Look at this. >> Let's call a meeting to work. Please rise and pledge the flag to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible
with liberty and justice for all. Thank you. Well, we have something special today. >> A new town manager is going to be smart. Uh >> I started working with trade um probably
a decade ago as we worked side by side during the boil litigation. We would do depositions and court hearings, uh mediations, defense strategy sessions. We reviewed thousands of public records requests, court documents, and case law.
And and through that period of time, I developed an appreciation of Trey's legal acumen and also of his generally good judgment and understanding of things. And as a
result, uh, I think he's going to make an excellent town manager for Gfream. He started here over a decade ago as kind of an outside lawyer assisting us. Bill arranged to bring him in and then he moved on to be our staff attorney, then
assistant town manager and all the while working with Rita and with Renee to review dozens and dozens of applications for new buildings and major renovations. And through that exercise, he's gained a
an understanding of what makes our architecture in our various neighborhoods unique and what makes the quality of life in Gfream so special. So I think I speak for for Tom and Rob,
Michael, Joan, our ARPB, and all our residents in saying that we are absolutely delighted that Trey Nazaro will be our town manager. So Trey, would you please step down and renac you administer the oath of office to Edward
Nazaro? >> Ready. >> Raise your right hand. >> I, Edward Nazaro, >> I, Edward Nazaro, >> a citizen of the state of Florida. >> A citizen of the state of Florida >> and the United States of America. in the United States of America >> and being employed by >> and being employed by
>> or being an officer of >> and being an officer of >> the town of Gfream, Florida >> the town of Gfream, Florida >> and a recipient of public funds >> and a recipient of public funds >> as such employee or officer >> as such employee or officer >> do solemnly swear >> do solemnly swear
>> that I will support, protect, and defend >> that I will support, protect, and defend >> the Constitution and government of the United States and of the State of Florida >> the Constitution and government of the United states in the state of Florida >> that I am duly qualified to hold office >> that I am duly qualified to hold office >> under the constitution of the state
>> under the constitution of the state >> and that I will well and faithfully >> and I will well and faithfully >> perform the duties of the town manager for the town of Gulfream Florida >> perform the duties of the town manager for the town of Gulfream Florida >> on which I'm about to enter >> on which I'm about to enter >> so help me God >> so help me God
>> congratulations Now, let's get to work. Okay. >> Uh Renee, would you call the role, please? >> Commissioner Green, >> here. >> Commissioner Canfield, >> here. >> Commissioner Orwin, >> here. >> Vice Mayor Stanley >> here. >> Mayor Morgan, >> here. >> Also present participating is town
manager Nazaro, CFO, Bymaster, Chief Jones, and myself. Thank you very much. We've been presented with the minutes from our regular meeting of January 9th. Are there any corrections, additions, or comments? A motion. >> Motion to approve the minutes from the last meeting as presented. >> Second.
>> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield? Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin? Yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley? Yes. >> Mayor Morgan? >> Yes. >> Um, Mr. Nazaro, we have some additions to the agenda. >> Uh, yes, Mayor. So, um, under items for commission action 10, we're adding C,
which will be storm shutters, we're going to have a discussion under D of water rates. And then under E, we will have Gulfream owners homeowners association billing and clerical matters. And that is the
private sewer in town. >> Very good. Our next meeting will be March 13th at 9:00 am for anyone who wishes to attend public comment. Anyone wish to speak. Very good. Uh let's move on to the town
manager report. Mr. Nazaro CIP update. Thank you, Mayor. So, as the most recent phase of the CIP comes to an end, the valley gutters from phase one have been removed and replaced where damaged with only minor repair work remaining. Uh the
phase 2 residents will be hooked up to the new water line as early as next week. Uh work has already started to prepare the water meter relocations from the alleyway behind Gulf View and Lake View on Gulfream Road. Uh once the new water line is in service and the new
homes are connected. The old water line will be abandoned allowing the contractor to finish Lake View and Gulfream Road to Oleander installing the subgrade and asphalt. I was there this morning. It it is clearly an area that still needs a lot of work. Uh but it remained unfinished due to the shallow
depth of the existing uh water line and the concern about breaking it if they were going to uh perform those construction activities. Of course, once it's no longer in service, uh that area can be finished. Um we do have the second lift of asphalt right around the
corner. It was tenatively scheduled for uh February 23rd, but the engineer is requiring the contractor to complete all punch list items before starting that work uh to minimize damage to the new asphalt. So, ideally, that will relate
in some um some quick punch list items being resolved so they can move forward with with that next lift. Uh once we do get uh a good idea of when that will occur, we'll try to submit that out through uh Civic Plus to notify uh the
residents. The contractor is projecting March 17th for substantial completion and May 22nd for final completion. Uh we do still have someote issues that exist blocking traffic with no flagman during that valley gutter restoration, but we
have officer Nikki who's done a great job advocating for our residents and issuing tickets where appropriate. We also had an issue uh that was kind of going on quite a you know for for weeks with the water at SeaWorld and A1A.
