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YOU JUST CALLED TO ORDER. MORE PROBABLY. MAYOR CLARKE. WITH THE RECORD REFLECTED VICE MAYOR DEALING IS NOT PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GIVES THOMAS HERE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER STONE. OKAY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND INVITE LINDA COME UP FOR OUR GREETINGS AND TO START
[1. Swearing In of the 2022-2026 Council Members:]
OUR PROGRAM. WELL THIS IS A SWITCH. THIS IS. A BLESSED EVENT TO SEE THIS ROOM FULL. UM WE NEED TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN. I WELCOME YOU ALL HERE. UM WE'RE TAKING ONE MORE STEP.ON THE NETWORK VILLAGE PAST UM AND IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. EVERY STEP WE TAKE IS A STEP FORWARD, SO WE WILL WE WILL MARCH FORWARD. UM AND NOW OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES WILL DO HER THING. THANK YOU. NOT ONLY IS IT IT'S ON MHM. EVERY MARTINEZ CLASS. YEAH THE SAME. HMM. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT. I JUST WANNA SAY WELCOME TO EVERYONE THAT IS IN ATTENDANCE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY JACKSON. UM AND I KNOW IF YOU NOTICE ON THE CEREMONY ON THE PROGRAM IT SAYS THAT I'M THE MASTER. OF CEREMONIES. WELL. I HOPE YOU CAN LOOK AT ME AND TELL IT. I'M NOT LITTLE MASTER NORA, MR. BUT DEPENDING ON THE TERMS, I'M NOT A MISTRESS, EITHER. SO THIS IS A LITTLE HUMOR. IT MAY BE A LITTLE DRY, BUT IT'S MINE. AND I'M GONNA STICK WITH IT. UM I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING OKAY TONIGHT. BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT'S NOT OKAY TONIGHT AND THAT IS CELL PHONES RINGING DURING THE CEREMONY, SO PLEASE, PLEASE TAKE THIS SHORT MOMENT TO TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES. AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THE RESTROOMS ARE TO THE RIGHT THROUGH THE DOOR. EVERYBODY GOT THOSE CELL PHONES OFF. OKAY WE'RE CHARGING FOR BRINGING CELL PHONES. OKAY. TONIGHT. WE'RE BLESSED TO HAVE MANY DIGNITARIES AND OUR AUDIENCE AND IF I OVERLOOK YOU JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. EVERYONE IN IT IN THIS KNOWS HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU MEAN. BUT IF I MISS YOU RAISE DRINK. TO BEGIN. LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU, OUR 2021 VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE MAYOR JACKIE CLARKE, UM MAYOR ANTHONY INVITES MIRROR. ANTHONY DARLING IS NOT HERE. WE HAVE COUNCILWOMAN JANET HERNANDEZ. COUNCILMAN, GUIDANCE STONE. AND COUNCILWOMAN SUSAN GIVES THOMAS WHO WILL NOW STAND AND TAKE HER PLACE OVER TO THE LEFT. OK HMM HMM. HMM. ALSO HERE TONIGHT IS, UM VILLAGE MANAGER HOWARD BROWN JR. VILLAGE ATTORNEY WADE VOTE. VILLAGE CLERK SUSAN OWENS AND DEPUTY CLERK DARREN HAMBURGER BACK THERE NOW ON MY LEFT THE 2022 ELECTED OFFICIALS AND TONIGHT'S SPEAKERS WHO WILL BE INTRODUCED LATER. UM WE ALSO HAVE SPECIAL GUESTS TONIGHT THAT WE LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, INCLUDING AND ESPECIALLY THE THREE WHO WHO SIGNED THE INCORPORATION PAPERS.
