Mr. Davis 25 first. So, we're flying. So, we're getting back across a day or Yes, that'll be you. It's all good. My head is off water.
I think she is so busy. area to open. My aunt said she went to It's really good. been there once. Yeah. generally like waiting for a boret. Oh,
it looks really good. They're still working. Yeah, that's good. And there was rumors that of course that
Not exactly. Anyway, but no, there's nothing They have How are you? Thank you. Okay, we're going to do pictures now. Come over here. I come here.
No, I think it What? Anyone? They think that they were got to go, man. I think it was like tell us they never start the whole day. I would have been
I didn't even see a bunch of they do like a little show. It's all right though. They do like they do a Christmas and they do a Yeah, it was like 1950s rockvis.
Can I drive your car? Um, That one's not working. Good evening everyone. Just want to make sure you can hear me loud and clear. Absolutely. I'm glad it worked out. See how Starling really works.
Assume she'll be here, right? It was very stressful. You can still sit next to me. It's set to go away. figure out how to do it. Mayor, I just want to let you know we've moved the clock over
here by this. Thank you. And can we um Are we live? We're live. Right. Good evening everyone. It's 7 p.m. I'd like to call tonight's meeting to order. It is May 8th, 2025 and it's
our regular council meeting. Lori, can I get roll call? Mayor Young here. Vice Mayor Stori. Council member Brandon here, Council Member Painter here, and Council Member French via Zoom here.
Thank you. And um I will lead the invocation and pledge of allegiance tonight. Father, let us take this moment to reflect on the meaning of leadership and the responsibility we carry together. Serving on council is an honor and a
calling. A commitment to serve our community with integrity, humility, and respect for the people who have placed their trust in us. In one Peter 5:es 2 to3, it says, "Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care. Watch
over them, not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be, not pursuing dishonest gain, but eager to serve. not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. This reminds us that our role is not to command, but to
care, not to be served, but to serve. We are here to listen, to protect, to guide, and to lead by example. As we move through our agenda this evening, may we keep in mind the trust placed in us by our residents and that we always work towards the common good. Amen.
Amen. If you could please rise for the pledge. I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice
for all. Okay. I would like to get a motion to approve the agenda with one amendment. I would like to add a proclamation for National Police Week and National Peace Offers Memorial Day. I'll make a motion to approve. Second.
All in favor? I I I. All right, moving on to presentations. Our And before we start, there's uh several proclamations tonight. I just want to say to um our EMS, our fire department, our uh police department, our clerk's office, all proclamations
recognizing you all. Um I can't tell you how much I respect you and how much you mean to our community. So, thank you for everything you do. And I could probably say on this one I do speak on behalf of all council with those comments as well. So thank you very much. And with that the first proclamation is proclaiming
May 18th through May 24th, 2025 as EMS week. Whereas emergency medical services is a vital public service. And whereas the members of emergency medical service teams are ready to provide life-saving
care to those in need 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And whereas access to quality emergency care dramatically improves the survival and recovery rate of those who experience sudden illness or injury. Whereas emergency medical services has grown to fill a gap by
providing important out of hospital care including preventative medicine, follow-up care, and access to tele medicine. Whereas the emergency medical services system consists of first responders, emergency medical technicians, paramedics, emergency medical dispatchers, firefighters,
police officers, educators, administrators, prehosp nurses, emergency nurses, emergency physical services teams, whether career or volunteer, engage in thousands of hours of specialized training and continuing education to enhance their life-saving
skills. Whereas it is appropriate to recognize the value of the accomplishments of emergency medical services providers by designating emergency medical services week. Therefore, Mayor Young of the village of Tquesta in recognition of this event
does hereby proclaim the week of May 18th through 24th, 2025 as emergency medical services week in the village of Tquesta. Thank you. And just we did pictures before the meeting. Uh, moving on to agenda item two, pro
proclamation proclaiming May 17th through May 23rd, 2025 as National Safe Boating Week. And I don't think there's anyone here from the Coast Guard to accept it. So, we will mail them a copy. Item three, proclamation proclaiming May 4th through May 10th,
2025 as Professional Municipal Clerk's Week. Whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk, a time-honored and vital part of local government, exists throughout the world. And whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk is the oldest among public
servants. And whereas the office of the professional municipal clerk provides the professional link between the citizens, the local governing bodies and agencies of government at other levels. Whereas the professional m municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality
rendering equal service to all. Whereas the professional municipal clerk serves as the information center of functions of local government and community. Whereas professional municipal clerks continually strive to improve the administration of the affairs of the office of the clerk through
participation in educational program seminars, workshops, and the annual meetings of their state, provincial, county, and international professional organizations. Whereas, it is most appropriate that we recognize the accomplishments of the village clerk's office. Therefore, be it resolved the
mayor of the village of Tquesta does hereby recognize the week of May 4th through 10th, 2025 as professional municipal clerk's week in Tquesta. Thank you, Lori. And the final proclamation is proclaiming May Oh, this is not on my
agenda. It's May 11th through May 17th, 2025 as National Police Week and National Peace Officers Memorial Day. Whereas in 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15th as National Police National Peace Officers Memorial
Day and the calendar week in the week which May 15th falls as National Police Week as the established resolution with Congress in 1962. National Police Week pays special recognition to those law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty for the safety
and protection of others. And whereas since the first recorded death in 1786 200 Sorry. 26,959 law enforcement officers in the United States have made the ultimate sacrifice and been killed in the line of
duty. Whereas 147 officers have lost their lives in the line of duty in two 2024 and 118 officers in the previous year. Whereas there are more than 800,000 law enforcement officers serving in communities across the United States,
including the dedicated members of the village of Tquesta Police Department. And whereas while safeguarding the life and property of our citizens, Chief Gus Medina and the men and women of the department unceasingly provide a vital public service. And whereas National
Police Week will be observed this year, May 11th through 17. Whereas May 15th is designated as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of all fallen fallen officers and their families and US flags should be flown at half staff. Now
therefore, the village of Tquesta mayor hereby proclaims the week commencing May 11th, 2025 be recognized in the village of Tqua as National Police Week and publicly salute the service of law enforcement officers in Palm Beach County and communities across the
nation. She further directs that pursuant to the United States of America public law 103-322 that all flags be flown at half staff on Thursday, May 15, 2025, peace officers Memorial Day in honor of all
the fallen officers and their families. Thank you. Okay, with that, we're moving on to the consent agenda. Can I get a motion to approve the consent agenda? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I
Okay. Any communications from the citizens? I don't have any cards. No. Any any communications from citizens on agenda? I um items that are not on the agenda. Okay. All right. Communications from council. I don't have anything tonight. Nothing.
