Feb 13, 2025 Regular Meeting

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NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT. SO NOW. OKAY. THAT'S MY SISTER'S DAUGHTER. MICROPHONES,

[CALL TO ORDER]

COUNCILWOMAN WATERS. BROWN. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN ONZAGA PRESENT. OKAY. WELCOME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN. FEBRUARY 13TH COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU PLEASE SILENCE. YOUR CELL PHONES AND THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXITS ARE TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, MARKED CLEARLY BY EXIT SIGNS. IF A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT AN INFORMATION CARD LOCATED AT THE BACK TABLE AND GIVE IT TO THE CLERK. YOU'LL HAVE TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. FIRST OPPORTUNITY IS DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS TIME AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA. SECOND OPPORTUNITY IS DURING THE DISCUSSION OF AGENDA ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. PLEASE ADHERE TO THE CIVILITY PRACTICE DURING THIS AND ALL MEETINGS. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY REVEREND TONY WEINER AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, AS I HEARD EARLIER. PRAISE THE LORD.

PRAISE WE ARE. IF YOU WOULD JUST JOIN ME, BOW YOUR HEADS AND WE'LL GO TO THE FATHER. HOLY FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT, TO GATHER HERE TO DO YOUR BIDDING TO GUIDE THE COUNCIL, THIS COMMUNITY. FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU FOR ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE BESTOWED UPON US, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US. WE ASK, LORD, THAT YOU'D OPEN OUR HEARTS AND MINDS TO SEE THE BLESSINGS, INCLUDING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN HERE THIS EVENING. FATHER, WE ASK FOR WISDOM BEYOND THE YEARS AND EXPERIENCE OF THOSE ON THE COUNCIL. WE PRAY FOR PATIENCE, LOVE AND GUIDANCE. LORD, WE THANK YOU. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE 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.

AMEN. ARE YOU OKAY? ALL RIGHT. FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE PROCLAMATIONS. CLERK.

MADAM. CLERK. OH, SORRY. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR BOLD ITEMS OR ANYTHING? NO, SIR.

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Proclamation for Katie Steele

WHEREAS THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA INCORPORATED IN FEBRUARY 1910 AND CHARTERED BY CONGRESS IN 1916, HAS A LEGACY OF PROVIDING AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR NOT ONLY BOYS BUT YOUNG ADULTS TO BUILD CHARACTER, TO TRAIN IN THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTICIPATING LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOP FITNESS. WHEREAS THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ENDEAVORS TO DEVELOP AMERICANS WHO HAVE A HIGH DEGREE OF SELF-RELIANCE AND EVIDENCE IN SUCH QUALITIES AS INITIATIVE, COURAGE, AND RESOURCEFULNESS, HAVE PERSONAL VALUES BASED ON RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS. HAVE THE DESIRE AND SKILLS TO HELP OTHERS UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS. ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT AND TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR AMERICAN HERITAGE AND UNDERSTAND OUR NATION'S ROLE IN THE WORLD. HAVE A KEEN RESPECT FOR THE BASIC RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE, AND ARE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN AND GIVE LEADERSHIP TO AMERICAN SOCIETY.

AND WHEREAS THE RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT, THE HIGHEST RANK IN SCOUTING, IS ONLY ACHIEVED BY ABOUT TWO OF EVERY 100 SCOUTS. IT SIGNIFICANT IN THAT IT IS A REFLECTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS ENDEAVORED TO BECOME THE BEST THEY COULD BE, AND IS RECOGNIZED AS HAVING SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE NOT ONLY IN SCOUTING, BUT ALSO AS THE INDIVIDUALS ENTER HIGHER EDUCATION, BUSINESS AND OR INDUSTRY, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. THIS PROCLAMATION IS DULY ADOPTED BY THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN COUNCIL. THIS 13TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2025. THANK

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Black History Month Proclamation

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Proclamation for Future Farmers of America Week 

AWESOME. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. JUDGE, I THINK YOU GOT A FUTURE LITIGATOR THERE. YEAH. WE'LL DO A PICTURE AFTER. WE'RE GOING TO DO A PICTURE. KEEP GOING. UP AND DOWN. YEAH. LADIES. OKAY. SO.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FORCING. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS. OUT OF THE THREE OUT OF THE EIGHT OF US THAT ARE HERE TODAY IS REALLY GREAT. GREATLY APPRECIATED FOR ALL OF US. FFA OF MARTIN COUNTY IS VERY LITTLE. AND FOR US TO BE RECOGNIZED IS A VERY GREAT THING. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU GOT ANYBODY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH? OKAY. THANK YOU. HELLO. HELLO. I'M FELICIA, THE CHILDCARE SERVICE DIRECTOR AT THE YMCA. TODAY MAKES MY 12 YEARS. WOO! CONGRATULATIONS. I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT WE ARE OUT HERE. SO COME OUT AND SEE US ENJOYING THE GYM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PHOTOS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB. AWESOME. YOU. OKAY? I KNOW YOU HAVE. 2 TO 3, RIGHT? YEAH. OH I SEE. SO I THINK THAT I. AND MORE UNDER THE SUN. WHEN I WAS A MEMBER, I LOVED IT. THANK YOU. I LOVE THAT FOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. IT WAS GREAT. YEAH. IT WAS. THAT WAS GOOD. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY.

OKAY. SO WE. GO TO THE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. MADAM

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

WELCOME. EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS GLORIA JENNINGS, AND I DID NOT KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY, BUT I WAS THINKING TO GET THE SCHOOLS INVOLVED, IF IT'S NOT ANYTHING BUT SINGING A SONG OR DOING A POEM OR. JUST DOING A SKIT FOR BLACK HISTORY WEEK AND COMING TO THE TO THE VILLAGE MEETING, YOU KNOW YOU CAN. THE SCHOOLS WOULD BE BE HAPPY, I THINK, TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS. SO JUST A SUGGESTION FROM ME AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THAT IS IT, SIR. THAT IT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. THERE IS A FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO LEAVE YOUR OWN COUNTRY AND START OVER IN ANOTHER COUNTRY, TO GIVE YOUR CHILDREN A BETTER LIFE. I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT OUR VILLAGE MANAGER TO HAVE THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT GIVE THE COUNCIL AN ACCURATE REPORT OF ACTUAL ARRESTS AND DEPORTATIONS OF UNDOCUMENTED RESIDENTS WITHIN THE VILLAGE AS AS A DAUGHTER OF AN IMMIGRANT. YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS MIGRATED TO THIS COUNTRY 40 PLUS YEARS, AND THEY TOLD ME THEIR STORIES. AND I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. BUT I SEE THE FEAR IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT BREAKS MY HEART. AND I JUST I WANT THE RUMORS TO STOP. I LIKE, I JUST WANT, I WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE TO BE OUT THERE AND BE SAFE. LIKE, HEY, IT'S OKAY TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE OR TO THE PARK. IT'S REAL. AND I SEE IT. SO IS THAT POSSIBLE, TARYN? WE CAN ASK. I KNOW IT'S THE. IT'S

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YEAH. BUT IF IT'S POSSIBLE, LIKE I SAID, IF. YEAH, I'LL ASK. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? YES.

