Thank you. Good evening everyone. Good evening everyone. Welcome to our regularly scheduled commission meeting, May 28, 2025. The time is now 7:01. Madame Clerk, roll call. Commissioner Baz, Commissioner Irvin,
here. Vice Mayor Kelly, present. Commissioner Santiago here. Mayor Taylor here as we have our invocation led by assistant city manager Mr. Phillis bow heads. Father God we thank you for this day Lord God as we do the
business of the city of Opalaka. Give all of us wisdom and revelation knowledge continue Lord God to guide us Lord God in your righteous ways. We want to thank you in Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. I pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance 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. All right. As we go into our awards, proclamations, or acknowledgements, do we have any at this time, Madam Clerk? No, Mr. Mayor. All right, we're going
into the approval of the consent agenda. Do we have any deferrals, deletions, or pulls at this time? Mr. Mayor, Commissioner Santiago, I want 1301 for discussion. Mr. Mayor Commissioner Bass
on the consent agenda number five. All right. Any other polls or deletions at this time? Hearing none. Madam manager, can we tell whoever's in the other
room? All right. Hearing none. But just for clarity, I have Commissioner Santiago pulling number one and Commissioner Bass pulling number five. All right. Can I have a motion to approve tonight's consent agenda? Moved by Vice May Kelly. Second. Second by
Commissioner Santiago. Madam Clerk, Commissioner Irvin, yes. Vice Mayor Kelly, yes. Commissioner Santiago, yes. Commissioner Bass, yes. Mayor Taylor, yes. Motion passes 5. All right, we're going into the approval of the agenda. Can I have a motion? Moved by Dr. Bass.
Second by Vice Mayor. Madame clerk. Vice Mayor Kelly. Yes. Commissioner Santiago. Yes. Commissioner Bass. Yes. Commissioner Irvin. Yes. Mayor Taylor. Yes. Motion passes. 5 Z. All right. We're going into the approval of the U meeting minutes. Regular commission meeting minutes. Um May 14th, 2025. Can
I get a motion? Motion was made by Vice Mayor. Second by Santi. Commissioner Santiago. Sorry. Madame clerk. Commissioner Santiago. Yes. Commissioner Bass. Yes. Commissioner Irvin. Yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Kelly. Yes. Mayor Taylor. Yes. Motion passes 5-0. All right.
Madame Clerk, do we have any District 1, District 2, or state reports at this time? No, Mr. Mayor. All right. Thank you. And I do see we have a public presentation um by Mr. Donald Jones, the vice president of SP Plus in reference to the parking study. Um Mr. Jones, you
have the floor. One second, Mr. One second, Mr. Jones. Madam Madam Manager, I for the microphone. You can play proceed. Can you hear? All right. It's on now. All right. All right. Great. Um, thanks for
for having me. Um I going to go over just a quick overview of the uh the feasibility study to to put in a a parking program um based on the um so the the study was led by our uh consultant um on staff. Unfortunately,
she couldn't be here tonight um but uh Alexis uh Schuler. Um so uh from the RFP we uh there was a defined streets that were identified to uh potentially put a
paid parking program on. Um so we collected data at various times uh to try to get a you know sampling of uh how busy the streets actually were parked. So between uh 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. uh on the eight sections that
were identified uh in the RFP for four dates uh Saturday and a Tuesday uh at throughout two different months in in March and April. Uh we counted the number of vehicles parked along the street to uh see how many open spaces there
were. Um based on the number of open spaces, it seemed like the areas that were identified about it's about 77% occupied across the entire um sections busiest sections uh being along
Alibaba and northwest 22nd and also Aladdin between Alibaba and Sherzad. Uh so based on that information, if you guys wanted to move forward with a paid parking program, we felt that it was uh potentially
um viable to to move forward. Uh we took a sampling of different municipalities with similar population. Oh, shoot. Sorry. Forgot I was supposed to be doing that. Sorry. That's
the forward Next slide, please. All right, there we go. Um, so we took a sampling of other municipalities with similar population sizes and uh to and um to see what they were uh charging for a monthly permit,
residential permit program and also on street program. Um, and so based on that information, um, we felt that a dollar per hour with a four-h hour max, um, and a residential permit parking program, uh, could be implemented, um, in those
in those areas. Um, she estimated the capital being about $72,000. Uh, but that was to install pay stations if you wanted to do pay stations on the street. A lot of municipalities are moving more towards a mobile payment platform. Um so obviously
that capital cost outlay would would be significant to this. Yeah. And then the residential. So there were certain areas that were more residential in nature. Um and so that's where we'd thought that um a residential parking permit program to make sure that
the residents are the ones that are parking there and um and taking advantage of that area um would would be more viable than just like a paid hourly parking program. Uh and so that's where we thought that uh you know, Mr. Mayor.
Okay. Yeah. We know my respect and my respect to Mr. Jones. Mr. Johnson. Jones. Yeah. Jones. Okay. I don't know if I understand or I heard something, you know. I don't know what's what's
going on with me. Do we talking about uh put some uh permits in front of residential area for residents resident people like I sort of hear shot and saw when a lot of our people live there resident
houses that's what we be talking about. There were certain that's what we be talking about here to put some meters or or permits to a residential area in in the defined areas that were outlined in the AR. Uh well uh okay I'm going to wait for the end.
Okay. Oh yeah, keeping going. Yeah, no problem. Keeping going. We were just doing a feasibility study. Whether or not you guys decide to do that is is completely obviously up to you. um you know, we were just kind of outlining what our findings were in terms of um if
it was viable or not. Based on our findings during that limited uh data collection, we thought that a parking permit could be viable. Um and and we outlined um what the paid parking program and the residential permit parking program would look like. And again, the sample was only done on the
streets that were identified within the RFP. Okay. Thank you. Yeah. Oh, thank you, Mr. Johnson. All right. So, Commissioner Santiago, um the the city, I don't know when and who sponsored it, but the city put out a RFP to do a feasibility study
on potentially putting parking meters throughout the city of Opalaka. So, they were granted, they were the awardees of the RFP and they're here to bring the presentation to the city. That's what So, he's just doing what we asked them
to do. Well, what the commission agreed. Yeah, I understand. Mr. Mayor. Okay. About We'll open up the floor for your question now to Okay. We have right to question. Go ahead. Go ahead. You have Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yeah. Um because I think that I have the right to defend
any of the resident of the city of Palaka. The we already have so many roofs, you know, against them. And I think is is not fair in a residential area like here. And I
know that's a presentation but let's be from the beginning like that in the future we don't have any problem with this uh residential area like shasar that we have they are so many people and buildings and and residential houses and put some rules that put in front of them
or make them to pay a permit to this company or to the city for parking the cars out there in front of the house. I believe that we talking about before is parking meters in the main rows,
commercial rows that we have like Alibaba between 22nd and 27 probably. Oh, probably all the way up to uh the side of the business there after the liquor store. Okay. It's not problem
that street for me because that's a commercial area and we need to put some restriction there. Opalaka Boulevard just remember too that we have a neighborhood there. We have a resident resident people live there in that road and I don't think it's fair to
put parking meters of permits in that road too in Charasar. Okay. Yeah. By the historical city hall is fine by here opalaka boulevard. uh from Alibaba from Alibaba or from the uh uh street that
they located in the store all the way all the way down to the historical city hall in front of the supermarket is fine. Okay. And in front or around the uh the building the city hall uh facility that we have but the
residential my god no I I'm not going with that myself and that's my opinion. Okay, Mr. Mayor. Um, Vice May Kelly, thank you. I I don't like play on words, so let me just be clear. This was a feasibility study done that the
commission uh went out, you got the award, you based the information that we put in the RFP uh with these sections and to come back and to give this commission a report on viability and what you view as a professional uh in
terms of parking meters and or uh whatever it might be and the areas that were identified in the RFP. That's correct. Okay. Um, so let's be very clear on it. Nobody's trying to put parking meters in residential areas on this street or that street. So don't
send the wrong message out. This is simply information coming back to the commission for the commission to make a decision if we want to entertain parking meters or parking permits, what have you. Many other cities in particular areas have it. Uh and I for one uh push
to get this done because we got a lot of areas in our city in my opinion that we should be doing off- streetet parking and and meters. You go a lot of different places even some place when you go to eat you got to pay to park on off streetet parking. So this information is provided to us to
obviously look at the manager has it. I for one will be looking at it to make recommendations because there are some areas that we need to have some uh metered parking or permit parking because that's occurring throughout and as your information shows in comparison
to other cities of our size. Obviously, we don't have any kind of uh parking whatsoever, but this information will at least allow us to look at various areas. does not mean that we're going to agree on all of the sections or the elements that you have, but it is data that we
need to make a decision because there are some areas that we need to do uh some off- streetet and needed parking or permanent parking especially with a lot of development that's coming and they want to utilize off- streetet uh parking as part of their count and right now
it's totally free. So, I look forward to going through this um and the manager giving a recommendation. I certainly uh would not want to put a burden on residential or residents, but there are some areas of commercial and uh throughout the city as a part of the
study that we do need to look at in terms of of uh parking uh whether it's permit or whether it's metered. And so I want to thank you for presentation. Um I look forward to further discussion with the manager on it because we need to deal with this um challenge because
everybody wants to come and develop but there's not enough parking and you wind up parking on the side of the road side of the street and we've got that challenge right around here even right around um this building and the surrounding areas with lack of uh parking and in some cases it's not as
bad now but with the state parking that was not even you know people coming into the And in many cases parking where we're at, our employees can't park and that was all free parking. So I know um there were areas in this um study that you
indicated that we actually look at and so I appreciate the information and look forward to going through it and the commission as a whole will ultimately make any decisions whether we want to move forward with parking uh permitting or either um whatever kind if so to
chooses. But I don't want to go out here. We're going to start charging people to park on the side of the road because too often we say stuff in here and it goes out and it's misinformation. So, thank you for the presentation. Uh, Madame Manager, I for one will look at it and give my suggestions. I'm quite
sure my colleagues will, but we cannot ignore the concept of metered parking, permit parking when it's all around us in Day County. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you. All right. Any other um questions or concerns to Mr. Jones?
