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AN OWL. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO THIS VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING JUNE THE 13TH, 2024. COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? MAYOR GIBBS? THOMAS HERE. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT VICE MAYOR PERES IS NOT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ HERE. AND WITH VICE MAYOR PERES NOT BEING HERE, SHE DID, LET US KNOW AT A PREVIOUS MEETING THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE. SO DO WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE AND EXCUSE HER OR JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND YOU NEVER. YOU DID NOT DISCUSS THAT WHEN SHE MADE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT. SO THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE APPROPRIATE. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION EXCUSE HER. AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION, ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION. NO MADAM MAYOR, ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WELCOME THIS EVENING. YOU'RE YOUR EXITS. YOU WILL NOTICE TO YOUR LEFT AND TO YOUR RIGHT THE YOUR BATHROOMS ARE TO YOUR LEFT. ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR CELL PHONES, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE TURN THEM ON SILENT. AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES THIS EVENING.
ONE WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION, WHICH IS NOT, WHICH IS ON SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE MAKE SURE WHEN YOU FILL OUT YOUR SPEAKER FORM THAT YOU HAVE THAT ITEM NOTATED AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU GET UP TO THE DAIS. AND PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD YOUR SPEAKER FORM. MAKE SURE YOU TURN INTO OUR CLERK THERE TO YOUR LEFT, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. THIS EVENING OUR INVOCATION WILL BE GIVEN BY BROTHER RICK WILLIAMS. EVERYONE, BUT PLEASE STAND TO REMAIN STANDING FOR OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. OUR KIND FATHER IN HEAVEN. WE BOW OUR HEADS AND THANK THEE FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS. THIS FINE BUILDING WE HAVE TO MEET IN. AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE AND TO SERVE IN INDIAN TOWN, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE HARD WORKING LEADERS WE HAVE HERE THAT THAT HELPS SHAPE THE FEELING AND TONE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN INDIAN TOWN. AND WE ASK THAT THY SPIRIT BE WITH US, THAT WE MAY, GROW WITH WITH HEART, THAT WE MAY, WE MAY HELP, THE WORK OF THE LORD. GO, GO THROUGH IN INDIAN TOWN THAT WE MAY EMBRACE THAT AND WE CAN GUIDE THE WAY WE ASK THAT THY SPIRIT WILL BE HERE IN THIS MEETING, THAT THERE'LL BE NO CONTENTION THAT WE MAY HAVE, A CIVIL CONVERSATIONS AND BE ABLE TO, TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TO GROW AND STRENGTHEN INDIAN TOWN. AND THIS WE PRAY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. 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. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS, OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS? NO. MADAM MAYOR, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. THE FIRST
[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
IS MISS COLLEEN BERKOWITZ. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS COLLEEN BERKOWITZ, AND I'M WITH THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HERE ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONER HAROLD JENKINS. AND I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON RELOCATING THE MARTY BUS STOP NEAR HITCHCOCK'S MARKET FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION TO ACROSS THE STREET. SO WE DISCUSSED THIS WITH OUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT. AND AFTER THEY HAD DONE SOME RESEARCH, IT WAS, IT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE COST OF THE MOVE WOULD BE BRACE YOURSELVES. $111,641.32.UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE NO FUNDS IN THE MARTY BUDGET FOR THIS MOVE. AND AFTER DISCUSSING THIS WITH OUR COUNTY ATTORNEY, DISTRICT THREE MSTU FUNDS ARE NOT ABLE TO BE UTILIZED FOR THIS MOVE. THEREFORE, IF THE VILLAGE WANTS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH THIS, WE ARE ASKING THE VILLAGE TO GO AHEAD AND FUND THIS PROJECT. BUT THE COUNTY WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME . THE SECOND IS MISTER CRAIG ROSENBERGER. GOOD EVENING. GOOD
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EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN. I'M HERE. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE LAST, COUNCIL MEETING CONCERNING THE CIVIC CENTER. THERE WERE SOME FACTS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE STRAIGHTENED OUT. FIRST OF ALL, WE WERE ACCUSED OF DOING NOTHING TO HELP THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. I FIND THAT COMMENT OFFENSIVE. LIVE. WE HAND OUT APPROXIMATELY 250 MEALS AT THANKSGIVING THAT WE PAY FOR AND GIVE TO THE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE BUILT 47 COMMUNITY GARDENS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE IN TOWN TO HELP THEIR DIETS, TO IMPROVE THEM. WE HAVE BREAKFAST WITH SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS EVERY YEAR FOR THE KIDS. WE FEED THE FAMILIES BREAKFAST. THEY COME UP, THE KIDS HAVE A CHANCE TO MEET WITH SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS, AND THEY ARE ALL GIVEN A TOY. THIS MONEY ALL COMES OUT OF MONEY THAT WE RAISE THROUGH RENTALS. THERE WAS A RENTAL RECENTLY AND I'M SORRY THAT THIS HAPPENED. WE HAVE A NEW RENTAL AGENT. I AM NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION THAT THE INDIAN TOWN CIVIC CLUB, INC.THAT ACTUALLY OWNS AND RUNS THE CIVIC CENTER, AND THE NEW RENTAL AGENT DID NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. IF WE'D KNOWN THAT, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A FREE RENTAL. ALSO JUST SO YOU KNOW, FOR CANDIDATES NIGHT, WE WERE CONTACTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND THEY HAVE BEEN GRANTED PERMISSION TO USE THE CIVIC CENTER AT NO CHARGE FOR A CANDIDATE NIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE IF ANY OF YOU COUNCIL PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (856) 220-2166. I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU, THE FACTS ARE TRUE. I DO BELIEVE THE GRANT IS THROUGH THE HUD AND I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT THAT ANYBODY CAN BACK OUT OF THIS GRANT. AND FRANKLY, WE NEED A PET SHELTER IN THIS VILLAGE. YOU HAVE 600 HOMES IN INDIAN WOOD ALONE THAT ARE ALL MANUFACTURED HOMES. 90% OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE PETS. THEY WILL NOT LEAVE THEIR HOMES IF THEY DO NOT KNOW THEY HAVE A LOCAL PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO. THAT'S SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE MISS LINDA NICCUM.
GOOD EVENING. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM AND I'M BACK ON MY OLD BANDWAGON AGAIN, YESTERDAY'S WEATHER, TRIGGERED THIS, I'M NOT SURE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS PICKED UP ON IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS DRIFTING SOUTH, I HAD HEARD ABOUT TORNADOES UP IN THE PANHANDLE, NORTHERN FLORIDA, BUT THEY ARE DRIFTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO US. AND I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT GETS UP HERE AND SAYS, I TOLD YOU SO. WE NEED SOME METHOD OF WARNING PEOPLE AHEAD OF TIME, WE HAVE, THE ARGUMENTS ARE CELL PHONES, TV, RADIO. NOT EVERYBODY USES A CELL PHONE, IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE, YOU NORMALLY DON'T HAVE THOSE THINGS AVAILABLE. A SIREN SIMPLY WILL ALERT EVERYBODY. I'VE. I'VE PASSED OUT SOME INFORMATION. I PULLED OFF THE INTERNET VERY QUICKLY THIS MORNING ABOUT OUTDOOR WEATHER SYSTEMS. I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT AT LEAST ADDRESSED. AND IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED
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TO BUDGET FOR, PLAN FOR AND CREATE, THEN WE NEED TO DO SO. THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, OUR HOMES IN INDIAN WOOD HAVE WITHSTOOD THE HURRICANES GOING THROUGH. YOU'VE GOT NICE STEADY WIND, A LOT OF IT. BUT THE HOMES HAVE HAVE HELD , HELD STRONG. YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION WITH A TORNADO. YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF GOING TO A SHELTER. YOU HEAR A WARNING OR YOU HEAR THAT WIND OUTSIDE AND YOU BETTER JUST DUCK AND PRAY, IT'S GOING TO HIT VERY QUICKLY AND IT'LL BE GONE JUST AS QUICKLY. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO BE LOSING LIVES AND PROPERTY BECAUSE WE DID NOT TAKE ANY INITIAL STEPS TO GET STARTED ON THIS. SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS THE LAST TIME I EVER HAVE TO GET ON MY SOAPBOX AND BRING UP THIS SUBJECT AGAIN, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT IS IT, MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS.[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO I WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR TODAY'S JOINT MEETING, PRESENTATION. AND AFTER THAT MEETING, I STARTED, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE VILLAGE OF UNIONTOWN AND I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT. SO, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT OUR DO WE HAVE, LIKE, A PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE PLAN? LIKE, I LOVE HOW THE CITY OF STUART HAS THAT. AND THEY REPORT EVERY QUARTER OF WHAT THEIR TARGETS ARE. SO I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS OUR MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR OUR CITY. WE DID HAVE ONE, BUT CURRENTLY I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN ACTUAL PLAN RIGHT NOW, AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ADDRESS POTHOLES AND, AND SO THAT'S MY QUESTION. AND IF WE CAN CREATE A FIVE YEAR PLAN OR WHAT'S BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT ROADS AND HOW, YOU KNOW, THEY COMPLAIN. AND I SEE HOW THE SIDES OF THE ROADS ARE FALLING APART, ESPECIALLY ON INDIAN, INDIAN MOUND DRIVE. PAT NOLAN, FOR THE RECORD, WE ARE PRESENTLY WORKING ON A CIP FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS. IF YOU RECALL, YOU ASKED ME TO LOOK INTO THAT A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, SO WE ARE DOING THAT AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IS PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE. THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT SAFETY. WE'VE TALKED TO A CONTRACTOR ABOUT STRIPING FIRST AND THEN LOOKING AT THE ADA AND ALL THE SIDEWALKS FIRST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE LIABILITY IN THAT END. AND THEN WE ARE WORKING ON A FIVE YEAR PLAN ON THE PUBLIC WORKS SIDE, SPECIFICALLY TO LOOK AT PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE. AND, WITH THAT, WE'LL DEVELOP A BUDGET. THE, THE BUDGET WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH WORK WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERY YEAR. BUT ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR NEXT BUDGET YEAR AND START WORKING ON THE PAVEMENT. OKAY AND THEN ALSO, IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT PIGGYBACKING ON PROBABLY CITY OF OVIEDO'S, TORNADO SIREN WARNING SYSTEM, OR IF WE CAN TRY TO SEE IF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY HAS DONE IT OR COUNTY HAS DONE IT RECENTLY TO SEE IF WE CAN PIGGYBACK ON THAT AND SAVE THE TIME AND SEE HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, MONEY THAT WOULD COST, BECAUSE AS WE CAN TELL, WHAT HAPPENED, YESTERDAY IN HOBE SOUND, COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE, THE RESIDENTS SAID , WE HAVE MOBILE HOME PARK AND WE HAVE ALL OUR SCHOOLS HERE. SO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE ESSENTIAL FOR HAVING A SIREN WARNING. SO, IF I CAN DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THAT, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE FOR, COMING OUT TODAY TO OUR MEETING, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL TO BE INFORMED IN REGARDS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN INDIANTOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN VISIT INNEWTOWN FLU.GOV. AND ALL OUR INFORMATION IS THERE. OUR MEETINGS, OUR MINUTES, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO STAY INFORMED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN DEPAOLO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, APPRECIATE EVERYONE BEING HERE THIS EVENING, AND YESTERDAY,
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MISS NICCUM'S COMMENTS ARE VERY TRUE. I HAVE LIVED THROUGH A TORNADO BEFORE, AND YESTERDAY I HAPPENED TO BE OVER ON JUPITER ISLAND AT, THEIR CITY HALL IN THEIR CITY HALL, WHICH IN THEIR MEETING ROOM IS BOTH SIDES ARE JUST SOLID MASS OF GLASS DOORS ON EITHER SIDE. AND SO I WAS SITTING THERE WATCHING THINGS INTENSIFY. AND IT HAPPENS QUICKLY. AND I GOT UP AND MOVED.BUT SO YES, IT IS A POINT WELL TAKEN AND WE MAY, AT MOVING FORWARD, GETTING, GETTING COST ON THAT OR GETTING, THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE STRUCTURES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SINCE SEEING THE SIZE OF INDIAN TOWN, BECAUSE READING THIS SIREN A MILE RADIUS, I MEAN, INDIAN TOWN'S NOT THAT, NOT THAT LARGE. SO MAYBE IT WOULDN'T TAKE MUCH.
