Okay, let's call the meeting to order. Please rise. Pledge of [clears throat] >> I aliance to the flag of the United States of America to the republic for it stands one nation indivisible with liberty and justice for
all. >> Thank you. Would you call the role please? Miss B. >> Commissioner Green here. >> Commissioner Canfield here. >> Commissioner Orwine >> here. >> Mayor Morgan >> here. >> Also present participating today is town manager Nazaro, CFO BM Chief Jones, and
myself. Absent with notice is Vice Mayor Steu. >> Very good. We've been presented with the minutes from our June June 12th meeting. Are there any uh comments, changes, questions, or a motion? Motion to approve minutes from the
previous meeting. >> Second. >> Miss B. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Worthwire? >> Yes. >> Mayor Morgan? >> Yes. >> Uh, any additions? Commissioner Nazaro to the agenda? >> No, sir. >> Very good. Uh, our next, [clears throat] excuse me, our next meeting will be
August 14th at 900 a.m. Uh, of note, September 11th at 400 pm will be our September meeting followed by the tentative budget meeting at 50:01 p.m. with a final budget meeting September 23rd at 50:01
p.m. Uh we are uh lucky to have with us uh Miss Guyer, General Counsel for uh the PBC Commission on Ethics who has given us something. She assures us it is under $100. >> Although you're too kind, Rhonda Guyger with the Commission on Ethics. I assure
you, yes, that it is under 100. In fact, as I said, I should probably give you something for taking it. Um [laughter] although I did put our um the our it was our 15 year anniversary last year. So I've put that in there so you can see what we've done. We have a lot a lot of
numbers with respect to training and investigations etc. All the things that we've done. Oh and the pins. >> Does the pen work? >> Yes. There's a little thing on the end though. The pins are great. They're probably the best thing I've given you. >> Oh, thank you. >> I get lots of compliments on the pens but yes. So um the rest of it you may
not be interested in. Um, but the annual report just outlines what we've done over the last year and then also including the last 15 years. So, um, take your time, go through it. Uh, we just want you to know as always that we are here. We're here to answer questions. Um, we're here to provide
trainings if you want those trainings. Um, I've been reminding everybody, I've gotten a lot of questions from the public, which we love. we have transitioned really to being far more proactive than we were when we were originally at inception of the
commission. Um people are asking questions now, picking up the phone and calling as opposed to acting and then um finding out that they should they did something they shouldn't have done. But a very simple approach to remember for everybody is before you do or don't do something, kind of go through a
three-step process. Is there a prohibited entity involved? Um, is there a financial benefit involved? And if there is a financial benefit, is it special? Meaning, does it impact a small enough class that will benefit that prohibited entity? So, you know,
prohibited entities are of course yourself, your family, your business, customers or clients of your outside business. So, those three things, prohibited entity, financial benefit, and whether or not it's special. And if that's going to occur, it's an action that you can't go forward with under the
code. So, it's just really a it's a simple little process to go through with respect to voting or acting um in the course of our jobs. Of course, what us two we're we're under the same code. So, um other than that, thank you for having me. Thank you, Renee, always for being
so great to get me on the on the agenda and first up. And happy Friday, everybody. >> Thanks, Rhonda. Good to see you again. >> Good to see you, too. >> Thank you for the swag. >> Yeah, I mean, air quote swag. Um, [laughter] uh, yeah, it's, you know, they're cracking down on pretty much everything,
so we're doing our best to to make you guys still want us to come. Anyway, thank you and have a great >> Thanks a lot. Have a great weekend. >> Uh, anyone else wish to speak on public comment? >> Are there more? >> We I could probably just leave them there. You'd be surprised what what gets
picked up. >> Yeah, [laughter] >> they look great. >> Yeah, they are good, too. Thank you. >> Thanks. We'll see you see you next year. Byebye. >> See you next year. >> Uh, anyone else wish to speak? All right. Let's move on then to public hearing. Any exparte communications on
this application? No. Um, I guess we're being [clears throat] presented today by uh Mr. Mendes. Uh, would you rise and be sworn, please? >> Yes. >> Very good. This is application 26-9
uh for 940 Emerald Row. >> Oh, okay. Well, in in the first page TV, we have the existing facade from Mr. Wall. Um the idea is to create an addition. He want an addition in the side of the house and
embedded in the same facade in the same uh kind of facade. So it's not nothing different. And in the front they have a porch. What's a round porch today is going to be a rectangle transfer to a
rectangle. Uh the first one uh CV All right. >> That's fine. >> But they have it in front of >> Yeah. Okay. We have >> Yeah, there's a port. Yeah, there's a port in front port in front of the house. It's a semicircle. We're going to
be create a rectangle in the same dimensions. Not invading the driveway or not extend to the sides. is going to be same thing but rectangle. This is the addition. So the most important is uh this addition is going to remain inside the
original sit back of the house. So inside the 10 foot2 what is um based on the corner of the house and the and and the existing system. So that corner over there where the the addition
are is the same as the original house. So we're not going to go more than that. So in the 3D Yeah, this is the addition on this side and that's is the portrait I spoke about. Yeah, all the all the the
facades going to be the same. So all the doors, all the glassing, everything is going to be the same. the roofing everything trying to not bother the existing view of the house. This is the proposition.
