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VILLAGE COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON THIS 23RD DAY OF JUNE, 2021 AT 604 PM MADAM CLERIC. ROLL CALL,
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FY 2021-2022 Budget Workshop Presentation
]WORKSHOP PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, UM, HAPPY TO BE HERE ANOTHER DAY IN THE GREAT VILLAGE OF INDIAN TALES, THE AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN BUDGET SEASON NORMALLY STARTS AROUND THIS TIME. SOMETIMES MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES. THEY START EARLIER FOR US. WE HAVE A. A BUDGET THAT WILL WILL GO OVER BRIEFLY AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR NEXT STEPS. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP. OF. OF A NUMBER OF MEETINGS THAT WE WILL HAVE ON THE BUDGET. AND THIS MEETING IS REALLY JUST INTENDED TO, UM IN FOR MOST OF THE PROCESS. WHAT'S OUR NEXT STEPS AND REALLY NOT? NOT GET, UM PREDETERMINED. WHAT UH, WHAT WE'LL DO THIS YEAR WE'LL GET PUBLIC INPUT IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SLIDE TO YEAH.YEAH. ALL RIGHT, SO. SO WHAT? WHAT WHAT THIS IS THIS IS A POWER POINT PRESENTATION. I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU GUYS THAT WILL JUST REALLY GO OVER. A NUMBER OF THINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, IT STARTS LIKE I SAID IN JUNE, TERMINATES OCTOBER ONE. WE START WITH STRATEGIC GOAL SETTING, AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF STRATEGIC. PLANNING SESSIONS. WE HAD OUR LAST ONE, I THINK WAS APRIL 10TH. AND THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME, GAVE STAFF GUIDANCE ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN THE UPCOMING BUDGET YEAR. BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR BUDGET PROCESS WE HAVE TO THINK STRATEGICALLY AND BY DOING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ECONOMY. OKAY WE HAVE TO LOOK AT NEW LEGISLATION THAT COMES FROM THE STATE OR THE FEDS. UH THAT WILL IMPOSE CERTAIN UNFUNDED MANDATES. HIS DONKEY AND VERY FEW CASES FUNDED MANDATES. AND WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE AS WELL, UH, WITH OUR MUNICIPALITY. AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY LEAN ORGANIZATION. IT'S IN ITS INFANCY STAGES AND IT IS NOT A. FULLY. UH SET UP OR OR MUNICIPALITY. WE ARE STARTING LIKE, I GUESS ANY NEW MUNICIPALITY WOULD, UH AND I THINK WE'RE DOING IT SMARTLY, AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A WAY THAT'S MARK MOST COST EFFICIENT. SO THROUGHOUT THE BUDGET PROCESS WILL WILL GET PUBLIC AND, UH, GET THE PUBLIC INVOLVED. THAT'S. THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL, BUT THE PUBLIC CAN TALK THROUGH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IF THEY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE OR THEY DON'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE WORKSHOPS IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO HAVE ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UH, THE TAXABLE VALUES AND THE TRIM PROCESS, AS YOU KNOW, IS REQUIRED IN FLORIDA TO FOLLOW THE. TRUTH AND MILITARY PROCESS AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH HAS TO BE PUBLICIZED IN ADVANCE, WELL IN ADVANCE AND SEPTEMBER, UH OF THIS YEAR IS WHEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HOLD THOSE OFFICIAL PUBLIC. MEETINGS THERE WILL US
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WELL THAT WILL SET THE TENT OF MILLET RATE AND THE FINAL MILLAGE RATE AND FINAL BUDGET NEXT LIGHT. THE ECONOMY. THE ECONOMY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT. I THINK THIS TIME BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED LAST YEAR WITH COVID. ARE THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RIGHT NOW IS 5.7% AS A MAID. AND THAT'S DOWN FROM 14 4 OF LAST YEAR, APRIL THAT SAME TIME PERIOD, BUT CORONAVIRUS IS REALLY IMPACTED US NEGATIVELY BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT UM. OUR OUR FISCAL YEAR AUDIT FROM 19 AND 20. YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD. I THINK ALMOST $200,000 OF REDUCTION IN OUR STATE SHARED REVENUE. HAVE SOME SALES TAX AND STATE SHARE. AND OTHER THERE ARE OTHER IMPACTS TO OTHER REVENUE STREAMS THAT WE HAVE. BUT ONE IN PARTICULAR WAS THE COMMUNICATION SERVICES TAX, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING DOWN ANYWAY. MOST FOLKS ARE MOVING AWAY FROM LANDLINE PHONES TO, UM TO AH, CELL PHONES. NEXT SLIDE. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT A PERIOD OF WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ACCOMPLISHED. FROM LAST YEAR. AND SO YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND SOME MAY BE BIG, SO MAYBE SMALL, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT. OR NOTEWORTHY AND THAT WE NEED TO HIGHLIGHT OF WHAT WE'VE DONE IN LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS THE FIRST THING WE DID I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT WE COMPLETED OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THEY WERE ADOPTED. WE MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO BOOKER PARK FIRE STATION, BIG MOUNTAIN POST PART WE ALSO SECURED $350,000 TO REHAB THE CIVIC CENTER. THAT WAS SO. THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP THAT WE DID WITH WITH THE INTO TOWN CIVIC CLUB, AND SO WE AWARDED THAT MONEY. WE'RE RIGHT NOW GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF, UM. THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE $300,000. WE HAVEN'T WE DON'T HAVE A SIGN GRANT AGREEMENT YET, BUT WE WILL BE GETTING IT ANY DAY NOW. WE HAD SOME SOME FINE TUNING THINGS THAT WE HAD TO DO WITH THE STATE. THEN WITH MICRO SURFACE. THEN WE MICRO SURFACED. UM UM, ZONES FOUR AND FIVE. IF YOU RECALL, WE HAD, UH, WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY DID A STUDY BACK IN 20. BELIEVE 2018 THAT THE COUNCIL PROVEN 2019 WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD. THE VILLAGE WAS DIVIDED INTO FIVE ZONES PRIMARY ZONES AND IT WAS TO RESURFACE OR REDO ROADS, UH THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE OR RESURFACE ROADS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO ZONES. 234 AND FIVE IN ONE CALENDAR YEAR LAST YEAR, SO WE DID WE DID DOUBLE AMOUNT OF WORK, DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT, UM, THAT WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE DONE IN TWO YEARS. SO WE TOOK A FIVE YEARS TO TEACH A FIVE YEAR MICROSOFT SURFACING STREET PREPARE PROJECT WE TURNED INTO TWO YEARS. THE, UH WE ALSO, UH, PURCHASE THE WATER AND TOUR PLANT. WE DID THAT IN SEPTEMBER. WE ACTUALLY ADOPTED IT. SEPTEMBER 20. I MEAN, ACQUIRED THE ASSET ON SEPTEMBER 29TH. AND SINCE THAT TIME WE ARE WE ARE WE ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW, WITH DESIGN, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND DESIGN THAT IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW. THE COUNCIL APPROVED THAT CONTRACT. UM. MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO. SO IN LESS THAN WHAT, EIGHT MONTHS WE'VE, UM, WHERE WE ARE PUSHING AHEAD WITH WITH GETTING THE WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. UH STARTED AND WE'VE HIRED NECESSARY STAFF. I MEAN, WE CAN'T RUN THE MUNICIPALITY WITHOUT HAVING TO HAPPEN. SO. WE JUST GOT TO DO THAT AND ALSO MANAGED TURNOVER BECAUSE. WERE NEW, BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING. WE'RE DEALING WITH THE ECONOMY AND PEOPLE MOVE ON, AND THEY MOVE ON TO OTHER POSITIONS AND PLACES AND WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE IN A. A ECONOMY THAT HAS TURNED OVER RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE PART OF IT. THAT'S LIKE SO. LIKE I SAID, WE ARE. WE'RE STARTING VERY BLAND HERE. SO WE ARE MILITARY. IT IS 1.6304. AND THAT'S THE SAME AT WHAT THAT'S THE SAME. THAT THAT IS THE SAME ILLUSTRATE WE HAD LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE. AND WE AH, WE DO. WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MAJOR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES. WE THINK WE'LL HAVE 29.5 POSITIONS THAT INCLUDES THE COUNCIL. SO YOU KNOW IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE THE COUNCIL'S 25 POINT. FIVE AND IT INCLUDES A 3% COST LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR EMPLOYEES. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ASSUMPTIONS BEING MADE HERE. NEXT LIGHT. SO CHALLENGES. I MEAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF THEM,[00:10:01]
BUT PARTICULARLY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE IS. DECLINING REVENUE. SO WE'VE HAD WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF STRANGE BECAUSE WE'VE HAD DECLINING REVENUE ON ONE HAND, BUT WE HAD INCREASED REVENUE. UH IN OTHER RESPECTS, LOT OF GRANT FUNDS CAME IN. UH UM A LOT OF GRANTS. PUNTS CAME IN HERE. IN THE LAST YEAR OR WE WILL WE HAVE NOT BOOKED IT YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY GOTTEN THE GRANT AGREEMENT, BUT. WE APPLIED FOR NEARLY A LITTLE BIT OVER $7 MILLION IN GRANT FUNDS. AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S SUBSTANTIAL BECAUSE OUR OPERATING BUDGET I THINK LAST YEAR WAS LIKE $4.9 MILLION. AND WE WERE AWARDED ABOUT $5 MILLION. SO THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT FUNDS THAT WILL BE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT WILL DO CAPITAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE. AND WHICH WHICH HELPS US BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, OR WE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FUNDING THROWN AT. PUBLIC WORKS IN THE PARKS FOR SOME PART NEXT YEAR THIS YEAR NEXT YEAR. SO, OF COURSE. AH. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVEN'T KOBE 19 OBVIOUSLY WAS A CHALLENGE FOR US BECAUSE WE HAD TO WORK REMOTELY A LOT. WE WERE WE MOVED FROM ONE BUILDING TO ANOTHER. SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAD, WHERE THERE WAS SOME LACK AND RESPONSES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS NEXT LIGHT. SO THIS IS A PIE CHART THAT SHOWS WHAT ALL FUNDS SO THIS IS THIS IS. ALL FUNDS. UH, ALL FUNDS SO. GENERAL FOR AN ESTIMATE.CAPITAL MOVEMENTS FUND ESTIMATE ARE ANY TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST FUND ESTIMATE AND THE WATER AND WASTE WHERE UTILITY FUND ESTIMATES. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE FUNDS IT TOTALS ABOUT $7.8 MILLION NEXT LIFE. AND THIS IS JUST A MILLAGE RATE. UM, COMPARISON UM, THE FIRST COLUMN IS WHAT OUR 2021 AMENDED BUDGET WAS, AND IT'S BROKEN DOWN BY REVENUE AND EXPENSE EXPENDITURES. AND IT LOOKS AT WHAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET ESTIMATE IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS EVENING. AND IT ALSO SHOWS YOU WHAT THE ROLLBACK RATE SO THE ROLLBACK RATE WOULD PROBABLY BE 1.58 BY FOUR. AND WHAT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL. SO $5.7 MILLION IS WHAT.
IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF WE USED TO ROLL BACK RATE, IT WILL BE 5.6 MILLION. AND IT'S UP ALMOST A MILLION FROM OUR AMENDED BUDGET LAST YEAR. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE GENERAL FUND. ALL THOSE FUNDS IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE FUND. IT'S THE FUND THAT WE USED TO DO MOST OF THE SPENDING AND WHAT WE RECEIVED FUNDS TO PROVIDE SERVICES, SO THE MILLET RATE IS THIS 5.7 MILLION IS SUPPORTED BY 1.6304 MILLET RATE. IT'S ABOUT 72% MORE THAN THE AMENDED BUDGET 2021. IT. IT ALSO INCLUDES AN INCREASE IN OUR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY GRANT PAYMENT TO L P. N. L LAST YEAR WE PAID. I THINK IT WAS LIVING OVER 300,000 AND THIS PAST YEAR WE SPENT. LIPID OVER $500,000. AND SO WE THINK THAT SO THAT'S GOOD. NO, THAT'S GOOD ACTUALLY FORCE BECAUSE. IF WE'RE PAYING MORE IN OUR TPP GRANT PAYMENT FOR TWO FP AND L. THAT MEANS THAT THE REAL ESTATE OR APPLE ARMED PROPERTY VALUE HAS GONE UP IN THE VILLAGE AND OR PERSONAL PROPERTY. OKAY, SO THAT'S SO THAT'S A GOOD THING EVEN THOUGH THAT NUMBER HAS GONE UP, OUR REVENUE HAS GONE UP RESPECTIVELY. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US, UM. DON'T THINK I HAVE TO TELL YOU, BUT MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT OUR LARGEST IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THAT PIE BREAKS DOWN IN TERMS OF GENERAL FUND REVENUE, A LOT OF IT IS, UM. TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX. I THINK IT MAKES UP A LITTLE BIT OVER 75% NOW. BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THE NEW PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ONLINE WILL BE ABLE TO, UH DO A BETTER JOB AT, UH, GROWING THE TAX BASE. SO IF WE IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING ON NEW PROJECTS. RESIDENTIAL AND NON RESIDENTS OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. ANNEXATION THOSE KINDS OF THINGS IT WILL IT WILL HELP US GROW THE TAX BASE AND THAT WAY WE CAN, UM, CONTINUE TO RUN THE BILLS WITHOUT HAVING TO INCREASE TAXES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO BUT WE'RE BEING VERY SMART ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AND THIS AND OF THE 29.5 POSITIONS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THEY THEY ARE FUNDED EITHER ALL OR SOLELY BY THE GENERAL FUND NEXT NEXT LIFE. AND THEN THIS IS OUR PROPOSED REVENUE PICTURE, SO IF THIS IS. SO IF YOU LOOK AT, I THINK THE $5.9 MILLION WE JUST GOT THROUGH TALKING ABOUT. 70% IS ADVIL ARM TAX AND THAT AVELAR MY TAX. SIGNIFICANT 70% IT'S ALMOST
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ALWAYS THE LARGER GENERATOR REVENUE AND MOST MUNICIPALITIES THAT I'VE WORKED FOR. SOMETIMES IT'S A DIFFERENCE, BUT BUT BUT WE'RE UNIQUE HERE. YOU KNOW, WHILE AB ALARM TAX IS OUR LARGEST GENERATOR OF REVENUE AH! IF YOU LOOKED AND IF YOU IF YOU INVESTIGATED WHAT THAT IS, IT'S REALLY PERSONAL PROPERTY. UH, THAT'S UH, HOUSED IN SOME OF THESE BUILDINGS OWNED BY L P. N L AND THERE THEIR ORGANIZATION. SO THEN THE REST OF THAT PIE IS INTER GOVERNMENT REVENUE. THAT'S OUR STATE. SHARED REVENUE. UH PERMITS AND FRANCHISE FEES. AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT TAX. SO ALL THESE ARE THINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR OUR PICTURE ARE PROPOSED REVENUE PICTURE NEXT LOT. AND THEN THIS IS OUR BUSINESS. A PIE CHART OUTLINING OUR PROPOSED EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR. SO IF YOU LOOK AT HOW WE BROKEN IT OUT, WE'VE GOT MAIN CATEGORIES. $2 MILLION IN FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION ESTIMATE. PERSONAL PERSONNEL SERVICES. THAT'S LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT IS, UM UM, SALARIES GROUP HEALTH, UM FI CA. UM. AND FEDERAL, UH AND THOSE ARE FOR OTHER FRINGE BENEFITS. THAT'S WHAT MAKES UP THE PERSONNEL SERVICES. AND CAPITAL OUTLAY. IT'S 4 86, BUT THAT NUMBER WILL PROBABLY BE AMENDED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECT THAT WILL BE FUNDED BY GRANT FUNDS. BUT RIGHT NOW FROM THE GENERAL FUND WILL BE USED ABOUT 4 TO $86,000. THERE AND THEN CONTRACTOR SERVICES. THAT'S A HUGE PIE FOR THE VILLAGE BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR SERVICES ARE CONTRACTED NOW, UH SO A LOT OF ART WE HAVE TWO MAJOR DEPARTMENTS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL CONTRACT THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS.AND UM SO WE USE A LOT OF PRIVATE CONTRACTS, LOCAL CONTRACTS TO CARRY OUT THOSE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS NEXT LIFE. AND THIS IS A, UH UM, KIND OF A LINE ITEM DETAIL OF WHAT THE PROPOSED REVENUE BUDGET PICTURE LOOKS LIKE. SO WHERE THERE'S A. THERE'S A DECREASE IN SOME AREAS, BUT MOST OF IT LOOKS PRETTY POSITIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET, SO REVENUE HAS GONE UP. OR AT LEAST WE THINK WE'LL GO UP ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A HALF MILLION DOLLARS NEXT NEXT LINE. AND OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND. THE MONEY. WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A BALANCED BUDGET SCENARIO. AND SO THIS IS HOW IT BALANCES OUT RIGHT NOW. NEXT LIFE. AND WE HAVE THE WASTEWATER AND WATER FUND AND THE. SO IT'S $2.1 MILLION AND AS OUR LAST FINANCIAL STATEMENT THAT THAT WE PROVIDED AND BALANCE SHEET, WE LOOKED PRETTY GOOD AT THE WATER DEPARTMENT.
