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TIRED. I THINK MY SHOWER WAS, LIKE, THREE MINUTES. FOUR MINUTES. YOU RAN. LITERALLY RAN THROUGH. OKAY. GOOD TO SEE. THANK YOU. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE. MAYOR DEPAOLO
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HERE. VICE MAYOR PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PALMER. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. WATERS. BROWN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. SAWYER HERE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE JULY 10TH INDIAN TOWN VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO REMIND YOU TO SILENCE YOUR PHONES. THE BATHROOMS ARE LOCATED THROUGH THE DOOR TO YOUR LEFT. EXIT DOOR IS LOCATED TO YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT, CLEARLY MARKED WITH EXIT SIGNS. TONIGHT YOU'LL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK. THE FIRST WILL BE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS SEGMENT, AT WHICH TIME YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY TOPIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THE SECOND WILL BE DURING AN AGENDA ITEM DISCUSSION, AND THE THIRD OPPORTUNITY WILL COME DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO THE CLOSE OF THIS MEETING. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES IN EACH SEGMENT. PLEASE ADHERE TO OUR CIVILITY PRACTICE AND THIS AND ALL COUNCIL MEETINGS. IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, PLEASE FILL OUT THE INFORMATION CARD THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE BACK TABLE BEHIND YOU AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK. THIS TIME I WILL ASK YOU TO STAND FOR THE INVOCATION GIVEN BY OUR OWN RHONDA MCBRIDE. PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. DEAR LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, ANOTHER DAY IN THIS WONDERFUL TOWN THAT WE GET TO WORK AND SERVE IN. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THIS MEETING, BE WITH US IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY, AND WE THANK YOU. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. 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. DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS,[ADDITIONS, DELETIONS, PULLED ITEMS OR OTHER MODIFICATIONS]
DELETIONS, ITEMS, OR MODIFICATIONS? YES, SIR. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BE GIVEN BY MR. WILLIAM CORBIN, A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD CEO, DIRECTOR. OKAY. WELCOME, WILLIAM. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU. GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. BY THE WAY. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. HEY, LET'S SEE IF THIS IS WORKING HERE. OKAY. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. YEAH. LET ME KNOW. OKAY. YEAH I'M READY, I'M READY OKAY. CAN I IS IT GOING TO WORK? LET ME SEE. WHERE'S THE DELAY? IT'S RIGHT. NO. I DID, IT'S OKAY, I CAN IT'S ONLY LIKE A DOZEN SLIDES, SO THAT'S OKAY. I'LL JUST ASK YOU TO ADVANCE IT.SO I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION INCENTIVE. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU ALL THROUGH JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE DO AT THE BDB. AND YOU KNOW, IT IS RELATED TO THIS, TO THIS BALLOT ITEM. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO A BIT ABOUT US. WE THE BOARD REVISED ITS VISION AND MISSION RECENTLY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS OR SO. AND TO REFOCUS. AND ESSENTIALLY OUR VISION IS FOSTER STRONG ECONOMY LOCAL HERE LOCALLY HERE CHARACTERIZED BY A DIVERSITY OF BUSINESSES AND GROWING AND SUSTAINABLE TAX BASE. OUR MISSION IS TO LEAD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, ATTRACTING INVESTMENT AND FOSTERING JOB CREATION. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO KIND OF STARTS FROM THAT POINT AND GOES FROM THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
WHAT WE DO, WE HELP BUSINESSES AND TARGETED INDUSTRIES GROW, EXPAND AND STAY HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY. WE CONNECT BUSINESS OWNERS WITH RESOURCES SUCH AS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE OR ACCESS TO CAPITAL. WE DO PUT ON PROGRAMING AND EVENTS THAT ARE BUSINESS RELATED, AND WE'RE REALLY THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND WE DO A LOT OF OUR WORK THROUGH PROACTIVE ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, THROUGH WHAT WE CALL OUR PULSE VISITS, WHERE WE'RE CHECKING ON THE PULSE OR THE HEALTH OF A BUSINESS IN TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING WELL, WHAT ARE THE TRENDS IN THEIR PARTICULAR INDUSTRY,
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WHAT ARE THEIR PAIN POINTS, YOU KNOW, DO THEY NEED CONNECTING TO RESOURCES AND WHATNOT? OUT OF THAT, FEEDBACK COMES DIRECTLY COMES PROGRAMING. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE PUT ON ACCESS TO CAPITAL WORKSHOP LAST YEAR. WE'D LIKE TO DO THAT AGAIN. WE ALSO DID A RESILIENCY A BUSINESS RESILIENCY WORKSHOP RECENTLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON. IN TERMS OF HARDENING YOUR BUSINESS, 80% OF WHAT WE DO IS WHAT I CALL BUSINESS RETENTION AND EXPANSION, WHAT THE INDUSTRY CALLS BRI. AND 20% OF WHAT WE DO IS BUSINESS ATTRACTION. AND FUN FACT, ABOUT 80% OF NET NEW NET NEW LOCAL JOB GROWTH COMES FROM YOUR EXISTING INDUSTRY, THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE ALREADY HERE, AND WHICH IS WHY WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME DOING THAT. AND ALSO I WANT TO MENTION THAT WE HELP THE COUNTY WITH THEIR POST-STORM RECOVERY EFFORTS IN TERMS OF ASSESSING BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS DAMAGE AND CONNECTING AND GETTING RESOURCES OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AGAIN, I'LL MENTION I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT I MEAN ABOUT CONTRIBUTORY BUSINESSES ON THE NEXT SLIDE. BUT WE HELP COORDINATE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WHICH WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE TODAY TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT. WE'RE ALSO THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE COUNTY, THE CITY OF STEWART, VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN, AND FLORIDA COMMERCE AS TO WHEN THEY RECEIVE INQUIRIES AND LEADS BUSINESS LEADS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE STATE. AND WE ALSO ARE SECRETARY TO THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS ANOTHER TOOL IN THE COUNTY'S TOOLBOX. THEY'RE ABLE TO OFFER TAX EXEMPT BONDS AT FAVORABLE TERMS TO BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM GROW AND SUCCEED. AND ESSENTIALLY, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME, WHAT DO WE DO? WHAT DO YOU DO, WILLIAM? I'M A CHEERLEADER FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I WORK IN, AND WE PROMOTE THE COUNTY AS AN IDEAL PLACE TO DO BUSINESS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU SAW CONTRIBUTORY BUSINESSES ON THAT SLIDE. THAT ESSENTIALLY MEANS ANY BUSINESS THAT DERIVES 50% OR MORE OF THEIR REVENUES FROM OUTSIDE OF THE AREA, OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY. THAT'S CONTRIBUTORY IN NATURE. MANY OF THESE COMPANIES, MOST OF THEM ARE MANUFACTURING IN NATURE, AVIATION AND AEROSPACE COMPANIES, AND MOST ALL MANUFACTURERS. SOME DO 90 OR MORE PERCENT. THERE ARE A LOT OF MACHINE SHOPS AND MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN THE COUNTY THAT DO A LOT OF DEFENSE RELATED, YOU KNOW, MANUFACTURING. AND SO A LARGE PORTION OF THEIRS, THEIR REVENUES COME FROM OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S THE VALUE ADD OF TRYING TO HELP THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE MORE CONTRIBUTORY IN NATURE EXPAND AND GROW AND HELP INCREASE THE TAX BASE IN THE COUNTY. WE DON'T DEAL MOSTLY WITH WHAT I WOULD CALL SERVICE RELATED COMPANIES AND BUSINESSES OF THAT NATURE. