City Commission - Regular Meeting

Good evening. I'd like to call to order the regular City Commission meeting of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida. Today is Wednesday, August 19th, 2026. The time is now 546 p.m. I apologize for our delay. We had a couple matters, but before we do begin, anybody that's listening or is hearing the news, we had AT&T broke a 16-inch water main. that is on sunset, but is actually the feed that feeds all of A1A. So anyone that is listening in to our meetings, you have socials, let everybody know. Our staff is diligently out there now working on that repair. And I don't have an ETA yet. In one hour, the repair will be completed. So we apologize. Obviously, AT&T will have to make sure they make us whole. We will talk about that later. But thank you so much. Please share so people know what happened. So thank you. And before we rise for a Pledge of Allegiance, and I apologize, school board member Nixon, I would like to invite you to do the pledge since you're here. But before the pledge, I'd like to conduct a moment of silent prayer. for those that may not know, Ken Cohen, who was an amazing partner. Oh, roll call, sorry.

Mayor Cooper. Thank you. Present. Vice Mayor Lassner is absent. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Here.

Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. City Manager Doctorow. City Attorney Marina. Present.

Madam Mayor, you have a quorum. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Before we rise for the Pledge of Allegiance, I'd like to call to mind and conduct a silent prayer. We call to mind Ken Cohen. He was a true community partner. He's worked with PAL, worked with our schools. He had suddenly passed away last week. My prayers go out to all the staff that has worked with him and all of our community. Our prayers go out to his family. and we hope they find peace. We also pray for the Middle East as well as Ukraine, all the armed forces that are in harm's way, protecting people in harm's way. And we always call to mind our first responders here in our city, county, state, and nation that protect our residents. A moment of silent prayer, please.

Thank you.

And it's really chair.

Please rise. 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. Thank you, you may be seated.

Thank you, thank you so much. Okay, we have a few other housekeeping items. The pledge order of business. Could I have a motion to adopt the supplemental agenda, please? You have a motion. Second. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Butler.

Yes.

Vice Mayor Nazareth, absent Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Motion carries 4-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. I'm going to ask to pull item I from consent and have it heard in conjunction with the item number D. 10B. 10B. Could I have that as a form of a motion? I'll move it.

Second.

I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Lima-Tobb. Yes. Mayor Cooper?

Yes.

Commissioner Butler? Yes. Vice Mayor Lazarus absent.

Motion carries 4-0. Thank you. I also want, in light of not having a resolution yet, we do have the policy that we move presentations before a public hearing. I'd like a motion to move the presentations after... before public participation. Do I have that in the form of a motion? Presentation before public participation. Yes, yeah. There's a resolution change that's coming forward. I have a motion. Do I have a second? I have a motion and a second.

Commissioner Butler.

Could I have a roll call?

Vice mayor Lazarus absent mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Lima talk. Yeah. Commissioner Adams.

Yes. Motion carries five zero. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Um, we are going to actually, um, introduce and bring forward Broward County public schools, superintendents presentation. And I know, um, ladies, you have the floor. Good to see you. Good to see you as well. Deputy.

Yes, ma'am.

Deputy. I want to make sure I got it right. Deputy City. It's such an honor to have you here.

It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you.

And thank you so much for your hard work for all the schools.

Thank you. She's not a stranger to everyone you know. Our school board member, Ms. Hickson, and hometown favorite, Dr. Valerie Wanzer. So good evening and thank you so much for allowing us to be here this evening. We don't take it lightly the partnership that we have with Broward County Public Schools in the great city of Hollandale Beach. So thank you for being here. And our sole purpose is to just come here to provide some factual information about the next generation referendum ballot that was going to be in the ballot for November 3rd of 2026. So just, we always wanna do a disclaimer, just wanna let everyone know, our job here is just to provide factual information. As educators, we are here just to educate the public, not to advocate for or against, and to make sure that we provide as much information as possible so the residents and everyone can make their own informed decision. So again, our goal here is just to provide some factual information about the next generation referendum ballot that will be on November 3rd, 2026. But before I do that, I definitely want to take a moment of privilege just to share some information about Broward County Public Schools. And I know a lot of times we don't always hear the great news. And then when we do have the opportunity, I think we always need to share there's a lot of great things that are happening in Broward County Public Schools. and it's not because of what's happening only internal it's really about the relationships and the partnerships that we have with all of our schools in our cities and so we just want to be able to share some information you probably heard these accolades but you can't hear them enough and the one thing i want to start off with is that brow county public schools is celebrating once again being rated by the state as an a-rated school district this is actually our

third year in a row being in a district.

And I just want to share that in the event that that news hasn't had opportunity to get out there yet. In addition to that, we're very proud that there are zero schools in our district that are rated D or F. And we couldn't say that many years ago. And this is the third year in a row that all of our schools are either a C-rated school or higher. And we're very proud of that because what that means is that the partnerships that we have with our cities, with our communities, with our teachers, our parents, school board support, our students are really thriving and we're continuing to climb higher and to know that That partnership really comes out to be, and none of our schools are considered to be any failing schools, and we're proud of that, and we look forward to continuing that tradition moving forward. In addition to that, we actually have the highest graduation rate that we've ever had in the history of Broward County Public Schools. Wonderful. Congratulations. Thank you. We have two statistics because it's very important to make sure that we compartmentalize those statistics. The first one, we have a graduation rate of 97.5%. And what that means, that's our traditional high schools. Those are all of our traditional high schools straight across the board in Broward County Public Schools. have graduated last school year, 97.5%. But I also want to be even more transparent. We had 91.4. It's very high, the highs we've had, but that is inclusive of charter schools as well, too, and all of our non-traditional schools that graduate students. So when we put those buckets together for one, that gives us the 91.4. We're also number one in the state. And I want to highlight that number one in the state in being able to offer rigorous courses for our students in many different areas. In the area of AP, Advanced Placement, Cambridge courses, which we call ACE, Dual Enrollment and Industry Certification, our students are being provided more opportunities than ever before. once they walk into, actually middle school is when it starts, but mainly graduating from high school, and we have been recognized as Broward County Public Schools as the number one in the state in being able to have industry certification for our students. And another accolade that we're very proud of, before we ended the school year, Cambridge International bestowed us with the Cambridge District of the Year for all large school districts, and so that's something many large districts cannot say at all, so we're proud of that. I want to break down some statistics of who we are. We know Broward County Public Schools, but we're a large engine and a large machine. We service over 230,000 students. We have about 325 schools in our portfolio, but that is also inclusive of charter schools as well, too. We have over 27,000 employees. And what that means for a larger scale is that we are actually the largest employer in Broward County. We actually employ over 27,000 students, staff members. But the one fact that I really want to resonate with the public is that our graduating class of 2026 walked out the door with over $617 million in scholarship money. And part of that is because of the rigorous courses that they're able to take. So they're graduating and able to apply to be a Bright Future Scholar and they're able to walk out of our schools and go into college with their four years college paid off the top. And actually, we have our class of 2027 knows that the bet is on because the class of 2026, they earned 200 million more then the 2025 class, so now our 2027 class says, bet, and that's exactly how they said it, bet, we're going to be able to achieve that and probably go even higher. And so I wanted to share that because it's so much more to Broward County Public Schools. A lot of great things are happening, and I want to make sure that we're able to set the record straight and always tell the good news because it's not always told every single time. This also breaks down a little bit of our school grades. As you can see, we've been district rated A for three years in a row. But if you break down those numbers and what that means to our schools, we actually, if you look over the four years, And in 2023, 2022 to 23 school year to now that we just finished the 25, 26 school year, we have significantly increased our A-rated schools. We went from 56 in 22, 23 school year to the school year that ended to 129 A schools. In addition, our B schools also increased. But the most important thing is to look at the decrease in our C schools. Four years ago, we had 99. We just finished now with only 27. And when you put that into one big bucket, 87% of our schools in Broward County are either A-rated school or a B-rated school. And so we're very proud of what our students, our teachers, our staff, and our communities have been able to accomplish together.

