[CALL TO ORDER]
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          THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE'RE DOWN TO ANALYST AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR DEPAULO HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS. PALMER. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN WATERS. BROWN. HERE. AND LET THE LET. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ONZAGA WILL BE JOINING US ONLINE. ARE YOU HERE? HE'S HAVING SOME TROUBLE, SO WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, EVERYBODY, WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. JANUARY 23RD COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU PLEASE, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PHONES ARE SILENCED. THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXITS ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND YOUR RIGHT. CLEARLY MARKED BY EXIT SIGNS. IF A MEMBER. IF A PUBLIC MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION CARD THAT'S LOCATED ON THE TABLE BEHIND YOU AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK. HE'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY IS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA. THE SECOND OPPORTUNITY YOU'LL HAVE IS DURING DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. PLEASE ADHERE TO THE CIVILITY PRACTICE DURING THIS AND ALL MEETINGS. THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY BROTHER DYLAN ROBERT AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          YES. MAKE SURE THE MICROPHONE. IT'S ON. OKAY. OUR MOST KIND AND GRACIOUS HEAVENLY FATHER. WE COME BEFORE THEE THIS EVENING IN THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR THIS YEAR OF 2025. WE THANK THEE FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS. WE THANK THEE FOR. EACH DAY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR OUR FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY. OUR COLLEAGUES AND ACQUAINTANCES HERE AT THIS VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. WE PRAY THAT WE MAY HAVE THY SPIRIT WITH US, THAT WE MAY BE LED AND GUIDED. WE PRAY THAT WE MAY BE FILLED WITH THY LOVE. FATHER, WE. PRAY THAT WE MAY SEE THE HAND IN OUR LIVES, AND THAT THY WILL MAY BE MADE KNOWN UNTO EACH INDIVIDUAL IN THE COUNCIL TODAY. WE SAY ALL OF THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF THY SON, JESUS CHRIST. 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. OKAY. MADAM. THERE YOU GO. YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT? OKAY. OKAY. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEM, OR ANY OTHER MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? NO, SIR. OKAY. OKAY. PROCLAMATIONS AND AWARD. FIRST 
          [1.  Proclamation to Celebrate Literacy Week	
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PROCLAMATION IS GOING TO BE TO CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK. TAKE IT AWAY. CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK, JANUARY 27TH THROUGH 31ST. WHEREAS MARTIN READ SEEK TO INCREASE AWARENESS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURROUNDING LITERACY IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND WHEREAS, A DECLARATION OF THE WEEK OF JANUARY 27TH THROUGH THE 31ST, 2025 AS CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK, FLORIDA PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR AWARENESS, LITERACY ACTIVITIES AND ADVOCACY OF THE YOUTH. AND WHEREAS, CHILDREN WHO ARE UNABLE TO READ BY THE THIRD GRADE ARE MORE LIKELY TO DROP OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, AND EXPERIENCE POVERTY AS ADULTS. AND WHEREAS MARTIN REES IS DEDICATED TO INCREASING THE LITERACY RATE OF OUR CHILDREN TO 90%, BUT NO LESS THAN 70% BY 2030, WITH ROBUST PARTNERSHIPS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS, AS A COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO HAVING LEARNERS THAT ARE EQUIPPED, KNOWLEDGEABLE AND LITERATE. NOW, I THEREFORE, MAYOR CARMINE DIPAOLO, INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF JANUARY 27TH THROUGH THE 31ST AS CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK IN INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA. FURTHER, THE COUNCIL ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN IN THE EFFORTS TO INCREASE LITERACY AND SUPPORT THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY WITH ACTIONS AND ADVOCACY. AND THIS EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL, WE HAVE 
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MISS KIANA KELLY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GREETINGS. I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL OF MARTIN COUNTY. AS WE KNOW, THEY HAVE DONE A TREMENDOUS WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE A LARGE FUNDER OF MANY OF THE AGENCIES IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT KEEP EVERYTHING GOING. AND ONE OF OUR FOUNDING PRINCIPLES IS THAT WE ARE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES. AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'RE DOING THAT IS THROUGH OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE OUR COUNTY A LITERARY COUNTY OF EXCELLENCE. RIGHT. AND SO IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE DO NEED EVERYONE'S SUPPORT. AND WE DO NEED TO SEE THAT MODELING. SO CELEBRATE LITERACY WEEK IS A REALLY IMPORTANT TIME, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERS TO ILLUSTRATE WHY READING MAKES YOU A LEADER. AND WE'RE LOOKING AND HOPING THAT YOU GUYS WILL SIGN UP WITH ME TO DO A LITTLE VIDEO, YOU KNOW, LITTLE VIDEO CLIP OF WHY READING IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND WHAT READING MEANS TO YOU, AND HOW IT'S HELPED YOU BECOME A LEADER IN YOUR JOB. WE KNOW THAT READING IS EXCEPTIONALLY IMPORTANT NOT FOR PASSING A TEST, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THAT I LOOKED AT, AT CHANGING THE LANGUAGE A LITTLE BIT. I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO OBSESS ABOUT PERCENTAGES. PERCENTAGES ARE IMPORTANT. HOWEVER, WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT IS THE CHARACTER OF OUR CHILDREN AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE CREATING STRONG, CREATIVE, COMPASSIONATE, CONSIDERATE LEADERS AND CHILDREN THAT WANT TO RUN THE WORLD. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE YESTERDAY OF PARTICIPATING IN YOUTH DIALOG DAY, AND I HAVE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE DISCOURAGED. AND THERE IS A SPIRIT UPON OUR CHILDREN THAT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A BRIGHT FUTURE. AND SO WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT BY ILLUSTRATING TO THEM THAT THERE ARE SO MANY POSSIBILITIES, AND THAT THEY ARE ONLY EXPERIENCING A SHORT SEASON OF THEIR LIFE. RIGHT? AND THAT THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. AND ONE OF THE WAYS IS TO GET THOSE SKILLS. AND BEING ABLE TO BE A STRONG READER IS GOING TO HELP THEM TO BE A LEADER AND HELP THEM TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. WE'VE BEEN ABLE FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, AND YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN SO GRACIOUS TO ME. I REALLY JUST HONOR AND APPRECIATE THAT YOU GUYS SAY, COME ON DOWN. IT'S OKAY. BUT FROM THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, WE HAVE DONE SO MUCH, SO MUCH WORK HAS BEEN DONE IN THE MARTIN READ SPACE. WE HAVE RECONVENED OUR EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE. WE HAVE LEADERS FROM OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OUR FUNDING CONSORTIUM TO HELP SPREAD AWARENESS. WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR CHANGE MAKER TEAMS. WE HAVE GOTTEN OUR FIRST LAB SCHOOL CONTRACT WITH THROUGH THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. SO THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND US ARE IN A PARTNERSHIP THAT HAS CREATED OUR FIRST LAB SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY TO LOOK AND PUT SOME ENERGY IN TOWARDS GETTING THOSE GAINS. 
          WE'RE DOING PHENOMENAL WORK, AND WE NEED AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN. AND I HAVE MY EYES SET ON INDIANTOWN. I WANT YOU GUYS TO BE ON THIS JOURNEY. I WANT THESE LITTLES OUT HERE TO BE GETTING THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AS WELL. SO I HAVE LISA RHOADES WITH ME FROM THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF MARTIN COUNTY. WE BOTH WE HAVE A BOOK BONANZA TONIGHT THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE BEEN AT. BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GIVE THIS A VOICE AND JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW KIND OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW WE HAVE GROWN AND WHERE IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING. WE ARE GOING TO BE A LITERACY LEADER. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR AND YOUR YOUR LISTENING EARS. AWESOME. I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT DO YOU NEED? WHAT'S MISSING? WE NEED VOLUNTEERS. SO ONE OF OUR INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW IS 111, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GREATER GREATEST INDICATORS OF A CHILD'S SUCCESS WITH LITERACY AND LEARNING IS A CONSISTENT ADULT. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS HAVING ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS THAT EVERY CHILD THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS THAT SUPPORT HAS SOMEONE, WHETHER IT'S IN THE SCHOOL SPACE OR OUTSIDE OF THE SCHOOL SPACE. SO ON THE WEBSITE, MARTIN READS.ORG. THERE IS A BUTTON THAT YOU CAN CLICK FOR VOLUNTEERING, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS TO GET SCREENED. IT'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS, AND THEN WE WILL PLACE YOU IN THE CORRECT ENVIRONMENT. WE WANT TO GET VOLUNTEERS OUT HERE AS WELL, BUT WE'RE TAKING VOLUNTEERS, PERIOD. 
          HOWEVER, HOWEVER THE VOLUNTEERS COME, WE'RE TAKING THEM IF THEY CAN GO TO PORT SALERNO. AWESOME. 
          BUT IF THEY WANT TO COME TO WARFIELD OR THEY WANT TO GO TO ANOTHER SCHOOL, WE'RE NOT TURNING ANYBODY AWAY. WE ALSO NEED BUSINESSES TO SUPPORT US AND PARTNER WITH US IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY AND ADVERTISING AND SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE WANT TO BE A LITERACY PARTNER WITH YOU AND WE'RE FINE TO PUT A BANNER ON OUR PAGE OR JUST PROMOTE YOUR EVENTS OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. SO THOSE ARE WAYS THAT THE VISIBILITY LIFTS, THE AWARENESS LIFTS, AND WE STAY 
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CONNECTED AS A COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOWARDS THE SAME THING. AND IT'S NOT LIKE, WHAT IS THAT STRANGE THING, THAT LADY THAT'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT BOOKS, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS BEING ON INDIAN RIVER, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO WE WANT TO WE WANT TO MAKE THIS A WHOLE TREASURE COAST, THE LITERARY COAST. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR IDEA. WE WANT THIS TO BE THE LITERARY, THE LITERACY COAST AND THE CAPITAL OF FLORIDA FOR LITERACY. SO WE'RE LOOKING ALSO NOW AT ADULT LITERACY AS WELL AS TEEN LITERACY. SO THOSE ARE ALSO WAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT, SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER, COME TO EVENTS, GET YOUR KID'S PARENT ENGAGEMENT, GETTING THE PARENTS TO BE ENGAGED IN WHAT'S GOING ON, AND GETTING THE PARENTS TO GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. IF THEY'RE HAVING PROBLEMS, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHERE'S THE LAB? THE LAB SCHOOL IS PORT SALERNO ELEMENTARY. SO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE WE HAVE ALLOTTED FOR TWO LITERACY COACHES IN THAT SPACE FOR THE KINDERGARTEN CLASSES. AND THAT IS TO HELP THE KINDERGARTNERS, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR KINDERGARTNERS THAT ARE NOT READY ARE OUR THIRD GRADERS THAT WON'T BE ABLE TO READ. SO WE PUT A LOT OF ENERGY INTO FOCUSING ON THE KINDERGARTNERS. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE WOULD BE PUTTING OUR VOLUNTEERS IF THEY WANTED TO COME IN AND DO THAT. SO THAT'S AND, YOU KNOW, WE WANT THIS LAB SCHOOL TO BE SO PHENOMENAL AND TO MAKE SO MANY GAINS THAT WARFIELD WANTS TO BE A LAB SCHOOL. RIGHT. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER OTHER SCHOOL NEEDS TO BE. AND THEN AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THEY'RE NOT LAB SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST GOING TO BE THE NORM. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. RIGHT? THAT'S THE THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE. YES. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. I VOLUNTEERED AT THE BOOK BONANZA AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH PORT SALERNO. I'M LIKE, I GOTTA COME BACK. AND I DID CRYSTAL LAKE. I, I MISSED OUT ON A FEW LAST ONES, BUT IT'S THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS DO AND, YOU KNOW, MOTIVATE THE KIDS TO COME OUT, YOU KNOW, THE CHARACTERS IS WHAT WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE BOOK BONANZA, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S WHO'S IN THE COSTUME OR WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. BUT I LOVE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION. I JUST DO THE WORD POP GAME, WHICH THE KIDS LOVE. 
          AND THIS I JUST I WOULD BE REMISS, I KNOW THAT IT WILL PROBABLY BE A TREK FOR YOU GUYS, BUT WHOEVER IS ABLE TO PLEASE COME OUT TO THE CELEBRATE LITERACY KICKOFF EVENT WE'RE DOING THIS SATURDAY. IT'S FROM 130 TO 430. IT IS A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT. WE HAVE GRATITUDE STEEL BAND. IT'S GOING TO BE PLAYING MUSIC. WE HAVE GIVEAWAYS FOR THE KIDS. WE HAVE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT'S GOING TO STOP BY AND GIVE THEIR WORDS OF WISDOM. IT'S CONSTRUCTION THEMED BECAUSE THE THEME THIS YEAR IS BUILDING LITERACY, CONSTRUCTING THE FOUNDATION. 