WHEN I SAY LOOK PRETTY GOOD ON PAPER. OUR FINANCIAL, UM, OUR FINANCIALS ARE REALLY GOOD WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT CAME OUT OF THE AUDIT THAT WE JUST YOU JUST ACCEPTED HERE. LAST MONTH. THERE'S A TRANSFER THAT WE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WE DID, UH, WE DID A STUDY AND WE THOUGHT AT THE TIME WE DID IT THAT WE SHOULD TRANSFER $90,000 OUT OF THE WATER AND WASTE WATER FUND TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THAT WAS JUST TO OFFSET THE INDIRECT COSTS THAT WE HAD, UH, FROM. YOU KNOW, STAFF WORKING IN THE GENERAL FUND, AND SO WE ALSO APPROVED. WELL THIS IS THAT SHOULDN'T BE ON THAT. THAT'S THAT'S OH, NEXT LIFE. BECAUSE WE APPROVE THE WE APPROVED AND HIRED THE TWO UTILITY CLERKS. LAST YEAR, SO AND THEY'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW, SO THEY'LL BE IN THE PICTURE FOR NEXT YEAR. AND SO OUT OF THE $2.1 MILLION AT THE WATER AND SEWER PLANT. 600,000 HIS PERSONNEL. 900 IS OPERATING.
AND AGAIN, YOU DON'T SEE CAPITAL IN HERE YET. YOU SEE A LIBERAL CAPITAL BUT THE CAPITAL I'M TALKING ABOUT IS AFTER WE COMPLETE THE. PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR THE WATER AND SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE DO THE DESIGN. WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE STATE AND ASKED THE STATE OF FLORIDA D E P FOR CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS. WELL, YOU THINK THAT IT WILL BE ANYWHERE FROM THE 15 TO $20 MILLION RANGE AND THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO UPGRADE OUR WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO I HAVE PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH THE WATER ENSURE PROGRESS UPDATE AND I BELIEVE WE'RE LOOKING AT IF EVERYTHING. IF EVERYTHING GOES IN A PERFECT WORLD WILL PROBABLY BE DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND, UH, THE END OF NEXT YEAR EARLY 2023 NEXT LIFE. SO WE HAVE THE ANY TOWN COMMITTEE TRUST FUND. AS YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE THE
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SUCCESSOR AGENCY. FOR THESE FUNDS. IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS THAT, UH OR THAT WAS PROVIDED TO MARTIN COUNTY. UM AND. WE WERE THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND RECEIVED A MILLION DOLLARS FROM MARTIN COUNTY. WE THIS MONEY IS INVESTED AS INTERSTATE BANK NOW SOUTH STATE BANK, AND IT ACCRUES INTEREST, AND AT ONE POINT WE HAD. ALMOST 30 $36,000 WORTH OF INTEREST IN IT, WHICH WE FUNDED A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY PROJECTS WITH THOSE FUNDS RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY. $100 IN IT, SO WE ACTUALLY DID WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO, WHICH WILL SPEND THE MONEY ON GOODWILL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND SO OUR COMMITTEE TRUST FUND IS THAT'S HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THAT TRUST FUND, SO IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE CAN SPEND. NEXT LINE. AND IT'S JUST A CHART THAT SHOWS WHAT THE BUDGET WAS LAST YEAR. WHAT OUR BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR? NEXT TIME. ALL RIGHT, SO AGAIN, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF CAPITAL PROJECTS. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO REITERATE THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GRANT FUNDS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. AT ONCE. WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED THOSE FUNDS WILL BE AMENDED THE BUDGET, SO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS BUDGET WILL ACTUALLY GO UP BECAUSE THE THINGS THAT WILL BE DOING REVOLVE AROUND CAPITOL. SO SIX PROJECTS PLANNED FOR 2022. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE, UH TWO. $0.2 MILLION BOOKER PARK PROJECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE OFF HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO THAT'LL BE ABOUT A NINE MONTHS DEAL WHERE WE'LL BE REDOING ROADS OVER BOOKER PARK AREA. SO, UM. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, GRANT FUNDING HAS REALLY BEEN OUR FRIEND BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO. WE'RE ABLE TO DO A LOT WITH THE GRANT FUNDS THAT WHEN ONCE WE RECEIVE THEM NEXT LINE. SO THIS IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION TOTAL, SO. WE'RE THINKING THAT WILL SPEND ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN BOOKER PARK THIS YEAR ABOUT $45,000 IN POST AND BOOKER PARK FIRE STATION AND. BOOKER PARK SPORTS AREAS SO ABOUT 351,000 THAT'S IN THE PARKS AREA. NEXT LIGHT. NOW IN PUBLIC WORKS, WHERE WILL BE SPENT ABOUT $135,000 BUT AGAIN? THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE COMING IN OR WILL HAVE COME IN, UH, FOR ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET IT, THESE NUMBERS WILL CHANGE ONCE WE ACTUALLY GET THE FUNDS. BUT WE THINK THAT WE'LL SPEND ABOUT $135,000 RIGHT NOW IS WHAT'S IN OUR PLAN NOW. SIDEWALKS UH, ROAD BRAKE REPAIRS. THESE ARE FIXED. THIS IS STUFF THAT WE'LL USE THE PICS, POTHOLES AND SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE, AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO TRAINS WHEN WE DO, WROTE IMPROVEMENT. SO TOTAL IS ABOUT FOUR, THE LESS THAN HALF A MILLION DOLLARS NEXT LIFE. SO UM. NEXT STEPS AND WHERE WE GO NOW, SO, UM, WE RECEIVED OUR ESTIMATED TAXABLE VALUE FROM FROM MARTIN COUNTY.IT COMES TO US EVERY YEAR. IT WAS IT CAME TO US ON JUNE 1ST. AND IT WAS A LITTLE SLIGHT LESS THAN WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR LIKE $2 BILLION, BUT IT'S SLIGHTLY LESS AND SO, UM. WE? WE WILL BE RECEIVING THE FINAL TAXABLE VALUE ON JULY 1ST. AND ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT, THAT WILL TELL US EXACTLY WHAT OUR AVALON HOW MUCH AVALON WE WOULD BE RECEIVING. SO, UH, JULY 22ND.
AH, WE PLAN ON. UM WE'LL BE SETTING A TENTATIVE. MILITARY AND PUBLIC HEARING DATES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, SO ON AND SO FORTH, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A PROCESS TO ALL THIS JUST LIKE WE DID LAST YEAR. SO WE, UM SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, WAS PARTICULARLY THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS BECAUSE I THINK LAST YEAR WE DID. WE DID A COUPLE WE DID. WE DID THREE OF THEM. WE DID ONE AT MOUNT ZION. WE DID ONE AT AT, UM, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. NO, NO, IT WASN'T THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WE DID COMMUNITY. SO WE DID THE CIVIC CENTER. WE HELP. WE HAD A WE HAD A SPANISH. WORKSHOP AT THE CIVIC CENTER, AND WE HAD MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. THERE WAS THREE OF THEM. IT WAS 33. BUT THAT'S WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF WORKSHOPS? HAVE OUR. CHAMBER HERE AND NOW AND IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYBODY. I THINK WE SHOULD USE IT. OKAY? SO YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T PUT NEXT NEXT SLIDE, DARREN. OKAY, SO I NORMALLY I NORMALLY WOULD PUT
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LIKE DATES OF WORKSHOPS HERE, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO JUMP THE GUN AND START THINKING THAT YOU KNOW, THESE ARE DAYS NEEDED LOCATION. I HAVEN'T SPOKEN WITH MOUNT ZION. I HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH INDIAN WOOD OR ANYONE. SO THIS WILL BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK ABOUT. YOU KNOW THESE WORKSHOPS THAT WILL COME UP BETWEEN NOW AND ADOPTION, SO HOW MANY WORKSHOPS YOU THINK WE OUGHT TO DO? WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY NEED TO BE AT. AND THEN IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC THINGS LIKE PARKS AND RECREATION, YOU NAME IT. THAT WE CAN START THAT NOW. SO, YES, THE FIRST THING HOW MANY WORKSHOPS YOU'LL WANT TO DO? GREATER THAN. YEAH. MINIMUM. PLEASE PUT YOUR MICHAEL IT'S ALL MINIMUM. WELL. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT A NUMBER, SIR. WHAT? WHAT IS THE MINIMUM THAT IS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF? WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY DRIVEN BY THE COUNCIL. OKAY I MEAN, I CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR. BUT. YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY WAY BETTER THAN WE WILL KNOW IT, AND SO WE'LL BE ASKING. OF COURSET UP AND EVERYTHING AND GET EVERYTHING GOING, BUT. UP TO YOU GUYS. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMASON THANK YOU. HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE TRIED TO BRING THEM CLOSER TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS TO THE PEOPLE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CONTINUE. MOUNT ZION OVER IN THAT PART OF TOWN. MM.INDIAN WOULD THAT PART OF TOWN. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ON THIS PART OF TOWN WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAY, KEEP IT HERE IN THE IN THE IN THE CHAMBERS. YOU KNOW WE CAN BUT KIND OF GET OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE ACCESSIBLE. THINK WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. WE'VE DONE IT HISTORICALLY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PRACTICE CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH I AGREE. UM GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. FIRST OF ALL, UM YEAH, THREE. I THINK THREE IS EXCUSE ME SUFFICIENT. HAVE ONE IN MOUNTAIN ZION HAVE ONE HERE AND THEN, UM, UM IN THE INDIAN WOULD IF THEY WILL HAVE US. AND WE SHOULD ALSO TRY TO REACH OUT TO, UM HOPE RULE. AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT. WE ARE BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO FOLKS WHO WON'T NORMALLY COME. TO THESE MEETINGS, SO AS IT RELATES TO THE MEETING PART, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THOSE THREE OR FOUR, UM WILL WILL SUFFICE.
VICE, MR CLARK. KEEP IT. KEEP IN MIND. KEEP IN MIND. WE DON'T HAVE. TAKE IT ONTO MY WHAT WE'RE GOING IN THE BOOK APART. NO UNDERSTAND. I SAID I WASN'T JUST CUT DOWN. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT WE DON'T HAVE TECHNOLOGY IN THESE PLACES. SO, YOU KNOW. RIGHT NOW, PEOPLE ARE ZOOMING IN AND THEY'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND ALL THAT. AND. DO REMEMBER THE WORKS OUT FROM LAST YEAR THEY WERE. I THINK THE MOUNT ZION WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE. UH AND SO I DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND THAT, UH YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE WE CAN. GO DOWN TO THE RULE OF THREE. YOU KNOW, UH YEAH. AND IF AND IF AND IF WE CAN IF YOU WANT TO HAVE OTHER ONES, THEN WE DO IT HERE IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE WE HAVE ZOOM. WE HAVE THE AUDIO DEPART AUDIO STUFF AND WE CAN. GET WITH HOPE RULE AND SEE IF WE CAN GET PUSHED THEM TO GET THEM TO COME HERE AND PUSH THEIR FOLKS HERE. AND THE SAME WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. UM, IF WE CAN DO THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE TOO IN BALLPARK. NO, NO, NO, NO. I WAS JUST GIVEN FOUR LOCATIONS WE NAME IN MOUNT SANTA. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. YEAH YEAH, YEAH. YEAH I JUST GAVE THAT, UH FOR LOCATION IF YOU'RE GONNA DO ONE OF BB, PROBABLY A BIGGER SPACE, RIGHT? THAT'S ALL I SAID NO, NOT TO HAVE ONE AT MOUNT SINAI AND ONE AT THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. OKAY, WELL, I'LL JUST HAVE ONE DONE FAIRLY IN BOOKER PARK. BUT RIGHT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLAN FOR A BIG CROWD, YOU PROBLEM WITH MY WIFE. OKAY, JUST KEEP IN MIND. WE WILL NOT HAVE AN AUDIO SYSTEM IN ANY OF THESE OTHER REMOTE LOCATIONS. BECAUSE THAT ONE YEAR THAT ONE YEAR WE HAD SOME AUDIO STUFF.
