All right, we're going to open the Elway May the 6 meeting. We'll have the uh invocation by Mr. Hart. We'll have the pledge of allegiance by Kelton Butler. Everybody, please stand. Dear heavenly father, we thank
you through your abundant grace and mercy, you've allowed us to come together to conduct this city's business. And father, as we get ready to celebrate the 100 years of co K co's existence, we can truly testify as Jasper Williams would say in his song, down through the years, Lord, you've been good to us. We pray that we come
together in the spirit of unity. Even though we may disagree, let us not be disagreeable or disengage from one another, but to work together as brothers and sisters. We always say a special prayer of our first responders. Be with them on every call. Keep them safe as they watch over us. Lord, watch over them. So carefully give you the praise, the honor, and the glory. In
Jesus name we pray. Amen. Amen. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Commissioner Kennedy here. Commissioner Wilson here. Mayor Johnson here. Commissioner Fner here. Commissioner Oliver here. All right, we have some prel presentations and proclamations. So, first one is the municipal clerk's week
proclamation. I'll read that. Whereas the office of the municipal clerk, a timehonored and vital part of local government, exists throughout the world. And whereas the office of the municipal clerk is the oldest among public servants. And whereas the office of the municipal
clerk provides the professional link between the citizens, the local governor bodies and agencies of government at other levels. And whereas municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their mutuality and impartiality, rendering equal service to all. And
whereas the municipal clerk serves as the information center on functions of local government and community. And whereas municipal clerks continuously strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the office of the municipal clerk through participation in
education programs, seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings of their state, provincial, county, and international professional organizations. And whereas it is most appropriate that we recognize the accompliment components of the office of the municipal clerk. Now
therefore, the city commission of the city of Okoy does hereby recognize the week of May the 4th through the 10th, 2025 as municipal clerk's week and further extend appreciation to our municipal clerk Medal Civot and the entire staff of Okcoy city clerk
department and to all municipal clerks for the vital services they perform and their exemplary dedication to the communities they represent. Let's see here. Melody, won't you come up here?
I will I will say that you can't have a better city clerk's office than what city boy has. How many years now you've been here? 28. 28. You want to look more 28 or so?
I want everybody to stand up. Where's the camera people at? There he go. focused again. I'm I'm good. I'm good. All right, we'll do one more and then
I'll do [Applause] One more. All right. Now, we have one more uh proclamation here. for the National Peace Officer Memorial Day. Whereas in
1962, President Kennedy proclaimed May the 15th as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and the calendar's week in which May 15th falls as National Police Week established by a joint resolution of Congress in 1962. National Police
Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety and protection of others. And whereas every day our nation's dedicated law enforcement officers put themselves at risk to keep their fellow citizens
safe, our officers stand as leaders, educating the community about the importance of public safety. And whereas the city of Okoya observes police officer memorial day and police week, we pay tribute to the courageous men and women who wear the badge and keep the
peace. And whereas we appreciate the extraordinary efforts and sacrifices made by officers and their family members on a daily basis in order to protect our schools, workplaces, roadways, and homes. And whereas law enforcement officers deserve our
appreciation for the work they do, which is to help people on a daily basis protect our citizens and if necessary stand in arms in harm's way for the communities they serve. Now therefore, be it resolved that the city commission of the city of Vcoy does hereby proclaim
May the 15, 2025 as National Peace Officers Memorial Day and May the 11th through the 17th, 2025 as National Police Week in the city of Ocoy, Florida. And publicly salute the service of law enforcement officers in our community and in communities across the
nation. Chief, the chief, there you go. Come. Will you come up? Stand up. more pictures. This is how I work. Once again, they're another one of our outstanding
department. Hey, you know, we have to have a little hearing for this. Okay. Oh, this is how I work here. Spread it out. Thanks, G. Appreciate it.
[Applause] I think that's it. I don't have it. That's all right. Oh, got one more here. All right. Proclamation. Water safety.
Yeah. Whereas a citizen of the city of Okoy recognize the vital role that swimming and aquatic related activities play in our physical and mental well-being. And whereas water safety education plays an essential role in the prevention of drowning and recreational
water related injuries. And whereas the recreation water industry has made many significant contributions as represented by the organization's involvement in the National Water Safety Month coalition towards the development of safe swimming facilities, aquatic programs, home
pools, and related activities. And whereas there are ongoing efforts and commitments within Ocoy to educate the public on water safety issues and initiatives by the pool, spa, water park, recre recreation and parks industries and whereas communicating
water safety rules and pro programs to families and individuals of all age is vital. Now therefore, the city of commission of city of Okoy does hereby declare the month of May 2025 as national water safety month. Is anybody here from the recreation
department? Not. So I we'll get they've got it. I guess they're copyright. All right. Okay. Staff reports. Thank you, mayor. Um I have a few items to report to the commission.
