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6 p.m. Commission Chambers 500 Southwest 109 Avenue. Roll call. Madam clerk, Please stand for the invocation. In Jesus name I pray. Dear heavenly father, thank you for always granting us the gift of life, the gift of health, the gift of family, friendship, and
community. Please continue to bless this great nation, this great state, this great county, and the great city of Sweetwater. Please continue to bless our residents, our employees, our great city staff, our elected officials, but most
importantly, our residents. Please continue to bless our police officers, our firefighters, and the greatest military in the world. In Jesus' name, I will always pray. Amen. Amen. 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. Madam clerk, please note for the record, Commissioner Vio uh item four, special presentation.
Do we have a special presentation? So, we'll we'll delay it. We'll come back whenever's ready. Item five, presentation of employee of the month. Deferred. Item six, presentation of officer of the month award.
Good evening. Major Messa, operations, Sweetwater Police Department. On Saturday, May 3rd, 2025, at 3:02 a.m., Officer Ignasio Menol was dispatched to a call regarding an unresponsive elderly female. Upon arrival, he observed a man attempting to
wake the woman who showed no signs of life and was not breathing. Recognizing the urgency of the situation, Officer Menol immediately began administering CPR. Within moments, the woman began to breathe again and as a as a as a direct result of Officer Menol's swift,
decisive, and expertly delivered chest compressions. Soon after, Miami date Fire Rescue arrived, stabilized the patient and transported her to Kendall Regional Hospital. It should be noted that it was later determined that the patient had a history of diabetes and heart disease.
Medical conditions that made officer Menol's prompt intervention critical to her survival. Officer Menol's actions during this life-saving incident reflect the highest standards of our department. His ability to remain calm under pressure, act decisively, and provide immediate care exemplifies the
professionalism, skill, and courage we strive for in every officer. His conduct brings great credit to himself, his fellow officers, and the entire department. For these reasons, it's with great pride that we are recognize officer Ignasio Menol as officer of the month, August 2025.
Uh, commissioners, uh, Mr. Mayor, I'd like to add one thing. Um it is with uh great gratitude and and some sorrow that in a short 25 days officer Menol will be retiring from the city of Sweetwater Police Department after 30 plus years of
honorable service. So we are very appreciative to officer Menol and his many many years of service that he has given this uh great city and and frankly the the all the citizens of this great state because he has been an instructor
for many many years at the police academy. So it is obvious that a lot of the police officers to include those of rank that are all over the state of Florida were trained by officer menol. So, we appreciate you and uh you're not
going to be missed because you you're going to stay here as a reservist helping us out with our training. So, you know, we're fortunate, but thank you very much. No problem. Thank you. You know what? I've known uh Nasu
for a very very long time and I would tell you actually we met uh on some events uh well we won't go into that we were too young but anyways um always him and his
brother we always uh managed to do everything that Sweetwater needed and I could never think of a time that that didn't happen and this city owes you a great thank you. But uh right now you saved a life along
many other times and you've done similar things. So on behalf of also the whole city of Sweet Water, not just this police department, but all the commissioners and all the citizens, we want to say thank you for this, but you're not done yet. You ain't going far. So with that, thank you.
Thank you. God bless. Perfect. She didn't go. [Music] Perfect. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you for those kind
deserved. He's only been a police officer for 44 years. All right. We're going to be uh reports of officers, boards, and committees. None. Item eight, additions and deletions to the agenda.
Are they attached to this document to the revise? Okay, thank you. Item nine, petitions, communications, and this word. I always have an issue. Romanes, I have Enrique Bermudz. Mr. Bermudzles,
you're present. Mr. Bmulz, please come up to the podium. State your name and address for the record and welcome sir. How are you gentlemen? My name is uh Enriquea Bermudez. I live in the uh Kendall area
but I I could say that I do have some sort of attachment to the city of Sweetwater back in the year 2009. The Goodwill gesture, primarily sponsored by
Mayor Jose Diaz, created a resolution which named the street of West Flaggler from 107 to 117 to recognize my father's accomplishments
and to have his name permanent. they placed on every intersection on the stop lights. So, I've always had a fun attraction to the city. I have certain family members that lived here and I can
never say how much my family appreciated those gestures. recently. Um, one of the plaques that had fallen
on the uh on the sidewalk on 107th Avenue and uh in West Flagler was placed up again because it had fallen down shortly after the resolution was uh enacted and uh sometime after it
looks like there was some sort of car accident there and uh you know it caused it to fall down. And then later on it was just removed altogether. So, you know, we always had the uh the intentions of uh you know, coming over here and you know, requesting that it be
done and hey, you know, this thing was you know, got knocked down. and some of um recently some of the associates that I know that are you know part of the uh Nick Rawin community who are very much involved in you know and worked with my
father in the past they uh they came over here on my behalf and they made those gestures and and you know the plaque was was placed up again and uh just want to say thank you
I appreciate uh you guys doing that. That's all I want to say. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Mr. Mary words. Thank you, Mr. President. There's always a great opportunity where you could be at the right place in the right time to
do the right thing and that was done. Dear father, he was a man of loyalty, a man of respect. He was a man that fought for his beliefs and fought for for free Nicarawa always and there's no reason and I know that I met with a couple of
his colleagues and they they were they came to me I did not know that it was uh the street sign had been taken down because of an accident. Yeah. And I had one of my lieutenants working on it uh which she did an incredible job to make sure we could get it up as fast
as possible. And then there was some confusion that the plaque was up and then not up and whatever, but it it finally got put up. So, uh, it's important to recognize those that are different and significant in every aspect and that's why we do what we do
this commission and us, but I did that in my prior role as commissioner for district 12. So, it was it was a great honor doing so. And uh once again, when it's uh people like you to help that would uh I would expect to uh
to maintain your honor and your goodwill and helping those like us. Thank you very much, gentlemen. And uh I wish you the best. Thank you, sir. All right. And thank you for your comments, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for maintaining your loyalty to the traditions of the city.
Very much appreciated. Thank you. Um the uh communications and remunances are over. Um if anybody else wishes to speak that didn't know that they were to sign in, please let let me know. Item 10, consent agenda. Do we have a
motion to approve item A? Motion by Commissioner Yananiel, second by Commissioner Ran Aldo Ray. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Item passes. Staff item number 11. It's up to the mayor. Mr. Mayor, do you want to go back to special presentation?
Yes. Special presentation. What is it? What's a special presentation? Oh, you want to do that now? Okay. All right. No problem. No, no problem. Um, item 11, staff item A, an ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, amending chapter 2,
article 10, division 3 of the city code of ordinances to make the youth advisory board an AD HC entity to be constituted by the mayor and as needed basis providing for commission ratification of appointments, providing for
severability, providing for codification, providing for an effective date, second reading and public hearing. Public hearing is now open. Anybody wishing to speak on the public hearing, please come forward. Speak on this item. Seeing nobody coming forward. Public meeting is now closed. Uh we've been
kicking this can down the road for a while. Do we have a a motion to move this item? Second. Motion by Commissioner Yano. Second by Commissioner Raldo Ray. Roll call. Madam clerk. Commissioner Yanio. Yes. Commissioner Diaz. Yes. Commissioner Ray. Yes.
