[0:00] Anybody has any

[0:08] » I have a feeling that we have such a

[0:10] large interest level here tonight that

[0:13] there so I'm electing to take item

[0:16] number if you have an agenda with you uh

[0:19] item number 7A

[0:21] the add will move that up in the agenda

[0:25] to after the commission and staff

[0:26] reports section

[0:28] >> mayor we need to Call the meeting

[0:30] officially to order.

[0:31] >> Order. Thank you.

[0:32] >> Thank you.

[0:34] >> We're call to order.

[0:36] >> Three meetings, five minutes. It's a

[0:38] lot.

[0:39] >> All right. Um first we're going to start

[0:42] off with a presentation

[0:45] for our county.

[0:47] >> I have um Daniel Anderson with Malden

[0:50] Jenkins here. He is um our auditor who

[0:53] does our financial statement audits and

[0:55] he's here to do a quick overview of the

[0:57] uh the fiscal year ending September 30th

[1:00] 2025 audit.

[1:03] >> Thank you. Good evening, Mr. Mayor,

[1:05] commissioners. As Heidi mentioned, my

[1:06] name is Daniel Anderson and I'm the

[1:08] audit partner with Baldman Jenkins who

[1:09] had overall responsibility for the

[1:11] town's 2025 fiscal year and audit. I do

[1:14] a brief presentation this evening to go

[1:15] over the audit results. In your agenda

[1:18] packet, there should have been two

[1:19] items. One would be the audit and

[1:21] financial statements themselves. And

[1:23] then the second is a document that we

[1:25] refer to as our auditor's discussion and

[1:27] analysis which includes some information

[1:30] about the audit results as well as our

[1:31] required communication to governance

[1:33] that I'm going to highlight here this

[1:35] evening. I don't know. Are you just

[1:37] flipping through for me?

[1:38] >> You have.

[1:38] >> Okay. All right. Again, brief

[1:41] information about Malden Jenkins. We are

[1:42] a large regional audit organization with

[1:44] offices throughout the southeast. Your

[1:46] audit was performed from our Braden,

[1:47] Florida office location. Our

[1:49] governmental niche is the firm's largest

[1:51] single niche serving almost 800

[1:53] governments now in the southeastern

[1:54] footprint. Your team was led by myself

[1:57] as well as River Yang who serve 100%

[2:00] governmental entities throughout the

[2:02] year. So all we do is governmental

[2:03] audits. Um so a lot of experience with

[2:05] municipalities such as the town. We

[2:08] perform an audit to issue our opinion on

[2:10] the fairness of the presentation of the

[2:11] financial statements. As part of our

[2:13] audit process, we consider the town's

[2:16] internal control structure for the basis

[2:17] of designing our procedures um to help

[2:20] us support our opinion. We are not

[2:22] issuing an opinion on the effectiveness

[2:24] of internal control. However, our audit

[2:26] was performed in accordance with

[2:28] generally accepted auditing standards as

[2:29] well as government auditing standards to

[2:31] provide reasonable assurance that the

[2:33] financial statements are free of

[2:34] material misstatement and ultimately

[2:36] management does have responsibility for

[2:37] the financial statements themselves. I'm

[2:40] happy to report that we have issued an

[2:41] unmodified opinion which is the highest

[2:43] form of assurance that we can render.

[2:45] Therefore, in our opinion, the financial

[2:46] statements are free of material

[2:48] misstatement.

[2:52] In the back of the financial statements

[2:54] are three additional compliance reports.

[2:56] The first is a report that we refer to

[2:57] as our yellowbook report and that's our

[2:59] report of our test of controls and

[3:01] compliance with significant with respect

[3:02] to significant laws, rules, and

[3:04] regulations. This is a negative

[3:05] assurance report. So, we're not issuing

[3:07] an opinion. This is where we would

[3:09] identify material weaknesses or signific

[3:11] significant deficiencies if we found

[3:13] them in the audit process. I'm happy to

[3:15] report that we have no current year

[3:17] findings of material weaknesses or

[3:18] significant deficiencies.

[3:21] The Florida Auditor General requires us

[3:22] to perform certain procedures in

[3:24] accordance with the rules of the auditor

[3:25] general and issue an independent

[3:27] auditor's management letter with respect

[3:29] to the testing that was performed. Happy

[3:31] to report that we have no current year

[3:32] findings or recommendations within that

[3:34] report based on that testing as well.

[3:36] And then lastly, we're required to

[3:38] examine the town's uh investments of

[3:41] public funds to ensure compliance with

[3:42] town policies as well as Florida

[3:44] statutes. No current year findings to to

[3:46] report with respect to the investment of

[3:48] any public funds as well. Uh the last

[3:51] bullet that we have here, if the town

[3:53] were to expend more than a million in

[3:55] federal awards or $750,000 in state

[3:58] awards, we would have to perform what's

[3:59] called a single audit or a compliance

[4:01] audit with respect to the spending of

[4:02] those awards. that was not required as

[4:04] the town did not exceed those thresholds

[4:06] of expenditures for the 2025 fiscal

[4:08] year. We hope to the future.

[4:12] >> Um some of the required communications

[4:14] that we have in accordance with

[4:15] government auditing standards like the

[4:17] financial statements, the accounting

[4:18] policies are the responsibility of

[4:20] management. We evaluate these policies

[4:22] in the audit process to determine that

[4:24] they're reasonable and appropriate. One

[4:26] new policy change that was in response

[4:28] to a new governmental accounting

[4:30] pronouncement is with respect to how the

[4:31] town accounts for compensated absences.

[4:34] So the audit does include a prior period

[4:36] restatement to properly implement that

[4:37] standard so the town could follow the

[4:40] guidance under the new standard and how

[4:42] they're accounting for what that

[4:43] liability is in your governmentwide

[4:44] financial statements.

[4:47] The financial statements do include a

[4:49] few significant estimates. The most

[4:51] significant estimate in your financial

[4:52] statement is the depreciable lives of

[4:53] your capital assets and determining what

[4:55] the netbook value of those assets are at

[4:57] the end of the year. Throughout the

[4:59] audit process, we received full

[5:01] cooperation from management to provide

[5:02] information to us to perform the

[5:04] procedures that we're required to in a

[5:05] timely manner. We had no disagreements

[5:07] with management over the application of

[5:09] any accounting policies or procedures.

[5:11] At the conclusion of the audit, we

[5:13] obtained written representation from

[5:14] management over the information provided

[5:16] to us. We're not aware of management's

[5:18] consultations with other accountants or

[5:20] what we refer to as opinion shopping. No

[5:22] significant issues discussed with

[5:24] management to bring to your attention.

[5:26] The only two audit adjustments that were

[5:28] posted from the initial trial balance

[5:29] provided were actually prepared by

[5:31] management and given to us to adjust. So

[5:33] we had no audit adjustments performed in

[5:34] the audit. There was one uncorrected

[5:37] misstatement where we proposed an

[5:38] adjustment and management elected not to

[5:40] post. This was an immaterial item so it

[5:43] doesn't impact our opinion at all and it

[5:45] was just to acrew about $16,000 of

[5:47] additional payables. Um so again no

[5:50] opinion modifi mod modification with

[5:51] respect to that. We also evaluated the

[5:54] footnote disclosures to intersure that

[5:56] they had the required information

[5:58] included within them as well. And then

[6:00] lastly mold and Jenkins is independent

[6:02] with respect to the town in accordance

[6:03] with the AICPA professional standards.

[6:07] So I mentioned that there were no audit

[6:08] findings um that we were reporting

[6:10] within the financial statement document

[6:12] throughout the audit process. We do have

[6:13] a few recommendations for improvement.

[6:15] Uh the first one is with respect to the

[6:17] purchasing card policy. Um we tested 25

[6:20] purchasing card transactions during the

[6:22] audit process and determined that one

[6:24] transaction for about $20 didn't have a

[6:27] supporting invoice to it. Um this was

[6:29] for the postage meter. So a very common

[6:30] expenditure that the town has. Our

[6:33] recommendation is just to ensure we'd

[6:34] have that appropriate backup for all

[6:36] purchasing card documents. But we also

[6:39] tested 25 cash dispersements just at

[6:42] random throughout the fiscal year. We

[6:44] noted two of those 25 had no

[6:46] documentation of an independent review

[6:48] and approval. These were recurring

[6:50] transactions that management had. So it

[6:52] was probably approved at the beginning

[6:53] of the year to say, "Hey, we're going to

[6:54] have this charge every single month."

[6:56] Management just couldn't find the

[6:57] documentation for that initial approval.

[6:59] I'll make sure

[7:02] >> that's I don't know the answer to that

[7:04] off the top of my head, but I can get

[7:05] back to you.

[7:07] Uh the last item that we had is we

[7:09] performed certain payroll testing as

[7:11] well and we noted that four of the 13

[7:13] employees tested for that pay rate

[7:15] testing um were kind of approved at a 4%

[7:18] increase by the commission. Um however,

[7:21] there just wasn't documentation that

[7:22] made its way to their file to support

[7:23] that this 4% increase was approved by

[7:26] the commission. Um, we were able to see

[7:27] in the commission minutes the approval

[7:29] though. So, it's just recommended that

[7:30] each employee within their personnel

[7:32] file have a documented pay to make a

[7:34] judge be approval for. So, those are

[7:37] just a few recommendations. Nothing

[7:38] significant that we determined felt

[7:40] needed to be reported as significant

[7:41] deficiency, but we also did want to

[7:43] bring those to your attention throughout

[7:44] the audit process. The last thing that

[7:46] you'll note in the auditor's discussion

[7:48] and analysis is a list of upcoming

[7:51] gadget pronouncements and some narrative

[7:53] as far as what changes you might see. Uh

[7:56] two specific changes that you're going

[7:57] to see within the the 2026 financial

[8:00] statements is a little bit of a change

[8:02] to how the structure of the management

[8:03] discussion and analysis is ordered and

[8:06] then your general fund budget to actual

[8:08] schedule currently shows the original

[8:10] budget, the final budget, the actual

[8:12] amount and then the variance between the

[8:14] final budget and the actual results.

[8:16] Gazby's asking us to add a column that

[8:18] shows a variance between the initial and

[8:20] final budget as well. And then

[8:22] management will also have to footnote

[8:24] any significant variations between those

[8:26] budget amounts um from the original

[8:28] budget the final budget as well as

[8:30] variances between the final budget and

[8:32] the actual results. That's all included

[8:35] within that auditor's discussion and

[8:36] analysis document.

[8:39] That's the conclusion of the

[8:40] presentation that I have for you. We

[8:41] certainly appreciate the opportunity to

[8:43] serve as your auditors. And with that,

[8:44] I'll answer any questions that you guys

[8:45] have.

[8:47] >> You mind?

[8:50] » No. Thank you.

[8:53] I can add one.

[8:54] >> I want to point out my favorite part is

[8:57] that we um the audit confirms that we

[9:00] put $792,000

[9:03] towards our reserve through both um plan

[9:06] savings and unexpected savings. This was

[9:09] the budget that was built by uh the

[9:11] previous personnel before I got here.

[9:18] » Good. Thank you. Thank you. Have a great

[9:20] night. Thank you.

[9:21] >> Thank you.

[9:34] » Ready?

[9:34] >> Yeah.

[9:36] >> I'm not on.

[9:48] We're bringing up a presentation as part

[9:50] of the town manager report.

[9:57] » Thank you.

[9:59] [clears throat]

[10:06] » So, I'll go ahead and um get started.

[10:08] Some highlights um from the uh town

[10:11] manager report is we did submit for a

[10:14] grant for the um beach management plan.

[10:18] This is the first step on a long road

[10:20] that gets us to one show that we are

[10:24] allowed to receive sand from our

[10:26] neighboring um districts and

[10:29] municipalities. Uh the Army Corps should

[10:32] sand become available through their

[10:34] plans. And it also puts us in line for

[10:36] future funding uh from the feds as well

[10:39] as the state for beach reourishment to

[10:42] address coastal erosion. So like I said,

[10:44] this is the first step. The funding

[10:47] level is pretty low um for us because

[10:51] it's based on a percentage of our

[10:53] coastally eroded beach as defined by the

[10:56] state. So our total grant is um a little

[11:00] over 300,000 with 42,000 expected from

[11:04] the state um and um requirement of about

[11:10] 170,000 by us or 270,000 by us but that

[11:14] would be over multi-year to do that.

[11:16] This is a very scientific study of

[11:19] basically the height width of our our

[11:21] beach, what's needed, what type of sand.

[11:24] So, it's the first step of getting in

[11:26] line for it. There's no guarantee that

[11:28] we'll necessarily get the grant, but it

[11:30] was important to put ourselves in there.

[11:33] Uh, on the screen, you can see uh some

[11:36] changes that have taken place here in

[11:38] town over the last couple weeks. Thank

[11:40] you to the Colony Garden Club for their

[11:42] donation. That donation has been uh

[11:45] transmitted to the town. We've enhanced

[11:48] our um entrance. Can you uh minimize

[11:53] our people? Thank you. Uh you can see

[11:55] we've enhanced our entrance through

[11:57] plantings. It's been a very successful

[11:59] project. The town has also updated its

[12:02] irrigation and uh lighting. In fact, the

[12:05] lighting contractor was still out there

[12:06] today. I know we spent a couple trips

[12:08] back to make sure everything is working

[12:11] to highlight all of our new landscaping.