Um first one, we have now on our website the uh flyer for our comprehensive plan public workshop. um workshops probably not the accurate term. It's a community meeting. Wednesday, May 28th um at the Lakeshore
Center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. There will be a presentation at 6 PM followed by question and answer with staff and info stations. And this is a great opportunity for us to get feedback on the comp plan and reactions. You know,
we've already had some great feedback uh from some of our citizens, Mr. Gomember who's in attendance uh today uh took the time to review it. Um we have printed copies available u for viewing u currently in the planning department and
we also have the document online and we will be providing refreshments that evening. So little incentive for members of the public to come out and listen to our our 20-year growth plan.
The second thing I had is um just an update on Forest Lake. As of May 1st, last week, the transition of operations at Forest Lake uh to Down to Earth, the interim operator, has officially taken place and it's gone very smooth. Um we
will be bringing back a comprehensive update at the next commission meeting and we'll go over their operations plan uh with you. The priorities right now are getting uh everything up and operating with as little impact as
possible. Uh spring emergent vegetation and weeds is something you have to really jump on. So that's something we'll we'll present to you kind of what their plan of attack is on on improving the turf out there. They also did purchase the golf shop merchandise at a
wholesale price and will be rapidly refilling with new merchandise. um to uh bring the the pro shop up to, you know, a level of standard that we're used to. And perhaps most importantly, um the restaurant hours have been
extended and are now operating Monday through Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and encourse beverage and snack services available daily from 9 to 6. Okay. Um, the next item I have is is
something that's been a hot topic for more than 15 years here, and that's the zip code issue, the unified zip code issue. Um, very quickly, Representative Bobart has included Akoi in a new bill filed in
the 119th congressional session, House U Bill 3095. Um, we actually are in three bills right now in Washington DC. House Bill 3095, House Bill 672 that was filed by
Representative Mario Diaz Bayart. Um, and then Senate Bill 1455 by Rick Scott. We've been working with a group called the National Zip Code Advocacy Coalition, which is made up of a a lot
of cities like Okoey. and um we've been communicating ideas, working with Representative Bobart's office on this bill and last year her bill was the only one to make it through the House and it was actually denied in the Senate. But the next step for the group and I will
say that this issue has made it further into the session than than ever before uh with this plan of attack. Um the group is going to hire lobbyists. it it's our option to to um engage with that. Um I wouldn't see it going more
than, you know, $10,000 for our share. Um and we've had another half dozen communities today express interest in being part of that. So the more communities jump on board, the the the cheaper our outlay for participating
with the lobbyist uh would be. So we can bring that back at a at probably the next meeting. we'll have more of an update on what that might look like. Um, and uh, that's the zip code
update. And lastly, some good news. Um, we just received federal reimbursement for Hurricane Ian in the amount of $643,639.13. That's all I got. All right. Thank you. How long did that take us to get that?
a long time. A lot of a lot of trees were killed in the process. Yes, sir. All right. It wasn't those. Public comments. I have two up here. Christopher, is that Brooks? Brooks.
Brooks. Brooks, come on up to the micro there. You have three minutes. [Music] Good good evening people of the commission and citizens of Akoi. I'm Christopher Brooks. I live at 631 Sherwood Oak Circle and I'm speaking here on behalf of my family with a
complaint. Recently, in the past three months, we've had no parking signs installed outside in front of my residence. and these signs were installed due to a park to a neighbor parking three to five vehicles along the side of our neighbor's residence. This was an
agreement between them and we were not made aware of this until the signs were installed. These vehicles were not pulled off the road properly and caused multiple issues with traffic and obstruction obstruction of fire and
garbage. And there have been accounts of neighbors having to dodge these vehicles in the middle of the night due to a dimly lit corner and vehicles not being parked off the road. For the past three years, I've been parking in front of my house and no
problems until those parking signs were installed due to the neighbor. I personally believe that is unfair to treat to have this target us over our neighbor who has been running an auto shop out of his garage illegally.