Commissioner Vio. Yes. President Veva. Yes. Item passes. Thank you to my colleagues for passing that item. Item B, an ordinance of the city of Sweetwater, Florida, amending 2-55 of the city code of ordinances as
permitted by 286.0114 0114 Florida statutes to amend rules by which persons may ask before the city commission providing for the clerk to maintain a speaker's form providing for the designation of a representative to
speak on behalf of a group of persons providing for authority providing for severability providing for codification providing for an effective date first reading mayor Diaz I think it's pretty much selfexplanatory Motion by Commissioner Yananiel. Do we
have a second? Second. Second by Commissioner Ray. Please. This is uh something that I believe in in the county it was used very well. Give the ability for people to speak as
a tool. It's a tool that could be used by the president or the commission or any one of you to be able to be sometimes I forget the little mic but little things in life but that the
attorney after certain times where we were trying to see how we could do this gracefully and allow people to have the right to speak to us which is been very eloquently put by you Mr. president to make sure that people understand that when they come to Sweetwater they could
speak and say the things that they need to say. So sometimes time is of a factor because they want to say a lot or they come with a big group of people and they everybody wants to say but what happens is they kind of say the same thing over and over and over and meetings get
extended. So this is a tool that if that is what you would like to have a concentration of a group of people have one person speak and you want to give them a little more time you really don't need it but in case somebody asks you have this as a tool and that's what I thought it would be good for you and for this commission.
Does anybody else want to speak on this item? No. I u I've spoken to the mayor about this item. I I understand what the mayor is trying to do. um we've we've had, you know, 10 or 12
people to come and speak at a meeting. I never want to limit people uh from speaking and I know that's not your intent. I know this is simply a tool. Um as president, I will never enact that provision. Uh but and and to be quite
honest, I don't have an appetite for this, but I will uh obviously respect the wishes of my colleagues. If we ever have a situation where we have, you know, 50 to 100 people here, which may
happen, this is something that we can um we can enact. The only way to get around it is how do we figure out if there is a group together? I guess there's going to have to be a preamble where we figure out, hey, are you guys all concentrated in one group? So, some questioning has
to be done. So, um even though I don't like this item, um I'll support it in first reading. Do we have a motion? Moved by Commissioner Yan. Second. Second by Commissioner Rald.
Uh roll call, Madam Clerk. Yes. Commissioner Diaz, yes. Commissioner Ray, yes. Commissioner Vio. Yes. Commissioner Yano. Yes. President Veova. Yes. Pass is on first rate. Item C. Mr. President, before you do,
you want to move on to special presentation. Okay. Uh, yeah. I want to do the special presentation if I can. All right. Item four, special presentation. Go ahead. Yes. I have a young lady that's very special. uh that actually another young lady told
me about our commissioner about this special young lady that is uh girl scout and it's I I don't want to get it wrong because I know on the male side it's Eagle Scout but in the female side I I don't know the name but I guess you'll
you'll tell us when you speak here a second but it's important to to understand where one of our young ones which is not not only in the present, but the future of of our cities or us. And and when you see somebody that is
coming with ideas that are not just for what they're doing for to get a good grade or to to you know to do this or that, but also because it's important and it has something really nice with
it. And this is what Ahana Gabriela Bardau uh basically did. She came across with this idea that to help the kids in the park um to have a dispenser
uh to the kids that are going to go out and play and stuff. They could actually get uh screen um sunscreen uh 50 level so it it won't burn their face or stuff. So they could put some on their hands, put it on the face, cover up, and they
could basically do this. I don't say it as nice as she's probably gonna present it, but it is a way where it is I think it's a great thing. So, thank you, Commissioner Yani, for introducing me
this uh mother and daughter. Okay. I don't know who is more special because they're both very special and both very nice and they came very uh today and I had the opportunity of really getting to know them a little bit and seeing uh how
they're going to grow in school a certain person over there and um I guess you want to say a couple of words but I want to I just want to say you know when I met her actually what she see to prevent a skin cancer that's the bottom line that's the reason why she be doing the
formality She went through the whole thing because actually she's learning more how the youth are getting skin cancer and that's one of the main things that push her into this project. Okay. So I thank you. Thank you for adjusting because it was
important. Skin cancer is a result and in South Florida it's become kind of like a plague. Everybody when you see them with a bandage on their face you know that something had to be corrected. So, if you like, I want you to show the commission, please, if you get on right
there at the podium and say a couple of words and show the commissioner your project, which I hope you go very far with it. I already told her as the administrator of the city, I'll move forward, but I wanted you guys to know about it and have it presented here. So, with that, I want you to state your name for the
record. I don't want you to state your address because you're a juvenile. Just your name is fine. Okay. Hi, my name is Adonna Part and I'm from Troop 552 um from the Girl Scouts Tropical Florida and I'm doing my gold award. That's what it's called. And it's
a very highly it's the highest achieving award a Girl Scout can get. I've done my bronze and my silver also based on community service. But in this case in my gold award, I can choose whatever I want to do in a topic that I am very like passionate about. and I've fought
my way through this for almost four years to try to get it approved. So, I decided to go with something that is really important to me since I was little. They've always told me to always wear sunscreen. And thankfully, I was one of those kids who actually follow
through. But some kids don't follow through, including my siblings don't follow through. Even though I'm the youngest, I still see them to this day not use sunscreen as much as people should. even adults, they don't even know the like the high um risk of not
using sunscreen. So, I wanted to promote that from little to get them into the habit of it so then they could become adults. So, my project is called SPF is my BFF. It's targeted to mostly children. It's exactly how it looks like. It's just a plaque with a QR code
that I made. Um, and the QR code puts herself into this comic book that I made for children so they could go down to a level so they can actually uh learn about it and not just be told by their own adults like oh we're sunscreen and it's good for you but this time it's
actually like going down to their level and making them understand putting them in a place where they can actually use their imagination and creativity into this. So um I decided to go with this plaque to put it in parks so they can just easily scan it since a lot of now
now nowadays it's just pure technology so it's very simple but along with my project is a sunscreen dispenser as you're saying which I want to show right now. This is what a sunscreen dispenser looks like. It's about 500 pumps with the
back. So, it's 750 um like pounds of sunscreen. So, it's a good amount. It's $40 right now, but of course, like anyone can see if they they can make a cheaper option, but this is the best one that I found so far. So, I
think it's just very important just mount it up to the wall. It's like a hand like hand sanitizer dispenser almost the same. And I think it's just very important for kids to just have them accessible at their range to see this and then actually be educated on it
along with the story to have that sense of like encouragement and not just it's like a whatever topic because this correlates to my the topic that I wanted to expand on which is skin cancer awareness. I met with a bunch of people that sadly have p like had their
relatives pass away from skin cancer and I think that's such a sad thing to live by. Cancer is a thing we can't even find a cure for yet. So I think um I'm very passionate about it. So I wanted especially very common in Florida. In
Florida it's called the sunshine state for a reason. We get a lot of sun. Um, so I wanted to push people to that um segment that I want them to learn about. It's not just um, oh, it's just skin cancer. I can just get it removed. No, it's an actual disease. It's an actual
thing that you can get and it can damage your life along with your other family members that actually care. That's before I uh before I say something only because I know my people, Commissioner Salad, you have the floor.