Thank you.

And we have two great schools in the city of Hollandale Beach. And I just want to thank the mayor. I had the opportunity to see you at Hollandale Magnet School for the first day of school. So I want to thank you for your support. And I don't know if you remember, I think a year or two years ago, you were at Gulfstream for a Real Men Reads event. Also there too. And so again, that's what we call a village. It takes a village to raise a child. So we appreciate the partnership. Appreciate that all you do to support our schools.

and so i'm going to turn it over to dr wanza who's going to go into more detail about the referendum so um thank you mayor commissioners also to um the city who's listening either here in person or um virtually um so just at a glance the election day what what's key to remember on this slide is historically this um would show up in the primary on the primary ballot, but due to state legislation, it's now moved to the November general election. So it will be on the ballot at the November election. Um, this isn't something new that we're doing. It's actually, we're asking for a renewal because we currently have it, um, the referendum funding. Now it will sunset at the end of this year. So that is why we are coming back out to the voters. Now, if it is approved by the voters, it will become effective for the 2728 school year. And I know Ms. Hickson is gonna talk about this in a few minutes, but what this measure does is it provides just over $358 million in funding, not just to the district schools, but to the charter schools as well. And what these funds do is while the larger percentage goes to teacher and staff compensation, there is funding there specifically to address school safety as well as mental health. And we'll talk about the school safety piece in a moment. Again, as I said, this isn't something that is new. It is actually, the voters first approved it obviously in 2022, so we're coming back out again for asking the voters to continue to support our schools across the county.

Thank you. So what does this fund? Really, what it's funding today is the same thing that it's going to be funding as we move forward, if we're lucky enough to have the referendum approved. So the money goes to recruit and retain high quality teachers and eligible staff by giving them additional compensation supplements because obviously if it doesn't continue in the referendum, we can't continue to offer them that compensation. So it's considered a supplement. especially because this is four years at a time. The thing that's also very important is it allows us to cover the cost of the SROs in our schools. Thank you for your partnership. For the cities, we really appreciate that we share the cost in that, but a lot of what we pay for comes out of the referendum and other school safety staff. Also helps us to maintain and enhance the programs that we have for mental health services for our students and their families. So the current Secure the Next Generation referendum was approved by voters in 2022. It is set to expire, and currently we spend $173 million of that for the teacher and eligible staff compensation, over 393 school safety personnel, which equates to $1.7 million. Sorry, in the state of art software providing all staff with wearable panic buttons. So that's the new Centrix button that we have if there's an emergency, you just hit the button and it goes right to the 911 emergency calls and somebody can respond immediately. And it also covers more than 224 mental health professionals.

So the only thing that I will add to what Ms. Hickson said that is very important for the public just to understand is that prior to the referendum, the district's contribution with the school resource officer funding was approximately $60,000. With the referendum, that amount has gone up to just under, it's around $119,000 that we are able to contribute to the compensation for the SROs. That's the first thing. So that is very important for us to note. This is the language, we will not read it to you, but this is the official language that will be on the ballot that the voters will see in November. And so that's the actual language. And then, as Ms. Hickson said, that just about 90% will be that piece around compensation to recruit and retain teachers. And that is important for us because the counties to the north and the south of us, they have referendums. that they are able to use the funding and we recognize that this is our only opportunity outside of the money that we get from the state. This is our only opportunity and we are thankful to our community who saw the need to make this investment in the local school district. But again, it is important to us because our neighbors to the north and the south do have voter approved referendums for this very purpose. So this is actually an average of what the referendum would cost, and these are averages obviously based on if a person owned a home, if they owned a condominium, and again, these are averages. The actual amount will be determined based on the value of the individual's property. And then as we said, annually, the referendum generates approximately $358 million in funding for the purposes that we've just explained. And if it is not renewed, this is what the district will have to contemplate in losing these funds and how we then negotiate what that means for the district and the community. And again, this is where all the information can be found at BrowardSchools.com. I will let our deputy close us out, but thank you for having us here.

I just would like to add one thing. So average right now, what an employee gets, we'll just say teachers for right now, is about $12,000 a year from the referendum. That will be less, obviously, if the referendum doesn't pass. That means that those teachers, we would have no funds to be able to continue to give them that supplement, and so their pay would go down, and obviously that will cause some issues in retaining teachers and we're already at a teacher shortage. So I just want to reiterate to people, this is something that they're getting already. It's something that's already in the tax base, and if it doesn't pass, it's just important to know how that would affect the people who are working in the district.

Thank you.

We're good. Thank you, ladies. I do have a couple questions, if you'll indulge me a bit. And I don't think, I attended one of the meetings in Sunrise a while back, and it kind of devolved more into the SRO issue. And I just want to reiterate, I'm glad that the school board backed off of what they had decided to do. I believe that partnership is extremely vital, and particularly in our case, now that we're moving to a four-day work week, school week, four days, so having our officers, and I think it's Captain Budnick now, or I don't know, whoever, having them there, knowing and getting to know our students, collective students and residents, I think is vitally important. I'll ask the hardest question of ours, because sitting through that meeting and knowing the climate with property tax, we're all talking about it. And I didn't get my question answered, not to disrespect anybody, but we got convoluted discussions about SROs. If this doesn't pass, what is plan B? Are you not allowed to increase your millage rate by state law? Somebody needs to answer that question for me. Because as a strategic planner, I'm like, okay, if there's no plan B, and maybe there isn't, I just want to understand legislatively. I know you get the full-time equivalent dollars. I think it's $9,000 a student now. a little more, a little less, and it goes to everybody across the board, but I don't wanna get too much in the weeds to it, but I know that we all pay an other section of tax already, so I don't know who wants to get in the weeds of it.

The state controls what we can do in terms of millage, and they often, we roll back the millage occasionally based on what the state tells us that we have to do, but we can't increase the millage.

And it's not on a formula. It's not like our cities, you know, we had hard times. We went up to 8.2 mils and you were capped. Is there a formula for it?

I don't know if there's a formula. I know that they tell us how much we have to roll it back. We could roll it back more if that were something we were able to do, but we can't increase our millage.

You're not allowed at all? No. zero okay interesting so that that says volumes now now ask the other questions because i didn't get an answer like if you don't have plan b what is going to happen now if i recall when you did this last time it was for everyone across the board so you're really basically talking about like a bone not i don't want to say a bonus like a merit increase for the work during the year to provide for directly student not student teacher aides, all the staff, this isn't just teachers, it's everyone involved, whether it's Joy working in the cafeteria, and Annabelle watching the kids in the playground, so all that, and that's formula-based, or merit-based, or it depends every year.