          WHERE IS THIS? THIS IS GOING TO BE AT THE 10TH STREET COMMUNITY CENTER IN EAST STUART. 724 SOUTH EAST 10TH STREET, AND THE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED ONLINE. BUT THAT'S OKAY IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO COME AND YOU WANT TO COME, JUST PLEASE COME AND WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. BUT THERE WILL BE FOOD. BUBBAKOOS IS PROVIDING THE FOOD. THERE'S ACTIVITY STATIONS THAT ARE GOING TO INSTILL THE CONNECTION BETWEEN ACTIVITIES AND LITERACY, AS WELL AS LIBRARY CARD REGISTRATION AND BOOKMARK CREATION. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT. IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TIME. I'M EXCITED. IT'S GOOD. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU WANT TO TAKE A PHOTO OKAY. YES. PUT IT INSIDE BECAUSE THIS. IS LIKE SHE'S GOING. TO PICK IT UP RIGHT. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YES WE HAVE. THANK 
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YOU. WELCOME. BACK. DOWN THE STREET. OFF. WOULD YOU LIKE TO. OKAY, OKAY. NEXT IS GOING TO BE 
          [2.  Introduction to Emergency Management presented by Amy Heimberger Lopez, Deputy Director of Martin County Board of County Commissioners.
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THE INTRODUCTORY INTRODUCTION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PRESENTED BY AMY. ELLENBERGER LOPEZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. I'M SORRY. I THINK IT'S FULL. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL. PAT NOLAN, VILLAGE OF UNIONTOWN PUBLIC WORKS. AMY IS FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 
          SHE'S A DEPUTY DIRECTOR. SHE'S GOING TO BE DOING A PRESENTATION ON THE LOCAL MITIGATION, LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGIES. THAT IS A GROUP THAT HAS COME TOGETHER TO HELP MARTIN COUNTY AND THE COMMUNITIES MITIGATE FOR FUTURE FLOODING, HURRICANES, THAT KIND OF THING. SO SHE'S HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION ABOUT THAT PROGRAM AND WHAT IT INVOLVES. AND ALSO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE VILLAGE IS INVOLVED IN THAT PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE INVOLVED AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FROM THE COUNTY. VERY GOOD. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE AND GIVING YOU THIS PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE LOCAL MITIGATION STRATEGY IS. IT IS A PLAN. IT IS A CAN DO. THE NEXT ONE WE'LL DO WHAT MITIGATION IS. MITIGATION IS THE ACTION OF REDUCING THE SEVERITY OF HARMFUL EFFECTS OF EXISTING OR POSSIBLE HAZARDS IN MARTIN COUNTY. SO WHAT THIS MEANS REALLY IN SIMPLE, SIMPLE TERMS, IS THERE'S SOMETHING DANGEROUS OUT THERE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO REDUCE THE DANGERS THAT THAT WE FACE, THE VULNERABILITIES THAT WE FACE. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS WHOLE PLAN IS, IS, IS AROUND IS MITIGATING ANY TYPE OF HAZARDS. NEXT, SPEAKING OF HAZARDS, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF HAZARDS. WE'RE EXPERIENCING ONE TODAY AND TOMORROW. AS YOU MIGHT NOTICE, WE ALL HAVE OUR JACKETS ON. 
          EXTREME TEMPERATURES IS ONE OF OUR HAZARDS THAT WE DEAL WITH. YOU DON'T SEE THAT VERY, VERY OFTEN. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT SNOW IN OUR HAZARD LIST. I KNOW THE NORTHERN COUNTIES ARE PROBABLY, LOOK, RELOOKING AT THEIR PLAN AND SAYING, OH, WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO UPDATE THIS. BUT LUCKILY WE DON'T HAVE STORMS IN HERE. SNOW. BUT WE DO HAVE FLOODS. WE DO HAVE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WE DO HAVE HURRICANES. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE YOU KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF OUR WHAT WE THINK OF OUR NUMBER ONE. BUT OUR NUMBER ONE IS REALLY FLOOD. FLOOD IS WHAT WE REALLY DEAL WITH. MORE ON A ON A CONSTANT BASIS. WE DIVIDE THESE HAZARDS INTO NATURAL, TECHNOLOGICAL AND SOCIETAL HAZARDS. SO A COUPLE EXAMPLE OF THE NATURAL HAZARDS ARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FLOODS, HURRICANES, SHORELINE EROSION, ALL THAT STUFF. WE HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL WHICH ARE RADIOLOGICAL. WE HAVE A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SAINT LUCY, WHICH IS CLOSE TO US. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE HAZARDS THAT WE DEAL WITH THAT WE PLAN FOR. WE HAVE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRAINS COMING THROUGH. THERE'S ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN ALONG THE RAILWAYS AND THE ROADWAYS. THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. AND THEN SOCIETAL WE HAVE CIVIL DISTURBANCE. WE HAVE TERRORISM, ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY FUN THINGS. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO MITIGATE, TO REDUCE THE HAZARDS EFFECT ON OUR COMMUNITY. NEXT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS, LIKE I MENTIONED, IT'S A PLAN. WE'RE UPDATING THE PLAN. IT'S EVERY FIVE YEARS BY STATUTE. WE NEED TO UPDATE IT. THE LAST TIME WAS 2020. THIS ONE IS 2025. SO THERE IS A IT'S IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO UPDATE. WE'VE STARTED. MR. NOLAN HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE JULY. I THINK WE STARTED UPDATING THAT PLAN. HE'S BEEN WITH US BEFORE THAT. BUT SINCE THEN WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THE PLAN. IT'S A VERY LONG PROCESS. WE FORMED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THIS. IT'S FORMED BY MARTIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERY JURISDICTION IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS THE MARTIN COUNTY SEAL ON HERE, THIS IS REALLY A COUNTY, GEOGRAPHIC COUNTY PLAN WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF OUR JURISDICTIONS. SO IT'S NOT JUST MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, IT'S ALSO EVERYONE ELSE WHO PARTICIPATES IN THIS. WHAT WE DO IN THE UPDATE IS WE REVISE THE HAZARDS, WE UPDATE THE EVENTS. WE USUALLY 
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HAVE, LIKE A LIST OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED. WE INCLUDE WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. IS THERE ANYTHING NEW WE WANT TO INCLUDE? IS THERE ANYTHING WE WANT TO TAKE OUT? SO WE DID UPDATE OUR HAZARDS. WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM, WHICH WAS NOT ON THE LIST BEFORE. SO WE'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT AS A AS A NEW HAZARD. AND THEN THE OTHER UPDATE THAT WE'RE DOING IS THE PROJECT CRITERIA. PART OF THIS PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, DEFINING THE HAZARDS. BUT THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? SO WE HAVE PROJECTS, WE HAVE A PROJECT LIST. AND THE PROJECT CRITERIA IS HOW IS IT GOING TO BE RATED. WE NEED TO RATE EACH PROJECT TO SEE DOES IT LINE UP WITH OUR OBJECTIVES? IS IT FEASIBLE FINANCIALLY? YOU KNOW, DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO IT WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION? IS THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S OUR PROJECT CRITERIA. AND THEN FINALLY PART OF THE UPDATE IS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, WHICH IS YOU KNOW THIS WE HAVE I'VE BEEN GOING OUT TO DIFFERENT MEETINGS, DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS AND KIND OF SPREADING THE WORD ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE HAVE A SURVEY THAT'S AT THE END. IT'S ON THE ON THE LAST PAGE, I BELIEVE, OF THIS. SO WE ASK OUR PUBLIC FOR FEEDBACK. LIKE WHAT PROJECTS DO YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR, YOUR YOUR VILLAGE OR YOUR TOWN OR YOUR OR YOUR CITY DO. AND THEN WE'LL RELAY THAT TO YOU SO THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAYING, AND THEN INCLUDE SOME IN THE PLAN. POSSIBLY. NEXT SLIDE. SO SPEAKING OF PROJECTS YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, WE HAVE ABOUT 40 ISH ON THE LIST OF ALL THE JURISDICTIONS OF VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN HAS FOUR PROJECTS. AND ACTUALLY, DID YOU KNOW THIS PATRICK NUMBER ONE IS INDIAN TOWN LINCOLN STREET ROADWAY AND DRAINAGE RECONSTRUCTION. WE PRIORITIZE THAT. THAT IS THE NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST. IT MEETS A LOT OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THE COST IS ABOUT 850,000. THAT PROBABLY MIGHT INCREASE. YOU KNOW, DUE TO INFLATION EVERYTHING IS GOING UP. BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL THESE ESTIMATED COSTS ARE THE TOTAL PROJECT. THE REASON WE HAVE PROJECTS ON THE LIST IS SO THAT AS A JURISDICTION, YOU CAN GO AND APPLY FOR GRANTS. SO IF THEY'RE ON THE LIST, YOU CAN APPLY FOR SPECIAL GRANTS THAT REQUIRE THIS PLAN. SO SOMETIMES YOU'RE LOOKING AT PAYING ABOUT 12.5% OF THIS WHOLE COST. THAT WOULD COME OUT OF YOUR OWN BUDGET, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING GRANTS AND APPLYING FOR THOSE. SO THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. 
          THE LIFT STATION GENERATOR FOR 100,000, THE UPTOWN DRAINAGE AND ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR ABOUT 7 MILLION, AND THEN THE VILLAGE HALL HARDENING FOR ABOUT 600,000. SO IF THERE'S ANY MORE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO ADD, YOU HAVE PATRICK, WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THEM TO THE LIST. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ADD THAT, RANK THAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO SO THAT ANYTIME A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY COMES OUT FROM A HAZARD MITIGATION GRANT PROGRAM, THE FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT, THE BRIC GRANT, ALL OF THAT IS JUST READY TO GO. IT'S ON THE LIST AND YOU SUBMIT IT. SO NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. AND THEN HERE'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS THAT I'M HERE IS THE ADOPTION. SO THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK AROUND TO YOU AT SOME POINT. 
          ONCE IT IS APPROVED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA IT WILL BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY. AND THEN EACH JURISDICTION THAT PARTICIPATED IS ALSO GOING TO ADOPT IT. THIS IS A COPY OF YOUR PREVIOUS ADOPTION FOR THE 2020. YOU SIGNED IT IN FEBRUARY OF 2021. JUST BECAUSE THE ADOPTION WAS IN DECEMBER. AND IT JUST KIND OF TOOK A LITTLE WHILE. SO JUST LOOK FOR THAT TO COME BACK AROUND FOR YOU GUYS TO ADOPT THE COUNTY PLAN, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO REVIEW THE DRAFT. THE CURRENT PLAN IS ALREADY ON OUR WEBSITE, SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN AND KNOWING WHAT WHAT'S IN IT, IT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE ONLINE. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE OUR QR CODE, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO REACH THAT SURVEY THAT I MENTIONED FOR PUBLIC INPUT. AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION FOR YOU. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS. NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR. MISS BARBARA 
          [PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]
CLOWDUS. WELCOME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BARBARA CLOWDUS. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE VILLAGE OF 
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INDIANTOWN. THE FIRST THING I NOTICED WAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN EVENING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COMMENT. WE STARTED OUR MEETINGS EARLIER AT 6:00, AND I REALLY HOPED THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER HAVING A TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T GET HERE IN TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, IT CAN BE SET UP LIKE THE COUNTY DOES A DESIGNATED TIME AND OR AT THE END OF THE MEETING, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. WHAT I REALLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, THOUGH, ARE THE SIRENS, THE EMERGENCY ALERT SIRENS. WHEN LINDA NICCUM FIRST BROUGHT THAT UP, I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, HOLY COW, THAT'S 20TH CENTURY TECHNOLOGY, AND WE'RE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. HOWEVER, HURRICANE MILTON CHANGED MY MIND. THERE ARE SO MANY TORNADOES AND I THINK THERE'S NOT A SOUL IN FLORIDA THAT WILL NOT ADMIT THAT OUR CLIMATE REGARDING HURRICANES, THE FREQUENCY OF HURRICANES, THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANES, FREQUENCY OF TORNADOES, WE USED TO NOT EVER SEE A TORNADO OUTSIDE OF THE HURRICANE ITSELF. NOW WE'RE SEEING TORNADOES BEFORE HURRICANES ARRIVE. THE VILLAGE OF WELLINGTON WAS HIT VERY HARD BY TORNADOES. THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM, DIGITAL ON THE PHONES. A LOT OF THEIR RESIDENTS NEVER GOT NOTIFIED, NOAH SAID. WELL, WE SENT THE ALERT. EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. BUT DOZENS AND DOZENS OF RESIDENTS WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THEY SAID. IN RESPONSE TO WHY RESIDENTS WOULD NOT GET THAT NOTIFICATION, OUTDATED PHONES WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE. REASON. NUMBER TWO, THE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROGRAM FOR ALERTS. I CAN BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU'RE SIGNING UP FOR IT. PEOPLE START TO IGNORE THE ALERTS BECAUSE THEY'VE SIGNED UP FOR EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY ALERT THERE IS. THERE. THE CELL TOWERS COULD HAVE BEEN DAMAGED. THEY CAN BE DAMAGED BY WIND. THEY COULD ALSO LOSE POWER. AND IN THAT CASE, WELL JUST DRIVE INTO STUART. WE HAVE DEAD ZONES. YOU'D WIND UP WITH A DEAD ZONE. IS THAT ALREADY THREE MINUTES? ALL RIGHT. WELLINGTON IS CONSIDERING SIRENS. BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS. 