He now parks his vehicles in the back of his yard and oil stains are still on the road and causes the road to be very slick at rainy time at rainy seasons of the year including this recent uh few days of
May. Over here you can see the yellow the yellow dot is where my house is. The signs go across the entire side of the road in front of my house and the orange house is where the neighbor lives. And The signs did not even go across the
front of his house at all. And we are now stuck with these signs causing us to not be able to park in front of our own house. And if we want to have visitors, they're going to have to park a block away because we our neighbors behind us at
633 also need to park their vehicles in front of their house. These these signs only target my residents and prevent our visitors from parking closer to the family house. My family and I asked the commission to at least remove the sign in front of the
house that prevents our our people, our family from parking in front of our own house or even like to have all the signs removed and Elton prevented from having his shop business running out of his garage. And that's all I have to say. All right.
Hold on just a second. Steve, can you come up a minute, please? You have a reason why those were put there and that that's that's not the school or anything around there. So, what's I'm going to have, excuse me, Steve Crew, public works director. I'm
going to have to look into it because I I'm not 100% sure this is not the area. when you first came up and we're talking about it. I remember we put some signs up recently, but this isn't the area, so I don't need to check on find out what went on. There's other there's
other photos in the document. There's probably six or seven photos on that. How long have they been there? They have been here for the past three months. Okay. Okay. See if Can you please go up there, Steve, and see? I'll get with I'll get the information from
your phone information and please give your phone number. Can we seek it? Chief, you want to make a comment? Do we have more pictures? Good afternoon, mayor, commission. Uh, this initially started as a parking complaint cuz one of the residents was complaining that they couldn't back out
of their driveway because of vehicles parked on the street behind it. code enforcement went out there and they put no parking signs there. But by putting no parking signs there, it created a problem elsewhere in the curb. So that's why he has the parking sign parked uh
planted or and put right in front of his house cuz coming around the curve, it's a blind curve. You can't see. Somebody's going to cause a crash in the subdivision. But like uh director Krug said, we can go out and look at it again to see if there can be some type of uh corrections can be made or what what
we can do to uh resolve this under under this picture here. It looks like it's more over to the center of that not on the curve. I mean, are there any more pictures? Can we see the other May I ask if we can see? Yeah, just a second. Yeah, I'm sorry. All
right, Commissioner Wilson. No, sir. I just want to know if we can see the pictures. Oh, okay. So this is the this is the corner if you go this is the neighbor's house and that's where all the oil spots are from in his driveway. That's where he the red house or the
orange the one orange dot the house the dot that you had that was the that was the dot the orange dot. Okay. This here is the dangerous corner where because of how dimly lit it is and him not parking vehicles properly. This is actually where one of my neighbors has
hit one of his vehicles that got parked here wrongly. It don't seem like he obeys the sign anyway. So, we've been going out there and uh because we've gotten complaints on this gentleman, but every time we go out there, it's nothing there. So, this
picture you can use this this picture here next to he's parked next to the sign. Yeah, he's got it. I mean, he's parked right there by it. So, um, so see what we can come up with, please. We'll do. And where's your house
from this corner? Next one down. So, the lot that you see is our neighbors at I think it's 6:29. 613. We are right next to them. Actually, I think so. That is my stepdad's truck that is continuing down
the white fence of our neighbors at 613. Down here is the middle sign and still at his fence. This is continuing down. That driveway going in is the driveway at my residence and past the lollipop
trees. Oh, I think that's all the photos in here. All right. What? Please, please uh maybe chief, you and Steve, you and Steve get together and uh see what we can come up with to see if we can solve the problem
of them being able to park right in front of their house. Anyway, they're not on the curb. You're not on your curve, huh? That black vehicle right there is mine. I've tried to stay as I think a distance away. Is that number four?