SO IT'S DEFINITELY WORTH LOOKING INTO. THANK YOU, MISS NICCUM, FOR YOUR $0.02. WE APPRECIATE IT ALWAYS. TOMORROW OUR WATER DAY IS CANCELED IN THE VILLAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER.
THE KIDS CAN GET OUT AND PLAY IN THE RAIN. OR, YOU KNOW, THE MUD PUDDLE. SO WE SHOULD. WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE. BUT TOMORROW'S IS CANCELED. OKAY. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT? SEEING NONE. COMMENTS BY OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU MAYOR. I
[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
HAVE A COUPLE, YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BUDGET FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH AS A VILLAGE TO HAVE A $10.6 MILLION APPROPRIATION IN INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET. IT DID NOT GET VETOED. AND WE'RE ALSO PURSUING ANOTHER 12.5 MILLION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, DEP. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WILL COME THROUGH FOR US FOR THE NEW WATER PLANT THAT WE'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING. AND THEN ALSO, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE COUNCIL TO AT LEAST, AUTHORIZE OR I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT WORD IS, BUT WE MET WITH THE USDA, THE DEPARTMENT OF AG, AND WE HAD APPLIED FOR A $3 MILLION GRANT THROUGH CONGRESSMAN MASS OFFICE, AND HE KICKED IT TO THIS PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH IS A RURAL UTILITY SERVICE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT. BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PERMISSION. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERSON THAT CAN GO INTO THE PORTAL AND UPLOAD THE GRANT APPLICATIONS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, AND I'D LIKE FOR CHLOE COOPER TO BE THAT DESIGNATED PERSON WITH ME AS A, AS A SECOND SECONDARY, SO THAT SHE HAS THAT ACCESS. SO THEY HAD JUST ASKED THAT IN OUR MINUTES. IT SAYS THAT SHE HAS THAT APPROVAL. THE OTHER THING I HAVE IS INDIAN STATE COLLEGE OR I MEAN, A YOUNG GENTLEMAN SENT YOU AN EMAIL ASKING FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR INDIAN STATE COLLEGE'S EMT PROGRAM. SO I DRAFTED A LETTER FOR THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE, AND THEN MISS MCBRIDE FOUND OR TOLD ME THAT THERE'S ANOTHER, RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN, INDIAN TOWN, MICHAEL PASCAL, WHO WHO IS ALSO IN THAT PROGRAM ARE LOOKING TO GET IN THAT PROGRAM. SO I'D LIKE TO DO A LETTER FOR THE MAYOR FOR HIM AS WELL, TO SPONSOR THEM INTO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP. I DID A LETTER ON, EARLIER THIS WEEK. WE MET WITH A COMPANY THAT IS TRYING TO GET A SPECIAL GRANT FROM THE BIDEN FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WAS PUT ASIDE FOR RURAL COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY COAL PLANTS CLOSING OR COAL GENERATED PLANTS CLOSING, WHICH WE QUALIFY FOR THAT. SO THEY NEEDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM US. SO I WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT FOR THEM. THEY HAVE A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND TIME. AND I'VE ALSO ASKED OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION TO DO THAT. AND THEN WITH THAT THOUGHT, I THINK I'D LIKE PERMISSION FOR THE MAYOR TO SIGN A LETTER FOR THE GOVERNOR TO THE GOVERNOR, FOR HIS SUPPORT OF THE BUDGET, AND THEN ALSO TO OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION MEMBERS, OKAY, THANKING THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO THE BUDGET THAT WE GOT TO 10.6 MILLION, THE 10.6 MILLION IS EARMARKED FOR WHAT IS THAT THE WATER PLANT FOR THE WATER PLANT INITIALLY. I KNOW WE'VE GOT MR. JENSEN HERE, BUT INITIALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO GET THE WELLS IN. RIGHT. YOU GAVE US PERMISSION TO START THAT[00:20:01]
PERMITTING PROCESS. SO WE NEED TO GET THOSE WELLS IN, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FOR OTHER FUNDING FOR THAT, WE'VE APPLIED TO THE, WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. WE'VE APPLIED, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE WE CAN APPLY, WE'RE APPLYING. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THE 60 MILLION THAT WE NEED. BUT WE ALSO RECOGNIZE WE MIGHT HAVE TO IF WE HAVE A SHORTFALL, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET OUT AND DO SOME KIND OF FINANCING. SO OKAY, OKAY. BUT I ALSO HEARD WE NEED APPROVAL FOR AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE USDA, FOR CHLOE. SEE YOU PARKER. SEE YOU PERJURE. OKAY I SEE YOU. I'M GLAD YOU SAID IT. SEE YOU. PERJURE. SHE'S YOUR GRANTS. YOU CONTRACT WITH HER FOR GRANTS. OKAY, SO FOR HER TO BE THE MAIN AND YOU BE THE BACKUP. YEP. IN IN ACCESSING THAT USDA PORTAL. AND ALSO THE TWO LETTERS TO SUPPORT THE INDIAN TOWN RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING AFTER THERE, I ASK, EMT OR FIRE, RIGHT. THEY DO PARAMEDIC AND FIRE. OKAY SO DO I HAVE DOES COUNCIL AGREE THAT THOSE ITEMS WOULD BE GOOD TO. YES. WELL, I HAD A QUESTION. SURE IF FOR THE ONE FOR THE GOVERNOR AND FOR THE SENATE, OUR LEGISLATIVE BODY, IF THE WHOLE COUNCIL CAN SIGN ON THAT AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THE MAYOR CAN WE COULD WE COULD SET IT UP THAT WAY. IT'S IN THE CORRESPONDENCE FOLDER. LARONDA, IF YOU WANT TO REVISE IT. YEAH WE CAN BECAUSE LIKE. OH YOU WANT US TO WAIT TILL THE VICE MAYOR IS AVAILABLE TOO? WELL, THE VICE MAYOR SHOULD BE IN TOWN BY TOMORROW. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S INFORMATION. I IS IT LIKE AN IMMEDIATE THING THAT NEEDS TO GO? BUT I MEAN, IT WOULD BE IT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO BE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. YES YES, BUT I THINK AS IF IT'S GOING TO THE GOVERNOR. I THINK AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY, WE SHOULD ALL OKAY. IT'S UP TO THE I, I WOULD SAY IT'S YEAH, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL. I'M FINE EITHER WAY . OKAY. OKAY SO IS EVERYBODY IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE ISSUES. YES YES YES. SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT HOW WE NEED TO PROCEED. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR ME.[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
OKIE DOKIE. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOTION. SECOND, A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. A SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. ANY COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THE CONSENT AGENDA.[CONSENT AGENDA]
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? A MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. ANY DISCUSSION? PUBLIC DISCUSSION? NO, MA'AM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE NO QUASI JUDICIAL HEARINGS. MOVING ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER[3.
Approval to Purchase Two Vehicles From Martin County Board Of County Commissioners
]THREE, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE TWO VEHICLES FOR MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. YES, MAYOR, THIS WAS, ACTUALLY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, COUNCILMAN DEPAULO, WHO HAPPENED TO SEE SOME NEW SHERIFF CARS AND ASKED ME, WHY DON'T WE REACH OUT TO THE SHERIFF AND SEE WHAT THEY DO WITH THEIR, FLEET? SO I DID THAT. BUT THEN ALSO IN TALKING WITH MISS RISSOS, SHE, HAS A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FOLKS. SO SHE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO SEE IF THEY HAD ANY VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, USEFUL FOR US TO, TO PURCHASE. SO THEY FOUND THEY HAD TWO THAT LOOKED PRETTY GOOD. ONE OF THEM IS A 2013 CHEVROLET EQUINOX FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT. AND THEY'RE SELLING THEY'RE MAKING THAT AVAILABLE TO THE VILLAGE FOR 7000, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO RECOUP WHAT THEY WOULD DO IF THEY PUT IT ON AUCTION.AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS A 2014 CHEVROLET HALF TON, 4X4 PICKUP TRUCK WITH 40,000 MILES ON IT FOR 15,000. SO COMBINED IT'S ABOUT 22,000. AND THEN BY THE TIME YOU DO REGISTRATION PLATES AND ALL THAT, YOU'RE LESS THAN 23,000. WE DON'T HAVE ANY POOL VEHICLES HERE AT VILLAGE HALL.
