Jan 12, 2023 Regular Meeting

[CALL TO ORDER]

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EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING THIS JANUARY. THE 12TH 2023. COULD WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES, MADAM MAYOR MAYOR GIBBS. THOMAS HERE. VICE MAYOR STONE COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER OF APOLLO HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. TO YOU. QUICK HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS. EXITS ARE NOTATED ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, ALSO TO YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE BATHROOMS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE. ALSO THE, UM IF YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT YOU READ THE CIVILITY STATEMENT THAT IS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR AGENDA. WE DO PRACTICE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC DOES PRACTICE CIVILITY HERE AT THESE MEETINGS. NEXT OUR INVOCATION IS GOING TO BE HELD BY PASTOR MIGUEL PASCUAL OF BIBLE BIBLE TEACHERS OF INDIAN TOWN. IF EVERYONE WOULD PLEASE STAND FALL , PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO THE FATHER. FATHER WE JUST WANT TO BLESS YOU. WE WANT TO THANK YOU. GOD FOR THIS EVENING, LORD AND LOW. WE JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AT THIS TIME, AND BUT WE JUST CONTINUE TO ASK GOD LAW FOR YOUR LEADING AND YOUR GUIDANCE WITH ALL THE COUNCILMAN'S, AND WE JUST WELCOME YOU TO THIS MEETING FOR THE WE INVITE YOU INTO A GARDEN. WE ASK GOD THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THIS COMMUNITY AND BRING US TOGETHER IN JESUS' NAME. WE PRAY. AMEN. MY PLEASURE. STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS,

[ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS]

OH SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO PULL. I DON'T UM ITEM 15. THANK YOU. PAUL. OKAY? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THAT? DELETIONS ME. SORRY. SO. THAT IS UNDER A DELETION OR DELETING THAT ITEM. SO ITEM NUMBER 15 WILL BE DELETED. OKAY. IS THAT IS THAT ALL? THAT WE HAVE. OKAY?

[1. Saturday Shuttle Service Update by Chris Stevenson of the Senior Resource Association]

SHUTTLE SERVICE UPDATE BY CHRIS STEVENSON OF THE SENIOR RESOURCES ASSOCIATION. BYE GOOD EVENING. WELCOME I'M ACTUALLY NOT CHRIS. I AM CARROTS. OKAY NO , CHRIS IS HERE. DON'T WORRY, AND HE'S GOING TO DO IT. I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SENIOR RESOURCE ASSOCIATION. I'M KAREN DIEGEL. I'M THE CEO OF SENIOR RESOURCE ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE THE COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR HERE IN IN MARTIN COUNTY, SO WE PROVIDE ALL OF THE UH, DOOR TO DOOR SERVICES, OUR COMMUNITY COACH SERVICES IN MARTIN COUNTY , AND WE OPERATE THE MARTIN OR THE INDIAN TOWN SHUTTLE. UM, SO WE'RE PLEASED TO BE HERE TONIGHT . WE'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD SUCCESSES. UM FLORIDA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION HAS IS GOING TO BE PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT UM SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO, UH UM DO A LITTLE PRESENTATION AS TO HOW WE'RE DOING AND THE SUCCESS OF THE SHUTTLE SERVICE AND I'LL PASS IT OVER TO CHRIS STEPHENSON, WHO IS THE TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR. HI EVERYONE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. WE WERE OUT ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO. AND SO WE'RE EXCITED TO COME AND GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON HOW THE SHUTTLE IS DOING THAT WE OPERATE ON SATURDAYS. AND SO JUST REMINDER . THE SENIOR RESOURCE ASSOCIATION HAS THE CTC IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE ARE ALL ABOUT PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE AND DIGNITY IN THE COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS AND TRANSPORTATION FOR ALL, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY. UH SINCE THE SEVENTIES, AND WE BECAME THE COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR IN MARTIN COUNTY IN 2018. AND SO HOW DO HOW DO WE GET TO WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT IN OCTOBER OF 2018? WE TOOK OVER THE CTC IN MARTIN COUNTY AND THEN MARCH OF THE FOLLOWING YEAR , WE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND ONE OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD WITH THAT

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THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. YOU STATED A SURVEY.

YOU WERE GOING TO DO A SURVEY? YES, MA'AM. WHEN WILL THAT SURVEY GO OUT? AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA GOING TO DO THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE VILLAGE STAFF ON JUST IN THE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. UM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE KNOW WILL FOR. SURE DO IS PUT IT OUT TO THE PASSENGERS WHO ARE WRITING IT ON SATURDAYS TO SEE LIKE, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE SHADOW. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO DIFFERENTLY, BUT ONE OF THE OTHER IDEAS THAT WE HAD, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID WHEN THE SHUTTLE FIRST STARTED BACK IN IN 2020 WAS PUTTING IT IN THE WATER BILL THAT GETS SENT OUT TO EVERYONE. THAT WAY. WHEN EVERYONE OPENS THEIR WATER BILL, THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER A SURVEY. THAT WAY WE CAN REALLY GET A GOOD FEEL FOR HOW THE COMMUNITY IS WANTING TO BUT. TO OPERATE THAT SHUTTLE HOW THEY WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE FROM IT. WE'VE HAD SUCCESS DOING THAT IN OTHER OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HAD. THE SURVEY WILL BE WRITTEN. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING NICHOLAS VERBAL FIRMING YOUR UNDERSTANDING SOMETIME THIS YEAR BEFORE ME SURVEY WOULD NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER. TWO YEARS FROM FDA. BUT YES, IT WILL BE BEFORE MAY FOR ME, OKAY? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. I WAS WONDERING WHAT IS THAT SHUTTLES CAPACITY? HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN CARRY AT A TIME CAN HOLD 14 PEOPLE SITTING AND FIVE PEOPLE STANDING. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GET A LITTLE BIT OF A LARGER VEHICLE WHENEVER WE PROCURE OUR NEW VEHICLE THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WE'VE HAD TO USE ALL THESE PEOPLE STANDING, AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S A IT'S A LONG DRIVE BETWEEN INDIAN TOWN AND STUART AND SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER VEHICLE WHENEVER WE PROCURED A NEW VEHICLE THIS YEAR, JUST TO MAKE IT MORE COMFORTABLE FOR OUR PASSENGERS. THANK YOU. I FORGOT ONE QUICK QUESTION. WHAT'S THE TIME RUNS ON SATURDAYS? EIGHT AM TO FIVE. PM OKAY. THANK YOU. OH, ONE MORE. COMPLETE LOOP. TAKES ABOUT HOW LONG AN HOUR AND A HALF AN HOUR AND A HALF. OKAY GOOD INFORMATION. THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANKS SO MUCH. Y'ALL WE APPRECIATE Y'ALL INVITING US TO COME TALK ABOUT THE SERVICE. APPRECIATE IT. OUR SECOND ITEM THIS EVENING

[2. Presentation by the Florida Department of Health on "Supporting Access to Healthy Food in Indiantown".]

AWESOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SHE'LL GET OKAY? GOOD EVENING. UM YEAH. GOOD EVENING MAJOR ADVICE MAJOR ON COUNCIL MEMBERS . UM AM CASTILLO, THE SILVER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND I'M DELIGHTED TO PRESENT THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST YEAR. UH UM UM. GOT IT. UM SO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IN MARTIN COUNTY HAS LAUNCHED AN INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT HEALTHY FOOD ACCESS HERE IN INDIAN TOWN , AND WE HAVE USED PACE E H MODEL, WHICH IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED MODEL, UM, ANALYZING COMMUNITIES. SPACEY H STANDS FOR PROTOCOL FOR ASSESSING COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. AND ENGAGES THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY HEALTH CONCERNS AND DEVELOP SOLUTIONS.

UM WHY INDIAN TOWN THAT USDA, THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, THE U. S. D, A HAVE FOUND THAT INDIAN TOWN AND TWO OTHER UM, AREAS IN MARTIN COUNTY ARE FOOT DESSERTS . UM MY INDIAN TOWN IS RURAL FOR DESSERTS WERE, UM, THAT ARE GENERALLY CLASSIFIED AS AREAS WHERE RESIDENTS MUST DRIVE MORE

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INHIBITED PEOPLE TO, UM, MAINTAINING HEALTHY EATING HABITS, HEALTHY EATING HABITS.

UM ALSO, BESIDES THAT, WE ALSO ANALYZED MANY DATA AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS GRAPH. YOU CAN SEE EVERY YEAR. OUR SCHOOL NURSES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, UM COLLECTIVE BODY MAX IN THE X FOR THE FOR ALL CHILDREN IN LIMB ENTERING AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS. AS YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE IS INDIAN TOWN AND IN GREEN IS THE REST OF THE MARGIN COUNTY AND WE CAN SEE A TRYING TO WORD INDIAN TOWN. CHILDREN ARE UM MORE OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE AND THE REST OF THE MARTIN COUNTY AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, UM, IS CLOSED AS A CHILD IS CLOSELY RELATED WITH OBESITY AND OVERWEIGHT AS AN ADULT, AND OBVIOUSLY AN OVERWEIGHT AS RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT IT IS VERY RELATED TO OTHER DISEASES SUCH AS DIABETES AND HEART DISEASE. WITHIN MANY OTHERS. SO WE, UM FOLLOWING OUR PAY CH PROJECT. WE UM WE ARE CREATED, UH, HEALTH COMMUNITY, UM. GROUP HERE IN INDIAN TOWN COMMITTEE, AND WE ALSO CREATED WITH THEM AS SURVEY THAT WE DISTRIBUTE AT IN MADE THIS YEAR AND THIS COMMUNITY SURVEY WAS DELIVERED IN PERSON AND ONLINE IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH, AND I HAD QUESTIONS AROUND FOOT ACCESS TRANSPORTATION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE CONSUMPTION. AND DEMOGRAPHICS AS WELL. UM. SO WITH THIS SURVEY WAS DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AND I HAVE A LIST HERE OF ALL OUR PARTNERS. AND, UH, THANKS TO THIS PARTNERS WERE ABLE TO COLLECT 200 SURVEYS AND I'M GOING TO PRESENT HERE. UM, THE KEY FINDINGS. OUR SURVEY . UM OUR SURVEY WILL BE IS AVAILABLE FOR ANYBODY. THEY IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST IT, I'M JUST GONNA FOCUS HERE ON THE MOST IMPORTANT FINDINGS. UM WE FOUND THAT 30% OF THE POPULATION. UM, THAT, UM, ANSWER OUR SURVEY, BUT FREE FROM FAST FOOD, RESTAURANTS AND CONVENIENCE STORES ON REGULAR BASIS. ALSO ONLY 18% OF OURS. RESPONDENTS EIGHT RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND ONLY 16% 80% OF FRUITS AND ON THESE 16% OF FESTIVALS. UM. SO WE ALSO FOUND MANY KIEV. UM FINDINGS ON CHALLENGES, WHICH ARE THE HIGH COST OF PRODUCTS. THE LACK OF STORIES THAT OFFER UM AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS HERE IN MARCH IN INDIAN TOWN AND LIMITED TRANSPORTATION WAS A BIG FACTOR. WE FOUND THAT ALMOST 40% OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE A DEPEND ON SOMEBODY ELSE TO TAKE THEM TO THE FOOT SOURCE. AT THE END OF THE SURVEY. WE IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT, UM, OPTIONS SOLUTIONS FOR THESE PROBLEM AND WAS ONE BEING THE COMMUNITY GARDEN AND ANOTHER ONE FARMER'S MARKET AND MORE STORES THAT SELL AFFORDABLE PRODUCTS HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. AH SO IT SEEMS THIS IS A, UH, THE WAY THE PCH WORK IS THAT WE ASKED THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY THINK IS THE BEST SOLUTION, SO WE WENT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT ANOTHER 183 RESPONSES AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WAS OVERWHELMINGLY, UM INCLINED FOR TO HAVE ENOUGH FARMERS MARKET AS A SOLUTION TO THE TO THE PROBLEM. SO THAT IS WHAT BRINGS ME HERE TODAY. THEY UM AND, UH, AT THIS POINT, YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING, HOW CAN YOU HELP AND, UM SO WITHOUT THAT,

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ENCOURAGE PARTNERS, UM, TO JOIN THE COMMITTEE. ALSO UM, OUR COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION I FIRST FAMILY NUTRITION PROGRAM , THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION AND THE D. O H MARKING HEALTH EQUITY TASK FORCE THAT I HAS IN IT MORE THAN 20. ORGANIZATIONS IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND WELL, THE DISEASE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, UM LET ME DOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH GREAT INFORMATION WOULD ASK IF YOU'RE ASKING FOR HELP AND ALL THOSE IDEAS. HOW DO THEY CONTACT YOU? THERE'S NO CONTACT INFORMATION.

SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE COMMITTEE, WHO WOULD THEY CONTACT? THAT'S RIGHT . UM UH, YEAH, DEFINITELY. I'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU MY INFORMATION . UM I AM THE HEALTH EQUITY LIAISON AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EMERGING COUNTY. AND UM UH, DEBRA COULD ALSO CAN REACH DEBORAH AND NEVER. I WILL HAVE MY CONTACT AND I WILL DEFINITELY JUST HEAR MY CONTACT WITH THING.

FOR YOU, TOO, SO THAT SO STAFF UM, OUR PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR DEBBIE RESOURCE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION SO HAVE SENT ANYBODY WANTS IT. THEY CAN JUST CONTACT THE VILLAGE AND WE'LL GET IT TO YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. ITEM NUMBER

[3. Presentation by Palm City Chamber of Commerce to request to install Little Libraries in various locations throughout the Village.]

HELLO. SO I DIDN'T DO A FANCY PRESENTATION FOR YOU ALL. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM I AM MISSY CAMBELL. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE PUMP CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND UM, I WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, MARTIN COUNTY FOR 34 YEARS BEFORE TAKING THIS ROLE AND EDUCATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME. SO UM, WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THE EARLY LEARNING COALITION OF MARTIN OKEECHOBEE IN INDIAN RIVER COUNTY AND THE MARTIN READS PROGRAM THROUGH THEIR CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL TO CREATE COMMUNITY LIBRARIES BROUGHT YOU KIND OF A LITTLE PICTURE. THIS IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT HOURS LOOK LIKE. BUT THEY'RE PRETTY SIMILAR TO SEE THAT THERE. SWEET KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BIRDHOUSE. UM WE ACTUALLY HAD THEM BUILT BY PROJECT LIFT, AND THEY'VE BEEN PAINTED BY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO THIS INITIATIVE IS GOING TO ALLOW THE OUTREACH TO COMMUNITIES THAT THE NONPROFIT SERVED WHILE ALSO PROVIDING READING MATERIALS FOR BIRTH TO FIVE YEAR OLDS AND BEYOND. THESE LIBRARIES ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE RESOURCES WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY GETTING THESE NONPROFITS, NAMES AND PROGRAMS OUT TO THOSE WHO MAY NEED THE SERVICES AND THE COMMUNITY. THE STRUCTURES WILL BE AN AREA IS THROUGHOUT MARTIN COUNTY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PUT THREE OF THEM IN INDIAN TOWN AND THE PLACES THAT WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE BEST WOULD BE BOOKER PARK. BIG MOUND PARK AND THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CARTER PARK, AND , UM, WE WILL PUT THEM IN THE PARKS. THEY WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH BOOKS, THE FRIENDS OF THE MARTIN COUNTY LIBRARY. WE'RE GONNA GO IN AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS BOOKS IN THEM AND YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING BUT JUST SAY OKAY, GO FOR IT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU THAT THAT'S GREAT. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR AND FOR MISSING THERE, THERE. THERE YOU GO. WELL LET ME ASK YOU THIS. YOU SAID THAT, UM, THAT THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED BY PROJECT LEFT CORRECT. AND WHO PAINTS THEM AND THEY WERE PAINTED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE LIKE I THINK I'M DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WENT INTO PROJECT LEFT TO HELP THEM. THEY'RE ALL IT'S ALL DONE. THEY ARE IN THREE PIECES. I HAVE THE POSTS AND THEN I HAVE TWO OTHER PIECES THAT GO, BUT I'LL GET THEM ALL PUT TOGETHER AND PUT INTO THE GROUND FOR YOU. I WAS THINKING IF THEY NEEDED TO BE PAINTED, THEY'RE ALREADY PAINTED THE SCHOOLS. YEAH RIGHT. THAT'S WHY WE WENT THROUGH PROJECT LEFT SO THAT WE CAN SHARE THE WEALTH WITH ALL THE NONPROFITS. YEAH THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE THAT'S KIND OF EXCITING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PUSH FOR HER SUPERVISE. HANG ON. GOING TO BE JUST BE WON'T COME OUT AND CHECK THEM AND PUT NEW BOOKS IN WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED. ITEM NUMBER FOUR

[4. E. Thelma Waters Annual Community Clean Up Event Update]

GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MY FACE. UM FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS PHYLLIS

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WITH THAT BEING SAID. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE TEACH OTHERS HOW TO TREAT US AND HOW TO TREAT OUR VILLAGE. WHAT YOU WILL ACCEPT IS WHAT THEY WILL DO. WE MUST TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR VILLAGE. WHILE WE STILL HAVE A VILLAGE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF WE COULD BE THE ENVY OF THE TREASURE COAST IF WE CARED ENOUGH AND DEMANDED THAT OTHERS WHO VISIT CARE AS WELL. IF YOU WORK HERE, YOU OWN PROPERTY HERE . YOU LIVE HERE. WE EXPECT THE SAME FROM YOU. IT DOESN'T TAKE MONEY TO HAVE CLEAN ROADWAYS OR LIVING SPACE, DOES IT? BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR LIVING SPACE WITHIN THE VILLAGE OR RENTALS, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LANDLORDS. WE NEED TO. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE VILLAGE.

THE VILLAGE COUNCIL, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MARTIN COUNTY. THE HISTORY OF OUR CLEANING. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST NOR THE SECOND NOR THE THIRD OR THE FIFTH. WE'VE BEEN CLEANING FOR A MINIMUM OF OVER 30 YEARS. THIS IS A DEFINITION OF INSANITY. IT'S DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, LITTERING IS A CRIME. WHETHER YOU'RE WALKING, RIDING OR DRIVING IS STILL A CRIME. WE SEEM TO HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE WITH LITTERING OR THE LACK OF CARING HOW WE ARE SEEING. WHERE THERE IS LITTER TRASH OR FILTH. VARIABLE FIND RODENTS, INSECTS, CRIME, LOW HOME PROPERTY VALUE AND CHRONIC HEALTH ISSUES. OUR NEW VISION FOR THE VILLAGE. IT'S A HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND BEAUTIFUL TOWN IN WHICH FAMILIES CAN GROW WHILE PROSPERING. I TOWN IS MY TOWN. THERE'S A FLORIDA STATUE, AND IT'S CALLED THE FLORIDA LITTER LAW FOR SHORT. YOU CANNOT LIVE ON PUBLIC HIGHWAYS OR OTHER PUBLIC LANDS AND ANYBODY OF WATER OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE STATUTE DICTATES IT. ALL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE TO ENFORCE THESE LAWS. THIS IS INCLUDING YOUR LOCAL POLICE, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL, FISH AND WILDLIFE. REMEMBER YOU ARE THE RESIDENTS AND THE STAKEHOLDERS AND IT IF IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER YOU OR TROUBLE YOU WHY WOULD IT BOTHER OR TROUBLE? SOMEONE WHO'S ONLY HERE FOR A JOB? A PAYCHECK AND THEN THEY GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES. THEY'RE NOT INVISIBLE STATE. THEY DON'T HAVE A VISIBLE STAKE HERE WE DO. FOR OUR LAST CLEANUP. THE BREAKDOWN FOR 2020 TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND ANNUAL CLEANUP. UM THE REAL LOW TRUCKS COLLECTED 7.74 TONS. THE ROLE OF BOXES COLLECTED 10 TONS. THE CLAM TRUCKS COLLECTED 6.47 TONS . THERE WAS 1.89 TONS OF TIRES. THERE HAS MATT COLLECTED £1360 OF MATERIAL. FOR A TOTAL COLLECTION OF 26.78 TONS, AND WE DIDN'T GET IT ALL. I TOWN MY TOWN WAS DEVELOPED, WILL DEVELOP A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION TO INCLUDE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AND DIVERSION PROJECT WITH OUR COAL COMPLIANCE AND PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL. FROM THE COUNCIL. WE WOULD LIKE YOUR COOPERATION AND YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROGRAM. U S COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE WOULD WE WOULD FOR YOU TO BE A LEADER BY EXAMPLE.

AND CONSIDER ADOPTING YOUR OWN STREET. WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO MAKE IT LEGAL FOR SCIENCE TO BE ERECTED FOR ADOPTION AND EVERY STREET IN THE VILLAGE. MAYBE A SCHOOL OR CLASS WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A STREET. FOR THE CITIZENS WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO EMBRACE NOTIONS OF BEAUTIFICATION, HEALTHY, DESIRABLE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. TAKE PERSONAL OWNERSHIP OF YOUR VILLAGE, BUT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING, EXPECT AND HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS ENFORCEMENT CO COMPLIANCE AND EACH OTHER. THERE IS A SAYING THAT I GREW UP HEARING OUR LIVES BEGAN TO END

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[5. Community and Economic Development Department Quarterly Report]

GOOD EVENING FOR THE RECORD. ALFIE, A JEFFERSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO. I WAS HERE BEFORE BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER. AND. I FIGURED THIS TIME AROUND, I WOULD TRY TO DO SOMEWHAT OPEN.

UM PRIMER ON WHAT THE C E D DEPARTMENT DOES WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE. SO TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THAT, ALONG WITH AN UPDATE. I. AS THE DIRECTOR OVERSEE FIVE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. PLANNING ZONING, CODE BUILDING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE PLANNING DIVISION IS PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENT AND LONG RANGE PLANNING. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE ZONING, WHICH IS ALSO CURRENT PLANNING, BUT IT HAS ITS OWN SET OF SEPARATE TASKS. WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE SEVERAL SITE PLANS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. WE HAVE TWO THAT WILL BE GOING TO P AND Z IN FEBRUARY AND A POTENTIAL ONE GOING IN MARCH. SOUNDING DIVISION HANDLES ANY REQUESTS FOR ADDRESS ASSIGNMENT. SONY VERIFICATION, SPECIAL EVENTS AND BUILDING PERMIT PLAN REVIEW. THAT MEANS ANY PERMITS APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN FOR A FENCE OR DRIVEWAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THAT'S ONLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT. WE REVIEW THOSE AS WELL. CO COMPLIANCE. I'VE TAKEN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH INTRODUCING YOU TO WHERE WE ARE WITH COKE. COMPLIANCE IN THE VILLAGE IS PRIMARILY MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY, BUT IT'S PRIMARILY A CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION AND OUR OFFICER ACTUALLY HAS OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT YOU WOULDN'T TYPICALLY EXPECT. AS A LAY PERSON, FOR EXAMPLE. COORDINATES WITH MANY OTHER AGENCIES THAT ALSO LOOK AT ISSUES THAT MIGHT COINCIDE WITH WHAT HE CONSIDERS LIKE PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY. ILLEGAL DUMPING OVERGROWTH, WILDLIFE NOISE AND DISTURBANCES. AND EVEN THE OVERGROWTH OF UTILITY EASEMENTS. I'VE NOTED SOME OF THE PROBLEM AREAS OF PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AS WELL AS ILLEGAL DUMPING ISSUES. AND I BELIEVED I HAD NOTED THE AGENCIES WE COORDINATED. WHOOPS. SOME OF OUR AGENCIES THERE. THE MARTIN COUNTY GOVERNMENT BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, SHERIFF

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OF COURSE, IF WE HAD ADDRESS ASSIGNMENTS THAT PREVIOUS YEAR. THERE ARE NEW ADDRESS IS TO BE ADDED TO THAT LIST. IF THERE WAS A D ANNEXATION, THEN THERE ARE ONES THAT ARE TAKEN OFF. IN SOME CASES, THERE ARE ONES THAT. NONE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN MARTIN COUNTY HAVE ACCEPTED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THEY KEEP TRYING TO ASSIGN THEM TO US. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AN AUDIT DONE AND TO GET SOME PROFESSIONAL G I S SERVICES TO FIX SOME OF THESE ISSUES. THE PARKS AND RECREATION ELEMENT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT OF THE COM PLAN. BOTH NEED TO BE AMENDED. OUR CURRENT PARKS ELEMENT DOES NOT ESTABLISH ENOUGH DETAIL ABOUT OUR LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHICH IS FIVE ACRES FOR EVERY 1000 RESIDENTS. WE NEED TO PUT MORE SPECIFICITY IN THERE AND KEEPING ONGOING INVENTORY AS NEW RESIDENT. RESIDENTIAL UNITS ARE ADDED. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AUDIT MEANING LOOKING THROUGH EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT, THE GOALS , OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES AND DETERMINING IF THERE IS A DEADLINE, OR, UM, A PROJECT THAT WAS SPECIFIED THAT EITHER HAS NOT BEEN STARTED OR HAS BEEN COMPLETED. SO WE'RE PLAYING TO GO THROUGH THE ELEMENTS. WE WON'T LIKELY FINISH ALL THE ELEMENTS THIS YEAR. THAT PROJECT MAY ROLL OVER INTO NEXT YEAR. FROM THE STRATEGIC PLANS. SEVERAL ITEMS ARE LISTED IN THERE AND ASSIGNED TO CED. AND HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING WEEKS WE WILL HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL ABOUT WHAT'S THE PRIORITY. ALL OF THESE ITEMS CAN, OF COURSE BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND I BELIEVE IN AN UPDATE TO THAT STRATEGIC PLAN IS COMING FORTH WITH REVISED STATES, BUT MANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU SEE LIKE THE BOOK OF PARK REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE GROWTH IN ANNEXATION.

