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Good evening, everyone. Meeting will now come to order. The January 9th Seminole Council Business Meeting will convene. Thank you for joining us this evening. Council meetings are always posted on our website and on the Bolton Board outside City Hall. We appreciate your interest and input on city issues of importance to you and your families. We appreciate everybody being here, dancing amongst the raindrops, this evening, and dark, ominous guys. So everybody's pretty hearty to be here.

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this evening and we appreciate that. The Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance will be led by

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Councillor Prispring or please rise.

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Dear Lord, as we gather in this meeting we humbly seek your

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presence grant us clarity of mind and vision that we may seek beyond challenges and find initiative

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solutions. Bless our discussions with insight and inspiration may your light guide our decisions

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leading us to prosperity and succession. Amen.

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Thank you.

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I'd like to leave this to the card of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which it stands.

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When I mention, under God, into the soil for liberty and justice for all.

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All right. First agenda item.

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Most important agenda item on the evening is oath of office

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That's our assistant city attorney Jeremy Simon Jeremy. We're glad you're here this evening. We'll give Mark Ealy

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Oath of office our new city counselor. Mark, please come forward Jeremy. You're recognized

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Thank you Madam Mayor. Good evening, Mr. Ealy. You can stand right here for me. Make sure that the mic picks us up and you're upstairs. Please raise your right hand.

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Stay. I mark Ellie a citizen of the state of Florida and of the United States of America. I'm Marcentomative of the eve State of Florida in the United States of America and

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being employed by or an officer of the city of Seminole, Florida, and a recipient of public funds, and being employed by or an officer of the City of

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Salvador, Florida and recipient of public funds as such employee or officer, do hear by Solomon, square or firm as such employee abroad.

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officer doing here by solemnly swear or from, that I will support, protect and defend

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the Constitution and government of the United States and of the State of Florida, that I

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am duly qualified to hold office under the Constitution of the State, that I am duly

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qualified to hold office under the Constitution of the State, and that I will well and faithfully

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perform the duties of City Councilor of the City of Seminole.

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and then I will well and faithfully perform duties of the city council of the city of Seminole.

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And abide by chapter 112, part three of the Florida Statutes and the charter and ordinances of the city of Seminole.

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And abide by chapter 112, part three of the Florida Statutes and the charter and ordinances of the city of Seminole.

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I will faithfully perform my duties as required by these laws, for the good and in the best interest of the city of Seminole Florida.

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for the good and in the best interest of the city of San on Florida, of which I am now

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about to enter, of which I am now about to enter, so help me guys, so help me guys,

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congratulations.

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Thank you.

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You all recall, Jeremy's been here before every once in a while when he replaces substitutes

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for Jates, Daniel, and Jeremy and I go back to my legislative days when he worked for

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the club's office.

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Will you go in?

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In law school at the time?

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I was actually an undergrad at the time.

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You were an undergrad.

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I think the board said, and I was a legislator, so we go back a long way and we have to change the map.

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And now I go, I don't know.

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Not much, I'm glad you're here.

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Can we get a picture of everybody?

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Yes, together.

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I think I would like to introduce thenz Austin, thenz, would you like to stand and come forward because I think you need to be here with Mark.

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Mr. Austin has driven all the way from South Florida. Where did you come from?

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West Palm Beach and this weather all over the state. He has come up to support his

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longtime friend Mark Ealy.

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Now then you're going to be my new bodyguard. I just kind of figure that out.

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Alright, ready, one, two, and three, one more, one, two, and three, and get them some

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while the text is placed, alright, then it's getting...

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All right. Well, then we really appreciate you being here. You came a long way for Mark to know each other a long time. This is a big deal this evening to swear in Marquely. Mark is everyone knows.

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has worked for the City of Seminole for many, many years as staff. He was, he worked

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from this deal for many, many years and left, retired, just can't stay away and

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now he's a counselor on this body. So welcome back Mark Ely. Very good. All right.

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We have a couple presentations this evening and the first one I want to recognize is Randy

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Nash or T's.

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I'm an old Chamber of Commerce for your quarterly report.

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Randy, come on down.

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Hi, here we are.

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Randy, text me as the meeting still on and I said, you know, we had never called off a meeting

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for rain, sleet, or snow.

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Who's that?

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Who's that?

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Who?

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Who?

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I know.

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Oh, I can't believe I did it.

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Wait a minute, everybody.

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You're taking years on council.

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We have never missed a meeting second and fourth Tuesday

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for any reason whatsoever.

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So there you go.

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Randy, how are you?

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Happy new year.

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Happy new year to all of you.

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It's great to see you.

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Congratulations.

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And vice mayor, city manager, attorney, Jeremy Simon.

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And so it's nice to be back.

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I feel like I've been gone a long time.

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So it's great to see all the seats filled.

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Alrighty.

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So I wanted to share with you about the first report

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from October to December at the chamber.

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And hopefully you all had an opportunity to look

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at the paperwork that I shared.

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We had 307 members.

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And that's as we're completely cleaning

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and going through ageing reports.

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And it's definitely taking a long time

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but we're doing it accurately and slowly.

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And hoping that people that might have dropped

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that one other time want to come back so we'll continue working with that. We have 13 new members

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and there's a little graph and it's probably about a size two font so my apologies for those if

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you didn't enlarge it you could see it's moving slowly so that's nice as we retain and bring in new

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businesses. Down below I have a breakdown from October and November and December the new members

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that we have brought in they're all within Seminole and just lots of fresh faces from the events that

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that we have been having, it's so great to see new people,

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it's great to see that there's vibrancy

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that's still happening and things are booming.

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Events, a total of 24, that's a lot.

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I'm definitely learning how to manage my calendar.

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We had 34 at one point, then it went to 32.

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24, I can digest and I feel I keep coming back,

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getting better and better and just learning more and more.

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We had our meet and mingle at the chamber.

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That was like a chamber 101

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one and it was exciting and we had just a nice core group business after hours

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networking through October through December it's the first Thursday of every

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month. Networkers of integrity and excellence that's during lunch time that is

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taking place of breakfast club that they used to have in the morning. People need to

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work in the morning so if they leave work they're not making money it's not good

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for the growth. So we're working with them so they can find other times during the

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day and as a right now this is at lunch time. I will share something else with you but

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don't tell too many people. We're thinking about doing a lunch networking as well and

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highlighting some of the restaurants. Right now Irish 31 is in the run, everyone loves

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their wings and we do tribute to educators, it's a win-win. So that will start in February.

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We have the ribbon cuttings and soft openings, two total seven events. Then below we have a

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a breakdown of chamber connections.

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I think it's amazing when we are so fortunate

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to have the different civic clubs and organizations

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at the chamber.

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It's not so lonely anymore.

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I'm booking people every single day

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from morning through the afternoon at night time.

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So there's always additional voices.

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Besides the wonderful music I like to play

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are the fact that I talk to myself.

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So it sounds like there's some activity

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going on in the chamber besides a member on the telephone.

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We had our junior ambassadors hope the Kwanis

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and that was exciting.

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It's nice to know that we can reach out

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to a different group and let our junior ambassadors keep busy and see what

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else is happening in the community. If you haven't seen them on their hands

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and knees, they were out here, hope.

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And you're trying to find those little pipes and things like that. And having youth get down on their hands and knees, made it much easier for everyone. If you're not familiar with the junior ambassadors, there's a little snippet over here that I have. And it's great that on that day they had a total of seven. There's a group of 14, but they always bring a parent. And that's the nice part of that age group. There's still young enough that they don't just get dropped off. Parents, then next thing you know, they were also helping with the flags, and that was fabulous.

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community engagement opportunities. I know how busy each and every one of you are

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and it's fabulous for me when we have the opportunity to see you support the chamber

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and of course our community and I become more familiar with your styles and you become

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more familiar with what I'm able to do. Within these events I know you can't sign up for everything

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but when you do show it means so much to me. I feel like I got an entire

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chairing squad over here so I can't thank you enough and it's broken down by a

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I met a mingle business after hours.

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Penel's country versus the trade show.

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That was totally neat.

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I was so sure I was part of it.

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I was going to the area where they were going to be.

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No, I was in a beautiful room,

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but about 45 clear water, high school students.

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And I thought, this is my wheelhouse.

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This is pretty sweet.

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And it just was amazing.

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They went, they had groups.

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They had lunch at the chamber.

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They walked around.

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Some of them wanted to know what the chamber was.

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They learned a little bit.

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And we just had a great time.

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So that was new.