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT TO THE ECONOMY, BUT WE PLAY MOSTLY IN THE CONTRIBUTORY SPACE WHERE OUR CHAMBER FRIENDS INTERACT AND ENGAGE MORE FREQUENTLY WITH THOSE SERVICE RELATED BUSINESSES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND SO THE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION INCENTIVE THAT'S ON THE BALLOT IN AUGUST. AND IT IS A STATE STATUTE. IT'S A FLORIDA STATE STATUTE FOR NEW OR EXPANDING BUSINESSES. AND IT'S UP TO A TEN YEAR EXEMPTION ON THE ON PERSONAL OR REAL PROPERTY TAXES. IT'S NOT AVAILABLE IN ALL MUNICIPALITIES. OF COURSE, IT IS ONLY AVAILABLE, YOU KNOW, IF A REFERENDUM HAS PASSED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. MARTIN COUNTY HAS PASSED THE FIRST ITERATION OF THIS IN 2010 AND THEY PASSED IT.THE VOTERS PASSED IT AGAIN IN 2020 BY ALMOST A 2 TO 1 MARGIN. AND IT STRICTLY APPLIES TO TAXABLE VALUE. AND THE EXEMPTION IS UNIMPROVED VALUE OF THE NEW OR EXPANDING BUSINESS. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THERE'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD REQUIREMENTS. TO QUALIFY. YOU HAVE TO BE A NEW OR EXPANDING BUSINESS IN MANUFACTURING OR IN A TARGET INDUSTRY DEFINED BY FLORIDA COMMERCE. THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, WHICH IS OUR MAIN DEPARTMENT THAT WE LIAISE WITH IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH AT LEAST TEN OR MORE EMPLOYEES AT THE AVERAGE WAGE OR ABOVE THE WAGE IN THE IN THE AREA THAT THE INCENTIVE IS BEING OFFERED. AND SO THOSE OTHER INDUSTRIES INCLUDE FINANCE AND INSURANCE SERVICES, WHOLESALE TRADE INFORMATION, PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, AND TRANSPORTATION AND WAREHOUSING. AND I BELIEVE THAT HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL ASSISTANCE IS IN THERE. BUT MAINLY THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, MORE IN THE BUSINESSES THAT CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS MORE USUALLY ARE IN THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY, BECAUSE MANUFACTURERS HAVE A LOT OF TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY OR EQUIPMENT THAT IS TAXED, AND THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IN A IN A WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OTHER COMPANIES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST SOME HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS. THE EXEMPTION PROVIDES A TEMPORARY REDUCTION. IT'S UP TO TEN YEARS.
SHOULD YOU ALL APPROVE IT OF THE VILLAGE'S AD VALOREM TAXES ON NEW TAXABLE VALUE. THE IMPORTANT PART IN THIS I THINK IS THE SECOND BULLET POINT. THIS INCENTIVE FROM AN ECONOMIC
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DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, IT REALLY ENCOURAGES INVESTMENT BY REDUCING THOSE INITIAL COSTS. SO THE MONEY SAVED BY THE COMPANY CAN BE REINVESTED INTO THEIR COMPANY TO GROW, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUSINESS ACCORDINGLY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT IS IT NOT WHAT DOES IT IT DOESN'T DO IT DOES NOT GIVE A CASH PAYMENT. IT IS NOT A IT DOESN'T GIVE ANY AUTOMATIC BENEFIT TO THE COMPANY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IT ALSO DOESN'T DECREASE THE EXISTING TAX BASE NOR DOES IT AFFECT TAXES THAT ARE PAID TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OR OTHER TAXING JURISDICTIONS, SUCH AS THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COUNCIL, FOR EXAMPLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I BELIEVE THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE THAT I WANTED TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH SOME KEY FACTS. AND ALSO I DIDN'T MENTION EARLIER, THERE'S A HANDOUT AT THE FRONT THAT GOES THROUGH A QUESTION AND ANSWER IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE MYTHS AND FACTS RELATING TO THIS INCENTIVE. THE BEAUTY OF IT IS THAT IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL INCENTIVE AND APPROACH. IT CAN BE TAILORED TO EACH SPECIFIC COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, THE VILLAGE COMMISSIONERS, YOU ALL WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW AND VOTE ON EACH REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION, AND RECIPIENTS MUST PROVIDE ANNUAL REPORTING OR FACE CLAWBACK. THE EXAMPLE THAT'S MOST RELEVANT TO US CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. AND I WILL SAY THAT NO COMPANY HAS UTILIZED THIS AS YET, YOU KNOW, AS RECENTLY, HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT. ONE OF THOSE BEING POWER SYSTEMS, MANUFACTURING GAS ENGINE TURBINES FOR INDUSTRIAL USES AND AEROSPACE AND AVIATION. THEY'RE LOCATED THEIR HEADQUARTERS IS IN JUPITER, BUT THEY MOVED A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR OPERATION, MANUFACTURING TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT OFF KANNER HIGHWAY, ABOUT 20 MINUTES NORTH OF HERE.AND THEY RECEIVED FAVORABLE FEEDBACK FROM COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. AGAIN, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT IT CAME ACROSS THE DESK OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AND THEY RECEIVED FAVORABLE FEEDBACK LAST YEAR AFTER REVIEWING THE ASSOCIATED ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND THE ROI NUMBERS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC APPLICATION, THEY'VE GOT ABOUT ESTIMATED 8 OR $9 MILLION IN ESTIMATED TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT THAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING INTO THE FACILITY IN MARTIN COUNTY. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY BUILDING OUT RIGHT NOW. SO THEY'RE HOPEFUL THAT ALL OF THAT WILL BE IN PLACE BY JANUARY 1ST, BECAUSE JANUARY 1ST IS WHEN THE TAX RECORDS TAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF THE PERSONAL PROPERTY THAT'S IN THE STRUCTURE, THEIR TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY ESTIMATED AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT 8 OR 9 MILLION, BUT THAT'S ESTIMATED TO REPRESENT APPROXIMATELY ABOUT 350 OR SO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUES, TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THEM. THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING AN EIGHT YEAR EXEMPTION PERIOD. AGAIN, IT'S UP TO TEN YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S TAILORED BY SPECIFIC EACH YOU KNOW, EACH SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, INSTANCE THAT COMES THROUGH SO THAT 350,000 OR SO DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE THAT WOULD BE FOREGONE, IT COMES BACK ON THE TAX ROLLS AFTER THE INCENTIVE PERIOD IS OVER. BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THEIR PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS AFTER THAT INCENTIVE PERIOD, THERE WAS ABOUT A 1.2 OR SO MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATED RETURN ON INVESTMENT FROM THE DIRECT IMPACT OF JOBS AND THE INDIRECT IMPACT THAT THOSE JOBS MAKE. SO IT'S ALMOST A THREEFOLD KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BENEFIT THAT YOU GET. AND THAT'S HOW THE EXEMPTION WORKS. AND I WILL SAY A LOT OF THE COUNTIES AROUND US DO HAVE THAT. IT'S A TOOL IN THEIR TOOLBOX. MARTIN COUNTY IS CURRENTLY REASSESSING THEIR TOOL KIT. AND REDOING THE AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION FOR MARTIN COUNTY TO FOCUS MORE ON CAPITAL INVESTMENT, AS OPPOSED TO JOBS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THAT. AND WE'RE REALIZING THAT, HEY, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE TAX BASE HERE.
