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hey it's two minutes until

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how else would you do it because
how you pay that rent no but i never see

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anybody there except those parties

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emily he's drunk with power i know
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the way i value my life

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so

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good evening everyone welcome to eustis
city hall this is a regular city

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commission meeting of the eustis city
commission it is 6 p.m thursday

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september the 8th 2022
at this time if you'd like to join us

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for a moment of silence and the pledge
of allegiance please stand

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amen
please join me in the pledge of

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allegiance i pledge
allegiance the flag of the united states

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of america and to the republic for which
it stands one nation under god

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indivisible with liberty and justice for
all

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thank you

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go ahead and call our meeting to order
christina sarah foreign president proper

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note has been given yes thank you so
much tom agenda updates yes uh two

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things uh one the presentation
on the budget and the millage scheduled

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under 3.1 uh it makes more sense to do
that at the time of the item and so we'd

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like to do that just prior to 6.1 if
that's okay absolutely

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and then the other item i would like to
take an opportunity to introduce the

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artists who are exhibiting at city hall
currently so i'd like to invite up wanda

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pedrosa and vidal torres
please come on up introduce yourselves

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right here to the microphone in the
center there folks

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okay thank you
hi good evening my name is juan de

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pedosa
i'm nated from puerto rico

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but i'm a resident of eustis uh it's
gonna be our fifth year

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fifth year
and we are artists and hand crafters and

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we will we love to
share all our knowledge with the

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community in eustace that's why we came
and offered

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to display our art
um also in celebration of the hispanic

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heritage month that is from september to
october

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so i hope you enjoy our
art and i don't know

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you want to say something else
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your artwork is absolutely your artwork
is absolutely beautiful we thank you for

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sharing it with us and we look forward
to hopefully showcasing you all some

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more throughout the year yes and we're
looking forward to keep working with you

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uh and the theory of justice thank

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we do
appreciate

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that you give us the
opportunity to be here

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and to share with
the city of eustis

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our art
in appreciation

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we
we like to give you

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the poster
of the

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exhibit we are one
all right thank you so much

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we appreciate that

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thank you so much
it's really nice

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very nice

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george there okay do we all give george
a quarter

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this is like a cruise ship you at the
end you can come up and pick them up and

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buy them
three two one three

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two
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all so much

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all right moving on down next we have
approval of minutes we have on our

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agenda tonight the june 28 2022 city
commission budget workshop the june 30th

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2022 city commission budget workshop and
the august 18 2022 city commission

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cemetery workshop
looking for approval for the approval of

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the june 28 june 30th august 18th
minutes thank you ma'am

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thank you sir any further discussion
not hearing any roll call please vice

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mayor lee aye commissioner lahoop smith
aye commissioner cobb aye commissioner

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hawkins aye mayor holland aye next we
have presentations which we have moved

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over to the uh
further down in the agenda so now we

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come down to audience to be heard if
you'd like to speak to the commission

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about something that's not on the agenda
this is your opportunity you get three

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minutes please give us your name when
you come forward

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tom anybody yes i have a card from cindy
newton all right hi cindy

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good evening cindy newton i'm in
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lake county district four
and i just wanted to thank mayor holland

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for sitting in on the panel for the
recent double acp part 3

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citizens town hall meeting on lake
county's population explosion

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it was an excellent meeting
it went so well the

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sitting there listening and having input
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various leaders
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several
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and they had such a unity
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thoughts
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direction
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uplifting it was encouraging and greatly
appreciate it i just want to thank you

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thank you i appreciate that

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okay
uh gail isaac thomas

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scale
good evening

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hi sasha hello how are you
i just want to stand before you this

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evening
and say how much i appreciate it

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being the volunteer for the cr east
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east used to cra
rep for

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three
almost three and a half years but anyway

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i just want to tell you all thank you
i appreciate everything that

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was done during my
time as a representative

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and pray and hope that things continue
to improve

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in east town
and i also want to say congratulations

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commissioner thank you to another year
thank you thank you thank you gail thank

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you for your service
anybody else tom so um we received a

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card uh
from gessner harris but she is not here

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yet and she is on her way so i don't
know what the will of the commission is

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let's see where we are when guest new
gets here i have a card from yolanda

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taylor miss yolanda come on to the
microphone how are you

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good thank you for allowing me to still
submit

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yolanda taylor
good evening commission board i'm

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actually here as a regular
resident in east town 806 liberty street

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actually stood before the board and we
talked about bears

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we talked about bears and i know we
discussed a few things as far as signs

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and trash cans and things of that nature
and i'm aware that some of the

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commissioning board also is aware of a
safety issue as far as bears are

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concerned with chasing individuals in
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i am
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for sure that the individual that got
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actually lives next door to a relative
of mine that has two little babies

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and also next to a very close relative
of mine who has

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seven babies in that home so now are we
not dealing with trash but we're also

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dealing with safety
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i understand that the residents had the
opportunity to contact animal control

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and wildlife and they were given keys or
excuse me locks for their trash can

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currently we have approximately two
individuals in the neighborhood who have

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these locks so my next question is
whether or not is that the

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possible direction that we should take
if we should just be contacting wildlife

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to make sure that
we not only have the locks for the can

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but we're looking at a safety issue and
usually when we're dealing with safety

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with animals they come out with
capture to capture

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so i don't know exactly where we are or
where to go with that

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yeah and again we understand animals are
going to be here right they're

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everywhere i don't like lizards
if i could call somebody to get every

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lizard i would
please just take them away

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i don't like lizards but i mean there's
nothing i can do about it okay um

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however when we are now dealing with
safety and especially when the bears

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come out when it's still daylight
okay and we have little babies

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and the little babies are starting to
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okay all right
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yeah so i just wanted to revisit that
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um i know and i have faith that we will
be able to get some level of assistance

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i do believe
and am aware that we may be receiving

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assistance just wanted to bring that to
the board again in attention okay all

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right thank
you i can maybe give a little update on

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that
um and so the commission had said

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contact waste management
waste management

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does have a program
they said the only municipality that's

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participating right now is mount dora
waste management will go out and buy the

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bear proof cans

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they
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well i'm sorry waste management will buy
them on behalf of the city the city will

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pay for those cans
the city can then determine how to

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distribute those cans
mount dora chooses to pass that cost

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along to the customer
so mount dora pays for a bear proof can

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if a customer requests it mount dora
charges the customer for the cost of

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that cam
in talking to jose at waste management

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the cost of the can right now is about
250 dollars for a bear proof can

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now commissioner hawkins recently was in
touch with some folks from

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fish and wildlife
they have

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kind of like a strap or buckle solution
they i contacted waste management and

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said do you have any experience with
these straps or buckles does it make it

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difficult for you to pick up trash and
waste management said we have no

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experience with what fish and wildlife
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and so where commissioner hawkins and i
left it was maybe we need to get

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waste management operations folks with
fish and wildlife

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to see if this is a viable solution
and it's something that's workable and

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allows waste management to continue to
pick up the trash

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and so we can do that
i think waste management would be i'm

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sorry i think fish and wildlife would be
asking us

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to bear the cost
of those those straps and buckles and i

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think it's a reasonable cost
and it's whether we pass that on to the

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customer is something that we would have
to talk about

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so
i think it's it would be cost effective

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we just don't quite know yet if it's
something that waste management can work

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with if waste management can't you pick
up the trash they're not going to allow

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that to be used
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at this point i think we just have to do
a little bit more work on it yeah i

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think that um
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something that uh
fish and wildlife said they would they

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would make for us if we wanted it
but that being said if it was something

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that we we could do
we would have to get the word out to

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every resident there
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they would have to make sure on the day
of trash pickup that they unbuckle

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their their trash cans because if not it
may not get picked up and then

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you know
there'll be complaints about them so we

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just need to
we got to take the steps to get

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everything done and then when the time
comes you and i will go out and we'll

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walk the neighborhood and we'll tell
everybody what they need to do

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okay all right
thank you willy thank you tom

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so uh yolanda submitted another card on
another issue i don't know what the will

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of the commission is go ahead real quick
come on

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thank you again
yolanda taylor

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this time i'm actually here for
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incorporated
i'm actually here to briefly discuss

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code enforcement
at the last meeting there were a few

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concerns as far as code enforcement is
concerned i had the opportunity to speak

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with mr eric martin to just to educate
myself because that's what we want to do

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we want to be able to educate and have a
better understanding

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and some of the findings that i found
out were eyebrow raising so i need you

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guys's help
and direction on that and see how is it

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that we can proceed from here
just to give an example some of the

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questions as far as how is it that we
decide the sliding scale of

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between the two
25 dollars to the 250 dollars of fees

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that is that are applied based on
infraction there isn't necessarily a

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standard scale
this is just something based on from

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what i was told
what we may decide

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that particular fee is
so my eyebrow razor is shouldn't we

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possibly have something in place
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sliding scale based on the infraction if
it's something that's um

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you know detrimental if it's safety then
of course it gets a higher end if it's

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something that's level is grass it may
fall within a certain bracket where it

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may be on the level end that's not
necessarily something that's in place

