three
options I'm going to talk about here. The first option is to perform a nationwide search through a head hunter specializing in public se sector uh government positions. The cost of this service is estimated at approximately $30,000 and would take between three to
four months. I've not seen much value for towns like Gulfream and using a head hunter as opposed to the next option. The second option is to work uh with the Florida City County Management Association senior advisor advisor
program. Senior adviserss are retired city and county managers with length the experience who are respected within public management field who can provide uh limited chief administrative officer search services including determining qualifications, compensation and
position requirements. Assisting town staff with PO position advertisements, reviewing and recommending semifinalist candidates based on desirable manager attributes established by the town and providing assistance during the
interview phase of the hiring process. These services could be provided at no cost to the town. The town engaged in a similar process when I was hired in 2017. >> [snorts] >> Uh the third option uh that I would
propose is to elevate assistant town manager legal Trey Nazaro. Mr. Nazaro has expressed interest in the position and has assisted me in town manager functions to greater lengths over the years. He's an attorney licensed by the
Florida Bar since 2014 and has been a full-time employee since 2016. In addition to performing contract work for the town during law school in 2013 and 14, he spent the past five years providing town attorney services to
several Palm Beach County municipalities, including Manalipan, which further shows his depth of knowledge of the barrier island and issues unique to communities like Gulfream and coastal areas of Palm
Beach County. Um, after working closely with Mr. Nazaro during my time here as the town manager is my recommendation that you appoint him to the position of town manager in the event the commission would prefer to perform a search, Mr. Nazaro has indicated he would serve as
interim town manager until my replacement is hired. And what I didn't really mention with respect to Mr. Naro that I think is probably the most important um value in perhaps
using that third option is the continuity that it would provide in what we're doing managing the town. There's no education needed in terms of you know what the town is doing our projects how
it runs how we deal with the residents. Uh it it would all be there. Uh, and so, uh, those are my comments. >> Okay. I totally agree. I've known Troy since he came contractual working for us
when he was in law school. And when he left to go work other places, I was like, "Oh, can't you come back here?" So, I think we're so fortunate to have Trey working for us and we make him back as the attorney and now he's vice, you know, town manager. and I
[clears throat] think we're really fortunate to have him in our team and um I highly recommend him to be our town. No one can replace you [laughter] know that >> if we have to have somebody
I think Trey is the perfect candidate. >> We'll see where this is going. Any other comments? [laughter] >> Does that does that mean we we'll be looking for a a legal backfill for Trey's current duties or how do we think about that? >> So, over the, you know, the I don't know
last five or six since since I've been on the deis and taken over more of the meetings and everything, uh, I've reached out to Jones Foster, who does still serve as our town attorney. Uh, maybe maybe once a year, you know, certain things that I want to send to them. Uh there may be meetings that we
want them to attend um variance, you know, other things that are maybe more complex, but as far as the day-to-day, I may send something over to Jones Foster just to review just to make sure that the town attorney signs off on it, but largely the contracted legal services
will remain very dimminimous under uh under this agreement. >> So you would not be looking to to replace with an attorney, right? >> Right. So, it's hard to remember what life was like two years ago before the
CIP [laughter] was was happening. I feel like um Greg has taken on such a huge role in that because of we have weekly meetings with our contractors. We meet with our residents. We make sure that we understand what's going on. During phase one, it was the concier service and golf
cart making sure that we communicated with our residents. Renee was calling them every week. these are the days. Do you need to move your car? Do you need someone to get in and out? So, that has been just super disruptive in our day-to-day
just functions. Uh I I don't believe that we would need to bring in someone else. Um you know, it' be nice to have, you know, a low-level assistant manager or something perhaps in the future. I know that, you know, Bill Thrasher was here. He was the finance director. We
have Mark Bmaster as our contract CFO. we've we've filled a lot of those those spaces through cost effective uh relationships uh under under Greg. So I'd probably look to largely continue that and probably just see how everything is. I think we have a
fabulous staff. Uh you know the the chief is is amazing and runs his department phenomenally. I'm glad that I won't have to get involved over there. Uh Renee is just such a such a huge value ad in her position. and she not is not only the town clerk but does a lot of uh the what I would consider you know
assistant manager or senior level things just like the relationship that Bill and Reed had kind of running the town before that's the relationship that I envision having with Renee. Um, so I think that, you know, let's not rock the boat, but for the foreseeable future, I think that
we would just maintain our current staff and absorb uh the that open position into the budget and just see where we go. >> Can I I just add I have to give a big thanks to Renee and Trey for the last
two years. basically they've been doing a lot of the management work because I mean I spend hours out in the field especially earlier I mean now that it's kind of winding down not as much time but they've really taken
uh daily kind of town hall responsibilities uh and I would be remiss to say uh I mean the chief has really taken on responsibilities that most chiefs don't.