SO WHEN, INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO GO TO THE BANK OR IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE POST OFFICE OR RUN AN ERRAND OR GO TO A MEETING OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE WE'RE USING OUR PERSONAL VEHICLES. SO THIS WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STAFF. OKAY. AND MR. NOLAN, I THINK THE TRUCK WILL GO AS OVER
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TO THEM BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR POSITIONS DON'T HAVE VEHICLES. OKAY SO I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF THAT WAS OKAY. MR. FLORIO DUG INTO HIS BUDGET AND SAID, WE'VE BEEN DOING PRETTY WELL ON OUR INTEREST EARNINGS. AND SO HE WAS COMFORTABLE WITH US UTILIZING THOSE FUNDS TOWARD THIS PURCHASE . GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING DO IS IT DO WE HAVE THE MONIES AVAILABLE IN THE IN THE BUDGET? YEP MR. FLORIO WAS ABLE TO WAVE HIS MAGIC WAND, AS ALWAYS, AND SAY THAT WAND IS GETTING DULLER AND DULLER. OKAY SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ANY DISCUSSION? YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT? YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. AND I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF THE TWO VEHICLES BY COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO. A SECOND IS ME MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ. ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS? YES, MA'AM. YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, MR. FLORIO SAID THIS WAS CASH INVESTMENTS. IS THIS, LIKE INTEREST ON OUR CURRENT ACCOUNTS, OR IS THIS IN MONEY THAT WE PUT IN INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS THAT HAS ACCRUED INTEREST? I'M JUST INTERESTED TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF INTEREST ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? YEAH, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF INTEREST EARNINGS IN OUR MONEY MARKET AT OUR LOCAL BANK AND ALSO OUR INVESTMENT ACCOUNT AT FLORIDA, FLORIDA PRIME, WHERE WE HAVE EXCESS CASH UP THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU BOY. GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SAY THAT VERY OFTEN.EXCESS CASH. IT'S ALL RELATIVE EXCESS TODAY I DON'T KNOW ABOUT TOMORROW. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE IT'S BEEN SECONDED, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ANY PUBLIC DISCUSSION? NO, MA'AM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, MOVING ON TO ITEM
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Update on Village of Indiantown's Grants
]NUMBER FOUR. UPDATE ON VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN'S GRANTS. OKAY, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL, BEFORE YOU SHOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE THAT WAS ATTACHED IN THE AGENDA ITEM OF AWARDED AND PENDING GRANTS, OUR TOTAL AWARDED GRANTS AS OF TODAY IS, $41.8 MILLION, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS OUR DEP GRANT, WHICH WE RECEIVED THE SECOND PIECE LAST YEAR OF $20 MILLION, THAT WAS AWARDED IN TWO INSTALLMENTS, 18 MILLION AND THEN 20 MILLION. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING. MOST OF OUR WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENTS AROUND THE VILLAGE WITH, THAT IS 100% REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS, SO WE EXPEND THE MONEY AND THEN WE SUBMIT FOR REIMBURSEMENT. THERE'S GOING TO BE A SLIGHT ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE TO THAT METHODOLOGY SOON THAT WILL BENEFIT THE VILLAGE, SUBSEQUENT TO SOME CHANGE IN LEGISLATION LAST YEAR GOING INTO EFFECT NOW, WHERE WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, PROCEEDS IN ADVANCE PAYMENTS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO OUTLAY THE CASH. SO IT WILL HELP US FROM A CASH FLOW STANDPOINT, THAT'S STARTING TO GET VERY DICEY WITH SOME OF THE SIZE OF THE PAYMENT REQUESTS THAT WE'RE PROCESSING. BUT THAT WILL HELP GOING FORWARD, AGAIN, MOST OF THAT MONEY, A BIG CHUNK OF THAT MONEY IS GOING TO GO TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF LIFT STATION IMPROVEMENTS AND REHABILITATIONS. WE'RE DOING FORCE MAIN CONSTRUCTION, NEW EXTENSION TO, WASTEWATER, MAIN, THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE 12 INCH WATER LOOP THAT IS SOON TO BE AWARDED. AND SO A LOT OF A LOT OF PROJECTS RELATED TO, WASTEWATER. AND ACTUALLY OUR WATER METER CHANGE OUT PROJECT WAS FUNDED THROUGH THAT. SO WE WERE ABLE TO WORK SOME, SOME GREAT NEGOTIATION SKILLS IN GETTING A SYSTEM CHANGE OUT FUNDED THROUGH THE WASTEWATER PROCEEDS. SO WE STILL WE'RE JUST REALLY GETTING STARTED WITH THIS. WE'VE EXPANDED ABOUT 1.5 MILLION, 36 MILLION TO GO, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S A REAL, GODSEND TO THE VILLAGE TO RECEIVE THAT MONEY. IT'S, A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT TO ALL OF US. THE SEMINOLE AVENUE PROJECT IS, JUST NOW COMPLETED THE, THE BID PHASE. AND WE'RE COMPILING THE, THE BID TABULATION AND THE AWARD WILL BE FORTHCOMING ON THAT. SO THOSE AWARDS HAVE BEEN EVALUATED, AND I THINK A RECOMMENDATION WILL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR, OUR EXPENDITURES, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE LISTED THE, DESIGN COST. WE HAVE RECEIVED REIMBURSEMENT UP TO $80,000. THAT WAS A LIMIT ON THE GRANT FOR THAT PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN, THAT IS A GRANT THAT KIND OF WAS JUST KIND OF FLOATING OUT THERE. WE DO HAVE MISS DEENA FREEMAN, OUR, INTERIM DIRECTOR IN COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHO IS TAKING UP THE MANTLE ON THAT.BUT WE JUST DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY STAFF TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. THAT'S A, AGAIN, A PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN WHICH DEALS WITH SIDEWALKS AND OTHER INTERMODAL FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER DOT FUNDING RELATED PROJECTS. SO VERY GLAD
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THAT SHE'S ABLE TO TAKE ON THAT, THE CIVIC CENTER EMERGENCY PET SHELTER GRANT. SO WE ARE NOW JUST RECEIVING APPROVAL FROM FOR SOME DRAFT RESOLUTIONS THAT I THINK I MENTIONED LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE HUD. CDBG HAS SEVERAL PROCEDURES AND POLICIES THAT THEY WANT US TO ADOPT, AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH, ACTUALLY, MISS BERRYMAN HERE WITH US HERE TONIGHT, PUT TOGETHER SOME EXCELLENT RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL BE PUT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, ONCE WE HAVE APPROVAL FOR THOSE RESOLUTIONS AND THE COMPLETION OF THE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY ON THE PROJECT SITE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET, REIMBURSE PAYMENT FOR THE $40,000 THAT WE HAVE EXPENDED FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT. THEN AFTER THAT, WE MOVED TO BID PHASE AND SUBSEQUENT TO BID PHASE, WE HAVE A BID TABULATION. CAN WE DETERMINE WHAT THE COST IS AND THAT WILL BE A PROJECT THAT WILL BE PUT FORTH BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE, WHETHER WE AWARD OR NOT. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST WILL BE. AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM MR. NOLAN AND STAFF THERE ON THE PROJECT COST AND WHAT WE RECOMMEND TO DO. AND IF THERE'S ANY OVERAGE IN TERMS OF THE REMAINING BUDGET OF $510,000, THAT WOULD BE, UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DETERMINE HOW THAT, IF ANY SHORTFALL WOULD BE FUNDED, AND SO WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THE RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AGAIN, WE WERE LITERALLY JUST AWARDED THAT, IN THE LAST MONTH. IT DID HAVE AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF DECEMBER 15TH, BUT THAT ALSO IS RELATED TO FUNDING FOR OUR NEW REVERSE OSMOSIS PLANT, SPECIFICALLY. WELL, FIELD DESIGN AND SURVEYING WORK RELATED TO THAT. THE UPTOWN DRAINAGE ROAD DESIGN. WE'RE ABOUT 40% OR SO COMPLETE WITH THAT PROJECT, THAT'S A 5050 COST MATCH. THE EXPENDITURES YOU CAN SEE ARE THERE, AND WE RECEIVED 180 IN REIMBURSEMENT, THE SATURDAY BUS IS AN ONGOING PROJECT THAT WE HAVE, A FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO. WE DID APPROVE THE EXPANSION OF THAT SERVICE TO SUNDAYS, WHICH IS AT NO COST TO THE VILLAGE. THAT IS BORNE COMPLETELY BY THE STATE, SO THAT'S A WIN WIN, I THINK, FOR EVERYONE ON LINCOLN STREET.IS AGAIN JUST AWARDED. WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED WITH THAT PROJECT, I TECHNICALLY HAVE A TYPO THERE. THAT GRANT AMOUNT IS 850,000, NOT 800. BUT THE VILLAGES COST MATCH AMOUNT IS STILL THE SAME AT 300. SO THE STATE WILL BE FUNDING 550. AND WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH 300 AGAIN JUST STARTING WITH THAT. AND MAIN STREET AMERICA IS SOMETHING THAT MISS DEENA FREEMAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON WITH HER STAFF, IN CID AND THAT IS RELATED TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF, I THINK, PLANNING, GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE VILLAGE, IT'S I THINK A GRANT THAT MAY BE RECURRING AT SOME POINT IN FUTURE YEARS, BUT THIS IS JUST GETTING US STARTED. AND SHE'S WORKING OUT SOME NUMBERS RIGHT NOW TO GET SOME SOFTWARE AND SOME OTHER COSTS COVERED THAT SHE HAS YET TO EXPEND, BUT THAT'S THE COMPLETE LIST OF WHAT WE HAVE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW. PAGE TWO. YOU'LL SEE SOME VERY LARGE REQUESTS HERE THAT ARE STILL PENDING HERE THROUGH DEP, 23,000,009 MILLION, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED, THE THIRD LINE THERE, THE, INDIAN TOWN REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT PLANT, FLORIDA JOB GROWTH GRANT. THIS IS ALSO THROUGH D.O. THIS IS $6 MILLION THAT WAS REQUESTED THROUGH THE FOR THE RAILROAD AVENUE WATER MAIN PROJECT, I THINK SPEAKING TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER THAT THIS IS A GRANT THAT THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO ASSIST US WITH AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR US TO COME UP WITH SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT MONIES FIRST, THEY WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THAT ONCE WE GET APPROVAL AND APPROPRIATIONS FROM OTHER SOURCES, WHICH, ACTUALLY SKIPPING TO THE VERY LAST LINE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME THING. THE 8.5 MILLION, THE CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS, THAT IS FOR THE SAME PROJECT FOR THE RAILROAD AVENUE. AND AGAIN, AS THE VILLAGE MANAGER MENTIONED , WE HAVE JUST BEEN AWARDED 10.6 MILLION THROUGH THE STATE. ALSO FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND WE HAVE A SUBSEQUENT CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS ASK THAT, THROUGH CONGRESSMAN MAST'S OFFICE IS $3 MILLION. THE CAVEAT WITH THIS LINE HERE IS IT WILL REQUIRE US TO COME UP WITH A 25% COST MATCH, WHICH IS PRETTY STEEP. SO, THAT'S A THAT'S A POSSIBILITY. WE'LL DEPEND. DEPENDS ON I THINK WE DID GET CONFIRMATION THAT WE COULD USE OTHER GRANT PROCEEDS AS PART OF THAT COST MATCH. SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW THE HOW THE BALL ROLLS THERE ON THESE PROJECTS. BUT, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE
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HAVE ACTIVE AND THAT IS PENDING AT THIS POINT IN TIME WITH GRANTS. AND AGAIN, MORE ON THE WAY, AS WE FIND SUCCESS IN OUR APPLICATION PROCESS, WITH OUR GRANT WRITER. AND SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP TRYING. OKAY. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO, MR. FLUOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR GETTING THIS INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND TO YOUR STAFF. WITH THE CIVIC CENTER EMERGENCY PET SHELTER. SO YOU'RE TELLING ME I WANT TO MAKE SURE I KNOW THIS INFORMATION CORRECTLY, THAT $40,000 HAS BEEN SPENT, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO GET REIMBURSED FOR THOSE 40,000.I I FULLY EXPECT THAT. AGAIN, THERE'S TWO CONTINGENCIES AND, I SHOULD SAY THERE'S THREE POINTS TO THIS. AND TWO OF THEM I THINK ARE CERTAIN WE HAVE TO WRITE POLICIES AND RESOLUTIONS THAT ARE NOW READY TO BE PUT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. WE HAVE A ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT IS NEAR COMPLETION THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO, TO FLORIDA COMMERCE, FOR THEIR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. AND THE LAST PIECE OF THIS WILL BE APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, WHICH ARE POLICY CDBG POLICIES, APPROVAL BY THE, BY THE COUNCIL, AND IF ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS HAPPEN, WHICH TWO OUT OF THREE ARE CERTAIN, APPROVAL BY THE COUNCIL, I THINK IS THE ONLY THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO DEFER TO YOU ALL, THEN WE THEN WE WILL QUALIFY FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND WE SHOULD RECEIVE THAT. YES AND SO ONCE WE GET THAT REIMBURSED, THE VILLAGE WOULDN'T HAVE SPENT ANY MONEY. NO, THE ONLY COST THAT WE WILL BE OUT OF POCKET, I THINK, IN FAIRNESS, IS THE ADMINISTRATIVE TIME, WHICH IS NOT REIMBURSABLE, FOR THE TIME THAT WE SPENT ON THE GRANT AND ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD INCUR REGARDING THE BID PHASE, THE BID PROJECT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION, THAT THAT WOULD BE A COST TO THE VILLAGE TO ADMINISTER THAT, I CAN'T PUT AN EXACT DOLLAR NUMBER ON THAT RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE'VE ALL SPENT TIME ON THIS GRANT ON AND OFF. IT'S BEEN SOMEWHAT MINIMAL FOR ME AND MY TEAM, BUT, THE MOST THING THAT WE DO IS WE JUST DO PROJECT MONITORING REPORTS WITH THE, WITH CDBG AND WITH, FLORIDA COMMERCE. SO IT'S MINIMAL STAFF TIME, THERE'S SOME STAFF TIME THAT IS CURRENTLY BEING INCURRED IN MR. NOLAN'S OFFICE REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. BUT BEYOND THAT, THE $40,000 IN ENGINEERING DESIGN COSTS WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE. OKAY. YES. BECAUSE AFTER THE LAST MEETING, I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL OUR AGENDAS TO LOOK FOR THIS NUMBER. SO YEAH. I JUST LIKE TO FACT CHECK. SURE, STUFF. SURE. SO PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE AWARDED, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO. CORRECT. YEAH. THERE HASN'T. YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS WAS AWARDED, BACK IN 2021 AND, AND, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, PRIOR, PRIOR MANAGEMENT DIDN'T GET AROUND TO PICKING IT UP AND IT'S KIND OF BEEN REALLY FOR THE LAST YEAR PLUS BEEN JUST KIND OF OUT THERE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T HAD STAFF FOR, YOU KNOW, ANYONE FROM A MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT TO, TO PUSH THIS THROUGH. BUT YOU KNOW, MR. FREEMAN IS TAKING CARE OF THAT. SHE IS ADDRESSING THAT NOW. AND THIS IS MORE FOCUSED ON LIKE PEOPLE AT WALK SIDEWALKS.