MOVING ON. COMMITTEE REPORT? YES. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT TONIGHT. AS WE OFTEN SAY THAT YOU THOUGHT IT NOT ROBBERY TO COME AND PARTAKE OF TONIGHT'S COMMUNITY MEETING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. ON I WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE OUR ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP ON TWO SUNDAY, TWO SATURDAYS AGO. I THINK IT WAS TWO TWO. WE PICKED UP 26,000 TONS OF TRASH. 27 TONS. YEAH. OH, ALMOST 27. IT WAS, I THINK MOSTLY IT WAS TIRES AND RIMS THAT WERE LEFT IN THE DUMPSTER THAT WEIGHED SO MUCH. I WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM, BUT IT WASN'T THE TRASH PICKUP FROM OUR AREA. BUT WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION ON THE COLDEST DAY. AS OF YET. SO WE THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT. I TOWN, MY TOWN. THANK YOU FOR THAT. I TELL MY TOWN ALSO, THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING IN OUR PRE-SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION, WHICH HAPPENED SUNDAY AT THE MARINA. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. IF YOU HAVE NOTHING TO DO, OR EVEN IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DO ON THIS SUNDAY, JOIN US AT THE MARINA. IT IS FROM TWO UNTIL FIVE. WE WILL HAVE COUNTRY WESTERN MUSIC. THERE WILL BE VENDORS THERE SO YOU CAN PURCHASE FOOD IF YOU CHOOSE TO COME OUT. HAVE A GOOD TIME. IT'S BYOB AND ENJOY THAT. ALSO WITH MY LAST ONE IS FEBRUARY THE 20TH. THE HOUSING SOLUTION COUNCIL. SO IF ANYONE IS LOOKING TO PURCHASE THEIR OWN HOME, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMES COMING AVAILABLE. WE HAVE A LOT OF APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES COMING AVAILABLE AND EVERYONE SAYING OR ARE THEY FOR US? CAN WE BUY THEM? THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE? WELL, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AND QUALIFY FOR A MORTGAGE OR EVEN TO RENT, YOU NEED TO BE QUALIFIED TO DO THAT. ON FEBRUARY THE 20TH, WE WILL HAVE OUR SPANISH AND ENGLISH INTERPRETERS THERE, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING SAID. IT'S A SECOND IN A SERIES OF WORKSHOPS, SO PLEASE COME OUT AND JOIN US. IT WILL BE HERE FEBRUARY 20TH, 6 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. IN THIS VERY ROOM. SO COME OUT AND JOIN US. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS. NONE. COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER. NONE. OKAY. YEAH. MOTION TO

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA ]

[CONSENT AGENDA]

BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR. ADDITION OF. NO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO THAT

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Select a Performance Evaluation Form to Utilize for the Annual Review of the Village Manager's Performance

I HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT. OKAY. I'M DONE. OKAY. GOT IT. OH EXCUSE ME. DO YOU WANT ME TO TIP THIS UP? GO AHEAD. OKAY. I HAVE PROVIDED EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR VILLAGE MANAGER EVALUATION PROCESS. WHICH PART OF THE PROCESS IS TO CHOOSE THE FORM? AND WE ARE A COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN FLORIDA. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT THE ONLY TYPE AND IT CAN BE CONFUSED BECAUSE WE DO ALSO HAVE

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THESE FORMS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO THROUGH AND DECIDE HOW TO DO IT. BUT THIS IS MORE OF HOW WE GET TOGETHER, DISCUSS AFTER WE'VE CHOSEN THE FORM AND HOW WE GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS DOING THE EVALUATIONS. AND THEN SINCE WE'RE EACH DOING AN EVALUATION, HOW WE SCORE THOSE EVALUATIONS TO GET ONE CONGRUENT FORM. SO I HAVE SPENT A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE HOSPITAL. I HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO. SO I PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US SO WE CAN ALL KIND OF BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO THE PROCESS. SO IF EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE TO JUST LOOK THAT OVER AT YOUR OWN CONVENIENCE, WE CAN REDISCUSS THE PROCESS AFTER WE'VE CHOSEN A FORM, OR WE CAN SET ASIDE CHOOSING THE FORM UNTIL WE'VE DISCUSSED WHAT'S ON THIS. SO OR WE CAN BRING IT BACK WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. WELL, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE KNOW THE PROCESS AND WHAT WE WANT TO ASK. I HAVE PROVIDED OUR ATTORNEY WITH A COPY OF IT, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO COME BACK AND SAY, YES, I CAN DO THIS, OR NO, I DON'T DO THAT. BECAUSE IT DOES RECOMMEND HAVING A CONSULTANT. I WAS HOPING TO AVOID THE WHOLE CONSULTANCY THING AND JUST UTILIZE OUR WONDERFUL ATTORNEY, BUT THAT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, UP TO HIM. WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN OR CAN PARTICIPATE IN. I DID THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT HE LOOK OVER THIS TO MAKE SURE WE ARE DOING ALL OF THE IT TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY. SO THAT THERE'S NO BIAS AND NO NO MISUNDERSTANDINGS AMONGST THE COUNCIL. SINCE WE ARE A DIVERSE GROUP AND WE ALL HAVE OUR OWN THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO FORMULATE SOMETHING THAT CONSOLIDATES THE QUESTIONING AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S CONCERNS ARE COVERED IN ONE CONGRUENT FORM. SO I HAVE SUBMITTED THIS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. I FOR ONE, BELIEVE THAT THIS IS LIKE GETTING WAY, WAY INTO IT. AND WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. OUR VILLAGE MANAGER WORKS FOR US.

