[0:07] All right, it is 6 o'clock
and uh I'm going to call this meeting to
[0:12] order real quick. Uh we will please
stand for the pledge and uh the opening
[0:18] prayer. I'll lead us in those.
You bow your heads with me. Heavenly
[0:24] Father, we thank you for the the day
that you've given us. We thank you for
[0:28] all the blessings you pour out. We ask,
Father, that you continue to watch over
[0:32] the city of Niceville and pour out your
grace and mercy and all your blessings.
[0:36] Father, I ask tonight that you grant us
wisdom as we conduct business at hand.
[0:40] And I thank you again for all the
citizens who live here in this great
[0:43] city. We ask now, Father, that you be
glorified in all that's said and done. I
[0:47] ask this in the precious name of Jesus.
Amen.
[0:50] » Amen.
>> Amen.
[0:52] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:57] republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:03] justice for all.
[1:08] » All right, I am going to call the role.
Mr. Stopper
[1:13] » here,
>> Mr. Romaner
[1:15] » here,
>> Miss Ally
[1:18] » here,
>> Mr. Shatel here,
[1:20] » and Mr. forward.
>> Let the record reflect that all are
[1:23] present for this meeting. Uh do we have
any um additions or deletions to the
[1:30] agenda before we approve it?
>> One deletion D1 youth council update. No
[1:36] meeting today.
>> Okay, we'll delete D1. Any other
[1:39] additions or deletions?
>> Mayor, I'd like to say delta 2 D2 and
[1:46] award presentation. Actually, it'll be
uh D uh D3 or four.
[1:52] » So,
>> yeah, underneath.
[1:54] » Yeah. Right. And uh I'm also adding a
presentation that I'll be doing this
[1:59] evening as well. All right. With uh that
deletion and those two additions. Are
[2:05] there any others? Do I have a motion to
approve the agenda?
[2:09] » So, move.
>> Do I have a second? I'll
[2:11] » second.
>> Second. All those in favor say I.
[2:15] » Any oppose? like sign.
All right, we'll move down to the
[2:19] consent agenda. Do I have a motion to
approve?
[2:23] » So move.
>> So moved. Do I have a second?
[2:26] » I'll second.
>> And second by Mr. Shatzel. All in favor
[2:29] say I.
>> I.
[2:31] » And all oppose like signed.
[2:36] » All righty. I think we're at that point
where we're going to move down to the
[2:40] awards, proclamations, and
presentations.
[2:44] And so, uh, I'm going to, uh, make the
first two presentations. So, if you'll
[2:48] bear with me for a second.
[3:17] your table.
[3:25] All right, this is the fun stuff right
here. Uh, I am going to ask Debbie Lewis
[3:32] to come forward.
>> Oh, no.
[3:45] come over here.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
[3:49] » Good to see you. All right. So,
her supporters are back there in her
[3:54] backs. They all came in tonight. That's
awesome. They're waving.
[3:58] Most of you know Debbie as the Christmas
lady
[4:03] and she has done for years a tremendous
job with all the the Christmas
[4:08] decorations that she personally has
accumulated over the years. She loves
[4:12] Christmas time but more importantly she
loves her community
[4:18] » and she is what I would call the
consumate volunteer.
[4:22] She is volunteering doing all kinds of
things but first you need to know a
[4:26] little bit about her. She's been married
to her husband for 43 years.
[4:30] » Lucky him.
>> Lucky him.
[4:33] And And she moved into this community
and has been here for what was it about
[4:37] 32 years?
>> Almost 94.
[4:39] » There you go.
And she's a member of the regional
[4:44] Mustang Club. Wave your hand back there,
folks.
[4:48] » Good job. But as I said, she's like the
consmate volunteer
[4:54] at her church, Generations United. She
puts on and leads, I should say, the
[4:59] annual Halloween on the Hill. And she's
been doing that for a number of years.
[5:06] » Ever since it started. There you go. Is
that 15 years?
[5:09] » Something like that.
>> Something like 15 years.
[5:11] » And she she, you know, makes these kids
happy. You know, she gets them on sugar
[5:17] highs, you know.
Anyway, she does a great job. Uh she
[5:22] also is involved not only in the church
but in church outreach where she
[5:26] supports food pantries, education
programs. She's involved with the
[5:31] Niceville Chamber of Commerce. She's
involved with the Rotary Club. She helps
[5:36] with the Christmas parade. You know,
she's that gal out there that's
[5:39] marshalling everybody and and she is
like waving people down and telling them
[5:43] where they need to go. And so and and
she she's been helping us these first
[5:47] two years with our Veterans Day parade.
and she does an outstanding job. And I
[5:54] just wanted to to read just one
paragraph and this is what it says.
[5:59] Debbie Lewis embodies what it means to
give selflessly. Her dedication and
[6:05] tireless efforts deserve the highest
recognition.
[6:08] And so that recognition is my honor.
Tonight, I'm going to grant you the key
[6:14] to the city.
[6:18] So, you know,
This is so important.
[6:24] This is so important.
You know, people want to take photos of
[6:28] this.
>> Come on. You get up here close. It's all
[6:32] right. Roll on up here.
>> Now I know why.
[6:39] » Oh, and John, too. Oh my goodness.
[6:44] » You guys are so sneaky.
Now hold on to that. That wasn't good
[6:50] enough.
>> That wasn't good enough. They decided
[6:54] that you really needed a big key.
[7:00] » So here is the big key.
[7:18] So now would be a time for me when I
would typically say go Niceville. Did
[7:23] » you hear that in a crowd? It's me.
>> Do you have anything else you want to
[7:26] say? This is your moment.
>> I am truly honored and not um expecting
[7:32] this at all. Somebody else had gotten a
key that I knew recently and I went,
[7:36] "Dang, you're really special." But um
thank you all. This is like really
[7:41] incredible. Um
>> wow.
[7:46] I'm I'm like speechless. This is really
fabulous. This is This is awesome.
[7:50] Really is such such an honor. Um so
thank you all for for allowing me to
[7:58] have this. Oh my goodness.
>> She's not too not usually lost for
[8:01] words.
>> Go.
[8:12] Thank you.
>> Oh, I'm special. Thank you.
[8:17] Oh my goodness.
[8:25] » Well, needless to say, I think most of
you agree Debbie deserves that
[8:29] recognition. She does outstanding job in
everything that she does. Now, we have
[8:34] another special recognition that I want
to do. And I'm going to ask Miss Elaine
[8:39] Lodge to come up here.
[8:53] For those you don't know Elaine, she is
actually works out at the base,
[8:58] » but she works in our community with all
the students and stuff here from K
[9:03] through 12.
So Elaine is the 96 test wing school
[9:08] leazison program manager for K through
12 and the STEM programs. Right.
[9:14] » So she uh she is one of those that is
very much involved in what goes on in
[9:20] our community when it comes to school
and our our children. And I tell you
[9:24] what, I see her at a lot of functions
that involve schools and so forth.
[9:29] Elaine's always there. She is uh she is
also one of those that does a lot of
[9:34] tremendous things. One of them have any
of you ever heard about the uh backpack
[9:39] drive the school backpacks.
>> This is the person right here that makes
[9:44] that program go.
She is uh
[9:49] program is called I've Got Your Backpack
and in partnership with Dollar Tree and
[9:55] Operation Homefront, she provides these
children with all the school supplies,
[10:01] excuse me, to start the year off. And uh
as you can guess, she's quite the
[10:06] patriot. It shines through on her
ongoing commitments to veterans. For
[10:11] seven years, she has provided flags
every Niceville school for Veterans Day.
[10:16] uh observance and instilling pride and
reverence with strengthening bonds
[10:19] between the students and those who serve
>> and thank you for doing that.
[10:25] » She is a u they use the word pillar. She
is a pillar of support to military
[10:31] families. And most of you know with the
operations temple that we had going,
[10:38] families were without mom or dad for
long periods of time. And uh what she
[10:44] does to help make that transition a
little smoother is outstanding. And so I
[10:48] wanted to recognize you tonight for that
work. So here's what I'm going to say in
[10:53] this last paragraph. We gratefully
recognize Miss Elaine Lodge for her
[10:58] exceptional service, unwavering support.
Her legacy of generosity, empathy, and
[11:04] lasting impacts makes both Okaloosa
County and the city of Niceville
[11:08] stronger. Thank you, sir.
>> And with that,
[11:12] we have the plaque to go along with it.
I know we got to have people out there
[11:14] want
[11:18] let's let's do this. You hold that and
that
[11:21] » and let's get those votes.
>> All right. Is this
[11:24] » This is my son.
[11:28] » Nice.
[11:38] » Sir, um I'm honored. Um when we moved
here in Niceville in 2009, we and as we
[11:47] traveled our 24 and a half years of
military service, God called us to
[11:54] and um nice build has been our
community.
[12:00] » We love what we do.
>> The work that I've been doing, um I do
[12:06] value our veterans. I'm an advocate for
the total force war fighter, military
[12:12] member, spouse, and military connected
student. and Elusa County School
[12:18] District has the largest military
student in all of 67 uh districts in the
[12:25] state of Florida. So for me, it's not
only a job, it's actually a calling. And
[12:30] so I'm blessed to be a part of Niceville
>> and a part of this community that gives
[12:38] you given back to me and have supported
me in my meetings at the Florida Defense
[12:42] Alliance, the Tri Tri County
Partnership, and I thank you for
[12:47] honoring me with this. Thank you.
[13:03] Now, I don't have two awards to present,
but I would like to share with you that
[13:08] two weekends ago, the 37th annual
Thunderbird
[13:14] Intertribal
Pow-Wow was held at our Mo Festival
[13:19] sites. And I was asked if I would be
available represent the city because
[13:26] they wanted to recognize the city,
especially the public works department
[13:30] that have gone above and beyond to get
the site prepared for all the years that
[13:36] they have been up there. And they
presented me on behalf of the city, on
[13:42] behalf of their their intertribal
pow-wow, a plaque, a a plaque of an
[13:48] Indian chief.
and it says on it to the city of
[13:54] Niceville, thank you for your many years
of support, the Thunderbird Intertribal
[14:00] Pow. And at this time, I'd like to ask
Mr. Dikes to come up and accept this.
[14:05] And I'm sure you will find a great place
to put this. That's for sure.