SO AGAIN, IT'S VERY FLEXIBLE IN TERMS OF HOW IF YOU ALL PASS IT, HOW IT WOULD IMPLEMENT, HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF THE PROCESS. BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WHEN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IS FOREGONE FROM A TAX PERSPECTIVE, YOU'RE GETTING THE BENEFIT OF THAT REINVESTMENT IN THE COMMUNITY FROM THE COMPANY STANDPOINT AND THE TAX BASE STANDPOINT. YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WHEN YOU HAVE A COMPANY HERE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, HEY, WHERE DO WE INVEST? HOW DO WE INVEST, WHAT'S THE STRATEGY? BECAUSE THAT IS A QUESTION THAT COMES UP INEVITABLY WHEN COMPANIES ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR DECISION TO EITHER BRING A COMPANY, THEIR COMPANY HERE OR TO REINVEST AND STAY HERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LONG TERM. SO THAT'S THE PRESENTATION. IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT ISN'T.
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AGAIN, I'VE GOT A HANDOUT FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN TERMS OF EXPLAINING A LITTLE MORE IN DETAIL AND GETTING INTO THE WEEDS. BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY THE OVERVIEW IN SUMMARY. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS IT PERTAINS. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD. SO THIS IS NOT THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE A TAX INCENTIVE ON A PORTION OF THE TAXES THAT THEY PAY. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY COME IN AND PAY NO TAX. CORRECT. YES. SO BASICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING IS PERSONAL PROPERTY INTANGIBLE TAX. A LOT OF FOLKS THAT DON'T OWN BUSINESSES MAY NOT REALIZE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO PAY TAX ON THEIR DESKS AND THEIR EVERYTHING THEY OWN IN THOSE BUSINESSES EVERY SINGLE YEAR. YES, CORRECT. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE BUYING YOUR CAR TAG FOR EVERYTHING YOU OWN.AND THESE BIGGER BUSINESSES WITH THE BIG MACHINES. AND LIKE HE SAID, SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE, I WOULD THINK, COMPARED TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S NOT OFFERING THIS INCENTIVE FOR THEM TO COME HERE, AND THEN THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING, NOT JUST THE OUTLYING, YOU KNOW, OF THE NEW JOBS AND ALL THAT, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE CONTRIBUTING TAXES TO OUR TAX BASE. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CORBYN. DID YOU SAY THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY WOULD PAY? THE PERCENTAGE IS IT'S UP TO THE JURISDICTION. AND SO WE SET THAT. YEAH. YOU ALL SET THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, IN SAINT LUCIE COUNTY I JUST TALKED TO PETE CHESHIRE COUNTERPART THERE AND THEY CURRENTLY OFFER 50% OFF OF YOUR OF THE AD VALOREM TAX FOR FIVE YEARS. AND THEN IT STEPS DOWN UNTIL THEY'RE PAYING THE FULL FREIGHT. THE COMPANY I'VE SEEN IT WHERE YOU OFFER 100% AND THEN YOU STEP DOWN. YOU KNOW, EACH 10% EACH YEAR. IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WOULD WANT TO WORK IT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN DEPENDING ON MAYBE THEIR IF YOU ALL CONSIDER, HEY, JOBS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT HERE. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THEY YOU KNOW THAT'S A BIGGER PERCENTAGE OF BECAUSE MARTIN COUNTY HAS A SCORING SYSTEM THAT AND IT'S A LITTLE MATRIX THAT DEPENDING ON HOW MANY JOBS YOU'RE CREATING AND DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOUR CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS, YOU GET MORE ADVANTAGEOUS EXEMPTION. AND FOR MARTIN COUNTY, IT'S THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT THAT MATTERS MORE.
AND SO YOU'LL GET MORE POINTS FOR THAT. AND SO THERE'S A LITTLE MATRIX ON, YOU KNOW, THAT I CAN SHARE WITH THE TOOLKIT THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON UPDATING NOW OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THAT'S ON THAT'S ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. CORRECT. EACH COMPANY YOU MEAN OR. YEAH. SO I MEAN IF WE WANT TO OFFER 50% TO ONE COMPANY BECAUSE THEY BRING IN. A HUGE INVESTMENT. YEAH. TO THE VILLAGE OR SOMEBODY THAT'S BRINGING A BIG INVESTMENT TO THE VILLAGE, WE MIGHT WANT TO GET 100%, YOU KNOW, MIGHT WANT TO GET THE WHOLE BOATLOAD OF IT. AND IT DEPENDS. I MEAN, IT'S UP TO US ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. RIGHT. WHAT YOU ALL PRIORITIZE. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THIS.
THE STATE I THINK RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE LOCAL CONTROL AND AUTONOMY TO MUNICIPALITIES TO, YOU KNOW, TO, YOU KNOW, DELIVER THIS AS THEY SEE FIT. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT A SCORING SYSTEM. IF THIS THING PASSES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE COULD SCORE A COMPANY. YEAH. AND MAYBE AND MAYBE IF IT PASSES, YOU LOOK AT MARTIN COUNTY OR OTHER, YOU KNOW, PEER COMMUNITIES AND SEE HOW THEY'VE DONE THINGS AND TAILOR IT TO SEE WHAT FITS BEST FOR THE VILLAGE.
YEAH. BASED ON THAT ECONOMIC IMPACT. ANYBODY ELSE. AND WILLIAM, ALSO, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE BEING THAT THE VILLAGE IS IN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT THAT FROM THE STATE LEVEL. RIGHT? YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAN ELEVATE THEIR ELIGIBILITY. YES. AND WE ARE. YES. OKAY. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY I APPRECIATE IT. CLARIFYING OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER PROCLAMATIONS OR NOTHING. RIGHT OKAY. NO SIR OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE
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HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, MR. DOUG CALDWELL. DOUG. YOU'RE UP. OKAY. WELCOME. THANK YOU. DOUG CALDWELL FROM ANYONE. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE FAMOUS PERSON FROM INWOOD COULDN'T MAKE IT TONIGHT.GUESS WHAT SHE ASKED ME. COULD YOU READ THIS FOR ME? SO I'M FILLING IN FOR HER, WHICH IS OKAY. NOW, I HAVE NOT PROOFED THIS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. RIGHT? BUT WE'LL WE'LL ADJUST AT THE END. I'M GOING TO ONLY STAY LONG ENOUGH TO READ MY COMMENTS. THE WEATHER'S LOOKING. OH, THAT IS JUST THE INTRODUCTION. NEVER MIND. HERE'S HERE'S MY SHORT AND SWEET COMMENT. I WANT TO
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ANNOUNCE THAT THERE WILL BE AN UPCOMING EVENT TENTATIVELY, TENTATIVELY CALLED PROPERTY TAX 101. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST AT THE CIVIC CENTER. SPEAKERS WILL BE FROM THE MARTIN COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. THERE WILL BE NOTHING POLITICAL ABOUT THIS EVENT. IT IS STRICTLY TO GIVE INDIANTOWN RESIDENTS KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO HOW PROPERTY TAX SYSTEM WORKS, OBJECT TO HAVE INFORMED VOTERS MAIL IN BALLOTS IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFORMATION. WHEN I GOT TO CORRECT THAT ALREADY, THE LAST WEEK OF AUGUST WILL BE AFTER THE AFTER THE MAILING, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS NOT A PROPERTY TAX ISSUE, SO. WELL, IT IS IT IS IN A WAY SOMEWHAT. ANYWAY, WE'LL WE'LL GET THAT OUT. SHE'LL GET THAT OUT. ALL I WANTED THIS TIME IS TO ENCOURAGE STRONGLY IN OUR VILLAGE COUNCIL TO SPEND AS MUCH, NO MORE TIME AND EFFORT IN REINFORCING OUR LOCAL BUSINESS AS THEY AS THEY NOW DO, TRYING TO ENCOURAGE NEW ONES. LET ME DO THAT AGAIN. NOPE. OKAY, I WAS STUTTERED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT ONE. EDUCATION AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES. HELP IN ACQUIRING GRANTS AND LOW INTEREST LOANS TO EXPAND WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE. TIME TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE. I CAN PROBABLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ON THAT, WHICH YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE ANY. THAT BEING SAID, SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE STORM COMING AND IF SHE WAS HERE, SHE'D PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AN EARLY WARNING, WHICH MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK AT FOR THE CATASTROPHE THEY HAD IN TEXAS. I DON'T KNOW IF EARLY WARNING WOULD WORK HERE FOR TORNADOES AND HURRICANES, BUT IT MIGHT. WE'RE 33FT ELEVATION, SO WE PROBABLY WON'T WORRY ABOUT FLOODING. SO. SO I DID PRETTY GOOD. I GOT 20S LEFT TO GET A QUESTION THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE MAIL IN. WE HAD THAT UP NORTH. IT'S CALLED LERTA. I DON'T KNOW THE IT'S LOCAL ECONOMIC TAX EVASION SOME.SO WE HAD THAT PROGRAM IN PENNSYLVANIA. SO IT'S NOT NOT NEW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JENNIFER LONGSHORE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. IS THAT REALLY LOUD? I FEEL LIKE I'M SCREAMING. MY NAME IS JENNIFER LONGSHORE AND I'M HERE SPEAKING TONIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS A LIFETIME INDIANTOWN RESIDENT IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AD VALOREM TAX EXEMPTION. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I WISH THERE WAS MORE RESIDENTS HERE BECAUSE YOU SEE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, EVERYONE'S GOT A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. NOBODY SEEMS TO UNDERSTAND IT, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T COME OUT, WHICH IS DISAPPOINTING. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU ARE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, TRY TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE BECAUSE THE VILLAGE CAN'T BECAUSE OF THE STATUTES. AND WE'RE TRYING ON OUR END AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE INFORMED VOTES. IT'S TERRIBLE IF THEY'RE JUST TAKING SOMEONE'S OPINION OFF OF FACEBOOK AND VOTING ON THAT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE A LOT IN THIS COMMUNITY, UNFORTUNATELY. SO I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF IT. WILLIAM HIT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE NOTES THAT I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT. I WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTOOD THIS IS NOT A TAX BREAK FOR DEVELOPERS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTION THAT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS FOR. AND IT'S NOT. THIS IS TO BRING BUSINESSES TO TOWN, AND IF WE DON'T ATTRACT THESE BUSINESSES, THEY'LL GO ELSEWHERE AND WE'LL LOSE OUT ON THE ECONOMIC VALUE THAT THEY COULD BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS JOBS. YOU KNOW, I WANT RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A WAY TO INCREASE THE TAX BASE FOR OUR ECONOMY WITHOUT RAISING TAXES FOR THE RESIDENTS.
IT COSTS US NOTHING TO OFFER THIS INCENTIVE TO THESE BUSINESSES. AND FOR MOST OF US WHO LIVE HERE, WE WANT OUR CHILDREN TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE AND SO ON. YOU KNOW, MY GRANDPARENTS STILL LIVE IN THIS TOWN. I'M HOPING THAT MY PARENT, MY CHILDREN WILL STAY HERE AS WELL, BUT WITHOUT JOBS AND SERVICES COMING TO TOWN, THAT ISN'T GOING TO BE FEASIBLE. SO I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH THIS, GET MORE INFORMATION. AND LIKE I SAID, I'M HOPING IF YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT MIGHT LOOK, BUT IF YOU CAN SOMEHOW GET THIS INFORMATION OUT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, MAYBE HOLD A TOWN HALL, I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY'RE GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM FACEBOOK ARTICLES THAT ARE NOT ALWAYS FACTUAL AND ACCURATE. AND
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THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. SO I JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO THEIR RESEARCH, REALLY LOOK AT WHAT'S IN THIS. GO TO THE AGENDA ITEM FROM I THINK IT WAS MARCH 27TH, THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.IT'S ON THE VILLAGE'S TRANSPARENCY PAGE. READ IT. IF YOU READ IT, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER. AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN FLOATING AROUND IS NOT ACTUAL, ACTUALLY WHAT'S WHAT'S IN IT. AND SO I'M JUST IN SUPPORT OF IT. I THINK THAT IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR ECONOMY, AND I JUST HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL DO THEIR RESEARCH BEFORE THEY VOTE OFF OF EMOTION. SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY FOR STUTTERING. I DON'T LIKE PUBLIC SPEAKING. THANK YOU, MISS DONNA.
CARMEN. GOOD EVENING. I HOPE SOMEDAY Y'ALL CHANGE THIS BLOOMING THING. DONNA CARMEN AGAIN IN REPRESENTING THE INDIAN TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. FOLLOWING UP FROM JENNIFER. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK AS LONG. I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE POTENTIAL EXEMPTION. WE'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES. INDIAN TOWN IS GROWING THANKS TO YOU GUYS. THANKS TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, SPEAKING UP ABOUT THE ISSUES AND THINKING ABOUT OUR CHILDREN, YOUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND THE FUTURE OF OUR RESIDENTS TARGETED INDUSTRIES POTENTIALLY FOR THIS AREA. WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A FEW OF THOSE, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT POTENTIALS THERE ARE THE MARINE INDUSTRY, AGRICULTURAL, EQUESTRIAN, MANUFACTURING, CLEAN AND GREEN TECH, IT INNOVATION, HEALTH CARE, MEDTECH, AVIATION AND AEROSPACE. EXCELLENT. WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF THOSE YET, BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW, SO WE HOPE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO RECRUIT MORE AND ENTICE MORE INVESTMENT IN SPEAKING WITH TARYN IN THE PAST, OUR PERCENTAGE OF THE RESIDENTIAL TAX BASE IS, WHAT, MAYBE 5 OR 6% OF OUR TAX BASE, 5.35.3 WHO ELSE IS PAYING THE DIFFERENCE TO KEEP THINGS MOVING? I REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT OUR WATER. WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR YEARS IT SAT THERE AND DID NOTHING.
THE WATER COMPANY. YES, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISLED ON THE POTENTIAL COST FOR RENOVATIONS, MIGHT HAVE PAID A LITTLE MORE THAN WE SHOULD FOR THE COMPANY. BUT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE FOLKS THAT OWNED IT IN THE PAST WOULD NOT HAVE DONE A DARN THING. AND THEY ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THE GRANTS THAT THE VILLAGE IS ABLE TO OBTAIN. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THEY'RE COMING IN AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO CALM DOWN ON THE CONCERNS OR THE OVERT CONCERNS ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND JUST KEEP OUR FOCUS. AGAIN, THIS COMMUNITY WILL NOT THRIVE AND WE WILL NOT HAVE ALL THOSE AMENITIES THAT EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FOR. IF WE DON'T HAVE THE CORPORATE INVESTMENTS OR THE OTHER INVESTMENTS FROM THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS SUSAN GIBBS. THOMAS. NEXT. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. MY NAME IS SUSAN GIBBS THOMAS. I'M A RESIDENT OF INDIAN TOWN, AND I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS. I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN STATED THAT INDIAN TOWN IS CURRENTLY AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE. I THINK THERE IS A TEN YEAR LIMIT ON THAT. DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT? SUNSETS? I MEAN, ARE WE IN YEAR EIGHT SEVEN? I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT OUR RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, THE READY RE-UP FOR TWO YEARS. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER OKAY, BUT BUT THERE IS A LIMIT TO THAT. WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE ARE, WHEN WE GET THAT DESIGNATION, THERE IS A LIMIT TO THAT. WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA. OKAY. OKAY. WELL I DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO GET IN A RUNNING DISCUSSION. ALSO FOR THE EDIFICATION AND CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC, THIS PROPOSED TAX EXEMPTION, IT WILL IF IT PASSES IT'LL SUNSET AFTER TEN YEARS. SO IT'S NOT SET IN STONE FOREVER. ALSO JUST KIND OF A QUESTION DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANSWERED IF SOMEONE JUST CURIOUS IF SOMEONE APPLIES AT YEAR NINE, WILL THE BUSINESS STILL GET UP TO THEIR REQUESTED EIGHT YEARS, TEN YEARS OR WHATEVER AFTER THAT? THAT'S JUST KIND OF A WANT TO KNOW.