AND IF WE'RE HAVING A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING. RIGHT. REMEMBER? OKAY, THERE WAS ONLY THE TWO OF US HERE. FROM THE FROM FROM THE OLD COUNCIL WHEN WE HAD A PROBLEM. AND WE RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM WITH OUR LAST MANAGER. WE TOOK ACTION AS A COUNCIL. WE DISCUSSED IT IN PUBLIC FORUM. WE TOOK ACTION AND WE LET HIM RESIGN. IF, FRANKLY, IF HE DIDN'T RESIGN, HE WAS GOING TO BE FIRED. SO I THINK THIS IS THIS IS WAY WE DON'T NEED LAWYERS. WE DON'T NEED CONSULTANTS, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND ANY MONEY. I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH OUR VILLAGE MANAGER TO GET TO KNOW HER AND TO SEE WHAT SHE'S DOING. THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL VILLAGE MANAGER'S JOB. A VILLAGE MANAGER WILL SAY FOR THE FOR THE TOWN OF TEQUESTA OR. JUPITER ISLAND, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON. IT'S JUST MAINTENANCE. THAT'S ALL IT IS. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IT'S NOT THAT. IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED. THE VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN IS A VERY COMPLICATED MACHINE RIGHT NOW. AND THE TIME I SPEND WITH HER. AND I'M IN THIS OFFICE JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE DAY DEALING WITH SOMETHING. AND SHE'S ON TOP OF EVERYTHING. I ASK HER QUESTIONS. SHE GIVES ME ANSWERS.

I ASK FOR PAPERWORK. SHE GETS IT FOR ME, AND IT'S JUST INTERACTING WITH THE VILLAGE MANAGER. SO FOR ME, IT'S VERY EASY TO TAKE, AND I'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THESE THESE EXAMPLES THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM HER. AND I THINK, LIKE THE CITY OF STUART IS, IS THE MOST SIMPLE AND THE EASIEST. AND LIKE I SAID IN THE LAST MEETING, WE'RE NOT SHE'S NOT HERE TO GET A RAISE.

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BECAUSE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE HER A RAISE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. WE WILL BE ABLE TO, IF NECESSARY, DEFEND WHY SHE IS OUR MANAGER AND IF WE DO NOT DO IT IN THE PROPER FORM, IN THE PROPER FORMAT, AND ALSO SET A PRECEDENT, PRECEDENTS FOR THE FUTURE IN HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE PROFESSIONALLY, NOT ACCORDING TO OUR FEELINGS ABOUT THE POSITION OR THE PERSON. IT IS VITAL THAT WE SET A PRECEDENT THAT INDIAN TOWN, WHICH IN YOUR OWN WORDS, IS A COMPLICATED ANIMAL. WE ARE NOT SIMPLE. THE SIMPLE FORM FOR STUART MAY OR MAY NOT WORK. HOWEVER, I THINK EACH OF US NEEDS TO VERY HEAVILY CONSIDER WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW AND WHAT IS BEST TO DOCUMENT ABOUT THE JOB THAT'S BEING DONE. TARIN MAY DECIDE SHE DOESN'T LIKE US ANYMORE, AND SHE MAY DECIDE TO LEAVE. THE NEXT PERSON NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED ON THE SAME MEASURE, SO THAT WE KNOW WE ARE HIRING SOMEONE WHO IS COMPETENT IN THE BEGINNING. WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE YOU. THIS IS NOT ANYTHING SAYING THAT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERY WORD THE MAYOR HAS SAID IS CORRECT. BUT THIS IS SETTING UP A PROCEDURE AND A PROCESS THAT IS BOTH PROFESSIONAL, FAIR AND EQUITABLE FOR NOW, IN THE FUTURE. AND I PERSONALLY WILL INSIST THAT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? NO. I THINK THE CITY. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. SO. I GET BOTH SIDES. WHAT IS OUR CURRENT OR WHAT IS WHAT ARE WE OBLIGATED WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING OUR VILLAGE MANAGER? DO WE HAVE SOMETHING AT THE CURRENT MOMENT? SO IN OUR LIKE NOT BYLAWS BUT OUR. NO. YOU YOU YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A HISTORY OF A NUMBER OF, OF FORMS THAT HAVE BEEN USED IN THE PAST BY THE COUNCIL. EVERY YEAR STARTING OUT WITH AND YOU SEE THE PROGRESSION HERE. MORE INVOLVED ONE THAT WAS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS. IT'S BASED ON A FLORIDA CITY, COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR CITY COUNTY MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION FORM. IT'S ABOUT FIVE SIX PAGES OR WHAT HAVE YOU AFTER A COUPLE YEARS. IT WAS DECIDED BY THE

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STANDARD HR, GOOD POLICY. ALL RIGHT. THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS I WILL SHARE WITH YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHEN IT COMES TO APPLYING THAT IN THE UNIQUE CASES WHERE THE ONLY PLACE IT CAN BE DISCUSSED IS RIGHT HERE IN THE PUBLIC MEETING. SO YOU WILL FIND IN A GREAT NUMBER OF CITIES OR COUNTIES, THE STANDARD IS THE MANAGER IS BEING EVALUATED AT EVERY MEETING OR EVERY SINGLE DAY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND IT DOES NOT INVOLVE A WRITTEN EVALUATION PROCESS. IS THAT A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING? IT'S DIFFERENT ALL OVER THE PLACE. OKAY, I KNOW A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND AROUND HERE. A MANAGER OR ADMINISTRATOR IS THERE UNTIL THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY NOT BE THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE OF POOR PERFORMANCE. THEY MAY NOT BE THERE ANYMORE BECAUSE IT'S A DIFFERENT POLITICAL WIND. IT COULD BE ALL MANNER OF THINGS AND A MANAGER OR AN ADMINISTRATOR. THAT IS ONE OF THE TYPES OF JOBS WHERE THEY MAY GO, NOT BECAUSE OF POOR PERFORMANCE, BUT BUT BECAUSE JUST A DIFFERENT POLITICAL DIRECTION THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM REGULAR EMPLOYMENT. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT COMES WITH SITTING IN THE BIG CHAIR.

THE THING I WOULD WOULD OFFER IS. IT CREATES IT CAN CREATE A LOT OF FRICTION, IF YOU WILL.

