Feb 10, 2022 Regular Meeting

[ROLL CALL]

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MAYOR CLARKE. HERE S MAYOR DOWLING. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS HERE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE COUNCIL MEMBER STONE HERE. DO WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT? YOU'RE FIGHTING. YOUR GRACE AND MERCY. MAKE YOUR HELP US. THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SHE REPUBLIC, WHICH IS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. ALONG WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS.

[ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS]

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Proclaiming February 2022, as Black History Month in the Village of Indiantown

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Introduction of New Water/Wastewater Technician Trainee Rafael Sanchez

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

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MM LET'S JUST CONTINUE TO REMEMBER. THE ONES THAT ARE HURTING IN THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK COUNCILMAN STONE. WELCOME EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING. FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS JOINED US HERE PHYSICALLY OR VIRTUALLY HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH WANTED TO SHARE ONE OF THE FAVORITE QUOTES BY MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DARKNESS CANNOT DRIVE OUT DARKNESS. ONLY LIGHT CAN DO THAT . HE CANNOT DRIVE HEAT. ONLY LOVE CAN DO THAT. THIS PAST MONDAY, I TOOK MY FOUR HOUR ETHICS COURSE FOR THE YEAR, AND THIS IS MANDATED FOR ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO BRING BACK TO THIS COUNCIL. CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

UM SO IF THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

ADDITIONALLY TO THAT WE HAD LEGISLATIVE ACTION WEEK IN TALLAHASSEE AND WE UM, TALKED TO OUR REPRESENTATIVES. SENATOR HAROLD REPRESENTATIVE OVER DOOR REPRESENTS SNYDER SENT AND VARIOUS OTHER SENATORS AND, UM WE TALKED ABOUT THE POSITIVE BILLS THAT ARE ARE THERE? UM, LIKE SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. UNFORTUNATELY THEY PUT AN EXEMPTION ON THAT BUILD THAT THIS WOULD EXCLUDE CIGARS AND I THINK CIGAR PIPES. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S BETTER. A PIECE OF A PIE THAN NOT HAVING ANYTHING. SO UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE IS A CITY SUPPORTS. WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT TREE PROTECTION. SB 515 18 AND HB 15 55. AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT, UM INDEED, FLORIDA LEGAL CITIES SUPPORTS ALSO KHYBER A CYBER SECURITY ASSISTANCE. UM WE ALSO ASKED SENATOR HAROLD THAT THE COMPANION TO THIS HB 70 55. ON THE SENATE SIDE. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE RECURRING FUNDS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LIKE INDIAN TOWN THAT CAN'T YOU KNOW, HB 70 55 SETS UP A PROGRAM FOR CYBERSECURITY. BUT THIS IS A ONE TIME RECURRING ONE TIME FEE OR ONE TIME HELP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE $67 MILLION OUT FOR LOCAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP CYBERSECURITY. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SENATE TO UP THEIR, UM, AMOUNT FROM ONE MILLION TO PROBABLY MATCHED THE 67 MILLION WITH A RECURRING FEE BECAUSE YOU KNOW THIS LIKE LOCAL CITIES LIKE THIS, LIKE INDIAN TOWN WOULD BE IMPACTED BECAUSE WE WOULD SET UP THE PROGRAM AND THEN HOW WOULD WE PAY FOR THE COST LATER ON, AND WE ALL KNOW THAT IF WE HAVE COST LATER ON WHO GETS IMPACTED OUR TAXPAYERS? UM AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT WOULD AFFECT THEIR COMMUNITIES LIKE SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, AND I ACTUALLY SENT IN ONE OF THE COMMITTEES AND SAW HOW YOU KNOW THE PROCESS IS, UM, WE WOULD REALLY LIKE FOR THE STATE LEGISLATORS TO UNDERSTAND SMALLER COMMUNITIES LIKE ANY TOWN WOULD BE WIPED OUT IF THEY KEEP THAT ONE MILLION THAT WON'T ONE MILLION AND PER INCIDENT AND THE. THREE MILLION PER, UH, CLAIM. UM SO WE THINK, AND WE ASKED HIM CLOYINGLY TO UNDERSTAND LIKE SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS THAT WITH LAWSUITS, WE WOULD BE WIPED OUT BY THE 2ND 3RD LOTS OF AND GUESS WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THOSE LAWSUITS ARE TAXPAYERS AND ARE TAXPAYERS ARE THE WORKING CLASS , YOU KNOW, INCREASING THOSE THOSE TAXES EVERY YEAR WOULD BE THE IMPACT THAT THEY WOULD SEE. SO I JUST RECOMMEND FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, SESSIONS WHERE MIDWAY SESSION WE HAVE TO, UM, SEE WHAT BILLS ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH. BUT UM, ALSO TALKING TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION. IT'S IMPORTANT AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. UH HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH. U.

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THAT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE. AND SO AS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THE EARTH, AND WE HAVE GIANTS AND ALL ARRAY OF COMMUNITY AND GENRES AS THEY ARE LEAVING THE EARTH. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE NOT ONLY RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE TO THIS COMMUNITY COUNTRY AND TO THE WORLD. BUT WE MUST MEMORIALIZE THAT AND HOW WE MEMORIALIZE THAT IS BY SHARING THAT SO PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T KNOW. ESPECIALLY, UM AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THIS BLACK HISTORY MONTH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT WANTED TO WELCOME MR SANCHEZ TO THE TEAM. I THINK THIS IS AN INDICATION AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT WE ARE GROWING. AH THE VILLAGES IS GROWING FASTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO. WHAT HOWARD AND THE STAFF WAS DOING. SO THANK YOU ALL AND WELCOME ABOARD. UM JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY. UH THINK COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ FOR TRAVELING TO TALLAHASSEE. AND FIGHTING AND RUNNING AROUND AND SENDING EMAILS. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. UM AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ENJOY. BUT IN THIS SEASON, I'M TAKING A BREAK. AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT OUR MEMBERS ARE STILL FIGHTING ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE. AND WITH THAT, I THINK SOME OF US WILL BE TRAVELING UP TO TALLAHASSEE NEXT WEEK TO FIGHT FOR SOME OF THE BUILD THE BILLS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE THAT COULD POSSIBLY AFFECT US ON A GREAT SCALE. SO UM PLEASE WISH US IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS WITH US AS WE TRAVEL AND AS WE TRY TO FIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE, AND SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND I YIELD GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ AND. MAYOR DALLIN ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH SO THEY HAVE SPOKEN ENOUGH ON THAT. BUT NO MATTER OR WHAT CULTURE YOU COME FROM. YOU SHOULD ENJOY YOUR YOUR HISTORY. LIKE YOU SAID ALL PEOPLE THAT SENT AMERICAN IS AMERICAN HISTORY. IF YOU HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO MADE IT OUT TO EAT THEIR MOST WATERS CLEAN UP. IT WAS A SUCCESS. I KNOW HER HEART IS BURNING WITHIN. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LOUIS AND LARAMIE CZAR STAFF BECAUSE THEY DID PARTICIPATE IN THE MLK EVENT. THAT WAS HELD LAST MONTH AND BOOK A PARK. SO I THANK THEM FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ WAS SENDING EMAILS, BUT I DEFINITELY COULDN'T BE ABLE TO RUN AROUND AND TALLAHASSEE BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE. COMMISSIONER JENKINS , WHO JUST WALKED IN THE DOOR WITH HIS ASSISTANT, MISS COLIN, WELCOME. NO WORRIES. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS. I SEE THERE IS NOT ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET EMOTIONAL, MR BROWN? THANK YOU,

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

RIGHT NOW. IT STARTED ON JANUARY 17TH AND WILL BE GOING UP UNTIL I THINK SEPTEMBER IS WHEN WE

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[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

CANNOT GET APPROVED A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SELL MOVE. SECOND MOVED AND IT DISCUSSION.

I'M IN ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE YES, VICE MAYOR DARLING. HI. MARY CLARK. YES. MR VILLAGE MANAGER. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. YES

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Selection of Financial Auditing Services Firm Pursuant to RFP No. 2021-002

THEY CAME IN AT 378 POINTS AND THEN KEITH MCCULLOUGH AT 377 POINTS AND THEN ASKED DAVIS AND ASSOCIATES AT 370 POINTS. THE COMMITTEE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE TOP TWO FIRMS BE INVITED TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. FOR THE WHOLE VILLAGE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION SO THE TOP TWO FIRMS THEY'LL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND THE COUNCIL WILL SELECT OF EITHER. OUR PROCESS WILL BE, UH. KEITH MCCULLOUGH WILL, UM, WILL BE FIRST. OH, AND THEY'LL BE GIVEN 10 MINUTES APIECE. WE'LL ASK THE PERSON THAT'S NOT PRESENTING TO EITHER SHUT OFF THEIR ZOOM AND LET AND SO THAT THE FIRM THAT'S HERE THEY CAN PRESENT AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES AS WELL. AND THEN FIVE MINUTES OF Q AND A SO IS, UM KEITH MCCULLOUGH. PRESIDENT. YOU KNOW CABALLERO, FIREMAN LLERENA AND GARCIA, ARE THEY ONLINE? THAT'S A WERE THEY WERE OKAY. OKAY, SO. YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES OR GO AHEAD AND TAKE FROM HERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT MY NAME GOOD EVENING. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS BILL BENSON. I'M A PARTNER IN THE FIRM KEITH MCCULLOUGH AND COMPANY. UM AND WE DID SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO COME AND TALK WITH YOU AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF EXPERIENCE IN THE GOVERNMENTAL SPACE. WE REPRESENT QUITE A FEW SOUTH FLORIDA MUNICIPALITIES ALL THE WAY FROM KEY WEST TO VERO. UM AND WE'RE IN OUR 50TH YEAR OF EXISTENCE. AND I'M GOING TO HAVE ISRAEL GOMEZ, WHO'S ONE OF MY PARTNERS HERE, TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE. SOME OF THE CITY'S WE REPRESENT AND HOW LONG WE'VE REPRESENTED THEM, ETCETERA AND SOME OF OUR INVOLVEMENT IN THAT INDUSTRY.

