e e e e e e e e e e good evening the time is now 7:01 and
I'll call to order the town council meeting of Tuesday March 18th we're going to begin with an invocation followed by a moment of silence and then the pledge allegiance uh tonight um when we do the moment of silence I'm going to hold it
for a longer period of time and we're going to be um praying for Rico and his family uh so with that um those that are able I'd ask you to join me in standing dear God help us use our
talents and abilities to seek Ways and Means where we all may benefit as we strive to live in peace and Harmony amen amen let's have a moment of silence you please join me the Pledge of Allegiance a pledge of allegiance to the
flag of the United States of America and to the Republic it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all may we have a roll call please mayor kety here vice mayor sunstrom here
councelor Delaney here councelor for here councelor may here Town manager Kito Town attorney bear uh acting Town attorney Lashley here okay uh this is a shortened agenda U for those that are familiar with the
normal uh meetings and after this briefer meeting uh we'll adjourn and then reconvene for the regular business but uh Council we have before us the minutes of the March 4th Town council meeting uh if there's no
Corrections I'll take a motion in a second motion to approve have a motion a second all in favor signify by saying I I I motion carries unanimously moving on to the regular agenda um resolution 3925
certifying the results of the regular election for March 11th um I'll take a motion in a second motion to approve second we have a motion in a second all in favor signify by saying
I motion carries unanimously um yep um I'd like to call up uh the honorable Judge Joe Curley who's going to do the swearing in of our mayor and vice mayor and we appreciate you very
much for taking the time to come here and and do so it's an honor and pleasure to do thank you all right repeat after me I I state your name Jim kety do solemnly swear do solemnly swear that I will support that
I will support protect protect and defend the Constitution and defend the Constitution and government of the United States and the government of the United States and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida that I am duly qualified that I am duly
qualified to hold office under the constitution of the state to hold office under the constitution of the state and then I will well and that I will well and Faithfully perform and Faithfully perform the duties of Mayor the duties
of Mayor which I am now about to enter so help me God which I am now about to enter so help me God good job thank you oh you're ready too huh swear do solemnly swear that I will support that I will support protect
protect and defend the Constitution and defend the Constitution and government of the United States and government of the United States and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida that I am duly qualified that I am duly qualified hold office under the
constitution of the state hold on hold rep to hold office to hold office under the constitution of the State under the constitution of the state that I will well that I will well Faithfully performed and Faithfully performed the
duties of council member the duties of council member which I am now about to enter which I am now about to enter so help me God so help me God congratulations see that's a lot of fun congratulations thank you again uh
honorable judge Coy we appreciate your coming out uh to FLW us back in pleasure okay moving on to reports uh Town attorney U nothing to report from Mr
be Town manager mayor if you would indulge me um like to do my report from the podium if I could yes and I'll ask uh Cameron May to step down with me mayor as you know um as a member of council and I don't think most the
public knows how much work goes into being a council member and the commitment and the work and the amount of time and and so um as a town manager I get to work with with every one of them which is really just remarkable and uh and the same is true with Cam you
know he is he's as you know a firefighter he's working constantly always available when they call him you know the amount of time and commitment is just remarkable and so we as a staff as a town would like to just acknowledge
your service and present you with a couple of things um you know first first of all being a firefighter I'm sure it's a lot like enforcement where you identify with your name tags and your Awards and all the other stuff so this is a pretty big name
tag but this is a replica of your name tag from the old Council chair they don't make those anymore I don't know um and then I think most people know that Cam's an avid boater and you know I'm constantly getting calls from on the weekend about something on the
water and so we thought you would enjoy this picture of the White House for you as a momentum from us and to say thank you for all your service thank thank you by the way we're done you can have
that real name tag too moving on to Town Council comments uh councelor May I'm going to try to do this because everyone knows I get emotional so um I just want to say thank you to all my supporters staff you guys have been
excellent to work with my fellow colleagues on the council over the years you guys have been awesome um most importantly I want to thank my family for supporting me in this crazy Journey it's really it's really hard to
put yourself out there to be in government especially now um the long nights in Council meetings the time away leaving work to come to a council meeting and going going back to work and running all night um it's been a journey I'm looking forward to my next