Thank you. Thank you. I was a I was a boy scout leader and my son made it as an eagle eagle scout. So yeah. Um I see a young lady there, you know, with a future in her hand and helping our
community. It's like breathtaking for me. Thank you. Thank you. How old are you, young lady? I'm 17. 17. And where did you get your confidence from to come up here and speak in front
of all these old people? It's not far from her. Yeah, this lovely lady over here. That lady right there. Yeah, she's my leader, but also my mother. So, I was always taught with She has a bubbly energy, so I I try to get it. So, what do you want to be when you grow
up? Well, I was telling I was actually I met up with the mayor earlier and I told him I want to do journalism and mass communications but in the political field. Um my sister's also and she also
graduated with a criminal justice bachelor. So I guess like I like to say everyone's in the family because we're all interested in law some way or another. So well I want to congratulate you number one uh for having the courage to come up here and in a public forum. But number
two, having the innovation and the that idea that may seem simple u you my friend are going to be an entrepreneur and I hope you're recording this maybe
10 years down the road. I am 100% sure that you're going to be a multi-millionaire. You're going to be helping people. So I congratulate you, Mom. You're doing a great job. I congratulate you. So, Mom, why don't you uh why don't you go up there to the microphone and and uh tell
us who you are and what it is you're doing for your daughter. Is it okay if she says it in Spanish? Of course, she can speak in Spanish and you can translate for her. Mommy for me. Instagram.
Girls, [Music] So, Yeah, you don't have you don't have the trans. You don't have to. Yeah, that's good. So, uh now you know exactly where she got it from, right? Yeah. Okay. So, Mr. Mayor, I congratulate you for
number one. Um Well, number one, I congratulate Commissioner Yano. Yeah, you're you're always doing stuff. And I thank the mayor because I knew I told you So, I would respectfully request to see
this story and uh the the operation on our social media with Commissioner Yano and the mayor and this young lady and her mother. It's only a request. Uh it's all right, Nicholas.
I think he's having fun. Yeah, I think it's a very important thing. I think it's a a great project, as I said before. just a little more on Hana. She is actually getting uh
she's a candidate for the civil night award and yeah so a letter came from my office today to them uh and so they could present it supporting her for this and also uh you're right Mr. President,
you know, when we see people that are growing in today's age and are looking into so many other things and and you're right, Commissioner Diaz, you know, when you sit and you have somebody present something like this in front of us, it
makes us that much stronger and helping the young people in our community. But she is honestly what Sweetwater Youth is all about to resemble the very good and helping and doing the best that we can.
So once again, I want to thank you for picking Sweetwater. And we we have it in both parks, not only Rosali. I want to put it in Carlo, too. And uh we're going to we're going to make sure that uh we
have it always full. And I think and I'm I'm sorry I de ministerize it a little bit by just saying put it on and and stuff because the the true value is all about cancer and skin cancer. I know I had it. So I I understand how difficult
it is and how difficult it is in our community and a lot of people are suffering from it. So but I want to thank She offered her troop uh to come and help with our events and so on. So, I
don't think we're going to be seeing them for the last time here. I think they're going to be coming around a little bit more. Mr. President, Mr. Mayor. Uh, we going to take a picture with her? I want a picture. Why don't we do that? I want a picture with you. Yeah. Yeah. Can we all take a picture?
You want to use it later on when she's a multi-millionaire, right? To make sure we No. And you are in the other side, sir. Stay on the other side. Oh, let she's the No, no, no, no. It's yours. I'm going to stay. I cover the flank in case somebody comes this way.
I need you here. Okay, will you get on the other move this way? I'm recluding her for C. I'm ready to reclue her. Oh, really? You think? Really? That'll be interesting.
You're the right person. I'll sponsor her for sure. I don't care about that. All right. One, two, three. Okay. Congratulations. Congratulations. Very impressed.
God bless you. Give the word. [Music] Hola, puppy. That is awesome. That is awesome. All right. Um item C,
a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater retroactively authorizing the mayor to execute an agreement with Ammerbuild Group LLC to construct improvements in the public right of way, including but not limited to drainage, road resurfacing, concrete,
curbing, and landscaping improvements for James N. Beasley linear park. providing for authority, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. Mayor Diaz, thank you, Mr. President. And this project is uh been happening for quite a while as you know. I know that each one
of you have all uh brought me complaints as to the water buildup over there in the the len part of James Beley Park. Um we finally got the bids in and this company was a company that actually uh
got the best bid. We also did not uh I could have gone forward but I brought it back because I think it was important for to bring you the information and that we want to move on it. They already started but I thought out of respect to bring it back to you guys and show it to
you. But you already had given me an approval when we did the other parts and we needed to do this street. So this will be gone within six week. Is Alejandro here? Alejandro you want to step it up please? Here a second.
Get the mic. Please state your name and title for the record, sir. Good evening. Alejandro Gomez, city water. Alejandro, on the on the actual work that's going to be done.
What is the approximate time? I think already they already started looking at setting up, but how long is it going to be before we get the whole work done? Correct. It's we have six more weeks to complete the work. Um we started um establishing the MOT and we commenced
the work already. So the contractor is moving quickly. So we expect the work to be completed around six weeks to be chair commission. Yeah, thank you mayor. Very nice. This took a long time. Long time. Thank you very much. And this
I was looking at the um at the resolution here. Is this going to be just the the street and also it's going to be part of the linear park? It's a drainage that goes underneath. That's it, right? It's a drainage and then obviously the street covering and then rephrasing that
particular area of the street. Eventually, what I want to do is make sure that the areas that have been disturbed due to some drainage or some other things that we we dealt with um is to resurface the streets especially in the residential area and to try to look at the approaches. I told
most of you when we're looking at our budget that is something I I want to do and we might try to go globally but for right now the most important thing is to stop that particular area of ponding that takes place that so many neighbors have been complaining about.