WHAT ESSENTIALLY IS THIS? IT IS CERTAINLY I THINK, IT'S A IT'S A MASTER PLAN OF, OF, OF I THINK MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AROUND THE VILLAGE, IT WOULD INVOLVE, INVOLVE, I BELIEVE, VEHICULAR AS WELL AS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE. WALKWAYS AND PATHWAYS TO TRY TO JUST, I GUESS, GET AN IDEA ON WHAT THE FUTURE VILLAGE, WHAT THE VILLAGE'S FUTURE, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS WILL BE, AND THEY'LL BASE THAT ON DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS AND ANALYZES AND GROWTH GROWTH MODELS THAT THAT THEY WILL DEVELOP AND THAT THEY WILL PROBABLY OBTAIN FROM US BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ON FILE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PLUGGED INTO, INTO THAT, INTO THAT MODEL. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OSCEOLA STREET WATER MAIN, THAT'S CONGRESSIONAL. YOU SAID THAT'S WITH, CONGRESSMAN BRIAN MAST.
YES. COUNCILWOMAN YES. OKAY. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY ROLLING THAT IT'S BEEN AWARDED, BUT IT'S THE 3 MILLION HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY AWARDED. OKAY, MA'AM. NO WE HAVE TO STILL APPLY FOR THAT, IT'S PENDING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DOCUMENTATION THAT WE HAVE TO PULL TOGETHER, A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. AND EVEN STILL BEING AWARDED THE 3 MILLION, WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A 25% COST MATCH. SO IT'S LIKE PRELIMINARY. YEAH YES, YES. I GUESS WHAT THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT WOULD BE THAT, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN SOME FORM OF ASSURANCE THAT THESE
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FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE VILLAGE PENDING SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A MULTITUDE OF TASKS AND STEPS. AND, OF COURSE, THAT WE COME UP WITH OUR 25% ANTE AND THE TO PUT IN THE TABLE. YEAH. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ALSO ABOUT THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, REVERSE OSMOSIS WATER TREATMENT PLAN. SO WE CURRENTLY WE JUST GOT AWARDED THE 10,000,652 227, IN THE BUDGET. SO WHAT'S WILL WE BE ABLE TO START WITH THAT OR IS THAT GOING TO HOW ARE WE GOING TO COME UP WITH THE OTHER HALF? WELL, I THINK WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THIS TIME IS, MR. NOLAN AND MR. JENSEN HERE FROM KIMLEY-HORN, THEY'RE DEVELOPING, PRIORITY LISTS AND PROJECT LISTS FOR THAT FUNDING. SO THEY KIND OF KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN. FIRST, OUR PRIMARY GOALS ARE TO DEVELOP CONSTRUCT THE FLORIDA AND WELLFIELDS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THE PLANT. SO THAT'S KIND OF STEP ONE. PHASE ONE, DEALING WITH RAW WATER MAINS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR THAT PLANT. SO THAT'S MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AGAIN, I THINK I DIDN'T MENTION BEFORE, BUT WE HAVE AN APPLICATION AND WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AS WELL, THAT IS FOR THAT. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO OBTAIN THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT FROM AS MANY DIFFERENT SOURCES. BUT THAT WOULD BE STEP ONE, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THE 10.6 MILLION WILL GO, OR ANYTHING THAT WE GET FROM THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. I BELIEVE THAT WE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THE FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT THE WELLS. BEYOND THAT, WHEN WE GET INTO, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURES ABOVE GROUND, YOU KNOW, TREATMENT FACILITY ITSELF, THE REVERSE OSMOSIS BUILDING CONTROL CENTER, THE TRAINS, ALL THAT STUFF. THAT'S MANY MILLIONS MORE. SO AND AGAIN, PART OF THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A DEEP INJECTION. WELL WHICH IS FOR THE, CONCENTRATE WATER FROM THE PLANT. SO THAT'S THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER. WELL, THAT I THINK IS INITIALLY NOT PART OF THAT OR COULD BE PART OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW, BUT A LOT OF MOVING PARTS HERE. TOTAL PROJECT COST AS WE MENTIONED, WAS ESTIMATED AT 60 MILLION. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. THESE ARE GIANT STEPS FORWARD. BUT WE STILL HAVE MANY MILES TO GO. OKAY AND SO ONE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF STAFF CAN DO SOMETHING WITH LIKE BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY PROJECTS WITH OUR WATER THAT LIKE, IT'S SO HARD TO TRACK IF WE CAN GET SOMETHING WHERE THERE'S A CHART OF THIS IS HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST, AND THIS IS HOW MUCH WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN, SO THAT THIS IS HOW MUCH IS REMAINING SORT OF KIND OF CHART. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT STAFF CAN. WELL, THIS IS OUR FIRST AWARD. SO YEAH I MEAN FROM 60 MILLION IS 10.6. BUT WE DID HAVE WHAT WAS THROUGH THE LEGISLATIVE LAST YEAR. NO, THAT WAS WASTEWATER. THAT WAS WASTEWATER. YEAH OKAY. SO THAT'S SEPARATE BUT STILL THAT'S STILL UNDER THAT WATER CATEGORY. THE FOR ME WATER AND SEWER IS ALMOST THE SAME THING. AND WITH ANY RESIDENT YOU CAN THEY'LL SAY OH THAT'S THAT'S WATER. SO LIKE IF WE CAN HAVE LIKE SOME TYPE OF THING WHERE OKAY, I KNOW WE HAD A CHART BEFORE WHERE LISTS HOW MUCH EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO COST AND SEE HOW WE CAN INPUT THESE GRANT NUMBERS INTO THAT. I'M SURE WE CAN DEVELOP THAT. I WILL JUST GIVE YOU ASSURANCE. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE ON THE PRECIPICE OF BUDGET SEASON AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE OF, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SCHEDULES AND CIP COMING FORWARD. AND WE WILL CERTAINLY HAVE THAT CLEARLY DELINEATED, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WATER AND SEWER, AND WHAT PROJECTS OR WHAT AGAIN, WHAT WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE'LL GIVE YOU A FIVE YEAR TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'RE ANTICIPATE DOING, ON, ON WATER AND SEWER AND WHAT WE THINK WE WILL BE DOING AND WORKING ON, AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF LAYERS TO THIS AND A LOT OF SUB LAYERS TO IT. SO I'M SURE WE CAN CERTAINLY PRODUCE SOMETHING THAT IS CLEAR AND CONCISE THAT AT LEAST GIVES YOU CLEAR, CATEGORIES OF SPEND FOR BOTH, FOR BOTH PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTOOD IN TERMS OF WHERE THE MONEY IS GOING. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WITHOUT THESE GRANTS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FIX OUR MUNICIPALITY BECAUSE OUR MUNICIPALITY HAS BEEN FOR YEARS NOT RECEIVING WHAT WE NEEDED. AND FINALLY WE'RE GETTING THINGS DONE. SO THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST I WANT TO MAKE A STATEMENT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND MAKE MY STATEMENT BY ASKING THE QUESTION, OKAY? OKAY. OKAY. SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT OF GRANTS RIGHT.WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING. THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE RIGHT. YES. WE DO NOT CORRECT OKAY. NOW THE WATER PLANT AND THE SEWER PLANT, THEY DO GENERATE REVENUE. DO NOT DO THEY NOT I MEAN, THEY ARE A BUSINESS TYPE FUND. YES THEY DO. OKAY. THEY GENERATE REVENUE. SO
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IF WE HAD TO GET FUNDING TO FINISH THE PLANT. THE PLANT OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO CARRY THAT NOTE. THAT'S THE LONG RANGE PROJECTION. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET THE EXISTING FACILITY REHABILITATED AND UP TO PAR OPERATIONALLY AND THE NEW PLANT CONSTRUCTED, WE WILL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO SUSTAIN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE VILLAGE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. OKAY. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT DOUBLING RIGHT NOW WHAT'S COMING OUT OF THE GROUND. WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF HOMES. QUITE POSSIBLY. I MEAN, I KNOW THE GENERALITIES IN TERMS OF THE WATER CAPACITY. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO MORE THAN DOUBLE OUR WATER CAPACITY WITH THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE WATER PLANT. I THINK WE'RE GOING FROM ONE TWO TO I THINK 2.0 MGD IS THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE OF THE NEW PLANT. SO CERTAINLY I THINK THERE'S A LONG RANGE SUSTAINABILITY OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ONCE THAT NEW PLANT IS BUILT FOR SURE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HOLDING US BACK RIGHT NOW. YES. OKAY AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT WANT TO COME HERE. THEY WANT TO BUILD, BUT WE CAN'T PROVIDE THE WATER. SO WHAT DO WE DO? SO WE GOT TO BUILD IT. SO IT'S CONCERNING, BUT IT'S NOT TO ME IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WE NEED TO DO IT. AND WE NEED TO GET IT DONE AS QUICK AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. SO I KNOW WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACES FOR THE GRANTS.AND I MEAN, JOSH AND KEVIN. KEVIN, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THE I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE COMMUNITY DOES KNOW WHAT THEY REALLY MEAN TO THIS VILLAGE BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM WE WOULDN'T BE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW. SO I WANT TO GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AND TELL THEM, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE WATCHING, BUT GUYS, THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. I KNOW THIS COUNCIL APPRECIATES IT AND I KNOW THE CITIZENS OF INDIANTOWN APPRECIATE IT. SO WE'RE WE HAVE THE MOMENTUM. AND I JUST WANT TO SEE THAT MOMENTUM GO. KEEP GOING . SO THANK YOU. SO WE TALK ABOUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A NUMBER PUT TO I'M A VERY VISUAL PERSON, THAT 3 MILLION ARE MATCHING OUR 25% MATCHING WOULD BE 750,000. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALSO TALKING ABOUT THAT PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN THAT IS BEING WORKED ON. I KNOW THAT IN LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT A GREENWAY AROUND INDIANTOWN. IS THAT A PART OF THAT MASTER PLAN? DO YOU KNOW? I COULD NOT ANSWER THAT. YEAH, I HAVE NO IDEA. I THINK THAT WHOLE. CAN WE KIND OF EXPRESS SOME INTEREST IN THAT. SO WHILE SHE'S DOING THAT, THAT, THAT SEE IF THAT IS A PART, A PART OF THAT, A PART OF IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A LITTLE DIRT PATH, YOU KNOW, JUST CARVING OUT THAT, THAT GREENWAY AROUND, AROUND INDIANTOWN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE DISCUSSED IN THE PAST. BUT SO AND TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD AND DOING IT EXPEDITIOUS, I THINK, THINK, STAFF HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN DOING THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THOSE PIECES, PUZZLE PIECES ARE COMING TOGETHER AND MOVING US FORWARD IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO, YEAH, I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH. THANK YOU SIR. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE'S NO ACTION NEEDED TO BE TAKEN ON THAT. THAT WAS JUST INFORMATIONAL FOR PURPOSES ONLY. OKAY. THERE ARE NO FIRST