[14:12] » Thank you. Appreciate it.
[14:31] All right, we are going to move down to
the public hearings, the first readings
[14:37] uh for everyone. So, let's start with uh
the U ordinance number 25-12-01.
[14:46] This is a request to amend the official
zoning map from single family
[14:50] residential R1 zoning district to single
or multifamily residential R2 zoning
[14:56] district. The future land use map
designation will remain mixed use.
[15:01] This subject property is located at 723
723 Powell Drive and can be identified
[15:07] by parcel ID number 061
X-22-210
[15:14] 0-00001100
[15:18] 060.
>> Do I have a motion to approve?
[15:23] » Motion to approve.
>> Do I have a second?
[15:26] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Stford. Discussion uh by
[15:29] the council. Do we need to have uh Chris
come forward and address this real
[15:33] quick? Give us a low down.
>> Thank you, Mayor Councel. Um this is a
[15:39] probably pretty straightforward uh
request. It's on P Drive. It's down the
[15:43] street here. It went through the
planning commission at their last
[15:46] hearing and was recommended 40 for
approval. Uh it's just a request to
[15:51] change from R1 to R2 multif family
residential. It is in a mixeduse uh
[15:57] future land use category already. It's
within the CRA. So, um, you know, they
[16:00] really they're just looking to do two
units like town home style development
[16:04] instead of a single family home. Um,
they could, um, really do that with no
[16:08] issues already with the density and
allowances there, but this really helps
[16:12] clean up the zoning map and and just
make it uh consistent and complete in
[16:16] the city.
>> Any questions or from the council?
[16:21] » I have one question. Was there any push
back from any neighbors?
[16:25] » Uh, we did not receive any comments for
or against it.
[16:29] And let me remind the council, please
speak clearly into the microphone. Get
[16:33] it close to your lips.
Any other comments or questions by the
[16:37] council or discussion?
>> Yes, Mr. Tolbert, just to clarify, this
[16:41] is within the CRA area, right? So, no
responsibility to even come to us. This
[16:45] is all preapproved. So, this is kind of
just to clean up our maps to make sure
[16:49] we're correct.
>> Yes, sir. Yes. Uh they did request that
[16:52] they came to us, but you're accurate.
>> Okay. Uh is there should we preemptively
[16:57] clean up our
Uh it's something actually we talked
[17:00] about on the two was for sure we're
working through that comp plan update
[17:04] then yes that's yes
>> so to piggyback on that question there
[17:08] so anybody within that can just come in
say oh I'm going to be R21 without come
[17:13] to the council
>> uh they don't they can't be reszoneed
[17:15] but they can do if the future land use
of the property within this area is
[17:19] mixed use they can um develop it to the
densities to allow those types of uses
[17:23] » right but they can do it to the piece of
property only
[17:27] » yes correct Okay. Because I was reading
this here. This says amending the
[17:29] official zoning map. Right.
>> We're only we're only asking for
[17:32] reszoning of that particular parcel.
>> Yes, sir. This would Yes. Reszone just
[17:36] that specific port.
>> Any other questions or comments?
[17:42] Would anybody in the audience like to
come before the council on this issue?
[17:46] Please come forward. State your name and
address for the record.
[17:50] » Good evening. My name is Robert Cordier.
I'm the contractor that's going to build
[17:54] that property, build out the plan. Um,
I've already built the duplex
[17:59] 718.
Um, so we just represent I'm here to ask
[18:04] answer any questions. Anything you might
want to know. So, 1500 each side will be
[18:09] about 1500 ft. 3bedroom, two baths. It's
a nice looking unit. So, definitely. And
[18:16] we're replacing a 900 foot 1954.
[18:22] It's not very good shape.
>> Any questions or comments? Go ahead. Mr.
[18:26] Chel,
>> could you say again the unit that you
[18:29] you've already completed of the street?
[18:34] » Any other questions or comments?
>> Thank you. Appreciate it. Would anybody
[18:39] else like to come for the council on
this issue?
[18:44] » Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[18:47] » Mr. Shatel,
>> yes.
[18:49] » Miss Ally,
>> yes.
[18:50] » Mr. Roinger,
>> yes.
[18:52] » And Mr. Staer,
>> yes. Let's move down to ordinance
[18:55] 25-12-02.
[18:59] » An ordinance of the city of Niceville,
Florida, amending chapter 5, article 2
[19:04] and article 3 is a code of ordinances to
update references to the Florida
[19:08] Building Code and the National
Electrical Code providing for
[19:12] severability, enforcement, conflicts,
confiscation, and an effective date.
[19:16] » Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So,
[19:19] » and do I have a second?
>> Second.
[19:22] » Second by Mr.
Um Chris, is this one that you can speak
[19:26] to as well?
[19:30] » Thank you. Yes, sir. Uh yes, this is
something that um uh me and my team we
[19:34] we identified uh here recently. It's
really a housekeeping item. The
[19:39] portability code and electrical national
electrical code um are updated every
[19:43] three years. Uh and so uh with this the
the current code ordinances just
[19:50] references an outdated version of the
building code. And so just to be
[19:55] consistent uh with what the actual
adopted code is statewide is that we
[19:59] just want to update uh these couple
sections in the code ordinances. Uh we
[20:03] did rework the language just to
reference latest versions so that we
[20:06] don't have to be back here every three
years doing that. Uh it's kind of the
[20:09] standard that we've seen a lot of
jurisdictions take. So we just mirrored
[20:12] uh you know that type of language in
here.
[20:15] » Any questions or comments from the
council?
[20:19] » One of course the manager
During this process, this is probably
[20:25] all in building inspection type of arena
that they would have to be very familiar
[20:30] with our codes. We have a plan. We said
you're going to come back with a plan
[20:34] for how we're going to receive a
building inspection.
[20:38] C been subing out to council for a while
now. We continue that process.
[20:42] » Uh no sir, I we actually hired a
building inspector.
[20:46] What's it been on 30 days? 45 days.
Yeah. I don't know.
[20:53] Are there any other questions or
comments?
[20:56] Thank you.
[21:00] » Any other comments or questions from the
council?
[21:03] » Would anybody like to come in the
audience like to come for the council on
[21:06] this issue?
[21:10] Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[21:13] » Mr. Shatel,
>> yes.
[21:14] » Miss Ally,
>> yes.
[21:16] » Mr. Romaner,
>> yes.
[21:17] » And Mr. Staer,
>> yes. Let's move down to ordinance
[21:21] 25-12-03.
[21:25] » An ordinance adopting the amended final
budget changes for the city of Niceville
[21:29] for the fiscal year commencing October
1, 2024. And an ordinance adopting and
[21:35] approving the appropriations set forth
and said budget for the fiscal year
[21:39] commencing October 1, 2024 and providing
for an effective date.
[21:43] » Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So moved.
[21:45] » Do I have a second?
>> Second.
[21:47] » Second by Mr. Shadzel. Um, Mr. D, you
want to address this?
[21:51] » Yes, sir. Thank you. Uh, good evening,
Mayor and Council. So, much like the
[21:55] last ordinance, this is just cleaning up
uh fiscal year 25. Uh, there's a couple
[22:01] of things of note. Um,
I have the authority under the charter
[22:06] to move uh funding internal to a
department, but not between departments,
[22:11] then that's where you would come in. So,
that that's one reason we're doing this.
[22:15] A couple of the departments you will
know went over budget uh for uh most of
[22:19] them for unexpected expenses. Uh but you
so while several general fund
[22:25] departments were over budget, the
general fund as a whole was well under
[22:29] budget. And so uh we're just uh amending
the budget to to cover to ensure that
[22:37] none of those departments uh for
auditing purposes are over budget. uh
[22:42] but also to clean up the budget because
you will know that once we amend the
[22:46] budget uh the actual uh amended budget
will be almost 2.8 million less than the
[22:51] council approved uh at the beginning of
fiscal year 25. I will note that
[22:58] although the the amended budget is uh
just over $20 million the actual 20 at
[23:03] fiscal year 25 expenses are even less
than that. So, I think we didn't even
[23:08] cross the uh $20 million general fund
threshold. It was somewhere 19 million
[23:13] and change. Uh but this this is really
housekeeping uh for for auditing
[23:18] purposes to clean up the budget and and
uh you know reduce our reduce the the
[23:23] the budget as a whole because again we
were uh again 2.8 almost 2.8 under what
[23:30] we actually what the council actually
approved at the beginning of fiscal 25.
[23:34] Uh I can I can address specifics if you
have uh individual questions about the
[23:38] line items, but that's why we're doing
this. I'm proposing to do this.
[23:43] » Questions or comments from the council?
>> So if I understand this, we have a
[23:46] surplus in 2.8 million.
>> No, sir, we just didn't spend it. So, as
[23:50] as you'll know, if you look on the first
page of the ordinance, those top two,
[23:55] those were really those those numbers,
part of that was ARPA uh that we um that
[24:02] was in the general fund that we moved to
uh the water and sewer fund to cover the
[24:07] Deer Moss Creek uh reuse water line. The
second one there is TDD money that we
[24:12] did not use. Uh we were going to get 1.6
million in TDD dollars to to build the
[24:17] docu, but obviously didn't get to
construction last year. We will use that
[24:21] that money this year uh when
construction starts in January. So those
[24:26] are the two biggest pieces. You'll see
the Valp revenue that was generated from
[24:29] the Valky Fire Department that was not
budgeted uh in Fisher 25 because the
[24:34] contract uh had just gotten into place
but after the um FIS started. So that's
[24:42] where the bulk of it is. There's not
extra really extra money in the budget.
[24:46] We're just spending a lot less than we
had planned to.
[24:49] » I understand that. Just when I read
this, you say we have a surplus of 2.8
[24:55] million that we did not spend.
>> Well, and again, sir, we don't have a
[24:58] surplus because some of this money uh
again was not revenue money. The other
[25:02] piece of it is we didn't uh the actual
revenues that came in aside from ARPA,
[25:08] aside from DVD did not match the
budgeted revenue that we had projected.
[25:14] And so, While the numbers are closer to
to 19 million uh both both revenue and
[25:19] and um expenses
uh there there there was no excess and
[25:25] any excess we have it's it's uh in our
reserves but there was very limited
[25:30] excess if any at all.