First it was the south side which we we resolved when Greg was here due to some uh some some irrigation. Uh now it is uh collecting on the north side. So we had Whan um our public works director uh
address that first with the the property directly north. Uh then that was resolved but it was it was still pooling for any of you who come out in and out Sea Road. It was just it was a little almost a lake out there. Um he visited
the uh Gulfream shores, checked their irrigation, uh checked the the time share and their irrigation. The time share was uh was irrigating inconsistent with our uh with our um landscaping
regulations. I think they were it was almost every day and 40 minutes per zone. uh he had the police department check on that overnight when we're not here and they saw that there was a significant amount of irrigation blowing AC across the road. So if anyone was
concerned about how that pooling was just it seemed like it was always there and not not going away, it was just irrigation that was appearing on the road due to um uh due to the properties across the street. Uh finally, uh you may have
noticed that the u the curve across the street in front of the police department has lines on it. Now, I know that we talked a little bit previously about expanding that area of the road. Um, I was uh coming around the corner after the
lines had been painted in a sort of a my wife's full-size sport utility and I had a full-size sport utility on the other end and we a were able to navigate that very easily uh with the lines as a visual cue to understand the width of
the road. So, um if there are any additional complaints uh or concerns, we can certainly revisit that. But it seems to have perhaps resolved the issue in some part. Now, if we're still going to have large landscape trucks or things like that, it will be difficult to
navigate and we can look at expanding, but uh at this point um that is um that is how we've addressed it at this at this time. So, >> very good questions, comments. Uh thank you, Trey. Uh let's
move on. Quarterly newsletter and civic plus. So, uh, everyone should have received their copy of the Gulfream Chronicle that I hope will be a quarterly newsletter informing residents of topical items. Uh, following a three-month cycle, our next issue will be sometime toward the end of the
season, which is per town code May 1st, and we'll remind residents of relaxed construction hours and and other items. Uh, we have seen a lot of residents come in to get their Gulfream sticker. So, I know that the chief included that as a
as a very important item. So, uh, showing that, you know, people are reading it and and and, um, taking the the action as appropriate. We did send out hard copies. Um, that was, you know, a little over $1,000,
uh, for that issue. So, I just ask I would just ask the commission to um, you know, let me know what you hear as far as the, you know, the preference for a hard copy versus just an email copy. So, we did reach out to the civic
association and the place homeowners association to help us circulate that digital copy initially, which I think worked out well. Uh, but we're just trying to figure out how best to uh to circulate that. There are a lot of people that may not be on Civic Plus or
part of those organizations. Um, you know, so the hard copy may work, but there is a cost associated with that. Um, I think my most recent conversation with Renee shows that we only have something like 30 or 40 people that are
uh signed up for Civic Plus. So, that's a a much smaller number than we anticipated. Uh, we will be testing it to see what kind of engagement we get and plan to announce commission meetings. We did that uh I think two or three days ago uh with um with a link to
the agenda and just a brief summary of what we were going to talk about. There are three kind of big ticket items that we deal with every meeting which would be development applications. Uh town manager reports for those items that we're dealing with uh on a month-to-month basis. And then of course
items for commission action. So there was just a brief summary of those three things. No development applications. We're talking about you know the CIP newsletter Golf UNA1A and you know we're looking at flock cameras and driftwood landing. So within maybe two hours of
sending that Civic Plus notification out, I did get a call from someone in Driftwood Landing who was interested in talking about the flock cameras at Driftwood Landing. So there there was some engagement there. It was something that the residents saw they were interested in. They couldn't attend the meeting, but they wanted more information, so they're able to call uh
and get that. So, you know, that's my update on that communication tool and some, you know, unfortunate only 30 40, you know, people signed up, but hopefully we can push that and increase those numbers.