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now my next concern was about finding
out the information as far as code

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enforcement liens and issues that we
have in the community

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right now currently the only way that we
can find it out is just by going and

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looking on the board not everyone is
posted nor is it anywhere else

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researchable for the community to find
out so my position here is to see

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how is it that we can come up with a
better way to one educate

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our residents whether that's through the
organization so we can learn a little

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bit more as far as the processes and
coming up with a better way as far as

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how is it that we are notified of the
infractions and how the fees are applied

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and how we determine
how much is applied per

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infraction versus it just being
based off emotion today you know i feel

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like it's going to be 75 a day tomorrow
it might be 250 today there's not

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anything that's concrete
as far as a guide

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so that's an issue especially in the in
the area

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where can somebody please get that from
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um in the area where we are losing land
we're losing property

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and it's our job to make sure that
we make sure our residents know what's

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going on and i'm in that position to
help to do so okay

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i'm going to ask you to schedule a
meeting with tom and with mike okay and

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sit down and talk to them when i was on
the code enforcement board we had some

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set fees
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board does have set fees of what when
they when somebody comes in front of

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them and willie you were on it
prior to coming on the commission there

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there is uh that document that shows
them a sliding scale so

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if you will get with those gentlemen let
them sit down with you and meet with you

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because i have i have concerns with code
enforcement as well yeah and we want to

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be able to help to make sure that we all
know what's going on correct okay if

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you'll just schedule a meeting with tom
and with mike they can sit down with you

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and go over that and
get you an answer all right thank you

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okay thank you so much ms gessner i saw
you walk in and i know you've got a card

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in already you want to come up ma'am

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how are you tonight fine good
later vice mayor commissioners

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i just came up i
would like to make a maybe suggestion

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recently we rented
the building out at carver park the

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garden room
and in renting the building they were

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having a football game and for the
football game we gave to the

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cheerleaders we bought uniforms and all
that

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but
when you're renting the building

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it is my suggestion if they would rope
off

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the parking lot for the people that are
renting the building

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if the building is not being rented
it's open for free parking

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but if you have paid
50 an hour to rent a building and you

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get there and there's no parking it's
kind of embarrassing

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we had people from far as the bahamas
and they came in here elderly people

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could not even drop the food off we were
trying to park side the streets going in

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a ditch to bring the food in
and it's just a suggestion in the future

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that if you're renting the building i
understand why they didn't want to rent

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it now because that's probably why but
if we're bringing revenue in by renting

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the building i could not see not
letting us rent the building which we

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really did appreciate yes ma'am and
that's a lot of us yes yes you have our

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condolences for the loss in your family
and we're sorry if it embarrassed you in

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any way all right thank you ma'am we'll
take it under advisement thank you

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anybody else tom
um

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dorothy stevenson miss dorothy

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i forgot to say there's an overflow
parking which we were told that's down

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there if they would take a sign maybe
and put overflow parking

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they
told us to use that but i think they can

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use that gotcha thank you ma'am hello
miss dorothy good evening board members

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i'm dorothy stevenson
liberty street

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first of all i would like to thank my
mayor for taking

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making sure i was okay doing my surgery
thank you so much you're welcome and uh

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grand opening was awesome thank you for
that also and

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i just want to address again i want gail
to know

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how much
we appreciate the service that you did

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for us
while you was on the board

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you know
you did all that you could and knew how

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to do and i want to thank you publicly
for doing what you did

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and
you know we are community

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and if
love is supposed to be a community and

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if we show each other love and respect
that's all we can do and i just want to

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say thank you all thank you
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the issues about the bear and pardon
bears too so i'm a part of all the

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issues that's going on so everything
that you're here listening to

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is a part of me also
and i want to thank and hope we all have

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listeners thank you thank you

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anybody else tom that's all i have as
far as cards thank you anybody else like

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to address the commission on anything
that's not on the agenda this evening

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not seen anything we're going to go
ahead down to the consent agenda there

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are three items on the consent agenda
this evening is there anything anybody

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would like pooled for discussion

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not hearing i'm looking for a motion to
accept the consent agenda

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thank you ma'am
thank you ma'am any further discussion

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not hearing any roll call please vice
mayor lee aye commissioner hope smith

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aye commissioner cobb aye commissioner
hawkins aye mayor holland aye madam

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attorney thank you mr mayor um mr
shepard will now present on the

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tentative millage levy of the ad valorem
taxes and the tentative budget for the

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city of eustis thank you ma'am
mayor

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members of commission mike shepard
finance director

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i'd like to first
thank you all for your participation in

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this whole process
and i have

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nellie harnish
and joy mackenzie who have done a lot of

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work in getting this thing put together
so

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it's
been a pleasure

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how does this work

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we're getting close to the end of it we
have this meeting

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and one more meeting to to meet for
reading the budget and the tentative

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millage
and we'll be doing that and then we will

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advertise we have to advertise that
on the 19th which is a sunday paper

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it'll be in the daily commercial
and uh that's required by law

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uh
after the

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next thursday or two thursdays from now
we will be

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certifying by the 27th we have to
certify to the property appraiser what

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the millage will be
and

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the adoptive
budget will be distributed in october 1

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will have a new budget

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these are a list of the major funds uh
that we have the biggest two are uh have

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to do with general fund water and sewer
water and sewers made up of three or

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four
different

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separate funds but combined
uh the methodology it

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will be this is how all of it will be
presented you'll have two years of

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history
uh you'll have the adopted budget from

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last year you'll have the projected
budget for this year and then the

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proposed
this gives you a list of

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where we started from and the different
uh

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things that we discussed and and
changes that we made to the budget to

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get to where the bottom line where we're
at right now

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and each of the funds that had a
anything changing is listed there

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these are some of the
big items that we

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had going through
the

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life and health insurance we got a
20 or two percent decrease

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which is unheard of

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the cola we were able to do a four
percent

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and then uh we also did a longevity
which goes a half a percent per year up

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to four years two percent max
this will get us help get us closer to

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what the other cities are doing so we're
competitive and we're going to be in a

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position maybe next year to be over the
fifteen dollars an hour which

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goes into effects on uh thinking 26 25.
the other items uh

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you know we we look at the
the state revenues they make projections

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we use what we are
gathering now

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combine the two to get get the estimates
for revenues

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uh
these are some of the things that uh

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general liability insurance 10
was budgeted uh

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the fire pension decreased a little bit
uh from four one nine eight to four two

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nine four
it's i'm sorry i just skipped a line

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three nine two three eight three
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small decrease and the police pension
increased a little

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uh a total of uh 4198-4294
for a slight increase of 10 000

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we have a we're going to get three new
officers resource officers so uh

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but in order to do that the school board
is paying uh 246 000 or no 226 thousand

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246 is going to be our approximate cost
but we get we through that we'll get

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more information on the
students that are in there

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and
i already said that

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this is just a summary of all the budget
changes and

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start with a beginning balance
revenues expenditures less reserves that

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are required
and we get to unbalance

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for the end of 9 30
23.

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this is just a representation pie chart
for

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the revenues that we're going to be
receiving from all those funds

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this will be the
budgeted expenditures that we're going

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to have from there

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this is for the general fund it just
shows the revenues that we have where it

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came from expenditures and where they
can where they're going

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we
were proposing 7581

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for the millage rate
the taxable value

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that we have is

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anyway
that

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we're proposing 7581
the

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and it did go up a little bit from that
time that this was made

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then the
the rollback rate 7.0064

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and the maximum that we could do is 8.8
and again we're proposing 7581 would be

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i think the ninth year that we've done
that

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this one here
i've highlighted the ones that i'm going

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to show you in the next screen
this shows us

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as far as the millage rate we're
dead last

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but uh so out of the 14 we're 14.
however if you look at the functional

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millage rate we're number two out of
the

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the four other ones that we're comparing
ourselves to

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they have the
pretty much the same uh taxable

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valuations
and uh these are the other things they

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have that show the village rate the
transfers to the general fund we over

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here we show what the uh
millage rate would be needed to to cover

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that and then if they have a fire
sentence assessment fee

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that millage rate is include so they're
all added together

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and we're we're number two uh
right behind lady lake

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this one here shows the per capita
uh and as far as that goes uh the the

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the number of citizens we have compared
to the expenditure we have for the

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general fund
we're still number one and uh

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goes to various leesburg and mount dora
after that

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the uh
this is a description of how the

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it's the millage rate would be applied
to a home

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if it's 150 000 you subtract 50 000 for
homestead exemption

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then you divide that amount 100 000 by
1000 whatever it comes out to be

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divided by a thousand
and then you multiply that by our

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7.581 that gives you the taxable value

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the uh
hours of seven five seven hundred fifty

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eight dollars and ten cents for every
hundred thousand dollars

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annual taxes and the rollback would be
700.64

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which gives you a savings it would give
the individual would get a savings of 57

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dollars and 46 cents
and that divided by 12

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is about a cup of coffee
the

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the millage reduction while it may be
it's a little bit for

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money into the customer prop
pockets

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but it means a lot to the city on the
services we we provide because we have