STUDY IMPACT FEE ANALYSIS. ALL OF THESE CAN'T BE DONE ALL IN ONE YEAR, NOT JUST FOR COST REASONS BUT ALSO FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE PROJECTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PILOT

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ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY MOVING INTO OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, PORTION DO

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

AND NOW I HEAR. OOPS I MADE A MISTAKE, MR SWINE! ER YES, MA'AM ON THE AGENDA. I APOLOGIZE. I'VE DEALT ME. I CONTINUE OR NOT. YES. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. OKAY MARIA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. YES, SIR, DEALT WITH HER. AS A PERSON, HER ABILITY, HER POSITION HER TIME AND SERVICES NOT SHE IS NOT THAT INEPT, NOT FIND IT INSULTING THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD BE EXPECTED TO ACCEPT THAT. AS AN EXCUSE ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS ON THE AGENDA THAT VERY GOOD. I'LL FINISH VERY QUICKLY, THEN WITH JUST THIS. IT'S TIME TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS. AND I'LL BORROW FROM MS PHYLLIS BROWN'S STATEMENT. WHAT THEY ARE WHAT WE WILL ALLOW.

THEY WILL DO. THANK YOU. I THINK WE WERE GETTING SOME FEEDBACK THERE. VOLUME DOWN. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? YES PANDA MIA. NEXT IS LINDA NIKON, PLEASE. THANK YOU. MRS NAIK. UM, WELCOME. GET EVERYTHING IN ALIGNMENT HERE FOR THE RECORD. LONDON ICOM. UM FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARDN TOWN. UM YOU CAN TELL FROM THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWN

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WHICH MEANS WE CAN ALMOST EMPTY INDIAN WOOD AND ST LUCIE PORK, WHICH OR ALL PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BE VACATING THEIR PREMISES. IN CASE OF A HURRICANE. THEY NEED TO COME TO THE SHELTER AND REGISTER. WE HAVE A VET THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH US. TWO. HELP ADMINISTER TO THOSE THAT NEED MEDICATIONS TO CALM DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT'S THEIR PETS, NOT THE PEOPLE. BUT I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE FIND A GRANT WRITER SO WE CAN GET THIS GOING. THAT'S GRANT GOES BACK TO 2019. IT'S SITTING THERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THE STATE'S GOING TO ALLOW US. TO LET THE MONEY JUST SIT THERE AND LANGUAGE. I WOULD PREFER TO USE IT, BUILD IT AND GET IT DONE. I HAD HOPED TO BE OPEN THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY, IT'S UM YOU KNOW, WE NEED AN ENGINEER TO OVERSEE IT FIRST. I KNOW THEY SENT THE PAPERWORK TO THE STATE. AND THAT WAS THE LAST I HEARD THAT WENT UP FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE. SO UM, IF YOU'RE ASKING MY LITTLE FRUSTRATED YES, A LITTLE BIT. AND BY THE WAY, WE DO HAVE 47 COMMUNITY. GORDON'S TO HELP WITH THE FOOD PROJECTS IN TOWN, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THEY COST A WHOLE DOLLAR. TO RENT THE BED. THANK YOU, SIR. VOLUNTEER MY TIME TO HELP YOU. AND THOSE AND THOSE, UH, MR BOWS HAMBURGER THAT COMMUNITY GARDEN IS LOCATED AT THE CIVIC CENTER. OKAY WITH THE PORK. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY YES. NEXT PUBLIC COMING IS JOHN WOODRUFF. WELCOME THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, GOOD TO BE HERE TONIGHT. LISTEN YOU KNOW, I STARTED DUST VENTURE OUT. TO BE ENGAGED. AND I, I'M REALLY GETTING HOOKED ON THIS. IT'S PRETTY AWESOME STUFF . BUT ANYWAY, MY QUESTION IS, UH, I GOT ENGAGED FOR ONE REASON THE VOICE MY CONCERNS. AH! YOU

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THANK YOU. AND I KNOW I'M THE REVEREND DR PAT LINKS AND CRUSOE AND I'VE BEEN ASSIGNED TO A TOWN AND THAT'S THE WORK OF THE LORD . THANK YOU, MA'AM. NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAM MAYOR IS MARIA PEREZ. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARIA PEREZ. AND MY ONLY PUBLIC COMMENT IS THAT UM, UM I WIN. CARTER THAT'S WHERE I LIVE . WE HAVE THE PUBLIC LIGHTS, PUBLIC POOL LIGHTS AND THEY'VE BEEN OUT FOR LIKE, MONTHS. SO I DON'T KNOW. DO I CALL FBL OR YOU GUYS CAN DO THAT? AND ALSO IF WE

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UM NO, NO COMPLAINTS RIGHT NOW. LISTEN, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UM MARTIN COUNTY COMMUNITY COACH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY DAUGHTER USED IT SEVERAL TIMES IN I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT SERVICE. AND, UH, JUST THANKFUL FOR BEING HERE AND I PRAY EVERY DAY FOR THIS TOWN SO ESPECIALLY ALL I WANTED TO SAY I MEANT TO SAY THAT AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD SERVICES HERE THAT WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL FOR. SO I AM THANKFUL SO AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MATTER. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY HARVILLE EGE COUNCIL

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

EVERYONE PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE ACCORDINGLY. ALSO WE HAVE FOR THE WEEKEND. COLD WEATHER WARNING. UM THEY'RE TALKING POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN MARTIN COUNTY. AH DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID THIRTIES SATURDAY MORNING. SO BRING IN. DO YOU BRING IN THE PETS? BRING IN YOUR SENSITIVE PLANTS, AND THEY WILL BE ACTIVATING COLD WEATHER SHELTERS. THERE IS ONE. IS IT IS THERE ONLY ONE THERE'S ONE MADAM MAYOR, THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER AND STUART LITTLE OPEN SATURDAY THE 14TH AT FIVE PM AND CLOSED SUNDAY. THE 15TH AT EIGHT A.M, OKAY? AND IT'S OPENING. SATURDAY AT FIVE PM, FIVE PM. BUT THEY'RE TALKING THE THIRTIES

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SO THAT'S JUST SOME INFORMATION ALSO, UM. I GOTTA SAY, I ENJOY SEEING A FULL HOUSE. I ENJOY HEARING M SEEING PEOPLE ALL WEEK LONG AND HERE TALKING ABOUT BEING ENGAGED AND BEING ENGAGED IN VOLUNTEERING, AND IT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED. WE NEED ALL ALL OF INDIAN TOWN WORKING TOGETHER. SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NO COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

MARTIN. MARTIN COUNTY CONTINUES TO BE TARGETED BY SWARMS OF TRAVELING, HABITUAL OFFENDERS.

THESE SUSPECTS DO NOT FEAR LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM. THEY COME HERE AND INCREASING NUMBERS BREAKING INTO CARS, BOATS AND BUSINESSES. SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS DOING ITS BEST TO MAKE THIS THE WRONG EXIT FOR CRIMINALS. BUT YOU MUST DO YOUR PART. THEY'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO NOT LEAVE VALUABLES IN THEIR VEHICLE TO MAKE SURE THEIR BUSINESSES AND HOME ALARMS ARE ACTIVATED WHEN THEY LEAVE. PLEASE KEEP YOUR SECURITY CAMERAS ON RECORD MODE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY NEED YOU TO BE THEIR EYES AND EARS. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS, PLEASE CALL 911. THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE. GOOD INFO. YES SIR. BUT I CAN'T . THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE HAVING THEM AT NINE. I CAN'T MAKE ONE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. OKAY UM, MOVING ON APPROVAL OF

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[CONSENT AGENDA]

[10. Approval of Contract with Holtz Consulting Engineers, Inc. in the Amount of $938,770.00 for the Design and Permitting of Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) Improvements]

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. THE VILLAGE PREVIOUSLY CONTRACTED WITH HOLT'S CONSULTING ENGINEERING TO PREPARE THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN EVALUATION FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS PREPARED IN NOVEMBER OF 2021. THIS IS THE INCREASE THE CURRENT CAPACITY AND ALSO PROVIDE CLASS ONE RELIABILITY FOR OPERATION OF THE PLANT, WHICH IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO MODIFYING THE VILLAGES REUSE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE PART THREE REUSE TO RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDES DESIGN AND PERMITTING TASKS DOES NOT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION. THE COST OF THIS AGREEMENT IS 938,706. TO BE PAID FROM THE STATE REVOLVING LOAN FUND. AND THE REAL VILLAGE WILL RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 80% LOAN FORGIVENESS ON THIS PROJECT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT AND EXECUTION OF THE VILLAGES. STANDARD CONTRACT ADDENDUM. THANK YOU, MR NOLAN. MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR PAT NOLAN FOR THE RECORD. UM AGENDA ITEM KIND OF SPEAKS FOR

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[11. Approval of Professional Services Agreement with Holtz Consulting Engineers, Inc for Priority 1 Lift Station Improvements at 150th Street, New Hope, and Famel Lift Stations]

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SO THAT'S MY JOB. AND THE ENGINEER TO EVALUATE THESE THINGS AND MAKE IMPROVEMENTS SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS LONG TERM SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS IS, UM SO GOING OUT TO BED. DO WE ANTICIPATE HAVING ENOUGH OF THOSE FUNDS LEFT OVER THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO BED AND YES. COVER CONSTRUCTION. GOOD. GOOD TO KNOW. OKAY? THANK YOU, SIR. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER, MA'AM. NO FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION MAY REPLACE COMMENT AS THE PREVIOUS ONE. I WOULD ASK THAT APPROVAL BEAT SUBJECT OF PREPARATION OF INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT PREPARED BY MY OFFICE. DO I HEAR A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12 A. C E S FEE WAIVER REQUEST. FOR THE MLK JR EVENT,

[12. AACES Fee Waiver Request for MLK Jr. Event (Application No. EV-23-004)]

MARRIAGE JANUARY 14TH. THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP A 10 A.M. EVENT IS 11 AM TO SEVEN PM AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE CLEANING UP AND BREAKING DOWN BY EIGHT PM THAT SAME DAY. OKAY EXPECTING 100.

PEOPLE WITH 25 FOOD VENDORS. AND DON'T HAVE FOOD MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. IT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. HOW MANY FOOD VENDORS 2S WHAT'S IN THE APPLICATION. SOMEBODY'S NOT GONNA MAKE MUCH MONEY ON THAT ONE. UM OKAY, YEAH. WELL 25. WELL THAT SOUNDS INTERESTING. OKAY DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE EMOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. TO DO ONE. TO APPROVE THIS FEE WAIVER FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. SECONDED. ANY COUNCIL

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PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13 INTERIM VILLAGE MANAGER RESUME REVIEW AND

[13. Interim Village Manager Resumes Review & Recruitment Considerations]

TWO OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE LATE. THE COUNCIL WILL NEED TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO CONSIDER THOSE INDIVIDUALS. UM THE LATE ONES THAT CAME IN WERE LAWRENCE MCDOWELL AND TARYN CHRISTA. THE OTHER ITEM THE COUNCIL MAY WISH TO CONSIDER THIS EVENING IS THE LEVEL OF BACKGROUND CHECK ON THE SELECTED CANDIDATE AND WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WISHES TO FILL THIS POSITION WITH AN EMPLOYEE OR A CONTRACTOR. SO IT OPENS UP TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I THINK THE FIRST THING THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE EVEN GET DISCUSSING THEM IS ARE WE GOING TO ACCEPT THE LATE UM, APPLICATIONS. DO WE NEED A MOTION? TO THAT EFFECT OR JUST GENERAL CONSENSUS, MR VOTE. I THINK A GENERAL CONSENSUS JUST FINE. YOU YOU ALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH THESE. YOU SAID A DEADLINE BEFORE, BUT IT'S IN YOUR ULTIMATE DISCRETION. SO OKAY WITH ACCEPTING THE LATE ABSOLUTELY SAYING HEAD SHAKING. OKAY DISAGREE WITH THAT. WE SET A DEADLINE, THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THE DEADLINE. OKAY YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A VOTE. YES SO LET'S GET A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT ONE. IF WE CAN JUST TO GET SECOND. DO YOU ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? OR DOES IT JUST TO GET A CONSENSUS TO SEE SANDALS? IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE HEARD EMOTION IN SECOND THERE.

