[0:01] service awards. Okay. From the

[0:02] quarter of APRIL. First

[0:03] through JUNE, 30th. Its work

[0:18] on entering.

[0:23] Good morning. So

[0:24] >> every quarter we do,

[0:25] employees service awards for

[0:28] those that I have at minimum 5

[0:29] years, 10 years, 15 years and

[0:32] so on. So we'll start with our

[0:33] 5 years. We have Shelby

[0:35] Ritter, who's the

[0:36] administrative assistant.

[0:43] >> And code enforcement. So be

[0:45] relocated to Okeechobee in

[0:45] 2021. After earning a

[0:46] bachelor's degree in health

[0:47] care management in getting

[0:48] several years of experience in

[0:50] the health care field.

[0:54] >> From 2017 to 2021, since

[0:55] joining Okeechobee County. She

[0:56] has completed multiple code

[0:57] enforcement training programs

[0:57] and currently serves as the

[0:59] department's administrative

[1:09] assistant. Thank you, For 10

[1:10] years we have 2 employees. We

[1:11] have Dustin Hand lieutenant

[1:14] and paramedic and Fire Rescue

[1:17] originally from Dallas, Texas

[1:18] area Dustin began his fire

[1:18] service career at the age of

[1:24] 16. He relocated to Florida in

[1:25] 2011 and joined Okeechobee

[1:27] County Fire Rescue in 2016

[1:29] since then, he has steadily

[1:30] advanced through the ranks and

[1:30] currently serves as a

[1:33] lieutenant. He also serves as

[1:36] treasurer for I a f f local.

[1:38] 29 18 outside of work. Dust

[1:40] enjoys 3 d printing building

[1:41] projects and developing

[1:42] innovative ways to improve

[1:44] tools and everyday equipment.

[1:45] He also assist with fire

[1:46] rescue social media presence

[1:48] and is well-known for his

[1:49] enthusiasm and positive

[1:51] interactions at community

[2:01] events. Dustin, thank you. For

[2:02] 10 years of service we have

[2:04] John Carlo to driver engineer

[2:05] and paramedic with fire

[2:09] rescue. Jean Carlo was born

[2:12] and raised in Okeechobee and

[2:12] began as fire service career

[2:13] as a volunteer firefighter

[2:14] with the city of Okeechobee.

[2:16] He currently serves Okeechobee

[2:16] County Fire Rescue as a driver

[2:19] engineer and paramedic. He

[2:21] feels blessed to have a

[2:21] career. He lives in a loving

[2:23] family to come home to each

[2:38] day. Jon? Karl, thank you.

[3:19] >> This presentation is one of

[3:19] my favorite things to do

[3:22] because it it shows the

[3:23] longevity of our employees.

[3:25] And it shows that how much we

[3:27] care about them to do it for

[3:28] them to remain here and how

[3:29] much they care about evokes

[3:29] Gebbia staying and working

[3:31] with the sun. That's what

[3:33] makes this county so great. So

[3:33] thank you so much for doing

[3:38] that. Okay. Have nothing for

[3:39] public comments. So will skip

[3:43] that one today. Moving right

[3:45] along this just in the

[3:48] revisions to the agenda?

[3:49] >> Yes, sir. We have an

[3:50] additional item which will be

[3:53] located under 4 af titled

[3:54] Establish Mileage Rates for

[3:59] 2026 tax year.

[4:00] >> Motion to approve the

[4:01] agenda with with the the

[4:06] addition second. Have a motion

[4:09] by commissioner second by

[4:10] commissioner. Good bread. All

[4:11] in favor say All opposed. Nay

[4:16] motion carries unanimously.

[4:17] Commission would do good to

[4:24] see testing 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2,

[4:25] He just a little housekeeping

[4:27] appear. All right. Okay. Miss

[4:30] Jessica Monday consent agenda.

[4:32] >> Yes, sir. We have minutes

[4:35] from JULY 9, 2026 regular

[4:36] session. One be warrants list.

[4:41] 2026 Dash 13 in the amount of

[4:44] 3 million, 429,006, 81 in

[4:45] $0.14. One sees the

[4:46] ratification of the letter of

[4:46] support on behalf of

[4:49] Okeechobee utility Authority

[4:50] for State Road, 70 West

[4:51] Watermain improvements dated

[4:55] JULY 10, 2026 for the fiscal

[4:57] year. 26, 27 funding

[4:57] application request of the

[4:58] Florida Commerce Roll

[5:02] Infrastructure Fund. One d is

[5:03] to increase the sheriff's

[5:05] office fiscal year. 25 26

[5:09] budget by 183,075 due to

[5:09] unforeseen increases in fuel

[5:12] costs and retirement rates.

[5:13] And approved budget amendment

[5:16] ba. 26 dash. 32 resolution,

[5:18] 2026 dash 47 and budget

[5:23] transfer. 26, that's one. 51.

[5:24] One is to authorize the

[5:25] CHAIRMAN To execute the law

[5:27] enforcement salary assistance

[5:29] for fiscally constrained

[5:30] counties. Grant award with the

[5:30] Florida Department of Law

[5:34] Enforcement. One app is to

[5:34] authorize the CHAIRMAN To

[5:35] execute the older Americans

[5:37] Act. Grant agreement amendment

[5:40] 2 with area agency on Aging to

[5:42] increase the grant funding in

[5:43] the amount of 84,394 for a

[5:47] total funding amount of 337,

[5:50] 290 for the grant term JANUARY

[5:53] one 2026. 2 12/31/2026. And

[5:56] improve budget amendment. 26

[5:57] dash 31 in adopt resolution

[6:01] 2026 dash. 46. One g is the

[6:02] ratification of the submission

[6:03] of the rural Infrastructure

[6:06] Fund. Grant application to

[6:07] Florida comments for the

[6:08] Okeechobee County Airport

[6:09] Hangar, Infrastructure

[6:11] Development Project at a

[6:15] proposed total project cost of

[6:16] 5 million, 401,280 with no

[6:17] match requirement and

[6:18] authorize the CHAIRMAN To

[6:19] ratify with an effective date

[6:23] of JULY. 13th 2026. Any

[6:23] questions comments on the

[6:26] consent agenda, MR. CHAIRMAN.

[6:26] Yes, sir.

[6:30] >> On Item d. What is the

[6:30] breakup between the fuel in

[6:32] retirement expenses? Do we

[6:35] haven't?

[6:42] >> That was not provided.

[6:43] >> It's just interesting,

[6:45] though, understand when we do

[6:45] these budget amendments like

[6:46] this would be nice to

[6:49] understand. What the breakout

[6:51] is relative to return expenses

[6:52] and fuel costs fuel costs. We

[6:52] know it just went out out of

[6:55] sight. Okay. But I was just

[6:57] curious about retirement

[6:58] peace. So if you get that for

[6:59] me at a later date, they'll be

[7:03] appreciated. Sir.

[7:04] >> And the state did some

[7:05] adjustments to the yeah, that

[7:08] that's think it is.

[7:09] >> Okay. So it's all I wanted

[7:13] to use that breakup. Anything

[7:16] further. No, Motion to approve

[7:18] consent agenda. We have motion

[7:20] by Commissioner bureau second

[7:21] by Commissioner Sumner to

[7:22] approve the consent agenda as

[7:23] presented all in favor say

[7:25] Aye, all of phase all opposed

[7:26] nay.

[7:27] >> Motion carries unanimously.

[7:33] Matthew. Good morning. Do you

[7:33] have a visitor this morning?

[7:35] Do?

[7:36] >> Morning commissioners

[7:39] Marmaris traitor. I'd like to

[7:41] bring forward is Tony Blair's

[7:45] on behalf of the Rotary Club,

[7:45] this is one of the reasons why

[7:46] chair of the county said such

[7:50] a great place to live. She is

[7:51] bringing forward a $5,000

[7:53] donation from the Rotary Club

[7:54] for a story walk at the

[7:56] fitness truck. Sports complex,

[7:59] but that if you have any

[7:59] questions having this, where's

[8:02] my here and happy to hear your

[8:03] thoughts.

[8:03] >> Okay. MISS Tony. Even that

[8:06] you want to tell us about it.

[8:07] Yes, good As we've had before

[8:10] at the wooden jungle in

[8:11] coordination with the library,

[8:15] we present a story walk where

[8:16] the kids actually have a

[8:20] storybook and each walk has

[8:20] along with activity. They do

[8:24] so that it provides we want to

[8:26] continue to support the

[8:27] fitness trail with our

[8:29] machines. And this is one of

[8:31] our projects is to continue

[8:32] each year. And so we'd like to

[8:35] donate $5,000 to these frames

[8:35] and they will at the

[8:41] Storywalk.

[8:42] >> I think it's great. I mean,

[8:44] Local organizations are

[8:45] working with our parks and rec

[8:49] can so many different ways

[8:50] this is one of because one of

[8:52] the fit fundraisers. You do

[8:53] like to be space. Yes, from

[8:54] our funding. Have great turn

[8:56] out there to participation. So

[8:57] it's good to see the funds

[9:01] being used back here. Yes,

[9:01] commissioner this, it's good

[9:06] to what is the total cost

[9:09] estimated cost of the project?

[9:10] >> The total for the frames

[9:12] are $5,000. That's the total

[9:15] cost we're donating at all.

[9:16] And then we will donate

[9:18] whatever it costs to provide

[9:18] the story. And the story

[9:21] walks.

[9:24] >> And I see it said toward

[9:27] and I want or more to it. Now.

[9:32] Okay. Thank You want to make a

[9:35] motion to approve or

[9:36] disapprove, make a motion to

[9:39] to approve the storywalk

[9:40] project. I don't have the

[9:41] number here, but the fact they

[9:42] not those of dollar donation

[9:43] from the Rotary Club. Thank

[9:48] you. We have a motion by

[9:49] Commissioner Carlos second by

[9:50] Commissioner, good bread all

[9:52] in favor say aye. Opposed nay.

[9:56] >> Motion carries unanimously.

[9:56] Thank you as Tony. Appreciate

[9:57] what you do for a command

[9:59] thank you. Matthew. You're

[10:06] still in the hot seat. Yes,

[10:08] >> Hey, I have this in line,

[10:11] Harris, with Joseph Outreach,

[10:12] Mitt Ministry. She's

[10:12] requesting a fee waiver for

[10:16] Douglas Brown amount of $200.

[10:17] Her event is scheduled for

[10:18] Saturday AUGUST 8th 2026 from

[10:20] 08:00am to 03:00pm. As Harris

[10:22] here. If you. He has any

[10:26] questions.

[10:27] >> It's Emmeline. I'm sure you

[10:28] don't tell us about it. We

[10:32] want to know. Good morning.

[10:33] >> What first division, ok? I

[10:34] want to introduce myself

[10:34] because I know a lot of, you

[10:38] know me from just coming in

[10:40] praying. But it's time

[10:41] introduce Joseph Outreach

[10:44] Ministry as to what I do. A

[10:45] review. My name a line. Harris

[10:49] judge of outreach Ministry. I

[10:50] am we go to a nursing home

[10:53] once a week we see the

[10:55] elderly, pray with the elderly

[10:56] visit would be overly go to

[10:58] the hospital. But those that

[11:00] call are those that I go to a

[11:01] nursing home in a back in the

[11:02] hospital. I go to visit them

[11:05] and pray with them. I also

[11:06] have street ministries. So I

[11:11] deal with a lot of drug

[11:11] addicts drug dealers. You

[11:12] know, those out there on the

[11:15] streets to loss. That's that's

[11:18] my ministry. That's what I do.

[11:22] And this year, I just decided

[11:25] to try to empower their

[11:25] community as well other people

[11:26] that there is different things

[11:31] that we can do. Doing what

[11:31] you're doing, giving you

[11:32] another option. So this is

[11:36] what this meeting is about.

[11:37] Going had this meeting and

[11:39] where is all free? We just

[11:42] want them to come in and, you

[11:43] know, know that, you know, you

[11:47] can get a job. You can, you

[11:48] year-old business if you do

[11:51] the right thing. So that's

[11:55] what this is is all about.

[11:56] >> And appreciate let us know

[11:59] all of the services you do for

[12:00] this community. And that's

[12:01] what's Okeechobee is all

[12:02] about. You know, what we can

[12:05] do for each other. And and now

[12:06] there's so many people out

[12:07] there like you said, working

[12:09] behind the scenes that the

[12:10] public in and we never Satan

[12:12] to know that. I mean, we

[12:13] appreciate it so much. When

[12:14] you can give us a prayer. But

[12:15] it's good to know about all

[12:15] the things you're doing

[12:17] Cancer. So. Any questions,

[12:21] comments? What's your pleasure

[12:24] board to approve second. We

[12:25] have a motion by commissioner

[12:27] summer second by Commissioner.

[12:29] Good brand. All in favor say

[12:30] All opposed. Nay motion

[12:35] carries unanimously thank you.

[12:35] MISS Like you. I'm just gonna

[12:37] leave. These cards were just I

[12:38] know. I I briefly tell myself,

[12:40] but it's a little bit more on

[12:41] this. Therefore, if you kind

[12:43] of know who I am, when a

[12:44] >> do come back to do another

[12:45] and I enjoy doing a prayer at

[12:48] the county commissioners

[12:49] meeting.

[12:50] >> Thank you so Again, thank

[12:55] you, Matt, appreciate you.

[12:57] You're getting to be Pro

[13:02] witness.

[13:02] >> I get practice along with

[13:03] So great. We appreciate you.

[13:09] >> Thank you. Yes, sir. Okay.

[13:12] >> It's just good. This it. I

[13:15] guess you can tell us who's

[13:16] coming. Has your name on it.

[13:17] So Kaylee and a MISS Kay is

[13:19] coming. But I didn't know if

[13:20] you were saying something

[13:23] before came a not so no, sir,

[13:24] just get presentation Economic

[13:28] Development Corporation. Okay.

[13:39] >> Do we have the twins?

[13:40] >> And I feel fancy. 2

[13:46] microphones good morning,

[13:47] Commissioners, Attorney County

[13:48] Administrator. I'm really

[13:49] honored to be here with you

[13:49] all today. Thank you for

[13:53] having me. I'm particularly

[13:54] excited to be here because we

[13:55] have lots of great news to

[13:58] share. And I think that's it's

[13:59] always good to focus on the

[14:01] positive rate. You guys had

[14:03] some other good things to

[14:03] celebrate today. And we just

[14:09] need to keep that going. This

[14:10] first slide. While I know that

[14:12] you all are aware as

[14:14] commissioners who sits on our

[14:16] this is really I always like

[14:16] to include this in our

[14:20] presentation material because

[14:21] this is really for the public

[14:22] who MAY be listening and

[14:23] doesn't necessarily know about

[14:24] the corporation or the

[14:25] services that we offer. But I

[14:29] think this is particularly

[14:30] important information for

[14:33] businesses to see that we have

[14:34] some incredible board members

[14:37] who are very seasoned when it

[14:38] comes to elements of economic

[14:41] development and in the

[14:42] business community, we have

[14:44] some amazing champions that

[14:49] are rallying behind projects

[14:50] growth, retention. And they're

[14:52] just very supportive of what

[14:53] businesses are hoping to

[14:55] achieve in the community. And

[14:56] I don't know about you, but

[14:57] that's really some incredible

[15:00] players that we have behind

[15:01] the strategy of of which were

[15:03] trying to accomplish here in

[15:05] the community. And I know I

[15:05] didn't I probably didn't say

[15:07] it for the record, but my name

[15:08] is Kaylee Cannon. The

[15:10] PRESIDENT Of the Economic

[15:11] Development Corporation. As

[15:12] David was actually alluding to

[15:13] earlier, I have an associate

[15:16] who works in my office and her

[15:18] name is Alex t Arena and she

[15:21] is the director of existing

[15:21] industry. For those of you who

[15:22] are watching and don't know

[15:27] who we are. Somebody give you

[15:28] just a brief summary. I'm not

[15:30] necessarily going to leave

[15:31] read these items line by line

[15:35] just for sake of time today.

[15:35] But you review some of these

[15:36] at your leisure, all try to

[15:39] hit the high notes. One of the

[15:40] most important things that I

[15:41] think the Economic Development

[15:44] Corporation does for the

[15:45] community that they do you

[15:47] know, especially when it comes

[15:48] to the city and the county is

[15:50] that we represent you when we

[15:51] go places. That's a big deal

[15:52] because we got a lot of are no

[15:55] places to the community. While

[15:56] we do spend a lot of time here

[15:57] with businesses that are here,

[16:00] we spend a lot of time on

[16:02] other projects at the state

[16:03] level, the regional level, the

[16:05] local level and education

[16:06] wise, Alex and I actually

[16:09] represent the community on

[16:10] several different boards to

[16:13] make sure that we are apprised

[16:16] of what's going on that we

[16:17] know where the resource

[16:18] directions are going. And so

[16:21] that people know that

[16:22] Okeechobee is the best place

[16:23] to live and do business. And I

[16:26] think that's really important.

[16:28] Some of the important ways

[16:30] that we have represented the

[16:30] community of Okeechobee in the

[16:32] county in the places that we

[16:35] have went recently is we were

[16:36] invited to a small event that

[16:39] space Florida hosted and we

[16:40] were actually personally

[16:41] invited, which I thought was

[16:43] great. We are right now

[16:45] working on a space Florida

[16:47] project at your airport MS.

[16:50] And I know we've reported on

[16:50] that before, but this is a

[16:53] very unique event because it

[16:53] was small.

[16:54] >> They called it a partner

[16:56] workshop. And on Day one, they

[16:57] had.

[17:01] >> Lots of very large and very

[17:02] high. An aviation business is

[17:03] represented there and giving

[17:03] their feedback on trends in

[17:07] that industry. Airports. Very

[17:10] important to us. And we know

[17:12] that there's a lot of room for

[17:16] growth like all year. Rift

[17:17] Grant, you know, we're looking

[17:17] at future how we can develop

[17:20] that for the future. And so

[17:21] there was a lot of really good

[17:23] industry feedback. We got to

[17:24] spend some time with industry

[17:24] that night. And then the

[17:26] second day they called a dumb

[17:27] more like a stakeholder event

[17:29] where the actual it owes in

[17:30] the communities could give

[17:33] their feedback. But I thought

[17:34] there was some really great

[17:37] takeaways from that. But

[17:38] there's lots of opportunities

[17:40] that Alex and I have where we

[17:42] can go and spend time with

[17:42] specific target industries.

[17:44] And I think that was a really

[17:45] great event. And we're looking

[17:46] forward to bringing you are

[17:47] really great space. Florida

[17:50] project. Alex also was able to

[17:53] speak to the leadership

[17:54] Okeechobee class about

[17:54] economic development and

[17:55] telling them who we are and

[17:56] what we do. So that was always

[17:59] a great opportunity. Another

[18:03] one of the really amazing ways

[18:06] that I think our office help

[18:07] support what we're trying to

[18:09] do in this community. Beyond

[18:10] representing you, the places

[18:14] that we go I'm gonna call this

[18:16] Alex's baby. But as our

[18:16] program called business

[18:17] retention and expansion, and

[18:22] while the external community

[18:24] probably knows of us because

[18:25] of MAY be more flash, your

[18:26] projects that are recruitment

[18:27] bright based, right? We're

[18:27] always talking about what's

[18:31] new and what's coming. I think

[18:32] where the community is going

[18:34] to find the highest return on

[18:35] their investment is making

[18:35] sure that the businesses that

[18:37] are already established here

[18:38] have the tools that they need

[18:42] to be successful. And so

[18:44] that's we have, you know,

[18:46] technically a whole person

[18:47] dedicated for this program.

[18:49] But this is really important

[18:50] to us. So there are a few

[18:51] different ways that we support

[18:53] businesses that are here that

[18:56] are already existing in that

[18:57] maybe I there are looking to

[19:00] expand. Are already in that

[19:03] expansion process or we've

[19:05] also talked to some businesses

[19:08] who weren't doing well and

[19:09] were considering leaving. And

[19:09] so we were able to make sure

[19:12] that that didn't happen. And

[19:14] so before I go any further,

[19:14] I'd like to just make sure

[19:17] that I know for the record.

[19:18] For those of you who are

[19:19] listening to this presentation

[19:21] today. And for those of you

[19:24] who MAY watch in the future,

[19:25] if you are one of those

[19:26] businesses or, you know, it's

[19:27] one of those businesses,

[19:29] please give us a call. While

[19:32] we do try to focus on

[19:33] businesses that are what we

[19:36] try to call a target industry,

[19:37] I've never turned a business

[19:37] down when they called in

[19:40] asking for assistance. So if

[19:40] you're one of those businesses

[19:44] are, you know, one. It are a

[19:45] contact information will be at

[19:47] the end of the slider. You can

[19:48] find or information online. So

[19:48] please don't hesitate. We love

[19:52] to come and assist. You.

[19:52] Moving right along there.

[19:53] Several different ways that

[19:55] that we like to support when

[19:56] it comes to business,

[19:59] retention and expansion. One

[20:00] of the new items that we've

[20:01] added to this in the last

[20:02] fiscal year, the you actually

[20:04] got to see us work on her

[20:06] first projects was the culture

[20:07] of collaboration committee

[20:08] that we started where we work

[20:12] with other organizations who

[20:13] have really similar missions

[20:14] to us, but maybe perhaps just

[20:18] have a different focus in

[20:19] their charter. But really the

[20:21] end goal is the same. Whether

[20:23] we're talking about the

[20:25] Economic Council, main Street

[20:25] tourist development, the

[20:30] Chamber of Commerce, our end

[20:30] goal is all the same. And that

[20:32] is we want Okeechobee, the be

[20:32] the best place to come and

[20:35] visit to live and to do

[20:37] business. So we have been

[20:38] working really hard in the

[20:39] last year to make sure that we

[20:40] put together what's called a

[20:44] community service matrix. And

[20:45] that actually is something

[20:47] that came right out of the

[20:47] polycom study and the

[20:48] strategic plan that we had

[20:51] done with vision. First and

[20:51] actually in the visiting

[20:52] pursed, Terry probably knows

[20:53] this. He was on the original

[20:55] group that did that. Actually

[20:58] called it the culture of

[21:00] collaboration While we've have

[21:01] completed the service matrix,

[21:02] the purpose of that is to make

[21:05] sure that no business visitor

[21:07] or resident falls through the

[21:08] crack it if they need help.