All right. Thank you, sir, for the presentation. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We're moving on to our citizens forum. Madame clerk, can you please take for the record how to participate in citizens form? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Good evening. City of
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have any virtual public comments. All right. So those of you that are in the chamber, citizens form is open. Good evening, Mayor, Commissioner, Vice Mayor AJ Dominguez, 1147 Jen Avenue. I wanted to first thank Vice Mayor Kelly
for bringing and celebrating Haitian Heritage Month for the residents and businesses um that live here. We have a lot of Haitian community here. We need to spread the word so next year we can have a bigger and better and this place
be filled up with residents. On another note, I'd like to speak on resolution number five regarding the increase of the city clerk's um position to give her an increase. She's been employed since
1995 and I believe she's the first Hispanic clerk to be the clerk of the city of Opalaka. Um, it's going to be 30 years of service. Um, I've never I mean, all the other charter
members have gotten an increase and I believe at one point she had to take a pay cut when the state came. She never got that increase. Now, it seems like a lot of money. Yes, it sounds like a lot of money, but how when was the last time
she had an increase? So, we have other cities that get paid clerks. They might be bigger cities, but they get paid over $200,000. An assistant makes about $170,000. City clerk. Yeah, the name
sounds small, but she's the heart of the city. She does a lot for the city. So, please, I know that you guys are going to do right by the clerk um in approving this resolution. Um I
also wanted to speak in behalf of um Jan Avenue and Ahmad. We had a serious accident on Friday um around 9:30 at night. Um one of my neighbors fence was fully removed from the accident. The car
that got hit was hit by a truck. The truck sped and left. I know we had a speed meter reader there, but that's still not stopping it. The car, the guy's car was totaled. He had a 2025 Kia totaled. He was more concerned about the
car. And I said, "Listen, you're alive. You're standing here. So, be grateful that you're standing here. That's just it's a car." But I think that we need to really push this the uh um speak to the county regarding that um resolution that
that was put in by this the commissioners um because we definitely need a a four-way stop sign because it's getting really bad. So someone here if they can reach out to Oliver Gilbert the county because it was
horrible. I mean, I have pictures to show you, but thank you. Thank you, Commissioner. Citizen form is still open. Good. Good evening and mayor, Commissioner. Good evening, Mayor Commissioner. Brian Dennis address 2140
Street. I didn't want to freestyle this, so I wanted to give y'all a little history. In 1997, I came to the city of Opaaka City Hall. That's when it was over there and the water the water department was in where the DCF building was. I went off and cursed everybody out
going doe to do. The first three people I met in the city of Opalaka during that time which was probably about February of 1997 was Deborah Irby, Joanna Flores, and Tamika Miller. The next clerk that was in there was a young lady by the name of
Beatatric. I forgot her last name, but the next person I met in the clerk's office after that was Miss Lawson. So, and Miss Irving. Those two, I have to ask who's evaluating the talent because she did well when it came to those two.
The clerk has been here 30 years. Miss Lawson been here 25 years. So, they're homegrown. We kept the talent inside of the city, but on yesterday, I received a call from quite a few people concerned about her not getting a raise. Commissioner Santiago, I want to thank
you for putting this on the agenda because here's the thing. We got people in here that came to this city and did don't even do the work. Don't do the work. And let me put this on front street. I really want to put this on front street. We were paying a former city
manager $190,000 a year. Gave him a car lounge and he was riding around in a police car wrecking the city and open up bank accounts. Plent being the police chief as well as the city manager and masquerading also as an attorney.
But we was giving them $190,000 and a car lounge. Clerk drives her own car, is here, homegrown and does a job. No different than a manager. I'mma stand up for them
too. They from the 4.4. We go even further. if it's some moves made that I I really appreciate in the police department and with certain personnel that's going on and when we still got members of the
police department taking orders from people outside that's no longer with the police department that's sad the undermining manager the interim manager that undermining the interim chief but these the same officers that don't cook that that was stood up here and loud in
front of the commission we saw We saw how the manager pull the investigation on me and he ain't know my background. We know what happened with that stuff over there on Rutland with with Davis them. We still have the county come in and investigate that shot. And now they talking in this
one. Listen man, I know we don't always agree and that that's good that we agree to disagree, but I got your back. talk to the if you all can't be protected by the officers that took a oath to protect and serve the citizens, y'all in
trouble, too. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Dennis. Citizens form is still open. Citizens form is closed. All right. So, as it relates to the city's clerk, we'll discuss that once we get
into it. Um um as a rel commissioner Dominguez the Jan and Amar madam clerk where are we with madam manager I'm sorry where are we with the traffic study the traffic study yes um Mr. Austin did say a few
meetings ago that the county responded and said that um street common device could not be put at that location and he can elaborate more if you need him to but he did say that at one of our commission meetings. Okay. I I do remember him saying that
and I well I don't remember him saying it miss commission. I do remember previous city manager saying that something about the fire trucks couldn't go down that street. It do we have that in writing? Come on. Cuz if not then we need to cuz I this this has been going on for a
while and I remember commissioner Williams spearheaded this after that night of a commission. We had that bad accident on that corner. So this is not a new and this is open like we need to override that some kind of way.
Something has to happen. This was originally brought forward when we had an accident there. We got the the traffic reports that showed that there was no significant problems at the time. However, we went back to them and we told them we wanted a separate study and
a a traffic study on the area. They're still in the process of doing that study. We have reached out to the county on several occasions. We have just escalated it to see if uh somebody else could get them to move on this, but we
are awaiting the study from the county. But during conversations with them, they were saying since that is one of our main pass through streets from 27th Avenue to take you over to 37th Avenue,
they could not install common devices, especially for the the traffic from the fire party. Even though it's not a pass through street, but yet a residential neighborhood, that doesn't make but it's also cons considered a pass through street. Okay. So, madam, madam, this is
a question to madam attorney and madam manager. If we install those, can we install those on our own? Speed bumps. The speed bumps. I'd rather us I'd rather No, that's Opa Locka Street. That's not a county street. That's Opalaka Street.
That's Opalaka Street. I I'm not sure what agreements may be in place. So, I would need more information. The manager may have more information. Miami day county still have overarching authority on the flow movement of traffic. Okay. But we cannot be reactive.
Understood. We got to be we we tend to do that a lot and we only started this conversation after we Mr. Mayor more more accidents and more accidents and more accidents. So, madame manager, I would like to us to get a a price on installing street common devices on that
street. And if we have to bring it via legislation, I don't mind doing it because if they're not going to do something, we we're going to wait till somebody get hurt or die or something. No, we we it's been going on too long since last year. Understood. Well, it all right. So, that's what I'm asking
you. And then we could put it on an agenda and if they say something, then we'll fight it. Okay. We'll fight it. It's our street. Thank you. We'll fight it. I'm sick of the county. I really um I'm sorry, Commissioner Santiago. Oh, bravo. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. That's the way to doing it. Yeah.
If they got it don't want it, we're going to do it. We're going to make it. I want my street to be safe. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um Vice May Kelly, I I I like all the energy in the room. Let me ask a simple question. because the county has um overreaching authority. Um we have no
wiggle room based on your knowledge that anything we can put there. We could we could install it uh vice mayor, but the county has the authority to ask us to remove it similar to what they did on service road.
So we could put up there and they can tell us basically take it down. We have to take it down. Okay. But is there anything else we can do? Any other kind of I know we saying street calming. I know we like to talk about speed bumps, but I'm talking more of flashing signage or or like what we see on 17th coming
around in Oklahoma. Can we do that without them having an issue? We have the authority to install uh signage that flashing or otherwise that uh slows the traffic. Okay. I I don't have a problem, Mr. mayor and my colleagues with pursuing that, but I'm I'm concerned
that they've got overarching authority and they're going to tell us to take it down. Yes. But I would also like us to look at and it could be part of the same alternative legislation um of the flashing signage, slow down,
stop, whatever, until we can get a final resolution because these studies seem to take forever. And I think it's much more doable, feasible without having to to deal with that with the flashing slowdown as the the business owner said in the Haitian-American reception. It
has helped a little bit in slowing traffic down. So, madame manager, we could look at that as well while we're doing um the cost for um the street caling devices the mayor's referencing. I'm really referring to the ones that we could do flashing, slow down, whatever
that um we could do and not have take down. regardless because I I I don't mind a fight with the county cuz uh believe it or not, Commissioner, if you notice, the uh racetrack don't be as much anymore. It's there, but it's not as much. But that didn't happen until we said we'd
fight the county on that. So, I don't have a problem with doing that. But look at the other alternative as well. Um because I think that's probably where we're headed with a lot of our areas that have traffic challenges where we're going to have to spend the money ourselves. So, I I support um looking at
what the mayor and my colleague suggesting and we have to fight. I don't have a problem with that, but look at the other alternative as well cuz we can do that without any issue. Um thank you, Mr. Mayor. Wait, before you before you um yield, um he talked about the signs.
How far does that go? So, we can add any sign that we want. So, can we do a four-way stop sign ourselves? No, we cannot add fourway stop sign. You could add the flashing sign that flashing your slow down or it shows your the speed.
Yeah, it is there. It is there. That Okay, we have we have one temporary posted there. No, I ain't talking about the temporary. I'm talking about something more more permanent. More permanent per minute. I'm not talking temporary. But I just want to know about the stop signs. Is that something I'm sorry. He still has the floor and I I I yield to you, but I I just want to
piggyback on what vice mayor was saying. Um we cannot install We cannot. Got it. Because that's traffic control devices. Got it. Yeah. Now, that's why I wasn't that's why I was saying about the four-way, but the the whole flashing and making you slow down, etc., we can do that with no issue. I'm not talking
about the one they got there temporarily. I'm talking about something that wouldn't get us in a fight or until we can resolve the bigger picture cuz it seems like that study is going to take a while. And so while you're looking at the one the mayor is proposing, that's why I said look at the other one too and
not just for that area cuz I think there's some other areas going to have the same challenge as we start our development and a lot of growing around the city where the traffic is going to get even heavier. So thank you Mr. Mayor. Commissioner Santi. Yeah. Thank you um Mr. Mayor. Um madame manager.