Got it. And this is this this drainage is going to be no pumping, right, Mayor? This is not going to be no pumping. It's going to be a um level uh canal level. Correct. Correct. Yes, there's no pumping. We're including um four two inlets, two new inlets and
four structures and it's going to be exfiltration trench. So it it's there's no bump into the canal. So So this is right next to the canal. So we know what I'm talking about. And if the canal goes up, water is going to go go down slowly. Correct. As long as the canal is up, we're going to have
water there. Correct. Yes. Because I had a guy tell me the other day that if it was if if this drainage is part of the pump, but it's not. It's a drainage. It's not. Correct. Okay. It's a French drain. Basically works
with the system perfectly well. They made it ample enough when it was designed. I made sure that Frank um was uh making sure that the amount of capacity would be enough to handle the water in that area. But Alejandro also as a city engineer reviewed everything
and make sure the capacity to make sure it was oversized and uh because that particular area that's a very good point because that area has had a little dip in it. Kind of dip on it. Yeah. And for that reason we did the best we could. if and when we could um
redo not if it's when we could do that that street over again. We'll try to to look at that and that's something Alejandro is already looking at certain parts of the city uh to make sure that we levelize and be able to stop the
pretty much that from happening in certain places. We're looking at Sixth Street. Uh we're looking at the areas of 110th Avenue between 117 and 25th. Obviously, that's our last bit of real real uh flooding there. So, we're
looking at every part and we're going to try to redevelop it according. But I wanted to again bring this back to you and um the administration is myself is I'm looking at every every angle of our roles to continue to improve. Mayor, this this project is coming from
where? From the u this is uh grant money. Grant money, correct? That was brought when I brought the money over. Okay. Thank you, mayor. Appreciate it. Do we have a motion on this item? Why don't you stay there a second out of respect, I want you to say a little bit
because we introduced you briefly these last times and you've been doing an incredible job for the city and I want to thank you personally because you have done everything on time. The job at on 108 that we broke ground the other day, I believe I don't know how many
change orders were presented. How many change orders got through? So, the GC presented a couple change orders. Um, we're not over the huddle yet, but we're still in conversations with them, but
it's been our ongoing um discussion and trying to avoid any change orders that we they present to us. So, he's uh it's very nice, but he has fought hard. He's very humble, very humble, but he's fought hard to make sure that the change orders are not
those typical change orders that come up with out of the blue. And he makes some if there is one that's legit, whether we do it or they have to do it due legit, it's fair. We'll we'll adjust it, but not the not the way some have been
brought up. So, I wanted to make sure that you knew who he was and so on and also present them to you. And I know I had to do this, but I would like to get them um what's the proper phrase that we do? Ratified. Ratified. And I think that's that's
important to do. So, if you be kind enough to do that moving forward, we got a lot more work to do. So, um point of order, Mr. Attorney, as a pocket item, can I You know what? I don't need a pocket item. Um, stick
around and we'll do a ceremonial ratification on uh, mayor's comments. We could do it then or you could do it now. It's up to you. Whatever. That doesn't have to be on on the agenda. Okay. Is that more or less accurate, Mr. Attorney? All right. Good. Uh, do we have a motion
on this item? Move. Second. Yeah. Commissioner D on that one. Motion by Commissioner. He's lagging behind. All in favor say I. Any opposed? Item passes.
All right. Passes. Item D. A resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater approving and adopting open market contract with ESR LLC, a Florida limited liability company, for the purchase of sandbags for emergency use by the residents of Sweetwater
authorizing execution of exhibit A, authorizing expenditure of funds as provided in the fiscal year 2025 2026 approved budget, providing for further authority, providing for severability, providing for an effective date. Mayor
Diaz. Uh, this is, uh, again, this has been in a long time coming. I stepped back a little bit and and let uh, Scott and the deputy chief and so on review this contract. It's been up and down and
looked at the actual uh, sandbags and the the way they're put together and so on. Even though our city has gone away from the flooding due to all the hard work that's been done to ratify the flooding as much as possible, sandbag is
something that uh people want when a storm comes, something that they believe that they need and it's something that um if the citizens want it, then we need to have it for them. But the days that to like back in the day when we started
with this the pile of sand and filling up our sandbags. I think I'm still hurting from that. Um it it's gone. Um, this company has done a a really technical way of doing sandbags
where the truck actually has a mechanism that produces the sandbags and and then comes across on a belt and actually comes to the point where you pick up the sandbag and put in the person's truck. I mean the trunk, whether it's a car, truck, whatever. they put it in the back
and then we put as enough sandbags as whatever limit it is that we we're going to give out and that person will leave and be happy about it and they could prepare for whatever storm comes our way. So this is something that a lot of cities are already taking advantage of.
um he really is is a person that uh Abbert Sautto Ato is a person that's been around this uh city for a very long time and he takes Sweet Water personally and he really cares about our city. So I would tell you right now that this is
something important to have. It's another tool for us to have in case of an emergency and to be able to give those sandbags out to the people that really uh would use them hopefully properly to take care of whatever possible flooding they may have coming into their house.
Move. Okay. Any comments on this item? Yes, sir. Commissioner Sios. Yeah, Mayor. This is going to be an agreement, right? We're going to be in agreement on this contract. It's under contract. Yeah. So, yeah, I was looking at it now. Yeah. This thing works in now. It's a $25 $25,000.
Where's the $25,000 for the minimum? There's a minimum once you have an order of x amount of sandbags that you're going to purchase. That's for every community that is part of the contract once those sandbags because you cannot wait until actually the storm gets here
or not. So, they don't want to be out x amount of sandbags. So, you have a minimum that you actually have to get together with. But again, we are have gotten pretty good in analyzing and knowing when a storm could possibly hit us.
Chances are it might not. But if they don't, we save the sandbags. We put them away and we keep them for the future. So it's not like a waste of money of the taxpayers money in any way, shape, or form. Yeah. And another question that I have on this. So let's say we have a storm.
So he's going to come and he's going to give us what? uh as many sandbags as we want. As many sand come back, right? As many as we want. And he's just going to leave it there and then we're going to need it as we need it. Like I told you, when there's two ways of doing if we get it done ahead of time, we could get the sandbags ahead
and pilots, okay? And then we give them out or he comes with the trucks and basically does the sandbagging wrapup and we If we don't use the service, we're not going to get charged for it. If we don't if we don't use the service,
let's say we don't nothing happened this year. If we don't use it and nothing happens, thank God didn't happen. It didn't happen. Only we get charged if we use the the product, right? If we go sandbags ahead of time or we use the service with the sandbags is when we will get charged. Okay. And there's a limit on this or
is there a limit? Yeah. Limit of how many? No. How much money we got in this? How how much money? No, it all depends on what we see as a possible storm knowing the amount of sandbags that we need to put out. I would tell you that once that happens, um most of the time or the
majority of the time on a case of an emergency, I call an emergency in the city at that point that sets up a whole different type of procurement that we will use and for that reason we will address it as needed. Now, if there's
one thing we've done time and time and showed, we're very frugal as to making sure that we don't over buy or interdo, but I'd rather have people feel safe and rather have I'm agree with have the sandbags and if that's what the citizens keep asking for all the time, let's make sure we have it ready for
them. Okay. So, we you're going to have bags of 25 lb, 30 lb, and 40 pounds. Is that what we I wanted that part was still there to to pick out and see what's the best size for them because we got elderly people. Yeah. That uh and my last question mayor just you know
just to just to finish this this um the money that we spend on this in case of an emergency do we get re we get the money back with FEMA at some point? We get the money back from FEMA at some point and we get a percentile of it
back, but we also have some funding that we're putting aside to make sure and I think we have quite a bit of money to be able to do that. But yes, FEMA does come in with the majority of the money and sometimes the money the county is also equates and we have to put a percentile.