ALSO, I WOULD REQUEST THE VILLAGE'S WEB PAGE. MAYBE WE COULD GET ON THE FRONT PAGE.
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WHEN YOU GO TO THE VILLAGE, YOU GET AN INFORMATIONAL THING RIGHT THERE. I, I THINK IT'S CHALLENGING THE, THE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T FIND IT VERY FRIENDLY. I KNOW IT HAS.IT'S GOT A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND IT'S ALL THERE, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DIG OUT SOMETIMES. BUT THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL THING TO HAVE JUST AN INFORMATIONAL SHEET OF WHAT'S GOING ON NOW, THE CONCERN OR NOT EVEN THE CONCERNS, BUT ALL THE FACTS RIGHT THERE. SO IF SOMEBODY COMES TO THE WEB PAGE, THEY SEE, OH, THAT'S A CHOICE. LET ME LOOK AT THAT. SO IT'S VERY PROMINENT AND CAN BE CLARIFIED. PEOPLE CAN GO AND THEY CAN FEEL SATISFIED. SO AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE. NO. NO SIR. OKAY. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS I HAVE A COMMENT OKAY. WELL WE'RE GETTING THERE OKAY OKAY. COMMENTS BY
[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]
VILLAGE COUNCIL. GO AHEAD. OH HAVE WE GOT THERE QUICK. ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, WE'D LIKE TO THANK OUR VILLAGE VILLAGE MANAGER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PROVIDE FACTUAL INFORMATION TO MISS CLOWDUS ABOUT THE TAX REFERENDUM. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO COMBAT MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO ASK OUR STAFF OR CONTACT ONE OF US ON THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. AND WE IF WE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS, WE WILL GET THEM FOR YOU. FACEBOOK IS HARDLY A RELIABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU. WE ARE HERE TRYING TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS AND WE WELCOME QUESTIONS AND INPUT FROM YOU. THAT IS PRODUCTIVE. HERE ARE A FEW POSTS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON FACEBOOK IN THE FUTURE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO POST IN ARE LISTENING. VILLAGE STAFF AND COUNCIL WORK DILIGENTLY TO ATTRACT JOBS, BUSINESSES AND HOUSING OPTIONS FOR INDIAN TOWN.OR HOW ABOUT VILLAGE? COUNCIL AND STAFF SEEK OPTIONS FOR EXPANSION OF SERVICES WHILE AVOIDING MULTIMILLION DOLLAR GOVERNMENT COMPLEX DEVELOPMENT. AND ANOTHER MIGHT BE VILLAGE COUNCIL AND STAFF WORK HARD TO MAINTAIN QUALITY EMPLOYEES THAT PROVIDE EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THESE ARE JUST THREE POSITIVE HEADLINES AND I HAVE MANY MORE. IF ANYONE NEEDS ANY HELP FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE INSPIRING FACEBOOK POSTS, THANK YOU. STEVE. OKAY, YOU WANT TO GO? PHYLLIS? NO. I'M GOOD. GO FOR IT. OKAY, WELL I DON'T I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. IT'S WE KNOW THE WEATHER HAS BEEN QUITE CHALLENGING, AND I'M JUST GLAD THAT EVERYONE CAME AND ENJOY THE COUNCIL MEETING. AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO COME AND CONTINUE TO BRING YOUR CONCERNS AND HAVE YOUR INPUTS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN ARDIS BROWN, THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT. WE HAD OUR LAST MEETING ON JUNE 26TH. I AFTER THE MEETING. I HAD A HARD TIME SLEEPING. SO I WROTE A LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I WANT TO READ IT FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. IT'S REALLY SHORT. DEAR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, MY DISSENTING VOTE ON JUNE 26TH REGARDING STAFF SALARY WAS INTENDED TO MAKE A POINT THAT I FEEL MAY HAVE VERY WELL BEEN MISSED. I WAS NOT A VOTE AGAINST RAISING STAFF SALARY TO A COMPETITIVE LEVEL, WHICH I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT. IT WAS BECAUSE ONE OF OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS VOICED THAT SHE DID NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS OR THE DETAILS BEHIND THE RECOMMENDATION. SHE WAS EXPECTED TO VOTE WITHOUT FEELING PREPARED ON PRINCIPLE ALONE. I BELIEVE THAT A VOTE, PARTICULARLY ON A MATTER THAT AFFECTS STAFF AND PUBLIC RESOURCES, SHOULD ONLY MOVE FORWARD WHEN ALL MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BEING ASKED OF THEM AND FEEL FULLY PREPARED AND CONFIDENT IN CASTING THEIR YAY OR NAY VOTE. IN THIS CASE, I FELT STRONGLY THAT PRESSING FORWARD WHEN A COUNCIL MEMBER EXPLICITLY EXPRESSED CONFUSION WAS NOT IN LINE WITH THE LEVEL OF CARE AND DUE PROCESS OUR COMMUNITY EXPECTS FROM US, OR THAT WE SHOULD EXPECT FROM EACH OTHER. IF ANY ONE OF YOU HAD EXPRESSED A LACK OF CLARITY OR REQUESTED MORE TIME TO PROCESS THE INFORMATION, I WOULD HAVE STOOD RIGHT BY YOU TO ASK FOR IT. THAT'S HOW WE SHOW MUTUAL RESPECT AND HOW WE REINFORCE THE IDEA THAT EVERY MEMBER'S VOICE MATTERS EQUALLY. THERE WAS NO URGENT DEADLINE THAT FORCED US TO DECIDE THAT NIGHT. A SHORT DELAY FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION WOULD NOT HAVE HARMED THE PROCESS. IN FACT, I BELIEVE A WORKSHOP, AS MAYOR PEREZ SUGGESTED, WOULD HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR DECISION BY ENSURING THAT BOTH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC HAD TIME TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE AT HAND. WE HAVE ALWAYS WE CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER BY ONE ANOTHER, AND THIS
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FELT LIKE ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS I SHARED THIS NIGHT AS A CRITIQUE, BUT AS A REFLECTION AND REMINDER OF THE KIND AND THOUGHTFUL, INCLUSIVE GOVERNMENT I KNOW THAT WE STRIVE TO BE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY. OKAY, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CHAMBER FOR PUTTING ON A GREAT FIREWORKS SHOW. I THINK I THINK IT WAS THE BEST SHOW OUT OF ALL THREE YEARS. AND DESPITE THE RAIN, I THINK WE HAD THE BEST TURNOUT IN ALL THREE YEARS. SO.THAT WAS MONEY WELL SPENT ON THE PART OF THE VILLAGE. YES. SO. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR
[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]
VILLAGE MANAGER? JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO THANK MR. CORBYN FOR COMING THIS EVENING AND IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM THIS MORNING, ONE THING THAT HE SAID TO ME THAT WAS STRUCK ME IS THAT WITHOUT THIS TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM AT LEAST BEING MADE AVAILABLE WERE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IN TALKING WITH MISS DONNA TODAY, SHE BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT. SHE SAID SHE'S TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS LIKE A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION. BUT FOR BUSINESSES, SAME CONCEPT. YOU HAVE CRITERIA. THE ONLY MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS THEY HAVE TO REAPPLY EVERY YEAR, WHEREAS HOMESTEAD YOU DON'T. ONCE YOU GET IT, YOU'RE IN. SO I JUST THINK THAT THOSE ARE IMPORTANT POINTS TO MAKE. BUT THE GREATEST NEWS THAT WE HAVE IS THIS AFTERNOON WE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE STATE. THE VILLAGE WAS AWARDED $22.5 MILLION TOWARD THE WATER PLAN. YES. AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT MAY NEED TO BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OR A REPRESENTATIVE, BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD SO WE CAN SECURE THAT FUNDING AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK JEN TRIED TO HIT ON A LITTLE BIT SOME OF THE POSTS AND FACEBOOK. THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE AT YOUR LAST, ONE OF YOUR LAST MEETINGS WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WAS LOOKING FOR APPROVAL THAT HIS DEVELOPMENT, THAT THEY LACKED WATER PRESSURE.WATER PRESSURE IS MUCH MORE DIFFERENT THAN WATER AVAILABILITY. YES, THE VILLAGE IS AT CAPACITY. WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THAT VERY CLOSELY AND THE PRESSURE IS AN ISSUE OVER HERE. YOU'VE GOT PIPES THAT ARE TWO INCHES, THREE, FOUR INCHES, WHATEVER. THEY'RE NOT HUGE. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE THE FIRE FLOW. SO I THINK THAT AS PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO POST THESE THINGS, THEY NEED TO GET THEIR FACTS. I YOU KNOW, I DON'T DO FACEBOOK, BUT PEOPLE SHARE IT WITH ME. SO I TRY I WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERN FOR THESE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS WE HAVE NOW, AND THAT NEW WATER PLANT WILL TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS NOW FOR REDUNDANCY, QUALITY, A LOT OF THINGS, AND WE MAY HAVE OTHER. WE HAVE 6500 PEOPLE IN OUR POPULATION, AND LESS THAN 2000 ARE ON OUR WATER AND SEWER SEWER SERVICES. SO WE'VE GOT FOLKS ON SEPTIC AND WELL THAT MAY WANT TO COME TO THE VILLAGE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO HANDLE THAT ADDITIONAL ASK AND CAPACITY. NOT ONLY THE NEW ROOFTOPS THAT ARE COMING. SO I JUST WANT FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THAT, YES, WE ARE AT CAPACITY.
WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN MONITORING IT VERY CLOSELY AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO THE EXISTING PLANT TO GET IT AS EFFICIENT AS IT POSSIBLY CAN. SO WE DON'T HAVE BOIL NOTICES, WE DON'T HAVE OTHER THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE WATER MAIN BREAKS AND OTHER ISSUES THAT IMPACT THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR SERVICES. SO I'M WE'RE SO EXCITED. THANK YOU, GOVERNOR, FOR THIS $22.5 MILLION. THANK YOU, SENATOR HARRELL, FOR PUTTING IN AND TAKING THAT APPROPRIATION FORWARD. THANK YOU, REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER, FOR ALSO PARTNERING WITH HER ON THIS REQUEST. IT'S SO EXCITING. TOBY. ALSO TOBY TOBY TOO. YEAH. TOBY. TOBY TOO. ON THE REPRESENTATIVE SIDE. REPRESENTATIVE OVERDORF. KEVIN. RIGHT THERE. AND. JOSH. YEAH, I WAS LOOKING FOR MY KEVIN. BUT YES. AND JOSH KELLUM WITH THE GARCIA COMPANY. HE WAS. THEY HAD A RIBBON CUTTING LAST NIGHT OF THE POWELL FACILITY. BUT WITHOUT HIS COMMITMENT AND WITHOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS, YOU
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KNOW, WALKING THE HALLS OF TALLAHASSEE, WE WOULD NOT BE IN THE POSITION THAT WE ARE TODAY.AND SO THE DEEPEST AMOUNT OF GRATITUDE, AT LEAST FOR MY PERSPECTIVE AND KNOWING HOW THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE VILLAGE BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO TURN OVER EVERY STONE AND SHAKE EVERY TREE UNTIL THE FRUIT FALLS DOWN AND WE GET ALL THE FUNDING WE NEED FOR THIS WATER PLANT. YEAH. I MEAN, LISTEN, I'VE BEEN WALKING THE HALLS LIKE IN TALLAHASSEE. I MEAN, I FELT THE LOVE UP THERE FROM OUR REPRESENTATIVES, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY SINCERELY, WITH ALL THEIR HEART WANT, WANT TO HELP US. THEY WANT TO SEE THIS VILLAGE SUCCEED. AND THEY'RE IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOVERNING OURSELVES. YOU KNOW, HAVING TARYN IS YOU THE GENERAL PUBLIC DOES NOT REALIZE WHAT SHE MEANS TO THIS VILLAGE.
THE CREDIBILITY, THE EXPERIENCE. I MEAN, SHE'S BUILT A STAFF. IT'S LIKE A FAMILY IN HERE AROUND THESE WALLS. THIS VILLAGE IS LIKE A FAMILY. AND EVERY ONE OF US THAT ARE UP HERE, I BELIEVE WITH ALL MY HEART THAT THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO SEE THIS VILLAGE GROW AND THEY WANT TO IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO. ALL THIS IS GOING TO DO IS IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE. NOT HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO STUART TO GO GET A NICE STEAK AND A BAKED POTATO, NOT HAVING TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO STUART TO GO TO A DOCTOR, NOT HAVING TO TAKE AN AMBULANCE ALL THE WAY TO STUART TO GO TO A WELL, THEY CALL IT A HOSPITAL. I MEAN I WANT THAT OUT HERE. IT'S COMING. SO. IT'S ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO IT'S A GREAT THING. IT'S A GREAT THING. SO I'LL GET OFF THE SOAPBOX. BUT I'M SORRY MAYOR, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE. TARYN. DID YOU SAY YOU NEEDED US TO MAKE A MOTION? YES, PLEASE. JUST THAT IF ANY DOCUMENTS THAT NEED TO BE RELATIVE TO THIS $22.5 MILLION GRANT. BEFORE I FORGET, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ALLOW YOU TO HANDLE ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THIS GRANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I SECOND, DO YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. IF YOU INCLUDE THE MOTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND AUTHORIZING THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THE MAY REQUIRE THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE. YES. WHAT HE SAID. VERY GOOD. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN, SECOND BY. WATERS. BROWN. OKAY. YOU SECOND, I DO. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILWOMAN WATERS. BROWN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOVING ON. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MOTION. MOTION TO
[1) APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN ONSLOW. SECOND I SECOND. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WATERS. BROWN.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. APPROVAL OF CONSENT. AGENDA. MOTION. MOTION
[2) APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA ]
TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN. SECOND BY I. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WATERS. BROWN.ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. I. THERE YOU GO, PAT. I WAS WAITING FOR THAT. OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[3) Approval for the Contract Award of 2025-01 Electrical Continuing Services to Cyber Electric of Central Florida Inc. & Elevated Electrical LLC in the amount not to exceed $250,000.00.]
