Commission - Regular Meeting

City Commission meeting, today is Tuesday, August 25th, 2026. The time is now 6 PM. We will now turn to the city clerk for roll call. Commissioner Cruz? Commissioner McCray? Present. Commissioner Kelly? Vice Mayor Turkin? Mayor Shelton? Present. Mayor, you have a quorum. Thank you. Our invocation tonight will be by former mayor and police chaplain Woodrow Hay, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Kelly. If we could all kindly stand for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. We are now moving on to the agenda approval, additions, deletions, and corrections. Let's begin on my right with Commissioner Cruz.

I wanted to see if we could move the Protective Covenant. I hear you. Wanted to see if we could move the protective covenant conversation for the meeting on the 16th. Yes, Andrew.

I think there's people in the audience just wanted to say it's not on the agenda tonight. It's going to be on the agenda on September the 16th at 6 PM.

Excuse me. Commissioner Cruz, you're going to speak a little louder than that. I don't know if there's something wrong with your mic, but I just really can't hear you. I'm sorry. Thank you. I'm good tonight. Thank you.

Commissioner Kelly? No changes. Thank you. Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the agenda? Second. We have a motion to approve the agenda. We have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Motion passes. We will now move on to informational items by the members of the City Commission. Let's start to my left with Commissioner McCray.

Yes, I'd just like to make one announcement that is on Monday evening at 6 PM at the Carolyn Sims center. We have a community meeting where Senator Rob Long will be one of the guest speakers there along with citizens and city representatives from our city. I urge all of you to be there. We have some very, very, very important information that we need to share with each of you. Thank you.

Commissioner Kelly. Thank you, Mayor. Can I go last? Of course. Please. Thank you.

Commissioner Cruz. You don't have anything today. Thank you. Well, I guess it's me then. That's you.

I just, I wanted to kind of hijack this informational item to, first I'm going to ask if Chief Bruder would come up, because I think that we got some exciting news for our city, and I think that to give Chief Bruder an opportunity to kind of explain what this rating means to the city, what it means to our residents, and what it means to our fire department and the men and women who serve our city. So Chief, I'm excited to hear the news. So if you can explain to the members of the public and to the commission what this ISO rating means to us and the residents, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you. And we were at the rating that we were at a 2 for how long? How many years have we never reached where we are?

That's awesome. So yeah, I just wanted to bring you up. Sorry, I didn't give you any heads up that it was happening, but that's super, you know, amazing news for our city, for the residents. So I just thank you and your staff and your team and your firemen and women and our dispatch and all of our staff that really, you know, serve the residents of our city and those outside of our city because sometimes that happens too.

Oh, sorry, sir. You know, I'm trying to be realistic. I'm just saying, these are things that you all need to be bringing to us. I didn't know anything about this until you spoke just then. I'm just saying, you know, we should have been on the forefront saying, you know, wow, this is what's happening in Boynton. We don't get the bad news real fast. The good news goes like molasses. I'm just saying, so if anything happening in your department that you all want us to know about that, we need to, you know, be two now horns. I'm just saying this makes the city looks good, make the community looks g

Thank you. Next, we will be doing the proclamation for Hunger Action Month. Commissioner Kelly is going to read the proclamation, and the proclamation will be accepted by Allison Volks from Feeding from South Florida.

I don't see Allison. Is Allison in the crowd? Let's see. Maybe we can hold this off.

Yeah, we're going to pause in case maybe there's a delay or traffic, so we're going to move on. Yeah. Okay. We will... It's okay for that, because it's a proclamation. Okay, we will now be moving on to.

think so yes okay so we'll move the proclamation to at like the end of five just in case and if she's it's not here then we'll just hold off okay i can present it to her so make that five c right need a motion to amend the agenda again okay so i'm gonna go ahead and make a motion to amend the agenda second second

We have a motion to amend the agenda. We have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes unanimously. Proclamation. Okay. We are now moving on to public comment. As always, it is three minutes per person. The time is non-transferable. If anybody wants to speak, can you please start lining up against the wall? We're going to alternate our mics to keep things moving. This is not a Q&A. The same rules apply as always. The speaker must address the commission as a whole and not an individual on the dais or the audience. Insults, attacks, and disruptions are

If we could kindly hold applause to the end of public comment.

Sir? Anybody else that wants to speak, go ahead and line up on the side and get to the podium.

I didn't know if you were up or down, sorry. I just looked over and you were there. I still don't wanna follow it.