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Update to Village of Indiantown (Village) Council on Water and Wastewater Utilities' Rate Study
]READING OR SECOND READINGS. MOVING ON TO OUR DISCUSSION ITEMS. NUMBER FIVE. YES, MADAM MAYOR, I PUT THIS, FORWARD, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN HAVING SOME DIALOG WITH OUR, CONSULTANT THAT IS ASSISTING THE VILLAGE WITH ESTABLISHING OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY RATES AND, IN, IN BECAUSE WE HAD APPLIED FOR $12.5 MILLION OF STATE REVOLVING FUNDS FROM DEP, WHICH IS IN THE IT COMES AS A LOAN, IF YOU WILL, AND WE NEED THAT 12.5 MILLION TO HELP US UPGRADE THE EXISTING WATER PLANT SO THAT WE CAN GET AS MUCH WATER OUT OF THAT PLANT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.[00:50:07]
AND WHEN WE SENT GOT THE APPLICATION AND STARTED HAVING DIALOG WITH DEP ON IT, THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ABILITY TO REPAY THE DEBT SERVICE BECAUSE BECAUSE WE'VE INITIATED SO MUCH SRF FUNDING. AND SO THEY WANTED US TO DO THIS RATE STUDY. SO IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS RATE STUDY AND OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CONSULTANT, IT BECAME APPARENT TO ME THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THIS RATE INCREASE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SOME OF THE HISTORY. WHEN THE VILLAGE ACQUIRED THE WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS, THERE WAS A BRIEFING DOCUMENT BY HARTMAN CONSULTANTS LLC THAT WAS PROVIDED ON THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION. AND IN HIS ANALYSIS, THE CONSULTANT RECOMMENDS THE ACQUISITION WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE VILLAGE, BUT ALSO STATES, I STILL RECOMMEND THAT THE VILLAGE INSTITUTE, AS CURRENTLY IS THE CASE WITH INDIANTOWN COMPANY INCORPORATED AND FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AN ANNUAL AUTOMATIC INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD TO YOUR MONTHLY RATES TIED TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CPI, AND TO THE REVISION TO THE ONE TIME CAPACITY FEES DUE TO THE INVESTMENT BEING MADE AND THE EFFECT OF CONTAINING MONTHLY RATES, THE VILLAGE DID NOT EMPLOY WHAT WAS BEING SUGGESTED BY THIS CONSULTANT AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES, UTILITY SYSTEM CANNOT ADEQUATELY PERFORM WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO FUND NECESSARY UPGRADES AND TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT ARE FUNCTIONING AT THEIR EXPECTED CAPACITY LEVELS AND THEY CAN'T ABSORB THESE INFLATIONARY OPERATIONAL COSTS. SO IN GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT THE CPI FROM 2020 TO 2024, IT REFLECTS A COMBINED INCREASE OF 20.5% OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.AND THE I HAVE IN HERE WHAT THE CPI WAS IN THOSE YEARS WITH 2022, 21, 22 BEING YOUR HIGHEST AT 7.7% OF CPI, INCREASED BASED UPON YOUR AVERAGE AND WATER AND WASTEWATER RATE OF $64 AND $64.94, WHICH IS $22.46 FOR WATER AND $42.48 FOR WASTEWATER. THE CURRENT AVERAGE SHOULD BE ABOUT $78.25 FOR BOTH WATER AND WASTEWATER, WITH THOSE ANNUAL INCREASES BASED ON THE CPI BEING IMPLEMENTED. IN ADDITION TO YOUR WATER USAGE RATES THAT HAVE BEEN MUCH LOWER THAN THE WASTEWATER RATE AND THEREFORE THE WASTEWATER RATE IS SUPPLEMENTING YOUR WATER TREATMENT OPERATIONS, THE PERCENTAGE OF WATER USAGE IS CLOSER TO SHOULD BE CLOSER TO ABOUT 40. AND SO WHEN THE RATES ARE ADJUSTED, I AM RECOMMENDING THAT YOU SHORE UP THAT DIFFERENTIAL TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH OTHER UTILITY OPERATIONS. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE COUNCIL APPROVE AN INCREASE BASED ON THE CPI INCREASES OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO $31.30 FOR WATER AND $46.95 FOR WASTEWATER, WITH THE AVERAGE BILL BEING NOW $78.25, WHICH IS BASED ON THE AVERAGE OF 4000 GALLONS A MONTH OF USAGE. SO THE CONSULTANTS NOW NEED TO BECAUSE OF THE THEY HAD A MISCONCEPTION ON THE CONNECTION FEES NEED TO GO BACK AND READJUST THEIR NUMBERS. SO WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT FINAL RATE STUDY TO BE COMPLETED. AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN AS MR. FLORIO INDICATED AND I INDICATED EARLIER, THE 60 MILLION THAT WE NEED FOR THE WATER PLANT, WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE GETTING ALL THAT FROM THE STATE. I MEAN, WE'LL GET AS MANY GRANTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO INITIATE SOME DEBT SERVICE TO COUNCILMAN DEPAOLO'S POINT, WE COULD, DESIGNATE YOUR RATES OR YOUR THE INCOME FROM YOUR RATES AS A DEBT SERVICE, IDENTIFIED DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT SOURCE. SO, BUT WE WON'T KNOW THAT FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE GOT TO APPLY FOR THIS 12.5 FUNDING OR THE WATER PLANT IS GOING EVERY DAY. MR. NOLAN IS, YOU KNOW, HOPING NOT TO HAVE SOMETHING MAJOR HAPPEN. BUT WE'VE HAD SOME WELLS THAT HAVE FAILED THAT HAVE NEEDED TO BE REHABBED, NOT ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE FUNCTIONING AT 100, SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CURRENTLY ARE AWARE OF THAT NEED TO BE
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ADDRESSED THAT HAVE JUST BEEN, IGNORED. I DON'T HAVE A BETTER WORD THAN, THAN THAT. OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, SO ALSO IN THE HARTMAN CONSULTANT REPORT, THE POTENTIAL ACQUISITION, THEY INDICATE THAT THE WATER WOULD NEED 6,050,000 IN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT DOES NOT CONTEMPLATE THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT, NOR DOES IT CONTAIN A DETAILED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TODAY, WHICH WOULD HAVE IDENTIFIED ALL YOUR NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT IN THE REPORT.ALSO, FOR WASTEWATER, THERE IS A 3.7 500,000 IDENTIFIED FOR UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING PLANT, AND STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT THE REPORT WAS SUBMITTED IN JANUARY OF 2020 AND MOST LIKELY THE ESTIMATES. THE ESTIMATED COSTS WERE BASED ON 2019 COSTS. BUT INFLATION, I MEAN, INFORMATION PROVIDED, WAS NOT INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE NEEDS THAT MR. JENSEN AND MR. NOLAN HAVE IDENTIFIED TO DATE, SO WE WERE AT 38 MILLION FOR THE WASTEWATER PLANT, SO THAT'S QUITE A DIFFERENCE. SO ON THE SECOND PAGE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, I'VE GOT THREE CHARTS. ONE THAT BASE IS YOUR AVERAGE WATER BILL. AND WHERE THE, WHAT THE 4000 PER MONTH IS. AND THEN I'VE GOT THE ONE FOR WASTEWATER, AND THEN I'VE GOT THE ONE WITH WATER AND WASTEWATER. SO ON THIS CHART YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHAT STAFF IS PROPOSING FOR EACH OF THOSE COMPONENTS. AND YOU'RE STILL KIND OF MID RANGE WHEN YOU LOOK AT WATER. WATER WERE THE VERY LOWEST. AND THEN WASTEWATER YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. AND THEN WHEN BOTH OF THEM COMBINED YOU'RE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYBODY ELSE. SO WE WON'T BE THE HIGHEST BUT WE WON'T BE THE LOWEST, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW LOW WE WERE, GOING INTO THIS ANALYSIS. SO THE INCREASED RATES WILL PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE WATER AND WASTEWATER ENTERPRISE FUND TO OPERATE AND BEGIN TO POSSIBLY ACCUMULATE NECESSARY FUNDING FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED IF THE RATES ARE NOT INCREASED, THEN THE VILLAGE WILL HAVE TO EITHER FOREGO OUR NECESSARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS OR DEDICATE FUNDING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN OFFSETTING THOSE EXPENSES IN THE PAST, SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE ASK TONIGHT IS THAT THIS IS EMBRACED OUT AND WE GET SOME DIRECTION BECAUSE WHAT WE WILL HAVE TO DO NEXT IS PUT THE RATE INCREASE, PROPOSED RATE INCREASE INTO THEIR, BILL. A NOTICE IN THE WATER UTILITY BILL SYSTEM AND GIVE THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, PER STATE STATUTE, FOR PEOPLE TO RESPOND AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE WITH, BECAUSE THAT NOTICE HAS TO HAVE THE DATE OF THE, THE DATE OF THE MEETING, THE DATE AND TIME OF THE MEETING WHEN THIS WILL BE FINAL AND APPROVED BY COUNCIL AND LOCATION. YES. SO TONIGHT, THAT'S WHY IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM. I'M. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A FEEL FOR IF THIS MAKES SENSE OR NOT. OKAY. NOW LET ME ASK A QUICK QUESTION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTAND THIS. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO APPLY FOR THAT, WHAT IS 12.5. WE NEED TO DO THIS OR ELSE WE ARE JUST WE'RE OUT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT CORRECTLY. YES, THEY THEY DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT WE'LL HAVE A SUFFICIENT REVENUES TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT. OKAY AND IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE FOUR YEARS AGO AND HAVE DONE THIS IN LITTLE BITES, WE'D HAVE THAT MONEY TODAY. YEAH. WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE HAVING TO TAKE A HUGE CHUNK. YES, MA'AM. OUT OF THAT ELEPHANT. YES, MA'AM. JUST BITING A LITTLE AND ALONG. OKAY. WELL, AND YOU KNOW, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN HERNANDEZ SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT BEEN AN INVESTMENT MADE IN A LOT OF THINGS OUT HERE IN THE VILLAGE. AND WE'VE GOT TO START. I MEAN, WHEN YOU SEE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST TO RESURFACE THESE ROADS AND STRIPING AND SIDEWALKS AND ALL THOSE OTHER PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, A NORMAL MUNICIPALITY PROVIDES TO ITS RESIDENTS. I KNOW WHENEVER HE SAID STRIPING, I'M THINKING, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SEEN STRIPING IN INDIANTOWN BEFORE. SO THAT'LL BE A NOVEL ABOUT IT. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY TALKED TO A CONTRACTOR ABOUT IT NOT TOO LONG AGO, SO. WELL, NOW I FIND THIS ENCOURAGING. AND LOOKING AT THESE CHARTS, THAT EVEN STEPPING UP TO WHERE WE