>> Well, I think it had some impact because we'd have a pretty good turnout today commission meeting. This is for those of you who haven't been here before, uh, unless there's some overriding issue, it it often is not well attended. So, I think Civic Plus is at least reaching out to some people, but please spread
the word to all your friends. Please sign up. It's a great way of having the town communicate uh things to you. Uh all right, let's move on then to the uh next issue is uh last month uh Mr. Gats came in and raised an issue of safety
for cars leaving Gw Road onto A1A. Um Chief, why don't you address that? >> Absolutely. So following that meeting, uh we went and evaluated the intersection and noticed that the pine trees that uh are to the north of that location on the west side of the roadway
had various branches that had began to grow at lower heights and were creating a lot of the viewable obstructions that were um you know noticed and concerns uh were brought forward to us. The deputy chief actually took it upon himself to go over there with some uh hand tools
and trim all of the trees. Um, so he cleared the obstruction and it seems like the viewing area is much more open and visible now. Um, I would ask obviously that we just continue to monitor that and make sure that we keep it obviously well trimmed on a regular basis and also if we get any additional
complaints then we can readress as the complaints come in. Um, and then obviously if that doesn't resolve it then we can move on to potential solutions. >> I spoke to several residents and they said it made a significant improvement so they're quite pleased with it. Thank you.
>> So, good job. Um, okay. Uh, the next ARPB meeting will be held on February 26 at 8:30 a.m. Uh, finance report. Mr. Mazaro. Thank you, Mayor. So, this is the
balance sheet as of January 31st, 2026. This was prepared for the first time in full by uh Jessica Simpson, who's been working with CFO byMaster. Uh if you have any specific questions, please feel free to um ask Mr. Baster.
>> Questions, comments on finance water reports. >> All right. Uh chief activity report for >> Yes, sir. So, I have submitted a report. I would ask that you all review it. If you have any questions, uh please feel free to ask. Nothing unusual or um
unaware that you should be made of uh regarding the report. And if there's any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer them. >> I notice the traffic contents you you always give us the comparison to the year before. Uh it's very similar, >> correct?
>> Um and um that actually surprised me a little bit because I thought with all of the stops we would be getting fewer and fewer vehicles with outregistrations and suspended licenses and all that sort of thing. We are seeing a reduction in
those type of uh traffic stops uh with the cameras alerting to some of those activities. Uh it's down I'd say probably 60%. However, the uh contacts are still being generated by the officers as a proactive means to making sure that we know obviously with
probable cause who's in the community, what they're doing, and obviously if they're committing a traffic violation that we address that most frequently with uh written warnings, but um obviously citations as well. And those numbers seem to be pretty consistent from month to month.
>> And what sort of activity is that? Speeding. It's uh everything from speeding to violating the no left turn off of golf view to uh >> that's that's one but I think >> I shouldn't have asked that question >> is because of the construction. I mean
and I talked to you about maybe letting that go or because sometimes residents don't have a way out of town. >> It's just a safety issue. It's almost impossible to see to make a left turn safely. So yeah, >> I don't think we've written one single
citation for that violation, but it is an educational opportunity. So we take advantage of that. >> And then we've also had uh cycle uh cyclists that have been stopped uh motorcyclists that are being stopped uh for everything from expired tags to suspended driver's licenses and then
anything else you can possibly think of. >> All right, great. Thank Thank you, Chief. Any questions? >> Yeah, Mr. If I could make a comment on behalf of Plaza Sole, I'd like to acknowledge and commend Chief and his team uh regarding an incident that happened in Plaza Sole a couple weeks ago. >> Um we had a sus uh suspicious vehicle
come in. Um and with the work of the officers, the vehicle had gone the wrong way down our street and the officer was on this vehicle within I think a minute at 3:20 in the morning. >> Wow. So with the going through our
cameras uh we were able to zero in on the license plate on the uh license plate scanner and within two hours Chief was on the vehicle in Lake Worth. >> So the vehicle would act had actually been stolen from its rightful owner in Lake Worth. Obviously used to attempt to
commit crimes in Gulfream with not a lot of success. Um and then uh the suspects after leaving Gulfream realizing that they weren't going to be lucky here, they were successful in stealing cars along Federal Highway in Boon Beach. Uh later in the day, they were stopped by
the Florida Highway Patrol in a stolen vehicle and one person was arrested. Four people have been identified in the case. Um so obviously that's ongoing. Um, but just goes to prove that the cameras that we've installed in place olay and obviously on the barrier island
side are effective as long as the police officers are doing their part to monitor them and respond appropriately in this case. Um, that was that was the circumstance and uh it prevented um, you know, multiple vehicle burglaries and probably theft of vehicles as well.