[21:09] Now we all have different

[21:13] services, of course. But we

[21:13] want to make sure on some of

[21:17] those projects. Certainly we

[21:19] could say that these perhaps

[21:20] the organization's work with

[21:22] some of those together and we

[21:23] want to make sure that we're

[21:25] all in the same page that

[21:25] we're communicating

[21:27] effectively. And again, that

[21:29] nothing, no one falls through

[21:30] the cracks in that everyone

[21:30] gets the services that they

[21:33] need. Of course, I've already

[21:34] alluded to the fact that we've

[21:35] been working a lot with Justin

[21:38] and Zach at the airport to

[21:40] support. Of course, the

[21:41] businesses that we already

[21:41] have their right. We're

[21:45] talking about the Army. One

[21:46] initiative that was really

[21:48] important in this last fiscal

[21:50] year was we actually host of

[21:52] what we call an aviation

[21:54] roundtable. And that was

[21:55] industry specific event. I

[21:56] know if you if you were able

[21:56] to attend that and I I was

[22:00] happy to see you there. We

[22:01] spoke to every single tenant

[22:04] that you have currently

[22:05] existing I'd like to

[22:06] attendance rate was pretty

[22:07] high. We didn't necessarily

[22:08] have everyone there, but it

[22:12] was almost everyone. And so I.

[22:13] I've been wanting to do that

[22:15] for a long time. This is my

[22:15] 6th year of being with the

[22:16] corporation. And so that was a

[22:19] full circle moment for me

[22:19] because I was just really

[22:22] proud of how we were able to

[22:23] show the businesses out there

[22:26] that our community is a united

[22:27] front and that we're all

[22:29] working together to support

[22:29] the objectives and what

[22:30] they're trying to accomplish

[22:31] with their businesses out

[22:33] there. I thought that was a

[22:34] great event. Very thankful for

[22:37] the partnership with Justin

[22:38] and with Zach and I'm looking

[22:40] forward to how that is going

[22:41] to grow in the future,

[22:42] especially with the rural

[22:43] infrastructure dollars also

[22:45] happy to assist with that. And

[22:47] then we've been also working

[22:47] side space, Florida. We've

[22:50] been working with Florida

[22:53] banks, Alex. It's on the crew

[22:54] source Heartland. Gordon,

[22:54] sounds like one of us is

[22:57] rotating back onto that. So

[22:58] we're going to continue to

[22:59] serve. We're going to continue

[22:59] to serve you in those ways in

[23:02] the future. And of course,

[23:03] listening to Alex in the back

[23:05] of my mind. Tell me that I

[23:07] would be remiss if I didn't

[23:08] say that we are in the very

[23:11] early stages of bringing back

[23:11] to you, Chris Mustn't

[23:17] Okeechobee tbd on that.

[23:18] Course. Now this is one of my

[23:19] favorite things to talk about

[23:21] when it comes to business,

[23:22] retention and expansion. And

[23:22] that is making sure that we're

[23:24] engaging with our workforce

[23:26] and our future workforce. And

[23:29] one of the ways that we do

[23:31] that we technically have 2

[23:31] programs. We have touch a

[23:32] truck and then we have

[23:36] Okeechobee junior leaders.

[23:36] This just such a special

[23:39] program to me. I could I could

[23:40] do a whole presentation on

[23:42] just this one alone. But this

[23:46] is the corporations program.

[23:46] And it's a historically we

[23:47] started in a partnership with

[23:49] the school district, but

[23:50] they've since allowed us to

[23:54] hold the baby, if you will.

[23:55] But this is a soft skills and

[23:58] workforce readiness program

[23:59] geared towards targeting

[24:01] middle school and high school

[24:04] students. This actually is a

[24:06] misprint. We had 79 students

[24:07] who graduated this program,

[24:08] which means we're actually

[24:10] almost at capacity were able

[24:11] serve 80 students in the

[24:14] summer. So that was incredibly

[24:18] full circle for me. We had so

[24:19] many local partners that

[24:20] helped make this possible,

[24:23] whether they sent their staff

[24:25] opens their their business for

[24:26] the day, took time out of

[24:28] their schedule. And sent

[24:32] people to talk. I'm so

[24:32] thankful to you all we were

[24:33] able to highlight so many

[24:36] unique elements of the

[24:38] community of the county. Some

[24:38] of you were actually able to

[24:41] address the students directly

[24:43] as government talking about,

[24:43] you know, what trends are

[24:44] going on. Thank you for your

[24:48] time on that. I'd also like to

[24:50] note that this is actually an

[24:51] incredibly expensive summer

[24:57] camp, but it is entirely

[24:59] supported by donations and

[25:00] sponsorship opportunities now

[25:03] known as Tony was in here

[25:03] before Children. Service

[25:06] Council gives the bulk of that

[25:09] that money. $28,000. But I

[25:10] think as far as the return on

[25:13] investment for program. It's

[25:15] it's pretty incredible. The

[25:16] money and the partnership that

[25:17] businesses are willing to to

[25:18] give to us to make this

[25:23] happen. Again. I'm just going

[25:24] to leave you this year. We

[25:26] were really big on getting

[25:27] feedback from not just the

[25:28] partners that the students as

[25:30] well. We're going to be

[25:31] sending you all newsletter

[25:33] soon. And we have some

[25:34] feedback directly from the

[25:35] students that we're going to

[25:38] share with you. But I think

[25:39] one of my board members said

[25:41] it best. You know, sometimes

[25:42] we're trying to quantify

[25:43] impact. But I think with this

[25:45] program, there MAY be some

[25:47] measures of im impacts that

[25:48] are unquantifiable, if you

[25:52] will. And so I thank you for

[25:54] your partnership with this.

[25:56] Here's just a quick again. I

[25:58] like to include this slide 4,

[26:00] the external community. He's

[26:00] going to be looking at this.

[26:01] If you see any of these people

[26:05] in the community, give him a

[26:05] hug. Give my handshake for us.

[26:07] Tell him we're so thankful

[26:09] because without the people on

[26:10] the slides, we wouldn't be

[26:13] able to do it. I'd also like

[26:17] to note that it it is us.

[26:20] Technically the program is 16,

[26:20] half days. So while it feels

[26:22] like a lot of time, as for its

[26:24] actually quite short. Now, I

[26:25] didn't say that that time was

[26:30] an intense. But for 16

[26:31] half-days at $40,000 that we

[26:36] were are able to up locally

[26:36] find and source. I think

[26:37] that's an incredible our ally

[26:41] to the community. Moving right

[26:43] along our 3rd priority here.

[26:46] And I think this is another us

[26:48] certainly unique way that the

[26:49] corporation is able to support

[26:51] the community and the county

[26:53] is making sure that our sites

[26:57] are ready. For development now

[26:57] in economic development,

[26:59] there's several terms you'll

[27:02] hear shovel ready or or site

[27:06] readiness and that is

[27:07] incredibly important to the

[27:09] work we do. And I know that

[27:10] you all know that. But that's

[27:11] just, you know, just another

[27:13] know for the community when it

[27:15] comes to recruitment in a lot

[27:17] of cases, business retention

[27:19] as well. If businesses need

[27:21] more space, if we do not have

[27:21] a place to put them, they

[27:26] cannot come so the place

[27:27] making of site development is

[27:28] it is it is so crucial to what

[27:33] we do. There's several things

[27:34] in this time frame this

[27:35] quarter that we've been

[27:37] working on. It comes to that.

[27:42] We work very closely to stay

[27:42] also submitted riff

[27:44] application this year. One of

[27:49] our sites was awarded. Grant

[27:49] writing services from a

[27:50] company called of it

[27:52] Solutions. And so we were able

[27:52] to work hand-in-hand with

[27:55] them. They actually completed

[27:59] a Grant Matrix and I believe

[28:00] it's about 17, 17 or 18 for

[28:02] grants that they think that we

[28:04] could use for site

[28:04] development. And my hope is

[28:07] that we can take that list for

[28:08] the one site and really apply

[28:13] to all our sites. Even county

[28:15] and city sites. So I'm looking

[28:16] forward to sharing that

[28:18] information with your team in

[28:20] the future. Of course, we're

[28:21] at the tail and we are almost

[28:23] I'm looking at us. We're

[28:26] almost done with our Web site

[28:27] and there is so many

[28:29] incredible tools on there that

[28:33] the community is able to use

[28:34] we get so many requests. I

[28:35] think this is unique. We get a

[28:39] lot of requests for data.

[28:41] Community data across various

[28:42] organizations. A lot of you in

[28:44] this room have even called me

[28:44] and asked if we have access to

[28:46] specific date on the business

[28:48] community. But we have some

[28:51] amazing tools on that website

[28:52] and some upgraded marketing

[28:53] collateral that I think will

[28:54] be very unique for us to use

[28:57] in the future. One item of

[28:57] note for you on this room is

[29:01] that we have updated year

[29:01] airport map. There's there's

[29:07] one change that's pending. But

[29:08] it's interactive and actually

[29:09] shows where utilities are on

[29:10] the map and give some capacity

[29:16] guidance for that as well.

[29:18] I'll I'll leave with this for

[29:19] this slide that we are going

[29:21] to be updating the strategic

[29:23] plan that we have had done. If

[29:24] you look back historically,

[29:25] the polycom study was done and

[29:29] I believe 2018 of around about

[29:30] that time was when the vision

[29:31] first plan was done. And of

[29:33] course, that was post-covid.

[29:37] So we need to refocus and

[29:38] restructure post-covid impose

[29:39] x, y z. There's been so many

[29:41] challenges since that time.

[29:43] And so we are planning on

[29:45] redoing that and bring you

[29:46] some very fresh strategy at

[29:51] the end of the year. And

[29:51] again, I know a lot of this

[29:53] I've already discussed on not

[29:53] necessarily going to read

[29:54] everything on the slide, but I

[29:57] do encourage you to actually

[29:58] is or just spend some time

[30:02] reviewing. This is also a

[30:03] misprint. This is quarter to

[30:05] activities. So this is, again,

[30:06] just kind of a snapshot of

[30:10] what we've been working on.

[30:11] And then, of course, for the

[30:13] public, this is probably my

[30:14] most requested slider, all

[30:15] same, perhaps maybe the most

[30:16] popular one, which is what are

[30:18] you working on? And this is

[30:23] just sort of a snapshot of the

[30:25] industry types. That's kind of

[30:26] how I like to break it down

[30:28] and then, of course, the

[30:28] capital investment in the

[30:30] project to jobs that we see.

[30:34] From those projects right now.

[30:35] Now, I will say that since I

[30:36] put the slides together, we

[30:39] have since added to brand new

[30:42] active projects to the list.

[30:43] And both of those will be

[30:44] manufacturing. So the next

[30:47] time we come to see you will

[30:48] have a slight update on some

[30:49] of those the capital

[30:49] investment in the projected

[30:55] jobs. I didn't necessarily

[30:55] touch of them the slides

[30:57] earlier. But one of the other

[30:58] ways that we do support the

[31:00] county is as your state

[31:05] designated dto. We do respond

[31:06] commute to our fives for the

[31:07] community. So large businesses

[31:10] looking at the state and

[31:10] they've inquired the state

[31:14] will send an rfi to all of the

[31:15] videos and all ideas that

[31:18] represent the communities are

[31:20] responsible for responding

[31:21] with a community packet.

[31:22] Essentially this is who we

[31:24] are. This is why she chooses.

[31:25] And these the sites that we

[31:25] think could serve that

[31:30] project. In this time. We've

[31:31] actually responded to 2 and I

[31:33] kind of like to break capex

[31:35] and the jobs out of those

[31:36] because, you know, sometimes

[31:37] we hear back from those and

[31:39] sometimes we don't. But you

[31:40] MISS 100% of the chances that

[31:43] you don't take. So we like to

[31:44] always respond. So we are

[31:45] responding to rough eyes on

[31:49] the community's behalf.

[31:50] Questions about these before

[31:51] ago, one another kind of going

[31:59] fast. That's there's that we

[32:00] yet there we are. That's a

[32:00] U.S. Tonight. You can put a

[32:02] name with the face.

[32:03] >> Again, for those of you

[32:06] listening today. Even if you

[32:08] don't necessary, if if you're

[32:08] not a business owner, but

[32:11] perhaps, you know, one. We'd

[32:12] love to work with you. We

[32:13] don't we don't want any

[32:13] business is to get left

[32:17] behind. And we know it is.

[32:18] It's tough out there right

[32:19] now. And we know it's probably

[32:20] going to get tougher in the

[32:21] future. And that's why we're

[32:25] here. So I'd be happy answer

[32:26] any questions. I was talking

[32:28] about that particular side

[32:28] earlier. But you can ask me

[32:32] any questions you want.

[32:33] >> MR. Completely off topic.

[32:34] Did you reach out to MISS

[32:39] Doubleday? I did.

[32:39] >> There's one other

[32:40] community. I told I didn't

[32:41] want to take away the

[32:41] opportunity for another

[32:45] community, but I tell her I d.

[32:46] Happy to serve a warrant. Is

[32:48] well. I will tell you when I

[32:48] called her, she said, well, if

[32:49] I can have both of you all

[32:51] have both of you so. I told

[32:55] her you becomes I didn't thank

[32:56] and thank you for the

[32:56] recommendation. We're always

[32:57] happy to to represent the

[32:58] community in whatever way we

[33:04] can.

[33:04] >> Thank you is very

[33:05] informative and a person. I

[33:06] know some of the projects that

[33:08] you're working on and which

[33:12] ended a round table for

[33:14] airport. And I think it was a

[33:15] good turnout. And the people

[33:15] other only got to know each

[33:18] other. But they got to know

[33:21] your staff and MISS Alexan and

[33:22] some of the commissioners and

[33:25] community members that there.

[33:26] Let them know that that we're

[33:27] concerned about it. And we

[33:29] appreciate what they So.

[33:31] >> Think of how long, you

[33:33] know, how that can really go a

[33:36] long way for business of of

[33:36] any size. Like I said, it's

[33:37] getting hard out there. But

[33:38] just knowing that you the

[33:39] community behind you and that

[33:41] they have a face and a a

[33:42] direct phone number that they

[33:44] can call if they have any

[33:46] questions, even if it's not

[33:47] necessarily relevant economic

[33:48] development. I've got a lot of

[33:50] really strange calls, but my

[33:51] favorite thing to say when out

[33:53] in the community is I MAY not

[33:54] know the answer, but I bet you

[33:57] I know someone who does so we

[33:58] will. We don't want anyone to

[34:00] to fall through the cracks.

[34:02] Thank you so much. We

[34:04] appreciate you. Thank you for

[34:05] allowing to do this work. I

[34:06] appreciate and I thank you for

[34:11] your partnership. Okay. We're

[34:14] gonna move on today. Value

[34:15] Adjustment board. Thomas, you

[34:16] want take this one place

[34:19] >> good morning. Good Morning.

[34:24] Commission question last year

[34:29] in NOVEMBER. The county, you

[34:31] as a board appointed each of

[34:32] yourselves, too, the on

[34:32] various boards, including the

[34:36] Value Adjustment Board.

[34:36] CHAIRMAN Hayes, a leaf and

[34:37] commissioner good read were

[34:41] appointed to be on the vab.

[34:43] The vab attorney is

[34:44] recommending now that the vab

[34:45] season, his approaching that

[34:46] we reappoint those

[34:50] commissioners and then. Also a

[34:51] point one of those

[34:54] commissioners as a CHAIRMAN Of

[34:55] the Vab and then the other is

[35:00] vice CHAIRMAN Of the Vab. In

[35:00] addition to the 2

[35:01] commissioners who serve on the

[35:02] vab, there's also the county

[35:07] citizen member. Last year that

[35:10] spot was taken by this leash

[35:13] Gori this year as they should

[35:13] is not has not submitted an

[35:15] application to serve again on

[35:19] the Value Adjustment Board. We

[35:21] received one application for

[35:24] the vacancy from MISS

[35:24] Christina Coverall who has a

[35:25] property owner here in the

[35:29] county. After reviewing musket

[35:30] balls, application. It's been

[35:32] determined that she's eligible

[35:34] to serve this year on the

[35:36] Value Adjustment board. So we

[35:38] just we're looking for those

[35:43] or for parts of this item. MR.

[35:45] CHAIRMAN, sir,

[35:46] >> If you will. And continues.

[35:50] CHAIRMAN Ship. Yes, sir. You'd

[35:51] read you willing to do the

[35:54] vice I am. And if that's the

[35:55] case and I would make the

[35:58] motion to. Point, Christine,

[36:01] that could grill to the so

[36:02] point use it. You see it

[36:04] appears to be very will good

[36:05] for that particular

[36:08] opportunity. Second, that

[36:11] motion.

[36:11] >> We have motion by

[36:12] Commissioner Burrows second by

[36:17] commissioner But the CHAIRMAN,

[36:17] best chair and its citizens

[36:19] appointment. And if a

[36:24] discussion. All in favor say

[36:25] Aye, opposed. Nay motion

[36:27] carries unanimously. Thank

[36:37] you, Thomas. We have checked.

[36:38] The ag are here for the next

[36:48] one. O p take that as a

[36:51] compliment morning CHAIRMAN

[36:52] And commissioners.

[36:54] >> This item provides the

[36:55] airport's financial and

[36:56] operational update for the 3rd

[36:57] quarter of fiscal year 2025.

[37:01] To 2026. Covering the period

[37:05] of APRIL through JUNE of 2026,

[37:07] the presentation is provided

[37:09] for informational purposes.

[37:09] Only and no board action is

[37:14] requested. During the 3rd

[37:16] quarter Okeechobee County

[37:17] Airport continue to

[37:18] demonstrate positive financial

[37:21] performance, strong

[37:22] operational activity and the

[37:23] continued progress on aviation

[37:26] safety infrastructure

[37:27] improvements, regulatory

[37:28] compliance and private

[37:33] investment initiatives. From a

[37:34] financial perspective reported

[37:35] airport revenue sources during

[37:37] the quarter totaled

[37:44] approximately 200,278 $1600.

[37:45] This represents an increase of

[37:49] approximately 42,700 or 18.1%

[37:52] compared to the same quarter

[37:56] of the last fiscal year.

[37:57] Revenue sources included

[38:01] county operated Fbo Services,

[38:01] aeronautical facility, Rent

[38:03] Airport Commerce Park Ranch

[38:03] and miscellaneous Airport

[38:11] revenue. County operated Fbo

[38:12] services generated

[38:13] approximately 118,000 and a

[38:15] net revenue during the quarter

[38:16] through fuel sales ramp fees

[38:21] and related aviation services.

[38:22] Monthly up net revenue

[38:23] remained a consistent with

[38:29] approximately 46,600 in APRIL,

[38:30] 36,100 in MAY. And 35,500 in

[38:35] JUNE. Lease revenue continue

[38:36] to provide an important

[38:37] recurring revenue source with

[38:40] aeronautical facility, rent

[38:41] generating approximately

[38:44] 85,900 and the airport

[38:45] Commerce Park rental

[38:46] generating approximately

[38:50] 73,100 during the quarter.

[38:53] Operational activity also

[38:54] remain strong. Using faa

[38:56] defined aircraft operations,

[38:57] including takeoffs landings

[39:01] and touch and goes the airport

[39:03] recorded 23,542 aircraft

[39:07] operations during the quarter.

[39:08] This represents increase

[39:12] approximately 2,855

[39:13] operations. We're 13.8%

[39:13] compared to the same quarter

[39:19] last year. During the quarter,

[39:20] the airport advanced several

[39:24] strategic initiatives. The

[39:26] wildlife Hazard assessment was

[39:27] initiated in coordination with

[39:29] Environmental Science

[39:32] Associates come to enhance

[39:33] aviation safety and identify

[39:34] potential wildlife hazards and

[39:38] mitigation measures. The apron

[39:41] and the fuel Farm

[39:41] Rehabilitation Project

[39:42] Advance. True surveying and

[39:45] geotechnical investigations.

[39:47] Providing critical information

[39:47] to support future design and

[39:51] construction phases. Emergency

[39:53] preparedness coordination was

[39:55] strengthened through continued

[39:56] collaboration with county

[39:58] emergency management and fire

[39:58] rescue leadership to support

[40:00] disaster response planning and

[40:05] operational continuity. From a

[40:06] compliance and financial

[40:07] stewardship perspective. The

[40:08] airport successfully completed

[40:11] the Clifton Larson. Allen

[40:14] single audit process with no

[40:15] findings related to airport

[40:18] administered Aviation grant

[40:19] programs demonstrating

[40:20] continued attention to grant

[40:21] compliance and responsible

[40:22] management of airport

[40:28] resources. Ordination

[40:28] continued a privately funded

[40:30] the hangar development

[40:33] projects supporting additional

[40:33] aviation investments and

[40:34] long-term economic

[40:34] development. Opportunities at

[40:40] the airport. And summary

[40:41] fiscal year, 26 quarter 3

[40:42] demonstrated continued airport

[40:43] growth through increased

[40:45] revenue. Sources, strong

[40:47] aviation activity,

[40:48] infrastructure advancement,

[40:48] compliance and private

[40:52] investment. Okeechobee County

[40:53] Airport remains focused on

[40:54] maintaining safe and efficient

[40:58] operations. While supporting

[40:58] aviation demand and economic

[40:59] development opportunities for

[41:03] the community. This concludes

[41:03] my presentation. I'd be happy

[41:05] to answer any questions. The

[41:08] board MAY have.