Mayor, council member French. I do not have any comments as well. Just a couple quickformational items. On April 14th, I attended the annual Beach Road Association meeting. They held it at the lighthouse. It was a beautiful
setting. I know a police department was there as well. And um I gave them an update on our recently approved strategic plan and also uh just kind of inform them of ways they can get involved with the community, whether it's on a committee, a board, uh doing
our residence academy, uh you know, the uh voting safety class we offer. And uh it was it was a great meeting. I the police department spoke as well. So did the sheriff's office. Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office didn't get a lot of questions. They actually had a couple uh legislative questions for us. One was
the um the accessory dwelling units which I think failed. So that's not one I don't think we have to worry about for now. But um it was a good meeting. I'm always glad to happy to represent the Questa that. And then uh yesterday I attended and so did some of our police
officers um a law enforcement appreciation breakfast at the McDavid Group charities in Dquesta. That was uh again it was really well attended with police uh from all over the county. Um and Mayor Marino was there as well. So that was a nice event and I know they uh want to get a little more involved with
the community community locally here. So that was good to hear. Uh and then just right before the meeting, we uh the manager Jay uh police department, we were at the Jalona 17th anniversary celebration. It was also the 25th anniversary of the creation of the
national conservation lands and the Jalona property is the only one in the east which is pretty shocking. So that was um a nice event. And then at Coral Cove, I had asked the manager to get an update there. Their restrooms have been under construction for quite some time. And then um I noticed that the lifeguard
station isn't guarded all the time now. So he's working on getting an update from the county and we'll communicate that um when we get answer. That's all I have. Okay, moving on. Agenda item 12,
appointments. So let me pull this. Uh Lori, do you have anything to present or do you want me to just roll into the appointments for the Yep. Just going to roll right into the appointments. All right. The first one this evening is for the environmental advisory committee. The requested appointments
are Tom Bradford who is a existing committee member and Brad Freeze who is the chair uh existing chair and then we have a vacant seat. I do not believe that uh we received any applications for that. So council I'll open up for
discussion. I have a few comments if you can hear me clearly. Yep. for the well first for all the committees. Uh they're a huge asset and resource to me as preparing for any council meeting or workshop. It's nice
to be able to hear their comments uh via the recorded session or in person and kind of see how and why they voted. So for any of the committees out there, thank you and I appreciate those viewpoints. Uh on the EAC, I'll continue with the um appointment request. I have no issues
there. I would like to recommend that we change the meeting times to 6 pm and then also every other month uh and reduce the committee to five uh by attrition not by removing anybody
currently. So I believe we have six. Please correct me if I'm wrong on that. That'd be correct. Okay. Thank you. So yeah, my suggestion would be uh 6 pm every other month and then
five committee members via attition. Okay. Thank you. Um yeah, I mean I I tend to defer to you know as far as the the time seems to be an issue might might be an issue. Um but
I know I've se read the opinion that you know it could could cost more money for the village if we push it to six, which is a consideration. Um, I don't know. I I as far as the frequency of it, I really defer to the committee on that one. If they feel like
they need to meet monthly or if they don't meet monthly that the agenda is just going to grow too much and the meetings are going to expand, then I don't really have an opinion on that. But I think it's fine to uh by attrition. I I share the opinion with Jason on dropping it to five. Um
good. Yeah. Finish your trans. Sorry. When the lawyer starts talking, I should stop talking. But you're a lawyer. Yeah. You know. Yeah. I know. I know how it works. Um, but yeah, I mean, if the time will make a big difference and the committee feels that, then I think it's
something to consider. But my understanding is there could be cost associated with that. Okay. And um uh Keith reminded uh me that this is for the appointment. So, um, these are all good discussion topics and I think maybe we could add this to a
workshop agenda um to discuss to see how council would like to move forward with the EAC. I have no comments on the uh the reappoints. Same. Um, the requests for reappoint I am fine
with. The vacant seat I can go either way. I'm actually okay if we leave it for now and revisit if necessary. I mean, consensus, I'll go with consensus on that one. Okay. And I'm good with the reappoints. Um, and I do agree. I think
there's uh some discussion there that we can add to a workshop to think um how we'd like to proceed with the future of the EAC. And I know one of the members is here uh Mr. Bradford. I usually um reappoints I don't necessarily call you to talk because we know you very well
too. So, but would you like to get up and say anything? Uh nothing in regard to me and the appointment, but if it if it should help. Um the EAC is aware of the concerns about you know um frequency of
meeting, time of meeting, uh how do we get more attendance, etc. For what it's worth, uh, at our next meeting next week, we have on the agenda, uh, us making recommendations to you as to what we think might help. Um, we have
not had an opportunity to talk about it amongst ourselves. So, that meeting next week would be our first opportunity and we could tell you what our recommendations would be and you can either take them or ignore them, whatever you want. But that'll be
that'll be something that's coming down the pike next week. That's all I had. Okay. Nope. Thank you for that. And yeah, it'll be perfect timing for um when we workshop and I'm sure we would invite probably the chair to that meeting to um present what you guys
discussed. So, thank you. And do I need to make a can I make a motion at the end or do I need to do one for each um committee? How should I because it's one agenda item. Why don't we do them as why don't we do them separately? Okay. All right. So, can I get a motion to uh approve the reappoints for the
EAC? So, moved. Second. All in favor? I I I. And next is a planning and zoning board. We have a reappoint request for Leslie Dasher, who has served for quite some time, Sher Ambrose
uh and Maurice Shepiri as alternate one. Uh the vacancy seat is alternate two. And then Jared Gaylord is alternate three and he has applied to be reappointed. And we have new applicants who is Fred Lazour. Hope I said that right. And Robert Feelely. Is Robert
Phely here? Great. And then um since you guys are new applicants, would you mind coming up and just telling us a little bit about yourself and why you're interested in joining the planning and zoning board? Go ahead. Hello, I'm Robert Phely.