          WHY DO EVERY SINGLE SOLITARY NUCLEAR PLANT IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE A SIREN? THEY DON'T RELY ON DIGITAL ALERTS. SIRENS GET HEARD. OKAY, THANKS. I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT. ANYBODY ELSE? NO, SIR. OKAY. MOVING ON. COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY 
          [COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
COMMENTS? WE'LL START ON THAT END. OKAY. I LOVE IT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING. I WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALSO TO TELL YOU WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. FIRST OF ALL, THE HOUSING SOLUTION COUNCIL HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOP. 
          IT'S FEBRUARY THE 20TH AT 6 P.M. IN THIS ROOM. IT'S FEBRUARY THE 20TH AT 6 P.M. IT'S CALLED THE HOUSING SOLUTION COUNCIL HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOP. WE HAVE NEW HOMES COMING, BUT ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO BUY THEM? ARE YOU READY TO BUY THEM OR ARE YOU EVEN READY TO RENT ONE? SO WE HAD A WORKSHOP THANKS TO OUR MAYOR. WE HAD AN INITIAL WORKSHOP. THESE ARE FOLLOW UPS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUR COMMUNITY READY TO BUY, PURCHASE AND OR RENT THE HOMES THAT ARE BECOMING AVAILABLE. THE HOMES ARE COMING, THEY'RE READY. BUT ARE WE? SO WE HOPE TO SEE AT LEAST A FEW PEOPLE TWO, THREE, 4 OR 5. I'LL TAKE 15. THAT'LL BE GREAT. FEBRUARY THE 20TH AT 6 P.M. 
          TODAY I ATTENDED THE MARTIN COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT ORIENTATION, WHICH IS 
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WHERE A GROUP OF COMMUNITY LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE, FIGURE OUT WHAT EACH COMMUNITY WANTS AND OR NEEDS AND WHERE WE ARE ON THE ON THE STATUS BOARD. SO ONCE I GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM THAT WORKSHOP, I'LL BRING IT IN AND IT CAN BE SEEN AND WE CAN SHARE IT THIS JANUARY 16TH, WHICH WAS LAST THURSDAY, I ATTENDED THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICER INSTALLATION DINNER. SINCE I AM THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE VILLAGE AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, NOW, SATURDAY, NOT TOMORROW, THAT'S FRIDAY. THE NEXT DAY IS SATURDAY. I TOWN, MY TOWN IS HAVING OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP AT 7 A.M. IT WILL BE NICE AND CHILLY, SO MAYBE WE'LL MOVE A LITTLE FASTER AND GET MORE PAPER PICKED UP AND MORE CANS CLEANED UP AND GET STARTED WITH THAT. 
          BUT THAT IS AT 7 A.M. YOU HAVE TWO LOCATIONS WHERE YOU COULD MEET. IT IS A COMMUNITY PRIDE CLEANUP DAY. IT WILL BEGIN AT 7 A.M. YOU CAN EITHER MEET AT POST PARK AND SIGN UP, GRAB YOUR BAGS, ALL OF YOUR TOOLS, GET YOUR CUP OF COFFEE OR SOME HOT CHOCOLATE, OR YOU CAN MEET AT THE BOOKER PARK REC CENTER OR OLD FIRE DEPARTMENT. SAME THING. GET COFFEE, HOT CHOCOLATE BAGS, GRIPS, ANYTHING ELSE YOU MAY NEED TO GET STARTED SO WE CAN CLEAN UP. WE GENERALLY DONE BY 11, 11, 15. AFTER THAT YOU CAN GRAB A BREAKFAST, ENJOY THAT OR YOU CAN EAT IT AND RUN. WE NEED THE HELP. OUR COMMUNITY WILL APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE, SO PLEASE COME OUT FOR THAT ON THIS SATURDAY AT 7 A.M. NOW, SUNDAY AT 2 P.M. COME OUT. RELAX. THE WEATHER SHOULD BE ABOUT 7072 DEGREES. THE MUSIC WILL BE NICE. IT IS STILL. DRUMS COME OUT. SHAKE A LEG OR TWO. IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LEG, SHAKE THAT ONE. GOT ONE ARM, SHAKE THAT ONE. BUT COME OUT AND ENJOY THE COMMUNITY. ENJOY AND MEET YOUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S A FREE EVENT. WE'LL HAVE VENDORS THERE SO YOU CAN PURCHASE FOOD IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE OR PURCHASE SOMETHING TO DRINK. IT IS ALSO A BEER. BYOB ON SUNDAY. DON'T. WE DON'T NEED BYOB ON SATURDAY. WE NEED YOUR BODY AND YOUR MIND. 
          READY TO PICK UP SOME PAPER ON SATURDAY, BUT ON SUNDAY COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. VICE MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR MAYOR AND VILLAGE MANAGER FOR ATTENDING INDIAN TOWN HIGH SCHOOL'S FIRST GRADUATION LAST THURSDAY. IT WAS A GREAT TURNOUT, GREAT EVENT, AND LOOKING FORWARD TO ANOTHER GRADUATION FOR YEARS TO COME. COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. THANK YOU. OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. 
          SOMETHING ELSE. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. THANK YOU. OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, BUT I THINK I'D LIKE TO DO IT DURING OUR DISCUSSION. AT THE END OF THE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA DURING DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO I'LL DEFER ANY COMMENT TILL THEN. SO 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]
ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON. I NEED A APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA, A MOTION I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE AGENDA. OKAY. SECOND OKAY. MOTION MADE BY. SECOND BY BERNSTEIN PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? HI. HI. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A 
          [CONSENT AGENDA]
MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY, I'LL SECOND IT FIRST BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. SECOND BY WATERS. BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. OKAY. ALL AGAINST. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [4.  Piggybacking a Contract for Building Official Plan Review and Inspection Services and Adoption of Fees
]
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PIGGYBACK CONTRACT FOR BUILDING REVIEW AND INSPECTION. YES. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. AS STATED IN THE SUMMARY OF THE ITEM, WE HAD A MEETING WITH RYAN HOLMES, WHO IS ONE OF THE BUILDERS THAT TERRA LAGO IS, HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH. AND THEY 
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APPROACHED US, THE VILLAGE, WANTING TO HIRE A PRIVATE BUILDING OFFICIAL FIRM THAT COULD DO THEIR INSPECTIONS AND THEIR REVIEWS, AND THEY ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE INDIVIDUAL WITH THEM TO OUR MEETING. THROUGH OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE GENTLEMAN REPRESENTING THIS. IT'S CALLED CAP GOVERNMENT INCORPORATED, OR WE JUST REFERRED TO THEM AS CAP HE. HE INDICATED TO US THAT HE HAD OTHER MUNICIPAL CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND WE FEEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING WHEN WE START GETTING REALLY GOING. RYAN HOMES TOLD US THEY COULD BE DOING POSSIBLY 30 HOMES A MONTH. SO WE NEED TO BE PREPARED. SO THIS IS JUST A REQUEST TO PIGGYBACK. ON TO THAT CONTRACT AND THEN ALSO ADDRESS OUR FEES SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING THE EXPENSES THAT WE COULD INCUR. SO I MEAN, WE SEE THIS AS A POSITIVE MOVE. WE COULD ALSO IN FACT TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW BUSY OUR PERMITTING TECHNICIANS ARE GOING TO START GETTING. AND THEY ALSO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES. AND WE'LL KEEP MARTIN COUNTY AS A BACKUP. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION I HAVE A QUESTION. SO THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT RYAN HOMES. THIS IS TOTAL SEPARATE. YES, MA'AM. IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COMPANY. THEY THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE SERVICES TO BELLE GLADE, PAHOKEE, PALM BAY AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES LIKE THAT. SO IT'S A COMPLETELY SEPARATE COMPANY. AND SO THIS WOULD THE REAL BENEFIT TO US WOULD BE WHAT. WELL, THE PIGGYBACK I UNDERSTAND THAT PORTION OF IT. HE'S GOING TO BE OUR INSPECTOR FOR THE VILLAGE. SO HE'S DOING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE. SO REALLY IT'S JUST STREAMLINES THE PROCESS IN MY OPINION. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE RYAN HOMES GETTING A BUILDING. THEY'LL PAY THE BILL. RYAN HOMES WILL, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PERSON. AND THEN THE VILLAGE SEPARATE PERSON HAS A SEPARATE PERSON. AND SO HE'LL KEEP THE SAME STANDARDS THAT WE'RE. OKAY. SO THEY'LL BE WORKING NOT DIRECTLY FOR THE VILLAGE, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE VILLAGE. CORRECT. RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE VILLAGE MANAGER. SECOND. MOTION FIRST IS MADE. THE MOTION IS MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS FULMER. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WATERS BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. 
          PASS UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. NEXT IS THE APPROVAL OF SECOND AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPER AGREEMENT WITH SKY 
          [5.  Approval of Second Amendment to Developer Agreement with Skyfarm Strategic Capital LLC
]
FARM STRATEGIC CAPITAL, LLC. THANK YOU. MAYOR. I'LL BE HANDLING THAT ONE. COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. THIS ITEM, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, IS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO A DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT. A LEGACY WATER AND WASTEWATER DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT. AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE VILLAGE IS THE SUCCESSOR TO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WATER AND WASTEWATER DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT THAT WERE ENTERED INTO BY THE INDIAN TOWN COMPANY. THOSE WERE ENTERED INTO BACK IN THE TIME WHEN IT WAS WHEN THE UTILITY WAS INVESTOR OWNED, AND THEREFORE SUBJECT TO THE REGULATION OF THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF LANGUAGE IN THOSE IN THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT INDICATED ALL OF THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, REFERENCED A LOT OF POWER GIVEN TO THE FLORIDA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION AND SO ON IN DETERMINATIONS IN THAT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT TO THAT DEVELOPER AGREEMENT. IT DOES A COUPLE OF THINGS. IT GOES THROUGH AND UPDATES EVERYTHING TO CLARIFY THAT. NOW IT'S IN VILLAGE OWNERSHIP. IT'S NOT SUBJECT TO ANY OF THAT, THAT THE SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO OUR RULES. SO IT JUST MAKES THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR IN DOING THAT. AND IT ALSO FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, IT'S A VERY GOOD THING. IT AS THIS BUTTONS UP GETTING THEM CURRENT ON THEIR GUARANTEED REVENUE PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS LIKE OUR CURRENT DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS. 
          THERE ARE OBLIGATIONS FOR FOLKS WHO HAVE RESERVE CAPACITY INTO THE FUTURE TO PAY AN AMOUNT EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE THEY ARE RESERVING SOME OF THAT CAPACITY THAT CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ELSE. AND SO IT KEEPS THE SYSTEM AFLOAT AS A RESULT OF KIND OF SOME BILLING ISSUES IN THE PAST. THEY'RE IN ARREARS AT THIS POINT. GETTING THIS ALL SIGNED UP WILL GET A LITTLE OVER $161,000 PAID IN TO 
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THE OF GUARANTEED REVENUE PAYMENTS. GET THEM ALL CURRENT AND HAVE THEM ON A GOOD ANNUAL SCHEDULE TO KEEP PAYING. SO WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPERS AGREEMENT WITH SKY FARM STRATEGIC CAPITAL. I'M GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO HOW MUCH DO THEY GET? HOW MUCH DOES THEIR PAYMENT THE TOTAL PAYMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING TO BRING IT CURRENT IS 161,280. AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING THE CURRENT GUARANTEED REVENUE PAYMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR IN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER FEES. OKAY. ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION. YES. MR. VOICE, FORGIVE ME, WHEN WAS THE FIRST READING IF THIS IS THE SECOND ONE, WHEN WAS THE FIRST ONE? DID I SAY NO? THE SECOND? NO. THE SECOND. I'M SO SORRY. THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. IT'S. AND IT'S REFERENCED AS A SECOND AMENDMENT HERE BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPER AGREEMENT HAD BEEN AMENDED IN THE PAST BACK IN LIKE THE LATE 90S OR EARLY 2000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THERE WAS AN ORIGINAL ONE, AND THEN THERE WAS A FIRST AMENDMENT TO IT. THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT TO IT. IT'S JUST THE WAY. SO IT'S NOT A CHANGE. YEAH. NO, I'M SO SORRY. YEAH. THIS ISN'T SUBJECT TO TWO READINGS. IT'S JUST APPROVED. 