chapter um focusing on my career but most importantly focusing on spending time with my boys and my wife so thank you guys for always being there to support me and uh I don't want to say this is the end um It's Not Goodbye it's
see you later and uh thank you for everything if I may I just want to share you know uh we've had an incredible team up here on Town Council and uh so I've had the pleasure of being on the team with uh
councelor May for five years and uh we've had some differences of opinion um that you know but we there's so much that we w't agreement on and uh I choose to remember that I think that's what's important so thank you very much for your service appreciate
it uh councelor for and I I agree with that we might not have always agreed on on the issues on most of them I think we did but there's no doubt that you had your heart in it and you you definitely did did and that benefited the town the town was overall much better off having
had you so thank you for your service thank you and I agree with all the comments um we had we had a great Council we got a lot of good things done we did a lot of work um and I really appreciate your
sacrifice I don't know how it is to leave work go back to work all that and but the good thing now is you can take a breath and enjoy those your beautiful kids and your wife and have fun and you know we we'll see around so but I I really appreciate working with you you're a really good guy you're a great family man and I really hate to see you
go but you know thank you appreciate it everything you've done cam I have loved serving with you I learned so much from you I'm so grateful to know you and thank you for everything that you've done and thank you for all of the things that we've agreed on and gotten done
together I think this town is better for it I think we're all better for it so thank you thank you um I also just want to thank um all the candidates who ran uh councelor May is 100% right it has
never been harder to run for office than today in today's world and it is a unique form of torture I'll say this if you start a business you can change that business's name right it doesn't have to be your name our names are on those signs for months for public comment in
today's environment and it it takes everything out of us out of our families and so I have the greatest respect for anyone out there whoever runs for office and I certainly have a lot of respect for everyone in our town who has been running for office this cycle and in the
past um I want to thank my family who I haven't seen in a long time because of this it takes many hours many nights so I'm just so grateful to my husband who stepped up and did so much for me so that I could be here for my
children who have pitched in helped behaved um I'm just so grateful for them and for my extended family and I want to thank everyone here I'm just looking out at all the faces familiar faces um of everyone that did something to help um
it is a debt I can't repay it it's a funny thing to um you know have so much help given people standing out in extreme Wind and Rain holding signs um sending that email and text and I can't tell you how much even word of
encouragement matters today you'll go online and you'll see some pretty hard things every text message of encouragement every email of encouragement please do that more if you see anyone that's doing anything great in any form of government or institution send them a nice note because it stays
with us and helps us move forward um but I'm just kind of in awe I could never repay all that you guys have done for me I never could have done it alone and so I'm just really grateful to you and I will spend my three years trying to you know give back to you um I think you
know what's really important is we we actually had a great turnout I don't know if you know this but Jupiter had 17 a half% turnout um other communities our size had 10% had 14% so we actually did have a lot of people
come out and I'm really grateful for that shows that people have affection for this town they know the town but I I'm looking out at so many faces of people that have affection for this town and I think affection comes first I think if anyone out there who might be watching wants to get more involved in
local government or wants to play a part we certainly need the help we need all the help we can get um come and meet us come get involved come and learn learn who we are become familiar grow in your affection for the town and out of that will come so many great things so just
thank you everyone and um that's it so I wanted to say a few things also um you this was an election campaign from my perspective unlike any other in our town history there were more people from outside of our town
spreading misinformation to mislead voters than ever before that campaigning that made campaigning as a incumbent more challenging you know two issues were debated two of the issues that were debated were fire rescue service
providers and historic preservation efforts related to the sun s's property most people probably don't even know where it is but there were and remain significant leadership distinctions between candidates on issues that
residents used in voting for the overall future direction for they wanted for our town this happened in the year that our town of Jupiter celebrated it's 100
years birthday of existence as a municipality what a time to chart a course or redirect a course many people helped to counter the misinformation spread by The Outsiders and thereby contributed to the election