AND THEN I'LL ALSO GIVE YOU A FEW REMARKS, AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS REAL GOLD MESS. I'M ALSO A PARTNER AT THE FIRM OF KEITH MCCULLOUGH JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT OUR FIRM. UM WE'RE IN OUR 50TH YEAR. VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT IT'S UH, IT'S BEEN I'VE BEEN WITH THE FIRM RIGHT NOW. 22 YEARS RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE AND ONE OF THE PARTNERS AT THE MOMENT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOOK IS WHAT IS THE AVERAGE LIFE OF A AUDIT CLIENT AND TYPICALLY IS ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 YEARS. WE'VE EVER WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR CLIENTS AND THE VAST MAJORITY ARE OVER 10 YEARS. THAT'S THE AVERAGE OF OUR CLIENTS AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A

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SURE, JUST TO NAME A FEW. UM, WE PUT FORTH FORWARD A PROPOSAL. WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED, BUT I ALWAYS RECOMMEND REACH OUT TO OUR REFERENCES. I THINK THAT WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A LONG TIME, AND I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT REPUTATION IN THE GOVERNMENTAL SPACE AND NONPROFIT AS WELL. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALWAYS RECOMMEND.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE FEEL FREE TO CALL ANY OF OUR REFERENCES WHETHER IT IS LISTED THERE OR NOT, YOU CAN CALL ANYONE THAT WE DID BUSINESS WITH. UM AS BILL MENTIONED, WE REPRESENT AT THE MOMENT ABOUT 200 GOVERNMENTAL TYPE CLIENTS. 16 OF THOSE ARE MUNICIPAL CLIENTS, BUT WE ALSO DO WORK WITH SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND SCHOOLS AS WELL. 75% OF OUR FIRM IS MOSTLY ON THE AT THE STATION BUSINESS. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT TAX AUDIT WE'RE 75% 70 72 75 WERE ON THE AUDITING SIDE. THE OTHER IS ON THE TAX. AND I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE ARE IN AT THE STATION FIRM AUDITING FIRM, GOVERNMENTAL NONPROFIT ALL YEAR LONG. WE COULDN'T BE ALL YEAR. BUSY IF WE WERE NOT 70 TO 75% OF THAT SPACE , BUT WE ARE. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK HAS CONTRIBUTED TO KEEPING CLIENTS. UH WELL IN EXCESS OF 10 YEARS IS THE PARTNER AND MANAGER INVOLVEMENT WHEN YOU HAVE FOLKS INVOLVED IN YOUR IN YOUR ACCOUNT FROM THE RISK ASSESSMENT TO THE FIELDWORK. TO THE REPORT PREPARATION. YOU HAVE MANAGERS AND PARTNERS INVOLVED FROM DAY ONE. WE THINK COMMUNICATION IS KEY. TO A RELATIONSHIP, NOT JUST SENDING A JUNIOR TO THE EURO.

DICK. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AUDIT. NOT NOT AT THE END OR AT THE BEGINNING. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, AS WELL. WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOUR DAY TO DAY OPERATION DOESN'T STOP THERE BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE AUDIT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME IS COMMUNICATION. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE FIELDWORK WITH YOUR STUFF AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG, AND THINGS ARE GETTING DELIVERED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

COMMUNICATION I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE KEY, UH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE WITH THE FOLKS IN THE ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT AND PARTNERS. THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME THAT YOU WILL SEE US HERE. WE'RE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ENGAGEMENT. I LOOKED AT YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT. I KNOW THAT. YOU'RE NOT ENROLLED IN THE G F I CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT OF EXCELLENCE AND FINANCIAL REPORTING. THAT'S THE GOVERNMENT OF FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION , UNITED STATES AND CANADA. BUT MOST OF THE CITIES THAT WE REPRESENT DURING THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF REPORTING. WITHIN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORT TO MAKE THE REPORT THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. EASIER TO UNDERSTAND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE READERS. WE WORKED WITH A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS TO OBTAIN THAT CERTIFICATE AS WELL. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE STANDARDS. I DON'T LIKE TO TALK IN CODE GAS. BE FAST ME, BUT IT'S WORKING TOWARDS OBTAINING THAT CERTIFICATE AND YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT'S ANOTHER GOLDEN STAR. UH VILLAGES, A TOWN SOME MUNICIPAL CLIENT. TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE YOU'RE THOROUGH IN YOUR FINANCIAL REPORTING. ALSO WE'RE ALSO SUBJECT TO AUDITS. WE ARE AUDITED EVERY THREE YEARS.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR PURE REVIEW. UM, WHEN THE PROGRAM WAS VOLUNTARY. WE ACTUALLY JOINED THE PROGRAM. WE KNEW THE PROGRAM IS HERE TO STAY. THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE COMPLIANT AUDITS.

THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE REVIEWS AND WE WANTED TO BE AND RUN WITH THE BEST. SO WE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM WHEN IT WAS VOLUNTEER. AND SINCE THEY WON, WE CONTINUE TO BE NOW IS MANDATORY EVERY THREE YEARS AND WE DO RECEIVE WHAT IS CALLED ON MODIFIED CLEAN REPORTS, UH, WE'VE HAD SINCE PROGRAM INCEPTION. BUT NOT ONLY GETTING A CLEAN REPORT BUT ALSO A REPORTER WITH NO LETTER OF COMMENTS. SO WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT. AND I THINK THAT COUPLED WITH OUR 50 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY AH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT ACCOUNT FOR US AS WELL. THANK YOU. AM I KNOW THAT OUR SERVICES CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFICULT FOR SOMEONE TO EVALUATE. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A DENTIST. YOU KNOW, THE GUY HAS A DIPLOMA ON THE WALL. BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS LIKE RELEVANT STORY IN WHERE HE WAS LAST IN THE CLASS, RIGHT? SO I LIKE TO GIVE PEOPLE SOME STATISTICS, RIGHT SO ISRAEL SAID HE HAD BEEN THERE 22 YEARS. SO WE'RE IN OUR 50TH YEAR. WHEN I WENT TO THE FIRM 38 YEARS AGO, IT WAS THE FOUR FOUNDERS AND I WAS STAFF MEMBER NUMBER ONE. AND I RETIRED THOSE GUYS AND I BEGGED THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE A WONDERFUL AND DIVERSE STAFF THAT REALLY BELIEVE IN WHAT WE'RE

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YOU WON'T HAVE WE HAVE CLIENTS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW FEDERAL AIRPORTS? WE HAVE THAT HAVE FEDERAL PORTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. A LOT OF THE CITY. AND SHOWING THEM HOW YOU DO THAT AND DO IT PROPERLY AND WE GO TO A LOT OF CONFERENCES TO, YOU KNOW , STAY UP ON THAT STUFF BECAUSE IT IS A BIG PART OF OUR BUSINESS. COUNCILWOMAN. HER NAME IS YES. SO UM, I DO THIS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I AM A BOOKKEEPER AS FULL TIME. OKAY SO I JUST GOT AUDITED. SO MY QUESTIONS ARE HOW LONG THE DOES GENERALLY THAT TAKE FOR YOU TO AUDIT LIKE THE

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COUNT FORWARD THREE MONTHS, RIGHT? 90 DAYS THAT I THINK THAT'S A VERY GOOD BENCHMARK.

MEANING FOR THE SIZE OF YOUR CITY. I FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE COULD DO IT FOR DEFINITELY WITHIN. WE CAN DO IT SHORTER. WE HAVE SOME THAT GO DOWN BETWEEN 60 AND 75 DAYS AND PEOPLE SAY THAT STILL SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AND I GO WELL. IF YOU UNDERSTOOD AN AUDIT, WHERE WE'RE RIGHT INTO YOUR ATTORNEYS, AND WE'RE CONFIRMING WITH YOUR VENDORS AND DOING THINGS AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE KIND OF EXTERNAL TO US. BUT I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 60 AND 90 DAYS. IF YOU WANTED A FIRM COMMITMENT, IT WOULD BE WITHIN 90 DAYS. AND THEN GENERALLY WHAT? HOW MANY STAFF MEMBERS DO YOU PROVIDE FOR THE AUDIT? YES SO THAT'S A TRICKY QUESTION. SO BY THAT, I MEAN, SOMETIMES CLIENTS WILL SAY TO ME. UM WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS HERE FOR, LIKE, TWO MONTHS. SO WE SENT THREE PEOPLE IN AND THEY STAY LIKE LESS THAN A WEEK. YOU KNOW, LIKE A WEEK IN THE FIELD, AND THE REST IS BACK AT THE TIME. THEY SAY DON'T OVERRUN US WITH, LIKE 12 PEOPLE. AND I MIGHT SEND ONE PERSON AND THEY MIGHT BE OUT THERE FOR THREE WEEKS. RIGHT SO THE ANSWER IS WE WOULD WORK WITH YOUR FINANCE PEOPLE. TO DESIGN LIKE WHAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. WE USUALLY LIKE TO DO. I'M KIND OF A PLANNER. OKAY I'M A BIT OF A PICTURE STRAIGHTENER. WHETHER I LIKE TO ADMIT THAT OR NOT, I AM SO A LOT OF TIMES. I'LL SAY THAT THE CLIENT WHAT MONTH WORKS FOR YOU WHERE YOU'RE NOT DOING YOUR BUDGET WANT, NOT A LOT OF THEM. IT'S MAY AND JUNE. AND WE'LL COME OUT AT THAT PERIOD WHERE WE'RE ALREADY LIKE 78 MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, AND WE'LL TURN AROUND, DO SOME INTERIM WORKS AND PLANNING, WORK AND TEST LIKE THE FIRST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS OF THE ROOM. SO THAT WHEN WE COME BACK AT YOUR END, AND THERE'S A BIT OF A PUSH ON, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE THAT I THINK WE CAN WORK SMART AND BREAK IT DOWN INTO TWO PIECES. COME IN, LIKE THE NINE MONTH MARK OF THE YEAR AND DO A GOOD BIT OF TESTING AND THEN COME BACK. YOU KNOW, NOVEMBER 1ST AND CLEAN IT UP. IF THAT THAT MAKES THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S REALLY YOUR YOUR FINANCE. PEOPLE HAVE TO TOLERATE US, RIGHT? SO WE WERE LIKE, WE'RE CLEAR YOU'RE THE CUSTOMER. HOW'S THAT? SOMETIMES I'VE DEALT WITH AUDITORS THAT YOU KNOW, THEY JUST DICTATE WHAT THEY EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE PAYING THEIR BILL, THEY'RE TERRIBLE, RIGHT? THEY LOOK AT THEIR SCHEDULE AND THEY WANT TO PUT YOU IN THEIR TIME SCHEDULE. SO YEAH, I'M PRETTY CLEAR YOU'RE THE CUSTOMER, AND I'M PRETTY SURE LIKE ONE OF MY JOBS AND I MANAGED TO PLACE AND WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE THAT COME OUT OF SCHOOL AND I WILL TELL YOU THEY HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH OPINION. OF THEIR LEVELS IN THEIR TALENTS AND ALL THAT STUFF , AND ONE OF MY JOBS IS TO KIND OF SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE IN SERVICE TO OTHER WE'RE IN SERVICE TO THE CUSTOMERS, RIGHT ? LIKE IF YOU DON'T I HAVE THE KIND OF PERSONALITY. I GET A LOT OF SATISFACTION IF I DO SOMETHING AND MAKE YOU HAPPY KIND OF THING THEY GO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF PERSONALITY, IF THAT'S GOING TO BE ANNOYANCE TO YOU. THEN YOU SHOULD PROBABLY GO FIND A DIFFERENT JOB BECAUSE THAT IS THE JOB THAT WE'RE IN. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN THAT YOU GOT TO LIKE. TO GO IN AND USE YOUR COUNTING SKILLS AND HELPED THE CLIENT. WE DON'T BUST PEOPLE OUT AS AUDITORS RIGHT WITHIN TWO. USE WHAT WE STUDY IN SCHOOL AND WHERE THEY HELPED THEM. AND THAT'S WHY PEOPLE DO STAY WITH US BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PERFECT.

