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Four building is separate from the tenants cover the master. >> Okay. As long as she's as long as >> Okay. Yeah, I believe it. Cuz she wouldn't have thought that she would have to pay him.

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Man, you really get ding. Everybody gets a beat. You get a beat. You get a beat. Everybody get >> If there as long as there's components that are not covered by the tenants, it makes sense. >> And it's completely the tenants.

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the responsibing people too bad. >> Was it in uh Oh, uh was it in um Barefoot Bay? >> Yes. Yes. >> Yeah. That safety not only we are the general counsel

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if you're >> all attendants the first year started happening. They're like they were that wasn't live. >> That's dope. Uh no it was live last week. >> It was on Thursday in the middle of the day. >> Yeah. That was just

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>> That is wild. How am I down way south for >> my laptop's got a bunch of goo on it. >> Goo? You got goo? >> Hey. >> Yeah. Yes, sir. >> Hey guys. >> Yeah. Yeah.

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>> Oh, I had questions, too. >> Well, um yeah, nothing major. We We can just >> Is it Is it okay? Cuz you've got questions, too. >> I Yeah, just we'll just ask. >> We'll just do them. Everyone wants to know like that. That's the reason I wanted to know. And maybe it was

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answered and I just scanned to scan. I scan probably see what happens or I delete them. >> All right. Yeah. >> Are these on? >> Not yet. >> No. Okay. >> Check. Check. Check. Well, they could be

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on the stream without being on. >> Yeah. >> Must always be careful. I can hear you, Adam. I don't know if you can hear me. >> But yes, >> we have five minutes left. If anybody

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has a hand to wear these fabulous yellow overalls, these have actually been in a duda processing plant and you are welcome to try them on. So, I will just leave them here in case you might feel brave and want to come put them on.

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For full disclosure, I had to be worn these. I was wearing shorts under the so that Let's uh >> check check this

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with with >> got channel 9 and channel something else. >> All right. >> That's what I have. I keep going like I hear something. Oh, there we go. Check. Check. We are on.

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>> Okay, I think we're going to go this way. That's I think >> we got the >> Can you guys hear me? >> Hey. >> Yes. Yes, we can. >> It It looked like Yes. Okay. >> All right. You're on.

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>> She's somewhere else. >> Oh, she's online. >> She's online. >> Is she going to run? She's >> Oh, are you going to run the gavl? Can you hear me? No. >> Oh, you're going to run the gabble. Oh, you already know this cuz the gavl is over there. Okay. All right. >> Yeah, I'm definitely not running the

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gaffle from Zoom. >> It was definitely going to be breaking new ground. That would have been It would have been fun. >> You have three whole minutes. >> Yeah. Don't get quiet yet. Uh Yeah.

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Oops. Files. Oh, come on. >> Okay. Did I give you the ones? >> David Beckles. >> Which one? >> Rick Wells. David Beck. >> Yeah, I think I got Rick Wells.

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>> Yeah. Wherever it is >> a fancy microphone to >> print out my streets and streets going to be out and out. They have printers and the new I put in wouldn't work if it

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dried out. I think after a long time, our computer clocks and the atomic clock on the sidewall have harmonized. >> I don't know if that's atomic. >> Oh, almost. So, I'm I'm showing 6:30 on my computer. This one's a little bit behind. Um, but if you wouldn't mind,

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please stand and join me in the pledge of >> allegiance. I aliance 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.

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And please join me in a moment of silence. Thank you. And with that, we have four members of council present on the dis. Council member um deputy mayor Natalie Tilbert is joining us via Zoom. She is in Washington DC representing us with a

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flood. It's like a flood plane manager sort of thing. Tell tell us what it is real quick. >> It's the American flag. So, I'm up here with a group that advocates do flooding at the federal level at no cost to taxpayers, I think, is important to add

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as well. Uh, so those of us who are here, let's head on down. We've got a couple of proclamations to to get through. All right, this first one here may be a little bit of a surprise, but I I suspect there are some suspicions.

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This is a proclamation of the city of Ovito. Whereas Jay Getty has dedicated years of exemplary service to Simino County Public Schools, enriching the lives of students, colleagues, and the broader community through his commitment to education, integrity, and leadership.

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Whereas throughout his distinguished career, Jay Getty has demonstrated unwavering passion for fostering academic excellence, encouraging personal growth, and inspiring countless students to pursue their goals with confidence and determination. And

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whereas his contributions extend beyond the classroom, shaping a positive school culture through mentorship, collaboration, and a steadfast belief in the potential of every student athlete. Whereas Jay Getty has been an inspiration to young athletes in cross

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country and track for over 35 years, including when I was in high school. Whereas for a highly disciplined routine through known for highly disciplined routine has had the privilege and honor of coaching elite athletes including

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Olympic runner Jenny Simpson during her high school years. And whereas Jay Getty's professionalism, kindness, and dedication have earned the respect and admiration of peers, students, and families alike, leaving a lasting legacy

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within Simol County Public Schools. And whereas his appointment to the recreation and parks advisory board has helped shape how Ovito's park system has grown and operated, providing community leadership and valuable input on park development, maintenance, and future

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planning. And whereas his retirement marks the conclusion of a meaningful and impactful career while also opening the door to new opportunities for fulfillment, relaxation, and continued influence in the lives of others. And whereas the city of Ovido uh desires to

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honor and celebrate Jay Getty for his outstanding service, his lasting contributions to education and the difference he has made in the lives of so many. And whereas the city of Ovido extends our deepest gratitude and best wishes to Jay Getty for a joyful,

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healthy, fulfilling retirement with appreciation for a career that will continue to inspire for years to come. And with that, we declare today Jay Getty day. So come on up, Mr. Getty. Coach Getty and family, friends, come on

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up here. We spared you standing up here while we said nice things about you, but we really would love to get your whole crew up here. You have made an incredible impact for years, decades. Congratulations. doesn't have an offic.

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>> Okay. So, we got to get half on one side, half on the other side. And >> where am I going? >> And passing this on. There we go. We're passing this off. You're in the middle. >> There we go. And we're going to go two of us on this side. >> All right. One, two, three.

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One more. Y balance it No, I was that's the reason the news group's here when you get the data. Okay, we're going to go go in a little way. All right, we've got another

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recognition for today. Not all the way because we're going to we've got one more person to bring up here in just a minute. This is a resolution of the city of Ovido. Whereas Aduda and Sons was founded in 1926 by Andrew Duda, a Slovak immigrant who

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established a celery farm in central Florida. That same year, Andrew and his three sons, John, Andrew Jr., and Ferdinand, harvested their first first cash crop of celery and formally established a duda and sons, launching

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what would become a significant agricultural enterprise rooted in the rich farmlands of Ovido and Simino County. And whereas Semino County once known as the celery capital of the world, I like to claim it as Ovito specifically provided the fertile

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foundation for Duda's early growth and the company played an integral role in shaping the region's agricultural heritage and economic development. And whereas Duda's long-standing presence in and around Lake Jessup and the surrounding rural communities helped

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define the character and growth of southeastern Simolino County, contributing to its farming legacy and uh long-term commitment to responsible land stewardship. and rare eyes. Over the past century, Duda has grown from a small family farm into a nationally

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recognized diversified company, all while maintaining deep ties to Simino County and upholding the family values and principles that guided its founding generations. And whereas Duda's dedication to responsible land management, environmental stewardship,

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and thoughtful development reflects its enduring respect for the natural resources and quality of life that define Simone County. And whereas for five generations, the Duda family has demonstrated leadership, innovation,

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sustainability, and community engagement, carrying forward a legacy that began in Simino County and continues to positively influence the region today. Now, therefore, be it resolved by the city council of the city of Ovido that we are celebrating the

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100th anniversary of the incorporation of Aduda and Sons. We have with us today Duda's CEO Sammy Duda. So going back to the five generations, generation number five, I'm guessing. Oh, I got to tell you what's going on up

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here, though. So last week, about a week and a half ago, I got to visit the place where this is packaged. So even though celery is no longer grown right here in Ovido, uh the the Duda family has packaging plants lots of places

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including Oxnard, California. And this stuff you can eat it right out of the little container. And I I saw it getting stamped into its spot. So we should probably hold some celery for this picture, right? Pull it out of the bag. >> All right.

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One more. >> And as we're getting ready for the final proclamation, I do want to point out that the citrus and celery cook off at Taste of Ato was for many years the world's largest celery cookoff and that happened right here in Avito and the

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title sponsor of it was due to farm fresh food. So look for dandy brand do farm fresh foods. There's some mojito rich there. >> Truly celebrate for a couple month. >> Oh that that is an inspiration right. >> Okay we have one more proclamation that

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may be a little bit of a surprise. So this can scoot over for a second. >> All right. This is a proclamation of the city of Avido. Whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities and services that are of vital importance to sustainable and resilient communities

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and to public health, high quality of life and well-being of the people of the city of Ovido. And whereas these infrastructure, facilities, and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals who are engineers,

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managers, and employees at all levels of government and the private sector who are responsible for rebuilding, improving, and protecting our nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment, and solid waste systems, our public buildings, and other structures

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and facilities essential for our citizens. Whereas it is in the public interest for the citizens, civic leaders and children in the city of Ovidito to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and

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public works programs in their respective communities. And whereas the year 2026 marks the 66th annual National Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works Association. Uh now therefore I Megan Sladec as Mayor

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Vito proclaimed today well this whole week actually public works week. These are the people who make it so when you turn on your faucets something comes up or something comes out and when you flush it goes down and doesn't back up into your house. So let's hear from

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public WORKS and Mr. You're going to too. The unsung heroes. Honestly, >> anytime something goes wrong, like you only get the call when something goes wrong, right?

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This goes over. All right. Next up on the agenda is approval of the minutes for the April 20th, 2026 meeting. What's the pleasure of council? >> I'll make a motion to approve the minutes of April 20th, 2026 regular session. >> Second.