Your house is all across. We are in district four. That's district commissioner George. Yeah, I've I've spoken to them about this and uh we've I spoke to the police chief as well as um uh public works about this issue. They've went out to a look at it and um
I did get some information about uh this and uh it was a it was some safety concerns as to why the why the the signs were put there in the first place. Um however um we couldn't really do anything about it at that point. So, I asked them to come to the commission meeting to show them what the issue is
to see if we can make some kind of concession to at least remove the sign from their house. Yeah. That they're allowed to park in front of their own home. Yeah. Well, and maybe if if there's people park where that signs at like trying to give them a ticket or something, you know? I mean, they need
there's got to be some way to stop. When you put a sign there, you got to have them stop parking at it. But if it's where you're at, don't seem to me like it already be there. So I'm like maybe we address those people and tell them yeah our asphalt too. So I also didn't look into it. Yeah. You're not supposed
to park on the the median area the grass are you? Yeah. Well if you that's another subject in my world. Thank you. Well we make sure you got their card. Mayor I have a question. Yeah. Go ahead. Chief, can you tow those vehicles if
they're there when we get there? Yeah. Yeah. So maybe call him when they're there. Well, we can sight them initially. We're not going to just call a tow truck. We'll sight them initially. But if you sight them repeatedly, you can tow them. There's a difference. Yes. So you need
to help us catch him. Help him catch them and he'll help you. He's a good man. All right. Okay. So then we'll be working on that ASAP, I hope. Right. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Thank you. We'll make sure that happens. Good seeing you
again. Thank you. I didn't. All right, one more here. I got Norine Dorin next. Hang on. Okay, go ahead. I'm talking about her.
Okay, come on up. Norine three minutes. Uh, good evening, mayor, commissioners. Uh, I'm Noren Dwarkin, editor-inchief of Voxopuli. I'm at wintergardenvox.com. Um, I'm going to read something tonight. Um, but before I
do, I want to give a little context. Uh, about a month ago, a resident of Winter Garden requested a proclamation be given for the National Day of Reason in Winter Garden, and that was denied, and no reason was given for that. So, I'm doing
a story on that. Um, and in the course of doing a story, I sent out texts uh to mayors of other cities uh asking if they would permit a uh pro proclamation for a day of reason. And
um I sent a text to uh to Mayor Johnson and he said that uh he'd have no objection. That was his quote. Uh and then he asked me to come and read the uh the proclamation and I said I really just needed the quote for the story but
uh he said to come and read it. So here we here we are. Um we're a little bit after the fact. Um the proclamation request was for May 1, but that's really not what's important because every day should really be a day of reason. But I
wanted to say before I read this that I was very honored to to read this and that it really speaks well of the city and it speaks very well for the mayor that he has asked me to read this. So the proclamation is short. Give me a
moment. So the national day of reason proclamation for 2025. Whereas the principles of reason, critical thinking, and the scientific method are fundamental to the pursuit of knowledge, the advancement of society, and the betterment of humankind. And
whereas a secular and inclusive society where all individuals are free to think and express themselves without fear of coercion or discrimination is essential for a just and equitable world. And whereas the first amendment of the United States Constitution
guarantees the separation of church and state, ensuring the freedom of conscience and the right to non-belief. And whereas the National Day of Reason observed on the first Thursday of May provides an opportunity to celebrate these values and to advocate for a
society grounded in reason and evidence. Now therefore, be it resolved, I do hereby proclaim May 1st as National Day of Reason, urging all citizens to reflect on the importance of critical thinking, to engage in open and respectful dialogue, and to uphold the
principles of secular democracy. Furthermore, I encourage all citizens to participate in activities that promote reason, science, and critical inquiry, and to stand in solidarity with those who advocate for a society free
from religious coercion and discrimination. Thank you so very much. Thank you, ma'am. All right. Um I I want to ask the questions of the chief and maybe you Craig on just real quick about the uh code enforcement. I
was asking you the other day. I know we have issues where people park then we go through this going by and tell them we can't park and then we write we write a citation but it just keeps going on and on and on and on. There is no stop to it. They they do not pay attention to
what it says. I mean, we don't seem like there's got to be some kind of way we can come up to a stop stop gap where you put so many times you get that citation then from then on we just like cars or something. You tow them or you find them a big fine because this
way they just keep putting them. We for instance there's somebody that puts them in a retention pond, parks all their cars in a retention pond and no matter we write them and sign them in a letter sign them and that's it. They're still out there in the in the in the retention pond. We're the same thing with these
parking signs. we write them up then we know that's maybe we can come up with some kind of answer where we can vote on maybe putting putting some kind of de stop gap that we only go so far then you're going to get a bigger fine mayor
I'm I'm going to let Vince speak in a minute but you're touching on something that is the plight of code enforcement um you cite them and the goal is compliance with code violations
Um, and so a lot of the times people will come into compliance, especially when it involves vehicles. Um, and a lot of times they get tipped off. Um, and they'll move them and then it kind of resets the clock. So, um, Vince, you
want to expand on that a little bit? Yeah, Mayor, just like, uh, city manager Shadrick says, we have to catch them there. And like you said, is there some type of repository where citations are kept for one vehicle? We don't create a database for individuals. Um, it shows
up like if you get a lot of moving violations when we run your driver's license, DMV puts it in there. But these are we're talking city ordinance violations for for parking. Um, I can see if that's in the system if we can kind of query it that way, but I don't want to say any hard yes or no on that.
