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[Music] [Applause] Good evening. The time is now 700 p.m. and I'll call to order the town council meeting of Tuesday, May 20th. We'll begin with the invocation followed by a moment of silence and then a pledge of allegiance.
If all those that are able please join me in standing. Dear God, guide our thoughts and our hearts. Help us to embrace wisdom, knowledge, and courage as we make decisions in the best interest of our town. Amen. Let's have a moment of
silence. Please join me in the pledge. United States of America to the standice. May we have a roll call, please? Mayor Kesky, here. Vice Mayor Delaney here, Councelor Choy here, Councelor
Sunstrom here, Town Manager Kitsuro here, Town Attorney Bear. Okay, we we begin tonight. Uh we have a proclamation uh that I'll be presenting to uh Richard Gunther and Adam Vanderear.
Um, if you come forward as I read the proclamation, then I'll come down. Proclaiming May 18th through 24th, 2025 as National Public Works Week. Whereas public works services provided
in our community are an integral part of our citizens everyday lives. And whereas the support of an understanding and informed community is vital to the efficient operation of public works systems and programs such as water,
storm water, sanitary sewers, streets and highways, public buildings, solid waste collection, parks and canal maintenance. And whereas the health, safety, and comfort of this community greatly depends on these facilities and
services. And whereas the quality and effectiveness of these facilities as well as their planning, design and construction is extremely dependent upon the efforts and skills of public works officials. And whereas the efficiency of
the qualified and dedicated personnel whose staff public works departments are materially influenced by the people's attitude and understanding of the importance of the work they perform. Now therefore, I, Jim Caretszky, mayor of
the town of Jupiter, do hereby proclaim the week of May 18th through 24th, 2025 as National Public Works Week in the Town of Jupiter and call upon all citizens and civic organizations to acquaint themselves with the issues
involved in the providing of our public works and to recognize the contributions which public works officials make every day to our health, safety, comfort and quality of life. In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and seal this
20th day of May, 2025. [Applause] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, town council, town manager, deputy town clerk, town attorney. Thank you all for bestowing
this on us and thanks for what you do for us on a daily basis. It helps out nicely and uh it's an honor for us to work for you and we plan on
keeping up the good work. Thank you. [Applause] Okay. The second item tonight we have a presentation uh from our fire chief uh on the fire rescue department update.
So, good evening, mayor, town council. Thank you for this opportunity to provide an update on Jupiter Fire Rescue. So, next year, the Jupiter Fire Rescue Department will begin providing full fire and emergency medical services to the community. Uh, tonight I'll be
providing an update on two important aspects of our preparation for that historic undertaking. uh first the creation of our fire prevention and community risk reduction division and then second the creation of a formalized transition plan for the transition of
services. So Jupiter fire rescue's fire prevention and community risk reduction division will be responsible for everything that goes into improving the safety of the community, preventing the loss of life or damage to property associated with fire or other disasters.
In short, the goal of our fire prevention and community risk reduction division is to make Jupiter safer from fire and other disasters through prevention, education, and fire code enforcement. This is going to be more than just a focus on fire inspections
and code enforcement. Likewise, our efforts to make the community safer are going to be more than just from a single division. It will be a departmentwide initiative. We're going to be working with community partners, including fellow public safety departments, other governmental
agencies, private organizations to make Jupiter safer through innovative education programs that are tailored to the various segments of our community. And while we appreciate and strongly believe in the value of fire codes and fire code compliance, we will promote a
culture that treats everyone we serve, including business owners, with respect and kindness in our efforts to gain buyin and a desire to meet our codes. Creating that culture starts with leadership. So, I'd like to introduce to
you our newest member of the Jupiter Fire Rescue Team, Andrew Armus. Uh Drew is our new new division chief of fire prevention and community risk reduction, otherwise known as our fire marshal. Uh and with the hiring of Drew,
our executive team is now complete. So Drew has over 25 years of fire service experience, most recently as a battalion chief with Rathon Technologies and prior service with Margate Fire Rescue. At Rathon, Drew served as a battalion chief and a lead for their special operations
services. Uh he has a bachelor of science degree in occupational self safety and health administration and an AS in fire science. He's a certified fire inspector, fire instructor, paramedic, hazmat technician, and he's also quite happily to us a credentialed
fire service chaplain. Uh, the minute I met Drew, I knew that he had the perfect heart and the servant mindset that would fit our fire rescue department culture and that he would be exactly what this town needs and deserves as a fire marshal. So, Drew, would you like to say
a few words? Yeah. Hey, thank you for the kind words. Um, I did jot some things down. Um, mayor, council members, thank you for letting me uh uh in this position, but it's not a position. It's a purpose. I come here to serve, not to
be served. I want every business owner, every resident in this community, to be served. That's what the fire department is supposed to do is serve with humility, compassion, and everything is love. You know, I was telling the chief, I I I uh frequent Chick-fil-A because my
children love it. I'm a father of seven. And the first thing when I roll down the window, they say, "How may we serve you?" And I told the I told the young attendant, "Could you repeat yourself? How can I serve you?" And it hit me different. It like smacked me in the
face to say instead of help, how do you serve? And that's what I want for the residents here, for the business owners, for everything. When I walk in, how can I serve you? So, thank you. Thank you. We're really excited about about
Drew and about completing our executive team. Uh there's a lot that goes into planning for uh developing and creating fire rescue department and uh and Drew is going to play a very important role in that. Um also part of what we're doing is
creating a transition plan. So, the town sincerely desires and fully intends to continue to be a public safety partner with Palm Beach County in the interest of the residents and visitors to the Jupiter area as well as to those in our nearby unincorporated areas. The town
believes that the public's interest is promoted by developing and implementing a transition plan that involves more than a flip of a switch at midnight for fire services. To that end, we had had a preliminary meeting with Palm Beach
County and we've attempted to have more meaningful and detailed discussions, but those efforts have been met with delay. Uh it has always been our expectation that there would be a transition plan from the change of services from Palm Beach County to Jupiter. It is simply the right thing to
do. Thus, the town is moving forward with its proposed transition plan to ensure the public's interests are served. This plan is on your agenda for consideration later tonight and I'll just talk a little bit about it now. The town values the experience and
institutional knowledge of the Palm Beach County Fire Rescue crews assigned to the town of Jupiter. And the town is seeking a joint response initiative whereby Jupiter Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue will jointly respond to emergency calls within the town beginning in August of 2026 and
continuing throughout September of 2026 or a 60-day transition. We are not proposing to end the contract early. We are proposing that we work together and that we respond to calls jointly. We believe this to be a crucial
step in a smooth and seamless transition of services. This will have no financial impact on the county nor any loss of revenue for Palm Beach County. The town also recognizes the benefit to the public's health and safety from joint training exercises with Palm Beach
County. Training between Jupiter and Palm Beach County can create shared experiences and ensure operational fluidity between the agencies. There are multiple countywide protocols that have been adopted by each fire rescue agency and these protocols highlight the need
for interoperability. The town has proposed that Jupiter Fire Rescue and Palm Beach County Fire Rescue engage in joint training exercises. We strongly believe that the first time we work together should not be on the scene of a complex and dangerous emergency.