>> So that money goes to reserves.
[25:34] » Yes sir. Yes sir.
>> So
[25:37] » but but again don't misunderstand
it this makes it look like we had $23
[25:43] million in revenue and million in
expenses. That's not the case at all.
[25:48] The the revenues the actual revenues I
should I guess I should have put that on
[25:51] here. The actual revenues for fiscal
year 25 for the general fund were 19
[25:56] millionish. Uh so that the actual
revenues and the actual expenses are are
[26:02] more aligned.
>> Okay. Well, I applaud you for the for
[26:06] the I'm going to use the word surplus
because that's what that's what I'm
[26:09] viewing as. So So then where does that
get shifted to then? So those projects
[26:13] get carried over and that money just
carries over to 2026.
[26:16] » Yes sir. So as a as an example those top
two uh the ARPA dollars those were
[26:21] transferred into the water and sewer
operating fund. Uh that money will be
[26:25] used to cover uh the remain or if it
hasn't been spent already the remaining
[26:30] balance of the expenses associated with
the reuse water line that's going down
[26:35] 293 up to Mos Creek. And then again the
TDD dollars that money is still
[26:39] available to us. It's still in the
county pot and we're going to use it
[26:45] this year to build the docking pier down
on the volume.
[26:48] » Okay. So, this is basically reflecting
some monies that we actually did not
[26:51] receive them.
>> Correct. The ARPA money we we have, we
[26:55] just didn't spend it all. And then the
TDB money, we had budgeted for it but
[26:59] did not use it.
>> So, that mean we need to amend the 2026
[27:02] budget?
>> No sir, because that's that money is in
[27:04] the 2026 budget again.
[27:09] So, I just wanted to ask you about the
reserves. So, one of my concerns was
[27:12] pulling from reserves year after year
after year. And it looks like we pulled
[27:16] less than you anticipated.
>> We did. We pulled less out of reserves
[27:20] than than we had budgeted last year. Uh
if you recall, the year before we didn't
[27:24] pull any money out of reserves at all.
Uh this year we did. I don't remember it
[27:29] was 2 million
2 million. It was 2 million this we
[27:33] pulled out of reserves uh to make the
budget balance for this year
[27:37] » fiscal for fiscal year 25
>> but but we had budgeted 2.8 2.9 uh but
[27:45] only used two 2 million of it.
>> Any other questions or comments from the
[27:51] council?
Would anybody in the audience like to
[27:55] come for the council on this issue?
[28:01] Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[28:04] » Mr. Shatel,
>> yes.
[28:06] » Miss Ally,
>> yes.
[28:07] » Mr. Roinger,
>> yes.
[28:09] » And Mr. Staer,
>> yes.
[28:11] » Let's move down to ordinance 25-12-04.
[28:16] » An ordinance of the city of Niceville,
Florida, creating a development services
[28:20] special revenue fund to account for
revenues and expenditures associated
[28:24] with building permit, licensing, and
development application fees. Providing
[28:28] for purpose and intent, establishing
separate sub funds for building code
[28:33] enforcement and planning and development
application activities. Providing for
[28:37] revenue sources, expenditure limitations
and reporting requirements. Providing
[28:42] for administration and internal controls
for providing for conflict,
[28:46] severability, confiscation, and an
effective date.
[28:49] » Do I have a motion to approve?
>> So move.
[28:52] » And do I have a second?
>> Second.
[28:54] » Second by Mr. Roman.
Uh do we have anybody that wants to
[28:59] speak to this one?
>> Uh yes sir. I'm going to defer to to
[29:02] Chris and Steve on this one. The council
basically this is setting up uh
[29:05] enterprise funds for the building
department uh that probably should have
[29:09] been set up many many years ago.
>> All right, Chris.
[29:16] » Thank you. Um yes, as city manager said,
um this is something after I arrived
[29:21] here and working with our uh finance
director, city manager here, we were
[29:25] discussing uh there's a lot of
requirements and uh regulations in this
[29:29] part of statute when it comes to a
building fund and what you can and can't
[29:32] collect revenues on and what you can't
and what you can and can't uh spend
[29:35] those revenues on for expenses. And in
reviewing the the budget uh after I
[29:40] arrived, it was kind of hard to see, you
know, some of that separation in there.
[29:44] So, uh working uh with the staff here,
we uh and city attorney, we worked uh
[29:50] together to put this ordinance here that
would be able to create its own fund for
[29:53] building. So, we'll be able to track uh
those revenues and expenses clearly
[29:57] going forward. And then all the other uh
uh revenues, you know, application fees,
[30:02] uh business tax receipts, uh the
reasoning application fees, things like
[30:05] that will go into the the planning and
development sub fund. And then for that,
[30:11] there is a state uh building permit and
inspection utilization report. That's
[30:15] just something it's an internal uh
report that we have to do each year and
[30:19] just post on the website for the public
to see. And by doing this, it'll be
[30:23] allow us to uh create that report and
post it out there annually that you just
[30:28] haven't been doing yet.
Any questions? Go ahead, M. Got a
[30:34] couple. Um,
so, uh, the effective date was effective
[30:40] immediately upon adoption. Are we going
to try to roll that into this year's
[30:45] budget process?
>> Uh, yes. Yep. We're working with the the
[30:48] finance director to actually go ahead
and, you know, if approved, create those
[30:52] accounts and structure.
>> That will be an amendment to our budget.
[30:57] » No, sir, because the the dollar amounts
aren't going to change. The budget
[31:00] amounts won't change. It's just how we
It's just how
[31:03] » we're approving the bookkeeping of it.
When we when we approve a budget, we're
[31:07] approving the bookkeeping in that
budget, too. It's minding.
[31:10] » Uh,
>> we're changing the bookkeeping standard.
[31:13] Yes. No. Yes. Okay.
>> I mean, so all you're doing is creating
[31:18] an enterprise fund. The fund that the
>> So, is the enterprise fund
[31:22] self-sufficient?
>> It's it's going to be.
[31:24] » Okay. So, that includes all salaries.
>> Yep. It's Yes, sir. It's going to be
[31:27] salaries, IT expenses,
insurance. is fire department getting a
[31:32] cut because it says they're part of
they're one of the ones that are
[31:34] participating in this.
>> Uh I don't think there are plans review
[31:39] I'm just trying to figure out who how
we're dividing this dividing this pot of
[31:42] money up.
>> Well it what well fortunately or
[31:45] unfortunately how we divide this pot up
is statutory. So there are only only
[31:50] certain things that we can charge
um under this under the statute. And so
[31:56] as an example we can I can charge Chris
and I can charge Lisa. Uh I can in
[32:01] charge uh our our code I'm sorry our our
building official right we can yeah the
[32:06] utilities the water the IT systems that
they use uh the vehicle that the the
[32:10] building official uh drives around and
the insurance the gas and that sort of
[32:14] thing but there there are some things
that you know are are going to be exempt
[32:18] not
>> making sure we're not profitering off of
[32:21] correct off the city I agree with the
concept completely I'm just trying to
[32:24] make sure that
>> we have our plan for adoption is solid
[32:28] » yes so the reason we got those two
different uh the sublines is because
[32:34] again statutoily only certain money can
go in one pot and only certain money can
[32:38] go in another. We can only use those
pots of money for certain things and and
[32:42] this and the statute prohibits us from
from profiting to a great extent off of
[32:47] this. Uh it it caps how much money we
can roll over from year to year, things
[32:51] of that nature.
If the pot gets too big, we have to roll
[32:54] back the fees or or use it for for
building apartment expenses. And uh if
[33:00] the statute's uh fairly robust on what
we can and can't use this money for,
[33:06] » but if there are any money set aside,
you'll earmark them for can we have
[33:10] reserves in this category?
>> Reserves for building their own
[33:14] building.
>> Correct. Correct. And and again we can
[33:17] do that to a certain extent and again
that the statute caps uh how much
[33:24] reserves we can have for a building
department.
[33:27] » Thank you.
>> Are there any other questions or
[33:31] comments?
[33:34] Did uh you say you had uh did Bill need
to come up? Bill, did you need to come
[33:39] up for anything?
[33:44] » That's good. Okay.
All right. Thank you.
[33:48] Any other discussion by the council?
>> I just want to commend Doug on his
[33:54] questions because I, you know, I like
the depth in which you go into it to
[34:00] find out the answers to the questions
that sometimes we don't even have the
[34:03] question and you seem to. So, good job.
>> Would anybody in a like to come before
[34:08] the council on this issue?
[34:13] Seeing none, Mr. Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[34:16] » Mr. Shatel,
>> yes.
[34:17] » Miss Allen,
>> yes.
[34:18] » Mr. Roinger,
>> yes.
[34:19] » And Mr. Stopper,
>> yes.
[34:21] » Let's move down to uh continue on public
hearings. The second and final reading.
[34:26] Uh we'll start off with ordinance
25-10-03.
[34:31] » An ordinance to the city of Niceville,
Florida, amending chapter 5.6, article 2
[34:36] of the code of ordinances of the city of
Niceville. as such pertains to treaties
[34:41] fighting for enforcement, separability,
conflict, codification, and an effective
[34:46] date.
>> Do I have a motion to approve?
[34:48] » So move.
>> Do I have a second?
[34:50] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Chassel.
[34:53] Um, anybody want to come speak to this
one?
[34:57] » Council, you've seen this once before.
The only edits that I would note for you
[35:01] B from what the changes from last
meeting were again with regards to some
[35:07] sort of community committee to be on the
committee. So I will direct your
[35:12] attention to paragraphs 5.6-27
through 5.6-31.
[35:18] Those are the only changes that I made
uh to this proposed ordinance uh from
[35:23] last month.
And and again those those changes are
[35:28] based on comments from the council over
the past uh at the past couple council
[35:32] meetings.
>> Any questions or comments?
[35:37] » I I do have a question.
[35:41] » I'm not sure this should go to Mr. Dice
or to the mayor, but it says the the
[35:46] urban forestry advisory committee shall
consist of five members appointed by the
[35:52] city council. So, how do you intend to
bring the membership to us for approval.