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
          SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE OKAY. OKAY. PASS UNANIMOUSLY. 
          [6.  Application No. SP-25-002 - Approving a Minor Modification to a Previously Approved Major Site Plan for River Oak Residential Development
]
NEXT UP, APPLICATION NUMBER SB 25 002. I GOT YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. DENA FREEMAN WITH THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN APPLICATION THAT'S REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN APPROVAL BACK IN JUNE 2023 FOR THE RIVER OAK DEVELOPMENT. IT'S A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT AS A RESULT OF A CONDITION THAT WAS ATTACHED TO A RESOLUTION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN VILLAGE COUNCIL APPROVED MAJOR SITE PLAN BACK IN THE DAY. SO FIRST SLIDE JUST IS THE TITLE RIVER OAK SITE PLAN AMENDMENT. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSAL. RIVER OAK FERNWOOD HOLDINGS LLC, SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE VILLAGE COUNCIL FOR THE RIVER OAKS SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL AND DETAILS AND DESIGN DETAILS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITION INCLUDED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER ZERO SIX. DASH 2023, APPROVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL MARCH 9TH, 2023. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS A PROPERTY LOCATION DEPICTED IN YELLOW IN RELATION TO THE OVERALL BOUNDARY OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. THE SITE HAS BEEN CLEARED THEM ALMOST COMPLETE WITH THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ABOUT TO PULL BUILDING PERMITS FOR GOING VERTICAL. BUT ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WAS INCLUDED WAS THAT THEY HAD TO COME BACK TO THE VILLAGE COUNCIL TO BASICALLY SHOW THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS AND SOME RENDERINGS AND SOME FLOOR PLANS. SO NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW YOU THE PROPERTY LOCATION OFFERS SOUTHWEST FAMILY BOULEVARD JUST FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT. IT'S DEPICTED IN YELLOW. IT'S AN ACREAGE OF 55.1907 ACRES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND JUST DOING THE PLANNING BIT. IT'S OBVIOUSLY CONFIRMING THE FUTURE LAND USE IS SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL CONFIRM THAT THE ENTIRE PROJECT IS LIMITED 
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RESIDENTIAL. AND THERE WAS A LAND USE AND A ZONING CHANGE THAT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS BACK IN THE DAY. IT WAS THREE LAND USE AND ZONING. AND NOW IT'S JUST THE CLEAN LIMITED RESIDENTIAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS A RIVER OAKS SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED. THERE HAS BEEN TWO MINOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENTS THAT WERE NOT REQUIRED TO COME BEFORE THE VILLAGE COUNCIL. BUT WHAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT CONDITION WAS THAT WE BRING BACK TO SHOW YOU AS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT THESE ELEVATIONS. SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN APPROVED. 
          THIS WAS A RESOLUTION JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS BEFORE AND ADOPTED AND RECORDED. AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS THE SPECIFIC CONDITION THAT WE'RE HERE FOR THAT BASICALLY, THEY CAN'T ACTUALLY GET BUILDING PERMITS FOR THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS UNTIL THE VILLAGE COUNCIL APPROVES A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, INCLUDING ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS AND COLOR RENDERINGS OF THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS. THE FREESTANDING IDENTIFICATION SIGNS AND STREET LIGHT POLES ARE NOT APPLICABLE AT THIS POINT. THE ACTUAL STREET LIGHT STREET LIGHTING WAS APPROVED PRIOR TO THIS RESOLUTION, BUT IT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS AND THE SIGNS THEY'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING THOSE AT A BUILDING PERMIT STAGE. THEY'RE NOT HERE TO PROVIDE ANY MONUMENT SIGNS AT THIS POINT. SO NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS. THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TODAY. AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK IN A MOMENT. BUT THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WE GOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF THE OVERALL ELEVATIONS AND THEN WE PROVIDE SOME MORE DETAILS. 
          THIS WAS ALL INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO GO THROUGH LIKE 50 SLIDES OF ARCHITECTURE FOR YOU. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS JUST IS A ZOOMED IN OF THE ELEVATIONS OF THE HARRISBURG TYPE UNIT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED BY LEONARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND AGAIN THIS IS LIKE A SHOW AND TELL. WE'RE SHOWING YOU THE ELEVATIONS. BASICALLY THIS IS THE HARTFORD ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS FRONT AND REAR ELEVATION DETAILS AND A ROOF PLAN. NEXT SLIDE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT JACARANDA. THANK YOU. THERE'S SOME INTERESTING NAMES, BUT THERE'S THE ARCHITECT. ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS FOR THAT PARTICULAR PRODUCT. NEXT SLIDE. AND THIS IS KEY LARGO. IT'S AN EASIER ONE TO PRONOUNCE. AND IT'S SHOWING YOU THE DETAILS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS SOME OF THE COLOR RENDERINGS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THAT GIVE YOU. IT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO VISUALIZE WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. 
          SO THIS IS THE MULTIPLE. AND ALL OF THIS HAS BEEN DESIGNED. AND IT WILL BE REVIEWED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED SITE PLAN AND OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS AND THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODES. JUST TO MAKE IT REALLY CLEAR, THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE SITE PLAN. IT'S JUST SHOWING YOU WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BUILD VERTICALLY. AND THIS IS IT. AGAIN, SOME OF THE COLOR RENDERINGS. AND THIS WAS JUST TO SHOW YOU THAT THE LIGHTING PLAN IT SAYS A PROBE BUT IT SHOULD SAY APPROVED LIGHTING PLAN FOR RIVER OAK. JUST TO GIVE YOU A FEW SNAPSHOTS. THAT WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE. BUT IT IS ON RECORD AND WAS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE APPROVED RESOLUTION BACK IN THE DAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS THE STREET LIGHTING POLE FIXTURES. JUST BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF THAT CONDITION I WANTED TO SHOW YOU IT ACTUALLY WAS APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE FLOOR PLANS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT JUST TO SHOW THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO SHOW THE VARIATIONS IN THE AND THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND THE FLOOR PLANS. AND THEN THE REVIEW CRITERIA FOR A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT IS 12 DASH EIGHT EIGHT. THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN REVIEWED AGAINST THAT. AND CONDITION NUMBER THREE ATTACHED TO THAT RESOLUTION THAT WAS REFERENCED. SO BASICALLY IT'S WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REQUEST THE VILLAGE COUNCIL APPROVE AS A SITE PLAN AMENDMENT, THE DETAILS REGARDING ARCHITECTURAL ELEVATIONS AND RENDERINGS. AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. IF YOU GOT ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE READY TO PRESENT. I KNOW I'M JUST MESSING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHO. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPEECH. OR DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? ACTUALLY UPDATE ON THE PROJECT ACTUALLY COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE AND WHAT YOU HAVE NOW, THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT YOU GOT NOW, IS THERE NOT? YES, YES, THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. WE DID, WE CAN YOU REALLY QUICK CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR TRANSCRIPTION? HAROLD JAMES RUSBRIDGE. EVERYONE CALLS ME JAMIE AND I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR RIVER OAK. OKAY. SO GOING BACK IN TIME, THE FIRST APPLICATION HAD. ARCHITECTURAL 
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ELEVATIONS AND SOME RENDERINGS THAT WAS DONE BY AN ARCHITECT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION. AND WE EXPLAINED TO THE VILLAGE TEAM AT THE TIME THAT THIS IS SOMETHING TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, BUT WE WERE SO FAR, WE'RE STARTING THE PROCESS, WE'RE SO FAR ALONG, WE WEREN'T FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS. WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A REAL PLAN FOR BUILDING HOUSES ON THE FOURTH FLOOR PLANS THE FOOTPRINTS. THAT'S HOW THIS AMENDMENT CAME INTO THE DEVELOPMENT ORDER. SO IT WAS KIND OF KIND OF PREMATURE AT THE FRONT END. NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO BEING ABLE TO BE ABLE TO PULL BUILDING PERMITS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE ACCOMPLISHED TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR OR TO BE ABLE TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT FROM THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? JAMIE, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE FOR? I AM TRYING TO GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED, AND I'M PROBABLY 2 TO 3 WEEKS AWAY FROM THAT TO BE ABLE TO RECORD THE PLAT. ONCE THE PLAT IS RECORDED, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN THE ABILITY TO ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT. OKAY. AND WE ARE PRETTY CLOSE TO GETTING PLANS SUBMITTED OR LET'S SAY PLANS GETTING BUILDING PERMITS SUBMITTED TO THE VILLAGE. BUT THE BIG REQUIREMENT IS BEING ABLE TO GET BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, WHICH MEANS I HAVE TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLED. SO WE HAVE 30 GUYS OUT THERE WORKING DAILY TRYING TO GET IT DONE, AND WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE, PRETTY CLOSE. AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY CAN'T WE ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT? AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE CONDITION IN THE APPROVAL FOR THE RESOLUTION ACTUALLY SAID THAT ISSUED. WE CANNOT ACTUALLY ISSUE A BUILDING PERMIT UNTIL THE PLAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AND RECORDED. WHO SAID THAT THAT WAS APPROVED IN THE RESOLUTION IN OH 623. THAT WAS ACTUALLY LANGUAGE IN THE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION PRIOR TO ME BEING HERE. BUT ORDINARILY AS A PLAT, YOU WOULD HAVE THAT IN PLACE TO PROTECT. YOU'D EITHER BOND OR YOU'D HAVE THE PLAT RECORDED TO PROTECT ANYBODY BUYING THAT. ANY OF THOSE LOTS. REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE BEING COMPLETELY COMPLETED. SO THEY'RE NOT BUYING A LOT. AND THEN SOMEBODY NOT THAT JAMIE'S GOING TO DO THIS, BUT IF SOMEBODY RAN OFF AND DIDN'T FINISH THE ROADS OR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THERE'S A SAFEGUARD IN PLACE. THAT'S THAT FLORIDA STATE STATUTE AND IT'S JUST BEEN CARRIED DOWN. IT'S NOT STAFF PREVIOUS STAFF ISSUE. IT'S KIND OF WHAT IS CONSISTENT. YOU EITHER GET A BOND OR YOU COMPLETE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE YOU GO VERTICAL. THAT'S JUST HOW IT WORKS. AND JAMIE AND THE APPLICANT TEAM HAVE ASKED THAT, CAN WE JUST WE'RE ALMOST THERE RATHER THAN PUT UP QUITE A LARGE SUM OF MONEY BASED ON THE OVERALL PROJECT. AND WE'VE ONLY GOT THIS AMOUNT OF WORK TO DO. 
          WHY DON'T WE JUST HOLD OFF ON RECORDING THAT PLAT AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH THAT, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS IS A 3 TO 5 OR 5 TO 7 DAY TURNAROUND. THEY'RE GOING TO CATCH UP ON THE BUILDING PERMIT SIDE OF IT. THEY KNOW THAT WE'RE READY TO PREPARE REVIEW FOR THOSE. IT'S JUST A CONDITION THAT REALLY IS CONSISTENT WITH HOW WE ORDINARILY HANDLE PLATS ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW. SO WE'RE WE'RE GETTING THERE WITH THEM. AND THAT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE THAT WE NEED TO COMPLY WITH BECAUSE IT WAS ADOPTED AND RECORDED AS A RESOLUTION. SO THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT EASIER. NO, NOT WITHOUT REVISITING THAT. AND THEY'RE SO CLOSE RIGHT NOW. AND YEAH, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST HIM. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE. WELL, ORDINARILY THERE'S A REQUIREMENT AND IT'S IN OUR CODE RIGHT NOW FOR 100% SURETY. IF YOU'VE NOT IF YOU'RE NOT AT THE POINT WHERE YOU'VE COMPLETED ALL OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO IT'S JUST TO KIND OF CHICKEN AND EGG SITUATION. AND THAT CODE WAS IN THERE TO SAFEGUARD ANYBODY. AND IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WHEN I'VE LOOKED INTO IT MORE DETAIL. IT'S KIND OF STANDARD APPROACH. 
