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[4:52] Maria, can you hear us?

[4:58] I can't hear you.

[5:34] Linda Maria, can one of you speak just to make sure we can hear you?

[6:13] One of the cameras having issues, I don't know. Okay, I hear you both. We're good now. Okay. Okay. Good. Hi. I want to meet ourselves. Hi. I can't get my camera to work. We've got a full house.

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[14:14] If everyone could take their seat, we'll get started.

[14:18] Are we live?

[14:19] We're live.

[14:22] Good evening everybody.

[14:24] And welcome to the final budget hearing.

[14:34] Today's date is September 29th, 2026.

[14:38] Final budget hearing called for 6 p.m.

[14:41] Time is approximately 609 p.m.

[14:45] Meeting officially called to order.

[14:48] Roll call please, Town Clerk.

[14:49] Mayor Singer, here.

[14:52] Vice Mayor Mendel.

[14:52] Here.

[14:53] Council Member Leskin.

[14:54] Here.

[14:54] Council Member Bernstein.

[14:55] Here.

[14:56] Council Member Einstein.

[14:57] Here.

[14:58] Okay, if everyone could please rise.

[15:00] Chief Rudy Herbello, can you lead us into pledged allegiance, please?

[15:03] The sole face, the American flag of the country. A pledge of allegiance to flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, in the visible, with liberty and justice for all.

[15:21] Okay, this evening on the special budget, final budget hearing meeting, we have item D1 and II.

[15:29] I'm going to read them both into the record and then we'll get them approved.

[15:33] Item D1 is adoption of the final combined milledrate and the final operating budget for

[15:38] the fiscal year 2026, 2027, a resolution of town adopting a final milledrate for

[15:45] the fiscal year, October 1st, 2026, through September 30th, 2027.

[15:54] I'm going to read that real quick,

[16:05] spare with me one second.

[16:10] That the final military for the town of Golden Beach for the fiscal year commencing, October 1st,

[16:16] 2026, through September 30th, 2027, we're hereby fixed at a rate of 7.510 mills, which is 7.511

[16:26] $1.00 per thousand of assessed property value within the town of Golden Beach.

[16:32] The rollback rate is 7.3017, and the final milled rate is 7.510 mills, which is 2.87 over the rollback rate.

[16:43] That voted debt service milled rate for the fiscal year is 0.4790, and that is for the proposed milled rate for this year.

[16:55] And item number two is a resolution of town council adopting the final budget for the fiscal year commencing October 1st,

[17:03] 2026 through September 30th, 2027.

[17:06] Town clerk, can you read them both into a record, please?

[17:09] Item one, first.

[17:10] Yes, sir.

[17:10] A resolution of the town council of the town of Golden Beach, Florida, adopting the final military of the town of Golden Beach for the fiscal year commencing October 1st,

[17:18] 2026 through September 30th, 2027, pursuant to Florida Statute 200.065 Trim Bill, providing for an effective date.

[17:28] And the resolution of the town council, the town of Golden Beach, Florida, adopting the final budgets for the fiscal year.

[17:34] Commencing on October 1, 2026 through September 30th, 2027, pursuant to Florida Statute 200.065 Trim Bill, providing for an effective date.

[17:44] Okay, item D1, I need a motion to approve.

[17:47] I need a second.

[17:49] Second.

[17:50] All favour?

[17:50] I'm sorry.

[17:52] Town manager.

[17:54] Mayor, members of the council, since our last budget hearing, no changes are being

[17:58] recommended, either in the general fund military or the debt service military, and as it relates

[18:04] to the budget, no changes are being made to the budget, I do just want to put into the

[18:08] record.

[18:09] Later this evening, I'll be given a report as it relates to our fee structures.

[18:13] and our recommendation to the fee structure will have no impact to the budget as presented.

[18:17] So there's no impact to the discussion that we have in the intercity.

[18:20] Okay.

[18:20] So for the item number D1, approve the final millilage rate, a roll call plea.

[18:27] First, any comments from the council?

[18:30] Close to the council, any comments from the public?

[18:33] Anyone on the Zoom?

[18:34] Anyone from Zoom?

[18:37] And then I think the attorney needs to reach some of them.

[18:40] No, no, I'm fine, I just wanted to make sure we open the public.

[18:43] Okay. Roll call please. Mayor Singer. Yes. Vice Mayor Mendel. Yes. Council member Laskin. Yes. Council member Bernstein. Yes. Council member Einstein. Yes. Motion passes. Motion passes. Item number two regarding the physical budget and your motion to approve. Motion to approve.

[19:00] Second.

[19:01] Second.

[19:03] Town manager.

[19:05] Members of the council, just as a reminder, as it relates to the budget, there's no changes

[19:10] from your last meeting, but I do want to remind the council that the council authorized

[19:12] that we use funds from this year's budget to cover the gap in the insurance loss because

[19:17] of the insurance hold that we're doing.

[19:19] And there were some other items that the council has authorized us to pay for out of this year's

[19:22] budget that was enumerated in the near- and near minutes.

[19:23] Yes.

[19:25] Any council comments?

[19:27] Close to council, any public comments?

[19:30] Okay.

[19:30] Roll call, please.

[19:32] Any Zoom comments?

[19:35] Okay.

[19:36] Roll call, please.

[19:37] Mayor Singer.

[19:38] Yes.

[19:38] Vice Mayor Mendel.

[19:39] Yes.

[19:39] Council Member Leskin.

[19:40] Yes.

[19:41] Council Member Bernstein.

[19:42] Yes.

[19:43] Council Member Einstein.

[19:44] Yes.

[19:44] Motion passes.

[19:45] Madam Clerk.

[19:45] whether to congratulate, not for the record glence assistant, does the mayor have an assistant?

[19:52] I saw that on.

[19:56] How much for your foot?

[19:58] Is that me?

[20:01] Got the motor.

[20:02] Back to a serious meeting.

[20:04] Yes sir.

[20:04] First I want to congratulate town manager Maria Camacho is not here, it will set Perez and

[20:10] your team for doing a phenomenal job.

[20:12] I know we commented last year, but last meeting, but congratulations on a job well done on a budget.

[20:20] This is the fifth time in 20 years that we've lowered the milling rate.

[20:24] First time it's below eight bids.

[20:27] So we're very, very excited and congratulations here.

[20:31] So with that, I'm going to make a motion to close the final budget hearing.

[20:35] Any motion to close?

[20:37] Any second?

[20:39] On favor say aye.

[20:40] All right.

[20:42] Meeting adjourned.

[20:44] That's the first meeting.

[20:46] Congrats again.

[20:48] Now we move on to the regular town council meeting, which is today's date of September 29, 2026.

[20:54] Special town council meeting called for 7 p.m.

[20:57] Time is approximately 7.15 p.m.

[21:00] Meeting officially called to order.

[21:01] Roll call please.

[21:03] Mayor Singer.

[21:03] Here.

[21:04] Vice Mayor Mendel.

[21:05] Council Member Leskin.

[21:06] Here.

[21:07] Council Member Bernstein.

[21:08] Here.

[21:08] Council Member Einstein.

[21:09] Here.

[21:11] Okay.

[21:12] We've got many presentations and

[21:15] proclamations today.

[21:17] And the first presentation is we're

[21:20] swaring in two new officers to the

[21:22] Golden Beach Police Department.

[21:24] Officer Denise Newell-Pert and

[21:27] officer Byron Castro has chosen a

[21:31] profession founded in service, integrity,

[21:33] encourage and commitment to others.

[21:36] As they take their oath this evening, they are joined a proud tradition of public servants dedicated to protecting the residents and the visitors of the town of Golden Beach.

[21:47] Will Officer Newell-Pert and Officer Castro please come forward?

[22:01] If you can repeat after me, please raise your right hand, repeat after me, I state your name.

[22:13] Do solemnly swear that I am entitled to hold, the office to which I'm appointed,

[22:23] and that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and the government of the United States and the state of Florida against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will bear true faith.

[22:45] Loyalty and allegiance to the same and that I will faithfully, without fear,

[22:54] or favor, all duties of a police officer of the town of Golden Beach,

[23:02] which I'm about to enter, so help me God.

[23:06] On my honor, I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or my public trust.

[23:17] I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions.

[23:28] I will always upheld the Constitution, the community of Golden Beach,

[23:35] each and the agency I serve.

[23:38] And the agency I serve.

[23:40] Congratulations.

[23:49] Both officers, if you can come up.

[23:51] Would you like someone from the audience to pin your badge on you?

[23:56] If you could just each introduce your,

[23:59] if you could each introduce your family members or who you have in the audience

[24:04] and then who you're going to pin and then why you go ahead and do that.

[24:07] Thank you.

[24:09] Captain Parris.

[24:12] Do you have anyone in the audience?

[24:15] No, sir.

[24:38] Congratulations.

[24:43] Retired, Miami-Dade officer, Gil Morales.

[25:04] Mayor, while Officer Castro was getting pinned,

[25:08] a couple things, so Officer Neil Pearl,

[25:12] how do you say it pronounced properly?

[25:14] Yes.

[25:15] Peered.

[25:15] Okay, and officer Castro, both are officers who went to the academy or other agencies and

[25:21] felt that those agencies weren't the right fit for them.

[25:28] Felt that those agencies weren't the right fit for them, and so we were able to pick them up as part of our part time program with the hopes that when a full time position becomes available.

[25:37] So they're currently in the FTO program, Teneet actually has a son who's just entering the military this year.

[25:44] So a proud military mother, so thank you for his service and your commitment to that.

[25:48] So we want to recognize that it's not for the Castro families here as well.

[25:51] So they will both go through our FTO process.

[25:53] They successfully completed the 40-year in-service class.