THAT WE BROUGHT TO MOUNT ZION, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT STUFF ANYMORE. THAT'S WHY WE BRING IT UP, SO OKAY. SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT 33. OKAY, WE WILL. WE WILL. I'M THINKING I'M HEARING IS WHAT I'M THINKING HEARING. OKAY MOUNT ZION, IF THEY IF THEY SAY YES, RIGHT. IF THEY SAY NO,
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THEY WILL ASK THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, BUT WE'LL ASK THEM ALL. INDIAN WOULD. CHAMBERS, AND THEN HERE. AND THEN WE WILL REACH OUT THE HOPE RULE. AND, UH, AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, PART OF THAT FIRST THAT FIRST MIX WELL, I CAN'T AGREE WITH WHAT SUSAN WAS SAYING AS FAR AS UP DOWN COULD JUST BE HERE. WE DON'T NEED TO WRITE YOU A BUNCH OF THEM. MHM. WE CAN JUST REACH OUT TO ANY CHURCH ANY ENTITY. TO COME? YES. PUT OUT FLYERS THAT RYAN'S THROUGH PLAY. OKAY? SO THE ALL RIGHT. UM. AND HE IS WOULD RESCHEDULE AROUND WHEN THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WELL, YOU KNOW. THURSDAY'S. IT'S GONNA YOU KNOW THURSDAYS. IT'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE. GO DATES THAT THE COUNT THE CITY THE VILLAGE. IT'S KIND OF SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW THURSDAY'S. BUT JUST REMEMBER THAT IN AUGUST WE HAVE TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK. WELL MAYBE WE SHOULD USE ONE EVER WORKS OUT. ON THE AUGUST THE FIRST THURSDAY OF AUGUST. WE COULD PROBABLY USE THAT AS A POTENTIAL DATE, BECAUSE, UM. YOU DON'T. I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT IT HAVE IT HAVE TO BE. NO, NO, NO, NO, I KNOW SHE'S SAYING, BUT IT HAS TO BE. SOMETHING LIKE IN MOUNT ZION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON AUGUST 1ST, BUT THAT'S THIRSTY. BUT WE HAVE A PC, A PORT MEETING ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 1ST IN THIS ROOM, AUGUST 5TH. I'M SORRY, AUGUST 5TH AUGUST VERSUS SUNDAY. AUGUST 5TH. SO AUGUST 5TH, UH, WILL BE THE PC. A BOARD MEETING HERE. BUT NOTHING STOPS US FROM HAVING. ANOTHER MEETING SOMEWHERE SOMEWHERE ELSE. CAN WE JUST DO THEM ONCE A MONTH, SO, UM, AS IT RELATES TO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THREE, SO JUST DO. JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER OR DO JUNE, JULY, AUGUST OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. UM UH, THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE EASIEST. WE HAVE IT ONCE A MONTH. AT SOME PARTICULAR LOCATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS I DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN. UM IS THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOW COMPILING MEETINGS AND TRYING TO MAKE THINGS FIT. SO. GOT TO GIVE IT THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD IT OUT. UM SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE DIGEST GET QUESTIONS AND, YOU KNOW THE SECOND ROUND WHEREVER IT IS IN TOWN. THEY CAN NOW COME BACK AND HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES. UM TO ASK QUESTIONS, SO THAT WOULD BE MY ONLY REQUEST IS MAYBE JUST DO IT ONCE A MONTH, MAYBE ON OPPOSITE THURSDAY SINCE THURSDAY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE DAY. AND JUST SET IT UP FROM THERE AND JUST DO THE LAST ONE HERE. DO THE LAST ONE HERE. UM I WOULD SUGGEST, UM, IF WE COULD DO IT AT 6 30. VERSUS SIX, UM ONE, I THINK. WE'VE KIND OF MASTERED TO 6 30 TIME. UM AS IT RELATES TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND SO, UM, IF WE COULD MAKE EVERYTHING AROUND 6 30, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T. IT IS TOO CONFUSING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BUDGET HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK THIS 15 DIRTY, YOU KNOW, SO ON AND SO FORTH, SO THOSE ARE MY ONLY REQUEST I GOT. I DO HAVE SOME MORE STUFF, BUT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER. LET ME RECAP MAYOR IF YOU DON'T MIND. YES. OKAY. OWN THE WORKSHOPS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE WORKSHOPS. THERE WILL BE ONE OF MOUNT SIGN IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO HAVE US ANY WOULD IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO HAVE US HERE. OKAY, WHICH WE CONTROL. THAT WILL TRY. IS IT OKAY THAT WE PROCEED WITH WANTS HIM OFF. AT 6:30 P.M. OKAY. I SEE HAD SHAKEN. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, THAT'S FUN. THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT AS WE'LL WORK AROUND THIS, AND WE KIND OF NOTE. JEALOUS SPEAKING. WHAT I DO HERE. ONCE A MONTH.STARTING JULY OPPOSITE THURSDAY OF THE MEAT. IT'LL BE WHATEVER WE CAN FIT IN ON THOSE THURSDAY'S START THE WORKSHOPS WITH THE REST. THERE IS NO CONFLICT. THE VENTURES. I'M JUST SAYING, WHY DON'T WE JUST CALL IT THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH? FOR THE NEXT THREE MONTHS. WE DO HAVE JULY 1ST AS AN OPTION TO BECAUSE P C. A B WAS CANCELED. THAT'S A WEEK FROM DON'T WE HAVE MR DUDLEY COMING? HE'S COMING ON THE 15TH. OF JULY OF JULY. MM HMM.
THERE'S FIVE WEEKS IN JULY, SO YOU CAN DO THE 29TH. OKAY, WE'RE THE FIRST. FIRST MEETING
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IN JULY, 29TH FIRST AVAILABLE WOULD BE JULY 29TH. JULY 1ST JULY, 1ST. LET'S JUST DO JULY 1ST. YOUR LIFE FIRST COUNCILWOMAN GIBBS THOMAS HAD SOMETHING TO SAY. NOW THAT'S A WEEK. YEAH THAT'S A WEEK FROM TOMORROW. THAT IS NEXT WEEK NEXT THURSDAY. SO, UM. SCOTT DEADLY IS COMING FROM THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES. OTHERWISE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE 29TH. NO, NO. ACTUALLY 55 THURSDAYS. HE'S HAVING A PRESENTATION. RIGHT HERE. SCOTT DUDLEY IS WITH THE FOUR LEGAL CITIES. YEAH, WELL, IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING A WHILE BACK IN THE DAY HASN'T BEEN GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL AND IT'S IT HAS JUST CONFIRMED. YES. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHY OH, YEAH, RIGHT. WELL, IT'S KIND OF A.WELL YEAH, BECAUSE THE MAYOR BROUGHT IT UP BACK IN. APRIL AND, UH, THE COUNCIL SAID THEY DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT. AND SO WE JUST COORDINATE WITH ME? IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY SIX O'CLOCK SIX PM. WELL, THAT'S NOT THE OBLIGATIONS OF PRESENTATION. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COME, YOU CAN COME IF YOU CAN. WE UNDERSTAND IT'S KIND OF A ONE ON ONE AH! CITY GOVERNMENT ONE ON ONE ADVOCACY FOR DISPLAY. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? THE FIRST OF 29. OH, YEAH.
DON'T WE HAVE TO ADVERTISERS? WELL, WE'LL DO A NOTICE. I MEAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO LEGALLY ADVERTISE IT LIKE IT WOULD DO SECOND. LET ME TAKE OUT MY HAND, THEN. COUNT. ON THE PURSE. YEAH. I THINK I PREFER TO 29. OF JULY. COMING UP FOR YOUR LOVE AGAIN? YEAH, IT'S ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW. NO, IT'S NOT. IT'S TWO WEEKS FROM TOMORROW NORTH. THAT'S ONE WEEK WHERE HEAVEN ONE WEEK FROM TOMORROW CALENDAR. OH, THAT'S WHAT HOWARD. HEARD THE MAYOR SAY THE 29TH. CAN WE DO THE 29TH? CAN WE JUST DO THE 20? THAT'S THAT'S THAT WORKS. IT WILL GIVE THE STUFF PLENTY OF TIME TO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I AGREE. THAT'S WHAT SUSAN THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS SAYING. 2029 PERFECT. SO WHAT ABOUT, UM, AUGUST 19? AUGUST 19. I LIKE IT. IT'S A COUNCIL MEETING. YES, IT IS. BECAUSE WE CHANGED. WE'RE NOT HAVING ONE RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO YEAH, WHEN WE JUST DO THE BUDGET AT FIVE AND THEN COUNCIL MEETING AT 6 30 BECAUSE I CAN'T MAKE IT AT FIVE. ALL. SO WE GOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER. THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON THE 19TH.
ANYBODY ELSE? WHAT ABOUT COUNCIL MEETINGS AROUND THE 12 FROM THE 26TH FOR AUGUST? OH, YEAH, WELL, WE MOVED THE 12TH BECAUSE OF THE FLORIDA LEGAL CITY. YEAH, YOU WILL CONFERENCE, SO SOMETHING IS HAPPENING. ONE OF CITIZENS COUNCIL MEETING. YOU WANT TO DO IT BEFORE? I'M DOWN FOR DOING IT BEFORE I HAVE A REQUESTS. GUESS MR STUFF, MADAME CLARK.
IF YOU CAN BASICALLY JUST DO LIKE A CALENDAR INVITATION FOR ALL THESE THINGS. LOT OF TIMES.
THAT'S HOW I GET REMINDED ALL THIS. OKAY? SURE. PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE'LL MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS A CALENDAR INVITE. UM I THINK IT WILL. I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER. MAKE SURE WE SEND THE COUNCIL. YOU ARE MY JUST I HAVE TO BE CHANGED. WELL NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT NOW AND WE'RE GOING IF WE CAN NAIL DOWN THESE DATES. WE'RE GOING TO SEND A MEETING NOTICE OUT TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WAS STUCK IN YOUR CALENDAR. SO AND SO AUGUST. NOT LIKE AUGUST 19 OR SOMETHING IF WE CAN'T MAKE ON IT, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST REQUESTED THAT WE HAVE ALL THE MEETINGS AT 6 30, SO IT'S A BETTER TIME. YEAH, BUT IS THAT AUGUST 19TH? WE CHANGED OUR MEETING TO IT WAS SUGGESTED WE DO IT AT FIVE AFTER WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HAVING OUR MEETING SINCE 6 30 WAS ANOTHER BAND. 6 30 ON WHAT DAY. CAN WE DO IT THE DAY BEFORE THE 18TH. DAY BEFORE THE 18TH BEFORE THE RAIN COMMUNITY 18 ON WEDNESDAY. NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEMS HERE. SO WEDNESDAY, 18TH IS GOOD. 6 30.
6 30? YES. SO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST THE 18TH 6 30 GOTCHA. WHOA! I CAN'T DO THAT. THAT'S MY SON'S
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BIRTHDAY. OH OKAY, OKAY. ROLL TO THE NEXT WEEK. CAN WE DO THE 11TH? THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.CORRECT OH, ALL AUGUST THE 11TH TO SCHOOL. IT'S COOL. YEAH UM, YES. SO YEAH. SO, UM, THERE'S SOME STUFF HAPPENING THAT WEDNESDAY NIGHT, OKAY ON THE 11TH. MHM. LET'S GO TO THIRD TO THE FOURTH. WE'RE GONNA 20 WHAT'S THE MATTER? THE 25TH IS A THIRD WAY AUGUST 25TH 20.
WHAT ABOUT 20? WHAT'S ON THAT? WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT NIGHT? SO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 25TH YEAH, BECAUSE OF 26. WE HAVE ANOTHER COUNCIL, EVERYBODY 6 30 ON THE 25TH. EVERYBODY CAN MAKE. YEAH, FREE ON THE 25TH OF AUGUST. IN JAMAICA. YEAH DO DO. DO YOU ALL? UM HOW IT CAN THEY DO? WE PHYSICALLY HAVE TO BE HERE FOR THESE MEETINGS. CAUSE THAT COULD CHANGE HOW WE, UH OPERATE IF WE CAN ZOOM IN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY, CALIBER THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE COUNCIL.
BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW THESE THE WORKSHOP SO. IT DEPENDS ON IF IT'S IF WE'RE ANY WOULD'VE WHERE IT MOUNTS ON. IF WE'RE HERE IN THIS ROOM, THAT'S ONE THING BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY IS IN THIS ROOM. YOU KNOW, BUT IF IT'S ONE OF THESE OTHER SITES, THEN WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TECHNOLOGY. AND NO ZOOMING AT ALL. UNLESS IT'S IN ISRAEL GOT HERE. SEPTEMBER. SO WHEN? WHEN? WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH AT 6 30? YES, OKAY. AND ALL RIGHT. HEY, DOES THIS WEDNESDAY'S COURT? UH UM. YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE FORCED TO GO TO CHURCH. THAT'S MY BIBLE STUDY. OKAY LORD UNDERSTANDS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OH GOD. WELL BECAUSE OF MOUNT ZION HAS CHURCH. CHECK WITH HIM LIVE. WE'LL DO THERE BECAUSE JULY'S THEN WOULD BE ON A THURSDAY. WELL WHAT DAY IN JULY? IS THAT NOW? 29 29. IS YOUR CALENDAR? WHY ARE WE DOING SAYING I DON'T KNOW IF I MIGHT BE BECAUSE I'M WORKING ABOUT 30 CHILDREN OF VACATION. PROMISE THAT'S OKAY. I GOT IT SO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO MANDATORY THESE MANDATORY FOR US. IT'S WHAT THAT WHAT YOU ASKED THE COUNCIL WITHOUT OH, NO, I WAS SEEING, UM. FOR THE MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE HERE. IF SOMEBODY CAN'T BE HERE, WE CAN ZOOM IN. OH, YEAH, YEAH. OH, YES. ALSO THESE, OKAY? SO AUGUST 25TH IS THIS HERE OR IS THIS OUT IN THE VINEYARD? WE DON'T KNOW YET, OKAY? ARE THESE OFFICIAL MEETINGS? DO THEY HAVE LIKE OFFICIAL AGENDA OR HOW ARE THESE, LIKE JUST JUST INFORMAL.
ARE THESE FORMAL JUST LIKE THIS? OKAY, SO RESIDENTS CAN ASK QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY GO BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU. OKAY I'M WORKING VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL. SO WE GOT OKAY.
SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER. 9TH. WE HAVE THE. THE FIRST BUDGET HEARING, SO IT'S GOTTA BE. IT'S GOTTA BE THE FIRST ONE MEMBER I WILL BE HERE SO. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE SEPTEMBER. 2ND SAY. TIMBER FIRST, ER SAID TIMBER 2ND 2ND WILL BE PC ABS, SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IN MY LIFE NO, IT'S A WEDNESDAY WEDNESDAY, OKAY? THE ONLY OPTION THERE. SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE HAVE TO DO IT THAT FIRST OR THE THIRD. I MEAN THAT THURSDAY AT THE PC, AMY, I THINK, YEAH, IT IS. SO THIS IS THE WEDNESDAY. SO WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 1ST. WE'LL BEGIN WITH ALL THESE GROUPS HERE AND FINDING OUT WHICH DATES WORK IN WHICH BUILDING I HAVE A QUESTION. I WILL LET YOU KNOW I WON'T BE HERE SEPTEMBER. WHEN ARE WE STARTING THE WORKSHOP? FORMAL MEETING ALL THIS. AUGUST CAN'T WE BUILD THAT END? DELICIOUS SALOON. SO? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE CAN WE BUILT IN BUDGET WORKSHOP INTO OUR REGULAR WORKSHOP? THE ONES THAT WE CHANGE. WELL, WELL, YEAH, THE PREMISE BECAUSE THE LAST ONE IS IN THIS CHANGE. YEAH. I MEAN, WHY NOT? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE. AT THESE MEETINGS BEFORE YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR WORKSHOP. I EAT THEM AT THE BUDGET NOW HE AIN'T TALKING ABOUT YES, IN SEPTEMBER.
IT'S GOING TO BE IN SEPTEMBER, SO WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING. WORKSHOP FORMAL MEETING, RIGHT? YES WHY CAN'T WE ADD THIS TO? I THINK WE DID WHAT I DID. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO ADD IT TO. I BELIEVE THE ONE IN OFFICE. NO NO, NO, THESE THESE THESE ARE THESE ARE THESE ARE WORKSHOPS FOR THE PUBLIC. BEFORE YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR YOUR YOUR MEETING. OKAY, I CALL IT THE REAL MEETINGS. THE MEETINGS WHERE YOU'VE GOT TO ADOPT IT, YOU GOTTA YOU KNOW, SET ATTENDED MILITARY. AREN'T WE GOING TO BE DOING THAT FOR THE PUBLIC? YOU MEAN? YEAH. YEAH,
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YOU GOT HALF A DOZEN OTHERS. YEAH. I MEAN, IT DOES RIGHT NOW. WE'RE HAVING A SCHEDULING PROBLEM, GUYS. NO, THAT'S THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP. WELL, OUR DATES ARE ALREADY THE DATES THAT WE HAVE OUR. OUR OFFICIAL DATES RIGHT THERE ALREADY CUT.WE CAN'T CHANGE THEM. NO, NO, NO. I'M NOT ASKING TO CHANGE IT. WHAT I'M ASKING TO DO IS WELL, I'M NOT ASKING TO DO IT. I'M ASKING IF WE CAN THOSE FIRST. UH, SECOND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. THAT'S GOING TO BE A WORKSHOP MEETING RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? YES. AGENDA YES, RIGHT REGULAR COUNCIL. SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST ADD THIS TO THAT? SINCE IT'S A PUBLIC COUNCIL WORKSHOP.