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police fire
uh public works

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uh development services
legal and what have you

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so all the administration so i think
it's a good value

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if you if you look at it
uh these this is uh one mill would equal

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one million three hundred twenty
thousand

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uh
this this is a breakdown of the uh

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percentage for each of the uh
the budget items that we're looking at

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and uh

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okay
this uh gives you the taxable values

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over the last 10 years
so you see the values have started

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really going up uh
and an oh i think it was 08 they they've

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held
to the bottom of the barrel

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so we're just we're getting above that
and

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hopefully it'll continue
i'm sorry there was supposed to been one

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more in there
um

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but
that's

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okay
austin

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okay well
no i'm sorry there was a there was a per

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capita i put that in there that was
earlier

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so if there's uh if there's any
questions

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uh i'll be happy to answer them
um

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most of you all of you have been
involved with the whole process so

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if anyone wants a copy of this a hard
copy of this so i'll get it to you in a

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pdf
or if anyone in the audience would like

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one we'll give it to them
and again

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i want to thank all of you
tom has been

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instrumental in it
and uh

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so is natalie harness and again joy
mackenzie

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thank you any questions of life from the
commission

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i'm not hearing anything
mike thank you madam attorney back to

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you ma'am thank you mr mayor we'll start
with resolution number 22-61

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a resolution by the city commission of
the city of eustis lake county florida

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adopting the tentative millage levy of
ad valorem taxes for the city of eustis

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lake county for the fiscal year of 2022
2023 providing for an effective date

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yes are there any additional questions
from the commission from mr shepherd

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okay is there anyone in the the only
thing i want to mention for the millage

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rate
is the uh rollback rate this the millage

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rate that we're adopting is going to be
8.2 percent higher than the rollback

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rate
to make that clear

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other than that the

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first we're staying at this will cover
us and we'll have a little bit left over

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hopefully at the end of the year
anything further commission is there

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anyone in the audience i would like to
speak on resolution number 22-61

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okay seeing none public comment is
closed

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commissioners before us we have
resolution number 22-61 what's the will

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of our commission

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mr mayor i moved for approval of
resolution number 22-61 thank you ma'am

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i said thank you sir any further
discussion

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not hearing any roll call please vice
mayor lee aye commissioner lahoop smith

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aye commissioner cobb aye commissioner
hawkins aye mayor holland hi

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next we have resolution number 22-62 a
resolution by the city commission of the

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city of eustis lake county florida
adopting the tentative budget for the

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fiscal year 2021 through 2022 and
providing for an effective date does the

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commission have any questions for mr
shepard on this i just 23. it's 22 23

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sorry yeah i'm sorry all right well
we'll correct that yeah i thought so

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22-2021
2020. sorry 2022 2023. we'll correct

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that on the resolution
okay

453
00:34:57,599 --> 00:35:03,839
no additional questions or comments is
there anyone in the audience that would

454
00:35:01,200 --> 00:35:03,839
like to speak to this

455
00:35:04,320 --> 00:35:10,800
saying none public comment is closed
measures before us we have resolution

456
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:16,079
number 22-63
or 62 what's the will of our commission

457
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:21,599
mr mayor i mean for approval of
resolution number 22-62

458
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:25,599
thank you ma'am hi second thank you sir
any further discussion

459
00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:27,680
not hearing any roll call please vice
mayor lee

460
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,359
hi
commissioner the hope smith aye

461
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:35,119
commissioner cobb hi commissioner
hawkins

462
00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:38,800
mayor holland aye thank you thank you
mike thank you and please tell your team

463
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:41,680
upstairs thank you so much for all their
hard work i'll see you in two weeks

464
00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:45,839
thank you sir
madam attorney thank you so much if i

465
00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:50,640
i'm sorry if i could point out each of
you has a binder of the tentative budget

466
00:35:48,240 --> 00:35:55,359
that was just approved on uh with the
resolution

467
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:59,200
this is tentative as of the approval on
the 22nd you will then get an adopted

468
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:02,800
budget
and so

469
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:07,359
it should look uh practically exactly
the same but you will get a second

470
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:10,240
version of that once you approve it
thank you

471
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:16,160
now we're coming down to other business
first one is discussion of downtown and

472
00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:20,400
east town redevelopment agency board
representative positions tom you want to

473
00:36:18,240 --> 00:36:24,160
lead us with that one sure i don't have
a formal presentation

474
00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:27,599
this is
something that we had instituted a few

475
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:31,520
years ago
periodically we review

476
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:35,520
the um
the need for the position

477
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:39,760
i think with the resignation of gail
isaac thomas the thought was maybe it's

478
00:36:37,839 --> 00:36:43,520
time to review this
and so you have the staff report giving

479
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:47,280
some background
and i will

480
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:51,440
turn it over to commission to see what
your thoughts are on this thank you vice

481
00:36:49,119 --> 00:36:51,440
mayor

482
00:36:52,800 --> 00:37:00,320
i i'm in my opinion i think that we
should eliminate the positions there's

483
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:03,119
no voting um anybody can come up and
speak to us at any time

484
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:09,839
um
i don't see the value in it and i would

485
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:13,520
like to propose that we just eliminate
those positions and if anybody has

486
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:18,880
something to do they come up to say they
come up as usual as they usually do and

487
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:22,240
present it okay because if they they
have no voting power if we're not going

488
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:27,599
to do that then i think that there's no
point in us having two people assigned

489
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:32,720
and giving up time
and have no clout so okay

490
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:36,720
karen
um

491
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:39,599
well i liked having the position
i

492
00:37:37,599 --> 00:37:44,480
i agreed that it didn't need to have
voting power but i liked having

493
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,480
community

494
00:37:44,720 --> 00:37:49,200
members
up with us

495
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:53,760
and it gave
people another

496
00:37:51,359 --> 00:37:56,640
source of someone to go to with their
concerns

497
00:37:55,119 --> 00:38:01,119
so
i'd like to see it stay on

498
00:37:59,040 --> 00:38:04,640
i agree it doesn't need to be a voting
position

499
00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:07,040
but i like to have them up here with
input

500
00:38:07,599 --> 00:38:11,680
really
um

501
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:16,079
i um
i agree with karen i i think it's

502
00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:22,800
important
for the community to have uh

503
00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:27,920
uh us say so uh to be involved
uh i think in the last couple of months

504
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:34,000
there have been
been positions available to come up and

505
00:38:32,400 --> 00:38:38,160
we haven't had people that wanted to
fill them

506
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:43,839
i think it's a stepping stone just like
the code enforcement board

507
00:38:40,240 --> 00:38:49,839
was a stepping stone for you and i
i think it's a stepping stone to

508
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:49,839
you know to something bigger

509
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:55,760
although i don't agree
that they should have voting power

510
00:38:54,240 --> 00:38:59,680
because i think that only belongs to
people that were voted on by the

511
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:05,280
majority of the uh
people in the city

512
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:05,280
but i think it's important that

513
00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:11,040
that the community has to say so and the
community has the opportunity to be

514
00:39:09,839 --> 00:39:14,400
involved
uh

515
00:39:12,079 --> 00:39:18,160
you know as much as possible so i think
we should keep it

516
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:22,560
man
well i see both sides i mean you know i

517
00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:26,480
again i agree with you guys as well that
i don't think it should be a voting

518
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:29,760
position because that's an elected
position

519
00:39:27,599 --> 00:39:36,560
by the
residents of eustis so i i see that but

520
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:41,520
i see the same side of it as emily does
that everybody always has an opinion no

521
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:46,400
one's ever not allowed
to come before us

522
00:39:43,359 --> 00:39:50,000
and you're also allowed to
approach us at any time you know you're

523
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:54,400
allowed to approach us at any time and
yes it is hard enough to get volunteers

524
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:58,800
it's very hard you know not everybody
wants to take time out

525
00:39:57,280 --> 00:40:03,680
you know
everyone's got a busy schedule

526
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:07,200
but i also see if you want to use this
for a stepping stone as well i see that

527
00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:12,000
too
so it's never been a case of not having

528
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:16,720
a voice because everyone's always always
has a voice again

529
00:40:14,640 --> 00:40:20,000
but there is no voting power to it so
you know what i'm saying you can come to

530
00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,880
us at any time
always

531
00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:26,400
but
you can't vote so it's going to really

532
00:40:24,720 --> 00:40:30,560
determine
you know whether you want to

533
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:33,839
i guess i hate i hate to use the word
waste of time because that's not it it's

534
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:36,079
just taking time out of your busy
schedule

535
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:42,160
you know so
um

536
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:44,880
yeah it it it it's it's a difficult call
and it's a tough call

537
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:48,800
but um
again i i'm a firm believer and again

538
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:52,400
like everybody else you know that that
voting situation needs to be an elected

539
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:55,119
official
so um

540
00:40:55,920 --> 00:41:01,680
you know i i think it's
it's important you know gail was on it

541
00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:05,119
for
two or three years and

542
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:12,800
and there were people that
went to her and they talked to her about

543
00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:19,520
things in the community and then
before they came to us and and i i just