AND NEITHER ARE THEY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? UM SO I HOPE I HOPE YOU WOULD FIND IT REFRESHING THE WAY THAT WE WOULD APPROACH HER AUDITING. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION. SORRY. UM HOW IMPORTANT IS COMMUNICATION BETWEEN YOUR STUFF? YOU AND THE VILLAGE BECAUSE I THINK AS AN AUDITOR, COMMUNICATION IS A HUGE DEAL THROUGH THE WHOLE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. YEAH AS ISRAEL MENTIONED IN HIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION, WE AGREE WITH YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETIMES WHERE THERE'S A BIG DISCONNECT WHERE DAUGHTER SHOULD GOING ON ONE PATH AND THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. WE WORK FOR THE COUNCIL. RIGHT. WE'RE CLEAR WITH YOU GUYS ARE THE ONES THAT ENGAGE US AND WE KEEP YOU INFORMED OF WHERE WE ARE THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A DISCONNECT IN TERMS OF WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE THE PROJECT IS , AND WE'RE HAVING PROBLEMS. YOU WOULD BE THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO HEAR IT. LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY. UM SO I FEEL LIKE I'M ANSWERING ALL THE QUESTIONS YOU WANT THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT? I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. THE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED. SO

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30, RIGHT SO MARCH, 31ST WOULD PROBABLY WILL BE CLOSE TO YOU GET INTO THE NO RETURN ZONE, RIGHT? I'M NOT SAYING WE COULDN'T DO IT QUICKER, BUT BUT NOW, IF WE MADE IF WE DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD AND GO NOW, I THINK WE'D HAVE AMPLE TIME TO DELIVER THAT BEFORE THE JUNE 30. SOUNDS GOOD. OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. DID YOU HAVE AN EQUIPMENT? SOME QUESTIONS. YOU SHOULD HAVE PUSH UP. YOU DIDN'T, CANDIDATE ONLINE MAYOR. YEAH.

THEY'RE LOGGING ON RIGHT NOW. VISION, OKAY? SO IT'LL TAKE HIM A MINUTE.

WE WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR JOHN CRAIG HAS MADE IT HERE. THANK YOU. THAT IS NOT WEIGHED THOSE, BUT THAT'S JUST SIT IN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GLAD YOU MADE IT HERE SAFELY.

THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. I SAW HIM GOING THAT WAY. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, WADE WAS SITTING OVER ON THAT SIDE. SO I ASSUME THAT THAT'S WHERE. MAYOR THEIR ONLINE NOW FOR YOU. THEY MAY START EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. YOU'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL AT AT THE END OF 10 MINUTES WILL HAVE A FIVE MINUTE Q AND A WITH THE COUNCIL AND THEN WE'LL BRING THE OTHER FRONT BACK IN AND THE COUNCIL WILL DELIBERATE. UM SO GO RIGHT AHEAD STARTING NOW. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN. UM IT'S SAYING THAT IT'S DISABLED FOR SCREEN SHARING. MR ENRIQUE. ALL RIGHT. I'M ACTUALLY SEEING IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR DARREN TO GIVE ME ACCESS TO UP. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN? YES, YES. OKAY GREAT. I'LL JUMP RIGHT IN GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR FIRM AND OUR TEAM. HE HAS SERVED IN SOUTH FLORIDA MARKET FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS. OVER 85% OF OUR PRACTICE IS COMPOSED OF AUDITS AND CONSULTING SERVICES OF MUNICIPALITIES AND GOVERNMENTAL PENSION PLANS. IN TERMS OF OUR AUDIT PRACTICE THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE SERVED AS THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR 16 MINUTES OF FAMILIES AND 17 GOVERNMENTAL PENSION PLANS. AND WE ARE CERTIFIED SMALL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AND PALM BEACH, BROWARD, MIAMI DADE COUNTY'S WITH THE THING THAT COMBINES THE EXPERIENCE OF THE NATIONAL TERM WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH OF A LOCAL SERVICE PROVIDER. ON THIS CAR WITH ME. TODAY IS THE PROPOSED ENGAGEMENT TEAM AND ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF FLIGHTS WILL HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCE. WE'LL START WITH ME. MY NAME IS ENRIQUE ARENA, AND I WILL SERVE AS THE AUDIT ENGAGEMENT PARTNER.

I WILL BE INVOLVED FROM THE INITIAL PLANNING, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, SAID THERE ARE PROCEDURES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMPLETION AND DELIVERY OF THE AUDIT. I WILL NOT JUST BE AROUND FOR A MEETING IN THE PRESENTATION. MY GOAL IS TO ENSURE DECISIONS ARE MADE TIMELY , WHICH IS ACCOMPLISHED BY ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE AUDIT. PROFITS WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING ALL THE WORK PAPERS PREPARED BY THE TEAM. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY MUNICIPAL ARTISTS RANGING FROM 100 OUR AUDIT ALL THE WAY UP TO 2000 OUR AUDIT. THIS IS ALL I DO, 12 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR AND ALL THAT DONE SINCE I BEGAN MY CAREER IN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ANDREW WILL SERVICE, A QUALITY CONTROL PARTNER. HE WILL ALSO BE INVOLVED FROM THE INITIAL PLANNING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF DELIVERY. HE'S INVOLVED IN ALL THE DISCUSSIONS INVOLVING THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE AUTO PLAN AND WILL SERVE AS A TECHNICAL RESOURCE TO THE TEAM. EVEN ABOUT THE MANY MUNICIPAL AUDITS OF ALL SIZES FROM SMALL ARTISTS, SPECIAL DISTRICTS ALL THE WAY TO AUDIT COUNTY IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY. AND THIS IS ALL HE DOES

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MIKE WILL SERVE AS A SENIOR MANAGER WILL PERFORM AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF REVIEW OF THE IN CHARGE AND STOPS WORK PAPERS. HE HAS 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING SIX YEARS AS AN ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR. AND THIS EXPERIENCE PROVIDES A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE WILL LEVERAGE FOR A LEFT DISRUPTIVE PROCESS TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THIS SLIDE CONTAINS SOME OF MY RECENT MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE. DAVID THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT WILL BE OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPECIALISTS TO BE INVOLVED IN THE INITIAL PLANNING PHASE ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE COMPLETION. YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY MUNICIPAL ARTISTS RANGING FROM 100 OUR AUDITS ALL THE WAY UP TO 1250 OUR AUDIT AND HE'S GOING TO BE OUR TECHNICAL RESOURCES.

ELLIOTT WILL SERVE AS THE IN CHARGE. HE'S A SUPERVISOR WITH OUR FIRM, AND HE'LL PERFORM THE FIRST LAYER OF REVIEW OF THE STAFF WORK PAPERS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE EARLIEST RECENT MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE PARTNERS, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS, SENIORS AND STAFF TO DEDICATE OUT OF THEIR TIME TO THIS SECTOR. AS MENTIONED BEFORE OVER 85% OF OUR PRACTICE IS COMPOSED OF AUDITS AND CONSULTING SERVICES OF GOVERNMENT PENSION PLANS AND MUNICIPALITIES. AND IN TERMS OF OUR AUDIT PRACTICE THIS PAST YEAR ALONE, WE SERVED AS THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR 17 GOVERNMENT PENSION PLANS AND 16 MINUTES OF PATTERNS AND TO BE CLEAR THESE ARE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVICE ON OUR OWN PART OF ENGAGEMENT TEAM WITH A LARGER FIRM. THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND WERE THE MAIN PRINCIPLE WATER ON THESE ENGAGEMENT.