Uh with respect to the fire stations and specifically Palm Beach County station 18 and 19, the town is proposing to provide full automatic aid to any unincorporated areas served by station 18 which is the Bert Reynolds Park Station and station 19 which is off
Central Boulevard. And we're proposing this at no cost to the county including service to and backup to any surrounding county areas. Station 18 responds to less than one call per day in unincorporated areas near Jupiter, most of which include Jonathan's Landing and
the public's plaza in front of Jonathan's Landing. And Station 19 responds to somewhere around one call per day in unincorporated areas near Jupiter. By the town offering to provide full automatic aid to any unincorporated areas served by stations 18 and 19, the
county could redeploy its resources to other areas with greater demand. With respect to station 16 or the Abico station, uh this is the station that will be transitioned to the town of Jupiter um with the county uh no longer provides service and the town is
proposing to provide full automatic aid to any unincorporated areas that are served by station 16. This includes, but it's not limited to Palm Beach Country Estates, Old Marsh, East Point, the eastbound lanes of Donald Ross Road, and also some areas off Prosperity Farms
Road north of Donald Ross. Again, station 16 responds to uh somewhere close to or just less than one call per day in those unincorporated areas. And we see this as an opportunity for the county to redeploy their resources to areas with greater demand if they so
choose. As part of this automatic aid offer, the town is proposing to take possession of station 16 on September 21st of 2026 uh and begin responding to the calls from that point on. Again, not proposing to end the contract, not proposing to
affect county revenue in any way, but just proposing to work together with the county. Uh we talked earlier about the town's fire prevention and community risk reduction efforts. And to manage risk, we need information. Uh, so the town is requesting that Palm Beach
County provide Jupiter with all target hazard, all tier 2 facility data, and any existing pre-fire plans for facilities within the town of Jupiter. The town is also requesting that Palm Beach County provide access to all fire prevention documentation related to open
and ongoing new construction plan review and recent fire inspections. And while the town's code may differ slightly from the county's code u but not significantly uh because the process of reviewing new construction plans and issuing permits can take some time. The
town has proposed that Jupiter Fire Rescue assume responsibility for all new construction plan review and permit approval by August of 2026. Uh the town again continues to be and wants to maintain a great relationship
with Palm Beach County and be a public safety partner. Uh this is in the interest of the residents and visitors to Jupiter and it is in the interest of the residents and visitors to unincorporated areas in and around the town. The public's interest is promoted
by implementing a transition plan by Jupiter and Palm Beach County to deliver fire, rescue, and emergency services to Jupiter and to the unincorporated areas. The town's proposed transition plan is in the best interest of the health and safety of the public, both of the town
and the unincorporated areas. And as an experienced fire chief, as your fire chief, I will tell you unequivocally that it is not in the best interest of the public to flip a switch at midnight as a transition plan. Joint training,
joint response, the sharing of information, and the coordination of automatic aid programs are all in the best interest of the public. So, I leave you with this, as I do most updates. The Jupiter Fire Rescue
Department remains on schedule to be fully operational by August 1 of 2026 and to fully respond to all calls within the town of Jupiter on October 1 of 2026. You have any questions? Um, just want I'll make a few comments
here. Thank you for the presentation. You know what struck me um during your presentation? You were you wrote you said the words it has always been our expectation at that moment of course I'
I've known this before I really wanted to just state publicly for all of us on the dis up here the council the town manager what you stated has always been our expectation from the time that we made the decision that we did uh to
proceed with creation of Jupiter you know fire rescue department want to say that as an elected official, I think I would hope every elected official uh at a local level would recognize it's
our responsibility to intergovernmentally coordinate with uh other governments to make sure that we're delivering services collectively at the lowest cost possible to the public.
Likewise, I would expect that all public safety professionals would realize that it is not in the public's best interest of the public whom they serve as a calling to do it on a flip of a switch. So, to me,
I'd expect the elected officials, the county commission, the town council, we would be unanimous to go ahead and want to do this in a local agreement. And I'd expect the uh the on the boots uh firefighters uh paramedics with Palm
Beach County wanted to do this with a transition plan and logically. Uh so I'm I'm confident it's going to happen. I thank you for your continued efforts. Um I can tell you that almost immediately I reached out to uh Mayor Marino. Um, she
wasn't a mayor then. She was a commissioner. But about the Bert Reynolds station, immediately offered on behalf of my colleagues, it makes no sense to keep a station going for less than a call a day. We offered up. We tried to
see if we could get that station. We couldn't. We're now building one across the street, but it'd be a tragic uh situation for the county to continue to maintain a station across the street. When from day one, this council, this
town manager, and once you came aboard, you have been stating, "We'll help you. We'll do that. That's what intergovernmental coordination is about." The constructibility plan review, it's so logical uh what you suggest. Can you imagine like you can't
do on a flip of a switch. That's a great example here. So the person that's doing the plan review, he might be in the middle of a plan review and he's going to leave it on his desk or he's going to finish it up, but he's not going to be there to do the inspection. So clearly
construction plan reviews should be transitioned earlier. I'm glad that we're planning that. Um and again just I just really my words here were just to reinforce the plan you've been uh I appreciate your entire team moving head
with the enthusiasm that it is to deliver it is in the best interest of the public. Thank you. And I have a couple of questions actually to follow up. I so I I have my memory of it but it's a distant memory at this point and
I just I remember when we were discussing the ILA in the beginning that we had the oneyear exit 12-month exit and that was extended to three years notice from 12 months. Why did the county give that? What was their
reasoning for the threeyear? So I'll defer to the manager on that because I wasn't here at the time and part of those discussions. Understood, councelor. Um, in our initial discussions with Chief Kennedy and back then when we started, it was actually uh
Chief Dorne as well. Um, when we were getting to the point that it you we started looking at finalizing the agreement, if you recall, the town had asked for 12 month exit from the contract and Chief Kennedy relayed to me
that he would like a 36-month because it would take him 36 months to move be able to reassign staff and come up with a plan and and of course we've agreed to that. And so, uh, it was the county in particular, Chief Kennedy's request to
meet, uh, directly to have the 36 months, uh, built into the agreement. I do think that the three years ended up being right because of of a number of reasons, not just those, but, um, the time it takes to establish one, let
alone wind one down. But it does seem to me in reading the list that this is a major undertaking. Not just one station, but three and all the all the different workings of how they, you know, how they are and how it affects Country River states. I don't know how they how the