[35:59] Well, after we uh have the the
if you approve the ordinance, uh we can
[36:05] bring some some names for you. Um from
public works, uh city parks department
[36:11] um that the uh UF um I will bring all
those I'll bring some names to you as a
[36:18] proposal. There is one citizen that's
usually here. He's very active and he's
[36:23] the one that really brought this is kind
of moving this thing along. So that I'm
[36:27] going to probably recommend him as that
citizen at large, but everybody else
[36:32] I'll bring you the names at the next
council.
[36:34] » So, you re you'll bring their
recommendations and and then we will
[36:38] approve it as point because it says as
appointed.
[36:41] » Yes, sir.
>> Yes, sir.
[36:43] » Thank you.
>> Are there any other questions or
[36:45] comments?
>> I just want to thank you for actually
[36:48] building that out and totally flushing
that out. I know we had resistance last
[36:52] month about this, so I appreciate the
effort put into that. Thank you. Any
[36:57] other questions or comments?
Would anybody in the audience like to
[37:01] come before the council on this issue?
[37:07] » Seeing none, Mr. Tober?
>> Yes.
[37:10] » Mr. Shatel?
>> Yes.
[37:11] » Miss Ally?
>> Yes.
[37:12] » Mr. Roinger?
>> Yes.
[37:14] » And Mr. Ster?
>> Yes.
[37:16] » Let's move down to ordinance 25-11-01.
[37:22] » An ordinance of the city of Niceville,
Florida, granting the right and
[37:25] non-exclusive
two to two Chakahhatche Electrical
[37:29] Cooperative, Inc., its successors and
assignments to maintain and operate an
[37:34] electric plant and an electric
transmission and distribution system in
[37:38] the city of Knightville and to
construct, maintain, operate and extend
[37:42] electrical transmission and distribution
lines in the streets and public places
[37:46] of said city. Providing for findings,
providing for for grants of franchise
[37:51] privilege, providing for rights to
operate, providing franchise area and
[37:56] franchise fees. Providing for
non-exclusive use, providing for proper
[38:01] operation, providing for excavation
maintenance and restoration, providing a
[38:07] whole harmless agreement. Providing for
liability insurance. Providing for
[38:12] rates, rules and regulations. Providing
for interruption of service.
[38:17] Providing for metering of service.
Providing for term of franchise.
[38:21] Providing for forfeite of this
franchise. Providing for copies of other
[38:26] franchises. Providing for monitoring
performance and compliance. Providing
[38:31] for electrical interference. Providing
for tree trimming. Providing for
[38:34] severability of ordinance sections.
Providing for successors and assigns.
[38:40] providing for the repeal of all
ordinances in conflict here with
[38:43] providing for surrender of rights.
Providing for written acceptance by
[38:47] Chelco and providing an effective date.
>> Do I have a motion to approve?
[38:53] » So moved. And do I have a second?
>> Second.
[38:56] » Second by Mr. Roinger.
Uh again, we need to have anybody speak
[39:01] to this one. This is a second reading.
>> No, sir.
[39:05] » All right. Any questions or comments
from the council?
[39:09] Would anybody not just like to come
before the council on this issue?
[39:14] Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert?
>> Yes.
[39:17] » Mr. Shelley?
>> Yes.
[39:18] » Miss Ally?
>> Yes.
[39:19] » Mr. Ringer?
>> Yes.
[39:21] » And Mr. Ster?
>> Yes.
[39:25] » Let's move down to ordinance 25-11-02.
[39:31] » An ordinance of the city of Niceville,
Florida, amending chapter 4, the code of
[39:35] ordinances of Niceville, Florida. as
such pertains to animals and providing
[39:40] for enforcement, severability,
conflicts, modifications and effective
[39:44] date.
>> So I have a motion to approve.
[39:47] » So moved by Miss Ally. Do I have a
second?
[39:50] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Tolbert. Um
[39:55] » nothing.
>> No sir.
[39:56] » Any questions or comments from the
council?
[39:58] » Go ahead, Mr.
This is for our city manager. Are there
[40:03] any changes made in this as presented
tonight compared to last month?
[40:08] » No sir.
>> Last month I had uh asked about having a
[40:15] definition for a service animal and
although it talks to service animals in
[40:22] in the uh
in the
[40:28] ordinance um I didn't see it picked up.
Can it still added that we have a
[40:33] definition for service.
>> I I apologize, sir. I I forgot about our
[40:40] conversation, but the there
it's defined in statute what a service
[40:48] animal is.
Um, and I thought I put that in the
[40:52] ordinance originally.
There was a section in there about uh I
[40:56] think animals in in uh in businesses.
[41:02] and it it speaks to service animals uh
in in that section. I don't think
[41:07] there's a definition. I I didn't put a a
I didn't put a definition of service
[41:12] animals in the service animal in the in
the definition section.
[41:16] » I didn't find that section. You say
service animals as defined under the
[41:19] American Disabilities Act are permitted
in places. So I think by default that
[41:23] would be a definition 88. I would I
would discourage us to redefine
[41:30] No, I'm not I'm not asking about
redefining. I'm just asking in the in
[41:34] the front here where we have all the
definitions. Uh for example, animal
[41:38] shelter at large, a bite, a cat, a
community cat, and etc. stuff like that
[41:44] and and that's where I was looking for
it to be added um as a as a definition.
[41:49] I do see that it is covered within the
document itself and if uh I'm willing to
[41:56] accept that if you don't think it needs
to be as a
[42:01] Sir, I I don't have a strong opinion one
way or the other. If you want me to to
[42:05] add in the ADA definition uh to the uh
uh the uh definition section of the
[42:11] ordinance, I'll be more than happy. We
can continue this till next month and
[42:15] then and then add that definition and
bring it back to you.
[42:19] » No, I I'm not ask you know, I'd rather
not say continue. I would vote for it as
[42:25] because it's defined in the document.
>> All right, sir. Are there any other
[42:29] questions or comments from the council?
[42:34] Would anybody in the audience like to
come for the council on this issue?
[42:40] » Seeing none. Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[42:43] » Mr. Chassel,
>> yes.
[42:45] » Miss Ali,
>> yes.
[42:46] » Mr. Ominger,
>> yes.
[42:48] » And Mr. Sto,
>> yes.
[42:55] » Let's move down to ordinance 25-
11-03.
[43:01] » An ordinance of the city of Nashville,
Florida, providing for authority
[43:05] creating section 134 of the code of
ordinances title control of access to
[43:11] city facilities, facility rules,
trespass warnings, and criminal
[43:16] penalties. Creating section 13-14.1
of the code of ordinances titled appeals
[43:23] of trespass warnings. Creating section
13-14.2
[43:27] two of the code of ordinances titled
duration of trespass warnings issued for
[43:32] violation of city ordinance and
providing for enforcement severability
[43:36] conflicts codifications and an effective
date.
[43:38] » Do I have a motion to approve?
>> And do I have a second?
[43:43] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Romaner.
[43:46] » Do we need uh any changes?
>> No, sir. There's no changes to this
[43:52] ordinance.
>> Questions or comments from the council?
[43:55] Would
anybody in the honest like to come for
[43:59] the council on this issue?
[44:03] Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert?
>> Yes.
[44:06] » Mr. Chhatzel?
>> Yes.
[44:08] » Miss Ally?
>> Yes.
[44:10] » Mr. Roinger?
>> Yes.
[44:12] » And Mr. Stopp?
>> Yes.
[44:14] » Let's move down to resolution 25-11-01.
[44:21] A resolution of the city of Niceville
amending the residential sanitation
[44:25] tipping fee rate resolution number
24-09-04
[44:30] dated September 5th, 2024 to provide for
a rate adjustment and providing for an
[44:35] effective date.
>> Do I have a motion to approve?
[44:39] » So moved by Miss Ally and Mr. Tolbert,
was that you seconding?
[44:44] » All right, Mr. Tolbert seconds. All
right. Questions, comments from the
[44:49] council.
Would anybody now just like to come for
[44:53] the council on this issue?
[44:58] » Seeing none. Mr. Tolbert,
>> yes.
[45:00] » Mr. Shatel,
>> yes.
[45:02] » Miss Ally,
>> yes.
[45:03] » Mr. Roinger.
>> Yes.
[45:04] » And Mr. Ster?
>> Yes.
[45:07] » Let's move to resolution 25-11-02.
[45:13] » Resolution of the city of Niceville,
Florida. accepting state appropriation
[45:17] funding in the amount of $350,000
from the General Appropriations Act,
[45:23] GAA, for the design and engineering of
Crossings Boulevard, authorizing
[45:28] execution of the funding agreement with
the Florida Department of
[45:31] Transportation, providing for
severability, and providing for an
[45:35] effective date.
>> Do I have a motion to approve?
[45:37] » So move.
>> And do I have a second?
[45:39] » Second.
>> Second by Mr. Roinger. Discussion by the
[45:42] council.
[45:47] Mr. Dyson, did you have anything that
you want to add?
[45:50] » Council, this is just required by the
state. Uh,
[45:53] I've already signed the agreement uh but
but they require a uh a resolution by
[45:59] the council uh acknowledging that the
legislative body of the municipality is
[46:04] accepting this money. And so it just
it's just really a formality. As you
[46:08] recall, Rep went to Tallahassee last
year during the last legislative session
[46:13] and got us this money for the design and
engineering crossing Boulevard. It just
[46:17] really a formality to check the block to
the state.
[46:21] Any other questions or comments?
>> Would anybody in the audience like to
[46:25] come for the council on this issue?
[46:30] » Seeing none, Mr. Tolbert?
>> Yes.
[46:33] » Mr. Shatel?
>> Yes.
[46:34] » Miss Ally?
>> Yes.
[46:35] » Mr. Ominger?
>> Yes.
[46:36] » And Mr. stopper.
>> Yes.
[46:39] » Let's move down to reports. Uh
city manager, you're uh you're up.
[46:44] » Thank you, mayor. Uh so, first off, I
want to thank uh everybody who
[46:47] participated in the the Veterans Day
parade. Um you know, second annual. So,
[46:53] thanks to everybody. Uh particularly my
teammates, uh Shenita Francis who drove
[46:57] the whole thing. This is kind of her
brainchild from the beginning and she's
[47:01] been the driving force behind it. that
it doesn't happen uh without the public
[47:06] works, the police, the fire. Uh it's
it's an entire team effort. So, I I I
[47:11] really really sincerely thank my team
for that. Certainly want to thank all
[47:14] the uh generous sponsors we have here in
Niceville that supported our uh the
[47:19] veterans day parade including the manor
blue water bay spine lifea gas a pure
[47:25] air conditioning matrix randy wise homes
aon church on bayshore and there's a
[47:30] number of anonymous donors and then of
course uh I definitely want to beh give
[47:35] a big thanks to all the clubs the
organizations the schools the businesses
[47:39] uh who participated in the parade again
this year and I echo the mayor those
[47:43] earlier comments. Miss Lewis, thank you.