Right, so in this next upcoming, if it were to pass, it wouldn't go to the tier above level, which is the higher directors and above, but every group is negotiated differently, so the teachers have one, the bus drivers have a different one, but there is a negotiation and a tiered how many years experience that determines how much they get.

And I know this, but this is your chance to, I'm just gonna ask questions, so, and I'll let my colleagues do the same thing. I'm really impressed by the numbers, because I've been here when we were a D school, so thank you, thank you for that. We were Ds and yeah, we were really struggling. But I had one more note. Give me one second. So that presentation, graduation rate, largest employer. That's interesting. I didn't know that.

It used to be American Express.

Oh, that's what it is. Charter schools. Percentage or budget. Okay, that was percentage of budget. Oh, the mental health component. Is that an increase in staffing for mental health or is it just to make sure you're retaining what you have now? Are you making sure that we, what does that look like? Is it guidance counselors? Is it somebody in each school? What's the plus?

So the number that's there was an increase from before because of the referendum. So we would maintain what we have. That includes social workers. There's also a mental health coordinator. Now that specific, there's a suicide coordinator. I don't remember all, but they're, specific to not just guidance counselors. I don't think it really, there's no guidance counselors.

No, and I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ask.

Okay, yeah.

Because I know it's needed and when I went to school, we always had like four guidance counselors and we had a nurse, we had all the bells and whistles. We wish we were still in those. Yeah, exactly, but go ahead.

But yeah, so it would maintain what we have now.

What we have now. Okay, that's all the questions I had. Commissioner Butler.

Thank you, Mayor. First of all, I just wanted to say congratulations. That's incredible work for you to do. I can't imagine how much you had to put in to get that kind of a change. So huge congratulations to you. I am very proud and happy to pay my school board property taxes. My children do not attend school here in Broward County. But I tell people all the time. It's an investment in our future and I know that sounds pithy It's incredibly true and I'm happy to pay it and frankly I don't think teachers get paid enough for the work that they do the lowest in the nation Yeah, so you're literally now the lowest in the nation. Yeah, I just it's incredible work and it says a lot about society that you know, we don't you know, let's put our money where our mouth is as far as I'm concerned. So thank you for what you do and I really appreciate it and it's much appreciated.

Thank you. Commissioner Tau.

Thank you, Mayor. So I have a question for you. What is the current millage rate charged to residents at school board? What's the current millage rate charged?

I think, oh, well,

Aside from this, what is the current millage rate?

Five point something.

Yeah, thank you. We're still working on it right now.

I mean, I know that, I believe you still have a, you haven't decided what the... Right, we're not finished with our... You're not finished, but for last year, you don't know what the millage rate is? So then I'm guessing you might not know. So the $418 per home, that's aside from this, I understand. So what is a single family? So a homeowner living in a home, aside from this $418, what are they paying every year? Last year, what is a single family home versus a condominium? not including the $418 or $230 for. Right, so there should be a breakdown. Is it like $730 per household or?

I had my last year trim because I keep it with my budget and I didn't, I know. They should know that. Oh.

If you do a presentation, you have to have that information.

Oh, it's left.

I have it right here. Oh, it's all to six. Yeah, it's about 6.3. Yeah, no. And that's including the existing.

No, no, I'm asking aside of this knowledge. So there's the breakdown. Is it? $740.00.

So it depends on the value of the home. I mean, I can do mine. I don't live in this city.

No, but this is like a dependent, right? When you were saying this is not dependent on a, right? This is just a number, like a working public, right?

Like what average house is that bid? Like we know our average house value is $450,000 or something, $455,000. And if it's countywide, that's probably a higher figure if it's countywide.

$250,000, right.

on a value of $250?

If I add it all up, it's 6.4527. Thank you.

Okay. If you can, at some point, somebody can come back to me with that number. Thank you.

It doesn't have to be tonight, but thank you. We'll certainly send a follow-up back to the city in writing. Thank you, Commissioner. That's it. Thank you, Mayor.

Okay. Commissioner Adams. Yeah, I just want to say thank you very much for all that you do. I've been involved with the high school for four years now. I'm going on my fifth year next week with the SAC meetings. And I tell you, the principal and the teachers, they work very hard for these children. And it's a shame that a lot of parents don't realize it, but I'm there every month at those meetings. And they really, Ms. Peters does a fantastic program. She's got the EMTs there, the airplane, the mechanics going now, and just a fantastic job. So thank you all to you for what you do.

Thank you. Any other questions? Dr. Earl or staff or anything? We're good? Again, thank you so much. We appreciate you. We appreciate your hard work.

Thank you so much for all that you do. Thank you.

Thank you. We're good? Thank you. Look forward to, I love the drone room at Hallandale High. It's amazing. They have a whole room now with drones. Live drone lab. Ah, water's back on. Anybody that's like, phone's blowing up, whatever. So, yay.

Thank you so much.

Director Pound, thank you.

Thank you.

Okay. Next update. No, we're good? Okay. Public participation. Yes, that's me.

Madam Mayor, we have three speakers signed up for public participation.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. I apologize. I jumped to it too quickly. Go ahead.

The first speaker is Eustacio La Rosa.

Yeah, I'm fine. I dropped my phone.

Go ahead.

Good evening, Mayor Cooper, Vice Mayor, City Commissioners. My name is Eustacio La Rosa. For 17 and a half years, I've served the city with dedication, managing, and protecting municipal buildings under four directors and consistently receiving excellent evaluations. Today, I appeal to your conscience because my name has been mistreated, my professional reputation destroyed, and my life deeply affected by what I believe was a coordinated campaign of administrative lies. On June the 30th, I was surprised in a meeting with Director Radu Duda, former Director Marlon Lebon, and Mr. Norman Steed, where I was told, you have two options. You either resign or be terminated. Days later, Mr. Duda claimed that my position was not part of the civil service and that I had no rights. That is false. I became... I began as a city carpenter mason under the Civil Service Union, and under city regulations, I had rights that were completely violated. The eight technical allegations added to my files alter my departure were a fabricated pretest. I have evidence in my integrity, including my formal letters from colleagues who worked with me for years. Additionally, evidence was in my city email account, which was closed immediately after my dismissal. I am 61 years old. While I do not perform like someone in their 50s, I always give the city my best. If the administration felt my age no longer met their expectations, they should have respected my 17 and a half years of service. Instead, I was replaced by a younger supervisor required to perform his duties and then subject to what I believe was a malicious scheme. A separation document was even prepared on Sunday, July the 21st, a non-working day, to justify these actions. Former director Marlon Le Bon was dismissed shortly after. I ask that you put yourselves in my place. I am an older man forced to abandon his career. These false statements have damaged my reputation, made it extremely difficult to find employment, and affected my pension when I only had a year and a half left to be vested. I struggle to meet my basic obligations. My name was tarnished and my reputation destroyed by lies and half-truths. Therefore, I respectfully request two things. First, that my written rebuttal package be permanently attached to my personal file under Florida Chapter 119. Second, that the Commission conducts an independent investigation into the actions of Radu Dodea to restore my civil rights and dignity over the 17 and a half years of service.