mutual aid works or those all those agreements that tie into ISO, all of it. So, it just it does seem like a very complicated effort that would warrant more time. Um, have you been able to speak or meet with U. Mayor Marino and
or have you been having conversations with the county? Uh so I have uh met with county commissioners and uh and uh have been met with uh understanding uh no no negative uh issues related to
that. They understand the proposal. They understand the need. Um and it's been positive. I have attempted to meet with Mayor Marino and got an email back saying that she wasn't willing to meet at this time. Okay. Um Okay. Thank you. I have one question,
Mayor. uh chief, historically speaking, has is there a certain protocol when uh individual towns break off from larger organizations for like you know mutual training and transition or Yeah, this is uh not something that happens very often
really. Uh you know to my knowledge um I I'm only aware personally aware of three fire departments in the country. I'm sure there's a lot more but three that I'm aware of that have done what we're doing and uh so it it I don't think there's any real protocol or approach to
it. I think there is common sense to it though. Right. Right. And I think common sense should prevail. Uh it just makes sense to carefully, thoughtfully, cooperatively transition services and not to do it in the middle of the night
but to do it over some time. Um and and I fully anticipate that you know uh in October, November, December of 2026 after Jupiter has taken over services here in the town of Jupiter. But Palm
Beach County is still providing services in large parts of this county that there will be times when we will work together on a scene and um and some of those times could be very serious. They could have serious consequences. They could could be very complex. Again, we have
countywide protocols for things like high-rise fires, for things like active shooter incidents, right? And and god forbid that we have one of these complex emergencies and that be the first time that we've had an opportunity to work together. It just would be
unconscionable to me. It at this point it all comes down to 100% public safety. All the politics aside or hurt feelings, but we need to work together to get a nice smooth safe transition for the public. So that's bottom line what it comes down to. So but appreciate all your work and welcome aboard. Nice to
meet you. Just wanted to ask one quick question. Are you comfortable with the 60 days running parallel with the county? Yeah, I am. I I think it would be an incredibly great opportunity for us to work together uh for the new Jupiter
Fire Rescue folks to get to meet and work with the existing Palm Beach County Fire Rescue folks who do a tremendous job in this community. They do a great job and great and uh and really I think the greatest benefit comes from that
sidebyside cooperation. 100%. Thank you and welcome aboard. Just one uh follow-up question. So, um, you know, maybe this doesn't happen often where, you know, a town
uh create begins to create its own fire department, but in the case of mutual aid agreements and whatever and I know that Palm Beach Gardens uh had been uh back up in the town to the uh the county and quite a bit um particularly the
Abicoa station area uh service area. So, what's the status of the mutual aid agreement with Palm Beach Gardens? Uh, so we have a we have a mutual aid agreement with Palm Beach Gardens uh that's currently in place approved by you guys some time ago. Um, and so we do
have that a mutual aid agreement, automatic mutual aid agreement that that they're willing to provide assistance and service to the town and we're willing to do the same for them. we share a common border. Um and there's mutual benefit to that agreement and so
um we we fully hope to and intend to uh pursue a mutual aid agreement with uh Toquesta. Um and and I think that would be more to their advantage than ours. They're a single station department. But look, you know, we want to we want to be great public safety partners in the
north end of the county and and uh as evidenced by this agreement, uh we would like to have a mutual aid and automatic agreement with Palm Beach County as well and work closely and cooper cooperatively with them. Um not only in the interest of the folks in Jupiter, but the interest of the folks in
unincorporated areas nearby Jupiter. Thank you for your persistent effort. You know, I I do remember that we have the agreement. I just wanted the public to know that it's pretty easy. Those are standard practice to have them and we ought to I'm sure that we'll get one with the county. Uh but thank you very
much. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um citizen comments. Uh this is Do we have citizen comments? Yes, mayor. We have four. Okay. Uh this is the time for non-aggenda items and it's limited to three minutes and anyone wishing to speak is asked to state his or her name
and address for the record prior to addressing the town council. First we have Aaron Actis. Good evening. My name is Aaron Actis. I'm a Jupiter resident. I just want to say I'm so excited to hear about the new um decentralization of the fire
department. That's really exciting. I want to welcome the newest or retaining members for this contentious runoff that we just had. Um what I would like to do is ask to join us to seek redress of our multiple grievances according to Florida statute
104.43 and Florida statute 125.59 and help to support the special grand jury fund. A a small explanation is found on the Miami Independent article from April 2025 to see the legal actions being taken against our current
supervisor of elections, her staff, and those participating members of the Palm Beach County Sheriff Office. I'd like to them to be trained with the motto that the um police the fire rescue just said that how we may we serve you. Uh Wendy
the supervisor claims to have won her race and held over 30,000 more votes than Camala Harris. That is a lie. Just like the Palm Beach County is a red county. The truth is that Trump won the entire state and something called too big to rig. As we know now, there was a
doctor, her name was Jill, and an auto pen involved. Now we look at like a country that prays on the elderly and the vulnerable. When will we begin to look like winners and not losers? Palm Beach County election has tremendously limited information available to the
barriers that are set up by legislation and the supervisor working together. They constantly to prevent public access and oversight into their deeds. Public observation vote watchers and auditors have determined that non-citizens I mean sorry citizens and non-citizens are
paying $60 per dropbox votebymail ballot and at least $5 per early vote. This is unacceptable cost both in the terms of money and citizens time for this frivolous method of voting. The lack of oversight for over half of the race is
one reason we call this a constitutional crisis and the lack of voter turnout at 20%. This pen is an example of the top shelf material election materials we paid for with her name on it. It was available to voters to vote in within the precincts. As we know, two illegal
voters, non-citizens voted. Yes, they were allowed to cast and have their vote counted in Palm Beach County. This is documented under the feds in the federal information. We believe this entire county is under investigation with the the Diddy and the Ebstein trials shedding light on the darkness. We are
trying to protect our children. Just wait. I cannot explain everything in three minutes. Here are the results of the runoff. I voted in the election day in both elections, March 11th and 28th at 6:58 p.m. I was the last voter each time at the Island Club. The volunteers
were very nice. They said that they were surprised at the election day turnout was usually much lower. My children and I held signs asking for voters to sec vote in a secure way on election day at the skate park and on Donald Ross. And I hope it made a positive difference.