DID WE MOTION DID MOTION? OKAY, SO WE MOTION TO ACCEPT OKAY? AND WAS THERE A 2ND 2ND? HMM SECOND AND YEAH, THERE'S A SECOND, SO THERE'S A OKAY. OKAY AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY ANYBODY WANT TO DISCUSS? NOW WHY DID WE SET A DEADLINE IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT LATE APPLICANTS? WE'RE BREAKING OUR OWN RULES. WHY DO WE EVEN BOTHER SETTING THE RULES? OKAY, I THINK THAT. I MEAN, WE'RE HERE. TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE VILLAGE AND TO HIRE THE BEST POSSIBLE PERSON THAT WE CAN HIRE. ON AN INTERIM LEVEL. UH I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF UPCOMING ISSUES THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THIS VILLAGE THAT WE NEED TO TACKLE HEAD ON. UM F B NL FOR ONE. THEIR THEIR AGREEMENT IS UP THE END OF THE YEAR. WE NEED TO RENEGOTIATE WITH FP AND L. UH THE COUNTY. WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY TO SPLIT THAT. IMPACT FEE. WITHOUT THAT. I DON'T SEE HOW ANYTHING CAN GO FORWARD. SO WE NEED TO CHOOSE THE BEST POSSIBLE PERSON THAT CAN GET IN THE SHORT TERM THINGS ACCOMPLISHED THAT NEEDED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED YEARS AGO. SO IF THAT PERSON WAS LATE IN PUTTING THEIR APPLICATION AND FOR WHATEVER REASON. I THINK WE OUGHT TO LOOK AT THAT PERSON. THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE LATE. AND CONSIDER. THEM. I HAVE PERSONALLY. INTERVIEWED. AS THE VILLAGE. INTERIM TEMPORARY MANAGER KNOWS AND STAFF KNOWS I'VE BEEN HERE PRETTY MUCH THE END OF LAST WEEK AND THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, INTERVIEWING PEOPLE. UH SO I'VE DONE MY DUE DILIGENCE. AND I KNOW WHAT DIRECTION I'M GOING IN. SO I THINK, UH, I HOPE THE REST OF THE COUNCIL DID THE SAME THING. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY DID, BUT I HOPE THEY DID. BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ON ME. IT'S NOT TAKEN LIGHTLY. WE NEED TO GET THIS VILLAGE MOVING. IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR. SO, BASICALLY WHAT I'M

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ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT OURSELVES. AND, UM. ACCOUNTABILITY HAS BEEN LACKING. SO BUT I THIS DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE I THINK THERE ARE LIKE I SAID, EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED WHICH THIS COUNCIL HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO THAT AND TO MOVE ON THAT AS BEING FIT SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THAT ONE. YES MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. NO. COUNCIL MEMBER OF APOLLO YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. VICE MAYOR STONE. SO BEFORE I VOTE, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY ONE THING. THIS. WE ARE SETTING THE PRESIDENT. BASICALLY BREAKING OUR OWN RULES. AND. SO THESE PEOPLE, THEY TURN IN THEIR APPLICATION LATE. WE'RE GOING TO EXPECT FOR THEM TO BE LATE WHENEVER THEY HAVE A DEADLINE, AND WE'RE WHAT? WE'RE JUST GONNA FORGIVE THEM. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, MR VICE MAYOR, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE YOUR VOTE. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THE TIME FOR THE VOTE. OKAY? AND MAYOR GIBBS. THOMAS. YES. PASSES 3 TO 2. OKAY SO MOVING FORWARD IN

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OKAY THOSE CAN BE AFTER THE MAIN DISCUSSION, BUT, UM UH IT'S THROWN ON THE FLOOR TO THE FIVE OF YOU. OKAY GOOD. OKAY THAT'S I WAS HEARING SEVERAL THINGS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WE'VE GOT THOSE IN ORDER IN THE CORRECT ORDER. OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH, SO I'VE HEARD. YEAH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS. UM I DID SEVERAL INTERVIEWS, AND I THINK A FEW OF THEM WOULD BE CANDIDATES FOR A FULL TIME REPLACEMENT. I REALLY DO. AS SOME QUALITY PEOPLE THAT THAT HAVE APPLIED. AH! I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DR CRISTO SHE COMES FROM THE COUNTY. SHE'S WELL VERSED IN THE VILLAGE. SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT'S GOING ON. SHE UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAS TO BE DONE AND SHE'S READY TO START DAY ONE TOMORROW. UM SHE'S BEEN WITH THE COUNTY FOR SHE RETIRED. 67 MONTHS AGO FROM THE COUNTY WAS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. I THINK SHE'S A PERFECT FIT PERFECT. I THINK WE'VE BEEN BLESSED REALLY? THAT WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT THAT HAS GOT THE EXPERIENCE. THE KNOWLEDGE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT ARE NEEDED. TWO. PUT THIS VILLAGE ON THE RIGHT COURSE. AND WHEN I TALK ABOUT BUILDING IT FOR SUCCESS. THIS VILLAGE HAS NEVER HAD ITS NEVER BEEN SET UP FOR IT. SHE HAS THE SKILLS THAT WILL HELP US SET THIS VILLAGE UP FOR SUCCESS. SO I NOMINATE TARA CRISCITO AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A VOTE ON IT. I'D LIKE THE SECOND I'D LIKE TO DO WE NEED A SECOND HAVE EMOTION. THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE ANY. PUBLIC COMMENT. NO MATTER MAN WE DO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT. SO. IF YOU ALL REMEMBER FIVE YEARS AGO. I WAS ELECTED COUNTY COMMISSIONER. AT THE SAME TIME, THE VILLAGE BECAME A VILLAGE. SO. THERE'S GOOD REASON WHY THE VILLAGE BECAME A VILLAGE. AND PART OF THAT REASON WAS A PAST RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY. SO SINCE THEN. UM AND AT THAT TIME YOU HAD A MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION. THAT EVEN CAMPAIGNED FOR YOU TO BECOME INCORPORATED. TODAY YOU HAVE A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMISSION. THAT WILL DO ANYTHING IN THEIR POWER. TO MAKE SURE THAT INDIAN TOWN IS SUCCESSFUL. I'VE BEEN SITTING AT EVERY MEETING THAT I CAN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I AM YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. WRITE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. I AM SUPPOSED TO BE. I WOULD THINK THAT MY JOB AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS TO BE THE LIAISON. BETWEEN YOUR BOARD AND MY BOARD. OKAY. UNFORTUNATELY I HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY AT ALL. AT ALL. I FEEL THAT COLLEEN AND I PRETTY MUCH HAVE WASTED AT LEAST FOUR YEARS SITTING HERE. AND LISTENING TO THINGS THAT COULD BE JOINT VENTURES. BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE VILLAGE. AND SOME THINGS THAT THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY OBLIGATED TO DO TO HELP. THE VILLAGE. THAT IS NORMS. BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE SOMEHOW. STEPPED OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT, RIGHT AND SOME LEADERSHIP WASN'T USED TO ACTUALLY WORKING MUNICIPALITY VERSUS COUNTY. EVERYBODY KNOWS ME AND HAVE NO I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE. RIGHT I AM ABOUT AS FAR FROM A POLITICIAN AS YOU CAN GET. I'M HERE FOR THE PEOPLE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE LIKE HE SAYS. WE ACTUALLY LET ME BACK UP A SECOND. THE REASON TURN

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OKAY? SO. ALL OF A SUDDEN TURN AND I ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION. THIS IS THIS IS SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNTY IS OBLIGATED TO DO. SHE KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT COUNTY CAN HELP TO DO AND BUILD THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND TIE THOSE ROPES FOR THE FUTURE. HOW LONG IS IT GONNA TAKE TO GET A FULL TIME PERSON? SIX MONTHS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SIX MONTHS. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH SIX MONTHS OF SOMEBODY THAT CAN SIT IN THAT SEAT AND TIE THOSE KNOTS TOGETHER. FOR THE FUTURE. AND GUESS WHAT, THEN, FOR THE REST THAT I DECIDED TO BE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, OR THE PEOPLE DECIDE THAT I'M GOING TO BE STILL BE A COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

I HAVE A JOB THAT I CAN DO TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF INDIAN TOWN. RIGHT? SO I CAN'T BELIEVE I DON'T TALK MUCH, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT I'VE TALKED THIS MUCH, BUT UM, I'D LOVE TARYN.

I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT FROM THE BEGINNING. DAY ONE. YOU TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY THAT WAS SCARED OUT OF THEIR MIND WHEN I WALKED IN MY OFFICE. RIGHT WHO WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED AND HELPED ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY UNTIL THE DAY SHE RETIRED. ALL RIGHT. SHE SENSED WHEN SOMETHING WAS BOTHERING ME. SHE SENSED WHEN I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE. AND EVEN IF IT'S AN ISSUE THAT SHE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SHE UNDERSTOOD ENOUGH TO DIRECT ME TO WHO TO TALK TO SO I COULD UNDERSTAND IT. SO YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'VE GOT TO GIVE UP MY CONTROLLER FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY, BUT THAT'S YOU KNOW , SIX MONTHS. GUESS WHERE SHE'S COMING. SHE'S COMING BACK. BACK OVER THERE. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S MY DEAL. SO SHE'S BEEN A GODSEND FOR ME. I DON'T THINK THAT I COULD BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER, AS I AM WITHOUT HER. LEADERSHIP IN THE VERY BEGINNING. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S NOT THANK YOU. COMMISSION HMM. BELIEVE VICE MAYOR STONE WAS FIRST. YEAH, I DON'T GET ME WRONG. I LOVE TARYN. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHY DO WE EVEN BOTHER PUTTING OUT THE APPLICATION? UH PROCESS FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY. WHY DIDN'T WE JUST CALL HER AND SAY, HEY, YOU GOT THE JOB. BASICALLY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WE'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO CONSIDER ANYBODY ELSE. WE'RE NOT GOING TO INTERVIEW NOBODY ELSE. WE'RE JUST GONNA LITERALLY PULL HER OUT FROM WHEREVER SHE WAS. AND GIVE HER THE POSITION WITHOUT EVEN AN INTERVIEW IN THE PUBLIC SIZE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S FAIR TO ANY OF THE CANDIDATES THAT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S FAIR TO THE CITY OR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. BECAUSE WE ALREADY MADE OUR DECISION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THERE'S NO INTERVIEW PROCESS. THAT IS WRONG. WHY DID WE EVEN BOTHER GET ELECTED? WE MIGHT AS WELL JUST HAND IT OVER AND TELL THEM HEY, DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THERE IS LITERALLY NO INTERVIEW, NOT ONE PERSON WAS ASKED A QUESTION PUBLICLY. THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY. YOU GUYS PREACH ABOUT TRANSPARENCY THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY. SO I CAN TELL YOU AND I'M GOING TO REPEAT AGAIN THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY. AND RIGHT NOW I FEEL THREATENED BY YOU. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEPUTY WOULD TAKE YOU OUT OF THIS ROOM. MR. DEPUTY CAN YOU KNOW HE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO BREAK CIVILITY FEEL THREATENED BY THIS GUY? CAN YOU REMOVE HIM FROM THE ROOM, PLEASE? OKAY. LET'S HAVE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS SO WE CAN REGAIN SOME COMPOSURE HERE AND SOME CIVILITY WHEN WE RESET WHEN WE WERE RESUMED IN FIVE MINUTES, OKAY? UM, HOPEFULLY WE, UH THE CIVILITY WILL BE FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD FIND OUR SEATS AGAIN SO WE CAN CONTINUE, PLEASE. OKAY AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE JUST A REMINDER. IF YOU HAVE A COMMENT

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AND MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE. AND I FEEL THAT WE WASTED THESE PEOPLE'S TIME. AND I THINK ALL THE APPLICANTS I'M SO SORRY. YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS GRUELING.