outcome I think thank you um for those that helped to do that little side note off my script here about the Chamber of Commerce um you know these campaigns can be rough particularly when um people try
to create issues about something that is nothing um I was supported by the Chamber of Commerce pack got $500 and if you read social media I was beholding developers now only say this because I
want to share that as mayor um I recognized that the Chamber of Commerce had changed somewhat over the years and was putting a significant focus on small
businesses and I couldn't be more grateful for that certainly as a Town's mayor that should be important to me and it is so I just want to for the record state that there's been a significant leadership change didn't just happen
this election it's happened in the last few years that's one of the reasons why I was proud um to pursue and get endorsed by the chamber because I knew it represented so many small businesses you know it was only by
special Graces from God Upon Our beloved town of Jupiter that I was elected to serve and represent Jupiter's residents and businesses for a second three years term as Jupiter mayor I really believe in this more modern times somebody like me is not
going to be able to get elected but I'm blessed as an incumbent to uh to get this last three-year term you I thank the voters who reelected me and pledged to continue to serve as your qualified local voice on the Town Council I thank my wife
Terry my three daughters my three sons-in-laws my four grandchildren for the UN unconditional love and support during this reelection campaign I thank the many Jupiter residents who helped the election campaigns for everybody got involved in
your community I thank you for the prayers and efforts to encourage neighbors and friends to turn out and vote those that believe in prayer and pray I ask you to join me in praying for healing in our
community uh campaigns and elections for local government positions really they provide a great opportunity uh certainly for incumbents to establish enhanced connections with the general public to receive and listen to public critique
and feedback and then to reflect both on positive achievements and on needed Improvement opportunities I'm still standing better than I ever did looking like a true survivor feeling
like a little kid yes if it sounds familiar my wife shared that with me that's the Elton John song and she shared with me the day after the election I feel and I am energized Jupiter voters provided a
clear mandate our residents want us to move forward with creating our Jupiter fire rescue Department there's no doubt about that palmach County fire rescue local 2928 and Affiliated opponents gave it their
best shot Jupiter voter said no thank you we're happy with the direction as town is going let me as Jupiter's mayor unequivocally say and commit to Jupiter residents and businesses the following
about Public Safety our Jupiter fire rescue Department Command Staff is the most distinguished and professionally capable leadership team of any fire department in the region second to n the
opportunity to partner our new fire rescue safety professionals with our incredible Jupiter Police Department safety professionals will result in significant and highly noticeable improvements in
overall Public Safety within our town in closing I want to recognize and thank Town manager Frank Kito for his leadership efforts as as well as every town employee for the work they perform
every day in serving our community I am honored privileged and humbled to be able to continue working with them as Jupiter mayor and public servant to the Jupiter Community thank you and with that uh will adjourn um
I'll take a motion to adjourn the meeting soon sign day that's what it says motion to adjourn and we reconvene in about 10 or 15 minutes allowing some time for photos thank you
than congratulations good I don't know we don't have to I got some with the yeah want look at him and see if they're okay can me lighting lighting better down she's
socializing a Kenzie Mackenzie maen hi MacKenzie get in there too I can pleas you did we're coming up yeah um Yes actually I put it right
there right here know say you got to go in the back your little all I tried to oh thank you you someone who SCI H hello
studing research's a lot of that's people will say but not even like how are you good be very soon you hang in there
yeah you know but I'm also um for Years Years anyway Hi how are you my oh my massachus yeah he how's it going how are
you how's everything going on awesome I know it's a busy job it's a great job everything oh yeah that's good turn things that's exactly then you get
do you yeah okay we'll be reconvening the meeting in about 2 minutes I got distracted with all your family up here where you I think so four
yeah okay the time is now 7:34 and I'll call the order uh the second Town council meeting of Tuesday March 18th may we have a roll call please mayor ketky here vice mayor sunstrom here councelor Delaney here councelor
for here Town manager Kito here acting Town attorney Lashley here okay um we have uh we now have time for citizen comments this is time the time for non-agenda items and it's limited to 3 minutes anyone wishing to
speak is asked to State his or her name and address for the record prior to addressing Town Council uh do we have any public comments yes mayor first we have Kathy Sullivan after Kathy is going to be Karen Vincent good evening I'm Kathy Sullivan
I live at 505 Oak Terrace with my husband George I am very grateful to the town for the great Street lighting that we have in Jupiter I do have one request we walk at 6:30 every morning and there are times during the year when it is so