While I was at the main headquarters, the largest polling location in Tabulation Center. I was extremely disappointed. I did not see a single candidate or candidate representative inspecting signatures or participating in the canvasing board, the most vulnerable area of the votes. I will
focus on the municipal race for now. Um, it yielded 4551 votes from 26 precincts, 2376 election day votes, 2,175 vote by mail. Miss Troy won with 57% of the whopping 11% average voter
turnout. This does not include those votes that died on the cure list or were never delivered. There were two months of voting in my mail, two weeks of early voting, dropboxes, and unobservable transports, and only 12 hours for election day. You tell me what makes the most sense. Thank you very much. I hope
you follow President Trump's effective orders in securing our elections down to the local level. Thank you for your time. Next is Candace Roas. Good evening, public servants. My name is Candace Rojas. I reside in Boon Beach,
Florida. And I am here to state that I have a political pack, but I'm also a grassroots election observer. And we were spending since 2020 at the supervisor of elections, and it's been
um quite a mess there. Our findings revealed significant vulnerabilities and potential violations in the county's election systems, raising concerns about the legitimate legitimacy of even the recent elections which affects your
town. I'm writing to request the following, which is copies of your oaths and bonds pursuant to Florida statutes title chapter 876. and um to alert you of an action to
address election integrity concerns within your town. And we want you to take back your elections. And the way to do it to ensure transparent and secure elections, you have to fight like we're doing because you are the authority in the
leaders to require valid um valid voter IDs for all voting processes, implemented one-day voting, decentralize the vote tabulation by hand counting ballots at the precinct level, removing or limiting the electronic voting
systems, using them only as a backup, and having your clerk be responsible to clean your own voter rules. So, we are actually um starting this Palm Beach County Grand Jury oversight committee and it is being
backed by um Colonel uh Mc McGregor and he was Trump's uh secretary of defense advisor and he believes that we need to have grand jury oversight because of the epsene cases that are going to be coming to Palm Beach County. actually
supposedly soon and it's going to be affecting everybody. So my message is kind of very negative but it's going to be requiring the leaders to all step up um because we have concerns about the governance structure including the
Jupiter's town of Jupiter's participation in organizations like the League of Cities which we believe is a conflict of interest. It's part of the United Nations and it's it's wrong. So, we respectfully seek redress for these
grievances and ask for your commitment to transparent, secure, and locally managed elections. Thank you, Kathy Sullivan. Kathy I'm Kathy Sullivan. I live at 505 Oak Terrace with my husband George. I came about two months ago and
asked that the street lights at Jupiter Lakes Boulevard and Summer Winds be repaired. And I wanted to go on record thanking two of your team members who absolutely jumped on this request. They
took care of it. Everything is fixed. We gave him two or three more things to work on. They were done as well. Not only were they done quickly, but we were kept in the no constantly. We were told, well, for one, it was FPL, and they
said, well, we'll have to we'll we'll keep checking with FPL. And sure enough, they did. And the two people that I want to thank, Roger Hel and Lillian Kaine, they were exceptional at helping us with our problem. Thank you.
[Applause] Lean Lebec. Good evening. My name is Leanne Lbeck. I'm a Sinquest Park resident and um I'm actually here because previously when we discussed Sinquest Park, the town promised to be good neighbors with the
new fire station and thus far I'm hoping that that promise will still stand. Um, starting with the groundbreaking, I was followed home when I had to leave the ceremony early because I got a call from my daughter's school and someone who let
the police know that they thought I was anti-fire department followed me home, filmed my home, filmed my vehicles, and stood outside my house. I of course reported it to the police, but they let me know that there was nothing that
could be done about that. Um, in the time following, we're having situations where the construction is preventing the residents from being able to pass uh other cars on the road. Um, the the mo
more recent fire um more recent waste management pickup I had to try to maneuver around so that the truck could leave the street. However, once you turn off of Indian Town, there's not really any place you can go except for that
side street that cuts through the park and now the second side street now that that's open. Unfortunately, that was in the way of a town vehicle who honked at me for being in their way, but there no way to get back to our homes with the construction and with vehicles on that
road. Um, we are also, um, I heard that there are cameras going up in Sinquis Park and I understand the idea is to potentially make it so that people know what uh, the type of headcount is at the
park and plan their day accordingly. But given that we have uh 15 registered sex offenders within a couple miles of the park, I'm really concerned that the fact that there are cameras that are being displayed to anyone who can with a
computer or even a phone. Um I'm worried that the fact that there are two bus stations within Sinquaz Park where children pass through. I'm worried about that being displayed to everyone as well as people within the park being
displayed to everyone. I don't think that that's a secure or good idea. I don't believe it's safe for the residents in the area who need to pass through the park for these purposes. And I'm especially concerned about children in the area. Um I know my family takes
privacy for our children very seriously except for the times that they've spoken here. We don't put pictures of our kids online. We don't put videos of them online. And the fact that they could be potentially being uh plastered online to
anyone for at any time and they now know the whereabouts of my children is extremely concerning. So, I'm hoping that the town can figure out a different way to manage the crowds within the park in a way that's a little bit more secure and a little bit more safe for the
residents and for the children. Thank you for bringing those concerns to our attention. That was the last one. Okay. Um council, we had before us the minutes
of the May 6, 2025 town council meeting in addition to some minor some revisions on the dis. Uh if there's no further revisions, I'd ask for a motion and a second to approve the minutes as
amended. Motion to motion to approve as amended. Second. Motion and second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Motion carries unanimously. Moving on to public business. This is agenda items uh four
through six and then eight. Uh is there any member of the public that wish to pull a consent agenda item? Stephanie, no. Mayor, any member of the dis uh wish to pull any? Um I'll take a
motion and a second on approving the consent agenda. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries unanimously. Okay, moving on to the
regular agenda. Uh item nine, there's two parts to this, an A and a B. Uh and um I want to state on the record. So for 9A um resolution
6225 authorizing a contract agreement with Kaufman Lynn Construction for vertical construction of the two now two new town fire stations. My wife's niece works for Kaufman Lane construction.
This could create a public perception that a special gain might ignore to my wife's niece due to this contract agreement. I'm there I therefore am abstaining from participating in voting on this particular agenda item. It's my
understanding that resolution uh 6325 with regard to authorizing use of certax proceeds is not something related to that per se. It's a budgetary accountability and I'll be joining back
for that vote but in accordance with the code of ethics rules. Um I will not be participating in the discussions on resolution 6225 in regards to resolution 6225. Do we get a we presentation staff? How do you look up? Roger. Good evening. For
the record, I'm Roger Held, senior director of community development. And it's a very uh very excited about coming before you to get approval for the construction, the vertical construction of these beautiful fire stations. Um
this evening I bring before you a request for town council to authorize through res resolution number 6225 the approval and execution of an AIA contract for a progressive design build with Kaufman Lind Construction and
resolution number 6325 authorizing the use of certax funds. We're pleased to have representatives from NV5, our owners representative. And I just like to introduce we have Joe and Joe over here from NV5. They're our
project managers, owners reps. And then we have uh Jean and Mark. Gan and Mark from Kaufman Lynn, our uh construction partners. So, we're excited to get to work. Um this is a guaranteed maximum price
contract which will allow for occupancy of these structures June 1st of 2026. Uh this project will be funded in two two primary sources. One through loan proceeds and the second is
utilization of certax funds. Um if you have any questions I'd be more than happy to answer them. I also have Scott uh to answer any financial questions that you may have. So, thank you.
Any of my colleagues have any questions? Uh, no. I think we discussed this at length for some time and it's finally coming forward and I'm grateful we have the sir tax funds and that they exceed what we had budgeted years ago at the 40 million. Yeah.