EVEN MARTINEZ, PLEASE STAND. UM THE LATE ART MADISON IS REPRESENTED TONIGHT BY HIS WIDOW , ROSEMARY MADISON. THE LATE WATERS REPRESENTED BY ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS, PHYLLIS BROWN AND ONE
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OF HER SON. OKAY LET'S TRY TO EXCITE HERE. BY HER DAUGHTER IS CAN WE GIVE THEM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE? I. WE ALSO HAVE OTHER DIGNITARIES IN THE AUDIENCE. INCLUDING MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION CHAIR DOUG SMITH. MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER STACY HEATHERINGTON BORN AND RAISED IN INDIAN TOWN. COME COLIN PASKOWITZ. COLLEEN IS A FAMILIAR FACE AT VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS HERE, REPRESENTING MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS, WHO IS IN CANADA. UM, WHATEVER. FOR YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM WHEN HE GETS BACK RECENTLY RETIRED COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TERRAN CHRISTA. AND THE ONLY REASON I COULD PRONOUNCE TEARING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A DEAR FRIEND NAMED TERRY. HMM. HMM. YEAH. OUR OWN INDIAN TOWN NATIVE AND CHAIR OF THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, MARCIA POWERS GET THEIR HUSBAND , KEVIN POWERS. WE ARE OTHER INDIAN TOWN NATIVES. UM BY THE WAY, MARCIA POWERS ALSO IS THE CEO OF THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF INDIAN RIVER MARTIN AND ST LUCIE COUNTIES, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT ROLE HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. SO LET'S GIVE HER APPLAUD . WE HAVE THE NEWLY ELECTED MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, AMY PRIDGET. IN THE IN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT ANNA BLAKE, WHO IS ALSO MY SON'S OTHER MOTHER. I COULD ALWAYS FIND HIM THERE IF HE WASN'T AT HOME, UM INDIAN TOWN ZONE TIKTOK SUPERSTAR TAYLOR BRICK BLAKE, WHO GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO BE OUR PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE NIGHT. AND AS I LOOK AROUND, I SEE IN OUR AUDIENCE. THEY ARE FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE GROWTH OF INDIAN TOWN AND TWO INDIAN TOWNS. FUTURE UM I CAN'T NAME EVERYBODY HERE. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. SO GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT FOR YOURSELVES NOW. OKAY I WANT TO THANK YOU. WE'RE SO GLAD TO HAVE EVERYBODY HERE WITH US. SO LET'S BEGIN THE CEREMONY WITH AN INVOCATION BY DOCTOR HOWARD L. BROWN AND INDIAN TOWN RESIDENT WHOSE ARE RELATED TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER, BUT IT'S RELATED BY MARRIAGE. BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT THE NAME. INDIAN TOWN ICON THELMA WATERS, PLEASE WELCOME DR BROWN . OKAY. AFTER DR BROWN BROWN, PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF A LEADER. BUT I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD, BE SEATED, AND THEN WE'LL STAND IF YOU DON'T MIND. GOOD EVENING VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN. AND, OF COURSE, THE DIGNITARIES AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, UM, WHEN I CAME TO INDIAN TOWN, MY MOTHER IN LAW, OF COURSE. THE THELMA WATERS, UM SHE USED TO ASK THE QUESTION SOMETIMES, AND SHE'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION. BUT SHE WOULD ALWAYS SAY FROM THE BOOK OF GENESIS IS THE STORY OF CAIN AND ABEL. BUT YOU KNOW THAT, SHE SAID, SHE WOULD SAY, AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER? AND