dark as we walk if you all would please consider fixing or replacing the four lights that are located on the corner of Jupiter lakes bulevard and Summer Winds I contacted the town I was told that it
might be FPL FPL has contacted me it is not FPL so that is my request that the lights be fixed thank you thank you Karen hi excuse my froggy voice today a
little under the weather Karen vincon 10003 Sue Street Jupiter Florida first I'd like to say for councilman Andy four thank you for all the time that you've spent that you have stepped up since uh they appointed you and thank you for all the good work you
did Mr Delaney I don't have anything to say so I'm just going to tell you thank you because you weren't an election we say congratulations to Jim kesy and Malay sunstrom thank you guys for very much for everything that you have done the town has definitely spoken there was
a 17% turnout less than the last mayor race you have approximately 42299 registered voters and of those approximately 7,397 people chose to vote to me that puts to rest any debates that there were
um about the fire station or anything else because the people have spoke and if anybody disagrees with it then they had their chance when they decided not to vote so I have a very low talents for people who don't vote so I always say if you didn't vote don't complain in my
book The care who vote the people who cared voted to me it's an indication that the residents of Jupiter are satisfied with the current direction the Town Council and mayor are taking and have taken I care about this town and I want to see and do the best by it my biggest issue was some of the ISS the way the issue was voted on that
apparently is not an issue for the majority of the people that came out and voted I've actively participated either good or bad y'all might think uh since before the vote was made but it did push me into be in a much more active participant I would like to continue to
strive for the best Fire Department in the town and in for the whole state whatever that may look like I look forward to being able to add my input to make this the best that we can make it as far as I'm concerned the people voted their vote has been heard let's move on and let's do what's best for Jupiter
after all that's the most thing the biggest thing that I care about making Jupiter the best town around I can only base my Logic on the voter numbers congratulations to those who won their seats back I look forward to continued involvement in the Town Council meetings and continued learning continue to learn
how the local government works this has been a great learning experience and I'm grateful for the push I got to get involved I am now here for the Long Haul I would like to publicly acknowledge the staff in the town of Jupiter they are simply amazing specifically the planning and zoning department and I would like
to thank them for helping me learn and grow so very much on a personal note I would like to say that we are lucky to live in the town of Jupiter and most definitely is one of the best towns around I do think that generally overall that the Town Council has the
community's best interest at heart you know saving as much uh property as we can and trying to reduce the density as as much as we can I appreciate all the hard work the more that I've been involved this year and I encourage everybody to get involved if you don't
like the direction something's going in then take an active stance thank you guys very much I appreciate you thank you that was it okay um Council we had before us uh well moving on to the consent agenda uh
this is items one through four uh is there any member of the public that wish to pull a consent agenda item yes mayor item one on which one item one item one okay um any member on the Das wish to pull a consent agenda item no I need to
pull item four to abstain so I'll take a motion in a second on the amend on an amended agenda consisting of items two and three so moved second Motion in a second all
those in favor of uh agenda items two and three uh say I I I motion carries unanimously okay moving back to uh agenda item one uh I think po by member of the public
um is that correct yes Robert sendler good evening Robert sendler 309 marlberry Circle uh I try not to be stupid and one could accuse me of being stupid for taking
something off a consent agenda that I'm interested in getting ped but um I am president of the New Haven at HOA and on behalf of the thousand plus residents we had there felt it was important to take it off the agenda just to express our appreciation to the town
and staff um mayor kesy vice mayor sunstrom manager kit um there's a reason you sit in those seats and part of it is what our experience was we had an issue we needed to find a way to work through the system
to get it done your doors were open the lines of communication were open you helped us find a path you helped connect us with staff staff is owed thanks as well for getting us to this point um and
assuming that I have mess this up and it doesn't pass we look forward to working with staff um to get to the Finish Line on this issue but I will give you a minute more of your time left but we felt it was
important to let you know how much we appreciated what you did congratulations for your re-elections but thank you for the open door and the concern and the listening and the sensitivity you had to us when we came to you with our issue so very much
appreciated thank you all thank you okay uh we have before us uh that ordinance I'll take ordinance uh 125 I'll take a motion a second and 125 motion to approve second uh and I'd ask
