Jan 28, 2021 Regular Meeting

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WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING ON THIS JANUARY 28 2021 AT 6:30 P.M. MISS VILLAGE CLERK ROLL COPLEY'S MAYOR HERNANDEZ HERE. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. VICE MAYOR CLARKE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE MAYOR CLARKE IS PRESENT VIA ZOOM. LET'S REMEMBER DOWN HERE. HEY, HERE, NOBODY YEAH. NICE MAYOR CLARKE, CAN YOU HEAR US? SHE MIGHT NOT HAVE HER MICROPHONE. HERE. FOUND SOME EVER GIVES THOMAS HERE. ON COUNCIL MEMBER STONE IS HE CAN'T SEE ISSUE HERE. OKAY. HE'S CONNECTING BY ASSUME HE IS PRESENT HERE. INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN STONE. OH, HELLO. I'LL BE RIGHT. YEAH.

THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER TO BRING US TWO HERE TONIGHT, THERE'S SOMETHING THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US. GIVE US WISDOM, KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. GIVE US YOUR GUIDANCE TONIGHT.

LEAVE THIS CITY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND JESUS. THEN WE PRAY. AMEN. MY PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF STATES OF AMERICA. TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. PROCLAMATIONS AWARDS AND

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Proclaiming January 28, 2021, as Thelma Waters Day in the Village of Indiantown.

WHEREAS THE FLORIDA WOMAN'S HALL OF FAME WAS CREATED BY THE FLORIDA STATUE IN 1982 TO HONOR WOMAN WHO THROUGH THEIR LIVES AND EFFORTS MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIFE FOR WOMAN IN ALL FLORIDA CITIZENS. THEY'RE PIONEERS HAVE BROKEN DOWN BARRIERS CREATED NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHAMPIONED ISSUES BETTER FLORIDA AND ITS PEOPLE. WHEREAS BY AN ANONYMOUS VOTE OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THEY DO DRASTICALLY SUBMITTED AS AN ORGANIZATION DENOMINATION OF ETERNAL WATERS TO THE FLORIDA COMMISSION. ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FOR THE FLORIDA WOMAN'S HALL OF FAME. YES.

OTHER BY OKAY? GOD, THE STREET NAME. WHEREAS THE FLORIDA COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN DETERMINED THAT EAT THELMA WATERS EXEMPLIFIES WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO FLORIDA LIFE AND CHOOSE HER AS ONE OF THE TOP 10 FINALISTS FOR THE 2020, FLORIDA WOMAN'S HALL

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NOW, THEREFORE, I JANET HERNANDEZ, MAYOR OF THE VILLAGE OF ANY ANTON, FLORIDA AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER, SUSAN GIVES THOMAS DO HEREBY PROCLAIM. JANUARY 28 2021 AS HEAT THERMAL WATERS A IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, FLORIDA. AND ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN ME AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND RECOGNITION AND CELEBRATION, OVERWORK AND POSITIVE IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. OKAY ITEM NUMBER 16. ERA. BE GLAD TO READ

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RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2021:  A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY TO RENAME MAGNOLIA STREET AS E. THELMA WATERS STREET; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SURE I HAVE A SECOND 2ND COUNCILMAN DOWLING BACK THEN. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL.

YES MA'AM, IF I MAY. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO, UM WE JUST CAME FROM THE CELEBRATION THAT IS BEING HELD IN TIME OR POWER PARK. AND IT'S JUST A. HUMBLING DAY TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THIS COMMUNITY. OF SUCH STATURE OF SUCH SELFLESSNESS. AND THAT IT IS A DESERVED HONOR. THAT SHE IS RECEIVING AND HOW MUCH SHE IS APPRECIATED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I'M JUST WANT TO SAY WELL DONE, THELMA. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. MADAM MAYOR IF I MAY UH, TWO. TO HER POINT. NOT EVERY DAY YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE HISTORY. AND TODAY WE EXPERIENCE HISTORY. AND NOT ONLY THAT IT WAS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS DONE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT MISS TOMOE HAS CHANGED MY DIAPERS AND, UH, HAS HAS SPENT ME AS WELL. UM BUT IT IS INDIVIDUALS WHO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY AS SHE HAS DONE. THAT HAS PUSHED US TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO I EMPHATICALLY SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A HISTORIC AWARD BECAUSE THIS AND SHE SAID, EVEN IN HER REMARKS TONIGHT, THIS AWARD IS JUST NOT FOR ME. IT IS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND SO WITH THAT CONGRATULATIONS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO RENAMING THE STREET AND ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT SHE HAS DONE. WE CAN NOW PIGGYBACK OFF OF THOSE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, SO WE STAND ON HER SHOULDERS TONIGHT. AGAIN WE SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO VOTING FOR THIS RESOLUTION. COUNCILMAN STONE.

YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, TOE, MISS WATERS, AND YOU KNOW, I JUST MUST SAY SHE IS A BIG PART OF WHAT I DO. AND ALL I CAN HEAR IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD. YOU KNOW IF I'M GONNA VOTE ON SOMETHING I COULD HEAR HER JUST SAYING, BOY, YOU BETTER NOT DO.

THAT S O. I'M ALWAYS GONNA REMEMBER THAT. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN THIS WATERS. VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS WATERS. WELL DESERVE BEEN A MATRIARCH OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR YEARS, AND SHE DEFINITELY WAS A TRAILBLAZER BROKE DOWN BARRIERS AND IT'S JUST THE HONOR TOE IN A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER RECEIVED THIS WITH HER FAMILY AND YOU KNOW, LIKE SHE SAYS SHE DID IT FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS NOT WHAT CAN THE COMMUNITY DO FOR YOU IS WHAT WE COULD DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING, BUT WE ALL DESERVE HIM. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR WATERSON. WHAT UP? MIGHTY EXAMPLE TO FOLLOW. AND MISS THE THERMAL WATERS. WHAT CAN I SAY? I WENT TO THAT MIGRANT SCHOOL ALSO,

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COOL.

OKAY, SO LET'S CONTINUE. ITEM NUMBER THREE PRESENTATION OF FLORIDA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER.

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Presentation of Florida Community Health Center, Inc.'s Best Partnership Award by Dr. Whilemina Lewis to the Village of Indiantown

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CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY? WHAT'S UP WITH THE WHOLE? YEAH.

THANK YOU, DR LEWIS AND ANYTHING YOU NEED FOR THE INTEL COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN CALL ME ANY TIME I WORK TIRELESSLY TRYING TO GET THOSE VACCINES THE LAST TIME SO PLEASE. DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR COBEN 19

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COVID-19 Update by the Florida Health Department

COVE SHOPPING CENTER. CANTOR CROSSING. AND CORNERSTONE AT STUART. PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISER WAS ALSO ISSUED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA ON JANUARY 21ST PRIORITIZING FLORIDIANS TO RECEIVE THE COVERT 19 VACCINE IN FLORIDA. IN ORDER TO GET YOUR FIRST DOSE. YOU MUST MEET CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. YOU MUST HAVE A FLORIDA DRIVER'S LICENSE.

FLORIDA IDENTIFICATION CARD. IF A RESIDENT CANNOT PRESENT EITHER OF THOSE TWO, THEY CAN PROVE FLORIDA RESIDENCY BY PRESENTING A COPY OF ANY TWO OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IF THEY REFLECT A FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS. P O BOXES ARE NOT COUNTED. CATEGORY A DEED MORTGAGE MONTHLY MORTGAGE STATEMENT, MORTGAGE PAYMENT BOOKLET OR RESIDENTIAL RENTAL OR LEASE AGREEMENT. CATEGORY B, A UTILITY HOOKUP OR UTILITY WORK ORDER DATED WITHIN 60 DAYS BEFORE THE DATA VACCINATION. CATEGORY C. A UTILITY BILL DID WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE DATA VACCINATION. CATEGORY D MAIL FROM A FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, INCLUDING CHECKING SAVINGS OR INVESTMENT ACCOUNT STATEMENTS DATED WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE DATA VACCINATION. CATEGORY E MAIL FROM A FEDERAL, STATE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY DATED WITHIN TWO MONTHS OF THE DATE OF VACCINATION. LASTLY, CATEGORY F. PROOF OF FLORIDA RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS, PARENT STEP PARENT LEGAL, GUARDIAN OR OTHER PERSON WITH WHOM THE SEASONAL RESIDENT RESIDES IN FLORIDA. PLUS A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE SEASONAL RESIDENT RESIDES, STATING THAT THE SEASON OF RESIDENT DOES RESIDE WITH HIM OR HER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM

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Gray Robinson Lobbying Firm Presentation and Discussion on the Village's Legislative Priorities

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AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CAN ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AS WE TALK ABOUT YOUR APPROPRIATION PURSUITS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND I THINK THE BEST WAY TO START OFF WITH A PRESENTATION OF 2021 SESSION IS TALK ABOUT PERSONALITIES IN THE ROOM. THAT IS, OF COURSE, THE GOVERNOR WHEN SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER FOR THAT WONDERFUL NOMINATION, I LISTEN TO SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, CHRIS BROWS AND THEN SENATE PRESIDENT WILL SIMPSON. GOVERNOR TO CENSUS HAS A COUPLE OF PRIORITIES HE'S ALREADY LED WITH OFFICES IN AS WE CALL IT IN THE PROCESS ON ONE OF THOSE IS COMBATING DISORDER YOU PROBABLY SAW OVER THE SUMMER WAS SOME MANY IN THE MOVEMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE GOVERNOR CAME OUT AND SAID HE WANTED TO HAVE LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BETTER BETTER DEFEND FLORIDA OR PROTECT FLORIDA AGAINST VIOLENT PROTESTS. AND WHEN THAT UNFORTUNATE EVENTS OF JANUARY 6 TOOK PLACE IN THE CAPITAL VENETIAN LEGISLATION.

IDENTICAL LEGISLATION WAS FOUND IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE ADDRESSING THAT I COULD TALK WELL MORE LINK THAT THAT THE REASON I TELL YOU, THAT IS, IT'S GONNA TAKE UP A LOT OF OXYGEN IN THE ROOM DURING THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION. POINT THAT OUT TO YOU ANOTHER BIG DEAL FOR THE GOVERNOR, AND THIS WON'T SHOCK ANYONE IS ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING RELATED TO COPE IN 19 SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE TO COGAN, 19 MY ABILITY REALLY, THE GOVERNOR HAS PUSHED FORWARD.

THIS IS A PRIORITY AND SOMETHING HE'D LIKE TO SEE ON HIS DESK BY THE FIRST WEEK, OBSESSION IN MARCH, AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BILL THAT'S ALREADY FILED AND MOVING IN BOTH CHAMBERS. IT WOULD QUOTE BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVIDE IMMUNITY ESSENTIALLY TWO BUSINESSES ACROSS THIS TODAY, INCLUDING PUBLIC LIKE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND OTHER REPUBLICANS TEASE THAT PROVIDED NO WORSE AND NEGLIGENT CARE FOR THOSE WHO ARE VISITING THEIR FACILITIES OR WHAT HAVE YOU IN THE MIDST OF THIS PANDEMIC. THE LANGUAGE, AND THERE IS CLEAR THAT YOU HAD TO HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING CDC GUIDELINES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES. BUT THE IDEA IS TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE DOING THEIR BEST IS THEY COULDN'T DURING THIS PANDEMIC TO PROTECT EVERYONE NOTICEABLY NOT INCLUDING THAT HIS HEALTH CARE ENTITIES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING NEGOTIATED. IN THE FINAL THING THAT'S A PRIORITY THE GOVERNOR AND HE LED WITH IT TODAY. IN HIS PRESENTATION IS THE BUDGET AS HE'S CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED TO DO. HE GAVE A BUDGET PRESENTATION THIS MORNING 96.6 BILLION IS WHAT HE'S PROPOSING. AND I'VE ALWAYS STARTED TO GET IN THE WEEDS OF SOME O THAT, BUT IT'S NOT SURPRISINGLY, IT HAS FOCUSED ON PROMOTING FLORIDA'S TOURISM ECONOMY AGAIN. FOCUS ON TEACHERS LIKE HE HAD LAST YEAR, AND I THINK IT WAS 550 MILLION GOING TOWARDS RAISES OF TEACHERS, WATER QUALITY AS WELL AND THEN IN GENERAL, JUST PUTTING ENOUGH RESERVES IN THE STATE COFFERS SO THAT WE CAN WEATHER ANY STORM LITERALLY A STORM. A ZOO WE KNOW IS WELL KNOWN TO HAVE HURRICANES IN FLORIDA, AND WE'RE PANDEMIC THAT COMES THROUGH OR CRIPPLES OUR ECONOMY. SO THOSE WERE GOING TO BE HIS MAIN PRIORITIES. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY OTHERS THAT WILL POP UP THOSE AIR SOMEBODY'S LEAD WITH AND QUICKLY THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. CHRIS BROWN'S COMBATING DISORDER THAT HE'S LEGISLATION IS GOING TO BE A PRIORITY FOR HIM. IT'S HOUSE BILL ONE. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T DON'T FOLLOW THE PROCESS, THE SPEAKER'S PRIORITIES ARE USUALLY THE ONE THROUGH 19 ON THE ODD NUMBER BILLS. THIS ONE'S NUMBER ONE SPECIAL TELL YOU SOMETHING, HIS FATHER'S RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT. HE CERTAINLY MADE THIS A POINT THAT HE THINKS THIS BUILDING'S TO PASS. ENTREPRENEURSHIP AGENDA SOMETHING, HE SAID IN PERMITTING FORM AND STUFF, AND WHEN YOUR BEHALF IS A LOBBYIST FOR THE VILLAGE WOULD PAY ATTENTION BECAUSE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING SOME REFORMS IN PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO PERMITTING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENTS AND INSPECTIONS AND ISSUING OF LICENSES. WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY DO OUR PART TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T INFRINGE ON YOUR LOCAL CONTROL. BUT IN MORE APPROPRIATELY PARTNERS WITH VILLAGES AND

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GOTTA PUT ON YOUR RADAR BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HIS FIRST PRIORITY IS HB ONE. COMBATING DISORDER, HB THREE, WHICH IS THE NEXT BILL THAT COULD BE FILED IN THE HOUSE WITHOUT NUMBERS IS HIS LITERACY BILL THAT WAS GOING TO DO DO HIS BEST EFFORT WITH STATE LEGISLATION AND FUNDING TO PROMOTE LITERACY IN OUR YOUTH UNDER THE GUN UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT STATISTICALLY IF YOU COULD READ BY THE TIME YOU'RE SIX OR SEVEN YOU ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND HAVE A HIGHER EARNING CAPACITY THAN IF YOU CANNOT THAT HAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPLICATIONS DOWN THE LINE IS A LOT OF STATS SHOW THAT LITERACY IS A KEY FACTOR AND LIFTING UP OUR YOUTH. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HIM ON THE SENATE PRESIDENT WILSON SIMPSON, HE HAS BEEN ALSO LEADING ON COVE IN 19 LIABILITY RELIEF. AND HE'S MADE IT A PARTY THAT HE ALSO WANTS TO INCLUDE HEALTH CARE SO THAT LEGISLATION WILL EVENTUALLY COME IN THEIR WATER FUNDING, WHICH I KNOW GIVEN YOUR PROXIMITY TO THE EVERGLADES, AND THEY CALLED FOR TOBY. ISA PRIORITY DOWN THERE. THAT'S SOMETHING HE IS LEADING WITH. AND OF COURSE, THE BUDGET. WHERE'S THE GOVERNOR'S PROMOTING A $96.6 BILLION BUDGET AND HIS CONSTITUTIONALLY REQUIRED DUTY OF PRESENTING A BUDGET TO THE LEGISLATURE, WHICH SHE DID THIS MORNING. SITTING PRESIDENTS MADE IT CLEAR HE THINKS THE SENATE GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION OF CUTTING THE BUDGET DRAMATICALLY.

HER PERSPECTIVE. LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS 93 BILLION BEFORE THE GOVERNOR VETOED ONE BILLION IN PROJECTS AND ANOTHER PROGRAMS. THIS YEAR. IT'S PROMOTED 96.6. MY EXPECTATION IS THE SENATE AND PROBABLY THE HOUSE WILL HAVE A BUDGET MORE CLOSELY IN LINE WITH 92 93 BILLION THE TIME. LET'S HELP BUT THOSE AIR PERSONALITIES IN THE ROOM THERE IS GOING TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION, AND I DISCUSSED THE BUDGET AND I'LL QUICKLY COVER THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY TALK ABOUT THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO DISCUSS, BUT. UNLIKE ANY OTHER YEAR, THE BUDGET IS GOING TO DOMINATE THE CONVERSATION. THE PANDEMIC HAS WREAKED HAVOC ACROSS THE STATE AS FAR AS OUR ECONOMY, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOSPITALITY COMMUNITY IN THE RETAIL SPACE.

THE STATE'S ECONOMISTS ARE PROJECTING ANYWHERE FROM 2.3 TO 3 BILLION IN REVENUE SHORTFALL YEAR OVER YEAR. SO IN THE 2020 2021 FISCAL YEAR, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED. THE LEGISLATURE WITH THE GOVERNOR HAS TWO OPTIONS, CUT AND OR INCREASED REVENUES. CUTS ARE GOING TO OCCUR. HIGHER EDUCATION IS GOING TO BE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK. I WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED THAT BEASTIE OTHER CUTS AND JUST AGENCY SPENDING. ACROSS THE BOARD PLACES WHERE REVENUE WILL INCREASE IN SOMETHING THAT CONDONE BENEFIT THE VILLAGE AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IS INTERNET SALES TAX THEIR ESTIMATE THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND RIGHT NOW MISSES OUT ON 500 MILLION AND REVENUE FROM INTERNET SALES TAX COLLECTION. YOU WILL KNOW.