[25:56] Once the FTO will have them on the road, fortunately for both of them,

[26:00] there are full-time positions available, so hopefully they'll be able to grab one of those spots.

[26:04] But this is just showing our residents when we put money on our budget to grow our department,

[26:08] we're actually growing the department.

[26:09] So congratulations to both.

[26:10] Make us proud into the parents and the audience and those who are watching at home know that

[26:14] Golden Beach welcomes you into our family.

[26:16] We're not like every other major city, we're just an offshore that nobody knows, and you're just a number.

[26:21] Here are council and the staff, we treat you like family, and so welcome to the Golden Beach Army.

[26:26] If we can just get a picture with the council.

[26:29] Congratulations.

[26:30] Congratulations.

[26:34] All right, let's get a picture, Eric.

[26:35] If you guys stand in front, we'll get a picture.

[26:38] Good luck.

[26:38] Congratulations.

[26:40] Here, turn.

[26:40] You guys turn around.

[26:41] I won't get in.

[26:43] Can raise your hand.

[26:47] If

[26:56] there's a detective in the audience, somebody needs to find my Nikon camera.

[27:01] I can't go to investigation with big camera.

[27:04] Congratulations, we have some other recognition this evening before you guys leave.

[27:13] First, we have the recognition of PSA officer Jamisha Sharks.

[27:18] Tonight we are pleased to recognize public safety officer Jamisha Sharks for

[27:22] We're successfully completing the public service training with the High Alia Garden Police Department.

[27:29] Throughout the program, PSA Starks received outstanding evaluations and a stellar commentary regarding her professionalism, work ethic, and commitment to learning.

[27:40] Her dedication to personal growth and professional development reflects the high standards we expect from members of the Golden Beach Police Department and

[27:49] Demand straights her commitment to serving our community.

[27:52] If a officer, PSA officer, Starks could come up, I'm sorry.

[27:58] Congratulations on the achievement and representing the department as well.

[28:02] Congratulations.

[28:11] So Mayor, members of the council.

[28:17] Mayor, members of the council and for those residents watching at home.

[28:20] So our, in 2007, when we first, this administration got here.

[28:25] where one of the first things that we investigated was a way to take over the guard services at the guard house.

[28:31] The Royal Security had that contract and at the time, she's skinned and

[28:34] I put together a model that we could bring those employees and it would be our employees.

[28:38] And it wasn't until she, for Bella, became chief that we decided to not only just have individuals in there that have a uniform,

[28:45] but actually send our guards to an actual training, like an academy to become a community service aid or public service aid.

[28:52] You typically see them in other cities driving around, they're the ones who write the accident

[28:57] tickets, the accident reports, and they deal with the nuisance calls that the officers can

[29:01] deal with the day they calls.

[29:03] So they actually go through a formal, structured, ethylia credited's program to become a PSA or

[29:10] CSA, whichever, whatever the designation is.

[29:12] So Jermitra is officer starts, PSA starts, is I think the third or fourth in the guardhouse

[29:19] to go to the program, our goal is that if you're working in the guard house or park ranger,

[29:23] you go to that problem.

[29:24] So this is a formalized training, and so it's not easy, by the way, it's not easy.

[29:29] Some people don't graduate.

[29:30] Some people have to be repeated, and she was one of the top scorers.

[29:34] Got a perfect score on the final exam, I think it was, out of all the cadets that were there.

[29:39] So thank you for representing Golden Beach, required an honor.

[29:42] Congratulations.

[29:46] We also want to welcome this evening to other PSA officers, Dominic Carasco and PSA Ernesto

[29:54] Pico, we are proudly to acknowledge the two newest public

[29:59] I've saved it.

[30:00] Of public service aids, PSA dominant carosco and PSA Ernesto Pico. Both have aspirations of becoming Golden Beach police officers, and we are pleased to welcome them and begin their journey of service and professional growth within our department. So welcome to Golden Beach, congratulations.

[30:26] Mayor, members of the audience and residents at home. So when we pass our budget, let's go to take the picture.

[30:35] So,

[30:45] I think it's no secret that our budget's almost over 68% of our budget goes to public safety.

[30:52] And I think that's what makes Golden Beach so special.

[30:55] Last year, we piloted a project called the park ranger program.

[30:59] So we could have more enhanced visibility in our parks, especially when the pickle ball courts and

[31:04] tax courts.

[31:05] So this year, we're expanding our park ranger services to allow for

[31:09] We're constant patrolling on the seaword side of our community.

[31:14] So our new park rangers, we will see them going up and down the beach at random hours of the day, throughout the weekend heavily.

[31:23] And then they'll do a loop check on the park, the active parks.

[31:27] Make sure that people who are on the active parks, our residents have an ID, are supposed to be in the park that they're not breaking our things that they're not littering.

[31:36] that the home help isn't leaving the dogs running around the kids area.

[31:42] So the park rangers will be monitoring all of the reimagined total park.

[31:46] Then wake up to the strand to the beach, check the boat dock, check the pavilion,

[31:50] help the beaches and make sure that everyone who's supposed to get the beaches required to be there.

[31:54] And then they will patrol the beach.

[31:56] And so this is just another example of how we're expanding our public safety programs to provide additional eyes.

[32:03] is using the Tesla, we have four new bikes coming for, 24, four new bikes coming.

[32:11] So we have the drone, we have soon a robotic dog, we have two dogs that we're going to introduce today.

[32:17] Like there's all kinds of things that we're doing, we're adding a jet ski to our marine patrol program.

[32:21] So our residents need to know when we talk about public safety, we really put our action into the dollars that you're spending.

[32:28] I mean, the other thing is, like you read, Mayor, these are individuals, one who has already gone to the police academy, another one who wishes to go to the academy, who will eventually become officers of Golden Beach, so we get them young, they get to the other community, we have to know them, so welcome to the team.

[32:42] Thanks, sir.

[32:43] Congratulations, sir.

[32:44] Congratulations, sir.

[32:45] Congratulations, sir.

[32:49] Also tonight we're introducing officer Lay, River Coba and canine judo.

[32:59] If he's not here, GB and Prince will take his place.

[33:00] No, no, no.

[33:01] He's here to take his place.

[33:03] He's the one to eat your harm.

[33:05] I don't know.

[33:06] They move, go see it out of the way.

[33:08] Oh, the strong.

[33:08] Snip bites.

[33:11] And bites you.

[33:13] There he goes.

[33:16] Jump on the mayor.

[33:17] I do not say the word kill.

[33:22] Wow,

[33:26] there he is.

[33:33] It just so you know, you better behave.

[33:35] G.B. and Prince could take your spot.

[33:38] At this time, I would recognize, I'd like to recognize Officer Lay Rivacoba as he introduces

[33:45] his new canine partner, Judo.

[33:48] Commonly known as Judo.

[33:51] Officer Rivacabo has been employed by Golden Beach Police Department since October

[33:56] 2029, 2021.

[34:00] His canine partner, Judo, is a certified patrol bellgem mountaineys who joined the

[34:06] department in November 2025 and serves as an integral part of law enforcement operations.

[34:13] Canine teams are vital to the public safety and officer support.

[34:18] Judo will serve alongside Officer River Cabo as a valued member of the Golden Beach Police Department assisting in apprehensive operations when needed.

[34:28] Please join me in welcoming Canine Officer Judo to the Golden Beach Police Department.

[34:35] And I wish Officer River Cabo and his new partner a safe and successful career together.

[34:41] Congratulations.

[34:43] All right.

[34:46] Picture, picture.

[34:49] Yeah.

[34:52] He doesn't like pictures.

[34:54] All right.

[35:03] So.

[35:04] At this time, town manager Alex Diaz will pin the dog.

[35:10] So.

[35:10] What is the dog's talent?

[35:12] Does he have a-

[35:13] Apprehensive.

[35:14] Apprehensive.

[35:19] Drugs.

[35:20] Can you give him a mic?

[35:21] find people find people. Can you give me an apprehension the mic?

[35:28] Can we have a demonstration?

[35:33] Yes, start running. If you'd like to tell a little about the dog it'd be great.

[35:43] Good evening, Philip.

[35:44] The jury's apprehension dog is used

[35:47] to qualify from June 2026.

[35:53] Looking at the future to be narcotics or maybe gun.

[35:57] So as it's right now it's used an apprehension.

[36:00] All you guys know that I love to be in the K-9 unit.

[36:03] I can tell you right now is I feel like I have another baby.

[36:07] is we're working until 2-3 a.m. in the morning we cover every hour to maybe have

[36:12] fun maybe he want to go out to do nothing so you got to take care of him we

[36:16] write life we're writing today 24 hours he's always with me you know he's he

[36:22] become part of the family so I love him he loved me and not not so so Mayor

[36:35] real real quick and lay lays no stranger to the council you know he's been with us

[36:40] they was actually one of the one of the trainees that went to the academy with me as well as the other

[36:44] three six eight raise your hands three six eight was up so and in the academy lay was the I want to

[36:50] learn I want to do something different so when he came here he marine patrol you know a QR team

[36:57] does it like you're QR team now K9 and so you know we've we've always had two dogs and now we have

[37:05] We have three dogs, so we have two working dogs in one emotional support dog if we ever see it.

[37:10] But that's the goal is to have as many tools as we can in our toolkit.

[37:14] And we have a bomb dog, we have an apprehension dog.

[37:18] And so again, to our residents, a city of only 380 homes where almost 70% of the budget goes to law enforcement, this is it.

[37:27] And I will tell you that our officers and

[37:31] Who knows the perfect example of this?

[37:33] Our officers are not afraid to drive to Miami shores at one in the morning to find someone who's

[37:40] barricaded and put their lives at risk and get shot in the line of duty while we're helping other agencies.