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then our senior health expo at the conference center at the college that was

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a success we enjoyed that the field of honors having a junior ambassador's

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health that was beneficial the shred of thine I'm learning more and more that

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this area we want to rid we want to get rid of and we want to make sure there's

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always a shredding company well just so you know the shredding company that the

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chamber has used I've been part of it two times already they went up from 900 to

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$900 an hour now and I thought oh no I'm going to sit in my husband on one side of the couch

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I'm going to put my kids in the middle and there we are we're going to be shred and left and right

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when people need it and it turns out the company we used once before prior to COVID decided they

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are going to honor their price and just charge us the 900 for three hours and we thought I'm going to

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get a contract for the next two years and we did we booked them for two years now and hopefully you

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know as everything goes up in price maybe they won't jump so high so for shredding the

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Chambers always say a for you the business after hours we are within the greater

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seminal area so it's getting a little broader a little wider and people are

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talking about all the chatter that's happening in seminal have you heard any

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good chatter yes I've heard our pickleball bar more well that was an experience in

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a half it was an experience in a half those who were able to join me and be out

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there it was great I learned a little bit about pickleball and I found that had

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nothing to do with dill pickles or kosher pickles and when you're asking in

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New York or what it is I was like oh my gosh it's combination of racquetball

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badminton we can make it work but it was nice to be on that side and to have

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that support and just to see people outside of the norm we do everything with food

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food is that comfort that we all get it gives you an opportunity to snooze with

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people and that's what we need when we are networking and meeting businesses then I

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went to the Tampa Bay LGBT inaugural that was amazing it was great to see so many

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other chambers and people from my prior positions over there and supporting our great community.

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Friends giving at SPC, that was amazing. I enjoyed listening to all the civic groups.

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I enjoyed hearing the stories. That's one thing that's intriguing me the most. Even though

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I've worked in St. Pete, I've lived in Seminole, but I was a busy mama. I knew everything

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about the Rec Center in soccer and how to flip a hot dog, but I didn't realize how many civic

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groups we have and the power within everybody working together. I can't wait for next

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year.

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That was an excellent friend's giving and thanks giving and recognize all the nonprofits

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in the area.

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Pretty sweet. So thank you all for being a part of that. Once again, business after hours,

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our Sparkle and Shine member holiday celebration was so much fun. I felt like I was doing party

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events and party coordinating and making sure we had music out there. And if one couldn't

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hear the music in the inside. Next year we'll have those speakers who will be bigger

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and we can hear it. But the fellowship that you all have and that I feel that I'm part

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of has embraced me warmly and it has allowed me to feel that I can call and speak to somebody

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if I have an concern or if somebody wants to call me from council to me so we can plan

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excuse me something for the next session or for the upcoming year I feel confident that

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I have that relationship with each and every one of you. And if I haven't I really mean

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And I hope that you would reach out the olive branch to me as I will do to you because I can learn a lot from each and every one of you

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Sparkle and shine event that you're it was excellent over at the chamber

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So many people were dressed up to the nines. It was an event holiday event well done

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Thank you. I enjoyed it, and I feel like I can be doing catering now, baby showers, whatever

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your needs are. You let me know, and I will help out. But what it really built was the fact

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that the relationships with all our businesses, they were there, and if they didn't see each

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other for months, you know that the chambers are placed, that networking, where they are feeding

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off each other, and that great energy just explodes. We had our board retreat. That was great.

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last year, I don't even know what happened last year, I came in November and we

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survived the whole year. This year I wanted it to be very intentional. I

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wanted it to be meaningful. And I needed to have the support of our board, which

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I'm incredibly fortunate to have Debbie Anis, who's our incoming president as a

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Thursday at our installation.

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Can we see you? Very good. New President? She will be as if Thursday.

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Today, having us do this retreat, it was important that we move into the new year together and we're learning the process, but I have a year behind me, I kind of think, well maybe not totally kind of think.

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I have learned quite a bit, I've learned what to do, still learning what not to do, but this was a great way to get the boards inside and also for intentional committees.

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pick something that you like so you will own and you'll be supportive because if I gave

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everybody different jobs, you're really just picking what Randy's desperately needs to

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help and everybody picked things and next thing is someone's like I can do a double, I can

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do this and I just thought this is sweet and Debbie had the honors like Vanna White, she

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sat there checking off the list, we sent it out to everybody and all our board members are

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on the same page or at least they have the information to be on the same page to be a part

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of when we do networking events, when there's a session and we want to learn about economic

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development.

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I want to bring over one of our specialists to be a party and Debbie has been stepping

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up.

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And in my absence, if I'm not able to make it, she goes and she was my partner in crime dodging

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the droplets tonight, Mayor Rodder, so we could be here.

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I have something.

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I'm avoiding the way in red blood.

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I was a bit worried if there was a tornado and I was in the portable by myself, nobody

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would come over there and I thought if I can run here, I'd be super, super quick.

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But it was wonderful and clear sky sponsored our breakfast and they were very, very generous

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and that's where we had our most recent ring in the new year, clear sky and we had a little

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over 40 people and it was special and it's a lot of fun to be there.

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So if you haven't gone, you definitely want to be there.

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and other than that, happy belated birthday to her city manager.

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Oh, thank you so much.

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Well, I wasn't here, so I dropped something off for her.

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It's your vacation, so I wanted to wish her a happy birthday.

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Well, Randy, we appreciate your leadership at the Chamber.

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You've put in one heck of a year.

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You've come a long way to know the people that you work with,

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citizens, members, business community, and we appreciate that.

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Thank you.

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Everything you get involved in, you get involved with enthusiasm and purpose.

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I appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Okay.

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We've got grant presentations this evening, and I'm going to recognize Councillor Burke,

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vice mayor Burke to present some grants or elementary schools as you see the

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principals are sitting in the front row so behave yourself everybody and Mr.

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Burke you recognize it all right well

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if you know anything about the

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Seminole City Council you know Burke never gives away how have children are involved

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we all climb on board instantly and say yes we love our kids and Seminole we love

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to support them in our schools, so if you all want to come along up, the City Council

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is fortunate enough to have in this budget every year, a little bit extra that we can give

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out as grants to our schools. So who's here tonight?

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I'm going to ask you a question. First of all, I'm interested in some at all.

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There's here, some of this here, some of this here. So this year we were very fortunate

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enough to have in our budget the opportunity to give each of your schools $750.

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dollars. So obviously use as you wish, no vacations to put every job. But we hope that you

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are able to take these funds and apply it to whatever you need in your school so that your

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kids have a little bit extra, and you can go a little bit faster.

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Thank you so much.

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All you do is get in our community, we appreciate it.

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Thank you.

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Now you have to pose.

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One, two, three, one more, one, two, three, and one more. Perfect. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I am going to tell you what I am saying.

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The best school in the universe often imitated never difficult.

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They know I say it in everything.

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They're going to get to hear it.

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So we thank you for all of this that you're doing for the Seminole community.

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I was telling Mayor Waters that my student council students got to come for the city government

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day and really enjoyed it.

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The student that got to sit in the mayor's chair told me he's more important and she's

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more important than I am and I'm fine with that.

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So I really appreciate that opportunity for our students.

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We actually will be reaching out to you guys for our letter C week to maybe come and read

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to our students. We would love to have the Seminole City Council come and be a part of that

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so that they get to make a connection because our hope is not only do they begin at Bouter,

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but they continue at Seminole Middle and then either Richard Jacob Center Seminole High

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to keep it right here in the community. We have phenomenal schools here in Seminole and we want

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to keep those students here and continue to be the great school that we are. So thank you

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and I appreciate the funding that you're providing. Thank you for being here this evening.

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Ms. Schaefen, Big Men, and I know some of your students still can't get used to that

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Ms. Big Men.

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I answer that.

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Yep.

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You do.

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Yes.

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Good evening.

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Thank you so much for this annual generous gift.

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We've always put it towards our positive behavior support system in the school where we're teaching

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kids about character and responsibility and the rewards that go along with that.

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And it's a beautiful event that we have a school, this actually supports our school

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store where we have volunteers from the community come in.

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and it's grandmothers, it's neighbors, it's moms,

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they come in and they just help a little kindergartners,

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all the way up to fifth grade help by things that they've earned

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because of their good behavior and good decision-making

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and good citizenship.

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So this will be put to good use in supporting that school store.

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Thank you so much for your generosity,

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not only financially, but with the kind words

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and with the attendance, I know that our veterans

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parade that you came to and our Sally House

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and I know if we ever have a need we can reach out

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because Seminole does let children, that's obvious.

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Thank you, nice to meet you.

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The big man invited me over in December

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to your...

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Sally House.

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Christmas Assembly.

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And that was a house assembly.

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Sally House, to Sally House, as you all know,

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is part of the Salvation Army.

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So the leadership of the Salvation Army was there

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to support you because you're supporting them

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and the kids brought in gifts

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that the Salvation Army, Sally House, would take back

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and get to children that don't get any gifts.