>> Very good. One question, chief. On the the arrest, anything serious on the report? >> Uh, just the grand theft auto charge. >> Uh, we're going to move on to the first item of commission action, which goes right back to, uh, the chief uh,
following up on cameras now in Driftwood Landing. Do you want to present? Yes, >> sir. Um, so the one area that we really don't have covered within the town is Driftwood Landing and the intersection at Pelican and Andrews. Um not that we get a lot of activity in that location,
but um that is kind of a gap in our coverage zone with regards to the license plate cameras and um we would like to obviously install some cameras in that area to cover that area and also allow the officers to be able to monitor that neighborhood without leaving other
neighborhoods when they're patrolling. They can constantly see those cameras and the activity that the cameras generate. Um, obviously the cost of the camera is no more than the cameras that we've installed anywhere else. I did request um because we've been a good
customer with Flock, I did request a um deduction in their installation fees and they agreed to give us 50% off the installation fees. Um we've helped them with some enhancements over the last several months uh statewide as well. Um
so they they were completely willing to do that and have honored a 50% discount. So that brings our uh our cost down a little bit and uh obviously that would be something that we would be committed to for the next three years. Um
$3,500 per year. I think it's uh very inexpensive and effective way in order to uh provide that coverage and provide us with the ability to uh provide them with the same level of protection that everybody else gets. >> Where will the camera be located? Uh publicly, I don't want to give an exact
location because it's not something we disclose publicly. Um but in the general area of the intersection with the purpose being uh to cover the intersection as well as the entry area into uh Driftwood and in our rideway. So there would be no requirement to get a
permit from any other um town or the Department of Transportation. >> All right. So, the pricing is $4,400 for the installation and first year followed by $3,500 per year thereafter. >> Yes, sir. >> All right. Any comments? >> I think we're all in support of a
motion. >> We need a motion to approve. >> I'll make a motion to approve. >> A second. >> Rene. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. Yes. >> Commissioner Orwin. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. Uh Mr. Nazaro, we're designating
voting delegates and alternates for the Palm Beach County Lego cities. >> Thank you, mayor. So, typically what we do is we have the commission serve as voting members and as along with myself. Um, so we would just um need a motion appropriately. The voting delegate would
be the mayor with the alternates, the rest of the commission and the town manager. >> Uh, is there a motion to approve? >> Uh, motion to approve. uh town manager Nazaro as the voting delegate and then all five commissioners as alternates as
presented. >> Second Rene. >> Commissioner Green. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Canfield. >> Yes. >> Commissioner Orwine. >> Yes. >> Vice Mayor Stanley. >> Yes. >> Mayor Morgan. >> Yes. Uh okay. Let's move on to uh item C, which is uh an issue that uh may
require some tweaking of the code uh regarding closed storm shutters um in particularly brought to light in Plaza Select. Uh who Chad or Brian >> Chad wasn't doing? >> Yes, please stand identify yourself,
address, and and actually you should be sworn >> Brian Isacson 2500 Avenue. Excuse me. We're gonna swear you in on this question. >> Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth. Nothing. Got the truth to help you God. >> Yes, I do.