[37:46] And so that's why we add these programs, our bond dog gets called for

[37:50] presidential visits for the G20 summit.

[37:53] He's already timed up for all these hotels that need to be swept.

[37:56] So that just puts our game out there.

[37:58] And it just gives us that reputation that we are a true professional law enforcement agency.

[38:06] And May is also a diver part of our dive team.

[38:09] So those are just all accolades.

[38:10] And so, May, Grasya, thank you.

[38:12] Officer Riva Colba.

[38:24] It's amazing how quickly people move.

[38:29] Okay, did you see the law?

[38:31] Also, we have another canine introduction.

[38:34] Officer Dylan Varasco, canine Lira, and canine Lurah.

[38:39] Vicioso, what?

[38:40] Vicioso, Dylan Vicioso.

[38:43] Vicioso.

[38:46] Tonight, we are pleased to recognize officer

[38:50] and introduce the newest canine partner, Fury.

[38:55] You're going to feed him?

[38:57] It was a baby.

[38:59] Before I do, I would like to acknowledge canine Lurah,

[39:03] who has faithfully served the officer alongside Officer Verasco.

[39:09] While Fury begins her service today, Leera is not retiring just yet.

[39:16] She will continue working over the coming years as part of a gradual transition,

[39:21] allowing her distinguished career to phase out naturally while she continues doing what she's done throughout her canine service.

[39:29] We are proud to introduce Canine Fury, a one-and-a-half-year-old German shepherd, raised in train by officer Dylan Varasco.

[39:40] Fury has been certified by the Florida Law Enforcement Canine Association in explosive detection and trained to detect materials, including TNT, black powder, C4, dynamite, demolition cord, nitrates, and other explosive compounds.

[39:57] her mission is to protect the town of Golden Beach and neighboring communities.

[40:03] Fury will also be a candidate for future, excuse me, dual purpose, certification, and apprehensive training.

[40:11] Please join us in welcoming Canine Lear for a continued service and

[40:16] welcome Canine Fury to the Golden Beach Police Department.

[40:25] Quick picture and then, I think I appreciate it.

[40:29] No, very is an awesome dog. She's going to do great for the community

[40:34] Explosive detection is very important and we love to serve Golden Beach and all over Miami County

[40:39] Thank you guys for letting me do best job I've ever had. Thank you

[40:47] Mayor and council so officer Vichel so

[40:52] So officer Vichel so also happens to be the the union president and

[40:57] And was a reserve officer with the special services.

[41:01] And now he's full time with us.

[41:03] He was started off part time.

[41:05] We actually used his military dog.

[41:07] We bought his military dog, Lera who's gonna be retiring

[41:10] and soon, right?

[41:13] Okay, so while we're training the new dog.

[41:16] So, and so Furrican is now gonna be the new trainee.

[41:21] PPO, can I train me?

[41:26] But, like I was mentioning earlier, our dogs are here to serve our residents, and you're

[41:34] probably saying, well, why should we have a bond dog in Golden Beach?

[41:38] I could tell you that we are a high-value target area with a lot of very important people

[41:43] that live here.

[41:44] So, all of our events, whenever we have events, and more importantly, because of the neighboring

[41:48] cities, since none of those have this type of specific dog, and it's going to be dual

[41:53] So I'll have two specialties, eventually, for the dual purpose.

[41:57] And so, Austria's will thank you, and welcome to our furry tour, to our team.

[42:02] Thank you.

[42:03] Here's a dog, congratulations.

[42:11] I'll go to set it up.

[42:12] Year and a half.

[42:16] Okay, moving right along.

[42:18] Any more dogs want to get introduced?

[42:21] Recognizing Detective Alex Victorus.

[42:24] Tonight, we recognize Detective Alex Victorus for his outstanding service,

[42:28] protecting vulnerable members of our community, if you could stand, come up.

[42:34] As a member of the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, human trafficking task force,

[42:39] he's worked local state and federal partners to identify offenders, protect victims, and bring criminals to justice.

[42:47] The detective victors participated in the FDLE lead operation statewide shield, which is safety.

[42:54] safety, safely recovered 163 missing and endangered children statewide, including 41 in the Miami region.

[43:04] His task force partners have also supported investigations leading to more than 45 arrests involving serious crimes against children,

[43:14] helping protect victims, and remove dangerous offenders from our communities.

[43:18] on behalf of myself, the town council, the town manager, and the police department, and the residents of Golden Beach.

[43:26] Thank you for your dedication and meaningful service.

[43:29] Please joining us in congratulating detective Alex.

[43:45] So, you know-

[43:47] Your plaque?

[43:49] Thank you for that work.

[43:50] Can you turn it around, take a picture?

[43:52] Money, guys.

[43:56] I'll tell you this, and I'm ashamed to even admit this, so for a very, very long time, I couldn't wrap my head around this notion that people get trafficked.

[44:10] What?

[44:10] The people get kidnapped, and they're trafficking, and their people get trafficked, and they're sold, and they're put into these environments where they have no control over themselves,

[44:20] where there's somebody who's withholding their passport so they can't leave their house.

[44:23] But when I saw on the news report a couple weeks ago, the state-wide there was arrest throughout the entire state, Alabama, Georgia, of four individuals, 163 children.

[44:35] I had no idea that detective Victoria was a part of that entire operation.

[44:39] The chief detached them, the state attorney asked, hey, do you have any officers who can assist us?

[44:43] Alex said, I'll go. He went. I probably didn't know the extent of what he was going to see and find, and I can't share them publicly, but if you have time to talk to Alex privately about how they win about this investigation, it's sickening.

[45:00] What parents do just to get a little bit of money for drugs. And so to be able to recover all these children, and for golden beach, to be a part of that event, I got chills. And so, although I give Alex a very hard time, a lot. I'm proud of the fact that we were able to do these things and all of our detached officers, whether it's officer Villa, Pivilla or others, who are also doing similar work in their own right. So, congratulations. Thank you for being a part.

[45:38] We have a Life Savings Award and special recognition for officer Steven Gonzalez.

[45:46] Steven, you come up here?

[45:48] Tonight we recognize officer Steven Gonzalez for his extraordinary courage and service.

[45:54] While assigned to the Marine Patrol, he responded to a vessel explosion near Bill Bird Marina involving 13 victims,

[46:02] including a child and helped rescue, evacuate, and secure medical care for all those that were injured.

[46:10] In a separate incident on Beer-Can Island, he coordinated search for a missing child and safely re-ununited the child with his family.

[46:20] Officer Gonzalez is receiving the Life Savings Award, has also been nominated for his recognition by the Miami-Dade County Association of Chief of Police for

[46:31] for the ASIS International Miami Chapter Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award.

[46:37] Please join me in congratulating officers Stephen Goodzones.

[46:50] Great work.

[46:51] You've got a picture.

[46:52] And I know we have all the officers, many officers here in this evening, and I personally

[46:57] want to thank all you guys for your hard and dedicated work, and you guys really make

[47:01] special, golden beach extremely special.

[47:04] And we can't thank you enough, and I know I speak for all my council members.

[47:07] how much we appreciate the hard work and the dedication you guys do for the residents of Golden Beach.

[47:14] So congratulations.

[47:20] So real quick, so a couple things.

[47:23] So Stevie's beautiful wife who also happens to be a fiance or baby mama.

[47:28] I don't know what the title is.

[47:30] Amanda is in the audience and his beautiful baby girl and his mother.

[47:37] Here's what I want to say about the award, let's put this into perspective.

[47:44] So Golden Beach is the northernmost city on the water.

[47:48] With a full time weekend Marine Patrol unit, we don't have the resources that Sunny Isles

[47:55] or Bau Harbor or Surfside has.

[47:57] We don't have the proximity, and so when a three call, a priority call, there's a tone

[48:07] B, three, there's something going on in the water.

[48:13] And when the boat from Golden Beach is the first boat to arrive, and start pulling people

[48:18] out of the water, that tells you something.

[48:21] That tells you that our officers are trained, they're alert, they're responsive and they're

[48:28] not afraid to take action.

[48:30] Not only once but twice and we're able to save lives and I got to tell you after this

[48:35] happen, I think the mayor got phone calls and I got phone calls from other managers saying

[48:39] thank you, we know that your boat was the first one there.

[48:43] So we should be very proud of that, you should be proud of that as well.

[48:46] I also want to say this.

[48:48] So we talk about family in Golden Beach, but here's a perfect example.

[48:53] So we have his father works in our public works department.

[48:57] His older brother is Corporal Gonzalez, part of our QRT team.

[49:03] His, what's your title, Amanda?

[49:07] All right, let's put it, let's put it right on it.

[49:09] So his fiance is here, his oldest brother is a public service aid at our guard house who's going through the police academy.

[49:20] And so here we are, it's like blue blood in New York, but it's golden beach blood here in Golden Beach.

[49:27] So welcome to the Gonzalez family, Stevie, and you guys know that Guillermo, thank you.

[49:31] Can you share a little bit about that night, and that day, sorry?

[49:39] So yeah, I was just doing on my regular patrol. I hear the call go out over the VHF radio,

[49:46] which is the one that we use for like Marine, the one that Coast Guard monitors. I immediately

[49:51] heard what was going on, so I started making my way over there. So it was confirmed how

[49:55] it occurred. I was looking already there. I was first arrival with an FWC boat. It was a female

[50:02] officer that was by herself there, quickly started getting to action, getting bodies on my boat.

[50:09] It was a pretty rough scene, everybody was bleeding, lots of injuries, they filled my boat with blood,

[50:16] but quickly we had county show up, we had multiple units arrive, and it was amazing to see so

[50:22] many agencies get together and make something such a terrible moment for people, such a quick and

[50:30] You know, I picked the response, sorry if I'm nervous, I don't like it.