AGAIN. THIS IS ALL WE DO. WE HAVE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES AND YOU WILL HAVE FULL ACCESS TO OUR PARTNERS IN THE 24 7 BASIS TO ASSIST THE VILLAGE TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS RESOLVED TIMING. WE'LL UTILIZE PRODUCTS SUCH AS INFLOW, WHICH IS A PORTAL TO SECURELY REQUEST ON HIS SUPPORT. IS PORTAL PROVIDES REAL TANKS, STATUS OF OPEN ITEMS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR AN OPEN ITEMS. EMAIL. WE ALSO HAVE INTEGRATED AS PART OF OUR EMAIL A PROTOCOL SAFE SENSE, AND THIS PROVIDES A HYPERLINK IN THE SIGNATURE THAT EASILY ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY UPLOAD DOCUMENT SECURITY. WE HAVE MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS TO SIMPLIFY THE SECURE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN YOUR TEAM AND OURS. AND THIS FACILITATED EFFECTIVE AUDIT THAT AS MANY MINIMALLY DISRUPTIVE TO YOUR TEAM. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE THESE ARE THIS IS A LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES FOR WHICH WE SERVE AS THE EXTERNAL AUDITOR. AND WE HAVE WHAT WE OUGHT TO MUNICIPALITIES OF VARIOUS SIZES, SOME LARGE ONES LIKE THE CITY OF HIALEAH. AND EVEN SMALLER ONES LIKE THE TOWN OF BRINY BREEZES. IN OUR PROPOSAL. WE INCLUDED THAT WE GOT A SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THE FOURTH SPECIAL PURPOSE GOVERNMENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY AUDIT. AND ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE THE GOVERNMENT OF PENSION PLANS THAT ARE AUDITED BY US AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF PLANT SIZES AND WE COVER PLANS FROM THE SIZE OF HIGHLY EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM THAT HAS AROUND 808 $100 MILLION IN ASSETS TO VERY SMALL PLANS. LIKE THE SURFSIDE POLICE OFFICERS DROP PLAN THAT HAS LEFT IN A MILLION DOLLARS. SO OUR AUDIT APPROACH. ALRIGHT AND APPROACHES BASED ON CORRECTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF AN EXPERIENCED TEAM IN THE FIELD AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT AN EXTENSIVE PLANNING THE PLANNING PHASE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PHASE AS IT SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE ENTIRE ARCTIC. ALRIGHTY SPECIALISTS WILL BE GOING DURING THE PLANNING PHASE. TO DEVELOP AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENVIRONMENT. THE INFORMATION PROVIDED WILL BE A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR RISK ASSESSMENT, WHICH ALLOWS US TO TAKE A RISK BASED APPROACH TO OUR AUDIT, WHERE WE IDENTIFY AND FOCUS ON RISK HERE MORE COMPLEX AREAS SO WE DON'T SPEND OUR TIME. ON THINGS THAT WE DON'T NEED TO. THIS ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT AND WE WON'T BE BOTHERING YOUR STAFF WITH UNNECESSARY QUESTIONS. THIS PHASE IS FOLLOWED BY PHASE TWO, AND THIS IS WHERE WE SAID THE PLAN INTO MOTION AND VALIDATE THE AMOUNT FROM THE BOOKS AND RECORDS THROUGH VALIDATION OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR CONTROLS AND TESTS OF TRANSACTIONS IN COMPLIANCE. FACE THREE IS WHERE WE EVALUATE THE RESULTS, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE AUDIT. HOWEVER IN THIS PHASE, WE DOCUMENT THE FINAL CONCLUSIONS AND ENSURE WE HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATION THAT COULD IMPACT OUR ORDERS, REPORTS. AND FINALLY IN FAITH FORWARD. THIS IS WHAT WE PROVIDE THE FINISHED PRODUCT AND HAVE OUR EXIT PRESENTATIONS AND AGAIN, THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH MANAGEMENT REGARDING OBSERVATIONS OCCUR. OTTAWA OF THE AUDIT. WE JUST PLACE IT HERE AS IN THIS SECTION THIS IS WHAT WE IDENTIFIED THE CONCLUSION OF THE PROCESS. LET'S SEE IF WE HAVE A MINIMUM OF THREE LAYERS OF REVIEW FOR EVERY AUDIT. EVERYBODY YEARS OUR FIRM OBTAINS A PEER REVIEW, WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY RECEIVED A RATING OF PAST. OUR PROFESSIONALS MEET THE CPD REQUIREMENTS. AS WE NEED

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THIS IS NOT INCLUDED. AS PART OF OUR AUDIT. THE Y C F L G. THIS TEAM. YOU SEE, HERE ARE THE KEY MEMBERS OF THE PROPOSED ENGAGEMENT TEAM, BUT WE'LL BE DEALING WITH DEALING WITH THROUGHOUT THE ARCTIC. OUR APPROACH IS NOT ONE WHERE WE JUST SHOW UP FOR A MEETING IN THE PRESENTATION, AND THAT'S ALL IT WILL BE AVAILABLE ALL YEAR LONG TO ENSURE THE ISSUES ARE RESULTS TIMELY AND THE DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TIMELY AND EVERYONE IS INFORMED. THERE WILL BE NO SURPRISES WITH US AND AS MATTERS ARISE, WILL COMMUNICATE WITH MANAGEMENT AND THE COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY. WE LIKE TO PRIDE OURSELVES ON THE FACT THAT WE GO BEYOND THE ROUTINE AND PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY AND SERVICE TO OUR CLIENTS AND TAKE PRIDE IN EVERYTHING WE DO. SO I GUESS THE REAL QUESTION IS WHY NOT SEE IF L G IT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION WERE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS ABOUT A COUNCIL. COUNCIL WORKS SOMETHING COUNSELOR. MRS. GIVE THOMAS I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE SAME ONES THAT WERE JUST ASKED. WHAT'S THE OTHER IF THEY IF THEY'RE SAME QUESTIONS ARE ASKED. I'M COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. UH THE FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU CAN BE HERE IN PERSON TONIGHT? WE ASKED THE QUESTION. WHAT WAS THE PREFERENCE OF THE VILLAGE AND THEY AND THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS NOT A PREFERENCE THAT VIRTUAL WAS PERFECTLY FINE. SO WE FOUND THAT ACTUALLY LESS DISRUPTIVE TO YOU, THE NATIONAL OTHER PERSON. AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS. WHAT'S YOUR EXPERIENCE WITH DEALING WITH YOU TILL IT EASE? A LOT OF OUR CLIENTS HAVE UTILITY OPERATIONS , AND IT'S CUSTOMARY TO PERFORM UTILITY BUILDING AND EVALUATE THE SYSTEM. AS PART OF OUR PROCESS. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITIES. THANK YOU.

WARM OF HERNANDEZ. SO WE DID YOU SAY YOU DID HAVE EXPERIENCE. ABSOLUTELY YEAH, OKAY. AND I CONCUR. WAS COUNCILMAN STONE. I THINK PERSONALLY, I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE A PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT. AND I FELT LIKE YOU WERE JUST READING OFF THE SCREEN. UM, BUT WHAT'S. THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION IS A HUGE THING DURING THE WHOLE AUDIT, SO I REALLY THINK THAT, UM I WANT TO KNOW HOW WOULD BE YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNCIL WITH, UH, THE VILLAGE MANAGER AND WITH THE STAFF BECAUSE IT'S ANY HONORABLE YOU PICK. COMMUNICATIONS IMPORTANT SO I WOULD LIKE, YOU KNOW FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN IT TO ME. ABSOLUTELY I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. AS YOU NOTED, IN MY PROPOSAL, YOU HAVE MY CELL PHONE NUMBER THAT THAT'S WHAT'S THERE . I BELIEVE IN BEING ON SITE AND DEALING WITH THE CLIENT. THE ONLY REASON WHY WE'RE NOT THERE TONIGHT. BECAUSE IT WAS APPARENTLY DESCRIBED AS OF NO CONSEQUENCE. AND NOW WE WOULD HAVE BEEN THERE TONIGHT. UM, I THINK TIMELY COMMUNICATION IS KEY TO IDENTIFY MATTERS AND RESOLVE THEM. WE DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT WAIT TO THE END OF THE YEAR. WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE NOT ONLY REGARDING THE AUDIT, BUT A CURRENT EVENTS IMPACTING THE INDUSTRY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE YOUR WORLD SO MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IMPLEMENT. SO IF COMMUNICATION IS ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS THAT WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE A CONCERN WITH THE RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TERMS. AND YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF OUR CLIENTS WITHIN OUR PROPOSALS, THE LIFTING OF ALL OF OUR CLIENTS TO REACH OUT 20 OF THEM , AND THEY'LL TELL YOU THAT THAT WE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR AN AUDIT PROCESS? WITH YOUR AGENCY, YOUR COMPANY. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR AN AUDIT? DEEP FREEZE PROBABLY FROZE. I THINK MR URANIA IS FROZEN. THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS I DON'T LIKE. SO. WELL UM, I CAN I CAN RESPOND TO

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TOM IS A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT IT CAN BE DONE AND WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO BE ABSURD. SO THAT'S THAT'S DEFINITELY NOT AN ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY MR. ARENA ONLY HAVE ONE. THIS IS HOWARD BROWN VILLAGE MANAGER. UM WE ASKED THE OTHER ALREADY FIRM ABOUT THIS JUNE 30TH DEADLINE WITH THE STATE DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IF THE STAFF IS ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATION FOR YOU DO YOUR TESTING. YOU CAN MEET THE GET US THERE AND TALLAHASSEE BEFORE OWNER BEFORE THAT DATE. ABSOLUTELY THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. THAT'S PLENTY OF TIME. PLENTY OF TIME TO COMFORTABLY GET EVERYTHING DONE.

I VENTURE TO SAY WOULD DEFINITELY BE BEFORE JONES, BUT WE'RE NOT RUSHING WAITING FOR LAST MINUTE. WE CAN GET IT DONE SOONER. WE'LL GET IT DONE SOONER. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, LET'S BRING EVERYBODY BACK IN. THANK YOU.

OKAY? IT'S TIME TO DISCUSS IT AMONG THE COUNCIL AND COUGH THERE.

COUNCILWOMAN GIVES TONS. WELL LET ME THINK BOTH OF THESE FIRMS FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS THIS THIS EVENING AND IT IS DEFINITELY A DIFFICULT SITUATION. THE. YET THAT BROUGHT THIS FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL. THERE WAS ONLY A ONE POINT DIFFERENCE IN THE. IN THE EVALUATION THAT WE DID. UM I DO APPRECIATE. YOU, YOU GENTLEMEN SHOWING UP THIS EVENING. UM AND THE HEAT THE KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM BOTH OF THESE PRESENTATIONS. FOR ME. WERE. THE RESPONSE TO THE UTILITY EXPERIENCE. ALSO FLEXIBILITY. UM. ATTENTION TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I KIND OF THINK THAT THAT. AND I KNOW THAT GIVEN A CHOICE, BUT IT SAYS SOMETHING SHOWING UP IN PERSON. I APPRECIATE THAT ALSO. THE IT WAS MENTIONED. WITH A THIS AND I DIDN'T REALLY GET THIS CERTIFICATE OF STANDARDS OR THAT GO. I AM. I LIKE THAT. THAT, UMM

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IT'S LIKE THEY COME IN, AND YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU PROVIDE THEM WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION INFORMATION. THEY NEED TO MAKE THE AUDIT. BUT YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATIONS SOMETIMES GETS LOST BECAUSE EVERYONE IS YOU KNOW, AT THE SAME TIME OF THE AUDIT. WE HAVE STAFF THAT IS DOING LIKE. OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW HERE IN ANY TOWN, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH STUFF.