THREE. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT ELECTRICAL CONSULTING. I GUESS THAT WOULD BE PAT. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. PAT NOLAN, THIS ITEM IS AN RFP THAT WE PUT OUT SO THAT WE COULD SECURE ELECTRICIANS TO DO WORK IN THE VILLAGE. WASTEWATER UTILITIES, AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES IN THE VILLAGE. IN THE PAST, WE HAVE BEEN DOING IT KIND OF AD HOC AS WE HAD PROBLEMS. SO THIS WAY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PLAN. WE HAVE A BUDGET, SO IT'LL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO BUDGET EVERY YEAR, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP IT A, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EYE ON WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THE ELECTRIC. SO BASICALLY THIS IS A GOOD STEP FORWARD TO BE MORE PLANNED AS WE[00:45:02]
DO THESE THINGS WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ELECTRIC, OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME EMERGENCIES. BUT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF STRUCTURE. WILL THEY BE HANDLING THE EMERGENCIES PAT. YES OKAY. SO IT'S A SERVICE CONTRACT. WHERE IS IT A MONTHLY THING WHERE THEY COME AND WORK OR IS IT AS NEEDED. IT'S GOING TO BE AS NEEDED. AND WE ALSO HAVE TWO ELECTRICIANS NOW SO THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK THAT WE WON'T REQUIRE CYBER. SO WE HAVE ANOTHER ELECTRICIAN THAT HAS LOWER RATES. SO IF WE DO SOME LESS SPECIFIC WORK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAVE MONEY BY GOING WITH THAT OTHER CONTRACTOR. SO IT GIVES US THE ABILITY TO MAKE THE REPAIRS THAT WE HAVE TO DO, BUT ALSO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COST CONSCIOUS WITH IT AS WELL. SO THIS COMPANY IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE HANDLING A LOT OF THE BIG ENGINEERED CONTRACT TYPE. YEAH. CYBER CYBER ELECTRIC WHICH IS THE ELECTRICIAN THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH NOW. THEY DO A LOT OF THE BIG STUFF, THE UTILITY TYPE STUFF AND AN ELEVATED. THEY ALSO DO SOME OF THAT AND YOU KNOW SOME OF THE MORE COMMON. SO BOTH OF THESE CONTRACTS TOGETHER TOTAL THE 250. YES OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION OKAY. THANK YOU.PAT. IT TOTALS THAT 250 ARE NOT THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE NOW IS WHAT WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A BUDGET. AND WE SPENT WELL OVER 250,000 BACK IN THE FALL BECAUSE WE HAD A BUNCH OF EMERGENCIES AND THEY WERE QUITE PRICEY. SO I MEAN, IF WE HAVE A REAL EMERGENCY, UNFORTUNATELY THE BUDGET'S NOT GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT. RIGHT. BUT IF WE CAN PLAN AND STAY WITHIN THE BUDGET AND OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, WE'LL BE MUCH BETTER OFF. OKAY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE $250,000 AND IT'S GOING TO BE BUDGET. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE BY. COUNCILWOMAN WILLIAMS PALMER, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN ONSLAUGHT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. THANK YOU. AND I MIGHT ADD THAT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE THAT OUR NEW PROCUREMENT PERSON, CALLIE, DID ALL OF THE HEAVY LIFTING TO PUT THIS RFP OUT. SO RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, MIKE PUT HER TO WORK. AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE SHE'S DONE A LOT OF OTHER TASKS, BUT SHE HANDLED THIS ONE AS WELL. OKAY. SO I HAVE TO THANK TO FIND OUT FROM THE VICE MAYOR I DIDN'T HEAR. HI. OKAY. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON. APPROVAL OF THE FIRST
[4) Approval of First Amendment to the Indiantown Community Trust Agreement Extending the Term of the Trust Agreement by 25 Years]
AMENDMENT TO INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST AGREEMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR. VILLAGE MANAGER AND I ARE GOING TO TAG TEAM THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS YOU'LL RECALL, THE INDIAN TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED BY FPL AND INDIAN TOWN COGEN BACK IN 1991 AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE. IT'S SET TO EXPIRE HERE IN JUST A FEW WEEKS. JULY 23RD, 2025. SO ALMOST A YEAR AGO. AND I'LL LET TARYN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT. SHE STARTED REACHING OUT TO FPL TO SEE IF SOMETHING COULD BE DONE SO THIS MONEY COULD KEEP WORKING FOR INDIAN TOWN FOR THE RESIDENTS AND FOLKS IN INDIAN TOWN FOR SOME TIME LONGER. AFTER A LOT OF MACHINATIONS AND WITH A LOT OF HELP, INCLUDING WITH THE HELP OF KEVIN POWERS, HOOKING US UP WITH A LOT OF THE RIGHT FOLKS IN FPL, WE'RE ABLE TO COME TO A SOLUTION, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO THE IMMEDIATE TIME SENSITIVE PROBLEM. THIS EXPIRING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. IF IT'S LEFT TO ITSELF, THAT MILLION DOLLARS, THAT IS THE SEED MONEY, IT GOES BACK TO THEM. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GOES BACK TO THEM. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO THEY DON'T GET TO DO SOMETHING FUN WITH IT. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE IT OUT TO ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. THAT ENDS UP BEING A TWO CENT CREDIT TO EVERYONE. IT'S TO NO GOOD BENEFIT. SO FOR THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE OF THIS EXPIRING, AFTER A LOT OF WORKING THROUGH ALL OF THIS, FPL WAS AMENABLE TO EXTENDING THE TERM OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY TRUST FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS. AND SO THAT IS WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TERRY TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND. WELL, I, I DON'T THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH OUR DISCUSSIONS OF MAKING DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE FUND AND ALL THAT, AND WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO EXPIRE. SO WE STARTED HAVING THE CONVERSATION A GOOD YEAR, IF NOT A YEAR AND A HALF ABOUT IT. AND SO THE COUNCIL WANTED ME TO SEE IF WE COULD GET TEN YEARS EXTENSION. WHY? I REACHED OUT TO MY FPL CONTACTS, AND IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE WE COULD GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON SOMEWHERE. THEY, YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHO THAT WAS. SO WE'VE BEEN TRYING SINCE THAT TIME TO GET TO THE RIGHT PERSON. SO I THINK ONCE WADE GOT INVOLVED AND STARTED PASSING DOCUMENTS AND WITH KEVIN POWER'S ASSISTANCE, BECAUSE HE[00:50:07]
KNEW THE RIGHT PEOPLE, WE FINALLY GOT THEIR ATTENTION. SO WE'RE AT A POINT NOW WHERE WE'RE READY TO EXTEND THIS FOR 25 YEARS, WHICH IS GREAT. THE SCHEMATICS OF IT AND ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE WORKED OUT DOWN THE ROAD. AS FAR AS WE MAY CHANGE THE MAKEUP OF THE COMMITTEE, WE MAY HAVE SOME OTHER OVERSIGHT. WE MAY WE'RE NOT SURE THOSE WILL COME BACK. OR ACTUALLY, DO YOU WANT THEM TO COME BACK? ARE YOU LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO DO THAT. SO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE COURSE OF ALL OF THIS BEING DISCUSSED AND EXPLORED WITH FPL, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS. IN ADDITION TO JUST EXTENDING THIS DATE THAT WERE DISCUSSED. ALL RIGHT, ABOUT INVOLVING SOME OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS TO AND I THINK KEVIN MAY MENTIONED THAT IN PUBLIC COMMENT IN A MOMENT INVOLVING ANOTHER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION IN ASSISTING IN IN GUIDING SOME OF THAT AND KIND OF ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL ROCKET FUEL TO THE BENEFITS THAT THAT SEED MONEY CAN PROVIDE AND THEN SOME, SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES OF, OF SOME RESTRUCTURING. AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS CAME UP IN THE DISCUSSIONS. SO WITH REGARD TO ALL THAT, I THINK THAT STUFF THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSING AND BRINGING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT A LATER TIME. BUT THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING HERE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN TWEAKED A LITTLE BIT SINCE THE ITEM WAS EVEN ADDED HERE. THIS IS JUST A COUPLE PAGES ALL TO SAY MOVE IT TO 2050. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS I JUST GOT BACK FROM FPL'S ATTORNEYS ACTUALLY THIS MORNING. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL TWEAK THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE. SO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ON THIS, I ASK THAT YOU MAKE THAT APPROVAL SUBJECT TO ANY TECHNICAL REVISIONS THAT I HAVE TO MAKE TO MAKE IT COMPLY WITH PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS AND SO ON. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THAT WITH ALL THE CHANGES AND ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE. SECOND, QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION. YEAH, YEAH. LET'S, LET'S. WANT TO HEAR FROM FROM KEVIN HERE. MR. POWERS. THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL. LISTEN, IT WAS I WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR STAFF. THEY DID A PHENOMENAL JOB IN IN THE EARLY STAGES OF SAYING THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE DEALT WITH FOR ME. WAS JUST A VOLUNTEER FACILITATOR TO SAY, I THINK WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TELL THIS MESSAGE IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND I GOT, I GOT TO SO, SO WADE DOING THE BEST HE CAN WITH AN ARMY AGAINST YOU KNOW, WITH AN ARMY OF ATTORNEYS, YOU KNOW, AND REPRESENTED THIS VILLAGE VERY WELL. AND TARYN WITH HER LEADERSHIP AND MIKE WITH THE FINANCIAL BACKGROUND TO SAY, HEY, HERE IT IS. AND HERE'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. BUT BE CLEAR, THE SPIRIT OF FPL WAS WE'RE ALL ABOUT INDIAN TOWN.THERE WAS ALMOST LIKE A RELUCTANCE, LIKE WE CAN'T LET THAT LAPSE. BUT THIS IS A BIG BEHEMOTH THAT'S LIKE GOVERNED BY REGULATORS AND ATTORNEYS AND ACCOUNTANTS. AND SO THEY SAID WE WILL FIGURE THIS OUT. AND SO IT WAS MAKING SURE THAT THE RIGHT PEOPLE GOT THE MESSAGE. A COUPLE OF, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE DOCUMENT. AND FIRST OF ALL, THE PAINFUL THING FOR ME WAS IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO. AND I REMEMBER WHEN THE COGEN CAME TO TOWN AND, AND TO LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT YOU REMEMBER HAPPENING AND NOW THE COGEN IS GONE AND I'M LIKE, I'M GETTING OLD. IT'S LIKE HURTS. BUT THE SPIRIT, THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY THEN IS THE SAME AS IT IS TODAY. AND HOW CAN BUSINESS AND THE COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYBODY? AND THAT CAME TOGETHER. SO IT'S MY HOPE THAT THE PROPER FOLKS FROM FLORIDA, POWER AND LIGHT WILL BE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY EXPRESS WHAT THEY INTENDED TO, HOW TO CARRY THIS FORWARD FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS. AND QUITE FRANKLY, AND I HOPE THE ATTORNEYS AND REGULATORS AREN'T WATCHING, BUT THEY WANTED TO MAKE IT PERMANENT FOREVER. AND JUST THINGS ARE GOVERNED THAT SAY, YEAH, WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. BUT LET'S EXTEND LET'S WORK WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT. SO AGAIN, YOUR STAFF DID A DID A WONDERFUL JOB, BUT ONE OF THEM WAS AND JUST I'M NOT GOING TO JUMP INTO THE DETAILS WAS IN TERMS OF THE MANAGEMENT. AND IT WILL YOU KNOW, IT WAS $1 MILLION IN 1991. AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S $1 MILLION TODAY. AND IT DIDN'T HAVE AN ESCALATOR. IT DIDN'T HAVE A CPI OR SOMETHING THAT ALLOWED IT TO BE INVESTED. SO IT CAPTURED THAT. AND IF YOU WENT BACK AND ADDED THAT IN THE PRESENT VALUE OF THAT WOULD HAVE BE ABOUT $2.7 MILLION. SO FOR THE NEXT 25 YEARS, AND I HOPE WE'RE ALL AROUND TO SEE THE RENEWAL OF IT AGAIN, IT WILL HAVE HAD THAT. IT WILL HAVE THAT ESCALATOR IN IT THROUGH A MANAGEMENT, THROUGH A MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT OR A TRUSTEE AGREEMENT
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THAT WILL PLACE IT WITH SOMEBODY TO BABYSIT IT. BUT IT COMES BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY TO GOVERN HOW THAT MONEY IS UTILIZED. SO ANYWAY, PRIVILEGED TO WORK ON IT. I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS THING MOVE FORWARD AND NOT, YOU KNOW, SEND A CHECK FOR $1 MILLION BACK TO FPL. SO APPRECIATE IT. AND YOU GOT YOU GOT A GOOD STAFF HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO SIR. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION BY. GRAHAM. I KNOW YOU MADE THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT.OKAY. BY COUNCILWOMAN ORTIZ BROWN AND SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN SLAUGHTER. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
AYE. OKAY. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. ALL. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE GOT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE. NO, SIR. NOTHING. NOTHING? NO, SIR. WOW.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
WE HAVE OUR FAMILY FUN DAY COMING UP SUNDAY. SATURDAY AT 10 TO 2. 10 TO 2 OVER HERE AT POST FAMILY PARK. WE'LL HAVE SOME CELEBRITIES WILLING TO BE IN THE DUNK TANK. AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. OKAY, MAYOR, I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION OR NOTE FOR ANYONE KEEPING TRACK. IF YOU'LL RECALL FROM A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO WE DISCUSSED BRINGING BACK BEFORE YOU AT THIS MEETING, ACTUALLY PURCHASE CONTRACT FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE BACK. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE SAHARA GROUP AND THOSE FOLKS BACK THERE AND IT'S GOING WELL.BUT THERE ARE SOME FINAL DETAILS ON PUTTING ALL THAT TOGETHER THAT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. WHEN WE WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME ON THE AGENDA ON THE SHORT 4TH OF JULY WEEK WAS JUST ON THE PHONE WITH DANIEL TODAY, AGAIN, TALKING THROUGH THOSE LAST BITS TO MEET THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR PURCHASING UNDER AN OPTION CONTRACT AND SO ON. WE'VE NOTICED IT FOR AUGUST FOR YOUR AUGUST 14TH MEETING, SO THAT'S WHEN WE PLAN FOR THAT TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE VICE MAYOR HAS COMMENTS. VICE MAYOR. IT'S JUST TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. AM I ABLE TO ANNOUNCE? GO AHEAD. THE FIRST ONE IS OUR NEXT MOBILE FOOD DRIVE IS NEXT THURSDAY, 8 A.M. AT THOMAS POWER PARK. OKAY. IS THAT IT? AND THEN I CAN'T. I'M, LIKE STATICKY. AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS THAT WE WERE OFFICIALLY HAVE OUR PTSA IN INDIANTOWN. OUR VERY FIRST ONE AT INDIANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR ANY MEMBERS THAT WANT TO JOIN OUR PTSA AT INDIANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. PARENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, STUDENTS ASSOCIATION. OKAY, IS THAT IT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE
[NEXT REGULAR MEETING (ANNOUNCE TIME, DATE AND LOCATION)]
JULY 24TH. SURE. GO AHEAD. PART OF THE CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT THE UTILITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE I'VE ALWAYS OFFERED TO THE COUNCIL, ANYTIME YOU WANT TO SEE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING ON UTILITY SIDE PUBLIC WORKS, THEY'RE ALL WELCOME. THAT ALSO GOES FOR THE PUBLIC. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO MY OFFICE, AND I WILL GIVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO SEE ANY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. I'LL GIVE THEM A TOUR. WE'RE COMPLETELY TRANSPARENT. I MEAN, IF YOU WANTED SOME OF IT, YOU CAN SEE BY DRIVING BY THE WASTEWATER PLANT IS GOING TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION VERY SOON. BUT THERE'S A LOT GOING ON THERE. BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO TAKE THEM MYSELF AND SHOW THEM ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THE UTILITIES OR THE PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS ON THE 24TH, AND WE'RE GOING TO END THIS AND HAVE A GOOD* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.