But uh a lot of this is cat and mouse like the guy general his with the tow truck. We our code enforcement officer has gone out there and the truck is gone. We've gotten pictures where the guy sitting there at noon by the time we go there the truck is gone. So we're we're making an effort. That's why I I'm
asking you if we put a higher fine. I mean I don't want to just cause people trouble. But you got citizens that have them parked just like this was. But you also got the ones I'm telling you about. And there's another one. I'm not going to say it in public, but there's another one does the same thing. They put 30 cars out in front of their place and
they've been told they can't do that. But there is no stopping it when you have no regulation that says after one, two, three, or four, then you going to jump from $125 to 500 bucks and find them cuz that's that's the only way
you're going to stop it. Let's I don't think that's in the penalties, is it? That's not in the code. And so if the commission would like if the commission would like to uh direct us everybody else to do something like that in the code, we can do that. Question, it's like when you go to the
city of Orlando and you park in the wrong place. So you're downtown, you park in the wrong place, there's no there's no no uh there's no fine, there's no nothing. It's your cars gets towed. It's just towed. It's a zero it's like a zero tolerance policy. When the sign is there and you park there, your
car is towed. That's it. There's no reasoning. There's no little notes. There's no citations. It's just told. May I add something to that, Commissioner? So, I'm just What's the difference between that and in the situation that that we face here? So, in Orlando, they cite them if their parking
enforcement. They have parking enforcement. It's not code enforcement. They do have a code, but code doesn't get involved in the parking. If you have enough citations in their parking enforcement database, they will put a boot on your card. Uh, and you will have to pay to get the boot removed. So,
that's that's the difference here. But we don't have parking force. We have code enforcement. Well, I He's right about that. I I I know they'll they'll tow cars when you got a sign up says no parking. They will tow cars and the contract of lots and the contract of lots. They have tow contract for lots.
I'm just saying I don't want to get into a big thing tonight about it. I just want commissioners maybe we we can discuss at one of our meetings come up with something that we can add to that thing. where you make it where they won't do that. They won't park where they're not supposed to park. It's semi
trucks is another one I got. We we set out the sign. They put their signs out at the U Crunch behind Crunch and they're right back parking there again. So, if we don't follow up and go out and enforce that fine, they're not going to
quit. I've had the neighbors call me this week, Silverlenn. I know about that trucks, semi trucks are backfiring again. I I will tell you, I hate to say this, I always hate to say this, but you go to Winter Garden, you don't see any semi-truckss downtown. You don't see it.
So, I'm just saying there's got to be some way we can work with the city to help our citizens and also help us when we don't get calls constantly and they just say, "Oh, don't worry about it. They just gonna tell us, you know, because the law says what it says and
somewhere along line you got to draw the thing to it. And I know you can't repo their house, but no, we we, for instance, we got somebody's got with us over I heard it was over a million dollars on this house fines, code enforcement fines. How would you like to
live inside that place? So that's what I'm saying. We got to come up with some kind of way. What I'd like to do is bring back an agenda item. Okay. Showing you some options um for and and giving the commission the opportunity to decide yeah how strong they want it to be in
the code. That's what I want. That's what I want. So, we'll have to amend the code to do these things, but um we'll bring back options ranging from, you know, slightly harsh to extreme harsh. Yeah. And uh that'll be a commission decision including trucks, please.