Have any questions? It looks like it's inconsistent with the original design of the house. Just extends. It looks very natural. >> Exactly. >> Any questions? So they're seeking a special exception.
>> Yes. That was really meant for this kind of situation. >> Exactly. Yeah. >> I believe. >> Okay. B. Any uh any questions with Mr. Mendes about the application?
If not, >> no. >> Uh let's move on to a motion. Make a motion to approve a special exception to allow an addition to a structure with an existing non-conforming setback on the east side under section 770-75. >> Second.
>> Rene. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Orwell. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. Also make a motion to approve a level three architectural site plan review to permit a one-story 270 foot addition to the southeast side of the residence and
remodel of the front entry including a new rectangular entry feature while maintaining existing columns. Rene >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. Yes. >> Commissioner Orwine. >> Yes. Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. Thank you, Mr. >> Thanks for having me. Thank you.
[clears throat] >> Let's move on to CIP update. Mr. Aaro. >> Thank you, Mayor. So, last month I said we'd we would see that second lift starting before this meeting and um of course Mr. Burns came up to me after the meeting and said, "Can I get that
again?" What the date was that you said would you would start? So, it was June 22nd, which is what I told him. And I said, "That's as early as we'll see, and I'm really hoping they get some progress." So, they did start the following week on Wednesday, uh July 1st. Uh they start on right way and old
school. And of course they uh anticipated paving almost all of old school that first day. Uh but they only accomplished a right way. So that was not a really good start. But since then they have made a lot of progress. They have paved all the roads west of Polo Drive as well as Old School to Gfream
Road. Uh and one lane of Golf View Drive from A1A before. And you can't make this stuff up. Their paving machine broke down yesterday. So uh they were only able to get one lane from A1A to Golf View Drive. It's completely safe to drive on. Uh there's no paving operations today. The second lift does
look very good. If if you've been out in town, Commissioner Orwine, I'm sure you're enjoying that fresh pavement. >> I just love it. [laughter] >> It's like the happiest moment of my life. [laughter] >> Um next week, paving operations will finish Golf View Drive and then start at
Polo Drive from Golf View Drive heading north. uh everyone who has signed up from Civic Plus that Renee has noted as a core area resident is getting pretty much a daily update of our paving operations um so that we can really minimize resident disruption. Uh before
we actually started paving, we put door hangers on everyone uh everyone's door and made contact with everyone who is here uh on the west of Polo uh to minimize that disruption. Uh the contractor originally said that it would take as many as 21 days to pave the
entire uh put on the second lift for the entire project. So hopefully by our August 14th meeting. Uh my statement will be the project is concluded and there's no more construction. So we're we're finally getting there and you know fingers crossed for smooth second layer
of asphalt. What are we doing with the this >> we uh we are going to wait until the project gets closed out and then we're going to uh widen that. You're talking about Yep. >> That's what I want. [clears throat] >> Yep. So, we have had initial um cost
projections from Baxter Woodman and uh some potential piggyback contracts we can um utilize. Um so, I'm looking at th those figures and how to best move forward. >> Okay. I just >> Yep. >> times.