the town attorney to read ordinance 125 on Shore Title ordinance number 1-25 an ordinance of the Town Council of the town of Jupiter Florida amending section 27-1 1229 of the town code pertaining to sign area regulations for the neighborhood
subdistrict parentheses andb providing for codification providing for severability providing for the repeal of laws in conflict and providing for an effective date there was a motion uh have a motion in the second all in favor signify by
saying I I I motion carries unanimously and I pulled uh item number four resolution 4025 uh for the need to obstain my wife's niece worked for the company that
uh this uh contract is with and so with that I need to abstain and um by the way I don't see the the gav gavel the gavel the pass but I'll pass the gav got it yeah
work May I have a motion to approve motion to appr good second second all right we have a motion and a second all in favor I I I the vote passes unanimously except for our mayor kety I'm going to try to do a better job
of explaining to the public um when we abstain the ethics rules bind us not to participate in any conversation and we that's why you know I was leaving not knowing how long it may have gone but I now can
return so um moving on to reports Town attorney um again nothing from Mr Barrett other than I uh forgot to uh Express Tom's sentiments uh congratulating you mayor and you vice mayor for your re-election and appreciates working with you as do I
so congratulations thank you count manager thank you mayor just a few things um first of all I'd like to uh thank our town clerk Laura Cahill for all the work that she's done uh with this election her and her team have been
very busy I know we have one more to go um again as as you hear me say so many times it's just remarkable to me the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes that the public never sees and to make these things go the way they go and
so um so thank you to you Lauren for your team there for all the work that you you've done and you continue to do in that regard also while I uh um uh speaking about our town clerk uh I just want to recognize her last week she was
awarded the designation of Master municipal clerk by The International Institute of Municipal clerks this designation is awarded to those Municipal Clerks who completed demanding education requirements and who have a record of significant contributions to
the local government their community and state and so thank you for all the work on that and congratulations thank you thank you I'd also like to take a minute mayor to congratulate Kevin albone a team member in our engineering and public works department um Kevin is one of
those that he's he's every time you need something fixed or something done he's the person that shows up and so he was selected by his colleagues as the fourth quarter as the employee of the fourth quarter for this uh for this past
quarter so um so congratulations to him few other notes the sheline stabilization and restoration project along the shoreline at jupyter Inlet Lighthouse outstanding Natural Area will begin next Monday March 24 the Bureau of Land Management is holding a
groundbreaking ceremony at 9:00 a.m. on Monday and all council members have been invited to this ceremony um BLM manager Peter dwit will provide council with an update on the project at our next town council meeting on April 1st um again
like to remind everyone that the runoff election for our district one seat will be held next Tuesday March 25th residents can vote now by visiting a supervisor of elections office uh we also like to thank Girl Scout Troop 24 24348 who recently L
delivered cookies to the Jupiter Police Department to express their gratitude for all that our officers do to keep them safe and um I'm glad to see that you know at a very young age they understand the contributions of our police officers and what they mean to us
on March 3rd two derel vessels the obsession and the last fling were removed from Jupiter's waterways this was in line with the town strategic initiative concerning derel vessels so thank you to the Marine Patrol guys registration for our pop popular Jupiter
U tours is now open the program offers free tours to explore Jupiter's Rich history and unique character among the places featured in this year's tours are the historic train depot the Jupiter water plant the lighthouse the molds theater and Town Hall anyone wishing to
learn more can visit the town's website at jupiter.fl us back/ Jupiter U on Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. the Jupiter Fire Rescue Department's application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity will be reviewed by the Palm
Beach County EMS advisory Council the copcn is necessary to provide medical services and ambulance Transportation Town Council Members are invited to attend this meeting which will be held at the County's EOC Building located at uh 20 South Military Trail in West Palm
Beach and then finally on a sad note I know many of you are uh aware of the tragic event that OCC occurred involving the ebikes on Friday uh evening uh as a result and it continu it and the continued efforts of our Jupiter Police
Department this Thursday the town will host an ebike town Safety hall meeting at 6: pm here in these council chambers at this event our police chief will provide a brief summary of the laws surrounding the safe use of ebikes and information on the steps the town has
taken to educate our residents on this topic there will also be a fire residents to ask questions and provide comments and feedback a hope is that this town hall will provide a springboard for a safer Jupiter in the light of this tragedy that occurred last