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>> All right. Let's call the vote on that. Any discussion though first? No to me. >> We'll ask the city clerk to call the vote. >> Motioner, council member Jeff Bterford. >> I. >> Seconder, council member Alan. >> I. >> Mayor Megan Slick.

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>> I. >> Deputy Mayor Natalie Tukurt. >> Where'd she go? >> There's a delay. >> She might be on mute. All right. Well, let's move on. Council member Keith Britain.

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>> I >> All right. And the minutes are adopted as presented. Next up, we have public comment. I have one request to speak from Mr. Ward. Hello, Mayor and Councilman, woman or women, I should say. Uh my name is Gunny

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Ward. I just want to bring up a uh a concerning incident a couple weeks ago with uh law enforcement here uh police overreach. Um I was pulled over um about 10 minutes uh before sunrise for not having even though it was plenty light

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outside to see the vehicle. Uh I plan on obviously fighting this in court. I'm pretty sure I'm going to win uh as a as a former marine and as former law enforcement in another county. Um the officer's rationale as to why I got pulled over was completely null and

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void. It was invalid. I can't wait to blow that apart in court because I'm I plan on doing so. So, um I'm going to have the statutes ready. I'm going to have everything. I'm very well articulated going for my master's degree right now. So, I just want to I guess close with this if there's nothing else

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to say is that it's a patriot's duty to keep the government in check and that's exactly what I plan on doing. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. Thank you. >> Is there anybody else wishing to address council at this time? >> With that, we'll close public comments and move on to the consent agenda.

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What's the pleasure of councel? U make a motion to approve the consent agenda. Uh >> I'd like to remove five and six from that. All righty. You want to amend your motion? >> A little slow on that. >> I mean, it just kind of goes without saying that those get pulled. Uh would

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anybody like to make a motion to approve items 7 through 10 on the consent agenda? >> So moved. >> So that's a motion. So we need a second. >> Yeah, second. >> All right. Uh any discussion?

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>> All right. We'll go ahead and make uh number five 15 A and six will be 15B. >> Do you want to ask if did we were able to get the deputy mayor back?

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>> You hear me now? >> You're hearing now. >> All right. If we have issues, I'll just log out and come back again if we do it again. >> All right. Any discussion on approving items 7 through 10? All right, with that, we'll ask the city clerk to call

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the the vote. Motioner, council member Alan, >> I. >> Seconder, council member Keith Britain. >> I, >> Mayor Megan Slick, >> I. >> Deputy Mayor Natalie Tukurt, >> I. >> Yeah, here. >> Council member Jeff Bterford. >> I

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>> All right. Next up, we have resolutions that were originally scheduled. Item number 13 is resolution 4717-26. Uh Mr. Cobb, if you could get us up to speed. >> Uh thank you, Deputy Mayor. This is a

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request for the city council to consider uh an increase in the residential solid waste rates. Uh Miss Tara Hollis, who is our the city's consultant, is here tonight and she has a presentation for you. Uh when she is done, it is recommended that the uh city council

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adopt resolution number 4717-26. ready for me. Making sure. Can you hear me? Okay. >> All right. Good evening. My name is Tara Hollis. I'm with Wilden Financial Services. Um just wanted to get started with the solid waste rate study. U and

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this is for your residential customers. All right. So, the key objectives of this study were to identify the total revenue requirements. Um that consists of collection costs. You have a contractor that hauls your waste. um disposal costs. So then that is hauled

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to the county and there so there's costs associated with um taking those to the landfill. Franchise fees um administrative fee and then we also are looking at potential staffing a dedicated or a portion of a dedicated

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staff member um for solid waste. Uh then what we do is once we figure out how much your requirements are we look at what are your what are the financial projections under the current rates and then if those are insufficient we look at and developed proposed rate

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adjustments. So the data sources uh we've looked at obviously your audited financial reports. Uh we look at you have a current contract with waste pro uh so we've gone through the requirements and the the specifications in that contract. uh as well as historical information um

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so costs as well as tonnage um and what was taken to the landfill from 2021 through 2025 as well as your budget for fiscal year 2026 and the proposed budget for 2027. Uh and then current rates charged by

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waste pro the contractor as well as what the current and projected rates are um at Seminal County. So our general assumptions are we look at how much customer growth. Um again this is just residential. So we're looking at bringing on approximately 25

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to 24 to 25 new customers a year. So that's homes that are being developed basically. Um the tonnage uh basically historically and you've had approximately 1.49 49 tons per household

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and that's a combination of refu, your yard waste, um any bulk waste and any recycle. Uh there's also dumpsters around the city that have to be recovered through this. Um so that we we look at and again we have the projection and know how many

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carts like that that you have throughout the city. So we got that information. Um labor costs as I mentioned we're looking at right now you don't have a dedicated staff person or staff time dedicated that's actually being funded through solid waste. Um so we are looking at

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your the potentially allocating 0.25 of a FTE which is a full-time equivalent uh to the solid waste um to to help that would be with you know different contract issues if customers call um addressing all of those items. Um,

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another item that came up is that you have been notified by Simol County that the potential they currently don't charge for dumping and bringing any of the recycle to the county. Um, but they are looking at starting that's for the municipalities. So, they are looking at

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starting to add that charge starting in 2027. Um, so we want to make sure uh and and right now they're looking at that potentially being similar to what the other um tonnage fees are. So, we looked and wanted to add that in to make sure

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that you have enough um revenue coming in to fund that expense. Uh and the starting fund balance, so your audited fund balance for the solid waste activities is currently at the beginning of this fiscal year. So, at October 1st, 2025,

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it was $99,496. So, that again kind of plays in because we're going to show you what we're projecting to be in that fund um and then what needs to be done. So as we build our pro financial proformas we always look at infl

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unfortunate inflation inflation impacts everything um the residential cost so the residential collection cost per your current contract cannot exceed 3% per year um it has been because inflation has been greater than 3% per year so that that has been passed on to you each

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year um from your solid waste contractor. Um the governmental building collection cost again is through that same contractor. So we're looking at those costs going up at the 3% a year currently. Um the disposal unit cost

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again that's the cost um Simol County did not raise any of their rates this past year for 2026. They are looking at potentially raising them again in 2027. That's not just recycle. They didn't raise any of the hauling or the the those fees, those tonnage fees this last

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year. Um, so we've built that in. Their rates have been a little bit higher um because they weren't locked in by contract. So those have been going up about four to four and a half% a year. So we're including an adjustment of 4%. Um, and then we have some administrative costs. So that's billing and collection,

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those type of things. Um, so again, those we're putting because that has some labor costs embedded in those. So slightly higher than inflation at three and a half%. This just takes you through quickly so that you can see you're pretty

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consistent that that historically you've been pretty consistent on your actual annual waste tonnage. Um we had a little bit in 2024 that was slightly higher um potentially from some of the storms that came through, but you're been pretty consistent and this just kind of shows

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the makeup that it's primarily the the refues with some yard waste, bulk waste, and then recycling mixed in there. Uh these graphs show the historic operating results from fiscal year 2021 through 2025. Um you can see in the

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beginning revenues and and expenses that that first year in 2021 um expenses are slightly higher than revenues. Uh these are in millions. So your revenues were a little bit over three 3.03 million and your expenses were 3.1 million. um in 2022

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that kind of adjusted and you had 3.227 obviously slightly higher than your expenses and you can see as we're going through and continuing to move forward we're back where the trend is unfortunately revenues are less than expenses. Um so what you can see what it's done to your fund balance is in

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2021 you started with about $38,000 in your fund balance. You went up to a high of about 2 or $262,000. Um, and the beginning of this fiscal year, the end of fiscal year 2025, you

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are back down to $99,000 in that fund. So, the first thing we look at is we've talked about the projected expenses, we've talked about the inflationary adjustments that we've included, and if we just did inflation on your rates, what would happen? So, that's what we're

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calling the status quo. Um, and if we did that, right now you're at $25 uh per month per customer. Uh, you can see that if we continued through 2026, so which is why we're here now and not waiting

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till 2027 is you will be projected to actually have a shortfall in that fund even this year. Uh, and then that just continues to increase as we go out through 2030. So that's that's again why we're here tonight is to talk to you about that

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because you you can't operate with it easily with a shortfall because you need to be able to pay these expenses. So the proposed monthly rates, as I mentioned, you're currently at $25 per household per month. U we're looking at

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recommending and part of this is to make up because you're only going to have it in for four months this year. So you you have June, July, August, and September. Um we're we're recommending that you make that adjustment June 1st um and increase it

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to $29.29 and then to continue to increase it um as you move forward to help offset those effects of inflation and and the different costs that are going to be for the hauling and as well as your your

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disposal fees um to go up the next year only 30 cents per month. So really starting October 1st of 2026 uh and then through the projection period. So which would be through fiscal year 2030 um up to about $32.16.

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And what this will do and you'll see on this next projection is that lets you not only start changing that balance back where your revenues are slightly higher than your expenses, but it lets you start putting some money back into that fund. um such

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that if there is a year that something goes up higher than projected, you're able to fund that and you have some kind of a and it's it's less than 30 days cash on hand, but that you have some type of operating cash on hand that if there is a big storm, if like I said, if

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those expenses go up for some reason, if expenses go up higher than we're projecting, faster than we're projecting, um you do have a potential new contract coming on with your hauler. So if those are higher than are anticipated, this should help you be able to continue to pay those bills to

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both the Holler and to Seminal County. So our recommendations are to adopt the proposed rate adjustments and the plan with the first increase being effective June 1st of 2026. Um again as I mentioned you have a new

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you're in the process of your current contract will end within the next year. Um so that you we you need to look at those future expenses as you're in the process of going out for the RFP and to evaluate the impacts of any new waste collection contract on the future

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projections that we've included here. Uh monitor annual changes in the consumer price index. So, as I mentioned, right now, you were currently limited to 3% a year for the the basic hauling co costs for your contractor, as well as some of the county costs, which

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are based on consumer price index. If for some reason that is increases greater and faster than what's currently projected. So, if historic trends don't pan out and all of a sudden you have a 10 or 15% CPI, we need to look at these adjustments and make sure that they're

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still sufficient. Uh and then obviously every you know every five years at a minimum or if significant changes occur we recommend that you go back and at least look at the revenue sufficiency associated with those rates and I want to questions.