[12:13] Um, I think it looks great and it was a

[12:15] great partnership um with the garden the

[12:19] colony garden club. Um, they have been

[12:22] working towards this all year through

[12:23] bake sales and other fundraisers and um,

[12:26] I'm glad we could pull it off. Cindy Kim

[12:29] as their president was instrumental in

[12:31] the design and Laura Hutchinson was um

[12:34] by me every day during the 95 degree

[12:37] heat with the landscapers overseeing the

[12:40] project and uh we've passed the baton

[12:42] back and forth every day. On some other

[12:45] um updates that have come out of town

[12:48] commission direction and spending is

[12:50] we've restriped all of the roads in the

[12:53] town and this includes the reflectors.

[12:55] um they were very faded, kind of looked

[12:58] broken, so everything was scraped up and

[13:01] relayed. We've also introduced two

[13:04] concrete um

[13:06] barriers um one at the corner right out

[13:09] here of the club and the other at

[13:11] Lighthouse and Colony on the JIP Club

[13:14] side of the corner. So that should help

[13:17] with messing up the grass in the town's

[13:19] rideway, which is also the front yard of

[13:22] our residents.

[13:24] Some other highlights. As of today,

[13:26] we've collected $501,000

[13:30] for our pay in full opportunity. That's

[13:32] 43 properties. We um I've spoken to um a

[13:37] few other people. I'm expecting checks.

[13:39] We'll be doing a reach out, a more

[13:41] personal reach out um by the end of this

[13:44] week, reminding people of the

[13:45] opportunity and just answering any

[13:48] questions, doing kind of a FAQ based on

[13:51] some questions that I've received um

[13:53] over the past uh couple weeks. This was

[13:56] launched about 3 weeks ago. So, I think

[13:59] the response has been great. Everyone I

[14:01] have spoken to and walked them through

[14:03] this um has ended the call with saying

[14:06] they would be sending us a check. So,

[14:08] it's like I said, been very positive.

[14:10] Um, congratulations to Vice Mayor Schula

[14:12] for being the second chap coming in and

[14:14] the first from the commission.

[14:16] [laughter]

[14:18] Not that we were like waiting by the

[14:20] door that day, but we were pretty

[14:21] excited for this. Um, I'm glad we have

[14:23] so many people here with us today. Um,

[14:26] the first budget workshop is Wednesday,

[14:28] August 19th at town hall. I hope you can

[14:31] be there. The meeting's at 5:30. I'll go

[14:34] through at the end of this um the other

[14:36] dates for the budget. It's important to

[14:38] be involved. This is when a lot of the

[14:40] decisions that take place throughout the

[14:42] year are laid. Um so get involved. It's

[14:45] important. Uh skipping down, I attended

[14:48] a city manager roundt

[14:50] um where other um municipalities from

[14:53] all up and down the treasure coast

[14:54] talked about the potential impacts to

[14:56] property tax revenue and best practices

[14:59] for community communication, whether it

[15:01] passes or fails. um what we need to do

[15:04] next. I've been attending the Jupiter

[15:06] Inlet District meetings um that the

[15:09] Fshaw project seems to be going forward

[15:12] from their point of view, but they

[15:14] really need the Army Corps of Engineer

[15:16] to approve it and I don't that doesn't

[15:19] seem positive right now. The roadway for

[15:23] forensic engineers have been on site. I

[15:25] am awaiting their report. Um but they

[15:28] have done two site visits to look at the

[15:30] condition of all town roads. And year to

[15:33] date in your backup we had some

[15:35] financials. Year to date we have made

[15:37] $43,000 in interest and diversifying our

[15:42] investments. Uh speaking of financials,

[15:44] we're at 75% of the year. You might have

[15:47] seen this big number jump off the page

[15:49] at you of 278%

[15:52] over budget for or of budget for the

[15:56] building and zoning. That includes the

[15:58] 510 that we um expended to um hold on to

[16:03] the building permit excess funds for the

[16:07] renovation partial renovation of town

[16:09] hall. If you back that number out, we're

[16:12] actually at 188,000, which puts us right

[16:15] on target at 75% of our budget, as you

[16:18] saw in your backup as well, we are about

[16:21] 90,000 behind of our estimated revenue

[16:24] for building permits. But overall, when

[16:27] you take that number out, instead of

[16:29] being at 83% of our expenditures, we're

[16:32] at 72%. So, we are still trending on

[16:36] budget um a little below as we expect.

[16:39] This is the most difficult time of year

[16:41] because we have less revenue coming in general. We've already collected 99%

[16:46] of our tax revenue. Our fiscal year ends

[16:48] September 30th. So, we have more money

[16:51] going out than coming in, but we are in

[16:53] a a good cash position for that. And and

[16:55] like I said, we remain on budget. Again,

[16:59] upcoming budget meetings. Uh next

[17:01] Wednesday at town hall, we will have our

[17:04] final budget workshop. The budget should

[17:06] be released either Wednesday or Thursday

[17:08] this week. The uh draft budget for um

[17:12] your review as well as um the public's

[17:15] review. The first budget hearing is

[17:18] Tuesday, September 8th at town hall and

[17:20] the final budget hearing is part of the

[17:24] uh September commission meeting which is

[17:27] September 14th in this building. am

[17:30] finally taking advantage of so many

[17:32] people being with us today. I want to

[17:34] remind everyone that our website has

[17:36] been updated this year and we have right

[17:39] on the front page starting on the left

[17:40] agendas, the inlet outlet newsletter, a

[17:44] calendar, the town code, and what I'm

[17:46] calling the transparency portal. And if

[17:49] you click on that transparency portal,

[17:51] it takes you directly to all of our

[17:53] current year budget planning

[17:55] information, which will be updated

[17:57] Wednesday or Thursday this week. the

[17:59] current budget that we're working from,

[18:01] the monthly budget summary reports that

[18:04] go in the back of every agenda, all the

[18:06] town manager monthly reports, the

[18:09] approved town commission project list,

[18:11] which tells you everything that's

[18:13] happening in the community, and then

[18:15] links to all of our inside the town

[18:17] weekly newsletters. Um, and finally, we

[18:20] are planning for our fall festival,

[18:23] which will be a combination of the

[18:24] welcome back party and Halloween party

[18:27] for Sunday, October 25th in the late a

[18:30] afternoon. Uh, we'll be getting more

[18:32] information out, but I just wanted

[18:34] everyone to save the date. And last, I

[18:37] have our intern here, and because of the

[18:39] length of the meeting, she's just going

[18:41] to wait, but talk Diana

[18:44] way in the back. There she is. Um, she,

[18:47] as you recall, was our intern through

[18:49] the Florida City Manager Association. We

[18:51] received a stipen to host her as our

[18:54] intern, and she has been helping behind

[18:56] the scenes with budgeting, public

[18:58] records management, and communication.

[19:00] She is on her way to FSU next week to

[19:03] start not only her grad program there

[19:05] and public administration, but also she

[19:08] has a fellowship through their program

[19:10] there. Um, so we're very proud of her.

[19:13] She's Jupiter born and raised and um I

[19:16] hope [clears throat] uh she'll be back

[19:17] with us one day. So she's great.

[19:19] >> So thank you Katiana.

[19:25] » And I'm happy to answer any questions

[19:26] from the commission. If not, I'll hand

[19:28] it off to the chief.

[19:34] >> Thank you.

[19:41] I skipped the town clerk. I was just

[19:43] advis

[19:56] » without further ado.

[19:57] >> Thank you, mayor, commission. Uh, I

[19:59] don't have a formal report tonight. Our

[20:01] monthly report was sent out. Uh, we did

[20:03] recently have a promotion, though, and

[20:04] I'd just like to introduce Sergeant

[20:07] Nelson Bario. He comes with a very

[20:09] diverse background in law enforcement

[20:10] leadership and I think he's going to be

[20:12] a great fit for the town and he's

[20:14] already done tremendous work for us in

[20:16] the police department. So

[20:21] >> first of all, mayor commissioners rest

[20:25] it's my pleasure to serve you and thanks

[20:28] for having me. Uh I come with like I

[20:31] said 41 years of law enforcement

[20:33] experience and private

[20:35] experience as well. So, uh, with that,

[20:39] you know, you have a terrific police

[20:41] department. Not looking to change much,

[20:43] but trying to enhance as much as we can.

[20:46] So, you all know where to find me.

[20:49] >> Thanks, Char.

[20:50] >> Thank you,

[20:58] » Matt. We are up to you now.

[21:00] >> Okay. Um I was just going to mention

[21:03] that as I had emailed to all of you

[21:04] before the um judge Frank Palahassie

[21:07] found in our favor with respect to the

[21:09] challenge go because you love

[21:11] >> that's not part of

[21:13] >> the same presentation

[21:17] >> um found in our favor with respect to

[21:19] the the challenge to the language to uh

[21:21] the amendment three ballot and found

[21:23] that it was biased, it was misleading,

[21:24] it was factually inaccurate. Uh the

[21:26] attorney general has until Thursday to

[21:30] provide new language for it. It was new

[21:32] proposed ballot language. He's already

[21:34] expressed that he has no intention of

[21:36] appealing the decision. So we'll have to

[21:38] see what he comes up with by by

[21:39] Thursday.

[21:42] That's all I have for now.

[21:43] >> Okay. Thanks, Matt.

[21:46] >> Commissioner reports.

[21:49] Anything? No, no.

[21:57] » Is this where we do the installation on

[21:59] the

[22:15] Excellent.

[22:26] So the um the mic with you.

[22:33] We had a Oh, I can't u commission had a

[22:37] discussion earlier uh in previous

[22:39] meetings about enhancing the safety uh

[22:42] between our our walkways as you cut

[22:45] across the north um walkway and then the

[22:48] south walkway. Also, just to distinguish

[22:51] between the difference of the pathway

[22:55] and then the road. If you look in this

[22:57] top example here, you can see that the

[23:01] red brick goes all the way across the

[23:03] road. And if you're if you're walking

[23:05] along, in fact, if you're at the beach

[23:08] on the north walkway and you're looking

[23:09] west all the way across to the inlet, it

[23:12] looks like one continuous path. And the

[23:15] concern there is that other than this

[23:17] one dark colored mat um which

[23:21] distinguishes the the brick from the um

[23:25] and and gives some kind of notification

[23:27] or provides awareness that that um

[23:31] you're about to cross the road. Other

[23:33] than that, there's there's nothing that

[23:35] tells you that. So, the concern is that

[23:38] folks walking uh at dusk or at night uh

[23:42] we're not supposed to ride our bikes on

[23:44] the walkways, but people do. Um we've

[23:48] heard in the past from some of the

[23:49] residents that live near these

[23:51] intersections that there's been near

[23:54] accidents uh because of that crossing

[23:56] without paying attention. Um, so the

[23:59] idea was to, and thank you, uh, town

[24:02] manager for showing a a Photoshop um,

[24:06] rendering, so to speak, of what it would

[24:08] look like at each corner with the yellow

[24:10] mats, tactile mats. Um, they're easy to

[24:13] walk over. Um, they exist as you are

[24:17] coming across the bridge, the KO Bridge

[24:21] on Beach Road from the entrance to our

[24:24] neighborhood. Um, they're there. you may

[24:26] not even have noticed it. Um,

[24:29] been hearing from residents, um, my wife

[24:33] included, about the importance of

[24:35] maintaining the, uh, the integrity, the

[24:37] ambiance of our neighborhood. Totally

[24:40] get that. Understand that. Um, but I

[24:43] just feel we have an opportunity to

[24:45] provide a um a safety uh

[24:51] provide safety for folks that are are

[24:53] using the walkway and um could prevent

[24:56] potentially prevent an accident. So

[24:58] that's why this is being

[25:04] » Thank you. Can I hear

[25:06] so? Yeah. So I think my one concern so I

[25:09] do safety and ADA work but so the ADA

[25:12] doesn't require yellow and the research

[25:15] shows that it's the bumps is tactical

[25:17] healing. It's not color. So uh in most

[25:21] cities use a red there's some

[25:23] distinction that it doesn't need to be

[25:25] bright yellow for a community. So would

[25:27] you consider it's the same price the

[25:29] bricks available? Would you be opposed

[25:31] to just making it more, you know, not

[25:34] the yellow, but maybe more of a red

[25:35] colored red brick, but still? Yes.

[25:44] » All right. Um,

[25:48] >> yes. Go ahead.

[25:50] >> This is somewhat an agenda item. So, is

[25:53] there She asked if he

[25:55] >> You want to do that, right? Yeah, we can

[25:56] do that. Sure. That makes sense. We're

[25:58] here,

[25:59] >> right? All right. So

[26:02] >> through the commission

[26:04] >> any preference? Yellow, red,

[26:06] >> pink,

[26:08] >> purple,

[26:11] >> fine.

[26:11] >> Yeah, like a red.

[26:12] >> Yeah, I'm in favor of the red as well. I

[26:14] kind of like what we had the one piece

[26:16] that is tackled there.

[26:19] >> Red's fine.

[26:20] >> Okay. So then I guess in that case, make

[26:24] a motion here.

[26:25] >> Do we need a motion to this? Yeah, there

[26:28] was somebody name

[26:36] ask questions.

[26:38] >> Um, we're not quite up to our uh tell

[26:41] you what is this specifically for the

[26:44] tactical colors.

[26:47] We'll come up to public comment in a

[26:49] minute.

[26:50] >> Oh, mayor, if I may. Um, so when you all

[26:53] approved it, it's with a contractor.

[26:56] Before we brought it forward, I had

[26:58] asked them for the prices. The prices

[27:00] are the same. So I feel like we're well

[27:02] within our spending differential that I

[27:05] don't think it's

[27:06] >> You did sign a sign a contract. This is

[27:08] a material change that I can make.

[27:10] >> All right, that sounds good. Did someone

[27:12] tell us what the price is?