WE'RE ALL REQUIRED TO PAY THAT SALES TAX REGARDLESS OF WHERE WE BUY IT ONLINE, BUT I'M GLAD IF I ASKED TO RAISE OF HANDS OF THOSE OF YOU IN THE ROOM OF HOW MANY SUBMITS THAT CHECK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE EVERY YEAR FOR SOMETHING THEY BOUGHT ON ETSY, NOT MANY HANDS WOULD GO UP. MINE INCLUDED. JUST PEOPLE DON'T PAY IT AND THE STATES ARE OBVIOUSLY LOSING MONEY THEY ESTIMATE AROUND 500 MILLION. THEY SAY THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THAT COULD BE 100 MILLION, IN FACT, WAS ENFORCED. BY OUR TEAM FULLY EXPECTS THAT THIS WILL PASS THIS YEAR THAT THEY WILL ENFORCE THAT. WE'RE ONE OF SEVEN STATES SINCE THE U. S SUPREME COURT GAVE THEIR WAY FAIR DECISION A FEW YEARS AGO THAT HASN'T ENFORCED THIS. SO NOW 43 STATES ARE COLLECTING THE SALES TAX DURING A PANDEMIC WHEN EVERYTHING'S MOVING ONLINE, FLORIDA'S WANT TO SEVEN THAT ARE NOT MY EXPECTATION. IS THERE GOING TO PASS THIS? ANOTHER SOURCE OF REVENUE IS THE GAMING COMPACT. I WON'T GET INTO THE WHAT I COULD TAKE AN HOUR EXPLAIN DETAILS OF HOW THE SEMINAL GAMING COMPACT WAS THEN VIOLATED BY THE STATE IN THE SEMINOLES NO LONGER PAY TO THE STATE. THE 300 MILLION THAT THEIR PAIN, BUT THEY'RE NOT, AND WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED IS UPDATING THAT GAMING COMPACT TO INCLUDE OTHER OTHER TABLE GAMES LIKE CRAPS AND ROULETTE AND POTENTIALLY SPORTS BETTING, WHICH COULD LEAD TO 500 TO 700 MILLION AND ANNUAL REVENUE TO THE STATE. YOU ADD THAT UP WITH THE INTERNET SALES TAX? THAT'S ABOUT $1.1 BILLION TO THE STATE YEAR OVER YEAR REVENUE THAT CAN MAKE UP A LOT OF DIFFERENCE.

OTHER SOURCES OF REVENUE THAT I'VE HEARD DISCUSSED, BUT I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF THAT HAPPENS WAS MARIJUANA. FULL MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION? THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED BECAUSE IN 2022, THERE'S GONNA BE A BALLOT INITIATIVE. THAT'S ON THE THAT WE ALL WILL GET TO VOTE ON AND POLLING SUGGESTS IT WILL PASS. SO THERE'S SOME THEORY. IF IT PASSES, WE SHOULD JUST LEGALIZE IT NOW AND TAX IT NOW AND CREATE REVENUE FOR THE STATE. BUT I WOULD REMIND YOU JUST LAST YEAR, THE FLORIDA HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES WERE PUSHING, PUSHING FORWARD LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PUT CAP ON THC AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA ESSENTIALLY TAKEN AWAY. IT'S YOU FOR VALUE, SO I DON'T EXPECT THE FLORIDA HOUSE TO GO FROM, LET'S CAP THE THC ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA, WHICH IS PERFECTLY LEGAL UNDER OUR CONSTITUTION TO JUST LET'S GO AHEAD AND LEGALIZE EVERYTHING.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I BRING IT UP BECAUSE THERE IS LEGISLATION IN BOTH CHAMBERS FILED THAT IF THEY WERE TO PASS IN THE GOVERNOR ORDER SIGNED, WOULD CREATE REVENUE. AND FINALLY, I'VE ALSO HEARD TUITION INCREASES, AS YOU KNOW, UNDER

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SO IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THERE'S BEEN A TUITION INCREASING. THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION THAT THAT'S ONE WAY TO YOU PRESERVE THE BUDGET BECAUSE IF THEY COULD RAISE TUITION, THAT'S LESS MONEY. THE STATE HAS TO KICK INTO THE STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM IN THE STATE COLLEGE SYSTEM AGAIN. THAT'S ONE I THINK WOULD BE UNLIKELY. GIVEN THAT THERE IS AH LOT OF POLITICAL BLOWBACK IF YOU RAISE THAT TUITION FOR ANYONE THAT'S ANYWHERE EITHER HAVE CHILDREN IN COLLEGE OR NEAR COLLEGE. BUT IT'S ON THE TABLE. THE OTHER THING I WOULD PUT IN. THEY PUT IT PUT BEFORE YOU IS. THERE'S RESERVES. THERE'S THE BUDGET STABILIZATION FUND, WHICH IS ABOUT A BILLION AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE'S A LOT IN CHILD'S ENDOWMENT FUNDS. WHICH IS YOU MANY OF YOU MAY KNOW IT'S THE OLD TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY FROM THE NINETIES THAT WAS CREATED AN ENDOWMENT UNDERLYING CHILDS AND THAT'S SITTING ABOUT A BUILDING THAT'S MARKET RATE, SO THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO SELL THAT OR PUT IT TO MARKET TO LIQUEFY IT. BUT THERE'S ABOUT TWO BILLION THERE. THEY REALLY NEEDED THE MONEY. THEN. HERE OF COURSE, IS THE BIG ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OR OR DONKEY AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, IN A SECOND IS FEDERAL AID. THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CONTROL OF THE WHITE HOUSE, OBVIOUSLY AND THE HOUSE AND NOW THE SENATE AFTER THE GEORGIA ELECTIONS, PLEADED WITH VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS HAS THE TIEBREAKER VOTE ON A 50 50 SENATE. AND IT LOOKS AS IF THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE RECONCILIATION EFFORT IN THE U. S. SENATE TO PUT FORWARD THE FEDERAL RELIEF I CALL IT CARES AC THREE THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S PUT FORWARD.

IN THAT BILL AND LEGISLATION. THERE'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF STATE AND LOCAL AID IN THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO STATES IF THE STATE OF FLORIDA GOT $123 BILLION IN AID. ALL OF OUR BUDGET WOES WOULD BE SORT OF SET ASIDE AND EITHER WE COULD PUT A LOT OF IT INTO RESERVES, OR SOME OF IT COULD GO TO PROGRAMMING, BUT IT WOULD CERTAINLY SOLVE A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THE KEY ON THAT WOULD BE THEIR STRINGS ATTACHED. IF YOU RECALL THE STATE GOT A LOT OF OR WAS OFFERED A LOT OF MONEY FROM THE FEDS OVER MANY YEARS WHEN RICK SCOTT WAS THE GOVERNOR FOR MEDICAID EXPANSION, BUT THE STATE DID NOT ACCEPT THAT MEDICAID MONEY BECAUSE IT REQUIRED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EXPANSION AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST. IN THE BACK IN WHEN THE FEDERAL DOLLARS RIGHT NOW, IF THERE'S A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED TO IT, I COULD SEE THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE REJECTING THOSE FUNDS. IT'S TOO EARLY TO TELL WHAT THE STRINGS WILL BE. BUT I PUT IT ON YOUR RADAR'S. IT COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THAT IS SORT OF A SNAPSHOT OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ONLY OTHER THING, I WOULD SAY IT IS PAINFULLY OBVIOUS TO ALL OF YOU IS CODED AND THE PROTOCOLS INVOLVED. I SEE ALL OF YOU WEARING YOUR MASK ON PRACTICING SAFE DISTANCING. THE LEGISLATURE. AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE SENATE IS NOT ALLOWING ANYONE ON THE SENATE SIDE OF THE CAPITOL AND LESS SURE, SENATOR OR STAFF MEMBER AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO MASK UP IN DISTANCE. ON THE HOUSE SIDE. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER IF YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, BUT THE SPEAKER HAS HIGHLY ENCOURAGE HOUSE MEMBERS NOT TO HAVE IN PERSON APPOINTMENTS, BUT INSTEAD TO DO VIRTUAL AND THE CAPITAL RIGHT NOW IS VIRTUALLY A GHOST TOWN ON I'M NOT BEING FACETIOUS WHEN I SAY THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CAPITAL OR PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL'S MEETING AT THE VARIOUS RESTAURANTS AND BARS AND LOCATIONS WHERE YOU CAN GET A CUP OF COFFEE AND MEET WITH A LEGISLATOR. DIDN'T THE CAPITAL THAT IS NOT HAPPENING, AND PRESIDENT SIMPSON INDICATED EARLIER THIS WEEK THAT HE EXPECTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE DURING THE WHOLE OF REGULAR SESSION FROM MARCH AND APRIL. THAT WILL HAVE LOTS OF IMPACTS ON LEGISLATION BUDGET YOU NAME IT AS PUBLIC IN THE LOBBYIST ASSOCIATE WITH THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ALLOWED INSIDE THE CAPITOL. BUT I WILL GIVE YOU ASSURANCES THAT YOUR TEAM THAT YOU'VE HIRED HAS PLENTY OF CONTACTS AND RELATIONSHIPS THAT FORTUNATELY PREDATE THE PANDEMIC. SO WE'VE HAD NO INSTITUTES WITH ACCESS VIRTUALLY OR IF YOUR TEXT MESSAGE OR PHONE CALL ON VARIOUS ISSUES, INCLUDING AS WE'VE GOTTEN RAMPED UP WORKING WITH HOWARD ON YOUR TEAM ON AND BILLA'S WELL AS FAR AS ON THE APPROPRIATION PROJECT AND WORKING WITH YOUR LOCAL DELEGATION S O. THAT IS A GOOD NEWS SIDE OF IT, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING SESSION AS. VERY FEW PEOPLE. I THINK WE'LL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CAPITAL ON THAT WILL MAKE IT INTERESTING HOW THE BUDGET WORKS. HOW OTHER POLICY THOSE WORK AND WE'RE ALL LEARNING AS WE GO. WITH THAT? I DON'T MEAN TO BE OVERLY VERBOSE, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT COVERED THE BUDGET AND SOME OF THE BIG PICTURE ISSUES THAT WILL BE IN PLAY. AND I'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR DIVE DEEPER INTO ANYTHING. YOU WANT ME TO DIVE INTO. IS THE COUNSEL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE? COMMENT COUNCILMAN DOWLING GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. UM. WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE DO HAVE A. BOND LOBBYING FIRM THAT IS NOT ONLY QUALIFIED, BUT NO. UM THERE IS WELL AWARE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN TALLAHASSEE. UM AND YOU JUST LAID THAT OUT VERY, VERY BEAUTIFULLY. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WANTED TOE. ASK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR IS PUSHING FOR US. THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THIS OF THIS COUNCIL TO GO AND ALSO, UM, PROMOTE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. MAKING INDIAN TOWN A BETTER

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ABSOLUTELY COUNSELING. AND THE OTHER THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. OH, MY COMMENTS ARE IS IF YOU CAN SCHEDULE ANY OF THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS FOR ME, I DO THINK THAT THAT'S ESSENTIAL. UM, TRYING TO GO WORK WITH OUR LEGISLATORS AND REGARDS OF THIS APPROPRIATION, BUT YOU DID TALK ABOUT THE CARA'S ACT. AND I KNOW THAT, UM THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WHERE THEY WEREN'T INCLUDING LOCAL CITIES AND GOVERNMENT WITH THE CARES ACT, AND THEY HAD US THE FLORIDA LEAGUE A CITIES HADAS SEND OUT EMAILS TO OUR STATE SENATORS OR NOT, ACTUALLY, OUR CONGRESSMAN, UM. IN WASHINGTON AND REGARDS OF THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT INCLUDING CITIES IS THAT FOR PACKAGE STREET ALSO. I NEED TO CONFIRM WITH OUR FEDERAL FOLKS FOR THAT, AND TO GET A BETTER ANSWER FOR YOU. I KNOW STATE IS INCLUDED, AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS LOCAL AID, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WHATEVER LOCAL LADIES INCLUDED. IF IT'S NOT SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS DONE EARLY

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THEY WERE VERY RESPONSIBLE WORKING WITH US TO GET OUR PROJECTS DONE SO YOU GOT A GREAT TEAM THERE AND AGAIN. LIKE I SAID, LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THEM. THANK YOU.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

I DON'T SEE HER ANYWHERE. MADAM MAYOR, SHE'S ON MISS ASSES ON THERE, SHE. SHE'S ON CONSENT AGENDA. BUT IF SHE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE FOR HER. EXPLAIN HER REQUEST. THIS PHRASE IF YOU CAN HEAR US, CAN YOU PLEASE I MUTE YOUR MIKE. YES YES, I CAN CUTE, OKAY? GO WHERE YOU GOODNIGHT. MY NAME IS BLANCA REYES. I'M REPRESENTING ALICE FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER. WE WORK WITH IMMIGRANTS AND POPULATION WARD VULNERABLE. AND THEN ARE ONLY SURE I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. IF INGER AGENDA IS A.

HMM. GOLD TOE ADDRESSED ACCESS FOR HEALTH DOING CORBETT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE UNINSURED OR DO NOT HAVE A BODY FLORID IDEE. YEAH. IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT SO SHE COULD SAY WHATEVER THEY RESPOND DURING YOUR REPORT. YES. SO YOU JUST THEY ARE COMMON. WE'LL GET SOMEONE YOU ARE CONTACT YOU IN REGARDS OF THAT. OKAY? YEAH. EVERYTHING IS E DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE ME OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION, BUT I WAS NOT I WAS NOT SURE BECAUSE I'M SORRY THAT THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO BE PRESENTLY IN YOUR MEETING. YES THIS IS THE TIME THAT YOU WOULD COMMENT. REGARDS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE HAVE THEME SUPPORT LETTER FOR ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION, YOU CAN DO IT NOW. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. AM I LESS FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER HAS BEAN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. A MOST OF OUR VICTIMS ARE FOREIGN NATIONALS. WE RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, BUT ALSO WE ENCOUNTER FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. A HIGHER AMOUNT OF CHILD VICTIMS WHO ARE FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO HAS BEAN SEXUAL ASSAULT. OR FAMILY MEMBERS OR PEOPLE WHO ARE LIVING IN THE SAME HOME. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE OLD THESE OUR NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO START THIS YEAR IS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS OR PROVIDERS. TO INCREASE THE PREVENTING EDUCATION FOR PARENTS. ON AND, UM. TEACHERS.

UH HEALTH PROVIDERS. UH, ATTORNEYS, LAW ENFORCEMENT. VICTIM ASSISTANT PROGRAM AND ALSO THE DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. WOULD CHANGE CERTAIN PROJECT ALS THAT

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[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

SO THANK YOU AGAIN. YEAH, THANK YOU. COUNTERMAN DOWLING. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. WANTED TO CONGRATULATE AGAIN, MS DILMA WATERS ON SUCH A PROLIFIC BUT WELL DESERVED AWARD TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME HERE IN FLORIDA AGAIN AND SO IT IS A REPRESENTATION OF HER LIFELONG WORK TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND WE STAND ON HER SHOULDERS. ALSO I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE CONGRATULATE HER ON THE RENAMING OF MAGNOLIA STREET ON SO IT WOULD NOW BE MISSED THE THERMAL WATERS STREET AND SO AGAIN, WELL DESERVED. AND WE CELEBRATE THAT ON TONIGHT. UM UH, ON A MORE SAD NOTE, LET'S CONTINUE TO KEEP THE VICE MAYOR IN YOUR PRAYERS. SHE LOST A FAMILY MEMBER A COUPLE DAYS AGO. AND COUPLED WITH THAT LET'S KEEP THE SCALES FAMILY. IN YOUR PRAYERS BECAUSE THEY LOST SOMEONE EITHER LAST NIGHT OR EARLY THIS MORNING. SO, UM, THIS IS A SENSITIVE TIME AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE FAMILIES IN OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AS THEY AS AGREED.