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But you do an excellent job, and what I, I'm not around children often, and I'm sitting

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up there on the front of the microphone and everything and these second graders, first

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graders, I guess.

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First and second graders come walking in.

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They all sit down very nicely like with their legs crossed, right?

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All sit in first grade, second grade, third grade, fourth grade, I think the older kids

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stood but very organized. They were very excited, very well behaved and a couple of them came

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up to me and was pleased to meet a mayor. And so, you know, that's all as a nice, but

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you do a good job there. And your veterans stay parade. Parents come with their cars around

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the circle at your school, beep, beep, beep, and decorating red, white, and blue. Let's do

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that again. I like that, that was fun. I want to make that annual. Grow it bigger. Yeah, grow

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bigger we need a band I tried with the middle school in the high school it wasn't

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working out any middle school people here anybody have contacts are kind of

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loud we need a band yes there you go and I have no control over that that's

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totally up to you all right very good next to us would like to say yes

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evening everyone and um as a waters thank you so much for many waters really

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appreciate everyone's annual gift to our school. The tremendous amount of support that we received

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from you is truly appreciated. Like over at Sarkie they say this goes towards the students and I

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can say it's an elementary every single year. I have a specific account set up that this goes into.

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It's a student incentive account and this is what I use for different when we have our award

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ceremonies and special programs for the children and they really do appreciate it so it goes a long

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way and thank you very much.

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be able to find the band, because you'll find them at Seminole Elementary.

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They are at Seminole Elementary,

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and we do have an amazing gutter and stay program, so we'd love you to come on out and join us.

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And if you're ever available on the first Friday of every month, I apologize last Friday of

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every single month at nine o'clock in the morning, we have our Seminole Hawk Huttle, which is

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celebration that we have every single month with all of our students celebrating some of the

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great things that the children are doing. It's a lot of fun. It's a very short program. It's

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kind of like a little pep rally. Get some excited. We'd love to have anything for the council

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join us. Yes. We'd love to have you there. We can cheer people on and we'll bring our

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pompoms. I love it.

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This is where I appreciate you being here this evening. I remember when you were

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the new guy. Yes. Can you believe it? Five years now. Five years ago. Five years. Yes.

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We, yeah. I remember you used to stand over there against the wall thinking oh my god she's

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going to recognize me. You were the new guy and new principal. I should say. And did you come

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from the administration? Yes. And you escaped that? And I escaped administration. I did administration

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about five years to skip that so yeah some back to principal that's where the

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fun is yeah well that's where you really I honestly I feel that's where the

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excitement is you can really make a difference the interaction with the

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children it keeps you young and it's exciting and you feel like you're truly

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making a difference well I know some elementary is very I hear from parents I know

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parents and they're very pleased to have you there well thank you well I'm very

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happy to be there and to be a part of this community and the students love

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having having you there and you're very friendly to everybody and I know Miss

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Beakman she goes through the halls of the Starkey Elementary and she knows the

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name of every kid yeah hello Jimmy hello Johnny whatever you know them all and

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that's a sure sign of being involved in your school and your students all about

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that yes well thank you thank you very much and you know I'm still thrilled and this

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goes back up the years, but well, no, no, no. That before you got there, the prior principle

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of what was her name? No, but you have no. Grasso, no, no, no. Grasso. Yes, but you have

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the front. That's painted. You have the front of some of the elementary school painted. It looks

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like a red, what would you call schoolhouse?

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Schoolhouse, yep, a Centennial building.

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Centennial, and how many years ago was that?

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Oh, it's over it, yep, it's been, yeah.

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2015, and how has it been that long?

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Yes, wow, yeah, wow, yeah.

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So anyway, that is the oldest, help me out here,

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oldest elementary school in Seminole.

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Yes, and I think it may be the oldest one

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in Pinellas County as well. Still operating. Right and you at one point that school on my memory is coming back now, you had teachers that were students there.

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We still do. Still do. We still do. We have teachers that were students there. And actually it's kind of, it's really neat because not a day goes by, I mean there's so many times where I'll have grandparents in the car line that say,

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I went to school here, and now I'm picking up my grandchild who's here.

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It truly is a community school.

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It really is.

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Parents will come in and registering their kindergarteners, like, oh, I remember when I went to school

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here.

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It looks a lot smaller now.

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How come?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Well, I wanted to go for it elementary.

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So I'm sorry.

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You know, go for it.

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Elementary, distant, junior high at the time, and of course, go pirates, but we see a guy

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school.

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So I had to throw that out there.

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I remember when you came to the school and remember when you came in here the first meeting, so this Vice Mayor Burke and we're students and faculty really appreciate it.

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Thank you so much.

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Truly love what we do there.

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Very good.

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And was there anybody else who would like to speak?

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Yeah, no.

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Okay.

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We're good. We're good.

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All right.

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Thank you. Hopefully that was painless, everybody.

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But, you know, once I like to recognize the best, the best in our city and the best in our community.

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And certainly as Mr. Burke said, dealing with our children.

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I was invited over to bow to with the K kids, this love invited me over to work with the K kids or to say hello or whatever. So, if the K kids only in one school, no, no, there's a different group of K kids. Like, Oh, of course, has one, but it's morning K kids and ours is an after school. Okay. And all right. So very good. So where is

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Ms. Christine Wilson Smith Jones.

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Dr. Wilson.

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She has a couple different names.

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I think she rescheduled for a different evening.

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So she has a child.

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Tell her we missed her.

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Everybody's wondering what happened to Dr. Porra.

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And tell her we missed her and stop in another time.

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That'd be fine.

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Okay.

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Thank you.

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Appreciate y'all being here.

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You don't have to say exciting agenda.

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But I don't really want to put you guys through it.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Happy New Year.

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All right.

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Public comments.

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In accordance with Florida Statues, 286.0114 is amended.

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Citizen comments to the city council are always invited three minutes.

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Anyone from the public?

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Anyone sitting in this council chamber?

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I see some folks in the back there.

448
00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:21,300
Anybody?

449
00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:22,200
I see some.

450
00:31:22,660 --> 00:31:22,840
Hello.

451
00:31:22,960 --> 00:31:23,740
Anybody like to speak?

452
00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:25,260
You're just here to observe.

453
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:26,760
In the uniform.

454
00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:33,820
just insert pardon just your food okay very good sing none we'll go on to the

455
00:31:33,820 --> 00:31:37,700
consent agenda item number two way through two we are listed on the consent

456
00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:44,380
agenda do I hear motion we should approve the consent agenda second and on

457
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:50,740
favor say aye I oppose the no and the consent agenda which included business

458
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:56,000
meeting minutes from December 19th 2023 workshop minutes December 19th

459
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:13,520
We had January 4, 2024, Recreation Advisory Board Reappointment of Katie Hendrick's Tubs and Reappointed, Richard Shump to the Summital Municipal Firefighters Pension Trust Fund Board of Trustees.

460
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:15,900
That was done under a consent agenda.

461
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:17,140
Thank you.

462
00:32:17,980 --> 00:32:19,100
Papers say aye.

463
00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:20,160
Opposed nay.

464
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,060
I think this is that.

465
00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:21,600
Very good.

466
00:32:22,100 --> 00:32:23,140
Action items.

467
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:23,660
Good.

468
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:24,040
Twice.

469
00:32:24,660 --> 00:32:27,640
Resolution number 01-2024.

470
00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:29,360
Selection of Charter Review Committee.

471
00:32:30,020 --> 00:32:32,600
City clerk, please read the resolution by title only.

472
00:32:33,380 --> 00:32:36,260
Resolution 01-2024.

473
00:32:36,780 --> 00:32:40,100
A resolution of the City Council of the City of Seminole, Florida.

474
00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:44,400
Establishing a process by which members of the Charter Review Committee

475
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:47,740
We are appointed and providing for an effective date.

476
00:32:48,780 --> 00:32:49,160
Thank you.

477
00:32:49,340 --> 00:32:54,820
Ms. Steele, do you have anything to add to this number 0-1-2024?

478
00:32:55,520 --> 00:32:56,100
Yes, I do.

479
00:32:56,300 --> 00:32:56,560
Jason.

480
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,700
Here tonight, so all typos are his fault.

481
00:32:59,100 --> 00:32:59,420
Okay.

482
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:01,020
They were not Jeremy's, of course.

483
00:33:01,720 --> 00:33:05,940
There are a couple times where you see 2023, please read that as 2024.

484
00:33:05,940 --> 00:33:09,860
The city clerk has made the corrections there.

485
00:33:10,740 --> 00:33:17,520
Your charter requires that you establish a process by which your charter review committee

486
00:33:18,170 --> 00:33:22,500
and appoint that committee in January of this year.