Okay. To um the gentleman here for public work, Mr. Okay. I wonder you sending some messaging to La Cava or whoever is in charge and tell them that why they don't
go and batten out there Miami uh um Miami Lakes uh Miami Spring uh Coral Gables that they have a lot of but a lot of this speed bumper and they only taking it with us when Opalaka but we
ready to fight with them because the speed bumper they coming to opalaka madam manager I want and I supported it. A speed bumper for the dangerous roads that we have. I finish commission Dr. Bass. Thank you.
Just a quick question probably not to you Mr. Austin but whomever. I'm curious. I wanted to know how many accident has occurred right there or where the hot spots in Opalaka for accidents? A lot. I do know that is one of the hot spots and like Mr. Austin
said they they did get um police reports from our police department on the accidents that occurred at that location and forward them to the county to support our ask and the other hotspots. Is that like one of the main hotspots? It is one of them. Yeah, it's one of
them. We have more for speeding possible. I can get it I can get it from that police department. Okay, perfect. Thank you. All right. All right. And I know we got to go and handle business. Any other questions to the manager or Mr. Austin?
Uh, Mr. Mayor, madam attorney. Yes, sir. I just want to put on the record just so everybody's aware. I pulled up um it's a Miami date county ordinance that's in place a section 2-96 of the code of Miami date county. And what was I'm sorry again. Sure.
2-96.1 of the code of Miami date county. And the county, it basically says the county has exclusive jurisdiction over all traffic control devices on roadways in both the incorporated and unincorporated areas of the county. And it goes on to give more specifics, but I
just wanted to put it out there so that you all did know that there is an ordinance in place that controls all of Miami date county where Miami date county says it has exclusive jurisdiction over and that includes street common devices
as well. That includes um all traffic control devices on roadways in both incorporated and unincorporated areas. Mr. Mayor um vice mayor could could we then I I I understand that and that's why I was saying about the alternative
but as the mayor and some of my colleagues mentioned when you look at other cities they have certain roadways that are allowed now maybe because they don't have passroughs to major um traffic areas. So maybe as a part of the whole um area that we're looking at, madame
attorney and to the manager, maybe we can look at some kind of request for just a special exemption for that particular area because it has been such a challenge and also and also looking at um the areas that I mentioned about other hotspots as Commissioner Bass
mentioned. So we had that information that maybe we can't act for some kind of special cutout because of what the mayor and some of my colleagues are saying in other cities. they've seen it and it may be that they requested something special or something because of some dynamic.
So, we need to pursue that. Um, let's look at that as well. Um, now, Mr. Mayor, she had some things you wanted to say. Yeah, just very quickly, I know you need to move on, but the county by written agreement, it says, may authorize municipalities which desire and are equipped to enable to perform
certain traffic engineering functions to assume together with all liability and additional costs to um there may be an agreements that can be entered into. Okay. And so that's just something to explore through the manager. I'd like to explore that too. Oh, okay. Madam
manager, I know the agenda is closed, but I think if we get a consensus for the commission to bring resolution resolution next week to explore that, can we have that on the agenda? Yes. And I guess we can you can go back and listen to what we all said. All right.
We've been around this mountain too long. So, let's move on to our consent agenda. Um, madame attorney 131, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Opalaka, Florida,
authorizing the interim city manager to accept the termination of agreement with Artpad, Inc. for the art and the rideway services and further authorizing the interim city manager to accept the project proposal of creative order LLC in an amount not to exceed
$125,000. providing for a corporation of recitals, providing for an effective date. This is sponsored by the interim city manager. All right. Can I get a motion? Move it. Move by Commissioner Santiago. Second. Second by Dr. Bass. Madam manager, go ahead and discuss and then we'll give yield to Commissioner Santiago. The city entered into an an
agreement with Artpad, Inc. for the ARPA funded arts in the Rideaway project. The contractor was unresponsive in the city's request for designs, timelines, and project updates. On April 2nd, the city received written notification of the contractor's desire to terminate the
contract for convenience. The acceptance of this termination will not affect any additional fiscal impact on the city due to no funds being expended. Staff engaged creative order for this project and was provided a proposal in the amount of $124,290. After extensive discussion
with the ARPA consultant, a change in contractors will not affect the ARPA funding so long as the project scope of services and budget does not change. Um, it is my desire to move forward with this project. If we do not move forward, then we will lose that
$125,000 that's opera funded. I also have Miss Adelina Gross here to answer any questions you may have. All right, Commissioner Santiago, you pulled this item, so I'll yield to you. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And um I'd like to asking a couple of question to my
manager Shamea Lawson. Uh I think that we'll be discussing that early again uh you and myself and yes you explaining to me about that funding they have to be used because they coming from a grant uh
for the $7 million grant that we have before and I understand I understand that. Okay. My my concern about that I have before I don't know what I do with it. I see the graphics and all the design that they want to do around the
city. You told me they're going to do it in in the uh side of the row and all the boxes that we have like electrical boxes or whatever that because I see a couple in another city um with this type of they calling art. Okay. For me, that's
graffiti, you know, nice, but that's art. And and for sure that's $125,000 that you say that we cannot move that money to something else. Uh we calling al aquarium alloc allocated
correct the money to other thing. But this is part of the project that we have for the beautifification of the city. I understand. Okay. But what happened to the rest of the beautifification of the city that we
have that we can use that money. Okay. Not to paint in boxes of or street and you know like to make uh loop better that road there at 22nd Avenue between uh Opalakabula 13 Opalakab and Alibaba.
Alibaba. Come on. Let's changing the face for that for that road out there that is there for a long long long year and we never do anything like to make it not look nice and beautiful. And that's a question that I want to that I love to asking um the
city attorney uh tonight about that moving that money to that to that project or whatever. Okay. Because I don't I don't think we cannot move that funding. Um, okay. Well, that's a
question for the city attorney about, but let me let me let me listen what is she going to say first. Good evening, Commissioner Adrina Gro, CIP division manager. Uh, the street project was a project voted and selected by the
residents of Apaloka. So, I think two years and a half ago, we pulled out a workshop. The projects were explained, people voted and this was one of the most voted projects actually and the 125,000 unfortunately cannot be
reallocated to any other project due to uh the ARPA funding being uh allocated uh as of uh December 31st, 2024. So all the ARPA projects were submitted
to to the state already or to the federal to the federal government and they keep a track of what we convened and with the contracts that we have uh that we said that we were going to spend the money on. The change of the
contractor however will not affect the the project or the allocation of the money since we are not changing the scope or changing the amount. we are not exceeding the amount or diminishing the the the amount allocated for that
project. We can always look for another solution for some other streets but that funding has been allocated and that project in particular was voted by the public. Okay. It's it's been bified by the residents. Yes sir. Are you sure by
the resident on Opalaka? What time? What year? Yes. Okay. That was at Sherbondi village. uh July 7, 2023. 23. Okay. Very good. And today, this is the 20 25 year 25. Yes. Okay. May uh May 28 of 2025
sir. And I don't even know nothing about it because if I'm there in that time, I'm going to say we need to fix road first and we need to get, you know, money for, you know, beautify this part there, put more uh uh street lights to make them brighter like that. We avoid
uh crime in all that area. That's that's my that's my point. But okay, that happened in 2023. Yes. Okay. And from 23 to now, okay, we be um doing projects for the beautifification of the city, clean the city, but it's not a
continuation of that. And that's one of my point. Okay. And we have to see how can we invest in money even if it that's money that they giving away to us to spending. Okay. We had to know how that we are spending that money. They're
going to make a contribution to the city and to the resident for this community. I I don't believe in all these painting, you know, around because they're not going to do nothing. Let me ask you a question. Okay. The day the day that something happened in one of these corner the they
destroy the well whatever they do there in the box and everything, who going to pay for uh restoring that? the city maintenance is part maintenance is part of the project and it's part of the proposal for the rest of the years the rest of the life
$125,000 going to be covered in all that not for the rest of the years not for the rest of their life but there's a period of maintenance that has been established as part of the proposal and can you repeat that again there is a period of maintenance that has been established as part and maintenance for
that and what is this oh that is if I I don't don't No, it's not 6 months. It's around 18 to 24 months. 18 to 24 months. Yes, sir. After installation is completed. Yeah. After that is the city is responsible. Okay. for for that kind
of that that we we supposed to be responsible for um uh clean the gardens in uh especially in on 20 22nd Avenue, you know, try to hide in a company that really do a good job there and maintain that road nice and clean because they
deserve to have something decent in our city. This is my concern. Okay, myself if it they want to use that money for that and we cannot move that money to something else it's fine because it's already done in
2023 and I hope the resident that boy voting for that they used to be um real resident for opalaka that they really like the the beautifification of the city. Okay. Um Commissioner Santiago and I want to say this because it is not I
don't want to feel like we're attacking Miss Gross. However, no I don't the opera the opera funding was voted on by this commission I believe in late December if I'm not mistaken it was late December you were on the dis at that time we had a workshop we voted on it but here's my
suggestion um because as she stated you you have a valid point when it comes down to beautifification of the city we all agree but it's two different things one is the beautifification of the city that we all agree needs to be cleaned up we need to invest we need to invest in our roadways our improvement and blah blah blah blah blah But the artscape
project is something completely different which was voted on by the residents. So my suggestion is we can go ahead and call the question if nobody has any other concerns. Madame manager is that you sit with Commissioner Santiago and every one of us to remind us of the opera projects so that we can
refresh ourselves so we can know what what we voted on and where the money has is is going. We'll do and vice mayor. Go ahead. I don't need you to meet with me. Me either. I'm getting kind of tired of
playing on the words. All of us are concerned about this city, the roadways, 22nd, Alabama, Shirzad, we all concerned. We all know these opera funds that had to be encumbered by 2024. The real issue is the company that
was supposed to do it backed out per the agreement they had. We could not make any changes to the document or to the agreement. Fortunately, you have someone that was able to take it over that we need to get it done. These opera funds go back to when the former president was
in office. So, it ain't something that just came to opalaka. But the good part is, as the mayor said, we passed it as a commission before the December deadline and it's encumbered. So, we need to get it uh done and I look forward to seeing
the artwork uh done here in the city. and as we move forward, we can work on all of the other challenge we have, but we need to get this done um and get the progress moving on it. But you don't have to meet with me. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor,
thank you. I I didn't want Commissioner Santiago to think I was just leaving him out there and not answering his questions. Um but, um Vice Mayor Kelly just really said the operative words, which is encumbered, and that's the legal um language that the um the federal government uses. it had to have
been encumbered by the end of December of last year and you had to have that money already allocated to a certain thing that you were going to spend it on. So, it's not even really what the residents may have voted on in 2023. That's irrelevant, but the commission did um vote and that's that is the issue
and they did it prior to the deadline and so the money is being used in the only way it can be used at this point. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Mr. Mayor, Commissioner Santiago. Yeah, I think um well, I already uh you know heard the
opinion of my colleagues is it's no problem with me to move it up without a resolution in passing. It's I'm not against I mean what I say is we more have to know how
do we use money in the future for any other projects and if we do something we have to give in the continuation. Okay. Or the main names that that re that project need in the future because after 24 months or 12 months whatever it is
the city is responsible for that to keeping it not doing it now and forget it. We're doing it and by the future it's going to be mess broke whatever and we have to do
something about it. It's fine with me. I don't want no more discussion about that and I'm ready to vote. All right, we can go ahead and call the question. Madame clerk, Commissioner Bass, yes. Commissioner Irvin, yes. Vice Mayor Kelly, yes. Commissioner Santiago, yes.