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>> All right. Anybody up here have questions? >> No. We covered a lot of this in the workshop. This >> this is the same rate we agreed to by consensus at the workshop. >> It reflects those that data. I do want to point out for anyone in the audience that the city's fiscal year runs from

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October 1 through September 30th. So when you're hearing that the rate will be up for just four months starting in June, that's how that math works. Any other questions? All right. Thank you. >> All right. Thank you. Uh now at this

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time, uh we would like to ask if anybody from the public has anything to share with council. With that, we'll close the public hearing and uh I'll entertain a motion from city council. >> I'll make a motion to approve resolution

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number 4717-26. I'll second. >> All right. Any discussion? >> No, we talked about this in the u in the workshop. Obviously, I mean to keep the reserves um you know above water. I think it's it's something we got to do. you hate, you know, having to increase

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fees, but again, it's a service to the residents that you're getting weekly trash service, you're getting weekly recycling, you're getting weekly yard waste and weekly bulk or not weekly bulk, but I think it's twice a month that they can do bulk. I mean, it's it's still it's a good service that we're

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providing to the community. It's just a you know, just costs are going up and we have to take cost up as well. >> Good. Yeah. I mean, one of the benefits of of paying for this kind of thing with fees is that we are transparent about

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how much money we collect and how much money goes out and we are getting charged more money um you know by the county and by the contractor and this is uh I mean this is how it has to go. I mean that we have to pay we have to pay for it and this is the way it works. Um,

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so as much as I don't like to raise anything, um, there really isn't any really isn't any option. >> And I think it's important to add also that we are not changing the the deal under the contract. So we had pre-aggreed with a contractor to pay

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certain rates. And as a city, I think it's very important for us to to keep the promises that we make and make sure that we continue to have our trash magically disappear and have clean, safe, sanitary streets. So, with that, we'll ask the clerk. >> Natalie.

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>> Oh, Natalie, deputy mayor. Any thoughts? >> I'm good if you can hear me. >> Okay. I I'm not doing a good job remembering that you're you're joining us by Zoom. >> Yeah, you're I guess it's probably hard with my mouth. >> All right. All right, with that we'll call the vote.

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>> Motioner, council member Jeff Bodford. >> I. >> Seconder, council member Keith Britain. >> I. >> Mayor Megan Slick. >> I. >> Deputy Mayor Natalie Tugert. >> I. >> Council member Alan. >> Hi. >> All right. Next up, we have the

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sculpture final design award. Mr. Cobb. >> All right. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. the uh staff and the public arts board have been working on a sculpture, a call to artists for a sculpture to be located on Avita Boulevard just east of uh its

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intersection with Centerlike Lane. And um this is Mr. Kun who is on our public arts board. So I'll turn it over to him and I think Dr. Korea may also have some comments for you. And uh once they're done, it's recommended that the council

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adopt resolution number 4727-26. >> Thank you for the opportunity to speak. I'm chair of the public arts board and uh coming to you uh on their behalf. It's a request for the city council to approve the final design for a sculpture representing the flora andor the fauna

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andor flora of Ovidito at the semicircle area on Ovidito Boulevard at the intersection of Center Lake Lane as recommended by the public arts board and an agreement with the selected artist. We had

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seven different submissions for this project. It was uh authorized by the council previously. We had two rounds of voting. One in which uh we rated each one of the seven

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and then a second round where we uh reranked the top three. And as a result of those two rounds of voting, we have uh the top three to recommend to you uh in order for first

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place artist number seven, Keegan Ford. Second place artist number four, Charles Cheron. Third place artist number two, Craig Gray. And I am thinking we have

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>> we have those to show. I I hope that you were able to see those. >> Yeah, there's there's the first one. >> Yes. So, this is the top ranked one. Uh you can see that it consists of a brick arch and some native planting. So, um that's the top ranked rated one.

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Can we can we show the next one as well? This is a bronze sculpture with a design and a uh a representation of a bird. And then our third ranked uh artwork

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with a large rock, a tree, and an acorn. So, it is recommended that the city council adopt resolution number 4,727-26. >> Thank you. Any questions from up here? All right. Um >> Oh, yeah.

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>> Yeah. So, on this uh on the number one there, so we've got a we've got two different pictures. And so, I mean, we're talking about constructing a sidewalk where there is no sidewalk. Is that

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>> correct? The sidewalk would be part of the installation. >> Okay. And I think what you're seeing is a a rough sketch and then a more fully formed uh presentation. >> Okay. >> Any other questions?

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All right. Thank you. And with that, we'll open up public comment. Anybody from the public wishing to address council? >> If not, we'll close public comment. What's the pleasure of council? I'll make a motion to approve resolution number 4727-26.

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>> I'll second. >> All right, I've got a motion and a second. Any discussion? >> No, I thought we had some good submissions. Uh I think the art board did a did a fantastic job reviewing them. Um I think Mr. Keegan's uh Ford's

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uh rendition is is very good. Um um look forward to uh this coming to fruition. >> All right, Mr. Burton. >> Yep. I agree. I I think they're all pretty pretty cool. And Keegan's I think is going to be really neat to to have

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out there as a feature for our our park. >> Mr. D. >> Yeah, I like the native plants. >> All right. >> Good, >> Miss Dukurt. >> Yeah, I mean I like it, too. I think our arts board's doing a great job, especially the native plants. It's kind

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of an educational piece as well, too. So, I like it. >> I concur with all of that. I remember when this first came to council, we had given a little bit of feedback that, hey, maybe we want to uh focus on natives and things that are actually here in Ovido. And I love the

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responsiveness with a call to artists and the art board uh really taken to heart what reflects Ovito. And looking at this, this is going to be this little circle. Everybody who gets married, everybody who's going to homecoming, prom, anything, that's going to be the picture spot. So, we will have a little

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bit smaller traffic jam, I think, over at Solary Park and Center Lake Park. So, this is going to be a fantastic addition. All right, with that, we'll call the vote. >> Motioner, Council Member Jeff Bafford, >> I. >> Seconder, Council Member Keith Britain, >> I. >> Mayor Megan Slidic, >> I.

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>> Deputy Mayor Natalie Tugert, >> I. Council member Allen. >> Hi. >> All right. Next up, we've got the forensic audit, Mr. Cobb. >> Hi. Thank you, Mayor. And Miss Madison, if you could, uh, pull up the I'm going

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to bounce around the the memorandum, uh, while we're talking. Uh as you know uh back in February you authorized a forensic audit uh actually it was a forensic engagement uh with uh uh morvis Forvis Mazars and uh the first

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initial uh cost was around $20,000. uh we came back to you later and they uh exhausted that budget and said they needed an additional $10,000 and you approved that as well and so pushing the cost of the project to

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$30,000. And one of the things uh Miss Madison, if you could scroll up, just stop right there. That's good. Thank you. One of the things that we learned uh in our discussions with Forbes Mazares is that their uh scope did not include a pres a final report and a

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presentation to the city council. If you can look up their number one through four, they did have discussions with the staff. They had a discussion with Mr. Barley. They they did go to the golf course itself. They spent the day there, met with Mr. Dunlevy. And then they also

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had additional discussions with myself, Mr. Mr. Boop and as well as Mr. Kelly. Uh we met with them on two occasions uh on the 21st and May 5th and we talked to them about the uh what their discussion

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what preliminary observations they have. We also spent some time talking to them about how we normally do things and that is presenting having a final report and presenting it to city council. uh they that is not something that they normally do in their in their world. And

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so we were trying to find the best way possible for us to engage with them and as and as as well as adapt with how they do things. Uh if you could scroll down a little bit further. Thank you. Okay.

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Right there. That that's fine. Uh when we talked with them, we did discuss the uh the preliminary observations and they gave us these five preliminary observations that are up on the screen. One was to establish internal controls to conduct a uh a comprehensive

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financial audit. Uh have the city attorney go through the the management contract. There is some questionable language regarding insurance in one part of it. It is uh the management company's responsibility for insurance. In another part of it, insurance is part of the

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operating cost that is supposed to be covered by the golf course fund. And so working through those uh another thing that they they might mention to us was that we should investigate uh if it's industry standard for complimentary rounds and this is what they said complimentary rounds to be

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included in the uh golf now online tea time booking platform. We have already talked to golf now uh it is their standard operating procedure. They have a thing that they call trade times and they're discounted rounds and in this in with these discounted rounds and it

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depends on from course to course uh whether it's one per day, two per day, three per day but they have these select times usually they're off peak and it is a discounted round and golf now receives all the revenue for that discounted round. Under normal reservations, when

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you go in, what happens is is the golf course receives the the fee for the green for the for the tea time and then they get a what they call a convenience fee, which is their services. The reason they call them trade times is because the these rounds are used to pay for

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services that they provide to the golf course. And they have a variety a whole variety of different types of services like with marketing and phone answering services and other uh pro shop services and so they can provide these things in

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these trade times depending on the golf course how they take advantage of it. I did a little thing. If you go on their website, it says go in the clot deals. That's what it's called. And so I went on there and I did a search of just about 25 to 50 miles around the veto. And I have practically every municipal

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course in this area and so even some of the private courses in this area. And so it is widely done. The the representative of Golf now did say that uh we do this nationwide. So it's not something that is uh special or uh you

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know peculiar to twin rivers. This is this is what they do nationally. The last thing that they said we would they recommended that we either renegotiate our management agreement to uh go to a revenue sharing uh platform much like that uh down to earth our management

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company has with other golf courses or they said we could issue a request for proposals and that they said that you know a little competition doesn't hurt is not a bad thing. And so those were their preliminary observations that they provided to us. Um, Miss Madison, can we

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go down further? Uh, stop right there. That's good. Uh, one of the things once again as part of our discussions, we were talking about a presentation before city council. Obviously, uh, right now, uh, we do not have enough money in the budget for them to be here tonight. Uh, a for them to be at a meeting is around

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$2 to $3,000, uh, depending on the time. uh but for them to prepare a full report and to do a presentation before the city council on June 1st, they are available then it would be an addition an additional 35,000 to what we've already allocated.

