Mar 26, 2026 Regular Meeting

COUNCIL MEMBER PALMER PRESENT. OKAY, HERE FOR GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 26TH

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LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS NIGHT HERE AND ANYTIME. WE THANK YOU FOR THE VILLAGE AND ALL THOSE THAT PUT THEIR OWN TIME INTO MAKING THIS A BETTER PLACE HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY.

AND LORD, I PRAY YOU BLESS EVERYBODY THAT'S REPRESENTED HERE TODAY. LORD, WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, AND THAT'S OKAY. I PRAY YOU WOULD REPRESENT THEM RESPECTFULLY IN THE GREATER GOOD OF THIS, THIS VILLAGE AND THIS COUNTY AND THIS COUNTRY WORLD. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HEY, WAIT! AND IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TONIGHT, PLEASE FILL OUT AN INFORMATION CARD THAT'S ON THE BACK AND COMPLETELY FILL IT OUT AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. OKAY, MADAM CLERK, ANY ADDITIONS? FOLD ITEMS OR MODIFICATIONS? NO,

[MCSO Sheriff Budensiek- Indiantown Update]

ALSO, YOU'VE BEEN A PART OF IT. AND AS PART OF THAT, REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER ASKED THAT WE DO A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. WE PUT IT TOGETHER. I PRESENTED IT TO REPRESENTATIVE SNYDER, THE SECRETARY OF FDOT, AND THEN THE LOCAL OUR LOCAL LIAISON HERE FROM FDOT, STEVEN BROWN BRAUN. AND I THOUGHT AFTER DOING THE PRESENTATION AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PRUDENT JUST TO COME AND JUST SHARE WHAT I TALKED ABOUT. SO I'M, I'M COMING ASKING FOR NOTHING. I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE SEE. AND I THINK REALLY A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. SOMETIMES YOU HEAR ABOUT FATALITY CRASHES, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT THERE AND YOU DON'T KIND OF SEE HOW THEY ARE, IT DOESN'T REALLY RESONATE. SO I THINK THIS IS INSTRUMENTAL IN US ALL VISUALIZING JUST HOW BAD IT IS.

AND THEN AS US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WE NAVIGATE AROUND INDIANTOWN, MARTIN COUNTY, AND WE INTERACT WITH PEOPLE LIKE THE GOVERNOR COMES IN HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IMPORTANT, WE CAN JUST KEEP LEANING ON THEM IN ORDER TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE. IT'S FUNDED. THEY'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT THEY MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER. LET ME START OFF BY INTRODUCING THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME, LIEUTENANT ROSCO, DAVID ROSCO, WHO YOU KNOW, HE USED TO BE OUR OUR INDIAN TOWN COMMANDER. HE'S NOW OUR TRAFFIC COMMANDER. BEEN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. HE PUT THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION TOGETHER. HE'S IN CHARGE OF TRAFFIC AROUND THE COUNTY. AND THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON ON 710 IN THE LAST DEFINITELY IN THE LAST YEAR, BUT IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND THEN LIEUTENANT MCCARTHY, WHO'S BACK HERE, YOU'VE MET HIM. HE'S OUR CURRENT COMMANDER OF INDIANTOWN. HE'S ALL THINGS TO YOU. WHATEVER YOU NEED, HE TAKES CARE OF. HE HELPS MITIGATE IT. THEN YOU HAVE SERGEANT ANGELICO. HE'S IN CHARGE OF THE COP UNIT AND THEN DEPUTY GARDUNA. HE'S ONE OF OUR COP UNITS THAT JUST HELPS NAVIGATE WHATEVER WE NEED. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE.

AND I DON'T GO ANYWHERE WITHOUT BACKUP. SO I'M GOING TO START THIS SLIDE PRESENTATION AGAIN.

I'VE TRIED TO BE THOUGHTFUL AND NOT BE DRAMATIC, BUT I REALLY DO WANT US AS LEADERS TO SEE

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OKAY, SO THIS THIS NEWS CLIP, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE WORDS AS MUCH, BUT I WANT IT HIGHLIGHTS. AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS, BUT IT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE ESSENCE OF THE PROBLEM. AND IT'S THE WIDTH OF THE ROAD. THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO SOUTH OF TOWN, SOUTH OF THE BIG JOHN MONAHAN BRIDGE, YOU SEE THAT THAT'S A SUCCESSFUL DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE. AND THIS FATALITY CRASH THAT THE NEWS HIGHLIGHTS. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE AERIAL VIEWS OF JUST HOW HOW NARROW THE ROAD IS AND JUST HOW LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM THERE IS RIGHT NOW IN INDIAN TOWN ROAD HAS REOPENED. DEADLY CRASH SHUT DOWN STATE ROAD 710, ALSO KNOWN AS WARFIELD BOULEVARD, FOR NEARLY EIGHT HOURS TODAY, CHOPPER FIVE GIVES YOU AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE CRASH SCENE, WHICH HAPPENED AROUND 930 THIS MORNING. THE DRIVER OF THE PICKUP TRUCK DIED AFTER INVESTIGATORS SAY A DUMP TRUCK DRIVER SWERVED ACROSS THE CENTER LINE. WHILE HEADING NORTH. THEY HIT HEAD ON. THE PASSENGER OF THE PICKUP WAS FLOWN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. NO WORD ON THE EXTENT OF THAT PERSON'S INJURY. SO RIGHT THERE HEREIN LIES A PROBLEM. YOU SEE THE GUARDRAILS NARROW SHOULDERS. THE ROAD IS D O T STANDARD 11FT LANES, BUT IT'S STILL JUST NO WIGGLE ROOM WITH THAT VOLUME OF TRAFFIC. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A RECURRING THEME HERE OF LARGER TRUCKS STRIKING SMALLER CARS WITH THESE FATALITY CRASHES.

ALMOST ALL OF THEM INVOLVE A LARGER TRUCK. THIS IS THE ONE OF THE FATALITIES THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR. BUT THE CAPTIONS WHAT MATTER SINCE 2015 ON THE 33.7 MILE STRETCH. SO WE'RE INCLUDING OKEECHOBEE BECAUSE I THINK THEY NEED TO DO THAT TOO. I KNOW THEY'RE FOCUSED ON MARTIN COUNTY, BUT I'M WORRIED ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE. ON THE 33.7 MILE STRETCH OF 710 WITHIN MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE, WE'VE EXPERIENCED OVER 1250 REPORTED MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES.

THAT'S A LOT OF CRASHING ON ON A SHORT ROAD. NOT A SHORT, BUT, BUT ON A ROADWAY WITH THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE. THIS CRASH RIGHT HERE TOOK PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A VIDEO. I'M NOT SHOWING THE WHOLE THING.

IT'S EXTREMELY GRAPHIC IF YOU WANT TO LOOK DOWN. BUT THIS HIGHLIGHTS WHAT OUR DEPUTIES, YOUR DEPUTIES, BECAUSE THEY WORK FOR YOU ARE DEALING WITH IN THESE CRASHES, THESE THESE MAKE DEPUTIES WANT TO GET BACK IN THEIR CAR AND CRY WHEN THEY DRIVE AWAY. THESE ARE HORRIFIC SCENARIOS THAT OUR PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN INDIANTOWN, SPRING HAVEN, CLEMENTSVILLE, OUR DEPUTIES, OUR FIRE RESCUE, THEY'RE DEALING WITH THIS STUFF ON AN ALL TOO REGULAR BASIS, AND I'M GOING TO PLAY SOME OF IT. IT'S GRAPHIC, AND THEN I'LL SHUT IT DOWN JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE BIT MUCH. BUT THIS CRASH HAPPENED THIS YEAR. I NEED YOU NOW PRIMARY.

22. 20. I NEED A FIRE EXTINGUISHER RIGHT NOW. HE'S COOKING HERE. ALL RIGHT. COME ON, COME ON. BOTH NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND. SHUT DOWN. VEHICLES ON FIRE. PASSENGERS STUCK INSIDE THE VEHICLE. COME ON. SOMEONE MOVE PAST THAT. THAT'S TERRIBLE. IT DOESN'T GET ANY WORSE THAN THAT. IT'S TERRIBLE FOR OUR DEPUTIES. OBVIOUSLY. IT'S TERRIBLE. THAT YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE, HE'S DYING. HE DIES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY GET HIM REMOVED FROM THE CAR. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH OUT THERE. THANK GOD THEY GOT HIM OUT OF THE CAR.

WE HAD A CAR CRASH SIMILAR TO THAT ALSO THIS YEAR, WHERE OUR DEPUTIES COULDN'T GET THEM OUT AND OUR DEPUTIES WERE TRAUMATIZED JUST BECAUSE THEY THEY BELIEVE THAT HAD THEY SAVED THEM, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BURNED TO DEATH IN THE CAR. IN THIS SCENARIO, IT REALLY DIDN'T MATTER. BUT HORRIFIC NONETHELESS. RIGHT. IN THE PAST TEN YEARS WITHIN MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE, WE'VE EXPERIENCED 31 FATAL CRASHES WITH 39 PEOPLE DYING AGAIN. THAT'S THE TWO COUNTIES THAT ARE CONNECTED TOGETHER. ON AVERAGE, ONE PERSON HAS BEEN KILLED ON THE SECTION OF ROADWAY APPROXIMATELY EVERY THREE MONTHS, EVERY THREE MONTHS.