SO UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT EASIER FOR STAFF IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF THEY CAN GET A LIST IN ADVANCE, AND THEY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, THEY CAN PULL THOSE THINGS OUT. AND THEY ARE NOT, YOU KNOW. UM PULLING AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHICH HELPS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THE ONLY THING THAT I DID SEE OF A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO FIRMS WITH THE AMOUNT PRICE UM I KNOW THAT CABALLERO PETERMAN. LET IT THEN A AND GARCIA IS 30,400 THE FIRST YEAR. 30402ND YEAR AND 30,400 THE THIRD YEAR, SO THAT'S. 90 OF ABOUT 100. 1000 SOME CHANGE. UM AND I KNOW THAT AH, KEITH, MY COLON. I HOPE I SAID IT RIGHT? IT'S 33,500 YEAR. IT'S 34502ND YEAR AND IT'S 35,000. 530 YEAR, SO WE SEE IT INCREMENTS OF 1000 EACH YEAR. PLUS UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND THE SECOND IS ABOUT 3000 YEAH, ABOUT 3000. SO, UM. THAT'S THE ONLY DIFFERENCE. I SEE. BUT I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED TO HAVE THE OTHER FIRM HERE. UM. PHYSICALLY JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW, HAVING THEN PRESENT MORE. YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY, THEN READING OFF A SCREEN DID NOT HAVING ENGAGED, SO THANK YOU. ICE MARE. UM IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SUBMIT A VOTE ALL SUPPORT WELL.

I DEFINITELY LIKE KIEFER HAVING , UH, WHAT WAS THAT CERTIFICATION? MHM. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE MR BROWN NEGOTIATE, DEPENDING ON WHO THE COUNCIL CHOOSE. CERTAINLY WASN'T ONE POINT DIFFERENCE. I'M READY TO VOTE CANNOT GET EMOTION FOR EITHER. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT FOR PEACE. COME ON. SO MOVE OUR SECOND. IN THE SO MOVED IN SECOND ANY MORE DISCUSSION.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. GO AHEAD, MR DUCK. MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL. YARD. HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. OKAY? I'M WAITING ON MR JOHN. JUST GIVE ME A AS YOU CAN SPEAK OR NOT. SPEAKING OF PROBLEMS IN THE

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WE'RE FAR OUT AT ANY TIME THAT STUFF WORD. THIS IS IMPORTANT AS ANYBODY ELSE. IN OUR MONEY SPENDS JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE IS, UH, THAT BEING SAID. EVERYBODY THAT SUBMITTED AND THEY WERE OUTSTANDING PROPOSALS. UH, AND THEY WOULD HAVE DONE THE JOB. AND AS I SAID, IN OUR MEETING MY MAIN CHOOSING OF ONE AND TWO WAS IN THE MONEY. I'M A CONSERVATIVE. AND I'M.

COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ BROUGHT THAT UP. UH AND I THINK YOU MADE A GOOD CHOICE. AND IF HE WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT OTHER CHOICE, I WOULD HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU NOT MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T HERE. AND I THINK THAT'S PROFESSIONAL. AND THEY. I DON'T KNOW, JUST LIKE MR CONSULATE, STONE SAID. JUST. BE HERE. SO THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND BY THE WAY, I FOUND OUT TONIGHT. I'VE BEEN CANCELED AS FAR AS THAT COMMITTEE GOES, I HAVE NO LONGER AND THEN WE'LL SAY ACCOMPLISHED . THANK YOU. JOHN FROM BOTH, AND BOTH. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

WE WERE JUST UNCLEAR WHAT THE DIRECTION IS TO THE CITY MANAGER IS IT TO ENGAGE THEM UNDER THE TERMS OF THEIR ENGAGEMENT LETTER? THEY'RE PRETTY PROVIDING OR TO NEGOTIATE. YOU HAD MENTIONED THE WORD NEGOTIATE, BUT WE WEREN'T SURE IF YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR HERE, SO IT WASN'T NO, IT WASN'T AN EMOTIONAL LIKE THAT'S WHAT? JUST ME SPEAKING. WELL, I JUST BASICALLY WENT ALONG WITH WHICH SHE WAS SAYING AS FAR AS NEGOTIATED TO SEE IF WE COULD GET PRICED OUT. AS WELL. YES SO YOU'VE GOT TO MAKE THE MOTION WITH NEGOTIATIONS AND MY MOTION TO NEGOTIATE NEGOTIATION. SECOND THANK YOU SO MOVE. EMOTION WAS AMENDED TO NEGOTIATE. TO MOVE FORWARD WITH KIEFER. ROLL CALL. FOR THE MENDED MOTION, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON THE AMENDED MOTION. DOES THE CONTRACT NEED TO COME BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT A SUBSEQUENT MEETING THAT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS? I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD. SO LET'S LET'S DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ON A TIMELINE RIGHT NOW. SO THE MOTION SHOULD BE DIRECTING ME TO NEGOTIATE WITH WITH OKAY THE FIRM AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED IT IS 34,000. SO I THINK HIS PROPOSALS FOR 34,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHICH I DON'T HAVE TO. $1000 INCREMENTS EACH YEAR. $1000 EACH YEAR INCREMENTS. WOULD THAT BE INAPPROPRIATE MOTION? THEY'VE MADE IT. YES SO TO CLARIFY, THEN FURTHER, YOU ARE GIVING THE MANAGER DIRECTION TO ENGAGE THEM AND NOT BRING IT BACK FOR YOUR REVIEW BEFORE ENGAGING THEM. CORRECT, CORRECT CORRECT. START JUST RUNNING ALL THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS I. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE VICE MAYOR, DARLING , AND THIS IS WHY YOU'RE THE BEST. YES MAYOR. OF COURSE. YES. THANK YOU. VILLAGE MATTER. YES THANK YOU ALL ONLINE AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GUYS. NO NO, SIT DOWN, RECOVER. FEELING BEING JUST HAVE A SEAT, OKAY? READY? GO. SO. AH ITEM NUMBER FIVE MADAM MARRIAGE IF YOU MAY. YES OKAY. VILLAGE MANAGER NUMBER FIVE SO I AM.

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Approval of Independent Contractor Agreement with REG Architects for Architectural and Engineering Services for the New Village Hall Project (Phase 1) in the Amount of $32,016.98.

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[6.  

Application No.- EV-22-302: Waiver of Special Event and Tent Permit Fees for the March 26, 2022, Indiantown Chamber of Commerce's BBQ, Buggy's & Brew Fest. 

THANK YOU. SPEED. ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS APPLICATION NUMBER E V. 22 DESPERATE O T. IT'S A WAVE ROSE SPECIAL EVENT AND TENT PERMIT FEES FOR THE MARCH 26 20 TO ANY TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BARBECUE, BUGGY AND BREW FIST. THIS IS AN ITEM THAT YOU KNOW, I'VE REQUESTED, UM UM, BE HEARD BY THE COUNCIL. WE ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO AND I'M GLAD COMMISSIONER JENKINS IS HERE. SO AND COLLEEN, MAYBE I SHOULD SEND THIS EMAIL TO COLLEAGUES, BUT SO WHAT? WHAT'S GOING ON IS THAT TIME OF POWERS PARK IS A REGIONAL PARK. IT'S IN. IT'S LOCATED IN THE VILLAGE OF ANY TOWN. AND CURRENTLY APPLICANTS THAT SPECIAL PERMIT IN MARTIN COUNTY THEY GET ESPECIALLY AS PERMIT FOR US AS WELL. AND SO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO MEET WITH MARTIN COUNTY. IT YESTERDAY BY ONE O'CLOCK, BUT I HAD A SCHEDULING CONFLICT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE IN THAT AND THAT NEGOTIATIONS SO I'D LIKE AND THAT WE HAVE NOT SPOKEN WITH THE STAFF YET, BUT WE DO HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THEM. WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS IF WE CAN , YOU KNOW, WAVE OUR END OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS. PERMIT FEES GIVES US TIME TO NEGOTIATE WITH MARTIN COUNTY SO WE DON'T CHARGE PEOPLE TWICE. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S THE GOAL, AND THAT'S WHAT MY REQUEST IS. AND THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED. THIS COUNCIL WOMAN GIVES TO ME. WELL, I APPRECIATE THIS. BECAUSE WE'VE HAD LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS ON, YOU KNOW, OVERLAPPING SERVICES AND HOW YOU KNOW NEEDS TO BE STREAMLINED, AND IT PROBABLY COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. ON OUR STAFF TO JUST, YOU KNOW. IF IT'S. TO SAY WE'RE REQUESTING THE SAME THING THAT THE COUNTY REQUEST THAT THEY JUST BRING WHAT THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY ALREADY DONE AND WE'RE ABLE TO SEE THAT OURS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. SO. I'M ALL FOR IT BECAUSE IT WOULD BENEFITR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S NOT WOULDN'T BE OVERLY. FEE HEAVY FEES WHEN IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE ANIMAL ACCOUNT. CALCIUM STONE. YES. SO I MEAN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS, I WOULD ALSO. GIVE STAFF DIRECTION TO, YOU KNOW, CLEAR THIS UP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK FOR THE SAME SITUATION. UM. SO I'M NOT SURE WHEN THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR, BUT OKAY, SO THE MEETING I DON'T HAVE THE DATE BUT DEFINITELY GET IT TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE DATE IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY YESTERDAY. IT WAS SCHEDULED FOR YESTERDAY. IT WEDNESDAY. AT ONE O'CLOCK. I

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O. U S OR THE SAUSAGE MAKING PROCESS. THANKS. RIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN ABOUT THE CHAMBERS IS ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO WORK SOMETHING OUT WITH THE COUNTY IS SPLIT THE BREAD. YOU KNOW? I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO GET TO KNOW WHAT EVERYONE LOVE YOU DEARLY LOVE, BUT WE NEED TO EAT. BUT ANYWAY, OKAY? SO WE'LL WAIT TO HEAR BACK FROM MR BROWN AFTER THIS MEETING. JUST NEED A MOTION TO VOTE ON THE MOTION MOTION SECOND. AND NO MORE DISCUSSION AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANY MADAM . THERE. OKAY. ROLL CALL. SUSAN COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. VICE MAYOR DOWLING. MAYOR CLARK. YES. MR BROWN. YES I MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR WE WERE INFORMED THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE $3.5 MILLION MORE OR LESS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING THAT CAME DOWN THE PIKE. THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE. THIS PREMIERE TRAILER. SKIP ONE. CARRY THEM. OF THE WATER. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DON'T NUMBER SEVEN. I'M NUMBER SEVEN IS AN

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Approval of the Purchase of a Vermeer Trailer-Mounted Vacuum Excavator in the Amount of $111,272.00.