We there's a line item on our budget for this. There's a line item. Yes, sir. Okay. Thank you, mayor. Um I'm going to make a a statement. So, the owner of this company, Albert Sautero, you guys have heard of him. Uh, you just
haven't realized who he is. Uh, many years ago, we had a helicopter program. We had two helicopters here in the city of Sweetwater. We had a Ranger and a Hughes 500 um that we got from Military Surplus. Albert Sodto was kind enough to
gift us um his airplane hanger at Tamiami Airport. Uh we didn't pay hanger fees, we didn't pay mechanic fees. Um we didn't pay airport fees and all we were doing is paying for the cost of fuel. Uh
he helped us for a number of years and he's helped a lot of municipalities and Miami date county. And to answer your question, Commissioner Diaz, about the FEMA reimbursement, um, his company is specifically designated to reimburse
at 100% of sandbags. So based on that documentation, there are certain documentation that a city has to have, uh, we could get up to 100% reimbured. We've been through plenty of hurricanes
where I've seen you uh in the middle of the street for a few days with a chainsaw. We've been at waist high water. I I remember the mayor 99 being in waist high water delivering cheeseburgers to houses. So, we have a propensity to flood. The previous
administration actually gave a limit on how many sandbags we can give residents. I was always opposed to that. Now based on this um it is a expedited way to deliver a sandbag to a resident. So I
wholeheartedly um agree with this item. I know that the mayor had allocated uh $500,000 of monies that we got from a separate deal that were not adorum. They weren't
tax dollars. There were monies that we negotiated and he put half a million dollars in that fund for emergency relief whether it's for ecomro or sandbags or whatever it is. So um I wholeheartedly uh agree with this item.
Does anybody else have any questions or comments on this item? Commissioner Ray, you have the floor. So to the call to my colleagues and anyone who hasn't seen this system this I I was able to see this system
firsthand and it's so swiftly easily rapidly to receive a sandbag to you you don't have anyone scooping up a sandbag and picking them up. This is a process where as soon as a sandbag comes through that
conveyor belt conveyor belt conveyor belt it's ready to go. It's going into someone's hand and it's literally like two two motion. Pick up, drop off. Other other times you have to scoop it, put in the bag, somebody hold the bag and then stack it.
So, you know, I've always seen this. I I have spoken to Albert many times and this is something that you know I've spoken with the mayor about in other in other events and something very because I mean all the commissioners have done
this s included mayors years but we've done this in year in year out when we've had those situations and it it is a little bit taking a toll on us when you know you got to fill up a a back of a pickup truck and drop them off and then
come back, drop off 20, and you can't do 100 bags. Trust me, no one can. And not in a truck. You'll have that thing sitting backwards. So, I do agree with this item 100%. It's it's an amazing, you know, you know, asset that we'll
have in those situations. Hopefully, we never have to use them again ever again. But, you know, if we do need to, we have them very quickly. And again, I move this item. Move by motion by Commissioner Raldway. Do you have a second? Second.
Second by Commissioner Daniel. Mr. Mr. President, and to comment on what you said, yes, he has a paperwork for 100%. But I always like to say, you know, FEMA stop losses at 70, and I don't want to say something that might not be the case. So, I know
there's a combination when you're a 501 and so on that you could actually address it 100%. But since we're city, that's why I said the 70 plus the 30 could be divided 15 and 15. the state 15 and us 15. Uh hopefully we can do the
100%. But I agree with commissioner. I would tell you that let's pray that we don't have to use it. Man, it's not great for his company, but at the same time, it's it's great for our city. So, uh I I really thank you for your support on moving this.
Okay. Commissioner Soldi. Yeah. I'm sorry. Mayor, can can I don't know. I I would like to see this machine how it works. I'll set it up for you. Can Can we can you set it up to all the commissioner to see how this thing works? I think I've seen it before. I think I saw it with you one time, right? Yeah, they've had it at the League of
Cities. They've had it at different places for people to see. A lot of cities already have this contract with him. Mr. President, if we can go ahead and um you know, organize like a date or so so we can see it. That would be very nice. I would like to see it schedule it.
I'm sure uh I'm sure Mr. So, and the mayor uh can set that up uh and expedite it for us. All right. So, we have the item moved by Commissioner Ranaldo Ray, second by Commissioner Yananiel. Uh all in favor say I. I.
Any opposed? Item passes unanimously. Thank you. Item E, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater selecting successful bidder under RFP 2025-02 for provisions of debris removal services, providing for authorization,
providing for funding, and providing for an effective date. Mayor Diaz, thank you. One of the issues we had, and I think um you guys have um asked a lot of questions in the past, if a storm's coming, who's going to help us get the debris and everything out of here? when
we we did the little research, we found out that uh we really didn't have a contract and the city did not have an ongoing contract uh moving forward. So, we decided to put out an RFP, which I appreciate the RFP. Um, Bua's people
finally got it together along with uh Scott and they've done an incredible job to get it out. And we have the company that um came forth and did for the de uh disaster debris removal and emergency response services.