I MENTIONED AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT THE INDIAN TOWN NEWS LETTER HAS ARRIVED. SO THERE ARE COPIES PRINTED SO S SO GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY. AND IT BASICALLY GIVES AN UPDATE ON ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, AND ALONG WITH THAT, NO, THE COLDS. THIS IS A. PAMPHLET THAT'S SIMILAR. THAT'S A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE, COLD VIOLATIONS AND BOTH OF THESE PUBLICATIONS ARE IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH. SO PLEASE GRAB YOUR COPY TODAY. THE COMMUNITY WAS SPEAKING TO A RESIDENT. AT THE AT THE EVENT HONORING MISS NORMAN WATERS, AND SHE WAS JUST MENTIONING ON HOW THE COMMUNITY IS LOOKING SO MUCH BETTER. SO THAT IS AGAIN TO THE EFFORTS OF THE STAFF AND AH PERSISTENCE AND TRYING TO MAKE THIS COMMUNITY BETTER. UM. WE? WE GOT A COVERT UPDATE FROM OUR AWESOME UM CLERK. AND. WE? WE FOUND OUT THAT GOVERNOR DISSENT IS HAS SELECTED PUBLICS AS THE SOLE DISTRIBUTOR OF THE COVERT 19 VACCINE. IF THIS IS THIS PRESENTS A MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S NO PUBLIC'S HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. BECAUSE OF THIS WHAT I HAVE DONE. I HAVE I HAVE DRAFTED A LETTER. AND IF I COULD HAVE HAVE ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS PASS IT OUT. TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND FOR THE ONES WHO ARE ONLINE. I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THIS EMAILED ASKING HIM TO RECONSIDER HAVING PUBLIC'S THANK YOU. TO RECONSIDER HAVING PUBLICS AS THE SOLE DISTRIBUTOR

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BECAUSE WE AGAIN WE DON'T HAVE A SITE HERE. BUT THIS COMMUNITY IS DEFINITELY IN NEED OF. OF HAVING A CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTION SITE FOR THE VACCINE. AND SO I ASKED THE REST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS TO JOIN ME ON THIS LETTER. WE CAN MAKE THIS A VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN THING, AND I WAS HOPING THAT WE ALL COULD SIGN IT. TOC SHOW THE SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SERVICING OUR COMMUNITY. THE BEST WAY WE CAN. SO THAT LETTER IS BEFORE YOU AND THANK YOU, UM. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE BEST PARTNERSHIP REWARD. UM, I WAS THRILLED TO HEAR THE NUMBERS THE OVER 8000 RESIDENTS. GOT TESTED AND OVER 14 VACCINE VACCINATIONS HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AND AGAIN. THIS IS THIS IS THE COORDINATION OF THIS AWESOME STAFF. AND THE SAID 400. EXCUSE ME, 400. THANK YOU 400 INDIVIDUAL VACCINES ADMINISTERED, BUT THIS IS A COORDINATE OF COORDINATION THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IT IS WONDERFUL. UM AH, WONDERFUL THING SO AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS COMMUNITY. UM WITH THAT. LET US CONTINUE TO PLEASE, WHERE ARE MASK PRACTICE SOCIAL DISTANCE IS DISTANCING WASHING OUR HANDS. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE U. S IS AVERAGING OVER 3000 DEATH. DAILY DEATH. SO PLEASE TAKE THIS SERIOUS. THIS THIS VIRUS HAS AFFECTED SO MANY LIVES AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE. UM. YESTERDAY. I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM FROM HOWARD. CONCERNING THE FIRE, RESCUE AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M THANKFUL TO HAVE SERVED ON THIS COMMITTEE. AND WHEN THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED THE OBJECTIVE OF IT WAS TO FIND TO COME UP WITH A RFP AND. WELL, THIS COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO CREATE A BLUEPRINT. FOR IN OUR P THIS COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE CONSULTANT. WE CREATED 14 14 POINT ACTION PLAN ON MOVING FORWARD, AND SO NOW WE HAVE THIS ROLE MAP AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO, UH ARE FEBRUARY MEETING TO DISCUSS IT WITH OUR CONSULTANTS. LAST THING I'LL SAY IS AS WE ARE. AGAIN AS WE ARE IN THIS PANDEMIC. PLEASE BE SAFE. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING A GREAT MEETING AND I ALSO HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT AFTER THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. WELL MY WHOLE PAGE OF NOTES JUST WAS WENT OVER BY COUNCIL MEMBER DOWLING.

SO, UM, THAT'LL LESSEN WHAT I HAVE TO SAY, BUT MAYBE I HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON SOME OF IT. UM. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR BEING WITH US THIS EVENING. WE APPRECIATE YOU JOINING, JOINING US, AS ALWAYS. ALSO THANK DR LEWIS FOR BEING HERE THIS THIS EVENING AND WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THAT AWARD. UM IT'S TO ME IT'S SIGNIFICANT. I KNOW THAT FLORIDA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER THEY HAVE. THERE'S THERE ARE. ON LI FULL TIME MEDICAL FACILITY. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IN THAT. IN INDIAN TOWN. SO WE APPRECIATE THEM ALL THAT THEY DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN FLORIDA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER RECEIVED THEIR FIRST BATCH OF VACCINES THEY CREATED THAT IMMUNIZATION EVENT. AT SEVERAL OF THEIR SIGHTS AND INDIAN TOWN WAS WAS ONE OF THEM AND. I KNOW THAT THEY SHE GAVE OUT JUST. WONDERFUL INFORMATION AND STATISTICS THERE, BUT AT THAT ONE IMMUNIZATION THAT ONE VACCINE EVENT THAT THEY HAD ON SATURDAY, JANUARY THE 16TH THAT THEY GAVE OUT 200. VACCINES THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THOSE SHOTS IN AN ARMS AND AS YOU HEARD THIS EVENING, THEY'VE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND BATCH.

AND SO THAT MEANS THAT THOSE SECOND BACK, THINGS WILL BE ABLE TO BE ADMINISTERED AND THOSE APPOINTMENTS WERE MADE AT THE TIME FOR THE SAME PEOPLE WHENEVER THEY GOT THEIR FIRST VACCINE, SO WE APPRECIATE THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS THAT THEY PUT IN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST

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YOU KNOW WHEN SHE PUT YOU IN YOUR PLACE, SHE DOESN'T IN SUCH A WAY. BUT WHEN SHE WALKS AWAY YOU KNOW SHE LOVES YOU. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT A BAD THING. IT'S USUALLY A GOOD THING. AND SO WE APPRECIATE HER. AND WITH THAT, I YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR TO PARK. UH, JUST THANK ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY, UH, FOR, UH, TODAY WE HELP CELEBRATE IN WOMAN THAT WAS WORTHY OF THE OF THE HONOR OF BEING A TRAILBLAZER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND LET'S JUST KEEP OVER FOR GUYS. THANK ALL OF MY GUESS WHOEVER'S WATCHING US TONIGHT. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESS. THANK YOU. AND I JOINED MY COLLEAGUES AND REGARDS OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOVE LOST LOVED ONES. I ACTUALLY, UM THERE IS A FUNERAL MASS GOING ON. UM CURRENTLY IN REGARDS OF THE PAST BALL FAMILY, MISS MARIA, POSSIBLE DECEASED LAST WEEK. UM AND ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO JUST REMIND PEOPLE THAT COVE IN 19 STILL EXISTS, AND IF YOU THINK THAT IF YOU THINK THAT IT'S NOT WELL, YOU KNOW, SEEING THIS FAMILY. LOSE A LOVED ONE. THEY WERE CLOSE TO ME AND IT'S HARD. IT'S HARD, ESPECIALLY DURING THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN'T SEE YOUR LOVED ONE. IN THEIR FINAL MOMENTS, SO PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR MASK. WE GET THIS IMPORTANT, UM. OF COBEN 19 VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. I DO AGREE WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN, DARLING, UM, I'VE BEEN SEEING OTHER COLLEAGUES OF OURS FROM DOWN SOUTH. MAKING LETTERS LIKE PALM BEACH, THEY PALM BEACH COMMISSION. I KNOW THAT CITY OF POKEY AND CITY OF BELLE GLADE.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS THREE MAYORS THAT DID THAT LETTER WITH PUMP, UM WITH THE PALM BEACH COMMISSION. REGARDS OF THIS, AND I DO THINK THAT BEING INDIAN TOWN AND BEING FAR AWAY FROM A PUBLIC I THINK THAT GOVERNOR RHONDA SANTA'S NEEDS TO GIVE VACCINES ALSO TO PROVIDERS LIKE FLORIDA COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT TAKES IT TAKES A WHILE TO EVEN I'VE HEARD STILL, I KEEP ON HEARING STORIES AND REGARDS OF TRYING TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AND YOU'RE THERE AT BEFORE 60 CLOCK. AND BY THE TIME SIX O'CLOCK, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T GET ANY APPOINTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GONE. SO UM, I JOINED YOU WITH THIS LETTER, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES DO. I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN BECAUSE. WE DON'T HAVE A PUBLIC SPHERE, AND HE'S REFERRING MOST OF THESE VACCINATIONS TO A PUBLIX AND IF WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC HERO. IT WOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT WE DON'T AND OUR RESIDENTS NEED THESE VACCINES AND IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY QUICKER. UM AND I KEEP ON AND I KNOW ALL MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE HAVE BEEN ASKED.

WHEN WILL THE VACCINATIONS COME TO US ARE NOT 65 SO JUST TELL EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP YOUR HOPES UP. TRY YOUR BEST ON TRYING TO GET THE VACCINES AND WOLF. I JOIN YOU WITH THIS. I'M NOT SURE VILLAGE MANAGER. WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO? WELL WHAT WE'LL DO IS REFORM AT THE LETTER. FOR EVERYONE SIGNATURE AND WE'LL GET IT OUT ASAP. WE'LL HAVE TO RUN IT AROUND. EVERYBODY GET

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BUT THIS IS JUST EXPRESSING MY, UM. MY HEART AND FOR AND I DO WANT TO DO A QUICK SHOUT OUT FOR THOSE WHO HELP. WITH THIS LETTER. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. I HAD FOLKS EDITING LOOKING AND OVER MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE HITTING THE RIGHT THE RIGHT ISSUES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM LASER IN, UM, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. YES AND BEING A COMMUNITY WHERE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENT POPULATION. WE HAVE, UH UH, DIVERSITY AND. WE ALSO HAVE A ROOF. IT'S RULE.

IT'S UNDERSERVED AND NOT HAVING A PUBLIC NOT HAVING NOT HAVING AH, PUBLIC'S HERE. AND NOT HAVING THOSE VACCINES COME AND BECAUSE, AS DR LEWIS SAID, I WAS IN CONVERSATIONS BEFORE THIS MEETING, AND SHE STATED, I ASKED HER. SHE KNEW ANY WORD ABOUT ANY MORE NEW VACCINES, ADDITIONALLY TO THE SECOND SHOTS HAS THOSE SECOND SHOTS ALREADY GUARANTEED TO THE 400 PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THE FIRST SHOCK, AND SHE SAID THAT SHE HAD NO WORD TILL DAY. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, AND I KNOW VICE MAYOR CLARKE HAD HER HAND UP.

NO, NO, I AGREE. I'M SPECIALLY FOR I'M IT LIKE YOU SAID. WE'RE RULED, BUT ALSO WE GOT A HEAVILY HEAVILY A SENIOR POPULATION HERE. NOT ONLY IN YOU WOULD YOU GOT IT ALL OVER IN THE IN TOWN. SO I'M IN BEING RULED SENIORS AND I'M SERVED SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL WEIGH IN ON GETTING, UH, FC AND SEE SOME MORE VACCINES. YES AND THANK YOU. FLORIDA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER FOR NAMING US THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR HAS BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE ON TRYING, YOU KNOW, ASSIST DR LEWIS WITH ANYTHING FOR INDIAN TOWN. AND, UH, I YIELD. ANY

[COMMITTEE REPORTS]

SO, UM, THERE'S ONLY SEVEN DISTRICT'S HERE IN FLORIDA. IF MY REMEMBER MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY. BUT HE SHARED ABOUT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE COUNTY, AND THERE ARE FIVE THAT ARE HAPPENING. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, FIVE THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND US. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE. UM, I HAVE, UM HAVE ALSO ASKED SECRETARY RALLY TO JOIN US BY BY ZOOM SOMETIME AT OUR FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING OR OUR EARLY MARCH. SO WE'LL BE COORDINATING MET WITH THE STAFF. UM ONE OF THE ONE OF THE FIVE PROJECTS IS STATE, WROTE 76 AT CANTOR HIGHWAY FROM THE NORTH OF ST WROTE 17, WHICH IS WARFARE BOULEVARD. NUMBER TWO STATE ROAD 15 AND US ROAD 98 THAT IS AT THE MARTIN COUNTY OKEECHOBEE COUNTY LINE. NUMBER THREE. THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S TAKEN PLACE AT ST WROTE 17 WARFARE BOULEVARD. AT 7 14 MARTIN HIGHWAY. NUMBER FOUR STATE ROUTE 17, OR FOOD BOULEVARD, TURNING LANE AT TOMMY CLEMENT STREET. AND NUMBER FIVE, A RESURFACING PROJECT ST ROSE 17 FROM FLOCKS.

BROWN TO 7 10, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, UH WORK THAT IT'S HAPPENING TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER. I KNOW THAT THE PROJECT NUMBER FOUR THE TURNING LINK FOR TOMMY CLEMENTS. WAS A BIG DEAL IN THIS COUNCIL AND THE MPO AND, UM. THE COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORTING, UM THAT PROJECT SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT IS ON THE RADAR ON AND ALL OF THESE PROJECTS HAS HAVE BEEN SLOTTED. UM AS FUNDED PROJECTS. SO UM, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS WITH ME TONIGHT ON WHAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD COST OR THE OR THE EXPECTED DATE OF COMPLETION.

BUT THE FACT THAT, UM. THESE PROJECTS ARE ON OUR ON THE RADAR, AND THERE'S MONEY BEHIND

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[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

SIR I KNOW WE TRY TO YOU KNOW WHEN BEFORE KOBE IT YOU KNOW I WOULD HAVE THE EMPLOYEES COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. AND SO THE COUNCIL COULD GET A FEEL FOR THEM. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YES WELL THIS EVENING I WAS THERE AT THE, UH MISS WATERS EVENT AND I HAVE NEVER ATTENDED A HALL OF FAME WOMEN'S FAULT HALL OF FAME OF IT BEFORE AND, UH, THAT WAS THE FIRST AND WHAT WE WHAT WE WITNESSED THIS EVENING WAS HISTORIC BECAUSE. THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT THAT WE HAD THIS EVENING. RIGHT HERE IN ANY TOWN, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I EVEN KNOW ANYONE WHO'S EVER BEEN A HALL OF FAMER WITH THE FOUR WINDS HELP HALL OF FAME IN AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY SPEAKING, SO THIS'LL WAS EVEN VERY BIG EVENT FOR US HERE. AND, UH, I THINK I THINK EVERYONE FOR INVITING US AND HOPE THAT, UH AND IT WAS GOOD TO SEE MISS WATERS. OUT THE VALLEY, A RARE FORM. AND I'M SURE WE'LL BE WORKING WITH HER WHOLE KNOW THINGS CODE ENFORCEMENT RELATED.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE IN HERE. MM HMM. APPROVAL. THE AGENDA. THEY HAVE A MOTION FOR

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

HMM. NO, MADAM MAYOR. ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING. HI. DON'T REMEMBER GIVES THOMAS I LET'S REMEMBER STONE. YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. HAVE

[CONSENT AGENDA]

UM, I KNOW THAT MS REYES, I DON'T BELIEVE IS WITH US. ONLINE ANYMORE, BUT I JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK HER FOR CLARIFICATION AND FOR HER EXPLAINING HER ORGANIZATION THAT IS IN THE VILLAGE AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE, AND IT IS SUCH A NEEDED IMPORTANT SERVICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WASN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THEY WERE HERE. AND I APPRECIATE HER TAKING THAT TIME AND COMING FORTH AND DOING THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE IN INDIAN TOWN ARE AWARE, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, MADAM MAYOR. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING, I COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES REGULAR AGENDA. MR VILLAGE ATTORNEY ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE. WE DID. I THINK WE GET YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. WHERE. SIMON JAMES. SORRY PROBLEM.

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RESOLUTION NO. XXX-2021:  A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, EXTENDING ITS STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY DUE TO THE CONTINUED THREAT OF COVID-19; PROVIDING THE VILLAGE WITH POWERS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATUTES, CHAPTER 252; GRANTING THE VILLAGE MANAGER CERTAIN POWERS; PROVIDING FOR PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE, A TERMINATION DATE, AND PROCEDURES FOR EXTENSIONS.

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COUNCILMAN DOWLING TO HAVE A SECOND. OH, THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO, MADAM. THERE. ROLL POP, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING. HI.

THAT'S REMEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES. NICE MARE CLARK. YES, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 18, PLEASE. YES I'M NUMBER 18.

[18.  

Approval of Florida Department of Emergency Management's Federally-Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement to Receive Federal Funding

IT'S A VERY LENGTHY PROCESS WHEN WE WEIGH HAVE TO PROVIDE RECEIPTS OF WHAT WE EXPAND THIS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF BACK OFFICE STUFF, BUT THERE IS YOU RECEIPTS TO BE TRANSMITTED ALONG WITH THEIR DOCUMENTATION ON THEIR FORMS SOMEWHERE WHAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE CARES ACT FUNDING. GENTLEMAN DOLLY THIS QUESTION IS FOR, UM WAIT, UM THIS AUTHORIZATION. UM JUST GIVE ME THEIR APPROVAL IS THIS IS NORMAL FOR REGULAR MUNICIPALITIES TO NOT ONLY APPROVED THIS, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME TO HAVE THOSE THOSE LIVER DELIVER BOLS TWO RECEIPTS, ETCETERA. UM TO GO TOE COUPLE IN. THIS IS AH STANDARD PROCESS. SURE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU COULD JUST AS NORMAL AS ANY OF THIS COULD BE RIGHT. BUT NO AT WITH REGARD TO A GRANT AWARDED THE SUB GRANT WARD IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO THIS. THE ONLY STRINGS AND IT'S COMMON WAY. HEARD IT FROM A COUPLE DIFFERENT SOURCES. AND SO OFTEN TIMES, YOU MIGHT HAVE A GRANT WITH STRINGS THAT THAT REACH WAY OUTSIDE. OF WHAT THE SUBJECT MATTER IS AND REQUIRE YOU IN FUTURE YEARS TO DO THINGS. THIS IS NONE OF THAT THEY REQUIREMENTS. HERE ARE LOTS OF PAPER, BUT IT'S JUST JUSTIFYING IT TO THEM FOR THEIR AUDIT PURPOSES, AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS AGREEMENTS ABOUT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MADAM MAYOR BROKE UP, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING. HI. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBERS STONE YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE

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Approval of Sludge Removal Services Contract with Synagro for the Indiantown Water and Waste Water Utility in an amount not to exceed $64,000 annually.

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DON'T REMEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBERS STONE YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES, MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 20 PLACE. YES, ITEM NUMBER 20. I'LL LET

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Authorization for the Use of PRP Construction for Utility Department Emergency Repairs in an Amount Not to Exceed $75,000.00.

COUNCIL MEMBER DOWN, LEE. I COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YEAH.