[41:09] >> Questions comments from the

[41:13] board CHAIRMAN. Yes, sir, did

[41:14] did you finish procuring the

[41:19] ground power unit? So looking

[41:23] to just if we so commissioner

[41:25] chime in on that. We actually

[41:25] budgeted that into this next

[41:29] budget year. To make sure

[41:30] we're getting exactly what we

[41:33] need. So we did read budget,

[41:34] the 2 capital items that are

[41:35] to be purchased this year

[41:37] because, you know, with what

[41:39] John he's had to take on we

[41:42] want to make sure we're

[41:42] getting the right equipment

[41:45] exactly what they need. So

[41:46] when pushed it, Henry budget

[41:49] into this 27 budget year knows

[41:49] it.

[41:50] >> Was it also included with a

[41:55] laugh unit. 2. We are at the

[41:56] labs when the planes come in.

[41:57] Are we already have site? Yes,

[41:59] sir. Yes, sir. We have that

[42:02] station.

[42:04] >> On site. Last ground per

[42:04] unit wasn't sufficient off,

[42:05] right? It just didn't have the

[42:08] power.

[42:09] >> No, sir, not that's the

[42:10] goal is to move to a different

[42:12] type of system. We we both.

[42:13] >> Are tug and our ground

[42:15] power unit are both battery

[42:16] operated, I think and I won't

[42:18] speak exactly for John on

[42:20] this, but I think the goal is

[42:21] to both of those to go to

[42:22] diesel or gas powered unit

[42:26] said that we don't have that.

[42:27] That long-term sit those

[42:28] batteries. They didn't

[42:29] literally. We were a year and

[42:32] 2 months and to the warranty

[42:32] and it had a one year warranty

[42:34] and it needed significant

[42:38] amount work. We need to

[42:39] replace battery Senate because

[42:40] it did not get used properly.

[42:42] It wasn't large enough. You

[42:43] know, we didn't find that out

[42:46] till later on. But the new

[42:47] purchase items both. And just

[42:48] I want to make sure that I

[42:51] stay that both of those items

[42:53] were looking at like military

[42:53] surplus type items, other

[42:55] airports, surplus type items

[42:57] because the significant

[42:57] capital purchase price for

[43:00] that is brand new are too

[43:01] great for the airport. That's

[43:03] why I think the previous

[43:05] director purchased the battery

[43:07] operated items. But I think

[43:07] we've got great opportunities

[43:10] to purchase some really good

[43:14] inspected maintains items

[43:18] through military surplus or

[43:19] government surplus. And the

[43:19] way, will that was my next

[43:20] question is will ask, are you

[43:24] looking for good units that

[43:27] airports MAY have.

[43:28] >> Surplus powder. Yes, sir.

[43:29] Or or even like, you know,

[43:32] military or government time?

[43:33] Yes, sir. Yes, sir. That was

[43:34] what was provided to the

[43:35] previous airport director with

[43:36] some of those items. That's

[43:37] how we became came up with a

[43:38] budget that was presented this

[43:39] year.

[43:41] >> But with the changeover, we

[43:41] would we would like to push

[43:42] that out to make sure we're

[43:44] getting exactly what we need.

[43:46] Thank you, sir. Thank you. 0,

[43:50] 1, other question is

[43:52] >> full service truck? Is that

[43:55] being will? Well utilized?

[43:59] Yes, sir. Just want to make

[44:02] one time when we got Another

[44:04] airport director didn't think

[44:06] we'd it will get much use. And

[44:08] last I knew it was getting

[44:09] used. It certainly isn't quite

[44:11] a That's true. Due to the

[44:12] flight school activity.

[44:13] Apparently there's some flight

[44:16] schools in the area that don't

[44:17] allow there.

[44:17] >> can post a self-serve. They

[44:18] acquired the full service. So

[44:19] we're getting played some good

[44:22] news out of. Thank you very

[44:28] much, sir. Anyone else?

[44:29] >> Thank you for the update.

[44:30] We appreciate that. And John

[44:31] there. You want to take the

[44:38] next

[44:39] >> Okay. This requests board

[44:42] approval. Of the Second

[44:43] Amendment to the Terminal

[44:46] Building restaurant with

[44:48] landing Strip Cafe llc at the

[44:51] Okeechobee County Airport.

[44:53] Landing Strip cafe has

[44:54] operated within the airport

[44:55] terminal building since the

[44:56] original lease became

[45:01] effective and AUGUST 2021. The

[45:01] restaurant provides an

[45:03] important service amenity for

[45:06] airport users. Tenants,

[45:06] visitors, employees and

[45:07] members of the public

[45:11] utilizing airport facilities.

[45:12] The proposed Second Amendment

[45:14] renews of the existing lease

[45:15] for an additional 5 year term

[45:19] beginning AUGUST. First 2026

[45:24] expiring JULY 31st. 2031. The

[45:25] amendment maintains the

[45:27] existing triple net lease

[45:28] structure and establishes a

[45:32] monthly base rental rate of

[45:37] $3,400. We're 40,800 annually.

[45:38] With a 3.5% annual escalation

[45:43] during the renewal term.

[45:44] Comparison, the current

[45:47] monthly base rent under the

[45:52] existing leases $2,691.40. As

[45:54] part of the renewal process.

[45:56] The tenant obtains an

[45:56] independent appraisal of the

[45:58] least premises tenant's

[46:00] expense and provided that

[46:00] appraisal to the county for

[46:05] review. Staff evaluated the

[46:05] appraisal prevailing market

[46:07] conditions, historical

[46:09] tendency, operational

[46:11] considerations and the

[46:12] airports obligation to

[46:13] maintain a fair and

[46:14] self-sustaining rental

[46:17] structure and determining that

[46:17] the proposed lease terms are

[46:21] appropriate. The amendment

[46:23] also updates several

[46:24] administrative provisions

[46:25] related to faa compliance

[46:27] requirements. Airport

[46:30] operational rights assignments

[46:30] and transfer provisions

[46:32] continuation of existing

[46:37] guarantee of occasions. In

[46:38] summary, the proposed

[46:40] amendment allows the airport

[46:41] to continue providing a valued

[46:43] restaurant service while

[46:45] establishing updated rental

[46:46] terms but support the county's

[46:47] financial stewardship up

[46:52] responsibilities. Staff

[46:53] recommends approval of the

[46:54] Second Amendment to the

[46:55] Terminal building restaurant

[46:57] lease with landing Strip Cafe

[46:59] llc and authorization for the

[47:00] CHAIRMAN To execute the

[47:03] amendment. This concludes my

[47:04] presentation. I would be happy

[47:05] to answer any questions. The

[47:08] board MAY have.

[47:11] >> John, you said they did an

[47:12] appraisal but honor rents. Why

[47:14] wouldn't we just do

[47:14] comparisons to the community?

[47:20] What they're paying? I'm not.

[47:22] >> It was entirely up to him

[47:23] give me a minute before you

[47:27] say no

[47:28] >> and I understand when it

[47:29] comes if to do the deal going

[47:30] square footage, but you would

[47:34] have to go to rest or it to

[47:35] airports outside of the county

[47:38] to get that. Comparison. And

[47:38] we have an appraiser here in

[47:41] the outer space. But I mean,

[47:42] to know that if we talk apples

[47:45] for apples Maine, we have some

[47:46] landlords that did lease out

[47:47] buildings for rescuers and

[47:49] then. In a lot more dollars

[47:53] than this.

[47:55] >> Certainly the appraisal is

[47:57] independent my apologies have

[47:58] the name of the appraisal

[47:59] company that performed the

[48:01] service. But it was quite

[48:04] detailed did utilize several

[48:06] comparable of restaurants.

[48:07] Markets, things of that nature

[48:09] and was off quite quite

[48:13] appropriate for this.

[48:14] >> We've we didn't get a copy

[48:16] of that. Want to be able to

[48:17] compare to say, but I just

[48:18] don't understand would cut

[48:18] weight on that wrist or

[48:21] buildings. Everybody else in

[48:21] the county pays a lot more

[48:29] than this. MR. Nelson. So if

[48:35] we required to make we can we

[48:36] not go above that appraisal to

[48:38] get it out. That's what the

[48:38] market does. It have to be at

[48:39] the appraisal understand it

[48:42] can't be below it. Is there

[48:43] any limitations is just can't

[48:45] say charged, fair market

[48:46] value.

[48:46] >> Yes, sir. Restricted to a

[48:51] cap of the appraised.

[48:52] >> Dollar amount. We do have a

[48:55] cap of what we can charge on

[48:58] the percentage wise of that

[49:02] out. We try to stay within the

[49:04] 10% of the value of the land

[49:06] and the land use annual what

[49:06] they say that that that

[49:08] property and that that land

[49:11] uses. But yes, we are. We are

[49:11] restricted by the faa on what

[49:16] we can charge on top of the

[49:16] total contract amount the

[49:19] total price them out and and I

[49:24] I will say chair that I saw

[49:25] Raisel and it seemed very

[49:28] efficient for what? What's of

[49:29] surrounding and what they what

[49:32] information was provided.

[49:35] >> So what are they used for?

[49:38] Cops? I can. I can. Did to the

[49:40] use local restaurants and they

[49:43] go to LaBelle to the airport

[49:44] there? Because I'm asking

[49:44] because I have been saying

[49:45] that I don't know. But they

[49:47] used yesterday they use both

[49:49] surrounding restaurants within

[49:50] the community.

[49:51] >> I would have to look at I

[49:53] remember every single comp

[49:53] that was in there. But then

[49:55] they also look at airports

[49:56] adjacent airports airports

[49:58] that are in the same economic

[50:01] stewardship is type that we

[50:03] are. So they look at those and

[50:06] then they take those square

[50:07] footage is and that's how they

[50:07] adopt what the value is based

[50:09] off of our square footage. And

[50:10] then it's also based off of

[50:12] what the square footage

[50:14] usages. And I will say that

[50:14] they've added square footage

[50:18] to this lease. Also from what

[50:19] was in the previous said there

[50:23] is actually outside of the

[50:25] restaurant space. There is

[50:26] more in this lease square

[50:28] footage than we had in the

[50:30] previous Lisa's. So there is

[50:31] there's a little bit more

[50:31] square footage showing and

[50:33] that is just showing the use

[50:34] outside of the restaurant as

[50:46] as usable space. Town. We can

[50:48] definitely mission that right.

[50:48] And it's no fault of theirs.

[50:49] But this is a guest, this

[50:50] lease in the building at the

[50:50] airport. This be cheaper than

[50:55] anywhere else. But

[50:56] >> I think some of that is

[50:58] based off the criteria. The

[51:02] the faa implements for usage

[51:03] because they they wanted to

[51:06] support aviation related. I'm

[51:08] saying to them and claimants.

[51:11] So they look at that. And that

[51:14] is part of the criteria that

[51:16] is required from the survey.

[51:17] Also, is that what it does?

[51:18] What does it bring an

[51:18] economically? And that's what

[51:19] the faa wants to see. What

[51:23] does that bring in to the

[51:24] airport so that I think those

[51:25] numbers are and that appraisal

[51:29] figure so just just want to

[51:30] put that out there, too. And I

[51:31] will look at that appraisal

[51:32] again. I'll get you a copy.

[51:34] Thank you, Yes, sir. Most

[51:37] pleasure. The board motion

[51:41] approved second. And motion by

[51:43] Commissioner good bread.

[51:44] Second by commissioner summer

[51:44] to prove that 5 year

[51:46] extension.

[51:49] >> With numbers presented to

[51:50] us all in favor say Aye. Aye,

[51:52] all opposed. Nay motion

[51:53] carries unanimously. Thank

[51:57] you. John shares. Can we? We

[51:58] have a long presentation next.

[52:00] Can we take a short break?

[52:10] Okay.

[52:11] Welcome back.

[52:12] >> Sir, how are you today? I'm

[52:12] fine. Thank you. Good morning.

[52:18] Good morning. During the

[52:20] budget workshop meetings, the

[52:21] board provided direction

[52:22] regarding various revisions to

[52:22] the proposed General fund

[52:25] budget.

[52:26] >> Staff has incorporated

[52:29] those revisions into fiscal

[52:30] year 26. 27 proposed budget

[52:31] for presentation and

[52:35] consideration. Summary of

[52:37] budget modifications includes

[52:39] adjustments for Okeechobee

[52:39] County Sheriff's Office

[52:42] amended budget request was

[52:48] decreased by 242,000, $371.

[52:49] The Okeechobee County clerk

[52:51] and comptroller's amended

[52:53] budget request was decreased

[52:58] by $32,971. Administration and

[53:00] personnel expenses were

[53:01] updated to reflect

[53:02] organizational structure

[53:03] changes. And the addition of

[53:07] the grants manager position

[53:08] including salary allocations

[53:09] worship duties and

[53:11] responsibilities. Our county

[53:12] administrator would like to

[53:14] provide you with some

[53:15] additional information.

[53:19] >> Thank you, So personnel

[53:20] within the administration

[53:24] department. Only has with with

[53:25] these changes in the grants

[53:30] manager position added has a

[53:32] 0.6% increase and this is due

[53:34] to the allocations specific to

[53:37] the jobs. So we have certain

[53:40] jobs depending on the amount

[53:42] of responsibility for that

[53:44] department allocated to other

[53:45] funds to help offset some of

[53:47] the costs. And the general

[53:50] fund. So one of those is the

[53:51] grants manager position that

[53:53] was recently added currently

[53:57] we have a vacancy in the ship.

[53:58] Affordable housing position

[54:00] and there was another creative

[54:01] solution provided by one of

[54:04] our staff members to shift

[54:06] those responsibilities and to

[54:07] the grants Department and for

[54:08] the grants manager position.

[54:10] So this does not increase or

[54:13] decrease any pay grades. It's

[54:13] just a shift in

[54:15] responsibilities to grants

[54:17] department within the grants

[54:20] manager position and it helps

[54:22] for succession as well. When

[54:23] we do have a vacancy cause,

[54:26] there's now 3. Personnel

[54:29] within grants. You have the

[54:32] strategic planning and Grant

[54:33] administration director, you

[54:34] have the grants manager and

[54:34] then you'll have the grants

[54:36] specialist. So currently ship

[54:38] in affordable housing is

[54:39] underneath community

[54:44] development. Looking to be

[54:45] classified. That position show

[54:47] community development

[54:49] coordinator again, no changes

[54:51] in pay and job descriptions

[54:53] will be provided at the next

[54:54] meeting with further

[54:57] information approval. So

[55:00] that's part of minimal

[55:02] increase in person now because

[55:05] the grants manager position is

[55:07] allocated partially to the

[55:12] ship fund, which is one 19. So

[55:13] although we've added a

[55:13] position we we've we've been

[55:15] creative with the allocations.

[55:19] So.

[55:21] >> The revised budget revenues

[55:23] have been updated to

[55:26] incorporate the 7.5, 0, 0, 0

[55:27] millage rate recommended by

[55:29] the board during the budget

[55:30] workshops and the updated

[55:32] budget funds summary for all

[55:34] funds has been updated to

[55:38] incorporate fund revisions.

[55:39] The audited financial

[55:40] statements have been provided

[55:41] for the fiscal year ending

[55:43] SEPTEMBER, 30th 2025. Julie

[55:47] Fowler with Cla will be

[55:48] presenting the audited

[55:49] financial statements that that

[55:52] AUGUST 13th board meeting the

[55:53] projected cash balance. Ford

[55:54] has been updated to reflect

[55:57] the audited fund balances. At

[55:59] the diocese. You will have

[56:00] replacement plate pages for

[56:03] your proposed budget workbook.

[56:04] And I am available to answer

[56:04] any questions that you MAY

[56:13] have. Any questions. Thank you

[56:19] so much. The next agenda item

[56:21] that I will be presenting for

[56:24] you is the preliminary rate

[56:26] resolution 2, 0, 2, 6 Dash, 4,

[56:27] 2, for emergency medical

[56:30] service tax assessments. Board

[56:34] approval is required to

[56:35] incorporate the ems

[56:37] residential rate of one 91.0.

[56:41] 33 and approved the subject

[56:41] reference resolution relating

[56:42] to the present provision of

[56:44] emergency medical services and

[56:45] the Okeechobee County

[56:47] Municipal Service benefit unit

[56:48] for the fiscal year, beginning

[56:52] OCTOBER. First 2026, the

[56:53] resolution estimates that the

[56:55] estimated rate for emergency

[56:56] medical service tax

[56:56] assessments as shown in

[57:00] exhibit a. Which is

[57:01] recommended to increase by

[57:04] $12. And $0.22 per residence

[57:09] and has a 6.8% increase. This

[57:09] resolution sets a public

[57:10] hearing date of AUGUST. 20th

[57:13] 2026 at 09:00am in order to

[57:15] adopt the annual rate

[57:16] resolution, the county

[57:18] administrator recommends

[57:21] approval resolution 2, 0, 2, 6

[57:25] Dash, 4, 2,

[57:26] >> Questions, comments,

[57:30] commissioners. Not then need

[57:30] motion to approve the

[57:35] resolution. So made second.

[57:38] Resolution Fy Twenty-twenty 6

[57:39] Dash 2027 ems resident reuse

[57:45] rate. If a discussion. All in

[57:46] favor say Aye, all opposed

[57:46] nay. Motion carries

[57:51] unanimously. As Lisa.

[57:52] >> Yes, for approval is

[57:53] required to approve the fiscal

[57:57] year 26. 27 fire rescue

[58:01] residential rate of $151.49.

[58:01] And resolution 2, 0, 2, 6

[58:04] Dash, 4, 1, relating to the

[58:05] provision of fire services in

[58:06] the Okeechobee County

[58:09] Municipal Service benefit unit

[58:12] beginning OCTOBER. First 2026.

[58:13] This resolution establishes

[58:15] the estimated rate for fire

[58:18] rescue assessments as shown in

[58:20] exhibit a rates represent an

[58:21] estimated 5.7% increase above

[58:23] the current rate, a

[58:27] residential home increases are

[58:28] $8.15. The resolution sets a

[58:31] public hearing date of AUGUST.

[58:34] 20th 2026 at 09:00am to adopt

[58:37] the annual rate resolution.

[58:39] The county administrator

[58:39] recommends approval of

[58:42] resolution. 2, 0, 2, 6 Dash,

[58:44] 4, one for the annual fire

[58:47] Rescue assessment.

[58:48] >> Questions, comments,

[58:55] commissioners. Get a motion to

[58:55] accept resolution

[58:56] Twenty-twenty 6 dash full full

[58:58] 41. Say motion by Commissioner

[58:59] Good bridge. Second by

[59:00] commissioner summer. Any

[59:03] further discussion. Hearing

[59:04] none all in favor say Aye.

[59:05] Aye. All opposed nay. Motion

[59:08] carries you national. That's

[59:10] Lisa.

[59:12] >> Fort approval is required

[59:13] to approve resolution 2, 0, 2,

[59:16] 6 Dash 4 through for 3

[59:18] relating to the provision of

[59:19] solid waste collection and

[59:21] disposal services and

[59:22] Okeechobee County Municipal

[59:24] Service benefiting unit for

[59:25] the fiscal year, beginning

[59:29] OCTOBER. First 2026. This

[59:29] resolution establishes the

[59:31] estimated rate for solid waste

[59:33] collection and disposal

[59:36] service assessment as shown in

[59:36] exhibit a.

[59:40] >> With an increase of $21.84

[59:40] in the rate from the prior

[59:46] fiscal year of 3.92. 52 to

[59:49] $414. And $0.36 annually.

[59:51] Waste management. Respectfully

[59:54] requested a consideration of a

[59:55] 4.4 4% cpi, effective OCTOBER.

[59:57] First 2026. This resolution

[1:00:01] sets a public hearing on

[1:00:02] AUGUST. 20th 2026 at 09:00am

[1:00:03] in order to adopt the final

[1:00:07] rate resolution. The county

[1:00:08] administrator recommends

[1:00:09] approval of resolution 2, 0,

[1:00:11] 2, 6 Dash, 4, 3,

[1:00:12] >> And the calmest

[1:00:17] discussions. Hearing none. I

[1:00:19] entertain a motion to separate

[1:00:20] resolution Twenty-twenty 6

[1:00:25] dash. 43 solid waste. Second.

[1:00:26] Motion by Commissioner Sumner

[1:00:27] second by Commissioner. Good

[1:00:28] bread. Any further discussion?

[1:00:30] Hearing? None. All in favor

[1:00:33] say Aye. Aye. All opposed nay

[1:00:38] motion carries unanimously.

[1:00:39] >> Board approval is required

[1:00:40] to adopt resolution 2, 0, 2, 6

[1:00:43] Dash, 4, 4, relating to the

[1:00:45] provision of street lights is

[1:00:47] authorized by ordinance. 86

[1:00:48] dash 3 for Oak Lake Estates.

[1:00:50] Special Assessment Street

[1:00:53] Lighting district and 87 Dash

[1:00:54] 5 for the South West 18th

[1:00:55] Court, Special Assessment

[1:00:58] Street Light District for the

[1:00:58] fiscal year, beginning

[1:01:01] OCTOBER. First 2026. This

[1:01:06] resolution establishes. The

[1:01:07] estimated rate for street

[1:01:08] lighting assessment as shown

[1:01:09] in the attached exhibit a for

[1:01:09] Oak Lake Estates street

[1:01:14] lighting district. For

[1:01:16] Southwest 18th Court street

[1:01:16] lighting district. There's no

[1:01:17] change in the rate from the

[1:01:19] prior fiscal year of $60.

[1:01:23] There's also no change in the

[1:01:23] Southwest. 18 Court street

[1:01:27] lighting district, which is

[1:01:28] $75. This resolution sets a

[1:01:29] public hearing date of AUGUST.

[1:01:34] 20th 2026 at 09:00am. The

[1:01:34] county administrator

[1:01:35] recommends approval of

[1:01:36] resolution number 2, 0, 2, 6

[1:01:38] Dash, 4, 4,

[1:01:39] >> For the record, this is

[1:01:41] street lights in Lake circle

[1:01:42] that the residents decided

[1:01:43] years ago that they wanted

[1:01:47] lights and so they pay for it.