[50:37] And the other night, it was luckily, I was already around the area, caught him out of a guy

[50:45] that he's missing his child.

[50:48] You know, all of us that have kids, we can't imagine, you know, losing a child.

[50:51] So luckily I was there.

[50:53] I located the father, gave me a description of the kid.

[50:57] I was quickly on the radio, gave a Bolo, you know, a description of the child where he was last seen what he was wearing.

[51:04] And luckily enough for me, I actually found him.

[51:07] So, he was safe. I brought him back to his parents. They're very thankful.

[51:11] It was just nice to see, you know, a father crying and, you know, trying to hug me because I, you know, I'm so...

[51:19] Congratulations.

[51:21] I just want to say thank you to my lieutenant for always being quick to acknowledge the work we do out here. I do this on a regular basis. I'll do it any other day.

[51:36] So thank you for acknowledging those commendation letters and thank you for the nominations you have given me.

[51:42] I really did not think those days were going to transpire to all this.

[51:47] So thank you to the council, Mayor, TM, everybody, my command staff, if it wasn't for

[51:54] the support you guys give us, this place wouldn't be the police department it is and such

[51:58] a great place to work.

[51:59] So thank you.

[52:00] And I know this is an individual award, but it's for my team as well because at the end of

[52:05] day, the guys on the road, they deserve all the things and, you know, the love is offered.

[52:30] I know that I said it was going to be a short meeting and I promised I'll be real quick.

[52:34] So to the officers in the back of the room, to the, yeah, I got teary eyed, so calm you

[52:40] was. And Amanda, if you don't know after Perez was out on maternity because they're second

[52:46] baby who's only what like 45 days old? Two months. Oh, sorry, is that home, but after

[52:53] Perez just came back this week, back to patrol, so you'll see here on the road in the afternoon

[52:57] shift. To all the guys in the back, look, tonight was clearly police have you, right? And we know

[53:04] that there are many more awards that we can give. And we know that you guys are out there

[53:08] and you're giving it, you're all, we've grown, I mean, looking back at the room, compared to the back of the room today to what it was in 2007.

[53:17] And I'm not saying anything bad about 2007, but the management and the council then did not invest in vehicles or uniforms or guns or training or specialized units.

[53:26] Every council meeting, we're buying a new car, I mean, there's another one on this agenda, the outfit, you know, we're investing on cars, we're investing in training.

[53:33] I was out there last week, two weeks ago, with the AR-15s, we had 15 AR-15s, and now they all have silencers, they convinced me out the gun range.

[53:43] Never send the manager with them to train because he always ends up spending a lot of money.

[53:47] But gun range and silencers, and we're looking at new tasers, and we got brand new radios, somebody hold up the new radio.

[53:55] We just ordered another 15 of them, so we have the best radio that my MD County has to offer.

[54:00] their pay steps, they are now in their proper steps.

[54:03] On October 1st, they all go to their proper steps, which is a considerable bump in pay.

[54:08] We are now paying our officers from everyday shifts, officers are getting paid.

[54:12] Our top out is higher than the everyday chairs office top out.

[54:15] And so our pension is great.

[54:17] And so this is because of the commitment that our council and our residents made.

[54:20] And so don't think that we don't see your efforts.

[54:25] That doesn't give you an excuse to become complacent.

[54:28] We want to see more activity, more contact with the road.

[54:32] We want people to remember that golden beach of the old days where people were afraid to drive through our town is golden beach today.

[54:39] And so thank you for your hard work.

[54:41] The chief will be taking you to dinner tonight at Tropical and the families are more than welcome to join them.

[54:46] So you're dismissed from this meeting.

[54:47] Thank you for being here tonight to show your love for your fellow men and women in blue.

[54:51] I know that we hear about you very much.

[54:52] Thank you guys.

[55:04] The dog's good, too.

[55:06] We'll give a few minutes.

[55:06] It's better not talk that dog will eat you in a minute now. I'm good with

[55:14] German chapters there. Yeah, that's how he was.

[55:24] Yeah, I thought he was that.

[55:30] That dog was to see him. He was like snapping.

[55:36] No way. I was going to go down

[55:37] I think we're nice, Staudi.

[55:39] Oh nice.

[55:41] It's so nice.

[56:16] Welcome,

[56:20] part

[56:22] of your team.

[56:27] You girl?

[56:29] Yeah, it can.

[56:37] I need a card.

[56:38] My card is top top.

[56:43] Eric's going to give me.

[56:45] Eric is going to give me.

[56:48] Thank you, Geo.

[56:49] Thank you, Chief.

[56:51] Thank you.

[56:56] Give us a few minutes.

[56:56] We'll continue.

[56:57] You ready?

[56:58] Sorry about that.

[56:58] Okay.

[56:59] Next on the agenda.

[57:00] Motion to set agenda.

[57:01] the additions, the leachions, removal of items from a consent agenda, or changes to the agenda?

[57:06] I have none, fellow councilmembers.

[57:07] None.

[57:08] Town administration?

[57:09] None.

[57:10] Okay, moving right along.

[57:11] Anyone here from Good and Well Fair?

[57:13] Yes, sir, I have a letter to read into the record.

[57:17] Go on.

[57:18] To whom it may concern, my name is Dr. Ferris Hanna, and I have been a resident of 150 Golden Beach Drive since 1995.

[57:26] King tide flooding has been an ongoing problem in our community for many years, but this

[57:31] year it appears to be particularly severe.

[57:34] During these high tide events, water over tops, older, existing seawalls, and floods are

[57:39] backyards and in some areas are streets.

[57:41] I respectfully ask the town to address this increasingly serious issue and evaluate measures

[57:46] that can alleviate the flooding and better protect our homes, properties and streets from

[57:50] King tide events.

[57:51] Unfortunately, I am unable to attend tonight's meeting because I currently have four patients

[57:55] and labor, and must remain available for their care.

[57:58] I respectfully request that the statement be read into the record at tonight's meeting and

[58:01] included in the official meeting record.

[58:03] Thank you for your attention to this important matter affecting our community.

[58:06] Respectfully, Dr. Ferris Aihanna, 150 gold of meat strife.

[58:10] Thank you.

[58:11] Anyone else for good and welfare?

[58:14] Okay, moving right along.

[58:16] Mayor's report, I know we just had a meeting, just three quick items.

[58:19] First, I have to thank the town staff, town manager,

[58:23] and especially Eric Garcia and the administration this past about two weeks ago, I held the Coastal

[58:35] Mayors meeting for Dave County in our chambers.

[58:39] And we had mayors from Keyvast Cain, Miami Beach, Bay Harbor, Bell Harbor, Surfside, Sonny

[58:51] We had the police chiefs, the mayors, and even some town managers.

[58:58] We had 45 people we hosted here, and it was a great event.

[59:02] We got a lot accomplished.

[59:03] We had the date county sheriff's office here, and the event was spectacular.

[59:10] I still today received a thank you from one of the mayors, saying how impressed he was with the Golden Beach.

[59:16] each what we've accomplished in a short period of time.

[59:19] And they were so impressed with the building.

[59:21] We gave a tour of the wellness center and they were astonished.

[59:27] And I appreciate it and I appreciate it.

[59:29] I know Eric Garcia and town manager and our town clerk went out of their way to really put on a great event.

[59:39] And I can't thank you guys enough and really appreciate it.

[59:43] And I think Golden Beach once again shine within the date county community.

[59:47] So it was a great event, thank you.

[59:50] Again, I want to thank you guys for approving tonight's budget.

[59:54] Again, it's a big hats off to my fellow council members and the town of-

[1:00:00] Distration being able in this environment to lower the millage rate is very impressive and can't thank you guys enough for working together as a team and accomplishing our goals. As the individual said, Dr. Hanna in the good and welfare king tides are here. We are going to discuss what we're looking to do this evening. So I'm going to wait till after we go through the council

[1:00:30] meeting and then we're going to have a discussion on it, but I know Saturday night they were extremely high, it was a full moon and I've lived in Golden Beach since 1998 and I've never seen the tide as high as it was Sunday night, I mean Saturday night and Sunday morning, it was to that never even been more than six inches to my seawall, it was to the top of my seawall.

[1:00:58] So, I mean, and when boats go by, the wake throws the water into everyone's backyard.

[1:01:06] So, I know the King Tides are here.

[1:01:09] We are going to address this issue tonight, so just be a little patient.

[1:01:13] One other quick event, quick note is this month, October is my favorite holiday, it's Halloween.

[1:01:20] Town manager is going to explain what we're doing, we're doing in North Park, but

[1:01:24] that I expect all the council to dress up, and I'm looking forward to it.

[1:01:28] And I know Michael Glitten and his team will do a phenomenal job as he always has.

[1:01:33] Every year you set the standard a little higher, so I don't know how you're gonna do it, but

[1:01:37] I'm sure it will be all being pressed.

[1:01:39] So I look forward to seeing all the residents and their children there, and

[1:01:43] town managers are to go over what's gonna take place that evening.

[1:01:48] So that's all I've got.

[1:01:49] I'm gonna turn it over to council comments.

[1:01:51] First, Vice Mayor.

[1:01:52] I thank you to our town manager, to our town clerk, and to the entire staff for an

[1:01:59] amazing job on the budget.

[1:02:01] And for everything you do for us every single day.

[1:02:05] Thank you.

[1:02:06] Thank you.

[1:02:08] Councilwoman Luskin.

[1:02:10] It was wonderful to watch all the police tonight here.

[1:02:13] Really is one happy family.