SPENDERS MILES OUT HERE WHEN THE DECISION WAS ALREADY PREVIOUSLY MADE. SO THANK YOU. DID I SEE ANY OTHER? NAME TAGS UP THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER FOR US. I LIKE TO THE APPLICANTS ONCE THEY START FIRST COMING IN. I WANT. I WANT TO ASK GOT IN. HOW MANY INJURIES DID YOU CONDUCT? IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY INTERVIEWS I CONDUCT. NO BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THIS DECISION WAS ALREADY MADE. THE FACT IS, WE HAD A MOMENT TO LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICANTS ON LET LET LET ME QUESTION I'M ANSWERING IT. IS THAT A RHETORICAL QUESTION? OR WAS THAT A REAL QUESTION? QUESTION? I WANT TO I WANT TO KNOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, THE ANSWER IS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE FACT IS, WE DID NOT INTERVIEW ONE PERSON PUBLICLY. WHERE THE PUBLIC COULD HAVE AN INPUT. DID WE DID WE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE? DID WE MAKE THE DECISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO INTERVIEW? THE CANDIDATES. WE DIDN'T MAKE A DECISION THAT WE WERE GOING TO JUST VOTE FOR SOMEBODY RIGHT OFF THE BAT AFTER WE VOTED CLOSED DOORS. WE DID NOT DO THAT EITHER. AND CLEARLY THAT WAS THAT HAPPENS. THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY. I'M SORRY. ANYTHING ELSE. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE NEED A CANDIDATE THAT'S GOING TO MOVE US FORWARD. WHO'S GONNA HELP US FIND OUR CITY MANAGER THAT'S WILL FIT FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO. YOU KNOW? SIX ALL OVER SIX MONTHS AGO. I THINK IT'S BEEN ALMOST SIX MONTHS THERE WAS AN

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I'VE DONE IT FOR 30 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE. I NEVER LOOKED THE OTHER WAY. ALWAYS DID THE RIGHT THING. AND I KNOW TONIGHT WHEN I GO HOME AND GO TO BED, I'M GOING TO SLEEP SOUNDLY.

OKAY? AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED YES, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF LOSERS IS GOING TO BE ONE WINNER. OKAY BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT I SPOKE TO MY CANDIDATES THAT I INTERVIEWED AND I TOLD EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM TO PUT IN FOR THE FULL TIME POSITION BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE THAT STRONG. OKAY? WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE MRS KRISTO. PUT HER APPLICATION IN BECAUSE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT SHE HAS WITH FP AND L. AND WITH THE COUNTY SHE IS GOING TO DO A KNOCKOUT JOB FOR US. I BELIEVE THAT ALRIGHT. I WOULD NOT HAVE NOMINATED HER. SO. TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED US. THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED ME. I'M HERE TO DO THE JOB THAT WAS ELECTED TO DO. AND THE TRANSPARENCY. YOU'LL SEE THE TRANSPARENCY. REAL TRANSPARENCY COME TO LIGHT VERY SOON. TRUST ME. THANK YOU. UM. I HAVE TO ECHO. EVERYONE SENTIMENTS. FOR THE APPLICANTS. QUALITY PEOPLE.

THEY WERE A JOY TO TALK TO. AND I KNOW FOUR WEEKS AGO WHEN WE SAT HERE AT THIS DIOCESE, WE SAID, OK, TWO WEEKS FOR APPLICATIONS, AND THEN THAT GIVES US TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE MEETING THAT WE CAN DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND WE CAN LOOK THROUGH SIFT THROUGH AND DO OUR, UM. CHECKING CALLING MEETING WITH AND GET WHO THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. GET AND YOU KNOW , I DID. I GOT YOU KNOW MY TOP TWO OR THREE AND I AM WITH. COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ. I WAS DISAPPOINTED THAT MR HYATT WITHDREW HIS APPLICATION. BUT HOPEFULLY HE WILL CONSIDER FOR THE FULL TIME POSITION. UM SO. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT I HAD TWO WEEKS IN ORDER TO MAKE MYSELF A SHORT LIST. TO GET TO LOOK THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT I DO IT. LOOKED PROS. THE CONS. SEE WHO HAS. ZERO MANAGER EXPERIENCE SEE THE ONES THAT THAT HAVE LOOK AT YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'VE BEEN? AND GET MY SHORT LIST. THAT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF INDIAN TOWN AND COME IN, UM, KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT WHO THE PEOPLE WERE AND SPEAKING TO THEM. SO I KNOW THAT I HAVE MY SHORT LIST. UM SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY? FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS ANNA FARIS. HELLO, ANNA FARIAS. THANK YOU, JANET.

FOR SHARING YOUR DEEPLY THOUGHT ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD HIRE. BUT I DEEPLY THINK THAT WHOEVER YOU GUYS DO DECIDE TO HIRE THAT YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH THAT PERSON. IT IS IMPORTANT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO'S SITTING THERE. IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO WORK WITH THAT PERSON. THIS TRAINING GONNA MOVE NO MATTER IF YOU'RE THINKING THAT WE'RE GOING TO THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT AND I DID NOT SEE THAT AND NOW I PRESENTLY CAN SEE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAD HAPPENED. SINCE WE STARTED BECOMING A VILLAGE. I WAS BACK HERE IN INDIAN TOWN IN 2002.

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THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. THE EAST IS NOT GONNA CONTROL THE WEST ANYMORE.

BRINGING PEOPLE FROM THE EAST TO APPARENTLY HELP US BUILD OURSELVES WHEN THEY WERE IN CONTROL FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE WERE NEGLECTED AND WE'RE STILL NEGLECTED. I DON'T THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. I THINK IT IS TRUE . WE NEED NEW. YOU IDEAS, NEW THOUGHTS. AND A NEW DIRECTION BECAUSE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE NOT MOVING, AND I DO AGREE.

GOVERNMENT IS SLOW, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THIS. WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JUANITA PRESLEY, PLEASE. FOR NATO PRESSLER RESIDENT 25 YEAR RESIDENT MONTHS AGO, I HEARD THAT MISS CHRISTA WAS HER NAME WAS GOING TO BE PUT FORWARD AS A MANAGER. AH THIS WAS IN THE RUMOR MILL WAY BACK BEFORE MR BROWN RESIGNED. BY NON RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

THEY INTENDED TO MOVE MISS CHRIS'S NAME FROM INTERIM AND THEY WANT HER TO STAY TO BE THE REGULAR TO FILL FULFILL THE REGULAR POSITION. WHEN MR BROWN WAS HIRED, UM RESIDENTS WERE INVITED TO MEET THE CANDIDATES. THE PROCESS WAS NOTHING LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE TONIGHT.

THESE NON RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT DROVE MR BROWN FROM HIS JOB. BY MAKING EXTENSIVE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. AND CONSTANT CRITICISM. SO I HOPE THAT WHETHER OR NOT MISS CRIST ACCEPTS THE INTERIM POSITION THAT THEY HAVE PREPARED FOR HAIR TONIGHT, I HOPE THAT SHE CHOOSES NOT TO STAY AND THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH A REGULAR PROCESS AND FIND SOMEONE COMPLETELY ENTANGLED. AH WITH THE NONRESIDENTS THAT WISH TO CONTROL OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LINDEN ECOM? FOR THE RECORD, LINDA AND I COME AND I THINK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU I HEARD EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND YOUR REASONING BEHIND. THE WAY YOU INTEND TO VOTE, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. UM I. I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THE DIFFICULTY IN ACCEPTING. UM THIS THIS ROLE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT AN INTERIM MANAGER. PERIOD OF TIME. INDEFINITE UNTIL WE GET GET OUR APPLICATIONS IN FOR A PERMANENT MANAGER, AND AT THAT POINT, I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE OF THE SHORT LIST, JUST LIKE WE DID WHEN MR BROWN WAS HIRED. BUT FOR THIS INTERIM POSITION. TO PUT SOMEBODY IN THAT ALREADY UNDERSTANDS THE COMPLEX. SITUATION BETWEEN COUNTY AND VILLAGE UNDERSTANDS WHAT OUR REGION IS ABOUT. UNDERSTANDS. WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM. OH UM TO ME, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE TO PUT SOMEBODY IN THERE THAT CAN START. RUNNING IMMEDIATELY, NOT HAVE TO SIT BACK AND LEARN OUR WHOLE PROCESS AND OUR DYNAMICS. WHICH IS, UH, GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT CHORE IN ITSELF. SO I LIKE I SAID, I APPRECIATE HEARING YOUR ARGUMENTS. UH FOR AND AGAINST, AND YOUR THOUGHT PROCESSES. UM, KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL, MADAM MAYOR.

OKAY? OKAY, SO. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND. WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC

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THE MOTION PASSES THROUGH TWO. OKAY SO FOR CLARIFICATION NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND THEN AND A CHOICE HAS BEEN MADE. WHERE DO WE STAND ON? CONTRACT ON MOVING FORWARD ON THAT WHOLE PROCESS. WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND NEGOTIATE THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT. PRIMARILY, I WOULD IMAGINE COMPENSATION. UM THAT WAS ONE OF OUR THINGS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BACKGROUND CHECK TO OKAY? THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND EMPLOYEE. YOUR CONTRACT. WELL. I THINK I SEE. UM SHE'S HERE? YEAH. WHAT DO YOU SEE OUR NEWLY APPOINTED. UH, MANAGER. CAN WE ASK? HER CHOICE. CONTRACT OR. EMPLOYEE DOES I MEAN, IS THAT APPROPRIATE? AN APPROPRIATE DIRECT WAY TO SORT IT OUT IS DISCUSS IT, OKAY? WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT. OR WOULD YOU RATHER DO THAT, AND. THANK YOU SO MUCH PROBLEM FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW ME. I'M TARYN. CHRISTA UM, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DID REACH OUT AND WAS ABLE TO HAVE DIALOGUE. I'M GOING TO STRESS INDIVIDUALLY. SO YES, THE DOOR WAS CLOSED, BUT THERE WAS ONLY ONE COUNCIL PERSON BEHIND THAT DOOR. UM SO. I'M GONNA NEED MR VOTES TO TELL ME AT 1.1 OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOKE WITH ME AND SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE WE COULD JUST CONTINUE WHAT HOWARD HAD FOR, LIKE THIS MOMENT. AND THEN YOU AND I WILL NEGOTIATE. I DON'T NEED HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS ALREADY HAVE THEM AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT MR BROWN HAD. I'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH THAT CONTRACT A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. DO SOME ANALYSIS MYSELF. UH UM, I HAVE. SOME REPORTS ARE VERY PULLED FOR COMPARABLE, UM VILLAGES AND INCORPORATED AREAS. AS WAS STRESSED. THIS IS AN INTERIM UM, I'VE GROWN UP IN THIS. WONDERFUL AREA. I'VE NOT LIVED IN INDIAN TOWN. I CAN SAY THAT. I WAS RAISED IN JUPITER. I GRADUATED FROM JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN AT MARTIN COUNTY FOR 35 YEARS, I STARTED OUT IN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AS A CLERK. EVEN THOUGH I WAS OVERQUALIFIED. I ROLLED UP MY SLEEVES. I GET MY HANDS DIRTY. I'M NOT AFRAID TO WORK. SO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AND BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM? YES, MA'AM. WELL I JUST WANTED TO STATE IN REGARDS OF THE STAFF . UH, IF YOU KNOW. I'M A HUGE BELIEVER THAT AH, OUR STAFF HERE. HAVE. DONE OR ARE DOING A GREAT AND GREAT JOB. UM, BUT I KNOW. THAT AS AN INTERIM, YOU CAN FIRE AND HIRE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO, BUT I WILL SAY THATO DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN MINORITY STAFF MEMBERS, MAN, PLEASE YOU SAYING THAT CREATES THAT. I DIDN'T EVER SAID THAT. YOU DID NOT HEAR THAT COME OUT OF MY MOUTH. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE. THAT. THE STAFF IS TREATED RIGHT . MEANWHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE OR WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU AND I THROUGH MY YEARS I HAVE HIRED AND FIRED. UM WHEN APPROPRIATE. JUST LEAVE IT THAT. SO DO WE HAVE A TIME FRAME OF WHEN. AN AGREEMENT AND KRISTA CAN CAN WE? CAN WE COME TO THAT? THIS IS YOUR AS, UH, AS KAREN JUST MENTIONED IF IT'S WILL THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL

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ON THE TERMS THAT MR BROWN HAD AND THEN COME BACK TO YOU WITH ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT WE START WITH THAT AS A DEFAULT, AND THEN THE MODIFICATIONS WILL BE REDUCTIONS. WE HAD DONE THE MATH. OKAY ON ON ON MR BROWN'S SALARY. AND IT WORKED OUT TO $12,500 A MONTH. UM THE SAVING FACTOR IS A SHOULDN'T NEED. HOUSE INSURANCE OR THAT THERE'S NO OTHER BENEFITS THAT GO ALONG WITH STRAIGHT SALARY SALARY OF $12,500 A MONTH FOR SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. WHATEVER IT TAKES US TO FIND UH, FULL TIME REPLACEMENT AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO START RIGHT NOW. SO IS THAT A MOTION THAT IS EMOTION BY MY WHAT? MR VOS SAID CONTINUANCE OF ACTUALLY, WHAT I'M HEARING IS JUST STRAIGHT SALARY OF 12 5. NONE OF THE OTHER BENEFITS RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T NEED HEALTH INSURANCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE MR BROWN HAD. BUT I DON'T NEED ANY OF THAT RIGHT NOW. I DON'T HAVE ANY ATTENTION THAT WOULD WORK PERFECTLY FINE. YOU ALSO SET A STRAIGHT SALARY, AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSS ANYTHING ELSE THAT THAT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE WILL COME BACK TO YOU. OKAY, SO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.