487
00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:26,620
This is the, it just seems like a couple of years ago we had a charter review that it's been

488
00:33:27,230 --> 00:33:28,080
five years ago.

489
00:33:28,900 --> 00:33:36,240
So the ordinance that is drafted by our city attorney was drafted with that in mind and

490
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:40,600
upon adoption of that as it is or as amended tonight will be the process that you will

491
00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,760
follow in the installation.

492
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:48,880
And whatever process you decide, we need to be able to make the finalization of the appointment

493
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:49,820
at your next meeting.

494
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:57,760
Jeremy has worked with Jay on this and is here to guide you through the process that is

495
00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:03,100
any questions you may have as it relates to our charter and your responsibilities for the

496
00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:03,500
appointment.

497
00:34:03,500 --> 00:34:08,020
All right, we'll recognize Jeremy under discussion any motion, place, motion, place.

498
00:34:10,980 --> 00:34:14,340
Motion for resolution number 01-2024.

499
00:34:14,720 --> 00:34:17,200
New to adopt resolution 01-2024.

500
00:34:17,820 --> 00:34:18,040
Second.

501
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,540
Second by Mr. Quinn.

502
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,680
And the motion was made by Mr. Burke in discussion.

503
00:34:23,680 --> 00:34:26,580
Anything, Jeremy, would you like to say to this place?

504
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:31,020
Madam Mayor, I'm happy to field any questions that the council may have.

505
00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:38,060
Other than that, the charter provides that we have to go ahead and appoint the CRC so

506
00:34:38,060 --> 00:34:39,260
that the charter can be reviewed.

507
00:34:39,780 --> 00:34:41,280
So if there's any questions, I'm happy to feel.

508
00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:48,200
Yes, it's something that we have to do, review the charter every five years, and usually

509
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:56,520
goes very nicely, and Chairman is elected to this, and usually doesn't last too many meetings.

510
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:58,800
sometimes two meetings.

511
00:35:01,170 --> 00:35:06,190
May be three at the most, you think, least four. Oh, at least four. Okay.

512
00:35:09,390 --> 00:35:11,570
Okay. Any discussions that

513
00:35:11,570 --> 00:35:15,310
we have any questions or clarifications? Yes.

514
00:35:17,370 --> 00:35:21,310
I've been asked are the meetings all in

515
00:35:21,310 --> 00:35:28,270
February or early March from what I understood it's based on what the committee designs. Yeah,

516
00:35:28,370 --> 00:35:32,730
Ms. Phil, we've talked about that last time. What are the requirements or what are the usual

517
00:35:32,730 --> 00:35:38,610
process right the first meeting will be in February and they will meet as long as

518
00:35:38,610 --> 00:35:43,790
necessary to finish the business they decide we're done and as long as they

519
00:35:43,790 --> 00:35:49,070
meet the deadline for having any items their recommendation has to come to

520
00:35:49,070 --> 00:35:56,330
council and council can accept amend or deny their recommendations last time

521
00:35:56,330 --> 00:36:00,890
there were several recommendations made the council afforded them to do the

522
00:36:00,890 --> 00:36:04,430
supervisor relations for the ballot, and they all pass of referendum.

523
00:36:05,210 --> 00:36:09,850
So it has to come to the City Council for whatever they do.

524
00:36:10,190 --> 00:36:19,150
So that is the only end bar is the time frame that we have to give the supervisor relations

525
00:36:19,150 --> 00:36:19,450
office.

526
00:36:20,230 --> 00:36:25,470
Having said that, they may choose to meet even more than last time.

527
00:36:25,470 --> 00:36:31,310
But when they got finished with the charter and there's a process, they accept comments from staff,

528
00:36:31,650 --> 00:36:36,190
they accept comments from the public, they have to hold this one public hearing, they have two public hearings

529
00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:37,230
I believe last time.

530
00:36:37,890 --> 00:36:41,170
And so, when they say they're done, they're done.

531
00:36:42,710 --> 00:36:42,950
Okay.

532
00:36:43,690 --> 00:36:43,910
All right.

533
00:36:44,410 --> 00:36:50,690
And Jeremy, you're going to be either you or Jay or what's the process, what do you guys do?

534
00:36:50,690 --> 00:36:59,690
Relative to the CRC. I believe there's been discussions with Mr. Daniel and I as to whether I'll be assisting the CRC or representing the CRC

535
00:37:00,690 --> 00:37:05,410
I don't know if that has been finalized just yet, but I do believe that that was the trajectory. It was headed

536
00:37:05,410 --> 00:37:05,810
Okay.

537
00:37:06,050 --> 00:37:11,850
The City of Trials indicated that I plan to have Jeremy here ask council to see us.

538
00:37:11,990 --> 00:37:12,090
Right.

539
00:37:12,250 --> 00:37:12,790
We'll take Jeremy.

540
00:37:12,990 --> 00:37:13,790
I'm happy to do it.

541
00:37:13,790 --> 00:37:13,890
Yeah.

542
00:37:14,130 --> 00:37:15,550
Mr. Barnhorn, you have a story.

543
00:37:15,890 --> 00:37:16,070
Yeah.

544
00:37:16,130 --> 00:37:17,570
I just want to make sure I got this right.

545
00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:21,710
Each of us is going to pick one member to serve on the committee.

546
00:37:22,490 --> 00:37:27,170
And they ask that we pick a member and a backup in case that there's a torx.

547
00:37:27,170 --> 00:37:28,690
We need to actually pick two people.

548
00:37:29,150 --> 00:37:29,230
Three.

549
00:37:29,530 --> 00:37:30,510
Is that right, Miss Taylor?

550
00:37:30,750 --> 00:37:30,890
Three.

551
00:37:31,230 --> 00:37:33,470
We're asking you to pick a member.

552
00:37:34,710 --> 00:37:39,530
First alternate and a second alternate, so if something happens in your first

553
00:37:39,530 --> 00:37:44,770
cancer, then you're an alternate. Now, if you fail to do that, then all of the people

554
00:37:44,770 --> 00:37:50,510
nominated go in a pool and the council is selected. Because as happened last time, there was

555
00:37:50,510 --> 00:37:57,230
a member nominated that the council decided not to bring back that and then that particular

556
00:37:57,230 --> 00:38:05,250
their councilor has not peaked in alternatives and the cause of that then the council to they

557
00:38:05,250 --> 00:38:07,810
appointed somebody to hold that seat.

558
00:38:08,310 --> 00:38:14,530
All right, so there are seven people on council and we all have the opportunity to submit

559
00:38:14,530 --> 00:38:15,150
three names.

560
00:38:15,990 --> 00:38:23,810
How about if it's an overlap of names and it turns out to, you know, that will happen.

561
00:38:24,050 --> 00:38:24,670
That will happen.

562
00:38:24,850 --> 00:38:25,890
So that was a pick and three.

563
00:38:28,090 --> 00:38:41,730
Well, it could be, what happened last time is you submitted them early, we put them out and that if you saw your name, when you got to the meeting, didn't you get changed to your appointments, your appointments, maybe the meeting.

564
00:38:42,670 --> 00:38:56,720
And so, for example, if a student Smith was on three people's list as number one, then you would probably go to your first alternate and just pull that person up.

565
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:04,340
All right, well, this instructions and process will be summarized and sent out to us in the

566
00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:04,840
ordinances.

567
00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:06,000
Okay.

568
00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:06,860
All right.

569
00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:08,360
I'm sorry.

570
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:15,060
Just the purposes of clarity and to make sure everybody understands no charter officials

571
00:39:15,060 --> 00:39:21,420
can be placed upon the CRC because we're going to file the dual office holding prohibition.

572
00:39:22,020 --> 00:39:25,800
So we have to make sure that anybody that's appointed is not a charter official.

573
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,960
Also, something to think about.

574
00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:32,700
So, meaning, meaning, not the clerk, not the city manager,

575
00:39:33,240 --> 00:39:34,640
the five people on the charter.

576
00:39:34,940 --> 00:39:35,280
Correct.

577
00:39:35,720 --> 00:39:35,880
Correct.

578
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:36,920
Or council.

579
00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:37,460
Correct.

580
00:39:39,300 --> 00:39:45,020
You know, there's another issue when dealing with whether someone is on an advisory board

581
00:39:45,020 --> 00:39:47,820
and whether you want to place them on the CRC.

582
00:39:48,220 --> 00:39:53,400
The law is a little bit murky on that, while it is probably lawful, it would not be our

583
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:58,440
office's advice to appoint somebody who's already serving on an advisory board.