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NEED TO BE, WE'RE STILL NOT AT THE TOP OF THESE CHARTS THAT WE'RE IN THERE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE ENTITIES. INITIALLY WHEN WE GOT THIS CHART, MR. FLORIO WENT BACK AND SAID, HEY, THESE ARE MORE COMPARABLE ENTITIES. YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD INCLUDE THEM IN THERE. AND SO WE HAVE THOSE IN THERE. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND, AND NOT KNOWING THESE OTHER ENTITIES AND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. BUT I DOUBT VERY SERIOUSLY THAT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO OVERHAUL THE WAY THAT WE'RE HAVING TO OVERHAUL OUR SYSTEMS. I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT. AND LOOKING AT THE GOVERNOR'S VETO LIST, LABELLE HAD A FEW THINGS IN THERE. SO I GOT THE FEELING THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SOME UPGRADES OF SOME TYPE TO THEIR EXISTING PLANTS, BUT I CAN DO SOME RESEARCH IF THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOU. FOR THE FINAL. WELL, I THINK THIS RESEARCH RIGHT HERE, I'M I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS. I'M THANKFUL TO SEE THIS, COUNCIL MEMBER DEPAULO DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? YEAH I THINK WE OUGHT TO DO IT AND, GET IT DONE, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU OWN A LITTLE GROCERY STORE AND YOU BUY A BAG OF CHIPS FOR $1.49 AND YOU SELL IT FOR $1.50, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE THERE VERY LONG. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. YEAH. OKAY THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. WE'VE BEEN PUTTING LITTLE BAND-AIDS ON IT AND PATCH THEM BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING. COST EFFECTIVE MAYBE FOR THE CONSUMER, BUT BUT IN THE LONG RUN IT'S HURTING THE CONSUMER. RIGHT. AND WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THE INCREASE GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL OCTOBER 1ST. BUT BEFORE WE FINISH THIS CONVERSATION, MR. FLORIO ALSO HAS BEEN LOOKING AT YOUR COST RECOVERY FEES FOR WHEN SOMEBODY IS LATE, MAKING A PAYMENT OR SOMEBODY NEEDS THEIR WATER DISCONNECTED OR NOW THAT WE'VE GOT NEW METERS IN THERE, THERE'S AN INCREASED EXPENSE TO THOSE METERS. SO WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A METER SO ALL THOSE COSTS WERE ADOPTED WHAT, 2020 AS WELL. AND WE'VE NOT ADDRESSED THOSE. SO WE'D LIKE TO BRING THOSE BACK TO YOU AT A I THINK MISS MCBRIDE PUT A DID YOU PUT A SHEET. SHE PUT A SHEET OF WHAT MR. FLORIO HAS PUT TOGETHER AND RECOMMENDING. IT'S GOT COST RECOVERY ON THE TOP. OKAY, SCHEDULE ONE, ONE PROPOSED REVISED COST RECOVERY CHARGES.SO, HE HAS PUT THAT TOGETHER FOR YOUR INFORMATION. AND IT'S THE SAME ISSUE YOU HAVEN'T RAISED THOSE RATES CONSISTENTLY AS WAS RECOMMENDED WHEN YOU ACQUIRED THE PLANT. AND NOW WE'RE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR INCREASES IN THOSE IN THOSE NUMBERS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. JUST INFLATION ALONE IS CRIPPLING US. YEAH. AND INSTEAD OF BEING PROACTIVE NOW WE'RE HAVING TO BE REACTIVE TO THE SITUATION AND TRY TO PLAY CATCH UP. SO YES, ONCE WE CATCH UP WE WILL BE PROACTIVE. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHAT DO YOU NEED YOUR MOTION OKAY I JUST NEED I WANT TO SPEAK, WHICH I UNDERSTAND. AND, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE MY BUSINESS HAT OFF AND THINK AS A RESIDENT, THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS. IF WE DO, THIS INCREASES. YES. WE COULD HAVE BEEN PROACTIVE SINCE THE GET GO, BUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INCREASING LIKE THIS, I'M NOT FOR IT, I WOULD BE CONSIDER I WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING TO MATCH UP TO MARTIN COUNTY, BUT AS IN LIKE THE WATER MARTIN COUNTY IS 28.78. WE'RE THINKING OF GOING MORE THAN MARTIN COUNTY. YEAH, SO I WOULD CONSIDER SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND MY THING IS WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND THE RESIDENTS, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN INGLEWOOD, THEY LIVE PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK. SO BY SOCIAL SECURITY, SO EVEN A DOLLAR, $2, $3, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEM. THE PEOP I'VE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE COME UP TO ME RECENTLY IN REGARDS OF HOW THE RENT IS CRAZY AROUND HERE. SO IMAGINE HAVING NOW THE INCREASE OF WATER. YES, I UNDERSTAND WE WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS IT WAS IT WAS CRAP. SORRY FOR MY LANGUAGE, BUT THIS SYSTEM WAS SO BAD. THE ANALYSIS THAT WE RECEIVED, I HAD NEVER IMAGINED I WAS. NOW WE WERE USING WATER THAT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, AT CAPACITY OR IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I'M VERY PROUD THAT WE BOUGHT THE WATER AND WE STOOD OUR GROUND AND BUYING THE WATER. BUT ONCE WE BOUGHT THE
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WATER, WE SAW HOW MUCH WORK IT HAD TO GO INTO. SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE NOT TO INCREASE IT AS A BANK BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET. AND I TELL YOU FAMILIES THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT OVER. AND SO NOW HAVING WATER, A FEW BUCKS AND THEN LET'S JUST SAY WE DO AN INCREASE NEXT YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AUTOMATIC INCREASE, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO BECAUSE I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN BEFORE THIS INDIANTOWN COMPANY WATER COMPANY . OH ARE YOU I USED TO SEE THOSE RATE FEES COME EVERY OCTOBER, EVERY SEPTEMBER WHENEVER THOSE LETTERS HAD TO BE ISSUED. BUT WE DIDN'T SEE THE DIFFERENCE WITHIN OUR WATER SYSTEM. YES. I THINK THE STAFF IN REGARDS OF, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN, BUT I'M DOING I'M THINKING MORE IN REGARDS OF THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT THEM. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM 22 TO 31. YES. THAT'S NOT MUCH, BUT LET'S JUST SAY IF IT'S SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AT THE END OF THE PAY TIME, DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. THIS IS PER GALLON, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH. USUALLY PEOPLE, USE PER GALLON. WHAT'S AN ESTIMATE? MR. 4000 PER MONTH, 4000 IS THE ESTIMATE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT . AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS 4000. THIS IS ON 4000, NOT PER GALLON. THIS IS ONE 4000. BUT STILL I STILL FEEL THAT WE CAN GET TO THE MIDDLE POINT. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN DO THE INCREASE NOT DO IT OR PHASE IT OUT WITHIN MONTHS, BUT NOT DO IT AS A ONE SHOT BECAUSE AS YOU, YOU PROBABLY MIGHT BE WELL OFF YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR MIGHT NOT. SO I'M ADVOCATING FOR THAT NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PROBABLY YOU PROBABLY HAVE THE SAME PEOPLE THAT ARE LATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MAKE PAYMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN UNIONTOWN THAT ARE STRUGGLING, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY LIVING IN, IN TOWN LEAVING FLORIDA BECAUSE INFLATION IS JUST GOTTEN SO BAD. AND I UNDERSTAND THE PERSPECTIVE OF, OF THE VILLAGE. BUT IN THIS CONVERSATION, I'M TAKING MY BUSINESS HAT AND I'M PUTTING MY RESIDENT HAT BECAUSE I'M CONSIDERING HOW MUCH THE IMPACT COULD BE. SO THANK NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN WHAT YOU WILL FIND WHEN YOU RAISE YOUR RATES IS PEOPLE BEGIN TO START BEING MORE CONSCIENTIOUS OF THE WATER USAGE, AND THEY START SCALING THAT BACK WITH THE NEW METERS.THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO MONITOR DAILY WHAT THEIR WATER USAGE IS, AND THEN THE INCREASE THAT YOU POINTED OUT FROM 2246 TO THE 31, THAT ALSO INCLUDES THAT SHIFT OF GETTING WATER TO FUND ABOUT 40% OF YOUR USAGE, I, I MEAN, AS STAFF, I THINK WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T GET THIS EXISTING PLANT UPGRADED, WE COULD HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT CATASTROPHIC FAILURES. AND THEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY WAY MORE TO GET THAT FIXED, YOU'VE GOT 100 YEAR OLD STEAM PIPE THAT'S A WATER MAIN TO A MAJOR AREA OF RESIDENCE. AND IF THAT FAILS, IT'S GOING TO COST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS TO FIX THOSE PROJECTS. AND THAT RIGHT THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS I'VE HEARD IT REFERRED TO AS THE BACKBONE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FIXED IN MERE HOURS. AND YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER HALF OF YOUR TOWN THAT'S GOING TO BE WITHOUT WATER. IF THE IF THAT FAILS, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SO AND FOR MAKE SURE THAT I I'VE GOT THIS RIGHT. IF WE DO NOT AND I SIDE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HERNANDEZ I UNDERSTAND. AND YES, I ARE ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT IT HAS HIT US ALL INFLATION AND THIS IS A PART OF IT AND THIS IS A PART OF OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND WE HAVE TO WEIGH OUT WHAT THAT IS. IF WE DO NOT ADJUST, BY THE WAY, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS 12.5. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BITE US IN THE BUTT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND DO WHAT
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NEEDS TO BE DONE. SO YOU'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS HERE.MR. NOLAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANTED TO PAT NOLAN FOR THE RECORD? YES, SIR.
IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, I GOT THE NUMBERS TELL YOU WE NEED TO RAISE THE RATES SO THAT WE CAN AFFORD TO PAY OUR OWN BILLS. WE NEED THAT $12.5 MILLION SO WE CAN UPDATE THE PLANT THAT WE'RE OPERATING TODAY. THAT IS IN SORE NEED OF BEING UPDATED. IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED. AND I WOULD ESTIMATE PROBABLY 25, 30 YEARS FROM WHAT I ENCOUNTERED WHEN I GOT HERE. IF YOU RECALL, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I GOT HERE, THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT THERE WAS ONLY TWO PUMPS. THERE WERE ONLY TWO PUMPS. WHEN I GOT HERE, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THREE. ONE OF THEM WASN'T EVEN THERE. WE'VE SINCE IMPROVED THAT. WE'VE SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF MONEY IMPROVING THAT WATER PLANT, AND IT HASN'T GOTTEN US WHERE WE NEED TO BE. WE NEED THAT $12.5 MILLION TO MAKE THAT WATER PLANT. SO IT'S RELIABLE AND RESILIENT. IT IS NOT THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A MAJOR FAILURE IN THE VILLAGE. WE'VE HAD SOME MAJOR WATER BREAK BREAKS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. THE FIRST ONE, WHEN I GOT HERE, WE NEARLY LOST. WE PUT A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF WATER. THAT HASN'T HAPPENED LATELY BECAUSE WE'VE MADE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T EVEN SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. THAT'S WHY THIS $12.5 MILLION IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THAT THE WATER PLANT THAT WE HAVE IS NOT RELIABLE. WE'VE WORKED ON THE QUALITY OF THE WATER, AND IT'S MUCH BETTER, AND IT IS MUCH MORE RELIABLE NOW THAN WHEN I GOT HERE. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE'VE MADE A BUNCH OF IMPROVEMENTS. BUT AGAIN, WE'VE ONLY SCRATCHED THE SURFACE. THE HIGH SERVICE PUMPS THAT WE HAVE ARE MUCH BETTER THAN WHEN I GOT HERE, BUT THEY'RE NOT ENOUGH TO SERVE THE VILLAGE ON A REGULAR BASIS. WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT OUT A MILLION GALLONS A DAY IF WE NEED TO. IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY, WE SAY, YOU HAVE A FIRE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STARTS DRAWING A LOT OF WATER. HALF THE VILLAGE MAY NOT HAVE WATER FOR A FEW DAYS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO USE IT ALL ON A FIRE, BECAUSE OUR HIGH SERVICE PUMPS AND OUR STORAGE IS NOT UP TO WHERE IT SHOULD BE. THAT'S PART OF THAT $12.5 MILLION. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OUR FILTERS. I JUST TALKED TO YOU ABOUT CLEANING THE FILTERS. THAT'S ONLY A STOPGAP MEASURE TO MAKE THE QUALITY BETTER AND TO MAKE THE FILTER PLANT OPERATE BETTER, WE NEED TO REHAB THOSE FILTERS. WE NEED TO CHANGE THE CHLORINE DELIVERY SYSTEM BECAUSE WHAT WE HAVE IS ANTIQUATED, AND IT'S DANGEROUS.