Thank you. Thank you. Greater than you
[47:47] did. Pleasure.
>> Um, moving on. Uh, everyone mark your
[47:52] calendars. Christmas parade is coming up
on December 6th at 10:00 a.m. It's the
[47:57] same route as it has been in years past.
Uh, that following weekend, uh, December
[48:02] 12th and 13th, I guess that's Friday,
Saturday, we will have our our is that
[48:07] our second annual?
uh the nice school very merry Christmas
[48:11] right here in the complex. Uh so that is
December 12th I'm sorry December 12th
[48:16] and 13th uh from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
And the last time I got this happy
[48:23] Thanksgiving
uh please
[48:35] Mr. Mayor Council, thank you for having
me. I'm going to give you the uh
[48:39] statistics for October 2025
for the police department. During the
[48:45] month of October, the Nashville Police
Department responded to 2126 calls for
[48:50] police assistance.
Some of the breakdown are 45 traffic
[48:54] crash reports involving 86 vehicles, one
pedestrian
[49:00] officers issued 155 citations in
addition to 138 warnings.
[49:07] There were six misdemeanor arrests, one
DUI, and 10 felony arrests made.
[49:14] There was an additional crash. It was an
electric bicycle crash. 85
[49:22] came off the crosswalk and was the uh
the bicyclist is was found to be at
[49:27] fault.
Uh the statistics for the speed zone
[49:32] cameras for the month of October.
[49:36] There were a total of,245
approved citations or 82 that were
[49:43] rejected for different various reasons.
The breakdown was 284 on northbound
[49:49] palm,
279 on southbound palm, 218 on
[49:55] northbound pardon, and 464
southbound part.
[50:00] 25 vehicles were towed,
nine double A, nine roadside, and seven
[50:07] by White's Recorder.
We had a total of 93 animal related
[50:13] calls which included one alligator,
three bears,
[50:19] loose dogs, kittens, and 64 of those
totals were kennel checks for the
[50:25] animals.
Um, we had a possum in the ceiling of
[50:28] the police department that uh
Jonathan's folks came and got for us.
[50:36] » Yeah, he did not find that.
You made Phil
[50:42] um for the fiscal year 2425 community
police uh unit participate in over 100
[50:49] events for the police department.
Uh one uh one of the arrests that stand
[50:55] out for October
occurred on the 23rd. We had a uh
[51:00] fentanyl trafficking arrest or 27.6
grams of fentanyl which is almost
[51:07] it's a little half a pound was seized
and arrest made. That's enough to kill
[51:13] approximately 13,800 people according to
the DEA's calculations.
[51:21] City manager already covered the success
of the uh Veterans Day parade. Uh we'd
[51:28] like you to join us on December 3rd at
Black Rifle Coffee Company for Coffee
[51:33] with a Cop. bring your questions and
discussions. That will be sponsored by
[51:38] Live Oak. Excuse me. That's from 8 to 10
a.m. On December 5th, uh our annual
[51:46] Cocoa with a Cop toys for tots tots
drive will be 5 to 7 at the police
[51:51] department. Santa Claus will be there.
Bring unwrapped gifts for toys and tots
[51:56] and drink cocoa. Eat cookies and
visit Santa
[52:03] Christmas covered. That's all I have
right now.
[52:06] » And again, that date for the Coco with
the cop was uh December the 5th.
[52:12] » Yes, sir.
>> From 5 to 7 p.m.
[52:15] » Got it.
>> I have a question.
[52:18] » Yes, ma'am.
on the speed cameras. How many did we
[52:22] have last month? It was less than that,
wasn't it?
[52:25] » I do not have last months.
>> No, ma'am. Right now, uh August was
[52:29] 1,700ish. September was 1,800ish.
>> Okay.
[52:33] » So, it's decreased.
>> It's decreasing. Starting to go down a
[52:37] little bit.
>> Again, for everybody out in the
[52:40] audience, it's all about changing
behavior. It's not about writing tickets
[52:45] and so forth and changing behavior.
people slow down so we won't get a kid
[52:50] or somebody hit uh in the school zone.
[52:55] Anybody else got any questions for the
chief?
[52:59] » Thanks, Chief. Appreciate it.
>> Thank you.
[53:01] » All right, Chief Doulus, please.
[53:06] » Good evening,
[53:12] uh for the fire department, we had uh
183 emergency incidents for the month of
[53:17] October. None of those were reportable
overdoses. On that note, I know that's
[53:21] been a particular topic of interest. I
did attend the uh county regional
[53:25] chief's meeting earlier this week and we
were visited by Andrew Kindle from
[53:29] County EMS. He's a member of their post
overdose support team and I don't know
[53:34] if you're familiar with that, but it's a
grant funding program that EMS runs and
[53:38] they're particularly focused on um
reducing that overdose rate within the
[53:42] county. Uh, as you may or may not know,
the county was fifth highest in the
[53:46] overdose rates just a couple years ago
in the state of Florida. Uh, with that
[53:50] grant funding in their efforts. Um,
they've cut that nearly in half. Um,
[53:56] what was 70 80 calls a month from the
county is now down to about six or eight
[54:00] a month. So, pretty drastic decrease.
So, it's very successful program. They
[54:03] go out and visit with uh anyone that's
been visited by EMS or had a horrible
[54:08] overdose. They go do a site visit with
them within 24 to 72 hours and get them
[54:13] into programs and have follow up with
them. So, um they've also through that
[54:17] grant funding secured nearly 10,000
doses in NAM that they're distributing
[54:22] throughout the county and those are free
of charge to anybody that wants them. I
[54:25] know the police chief's already arranged
nice was one of the first agencies to
[54:29] have those available to them. Uh the
fire department is also going to be
[54:33] putting one of those public accessible
boxes outside our facility just in case
[54:37] there's any uh difference of access that
people would like. So that'll be here
[54:40] later this week. We'll have those
available and they'll continue to
[54:43] restock those as soon as they're used.
So it's a great program. I just wanted
[54:46] to highlight it, let you know that
that's in place. Uh aside from that, uh
[54:51] we attended a lot of community events in
the month of October. It was fire
[54:54] prevention month. So we had over 20 plus
programs that the the cruise ended were
[54:58] out visiting the school programs
particularly. Um we did hire a new admin
[55:04] assistant. Most of you already met her
Danny Py. So I just wanted to make sure
[55:08] that everybody knew that now got some
help on board since the last meeting and
[55:12] uh she's working hard getting us dialed
in on all the programs we got to work
[55:14] on. We will also be doing CPR AED
training mostly for uh our city employee
[55:20] staff coming up in December and we're
doing several other programs for our
[55:23] community members also next year. Uh
department updates. We did fire ops 101
[55:31] as all of you know and thank you again
for all of you attending. We had a great
[55:34] time with you. I hope it was educational
for you.
[55:37] » When's 102? Yeah, we might just stay at
the 100 level
[55:43] oneonone
>> as well as you did.
[55:45] » It was tough.
>> It was tough. I'm telling you.
[55:49] » I don't know if you all got to see this
video. Would do I need to click
[55:52] something to play this? Do you know?
>> Probably.
[55:57] » I'll give let her give a shout out
before I mess something up. But I don't
[56:00] know if this got out to all of you. We
did put it up on some some of our social
[56:03] media, but for those that are here in
the audience, if anyone watching out on
[56:06] the internet, we had just a quick couple
minute highlight reel here on what you
[56:11] guys got to do. So, I thought it would
be fun for us to
[56:13] » embarrassing that I was that I couldn't
do anything.
[56:19] » You got
that last
[56:26] » I did. I did it on purpose.
I saw you over here earlier.
[56:34] » I have to say I learned a lot. I have
great appreciation for the fire
[56:40] department and what they have to do
within seconds to get to the call.
[56:44] » Amen.
>> I couldn't even put the hat on my head.
[56:46] So,
>> I could gone backwards six times.
[56:53] » Oh, there you go.
[57:27] So we're out here
[57:33] scenarios
for me not being able to see
[57:40] a hard
[57:58] always had tons of respect for you guys,
but wow.
[58:08] Well, I guess I just prepared for the
totally dark.
[58:14] You can kind of hear, but
[58:18] But definitely a little bit of sensory
deprivation going on. So much harder. So
[58:23] much harder.
[58:45] Outstanding.
Well, good job all of you and uh thank
[58:48] you to the production team that put that
together and Chenitra spearheading that
[58:51] as well. So, I thought it was a fun day
again. So, appreciate your attendance.
[58:56] Um also been working with Shenitra on a
rebranding project. Well, I was going to
[59:00] bring it to you tonight, but I'm
actually going to wait till the complete
[59:02] project's done. But we are changing the
Emerald logo for the fire department,
[59:06] which is positioning ourselves more for
uh future growth, not not being station
[59:10] specific as we potentially have future
station or uh other utilization
[59:14] opportunities and just uh we'll be
changing up some color schemes, etc. So,
[59:17] I'll present that to you in times ready.
Uh we also took delivery of two new
[59:21] command vehicles. Those will be uh
batting chiefs and and chief officers
[59:26] will be using those soon. So, uh those
are getting outfitted as we speak. Uh
[59:31] new rescue and brush truck, we just
finalized the specs on that. So, those
[59:34] will be going into production here about
12 to 14 months before the delivery
[59:38] though. Uh unfortunately lose two
firefighters since I last spoke with you
[59:42] to outside agencies. One went to Ocean
City, right? fire district and one to
[59:46] South Walton County. Uh we've got
recruitment of new fire and EMS training
[59:51] division chief ongoing right now. So we
have few applicants for that. We'll be
[59:55] interviewing for that here in the coming
weeks. That'll be a huge asset to help
[59:59] get our EMS program up and running to
the ALS level like I've spoken to you
[1:00:03] about. So I want to get that position in
place first and then we'll look at
[1:00:06] recruitment opportunities again for
paramedics and firefighters.