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Uh this is because they have several levels of of review quality control that they have to go through. And so both the uh the report and the PowerPoint presentation would have to go through these various levels of review. And that's really what's pushing the cost uh

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for that 35,000. So we asked him, "What if you didn't do the final report? What if it was just a presentation to city council?" And Miss Madison, if you could scroll scroll up, please. Uh that's an additional 22,000. It evidently has less levels of review that has to go through, but so they were recommending that. What

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we recommending is is that if you decide that you want to go further with this and spend this additional money, we would recommend that you establish the budget at the 35,000 and then whatever is not used, then that would be um that would be put back into the golf course

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fund. The resolution is written to approve the $35,000. And Miss Madison, could you scroll back down? Let's go back to the uh let's go back the other way and go back to the five um the five Uh those right there, the five preliminary observations. Quite

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honestly, uh council, I think we can do this. Uh my my this is just my personal opinion. I think we can do this. I think that uh our own external auditors, Pervis Gray, can handle the internal controls and the comprehensive financial audit. Uh they actually help us when

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they're doing the city audit. They help us with internal controls and they make recommendation to us. I have full faith in Mr. Mr. Vos here as far as looking at number three. And then also if you gave us direction to go renegotiate the contract, I have faith that he can work with uh down to earth and make that make

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that happen. As I said before, number four, we've already investigated the golf now issue. Uh it is it is an industry standard. It's not something special to uh to Twin Rivers. And so our our feeling is is that we can take

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it from here. But if you do desire to go forward with the uh presentation, uh the resolution is written for you to do that. Uh also wanted to let you know that Mr. Dunle is here tonight and can answer any questions you may have about the golf course and uh he's he uh is

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we've briefed him on this as well and he he is on board with doing whatever council wants us to do. If you decide not to go forward with this, what I would ask is go down to five and give us direction on what you want us to do. You don't have to do them all. You can do you can pick them or you can say do all

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five. Obviously, I think number five is really an eitheror. So, I would ask do one or the other. But, um so with that, mayor, uh that is our presentation. As I said before, if you decide to adopt it, we've established the resolution to fund

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the full 35,000. >> All right. Any starter questions for Mr. Cobb? We'll open public comment. Anybody from the audience wishing to address council? >> We'll close public comment. What is the pleasure of councel?

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>> I move that we uh decline resolution number 4728-26. >> Second. >> All right, we've got a motion and a second. Any more thoughts, Mr. Britain? Uh yeah, I'm I think I I guess Brian, my

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first question is we've captured all the observations from the audit firm. Correct. >> That is correct. >> Okay. So I I'm not sure we want to pay 22 or $30,000 to have them repeat those five observations. Uh we have what they're going to give us. I don't see us

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getting much more out of that. And I guess I'd have to say I always thought this was going to be an audit, not an engagement. Um, what would it cost to do a or what what's your estimate to do a forensic audit? I think you mentioned it the other day.

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>> We've uh our estimates is that it would be at least six figures. It would be over $100,000. >> Over $100,000. So, I'm not sure we want to go do that for for this. Uh, the golf course is has about a $2 million revenue

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each year, Nick. Is that about right? plus. >> So, we want to spend uh 10 to 20% of their revenue just to audit them. I I just don't see that. Um as far as uh comp complimentary rounds,

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I don't think I would consider those complimentary rounds, at least through golf. Now, they're we're getting a a service in exchange for for the rounds that the folks are getting. So, it may look like a complimentary round, but we're we're getting a service in

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exchange for it. And even if you know, and I've played out there with coupons that were a free round, but that's those are usually come out of uh golf tournaments and it's part of the contract that the organization holding the curt the tournament has with the golf course. So, they it's rolled into

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the fee that the golf course gets for that. So, um I'm not quite sure how how that uh that came up, but I'm really not sure we need to do an RFP. I'll I would I would be against it at this point. I don't have any issues

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with the way Down to Earth has been operating the course. Um I will say that it was when we bought the course, rounds were going for about the rack rate was about $25 a round and they were doing about 25,000 rounds per year.

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Now, I think the the average rate is $45 to $50 a round and we're doing over $50,000 a year or 50,000 rounds per year. So, we've doubled the amount of rounds and we've doubled the amount of fees we're getting. So, I think that's a

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pretty good uh turnaround on the on the uh down to earth side. So, that's where I stand. I I would uh recommend uh not doing number five. And I'm going through the the list here.

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>> Well, he was saying A or B for number five. You don't want >> I wouldn't do either one right now. Uh we could we can talk to down to earth as to whether it's a it's a wash uh a management agreement. I've talked to to

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Nick about it. Uh they get a management fee, but the other model of revenue sharing, they still get a management fee and then we share the revenue. So, uh, I'm not sure that's that's any value added. I can go along with it if if the down to earth is okay with it, but, uh,

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I'm not sure it adds anything. >> Well, I think one of the the issues brought up by staff and by the auditor was the reason for the A or B is because there is some internal inconsistency in the contract. So, would you be okay renegotiating the contract on the points

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that everybody agrees are not clear? >> Well, that's that's number three. I'm okay with that. >> Okay. All right. Well, Mr. Berford, >> yeah, I mean, I guess I'm just I guess I

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was a little taken back that we spent $30,000 with this firm. We don't get anything in writing. We don't get any report. We got five very, in my opinion, very vanilla uh observations.

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Um, I mean, these are stuff that our own finance department or, you know, could have gone over there and seen, you know, our own city attorney. I I just the fact that we spent that kind of money. It just I don't know just just disappointed in the whole the whole process here

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where I don't really see a whole lot came out of this. We got like five very vanilla things here. You know, establish internal controls over purchasing, you know, conduct a comprehensive financial audit. That's probably what we should have done in the beginning. you know, have the city attorney review conflicting language, investigate what

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these golf now complimentary things and the management agreement. Uh, this I don't know. I I I was just a little frustrated about the whole thing that we spent $30,000 with and went down this pipe. I don't know where the recommendation came for this firm to come in and do this. Uh, I heard that

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they had previous, you know, experience auditing golf courses, but there's nothing here. $30,000. there's really nothing here that I I don't know that was just disappointing. So obviously I don't feel we should give them any more

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money than what we have. Um so that's the reason I'm second to declining it. And then as as far as number five, I mean you know I I agree with Mr. Britain. I don't know if we need that right now. I think it needs to be a little bit more detailed of what what

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the impacts are and you know again what the conversations are with Down to Earth. All right. Thank you, Mr. >> Yeah, Mr. Bodford, you used a lot of my words. Um, I feel like Yeah,

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disappointing that we have not very much to show for all of the work that I guess they supposedly did this this Forbus Mazars. Um, and yeah, I I mean other than point

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number four, all the rest of it is pretty obvious out of the out of the five points. This is I mean I think any of us could have written all of all of that. So I agree. I don't really want to give them uh any more money to tell us what

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they've already told us um except to have a lawyer review it or something. Um uh that being said um I I am interested in um talking about you know

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how we move forward. So you know one of the things about number five um putting together a different kind of structure it it it could be beneficial you know as as I understand it right now um we give

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um downto-earth a management fee uh that is fixed and you know it's not tied to uh to revenue and you know we as certainly as council, but you know, perhaps also as even city staff based on

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our conversations that we've had, we you know, we don't all we don't have the expertise necessarily to know what's going to work and not work uh on a golf course, right? Um and if perhaps there were uh some kind of revenue sharing management structure as is spoken of

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here, it would give um downto-earth the um incentive to you know come up with the kind of things that might make us more money. You know, certain types of you know events or or certain types of um you know I don't even know I because

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I don't I don't play golf, right? but different different types of things where where you might run the course in a certain way that would attract more uh customers and as a result end up making more money and then the city ends up making more money and down to earth makes more money perhaps. Um so I am

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interested in in doing that kind of thing. Um as far as as far as RFPs go, you know, just putting the whole thing out for bid. Um, it would it would be nice if if we had

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if we had a plan. Um, as I understand it right now, this is the same contract that was entered into when the golf course was purchased by the city. Is that is that correct, Mr. Cobb? Uh, yes, sir. It it pretty basically is the same contract. There was one uh tweak of the

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contract, I believe, in 2019, but for the most part, yes. >> Yeah. Yeah, I mean it's never gone out to bid uh since then. And for the other things that the city does, you know, they have a the contracts have an expiration, right? We're we're going to do that again with our solid waste,

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right? Like we talked about in the last work session. Um that solid waste contract was 5 years plus an option to extend uh for two additional years, right? And then after that uh the contract is over and it has to be

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renegotiated. We we go back out for bid again. Um I I know in the in the business that I used to be in, you know, contracts were the same way. They would they would go out for bid every certain certain number of years. So I I think it's a little more it's a little more

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than you know the uh the way you put it, Mr. Kob. I don't disagree with you. A little competition is a good thing. I think it is a little more than that that you know as government we have a responsibility uh to the residents to be doing stuff uh in the the best and most

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efficient way uh on their behalf and it it does seem like a very standard thing to uh go out to bid every every certain number of years for different types of jobs. Now in the in the golf course business uh municipal golf course business I I don't know what that interval is. Maybe that interval is 10

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years. Maybe it's 15. Maybe it's 20. Maybe it's four. I I don't know. Um, but that would be a thing that we could find out from the other beautiful golf courses uh in the area. So, I I'm I'm open to or I'm interested in pursuing uh

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perhaps A and B on uh number five. Um, and I think also I guess I'm a little confused on the motion because we're kind of having a we're kind of voting on something, but we're also having a discussion at the same time on things that are related

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because they're all the same thing here. So, I guess I'll just say that now. Um, as far as conducting a a comprehensive financial audit, Mr. Britain, you asked what it would cost to do a forensic audit and you said six figures. That uh

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based on our conversation that we had, that would be different than what Pervvis Gray >> might do. And if I remember right from our meeting, you said that would be perhaps 10 to 15,000. >> Maybe 10 to 20 that would between 10 and 20. >> Yes, sir.