[1:01:47] As special rate on their

[1:01:51] taxes. And if any of the

[1:01:52] neighborhood ever decide they

[1:01:53] want to do the same, that

[1:01:54] service is always available

[1:01:56] out there. Any further

[1:01:59] comments or questions.

[1:02:01] Hearing? None of it take

[1:02:05] entertain a motion to accept a

[1:02:05] good resolution. 2026

[1:02:08] dashboard 44th Street Light

[1:02:09] assessments summit second

[1:02:10] motion by commissioner to

[1:02:11] Carlos second by Commissioner.

[1:02:13] Good Bread. All in favor say

[1:02:15] Aye. Aye. All opposed nay

[1:02:19] motion carries unanimously.

[1:02:23] It's Lisa.

[1:02:24] >> Board approval is required

[1:02:26] to determine the fund, the

[1:02:28] millage rate for fiscal year

[1:02:31] 26. 27 for the trim notice

[1:02:32] purposes and the law

[1:02:32] enforcement mst you millage

[1:02:35] rate for trim notice purposes.

[1:02:36] The proposed general fund

[1:02:38] budget total is 89.0. 8

[1:02:41] million which represents a 5.3

[1:02:42] million dollar increase from

[1:02:44] the fiscal year. 25 26 budget

[1:02:48] or 6.3%. The general fund

[1:02:49] proposed budget is balanced

[1:02:52] with the millage rate of 7.5,

[1:02:54] 0, 0, 0, which is a decrease

[1:02:58] in the millage rate of 3.9%.

[1:03:01] The rate of 7.5, 0, 0, 0,

[1:03:03] generates. 38.3 million in

[1:03:06] taxes. The general Fund

[1:03:07] reserves represent 37.5 1%,

[1:03:14] which is above the 3 month. At

[1:03:15] 25%. The rollback weight while

[1:03:16] neutral and revenue it

[1:03:17] generates for the county will

[1:03:19] still be a tax increase to

[1:03:20] those properties whose

[1:03:21] assessed value increased over

[1:03:24] the prior year, even though

[1:03:24] the board is not required to

[1:03:27] capture that as such the

[1:03:29] rollback rate generate 36.4

[1:03:31] million in ad valorem revenue

[1:03:33] with the current general fund

[1:03:35] proposed budget. The reserves

[1:03:38] would represent. 36.2 7% above

[1:03:42] the 3 month at 25%. Once the

[1:03:43] trim notice millage is set.

[1:03:45] The board MAY reduce the

[1:03:46] millage, but it MAY not

[1:03:50] increase the millage rate.

[1:03:51] We've included, you know, a

[1:03:51] great options for the board to

[1:03:53] consider fur trim notice

[1:03:55] purposes. Staff is

[1:03:56] recommending that the board

[1:03:57] adopt the tentative millage

[1:03:59] rate for the general fund and

[1:04:00] a tentative millage rate for

[1:04:00] the law enforcement trust

[1:04:06] fund.

[1:04:09] >> Okay. Morden workshop

[1:04:10] discussion. We had a consensus

[1:04:11] of the board to go with a 7.5.

[1:04:16] Is that still? Your desires?

[1:04:24] Yes, sir. It for me. Okay, We

[1:04:26] want to set that and law

[1:04:28] enforcement long for is 0.

[1:04:32] Doing to us. It's interesting,

[1:04:34] too, that law enforcement, ems

[1:04:37] to use never been activated

[1:04:41] And 7.5, the mileage on. Take

[1:04:44] mission, which generates how

[1:04:45] much?

[1:04:55] >> 36 million, 354,000. 384.

[1:04:56] >> 7.5. Know. So 5 38. I hope

[1:05:02] to 67 7.73. You need emotional

[1:05:05] MR. CHAIRMAN, we do. Make

[1:05:10] motion we established mileage

[1:05:14] rates for 2026. A 7.5 mileage

[1:05:14] and the average warmth 0 on

[1:05:17] the in this to you. Second.

[1:05:22] Any further discussion. All in

[1:05:24] favor say Aye. Aye, all

[1:05:25] opposed nay motion carries

[1:05:30] unanimous.

[1:05:33] >> Okay. Muslims, your biggest

[1:05:34] a matter of us here before

[1:05:37] before you had chance to

[1:05:38] speak. So I've been a few for

[1:05:39] what I did. Told him believe

[1:05:49] that go back. In Chief. Are

[1:05:59] you taking the next one? Good

[1:06:03] morning. Commissioners.

[1:06:04] >> Here today to follow-up

[1:06:06] from the Budget Workshop,

[1:06:07] y'all had asked that we come

[1:06:08] back with a discussion on

[1:06:13] Tyler Technologies and the

[1:06:15] pros and cons on staying with

[1:06:17] Tyler Technologies versus

[1:06:18] moving to a different

[1:06:19] direction. So past material

[1:06:33] out real quick.

[1:06:57] Spain.

[1:06:58] >> The fact that there's one

[1:07:02] inch froze and the page and a

[1:07:02] half Thank thank you answers

[1:07:17] or even.

[1:07:28] >> Though, as a commissioner

[1:07:29] summer alluded to, you can see

[1:07:31] a distinct difference and the

[1:07:33] list of pros versus list to

[1:07:36] Cannes. And if you notice on

[1:07:36] the on the list of pros,

[1:07:38] there's also but behind each

[1:07:41] one of those. Start with that

[1:07:42] one because it's easier to get

[1:07:46] through. The prose Tyler

[1:07:48] technologies. And it's kind of

[1:07:50] what they sold us on. I was

[1:07:51] there when that when they

[1:07:52] pitch to, you know, just like

[1:07:54] any other good salesperson,

[1:07:55] they say a lot of good things.

[1:07:59] But it does have an automated

[1:08:00] e-mail system that sends a

[1:08:03] went permits, ready or and and

[1:08:05] he preached epicenter to the

[1:08:07] contractors. But we are having

[1:08:08] issues with that at sending it

[1:08:08] to the wrong contractors for

[1:08:10] the wrong subs. So that that

[1:08:14] is up. If it was fully

[1:08:18] functional, it would. It's a

[1:08:19] potential pro that's not in

[1:08:20] reality approach. So strike

[1:08:22] that one from the list. So

[1:08:23] Tyler also has online system

[1:08:24] for contractors and members of

[1:08:27] the public to be able to go on

[1:08:28] and see what what's happening

[1:08:29] with their permits versus any

[1:08:30] other public information

[1:08:34] permits. The flaw that one is

[1:08:36] that you have to log in sign

[1:08:38] create an account to request

[1:08:41] that public information. So

[1:08:42] people certainly can still

[1:08:43] complete a public information

[1:08:47] request via the just for you

[1:08:48] per or any other of our

[1:08:49] avenues. But get on this plan,

[1:08:49] you have to create an account

[1:08:56] with them. I guess this is a

[1:08:58] is a pro that the the iPad

[1:08:58] system that they have works

[1:09:01] better than our one. Are flaws

[1:09:04] with it. But it does work

[1:09:07] better than the old system and

[1:09:11] the GIs which I mean,

[1:09:11] honestly, I have not use that

[1:09:12] system, but I'm assuming it's

[1:09:15] it's Google Maps. So most most

[1:09:17] of the route options or uses

[1:09:19] Google Maps or Waze, which is

[1:09:22] the same technology. So with

[1:09:23] that being said, there's the

[1:09:24] good things that higher offers

[1:09:28] us. With Joe CHAIRMAN. Would

[1:09:28] you like to go through all of

[1:09:32] the negatives? Are? That if

[1:09:33] it's ok with the board, when

[1:09:33] we hit gave give us the

[1:09:36] highlights year.

[1:09:37] >> So the very large largest

[1:09:39] issue we have with them is the

[1:09:41] data conversion was not done

[1:09:43] properly. And we have 80,000

[1:09:45] plus permits that are listed

[1:09:47] under legacy data that didn't

[1:09:50] translate properly. So anytime

[1:09:51] we go to deal with a property

[1:09:53] that has one of those permits.

[1:09:54] There's a lot of manual data

[1:09:58] entry sometimes missed data

[1:10:02] entry that we're dealing with.

[1:10:03] We are still in the process of

[1:10:05] trying to get that worked out

[1:10:06] to some direction that

[1:10:07] Commissioner Burrows gave us.

[1:10:08] We're working with them to try

[1:10:09] to solve some of those

[1:10:11] problems. But we don't have an

[1:10:11] end in sight for that. We

[1:10:14] don't have a we're going to be

[1:10:15] done in 3 months or we're

[1:10:15] going to be done in 6 months

[1:10:19] or 2 years. There's no end in

[1:10:19] sight or even a potential

[1:10:22] resolution yet from Tyler one

[1:10:26] of other issues we have just

[1:10:27] recently found is Tyler,

[1:10:30] doesn't it lacks the ability

[1:10:31] to give credits to a bill. So

[1:10:32] if someone has an invoice and

[1:10:33] they've already paid certain

[1:10:37] amounts, we can't credit that

[1:10:38] back. So that's that's a

[1:10:39] process that we're trying to

[1:10:39] get them to correct as we

[1:10:43] speak. And that to their

[1:10:44] defense that came up about a

[1:10:48] week and a half ago. That's

[1:10:49] not something that they

[1:10:50] haven't fixed yet. You but

[1:10:51] you'll see on this list. There

[1:10:52] are things that we have asked

[1:10:54] for and been working for

[1:10:57] toward for months to get a

[1:10:59] resolution with with no, no

[1:11:02] luck.

[1:11:05] >> Is so Mr? CHAIRMAN? Yes,

[1:11:06] sir. It particular issue you

[1:11:07] just talked about. Is that

[1:11:11] something? It's so. Is a

[1:11:12] product of the system that's

[1:11:13] supposed to be working

[1:11:16] correctly or is that something

[1:11:17] that?

[1:11:17] >> And it's not something that

[1:11:22] we were sold on, that it would

[1:11:23] that. Speaking of mistress

[1:11:24] Ayres, I couldn't fathom a

[1:11:25] system that bills customers

[1:11:27] that doesn't issue credit. So

[1:11:28] I can say that they told us it

[1:11:30] would do it and doesn't we

[1:11:32] just something we just

[1:11:32] recently learned that we

[1:11:35] needed to do and it doesn't

[1:11:37] provide that service has as of

[1:11:38] today. That answers the

[1:11:39] question. So that obviously

[1:11:40] didn't do it. Start correct.

[1:11:48] Okay. Which is a problem.

[1:11:49] You'll see a lot of the things

[1:11:52] in here that require staff to

[1:11:53] duplicate efforts because the

[1:11:57] system doesn't integrate of.

[1:11:58] And I won't say that they told

[1:12:00] us that would do every one of

[1:12:00] these things because we

[1:12:04] probably didn't ask because

[1:12:06] and that MAY be something not

[1:12:06] maybe it will be something we

[1:12:07] look at moving forward on

[1:12:10] having a little bit better.

[1:12:10] >> Idea of what we need to

[1:12:14] ask. You know, at the time

[1:12:14] only knew what what we knew

[1:12:17] about the system. We had. So

[1:12:17] we didn't know the things to

[1:12:21] ask and and moving forward.

[1:12:21] We'll do a little bit of

[1:12:24] research on what it what it

[1:12:25] should offer.

[1:12:25] >> And now we also have a lot

[1:12:26] better idea of what what this

[1:12:31] system doesn't do. So just the

[1:12:32] simple things I was talking to

[1:12:34] my far Marshall chief Brig off

[1:12:36] this morning when he goes in

[1:12:37] and does a review of a of a

[1:12:39] plan he has to.

[1:12:40] >> Just a quick, 3 different

[1:12:44] buttons just to submit it. And

[1:12:44] it sounds simple. You know, to

[1:12:46] click, click, 3 buttons and if

[1:12:47] you're sitting at your desk

[1:12:49] and you've got nothing to do

[1:12:50] and you remember to do the 3

[1:12:51] buttons, that's fine. If you

[1:12:53] don't do it, all of the stuff

[1:12:53] you've done is gone. It's not

[1:12:54] saved. You have to go back and

[1:12:57] redo that. So that's those

[1:12:59] little things. The blue beam.

[1:13:01] Which is how we do plan

[1:13:02] review. It's supposed to

[1:13:04] seamlessly integrate with the

[1:13:07] software and it doesn't. So we

[1:13:08] have to download the plans,

[1:13:09] reviewed the plans stand the

[1:13:13] plans, upload the plans to end

[1:13:13] to get it all to submit as

[1:13:16] opposed to what what we were

[1:13:16] sold on that was that they

[1:13:18] would be able to do the online

[1:13:19] plan review through the

[1:13:27] system. A lot of a lot of

[1:13:28] words to say. And I don't

[1:13:29] think it's a big surprise to

[1:13:32] me. All the staff is not

[1:13:34] pleased with with the product

[1:13:35] or the service, specifically

[1:13:36] the service that we have

[1:13:38] gotten from Tyler spent quite

[1:13:41] a bit of time talking to

[1:13:42] mistress Ayres and the county

[1:13:45] attorney on our options and we

[1:13:46] have what we have come to

[1:13:47] realize is that our contract

[1:13:48] expires this upcoming fiscal

[1:13:53] year. So one of the options

[1:13:54] and maybe our best option to

[1:13:55] give us time to find something

[1:13:58] will be to just stay with them

[1:13:59] through the remainder of this

[1:14:02] contract. And also start

[1:14:03] looking for another product.

[1:14:04] If that's direction, the other

[1:14:07] side to go.

[1:14:09] >> it it ends on SEPTEMBER.

[1:14:09] 30th.

[1:14:12] >> No, sir, we are in our 3rd

[1:14:14] year of the contract. There's

[1:14:16] some debate. On the contract

[1:14:21] was signed on FEBRUARY Sorry,

[1:14:25] FEBRUARY, 22nd So it. That is

[1:14:26] 3 years. We didn't make our

[1:14:28] first payment until JUNE. So

[1:14:29] there could be some debate

[1:14:31] over whether the 3 year starts

[1:14:35] in FEBRUARY or JUNE. Yes,

[1:14:36] ma'am.

[1:14:38] >> For the contract, the

[1:14:40] effective date is upon both

[1:14:41] parties signing in the latter

[1:14:43] date of the signature, which

[1:14:46] would have been FEBRUARY 22nd

[1:14:47] 2024, the attorney raised, you

[1:14:49] know, something to consider,

[1:14:50] but for the contract, the

[1:14:51] effective date is based on the

[1:14:52] signature.

[1:14:57] >> So it's FEBRUARY. But yes,

[1:14:58] that's correct. The on the

[1:15:01] concern was that. Tyler Maye.

[1:15:06] Pushed back. And want to defer

[1:15:09] to the JUNE date. But either

[1:15:10] way fixing. Coming security

[1:15:11] contractors in the second or

[1:15:14] the last party. So we made it

[1:15:16] payment before we signed the

[1:15:17] contract you know that so we

[1:15:20] be extended JUNE. It can't be

[1:15:21] terminated. Last JUNE. It

[1:15:22] would be longer than FEBRUARY

[1:15:24] saying that they MAY want to

[1:15:24] hold her feet to the fire and

[1:15:25] make us pay for FEBRUARY

[1:15:25] login.

[1:15:30] >> Chair.

[1:15:31] >> The weather is FEBRUARY

[1:15:34] agenda cost would be the But

[1:15:36] the third-year feet would

[1:15:36] still be the $80,000. Jim, we

[1:15:38] just give a little more time

[1:15:38] to yes, that's correct. A

[1:15:41] potentially answer. So that's

[1:15:43] assuming they would push. I'm

[1:15:44] sorry. That's that's assuming

[1:15:48] they would push back. But the

[1:15:49] issue is that when 2 people

[1:15:50] sign a contract on whatever

[1:15:51] day that the contract says,

[1:15:52] that's the date that the

[1:15:53] contract is initiated.

[1:15:54] >> So why would they push

[1:15:58] back?

[1:15:58] >> The only reason I could see

[1:16:03] for that would be. Really just

[1:16:05] day. They MAY take the

[1:16:06] interpretation that there was

[1:16:06] no about contract until there

[1:16:11] was payment man I. Language of

[1:16:12] the contract speaks for

[1:16:15] itself. This is just a but

[1:16:16] consider of consideration

[1:16:18] point of consideration was

[1:16:20] made when we were not informed

[1:16:22] yet on when the last if the

[1:16:24] 3rd year payment was made. So

[1:16:25] have we made the payment for

[1:16:28] this 3rd year cycle that we're

[1:16:29] in.

[1:16:30] >> Of the 80,000 to most

[1:16:31] recent payment was in MAY of

[1:16:35] 26 prefer 80,000. Okay.

[1:16:37] >> So we've we've paid the 3,

[1:16:38] 3, years and that and that

[1:16:39] really we haven't known paid

[1:16:41] in arrears.

[1:16:42] >> No, we last year's 80,000.

[1:16:45] I didn't pay until they

[1:16:49] started fiction. Some stuff we

[1:16:50] finally got to some agreement

[1:16:52] and pay that one. But we for

[1:16:55] the current and the

[1:16:55] maintenance, again, we've been

[1:16:58] debating when that should

[1:17:00] start. I think last we

[1:17:01] discussed was maybe having to

[1:17:02] start in MAY, so go through

[1:17:03] MAY of next year, but we so we

[1:17:07] $80,000. If we shut off the

[1:17:07] service today because we're

[1:17:09] bound by contract.

[1:17:11] >> And that's in this current

[1:17:14] budget. You're budgeted.

[1:17:15] >> There's no performance

[1:17:17] agreement. We don't have an

[1:17:20] argument.

[1:17:21] >> Let the attorney can take

[1:17:26] to the agreement requires in

[1:17:27] the event that we would like

[1:17:30] to terminate for breach that

[1:17:33] we engage in a dispute

[1:17:36] resolution process which

[1:17:38] requires notice of what the

[1:17:39] alleged breach is certainly be

[1:17:43] this list. And then within 30

[1:17:45] days of Tyler's receipt of

[1:17:49] that notice. Both parties,

[1:17:50] meaning the county and Tyler

[1:17:54] have to convene their

[1:17:54] representatives to attempt to

[1:18:00] find a resolution. Is

[1:18:01] unsuccessful. We are then

[1:18:01] required to submit to

[1:18:06] mediation. If mediation is

[1:18:07] unsuccessful, we could then

[1:18:09] move forward with either

[1:18:10] termination of the contract.

[1:18:12] If both parties agree.

[1:18:15] >> Or

[1:18:16] >> towards litigation, it is

[1:18:17] just the longer and more

[1:18:20] expensive process. Then then

[1:18:23] we're in FEBRUARY. And exactly

[1:18:24] that.

[1:18:26] >> And as more expensive

[1:18:27] process is put it that way. So

[1:18:28] that that's kind all to me.

[1:18:31] That's off the table. What you

[1:18:32] should be able to take a look

[1:18:33] at this. Given time this list

[1:18:36] here, obviously we're not

[1:18:37] getting anywhere with this

[1:18:40] list hear you correctly.

[1:18:41] >> Yes, sir, have. I will not

[1:18:42] say they have not fix

[1:18:44] anything. They have fixed some

[1:18:45] issues and some of them that

[1:18:47] fixed in a timely manner. But

[1:18:48] they were relatively small

[1:18:48] compared to some of the items

[1:18:50] that are on this list.

[1:18:51] >> So just for the general

[1:18:53] public's, I mean, we had in a

[1:18:55] long gated conversation. Less

[1:18:58] time just from the general

[1:18:59] public standpoint, how will be

[1:19:03] been working with Tyler?

[1:19:04] Obviously we signed the

[1:19:05] contract in FEBRUARY of 24.

[1:19:08] Yes. All right. So we've been

[1:19:11] working with them since 2024.

[1:19:14] Is now almost. Going on to

[1:19:21] 2027. Also 27 and we still

[1:19:22] don't have Well, this is 2 and

[1:19:25] a half years give it to be to

[1:19:27] be exact 2 and a half years

[1:19:28] where working with them and we

[1:19:29] still have no, we little or no

[1:19:30] resolution to some of these

[1:19:34] problems. And we we owe it to

[1:19:38] our contractors. Obviously to

[1:19:39] provide a system that is

[1:19:41] functionally that functions.

[1:19:43] Well, because they don't have

[1:19:43] a lot of time to sit around

[1:19:46] and mess around with something

[1:19:47] that's not functioning well

[1:19:48] and it's costing them time.

[1:19:49] Time is money in today's

[1:19:50] environment for contractor.

[1:19:54] Right? Wrong. So at the end of

[1:19:56] the day, is that I personally

[1:19:57] believe we should go in and

[1:20:00] just pay the money.

[1:20:01] Maintenance fee this year.

[1:20:05] Could it often there 20th of

[1:20:07] whatever it is to give them

[1:20:08] letter. And in the meantime,

[1:20:13] put together a team people who

[1:20:14] will evaluate other systems

[1:20:19] that are functional for means.

[1:20:20] That means you got a lot of

[1:20:21] information to do some good

[1:20:24] things with now. I would think

[1:20:26] that would be the path that we

[1:20:29] should I and I'm only saying

[1:20:30] chief, because I'm getting the

[1:20:34] sense. Over the last. Few

[1:20:35] months that we're not getting

[1:20:39] anywhere.

[1:20:39] >> And as you mentioned, for

[1:20:40] the people that are listening

[1:20:43] or watching at home. We

[1:20:47] estimated about 40%. 40 to 50%

[1:20:48] of the way through getting the

[1:20:50] building department function

[1:20:52] of Tyler. We have not even

[1:20:53] started using the planning and

[1:20:55] zoning or code enforcement

[1:20:57] function that we're that we're

[1:20:58] paying for. So we haven't even

[1:21:00] started on those. And there's

[1:21:03] got both departments feel

[1:21:04] comfortable speaking for them

[1:21:07] that they're not happy with

[1:21:07] the fact that they're paying

[1:21:08] for a service that they

[1:21:09] haven't even started using MR.

[1:21:13] Chair. Yes.