Including trucks. Absolutely. because I'm seeing them more and more. Yeah. All right. Sorry about that. Consent agenda. Hear a motion. I'll make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Motion made by Commissioner Kennedy to approve the
consent agenda. Here a second. I'll second it. Seconded by Commissioner Oliver. Any more comments? Let's vote. Motion carries unanimously. All right, we first reading of ordinance. First reading of an ordinance for 28310th
Avenue-C property annexation and reszoning from Orange County R2 to city of Okcoy R1. Um planner first first reading tonight the uh the uh second reading
will be what is the day? 20th of May. An ordinance of the city of Akoi, Florida, annexing into the corporate limits of the city of Akoi, Florida certain real property containing approximately.36 acres located at 283 10th Avenue on the northwest corner of
the 10th Avenue and Peters Avenue intersection pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner finding said annexation be consistent with the Koi comprehensive plan, the Koi city code, and the joint planning area agreement providing for and authorizing
the update of official city maps, providing direction to the city clerk, providing for severability, prevailing in the event of any inconsistency, and providing for an effective date. Should I proceed with the zoning ordinance, too? Okay. An ordinance of the city of
Akoi, Florida, changing the zoning classification from Orange County R2 residential district to city of Acoi R1 single family dwelling district on certain real property containing approximately.36 acres located at 28310th Avenue on the northwest corner
of the 10th Avenue and Peters Avenue intersection pursuant to the application submitted by the property owner finding such zoning to be consistent with the Akoi comprehensive plan providing for and authorizing the revision of the official city zoning map, prevailing in the event of any inconsistency,
providing for separability, and providing for an effective date. All right. On May the 20th, we'll have the second reading, then there'll be public comments. All right. Second reading of order is none. Public hearing none. Regular agenda
number 13, appointment of members to the human relations diversity board. Deputy city clerk parks. Um well this item is we have three U member seats for the HRDB board
that are going to expire at the end of this month in May and we also have one vacant seat due to a resignation. Um that seat does not expire until May of 2026. We have one applicant from a
current member who is seeking reappointment for his seat. That's for district one. We do not have any applications for district three or district or district four, which is the vacant
seat. And we have two applications seeking appointment for the atlarge seat. That's I'm sorry. I disagree. That's inaccurate. You have two members uh the member from district one and the mayor's member at
large seeking reappoint. And Kelly was that your Vinnie was yours. Yes. Kelly Beck is the current member for the atlarge seat. She was seeking reappointment for that seat. And Vinnie Singh is seeking reappoint.
Yeah, there's two seeking reappoint and one application from district two for an at large. Yes, but there isn't an atlarge vacancy. The vacancies are in district three and district four. at large is up for their that term will expire at the end of this month. So
there is an atlarge Kelly Beck her seat will expire. She's a current member seeking reappoint. She's the mayor's pick for my district. She's the chair. Okay. My interpretation when I read this was that Kelly Beck wants to be
reappointed. Vinnie Singh wants to be reappointed. Mhm. And my interpretation is that there was an atlarge position that's coming up that's going to expire in 26. So you have one more position open that's that and that's for the person from district 2 is looking to be appointed to the at
large. Is that my interpretation correct or yes when I read that is that what yes okay that's correct. So we've got two applicants just so I'm clarifying this. Yeah. Go ahead. Okay. We've got two applicants for reappoint and one
applicant for one new application for at large because district 2 already has I have Michelle Cummings and hers is not open yet. I mean hers is she's still an active member. Correct. Correct. So we all read things differently. So it's No, you're
right. Am I Is that Am I right in my interpretation of what I read? This Oh, go ahead. I'm going have the city clerk please clarify for the commission um the staff report. Good evening mayor and commissioners. So we have two seats that
would be district one in the at large where the members terms expire at the end of the month. They have they are seeking reappointment and we do let the commission who appointed that member let us know if they would like to reappoint them. But we also received an
application that we have on file for district two. That district is not up yet. However, that person if wanting to be considered can be an atlarge um member if the mayor um did not want to
reappoint the current member who is um member Beck for that seat. Is the one I appointed Vinnie? Vinnie would be for district one and that was um Commissioner Kennedy. Okay. He appointed Vinnie. You appointed Kelly. No. Yes.
Yes. Okay. So now we still have district three who it it's currently it would be vacant if we don't get any names. And we have district four. So we need three people that has we need three people. All right. Can we put the person who is
the applicant if some if one of the other districts would accept them? We can either hold on to their application until that seat becomes open or wait until district two or the second. Is
there two at large or just one? He wasn't there. Name is James. Yeah. The other one in for over a year. So we can hold on to the application for a year or you going to appoint tonight? You can. All right. Then I need to point her
again. Yes, sir. All right. So, let's do let's do two of them. He's going to reappoint his I'll reappoint the one I had and then Commissioner Oliver, you have anybody? Yeah, I have two um citizens that are that's interested in submitting application. You can do one.