544
00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:23,200
think that this is it's important
to have that connection with the with

545
00:41:22,079 --> 00:41:27,440
the community
and you know and we'd like to think that

546
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:30,480
they they everyone would come up and
talk to us

547
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:36,079
but a lot of people would probably go
talk to a community member before they

548
00:41:33,119 --> 00:41:36,079
would come and talk to us

549
00:41:37,599 --> 00:41:45,520
i agree but we are part of the community
yeah i am used as i am one we are one

550
00:41:42,240 --> 00:41:51,280
so i understand that too so i you know i
never really understood the separation i

551
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:56,079
really never understood it
we are one use this i never understood

552
00:41:53,680 --> 00:42:00,960
the separation the east and west i never
but that was part of the original cra

553
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:06,319
set up so but that was done god two
thousand

554
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:09,520
uh no it was um
i can't i can't remember because you

555
00:42:07,599 --> 00:42:13,280
know much that stuff i've read yeah it
was um

556
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:16,880
2018
is when we created the two community

557
00:42:15,359 --> 00:42:19,920
positions
the cra was created that's what i'm

558
00:42:18,480 --> 00:42:24,880
saying yeah i mean technically it's
always been one cra okay when we created

559
00:42:22,720 --> 00:42:28,480
the two community positions
that's when we

560
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:33,520
center street and center street extended
was kind of the line to make sure that

561
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:38,160
we had representation
we did i mean again technically it's

562
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:43,599
always been one cra at one point
we did the plan for downtown separate

563
00:42:40,720 --> 00:42:47,040
from the plan for east town
but it was always one cra

564
00:42:45,599 --> 00:42:50,880
so
so

565
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:56,240
the cra committee the the newly formed
committee commission a committee

566
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:59,440
um or the little advisory situation to
me

567
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:04,079
that's where that's another opportunity
for the community to

568
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:09,040
to to speak to i didn't see
in my recollection a lot of um

569
00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:17,119
a lot of people going to it also to me
means that it's less likely maybe we

570
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:20,880
need to be able to be able to speak to
the community but it puts like another

571
00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:24,800
person there
and i would rather them come to me and

572
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:28,319
talk as a commissioner elected
commissioner they would come

573
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:33,440
and voice and let me know what their
concerns are they always can come up

574
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:37,920
here and talk but also i want to have
that kind of interaction

575
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:41,599
rather than a person in the middle
but

576
00:43:39,599 --> 00:43:47,200
you know i'm that's just a suggestion on
my part but that does concern me and i

577
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:51,599
don't like um
the idea that we're not approachable

578
00:43:49,119 --> 00:43:58,240
that's what it sounds like to me i think
sometimes we're not approachable uh but

579
00:43:55,280 --> 00:44:05,680
i i don't think that please don't do
that yeah i mean that that was

580
00:44:00,319 --> 00:44:05,680
yeah i i don't think that having um

581
00:44:06,240 --> 00:44:13,200
having uh
you know members from the community

582
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:15,839
hurts us in any way
uh he doesn't hurt us no no he doesn't

583
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:21,280
have
us so

584
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:27,359
uh i think that you know uh input from
every source uh you know every avenue

585
00:44:24,720 --> 00:44:30,400
that we have only helps us so
again i think we should

586
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:36,560
i'm torn too because i can see both
sides

587
00:44:33,839 --> 00:44:40,319
my recommendation would be to
because it's what what's these four year

588
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:43,839
terms they're four year terms and
they're staggered

589
00:44:41,599 --> 00:44:47,839
maybe bring them back to one year and
rotate it constantly

590
00:44:46,079 --> 00:44:51,359
holy moly that's
making staff look for somebody every

591
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:55,200
year
people apply for it well people apply

592
00:44:53,280 --> 00:44:57,440
for it yeah
they apply

593
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:01,200
i
i would rather see somebody stay on

594
00:45:00,319 --> 00:45:05,119
for
four years because that gives them a

595
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:09,920
feel of
of how it works and

596
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:14,880
you know i know all of us are new up
here at one time and you just don't know

597
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:19,599
you don't know until you know
and

598
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:24,400
it's a learning process i think if you
put someone up here for just a year now

599
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:28,240
they can apply again i'm sure
but um you put someone up here for

600
00:45:26,560 --> 00:45:31,839
a year they're just gonna
figure it out and it'll be time to go

601
00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:35,599
well if they're going to be here then
they should have

602
00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:40,240
i think more input than what
what they've had in the past i mean

603
00:45:37,440 --> 00:45:44,079
we're saying you can't vote so what are
they here for they

604
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:48,160
they come up they say what they what has
to be said or people come up and they

605
00:45:45,680 --> 00:45:52,079
talk to us about it present their
side of it sometimes

606
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:57,040
i think it's more taking it back to the
community where they are

607
00:45:54,240 --> 00:46:02,079
so i guess to me
it just seems like

608
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:06,240
there's nothing no clout in it nothing
no meat to it at all and they're just a

609
00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:10,240
representative they're sitting here and
that's it and they have no

610
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:12,480
real input or
are

611
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:21,200
how to do anything or be affecting
anything we do it we do it no matter

612
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:24,960
what i think you said that you know that
the most important word was represented

613
00:46:24,160 --> 00:46:31,440
uh
they represent the people

614
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:31,440
and so do we really yeah but

615
00:46:31,599 --> 00:46:39,440
i think it gives the community that feel
that one of us

616
00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:44,960
is actually up there and we
we have a

617
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:44,960
we have input

618
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:50,720
i just think that that is important that
we not

619
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:57,680
close down
another avenue to connect with the

620
00:46:54,880 --> 00:47:02,960
community
and if we do that i still say that they

621
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:06,880
should have more
input and more

622
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:10,400
um
buy into it than they have well i agree

623
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:15,520
there should be there should be more
input but i don't think that should be

624
00:47:12,319 --> 00:47:19,040
uh voting input i i think that should be
that should be delegated to people that

625
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:21,760
are elected
but uh but i agree i think there should

626
00:47:20,880 --> 00:47:25,920
be
a little bit more say so

627
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:30,480
do we do two years mate you know kind of
halfway

628
00:47:26,880 --> 00:47:33,839
i'm just if keep in mind you know
the way the process is done

629
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:39,200
they apply
but we as a we as a commission get final

630
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:42,000
say so who sits on that cra board i mean
i think it's in the questioning that we

631
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:46,880
would do
of the candidates that come forward

632
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:51,200
and hope we get more than one
i mean when when evan died

633
00:47:49,359 --> 00:47:56,800
we had to beg
to get somebody from the west side

634
00:47:53,760 --> 00:48:01,680
um you know and i think several of us
went to laurie at genie's and begged her

635
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:06,440
if she would come on this floor
so um do they have a job description

636
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,969
[Music]

637
00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:20,800
there are some requirements that so the
state statute has some requirements for

638
00:48:18,079 --> 00:48:26,480
people sitting on a cra board the city
also has some requirements

639
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:31,520
we when we advertise it it goes out like
a job description so it includes those

640
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:35,440
state requirements and if you
um

641
00:48:32,559 --> 00:48:39,839
if you refer to the um the staff report
there's kind of some bullet points

642
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:43,040
and so there there is
again i don't know if i would call it a

643
00:48:41,359 --> 00:48:47,280
job description but there is a
description of what we're looking for in

644
00:48:45,359 --> 00:48:51,040
those representatives yes there was and
when i did read now that you said i did

645
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:57,040
read the staff report and what they
had said in here was um

646
00:48:54,240 --> 00:48:57,040
they talked about

647
00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:02,800
background if you will or knowledgeable
in

648
00:49:00,839 --> 00:49:06,559
finance
what else was it tom

649
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:10,880
it's development architecture
redevelopment planning land planning

650
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:16,559
finance experience
experience in um

651
00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:16,559
affordably priced housing

652
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:23,920
those types of things which is probably
something that

653
00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:23,920
the majority of us don't have

654
00:49:27,359 --> 00:49:32,720
oh i beg to differ with that brother i
said the majority

655
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:38,559
that i say
i'd like to think that we've learned a

656
00:49:36,319 --> 00:49:38,559
lot

657
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:49,200
well let's say this so
now that if we're going to talk about

658
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:53,680
the we have the other one that that for
the

659
00:49:51,359 --> 00:49:56,000
the other one that the volunteer yeah
the other volunteer

660
00:49:55,040 --> 00:50:00,640
so
keep one or the other

661
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:05,440
well we we were just we just had the
committee just for the three acres

662
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,880
correct the three blocks
well and we need to decide well that was

663
00:50:07,200 --> 00:50:12,640
another decision we haven't come to a
decision whether we want to keep that

664
00:50:10,400 --> 00:50:17,440
group together or not exactly and that
was another decision that we needed to

665
00:50:14,319 --> 00:50:21,359
make as well i don't think it's it's
we can't really discuss it tonight no no

666
00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:25,200
but it was just but
i think the whole thing needs to come

667
00:50:22,720 --> 00:50:28,480
back to us and us decide which direction
because that committee i think is