AND THERE IS. IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY? NOW, WHEN WOULD THAT BE EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY? IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT? YES LONG AS I GET TO GO HOME. GO HOME, OKAY? OKAY IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO MATTER, MAN. OKAY LET'S GET A ROLL CALL VOTE. YES, MA'AM COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. CAN YOU REITERATE THE. THE MOTION MOTION. THE MOTION IS TO HIRE MISS CRUISER AT $12,500 A MONTH AND THEN RENEGOTIATE, UH ANY OTHER BENEFITS FOR HER AND TO START EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULA YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. MAYOR STONE. YES. MAYOR GIVES THOMAS YES. MAY I MAKE ONE COMMENT, PLEASE? YES MA'AM. I'M SORRY, HAROLD. I'M GONNA HAVE TO RESIGN . OH, I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY? OKAY MOVING ON TO

[14. Village Manager Recruitment Process]

HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD HIRE A FIRM. TO DO THE BACKGROUND AND TO SEE ANY OTHER

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SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PROCESS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE US A LITTLE TIME. BUT WE HAVE TO GET IT RIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY. OF HAVING TO DO THIS AGAIN AND TWO OR THREE YEARS WE NEED A STRONG LEADER THAT THAT CAN BRING THIS VILLAGE TO WHERE I SEE IT GOING AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL SEE IT GOING, WHICH IS YOU KNOW? THE VILLAGE IS GONNA GROW. AND. IF WE DO THINGS, RIGHT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANT TO COME HERE. THEY'RE GONNA WANT TO BUILD HERE. WE'LL HAVE THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL HAVE THE BUSINESSES. YOU WON'T HAVE TO GET AN AMBULANCE AND DRIVE TO STORE IT. TO GET SOME STITCHES, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. YOU KNOW THAT? THAT'S WHAT THE GOAL IS SO WE NEED SOMEBODY THAT CAN TAKE THAT VISION AND MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US. SO I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TAKE THE TIME AND HAVE A WORKSHOP. I MEAN, IT'S THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT YOU'LL DO.

AND YOUR TIME AS A COUNCIL PERSON. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILWOMAN. AH, BUT. AND I DON'T THINK A DECISION HAS TO BE MADE RIGHT NOW IT'S GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW ALL OF OUR OPINIONS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO DISCUSS ANYTHING? I MEAN, IF CCM A THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE. YOU KNOW THEY INTERVIEWED THEY FIND CANDIDATES. AND IT'S FREE. UH, SO WHY CAN'T WE JUST USE THAT? ARE YOU ASKING ME? NO. WE'RE GETTING. WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY'S OPINIONS AND COMMENTS. SO ANYBODY ELSE. I WOULD. I THINK MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW WE SET FORTH OUR LAST TIME A SET OF REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD DO. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE. UM, I THINK THOSE NEED TO BE REVISITED. I DON'T. UM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT ENLARGED AND NOT SO NARROW. SO I THINK THERE IS CHANGES TO BE MADE IN THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND FINDING, THROWING THAT THAT NET OUT THERE AND GETTING A AND WHY DO WE DO HAVE, UM I THINK THE INFORMATION IS OUT THERE. PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT WE'RE LOOKING WE DO HAVE A GOOD BASE. WE'VE HAD QUALITY PEOPLE APPLY. UM SO I THINK THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME TO AGREEMENT. ON WHETHER WE GO WITH AN AGENCY OR WE GO WITH, UM THE ASSOCIATION, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FREEBIE. WHAT ARE OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THOSE UP? WHAT ARE THOSE GONNA LOOK LIKE? SO IT MAY IT MAY DO US TO CONSIDER DOING SOME SORT OF WORKSHOP. TO HAVE SOME OF THIS STUFF OUT. IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, COME TO A CONSENSUS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. OKAY? SO THAT MIGHT BE BETTER THAN TRYING TO DO IT DURING A MEETING IN A VERY LIMITED TIME FRAME. DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A WAY FORWARD? SURE. OKAY, SO WE WILL. LOOK TO DO THAT AND SET THAT UP. AS QUICKLY

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[16. Council Appointments to the Treasure Coast Council of Local Governments and the Indiantown Chamber of Commerce]

CURRENTLY COUNCIL MEMBER APOLLO IS THE ALTERNATE. COUNCIL MEMBER . PEREZ HAS ALSO INFORMED STAFF THAT SHE IS NOT ABLE TO SERVE ON THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ANOTHER PRIMARY REPRESENTATIVE NEEDS TO BE APPOINTED. CURRENTLY COUNCIL MEMBER. APOLLO IS THE ALTERNATIVE. GIBBS. THOMAS HAS EXPRESSED INTEREST IN SERVING ON THE CHAMBER BOARD. SHE HAS BEEN ATTENDING THE MEETINGS AND IS INTERESTED IN CONTINUING ON THAT BOARD. THIS PARTICULAR APPOINTMENT IS TIME SENSITIVE AS A CHAMBER HAS THEIR BOARD INSTALLATION SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY, 20TH. THANK YOU. IS THERE, ANYONE? UH. ABLE TO AND WILLING TO SERVE ON THE TREASURE COAST COUNCIL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. BECAUSE IF NOT, THEN WE JUST WON'T HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT. ON THAT BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, BECAUSE IF WE CANNOT IF NO ONE IS ABLE TO DO THAT, THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR JENKINS. WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IS THERE. MR DE POLLO, YOU'RE THERE.

YOU'RE THE ALTERNATE ON THAT. DID YOU WANT TO SERVE ON THAT, OR IT IS Y'ALL. OKAY? AND IF THE COUNCIL IS AGREEABLE I'LL JUST STAY ON THAT. STAY ON THAT BOARD. DO WE NEED EMOTION? DO WE NEED EMOTION OR JUST CONSENSUS? IF WE WERE APPOINTED, YOU THINK YEAH, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND HAVE EMOTION BE BEST FOR THE RECORD. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT MARY GIVES THOMAS TO THE CHAMBER BOARD. MOTION HAS BEEN MADE. IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE ANY FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, MADAM MAYOR DONNA CARMEN. MRS CARMEN. FOR THE RECORD. DONNA CARMEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL FOR ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND ALL THAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND MORE , PARTICULARLY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND SUSAN. THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO SERVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY ALL IN FAVOR, RIGHT? PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM

[17. Consideration of Potential Action Regarding Former Village Manager Howard Brown's Laptop and PC]

ASKED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WIPING THE COMPUTER AND SETTING THEM SETTING IT UP FOR A NEW

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FOR A NEW USER TO USE. OKAY SO YOU WERE DELETED ANY INFORMATION THAT WAS ON THERE? CORRECT.

WHICH BEING A. GOVERNMENT COMPUTER PROBABLY CONTAINED PUBLIC RECORDS. ON THAT COMPUTER. YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO GO THROUGH. THE DATA AND INFORMATION ON THE COMPUTER AND SAY WHAT SHOULD BE KEPT IN WHAT? YOU'RE NOT THAT THAT'S THAT'S NOT OUR JOB. WE DON'T WANT THAT JOB. OKAY I GET IT. I GET IT COMPLETELY. SO AT SOME POINT, THE COMPUTER WAS BROUGHT BACK TO YOU. CORRECT. AND IT WAS. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IT WAS RESTORED. CORRECT. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT PERCENTAGE IT WAS RESTORED TO WE'RE NOT SURE. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE WEEP. WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE. OKAY, BUT YOU CAN NOT SURE WHAT WAS HOW MUCH WAS THERE BEFOREHAND COMPARED TO HOW MUCH WE RESTORED. OKAY, SO WE COULD WE COULD HAVE RESTORED 50, 60 70% 80% 90 OR 100? WE DON'T KNOW. CORRECT, OK? IS THERE ANY WAY? BRINGING THE COMPUTER BACK.

TO ITS ORIGINAL. CONDITION I MEAN, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IS THERE A WAY TO GO ABOUT AND RESTORE IT 100% OR IS THAT DATA COMPLETELY LOST IF THERE WAS ANY ON THERE? THE PROBLEM. I HAVE.

WITH GOING TOO FAR ON ANSWERING SOME OF THIS MHM IS THE FLORIDA STATUTE TALKS ABOUT CYBERSECURITY AND WHAT GOES ON AND WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT. ANSWERING TOO MUCH AND GIVING OUT PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, GIVING UP VILLAGE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT NEEDS NOT TO BE GET THAT SO? SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COMPUTER WAS TAKEN FROM THIS OFFICE BROUGHT TO YOU AND IT WAS. YOU WERE TOLD TO SCRUB IT AND YOU SCRUBBED IT. UNDER THE PRETENSE THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE GIVEN TO ANOTHER COUNCIL. WELL, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT SO , BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TOLD.

OKAY GIVEN TO A NEW USER, OKAY, OKAY BEFORE FOR THE VILLAGE. IT'S BEEN DONE ON SEVERAL OTHER OCCASIONS. WE WERE GIVEN A MOBILE DEVICE, A LAPTOP OR A PHONE AND SAID, HEY, SCRUB THIS WE NEEDED FOR SOMEONE NEW. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE. WERE THERE EVER BACKUPS OF THAT DEVICE THAT WAS THAT WAS SCRUBBED. AND DID THEY EVER ASK YOU? I MEAN, YOU'RE YOU'RE OUR INTERNET PROVIDER, BUT YOU'RE ALSO OUR I T DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? OKAY SO IF YOU SCRUB SOMETHING OKAY, I GOT I GOT A COMPANY PHONE HERE. OKAY. SO TOMORROW I GET THROWN OUT OF OFFICE, OKAY? AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN AND TAKES MY PHONE. MHM. DO YOU DOWNLOAD THAT INFORMATION? THAT'S ON THAT PHONE. IF WE'RE ASKED TO OKAY, SO IT HASN'T BEEN A PRACTICE OF THE VILLAGE TO TWO. TO DOWNLOAD AND KEEP THE INFORMATION OFF OF THAT DEVICE. OKAY? THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU MYSELF. APPRECIATE YOUR, UM YOUR WILLINGNESS AND BEING SENSITIVE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE DON'T GET INFORMATION OUT THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR A CYBERATTACK. SO YEAH. APPRECIATE THAT. PHILIP, CAN I GET YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN? FOR THE RECORD? YOU ARE. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD, GOOD, OKAY? I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS FOR HIM, BECAUSE I'M SURE THEY'D LIKE TO LEAVE. OKAY. COME ON. COUNCIL MEMBER, HERNANDEZ. SO MY QUESTION IS I AND I JUST WANT THIS CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I KEEP ON HEARING LAPTOP. OR IS IT S SURFACE? WHAT WAS IT A CERTAIN MY UNDERSTANDING OF SURFACES. A LAPTOP? YEAH. BRAND. OF LAPTOP. OKAY APPLE, OKAY. I THINK IT'S THE SAME THING. IT'S A SURFACE, OKAY? SO LET ME JUST BACKTRACK ON THAT. THAT'S SURFACE WHEN WE WHEN MR BROWN CAME IN HE GAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER OF SURFACE I GOT ONE. AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I ACTUALLY