[1:02:15] And I didn't realize that it was literally one family working here, mother, father, brother,

[1:02:21] They're all last name is Diaz, Gonzales, Gonzales and Diaz.

[1:02:30] That's true, yeah.

[1:02:31] And for I was hoping we haven't done in a while.

[1:02:38] If maybe once or twice this year we can put together bagels on the beach.

[1:02:43] We used to enjoy that and it might be a good time to put that together and that's it.

[1:02:49] Thank you for everything.

[1:02:50] Thank you, Councilman Bernstein.

[1:02:52] Just read great, great job on the budget with everyone.

[1:02:55] Love seeing the police department come over and that's it.

[1:02:58] Thank you.

[1:02:59] Councilman Einstein?

[1:03:01] I think everything's been echoed, but again, great job on the budget.

[1:03:04] We reduced taxes.

[1:03:05] I think everybody realizes that there's been ballots.

[1:03:09] I've gotten my absentee ballot.

[1:03:11] I think everybody should take a close look at everything that's on here.

[1:03:16] There's a lot of amendments that are being made.

[1:03:19] there's a home state exemption amendment, everybody should take a close look at it and exercise their constitutional right to vote.

[1:03:27] Make sure they vote.

[1:03:29] Good permissive election and great job to everybody.

[1:03:35] I'm glad to hear that meeting went well, unfortunately I couldn't attend it and seeing our police tonight just beautiful.

[1:03:46] Thank you.

[1:03:46] Thank you, Councilman Einstein.

[1:03:49] Moving right along, town manager, would you like to give you a report, please?

[1:03:52] Yes, so Mr. Mayor, couple of just quick things.

[1:03:55] Let's talk about Halloween first, get the fun out of the way.

[1:03:58] So Halloween is on a Saturday.

[1:04:00] We are going to be doing some things that we haven't done in the past in the residents to be aware of what they are.

[1:04:07] So starting at 3 p.m.

[1:04:09] So the Mayor and I will be issuing an emergency order that it gives us enhanced powers to shut the town down.

[1:04:15] So we will be closing the town at 3 p.m., the only way that a resident from 3 to 4 can come in the town as if we call you and ask you if you're expecting this resident who will be parking their car on your driveway.

[1:04:31] So if you have guests that are coming to your house and you confirm that you have space on your driveway and they're going to be with you at your house, we'll let them at the gate starting at 3.

[1:04:39] that will cause traffic and backups.

[1:04:42] If you're a resident, you have to worry about that

[1:04:44] because you're going to go to the resident lane,

[1:04:45] because your decal will open the resident lane,

[1:04:47] but if you're expecting guests that day,

[1:04:49] as if 3 p.m. will be calling you saying,

[1:04:52] are you expecting this person?

[1:04:54] So that's measure number one.

[1:04:56] At 4 p.m., we close the town.

[1:04:58] No more vehicular traffic driving into Golden Beach

[1:05:01] on the sphere of resident, of course.

[1:05:03] And then you'll drive into town.

[1:05:04] But at that point, your guests are no longer

[1:05:06] allowed to drive into town.

[1:05:07] And here's where it gets unique for this year because it's a Saturday and there's no work

[1:05:14] the next day.

[1:05:16] So as you're walking either from the south or from the north into the north park area,

[1:05:21] we are creating two what they call choke points.

[1:05:23] A choke point is where everyone gets funneled into one doorway where we will be winding you.

[1:05:29] We are not allowing open carry for that event because alcohol will be present.

[1:05:35] So, we're going to be wanting you, and here's where it's very important for everyone to pay attention.

[1:05:42] If you are bringing guests, and they are not walking with you holding hands,

[1:05:50] they won't be letting no unaccompanied guests will be allowed into the site, even if they're a six-year-old.

[1:05:56] So, if you are not an invited guest in a company by the resident, you will be denied access into the park area.

[1:06:07] Okay, so this is not a come the golden beach and run over our facility.

[1:06:12] So, only a company guest of our residents are allowed.

[1:06:16] What does this mean for a resident?

[1:06:18] I want to go up five, my guess is, I can't make it till seven, great, then at seven, you need to leave the event,

[1:06:24] walk to wherever your guests are and escort them in.

[1:06:29] Okay? So that will take care of, now people will be mad of us, residents, I pay taxes,

[1:06:34] this is a resident and they're invited guests only event, right? Why are we taking these measures?

[1:06:40] On a Friday afternoon, people are like, oh, it's work, traffic is too far, I don't want to get there.

[1:06:45] on a Saturday, everyone's sitting at home all day bored.

[1:06:48] What can we do tonight, let's go to the Golden Beach.

[1:06:50] So invited and accompanied guests will be welcome.

[1:06:54] We're gonna plan for about 1200 attendees.

[1:06:57] We'll have candy for about 800 kids.

[1:06:59] We'll have food, DJ, beer, wine, hard liquor,

[1:07:04] tons of entertainment, is a haunted circus.

[1:07:06] So it's gonna be fun.

[1:07:08] There'll be an hour or two where the actors are not out

[1:07:13] In theory mode, so from five, it starts at five this year, not six, so from five to ten, not a six.

[1:07:22] We have a kosher vendor, smash burgers will be the kosher vendor.

[1:07:27] We have the barbecue, we have pink chills, which are like, come on, we have adepats, we have the canyons, we have cachapas.

[1:07:35] It's going to be a great event.

[1:07:38] But, residents need a little accompanied guest only and we will start calling your house

[1:07:44] asking if you're expecting that guest as of 3pm and at 4pm nobody drives into the city.

[1:07:50] So, we'll communicate that as early as today, flyers will start going out as early as tomorrow,

[1:07:55] people will start to know.

[1:07:56] And so, what we're trying to do is set the tone that residents and they're invited accompanied

[1:08:00] guest only will be allowed in Golden Beach.

[1:08:02] Alex, just thinking about the stress that's going to put on and trying to reach everyone,

[1:08:06] Is there a reason why we couldn't have residents sign a document saying these people are coming in and allow them into a gate?

[1:08:14] No, so we're not going to be, because then everyone will register everyone.

[1:08:19] Well, no, you're just, I'm just saying, Councilman Percy, we have gone-

[1:08:23] I'm just saying like the idea of like maybe they have to come here in person and put them just trying to create something so that

[1:08:29] if you're having the event at the North Parkway and your friends are, you know, you have seven-year-old or eight-year-old kids

[1:08:35] It's down at the Southgate, the idea of having them come all the way down here just to meet so they can get in.

[1:08:42] I'm just saying maybe there's a way that we can make it a little more difficult to limit the amount of people.

[1:08:47] But just that we could have some people have the ability to get pre-approved.

[1:08:50] But you just put my point, we are trying to make it uncomfortable and

[1:08:55] unreasonable for people to just be dropped off at the Southgate, 30 kids.

[1:09:00] last year, 30 kids were dropped off and ran through town, knocking on doors, knocking

[1:09:08] over planters, shaving cream on door handles because it was a free fall.

[1:09:14] So we are intentionally making it difficult because we don't want parents to say, let

[1:09:18] Golden Beach be my babysitter's time.

[1:09:20] And it's for Golden Beach residents, and they're sure they're planning to make it easy for

[1:09:24] other people.

[1:09:24] And you guys saw it, then they got toilet paper, and started putting on every tree.

[1:09:27] And they were, all the private school kids, they would never do that and we have the videos and then, so it's intentionally being, we are intentionally by, by environmental design, making it so that that doesn't happen.

[1:09:41] I mean, it's just a very about face that we've had for the last 15 years.

[1:09:44] It is.

[1:09:45] And for the last 15 years, we've done everything to encourage kids to come.

[1:09:48] The only thing I'm feeling about that and my kids are way past that age, is that

[1:09:55] When my kids were young, no one want to be here.

[1:09:58] When my kids were young, they all want to go where all the other kids were.

[1:10:02] And I'm not talking about the 16 year olds or 17 year olds.

[1:10:05] I'm just saying when the kids are younger, they all want to go where all the other kids are.

[1:10:09] And you're welcome.

[1:10:10] And Golden Beach has become that, Golden Beach has become that place.

[1:10:14] And I just think we've done it in part because we've been encouraging and letting little kids in.

[1:10:19] I'm not talking about teenagers, but I'm just saying if you have like friends who are younger,

[1:10:23] who are in your class or whatever, and the ability to get younger kids in with young families.

[1:10:29] I just think we should make that the ability to happen.

[1:10:32] And I understand the true and see issue that you guys are raising.

[1:10:35] But we're not saying that we've been doing this for 15 years, and we've just taken about face like last year or two years ago.

[1:10:41] But they're still calm, they've got to be a company, but you have to go, you have to have a resident go all the way down from North Parkway, all the way down to Southgate to get someone.

[1:10:52] I mean, I disagree with you guys, but that's okay.

[1:10:55] Yes, again, you're right, and we have become so open, but look at what happened last year.

[1:11:01] If you want to have the group chats, there was up chats that night.

[1:11:04] I'm not disagreeing about it was.

[1:11:06] I'm not disagreeing on some limitation.

[1:11:09] I'm just saying, if you're bringing in kids or you're a parent with six-year-old,

[1:11:14] I mean, had you deciphered 16-year-old from a 17-year-old at the gate, you can't discriminate.

[1:11:20] You either do all for all of them or none.

[1:11:23] I think you could say, hey, if there's people in elementary school age or whatever it is.

[1:11:28] Let me do this.

[1:11:29] I'll direct the police to have to be sensitive to occasional drop-offs of children.