584
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:28,940
That, and I think we delineated down a little bit more on that because I was concerned based on who's appointed the courts. We have a few words that are pure advisory, but if they are on the agenda review board, if they are on the pension board, yet they have to follow a forum one. That is a real good indicator, or if the decisions they may don't come back to council. So, last time we had this teaching for a single call. If the tree committee makes decisions,

585
00:40:28,940 --> 00:40:35,600
that she would not be able to. We had to retain on the board that she's on the library

586
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:40,700
advisory, purely advisory. George tripped with the unwonderful charter

587
00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:46,560
review member, but he tears the development committee. So in talking with Jay to drill

588
00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:54,560
down is if they are otherwise followed by a purely advisory and not the

589
00:40:54,560 --> 00:41:04,600
the committee's not created by the charter or they're not a charter employee by the city council member then he agreed that that would be okay.

590
00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:10,220
Well, as to that, I was going to submit George Drup. He would be wonderful.

591
00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:20,720
And he was on a strategic planning break, but at that I would agree with Jeremy and our city attorney that there could be the question of dual office home.

592
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:23,140
Okay. Anything else, Sherman?

593
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:27,500
I would suggest if you have any persons specific questions, give Jay a call.

594
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,160
Okay. Sorry. Anything else, Sherman?

595
00:41:30,220 --> 00:41:31,440
I have a recommendation. No.

596
00:41:31,540 --> 00:41:32,640
Okay. You just have a problem.

597
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,040
Yes.

598
00:41:33,260 --> 00:41:33,400
Yes.

599
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:38,540
Good question. Do we need to have a background for the many names we're suspending or for some

600
00:41:38,540 --> 00:41:39,220
more questions?

601
00:41:40,860 --> 00:41:41,520
We have to have a short.

602
00:41:42,100 --> 00:41:47,640
Oh, bio, that could be the, if council gives that direction, then I would suggest that you,

603
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:55,940
In that, for example, Susan Smith is a retired teacher at Boundary Elementary and has volunteered

604
00:41:55,940 --> 00:42:00,580
at the Gawana's Club in the past 20 years, you know, that would be a meaningful thing.

605
00:42:01,180 --> 00:42:02,320
Would you like to make a motion please?

606
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:04,380
I just want to know if we need to do it.

607
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:05,340
Would you make a motion please?

608
00:42:05,540 --> 00:42:10,200
Motion to make sure that we have a short file on each candidate we submit.

609
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:10,880
Okay, second.

610
00:42:11,540 --> 00:42:11,780
Second.

611
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,340
Okay, on the paper say aye.

612
00:42:14,060 --> 00:42:14,420
Those next.

613
00:42:14,720 --> 00:42:15,200
Good idea.

614
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:15,780
Good suggestion.

615
00:42:15,780 --> 00:42:16,780
Thank you.

616
00:42:17,380 --> 00:42:18,680
Right, you've got to get to the point.

617
00:42:19,040 --> 00:42:20,020
It was a question.

618
00:42:20,220 --> 00:42:20,340
Yeah.

619
00:42:23,900 --> 00:42:25,020
Keep it going.

620
00:42:25,140 --> 00:42:25,620
Keep it going.

621
00:42:25,620 --> 00:42:25,700
Keep it going.

622
00:42:25,820 --> 00:42:26,100
All right.

623
00:42:26,260 --> 00:42:27,040
Any other discussion?

624
00:42:27,300 --> 00:42:27,960
Any other discussion?

625
00:42:28,980 --> 00:42:29,300
Nope.

626
00:42:29,620 --> 00:42:31,540
Have that been ASAP?

627
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:31,980
Yes.

628
00:42:33,020 --> 00:42:35,400
By anywhere 16th, according to the ordinance.

629
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:36,160
Try your order.

630
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:37,440
16th.

631
00:42:37,460 --> 00:42:37,900
Yeah.

632
00:42:38,020 --> 00:42:38,280
You're right.

633
00:42:38,460 --> 00:42:38,860
16th.

634
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:40,320
16th.

635
00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:41,880
Are you saying 16th?

636
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:41,900
16th.

637
00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:43,060
16th.

638
00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:54,440
All right, if Ms. Mankusso City Court would just send out an email on this whole process

639
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:57,180
and when suggestions are due.

640
00:42:57,460 --> 00:42:58,760
All right, any other comments?

641
00:42:59,060 --> 00:43:00,260
Seeing none, I'll take a say aye.

642
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,740
All right, motion passes.

643
00:43:03,420 --> 00:43:06,680
Next, City Council Reports.

644
00:43:07,300 --> 00:43:13,060
And our last meeting we've mentioned about doing away with council reports.

645
00:43:14,060 --> 00:43:19,620
many cities. I think the Spranger mentioned that you watch a lot of the city

646
00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:24,260
proceedings around the county and they don't do the council report. It takes up

647
00:43:24,260 --> 00:43:31,480
time and so I put together kind of a little summary my my suggestion is to

648
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:38,120
unless we'll have a council report if you are reporting on attending a Florida

649
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:43,740
legal city's meeting, or a sun coast league of city's meeting, Florida mayors meeting,

650
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:49,720
whatever that you're spending, tax payer money to travel to, a conference in Tallahassee,

651
00:43:50,020 --> 00:43:56,860
a conference in Orlando, but otherwise council reports are things that could be submitted

652
00:43:56,860 --> 00:44:02,680
directly to the clerk and not spend the time on council.

653
00:44:04,620 --> 00:44:10,900
So let me, usually at this part of our meeting at the beginning of the year, I put together

654
00:44:10,900 --> 00:44:16,880
a state of the city address, and I don't intend to do that this year, but since we have

655
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,640
two new members on council, and that would be Mr. Belivo and Mr. Ely, I decided to use

656
00:44:22,640 --> 00:44:28,380
this time to provide a reset of council expectations and the process of how we work.

657
00:44:28,920 --> 00:44:33,240
And it could be a little different from 2023, and that's fine, change is good.

658
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:38,340
As you all are aware and proud of, our Seminole Council is one of the most respected

659
00:44:38,340 --> 00:44:39,880
local governments in the county.

660
00:44:40,620 --> 00:44:43,660
It is imperative to each of us to maintain that reputation.

661
00:44:44,240 --> 00:44:49,960
We are a council that currently has no chaos, no drama, mutual respect to each other, and

662
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:53,320
each councilor is challenged to be prepared for each meeting.

663
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,420
In the 13 years I've served on this council.

664
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,980
There has always been that way. At one point, there was embarrassing chaos at the hands of two women who expressed rampant disrespect towards this council and city hall. It was shameful. Fortunately, no more. We do not need that and I'm not going to put up with it. I will call people out of order for that kind of behavior. Our role as counselors is not to overtake or ask questions just to be asking questions. Let's keep common short and pithy. I also would respectfully ask that there be no eating of pretzels or other

665
00:45:29,980 --> 00:45:38,700
foods while on the day is look sloppy it's unprofessional and I'd suggest eating dinner before

666
00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:45,360
the meeting or after. We have the reason I'm saying pretzels we have complimentary pretzels

667
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:50,300
back in our little kitchen but I think it's unprofessional to be eating on the day is speaking

668
00:45:50,300 --> 00:45:56,880
with the mouthful of food leaving crumbs on the day as was done the last meeting. By the time

669
00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:01,020
When we sit on the day as every second and fourth Tuesday, we should have a thorough understanding

670
00:46:01,020 --> 00:46:06,760
of each agenda item, having studied, researched, and discussed queries with City Manager

671
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:11,780
Antony Deal and in her absence, Director of the Ministry of Defense, Danaglia, Dems

672
00:46:11,780 --> 00:46:12,320
is here tonight.

673
00:46:13,460 --> 00:46:19,020
As a reminder, agenda items are only to be discussed in the Sunshine during Council and

674
00:46:19,020 --> 00:46:19,940
workshop meetings.

675
00:46:20,380 --> 00:46:26,080
Two new members of our Council make sure you understand what in the Sunshine is.

676
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:30,560
If you don't, you can get yourself in trouble, you can get this counsel in trouble.

677
00:46:31,500 --> 00:46:36,840
And short what it means, anything we discuss that has to do with the citizens of Seminole,

678
00:46:37,260 --> 00:46:43,400
government, governing, has to be done in the sunshine in front of everyone, not in a dark

679
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:46,140
corner or out in the parking lot.

680
00:46:46,140 --> 00:46:56,960
It has to be done where we are being a video or audio and can be researched by someone.

681
00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:03,580
So in the sunshine, I discontinued the agenda item regarding council reports.

682
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,420
I think most of you kind of agree with that.

683
00:47:06,820 --> 00:47:10,960
Unless it is a report involving the expenditure of taxpayer money,

684
00:47:11,020 --> 00:47:14,980
such as attending a national league of cities or a border league of cities complex.