THEN SHE WOULD ANSWER IT. SHE SAID. YES, YOU ARE YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER. AND SHE WOULD SHE WOULD ANSWER THAT. AND I'M NOT HERE TO PREACH BUT IN PSALMS 133 1, IT SAYS. WE HAVE THESE WORDS. BEHOLD HOW GOOD AND PLEASANT IT IS FOR BROTHER IN TO DWELL TOGETHER IN UNITY. WE NEED UNITY. HOW YOU BEEN? NOW I'M GETTING READY TO PRAY. BUT HERE'S I WANT YOU TO DO IS ONE THING THAT WE DO IN THE BLACK CHURCH. I'M NOT ACTUALLY TO HOLD HANDS. BUT YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT TO YOU, IF YOU WILL ABLE. I WANT YOU TO REACH OUT TO NUDGE HIM. I WANT YOU TO TOUCH HIM. I DON'T WANT YOU TO GRAB YOUR HANDS JUST TOUCHING AND IT JUST SHOWS A PERIOD OF AGREEMENT OF UNITY. IF YOU WILL.OKAY JUST JUST NUDGE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS WE PRAY, OKAY? ALL RIGHT. LET'S BOW OUR HEADS, PLEASE. DEAR LORD. AS THOLEN TRUSTED WERE LEADING THIS SNAKES VILLAGE COUNCIL. PLEASE HELP US
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EACH TO BECOME LEADERS, IN BALANCE, REALIZED THE IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT ABOUT WAY OF THINKING AND I WILL BEING BECAUSE LEADERS BUILT FROM THE INSIDE OUT, HELP US APPROACH LEADERSHIP AS A RELATIONSHIP, NOT JUST THE POSITION. MHM LISTENING, REFLECTIVE AND INTENTIONAL. HELP US TO UNDERSTAND THAT EACH OF US EMBODIES THE IMPEDIMENT OF OUR VILLAGE, SETTING THE TONE FOR WHAT IS DONE AND VALUE BUILDING TRUST. AND THAT EACH OF US FOCUSED ON A HIGHER PURPOSE. THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN A MISSION ABOVE PERSONAL INTERESTS. LORD HELP US TO APPRECIATE HIGH CORE LAB COLLABORATION WITH A PURPOSE CAN ENABLE US TO REACH BETTER DECISIONS AND TO EXECUTE OUR DECISIONS BETTER. AND TO THAT END, LORD HELP US EACH OF US TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE PYRAMID TO SHARE POWER AND AUTHORITY, ENCOURAGING INNOVATION, RELEASING ENERGY AND SPREADING INFLUENCE UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE CENTER OF COLLABORATION IS A TRUE COMFORT AND SENSOR VALUE VALUING OF DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE. IDEAS AND WAYS OF THINKING. AND ENORMOUSLY STRENGTHENING FACTOR . FINALLY LORD HELP US ALL BELIEVING DURING THESE DIFFICULT TIME THAT THE CHALLENGE OF LEADING CHANGED AT THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN IS NOT ABOUT LEADERSHIP IN CONTROL, BUT LEADERSHIP IN BALANCE. TO THAT END, WE COLLECTIVELY EMBRACE THE VALUE OF NURTURING REGION.JEANNE OF COLLABORATION THROUGHOUT THE VILLAGE OF ANY IN TOWN DEEP INTO AN ORGANIZATION.
WE MAKE THIS PRAYER. NOT ALONE, BUT TOGETHER. BUT TOGETHER THERE IS POWER. AND YOUR PRECIOUS HOLY NAME. I READ IT, BUT IT'S FROM MY HEART. AND I HOPE YOU ACCEPTED ANY IN TOWN. THANK YOU.
HMM. THANK YOU. AMEN NOW, PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU MAY BE SEATED. OKAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UM DESIREE MARTINEZ, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT. EVA'S GOTTA. SO WE GOTTA I'M HORSE. I'M HORSE, BUT WE HAVE. IF WE CAN ALL SING IT TOGETHER. WE'LL DO IT IN UNISON.
HOW ABOUT THAT? SO YOU KNOW AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL OH, BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES FOR AMBER WAVES OF GREAT, SO WE'RE GONNA START. OKAY. OH, BEAUTY. THE PHONE FOR SPACIOUS GOD FOR EMBER. AWAY FROM GRAIN. FOUR. OH, UP PURPLE MOUNTAINS, MAN, JUST ON IT. UM AMERICA. ERICA.
GOSH. GREAT ON ME. MHM AND CRIME. LOVE. THANK GOOD WITH BRO. OTHER. FROM SEA TO SHINE.
THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. WHAT THAT SONG REMINDS ME TO TAKE THIS EVENT. VERY SERIOUSLY . ELECTIONS LIKE THIS IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS ARE THE HEART OF DEMOCRACY. NOW, PLEASE WELCOME MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF WILLIAM SNYDER TO THE FRONT TO SWEAR IN THE NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SEAT THREE. SHERIFF SNYDER. ASIA, RIGHT? IN THE WAR. PATIENT RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
YOU SAW HIM? THEY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES , THE STATE OF FLORIDA DULY QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFF TO HOLD
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OFFICE. QUALIFIED TO HOLD ON UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. INTO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE WILL FAITHFULLY PERFORM. THAT WILL FAITHFULLY DUTIES OF COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN. AND WHICH ARE NOW ABOUT TO ENTER ABOUT THAT. SO HELP ME GOD. GOD, MAN, EXACTLY.JUDGE, OKAY? I'M SUPPOSED TO SPEAK? I DON'T KNOW. BUT YOU'RE IN NOW. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WORD. YOU MAY HAVE A WORD. BY THEIR YOU LIKE TO TALK. I WAS TOLD TO WRITE A SPEECH. YES. SO I WROTE THE SPEECH. IT'S PROBABLY GOOD BECAUSE WHEN I GET GOING, GET GOING SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. LET ME START BY THANKING GOD. WITHOUT HIM. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. THANK HIM FOR THE STRENGTH. AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HE'S BROUGHT ME IN MY LIFE. THANK YOU, SHERIFF SNYDER. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT HERE AND TAKING YOUR TIME TO SWEAR ME IN I WANT TO THANK MY FAMILY. MY PARENTS WHO ARE LOOKING DOWN FROM HEAVEN. YEAH NOW YOU GOT A POLITICIAN IN THE FAMILY. THAT'S WHAT THEY TELL ME ANYWAYS. MY SON, MICHAEL. SO PROUD OF HIM. THERE'S ANOTHER SERGEANT TO PAOLO. HE'S OVER IN COLLIER COUNTY. I'M PROUD OF HIM. PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER. THROUGH THE YEARS. THEY'VE SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR ME TO GIVE THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND EVEN MY BUSINESS ENDEAVORS. SO I THANK THEM. I LOVE THEM. AND THEY'RE GREAT. I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM. I WANT TO THANK MY TEAM THAT SUPPORTED ME IN THIS. ELECTION. THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. YOU ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND WITH WITH WITHOUT THEM. I JUST. HERE WE GO. TOGETHER, WE MADE THE DIFFERENCE. THAT COMMENCED WITH OUR WIN. I WANT TO THANK THE MARTIN COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS UNION. AND THE POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT. TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING THAT BOND. THAT WE SHARE. WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOU. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. WHAT HAPPENS ON THE COAST EFFECTS INDIAN ITALIAN WHAT HAPPENS IN INDIAN TOWN EFFECTS THE COAST. I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE CITIZENS. INTEREST AT HAND. SO TOGETHER. WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. TO MAKE A FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS PAST AND PRESENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. PUBLIC SERVICE IS NOT EASY. ANYONE WHO'S BEEN IN IT KNOWS IT DEMANDS A TON FROM YOU. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT. AND ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED REALLY KNOW THE TRUE FEELING AND MEANING OF THIS SERVICE. SO I THANK YOU. THE CURRENT COUNCIL. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK WE WILL DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE. I KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE THE RESOLVE IT TAKES TO SHINE THE DIAMOND THAT WE'VE BEEN HANDED TOGETHER. WE WILL DO THE WORK FOR OUR CITIZENS WHO HAVE SENT US HERE TO DO THE WORK ON THEIR BEHALF. TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS. I HEARD YOU. WE ALL HEARD YOU.