Thursday evening and uh with that mayor that's my report for tonight thank you Council for um yes I I want to congratulate both of you on a very good one uh uh
election well done the town's infinitely better off now that you're staying with us um your service has been exemplary and seeing how it works up close it's unbelievable what you've done for the town thank you very much thanks for
taking the hit as I see it and taking one for the team kind of um it's hard and you and you did well thank you um I'm also obliged to talk about the ebike tragedy as well well it's just awful awful I can't imagine losing a child
under any circumstance and this is one of the worst ways I can imagine in a traffic accident part of what I do I'm a forensic engineer so I'm constantly involved with fatalities and traffic accidents and it's very hard um so it'd be really good for the community to
reach out to the family and provide what support they can um I think we have to some respect but everybody out there a quick note U even if you're it's an anonymous note just say thinking about you and a lot of people will say thinking about you right after the event
maybe a week from now or two weeks from now say still thinking about you um they're going to need support for a while that's a tragedy um a prior ebike accident happened in Jupiter just under a year ago very close to the same
location and um I'm not at all sure what the circumstances were that caused this to happen but apparently um based on the police report um the uh Governor a governor is a device that can be put on these ebikes that limit their top speeds
apparently this ebike not this recent one but a year ago had been altered the governor or the limiter the speed limiter had been cut so it was possible for that ebike to travel over 50 m an hour and from a mechanical engineering
standpoint um the kinetic energy amass Carri is proportionate to its velocity squared so it's not that you just double velocity you double kinetic energy you're quadrupling it the energy curve goes up parabolically so when when these
bikes are going 50 m an hour it's possible to do incredible harm to your body and to uh the bike and um the car actually so it it'd be very good and I'll be bringing this to a Thursday meeting um parents can go check their EB
bike uh their children's ebike and see if it's been altered because the ability to alter these ebikes I've not looked it up but I bet you can go on the internet in seconds and find a way to cut these wires the internet tells you how to do basically everything so it'd be nice if parents had a little bit more control
over it and be able to go out there and see if their ebike has been altered to allow it to go over a certain speed um but again my my thoughts are with the family who just had a tragic passing so
you to add to that I would imagine those bikes they're not designed to go that speed anyway so if you need to change your Direction you don't you're not going to have the control and it's just from a dynamic standpoint they become much more difficult to steer to control you're getting at the very top ends of
what the whole machine can do right so there it's much more difficult to stop because stopping requires you to shed that kinetic energy right so you've really built up kinetic energy when you're going that fast so your stopping distance is significantly greater when your stopping distance is greater your
sight distance is affected so if there are any blind spots and you're going real fast then you're going to miss an opportunity to stop ahead of time so it's really important we keep these ebikes down to a a lower speed right and um just any kind of motor motorized
vehicle on the road with the kid on it you know a two- wheel mini bike I mean since I was a kid there are always tragedies it's just it's just so sad not necessary and we really have to wrap our brains around this and get some done about it helmets yeah everybody needs to wear helmets wear a helmet on a bicycle
yeah right it's awful um so congratulations to the mayor and vice mayor thank you that was a tough slug sad that it's you know local politics has gotten that ugly I hope it clears up but we'll see but you know I'm
really glad you folks are still here and you made a great contribution to the community and just you know just congratulations again i' take a little take take a breath and relax a little bit so thank you thank you vice mayor uh yes just a couple of things on
the ebike town hall um I do want to thank our police for all that they've done and have been doing um for over a year now I know um counselor for when you mentioned that first accident happened that was also got wrenching and we we talked about in our traffic
meeting what we could do and we made it a strategic item to focus on ebikes so our police as part of that initiative have been in our schools have been out in the community um educating enforcing um I'm sure we'll learn more about all of that I know we've been getting weekly
reports and weekly updates on that for over a year now so I just want to say thank you for everything that you're doing that you're going to continue to do uh we're very grateful as a community um I have spoken with representative Snyder he is looking at this issue as well and researching it while also at
legislative session now in Tallahassee but his office is open and available to any Resident who wants to share um ideas suggestions input uh the town also at this meeting um as our town manager stated while sharing and clarifying the