[27:15] >> Bucks.

[27:16] >> 31.

[27:18] No.

[27:20] Um, we'll have to get back to you on

[27:22] that question. As far as the actual

[27:23] price, we had a combined pricing if I

[27:25] remember right for the striping as well

[27:27] as this. So, we don't have that at our

[27:30] fingertips tonight.

[27:32] >> What was it approximately?

[27:34] You had some rough idea could let us

[27:37] know. I'm sure you know something.

[27:39] Someone has to know something.

[27:41] >> We can get back to you if that's fine.

[27:43] All right. Thank you. That way we'll

[27:45] give you the exact number.

[27:47] >> And how many are there? How many?

[27:50] >> 13.

[27:52] >> There are 13 on the north

[27:56] >> and four on the south.

[27:59] >> Okay.

[28:02] Very good. Thank you.

[28:03] >> We I just as a one reason I'm here. I

[28:07] like the look of not really knowing

[28:09] where our paths are. So it was for the

[28:13] recording.

[28:14] >> We're not at the point of

[28:17] having comments.

[28:19] >> I'm saying for our recording it's easier

[28:21] for the microphone.

[28:23] >> Um let's if you will we'll hold off

[28:25] until we're to the point of doing our

[28:28] commentary which will be shortly. Okay.

[28:30] And we won't shut any of the subjects

[28:32] out. Come back without a problem. That

[28:34] way we can keep the meeting moving.

[28:36] >> I just didn't hear what you said. What

[28:38] was the solution?

[28:40] be to eliminate the yellow

[28:43] and go to a red tone for the the still

[28:47] being tactical. So you feel it as you're

[28:49] coming to it.

[28:52] >> Okay. And if you follow your bleeding

[28:54] and then red comes out that'll be just

[28:57] part of it, right?

[29:00] >> Okay.

[29:01] >> Everybody's a comedian.

[29:02] >> Yes, everybody's um and I have a a

[29:05] statement that I am going to read. Um,

[29:09] so good evening to all. It's impressive

[29:12] to see as many of you all here tonight.

[29:15] That's great. Um,

[29:17] I know that our uh previous mayors have

[29:20] made some statements from time to time.

[29:22] So, I'm going to follow Chip and Ed's

[29:23] example and do the same.

[29:26] Please bear with me as I am uh not going

[29:28] to be as eloquent as they. The normal

[29:31] process for doing town business under

[29:33] our new charter is for our town staff to

[29:36] work issues under the policies and

[29:37] directions set up by the town

[29:39] commission. The commission brings topics

[29:41] and issues to our meetings for our open

[29:43] discussion and a vote when necessary and

[29:46] the public so that those votes can

[29:48] include input from the town's residents.

[29:51] No town business is done without that

[29:53] opportunity of the residents to provide

[29:55] their inputs for all items under

[29:57] consideration. So, it's nice, as I said,

[29:59] to see so many of you here in attendance

[30:01] tonight compared to our regular five or

[30:03] six bases that we've gotten used to

[30:05] seeing. So, that's the end of my little

[30:07] civics lesson. Um, over the past several

[30:10] months, the town staff has been working

[30:12] to incorporate the very generous gift

[30:14] from the Stewarts for placement of AED

[30:16] devices around town. This was all

[30:19] presented and discussed at several

[30:21] meetings and duly voted upon by the

[30:23] commission.

[30:25] As the stapling amended the guidance

[30:26] from the commission, there was a a

[30:28] disscent made for the acceptance of the

[30:30] gift, the installation of the gift, and

[30:33] the looks of the gift. All after the

[30:35] back of approval by this commission.

[30:37] However, as a result of this resident

[30:39] input, several of the Eve added posts

[30:43] were removed from the placement plan and

[30:45] several of the others are under

[30:46] consideration to be moved slightly so as

[30:48] to alleviate some of the objections. Uh

[30:51] later this evening, the commission will

[30:53] be reviewing the already approved plan

[30:55] so as to finalize an update of the

[30:57] placement of those units that will be

[30:59] incorporated in this AED installation.

[31:03] Our chief will also provide a

[31:04] presentation shortly on this subject.

[31:07] Some of the complaints concerning the

[31:08] placement of these devices is on their

[31:10] impact on the aesthetic of our town.

[31:14] While it is now and will always be in

[31:16] the future, the objective of this

[31:18] commission to maintain an unchanging

[31:21] community

[31:23] and

[31:25] keep that piece of paradise as part of

[31:27] our our our diction. As an example, we

[31:31] are not exclusively made up of little

[31:33] bungalows and small homes that initially

[31:35] were built here. So, our town has grown

[31:37] as we've moved forward into the 21st

[31:39] century. So there have been changes and

[31:41] we've attempted to maintain our field of

[31:43] paradise via the updating of our codes

[31:46] and ordinances backed by this in

[31:48] previous commissions to ensure our

[31:51] building process maintains as much of

[31:53] our paradise as is possible. In keeping

[31:56] with that move into the 21st century, we

[31:58] are now looking at the town's resilience

[32:00] in the face of potential stronger storms

[32:03] and weather storms from a changing

[32:04] environment that may impact us. That's a

[32:07] look to the future. We may need to make

[32:10] revisions to our building and zoning

[32:11] codes to ensure the safety and

[32:13] survivability of our piece of paradise

[32:16] that may result in a little different

[32:17] look than we have today.

[32:21] As we move forward, we will see what the

[32:23] results of the study for which we are

[32:25] awaiting the final results will

[32:27] recommend for our consideration. Also,

[32:31] but keeping the safety and well-being of

[32:33] our neighbors in mind, this generous

[32:35] offer was accepted so as to provide the

[32:38] potential of life-saving capabilities to

[32:40] support the health of our residents.

[32:43] Earlier, I used the name Eve when I

[32:45] addressed the installation designs of

[32:46] the units. Some of you as parents or

[32:49] grandparents may have watched with your

[32:51] youth the Disney animated movie Wall-E

[32:54] with your young ones. In that movie of

[32:57] the future, there was a robot character.

[32:59] reminds me of the base of our AED

[33:01] installations.

[33:03] That is a movie of the future and we are

[33:05] at our future now as we continue to move

[33:09] forward while always looking to maintain

[33:11] our community to the utmost as our

[33:14] paradise.

[33:15] Having been at a CPR and eventually the

[33:18] use of an AD instructor, I've watched

[33:20] the improvements of these devices to the

[33:22] point that almost anyone can

[33:24] successfully deploy them with minimum

[33:26] training in boarding. The systems are

[33:29] now basically self-use. They just need a

[33:31] set of hands to make it work. Even so, I

[33:35] would recommend everyone take training

[33:37] that will be easily made available so

[33:38] that if unfortunately you are faced with

[33:43] a life and death situation, you'll be

[33:45] there to assist one of your neighbors in

[33:48] their grave gravest time ugly. To be

[33:51] successful in such a situation, timing

[33:53] is everything, as you will see the chief

[33:55] explain. In closing, the town is run by

[33:58] a professional team that takes its

[34:00] direction and guidance from our resident

[34:03] volunteers who have stepped forward to

[34:04] give of their time and strive our town

[34:08] keep it the best it can be.

[34:11] If you are not satisfied with the

[34:14] results of decisions made, you can

[34:16] volunteer to run the town commission to

[34:19] be on the town social committee or as we

[34:22] will see later this evening

[34:24] to be a member of our building and

[34:26] zoning committee. But always remember,

[34:29] those of your neighbors who have stepped

[34:31] forward to do this are also residents

[34:34] who are working to make this place we

[34:36] call home its very best while

[34:38] maintaining Perry Coml's quote about our

[34:41] peace of paradise for all. So with that,

[34:45] we'll move forward. Now I mentioned

[34:47] we're going to move item number 7A. So

[34:50] we're going to move forward from this

[34:51] point

[34:53] to that on the chief.

[35:14] » Thank you, mayor. I appreciate that. Um,

[35:16] I just want to thank everybody for

[35:17] coming out tonight. This is an important

[35:19] conversation for our town and I

[35:21] appreciate everyone taking the time to

[35:23] be here. Um, I'd like to begin with a

[35:25] short video, but before we do that, I

[35:27] want to recognize something that has

[35:29] really stood out to me over the past

[35:30] couple of weeks, and that's I've heard

[35:33] from a number of residents, some who

[35:35] have expressed support for the program

[35:36] and others who have raised questions or

[35:39] concerns. I really do appreciate both.

[35:42] And in fact, the concerns are especially

[35:44] important because they give us an

[35:46] opportunity to better explain the

[35:47] project, listen to the different

[35:49] perspectives, and make sure that we're

[35:51] carefully thinking about how we move

[35:54] forward.

[35:55] What has resonated with me most is that

[35:57] the people that I've spoken with have

[35:59] been thoughtful, reasonable, and sincere

[36:02] in their concerns.

[36:04] While we may not all begin this

[36:06] conversation in the from the same

[36:08] perspective, I believe that we share the

[36:10] same goal and that's doing what's best

[36:11] for Jupiter and Lake Colony and

[36:12] preserving the qualities that make this

[36:14] community special. My hope tonight is

[36:16] that we can provide good information,

[36:18] answer questions, improve the dialogue,

[36:20] and perhaps better understand one

[36:22] another's perspectives. Ultimately,

[36:24] conversations like this help us make

[36:26] better decisions, and as we look forward

[36:28] to the toward the future of our town.

[36:31] Um, and with that, I'd like to start the

[36:32] video.

[36:44] The Jupiter and Lakeland Colony Police

[36:45] Department prides itself on the level of

[36:47] public safety and service we provide to

[36:49] our community. While our crime rates

[36:51] remain low, we always look for strategic

[36:54] ways to make the community safer and

[36:55] more accessible, not only for our

[36:57] residents, but for our contractors,

[36:59] landscapers, and visitors that frequent

[37:01] the community. The community AED program

[37:03] is a collaboration between the town and

[37:06] Earl and Nancy Stewart that wanted to

[37:07] put life-saving devices in the hands of

[37:09] our residents when seconds count. When

[37:12] someone's heart stops, every second

[37:14] matters. An AED in the first 3 to 5

[37:16] minutes can be the difference between

[37:18] life and loss. Our officers carry AEDs

[37:21] and they're close by, but they can't be

[37:23] everywhere at once. Publicly accessible

[37:26] AEDs put help right where it's needed on

[37:28] your street near your neighbors ready

[37:31] before first responders can arrive.

[37:33] These devices are simple, safe, and

[37:35] designed for extraordinary people an

[37:37] extraordinary moment. This is about

[37:40] giving our community the best chance in

[37:42] those first minutes. The goal of the

[37:44] community AED program is to place AED

[37:46] units in public spaces throughout the

[37:48] community, which will allow easy access

[37:50] to life-saving equipment when it matters

[37:53] most. Six outdoor locations were

[37:56] selected to allow quick access from

[37:57] anywhere in the town. When someone

[38:00] suffers a sudden cardiac arrest, time

[38:02] becomes the most important factor. The

[38:04] ambulance may be minutes away, but those

[38:07] minutes matter. Publicly accessible AEDs

[38:10] give ordinary people the ability to help

[38:12] before emergency crews arrive, turning

[38:14] bystanders into lifesavers and giving

[38:16] victims their best chance of survival.

[38:19] >> The rotate AED is designed with easy

[38:22] access in mind. Simply approach the

[38:24] unit.

[38:26] Turn the cover counterclockwise

[38:29] unit. You'll see the AED and pull out

[38:32] the AED and get to the person that needs

[38:35] help. Remember, always call 911.

[38:38] >> Hi, my name is Andre Dodd and I'm a

[38:40] lieutenant and a representative for

[38:42] Toquesta Fire Rescue. We wanted to

[38:44] congratulate you on your community AED

[38:47] program. The American Heart Association

[38:49] states that there was roughly 350,000

[38:52] sudden cardiac arrests in 2025. With

[38:56] quick access to AEDs, this increased

[38:58] survivability for these patients. As a

[39:01] professional rescuer and a CPR

[39:04] instructor, I've had more success with

[39:06] patients who receive bystander CPR. It

[39:09] truly gives the highest chance for

[39:11] survival.

[39:12] As you move forward with this program,

[39:14] the life you save may be your own loved

[39:17] ones. Congratulations.

[39:27] All town police officers and

[39:29] professional staff are trained in basic

[39:31] CPR and AED operations. However, police

[39:35] officers are not advanced emergency

[39:38] medical providers and do not carry or

[39:40] administer emergency medications. Our

[39:43] role is to begin life-saving care until

[39:46] a fire rescue can arrive. Although

[39:48] formal training is not required to

[39:50] operate an AED, the town will offer

[39:53] training to any resident who would like

[39:55] to become more knowledgeable,

[39:57] comfortable, and confident using one.

[40:00] With an average EMS response time of

[40:02] approximately 5 to 7 minutes, immediate

[40:05] access to CPR and ADD can help bridge

[40:09] the critical gap between cardiac arrest

[40:12] and the arrival of advanced medical

[40:14] care.

[40:17] So whether you're working, playing, or

[40:20] simply enjoying walking through our

[40:22] beautiful community, you can take

[40:24] comfort in knowing the life-saving

[40:25] equipment is always just steps away.