Mayor Taylor, yes. Motion passes. 50. All right, moving on to our last consent agenda item, which is 135. Madame um Madam Attorney, I'm sorry. A resolution of the city commission of the city of Opalaka, Florida, approving a salary increase for the city clerk, providing
for incorporation of recital providing for an effective date. This is sponsored by Commissioner Santiago. All right. Can I get a motion? Move it. Moved by Commissioner Santiago. Second by Commissioner um Irvin. Madame Oh, I'm sorry, Commissioner Santiago. This is your item. Go ahead and present it. All
right. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um what happened to you tonight? What? No, you confuse my name a lot. I don't know. That didn't give good. Okay. All right. True. Okay. But that's well um to be faster and to be, you know, to the point
when this resolution, I really uh want to do some uh to recognize uh former commissioner Edris Dominguez when she's standing here in the podium. She say everything that I that I going to say or
that I planning to say. Okay. About the history and about okay uh who is our clerk officer here in Opalaka and I know that lady for so many years and I know that she do a great job and a great
service not only a job a service to the community then I can say that like I never see somebody dedicated to that department like Johanna Flores. And if you want me to be longer, I be
longer. But I am ready, man, to move it out because she deserve what the city have to do for her because she doing a great service and a great job and help our community here in the great city of
Opalaga. And $125,000 I think is not enough. But I'm happy with that tonight to increase the salary for a good employment that we have. And I don't want the other city came and stolen from us.
I want to keep my city clerk Johanna Flor in that office for long. And this is that's it for tonight. Mr. Mayor, I had the you had the floor for everybody. Thank you. I was just going to agree with you. It's long overdue. It's welld
deserved and this should have been happen last year. We have to pay our people and I agree. She she deserves it. She needs it. Oh, she didn't ask for it. I don't know about that, but I'm just saying she she deserves it. It's come It's come from my heart. She deserves it. But um
do have any We did open up for discussion. So, do we have any other concerns or questions to the sponsor on this item? Commission. Oh, I you know what? I am so sorry. I yield to Commissioner. It's okay. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. First, let me say I do believe that our city clerk
deserves to be um compensated, but I have a few questions because I don't understand and I don't vote on things that I don't quite understand. So, within paragraph three, it said I
see I don't see um the contract. I don't see the backup documents and I want to know what does it really means to say it's it was not properly um memorialized
if you're looking at the um amendments. I don't know who could answer that. I'm just asking some questions. I will say this because this much I know and I I'll yield to the attorney. Um, I don't believe that the clerk was hired with a contract, but she
was hired under resolution. And I think the proper when it's come properly memorialized is that raises or or when she took um reductions, we never came back to revote on that resolution. Madam Attorney, am I
Well, if if the city clerk wants to um chime in um but I believe that's yeah well in in the from what I saw in from the background that I had was that there was a resolution and the resolution has
um one amount it has the first amount when she was hired there I don't know what things happened between that amount and now but I know that right now she is at 100 this will go to 125 I don't know what
documents or what meeting or what support um was for the 100. So I'm not sure what the history was and I wasn't here at that time. So I will you know let the city clerk speak to that issue. Okay. So
basically what I said was right. Is that what you're saying? I I don't know whether it's right. She was hired on a resolution and we did not do another resolution to support the any increases or decreases that came about during her tenure. Yeah. I I don't have that information. You don't have that
information? Yeah, but I That's right, Madam Attorney. We never We never voted. She took a She took a pay cut when the state came in and there was no resolution that supports that and she also took uh I believe she got a raise. Well, I
know she got a raise last year and there was no resolution to support that. Right. So what's what what is not clear is whether in place is a contract or whether you all are considering a resolution a contract and those are
there's no contract in place. So but the question is that came from my colleague that was posed is the language that you have in the resolution about being memorialized. You wrote it we want you to explain because there is no I don't know what the history is. I don't have the history. So, from what we have, we
have a a resolution that's it starts out at like um many many years ago that's like 85 or $80,000 and there's nothing in between that that I know of. And so, that's why I'm saying the clerk would have to speak to that because that precedes us and we
don't have that information. So, if there's a meeting or if there's a document or if there's something else, it's not in writing. We used what we had and we put this together, but that language was intended to just be clear that
whatever has been done in the interim, we don't have that information. Well, I will say this, Madame Attorney, and I the reason why I don't want the clerk to speak because I don't want her to be advocating for her own race and she I I don't know if she asked for this, but I think you just done a good heart, but I know we pass a budget and in that budget
is the clerk's salary. So, is that not being memorialized? Well, if we pass it as a commission, the clerk is going to have to speak to that, but it what you would do your charter your charter professionals um generally
have contracts and so if there is a contract in place, I'm not aware of it. We we have treated you see as backup a um so there is some backup. We well we we prepared a an amendment. It says first amendment, but actually I don't
think it's the first amendment. it's an amendment to something that's been done previously and it's not clear whether you're treating this that resolution as some type of contract because it has different things that the clerk is entitled to within it. And
so, you know, there just needs to be some clarity and if there's some additional documents or an additional meeting or a timeline or history that you all should be aware of that we don't have that information and the clerk can only tell you. She doesn't have to tell
you, advocate for herself to tell you what the history is. We don't know the history. We've just based on the information that we had, we put together the resolution. Okay? So, if there's additional history, only the clerk is going to know that. We don't have that. Well, I will say this because you brought up the charter. There's nothing in the charter that states that we have
to give our charter officers a contract. That that is correct. Okay. So, there's that. Um, since you are pushing for her to answer these question and you still have the floor, Commissioner Bass, Madame Clerk, I'm not pushing for anybody to answer the question. I'm just what I'm what I am doing. Madam, that
wasn't the way you The way you phrase that. Okay. The way you phrase that, ma'am, since you want her to respond, as the keeper of records, as the keeper of records, she would have this information. I'll tell it this way. So, as the keeper of records, madame clerk, is there a resolution from the time that
you started up until now that talks about a decrease or increase in salary for the city clerk of the city of Opaaka? Not specifically, Mr. Mayor. Not specifically. So, there Mr. Mayor Mayor.
Go ahead. So, based on what I'm hearing, um, the attorney is correct. when my salary was reduced at some point um by 10% when the state came in and it wasn't a mutual
agreement. It was just something that was done along with some of my other benefits that were removed from you know what's provided in the resolution in in 2012. Um so it was reduced at some point.