So, we want to go ahead and move forward and put this contract together. And this is totally different. These are the people that come in and work very close with FEMA, help us in every aspect of FEMA and making sure that what we do is done properly. Not only that, they have
to come in with their assets. They've have to have a municipal experience dealing with municipalities, actual company working with the municipalities, not a brokership, which there's a lot of that out there. and we make sure of the
things that were put in the contract were done to make sure that these people have the experience. Another thing that they have the employees to be able to cover and it all depends obviously when these storms come and how they they hit and the massive size of them or more in
one area than another. We'll be working very closely with this particular company. Once again, they met all the requirements uh especially from FEMA. I have all the ratings and as you will know I have um our code enforcement chief Garcia
that is uh Martin that is working the FEMA uh issue along with Frank Fernandez that's sitting somewhere back there. There he is. That is also working it together under me. And we're making sure that everything that these people do,
TFR Enterprises, we'll do it properly. And this is the best we could do to move forward and be prepared. The one thing I didn't want to happen and we've been rushing and I really appreciate Bua and her team and and also Scott and his team
trying to expedite this as fast as possible because I did not want to get us. and the old man upstairs making sure there's no storms come so we could uh get this done and put in place. So now we are ready in case anything happens.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um I want to congratulate staff. This is the first time in the history of the city of Sweetwater since 1941 that we've had a um an RFP like this for removal for
hurricanes. Uh, usually we do it after the fact and then it's run, run, run and figure out what's what and then you end up having commissioners with chainsaws in the middle of the street trying to remove debris. Um, I know that I've spoken to you and your staff. You guys have all the FEMA documentation prepared. U, again, I celebrate you for
that. We've never done that here in the city of Sweetwater. I know that uh you do have the half a million dollars for emergency and obviously we can pull more if need to. You also have the emergency uh provisions of the charter. Um, this is a huge success. So, I wholeheartedly
agree with this item. Do we have a motion on this item? Motion by Commissioner Yananiel, second by Commissioner Rainaldo Ray. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Item passes unanimously. Thank you. Item F, a resolution of the city commission
of the city of Sweetwater authorizing, empowering, and directing the city attorney to seek a legal opinion from the Florida Attorney General regarding the legal reach and scope of Stanley Victor McDaniels v. State of Florida and the authority of municipalities to
regulate the open carrying of firearm and other weapons under chapter 790 Florida statute stating specific questions to ask providing for authority and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Vinova. So I had a conversation with the mayor. I had a
conversation with the city attorney. The mayor and I were very concerned. Uh I want to make it abundantly clear. Um, I don't speak on behalf of the mayor, but I I think on this item I can. We are proud supporters of the Second
Amendment. We are gun toading Americans. Uh, but we're also uh responsible with our weapons. And based on this new case law, there are some questions um and concerns that we have that we want to
have clarified by the attorney general. What this item will do, it will uh if this item is approved, um it will grant the authority of the city attorney to uh send legal opinion to the attorney general as to the open carry of firearms
at city commission meetings. You just imagine somebody walks into a city commission meeting with a rifle or an open carry of a firearm. There is some debate uh concerning whether or not somebody can. I don't believe they can. But then again, the law is not clear
because this is a brand new law. We also have some safety concerns at city events. Um, I don't think there's a way to get around that one, but again, I've asked the city attorney to ask uh the attorney general at city events, at our
local parks, can somebody walk around with the open carry a firearm or a rifle? So, in order for the city attorney to do that, we need to approve this item and empower the city attorney to contact the AG. I'm asking respectfully for the commission to
support this item unanimously. So, uh the city attorney can move forward with this move. Uh Commissioner Rald beat Commissioner Yanu on that one. Commission motion by Commissioner Ronald. Uh second by Commissioner Yanu. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed?
Mr. Mr. uh on this item. I we I am supporting you wholeheartedly as you discussed in the way eloquently you put it because we have our second amendment in this in this free country of ours and but we
need clarification and this is important. So for that reason, I also want to be part of this letter and I want to sign it too along with uh the president and obviously yourself. So we get this out uh to him and uh deal with
it as soon as possible too. Yes, sir. Thank you for that. And we had we didn't have anything else. We had an I'm trying to figure out where that is.
Oh, here it is. Item G, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater authorizing the mayor to make final payment for installation and additional street signs as part of the citywide street sign replacement project, providing for authority,
providing for severability, providing for effective date. Mayor Das final, this is the final one that uh we're bringing in. We went through them. The ones that were missing, we just got done. We We might have some that we
might put in certain areas separate, but then that's just ongoing. But I, as promised, whenever we were doing part of the batching of all the street signs, I told you when we finished up, we would tell you, you know, what the costs were and so on. So, this is basically it,
just a wrap-up of what we have. It doesn't mean in the future we're not going to have to get more signs. It doesn't mean that there's not accidents that drop signs. And as you noticed uh in the two parks, the signs are up uh both in Carlo and Ronelli uh because of
the issues of the parking all night and violating our our uh code and our ordinances. And that's been it. Uh, and I want to thank the police department and actually maintenance and the parks for working together and putting th
those signs up. So that's about it. Uh, do we have a motion on this item? Moved. Moved by Commissioner Alder Ray, seconded by Commissioner Bay. All in favor say I. I. Any opposed? Item passes unanimously.
Staff item H, a resolution of the city commission of the city of Sweetwater expressing support for House Bill 33 filed by Representative Juan Carlo Poras in the Florida House of Representative designating a portion of State Road 985
Northwest 107 Avenue as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue, requesting that the Florida Legislature include within the bill the stretch of Northwest Southwest 107 Avenue located within the corporate limits of the city of Sweetwater from
West Flagler Street to Southwest 8th Street Tamiami Trail providing for transmitt of this resolution and providing for an effective date commissioner by seal. All right guys, just wanted to make clear we're not changing the name of the
road. Uh we're just supporting a state uh legislative item that is changing it by Mr. Representative Juan Carlos Pores. I also want to amend the item Ralph just to just scratch the part of changing the part that's in the city. Um we just want
to support them renaming the part that they wanted to rename which is between uh Coral Way and 8th Street. So in the area in front of FIU. So and then we have to scratch off the last whereas right and then let me look at it here. Paragraph three.
Yeah. And then the in the bottom part the uh what's it called the submittals? Yeah number two that where it says the city of Sweet Water hereby expresses strong support. So anyways basically we
all know what happened about a month ago. A horrible thing happened to a really good person. you know, someone who was a patriot and loved this country, loved his family, was a a god-fearing man. He was very active in all our college campuses, including in FIU. He had chapters at a chapter at
FIU, had chapters in many universities, and there was a a good group of kids, which I'm friends with that were also very active on the campus here at FIU of TPUSA. So, I we I just think it's fitting I just think it's fitting to rename um
that area in front of FIU as Charlie Kirk Memorial Avenue. So, I just I I uh I promised the representative that I'd get the city's support on his uh legislative item. Commissioner Vio, I congratulate you on this. I think that that is a record. I
don't I've never seen a street named so quickly. Uh, I think that's a testament to who Charlie Kirk was. Um, uh, Mr. Attorney, point of order. I think we need to, uh, strike certain language here where it says portion of State Road
985 Northwest Southwest 107 a. Well, the the matter has not yet been adopted by or taken up by the city commission. There's been no motion and no second. So at this point the matter is still still belongs exclusively to
commissioner byu and he is free to amend it without the request of the city commissioner. Once it once there's a a motion in a second then it's adopted by the city commission then at that point you need a vote by the city commissioner. Thank you Mr. Attorney. Uh commissioner by I don't know if you want to scratch
or strike the language says northwest southwest 107m because I think the the legislation is only from coral way to ho 107. Yeah, I I already mentioned that to the to the attorney to scratch that part, right? So, we So, I have to make an a motion, right? So, I motion. No, no, you're good. You can strike it.
It hasn't been taken up yet. That hasn't been Oh, gotcha. Got you. That's what you just said. Your item. You can actually pull it right now if you wanted to under Robert's rules. So, you are directing me to delete the last warehouse clause and then paragraph three of the resolution
itself. Yes, sir. Okay. All right. All right. Do we have a motion on this item? Second. Motion by Commissioner Yano, second by Commissioner Ronaldo Ray. All in favor say I. Any opposed?
Item passes and we are now going to reach. By the way, Mr. President, Mr. Mayor, I'm sorry. Personal moment. I know what's going on. This is this is priceless. For those in the audience who who've
been watching me uh motion, my 5-year-old son has been sitting there patiently and he's probably dropped his water ball like eight times and now he's acting like he's sleeping, but he's not cuz I'm Nicholas knows that I'm speaking about him. Yeah. You know, it's it's priceless. He's a character, that's for sure.