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CLOUD AND MY WORK. IS THERE CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT. YES. SO. STAFF KNOWS TO DO THEIR WORK. IN THE WEB, AND ALL THAT IS STORED IN THERE. ANS RECOVERED. ADDITIONALLY TO THAT WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, I ACTUALLY WAS ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE'S A FORENSICS. SORT OF TYPE OF SOFTWARE WHERE YOU CAN RECOVER EVERYTHING. SO I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS I KNOW WHERE I WORK AT. I DON'T DO THE I T BUT I KNOW THAT WHEN WE SCRUB OUR COMPUTERS WHEN A NEW STAFF MEMBER COMES. WE AND WE CHANGED THAT STAFF MEMBER. THERE WAS A PREVIOUS STAFF MEMBER. WE PUT IT ALL IN THE PROFILE. AND IT'S THERE. UM AND IF IT'S NOT THERE , OUR I T DEPARTMENT RECOVERS IT FOR US, AND IT'S LITERALLY EVERYTHING. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS CAN'T COVER THE DIFFERENCES. IF. WE'RE GIVEN A COMPUTER A LAPTOP SURFACE AND TOLD. YOU KNOW, PULL EVERYTHING OFF. WELL, LOOK AT IT WILL SAVE WHAT WE NEED. YOU CAN SCRUB IT AND THEN WE'LL GIVE IT THE NEXT PERSON. IN THIS CASE, WE WERE FIRST TOLD TO SCRUB IT. CLEAN IT UP. SO FOR THE NEXT PERSON, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TRY TO BACKTRACK AND SEE WHAT WAS ON IT AND DOWNLOAD WHAT WE COULD. OKAY. YOU DID IT. THE FIRST WAY, WHERE YOU PULL EVERYTHING OFF. HAVE SOMEONE LOOK AT IT NOT FROM US, BUT THE CITY MANAGER, VILLAGE MANAGER. SOMEONE WHO WOULD SOMEONE LOOK AT IT AND SAY YEAH, WE NEED THIS. WE DON'T NEED THAT. YES, SCRUB THE REST OF IT. THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS SAVED. SO MY QUESTION IS CLARIFICATION AND IT'S NOT FOR YOU. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS THIS ON? ACTION ON WHO ON SUSAN ON MR BROWN. MR. BROWN LINE HERE. HE'S GONE. Y'ALL GUYS THAT DAY THAT NIGHT, AND I WANT CLARIFICATION. UM BY STAFF WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE RESIGNATION BECAUSE WHEN HE RESIGNED. THERE WAS A PROCESS PROCESS HAPPENED. AND FROM WHAT I GOT FROM STAFF WAS MR FLORIO. PLUS SUSAN OWENS.

PLUS THE ATTORNEY GOT THE PHONE. LAPTOP. THE KEYS AND BADGE AND WHATEVER THE CASE IS AND HE WAS ESCORTED OUTSIDE. AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT SO? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT

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ONCE HE WALKED OUT, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE GUY HAS TO LIVE. HE HAS TO EAT. SO THIS CAN BE AH! SOMETHING THAT COULDN'T FALL BACK ON HIM. BUT HE WASN'T HERE ANYMORE. HE WAS LITERALLY ESCORTED OUT THE PREMISES THE NIGHT OF THE MEETING, SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. IS THIS ACTION ON MR BROWN? OR ON WHO. DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR MOVING? MOVING FORWARD? HE WAS NOT HERE. SO ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT DATE WAS CAN ADDRESS THE PEACE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT THANK YOU AS TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THAT NIGHT. UH, MIKE FLORIO AND SUSAN OWENS AND MYSELF. WE ALL WENT WITH HOWARD BACK TO HIS OFFICE, AND HE PROVIDED US HIS VILLAGE PHONE HIS VILLAGE SURFACE LAPTOP. HIS KEYS, HIS CREDIT CARDS, WHICH YOU GAVE MIKE, UM AND IT WAS ABOUT EVERYTHING. AND THEN WE ALL WENT OUT TOGETHER. YES I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT, YOU KNOW.

THAT WAS A PROCESS THAT HAPPENS AFTER SOMEONE RESIGNS, AND IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE ELSE. THERE'S A PROCESS WHEN YOU RESIGN WHEN YOU'RE FIRED. YOU WALK OUT THAT YOU GIVE EVERYTHING YOU OWN, AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH WHATEVER HAPPENS INTERNALLY AFTER THAT'S THAT'S INTERNALLY, SO MR BROWN HAS TO GO LOOK FOR A JOB. AND THIS CAN FALL BACK. UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOU KNOW PEOPLE'S CAREERS, BUT THEY'VE LITERALLY HAVE TO EAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND FOR THE MEDIA OR WHOEVER'S LISTENING. THANK YOU.

VICE MAYOR STONE. I THINK WHAT COUNCILWOMAN IS TRYING TO SAY IS UH, LET'S JUST SAY FORMER VILLAGE MANAGER INSTEAD OF CALLING THE FARMER MANAGER NAMED ON OUR PAPERWORK OR DOCUMENTS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY. IS THAT CORRECT? YES FORMER MANAGER. SORRY, OKAY.

OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER DIPAULA. OKAY I DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FROM BLUE STREAM. SO IF THEY WANTED TO LEAVE, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SITTING HERE ALL NIGHT, BUT I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT. ANYBODY ELSE HAS QUESTIONS AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO QUESTIONS. SUSAN OKAY , UM JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE CLARIFICATION. GOTTA LOVE CLARA FASHION. YOU STATED THAT WE'VE PREVIOUSLY BROUGHT TO YOU OTHERD ASKED THE SAME THING TO BE DONE CORRECT. WE HAVE NEVER ASKED. FOR THAT PROCESS BACK IT UP FIRST, THEN WIPE IT SO THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH. AM I HEARING THAT CORRECTLY? CORRECT? OKAY. OKAY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M HEARING THAT CORRECTLY . OKAY NOW, UM, ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE CONNECTEDNESS. AND TO THE NETWORK, AND I KNOW THAT THIS MIGHT BE KIND OF TRICKY HERE ON CYBER SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LAPTOPS ARE LIMITED. IF I'M IF I'M WHAT'S LOADED ON IT AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO USE ITS VERY MINIMAL IT'S LIKE CONNECTED . WE'VE GOT OUR EMAIL ON IT AND WE CAN GET ON THE WEB, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, CORRECT THAT THAT IS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES OKAY , SO, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT? OKAY, SO THAT CONNECTEDNESS MAYBE GREATER FOR A DIFFERENT EMPLOYEES, SAY, DEPARTMENT HEAD OR, IN THIS CASE, THE MANAGER, THEY WOULD HAVE MORE ON THEIRS.

THEN WHAT? JUST WHAT WE HAVE CORRECT. AND HERE WE'RE GETTING INTO MAYBE SOME SECURITY THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW. UM I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ON HOW FAR TO GO WITH THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS A HAVE OKAY, SO WE HAVE BASIC. EVERYBODY ELSE MAY HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE GOT. OKAY LET'S JUST OKAY . GOOD OKAY. WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU AND CHANGE PROCEDURES GOING FORWARD. WHATEVER IS BEST FOR THE VILLAGE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE VALUE OUR RELATIONSHIP

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IT WAS PICKED UP FROM VILLAGE HALL THE SAME WAY IT IS EVERY OTHER TIME. OKAY WELL, NEVERTHELESS, YOU TOOK IT OUT OF THAT OFFICE AND YOU CALL YOU CALLED. SPECIFICALLY TO COME.

PICK THAT UP THAT THAT COMPUTER YOU GAVE IT TO THEM, AND YOU TOLD HIM TO WIPE IT. KNOWING KNOWING THAT THERE WAS CONTROVERSY. AROUND PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. AROUND JUST THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS OF THINGS. THEY HAVE BEEN DONE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. I'M GOING TO HAVE. IN THE FUTURE. UH HUH. I DO NOT BELIEVE I WOULD HAVE NEVER DONE THAT. SO I CONSIDER MYSELF A REASONABLE PERSON. OKAY? AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY WOULD HAVE DONE THAT. BEING IN THE POSITION THAT YOU WERE IN. UM I'VE LOST ALL FAITH IN YOU. I'VE LOST ALL FAITH AND THE FACT THAT YOU CANNOT GET A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST OUT. I'VE LOST ALL FAITH BECAUSE THIS THIS THIS CLERK'S OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING. THERE IS NOTHING NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. IT'S BEEN THERE'S PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE FOR OVER SIX AND SEVEN MONTHS. MY OWN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THE ONES THAT I MADE MY OWN. I INSTRUCTED MR BROWN AND I'VE TOLD YOU SEVERAL TIMES. I WANT THEM IN BLACK AND WHITE. I DON'T WANT TO BE LOOKING FOR HIM AND SENT TO ME TO A FILE THAT I CAN'T EVEN OPEN. OKAY, SO. I'VE LOST COMPLETE FAITH IN YOU. AND IF I COULD RIGHT NOW, I WOULD FIRE YOU. OKAY? BECAUSE WE NEED WE NEED TO CLEAN THE SITUATION UP. SHOW. I CAN'T UNDERSTAND. AND YOU CAN'T EXPLAIN TO ME WHY YOU DID IT. AND YOUR COMMUNICATIONS WITH HOWARD, WHO'S RUNNING THIS YOU? ARE YOU ACTUALLY TAKING CHARGE OF THIS VILLAGE? OR IS HOWARD DOING IT? I'VE ASKED FOR YOUR TEXT BACK AND FORTH. THEN I PROVIDED THEM. YES. I'M I'M I'M NOT GOING TO BRING IT OUT IN PUBLIC IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO SEE IF THEY CAN ASK FOR IT THEMSELVES. BUT I'M SORRY. I MEAN, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD.

WE NEED TO GET ALL THIS STUFF CLEANED UP, AND I DON'T HAVE FAITH THAT YOU CAN DO IT. I'VE LOST ALL FAITH IN YOU. AND THIS COMPUTER ISSUE. THIS IS THIS IS CRIMINAL COULD BE CRIMINAL. I'VE SPOKEN TO F D. L E AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND WADE KNOWS THE SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE TO ME IN THE COURSE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE BECAUSE WIPING A COMPUTER. THAT BELONGED TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER , WHERE THERE'S QUESTIONS OF THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE AND NOT DONE IN THIS VILLAGE. TO ME. YOU JUST GAVE HIM A BIG FAVOR. OKAY? AND. MAYBE IT'S MY 30 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. MAYBE IT'S MY BUSINESS INTUITION. MAYBE IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH. YOU JUST DON'T DO THINGS LIKE THAT. WE THE COUNCIL. AND WE THE PEOPLE PUT OUR TRUST IN YOU. AND TRUSTED YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING WITH THAT COMPUTER NOT TO CALL BRUCE DREAM TO HAVE IT BECA COUNCIL MEMBER THEY FORGOT TO COMPUTER ON DELTA AIRLINES. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR ANYTHING. WE NEED TO HAVE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

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WE'RE RUNNING A GOVERNMENT HERE. THIS IS NOT A TOY STORE. IT'S JUST IN THE SIX MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. I KEEP HEARING HOW GREAT THE STAFF AND IS AND WE DO HAVE GREAT STAFF. WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE. BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE LEADERSHIP. AND HOPEFULLY NOW WE'LL HAVE IT.

SO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. UM JUST CURIOUS. UM. I KNOW THAT THAT THAT BLUE STREAM FIBER HAD SAID THAT THEY HAVE DONE WORK LIKE THIS BEFORE. SO, UM. WHAT THE FORMAL FORMER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT, UM, THAT WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE THEIR LAPTOPS? THE LAPTOPS WERE REPURPOSED FOR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. OKAY UNDERSTANDING WHEN I CONTACTED BLUE STREAM WAS TO JUST ADD THOSE USERS TO THE COMPUTER. OKAY INSTRUCTED THEM TO SCRUB THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS COMPUTERS.