There was no resolution for that reduction. At some point, I got an increase. Um, from 2012 to now, I've received a $15,000 increase. Um, from 2012 to now, keeping in mind that there
was several years where I had a reduction in my salary. And at some point, all employees were restored their salary with the exception of like five employees. I was one of those employees whose salary was not restored for
whatever reason. I don't know, but the attorney is correct. There is no resolution outside of the one in 2012 that outlined my specific salary. No resolution to reduce it. No resolution to increase it. No, there's no other
legislation and no resolution to made the clerks under the contract like the other um people that we have like the manager and the city attorney. Uh wealth uh what Mr. Mayor what is one second um
Commissioner B because I I try to answer but maybe I say something that is going to like that she going to like have to yield back to it and it will go to you. It's a lot of information to digest right now. Yeah, because it's our information. Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Commissioner Santiago, go ahead. Oh,
okay. No, that's good. Um, what I see is like a little opposition for um do something that somebody deserve. Okay. And my question, Mr. uh mayor okay through the city
attorney is what we have to do that we have to bring in a resolution to make that possible because if I bring in a resolution I want to bring in a resolution it's going to be better or this one tonight it's going to be better I can say because I love the service and
the job that that lady do here in that in this city and what I heard what she said about that they reducing the salary salary 10 or nine years ago they never return it again like the other people that they working here and they
returning the salary I don't think it's fair but if I had to bring a resolution okay to fix it I'm going to bring it Mr. and it going to be better. I I would like to call this question too if we go ahead. Let me say this. I don't think any of us are
disputing her worth at all. So, you know, my thing is I had questions that I needed to be answered so I can make an intelligent choice on my vote. So, that's it. Okay. Did you get your question? You thought about
memorializ kind of fuzzy, but it is what it is. Got it. All right. Any other concerns? Madam Madam attorney, because I hear no one else talking. Madam attorney, if we pass this tonight, can we bring back to amend the resolution to
reflect this resolution or can this just flow into that? So the issue is I don't know exactly what it's floating into because there's no clear timeline of what actions have taken place because clearly the and what the clerk is saying is that she was
given an an increase at at points you you we don't know you know what that history is. I don't think um I I think it would be better if and I and I'm not advocating for the clerk. I mean, I will let her do that herself,
but it would be better for for her to have a clear contract. That's what would be better. But and something that solidifies what relationship you all are having, what benefits she has, if those are the same, if they're different, if
it's an increase. I I think it would be better for everybody, for the city to have something that's clear and memorialized. That's what I think would be better. But the resolution from 20 and I think you're the only person in the chart office that has a contract
currently. Well, that's because you have an interim manager because you have a permanent manager. That manager will have a contract as well. But but I'm not I'm I'm not Let me just say this. This is not this is not my issue. So I'm going to actually we called the question
after vice mayor. I'll yield to him. But if the manager wants to the the clerk would like to bring back a contract and work with the sponsor, then by all means, she has that right. Um, but there's nothing in our charter that says we have to give her a
contract. There's nothing that says that. So, I don't see that's why I was asking, can we pass this resolution? You prepared it. It's just unclear right now what the what the benefits are and what it's in her original resolution. But I don't think that all of those things are
current. I think that actions were taken after that time. I don't know when those actions were taken, but some of the benefits and things may have been reduced and it may not have only been limited to salary. And it should be clear what those are so that later if
there's ever any um litigation, the city would be clear, the the the the clerk would be clear, everybody would understand what rights and responsibilities the city has with respect to its clerk. Got it. So that's all. Got it. Um Vice Mayor,
Mr. Mayor, um I'm probably the only person been around that long. I remember the reductions. I don't remember the specific uh dates. I did see the same thing which was not properly memorialized. Um but I do also know we don't have to necessarily give a
contract although I think the attorney is clear at some point we might want to look at something like that. But right now I'm not into contracts for the officials at this point while we're in the state of emergency we're in. So, I'm
I'm going to um support the item as is um with the increase simply because I remember the deductions and I think if someone wants to deal with the contract or provisions of something that's something for later um legislation. It's
not something I'll be um talking about now as long as we're in financial emergency with an interim manager. But that's just my thoughts. We can call for the question. All right, Madame Clerk. Commissioner Irvin, yes. Vice Mayor
Kelly, yes. Commissioner Santiago, yes. Commissioner Bass, yes. Mayor Taylor, yes. Motion passes 5-0. All right, moving on to our public hearing items 15A1. A resolution of the city commission of the city of Opaaka, Florida, approving
the final plat for the construction and operation of a self storage facility on the property located at 14301 Northwest 27th Avenue identified by Folio 08-2122-0000-00 in the B3 zoning district providing for an effective
date. This is sponsored by the interim city manager. All right. Can I get a motion? Move it. Moved by Commissioner Irvin. Second. Second by Commissioner Santiago. Madame Manager, I'm going to let you go ahead and present. And this is a public hearing item. This is a formal request for the approval of the
final plat for the self storage facility near State Road 9. The tentative plat was approved by the planning zoning board on May 7, 2024. Upon submission of the final plat, it was found to be consistent with the city and county regulations. Therefore, staff requests
your approval. And Mr. Gay is also available should you have any questions. All right. Any questions or concerns on this item? Oh, I'm sorry. This is a public hearing. The public hearing is open. Public clearing is closed. Any questions
to Mr. Gay or the manager on this item? Mr. Mr. Madam, Mayor, Vice Mayor, um really a follow-up question for my briefing um for staff to have that conversation um within
the um developer proposing regarding construction time frames going in and out cuz this is only one way, you know, the the interest in X is going to be the same it is for the existing property. And I wanted to hopefully um get some
kind of clarity or at least discussion that they would be open or amanable to our concern about the traffic uh particular area certain times. Were we able to have that conversation yet or you've not been able to? And the other concern I had which was probably more
something that we have to look at enforcing and that is the concern of folks living in these storage facilities because that's a a challenge that's happening now as well. So did you get a chance to speak to them about those concerns?
For the record uh Gregory Gator director of planning community development. We had an opportunity to speak with the attorneys that's representing them, but we have not had a response back from the developers themselves in regards to their scheduling in relationship to at
the timelines for the development um being built as far as ingress and egress and equipment being brought onto the site for the construction of the site itself. So we we're still looking to get that information from them and be for it
to be a little bit more solidified as to how they would basically time those things in relationship to the traffic volumes that occurs on Northwest 27th Avenue. Okay. And it's very uh okay. I I understand that. Um this is the only time I get a chance to access because
it's the final plat. So, I got to put up I would hope that that at least gets a response cuz that's going to be major challenges with folks going in there taking equipment coming out and you're doing everything in the same entrance
and exit and to the point since I have I did ask it um in my briefing regarding people living in them and I know this is designed for storage and people not living in them. So, madam attorney, I guess the question I would have I guess
an enforcement issue if we were to find it. I would assume it would just become an enforcement issue that nobody's supposed to be living in. I believe that's correct. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. All right. Any other questions or concerns? Yes,
man. Go ahead. Um Santiago. Yeah. Thank you. Um Madame Manager to Mr. Gate. Question. Um when I uh heard the first sign about the project of there uh I started to feel you know like we do
something to uh made better the city for so many years. I remember that corner, that intersection, it's not a corner, that intersection there, that island. It used to be a a rental a two rental place. And I remember all the disgusting, you know, things and dirty
stuff, man, that we have there. And we still have the same exit to go back and always the same thing and probably worse. And I really I really like that project out there in that in that section of the city because it's going
to make that interest to the city look more better than like before. Uh concern about traffic. Let me say traffic is all over. It's all over day county. It's nothing that we can do about it. That's the reason why we have traffic light and we're going to have a speed bumper soon
here in Opalaka. Okay. To try to make better, you know, uh the situation that we have. But it's traffic all over. It's traffic all over. I think the the faster that they can started to build that is going to make L better my city and I'm
I'm I'm supporting that project. Thank you. All right. Any other concerns? Hearing none. Madam clerk. Vice Mayor Kelly. Yes. Commissioner Santiago. Yes. Commissioner Baz? Yes. Commissioner
Irvin? Yes. Mayor Taylor? Yes. Motion passes 50. All right. Moving on to 16 um A1, an ordinance of the city commission of the city of Opaaka, Florida, repealing ordinance 07-03 of the city of Opaaka's code of
ordinances along with any companion language within the existing code of ordinances pertaining to personnel rules, policies, and regulations, providing for severability, providing for conflict and repealer, and providing for an effective date. This is sponsored by interim city manager. Can I get a
motion? Move it. Moved by Commissioner Baz. Second. Second by Commissioner Santiago. Madam manager, go ahead and present. Then we'll open up the public hearing. In preparation of the approval and adoption of the 2025 employee handbook. A request is being made to repeal ordinance
07-03 and all corresponding language referencing the previous policies, procedures, and regulations to ensure the revised handbook is the governing manual citywide. All right. Um, this is a public hearing item. Public hearing is
open. Public hearing is I thought he was coming up a public hear. Public hearing is closed. All right. As we um I have a question, madame attorney and madam manager, why are we peacemailing this?
because we was told that we were supposed to have the the and I asked this in my briefing as well, the the rules and policy procedures at this commission meeting and why is it not accompanied with what we asked for? I understand the repealer, but we've done this way before that we got rid of one
and replaced it with another and yeah, no, it feels like we're peacemailing it and we're being pacified, right? I don't believe we're peacemailing, Mr. Mayor. Um, I did speak with the personnel director and she thought it would be prudent because it
is voluminous the documents to go through with each of you to have one ons to go through them before um the personnel manual goes on for a first reading and with that um we I discussed with the manager making this a first
reading so that they do go on at the same time. So because otherwise it would have been passing the resolutions approving those things and this would have still been on just the first reading. But with the next meeting it will be on a second reading and this will pass just like what you're talking
about along with the personnel manuals um and the the the standard operating procedures on as resolutions and you all will all have been briefed as well. So that was the strategy um behind it so that you don't have conflicting
provisions because if you had passed it tonight as a resolution, you would have had conflicting provisions because this would not have been on as a second reading yet. But I understand you said it's voluminous. I get that part. However, we have had it before and we wouldn't have
passed it by resolution if it been an ordinance. So why can't you just replace one for another? No, it will be a resolution that you all can change because person the the personnel manual you don't want to do that as an ordinance because there may be things that you all want to um need to change and it needs to be a kind of a more of a
flexible document. So the a manual is not going to be an ordinance and you're that's a you know kind of and a lot of times it's not even um something that the commission necessarily approves. It's taken care of administratively but in this case it is going to be um
codified. I mean not codified in your code but it is going to be your law but it would be something that would be flexible that you can amend um easily if you need to and that's the way that's the reason why there they are resolutions coming before you at the
next meeting. Oh, okay. I just don't want us to get in the habit when the commission asks for something, the commission should get it. And we were told that that document will be before us at this meeting and you would have had conflicting what I'm trying to
explain is you would have had from legal standpoint, it would have been an issue because you would have had been passing conflicting things to things you already have in your code. That's the problem. And so I was but then that should have been stated at that time. And who's this
is your item or the manager's item? It's the manager's item. Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor Kelly, I I had this um conversation my briefing. I'm not going to support it tonight. Number one, um because I had questions on what we taking out versus what's coming. And
while the um HR director may not be here and it may be voluminous or what have you, um I still want to have that meeting and that discussion. So until I have that, I'm not going to support going forward this. I understand the whole idea of having conflicting. Um and
as the mayor said, we had hoped to have this much quicker and I expressed this concern to the manager as well. Um, and so until I have that that clarity, uh, I'm not going to support this tonight. So, it has to be moved back or whatever.