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>> $1,000. So, I just wanted to make sure that that distinction was was said and that what was being recommended here was the thing that Pervvis Gray could do, not a forensic audit. >> Yes, sir. That's correct.

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>> Um, so with that clarification, uh, up to you, uh, mayor how you want to handle the discussion. I think it's worth talking about that maybe after we vote on the other. >> Okay. Yeah, let's let's do that first.

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and get comments from Deputy Mayor Doug. >> Hey, so I pretty much agree with what's already been said around here. So I am not on board with throwing another $35,000 at what was, as Council Bford

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said, disappointing. Um, I do think some things were pointed out there, but as he said, they were vanilla. Um, I'm not against going and doing a workshop because some of the stuff is not what's on the vote right now. So, I am open to a workshop on potentially looking at

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profit sharing or how we go out for court on this stuff. But, as far as moving forward to audit, I do think it might be good to go the method of going with focus and gray and looking into a top level audit for the 10 to 15,000 range so we can get a pulse on what's

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happening. But I am not on board with this 35,000 stuff. And I think as council member A said, there is some need for discussion here if we want to move forward with some of these alternative options as far as looking at profit sharing or keeping it as it is or how we go out to RFP. So that's my two

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cents. >> All right. Thank you. Um so I I echo everybody. I I am highly dissatisfied with the lack of resolution. It feels like this is not really resolved. uh and the silver lining the only silver lining

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I could find is that the way this the the questions came to us in the first place was done in such a way that our own staff were unwilling or unable or felt felt that they could not internally

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address and come up with this list uh of vanilla observations. So, to that end, I I guess I'm trying to be glad that we engaged this company to go and make some some

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pretty good suggestions. Um, I'm not in favor of spending $35,000 for them to write it down. I'm not even sure I'm in favor of spending $15,000 to have Pervis Gray do just a basic audit. Uh, that style audit basically says, well, did

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they mark expenses as expenses? and and you know revenue is revenue. Well, I think everybody agrees with that. I think the the question comes down to some of these internal controls that we were sloppy on. We we didn't know we

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wrote a contract what is it you 9 years ago and then we just kind of left it there. Um, I think there's something a little bit unfair and unmotivational probably about a contract where if the company is successful at getting more rounds, we get all the benefit and they

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don't really get anything out of it. I I don't want it to be a situation that feels unfair. And also, I want to make sure that we have an opportunity for the sake of the company that has been managing this and hoping to be successful for the last 9 years. If we

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go back out to bid and they win again, it's it's kind of like with the clean slate like, hey, we've addressed all of these things that we kind of were sloppy with in the past and that's on us as the city. We just did not have these internal controls in place uh or and and

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some of them are internal controls for us and others are we did not insist that our vendor have certain internal controls in place. So, it it's kind of an interesting situation that we have going where it's a public golf course and we've outsourced this to a third party. So, part of me wants to insist

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that we have the same exact level of transparency with a company running it as the city has. And we need to sync that up and and I'm not sure that there's a a really great way to do that and to make sure that everyone knows we have full faith and confidence in our vendor without going all the way back

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out to bid and chances of them getting again because they do manage many courses in this area. Uh you know I I think they they're doing a great job and also it would be good to go out to bed. So, um, let's call the vote on the

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existing question, then we can get back to discussing how to proceed on the five, which may be, as Deputy Mayor Tukurt suggested, uh, some kind of work session where we get into it more. All right, if we get the call >> vote, this is a vote to deny to not

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spend any more money >> to get a written report on >> Yeah. how we got to these five recommendations. >> Motioner, Council Member Keith Britain. I >> seconder council member Jeff Bterford. >> I >> mayor Megan Slavic. >> I deputy Mayor Natalie Tukurt.

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>> I >> council member Alan. >> Hi. >> All right. So, are you guys okay with this work session idea? I think that's probably like rather than try to hash it out here. >> Yeah. Work work session would be a lot better. >> All right. So, we'll let let staff come

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up with a proposal for timing of that. And I would say the sooner the better probably. All right. >> One of the things we can do is Mr. Dunlevy does his annual state of the golf course. We can combine that in with it and just have a good comprehensive discussion on on the golf course

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operation. >> What timeline are we looking at for that? >> I I'm hoping we can put it together for June. That would be my my uh my preference. >> Okay. >> So, and that that goes along with the budget. So, I think it would be good. >> Okay. Sounds good. >> Of course, I'm going to try to make sure

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all the different parts are able to do that as well. So, but we'll shoot for June. >> Okay, sounds good. Uh, next up we've got resolution 4221-26, the O veto on the park screen inlets, which was pulled from the consent agenda. So, that is 15A. Mr. Cobb,

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>> thank you, mayor. >> Oh, look, you already got 15A. Rock on. Okay, Municipal Clerks Week happens sometime in May. Got to give you guys a shout out. So, these ladies over here are in charge of all of the public records for the entire city of Ovido. If

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you need anything, there are transparency experts and they keep everything organized. And I don't know if you'll realize how amazing it is that we have a 15A magically behind the scenes. So, rock on. >> And Mr. Cobb, whenever you are I was

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just overwhelmed by the 15A. It's so awesome. >> No, that that's fine. uh the uh when we when we built a veto on the park back in 2014, we installed the city installed what we called um storm water baskets in

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each of the inlets. And what the purpose of these baskets were is to collect uh debris, trash, and prevent them from getting into center lake. And if you'll know, the center lake goes through a an outfall structure and goes into the wetland system to the north of the park

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and eventually winds its way down through various wetlands and ditches and other things, the Sweetwater Creek to Lake Jessup. And because it goes to Lake Jessup, it's part of the uh Lake Jessup basin management action plan. And so at

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that time in 2014, these uh baskets that were installed, they were considered the the uh top-of-the-line, the the technology, the latest technology. Well, now they're 12 years old and they're reaching end of life. Matter of fact, they're not even manufactured anymore.

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And so we need to replace them. And so we started looking at, well, what's the current technology? And what the staff found was what's known as a a storm basin cartridgebased storm water filter unit. And so the idea is to uh install these uh cartridge-based storm water

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filter units. Uh Ferguson Waterworks is the sole provider of these uh these units. Uh we did get a sole source letter from them. We did advertise them in vendor link. Uh no other vendors did respond to the advertisement. Uh the total cost to install these

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inlets, these new filter cartridge filters is $81,498. And uh we're hoping that we currently receive credits in the uh basin management action plan and Mr. White and Mr. Urggain are here. They'll have to explain how that works. But we do

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receive these credits and uh we're hoping that by installing this newer technology that that will increase the credits that we'll receive through the through the action plan. And uh though this project wasn't specifically included in the budget, there is sufficient funding in the storm water um

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in the storm water fund uh in the repairs and maintenance account. So we do have funding to cover this. It doesn't require a budget amendment. Uh as I mentioned before, Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Yeargain are here tonight and can answer any questions and it's recommended that

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council adopt resolution 4721-26. All right. Does anybody from the audience want to address council at this time? No. All right. Council, what's the pleasure of council and then we'll do questions or maybe we do questions first and then Yeah.

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>> I move we adopt resolution 4721-26. >> Do we have a second? >> Have a second. >> All right. Any discussion or questions? Yeah, I had some uh I I had some questions about it. So, we're going to uh a cartridge filterbased system. What

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What is the recurring cost of that? How like how often do they have to be replaced? And what's the cost of the the cartridges? The >> It's actually I mean I know it it it implies cartridge, but it's it's actually just a it's an inlet screen. Okay. So, it's not a cartridge basically.

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>> Is this it? I I like went and looked it up. >> Is that kind of looking like >> it said cartridge? Yeah, it sounds like a It sounded like a fish tank cartridge. Is that it? It's not that. Okay. >> It's an It's an It's a It's a screen. The The title, I admit, is slightly

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misleading, but it's an actual inlet screen. It's It's a It's an aluminum or steel-based screen. So, there is no recurring maintenance cost for it. >> We'll install it and then our storm water crew will clean it out on a routine basis. So, the only cost would

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be for them to access it, clean it out, and put it back. Is this like a reusable air conditioner filter where you just like wash it off and you stick it back in? >> In a sense. Turn it around. >> In a sense. >> Turn it around. Yeah. >> In a sense. All right. >> Yeah. It's just the the the ones as as

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Mr. Cobb mentioned, the ones that were installed in 2014. I mean, they're just it's falling apart. >> Our crew can't manage it anymore. So, these are much better systems. >> Okay. Um All right. So, uh so there's no recurring cost. Um the the resolution

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does say Fabco custom storm basin cartridgebased storm water filter unit. Is that the correct unit? >> That is the correct unit. >> That is the correct unit. >> Yes, it has an option for a cartridge and Okay. So, so there is a you can install a cartridge but we are not using

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the cartridge part for this. >> Okay. So, we didn't write the wrong thing in the resolution. >> That is correct. >> Okay. Uh can you explain the the BA the BMAP the um basement management acts action plan action plan? So Lake Jessup is impaired. It's impaired for

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nutrients, nitrogen and phosphorus. So there is a basin management action plan. Each of the cities within seminal county and seminal county as well as FDOT all participate in that. The idea is each of us is responsible for reducing the nutrient load to Lake Jessup. So the

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idea would be the city of Ovido has a certain number of projects that have been adopted into the basin management action plan. So our obligation is to operate and maintain those projects. One of those projects are these inlet screens that were installed at a veto on the park. So we get credit for reducing

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a certain amount of pounds of nitrogen and pounds of phosphorus each year. That's what our credit is. >> Okay. And so uh I was talking to Mr. Cobb a little bit about this earlier. Um we're talking about the um

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credits isn't money. It's we we have to do a certain number of things and this counts as >> yeah when when we say credits we're really equating that to pounds of nitrogen and pounds of phosphorus. >> Okay. So we're we're required to remove a certain amount of nutrient and this

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has a number associated with it. >> Correct. So we get credit for removing that amount of nitrogen phosphorus. >> Does this get us more credit or less credit than the other one or the same? >> It will stay the same. >> It will stay the same. >> Yes. >> Okay. All right. I think that's all I

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have on it. Thank you. Anybody else? >> All right. Anybody else have questions? >> Well, how do you measure that amount of nitrogen and phosphorus? >> You take the magic apron. Um, so there is a certain amount of nitrogen and phosphorus that's attributed to the

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debris that you remove. And so there's an accepted rate that you essentially get. And I don't remember the exact what what that actual weight is, but it there's a certain rate that you get credit for that D gives you credit for for this type of system. >> Okay. >> So there's there have been studies that

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have been done and that's how they extract the data. >> Just curious. >> Yeah. Thanks. >> All right. Deputy Mayor Tukurt, any any feedback? >> Oh, I'm good. >> All right. And I I am glad that this is not a recurring cost as well. So with that, we'll call the vote.