[1:00:10] And uh we are in the process of a full
SOP SOG rewrite within the department
[1:00:15] organization so that we've got uh
everything covered. I was advised
[1:00:19] earlier today we'll be probably visited
by ISO insurance service offices that
[1:00:23] does our ratings probably in Marchish.
So all these elements we have in place
[1:00:28] prior to that.
Uh we are assisting city of ALP with
[1:00:33] fire inspections and training right now
while their chiefs away on leave and uh
[1:00:39] we helping with that new Okalooa gas
building as they're trying to find all
[1:00:42] that. So fire marshal Webster has been
instrumental in getting that done for
[1:00:46] them. Uh we are engaging in what's
called echelon front leadership
[1:00:50] training. It's uh was developed by Navy
Seal. Dr. Will if you heard of it but
[1:00:55] we'll be starting that program.
robust leadership training program
[1:00:58] putting all of our fire department
personnel through it. Takes about a year
[1:01:01] to get through it. So, it'll be kicking
off here in the next coming weeks. And
[1:01:04] then uh as well as operations and
tactics training started earlier this
[1:01:08] week. I'm teaching that uh our all of
our staff as well as fire department
[1:01:12] members from East Niceville and Valp
attended that as well. That's going to
[1:01:16] again hopefully move us more towards a
regional training and operational
[1:01:21] posture. So, excited about that. And
then lastly, uh, wanted to recognize
[1:01:25] firefighter Chris Stokes. He was
nominated by his peers as the
[1:01:28] firefighter of the year for this
upcoming year. And, uh, the Nightsville
[1:01:33] Exchange Club had him out for lunch
today. It was very nice of them to treat
[1:01:35] him to lunch and, uh, gave a little
treat. So, uh, we'll bring him back here
[1:01:39] in future months as, uh, we have other
opportunities. But, uh, that's all I
[1:01:43] have unless you have any questions for
me.
[1:01:45] » Questions by the council.
>> Just the stuff you're doing for Val P,
[1:01:49] are we able to charge them for anything
or is it work that
[1:01:54] » right now uh we're just being good
neighbors. Uh they're in a position
[1:01:58] without any inspector. So as far as
inspection stuff, it's very dimminimous
[1:02:02] amount of time. Uh obviously we have
ongoing needs and relationship. We
[1:02:06] revisit that. And the training stuff is
just a quick quote pro. I really want
[1:02:10] them to be part of our training so that
we can reestablish a rapport
[1:02:13] relationships and get them back as a
response to the city that we haven't had
[1:02:17] since July.
>> Yeah. Good. Any other questions and
[1:02:21] comments?
>> Thanks, Chief. Appreciate it.
[1:02:26] » Jonathan, please.
[1:02:34] » Good evening, Mayor. Council, Mr. D.
Good video, Chief. Okay. I have the
[1:02:41] council and Mr. D and the mayor get
ready. Me and Ernie are working on a
[1:02:44] date for you guys to get down to the
bottom of station 30.
[1:02:49] What would you call sludge ops?
>> Yes,
[1:02:52] » sludge ops. That's
>> uh they all reuse pipeline to near
[1:02:57] street. All fittings are here.
Everything is here to complete that
[1:03:00] project. The county is back. They are
laying pipe. They started uh back
[1:03:05] Monday. They have laid over 3,000 foot
so far. It's about a 3.2 mile pipeline.
[1:03:10] So I cannot give you. It's hard to kind
of give you a guess when they're going
[1:03:15] to be done. It's a pretty long pipeline.
But they are back. have all the
[1:03:19] materials they need. So, this will be
done this year. Finally,
[1:03:24] » I think this year
>> this year or next year
[1:03:26] » or next year, sorry. Um, Aquam had a
call this afternoon with Badger. Uh,
[1:03:33] they told me they have about 200 meters
left to install. Uh, should be done the
[1:03:38] first or second week of December, but
we'll be working with Mr. Bill on
[1:03:42] cleaning some things up before we they
receive final payment.
[1:03:47] Uh our sewer rehab is complete in Palm
Estates area. We have approved the site
[1:03:52] plan for our new 1 million gallon water
tank in Demos Creek and we're be
[1:03:56] hopefully by Thursday submitting our FD
permit for that. Uh the sewer has been
[1:04:02] tied in on that road closure for the new
wall store. That's coming along good.
[1:04:06] All the plans have been approved for the
green belt sewer. Uh we have
[1:04:12] a gravity permit back that's been
accepted. So again working engineers on
[1:04:17] bid documents to get it out get out for
bid and that is a budget item that we
[1:04:22] budgeted for this year get that done
this year apologize I'm trying to watch
[1:04:27] so it's going to be an upgraded sewer
line from college boulevard cherrywood
[1:04:31] core fix up all the flow a lot of the
flow on the north side of town just
[1:04:35] giving it more capacity and so just to
build on that it's down north cedar but
[1:04:41] part of part of the reason for this
upgrade was because of the dorms at the
[1:04:48] There made 28 water calls, 16 sewer
calls, made nine water taps, had five
[1:04:52] sewer taps, and 385 spots. Uh we have a
storm water issue on Honeysuckle Way
[1:04:58] that we just completed. We have a
drainage issue on Wood Drive that we
[1:05:02] will have completed before the holiday.
Um we're working on that two parking
[1:05:08] spots that the fire department should be
pouring that Thursday and get strike
[1:05:11] next week for public access.
Um CW Roberts is back on Hill Lane
[1:05:19] storm drain pipe and then what we left
is basin roadway. So that's moving along
[1:05:23] good now too. Um the sidewalk project is
complete on Palm Boulevard. Finally
[1:05:30] closed that out. Uh we had one little
issue on erosion at 1600 palm. We're
[1:05:35] going to be working on inhouse but
that's not a big deal.
[1:05:40] » You ready?
>> Ready.
[1:05:41] » You ready?
>> We're ready. So this afternoon the board
[1:05:45] of county commissioners approved Chavez
construction
[1:05:50] to install sidewalk on Brazo Boulevard.
So
[1:05:54] » three and a half years for that.
>> So they got approved this afternoon.
[1:05:59] They're the lowest bidder. So find out.
>> Do you know what the bid was by chance?
[1:06:04] » Uh Karice Jeene was she was tired when
she called me this afternoon. Talked to
[1:06:09] her this morning. She called me back
this afternoon. Let me It didn't get
[1:06:12] approved at the BCC meeting, but she'll
call me tomorrow to go over everything
[1:06:16] else. So, I'm sure they'll say
completion date is three years from now.
[1:06:21] » Whenever I get that information, I'll
hear Mr. Dyson. He can reach out to you.
[1:06:24] » Outstanding.
>> Um,
[1:06:27] update on the MP from Forest Road from
College Boulevard to follow on down to
[1:06:32] Forest Rocky Bayou. You're probably
wondering why you haven't seen any
[1:06:35] movement. Well, they actually with the
military shut down the 103 gig for a
[1:06:41] minute. They couldn't keep waiting on
them. So, they swap sides instead of
[1:06:46] starting to call the phone to start that
rocky body driving force moving north.
[1:06:51] So, that's underway.
Uh the Miracle League field has been
[1:06:56] bidded out. They do have a little
bidder. uh until extra funds that the
[1:07:01] county needs to uh construct the park.
They will not reveal who the lowest
[1:07:06] bidder is. It's supposed to be re
releasing those funds pretty soon. Um
[1:07:11] and but the playground equipment has
already been bought. So it should be
[1:07:15] here sometime in December. So as soon as
the county releases the funds and the
[1:07:19] county can reveal who is the lowest
bidder and go forward.
[1:07:24] » So what what does that mean for
starting?
[1:07:28] Well, ma'am, we're waiting on the
county, the commissioners to, like
[1:07:31] Jonathan said, the the bids came in over
uh our projected budgets for both us and
[1:07:36] the county. And so, uh the county went
back to the board of county
[1:07:40] commissioners to get a couple extra
hundred,000 bucks. Um I I don't envision
[1:07:45] any problems, but I don't have a a
timeline of when the county will release
[1:07:51] that money. uh the public works I guess
not public works director any one of the
[1:07:56] the deputy county administrators is
working with the the admin uh the
[1:07:59] commissioners to secure that extra
money. I think he has uh just a matter
[1:08:04] of formality now to get it through uh
the public hearing.
[1:08:08] So we I I anticipate we'll start
construction you know first quarter next
[1:08:12] year.
[1:08:16] But once those funds are once those
funds are released, they already have a
[1:08:19] low bidder and they already have a
construction company ready to go to.
[1:08:24] Excuse me. They can reveal that once
that happens. So it should be all good.
[1:08:27] That's it.
Uh also talked to Karun today about the
[1:08:33] roundabouts the county will be
installing at Cedar Avenue in college
[1:08:37] and call Boulevard and Palm. They're at
30% design. There's supposed to meet
[1:08:43] officials from Northwest Florida State
College on aligning the driveway coming
[1:08:49] out of the college like the EOC align
trying to realign that with Cedar Avenue
[1:08:55] to get it to fit. After that's complete,
it will be 60% design. So, it's just a
[1:08:59] matter of the county meeting with
Northwest Florida State College
[1:09:02] officials. So, roundabouts are coming on
College Boulevard. Um the pavement of
[1:09:09] Highway 20 from Val Avenue has been
moved from May of 26 to August of 26.
[1:09:18] Um Turkey Creek paving and bathrooms. Uh
we signed a task order earlier today for
[1:09:24] the storm water and paving north side of
Turkey Creek South bathroom. We do have
[1:09:29] an onsite meeting there at 9:00 a.m.
Thursday to go over start the plan set.
[1:09:35] Um the bathroom renovation that was
supposed to start in December have been
[1:09:39] pushed to January due to uh Ninja
Flooring not being able to get to us to
[1:09:44] put the flooring down the bathroom until
January the 6. But that's a project that
[1:09:50] Mid Bay Rotary is giving us $10,400 for.
So that will be start in January. We
[1:09:56] will have portable setup to accommodate
the people at the park need or whatever
[1:10:01] during construction. Our renovation
shouldn't Three weeks there should go
[1:10:06] pretty quick. Just there's a lot of old
people in the rotary. So it depend how
[1:10:09] long it takes them to paint.