668
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:33,280
important too yeah i agree because it
gives us a broad range of the of our

669
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:37,040
whole community
um you know so

670
00:50:35,599 --> 00:50:40,880
and and if we're going to do this i
think that we need to

671
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:43,920
come
up with

672
00:50:41,920 --> 00:50:47,839
what is what are they supposed to be
doing about technically like a job

673
00:50:46,160 --> 00:50:51,359
description description of what it is
that they are supposed to be doing but

674
00:50:50,079 --> 00:50:54,720
as it is
there's nothing and i and if and if

675
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:58,240
we're going to do this i think that we
need to know what we know that we know

676
00:50:56,720 --> 00:51:02,800
that we know we need to know
yes and maybe if that's statutorily what

677
00:51:00,640 --> 00:51:07,200
you had discussed about the statutory
that has to be in there but then we can

678
00:51:05,119 --> 00:51:11,440
come up with a because that's tough what
what he does what you just it is

679
00:51:09,119 --> 00:51:14,000
that statutory we have to get in there
so maybe

680
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:17,520
you know
yeah

681
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:21,599
i think it's worth a a further
conversation because i i think we need

682
00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:26,319
to find out from staff is through the
need for that full board that or that

683
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:31,119
full group that we had that was meeting
um and then uh really we need to

684
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:37,200
redefine
that list of priorities because

685
00:51:34,559 --> 00:51:40,960
willie's right oh no but i don't know
did you say that was statutorily done

686
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:43,200
the um
so the statues don't want to get in

687
00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:46,880
trouble
no you know the statute

688
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:54,480
talks about new members have to reside
in or be engaged in business

689
00:51:52,880 --> 00:52:00,559
in the cra
uh and then i i believe it's more

690
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:04,400
um not not a requirement but it is
suggested

691
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:08,480
that they have experience in
architecture finance construction land

692
00:52:06,720 --> 00:52:13,359
use sustainability
and or redevelopment alternatively new

693
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:19,800
members will also qualify who have
professional and or residential

694
00:52:15,119 --> 00:52:19,800
experience within affordable housing

695
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:27,520
and if we have to do that there should
be some definite training that's not

696
00:52:25,200 --> 00:52:27,520
there

697
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:37,200
there are
so annually

698
00:52:34,559 --> 00:52:41,520
at the florida redevelopment association
conference they have training sessions

699
00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:46,960
um
related to cra and that's something that

700
00:52:45,359 --> 00:52:50,880
we can certainly
uh have the um

701
00:52:49,200 --> 00:52:54,880
community reps engage in some of that
professional development

702
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:59,920
that's a great idea
as an in-person or zoom or just a class

703
00:52:57,359 --> 00:53:05,119
or they are back to in-person though for
example this year fra is in daytona and

704
00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:08,720
it's coming up in october
and they are in person

705
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:13,280
that makes more sense i've always felt a
sense of yeah nobody not really knowing

706
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:16,160
what you why you're here or that there
are times

707
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:20,160
it's just so
nothing to it and to me if we're going

708
00:53:18,079 --> 00:53:24,079
to have them that they should be more
valued than they valuable than they are

709
00:53:22,079 --> 00:53:29,040
and maybe they would have a better
understanding of what

710
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:31,359
we know and what we've learned in you at
least you and i 18 months you know what

711
00:53:30,480 --> 00:53:35,680
i'm saying
so um it might be

712
00:53:33,839 --> 00:53:39,920
i think we could also get lynn up here
with the league of cities i mean coming

713
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:43,359
from orlando and she could do a course
and i think it would be good for this

714
00:53:41,359 --> 00:53:47,280
commission to actually sit in the same
course

715
00:53:44,480 --> 00:53:51,920
um so um i think what i would like to
suggest to to us as a commission is

716
00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:56,319
let's put this off to our next meeting
bring it back re-advertise it so we can

717
00:53:53,839 --> 00:54:01,359
talk more in public with it and also
let's go ahead and and talk about that

718
00:53:58,640 --> 00:54:06,160
other committee that we have
and see if we want to sunset that

719
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:11,839
committee um and to make this stronger
or what we want to do or keep both of

720
00:54:08,559 --> 00:54:15,680
them even and i on my list for reports
later in the meeting was to look at

721
00:54:13,839 --> 00:54:19,440
calendars to to schedule the next
meeting because it's been some time

722
00:54:17,839 --> 00:54:22,839
so we do need to take a look at that and
schedule the next meeting nana are you

723
00:54:21,280 --> 00:54:25,200
okay with that plan
absolutely are you okay

724
00:54:24,319 --> 00:54:29,200
yeah
karen are you okay

725
00:54:27,920 --> 00:54:32,160
okay
we'll we'll we'll go ahead and let you

726
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:35,040
reschedule that
continue okay

727
00:54:34,319 --> 00:54:39,040
yeah
then we come down to oh gosh the next

728
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:41,839
one's a hard one city commission
compensation

729
00:54:43,839 --> 00:54:49,280
bill howe director of human resources
at the last commission meeting

730
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:53,440
commission discussed the possibility of
increasing compensation for the city

731
00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:58,000
commission staff was directed to gather
information from the other jurisdictions

732
00:54:55,280 --> 00:55:01,440
in lake county i provided you that
information for each of the 13

733
00:54:59,520 --> 00:55:05,200
jurisdictions
in summary the compensation for city

734
00:55:03,680 --> 00:55:08,800
commissioners
ranges from a low of twenty four hundred

735
00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:12,960
dollars annually to twelve thousand
dollars annually and as a reminder city

736
00:55:11,359 --> 00:55:17,280
commissioners and used to earn fifty
four hundred dollars annually

737
00:55:15,119 --> 00:55:21,359
mayor's compensations vary throughout
the county from six thousand dollars to

738
00:55:20,000 --> 00:55:25,520
fifteen thousand eight hundred and
eighty eight dollars

739
00:55:23,040 --> 00:55:29,680
um our eustace mayor earns
sixty four hundred dollars annually with

740
00:55:27,920 --> 00:55:34,480
regard to paid health
benefits two jurisdictions in lake

741
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:39,520
county provide paid health benefits we
do not in the city of eustis

742
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:42,359
the last increase in compensation to the
eustace commission

743
00:55:41,359 --> 00:55:47,559
occurred in
1989 33 years ago

744
00:55:51,119 --> 00:55:56,960
it's recommending the commission advise
staff if there should be any increases

745
00:55:57,280 --> 00:56:00,440
or what

746
00:56:02,960 --> 00:56:10,160
am i okay now mike to go forward
[Laughter]

747
00:56:06,240 --> 00:56:10,160
he was fixing to become a ranger again

748
00:56:11,520 --> 00:56:16,240
staff is looking for a direction if
there's any changes in compensation for

749
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:19,440
the commission staff would also
recommend you consider tying future

750
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:23,680
increases
to some

751
00:56:21,520 --> 00:56:27,359
term that you don't bring back every 33
years for consideration

752
00:56:25,440 --> 00:56:30,960
but whether that be the compensation
granted i'll be dancing whether that

753
00:56:29,359 --> 00:56:34,720
compensation be granted to other city
employees consumer price index or

754
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:38,240
population that's done in a couple of
the other cities so be happy to answer

755
00:56:37,119 --> 00:56:43,200
any questions
anybody got any questions of bill

756
00:56:41,040 --> 00:56:48,160
so is this is something like this
usually determined by the commission

757
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:48,160
itself yes

758
00:56:48,559 --> 00:56:57,359
at school board level and county
commission level it is done by the state

759
00:56:53,760 --> 00:57:02,160
legislature by the size of your county
we're the only ones that get stuck with

760
00:56:59,359 --> 00:57:05,920
deciding our own pay
it's embarrassing it is

761
00:57:04,079 --> 00:57:08,140
lovely well you haven't done it in 33
years

762
00:57:07,280 --> 00:57:12,079
there's reasons
[Laughter]

763
00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:15,920
hence the reason to consider timing to
employee compensation that's addressed

764
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:20,160
every year but that's your calling yeah
i uh

765
00:57:17,520 --> 00:57:24,799
i'm sure i'm not alone up here
but but i look at the pay

766
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:27,839
and there's
only two

767
00:57:28,559 --> 00:57:35,280
commissioners two two localities
uh

768
00:57:33,760 --> 00:57:41,200
that make
more than what i pay out

769
00:57:38,400 --> 00:57:43,680
as a city commissioner
yeah

770
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:48,240
so
we already started out in the hope

771
00:57:46,559 --> 00:57:52,079
it's kind of like the cemetery i would
at least like to break even yeah and i

772
00:57:50,400 --> 00:57:55,760
haven't broken even since i've sat in
this jail

773
00:57:53,760 --> 00:57:59,760
and you know at the at the last meeting
i was like

774
00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:04,240
whatever but that was until i saw it in
paper and i'm like yeah

775
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:09,920
yeah when you emailed it
i couldn't believe it it was what but it

776
00:58:06,240 --> 00:58:12,079
wasn't whatever i'm like what the
but

777
00:58:13,280 --> 00:58:18,160
well
i mean we i'll just give you a good

778
00:58:16,319 --> 00:58:21,200
example so and i'm not picking on
anybody we look at fruitland park and