WHEN YOU PUT A LOT OF PROCESS ON A LITTLE PLACE, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD I WOULD OFFER TO YOU. AND IN THE CONTEXT OF SOMEONE SITTING AS A CITY MANAGER, A VILLAGE MANAGER IN, IN THIS AND SO ON, I DON'T THINK THERE'S THE SAME PROTECTION FOR THE EMPLOYEE BY HAVING A LOT OF PAPERWORK DOCUMENTING IT THAT DOESN'T OBTAIN THE SAME WAY YOU DO WITH A RANK AND FILE EMPLOYEE, BECAUSE THEY'RE SITTING IN THE BIG CHAIR. SO I AM NOT SUGGESTING DON'T HAVE AN ANNUAL EVALUATION, DON'T USE AN EVALUATION FORM. THOSE ARE GOOD PRACTICES. THOSE ARE GOOD BEST PRACTICES TO HAVE. THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD GIVE YOU AND I, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER GAVE THIS TO ME, I DID START LOOKING OVER AND I SAW MY NAME IN IT A LOT. AND I ONLY MENTION THAT TO SAY IT'S WAY OUTSIDE MY WHEELHOUSE GENERALLY. AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M GOING ACROSS TO THAT RIGHT NOW AND I A LITTLE BIT. IT'S OUTSIDE MY WHEELHOUSE ULTIMATELY TO TELL YOU HOW TO EVALUATE HERE. I'M JUST GIVING YOU SOME SOME THOUGHTS. IF THERE IS A CONCERN THAT A WHOLE LOT OF PROCESS IS NECESSARY TO HAVE IT, THE ONE WAY TO MAKE IT RIGHT, I WOULD OFFER TO YOU, THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO MAKE IT RIGHT, AND LESS CAN BE MORE SOMETIMES. SO I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU THAT, THAT IF YOU WERE TO DECIDE AND SAY, HEY, LET'S PICK ONE OF THESE EVALUATIONS, WE'LL FILL IT OUT AND YOUR PROCESS CAN BE EITHER YOU FILL IT OUT AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, SAY THE GREAT THINGS WE SAID, YOU KNOW, IN A IN A QUICK LITTLE THING IN THE MEETING, YOU CAN DO THAT OR YOU CAN SAY UP, WE FILLED IT OUT, WE'VE DOCUMENTED IT, WE PUT IT IN THE FILE, WE'RE GOOD. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS I WOULD MENTION. I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ ALL THIS. THERE'S A LOT OF VALUABLE STUFF IN HERE. I WANT TO POINT THIS OUT. THERE'S A LOT OF VALUABLE STUFF IN HERE. BUT I SEE THIS SOMETIMES AND IT GETS KIND OF MIXES UP TWO THINGS TOGETHER AND, AND KIND OF PUTS FOCUS IN, IN SOME PLACES THAT WHERE IT COULD BE FOCUSED.

OTHERWISE THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF GOAL SETTING OR I SAW SOME OF THIS ABOUT GOALS THAT ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THINGS TO GO FOR THE FUTURE. THAT'S THAT'S ALSO A GREAT ENDEAVOR. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU IS THAT'S AN ENDEAVOR THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE THING. THEY

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MAYOR. YES, MA'AM. WE THE EVALUATION IS NOT AN EMOTIONAL ONE. IT'S NOT WHETHER I LIKE HER OR DON'T LIKE HER, IT'S WHETHER OR NOT SHE'S DOING THE JOB AND WHETHER SHE'S REACHING THE GOAL.

I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO HAVE A YEARLY EVALUATION. AS YOU SAID, TERRY WORKS FOR US. THAT MEANS SHE'S AN EMPLOYEE AS WELL. ALL THE OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE VILLAGE HAVE YEARLY EVALUATIONS.

WE NEED TO PUT IT IN WRITING THE FORM THAT WE HAVE THE ONE PAGE FORM THAT WE HAD FOR INDIAN TOWN, WITH A FEW TWEAKINGS THAT WOULD WORK WITH ONE PAGE. NEED MORE WRITING A FEW EDITS AND I THINK THAT ONE WILL BE GOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT ONE PAGE WITH TWEAKS EVALUATION, AND WE DO A WRITTEN EVALUATION OF OUR VILLAGE MANAGER. WE'RE TAKING THIS WAY TOO FAR. IT'S JUST AN EVALUATION. IT'S NOT WHETHER I LIKE IT. IT'S NOT WHETHER I SIT WITH HER ALL DAY. IT'S AN EVALUATION ON HER JOB. SO WE HAVE ONE. SO I HAVE MADE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT ONE PAGE WITH TWEAKS, WHICH WILL IT'S A TWO PAGE ONE ACTUALLY, AND THE OTHER ONE IS A IS NOT APPLICABLE. BUT THAT'S MY MOTION. IT IS ONE. IT'S THE ONE THAT IT'S THE ONE THAT IT MATCHES. IT MIRRORS STUART'S. IT'S THE ONE THAT MIRRORS. THIS IS STUART'S. IT'S A ONE PAGE OKAY. BUT JUST BUT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WRITING SPACE HERE FOR COMMENTS. YOU GOT A TWEAK OF A THAT'S THAT'S THE TWEAKING I'M TALKING ABOUT. THE ONE THAT HAS THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE SEVEN CRITERIA LISTED, RIGHT? YES. IT MIRRORS STUART'S EVALUATION BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TOO FAR WITH THIS. IT'S JUST AN EVALUATION. SO THIS IS THE FORM YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT THIS IS STUART. YES. THE INDIAN TOWN. IT'S THE SAME LANGUAGE. YEAH.

IT'S JUST SAYS STUART AT THE TOP OF VILLAGE. OH GOTCHA, GOTCHA I WOULD I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION. MORE WRITING SPACE. YES OKAY. I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION I THINK MOTION TO ACCEPT. OKAY.

MOTION TO ACCEPT HOURS. THIS ONE THAT INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE OF INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE. MANNER OF PERFORMANCE REVIEW THAT MIRRORS THE STUART STUART REVIEW. WE GOT THAT. YES. YES OKAY. WITH SOME EDITS WITH SOME TWEAKS FOR SURE. WHY DON'T WE JUST ADD A NARRATIVE PAGE A NARRATIVE.

YEAH. PERFECT. OKAY, OKAY. THAT WILL WORK. OKAY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER WATERS BROWN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ONSLOW. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. YOU TWO OKAY. WE GOT A UNANIMOUS VOTE. THANK YOU. SIMPLE IS BETTER. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE'VE GOT.