OCTOBER AT THE END OF OCTOBER. I STARTED TAKE CONTROL ON THE BOARDING AND DURING THAT TIME I WAS STILL TRYING TO GET USED TO THE ACCORDING PROCESS AND I WAS RECEIVING SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR QUOTES. AND DURING THAT PROCESS , WHAT I DID IS TO START TO USE SOME OF THE QUOTES AS A TEMPLATE FOR THE NEXT ONE. BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO PUT THE UNIT FOR YOURK QUOTE FOR A RUSH SHIPPER THAT WAS UM AS A FORMAT, AND IF YOU SEE THE ORIGINAL QUOTE, ACTUALLY SAYS TITLE BRUSH CHIPPER TRAILER MOUNTED, AND THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY THROUGH THE NUMBER OF IT WAS MY MISTAKE. NO. ONE I CHOSE THAT ONE. AND HE WAS PRETTY MUCH A YOU KNOW A BAD CHOICE AT THE TIME, BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST GETTING USED TO IT AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TOOK THE WRONG FILE. PRETTY MUCH. THANK YOU. AM I GOING TO GET A MOTION FOR US TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL?

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OF, UM I THINK THEY'RE STILL ON THE LINE. PROBABLY WAITING FOR US TO SAY SOMETHING. ONE OF MY WHAT AM I DOING? GARRETT, YOU JUST GOT APPROVED. OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK THAT'S WHERE HE WAS WAITING ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL. ZOOM I DON'T KNOW. I MEAN , I LIKE ZOOM, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE ZOOM IS PROBABLY GOING TO END UP GOING AWAY BEFORE IT'S ALL OVER WITH. SO ALL RIGHT, UM SO I DIDN

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American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding Project Update

YOU KNOW, LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS OR NOT, IN THAT WAY, WHAT WE CAN DO, STAFF CAN COME BACK AND KIND OF REVISING UPDATE AS WE GO ALONG. UM SO, LIKE THE FIRST PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A ON THE SHEET. THERE'S UM. THERE'S AN AARP CONSTRUCTION MANAGER. WE'VE WE'VE ACTUALLY HIRED THAT PERSON. THAT IS CLARION. THEY'RE ACTUALLY WE RETAIN THEM. LAST YEAR. AND, UMG THEM. ABOUT $1500 A MONTH. TO DO THAT. SO WE'RE UNDER BUDGET UNDER ON THIS, SO I GUESS WE COULD SAY THAT. THAT WAS OUR NUMBER OF PRIORITY BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET SOMEONE ON BOARD THAT COULD NOT ONLY INTERPRET IF THE PURCHASE WAS PROPER THAT THEY WOULD DO THE REPORTING THAT'S REQUIRED AS A RESULT OF GETTING THESE FUNDS. YES YEAH, THAT DIDN'T WE ALREADY? TAKE A VOTE ON THAT? DIDN'T DIDN'T THAT ALREADY. COME BEFORE THIS COUNCIL. OKAY SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GO DOWN THE LIST AND I CAN SCRATCH OFF. THIS IS AN OLDER LIST THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FROM. SO I'M JUST GONNA PUT YES . AND I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WAS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO GET THEM ON BOARD. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS THIS LOST REVENUE CATEGORY NOW, SINCE THE NEW RULE IS IN PLACE, ALL OF ITS LOST REVENUE. SO, UM WE CAN SKIP THAT ONE NOW. UM. AND NEXT ONE

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YEAH AND I ALSO THINK AND COUPLED WITH THAT WE NEED TO DO , UM, THE BIG MOUNTAIN PARK SO ALL PARKS. UM, WHATEVER THE TOTAL AMOUNT IS, WE CAN ADD THEM ALL UNDER AND PUT THEM TOGETHER, BUT I DO THINK THEY NEED TO BE DONE. WELL NOW LOOKING AT ALL THE PARK PROJECTS HERE, THAT'S OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. IT'S LIKE 564. PROBABLY WOMAN, $1000 JUST FOR THE PARKS, PROBABLY AND PRIORITIZING IT MIGHT IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE. UM, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT A BOOK OR PARK WAS THIS PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND SHADY AREA KNOWS CONCEPT THINGS. SO WHEN THE NEW PARKS DIRECTOR GETS HERE, WILL HAVE HER REALLY LOOK AT YOU KNOW? THE ENTIRE THE ENTIRE. PARK NOT JUST BALL FIELD RENOVATION, BUT OVERALL, AN OVERHAUL OF THE ENTIRE PARTS AND THAT GOES IN HAND IN HAND WITH PARKS MASTER PLAN BECAUSE, YES, SO THAT'S THAT'S ON HERE AS WELL . SO WE'LL PUT A QUESTION MARK.

THIS AIN'T DECIDED CHAIR, RIGHT? RIGHT SO WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT'S WE GET THE PERSON HERE THEY CAN LOOK AT THESE PARKS, THE PARKS MASTER PLAYING ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND KIND OF GUIDE US AS WE START THINKING ABOUT WHAT OUR NEXT MOVE IS COUNTERPARTS. YEAH, SO MY WHOLE THING IS WHATEVER WE'RE GOING TO DO. WE NEED TO GET A MOVE ON IT. YES BECAUSE I MEAN RIGHT NOW, IF YOU COME BACK TO US IN SIX MONTHS WE NEED TO ADD $600,000 TO THIS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN EXACTLY THE WAY IT IS. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING, WE NEED TO JUST GET A MOVE ON IT AND NOT KEEP GOING BACK AND FORTH. CORRECT AND. I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN STONE BECAUSE. I CAN TELL YOU THINGS ARE BY THE WEEK. I LITERALLY I'M WAITING FOR. WE HAD A MEETING TODAY IN REGARDS OF OUR RENOVATION FOR OUR HALL, AND WE'RE EXPECTING THAT. PRICE TO DOUBLE. AT THE END, SO OKAY, IT'S BY THE WEEK. OKAY SO YOU BETTER GET ON IT. MR BROWN. BRING THAT DIRECTOR IN

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BUT WE HAVE A SMALL STOP. AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PICK 25 BUSINESSES? WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF LIKE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE OR WHATEVER, LIKE. ARE WE GOING TO PICK AND CHOOSE? IS THERE GOING TO BE PREFERENCE LIKE THERE'S IT'S JUST OPENED. THE WHOLE CAN OF WORMS THAT ARE STUFF DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO DEAL WITH THIS. AND YOU KNOW S P A HAD THE PP LOANS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ALREADY RECEIVED. THE COUNTY HAD A LOT OF, UM, ASSISTANCE WITH THE BUSINESSES WITH THE NON PROFITS. I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY DONE THE WORK AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS ON HAVING OUR MONEY. PUT SOMEWHERE ELSE, LIKE PARKS LIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES ALREADY HAD THE ASSISTANCE THAT THEY NEEDED AND TO PUT THIS ON TOP ONTO OUR POOR, UM, STAFF THAT WERE NO, WE'RE ALWAYS PUTTING MORE STUFF ON THEM. SO I THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY FOR THE COUNCIL. I LOVE MY BUSINESSES. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I LOVE TACOS, AND HE CAN AND I CAN GO TO ANY SMALL BUSINESS AROUND HERE AND GET MY HAIR CUT. UM BUT I REALLY THINK THAT OUR FOCUS NEEDS TO BE ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALREADY HAD ASSISTANCE WITH THE COUNTY. UM SO. THE THIS ACCOUNT ADVICE, MAN. YEAH SO WITH WITH THAT THOUGHT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE SHOULD JUST CANCEL THIS? PROGRAM. RIGHT NOW OR, YOU KNOW AND NOT BE A PRIORITY. I WOULD NOT HAVE AS A PRIORITY AS A BACKUP IF YOU HAVE EXTRA CASH AT THE END, BUT LIKE I'M TELLING YOU EVEN TO DO SOMETHING WITH

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YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL AFFECTED IN THIS AND I THINK THAT BUSINESSES . THEY'VE ALREADY GOTTEN THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY HAD WITH THE PPV. NONPROFITS HAVE, UM AND THEY'VE GOT IN WAVES BY THE GOVERNMENT, SO THEY HAVE GOTTEN ASSISTANCE BY THE GOVERNMENT. BUT OUR PARKS HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY UPLIFTING AND AGES. OKAY? I MEAN , I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM I DON'T HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THAT.

WHATEVER THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL, UM YOU KNOW, I DO HEAR YOUR ARGUMENT. SO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, NOT ON THE, UH, TOP OF A PRIORITY. THEN THAT'S OKAY. ANY MORE DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL. SO I MEAN, I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT. HOWEVER, IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO GET RID OF IT, THAT'S FINE. I JUST FEEL LIKE I UNDERSTAND THE COUNTY AND THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE DONE SOMETHING WHICH THEY HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY. IF WE DO THAT, IF YOU HELP WITH SMALL BUSINESS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND RETURN YOUR HELP IN THE RESIDENTS SO THAT'S MY TAKE ON IT. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS. I UNDERSTAND. BOTH BOTH SIDES CAN SEE BOTH, UM ARGUMENTS. UM. IT'S NOT A HUGE SUM OF MONEY $50,000 TO SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S JUST ENORMOUS. FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO GET A $2000 GRANT. LIKE I SAID, I SEE. I SEE BOTH. SO I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS JUST MOVE. IT HAVEN'T SPOKEN YET. PLEASE. I WASN'T TRYING TO CUT YOU OFF. SO WHAT DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO ADD? NO, I'M GOOD NOW. SO IF WE CAN'T DECIDE THEN WE SHOULD JUST PUT IT IN $250,000 TO ASSIST WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT. I'M JUST SAYING EITHER WAY, I'M ALL RIGHT WITH THE $50,000 FOR THE BUSINESSES. AND IF WE CAN'T DECIDE DIDN'T LET'S JUST PUT IT IN THE HOUSING. OKAY. OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW WE'RE OKAY? YES NO. YES IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S JUST THAT THE PLEASURE OF THE GALAXY. YEAH SUGGEST HAVE THEY OWN OPINION? I THINK WE NEED SUBJECT. YOU TAKE THE VOTE. AND WHATEVER THE MORE JOHNNY IS, THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

YES MA'AM, MADAM MAYOR AND I'M TRYING TO SAY I HAVE. SUSAN GIBSON WAS POLICE. ALONG THOSE LINES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ WAS, YOU KNOW, SAVE THAT MONEY. AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO DO AWAY WITH IT, YOU'RE SAYING JUST ROLL IT INTO THE OTHER. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND UTILIZE THAT MONEY, I WOULD SAY, KEEP IT KEEP IT IN THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE BUSINESS TO HELP HIM. BUT LIKE I SAID, I UNDERSTAND BOTH BOTH, AND I UNDERSTAND $2000 ON A SMALL BUSINESS CAN MAKE A HUGE IMPACT. IS THAT THE PLEASURE TO COUNSEL SO. OKAY SO AND ONE.