[40:34] So thank you. That video is just 4

[40:37] minutes long. And if we think about fire

[40:40] getting here, we would have been doing

[40:42] CPR for almost four minutes now. and

[40:45] having an AED to advise a shock and get

[40:47] a rhythm back could potentially

[40:49] [clears throat] relieve one of the

[40:50] responsibility of having to continue

[40:51] that CPR if it brings the heart back

[40:53] into rhythm. So having people that have

[40:57] access before first responders can get

[40:59] there is is paramount and I don't think

[41:02] there's a person in this community that

[41:04] would not help another person if they

[41:06] saw that they were in need. I've seen

[41:08] the way people love this community, the

[41:10] way they treat this community, and I

[41:12] value and respect that. But in terms of

[41:15] public safety, this initiative, I think,

[41:17] is very important for us. And I'm asking

[41:20] us to to overlook the look of this, but

[41:23] I do want to show you what this AED does

[41:25] and how simple it is to use it.

[41:28] Actually, Lieutenant Andre Dodd from

[41:30] Sequestifier did come out tonight, and I

[41:33] think he might be able to speak on an

[41:35] AED use even better than I can.

[41:38] Good evening everyone.

[41:39] >> Good evening.

[41:40] >> Can you go back to the podium though

[41:42] because of the camera?

[41:43] >> I sure can.

[41:44] >> Thank you.

[41:46] >> Right there.

[41:52] » There was a young lady who said that it

[41:54] really there was a young lady here who

[41:56] said that it's really easy to use and it

[41:58] is. They've made it relatively dummy

[42:00] proof.

[42:02] Simply like she said, open the cabinet,

[42:05] pull it out. It's going to activate the

[42:07] officers. It's going to let them know

[42:09] that, hey, somebody's pulled out this

[42:10] AED, which great, it's still very

[42:13] important. Call 911. When you call 911,

[42:16] put it on speaker because the dispatcher

[42:18] is going to go ahead and guide you

[42:20] through actually using the AED. In

[42:23] conjunction, the AED is also going to

[42:25] speak to you. Go ahead and open it up.

[42:29] Very first thing you want to do is

[42:33] look at that. They gave pictures.

[42:40] » How sweet. So remove clothing. Two.

[42:44] You're going to go ahead and pull this

[42:45] open.

[42:46] >> Reveal pads.

[42:48] >> Look at pictures on pads.

[42:51] >> And there it is.

[42:53] >> More pictures.

[42:54] >> Exactly as shown in the pictures.

[42:58] >> Press pads firmly.

[43:01] So, so long as you follow the

[43:03] instructions very clearly

[43:05] >> red handle to reveal pads,

[43:07] >> it's going to tell you exactly what to

[43:09] do

[43:10] >> on pads.

[43:11] >> Even to the point where the patient

[43:13] needs to be shocked, it's going to say

[43:16] they're better shock.

[43:20] >> I don't know what more to say about the

[43:22] AED. I think the AD program that you are

[43:24] looking at is phenomenal.

[43:27] Absolutely phenomenal.

[43:30] breathing. Okay.

[43:34] » So, if they're breathing and and let me

[43:36] say this first I am a CPR instructor in

[43:40] the village of Questa. Anybody who wants

[43:42] a class, please come please. I'll give

[43:44] you the information freely. Uh if the

[43:47] patient is breathing, can you use this?

[43:50] You can absolutely put this on the

[43:52] patient still.

[43:55] >> Sure. Absolutely. just in case

[43:59] it So if if it's it's going to say shock

[44:02] not advised start CPR. So if I was to

[44:05] put this on me right now and I'm talking

[44:07] to you

[44:10] it's still going to say shock advised.

[44:12] So

[44:14] >> I have one in my house. So if you want

[44:17] to take the one

[44:20] door

[44:25] sound is the issue of how

[44:27] >> sound

[44:27] >> you won't be able to get the comments

[44:30] >> the comments right

[44:32] >> we'll get to comments here in a second

[44:34] >> so I well let me thank uh Lieutenant

[44:37] first for coming out I I really

[44:38] appreciate the the fact that he thought

[44:40] enough of this program to to spend his

[44:42] free time here with us tonight. Uh, you

[44:45] know, the other thing I would say about

[44:46] this is we we really did put a lot of

[44:48] thought into this um into the aesthetic.

[44:52] And I know the aesthetic is a hard thing

[44:53] for us to use in this room right now in

[44:56] terms of terminology, but I think the

[44:58] town manager will show share with you

[45:00] what the other possibilities were. And I

[45:03] think it's important for us, you know,

[45:05] my hat as a police chief is to look at

[45:08] public safety matters. And this is

[45:10] something that's important to the

[45:12] community. And when I looked at this and

[45:14] we had the opportunity to have this

[45:16] donated to us, I I really thought that

[45:19] this would be something great for us.

[45:20] And, you know, I I didn't expect, you

[45:23] know, the push back that we got, but I

[45:25] appreciate it because it allows me to

[45:27] look at projects through a different

[45:28] lens as we move forward. You know, I'm

[45:30] new to the town and that's something I

[45:32] can share with everybody here. As we

[45:34] look at projects in the future, we will

[45:36] share what a rendering of it looks like

[45:38] before we ever bring the discussion to

[45:40] the table so everybody can see it and

[45:42] then we can get the community involved

[45:44] even broader. And the other thing I

[45:46] would encourage is to get involved with

[45:48] the community stuff. We put it out on

[45:50] the websites. It goes out in email

[45:51] blasts on Wednesday. Get involved early.

[45:54] That way we don't have to have all of

[45:56] this, you know, animosity toward a

[45:58] project because, you know, we really are

[46:00] here trying to do the best thing from my seat, from the town manager

[46:03] seat, and even from where the commission

[46:05] is sitting. They're doing what they feel

[46:06] is the most important for this

[46:08] community. So, I'll end with that and uh

[46:12] I'm open for any questions.

[46:13] >> Before we get to questions, I just if I

[46:16] can wrap up our staff presentation with

[46:17] just a couple more pieces of

[46:19] information. So, the chief talked about

[46:22] um

[46:24] kind of the value of the AED program. I

[46:27] just want I have three quick slides or

[46:29] four quick slides. Just a little I'm

[46:31] sorry.

[46:32] >> Perfect. Yeah.

[46:33] >> Okay. Um just a little history on how we

[46:36] got here as well. Um on October 25th, um

[46:41] the former mayor received or who was

[46:43] sitting at the time received a letter

[46:46] offering the public donation of the AED.

[46:48] We brought that to the October 14th,

[46:51] 2025 meeting. Um, between October 20 and

[46:55] we were given the go-ahehead to start

[46:56] running with the project. From October

[46:58] 2025 to March 2026, we worked with the

[47:02] donors and identified the project cost

[47:04] because there it was an unknown. When we

[47:07] landed on about $96,000,

[47:09] they agreed and provided a check for

[47:12] that. May 11th, we brought forward um

[47:16] three different agenda items. one was

[47:18] formally accepting the donation. The

[47:20] other was the purchase of the AEDs and

[47:23] all the equipment plus the software and

[47:26] then the actual inst installation. So

[47:29] that was the three different and then

[47:31] just to kind of cover it broadly twice

[47:34] in October and twice in May this project

[47:37] was in our Wednesday inside the town

[47:40] emails.

[47:41] So, this isn't a an eitheror or a gotcha

[47:45] or whatever, but it it gives history of

[47:48] how we ended up today. This is what a

[47:50] public AED installation generally looks

[47:53] like. Um, we pushed back. These are all

[47:56] over the country. These are web source.

[47:58] These are not necessarily ones we went

[48:00] and saw. You could see some of them look

[48:02] like small town small towns. Some look

[48:04] like bigger towns. Um, so the one on the

[48:08] bottom left is like the one we have, but

[48:11] it is red. The other one that we saw

[48:14] from the manufacturer that provides our

[48:17] unit is like on the left. So the

[48:20] difference between what we have and most

[48:23] likely all of these just based on how

[48:25] they look is ours are 100% solar because

[48:28] of the way the community is laid out.

[48:30] It's not in commercial corridors.

[48:32] There's no electric necessarily running

[48:34] to all of them. And to save cost, we

[48:37] went with a solar option. So what is on

[48:40] the right, as everyone knows, is the one

[48:43] that's at Komo Park right now. And that

[48:46] is um how we got there. So it was a

[48:49] design to be able to accommodate the

[48:51] solar as well as all the wiring and

[48:54] telecommunications that feed the system,

[48:56] which is in that bottom part of the box

[48:58] that looks kind of like a lock box um

[49:00] where the red AED is. So that's how we

[49:03] got here. So, let's how are we going to

[49:05] move forward? Yourself, myself, we've

[49:08] heard from our residents over the last

[49:10] couple weeks. Staff is bringing forward

[49:12] a recommendation of the following, which

[49:16] would include to remove the installed

[49:18] unit along the south walkway at Collins

[49:20] and Pirates. And as I said in my staff

[49:23] report, we approached this um this

[49:25] project initially from public access was

[49:28] our mindset. hearing from the community.

[49:31] We're readressing our recommendation to

[49:34] public gathering spaces. That's our

[49:37] where we are coming from with our

[49:38] recommendation. We are recommending to

[49:41] do not install the unit intend intended

[49:43] for the town entrance area. We are

[49:46] proposing to shift the proposed location

[49:49] of the north beach access unit from the

[49:53] doom walkover to closer to the existing

[49:55] bike rack. You can see that in the

[49:57] bottom left hand side where we're

[49:59] proposing to put it right now. There's

[50:01] an orange stake out there that is

[50:03] photoshopped in on the right of what the

[50:05] unit would look like there. And then

[50:07] shift the proposed location of the south

[50:10] beach up towards the fence, closer to

[50:12] the fence. So, it's next to the

[50:13] lifesaving device as well as the dog um

[50:17] station. So you can see it on the top

[50:19] picture on the left uh where we're

[50:21] proposing to push it back away from the

[50:24] walkway and what it looks like

[50:26] photoshopped in there. So we again we

[50:29] offer this as a recommendation and we

[50:31] will go forward with the the

[50:33] recommendation or the decision of the

[50:35] commission.

[50:36] Thank you.

[50:38] >> That was it.

[50:39] >> Good.

[50:39] >> Thank you.

[50:40] >> Thanks comments.

[50:42] >> Paul I think I'd like to hear all one

[50:45] sec. Any comment from the staff first

[50:47] from the commission?

[50:48] >> Um I like Thank you. So one thanks to

[50:50] the stewards. I appreciate their

[50:52] generosity. Um I feel I didn't ask the

[50:54] right questions. You know, I was

[50:56] imagining this not a not a large entire

[50:58] so I'm surprised

[51:00] information I I like the gathering

[51:03] places and I would maybe using that as a

[51:05] definition maybe question

[51:08] but we also that

[51:18] » yes I think um I want to thank everyone

[51:21] for all the comments that they put in

[51:23] and I think you all should know that we

[51:25] all saw them and read them and um we

[51:27] thought long about what you're asking or

[51:31] suggesting and um I think that from the

[51:34] original plan that was made down to what

[51:37] the latest compromise would be that this

[51:40] is a good this is a good thing. I think

[51:42] it's going to be okay. I think that

[51:44] we're going to put them in and we're

[51:45] going to landscape them and we will be

[51:47] used to them because our neighborhood is beautiful despite these poles. these

[51:52] neighborhoods, our neighborhood, our

[51:54] beach is beautiful, our our landscaping

[51:56] are beautiful, and our residents make

[51:58] this place who it is. So, I I I feel

[52:01] that

[52:02] we are making a good compromise. We are

[52:04] not going to put all of them in as

[52:06] originally suggested and that we are

[52:08] going to do this and I believe that this

[52:09] is a good thing going forward and I hope

[52:11] that everyone can can come together on

[52:14] this and not you know not not let this

[52:17] become something that is an ongoing

[52:20] problem for our attempt.

[52:23] >> Yeah. A couple questions for Chief. Um

[52:27] so Chief when you when you open the

[52:29] bubble of cover does that automatically

[52:32] dial 911? It does not dial 911. The the call will go to the the the JIC

[52:39] police officer phone that we have on

[52:41] duty. What it's going to do is alert

[52:43] that officer that one of the devices has

[52:45] been opened. So when that officer gets

[52:47] that notification, they start heading in

[52:49] that direction. That's why it's

[52:50] important to make sure that you do call

[52:52] 911. The thing is we do have a lot of

[52:54] people that walk in the community. They

[52:55] don't have their cell phones or other

[52:57] devices. the minute that's turned, at

[52:59] least we have a notification of some

[53:01] type and we're we're moving in that

[53:02] direction whether or not somebody has

[53:04] the ability to to call 911 or not.

[53:06] >> Rick, and then I had a question for our

[53:09] town attorney. Um, people have said to

[53:11] me that if I start this procedure and I

[53:14] screw it up, that somebody dies, then

[53:16] I'm liable.

[53:18] >> There there is a statute that addresses

[53:20] that specifically uh provides immunity

[53:23] from liability for a person who does it

[53:25] in good faith. Um there's that same

[53:27] statute also provides immunity from uh

[53:31] civil case for uh uh the town for

[53:34] putting these in.

[53:35] >> So that that is addressed specifically.

[53:37] >> You want to see what it's called?

[53:38] >> That's the good Samaritan. Yeah.

[53:41] >> Yeah. There's a requirement to keep it

[53:43] maintained. Yes. And yes.

[53:48] >> And I'd also like to echo Anna's

[53:50] comments. Thank you so much to everyone

[53:52] here. Um, we have a town that cares

[53:54] about where we live and our community.

[53:57] Um, many of you have lived here most of

[53:59] your lives. Some of you grown up here.

[54:02] Um, as Anna has, and uh, just want you

[54:04] to know that we respect that. We hear

[54:06] you. Um, I've responded uh to everyone

[54:10] that's directly emailed or or or sent a

[54:14] letter uh, to me. And uh, I just want to

[54:16] say that and we're looking forward to

[54:18] hearing what all of you have to say.