Thank you. Thank you, sir.

Thank you for your time. Thank you.

Next speaker, please. Mr. Anthony Adelson.

Good afternoon, Mayor Cooper, members of the commission, city manager, city staff. I'm Anthony Adelson, 501 Golden Isles Drive. I'm here today in my capacity as the president of the Friends of the Hepburn Center. The Friends of the Hepburn Center raises money for the after-school programs run by the Human Services Department, chaired by Cora Days, and we are having a fundraising event on September 19th, and I urge everyone in the city to participate. There is no cost to city employees. The registration cost is covered by your health care benefits, and I'm also appealing to the commission and to Dr. Earl and everybody in the city who can afford to make a donation. And I don't want to shame anybody, but Mayor Cooper has participated and donated every year that we have had this. Thank you, Mayor Cooper. We appreciate that greatly. I challenge everyone in the city to do better than Mayor Cooper. Please come out and participate. I'd love to see everybody with a paddle ball paddle in their hands. And we would greatly appreciate the donations. I have a QR code here. Cora Days has sent out emails to everyone in the city with this information on it, with the flyer. There is a link to sign up to participate or to donate. Become a sponsor. We'll put your name up on a banner at the tennis center. And if there's any questions, I'm happy to take them.

No, thank you. I actually thank you for the hard work, first of all, and your commitment to the Hepburn Center is really vital. I have community partners like you to help the center and make sure of its success and that we address the needs of all ages that really go there for respite or education or just socialization. It's really nice. Secondly, it's a great event, and I play a little pickleball too, but if you haven't gone, definitely come out for the day. We all have a blast doing this. And yeah, so I was gonna bring it. I gave you my flyer, but we'll keep pushing it. And certainly, even if you're not playing, make a small donation, come out, have a beverage. There's a lot of other community partners there, and they have some really good players, so.

Really good players. I also want to thank every city employee who has signed up to contribute to the Friends of the Hepburn Center through their paycheck. Thank you all for that. We greatly, greatly appreciate it. Thank you, everybody. Thank you so much.

Thank you, Anthony. Thank you. Thanks. Give me one, Anthony. All right. Anthony. Well, this is my color. Anthony.

Sadelson. There you go.

Thank you. Pardon me. Oh, that's a good. I'm sorry. Boiled water notice for everybody on the beach. West of probably Hibiscus. Hibiscus, yes. Everybody on Hibiscus. And east. Okay, I don't want to get I'm sorry through dr Earl could you just confirm because I don't want to get anybody confused on what they need to do or not do so What would be properly?

So for the next 48 hours until the boil water notice is lifted, everyone who's affected by the water cutoff should boil their water for the next 48 hours. That meets all federal and state Department of Health regulations. Right. If the tests come back, because we usually do a series of tests, if those tests come back, that everything is clean, then that 48 hours might be reduced significantly. But we wait on all of those tests as required by...

So, but I'm hearing it happened on Hibiscus, so it's really east of Hibiscus, not Hibiscus itself. I think it's gonna get confusing if we don't just say hibiscus. If we don't just say hibiscus, I think it's gonna get so many people confused. I would say hibiscus and everything on South Ocean.

Okay, great.

All right, thank you. Thank you so much. Appreciate you.

Is that a robocall?

Mayor, I just wanted to.

We don't need a robocall. That's a robocall. Oh, robocall. I thought you said robocall. I'm so sorry. No, no, that's okay. That's fine.

I just want to make a general statement about public comments that... Thanks. That although I don't always respond, because sometimes it's just not, this is not the appropriate forum, I listen to what everyone has to say, and I will, I do follow up after public comments if I deem that it's appropriate, and I will do so tonight as well. Thank you. Thank you.

I didn't get the chance to say that, but okay, next week. Cheryl Robinson.

All right, all right, all right. First, I just want to show you some love. I can't pronounce your name because you had it like a whole Spanish song, but much love to you, and I thank you for your service. 17 years, that's greatness. I came here because, as everybody knows, I am running for commissioner seat, too. I was just at your event, too, Joy. Very nice, very nice. Only thing I don't like about a lot of the things that's going on is the labor of the black people. Like as you can see, you had a lot of people doing a lot of things that was my skin. You know, you were speaking about 100 years of celebrating Hollandale's history. And when I looked at the history of Hollandale for over 100 years, it has never been a black woman, ever, ever, ever, never, never, ever. But I see a lot of people like to brag and tell how great these women have been, how great a lot of the culture on the Northwest side have been. But you haven't really had any representation of that side. Shout out to Pastor Saunders. We are here. We want something too. Okay? That would be great for the 100th year for finally have some. beautiful black queens up there to really shake up the room and give us some real diversity up there. We should be ashamed of ourselves because if you really know the history of Hollandale, it was great excellence and black excellence at that. You had James Brown, you had Tina Turner, you had all the great magicians come through the city. And all I see now is Israel flags and I have no No hate in my heart to nobody when it comes to black, white. None of that. A lot of you guys, presidents, racists, only feel like only your kind should be in positions and things like that. I thank God for Joelle Kennedy, which is my mom. She never raised me on hate. I love all people. I just don't like, you know, some of the loves. You know, everybody got people that don't, you know, whatever. But in my heart, I love all people. So I'm standing for some real change. Shout out to everybody that speaks change and this and that. My component, if she really want to make some history, I'd love for her to step down and let us make some history. Because I see the disrespect already on the, you know, with the commission board. A lot of, you know, I see it's a lot of people quiet, scared to speak and all that. I'm ready for the challenge, I'm ready to speak up and, you know, get some things done. I'm young, I'm active, I've been in prison, I've been through hell, shot in my head, and I'm here standing. And I think I'd be a wonderful, wonderful addition to the commission. Shout out to you, Mayor. I love how you like to come to our community when it benefits you. Thank you.

Madam Mayor, no more speakers. Thank you.

First of all, Ms. Robinson, I resent some of your posts of anti-Semitism that I have proof of, and you cannot stand here and suggest that you support Jewish people. You Jewish people. Yeah. No. Have at it. Have at it. Have at it. Have at it. Have at it. Antisemitic crazy.

I am so sorry.

I am tired of the antisemitism, the lying. I will not tolerate it in this chamber.

I need to say something. Of course she wouldn't stay. She wouldn't stay. But for people watching and even for our staff members and employees, because she said some – I'm really tired of it too. I'm really, really pissed off and really tired of it. I come to commission meetings and I have to put up with bullshit about Jews and Zionists and Israel and Israel first. And it's like – it's just like – It's every day we get hit, and she sat here and said really inappropriate things. So I wanted to use this as an educational moment, but of course she won't sit here and listen, because that's what she does. I don't know if anyone knows what Harat al-Abid is. In Gaza, there's a segregated neighborhood just for black Palestinians. Al-Abid in Arabic means the slave, and all of you can Google it. And you can look it up. It's called Harat al-Abid. And that neighborhood is segregated just for black Palestinians who do not have the same rights as Gazans have. Israel took in 250,000 Sudanese black Africans who are not Jewish, who are being persecuted in Africa, and gave them refuge and gave them a home. In South Israel, there is a neighborhood just for black Christians from a village near Nigeria, and they live there in peace. There are over 100,000 African Nigerias that have been murdered, by Islamists. I'm sick and tired of every day. I can show you today 30 messages that I got about being a Zionist bitch, about being a Jewish bitch, and then she comes here and just like Israel this and Israel that and then says things about you. You are incredible. But I really, really encourage people to go look up and go look up the history of Libya and the slave trade dating back to 2011 up until today where they sell black Africans and Bengali from Bangladesh and sell them till today there is a slave trade. But yet Jews and the mayor and Israel, we're all, what are we, all the other pejoratives that they use. But at some point we have to educate the public back and of course she won't stay here because she's joined whoever won the election yesterday, so she thinks a democratic socialist, she's now regurgitating their words, but I urge everyone Because sometimes there are people that sit here, and not all employees have to support. It's okay. We don't all have the same opinions, and we don't all have to see eye to eye. But in the narrative that goes on, maybe we should do some research. So Harat al-Abid is a neighborhood with 11,000 African Palestinians who are segregated to that neighborhood. It's actually been... decolonized since October 7th.