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Appointment to the Business Development Board to Represent the Village

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Approval of Payments to Cyber Electric of Central FL. Inc. for Emergency repairs to the Water Plant, Wastewater Plant and Lift Stations.

SO THE ITEM IS FOR VARIOUS REPAIRS THROUGHOUT OUR SYSTEM, IN OUR LIFT STATIONS AND MOSTLY IN THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. WE HAD A PUMP FAILURE ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO. ONE OF OUR HIGH SERVICE PUMPS FAILED. SO $28,000 OF THIS ITEM IS HOW TO GET THAT PUMP BACK ONLINE. BECAUSE WHEN THAT PUMP FAILED, WE WENT TO RUN A BACKUP PUMP AND VFD, WHICH IS A VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE THAT FAILED BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY OLD. THEY'RE IN A I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, OUR HIGH SERVICE PUMPS.

THAT'S WHAT PUTS THE PRESSURE INTO THE SYSTEM. THAT'S WHAT PUTS THE WATER INTO THE SYSTEM.

WHEN THAT DOESN'T RUN, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY WATER IN THE SYSTEM. BUT TO GO WITH THAT, WE HAVE VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVES THAT CONTROL THOSE PUMPS DURING THE HOTTEST ROOM IN THE BUILDING.

THAT IS NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO HAVE A VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THEY WERE INSTALLED. SO WE'RE IN FLORIDA LIKE TODAY. IT WAS IN THE 80S AND WE HAD THESE VFDS IN THIS HOT ROOM. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE DID GET ABOUT 15 YEARS OUT OF THEM, WHICH IS PRETTY GOOD. BUT TYPICALLY WHEN SOMETHING FAILS, WHEN YOU HAVE THREE OF THEM LIKE THAT, YOU CAN COUNT ON THE REST OF THEM FAILING EVENTUALLY AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT'S OCCURRED. WE REPLACED, I THINK, THE FIRST TIME I WAS BEFORE YOU ABOUT THE ELECTRIC, WE HAD HAD A VFD FAIL. SO NOW WE'VE REPLACED TWO OF THE THREE VFDS. AND THEN WITH THE PUMP FAILURE THREE WEEKS AGO, WE HAD TO DO SOME OTHER ELECTRICAL WORK TO MAKE MAKE SOME MOVEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE SPARE PUMP THAT WE HAD. SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS $67,000 OF ELECTRICAL REPAIRS. A BULK OF IT IS AT THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. WHERE DID THIS FALL INTO ANY KIND OF BUDGETING THAT WE DID PRIOR OR IS THIS A NEW REQUEST. THIS IS A NEW REQUEST OKAY. THE ONLY GOOD NEWS IS WE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT WE WILL BE RECEIVING $12.6 MILLION FROM THE SRF STATE REVOLVING FUND FOR THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. OH VERY GOOD. SO WE ARE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO GET SOME OF THESE.

LIKE THE NEXT ITEM, I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT A PUMP AND THE VFDS AND SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL WORK.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THAT BACK FROM THE SRF SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT MONEY BACK IN OUR COFFERS, BECAUSE I KNOW MR. FLORIO WORKS VERY HARD TO MOVE THE MONEY AROUND WHEN THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT BUDGETED. OKAY, OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER.

ONSLAUGHT. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER WILLIAMS FULMER. ALL IN FAVOR? OKAY, PAY

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Approval of the repair of an Aurora Splitcase High Service Pump in the amount of $23,752.28 provided by PSI Technologies Inc.

WE'RE RUNNING THEM AT 3000 EVERY DAY. WE TYPICALLY SWAP THE PUMPS SO WE'RE NOT RUNNING A PUMP 365 DAYS A YEAR. BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE SWAP THEM ONCE A WEEK SO THAT WE'RE NOT RUNNING THEM EVERY DAY. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THEY DO RUN, THEY RUN 24 OVER SEVEN. AND THIS PUMP WAS INSTALLED THREE YEARS AGO RIGHT AFTER I GOT HERE. AND IT BASICALLY THE IMPELLER.

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BUT THEN WE'RE NOT MOVING WATER ON THE PROPERTY BEFORE IT LEAVES. WE'RE GOING TO SIMPLIFY THE SYSTEM. AND DEFINITELY THE GOAL IS TO GET BIGGER PUMPS THAT MANAGE THE SYSTEM BETTER SO THAT WE'RE SO THAT WE'RE NOT WORKING THEM SO HARD WITH THIS SPARE PUMP. ARE YOU PURCHASING THE SAME SIZE SPARE PUMP FOR EASE OF SWAPPING OUT IN CASE ONE DOES FAIL? WE ARE, BECAUSE WE HONESTLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO ENGINEER FOR A BIGGER PUMP. OKAY, WE HAVE A SPOT. THAT'S WHERE THE PUMP FITS. THIS WILL FIT. GOTCHA. AND WHEN THAT SPARE PUMP COMES IN, I'M GOING TO PUT IT IN. SO I'LL PROBABLY BE BEFORE THE ONCE I GET THAT PUMP BACK. IT'S A 6 OR 7 WEEK LEAD TIME. SO ONCE IT'S HERE I'M GOING TO GET IT, INSTALL IT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE OTHER ONE REBUILT. AND THEN YEAH. SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO REFURBISH THE ONE THAT'S YOU'RE REPLACING HOPEFULLY BEFORE IT COMES APART. SO THEN I'LL HAVE A SPARE AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. YEAH I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A CONTINGENCY PLAN? FUNNY MONEY SITTING SOMEWHERE JUST IN CASE.

AND MAYBE SOMEDAY. THE SECOND QUESTION, AND MAYBE THIS IS A CRAZY QUESTION. ARE THERE WARRANTIES ON ANY OF THESE? EVEN THOUGH WE ABUSED THEM, IT WAS WARRANTED AND IT WAS A PAST WARRANTY. THAT'S FIRST THING WE CHECKED INTO. IT WAS A YEAR. IT WAS A YEAR, ONE YEAR MECHANICAL AND INSTALLATION. HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LAST ANOTHER THREE YEARS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A NEW WATER PLAN BY THAT TIME. GO AHEAD. COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU, BUT I THINK THE QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED. YOU'RE GOING WITH THE BIGGER PUMP BECAUSE I WAS THINKING SINCE IT WAS ONLY THREE YEARS OLD, YOU. NOW, INSTEAD OF JUST GETTING ONE, GETTING TWO.