Um, honestly not sure what I was uh putting myself in for. I was uh just wanting to be a little bit more part of the community. I'm a certified general contractor. Moved up here from Fort Lauderdale in 2019, wanting to get involved a little bit within the community. Um was wondering if uh my 30
plus years of construction might be helpful. And uh that's it. All right. Thank you, council. Any questions? No, ma'am. Nope. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, Fred. Actually, I'm I'm the same way.
I'm not sure exactly what I signed up for, but the fact matter is um I attended the residence academy. I found it uh quite inspiring. uh to the mayor's comments regarding um the opening prayer
talk about service. I've been retired for 12 and a half 13 years. I try to give back. I've been on a number of boards including uh Jupiter Medical, president of the auxiliary with 400
members. Um I just want to give back to the community. We've lived here full-time for about 13 years. This has been a wonderful experience and I'm here to serve. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Council, do you have any questions for Fred? I do not. Okay. All right. I
will open up for discussion. I'll start. Take turns. Me scroll back up. All right. So in respect to the residents that have been serving,
I'd like to keep them in their seats as they have requested to be reappointed. I don't logistically or logically have any reasons not to put them there. We have been smooth moving a lot of good constructive feedback when they have their
meetings and keep Mrs. in her alternate one. And where's the other one? Where'd it go? Why is it like all over the place? Okay. And then move Mr. Gaylord
up to alternate two and then I recommend that council considers Fred Lazar for the next seat, which be alternate three. Um, really just coming down. I respect anyone with
construction experience. I think it can be very useful. Um I re I would highly encourage you to come back because we need all different types of eyeballs on anything that comes through the village. Um Fred has been here quite a while and has been getting involved um even since
before today by doing the residence academy and keeping tabs on our agendas and keeping in the loop of what's happening to Questa. us. I think he will bring some history of what it used to be, what it's turning into. We still have people changing and modernizing and
finding that nice compromise. Um, I think he's a resident that's going to have a good well-rounded viewpoint on that to add to the current committee members. So, that's my recommendation. Thank you. Jason, you want to go? You want me to go? I I can take it.
Patrick, I agree with Council Member Brandon's comments and following past practice as well. Um, so I'm going to echo exactly what she said and I don't know background of the any further background of the two new applicants, but also past practice was um, listen in
order of the application received. Okay. Um, yeah, I won't take too much time. I agree. I think what planning and zoning does is so helpful for us. the recommendations they make for us are extremely helpful and I think they've done a great job. Uh so I'm as far as the reappoints um everybody who's
there Jared moving up um and then I would agree only because of the um order in which the applications received. I think both uh Mr. Lissau or Fely would be great. Um and I definitely encourage you to come back. I'm in construction too so I
understand you know you learn a lot throughout that process with planning and zoning. Um but given the order the applicants were received and your tenure within the community um I would recommend Mr. Vauer for that. Thank you. And I I agree with the recommendation too because I know uh
Fred's really engaged in the community and did the residence academy and Robert please do um apply again. Definitely look into our residence academy. We've gotten a lot of people on council on our other boards and committees through the residence academy. So, it's a really great way to start to get involved and
learn about uh how the village operates completely. So, um thank you both for applying. We really appreciate you being willing to give up your time. Yeah. Thank you. And then I just realized since we're breaking up the uh the motions, I did not take public comment
on the EAC. Was there any public comment cards for the EAC? Any public comment on the planning and zoning board appointments? No. Okay. Okay. So, can I get a motion to reappoint Leslie Dasher and Sher Ambrose to the regular seats, Marica Perry, alternate one, move up
Jared Gaylord to alternate two, and appoint Fred Lazour as alternate three. So, moved. Second. All in favor? I I Okay, scrolling through the agenda. Next up is the general employee pension
board. We have uh Mr. Kyle Stone is requesting a reappoint and we have one vacancy and we have a new applicant Matthew Maluzi. Did I say that right? Sorry. Um who is an unincorporated Questa resident? I do believe you're in
a Palm Beach County unincorporated side. Correct. Okay. Would you mind um coming up and telling us a little bit about yourself and why you want to get involved? If I can point out too that on the agenda I have that he is um has a financial planning business. He works at
the business. He's not a partner yet. Okay. Yes. So, my name is Matt Lucy. I grew up here in the Tquesta Jupiter area. I live in Tquesta Hills now, which is actually where I was born as well. Um, but spend time in Tquesta Oaks and my parents are now in the inlet colony. I moved back here in August of 2021 and
I just saw this as an opportunity to be able to give back and serve in the community. I've been a financial planner with Kerry Steming Company for the past few years and recently started to run our financial planning department. We get to work with individuals that are going through the Florida retirement system program. So I know it's a
different pension program here for the village of Tquesta. Um but I think my experience through that would be beneficial for this and I'm a certified financial planner. So not only do I want to I'm legally obligated to act uh in the best interest of other individuals looking at financial matters. Um and so
just be honored to serve in this opportunity. Thank you. Any questions council? One question. Yes. Does Carrie Stamping Company still going to be in the village because that building just sold? We we are relocating. Yes, I'm very still ingrained here in Tquesta.