          WE'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. WE'RE HELPING IN EFFECT, THE DETAILS THAT ARE REQUIRED NOW SHOULD BE REQUIRED NOW RATHER THAN A FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL, BECAUSE OFTEN YOU JUST YOU'VE GOT LINES AND LOTS, BUT YOU'VE NOT ACTUALLY GOT A HOUSE ON EACH OF THOSE LOTS AND A PRODUCT TYPE. SO IN THAT RESPECT THAT WE CAN NEXT ONE, WE DON'T REQUIRE THAT IN A SITE PLAN APPROVAL. 
          BUT THE PLAT IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. SO WE COULD AVOID THIS IN FUTURE BY NOT HAVING THAT CONDITION IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TONIGHT. BUT YOU KNOW, JAMIE'S BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING AND IT IS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT WAS A CONDITION IN THAT ORIGINAL APPROVAL. OKAY, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE IN PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          APPRECIATE YOU. MAKE A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY. MAKE A MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN BROWN. SECOND. 
          SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. PASS UNANIMOUSLY. THANK 
          [7.  Annual Performance Evaluation for Village Manager
]
YOU. OKAY. NEXT UP IS THE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR VILLAGE MANAGER. YES. I PUT THIS 
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ON THE AGENDA LAST YEAR WHEN MY ANNIVERSARY CAME ABOUT THERE. THE COUNCIL THEN, AND I RECOGNIZE IT'S A DIFFERENT COUNCIL GAVE ME THE DIRECTION AND MADE A DECISION THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE. THE VILLAGE MANAGER EVALUATED EVERY YEAR ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY. SO I'VE PUT THIS ON THERE FOR THAT REASON, BECAUSE IT WAS IN OUR MINUTES AND DULY REFLECTED. I DIDN'T PROVIDE YOU WITH A FORM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I, I DID NOT HAVE FORMAL EVALUATIONS WHEN I WORKED AT MARTIN COUNTY. I MAKE THE ARGUMENT, I GET EVALUATED EVERY TWO WEEKS. SO BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I'M SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE HERE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING TODAY. SO I JUST I ELABORATE IN HERE ON SOME THINGS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY FIXED OR TAKEN CARE OF SINCE I STARTED HERE. IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE TWO YEARS HAS GONE BY. BUT ON JANUARY 13TH AND 2023 WAS WHEN I WAS OFFICIALLY PLACED INTO THE POSITION. SO I APPRECIATE FEEDBACK. I, I ONE THING I DID ALLUDE TO IN HERE SOMETIMES COMMUNICATION I LACK IN COMMUNICATION. I'M NOT AN OVER COMMUNICATOR, BUT YOU KNOW, UNTIL I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO HAVE FOR INFORMATION, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO. SO I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE AREA WHERE I PROBABLY STRUGGLE JUST BECAUSE THAT'S MY NATURE. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I EVALUATE YOU EVERY WEEK. 
          I MEAN, I'M IN YOUR OFFICE A LOT. I'M IN THIS BUILDING A LOT, AND. YOU KNOW, I YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT. I MEAN, LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THAT I ASKED HER, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND SHE TOLD ME WHY SHE WAS DOING IT. AND BECAUSE AND WE WOULD NOT BE WHERE WE ARE TODAY IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF KRISTA, THAT I CAN TELL YOU, GUARANTEED. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING DOWN THE TURNPIKE HERE. AND HER CREDIBILITY. HER WORD AND HER RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE COUNTY AND WAY BEYOND THE COUNTY. IS A BIG DEAL. IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR ME, AND IT SHOULD BE A BIG DEAL FOR THIS VILLAGE, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE IF WE HAD NOT BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET HER, WHICH WAS IT WAS CLOSE, WE WOULD BE HAVING A DIFFERENT DISCUSSION TODAY. SO I THANK YOU AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN A PLUS. THANKS. I'M NOT GIVING YOU A RAISE THOUGH. I'M NOT ASKING FOR A RAISE. SO NO, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. AND THE STAFF I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF IS A REFLECTION OF YOU'RE AT THE TOP, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE A FOOTBALL TEAM, YOU KNOW, THAT COACH EVEN GOT FIRED THIS LAST WEEK, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, BUT THE COACH IS WE HAVE A TEAM HERE THAT IS WORKING REALLY HARD. AND EVERY TIME I COME IN HERE, I KNOW YOU ALL NEED HELP. AND WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE PEOPLE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THERE. HOPEFULLY WITH YOUR THE STUDY THAT YOU'RE DOING, WE CAN GET THE PAY UP A LITTLE BIT AND GET SOME QUALITY, SOME MORE QUALITY PEOPLE IN HERE TO HELP THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE WE ALREADY HAVE. SO I APPRECIATE IT, I THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? YES. I WAS JUST THINKING FOR THE PUBLIC REVIEW, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO PUT TOGETHER A ALLOCUTION OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS YEAR, NOT ALL THE WAY BACK? I KNOW YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF STUFF, AND YOU ARE VERY APPROACHABLE. AND YOU ARE. WHEN I CALL, YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE. BUT JUST I WAS JUST THINKING, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW, THEY THINK THEY MAY KNOW AND THEY AND THEY MAY NOT HAVE A TRUE SENSE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE OFF A LITTLE BIT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOTHING FORMAL. I'M JUST THINKING, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO FROM THEN TO NOW? JUST ONE YEAR OF ALLOCUTION OF THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED JUST SO PEOPLE WILL SEE. AND EVEN WITH WITH US, THE COUNCIL WOULD KNOW, LIKE, WOW. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE COME TO THESE 
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MEETINGS SOMETIME AFTER THE MEETING, YOU KIND OF FORGET STUFF. BUT YOU KNOW, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE HELPED ME. YEAH, WELL I DID I DID INDICATE A COUPLE OF THINGS WITHIN THE BODY OF THE AGENDA ITEM. AND, AND I DON'T KEEP TRACK. I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF MY PROBLEM. I WE'RE JUST HERE TO GET A JOB DONE AND WE'RE GETTING IT DONE. 
          AND WITHOUT THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE, WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING ANY OF THESE. SO IT'S NOT IT'S NOT MY ACCOMPLISHMENT. IT'S OUR ACCOMPLISHMENT. SO IT'S HOW AND YOU KNOW, WE MISS MCBRIDE AND I WERE JUST TALKING THE OTHER DAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MANAGER'S REPORT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNICATION DEVICES THAT WE CAN START UTILIZING TO BETTER GET THE WORD OUT, IF THAT WOULD HELP. BUT I THINK SOME OF THE BIGGEST ONES, WE REALIZE THAT NONE OF THE ORDINANCES THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED WERE CODIFIED. MISS MCBRIDE WAS ABLE TO STUMBLE ON THAT, IF YOU WILL, BY. SHE WAS DOWN SHADOWING WITH THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA. SO SHE'S WORKING TO GET ALL THOSE UP TO SPEED. WE ALSO HAD SOME CONTRACTS WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ORIGINAL SIGNED CONTRACTS ON OUR WEBSITE, OR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE, SO SHE'S BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING, TRYING TO CLEAN THAT STUFF UP. SO I THINK IT GOES BACK TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING. WE'RE GIVING THE EMPLOYEES THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOB. 
          RIGHT IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENT I CAN THINK I CAN MAKE, BECAUSE IT GETS THE JOB DONE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. 
          YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW TERENCE IS A GREAT LEADER. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LEADING THE STAFF. 
          YOU KNOW, I COME IN HERE WHEN IT'S COUNCIL WEEK MEETING, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU'RE. I'M TRYING TO CATCH YOU AND YOU'RE ALWAYS BUSY, BUT YOU'RE DOING THE GREAT THINGS FOR INDIAN TOWN. AS I COULD SEE THIS WEEK, I ALSO GAVE YOU AN A PLUS. THANK YOU. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR THE VILLAGE. I'M FORTUNATE. ANYTHING I HAVE A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. SO, TARYN, YOU DID AN EVALUATION, A SELF-EVALUATION. NO, NO, I DIDN'T. NO, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. LIKE I SAID, I HADN'T DONE THIS BEFORE. I COULD HAVE PULLED UP SOME OF THE PRIOR ONES THAT THE COUNCIL DID, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF THAT WAS EFFECTIVE. I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE FORMS THAT WE USE. THEY WERE TWO DIFFERENT FORMS. ONE WAS A LONG FORM AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS A LITTLE SHORT. ONE PAGE FORM. FOR 2022. THERE WAS ONE FOR 2021, THERE'S ONE FOR 2022. WE CAN ALL GIVE YOU ACCOLADES AND COMPLIMENTS AND I THINK YOU'VE DONE WELL. BUT EVERY CEO NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED. A WRITTEN EVALUATION. AND FOR ME, I THINK EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS TO SIT DOWN AND EVALUATE YOU. AN HONEST EVALUATION OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE. NOT THAT IT'S BAD OR GOOD. I JUST THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A WRITTEN EVALUATION SO THAT IT'S IN THE RECORD AND IT'S IN THE FILE. SO WHEN THE NEXT TURN COMES, YOU HAVE SOMETHING. NOW THIS IS WHERE SHE WAS LAST YEAR. WHERE IS SHE THIS YEAR? SOME EVALUATION LIKE THAT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. BUT I THINK EVERY LEGITIMATE BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT, THE CEO IS EVALUATED. SO I REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO DO AN EVALUATION, A WRITTEN EVALUATION. WE HAVE ON SAUGER THAT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS. HI. HI EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. YES, I AGREE THAT MOST CEOS HAVE. EVALUATIONS. WE HAVE EVALUATIONS IN MY POSITION AT SCHOOL. AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR IF THERE WAS EVER ANY ALLEGATIONS THAT CAME BACK THAT WE HAVE A RECORD OF THE FACT THAT THE JOB IS BEING DONE PROPERLY. SO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD SET UP A CERTAIN DATE AND TIME BY WHICH EACH OF US DOES A SHORT FORM EVALUATION ON THE JOB. IN ALL OF THE JOBS THAT WE NEED TO EVALUATE FOR RUNNING THE VILLAGE. THANK YOU. BUT WE'VE GOT TO CHOOSE A VEHICLE IN WHICH TO DO THAT, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE REVIEW THE FORMS THAT YOU WERE PREVIOUSLY SPEAKING ABOUT, AND MAYBE CREATE ONE FROM THOSE IF THEY SEEM TO BE ADEQUATE. OR WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND CREATE ONE FOR 
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OURSELVES. VICE MAYOR. OKAY, KAREN, HOW LONG WERE YOU THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR MARTIN COUNTY? 13 YEARS. AND YOU SAID THAT YOU'D NEVER INITIALLY. HOW DOES IT WORK? THAT'S GOING TO BE MY QUESTION. I MEAN. WELL, TO BE QUITE FRANK, I MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED IS THEY DID THEY WERE DOING PUBLIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS AS A COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, BUT THEY, THEY THE COMMISSION BECAME UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION OUT IN PUBLIC. AND SO THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. AND SO WE BACKED OFF AND IT DIDN'T CONTINUE. SO I MAY HAVE HAD A COUPLE AT THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE I WAS INTERIM AT FIRST FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, BECAUSE I WASN'T SURE I WANTED TO BE THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 
          THEN WHEN I DECIDED, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S WHEN THEY JUST DROPPED IT AND DECIDED THEY WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY DO THEM NOW. I HAVEN'T CHECKED, BUT IT JUST GOT TO THE POINT. ONE TIME I CAN REMEMBER I HAD ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS CHALLENGING ME ON CERTAIN TO MISS BROWN'S POINT CHALLENGED ME IN A CERTAIN WAY, AND SO I WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT ON THERE JUST SO THAT I COULD GET OUT IN FRONT OF IT. ALL RIGHT. I MEAN, BECAUSE WE, WE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, I SEE YOU EVERY TWO WEEKS. I SEE YOU'RE LIKE YOU SAID, YOU ARE EVALUATED EVERY TWO WEEKS. YOU BRING US, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA YOU DISCUSS WITH US. HEY, OR THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE VILLAGE. SO WE KNOW YOUR PERFORMANCE. WE SEE IT TWO TIMES OUT OF THE MONTH, AND ALL THE EMPLOYEES ARE EVALUATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. NORMAN PALMER. OKAY, I UNDERSTAND FROM BOTH SIDES. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING ABOUT GIVING DOING AN ALLOCUTION THAT'S IN OTHER GROUPS THAT I'M IN. WHEN YOU'RE IN LEADERSHIP, YOU HAVE TO FROM THE DAY THAT YOU'RE SWORN IN UNTIL THE END OF THAT YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR, YOU HAVE TO DO AN ALLOCUTION OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOUR LEADERSHIP, WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH YOUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGES. 