BUT SINCE WE'RE GETTING A BIGGER PUMP, RIGHT, WOULD WE STILL NEED TO GET. WOULD WE STILL NEED TO HAVE TWO? ARE YOU GOING TO JUST REFURBISH WHAT I'M GOING TO REFURBISH. I'M GOING TO PULL THAT THE OTHER ONE OUT, HAVE IT REFURBISHED, PUT THE ONE THAT'S GETTING REFURBISHED IN. SO THEN I WILL HAVE ONE SPARE. OKAY. BECAUSE EVEN WITH THIS MONEY IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A YEAR.

HOPEFULLY NOT THAT FAST, BUT REALISTICALLY IT'S GOING TO TAKE ME A YEAR TO GET THE NEW PUMPS IN BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THIS PROJECT. WE CAN'T JUST DO IT. SO THERE'S A PROCESS INVOLVED, THERE'S A LITTLE ENGINEERING INVOLVED. AND, YOU KNOW, THEN ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT THE PUMPS THAT YOU NEED, IT'S PROBABLY 12 WEEKS TO GET THE PUMPS. SO IF I WAS TO ORDER THEM TODAY, THEY'D BE 12 WEEKS. BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE THE ENGINEERING YET. SO IT'S A YEAR BEFORE I GET THE, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER PUMPS IN. OKAY. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE A PROJECTED COST FOR IT FOR THE BIGGER PUMP, THE PROJECT JUST A LITTLE HISTORY. WE HAD AN ENGINEER ENGINEER A PROJECT TO UPGRADE THE PRESENT PLANT. THE BUDGET WAS $12.5 MILLION. WE PUT IT OUT TO BID. IT CAME BACK AT $23 MILLION. SO WE SCRAPPED IT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD IT.

SO THE ENGINE, OUR PRESENT ENGINEER, TOM JENSEN FROM KIMLEY-HORN, AND I WENT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD, LOOKED AT WHAT WAS ENGINEERED. SOME OF IT WAS OVERKILL, SO WE ELIMINATED SOME OF IT, RECONFIGURED SOME OF IT. OUR BUDGET NOW IS 12.5 MILLION ISH. WE'RE LOOKING AT

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[10.  

RESOLUTION NO. 001-2025 - A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA, READOPTING THE DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE POLICY PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING UPDATES; AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

READOPTING THE DRUG FREE WORKPLACE POLICY PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN PERSONNEL REGULATIONS AND AUTHORIZING UPDATES AND PROVIDING FOR FINDINGS, CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE CLEANUP RESOLUTION. IT'S A PARTNER TO THE ORDINANCE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR NEXT ON SECOND READING CONCERNING THE PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, IN THE PERSONNEL REGULATIONS, NOW, THE HUMAN RESOURCE POLICY MANUAL, ABOUT A WHOLE TEN PAGES OF IT WAS JUST FOR THE DRUG PLACE, DRUG FREE WORKPLACE POLICY. THAT'S A POLICY THAT FROM TIME TO TIME, AS FOLKS INVENT NEW DRUGS OR, YOU KNOW, THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES AND SO ON TYPE POLICY, YOU KIND OF WANT TO KEEP ON ITS OWN THING AND BE ABLE TO UPDATE THINGS AS, AS THE LAW OR DIFFERENT THINGS CHANGE. SO THIS JUST TAKES THAT POLICY OUT OF THERE. NOT TO CLUTTER IT UP, BREAKS IT OUT. ADOPTED BY A SEPARATE RESOLUTION, AND AUTHORIZES THE VILLAGE MANAGER TO UPDATE IT TO KEEP IT UP WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW AND RELEVANT ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS LIKE THIS IS WHERE YOU GO TO GET YOUR DRUG TEST AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THIS IT'S THE SAME POLICY THAT'S BEEN IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME, AND THAT POLICY IS COMPLIANT WITH STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. SO WITH THAT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL I. MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND OKAY. MOTION WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANSLINGER. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER OSBORNE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I MAYOR JUST FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S BEEN NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON IS THERE ANY PUBLIC ITEMS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SECOND READING OF

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ORDINANCE NO. 02-2025 - 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 MANAGER. YEAH THIS IS JUST A SECOND HEARING OF THAT MANUAL.

AND WE HAD PROVIDED THE MATRIX. WE ALSO MR. VOSS'S OFFICE HAD DONE A REDLINED UNDERSCORED VERSION THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THIS ITEM SO THAT YOU COULD DO THAT SIDE BY SIDE COMPARISON.

IT'S JUST IT'S THE SAME THAT WE PROVIDED BEFORE. THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE THE FIRST READING. SO WE WERE JUST ASKED THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE IT AND THEN WE'LL MAKE IT EFFECTIVE. AS OF THE WHAT THE FIRST PAY PERIOD. MICHAEL, IN THE IN FEBRUARY OR NOT. NOT IN THE FIRST PAY PERIOD, BUT THE NEXT PAY PERIOD THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FROM TODAY. TODAY IS ALREADY THE 13TH OF FEBRUARY MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE? NO, SIR. ANY COUNCIL COMMENT? YOU SAID THE REDLINING. I'LL BE ABLE TO COMPARE SIDE BY SIDE. YEAH.

THERE'S A THERE'S A MICROSOFT WORD GENERATED REDLINE THAT'S ATTACHED IN THE ITEM. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE IT, SOME PARTS IT TRACKS REALLY WELL. SOME PARTS IT GETS A LITTLE MESSY BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE WHOLE NEW PIECES THAT KIND OF FLESH THINGS OUT. BUT IT'S ALL IN THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OKAY. MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ANSLINGER SECOND. SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER WILLIAMS. PALMER.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. MOVING ON TO OUR LAST ITEM DISCUSSION AND

[12.  

Discussion for Naming the New Building

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AWESOME. OKAY. WE'LL START DOWN THIS END. GO AHEAD. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CENTER. SO WHAT IS IT? COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CENTER. OKAY. HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST US TO NAME IT? WE'VE REACHED OUT FOR QUOTES, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE A NAME WE DON'T KNOW, WE FIGURE IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $5,000 TO TAKE THE OLD NAME OFF AND PUT A NEW NAME UP THERE, AND IT WOULD COME OUT OF THE PARKS BUDGET. EXPENSIVE SIGNAGE IS VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING FOR OTHER QUOTES.