685
00:47:14,980 --> 00:47:21,080
Council reports over the years have often, by us, all of us, council reports over the

686
00:47:21,080 --> 00:47:26,740
years have been repetitive, self-grandizing, and often overlap other reports and really

687
00:47:26,740 --> 00:47:30,480
do not have anything to do with the governance of seminal.

688
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:37,400
Just personal activities of the Councillors, which is always good to see the Councillors out

689
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:41,600
in public, but certainly do not need to be shared on council.

690
00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:47,080
It just takes time away from what we really have to business.

691
00:47:47,740 --> 00:47:51,700
And furthermore, our citizens are not interested if we attend a Kiwanis or Rotary Club

692
00:47:51,700 --> 00:47:53,440
or First Friday or Music in the Park.

693
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:59,520
While we are in session on council on this day, citizens are interested in our governance

694
00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:04,300
of our cities, not our city, not entertainment in our city.

695
00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:09,840
So we should keep everything that we do here pertinent to the governance, not any extra

696
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,820
extracurricular activities of any of the council members.

697
00:48:14,700 --> 00:48:20,120
There's lots of ways to communicate with citizens that doesn't take council time.

698
00:48:21,300 --> 00:48:28,440
Ms. Bringer has a report to make and would like to share it, or Mr. Velliv or Mr. Burke.

699
00:48:29,000 --> 00:48:35,140
There's a lot of ways to communicate, to name a few personal email lists, blast out to on

700
00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:41,320
your own email, post what's going on in the city on your Facebook page, or your website,

701
00:48:41,940 --> 00:48:44,900
or via your own personal Twitter threats.

702
00:48:45,540 --> 00:48:51,700
I often use social media, Facebook, specifically, to share all things seminal, so there is

703
00:48:51,700 --> 00:48:56,540
something at first Friday, there's picture or two, people know what's going on, we don't

704
00:48:56,540 --> 00:49:02,060
need to take this governance time to share that with the public.

705
00:49:02,060 --> 00:49:08,160
So there you go on the City Council report.

706
00:49:08,460 --> 00:49:08,880
City, man.

707
00:49:09,120 --> 00:49:10,300
Yes, sir.

708
00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:11,360
I have talked about the report.

709
00:49:11,620 --> 00:49:12,000
Yes, sir.

710
00:49:12,460 --> 00:49:12,680
Okay.

711
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:18,880
I realize that if we want to have it removed from the agenda, it should be about my council

712
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:19,560
number one.

713
00:49:20,360 --> 00:49:28,560
Number two, I want to say that as far as giving the reports, if I do as you do, and I do, I'm

714
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:30,880
and file with our clerk, okay?

715
00:49:31,420 --> 00:49:33,720
In order for John Q sitting out there

716
00:49:33,720 --> 00:49:35,460
that wants to know what happened,

717
00:49:35,860 --> 00:49:39,660
they have to file a public records request, okay?

718
00:49:40,320 --> 00:49:43,260
That's not good for the relationship with us

719
00:49:43,940 --> 00:49:46,220
and the rest of our constituents.

720
00:49:46,980 --> 00:49:48,660
I do have a report for tonight.

721
00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:53,720
I plan on giving it since it is in and was publicized

722
00:49:54,340 --> 00:49:57,460
that we would be doing reports tonight, okay?

723
00:49:57,460 --> 00:49:59,780
Okay, if you wish to have that remove.

724
00:50:00,660 --> 00:50:10,940
I ask for a vote of the council to remove it. I don't say I'm removing it because in your chest I want to take an item off of the agenda.

725
00:50:13,980 --> 00:50:32,000
I'm going to punt to the city attorney because I believe our chart allowed the city manager and the mayor to place agenda item on. I don't know the address is taking. Yes. Taking a look at section 3.10.

726
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:42,060
of the code of ordinances, the entitled procedure 3.10 subsection A, meetings, the council

727
00:50:42,060 --> 00:50:45,480
shall meet at least twice a month in such times and places as the council may prescribe

728
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:45,920
that rules.

729
00:50:46,420 --> 00:50:51,080
Meeting may be held on call of the city manager, the mayor or the majority of the members

730
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:52,540
upon the lessons 24 hours.

731
00:50:54,040 --> 00:51:01,740
The relevant subsection, the subsection B rules and journal, it reads the council shall

732
00:51:01,740 --> 00:51:07,900
determine its rules and order of business. I would interpret that as the council as a

733
00:51:07,900 --> 00:51:14,940
body having to interpret the rules and the order in which the business needs to be addressed.

734
00:51:15,340 --> 00:51:20,580
Is a council report sharing with people that you've gone to Kiwanis a music in the part?

735
00:51:20,720 --> 00:51:24,800
Is that business of the city? Is the key question?

736
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:29,700
Sure, and that's the question that I would need some time to research on.

737
00:51:30,300 --> 00:51:38,240
I don't want to, you know, for lack of a better term shoot from the hip on that, I'd rather have some time to do some research on that.

738
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:54,240
All right. Well, we can table this if anyone have any comment about this topic, about not having council report on the agenda unless it has to do expenditure of taxpayer money.

739
00:51:57,560 --> 00:51:59,600
Yes, ma'am,

740
00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:13,380
as a lot of you know, I have watched a lot of other cities meetings attended them and I have seen in the past, especially with

741
00:52:13,380 --> 00:52:27,140
Trasting news from that has represented these cities where a city manager and the mayor or even someone on the council asked for an agenda item to be removed.

742
00:52:27,840 --> 00:52:32,140
I've seen it. Believe me, you need to watch.

743
00:52:32,140 --> 00:52:42,080
There's not, I do agree, if you are spending taxpayers money to attend meetings or conferences

744
00:52:42,680 --> 00:52:54,800
to elevate your knowledge of government that does need to be exposed in a proper meeting.

745
00:52:54,800 --> 00:53:04,620
I will be honest we have the longest council reports in the entire county when it's not

746
00:53:04,620 --> 00:53:16,580
pertaining to city governments. I do have to agree with the mayor and it's not fun watching

747
00:53:16,580 --> 00:53:26,980
I mean, we have the shortest, one of the shortest meeting lengths in the county besides your small beach towns under 5,000.

748
00:53:27,580 --> 00:53:30,220
Some of them, they last 40 minutes.

749
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:40,640
Some of them, I've watched seven hours, but that's a totally different community than what Seminole is looked up to.

750
00:53:40,640 --> 00:54:10,440
When I traveled the state, when I hear, when they hear Seminole, it's Mayer Waters, it's Antony Deal, it is Counselor Quinn, it's Counselor Barnmore, it is Counselor Law Enforcement, and I have to remind them it's Counselor Burke, or Vice Mayor Burke, but we are held to, we are held to the highest, we are looked up very well, or other cities and communities, look at us.

751
00:54:11,180 --> 00:54:14,820
And ask me questions, you know, how does your city do?

752
00:54:14,980 --> 00:54:20,480
So just keep that in mind, I don't want us to be a clown show

753
00:54:20,480 --> 00:54:23,240
that I've seen other communities throughout the state,

754
00:54:23,620 --> 00:54:27,120
especially what's been happening the past 90 days

755
00:54:27,120 --> 00:54:27,960
throughout our state.

756
00:54:28,980 --> 00:54:31,040
So I do agree with Mayor Waters.

757
00:54:32,540 --> 00:54:35,300
We all attend the same events.

758
00:54:35,820 --> 00:54:39,460
And we've got employees that sit out here in the audience,

759
00:54:39,460 --> 00:54:44,360
you know, look at their launch after they worked 10, 12 hour days, we'd like to go home.

760
00:54:45,060 --> 00:54:51,660
So just to be courteous for staff, I just want to follow up on that.

761
00:54:51,760 --> 00:54:55,080
I do support the mayor on that and the city manager.

762
00:54:55,580 --> 00:54:57,180
Yeah, reports I've watched it.

763
00:54:57,360 --> 00:54:59,980
Yeah, reports that we give are going to...

764
00:55:03,700 --> 00:55:04,420
Council,

765
00:55:07,500 --> 00:55:15,860
mayor, whatever. So that is what I am trying to streamline this council meeting. And that's a suggestion.

766
00:55:18,780 --> 00:55:24,380
Madam Mayor, one thing that I would suggest this council consider, if they do change the

767
00:55:25,200 --> 00:55:32,440
council report in addition to what the city pays for to get to, is that we have several

768
00:55:32,820 --> 00:55:38,260
council members that have been appointed to very significant bodies, and to report that

769
00:55:38,260 --> 00:55:42,380
the act of the original planning council, a great council on aging, et cetera, that there

770
00:55:42,380 --> 00:55:47,640
may be issues that would affect the public and they are representing this council as

771
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:53,600
a member on that body and perhaps if you are going to delineate what the reports will

772
00:55:53,600 --> 00:55:53,940
cover.