I'm also the worship leader at Family Church Tequa where Jason Hi Jason attends. Um so very very much ingrained in the village here and don't plan on leaving anytime soon. Okay. I was just curious. I didn't know if you guys were moving too far away or not. Yeah, we are still still relocating. Just needed more
space. So Okay. I don't have any questions. It sounds like you have a great background for it and love your dedication to the community and yeah, that's it. Appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you. All right. Any any discussion, council? I mean, I would
make a recommendation that we appoint him to the vacant seat and reappoint Mr. Stone. Sorry. Yes, I would agree with that. Council member French, same comments. Uh, even though Matt is our only applicant, I do believe he's
qualified um to serve as that role. Okay. And definitely well qualified and thank you for applying. I was surprised that we allow unincorporated um uh uh residents to apply for our boards and
committees, but I think especially since you're on the Palm Beach County side, that is acceptable. Is there do we have a formal resolution or anything that says that um like someone from unincorporated Martin County apply for a vacancy? How does that work? So, we want
to make sure that everyone's like, you know, representing the best interest of of the village. We do not have um any policy that states that anybody in Martin County couldn't apply. The ordinance does say you need to be a resident of Tqua. However, the pension
board legal previously opined because we were in this situation in 2021 um that um opined in the past that if we need to opt, you know, out and have a um someone out of the village boundaries, we could in order to keep the board
functional, um it is a concern for pension boards to remain functional. Um and it is very difficult to to get members to serve on either of the two pension boards. Um so that was a previous opinion that they had had come
out with but it is completely up to the village council. Our ordinance does state um a residency of the village of Tquestto. Okay. But I I thought it was important to to put it forward. Great. Okay.
All right. Is there any public comment? No. All right. All right. Can I get a motion to request reappointment of Kyle Stone and um appointment of Matthew Maluci on the general employee pension board? I'll make a motion. Second. All
in favor? I I Okay. And the last one is a public safety pension board. We have requested reappoint of David Hudson and Christopher Cows. And there are no new applicants. So I don't think are either I don't think any of them are here
tonight. No. All right. Any council discussion on this one? No, ma'am. All right. Can I get a mot or any public comment? Can I get a motion on the reappoints? I'll make a motion to reappoint David Hudson and Christopher Cows.
Second. All in favor? I I I mayor. I think since that was a resolution, we want to do one motion to pass the resolution as all because that's the All right. Sorry. Can I get a final motion to pass the resolution?
So moved. Second. All in favor? I I I again, thank you so much everyone on these committees and boards uh for donating your time to the village. It really means a lot and uh you do great things for the staff and the community. So, thank you. Thank you so much.
Okay, moving on to standing uh standing reports. Village attorney. Thanks, mayor. Not much tonight uh with the tumultuous legislative session still trudging forward. We're putting the finishing touches on our interim
legislative memo that you should be getting that next week, but it's still, you know, it's going to show you which bills got through the legislative process. But um most if not all have still yet to be presented to the governor.
So there's still a lot of question marks. But um you'll be getting the sort of first phase of that memo next week. And uh that's all I have for you tonight. And the uh the Florida League of Cities issued like 133 page document that's
kind of a summary of all the bills. If you're interested, um, you can access it on their website and it's it's a good summary of everything if if you care and have have the time to read all that. All right. Village manager, the final rule by FWC has been published for
the no wake zone. Um, that is from Ko's Bridge to 2525 ft north of Ko's Bridge. That has not took effect yet, but I know that they're working on the signs and installation of the signs. So once that is um becomes official where we're going
to be enforcing that we'll off u you know we'll do some public engagement you know when we do see people violating we're going to try to do it the quest away and you know inform them at least for the you know when it first starts up and I know FWC will be out there as well. Um this week we started part of
our annual road maintenance plan. Began work on Pineh Hill Trail west of Riverside, Buttonwood Circle, Beachwood Trail, Chestnut Trail, and Cedar Hill Lane. Um as we progress more through this and we we'll we'll provide updates and provide the proper notifications in
those areas. Um likely be a part of Marger's report. So I'm still in a little bit of her thunder, but the Doitch project's finally been permitted after almost two years. And so we'll be putting that out for permit um for bid on the 13th. U
we'll be reviewing the budget in preparation for council. We have a a budget. Our first budget workshop is June 16th. Um and the remembrance park has had some delays with electrical and some things out of the contract control, but we are still on track for final
completion by July 14th. Um so excited that that's coming right around the corner. We doing a ribbon cutting. We're we're going to start planning for that as soon as we get the final dates that they'll be done. Um May 14th is the environmental advisory committee meeting. Usually they meet right before
the council, but the way that the the meetings fail, they're meeting after us this week or this month. Um the village council workshop on June 2nd. Um village council workshop on June 12th and then the budget workshop on June 16th. And
then the last thing I want to say is I I've talked to Richard Ratcliffe with Florida League of Cities. No one they they have no record of anybody from Tquest ever serving on the board for the Florida League of Cities for for Palm Beach County, sorry, Palm Beach County
League of Cities. Um our mayor has served on the board the last few years and as of May 28, she will be uh installed as a president of the Palm Beach County manager or league of cities. Um, so congratulations to her and you know what a great representation for Toquesta that we've never had on
that board. So it's great. Thank you. Appreciate that. Any comments or questions for the manager? Is there an update on that AT&T box that timeline? All right, we'll get you one. I know we sent an email. It was either early in the week
or last Friday. I saw it and and we were asking for an update. I don't think we've gotten a return u request on that yet. So you're just you're our messenger. So we're trying. I know Doug has been trying. So I see emails. Any other comments or questions?
Okay. Police department. Mayor Council for the month of April. Um the officers have been busy to say the least. We had our civilian firearm safety class. We have another one coming this Saturday as well. Uh we fingerprinted five people. Uh, as I've
always said, uh, it's free of charge for any resident. Uh, outside residents pay, I believe, $25, $40. Uh, we continue with this aggressive driving grant, uh, traffic grant. We also had coffee with a cop and the Easter open house that we
assisted with fire as well as park and wrecks. We continue with the explorers meetings, our boater safety course. Uh, in regards to training, the officers all went through pepper spray training once again, fire suppression training. Thanks to the fire department for their assistance. Speed measurement for
officer Shakar and Demafonte. Uh bike helmet fitting of three additional officers. Internal affairs training for Lieutenant Blanc and Sergeant Yieldz. Firearms evidence admission to officer Kowalsski. Uh car seat installation officer Puit. Uh again, that's free of charge for any
resident. And domestic violence intervention for Corporal Ramirez and field training officer for officer Puit and Huskinson. And that's what I have. Thank you. Any comments or questions? I just want to thank you for putting the
share of the road messaging out. Um I had a conversation with Chief last week or I think it was last week. Um I had witnessed a ebike and car incident um not in our city in another in another city. And it was not the ebike riders fault, it was the um automobile's fault.