THERE ARE THERE'S. AND IF YOU RECALL, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY WENT TO BID, THAT PRICE WAS $26 MILLION. WE CAN'T AFFORD $26 MILLION. SO WE THREW THAT OUT, WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND CAME BACK WITH THIS PROGRAM OF 12.5, WHICH SHOULD GET US WHERE WE NEED TO BE, BUT WE NEED THAT 12.5 TO GET THERE. AND TO DO THAT, YOU NEED TO RAISE THE RATES. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING THEIR BILLS. WE WILL BE IN THAT SAME POSITION IF WE DON'T RAISE OUR RATES BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING A HARD TIME PAYING OUR BILLS RIGHT NOW. IF YOU LISTEN TO MR. FLORIO, ALL THOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, WE STILL HAVE A SHARE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY NOW. LUCKILY YOU HAVE HIM BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS OUT THERE.
LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S DO THIS. HE'S THE GUY THAT'S SLOWING ME DOWN, SAYING, DO WE HAVE THE MONEY? LET ME CHECK THE BOOKS. WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THAT. SO IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU RAISE THE RATES. VERY IMPORTANT. AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'M NOT SAYING NOT RAISE THE RATES, BUT WE NEED TO PHASE IT OUT. YOU CAN'T DO THAT AT THIS MOMENT.
YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE FOUR YEARS BEHIND. YOU SHOULD HAVE RAISED IF YOU LISTEN TO THOSE NUMBERS THEY PROJECTED THAT YOU NEEDED $6 MILLION TO IMPROVE THE WASTEWATER PLANT. SO WHO APPROVES THE 12.5 MILLION GRANT THAT IT COMES FROM THE DEP, FROM THE STATE? IT'S A LOAN. YES SO IN ORDER TO GET THAT LOAN, WE NEED TO RAISE THE RATES. YES, YES. BUT THEY TOLD US TO RAISE THE RATES. WHAT ABOUT WE RAISE IT TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, THEN AUTOMATICALLY WE GET NO. BECAUSE YOUR RATE CONSULTANT THAT THEY RELY ON IS NOT ABLE TO JUSTIFY OUR ABILITY TO REPAY THAT DEBT SERVICE. THEY WILL SAY WE CANNOT PAY IT. THE CITY OF STUART, THAT YOU USE AN EXAMPLE. THE REASON THAT I MEAN, THE MARTIN COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF STUART IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BRAND NEW SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T JUST COMPARE TO ANOTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT EASILY BECAUSE THE SYSTEMS ARE DIFFERENT. THE NEW NEWER SYSTEMS ARE DIFFERENT. THEY'RE OPERATING DIFFERENT. SO THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO RAISE THEIR RATES BECAUSE THEY HAVE AN EFFICIENT SYSTEM.
THEY'RE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS EVERY YEAR THROUGH THEIR R&R FUND, WHICH IS REPLACEMENT AND R&R REPAIR REPLACE, AND SO THEY'RE UP. THEY'RE ALREADY UPGRADED. THEY'RE ALREADY TO THAT POINT. SO I, I'M, I SHARE MR. NOLAN'S PASSION ON THIS AND CONCERN THAT IF WE DON'T DO THIS
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AND WE DON'T GET THAT 12.5 MILLION, WE'RE GOING TO BE REALLY BE, IN A BIND. THE VILLAGE HAS BEEN VERY LUCKY. I HAVE MADE A LOT OF REPAIRS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AGAIN. WHEN I GOT HERE, I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THAT WATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND I'VE BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT IMPROVE IT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT ON A BUDGET, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT THAT WASTEWATER PLANT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT $12 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO UPGRADE THE WASTEWATER PLANT. THE NUMBER IS CLOSER TO 20. THAT'S THE REAL NUMBER. TO BUILD A PLANT THAT WE NEED TO OPERATE PROPERLY HERE IN THE VILLAGE OF INNEWTOWN. SO THERE'S AN $8 MILLION DIFFERENCE ALONE JUST IN THAT PLANT. WE HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE OUT IN THE STREET THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET MONEY FOR, THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN YET. THIS $10 MILLION APPROPRIATION IS A GODSEND.AGAIN, WE NEED $60 MILLION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING. WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD TO GET THIS MONEY THROUGH THE DOOR, AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING VERY HARD TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT WITHOUT THE MONEY TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE HAVE TO HELP OURSELVES. WE HAVE TO RAISE THESE RATES SO THAT WE CAN PAY OUR OWN BILLS. OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND ONCE AGAIN. IF WE DID NOT IF WE HAVE NOT BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE ALL THESE GRANTS AND ALL THIS MONEY FROM THE STATE, FROM THIS REVOLVING FUND, WHEREVER IT IS COMING FROM, IT WOULD FALL TO THE RATEPAYER AND WE WOULD PROBABLY BE HAVING TO GO HIGHER THAN WHAT THIS IS BEING PROPOSED TODAY IN ORDER TO TRY TO EVEN KEEP UP, LET ALONE TRY TO IMPROVE. GREAT POINT. YEAH. SO IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD TO A PRIVATE ENTITY, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE. ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY IT WOULD. AND IT WOULD BE WORSE THAN WHAT WE ARE PROJECTING OR WHAT WE ARE WHAT IT PROPOSED HERE. AND SO BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GRANTS AND THOSE FUNDS, THOSE REVOLVING FUNDS AND THE LOW, YOU KNOW, INTEREST AND PAYBACK AND ALL THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK HERE INSTEAD OF AT THE VERY TOP. AND ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE BECAUSE WE FAILED. HOWEVER IT CAME ABOUT, WE FAILED TO IMPLEMENT WHAT NEEDED TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOUR YEARS AGO. SO IT WAS INCREMENTAL . WE FIND OURSELVES IN THE POSITION WHERE WE ARE TODAY, HAVING TO MAKE THOSE HARD DECISIONS, AND THAT'S THE REASON WE SIT HERE. WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE AND WHAT IS BEST.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TIGHTENING THEIR BELT AND, AND IT IS HARD BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING INFLATION, EVERYTHING HAS GONE UP. AND SO YEAH, THE COMMON FOLK AND YOU KNOW, THE AVERAGE JOE AND ALL OF US, WE'RE HAVING TO PAY MORE. AND IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A SAD FACT OF LIFE. HOWEVER HOWEVER IN THIS CASE IT'S FOR A GOOD REASON. IT IS FOR BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE DRINKING THIS WATER. I WOULD NOT WITHOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. AND US CONTINUING AND BITING THE BULLET AND DOING WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALL THIS. I WOULDN'T BE DRINKING THE WATER. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN INDIANTOWN THAT WOULDN'T BE DRINKING THE WATER, BUT WE HAVE MADE GREAT PROGRESS AND I THINK WE WOULD BE SHOOTING OURSELF IN THE FOOT IF WE IF WE FALTER HERE AND NOT CONTINUE ON, WE IT'S JUST THAT IT'S JUST SOMETHING IT'S A SAD FACT AND, AND I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO GET BEAT UP FOR IT. HOWEVER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DEFEND BECAUSE IF WE DON'T DO IT, WE'LL BE TAKEN A STEP BACKWARD AND THINGS WILL COME TO A SCREECHING HALT AND WE'LL STILL WIND UP HAVING TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROPOSED RATES LATER. AND WE WOULD HAVE MISSED OUT ON AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WE HAVE FACT. WE HAVE WE HAVE THE, THE FACTS. WE HAVE WE HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SAY, I'M SO SORRY, BUT THIS IS THE FACTS OF THE SITUATION. THIS IS THIS IS THE REALITY. THIS IS THE NO, NO, NO. WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU BELIEVE AND WHY YOU BELIEVE IT AND BE ABLE TO DEFEND IT. I CAN DEFEND THIS. IT'S NOT NICE. IT'S NOT. IT'S NOT POPULAR. HOWEVER DO YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO DRINK YOUR WATER? MR. DEPAOLO, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? COUNCIL MEMBER TAFOLLA. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS AND NOBODY WANTS TO GO UP ON ANYTHING. WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW. WELL, WHERE THAT PEOPLE IN INDIAN TOWN, SOME OF
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THEM HAVING A HARD TIME, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS HAVING A HARD TIME. BUT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. WE HAVE A RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE VILLAGE AS A WHOLE. AND THE WATER PLANT NEEDS TO STAND ON ITS OWN, NEEDS TO MAKE ITS OWN REVENUE TO MAINTAIN IT, TO PAY ITS EMPLOYEES, AND TO OPERATE AS A PROFITABLE MONEY POINT, WE WILL GET IT THERE ONE DAY. IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE GRANTS, WE'D BE IN BIG TROUBLE. OKAY SO. SO WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AND WE HAVE TO GO UP ON OUR RATES. WE HAVE TO DO IT. NOBODY WANTS TO DO IT. I DON'T WANT TO DO IT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT. I'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS SITUATION, AND I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR A LONG TIME THAT EVENTUALLY THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, FIVE YEARS AGO, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE SIX YEARS IN. WE'VE HAD THE PLANT NOW FOR, WHAT, 4 OR 5 YEARS? AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND IT WOULDN'T BE SUCH A HARD OR A BITTER BITE RIGHT NOW. BUT WE NEED TO DO IT. WE NEED TO DO WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. PEOPLE ARE INVESTING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO SHOW THEM THAT WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT. AND I THINK WE DO. INDIAN TOWN, I SAID IT FROM DAY ONE, IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.THIS PLACE IS GOING TO SHINE. AND, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL BE LOOKING BACK AND SAYING, BOY, COULD YOU BELIEVE WE HAD IT THAT HARD. BACK THEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $1 MILLION. AND TEN YEARS FROM NOW, $1 MILLION WILL BE NOTHING. SO WE GOT TO LOOK FORWARD AND CAN'T BE AFRAID TO JUST GO. WE'RE GOVERNMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER. THERE'S GOING TO BE GENERATIONS COMING. I'M GONE. WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE GONE. THERE'LL BE ANOTHER COUNCIL. THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED OTHER COUNCILS, THIS PLACE IS GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER. SO WE JUST GOT TO SET IT UP AND MAKE IT RIGHT, AND WE GOT TO DO THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO. AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE HARD. THEY'RE HARD THINGS TO DO. NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT. NOBODY WANTS TO ADMIT IT. NOBODY WANTS TO FACE IT. WE PUT IT OFF FOR FOUR YEARS, BUT NOW IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING. SO I DON'T KNOW. DO YOU NEED A MOTION? WELL PROBABLY. I DON'T KNOW, MIKE.
WHAT DO YOU. CONSENSUS. YEAH, I AGREE CONSENSUS. WE'LL GO FORWARD WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT AND THEN, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR FINAL. THAT'S FINE. WE GOT CONSENSUS. YES. NO IT'S A HARD DECISION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT BOTH ENDS AS WELL, STAFF.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AS SOON AS WE CAME TO THE REALIZATION WE'RE BRINGING THOSE THINGS TO YOU TO MAKE YOU AWARE, BECAUSE WE OWE THAT WE HAVE THAT OBLIGATION TO YOU AND THE RESIDENTS WHEN WE FIND THESE ISSUES. AND THAT'S THE REASON WE'RE PAID THE BIG BUCKS, IS TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS. YEAH, RIGHT. BUT QUESTION SO IF WE APPROVE THIS AFTER THIS, HOW FREQUENT OR NOT FREQUENT EVERY YEAR WILL THERE BE A SET RATE. SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO A COUNCIL? AGAIN? IN MY DISCUSSIONS WITH MR. VOSS, YOU CAN WHEN WE GET THE RATE STUDY AND YOU ADOPT THAT RATE STUDY, AT THAT TIME YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THOSE RATES THAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING AND THEN IT DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL ON A REGULAR BASIS UNTIL THOSE RATES NEED TO BE UPDATED AGAIN. SO PROBABLY AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. SO IT WOULD BE AN ANNUAL CPI INCREASE.