[54:20] Thank you.

[54:21] >> Thank you. Um, Brian, do you have

[54:24] something from Earl?

[54:26] >> Yeah, Mr. Stewart,

[54:28] >> we'll open up now to public comment.

[54:30] We'll start, but

[54:33] >> So, Mr. Stewart could not be here

[54:35] tonight, so he requested that we read

[54:37] this for him. Um, and this isn't his

[54:40] voice. I'm reading it exactly as he's

[54:41] written it. So, good evening. Uh Earl

[54:44] asked me to read this statement on his

[54:46] behalf of him and Nancy who very much

[54:48] wanted to be here tonight but are unable

[54:51] to attend in person. Nancy and I are

[54:53] sorry we cannot be with you tonight. I'm

[54:55] dealing with a heart issue that is being

[54:57] evaluated by my cardiologist at

[54:59] Cleveland Clinic. A continuous heart

[55:01] monitor is being brought back from

[55:03] Cleveland Clinic this afternoon and I

[55:05] need to be home to begin wearing it.

[55:07] Nancy needs to remain with me. There is

[55:09] some irony in the fact that a heart

[55:11] issue is keeping me from speaking

[55:12] personally tonight about AEDs.

[55:15] Nancy and I offered these AEDs to

[55:17] Jupiter in Lakeland Colony for one very

[55:19] simple reason. To give one of our

[55:21] neighbors, friends, family members, or

[55:23] perhaps one of us a better chance of

[55:26] surviving a sudden cardiac arrest. We

[55:29] paid for the project ourselves. We

[55:31] expect nothing in return. There is no

[55:33] benefit to Nancy or me that is any

[55:35] different from the benefit that every

[55:37] other person of this in this town. I

[55:39] understand that some residents don't

[55:41] like the appearance of the AED

[55:42] installations. I respect their right to

[55:45] feel that way, but I ask everyone to

[55:47] weigh the concern against what these

[55:48] devices are there to accomplish. When

[55:51] someone suffers a sudden cardiac arrest,

[55:53] minutes matter. The purpose of locating

[55:56] AEDs throughout the community is to put

[55:58] one within very quick reach rather than

[56:00] depending upon an AED arriving with

[56:02] someone else. I have had AEDs at Earl

[56:05] Stewart Toyota for many years. Our

[56:07] employees receive regular CPR and AED

[56:10] training. They have been used in real

[56:12] emergencies. My experience with them is

[56:14] one of the reasons I feel so strongly

[56:16] about making them readily accessible

[56:18] here. None of us knows whose life one of

[56:21] these AEDs might someday help save. It

[56:24] could be someone walking on the beach.

[56:26] It could be a visitor. Or it could be a

[56:27] child or grandchild visiting one of us.

[56:30] It could be the person who supports

[56:31] these AEDs most strongly. And it could

[56:34] even be someone who opposes them

[56:35] tonight. If that day ever comes, I don't

[56:38] believe anybody will care what the AED

[56:40] cabinets look like. The only thing that

[56:42] will matter is how quickly somebody

[56:43] could get to it.

[56:46] Nancy and I love Jupiter Inlet Colony.

[56:48] This is our home. We made this gift

[56:50] because we care about the people who

[56:52] live here. We respectfully ask the town

[56:54] commission and the neighbors to allow

[56:56] these AEDs to be activated and available

[56:58] for the purpose for which they were

[56:59] given to be there when somebody

[57:02] unexpectedly needs one and when every

[57:04] minute matters. Thank you Earl Nancy

[57:06] Stewart.

[57:09] » Thank you chief

[57:12] right now if anybody else has any uh

[57:15] comments public uh in reference to

[57:18] specifically the ads then we'll switch

[57:20] back over to the rest of the agenda. If

[57:22] you want to approach, if I don't have a

[57:25] card for you,

[57:27] up to the podium, please give us your

[57:29] name and your res. [clears throat]

[57:31] >> Oh, hi. My name is Dale Haynes. I live

[57:33] at 188 Shelter Lane. Question I have is,

[57:36] do each of the patrol cars have a unit

[57:40] in in their vehicles?

[57:44] >> Yes.

[57:46] >> Great. Uh the the other comment I might

[57:48] make is uh dialing 911 on on a cell

[57:52] phone may not be as easy as you think. I had a recent uh relatively recent

[57:59] incident where I got my touchcreen up

[58:03] and dialed 911 and nothing happened. you

[58:07] have to go back out to your home screen

[58:10] and and on the iPhone I have and

[58:15] uh push the uh emergency call and so

[58:21] don't think you can just get on your

[58:23] phone and dial 911.

[58:25] I stood by the side of I95 and watched

[58:28] my car burn up. So I think it's a good

[58:31] idea. Uh I I like the idea of the patrol

[58:35] cars having the the devices uh because

[58:39] if we're in our homes, we're we're not

[58:42] going to think about running down and

[58:43] leaving our loved one to get get a

[58:46] device. But on the beach, in the park,

[58:49] these devices save lives.

[58:52] >> Great. Thank you. And just as a a

[58:56] further point that um Oh, I lost my

[59:00] train of thought. Never mind. Um, next.

[59:04] [clears throat]

[59:06] >> Yeah.

[59:06] >> Hey guys. So, uh, I just got into town.

[59:09] Uh, Matt Car 173 Beacon. I just got into

[59:13] town yesterday. So, and I'm I was

[59:15] unaware of any of this actually, any of

[59:17] the comments. I had no idea. Uh, I've

[59:20] been I've been away so traveled a lot.

[59:22] But, um, I did drive through the

[59:24] community with a friend today for the

[59:25] first time and he was like, "What is

[59:26] that?" uh when we got to one. Uh I think

[59:30] it's a great idea. I think it's great

[59:32] that we have uh residents that are

[59:34] willing to do this type of thing for us.

[59:36] Um my only comment would be maybe we can

[59:40] just make them a little less obvious to

[59:42] people driving through the community so

[59:43] they're not like staring you in the face

[59:45] when you drive down the street. I don't

[59:46] think it's going to matter if they're 10

[59:48] foot in on the pathway versus on the

[59:50] corner. If somebody needs them in an

[59:52] emergency, they can access them five

[59:54] feet away or 10 feet away where they're

[59:56] less visible to traffic and people

[59:58] coming through the community, but the

[1:00:00] people who live in the community will

[1:00:01] know where they are and be able to

[1:00:03] access them on a regular basis. So,

[1:00:05] that's really common.

[1:00:07] >> Thank you. And I remember what I was

[1:00:09] going to say is that also remember these

[1:00:11] things being put in with solar panels.

[1:00:13] Some of you have been here long enough,

[1:00:15] you can remember when we had no power

[1:00:16] and here after a hurricane, these will

[1:00:19] still function. So that's one of the

[1:00:21] reasons that they're powered as they

[1:00:23] are. And they give us the look that they

[1:00:24] do. Similar to the pole that's out at

[1:00:26] the [clears throat] east end of KO

[1:00:29] Bridge. You might see the warning light

[1:00:31] here for the curb. They've got the exact

[1:00:33] same kind of setup. Um I had John and

[1:00:37] Kathy

[1:00:39] who wanted to discuss AEDs wanted part

[1:00:41] of your questionnaire question coming.

[1:00:48] First of all, it's very sweet of people

[1:00:52] to Kathy Methel. Sorry,

[1:00:54] >> address [clears throat]

[1:00:55] >> 133 Lighthouse Scrap.

[1:00:58] >> Um, no pun intended, but their heart is

[1:01:00] in the right place and I appreciate how

[1:01:04] um in love they are with the community

[1:01:06] and how generous they are. I also think

[1:01:11] they're a good idea, but not so many. I

[1:01:14] just don't get the number of them. I

[1:01:17] think it's a good idea to have them by

[1:01:19] down by the beach and maybe one by the

[1:01:22] park where we gather, but I just think

[1:01:27] there are too many and the police have

[1:01:30] them in their car. And honestly, if I'm

[1:01:33] in my house and my husband goes down,

[1:01:36] I'm calling 911 and staying with him.

[1:01:39] I'm not going to run and get one of

[1:01:41] them. But I do appreciate it. I came in

[1:01:45] late to the game also. That's my bad.

[1:01:47] Um, and I appreciate all that you do. I

[1:01:50] just think maybe we could eliminate

[1:01:52] another one. And also, I wouldn't mind I

[1:01:56] don't know if there's a rule, but maybe

[1:01:58] we could even build they have um kind of

[1:02:02] like they're book little book libraries

[1:02:05] where you put wood around them

[1:02:08] >> so that they don't look so obvious.

[1:02:11] You know, maybe we could hide that part

[1:02:13] of them but still have the front of them

[1:02:16] showing. And one more question. Are

[1:02:19] there lights on them at night time or

[1:02:22] >> Yes,

[1:02:23] >> there are. And is it a red light, green

[1:02:26] light, or does

[1:02:27] >> I can answer that just at the same time

[1:02:30] as steps? Um, so it's built to have

[1:02:33] [laughter]

[1:02:35] where

[1:02:36] >> it's built to have lights, but um they

[1:02:39] can all be turned off, which they should

[1:02:41] have been turned off within the last

[1:02:42] week. The one at Comr was supposed to be

[1:02:45] more amber. It was burning red, but we

[1:02:47] asked them to take um turn the lights

[1:02:49] off and that's how it and they can stay

[1:02:51] that way.

[1:02:52] >> I think that would help also. At

[1:02:54] [clears throat] night time, it's kind of

[1:02:56] glaring. But like I said, I I'm all for

[1:03:00] saving lives and

[1:03:03] I think it's a great thing for the

[1:03:04] community. I just don't think we need so

[1:03:08] many of them.

[1:03:09] >> Well, we only have four. So, you

[1:03:11] mentioned three. The board ones over the

[1:03:12] observation pan. Um, thank you.

[1:03:16] >> Thank you.

[1:03:18] >> Um, I I'll I'll just add first of all,

[1:03:20] I'm gratified to hear that in a room in

[1:03:21] front of a room full of witnesses, she's

[1:03:23] pledged to call 911 for you. [laughter]

[1:03:25] happy about Heidi or Chief

[1:03:29] >> Heidi or Chief maybe have the answer to

[1:03:31] this question, but what is our average

[1:03:33] response time from 9 from a 911 receipt

[1:03:36] of a call to to the uh uh to the

[1:03:40] response to the um incident, let's call

[1:03:42] it.

[1:03:43] >> So I can give you both numbers uh just

[1:03:46] for people on Zoom. So for your police

[1:03:49] department, you're looking about a

[1:03:51] minute and 56 seconds. So and fire

[1:03:53] department is generally between five and

[1:03:55] seven depending on railroad bridges and

[1:03:59] the other piece of this is we have to go

[1:04:00] off island sometimes to get gas and do

[1:04:02] other things. So we would be susceptible

[1:04:04] to those same things which would

[1:04:05] increase our response time.

[1:04:07] >> Okay. All right. But average is is 156.

[1:04:09] >> Yes sir.

[1:04:10] >> Okay. So

[1:04:10] >> that but that's in town.

[1:04:14] >> Do you ask a question from calling 911?

[1:04:16] >> Yeah.

[1:04:18] >> If [clears throat] you if you

[1:04:19] >> Go ahead. Sorry.

[1:04:21] >> Calling 911. you're going to have to add

[1:04:22] more time on to that five to seven

[1:04:24] minutes because they then have to turn

[1:04:25] around and exercise the system to go out

[1:04:28] to

[1:04:29] >> I understand that. But that that's in

[1:04:31] whether whether we have the

[1:04:32] defibrillator or we just have what we

[1:04:34] have now. That's that's the same. My my

[1:04:36] point is like the stewards made a a uh a

[1:04:40] point of indicating that there's a

[1:04:41] balance between the sightliness of of

[1:04:44] these units and the the the uh desire to

[1:04:48] save lives. There's also a balance

[1:04:51] between, you know, the benefit that we

[1:04:53] get from installing these and the number

[1:04:55] of them. Um, and how does that directly

[1:04:58] affect the response time and and you

[1:05:00] know, we talk about minutes matter here.

[1:05:02] So, average time we're there within two

[1:05:04] minutes. We've got somebody, an officer

[1:05:06] with a vehicle with an AED in it. So,

[1:05:09] we're trying to cut that down. Um, to

[1:05:12] what? And to what end? and you know is

[1:05:16] it I is it is it that is the efficacy of

[1:05:19] that uh that important that we have this

[1:05:23] number of units that's that's the only

[1:05:25] thing I I throw out as so thank you

[1:05:27] >> thank you

[1:05:34] » do you want the micr

[1:05:45] Okay. I'm Tracy Cian79 Lighthouse. I've

[1:05:48] been here for a number of years. Um, and

[1:05:52] I drove into town probably the first day

[1:05:56] the box was up on. I had just been off

[1:06:00] the island and had come down through all

[1:06:03] the greenery and it was lovely. I got to

[1:06:06] town and there were these beautiful

[1:06:09] green plants all in the front of the

[1:06:13] town. It looked like a a homecoming. It

[1:06:17] was just wonderful. I was so thrilled

[1:06:20] with peace and joy. I drive in and wham,

[1:06:24] my eyeballs were absolutely assaulted.

[1:06:29] Yellow, red, white, huge box. What?

[1:06:33] Well, I got very excited and I wrote the

[1:06:36] commission a letter and I said pretty

[1:06:40] much what I just said now. Okay,

[1:06:44] I've changed my mind a bit.