If you feel it's going to be a conflict to have them coming at the same time or in some kind of uh, challenging capacity, I want to have that meeting because I want to know what we're eliminating versus what's coming. Um, just in case it's something that's
there, I don't want to eliminate alltogether. I may want to make sure that it's still going to be brought forth in the new document. And I can't say that with assurityity um right now. And I said that in the briefing and so I'm still that position because I haven't heard anything to change um my
mindset on that. So um madam manager, I know HR not here, but I want to have that discussion on if you're repealing this and I hear the attorney saying there's some things that are conflict, what have you, but I want to have that meeting. so that I can be clear on what's coming out, what's being taken
out, and what is changed and or tweaked or whatever. Um, and the need for it because I don't want to just eliminate this and then I discover something I may have felt we should have kept in its entirety or not see it in the document coming forward. So, I I express that to
you and I mentioned in the briefing um as well. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um so madam manag withdraw this. So hearing the concerns I will um defer the item. Let's not defer. Can you withdraw? Because if you defer it has to be a date certain.
So can you withdraw? It's first reading. So it can be deferred. It will have till next meeting. That's enough time for you to meet with everybody and go through the voluminous document. This is first reading but we will have enough time. It's first reading. So it hasn't been um
we can defer it all right to a date certain which will be um the second meeting in June which is June 25th. June 25th. June 25th. Yes. And madame attorney do we need to vote
on that? All right. Can I get a motion? Move it. So the motion was made to defer this item to June 25th. Second. Motion made by Vice May Kelly. Second by Commissioner Irving. Madame Clerk, Commissioner Bass, yes.
Commissioner Irvin, yes. Vice Mayor Kelly, yes. Commissioner Santiago, yes. Mayor Taylor, yes. Motion to defer passes 50. All right, moving on to our city manager report. Madam manager, you have the floor. It is my goal to keep the city commission informed and engaged
in ongoing city manager, city manners, I'm sorry. I remain committed to enhancing the city's operational efficiency and improving service to the residents, business owners, and visitors. I am pleased to inform you that the annual education scholarship
recipients have been identified and awards will be presented to the city commission at the June 11, 2025 regular commission meeting. The portal for the career source South Florida summer youth employment program is accepting applications for opa youth ages 15
through 18. The program will commence on June 16th, 2025 and terminate on August 8th, 2025. Staff from several departments to include parks and recreation, CIP, public works and planning and community development met with Miller Leg
regarding the parks and recreation master plan. progression is underway and the plan will be presented to the city commission at the June 25th 2025 regular commission meeting. The contract immobilized today to remove the existing playground
equipment at Sherbondi Park and installation will commence by May 30th which is this Friday. I did submit a written report and I'll take any questions or concerns you may have at this time. Mr. Mayor.
Um, Commissioner B. Um, no, uh, concern, but I just wanted to say I'm looking at your report and there's a report about the freebie, um, team, the freebie. Uh, we had issues with some of our students
getting to school and I was able to introduce them to freebie and it's yeah, they're at school every day. freebie comes up, mom gets out, kids get out, and several families are literally using it to bring their kids to school.
So, yeah, it's it's it's positive coming forth. And I actually told them, I said, "Well, you guys need to come to our commission meetings and let our everyone knows that you guys are really benefiting from our efforts of having free to our city." So, it's it's really helping our school to increase our
attendance, which was critical. It's still, but it's better with those groups of students who were chronic absentees. So, I just wanted to put that out there. And since Commissioner Baz brought that up, I do
want to say the freebie program, kudos. And I kudos to Vice Mayor for pushing it during Feeding South Florida because a lot of residents who were not able to get out there are able to get there and get food through the Phoebe program. And I know we all gonna congratulate you on
this. That playground. Yeah. Thank you. I when I saw it the the I was like if I could sing if I could sing song finally finally because that can was kicked down the road or and we've been advocating and advocating and
it finally happened. It's finally happening. So, we saw the phase one, which is the excavation and the clearing of it. And then you said it'll be up by the equipment will be delivered tomorrow. Tomorrow. And when will they have it completed? Cuz me and um me and Commissioner Irvin going on the slings
and the monkey bars. We are ready. They're going to start installation as soon as they get their We ready. We ready. If ain't nobody else ready, Me and Commissioner Irvin, we ready. And then I So that that that is that. But the question the question came up about
um Ingram what are the next steps for so two two part question the um playground for Ingram as well as the basketball court installation and finalization. Yes for for Ingram. So we are working on bringing um an item to the city
commission for playground equipment for Ingram. The basketball is supposed to be finished by Saturday. There were some delays and we will be reaching out to the city clerk's office to schedule a date or get your availability for a ribbon cutting for the basketball court. The striping and the netting and the
painting and all that will be done by Saturday. Yes. Okay. All right. So that's what I wanted to for a game up for I said monkey balls. I said so that's and then when will we start shundy because I know we got
grants for both. Yes. We'll be bringing the item back to start um where's Miss Gross to start Sherbondi? She can um basketball. Go ahead. Basketball and basketball court passed I think last month. We are going to be
installing the playground first and then proceeding to the basketball court uh restoration for Chony Village. No, I I'm I'm going to take words from Vice May Kelly for the record. that I needed for the record. So our residents that are listening know that we didn't drop the ball. No, we didn't. So we going to have
it by when? Give me an estimated time, a guesstimation by the end of the summer. Yes. Okay. And and we were doing the um the trails the trails that these questions are we are legit
being asked from residents because we made promises promises made. We're doing the trails at Shbandi. Now we're going to do the playground equipment and then we'll be doing the basketball court. The process is going to be playground first because uh the heavy equipment that needs to be utilized and after that we
are going to proceed with the basketball courts and then we find for the final part we install the trails for Shabbundi for Shabbundi Beach. And then for Ingram you're going to bring another item for the basketball I mean not for the basketball for the playground equipment
and the basketball will be completed by Saturday. By Saturday, the contractor is coming to install the backboards, the nets, and the rings. You are awesome. Thank you, madam manager. Job well done. It's been a long time coming. Y'all scared for that ribbon cut. Oh, we all gonna be there for the ribbon cutting.
We all going to be there. We all going to be there for that. Yeah. All right. Um, so waiting for him. Any other questions to For sure. You jump in the manager. To the manager. Yeah. Do the mad manager. Um, you started with Commissioner. Jump in. Jump in. You jump
in. Let me know when you're ready. I forgot it on um the other day Sunday, I believe it was. What I don't want to start happening is for the people that live on Shahara Boulevard that think that they can park in the
median strip. There was a whole truck with a attachment hooked onto it that was parked there all day Sunday. Well, let me rephrase that. From 11:30 Sunday and when I left from Ingram Park, it was
about 7:30, that truck was still there. Now, how our Yeah, I'll just say that it was still there in the same exact spot. And I don't want them to think that they could start parking for the shade or for
whatever purposes on that median strip. Thank you. Got it. Thank you. All right. Any you have concerns for the manager? Go ahead, Commissioner. I think for you give me the opportunity. You have the opportunity. Thank you, sir. Um, madame manager and we want to say or I want to
say thank you again for the uh system for the freebie of the electrical uh Tesla car in Opalaka. They really look nice in the neighborhood and I have a group of people that they enjoying it
and they very happy with that because they had the opportunity every day to go to the supermarket to the bus office to the pharmacy and one of the thing that they told me is the way the driver
treated and they say they're very nice drivers especially with the senior citizen and the people that are talking about is a senior citizen for the MacArthur. Okay, they've very happy with that and I hope that we can continue to add you know more more cars in the
future and also um madame manager um I know it's part of asking question to you in your report. Uh the other day I be talking to you and
you came to my office with a finance lady. Okay. And you're talking about $25 million of the in the past a former manager. Do you say something? Oh, of
Davin Williams say that we had $25 million in the savings account in the bank. And what happened is you know that day you came and you surprise me that it's not true that is something is there wrong or what happened there we don't
even know we don't have any report about that and I asking you for a report and like my say when any of us asking you for something please just doing it you know passing the report before we come here to the commissioner meeting because
I really love to know what happened in that case I know that you give me some number that they pay $3 million some somebody a million dollar for the water whatever and that I don't see any money in my house for that and I pay a lot of a lot of water and be there but what
happened with that that's one of my question and I need some answers not for the next month as soon as you can yes okay what happened with that money where we are right when so our finance director and she's standing up she is preparing so what was said is that we do
not have $25 million in reserves, meaning just sitting around in the savings. We do not um she is still working on getting those numbers for everyone of what we have in our reserves, what we have in our savings.