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>> Motioner. Council member Alan. I >> seconder council member Keith Britain. >> I >> mayor Megan Fedic. I >> deputy mayor Natalie Tugert. >> I. >> Council member Jeff Bterford. >> I. >> All right. And with that passes and

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we're on to 15B, resolution 4722, the award of invitation to bid on County Road 426 sidewalk. And since this is pulled from consent, uh we might be able to speed things up asking for specific thoughts and concerns right out the gate.

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>> Okay. >> Can we have it read? >> Okay. Yeah, we'll read it first. Yes. So, Mr. Cob, when you're ready, if you could uh Miss Madison, could you pull the map up for that so we can get a picture just so they get a get a picture of it. Uh

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this is a quest to uh build about 1,000 ft of sidewalk, 5 foot wide sidewalk uh from Shane Kelly Park for about 1,000 ft east to uh Lockwood Boulevard at the end of Lockwood Boulevard. Uh the city did

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uh did issue an intent to bid invitation to bid number 26-9 and uh WT comp was the lowest uh responsive bidder. They their their bid was for $271,960.89. Uh staff is also recommending a 10%

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contingency of $27,196. Total cost being $299,15689. Uh when we issued the invitation to bid, we did receive 17 sealed bids and uh WT comp was the lowest qualified bid and the uh the therefore staff recommends

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awarding the bid to WT comp. The um fiscal year budget, fiscal year 2526 budget only has $180,99 uh allocated in it. Therefore, there is a budget amendment included with your resolution to transfer $118,248

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from the engineering account to the construction account. And uh Mr. Wyatt, Mr. Gain are here, I'll turn it over and let them give some give some uh comments as well. Uh it's and when they're done, it's recommended that council adopt resolution number 4722-26.

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So, gentlemen, if you have any any information to add. I just more curious what what uh what are the questions for the project? >> Yeah, I don't know. It it seems like it seems like an awful lot of money for something on the very edge of city

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limits on a road. It's hard to imagine or envision very many people taking, right? Especially since this there's already sidewalk. So, okay. So that sidewalk will connect to sidewalk that goes to the entrance of Shane Kelly

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Park. There is no sidewalk on the other side of Shane Kelly Park right there. >> That is correct. >> Um and and all of the sidewalk on 426 up there is a real hodge podge. There's kind of little bits of it on the north and other bits of it on the south. Um

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and then other places where it doesn't really connect at all. um all of that sidewalk is it's it's hard to really call it very useful. Um and it's that way because you know a developer comes in, they put in a neighborhood, they put sidewalk in front

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of the neighborhood and that's what they're required to do, right? And so the the neighborhoods kind of have that and and there's some place where there's well I don't know where it came from, but um I would argue that I this does make it a little more useful. It closes

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a piece of it there. Um, it just from a just from a policy standpoint, it's it's hard for me to to get behind $300,000 for 1,000 ft of sidewalk up there when I do feel like a lot of the

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residents might >> be better served. Well, well, I mean, if we have sidewalk money, I feel like a lot of residents may be better served um or may prefer to have sidewalks uh fixed um that are already existing cuz, you know, that's

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the kind of stuff that we hear more about rather than putting in new sidewalks. Now, you know, my data on that's perhaps limited. I know Mr. Cobb said to me that um people have approached him uh about about connecting

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that sidewalk there. So, you know, I can't say what the what the numbers are. Um but I guess that those are my concerns. Um maybe I don't know, help me get over the line or something. >> I I don't know if if the mayor mentioned it specifically in the proclamation she read earlier, but you know, two things

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we're tasked with are infrastructure and safety projects. Mhm. >> This is a pedestrian safety project which will provide AD access along the northern entrance into the park. And I and I understand your concern that you know, well, who's going to use it? Well, even if one person uses it and doesn't get hit by a car traveling at a high

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speed on a rural profile roadway, it's important to me. Plus, the improvements that are going on right now with the the signalization improvements are going on finally right now. So, that whole intersection is being upgraded and it provides a safe access as I look at it, you know, from a from a city city

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resident perspective. I don't I really look at it from the development perspective. I look at it as how can we provide the infrastructure for the safety of the residents. >> Yeah. >> So it's also it's one of the one of the few projects left on our third generation sales tax list. We're almost completed with that list from over 10 years ago. And so this is one more

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little piece of infill sidewalk project that we can knock knock knock off our list. So that's my respect to you, I think. >> So we need we need to kind of get back on track organizationally here. So, we need it's kind of like we're in in full-fledged discussion. What's the

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pleasure of council? We don't have a motion on the table yet. >> Okay. >> I'll move to accept resolution 42 4722-26. >> Do we have a second? Oh, we got thinking. I like it. >> Second.

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>> Okay. For purposes of discussion at least. Okay. Mr. Britain, any thoughts? Well, you know, I I drive Lockwood a lot. Uh there are a complete set of sidewalks on Lockwood Boulevard, right? Up to 426 >> up to 426 and then they stop.

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>> And there's a you know half a dozen neighborhoods all the way down to Waverly Woods um that folks might want to get to Shane Kelly. And to me, you know, that's that's the next leg of getting that access. And if we do what

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we were planning on doing is connecting the the trail between Shane Kelly and the sports complex that provides a loop for folks to get to both complexes from all those neighborhoods and even even down on South Lockwood because that the

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uh the uh sidewalk is continuous plus all the neighborhoods on Mitchell Hammock. They can go up Mitchell Hammock and onto Lockwood and get access to it. So, uh, from a safety standpoint, I do ride 426, too. And that's, uh, I could

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say that that's not the safest road in the world, I guess, is the best way to put it. Uh, I think it'd be cool. Now, be nice if it was wide enough for golf carts to be on it so that people could ride from their neighborhoods down to Shane Kelly. But 5 foot is too narrow for a golf cart.

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>> Little bit. Yeah, it's too narrow. I know the >> is that eight foot that's required for golf cart or 10? >> I believe it's eight. >> I think it's minimum eight. 10 would be preferred. >> Divine. >> Yeah. >> But uh you know that's a discussion for

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another day. But uh yeah, I think it's a a good feature to to allow people to have that safe access over to Shane Kelly and that's one of our most highly used parks. Uh, so if folks can use the sidewalk and not have to drive, I think that's a good thing.

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>> All right, Mr. Bford. >> Yeah, I agree with what uh Council Member Britain said. I mean, I think it's it's a good thing. And I know in this year, we had a conversation earlier about that intersection of uh you know, 426 and uh and Lockwood, you know, and where we're at on that. And I think

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obviously that's going to become assume more complex, you know, and uh I think it's a good safety feature as you mentioned before uh that we have that connection and again it was on the list the the 10-year list of items to get done. So I think it's a good thing to

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get done here. >> Deputy Mayor Tukurt. >> Yeah. I mean, uh, we've talked about safety a lot, but more than that, too, is, you know, we spend a lot of time in our mobility plans and having alternative options. It does cost money, but I do think it's it's worth it if you

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look at any of our sidewalks. They're all heavily used with a lot of different forms of transportation. So, I'm good. >> Well, I I'm on the side of I think there's a better way for us to invest 300,000 towards sidewalks. And I say this in the context of I have personally

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biked from the intersection of Lake Churn Drive and 426 down to Florida Avenue with a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old also biking down this stretch of road with me. This was many years ago cuz the oldest is now. This is 10 years

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ago. Um the sidewalks are extremely inconsistent. There are no sidewalks on the north side of 426 until you get to about past Reed Road and then you've got just a little bit to Cedar Bend and then you have no sidewalks uh for a stretch

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and then you have to hop to the north side on the subdivision. So this is what Mr. was talking about and then we were in the middle of the road for a good portion. Um, I don't see why anybody who is going to Shane Kelly Park would want to go around

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the long way of the two long sides of the triangle to get in when they could if they're coming from any of those subdivisions simply go to the Lockwood entrance of Shane Kelly Park. So that's where this all kind of falls apart for me is that you there the sidewalk closer

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into town is so wonky that it would make more sense to me to fix that sidewalk prior to creating you know the two sides of a triangle for the irrational people who want to go the long complicated way into the park instead of the short fast

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way that already exists. Um, another place that is of gap that would bring added value, I think, is you're going down 434. And granted, this is a state road, but if we're going to invest the third, the 1 cent sales tax that if we have to burn money, it sounds like we

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have money to burn because now on to the fourth gen sales tax, I don't want to burn it. I would rather be good stewards of it and say, "Okay, well, the state is going to someday fix 434 up to Franklin Street." But from Franklin or not Franklin to Artisia, from Artisia to

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Franklin, the sidewalk, like it literally you're going down the sidewalk and it stops as you're going down a hill. So, if we could complete that stretch of sidewalk, that would make a lot of sense cuz that'll turn people around into a little commercial complex and a bunch of residential places. Um,

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and I can I could probably list off $300,000 worth of projects that are in the core of town where people right now already actually do walk and bike um, and places where sidewalks don't exist and would be appreciated. So, you know, you don't want to go to like manner and

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say, "Okay, we're going to put sidewalks in here." Well, people don't want them there. But people would like a sidewalk along 434 so they can get someplace they already want to go. Cuz what happens when I go on 434? I go in the road and I I make the traffic go my speed, which is

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about 12 mph. And nobody loves that very much. And somebody has actually been killed by trying to get off the road, which is why I go in the road. Somebody at near that stretch of the road, uh, you know, the the side of the truck had a log coming out of it or something.