Um, how are we looking for materials, timing, everything to to land this on time, everything? Yes. My understanding that, uh, you know, they're they've they've already gone ahead and started the subcontractors have started ordering the material purchasing. And the nice thing about
that is we're going to be able to get some tax savings from ordering those materials and getting the the sales tax. So, that'll be a cost savings. Great. But, they're already working. uh they they're putting in the uh submittals for all of the different components for the
construction. They're securing um all of the permits necessary for FDOT um storm or uh the health department. So, we're right on track with our schedule. So, we're tracking good. When do you anticipate actually breaking ground foundations and all that? Uh, I
mean I think the foundation comes in July, but as we know there's a lot more to there'll be underground electric, underground plumbing. That'll be coming, you know, as soon as we get this contract executed. Okay. Okay. Out there. Great. Council Troy, any that was
going to be my question, the guaranteed pricing, how that was going to be accomplished. So, okay. It's just nice to lock into with all the uncertainty we have at every level, right? It's good to have certainty on what this cost is going to be going forward to get it done. Correct. Because cost is only
going up and Lynn has helped us, you know, lock in these prices, get the the uh subcontractors ahead of time locked into these subcontracts. Very important exercise. Very timely. Thank you. Can I get a motion to bring this one in?
Motion to approve. Second. All in favor say I. I. I nay. Motion passes 30. Thanks. And then the other resolution 6325. Mayor Kitky desented on or abstained on
the last one for the record. Um I'll take a motion in a second on resolution 6325. So move. Second. A motion in a second. Uh all in favor signify by saying I. I. Motion
carries unanimously. Okay. Moving on to resolution 67, item 10 on the agenda. Resolution 6725. Um, we have a presentation or any update from staff or pretty much you gave it. This is on the um interlocal
agreement. Yeah, I have no additional update. I mean, I think I've covered everything. If there's any questions you might have, but uh I do think we've covered that at length. Great. I think it's pretty straightforward to me. Does uh any member of the council have any questions on resolution 6725 that we haven't
asked? I do. So, I know we've gone through some of the provisions of this and we've been work working and attempting to work with the county as we go forward. And I view this I'm trying to understand what this is and I view it as kind of another attempt to try to
work with the county and to to kind of start that negotiation. So, this we would expect that they would potentially have changes or tweaks. Is that right? uh we're more than happy to work with them, meet with them, discuss this with
them, work through those phases with them. Um, you know, ultimately the goal is to create a very well-thought transition plan that addresses public safety in the town of Jupiter and that
also addresses our needs for a coordination of services like fire prevention, not just emergency response, our needs for information related to that. And um again, you know, we we've had at least one initial meeting. Uh we
had a scheduled meeting that was cancelled to do that uh where we were going to present this plan. And um our next scheduled meeting now is in January. Okay. So, this is a great way to kind of move things forward, be transparent about things that we'd like to see um
potentially and to to work on that desired outcome of having a plan in place that benefits the public in this area because it takes time to do it. Yeah. Okay. Mayor, if I could just add something to
the chief's response. Um, first of all, I know we have Chief Rally from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue here in the audience and and I will tell you that Bill and I work together all the time and he's he's available always for our fire department. Matter of fact, he
comes to all of our management team meetings. And the challenge we have is that you know given the hierarchy in the fire rescue service and it's much like the police uh service as well is you know he has to follow orders from the
top and um and so as much as he works with us and and does a great job. The challenge we have is he's not given the authority to be able to advance some of these things in that we're looking for in this um interlocal agreement. So
consequently, um, you know, the only avenue that we have left to us since since Chief Kennedy has indicated that he would only meet with us in January of 26 is to go ahead and proceed in this manner um with
the interlocal agreement. So I'm hoping that we can, you know, that we can move this through the process with the county. There's no guarantee that that will occur. Um, however, um, this is the next logical step for us. But I do want to take a moment as we're going through
this, um, to acknowledge the work that Chief Rally, uh, does with us regularly, as has his predecessors. And so, uh, not that I would put him on the spot, but I am confident that if it was up to Chief Rally, we would have this thing done
already. And so, um, so this is this is the next logical step for us. I might agree with you there. And thank you, Chief Riley, for coming to all of our meetings um for these many months and for always being present in the community meetings I go to as well. I think um public safety is government's
first and foundational job and I understand how important it is to partner. I'm optimistic going forward. I see all the ways we're partnering or looking to partner on recreation as well, even with splash pads or uh just any number of ways. it's important for
government to work together and I know that they were speaking to that some with their budget workshop today. So, I am optimistic. I do think this is a great way to start that conversation um at the at the higher level at the with the big picture of this northern
part of the county. I mean, we're not a small municipality. We really are kind of spread out up here and what happens in this transition will impact the entire northern part of the county. So, uh, it's important to all of us and I think it's important to them, too. And I
think, you know, we'll figure it out. So, I'm optimistic and this is a great step forward. Thank you for your thoughtfulness on this, you know, and I think this is a great uh overall plan. As I read it, as I read it
in preparing for the meeting, as you go through each and every item, it just seems like these are the logical issues that one would deal in a transition and I tried to read it from a town perspective of a county perspective. So, I think it was developed in good faith
uh serving both uh entities of what you would want to be preparing for. So, uh, thank you for doing that and, um, as as it gets forwarded on to the, um, as it has already been forwarded on and now we're taking action to approve by
resolution. Um, you know, certainly there could be the case, something was missed, county identifies it, we amend this and add it, right? I mean, that's that's the intent, but uh, this is a really good, you know, starting point. So, thank you.
I do think on I just noticed on item seven, page six, countywide radio systems implementation. I think they had an item on that in their budget workshop for referring to Jupiter Fire just this morning. So, it's already being addressed in their budget this year. So,
I'm hopeful that they will continue to address it um comprehensively. So, I I'm actually glad to see that. And just the level of detail like the Knox box, all of it that we don't necessarily think about. And then from the county's perspective, I was grateful, you know,
this is not costing the county. They keep all the revenue that they get. This this should not be at a cost to the county. The contract remains as it is. It's just allowing us to partner with them to to handle that transition. So that's what I if I were to read it from
a county perspective, that's what would concern me and it's nice to address that upfront. So thank you. I just wanted to say um in this agreement, I've read it all the way through total transparency. I'm
optimistic that you will get the powers to be and the county to work along with you, but I also know that you'll make this happen one way or the other. Um and government has to work together. I mean, you just hope that will be the case. But
you put a lot of work, effort, every step of the way is in this in agreement. You've done a magnificent job. For me, it was a great tool and I'm ready to stand here and watch every month as you go through this. Thank you.