SOMEBODY DYING ON THIS ROAD RIGHT HERE. THE KIND OF MOVE THROUGH THESE STATS. MOST

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I HATE TO SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S THE TRUTH. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING 55, YOU'RE AT 110 MILE AN HOUR MILE PER HOUR IMPACT TO START WITH. AND THEN IT GETS WORSE FROM THERE. YOU SAW THAT FROM THE FROM THE AERIAL FOOTAGE OF THE THE NEWSCAST. THIS IS A GROUND VIEW OF, OF HOW NARROW THE ROAD IS. AND THERE IS NO WIGGLE ROOM. SO IF YOU ARE AN ALERT DRIVER AND YOU ARE TRYING TO GET REMOVED FROM THE ROAD, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM FOR YOU TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A CRASH THAT'S COMING YOUR WAY, OR A PASSING MOTORIST. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE AND HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS IS. THESE ACTUALLY WERE TWO CRASHES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SOUTH SIDE OF BIG JOHN MONAHAN BRIDGE. BUT SINCE THAT CONSTRUCTION HAS TAKEN PLACE, WE'VE HAD ZERO FATALITY CRASHES SOUTH OF THE BIG JOHN MONAHAN BRIDGE. SO THAT SHOWS YOU HOW SUCCESSFUL THAT THAT WIDE ROAD, THE FOUR LANE HIGHWAY HAS BEEN. AND IT REALLY IS A GOOD MODEL FOR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH NORTH OF TOWN. AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE DOWN THERE. BIG, BEAUTIFUL ROAD. IT'S SAFE.

IT CAN HANDLE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING THROUGH INDIAN TOWN. AND LET ME BACK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. ONE THING THAT IS PUTTING A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US, ESPECIALLY WITH THE BIG TRUCKS, IS ALL THE TRASH COMING OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY. ALL THE EVERYBODY HAS A GPS NOW, SO USED TO PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT 710, SO THEY WOULD DRIVE UP TO STATE ROAD 70 OR 60 AND MOVE ACROSS THE STATE. NOW YOUR GPS PUTS YOU STRAIGHT IN ANY TOWN AND STRAIGHT DOWN.

710 AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE DEALING WITH MOST OF THEM ARE NOT LOCAL PEOPLE. THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING OTHER THAN THE GPS TOLD THEM TO BE HERE. SO DOT HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH US AND YOU, I KNOW YOU PUSHED ON THEM A LOT IN THE COUNTY, HAS PUSHED ON THEM A WHOLE LOT. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING ON DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS. LET ME HIT THEM REAL QUICK. WE HAD SEVERAL FATALITIES RIGHT HERE AT THE ENTRANCE OF OF CLEMENTSVILLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY WERE FATALITIES WHERE AN IMPATIENT DRIVER WAS OVERTAKING TRAFFIC AS A VEHICLE WAS TURNING INTO CLEMENTSVILLE AND THEY WERE T-BONE CRASHES. ACTUALLY, AS THE VEHICLES TURNED IN, CARS WHIPPED AROUND THE PASS AND WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF OF SOME RESIDENTS OUT THERE IN CLEMENTSVILLE. AND THEY COMPLAINED AND THEY WERE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. THEY WERE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO US, THEIR RIGHT TO COMPLAIN TO EVERYBODY. THEY'RE JUST TIRED OF THE OF THE GORE AND THE THE PROBLEMS OUT THERE.

SO DOT DID WIDEN THAT FOR THEM. IT HAS HELPED THERE IN THAT AREA. BUT THAT'S JUST A BAND AID. THAT'S NOT A THAT'S NOT A PERMANENT FIX. AND THEN THIS IS A SLIDE THAT KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THE ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH END, HOW DANGEROUS IT IS, NOT JUST FOR THE DRIVER, BUT THIS PICTURE REALLY REPRESENTS HOW DANGEROUS IT IS FOR OUR DEPUTIES THAT ARE OUT THERE.

WE'VE ASKED THEM TO BE OUT THERE STOPPING CARS. THEY'RE STOPPING THEM. WHEN I WAS COMING IN, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY KNEW I WAS COMING AND THEIR BOSSES ARE BACK HERE, BUT THEY WERE OUT THERE WRITING TICKETS WHILE I WAS DRIVING IN. BUT THIS IS WHAT THEY DEAL WITH.

SO THEY'RE GETTING OUT OF THEIR CAR AND THERE'S CARS WHIPPING BY THEM AT 50, 60 MILE AN HOUR, AND THERE'S BIG TRUCKS AND CARS GOING THE OTHER WAY. IT'S DANGEROUS FOR OUR DEPUTIES. AND WE HAVE HAD PATROL CARS STRUCK OUT HERE IN THE PAST. THANKFULLY, OUR INJURIES WEREN'T SIGNIFICANT, BUT IT'S A SCARY REALLY IS A SCARIER THAN NORMAL PLACE TO DO TRAFFIC STOPS. SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO THROUGH. WE ACTUALLY PULLED UP PHOTOS OF THE CRASHES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO, I BELIEVE THIS IS 15 AND JUST KIND OF START GOING THROUGH THEM IN THIS CRASH. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU SEE A BIG W W LUMBER TRUCK. A 58 YEAR OLD WAS DECEASED IN THIS CRASH. AND THIS IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF TOMMY CLEMENTS AND THE NO PASSING ZONE BACK THEN. MOVING ON. IN 2016 WE HAD A TRIPLE FATALITY OUT THERE. SUPER SAD FATALITY. A FOUR YEAR OLD WAS LOST IN THE BACK SEAT OF THAT CAR. AND AGAIN, YOU SEE A LARGE SEMI TRUCK SMACKING INTO A SMALL CAR. AND THESE THREE WERE DEAD ON THE SCENE. AGAIN IN FRONT OF TOMMY CLEMENTS. YOU SEE THIS CAR BURNED UP LIKE THE ONE THAT YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO A LITTLE WHILE AGO. AND WE LOST KYLE SMITH, 29 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN. AND THIS ONE, WE LOST A 22 YEAR OLD HEAD ON CRASH, ANOTHER HEAD ON CRASH. AND THAT'S THE RECURRING THEME, REALLY. THIS ONE'S ANOTHER HEAD ON. THESE ARE FULL SIZE, LIKE THESE ARE FULL SIZE PICKUP TRUCKS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF, OF IMPACT THAT THESE TWO VEHICLES HAVE, HOW MUCH DAMAGE IT DID JUST TO THE VEHICLES. AND IN THIS ONE, WE LOST A 20 YEAR OLD YOUNG MAN IN THIS CRASH. THIS ONE, ANOTHER SEMI TRUCK ROLLED OVER AND LOST A 20 YEAR OLD HEAD ON CRASH. SAME THING. HEAD ON CRASH LOST A 22 YEAR OLD SEMI TRUCK VERSUS SMALL CAR.

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THAT'S HOW HORRIFIC THIS WAS. THIS CRASH WAS A THEY WERE DOING ROAD WORK OUT THERE. THEY HAD A SIGN GUY STOPPING CARS AND AND A PERSON THAT WAS IMPAIRED, DRUNK, SPED AROUND THE STOP CARS AND WENT RIGHT INTO THE BACK END OF THIS CAR. THEY NEVER THEY NEVER KNEW WHAT HIT HIM. SO WE LOST TWO IN THIS CRASH. SO THESE ARE STATS OF BOTH MARTIN AND OKEECHOBEE COUNTY. AND I THINK YOU HAVE THE SLIDE PRESENTATION SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THEM LATER. BUT BASICALLY WE LOST THREE PEOPLE A YEAR IS WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO. AND SO IT'S OUR JOB AS OR MY JOB. I'M NOT PREACHING AT YOU, BUT IT'S JUST MY JOB TO KEEP THIS CONVERSATION ALIVE WITH YOU. KEEP IT IN FRONT OF FDOT, KEEP IT IN FRONT OF OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES, WHICH WE'VE DONE, AND NOT JUST COME OUT AND PUT A BAND AID ON IT AND PACIFY OUR RESIDENTS, BUT ACTUALLY FIX A PROBLEM. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S A IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY. IT'S A TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING. BUT WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS. IN FACT, TODAY I TALKED TO STEPHEN BROWN, THE FDOT DEPUTY SECRETARY, AND HE WANTED ME TO RELAY A COUPLE THINGS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. I KNOW YOU'RE YOU'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO AT 609 AND 710. THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT A STOPLIGHT THERE AND KIND OF REALIGN THAT INTERSECTION. BUT HE SAID THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING TO START LIKE A PILOT PROJECT. BUT LET ME BACK OUT OF THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT. WE'RE FUNDED FOR 2030 TO GET THIS PROJECT UNDERWAY, BUT 2030 IS A LONG TIME FROM IT. WE'RE IN 2026. IF WE HAVE THREE DEATHS A YEAR, YOU CAN DO THE MATH ON THAT.