>> Okay. Brian Isacson, 2500 Avenue. Alle. So during my uh exercise walks, I noticed probably I should count it. I have photos, but probably about six or seven homes that have shutters up. Um there happens to be one in particular
that does all of them. Some just do on the second floor, some do on the sides of the house, but all visible from the front of the street. Um, so looked at the code. Um, apparently we have something that says you can't have
plywood. Perhaps that makes sense back in the day that it was written because they didn't have metal shutters and all these other types and hurricane windows. So, I just feel like it's time to update the code a little bit. Um, I did a little research on all the not all but a whole bunch of
neighboring towns and cities and and areas. Um, from Boon to Delray Beach, they all seem to have a code written that says between and they fluctuate the dates, but say between December and and
May, you can't put shutters up unless there's a name storm. And then x days after the storm passes, you have to usually it's 14 days, some say 30 days, you have to remove the shutters. So not to leave the shutters up year round. Uh
it is also a safety hazard that's noted on a lot of um different cities sites um about a a safety hazard. Fire departments can't get in the house, things like that. Police. >> Yeah, I think it's it's a very reasonable thing to do. We drove over at
Plaza, I saw there actually some homes still with shutters in the middle of season uh with no storm in sight down. So, it's not only a safety hazard, but it's unsightly and not in keeping with uh the aesthetics that this town tries to maintain. U Brian provided us with a
a series of of uh uh ordinances from other towns. They're all pretty much the same. >> Um I've passed those along to Mr. Nazaro. Uh it would be my recommendation if you all agree uh that he bring something back to us at the next meeting
for our consideration. >> I totally agree with this because it was I was really for that plywood too. >> But I mean people are using other things. Any kind of shutter should be up year round. >> Yeah. And you know, look, you guys do a
great job with the the whole commission and the architectural board being so concerned about what we see, what things look like. >> Yeah. >> You don't need me to say how ugly these things are year round. They're just inappropriate. It's not that kind of neighborhood. We have people investing a
lot of money in building new homes, substantial investments, and then next door you have one that looks like it could be a crack house. >> Yeah, I totally agree with you. Um, so I'm all a part of this. >> So, Mr. Nazaro, we'll bring something back next month for us to to vote on.
Thank you, Brian. Appreciate the uh the work on that. >> Uh, the next item is is I'd like to have us review again the the charges for the water bills. Um, the the water bills
came out um and and were actually almost shockingly high. Uh, I've had a number of people comment on it uh to me and I think um I I'll have Mr. Nazar explain
to um the u people here today what we were doing, why we were raising the rates, why we're required to raise the rates, but I would like to to discuss with you uh options of of lowering those rates.
>> All right. Thank you, mayor. So a few months ago uh at the start of the fiscal year we raised our water rates uh for the first time uh in in two years uh in the face of Delray Beach raising their rates every year for the last several
years. So we had left our rates static the previous year. Um but with this most recent increase from Delray Beach of almost 30% uh we felt it was appropriate to uh
continue to you know appropriately fund the water department um through um adjusting those rates. So currently there is and and we've had for several years perhaps since time in memorial as required by regulatory
authorities of the state and the South Florida Water Management District a multiple tiered rate system. So the multiple tiered rate system is very comprehensive. Uh it is based on in part on your lot size acknowledging that
there is a significant amount of water used to irrigate. So the first tier is is um is essentially for your your shower, toilet, like everything inside your plumbing. The second tier is for a
a normal amount of irrigation uh based on your lot size. The third tier uh starts to send forth a conservation message by having an increase between the second and the third tier. And the fourth tier is I
don't want to say punitive but it is essentially um you're using excessive water and therefore you're paying you know a significant increase. So previously before we raised our rates, we were subsidizing the first tier
throughout uh by the second, third, and fourth tiers uh because uh we were selling water to our residents at the first tier cheaper than we were purchasing it from the city of Delray Beach. Um, with the change from the
first tier to what Delray Beach was, uh, was raising the rates to, uh, we decided to increase that first tier to match the second tier. So, we moved from $3.60 60 cents per thousand gallons to $4.90,
which is which was a 36% increase, but just goes to show the offset that we needed to perform uh to continue to uh to operate at least at a break even cost. So, we matched the tier one to what we were uh were purchasing