THIS, MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 21? YES

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December 12, 2020, Strategic Planning Meeting Follow-Up

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YOU'VE HIRED SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT YOU. THIS WAS CONCEIVED AT BOTH THE FEDERAL ON A STATE LEVEL AS I UNDERSTAND IT. YOU NOW HAVE REPRESENTATION AT THE STATE LEVEL NOT TO SAY THERE ARE NOT IMPORTANT FEDERAL ISSUES. FOR YOU DO ALL FOLLOW UP ON AND IF YOU'LL OF ADVANCED ONE MORE SO UNDER THE FEDERAL I WOULD. AGENDA, FOR EXAMPLE, THEME THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. WE ARE ALL HEARING THAT THE OPPORTUNITY ZONE WILL PROBABLY BE CONTINUED. AND THAT SEEMS YOU SEEM TO HAVE SUPPORT IN YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY FOR THAT. YOU PROBABLY WANT TO FIND A WAY TO ADVANCE THAT IN SOME OF THE HYBRIDS THAT ARE SORT OF FEDERAL WERE SORT OF STATE IN THAT ONE IN THE BOTTOM DREDGING OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY IS, OF COURSE, VITAL TO YOUR MARINAS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'VE HAD SOME VISITATION WITH SOME OF THOSE MARINA'S. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A QUESTION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS, WHICH, OF COURSE, IS A FEDERAL AGENCY. BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT.

WHICH IS REALLY A STATE AGENCY. IF YOU WILL THAT WORKS AS AN AGENT TO MAINTAIN THE WATERWAYS. CALL THOSE OUT TO YOU AND WE COULD ADVANCE BUT A LOT OF THIS IS I SAID, YOU'VE ALREADY LAID OUT YOUR STRATEGIES. I WOULD ADVISE YOUR YOUR STATE. STRATEGIST RIGHT NOW, GRAY TOL. MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ADVICE WE GOT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY ON HOW TALLAHASSEE HAS CHANGED AND HOW THEY CAN HELP IN PARTICULAR. THE TO DO THE SECOND BULLET HERE. CAN WE UTILIZE THE VERY INFLUENTIAL COMPANIES THAT ARE RIGHT AT OUR DOORSTEP? TOE HELP AMPLIFY OUR VOICE. AND YOU HEARD THAT FROM SOME OF YOUR PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADERS. ON HOW TO AMPLIFY OUR VOICE IN INDIAN TOWN. NOT DON'T NECESSARILY MEAN BUSINESS ISSUES COULD BE COMMUNITY ISSUES AS WELL, AND THEY SEEM VERY WILLING TO HELP YOU DO THAT. NEXT, PLEASE. UH, COMMUNICATION UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I THINK THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NOW OVER A YEAR'S TIME. SETTLE SOME OF THE DISAGREEMENTS. YOU'VE HAD SOME OF THE QUESTIONS SOME OF THE POLICIES YOU'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE. AND MAYBE THE LAST. THAT'S OUTSTANDING IS THE OUTREACH QUESTION. YOU HAD SAID AT THE TIME THAT YOUR STAFF WOULD BRING A RECOMMENDATION. I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE YET. ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS DISCRETIONARY FUNDING. WHERE IS WHERE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SOME DISCRETIONARY SPENDING FOR OUTREACH. YOU ASKED A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WOULD PRECLUDE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR THE LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO DELVE INTO THAT, AND Q AND A HAPPY TO DO THAT. NEXT WE TALKED ABOUT IN MY OPINION. STILL, ONE OF

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AND HE'S YOU KNOW, INDICATED HE'S WILLING TO CARRY THAT MESSAGE FORWARD. THIRD. UM WOULD YOU ADD ADDITIONAL STAFF AT THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EVEN THOUGH YOU WERE NOT THERE TO TAKE FORMAL ACTIONS. YOU'RE WRITING YOUR BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR. THERE SEEMS TO BE JUSTIFICATION FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF. IF SO, YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF COSTS TO DO THAT.

FOURTH, UM YEAH. WHAT KNEW INVESTMENT LEADS. CAN WE GENERATE THAT? YOU ALL CAN BE MAKING COLD CALLS OR APPEALS OR THE LIKE. WE STRUGGLED TO SAY, WELL, WHO YOU GONNA CALL AND WE KIND OF SAID WELL, WE NEED NOT JUST TOTAL COLD CALLS, BUT SOME LEADS. MAYBE WITH THE HELP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF MARTIN COUNTY OR OTHERS. WE'LL GO OUT AND KNOCK DOORS MARKET THE VILLAGE, BUT WE NEEDED MORTGAGE ERECTION. AND I KNOW I BELIEVE THAT ALFIE IS LOOKING AT THESE NINE ITEMS AS ITEMS THAT SHE CAN FOLLOW UP ON WITH YOU. JEFF TRAINING JOBS TRAINING. WE SAID WE WERE BEING AMBITIOUS TO SAY THAT WE COULD PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER AS EARLY AS MARCH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S GOTTEN OFF THE GROUND, AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT HAS I WILL TELL YOU THAT IF YOU GO UP TO FORT PIERCE THEY KIND OF BEAT YOU TO THE PUNCH. THEY'RE DOING A JOBS TRAINING WEB. I THINK IT'S A WEBINAR COMING UP IN IT, AND IT TALKS TO SOME OF THE SAME INDUSTRIES THAT YOU'RE TARGETING. MARINE BEING ONE OF THOSE OF COURSE, THEY HAVE SOME REALLY DYNAMITE BUSINESSES GOING ON UP THERE. DIRECTOR BEING ONE OF THOSE AND BOAT BUILDING AND LIKE I SEE THE TWO AS VERY SYMBIOTIC. YOU CAN WORK OFF WITH EACH OTHER. WHY CAN'T YOUR EMPLOYEES TO BE THEY COULD BE GRABBING JOBS UP IN FORT PIERCE, BUT YOU CAN, I THINK, LOUIS SOME OF THOSE RIGHT HERE. WE STILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY KNOCKING AT THE DOOR. WE HAVE SOME VERBAL COMMITMENTS FROM SOME OF YOUR LOCAL MARINE. LEADERS MARINA LEADERS TO HELP YOU IF WE WANT TO GET THIS OFF THE GROUND. I'VE EVEN VOLUNTEERED MY OWN HELP ON MY TIME IS I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT NICHE. SIXTH YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY CALLED FOR ATTAINABLE HOUSING AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR, YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW IF A RETAIL MARKET STUDY WOULD JUSTIFY. SOMETHING LIKE A GROCERY OR THE LIKE, WE SAID THAT WE WOULD BE CHECKING WITH THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF MARTIN COUNTY TO SEE IF SUCH A STUDY HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE FOR US. BUT WE NEED TO WORK AND SUSS THAT OUT, TO LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW NEW RETAIL CLOSE BY CLOSER BY TO US IN PARTICULAR GROCERY NUMBER

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UM YOU YOU, UH, MASSAGE THESE A LITTLE BIT, FOR EXAMPLE. A SUGGESTED THAT THE ADVISORY BOARD COULD BE FIVE, NOT SEVEN RESIDENTS. BUT SO THIS IS THE LATEST DRAFT THAT WOULD BE BEFORE YOU. RECEIVED SOME PRETTY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL. YOU SEEM TO CONTINUE TOE LIKE THIS FORMAT ON A DESIRE TO REPEAT IT. WE HAVE SOMETHING SCHEDULED, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. THAT I NEED US TO PUT OUR THINKING CAPS ON ABOUT LARGE SCALE STRATEGIC ACTIONS THAT WE CAN BE DOING. SECONDLY AND AFTER THE WORKSHOP, I GOT SOME HELPFUL IF WE COULD GO BACK A SECOND. DOES, UH, I'VE GOT SOME HELP SOME CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS THAT EMPHASIZING CUSTOMER SERVICE THROUGH OUR STAFF. SO FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPERS OR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES THROUGH THE DOOR. WE CAN'T DO ENOUGH TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THOSE FOLKS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SIMILAR YEARS BACK. THERE USED TO BE SOMETHING CALL CALLING AN ADVANCED TEAM. LET'S SAY YOU GET A POTENTIAL DEVELOPER WANTS TO COME TO MARTIN COUNTY. I'M NOT UP TO SPEED. MAYBE COUNCIL MEMBER STONE IS WITH OUR MARTIN COUNTY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD. BUT BASICALLY WE WANT TO SAY YOU WANT TO COME HERE. WE'LL HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT SIMPLE FOR YOU, AND WE HAVE AN ADVANCED TEAM OF THE REGULATORY STAFF. YOU CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE. WHAT ABOUT DRAINAGE? WHAT ABOUT TRANSPORTATION REQUIREMENTS, ETCETERA, ETCETERA. WHAT ABOUT TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS? FOURTH OF THOSE WHO HAVE BUILT HERE RECENTLY. DO WE HAVE ANY MY TERM HAPPY CAMPERS WHO WE COULD USE THEIR TESTIMONIALS TO BE OUT THERE THAT YOU COULD BE USES MARKETING? SAY COUNCIL MEMBER SO AND SO DON'T BELIEVE ME. GO TO BUSINESS A B OR C AND THEY CAN SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE ON HOW WELL WE DID WITH THEM. AND WITH THIS KIND OF LEADS UP TO IS. WE LOOKED BACK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU STARTED IN 18 NOW, AND I'LL REVIEW THAT VERY QUICKLY WITH YOU, IN ESSENCE, WE'VE COMPLETED WHAT YOU SET OUT TO DO. SO I THINK YOU SHOULD BE COMPLIMENTED FOR THAT. BUT FOR SOME ITEMS THAT WILL CONTINUE AND I'LL GO THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICKLY. SO NUMBER ONE YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN QUICK. IS DONE. SECOND. OPPORTUNITY ZONE. WE SAID, WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER ONE. IT'S ON THE BOOKS. IT'S A VERY UNIQUE FEDERAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM. I PUT IT IN GREEN BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD DO MORE OF, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE ON THE BOOKS SO FAR, IT'S THE MARINA PROJECT, BUT IT'S MORE OF A PRIVATE OPPORTUNITY ZONE. NEXT YOU ADOPTED LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CHECK DONE. YOU'VE CRAFTED A DEVELOPMENT MESSAGE, AND WE HAVE THOSE OUTREACH MATERIALS FOR YOU. UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO ADVOCATE FOR REDEVELOPMENT. HAVE WE DONE A GOOD ENOUGH JOB? WELL, YOU TELL MAY I THINK WE CAN GO A LOT FURTHER. WE DID, SAYING SOME OF OUR PRAISES THAT THIS MEETING, BUT I THINK THIS IS A CONTINUING ITEM WE COULD WORK ON WITH A LOT OF CREATIVITY. SO I'D LIKE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THIS. I THINK WE'RE SCHEDULED TO TEE OFF AGAIN IN APRIL. SO I WOULD ASK YOU AND CHALLENGE YOU STEP BACK FROM THE MINUTIA OF YOUR EVERYDAY. ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE LARGER

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YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. DID NOT COME UP. OKAY? UM. WE HAVE AN UNSTABLE INTERNET CONNECTION. I THINK WE NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I HOPE THAT'S ONLY A TEMPORARY PROBLEM. BUT SO YOU'VE, UH YOU'VE TAKE CARE OF YOUR VILLAGE HELD SPACE FOR THE TIME BEING, AND I THINK YOU HAVE SOME GRAND PLANS IN THAT REGARD. UH DOWN THE ROAD. YOUR UTILITY TASK FORCE HAS SERVED YOU THE LAST THREE ITEMS, BOTH OF WHERE WE CAME UP WITH THIS VILLAGE CORE CONCEPT ONE FOR RECREATION, NEIGHBORHOOD BEAUTIFICATION AND EDUCATION.

YOU'VE SAID FOR NOW WE'VE SHELLED THOSE YOU DO HAVE OTHER IMPORTANT PRIORITIES. I DON'T THINK THOSE NEEDS GO AWAY. BUT I SAID I'D ASK YOU TO REASSESS HOW WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO THOSE THINGS. BUT FOR NOW, THAT TELLS YOU THAT YOU'VE PRETTY MUCH FINISHED THE STRATEGIC PLAN THAT YOU HAD SET UP TO DO BACK IN 18. AND SO I LEAVE OUR CONVERSATION WITH THAT FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND OR AGAIN ASK YOU TO THINK BIG WHEN IT COMES TO APRIL. UH IT'S SETTING THE STAGE FOR OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING GOING FORWARD. BY THE WAY, IT'S ALL. IT'S TIMED PERFECTLY THIS YEAR TO COINCIDE WITH YOUR BUDGET WRITING FOR NEXT YEAR, SO THERE'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT THAT FALLS IN APRIL. ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COUNCIL. AND MADAM MAYOR. I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE YOUR ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THIS AS IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA IS TO JUST RECEIVE THIS. BUT IF YOU WISH, OBVIOUSLY LIKE FOR ALL YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ASK FOR DIRECTION ON ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS. WE'RE ALL EARS. COUNCILMAN DARLING. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, UM, TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD ALL OF THESE IDEAS THAT WERE ON THIS STICKY. HAVE THAT YOU AND WE WERE ABLE TO, UM AGAIN. LASER POINT WHAT WE REALLY NEED AND THEN TO COME BACK TO FIGURE OUT THAT WE HAVE SEEN. WE HAVE WALKED THESE THINGS THROUGH IS REMARKABLE. AND IT'S AGAIN. IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE A VILLAGE THAT IS ON THE MOVE. UM. I WANTED. TO SHARE. JUST A COUPLE THINGS SOME IDEAS. UM. AND I TALKED TO HOWARD ABOUT SOME OF THEM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE LOBBY IN WE. WE FINISHED. WE WERE STARTING THE NEW CHAPTER WITH THE FIRE RESCUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THAT TONIGHT. THE COMMUNICATIONS UM. IDEA AND, UM HAVE THE STAFF CREATED A VERY DETAILED UM, SOCIAL MEDIA

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17 EXCUSE ME 1700 HOMES HERE AND WE COULD SIT THIS NEWSLETTER TO THEIR HOMES SO THAT THEY ARE GETTING THIS INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO THEM. NOW I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WILL COST, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD HELP GET OUR VOICE INTO THE RESIDENTS INTO THEIR HOME WITHOUT UM. THE RESTRICTIONS, SO WANTED TO GET YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT. I WAS ALSO THINKING AS THE VILLAGE CORE, AND THIS IS KIND OF COOL ASIDE IN THE ESSO LAST WEEK, JIM WE TALKED ABOUT IN A DISCUSSION ITEMS WE TALKED ABOUT. AN AWARDS CEREMONY FOR HONORING SOME SOME FOLKS AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT A. HELP ME OUT HERE, UM. CITIZENS ACADEMY.

YES, THANK YOU. SO I WAS THINKING THINKING THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE AT FIRST I SAID, YOU KNOW. HEY WE NEED TO PUSH THIS BACK. UM. BUT THINKING THROUGH THAT, I WANTED TO SHARE THIS IDEA OF. MAYBE WE CAN ESTABLISH A VOLUNTEER, UM, PROGRAM HERE. THE VILLAGE WHERE RESIDENTS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY CAN COME AND SPEND TIME HERE DOING MY JOBS BECAUSE I'M SURE THERE'S MUCH TO DO. WITH WITH WITH US GROWING SO CREATE THIS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. THEY CAN COME. THEY'LL BE ASSIGNED TO SOME PARTICULAR PERSON. WHATEVER THEIR SKILLS ARE AND YOU KNOW ONE TIME A WEEK OR, YOU KNOW A COUPLE HOURS A MONTH. THEY'RE ABLE. TO COME TO THE VILLAGE HALL AND INTERACT AND HELP MOVE US FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK IN COLD, BUT WE HAVE TO FIND NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS IN ORDER. TOGUT THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND, UM, ACTUALLY, ME AND HOWARD WAS DISCUSSING. WHEN THIS IDEA KIND OF POPPED UP, AND SO I TOLD HIM I WOULD MENTION IT AND SO, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD THAT COULD POSSIBLY START THE VILLAGE CORPS IDEA. NOW WE HAVE RESIDENTS WHO ARE SPENDING TIME. UM AT THE VILLAGE HALL AGAIN.

OF COURSE, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND ALL OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS IMPLEMENT IT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD ALLOW RESIDENTS TO SEE HANDS ON. AND GIVE THEM OUR FIRST VIEW OF WHAT IS HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU KNOW THERE THEY'RE YOU KNOW THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME HAVING AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT AND SO, UM AND I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. IT IS OUR JOB AS THE COMMUNITY CHILI IS TO, UH, WALK THESE RESIDENTS AND LEAD WITH THEM AS WE GROW TOGETHER AS A MUNICIPALITY, SO I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING NOW, NOW WE'RE HERE. UH EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IS TO COME IN. OF COURSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT IN APRIL, I'M SURE MORE IDEAS WILL WILL BE PRESENT. SO THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR UM, KEEPING US ENGAGE? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT IS HARD TO DO. I THINK I COMPARED US TO HERDING CATS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT YOU WERE ABLE T DO THAT AND I DO SAY THAT, UH, EVERY TIME WE FINISH THOSE TOO CHEAP, STRATEGIC SESSIONS, UM I FEEL BETTER ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING BECAUSE THE PICTURE IS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. SO THANKS TO YOUR BRILLIANCE ON DURE EFFORTS ON MOVING US FORWARD, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL. UM. JIM I

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THE SHORT ANSWER, MADAM MAYOR TO MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF IS TO RENEW THE PROGRAM TO EXTEND IT FURTHER. I BELIEVE IT WAS GOING ON FOR THE FIRST CYCLE WAS, LIKE SEVEN YEARS OR SOMETHING.

AND THEN THEY BUMPED IT ANOTHER TWO BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T REALLY GET THE TAKERS THAT WERE EXPECTED. UNDER THE LAST FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S GREAT INTEREST TO RENEW THAT, SO IF YOU JUST EXTEND THE TIME PERIOD, I'LL THINK THE LEGISLATION HAS TO CHANGE. BUT WE NEED TO BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF OUR FEDERAL DELEGATION. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING UP TO OUR LOBBYISTS? THE FUTURE. THE. THE SCOPE OF GRAY ROBINSON'S WORK WITHIN THE SCOPE YOU'VE ENGAGED BEFORE IS JUST STATE LOBBYING. OKAY YES, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE FEDERAL AT THIS TIME, OKAY, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN DO OR THERE'S NEVER YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NEVER PRECLUDED FROM TALKING TO YOUR CONGRESSIONAL. BETTER CONNECTIONS. YOUR CONGRESSIONAL YOUR OWN CONTEXT HERE. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION USING YOUR FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES.