And I kind of realized every forum I I've been in that's talked about ebikes has always talked been really directed the ebike rider. So I was like we really need to get out messaging too like the share of the road like you know people in the vehicles need to pay just as much attention. Um so I appreciate that because we need everyone needs to you
know have responsibility and sharing the road and being alert and attentive to uh all these new ebikes that are on the road. So thank you. Appreciate that. Okay. fire department. Good evening, everyone. All right, so as usual, we had
lots of meetings throughout the county. We were well represented. Um, we have several of our members sit on boards, uh, EMS providers and the training committee for the entire entirety of Palm Beach County. So, they do a really nice job there. I have two meetings left with the department heads from the
village for hurricane preparedness. If you've been on our social media, you've seen we're doing kind of a countdown. This is hurricane preparedness week. So, just trying to get everybody up to speed on what's coming out of the National Weather Center. They're expecting somewhere between 13 and 18 name storms this year, so it should be relatively
busy and we will be prepared. Um, I gave a presentation to Jupiter Inlet Colony about the services we provide for them, fire and EMS, and I think it went very, very well. And if Mr. Allen hasn't heard anything yet, then I'm going to assume that that's the truth. So, um, we start
I went to my first chili cookoff planning meeting. Wow, that's an intense group and, uh, I can't wait to attend. It'll be my first. So, uh, my kids are very disappointed they can't go for a few more years. And, um, let's see. STAR training
at Palm Beach County, Palm Beach State College, pardon me. Uh, STAR is survival techniques and rescue. It's basically a get out of a live of a bad situation if you get separated from your crew inside of a building burning building, pardon me. Our life scan blood work and physicals have wrapped up. I don't know
how much any of you know about life scan, but it basically is a preventative measure that they do every year through their collective bargaining agreement. I helped write the grant in one of my former departments and u it's it's saved some lives of guys that I'm close with. So, it's a great thing that they go
through every year. They go through an extensive blood work process and they get a a life scan or basically an ultrasound from about the jawline down to the mid thigh. They have a new one out. It's basically a full body scan. Uh I'm looking into the cost and I'm looking into what kind of grants are out
there so we can maybe upgrade as technology gets better. Uh maybe we can move to that in the future or at least get, you know, what it would be the increase would be. I'm sure it's more expensive. Um let's see. Our physical ability tests are ongoing right now. They do those
annually as well. Uh so far so good. I think tomorrow is the last day and so far everybody has passed. Uh let's see other information. We did receive an attab boy from the EMS providers of Palm Beach County. We received an award for call of the year and it was uh it was
well before I got here was last June I believe and uh they did a great job with a special needs young man and uh saved his life in the back of the rescue. So, I'm very proud of the men and women over there and even before I got here, they were doing a great job. So, can't take credit for that one, but uh we'll be
there. It's uh at the EMS providers banquet, which is in about two weeks. We had our Easter open house. There's a picture of it. Oh. Oh my god. I've never seen anything like that either. If that's anything like the chili cookoff, that should be pretty good. And then we had a bring the child to school event
which went very well. Also, we picked a young lady up in the engine and took her to school at Good Shepard. It was awesome. I was glad to be a part of it. So, that's about all I have. Any questions? Thank you, council. No, but I'm glad you're enjoying our small town vibe. It's awesome. We are small but
mighty. I love it. Thank you. It was uh the Easter event was awesome, by the way. It really was really cool. Thank you. Great time. Just get out of their way. Yeah, right. And utilities department. Hey, good morning.
It's been a long day. So, good evening. Marjorie Craig, utilities director. Um, as the manager mentioned, will be uh actually um the projects are for water main one will be bid out on Monday. Uh
and Dover Ditch will be bid out on Tuesday. They're both already Allison was just finished up loading them on Demand Star. So, they're ready to go. Um and then they'll go live on Monday and Tuesday. Um you can see in the in the
report that uh uh Holtz Engineering and I gave a presentation on Dover Ditch at the LRPI meeting and everyone's really interested to see that project going uh move forward. Um Beach Road number two,
we're still waiting for the agreement from D reach out. Um and then today you have on the agenda the filter media replacement for
approval and execution. Um, with that, uh, we've done the update for the projects that's loaded on the on our page and, uh, we've got the, um, dashboard as well. Does anybody have any questions? Oh, wait a minute. We have a
new engineering intern. Um, Victoria Gonzalez is here. Victoria, could you come out? Welcome. Come on up. Come introduce yourself. Very importantly, she's here. Hi, my name is Victoria. Um, I'm a
student at Florida Atlantic University. Um, I'm starting my senior year in environmental engineering and I'm very excited to be here. It's already been a very educational opportunity and I'm excited to work on projects that will help the community
for sure. Thank you. Awesome. And you're working on a dual masters, right? Yeah, I'm going to be getting my masters in civil engineering. Oh, no big deal. No big deal. We just had the best here. So, thank you so much. Welcome.
Any questions, council? Nothing. Thank you, Margaret. Thank you. Right. Moving on to the regular agenda under old business item 17 ordinance number
03-25 which is a second reading um updating some of the vacation rental code. Thank you mayor. Ordinance 0325, ordinance of the village council, village of Tquesta, Florida, amending chapter 78, zoning, article 14, vacation rentals. Section
78891, vacation rental permit application, and section 78893, vacation rental standards, in order to accurately conform these provisions to building and fire prevention codes. Providing the each and every other section subsection chapter 78 shall remain in full force in effect as previously adopted providing
conflict class severability clause authority to codify effective date and further purposes. Thank you, council. Any comments or questions on this one? No, seems to make sense. LPAD 5, so yeah, it's all good.