>> Yeah. Oh, yeah. No, it needs to happen this summer before school starts so we can get that knocked out. And >> that's a pretty quick note, I think. >> I believe so. Yes. >> Yeah. Uh, very good. Thank you. ARPB meeting. Next one is July 23rd at 8:30 for anyone who wishes to attend. There
is no August meeting. [clears throat] Finance report. Back at you, Mr. Nazaro. >> Thank you, Mayor. I just ask you accept the report I submitted. Uh if you have any questions, uh Mark Baster is here. Contract CFO.
>> Any questions of uh finance report? Very good. We'll let accept it as submitted. Chief, please report. >> Mayor, commissioners, if you would please accept the report as submitted. There's nothing unusual or abnormal about the report. Activity is consistent
and as I've said, nothing unusual. So if you have any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them. >> Questions of uh police report? any anything unique about the four arrests? >> Uh no, several of them were one incident. >> Okay. >> So, um that's kind of where those
numbers came. >> Very good. Uh let's move on to uh the proposed budget. Mr. Nazaro, would you take it away? >> Thank you, Mayor. So, it's that time of year again with the property appraiser providing the taxable values for the town and requiring us to set attentive
million dates for our September budget hearings at this meeting. Um, so some good news. Our property values continued to increase. Last year they went up by 8%. This year values went up just uh under 8% 7.63%. So we saw about the same change in
values uh as last year. Um the CIP of course continues to drive the budget with the transition from analyzing impacts of the two-year project here in the core to planning for the engineering work and construction on the place slay project next year. The goal is to work within our existing military to have a
budget that will allow us to finish the CIP with projects still planned for place in the south end of Pelican uh south end of town at Pelican Lane and Hidden Harbor without taking on uh any debt. So um as you recall um many of you
have been on the deis uh since this time but in 2013 the town's fund balance dropped below a million dollars. In the following years, the town commission determined and directed that one of its primary goals was to rebuild the fund balance and after demonstrating strong fiscal responsibility over several years, developed and implemented the
comprehensive 10-year CIP that we're currently uh making significant headway on and will conclude in the next few years. Uh they it sought to leverage the fund balance to ensure the longevity and functionality of the town's infrastructure including road, drainage, and water distribution systems. So while
initial cost projections indicated uh the town uh that this this undertaking could be accomplished without assuming debt um construction costs did increase significantly over what was projected. However uh in discussions over the last year including more more recently with
our current figures of our fund balance. The town does not anticipate assuming any debt to finish the originally planned projects. Um, an item that sticks out on the in the manager's message is the difference between the 2024 and 2025 fund balance where we went
from 12.1 million in 24 to 5.5 in October of last year. So, that may seem concerning, but it is in line with our previous discussions conceptually about whether we would need to take out a loan to maintain a $4 million fund balance through the end of the CIP. Uh, of course, the core area CIP was bid out at
$12.9 million. Uh, but much of that sum was paid during fiscal year 2425. Uh, you may be wondering as we're still talking about the CIP, um, whether or not we have additional money that would owe be owed that would further reduce that $5.5 million fund balance, but
that's not the case. Um, so actually our current uh as we stand right now based on the budget that was adopted last year, our current fund balance is actually $6.7 million. So it has increased from last year as we've been paying off uh the um the core area CIP.
Um and only $1.4 million is still owed on that project which includes all approved change orders and retainage. Um, so due the property tax reform issue sort of long-term, our desire to refrain from taking out a loan and the CIP projects that remain, my initial
proposals to keep the mil mill rate the same again for fiscal year 2627 at 3.6724 mills. That'll allow continued progress to completing the CIP without taking out a loan and is the same millage rate we've adopted for the past three years.