IT'S ALREADY SCHEDULED THAT WAY. SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST ADDED IT ADDED TO THE AGENDA OF THE WORKSHOP. COUNCILOR MARIE GIVE THOMAS OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING IN AUGUST. CORRECT RIGHT. OKAY WHENEVER WE START THAT, OKAY, SO, SO WE'VE WE HAVE DECIDED THAT THE WE HAVE CHANGED.
AUGUST MEETINGS ALREADY NUMBER ONE. WE'RE CHANGING THEM TO THE WORKSHOP. FIRST WORKSHOPS SECOND. REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST. THEN WE CHANGED OUR NORMAL SECOND THURSDAY MEETING.
BECAUSE OF THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. IT WAS DECIDED TO CHANGE IT TO THE THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. SO NOW WE HAVE OUR WORKSHOP FOR THE AGENDA. ON THE THIRD THURSDAY, THE 19TH OF AUGUST FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY THE NEXT THURSDAY, THE FOURTH THURSDAY THE 26TH, A REGULAR FORMAL COUNCIL MEETING. NOW IF WE IN AUGUST ARE. DO A BUDGET MEETING, WHICH WE HAVE SAID THAT FOURTH WEDNESDAY. WE'RE TALKING NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE TALKING AT A DIFFERENT SITE. SO YOU CAN'T ROLL IT IN WITH A REGULAR IT ALL HERE. IT WOULD BE HERE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A PART OF THAT. YEAH. OKAY, SO THEN YOUR TALK. SO THEN YOU'RE TALKING. SO THEN YOU'RE TALKING AN OFFSITE AT EITHER OF THE ONE PLACES THAT WE DID NOT DO IN SEPTEMBER. NO, NO, NO. SO YOU'RE SAYING DON'T TAKE THE SECOND BAR BUDGET WORKSHOP OFFSITE. YOU'RE ONLY GONNA DO ONE OFFSET HERE DURING THAT PUBLIC COUNCIL WORKSHOP. NOW THE WONDER THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE HERE, SUSAN. THAT'S THE ONE HE'S SAYING. LET'S JUST DO IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IS THAT BUDGET WORKSHOP IN AUGUST IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUDGET WORKSHOPS BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS GOING TO BE OFFSIDE. NO, I THOUGHT TWO WAS GONNA NO, NO, NO. I MEAN, IT'S GONNA BE ON THE SIDE WITH JUST 1 TO 2 AND YOU WOULD AND BUT APPARENTLY RIGHT TO AND THE ONE THAT WAS GOING HERE. LET ME TRY TO CLEAR THIS UP. CAN YOU TELL ME? WHAT DAY IN AUGUST. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC COUNCIL WORKSHOP DAY. IS THAT THE SECOND THURSDAY 26 OTHER CALENDAR, OKAY? OKAY, THE 26. WE WOULD HAVE THAT. ALSO WE WOULD HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP THAT THURSDAY. IN SEPTEMBER. WE ALSO HAVE A. PUBLIC COUNCIL WORKSHOP RIGHTS TOO LATE IN THE MONTH. SEPTEMBER CAN'T BE LATE SEPTEMBER THIS YOU COULD PROBABLY DO BUT SEPTEMBER YOU CAN EVERY EVERY EVERYTHING STARS YOU GUYS HAVE TO START TAKING OFFICIAL ACTION IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY SO IN AUGUST AND JULY LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THOSE TO HAPPEN. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO WORKSHOPS HERE INSTEAD OF ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE. WE CAN STICK TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST. AND THAT TO ME, THAT KIND OF CLEARS A LOT OF THINGS UP. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER DOLLY? YEAH. UM UM SO I. LET'S JUST START FROM THE BEGINNING. JULY. 29TH. YEAH. AT 6 30 IS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FIRST BUDGET MEETING. YES, YES. OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE? WE DON'T KNOW YET. THAT'S GOOD. YEAH LET'S GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. WE DON'T KNOW YET BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO ASK ONE OF THESE THREE. OKAY SO LET'S SAY IS PROPOSED AT AN OFFSITE LOCATION. GOTCHA. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY OFFSITE LOCATION. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST, THE 19TH, WHICH IS A COUNCIL MEETING. HERE IN THE CHAMBERS. YES. WORKSHOP COUNCIL MEETING YES WORKSHOP COUNCIL MEETING. AUGUST 25TH. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER BUDGET MEETING. WHICH IS A WEDNESDAY. WE NEED TO HAVE IT HERE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THE WEDNESDAY WOULD BE IT WOULD BE ON A THURSDAY COMBINED WORKSHOP WITH THE
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MEDIA. YEAH YEAH, THAT'S TOO MUCH FOR ME. UM, AUGUST 25TH. BUDGET MEETING SOMEWHERE OFF SITE. AUGUST 26 A COUNCIL MEETING HERE REGULAR SEPTEMBER 1ST. UM. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE AUGUST 26 6 IS A WORKSHOP MEETING GOT YOU? SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST. IT IS PROPOSED TO HAVE AN OUR FINAL BUDGET. HEARING. UM, HERE. THAT WOULD END UP AT 6 30. SORRY. WHAT DAY WAS THAT? SIR? THAT'S SEPTEMBER THE FIRST. YEAH AT 6 30. SO ARE ALL THOSE DATES FINE. NO, YOU'RE MISUNDERSTANDING. UH, NO, NO, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE I'M UM I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT YOUR THING. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE. OUR DATES RIGHT FIRST. YES, BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT MERGING STUFF LATER. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE FOUR OR FIVE DATES. OKAY I NEED LOT EDUCATION ON THE TWO AUGUST EIGHT GOT YOU. THE 19TH IS THAT A REGULAR. COUNCIL MEETING. WE ARE NOT STARTING THE WORKSHOP COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 19TH THAT'S GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ON THE 19TH CORRECT? YES OKAY. SO THEN THE 26TH WILL START THE WORKSHOP. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUDGET HEARINGS SOMEWHERE, OKAY, SO I WOULD IF WE WANT TO REDUCE HER ARE TIMES BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE WANT TO HAVE MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS AFTER MEETINGS. LET'S FOR THE AUGUST. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO HAVE THE BUDGET WORKSHOP IN THE WORKSHOP, SO MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO IT. AUGUST 26 HAVE IT HERE IN THE CHAMBER, AND THEN SEPTEMBER'S WILL HAVE IT OFF SITE. WELL, THE ISSUE WITH THAT IS. WE? WE MAKE FORMAL ACTION IN SEPTEMBER. THAT'S ONE AND TWO. THIS IS SEPARATE. TIME I AUGUST, SHE SAID AUGUST 26 25 26 COULD COME BACK. SHE'S SAYING SHE'S A BECAUSE IN THE WORKSHOP, WE WON'T HAVE ANY BUT ANY FORMAL. IN ANY OTHER THREE. JUST PRESENTATIONS. IS THAT CORRECT, MADAM CLARK AND MR VILLAGE MANAGER AND MR ATTORNEY, ARE WE CORRECT? IN BUDGET THAT'S WORKSHOPS. WE DO NOT DO FORMAL, UH, DECISIONS. OKAY SO IF WE WANT TO DO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS JULY, 29TH WOULD BE OFFSITE. AUGUST 26TH. WE ALREADY HAVE A SCHEDULED WORKSHOP. REGULAR WORKSHOP. WE CAN PROBABLY INCLUDE THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. AS ANOTHER EDITION TO THAT. SLIDE THERE. HAVE IT HERE AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER ON THE FIRST WE CAN HAVE IT OFF SITE. AND THAT WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. IS THAT CORRECT? CAN I HEAR THAT FROM THE STAFF? WELL, YOU CAN LET ME LET ME RESPOND THIS WAY. UM. IT'S ALL DOABLE. I THINK I THINK THE PUBLIC'S WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON. SO LET ME JUST STATE. WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE SO BACK IN APRIL, 10TH, THE COUNCIL CHANGED THEIR SCHEDULES. AND SO WHAT? THEY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP. A WORKSHOP FORMAL MEETING SCENARIO EACH MONTH STARTING IN AUGUST. SO, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE THE RESIDENTS TIME DURING A WORKSHOP TO HAVE A COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY CAN GO BACK AND FORTH WITH THE COUNCIL. SO. SO WE'RE DOING BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME. WE'RE STARTING A NEW PROCESS A NEW A NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULE, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING. WHAT'S GOING ON? WELL THE THING IS, IS THAT, UH IF WE DO THE WAY I SAID IT. IT WOULD REDUCE THE MEETINGS, IT WOULD HAVE TO OFF SITE SITES THAT YOU KNOW. MOST OF THE BOARD WANTS ONE IN BOOK OF PARK AND WOMEN ENDURED AND ONE IN THE CHAMBER SO WE WOULD COMPLY TO ALL THREE AND ELIMINATE AN EXTRA MEETING. YEAH SO WE'LL MOVE THE AUGUST CORRECT THE WINDS. WEDNESDAY AUGUST 25TH MEAN THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING A WORKSHOP. WE MOVE THAT TO THE 26. BECAUSE AUGUST 26 AS THE COUNCIL WORKSHOP, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS BUDGET THEN AND THAT WILL BE ON THE WORKSHOP AGENDA. AUGUST 26. MR VILLAGE ATTORNEY. THERE IS NO CONFLICT WITH HAVING A REGULAR WORKSHOP AND THE BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME, CORRECT. IT'S. DO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS? NO LEGAL PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT. OKAY, SO THERE YOU GO. WE CLARIFIED EVERYTHING. WE HAVE TO OFFSITE SITES. ONE WOULD BE IN JULY 29TH AND THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 1ST. IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHICH VENUE IS OPEN. UM. AND[00:55:05]
THEN WE WOULD HAVE AUGUST 26TH AS THE ONE HERE IN THE CHAMBER WITH OUR. NEWLY SETTED WORKSHOP. WHAT HAPPENED TO WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH. MEAN WEDNESDAY. WELL THAT'S THAT'S A REGULAR, BUT THIS IS MEANING. CAN'T YOU CAN'T DO A WORKSHOP WITH A REGULAR, CAN YOU MR VILLAGES? NO, NO, I'M ASKING WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18TH. AT 6:30 P.M. NO, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WE DON'T HAVE THAT. I DON'T HAVE THAT WE HAVE THE 19TH, WHICH IS OUR REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING.WE'LL DO FORMAL ACTION ON WHATEVER IS ON THE AGENDA. OK, I GOT IT. OKAY, SO, MISS MADAM, CLEAR. CAN YOU CLARIFY JUST MAKING SURE YOU GOT IT ALL CLEAR BEFORE THIS COUNCIL? OH NO, IT DOESN'T RIGHT OUT HERE. NOT A PROBLEM I HAVE THURSDAY, JULY 29TH OFF SITE. THURSDAY AUGUST 26TH ON SITE WILL ADD IT TO THE WORKSHOP AGENDA. AND THEN WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST OFF SITE, ALL OF THEM AT 6 30. OKAY? THAT'S WHAT I GOT IS THE BOARD. PLEASED DID WE GET CONQUER EVERYONE'S DESIRE. OKAY? MR VILLAGE MANAGER. OKAY SO WHAT ABOUT, UM SO WE GOT WORKSHOPS LINED UP. OKAY, UH, YEAH. WANT TO TALK ABOUT PARSON RECREATION. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF TIME HERE I GOT L BE HERE. YES, FOR SURE, YES. JUST TALKING IN, GENERAL. I MEAN, IF YOU YOU KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, WE I KNOW MADAM VICE MAYOR HAD. SOME ITEMS ON RIGHT. WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, I MEAN, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON WHAT ON THE PRESENTATION. WELL, NO, NO, NO. GO AHEAD. UM, DO YOU DO YOU JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION FIRST. IF SHE HAS SOME QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE CAN GO AND THEN WE CAN DIVE INTO EACH SPECIFIC POLICY OR PARKS AND REC AND ROADS AND YOU NAME IT. MS CATTLE WOMAN GIVES TOO MUCH UP LIKE ONE OF THE WORKSHOP. THIS IS THE WORKSHOP. THIS IS THE WORK, SO I MEAN, LIKE. WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERABLE? ONE OF OUR OFFICIAL WORKSHOPS? NO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A MEETING. IT'S JUST A MEETING. WE'RE HAVING TO KICK OFF THE BUDGET PROCESS. SO DO WE REALLY NEED TO DIG INTO ALL THAT RIGHT NOW? NOT REALLY. BUT YOU KNOW IF WE IF WE GOT FOLKS THAT'S GOT SOMETHING HOT AND HEAVY. WE'D LIKE TO KNOW NOW BEFORE THEY CONSTRUCT BUDGET. BECAUSE THE BUDGET EVOLVES EVERYONE'S IDEAS. SO TELL THE WOMAN GIVES THOMAS FOR QUESTIONS. YES, I'M LOOKING AT THE, UM MILLAGE RATE COMPARISON SLIDE. AND LOOKING AT. THE PIE CHART. THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCES THERE. BUT I WAS JUST WANTING SOME CLARIFICATION AND SOME UNDERSTANDING. CAN YOU PULL THAT UP? WELL, THEY'RE PULLING THAT UP. WHAT TIME IS SCOTT? YOU'RE GONNA BE HERE.
UNDER 50. HE'S GOING TO BE HERE AT SIX O'CLOCK, RIGHT? SCOTT DUDLEY. GOT DUDLEY. MR I CLOCK? YEAH. OKAY? ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE. MAYBE THE NEXT NEXT SLIDE. NO, THAT'S IT.
THAT'S IT. OKAY, THAT'S IT, OKAY, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT 2021 BUDGET. AND THEN COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED. BUDGET ESTIMATE WITH NO CHANGE AND THEN THE ROLLBACK RATE. MM HMM. UM. EACH ONE AND I JUST WANT SOME CLARIFICATION ON FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE.