Council member here. Okay. All right. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I agenda item 18 ordinance number
02-25 second reading of updating some of our election codes with campaign filing and vacancies for the electronic filing of campaign finance reports when requested by the village clerk. Also amending division 2 section 2251 inspectors and other election workers to
add the Palm Beach County Supervisor of elections as being authorized to appoint poll workers for village polling places. Also amending division 3 section 2273 vacancy and candidacy or prior to taking office to add examples of residency proof requirements creating
section 2-270 qualifications to describe qualifications for candidacy and provide examples of residency proof requirements. Brian that each and every other section subsection of chapter 2 shall remain in full force and effect as previously adopted finding conflict clause severability clause authority to
cify codify an effective date and for other purposes. Thank you council. Any comments or questions? I have none. No ma'am. None. Okay. Any public comment? Can I get a motion? So moved.
Second. All in favor? I I. On to new business. Agenda item 19. consider approval of requests from the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum to utilize the village's banner frames located along US Highway 1 within the village of Dquesta to promote their signature event
rendev at the light and Wayne's names on it but I don't think Wayne's here Jeremy is anyone presenting I think there are people from the lighthouse here I can give a summary I mean we we typically haven't um had a lot of banners that have been on that site so we put this through the special events
process to let council decide on that. Um and so they want to use it for their the rende rende at the lighthouse event rende view at the white house event. Um it falls on the same time similar to where the chili cookoff is. They have
conceded that. Um and so they will keep to sign off until after the chili cookoff banner has moved if if the council allows them to. Um so I think the the chili cookoff is the 8th. uh their event is on the 22nd and so they would have that banner up on that corner
from the I guess the 9th through the 22nd. Okay. And I Does anyone from lighthouse want to come up and say anything? You don't have to, but if you want to. Okay. We're just thankful for the opportunity uh and for the exposure as
well. So, thank you guys. Right. Council, any discussion? Is this the north corner or the south corner? It's the north where the chili cook off the always is. There's a sign on the south side or there used to
be a sign in the southside. Is that not there anymore? It's still there. That's Jupiter. So, just asking does Jupiter ever put a lighthouse rendevous banner there? Our former executive director had
conversations with the town of Jupiter. Uh that was prior to my time there, so I'm not sure what those conversations were. Uh but I was told that that was not an option. Interesting. Is there a b just because you are over there all the time, right? At the lighthouse. Is there a banner
there right now? There is a small billboard. Yes. Okay. Okay. Interesting. Yeah, I'm fine with it. it doesn't conflict with any of our events. Um, so I'm happy to promote it.
Council member French, I support as well supporting Lighthouse and the event itself is a great event, I think, for the community and a lot of us here in the quest to attend it. Yeah, I agree. I think um you know they're a they're a great partner of our
community. You know part of that they're on the um BL BLM land and part of that is technically in Dquesta and um you know I've attended the event in the past and there's actually uh quite a bit of Dquesta restaurants that participate too. So I think it's really relevant and and yes I agree they would uh the Chile
cookoff would have presidents with the signage and when that is down you could put yours up. So I'm good with it as well. Yeah, that's just where I'm sitting. I'm looking at the dates. So it is there is a way to combine both banners at the same time or it would be one banner at a time. One banner at a
time. So I think the Chili Kohco is on the 8th I believe. Don't quote me on if it's got either 8 or 9th and then their event is on the 22nd. So you know I have talked to Dave McGovern that you know he's he's aware of this and so you know when their event is over the next day
it'll be taken down and they Okay. I thought it's nothing on the lighthouse. Um, and I actually help promote that lighthouse event um, on social media so we can sell tickets. I was one of them last year to try to push some of those last minute tickets. Um, it's just a matter of making sure we're
being fair and the cookoff has done it before and it is located in Questa event. So, I'm just trying to make sure that there's room for everybody. Um, it's a shame that Jupiter won't let you use that sign. I don't know the reason. I'm a little confused by that. But we will take care of you.
We'll take care of it. We'll take care of it. One more additional comment. I did hear it's inquesta, right? The the sign the sign will be Yeah, it'll be on the uh it'll be the what? The north that'll be the northeast side of that intersection.
Okay. Okay. Any public comment? Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I I thank you. Agenda item 20, a site plan modification number
01-25 from GMH to Questa Holdings to update their roof material and color. This is quite judicial. The this agenda item is a quai judicial proceeding. So, anybody who will be offering uh testimony and evidence to
the council uh needs to be sworn in. I can swear everybody in at the same time. Do you swear or affirm under penalties the purgatory your testimony of the village council will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Thank you. You can all have a seat or stay at the podium. And then uh
councilman French and and council members on the deis I need to ask for exparte disclosures whether it's conversations with staff or the applicant or site visits or or any other any other things that you've done
relative to this application outside of this setting would need to be disclosed at this time on the record. I have none. None. No. All right, Council Member French. No, no contact communication. All right,
then I can turn this back over to you, Mayor. We can proceed with the agenda item. Okay, Jay. Good evening. Jay Hutch, community development director. Uh, so we're going to have Meg Wyel, our site planner, present. Um, she's been here about a year now, but this is her first time in front of council, so please take it easy on her.
Uh, good evening everyone and council. Thank you for allowing me to present this to you. This is 701 Old Dixie Highway. the futures recovery and healthcare site plan modification. So, first we're just going to visit the site. This is the location of proposed
work. The next is the entire site. Just to fill you in, it does continue up to the north as well. So, background since 2010, 701 has been operating as futures recovery and healthcare, a rehabilit rehabilitation facility located in the
mixeduse and village center overlay. The applicant is requesting a site plan modification to change the material and color of the existing roof. The proposed scope requires a recommendation from the planning and zoning board and then final approval from the village council. Modification does not involve any
changes to the use square footage of the building and has no impact on parking. The proposed change is limited to exterior aesthetics. This request qual qualifies as a site plan modification pursuant to 2253A requiring the planning and zoning board
to provide recommendation and the council will deliver a final decision. Planning and zoning board did meet on April 17th and they unanously determined that the proposed roof color and material complies with the aesthetic standards of section 2282 and recommends
approval. Here are the current site conditions. This is their front entryway. And then this is an overhead of the roof. Here is a proposed rendering with the updated roof material and
color. Here is the proposed material and the proposed material color. They're going for a tropical patina. So, what's in place right now is like a green barrel tile, clay barrel tile, and this would be a metal seamless rooftop.