We do have money. We do have funds like I did discuss. However, she's working through our audited numbers and our financials to see how much we have in our reserves. As soon as that's prepared, I will make sure everyone receives it. Well, that's what we're
waiting for. You can go naimant. Naima Gant, finance director. So, yes, as Miss Lawson just stated, we will have a report for Miss Lawson to share with you to provide the status of share with everybody to
Correct. Thank you. Correct. As soon as we have those numbers, we do not have them today. Okay. Uh that's already passed I think uh five days, something like that. And I hope they don't pass in another 20 days and we don't have it in the hands. We we need to know what
happened with that. Uh thank thank you uh Mrs. Financer lady. Um she I know that she doing a great job here. Good. Um if I continue to say, you know, thank you for any a lot of things that you do
beautiful for the city and I can see some progress in some areas and that's good to to know. Um, I know that we have other parks like Ingram Park and there's another little
part there. They uh I hope we never forget that part in Gloretta Apartments. Timothy home. Uh, Timothy Holmes. Uh, yeah, they made a Timothy home that park. Uh, we need there a little playground. It's not have to be something fancy, but right. We
need something there for the children that they live there in that session. uh if we can you know put it in the in your agenda you know as soon as we can too. Um also like I know that you have a good report for the park uh for Ingram uh
talking about uh the basketball court. Okay. I see it and they they starting to look nice and that's a good a good work that we do there. Madame manager and I know that you have planned also something like
football in that side to bring some football or well they calling soccer in here in in the United States football with is the other one but soccer yes we're working on it okay yeah I hope that we can bring you know
new things out there to that area and keeping do the good job and I want to be sure that you are the running this city. Thank you, madame manager. All right. Any other questions for or concerns to the city manager? Mr. Mayor,
I don't have any concern for the manager. Um, I'll wait to my report, but I want to commend you, Mr. Mayor, for your patience. I really want to commend you for your patience. All right. As we're moving on to our We don't have an official board report. Oh,
wait. No, I don't see any. We have one chair, but no board reports. Um, madame manager, we're going into the commission reports and we'll start. Well, I start with Commissioner Bass because she has a report and then we go to vice mayor and then we'll go from there. Commissioner
Bass. Thank you, sir. Well, I would just like to bring to our residents attention some upcoming events. The first one is our bingo,
which bingo and chess, which is the first Saturday of the month, and we're looking forward to seeing you there. It's hosted by myself. No, bingo. And Chess and Domino. Chess. Oh, I'm sorry. Chest and Domino. Oh. Um, yes. Hosted by
myself and Commissioner Santiago. And also on June 14th, I am hosting a fatheraughter son basketball tournament at Shabbundi. You're more than welcome to be a part of it. Um
the sign up on online that you can go online, you'll find where to go and register your team. as well as starting June 3rd, I will be hosting a six-w weekek parent uh workshop. It's called Heal,
Learn, Grow, and Love with the Lou Foundation. And there's also the information on this website that you can get further information. We're looking forward to um servicing our community most especially with the heal learn grow
six weeks um activity for the parents and it's a graduation after the fact and a diploma that you completed that six weeks course is going to be about mental health um about being able to purchase a house just everyday things that we need
that we don't get all the time. So again, it's a six weeks program from 2 to 6 on Wednesdays. 2 to 6. No, I said that wrong. 6:00 to 8 on Tuesdays. So that's my report. And it was really good hanging with uh Commissioner Irvin,
eating hot dogs and hamburgers over the weekend. Um it was really good to go out and see our kids in the pool and enjoying their their holidays. So that's it for me. Commissioner Bass, I yielded to you first because you were listed under the Mar Commission reports for the
those topics. You wanted to bring that up or you you're not doing that tonight. Now, if you want No, that this is the perfect time. All right. So I wanted to for a quick discussion um to the manager. I would like to know
where are we as it relates to our crossing guards and also the status on garbage and trash services within the city of Opalaka. With regards to the crossing guards, the city has 10 budgeted crossing guard positions.
two are vacant and four employees are out on leave. Um we are trying to fill those two vacancies. Um they're pending interviews right now as we speak.
We're short two. We're down four. Yes. Out of 10. Correct. We are short. Very short with crossing guards. It's been challenging because our officers who are on shift would have to go to those different areas and they're not able to be at all
of the stops continuously. It is a challenge and we do um notice it and the chief has been aggressively working with HR to try to get those two vacancies filled to try to give them some relief until those others um return back to
duty. So, you anticipate that coming um next school year that we will be totally all positions? All of them will be filled. However, the ones that are out on leave um I'll check to see when they're due to come back because some of them are on medical leave. Okay. School
is out in what about 8 days? 9 days going to be out. So hopefully we can um but we definitely will have all the positions filled for next school year. Okay. But we're not sure that any of the four that are out are coming back. They're out on leave. So they're they're supposed to come back. All right. I just
wanted to know because that was one of my um inquiries from some of our residents as the kids are coming to school not seeing enough course and guard. So I just wanted to know where we were with that. Yes, we are. We we do notice that that's a challenge. Okay. Thank you. And the um garbage and trash
services. Sure. Um Miami Day County is still providing those services. Although their contract has expired, they're still providing those services. Um, it is my intent to bring a an item to the city commission hopefully by the second
meeting in in June, if not the first meeting in July to bring an item um for for solid waste service. Um, it is my intent to bring an RFP for those services. Okay. And you said in June,
end of June or first meaning in July. The intent we're pushing for end of June. Okay. And the contract we have now, you said is expired. Yes. How long has it been expired? It's been expired prior to me taking this this
seat and they will continue to service us within the contract. Yes, I have had constant communication with the county and they will continue to pro provide their service. However, we do have to address it. We can't just keep it like that. And the intent is um to do an RFP. Okay. So, do they want to renew their
contract or it would be our choice not to renew? So, it's it it would be my recommendation not to renew the contract with the county. Okay. We probably can find better services elsewhere. Okay. Thank you for that info.
Good. Thank you. Okay. The mayor's back. Um Price Bass has the floor. I'm good now. Thank you. Okay. Um, Bryce, you want to go ahead and go? Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, thank you, Madam Manager. A couple of my items you have in your report. Um, I see that
you submitted. So, you took my notes. I see regarding the park master plan and the budget schedule and analysis because I want to make sure that we um on top of that in those time frames and I'm expressing my concerns and making sure that as we go through that process that
the numbers are real and what we're allocating is correct and not uh projecting anything that's going to come or any potential grant. but if it's not here in the bank or we got something to know is ours that we are not putting it forth as though we have the dollars and
we don't have it. So, I appreciate um seeing that. Um infrastructure partnerships. Um one of the challenge we've had and I have met with you and I know there's ongoing challenges with some of our infrastructure is to look at where we can to leverage any
partnerships that we can for work where someone is doing some work or potentially going to do some work that we can look at it. And I know uh one of those projects obviously is over um offund and well the old baby hospital I call it where they're doing some work
and potentially we need to do some work and infrastructure work over there and I know you're looking at um the numbers as to what it would be if we would do something like that. So I'll await you to provide all of us with that information to see if that's something
doable and then going forward um how we can look at that as it comes up when folks are doing development or infrastructure needs as a part of development. How can we partner with them uh when it's best or we can do it suitable um with dollars or whatever
funding we have that can make it work. Simply put, we don't tap the ground two or three times when it's being dug up one time if at all possible to get something done. That's not going to not only benefit developers, but also benefit uh us as a city, particularly in
our business community corridor and area. So, I look forward to that. Uh Commissioner Bass kind of touched on the solid waste, the garbage and trash. which I've been saying for really over a while now about dealing with that and I know we're kind of going with the county and their agreement because we have not
really dealt with that and to me that agreement as I've said to you before goes further than just picking up garbage and trash. There's a lot of other uh parts that go with that agreement that I think we need to deal with. And so I look forward to
um coming to a resolution on that. I I know that there have been um as you said, your intention is to bring an RFP. Uh I was hoping we could do it a lot quicker on a piggyback. Um but you are the manager and so you know we can
discuss whatever going forward. Um, I know we did, um, have an entity that was looking at providing a service to us and so I know you have that before you, but ultimately you're the manager to make the recommendation and the commission can
make a decision. Um, I thought it was pretty good, but um, I'll await to see what you're proposing. Um, but I would hope you would at least take a look at that as well and your, uh, analysis as you come back to the commission for your recommendation. um in I think you said
end of June that you'll be doing that. Yeah. Okay. So, I'll await that as well. Um and I've had meetings with you on that. So, I won't go any further with that. Um I also want to just say under my report, we hosted our DMV outreach
over at Helen Miller. Uh this month, as always, we filled the slot appointments really in less than one day. And I'm saying that because when we do this outreach for DMV, uh, when it's posted, you've got to make sure, particularly Opaaka residents, go and register when
it comes. Don't wait until a couple of days before it's happening cuz all those slots are filled. It's not just limited to Opalaka residents because it is a service provided uh countywide um through the DMV, but we bring it here to
the city to try to make it as easy as possible for our residents, staff, and anyone that needs that service. But you can't wait till the last minute and think that you're going to get a slot because they fill up very fast. We also supported our city's 99th birthday uh
activities from our um hosting of the mayor that Wednesday to bingo which of course commissioner Irvin is always kind of in charge of that the fun day and of course the gospel in the um park with commissioner Bass and Santiago as
co-host um of that um it was very uh good on Sunday. It was uh great as we worship um together with our diversity on display. So I want to thank them for that. I also enjoyed hosting a fishing trip to South Bay and Pokei last
Thursday. As always, it was fun for fishing and lunch and of course uh they did catch a few uh fish. Um I was honored to be the guest speaker at Jeremiah's Academy graduation uh last
Wednesday. It's always a pleasure um to see young people accomplish greatness as they prepare for even greater. So I was grateful for the opportunity. We're also working on our upcoming uh C initiative um community emergency response team
initiative scheduled for July. Uh we want to try to get uh residents uh community folks that want to be a part uh business owners register as soon as possible. You can call the clerk's office. Uh this ICM has also indicated
that some staff will be part of the class as well. So if you're interested and you're listening, please call the clerk's office to sign up. Uh the dates for the classes are July 11th, 12th, and the 26th, but you'll be certified to
assist in case of a natural disaster here in our community. We also working on our Junth observance here in the city along with Commissioner Irvin. I'm quite sure she'll have more to say about that. So stay tuned. Um our father uh son
child fishing tournament in Park that we hold annually is going to be uh from 9 to 12 on that Saturday before Father's Day. As always, you're invited to come out and be a part of that. Even if you're not a father, come out and uh be a part. We know we have some mothers
that have to operate in that role. So all are welcome to come out for that as well. And of course, earlier uh this evening, we celebrated our diversity. Once again, as we honored and recognized some of our own Haitian community members for their uh continued
commitment here in the city of Opalak, I want to thank all my colleagues, all of the city staff, especially the clerk's office for helping put that together. And as was said to me, next year hopefully we'll need a bigger space because the room was filled. It was greatly attended. We know it couldn't be longer because we had commission
meeting, but we certainly are thankful for that. Uh, finally, I'm excited to see the progress that we're making. As was mentioned earlier in our park improvements, I also want to commend for the sidewalks. Uh, from Miss Gross, I did see that sign out there, uh, letting
folks know those sidewalks are being done and their tax dollars at work. But I also want to remind all of us as we see the progress that's going forward that there's still much more to be done. And so we got to remain focused and I believe we'll be able to achieve everything we want to and need to to
make our community better for all of us. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Commissioner Santiago. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, in my report, let me starting to uh say again the uh
really we have a very beautiful event uh for the 99 bur of the city. Uh Mr. mayor and my colleagues and I hope that we prepare for the next year for the big celebration that we have for the 100 years of this city. Let's giving a good
example to everybody around day county that we still opalaka for a 100red years. It's a beautiful uh event that we have uh for the 99th birthday in the historical city hall and I like to say thank you for you know for everything
the the city manager and the the staff are doing for make possible that event. Um also I forgot to say something to the manager. I love the job that you do in the city especi uh when residents and uh
business people they uh be talking very positive about the city the way they be helped the way that they be treating and that's something to see that we growing that we keeping growing here in the city also in my report I want to say thank
you to uh commissioner bass to make me uh the co-hoster for uh Domino and chess every Saturday, every first Saturday of the month. And I think we ready and we prepare for that day. We're going to
give a surprise to people. I think that we're going to have some uh things to uh giving to the best uh uh for the winners for that day. We're going to have some prize out there. And I think that we're going to have a very cloud of people out
there that day. Um, tomorrow also for my collect chamber at 6 p.m. regarded about the uh sign signings or sign ordinance that we have in the great city of Opalaka. And we going to have there the opportunity to uh listen the opinion for
the business people around the city and also for my colleagues that they going to be around uh this chamber uh tomorrow. That's going to be at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. And I want to say uh thank you to uh community uh no uh
community development. Yeah, to the community development Mr. Gay and Mr. Lee uh to prepare uh the presentation that we're going to do tomorrow and I believe that we going to be successful in changing some of the rules that we have and one of the thing that I want to
see in the future is a you know something again you know that we doing before and well we be we'll be talking tomorrow in the uh workshop but it's it's a lot of good things coming through the great city the great city of Aalaka.