CURRENTLY WE'VE WENT FROM $70,000 TO A LITTLE OVER $2 MILLION. CAN WE CAN WE EXPLAIN? CAN WE UNDERSTAND AND GET CLARIFICATION OR WELL WHAT YEAH. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I SEE IT. WHAT? LET ME DO THIS. LET ME GET YOUR INFORMATION AND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT WE DID IS WE MOVED. EVERYTHING USED TO BE IN. CONTRACTED SERVICES AND THEN WE START WE'RE TRYING TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PUT THINGS IN THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT. AND THEN, CONVERSELY THEN YOU HAVE OTHER OPERATE SERVICE GOES FROM ONE POINT DOWN TO 42. SO THEN YOU HAVE A REDUCTION SO
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THERE MAYBE NEEDS SOME CLARIFICATION IN THOSE. WHAT I WILL DO IS I WILL DO A MEMORANDUM AND THOSE INCREASES IN DECREASES ARE BUT I KNOW WHAT IT IS. IT'S MOVING ITS WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE STARTED. WE DIDN'T HAVE DEPARTMENT SO WE'VE CREATED DEPARTMENTS AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT. DESIGNATE THEM TO THAT PUT THE RIGHT STUFF IN THE RIGHT PLACES AND SO AND AS A FINANCIAL PERSON, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ANYTHING IN OTHER BECAUSE YEAH QUESTIONS. OH, YEAH, SO THEIR KNEE I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE, UM. YEAH, THERE NEEDS TO BE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I WAS LOOKING THAT. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. SO THE NO CHANGE, SO THE PIE CHART WAS WAS CREATED USING THE NO CHANGE. BECAUSE THEY ALL THEY ARE ALL THE NUMBERS. RECEPTION OF THE CAPITAL. OUTLAY. THERE IS AND. THE MONEY THAT WE APPLIED. YES, MHM. AND ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS IS I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR, THE STATE LEGISLATOR INTERNET SALES TAX. DOES THAT GIVE US UH REVENUE HERE? MR VILLAGE. WHAT WAS HE AWARE OF THE INTERNET SALES TAX? YES IT'S A HUGE THING THAT THEY'VE BEEN PUSHED. THE STATE LEGISLATOR AND THEN COVID HIT AND EVERYONE WENT TO AMAZON AND ALL INTERNET CELLS. WELL, I KNOW I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW. SO SALES. GO AHEAD, HOWARD. NO, NO, GO AHEAD. NO, GO AHEAD. I KNOW THE SUBJECT VERY WELL. SALES TAXES IS PRIMARILY A FUNDING SOURCE FOR STATE GOVERNMENT. UM, YEAH, YEAH. GETS THROWN INTO THE. INTO THE CALCULATIONS FOR SOME OF THE STATE SHARED REVENUE THAT COMES BACK DOWN. SO YES, AS THAT ROLLS OUT, IT COULD MARGINALLY INCREASED SOME. SOME MONEY THAT'S GOING TO US BUT PRIMARILY FACT. WE ALREADY JULY ONE, RIGHT? I THINK THAT ONE KICKS IN JULY ONE. SOME STATES THAT ALREADY DID. YEAH, WELL, THIS THIS IS IT. I WOULDN'T. I WOULDN'T COUNT ON IT BEING A MASSIVE INFLUX OF NEW REVENUE FOR THE VILLAGE, I GUESS IS WHAT I'D SUGGEST. OKAY? HAVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PRESENTATION? MR SCOGGINS HAS A PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE TO THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING. BUT WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK WITH THAT IF YOU'D LIKE, OR IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE COULD JUST HAVE HIM COME UP AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT HIM OR THAT TYPE OF THING. IS HE ALL LIFE? RIGHT HERE. OH I CAN'T SEE HIM. SORRY DOES DOES HE WANT? DOES HE HAVE A PRESENTATION READY? NO, HE DOESN'T HAVE A PRESENTATION. I THINK VICE MAYOR CLARKE SAID.DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST OR DOES COUNCIL MEMBER DOLLY? WELL I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, IF, UM. PARKS DEPARTMENT JUST COME AND JUST KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU GUYS BEEN. DOING. I HAD MY EVENT. UM THE JUNETEENTH EVENT. UM BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK OUT WHILE HE'S COMING. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID IS, UM, JUST TOOK A NICE WALK AROUND THE PARK. I MEAN, AND I WALKED AROUND EVERY EVERYTHING JUST TO KIND OF, UM SEE WHERE ONE WHERE THINGS WILL BE. JUST THE QUALITY OF THE PARTS. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T, UM, VISITED OUR PARKS, PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT OUR PARTS. UM THEY HAVE WENT FROM ZERO TO HERO. UM AND I THINK THIS THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO ALBI LEWIS, WHO IS HERE AND ALL THE STAFF
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THAT HAS BEEN, UM, WORKING. IT'S KIND OF LIKE. THE UM UM THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE PARACHUTE. UM. YOU KNOW WHEN, UH, FOLKS JUMP OUT THE PLANE NOBODY EVER THINKS ABOUT IF THE PARACHUTE IS PACKED PROPERLY, BUT IF IS NOW WE HAVE HUGE ISSUES. UM AND, UH, I'M SEEING THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY DO SO MUCH THAN JUST PARTS. UH WELL, THE COMMUNITY SO I DEFINITELY JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM KUDOS. I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT MORE OF IT TOMORROW. AT THE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT, UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. IF, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SHARES KIND OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON BECAUSE I THINK YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY.UM, WHEN WE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S AND REX AND I, I STILL THINK THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THE MAJORITY OF US WANT TO DO. I'M NOT SURE I HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO. TO TALK TO ANYBODY CONCERNING. IT. UM YOU KNOW THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I THINK IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD DEFINITELY SETTLING DOWN. THE DUST HAS SETTLED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ON ON AUTOPILOT NOW, SO THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO UM, I'LL BE. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
YOU JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING. SHADED AND THEN I HAVE SOME.
AND WE CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR COUNCIL. UM. WE'VE PROBABLY DONE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. SINCE SINCE I'VE BEEN AS SOON AS THE VILLAGE TOOK OVER, UM FROM MARTIN COUNTY AND INCORPORATED SO GOT HERE, BUT WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS. UM AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT THE REAL. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, STATICALLY PLEASING. BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, NEW FACILITIES AND THERE WE HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO JUST TO GET THE PARKS AND SHAPE JUST JUST TO GET HIM BACK TO A STANDARD THAT WAS MANAGEABLE AND MAINTAINABLE THE VILLAGE SO WE COULD IMPLEMENT OUR OWN STANDARDS OF MATES AND WHAT LEVEL WE WANTED TO MAINTAIN THAT AND THE KIDS. THAT WE WANT TO KEEP OUR PARKS OUT AND HOW WE APPROACH IT. PART OF THAT WHICH. I APOLOGIZE THAT I HAVEN'T DONE A GOOD JOB OF. PROMOTING OURSELVES AND REALLY TELLING EVERYBODY ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DONE. UM YOU KNOW? THINGS IS STANDARDIZING ALL OF OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND IMPLEMENTING, UM, PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICES IN WITH IRRIGATION AND PUMPS, UM, STANDARDIZING OUR EQUIPMENT. FOR SPRINKLER HEADS AND THE TYPE OF PUMPS WE USE THE TYPE OF LIGHTS WE USE IN OUR PARTS AND KEEPING EVERYTHING VERY STREAMLINED. UM CONSOLIDATING OUR OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES, AND RATHER THAN HAVING THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE DOING. THREE DIFFERENT JOBS, THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES. WE HAVE ONE, SO IT'S MORE MANAGEABLE. THEY KNOW WHAT. OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE AND THEY PERFORM IT IN THAT WAY WE'VE IMPLEMENT A CLEAN PROGRAM. US WHO NOT ONLY PROVIDES OUR FIXTURES IN OUR BATHROOMS, BUT THEY ALSO PROVIDE AN ULTRA CLEAN SERVICE IN OUR OUR WORK BUILDINGS. THE BOOKER FIRE STATION IN NEW VILLAGE ALL. BUT ALSO ALL OF OUR PARK RESTROOMS IN THE VILLAGE, WHICH IS A SANITARY, UM, AND CLEANING PRACTICE THAT THAT MOST PARTS OF RECREATION DEPARTMENTS DON'T DO. UM. YOU KNOW, THE LIST GOES ON AND ON.
THE IRRIGATION, THE PUMP. THE PUMPS WITH PATIENT OR SULLIVAN PUMPS IN AN ELECTRICAL, UM. YOU KNOW, WITH STANDARDIZED THE COLOR OF OUR BUILDINGS. UH RENOVATED THE BOOKER FIRES. UM.
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM NEW FLOORS, NEW PAINT NEW ROOF. UM, LANDSCAPING. UM IMPLEMENTING.
OUR MOST CONTRACTS, AND STANDARDIZED THE DAYS OF SERVICE, SO IT'S JUST NOT GETTING MODE WHENEVER YOU KNOW. SO IF YOU CALL MYSELF UP OR LOUIS UP AND SAY WHEN IT IS GETTING MODE. I CAN TELL YOU WHAT IS GETTING MODE WHEN OUR MO DATES ARE, WHICH MAKES IT EASIER FOR OUR SCHEDULING. UM AND OUR OTHER MAINTENANCE. UM, ONE OF THE BIG. THAT WE WANT.
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UM WE'VE. FIELDS THAT ALREADY EXISTS. SO THE QUALITY OF OUR TURF LOOKS MUCH NICER THAN IT DID WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER, UM. BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH BETTER. IT'S A LITTLE HARDER. A LITTLE THICKER. UM THAT LOOKS PRETTIER, BUT IT'S STILL NOT THE QUALITY THAT THAT WE WOULD EXPECT WHEN WE SET OUR OWN STANDARDS OF HOW OUR VILLAGE LOOKS. AND. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IS THAT YOU KNOW OUR PHILOSOPHY IS BOOKER PARK. MIDTOWN AND UPTOWN. YEAH, OUR PARKS. ALL LOOK THE SAME. YOU KNOW, THE BUILDINGS ARE THE SAME COLOR THE EQUIPMENT IN THE PARKS ARE RELATIVELY THE SAME. YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF STANDARD YOU KNOW, FOR THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE STANDARD IS WHAT WE SET AND WHAT WE MAINTAIN. UM YOU KNOW, WE'VE UPGRADED THE LIGHTING AND SECURITY ON OUR BUILDINGS. WE'VE INSTALLED NEW WALKWAY LIGHTING AT BIG MOUTH PARK. WE'RE IMPROVING ALL OF THE FENCES REPAIRING THEM. REPLACING THEM, UM. UPGRADING THEM. UM IT JUST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. WE BOUGHT, UM, NEW BACKBOARDS FOR OUR FOR OUR BASKETBALL COURTS. WE PAINTED OUR POLLS TO MATCH OUR PLAYGROUNDS. IF YOU'VE NOTICED IT AT BOOKER PARK WE'VE GOT YOU KNOW ORANGE POLES THAT SUPPORT OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. WE'VE GOT ORANGE FALLS ON THE BASKETBALL COURT AND ORANGE SHOOTER SQUARE SEVEN. AND BLEW IT. BIG MOUND ARE UP POST AND GREEN AT BIG MOUNT. SO YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO ALL OF THOSE THOSE LITTLE THINGS TO TAKE OUR.OUR DEPARTMENT IN OUR VILLAGE, YOU KNOW, TO A DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN MOST, UM OTHER AGENCIES DO AND THAT'S THAT'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SMALL DETAILS. AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT THOSE DETAILS ARE LOOKED AT WHETHER IT'S COLOR COORDINATING OUR OUR SOCCER NETS WITH THE SIZE GOALS THAT WE USE, SO WHEN WE HAVE ALL WHITE NETS AND STORAGE WENT UP PULL IT OUT ALL WHITE NETS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SIZE GOES ON WHAT GOAL BECAUSE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT SIZED GOALS. WILL HAVE A YELLOW NOW TO READ NET IN A WHITE NET, SO WE'LL KNOW THAT AND THAT WILL COORDINATE OUR FIELD PAINT. UM WHEN WE PAINT THE FIELDS TO GO WITH THE COLOR OF THE NETS, SO.
EVERYTHING MAKES IT MUCH SIMPLER. UM FOR US MOVING FORWARD AND FOR OUR USER GROUPS.
UM YOU KNOW, WE'VE PRESSURE CLEAN, LITERALLY THE WHOLE VILLAGE AT THIS POINT. UM.
WE'VE PAINTED OUR PAVILIONS. UM. THEY ALL LOOK LIKE AND WE'VE CLEANED OUR PLAYGROUNDS UP.
WE'VE RE KEYED ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS AND STANDARDIZE OUR KEY SYSTEM WHERE WHERE STAFF HAS ONE MASTER KEY THAT GETS US THROUGH ALL OUR FACILITIES, AND THEN WE CAN ISSUE SUB MASTER KEYS TO OUR GROUPS THAT. THAT NEED ACCESS TO A PARTICULAR ROOM OR AREA OF THE PARK. UM.
WE'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS, AS I SAID TO FOR TAP GRANTS FLORIDA RECREATION DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM GRANTS. WHICH ARE IN THE FUNDING CYCLE AT THIS POINT, AND WE'LL KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE APPROVED BY THE STATE. UM, WHEN A STATE APPROVES THEIR BUDGET IN JULY, UM. THE OTHER HALF OF THAT IS THAT OUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION, FLORIDA RECREATIONAL PARKS HAS ARE LOBBYISTS. UM. WORKING ON FEDERAL FUNDING THAT TIES INTO COVID FUNDING AND SOME OTHER THINGS FOR THOSE PROJECTS IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO FUND THE FERTILE PROGRAM. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER OPTION TO FUND. THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FERTILE PROGRAM. AS LONG AS THEY'RE WHAT THEY CALL SHOVEL READY AND ARE IN A PLACE WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE. UM YOU KNOW 18 TO 24 MONTHS TO COMPLETE BUT. MAYBE 6 TO 12 MONTHS AND OUR PROJECT FALLS RIGHT IN THERE. IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS. UM BUT IT'S VERY VALUABLE TO THE OVERALL. UM. WELL AND FUTURE WELLBEING AND LAST THE LASTING EFFECT OF OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING STARTS WITH. WITH YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR UNDERNEATH STUFF. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T GROW GRASS WITHOUT A WITHOUT A PROPER IRRIGATION SYSTEM. SO UM, YOU KNOW, LEWIS AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING AND HAVE THE FORESIGHT IN THE AND HAVE. MADE THOSE COMMITMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, DO THINGS AND SPEND MONEY WHERE, YOU KNOW. IT MAY NOT GET A BANG, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S VISIBLE, BUT. BUT IT'S BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALL THERE. SO YOU KNOW WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, WE'RE ALREADY SET. WE'RE WAY AHEAD, UM, OF. OF THAT CURVE. WE WON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS WERE READY FOR
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TURF. NOW, UM. WE'VE PURCHASED ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARDS FOR THE CITY WITH OUR CARES, ACT FUNDING. WE'VE PAVED PARKING LOTS OF POST FAMILY PARK. WE STRIKE THEM. WE'VE. WE PURCHASED AN EXTRA UTILITY CARD FOR BOOKER PARK THAT WE CAN USE TO RUN AROUND OUR FIELDS AND DO OUR CLEANING, WHICH WE DO. UM AS A STAFF BETWEEN OUR. CONTRACTED SCHEDULE CLEANING, WHICH IS MONDAY AND FRIDAY. YOU KNOW WE HAVE WE GOT TO KEEP THE AMOUNT OF TRASH DOWN, SO IT'S MANAGEABLE. BUT NOT BECAUSE WE WANT TO KEEP IT MANAGEABLE BECAUSE WE WANTED TO LOOK NICE.YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AND IT STARTS WITH OUR STAFF. AND OUR AND OUR COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S JUST THE STANDARD IN THE EXPECTATION THAT I'M TRYING TO SET FOR. NOT ONLY OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT AS HOWARD IS SET FOR ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, IS THAT YOU KNOW? WE WANT TO TAKE THE HIGH ROAD AND WE WANT TO DO THINGS RIGHT AND WE WANT TO DO IT. WELL, UM YOU KNOW A FEW OTHER THINGS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE ASSISTED IN THIS RENOVATION OF THE NEW VILLAGE HALLS. UM. YOU KNOW, WE STARTED THE PROJECT. WE HAD SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD. WE LEARNED SOME THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T NOW ARE PREPARE FOR, UM, HOWARD AND I WORKED ON BRINGING IN SOME OTHER CONTRACTORS TO TALK TO AND, UM, THE CONTRACTORS THAT WE SELECTED WERE ABLE TO DO THE JOB IN 34 DAYS, RATHER THAN 60 DAYS WITH THEIR CONTRACT. A LOT OF, UM, THAT GOES BACK TO MY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH. WITH THESE FOLKS THROUGH THROUGH MY TIME HERE ON THE TREASURE COAST AND BEEN, YOU KNOW, KNOWING WHO THEY ARE AND KNOWING WHAT THEY DO AND HAVING A RELATIONSHIP WHERE. I CAN BAG HIM AND SAY, HEY, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, WE GOT STAFF PILED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. CAN YOU PLEASE PUT THE GAS PEDAL DOWN? AND UH AND GET THIS DONE QUICK AND THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO DO THAT FOR US AND YOU KNOW THEY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS WERE INVOLVED WITH THE COVID TESTING AND SETTING UP OUR SITES FOR THAT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, UM, THE SPECIAL EVENTS. ARE STARTING TO REALLY GAIN MOMENTUM. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A SPECIAL EVENT.