[1:21:13] >> How is it that we're

[1:21:14] halfway through year 3 of the

[1:21:16] 3 year contract. With 0

[1:21:19] satisfaction. Yet spending

[1:21:21] $80,000 a year on How did this

[1:21:24] not come up last year? Or if

[1:21:29] it did not MISS That?

[1:21:29] >> That basically we've had a

[1:21:33] conversation. I'll say is some

[1:21:37] updates to see where we're at

[1:21:37] and we thought we would get

[1:21:40] get it fixed last year. But

[1:21:40] word now where another year we

[1:21:42] store it anywhere. So that's

[1:21:47] reason I made the the speech.

[1:21:50] Last week or last commissioner

[1:21:51] to get the chief to bring back

[1:21:54] these types of information. So

[1:21:56] that we can sit here, make a

[1:21:57] decision about if we're going

[1:21:57] to spend money, we need to

[1:22:00] spend money wisely and not

[1:22:01] food usually throw, you know,

[1:22:02] put into a system that we're

[1:22:05] going get 40% of one. One of 3

[1:22:09] segments working. Crazy. And I

[1:22:12] were they still in business. I

[1:22:15] mean, is there any county

[1:22:17] that's contracted with a if

[1:22:19] that has any better

[1:22:20] satisfaction yesterday? And

[1:22:21] they did, you know, of course,

[1:22:22] when we were going through the

[1:22:23] selection process.

[1:22:24] >> They said go visit this

[1:22:26] county, go visit county. And

[1:22:27] that is that those counties

[1:22:28] enjoyed it. They they. They

[1:22:32] said it works great. So it is

[1:22:33] a functional system that there

[1:22:35] are nationwide company

[1:22:39] reputable. But there are also

[1:22:40] and the attorney it had talked

[1:22:43] about some other departments,

[1:22:44] other municipalities that have

[1:22:45] had very similar issues with

[1:22:46] Tyler technology and some of

[1:22:49] them. Decided to go through

[1:22:49] the dispute resolution, I

[1:22:52] believe. And then some of them

[1:22:53] have decided to move and some

[1:22:54] of them got fixed so that

[1:22:56] there's a very broad spectrum

[1:22:57] of dissatisfied and satisfied

[1:23:02] customers with this company.

[1:23:02] >> Commissioner, why don't we

[1:23:06] instead of saying? Pay the

[1:23:07] money would only let staff and

[1:23:08] their attorneys decided which

[1:23:09] way the best way to go on this

[1:23:11] one. Think there's a lot of

[1:23:18] things. It. The defense bar. I

[1:23:18] think think this is a given.

[1:23:19] We're going change and been

[1:23:20] somebody else have fun with

[1:23:23] that. Whatever it takes to get

[1:23:24] us out of this. The cheapest

[1:23:29] way. And still be able to

[1:23:31] retain. I information. What if

[1:23:31] they have been damaged him

[1:23:34] 8,000, you say isn't there?

[1:23:35] >> Well, there's 80,000 that

[1:23:36] are not in there correctly,

[1:23:38] but there's far more than that

[1:23:38] that are in their early MAY

[1:23:40] not Maybe better start from

[1:23:40] scratch, but what we and we

[1:23:44] will have to. One of the

[1:23:45] issues that's come up is as we

[1:23:47] know, the data conversion from

[1:23:47] Central Square, which is our

[1:23:49] all platform to Tyler, has

[1:23:52] been very troublesome. We will

[1:23:56] now have to have a 3 way data

[1:23:56] conversion between Central

[1:23:59] Square. That data that those

[1:24:00] 80,000 legacy information, the

[1:24:00] new information that's been

[1:24:02] installed in the Tyler in the

[1:24:03] last 10 months. It has been

[1:24:05] operational into whatever

[1:24:07] program we go with. But we

[1:24:08] will also have a much better

[1:24:09] idea of what that should look

[1:24:10] like. And and commissioner

[1:24:12] Burrows has offered his

[1:24:15] subject matter. Expertise to

[1:24:17] help us get through that

[1:24:19] process and that we will very

[1:24:20] be in communication with him

[1:24:23] on that. He can afford as much

[1:24:23] located the West. You can't

[1:24:26] afford to lose much more here.

[1:24:27] >> And only the area do make

[1:24:30] difference. I'm too I think

[1:24:33] issue, issue brought up.

[1:24:34] That's just the data migration

[1:24:37] pieces. As long as you got a

[1:24:39] perform, a relative to the

[1:24:40] data interface. Should be

[1:24:42] okay. The new one, the other

[1:24:46] one. So as you and I talked

[1:24:47] briefly last week, we just

[1:24:49] need to understand the

[1:24:51] character structure of that

[1:24:54] interface from what was said,

[1:24:56] where was central Square

[1:24:58] Central Square? They need to

[1:25:00] be able to see the data format

[1:25:02] for that piece of it. And then

[1:25:03] whatever we go with the same,

[1:25:03] great, here's the format.

[1:25:04] You've got to be able to meet

[1:25:05] it in order to populate the

[1:25:09] new system. Done this for

[1:25:10] years and years and it's just

[1:25:14] not a a small, difficult

[1:25:16] problem. For people who know

[1:25:19] how to do this.

[1:25:20] >> Does that give you the

[1:25:23] direction you need to work

[1:25:24] with Just good attorney and

[1:25:27] see what we can do here. And

[1:25:28] commissioner burst Bill which

[1:25:28] when you get decided which way

[1:25:29] you're going be there to

[1:25:32] assist you with the technology

[1:25:34] support.

[1:25:35] >> Yes, sir. It just to be

[1:25:37] clear that the general

[1:25:39] direction is to find another

[1:25:40] yes software and then for

[1:25:40] staff to figure out the best

[1:25:43] way to transition to that

[1:25:44] offer.

[1:25:47] >> That's not what I can But I

[1:25:47] also think won't do is that

[1:25:48] when you were looking for

[1:25:50] these other systems, I wish I

[1:25:53] I was at a place is weak.

[1:25:53] >> Were all of were at in

[1:25:57] fact? Because like a funny

[1:25:58] story is ahead so much in my

[1:25:58] hand, one day trying to get

[1:26:01] the

[1:26:03] >> trade show is I needed a

[1:26:04] bag, so walked over and I got

[1:26:05] a bag 82. It was a Tyler Bey.

[1:26:12] So that was really kind of a

[1:26:17] both we did get something from

[1:26:18] We got say is that think it.

[1:26:19] Also need to have.

[1:26:24] >> Some people that users this

[1:26:25] team and that's as to

[1:26:27] contractors or whoever v so

[1:26:28] people can see exactly what's

[1:26:30] needed from like code

[1:26:31] enforcement people, whatever

[1:26:31] it MAY be that we need that

[1:26:35] team put together slowly

[1:26:36] cookies and we were going

[1:26:36] select a system that's going

[1:26:38] to be functional for everybody

[1:26:42] and not to not be owners.

[1:26:43] >> Yes, sir. And we did have

[1:26:44] that on the last we're

[1:26:47] lacking. The last one was was

[1:26:49] someone who understood the

[1:26:49] data migration.

[1:26:52] >> The and and the end user

[1:26:56] interface portion. So and it's

[1:26:57] it's was just, you know, I

[1:26:58] guess and oversight for like I

[1:26:59] said, it's one of those. We

[1:27:00] didn't know what we didn't

[1:27:01] know at the time learning

[1:27:05] experience. Yes, sir.

[1:27:06] >> just get you up with this

[1:27:08] plan.

[1:27:15] >> Yes, sir. I have. Good

[1:27:18] knowledge on data mapping

[1:27:19] technology and understanding

[1:27:21] the tech language to a certain

[1:27:23] extent in asking the right

[1:27:26] questions with conversions and

[1:27:30] that things off where I have

[1:27:31] staff has and I have already

[1:27:33] met to discuss what our plan

[1:27:36] is putting together a working

[1:27:37] group and 3 to 5 software's

[1:27:39] with the top 3. We would

[1:27:42] provide to the board as here's

[1:27:45] our top 3 and get some further

[1:27:45] direction or involvement if if

[1:27:54] needed. MR. Attorney, okay.

[1:27:56] >> County can either choose to

[1:28:27] a set of this one. Yes, sir.

[1:28:31] Yes, sir. I would say if you

[1:28:35] need to modify some. Numbers

[1:28:36] to bring it back to commission

[1:28:38] to support your thoughts? You

[1:28:38] know, we would entertain that.

[1:28:43] Okay. Whether it be in this

[1:28:44] year's or next year's, we

[1:28:47] would be glad assist you. You

[1:28:49] know, Candy, thing else about

[1:28:50] >> Yes, we also have a

[1:28:51] contractor on staff that can

[1:28:56] help

[1:28:57] >> He does a lot found out.

[1:29:01] He's got You MAY not want to

[1:29:01] be on the committee, but I I'm

[1:29:05] sure he offer his expertise to

[1:29:06] us as well. So I'm very

[1:29:08] confident commissioners that

[1:29:09] staff can can bring back which

[1:29:11] are looking for. Thank you,

[1:29:14] sir. Thank you. So you want to

[1:29:17] stay present the next one? I

[1:29:18] will. I will either stand up

[1:29:19] here. Sit down Justin taking

[1:29:22] whichever one he would said it

[1:29:23] says, get your names. I didn't

[1:29:27] I didn't mean

[1:29:30] >> this is the land donation.

[1:29:34] >> 4. The fire station that

[1:29:37] we've we've been working with.

[1:29:38] Justin's been working very

[1:29:42] diligently with and patiently

[1:29:42] to to get this done. And and

[1:29:44] you know where the committee

[1:29:45] at the are you a board meeting

[1:29:49] this past week. And where they

[1:29:50] approved what we had sent back

[1:29:54] county attorney had made some

[1:29:55] alterations to mainly

[1:29:58] grammatical and name change,

[1:30:02] Alterations. And then a few

[1:30:03] Excuse having trouble getting

[1:30:04] bird sounds when few other

[1:30:07] minor details that we reviewed

[1:30:07] with a staff prior to the

[1:30:10] meeting and that their board

[1:30:10] had approved. They were not

[1:30:16] able to. Get assigned copy to

[1:30:17] that they said it MAY take 2

[1:30:20] weeks to get that to us. So we

[1:30:23] don't have a signed copy 2% up

[1:30:24] all but there would not be any

[1:30:24] other modifications to it

[1:30:29] other than what you see.

[1:30:30] >> And this I didn't mean

[1:30:31] develop as shown that was only

[1:30:32] going by the names on here.

[1:30:33] And you worked very h#

[1:30:33] #

[1:30:33] o#

[1:30:36] this one. And so and I know

[1:30:40] that you and attorney worked

[1:30:42] in had them in hand document

[1:30:42] to sign it would take 30

[1:30:46] seconds sign. But the good

[1:30:47] part of is a gun change

[1:30:49] management, the 31st. So they

[1:30:53] have it shortly after that.

[1:30:54] Yes chair and we appreciate

[1:30:56] your input and time that you

[1:30:56] spent going to these meetings

[1:31:00] with us, too, to get this this

[1:31:03] moving. So we appreciate

[1:31:04] everybody and chief,

[1:31:05] administrator and also legal

[1:31:06] for.

[1:31:07] >> Getting this thing squared

[1:31:11] away. But at this time.

[1:31:11] Everything's and their hands.

[1:31:14] What we asked for the red line

[1:31:16] that we submitted back to them

[1:31:18] is what they've approved. And

[1:31:21] yes, in Tuesday's meeting, so

[1:31:22] I just look forward to coming

[1:31:22] back. And once it comes back

[1:31:25] for the CHAIRMAN To execute

[1:31:27] that agreement and get all

[1:31:28] that to our ground, a rider to

[1:31:31] try to get that grant moving

[1:31:33] forward. Are very pleased to

[1:31:34] see this thing moving. And I

[1:31:34] think it's going to be great

[1:31:37] for the community. Also having

[1:31:37] a fire station down on that

[1:31:41] south side. I was impressed

[1:31:41] and found out that we have a

[1:31:46] land use attorney on board.

[1:31:51] But have from time to time. It

[1:31:53] actually I'm sorry,

[1:31:54] commissioner, I was just going

[1:31:57] to ask you what we have.

[1:31:58] There's agreement with the new

[1:31:59] development, a Kid.

[1:32:02] >> Im a supplier.

[1:32:03] >> Do you want to cover Me to

[1:32:07] take that? You can take all

[1:32:09] time? And we did the CHAIRMAN

[1:32:10] And the administrator and I

[1:32:12] did go to Clayton County to

[1:32:14] their budget hearing and gave

[1:32:17] them our proposal for a

[1:32:17] contract renewal.

[1:32:21] >> a contract amendment and

[1:32:23] extension contract expires.

[1:32:24] Tentative leaf OCTOBER. 1st of

[1:32:26] this year for ems services. So

[1:32:26] we presented them a contract

[1:32:30] amendment and extension

[1:32:31] reevaluate how we assess the

[1:32:35] ems fees and also the fire

[1:32:36] service fees and presented

[1:32:37] that to their board. And then

[1:32:40] we were able to also talk to

[1:32:41] the new community going in on

[1:32:44] the west side of Great County.

[1:32:47] Did not get yes or no to

[1:32:54] their. Participation.

[1:32:57] >> time in just a little bit.

[1:32:59] I it was a budget workshop.

[1:33:00] They have another budget

[1:33:01] workshop this upcoming Monday.

[1:33:03] They are setting their

[1:33:06] tentative millage rate on

[1:33:07] Monday and have a workshop

[1:33:08] afterwards talk about and

[1:33:11] incorporate the number that we

[1:33:12] presented as a preliminary

[1:33:13] number with fire and ems

[1:33:17] combine is around 650,000 when

[1:33:18] we were at the workshop. They

[1:33:21] did mention that they had

[1:33:24] around 389,000 budgeted from

[1:33:25] our prior conversations

[1:33:25] because we did not have the

[1:33:28] data at that time with our

[1:33:30] property appraisers working

[1:33:32] together, we were able to come

[1:33:33] up with the preliminary number

[1:33:34] that we presented at the

[1:33:39] workshop. At that time.

[1:33:41] >> I was referring to the new

[1:33:43] community would not say yes or

[1:33:44] whether they would be willing

[1:33:45] to participate. And on the

[1:33:45] east side of Glades County,

[1:33:46] not last. Answer. Well,

[1:33:51] actually,

[1:33:52] >> About 4 Southwest also

[1:33:55] because it would be do rick's

[1:33:59] Day area. Also. All the way up

[1:34:00] to Prairie Canaille basically

[1:34:07] in in that. 2 agenda and this

[1:34:08] is the first time we've ever

[1:34:11] offered him a contract to

[1:34:13] cover fire. Also always before

[1:34:14] would just be a massive. We've

[1:34:16] been Michel laid on the on the

[1:34:17] fire department said with

[1:34:17] message that's reason for the

[1:34:25] big increase. And Tremendously

[1:34:25] and funding new station

[1:34:26] getting it going. If we did

[1:34:34] that. Believe that. I don't

[1:34:37] think they have a I feel sorry

[1:34:38] for them because that there

[1:34:38] are there text of You know,

[1:34:41] they have been a mess to u n

[1:34:42] high mileage, but they know

[1:34:44] that they have to have service

[1:34:47] the new community there.

[1:34:48] Doesn't care if they have

[1:34:49] service and not that they made

[1:34:54] that plane to us. They don't

[1:34:55] think it affects your

[1:34:56] insurance rate, but I'm told

[1:35:00] it does drastically But, you

[1:35:02] know, thankfully to make

[1:35:03] property appraiser, he has

[1:35:05] worked with that with us on

[1:35:06] this one. You know, because

[1:35:06] this outside his requirement

[1:35:08] to do help us to figure out

[1:35:11] ahead assessment Mayes County

[1:35:13] so new construction does come

[1:35:14] on board, then we'll be able

[1:35:15] to include that in and not

[1:35:16] just have a flat rate every

[1:35:21] year. It's been a working

[1:35:21] progress. A lot of people

[1:35:22] working together and I think

[1:35:25] it has a lot of potential.

[1:35:27] Yes, sir. I agree completely.

[1:35:29] And then on the fire station

[1:35:30] actually spoke to Justin on a

[1:35:33] few different options.

[1:35:33] >> We're going to look at some

[1:35:35] different designs and really

[1:35:39] what happened to his? Value

[1:35:40] engineering expertise. And

[1:35:43] we're also looking at it.

[1:35:44] There are some options that we

[1:35:46] can add to it that will make

[1:35:48] it eligible for more grant

[1:35:48] funding? So we're going to

[1:35:53] look at those options as well.

[1:35:53] >> And I missed notion here to

[1:35:54] talk about that when it comes

[1:36:00] time. If you want to do it now

[1:36:01] we can. Do you want to finish

[1:36:02] that agenda item up? I don't

[1:36:06] think you did a vote year.

[1:36:08] >> MR. Approve resolution

[1:36:12] Twenty-twenty 6 dash

[1:36:15] >> We have a motion and a

[1:36:15] second thing approve

[1:36:16] resolution Twenty-twenty 6

[1:36:18] dash. 48. Any further

[1:36:21] discussion comments all in

[1:36:24] favor say Aye. Aye. Opposed.

[1:36:25] Say nay motion carries

[1:36:28] unanimously. Thank you.

[1:36:33] Commissioners. You're going

[1:36:34] want to talk about it now. You

[1:36:36] want to wait play both We can.

[1:36:38] We can do. However you want.

[1:36:39] Want to go ahead county can is

[1:36:44] that so? I think, you know, as

[1:36:44] far as where we're going to

[1:36:49] move forward with station 5 is

[1:36:49] myself and and she hastily

[1:36:51] Some staff will be. During a

[1:36:54] couple different sites. We

[1:36:56] found some additional. I

[1:36:57] actually just actually went

[1:36:58] looked at one. But of course,

[1:37:01] I could not get it to do it at

[1:37:03] this time of the night Joe

[1:37:05] Bush at a pair of shorts and

[1:37:06] flip-flops and they don't just

[1:37:08] in their fire station. But

[1:37:09] >> I did look at one end and I

[1:37:11] told Chief I did not represent

[1:37:12] Lee County and hearty arming

[1:37:16] and in Hendry County. It was

[1:37:16] somewhere out there on the

[1:37:18] border. But it's right off of

[1:37:20] 80. That I think is a well

[1:37:21] stated in chief is also found

[1:37:23] some other one. So I think

[1:37:24] we're going get out. Look at

[1:37:29] those couple of sites also had

[1:37:30] a had conversation with the

[1:37:31] contractor that's doing one.

[1:37:32] The chief wants to go look at.

[1:37:34] I had a conversation with

[1:37:36] them. If there was a way we

[1:37:37] could value engineering and

[1:37:39] bring that site down to what

[1:37:40] we for what we think propose

[1:37:45] to spend for funding to do it

[1:37:46] design costs. The county

[1:37:47] assessor biggest goal is to

[1:37:47] try to spend the least amount

[1:37:50] of money on this time so that

[1:37:50] when we move forward

[1:37:51] construction, we can roll

[1:37:53] those funds over the grant

[1:37:54] money over into the

[1:37:56] construction, which we know we

[1:37:56] can do.

[1:37:57] >> But we will. We will be

[1:38:01] workin

[1:38:02] exempt from that running the

[1:38:07] way it is. So somebody didn't

[1:38:07] design and you went out. They

[1:38:08] went to bed and heard a

[1:38:12] contractor. If you just said

[1:38:14] this and we like and we want

[1:38:15] to use it, what would you have

[1:38:21] to do to purchase set design?

[1:38:21] >> Few different options. That

[1:38:23] depends on where we are

[1:38:24] through the ccna. What the

[1:38:24] design costs will be, what the

[1:38:27] costs would be to provide it.

[1:38:27] There is some stipulations

[1:38:30] under the ccna. We would have

[1:38:31] to follow. But if it's an

[1:38:32] existing agreement, we would

[1:38:34] build the probably do a

[1:38:37] piggyback. But I think my hope

[1:38:37] is that all of this would fall

[1:38:40] under the ccna guidelines. We

[1:38:41] would be below that to be able

[1:38:44] to hire that from to come

[1:38:46] right in and sacked might be

[1:38:47] able to lead on that a little

[1:38:49] bit better than I can. But the

[1:38:51] goal would be to build a

[1:38:52] higher than without have to go

[1:38:53] out for bid. If there's

[1:38:55] something that's done your

[1:38:56] time at the contractor. But

[1:38:57] no, I'm talking about the

[1:39:00] design design as falls under

[1:39:03] the ccna. Yes, the ccna.

[1:39:04] You're able to utilize your

[1:39:07] pre qualified firms as long as

[1:39:10] your construction costs is not

[1:39:12] exceed. I believe it's up to 7

[1:39:14] 7 or 8 Million. If there's an

[1:39:15] annual escalation that the

[1:39:18] Legislature implemented.

[1:39:18] >> So as long as your

[1:39:19] construction costs is below

[1:39:23] that, you can utilize your pre

[1:39:23] qualified firms if it is

[1:39:25] projected to be above that,

[1:39:27] you have to do a stand-alone

[1:39:27] solicitation for your design,

[1:39:31] professional. But like I said,

[1:39:33] I think with there being a

[1:39:34] piggyback I think there can be

[1:39:36] a piggyback agreement

[1:39:36] established for something

[1:39:39] that's still under contract.

[1:39:41] >> Just so. But I mean, if if

[1:39:42] some ad designed round

[1:39:43] numbers, they paid $100,000

[1:39:44] forward. Well, instead of it

[1:39:44] just s#

[1:39:44] #

[1:39:45] #

[1:39:48] . Disappearing and

[1:39:49] made it. They took $20,000 for

[1:39:49] it to be head of the game. Is

[1:39:53] that something that could be

[1:39:53] possible? Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

[1:39:55] Not that would be what we

[1:39:56] would be leaning towards. And

[1:39:56] we've done that previously on

[1:39:59] some of the other projects.