[1:06:47] How could you possibly say I don't want

[1:06:49] to save somebody's life? You can't. You

[1:06:52] just don't know when you might be able

[1:06:55] to use something like that. But even

[1:06:57] though I felt, oh, I'll never figure out

[1:06:59] how to do it and etc. Now it looks maybe

[1:07:02] even I could do it in an emergency but

[1:07:04] besides that I might be a victim. So

[1:07:07] that would be nice. Okay. However, I

[1:07:11] would like to just round this out to say

[1:07:14] saving our town feeling which I was so

[1:07:18] happy to hear you speak to.

[1:07:21] If you go into off the island's

[1:07:25] cold Frenchman's creek any one of the

[1:07:28] others take a look. You don't see white

[1:07:32] posts holding up street signs. You don't

[1:07:36] see white posts with other things on it

[1:07:39] in red and yellow.

[1:07:42] We can do that, too. In the old days,

[1:07:45] all of our posts were green.

[1:07:48] When you showed the picture that you had

[1:07:51] of the way it looks right now, my mind

[1:07:54] painted the pole green. It painted the

[1:07:57] flange around the circle green. That all

[1:08:02] fades back into the greenery behind it.

[1:08:06] And that's what we're trying to keep

[1:08:07] because that is really a peaceful

[1:08:10] feeling of returning home to our unique

[1:08:16] little town that doesn't have signs,

[1:08:19] doesn't have stores, doesn't have that

[1:08:22] kind of traffic.

[1:08:24] We're so lucky. Let's try to keep it up.

[1:08:28] So, let's look at our signage and see if

[1:08:31] there's some way we can tone it down.

[1:08:36] >> That's my suggestion.

[1:08:38] >> Thank you.

[1:08:44] Commissioner. Any other questions?

[1:08:46] Comments?

[1:08:53] Are you coming up in reference

[1:08:56] a like what you said Paxton 47 Ocean

[1:09:00] Drive

[1:09:01] um in regards to the AED there was a

[1:09:04] gentleman I believe a doctor here that

[1:09:06] came up with some information in regards

[1:09:08] to those units and he was kind of like

[1:09:10] bypassed he's spoken two times and I

[1:09:13] think now that we're all a little bit

[1:09:15] more aware

[1:09:17] of what this thing is and what it can do

[1:09:21] and the mistakes that can be made.

[1:09:23] Forget about liability. You're talking

[1:09:25] about someone like it. And I think we

[1:09:28] should relisten to what Mike Jacobs

[1:09:31] brought up before about those things and

[1:09:34] its usage. Okay. That's my opinion.

[1:09:38] >> Yeah. Thank you.

[1:09:42] » All right.

[1:09:49] » Moving on. We'll switch back over to the

[1:09:51] regular agenda order

[1:09:53] >> going public comments. Go ahead.

[1:09:57] >> Yeah, mayor. I think I think we need to

[1:09:58] close this out and give direction to

[1:10:00] staff

[1:10:00] >> and on support of what staff is

[1:10:02] recommending um kind of move forward

[1:10:05] with you know placing location that you

[1:10:07] have provided in the staff report and

[1:10:10] I'm I'm willing to support that.

[1:10:13] >> I like the compromise. like what what

[1:10:15] the staff supported, but I would uh

[1:10:17] challenge that we'd remove Lighthouse

[1:10:19] Drive because it was consistent with the

[1:10:21] definition of in public places at the

[1:10:24] beach, one at Conewell. I love the

[1:10:26] painting idea, make it blend in better.

[1:10:28] Um

[1:10:34] I was

[1:10:35] >> sorry, I'm sorry.

[1:10:37] All right. Repeat that.

[1:10:39] >> All right. So,

[1:10:42] we go back to I agree with the that we

[1:10:44] should do the compromise when you

[1:10:46] presented. I would advocate that we

[1:10:49] apply the matrix that you said like

[1:10:51] public access points and then actually

[1:10:53] remove one lighthouse drive so we get

[1:10:55] the three to the beach one park by

[1:10:59] direction. Again, I liked Tracy's idea

[1:11:02] of make it joined in his and then frame

[1:11:05] it as a maybe a pilot. We revisit this

[1:11:08] every year and consume because I I think

[1:11:11] we are I don't think it should be is it

[1:11:12] an isore that's not the argument is

[1:11:16] needed

[1:11:17] at least a month.

[1:11:20] >> So I think if we have a motion we should

[1:11:21] have a second or we have more

[1:11:23] discussion.

[1:11:25] >> What was the motion?

[1:11:27] It was to approve. It was to approve the

[1:11:30] staff staff recommendations

[1:11:33] are for each one at least.

[1:11:40] » Well, I think I think I think there

[1:11:42] needs a second to that motion so there

[1:11:44] can be discussion among the council

[1:11:47] commission and once the commission kind

[1:11:49] of decides if the maker of the motion,

[1:11:51] which is me, decides to change the

[1:11:52] motion, I'll do that. If not, we'll vote

[1:11:55] on motion either yay or nay. And it will

[1:11:58] either approve or not.

[1:12:00] >> Yeah. So, I made the motion. Is there a

[1:12:02] second to my motion?

[1:12:06] » Second. Anybody?

[1:12:09] >> What happens if there is no second?

[1:12:10] >> It dies.

[1:12:11] >> Motion dies.

[1:12:12] >> I'll make another motion. But I can make

[1:12:15] notion that we would uh slightly amend

[1:12:17] the uh you know the proposals of the

[1:12:19] staff and that we do the truth of each

[1:12:22] one.

[1:12:27] » Do we need to include um the uh

[1:12:31] recommendation of wrapping the polls? We

[1:12:33] had talked about that wrapping the polls

[1:12:35] green. Um if that's something you want

[1:12:38] to include the I would like. I would I

[1:12:41] would also include

[1:12:43] >> the flanging around it.

[1:12:46] >> Are you painting it or are you going to

[1:12:47] wrap it green?

[1:12:49] >> Look into the deal.

[1:12:50] >> Maybe we could make the motion to paint.

[1:12:52] >> We will look into methods of

[1:12:55] camouflaging the white pole and its

[1:12:57] surrounding box.

[1:13:00] >> But continuing with the installation,

[1:13:05] » that's not my motion.

[1:13:06] >> No, I made another motion. Um they

[1:13:09] wanted wanted north and south of beach

[1:13:12] fell apart with the understanding that

[1:13:15] we would attempt to chemical and then

[1:13:18] less jarring and jarring they

[1:13:22] >> less

[1:13:27] blending to our community

[1:13:30] >> that

[1:13:33] favor.

[1:13:35] So, the only comment I think I would

[1:13:38] want to offer up is this this property

[1:13:41] would seem very ripe for an installation

[1:13:43] of something like that. This building

[1:13:46] and this property gets more public use

[1:13:48] than all three of those combined

[1:13:50] probably on a monthly basis. So, I would

[1:13:52] like if the maker of the motion would

[1:13:54] agree to direct staff as part of that

[1:13:57] motion to contact the Beach Club and see

[1:13:59] if we could install one um with their

[1:14:02] approval at the location they chose on

[1:14:05] this property.

[1:14:07] >> If I may, before we continue, motion's

[1:14:10] on the table. Um, I believe that's

[1:14:12] already something that's being

[1:14:13] considered as part of the optional

[1:14:15] change to do both here with one of them

[1:14:20] and a sixth one potentially by the

[1:14:21] marina that they

[1:14:23] >> That's not official. So,

[1:14:24] >> that's not official. What I'm trying to

[1:14:25] put that on the table so that we're

[1:14:26] looking at the whole picture.

[1:14:28] >> So, that would be the direction that

[1:14:29] you'd be looking to go.

[1:14:31] >> I wouldn't I wouldn't be opposed to the uh the marina the marinas and the

[1:14:36] village. You would have to go back to

[1:14:38] the stewards and ask them to

[1:14:41] >> to see if that's okay because they made

[1:14:42] it to the town.

[1:14:44] >> Right.

[1:14:46] >> So, can we

[1:14:49] be direct?

[1:14:49] >> I mean, direct it would just be they

[1:14:51] would be the direct and town staff

[1:14:55] contact the beach club to see if they

[1:14:57] would take one. And I guess it would be

[1:14:59] also direct staff to talk to the marina.

[1:15:02] But prior to moving forward with the

[1:15:04] marina, you would have to get the

[1:15:06] steward's approval in order.

[1:15:09] >> Good. A second.

[1:15:11] >> No. Does the maker agree to make that

[1:15:15] modification?

[1:15:17] >> I'm open to including the request. Give

[1:15:19] them the opportunity to say yes or no.

[1:15:21] And they have a different facility to

[1:15:23] figure it out. That's right.

[1:15:25] >> So yeah, 17.

[1:15:28] You agree? Okay. So now all

[1:15:30] >> all in favor? All in favor?

[1:15:32] >> I I

[1:15:34] >> All right.

[1:15:35] >> Okay.

[1:15:37] >> I got it.

[1:15:37] >> Okay.

[1:15:38] >> Thank you.

[1:15:38] >> Very good.

[1:15:39] >> Good deal.

[1:15:40] >> So, moving on then. Public comments on

[1:15:44] other topics.

[1:15:46] And if I've got your cards

[1:15:49] >> I don't have I had your card in

[1:15:52] reference to the papers of the

[1:15:55] >> This is a comment.

[1:15:59] Although

[1:16:00] >> oh I can't say

[1:16:00] >> Oh no you can come up forward

[1:16:05] >> maybe Sheridan 131 L's house I just have

[1:16:08] a question on your strips like the vice

[1:16:11] mayor was saying um I agree we need

[1:16:14] something

[1:16:15] but you make a comment people are riding

[1:16:19] on them that are not supposed to I don't

[1:16:22] think putting a yellow strip or any

[1:16:24] color strip in there is going to stop

[1:16:26] them and go oh look I've got to stop now

[1:16:28] They don't obey the rules anyway. You go

[1:16:31] through Scotland, they go through

[1:16:33] everything. So I I don't know. I mean,

[1:16:37] that's just my thinking. I don't know

[1:16:39] what's Maybe you have to pull these up

[1:16:42] and find them. Maybe whether the kids

[1:16:45] who live in this develop people, the

[1:16:47] neighbors, they've got to be stopped.

[1:16:51] So that's all.

[1:16:52] >> Thank you. Thank you.

[1:16:58] M vessel again, 133 Lighthouse Drive. I

[1:17:01] just noticed on my car going through the

[1:17:03] neighborhood that on my car it says that

[1:17:06] the speed limit within town is 30 miles

[1:17:08] an hour which which seems excessive.

[1:17:12] That's what's coming up on people if

[1:17:14] they are attached to Google. Their car

[1:17:16] is using Google

[1:17:19] that so the town can call Google I guess

[1:17:23] and have that changed. I can't do it

[1:17:26] personally. Um, and the other thing is

[1:17:30] the speed limit's 25. I speaking of

[1:17:34] >> it's 20. It is 20. Okay. Um, somebody

[1:17:39] told me it was 25, but that's perfect.

[1:17:41] That's all I wanted to say is it

[1:17:43] shouldn't be it's coming up on people's

[1:17:45] cars 30 mile 30 miles an hour. So,

[1:17:48] >> all right. Thank you. We'll reach out to

[1:17:50] Google and Apple

[1:17:52] >> and Tesla.

[1:17:54] >> No,

[1:17:54] >> same thing. It's happening on Tesla's

[1:17:57] too.

[1:17:57] >> Okay.

[1:18:00] >> Yes, ma'am.

[1:18:01] >> I just wanted to make a comment.

[1:18:03] >> Name please. And

[1:18:04] >> Sarah Luke Meyer, 68 Colony Road.

[1:18:07] >> Thank you. I was not in attendance at

[1:18:10] the June 3 meeting and the vote the

[1:18:13] commission

[1:18:15] in favor of surveillance cameras

[1:18:17] throughout the neighborhood and wondered

[1:18:21] if you could possibly address the large

[1:18:24] crowd here with the installation of

[1:18:27] another pole and another solar panel and

[1:18:33] cameras in the neighbor. But as far as a

[1:18:36] privacy issue,

[1:18:40] » and moral, you also had a question in

[1:18:42] reference to cameras.

[1:18:45] >> Only if you're going to be talking about

[1:18:46] it tonight.

[1:18:47] >> Uh, not stand alone. It's not on the

[1:18:49] agenda.

[1:18:52] » Briefly talk. Um, hi everybody. Pam Rous

[1:18:55] 69 Colony Road. First of all, thank you

[1:18:57] for all the discussion tonight. I just

[1:18:59] have been so happy to hear just the

[1:19:01] willingness of staff and all of you to

[1:19:03] take everyone's comments and really try

[1:19:05] to find compromise because these are all

[1:19:07] really great things. So, thank you for

[1:19:09] being willing to listen to everyone. My

[1:19:11] only questions that I've heard that

[1:19:12] there's going to be some security

[1:19:13] cameras installed in town is I had some

[1:19:16] concerns and I just didn't know where to

[1:19:18] go to get the answers on data privacy

[1:19:20] concerns. Um hacking, how the data is

[1:19:23] going to be stored, you know, how long

[1:19:25] the data would be stored, who would have

[1:19:26] access to that data. Um in the business

[1:19:29] that I'm in, these are things that we're

[1:19:30] dealing with every day, and I know how

[1:19:32] serious they are. So, as you as you are

[1:19:35] discussing these things and deciding

[1:19:36] what to do with that, I just wanted to

[1:19:38] put that out there and maybe there's a

[1:19:40] way we could have um a workshop or

[1:19:42] something on it because I'd like to

[1:19:43] learn more. Thank you.