LOUD AND CLEAR. YOU SEND US A MANDATE AND I WON'T TAKE I WILL WORK HARD TO FILL THAT ORDER. I WON'T LET YOU DOWN. MY CAMPAIGN WAS BASED ON TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES. HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, AND WE'LL BE WORKING HARD TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS. IN THE COMING DAYS, WEEKS AND MONTHS. YOU WILL SEE THE PROCESS. AND THE CHANGES THAT IT BRINGS. I URGE ALL CITIZENS TO STAY INVOLVED. ALTHOUGH MY ROLE HIS CHANGED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT. I WILL ALWAYS RESPOND TO YOUR CALL, JUST LIKE I'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. IN CLOSING. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THERE'S A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART FOR THIS VILLAGE. THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. AS A SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. ALMOST 30 YEARS AGO, I
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WAS ASSIGNED TO INDIAN TOWN 90 DAY ROTATION. I NEVER REALLY WENT BACK TO THE COAST.PRACTICALLY LIVED HERE. FOR DECADES. WITH THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN. INDIAN TOWN WAS A VILLAGE OF BROTHERS, SISTERS AND FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HELPED MY NEIGHBOR AND BEEN THERE FOR EACH OTHER AT TIMES OF NEED. LONG BEFORE INC. THAT IS WHAT MAKES INDIAN TOWN SPECIAL THAT IS THE FOUNDATION OR BRING A BRIGHT FUTURE TO THE VILLAGE. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT GREATNESS IS AHEAD FOR OUR VILLAGE TOGETHER. WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS GREATNESS. I'M EXCITED TO START WORK AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE. MAY GOD BLESS YOU. KEEP OUR FIRST RESPONDERS SAFE. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WELCOME CIRCUIT JUDGE ELIZABETH METZGER.
SHE INSTALLED ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF INDIAN TOWNS. FIRST VILLAGE COUNCIL, PLEASE WELCOME HER BACK TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN TO SWEAR IN OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS FOR SEATS FOUR AND.
FIVE. THANKS TO BREAK UP OVER HERE. ARE YOU READY? READY GOOD . RAISE YOUR RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. WE SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND PORTS. PROTECT PROTECT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, CONSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT AND UNITED STATES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED TO E QUALIFIED TO HOLD OFFICE TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. AND THAT I WILL. WELL THEN I WILL WELL FAITHFULLY AND FAITHFULLY PERFORM THE DUTIES PERFORMED THE DUTIES COUNCIL MEMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER WHICH ON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER ABOUT TENT ER, GOD, GOD HELP ME SELF. RACHAEL A SHOES . SURE GOOD EVENING, GUYS. I'M THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? MAMA PAPA MIA'S POSO , MISS ME AND MONO RAMANA. SENALES KNOWS W IRAQI. WERE YOU THINKING? I WAS GONNA GIVE MY WHOLE SPEECH IN SPANISH? I'M NOT , BUT I HOPE IT'S A REMINDER OF ONE OF INDIAN TOWNS. GREATEST BLESSING AS WE KNOW AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CHALLENGE. INDIAN TOWN IS MULTI CULTURE. WITH ABOUT 70% HISPANIC. AND IT'S AND IT'S EASY TO TALK ABOUT HEALING THE DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WITH SO MANY MAY NOT EVEN UNDERSTAND YOUR WORDS. ONE OF MY PRIORITIES AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IS TO HELP HEAL THE DIVISION IN OUR COMMUNITY. I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TO START BY CREATING A SPANISH VERSION OF A COUNCIL MEETINGS AND MINUTE MEETINGS SO THAT THEY MAY BE ACCESSED AT ANY TIME. MY NAME IS ANGELINA PEREZ . IF YOU HAVE NOT GUESSED THAT ALREADY. I AM I AM A PROUD GOLLUM IN GUATEMALA. AMERICAN AND I'M GRATEFUL TO MY PARENTS FROM FOR THE SACRIFICE THEY MADE COMING TO THIS COUNTRY. AND THE BEST DECISION EVER WAS TO COME AND LIVE IN INDIAN TOWN WHERE I SPENT 36 YEARS OF MY LIFE, AND I LOVE IT. ALSO I WANT TO MAKE. I WANT TO ALSO ENSURE THAT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS ALL OF ANY TIME. MAJOR EXPENDITURES NEED TO GO TO CLEAN WATER BECAUSE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANY TOWN RESIDENTS, IT'S GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU KNOW ME, YOU KNOW MY PASSION IS CHILDREN. I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON THE CHARACTER OF COMPETENCE OF A CHILD IS IN SPORTS. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF INDIAN TIME WORD SOCCER CLUB, WHICH STARTED BACK IN 2018, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A SOCCER CLUB HERE. WE WERE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF HOPE SOUND SOCCER CLUB. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANTED TO MAKE A CHANGE. I WANTED TO REPRESENT INDIAN TOWN AND WHY NOT BEING ANYTIME WARRIORS? AS I BELIEVE IN PARTNERING WITH INDIAN TOWN PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO
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EXPAND USE SPORTS AT THE LOWEST COST, BUT THE HIGHEST IMPACT AND THAT MEANS VOLUNTEERING. WE LACK VOLUNTEERS, SO IF ANYBODY'S LOOKING TO COACH WE NEED COACHES FOR SOCCER AND IN THE TOWN NEEDS YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN THE VILLAGE AND SMALL WAYS IN LARGE RACE IN ANY WAY TO MAKE INDIAN TOWN BETTER TOGETHER. WE CAN MAKE INDIAN TOWNS THE BEST IT CAN BE THE PERSON THE BEST PLACE TO LIVE IN ALL THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THANK YOU. MM HMM.I UNDERSTAND. SHE WANTS TO BRING HER SON UP HERE, RIGHT? YEAH. RIGHT HAND GOES UP. AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR OTHER HAND ON THE BUT YOU HAVE THE FAMILY BIBLE. HOW BEAUTIFUL. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY? REPEAT AFTER ME. I DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, SUPPORT, PROTECT AND DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT. PROTECT AND DEFEND, PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THE CONSTITUTION GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE UNITED STATES STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED THAT I AM DULY QUALIFIED, HOLD OFFICE TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE CONSTITUTION UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE. AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY DUTIES PERFORMED THE DUTIES WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER ON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. HELP ME GOD. SO HELP ME GOD. CONGRATULATIONS THANK YOU. MM HMM. THE MOVE AROUND VERY MUCH DOING JUST WAITING THERE, RIGHT? WELL, THERE'S I'M GOING TO ADD SOME. THANK YOU. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS LONG. THERE'S A LOT OF EMOTION AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY. FOR HAVING FAITH IN ME. AND ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE ON AND A COUNCIL SEAT AT THIS DIOCESE. THANK YOU TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR YOUR EFFORTS TO BE INVOLVED. AND HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD. THROUGH YOUR VOTE. WE HEAR YOU. AND WHAT HE NEEDS YOU. WE NEED EVERYONE. AN INDIAN TOWN FROM THIS POINT FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVELY ENGAGED. WITH US IN THE PROCESS, ATTEND THE MEETINGS IN PERSON OR ONLINE VOLUNTEER. TO SIT ON A BOARD OR A COMMITTEE. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IS NOT ONLY YOUR RIGHT IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS NOW THIS VILLAGE COUNCILS RESPONSIBILITY TO DILIGENTLY MOVE FORWARD INTO WHAT HAS OVERWHELMINGLY BEEN VOICED BY THIS COMMUNITY. THIS COUNCIL'S DUTY IS TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND BE RESPONSIVE TO YOU. WHO WORK. PLAY. AND CHOOSE INDIAN TOWN IS YOUR HOME. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING ABOUT THE CHANGE THAT IS NEEDED TO MOVE. INDIAN TOWN FORWARD. FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACCOUNTABILITY. TRANSPARENCY.
AND PUTTING FIRST THINGS FIRST. IT'S GOING TO SET THE DIRECTION THAT MAKES SURE INDIAN TOWNS BRIGHT FUTURE IS BECOMING A REALITY. MAY GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU. OUR BELOVED VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. OUR GREAT STATE OF FLORIDA. AND THE BEAUTIFUL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HI. I'M BACK. UM, I WANT TO THANK UM SHERIFF SNYDER. THANK YOU, JUDGE MISC.