AND THAT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO. RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT AS EASY AS JUST TAKING HOWEVER MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND RUNNING OUT AND DOING THE JOB. THEY'VE GOT TO START THROUGH THIS LONG PROCESS OF ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY YOU'VE GOT, YOU GOT THE AMTRAK TRACKS ON ONE SIDE, YOU GOT THE GAS LINE AND YOU GOT POWER LINES ON THE OTHER SIDE. SO THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING THAT CONVERSATION. NOW THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO MITIGATE THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO, AND THEY THINK THEY CAN GET SHOVELS IN THE GROUND QUICKER ON. AND THEY BELIEVE HE WAS TELLING ME TODAY THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN START DOING A 2.4 MILE STRETCH FROM A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF FOX BROWN ROAD, DOWN TO WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE NEW INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE AT 609 AND 710. THEY BELIEVE THEY CAN GET THAT OUT OF THE GROUND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, 2026 AND THE 2027. THEY CAN ACTUALLY START MAKING PROGRESS WHERE WE CAN HELP WITH THAT CONVERSATION. AND IN THE LARGER CONVERSATION WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE IS IF THERE'S ANY PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE LIKE, NO WAY, NO HOW, I'M NOT SELLING OUR PROPERTY. IT SLOWS THE PROCESS DOWN. IT SLOWS DOWN THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCESS, AND THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN. IF THEY CAN DO THE 2.4 MILE STRETCH WITHOUT ANY EMINENT DOMAIN PUSHBACK, THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT. BUT IF THERE'S PUSHBACK, THEY'VE GOT TO WAIT TILL THE 2030 FISCAL YEAR, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. ANOTHER THING THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS THE SAME KIND OF TURN LANE THAT YOU SAW IN FRONT OF CLEMENTSVILLE. THEY WANT TO DO IT IN FRONT OF SPRING HAVEN.

WE'VE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS THERE, SO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT AS A STOP GAP. NOTHING'S GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM THOUGH, INCLUDING US OUTRIGHT TICKETS. AND I'M NOT PASSING THE BUCK.

IN FACT, WE'VE WRITTEN 2700 TICKETS IN THE LAST YEAR OUT THERE. WE'VE BEEN WRITING A LOT OF TICKETS. BUT NO MATTER HOW MUCH I'M ON THE MEDIA, NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE PUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE PEOPLE WRITING TICKETS TO ARE NOT FROM HERE. THEIR GPS TOLD THEM TO DRIVE THROUGH HERE AND OUR LOCALS ARE PAYING THE PRICE FOR THESE IDIOTS THAT ARE DRIVING THROUGH HERE AND CAUSING ALL THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING. SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, BUT OUR PUBLIC KNOWS, OUR PUBLIC KNOWS IT'S THE TRAVELERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH HERE THAT WE WRITE TICKETS TO DAY IN AND DAY OUT. WE'LL BE ON ONE END WRITING TRAFFIC CITATIONS. THE OTHER END WILL CATCH THEM GOING, I'M NOT KIDDING, 106, 110 MILE AN HOUR. AND THAT'S NORMAL. IT'S NORMAL. WE CATCH THEM OUT THERE DAILY DOING THAT SO WE CAN'T TICKET OUR WAY OUT OF IT. WE DO HAVE GRANT MONEY WHERE OUR TRAFFIC UNIT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DESIGNATE MORE TRAFFIC UNITS JUST FOR THIS SECTION OF ROAD, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO UNTIL IT'S FIXED. THE PROBLEM IS FIXED, BUT WE CAN'T PATROL OR TICKET OUR WAY OUT OF

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OUR STATE REP HAS HELPED US WITH LEADERSHIP TO ALLOCATE MORE MONEY FOR THE FUNDING OF THE PROJECT. SO WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO COME OUT AND TELL YOU WHAT WE HAD GOING ON AND JUST KEEP THE PROJECT AND THE CONVERSATION IN FRONT OF YOU AND SHOW YOU WHAT YOU CAN KIND OF TURN AROUND AND EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE AS YOU'RE OUT AS COMMUNITY LEADERS, HELPING KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING. I'M JUST FILLING YOU IN. BUT I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY. WHY DON'T THEY REDUCE THE SPEED LIMIT? SO INTERESTING YOU'RE ASKING. OKEECHOBEE HAS REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT. AND NOW THE PROBLEM THEY'RE HAVING IS, IS PEOPLE BECAUSE CARS ARE GOING SO SLOW, IT'S CREATING MORE PASSING EVEN ON THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES AND IT'S CREATING MORE CRASHES FORM UP THERE. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE A WE CAN'T WIN. YEAH. SO AND 45 WE, WE, WE HAVE IT GOING OUT OF TOWN WHERE IT'S 45 AND THEN IT MOVES UP INTO 55. THOSE CARS ARE FLYING THROUGH THE. 45 I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE CATCHING THEM AT 106 198 A LOT. SO WE'VE BEEN HERE WE'VE BEEN HAVING THAT DISCUSSION ON THE MPO ALSO. YEAH. AND PUSHING REALLY HARD TO GET IT DONE. AND IT'S IT'S IT'S TOUGH. IT IS IT IS TOUGH. AND I KNOW I'VE WORKED THAT AREA. I'VE DONE THAT. IT'S HARD. IT'S, IT'S YOU, YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR DEPUTIES IN JEOPARDY AND, AND THEN YOU BECOME PART OF THE PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT OUT THERE FOR MANY YEARS, PICKED UP MANY BODIES OFF THOSE ROADS AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I SEE THEM ALL THE TIME. AND THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE BACKUP. AND I WAS I WISH HE WAS HERE. I TALKED TO MR. POWERS ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IT'S BEEN PROBABLY A YEAR, BUT HE WAS SAYING THERE WAS A TRAFFIC STUDY IN THE 80S THAT SAID THERE WAS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD THAT NEEDED TO BE WIDENED. AND HERE WE ARE. WE WE DIDN'T CREATE THE PROBLEM. WE INHERITED THE PROBLEM. AND I'M NOT DISPARAGING ANYBODY, BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. I'M A SHERIFF. I CAN'T FIX A PROBLEM. BUT I DO HAVE THE BULLY PULPIT WITH THE MEDIA TO PUSH ON THEM. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY BENEFICIAL TO PUSH ON THEM TO ACTUALLY ALLOCATE MONEY. THEY'VE TAKEN MONEY. BY THE WAY, FDOT HAS AWAY FROM TWO PROJECTS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND REALLOCATED IT TO MARTIN COUNTY. SO THEY'VE THEY'RE HELPING TO HAVE A SIGN THAT'S ON THE ROAD THAT PLAYS THAT VIDEO LIKE A BIG, YOU KNOW, AN ACTUAL VIDEO ON THE ROAD THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW SOMETIMES THEY HAVE THOSE SIGNS THAT HAVE INFORMATION? BECAUSE I THINK IF PEOPLE WERE LOOKING AT THAT AS THEY WERE DRIVING BY, IT MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT REGISTER OUR CALLS, ESPECIALLY PARENTS. I HAD A PARENT REACH OUT TO ME TODAY. THEY WORK AT FPL.

THEY'RE LIKE, MY KID WILL NEVER DRIVE ON THAT ROAD UNTIL IT'S FIXED. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY ALARMING, BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S THAT ROBUST. I DON'T WANT TO BE DISTRACTED LOOKING AT THE SIGN. I WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON DRIVING. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I KNOW THAT I'VE SEEN BILLBOARDS ELSEWHERE THAT HAVE HAD INFORMATION THAT KIND OF GETS YOU AT THE HEART LEVEL. YES. SO I WAS JUST THINKING MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD SLOW THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT. SO FDOT IS CONTINUING TO AND, AND HAS RECENTLY WORKED ON MORE SIGNAGE OUT THERE, BRIGHTER, LARGER SIGNAGE THAT SHOULD, BUT IT'S STILL NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM. WE'RE STILL GETTING CARS JUST MOVING RAPIDLY THROUGH THERE. AND THEY, THEY REALLY ARE. THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE. AGAIN, OUR LOCALS, THEY'RE ENGAGED. THEY CALL US EVERY DAY. THEY REPORT BIG TRUCKS. WHATEVER'S DOWN THERE, THEY'RE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS.

THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. IT'S NOT OUR LOCALS. IT'S PEOPLE MOVING THROUGH. SO SURE. DO THEY PLAN TO DO TWO MILES INCREMENTS TO. IS THAT THE INITIAL PLAN OR NOT? NO, IT WAS MORE OF A WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO WHAT WE CAN RIGHT NOW. AND. AND WHAT'S EASY FOR THEM BECAUSE OF THE ACQUISITIONS OF THE LAND, THEY CAN DO. HE, HE WAS TELLING ME TODAY THAT THEY CAN DO 2.4 MILES IN 2030. IT'S THE WHOLE STRETCH. BUT AGAIN, THAT THEY'RE STARTING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND PROCESS NOW. OKAY. BUT IF SOMEBODY PICKS THEM UP LEGALLY AND SAYS, I DON'T WANT TO SELL MY LAND AT FAIR MARKET VALUE, THEN THEY'VE GOT TO GO THROUGH. IT'S A LEGAL PROCESS. IT JUST TAKES TIME. BUT THEY THINK THAT TWO AND A HALF MILE STRETCH WILL TAKE PLACE FASTER. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THAT FAST. SO IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO. AND THEY DO PLAN TO ALIGN 609 WITH WARFIELD AND A TRAFFIC LIGHT. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES. YEAH. HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT THAT ALSO TODAY. AND THAT THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S SO MUCH PRESSURE COMING THROUGH. YOU SEE IT. WE HAD A CRASH ON 95 THE OTHER DAY THAT STOPPED TRAFFIC ON 609. SO LITTLE THINGS HIT US UP HERE LOCALLY NOW. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES THANK YOU ALL. SHERIFF, I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. I'M FROM BROWARD COUNTY AND THEY DID A LOT OF EMINENT DOMAIN STUFF THERE. SO.

I KNOW THAT TIES UP STUFF. AND PEOPLE SAY Y'ALL TAKING THEIR PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY

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[Public Works & Utilities Update Presentation ]

AND WHEN THE GUYS WORK AT THAT LIFT STATION, THEY HAVE TO WORK FROM THE ROAD. AND THEN THERE'S A LITTLE SPOT OVER BY THE PHARMACY THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIX. AND THEN THE BIGGER PROJECT OF MORE OF THE POTHOLES IN THE VILLAGE WILL BE COMING AFTER THAT. ONCE THEY'RE READY TO MOBILIZE, THEN WE'LL DO SOME MORE STRIPING NEXT. WATER PROJECTS, WATER PLANT. WE'RE WORKING ON THE EXISTING WATER PLANT WITH THE SRF. WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH SRF ABOUT DOING SOME EMERGENCY WORK. THAT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO BECAUSE WE NEEDED WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF WORK ON THAT PLANT, BUT THERE ARE PROCESSES THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH TO SECURE THE FUNDING, AND WE ALSO HAVE TO GO OUT TO BID BECAUSE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SRF. BUT WE

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THIS PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST WATER LEAK THAT I DID WHEN I GOT TO THE VILLAGE. IT'S ON A EIGHT INCH WATER MAIN. IT IS 109 YEARS OLD NOW. I'VE GOT A PICTURE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT MEAN IS DOING TODAY. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DID RECEIVE THE FUNDING THAT ONE WE ALREADY HAVE DESIGNED. SO AS SOON AS THEY RELEASE THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO BE READY TO GO. SO THAT ONE WILL HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY. FLORIDAN AQUIFER WELLS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK GOING ON AT THE EXISTING WATER PLANT. WE RECEIVED FUNDING TO DRILL THREE FLORIDAN AQUIFER WELLS. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS OUR PRESENT WELLS ARE SUFFICIENT WELLS. SO THEY'RE ABOUT 130FT DEEP. THE NEW FLORIDAN AQUIFER IS A DIFFERENT AQUIFER. THERE WILL BE ABOUT 800FT DEEP. SO IT'LL BE DIFFERENT WATER, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILDING A REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENT PLANT. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THAT AS WELL. SO THREE OF THE WELL, TWO OF THE WELLS ARE DONE DRILLING. THE THIRD ONE IS ALMOST DONE. AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DRILLING RIG RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE WATER PLANT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE FOURTH WELL IS GOING.

THERE'S SOME FENCE THERE NOW. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE FOURTH FLORIDAN AQUIFER. WELL, AND 151ST AND OSCEOLA. WE ARE WORKING WITH CONGRESSMAN MAT'S OFFICE TO GET FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH NEWS ON THAT OTHER THAN WE'RE WORKING ON IT NEXT. SPECIAL WATER PROJECTS. WE'VE GOT THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S GOING WELL. IT SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE THIS YEAR'S OUT AND THEN WE HAVE TO TEST IT. PART OF THE FLORIDAN AQUIFER WELLS WAS TO PROVIDE WATER TO TEST THAT DEEP INJECTION WELLS. WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF WATER TO TEST THAT. AND AS IT SAYS, FLORIDA WELLS ALSO PART OF THAT PROJECT AND THAT PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF WATER, A LITTLE BIT OF WASTEWATER. THE THE DRILL RIG IS FOR THE DEEP INJECTION. WELL, BUT THEN YOU SEE THE OLD PLANT THAT'S IN OPERATION TODAY, AND THEN THE BEGINNINGS OF THE NEW PLANT IN THE BACKGROUND. SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THOSE PROJECTS AT A PRETTY GOOD RATE.

NEXT. WASTEWATER, THAT MESS OF CONDUIT ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE BEGINNING OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, AND ALL THE CONTROLS FOR THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT. IF YOU COULD STAND THERE AND LOOK AT THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FLOOR IN NOW AND WE'RE READY TO GO VERTICAL WITH THAT BUILDING. BUT THERE'S 109 PIECES OF CONDUIT THAT ARE STICKING UP OUT OF THE FLOOR. THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR THE CONTROLS FOR THE NEW WATER OR THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT. YOU CAN SEE THE REUSE PLANT IN THE LOWER LEFT CORNER. WE'RE REHABBING THAT AS WELL. THAT PLANT HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, BUT IT'LL BE OPERATIONAL WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. CENTER IS JUST A TANK FOR THE NEW WASTEWATER PLANT. YOU CAN SEE COMPARED TO THE OLD PLANT'S NICE, SHINY AND NEW. PICTURE ON THE RIGHT. SAME THING. WASTEWATER PLANT. THAT'S THE BEGINNINGS OF IN. AT THE END THERE WILL BE SIX TANKS THERE. WE'LL BE ABLE TO TREAT 1.2 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER WHEN IT'S COMPLETE.

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW PLANT IS REDUNDANCY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOWER PICTURE, THAT ONE SINGLE TANK. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTLY. WE HAVE NO REDUNDANCY. IF SOMETHING FAILS THAT WASTEWATER PLANT, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO WITH IT. YOU CAN'T TAKE THE WHOLE PLANT DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T STOP SERVICE. THE NEW PLANT, WHICH IS THE WAY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ORIGINALLY, IS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU CAN TAKE A TANK DOWN, YOU CAN GO AROUND THE TANK AND CONTINUE TO OPERATE. AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CAPACITY FOR A WHILE. SO IF ANYTHING DOES HAPPEN, THE CUSTOMER WILL NEVER KNOW THAT WE HAD A PROBLEM. BUT WE'LL ALSO BE MORE RESILIENT, WHICH THE JOB OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IS TO CLEAN THE WATER BEFORE WE PUT IT BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB WITH THIS NEW PLANT AND DO IT THE WAY WE'RE SUPPOSED TO NEXT. OKAY. I WAS SAYING EARLIER, PART OF THIS

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WE PURCHASED THAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT WITH GRANT MONEY. SO THANKFULLY THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. BUT THE THEME OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE DOING WORK IN-HOUSE NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO THAT. CENTER PICTURE IS IVYN WORKING AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT, AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PUMP THAT CAME OUT OF ONE OF OUR LIFT STATIONS.