OKAY AND THEIR PHONES. WE GOT THEIR PHONES AS WELL. OKAY AND THEY'RE BEING REPURPOSED. NOT THE PHONES, OKAY? OKAY, SO. WHAT WAS THE URGENCY? WAS THERE ANY URGENCY? BECAUSE I MEAN, THAT WAS THAT WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, NEXT DAY OR NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IMMEDIATELY. WHAT WAS THE URGENCY TO REPURPOSE THAT LAPTOP? WAS WAS THERE AN URGENCY TO THAT? I MEAN WE HAD A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT LOST A SURFACE AND WE WANTED TO GET THEM A REPLACEMENT WITHOUT HAVING TO GO AND BUY ANOTHER ONE. OKAY? UM HMM. OKAY? SO. DO WE HAVE A POLICY ON ON ELECTRONICS LIKE PHONES AND LAPTOPS THAT IF. IF I BREAK MY PHONE, AM I LIABLE OR IF I LOSE MY LAPTOP? WHAT IS? DO WE HAVE A POLICY ON MY RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT? NOT AT THIS TIME, BUT I DO THINK THAT THAT IS A GOOD PROCEDURE OF MOVING FORWARD. OKAY IS IT IF WHEN I LEAVE MY POSITION. IF I WANT TO TAKE MY LAPTOP WITH ME. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, AND IT WAS EXPRESSED WHEN WE GOT THEM THAT OKAY, IF WHEN YOU LEAVE. IF YOU WANT YOUR LAPTOP WILL DEPRECIATE IT. YOU CAN PAY US THE DIFFERENCE. AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT THAT WITH YOU. IS THAT IN WRITING? IS THAT A POLICY ANYWHERE? NO AND THAT WAS NEVER MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY I SEE I WAS I WAS TOLD THAT THAT WAS NOT RELATED TO ME, OKAY? OKAY? SO WE PURPOSE WE ACTUALLY GET OUR ELECTRONICS PACK AND WE AND WE REPURPOSE THEM AND OKAY? IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. PLEASE, OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE COUNCIL. THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH BLUE STREAM WAS REGARDING TWO TOPICS. USING WINDOWS PRO OR WINDOWS HOME. AND REPURPOSING THE LAPTOP. THAT'S WHAT I EXPECTED TO SEE IN ANY RESPONSES FROM BLUE STREAM. I NEVER EXPECTED TO SEE ANYTHING ABOUT WIPING THE COMPUTER. WHEN I RESPONDED, YES, I WAS NOT RESPONDING TO THAT PORTION OF THE EMAIL THAT SAID, WIPE THE COMPUTER. I WAS ONLY RESPONDING TO THE PORTION OF THE EMAIL.

THAT REQUIRED REPURPOSING OF THE LAPTOP. I DID MISREAD THAT EMAIL. I WENT BACK AND READ MY EMAILS AND SAW WHERE I HAD SAID THAT I KNOW HOW IT LOOKS. BUT I WOULD NEVER PURPOSELY SCRUB ANYTHING. AND IF I DID I SURE AS HECK WOULDN'T PUT IT IN A PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU, UM IT. BEEN HISTORICALLY. HAS IT BEEN OUR PRACTICE? YOU KNOW, HE'S SAYING THEY HAVE NEVER SAVED ANYTHING BEFORE THEY'VE REPURPOSED IT. THAT'S HISTORICALLY BEEN OUR BEEN OUR PRACTICE THAT THEY DON'T DO THAT. WE HAVEN'T ASKED THEM TO DO THAT. MY UNDERSTANDING AND I'M NOT AN I T PERSON IS WHEN WE GET A NEW EMPLOYEE. WE REPURPOSE A LAPTOP , AND THAT IS ALLOWING THAT PERSON TO LOG INTO THE COMPUTER. I AM NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING THAT WAS REMOVED PRIOR TO THAT REPURPOSING. WE DID NOT REQUEST THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY STORE BACKUPS. LIKE I SAID, I'M ON AN I T PERSON. I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL DETAILS I KNOW IS WHEN I GET BACK COMPUTER BACK, THE NEW PERSON CAN LOG IN AND DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. OKAY BUT WHAT HE'S STATED SPECIFICALLY WAS BEFORE THEY REPURPOSE. I GUESS THERE YOU KNOW YOU CAN SAVE IT AND THEN DO WHAT YOU

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THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING. HISTORICALLY WE IS A VILLAGE. YOU'RE NOT AWARE THAT WE HAVE EVER ASKED FOR THAT FIRST STEP. IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN REPURPOSING. IT'S NEVER BEEN TO SAVE. AND THEN REPURPOSE. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, OKAY? SO IT'S NEVER BEEN A PRACTICE BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL LOG ONTO THAT COMPUTER. YOU JUST HAVE TO GO IN AND CHANGE. I THINK LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS, BUT YOU CAN JUST GO TO THE ADMIN USER CAN ACCESS WHOEVER HAD IT PREVIOUSLY. OKAY AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOTHING WAS EVER DELETED. EVERYTHING WAS STILL ON THE LAPTOP. OKAY THIS STUFF IS KEPT IN THE NETWORK, WHICH IS BACKED UP. THERE IS VERY LITTLE ON OUR LAPTOPS. OKAY. WELL I WOULD SAY IT DEPENDS ON WHO HAS THAT LAPTOP BECAUSE I KNOW I SAVED THINGS ON MY C DRIVE ON THAT LAPTOP. I DON'T PUT IT OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW WHEREVER YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I WOULD THINK BECAUSE IT'S NOT SAVED. IN THE CLOUD OR WHEREVER IT'S AT. THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO RETRIEVE IT BACK. THAT'S THE KIND OF STUFF THAT NEEDS TO BE SAVED. WHAT WOULD SPECIFICALLY BE ON THAT LAPTOP? THAT'S NOT FLOATING AROUND WHEREVER AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS STILL AVAILABLE ON THOSE LAPTOPS. THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. WELL, NOW, IF IT'S BEEN REPURPOSED THAN IT HASN'T BEEN SAVED, SO THEY HAVEN'T AND THAT'S SOMETHING I GUESS WE NEED TO CLARIFY WITH BLUE STREAM EXACTLY THE STAFF THAT KNEW THE PROCESS BETTER. WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING BETTER IN PLACE, OKAY? OKAY? THAT'S THAT'S ALL QUESTIONS. I GOT ANY TIME. I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE LAPTOP THAT WAS LOST. OKAY WAS THERE WAS THERE, DO YOU OKAY? DO YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS OR YES, I WOULD SO THIS LAPTOP THAT WAS LOST THAT WE'RE REPLACING. UM I BELIEVE IT BELONGED TO COUNCILMAN STONE. YES, OKAY. AND IT WAS LOST ON HIS TRIP. ON HIS TRAINING CONFERENCE CONFERENCE, OKAY? SO WHAT? WHEN WAS THAT CONFERENCE? WHEN WAS THAT TRIP? WHAT WAS THE DATE? WAS IT NOVEMBER. IT WAS NOVEMBER. I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATES. BEFORE I THINK RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING BEFORE THINGS CONTAINED OR SOMETHING. OKAY SO WHAT? WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT THE THAT THE COMPUTER FIRST OF ALL WAS? IT REPORTED LOST AND STOLEN . WAS THERE A POLICE REPORT WITH A CASE NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER FOR THE COMPUTER SO THAT IF SOME POLICE OFFICER SOMEWHERE STOPS THE CAR AND THERE IT IS IN THE BACK SEAT. RIGHT AND I RUN IT. IT COMES BACK. IT BELONGS TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. BECAUSE BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE SOMETHING, YOU LEFT IT IF SOMEBODY PICKS IT UP, THAT'S A THEFT. OKAY, SO WE'LL BE STOLEN. OKAY, UNLESS DELTA HAVE IT. YOU KNOW, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE DELTA HAS IT.

SOMEBODY ELSE COULD'VE PICKED IT UP. OKAY? SO WAS THERE EVER A POLICE REPORT FILED ON TO MY KNOWLEDGE THIS CAME TO ME WHILE AFTER IT WAS MISPLACED. OKAY, SO IF OFFICER UM. GREAT SHERIFF'S OFFICE STOPS THE CAR AND IT'S IN THE BACK SEAT OF THAT CAR AND THEY RUN IT. IT'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK STOLEN. THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHO IT BELONGS TO. THAT'S THAT'S POINT NUMBER ONE UM WHAT? WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT IT WAS? LOST. AND WHAT WAS THE DATE THAT IT WAS REPORTED LOST TO THE VILLAGE. I DON'T HAVE THOSE DATES BECAUSE IT WAS FIRST REPORTED TO HOWARD, NOT MYSELF.

SO I DO NOT KNOW THE DATE THAT THAT WAS REPORTED. WELL MR STONE, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT COUNCIL ON TRIAL HERE? I'M SORRY , OKAY? OKAY? ALL RIGHT, UM. SO WE DON'T KNOW THE DATES THAT HE TRAVELED AND WE DON'T KNOW THE DATES. THEN IT WAS REPORTED TO THE VILLAGE THAT IT WAS MISSING OR STOLEN. WE CAN FIND OUT THE DATES OF THE TRAVEL. WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTACT HOWARD. TO SEE WHEN IF HE REMEMBERS WHEN HE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE LOSS. WAS THIS WAS THIS DONE IN WRITING? OR WAS IT I MEAN, YOU KNOW I GOTTA I GOTTA TELL YOU IF I LOSE A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, I GOT TO WRITE A MEMO. OKAY? I MEAN, THIS IS A LAPTOP WITH GOVERNMENT. CREDENTIALS IN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ON IT. I MEAN, IT WOULD TO ME IT WOULD BE A HIGH LEVEL OF IMPORTANT. YOU

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BECAUSE I AM NOT GOING TO LET THIS GO. I'M NOT GONNA LET IT GO. SO IT'S NOT IN MY NATURE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO DATES AND I WOULD LIKE ANY CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN VERBAL OR NOT. I WOULD LIKE IF SOMEBODY CALLED SOMEBODY AND SAID, HEY, I LOST MY COMPUTER OR IF I WENT TO THE GATE AND I LOST MY COMPUTER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A REPORT OF THAT DELTA HOUSE HAVE A REPORT OF IT. AND WHEN WAS THAT REPORT TAKEN? I'LL BE DONE. I GUESS I'M NOT GOING TO GET MY QUESTION GENDER, SO I'M GOING TO STARTING YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN BECAUSE I DO NOT HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THEM RIGHT NOW. OKAY? IF THERE IS NO MORE. COUNCIL MEMBER SOMETHING MR STONE DOESN'T MATTER. NOW GO AHEAD. WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T STOPPED AHEAD. NOTHING. NOTHING.

OKAY OUR NEXT MEETING WITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. THANK YOU. SORRY, SCOTT WATSON.

WELCOME MR WATSON. WELCOME SCOTT WASSERMAN RECORD. YOU HAVE A CITY CLERK TO THIS SPECIAL TRAINING TO DEAL WITH PUBLIC RECORDS, IS THE CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS IN HERE IN INDIAN TALENT. TO WHETHER YOU ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED PUBLIC RECORDS OR YOU DO IT INTENTIONALLY. THEY'RE BOTH MISDEMEANORS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY LOSE THE PUBLIC RECORD, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR IN THE SECOND DEGREE. IF YOU DO IT ON PURPOSE, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR IN THE FIRST DEGREE, AND YOU COULD GO TO JAIL. ANYBODY THAT SITS HERE AND WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF HER DUTY IS THE CUSTODIAN OF PUBLIC RECORDS. TO ENSURE THAT ALL PUBLIC RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. YOU HAND A COMPUTER OVER TWO BLUE STRING. AND IT'S QUITE CLEAR IN THE EMAIL IT SAYS. WIPE IT THEY SAID HERE TONIGHT AND SAID THEY WERE TOLD TO WIPE IT. SO FOR ANYBODY TO SUGGEST THAT I SHOULD BELIEVE THAT THIS WASN'T DONE INTENTIONALLY. GIVE ME A BREAK. GIVE ME A BREAK. THE QUESTIONS WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT MR STONE'S COMPUTER THAT WENT MISSING. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO ACTUALLY TRACK THE I P ADDRESS AND SEE IF THAT COMPUTER WAS ACTUALLY USED AFTER THE DATE. IT WAS SO SUPPOSEDLY LOST. I'VE ALSO FOUND IT AMAZING. THAT IT WAS THE NIGHT. MR HOWARD BROWN RESIGNED AT 5 17 PM THAT NIGHT, HE WROTE AN EMAIL. STATING HE HAD JUST MET WITH MR STONE. MR STONE INFORMED THAT HE HAD LOST HIS COMPUTER. BACK ON NOVEMBER 15TH. THREE WEEKS PRIOR THAT HE'D LOST HIS COMPUTER, BUT APPARENTLY HE'S JUST REPORTING IT. TO MR BROWN THE NIGHT MR BROWN RESIGNED. SO MR BROWN WRITES AN EMAIL AND 5 17 PM STATING TO THE CLERK. I BELIEVE IT MAY BE OTHERS THAT MR STONE HAS LOST HIS COMPUTER. HE'S MADE A REPORT TO DELTA AIRLINES, AND HE'S GONNA NEED A NEW DEVICE. HOW CONVENIENT. HOW CONVENIENT. THIS SMELLS TO HIGH HEAVENS, PEOPLE. IT SMELLS HIGH HEAVENS, AND WE NEED TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMING. YES VANDERMEER. THAT'S THE LAST COMMENT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR SAYING STAY STAYING WITH US

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