779
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:25,040
their population is just a little over
nine thousand and they're making twelve

780
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:28,720
thousand dollars
and we're at twenty three

781
00:58:27,280 --> 00:58:33,440
six basically
and we're at fifty four hundred you know

782
00:58:30,160 --> 00:58:33,440
how far out of whack that is

783
00:58:35,200 --> 00:58:41,280
and by no stretch am i suggesting 12 000
please understand me clearly

784
00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:45,119
but i just look at that and then you
look at somebody like

785
00:58:43,599 --> 00:58:52,319
montverd
montford yes 1700 they're this big

786
00:58:49,440 --> 00:58:57,280
and there's 1700 people
and they're at six thousand dollars look

787
00:58:54,559 --> 00:59:03,040
at the mayors mm-hmm
leesburg's not that much bigger than us

788
00:58:59,839 --> 00:59:08,319
their commissioners are making 11 364.
they're mayors making almost 16 000. and

789
00:59:05,760 --> 00:59:13,119
they have all the benefits
every benefit medical eye dental

790
00:59:11,040 --> 00:59:17,520
and retire frs
they also have frs

791
00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:20,559
so
i'm sure there will be

792
00:59:19,200 --> 00:59:24,720
there will be
some that would say uh

793
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:30,079
you know they're voting on enriching
themselves

794
00:59:26,640 --> 00:59:33,760
i see facebook tomorrow
but i think i continue as a commissioner

795
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:38,720
sitting right here
tonight i don't care what you say this

796
00:59:36,480 --> 00:59:44,440
ain't right
fix it i tell you

797
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:44,440
this ain't right

798
00:59:48,190 --> 00:59:52,570
[Laughter]

799
00:59:57,839 --> 01:00:03,839
we're gonna have to give direction to
staff so i did look at the four percent

800
01:00:01,359 --> 01:00:07,119
i think it was 216 dollars
for the whole year

801
01:00:05,200 --> 01:00:13,119
so
see i i don't know how we give

802
01:00:09,760 --> 01:00:16,400
direction to staff to i i don't know
how we do it let your conscience be your

803
01:00:14,960 --> 01:00:18,799
guide bill
you're going to leave this to me

804
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:22,240
absolutely no problem i'll take care of
it

805
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:26,480
no i mean you know i don't i don't just
teasing with you i don't know well when

806
01:00:23,760 --> 01:00:30,160
you look at leesburg and with groveland
somehow we should be in the middle

807
01:00:32,160 --> 01:00:37,599
you see that groveland is and that's
just shut up thousands they just shot up

808
01:00:35,760 --> 01:00:40,880
in that population that just shot up
that's that's true that population that

809
01:00:39,839 --> 01:00:45,599
just happened
with the annexations they've been at 9

810
01:00:42,720 --> 01:00:50,000
000 a year there for a long time
and do you know if

811
01:00:47,280 --> 01:00:53,760
these have been incremental
no i do not know on all of them

812
01:00:52,559 --> 01:00:57,119
i know
claremont for example

813
01:00:55,760 --> 01:01:01,119
they pass the doorness that your
commission wages are tied to consumer

814
01:00:59,680 --> 01:01:05,200
price index
that's they've got that by ordinance

815
01:01:03,839 --> 01:01:08,799
personally i tell you the heartburn with
that is i know we've been a position

816
01:01:06,720 --> 01:01:13,760
where we haven't been able to give staff
consumer price index increases

817
01:01:11,520 --> 01:01:13,760
so

818
01:01:13,839 --> 01:01:21,520
you know for me
to various ties there's to population

819
01:01:19,119 --> 01:01:21,520
changes

820
01:01:23,040 --> 01:01:29,920
i'm willing to leave it in the hands of
bill to be honest with you

821
01:01:27,839 --> 01:01:32,000
i suggest the city attorney weigh in on
it

822
01:01:32,640 --> 01:01:39,200
i don't want to lose the non-full-time
employee that reports to you through the

823
01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:42,559
city manager if you two want to work on
it i'm perfectly fine with it

824
01:01:42,799 --> 01:01:48,480
if you're comfortable we'll
we'll look at the numbers we'll come up

825
01:01:46,799 --> 01:01:52,720
with something reasonable
i would recommend

826
01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:56,480
moving although it's not much
moving into the future i think rather

827
01:01:54,960 --> 01:02:00,640
than coming back
and looking like the percentage

828
01:01:58,640 --> 01:02:03,760
increases are very big
periodically i think we sh we should tie

829
01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:09,280
it
uh in the future to um the what the

830
01:02:07,040 --> 01:02:12,960
other employees are getting again i know
annually it doesn't come to a lot dollar

831
01:02:11,920 --> 01:02:17,520
wise
um but it puts you in a position where

832
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:22,400
you don't have to you don't have to look
at significant increases periodically

833
01:02:20,000 --> 01:02:27,040
you just do the incremental increases
annually if that makes sense

834
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:29,119
um so i would recommend that moving into
the future

835
01:02:28,079 --> 01:02:33,839
and
we i will work with bill we'll come up

836
01:02:31,119 --> 01:02:37,359
with something reasonable and it will
need to come back to you

837
01:02:35,680 --> 01:02:41,119
potentially in the form of a budget
approval meaning you you might not have

838
01:02:39,599 --> 01:02:44,880
to approve this
specifically you would approve it as

839
01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:49,680
part of a budget
or a budget amendment uh depending on

840
01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:54,079
how the timing
i don't

841
01:02:51,119 --> 01:02:57,200
might do can we include it
can we

842
01:02:55,200 --> 01:03:02,000
we approved a tentative budget tonight
but we have to approve a final budget on

843
01:02:59,040 --> 01:03:06,559
the 22nd
we approved the final budget in two

844
01:03:04,079 --> 01:03:13,359
weeks on thursday what i would recommend
is once it's decided we amend the budget

845
01:03:09,359 --> 01:03:16,559
via resolution after 10-1
oh with the resolution

846
01:03:14,799 --> 01:03:20,480
anytime you change the
resolution you're putting into a budget

847
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:24,559
you have to have another resolution to
do that

848
01:03:22,400 --> 01:03:27,039
it would only require one reading
not two

849
01:03:28,319 --> 01:03:35,920
okay so under that scenario we would
leave the final adopted budget the same

850
01:03:33,839 --> 01:03:40,079
as what you approved tonight and then we
would bring back to you an amendment

851
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:42,480
after the fact after october first okay
yeah

852
01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:44,720
the only other alternative would be to
do it

853
01:03:48,799 --> 01:03:54,240
no thank you okay we will bring
something back to you all right and

854
01:03:52,319 --> 01:03:59,359
you're okay with john and bill working
on it

855
01:03:56,000 --> 01:04:03,680
emily karen absolutely
don't care do you

856
01:04:01,039 --> 01:04:03,680
no pressure

857
01:04:07,520 --> 01:04:16,079
all right thank you both yes
all right then come down to life 15.

858
01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:19,599
yeah so this is really just a
technicality um

859
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:24,720
we have to place the order because of
lead time and it's it's a significant

860
01:04:21,839 --> 01:04:29,280
expense it is budgeted in the budget the
tentative budget that you just approved

861
01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:33,359
but we can't place the order because the
money isn't there yet and it isn't there

862
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:37,760
until october 1st
and so basically we're just asking for

863
01:04:35,119 --> 01:04:42,480
consensus are you okay with us placing
the order and then the actual purchase

864
01:04:40,480 --> 01:04:47,119
documentation will have to come back to
you once the budget is approved um so

865
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:51,680
are you okay with us placing the order
is basically what we're asking these are

866
01:04:48,720 --> 01:04:55,039
so important uh to us that we have to go
ahead and get any cheaper

867
01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:03,119
part of the issue is there's a
significant price increase coming up so

868
01:05:01,200 --> 01:05:05,359
if we waited to october 1 it would cost
more

869
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:09,480
mike how long is it going to take to get
these once we place an order

870
01:05:09,839 --> 01:05:14,160
okay
yeah get the get him ordered

871
01:05:15,920 --> 01:05:19,520
wow
all right

872
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:22,799
thank y'all
i think that's what we needed okay thank

873
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:27,440
you
all right coming down to future agenda

874
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:34,240
item and reports karen anything to
report any future agenda items i am

875
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:37,190
done i mean i'm good
you're not done yeah you got a few

876
01:05:35,599 --> 01:05:42,319
months left okay
[Laughter]

877
01:05:40,319 --> 01:05:47,280
any future agenda items or anything to
report i don't have any future agenda

878
01:05:44,799 --> 01:05:51,440
items but i do have i just have one
question for

879
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:54,880
is he still here rick pappas pop smurf
you're here no he left it never mind i

880
01:05:53,119 --> 01:05:59,359
just that's okay i'm just going to ask
him for an island update that's all okay