[1:40:00] >> Here county, why we have we

[1:40:01] have found existing designs

[1:40:03] that were still under contract

[1:40:05] with it that we were able to

[1:40:08] get and get a hold of that

[1:40:10] contractor through legal

[1:40:11] interpretation and through

[1:40:12] what we have, we were able to

[1:40:15] procure those vendors. We've

[1:40:17] done that twice now since I've

[1:40:19] been here to save was a 1.4

[1:40:22] million Dollar Design project.

[1:40:25] And we did it for I think

[1:40:26] 125,000. So we will be looking

[1:40:27] at those options. Once we find

[1:40:30] something. I think that seats

[1:40:31] both chiefs needs and then my

[1:40:33] desire to be cheap. So I think

[1:40:36] we've got to find that happy,

[1:40:37] medium, give cheap what he

[1:40:39] wants and getting something I

[1:40:40] feel to give us the followed

[1:40:41] in the budget that I've told

[1:40:44] you I can still do this.

[1:40:47] >> engineer being being the

[1:40:48] go-between yesterday season be

[1:40:48] good at pulling a rabbit out

[1:40:50] the hat. Make things work.

[1:40:51] Yes, sir. And I think we've

[1:40:52] got some good options. I think

[1:40:52] the 2 that we're talking about

[1:40:54] those of us have been the one

[1:40:58] that I went and looked at by

[1:40:59] myself. I think that once a

[1:41:00] good option and then the one

[1:41:01] that chiefs wanting to go look

[1:41:02] at, I have talked with the

[1:41:05] contractor, his building that

[1:41:07] and they they also are paid

[1:41:07] for it with the design team

[1:41:09] that did that. I spoke with a

[1:41:10] design team. They feel like

[1:41:13] that we would be able do

[1:41:15] minimal design changes to make

[1:41:17] it fit the size and cost that

[1:41:21] we need now, then very shortly

[1:41:22] we'll have the property. And

[1:41:23] you said we can start

[1:41:26] proceeding plans. Yeah, sir.

[1:41:27] Yes, sir. Once we have

[1:41:29] everything recorded once we

[1:41:30] get our things know you and I

[1:41:33] did stipulate in my email to

[1:41:33] MR. Hay for that. We the

[1:41:34] quicker we can get this back

[1:41:35] and get it recorded. We can

[1:41:36] get that to our underwriter

[1:41:38] for the grant and then will we

[1:41:39] haven't been able to accept

[1:41:42] the grant yet we can to a

[1:41:43] grand acceptance to we have

[1:41:44] land acquisition done. They

[1:41:45] won't write the grant, but we

[1:41:46] we've been approved. We have

[1:41:47] the money. We just need to get

[1:41:50] that back to the board. So we

[1:41:51] will as I can get that

[1:41:52] recorded, we will start. And

[1:41:56] the grant will. The for how

[1:42:00] long. So the grant we've got,

[1:42:01] I think 3 years. I mean, I

[1:42:02] don't speak, but I think we

[1:42:04] have 3 years for that grant

[1:42:09] for the million dollars but we

[1:42:09] had 18 month study land

[1:42:10] acquisition. They gave us 18

[1:42:12] month window to get the land

[1:42:12] acquired and to move forward

[1:42:16] with the grant. So we've still

[1:42:17] got a little bit of time on

[1:42:17] that. But I don't want to use

[1:42:23] that time. It all possible.

[1:42:24] The hoax is we can move

[1:42:26] forward quickly as we can. Fit

[1:42:29] in chief. Yes, sir. And if

[1:42:29] anyone else questions,

[1:42:31] comments. Thank you,

[1:42:32] Commissioner is Jessica. You

[1:42:35] okay? MR. All right. Thank you

[1:42:40] all so much. Thank you. Okay,

[1:42:42] MISS Jessica, your So I just

[1:42:43] wanted to provide an update on

[1:42:44] our website. You MAY have

[1:42:46] noticed it with the

[1:42:48] >> agenda packet for 2 days.

[1:42:52] >> one of the

[1:42:53] >> contracts that was approved

[1:42:55] at a prior meeting was to move

[1:42:56] forward with the

[1:42:59] implementation and change our

[1:43:00] Web site provider as well as

[1:43:01] have additional modules. One

[1:43:05] of those models was what's

[1:43:08] called Doc Access. And

[1:43:28] searches the Web site website for

[1:43:29] pds throughout our Web site.

[1:43:33] And Tracy has been working

[1:43:34] diligently with the new

[1:43:35] provider to ensure we're

[1:43:36] moving forward with as many

[1:43:39] models as we can now before we

[1:43:40] implement the new website,

[1:43:45] it's not Tyler. Is it?

[1:43:46] >> civic plus, so just wanted

[1:43:50] to highlight that feature and

[1:43:55] >> another update. I wanted to

[1:43:56] provide and recommendation or

[1:43:59] for consideration. Is that and

[1:44:00] terms of the property tax

[1:44:04] reform, there are other

[1:44:06] counties that are having some

[1:44:07] initiatives and one of them is

[1:44:09] signs throughout the county

[1:44:13] saying what property tax

[1:44:17] dollars fund the Palm Beach

[1:44:18] County specifically has a

[1:44:24] mascot and certain signs

[1:44:25] throughout their county that

[1:44:26] say a certain park is funded

[1:44:27] by property tax dollars and so

[1:44:29] on and so forth. So we've

[1:44:30] created few mock-ups to see if

[1:44:31] this is something the board

[1:44:34] wants to consider. For the

[1:44:35] discretionary services that

[1:44:38] would be effective. Would be

[1:44:40] affected by the property tax

[1:44:41] reform, including Veterans

[1:44:43] Services, senior services,

[1:44:44] parks, buildings, so on and so

[1:44:49] forth. So Jared has been

[1:44:51] working on some markups are

[1:44:54] communications specialist and

[1:44:56] we have received some support

[1:44:57] from outside organizations to

[1:44:58] fund the signs. So it's not

[1:45:02] coming from our general to.

[1:45:08] Have these created.

[1:45:09] >> Good example is who saw the

[1:45:11] 5 o'clock news this morning.

[1:45:12] Martin counties come set shut

[1:45:15] down said they will shut down

[1:45:16] x amount of fire station coach

[1:45:19] of the number layoff like 40

[1:45:20] firefighters. Let the people

[1:45:21] know this is coverage can't do

[1:45:27] anymore. You know, and number

[1:45:28] that I remember when they head

[1:45:29] to Martin County commissioner

[1:45:33] here 16, missions. She said

[1:45:35] his first year they live

[1:45:36] 70 Million. So I mean, that's

[1:45:39] that's. If it if it passes to

[1:45:44] do that. So yeah, if we can

[1:45:45] anything, anything we can do

[1:45:47] to educate the people. And I

[1:45:47] think we're talk some more

[1:45:49] about the different

[1:45:49] possibilities. And

[1:45:53] commissioner comments. Did.

[1:45:54] After the meeting Monday

[1:45:54] night. I think we're all

[1:45:56] pretty much concerned. It. The

[1:46:00] legislators are British.

[1:46:00] Educated. Don't county budgets

[1:46:05] works.

[1:46:05] >> So with this format, is

[1:46:07] there a consensus to go ahead

[1:46:08] and move forward with some of

[1:46:09] these signs throughout the

[1:46:10] county, including when it's

[1:46:11] specific to a service will

[1:46:14] have some statistics on it. So

[1:46:14] for Veterans Services, you can

[1:46:17] see there that it highlights

[1:46:18] how many veterans we have in

[1:46:22] Okeechobee How many met?

[1:46:22] >> Throughout the fiscal past

[1:46:24] fiscal year and how many

[1:46:25] claims that were submitted. So

[1:46:25] we'll have some statistics

[1:46:28] when it is.

[1:46:28] >> Service specific, but for

[1:46:31] buildings in parks, it'll just

[1:46:33] to help with cost savings that

[1:46:36] will this park this building

[1:46:37] instead of being specific with

[1:46:37] the name of the park or

[1:46:39] building because as you get

[1:46:41] more specific, it increases

[1:46:46] the cost of the sign. So. Just

[1:46:46] want receive a consensus on

[1:46:48] moving forward with I'm all

[1:46:52] for it, uk but

[1:46:52] >> put one up at the hospital

[1:46:53] say we're not going spend

[1:46:54] million dollars Medicaid

[1:47:00] anymore. The steps of the

[1:47:01] road. Hope somebody pick ship

[1:47:08] goes to another county. If if

[1:47:09] we don't have it, we can't

[1:47:11] send it to And that's that's a

[1:47:12] mandate. A million dollars a

[1:47:17] year to state on Medicaid.

[1:47:18] >> All right. Thank you, chair

[1:47:22] And then for.

[1:47:23] >> The other item and worked

[1:47:26] on this topic. I create the

[1:47:27] letter. Do you want me to talk

[1:47:27] about that now? We want to

[1:47:31] wait until Cats. I did that.

[1:47:33] You have at the Dias here

[1:47:34] draft a letter based on some

[1:47:35] of the conversations that were

[1:47:38] had that the chair was just

[1:47:39] speaking about. And it does

[1:47:43] highlight provides more

[1:47:46] information, education on how

[1:47:48] the budget is formatted where

[1:47:51] property taxes actually lie in

[1:47:53] the reason for the

[1:47:54] year-over-year is usually due

[1:47:56] to grant funds or capital

[1:47:57] projects that we are funding

[1:48:00] that are not relative to the

[1:48:07] property tax amount. So this

[1:48:09] is formatted to center the

[1:48:10] legislators, but also I will

[1:48:13] pull some information from

[1:48:14] this, too post to the public

[1:48:19] as well. So if can get a

[1:48:20] consensus to have the chair

[1:48:24] sign To send it off to the

[1:48:32] legislators and move forward.

[1:48:34] It starts with identifying the

[1:48:37] grants has some bar charts in

[1:48:38] it throughout. And then it

[1:48:40] talks specifically about

[1:48:43] property taxes then talks

[1:48:45] about the mileage stewardship

[1:48:46] on how we are continuing to

[1:48:47] look at the mileage and

[1:48:50] decreased as we can MR.

[1:48:54] CHAIRMAN.

[1:48:55] >> So that was one of the

[1:48:57] things that's going to talk

[1:48:57] like commissioner comments,

[1:49:01] because I think I think if we

[1:49:02] have we've done, we try to do

[1:49:05] a good job of explaining where

[1:49:07] taxpayers money is utilized.

[1:49:11] Obviously we have. We had a

[1:49:12] situation last Monday night

[1:49:15] with we have a senator come in

[1:49:17] here and and speak the fact

[1:49:17] that are we seeing a lot of

[1:49:22] money. Unfortunately, senator,

[1:49:25] that that ever been in your

[1:49:29] place. She's never been on the

[1:49:33] And I think that I know we've

[1:49:35] talked to talk to the the new

[1:49:36] speaker of the House. Your son

[1:49:37] come to cut this coming in

[1:49:41] next year. And we had a brief

[1:49:41] conversation with Florida

[1:49:44] Association of counties, rebel

[1:49:45] to to how we look at taxes. I

[1:49:50] believe that. I really, truly

[1:49:52] believe that they need.

[1:49:55] >> a better education. And

[1:49:58] quit looking at what plays in

[1:50:01] goal. You was focused. Do

[1:50:04] order to get this property tax

[1:50:05] amendment on the on for the

[1:50:09] for the public. What he's done

[1:50:14] using Tabor, which is product

[1:50:15] that's been use. And Denver,

[1:50:19] Colorado, Colorado since 1992.

[1:50:21] It appears that we have some

[1:50:22] legislators that believe that

[1:50:24] they want to run a bill next

[1:50:26] next year to provide that same

[1:50:29] process. The process basically

[1:50:30] stipulates eu's give an

[1:50:35] example of 2020. Compared to

[1:50:35] 2024, whatever you'd like to

[1:50:39] do. At a little bit for

[1:50:41] population growth a little bit

[1:50:42] for inflation and whatever the

[1:50:42] difference is that what you

[1:50:48] wasted? Unfortunately. That

[1:50:49] has caused severe a brewer.

[1:50:53] Can taxpayers? It was meant

[1:50:53] cause severe poor and

[1:50:59] taxpayers. But unfortunately,

[1:50:59] people have no don't

[1:51:03] understand. Or they choose not

[1:51:06] to understand what we have to

[1:51:07] pay for services that

[1:51:09] Legislature pulls down on top

[1:51:11] of us, give you a good

[1:51:12] example. This morning I

[1:51:15] requested the breakout. Issue

[1:51:19] on the sheriff. He was asking

[1:51:21] for additional money for fuel

[1:51:24] and retirement expenses. He

[1:51:27] asked for that because on JULY

[1:51:28] one, the increases Frs, which

[1:51:30] is to retirement for.

[1:51:35] Officers. That we are going to

[1:51:37] pay, that we're liable to pay

[1:51:37] for because they've earned

[1:51:42] that. And the public needed to

[1:51:42] understand that amount of

[1:51:43] money ask for for these

[1:51:47] officers. To increase there

[1:51:51] their retirement was $98,000.

[1:51:54] Fuel was 85,000. He can't help

[1:51:56] to feel he can help. We have 4

[1:52:00] s increases. Because that's

[1:52:02] what we did this with these

[1:52:03] officers required to have a

[1:52:04] retirement when when they

[1:52:07] leave service. The general

[1:52:11] public doesn't see that or use

[1:52:12] of that. They don't see it.

[1:52:14] They don't understand it or

[1:52:14] maybe they just ignored. I

[1:52:17] don't know. But when we put

[1:52:21] put forth a tax and I know use

[1:52:21] this example appear on many

[1:52:26] times of my own tax bill. If

[1:52:29] somebody asked me I was for

[1:52:30] property, tax reform.

[1:52:30] Absolutely reduced by tax bill

[1:52:33] about 42%. So that's cool. Tax

[1:52:36] echo. Still got Waste

[1:52:38] management and fire and ems.

[1:52:41] But yes, it is a reduction.

[1:52:44] But I will tell you up front,

[1:52:45] I don't use the parks and

[1:52:46] recreation, but I got a bunch

[1:52:47] of people here use the parks

[1:52:51] and recreation. I don't go to

[1:52:53] the very often, but I have a

[1:52:53] lot of people in this

[1:52:54] community that utilize the

[1:52:59] library. Veteran services MAY

[1:53:00] be close to senior MAY make

[1:53:05] keep that in mind. People

[1:53:07] don't really understand what

[1:53:08] we fund in the in this

[1:53:09] community and how continue

[1:53:12] hear that your body and this

[1:53:14] is not so much even in this

[1:53:15] community here. But across the

[1:53:16] state of Florida. Governments

[1:53:21] are wasteful. I'm not naive

[1:53:24] enough to sit here and tell

[1:53:24] you their work is not

[1:53:25] something we could hear

[1:53:25] something we could reduce some

[1:53:29] given time. But but you just

[1:53:34] can't come in here and use. A

[1:53:37] sledgehammer. On this type of

[1:53:42] process. Now there's I don't

[1:53:43] get probably get this wrong.

[1:53:45] But there's a tax federation.

[1:53:48] Concept is supposed to be

[1:53:49] implemented next year are

[1:53:52] coming in to review. And

[1:53:53] personally, I think that's

[1:53:55] what should have been used. We

[1:53:58] have tried to do property tax

[1:53:59] reform in 3 days in the

[1:54:03] Legislature. 3 days. Now, I

[1:54:07] will say this Speaker of the

[1:54:08] House put forth a really good

[1:54:11] product. He wanted to. Reuse

[1:54:15] homestead exemption. In

[1:54:17] totality. Not phase it in not

[1:54:17] doing all these little things

[1:54:19] that bill Dustin just good and

[1:54:23] get it done. And personally, I

[1:54:25] would prefer just rip the

[1:54:25] Band-Aid off and get done with

[1:54:26] it. And then we figure out

[1:54:27] what we've got to do but

[1:54:30] trying to faces tough and it's

[1:54:30] very difficult for people to

[1:54:33] sit on this. Take us.

[1:54:34] Functionally understand we

[1:54:37] need tax reform. Sometimes I

[1:54:40] don't believe we're focused on

[1:54:41] what we really need to looking

[1:54:44] on. Tax reform. Just

[1:54:50] accounting. Tiny this up.

[1:54:50] We're doing the best we can

[1:54:57] here. I see I go. One

[1:54:58] individual here that chose to

[1:54:59] come here and listen to what

[1:55:03] we do today. He's working guy.

[1:55:04] He's sitting to use it in his

[1:55:05] audience all day. And listen

[1:55:07] to what we do because I asked

[1:55:10] him to one given time and he

[1:55:11] made some interesting post on

[1:55:15] Facebook. And these pull those

[1:55:15] back because he got an

[1:55:19] education. And I appreciate

[1:55:21] the individual being here

[1:55:22] because that's what it takes

[1:55:24] people to get involved to

[1:55:27] understand what we do up here.

[1:55:30] So when talk about, you know,

[1:55:33] just this letter, I think this

[1:55:34] letter is good I read through

[1:55:37] it and I think it's very good.

[1:55:38] But I think it should be

[1:55:38] published out to the

[1:55:43] communities. The community. To

[1:55:43] let people understand what

[1:55:45] we're doing up here in order

[1:55:47] to run this county. Because

[1:55:48] once in the fall, they need to

[1:55:53] understand this. Senior

[1:55:53] services, veteran services

[1:55:54] parks, recreation libraries.

[1:55:55] We are not by Florida statute

[1:55:58] committed to fund. We do not

[1:56:04] have to fund them. And in

[1:56:04] fact, be quite frankly, when

[1:56:06] they put this initially on

[1:56:07] course services that what we

[1:56:08] have to use the ad valorem

[1:56:11] taxes. The constitutional

[1:56:11] officers 40 or not, even in

[1:56:14] the bill. And we wrote letters

[1:56:20] to change it. 5 up. You're not

[1:56:23] going to not fund veteran

[1:56:24] services for senior services

[1:56:25] or parks recreation for like

[1:56:25] we're going figure out and do

[1:56:29] it. Some way somehow. Whatever

[1:56:30] the whatever is voted on. But

[1:56:34] I want to I think people as

[1:56:35] community should have a little

[1:56:39] bit more insight. And try to

[1:56:39] understand what we're doing

[1:56:45] and how we're doing it. They

[1:56:46] would. It would it would be at

[1:56:46] least a better picture for

[1:56:50] them to say that. Yeah, we

[1:56:51] continue to travel over this

[1:56:52] millage assessed values. We

[1:56:53] don't have control over

[1:56:56] airspace. We really do. But we

[1:56:57] have control over is what

[1:56:59] we've been controlling. For.

[1:57:01] For the for the most part. So

[1:57:02] I appreciate the letter. You

[1:57:09] did a good job on it. I would

[1:57:10] be the first one to make a

[1:57:13] motion to send this letter to

[1:57:13] the Legislature and make sure

[1:57:14] it goes should go to the

[1:57:15] speaker of the House. And to

[1:57:21] the Senate PRESIDENT. And then

[1:57:22] 2 who who are ready to our

[1:57:25] reps and our senator. Because

[1:57:27] I think sometimes people in

[1:57:31] Tallahassee needs to have a a

[1:57:32] clear understanding what we're

[1:57:36] going through here. Include in

[1:57:37] their son extend want a blaze.

[1:57:44] Also so he can get started. He

[1:57:47] had a mission. He accomplished

[1:57:48] his mission. I I'm just saying

[1:57:48] could include a you can do

[1:57:52] that. We have a motion. We

[1:57:56] have a second second, ok? For

[1:57:57] discussion.

[1:58:01] >> Like the letter. But what's

[1:58:03] so hard to understand about

[1:58:04] government budgets, you know,

[1:58:05] in a real world, we have as

[1:58:07] says, and we have liabilities

[1:58:09] and the words that I said,

[1:58:11] don't you know, you have.

[1:58:13] Incomes say, you know what,

[1:58:15] you but you can spend that

[1:58:17] year, you know, and you really

[1:58:17] only keep some for reserves.

[1:58:18] She had to make sure

[1:58:23] everything's covered. If we

[1:58:30] don't have grants escalate and

[1:58:31] that's what happens in grants,

[1:58:32] the financing of the jail.

[1:58:34] Everything goes on top of it.

[1:58:34] And I don't take legislators

[1:58:37] have a clue and other good at

[1:58:39] respect for them. I mean, I

[1:58:40] don't think they've ever been.

[1:58:42] And local government. It

[1:58:43] doesn't make sense of what we

[1:58:48] have to calculate it. You know

[1:58:49] it. But salon where and we're

[1:58:50] going by. But but what really

[1:58:52] like to see is this is this is

[1:58:55] our income. Take out the

[1:58:57] grants. Check out things. This

[1:59:00] is what we fund and, you know,

[1:59:01] find out it's a whole lot less

[1:59:07] than 106. Change MAY rel most

[1:59:08] to let little below

[1:59:08] 200 million dollars just as a

[1:59:11] big there's a big difference.

[1:59:12] And I don't have to get that

[1:59:13] out to the people of the

[1:59:14] legislators, but they needed

[1:59:14] that they need to have a have.

[1:59:19] I mean. I'd be surprised if

[1:59:20] they have to go to ethics. We

[1:59:21] have good that every year, but

[1:59:23] I'd like to see them take a

[1:59:25] course in the fight and in the

[1:59:25] financing said they'd

[1:59:26] understand what we do it

[1:59:28] because when they turned out,

[1:59:29] they want to come back and do

[1:59:36] our Do that. But the part that

[1:59:38] amaze me was to comment that

[1:59:39] Legislature made Monday night

[1:59:42] said that this does pass.

[1:59:43] We're going take it to the tax

[1:59:43] reform group that meets what

[1:59:45] every 10 years we're going go

[1:59:50] in a That's like saying, you

[1:59:51] know, if you put a referendum

[1:59:55] out there for one cent sales

[1:59:57] tax for both fails and the

[1:59:58] people voted down and we do it

[1:59:59] ourselves. I mean, that that

[1:59:59] makes no sense to me is is

[2:00:02] that kind of add to that?

