Remarks by Dean J. Trantalis
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“Commission meeting this October 6, 2026. Thank you all for being here. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome. Appreciate your attendance. And what's exciting tonight is that we have two young people who are going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance tonight. So I'd like you all to please stand and join us in that pledge. Can Brandon Ford and Naomi Marion please come to the center?”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“One, two, three, smile, smile. And we do a wide shot with everybody.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. Also at the beginning of our meetings, we'd like to take this opportunity to have a moment of silence to reflect on those that have not been able to join us tonight. Thank you. All right, thank you. It's now an opportunity for me to recognize individuals who have been employed by the City of Fort Lauderdale for more than 20 years and, unfortunately, are retiring from our city. And I'd like to recognize these next four people. Ephraim Moore, who has been a lead facilities worker in Parks and Rec, has been with us for 21 years. Thank you so much for your service. Michael Liponet, who's…”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Here. We have full attendance tonight. We have one agenda announcement, which will be a walk-on resolution regarding the school closures. Have you had a chance to review it? Yes. OK, great. So I would ask someone from the commission to please move to approve the minutes of the previous meeting and the agenda as amended. Moved. Second. It was seconded. Please call the roll.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes. And the agenda as amended and the minutes are now approved.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I'm not quite sure what that, which I know what the subject was brought up, but what specifically?”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“So at the beginning of our meetings, before we get into our agenda, we have an opportunity to recognize individuals, events, or organizations. And here tonight, we have four such presentations. And our first presentation, I have the honor of presenting a proclamation recognizing the 115th National Day of the Republic of China, Taiwan, here in the city of Fort Lauderdale. And I would invite my dear friend, where is he? There he is. Director General Charles Chiu-Chau, who will join me at the podium as I present the proclamation. All right, we're not ready. Let's wait till I read the…”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, thank you. That was really, really nice. Now I'd like to invite Commissioner Beasley-Pittman to present a proclamation recognizing the 10th anniversary of AutoNation's Drive Pink Initiative in October 2026 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the City of Fort Lauderdale. I'd like to invite Ashley Shea, the Director of Corporate Affairs, and Lisa Ryans, Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications to please join COMMISSIONER BEASLEY-PITMAN AT THE PODIUM. AND YOU PROBABLY NOTICED THAT MANY OF US ARE WEARING PINK, DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF PINK. THIS IS HOT PINK IN RECOGNITION OF…”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you now, I'd like to invite our vice mayor and sorenson to present a proclamation declaring September 15th to October 15, 2026 as Hispanic heritage month here in the city of Fort Lauderdale and I'd like to invite once the data. from the Hispanic Heritage Chamber of Commerce to join him at the podium. I see he's already done that. He's here. You're on your way.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you, Juan. Now I'd like to invite Commissioner Steve Glassman to present a proclamation declaring October 4th through 10th, 2026 as Fire Prevention Week here in the city of Fort Lauderdale. And I'd like to invite Fire Marshal Jason Miller from our Fire Rescue Department to please join. And everyone else that seems to be joining.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay, thank you, Commissioner Glassman, and thank you, folks. Thank you, folks from the fire department, and not just tonight, but for every day that you keep our communities safe. So now we have to move on to our regular agenda items. And take care. Have a safe trip back to Miami. Thank you. At the beginning of our meeting, we addressed what are called consent agenda items. At this time, I would ask if any member of the commission would like to pull one of the consent agenda items and discuss it and vote on it separately. Otherwise, the commission will vote on all of them at one time. So…”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Okay. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman pulled CM7. So except for CM7, do I hear a motion to approve all the rest of the consent agenda items? I pulled 7. Oh, I'm sorry.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“It's fine. Do I hear a motion to approve all the rest of the consent agenda items? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Second. If you move to second it, please call the roll.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes. And CM7 is now approved. Moving on to neighbor presentations, we have Marilyn Mamano. Marilyn, are you here? There you are. Great. Please step forward. Just push the button. There you go.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Thank you. Thank you. I thought you were going to break into song. This is your land. This is my land. Thank you, Marilyn. We appreciate it. We appreciate all the work that the Charter Revision Board had done throughout the many months that it met. And hopefully, the community will approve the one through 10, the charter amendments that were now on the ballot. We also now have a moment. Another presentation. Alexander Stewart. Is Alexander here? Hey, come on up. Do you need this? Yeah, sir, you have to give it all to the clerk. Yeah.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“I appreciate your coming to talk to us about that because I used to live near that area. The frustrating thing is, you know, where does the water go? You know, when the canal is as high as the roadway in terms of the water, you can't push it anywhere. You know, that's been a very frustrating part. And that particular area is very low-lying. But I do know that when we do consider the Los Olos Mobility Project and the improvements that we intend to make there, stormwater improvement is definitely on the agenda. Already cool.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Can I ask a question? Yes. So a couple of people have come to me who live in Victoria Park and We did some work on his road, one particular person, and he had just completed a requirement that he put pavers in a drainage area in front of his property. We came in, did some work on the road, and left his property an absolute disaster. What are we doing with regard to that? Do they just have to contact city staff to come back and repair what was... put it back in its original condition?”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“We had the same situation in Fort Lauderdale. I saw the waves. Someone had a video cam from the elbow room. I saw the waves just.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“All right, let's move on to motions. M1, motion authorizing settlement of workers' compensation claims for James Brinton v. City of Fort Lauderdale, case number 22-005088DAL. Anyone have any questions? Someone like to move the item? Moved.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes. And M1 is approved. M2, motion approving an agreement for invitation to bid. Numbers 622-2 for FXC Runway 27, Bypass Taxiways Project with Ranger Construction Industries. No one has signed up to speak. Anyone wish to... Comment or just with someone like to move the item moved second. It has been moved and seconded Please call the roll Commissioner Glassman.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Oh, yes Yes, and m2 is now approved m3 motion approving an agreement for invitation to bid Oswald Park improvements with HG construction development investment known to sign up to speak Someone like to move the item so move second If it moves to second it, please call the vote.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026
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“Yes. And so M3 is now approved. It's quite a project.”
City Commission · Oct 6, 2026