All right. So, here's a side by side of the current material and color and then the proposed. Um, we were doing this, we were trying to get you elevations of what the proposal would look like in the end. But this site has a lot of landscaping. So, if you were traveling
south down Old Dixie looking towards the site, you can see the landscape plan down there in the lefthand corner and then that's the view that you get. So, you don't really get to see the elevations. This is continuing south where the entrance is and then past the
entrance. And then on Village Boulevard, when you're looking to the north again, you have just dense, mature landscaping. Criteria for review, harmony with other buildings, harmony with surroundings, facades, methods of design, inappropriate building styles, garish
design, exterior forms, the use of color. This site plan modification is limited to exterior aesthetics. It maintains the current use and scale of the property. It requires no additional parking and follows the review and approval process outlined in village code. Um I do also have a representative
from the project here, Jason. You have any questions for either of us. Thank you. Open it for discussion. Yay. I might have a question for you. Sorry. Is it technical? Do I need my notes? No, it's not
technical. It's just a general curiosity. Is there any talks of painting the building in the near future to go with this new roof color? So, the the proposed roof color is only
marginally different than the color of the existing roof if it wasn't so dirty. Yeah. So, the color scheme will go really nicely with what it is. And I've had absolutely talk any conversation about I was just literally just curious. Yeah. Um, no,
this color also is becoming more popular and it is somewhat similar. It's just like you said, it is dirty so it's a little bit more subdued currently. Um, there is actually a residential house that has a color similar to this. Yeah. Here it comes. Um, I actually, ironically, I
appreciate not going dark. It just creates more heat. So, that's all I have. It feels it feels very Florida. I'm from Florida. I remember all the tropical colors. I don't have any comments. I think it'll I think it'll look nice and that roof material will
last for a very long time. So, Council Member French, great job. May I do not have any comments. It looks nice as well. I support it. Yep. I agree. It's a nice improvement and it's very similar to what's there. So, it's not it's not that big of a change. Okay. Any
public comment? No. Can I get a motion? Moved. Second. All in favor? Thank you. Thank you, M. Agenda item 21, consider approval of
Holtz Consulting work authorization for water mane number one replacement. I'm Marjorie Craig, utilities director. And um you may remember we had bid water manes number one and four back in 22 when I first got here November 15th. I
mean it was several months after I got here. Um and so we're coming back and due to the capital fund or the capital charge that we have on the water bill, we're now able to recommend funding this as a payo project. Um and this is the
part of the construction engineering inspection which would uh go to the end of traffic. Question there's some like Al Portal Drive from Yach Club please to country club drive. Is most of this in we looked at going in the um in the
rightway not in the pavement. U but we will have to go for a certain distance in the pavement in the but the public works director and I have discussed um the extent of the repaving after the project is done and it will go
from the entire intersection there at El Portal through the entire intersection at um Okay. We tried. Yeah, it's nice to try to coordinate that in advance and I know um but I will say uh they were raising all the
manholes on Golf View Drive this week which again the patches but it is so fantastic that those are being raised and uh you're not going to have the bomb. So moved. Second. All in favor? I. Agenda item 22 resolution
09-25 authorizing a budget amendment. Good evening, Mayor Council. It's good to be here. Uh I've got the uh budget amendment, our first budget amendment of the year. We do two of these a year. Uh the first the first one uh in fact
several of these items have to do with Hurricane Milton. We were able to cover those costs with um state grant and interest revenue. So, we're doing a little better on interest revenue than we had budgeted. And we have the fire department. They have some uh Milton
overtime also some changes for their their uh salaries and then um their EMS transport money is coming in real strong. So we're able to use that and um interest revenue there too. And then uh public works had
a accident. Somebody hit one of our poles was destroyed. They're got an insurance reimbursement. They're going to replace that pole. Uh you have a water capital improvement and uh you heard about that one on October 10 and
that one's for $785,000 and that will come from reserves. That one was planned use of reserves. And then finally the police department um repaired Marine One. I love that Marine One. So they repaired
their their boat and um that was 15. So, total change to the overall uh village budget is $1.3 million. And with that, I'll take questions. Thank you, council. Any comments or
questions for Jeff? No. No comments. No comments for me. Okay. Any public comment? All right. Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All in favor? I. Thank
you. Thank you. Agenda item 23, consider approval of MF Ruse and Associates work authorization for well 19 replacement. Good evening. Marjorie Craig, utilities director and this is the second project
that we are recommending moving forward uh through the collection of the capital charge and paying uh a cash uh paying for it with on a c on a cash basis. Um this um this project's ready to go.
However, we have a uh and when we're it's all about the tortoises. So, we we found we had two one to two per burrows on the site and we uh had a survey done. We started looking at the uh we want to
put some fences around to keep the the tortoises from getting back into the site and found that um our well sites are not included in the lease. So we've talked to D. We expect uh we anticipate a one to two
month delay. Um of course we can't predict that but we'll keep you updated on any future delays but we want to be ready to go. So, we have um uh put this on the agenda in anticipation of getting that lease
amended to redrill well number 19. So, the well is below grade and it's uh really reached its useful life. Needs to be replaced. Okay. Any comments or questions? Council,
the fencing, it's not going to work. Just so you know, it won't. No, they do it out in Palmdale and it doesn't work. They just burrow underneath. So, if we're spending money on that, I'd say forget that. Just they're going to burrow underneath it anyways. But that's my
only comment. I don't have comments. No comments. Um I have a quick comment on their contract. The schedule says well has time to complete 420 calendar days and then cumulative time to
complete 550 days. who did they come up with that estimate or do we give them that schedule estimate because that's I mean like a year and a half, right? And I know they're you know their cost is usually based off of um schedule two. So I just want to make sure that
that's accurate and I was just curious who who came up with that. Um it's a good question. the the estimate is usually proposed by the consultant because they based on uh many years of experience of drilling wells like this.