MAYBE BECAUSE I'M SURE THAT WILL BE A PRIORITY APPLICATION PROCESS FOR IT. UP NO, NO, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RENEWING THE PROGRAM. UM IT'S FEDERAL LAW, RIGHT? DON'T SAY I'M NOT SURE OF HIS EXECUTIVE ORDER OUR LAW FEDERAL SOMETHING. YEAH IT'S PROBABLY FEDERAL SOMETHING BUT WHAT WE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO DO IS, UM. LOOK SOME QUICK RESEARCH AND THEN WE CONTACT BRIAN, MASS OFFICE AND GET THEM WORKING ON THIS. I THINK THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE IS WELL SUITED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SO WE HAVE NOT REALLY REACHED OUT. I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY ASK OF THE CONGRESSMAN. SO MAYBE THAT SINCE HIS VISIT HE KNOWS ABOUT.

WELL, THAT'S PERFECT TIME TO RENEW OUR ASK ON THE OKEECHOBEE WATERWAY AND ALL OF THOSE ISSUES CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND HE WAS ALL PSYCHED ABOUT THAT. AND THIS IS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS. QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S CLASSIC CONSTITUENT SERVICES TOE SPEAK WITH BRIAN MAST AND SO ON THE TOE TO GET THERE. THERE. VICE WHERE CLARK, ARE YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTIONS? YOUR GOVERNMENT? YES, I AM. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS NOT JUST KIND OF TO BUILD ON THAT VOLUNTEERING AND VILLAGE HALL. UM, I KNOW AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, AND I BELIEVE, EVEN AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL. YOU HAVE THAT NEXT GENERATION. YOU HAVE THOSE SCHOOL AGE KIDS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DO CERTAIN AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEER HOURS, SO THAT WOULD BE A NON OPPORTUNITY TO GET KNOWLEDGE OUT THERE TO THAT NEXT GENERATION THAT'S COMING UP AND GIVE THEM VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT THEY WOULD NEED SO JUST A THOUGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO VIOLIN RECEIVE, SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AGAIN. THANK YOU, JIM. YOU HAVE A SECOND.

RIGHT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. NOMAD AMERICA.

BROADCOM PLEASE COUNSEL OVER, DARLING. HI. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I'VE COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. SO ITEM NUMBER 22 OUR

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Annual Village Manager Evaluations

UM. THAT ZONE A ZING WORK IN NOT JUST ANY TOWN, BUT IN LOS ANGELES OR ATLANTA OR MIAMI.

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WOZ 0% ON HALF OF IT. 0.94% OF THE OTHER HALF OF THAT LOAN. THAT WAS THE BEST DEAL DONE TO DATE IN FLORIDA. NO OTHER COMMUNITY THAT PERSONAL WATER SEWER PLANT HAD EVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THIS COUNCIL DID IT? THE YOU ALSO PURCHASE PROPERTY IN THE VILLAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER BUT. ONE OF THINGS THAT YOU HAD ME DO WE ASSESSED VILLAGE HALL AND ALL THAT. I SPOKE WITH ALMOST EVERY PROPERTY OWNER ON WAR FIELD BOULEVARD, AND NO ONE WOULD SELL YOUR PROPERTY. NO. ONE WE HAD ONE PERSON THAT OFFERED TO SELL PROPERTY. UH UH UM CHAMP AND DADDY HARDY, AND WE'RE THANKFUL BECAUSE THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT SOLD PROPERTY TO US, AND WE BOUGHT IT. YOU HAVE A SECOND ONE. SO WE HAD TO. I'M SORRY. AND THEN WE HAD WE HAD ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE PURCHASE THAT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. THERE WAS SOME DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES ASSOCIATE WITH THE PROPERTY SO I'M SORRY, TOO. AND WE'LL ACTUALLY TO IMPOSSIBLE THREE, BUT I WAS ONLY ABLE TO BRING YOU TO OPTION CONTRACTS IS YOUR CALL. AND, UM. WAY WHEN I GOT HERE WE HAD, UM. THREE COUNCIL HAD JUST APPROVED A CONTRACT WITH BOWMAN CONSULTING TO PUT TOGETHER A PAYMENT MAN, A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PLAN. GOING TO TAKE APPROXIMATE FIVE YEARS. AND I THINK IN THE LAST TWO YEARS WE'VE DONE MORE THAN HALF OF ALL THE MICRO SERVICING THAT WAS SUPPOSED TAKE PLACE OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. YOU DID IT IN LIKE A YEAR AND A HALF. WE'RE STILL DOING THAT.

AND, UM YOU KNOW, IN ALL THIS HAPPENING TWO YEARS. WE ALSO HIRED TO HOLLY QUALIFIED DEPARTMENT HITS. WE HIRED A COMEDIAN ECONOMIC VELMA, DIRECTOR AND A FINANCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR HAS BEEN WITH HIM A COUPLE WEEKS. AND, UM I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S A RECRUITING CHALLENGE TO GET PEOPLE TO WORK AT ANY TOWN BECAUSE OF OUR OUR LOCATION. BUT WHEN WE HAD PROFESSIONALS THAT COME ON BOARD TO REALLY DO THE HARD WORK THAT'S NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW WE YOU KNOW, WE RECOGNIZE THAT. AND SO AS WE GROW, WE'VE BEEN HIRED EMPLOYEES. I MEAN FROM THE VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE. TRYING TO FIND THE BEST EMPLOYEES. WE CAN WORK HERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE OUT OF. SEVEN YEARS OR SO. I'VE BEEN CITY MANAGER IN DIFFERENT CITIES OVER COUNTRY. I WORKED. I WORKED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY PRETTY MUCH AS A CITY MANAGER AND AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD. DID MORE WORK HERE LAST YEAR THAT I'VE NEVER DONE IN MY CAREER. I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT. I'M PROUD OF THE WORK I'VE DONE HERE. UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A IT'S AN EASY TO ASK. BUT IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, FIVE BATTLESHIPS OR FIVE COUNTS MEMBERS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE NOT UNIFIED, THEN WHAT HAPPENS IS TYPICALLY BLAMED THE MANAGER, SO I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. MAYOR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MR VILLAGE MANAGER. SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS EVALUATION IS THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO DECIDE ON COMPENSATION. HAS ANYONE SPOKEN TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND REGARDS OF WHAT HE WANTS? UM, I KNOW I HAVEN'T THAT UH, I HAVE NOT. BUT I THINK UM. ONE LET ME JUST SAY HOW AGAIN. UH I APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE I WAS WILD. REALLY UNSURE. UH OF OUR DIRECTION AS

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AND TO SEE IT, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE, AND YOU MENTIONED SOME THINGS THAT I FORGOT. AND SO THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO YOUR LEADERSHIP.

UM AND THE ABILITY TO, UM. CONDUCT FIVE BATTLESHIPS, YOU KNOW, AS I WAS LOOKING OVER SOME OF THE EVALUATIONS. I WAS, UM YOU KNOW, A LITTLE SHOCKED, UM, AT ONE IN PARTICULAR, AND WITH WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. UM I'M JUST I'M JUST ON UNSURE OF THAT ONE.

BUT, UH, THE TESTAMENT THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH SO MUCH IN SUCH A LITTLE TIME.

EVEN WITH ALL OF THE, UM, ADVERSITY THAT HAS BEEN FACING US REALLY DOES SAY THAT NO MATTER WHAT, YOU YOU HAVE FOLKS ON THIS TEAM ON THIS COUNCIL. UM THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT YOU. ON DSA. SO WHATEVER RATE THAT NEEDS TO BE AND AGAIN WE HAD A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT.

ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR THIS TIME, BUT AS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE MANAGERS IN THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS COUNTY NONE OF THEM ARE I C E M A QUALIFIED. WHICH SPEAKS TO YOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION, AND YOU HAVE FOLKS ATTACKING THAT. UM, UM YOU'RE THE ONLY CITY MANAGER MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ACTUALLY WENT INTO A COMPETITIVE UM, BID MOST OF THOSE FOLKS. UM WORK WAS PROMOTED INTO THOSE POSITION AGAIN THAT SPEAKS TO YOUR, UH TO YOUR TO YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND I'M GLAD THAT WE CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE COMPETITIVE BIDS. BECAUSE NOW WE'RE IN A POSITION TO WHERE WE HAVE QUALIFIED PEOPLE WORKING HERE AT THE VILLAGE. WE WERE ABLE TO BUY THIS WATER COMPANY, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD FOLKS TELLING US NOT TO BUY THE WATER COMPANY, BUT WE PUSH THROUGH. AND BECAUSE OF THAT COMPETITIVE BID WERE ABLE TO WERE ABLE TO SEE THE RESULTS WITH THIS WATER PLANT AND I LOOK FOR NOTHING. BUT THE BEST AS WE HAVE HIRED THIS CONSULTANT TO WHO IS WELL QUALIFIED TO LEAD THE CHARGE ON. SECURING ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR US. SO HOWARD. I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH JOB. I WATCH YOU ALL THE TIME. UM AND I'M JUST A JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH US. AND I HOPE THAT YOU MOVING FORWARD. STAY I KNOW THAT. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO LEAVE, BUT JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP ON KEEPING ON. AS THE SEASON SAINTS WOULD SAY, BECAUSE WE ARE MAKING THIS COMMUNITY BETTER FOR EVERYBODY, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. SO I DID NOT LOOK AT NUMBERS. BUT IF I THINK IS E THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHATEVER THE RATE IS, AS IT RELATES TO HIS EXPERIENCE.

BECAUSE WE HAD THIS AGAIN. WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION LAST LAST LAST YEAR, UM, THAT THAT HE DESERVES THAT FOR THE HARD WORK THAT HE'S DOING. I HAD A RESIDENT. SEND ME A EMAIL TODAY THAT SHE SHE SHE DIDN'T THINK THAT HE THAT HOW IT WAS WORKING. 80 HOURS OR 40 HOURS.

AND I'M SAYING IF YOU DRIVE BY HERE, UM YOU'LL SEE THAT NOT ONLY HIM, BUT HIS STAFF ARE HERE. EARLY AND THEY LEAVE LATE. AND SO THE SOME RESIDENTS OR I'LL JUST SAY SOME TIME THE GENERAL PUBLIC DO NOT SEE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING TO MAKE US, UH. TO MAKE THIS SHIP MOVE FORWARD. SO, UM UM WHATEVER WE CAN DO AS A COUNCIL. TOE. MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE HERE AND GIVEN US THAT LEADERSHIP. I DEFINITELY SUPPORT. UM ALL OF IT BECAUSE IT WAS AN ENCOURAGEMENT ENCOURAGING ENCOURAGEMENT TO ME. HAVE YOU ON BOARD AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN CALLED BLACK SUPREMACIST. AND, FOLKS ARE SAYING THAT YOU WERE DESTROYING

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WHEN THEY WANT IT DONE. EITHER THAT OR THEY SAID, WE'RE MOVING TOO FAST, SO IT'S HARD TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. OUTSIDE THIS POINT, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING A VERY GOOD JOB, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING. I DON'T REALLY HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY EVERYBODY. REALLY KNOW A MAN OF FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. UM, I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY. UM I HAVE TO SAY, THOUGH, THAT MY EVALUATION. I TOOK MY TIME AND I REALLY LOOKED AT THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. AND, UM. AND EXACTLY WHAT THEY SAY AND WHAT THEY ARE. AND I TOOK THOSE TWO HEART I REALLY LOOKED AT IT AND MY VALUATION IS MY PERSPECTIVE AND MY EXPERIENCE AND I BROUGHT IT ALL IN THERE AND YES, AND I TELL HOWARD HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE HIM. AND YES, WE'VE WE'VE MOVED ALONG, BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS. THAT WENT INTO MY EVALUATION AND SMILE EVALUATION. SO, UM WHAT I GOT TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR CLARKE. I JUST WANNA KUDOS TO ACCOUNTS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ABOUT WHAT MR BROWN IS DOING AND HOW HE MADE US BECOME AWARE OF WHAT IT IS AS BEING LEADERS.

OF THIS, UH OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HE BRINGS A LOT OF EXPERTISE, BUT I THINK THE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM NOW COUNCILMAN DOUBT WOULD BE PROBABLY MORE POTENT THAN EVER TO GET SOME COULD SEE THAT MR BROWN IS HIM MORE THAN THE THREE DAYS A WEEK OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, LISTEN, DON'T BE LOOKING AT THE GLASS HALF FULL. BUT A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS APPRECIATE WHAT HOW MR BROWN HAS HELPED US MOVE THE COMMUNITY FORWARD. YOU KNOW, IT'S A PERSONAL THING. WE'RE HERE TO DO A JOB. SOMEBODY GONNA GET CRITICIZED. BUT WHEN YOU KNOW YOU YOU DON'T WANT A GOOD JOB. YOU HAVE TO JUST KEEP PRESSING ON AT THE END OF THE DAY. EVERYBODY IS NOT GONNA LIKE US. IT IS WHAT IT IS. APPRECIATE YOUR FOR YOU, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THE COUNCIL AS WELL. AND THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE WAVE BOAST. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU WASTE VERY HARD AND, UH, HELPS A MEMBER. DOWLING SAID. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR WAVES, SO YEAH, SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION AND. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE FIRST TIME WE ESTABLISHED THE EVALUATIONS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAID THAT WE SHOULD VALUE AS A COUNCIL COME UP WITH SOME DELIVER BOLS. THINGS THAT WE WANT TO SEE WITHIN THE YEAR AND THEN, UM BASED OFF OF THOSE THINGS HE WOULD RECEIVE A EVALUATION THAT KIND OF FELT ON DEATH YEARS. BUT I THINK THAT, UM. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE SOME SOME TYPE OF DELIVERY BLE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO HIM TO SAY. HEY, I NEED YOU TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND IF HE DOESN'T MEET THEM THEN WE JUDGE HIM OFF THAT NOW I KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THE CONTRACT, WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES, BUT I WANTED TO ASK. WAIT CAN WE RE EVALUATE THIS EVALUATION PROCESS? AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS CAN WE,

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WE CAN SEE WHAT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE? AND HOW SOON THAT WE CAN MAKE A MOTION TOE CHANGE IT. SURE SO. UNDER YOUR CONTRACT WITH HOWARD, YOU'VE GOTTA ANNUALLY REVIEW EVERY JANUARY AND SO YOU'RE HERE NOW, AND THIS IS THE REVIEW PORTION OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THIS YEAR. SO YOU'RE TALKING PROSPECTIVE LEE INTO THE FUTURE FOR FUTURE YEARS. UM.

ABSOLUTELY IT IS. I'LL QUOTE FROM THE CONTRACT BECAUSE I PULLED IT UP SUFFER TO BE USEFUL EMPLOYER SHALL ANNUAL EMPLOYERS. THE FIVE OF YOU EMPLOYER SHALL ANNUALLY REVIEW THE PERFORMANCE OF THE EMPLOYEES IN JANUARY OF EACH SUBSEQUENT CONTRACT YEAR, SUBJECT TO A PROCESS FORM CRITERION FORMAT FOR THE EVALUATION MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BY THE EMPLOYER AND THE EMPLOYEE. SO TO THIS POINT. I WOULD VERY MUCH ENCOURAGE IT BECAUSE LAST YEAR WHEN WE CAME UPON THE TIME IT WAS, LET'S GRAB SOMETHING. GET THAT TO YOU ALL. IT'S A WORTHWHILE CONVERSATION. FOR THE FIVE OF YOU AND HOWARD TO HAVE ABOUT IN FUTURE YEARS HOW TO DO IT IF YOU MAKE IT. IT'S A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. BUT IF YOU IF YOU MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE OBJECTIVES BASED AND SO ON BECAUSE THERE ARE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS THIS COULD BE DONE. SO THE ULTIMATE IDEA HERE IN A PERFECT WORLD IS THE FIVE OF YOU AND HOWARD WOULD ALL DISCUSS IT. AND FIGURE OUT YES, THIS IS A FAIR WAY TO DO IT.

THIS SATISFIES YOUR NEEDS. HE FINDS IT FAIR. AND THEN YOU GO FORWARD FROM THAT SO GETTING INTO THE PARTICULARS OF. WHAT METHODOLOGY WORKS BEST FOR THAT. I'M NOT AN HR PROFESSIONAL, SO I DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS TOE PULL OFF THE SHELF. ABOUT BUT THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU. ALL TWO PEOPLE HAVE THAT DISCUSSION FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY SO, UM AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT THAT'S A VERY IN A PERFECTLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I THINK WE FOR ME, I WANT TO BE AS FAIR. AS POSSIBLE WHEN EVALUATING HIS PERFORMANCE AS AS IT RELATES TO HIM WORKING HERE, SO WHAT CAN WE DO SOMETHING TONIGHT TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE DISCUSSION OR DO WE HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT TIME? ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER? CAN WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA? HOW HOW? WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST METHODOLOGY TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION? OR WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT NOW? SO IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING A YEAR FROM NOW WHAT THE EVALUATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE A YEAR FROM NOW. YOU COULD HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TONIGHT. I'D SUGGEST THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A REALLY IN THE WEEDS DISCUSSION.

ONE THAT EVERYBODY MAY WANT TO DO A LITTLE HOMEWORK FOR TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND COME UP WITH WHAT ARE THOSE, YOU KNOW? HOWARD WHAT DO WE WANT YOU TO HIT IN THE NEXT YEAR, TYPE THINGS S O. TONIGHT DIGGING IN ALL THOSE WEEDS? I DON'T KNOW IF I OH, YEAH, YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO DIG INTO THE WEEDS, BUT I THINK THAT CONVERSATION NEEDS TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M SAYING WHAT IS THE BEST? METHODOLOGY SHOULD WE CONTACT THE CLERK? UM BECAUSE I THINK SHE SHE HELPED WITH ADMINISTERING, UM, LAST YEAR OR. THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN BRING UP ITS STRATEGIC PLANNING. APRIL OH, ABSOLUTELY. IS SOMETHING OKAY? YOU'RE PLANNING? YEAH APRIL.