What do you want? I well I I'll have to look at both applications and I'll make a decision on on one of the next meeting. Okay. And I'll have it before the next meeting. So you can All right. So we going to go ahead commissioner first will have a vacancy on is is the member in uh district 3 willing to serve
again. We can reach out. I don't I'm not sure if they have reached out to our office. I do apologize. I returned yesterday um from leave. I can um check with my staff to see if they did reach out. And what we can do is with with that district two application, we'll
hold on to it for a year if the mayor wants to appoint um member Beck. And can we can we go ahead and do the two that we're talking about? We can do the two. Yes. Let them check your person. Yeah. If you do, I would like to reappoint them. I don't have a name to replace
them. But they're not. But can I just ask are is your mine is not up yet for reappointment. Is your is his up for reappoint? Oh, it is. Okay. So I Commissioner um Fner, if you don't have any names, we can either leave your seat vacant or that could be a discussion for
the next meeting on the 20th. Let him have for the next meeting to see if he can find find that person back. Okay. Okay. All right. So, what we need to do is we can check with We can go ahead and have a motion for the two. Sure. I'll make I'll make a motion to
reappoint member Vinnie Singh to district one and to reappoint Kelly Beck as one of the mayor's at large appointment. All right, I'll second that. We did. We've got a f motion by Commissioner Ken and a second by Commissioner Wilson. Any more comments?
All right, let's vote. Can I ask do we still have one more at large that's open? No. No. You will in May of 2026. So now we we wait on your answer from
Commissioner Per then we'll get your thing. All right. Okay. Comments from commissioners. Man, we moving right along here. Before we do that, I'm going to read these. All right. May events centennial
celebration Friday, May the 9th, 5:00 p. p.m. through 1000 p.m. Bill Breeze Park. Join us for a day of live a night should be a night of live entertainment, funs, vendors, and family friendly activities at Bill Breeze Park. Honoring Okcoy's
past and celebrating our future time capsule installation. Tuesday, May the 13th at 6:30 p.m. Withers Magcguire House, 16 East Oakland Avenue. Join us as we dedicate and install a time capsule for
future generations featuring live entertainment and refreshments from downtown McKe Street businesses. Memorial Day ceremony, Thursday, May the 22nd, 11:00 a.m. through 12:00 p.m. Okcoy Lakeshore Center. Join us as we pay tribute to all
the men and women who gave their lives while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The guest speaker will be Sheay Tally Bradley, a retired US Army colonel. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony. All
right. Um, now comments from commissioners. Commissioner Fner. Uh, you mentioned them all again, Mr. Mayor. Uh, but remind everybody, come out for the centennial celebration. Come out for uh the time
capsule. uh installation too. That's uh May 13th. And don't forget to pay homage to our service people on Memorial Day. Come out and uh help us do that. Thank you, Commissioner Oliver.
Um Clock Road. Um I would like to um commend the police department for uh slowing folks down on Clock Road by um issuing tickets. I've seen um um several um stops in the mornings where folks
were speeding and the officers were there to stop them and and pull them over and give them tickets. I think that um the message is is loud and clear to slow down on Clock Road. So, uh Chief, thank you so much for uh putting the patrolman out there and actually writing
tickets uh for for speeders. Also, one of the things I I like to do is uh try to get as much information out as I as I can to my district and uh so I do it in many ways. I do a newsletter. Um I uh I knock on doors sometimes on a Sunday and
just talk to folks uh any way that I can. We have a lot going on in the city. There's a lot of folks that don't even know about the uh 100 years. We even though we post it, it's everywhere. It's all over the place. You can even see the banners on the street. Uh one of the things I like to do is um one thing I I like to do, I like to hold town hall
meetings. I would like to hold a town hall meeting on September 18th at the Lakeshore Center for District 4 uh from 6:00 to 8:30 and I would like to get a uh um permission from the commission to use the lecture center for that and I've
already checked to make sure that the date was available. It is available for that that time frame. It is a Thursday and I just like to see if I can get permission from the commission to hold a town hall meeting for district 4. So, I would need a consent. I guess you need to stop the clock or you want to
Can we just pause it for a second? Pause the clock. All right, commissioners. Anybody have a problem with that? No. No objection. No objection. All right. And um also, um start the clock, baby. Yep. McCormack McCormack
Road closure. Um I have reached out to everybody I can think of to find out why that road has been closed for so long. uh it is a a a nuisance for a lot of the residents on the north side of uh of AOR in district 4. I'm just wondering if there's any way that we can possibly uh reach out to the county or uh I believe
there there is a uh contractor involved in this as well and um no one seems to know what's going on. The left hand doesn't know what the right hand's doing and I we just want to get to the bottom of actually when this road is going to be reopened so we can get that information out to the residents there. Is that something we could do? We can.