Um we hope that it won't take that long. Um also one thing that I prefer is to do construction inspection services on a as needed basis rather than a lump sum. So you'll see it's it's just the cost. So
if it takes less time than that, it'll cost less. Um, but there's always if it takes more, this is a conservative estimate. And Allison, in your uh experience, she might want to speak as well. Mayor, council members, thank you. Um,
and what's your name? Sorry. Allison Felsburg, deputy utilities director. Um, when it comes to the contract time, the majority of that is going to be um the delays related to the ordering of materials. the control panel for the well. Right now, they're about a year
out for a lead time. So, there's going to probably be a gap where after they drill the well and get the well in, um there's just going to be a period of time of no work while we get that control um RTU cabinet, things like that in and then installed after that. So, there'll be a couple months where there won't be work going on. Um but we'll
still have that contract underway and just waiting for those materials to come in. And regarding the tortoises, we will be installing like a geog grid around portions of the fence that goes underneath so if they burrow, they can't get underneath the pad of the well.
I wish you luck. Thank you. Yes, electrical components still remain the longest thing to get uh in which you probably know, council member painter, it happens. Yeah.
All right. So then this so the the subconultants are lump sum but then the main consultant is TNM basically that's correct and the sub help so okay great okay thank you any public
comment any public comment right can I get a motion to approve so moved second all in favor I I Agenda item 24 consider Approval of Florida design contractors to authorize
the award contract for water treatment plant filter plant upgrades. Marjorie Craig, utilities director, and I have Allison up here with me again because this was her first project that she bid out since she's been here. And
we uh are uh would are recommending award of uh this project to the lowest responsible bidder and it's Florida design contractors. We were really uh glad to receive three biders and three
solid bids and the cost of the bid is just a little bit more than the engineer's opinion of probable cost. Uh this is for our we have two essentially two plants out at the water treatment plant site. Uh one is the filters the
filter plant which treats the surficial aquaer wells well waters and this is what this will replace the filter media inside those filters and then rehab any of the guts inside that need to be re rehabilitated.
So, we did bid the project as a worst case that we would have to rehab all of the guts inside. Any questions? I have none. No, ma'am. Council member French.
No questions. Okay. Um, on the memo, it mentioned the it was on hold because the PAS sampling as well and I know we were uh under the recommendation. Is that is the D is it still a recommendation or have they done a final ruling on that
yet? So, um I probably have to get back to you on details, but they uh I was just in an update yesterday, a legislative update where they talked about um was being brought back to EPA
um to possibly lower this or what I mean is make it a higher level higher level standard because the the four is so low, the four parts per trillion and they're looking at possibly 10 to Um and they are looking at at revising
that rule potentially. Okay. And then so the work we are doing it was on hold because we might have had to pivot depending on what the sampling was. That's exactly I mean if anything changes down the road would there be maybe more costs or
changes to what we're doing now? Yes. But this is um we can't wait on this. We must I agree. I'm just I want to just be transparent and really understand like what any potential hopefully not risk hopefully they don't make any major changes to what's already been put out
as recommendation but um okay so there is potential if makes any drastic changes that we would have more cost associated yes and and as as you may know there are several different types
of there many types of POS and POA um constituents and and the long chain and the short chain. There's basically long chain or short chain ones and different treatment processes will remove different
um categories of POS or POA. So at that time whatever the regulation is we we have like a a study that can has recommendations on what we could move forward with at that snapshot in time. um at the conference that I was at they
I mean the technology is increasing all the time. The biggest issue is what do you do with the um either the spent carbon or the used um iron exchange uh media. So you know then you've got this
media that has a PE boss still in it. Right now you can only landfill it. Okay. Well, thanks for the update and like No, I just it's good. It's a good update. Um, and I just, like I said, I want to be transparent, really understand. Yes, it could be what's
going on with this one. Okay. As time goes on, it could we may have to have additional um treatment. Okay. All right. Any public comment? No. Any public comment? Okay. Council, can I
get a motion to approve? So moved. Second. All in favor? I I the final agenda item 25 is a 2025 governmental assemblies uh appointments. Lori or Jeremy, I can lead off. So I
sent this to all of council as you guys know. Um everybody um accepted their since we didn't have an election, didn't have any change over in council, everybody accepted their current positions that they currently serve on.
So unless uh council has any change of mind or wants to do something different um that would be the recommendation. I'm fine staying um so the as the regular member I don't know if I'm the alternate there but I do regularly actually was at a meeting yesterday for
the Palm Beach North Chamber and the Palm Beach North Chamber Economic Development Committee. I missed last month's or was it last month? Yeah. Um, but I regularly call into those. So, I'm fine to stay home unless
somebody else wants I don't have any objections. Is one thing to add for future uh next year and and beyond. Um, the something that should be added is the Palm Beach County multi-jurisdictional issues forum. Um, because we have to have an appointment
for that. Um, I am on that by default since I'm on the multi-juris jurisdictional issues. That's a tongue tie. Tongue twister one. Multi-jurisdictional issues form executive committee. Okay. Uh, any public comment,
Lori? No. Okay. Can I get a motion to approve? So moved. This was efficient. No comments as well. I'm glad I was able to be clear. connect with council and uh they put it's uh electives from all 11
north municipalities and they you know don't seat people from the same uh city at table and uh I just I really appreciate the level of respect and professionalism up here with everyone and how you know all of us have had votes that don't go our way but we you
know accept the outcome and we move on and we don't you know um go back and continue to talk about it and you know that's not the case everywhere. So I just I I just want to say I really really appreciate everyone up here and the work we do together you know even
when we don't agree. So thank you. Thank you. And I will second that. I I've only sat on one council but after agree there's a lot of high fives going on on our side. Yeah. All right. With that can we get a motion
to adjurnn. I