[1:19:44] >> Thank you.

[1:19:48] » I didn't sign up. May I say something?

[1:19:52] >> Absolutely.

[1:19:53] >> Come on, Dan.

[1:19:54] >> Okay.

[1:19:56] >> Only good.

[1:19:58] Dan Gardner 60 Colony Road and I would

[1:20:03] like to discuss the safe the safety

[1:20:07] mats. Um I stood on the um deck on the

[1:20:14] north deck and counted

[1:20:18] I looked down to towards the inlet and

[1:20:23] um there would be 13

[1:20:28] yellow striped

[1:20:32] and I think that's excessive. I think I

[1:20:36] might be the oldest living

[1:20:39] person who actually walks this colony.

[1:20:43] Maybe Bob [laughter]

[1:20:47] is the oldest. Um, and I don't have

[1:20:51] trouble with it. And if you absolutely

[1:20:56] need to put these safety mats in, um,

[1:21:00] they come in a a cement color color.

[1:21:05] I've seen them at, um, only commercial,

[1:21:09] um,

[1:21:11] areas have safety mats, not individual

[1:21:16] colonies. Um, but they do come in a

[1:21:21] cement color which would be

[1:21:25] not so inciting unsightly.

[1:21:29] So that's my suggestion.

[1:21:34] » Sure.

[1:21:34] >> Hey Jen,

[1:21:35] >> there

[1:21:37] Jen come back up to the podium.

[1:21:41] >> I was talking to you.

[1:21:45] >> You You have a great ideas. We did. We

[1:21:47] did. Did we change the Yeah, the

[1:21:49] >> We agreed with you on the color. We're

[1:21:51] going to go to more like a dark

[1:21:52] >> Oh, so we'll

[1:21:53] >> cement.

[1:21:54] >> Oh, good. Red paper.

[1:21:57] >> Like a darker red.

[1:21:59] So, the blend [laughter]

[1:22:02] >> I vote for cement.

[1:22:09] » Uh, let's see. Jim Paxton, you had a

[1:22:12] question on reference to cameras as

[1:22:14] well.

[1:22:25] Just a couple of things.

[1:22:27] >> Name address, please.

[1:22:29] >> Max done for motion drive.

[1:22:34] >> Thank you.

[1:22:36] who created the problems on this $11,000

[1:22:39] situation that has been circled through

[1:22:42] everything that we all have to

[1:22:45] participate in. Okay. Who created this

[1:22:47] problem with the banks?

[1:22:50] We had something secure at a certain

[1:22:52] interest rate. Now we've got something

[1:22:54] that's extremely higher.

[1:22:56] >> If I may interrupt you for a second.

[1:22:58] >> Sure.

[1:22:58] >> The banks instituted this. They're

[1:23:00] calling the loans.

[1:23:01] >> And why did they call the loans? because

[1:23:03] that's what TD wanted to do. It's their

[1:23:05] decision. It's their loan. There wasn't

[1:23:07] anything to do with the town.

[1:23:13] » Listen, this isn't a go back and forth.

[1:23:15] If you'd like to set up a meeting with

[1:23:17] Heidi, Heidi, we walk them through

[1:23:19] everything. We have an agenda tonight

[1:23:21] and I I suggest that we stick to the

[1:23:23] agenda. You can ask all the questions

[1:23:24] you want. We're under no obligation to

[1:23:26] respond to you. The

[1:23:27] >> information Why is that? Why is that?

[1:23:30] That's fair, Mark. It certainly isn't

[1:23:33] fair. I would like to know why, you

[1:23:35] know, Chip allowed $600,000 to get blown

[1:23:38] away on the permits.

[1:23:40] Okay. That also has All right. And then

[1:23:43] what are the responsibilities for Dan

[1:23:46] and Marie that you guys said no to?

[1:23:49] What's the responsibilities? Who's going

[1:23:51] to have to pay for the differential?

[1:23:54] Because they won their cases from what I

[1:23:56] understand. Okay. But we are

[1:23:58] responsible. So, who's going to pay for

[1:24:00] it? and what is the amount that we're

[1:24:02] going to have to pay for it or is that

[1:24:03] part of the $11,000? Those are the

[1:24:06] things I'd really like to know.

[1:24:08] >> Okay. Tell you what, make it easy for

[1:24:09] yourself.

[1:24:10] >> Yes.

[1:24:11] >> Go ahead, Rick. Pass it in to Heidi and

[1:24:14] she can provide you an individual answer

[1:24:16] to each of your questions specifically.

[1:24:19] >> And with the actual numbers for you

[1:24:21] >> and you agreed to all, correct?

[1:24:24] >> Agreed to what?

[1:24:26] >> You agreed to what we did to Dan and

[1:24:27] Marie. that's been proven that they are

[1:24:30] innocent.

[1:24:31] >> I'm not agreeing with anything. I'm

[1:24:32] saying if you want to submit that

[1:24:34] question for a specific answer,

[1:24:36] >> write it down. We'll bring it into Heidi

[1:24:38] and the town will

[1:24:40] >> and then she'll also answer them. This

[1:24:43] is this is the course of conduct. We've

[1:24:45] adopted it. This is out of order. He

[1:24:47] should sit.

[1:24:47] >> Why is it out of order? Why is it out of

[1:24:49] order? I think you're out of order,

[1:24:51] Mark. Because I'm talking Why can't I

[1:24:54] talk?

[1:24:56] >> You always do this, Mark. You know,

[1:25:00] you're a chicken when we you're walking

[1:25:01] down the street and you don't say

[1:25:02] anything, Mark.

[1:25:03] >> Oh, that's enough. You would like to

[1:25:06] leave. You may.

[1:25:12] » There's no reason for this to do to that

[1:25:14] level.

[1:25:14] >> There's no reason for him to do that.

[1:25:16] >> Any other questions in reference to the

[1:25:19] business at hand?

[1:25:21] >> Huh?

[1:25:21] >> No.

[1:25:22] >> Okay.

[1:25:24] >> Moving on to the consent agenda. Bob, I

[1:25:26] can bring the mic to you if it's easier.

[1:25:29] >> Comment.

[1:25:31] >> Oh, I'm sorry. Yes, Laura, you do.

[1:25:34] >> Sorry.

[1:25:37] » Actually, I have an additional situation

[1:25:39] that I thought of. I I realized we're

[1:25:41] talking about these bumpy things.

[1:25:43] >> Oh, I'm sorry. Lorie Jacob, 16 ocean.

[1:25:46] Um, Anna has come to us numerous times,

[1:25:49] even prior to being commissioner, which

[1:25:51] I think is a brilliant idea. And since

[1:25:53] we've already established solar power

[1:25:55] will work the AED, why can we not at the

[1:25:58] roadways put a solar light? Because the

[1:26:02] bumps, while they are fabulous for some

[1:26:04] installations, we are on salt air and

[1:26:07] they will start to peel and become

[1:26:10] disgusting and it just won't be a good

[1:26:12] situation. Why can we not reook at

[1:26:14] putting solar lights at each

[1:26:17] intersection,

[1:26:18] which would probably be about the same

[1:26:20] amount? I don't know if we've sent this

[1:26:22] out to bid if we have two or three bids

[1:26:24] on her. We only once again are going for

[1:26:25] one contractor, but maybe that's an

[1:26:27] option. It doesn't seem anyone is really

[1:26:30] too thrilled with the bumps. And

[1:26:31] honestly, I don't know that the bumps

[1:26:33] are really going to be great for a lot

[1:26:36] of people who wear sneakers. They

[1:26:37] already have bumps on them. You may not

[1:26:39] feel it. It's true. All right. Next step

[1:26:43] is um as far as the payments, I

[1:26:45] apologize. We were out of town. I did

[1:26:46] come to the July meeting. Maybe this was

[1:26:48] discussed. I received an email while we

[1:26:51] were at town about an $11,000 payment.

[1:26:53] My question is this. What is our option?

[1:26:57] Is there going to be a loan put in place

[1:26:58] to take up where we were not where

[1:27:02] people are not giving money? And what is

[1:27:03] the percentage? Is it better for some of

[1:27:06] us to use what they call other people's

[1:27:08] money if we're getting the same interest

[1:27:10] that we lost when TD and Heidi had their

[1:27:13] discussions and things didn't go well?

[1:27:16] Or is it better to pay it? We have no

[1:27:19] options. We have nothing on the table to

[1:27:21] tell us what the loan, if we need to

[1:27:23] take a new loan for the town, is going

[1:27:25] to be. What's a percentage? What will it

[1:27:27] cost me more than the $11,000? If it's

[1:27:30] minimal, it may pay for everyone to just

[1:27:32] go ahead and use the loan or is the town

[1:27:35] going to subsidize it with the same

[1:27:38] percentage that we had at the original

[1:27:40] loan? since seems to be a controversy on

[1:27:44] what transpired. I've heard a story from

[1:27:47] people who were there that is a

[1:27:49] completely different story than the

[1:27:50] commission is telling us. I don't know

[1:27:52] which is true or not. I can investigate

[1:27:54] and find out. But in the meantime, what

[1:27:57] are the options? I don't have another

[1:27:59] option. All I have is an email saying,

[1:28:01] "Please send us a check for 11,000 plus

[1:28:04] so you don't have to pay any extra." My

[1:28:06] question is if I don't want to and other

[1:28:08] people in the community don't want to,

[1:28:10] what is our payment going to be over the

[1:28:12] long term? What will the loan cost us?

[1:28:15] What are we possibly going with the same

[1:28:18] percentage we had in the town? We'll

[1:28:20] just invest in it.

[1:28:21] >> All right. Good. Thank you. We'll put

[1:28:24] something out to the town.

[1:28:26] >> Thank you.

[1:28:30] » Any further comments from the public?

[1:28:36] later.

[1:28:37] >> You want oneonone with somebody?

[1:28:39] >> Oh, that's fine. Very good. Thank you.

[1:28:41] All right, moving on into uh consent

[1:28:44] agenda item agenda number five.

[1:28:48] Motion.

[1:28:51] >> Yeah, I make a motion that

[1:28:55] July 136.

[1:28:59] All

[1:28:59] >> in favor? Hi.

[1:29:00] >> Hi.

[1:29:01] >> You

[1:29:06] next item is for uh

[1:29:11] our new member

[1:29:13] >> for building zone committee.

[1:29:17] >> Actually, we have new

[1:29:21] 2602 which is the amendment to the

[1:29:24] comprehensive plan. the building and

[1:29:27] zoning committee. Your appointment was

[1:29:28] part of the consent agenda.

[1:29:35] » Congratulations, Jim. Thank you.

[1:29:39] >> I think

[1:29:42] we'll send the paperwork and we're done.

[1:29:45] [laughter]

[1:29:46] >> And thank you.

[1:29:48] >> Okay.

[1:29:50] A vote on an ordinance 2026-2.

[1:29:55] This is in reference to the office that

[1:29:57] we got earlier. An ordinance of the town

[1:30:00] of Jupy Florida amending policies in the

[1:30:02] sanitary sewer solid waste storm water

[1:30:04] management water groundwater act require

[1:30:07] recharge element of town comprehensive

[1:30:09] plan related water supply and adopting

[1:30:11] the 2026 water supply plan.

[1:30:16] You just want to give an quick overview.

[1:30:18] So, as you saw at the present

[1:30:20] presentation at the local planning

[1:30:22] agency meeting, this is required by

[1:30:24] state statute, it basically presents as

[1:30:28] an amendment to our comprehensive plan.

[1:30:30] Lance gave an overview unless you have

[1:30:32] any further questions on the water

[1:30:34] supply plan. What we're looking for is

[1:30:36] approval on first reading of the

[1:30:37] ordinance. This will allow us to

[1:30:39] transmit it to both the state as well as

[1:30:42] the related agencies as required by

[1:30:44] Florida statute. Once they've given us

[1:30:46] our their comments, we will return to

[1:30:48] you on second reading for adoption.

[1:30:52] >> Okay. Thank you.

[1:30:53] >> I'll go ahead and make a motion to

[1:30:55] approve ordinance 20 26-2 for transmitt

[1:30:59] to the rec required agencies including

[1:31:01] this state for review on first read.

[1:31:05] >> Anybody?

[1:31:07] Second.

[1:31:08] >> Thank you. All in favor?

[1:31:10] >> I

[1:31:11] >> thank you.

[1:31:16] » Okay.

[1:31:18] >> A vote on the ordinance 2026 03

[1:31:23] ordinance of the township of Florida

[1:31:25] amending article one chapter 4 of the

[1:31:27] code of ordinances relating to buildings

[1:31:29] building regulations.

[1:31:32] >> Thank you. Jackie is going to bring up a

[1:31:34] quick presentation I have on the item.

[1:31:36] Thank you, Nico.

[1:31:42] Go back up a couple slides.

[1:31:49] » I can go back. That's They're listening

[1:31:51] the Zoom.

[1:31:57] So, this is a staff initiated ordinance.

[1:32:00] Um, there are a few things that drove

[1:32:02] it. This is a amendment to chapter 4 of

[1:32:05] the code of ordinances. What it is not

[1:32:07] is an amendment to the zoning code. And

[1:32:10] those are two very different things. The

[1:32:11] zoning code specifically talks about how

[1:32:14] you can improve a property. This is more

[1:32:16] kind of the mechanics of getting a

[1:32:18] building permit and things related to

[1:32:21] building permits. So like I said, this

[1:32:23] was stash staff initiated. There were a

[1:32:26] few things that initiated this. Um there

[1:32:30] were proposed there's changes that were

[1:32:32] made to the Florida statutes this past

[1:32:35] um legislative session that just ended

[1:32:38] specifically um bill 803 which tells us

[1:32:42] how we can present or issue building

[1:32:45] permits and for how long they can be.