from Delray Beach. We then decided to raise all the other tiers $1.30. Um however I can understand there may be some u some push back from the residents because that as far as a percentage is concerned uh
had a disperate impact where the second tier was raised just as a percent 34% whereas the fourth tier was only raised 14%. So the fourth tier is still almost double actually more than double the second tier. But as far as the
percentage and most of our residents being, you know, good stewards of the water resources of the town, um we're seeing about a 35% increase in their in their bill. uh this is largely due to like I said offsetting the costs that we
are uh we're incurring from the city and that is why we one of the reasons why we decided to uh change our water provider when our contract was up with Delray Beach the city of Boon Beach. Um, I had a meeting with the city officials uh
earlier this week, Renee and myself, and they um the project is is going a little bit slower than we had hoped, but they are ready to put it out to bid and they project uh their most recent projection based on their schedule is that we will
be connected in April or May of 27. So, we are still looking at a year plus out. Um so at that point we will be adjusting our our bills and doing a rate study um you know to make sure that what we're
doing is appropriate given our new cost. U but that was uh further off than uh than we anticipated and uh we may be having this discussion u again when our bills go up again started the fiscal
year in October from from Delary Beach. Um, so that's a little bit of the background why we have multiple tiers uh and what we did uh in October to to raise those tiers. So if we would have done nothing, we would have been losing $100,000 in our water fund. So the water
the water department is not a revenue generator for the town. It is to offset the costs that we have to maintain our infrastructure, perform certain capital improvements, the connection that we're we're funding through uh the city of Buon Beach. All
of that uh can be used through our water fund, but we can't use it for general, you know, u all, you know, general services, right? So, it's a restricted fund. So, this isn't something that we're trying to um to make money off of.
It is really just to offset the the costs of running the department, uh improving the infrastructure, and then of course purchasing water uh for sale. >> Yeah. So the the issue uh at least as I see it and that's what I want to talk to
you all about the the time frame for connecting to Boon is as would be expected being stretched out further than than we had hoped. Combine that with Delray Beach charging
exorbitant rates to GFream. Um, and previously we were subsidizing that. Um, but it reached a point where the water fund was was losing money as a result. So, of course, we all voted to to
increase the rate. But I just wonder if we couldn't have Mr. by master study this again to see if the second tier for example can be maintained at the same as the first tier or we can reduce the first tier somewhat um to to make this
less punitive on the on the residents uh because of Delray's high pricing and the delay that we're seeing in the Boon Beach connection. So that's what I'd like to to discuss with you. How much are we using from the north
peak? >> Um, >> that's just used to increase pressure right now till the system's up, right? >> It it is um significantly more than in previous years. >> So, and that water is much cheaper under
our previous agreement. So, >> so Mark, we would if we could evaluate this so that the fund is not losing money. We don't want to lose money. We need that money to maintain infrastructure and we're going to need it for the connection to Boon Beach. But
if we could maybe just maintain it level for the year that we'll be under these very high prices and prices that are going to go up again before we connect. Um if we could do that, I think that's a a
reasonable step. >> I agree. I think we should study the water and just so we don't lose >> so we don't lose money. >> Just so we don't lose money. That's all. We'll take another look at it and see see what we can do. >> Yeah. >> Right.
>> Yeah. I mean it's a temporary issue because Trey can give us a sense of what the what the expected billing rates from Boon are going to be because they're going to be a meaningful decrease. >> Uh right. It is going to be a meaningful decrease decrease under um
under what we will we will be paying. Um, I'm sorry. I don't have Let's see. Um, so we'll be paying uh 375 per thousand gallons where right now, like I said, we're paying $4.90 and then that's just going to go up. So it it that's a
significant percentage. So then we'll be able to adjust our rates lower while still maintaining the multi-tiered system and we'll just perform an updated rate study that'll be funded through the water revenue to uh you know to bring that uh up to date.
>> Okay. >> Yes. >> Yeah. All right. Good. >> So Mark, you'll report back to us next uh next meeting. >> Yeah. Great. >> Terrific. Uh uh the last item is uh the the private sewer issue. Um Trey and I
met with u um the board members for the corporation that uh that operate the private sewer and we discussed the town taking over clerical administration of that sewer. U Mr. Nazaro, do you want to spell that out?