Thank you for behaving so well, Nicholas. Daddy loves you. Um, all right. On my agenda, I do not have I do. Here it is. Okay. Item 12, mayor's report. Mr. Mayor, do you have a report?
Okay. Uh, on my report, I take one of the first item you want to take it is, uh, could we ratify Alejandro now at this time? It's your report. You can request us to do so. If we can, Alejandra, will you come up here again, please? This was out of the blue, by the way. I
just want to get it out of the way. Hey, could you tell briefly where you came from and just briefly to the commission and who you are? And so again, Alejandro Gomez, city engineer for the city of Sweetwater. Um, I'm from
Puerto Rico. I came here to Florida 10 years ago. Um, I graduated civil engineer at in Puerto Rico. Um so I have my professional engineer license here in Florida as well. Um and I've been working since the past 10 years here in
Florida. Um I worked on the water side, transportation, construction, a bit a bit about everything. Um and it started in the city of Sweetwater in May. Okay. Thank you so much. Um, do we have a
motion to ceremonially ratify this gentleman as our city engineer? We have a motion by Commissioner Ronald Duray, second by Commissioner Yananiel. Are the commissioners sleeping? Evidently, it's a race between you two. I do not want an all in favor. I want an
actual vote by each commissioner. Roll call. Madam clerk, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Continue to do God's work, sir.
Thank you for everything you do. Thank you for fighting for us and try and make sure that you minimize those change order requests from uh GC's. We know that's how they try and milk the cow. So, I appreciate you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Congratulations on your hire, Mr. Mayor.
Thank you. On the um we had a special event last week, right? And I I think it was uh quite a bit of time coming, but nothing that comes as good and that takes the labor of love that we put into it because it that's what I want to call
a labor of love because let me tell you, it was not an easy lift. Everything that could go wrong sometimes went wrong. And um but we worked through it. We got a lot of work done. There's still some issues and uh we're we're getting through them, but all in all, there's
always something that you got to fix. But I want to thank all of you that came, all of you that were there. I want to thank the Mos family for showing up and like promised that when it came time to getting soccer in our city that they were going to come strong and help our
kids. And not because this is a league of anybody, but it is inter enter intermiami Sweetwater. Uh, and what it is is to make sure that they get their kids uh to participate and the coaches, I'm sorry, the Sweetwater kids with
coaches and people uh from that league. On that said, when it comes time for football or flag football, we'll hopefully have the Dolphins. baseball. The Marlins already stated they're coming and something different that has
also happened in this city. I think it's important that these teams that we all love to celebrate and and thank them for the sports that they give us. Um also we that we have a facility of the magnitude that this facility is. This facility is
second to none in the nation. I'm very proud of it. I'm proud that this was grant money and impact fees to the park. So this was not Abalore money that was spent here and I want to be real clear on that because some people say no spent
the money and say we spent the grant money that was meant to be spent on things like this and we did it very proudly not only Ronelli Park but also Carlo Park and not only uh the senior area well now the community center
community center in Carlo Park and the Horge Mas uh youth center in Rosali Park. It has been done in a way again the second tuna. Our elderly are super happy. I know Jose Mati is not here.
He's away on a business trip, but uh he has showed up with a a pool table to put in there, too. And I want to thank Buka for the hard work, Stephanie Bukah and and the elderly center people for doing the job that they have done. But I also
want to thank uh maintenance Billy, everybody that was involved and the hard work, my staff, thank you for my chief of staff on uh helping me calm down many times from certain things that took
place. Uh and also and thank you for having the patience of dealing with me. Uh it is not easy when everything is just upside down and uh but we made it happen and I'm very proud of that. I'm more than proud of the support that this
commission gave me. You didn't blink an eye once. You trusted us in doing what we were supposed to do and it got done. And I I'll tell you right now, uh I think I scared everybody with the blinking lights uh when we turned those
on. And again, these are the same type of lights that you see in stadiums uh around that. By the way, um it is also protected. There's cameras everywhere on that field. That field, as
you saw, we had a massive rainstorm come through. Half an hour later, it was dry and there was no mud. There was nothing. If that would have been the old type of field, uh it would have been a different
story at all. So besides that, I know that uh we will have a softball game. I hear that uh police in the future want to have one game, exploratory game. So I follow the request that the president asked for. We're playing the police department because evidently we uh we don't we
can't play with the cops anymore. So we're going to play with civilians and then we're playing against the cops. So all right. So, just like that, long story short, but there will be a time for that. But the most important thing, and and I want to be real clear because I had a couple of residents ask me if we were going back to the one
person takes over an event type situation. That is not the case. We will not do that. This is Sweetwater Parks and Recreation, and we're here for the city, the the the children of Sweetwater. other kids from other area would like to join, they're more than
welcome to come and participate in our parks. Uh but this is this is our parks department. In fact, the reason why we don't have park people here, Sanders on vacation, but um Willie Rome, the deputy
park director, is out with a soccer uh with the young kids in soccer right now. So, it's a new day. As promised, we delivered. Uh but we're very part of the parks. We have the pickle ball courts. We have the the actual basketball courts
that um the the kids love it and not just the kids when it come to some of them are adults on our basketball courts and they're enjoying it. uh the park in itself, the fields, those fields are very high-end fields that need to be
protected and protected means that you know there are certain kinds of food that cannot be on that field and there's things like that. But we'll go more in depth into that in the future. But the most important thing is now we could do some great movie nights out there and in
case the rain is coming well we'll just move them inside Makanosa and we have two big screens there. So movie nights with those rain out movie nights are things in the past in Sweetwater and we covered all angles when it comes to all the sports uh then most important the
recreation and we'll hopefully in the future are working on some ideas on future parks in the city and uh hopefully we'll be blessed and making sure that I don't want to keep extending but that I think is the key thing that
we went through. Now, I know there's something that's coming up and um it will be at the end of this month and that is our Halloween celebration. Our celebration or just pumpkin, whatever you want to call it. Everybody has a different name.
Halloween. Halloween. Just call it Halloween. And our parks. So, for that reason, um we will have the contest again this year. And we have a an issue with who won last year. And I think we were busy with some
other issues that were going on in the city at the time and um we didn't quite get that cemented properly. But I think uh all in all we'll figure it out and I know um there's certain commissioners up
here that want v to re a little revenge on this contest. So I'll be more than happy uh to see that revenge take place. Uh, so with that, I think that's all. Mr. Mayor, I uh I wanna I want to say
something. So I spoke to Jose Moss at the event and he was so impressed, not with the facility. Obviously, this guy's a multi-billionaire. He's not impressed with the facility. He was impressed with our city. And he asked me
a question. He he kind of set me aside and he said, "Hey, are you guys like for real?" I said, "What do you mean?" He goes like, "Do you guys actually get along this well?" I'm like, "Yeah, we really do." He's like, "And you guys pray before every event?" I said, "God, country, family, absolutely." And he
says, "You guys pledge allegiance to the flag at every event?" "Absolutely." "God, country, family." And he was impressed by that. So, unfortunately, for many years, we had a lot of discord in this city. Uh I personally went through the last administration, which
was a nightmare. I don't know. I won't speak on behalf of any of my other colleagues, but if anybody wants to comment, you can. Um, we have had a lot of separation, a lot of political strife in this city. Uh, so I want to congratulate and thank all my colleagues on this
commission for having one goal. Um, putting God first in our city, you know, having patriotism for our country and and holding true to your oath of office by moving this ship along. Um, so I want
to thank you for that. Also, we did wait two and a half years for this park. Well, excellence we can strive for. We can we can strive for excellence every single day, but perfection is God's business. And nothing is ever going to be perfect.