I wasn't going to say anything, but she went Jewish, so I'm like done that too. Sorry. Yesterday she did show up and had to be told to sit down the minute I started my speech, the minute I opened up my mouth about Israel. So I won't tolerate it. So thank you for that, and thank you. No more speakers. Sorry. Not letting that shade go. And God bless you. You have our full support.

Thank you, thank you very much.

You're a great leader and we don't, let her look around this room of our diversity and our commitment to our community. It's sinful what she comes in here and does and disgrace people. It's a disgrace.

It's a disgrace to Northwest Hallandale too, quite honestly. It's a disgrace to the west side of the city as well.

Okay. Approval of the draft minutes, please. You need a motion, right?

Second.

I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Vice Mayor Lazarus absent. Commissioner Lima-Tobb? Yes. Mayor Cooper? Yes.

Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler? Yes. Motion carries 4-0. Thank you. Does anyone wish to pull any of the items from consent? I'd like to pull C and H. C and H. Okay. Wastewater and H would be the EV bus facility. Okay, great. Do I have a motion then from A, B... D, E, F, G, and J, please.

So approved. So moved.

I have a motion. Do I have a second? Second. Could I have a roll call, please? Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler. Yes.

Commissioner Limita. Vice Mayor Lazarus absent. Mayor Cooper. Yes. I'll get her vote. Commissioner Limita, may I have your vote? Yes. Thank you. Motion carries 4-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item A, Resolution C, 26296, Resolution Mayor and City Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida, authorizing a change order to the city's agreement with Southern Underground Industries to extend the existing temporary wastewater bypass system for an additional six months for a cost of $139,400. I'm glad you pulled it, but this is all three islands? That bypass where the pump is, I guess?

No, this is number seven, lift station number seven.

Okay, go ahead. You're recognized. I knew you pulled it, but I'm like another six months.

I really just wanted to see if we could get an update on what's going on and that's requiring the additional six months. I know there's a lot going on. Doctor, I'll thank you first for sending out an update on the lift station progress. We had some time ago for a different lift station closed, was it 12th? Right by your house. It's closed again. and it's been closed for quite some time. The lift station right, yeah. It had closed for a period of time. There was a date specific time that it was gonna be closed. We opened it back up again, it's closed again, and now they've also closed the street to put in the water line, so that coming south on, I think it's 12th now, is completely blocked. You can't come south on it anymore. while they're doing the construction? Good. Why is that good?

I'll talk to you later about it. Okay. It's a great thing.

Okay, so I was just, honestly, I support the item. I understand a lot going on. I was just hoping to get a little update. I get people asking me questions all the time, and I have no idea what to tell them, so. Sorry. Yes, sir. And if you'd rather do that in an email. No, no, no, no. Whatever is easier for the staff, yeah? No, absolutely not. All right.

Good evening, Jeff Town, interim public works director. Thanks a lot. The issue with Lift Station 7, it's fully designed, ready to go to construction. We have to finalize the easement associated with the project, and once that gets done, then we will be full steam ahead.

And is the easement something that we were unaware of?

No, the easement just has a little bit of complication with the abutting property, but we should be able to wrap that up and get that project moving soon.

Okay, is that what's caused us then to have to do this additional six-month of temporary bypass?

Correct.

Yeah, I mean, I would imagine we don't want to have it on temporary bypass more than we have to, but okay.

Yeah, then as soon as we get that, bid docs will be put out, get a contractor in and get the project.

And finalize it, okay. I think it's good to hear, so thank you for sharing that with me. Appreciate it.

Wait, did you say get the contractor out because the contractor would be done?

Once they finalize the easing.

Okay. easement first that's what i heard uh motion to approve did you want to say something i'm sorry i'll only thank you very very much for the time you spent addressing this nightmare that is taking place on 12th avenue and i'll leave it at that your diligence your commitment the time you spent and the empathy you've shared to be continued. There's a lot going on. Okay, thank you. I have a motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Butler. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazarus. Absent Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Matab. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 4-0.

Thanks. I thought this was three islands. Now really get me going. She got me going, now this will get me going again. I was very calm until the end. That was it for consent.

Item nine, ordinances on first reading.

Ordinance of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida relating to city stormwater utility fees providing for collection of assessed stormwater utility fees as non-advalorum assessments on the annual property tax bill providing the amount of stormwater management service costs to be funded by the non-advalorum assessment in fiscal year 2026-27, approving the method of calculating stormwater non-advalorum assessment. approving the stormwater non ad valorem assessment role, imposing assessments upon all tax parcels described in the assessment role, approving collection of the stormwater service assessment on the annual property tax bill, commencing with the tax bill mailed in November 2026, ratifying and confirming the city's resolution number 2026067 and providing for an effective date. This is the first reading. Anyone wishing to speak up on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I'll close the public hearing. Anyone have any questions? Oh, Commissioner Butler, you're recognized.

Thank you, Mayor. So I just want to make sure I got this straight. So this item is, this and its companion item, right, 9A and 9B, are... both for the stormwater and us changing this to putting it on the tax bill. And we're also changing it to the ERU for commercial, residential is to be determined. We're not changing residential to ERU at this time, right? Right, okay. So, and I still, and obviously I think that the residential from a, the methodology for residential isn't equitable the way that it is today, but I know we may change that at a later date. Here's my question. So the last time that I think we talked about this item when we had the presentation from Stantec, the question that I had was we're gonna pay an additional $400,000 somewhere to the property appraiser in order to have them collect this money instead of us do it. And the question that I had at the time was, what is the savings that we're seeing? So did we go back and look and see, yeah, this saves us money and it would have, we're spending 600,000 and now we're only going to spend 400. We're saving 200. I hope that would be great. Um, but that's my question.

Good evening, Gio Nesti, finance director. And the answer to that is, of course, we did that. So we added a slide to the presentation. You must have missed it. So if you want, we could pull it up. And we did a cost-benefit. And we can kind of go over the various factors. There is a net cost. It's about $200,000 a year. However, that gets offset by improvements in credit, because all of these capital projects are bond funded. help our credit rating that putting it on the tax roll gives you near certain collections. I mean, we do a very good job at collections. Currently, the collection rate is about 97%, but close to 100% is much better for creditors. And so I think the cost of putting that onto the tax roll and improving that factor, and also the ability to just collect, get everything up front, and any delinquent balances that we have, we could tackle those. The ones that we have right now, we have about $247,000 a year in bad debt. So it allows us to kind of clean that up. $240,000 in bad debt?