[2:00:04] That's that's what we're faced

[2:00:05] with We're going to go one way

[2:00:07] or the other. And she was very

[2:00:07] plain about and they're super

[2:00:08] nice lady. I'm not I'm not

[2:00:10] taking anything away from her.

[2:00:13] But and she was very plain

[2:00:16] about. We have to regulate

[2:00:19] local government. That's what

[2:00:23] we're up against. You know.

[2:00:24] Jeff Brandes made a good

[2:00:28] comment. And it was on x the

[2:00:29] other day and brandished is a

[2:00:34] former senator and he's going

[2:00:34] >> speaker is been speaking,

[2:00:37] spoke at our conference. He

[2:00:38] said this is not about money

[2:00:40] any longer. This is about

[2:00:44] power. This is about power

[2:00:46] from sitting in Tallahassee

[2:00:50] and controlling things. And

[2:00:51] it's also biggest comment. Was

[2:00:54] this just see initial aspect

[2:00:59] of socialist type of approach?

[2:01:00] And he made that very clear

[2:01:01] on. And I think that really

[2:01:01] believes that because he's

[2:01:04] been there. And if you take a

[2:01:07] look at it, appears that so.

[2:01:11] They they want to control.

[2:01:13] Cities and municipality's. And

[2:01:18] counties from Tallahassee. And

[2:01:19] I know when I talked to

[2:01:21] Garrison speaker of the House

[2:01:26] he'd Erie did not to. The

[2:01:27] shot. He didn't shy away from

[2:01:28] approach too much. But he did

[2:01:28] show you say that he was going

[2:01:29] to give us that they would

[2:01:32] give a They give us all the

[2:01:33] tools that we needed in order

[2:01:34] to do what we need to do out

[2:01:39] here. So took that is yes, we

[2:01:40] can do special assessments. We

[2:01:41] can do whatever we want to

[2:01:42] hear in order to back to

[2:01:45] whatever money. So that which

[2:01:46] doesn't doesn't really prove

[2:01:48] anything one way or the other.

[2:01:50] Take shift. It's just attack

[2:01:51] shift. And that's what I told

[2:01:54] him. The media's attack shift

[2:01:56] to non ad valorem tax payers

[2:01:59] when social a blame shift.

[2:02:01] Well, it's been a blank ship

[2:02:03] constantly. But you something

[2:02:04] had we try to fight it. You

[2:02:07] know, to be honest, and I'm

[2:02:07] not going to fight it longer.

[2:02:09] And I think the commissioner

[2:02:11] come out this morning and

[2:02:15] Martin County. He basically

[2:02:16] said it was going to cause 114

[2:02:17] firefighters are going to be

[2:02:21] laid off next not want to do

[2:02:22] that. He but they're going

[2:02:22] they're there. We're going to

[2:02:23] figure a way to try to avoid

[2:02:24] it. But that's what they're

[2:02:27] trying to force our hand.

[2:02:27] Everybody says now what you're

[2:02:33] you're crying, wolf. That's

[2:02:35] that's the menu and social

[2:02:35] media and the news crying,

[2:02:39] Wolf. Because now, you know,

[2:02:40] you're gonna you need to

[2:02:43] tighten your belts. And MR.

[2:02:48] I'm sorry. Couldn't agree. MR.

[2:02:53] And Commissioner Burrows a

[2:02:54] well stories and touched on.

[2:02:54] But but mention something

[2:02:57] that.

[2:02:58] >> We've been fighting for

[2:03:00] several years. And that's how

[2:03:04] to retain local control.

[2:03:05] Because people don't run into

[2:03:09] their state. Senators Walmart.

[2:03:10] Or at the at the barbershop or

[2:03:12] to feed store where we hear

[2:03:15] from everybody all the time.

[2:03:18] You know, it's a great thing.

[2:03:19] This local government is the

[2:03:23] closest to the people.

[2:03:25] Tallahassee has been trying to

[2:03:28] wrestle control. Of local

[2:03:29] government for several years.

[2:03:33] And we fight it every year. So

[2:03:36] the I've told people This tax

[2:03:38] reform bills, not about

[2:03:38] property taxes. It's about

[2:03:43] control. All about control of

[2:03:43] the state trying to take

[2:03:45] control local government.

[2:03:53] It's. It's a lot different.

[2:03:53] The other states, senator,

[2:03:54] that being a county

[2:03:55] commissioner, we get phone

[2:03:56] calls from our friends and

[2:03:57] neighbors and people. We know

[2:04:01] people we don't know. It's

[2:04:02] hard to go into the grocery

[2:04:04] store, something that not have

[2:04:05] some way staff. A I got I've

[2:04:13] got a problem. So. This food

[2:04:14] that this is a like hidden

[2:04:15] agenda in mind in my mind that

[2:04:18] this is all about. Taking

[2:04:23] local shift in its

[2:04:25] Tallahassee. And to me this,

[2:04:25] what was buried in this tax

[2:04:29] reform bill from day one. And

[2:04:34] i still believe it 100%. It's

[2:04:35] it's I think it's starting to

[2:04:36] come light. Some people are to

[2:04:37] see. So that's what this is

[2:04:41] all about. Another thing,

[2:04:43] people notice it. We don't pay

[2:04:48] taxes too. Every commissioner

[2:04:49] here has has has property in

[2:04:51] this county that we pay taxes

[2:04:52] owed love month. Nothing more

[2:05:01] than it paid There's a Acosta

[2:05:06] live Society and educate our

[2:05:09] youth take care of over a

[2:05:12] people live here. Most people

[2:05:13] don't know that we are seeing

[2:05:16] are services feeds

[2:05:17] approximately 125 people a

[2:05:20] day. Delivers, I mean,

[2:05:21] delivers or meals. They also

[2:05:23] feed people in the at the

[2:05:25] senior services department.

[2:05:27] And food is cooked. By the

[2:05:29] sheriff's Department. In the

[2:05:32] in the kitchen. At the jail.

[2:05:36] And this is all stuff that if

[2:05:37] you have somebody, should we

[2:05:37] stop feeding the people that

[2:05:38] can't get out and go get food

[2:05:41] will know you can't do that.

[2:05:44] But most people don't realize

[2:05:44] that's their tax dollars goes

[2:05:47] to that. It funds supervisor

[2:05:49] of elections. Your tax dollars

[2:05:53] to. Pays electric bill there

[2:05:57] and it in for toilet paper and

[2:05:58] copy paper and everything that

[2:06:00] operate. Our election system.

[2:06:04] Is paid for by your county.

[2:06:08] So. Every building that that

[2:06:09] these people are in 3rd

[2:06:10] biggest, some state

[2:06:14] assistance. But the county's

[2:06:15] the county owns the buildings

[2:06:16] and maintains the building's

[2:06:18] fixes air conditioners and the

[2:06:18] in the in the plumbing leak

[2:06:21] soon. All of that stuff to

[2:06:26] keep cogs in in this and this

[2:06:27] machine going so people can

[2:06:29] have. The the freedoms that

[2:06:36] they want. Any further

[2:06:41] discussion. All in favor of

[2:06:42] the motion say Aye. Aye. All

[2:06:44] opposed. Nay motion carries

[2:06:45] unanimously.

[2:06:46] >> Sorry about that. Missed.

[2:06:48] Just can we went down the

[2:06:49] rabbit trail? That's okay open

[2:06:52] the whole idea

[2:06:54] >> The update I have is just a

[2:06:57] month. A report for JUNE 2026.

[2:06:58] So I'm just going to go

[2:07:00] through that. You have it here

[2:07:01] at the diocese. And we do have

[2:07:03] this published on the website

[2:07:07] as well on a monthly basis.

[2:07:08] And public works in the month

[2:07:11] of JUNE. 971 acres of right of

[2:07:13] way mowing occurred. 91

[2:07:14] potholes repaired 50 road

[2:07:16] signs were replaced or

[2:07:18] repaired and senior services.

[2:07:23] We had 1486 meals delivered

[2:07:26] 1149 in-home supportive

[2:07:30] services provided and 384

[2:07:31] congregate meals and community

[2:07:33] development. We had a little

[2:07:36] over 17,586 and find revenue

[2:07:39] and 184 code enforcement cases

[2:07:42] for public safety. There was

[2:07:44] 902 and fire rescue. There was

[2:07:47] 908 training hours and 534

[2:07:49] total calls for 9-1-1. There

[2:07:52] was a total of 1798 calls to

[2:07:57] 9-1-1, and 14 text to 9-1-1.

[2:07:58] And veteran service says there

[2:08:01] was over 200 meetings with

[2:08:04] veterans and 33 claim

[2:08:04] submitted and the lie very

[2:08:05] during their summer reading

[2:08:09] program. They have 1200 books,

[2:08:10] friend and the airport had

[2:08:13] over 7900 aircraft operations

[2:08:14] and a little over 1100 fb o

[2:08:22] operations. For budget and

[2:08:24] procurement in the month of

[2:08:26] JUNE. Invitation to bid for

[2:08:28] Darryl f jurors pickleball

[2:08:33] courts was finalized. And and

[2:08:35] human resources. We welcome 4

[2:08:36] new full time employees in

[2:08:36] this morning as the Sun on

[2:08:42] employees. So think? For

[2:08:44] airport and Commerce Park, the

[2:08:46] fuel operations related to

[2:08:49] service revenue increased by

[2:08:50] 25.5% as compared to last

[2:08:53] month. Last year's JUNE 2025.

[2:08:55] And the total revenues 35,004

[2:09:02] 84. For facilities during the

[2:09:03] month of JUNE and staff

[2:09:04] completed the grant close out

[2:09:05] for the Agra Civic Center Eats

[2:09:08] Roof Extension Project and

[2:09:09] they assisted the grant close

[2:09:10] out for the fire stations, one

[2:09:14] into hardening projects. The

[2:09:14] division also executed the

[2:09:15] construction contract for the

[2:09:18] solid waste building. We had

[2:09:20] over 141 work orders generated

[2:09:22] in facilities in over 2000

[2:09:24] labor hours as well as 147

[2:09:28] work orders completed and the

[2:09:30] cemetery. There is 13 in

[2:09:33] tournaments. 29 mar counts and

[2:09:34] 22 consultations and within

[2:09:35] code enforcement we over 2500

[2:09:38] and lean search revenue. And

[2:09:43] 17 cases to the magistrate.

[2:09:44] For Public works. One item

[2:09:47] that wasn't mentioned there

[2:09:49] was around 11 covert repairs

[2:09:50] completed as well as 24

[2:09:54] driveway permits.

[2:09:55] >> And community services at

[2:09:57] the Agora Civic Center. There

[2:10:00] was 7 events. The library had

[2:10:05] 56,000 summer meals provided.

[2:10:07] >> And and the parks and

[2:10:10] recreation had over 230 field

[2:10:13] rentals. Senior services had

[2:10:14] 104 transports to services and

[2:10:18] 53 case management hours,

[2:10:20] tourism develop department had

[2:10:21] 2 events as well as currently

[2:10:24] 40 participating businesses.

[2:10:27] And then Cho be program. For

[2:10:31] uf and ag Extension. There was

[2:10:32] 33 attendees and the h 2, 0,

[2:10:34] camp one. And 46 in the h 2, o

[2:10:35] camp too. And 16 ag Summer

[2:10:39] camp attendees. And

[2:10:41] communications. We had over

[2:10:42] 425,000 views on Facebook.

[2:10:44] 32,000 views for the budget

[2:10:47] videos. 41,000 views through

[2:10:50] videos developed for tourism,

[2:10:53] which provides a 203% increase

[2:10:53] in engagement sand. 25%

[2:10:55] increase and followers. And

[2:10:58] then emergency management.

[2:11:00] There was a visit to the nws

[2:11:01] Melbourne to enhance

[2:11:05] coordination. A partnership

[2:11:06] with Port St. Lucie Air

[2:11:10] Rescue. There's a photo here.

[2:11:11] Showing the helicopter trauma

[2:11:16] alert. Patients partnership

[2:11:16] that we have where they could

[2:11:17] be rapidly transported to

[2:11:24] trauma centers. We've been

[2:11:25] busy spare time. Just charges

[2:11:30] to your letter.

[2:11:31] >> and what we're doing I want

[2:11:32] to compliment you. And and and

[2:11:33] Jaire did that for about a

[2:11:33] good job. You know, didn't

[2:11:37] want own the.

[2:11:39] >> I think this is a good

[2:11:40] opportunity to continue doing

[2:11:42] that, to let the people know

[2:11:44] not only with the science of

[2:11:45] social media, vape, your

[2:11:45] workmates just because you all

[2:11:47] work together. The net. To put

[2:11:48] the word out there it I think

[2:11:49] it was really good. Ate what

[2:11:54] Joe did. Thank you. Anything

[2:12:01] >> MR. Nelson. Thank you,

[2:12:01] chair. I just got a few things

[2:12:04] I want to bring So on JULY,

[2:12:05] 30th fdot will be having their

[2:12:07] 200 and 50th anniversary

[2:12:10] display.

[2:12:11] >> Here across the street,

[2:12:12] it's a mobile display. They'll

[2:12:13] be setting up. It'll be open

[2:12:18] to the public. Around 10

[2:12:20] o'clock. They will be having a

[2:12:20] great event will be open again

[2:12:24] to the 11 to one. They'll

[2:12:25] start breaking down around one

[2:12:27] to 2. So it will be open to

[2:12:28] the public from around 10 to

[2:12:30] one. And that's a display.

[2:12:32] Fdot will be setting up in the

[2:12:36] parking lot across the street

[2:12:36] and then they'll break down

[2:12:37] and leave within the same day.

[2:12:38] So just wanted to make sure

[2:12:39] the public's aware that's

[2:12:40] coming. It will be on our

[2:12:42] website. We literally got the

[2:12:44] actual dates and times

[2:12:46] yesterday. So we've been

[2:12:47] discussing this for them for a

[2:12:48] while, but it we did finally

[2:12:49] get confirmation yesterday on

[2:12:50] the Times and and what how

[2:12:53] it's going to play out. Also,

[2:12:54] I would like to just bring up

[2:12:57] a couple of things. Couple

[2:12:58] other things. One of them

[2:13:02] sorry. As you all know, you

[2:13:04] know, we had some events here

[2:13:05] locally last week last

[2:13:07] weekend, one of those I like

[2:13:08] to bring up is, you know, they

[2:13:11] did have airboat. Race bill

[2:13:16] down at Lock 7 that was a

[2:13:18] significant turnout. There was

[2:13:21] actually logged 3,200

[2:13:21] visitors. We're lot for that

[2:13:25] event. You know, moving

[2:13:26] forward week, we have a better

[2:13:27] idea of what they have coming.

[2:13:29] So we will be structuring that

[2:13:32] that with them a little bit

[2:13:33] better because think for

[2:13:33] everybody was a big surprise

[2:13:37] of the amount of people who

[2:13:38] came. The average dwelling

[2:13:40] there was 175 minutes. So I

[2:13:41] mean, that's a significant

[2:13:43] amount time that people stayed

[2:13:47] at that site during that

[2:13:48] event. So, you know, there was

[2:13:48] a lot of really good things

[2:13:51] that came from that we looked

[2:13:54] at the economic impact,

[2:13:55] Jacqueline and and Matt, it

[2:13:58] provided me this information

[2:13:59] just from the economic impact

[2:13:59] that they were able for a

[2:14:05] one-day event 300 or $235,000

[2:14:06] in economic impact that

[2:14:08] brought into county for that

[2:14:10] day so they can tell when they

[2:14:11] go to Publix, they can tell

[2:14:14] when they go to McDonalds,

[2:14:15] those people who are logged on

[2:14:17] that site, they can actually

[2:14:17] let tell you every place they

[2:14:21] go throughout the day by data

[2:14:22] that's provided. So they can

[2:14:24] tell me how many people are at

[2:14:24] McDonald's. They can tell me

[2:14:26] if they stayed overnight at a

[2:14:28] hotel. I mean, the data that

[2:14:29] the data collection were able

[2:14:31] to get on. That is pretty

[2:14:33] impressive. And I would like

[2:14:33] to thank them for that. And

[2:14:37] and also the promoter for

[2:14:39] bringing that here. I mean,

[2:14:40] that's that's something that

[2:14:40] was here as I was a child. I

[2:14:43] know or younger. And it kind

[2:14:44] of disappeared in to see that

[2:14:45] back here, I think is a really

[2:14:45] good thing and we'll be

[2:14:48] working with them to try to

[2:14:50] help them get back here for

[2:14:52] more events. And then also,

[2:14:52] you know, there are some local

[2:14:55] business owners who did help

[2:14:56] with that. You know, we had a

[2:14:57] local business owner. I would

[2:14:59] like to thank them for

[2:15:01] stepping up because it was

[2:15:01] such a short notice. The

[2:15:02] county didn't get the permits.

[2:15:03] Everything from the vendor

[2:15:07] until Friday afternoon. Local

[2:15:08] then there came out and

[2:15:09] provide a portal. It at no

[2:15:12] cost to the vendor or the

[2:15:13] county. So, you know, not that

[2:15:15] those participations we see

[2:15:16] locally that they're so

[2:15:18] enthusiastic to come in and

[2:15:21] help. Not just the county, not

[2:15:23] just county itself, but the

[2:15:24] promoters to bring in those

[2:15:27] types of events pretty neat. C

[2:15:28] so I would like to thank

[2:15:30] everybody who was involved in

[2:15:30] making that happen. And I look

[2:15:31] forward to that being a

[2:15:35] long-term partnership with not

[2:15:35] just that entity, but

[2:15:36] hopefully others to do the

[2:15:40] same type stuff because that's

[2:15:40] the goal. That's our goal is

[2:15:41] to make the you know, it's

[2:15:43] it's not really revenue for

[2:15:44] the county. I know people look

[2:15:46] at it like, you know, what is

[2:15:48] that? It's it's what it brings

[2:15:49] an economically. And that was

[2:15:49] a significant for a one-day

[2:15:55] event. Justin has that don't

[2:15:55] impact your your ability to

[2:15:56] have all the people they want

[2:15:59] put your fence up.

[2:15:59] >> So my fence, it won't

[2:16:00] impact. They'll still have

[2:16:04] entrance and exits to that to

[2:16:05] that same site, we're not

[2:16:07] restricting any of that grass

[2:16:08] area. What we're restricting

[2:16:09] is those accept having

[2:16:11] multiple access points, they

[2:16:12] will still be able to access

[2:16:14] from through the air. But

[2:16:15] launch has a turnout that will

[2:16:20] turn out onto the grass area.

[2:16:22] So we there is no restriction

[2:16:24] and that does I'm But what it

[2:16:26] does restrict is it restricts

[2:16:26] the guy who wants to take his

[2:16:28] truck jump off the edge of the

[2:16:29] of the concrete and create

[2:16:32] those significantly huge

[2:16:33] washout will be able to

[2:16:35] control all of that. Now with

[2:16:36] the fencing. So the areas

[2:16:38] still going to be open to the

[2:16:40] public. We still have will

[2:16:41] have walked 3 passes through

[2:16:42] the fencing from one end all

[2:16:44] the way to the other. It's

[2:16:45] just going to be vehicles to

[2:16:47] get to that space walk,

[2:16:50] shifty, use that designated

[2:16:52] entrance. And that was part of

[2:16:54] what the court wanted to see.

[2:16:57] Also as to try to help control

[2:16:59] some of the turbidity in the

[2:17:01] other things. So they are but

[2:17:03] launch will actually improve

[2:17:05] that for those people who use

[2:17:05] and use it for the right

[2:17:09] purposes. So we will still

[2:17:10] have a significant amount of

[2:17:11] travel watch area there. I

[2:17:13] mean, we're Terry, we're

[2:17:14] taking a very minimal amount

[2:17:15] of dry watch out with the

[2:17:20] actual but launch so and it

[2:17:22] will get it will give a better

[2:17:22] opportunity to not have to be

[2:17:25] down there fixed an burnouts

[2:17:26] and mud holes that people

[2:17:29] created. So pretty excited to

[2:17:30] see that that move forward.

[2:17:33] Working with the Army Corps to

[2:17:34] go ahead and get are finalized

[2:17:35] to to set that date. I think

[2:17:40] we have a preliminary date for

[2:17:42] preconstruction meeting for

[2:17:44] AUGUST 13th. We're just

[2:17:44] waiting on a few things back

[2:17:45] from the court. If that works

[2:17:50] with their schedule. Other

[2:17:51] than that, that's really all I

[2:17:52] have. But I would like to say

[2:17:52] we do have a staff member

[2:17:58] who's out you in the hospital,

[2:17:59] if everyone could please pray

[2:18:01] for them and their family,

[2:18:01] they someone who's very

[2:18:05] important to this to this

[2:18:06] establishment and very good

[2:18:08] friend to all of us. So if you

[2:18:09] could, please just pray on

[2:18:14] their behalf. So I got chief.

[2:18:19] Yes, sir. Thank CHAIRMAN.

[2:18:19] >> Also want to give a shout

[2:18:22] out the parks and Recs staff

[2:18:23] for those events. They went

[2:18:26] off very well. I was happy

[2:18:28] with them. Issues come issues

[2:18:30] but thoughts come up and also

[2:18:31] have been coming around for a

[2:18:33] couple years that between the

[2:18:33] sheriff and I on public safety

[2:18:35] and some of these events and I

[2:18:37] reached out to Justin Staff

[2:18:41] and and they really jumped on

[2:18:42] it. Specialist Shannon

[2:18:44] wrangling, all of those people

[2:18:44] to create an appointment that

[2:18:45] they work for all of our

[2:18:47] calendars. But for the first

[2:18:49] time, a long time, it really

[2:18:50] felt like all the departments

[2:18:52] are clicking together. So that

[2:18:54] was it's just it's just good

[2:18:55] to see things coming together

[2:18:56] at. I appreciate all the staff

[2:18:58] together with that being said,

[2:19:02] the been trying to. And bed

[2:19:03] myself in the community

[2:19:03] development with the

[2:19:04] restructuring of bin over

[2:19:05] visiting with those and but

[2:19:09] time spent with Bill and Beth

[2:19:10] and Kevin and the page the

[2:19:13] whole group group over there.