YOU KNOW ONCE A MONTH NOW, UM AND IT'S ONLY GONNA GET BUSIER. SO, UH, WE'VE REVISED SPECIAL EVENT. UH APPLICATIONS. THOSE POLICIES ARE FEES AND CHARGES. UM. YOU KNOW HOW WE ADDRESS OUR, UH, OUR APPLICANTS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASK THEM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THE PROCESS ON THEM EASIER. OUR FEES OF MEMORY VISE SO THERE'S NOT ANY, UH YOU KNOW? MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT WHAT IT COSTS AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS AND WE'RE GETTING MORE CAN CONSISTENT WITH THAT. UM, WE'VE GOT A SCHEDULE OF SPECIAL EVENTS. WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR FACILITIES. UM. YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEKEND OR NIGHT? UM THE BIGGEST CHALLENGED AT THE DEPARTMENT FACES IS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH SHOES ON THE GROUND. YOU KNOW, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HIRING PARK RANGERS, WHICH WILL GIVE US. NIGHTTIME COVERAGE AT OUR PARKS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND THEN WE CAN COVERAGE FROM, YOU KNOW NINE IN THE MORNING TILL 11 AT NIGHT. SO YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO WE GET TO BUILD A REPORT WITH OUR CITIZENS AND OUR USERS BECAUSE THEY'LL BECOME FAMILIAR, JUST LIKE ROBERT IS DONE. AND THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM PART OF OUR OUR. OUR VILLAGE.
WHERE WHERE PEOPLE KNOW HIM ON A FIRST NAME BASIS, AND HE CAN HELP THEM NAVIGATE PROCESSES AND GET THINGS DONE AND UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW WHY ARE CODES ARE CODES AND WHY THE RULES ARE THE RULES. WHICH ACTUALLY HELPS US ALL BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SPEND LESS TIME. UM WITH PEOPLE CALLING YOU AND ASKING YOU WHY OR WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS? I'VE EVER HAD TO WELL. BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE SERVICES THAT. THAT ARE PART OF A REQUIREMENT OF ANY CITY COUNTY VILLAGE AND WE'RE DOING THOSE THINGS. SO, UM, LASTLY, YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT. AND. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING UPGRADES. UM, AS WE SPEAK TO, UH TO ALL OUR FACILITIES, AND IT NEVER ENDS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS FINDI&-PT OR OR PUT IN MORE LANDSCAPING.
SO, UM I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S. AND IN A BIG NUTSHELL. NO, I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN YOU'RE BEHIND THE SCENES, UM A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T SEE,
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YOU KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU PUT ON EVENTS OR WHEN YOU GOT THINGS GOING, NOBODY SEES ALL THE FOUNDATIONAL STUFF. AND SO YOU GUYS ARE DEFINITELY THAT. LOVE THE IDEAS OF PART RINGERS OUT, UM AND MAYBE IN ANOTHER CONVERSATION, WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. BUT. UM WHAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS, BUT SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC WILL CALL US IF THE LIGHTS ARE OUT, OR, YOU KNOW THEY NEED THE BATHROOMS OPEN AND THEN WE HAVE TO CALL. HOWARD AND THEN HOWARD CALLS YOU YOU ALL. UM UH, MAYBE WE CAN DEVELOP A WAY WHERE THERE'S MAYBE A. TOLL FREE NUMBER OR SOMETHING. UM WHERE IF YOU'RE AT THE PARK, THERE'S A SIGN THEY CAN CALL THE SIGN. UM AND MAYBE HAVE SOMEBODY, UM, YOU KNOW, STANDING BY TO ANSWER BECAUSE I LIKE AN AFTER HOURS. OR YOU KNOW, YEAH, LIKE THE WEEKENDS OR AFTER HOURS OR, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER, UM SO WE CAN WE CAN DEVELOP THAT LOVE THE PARK RANGERS IDEAS. UM. SPECIAL EVENTS AND COSTS. YOU KNOW, THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO ME, IS THERE UM. AND I THINK WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS, BUT MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS IT LATER. THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND COSTS UM OF OUR PARTS AND HOW WE CAN DO THAT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO JUST, UM. JUST FIRST, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU GUYS AND THE STAFF FOR WHAT YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO. BUT JUST KIND OF BRING SOME SOME LIGHT TO WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING. UM BECAUSE YOU KNOW FOR ME. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE A AN AWARD RENTING PART WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DO PARKS AND RECS OURSELVES. BECAUSE I THINK AS THINGS ARE OPENING UP, AND YOU KNOW, GETTING BACK TO NORMAL, UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO NEED THOSE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALBIE I APPRECIATE IT BY SQUARE, CLARK. RIGHT? YEAH. SOME EQUIPMENT I BELIEVE WE HAVE DO WE HAVE WE ALREADY HAVE FIRST AID KIDS, RIGHT? WE DO IN OUR BUILDINGS AND OUR CONCESSION STANDS, OKAY? UM WHAT ABOUT LIGHTING DETECTORS? BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WE DO A LOT OF SPORTS WITH THE CHILDREN SOCCER AND ALL. UM IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED THE LIGHTNING PREDICTION SYSTEM AND. WE DO NOT HAVE IT. UH BUT I WILL CHECK WITH OUR SCHOOLS TO SEE IF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE THEM ON CAMPUS BECAUSE THERE'S A WAY OF. WELL. WE CAN DO A, UH WE CAN ACTUALLY SAVE A LITTLE MONEY BECAUSE IF THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO OUR FACILITIES WITH WE CAN PUT A. THEY CALLED IT LIKE A JUMP POWER. SO YOU THAT CAN GET THAT INFORMATION TO THE TO THE EQUIPMENT. UM AND I WILL LOOK INTO THAT. THAT'S A THAT'S A VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S ONE. UM WHAT ABOUT, UH, A E D MACHINE? WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. WE'VE DISCUSSED THESE FOR THE VILLAGE, AND I THINK LEWIS'S DOING OUR TRAINING. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET THOSE BOXES AND. YOU KNOW, GENERALLY, THEY'RE IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. UM NOT NECESSARILY IN PARKS. SO YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE WANTED. CHANGE THAT BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES IS WHEN YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN YOUR CONCESSION, STAND AT THINGS, AND NOT A CERTIFIED. TRAINED A D MACHINE OPERATOR. YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT A CHALLENGE. I WANT TO SAY I HAVING DONE THAT TRAINING ONCE YOU OPEN THAT A E D IT WALKS YOU THROUGH EVERYTHING IT IT SPEAKS TO YOU. IT TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO THEIR SIGNAGE THERE.UH I MOST OTHER SPORTS PEOPLE WERE MOST OF THEM. UM, YOU KNOW THE COACHES AND ALL OF THEM.
THEY HAVE FIRST AID AND ALL THAT I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE ANY SO WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE VILLAGE. YET. THE GOOD THING AND WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP IS WE'RE IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN. SET THE RULES AND SET THE REQUIREMENTS OF. THE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE COACHES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN OUR PROGRAMS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE THAT INCLUDING COACHES, TRAINING AND FIRST AID AND ALL THOSE OTHER THINGS. SO, UM, THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO DO, AND THAT GETS CAUGHT UP TO THE OTHER SIDE. WHEN. WE START DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, DO WE? WILL WE? AND CAN WE, YOU KNOW, FUND OR RECREATION DIVISION THAT WILL DO RECREATION PROGRAMMING IN THE VILLAGE AND BE ABLE TO OFFER MM. ALL THESE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THEIR PURVIEW. SO ALRIGHT, BUT SOME OF THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT WE COULD ARE WEAK. I MEAN, I WANT YOU TO LOOK INTO
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IT FOR ME FOR THE PRICE BECAUSE SOME OF IT WE CAN GET BECAUSE THEY THEY ALREADY USE IT. NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OVER. I THINK THAT'S SO DOWN THE ROAD. BUT THEY DO USE THE FACILITIES A LOT. I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT. AND WHAT ABOUT SOME PATTERN FOR THE POLLS? DADDY PATTING IS AN EASY FIX. UM, THAT AGAIN. THE CHALLENGE AT LEWIS AND I FACES IS THAT ALL OF THE. ALL OF THE NICE AMENITIES AND DECORATIVE THINGS THAT WE SEEM TO PUT UP GETS STOLEN, VANDALIZED, PAINTED, AND, UH YEAH. BUT YES, WE CAN GET POLLS PATTY FOR THE POLLS FOR THE GOAL POSTS AND EVEN FOR THE SOCCER POST. WE JUST GOT TO HAVE A THE ABILITY TO PUT THEM ON AND PUT THEM OFF RATHER THAN AND KEEPING THEM ON RIGHT. OKAY. CAN WE PUT TRACKERS ON THEM? YEAH. GPS TRACKERS. OKAY AND I GUESS IT MIGHT BE A QUESTION FOR MR AROUND. SO SINCE, UM SOMEBODY IS UNCALLED FOR WATER OR WORK WITH THE WATER 24 7. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON CALL? YOU KNOW, FOR A PART ISSUE OR WHATNOT. THE VICE MAYOR, YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. WE ASKED MR BROWN, WE, WE, WE DON'T HAVE A 24 HOUR RESPONSE PERSON FOR THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. UM, THAT WOULD BE BUT. EVERY TIME WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT GOES ON, IT'S CRITICAL. I CALL ALBY OR I CALL LUIS PERU, LIKE ANTHONY SAID. THE RESIDENTS WILL CALL US AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU LIKE I CALLED YOU LAST WEEK RELATED IN THAT NEED, I MEAN, HE TOOK CARE OF IT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING SO. I DON'T KNOW. WE MIGHT HAVE TO SOON MOVE INTO THESE RANGERS.I'M IN THE COUNTY HAD THEM TO YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARTS BECAUSE I DO SEE THE STAFF OUT AND I'M LIKE WHAT THEY ARE THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE PICKING UP TRASH. I CAN I CAN TELL YOU THAT CLEANING UP THE PARTS. I WILL TELL YOU THIS IT UP A LITTLE BIT. Y'ALL NOW WE GOT TO GIVE HIM A REALLY, BUT EVEN WHAT'S THE LADY NAME IS OVER THERE. YEAH ALL THE STAFF BE OUT THERE ON MONDAY MORNINGS OR WHATEVER. THROUGH IT, THEY'D BE PICKING UP. YOU KNOW THE TRASH IN THE PARKS. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS. THEY DO A LOT, THEN. YEAH I WILL. I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU THIS IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS ALREADY AND THIS IS A FACT IS THAT I TAKE ALL THE CALLS. EVERY NIGHT. TWO OR THREE OF THEM. I'M ON THE PHONE. I'M ON THE PHONE ON THE WEEKENDS HANDLING, YOU KNOW QUESTIONS? UM IF THERE'S A PLUMBING ISSUE IF THERE'S A LIGHT ISSUE IF THERE'S ANYTHING. UM UH, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT NOT EVERYBODY KNOWS TO CALL A PARK SUPERINTENDENT. MY NUMBERS ALL OVER TO PARKS AND EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE'RE SUCH A SMALL VILLAGE, YOU KNOW? EVERYONE AT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, AND OUR PARTICIPANTS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S 25 PEOPLE THAT KNOW. COUNCIL CASTLE WOMAN GIVES AND 25 MORE THAN NO, UM. THAT IT JUST GOES ON AND ON, SO THEIR FIRST THING IS, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE OH, I KNOW ANTHONY. SO I'M CALLING AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR A WHILE. UH EVEN AFTER IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY THEY KNOW THAT WE CAN CALL SOMEBODY RIGHT? THE BIGGEST FAVOR YOU CAN DO FOR ME AND OUR DEPARTMENT. IS WHEN ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEMBERS CALL YOU YOUR FIRST QUESTION SHOULD BE.
HAVE YOU CALLED ALBY SCOGGINS AND IF THEY HAVEN'T GIVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER, LET ME TAKE CARE OF IT, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER HOWARD AND HOWARD DOESN'T HAVE TO CALL ME. YOU TELL YOU TELL US YOUR NUMBER, JUST IN CASE MY, MY I MY VILLAGE CELL PHONE NUMBER IS 772. 3418. YOU DON'T GIVE US YOUR PERSONAL NUMBER. I WOULD GIVE MY PERSONAL THEM BUT I PUT A BILLBOARD UP THERE IF YOU WANT. MR ALBEE USED. 48173. AND HOWARD'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU KNOW, WE WORK AS A TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE AND NOT ONLY DO I RESPOND. WE HAVE A GOOD NETWORK OF CONTRACT. WE DO PEOPLE AND I'LL JUST SO RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WE IT'S A VERY LINK STAFF WERE IN OUR EMBASSY STAGES WITH RESPECT TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE, UH. TWO PEOPLE. WE GOT ALBY SCOGGINS AND LUIS PEREZ COTINO. JOY IS OUR TEMP. OKAY AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE FOLKS DOING THINGS THAT ARE. THAT THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO DO, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT REALLY THAT I'M GOING TO ADDRESS AND IT'S ABOUT EMPLOYEES WORKING OUTSIDE THEIR THEIR THEIR JOB CLASSIFICATION. IT'S AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENS IN A LOT OF CITIES WHERE EMPLOYEES TAKE ON RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE AND OF THEIR JOB, AND SO YOU KNOW, IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY IF IT'S TEMPORARY, AND IT'S AND IT'S, UM ITS ITINERARY. AND BUT SOMETIMES. IT CAN BECOME A PERMANENT THING, AND THAT'S
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WHERE WE RUN INTO PROBLEMS. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEES OVER THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE AN ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUTSIDE PICKING UP PAPER. AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING ON THIS. THIS BROKE OUT, AND WE APPRECIATE WHAT THESE EMPLOYEES ARE DOING. AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE, UH. ALBY FOR, YOU KNOW, REALLY WORKING WITH THESE GUYS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD TEAM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME LOCAL CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN CALL THEM AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. THEY ANSWERED THEIR PHONES. THEY'RE NOT ON ANY ANY SPECIAL PAY, EITHER. I MEAN, WE'RE PAYING THEM REGULAR PAY YOU TO SHOW UP AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. TWO A.M. AND THEY'RE RIGHT HERE LOCALLY AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKLY TO THINGS. SO UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WELL, WELL, I GOT YOU. BUT THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR CLARK. IS THAT IT? THAT'S FOR ME. YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN STONE. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY THANK YOU FOR BOTH. THE MIC, PLEASE. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT'S INVOLVED IN THE WHOLE PARKS AND RECS. I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY, AND I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE STARTING TO BE UNIFORM AND EVERYTHING IS STARTING TO BE THE SAME. THAT'S ONE OF MY WHOLE PET BEES THAT YOU KNOW MY O C D KIND OF KICKS IN SOMETIMES. UM BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT. ONE OF THE THINGS, MR BROWN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD ADD THIS TO THE BUDGET IF POSSIBLE. WOULD LOVE TO SEE WHERE PEOPLE COULD GO TO ALL THREE PARKS AND HAVE LIKE A WALK SLASH RUN TRACK. UH, YOU KNOW SOMETHING WHERE IT'S COMFORTABLE. THEY DON'T HAVE TO. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WALK. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THAT'S AN ISSUE IN THE VILLAGE. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ADD TO OUR BUDGET, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. WELL, WE CAN DEFINITELY DISCUSS IT. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT THERE IS NO WALKING TRAIL OR GREEN TRAIL FOR FOLKS TO, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND AND. YOU KNOW, I STARTED THINKING ABOUT I SEE PEOPLE ON THE WAY TO WORK THEY'RE WORKING ACROSS THE BRIDGE, YOU KNOW? AND THEY EVEN HAVE IT ON THE CRUISE SHIP FOR CRYING OUT LOUD. YEAH, I MEAN, YEAH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PROPERTY OVER THERE THAT WE LOOKED AT BEFORE WE BOUGHT THE LAST PROPERTY, AND I THOUGHT THAT THAT PROPERTY WOULD WHAT. WE COULD USE IT TO DO THAT. AND IT TIED INTO THE BRIDGE AND YOU KNOW IT MEANDERED OR RAN ALONG THE CANAL, AND I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING SIMPLE. NONE. NONE OF THE PARKS ONE OF THE PARKS WE HAVE. THEY'RE NOT. ARE NOT NOT WALKABLE, THEIR THEIR THEIR SPORTS FIELDS, YOU KNOW? AND SO AND I KNOW THERE'S A GRANT TO DO THAT IT IS AND I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THIS IS THAT. HAVEN'T EVEN GOTTEN GOING YET.DID I'VE JUST KINDA JUST. KEEPING THE STATUS QUO OR MAKING SURE THAT JUST THE BASICS ARE GOING. I HAVEN'T EVEN I HAVEN'T EVEN GET BETTER, THIS RIGHT YOU'RE YOU'RE STILL AGAIN GOING UP THE STAIRS AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE THINGS THAT DO NEED TO BE. DISCUSSED BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT AN OPTION FOR US. IT'S BEEN PARK REPAIRS AND PARK IMPROVEMENTS. AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I DON'T KNOW IF BEFORE L B GOT HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD RECREATIONAL PROGRAM LOOK LIKE? HOW WE GO ABOUT DOING IT AT THAT TIME? YOU KNOW, WE TOLD YOU AND WE STILL KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT NOW THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT AT THIS. AT THIS JUNCTURE, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN FOCUS ON GETTING THE PARKS AND REPAIRS TOGETHER. MAYBE BRING SOME FOCUS WITH SPECIAL EVENTS AND UM AND THE PARK RANGERS. THESE ARE PART TIME PEOPLE THAT CAN HELP POLICE. THESE THESE, UH, PARKS AND MAKE SURE THINGS ARE CLEANED UP AND THAT TYPE OF THING, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING THAT. WE CAN DO, BUT I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN OTHER THINGS, AND YOU KNOW WE CAN DEFINITELY WORK ON ALL X. I KNOW THERE'S AT LEAST I THINK SUPPORT. US DOING MORE THAN JUST CLEAN UP PARKS AND KEEP THEM CLEAN. WE HAVEN'T EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE AND WE HAVE HIS GRADUATE SERVICE. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS THANK YOU. I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE TEAM THAT YOU'RE PUTTING TOGETHER AND THE TEAM THAT YOU HAVE AND THE PEOPLE THAT WE CAN.