[1:11:36] We'll work in some flexibility, but the notion needs to be, and you know me, we're always flexible,

[1:11:42] right? But the notion needs to be if you're not a company, you're not invited. That's that's the message and it's hard to

[1:11:47] stay and it's hard to advertise with exceptions, right? So there are exceptions and we'll be we'll be I hear I hear I hear

[1:11:54] concern and well dressing. So tell me what happens after nine o'clock? Is it nine o'clock? It's over 10 p.m.

[1:12:03] At 10 p.m. So 10 p.m. The it's always an hour and an hour after that we're still there and party fizzles out. But the idea is

[1:12:11] to get by 11 to 1130, that town is empty again, that's the goal.

[1:12:16] So people coming to my house, trick or treat, for example, I asked them, where are you from?

[1:12:22] That I never hear, nobody from here, they're, and they come in like 50 kids at a time.

[1:12:30] And I say who are you, and they're, you know, they point to somebody over there, they're on a scooter, roller blades, that I don't know.

[1:12:38] Those people, can they get into Golden Beach?

[1:12:41] No, so at four o'clock, the town becomes, we shut down, you could always walk in the town, right?

[1:12:48] So we never prevent you from walking in the town.

[1:12:50] That encourages people to go park elsewhere, walk here, or Uber here, because we don't have the space to put all these cars.

[1:12:55] That's the other reality, because you cannot drive north because it's safety.

[1:12:59] So what happens is those kids or people get dropped off, Uber here, walk from the Lehman College way here,

[1:13:04] or most of them actually park, but you're not at the Haalandel parking lot, the park, and they walk north.

[1:13:10] So they'll walk in, and then when they get to the two choke points, if they're like, who are you here with,

[1:13:16] and they don't have a resident, we're going to say sorry, the event is closed, it's only for a company guest.

[1:13:20] So up until the checkpoint, those particular kids could trick or treat, come out.

[1:13:25] So they can't get past that point.

[1:13:27] Correct, the checkpoint.

[1:13:29] And there's one on the north side and one on the south side.

[1:13:32] Is it going to be close to the strand?

[1:13:35] Yeah, no, it's close to the to the why.

[1:13:37] So I guess I got confused.

[1:13:39] I figured they were going to be at the gates, the checkpoint.

[1:13:41] No, no, no.

[1:13:42] So as you're walking into the event, that's where you have to be accompanied at the event.

[1:13:47] Because we want you to have your guest go to your house parking your driveway.

[1:13:50] You walk them into the event.

[1:13:52] But we're not allowing cars in after four.

[1:13:55] We've been for the last 15 years at 40 and we don't allow cars unless we're residents.

[1:14:01] So if somebody comes in after 4 o'clock, they have to go pedestrian gate, right?

[1:14:06] Correct.

[1:14:07] That's been 15 years, we're leaving free.

[1:14:11] Everyone can open.

[1:14:12] Pedestrian gates are all opened.

[1:14:13] So everybody can open, walk in the town.

[1:14:15] Correct.

[1:14:16] So I'm sorry.

[1:14:17] At some point in the town, we're going to say nobody can go past here.

[1:14:20] Correct.

[1:14:22] And unless they, so unless they're at a company guest of a resident.

[1:14:26] So how does that protect all like the, like where were we?

[1:14:28] We're protecting the event from having people come and-

[1:14:31] You're protecting the event, you're not going to stop people from-

[1:14:33] Correct, we're protecting the event from making sure that we have enough resources, food, candy, and the light for our residents and their invited guests.

[1:14:40] Okay.

[1:14:41] For the people making the phone calls, can you make a relief traffic?

[1:14:45] Can you put two or three people so that they're calling-

[1:14:48] We have, as they're driving it.

[1:14:51] And believe it or not, that's going to be the least, because we always close that four.

[1:14:54] It's the straggler thing, and that's why we're pushing the calling into a very late,

[1:14:58] because everyone will be in time by then.

[1:15:00] The closing of the gates have always happened. There are no cards in, has always happened. The year of COVID, not the COVID. The October 7th event, we had the gates, and we wanted everyone to search every bag. So, these are not new things. We're just setting it very clear that if you're not accompanying this year, you won't be able to. Just an observation, because I feel like I probably have as many or more kids come to my house for trick-or-treating than everywhere else.

[1:15:27] Just give proximity. Yeah, give so much candy, but and so we're out a lot and I will say, you know, to your point about like the true and say that

[1:15:41] The later goes the less it's little kids. Correct. So if if you wanted to really limit if that was one of your issues

[1:15:48] Then you also might want to just say hey after eight o'clock or 8.30 we're gonna tell advise residents to stop opening their doors for church. No, you don't want to do that

[1:15:57] I'm just saying after nine o'clock,

[1:16:00] like who's coming out of it now?

[1:16:00] So the event will be over.

[1:16:02] The event will be over.

[1:16:03] I'm saying you want to talk about the older kids

[1:16:06] that you're talking about.

[1:16:08] I'm saying that it's your audience.

[1:16:09] But let me, let me get it again.

[1:16:11] Again, in terms of 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock

[1:16:13] and nothing to do.

[1:16:14] By the way, it's gonna be a wonderful Halloween.

[1:16:17] Right.

[1:16:17] It's gonna be amazing.

[1:16:18] We're gonna love it.

[1:16:20] It's gonna be, we're gonna have residents

[1:16:22] that are upset.

[1:16:23] How dare those kids that don't live here?

[1:16:25] We're gonna have that and we love that.

[1:16:26] I agree. I love seeing all the kids. What I don't like is the, you know, swash what a pencil. By the way, it was a Jewish kid who drew that.

[1:16:36] So those are things that we want to prevent. So, and we'll get there. So, Halloween, two other quick things, and I'll be brief.

[1:16:44] By the way, I mean, you heard a vocal against what, and I'm totally in favor of closing this down as much as possible.

[1:16:53] Not in clear and trust my opinion.

[1:16:56] Trusted.

[1:16:57] Trusted process.

[1:16:59] Trust, trust the process.

[1:17:01] There's been an open policy.

[1:17:03] Trust the, let everybody in, but trust the,

[1:17:05] trust the process, it will work.

[1:17:07] But you know it works every year.

[1:17:08] Yeah, we have the same conversation every year

[1:17:11] and every year it works.

[1:17:12] So Mr. Mayor and Council members, so this year,

[1:17:14] as you know, the high,

[1:17:15] so we went a completely opposite.

[1:17:17] So this year, you know, we had more, more water.

[1:17:20] It was probably one of the highest key ties

[1:17:22] that we've seen in a decade, because we had the full moon.

[1:17:26] We had the northeastern that was pushing all the water towards New York and we had the high tide.

[1:17:30] And so there were actually water coming from the ocean into Hollywood Beach boardwalk and restaurants.

[1:17:37] But this past weekend, we had the marine patrol go out and there are over 33 homes in town.

[1:17:45] That for two decades, we have said, let's just weigh, let's just weigh, we should be a little bit more relaxed.

[1:17:53] Their older families, their older homes, we'll fix it at transfer property.

[1:17:58] So there are 33 homes that I think that this is a new dawn as it relates to how we handle the sea walls that are not renovated.

[1:18:09] to see walls that have separated from the cap,

[1:18:12] the caps that don't meet our minimum elevation.

[1:18:14] And I think that there's gonna be some tweaks to the code.

[1:18:16] So right now, we require you to do a see wall inspection

[1:18:18] and raise your cap at transfer of property.

[1:18:23] But we don't force you to put in a new wall.

[1:18:25] We have you put in a report and a engineer says your wall is fine,

[1:18:29] they could put a little bit of a caulking over a hole,

[1:18:32] then your see wall gets approved.

[1:18:33] So I'm gonna be working with the town attorney

[1:18:35] if you're approved tonight,

[1:18:36] that we change that code that any home that has a transfer of ownership and has a wall that was built prior to 2015 and there's data on why 2015 the useful life of a wall doesn't get to repair their wall, they have to put in a new wall, you're putting in a new wall, you're putting in a new cap, period in the story, hard stop, we don't care that your report says that it's okay, you can get another three years out of it, because another three years, but then now we're stuck with that wall for 15 years with holes and leaks, so we're going to be working to require a new wall.

[1:19:06] And a new cap at transfer of ownership for walls prior to the 2015.

[1:19:11] That's number one.

[1:19:13] Number two, I'm going to ask the town attorney through attorney Herbello.

[1:19:19] And his office who's already working on seawalls, the issue 33 notices to all of those properties where we saw either wall coming through the cracks.

[1:19:29] Over or believe it or not, what's happening a lot now is under the seawall because there's not enough hydrostatic

[1:19:35] pressure to keep the water from coming under it.

[1:19:39] So instead of saying that we're going to wait for those houses to transfer, we're going

[1:19:44] to say there's an issue, you have to address it.

[1:19:47] You either need to bring in fill, you need to figure out where the cracks are, but we need

[1:19:52] you to come up with an aggressive and immediate restoration plan to fix those sea walls.

[1:20:00] What we're seeing a lot, and I'm sure some of you got the calls from Dr. Hannah and his

[1:20:04] wife, where they put in a new wall, sorry, they put in a new wall, but the neighbor's

[1:20:10] wall is a little bit older. The new wall didn't want to connect directly, they abutted

[1:20:17] the other wall. The other wall is a little bit lower. They brought the cheap pile to that

[1:20:23] property line, and there's not tie-in. So Steve has been researching, believe it or not,

[1:20:28] becoming a C wall expert on this tie-in. How do you tie in the two walls? But here's the

[1:20:31] the other thing that happens when you have a higher wall, the volume of water hits that

[1:20:35] wall and then forces it to the low point. And so that water is going to fire at the

[1:20:39] low point and come into the property. So when those things happen, and there's an existing

[1:20:45] wall that doesn't have holes, it's just lower than the other one, water will come over. And

[1:20:50] I think that in Steve's letter to the residents, they need to say, look, if water is coming

[1:20:54] over, irrespective of how it's coming over, your sea wall is not doing its job, which

[1:20:58] just to prevent intercourse of waters to come on to the intercourse of.