>> Sure. So currently the uh Gulf the the private sewer in Gulfream bills their residents uh every year it's $725. Um it's very basic but they're looking for um some assistance in in managing
that that portion of it. We currently have, you know, it operate pass through um billing for to the benefit of all all of our residents through uh you know, trash collection,
for example. You know, we um we collect money from our residents and um it's not waste management, but our our current provider, Coastal Coast, >> um went through that procurement and was so happy to get them on and then I forgot their name. you know um and uh
with our backflow preventers as well. So we are required to uh our residents are required to annually have their backflow preventers inspected. Um that is private infrastructure but through our our backflow ordinance we have taken on the responsibility as a town to facilitate
that um you know that um inspection process annually. So it's one less thing that the residents have to worry about and then it shows up on their bill. So, I think that it would be fairly easy to take over some of that billing with a small administrative fee. I'd want to
make sure that Jones Foster, you know, reviews that and we're not taking on a responsibility that's um that is um that we shouldn't be doing that's illegal or or frowned upon in some way. Um it it it is a a private system. Uh but again just
like our backflow preventers our private infrastructure I don't know why we couldn't sort of assist uh a good part of our residents with uh with with managing that but it is you know it is a private uh uh entity. So I I'd be happy to look at taking over some of that
clerical and administrative work to the extent that our attorneys see that that's uh that's acceptable and we would just be because it's um because it's only an annual bill. I mean, it would be just very easy to put on the water bill. Uh, we could have the the association
just notify their residents the bills are coming. Uh, and we can certainly field any questions on behalf of the association if they, you know, give us a blur of what to say. But then any, you know, decisions or big items, uh, we would, you know, refer to the
association itself and not handle that sort of, um, that decision- making. we wouldn't want to be put in a place that uh you know it's it's our responsibility and we're taking it over. But just that that administrative and billing stuff I think would we would be fine with with taking over if that's something that the
the commission would like to do. >> I think it's fine taking the administrative, but I want to make sure we're not legally bound because that's a specific area and it does not like the condos and other people. It's not fair to if we end up responsible.
>> No. Sure. And that's why I think if we could uh if we could charge some sort of an administrative fee for that, you know, again, >> come with the water bills on it. >> Um we would we would probably we we the easiest thing for us to do would be to
put it on on the water bill. >> Um but again, I'll make sure that that's legally appropriate. >> I think the biggest problem not to be responsible for, you know, disaster, >> right? Oh, no. Absolutely. And that's um
>> because it only services so many people, >> right? >> And it's >> it is not the entire town. It's just a >> subset government. >> Correct. Abs. Right. It is not it is not ours. We don't own it. Right. But >> um they're looking for for some help and
they approached us to do that and >> yeah, we we discussed with them an administrative fee. It's not going to cost the town anything. their fees would cover what whatever clerical expenses we would incur. But it seems to me a reasonable thing for us to do. Um these
are just private residents run running this this thing. Um we can do it more effectively, more efficiently, and u it just seems to me that it's it's a a natural thing for us to to do. >> How many homes how many homes are we
talking about on the system? It's all the core. Most of the core areas >> and the golf club, >> right? Mo most people are hooked up to it now. >> I think they the figure that they gave was 110 units, but that includes the
little club, the school, and golf club with multiple, I guess, units. So, we're probably looking at somewhere around 80 80 or 90 homes. >> Okay. >> Yeah. But uh the first I guess what we're look what I'd be looking for today is just a
a directive to Mr. Nazaro to submit this as he described it to Jones Foster to review it uh legally to make sure that uh uh this would be permitted and what
limitations there might be in the agreement between the town and the the private sewer corporation to spell out exactly what those clerical responsibilities are. So, >> do you need a motion?
>> Um, >> it's not a it's not for commission action. It's just direction. So, consensus. >> Okay. >> Agreed. We're agreed. Good. >> Okay. Um, any other comments, questions, items for the good of the order? If not,
thank you all for coming. Meetings journ.