Uh thank you again to my colleis uh for all this beautiful event that we have for the celebration uh for the 99 years and let's get ready for next year for the 100 years old. Thank you. All right. Um Commissioner Irvin, thank
you. Um, I would like to say thank you for to uh Commissioner Bass and Madam Attorney for coming out and and join us joining me at grown folks night out. Um, we had a nice time and we found
out that we we officially have a a dancing sergeant and Sergeant Hall. He is our dancing officer. But the is our dancing officer. Madame manager. Madame manager with other
respect. With all the respect. Where is the chief of police? Oh my god. Do we have a dancing or a police officer? All night. Yes, he he is. He's a dancing officer. I see them on Facebook all the
time. Now I know that we have our very own. Um it was a very nice event. Um, we had a nice time. Um, I'm glad that I think it was the Jacobs family that approached Commissioner Bass and I and
said, "Please do this again." So, we agreed with them that we would make it happen again. So, we're working on that. Um, I think I submitted the stuff today, I think. Um, we had a really nice time. So to uh
SCP721 Youth Foundation and the Booster Club, thanks for allowing us to have that event. Sunday Funday. Sunday Funday was just that a fun day. We had over 300 people over at
Ingram Park. Beautiful. With um for the car show and they call it the audio uh competition. And it just so happened that the winner of the audio competition was is actually a business owner here in
Opaaka that does just that. He installed audio and stuff and I didn't get his name. Can't remember his name, but he's right off of 135th and 41st Court. Um very nice event. And for that I would like to thank TMT um customs, of course,
our Opaaka Police Department and the Booster Club for making that happen. Um very nice event as well, the pool party. Thank you to um Commissioner Bass and Vice Mayor Kelly for coming out and supporting that. The
kids have a ball at as always. Um I swear those kids came hungry, but they ate, we fed them. It was a very nice uh very nice night. Um, and thanks to this the manager's office,
the clerk's office, the police, everybody that works with me to make things happen when I'm trying to make them happen. I really do. Thank you so much for that. And I have to tell my husband, Alvin, thank you for cooking
the food that we need to eat when we need to eat it. and he has been uh a godscent for that. And that is it. And we are still working on Junth. Hopefully we'll have information coming out on
that um early next week, like the finalization of that early next week. Thank you. And I think that's it for me. Okay. And I'll make it quick so we can get out of here before 9:00. I'm trying. No, no, we not taking
our time. Seven minutes. Oh, I want Oh, no. No. It's gonna be before seven minutes. Oh, yes, ma'am. All right. So, um, real quick, we just want to, um, reiterate, the manager already talked about it, our summer youth, um, employment program that is out. Um, we have a lot of slots
available. So, you know, we want to make sure that our children are employed during the summer and doing something productive. So if you have not already registered, you can I think most of us posted it on social media and is also posted on the city's website as also you
can call city hall for more information. I already told you madam uh manager congratulations on that playground. I love what you're doing. Uh one important announcement we just want to say this is our last meeting starting at 7 o'clock. Next meeting we will start our
commission meetings at 6 pm. So, I just want to tell everyone that let you Yeah, it's July. No, it's June. June. It's June. It's June. So, the June Yeah. Next month, the June 11th meeting will begin
at 6:00 p. p.m. So, as we say in church, tell all your prayer partners, tell all your prayer partners, nah dah, everybody that we'll be here at 6 pm. And if you come at 7, hopefully we are at a journey there. That is our prayer. Um, we also want to say that um
on June 12th, the city is hosting a community meeting with our interim chief of police, Dr. Robin Starks, so we can talk about public safety in the city of Opalaka. So, we're asking everybody to come out that day on June 12th at 6 PM.
Also, tell everybody that is that Thursday after that meeting and it'll be right here in the chambers. Um, we'll be discussing everything that relates to It's not here. Sherbandi. Oh, we It's moved. I thought it was here. Okay. So, we moved. I'm sorry. It's going to be at
Shabbundi Village at Shabbundi Village at 6 PM. So, tell everybody to come out, get your questions answered, and we're going to be giving out some information as it relates to public safety and some initiatives that will be rolled out from to our community to keep everyone safe.
Other than that, just a quick question. Is that okay? Um, you don't have to answer now, but later. Madam manager, I wanted to know where are we considering that the hurricane season starts in a couple days um with
Yeah. Okay. So, I can speak to um my office. We have ordered hurricane preparedness supplies. Um, I will be speaking to the elected officials to see how if we can schedule something to um distribute those supplies to the community and I believe Commissioner
Santiago wants to elaborate on something that initiative that he's doing as well. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Madame Manager. Yeah. Um, we are planning to have uh a meeting by uh the M MacArthur
senior citizen the 5th uh when the day county u people out there to uh teaching people about the a hurricane season coming to be prepared. Yeah, I think it's the fifth and that's we have it
ready. Sorry. No, get up here but um I heard what he said. I understand that. But as it relates to the sandbags and all the other stuff, we're all being prepared. Oh yeah. With all of that, we have all of the bag. Um we we already had a order a PO in in place for sand
whenever we need it. So all of that's already in place. We have vendor for ice in the case that we need those as well. Okay. So because the mayor said he's going to fill bags. We need more commissioner bags. We have equipment to do those. We don't have to do that no more. We don't have to shovel
no more. We don't have to shovel them no more. It's unique to see it done. But um and I don't want to beat this this horse long, but I know that she already brought it up, but the drainage we need to start cleaning the drains. They've already started. They've already started in preparation. All right. Um, really
quick, as we all know, Father's Day is coming up and, um, for the fathers that are employees, I'm doing a Father's Day um, picnic like I did for the women at Shrebundi June 12th.
Um, 11:30 to 1:30, I think it was, something like that. But it's lunch. So, that's only for the employment, not for us. No. Yeah, it's for you. Okay. It's for you and some men in the community will get a chance to invite. If you know any that you want to invite, you can.
That's why you ladies ser ladies. I'm going to need some servers. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We're moving on to our official board appointments. I believe tonight we passed for the charter review. So, if you all are ready to appoint your um
appointments, I am not ready. I have mine's next commission meeting, but uh anyone else is ready to appoint? I have my name ready. Commissioner Bass name. Go ahead. Alan Reed. Alan Reed. Ellen Reed or Alan? Allan. Alan Reed. So Alan
Reed. Um Commissioner Santiago, do you have an appointment? Uh yes, I have one, but I think the name is um under um the girls office. Okay. So we'll I guess you'll announce it at the next meeting. Commission, I mean, um,
Commissioner Irvin, you said you had an appointment. Yes. Veronica Williams. Okay. And Vice Mayor, do you have an appointment? Uh, yes. Brian Dennis. And let me just say, Mr. Mayor, since that's finished, I hope you get that name before the next meeting because we need
to get moving on that. Um, so hope you said by the next meeting, you'll have it. I have it. Okay. All right. Thank you. All right. All right. So, you're just missing me and um Commissioner Santiago. All right, moving on
to Oh, wait. I'm sorry, Madame Clerk. Madam clerk, we have to do two at large appointments. I know one is a business owner and the other one is uh business owner and a professional, I believe. Does anybody need want to nominate someone? What do you mean for
the um charter review board? We have two at large appointments. They're just at large. They're not um education specific or or um professional last time. I don't remember. No, it's just two appointments at large. Two appointments at large, right? Yeah. All
right. So, do we have any at large? Yeah, Mr. Mayor. Um can I give you the first name for that person? Your appointment? Yeah. What is it? It's Anthony. Anthony. But yeah, we going to we're going to get the last name, but I forgot the last name. Got it. Anthony. Anthony is the first name. All right. Um
so, we have two at large appointments. Anybody has an or at large appointments? All right. Okay. So, madame madame um clerk, you have a quorum. You have a quorum. Um and then
we can go. Mayor. All right. So, the two at large appointments. I guess we'll bring that up next meeting. I have mine as well. So, if there are no more things, I do want to say that we did celebrate today Haitian Heritage Month. Thank you, Vice Mayor, for bringing that to our um making sure that we do that in the city of Opalaka. But I also want to
say thank you to MB Royale Photography, a local business owner in the city of Opalaka that donated the trinkets for the event. Very nice. Commissioner Santiago said it's a shot glass for some some kind of something. Mama Huana. Mama Huana. There
you go. Can I get a motion to Oh, you said a shot glass. I hope they hear that. That was Professor Santiago said. Uh, hold this glass up. Can I get a motion to adjourn? Moved by Vice Mayor Kelly, second by Commissioner Santiago. This
meeting is ajourned. [Music] No. Hey. Nobody. Oh my god.