Um so again the 202 just to go over some of the general fund highlights from my message the 2027 roll back rate which we need to certify uh through motion this month is uh 3.4120. The existing millage rate from 2026 was
3.6724. My proposal is we set the 2027 uh proposed millage rate at 3.6724. Again, the adjusted advorum proceeds uh for last year was just under 7 million at
$6,986,000. U the advorum proceeds at the 2027 roll back rate would would be about their $6.99 million. The advorum proceeds at my proposed 2027 mill rate at 3.6724 6724
would be 7,530,64. And again, that reflects the increase in taxable value from 2026, which 1.9 billion. And we are now over 2 billion at 2 billion50,594,676. Um so within this budget, we do have um we
have included uh permitting, engineering, construction for the place project next year at $2.8 8 million. Um we have also budgeted uh from some from the general fund and some from the water fund from the Boon Beach Water Man Connection which is anticipated to uh
occur um during the let's see during the spring of uh 27. So that is uh around the corner. Once we make that connection, that money will be due uh including I think a meter fee and then
$750,000 um towards u the construction cost. Um looking at uh one of our you know certainly our biggest um outside of the
CIP uh cost is our our personnel. So last year uh we did adopt a step plan for the police department which provides predictable incremental raises over a 10-step scale and that's designed to encourage officer retention, recognize professional growth and support
long-term career development. Um I won't uh take credit for that. That is Chief Jones's language that [clears throat] each step includes a four and a half percent salary increase with additional three and a half in percent I'm sorry 3% increases at steps five and 10 toward milestone
achievements and continued service. The step plan is subject to review and evaluation every three years with comparisons made to compensation structures at comparable agency agencies within the region. So that four and a half percent even though it was adopted last year is in keeping with what we're seeing in some of the other
municipalities tenatively this year. I did reach out to uh the manager in Palm Beach County who's keeping track of a lot of those figures uh and we have a low of 3% increase to a high of 5% cost of living adjustment. And if you add in uh cola with merit uh some of those
cities are potentially up to a 7.3%. Again that would be a cola plus the maximum merit. um achievable. I believe uh in looking at Deler Beach's budget, they are uh proposing three and a half percent uh um cost of living increase
for all positions and doing some other things with their staffing. Um so we only have eight employees that are outside of the um of the police department that would be subject to that. Uh and then of course two of those are funded by enterprise fund. Uh our
permit technician largely funded through uh permit fees and then our water maintenance person uh funded through the water fund. So we're really talking about six people outside of that four and a half percent. So just to keep everything consistent. I would I'm proposing a 4 and a half% increase for salaries, you know, to match what we're
doing with the police department. And with that, that concludes my my budget presentation. If you do have any questions, let me know. Otherwise, I have some motions >> somewhere that uh we need to make. >> Well, thank you, Mizaro. Um questions uh
about the proposed >> uh I think it's important to to maintain the military as it is. We have been financially responsible for over a decade more now. Um building reserves
without raising millage rate. Um and I think this is consistent with that approach. We do need to rebuild the reserves. Uh we are still in the throws of additional CIP work in the future to be engineered and built. And uh just as
importantly, there is the uncertainty of the property tax issue that goes to the public on a constitutional amendment in November. So, um, for those reasons, uh, I'm fully in support of maintaining the millage rate, uh, at 3.6724.
Any other comments? If not, then, uh, we will [clears throat] take it away with motions. >> Would like to make a motion to tenatively set the proposed millage rate for fiscal year 2026 2027 at 3.6724. >> Second. >> Rene.
>> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. >> Yes. >> Commissioner, yes. Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. >> Like to make a motion to certify the 2026 2027 rolled back millage rate of 3.4120. >> Second. >> M. Basel. >> Commissioner Gray. >> Yes.
>> Commissioner Canfield? >> Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin? >> Yes. >> Mayor Mort? >> Yes. >> Like to make a motion to set the date for the tenative budget adoption on September 11th, 2026 at 5:01 p.m. at the Gulfream Town Hall, 100C Road.