>> Sorry.
[1:10:15] » He said he said people that that
sometimes work a little slower.
[1:10:21] » Um next couple weeks we'll be placing
sidewalks on North Avenue. Just some
[1:10:26] stuff we had broken up. We had some
complaints on. So, we'll fix what we can
[1:10:31] that is going to cause a hazard. Uh,
during the Christmas break, we're going
[1:10:35] to be installing a crosswalk to the
intersection of Jun Juniper Avenue and
[1:10:38] Rhonda Drive. Actually, carry the
sidewalk out of Eagle's Landing, go down
[1:10:43] Juniper, and then we'll cross at Rhonda.
So, we didn't decide to cross out of
[1:10:49] Eagles Landing to a 3ft sidewalk you
can't see. So, we will come down out of
[1:10:56] Eagle's Landing and then cross that unit
around
[1:11:01] Um, after the Christmas bank, we also be
stalling a new crosswalk out here in the
[1:11:05] complex after all the Christmas is taken
down to get pedestrians safely to the
[1:11:10] kids park. What we're going to do is the
the eastern speed. We're going to push
[1:11:15] it back, install the crosswalk of ramps,
move, put another speed bump in so kids
[1:11:20] can get through a crosswalk to the kids
park safer.
[1:11:24] Mr. Dice on that. So, we plan on doing
that after all the Christmas taken down.
[1:11:28] just be a lot safer for our kiddos get
to the kids park. Uh, also in our coach
[1:11:33] striping, I'm waiting on a we've already
sent a purchase requisition. We're going
[1:11:37] to be upgrading the striping coming
northbound on Redwood when you get to
[1:11:41] Highway 20. Um, you're going north on
Redwood, you get to 20. All the arrows
[1:11:48] are going. People don't know which way
they're going. So, we got traffic. We're
[1:11:51] going to upgrade that intersection so
people know where they're going to go.
[1:11:54] I'm just waiting on a date. Tell me uh
Dalton from coach driving told me today
[1:12:00] hopefully before Thanksgiving but he
would let me know.
[1:12:06] So compliance update there are 37 cases
in the month of October, 12 closed.
[1:12:11] There are seven still open
investigations and 18 courtesies.
[1:12:16] Uh
[1:12:19] Scott Wars, can you come up please?
[1:12:24] That's my favorite time of night. I
learn a lot of stuff
[1:12:27] what people do especially for me here in
this city. I really appreciate
[1:12:33] Scott been from Warren Sewer meter
maintenance. Went to recreation
[1:12:39] what four or five years ago. He got
named safety director. He drives
[1:12:42] sanitation trucks. He I lose my prison
guard due to unnamed circumstances and
[1:12:48] he takes them over and just he's always
there when you need him.
[1:12:54] Scott, I really appreciate what you do
for me and the city organization, Mr.
[1:12:58] Dodge, and just wanted to introduce you
to the council and say really appreciate
[1:13:02] it.
[1:13:09] I got to tell you, Scott, I heard you
talking this morning to uh the staff
[1:13:14] there and you're saying, "I don't know
why I'm coming to the meeting tonight,
[1:13:16] but Jonathan told me to come to that
meeting tonight." I wanted to say I can
[1:13:20] tell you why you're coming to the
meeting, but I didn't want to break and
[1:13:24] break open the surprise too soon. So
again, thanks for all you do. You are a
[1:13:29] great asset to the city of Niceville.
>> I'm happy to be here.
[1:13:34] » So one more thing, as Mr. D was saying
at Christmas in the complex, you all
[1:13:39] come out enjoy one of my glorious hay
rides. Wendy thinks she can keep me
[1:13:43] locked down on the pudding ring will
never happen.
[1:13:47] » Any questions?
All right, let's start with Miss Allen,
[1:13:50] then Mr. Shel, we'll move to you.
>> So, I see all the stakes are up for the
[1:13:55] sidewalk on uh
college and forest.
[1:14:01] » Do you have any update on that when
they're going to start actually moving
[1:14:04] dirt?
>> No, they got working on they actually
[1:14:07] trying to pull a fast one on us and
started tearing out the old trail from
[1:14:11] Rocky Bay Road down to Derby Downs
without long spots.
[1:14:16] He caught it. Let me know. We got on the
phone with them. So, we're currently
[1:14:19] waiting on them to get call utility
locates so they can start excavating.
[1:14:25] » Um, the other question is I see they're
going to have to go over a waterway. Are
[1:14:29] they going to build like a bridge, I
guess,
[1:14:31] » right? Come over that part of the
concrete tied into a
[1:14:35] » Okay,
>> Mr.
[1:14:38] Jonathan, you briefed on the aqua meters
>> and in our read ahead that we had it
[1:14:45] says meter change out. So I did a total
from July, August, September and
[1:14:52] October. It's not July but August,
September and October I came up with
[1:14:56] 4,987
meters that we have changed out.
[1:15:00] Percentage wise are we at 75% finished
or 80% finished?
[1:15:06] We should be by done by the second week
of December. They weren't changing out
[1:15:09] every single meter, which was about
9,616
[1:15:13] meters we have in the city. Just a
percentage of the meters and then the
[1:15:17] rest of them were retrofitting in the
the AMI system. The actual register that
[1:15:23] goes on the meter that the readings are
billing. So we're probably over 90%.
[1:15:30] » Yes, sir. We only have about 200 left.
>> Yeah.
[1:15:34] » Thank you. as of this afternoon.
[1:15:38] » Are there any other questions for public
works? Yes.
[1:15:40] » I just I just want to commend you on
Valryzo Boulevard. I remember when they
[1:15:44] came back, they wanted to split 50/50.
You held your ground. Now the whole
[1:15:47] 400,000's on the county as it should be
since you did the paving and some other
[1:15:52] stuff already. So, and the engineering.
Yes,
[1:15:54] » sir. We did engineering. We spent
$43,000 on the first three sections and
[1:15:59] balls in their court.
>> Good job. Anybody else have questions or
[1:16:04] comments for public works?
>> And mayor, the only thing I would add, I
[1:16:07] want to echo uh Jonathan's comments
about Scott. Dude is an absolute
[1:16:12] workhorse. He'll do anything that's ask.
And those two gentlemen sitting in the
[1:16:16] back. Oh man. Holy cow. My right and
left arm back there. And then there's
[1:16:21] Jonathan.
[1:16:26] Jonathan, as always, you guys and your
team are topnotch. Appreciate you much.
[1:16:32] And uh you know, we uh we realize that
what our citizens
[1:16:38] get is extra out of public works and we
appreciate you. Thank you, sir.
[1:16:46] » Do we have a building report tonight?
>> I think it was in your packets.
[1:16:52] » Okay. The same thing with the finance
report. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Um, do we
[1:16:56] have any new business?
>> No, sir.
[1:16:58] » Well, I rounds expended.
>> Okay. Well, listen. I I we have Dquiri
[1:17:04] and her and her team sitting back there.
They've been waiting patiently. And uh I
[1:17:10] wanted to bring Dachri and and her team
up. And Daiquiri, you got you you want
[1:17:15] to uh make a a pitch or you want to
propose something or you just want to
[1:17:20] brief us?
>> Yes.
[1:17:22] » Well, come on up.
[1:17:39] First of all, I want to know how many of
you know about America 250.
[1:17:45] You know what it is?
our nation's 250th birthday next July
[1:17:51] 4th. That's why I'm in this costume.
And it's very hard to walk in, by the
[1:17:56] way.
So, the daughters of American Revolution
[1:18:02] are very, you know, very patriotic. So,
we have been trying to promote America
[1:18:07] 250 for
>> Daffrey. Could you could you do me a f
[1:18:12] you can pull that microphone off there I
believe and you can speak in you can
[1:18:15] face the audience but just speak in the
microphone because Mr. Shatel here and a
[1:18:20] few others uh just need a little extra
help to hear what's being said.
[1:18:28] » Yes, we've been trying to promote
America 250 for the last 10 years. It's
[1:18:32] been the process. So next July 4th it's
going to be the big big big big big open
[1:18:39] and uh DI is doing different things and
we're working with the S. We're working
[1:18:45] with different I know the Fort Walton
Beach Chamber of Commerce and we will be
[1:18:49] probably tapping into the nice valoal
chamber of commerce and prescuit chamber
[1:18:55] of commerce. So these are all areas that
we're going to be talking about but but
[1:19:01] sorry specifically I to say something
about Mayor Hinkle and the wonderful
[1:19:08] town of Niceville.
I don't know if um we he Mayor Hingle
[1:19:13] was very very very supportive when I
approached him about putting in what's
[1:19:17] called a liberty tree
and that liberty tree was planted I
[1:19:24] think in March
and it's really growing well. So thank
[1:19:29] you very much
>> and going to and I'm going to tell you a
[1:19:34] little bit about a liberty tree and then
I'm going to go on and talk about
[1:19:37] something else. The liberty tree
was something that was used in colonial
[1:19:44] times because of course they didn't have
phones and most people couldn't afford
[1:19:47] news newspapers and stuff like that. So
they would have notices put out on a
[1:19:52] tree
and there or people would come and talk
[1:19:57] at the liberty tree. So uh if you're
wondering what it is and why it was
[1:20:03] chosen. The story the liberty tree is a
large tree. This the one that
[1:20:06] specifically we started with was a large
tree that was planted in uh colonial
[1:20:12] Boston in 1646 and was nearly 120 years
old by the time of the American
[1:20:17] Revolution. The area under its branches
became a popular meeting place for
[1:20:22] Boston citizens. The Sons of Liberty, a
secret society who advocated for the
[1:20:27] rights of cons would meet there at the
tree and stage protests. In 1765, large
[1:20:32] protests occurred specifically to argue
against the Stamp Act. Does anybody
[1:20:37] remember that in American history?
[1:20:42] A crowd of pro protesters did take an
effigy of the house of the local tax
[1:20:48] collector and they proceeded to behead
and burn the likeness before assaulting
[1:20:52] his home. He he retired the next next
day by the way. The next year the stamp
[1:20:59] act was repealed and the citizens of
Boston gathered again at the Liberty
[1:21:02] Tree and lanterns were hung at the
branches the celebration. This liberty
[1:21:06] tree continued to be a place for
protests and public displays through the
[1:21:10] 1770s. But the British cut it down.