IT'S KIND OF A NASTY PICTURE, BUT IT'S REALITY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PUMP, IT'S CLOGGED WITH JUST A BUNCH OF STUFF BECAUSE PEOPLE FLUSH THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE FLUSHING. BUT WHAT THAT EQUATES TO IS A PUMP FAILS AND SOMEONE HAS TO PULL IT, SOMEONE HAS TO CLEAN IT. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CLEAN IT AND PUT IT BACK IN. IF NOT, WE HAVE TO REPLACE THE PUMP BECAUSE IT FAILED. BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOUR IS. THESE GUYS WORK FOR THE VILLAGE. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING WHEN THEY'RE WORKING FOR THE VILLAGE EVERY DAY. NEXT. WATER UTILITIES. ANOTHER PART OF IT IS, IF YOU RECALL, RAFAEL RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATE FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM EDUCATION. THE GOAL, OR MY GOAL, IS TO TRAIN ALL OF MY EMPLOYEES SO THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB BETTER AND BE EXPERTS AT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING HERE IN THE VILLAGE FOR THE VILLAGE PEOPLE. SO ON THE LEFT IS A TRAINING CLASS THAT FLORIDA RURAL WATER, THAT PARTICULAR CLASS WAS A CERTIFICATION EXAM PREPARATION CLASS. I INVITED FLORIDA RURAL WATER TO COME TO THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AND USE OUR RESOURCES SO THAT I CAN PROVIDE TRAINING FOR OUR PEOPLE AS WELL AS OTHER OPERATORS. THE CENTER PICTURE IS OVER ON FARM ROAD. WE HAVE A NEW. THE TEA ESTATES ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF FARM ROAD, WE HAD A WATER LEAK ON A SERVICE THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY OVER TO MARKET. THERE WAS ONE USER THAT HAD A SERVICE LINE THAT WENT ALL THE WAY OVER TO MARKET, SO IT STARTED TO LEAK AND WE WERE ABLE TO REPAIR IT WITH OUR OWN FORCES AND OUR OWN EQUIPMENT. AND WE ELIMINATED A TWO INCH GALVANIZED LINE THAT WAS COMING ALL THE WAY FROM MARKET TO SERVE ONE CUSTOMER, WHILE THERE WAS A 12 INCH WATER MAIN THAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO DO SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BUT IT HAD TO MAKE SENSE WHEN WE DID IT HERE. WE HAD A REASON TO DO IT BECAUSE WE HAD A LEAK, BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GO SPEND MONEY. BUT ONCE WE PUT THE NEW SERVICE ON THE 12 INCH WATER MAIN IN CONJUNCTION WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH TEA ESTATES, WE WERE ABLE TO ELIMINATE A TWO INCH GALVANIZED LINE THAT WAS COMING AGAIN, ALL THE WAY FROM MARKET. AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS ALSO PART OF THE APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING. WE PRESENTLY HAVE TWO MORE EMPLOYEES, WITH A THIRD STARTING THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM SOON. AND WITH THAT TRAINING THEY DO REAL TRAINING. PART OF IT IS VIRTUAL, BUT AGAIN, I VOLUNTEERED TO HOST THE TRAINING HERE IN THE VILLAGE BECAUSE WE HAD MANHOLES OVER TERRA LAGO THAT ARE CLEAN, SO YOU COULD DO TRAINING. SO BASICALLY FIVE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WERE TRAINED IN CONFINED SPACE, WHICH IS A VERY IMPORTANT TRAINING BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T DO CONFINED SPACE PROPERLY, PEOPLE DO GET HURT OR DIE FROM OXYGEN DEPRIVATION. BUT THE BEAUTY OF THIS WAS TWO OF OUR APPRENTICES DID THE COURSE FOR NOTHING. OUR TWO MENTORS DID THE COURSE FOR NOTHING. I HAD ONE EMPLOYEE THAT DID THE COURSE THAT WE PAID FOR, SO I HAD FIVE OF MY EMPLOYEES TRAINED FOR THE COST OF ONE, AND THEY GOT THAT REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE HERE IN A MANHOLE IN THE VILLAGE OF CATS OR VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN. EXCUSE ME. SO WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, I'M ALSO TRYING TO TRAIN MY PEOPLE BECAUSE MOST OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN DOING THIS FOR VERY LONG. AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN WHAT THEY DO IN THE FUTURE HERE IN THE VILLAGE NEXT. PUBLIC WORKS. YOU'LL SEE HERE DAVID'S WORKING ON FILLING A POTHOLE.

AND THEN OVER IN THE CENTER PICTURE OVER ON CHIKKI, WE'VE GOT A WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CULVERTS THAT HAVE BEEN BURIED AND WE HAVE A FLOODING PROBLEM OVER THERE. SO IT'S IT'S MORE OF THE SAME. INSTEAD OF CALLING A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK, WE ARE WITH THE TRAINING THAT WE'VE PROVIDED TO OUR PEOPLE, WE'RE STARTING TO DO MORE AND MORE WORK IN THE VILLAGE IN-HOUSE INSTEAD OF PAYING A CONTRACTOR. NEXT. I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE, RIGHT? DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WHILE CHRISTINA FINDS THE OTHER THREE PICTURES WE HAVE WAS WAS

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RONNY, WHO WE HIRED WITH A B LICENSE. AND HE ACTUALLY JUST PASSED THE TEST FOR A LICENSE.

ASK YOU IF WE HAD IF WE HAD ANY OBLIGATION TO HAVE A LICENSEE ON STAFF. WE DO NOT. WE ARE GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO HAVE B OPERATORS WHEN THESE NEW PLANTS ARE DONE. SO IT'S NOT REQUIRING AN OPERATOR ON STAFF, NOT A OPERATORS. NO. NOT YET. MAYBE SOMEDAY IF WE GROW ENOUGH, BUT WE THEY WILL REQUIRE B OPERATORS. AND AT PRESENT YOU HAVE THREE PERFECT TWO THAT BY THE TIME THESE PLANTS ARE DONE, I EXPECT BOTH JAIME AND IVAN TO BE DUAL B OPERATORS AND RONNY IS WILL BE IN A WATER OPERATOR. CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE REST OF THEM THAT AREN'T INVOLVED IN THIS, THIS HEAVILY? I'M SURE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE WAY THE LICENSING WORKS FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU HAVE AN A, A, B, AND A C OPERATOR. C BEING THE LOWEST GRADE. YOU NEED A YEAR'S EXPERIENCE AND YOU NEED TO PASS TO TAKE THE, YOU KNOW, THE CLASSROOM WORK AND THEN PASS A STATE EXAM TO GET A C LICENSE FOR A B, IT'S TWO YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. TAKE THE CLASS AND THEN PASS THE TEST AND A IS FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE. TAKE THE CLASS PASS TEST. SO WHEN I GOT HERE FOR FOR AN EXAMPLE, WHEN I GOT HERE, I DID NOT HAVE EITHER LICENSE IN FLORIDA. I WAS A DUAL OPERATOR. WHEN I GOT HERE. I WAS EQUIVALENT TO A, A OPERATOR WHEN I LEFT NEW YORK, BUT I HAD TO TAKE THE CLASS BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A RECIPROCITY, RECIPROCITY WHEN I GOT HERE. SO I HAD TO START ALL OVER. BUT I GOT BOTH MY C LICENSES PRETTY QUICKLY. WHEN I GOT HERE, JAIME WAS A DUAL OPERATOR AND THAT WAS IT.

THAT'S ALL WE HAD. DUAL OPERATOR. YOU MEAN WATER AND WASTEWATER? CORRECT. BOTH. THE OPERATORS I'M REFERRING TO ARE DUAL. WE BOTH HAVE. WE ALL HAVE A WATER AND WASTEWATER LICENSE.

WHEN I GOT HERE, IT WAS ME WHO WASN'T LICENSED IN FLORIDA YET. AND JAIME AND HE WASN'T QUITE A DUAL YET WHEN I GOT HERE. SO WE'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYBODY THAT WORKS IN THESE PLANTS NEED TO BE CERTIFIED TO SOME DEGREE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THAT IS A GOAL OF MINE TO GET EVERYBODY CERTIFIED IN ONE, EITHER WATER OR WASTEWATER. BUT I WOULD PREFER THAT THEY GET CERTIFIED AS A DUAL OPERATOR BECAUSE YOU'RE MORE FLEXIBLE. YES, SIR. YEAH. NOW THE PICTURES. OH, WELL, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU HAVE THAT DESIRE AND VIGOR TO DO THAT BECAUSE NOW THAT WHAT EVEN THOUGH THE THINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED, BUT YOU'RE REQUIRING, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE IT COULD BE SAID, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THAT OR DO TYPE OF PEOPLE DOING THE JOB. WE HAVE EXPERTS, PEOPLE WITH EXPERIENCE. SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT. AND I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT I HAD SENT YOU A TEXT ABOUT THE LOGO. CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THAT REAL QUICK? WE TOOK CARE OF IT THAT NIGHT, CALLED OUT ONE OF MY GUYS. HE CAME AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AN IRRIGATION LINE THAT A CONTRACTOR PROBABLY HIT. SO HE SHUT THE WATER OFF, AND THEN WE WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND REPAIRED IT PROPERLY. BUT HE WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE WATER OFF THAT NIGHT. AND THE NEXT MORNING WE WENT OVER THERE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND GOT IT REPAIRED PROPERLY. SO THAT WE DON'T IS WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS, YOU END UP LOSING A LOT OF WATER IF YOU DON'T REACT, RIGHT. SO IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF PROBABLY FROM THE TIME THAT YOU CONTACTED ME. IT WAS PROBABLY ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND IT WAS TAKEN CARE OF. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND THE REASON I BROUGHT THAT UP IS BECAUSE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE WASTEWATER AND WATER BUSINESS WE'RE DEALING WITH, PUTTING IN LITERALLY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, TENS OF MILLIONS, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS POTENTIALLY INTO THESE SYSTEMS. AND IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE QUALIFIED PEOPLE THAT WE DO. AND WE'VE GOT TO REMEMBER THAT AS THEY GET CERTIFIED, THEIR VALUE GOES UP EXPONENTIALLY AND THEIR PAY WILL NEED TO GO UP EXPONENTIALLY. WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE BUDGETING

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BUT WHEN THE GUYS ARE OUT DOING WHAT WE CALL LOCATING AND DOING THE SOFT DIG, THEY FOUND A LEAK.