And uh and uh I really hope Mr. Pollen back there in the back stays. Uh he's he will be a great addition to our utilities uh as as the director of utilities. >> I think we're so fortunate to have a
staff like we do. It's the finest in Palm Beach County. >> It is. >> Um >> it is. So, um, >> any other comments though about >> No, I'm absolutely in favor of Mr. Nazaro being elevated to town manager. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah, we're in favor. Trey, we've enjoyed having you. I remember when you were working at Jones Foster. I'm a lawyer as well. We used to have some chats and then you're repositioning into the role of being a government affairs attorney, which was no easy task. Um,
and then you know a lot of the residents uh will forget that uh you know when Trey came on when we were in all the litigation Trey was a bit of trial by fire. You had at one point 33 lawsuits that you were actively managing
uh with our outside counsel which were usually two or three you know Mr. Sweet Apple, some insurance defense firms and the Jones Foster Law Firm. Um, I would go into your office and all I would see was stacks and stacks of things. There
were motions and pleadings and depositions on a daily basis, public records requests. You were a tremendous support to the town staff, to Mr. Thrasher, and then to Greg and to Rita. I think large
in part Rita had her is 95 this year, our retired town manager. Um, I think large part her well-being and and all the things that she did is a large part to you helping manage that whole situation. Um, you know, and that's you
need people when you're when you have problems, you know, everyone gets along great when it's and you did that for us. Um, and I think when you see, you know, a young man go through something, you had a young child, a family, uh, you were here late and you did all those
things for us to get us through that. Um, you know, that shows the character, the type of professional, the type of employee, the type of family member that we want in our staff and, uh, couldn't be happier for you to be our our town manager. And congratulations. >> Thank you.
>> Well, yeah, I'm a motion. >> Not quite yet. >> Oh, okay. [laughter] >> I'm not going to go. I second everything. Everyone just you have the respect of the staff and certainly of our residents. So, I think you're the perfect person for this job. And as Joan
said, the continuity is [clears throat] so important to our town. Uh, I'd like to address salary because it's something Greg brought up a number of months ago. Um, Trey, currently salary I think is $178,000.
Greg's is $195. Um, we are near the bottom, I think, with the savings that we'll have from ending Trey's assistant town manager and legal job and putting him in as town manager. Uh, we should
move him up equal to Ocean Ridge, which as you'll recall is $230,000, but that's right in the middle of where the town managers sit. And as we discussed way back when when we had that list that
that Greg was telling us uh to to evaluate, he wanted us to get into that middle range. It's very important. So I think that the savings that we'll experience and uh Trey certainly deserves it that we should in addition to naming him as town manager uh
increase his salary to $230,000. Comments? I think that's great. >> Agreed. Read. >> We'll actually be saving money. >> We will be saving money. >> I mean, I hate to point that out, [laughter] >> right? Uh now we could entertain a motion.
>> Okay. Um I'd like to move Trey Mazaro as our new town manager. >> Second and and with a salary >> and with the salary. Oh yeah. What [laughter] >> with the salary of 230,000.
>> Um second on the motion. Rene. Gladly. Commissioner Green, >> yes. >> Commissioner Canfield, >> yes. >> Commissioner Orwine, >> yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley, >> yes. >> Mayor Morgan, >> yes. >> Yes. >> Well, thank you, Greg.
>> Oh, thank you guys. I mean, it's been a great trip. What a way to retire. But I I do promise I'm going to come back and visit some people. [laughter] And thank you there, Deputy Chief, for all the support.
All right, with that chair.