AUTOMATIC. YES. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE RECOMMENDING. SO THE RESIDENTS WOULD BE RECEIVING A LETTER LIKE WE USED TO RECEIVE WITH THE NEWTOWN WATER COMPANY. THIS WILL INCREASE. YOU NEED TO COME TO A HEARING. YES SORT OF. KIND OF. WELL NO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE TO. IF YOU DO THE FIVE YEARS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW, CHLOE? OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD. WHAT HAPPENED? YOU'RE ON. SO YOU'RE ASKING ME IF THIS NEEDS TO BE NOTICED EVERY YEAR FOR JUST A CPI INCREASE? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. OKAY IF IT'S JUST A CPI INCREASE AND THAT'S BEEN APPROVED AND NOTICED FOR THE PROJECTED FUTURE. SO BUT IT WOULD THEY WOULD GET THEY WOULD GET SOMETHING IN THEIR BILL THAT, YOU KNOW NEXT MONTH IT WILL BE A ANNUAL CPI INCREASE OKAY. AND THEN IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE DEDUCTED FROM THE CUSTOMERS OR ADDED TO THE CUSTOMERS BILL FOR THE YES IN OCTOBER. SO IT STARTS OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER AND THEN EVERY YEAR OCTOBER, THEY SHOULD EXPECT
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THEIR BILLS TO GO UP. YES MA'AM. WITH THE WITH THE RATE STUDY, WITH THE RATES THAT ARE IN THE RATE STUDY, WHICH WILL HAVE AHEAD OF TIME. SO IT WON'T BE A SURPRISE, NECESSARILY. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE GENERAL CONSENSUS? YES THANK YOU. OKAY MAY I MA'AM, I DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT MATTER. WONDERFUL. OKAY. THE FIRST IS DOUG CALDWELL. GOOD EVENING. WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL, OUR OUR GUEST FROM UP NORTH. THAT BE YOU. THANK.WELCOME TO OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY. JUST START OFF WITH I GOT THE MOST RESPECT FOR MISTER FLORIO AND MISTER NOEL. I MEAN, THEY'RE OUTSTANDING. DON'T LET THEM GO. FROM MY EXPERIENCE IN IN YOUR SHOES. LET ME JUST RUN A COUPLE OF THINGS BY YOU, THAT I PULLED OUT OF THE SAME THING THAT MISS MISS KRISTA READ ABOUT. THE. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN THERE, IT SAYS IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT THAT 12 FIVE IS NOT GUARANTEED THAT THAT BEING SAID, PLUS, ALL THE THINGS OF THE COMPARISONS I FOUND OUT IN MY TIME IN GOVERNMENT, SOMETIMES YOU THROW A COMPARISON OUT THERE WHEN YOU WANT TO SELL SOMETHING, THINK ABOUT THAT. I MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUE HERE IN INDIANTOWN. I DIDN'T GO TO OKEECHOBEE, I DIDN'T GO TO BELLE GLADE. I DIDN'T GO TO NO PLACE. I COME TO INDIANTOWN. NOW, THAT BEING SAID, WE'LL START WITH, THE FDEP. THEY REQUIRED A RATE STUDY THAT'S STILL PENDING. SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATES ARE. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR REVENUE IS GOING TO BE. I DON'T THINK MAYBE I'M WRONG, WHEN MR. HARTMAN INITIALLY, STARTED THIS PROCESS, A PROCEDURE OR WHATEVER, HE SAID THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES AND BUMPS, AS YOU SAID. BUT WE INSTALLED NEW METERS AND, OUR FOREMAN SAID THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ACCURATE READ NOW OF THE USAGE. AND OF COURSE, WHAT USAGE COMES DOLLARS, THAT BEING SAID, TWO ITEMS SHOULD THESE TWO ITEMS SHOULD BE ENOUGH, FOR DEP, FOR OUR REVENUE COLLECTION. ONE THING IN HERE THAT BOTHERED ME. IF WE DON'T IF COUNCIL DOES NOT ADOPT THE INCREASED RATE, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY. I DON'T THINK THAT'S ACCURATE. I MIGHT BE, I DON'T KNOW, FLORIDA LAW, PENNSYLVANIA. YOU CAN APPLY FOR GRANTS ANYWHERE ANYHOW. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, BUT THAT BEING SAID, I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS A LOAN. BUT COULD YOU NOT APPLY FOR A LOAN? AND THEY WON'T ACCEPT IT? OKAY, I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T THINK IT'S PROPER. WE DISCUSS THAT HERE. OKAY, I JUST DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T WANT ANYTHING ON THE RECORD THAT THINKS I DIDN'T PUT SOMETHING ACCURATE. NO, NO, I'M NOT. I'M NOT CRITICAL. WELL, LET ME LET ME STRESS A POINT HERE. I GOT 23, 22 SECONDS. I'M NOT CRITICIZING ANYBODY. I'M JUST BRINGING OUT POINTS THAT YOU GUYS WERE PRESENTED TO DO THAT. AND WHAT, COUNCIL, HERNANDEZ SAYS, INDIAN WOOD SOLD RENTS GOING UP OVER THERE ABOUT 150 BUCKS, GIVE OR TAKE. OKAY, I GOT TWO MORE THINGS, PLEASE. TO COUNCILMAN DEPAOLO'S THING. YOU'LL NEVER PAY THE DEBT SERVICE OFF ON YOUR PLANTS.
YOU'LL NEVER PAY HIM OFF. I WAS UP THERE, AND WE HAD A VILLAGE UP. THERE WAS 100 YEARS OLD. WE NEVER PAID HIM OFF. WE ALWAYS PAID. WHEN. WHEN DEP PUT A MANDATE OUT, WE PAID IT. AS SIMPLE AS THAT. AND AN EXAMPLE THERE. THAT'S THING THERE. BUT AND YOUR OTHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO YOU DO WHAT YOU GET TOUGH DECISIONS MAKE, I'M ALL RIGHT. BUT THERE'S GOOD AND BAD.
ONE MORE, ONE MORE THING. AND THEN I'M DONE. AND I PROBABLY NEVER COME BACK TO HERE. I'LL DO IT AWAY FROM HERE. I JUST DID A LITTLE BIT OF MATH BACK THERE. WE GOT 4000 PEOPLE IN 4000 PEOPLE AND NUMBERS WERE SPREAD AROUND HERE TODAY. BIG TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER HEARD OF NUMBERS. MY BILL, MY BILL IS $64.94. IF YOU DO THAT TIMES 4000, THAT'S 259,000. TWO 59,000 OKAY I'LL TAKE IT OFF TIME. I'LL SHUT THE MIRROR BACK UP. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MISS LINDA
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NICCUM. YOU'RE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THERE AND HERE GETS LONGER EVERY DAY. FOR THE RECORD, LINDA NICCUM, YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR ARGUMENTS BACK AND FORTH HAVE HAVE REALLY HIT HOME. I STARTED MY THINKING ONE DIRECTION AND I KIND OF SAW THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN. AND I, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT ALL FOUR YEARS OF CPI. THE 20% INCREASE BEING HIT ALL AT ONE TIME. CPI CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ALREADY MEANS THAT EVERY BODY IS PAYING MORE FOR EVERYTHING, AND 20% MAY NOT SOUND LIKE A LOT ON THIS, BUT WHEN YOU ADD IT TO THE RENT, ELECTRIC, GAS AND EVERYTHING, IT DOES TALLY UP, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THE CPI INCREASE ANNUALLY WILL BE ENOUGH TO CREATE THE DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENT ON A LOAN. SO I GUESS AT SOME POINT THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE ROOM FOR AN ADDITIONAL INCREASE TO COVER A DEBT REPAYMENT. IF THIS GOES THROUGH, AND I'VE GOT A FEELING IT PROBABLY WILL, THEN WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BE PREPARED TO HELP THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE WITH MAKING THESE THESE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS, WHETHER IT'S A PLAN TO HELP THEM FIGURE OUT HOW TO BUDGET THIS EXTRA MONTH AMOUNT, OR A PLAN TO TEACH THEM HOW TO CONSERVE THE WATER THAT THEY ARE USING. BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO BE PREPARED FOR THE KICKBACK FROM THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY WILL THEY WILL KICK BACK, ON AN INCREASE. IT ONLY SAYS 20, BUT IT'S STILL IT'S STILL 20. SO SO, SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED. AND BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER, BE PREPARED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY OF HELPING EVERYBODY BE, BE PREPARED FOR THIS, WHETHER IT'S TEACHING, HELPING WITH FUNDS, WHATEVER. THANK YOU. AND SHE MAKES A VERY GOOD POINT. IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN A PROGRAM WE CAN START NOW JUST IN THE WATER. BILL MABELLAE MAYBE A TIP. OKAY. YOU HAVE A NEW WATER METER. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE WATER, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A BILL GOES UP, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT CONSERVING SOME KIND OF A CONSERVATION THING TO ENCOURAGE YOU. OKAY. YOUR TAKE YOUR BILL DOWN IS THAT EXTRA EXPENSE, MIKE. AND JUST TO ADD ON TO MADAM MAYOR'S COMMENT, WE'VE BEEN ALL NIGHT. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE'S A WAY TO TRACK YOUR WATER USAGE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW WE CAN. WE HAVEN'T IMPLEMENTED THAT ASPECT YET. WE HAVE THESE ANTENNAS THAT HAVE TO BE INSTALLED ON, SOME EXISTING ANTENNAS, AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING PERMISSION FROM MARTIN COUNTY AND WORKING ON AN INTERLOCAL TO GET PERMISSION TO. BECAUSE THE TOWERS ARE OWNED BY THE COUNTY. ONCE WE HAVE THAT UP AND RUNNING, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THAT TRACKING ON YOUR CELL PHONE OR IPAD OR COMPUTER OR WHATEVER. AND WE'LL DO LIKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ENGAGEMENT IN SPANISH, ENGLISH. HOW DO YOU CAN CONNECT TO OF COURSE, YOU I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, YEAH, WE CERTAINLY CAN PUT INSERTS IN THE BILLS AND PRINT THINGS ON THE BILLS TO LET CUSTOMERS KNOW, I THINK PROBABLY CERTAIN LITERATURE THAT WE COULD MAYBE EVEN LINK IN OUR WEBSITE SO RESIDENTS CAN, CAN READ THAT, AND GET GET CERTAIN IDEAS AND MAKE THEM AWARE OF, OF CONSERVATION AND DIFFERENT WAYS.YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. BE PROACTIVE AND LET THEM KNOW, OKAY. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. THIS IS WHAT'S COMING. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT A NEW METER. YOU MAY SEE A CHANGE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS HOW TAKES TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS, YOU KNOW, FLUSH THE TOILET LAST WHATEVER IT IS. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH. HEY, THAT'S A GOOD ONE TOO. YEAH OKAY. SO, ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE
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MONTH. I THINK THE LAST DAY IS, WHAT, JUNE THE 28TH, 28TH. SO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN NOW.[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD ON JUNE THE 27TH. IT HAPPENS TO BE A THURSDAY AT 6:30 P.M. UNTIL THEN, WE STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.