THE FIRST ONE CAME IN AT FIVE. I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT SPENDING $5,000 TO PUT A NAME ON A BUILDING. WE CAN CALL IT WHATEVER WE WANT TO IN WRITING, BUT WE WHEN WE WERE INCORPORATED, WE PROMISED A LOT OF THINGS, LIKE THE KIDS HAVE THAT MONEY GOING TO SPORTS, NOT ON A BUILDING. WE CAN PUT A NAME ON A BUILDING WHEN WE JUST. WE CAN DANCE AND SWIRL AROUND IN WATER AND MONEY. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT WADDLING AROUND IN MONEY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOT GIVE IT A NAME. JUST PUT THE ADDRESS ON THE BUILDING UNTIL WE TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE'VE PROMISED. I GOT A COMMENT ON THAT. I LOVE THAT WHAT SHE'S SAYING. WE COULD ALWAYS JUST DO A PLAQUE SO WE COULD PUT PLAQUE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES BUILDING IF EVERYBODY LIKES THAT AND IT COULD SAY ESTABLISHED 2025 AND IT'S A PLAQUE, A PLAQUE IS GOING TO COST SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE BOOK OF PARK FIRE STATION WHEN THE COUNTY. OKAY. SO THAT'S A THAT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE SO MANY YEARS AGO, PROBABLY LESS THAN $100 FOR PLAQUE. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YES. THANK YOU. I WANTED ARE WE GOING TO RENT ROOMS OUT? LIKE YOU SAID, IF WE SAID ACTIVITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO, BUT WE NEED TO SEE WHICH WALLS ARE STRUCTURAL AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT SPACE. OKAY, SO WE HADN'T EVEN BECAUSE I KNOW THE CIVIC CENTER, I THINK THERE'S LIKE 300 PLUS TO RENT OUT. I, I'M NOT SURE I HAVEN'T READ IT IN A MINUTE. IT'S 400 NOW. SO THEY WENT UP. YEAH. I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS $25. YEAH. WE'D LIKE TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND OF COURSE OUR MASTER FEES ARE SET BY YOU GUYS, SO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST WANTED TO KNOW. GO AHEAD VICE MAYOR. YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMMUNITY BUILDING. WHY DON'T WE GET INPUT FROM OUR COMMUNITY? LET'S GET OUR COMMUNITY. HEY. GET IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO NAME IT? AND THEN I LIKE THE PLAQUE IDEA, YOU KNOW, NOT SPEND TOO MUCH ON A SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. HEY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO CALL THE NEW BUILDING? OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. YEAH. YOU'RE GONNA YOU YOU'RE GONNA GET A CHANCE FOR DISCUSSION. WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING AS I DID INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO IT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING AS FAR AS NAMING IT, IF YOU NAMED IT THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY CENTER, INDIAN TOWN IS ALREADY UP THERE AND CENTER IS ALREADY UP THERE. OKAY, OKAY. SO ALL WE NEED TO DO IS BUY THE LETTERING THAT SAYS COMMUNITY AND HAVE THAT PUT UP, WHICH WOULD NOT COST US A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY. OKAY. THAT'S SIMPLE. LOOK AT THE BUILDING. I TAKE DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD. I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I THINK. I MEAN, WE WERE DISCUSSING IT THIS MORNING. I'M LIKE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FIVE GRAND. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY AT ALL. HALF THE SIGNS ARE ALREADY THERE. BETTER THAN HALF. SO. AND AS FAR

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BUT I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE WALLS DOWN. I DON'T THINK THEY'LL LOAD BEARING, BUT WE'LL SEE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. MISS LINDA NICCUM. THANK YOU. I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO GET UP HERE.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A WHILE. I KNOW YOU MISSED ME. HI. WELCOME BACK. NOBODY CALLED TO SEE IF I WAS STILL ALIVE. OH, I KNOW YOU WERE. I SAW YOU ON FACEBOOK. OH, FOR THE RECORD, LINDA, WHEN I SPOTTED THAT ON THERE, I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING SIMPLE LIKE THE ANNEX OR THE INDIAN TOWN ANNEX OR THE VILLAGE ANNEX. AND IT COULD BE A SIMPLE WOODEN SIGN IN THE FRONT.

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT BIG BUCKS, BUT IT'S NOT A HALL. IT'S NOT REALLY A CENTER. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE IT FOR. SO JUST AN ANNEX. IT'S JUST AN ADDITION TO THIS. THIS. VERY GOOD. SO THANK YOU. SO ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT HERE. OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO. WELL THE VICE MAYOR SUGGESTED THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED AS TO WHAT THEY WANT TO NAME IT. SO OKAY, SO WE'LL HAVE THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED. LET'S HOW ARE WE GOING TO TALK TO. IS HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS GOING TO BE. I MEAN, IF WE HAVE COMMENT BELOW ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM OR IF YOU WANT TO STOP BY VILLAGE HALL AND HERE'S A LITTLE COMMENT BOX AND WE HAVE GIVE IT A FEW DAYS, A FEW WEEKS AND WE CAN PUT SOMETHING ON THE VILLAGE WEBSITE WHERE THEY JUST FILL OUT A SURVEY AND GET IT. YEAH, OKAY, TWO WEEKS, HAVE IT BACK FOR YOU FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING, PLEASE. AND I STILL THINK YOU SHOULD GO OUT AND FIND OUT HOW MUCH COMMUNITY IS GOING TO COST. OKAY. IT'S THE LETTERS. THE SAME LETTERS THAT ARE ON THERE. JUST TAKE EDUCATION OFF AND FOR COMMUNITY ON. GOT IT. THANK YOU. SO WAS THERE A MOTION? IS THAT WHAT. WHAT ARE WE DOING? IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM DISCUSSION DIRECTION STAFF. WE GOT DIRECTION. WE'RE GOOD.

FIGURE IT OUT. GOT DIRECTIONS OKAY. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANYBODY HAVE

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

OKAY. SO ON. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY'S SITTING HERE AND EVERYBODY'S SITTING AT HOME WATCHING US. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 430 TO 6:30 P.M. AT THE ELIZABETH LEAHY LIBRARY HERE IN TOWN. IT'S GOING TO BE THE MPO LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. IT'S OPEN HOUSE. IT'S A VISIONING SESSION. SO BRING YOUR IDEAS, BRING YOUR NEEDS, AND WE'LL BE THERE TO LISTEN TO YOU. I AM PART OF THE MPO, SO I WILL BE THERE. AND IF YOU NEED HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THERE'S BROCHURES ON THE BACK TABLE. THEY'RE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. TRANSPORTATION. WELL TRANSPORTATION. BUT YOU KNOW, THE BUS SERVICES AND THE SUNDAY BUS SERVICE THAT WE HAVE AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND WHAT, WHAT THE NEEDS. AND NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE HOUSING SOLUTION COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 20TH AT 6 TO 7:30 P.M. HERE IN THE SAME BUILDING, WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO RSVP. THE FLIERS ARE AROUND TOWN, BUT YOU NEED TO RSVP. TO (772) 266-9327.