THIS 100 YEAR OLD WATER MAIN THAT I KEEP REFERRING TO. I SHOWED YOU THAT PICTURE BACK IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE FIRST WATER LEAK THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN WHEN I GOT HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, IT WAS ON THAT EIGHT INCH WATER MAIN THAT IS THE SAME EIGHT INCH WATER MAIN THAT THE GUYS WILL SHOW YOU. A COUPLE OTHER PICTURES, BUT THIS JUST HAPPENED TUESDAY FOUR YEARS AGO.

WE FIXED IT WITH PRP CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO FIX. I WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS HERE OTHER THAN PRP THAT KNEW HOW TO FIX ONE OF THESE. NOT THAT IT'S ROCKET SCIENCE, BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. SO PRP CONSTRUCTION DID A LOT FOR US IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS THAT I WAS HERE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE EQUIPMENT AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO THESE THINGS TUESDAY AS OUR PEOPLE WERE LOCATING THE WATER MAIN SO THAT WE DON'T DAMAGE IT WHEN WE DO THIS CONSTRUCTION AND LAND CLEARING, THEY FOUND THIS LEAK. WE DID NOT CALL PRP BECAUSE WE HAVE THE EQUIPMENT TO DO IT NOW AND WE HAVE THE EXPERTISE. SO THAT IS WHAT YOU CALL A CIRCUMFERENCE CRACK. AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE ROOTS OF THE TREES. I THINK THERE'S ONE MORE PICTURE OF IT REPAIRED, BUT THE GUYS FOUND IT ABOUT 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEY GOT IT DONE BY ABOUT SEVEN A SLEEVE. THAT IS A REPAIR SLEEVE THAT IS NOT THAT IS JUST A BAND AID, HONESTLY. BUT IT SOLVES THE PROBLEM WITH A CIRCUMFERENCE CRACK. THAT'LL WORK. IT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUT THE PIPE OUT. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND THE THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, ALL YOU SEE IS ROOTS. YEAH. THE DIAMETER OF THE TREE THAT WAS ON TOP OF THAT WATER MAIN IS ABOUT TWO FEET. IT SHOULD NOT BE ABOVE A WATER MAIN, BUT IT IS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KEEP THE RIGHT OF WAY CLEAR OVER THE YEARS. BUT ALSO IF YOU IF YOU GO BACK TO THE FIRST PICTURE. YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT WATER MAIN IS NOT VERY DEEP, RIGHT? SO THAT IS ANOTHER CONTRIBUTING FACTOR TO WHY WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THESE WATER MAINS. BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY BASICALLY HACKED THE ROOTS AWAY TO GET THAT WATER MAIN TO FIX IT. BUT WILL THE TREE BE REMOVED. YES. WHEN WE YOU'VE GOT TWO AUTHORIZATIONS BEFORE YOU AND ONE OF THEM IS FOR A NEW WATER MAIN TO REPLACE THAT 80 INCH WATER MAIN. AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IS REMOVE ALL THOSE TREES ON THE NEW MAIN GOES IN. WE WERE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT IT TODAY. WHETHER WE TACKLE THESE TREES NOW OR LATER, BECAUSE WE MIGHT START CAUSING MORE DAMAGE TO THAT MAIN IF WE TOUCH THOSE TREES NOW. BUT AGAIN, FOUR YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON PRP CONSTRUCTION. AND THANK YOU TO RICK SHELTER BECAUSE HE WAS ALWAYS HERE WHEN I CALLED HIM. BUT WE HAVE EVOLVED AND NOW I DON'T HAVE TO CALL HIM TO DO THESE THINGS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TOOLS AND WE HAVE THE KNOW HOW, WHICH IS REALLY THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SO PERFECT. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING. THE MANPOWER THAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE VILLAGE, WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THIS EVERY DAY. AND WITH EVERY EVERY TIME THEY DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THEY GAIN EXPERIENCE. THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, AND THEY'RE ONLY GOING TO GET BETTER AT IT. OKAY, SO, PAT, I CAN JUST GET ME A HAT AND SOME JEANS AND A SHIRT AND I CAN COME HELP OUT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND GETTING DIRTY BECAUSE THESE GUYS, THERE ARE SOME DAYS THESE GUYS GET FILTHY, DISGUSTING. IT'S. THE MAYOR HAD MENTIONED WHEN HE WHEN RAFAEL WAS GETTING HIS HIS CERTIFICATE FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM. LAST TIME CARMEN HAD SEEN HIM, HE WAS ON THE WHOLE, FIXING THE WATER LINE OVER IN INDIA WOULD. UPSIDE DOWN, UPSIDE DOWN IN THE

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BUT SHE WAS HAPPY WHEN SHE WAS HERE. BUT IT CAME DOWN TO MONEY. YEAH. MONEY AND COMMUTE. SHE WAS LIVING IN STUART, WORKING HERE. SHE GOT A JOB FOR BETTER MONEY IN STUART. SO AS MUCH AS SHE ENJOYED WORKING HERE, WE COULDN'T, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD A SHE WAS A SINGLE PARENT WITH A, A THREE YEAR OLD SON. OH YEAH. THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WORKING FOR THE VILLAGE OF INDIANTOWN AT THE TIME. IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF I NEED TO STAND HERE FOR THE NEXT TWO. IT'S KIND OF BEEN A LONG DAY, HASN'T IT? YES. PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH. TAKE A SEAT. I'LL GET OUT OF THE WAY. THEN YOU CAN REST A

[PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES EACH)]

FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE OF YOU AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU READ THE POST. BUT I'VE SEEN NO EFFORT ON YOUR PART TO SET UP MEETINGS, TO MAKE YOURSELVES AVAILABLE, TO LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR PEOPLE FEEL OR THINK ABOUT, CONCERNING THE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO OUR VILLAGE. I'M AFRAID I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR RELUCTANCE TO TALK TO YOUR PEOPLE. ARE YOU AFRAID OF HEARING CRITICISM? ARE YOU AFRAID OF BEING ASKED QUESTIONS THAT YOU CANNOT OR DON'T WANT TO ANSWER? I DIDN'T SUGGEST THAT YOU TALK TO THEM. I SUGGESTED THAT YOU LISTEN TO THEM. I REALIZE THAT YOU'RE ALL BUSY PEOPLE, BUT SO ARE THE RESIDENTS. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOWING UP FOR TWO MEETINGS A MONTH IS THE EXTENT OF WHAT YOUR JOB DESCRIPTION IS. YES, IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC IF EVERYONE WHO HAD SOMETHING TO SAY WOULD SHOW UP AT A MEETING BESIDES ME TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR YOU. BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. YOUR TEN K A YEAR PLUS RETIREMENT PLUS HEALTH CARE SHOULD ENTITLE THE PEOPLE TO SEE YOU MORE THAN 2 TO 4 HOURS A MONTH. IT'S TIME TO STEP UP AND DO THE JOBS YOU WERE ELECTED TO DO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? MISS LINDA BISCO? HI, LINDA. BISCO CLEMENTSVILLE. I REMEMBER THIS TIME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNCIL PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS. I'M HERE AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE DATA CENTER. IT'S REALLY A CONCERN FOR ME. SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MY VOICE HEARD. I WE HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING THIS WEEKEND AT THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR, FOR ATTENDING. I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME TO LISTEN AND AND TRY TO LEARN ABOUT OUR CONCERNS, BECAUSE THE CONCERNS ARE ENORMOUS. THERE ARE SO MANY VILLAGES AND SMALL TOWNS LIKE OURS ACROSS THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW THAT ARE IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST THE DATA CENTERS, FOR GOOD REASON. THEY'RE VERY DESTRUCTIVE. THEY TAKE A LOT OF WATER, EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE SAYS IT'S CLOSED SYSTEM. THE ONE IN WISCONSIN CLOSED SYSTEM, AND IT STILL CAN TAKE ON A WARM DAY, 350,000 GALLONS OF WATER. AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE IT'S WARM DOWN HERE. SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE A CONCERN FOR US. AND OUR AQUIFER IS VERY, VERY FRAGILE. AND IN RELATION TO OUR TOWN HALL, WE HAD A WOMAN THAT I SPOKEN TO PERSONALLY SINCE SHE LIVES IN ARIZONA, AND SHE HAD DATA CENTERS BUILT NEAR HER BEFORE SHE KNEW WHAT THEY WERE. AND THEY'RE VERY NOISY. THEY HAVE

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HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT SIR. THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY COMMITTEE REPORTS? NONE.