Right. I agree. I agree with everybody. It's a great plan. It's just another step in the process. And you know, I'm sure the county will come around at some point, but we we'll get it done either way. So, but excellent. This is excellent document. So, great work as usual. So, I I do want to
assure you and the citizens in this community that on October one of 2026 when they call 911, Jupiter Fire Rescue will be ready to serve and will serve. Um, I think there's a better way to do it than a flip of a switch at midnight. And I think a 60-day
transition plan would be that better way. But if that doesn't occur, we will be ready to serve. Excellent. Thank you. I'll take a motion in a second on resolution 6725. I'll make a motion that we accept
resolution 6725. Second. Have a motion to second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Motion carries [Music] unanimously. Okay. Uh moving on to a regular agenda item 11
which is the appointment to fill the vacancy in the district one town council seat. Um just kicking this off. Um on behalf of all of us, um I just
want to express gratitude uh for the submittal by 20 applicants, 18 of which were qu de deemed to be qualified by residency. And I went through all of them. It's uh you know they're all
incredibly uh you know interested in serving the public in this role and uh they all have uh um good work that they've done in in
serving on v in various capacities uh and for various durations in the town. So, thank you for all we have to uh there's there's just a 10-month uh period remaining in this term uh for the vacant seat and uh which
it expires in March of 2026. So uh certainly um I believe all of us but certainly myself uh want to uh select the applicant who uh I feel is
best able to step right in um since it's just a short period um and serve with the lowest learning curve on issues that face the town. I'm going to suggest to my colleague because we really decide this together. It's a it's
a decision we have to jointly make. Hopefully we'll make tonight. But uh but the approach um to maybe use is I would ask um everyone will go down the dis uh if there's somebody they want to
nominate. Um, so we take nominations and I think that's a fair approach and then with the nominations we close when we're done with nominations and then we talk about
it and vote on it. I was thinking maybe we um I'll have it come up with a short list and then do some further vetting and and then the next meeting or next we discuss it. We we kind of narrow down a
vote on it. Um I understood maybe one might have been one member not going to be here next meeting. Is everybody going to be here next meeting? I think I'd rather get it that. Yeah, we're entering the summer, so I I feel comfortable. I mean, well, let's see where we go with that. Okay. I
mean, yeah, that's fine. Okay. Everyone's looking at me. Um, so I just want to say how grateful and delighted I am that we had 20 and 18 qualified uh apply for this role, especially after our recent election. So
to want to serve up here to sign up for this um is incredible and I'm very grateful and I loved uh reading all the applications and getting to know so many of our community leaders better. Um, I had stated when we first put out the
application a couple of things that I was looking for and it it would be consistent with what I had said the last time we went through this process which is familiarity with our town and our town code. Uh, we are different from other municipalities. Our code is
different. Our um culture can be different. Um, so I think that's important. Uh, we did establish that district one is required. So that's why 18 ended up being qualified from 20 applicants. We did this time say
district one. Um the last time we did this we had something like 35 applicants but several district two um residents applied. So, District One clearly um and just um you know, having been aware of our
our co culture, giving back to the community, public service or some experience with public service. Um and you know, with something I think the biggest issue in our town has always been um approached to growth management and a focus on growth management. I know
that's something that's really important to residents and we hear that time and time again after each election. And so I would say um it can be helpful to have someone that's on the record in terms of growth or growth management, what their position is on these items because um it
would give, you know, residents some comfort of of what to know or what to expect as we go through the process. So those were some of my qualifications or criteria that I looked for. Um, I also think it's important to have spent time
in the town, you know, and really understand the town. Um, and so with that, you know, looking at these candidates, I would nominate, and I hope I'm pronouncing this right, uh, Daniel Gisfinger, who I believe is here tonight, um, with with other applicants
as well. So, he would be my nomination because he currently serves on planning and zoning, which is a very important and technical board. Um because of that, he has familiarity with the legal aspects and the technical aspects of planning and zoning. Um he's reviewed
difficult projects that have come before the town over the last several months. Um and he stated his position publicly. I've been grateful for his analysis. Um a recent piece of analysis was just accessory uses um to a structure and a
recent um decision that they made. Um, I found that very helpful as I watched to make my own decision on the item. And he's also been, you know, he's raised kids here. He's served as JTAa parent in the schools. So, he has a breadth of
knowledge about the town, but also the technical knowledge that I think would serve us going forward. And he's been here recently, so he's been around some of the fire items and other things that we've been dealing with as a town, um, which I've been grateful for. So that
would be kind of my nomination. I'll just go down the dis. Um so actually uh Dan Gisinger has been my planning and zoning uh appoint committee commission appointee I think
for two terms. Um and um as he has served on that uh uh I don't believe we've ever discussed any item that was before planning and zoning commission but as has always been my practice um I
benefit from the planning and zoning commission efforts and always review the minutes as my starting point uh to see the nature of the questions that are asked. sometimes not all questions get answered. So it's good
starting point is the council and um you know and as an example I was just using the March 11th draft minutes that were in the I guess they were approved in the last meeting but uh um you know I found
uh Commissioner Gisinger to be very thorough um in preparing you know asking thoughtful questions and pondering and and helping the dec overall decision. in process as well as others on the commission. But uh
so uh you know I nominate Dan Gisinger as well. So um second it and I agree with my colleagues. You know it takes a lot to make a decision to you know run for public office and really stick your neck out there. It's a
it's a lot a lot of your time. It's it's it's not very easy on your family at times. So um I appreciate the effort people put in. Looked at a lot of uh a lot of resumes. um a lot of very qualified people uh very established people in their in their fields and
careers. One of my first criteria was looking at their voting records locally and some of them some of them uh statewide even local elections they weren't there was little they were kind of hot and cold. They didn't it didn't sound like there was a lot of u local
participation. Um, but I was really looking for somebody that, you know, I agree with. Um, I I'll put it down my short list. It came down to uh uh James Davis and Dan Gisinger. Now, Mr. Davis serves on the
Jupiter Inlet District. And um I've I run to him here and there, and he's uh he he's he's lived in the air for a while. He's he's pretty well established. He he he knows he's familiar with, you know, the um what we do up here and, you know, the vibe of
the town. And um and I also agree that Dan Gisinger is also a great pick. He's he's on planning and zoning and he he's he's very thorough. Um he asks the right questions. Um and so um I I was down to two. I guess
you guys have really decided you are where you are. So I'll just defer to councelor Choy and see where she is on this. I agree with all of the comments. Um, I also read every application that came through. For me, I think a team player
is very important. We do only have 10 months left on this appointment. So, it needs to be somebody who can jump in, roll their sleeve up, and just move forward. I did something similar to uh, Councilman Ron. I've narrowed it down to three candidates, two of which you've
already brought up their name. Um, I brought up Lewis Kley, Dan Gisinger, and Jim Davis. I think again the quality of the applications that came through were exceptional. I think most of the folks
that came in had experience whether it be in financing, engineering, management itself, business, we have great candidates to choose from. I called my top four and spoke to them
all at length and I narrowed it down to my top three. So I present to you the candidates I have mentioned um all of which in my opinion are very qualified to sit on this dis for 10 months.
Okay. Um I think we had a consensus did we not going to get a motion I guess in a second on that. Yeah and I I did have others. I mean I I
think you know I think that board is very helpful and the technical expertise is helpful especially currently. Um, but you never know who's going to apply or who's interested. And so, you know, it could have very easily been um someone
else. So, I I do I think if there is consensus um we should probably go forward. Uh is it Gisinger? Okay. Um that would be my recommendation. But we we can have further discussion if you want. Do you think we have do we have
consensus forward? I think we did. Okay. So, um, is it motion to approve Dan Gisinger for the council district one seat for that appointment?