[1:21:02] So we're going to be a little bit more aggressive in the demands that we make of our residents to make.

[1:21:07] But there are 33 of our homes, 10% of our homes, have defective or not functioning proper sea walls.

[1:21:15] And then the other thing I'm going to ask the council to allow me to do, and this is not a new concept.

[1:21:20] And I don't think that we should go at length here about this.

[1:21:23] There's a private conversation that I'll have with each of you, there are about 15 of those property owners who just do not have either the resources to take on that type of work.

[1:21:36] And we had offered this at 416 Golden Beach Drive, and we've offered it to other residents where the town takes on that responsibility.

[1:21:44] And we lean the property to recoup our costs of helping those 15 home owners.

[1:21:50] Yes, everyone thinks Golden Beach is full of millionaires, but we do have about 15 homes that are just not able, and that's their excuse.

[1:21:58] I just do not have, there's no way, and I'm not selling my house, I'm going to move on from this world in my house.

[1:22:04] And so we need to be open to those offers that we've made to other homes in the past for us to deal with those 15, and I have the list of those.

[1:22:12] and it would be that we manage the project, do it for them,

[1:22:16] lean the property to get that to be Cooper calls.

[1:22:18] And we should be open to that type of discussion,

[1:22:20] maybe not in this form tonight,

[1:22:21] because we could be here all night about that,

[1:22:23] but I'll meet with you individually as terms

[1:22:25] of what I think that would look like.

[1:22:27] But to our residents, let me be very clear.

[1:22:30] Not a single one of our pumps failed.

[1:22:32] Every single one of our pumps worked.

[1:22:35] Even today when we had that flash flood,

[1:22:38] that everywhere flooded,

[1:22:39] I assume that that cloud to behave clear within six minutes the town was dry.

[1:22:45] You will see water on our streets twice a day.

[1:22:48] High tide occurs twice a day.

[1:22:51] Once that day?

[1:22:52] Once that night.

[1:22:53] It's like they've laid the title, the tide's work.

[1:22:55] So you're going to see water on our streets, you're going to see water coming from your neighbors.

[1:22:59] We know this, and we're working on the solution.

[1:23:02] So my three recommendations tonight, Mr. Mayor and members of the council is one that we changed

[1:23:07] the ordinance to require any law no more fixing or repairing because those walls become a nuisance in the future.

[1:23:13] So we changed that code, you buy a house, your wall is 2015, you're putting a new wall.

[1:23:16] That's number one, number two.

[1:23:17] For those walls that we've been hoping would sell or something might happen, that day has passed.

[1:23:22] You're on notice, you have water on your property, you've got to give us a report on how you're going to prevent that from happening.

[1:23:28] Number three, so those are the letters from Steve.

[1:23:30] Number three, come up with some kind of creative financing.

[1:23:33] And number four, for those houses that just say we're not dealing with it, we take the Miami Beach approach.

[1:23:39] So in the Miami Beach Code, it allows the city to go on and

[1:23:45] create temporary barriers to prevent that localized flooding and

[1:23:51] then charge the homeowner for the cost that it took the town to take those emergency measures to prevent that localized flooding.

[1:23:58] And so I'll work with Steve for him to look at the Miami Beach Code and how they did it.

[1:24:02] So that if a house says we're not going to work with you, we will go in and do some kind of temporary sheep pile or something until the matter is resolved.

[1:24:12] So that's my recommendation. That's what happened. By the way, this happens every year.

[1:24:18] Every September, we have the same conversation, but to be fair to our new residents, a lot of it has to do with the sea walls that have been in Golden Beach for over 25 years.

[1:24:28] the useful life of a seawall on the intercostal is 25 to 35 years.

[1:24:35] That's when you start to see seepage, that's when you start to see echoing and

[1:24:37] spolting, that's when you start to see the caulking between the wall, the cap to

[1:24:41] separate, the wall starts to slide, and that's where the joints on the side when

[1:24:46] they're not a contiguous, integrated wall.

[1:24:49] So that's what you're seeing, it's part of being old, we're going to be a hundred

[1:24:52] years old in two years.

[1:24:54] And so that's part of that process of seawall.

[1:24:56] So that's the recommendation, let the attorney and I kind of work on those recommendations,

[1:25:00] see how we can get that fixed.

[1:25:01] He does have an attorney in his office that he's assigned to CWALD, and so we'll go that right.

[1:25:05] So, can I just say, just to your point about one of the problems?

[1:25:10] And I just saw it because for years, my neighbor's property has been well below.

[1:25:15] It's probably one of the worst illness in there, but what I've experienced just in terms

[1:25:20] of being a neighbor is that their property is so low and at some point there's an area

[1:25:27] where it starts finding its way into my property like through where the trees on the side

[1:25:32] of the property and it hits like the low point of my property.

[1:25:35] So even though the water hasn't gone anywhere close to going over, all sometimes have pockets

[1:25:42] of water.

[1:25:43] And so just when you were talking about figuring out some sort of tie, it might not be right

[1:25:47] to that corner.

[1:25:47] It might go down a little further.

[1:25:49] So it's like if the water's going over the property, like you'll see the water next, I don't know how many other houses there are that

[1:25:56] That have that issue where the water just goes all the way through the property, but it comes over different places

[1:26:01] So I don't know how easy that is to just

[1:26:05] Do a tie beam over there and cover it when it's that low just for discussion purposes if you have a house, for example, that doesn't have a mortgage on it

[1:26:15] We'd golden beach

[1:26:17] each lean at property and say,

[1:26:24] we're building a sea wall there.

[1:26:26] So to my third record, I know they're pleading.

[1:26:28] From hardship, but at the same time, let's say the least expense of property on the water is worth $3 million, $4 million, $5 million.

[1:26:39] So as it relates to the third option, I think that we should have private conversations one on one about the individual homes that we're talking about that we know for a fact they're just true hardships.

[1:26:48] I mean, they have true hardships, and so we should, and again, it's not the first time that this comes up.

[1:26:55] We've offered it to two other properties that we're just not able to put in their own walls, and we offer it, they declined it.

[1:27:01] But I think in this particular case, I think that we have a couple of houses that we may need to take action on our own and do it,

[1:27:07] even if it's just the temporary measure, and we put in temporary sheet piles or something, but we want to be able to recoup the cost for that.

[1:27:13] Yeah, you know, one other thought I had with that, and I'm not sure, like, I guess, in terms of title, if there's mortgages out there, realizing this financing would sit behind, but I guess we could also try to figure out if there's a financing programs that, like, the lender that might be willing to work with us to do some sort of reverse mortgages that-

[1:27:29] The Mayor and I will have a separate conversation about these options and bring back to your report at your October meeting.

[1:27:35] Okay.

[1:27:36] Thank you, Glenn, I mean, can your property, that property was sold, right?

[1:27:41] Well, I'm not talking about, I'm not talking about the, like, they're working on it and they're trying to resolve it.

[1:27:47] I'll just say, I'm just saying one of the problems that neighboring properties have is that it's not just coming from there.

[1:27:53] It's coming from the sides of the property.

[1:27:56] Well, and again, one of the biggest things that we're also seeing is, let's be clear.

[1:28:01] I mean, we're a barrier island.

[1:28:02] So during keen tides, forget the water over and under your seawall, your entire front yard is saturated.

[1:28:08] I mean, you have ground saturation coming up throughout the entire city.

[1:28:12] I mean, you walk up front today, well, not today, because today we have the point, but we have ground saturation.

[1:28:16] And it's always been, in fact, your code requires you to bring in fill every couple of years to keep that saturation from becoming so high.

[1:28:26] We'll look at it, but one of the difficulties here with these King Tides is that that water that's coming up,

[1:28:32] it's at the same level at your home as it is in the canal.

[1:28:39] So this seawall, if you have that water rising up and you're at the same level, the seawall's not going to do anything.

[1:28:45] Okay, the seawall's intended really to hold back the land.

[1:28:50] That's what the purpose of the seawall is, but very erosion.

[1:28:53] But if the overtopping can, the seawall can help control.

[1:28:59] But if you bring that seawall up and the water on the other side of the seawall is at the same height, nothing's going to happen.

[1:29:06] The water's just going to flow right over the top of the, but what I was saying is if someone builds their seawall up and somebody else's seawall is down here.

[1:29:14] Yes, even though this new property owner builds a seawall up, their property might not be that high all the way through their property.

[1:29:21] So the seawalls up higher than some of the lower points of the ground on this property, and on the neighboring properties, it goes through.

[1:29:28] It goes through on the sides, it'll go through like in the middle of the yard.

[1:29:32] That's what I've experienced.

[1:29:34] So we'll continue to one, I'll show it to you one day just so you can see what I'm talking about.

[1:29:37] So we'll continue to work on this issue and follow-up with you individually.

[1:29:41] It's not going into the higher property.

[1:29:44] Yeah, it's going into the higher property because the higher property, because the higher

[1:29:48] property is not filled all the way across.

[1:29:50] There's a C1 might be a higher point than the right property.

[1:29:53] And I'm going to say something that's going to really upset the Council and upset the

[1:29:57] Right, sirs?

[1:30:00] Also know that this is a private matter between private parties. So if you feel that the towns, actions are not sufficient, and you have an unreasonable neighbor that just refuses to cooperate, that's a private matter. We'll get involved to the extent that we can, as it relates to enforcing our code of ordinances. But a lot of residents are attacking us on your WhatsApp chat that we're not doing enough. Well, then there are other recourses that could be taken that we would not be a party too.