Yes, we we have reached out to them once about this and have not gotten any information. Okay, we will I will contact the um county administrator. Okay, thank you. And uh finally, I will leave you with this. Um
this comes from Proverbs 16 uh chapter 16:9. It says, "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps." That's all I got. Thanks, sir. Uh, Commissioner Wilson. Okay.
Okay. Chief, I have one question for you if you don't mind. Um, I'll ask while you're heading up this way. On Clark Road near the school zone after you leave Orlando Avenue, White Road. Um, there's a sign that says the times that speed checks will be in. And I think some people are having a little
confusion over it because they they know it's in school zones, but are we monitoring from 8:30 to 3:30 or 8 whatever the time is that's on the sign with the cameras for speeding in that general? Yes, it's all all day while school's in session. Only while school's
in session. All day from all day from 8 from till 3:00 p.m. in the afternoon. And we're um clearing the signs up. That's right. There's I'm having folks that have had some questions. And that one they're a little confused at that. So I guess I want to make sure that we
understand that the cameras will be running from 8:30 to what's it 8:30 to 3:30? I think it's start. I'm sorry. The hours that are there and it's the full time that they're running. It's the 20 mph in the school zone or 40. No. No ma'am. It's the only when the beacon when they're flash lights are flashing
during is 20 miles an hour. Right. after this beacons are off, schools in session, the speeds are still being forced and it's forced at the 45 mph speed zone at that time between that time. So even after the school zone school zone is the school beacons are
shut down, we're still monitoring and we can issue tickets. That is correct. Okay. Because again there was some confusion. So yeah, but that's those while school's in session. Yes, ma'am. They're enforcing weekends. No, no weekends, no holidays,
and if school's out during the summer, no, no, no enforcement at all. We shouldn't tell people that. It's It's out there, ma'am. We We Well, I know, but the thing is we just we want to cut the speeding in that area. That's So, okay. All right. Thank you. Just
wanted to clarify. Thank you. That's all I have. All right. Commissioner Kennedy, uh, I just wanted to wish all the ladies a happy Mother's Day this weekend. Thank you. And uh that's all I have. No further comments. All right. Um
Craig, can I or commissioners I have a sir, do you want to did you want to speak tonight? Aren't you Aren't you the one about the cut enforcement? Uh no, that's not I understand the agenda on your next meeting. Okay. All right. I just wanted to make sure cuz I told you I know this
is my first meeting here, but uh I did uh I did want to offer a little insight. We can't zoning. You you want to do that tonight? Well, I I'll give you my five minutes. Okay. Come up to the You got to come up to the speaker.
Sure. Tell them who you are and what board you're on. Sure. No problem. Good evening everybody. Uh my name is Joe Bander and I chair the code enforcement board for the city of Aobe. Um I I know you were talking about uh
the issue you were having with the young lady and the parking issue. Uh I wanted to tell you that as from a you know obviously we deal with the more the residential side not the commercial side. I think the special magistrate handles all the commercial stuff. But um
you the the question came up mayor was um whether or not um if there's a repeat offense if um you know are they cited more. Uh generally code enforcement the code enforcement officers if there is a
a repeat offense they let the board know and the board uh takes it into consideration when um when uh adjusting those fines or what they are. So I just I didn't bring it up during the time you guys were talking about it but you know again it's my first meeting here for you
guys and usually it's tough for me to keep my mouth shut anyways. So uh but I but I figured I'd come up here and at least u say that. So again, u when it comes to order and imposing fines and all that stuff, usually it's uh recommendations by the code enforcement officers that are out there seeing it.
Yeah. Thank you. But um but as far as anything else goes, we'll hold that off under the next meeting. Okay. Okay. Thank you very much. Appreciate it. All right. Let's see. Remember, five o'clock to 10 o'clock Friday night. They
have a lot of things for the children. a lot of things, activities for the children, a lot of vendors, booths, and some music. So, we'll hope to see everybody there. And as Commissioner Kenda said, happy Mother's Day to all the mothers.