Thank you. Next please, sir. I would like to make a comment, Mayor. Let him go. Thank you.

Hold on. Let's check public. Let's check online and you can have something to say.

Mayor, there is somebody online on public comment. So we have somebody named Gabriel on. It looks like they're appearing for public comment. So if they would unmute their microphone, they can state their name for the record and begin.

Thank you. First of all, those comments are uncalled for and disrespectful. I will never apologize for doing my job with my constituents. I'm happy to do it until the last day I'm in office. Thank you very much. In addition to that, I did my homework. I connected with our legal department to get full title search, which had not been done prior to this item coming forward to the commission for a vote, which I thought was important and necessary to get prior to meeting with the public so that I could have the answers and do the due diligence required to be able to answer in front of 100 people m

We don't address the public. Well, he did address me. Listen, we don't do that. But he did it to me. Listen, you know being up here, people are going to say things to us. But we do have the protocol that we don't address the public like that. If you two want to step out and do this, that's fine. But we're not going to do this. It's on the agenda for the 16th. If you guys wanna clear the air before that, you can do that, but everybody can talk about it on the 16th, and we're heading in the right direction with this. So I don't think to call out a constituent. That's what we get when we sign up,

I will not apologize for doing my job. Thank you.

We're now moving on to... We are now moving on to administration. I have Community Support Fund requests for Men in Vision and Purpose for 500, Girl Scouts, 500, and Boynton Beach High School Cheerleaders, 500. Next, we have Vice Mayor Turkin's Community Support Fund requests for Boynton Beach Purple Cobras for 400, and East Boynton Beach Little League for 1,500. And up next, we have Commissioner McCray's Community Support Funds request for Boynton Beach Bulldog Cheerleaders, 1,000, and Boynton Beach High School Cheerleaders, 1,000.

I can see the point leads to cheerleaders in the audience.

May we have a motion to approve the community support? Second. We have a motion to approve all, and we have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Motion passes. Do we know if... We have them.

We have people that here might want to speak that's going to be receiving funds if we get one open before them to say anything at this time.

Yeah, definitely. If somebody from each organization was still part of the person to come up.

If you receive some funds, you need to come down.

Nothing like putting you on the spot. Very briefly, introduce yourself. I mean, you came here. Introduce yourselves. Let us know who you are. I see some familiar faces.

I'm glad you all came down to introduce yourself. That's why I wanted you to, because when I was approached about it, I said I never gave to a high school. And I said, Oh, wait a minute. I don't want to set protocol, but okay. I gave to you all. Okay.

Thank you. Thank you. Mayor, excuse me, before we move on, I want to be remiss if I don't address the young lady that stood up tonight and addressed us. I'm just saying, although she was a youth and everything, you don't have to be an adult to talk to us, but I'm just saying it took guts, it took power, and most of all, it took a lot of courage. And I want to see young people continue to press that platform because we're all focused, we're moving off the scene, and young people are coming on. Keep doing what you're doing. I'm proud of you.

Yes. Moving on, we have one applicant for the Historic Resources Preservation Board. Oh, quickly, we don't see the proclamation. Okay, we're gonna push it to the next meeting. We have one applicant for the- Let's table it, please. We have a motion to table the proclamation. We have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Motion passes. We have one applicant for the Historic Resources Preservation Board. This nomination goes to Commissioner Cruz. Would you like to make a motion?

I will not be making a nomination today. Thank you. We need to table that.

We have a motion to table the Historic Resources Preservation Board. We have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. The next nomination is for me to appoint a regular member of the Library Board. This was previously tabled. I'd like to keep it on the table. We have two applicants for the Senior Advisory Board. First nomination goes to Commissioner Cruz. I would like to take that one as well. I'm the next one. Second nomination is for me to appoint the regular member of the Senior Advisory Board. I would like to make a motion to appoint Carolyn Goldman.

We have a motion for Carolyn Goldman. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay.

There are no applicants for the following boards, but we strongly encourage residents to apply if you're interested. The Art Advisory Board has one regular and one alternate position available, and the Recreation and Parks Board has one regular and one alternate position available. We're now moving on to the consent agenda. If my colleagues would like to pull any items from the consent, let's begin on my left with Commissioner McCray, please.

Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to pull A, B, and J.

No, that's good. Commissioner Cruz? No, for me. Thank you. Motion to approve the remainder of consent.