DEFINITELY. I JUST, UM. I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CONTRACT HE STARTS EVERY YEAR AND IN JANUARY, SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, THEN MAYBE RETROACTIVE. THOSE UNTIL TODAY OR YOU KNOW TILL JANUARY? SURE SO, SO I THINK I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE YOUR CONCERN IS SO I GOT THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SHIFT TO A WE WANT YOU TO ACCOMPLISH THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, BUY YOUR NEXT EVALUATION TYPE THING. ANY TIME STARTING OUT OF METHODOLOGY LIKE THAT.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SHORTER PERIOD, OF COURSE, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? SO IT'S GOING TO BE FROM WHEREVER YOU ARE. AND YET YOU MAY MAKE IT RETROSPECTIVE TO SAY, LOOK, THIS IS THE THINGS WE WANTED YOU TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS YEAR. 10 OF THEM, WHATEVER YOU'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED. THREE OF THEM WILL PUT THAT ON THE LIST OR OR WHAT HAVE YOU SO. I MEAN, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH THE TIME YOU'VE GOT. SO IF YOU'RE MAKING THAT DECISION IN APRIL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT IN JANUARY, THEN YOU SAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THIS PERIOD.

OKAY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH WEIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ULTIMATE STONE. MR

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IT'S GOING NAVIGATE FOR INFORMATION FROM OTHER COLLEAGUES GO. TO UM, IF I HAVE QUESTIONS, I DON'T JUST. SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT HE'S MY WHOLE RESOURCE. NO, HE'S NOT MY WHOLE RESOURCE. I SOMETIMES SIT IN HIS OFFICE AND I'M TELLING HIM LIKE I WANT THIS THIS AND THAT.

AND IS THIS POSSIBLE AND HE'LL WRITE IT DOWN HILL. CONTACT ME LATER ON AND REGARDS OF IF IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'VE WE'VE LEARNED A PROCESS, I THINK MOST OF OUR COLLEAGUE MY COLLEAGUES HAVE LEARNED PROCESS OF HOW THIS DOES THIS GOES, UM. I REMEMBER SITTING IN A COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVING SOMEONE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND SAY YOU SHOULD NOT BUY THAT WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM AND I RECALL HAVING THAT FIRST CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND TELLING HIM THAT AND TELLING HIM THAT. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT NO ONE BELIEVED WOULD BE ABLE TO BE DONE IN THE VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN THAT WE WERE WASTING OUR TIMES. AND, UM. LOOK, IT'S A REALITY NOW. YES WE FINALLY OWN IT, AND WE FINALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR A COMMUNITY AND REGARDS OF THE WATER AND SEWER BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HIT AND IT'S NOT PERSONAL INFORMATION, BUT UM. IT'S NEVER BEEN UPDATED. THAT SYSTEM WAS NEVER UPDATED, AND THE MANY YEARS AND YOU CAN GO TO MR HARTMAN'S REPORT, AND IT TELLS YOU THE MANY YEARS THAT THEY HAD NEVER BEEN UPDATED. AND. LIVE BEING A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN AND EXPERIENCING THAT. FIRSTHAND AND HAVING PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE WERE BETTER AND BIGGER ISSUES LIKE THE DEVELOPMENT. FOR ME, I THINK. HAVING THAT WATER AND SEWER WAS A POSSIBILITY. AND WAS I THOUGHT I WAS DREAMING. BUT WHEN WE MADE IT HAPPEN, WE MADE IT HAPPEN. SO I GIVE KUDOS TO VILLAGE MANAGER FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT WAS A FAST PROCESS. I KNOW EVERYONE ALL THE STAFF WAS WORKING REALLY HARD ON THAT. THE PARKS. PEOPLE. AMAZED ON THE PARKS. YES, PROBABLY. SOMETIMES WE DON'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE LIVE HERE. WE DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY. BUT PEOPLE THAT COME FROM OUT. OF OUR VILLAGE, SEE THE DIFFERENCE OF HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR PARKS LOOK HOW WELL MAINTAINED. I AM ALWAYS SEEING OUR CONTRACTORS OUT THERE. UM DOING WORK. I'M

[02:20:01]

ROADS, PARKS. LYING. LAND TAKING OVER THE WATER IN THE SEWER SYSTEM. WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE, UM THEY WERE EXPERTS IN THE. IN THE SUBJECT. THE EXPERTS RIGHT HERE ARE SITTING IN THIS ROOM.

WE TALKED TO COLLEAGUES THAT DO HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AS A CAREER. UM I CAN TELL YOU I'VE I ENJOY GOING TO THESE MEETINGS WHERE I CAN TALK TO COLLEAGUES AND ASKED HIM. WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR CITY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR CITY? WHAT CAN I BRING TO ANY IN TOWN THAT.

PROBABLY VILLAGE. UM, VILLAGE MANAGER HASN'T BROUGHT TO ME. I ENJOY THAT. BECAUSE NOW I KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR OUR VILLAGE AND MR BROWN. HAS MADE THAT POSSIBILITY HAPPEN. SOME PEOPLE THAT 10% THAT'S NEVER HAPPY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT MAKES ME IT MAKES ME WORK HARDER BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME. THIS IS NOT ABOUT. WHOSE POCKETS WANTS TO FILL BECAUSE I REALLY DON'T CARE. THE OTHER DAY. IT'S ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS, AND HE HAS MADE THIS POSSIBLE. AND I KNOW I LAST YEAR IN OUR VILLAGE MANAGER EVALUATIONS. I HAD SOMEONE COME UP TO ME AND TELL ME. YOU SHOULD CRITIQUE THE VILLAGE MANAGER OFFICE, NOT THE PERSON.

IT'S HARD TO NOT DO BOTH BECAUSE TWO. TO CRITIQUE THE VILLAGE MANAGER. I CAN TELL YOU I CAN CHECK OFF EVERYTHING. HE'S DONE EVERYTHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND DONE IT. WERE WERE EXCEEDING SO MANY EXPECTATIONS.

EVERY TIME I GO TO MEETINGS, THEY'RE LIKE, WOW. MAN VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN. HOW DO YOU GUYS DO IT DOWN THERE WITH NOT MUCH SUPPORT SYSTEM. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STAFF. YOU GUYS HAVE BOB EVERYTHING. WATER AND SEWER. YOU GUYS HAVE DONE WHAT YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN IN YEARS, SO WITH MY VILLAGE MANAGER EVALUATION IT'S ABOUT. SEEING HOW OUR RESIDENTS YOU KNOW THE EXCITEMENT. I ACTUALLY TEXT MR BROWN THE DAY THAT. ZONE FOR WAS HAPPENING, AND I TOLD HIM I FELT LIKE A KID AND THE CANDY STORE. I REALLY WANTED A DUFF UP AND DOWN. MY STREET BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT IN AGES AND AGES AND MISS LINDA, I REA I PROBABLY THINK YOU YOU YOU'VE LIVED HERE SO MANY YEARS. HOMEY YEARS WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN NEGLECTED. AND FINALLY OUR VILLAGE IS SEEING SOMETHING POSSIBLE HAPPENED HERE AND SO OUR VILLAGE MANAGER HAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATION BECAUSE. HE'S GONE AND DONE EVEN THOUGH IT'S THE MOST CRAZIEST IDEA.

MOST HARDEST THING THAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT WE'VE NEVER GOING TO ACCOMPLISH, BUT WE'VE DONE IT AND I THINK THAT UM. THIS EVALUATION. IS MORE ABOUT WHAT HAS HE DONE FOR A COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY? LOOK SO MUCH BETTER. IF I CAN RECALL WHEN WE WERE INCORPORATED THE LAST TWO YEARS. IN 2017, DECEMBER 2017, AND WE WOULD HAVE HAD AH, CAMERA. I WAS TAKING A PICTURE OF EVERY STREET. YOU WOULD BE SEEING THE DIFFERENCE FROM 2017 TO TODAY'S DAY BECAUSE YOU SEE THE WORK BEING DONE. YES WE WILL HAVE NAYSAYERS AND THOSE NAYSAYERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUT. THIS MAN WORKS HARD. HE. PICKS UP THAT PHONE CALL. I CALLED HIM ON SUNDAY. BECAUSE I WAS HOLY CROSS ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR VISUAL PREFERENCE SURVEY AND I HAD PEOPLE COME UP TO ME AND GIVE ME COMPLAINT OR QUESTIONS, AND I CALLED THEM UP. AND HE ANSWERED. I'VE COME INTO THIS OFFICE. DURING VILLAGE MANAGER

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WHAT'S THE DOLLAR AMOUNT 1 45. 3 44. 33. THAT'S THE INCREASE MY CLARK. I THINK SHE WAS ASKING ABOUT OF THEM. HE WANTS THE AMOUNT OF 3% THANK YOU, 4000. YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER CONCESSIONS? CAN SOMEONE GIVE SOMEONE. NO. WHAT WAS THE INCREASED LAST YEAR? WE WENT UP. HOW MUCH SHOULD WE GO UP? WAS IT A 0.6100? OKAY? THANK YOU FOR THOSE FIGURES. MM HMM.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. YEAH I JUST WANT TO END IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT LAST YEAR THAT INCREASE WAS JUST TO KIND OF GET HIM IN THE BALLPARK TO WEAR. HIS COMPETITORS WERE SO IT AND IF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD SUCH A ROBUST DISCUSSION. UM AND, UM SO AS AS WE. IF WE APPROVE THIS TODAY, WHICH I'M GONNA PROBABLY SUPPORT, UM WHEN WE COME TO THIS UM. TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN. CAN WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION? PRIOR LOOKING AT CONTRACTS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT WHERE HIS CONTRACT WAS, AND LOOKED LOOKED THROUGH IT AND SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT UM, SO THAT WAY WE'RE ABLE TO AGAIN. GIVE HIM WHAT HE DESERVES, AND ALSO ANY OTHER. ANY OTHER ATTACHMENTS. THAT IS THAT IS TOO. IT'S SO, UM UH AGAIN. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP WORKING. COMMENTING ON THE ATTACHMENT TO IT, WE'RE TALKING UM, BENEFITS. I THINK IN THE CONTRACT, IT IS AN EXPENSE. ACCOUNT, ISN'T THERE? CONFERENCES INCLUDED IN THAT. DIFFERENT CONFERENCES. YEAH, I'M LOOKING. CAR ALLOWANCES, PHONE ALLOWANCES. YEAH, WE'VE GOT. I'LL JUST I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT A WHILE. CELL PHONE.

VEHICLE ALLOWANCE. UM. CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS HEALTH BENEFITS. BUT NOW AS FAR AS I WANT, I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NOW, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND YOU DO NOT UTILIZE THAT CORRECT.

HEALTH BENEFITS THE CONTRIBUTION TOWARD A HEALTH BENEFIT. YOU DON'T USUALLY IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT? AND, UM. YES.

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THIS PAST AUGUST, THERE WAS SOME SOME EXPENSES WITH A FLORIDA LEAGUE, A CITY'S THEIR CONFERENCE. EVEN THOUGH IT'S HELD VIRTUAL. WE STILL HAD TO PAY FOR. I DID NOT ATTEND ANY CONFERENCES. THAT'S MORE THE COUNCIL THAN OKAY, WELL, WELL, NOW I DID ASK FOR AN EXPENSE THING BACK IN THE FALL, AND THERE WERE SOME EXPENSES ON THERE, SO THERE HAS BEEN EXPENSES THAT HAVE BEEN BEING PAID OUT. SO. MAIN MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONFERENCE, BUT THERE IS EXPENSES THAT ARE BEING PAID OUT. I JUST WANNA CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN DELI? YES, MADAME MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, UM, WITH WITH THIS ANNUAL EVALUATION THAT WE GET A. I JUST A GENERIC OVERVIEW OF IF HE ATTENDED ANY CONFERENCES OR ANY OF THAT STUFF, SO THAT WE'RE JUST IN THE KNOW. HE'S EASY FIX. IS I'M NO, I'M SORRY. I NORMALLY IF I GO TO CONFERENCE, I KNOW ME EITHER, RIGHT IN MY PUT IT IN THE BI MONTHLY. THAT'S WHAT I THINK. AND IF I DON'T PUT IN MY ABOUT WELL. AFTER DOING THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS. I HAVE. I'VE ALWAYS PLAYED THEM BY MONTH REPORT, SO THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF IT, BUT ALSO TRY TO ANNOUNCE IT AT THE MEETINGS ON THE VILLAGE VILLAGE MANAGER SUPPORT. YEAH. WELL, I'M I'M SUFFICIENT. I THINK THAT'S FINE. BUT JUST IN ORDER TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MADAM MAYOR. MISS LINDA IVORY. LINDA EVERY PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THE MIC SONGS IS GREEN. OKAY, JUST SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIKE. HEY, YOU GO, OKAY? I JUST WANT TO SHARE A FEW THOUGHTS ABOUT MR BROWN AND THE HARD WORK DAMAGES STAFF HAVE BEEN DOING. AND A HIGH, RESPECTFUL HE HAD BEEN TO MEET SHOWED ME. I'VE BEEN COMING TO THIS MEANINGFUL TWO YEARS. AND I LEARNED A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE COMMUNITY AND JUST LIKE THE MAYOR AND. SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS SAYING ABOUT THE ABOUT THE TOWN. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR. ALMOST 67 YEARS. MATTER OF FACT I WAS BORN IS DOING AND I'VE BEEN HERE ALL MY LIFE. AND I AM AMAZED AT DISCREET. YOU CAN SEE FROM ONE STREET TO THE NEXT. YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE CARDS AND BEING PICKED UP. AND EVEN LIKE WENT WITH WHEN I WANT TO SHARE THE THESE SMALL THINGS THAT I'VE SEEN, MR BROWN THEN WHEN I CALL HIM, HE DID CALL ME. BYE. DO TALK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY SHARE THE DONALDSON COMPLAINTS OR WHATEVER TAKE HIM TO MR BROWN. MR. BROWN. TELL ME WHO TO GO TO IF IT HAD TO GO TOO CODE FOURTH MAN OR WHOEVER. HE'S BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT IT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THESE ARE SOME MORE EXAMPLES. THAT GOOD THINGS ABOUT MR BROWN BECAUSE HE'D BEEN MEAN. I WORKED ON THE ON THE JOB FOR 45 YEARS. AND I WORKED WITH A LOT OF MANAGERS AND ALL AND I SEE, I SEE. I MEAN, HE DID AMAZING JOB. CAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME BAD MANAGERS. I'VE SEEN GOOD ONES. BUT THIS IS A FEW THINGS THAT EXAMPLES LIKE MY 82 YEARS OLD. WHAT WAS TURNED OFF BY MISTAKE? I CALL

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ROLL. CALM, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DOWLING. HI. DON'T REMEMBER GIVES THOMAS. HI.

COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YEAH. VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE

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Approval of Village Social Media Policy

THEY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. NOMAD AMERICAN BROKE CALM, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING, I COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. YES. VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 24, PLEASE. YES, ITEM

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Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) Appointment for the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)

AS ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE APPOINTMENTS. ADAM AND I HAVE A NOMINATION. COUNCILWOMAN

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HER NAME IS A KEEN A BREELAND. SO I HOPE THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN, UM NOMINEE HER OR OR SELECT HER TO SERVE ON THIS CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE MPO. TO THIS TO SEE A C.

YEAH IT'S A SITTERS IS THE CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT IS TO THE MPO? HMM? SO DO I HAVE EMOTION? MOVE THAT WE APPOINT AKINA BREELAND TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? HAVE A QUESTION BEFORE I SECOND I'LL MOVE THE THING. SHIA AND ANTON RESIN IN. INCORPORATED AND SHE LIVES IN BOCA PART. OKAY SHE'S A MOTHER OF THREE. I BELIEVE SHE. SHE'S ALSO STARTING HER OWN BUSINESS, AND SHE WORKS FROM HOME. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE WAY DID SAY AS AS A. COUNCIL WE WANT TO GET MORE RESIDENTS INVOLVED, AND THIS IS AWAY AGAIN. UM AT OUR LAST MEETING. I HAD REACHED OUT TO THEM. I WAS WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AND I GOT A RESPONSE. SO VICE MAYOR CLARKE. I WILL. GIVE YOU SO YOU CAN DIRECT THIS L SECOND THIS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. I SWEAR, CLARK. YOU GOTTA. CAN I GET THE SPELLING OF HER NAME, PLEASE? YEAH, IT IS A KATE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK FOR ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL AND THEN ANY PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION ABOUT A COUNCIL.

OKAY, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. THE POOR COMMON. ROLL CALL, AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

MADAM VICE MAYOR. DON'T REMEMBER DOWN LEE. I ALSO MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. NIGHT. SMEAR CLARK. NAME. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. OKAY? SO THAT MOTION, FELD.

IS THERE A SECOND MOTION? YES I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO PUT FORTH THE NAME OF ■NOMINATE DAVID HAFNER FOR THE C A. C FOR THE M P O. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. YES. SO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON THIS NOW. IS IT US SAYING THAT IF WE WANTED TO BE A CITIZEN, OR IS IT IN OUR UM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE APPLICATION. I'M JUST I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT US SAYING THAT IT HAS TO BE A CITIZEN OR IT COULD BE A PERSON OF THE VILLAGE. I'M UP IN YOUR TOWN, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE VILLAGE OR IS THAT THE COUNCIL PREFERENCE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE WITHIN THE VILLAGE? I JUST NEED THE UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE VICE MAYOR. DISAPPOINTMENT IS THE COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT RELATED TO ANY RULE.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE VILLAGE. NO. THAT'S JUST BEING BEING PUT

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AND MY TAKE ON THIS IS AH! NO DAVID HAFFNER AND I WILL BE VOTING. YES, FOR THIS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO, UH, I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE IN REGARDS OF IS THAT UNINCORPORATED IN TOWN AND INCORPORATE IT IN YOUR TOWN ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS. UM. AND THIS CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SHOULD BE SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN OUR LIMITS, AND HE STATED IN HIS EMAIL STATING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD NOT LET HIM JOIN BECAUSE HE WAS NOT IN THE LIMITS. UM OFF THOSE BOUNDARIES S. OH THAT'S ANOTHER POINT.