Yeah, that's correct.

Where is the cost benefit? Is it in the agenda, the government? Yeah, it should be maybe the third to last slide if we could.

In this Stantec presentation? Yeah, that's correct.

If I can get some clarification, Commissioner Butler. The $400,000, is that the maximum from the total assessment, 2%?

Yeah, so that's correct. So it's about 2%, which is the collection fee from...

Okay, so that collection fee, it should not actually be 2%. What the special assessment agreement states is that it's up to 2%, but we're only supposed to be paying actual costs. So unless it actually costs them $400,000 to collect this, we should not be paying that much. This is an issue that all of the municipalities have discussed because they're putting this on all of their assessment agreements, and we do not expect it to actually approach 2% on these assessments.

This makes the cost-benefit even better.

Yeah, so at the end of the year, they basically give us a true-up once they look at all the actual cost at the tax collector. So this is worst case scenario. There's also the 4% early discount, which we don't always realize the entire 4% as well. So it would be better. This is the most conservative analysis.

Good?

Yeah, that's great. I missed the... the cost benefit, so that was what I had asked last time and what I was looking for and I did not see it. So it's good to at least identify that it shows a total cost savings to the city, so I'm pleased with that.

Another point that was made last time was the distribution, I think, of the commercial customers and so that we get an idea of who's getting more of an increase than the standard 12%. And as you can see, the highest someone's annual assessment will go up is about 7,500, and it's one business. So most businesses, it sits in the middle. So about 304 businesses, there's no change for the year. So we just wanted to make sure we respond to any concerns so everyone has a full understanding.

No, it's great. So the items that we're approving tonight is not just moving it to, it's also the increase as well, right?

Yeah, so basically this is approving moving the stormwater assessment to the tax roll. And then there's a companion ordinance that changes how we calculate an ERU just because right now for commercial customers, it's based on factors, so it's basically an estimate. So now we're going to bill based off their actual measurement, and so their actual impact to the stormwater system.

And our intention is to do that with residential too?

Over time, over time. So when we first modeled it, we don't have all the actual measurements. We did a sample. And so based off the sample, there's large spikes. There's some residents that their stormwater could even triple. So we didn't want to shock residents. The first step is gonna be doing a measurement of all the entire city so that then we could come up with an approach that makes more sense for residents, whether it be a phased approach, tiers, that sort of thing. We're gonna get creative and bring it to the commission.

Okay, great. Thank you very much. Great work.

Okay, any other questions? I already opened and closed the public hearing, so it would be appropriate entertain a motion on first and set Regan for next 914 914 I have a motion and I have a second could I have a roll call please yes yes

Motion carries 4-0.

Thank you so much. Item B, an ordinance of mayor and city commission of the city of Parler related to the city stormwater utility system. Amending section 30-241 of the city's code of ordinances to provide that the method used by the city to calculate, determine the amount of stormwater management utility fees imposed by the city to fund stormwater services, facilities, and capital improvements may be determined by resolution and that such utility fees may be collected as non ad valorem assessments pursuant to section 197-3632 and 403.0893 Florida statutes by direct billing or any other collection method authorized by law providing for servability providing for conflict and providing for codification and approving effective basis as well as the first reading. Anyone wishing to speak up on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I will close the public hearing and open it up for discussion or even a motion.

Motion to approve.

Second. I have a motion and a second. No further discussion. Could I please have a roll call?

Commissioner Butler? Yes. Vice Mayor Nassar is absent. Mayor Cooper? Yes. Commissioner Niemataw? Yes. Commissioner Adams? Yes. Motion carries 4-0.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. Item 10, ordinances on second reading. An ordinance of the mayor and the city commission of the city of Hallandale Beach, Florida, amending chapter 15, public nuisance abatement, revising the process for filing complaint procedures for hearing and other updates. and providing for servability, codification, and effective dates. This is the second reading. It is sponsored by Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Tobb. The item was adopted on August 5th, 2026 on a 5-0 roll call vote. And I will turn it over to my colleagues for discussion.

Thank you, Mayor. I don't know what the correct process is. It's through the city manager. Deputy Chief Tua has a presentation.

I do. so madam mayor commission i'm here to talk about the hallandale beach police department's nuisance abatement policy i got to do a double clicking thing back and forth so as a result of the nuisance abatement ordinance that you're going to be looking at this evening or voting on this evening the hallandale beach police department has established a proactive and intelligence-led for identifying properties that show patterns of criminal activity or other conditions prior to the statutory requirements for a public nuisance. The intent of this policy is to address criminal activity promptly, collaborate with key stakeholders, and ultimately eliminate the criminal activity at the problem properties. So the policy goals reduce crime before statutory nuisance thresholds are reached, improve safety and quality of life within neighborhoods, encourage voluntary compliance with property owners, build collaborative solutions with those owners and community partners, and ensure consistent identification and documentation of nuisance-related properties. So the process is simple. identify the properties, notify the owners, engage the owners to have voluntary compliance, and if the crime continues, escalate it to a formal nuisance proceedings if warranted. So the first process of identification, the Crime Analysis Unit, excuse me, will conduct a monthly intelligence review to identify properties showing patterns of criminal activity and maintain a database showing the concern. The crime analysis will include connecting properties with suspected criminal activity and crimes connected with properties. It will also include animal related incidents such as dangerous dog investigations, animal cruelty, complaints, aggressive animals, and repeated animal complaints. Now, although the animal portion of this is not in the particular ordinance that we're speaking about today, it will be part of the review and legal steps will be taken should any of them be detected. Notification, so once the property has been identified, the community involvement unit will take the case. Unless, of course, it's an animal-related case, that'll be the animal control officer. At that point, CIU will send out a notified, excuse me, a certified notification letter within three business days to the property owner. At that point, CIU will go out and meet with the property owner.

Oh, sorry, I went the wrong direction.

the CIU and the animal control officer will meet with the managers, property owners, landlords, in order to build an individualized crime reduction plan. That could be SEDTED survey, animal law education, security assessments, lighting, extra patrols, no trespassing signs, et cetera. And finally, should the frequency severity or pattern of criminal activity continue, CIU or the animal control officer will coordinate with command staff to proceed with formal nuisance measures if warranted. And if it's animal related, pursue all legal avenues available. That concludes the presentation. I'm here for questions.

I have a quick question. Go, go, go. non-senior officers is that a way to is that a term like the the road patrol officers be i don't know if trained is not the right word but like will every officer know about this yes commissioner so every time anytime we

make a change to a general order or in this particular case create a new general order all the officers will be trained on it through our power dms system through roll call trainings and as well they'll be tested on them to ensure that they know the policy okay thank you i'll make a motion to uh approve second

I have a motion and a second. Thank you so much for bringing this forward and updating this. Appreciate your initiative. Could I have a roll call, please?

Vice Mayor Lazarus absent. Commissioner Lima Tom. Yes. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Commissioner Butler.