Second. Motion to second. All in favor signify by saying I. I. Motion carries unanimously and welcome. Get to work. [Applause]
Okay. Um, reports. Town attorney. Thank you, Mayor. Uh, would like to report that the mediator in our Sunny Sands
uh ongoing fluedra proceeding. um has contacted council and we are going to discuss uh amongst council with the mediator the reactivation and
continuation of mediation of that property next Wednesday. Um what I expect to come out of that is that there would then be a date reached by the parties to actually convene the
the next session of that mediation at which we would continue our dialogue and hopefully reach uh some type of resolution on uh presenting something to the council at a future date. hopefully
not too far from next Wednesday in terms of what it is that the parties may have agreed to and may be recommending to the council in terms of a resolution of that proceeding. Thank you. That was it. That's all
folks. town manager. I mean, that's a big that's a big one and that's important to the council, but uh thank you. Thank you, mayor. A couple of things. First of all, I I want to take uh an opportunity to again thank our team and the public
works department um for all the work that they do. I don't really know that many people understand what it is that public works does and uh and so I would put it into this category, just about everything. And so, um, when you think
of things from vehicles to maintenance to buildings to signs to sidewalks to pathways to all of it and it's just remarkable to me, uh, the work ethic and and the way they go about their business
and and I'm really really proud of these folks and I know Roger and and the team u um do a really great job there. So, I want to acknowledge them. And interestingly enough, we heard in citizen comments tonight what a difference uh our people can make just
by responding to uh and assisting with um the needs and requests of our uh residents. And so, uh, I also want to again welcome, uh, Chief Drew Aminus to the team and, uh, again point out what
Chief, uh, Donado mentioned a while ago. That builds out our command staff now. And, and we're starting to feel the pressure a little bit. Um, 12 months from now, our battalion chiefs will be here and 13 months from now, our firefighters and paramedics will be
here. And so, um, it's a pretty tall order and these guys are working diligently. And as the chief says, we'll be ready to go um on October one of 26 and we'll set a benchmark from the minute we roll out of that station. So um I'd also like to congratulate our uh
deputy town clerk Stephanie Proper for on earning the certified municipal clerk designation from the international institute of municipal clerk. So congratulations to you Stephanie and uh and also I know that we talk a lot about roads. The town has completed the street
resurfacing project in Abekoa. The project included milling, paving, restriping portions of Frederick's Mall Road, University Boulevard, and Parkside Drive. Uh, a pretty big undertaking. Uh, as you know, last week the town celebrated the men and women of
the Jupiter Police Department as part of National Police Week. Um, you know, we we call Law Enforce Memorial Police Week. Um, it's an important time for law enforcement and um, we appreciate all the community members who helped make this week
special for our police officers. Apologize. Um, I won't read the names of the police officers that we highlighted. Um, but you know who they are. And so, uh, I also want to say that we took the
time to name our police headquarters building after former Chief Glenn Mayo. And, um, like to reiterate again how proud we are of all the officers who serve our town. That's my report. Mayor, thank you.
Um, councelor Cesterm, uh, I just wanted to say we, uh, I attended with the mayor the, um, Arbor Day event with the town where we handed out, uh, saplings from the cabb oak, so seedlings that were raised, um, with the Jupiter High School students for eight
months. There were a hundred prepared. U, we were able to hand out some, but not all. And so I just wanted to say I'd spoken to staff, but um I'd wanted to throw it out there or give direction to maybe just have a few on hand at the town hall so that if residents are
wanting an oak tree um to help celebrate our history or for their yard or their neighborhood, um they could come and collect one, you know, on a weekday if they weren't available that Saturday. So there are some available and we'd love to share those with you. Uh, I'd also
like to say uh I was watching with interest uh the county budget workshop today. Uh we're all about to go through our budget processes and we've got a lot of operational uncertainty at the national level. We're all seeing that in the news. Um at the state level, we've
got um is it going to be a sales tax cut or is it going to be absolum property tax? Uh a lot of anxiety over that. Um but we're watching it closely. Um, but in the county there's some good news, you know, just interesting to follow. And so I just wanted to flag and and
what was presented today. I learned, for example, that visitation to Riverbend Park is up 59%. And they're looking for a park ranger and security for that park. So, we're getting a lot of visitors to our Riverbend Park. Um, and then with recreation, they're looking to
do new sand volleyball courts in Carlin Park, but they are looking also to potentially charge parking fees, which had been discussed in the past. So, they were looking at $4 an hour. Um, only two of their 14 parks on the beach charge
for parking. And so, they're looking at rolling that out to other parks as well, and that was reported in the post. Um, but also in in the budget backup. Um, and boat trailer permit fees as well. So, you know, just a lot of ideas floating around as we look to address um
you know, our budgets in in uncertain times, but the county does have a number of parks and properties in the town like Carlin Park and Dubo Park. And so, I just wanted to kind of flag that as you follow all of us as we go through our budgets uh this year. So, just
interesting to me the 59% increase. I was kind of happy, but also kind of understanding where the traffic is coming from now. So, Uh I have actually five items just quickly. First uh certainly ditto on the congrats to our deputy town clerk. I
think it's amazing uh that she and our uh uh now departed town clerk both pursued that uh special advanced certification. It goes to show the energy and the and commitment in the
town clerk department. I'm really grateful for that. Thank you. Um, regarding, you know, last week's events, um, just to follow up on our town manager. Um, it's interesting. I've been to those events,
um, a number of times. Uh, I was more struck this time than I had before. Um, you know, hearing um, our former police chaplain talk about the police profession. It's not a job. It's a
calling. It is incredible. And as we remembered, as we and we never forget, we never forget um you know, those words just keep ringing in my ear. And we never forget those that
we lost in the line of duty serving this public, serving me, my family, my neighbors, all residents and businesses. But you know, every uh police officer every day puts at risk
um the u something happening and I'm grateful that they've chosen to do that as a calling and I just think it was appropriate for me to uh add upon what the town manager said. And you know, interestingly, my wife and
I were coming back on Sunday from from a little bit to the south. Um, and we were get we got off on Donald Ross Road and we entered into um went forth went up uh through Abakcoa and uh
and we came across a active police situation. My wife noticed they had actually the uh the shields out. So, it was a very serious uh situation where obviously the shields were out um you know uh as a uh I mean
it it ended up the the incident was over you know I believe quickly at least from what I could what we could tell that was the first person that was kind of stopped on Greenway. Uh but again it just reinforces the fact you know um
that our police uh are out there you know and I won't say anymore but uh thank you uh to our police for serving and that taking on that calling and you know I know that our fire rescue uh
professionals have the same kind of calling as well. So uh we're grateful for that. Um, regarding uh, Mrs. Lebec, um, uh, or make sure I said that right. Um, I we we
are committed to be a good neighbor. Um, and, um, nothing's changed on that. Um, certainly doing construction, there are situations that are short-term, and I'm hopeful that it's that's now got
better. But I'd ask our town manager to just follow up on expressed concern about the dog park cameras. Um, and you know how that uh both for us and for Miss Mrs. Lebec about that. Um, obviously I'm not a