law and what we've done and what we're doing um a big part of this meeting is to hear your ideas your suggestions questions comments uh so if you have one on ebike safety I do hope that you'll come out Thursday at 6 um if you do want
to learn more and you're not able to attend it will be live streamed both on Facebook and on the website so uh and we'll be helding these Chambers uh I also want to thank Laura uh for just just an incredible um incredible
election I know it was a lot um I do think that the electronic system was much easier so there were difficult parts of running but that was not one of them and I'm grateful uh for some of these updates as we join the modern world there um and I want to say too
that you know I'm very proud that the town came out and voted with s we were talking about this Laura and myself just recently that we did have the turnout we did so just to share um you know Gardens for example has 46,000 registered voters
we have 42,000 Boon beach has 47,000 so for Gardens 46,000 they had fewer than 5,000 people turn out to vote or 10.6% for Boon's 47,000 registered they had 5,500 come out to vote or
11.7% so for our 42,000 we had 7,400 roughly come out to vote or 17 a half% so it was pretty high and we're grateful and I hope that you will vote in our runoff to kind of keep that turnout we're proud of it um and so with
spring break that is a complicating factor I just want to put that out there the supervisor of elections does have offices open from 8:30 to 5:00 you can go to the office on PGA and vote if you need to vote before traveling you can vote by mail or vote on Election Day so I just want to share that with everyone
um and then finally if we're following the legislative session I just want to flag something quickly for my colleagues and residents those interested in derel vessels because we did just hear about that um there is a bill it has a house companion bill uh that just passed a
committee but this would require new registrations for long-term anchoring of vessels uh with the Florida Fish Wildlife Conservation Commission so they're looking at stronger regulation of derc vessels and registration so I'm happy to see that I hope it continues
forward um and just wanted to flag thank you you have an HP number on that uh so I've got SP 164 and let's see HP 1149 thank you you're welcome so just three items to touch upon um first of
all um I want to thank our town clerk um as a candidate um she tries to make sure that we very clearly understand the rules um and
follow them um and in fact you know I had a folder in my email system um where I folded and I called it laur's guidance um I regret that uh I was amess
with following the sign um and uh I didn't go and look at the guidance I had gotten and was called out and had to remove a few signs but uh but thank you it's not for our town clerk's
lack of effort it's for mine not having read it uh secondly just talking about the ebike town hall um I'm grateful to vice mayor for having work with staff to create that I think that's exact ly what
is needed something we hadn't done before um I do want to share uh that as a member of the transportation planning agency the whole topic of ebikes has been something that has been discussed for more than two
years um and I do know that our jer's police I'm proud that they were way out front of other police agencies for the most part on you know trying to U manage that situation I remember vividly after
Christmas of 23 um we were out of control and they went ahead and did a significant amount of education and enforcement and then happens again the next year when there's a lot of gifts of
those given uh but again for the public um you know we have you know I've come to realize just because we think there's information out there the public doesn't always see it um so in an effort to be
more transparent ever more transparent you know we have Town Council meetings we had a few on that topic and then additionally we get uh weekly Town manager reports which are very thorough with regard to what you know various departments are doing they're an
incredible source that I have I think they are Avail they are available to the public but I'm sure nobody really goes and looks at it but uh you know going back on that and reflecting upon it there's there was you know over the course of I think at least a year and a
half I think our police have been uh working on that as an elected official um long time I know that our police can only work within the rules and laws that they have
and uh it may well be the case that we need to change it so they have different ility to uh uh enforce you know new laws or whatever so I do believe that the ebike town hall uh and also by the way I want to
emphasize that you know uh as an engineer and and a elected official there's nothing more important in public safety um both the transportation planning agency and the town of Jupiter have adopted Vision
zero uh which is Zero fatalities ever and so whenever something like happened uh this tragedy it it really it really is gut-wrenching and um we try to learn from it and try to avoid anything like this ever happening again
and I do believe this town hall is which is something different we've ever doing may it provide us the opportunity to hear and get ideas and uh with the legislative tie-in that you know perhaps some good can come out of it uh that
will save um another kid in our community from you know being injured or worse and then lastly um I want to bring up a topic that I need to get uh get U
Council action on and when we say this uh a lot of misunderstandings about the role of the mayor um and understand that and that's why I'm going to try to keep clarifying that um I'm one to five on the council