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And, you know, that's a real safety concern to me is that section. So I I hope everybody will consider maybe keeping the discussion going a little bit longer to see if or I guess the question to you guys is are we allowed to do that based on the rules of

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the 1% sales tax that are in play. >> If it's not if it's not an identified project then there's a process we would have to go through to ask for approval from the other cities in the county to do that. >> Okay, >> so that's one thing. The second thing is state 434 that area is part of another

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DOT project already. So, >> not that stretch of it though, right? >> I believe it is, >> is it? >> I believe it is. Yes. >> I I would love some details. >> I don't know makes sense for the city to spend money on that if it's already part of a DOT project. >> Okay.

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>> We can also add it as a project. >> Yeah. Like >> to the fourth generation sales tax. >> Well, we could add it to the third. Like I I just Is there Can you go Can you guys think of any place we could spend this other than that where we could make better use of $300,000?

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>> Well, the other thing I I would point out, right or wrong, is so if we do change and want to move put it somewhere else, just keep in mind we've already hired a consultant. They've done geotechnical, we've done engineering plans. So, so we spent a fair amount of money for the design. So, we'd have to

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replicate that in another place. So you would have to go backwards before you go forwards. >> Well, we wouldn't really go backwards. We could someday spend another 300,000 on this, but throw in good money after bad to have something cost way more if we wait in the future to do it.

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>> Okay. >> All right. Well, I think we had enough discussion probably. What do you think? >> Well, I I think you're saying that if we >> if we stopped here and built somewhere else that we might be able to reuse that engineering that was done here later. may not be the it might expire. I don't

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know. >> Well, well, just a few things. One, there are all the permits would expire, so you'd have to get new permits. So, you're going to end up spending more money. I mean, you will definitely spend more money in the future. >> I've never met a single person who

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wanted to go in the front of of Shanki when they could go in the >> entrance. It's right there by the sidewalk. So, I think the challenge the challenge is that I think if you can always find another project, right? There's always going to be an infantry of projects. >> I think though that both of you pointed

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out that sidewalks on 426 are inconsistent. >> So, if they're ever going to be consistent, you have to start somewhere. >> So, so here's a place where we can start where where it's funded, it's identified, it's designed, it's ready to go, we have a contractor ready to build it, and this is the cheapest it's ever

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going to be. And it does connect to a park, >> right? So, I mean, if you're going to start somewhere, I mean, that's >> It has a destination. >> It It does have It does have a destination. It does. >> Once I drive ride my bike down the middle of 426 for 3 miles, then I can

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get on the sidewalk after I've already entered the park because it starts after the park start. >> I I've done it, too. You got to keep going back and forth and and then there's none and you got to be in the in the road and Yeah, I I know. Exactly. Yeah. All right. I went and I drove it today again just to to check and make

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sure it was all in my in my head the right way. Um so let me ask about the the the sales tax. So um this is money that cuz the third gen local option sales tax is is done, right? So this is

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money that is sitting in there that we need to spend on something that is either on the list that we provided to the county and the state maybe um for the third gen sales tax. Um and this is the last thing on it. Is

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that what you said? >> One of the last things. Another project is a is a roadway project of Lockwood and Lockwood which is in design right now and hopefully will go forward very soon. >> Okay. I kind of feel about this also that you know this is

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this is the first time this has come to us really in this form. Now I know that >> previously there are things um the uh uh what's it called not the comprehensive master plan but the um >> the mobility plan something like that

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with the sidewalk >> but also maybe also the the master plan Mr. Kelly presented it a year and a half ago in my first meeting. What was that? The big document that has all the projects that we're going to do, >> the capital improvement plan,

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>> CIP, >> I don't think it was called that. Anyway, regardless, I I I'm only I'm only mentioning that to say that I I mean, in some form, things do come to us as a list of, hey, here are all of the

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things that we want to do over the next lot of years. He Mr. Kelly presented the uh American Rescue Plan. >> It wasn't that. It was the same meeting. >> Okay. >> Yeah. Anyway, um something like that. Yeah. So, we get these lists of like here's all of the things that we want to

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do in some time frame and then when they come up um you know, it comes up to us like this where hey, we've done a bunch of work here and we're like ready to drop the hammer on this. And it kind of feels like, you

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know, you have I I've said this many times. You got the two in in government government programs, you have the two phases, right? Too early to tell and then too late to do anything about it, right? And and now I feel like the first time we see it is kind of too late to do anything about it. Where these kind of

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these kind of projects, right, they the policy behind those projects is something that residents have they have opinions about and they express those opinions to us, right? It's like, hey, why are you guys building a sidewalk all the way up

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there? And for the answer to be, well, wasn't really clear that that's what was going to happen until it was a bunch of money had been spent, engineering was already done, and it was kind of too late, and we didn't really get to have the discussion about where to put it instead.

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And so I guess with that what what I would like is if in if in the future perhaps we could have sorry in the future if when we have things like this come up um is there a way that we could see them like in work sessions

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you know before stuff goes >> well >> before stuff goes forward. I >> I would like to point out this is a CIP project right >> so it was identified in the CIP. So it was presented to council >> in in a form >> in a form

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>> in well but it was and it was also part of the one cent sales tax list. So it was approved by council on two different occasions. >> The CIP is a a living document. So you probably submitted it as a design project and then came back to us with a >> Right. It was a it was it was in the CIP

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as a design but it also had construction money attached to it. >> Yeah. >> Was it Were they ranked though? I think that might be what what you're getting at like maybe we should review the rankings of these >> in a more systematic regular way. >> The CI these CIP projects are not

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ranked. >> Yeah. >> And that and that's the I think that's the concern is that there could have been all of this planning money could have been spent on something that would have maybe made a more a better happier

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impact for more people. But now all the planning has been put here and now all the the sidewalks remain unrepaired and we have no budget to repair the sidewalks because we're going to build a new sidewalk so people can take the two long sides of a triangle and that's you

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know it's avoidable going going forward. So I get what you're saying on that but we should probably call the vote. I think I know how it's going to turn out and so we'll ask ask the clerk to call the vote. Motioner, council member Keith Britain,

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>> I. >> Seconder, council member Jeff Bterford, >> I. >> Mayor Megan Fedic, >> nay. >> Deputy Mayor Natalie Tugert. >> I. >> Council member Alanaut. >> Nay. >> All right. And it passes.

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Our last item is a discussion item, appointment to the city public arts board. So, uh, usually we start these with anybody who is interested in being on this, if you're here,

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please come on up and and let us know your name and a little bit of, you know, your one sentence why you're interested kind of thing. >> Hello. Um, I'm Jamie Wesardo. Um, I live in Kingsbridge West and I'm applied for

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art council because I've been interested in getting more involved in our community and I think involvement is more effective if there's a passion and as I said my application I was raised by an artist and an art teacher and so my whole childhood and life has been an art

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appreciation course. So, um, I would love to continue to share that with my own children and with the community at large. >> All right. Thank you. And we've got another person back here interested as well. >> Hi. Can you hear me? >> Pull it on down. My name is Barbara

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Beretta and I'm a a artist by profession. Uh a longtime resident here in this area. Um when I heard there was a vacancy in the board, I thought it was a perfect fit. I've been involved in art my entire life, graduate of art school.

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Um, and I just felt like I could be a help to the community. >> All right. And if you could state your address for the record, that would be great. >> Yes, I'm at 336 Osprey Lake Circle. >> All right. Thank you. And I I think you did as well. Like that's one of the kind of the rules you have to say your name and your address

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>> and almost find >> I said your neighborhood. Do you need >> Yeah, I think we might have that. I don't know what the clerk needs and I know we also want to be mindful of if people don't want to share their addresses, too. So, I'm I'm kind of bungling this up pretty pretty thoroughly here. >> I have their addresses. Okay. Fabulous.

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>> Okay. Thank you. >> All right. Um, yeah, come on up. >> Hi. I think this is where I'm supposed to come up. Um, my name is Jason Toliffson. Um, I live at uh 421 Sky View Place in the Summerfield uh housing

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development and I am here as um a resident of 20 some odd years um at various addresses. Uh my wife and I who are both in uh into the arts in the visual art field um feel that I could bring a maybe a different perspective um

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to arts installations throughout the c throughout the city and would like to help in any way I can. >> All right. Thank you. >> Wow, we got got a good turnout tonight. >> Hi. Uh my name is Marica Lee. I live in

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Tusca Ridge. I've lived in Ovido since I was 4 years old and now I'm raising my daughter in the same community and I saw the vacancy and I thought it would be a great opportunity for me to get involved and to do my part making sure that she has the most beautiful ovido to be

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raised in as I did. Um, I've had a lifelong passion for art and I've been lucky enough to travel all over and be able to consume it in many different forms and I thought it would just be a great opportunity for me to be involved in the community. >> All right. Thank you.