881
01:05:57,359 --> 01:06:04,079
okay but um
uh uh

882
01:06:00,559 --> 01:06:06,799
i would like to say that i will be
attending

883
01:06:08,880 --> 01:06:15,440
on tuesday next week on tuesday
september 13th at noon at the lake

884
01:06:13,280 --> 01:06:20,559
county historical museum
they will be the unveiling of the mary

885
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:25,520
mcleod bethune
smaller statue just like the one that we

886
01:06:23,119 --> 01:06:28,799
went to daytona and looked at and just
for those of you who don't know her i

887
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:31,039
would just feel just i'd like to read a
little something

888
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:34,880
um
uh dr mary mcleod bethune was an

889
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:40,559
american educator philanthropist
humanitarian womanist and a civil rights

890
01:06:37,839 --> 01:06:45,440
activist dr bethune founded the national
council of negro women in 1935 with

891
01:06:43,359 --> 01:06:50,880
florida's headquarters located in lake
county's city of claremont

892
01:06:48,319 --> 01:06:56,000
she also established the journal
afro-american women's journal she

893
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:59,760
presided as president for a myriad of
african-american women's organizations

894
01:06:58,000 --> 01:07:04,480
including the national association for
colored women and the national youth

895
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:09,119
administration's negro division
dr bethune was also appointed as a

896
01:07:06,799 --> 01:07:13,440
national advisor to president franklin d
roosevelt who she worked with to create

897
01:07:11,280 --> 01:07:17,440
the federal council on colored affairs
also known as the black cabinet so just

898
01:07:16,160 --> 01:07:20,559
in case you didn't know there's a little
little education about mary mcleod

899
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:25,280
bethune so
at noon on the 13th if you'd like to

900
01:07:22,640 --> 01:07:28,880
join us um that original big statue that
they unveiled in daytona was the most

901
01:07:27,200 --> 01:07:33,839
stunning thing i've ever seen in my
entire life i i it was the most

902
01:07:31,280 --> 01:07:38,000
beautiful thing ever and we i enjoyed
going so um i will be there for that

903
01:07:35,920 --> 01:07:42,640
also too um well i'll let you you want
to talk about the 911 one yeah okay i'll

904
01:07:40,240 --> 01:07:46,000
let you discuss that and then um i'm in
the process of looking at something for

905
01:07:44,079 --> 01:07:50,319
the city of eustis um just looking some
information on america in bloom

906
01:07:48,160 --> 01:07:54,160
and the city of tavares currently has it
now and you have like little chapters

907
01:07:52,000 --> 01:07:58,400
and lake county has a chapter and so
it's just another way to beautify our

908
01:07:55,760 --> 01:08:01,440
city and um there are some things
through waste management we can guess to

909
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:05,039
some beautify
uh different islands and different

910
01:08:03,440 --> 01:08:09,599
things around the city so i'm going to
be working on that as well so beautiful

911
01:08:07,680 --> 01:08:12,480
i'm a little busy thank you
really

912
01:08:10,559 --> 01:08:15,839
okay you want to follow that
go ahead i'll follow all that

913
01:08:16,400 --> 01:08:23,359
absolutely not
you know the the the last week and a

914
01:08:20,960 --> 01:08:28,239
half i've spent
at the high school painting the

915
01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:32,239
bathrooms in the concession stands
um

916
01:08:29,679 --> 01:08:36,560
so we read i redid those
uh

917
01:08:33,120 --> 01:08:40,960
but uh in the next probably month or so
we're actually going to

918
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:45,440
do the concession stand itself
uh the interior yep so

919
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:50,560
if anyone wants to come out and help
paint i'll pick a weekend

920
01:08:47,839 --> 01:08:55,520
perfect funding is a real problem
with our high school sports as you know

921
01:08:52,719 --> 01:09:00,640
lake county and school system does not
do much anymore to support that willie

922
01:08:58,319 --> 01:09:03,679
and i have talked a little bit man about
maybe trying to do something like

923
01:09:02,000 --> 01:09:07,359
bulldog night like they're doing
umatilla it's hearing

924
01:09:09,040 --> 01:09:15,520
30 000
instantly into the sports programs that

925
01:09:12,799 --> 01:09:18,719
used to size minimum um so i would like
to see us as a commission maybe work

926
01:09:17,359 --> 01:09:23,199
with um
the um athletic director and the high

927
01:09:21,120 --> 01:09:26,080
school to try to put together something
like that that became an annual event

928
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:29,920
for us
uh here in the city of eustis i think

929
01:09:27,679 --> 01:09:34,640
we'd have to hold it at the fairgrounds
um but i think it's something that would

930
01:09:31,920 --> 01:09:40,080
be kind of cool yeah the uh the umatilla
boosters holds it at the um

931
01:09:37,520 --> 01:09:45,120
and it is an adult event
there are adult things that happen there

932
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:48,400
and so um children are not involved
because there's raising of a lot of

933
01:09:46,480 --> 01:09:52,640
money right and there's adult things
there so um it's a huge event it's a

934
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:56,320
wonderful event all the community
matilla comes out for it

935
01:09:54,239 --> 01:10:00,080
everybody you've come with me before
it's amazing

936
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:05,600
and um so yes i'll i'll be more than
happy to assist in that okay let's do it

937
01:10:03,199 --> 01:10:10,480
sounds good i also the new announcer for
the high school football games that does

938
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:14,480
the announcing he is um with a radio
station out of orlando and he is willing

939
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:19,280
to help us with that as well
okay so we'll get working on that

940
01:10:17,040 --> 01:10:22,480
anything else willie nope that's it vice
mayor

941
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:27,440
well i
was very happy to participate and to

942
01:10:25,760 --> 01:10:30,960
watch the events of the misuse this
contest we were on there it was really

943
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:34,480
awesome
and um

944
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:39,199
and fun to watch especially the little
ones little tiny ones and their

945
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:43,040
attention span so it was it was a nice
event i didn't get to stay as long as i

946
01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:46,719
would have liked to yesterday but it was
very interesting at advent hospital with

947
01:10:45,040 --> 01:10:51,040
their new robotics
uh program and and the equipment that

948
01:10:48,719 --> 01:10:53,120
they bought i i was very impressed with
that

949
01:10:51,840 --> 01:10:56,560
and um
other than that i'm looking forward to

950
01:10:54,960 --> 01:11:01,840
the 13th and the
9 11 event that's it beautiful thank you

951
01:11:00,560 --> 01:11:07,120
tom
yeah a few items um we're going to have

952
01:11:04,640 --> 01:11:09,360
a presentation for you
um

953
01:11:11,600 --> 01:11:17,360
gunster
uh who has done some legal work for us

954
01:11:14,800 --> 01:11:21,120
related to um
some growth items

955
01:11:19,040 --> 01:11:24,800
they're going to be doing a presentation
uh at an upcoming commission meeting i

956
01:11:23,040 --> 01:11:30,080
believe we've got them scheduled for
september 22nd

957
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:32,880
also i had emailed the commission about
a

958
01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:37,520
community development district
discussion uh we we're tentatively going

959
01:11:35,840 --> 01:11:42,960
to try to do a
presentation on october 6th for that

960
01:11:41,440 --> 01:11:48,080
that is your
first commission meeting in october

961
01:11:46,000 --> 01:11:53,280
lake uh
lake community action agency

962
01:11:50,239 --> 01:11:57,440
has been working on our uh housing rehab
program

963
01:11:54,400 --> 01:12:02,239
uh commissioner hawkins and i uh toured
uh i think three homes

964
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:06,480
and uh were satisfied there was one home
that had some unfinished items that they

965
01:12:04,560 --> 01:12:10,560
got right on
and so uh i want to ask uh is there

966
01:12:09,280 --> 01:12:15,120
consensus
uh to move forward um not reopening the

967
01:12:13,199 --> 01:12:18,640
application process but there are still
homes

968
01:12:16,400 --> 01:12:23,040
in the queue that have applied and that
we had put on hold is it okay to move to

969
01:12:20,800 --> 01:12:26,480
the next say three or four homes
because we've been kind of taking them

970
01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:29,440
in blocks of three or four
does anybody have an issue moving

971
01:12:28,000 --> 01:12:33,760
forward with the next three or four
homes

972
01:12:30,800 --> 01:12:37,360
we saw funds left we do have
it's like 111

973
01:12:35,600 --> 01:12:41,760
eight something like that
yeah i think that i think that assumed

974
01:12:39,679 --> 01:12:47,360
that all the homes on the list were
going to move through the program

975
01:12:44,719 --> 01:12:50,640
yeah yeah i i have to say
you know that

976
01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:57,280
uh
tim has done a pretty good job of

977
01:12:53,920 --> 01:13:00,719
cleaning things up so yeah
okay

978
01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:03,840
man you're okay with moving forward
how many moving

979
01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:07,600
of our forward
let's do it we're going to do increments

980
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:11,040
of four i think that's what we discussed
can they

981
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:11,040
karen you okay

982
01:13:11,199 --> 01:13:16,320
okay
um

983
01:13:13,440 --> 01:13:20,080
there was um i one of the commissioners
uh it may have been commissioner cobb