Yes. Motion carries 4-0. Thank you. Item B, an ordinance of the Mayor and the City Commission of the City of Hallandale Beach, Florida, amending Chapter 20, Article 1, City Cemetery to modernize the operation and administration of Hallandale Beach Cemetery, providing for survivability, providing for conflicts, providing for codification. and providing for an effective date this is a second reading and it was um adopted on august 5th 2026 on a 5-0 roll call vote and we are reading this as well in regards to the Fee structure, and that would be item I-26-320, a resolution of the mayor and city commission of the city of Hallandale Beach, Florida, amending the city fee booklet related to city cemetery and providing for an effective date. Have at it. Are we good? Did we have all the amendments? I forgot how we were handling this. It's all amended and cooked in. Do we need a change in the fee?

Yeah, so as you may recall, the original ordinance was structured to limit sales only to residents, but after further discussion, the commission gave direction that the ordinance should be amended to allow sale to the general public at a particular rate and then incorporate a significant resident discount. So that's the amendment that's been incorporated in the ordinance now from first reading. That's the substantive part of that amendment. And I think that's the only part I have to add to that.

Thank you. We're good? Any other questions? Oh, Commissioner Butler. Thank you, Mayor.

I just want a couple quick questions. I just want to make sure I understand. So first of all, I love the... the way that we, I don't know, am I asking? I don't know who to talk to. You did our presentation last time, right?

So I don't know who to answer.

Maybe Dr. Earle. So through Dr. Earle. First of all, I love the change here, right? So going to a fixed rate with a discount is brilliant. I think that works a lot better than the standard rate. What was interesting in the And I don't know which backup material I was looking at.

We don't want a presentation or anything.

Yeah, yeah, no, I don't want a presentation. I just have one quick question that I want to clarify to make sure that I'm straight on this. So the $89.95, what I saw, is significantly above market rates for Broward County, based on the presentation that you guys shared from what I saw. So... What we're doing essentially is pricing the non-residents out and then giving a discount to the residents so that we encourage residents. That's the benefit to residents. Am I stating that fairly?

That's a fairly well stated.

Okay, all right.

I would propose that we're charging a premium for non-residents.

Premium is even better. Much better. Oh my gosh, we have a bunch of sales people now. I know, you guys are good, man.

It still is available for sale for non-residents. Yes. Pay a premium over residential.

I think that's a great way to do it. So it's a, okay, so the next question is, the only thing I, so in the presentation, As a resident, I can buy using my resident discount and transfer it to an immediate family member. What if my immediate family member is not a Hallandale resident?

Then they have to pay the difference.

Okay, so that's in there. That's all I want to ask. That's my only question.

Yeah, I can answer any questions relating to the ordinance, and that is in the ordinance.

All right, so it has to be transferred to an authorized family member who is a resident of Hallandale in order to retain the discount. Otherwise, they pay the discount. difference.

Correct. Yes.

Good. All right.

We're trying to avoid people purchasing to profit from resale. So they will now only be allowed to resell it back to the city at a discount.

Got it. I saw the restriction about back to the city. I just didn't see to a non-resident.

Yeah, it's in there.

Thank you. That was it. I'm sorry to make you come all the way down here.

Mr. Adams, you're recognized.

I just have one question. I was over at Foster Park yesterday. No. And right at the corner, across from Foster Park, I mean, Martin Luther King Dream Center, on the corner, the headstone was from the 1800s, okay? And it was very tarnished, and the lady's name was O'Hanson. Do we clean the headstones? Who takes care of that? This one was like really... dirty like I really had to strain to see her name but I remember Joe Hanson and she's right there on the corner right next to the street so she's getting a lot of dirt but I didn't know do we do that do we sandblast the headstones to clean them

We don't sandblast.

I mean to clean them, to make them look nice?

We have cleaned them. Perpetual care funds, although they are very small, do maintain and upkeep the property. We straighten things that are tilted or falling. We take the grass off of the markers on the ground as we landscaped it, and we'll go in and raise those up from time to time because they settle sometimes just by water and or rain. it gets eroded, we lift them up, put dirt underneath, do that, we replace sod from time to time, like full scale, you know, scrubbing a tombstone, We don't do that as much, but the others we do.

It's a low one. It wasn't like one of those like we have in the back. This one is up front. It was a low, looked like a husband and wife were there. Okay, I was just asking. Okay, thank you.

You really hit the ground running, so thank you for your contributions to cemetery already. That's a great job. Thank you.

Okay, I had a motion, and I don't have a motion and a second on the ordinance yet. May I have one? I do, I have it. Oh, you have it? No, you're right, I don't. I know.

Motion to approve.

Second, I'll open, did I open and close public at? You did not. This is a public hearing. Anyone wishing to speak on this item may do so at this time. Seeing no one approach, I'll close the public hearing and may I have a roll call vote?

Commissioner Adams? Yes. Commissioner Butler?

Yes.

Representative Matal said yes. Vice Mayor Lazar is absent. Mayor Cooper? Yes.

I forgot something. When we had started talking about doing this,

It's just a basic question.

All of a sudden, I started getting a lot of cemetery deeds. People were buying the deeds, realizing that we're going to change the prices. Look at Jeremy. He's like, yeah. And there's people I know. It's like, oh, my God. I hope nothing's wrong with you. But we can't go retro, can we?

Yes, we can. This applies to any deed that has ever been purchased. Every single deed says it is subject to...

I'm, like, sorry, because I was going to, like, not...

Every deed is subject to the regulations adopted and amended. So when you buy it, you buy it at risk of what those regulations will be in the future. It's not a good monetary investment.

No. Okay. But I wasn't sure if it was. It's not a financial investment opportunity. The application is kind of weak. Did we update the application as well? Well, I'll let the department. City manager.

Yes, we have updated the application.

Thank you. Okay. I'm sorry. Yes.

Okay. So that's for 10B. Okay. So I need eight aye.

Yes. Do I have a motion for the fee structure, please? I have a motion. Do I have a second?

Second.

A motion and a second. Could I have a roll call, please?

Commissioner Butler. Yes. Vice Mayor Lazarus. Absolutely. Mayor Cooper. Yes. Commissioner Limitop. Yes. Commissioner Adams. Yes. Motion carries 4-0.

Thank you. And we're going to jump right into communications. Commissioner Adams. Yes.

I just want to say thank you to staff, how hard you work. You all do such an excellent job, and I'm happy to be with you all. So thank you for all that you do.

Thank you. Thank you. Commissioner Lehmann. Oh, Commissioner Butler.

You heard enough from me earlier. Thank you. I have no comments.

Same here. Oh, my gosh. You guys are going to kill me now. Now we're just going to freak out. I have comments. First of all.

You said you had no comments tonight. We're so lucky.

Thanks. Oh, you're lucky. Really cut me a break. Now, first of all, thank you for listening to me about the storage at Big Easy. They figured logistically that they found somewhere else. I was looking at some of the back notes. I have just a few things. Now, if I can read my... I need to ask permission for something, which I delayed asking, and I forgot during all our workshops. and I'll put it this way, many mayors have been, and commissioners, and different agencies, rather than doing pins and stuff like that, they actually have charger coins, and they use the city's information, city logos, and their name, like Mayor Joy Cooper, or Vice Mayor Michelle Lazaro. I would like to ask permission to be able to retrospectively have a coin, a mayor's coin.

Why do you, I hate that. Well, I have to ask.