[1:30:27] Yeah, as a relation to moving right along, say one other thing because in front of Ken

[1:30:33] of my house today, I don't, did you see what, or were you, it's always, yeah, so.

[1:30:38] So today it was, we had an unusual thing, it did clean out within, there was a police officer

[1:30:46] sitting in my driveway watching, I don't know, I was looking at it, I said, maybe the thing is clogged,

[1:30:51] maybe something's not right, done it done it up.

[1:30:54] Within 10, 15 minutes of that stopping,

[1:30:57] it took the water out, brought it right down.

[1:31:01] It works.

[1:31:02] And, you know what, Miami Beach, Hollywood,

[1:31:07] you wanna see some problems.

[1:31:08] Having sure, we did.

[1:31:11] You can always do better, but we did phenomenal.

[1:31:14] Mayor, do you have a question in the audience?

[1:31:16] I think that

[1:31:25] was for maintenance purposes

[1:31:26] and if that's something we can require them to do

[1:31:29] and submit to the city?

[1:31:31] Yeah, so our code does require a, so at substantial work at your property, we require a report

[1:31:39] and also at transfer property.

[1:31:41] So when we transfer title, so if you're transferring title or selling the house, we require a report

[1:31:44] to accompany it and then that a wall be, that the findings in the report, and that's why

[1:31:49] my recommendation tonight is that we don't just address the findings that we address actually

[1:31:53] getting a new wall.

[1:31:56] That was in my report, and then I was convinced to take it out, but we'll talk about that sidebar.

[1:32:02] We are one last thing, I promise it's important.

[1:32:05] So look, we try to do our best every year, and so you know back in June, we proposed a new fee structure.

[1:32:11] The state legislature passed House Bill 803, and our House Bill 803, we had to rework the way we charged our fees.

[1:32:19] And we took a broad stroke approach.

[1:32:21] So there wasn't an intended consequence of that approach, and so what I'll be recommending to the board at your next meeting and what we'll start implementing now, even though you haven't taken formal action on it, is for minor projects, minor projects being landscaping that you're not removing the tree or bringing in the tree, so artificial turf, replacing the sink, replacing the cabinet.

[1:32:44] So minor projects and there's going to be a detailed definition of minor projects that we go to a fee, a flat fee, between $350 to $750 period.

[1:32:55] And the reason that is is under the new fee structure, we're actually almost like five times higher fees for minor projects than what it was before.

[1:33:04] So I'll give an example, a small landscaping project that may have only cost you $750 under the old fee structure

[1:33:11] can cost you almost $3,000 for the fee in your landscaper, because it's only $9,000.

[1:33:16] So we're going to be bringing you a minor fee, and I do want to say this because residents are like,

[1:33:20] oh, there's an 8 bill, 803 says you can't charge for $7,500 or less, no.

[1:33:25] 8 bill, 803 says that if you are in a flood prone or high velocity area, that doesn't apply.

[1:33:31] So we are in the floodplain, high velocity area, all projects can go to be required permits and they all require permit fee, but we require permit fee.

[1:33:39] But we will be bringing for minor construction, like cabinet changes, especially not a flat fee versus a percentage of work.

[1:33:49] So we'll be working on that and give you that list for your next meeting.

[1:33:53] Thank you, town manager, town attorney, anything this evening?

[1:33:56] Nothing.

[1:33:58] Nothing.

[1:33:58] Nothing to report.

[1:33:59] Okay.

[1:34:00] Ordinance, Jay.

[1:34:01] Ordinance is first reading.

[1:34:02] We have none.

[1:34:03] Okay.

[1:34:03] Ordinance is second reading.

[1:34:04] We have none.

[1:34:05] L.

[1:34:06] Quasitive issue resolution.

[1:34:07] We have none.

[1:34:08] M.

[1:34:09] Major project update and presentations.

[1:34:11] Overview of the current act of town projects.

[1:34:14] Town manager.

[1:34:15] So the Walnut Center project is actually going well.

[1:34:19] I can't invite you to go there on your own.

[1:34:21] But I am going to be giving individual tours to committee members and council.

[1:34:25] So it looks spectacular, the mayors that were here last week, we start taking delivery of

[1:34:30] Jim Equipment as early as next week.

[1:34:32] And so that does not mean that we're going to open the gym before the end of the year.

[1:34:36] Let me just be clear about that.

[1:34:38] We will not open the Walnut Center until after the first of the year.

[1:34:42] New year's resolution, resolution accomplished, will open the gym in the new year.

[1:34:47] Over the next two and a half months, because that's what we have left of the year almost,

[1:34:52] is equipment, the totlots, all of that still has to go in.

[1:34:57] We have to set it, we have to get TCO, CO, we have to get, you know, all the licenses that are required to operate a health care, a wellness center.

[1:35:06] So we're going to go through that process, but we are taking delivery of gym equipment as early as next week.

[1:35:10] The park is the majority of us in, the totlots are being delivered.

[1:35:16] They get shipped the second, next week we'll start seeing delivery of some of that equipment as well.

[1:35:20] the top lot is in the containers coming over from where is coming over and so it's all coming along and it's beautiful.

[1:35:27] Yes, lights are on. Yes, lights are different colors. Yes, lights are bright.

[1:35:32] Nothing has been programmed. Everything now has to be programmed and timed and digital and so there's a lot of fine tuning that goes in.

[1:35:43] Micro and Eric has been working on which software we're going to use to check people in.

[1:35:46] and so the project is going great.

[1:35:49] That doesn't mean that we're stopping.

[1:35:50] We're already looking at the strand

[1:35:52] and what we could do there.

[1:35:54] I promise Councilman Bernstein and I promise this council

[1:35:57] that at the January meeting

[1:35:59] we'll go through and start identifying

[1:36:01] which capital projects we're going to fund next year.

[1:36:04] That gives us the rest of this year

[1:36:05] the finish reimagined to the park.

[1:36:08] Finish all the other small projects

[1:36:10] that we've been working on.

[1:36:11] And then in January,

[1:36:13] pot the campaign,

[1:36:14] Everyone starts working out, New Year's Resolution, they'll all be there for four weeks, and they'll taper down, and then we'll go there.

[1:36:20] So that's the idea, the idea is that we will open in January and throughout the next end of the year, we'll get us fine tune.

[1:36:27] So that's our major projects update.

[1:36:30] Mayor, I do want to let the council know, and the residents know we did take our LPR cameras off of the median.

[1:36:36] We have not lost LPR cameras, we moved our cameras to the town's property.

[1:36:41] FDOT was required, FDOT sent out a letter to all the mayor saying remove your cameras from our right away because the governor issued an executive order.

[1:36:50] So what we did is to prevent the FDOT from doing that for us, we took our cameras off, we installed a location on the south side of town and one on the north side.

[1:36:59] But I left the guts in place because as soon as that governor is removed in January and a new one gets running and I'm putting the cameras back.

[1:37:06] So all the infrastructure so all the infrastructure is there so his executive order dies with his secretary because the secretary issued it

[1:37:12] Not the governor, so the governor's a get it or a stage, but a secretary doesn't so we're gonna do that

[1:37:17] So but we still have cameras on the north and south side of town

[1:37:22] And that's it perfect and just so you know other cities

[1:37:26] Many cities did not even remove their cameras. Yeah, we found out during the mayor's meetings

[1:37:30] Yeah, so a lot of cities are defying them the governor's

[1:37:34] the memorandum and just keeping the cameras, which I find very interesting.

[1:37:40] And it shows how important the cameras really are.

[1:37:43] So moving right along consent agenda, the following five items are on the consent agenda.

[1:37:48] Item number one, official minutes of September 15th, 2026, first budget hearing.

[1:37:55] Item number two, official minutes of the September 15th, 2026, special town council meeting.

[1:38:02] Item number three, Resolution of Town Council Approving Payment, 2500 to the Women's Press and Heart Initiative.

[1:38:10] Item number four, a Resolution of Town Council authorizing the purchase and

[1:38:15] equipping one Chevy Tahoe Police Vehicle.

[1:38:19] Item number five, Resolution of Town Council authorizing uplift of the Police Command Post Vehicle.

[1:38:26] Those five items are on the consent agenda, all in favor say aye.

[1:38:30] All right.

[1:38:31] Anyone opposed?

[1:38:32] No one opposes, the consent agenda passes.

[1:38:35] Item number O, town resolution, there are none.

[1:38:39] Discussion items, I think we discussed everybody.

[1:38:42] Mayor, real quick, to discuss everything we need to discuss.

[1:38:45] So quick, to read us real quick things.

[1:38:48] I'm going to ask that the council look at their calendar.

[1:38:50] We need to move the October meeting to October 27th.

[1:38:54] Is everyone okay with moving the October meeting to October 27th?

[1:38:58] Why the 27th?

[1:38:59] Because the week before I'll be in California receiving a national award.

[1:39:02] I could have participated in the Zoom, but I won't be here.

[1:39:05] I already had it entered October 27th, somebody sent the notice out.

[1:39:09] We had enough people, all right, so enough people we wanted.

[1:39:13] All right, so then I'm making an announcement, the October meeting is October 27th.

[1:39:17] Not asking the check, it's been moved.

[1:39:19] So we're meeting on October 27th at 6 p.m. for a-

[1:39:24] That's the only meeting that month.

[1:39:25] Yeah, yeah, correct and then one last thing if you have not already done so please reach out to Elena and it's a prize to talk about

[1:39:32] Your health insurance options. Okay with that. I'll make a motion to adjourn all favor say aye

[1:39:37] Anyone opposes motion adjourn

Final Budget Hearing and STCM September 29m 2026

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