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE COUNCIL MEMBERS]

SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS ACCURATE AND SOME IS SPECULATIVE, BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT HE HAS MADE TO BRING THIS TO US AND THE REST OF YOU. ONE FACT THAT MR. MILLER WAS NOT AWARE OF UNTIL SPEAKING TO OUR VILLAGE ATTORNEY AT THE LAST MEETING, WAS THE PROHIBITION AT THE STATE LEVEL OF OUR ABILITY TO CHANGE OUR ELDERS OR POST MORATORIUMS? AT THIS TIME, EVERYONE CAN AGREE ON TWO THINGS. ONE, AS WE'VE GROWN AS A VILLAGE, WE ARE SEEING MORE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY. TWO, WE ARE AT THE SAME TIME OPERATING CURRENTLY UNDER OUR ELDERS. I, FOR ONE LIKE TO HAVE ALL INFORMATION BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY. SO I HAVE REACHED OUT TO LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA OFFICIALS AND AM SEEKING MORE INFORMATION. LOUDOUN COUNTY HAS THE MOST DATA CENTERS IN THE WORLD. I WILL REPORT BACK TO YOU WHAT THEY SHARE WITH ME, AND I'VE RECENTLY FOUND OUT THAT SOME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING MY REPRESENTATIVE ON THE PCA BOARD, HAVE GONE TO VIRGINIA AND TO LOUDOUN COUNTY TO GET MORE INFORMATION. AND I WILL SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I FIND OUT FROM HER. THIS BEING SAID, I HAVE NOT MADE UP MY MIND ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY FACTS IN FRONT OF ME. NONE OF US DO. IT HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO THAT BECAUSE PRE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT, THAT WE HAVE BEEN PRIVY TO INFORMATION THAT YOU ARE NOT PRIVY TO, AND THAT IS NOT THE CASE. I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU AS A COMMUNITY, WOULD APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT CAREFULLY CONSIDER ALL THE FACTS OF ANY GIVEN PROPOSAL IN OUR COMMUNITY. OUR JOB AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IS TO SUPPORT THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THIS VILLAGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL. WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VILLAGE IS FINANCIALLY HEALTHY, THAT THE VILLAGE SERVICES THAT YOU PEOPLE NEED AS OUR CITIZENS CAN BE FUNDED.

WE ARE ABLE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO BE DEBT FREE AND LIVE WITHIN A BUDGET WHILE KEEPING CITIZENS AND THEIR NEEDS IN MIND. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY. DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE CAN NECESSARILY TAKE A SIDE, CERTAINLY NOT BEFORE WE'VE BEEN GIVEN THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO MAKE AN INFORMED, LEGALLY SUPPORTED DECISION. I WAS A MANAGERIAL COUNT FOR 24 YEARS, SO I LIKE REAL NUMBERS. I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR 24 YEARS, SO I CARE ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES. I'M A TEACHER, SO I LIKE TO DISSEMINATE CREDIBLE AND RELIABLE INFORMATION. I'M A MOTHER AND A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, OUR COMMUNITY AND ESPECIALLY THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS. I AM A COUNCIL MEMBER, SO I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SURVIVAL AND FUTURE OF OUR VILLAGE. WE ALL SIT HERE AS CONCERNED MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY. FIRST, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING TO LET US KNOW HOW YOU FEEL AND HOW YOU ENVISION THE FUTURE OF THE VILLAGE. I

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AND I JUST LIKE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, WE DON'T WE DON'T MAKE WE DON'T WE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE OUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS GOING TO THAT THAT'S WRONG. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT. SO WE LISTEN. AND WHEN WHEN PEOPLE ASK YOU A QUESTION, YOU I WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY SAY. AND IF I CAN GET INFORMATION TO GIVE BACK, THAT'S WHAT I DO. BUT I TELL EVERYONE CONCERNING THESE DATA CENTERS OR ANYTHING ELSE, SEND ME ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS OR TELL ME AND WHAT I DON'T KNOW. I ALWAYS REVERT BACK TO MY VILLAGE MANAGER OR EVEN TO OUR ATTORNEY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MISREPRESENT WHAT WE ARE, WHO WE ARE, AND WHAT WE STAND FOR HERE. YOU KNOW, SOME OF US WAS ELECTED, SOME OF US WAS APPOINTED, SOME OF US WON BY DEFAULT. IT. EITHER WAY, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE PUBLIC. AND IT'S ON SAID COUNCILWOMAN SAID, GIVE THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SOME GRACE JUST BECAUSE WE. WE CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISION. WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DECISION UNTIL WE GET ALL INFORMATION.

AND THEN THAT IS FOR US TO PRAY ABOUT IT AND MAKE SURE WE DO THE RIGHT THING CONCERNING THE CITIZENS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING, AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE COMPARING DATA CENTER TO DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY OF YESTERDAY IS NOT THE TECHNOLOGY OF TODAY. AND IT WON'T BE THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOMORROW. AND I THINK, AS I SAID BEFORE, I SPENT 30, ALMOST 30 YEARS IN THAT GREEN UNIFORM, AND I NEVER WENT TO COURT WITHOUT A COMPLETE FILE. AND WE DO NOT HAVE A COMPLETE FILE ON DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLETE FILE ON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. SO UNTIL THAT DAY COMES THAT WE HAVE THAT, I MEAN, I'VE HAD PEOPLE ASK ME TO I HAD, I HAD THAT WAS A GRIND, HARD OR ICONIC EVENT. AND THE PRESS CORNERED ME AND ASKED ME ABOUT ICONIC AND GAVE A STATEMENT ON THAT. AND THEN RIGHT AWAY PIVOTED TO DATA CENTER. I TOLD HIM, NO, DON'T EVEN BOTHER GOING THERE BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER ANYTHING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ANSWER YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU.

EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND UNTIL WE HAVE THE WHOLE CASE FILE, WE CAN'T MAKE A DECISION ON THAT. AND WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO REMEMBER WHAT I SAID, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING AT THIS FROM FROM GROUND LEVEL. GO TO 30,000FT AND LOOK AT IT. OUR COUNTRY IS IN A RACE FOR AI,

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AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. EVERYBODY JUST NEEDS TO RELAX A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. WITH

[COMMENTS BY VILLAGE MANAGER]

YOU'LL BE GETTING AN INVITE TOMORROW FOR. WE'RE SETTING UP A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE COUNCIL FOR APRIL 30TH FOR A SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE. SO WE WILL BE SENDING THAT OUT TOMORROW, AS I SAID. SO YOU CAN DOUBLE CHECK YOUR CALENDARS. THIS TOMORROW IS OUR LAST DAY IN THIS BUILDING. WE WILL BE MOVING DOWN TO THE BOB SOUSA CENTER. THE MOVERS WILL BE HERE ON MONDAY MOVING THINGS AROUND. WE'VE BEEN BOXING STUFF UP AND WE'LL BE WORKING OUT OF THERE, HOPEFULLY FOR NO MORE THAN THREE MONTHS, AND THE MEETINGS WILL BE MOVED THERE AS WELL.

WE'VE GOT ONE OF THE ROOMS SET UP FOR CHAMBERS. WHAT? ALL MEETINGS? YES, ALL MEETINGS.

PCAB ALSO? YES. ANY MEETING THAT NORMALLY YOU WOULD HAVE HAD IN THIS BUILDING WILL BE AT THAT BUILDING. WE WENT AND VISITED WASTE MANAGEMENT IN HOPE SOUND AND GOT A TOUR. THEY WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THE VILLAGE SINCE WE'RE A SMALLER UNIT OF USERS IN A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE FOR REGULAR GARBAGE TRASH CANS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE FOR THE RECYCLING, SO THEY CAN UTILIZE THOSE ARM TRUCKS TO DUMP YOUR TRASH. AND SO THEY WILL BE GETTING THOSE CANS TOGETHER AND BE IT WILL GET LOTS OF INFORMATION OUT. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT IN CASE YOU HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. PROBABLY WON'T START TILL JULY ISH. AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE PERMISSION TO. WE CURRENTLY IN CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A PART TIME POSITION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONVERT TO A FULL TIME AND UTILIZE THAT POSITION NOT ONLY FOR CODE, BUT FOR PERMITTING AND FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE ARE COLLECTING FEES, SO THE FEES WILL COVER THE EXPENSE OF THAT. I THINK INITIALLY, MIKE, IS IT 30 HOURS A WEEK THAT THAT JOSH WORKS 30 HOUR WEEK TO A 40 HOUR WEEK AND THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP THEM IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DIVISION? THAT'S IT. SO IT'S THE SAME PERSON JUST INCREASING HIS HOURS, TEN HOURS. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THEIR PART TIME IS LEAVING US.