ER THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 ELECTED OFFICIALS. NOW NEXT UP IS VILLAGE MANAGER. HOWEVER, BROWN WHO WILL PRESENT SOME SERVICE FLAGS AND THE WARS. MR. BROWN PODIUM IS YOURS. OKAY. WELL
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THANK YOU, MISS JACKSON. OKAY, EVERYONE, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO GIVE OUT RECOGNITION TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EMPLOYEES, AND I'M HONORED THAT I WAS SELECTED AND IT IS, UH, WE HAVE THREE PLAQUES THAT WE WILL BE GIVING TO GIVEN TO OUR RESPECTIVE. FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THIS PLAN IS TO MAYOR JACQUELINE GARY CLARK. IF YOU AFFORD, PLEASE. UH IN APPRECIATION FOR 30 AS THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN AND APPRECIATION FOR SERVING AS THE VILLAGE MANY TOWNS, MAYOR THANK YOU FOR YOUR DILIGENCE AND COMMITMENT OF SERVICE. 2021 2022 BILLS. MANY TOWN, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 7TH 2022. YEAH. WITH THE PERSPECTIVE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? THANK YOU ALL. PLEASE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. IT'S BEEN 100. OKAY UH, FORMER VICE MAYOR ANTHONY DOWLING IS NOT PRESENT. THIS EVENING. HOWEVER I'LL MAKE SURE THAT HE GETS HIS PLAQUE.AND LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, COUNCIL MEMBER SUSAN G. THOMAS UH, THIS IS IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR PERFECT ATTENDANCE. DEDICATION AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE DATE OF SERVICE 2018 TO 2022. THE BILLS OF ANY TOWN, FLORIDA, SEPTEMBER 7 2022. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU WANT ANYTHING TO SAY, NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND THANK YOU. VILLAGE MANAGER BROWN. UM. ANYONE WHO LIVES ANYWHERE NEAR INDIAN TOWN FEELS THEY ARE PART OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE. WHETHER THEY LIVE INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OR OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES. WE ALL LOVE INDIAN TOWN. AND MOST PEOPLE THAT FROM HERE OR EVEN OUT, SOME OUTSIDE OF HERE FEEL A PART OF ITS FUTURE. IT IS THE SAME WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO REPRESENT INDIAN TOWN ON THE COUNTY COMMISSIONS AND EVEN THOSE WHO DO NOT. ONE COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS. REPRESENTS THE VILLAGE ITSELF AND OTHER COMMISSIONER. UM IT CAMPY REPRESENT INDIAN TOWN OUTSIDE OF THE VILLAGES, BOUNDARIES NORTHWEST OF WAR FIELD AND CITRUS. AND WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE, UM, COMMISSIONER CAMPY. HERE TONIGHT TO OFFER SOME CLOSING REMARKS. YEAH OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EVERY ELECTION IN HIS IS HISTORIC, THE FIRST ONE THAT INDIAN TOWN HAD AFTER THEIR INCORPORATION. THESE THREE FINE MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF OUR COUNTY. ALONG WITH ANTHONY DOWLING AND OUR FRIEND SUSAN. AND NOW YOU'VE HAD ANOTHER ONE. AH COMMISSIONER SMITH LED THE CHARGE ON THE COMMISSION TO REALLY SUPPORT THE WHAT I CALL THE FAMILY AND FATHERS AND MOTHERS OF INDIAN TOWN WHEN YOU WANTED YOUR INC BACK TO THE DAYS OF PATRICK HAYES AND NOW WITH HAROLD JENKINS WERE ALWAYS REPRESENTED BY TWO COMMISSIONS OUT OF FIVE. I WOULD TELL YOU ALL FIVE OF US. OUR HEARTS ARE HERE IN TOWN, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL SURROUNDINGS THAT WE FELL IN LOVE WITH. IT'S I MEAN, YOU KNOW, WE SADLY MOURN THELMA. AND ART. BUT THERE ARE OTHER, YOU KNOW, PILLARS OF YOUR COMMUNITY THAT BROUGHT THIS PROCESS FORWARD AND IT'S NOT EASY. YOU KNOW YOU ARE THE YOUNGEST AND NEWEST COMMUNITY GOVERNMENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. UH