But I can tell you that we we've had the greatest of intentions. We've been patient, specifically Commissioner Sal Diaz, who every single meeting would ask, "What's going on with the park? What's going on with the park?" and what could have gone wrong did go wrong. Um, but here we are with an amazing park. I
look forward to making a lot of memories. I enrolled my my son in soccer. He was supposed to be there today. Um, but he had an asthma episode, so the doctor says no soccer, but we will be there. Um, and nothing. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Thank you for that
report. Commissioner's report. Anybody have a report? I think Commissioner Yano has something that she wants to talk about. Commissioner Yan, you have the floor. Thank you, ma'am. Very nice. When is
when is the next event? We should have an event Christmas and also we're planning a car wash. I spoke to the mayor so we can go to for actually for the Navy Seals the biggest
event they do once a year November 8. So, we're looking forward to take all the congest. Well, I thank you for everything you do for our city, Commissioner Yan. No problem. And I believe it's what is it 30 years of service with the United States Air Force Civil Air Patrol? Is that
accurate? You're Is it about 30 years of service now with the United States Air Force Civil Air Patrol? Yes. I started in 1995. 1995. What year were you born? Right. Any
other commissioner uh need a report? No. I'm looking forward to Halloween. Uh Mr. Mayor, the Veterans Day event. You didn't speak about that. You want to give us a a brief on that, sir? Thank you. Um
we finally got the band. And uh you guys heard of a little band called Asia? Never heard of them. Okay. Asia is going to be the band that is going to be playing. Uh we also have another little band that uh most people
know and that band is in blue. It's going to start Ricky Valido is going to play again this year and we have two gentlemen. Um Nelson Nester Mess Nester Mines in Rojo. the other the ones
that were singing with Shireino. Shidino was actually gonna be uh coming with his daughters um and playing uh but he also got invited to the Grammys. The Grammys is the next day and he'll be playing. He
had to be there by the by the 10th to prepare and for the Latin Grammys in I think it's in Vegas. So the event will be the 11-11. It's going to be this year from 4 to 9. It's going to be the same
location. We're closing down uh 107th between Flaggler and Fourth Street. We're also uh we're trying to deal with the school board right now to try to get uh the park uh the area of the parking lot. Uh we want to grow it to put more
of a little kids area along with the food and stuff there too and grow it somewhat. Um the idea is to constantly grow this event. I I want to thank you for your support. Uh this event will be
similar to the way it was. We have some little changes, but I'll be informing you guys as we get it ready for the next by the November meeting. We'll give a good strong presentation on everything. Uh
I think that's pretty much it. the the different uh vendors that will be taking place are pretty much in the sponsor of it all come together. This uh event also in the city side you know basically it's
going to be minimum because the United States military foundation is one putting it together. So everything that is pleasing and making sure our patriotism as a city is important and I wanted to give you guys some really good news. It is our understanding that the
largest event in Florida for Veterans Day was us last year. We were it and that event took place and then this last week it got ratified by a couple of people. is not 100%
but these are the people that put the stages all over the United States and they've asked around and there was not a single event outside of Washington DC that they say
that was there with our event. So, uh that says a lot about the city. It says a lot about the people that are here and and it says a lot about us and our patriotism. So, um that is that is actually uh very important to say and
very proud uh to say. So, we just got to keep growing. Well done, sir. Thank you. Uh city clerk's report. It's attached. City attorney. Uh just briefly, I spent most of the month um or a good deal of the month actually uh coordinating discovery among
five or six different lawsuits that we have that are pending, coordinating them with the city clerk. Uh we believe we've done everything uh correctly at this point, but I'll be checking with our defense council tomorrow to make sure they have everything that they need. And then of course the uh legal opinion on
the U McDaniels case uh took up a considerable amount of my time this month trying to figure out exactly where we stood because it was essentially cutting edge law. It's never, you know, no one actually expected this to come down and the ramifications were unknown
at that time. Uh since then um the legal opinions have come down. I would say 9010 and the 90% of the legal opinions that I've seen uh support my legal opinion. Um 10% say that the
prohibitions that apply to concealed carry also extend to uh to open carry. I don't see that at all. Um but u that's essentially what uh what spent what has occupied most of my time in the city side uh for this month.
All right, Mr. Attorney, I'll be reaching out to you tomorrow. That way you can uh give me a synopsis on those cases that you're looking at that you were discussing. We don't need to schedule a shade meeting for any of those, do we? No, no, no, we don't. No, not at this stage. Uh there is possibly a mediation
that's going to be held towards the end of the month, but the way that mediations are held when they involve uh and only our insurance carrier will will pay the sum, you know, essentially. So there's no money coming out of the city, but the way the mediations are are structured under uh in Florida
essentially the if there's a settlement, it goes back to ratification by the city commission. So that's why at this stage I haven't bothered you with it. Um, I will address it when the time comes. With regard to our conversation, uh, the commissioner,
I am solidly booked tomorrow morning, but my afternoon is clear. So, if you want to call me sometime after 1:30 or two, that'll be fine. Great. Um, I know that you're in constant communication with the mayor um, about any settlements or lawsuits,
but I'll give you a bus tomorrow just so I can get a brief synopsis. Certainly ju just so uh you and the rest of the commissioners in the mayor are aware um I will try to structure these settlements and push them where I think
that they should go, but the ultimate decision really is the mayors and the city commission. Uh I there's the Florida uh rules of ethics actually prevent me from uh from settling the case without the client's consent. That's that's an ethical violation that
the bar would take very seriously. So I try to I have an idea of what everybody wants essentially because I've known all of you for years. So I have an idea of where these cases should go and then once we're at the point where I think that the the mayor and the commission need to make a decision at that point,
then I bring it to you. Um and trust me, no case will be settled without without it being discussed. Oh, I'm aware of that. I appreciate you saying that. Thank you. Uh thank you, Mr. Attorney. Building zoning report is attached. Uh police report is attached. Code
compliance report is attached. Public works report is attached. Finance report. Okay. Uh community and elderly services report. Doing a kick-ass job. Our PIO
gets mad every time I say the word ass. Uh, parks and recreation report is attached. Unfinished business. New business. Good of the order. A German