          EVERYTHING IS THERE. AND IN THE MEETINGS IT'S READ, IN THE MEETINGS, IN THE GROUPS THAT I'M IN, IT'S EVERYTHING IS READ. SO WHAT WHAT THAT DO FOR FUTURE LEADERS THAT ARE THERE. THEY EVERY A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN DO WHAT YOU DO UNTIL THEY HEAR WHAT YOU'VE DONE, WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED WITH YOUR STAFF, WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          BECAUSE EVEN IN THOSE MEETINGS, WE HAVE TO SHOW LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, WITHIN THE GROUP AND ON OTHER LEVELS. AND ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE THERE. SO WHEN PEOPLE START SAYING, OH, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH, IT'S NOT JUST SHOW UP AND BE WHATEVER. IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE ACTUALLY PUT THE WORK IN. SO THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ALLOCUTION, YOU KNOW, JUST TO FOR YOUR RECORDS FOR, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE WHAT COUNCILWOMAN BROWN WATERS BROWN WAS SAYING. 
          OH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE VICE MAYOR SAID, WE SEE YOU WE KNOW. BUT IN THE EVENT SOMETHING SHOULD COME UP, WE HAVE A HERE'S HER ALLOCUTION, WHETHER IT BE A FORM OR WHATEVER. HERE'S HER ALLOCUTION. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT. COUNCIL MEMBER SAWYER HAS ANOTHER COMMENT. YES, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MAYBE WE FIND OUT WHAT MARTIN COUNTY USES. IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S BEST INTEREST TO HAVE THAT ON THE FILE. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT NEED TO BE MADE PUBLIC, JUST THE FACT THAT YOU PASSED OR FAILED YOUR EVALUATION WOULD BE ALL THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. WE DON'T NEED TO MAKE THE QUESTIONING OR THE ANSWERS PUBLIC. I DON'T BELIEVE I'VE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN ON ANY KIND OF. EVALUATION. THEY'RE USUALLY PRIVATE. AND THERE'S ONE. YEAH. OKAY. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE SURPRISING FOR A LOT OF FOLKS. IT USUALLY IS WHEN I MENTION IT. UNFORTUNATELY, PERSONNEL RECORDS WITH EXCEPTIONS, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH THINGS LIKE YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, BANK 
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RECORDS, ADDRESSES FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF FOLKS AND SO ON, PERSONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS, INCLUDING EVALUATIONS, ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT YOU TAKE IT AND YOU PUT UP PUT IT UP ON THE WEBSITE, BUT ANYBODY COMES AND ASKS FOR IT, IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM. JUST JUST TO LET YOU ALL KNOW AS OPPOSED TO IN, IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT WHERE, YES, THOSE ARE USUALLY VERY TUCKED AWAY. YEAH. OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE SETTING UP A PRECEDENT. SO TARYN IS LIKED. TARYN IS LOVED. YOU GOT YOUR NEXT MANAGER OR YOUR NEXT MANAGER. IF YOU DON'T EVALUATE ONE, DON'T EVALUATE THE NEXT. I AGREE. SO WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME UP WITH A VEHICLE IN WHICH WE'RE GOING TO USE TO EVALUATE YOU, AND THEN EACH COUNCIL PERSON WILL SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND DO AN HONEST EVALUATION WITH JUST YOU AND THAT COUNCIL PERSON. SO YOU GET OUR FEEDBACK, WE GET YOUR FEEDBACK, WE LEARN FROM YOU AND YOU LEARN FROM US, WHICH MAKES US BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. BUT A BUSINESS CAN'T RUN IF IT'S ONE SIDED. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A BUSINESS. SO FOR ME, IF WE DO A ONE ON ONE EVALUATION AFTER WE FIGURE OUT THE VEHICLE THAT WE'RE WHICH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO USE, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I CAN THINK OF, I DON'T KNOW. OKAY, WELL, I CAN, ON THE NEXT AGENDA PUT SOME EXAMPLES. I MEAN, EVEN MR. VOSS PROBABLY HAS SOME EXAMPLES THAT HE'S HE'S WORKED WITH THROUGH THE VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT HE REPRESENTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. OH I'M SORRY. OKAY. I GOT A QUESTION. I'M NOT SURE. AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. IT'S, WHAT, FIVE OF US? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE. ONE ON ONE. UNLESS I DON'T KNOW. HOW DOES IT NORMALLY WORK? SO I'VE DONE MY EVALUATIONS. IT WAS SO. I'M. I'M WHAT? WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAID OUT IS A VERY COMMON WAY. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE JUST A LITTLE EVALUATION, WHAT HAVE YOU, IT IS COMMON NOT UNIVERSAL SOMETIMES JUST TURN IT IN AND THAT'S THE END OF IT. 
          WHATEVER. BUT IT'S NOT INCUMBENT AT ALL TO SIT DOWN AND TALK. ONE ON ONE, ONE ON ONE. OKAY. 
          ABSOLUTELY. THAT THAT'S AMONG CITY MANAGERS THAT THAT IS A THING THAT YOU'D SEE AROUND THE STATE OR BY PHONE OR, YOU KNOW, OR BY PHONE. NOW YOU GOT ZOOM. I MEAN, THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS RATHER THAN, I'M SORRY TEAMS. YEAH OKAY. OKAY. GOTCHA. OKAY. I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO DOCUMENT IT, IT OUGHT TO BE REALLY SIMPLE. I THINK EACH COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS TO GO IN, SIT DOWN, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH HER AND JUST GRADE HER ON THE CONVERSATION. I MEAN, WHAT WHAT? I MEAN, I USED TO DO. I USED TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR FOR EVERY ONE OF MY DEPUTIES, YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM, WE WOULD BE DISCUSSING IT BEFORE THEIR ANNUAL EVALUATION CAME UP. AND I WOULD WRITE THEM UP, SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME TO RECTIFY THIS. AND THEN BY THE TIME EVALUATION CAME, YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM, I MEAN, YOU WANT TO DO AN HONEST EVALUATION, BUT YOU'RE GIVING AN EVALUATION FOR UPWARD MOVEMENT, FOR PAY RAISE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE GIVE DO THOSE EVALUATIONS FOR WE'RE NOT GIVING YOU A PAY RAISE AND YOU'RE NOT GOING ANY HIGHER THAN WHERE YOU'RE AT. SO ESSENTIALLY THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE OUR BOSSES OKAY. WE WORK FOR THEM. 
          WE GET EVALUATED EVERY FOUR YEARS. AND IF THEY WANT TO KEEP US, THEY'LL VOTE FOR US. IF THEY DON'T, THEY'LL SEND US ON OUR WAY. YOU WORK FOR US FOR THIS COUNCIL. THIS COUNCIL SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. BECAUSE I'M ENGAGED. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND HOW ENGAGED THEY ARE, BUT I'M EVALUATING YOU CONSTANTLY, YOU KNOW? AND I CAN SIT DOWN AND WRITE AN EVALUATION ON YOU VERY, VERY EASILY. BUT YOU GOT TO TAKE THAT TIME TO SIT DOWN AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S NOT LIKE THE DEPUTY THAT YOU'RE SUPERVISING THAT'S WORKING FOR YOU EVERY DAY. YOU'RE WITH THEM EIGHT AND A HALF, NINE HOURS A DAY OR OR IN THE CASE OF MARTIN COUNTY, 12 HOURS A DAY. SO YOU GOT TO SEE 
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WHAT WHAT WHAT WORK IS BEING DONE. AND WE KNOW THE QUALITY OF WORK IS THERE, AND WE KNOW THE QUANTITY OF THE WORK IS THERE. AND I THINK BASED ON EVALUATION OFF OF THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, FOR YOU TO SIT DOWN AND YOU CAN WRITE A FIVE PAGE EVALUATION AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. SHE'S NOT GETTING A RAISE, AND SHE AIN'T GOING ANY HIGHER THAN WHERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW. SO YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO DEVELOP. I'M FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO, BUT MAKE IT SIMPLE. THAT'S ALL I ASK IS YOU MAKE IT SIMPLE BECAUSE I HAVE A COMMENT. 
          GO AHEAD. I THINK THAT IT SHOULD FALL ON THE ACTING MAYOR EACH YEAR TO DO THE EVALUATION. I DON'T THINK SHE SHOULD NEED TO MEET WITH FIVE OF US. I THINK AS LONG AS THERE IS AN EVALUATION THAT PROTECTS HER IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE'S EVER ANY QUESTIONS, AS LONG AS THE ACTING MAYOR HAS DONE AN EVALUATION EACH YEAR ON HER, I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN REASONABLE. AND THAT WOULD BE WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO AN EVALUATION. I'LL PUT IT ON PAPER. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, I DISAGREE WITH THAT. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOMETHING I WANT TO ASK HER THAT YOU DON'T HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF. I AGREE WITH. WALTERS BROWN THAT WE SHOULD IF WE'RE GOING TO DO AN EVALUATION, IT SHOULD BE AN INDIVIDUAL. IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE CITY MAYOR. I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE. AND I THINK THAT'S FINE. I THINK SHE'LL BE OPEN TO HAVE YOU GO INTO HER OFFICE, SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER WITH ANYBODY. YOU KNOW, SHE'S NEVER THROWN ME OUT OF HER OFFICE. WHEN? A COUPLE OF TIMES. SHE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE. BUT BUT I, I THINK SHE WOULD BE VERY RECEPTIVE TO THAT. AND IT'S UP. IT'S UP TO EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER TO DO THAT. SO OKAY. CAN WE MOVE ON FROM THIS. 
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ARE WE GOOD? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. OKAY. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE. ALL RIGHT 30 VOTES. 
          THANK YOU. MAYOR, THIS ITEM IS ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO TWO DASH 2025, AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, REVISING AND RESTATING THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, RETITLED AS THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY MANUAL AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS. SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, NON CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE VILLAGE MANAGER. YES. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH VARIOUS POLICIES AND TRYING TO THIS HAS COME UP. SOME OF THESE DISCREPANCIES HAS COME UP PARTICULARLY WHEN MR. FLORIO'S PROCESSING PAYROLL AND SOME OTHER THINGS THAT NORMALLY YOU WOULD ADDRESS AS FAR AS CALCULATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN AT THE LAST MEETING, THE COUNCIL APPROVED MIGRATING TO A PAID TIME OFF PROGRAM. AND SO WHAT WHAT WE HAVE DONE OR I, YOU KNOW, WITH MY TEAM HAS DONE IS PUT TOGETHER A PROPOSED HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY THAT INCLUDES SOME FEDERAL LAWS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, SOME STATE CHANGES THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE. AND ALONG, AS I SAID, IDENTIFIES COMMON PRACTICES, IF YOU WILL, JUST, YOU KNOW, LITTLE THINGS LIKE HOW YOU CALCULATE OVERTIME, THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BREAKS. ET CETERA. JUST THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT THINGS. AND I HAD GOTTEN PERSONNEL MANUALS FROM THE CITY OF STUART AND THE COUNTY. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A LAYERING IN. 
          PLUS THE STAFF HAS MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO I'M JUST PROPOSING AND MR. VOSS HAS GONE THROUGH IT. HE ACTUALLY CREATED A RED LINE UNDERSCORE VERSION. BUT THOSE FOR SOMEBODY WITH OCD LIKE ME, THOSE ARE REALLY HARD TO WORK THROUGH. SO BUT HE DID GO THROUGH THERE TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A MATRIX THAT I INCLUDED THAT SHOWS WHERE THOSE CHANGES ARE. SOME OF THEM WERE JUST RENAMING OR RETITLING THE CHAPTER MOVING THINGS AROUND. ET CETERA. BUT THE I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE AT A PHASE IN THE VILLAGE PARTICULARLY. WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT PAYING CLASS STUDY. START GETTING THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES IN PLACE SO THAT ONCE WE DO REALLY START HITTING THAT MILESTONE OF BEING REALLY BUSY, WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING COMPLETELY LAID OUT 
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THERE IS ONE THING THAT I REALIZED TODAY WHEN I HAD A MEETING WITH ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS POLICY, AND I ACTUALLY MADE A MISTAKE IN WHAT I TOLD THEM. SO I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THAT IN THE MANUAL. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS RECOGNIZING WE HAVE A TERRIBLE, VERY DIFFICULT TIME GETTING PEOPLE TO WANT TO WORK HERE FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND SO I THINK AN INCENTIVE THAT WE COULD OFFER FOR FOLKS, BECAUSE ONCE YOU GET THEM HERE, YOU TRAIN THEM. AND IF THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, YOU'VE JUST MADE THIS HUGE INVESTMENT. AND THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT LOYAL, IF YOU WILL. SO I, I WAS PROPOSING A ONE TIME LUMP SUM BONUS OF 5% OF WHAT THEIR SALARY IS AT THAT TIME. IT'S ONE TIME. IT'S NOT YEAR TO YEAR TO YEAR. AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO IT AT FIVE YEARS, TEN, 20 AND 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. I THINK IT IT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR LOYALTY AND IT ALSO GIVES THEM SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN ADDITION TO THEIR REGULAR ANNUAL EVALUATIONS AND ANY COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT THAT YOU DO AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I JUST I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAVE THAT ADDED IN HERE SO WE COULD DO WE'VE GOT SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE COMING CLOSE TO THE FIVE YEAR, BUT THEY'RE SO CLOSE THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT FIVE YEAR IN THERE, THEN THEY HAVE TO WAIT, YOU KNOW? AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE AND THESE ARE SOME FOLKS THAT WE ACQUIRED FROM THE PREVIOUS WATER PLANT. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE FOLKS THAT CAME TO US THROUGH UTILITY BILLING. THESE ARE FOLKS THAT HAVE HUNG IN THERE AND HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN BUILT. SO OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T KNOW. WADE, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR THAT STICKS OUT FOR YOU THAT YOU WANT TO COVER? I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT, AS TARON MENTIONED, THEY DID OUTSTANDING WORK PUTTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. IT IS IT'S I WOULD I WOULD SAY IT'S MORE SUBSTANTIAL FLESHING OUT OF THE OF THE PERSONNEL REGULATIONS THE VILLAGE PREVIOUSLY HAD. I WILL TELL YOU, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A VERY LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ALL THE WAY BACK FROM 2018. THE PERSONNEL REGULATIONS THAT THAT THE VILLAGE STARTED OUT WITH BASICALLY STARTED OUT WITH MARTIN COUNTY HR MANUAL, LOOKING AT SOME OF STEWART AND REALLY CUTTING IT DOWN. ALL RIGHT. 