773
00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:59,400
My suggestion, because I find that interesting, I have no way of knowing about what happens

774
00:55:59,920 --> 00:56:02,420
unless the council does tell me.

775
00:56:02,420 --> 00:56:03,360
That has to do with governance.

776
00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:04,840
That has to do with transportation.

777
00:56:05,380 --> 00:56:07,960
That has to do with the city of Sano.

778
00:56:08,420 --> 00:56:09,960
That has to do with governance.

779
00:56:10,220 --> 00:56:11,160
And we're here for governance.

780
00:56:11,380 --> 00:56:12,260
We're not here for entertainment.

781
00:56:12,580 --> 00:56:15,020
We're not here to share extra quicker activities.

782
00:56:15,280 --> 00:56:16,280
Is my point.

783
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:17,640
Mr. President.

784
00:56:19,120 --> 00:56:20,120
I agree with your point.

785
00:56:20,760 --> 00:56:22,500
Not to ruffle any feathers, but...

786
00:56:22,500 --> 00:56:22,800
Go ahead.

787
00:56:23,820 --> 00:56:26,140
Our consular reports are usually extremely redundant

788
00:56:26,140 --> 00:56:27,480
because we all go at the same things.

789
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:28,500
And we all say the same things.

790
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:30,300
And speaking to this constituents in the city

791
00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:31,320
they've all said the same thing.

792
00:56:31,320 --> 00:56:32,600
Would you please stop that?

793
00:56:34,040 --> 00:56:37,280
So our residents don't want to hear it.

794
00:56:37,340 --> 00:56:38,620
We all say the same thing twice.

795
00:56:39,320 --> 00:56:43,580
And this is Councillor Schringer is the president

796
00:56:43,580 --> 00:56:45,900
of the Suncoast League of Cities, but I think we spend entirely

797
00:56:45,900 --> 00:56:48,540
too much time talking about what the league is doing.

798
00:56:48,680 --> 00:56:50,360
There's nothing to do with the governing of our city.

799
00:56:51,200 --> 00:56:52,960
Last year, we spent an inordinate amount of time

800
00:56:52,960 --> 00:56:55,680
talking about potential bills that were passing through the house,

801
00:56:55,880 --> 00:56:57,680
which may or may not have anything to do with the governance

802
00:56:57,680 --> 00:56:58,700
of our particular city.

803
00:56:58,700 --> 00:57:06,660
So I think a look at this look at everything just so that we're more streamlined and more efficient up here in the days would be swell, so

804
00:57:07,660 --> 00:57:09,680
Like a motion. I'll make a motion for that

805
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:25,020
It would not be that tough to put some text on the city clerk's website saying if you want a copy of a city council report or reports

806
00:57:26,060 --> 00:57:31,040
Please send us an email because I know the clerk has to keep those records at the PDF file

807
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:34,900
because it's in the form we have, we're not linking it.

808
00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:40,780
It goes out into the PDF, there's no ADA problems and it's actually a permanent record and you

809
00:57:40,780 --> 00:57:43,880
can submit anything you want to the clerk and say can I have a copy of this as a counts report

810
00:57:43,880 --> 00:57:44,620
that's been submitted?

811
00:57:45,260 --> 00:57:47,960
And you could probably get a batch of them if people turn them all at the same time.

812
00:57:48,580 --> 00:57:55,100
Because for the process people, they want to go out of their way to get a report of how

813
00:57:55,100 --> 00:58:00,360
many events that each of us have attended, you know, that's fine, and that's a public

814
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,100
record if we submit our report.

815
00:58:03,420 --> 00:58:04,200
Because right now you have to ask.

816
00:58:04,200 --> 00:58:07,660
But if we don't submit a report, we have to ask for an oral tape of this meeting if you're

817
00:58:07,660 --> 00:58:12,280
not there to get it to what happened as opposed to a permanent purpose paper record, where

818
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:17,460
they can be scanned as a PDF in bulk and sent out, and you'll have everybody's redundant report

819
00:58:17,460 --> 00:58:23,460
If you want to call it that as opposed to having to say can I get a copy of the audio CD Eddie can you burn that for me

820
00:58:23,460 --> 00:58:28,280
So I can go listen to the report as opposed to being able to get a PDF. So I would support you

821
00:58:31,820 --> 00:58:35,420
I move that the city council submits reports to the city clerk

822
00:58:37,320 --> 00:58:42,900
electronically and then be available to the public. That's not part of the motion. I move that city council submits their reports to the clerk

823
00:59:08,220 --> 00:59:17,160
I don't think we need to restrict our members from reporting what they've been doing so I think the council report should be removed from the agenda and submitted it to the clerk electronic. That's my motion.

824
00:59:17,460 --> 00:59:19,240
second. Second by this

825
00:59:19,240 --> 00:59:21,280
really all say aye aye aye.

826
00:59:22,460 --> 00:59:24,800
Okay so that

827
00:59:26,060 --> 00:59:28,120
passed so if you have accounts

828
00:59:28,120 --> 00:59:30,260
reports submitted electronically

829
00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:32,340
to the clerk she'll put it

830
00:59:32,340 --> 00:59:34,240
under your file and anybody

831
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:36,080
interested in that anybody in

832
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:37,760
this room, this chamber, anybody

833
00:59:37,760 --> 00:59:39,800
in the city wants to know how busy

834
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:41,240
you've been and where you've been

835
00:59:41,240 --> 00:59:42,160
used to that.

836
00:59:44,920 --> 00:59:46,300
So thank you

837
00:59:46,300 --> 00:59:47,920
However, it is on this evening's agenda,

838
00:59:48,100 --> 00:59:49,460
so I think Councillor Boehner is correct

839
00:59:49,460 --> 00:59:51,400
that he should be able to present his report to see.

840
00:59:51,560 --> 00:59:51,820
Okay.

841
00:59:52,080 --> 00:59:54,060
If he wants to do it, after everything has been said,

842
00:59:54,300 --> 00:59:54,940
then he may do that.

843
00:59:55,200 --> 00:59:57,640
I'm just from the beginning when I was on account.

844
01:00:00,850 --> 01:00:15,210
We're always told that we had to report when we spend any money, city money. Most of the time that's what we did, but all the time we all started talking about. We went to a ribbon card and you can

845
01:00:18,180 --> 01:00:21,320
submit them to the city clerk electronically. So I can read.

846
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:28,800
To your point, Mr. Quinn, we originally we were to, if you went on travel to a conference,

847
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:33,500
you had to report that to your spending tax, and make a report, and share the report

848
01:00:33,500 --> 01:00:34,260
on council.

849
01:00:34,500 --> 01:00:40,900
We have a lot of sloppy on that because I haven't heard any reports of any, what do you bring

850
01:00:40,900 --> 01:00:41,920
back to the city?

851
01:00:42,100 --> 01:00:47,900
Why are we spending tax payer money and what do you learn to bring back to us that can help?

852
01:00:47,900 --> 01:00:49,260
That's what we bring it back to the city.

853
01:00:49,580 --> 01:00:52,320
Bring it back to the fact that we go there to learn something.

854
01:00:52,820 --> 01:00:55,560
And I tell the story about when I was

855
01:00:55,560 --> 01:00:58,800
high-risk superintendents, assistant high-risk superintendents,

856
01:00:58,980 --> 01:00:59,400
in Connecticut.

857
01:01:00,440 --> 01:01:02,140
The high-risk superintendents made me

858
01:01:02,140 --> 01:01:03,860
go to these conferences.

859
01:01:04,660 --> 01:01:08,540
First, when I went to 40 guys in a room,

860
01:01:08,880 --> 01:01:11,640
I said, gentlemen, standing up at the podium,

861
01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,020
talking about tires, truck tires.

862
01:01:14,020 --> 01:01:17,400
How many guys here have dump trucks?

863
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:21,140
How many guys here have rubbish trucks?

864
01:01:22,120 --> 01:01:23,400
More than half the room where they have.

865
01:01:23,880 --> 01:01:25,240
Okay, here's what I want you to do.

866
01:01:25,760 --> 01:01:30,020
The State of Connecticut says you run new tires on the front of your trucks.

867
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:33,820
You can put recaps on the back of your trucks.

868
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:36,440
On a rubbish truck, you have ten tires.

869
01:01:37,060 --> 01:01:40,820
You take those eight new tires off the back, put red threads on.

870
01:01:40,820 --> 01:01:51,900
we never bought another new tire as long as I was on that city council. So you're learning something, and that's the reason for going to these conferences, not to.

871
01:01:52,460 --> 01:02:06,780
Exactly, and the citizens do expect to report and what their money is gone towards. Jeremy, I think our motion that we just made may have changed your approach.