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>> Thank you. >> Anybody else out there interested in the board? All right. Um, so, uh, for the art board, it is not a requirement for all the board members to be residents of the city of Ovido. So, um, we did go

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ahead and and let everybody on the council know who was and who was not. And I think a a good way to do this might be each of us to write down our top two uh candidates. And then we'll see if we've got a consensus towards any

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one person because I believe we get to a point one, right? >> Just one. >> Just one. >> Just one. >> All right. So, let's write them down. >> Top two or is that what you said? >> Top two. Yeah, top two. So, write down your top two and then I will I'll kind

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of keep a running tally over here. I should have written down mine before. Okay. Does everybody have your two down? Let's start. We'll just start at the end with Mr. Britain. >> Feel like Final Jeopardy. >> Put that. >> Okay. Who Who are your top two, Mr. Brenton?

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>> Uh, I chose uh Miss West Sardo and Miss Lee. >> Okay. Sardo and Lee. All right, Mr. Bford. >> Yeah, I think it's great that we had this many people come out to apply for the Ark board. Unfortunately, there is

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only one spot. So, we do encourage you all to keep coming out, you know, and and applying to these boards uh that you can get on. So, I was really happy to see cuz I've seen in years past where we don't have a lot of people that come out. So, glad to see the turnout for this. My first one would be uh Jamie

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West Sardo and my second would be uh Barbara Betta. >> All right. Deputy Mayor Dukert. Yeah, I had uh Miss Wesardo and Miss Lee as well. >> All right, Mr. >> I have Miss Lee and Miss Wes Sardo.

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>> All right. And I've got Sardo and Jose Vasquez. So, welcome to the board, Miss Leardo. >> Thank you. >> Congratulations. >> And thank you everybody who came out. Please keep keep involved in this group. Everybody on art board is super

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welcoming, cool to work with, and uh there's always public comments, and you get sit at the table half the time, too. I' I've been to some of these meetings, and everybody's cool. So, thank you everybody for coming out and being involved and and uh giving it giving up uh the opportunity to volunteer.

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>> And the meetings are over there. The table's the only place to sit. >> Oh, is that it? Because I was one in here. So, everybody sits at the table. >> Yeah, they're over there >> as it should be. All right. Very good. Uh we're on to the city manager report. >> Uh thank you mayor. I only have one thing. Uh next week I'll be attending

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the Florida City County Managers Association uh annual conference and so I'll be out of the office for I believe Thursday, Friday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, maybe possibly part of Wednesday and uh Mr. Kelly will be acting city manager. >> All right, city attorney's report.

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>> Thank you very much, Mayor. I have nothing to report. >> All right, Mr. Britain. Uh, I just got one item and it's uh revolves around this the revolving storm we had last week. We had a pretty bad hail storm and

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today at least two solicitors came by the house. I've seen probably half a dozen of them swarming through the neighborhood uh trying to sell roofs. Um the h I was I saw the hail. It wasn't that significant, but uh when I asked

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them for their permit to be soliciting in the city, I I either get well, we're licensed and insured, which means nothing to me these days, or we've got a permit. Uh it's at the office. And Chief, I'm going to tell you again, I'm going to just call you guys up. If they

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don't have the permit, I want I want you to check them out because we don't know who they are or what they're doing here or where they came from. So, I did that today and uh the officer came out and the truck rode right by him. He went and had a talk with him. But I'm I'm getting

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a little bit tired of that. I guess it's a sign of the times, but um we should all be vigilant. I've been hacked and scammed uh very recently. It could have cost us a lot of money. So, I'm sensitive to it. So, that's all I have.

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>> All right. Deputy Mayor Dukert. Uh, I echo what he said, but I also wanted to give a huge shout out to public works. I've had so many neighbors, uh, especially in Alip Baywoods. If you saw all those news articles the next day, they were pretty much all in the neighborhoods. They made a lot of trees down. And a lot of people

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were very thankful to our public works crew for how fast they got out there and were cleaning up the streets. So, that's all I want to say. I'm sure I'll have a report at the next meeting about where I'm at right now, but that's it. Thank you. >> All right. And I'm up next. Tomorrow I'm

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talking to uh some seventh graders. I think it might be all the civics classes at Lton Charles Middle School and then chasing that with talking to all of the fourth graders at Stinstöm. So this celery will be heading over there so we could tell about the history of citrus and celery and how these two crops put

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ovito on the map. And that's all I've got. >> I've been smelling this celery the whole meeting. Um, Chief Coleman, uh, we talked on the phone about the um about the roofing uh,

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solicitors like you talked about. Um, would you mind coming up and and telling uh, some of the things that you told me about um, the permitting process for doortodoor and what things are required of them

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and what we can do about it. we as residents >> uh we have a a list of requirements that we require solicitors to in order to obtain a permit. Um once they comply with all the the list of requirements, we issue a permit to them that says a

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solicitor has their picture and it's like a little name name badge. U if they're not carrying that and they're required to carry it with them while they're soliciting at all times. >> Could you talk a little closer into the mic? I want to make sure everybody on YouTube can hear too because I'm getting a lot of questions about this too.

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>> Am I better now? >> Not yet. >> A little bit more. >> Do do like open mic night real quick. >> How's that? That's better. >> I feel like I'm fixing to bite it. So, >> we got 25 people out there on YouTube right now. We want to make sure they hear it. >> So, if if they come up to your house and

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they knock on your door or catch in your yard, you can ask ask or demand for the uh the permit. If they do not show it, call us. we will come make contact with them. Uh if they do not have it, they're not they're not registered with the city, then we will issue a citation of

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code code violation. So, >> and and when you say to call you, that's the non-emergency number, correct? At >> 971-5700. Okay. >> 5700 9715700. >> Correct. >> I have it in my phone. I don't have it

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memorized. Um Okay. And and you're happy to take uh calls on that. It's not a bother. Um, I mean, if there's a higher priority call, it'll take a delayed response, but otherwise, no, we we uh as as uh Council Member Britain said, there are scam

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artists that are doing it under the guise of being roofers. There are people that come from out of state that may not be licensing in the state of Florida. There's a litany of uh scams that go on during this type of stuff, and this is one way. Having a permit doesn't mean that they don't scam. It just means that

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they've they've registered with the city. Um, so that that's a little bit of a misnomer, but at least we know who they are. >> Yeah. And when we talked on uh I think it was Thursday, may have been Wednesday, but I think it was I'll hold it. >> Either way, uh you said there was only

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one uh roofing company that had a permit on that day. >> Currently, that's what I'm that's what I was told. Correct. Okay. So, >> and and you believe that to be true even as of today? Only one roofing company even has a permit to be doing

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door-to-door solicitation in Ovido. >> And each person with the company that is going to solicit is required to have a permit. >> Right. And each individual person will have that badge and is required to produce it. >> Correct. >> Do we know offhand the name of that company? Cuz I almost want to give them

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a shout out for doing it the right way. >> I don't know who that one is. Sorry. All right. I I think that's good. Thank you. >> Okay. >> All right. Mr. B, >> I had I had one. >> You had one other thing. Okay. >> No, for uh for Mr. Beldon. Um I It's not

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a question. I I just um I had uh uh some friends were talking to me about uh playing basketball over at uh Boston Hill Park. And I don't actually don't know how long ago this story is, but even so, it's a great story and I like it. I wanted to tell it here. Um they said they were playing basketball on uh

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um on a Saturday and one of the um one of the hoops had, you know, something wrong with the net or it was broken, had fallen off, whatever like that. And they filled out the form and while they were still playing, somebody came out and fixed the net on a Saturday. And I think

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that's a pretty amazing story. And so I just wanted to just wanted to say thanks for for all the things you do. >> All right. Mr. Bird. >> Yes. um unless well I had a couple things here. I don't know if we we caught the when um Miss Holl was up here

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and she was giving the presentation. She shows the growth of our community that we're only adding 24 to 25 residential units a year. And I know we get a lot of feedback saying that we're adding too much too fast, but 24 to 25 residential units a year doesn't seem like a lot. So

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I it's an interesting statistic. Again, I want to thank public works um public works week. Uh we had three uh emails today and I appreciate you guys addressing them. Uh Mr. Foster and Live Oak, Dear Oak Circle about his sidewalks. Um this year, you get with

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him very quickly. Um there was the light at 426 in Lockwood. Uh we had that email come up and again the response was very quickly on that one. And then we also have the one that you guys are working with uh with chief here at Waverly Woods

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on uh addressing that one. So I appreciate everything you guys are doing for the community. Again, special recognition for you guys for for this week. Um thought it was very cool about Mr. Getty, Coach Getty. So you did a great job, Mr. Beldon, keeping that a secret.

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So uh I thought it was funny that he had no clue uh that was going on. Then when he saw his family, he started crying. So that was uh special. He's a very very special person. Has done a lot for this community. Uh I know my kids, you know, have you know very high regard for him.

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I thought also the Duda family and the Duda Duda Inc. uh being here 100 years I thought was a good idea that we did that. The celery and everything I thought was a nice touch. And then Mr. Keegan Ford. Um that was a great sculpture. The guy just seems to have

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talents you just don't know about. So I I thought that was a great thing. look forward uh and seeing that come together. And then lastly, kind of two parts. Again, thanks everybody that came out to apply for the arts board. Thank you uh there for, you know, stepping up. But we appreciate everybody coming out

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and putting their name in. It it means a lot. And again, like I said, I've seen the boards where it's been a struggle to film. Um and I think our board was one of them at one time, which we didn't have the full membership. Now, I think we've had two turnovers within the last

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month or two months and we've had a a full basically a lot of people come in to try to get on that. So, it's very encouraging to see that. So, and that is uh all I have um

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Memorial Day. They're doing what American Legion is doing. At 11:00 there's a ceremony at the Ovita Cemetery and then 7:00 at the Veterans Tribute at Center Lake Park taps. And it's quick. So if you got a kid in your life who may

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not be able to handle something that's longer, you can handle taps. It's it's powerful and it's and it's spot on. >> No. Great. Thank you. And that's all I got. >> All right. We've got upcoming meetings of Wednesday, May 27th, 2026, 5:30 p.m.

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is a work session. Monday, June 1st, 6:30 p.m. regular session. Monday, June 15th, 6:30 a regular session. Anything else to go to the order? All right, we're adjourned. >> GL. >> A g

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and a ding. And a day.