It's the city. I have to ask permission. Why? I'm going to make a motion. It's a use of the city logo. I'm going to make the motion that I'm like, yeah, I have a motion. I have a second. All in favor, say aye. Aye. And just full transparency. Thank you for that. I paid for them myself, so they're done.

Oh, you already paid for it. Assuming we were going to vote you. Do I see one?

I want to see what it looks like.

Pass it to him. Oh, there it is. Oh, it waits. She just happens to have it. No, I realized. She just happens to have it. I was like, oh, my God, you have to take it out. And it's kind of cool. And if you want one, I have a friend, Mayor, that makes them. Well, he doesn't. He designs them for fun. He doesn't make money off them.

I think you're making assumptions. What would we, if we said no? I didn't know.

I just realized. I presume. No, because, well, I have to, like, not put them in.

Do you have some things you spent money on that you want to? This looks great. This is very nice.

Yeah, so.

Okay. How many did you get?

Not enough. No, I did. As a matter of fact, everybody's like, can I have one?

Yeah, I'll keep this one. Thanks.

It's Jen's.

I'm kidding. No, I'll bring some more. They're very nice.

Yes? No?

No, no, no. Give it back to her. I have more. She's much more important. Please.

Here. There you go. She collects them. But they're very nice. Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. And forgive me.

God, I hope God. If I may. Yes. Do you want to talk about the alternative for lights for both districts now? You want to do that later? What are we doing? Remember you were talking about the alternative for lights from both districts during the... We can't really do that. How do you want to say handle it?

I thought Dr. Earl was going to bring it back as an item, right? The street lights issue? Yeah, he's going to bring it back.

Okay, because we can't really make a motion because it's really a district type of thing. It's coming back. Yeah. Yeah. Well, maybe we'll bring it up because we will have budget hearings about them.

Oh, during the budget. That's a great. Okay.

Budget. Okay.

Bring it for the budget. Thank you. Any other notes?

Good idea.

Any other notes? Um, the other thing I do, obviously, um, Amendment three, Broward County has produced some collaterals. They did not send them to elected yet. They sent them to the city manager. I didn't give this to you, Dr. Earl, but this is the information. I don't love the campaign so far. It's like educate on three. I showed, and I forgot to send it. Florida League, I sent Florida League a button that says, ask me about three. And it meets the standard instead of education. And I asked, it might, not everybody wants to be a billboard, but did you give it any more food for thought whether or not we want to produce any or do anything as a city independent? No? No. No, okay. Because I said, you know, we all have skin in the game. Everybody in this room, people that actually support Amendment 3, not support, I shouldn't say, do not support Amendment 3, to possibly invest some money in a pin that says, ask me about 3. And allow our staff, or allow anybody that would like to wear one, because they could educate people, not advocate, to see if that's what we could do.

I don't think they're allowed to.

I don't know. That's why I'm bringing it up. I'm not saying yes, because I might get that myself as well. If anybody wants one, I'm going to probably produce them if Florida League doesn't do it. Because whatever they have just says educate on three, and it's not even catching. It's not even a hook. I was like, they could have paid me for a better opinion. You just have to be careful about it. Well, it's education, so ask me about three. It's not say vote no. It's not vote anything. It's just a matter of saying ask me about it.

Okay, so there's um, I sent you guys an email on June 11th. Okay relating to the statute that limit limits Expenditures expenditures. Yes on any It looks like a no because it says irrespective of whether the communication is limited to factual or I mean, I'd have to look at it in the context of exactly what you're talking about. So let me look at it again, but I did send it to you on June 11th if you want to take a look at it. I can resend it if you like. But yeah, we'll have to take a look.

Because I know we've done before on the like parks bonds and stuff like that, but it was very calculated.

They changed the law.

Okay, that explains a lot. I'll leave it at that then.

And the reason I think I sent you this is because originally in our conversations, I was speaking off of memory, and I was talking about the former version of it that we were all familiar with, but they ended up changing the law to limit local government's ability to advocate or inform on any issue.

okay and we talked about pickleball already the only other thing um on tuesday at six o'clock in this chamber we are inviting the general public to come at a meeting to discuss and give input for the two up to 200.

It feels like 200 already.

100th anniversary celebration. The idea is to really just have people come, we'll get them to sign in, we're gonna have boards, we're gonna pull out ideas, and then we'll put dots, they'll collectively have dots and put dots what their ideas is, and we'll formulate it. And my goal after that is to sit down with staff, whoever is directed by, of course, Dr. Earle, to figure out what, you know. I know, but I'm being open and transparent. And if you want to come, I welcome your participation. Tuesday at 6, I'll promise to get you out of here. I know.

I don't think she'll be devastated if we don't show up.

Oh, my God. You guys are awful. Just totally awful. And I'm going to make it abundantly clear and make it clear to the public that we already have teed up an event for Pegasids for Food and Groove. And that was just one idea. But we want to work. That's it right now? No, that's kind of going to be part of it.

Isn't that night's out?

No, we'll talk about it.

Mayor, you have carte blanche. Whatever it is that you want to do. There you go. You heard it, city manager.

Anything I want to do.

You have carte blanche. Okay. Okay.

I think that's all.

Wow. Correct?

Okay, that's it. All right. No, no. I do have a little bit. No, no, no, no, no. Just a little bit. I have other things now. I'm joking. Go ahead. You do? Go ahead. No, I'm joking. I'm going to hold off on it until next meeting because I need to vet it a little bit more.

I wanted to seek a little bit of direction from you all on an issue we had previously discussed regarding the fencing at Scavel Park. Okay. You had all this. It's not complicated. I know. We're going to keep having a good day. I'm going to will it so. All right, so I had been instructed, we got your direction about setting it five feet back onto the property, got it. I had been instructed to look into reaching out regarding any potential transfer of ownership and that kind of stuff. After that meeting, when we went back and started looking at this actual proposal, because it was just initially proposed there, when we went back and started assessing it and reviewing it, we realized that this would be an emergency exit area, right? So, and I expressed some concerns at the meeting, but the concerns got even deeper. We were concerned about it being misused potentially as a hub for... Trash. unhoused persons, for teenagers, that kind of thing. So my recommendation after discussing thoroughly with the Parks Department and with the city manager, my recommendation would be not to pursue any kind of transfer rather to mark the areas clearly as restricted access emergency access only areas they would be fenced in on a gated in on each side with a gate that could be easily open from the inside at all times but have locked boxes for access from the outside for police and fire if necessary and it would allow us to immediately trespass anyone who's in that area without having to go through any kind of extended process. So that's my current recommendation. So I just didn't want to not do what you told me to do.

That's even better because we can arrest the scoundrels.

Yes, love it. We just need to reinforce it.

Okay, so if I don't get any negative feedback on this, then I will pursue with the course recommended. I know that the administration is looking to bring back the item in the future. I just didn't want to not do the part you had asked me to do without getting further direction from you.

Thank you very much. Great. Thank you. That's it?

That is it for my comments. Thank you all very much.

At least it wasn't a two and a half hour conversation.

I haven't heard that word scoundrel in a long time.

The scoundrels. The scoundrels. Go ahead.

Nothing for me. Thank you.

Oh my gosh. Meeting adjourned.

Dr. Earle.