which means I have one of five votes I am the team leader I do need to sometimes ask for policy input policy direction to be given in these meetings uh before something goes on an the agenda I mean that's the way it does
work um so I understand that may have been misperceived but uh we don't meet outside of these meetings so sometimes like on the topic I'm about to say I'm going to guess I'm going to catch two if not three other of my
colleagues off guard with this but um so we entered into a an employment agreement for our town manager on May 31st 2023 excuse me 2022 just I'm looking at
a uh an an amend no we entered into May 17th 2022 an agreement we mended at one time this agreement section one says that so the the term of the agreement ends May
17th 2025 Ida party may give notice of its intention to renew the agreement for an additional three-year period upon 60 days written notice to the other today's the 18th
um I guess march with 31 days we're just right on here so um I like number one um and then this becomes agenda but I need to give policy Direction here um and I'm trust I'm going to have the support is
that we hereby give notice to our town manager of our desire uh you know to extend the agreement further if you think about what just happened because really we the council are the only ones responsible for this right with our former
government the town manager works for us and everybody on staff Works under him or her whoever the case you know but it's him now but uh so I I would like to and the way it works is so I do think we need to not just amend the contract
modify it so it has another term Beyond this one because you don't want this to sneak up on somebody I'm not going to be here let's just say if we attended it to you know March May 17th of 20
28 there'll be some other mayor sitting in the seat but when they come to sit they're already going to be behind the eightball on it right so again I'm kind of going out of my way to explain this but this one it's not just an an amendment but it should be adjusted and way we've done this in the past
historically the mayor has worked with the town attorney to bring back an agenda item you know where this is voted on the contract Amendment and that's what I'm proposing but tonight and then we asked the town attorney just to confirm I think we probably need a
motion for this right to uh uh to to serve notice would you would you say yes to to serve the notice of intent to extend the manager yes yeah so with that um you want a motion yeah motion to uh to serve notice to the town manager of
extending the contract for three years and we'll we'll come back to on what date are we going to come back well it it'll we'll have to do before May 17th but it's the time whatever time it takes the town attorney myself uh to get that in so whether it's the next meeting or
what it has to be before you know the term expires right before the term expires yep okay a very willing second so I agree but just as a point of discussion I am slightly concerned with just the timing on a number of items related to this contract we've either
missed deadlines or we've gotten right up against deadlines so to prevent it going forward it might be good to have um I I don't know who the appropriate body would be potentially the town attorney or HR just to keep this on schedule and bring it to us so that it's
not on us to try to find I think aged as a point of record keeping going forward I think that should be incorporated into the agenda item just as for recordkeeping you know yeah going forward we don't want this to happen again yeah and will this be the exact contract where we're negotiating terms
salaries benefits all that I mean I think it's generic it's uh you were extending it and that may be the only thing we touch but we'll bring that back okay okay um so when we discuss the motion we'll discuss salary well we're going to get it'll be agenda we get a package no the salary we've been
adjusting salary so this is really a Time extension but more than just a Time extension because it says one threee we don't want to have a contract that now ends in three years so we would add another term as a minimum right to it so that you you know
um you know circumstances when we came up with this contract were quite different you know so I'm not talking about doing a major change of it but it needs to be amended number one to exercise an extension and then include
another extension so it doesn't end okay and I do agree and we've never had Clarity on this but uh and I'd asked the town manager to consider this and get back with us um but it's probably likely that HR
would be the one to put it on their list of reminders uh to us when there's an obligation that we have to you in the contract but but you know I'm the mayor and as long as I'm here I take
accountability you know for not having bring brought this sooner but it is what it is that's why we're going to try and appreciate your suggestion so there's less likelihood of you know be and we're not laate on it but I think yeah it's on all of us and it's just different
because we have two employee contracts right that we manage and so it gets difficult HR the only purpose would be to remind us at the proper time regularly it's our accountability just like it's our accountability due to performance reviews oh correct and that should be included in the timeline as
well so every year a certain date and time are specified for that activity and then for the contract okay okay I had there was a motion a second yes all in favor signify by saying I I motion cles
unanimously the time is now 8:09 and we'll adjourn the meeting two wow some contct