AGAIN (772) 266-9327. RSVP FOR THE HOUSING SOLUTION COUNCIL. TO SEE HOW TO BECOME QUALIFIED FOR

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AND UNLESS THERE LIKE EMERGENCY SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT LIKE RIGHT NOW TO YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY BUT WE'VE GOT THEM ON OUR WEBSITE. THEN IT IS ADA COMPLIANT. RIGHT. AND IT DOES IT DOES TRANSLATE. OKAY. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, IS TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN BROWN AND YOU KNOW, GETTING READY FOR IF YOU WANT TO BUY A HOUSE. I'M NOT MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT, BUT WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OBTAINABLE, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. IT'S ALL SEMANTICS. NO, IT'S ALL DOLLARS, BUT. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY. IT DOESN'T MATTER. OKAY, HOUSE, THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BUY THAT WE CAN CALL MAYBE AFFORDABLE IN TODAY'S MARKET. SO I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THAT THEY NEED TO START GETTING THEMSELVES READY, BECAUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN QUICK. SO. GOTTA BE READY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE PROMISE WAS MADE AND I, I SAID FROM DAY ONE, I WANT TO FULFILL THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE. SO YOU GOT TO BE READY BECAUSE WHEN IT'S THERE, THAT'S YOUR CHANCE TO GET THAT PROMISE FULFILLED. BECAUSE AFTER THAT THERE'LL BE PEOPLE COMING IN. YOU CAN'T SAY, OH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SELL TO YOU, WE'RE GOING TO SELL TO YOU.

SO GET YOURSELVES READY, GET YOURSELVES READY. WITH THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOMETHING THAT EVERY OTHER VILLAGE OR CITY OR TOWN HAS TRIED TO DO. WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE. OKAY? OKAY. I'VE GOT A COMMENT ON THAT. AS A REALTOR AND AS A LOAN. A LICENSED LOAN OFFICER. I'M NOT ACTIVELY DOING LOANS, BUT I DID GET THE LICENSE. IF YOU HAVE CREDIT ISSUES, THERE'S A LOT THAT PEOPLE CAN DO NOW TO HELP YOU IMPROVE YOUR SCORE RATHER QUICKLY. WE HAVE RAPID SCORE VALUING AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO, BUT YOU SHOULD PLAN ON 3 TO 6 MONTHS FOR EVERYTHING TO FLOW INTO SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR SCORE UPDATED. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO A LENDER, EVEN IF YOU MAY NOT BE READY TO BUY BECAUSE YOU HAVE CREDIT ISSUES, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK TO A LENDER AND HAVE THEM SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND GUIDE YOU IN WHAT YOUR STEPS ARE TO GET YOUR CREDIT SCORE UP AND HOW TO RECORD YOUR INCOME PROPERLY IN THOSE THINGS. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS, I'M SURE, WILL BE DISCUSSED AT THE HOUSING SOLUTIONS WORKSHOP. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GIVE YOURSELF 3 TO 6 MONTHS OF LEEWAY IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY CAN PROBABLY GET YOU INTO A HOME WITH THAT HELP. THANK YOU. CAN YOU REPEAT THAT NUMBER AGAIN? COUNCILWOMAN BROWN? SURE. IT IS. (772) 266-9327. NOW WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO, WE NEED TO RSVP TO EVERYBODY WHO PLANS TO SIT IN A CHAIR? OKAY. THERE ARE FLIERS IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM IF YOU WOULD LIKE THEM. I PUT SOME AROUND TOWN. THE VILLAGE STAFF PUT SOME AROUND TOWN AS WELL IN THE LIBRARY. THE POST OFFICE HAS SOME. HITCHCOCK HAS SOME. SHELL GAS STATION HAS THEM. THE LAUNDROMAT BEHIND SHELL HAS THEM. WHERE ELSE DO THEY PUT THEM? I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT THEY'RE AROUND TOWN. OKAY. OH, AND IN THE VILLAGE LOBBY AS

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IS OUR PLAN ON ON AT THIS TIME? YEAH. AND THAT'S FOR THE UTILITY BILLS. YES YES YES YES. BILLS ARE NORMALLY DUE ON THE 20TH BECAUSE OF THE EXTENDED PROCESS WITH DATA CONVERSION. WE GOT THEM OUT LATE. SO THEY'RE NOW DUE ON MARCH 4TH. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SCHEDULING FOR NOT GETTING THEM TOO STACKED UP AS WE GO FORWARD. BUT JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS NOW DONE AND OPERATIONAL, AND WE SHOULD SEE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS COMING FORWARD FROM THAT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. BUT WE DID HAVE SOME HICCUPS WITH THE CONVERSION, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND SOME TIME OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS TRYING TO GET CUSTOMERS RE-ENROLLED IN AUTO PAYMENT FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT. AND THEN YOU CAN COME IN THE OFFICE ANY DAY YOU WANT. WE'LL HELP YOU ANY DAY YOU WANT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEDICATED SATURDAY TO DO IT. WE MAY DO MORE JUST DEPENDING ON WHAT THE CUSTOMER ENROLLMENT STATUS IS TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE. WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY LENIENT WITH CUSTOMERS AS WELL REGARDING LATE FEES, AND I SHOULD SAY THAT TOO LOUD. BUT I'M GOING TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE LENIENT AND CONSIDERATE AS WE CAN BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S JUST IT'S CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF A PROBLEM. SO OKAY, OKAY. THIS IS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGES, THE SATURDAY 22ND. WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE THAT TOMORROW. BUT THAT WILL BE OUT THERE IN PUBLICATION TOMORROW. YES OKAY. OKAY. EVERYTHING EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED ON FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR. AND A BLAST WENT OUT TO ALL CUSTOMERS THROUGH EMAIL THAT HAD THAT'S GOT AN EMAIL ON FILE.

[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]