Yes, they did. They had replanted it and
[1:21:17] and after that time there were all the
other big cities joined forces and put
[1:21:23] liberty trees up. But because we have
our own burial, we were the sec we the
[1:21:29] first city in Okaloosa County to put up
a liberty tree. Thank you so much. Mayor
[1:21:36] Hingle, would you please come forward?
[1:21:41] And if anybody wants to apply our here,
take these. Just pass them around. And I
[1:21:46] have some candy back there and some
other things.
[1:21:55] We have
the Daughters of American Revolution are
[1:22:00] so proud and I'm very honored to present
you with this D
[1:22:05] 50 commenation. It's demonstration of
the extraordinary effort in raising
[1:22:10] awareness of the revolutionary patriots
in America's 250th anniversary.
[1:22:15] This is your certificate and this is
your medal.
[1:22:19] » Wow,
that is awesome.
[1:22:23] That right there. Put that right there.
>> We got We got cameraman.
[1:22:30] » She got you, sir.
>> She got it. All right.
[1:22:32] » She's coming around.
>> She's coming around.
[1:22:34] And we have a much better certificate
for you that um the the framer didn't
[1:22:39] quite get done for today. So, it will be
coming. So,
[1:22:42] » all right.
[1:22:45] » Thank you.
>> Like I said, I was so excited when he
[1:22:50] said yes to the celebrity trade. You
just can't imagine it. I am the
[1:22:55] president current president or region as
they call it of Chakachi Bay chapter of
[1:23:00] American Revolution and our children of
American revolution did participate in
[1:23:05] parade this past for two years now. So
that's
[1:23:08] » thank you again.
>> You're welcome. You know,
[1:23:12] I just want you to know that Daiquiri is
so active with the Daughters of American
[1:23:17] Revolution and supporting various
functions within and around our area and
[1:23:23] I appreciate what you do. Thank you so
much.
[1:23:25] » Thank you.
>> You bet.
[1:23:28] » It's been such a pleasure to get to know
him.
[1:23:31] » He does so much for our chapters, too.
So,
[1:23:34] » he gave us another constitution.
If anybody has any questions, I'd be
[1:23:40] happy to answer this right next to talk
about.
[1:23:44] » Anybody have any questions?
>> I don't have a question, but I do
[1:23:46] remember you from the Liberty Tree. And
then I am I just got inducted in the
[1:23:51] Sons of the American Revolution tracing
my history back to the Revolutionary
[1:23:55] War. So my brother's in, my sister's
getting ready to get in. So I just think
[1:24:00] what you guys do the A makes the S look
cheap
[1:24:06] because you guys you guys just get it
done. So I thank you for that because
[1:24:09] you guys are an inspiration to those
that are with the sons.
[1:24:13] » See they started the Sons of American
Revolution first and but they denied
[1:24:18] women the opportunity to be in it. So
the women have their own
[1:24:22] their own society
>> and surpassed us.
[1:24:26] » So we have 112
across the state of Florida alone. I
[1:24:31] think we have something like 1100
11,000 members. So, and if anybody's
[1:24:39] interested in becoming a daughter or a
son, please let me know. We will welcome
[1:24:44] you. We have people that can find your
patriots. Most almost everybody, unless
[1:24:49] you know your family member came over in
the last 100 years, you probably have
[1:24:54] somebody because you did not have to
fight. One of my patriots raised the
[1:24:59] pigs to feed the army. So,
all right. Thank you again.
[1:25:05] » Thank you, Jack.
[1:25:10] » Um, I'm going to uh do a with the
council first and then we'll do So, Mr.
[1:25:15] Tolbert, do you have anything you want
to share with us?
[1:25:18] » No, sir.
>> Mr. Shazel.
[1:25:21] » Yes.
I'd like to uh give a early thank you to
[1:25:26] public and Lynn uh Waltz for because
it's starting to look a little bit like
[1:25:32] Christmas around the complex area.
>> Thank you, Miss Ally.
[1:25:38] » I don't have anything.
>> All right, Mr. Roger. Mr. Ster,
[1:25:42] » I do. I just want to say greatest city
I've ever lived in. Niceville is. And um
[1:25:49] I also want to thank you. The Veterans
Pray two years in a row. Um we as
[1:25:54] veterans think it's very important. I
was looking I found you in the fire
[1:25:57] truck. I saw you in the picture
somewhere. Um, and then just what's been
[1:26:01] accomplished. I mean, I I am
overwhelmed. I appreciate Jonathan and
[1:26:05] taking care of the Valp Boulevard for
those children. To me, those children on
[1:26:09] the road, we got to get them off on, you
know, they're on the sidewalk now. Um,
[1:26:13] you the hires that you've done, Chris
being one of the latest ones, I think,
[1:26:16] and u your budget people, everybody
else. So, thank you for a job well done.
[1:26:22] I I'm just telling you, I'm overwhelmed
by the amount of work you get done. and
[1:26:26] the people that you inspire to get it
done. So, keep up the great work.
[1:26:31] » And uh I want to echo what's been said
again. We've got a great staff here
[1:26:36] under great leadership and you guys make
wonderful things happen within the city
[1:26:41] here. I get more feedback from people
about the great things that you continue
[1:26:45] to do and I appreciate that. And one
last thing for the council, just a
[1:26:50] reminder that we do have the Northwest
Florida League of Cities uh Christmas
[1:26:56] banquet coming up on the 18th of
December. We are hosting here at our
[1:27:01] community center. So, if you haven't
already signed up, please do so. With
[1:27:05] that, I will now open it up to the
citizens to come before the council on
[1:27:12] an issue they want to. Let me just give
you the ground rules again. So, if you
[1:27:16] have something that you want to bring
forth to the council, please understand
[1:27:20] you get three minutes. Make your point
quickly because I will cut you off at
[1:27:25] three minutes. Please make it civil and
respectful. And uh last but not least,
[1:27:32] uh again, thank you for all that you do
as citizens of the city. So, with that
[1:27:36] said, do we have anybody that wants to
come forward the council on any issue?
[1:27:40] Please come forward. State your name and
address for the record.
[1:27:46] It's Susan Hudson, 2011 Alonzo Court,
Nville, Florida.
[1:27:52] I um had some home repairs done on my
house November, December last year.
[1:28:01] And I looked the contractor in the eye
and I said, "Are you licensed in the
[1:28:06] state of Florida
to do these repairs?" And he looked me
[1:28:11] in the eyes and said, "Yes." And I said,
"Okay.
[1:28:14] I'm going tell you right now, if you
screw me, I want an orgasm out of it
[1:28:18] because one other time I got screwed.
Well, I've been dealing with this since
[1:28:27] November of last year and I got nothing
from the city. I kept calling trying to
[1:28:33] get code enforcement to come and they
never would. So, I have finally turned
[1:28:37] that over to the state of Florida
and I talked to David
[1:28:44] and he told me that an officer had went
and talked to Randy Hub Banks who was
[1:28:53] the guy that did the work. I have an
email from Wendy
[1:28:59] who finally said after the police chief
and David both told me that an officer
[1:29:06] went and talked to Randy
that said
[1:29:12] that The police officer never went and
spoke to Randy Bank after this one and
[1:29:20] this one told me that they had. Okay. My
house
[1:29:27] has not passed inspection.
And then I had the county. He called the
[1:29:35] county and a guy named Bailey and I
can't pronounce his last name.
[1:29:43] to appraise my house for tax purposes.
And I said, "Why is it being appraised?
[1:29:52] I didn't have anything done. I had
repairs done." And I said, "It hasn't
[1:29:57] even passed inspection."
So then
[1:30:02] my neighbors behind me, their
[1:30:08] briers, vines, everything else was
growing up. between my fence and they
[1:30:13] were cracking it and I had snakes and
rodents coming underneath my fence. I
[1:30:18] knocked on their door a couple of times.
I called code enforcement. Allan told
[1:30:24] » You got 30 seconds, ma'am.
>> that I that I needed to take pictures
[1:30:29] and I asked him to send me something.
Well, this is the response I got from
[1:30:34] David.
He said, "One more thing, Miss Hudson,
[1:30:40] while my compliance team was at your
neighbor's house and examining the
[1:30:44] backyard. They noticed an accessory
structure shed in your backyard that is
[1:30:52] likely in violation of the city setback.
>> That's three minutes, ma'am.
[1:30:56] » So, I ask him,
>> please leave the rest of your comments
[1:31:01] so we will take them. Appreciate it.
>> Okay.
[1:31:04] » Thank you.
>> Thank you.
[1:31:10] Would anybody else like to come for the
council on any issue? Please come
[1:31:13] forward. State your name and address for
the record.
[1:31:19] » Chris Schwans, 906 Regata Drive in
Niceville. Um, I wanted to thank the
[1:31:25] good folks uh on their day off. Uh, we
had an emergency where the I guess they
[1:31:32] were digging for the new gas lines or
whatever, took out our water and these
[1:31:37] guys came and their and holiday and
stuff to fix it. It's there's been other
[1:31:44] stuff that happened before and they were
out there Johnny on the spot look like
[1:31:47] you know the guys are going off and I
appreciate appreciate them and what they
[1:31:52] do and uh I know they don't probably get
enough citizens but just want to say
[1:31:58] thank you for them. Thank you. Thank
you. Appreciate that.
[1:32:02] Would anybody else like to come for the
council on any issue?
[1:32:12] Seeing none, once again I want to thank
you all for being here tonight, for
[1:32:17] participating
and again being great citizens to this
[1:32:22] great city. Thank you for your support
and you all have a blessed evening. This
[1:32:27] meeting is a journey.
[1:32:34] Miss Hudson, do you have additional
statements you want to leave with us
[1:32:37] real quick?
[1:32:57] I sent you an email back.
[1:33:03] » Yeah, that's my grandson. I appreciate
it.
[1:33:12] » Well, when you're going, you know how
the back entrance
[1:33:22] Oh, really?
>> That's right.
[1:33:27] » You look that way and I'll drive that
way.
[1:33:31] » It's all good then. I just thought
something was
[1:33:44] Lordally,