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Gentlemen, lady. Good to see you, ladies. Excuse me. Yes, sir. There you go. We would have been matching gentlemen and lady pink. Where is that coming?
Do you want water? No, it's okay. Thank you. [Music] Are we going to wait for the other commissioners to come? We got to wait another five minutes that uh
We have to choose amongst each other. I'll explain on the record. Mr. Attorney, Mr. Attorney, well, we have a quorum because we have four members present. However, the president and the vice president are not
with us. So, um, among the four of you, you will have to decide on a temporary chair for tonight's meeting. It could be any one of the four of you. And the person will serve to chair the meeting tonight as if they were uh the commission president. And then, you
know, once the meeting is over, then um that status expires. The former president would love to do it. another rate. I would I Good afternoon everyone. Good evening. Uh special commission meeting. Meeting
date Wednesday, July 23rd, 2025 at 6 p.m. Commission Chambers, 500 Southwest 109 Avenue. Roll call. Madam Clerk, the absence of commissioners Martine and President. Thank you, Madam Cler. So we'll stand for the invocation and remain standing for the pledge of allegiance to do the invocation first.
Invocation first, please. Invocations first. Yes. Um our heavenly father, we thank you for another day. Uh we thank you for this beautiful city. Thank you for blessing this beautiful city with amazing residents and leadership. And we pray
for our mayor and all of the council members and all our city employees that you give everybody wisdom and knowledge and revelation to do the job to the best of our abilities. Continue to bless this city and our police and our military and our state
and our country. to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. All right. Thank you for for that, Mr.
Vice. I just wanted to recognize that gentleman sitting to your right. I can't recognize him. Some guy by the name of Commissioner Vice that I've also been a little bit surprised it's him. It looks like a different person. I just
wanted to check. Mr. Mayor, I I think Mr. Mayor, I think he's going by the name Slim. Yeah. Slim Vice Motion on that one. All right. So, Madam Clerk, do we have any public comments? No, we don't.
No. So record no public comments. All right. Five. An item a resolution of the city of Sweetwater determining the proposed mill rate for fiscal year 2025 2026. the roll back rate and the date t time and place for public hearing as
required by law directing the city clerk to file said resolution with the Miami Dade County property appraisal pursuant to require uh department of revenue of the state of Florida providing for transmitt and effective date trim requirement. Correct.
All right. So from my understanding we have here Mr. return if you could uh please guide me with this one. Uh the proposed millage rate for the public budget hearing is to be hereby declared to be
3.5634 mills which is 3.56 per thousands of assessed property within the city of Sweetwater. Exactly. Um and then the let me page
roll back. I read them. Yeah, you need to read uh section two. Okay. That roll back millage rate is hereby declared to be 3.3102 mills which is $3.31 per thousands of assessed property
within the city of Sweetwater. Right. And then section three as well. Correct. that the date, time, and place for the first public hearing, budget hearing, be and hereby be set by the mayor and the city commission for 6 PM on the 8th day
of September, 2025 in City Hall Commission Chambers, 500 Southwest 109 Avenue, Sweetwater, Florida, 33174. That's 138 98. So now you can open the floor to discussion. All right. Do we have any uh discussion by any of the commissioners?
No. Questions? I would like to move moved by Commissioner. I would second it. And I have a question. Mayor, we still the same. Correct. This is the same. We're Yes, sir. I uh by the way, just to add, we will be I will be seating with each one of you
to discuss like we've done the last two years. All right. Thank you, uh Madam Clerk. So, we have a move by Commissioner Yananiel, second by Commissioner Diaz. All in favor? Roll call. Roll call, Madam Clerk.
Commissioner Yananiel, yes. Commissioner Diaz, yes. Commissioner, yes. Commissioner Ray, yes. He passes. Thank you, Madam Clerk. So, the uh the millage is set at 3.56 34 34
which is $3.56 per thousand of assessed property. That is correct. Correct. Thank you. All right. Thank you, madam clerk. So, we'll go ahead over to adjournment. All in favor? I Thank meeting.