CONTRACTORS THAT WE CALL IT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. UM THIS IS. THAT THAT GIVES ME THE WARM FUZZIES TALKING ABOUT A GOOD TEAM BECAUSE YOU GET PEOPLE THAT HAVE THAT CARE. THAT HAVEN'T AWESOME WORTH AT WORK ETHIC. THAT NO, THAT THE VERY LAST THING ON THERE. THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION IS AND OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED AND THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY CARE
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ABOUT THEY CARE ABOUT THE VILLAGE. THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR JOB, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT EVERY ONE OF THEM. AND ALSO TALKING ABOUT THINGS GETTING. GETTING STOLEN, GETTING GONE GRAFFITI OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. DUE. WE HAVE SURVEILLANCE. AT OUR SITES. AND IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE DISCUSSING THAT WE NEED TO BE GETTING SET UP? WE DO NOT HAVE SECURITY CAMERAS, UM, AT OUR SITES, THE PARK RANGERS, I BELIEVE WILL HELP TO A CERTAIN EXTENT BECAUSE HAVING BOOTS ON THE GROUND WHEN YOU WAS IN OKEECHOBEE THAT IT REALLY DIDN'T. YOU SAID, REALLY EXPLAIN. YEAH. YOU SAID THIS BEFORE WE HAD INVESTED IN ABOUT $45,000 WORTH OF SECURITY CAMERAS AT SOME FACILITIES AND. AND DEPENDING ON THE QUALITY OF IT, AND YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU COULD TELL THAT YOU KNOW SOMEONE'S WEARING BLUE JEANS AND A WHITE SHIRT. UM, BUT YOU CAN'T IDENTIFY WHO? THAT PERSON AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE DRIVING A DARK PICKUP TRUCK OR LIGHT PICKUP TRACKER. YOU KNOW YOU CAN. IT'S NOT AS THE CLARITY AND THE MEGA PIXELS AND.AND THE ZOOMS AND ALL THAT STUFF OR ARE. ARE PRETTY COSTLY FEATURES. UM. NOT TO SAY THAT A SYSTEM THAT THAT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO KNOW OR PINPOINT WHAT TIME SOMETHING'S HAPPENED AND. GET SOME BASIC INFORMATION RATHER THAN GOING WELL. IT HAPPENED SOMETIME BETWEEN SATURDAY NIGHT. MONDAY MORNING. UM THAT COULD NARROW IT DOWN SO WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. I HAVE.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH IT BEFORE I CAN. I CAN CERTAINLY GET SOME NUMBERS. UM AND BUT ALSO WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS THAT THE POLICE NEED TO COME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, DO YOU HAVE AND IT MIGHT SHOW INTERACTION THAT WOULD HELP IN THIS SITUATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF HAVING SURVEILLANCE. SO ALSO JUST KIND OF. THROWING IT OUT THERE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A WALKING PATH. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT FIVE ACRES THAT WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. I'M WONDERING HOW SIMPLE IT WOULD BE. TO JUST. CORPORATION GREAT NO. JUST GRADE IMMEDIATELY. JUST TAKE A DOZER AND GRADE THE PERIMETER. MAYBE MULCH IT. AND THEN PEOPLE WOULD JUST BE ABLE TO WALK THE PERIMETER. IT WOULDN'T BE ACROSS BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK THAT BRIDGE AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT. ACT IT WANTS OKAY, AND I COULDN'T. I COULDN'T DO IT AGAIN. OH REALLY? WELL YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT? THE ONE BY? NO, I'M SORRY.
THE FEAR IT WASN'T THE WALKING UP AND DOWN THE WALKING THE WALKING WAS NOT THE ISSUE. THE APPREHENSION. HEIGHT. I DON'T WANT TO SAY FEAR. BUT THE APPREHENSION BUT IT IS PEOPLE ARE BRAVER THAN ME THAT DO THAT'S NOT BAD, REALLY ARE FREE FOR YOU. YEAH FOR YOU. IT'S NOT FOR ME. I IT'S JUST TOO MUCH, BUT. YOU KNOW SOMETHING SIMPLE. YEAH. SOMETHING SIMPLE. JUST RIGHT AROUND THE PERIMETER THAT YOU KNOW, MAYBE MULT STIR JUST, YOU KNOW, PACK SAND OR SOMETHING. SOMETHING SIMPLE. UM I LIKE THE IDEA. YEAH I THINK TAKING A DOZER LOADER AND YOU KNOW, PACKING IT DOWN AND YOU KNOW, I THINK IT ALSO KEEPS THE PUBLIC FROM CROSSING THE STREET. BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED THAT, UM AS SOME LEAVING TOWN IN THE EVENING, THERE ARE FOLKS CROSSING THE STREET. THEY GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE AS WELL. SO I THINK THAT ALLEVIATE, UM BETTER HELP THAT OUT. SELL SOMETHING SIMPLE. AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, IS ALL OPPORTUNITIES THAT THAT ARE BEFORE US WHEN WE CAN START TO.
TO SET THAT VISION. YOU NEED TO HAVE A VISIONARY THAT THAT'S PLANNING AHEAD. AND A LOT OF OUR TIME HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAINTAINING WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO, UH, TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP, AND. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND BUILD CONSENSUS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE SOME WORKSHOPS AND TALK ABOUT YOU KNOW HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO. IMPROVE RENOVATE. UM WHAT AMENITIES WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT ARE DIFFERENT FACILITIES, FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE HAVING A. LIKE A COMMUNITY SQUARE AT POST FAMILY PARK WHERE WE COULD HAVE YOU KNOW FRUIT TRUCKS AND ARTS AND CRAFT SHOWS AND GREEN MARKETS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS LIKE THAT. AND WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE WHAT WE NEED? YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE PAVING DO WE NEED TO DO? WHAT KIND OF ELECTRIC. WOULD WE HAVE TO BRING IN? UM YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT, UM. YOU KNOW, VERY MARKETABLE AND VERY USABLE. IT'S WE CAN MARKET OUR FACILITIES AND PEOPLE WILL COME. UM IF WE HAVE THE RIGHT FACILITIES AND YOU KNOW OUR
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WALKING TRACKS AND. WE CAN BUILD A TRACK AROUND AROUND THE SOCCER FIELD AT BOOKER PARK AND HAVE A 400 M TRACK WITH A LANES. UM IT'S DOABLE. WE'VE GOT IT. I DID IT IN STUART. I CAN DO IT HERE. IF I GET THE OPPORTUNITY, SO, UM, WILLING TO DO ALL THAT THE FITNESS TRAILS ARE GETTING MORE POPULAR? AND EVEN, UM. IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. THEY JUST BUILT A LITTLE. IT'S NO BIGGER THAN THIS ROOM. IT'S PROBABLY HALF THE SIZE OF THIS ROOM AND THEY GOT ALL THE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND PEOPLE FLOCK TO IT, AND THEY WORK OUT. WHETHER THEY WALKED A BRIDGE FIRST OR SECOND, BUT THERE'S ALL THIS EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. THERE'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 10 PIECES OF EXERCISE EQUIPMENT THAT DO DIFFERENT THINGS AND. IT'S NICE. IT'S A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE. IT'S A IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GO TO SOCIALIZED. IT'S WHERE WE DO BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO BUILD OUR NETWORK AND, UH, YOU KNOW AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE AND KIND OF GET A PULSE ON WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, RATHER THAN HEARING IT. YOU KNOW WHEN THEY COME TO THE PODIUM IN THE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS, YOU KNOW. WELL, WE'VE GOT OUR EARS TO THE GROUND AND. IF I COULD JUST BACK UP ONE SECOND AND JUST SAY YES. THANK YOU FOR COMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WORKING FOR US. I MEAN, LUIS PEREZ IS OUR MACGYVER AND JACK OF ALL TRADES. YES OR YEAH, YEAH. WHAT? EVERYTHING HERE. THOSE KEYS. YOU KNOW WHO'S IN THE ROOM? YOU CAN'T HIDE NOWHERE. YEAH NO EASY TO BE FOUND. MY LOVE. YEAH, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LEWIS FOR ALL OF THE EXTRA EFFORT, AND LOUIS CAN TELL US HOW MANY HOW MANY SCREWS ARE IN THE JAR ON MICHELLE IN THE GARAGE, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE DOES, AND LEWIS IS A GUY THAT KEEPS THE SHIP RUNNING STRAIGHT BECAUSE HE'S THE DETAIL GUY. MORE OF THE VISIONARY GUY IN THE PLANET, GUY SAID, AND TOGETHER WE MAKE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM. UM KATINA IS A TEAM PLAYER. SHE WILL DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING. AND LIKE, HOWARD SAID, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE GET A LITTLE IN SOME DICEY AREAS BY BY DOING THINGS THAT WERE NOT. TECHNICALLY SHOULD BE DOING BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE HANDS ON DECK. UM OUR CONTRACT. WHAT YOU NEED TO, UH UH, FREDDIE, UH, WITH PALMERO AND, UH. AND CELSO WITH SHINY PAINTING. WE CAN CALL THESE GUYS AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THEY'VE SAVED ME FROM HAVING TO TAKE A 30 MINUTE TRIP OVER HERE TO OPEN A RESTROOM OR OR ADDRESS. UH RESTROOM ISSUE WORK OR SOMETHING. UM. AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF IT FOR LEWIS AND I, AND THAT GOES TO NOT ONLY THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE WORKING WITH US. BUT IT ALSO GOES TO THE QUALITY OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT THAT WE'RE BUILDING IN THIS VILLAGE AND YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK THAT THAT ARE OUR PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP AND OUR ENTHUSIASM OF TAKING THE VILLAGE TO WHERE IT WANTS TO GO. AND WHAT WE WANTED TO BE IS LENDS A BIG PART TO THAT. YOU KNOW, I'LL GO THE EXTRA MILE. YOU KNOW, I'LL DO THOSE EXTRA THINGS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S ALL PART OF THE BIG PICTURE AND WE'RE ALL HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THE. THE PIONEERS OF BUILDING THE SERVICES AND BUILDING THIS VILLAGE TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO BECOME DOWN THE ROAD. YEAH WE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT TO DO IT. SO THANK YOU. SO, ALBERT, I WAS MEETING WITH A RESIDENT, SO. UM WHAT ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR A SPLASH PART? IT'S HOT. THAT WE CAN'T THAT CAN'T BE TOO FAR OFF THE RADAR. YEAH, IT'S HOT ON IT. WHERE WORK FOR SPLASH BAR HONESTLY, PROBABLY POST FAMILY PARK. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT SOMETHING ON THE RADAR? YES, WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT. I'M NOT ALL THIS IS GOING TO BE. I JUST WANT WE NEED OUT OF THE PRICE AND THEN CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN WORK FROM THE ANGLES COUNCILWOMAN. GOOD TIME. KIND OF KIND. LET ME EXPOUND ON FOR THAT FIRST AND GO BACK TO WHERE I WAS REALLY GOING. UM, JUST KIND OF AN F Y I WE KNOW THAT THE Y M C. A HAVE THEIR POOL AND THEY HAVE TRIED TO GET. KIDS TO PARTICIPATE, AND I THINK THEY'VE YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN LIKE 13 KIDS. THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR FOCUS AND THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN A SPLASH PARK OVER THERE, SO THEY'RE GONNA DISS ELIMINATED POOL AND PUT A SPLASH PART.THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT THAT'S WHAT THEY THAT'S THE DIRECTION THEY'RE GOING. YEAH THAT'S WHAT
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THEY'RE DESIGNING, AND THAT'S WHAT SHE'S GOT, BECAUSE LITTLE FUNDRAISING CURRENTLY YEAH, SO THERE'S AND THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE A WORKDAY. LET ME USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS PLUG IN. I KNOW TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS REALIZE IT ON JULY THIS SATURDAY, JULY THE 17TH AT THE Y M C. A. TO DO SOME HELP WITH THEM ON THEIR OUTSIDE LANDSCAPING, SO THERE'S A WORKDAY OPPORTUNITY THERE AND KIND OF BACKING UP TALKING ABOUT, UM OVER IN ST LUCIE COUNTY. WHAT THEY DO IF YOU ALSO YOU NOTICE THERE ARE SOME OF THEIR SIDEWALKS. JUST THEIR REGULAR SIDEWALKS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'LL SEE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT. OR YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE, UM, A LITTLE SIGN THAT TELLS YOU STOP, AND DO YOU KNOW FIVE PUSH UPS OR WHATEVER SO YOU CAN HAVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE IT ALL IN ONE SPOT YOU CAN DO. DO YOU KNOW A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE? AND THEN YOU HAVE A BENCH. SOME OF US THAT YOU KNOW, AFTER WE RIDE THE BICYCLES, RIOTS GO AHEAD ARE SENIOR CITIZENS GIRLS YOU COULD SEE BUT ALSO IN SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT TALKING ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW, LITTLE CEMENT PAD WHERE YOU HAVE THAT EQUIPMENT I HAVE SEEN AND I THINK IT'S GREAT. IF YOU RIDING THAT BICYCLE. YOU'RE YOU'RE CREATING YOUR GENERATING POWER. YOU'RE ABLE TO PLUG YOUR CELL PHONE AND CHARGER. CHARGE YOUR CELL PHONE WHILE YOU'RE WHILE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, PEDALING JUST AS HARD AS YOU CAN. I'VE SEEN THAT IN IN THAT. UM AND THAT MIX ALSO AT A BENCH IF IT'S COVERED. HAVE A SOLAR PANEL PANEL ON TOP OF IT. THAT'S YOU KNOW, GENERATING AND PULLING, YOU KNOW, STORING THAT ENERGY FOR, YOU KNOW, LIGHTS OR WHATEVER. ALSO SOMETHING AND TALKING. WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE DOING A IDEA, YOU KNOW, WORKSHOP OR WHATEVER. THE RACQUETBALL COURT HERE IN TOWN.WOULD BE A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR A MURAL. CAUSE MOST TIMES YOU GO IN HAVE GOT A MURAL. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT, HUH? WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR A LONG TIME. THERE YOU GO. OKAY, WELL, THERE, THAT'S THAT'S AN AWESOME THING TO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THERE SO.
THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE ON THE WELL. I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM ABOUT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND WHETHER I'M LEADING IT OR WHOEVER IS LEADING IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT IS THE FEEL GOOD. THINGS ABOUT VILLAGE. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE IS BUSINESS AND, UH, YOU KNOW, PROCESSES IN THIS IS, YOU KNOW OUR SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY.
THIS IS THESE ARE PLACES WE GO. AND. AND VISIT OUR FRIENDS WHILE OUR KIDS ARE PLAYING SPORTS, OR, YOU KNOW, JUST AT THE PARKER OF A GROUP PUTTING TOGETHER EXERCISE GROUPS THAT CAN WALK AROUND IN DIFFERENT THINGS, AND YOU CAN ENGAGEMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY THINGS LIKE LEWIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A TRASH PICKUP STICK IN HER HAND AND A BUCKET WHILE THEY'RE WALKING AROUND THE PARK. PICK UP THE DEBRIS THAT WE'RE PICKING UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR, UH. ACKNOWLEDGING AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT OUR CHALLENGES ARE, AND WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO GO. AND, UH THE REASON WE'RE NOT GETTING THERE. AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE, UM. BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE THERE LAST YEAR, SO BUT I'M JUST IMPATIENCE. WELL I'M ACTUALLY EVERYONE I LET EVERYONE TELL YOU SET MYSELF. UM SO QUESTION AND. I'VE HAD A FEW RESIDENTS, UH, REACH OUT TO ME IN REGARDS OF. BIG MOUNTAIN PARK THAT BIG FEEL THAT'S ALWAYS USED. WHEN THERE'S NOT ANYONE ON THAT FIELD. AND THEY IF LIKE IT'S I, C N A. IS ANYONE ELSE ABLE TO USE THAT FIELD BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN KICKED OFF BY A CERTAIN PERSON, AND THEY'VE ASKED ME IT'S A PUBLIC PART. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DON'T DO HERE, AN INDIAN TOWN THAT WE'VE DONE AND IN OTHER PLACES THAT I'VE WORKED IS GENERALLY WE DON'T LOCK DOWN FIELDS. UM AND FIELDS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC REPUBLIC. USE, UM. WHEN THEY'RE NOT SCHEDULED FOUR GAMES OR PRACTICES OR RESERVED, UM, HERE. WE DON'T DO THAT WE LOCK ALL OUR STUFF DOWN, AND PART OF THE REASON IS BECAUSE. OF THE ADDITIONAL DAMAGES THAT ARE GETTING DONE INSIDE OUR FACILITIES WHEN THEY'RE OPEN AND AVAILABLE. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T KEEP THE KIDS FROM CLIMBING OVER THE FENCE. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW? IT WOULD BE NICER IF THE GATES WERE OPENED, AND THEY COULD JUST WALK OUT THERE AND DO IT. BUT YOU KNOW IF A NONPROFIT CAN CAN. HOW CAN I SAY IF A NON PROFIT. GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THEIR NON PROFIT FOR THE USE OF THE PARKS. WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO USE THAT THAT CERTAIN
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FIELD. THAT'S JUST AN ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION OPERATIONAL PROCEDURE THAT WILL PARK DOESN'T HAVE THE DON'T BECAUSE WE DON'T HATE THERE'S NO GATE THERE SO YOU CAN CROSS IT. MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION IS THIS. THEY JUST PLAYING FOR FUN? NO THEY'RE JUST PAINTING PLAYING FOR FUN. WELL I DON'T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE TO HAVE A NON FOR PROFIT TO SPONSOR THEM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO, NOT AT ALL, AND ANY IF THEY NEED TO PLAY. LISTEN WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. ONE IS WE HAVE BOOKER PARK, WHICH IS UNSECURED AND ANYBODY CAN GO OUT THERE AT ANY TIME AND PLAY AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE DO AND THEN WE HAVE BIG MOUND PARK, WHICH IS LOCKED DOWN. AND UNAVAILABLE UNLESS IT'S SCHEDULED, WHICH WE SHOULD BE CHANGING THAT PHILOSOPHY MOVING FORWARD, I AGREE THAN AND I THINK THAT OUR PARKS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE. IT'S JUST LIKE OUR PAVILIONS. YOU KNOW, THE PAVILIONS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANYONE AND ANYBODY AT ANY TIME UNLESS I HAVE A RESERVATION AND I HAVE A PERMIT TO BE OCCUPIED THAT PAVILION FROM THIS TIME THIS TIME. AND THEN THAT'S AN ENFORCEABLE THING. THE FIELDS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO OUT THERE AND HIT RUN. PLAY SOCCER, YOU KNOW, PLAY PICK UP GAMES. WHATEVER UM, UNLESS IT'S SCHEDULED FOR AN ORGANIZED PRACTICE OR AN ORGANIZED LEAGUE OR GAMES OR WHATEVER. SO HOW FAST CAN WE CHANGE THAT? WELL IT DEPENDS ON WHAT KIND OF OBSTACLES I RUN INTO. I COULD SHOULD BE CHANGED TOMORROW, FOR THAT MATTER, BECAUSE I IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY THEY TOLD ME AND I WAS LIKE. I WAS TELLING THEM I CAN TRY TO GET THEM THE CERTIFICATE INSURANCE THROUGH THE CHURCH AND HAVE THEM COME OUT TO THE SO THAT THEY CAN BE ABLE TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY GOT ACTUALLY KICKED OFF BY SOMEONE THAT. IS PART OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THEY THEY ASK THEMSELVES WHY THEY GET KICKED OUT BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PARK. BUDDHA PARK HAS THE ABILITY, BUT THEY LIKE BIG MOUND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE. YEAH. WELL, I COULD SAY THIS IS RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN A PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT WHERE. WE'RE WE'RE REALLY EDUCATING NOT ONLY OUR STAFF, BUT ARE OUR CONSTITUENTS THAT USE OUR FACILITIES. AND SO SHOULD I HAVE MY PHILOSOPHY. I COME FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE.YOU KNOW, I COME FROM. YOU KNOW, PLACES WHERE YOU KNOW THE ONLY TIME OUR FIELDS ARE LOCKED DOWN AS WHEN WE'RE FERTILIZING, VERTICALITY SPRAY GAMES, AND THERE'S AN ISSUE AND THEN THEY'RE LOCKED DOWN OTHERWISE ARE OPEN AND AVAILABLE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE BUILD PARKS FOR PEOPLE TO USE THEM AND THE BEST WAY TO JUSTIFY YOUR THE EXPENSES AND THE MONEY THAT WE INVEST IN OUR. IN OUR PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAMS IS TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE USING THEM AND MASS AND NOT FINDING WAYS TO KEEP THEM OUT BUT FINDING WAYS TO BRING HIM THERE. SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF MY. YANG AND YANG. WHAT I'M TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND IF IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL, I WOULD DEFINITELY SAY, UH, LET'S OPEN THE PARKS. MARKETING, THEY CAN GO OUT. I KNOW THAT IT CAME FROM THE VILLAGE TOWARD THEM. RIGHT? OH, YEAH. MM. LIKE THEY OWN THE PARK. WELL I THINK I THINK WHAT HAPPENED IN IF IN THE MATTER THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS AS THERE WERE SOME YOUNG. TEENAGERS JUMPING OVER CLIMBING OVER THE FENCE ON ONE OF THE OTHER FIELDS. AND THAT'S WHAT WAS TAKEN ISSUE WITH AND YOU KNOW WHAT. GENERALLY SPEAKING, IF THE FIELDS ARE LOCKED, HE SHOULD BE CLIMBING UP CLIMBING OVER THE FENCE. UM YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A. THAT'S A PERSONAL, UH, DECISION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE AS A VILLAGE AND HOWARD.
LET LET ME JUST JUMP IN THERE. IF I REALLY THINK IT'S JUST THE FIRST ONE. AT THE ENTRANCE.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE TO BE. OKAY WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING, BUT I HADN'T HEARD FROM EVERYONE. ABOUT OPENING THESE.
OPEN IT UP THIS THING IT'S SUMMER. THESE KIDS ARE OUT. THEY NEED SOMEWHERE DID SOMETHING TO DO SO. SO OUR PRACTICE IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'VE KIND OF CARRIED OVER FROM THE COUNTY AND OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OPENING UP THESE PARKS IF. IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO, UM, DOES IT OPEN UP THE PARK? I'M TALKING ABOUT THESE BACKFIELDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. GO AHEAD, SUSAN. WE CAN WEEKEND. WHAT ELSE ARE FIRST?
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MM. HEY, LOUIS MICROPHONE, MICROPHONE. UH YEAH. OH, I'M GONNA SAY SOMETHING. IF WE HAVE DIRT YET OUT THERE, PLAYING BETWEEN THEM SOCCER, YOU KNOW THE PARK ERIC FOR A REASON.IT'S TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. I SEE A LOT OF. THE YOUTH THAT YOU KNOW THEY THEY WANT TO PLAY IT DOWN THERE, BUT THEY PLAY IN THE DITCH. AND WHEN IT RAINS, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THE DITCHES ALREADY FILLED FOR WEEKS AND WEEKS. SO THEY THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PLACE TO PLAY BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO CLIMB DEFENSE. SO THEY PLAY AND YOU PROBABLY. HAVE SEEN IT.
THEY'VE PLAYED IN THAT DITCH. THEY THEY OBVIOUSLY COULD CONTACT. YOU KNOW US AT THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND WE COULD PROVIDE ACCESS TO HIM. IF THIS ISSUE SITUATION, UM, QUALIFIED FOR IT. THE SCENARIO MAY HAVE OCCURRED. FIELDS. PRACTICE GAME TOURNAMENT. WHATEVER THE CIRCUMSTANCE, MAYBE, AND IT TAKES TIME AND EFFORT, YOU KNOW, STRIPING THE FIELDS AND ALL THAT. AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE GONE THROUGH ALL THAT TROUBLE IN PREPARATION FOR WHATEVER THEIR. GAME EVENT. WHAT FROM THE PUBLIC, GO IN THERE AND PLAYED WHEN THEY JUST PREPARED THEIR FIELD. IT WOULDN'T LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. I THINK I THINK IF WE CAN POST SOMETHING THERE, THAT THIS LIKE A, UH NO LITTLE THING THAT SAYS THIS, UH, FIELD IS BEING USED FROM THIS HOUR TO THIS HOUR OR IS BEING PREPPED FOR THIS HOUR AND THIS HOUR THAT CAN ALSO HELP. PEOPLE. SAY, HEY, OH, IT'S GOING TO BE USED. FOR YOUR SCHEDULED USE, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRASS, AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO REASON DOES FIELD SHOULDN'T BE OPEN AND AVAILABLE. BUT AGAIN, LOUISON AND MY CHALLENGES YOU KNOW WHEN WE GO TO THE BACK A BIG BOW PARK. THERE IS NEVER GOING TO BE ANY SUPERVISION BACK THERE. THERE'S TOO MANY DARK SPOTS TO HIDE AND TOO MANY PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO TRUMP. YEAH. IT JUST STARTED JUST FIELD. WELL, UH, AND WE'LL KEEP THE BACK SHUT DOWN AND LESSER SCHEDULED USE. FOR UH, THAT ABSOLUTE AND ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, I ALSO, UM, HAD ANOTHER RESIDENT REACH OUT TO ME IN REGARDS OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUMMERTIME. AND THOSE, UH, PLAYGROUND IT THINGS THAT KIDS GET ON SO HOT. IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN GET LIKE A TENT TO LIKE A COVER SO THAT YOU KNOW WHEN THE KIDS GO ON OR NOT BURNING THEMSELVES GETTING ON THE SLIDE, EITHER ALL OF THEM ALL OF THEM, RIGHT? WORK. THAT ONE? YEAH, THEY DON'T HAVE A LIFE. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. HER PART DOES. AGAIN COVERED PLAY AREA. ALL OF THOSE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS AND AMENITIES ARE READILY AVAILABLE AND ARE USED. ALL OVER THE PLACE. UH, IT'S CAUGHT. SO YOU KNOW, TO COVER UP 45. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A BIG NUMBER TO GIVE THEM SHAPE AND JUST BE, LET'S BE HAPPY. WE DON'T HAVE THE METAL SLIDES THAT WE HAD GROWN UP HIS KIDS. I REMEMBER THAT.
BUT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING HUGE. I KNOW THAT. LIKE A LITTLE COVER THAT JUST WAS ON THE EQUIPMENT. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ON THE WHOLE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
MAYOR AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND I'M AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY LIKE 100 OF THEM. SO YOU KNOW WHAT? 100 A LOT OF THINGS. I JUST HAVEN'T. DONE THEM HERE YET. WELL, YOUR COMMENTS. HAVE ANYTHING. WELL, NO. I WAS GOING TO AGREE BECAUSE BOOKER PARK AND OPPOSED
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CAN YOU GO BY THERE? YOU KNOW IT IS REALLY UTILIZED. YOU KNOW EACH ONE OF YOU KNOW THE BASKETBALL. IS AND THEY REALLY USE IT AND IT'S OPEN. YOU KNOW, SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT FROM FRONT PORTION OF BIG KEEP THE BACK CLOSED. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AND JUST NEED TO HAPPEN IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE THING, SO, SO WE'RE NOT. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK THAT YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS AND EVEN WHEN HE WAS RUNNING THESE PARKS IS THAT BIG MOUND PARK WAS TRADITIONALLY THE GAME FACILITY. OKAY. AND OUR OTHER PARKS WERE GENERALLY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO PRACTICE OUT. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE AND USUALLY YOUR GAME FACILITIES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE, UM. TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT ANY TIME.THEY WANT TO USE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE STRIPED THEIR CHALKED THEIR THEIR SCHEDULE FOR GAMES AND PRACTICES. ANOTHER SCHEDULED YOU SO IT'S NOT. AS EASY TO DROP IN AND WHEN PEOPLE DROP IN AND IMPACT, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON FOR THE WORK THAT THE PARK STAFF HAS PUT IN.
AND THE WORK. THAT THE LEAGUES HAVE PUT IN, YOU KNOW. OUT. THEY HESITATE AT THIS POINT TO DO THE BACK ONES UNLESS WE HAVE ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED AND RENTALS SO THANK AGREE WITH FRONT FIELD. NO. I MEAN, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU GUYS FOR YOU. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THE WORK FROM THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU ARE FABULOUS. ANY OTHER ITEMS? LEWIS HAS RUN THE SHIP SO. I JUST KIND OF PARTICIPATE AND I'M HAPPY TO DO IT. ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS BEFORE WE ADJOURNED. OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING. REMEMBER
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TOMORROW WE HAVE. WARD COUNTY COMMISSION VIDEO. STEWART AND STEWART AT NINE IN THE MORNING, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING TOMORROW THURSDAY. AT 6:30 P.M* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.