THEY'RE WHERE I THINK THAT. WE NEED TO APPOINT. IF IT DOESN'T SAY BUSINESS OWNER UM.

ESPECIALLY THIS IS A CITIZEN ADVISORY IT BE A CITIZEN OF INCORPORATED IN THE IN TOWN, BUT THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT. THAT I DO COME GRADUALLY. MR DAVID HAFNER, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO GO THROUGH AND, UH HOPE YOU'RE READY TO WORK. MADAM OKAY, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION IS SO WAIT. IT IS AT OUR PLEASURE. SO DO WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE SOMETHING AND WRITING MOVING FORWARD? THAT ANYBODY THAT SERVES OR WE CHOOSE. SHOULD BE, UM FROM WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE VILLAGE. WELL AND THEN YOU THAT ELIMINATE A LOT OF PEOPLE FOR TRYING TO APPLY FOR SOMETHING. LET ME LET ME GIVE A SUGGESTION AT THE OUTSET OFTEN TIMES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT KIND OF LIKE WHEN WE WERE POINTING TO THE P C A. B. YOU HAD A CERTAIN NUMBER FROM THAT HAD TO BE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE BOUNDARIES, AND THEN YOU HAD THE OPTION TO HAVE FOLKS THAT WERE OUTSIDE THAT. I'M. I GUESS I'M KIND OF TAKING EVERYBODY'S WORD FOR IT THAT IT'S OKAY THAT YOU'RE APPOINTEE TO THIS COMMITTEE AT THE MPO.

JUST SO LONG AS THEY'RE APPOINTED BY YOU. THEY COULD BE FROM OUTSIDE THE VILLAGE BOUNDARY. I DON'T KNOW, THEREBY LOSS WITH REGARD TO THAT AND SEE. THAT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING. SO S SO I'M PUTTING THAT ON THE TABLE THAT I SIMPLY DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THE MPS BY LAWS WITH REGARD TO THAT. BUT TAKING THAT. AS AN ASIDE. UH COUNCIL MEMBER PARTY VICE MARRIED YOU. IF YOU ALL WANTED TO, I WOULD SUGGEST IF YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN ACTION LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT DO IT SEPARATE FROM DEALING WITH THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE, AND IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE KIND OF AH, SWEEPING POLICY DECISION LIKE THAT, I'D PROBABLY RECOMMEND PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA SEPARATELY, IF YOU'RE GONNA DISCUSS MAKING A HARD RULE THAT YOU NEVER A POINT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. MATTER MAN COUNSEL AND GIVE SUMMIT. JUST THANK YOU. UM, I UNDERSTAND WHEN WE HAVE, UM VILLAGE BOARDS. THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. BUT WHEN WE HAVE BOARDS LIKE FROM LIKE REGIONAL BOARD OR A COUNTY BOARD THAT THAT. TOO LIMIT JUST WITHIN THE VILLAGE BOUNDARIES.

I THINK WE'RE ALIENATING. WHAT PEOPLE STILL CONSIDER THEMSELVES INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS. I MEAN, THERE ARE OUTLYING AREAS THAT THESE TYPE OF BOARDS THESE REGIONAL OR THESE COUNTY BOARDS EFFECTS. AND WE'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR VOICE WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO WITH EVEN THOUGH WHAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, DECIDED ON EFFECTS.

YOU GUYS, WE JUST DON'T WANT YOUR VOICE SO I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THAT THAT IS NOT, UM IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE FOR US TO TAKE THAT KIND OF AH, A STANCE THAT ON THOSE REGIONAL WARS OR THE COUNTY BOARDS OR THOSE TYPE OF THINGS TO JUST TOTALLY ELIMINATE OUR OUTLYING COMMUNITIES THAT PEOPLE STILL FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF INDIAN TOWN. HAVE INDIAN TOWN PHONE NUMBERS AND ADDRESSES AND TWO FOR US TO JUST ESSENTIALLY SAY, NO, THAT'S OKAY. I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S UM DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST. I UNDERSTAND IT ON VILLAGE BOARDS AND THINGS THAT WITH OUR IN WITH OUR MUNICIPALITY, BUT. DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE ON THE OTHER. THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS. VICE MAYOR CLARKE. COUNSELOR AND

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SO, ESSENTIALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS, YOU'RE NOT THE OVERSEER. BUT YOU KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THOSE TWO. COMMITTEES YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS WHEN THEY MEET, THEY WILL DISCUSS WHATEVER ITEMS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE M P O. AND THEN THEY WERE BASICALLY BRING THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS UP TO THE. UP TO THE BOARD FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION ON IT. NOW I AM AGAIN. T O WAYS POINT. I DON'T KNOW SPECIFICALLY THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CITIZENS, BUT. I JUST I WOULD HOPE THAT WE ARE. FOR RESIDENTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SPEAK TO THAT, SPECIFICALLY THAT HAVE A DESIRE TO GET INVOLVED AS MISS BREELAND. THAT WE GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY. LOVE DAVID HELPED HEFNER GREAT RELATIONSHIP ON D.

HE'S A BUSINESS OWNER HERE. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM HIM BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE CARES ABOUT THE ISSUES OF INDIAN TOWN AS WELL. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WITH OUR STRATEGIC GOALS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE A VILLAGE CORE, WE WANNA HAVE MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. UM FROM RESIDENTS. THIS WAS A KNOPPER TO NITTY TODOS THAT AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, AND I'LL MENTION AGAIN, UM. THE I HAD TO. I ASKED TO RESIDENTS AND I DIDN'T THEY DID NOT GET BACK TO ME, AND WE DID NOT GET INTO COMMUNICATION UNTIL AFTER THE MEETING, AND SHE HAS AGREED. SO YOU KNOW WHATEVER ACTION THAT IS DECIDED TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE FINE, BUT I DO THINK THERE SHOULD BE TOE. THE VICE MAYOR POINT. UM, SOME DISCUSSION. ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES HAVE ISSUES WEEK WE CAN'T HELP THEM. I MEAN, WE CAN, BUT, UM. AS A MUNICIPALITY. THEY'RE OUT OF OUR JURISDICTION AND SO S SO WE JUST NEED TO KEEP THOSE THINGS IN MIND AS REMOVING FORWARD AND WHOEVER IS DECIDED ON TONIGHT, I'LL SUPPORT THAT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES MADAM MAYOR MISS LINDA IVORY. LINDA EVERY. MY COMING ON, UH I'M TRYING TO MAKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT I HEAR YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PROFESSOR OKAY ABOUT THE BROWN THE BOUNDARIES. AND FOR ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE AS A ADULT PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIVE HERE HAVE RAND. IT'S COMMUNITY. DICTATE. WHAT? WHAT WHAT GOES ON AND WHAT? DON'T GO ON, SO I THINK IT'S FAIR THAT SOMEBODY THAT LIVED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. TAKE THIS POSITION. NOW. Y'ALL DO IT THE WAY Y'ALL WANT TO, BUT IT'S TIME THAT WE START GETTING THE PEOPLE THIS LIVE IN THE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY. INVOLVED IN IN THESE THINGS. YOU LIKE TO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO, BUT I KNOW IT'S PEOPLE THAT DO AND BY GETTING PEOPLE THIS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. THEO GET INVOLVED. YOU CAN GET THE ATTENTION OF SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. NOW Y'ALL KEEP WANT TO GO ON THE OUTSIDE. AND IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING EVERY TIME I'VE BEEN COMING THIS MEAN FOR TWO YEARS. AND YOU GOT YOU GOT ON THE COUNCIL. YOU GOT YOU GOT THE MEMBERS THAT THEY THEY? WHAT? WHATEVER. HAVE ONE SAY SOMETHING. YOU GOT A COUPLE OF THEM. THEY ARE THAT GOES ALONG WITH HIM. STILL LOOKING AT LOOKING AT FOR WHAT? WHAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE YOU. NOW, LET'S SAY IF Y'ALL WANT THE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. IN THIS IN THIS SONG. VILLAGE STUFF. Y'ALL NEED TO GET PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES. AND IT'S TIME TO TELL ME TO STOP. YARDLEY STOP GIVING IT TO WHOEVER YOU WANT TO. THANK YOU MISS IVORY, ANY OTHER. VILLAGE COMMENTS. I SEE YES. TELL HIM, MADAM MAYOR? YES DAVID HAFFNER WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. MR HAFFNER GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, MADAM. AREN AND COUNSEL. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. I MEAN THIS

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AND I HOPE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT TO SERVE SERVE INDIAN TOWN. YEAH, I MOVED. INDIAN TOWN 10 YEARS AGO, AND THERE WAS NO VILLAGE OF THAT TIME I WAS I WAS INDIAN TOWN, THEN ON INDIAN TOWN NOW I'M PROUD TO BE A CITIZEN. NO MATTER WHERE THAT LINE IS, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS DONE WHAT I CAN FOR THE VILLAGE AND I HOPE TO BUILD IT CONTINUE, AND THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY, BUT EITHER WAY, I JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M HERE TO HELP. HOWEVER, I CAN APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MR HAFFNER. ROLL. CALM, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER, DARLING, I. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I COUNCIL MEMBERS STONE YES. NICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES MAYOR HEARD AND US YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER.

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Authorization to Allow the Village Manager to Retain a Retail Market Analysis Consultant in an Amount Not to Exceed $50,000.

MADAM. COMPLIMENT DARLING I THINK THIS IS A. A VERY GOOD. ANALYSIS THAT WOULD GIVE US A SNAPSHOT. OF WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE INCORPORATED BECAUSE WE WERE LOSING JOBS AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH A LOT OF, UM COUNTY STUFF.

AND THERE WAS NEVER A STUDY THAT. THAT SHOWED US WHERE WE ARE, AND I THINK AS AS A MUNICIPALITY NOW AND AS WE'RE SEEING BUSINESSES ON, WE WANT TO ATTRACT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I'M THANKFUL FOR MISS JEFFERSON. FOR HER HARD WORK AND DOING THAT. I THINK THIS THIS STUDY, WILL WILL DO THAT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF OKEECHOBEE. THE POPULATION IS 5400 FOLKS, BUT WHEN YOU RIDE THROUGH TOWN, YOU SEE MAJOR. I KNOW I WAS SHOCKED, TOO. YEAH. YOU SEE, MAJOR MAJOR RETAIL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND SO THAT THAT WAY HAVE TO WE HAVE 2000. ROUGHLY 1,802,000 MORE RESIDENTS HERE, THEN WE DO IN OKEECHOBEE. SO I THINK THAT THAT IS TO, UM, SPEAKS TO WHAT? THIS THIS ANALYSIS COULD DO FOR US, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IN THE ANALYSIS, THEY SHOW HOW MANY CARS COME THROUGH. YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS? UM UH, A BROAD VIEW OF WHAT WE NEED AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. UM, I'M SURE. FACEBOOK TOMORROW WILL WILL WILL SLAM US FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DID TONIGHT. BUT WHEN THEY SLAMMED US FOR THE WATER PLANT WE MADE THAT HAPPEN WHEN THEY SLAMMED US FOR BUYING PROPERTY WE MADE THAT HAPPEN. WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT HIRING DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE NOW HAVE TO LOBBYISTS, FOLKS WHO WERE NOT EVEN, REGISTERED LOBBYIST. I WAS TRYING TO, PUSH US AWAY FROM HIRING A LOBBYIST. WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND SO I THINK THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ANOTHER

[03:00:05]

APPROVED THIS SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. THAT WAY. WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION. GIVING US OUR OWN NUMBERS WILL HAVE OUR OWN NUMBERS, AND I'M SURE THAT THESE NUMBERS WILL LAST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN HELPING US MAKE SUBSTANTIAL DECISIONS FOR THE VILLAGE, AND NOT ONLY THAT BRINGING BUSINESSES TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. THANK YOU. MADAM MAYOR. VICE MAYOR CLARKE. YES. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH COUNCILMAN DALLIN. WE NEED THIS INFORMATION FOR OURSELVES. UM, I'M PRETTY SURE MR BROWN RESEARCH. THE CHAMBERS DIDN'T HAVE THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE BBD HAS IT, BUT WE NEED TO SET OUR OWN PATH AND WHAT WE NEED HERE IN THE VILLAGE. YES AND COUNCILMAN STONE HAS BEEN PUSHING THIS FOR A WHILE. I'M ALL IN AGREEMENT. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS YES, THANK YOU. UM.

I KNOW THAT THE OKEECHOBEE WAS USED AS A COMPARISON. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OKEECHOBEE IN OKEECHOBEE CITY AND OKEECHOBEE CITY MUNICIPALITY. THERE'S 5400. WE HAVE 1800 MORE BUT THE DIFFERENCE AND OKEECHOBEE CITY. IT IS THE CITY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE. THERE THERE IT FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY INDIAN TOWN IS NOT IT FOR THE WHOLE OF MARTIN COUNTY. SO I THINK THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN OKEECHOBEE CITY AND INDIAN TOWN AS FAR AS THAT THAT THAT MARKET AND YOU GO THROUGH THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN WHERE THAT IS THE ACTUAL CITY. THEY ARE PROVIDING FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. SO I THINK THAT IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE. THAT NEEDS TO BE NOTATED IN THAT, SO THANK YOU. HELP COME. COUNCILMAN STONE.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR S SO BASICALLY, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANY TALENT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT SAYING THEIR STUDY OUT THERE, BUT IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS AND WE STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THAT STUDY. AND IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE TRUE ANSWER IS. AND I THINK MR BROWN FOR WORKING ON THIS AND I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL'S WELL FOR SUPPORTING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECE OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN DOLLY. JUST WANT ONE REPORT AND I'M GLAD THAT COUNCIL WOMAN I'M GIFTS. THOMAS BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. OUR NEXT MAJOR CITY IS 20 MILES AWAY. AND SO, UM. EVEN AS I WAS WRITING THE LETTER FOR THE VACCINE DISTRIBUTION. I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW ME IT IN ORDER FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENT TO GO TO STUART AND AGAIN THIS COUNCIL. AND BE APPLAUDED BECAUSE WE STARTED BACK THE SATURDAY TRANSPORTATION, UM, INITIATIVE TO HELP GET THESE FOLKS TO THOSE AREAS. WELL, I THINK WE WOULD BE DOING A DISSERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY IF WE DON'T. DO THIS STUDY BECAUSE WHY NOT HAVE THE NEED'S RIGHT HERE? INDIAN TOWN SHOULD BE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GOING TO HELP PROPEL US, UM AND HELP GROW US, WHICH AS THE MADAM MAYOR WAS SAYING, WHAT GREAT THINGS GROW OUR LOGO. OUR SLOGAN, AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THIS HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AND I AM. KUDOS WITH EVERYONE BECAUSE THAT'S. I FEEL THE SAME WAY WE NEED A RETAIL MARKET, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME THINGS SAYING FIT WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND SOME THINGS THAT WON'T FIT WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE WANT TO SEE HOW WE CAN ENGAGE ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW WE NEED DEVELOPMENT SO THAT WE CAN ESPECIALLY RETAIL BECAUSE. I TELL A LOT OF PEOPLE I TRAVEL A LOT. SO LIKE I GO, I ALWAYS GO TO STORE. IT'S FOR ME. STUART IS LIKE A DAILY THING. UM I GO

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YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER 26, PLEASE. YES, MA'AM. ADAM NUMBER

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Authorization to Enter into a Cooperative Purchasing (Piggyback) Agreement with Davco Electrical Contractors Corp. for the Purchase and Installation of New Walkway Lighting at Big Mound Park in the amount of $37,500.

HE'S ONLINE. JUST SAW HIM IF YOU COULD JUST GIVE US A VERY BRIEF OR VIEW WHAT THIS ITEM IS. I'LL BE. IN CASTLE. WHATEVER WAS GOING WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING ASIDE ON THIS ITEM IS TO REPAIR AND REPLACE THE WALKWAY, LIGHTING IT BIG BELL PARK, WHICH IS IN THE FRONT OF THE COMPLEX BY FIELD, E. UM THE NEW DESIGN THAT WE'RE GONNA USE HIS, UH, CONCRETE POLES, OR B FOR 30, FT CONCRETE POLES. A L E D LIGHTS, UM, THAT'LL SHOOT DOWN THE WALKWAYS AND ILLUMINATE ALL OF THE WALKWAYS RATHER AND JUST HAVING WHAT? WE'RE JUST LIKE STREET LAMPS. UM THAT LIGHTED JUST PORTIONS OF THE WALKWAY THROUGHOUT THE COMPLEX, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING. UM IT'S ALSO GONNA BE COMPATIBLE WITH OUR CONTROL LINK SYSTEM. UM, WHICH WE CAN SET A TIMER ON THE LIGHTS. WE COULD HAVE THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND 11 WHEN ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS GO ON OR OFF. UM WE CAN SET HIM UP FOR ANY TIME. TO GO OFF SAVE ELECTRICITY. THEA LADIES WILL CERTAINLY BE MORE EFFICIENT.