OH, AND IN AND WE HAD AN OPENING. AND IN THEIR INTERVIEWING THEY FOUND TWO CANDIDATES THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY GOOD ONES LOCAL. AND ONE IS HAS WORKED HERE BEFORE AND IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TYLER SYSTEM. WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? JUST JUST TO SAY, YEAH, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THAT. YEAH, BUT CAN WE HAVE SOME DISCUSSION? SURE. FIRST AND SECOND. SECOND. SHE WANTS TO DISCUSS SOMETHING. OKAY. OKAY. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION. WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE CANDIDATES? I DON'T HAVE I, I DID NOT SIT IN ON THE INTERVIEWS. ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS, SHE RECENTLY MOVED HERE INTO TERRA LAGO. OKAY. AND THE OTHER ONE, SHE WORKED FOR US THROUGH A CONTRACT WITH SAFE BUILT. AND SO SHE'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. AND SHE ALSO HAS TYLER TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS OUR COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT WE JUST RECENTLY INSTALLED. SO SHE WILL BE VALUABLE AS WELL. CAN I ASK? SO, SO THAT WILL BE TWO IN CODE COMPLIANCE. AT THAT POINT. WE HAVE ONE OPENING NOW THAT'S VACANT. AND THEN THAT WILL BE ANOTHER POSITION. SO IT'S NOT JUST CODE COMPLIANCE. IT'S PERMITTING AND CODE COMPLIANCE. OKAY. AND THE FEES THAT WE COLLECT WILL TAKE CARE OF THEIR SALARY. YES, MA'AM. WE WEREN'T WE WEREN'T ACTUALLY COLLECTING THE FEES PRIOR TO. SO NOW WE ARE. AND IT'S JUST ONE, ONE PERSON, RIGHT? THERE'S TWO PEOPLE. THERE WAS ONE VACANCY AND ONE POSITION THAT WE'RE CONVERTING TO FULL TIME. FULL TIME. SO YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE YOU GOING TO NEED? IS IT WE HAVE TWO TWO PEOPLE. OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO THAT'S TWO FULL

[01:10:03]

I'LL REMAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. WELL, LET ME ASK YOU THIS. BEFORE WE DO THAT, ARE WE ALLOWED TO ASK FOR SALARY OR IS THAT ABLE TO BE DISCLOSED OR. THAT'S A NO NO. I MEAN, IT'S A PUBLIC RECORD, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'VE FINALIZED THAT NEGOTIATION. I HAD TO GET YOUR PERMISSION FIRST. OH, OKAY. OKAY, OKAY. WE HAVE A MINIMUM. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HIRE THEM, WE HAVE A MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM RANGE. AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHO'S ALREADY HERE AND HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN HERE. SO THERE'S NOT A RUB. AND THESE ARE THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS. SO THEIR SALARIES ARE GOING TO BE RELATIVELY WITHIN THE RANGE OF A NORMAL ADMINISTRATION PERSON, LIKE MORE CLERICAL, IF YOU WILL. I REMEMBER BEING HERE ALREADY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION.

HOW ABOUT A SECOND? I SECOND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASS UNANIMOUSLY.

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[Subrecipient Agreement (MS018)- Railroad Avenue Water Transmission Main Replacement Project.]

[Subrecipient Agreement (MS017) -Reverse Osmosis Water Treatment Plant Project.   ]

THAT'S A $6,070 MILLION PROJECT. SO WE NEED EVERY PENNY THAT WE CAN GET. AND WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE WERE AWARDED THAT 9 MILLION. SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE TWO AGENDA ITEMS BEFORE YOU THAT WE NEED TO HAVE APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE GRANT PROCESS. OKAY.

ANY QUESTIONS, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.

SHOULD YOU DO NEXT. SHOULD YOU DO TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS? BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS? YES, TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS, PLEASE. THOUGHT SO. MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND MOTION. SECOND. I SECOND THAT ONE. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OKAY. PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY, JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HOLD ON. DID WE DID YOU DID YOU DISCUSS OR JUST ASK? YOU ASKED FOR PERMISSION FOR. I ASKED FOR PERMISSION FOR BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. BUT I DO REALIZE IT'S TWO AGENDA ITEMS, SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TWO MOTIONS. OKAY, I GOT YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM AND MAYOR. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO. AND MR. VOSS REMINDED ME. SO EARLIER THIS WEEK, I WENT TO MARTIN COUNTY ON THEIR AGENDA. THEY HAD THE APPROVAL FOR THE VILLAGE TO BUY THE PARCEL THAT'S ON THE CORNER OF CHARLESTON AND 1/69. RIGHT. THE OFFER THAT WE HAD MADE, WHICH WAS TWO SEVEN, 275,000 FOR UTILIZING THOSE HALF CENT SALES TAX FUNDS. AND THEY HAD GOTTEN AN APPRAISAL FOR THREE, TEN AND SOME CHANGE. AND WE HAD GOTTEN AN APPRAISAL FOR THE 275. SO WE OFFERED THE 275 AND THEY ACCEPTED IT. THEY DID. MR. COMMISSIONER, CAMPY TRIED TO BUST ME A LITTLE BIT ON IT. YOU KNOW, HE WAS LIKE, WELL, IF YOU WERE WORKING FOR THE COUNTY, YOU'D BE GOING FOR THE 310. AND I SAID, WELL, I'M NOT, AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE 275, RIGHT? SO WADE NEEDS PERMISSION TO. SO YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO I'VE REVIEWED THE CONTRACT THEY SENT OVER. IT'S LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH WHAT YOU HAD BEFORE. IT'S AT 275 AND JUST WANTED TO ASK FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO GO AHEAD AND SIGN IT. THAT'S GOING TO KICK OFF TECHNICALLY A 30 DAY DUE DILIGENCE PERIOD, BUT THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH AND THEN IF EVERYTHING LOOKS GOOD, WE CLOSE. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. SO FOR TRANSCRIPTION WE HAVE MOTION BY VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY WILLIAMS. PALMER. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. OKAY. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. NO BIG

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

[01:15:06]

BOTH WILL START AT SEVEN. ALSO, DOT WILL BE HERE THAT DAY AS WELL FOR A POP UP. THEY'RE GOING TO BE AT POST PARK, THE SAME PLACE WE'RE GOING TO BE FOR THE FARMER'S MARKET FROM NINE UNTIL ONE. SO THE DOT WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE ABOUT WARFIELD AND THE EXPANSION AND ALL OF THAT. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO HAVE QUESTIONS ANSWERED, THEY'LL BE THERE FOR THAT. WE HAVE MUSIC AT THE MARINA ON APRIL 12TH AT 4 P.M. APRIL IS OUR LAST MONTH FOR THE SEASON FOR MUSIC UNTIL OCTOBER OF NEXT YEAR. OKAY. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT, MAY, I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ LIFTED UP IN PRAYER. SHE IS DOING SOME TRAVELING, AND I JUST WANT US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME ACCORD, TO PRAY FOR HER AND HER SON'S DEPARTURE AND RETURN. THANK YOU EVERYONE. YEAH. DO YOUR LAST ONE. I'M SORRY, I FORGOT THIS ONE. MAY 14TH THROUGH THE 15TH. I WILL BE IN ORLANDO FOR A LEADERSHIP CLASS WITH THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES. OKAY. THAT CAN AFFECT THE MEETING? NO. IS IT TOO LATE FOR THAT? I'M SORRY. IS IT TOO LATE TO SIGN FOR THAT? YOU HAVE TO DO EMU ONE AND TWO AND THEN. I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT I GOT AN INVITATION FOR ONE. I DON'T HAVE ANOTHER. MAY 14TH AND 15TH EVENING OF THE 14TH. THE REQUIREMENT IS TO HAVE ALREADY FINISHED E1 AND E2, E1 AND E2 OH TWO. THOSE ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL CLASSES THAT THEY GET CERTIFIED. THEY HAVE TWO SEPARATE. YOU HAVE ONE AND TWO. SO THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE SERIES, IF YOU WILL, AND YOU GET A CERTIFICATE FOR EACH. YES, BUT THAT'S A PREREQUISITE IN ORDER TO THOSE ONLINE. NO, YOU HAVE TO GO. OKAY. WHERE DO DO WE HAVE WHEN THE NEXT CLASS IS COMING UP? BECAUSE I KNOW I ASKED ABOUT IT BEFORE AND WE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP ON IT. NO, WE, WE WE DID, WE DID. YES, YOU. IT WAS RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF YOU TAKING A NEW JOB. OH, REMEMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. EMA ONE IS COMING UP. I THINK IT'S IN APRIL. HUM. THERE WASN'T ONE FOR EMA TWO YET THAT I SAW. OKAY THANKS.

OKAY. AWESOME. OKAY. I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO. OUR NEXT FAMILY MARKET IS APRIL 1ST, 10 A.M. AT BIG MOUND PARK. AND DON'T FORGET THIS SATURDAY IS THE INDIANTOWN CHAMBER FISHING TOURNAMENT. BE THERE BRIGHT AND EARLY 7 A.M. AT LAKE ANNIE FILL. WHAT TIME IS THE FOOD? 10 A.M.

DID YOU JUST ASK WHAT TIME THE FOOD WAS? APRIL 1ST THE FOOD DRIVE. OKAY, OUR NEXT MEETING

[NEXT REGULAR MEETING THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2026 6:00 PM BOB SOUZA CENTER  15655 SW OSCEOLA STREET, INDIANTOWN, FLORIDA 34956]

WELL, WELL, WE'LL STILL BE IN THE BUILDING, BUT IT'LL BE DIFFERENT. THANK YOU AND HAVE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.