OH, AND THERE WILL BE BUMPS IN THE ROAD, BUT I WOULD DO AS A SPECTATOR SOMEWHAT OF A PARTICIPANT IN THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH. YOU'RE DOING GREAT. I MEAN, IS THERE WORK TO BE DONE? YES AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM AND THOSE THAT YOU OR WHO ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR COWORKERS? YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE INDIAN TOWN OF REMARKABLE REMARKABLE. COMMUNITY. IT ALREADY HAS BEEN WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PERSONALLY, IF I COULD TAKE A MOMENT IS I ALWAYS TOLD PEOPLE I MENTIONED IT TO SOME FOLKS THIS MORNING. ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ATTRIBUTES OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS THAT EVERYONE GOT ALONG AND EVERYONE LOVED EACH OTHER. DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHAT COLOR YOU WERE, WHAT YOUR
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NATIONALITY WAS WHAT YOUR RELIGION WAS. IT WAS KNOWN WELL ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, AND I WOULD SAY REGIONALLY. THAT INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS AT EACH OTHER THEY GOT ALONG AND SO LET TODAY AND THIS NEW ELECTION BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND I THANK JACKIE. SHE'S A FRIEND. AND NO, SHE WORKED HARD TO BRING THE COMMUNITY FORWARD THE DIRECTION THAT SHE THOUGHT WAS APPROPRIATE . YOU HAVE TO FINE CITIZENS. THOSE OF US FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND I'M SO THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER SMITH AND COMMISSIONER HEATHERINGTON? NO WE ALL KNOW HAROLD JENKINS WOULD BE RIGHT HERE TODAY IF HE WASN'T 6000 MILES AWAY, WERE THRILLED TO WORK WITH YOU. WE WERE THRILLED TO WORK WITH OUR ORIGINAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WE ARE THRILLED TO WORK WITH YOU. WE DO NOT THINK THAT INDIAN TOWN IS SOME SEPARATE OUTSIDE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALL FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY, SO I TAKE A MOMENT TO REPRESENT MY COLLEAGUES AND TELL YOU GOOD FOR YOU. IT'S A NEW DAY IN INDIAN TOWN. YOU HAVE NEW REPRESENTATION, AND I THANK THE TWO OF YOU FOR STEPPING OUT.THAT WAS THE BEST THAT HAVE DONE IT. LIKE MARCIA AND THE SHERIFF AND THE JUDGE. THOSE PEOPLE THAT PUT THEMSELVES FORWARD TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS AND WISHES OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT EASY.
BUT IT'S CERTAINLY REWARDING AND I WOULD MAKE A PLEDGE AND I'M ASSUMING MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BACK ME ON THIS. YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION. WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER AND A POSITIVE GROWING BEAUTIFUL, HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL INDIAN TOWN. IS THE SAME FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, ESPECIALLY OUR NEW COLLEAGUES AND THOSE THAT ARE RETURNING AND GOD BLESS TOWN. THANK YOU. NOW WE COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF OUR CEREMONY. UM, I LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THERE ARE REFRESHMENTS IN THE ROOM NEXT DOOR. AND DON'T TELL ANYBODY. WAIT. WAIT A MINUTE BEFORE I DO THIS WHOSE PHONE WAS THAT? OH, OKAY. YOU OWE ME ME AT YOU. WELL THE SECRET IS THERE IS, UM. CHOCOLATE RUM CAKE IN THE BACK HOTEL. NOBODY TOLD YOU , BUT IF YOU'RE NOT 21, YOU CANNOT HAVING OKAY, SO OUR CEREMONY IS CONCLUDED. I LIKE TO SAY I LOVE YOU ALL BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. AND A NOTHING YOU COULD DO ABOUT IT
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