OUR ELECTRIC BILL AND LAST LONGER AND ILLUMINATE BETTER SO I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THIS AND, UH, THAT US PROCEED WITH THIS PROJECT. A LONG TIME COMING THANK YOU. THEY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, SO MOVE FOR APPROVAL TALENT. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND VICE MAYOR. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. YES, THANK YOU. OKAY THIS IS A PIGGYBACK. WHY DO WE PIGGYBACK INSTEAD OF GOING OUT FOR BID? WAIT THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF OUR PURCHASING RULES. IT HAS TO BE THERE PIGGY BAG OR COMPETITIVE PURCHASE. AND SO A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW GOOD PRICING ON PIGGYBACKING ON EXISTING GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT PIGGYBACKING YES, I THINK THEY CALL IT CORPORATE PURCHASING, BUT THE SHORT TERM IS BIGGIE BACK, OKAY, BUT INSTEAD OF GOING OUT TO BID WHAT? WHAT'S THE ADVANTAGE? ADVANCES IS YOU'RE ABLE TO PROCURE THE PRODUCT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH A LENGTHY BID OR OR PROCESS, SO IT REDUCES THE TIME. AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT PRICING BECAUSE, UH, THE PRESUMPTION IS THAT IF IT WENT OUT TO BID THEY COMPETED FOR AND SO WE'RE GETTING COMPETITIVE PRICING. SO. COUNSELOR THIS THE CONTRACT IT'S PIGGING BACKING ON WAS A CONTRACT OF PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD PUT OUT TO BID FOR PRICING AND A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT VENDORS. ALL. COMPETED ON THEIR PRICING AND SO ON FOR A STANDARD LIST OF PRICING BECAUSE FOR SCHOOL BOARD, OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO DO THINGS LIKE THIS ALL OVER

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YES, MA'AM. NO, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA T O SAY, BILL HIGHLIGHTED THAT WE GET IT FOR A GOOD CHRIST. AND ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, UH, THIS IS COMMON IN EVERY GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOTHING, NEIL. NOTHING AT THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN CREATED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON WITHIN THE INDUSTRY. UM AND THE GOVERNMENT INDUSTRY. UM THAT YOU CAN PIGGYBACK ON DIFFERENT CONTRACTS. WE'VE DONE PIGGYBACKS ON MARTIN COUNTIES CONTRACTS. ON. VARIOUS CONTRACTS IN DIFFERENT OTHER AREAS. ALSO YOU SAID, MR SCOGGINS, THAT OUR MR ALBEE THAT THIS WAS FIELD HE WHAT HAS FILLED THE IS THAT IN THE FRONT BY THE BASKETBALL COURT. YES FEEL THE IS THE FRONT FIELD AT THE BASKETBALL COURTS WITH THE CONCESSION STAND. AND IT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE THE WALKWAYS INSTEAD OF THE LIGHT, SHINY STRAIGHT DOWN, WHICH GIVE US A LIMITED LIGHTING FROM POLE TO POLE. THERE WAS EIGHT POLLS.

WE'RE GOING DOWN TO FOUR POLES, BUT THE LIGHTING IS GOING TO BE SHINE. DOWN THE WALKWAYS WERE THE OLD POLES WERE JUST LIGHTING THE END OF THE UNDERSIDE OF THE WALKWAY, SO IT WILL BE VERY WELL LEAD. IT'LL BE VERY SAFE. IT'S ALSO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ABLE TO TIED INTO OUR MOSCOW CONTROLLING SYSTEM SO WE CAN CONTROL. THE TIMES. THEY'RE THROUGH OUR COMPUTER CELL PHONE OR BY TELEPHONE WITH CONTROL LINK, WHICH RUNS ALL OF OUR PARKING LOT LIGHTS RIGHT NOW. OUR BALL FIELD LIGHT. OUR TENNIS COURT LIGHTS ARE BASKETBALL, COURT LIGHTS AND EVERY OTHER LIGHTING FIXTURE THAT WE HAVE AT OUR VILLAGE PARK. OKAY WHAT'S A REAL BENEFIT FOR US? IS THERE ANY VISUAL ON REGARDS OF THAT. NOW YOU CAN PROVIDE THE COUNCIL BECAUSE I SAW I. BIG MOUTH PARK IS HUGE. I'VE BEEN THERE AT NIGHT WHERE I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY HAND IN THE PARKING LOT LIKE, WELL, YOU DON'T SEE HIM BECAUSE A LOT OF WORK OUT YEAH, LIKE THEY'RE BROKEN AND SO. WE COULD DEFINITELY WE DON'T HAVE IT TONIGHT, MAYOR, BUT WE COULD I COULD GET ALBY EMAIL IT. TONIGHT YOU CAN HAVE IT LATER ON, OKAY, OK. THAT'S FINE. I JUST WANTED HIM. I HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT AND I I'M A VISUAL PERSON. AT THE SAME TIME IN THE TREE LINE. SO YOU IT'S YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'RE INCONSPICUOUS. YEAH, THEY'RE INCONSPICUOUS BECAUSE THEY WERE BLACK. THEY KIND OF BLEND IN WITH THE TREE LINE, SO YOU DON'T REALLY SEE HIM, BUT I'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND AH LOT OF THE LIGHT BULB BEING. HOPE THEY'RE BROKEN THE HOUSING IT'S BROKEN. IT'S NOT EVEN WORKING. ALL THESE WE USE WHEN THE PARK IS USED. OR WILL THEY BE USED ONLY AT NIGHT. LIKE ALL THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT? IN THE EVENINGS WHEN THE WHEN THE PARK IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, OKAY? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. ANY PUBLIC

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YES. DISCUSS HIM. DISCUSSION ITEMS. MR PUBLIC'S WORKS. PLEASE GO AHEAD AND GIVE US A

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Public Works Update

AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE DONE A PUBLIC WORKS UPDATE. AND SO I THOUGHT, MAYBE WE DO THIS. THERE'S SOMETHING RECURRING IF COUNSEL WOULD LIKE WE CAN DO IT.

SCHEDULE IT EVERY QUARTER EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHATEVER THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE WOULD BE, AND, UM SO WE CAN GO INTO THIS REALLY QUICKLY. I'M GOING TO GLOSS OVER A LOT OF THIS, AND I'LL GO INTO DETAIL WHERE THE COUNCIL CHOOSES AND ON A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE AARON, IF YOU MOVE US FORWARD, POLICE. SO WE HAVE ONGOING MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. AS YOU'RE AWARE, PRP CONSTRUCTION HANDLES OUR QUARTERLY POTHOLE REPAIRS THAT'S ACTUALLY MORE FREQUENTLY THAN QUARTERLY. NOW, UM, HERE IN THE WINTER, WE'LL DROP IT BACK TO QUARTERLY. BUT DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE GET A LOT OF RAIN, THE POTHOLES FORM MORE QUICKLY. AS WE REPAIR MORE MORE OF OUR STREETS WITH OUR PAYMENT MAINTENANCE PROJECT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO BACK OFF ON THIS AT SOME POINT. BUT FOR NOW, THERE ARE MANY AREAS AS YOU'RE AWARE WHERE WE'RE STILL PLAYING CATCH UP TO TRY TO STAY AHEAD OF IT. WE HAVE TREE TRIMMING THE COUNCIL APPROVED RECENTLY. NUNEZ LANDSCAPING HAS STARTED ALONG STATE ROAD 7 10 PALMERA LANDSCAPE IS CONTINUING ON OUR VILLAGE STREETS AND PALMERA HELPS US WITH AN ONGOING SIGNAGE, INVENTORY AND OUR SIGNAGE UPGRADES AND REPLACEMENTS FOR OUR OLD SIGNS OR DAMAGE SIGNS AS WE MOVE ON. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE MISCELLANEOUS DRAINAGE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. PRP AND PALMEIRO WORKING AROUND THE VILLAGE. 1/50 STREET, SWAIL ONE 51ST STREET IMPROVEMENTS WHERE THE INTERSECTION WAS FLOODING OSCEOLA STREET. WE DID QUITE A BIT AFTER THE MAJOR STORM IDENTIFIED A LOT OF OUR FAILURE POINT SINCE WE ADDRESS THOSE AS WE WERE MOVING FORWARD. EXPLAIN. SO UH, IN THE PAYMENT MAY NOT SERIOUS. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR MILLION OVERLAYING AND HIS OWN FOREIGN FIVE. THE CRACK CEILING, WHICH IS THOSE BLACK SPIDER WEB MARKS THAT HAVE SUDDENLY APPEARED ALL OVER SOME OF THE ROADS. THAT'S A PRECURSOR TO THE MICRO SURFACING WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ONCE IT SETS UP AND DRIVES AND THEN YOU'VE SEEN SOME BROWN STAINS AND GRAVEL ON SOME OF OUR ROADS.

THAT'S THE ASPHALT REJUVENATE, ER, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THOSE BROWN STAINS WILL FADE. AND THEN THE FIRST TIME IT RAINS, THEY'LL ACTUALLY GO AWAY. SO THE MICRO SURFACING SHOULD BE COMPLETED IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT, DIGGING A LITTLE DEEPER HERE ON THE MILLING AND OVERLAYING WE HAVE. I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE MILLION OVERLAY THIS YEAR, SO I'M ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THE SUPERVISORS OF THE MILLING AND OVERLAY CONTRACTOR IN THE FIELD TOMORROW TO DISCUSS REMEDIES AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO TO REPAIR THINGS. SO YOU MAY SEE SOME OR ASPHALT WORK TAKING PLACE HERE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. YOU MAY SEE THE BRAND YOU ASKED FOR COMING UP AND YOU ASK FOR BEING PUT DOWN, SO WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. PUBLIC WORKS. I AM PROPOSING TO NEW PROJECTS AT THIS POINT, YELL AHA! STREET AS I'M SURE ALL OF YOU ARE AWARE DOWN AT THE WEST DEAD AND BY THE CHURCH. THERE'S THAT ONE INTERSECTION THAT HOLDS WATER FOR DAYS AND DAYS AFTER HEAVY RAINS AND WHEN IT'S UNDERWATER, MAJOR POTHOLES REPAIR. I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PRP. WE FOUND A WAY TO ADDRESS THAT. WE'RE GETTING A PROPOSAL PUT TOGETHER NOW TO BRING BEFORE COUNCIL AND BASICALLY WILL RAISE THAT INTERSECTION AND PROVIDE SOME DRAINAGE AND OUTFALL IT UP TO 150TH. AND THEN ALSO ALONG SEMINAL DRIVE, THERE'S HORRIBLE FLOODING DOWN AROUND FOX AND CHICKIE STREETS, AND WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT TO REESTABLISH THE SWAIL AND PIPE THAT TO GET THAT WATER OUT TO YELL AHA, SO THAT WE CAN DRAIN THAT AREA OF SEMINAL AS WELL. AND THEN I MET WITH MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS RECENTLY ON CITRUS BOULEVARD. TO DISCUSS THE FLOODING AT THE END OF CITRUS DOWN BY CANAL ROAD WHERE WE HAVE A GENTLEMAN WHOSE PROPERTY FLOODS IN THE WATER FLOODS ALL THE WAY UP INTO HIS YARD AND STAYS THERE FOR WEEKS ON IN. WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT THERE IS A FAILED DRIVEWAY CULVERT THAT'S IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY. UM AND ALSO THE COUNTY'S DITCH HAS NOT BEEN

[03:20:04]

I WANT TO SIT DOWN GO THROUGH THE BASICS ON THE DESIGN, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS WITH COUNCIL ALSO SO THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING SOME ROADSIDE SWALES IN TO MOVE WATER AND IN SOME CASES, PEOPLE ARE USED TO PARKING ALONG THE EDGE OF THE ROAD THERE SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE SOME PUSH AND PULL US FAR AS THAT GOES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE ANNUAL PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WE DISCUSSED A MOMENT AGO ZONES FOUR AND FIVE ARE NEARING COMPLETION, AND SO IT'S POINT REPAIRS. CRACK CEILING IN THE MILLING AND OVERLAY. IT'S ALL THE WORK THAT YOU SEE ON THE ROADS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. WE'RE ESTIMATING THE FINAL WORK BE COMPLETED WITH THE MICRO SURFACING. EARLY FEBRUARY AND THEN TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT ASKED FAULT HAS SET UP AND CURED. THEY'LL COME IN AND PUT ON THE FINAL STRIPING WHAT YOU'LL BE PAINTING THE NEW LINES ON THE ROADS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, WE'RE PUTTING SOME TEMPORARY BAND AIDS AND WELL, I WON'T SAY THAT WE ARE REPAIRING DREAM THAT JUMP PORTIONS OF SEMINAL AS I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY WERE ALSO SEEKING A CDBG GRANT THAT THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED TO SUBMIT IT WITH OUR GRAND CONSULTANT FOR 700,000. TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS SEMINOLE BASICALLY FROM MIELE HA TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE, INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. WE'RE LOOKING TO REBUILD THAT ROAD AND BUILD A DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN THERE TO STOP FLOODING ALL THE WAY ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. SO WE WILL KNOW I WOULD ASSUME HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WHETHER WE'VE RECEIVED THAT GRANT OR NOT, THEY WILL MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE. NEXT FLIGHT. SO, UM.

THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT DATED. WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATION AND WE WERE GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH REQUESTING $4 MILLION, OR BETWEEN FOUR AND $5 MILLION IS COUNSEL'S AWARE FROM THE PRIORITIZATION FOR THE PUBLIC, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT YOU PREVIOUSLY VOTED ON. THE STATE HAS BECAUSE OF COVERT BUDGETS ARE TIGHT AS OUR. AS OUR LOBBYIST POINTED OUT EARLIER, AND SO, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THEY DO NOT HAVE THOSE TYPES OF FUNDS. AT THIS POINT WE'RE LOOKING AT MOST LIKELY WE HAVE TO PROVIDE A 50 50 MATCH AND THE STATE WILL PROVIDE NO MORE THAN 500,000 AT THIS POINT IS WHAT WE'RE BEING TOLD FROM THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SO WE'VE NARROWED OUR FOCUS ON THE PROJECT TO DESIGN AND SURVEYING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT A SHOVEL READY PROJECTS SO THAT WHEN WE SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING, WE ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO BE FUNDED. IF WE HAVE A SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAN WE ARE, IF WE HAVE TO GO FOR DESIGN SO, UM, SO WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT IN THE LOBBYIST. UM I GOT THE FINAL PACKAGE TO THE LOBBYIST LAST NIGHT AT ABOUT NINE O'CLOCK, SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOOD AT THIS POINT, MOVING FORWARD. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, BILL.

ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? YES, SIR. YES, MARY CLARK. SO, BILL IS THIS THE SAME $700,000 THAT WE APPLIED FOR LAST YEAR? YOU WAITING TO HEAR FROM YES, MA'AM. OKAY? ANY OTHER COUNSEL COMMON QUESTIONS. AND IF WE CAN HAVE, LIKE A CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE JUST TO

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THANK YOU, BILL. WELL WELL, I GOT YOU HERE REALLY QUICK, SIR. THE SIGNAGE ON ALL THE CONTROL DEVICES TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE IS ON. ALLAH PATA. I KNOW THEY'RE ON IN THE COUNTY. COULD YOU COULD YOU JUST REFER THAT TO THE COUNTY? IT'S THEIR FALLEN DOWN THERE. OBSCURE ABSOLUTELY EVERY TIME I GO TO INDIA WOULD CALL. YEAH, I TALKED TO LOSE HIM. I TALKED ABOUT IT WITH LOUIS EARLIER TODAY, SO I WILL REACH OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS SMART, ALL RIGHT.

SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. START WITH THAT MIRROR. NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. SO THE FINANCIAL

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Financial Update

FIRST WATER, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY 25% FRUIT, BUT FISCAL YEAR AND WE ON THE. BE BEYOND THE REVENUE SIDE. TOTAL WEB BID IS 1697 MILLION. THAT IS PRIMARILY RICHARD TOE. THE COLLECTION, THE ACTUAL COLLECTION OFF ODD VOGLER AND TAXES, WHICH WAS EVEN DECEMBER OFF OVER $3 MILLION, BUT TODAY THE AD VALOREM TAXES COLLECTED IS 3.71 MILLION. THAT'S THE FIRST NUMBERS SEE. ON A COUPLE OF YOUR PAGE. I JUST DID A QUICK RESEARCH ON BUT I NOTED THAT LAST YEAR AT THE SAME POINT WE HAD COLLECTED $2.95 MILLION SO. WE HAVE COLLECTED OVER 200,000 ADDITIONAL MORE THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. WHICH NOT JUST SHOWS THAT. THE VALUE OF PROPERTY IN INDIAN TONGUE IS GOING UP, BUT ALSO THE TAX BASE IN THE ABILITY OF INDIAN TOWN HAS BEEN INCREASING. AND THAT IS JUST A MEANT TO THE GROUP THAT. THE TREMENDOUS GOOD THAT WE'VE BEEN NOTICED WHEN YOU PULL IT OFF. INDIAN AND CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING ON IN THE VILLAGE.

OVERALL WE HAVE COLLECTED 75% OF THE BUDGETARY WE HAVE IN YOU. THAT'S FIVE. WITH MARKETING EXPENDED WITH DONNA. FOR. IT'LL BE VERY GOOD TONIGHT. WE NOTICED THAT TO DATE. WE HAVE HAVE. WE HAD 1.25 DOZEN PAGE 31.25. MILLION DOLLARS IN EXPENSES, WHICH REPRESENT ON OVERALL 25% OF THE FISCAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL 2021. WE AT 25. INTO THE FISCAL YEAR. SO OUR EXPERIMENTS QUITE IN LINE AT 25. SO WE ARE TRACK ON WITH ALL EXPENDITURES. WILL BE KNOWN TO THE CAPITAL PROJECTS. WE COULD SEE THAT WE WERE SPENDING SOME MONEY ON DRAINAGE. WE ARE

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THAT'S LIKE A BUSINESS. ON THE NET INCOME THUS FAR IS 220. CLASH BALANCE IN THAT IN THAT FUN IS $297,000. SO THAT IS YOUR FINANCIAL OF IT FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OR THE FISCALLY MANY 2021. ARE WE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME? AS THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MYSTERY. THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, AGENT. WHAT? YOU'RE WELCOME CONTRA MEMBER. ANNOUNCEMENTS PLANNING, ZONING AND APPEALS

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