security professional, but I know we have some and it just seemed like that was a legitimate concern that we should make sure we've addressed. Um the uh I think all of us had recently
heard when I say recently over the last few months about ebike driver mischief um particularly the three of us that were out on the uh you know in the most
recent election. Um and I understand uh and I guess others on the dis have heard the same thing but uh the Abigolola golf course you know continues to have ebike driver mischief. some case
it's a a group of ebikers going across the golf course um and uh you know creating havoc in and really unsafe situations in conflict with those that are trying to peacefully
play golf there and uh you know I've heard but I don't know if it's the case that uh you know they may also be going into our parks uh and I don't know that's the case, but someone suggested that to me today because as they've been
encouraged to not get in the mischief on the roads, you know, I'm concerned and this uh the owners of the Abico Golf Course um are concerned about what they're having to deal with and they they've been considering putting up a
fence so bad in their mind, but then the Abacco POA would prefer it not to be fenced And uh so I'm just on beha on behalf of uh residents uh townwide and businesses. I just ask that maybe this is the
dimension of uh and I understand the police have been out there on some of these instances. So, I know the police, but I do think that uh number one is uh there was some legislation that uh North Palm Beach recently passed uh due to
$20,000 damage to their golf course. I thought I saw on the news this morning that the sheriff's department arrested like eight ebikers. I didn't get a chance to read the article. And I'm not suggesting any solutions here. I'm just suggesting that uh it appears that there
seems to be a continued effort uh to deal with mischief on the part of ebike drivers and uh you know that we somehow it needs to be maybe that's another dimension to be added into uh into the police effort and I know it's
it's easier on the road than it is now to say when they get on the private property and inclusive public the parks but if there's any legislation or stuff we need to do. We need to do something this I mean we we can't have property owners feeling like they need to fence
in their property to to protect the people that are on that property. So I'm kind of asking this on behalf of you know all of us to take an action on that. Mayor assistant assistant chief Hennessy is here and I'll get with him after the meeting and
then meet with with the chief as well and see if we can come up with some suggestions. Thank you. And then just lastly, and kind of somewhat building upon what uh councelor Sunstrom had said is um you
know, I think we've been good fiscal stewards uh for many years. Um we I feel we respond with investments uh on upgrades to what the public wants and that's the role of you know
local government. you know, for example, we're embarking on necessary rec uh playground upgrades um because they've really reached end of life and they need to be upgraded and that's what the public wants. But uh you know I'm deeply concerned about uh what's happening at
the state level and um both by the governor and legislative efforts to potentially u propose man either mandates or you know go to uh
u go to the electorate um to consider reducing municipal advorum taxes. Never seen this in my life actually. And um I do believe it's causing me to take a more conservative approach to capital spending especially where it can be
considered discretionary. Um and so I'm just as we head into the budget workshops just know that uh I believe and this is a decision we all make but I just thought it's better to throw it out
there earlier. You know we've had a fiveyear plan. We've always had five-year capital plan. It's funded in part by advalarm taxes. We we we just no different than the county does. Um we earmark a percentage of adalarm taxes to
capital improvements. Uh I I think that this year when we go through u we have to be uh transparent with the public that uh you know year three, four and five u is subject to an action that could be taken where it's outside of our hands
um to set uh the tax rate to what matches what the community wants. So any event uh I just wanted to emphasize that. So, you know, there was an item that was continued, for example, I'll just leave it at that. And I uh I'm
sure we're unanimous on this feeling about so everything as we go forth, you know, any project that had been authorized in the past, it's not necessary, we're going to proceed with it when I think that's what we go
through the workshops about. uh we need to prioritize always do the most important ones uh that we think is got the greatest public benefit within the amount of funds we have. So, I think this year's uh budget workshops on
capital in particular will uh um maybe be a little bit more challenging, but if we go into it just at trying to get a consensus on the priorities and know if money is taken away, then we have a line that we draw
and it just can't be done. So, with that, I'll just that was it for tonight. I pass on to Vice Mayor Uh I think we all got an email from uh the town manager today. Um J Troop and Inlet District sent us a hydrographic
survey of the inlet and I I was just wondering um can we get the Is that up on the town website? I don't think it's up on the town website yet. I'll double check. It will it will be. I just received it this afternoon from Bill. Yeah. And I just
forwarded it on to you because I I know that's been a concern for council. Yeah. And so we'll we'll take care of it. It's you know just looking at it's very informative. To get out of that an inlet you need a lot of local knowledge and I've been going out there last month or so and um to
get I would I don't go over the middle of it. Uh you could probably could at high tide but I I go around you get to the south jetty you take you you head south and in years past you had a much wider birth to get down. You go down maybe about a quarter mile then you can head east. This time I I there were a
couple buoys right off the beach. I don't know. They look like uh stone crab pot buoys, but I don't I think they might have been buoys for the beach. The fire department might know about this, but um you had about maybe 40 feet of of maybe 8 10 feet of water and right to
your right to the west on on the port side of the boat, it was breaking shs and it wasn't even low tide. So, this is this is just the more we can kind of shout this from the rooftops just get this information out to people because people have been running around. It's just very dangerous out there. So, and I don't know if um I know it's just, you
know, es and flows of of the of the ocean and I don't think there's any u does coast guard is there ever any talk of dredging out there or redoing the channel? Probably not. Right. I've never heard anything. I'm not aware of anything core of engineers. I'm not aware of anything. Okay. I'll look into
that. So, anyway, if we can get that info up be great. That's it. Cure. Yeah. I I agree with you on the tax situation, but I think everyone has to get involved. It can't just be at the state level. And it's all well and good
to talk about you want to reduce your your taxes, but what happens the capital improvement budgets. There's going to be lots of cuts. Governor, they haven't even they they all have to go back. They don't even have a budget and that's their job. And they had to leave and they don't
even have their job done. So, everyone needs to spread the word. You can have a voice in what happens. So, go tell your neighbors, your friends, get on the website, speak to the governor through an email, through your state
legislators, your local reps. Everyone has a voice and it needs to be said. These last few weeks have been mixed with groundbreings for playgrounds and then sadness for our fallen um police officers. But what it tells me as one of
your newer council folks here is we live in a very very special town. We're going to be blessed to have our own fire department. We have a wonderful police department. We gotten to know this man to my right um who leads
everybody with the support of our legal council over there. Um we're all very lucky to live in Jupiter. But there is nothing that you can all say is perfect. So what isn't perfect? Let's help make it perfect. But get out there, make your
voice count. It's more than just voting. You need to open. Get involved. Communicate. Tallahassee, if you can't get there, you can still make your voice heard. Um, so again, thank you for the opportunity to serve. Um, and I look forward to our
next three years. Thank you. Uh, the time is now 8:29 and we'll adjourn the meeting. But I was Oh, no. Really?