872
01:02:06,780 --> 01:02:12,080
Yes, I do believe that that motion would be in line with section 3.10 of the charter

873
01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:16,100
That states that the council determines its rules and order of business

874
01:02:16,100 --> 01:02:19,260
I'm moving forward that it is in compliance with that section

875
01:02:21,180 --> 01:02:25,420
Yes, and that's basically all I was trying to

876
01:02:25,420 --> 01:02:31,880
Have done without doing that because you know, I do things on different committees and yes

877
01:02:31,880 --> 01:02:37,380
I report on this once in a while I report you know I stay in with the mayor wave it out of whatever

878
01:02:38,420 --> 01:02:44,620
But the point was it should be the council make any decision when something's not going to take place

879
01:02:44,620 --> 01:02:49,380
Not he was an individual say it's gone. I made that say okay. It's been made by that the

880
01:02:51,840 --> 01:02:57,120
Very well very well. Thank you city manager. Do you have any?

881
01:02:57,120 --> 01:03:05,540
We will postpone the community policing report, I believe, when Deputy Sam is here.

882
01:03:05,900 --> 01:03:06,180
Would you like?

883
01:03:06,860 --> 01:03:06,940
No.

884
01:03:08,460 --> 01:03:10,600
I saw you out at first Friday, actually.

885
01:03:10,780 --> 01:03:11,880
Thanks for being out there with us.

886
01:03:12,280 --> 01:03:12,720
Ms. Steel?

887
01:03:13,940 --> 01:03:17,440
Yes, I was going to tell you that we will put the community policing report on our next

888
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:17,940
agenda.

889
01:03:20,180 --> 01:03:23,880
I will start giving you legislative session updates.

890
01:03:24,340 --> 01:03:26,740
They are off to the races and it's not pretty.

891
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:34,980
So, some of these, like I believe, are related to really den-affect seminal.

892
01:03:36,080 --> 01:03:40,180
One of the items that Councillor Springer brought to my attention that came to her through

893
01:03:40,180 --> 01:03:46,820
the Sancos League legislation relative to water and wastewater utility services outside

894
01:03:46,820 --> 01:03:47,620
the sea limits.

895
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:53,880
That is a horrible bill, but it's not horrible to us, it doesn't affect us financially because

896
01:03:53,880 --> 01:03:55,500
we do not have that system.

897
01:03:55,500 --> 01:04:01,880
I could spend probably 30 minutes talking about the evils of that, the different versions

898
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:06,900
are floating, but because it doesn't affect seminal, obviously we would support the legal

899
01:04:06,900 --> 01:04:11,840
cities in its efforts to make sure that doesn't happen because it's happening to our colleagues

900
01:04:11,840 --> 01:04:17,000
but it will not be affecting us or the county who would get water from.

901
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:24,380
The next item is a fun item because you mentioned band and I couldn't wait to tell you this

902
01:04:24,380 --> 01:04:33,460
that I saw in the newspaper today that Gerard Mandarinon is a finalist for a teacher of the year for Penel's County.

903
01:04:33,780 --> 01:04:52,220
He is the only teacher in the Seminole area and I know that they support the ban is in all of our city events and parades and so it's an exciting time and in case you want to keep your fingers crossed we certainly hope he wins.

904
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,820
He's been out of Seminole High School for many, many years.

905
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:06,560
to be band director at summer. He's a played in the band and so forth. So he is always in our

906
01:05:06,560 --> 01:05:12,780
powwow parades. He's in all of our parades and his students love him. And I love him because

907
01:05:12,780 --> 01:05:20,120
he let me play the drums. And there you have it. Cool. I do ask council for clarification

908
01:05:21,080 --> 01:05:26,540
because there is a policy of council to report back when you do spin-tax payers many going

909
01:05:26,540 --> 01:05:30,740
the conferences and events to tell what you learned at that session or conference.

910
01:05:31,120 --> 01:05:35,240
Where would you like that to be on the agenda, just have council members bring it up under

911
01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:35,780
new business?

912
01:05:35,840 --> 01:05:35,960
Yes.

913
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:36,900
Okay.

914
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,680
So the council knows that that would be under new business when that doesn't happen.

915
01:05:42,860 --> 01:05:46,020
And that concludes my report.

916
01:05:46,580 --> 01:05:46,740
Good.

917
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:51,060
When I mentioned Trish Haynes as an example, I did not know she was here.

918
01:05:51,060 --> 01:05:51,780
She snuck in.

919
01:05:51,800 --> 01:05:53,220
I saw she snuck in at the time.

920
01:05:53,820 --> 01:05:56,700
So there's two Haynes back there, that's a dangerous combo.

921
01:05:56,700 --> 01:05:59,420
And they both have served on charter review before.

922
01:06:01,440 --> 01:06:02,560
Welcome, Haineses.

923
01:06:05,320 --> 01:06:07,100
Okay, anything else Miss Steele?

924
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:08,420
City Manager report.

925
01:06:08,740 --> 01:06:09,220
You're all right.

926
01:06:09,580 --> 01:06:10,020
All business.

927
01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:11,440
Castle, all business.

928
01:06:11,780 --> 01:06:12,860
Everybody old, old, old.

929
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:14,100
Gone, gone, gone.

930
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:15,240
New business.

931
01:06:15,540 --> 01:06:15,960
New business.

932
01:06:16,140 --> 01:06:16,260
New business.

933
01:06:16,300 --> 01:06:16,620
Miss Springer.

934
01:06:18,380 --> 01:06:19,240
Two things.

935
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:22,920
We do have the Suncoast League of Cities meeting next Friday.

936
01:06:23,180 --> 01:06:26,120
It's going to be at Reddington Beach at Friendship Park.

937
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:33,500
1130 to 130 and then I wanted to ask the city manager when we do go to Tower

938
01:06:33,500 --> 01:06:39,460
House at the end of the month. Most of us are leaving on a Sunday. We normally

939
01:06:39,460 --> 01:06:48,340
do our CE Monday which is normally 1 to 5. This year it's 8 to 12 so after

940
01:06:48,340 --> 01:06:54,260
that we can have lunch we normally make appointments in the morning then go

941
01:06:54,260 --> 01:07:02,160
get CE did you want to set up appointments where we go as a city the four of us or five

942
01:07:02,160 --> 01:07:08,420
of us Monday and then Tuesday as well and then Wednesday morning or just coordinate with

943
01:07:08,420 --> 01:07:09,200
you on that.

944
01:07:09,300 --> 01:07:15,240
I don't know if you coordinate with me and I will have in fact my assistant Natasha because

945
01:07:15,240 --> 01:07:20,000
you see scheduling appointments and we see of that nature okay so if you let's talk about

946
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:24,940
our schedule and who, and that would be just the seminal that would be on Monday.

947
01:07:25,260 --> 01:07:26,840
On Monday and then Wednesday, we'll go over the Sundays.

948
01:07:27,780 --> 01:07:33,360
And then Wednesday morning, we can also, I've got a director's meeting, but maybe Wednesday

949
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:35,980
morning seminal can go as their own.

950
01:07:37,400 --> 01:07:38,880
So there's no conflict.

951
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:40,160
Perfect.

952
01:07:40,780 --> 01:07:41,200
Thank you.

953
01:07:42,020 --> 01:07:42,540
Okay.

954
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:49,280
I've got two things on a new business that I should have said when Randy was at the podium

955
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:57,780
I just reminded everyone the Chamber installation banquet, not the banquet, but you are swearing

956
01:07:57,780 --> 01:07:59,420
in new officers this week, is that right?

957
01:08:00,560 --> 01:08:00,660
Okay.

958
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:02,140
And what is that information?

959
01:08:02,540 --> 01:08:05,960
Is that Thursday at 11.30?

960
01:08:06,260 --> 01:08:06,440
Yes.

961
01:08:06,680 --> 01:08:06,920
Okay.

962
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:09,380
Chamber installation of officers, that's right.

963
01:08:09,660 --> 01:08:12,280
And then I can't read my own notes.

964
01:08:12,280 --> 01:08:15,560
And February 24th is the Chamber banquet.

965
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:16,440
That's a big thing.

966
01:08:16,860 --> 01:08:17,080
Okay.

967
01:08:17,380 --> 01:08:17,720
Very good.

968
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:25,440
and also the food truck rally yay boom boom is February 3rd mark the calendar on

969
01:08:25,440 --> 01:08:33,080
that that is a huge success and I don't know about the third year I guess or

970
01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:38,420
more it's year three you're three okay very good it's founders here did not

971
01:08:38,420 --> 01:08:43,940
yeah founder Trichang founded it I believe very good all right any other new

972
01:08:43,940 --> 01:08:54,020
business before we roll on into adjournment, give you about 10 minutes, take a break, and then we have a short workshop afterwards, please.