[1:32:47] It's a little more liberal than ours

[1:32:50] have ever been. Um but that is now um

[1:32:54] what the state tells us what we we can

[1:32:56] do. It also amends the um installation

[1:33:00] of synthetic perk. As you know, we had

[1:33:03] some pretty strong language in our code

[1:33:05] of ordinances and very specific

[1:33:07] language. Uh Florida law changed in 2025

[1:33:11] and the Florida Department of

[1:33:13] Environmental Protection just issued uh

[1:33:16] new rules. It essentially allows uh

[1:33:19] synthetic turf to be installed very

[1:33:22] broadly. Um we have a checklist in place

[1:33:24] for this. the rules actually went in

[1:33:27] place in the middle of June and it

[1:33:29] allows it for in the front yard. So the

[1:33:32] um ordinance changes that you have in

[1:33:34] front of you do say for the 10 ft of

[1:33:37] rightway

[1:33:39] um that is the towns which is the first

[1:33:41] 10 ft of our front yards it has to be

[1:33:43] saw and also the D rules say that it has

[1:33:47] to be uh grass it cannot be synthetic

[1:33:49] turf in any swale or right ofway

[1:33:52] drainage area. So we do have to maintain

[1:33:54] that part of the law. Um it also updates

[1:33:58] to current town practices which include

[1:34:00] when our holidays. Um and just now that

[1:34:04] the roles of the building and zoning

[1:34:06] committee versus the town commission,

[1:34:08] one of my favorites that I always like

[1:34:10] to point out is the code for many years

[1:34:12] said that the town commission had to

[1:34:14] sign off on blueprints. You all um do

[1:34:17] not do that nor are you qualified to do

[1:34:19] it as I am not. That is a building

[1:34:21] official. So, it kind of cleans up that

[1:34:23] language and also reflects um our

[1:34:25] charter charter changes. And then what I

[1:34:27] really want to point out are some of our

[1:34:29] construction site best practices that

[1:34:32] we've incorporated in here, which

[1:34:34] includes really spelling out for

[1:34:36] construction sites. Um that they have to

[1:34:39] be maintained free of debris and scrap

[1:34:41] materials. They are now required per

[1:34:44] what we are proposing to have a fence or

[1:34:47] if there's not a fence or wall around

[1:34:48] the site, they need to have a fence

[1:34:50] that's also screened around the site.

[1:34:53] And as well as when they are doing demo

[1:34:56] to make sure that um it's hosed down to

[1:34:59] stop dust and debris from going off of

[1:35:01] the site. and also requiring that any

[1:35:04] damage made to adjacent yards, the

[1:35:07] public right ofway utilities during

[1:35:09] construction have to be restored to

[1:35:12] their original condition. Um, so those

[1:35:14] are the highlights of what's in front of

[1:35:16] you. We did present this to the building

[1:35:19] and zoning committee at their July 21st

[1:35:22] meeting. We did have one recommendation.

[1:35:25] I did not incorporate it in because I

[1:35:27] wanted to discuss this with the town

[1:35:28] commission and get further direction,

[1:35:30] but it is a simple change should should

[1:35:32] you agree with it that we can make

[1:35:34] between first and second reading. It

[1:35:36] does not materially change the

[1:35:37] ordinance. So on the left picture is

[1:35:40] what we currently have in town per um I

[1:35:43] think it's 410D

[1:35:45] in our code which says if you uh are

[1:35:49] across or adjacent to a construction

[1:35:51] site you may request of the construction

[1:35:53] or the contractor to install green post

[1:35:57] with yellow chain very specific on that.

[1:36:01] What we've started to see um around town

[1:36:04] in the last couple months are white post

[1:36:06] with white chain. Now the so the

[1:36:09] building and zoning board uh committee

[1:36:11] recommended the idea of white post with

[1:36:13] white chain. I think that's a great

[1:36:16] idea. Um I think it's a cleaner look.

[1:36:18] It's easier to update. I just want to

[1:36:21] point out that what you see on the right

[1:36:23] hand side is very manufacturer specific

[1:36:26] and we would hate to tie our code to

[1:36:28] like that exact look. But I think if

[1:36:30] it's a white post with a white chain and

[1:36:32] they want to go that far, that's

[1:36:34] wonderful. if they just want to do

[1:36:36] what's on the left but in all white that

[1:36:38] would be um okay by code. So if in your

[1:36:41] motion you agree to um update the code

[1:36:44] from green post to white post, yellow

[1:36:47] chain to white chain, uh we can make

[1:36:50] that change between first and second

[1:36:51] reading. It is our attempt to come back

[1:36:53] to the next commission meeting if

[1:36:55] there's no other substantial changes for

[1:36:57] adoption.

[1:36:59] I'm happy to answer any questions you

[1:37:01] may have.

[1:37:02] >> Thank you Jackie.

[1:37:03] >> Questions? I have one question. So these

[1:37:05] changes are they majority what was

[1:37:08] required by statute or

[1:37:09] >> they were and I can walk through those

[1:37:11] with you

[1:37:13] today. Yeah. Um broadly most of them

[1:37:15] were either required by statute or D

[1:37:18] rules. Um so the first few pages where

[1:37:21] you see a lot of that strike through. We

[1:37:24] used to say you could only renew your

[1:37:25] building permit for 6 months. Florida

[1:37:27] statute now tells us it can be renewed

[1:37:29] for 12 months. So those are some of the

[1:37:32] big changes you see. There were some

[1:37:34] historical references um to the building

[1:37:36] code that just don't exist anymore and

[1:37:38] have it for many years. So, we just took

[1:37:41] those out for best practices. Yes. And

[1:37:43] then in the middle of the document, the

[1:37:45] big strike through is related to the

[1:37:47] artificial turf changes.

[1:37:50] >> Thank you.

[1:37:54] » Here the only question is the coloring

[1:37:56] of the fence lines. Is there any

[1:38:00] discussion on that reference? Whatever

[1:38:03] you all want. I don't care.

[1:38:06] >> Anybody from the garden club or miss?

[1:38:08] What? What? Sure.

[1:38:11] >> She wants green.

[1:38:14] >> The the point is to be noticeable

[1:38:18] because you don't want to get your lawn

[1:38:20] backed into. So I suppose the what why

[1:38:23] it is more noticeable.

[1:38:26] It's impermanent,

[1:38:28] >> is it not? What are the rules as to when

[1:38:31] they have to go in and when they have to

[1:38:32] get out?

[1:38:34] >> It's basically conjunction

[1:38:36] >> during building time.

[1:38:37] >> But that also seems counterintuitive. We

[1:38:39] were just discussing taking our white

[1:38:41] bulls that have ours

[1:38:43] on it. [clears throat]

[1:38:58] » Concept of not not running over the

[1:39:00] yard. That's the reason the green

[1:39:02] disappeared, but the yellow stood out.

[1:39:04] >> That was the original concept.

[1:39:05] >> The white stands out more. And I just

[1:39:07] went through one whole less than a year

[1:39:09] of it.

[1:39:10] >> Good.

[1:39:10] >> Okay. The white stands out a lot more

[1:39:13] than what the green or the yellow.

[1:39:15] >> The building is only

[1:39:19] I'll second it

[1:39:20] >> with the white.

[1:39:22] >> What coloration?

[1:39:24] >> White.

[1:39:25] >> Okay. With white.

[1:39:27] >> Second.

[1:39:28] >> Yeah, I'll favor.

[1:39:30] >> I

[1:39:32] >> Okay, we'll be back with second reading

[1:39:34] next time.

[1:39:35] >> Very good.

[1:39:40] We have one last update.

[1:39:41] >> One last item uh for manual review

[1:39:46] approving the BTO approve approvals.

[1:39:58] » Can I just give a quick overview of the

[1:40:01] item? This is the town manager's re

[1:40:04] annual review and as part of that um I'd

[1:40:08] like for you to s

[1:40:10] >> say a few words.

[1:40:11] >> Thank you mayor and commission. This is

[1:40:13] my second believe it or not annual

[1:40:15] review. Um it's been two years since I

[1:40:18] started. Part of my contract says that

[1:40:20] annually at this meeting we would

[1:40:23] discuss um my review. Um, my contract

[1:40:27] calls for me to be evaluated based on

[1:40:30] five um, components which each of you

[1:40:32] have thankfully uh, evaluated me and

[1:40:36] we've met one on- one and I appreciate

[1:40:38] the time and the feedback. Part of my

[1:40:41] evaluation is also um celebrating what

[1:40:44] we've done and setting goals for the

[1:40:46] coming year. And I think over the last

[1:40:48] month, we've all um had some time to

[1:40:51] reflect on uh town communications and

[1:40:54] working together how we can improve them

[1:40:56] going forward. And I take I take that

[1:40:58] challenge um directly. As part of my

[1:41:01] review request this year, I am um

[1:41:04] requesting for 10 additional PTO days.

[1:41:07] Right now, I earn um 10 per year and I'm

[1:41:10] asking for consideration for 10 more. Uh

[1:41:14] the reasoning is is as one of only two

[1:41:17] exempt employees here in the town. I do

[1:41:20] not earn overtime or comp pay. Not that

[1:41:22] I am looking for um to do that as I'm an

[1:41:25] exempt employee. However, most of our

[1:41:28] employees use their comp time to go on

[1:41:31] vacation. So they are actually in

[1:41:34] practice using more vacation time that I

[1:41:37] have. I would like to have that same

[1:41:39] benefit. So um there is a payout rate of

[1:41:43] it if we were to consider that, but I

[1:41:45] don't intend on resigning um and taking

[1:41:48] my PTO with me. So um I am asking for

[1:41:52] your favorable consideration of it and

[1:41:55] I'm open to any feedback that you might

[1:41:56] have publicly.

[1:42:02] any comments any further? I know Paul

[1:42:05] and I had the opportunity to do a

[1:42:07] one-on-one. So,

[1:42:08] >> yeah, I mean, I've had an opportunity to

[1:42:10] talk to the town manager about some

[1:42:13] areas to improve, but I think generally

[1:42:15] she does an excellent job for this for

[1:42:17] this community and has instilled a sense

[1:42:20] of professionalism that prior uh that

[1:42:24] has definitely did not exist prior to

[1:42:26] her arrival. In fact, we continue to clean up issues um from the

[1:42:33] prior administration and um you know,

[1:42:36] since she's been here, I think

[1:42:37] >> I just been a breath of of fresh air and

[1:42:40] I appreciate your professionals and not

[1:42:43] only yours, but the entire town staff

[1:42:45] that's here tonight are doing an

[1:42:47] absolute excellent job.

[1:42:50] >> I feel that as well. I know we talked

[1:42:52] maybe for consideration we'll do that

[1:42:54] now for those five buildings should be

[1:42:56] considered maybe a 4%

[1:43:01] » right it's the time to do it

[1:43:04] this would be the time

[1:43:05] >> all right well I would recommend

[1:43:07] workers I really do appreciate work done

[1:43:10] for professionalism I agree I think even

[1:43:12] u the leadership and enjoy the police

[1:43:15] chief you know help with that transition

[1:43:17] as well appreciate it thank

[1:43:21] Yeah, I would agree to

[1:43:23] >> So the motion is a 4% salary increase

[1:43:26] and that's bonus bonus

[1:43:28] >> one time 4% bonus.

[1:43:31] >> Oh

[1:43:33] >> and 10 days of additional

[1:43:36] second.

[1:43:39] >> All in favor?

[1:43:40] >> We didn't hear.

[1:43:41] >> You didn't hear? I thought but

[1:43:45] [laughter]

[1:43:48] » I wasn't trying to do that before.

[1:43:52] >> I concur what the commission says. I've

[1:43:53] only been on a commission for five

[1:43:54] months and in that time I have found

[1:43:56] Eddie to be very knowledgeable and very

[1:43:58] helpful. She has helped me get

[1:44:00] comfortable in my position and is um is

[1:44:02] always ready to answer any questions

[1:44:04] that I may have. Um I think her

[1:44:06] communication is great. I think that she

[1:44:09] showed that through initially the

[1:44:11] property tax changes that were coming

[1:44:13] and then um with all of the weekly town

[1:44:16] updates and things like that. I think

[1:44:18] that that really is a great improvement

[1:44:20] and so you talk about strengthening and

[1:44:22] communication but I think you're on a

[1:44:24] great path and I I think we need to

[1:44:25] continue what we're doing. Um, and so

[1:44:27] with that said, um, I too would concur.

[1:44:30] And so I think we just, um, just need to

[1:44:33] make sure that the,

[1:44:36] u motion that we're passing is in

[1:44:38] accordance with your employment

[1:44:39] agreement that we sent two years ago.

[1:44:41] >> So you're looking to do an update

[1:44:42] potentially to the contract that we were

[1:44:45] referencing. I think that in as the

[1:44:48] gentleman said earlier, we need to have

[1:44:50] um some sort of writing that just

[1:44:52] memorializes the the pay or changes to

[1:44:55] the payment that are done. And so that

[1:44:57] would just need to be done in in

[1:44:59] accordance with our agreement. And so I

[1:45:02] would just recommend we do that.

[1:45:05] >> Makes sense. Any further comment?

[1:45:09] >> Okay. Should we start a motion?

[1:45:12] >> No.

[1:45:13] >> All in favor?

[1:45:14] I

[1:45:15] >> I

[1:45:16] >> thank you. Appreciate your support.

[1:45:21] » All in favor?

[1:45:22] >> I

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