984
01:13:18,239 --> 01:13:24,719
had asked about
taking a look at

985
01:13:21,679 --> 01:13:29,840
residential densities and potentially a
new future land use category

986
01:13:27,440 --> 01:13:33,280
and i want to know if the commission
would like to try to schedule a workshop

987
01:13:31,600 --> 01:13:36,719
on that
this i would envision this would not be

988
01:13:35,600 --> 01:13:40,640
a
five o'clock before a six o'clock

989
01:13:38,480 --> 01:13:44,840
commission type workshop
this would probably be a standalone

990
01:13:42,880 --> 01:13:49,679
potentially even a saturday
workshop what is the commission's

991
01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:52,560
interest in scheduling something like
that

992
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:55,679
we have some cleanup work that needs to
be done

993
01:13:53,679 --> 01:13:59,880
so we need to get on that willie are you
okay with it oh yeah

994
01:14:01,440 --> 01:14:08,560
is it maybe i'll start looking at
calendars and and try to email and see

995
01:14:06,080 --> 01:14:12,560
if we could come up with a viable date
okay

996
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:17,120
um just a couple more fdot uh we have a
meeting tomorrow 9 30 a.m we have

997
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:20,400
advertised it as a city commission
meeting so that you can all attend and

998
01:14:18,800 --> 01:14:24,000
participate
um

999
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:29,440
that is uh with the secretary of
district 5 to talk about projects and

1000
01:14:26,840 --> 01:14:35,199
maintenance in the area
i do want to mention that

1001
01:14:32,880 --> 01:14:39,040
there may be a need to go out into the
field at some point

1002
01:14:37,199 --> 01:14:43,199
we will need to adjourn the meeting and
then have just one commissioner go out

1003
01:14:41,600 --> 01:14:48,159
into the field
because the logistics of carrying on a

1004
01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:52,960
commission meeting out in the field is
going to be very difficult

1005
01:14:50,159 --> 01:14:57,040
and so if if we do need to adjourn and
do some field work i just wanted to

1006
01:14:55,280 --> 01:15:00,080
throw out that it will have to adjourn
the meeting and have one commissioner do

1007
01:14:58,640 --> 01:15:05,679
that
and so that's tomorrow at 9 30 a.m

1008
01:15:02,800 --> 01:15:09,920
and then the cra review committee we
have a couple of outstanding items i

1009
01:15:07,840 --> 01:15:13,679
know we need to talk more about mode own
program

1010
01:15:11,199 --> 01:15:17,280
we need to talk a little bit more about
some of the priorities that were

1011
01:15:15,120 --> 01:15:22,000
established during public input
and so we do need to schedule that

1012
01:15:19,760 --> 01:15:28,640
i think in the past we had done tuesday
evening meetings for that group

1013
01:15:26,400 --> 01:15:32,960
or we could look at an off thursday a
non-commission thursday

1014
01:15:31,280 --> 01:15:36,239
but i just want to make sure that the
commission is interested in scheduling

1015
01:15:34,719 --> 01:15:40,159
the next meeting
again i'll take a look at calendars and

1016
01:15:38,239 --> 01:15:44,400
i'll get that scheduled but i'll
probably be looking at either a tuesday

1017
01:15:42,320 --> 01:15:49,440
or an off thursday
okay and i think that's everything i

1018
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:54,400
have wow all right thank you madam
attorney i have no report smith thank

1019
01:15:51,360 --> 01:16:00,239
you so much i appreciate it um a couple
of things that i have um

1020
01:15:57,280 --> 01:16:04,880
for the commission itself um is tom's
contract calls for a six-month review

1021
01:16:03,199 --> 01:16:08,880
and believe it or not it's time for that
review

1022
01:16:06,560 --> 01:16:13,760
what i would like to do is ask bill
howell to reach out and set up a meeting

1023
01:16:11,600 --> 01:16:18,640
with each commissioner
along with bill and with tom

1024
01:16:15,840 --> 01:16:23,840
let you all sit and talk with tom about
what your expectations are and what

1025
01:16:21,120 --> 01:16:28,719
we've seen so far with his performance
bill will combine that and bring it back

1026
01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:31,679
to us as a full commission um and we'll
go from that and then we're going to

1027
01:16:30,239 --> 01:16:36,400
have to take a look at the way we
further review tom a little bit later on

1028
01:16:34,320 --> 01:16:41,280
down the road if that's okay the annual
review because i will say um i've looked

1029
01:16:38,719 --> 01:16:45,920
at the review paperwork in the past and
i had even talked to bill about it you

1030
01:16:43,280 --> 01:16:49,920
know and it it needs some work yeah it
needs some work it needs to be updated

1031
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:54,640
so um when you get a call from bill or
an email from bill that's what he is

1032
01:16:51,440 --> 01:16:58,960
scheduling with you um so um
please go in be honest and it'll keep us

1033
01:16:57,120 --> 01:17:03,440
moving forward in a good way manner i
hope so all right

1034
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:08,880
this coming sunday is the 21st
anniversary of 9 11.

1035
01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:12,080
lake county is having a service at 8
o'clock in the morning

1036
01:17:11,199 --> 01:17:15,440
at
the historic courthouse in downtown

1037
01:17:14,239 --> 01:17:19,600
tavares
it is open to the public we would love

1038
01:17:17,199 --> 01:17:23,600
to have everyone there
then there are a couple more events

1039
01:17:20,880 --> 01:17:29,360
going around so please check the uh
facebook and check the newspapers there

1040
01:17:25,760 --> 01:17:35,679
are many things that are advertised
nan myself and tom were able to attend

1041
01:17:32,480 --> 01:17:41,840
first baptist life point uh last sunday
they celebrated their 103rd anniversary

1042
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:47,840
or birthday and they celebrated being
debt-free which is tremendous they paid

1043
01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:51,760
off a debt of 1.8 million dollars in a
matter of five years

1044
01:17:49,840 --> 01:17:56,080
and that is from them relocating from
orange avenue out further

1045
01:17:53,840 --> 01:18:00,320
so it's paid off every bit of their debt
so they're looking forward to partnering

1046
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:04,400
with our community and doing some really
great things in the community as we move

1047
01:18:02,480 --> 01:18:07,840
forward
also just wanted to say

1048
01:18:06,719 --> 01:18:14,080
thank you
to our events and tourism staff they

1049
01:18:11,760 --> 01:18:18,480
went to a conference and they won five
awards at that conference they're doing

1050
01:18:16,880 --> 01:18:22,560
i'm very proud of them they've done a
tremendous job

1051
01:18:20,320 --> 01:18:26,560
with representing eustis and first
fridays and our events have really

1052
01:18:25,120 --> 01:18:30,880
changed
over the last couple months i'm very

1053
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:36,800
proud of that
that's about all i've got please come

1054
01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:40,400
out and support the events as they go on
craig's got some great events coming up

1055
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:43,840
with parks and recreation
for toddlers

1056
01:18:42,000 --> 01:18:48,640
so come out and be a part of those
events i want to thank our staff for all

1057
01:18:46,239 --> 01:18:53,120
that they do y'all work tirelessly for
us y'all are truthfully the face of the

1058
01:18:50,640 --> 01:18:56,800
city so thank you for all your hard work
thank you for being with us tonight and

1059
01:18:55,040 --> 01:19:02,320
we are i just had one quick thing i
meant to say go ahead hit that camera

1060
01:18:59,920 --> 01:19:04,480
i just i i just really wanted to say
thanks

1061
01:19:03,600 --> 01:19:09,600
to
the finance staff

1062
01:19:06,800 --> 01:19:12,800
going through this the when we went
through our workshops and i think we

1063
01:19:11,040 --> 01:19:17,120
must have had three or four
i will tell you that helps us

1064
01:19:14,800 --> 01:19:21,440
tremendously i know it's a lot of work
but when we go line item by light on him

1065
01:19:19,120 --> 01:19:25,840
it really helps us know what we're
spending our money on

1066
01:19:23,199 --> 01:19:29,679
and you'd be surprised the people out in
the community that come to us and say

1067
01:19:27,760 --> 01:19:33,600
where's the money going where's this
where's that and we have

1068
01:19:32,080 --> 01:19:37,120
we have a good indication no we don't
know how many pencils we're buying but

1069
01:19:35,520 --> 01:19:41,360
at least we know what we're spending on
office supplies and different

1070
01:19:38,800 --> 01:19:44,480
departments and so it's a lot of work
and

1071
01:19:42,320 --> 01:19:47,840
i'm a numbers person so i will tell you
i really enjoy that process i know it's

1072
01:19:46,239 --> 01:19:51,120
daunting but i just want to say thank
you

1073
01:19:49,040 --> 01:19:55,280
one quick reminder too tomorrow is the
league of cities luncheon and uh sheriff

1074
01:19:53,040 --> 01:19:58,800
grinnell is doing that presentation at
lunch tomorrow so if anybody can make it

1075
01:19:57,120 --> 01:20:02,840
on the city commission we'd appreciate
you being here that is all we have for

1076
01:20:00,960 --> 01:20:07,800
this evening we're
adjourned were you gonna come here