          REALLY, REALLY, REALLY CUTTING IT DOWN. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS BACK WHEN THE VILLAGE HAD A COUPLE EMPLOYEES LIKE TWO OR 3 OR 4. I WAS HELPING BRING OUT THE TRASH SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? LIKE IT WAS LITERALLY NOT MANY FOLKS. AND SO IT WAS REALLY CUT DOWN BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY BARE BONES AT THAT POINT. BUT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY RUN THE RED LINE FROM THAT, THAT DOCUMENT, AS WE'VE HAD IT TO WHAT WAS PUT TOGETHER HERE, IT ACTUALLY TRACKS A LOT OF IT. IT'S JUST A LOT OF THE MORE FLESHING OUT. OKAY. AND ALL THE FLESHING OUT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW THAT YOU WOULD HAVE WITH THESE THINGS AND SO ON. I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, I THINK THE VILLAGE IS AT THE POINT WITH THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU NEED ALL THESE RULES WRITTEN DOWN AND YOU NEED EVERYTHING CLARIFIED. THIS IS EXACTLY HOW WE'RE HANDLING OVERTIME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THIS IS THE ONE UNIFORM WAY WE'RE HANDLING OVERTIME AND HOW IT'S TREATED FOR THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD NEXT LEVEL EVOLUTION OF THE HR POLICIES, KIND OF COMING FROM THE SAME PLACE OF WHERE THEY HAD THEM. THANK YOU LEE. MISS KRISTA, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MATRIX AVAILABLE, THE STRIKETHROUGHS AND ALL OF THAT ON ONE? WADE PROVIDED THAT TO ME. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT THE MATRIX. IT'S THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. WELL, WERE THE DOCUMENTS ALL MARKED UP? SOME STRIKETHROUGHS, SOME HE HAD SOME CHANGES? YEAH, HE HAS PROVIDED THAT TO ME. YES. YEAH. AND YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THE VERY LATEST VERSION BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE THE REVISIONS CLEANUPS WITH THE PTO AND SO ON, I CAN PROVIDE WE DON'T HAVE IT IN THE AGENDA ITEM HERE SHOWING, SHOWING LIKE LITTLE BIT STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINE. STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINE IS AN OUTSTANDING TOOL A LOT OF THE TIME IN THIS INSTANCE HERE IT IT AS WAS REFERENCED, IT WOULD BE A GREAT MORASS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT EVERYTHING. IT WOULD STILL BE USEFUL THOUGH. AND FOR THE SECOND READ WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO THE COUNCIL. WE CAN PROVIDE IT JUST AS AN ADDITIONAL ATTACHMENT FOR ANYONE WHO'S PARTICULARLY CURIOUS ON THE SECOND READING, PLEASE. I WAS TRYING TO PUT BOTH OF THEM SIDE BY SIDE. SURE TO. 
          [01:25:05]
YEAH. AND TO THE TO THE. YEAH, YOU CAN'T BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE MOVING EVERYTHING AROUND. YEAH. 
          THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS. THERE'S SOME REORGANIZATION AS WELL. YOU KNOW STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINE IS A GREAT TOOL. BUT IT'S LIMITED WHEN YOU DO SOME REAL INCLUDE THAT AS WELL PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE'LL INCLUDE THAT. I WANTED TO ADD THAT. TARA AND WADE IF THIS IS POSSIBLE. DID YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT. DID IT COME UP WHEN YOU WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ONE TIME BONUS OF 5% OF WHAT THEY'RE MAKING? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT. I KNOW A LOT OF SCHOOL BOARDS, WHAT THEY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, EVEN DAYCARES YEARS AND YEARS AGO THEY WOULD SEND THE EMPLOYEE TO SCHOOL. AND ONCE THAT EMPLOYEE GOT THEIR CERTIFICATION OR DEGREE, THEY SIGNED A CONTRACT THAT THEY WOULD WORK FOR TWO YEARS. SO THEY SO THEY SO THEY HAD A TWO YEAR COMMITMENT. AND IF THAT EMPLOYEE RENEGED ON THE CONTRACT, THEN THEY OWED THE SCHOOL THAT MONEY. 
          SO I WAS JUST THINKING, WITH A SPECIFIC SKILL SET THAT MAYBE POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE NEEDED. HAD YOU THOUGHT ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE THAT? WOULD THAT BE FEASIBLE? WE DID FLOAT IT AROUND A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW MR. VOSS, I THINK WEIGHED IN ON IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN IT WAS. THIS WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY AS WELL. YEAH. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. YOU CAN DO IT. THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES. YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY DO IT. AND WE CAN JUST DEVISE SOMETHING ON ON A SEPARATE. IN FACT, IT'S SOMETHING WITH THE PAYING CLASS STUDY. I CAN EVEN ASK THEM TO GIVE US SOME SUGGESTIONS. RIGHT. AND I'M JUST THINKING THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW OR THEY ARE GOING TO OKEECHOBEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. THEY HAVE EMPLOYED TEMPORARY SERVICES TO GET TEACHERS AND PALM BEACH COUNTY KIDS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE HIRING THEM, GIVING THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN GO TO SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND THEY HAVE A JOB SO THAT IT LOOKS ATTRACTIVE. YEAH, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK WE'LL GET HAVE THAT DONE. 
          WE DO OUR PAYING CLASS STUDY OKAY. GREAT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE. YEAH. I THINK THE PROCESS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT FORWARD I THINK IS GREAT. ALSO YOU'VE GOT THE PAY RATE STUDY GOING RIGHT. THAT HASN'T COME BACK YET. NO. WE JUST WE'RE GETTING WE'RE GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION OKAY. AND, AND I BELIEVE WITH THE ADDITION OF ALL THESE HOUSES THAT ARE COMING AND PEOPLE THAT WILL BE MOVING HERE, I THINK IT WILL BE EASIER FOR US IN THE FUTURE TO HIRE AND RETAIN PEOPLE. WE HOPE, WE HOPE, WE HOPE. BUT BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW WITH THIS ORDINANCE IS, IS THE FIRST STEP, SO WE CAN REVISIT IT LATER ON AND YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, YOU KNOW. SO YEAH, TODAY WITH THE EMPLOYEES, I TOLD THEM THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE. THIS IS A WORKING, YOU KNOW, SO AS WE HAVE ISSUES OR HICCUP OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S EASY ENOUGH TO FIX. AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING BUSINESS, I MEAN, THIS IS A IT IS A FORM OF A BUSINESS AND BUSINESS PLANS. I MEAN, WHEN I STARTED MY BUSINESSES, I ALWAYS HAD A BUSINESS PLAN. AND AS THE BUSINESS EVOLVED, THE BUSINESS PLAN CHANGED. IT HAS TO. IT'S A LIVING, BREATHING DOCUMENT. IF IT DOESN'T CHANGE, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. SO. SO THIS I'M SURE IN TWO YEARS FROM NOW WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IT AGAIN AND MAYBE CHANGING IT AGAIN. SO DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. NOT ON THIS ITEM. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. MOTION BY TOM. AND THAT INCLUDES THE CHANGE WITH THE ADDING THE FIVE YEAR. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. YES. WITH THE CHANGE TO THE FIVE YEARS TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. YEAH THAT'LL WORK. OKAY. WE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN WALTERS BROWN. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KEEP FORGETTING YOU'RE THERE. THANK YOU. I'LL PASS UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. SECOND READING. ALL RIGHT. THIS 
          [9.  ORDINANCE NO. 01-2025 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 40, “UTILITIES”, ARTICLE VII, “WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES”, SECTION 40-201, “RATES OF CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES; TIME OF PAYMENT”, OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; ADOPTING REVISED GALLONS PER DAY SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS; ADOPTING RELATED ADJUSTMENTS; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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ORDINANCE NUMBER ZERO ONE DASH 2025, AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 40 UTILITIES. ARTICLE SEVEN WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES. SECTION 4201 RATES OF CAPITAL CONNECTION FEES. TIME OF PAYMENT OF THE VILLAGE OF 
          [01:30:05]
INDIANTOWN. CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTING REVISED GALLONS PER DAY SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER EQUIVALENT RESIDENTIAL CONNECTIONS. ADOPTING RELATED ADJUSTMENTS AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CODIFICATION, CONFLICTS. SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU RECALL FROM YOUR LAST MEETING, THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THIS LITTLE CLEANUP ORDINANCE TO CHANGE A LITTLE NUMBER TO FIX A PROBLEM THAT COULD BE BIG IF YOU PULLED ON THE THREAD ENOUGH, IT IS REVERTING THE. SPECIFICATION OF. 250 GALLONS PER DAY FOR OUR WATER IRKS. BACK TO YES, BACK TO 300 GALLONS PER DAY, WHICH WAS THE LONGSTANDING SPECIFICATION UNDER THE INDIAN TOWN COMPANY AND THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS OF THE VILLAGE WATER SYSTEM. I DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY THE POTENTIAL RAMIFICATIONS COULD CAUSE SOME TROUBLE TO HAVE THAT DENOMINATED A DIFFERENT WAY. WITH THE CAPACITY THE VILLAGE HAS ALREADY PRE AUTHORIZED. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON SECOND AND FINAL READING. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THIS SECOND READING ORDINANCE. OKAY. A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN PALMER. SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY THE VICE MAYOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE AYE AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT. YES, SIR. MR. STEVEN, IS IT POLACEK? YES, I DID WANT TO MAKE. SO YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP TO THE. OKAY, I'VE LEARNED WHAT I NEEDED. I HEARD WHAT I NEEDED TO OKAY. CAN WE COMMENT? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY OKAY. NEXT UP IS DISCUSSION ON 
          [10.  Discussion on Strategic Planning Session Date and Time
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STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION DATE AND TIME. YES, SIR. I PUT THIS ON. THE COUNCIL HAS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED AND IT'S COME UP. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA QUITE FRANKLY, FOR THE COUNCIL TO COME TOGETHER AND DO A STRATEGIC PLAN. MR. IKE CRUMPLER, WHO'S BEEN HELPING ME WITH SOME OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS HERE IN THE VILLAGE, HAS DONE THESE BEFORE, AND HE GAVE ME A COST NOT TO EXCEED $3,000. I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO DO IT. I JUST NEED TO FIND OUT FROM THE COUNCIL WHAT WOULD BE A PROPOSED DATE AND TIME. HOW DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED? YOU KNOW, I KNOW IN THE PAST THE VILLAGE HAS DONE IT ON A SATURDAY. IT WON'T TAKE MORE THAN A COUPLE HOURS, MAYBE THREE TOPS. BUT I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT. IT HELPS. IT HELPS GUIDE US AS YOUR EMPLOYEES. BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHERE THE COUNCIL IS HEADED. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IT IS AN IMPORTANT YOU. I TELL PEOPLE THIS ALL THE TIME. AND I PARTICULARLY WHEN I WAS AT THE COUNTY, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMISSIONER, YOU NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO REALLY GET TO KNOW WHAT THE OTHER ONE'S THINKING BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE. AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE, HAVE, JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION AND CONVERSATION. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO I JUST NEED SOME DATES AND TIMES AND HOW YOU'D LIKE TO. OKAY. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S SATURDAY SATURDAY MEETING WOULD BE APPROPRIATE DURING THE DAY. I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE WHENEVER. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, WE CAN COME UP WITH A DATE AND A TIME. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT WORKS FOR EVERYBODY. ARE WE LOOKING AT WHAT MONTH ARE WE LOOKING AT? ANY MONTH. I THINK FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING, MARCH, IF WE IF WE START FOCUSING IN MARCH, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THAT AS YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT IN THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO HAVE SOME AMPLE TIME TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHERS, TO GET SOME IDEA OF, OF EXACTLY WHAT'S OUT THERE. 