YEAH YOU'RE GOING TO ALWAYS GET THE SAME THING WITH ME. IT JUST OPENS A CAN OF WORMS FOR EVERYTHING. WHO ARE YOU? WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR? AIN'T NONE OF THESE MINDS ARE LIKE, YES, COUNCILMAN STONE. SO HERE HERE'S MY RECOMMENDATION. MY RECOMMENDATION IS. MY CAREER QUIT MR BROWN. WE CAN NARROW DOWN THE CRITERIA AS FAR AS HOW MANY EMPLOYEES WHAT'S A BIG BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS IF IT'S BRICK AND MORTAR, AND WE COULD BRING SOMETHING BACK, AND WELL, NOT WE, BUT MR BROWN AND JUST MAKE IT SIMPLE WHERE IT'S AT THAT POINT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE YES OR NO. RIGHT? BUT WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT IT ONLINE VERSUS PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A RESIDENT IN THE MONEY AND YOU KNOW I'M I'M JUST EVERYBODY IS DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO COMPUTERS NEED TO BE AVAILABLE IF THEY CAN COME WALK UP HERE AND GET APPLICATION ALONG AS THEY TURN IT IN BY THE DEADLINE. I'M JUST SAYING ALL

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GO AHEAD, COUNSEL, MR BIG THINGS THAT PEOPLE REALLY DON'T THINK ABOUT IT INSTALLATION IN THEIR ATTIC. AND NINE TIMES OUT OF 10. THAT INSTALLATION IS GOING TO BE LIKE THEIR STEP. AND PEOPLE NEVER REALIZE THAT. SO WE COULD PROBABLY PUT THAT AS AN EXAMPLE ON THE APPLICATION. BUT I'M FOR THE SUPPORT SUPPORT. PROGRAM I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROGRAM. I AM TOO. OKAY WE JUST GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU SAID FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED DEADLINE AND BUT PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A RESIDENT SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA. AND YOU DO GOT TO THINK ABOUT IT, KEEP IT TO A LIMIT ACCESS TO COMPUTER.

IT'S JUST SOME OF THEM JUST AIN'T THERE YET, AND MAY BE FAIR FOR EVERYBODY, NOT WHAT PEOPLE JUST GOT COMPUTER AND CAN GET IT DONE LIKE THAT. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT. THEY JUST DON'T YET. OKAY? THE, UM ONE MORE THING ON THAT. WELLINGTON ACTUALLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM AS FAR AS THEY HAVE TO. BASICALLY WE MAY HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY TO MANAGE THAT. BECAUSE THE REASON BEING IS. THE CITY WOULD GENERALLY GET THE BIDS IN AND NOT THE HOMEOWNER. BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IF THE HOMEOWNER DOES IT? THEY JUST GET THERE, BUDDY DOWN THE STREET TO DO IT, AND THEY JUST WRITE UP WHATEVER. BUT I PERSONALLY DOES IT THE APP. THEY HAVE TO BASICALLY HAVE BIDS WHERE THEY WOULD BID ON THE PROJECT AND THE CITY WOULD GET IT AND THEN THE CITY BASICALLY GO WITH THE LOWEST BIDDER. AND WHOEVER IS THE LOWEST BIDDER GETS THE JOB. THAT WAY. YEAH. I MEAN WITH THE PROGRAM. I'M AWARE OF THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT WORKS. I MEAN, WE WOULD LOOK AT WELLINGTON AND OTHER PROGRAMS. DEFINITELY COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ AND JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW YOU HAVE A LIMIT TO IT.

YES, MA'AM. AND IN SPANISH, PLEASE, PLEASE LANGUAGES. WE PLAN TO PUT IT DEFINITELY IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, PUT IT IN CREOLE AS WELL. OKAY SO THE NEXT SO THAT'S A YES, ALL RIGHT. AND SO WE WANT TO BUY A POOL VEHICLE. I'M RECOMMEND THAT WE BUY ELECTRIC VEHICLE. AND, UM RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW, WHEN I GUESS WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, I THOUGHT THAT THE CHEVROLET BOAT WOULD BE AROUND, BUT NOW IT'S NOT AROUND SO. UM WE NEED TO BUY A POOL VEHICLE FOR OUR USE HERE IN THE TOWN AROUND TOWN BACK AND FORTH OF STEWART, AND SO ARE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE BUY A POOL VEHICLE FOR USE BY THE STAFF AND THE COUNCIL. USE NO ISSUES HERE. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO RUN AN ELECTRICAL CORD OUT THE BACK DOOR OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING BUILT. I MEAN, SPECIFIC IN ORDER TO PLUG IT INTO. WELL I HAVEN'T THOUGHT THROUGH ALL THAT YET, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FACILITIES FOR THIS VEHICLE CAN BE PARKED. WE HAVE VEHICLES. IT MIGHT NOT BE PARKED HERE. IT MIGHT BE PARKED SOMEWHERE ELSE. OKAY, BUT WE THAT'S A THAT'S A CONSIDERATION. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE

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WELL IF I MEAN WE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE WOULD WE WOULD GO TO THE ONLY E V CHARGING STATION IN ANY DETAIL RIGHT NOW, OKAY, CREDIT CARD. AND SO YOU DON'T BEEN? THEY'RE ARRESTED. IS THAT A YES? YES ALRIGHT. JUST SORRY. UM JUST TO CLARIFY TO THE PUBLIC THE REASONING WHY IS BECAUSE INDIAN TOWN TO STEWART AND HAVING MULTIPLE PEOPLE AND DAYS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHOEVER HAS TO GO AND DO SOMETHING DOWN IN STORE. ALL ADDS UP SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, MR BROWN HOW MUCH DO WE SPEND IN MILEAGE JUST AND RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, JUST FROM THE STAFF PERSPECTIVE, IT'S PROBABLY 1000 BUCKS A MONTH. COULD BE SOME MONTHS, PROBABLY HIGHER. PROBABLY HIGHER. AND SO WHEN YOU KNOW, AND THE STAFF WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD STAFF HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN IN, YOU KNOW, REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. AND THE CONCERN I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT'S GOING TO WORRY OUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE STAFF IS TRYING TO PLEASE AND DO THINGS AND THEN YOU KNOW THEY'RE USING THEIR OWN TIME AND THEN TO COME BACK AND DO THE PAPERWORK. SOMETIMES THEY HAVE OTHER STUFF GOING ON. AND SO IT BECOMES LIKE ANOTHER. THING THEY GOT TO DO, AND SO RIGHT NOW, UTILITY GUYS, THAT KNOWLEDGE. YEAH. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE TO REIMBURSE THEM FOR THEIR MILEAGE. UM BUT A LOT OF THEM ARE NOT REQUESTING IT. BUT IF EVERYBODY REQUESTED IT THAT WOULD BE A BIG NUMBER TWO OF THEM. I JUST WANT ONE FOR THE STAFF. RIGHT NOW. THAT'S THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS, AND THEN WE EVALUATED ON THE HYBRID INSTEAD OF ELECTRIC PEOPLE. I MEAN, A HYBRID. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHARGE IT. HEY, I'M JUST THIS IS MY RECOMMENDATION. I MEAN, IF Y'ALL DON'T WE NEED A VEHICLE FOR THE BUCK. HOW ABOUT THAT? YEAH, WE NEED TO BE AND WE GET WHAT STATE THE CONTRACT. WE'LL ALL THE STUFF CARIBBEAN BINDS OFFICE STATE CONTRACT, EVEN EVEN THE PURCHASE EARLIER THAT IT WAS OFF THE FLORIDA SHERIFF'S STATE CONTRACT, SO I THINK YOU SHOULD DO A HYBRID. JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY GO TO STEWART AND GET STUFF. JUST BRING US WHATEVER HAS MORE FOR ITS MILEAGE. I WILL. I WILL. OKAY THIS PARK MASTER PLAN TO ME. YOU'VE GOT TO DO THAT. IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THE REST, DO EVERYTHING ELSE AND MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE UP FIRST BEFORE WE DO ALL THE OTHER STUFF. PLAN FOR SPENDING THE MONEY SO WE CAN KNOW WHERE WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE. YES, MA'AM. SO THAT'S A YES. HELLO. THAT'S A YES ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT. SEE HAS SHAKEN I'M GOING TO OKAY? ALRIGHT AND BIG MOUNTAIN PART RETROFIT. THAT SHOULD BE KIND OF UP. DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS CAME FROM RETROFITTING A BIG MOUNTAIN INTERIOR INNOVATION OF EXISTING PRIMARY BUILDING OR I THINK THAT'S THE BUILDING REBUILD. WASN'T THAT POST FAMILY PARK THAT NEEDED? THE RESTROOMS ARE NOT THROUGH ON LIKE HOUSEHOLD SORT OF TYPE OF THEY ALWAYS HAVE PROBLEMS. BOOKER PART. NO. ALSO POST FAMILY PARK HAS A PROBLEM TO FAMILY PARK. WELL WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE AND I KNOW THAT THIS COMBINED WITH PEOPLE THE OTHER ONE CHECK ON THAT. YOU GOT A QUICK ANSWER. THOSE KIDS THEY WON'T ESCAPE PART RETROFITTED. WE'LL ADD THAT TO THE OTHER BIG MOUNT PROJECT THIS ONE HERE, SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S YES AND MOVED AHEAD. TO THE OTHER AREA WHERE BIG MOUTH OKAY, PROVED IN THERE AND THEN THIS JET BACK. THIS IS WHAT WE WAS IT WAS 100. WHAT NOW? 111,000. BUT WE THOUGHT WE WERE BUYING IT FOR 86,000. AND SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT SO THIS CAN COME OFF. AND THEN THIS BOOM TRUCK. THIS BOOM TRUCK. WE SAID $135,000 AND. YOU WANT TO? YOU WANT TO PATRICK? IF YOU CAN SAY YOUR NAME AND TITLE AND NO, I'M THE UTILITIES MANAGER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING PATH.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A BOOM TRUCK AND IT'S A HARD FIND. WHEN WE INITIALLY LOOKED AT $135,000 LIKE YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER. I DON'T KNOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND 135. BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND ONE.