Second. We have a motion to approve remainder of consent. We have a second. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. And Commissioner McCray, since you pulled A, B, and J, let's go with A first.

Thank you. I'd like to just hear from staff in regards to A, just speak to the citizens about your findings.

Thank you. I really wanted to have it pulled because there was some rumor going around that we was not doing well with our budget. I just want to make sure that we could be put at ease. Thank you. Yes, sir. Move on to B, please.

We have a motion to approve A, and we have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Motion passes. Moving on to B.

The reason I pulled this, I want to have this brought to the public attention. I just said we have all these Individuals listed, but it needs to be put up on the screen and stuff. And so the public would know how much money these people are receiving out of this fund.

I'm glad you brought that up. My report says 156,000. You said 147,000. Am I right or are you wrong?

Correct. Thank you. Thank you. Motion to approve.

Second. We have a motion to approve R26-R26. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. We're moving on to item J. I pull this.

I like for staff or whoever's going to discuss this to discuss it. The reason I pull it is I don't want people to think that this commission system will be just rubber stamp things without knowing what we're doing. You can explain please.

Thank you. Thank you. The reason I wanted you all really to present is that there's grant money out there, and anytime city staff can go out and help us find money to help offset the cost for the citizens, I'd like for it to be noted. Thank you for doing your hard work and your due diligence to bring this money to the city of Boynton. Thank you. Motion to approve.

One second for discussion. Discussion. Just really quick, since it's one of my neighborhoods. Don't go, don't run away.

Don't run away. Really quick. No, you're fine. I just, I know I gave, you know, I learned about this grant at a meeting about a month ago, and I called as soon as I heard, and I said, there's this grant money, and I know we have these projects that are pending, and so... Just thank you for, I know it was a quick turnaround to get the application, so I appreciate all your hard work to get it submitted, and then for it to be ranked as high as it is makes me hopeful that hopefully we'll get this grant money. We haven't gotten, we haven't applied for this grant or been awarded this money in severa

Okay, with that being said, motion to approve.

Second. We have a motion to approve R26-134. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. We are now moving on to consent. My colleagues would like to pull any items. Let's begin on my right with Commissioner Cruz. Thank you. Commissioner Kelly. No, thank you. And Commissioner McCray.

I'd like to pull F and L. Motion to approve the remainder of consent bids and purchases.

We have a motion and we have a second. All those in favor say aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. And if you would like to pull F. F, yes.

I'd like for staff to explain proposed resolution R26-140. Yes, sir.

Hopefully we will approve it. I'm just saying I just want to pull so that we will, you know, know what's happening for Carolyn Sims. I'm just saying we have centers that I think we could do more on the inside. And I'm just saying I'm glad to see that you all are looking and thinking outside of the box to bring things to the better the community and to help enhance our students, you know, Boynton High and around, you know, so that we have given back to the community and we want to build what we have. I'm just saying, you know, while they're young.

Yeah, thank you for partnering with Point Beach High School, you know, for this facility. I know that they are, you know, they're doing great things in their aeronautical program, and any time we can connect and partner with them, I think is a win for the children and our youth in the city, so.

Second. We have a motion to approve R26140, and we have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Motion passes. We're now moving on to L, resolution R26-146. Aye.

Excuse me. Thank you. The reason I pulled this is that any time that we're spending like $8 million, you know, I like, you know, at least, you know, for the public records, what are we getting for $8 million? I'm just saying, well, I don't want to vote on something, but I have the public knowing why did I vote for something that costs $8 million?

Thank you. City Attorney, you did look into this, correct?

Since we have citizens sitting in the audience, I want them to recognize that we're not just sitting up there spending money like it's our money, it's their money. I want to be a good fiduciary of your funds as well as my funds. Thank you.

We have a motion to approve R26-146. Second. We have a second. All those in favor, say aye. Aye. All those opposed, say nay. Motion passes. There are no public hearings tonight, and we did remove 10 from the regular agenda. So if there's any other comments from the commission.

I have one. I'd like to say to staff this morning that I met with, I want to tell you all, thank you all for taking time. I know it was a last minute thing, Kind of a rush thing, but you know, that's the way I operate, and we got a lot done. I thank you for your input. Thank you for listening to me, and there'll be more to come. Thank you.

Thank you. Any other comments from the commissioners? Do I have a motion to adjourn? Motion to adjourn. We have a motion to adjourn, and we have a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All those opposed say nay. Meeting is adjourned at 6.52 p.m. Good night, everyone.