>> Second. >> Right. Commissioner [clears throat] Green, >> yes. >> Commissioner Canfield, >> yes. >> Commissioner Orwan, >> yes. >> Mayor Morgan, >> yes. >> Like to make a motion to set the date for the final budget adoption on September 23rd, 2026 at 50:01 p.m. at
the Gulfream Town Hall, 100C Road. >> Second. >> Masel. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morton. >> Yes. >> Thank you very much. Well done. Okay. Uh, annual backflow testing services
agreement. Mr. Nuzar. >> Uh, thank you, Mayor. Um, so our three-year contract for backflow testing with Buckeye Plumbing has expired. Um, it interesting little footnote to that. Um, we had a three-year contract and I
think it was year two or year three where they said, uh, our prices went up significantly. I said, well, you know, unfortunately for you, we have a contract. [laughter] So, let's let's let's get one more year out of you and then then we'll rebid. Um, so, uh,
public works director, uh, Paulen, uh, reached out to three companies including Buckeye and Clearary Plumbing and Air, uh, who we've had actually pretty good experiences with from the town, uh, with a service um, in some of the issues that
we were experiencing when we hooked up um, the relocated meters up for phase two. So, they came out, seemed very knowledgeable um, after hours, you know, did a good job. Um, and then we've also had some positive resident comments. So, as far as them being a competent and
professional contractor, not just the low bid, um, you know, positive, um, note for that. So, I just would ask that we, um, approve Clearary Plumbing and Air for next year's backflow testing. >> Okay. Very good. Is there a motion to
award backflow testing services to Clearary Plumbing? like to make a motion to award backlo testing services to Clearary Plumbing and Air for fiscal year. >> It is. It is 2526. >> Okay. 2025 2026. >> Uh second.
>> Commissioner. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Ganfield. >> Yes. >> Commissioner. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morton. >> Yes. Uh move on to the loan agreement and a a brief extension of that agreement. >> Thank you, Mayor. So uh as you know we
had discussed uh in the event that we do need to take out the loan uh for any purpose that's unforeseeable in the future uh we wanted to make sure even though it's not projected that we would be able to. So um Mark reached out to C
Coast Bank. They agreed to extend it for six months and of course the attorney got involved and said let's reduce something to writing. So here we are with an amendment to that which makes sense. Um, the only caveat that uh was worth noting is that it is uh going to cost the town a thousand dollars and the
lender's fees and expenses for the attorney's fees to uh make this happen. Um, other than that uh it's just uh ex under the exact same terms and conditions. We have an extension in for another six months. >> That seems a reasonable thing to do.
they probably will not need it, but uh uh Mark put an awful lot of time into securing the loan agreement on very favorable terms and see no reason to not extend it. Uh so is there a motion [clears throat] >> motion to approve a six month sixmonth
extension to the loan agreement? >> Second night. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield? Yes. >> Commissioner Worthwin? >> Yes. >> Mayor Morgan? >> Yes. Uh and finally extending the interlocal cooperation agreement with the uh PBC. Mr. Nazaro. >> Thank you, Mayor. So we did this three
years ago. This is a program that we've opted into in the past in order to assist county residents in obtaining funding from the federal government to support housing, infrastructure, public facilities, economic development, and public services that principally benefit low and moderate income residents in the county. There is no cost for the town to
participate. Uh the US Department of Housing and Urban Development uses a formula to calculate money available to the county. So if Gulfream continues to participate, it helps the county providing funding for those programs. >> We do this every three years. Is there a
motion to approve extension of this interlocal cooperation agreement with PBC? >> Like to make a motion to approve the extension of the interlocal cooperation agreement with Palm Beach County. >> Second, >> Miss Basil. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. >> Yes. Commissioner Orline. Yes, Mayor
Morgan. >> Yes. Not bad. Not bad at all, got to say. Um, uh, comments from the decks. Uh, I just have one, uh, status of the pumps. >> Yes. So, uh,
we do have, so I talked to our public director director yesterday. We are cleaning the well in which they they are located in. Uh they are going to be installed with just a regular truck with a boom pump that moves them in and out. There will
be no damage to the second lift of asphalt. So we're going to wait until they uh finish their paving operations and then we'll do it then. >> Okay, that that was the question whether that needed to be done before or after. >> And so yeah, so there's no no need to do that before because it's not a very I
don't know the chief >> and uh mayor on a separate note as well. Um, if you've noticed, all the lighting in the parking lot has been upgraded and updated as well. Mr. Pollen has been um, very efficient and getting that project done as well. >> Great. Good. Very good. Okay. If there's
nothing else, meetings adjourned.