BECAUSE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES. TURNOUT TRUCK CHESS. HE'S OUT THERE. WE CAN GET THE BODY BUT WE CAN'T GET THE CHASSIS. SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICE IS GOING TO BE WHEN THE TIME COMES. I KEEP GOING BACK TO THE SUPPLIER. UM, AND IT'S TRUE ST ST ST CONTRACT AS WELL. BECAUSE THE BOOM TRUCK WE HAVE IS A 1991. IT WAS DOWN LAST WEEK, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO BRING A CONTRACTOR IN WITH A PAYLOAD ER TO PULL A COUPLE OF PUMPS WERE ABLE TO DO IT. BUT

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GOTCHA! SO OKAY. THANK YOU, PATRICK. SO HOW DO WE HELP THAT SITUATION? WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AND WE CAN. CAN WE DO ANYTHING OUT OF STATE? NO WELL, I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A FEDERAL CLEARINGHOUSE THAT MR JENKINS TODAY IN THE SAME SITUATION, IT'S ALL OVER. IT'S EVERYTHING WAS AROUND, SO GET ON IT WITH ALL OUR PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S IT. LET'S OH, AND THEU PURCHASED. YEAH, I THINK WE ALREADY PURCHASED THAT WE ALREADY PURCHASED A TUNE.

THEY'LL PROBABLY BE HERE NEXT YEAR. PURCHASE TWO DRUGS APPROVED. MM HMM. ONE OF THOSE TWO IS HERE. WE'RE WAITING ON SECOND ONE, AND THEN WE ADDED TWO MORE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE.

HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE. MONTHS, SO TO THE FIRST TRUCK SO TWO OF THEM WERE PAID FOR OUT OF THE WATER AND TOUR FUND. AND THESE TWO WHAT WE RECENTLY THE BETTER. THE LAST ONES WE ORDERED WERE OUT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDS. UM DID YOU FIND OUT HOW YOU WAS GONNA SAVAGE? REMEMBER YOU HAVE SOME VEHICLES YOU NEEDED TO. YEAH YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU TALK ABOUT ONLINE AUCTION.

YEAH SUPPOSED TO BE. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PUTTING THAT ONLINE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE TRUCKS. YEAH, THESE NEW ONES. I'LL FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT ON TO. FINALLY WE GET SOME REALLY NICE TRUCKS BECAUSE YOU WOULD SEE OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN. WE'RE THE NEW KIDS ONLY UTILITY EMAILS, NO GAVE SERVICE TO WHAT PURPOSE WAS AND YOU SPEAK ABOUT UTILITY WERE ALMOST FULLY STAFFED. BEFORE. TOWN COMPANY HAD SEVEN EMPLOYEES WERE AT FIVE. NOW WE HAVE TO IN THE PIPELINE. IT SHOULD BE STARTING IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY 23RD I BELIEVE AND WE'LL BE BACK TO FULL STRENGTH. GOOD. MR HEWITT IS STILL WITH US. HE WILL BE RETIRING SOON OFFICIALLY WILL BE THE LAST OF THE INDIAN COMPANY. BUT RAPHAEL. NORA WERE ALMOST FULLY STAFFED AND THEN THEY'RE VERY ENERGETIC. MOSTLY YOUNG GUYS, AND MOST OF THEM LIVE HERE. WE THANK YOU. YOU GOT SOME? YOU GOT SOME STRENGTH OUT THERE FOR YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. WENT ON. ALRIGHTY. BROWN.

[9.  

Appointment to the Metropolitan Planning Organization's Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC)

GET EMOTIONS FOR YEAH, SUSAN DO YOU DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ONE OR BOTH OF THESE I KNOW IT OUR LAST MEETING. IT WAS KIND OF UM, MISS PHYLLIS BROWN WAS KIND OF PUT ON THE SPOT, AND, UM SHE. WENT TO HER HUSBAND TO SEE IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO AND HE SAID HE WOULD. AND I HAD ALREADY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JONAS, JODI GARRETT. UM EITHER ONE ARE GOOD . YOU KNOW THEY'RE WILLING TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. I KNOW THEY BOTH WALK. I KNOW JODI DOES AT LEAST 10,000 STEPS A DAY AND THAT'S LIKE FIVE MILES. YEAH, SHE'S SHE'S DEFINITELY A WALKER . I DON'T THINK WE COULD GO

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[10.  

ORDINANCE NO. XX-2022:  AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, NON-CODIFICATION, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ YES, COUNCIL MEMBER STONE BY SMILE, DARLING MAYOR CLARKE. BROWN. YES, UM. ITEM NUMBER 11 MADAM MAYOR IS ABOUT ACCEPTANCE OF A

[11.  

Acceptance of Donation of Trolley from Hitchcock's Grocery to the Village of Indiantown

IT'S A, UH IT'S RIGHT NOW. THE I DON'T KNOW IF THE VEHICLE RUNS OR NOT. BUT WHAT I'M TOLD BY MR MORALES IS THAT IT NEEDS EITHER THE ENGINE TO BE REBUILT OR A BRAND NEW ONE. AND SO I KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD IF WE TOOK THIS ON, WE HAVE TO PUT A NEW ENGINE IN OR EITHER REBUILD. IT DIDN'T CAUSE ANYWHERE FROM $10,000 AS HIGH AS $28,000. I KNOW, UM. THAT I HAVE

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IF WE GET TO TROLLEY. I'M ASSUMING IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE TO FIX. SECOND THING IS, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH IT? OTHER THAN TRY TO SELL IT. WHICH IS JUST GOING TO BE A WASTE OF TIME. COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GIVES THOMAS. THANK YOU, UM. I SAID, YOU KNOW, THE TROLLEY INDIAN TOWN IS GOING TO GROW. AND I SEE THAT BEING UTILIZED AROUND TOWN. FOR LIKE EVENTS THAT ARE AT TIMER POWER PARK. I SEE IT BEING UTILIZED WHEN THE FIGURE ACTUALLY DOES COME OUT THERE TO CITRUS BOULEVARD. TWO. TO ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS. MM RATHER THAN WALKING, BEING ABLE TO HOP ON THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF UNKNOWNS THAT I THINK THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT BEFORE WE COMMIT TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW THAT IT DOES NOT REQUIRE ANYBODY WITH A CDL TO DRIVE IT BECAUSE IT HAS, YOU KNOW THE SAVE TAKEN SEATS OUT, BUT WHAT IS THE SEATING CAPACITY? I THINK, UM, IT'S WORTH FOR ME. IT'S WORTH PURSUING TO GET THE INFORMATION AND GETTING A REAL GOOD LOOK AT IT. AND AN OVERALL VIEW OF THIS IS WHAT IT IS, AND THIS IS WHAT IT'S NOT. BEFORE WE DECIDE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT COULD BE UTILIZED. I THINK IT COULD BE A GOOD THING FOR THE RESIDENTS. COUNCIL UM HERNANDEZ, AND I CONCUR WITH COUNCILWOMAN GIVES THOMAS IN REGARDS OF THAT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW IN TOWN IS GOING TO GROW.

UM BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF THE MARTY RUNS OVER THE WEEKENDS, DOES IT? YEAH. HERE IN TOWN. WE ALSO HAVE THE INDIAN TOWN. MARTY RUNS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITHIN ANY TOWN TO TAKE PEOPLE UP AND DOWN. TALKING ABOUT THE WEEKEND. WELL, WE KNOW WHERE WITHIN INDIANS IN TOWN. I KNOW THE SATURDAY BUS GOES FROM HERE TO DOWN THERE, BUT THERE'S NO I DON'T THINK THE MARKET IS RUN ON SATURDAYS. YEAH. STILL, IT COULD BE SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING FOR, UM IN REGARDS OF PROVIDING SERVICES FROM GOOGLE PARK TO UPTOWN TO YOU KNOW THE GROCERY STORES TO DOLLAR GENERAL . UM BUT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT. TROLLEY STUDIED AND WE'RE NOT GETTING A TROLLEY THAT YOU KNOW IS DYSFUNCTIONAL BECAUSE THAT CAN COST US AT THE END OF A LOT OF MONEY, BUT THE SERVICES WE CAN PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WHETHER IT BE, UH, WEEKEND BUS, WHETHER IT BE PARADES OR EVENTS THAT WILL HAVE IN THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW, AS AS WE GET MORE UM, PROGRESSING WITH ANY IN TOWN AND MAKING SURE ANY IN TOWN HAS EVENTS AND EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST AND PARKING IS A HUGE DEAL. EVERYWHERE, SO, YOU KNOW.

HAVING A TROLLEY WOULD BE HELPFUL, BUT BEFORE THAT. I WOULD LIKE FOR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION BEFORE WE SAY YES. SO THAT'S THE ONLY THING I ASKED FOR STAFF IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GETTING SOME THING THAT'S NOT WORTH ITS MONEY. I WANT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SERVICE AND WE WON'T HAVE A HEADACHE OF HAVING IT IN THE MECHANIC EVERY WEEK OR EVERY DAY BECAUSE THAT THAT DOES COST MONEY AND AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT'S TAXPAYERS MONEY. COUNCILWOMAN GIVES TIMER YES, WE DON'T WANT TO GET A PIG IN A POKE AS THEY SAY, UM SO REALLY? UM. I'LL EXPLAIN IT LATER. UM ALSO IN IN TALKING WITH MR BROWN

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AND I COULD SEE THAT GOING WAY OVERBOARD. JUST LIKE YOUR RENT APART. YOU MAKE THEM ATTACH SOMETHING TO IT. I MEAN, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU KNOW AS BOTH ALL THE COUNCILMAN. YOU NEED TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY SO WE CAN KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE COST EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT AND NOT FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD. SO ONCE WE GET SOME NUMBERS TO SEE WHAT IS WHAT AS YOU CAN GET SOMEBODY TO CHECK IT OUT. THEN WE CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION. SO MAYOR THAT'S TO YOUR POINT. SO UM, I GOT AN EMAIL FROM OUR CONSULTANT OR A DARPA CONSULTANT ABOUT IT. SO I ASKED ME ABOUT INSURANCE MAINTENANCE OF DRIVER FEW CALLS THERE ARE ELIGIBLE TO ELIGIBLE AND WE CAN USE AARP A FUNDS IF YOU WANT TO GO DOWN AROUND, OKAY , I'M JUST PUTTING THAT I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU.

BUT I WILL BE HIRING LIKE A MECHANIC TO GO DOWN THERE AND CHECK THIS VEHICLE OUT FOR US AND GIVE US A REAL GOOD REPORT. DIAGNOSTIC A REAL GOOD ONE. BEFORE I CAN GET A YES. IS THIS PLANNING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AT THE END OF THE MONTH? I WILL SEE OKAY. STUDY. THEY ARE THERE ANY

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

ONE THAT BAD JOHNSON GOT. YEAH. YEAH LIKE IT DID

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