          SO I WOULD PROPOSE I'M ACTUALLY NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE THE FIRST SATURDAY IN MARCH, BUT YOU'VE GOT THE EIGHTH, THE 15TH, THE 22ND AND THE 29TH OF MARCH. WHAT ABOUT THE 15TH? THE THIRD SATURDAY I GO BY THE SCHEDULE. THAT'S RIGHT. AFTER OUR COUNCIL MEETING. ARE YOU SURE? 15TH. ARE YOU? I'M SO VERY SORRY. IT'S NOT A GOOD. IT'S NOT GOOD AT SPRING BREAK. YEAH. OH, YEAH. SPRING 
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BREAK. THAT'S SPRING BREAK. OH, THAT'S RIGHT, SPRING. SPRING BREAK. YEAH. PEOPLE HAVE COME UP. CAN WE DO THE 29TH? YEAH, I THINK THE EIGHTH IS A GOOD DATE AS WELL. SO EVERYBODY AGREES ON MARCH 29TH, YOU. NO I HEARD IT EIGHTH. YEAH. KAREN SAID EIGHTH OR THE EIGHTH. EITHER ONE. I CAN MAKE THE 29TH WORK. OKAY. 29TH IS GREAT. YEAH. 29TH SEEMS TO WORK OKAY. SO THE 29TH OF MARCH. 
          29TH OF MARCH. OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO START IN THE MORNING OR WHAT DO YOU PREFER FOR TIME WISE. 
          YEAH I'D SAY PROBABLY LIKE 9:00 WOULD BE GOOD. OKAY. 29TH AT NINE. 
          AND MR. CRUMPLER HAD OFFERED TO COME TO THIS EVENING, BUT I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS NECESSARY. MOST PEOPLE KNOW HIM. AND IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO TALK TO HIM AHEAD OF TIME, PRIVATELY, HE MAKES HIMSELF AVAILABLE AS WELL. SO THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT ONE. OKAY. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS THAT WENT TO OKEECHOBEE, PORT SAINT LUCIE AND THE MARTIN COUNTY TO ASK FOR MONEY FOR OUR WATER PLANT. WELL, ON MARCH 24TH TO THE 26TH, THEY HAVE A LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND IN TALLAHASSEE, I THINK I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO GO AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL APPROVE ME GOING. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GO, THEN WHO ARE WE GOING TO SEND? I MEAN, ARE YOU ASKING US OR TELLING US? I'M ASKING YOU. 
          OKAY, SO YOU LEFT OUT THE OTHER PART, RIGHT? YOU MADE A MOTION. YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU WANT TO GO. RIGHT. WELL, I SINCE SINCE I'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED THEM THREE TIMES, I FIGURE I'VE BEEN IN FRONT OF THEM THREE TIMES. SO THEY KNOW THE FACE AND THEY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO ASK FOR. SO DO YOU WANT TO GO YES OR NO? YES, I'D LIKE TO GO. YES. SO. ALRIGHT. I'M SAYING I SUPPORT HIM GOING. YES, WE SUPPORT YOU. GOING OKAY. HOPEFULLY I COME BACK WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. DON'T COME BACK, DON'T COME BACK, DON'T COME BACK. WHAT PHYLLIS SAID. 
          OKAY. ALSO, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A MAKE AN APPOINTMENT OF A BUSINESS PERSON TO THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD, AND. AS A VOTING MEMBER. 
          SO. SO FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE. BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE, THEY WANT TO HAVE A NON-ELECTED OFFICIAL. THAT'S THE VOTING MEMBER. AND I WOULD JUST BE A MEMBER. SO IF IT COMES TO THAT, WHICH IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO, I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT WHO IN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN INDIANTOWN WOULD MAKE A GOOD REPRESENTATIVE TO REPRESENT US ON THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD. AND WHEN IS THIS? WHEN DOES THAT DECISION COME UP? WELL? TARYN, IS GETTING MORE SPECIFICS ON IT, BUT WE HAD A MEETING YESTERDAY AND THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS DISCUSSED THAT. 
          THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS A REPRESENTATIVE. SO THE CITY OF STUART AND INDIANTOWN NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE. AND IT'S ALL BASED BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE. AND I STILL HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT. BUT IN CASE THIS DOES COME TO BE, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO THINK OF WHO WOULD WE WANT TO THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GO AND REPRESENT US, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN'T SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, AND THEN THAT PERSON NOT SHOW UP. THEY GOT TO SHOW UP. THEY GOT TO BE A PART OF IT. VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY FOR US BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDST 
          [01:40:02]
OF AND EXPERIENCING. AND IT'S GOING TO GET WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO HELP US. SO. SO MR. VOSS IS GOING TO LOOK INTO IT AS WELL. HE'S GOING TO REACH OUT TO THE COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND FIND OUT THE VDB IS GOVERNED BY SUNSHINE. SO I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY. 
          WHY? WELL, I GET PART OF IT, BUT I DON'T GET THE OTHER PART OF IT. I'M GOING TO INQUIRE ABOUT KIND OF THE THEORY BEHIND IT, BECAUSE IN SOME ANGLES I CAN SEE WHAT THEY MAY BE DOING, AND I DIDN'T WANT TO QUESTION THEIR ATTORNEYS. WELL, I'M GOING TO INQUIRE. AND I IMAGINE THE COUNTY AND STUART ARE AS WELL. SO I THINK WHAT THE MAYOR IS ASKING YOU IS PROCEEDING ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT ALL SORTS OUT THE BDB'S PLAN TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE OTHER THAN THE ELECTED OFFICIAL. WHO MIGHT THAT BE? OKAY, SO I JUST WANT TO ASK A QUESTION. SO WITH THAT, THE COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO DETERMINE WHO OR WHO MAKES THAT DECISION OR DO IT. IS IT A COLLECTIVE? I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE A COLLECTIVE DECISION. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SHOW UP AND REPRESENT US. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND BASICALLY IT'D BE A COMMENT. 
          YES. I THINK THAT KEVIN POWERS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT NOMINATION TO CONSIDER. YES. YES, ABSOLUTELY. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF KEVIN HAS THE TIME. AND I WAS GOING TO TALK TO HIM, BUT I WANTED TO BRING IT UP TO THIS COUNCIL FIRST. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS AND THINK ABOUT IT AND MULL IT OVER AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'VE HAD DAVID, I KNOW, I KNOW. YEAH. DAVID, DAVID'S ALREADY THERE IN A CAPACITY SO. WELL I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE HAVE SOME VERY GOOD BUSINESS MINDED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WE SHOULD. AND DAVID AND KEVIN, KEVIN, KEVIN ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. HOWEVER, I DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO SOME OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL BECAUSE YOU SAID THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. SO I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL. EVERYBODY COULD BRING A PERSON THAT THEY THINK WILL REPRESENT INDIANTOWN, HAVE THE BEST, OUR BEST INTEREST. THE THING IS THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A BUSINESS PERSON, SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTANDS, BUSINESS UNDERSTANDS, AND SOMEBODY THAT'S WILLING TO PUT THE TIME INTO IT BECAUSE IT TAKES TIME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH BEING IN BUSINESS IS YOUR BUSINESS TAKES A LOT OF YOUR TIME, AND IT'S A REAL COMMITMENT TO GO JOIN A BOARD AND HAVE TO DO THE EVENTS THAT THESE BOARDS DO,W, AND GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND DOING DIFFERENT THINGS. SO IT'S A COMMITMENT. YEAH, DEFINITELY. SO WE NEED TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON THAT'S WILLING AND CAPABLE OF MAKING THAT COMMITMENT. YEAH. SO WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? I MEAN, THIS PERSON THAT WE'RE YOU KNOW, THE WE'RE THINKING, OKAY, BUSINESS OWNER, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO BE THEIR COMMITMENT LEVEL. LIKE ONCE A MONTH. IT'S ONCE A MONTH. 
          IT'S ONCE A MONTH. AND THEN THERE'S THINGS THAT THEY DO AT 830 IN THE MORNING AT 830 IN THE MORNING. CORRECT. DO WE KNOW WHERE IT'S AT? THE CHILDREN'S COUNCIL ON CENTRAL BOULEVARD THERE IN STUART. YOU KNOW. AND YESTERDAY WE WERE THERE. I DIDN'T GET OUT OF THERE TILL ALMOST 11:00. SO FROM 830 IN THE MORNING. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M LUCKY THAT I GOT MY OWN THING AND I COULD MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE AND GO AND COME AS I PLEASE. BUT IF I HAD A REGULAR JOB. YEAH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO THAT'S ON. THAT'S ON A MONDAY. YES, MA'AM. SO CAN WE THINK OF WHO WE'D LIKE, HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND COME BACK AT OUR NEXT MEETING WITH THE PERSON WE HAVE IN MIND? YEAH, I THINK I THINK WE CAN TAKE OUR TIME. I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, JUST WHEN WE'RE READY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN, JUST BRING IT UP. YOU GOT SOMEBODY? WELL, WE'LL WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT'S GOING TO BE TO FIND SOMEBODY. SO I WAS EVEN THINKING OF HAVING A STAFF MEMBER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD WORK. WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK DO THEY NORMALLY MEET? IT'S WEDNESDAY ON A WEDNESDAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WEDNESDAY, 830 IN THE MORNING. OKAY. OH. I'M SORRY. OH OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. WE DO HAVE SOME MORE. ARE YOU YOU HAVE 
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A COMMENT? OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. OH, NO. ON SAUGOR. ROAD. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING? I WAS JUST WONDERING IF OUR OUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR COULD SIT ON THAT BOARD FOR US. 
          AND. IT'D BE UP TO. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF. I MEAN, DEAN IS WITH US ON CONTRACT WITH THIS, AND SHE SHE DOES HAVE OTHER COMMITMENTS, BUT. YEAH, BUT SHE SAID SHE COULD MAKE HERSELF AVAILABLE, SO I THINK YOU CAN PUT HER IN THE MIX. YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP NOW. SO WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THAT'S THE BUSINESS THAT SHE'S IN. YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THING IS THAT. AND SHE SHE WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST CANDIDATE WE COULD GET. BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE HER OUT OF THE OFFICE WHEN WE NEED HER HERE. SO. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THINGS START TO MOVE ALONG HERE. HE'S ONLY PART TIME RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT PART TIME IS GOING TO THOSE HOURS ARE GOING TO INCREASE, I'M SURE EXPEDITIOUSLY. SO I DON'T KNOW I THINK I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO TAP OUR BUSINESS, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY FROM FPNL TO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, I MEAN, WHATEVER WE GOT AND SOMEBODY THAT CAN DO IT, THAT CAN SPEND THE TIME AND MAKE THE COMMITMENT BECAUSE IT'S A BIG DEAL. I MEAN, I SEE A COUPLE PEOPLE IN THE ROOM RIGHT HERE THAT I. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT, BUT ANYWAYS. ALL RIGHT. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO WE NEED ACTION. 
          NO, NO NOT ON THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK ANYHOW, RIGHT? RIGHT. GO AHEAD. I HAVE TWO 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS. OUR NEXT MARKET MARKET IS NEXT FRIDAY, JANUARY 30TH AT 930 AT BIG MOUND. ALSO, REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR UNIONTOWN HIGH SCHOOL'S 2526 SCHOOL YEAR. AND AGAIN, OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING. I TOWN MY TOWN. OKAY. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMUNICATE THAT THEY ARE OPENING UP A COLD WEATHER SHELTER IN MARTIN COUNTY ON TOMORROW EVENING AT THE GERTRUDE GERTRUDE WALDEN CENTER. SO IF ANYBODY THEY ANTICIPATE THE FORECAST TO BE AT OR BELOW 40 DEGREES FOR AT LEAST FOUR HOURS AND OR MORE, SO THEY ARE OPENING 
          [NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
THAT SHELTER ON FRIDAY. YEAH. OKAY. THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GOING TO BE FEBRUARY 13TH AT 6 P.M, RIGHT HERE IN OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN HALL. OKAY, YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD
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