[2:19:15] I'm excited to see some of the

[2:19:16] things that that I want to be

[2:19:17] able to to to help transform

[2:19:19] over there that the staff is.

[2:19:19] It is anxious is probably not

[2:19:22] the word excited about some

[2:19:25] stuff that we think we can get

[2:19:25] done. There and improve the

[2:19:28] services for the community.

[2:19:30] Already working hard. And I

[2:19:32] think of with a little bit of

[2:19:33] some just implementing some of

[2:19:34] their ideas. I'm excited to

[2:19:35] see some of the things that

[2:19:38] are going to happen over there

[2:19:39] other than that tomorrow night

[2:19:40] we're having another family

[2:19:41] night Fire rescue at the

[2:19:42] pavilion. 6 o'clock.

[2:19:43] Everybody's course. Always

[2:19:47] welcome. But our Ashley Peas

[2:19:49] are double from harassment. So

[2:19:49] we're excited about that.

[2:19:51] That's growing in. The

[2:19:51] families are excited. We're

[2:19:52] going to set up the bounce

[2:19:53] house in the water slide for

[2:19:54] the kids. Looking forward to

[2:20:00] that. And that's all I got.

[2:20:04] >> First, the level of permit.

[2:20:05] Ms Smith in a code enforcement

[2:20:06] staff. But when I looked over

[2:20:08] that, special measures since

[2:20:10] last, I mean, it's you'd have

[2:20:13] to have a role paper to put it

[2:20:14] all that's going in and a lot

[2:20:16] of good things happening there

[2:20:19] now. Think that we probably

[2:20:21] need to give them some

[2:20:21] support. If they bring back

[2:20:22] some time and talk about the

[2:20:24] food truck issue, it would it

[2:20:28] would be great let's find out

[2:20:29] what the rules are, what

[2:20:30] they're not. If there's

[2:20:31] anything we can do to support

[2:20:32] them in their efforts keeping

[2:20:37] him. Within the regulations,

[2:20:38] it be making it pretty

[2:20:42] yesterday. Also, I would like

[2:20:44] to talk about the there's 2

[2:20:45] different levels of U.S.

[2:20:48] Development. There's a one for

[2:20:49] the family, minimum Scipione

[2:20:50] over 100 acres. And I

[2:20:50] understand if you divide out,

[2:20:56] you give you relative. 5 or 10

[2:20:57] acres in. You have to put a

[2:20:59] road into it. You can go

[2:21:00] around the wetlands and can

[2:21:01] you can make sure that thanks

[2:21:02] to comply. But the other one

[2:21:07] we have de minimis just

[2:21:08] regular diminished development

[2:21:09] and so situation where day

[2:21:12] with a landowner came before

[2:21:15] they planning board and ask

[2:21:19] for zoning change especially

[2:21:21] exception. And it was denied

[2:21:22] and the neighbors had a

[2:21:26] problem with the drainage. And

[2:21:28] then I was told, well, can go

[2:21:29] do it to men of a split

[2:21:31] country lots and do nothing.

[2:21:32] And they would, you know,

[2:21:34] they'll never be in a drainage

[2:21:35] consideration of whatever. I

[2:21:36] think it's time that we talk

[2:21:37] about this and make sure that

[2:21:39] would. It says it's a cheap

[2:21:43] way of doing a flat. Is what

[2:21:45] it is. You know, you can do it

[2:21:45] or you can do is free and

[2:21:46] never and tree spent on and

[2:21:48] never touch it. And I think

[2:21:50] that we need to look out for

[2:21:53] the neighbors. You know, if

[2:21:54] piece of property between

[2:21:56] commissioners here and I'm in

[2:21:57] the middle you decide to block

[2:21:58] my range. Nothing can happen

[2:22:02] with that. If we don't have an

[2:22:03] agreement going in. So that's

[2:22:04] what I'm asking for is if we

[2:22:05] get a chance to bring that

[2:22:06] back in and work on added at a

[2:22:11] later time, maybe pre she ate

[2:22:14] MR. Royce, I'm good. Okay.

[2:22:21] Change in air.

[2:22:21] >> Chair board very briefly,

[2:22:22] all start, as I always do with

[2:22:26] the ot roadwatch. The only

[2:22:27] things really going on Paul

[2:22:30] hardening. Over headline

[2:22:34] hardening fpnl hardening along

[2:22:35] the corridors of U.S.. 98

[2:22:39] State Road 74. 41 just very

[2:22:41] briefly, an update of what's

[2:22:42] happening from the county

[2:22:48] perspective. On Berman Road

[2:22:50] Project. We had a very good

[2:22:52] meeting in the field with dp

[2:22:57] We're updating our wetland

[2:22:59] jurisdictions and getting our

[2:22:59] mitigation plans prep for

[2:23:01] Berman to get that back in and

[2:23:05] then we'll roll right into the

[2:23:07] outfalls with fpnl and

[2:23:08] everything on spot in the sun

[2:23:13] and 4 seasons. The other quick

[2:23:17] update on Lofton Road is the

[2:23:19] contractors now installed on

[2:23:20] the pipe that need to be done.

[2:23:20] He is working on providing

[2:23:24] those areas on the curbs. He

[2:23:25] is also stepped up and

[2:23:26] indicating that he would help

[2:23:27] with patching some potholes

[2:23:30] that are in the project in the

[2:23:32] southern end that we get

[2:23:33] complaints on looking forward

[2:23:36] to seeing that happen shortly.

[2:23:36] Here to answer any questions

[2:23:40] you MAY have.

[2:23:42] >> What your thoughts on

[2:23:43] repairs on regime. And I've

[2:23:45] had a chance to be there yet.

[2:23:47] So we yet know. Just I spoke.

[2:23:47] I think what we need to do and

[2:23:50] I think that we're ordering it

[2:23:52] right now. It's just sent some

[2:23:53] temporary flow of the to fill

[2:23:56] in the void says best we can.

[2:23:58] >> That, as you know, Lamb

[2:23:58] island to bridge is one of the

[2:23:59] 5 that we have. The 2.5

[2:24:01] million dollar Grant, 2

[2:24:05] improve.

[2:24:08] >> Slowly making our way

[2:24:09] through the grant

[2:24:10] requirements. They are also

[2:24:12] requiring some environmental

[2:24:12] stuff before.

[2:24:14] >> They released us to go to

[2:24:15] bed. We're still hoping to be

[2:24:16] able to go to bed in the next

[2:24:20] couple of months on that we

[2:24:22] will do a repair on it. We'll

[2:24:24] do an inspection after the

[2:24:25] repair and we'll see where

[2:24:28] that goes.

[2:24:29] >> I people sent me a photo of

[2:24:31] it. If you need it.

[2:24:32] >> Yeah, no, I was sent photos

[2:24:36] yesterday and I think a quick

[2:24:36] full the Phyllis probably the

[2:24:38] best answer. For the time

[2:24:43] being.

[2:24:44] >> Just to kind of lab or a

[2:24:44] little more on that. We we've

[2:24:45] already got that of a current

[2:24:47] in place today and we have

[2:24:50] fulfill coming tomorrow. We

[2:24:52] tried to get it today. We just

[2:24:52] could not get could not get

[2:24:55] material on site today, but

[2:24:55] they do have truck scheduled

[2:24:59] for us for tomorrow unless

[2:25:00] something changes. We should

[2:25:02] start backfilling outflow feel

[2:25:03] tomorrow just for a temporary

[2:25:05] repair until we can get the

[2:25:06] full grant money in place to

[2:25:10] do that years. We are working.

[2:25:12] And what I'll probably do is

[2:25:15] at the flow of Bill fulfill is

[2:25:15] in place.

[2:25:16] >> Is have my structural

[2:25:17] consultant go back out and

[2:25:20] look at it again. But I want

[2:25:22] to we wanted it safe ride up

[2:25:23] front and then we'll take a

[2:25:24] look at any additional things

[2:25:26] will need be done over and

[2:25:28] above what's in the plans

[2:25:32] right now for repair that?

[2:25:33] >> It bridges always taken

[2:25:34] beating because of the

[2:25:34] approaches. Do not match up

[2:25:38] and jump opponent and

[2:25:39] >> that's that's going to be

[2:25:40] repaired with with the update

[2:25:43] to the plants. But we will

[2:25:47] have that done shortly.

[2:25:48] >> Any questions, comments

[2:25:51] think? Thank you, sir. MR.

[2:25:54] Attorney. Nothing at this

[2:25:59] time. MISTER Chair. Get a

[2:26:02] discount very shortly.

[2:26:04] >> Want to piggyback on what

[2:26:05] MISTER Nelson said. It's to

[2:26:06] keep that employee in your

[2:26:08] thoughts and prayers. Very

[2:26:10] vital member of this team. So

[2:26:11] hoping for a speedy recovery.

[2:26:16] There clarification I have on

[2:26:19] my calendar. The 2 AUGUST

[2:26:20] meeting dates as 13th with the

[2:26:23] 20th being a if we need this.

[2:26:24] But we now clearly need it

[2:26:26] because we've scheduled all

[2:26:28] those for 9 o'clock on that

[2:26:31] 20th. So just anybody else had

[2:26:34] that as as needed didn't hear

[2:26:35] earlier. We will have both

[2:26:36] those meetings in AUGUST. We

[2:26:37] don't need it. Why just said

[2:26:43] because? We have to. Help me

[2:26:44] with my term we have the

[2:26:48] public hearings or

[2:26:49] >> What? Lisa just premiered

[2:26:51] fire ems, solid waste

[2:26:53] assessments as well as 5

[2:26:54] o'clock note 9, Oh, okay.

[2:26:55] Going to 9 o'clock. Yes. So

[2:26:57] that meeting is now. Doesn't

[2:26:59] the 13th and 20th Back weeks.

[2:27:02] Okay.

[2:27:03] >> Because there are other 1,

[2:27:12] 2, 4, Later on and SEPTEMBER.

[2:27:13] The director is going 10, to

[2:27:15] 20 well that the there was a

[2:27:16] time we discussed only haven't

[2:27:20] won in AUGUST. And that was

[2:27:20] the 13 of the 20 that was put

[2:27:21] on our calendar in case in

[2:27:22] case has reared its head. You

[2:27:23] don't keep Labor Day like it

[2:27:26] was.

[2:27:27] >> Providing the calendar

[2:27:28] change directly. Get 13th to

[2:27:33] the 20th, right? Thank you for

[2:27:34] bringing that anything else?

[2:27:35] No. Sure that MISTER Good

[2:27:38] Bread.

[2:27:42] >> First of all, wish.

[2:27:42] Commissioner DeCarlo belated

[2:27:45] happy birthday. Few days ago

[2:27:50] last week. Again, prayers for

[2:27:51] you know, our team member in

[2:27:57] the hospital. Thank you for

[2:27:58] put the page numbers on the

[2:28:06] agenda. 10 years of doing that

[2:28:07] every morning. That sort of

[2:28:08] make a Thank you very much.

[2:28:09] Whoever did that in charge of

[2:28:16] that. Again, I want to to

[2:28:16] mimic Commissioner, Asia

[2:28:19] least. Thank you to Jared and

[2:28:19] Jessica. Further educational

[2:28:24] help. Outreach is that they're

[2:28:24] doing for the people. So they

[2:28:26] understand what? Your tax

[2:28:33] dollars pay for. I don't know

[2:28:34] the exact number of this book.

[2:28:35] There was a speaker. A listen

[2:28:40] to last month who said

[2:28:41] homeowners get a dollar is a

[2:28:44] dollar. And $0.53 worth of

[2:28:45] services for every dollar they

[2:28:51] pay in taxes. So it's maybe

[2:28:52] not the most efficient, but

[2:28:55] it's the best we have. My

[2:29:02] opinion. MR. Nelson sent you

[2:29:03] some pictures that was sent to

[2:29:06] me of the of the docket know

[2:29:07] been slew of the road rails. I

[2:29:10] didn't know if you'd chance to

[2:29:11] inspect that. Yes, sir, it's

[2:29:12] already inspected. And I think

[2:29:14] the materials already.

[2:29:15] >> On site or been on. We

[2:29:17] already have the material on

[2:29:18] hand and we'll be working on

[2:29:21] trying to get that for fun

[2:29:21] this week. Thank you very

[2:29:27] much, sir. And commissioner to

[2:29:31] Carla.

[2:29:32] >> I don't have much to say

[2:29:32] good to be back at a good

[2:29:33] break. And the it's good to be

[2:29:38] home. 7 days is Florida's

[2:29:40] would have been perfect. But

[2:29:41] it's good to be home. Thank

[2:29:48] you. Commissioner Burrows. All

[2:29:48] right. So

[2:29:51] >> talked to knew the

[2:29:52] executive director yesterday

[2:29:53] and for warning that going to

[2:29:55] talk about today. But he will

[2:29:59] be dry needs to be. Repaved.

[2:30:04] So. This is gets worse or is

[2:30:06] every day and I thought

[2:30:06] remember correctly, we did

[2:30:10] have the commitment that that

[2:30:11] was going to be done at some

[2:30:11] given time in the next 50

[2:30:15] years. So I'd like to see get

[2:30:16] done with that earlier. And so

[2:30:18] i told one when I started

[2:30:22] talking about it today, at

[2:30:22] least up knew that what I was

[2:30:23] going to say so and didn't

[2:30:26] blindsided. So if you can get

[2:30:29] the get those folks on board.

[2:30:29] Here is Justin are Jessica.

[2:30:32] Whoever wants to take the

[2:30:33] action item and find out

[2:30:34] exactly when they're going to

[2:30:35] do it. And and to see if they

[2:30:36] can get it done. Fairly

[2:30:39] rapidly.

[2:30:39] >> Yes, just enjoyed working

[2:30:43] on that. One of you. Yes, sir.

[2:30:44] We've been working on that and

[2:30:47] our concern is until their

[2:30:49] contractors completed the

[2:30:49] service, then we will discuss

[2:30:52] with them about where they

[2:30:54] keep doing patchwork and other

[2:30:56] things. But you're exactly

[2:30:57] right, myself. The engineer,

[2:30:57] MR. Brown had been working

[2:31:01] with them. Pretty

[2:31:02] wholeheartedly. And it's it's

[2:31:03] not just eagle bay it. There's

[2:31:04] there's some other roads that

[2:31:07] meant we feel. And and I feel

[2:31:09] that some of them a few of the

[2:31:10] roads, the county, we will

[2:31:10] bringing that back to the

[2:31:13] board for cost share on some

[2:31:14] of it because it is some of

[2:31:15] the road for a little bit

[2:31:16] older. But eagle bay we've we

[2:31:17] know there's got to be

[2:31:18] something done. So we will

[2:31:19] keep negotiating with them.

[2:31:22] But their contract or needs to

[2:31:26] finish an be compliant. And

[2:31:27] then what are really not a

[2:31:29] sure. Yeah. That projects as

[2:31:30] of right now. It's not

[2:31:34] completed. So there's still

[2:31:35] things on the punch list and

[2:31:37] for waiting for them to get

[2:31:38] those done. And we have some

[2:31:40] concerns with still some

[2:31:43] sediment settling that's

[2:31:44] happening underneath the

[2:31:47] repaired areas and we don't

[2:31:48] feel it's in the county's best

[2:31:49] interest right now until all

[2:31:51] the issues are corrected

[2:31:54] before we move forward. I

[2:31:55] don't know if the engineer to

[2:31:58] now since the last time, Santa

[2:32:00] to be all over there. I know

[2:32:01] you haven't been there yet. So

[2:32:02] we've been there for We've

[2:32:03] been there multiple times. And

[2:32:04] so his steps made multiple

[2:32:06] trips also MR. Brown, so but

[2:32:07] we will be been negotiating

[2:32:09] out some sort of pavement.

[2:32:13] Issue to be corrected. There's

[2:32:15] a repayment know I knew I got

[2:32:16] one completely out dying. So

[2:32:20] figured bring that up.

[2:32:23] >> Just for board's position,

[2:32:27] position is worked on and a

[2:32:27] rule area of opportunity with

[2:32:31] which is a South Central Rio,

[2:32:34] which is 40 economic in the

[2:32:34] region, opportunity 6 counties

[2:32:37] in 4 cities, rail

[2:32:41] authorization had run out. And

[2:32:43] so we have to redo it every 5

[2:32:45] to make a presentation to the

[2:32:47] ready organization. And the

[2:32:49] governor apparently is good

[2:32:52] sign proved to just this week.

[2:32:54] So that means we got 5 more

[2:32:55] years so before to do another

[2:32:56] presentation. So somebody else

[2:32:57] will be doing it a given time.

[2:33:02] I think. When I was a the

[2:33:08] National Association Board of

[2:33:08] directors meeting I was so

[2:33:11] working Comcast inmate. Wanted

[2:33:15] to do video. Okay. That last

[2:33:17] year on broadband originally

[2:33:18] they asked me just was the 2

[2:33:21] top things in your community.

[2:33:24] That keeps you awake? Well, to

[2:33:25] talk things with this data

[2:33:28] centers and property tax. So

[2:33:29] originally as so we'll just do

[2:33:30] one on data centers and talk

[2:33:32] about the pros and cons the

[2:33:33] difference between Hyperscale

[2:33:35] in the record data center. So

[2:33:37] got a call last week ago,

[2:33:38] Monday night, felt that I

[2:33:41] needed to different the topic.

[2:33:42] So what I did is I did a video

[2:33:46] on property tax reform. And

[2:33:47] that will be distributed

[2:33:48] nationwide probably in the

[2:33:52] next couple weeks. So can you

[2:33:53] give you a call are give you

[2:33:54] to do it. And hopefully you'll

[2:34:00] be able to see it. As speaker

[2:34:00] data during the course of this

[2:34:05] conference. We had number of

[2:34:08] opportunities to sit through

[2:34:12] sessions for data centers

[2:34:14] talking about what is what's

[2:34:14] necessary, what the

[2:34:15] differences between Hyperscale

[2:34:16] regular citizens eccentric

[2:34:19] century center. But one of the

[2:34:20] things that kept coming out in

[2:34:22] it and the they preach In

[2:34:26] totality. Is you have to

[2:34:28] engage with the community

[2:34:30] initially. Community

[2:34:31] engagement is is especially

[2:34:35] important. Depending on where

[2:34:37] you're at and how you're

[2:34:37] doing. It does make a

[2:34:39] difference. It's really

[2:34:41] important. And I brought back

[2:34:42] some information. I still have

[2:34:43] my briefcase. Was going to

[2:34:44] distribute it out to the

[2:34:46] border. Should take a look at

[2:34:47] it some from some of the

[2:34:48] information. We got of these

[2:34:50] policy committees. And the

[2:34:54] last thing is for Justin. Just

[2:34:59] refresh my memory. On the

[2:35:01] delighted sign the lighted

[2:35:03] sign goes in the Oakleaf

[2:35:03] Estates. I know you told me

[2:35:04] one time about it. But other

[2:35:07] story member, I'm sorry. It's

[2:35:09] already it so work orders

[2:35:13] already been submitted

[2:35:16] >> you know, yes, sir, sorry

[2:35:17] from Fpnl and we're just

[2:35:21] waiting on that to go forward.

[2:35:22] We already pay for that

[2:35:23] existing street light there.

[2:35:24] That's not part of their

[2:35:26] assessment. It only increase

[2:35:28] that street light bill by like

[2:35:31] $2 and $0.50. So I did not

[2:35:32] think it was worth going

[2:35:33] through the process to add

[2:35:34] that to there's we just added

[2:35:36] it to that one that's funded

[2:35:38] through that Safer streets

[2:35:39] Fund helps fund that street

[2:35:40] light right there because it

[2:35:42] is a school bus stop site and

[2:35:44] the county picked up the small

[2:35:46] amount of improvement costs

[2:35:46] that we needed to do to get

[2:35:48] the new light there. So it is

[2:35:50] in process and we're really

[2:35:52] got to all the permitting and

[2:35:55] everything you know, get that

[2:35:55] moving forward. So so that

[2:35:56] going to be another 50 year

[2:36:02] opportunity.

[2:36:04] >> we'll there 2 years. I

[2:36:06] don't know. We got 50 years I

[2:36:07] know I do. I'm just trying to

[2:36:10] figure Sometimes it seems to

[2:36:11] take an enormous amount of

[2:36:14] time for simple things. So

[2:36:15] turns out ask him that

[2:36:18] question. And this just to

[2:36:19] really have got this one last

[2:36:26] thing Met with Martin County.

[2:36:29] You give report to the board

[2:36:33] and so we did meet with the

[2:36:33] Martin.

[2:36:36] >> County administrator myself

[2:36:38] just announce in our county

[2:36:39] engineer and some of their

[2:36:44] staff members and the we are

[2:36:48] on the same page in terms of

[2:36:49] it being a priority for the

[2:36:51] widening and the

[2:36:52] recommendation is to and what

[2:36:53] we've done is reach out to our

[2:36:57] secretaries with fdot.

[2:36:58] >> To let them know. But to

[2:37:01] wait until the sees session

[2:37:06] yet the session is done for.

[2:37:07] The new secretary's that are

[2:37:08] coming into then speak with

[2:37:10] them. So.

[2:37:10] >> This is a white and the

[2:37:13] 7.10. Because we have it on

[2:37:17] our project list and I don't

[2:37:21] know that their district over

[2:37:21] hasn't gone. There's no other

[2:37:22] soon, they said they So we

[2:37:26] just one of the do the fact of

[2:37:27] the fact that there's been so

[2:37:28] many deaths on that particular

[2:37:30] road, just as much as we.

[2:37:31] They've been working on for

[2:37:32] the 70 west piece of and we

[2:37:35] have that in being through the

[2:37:38] pd and e process. Now. We just

[2:37:40] need to get everybody on the

[2:37:40] same page to start putting

[2:37:47] money to go and get this done.

[2:37:47] I had to interview yesterday

[2:37:50] with the Florida 1000 and

[2:37:51] those based on the needs of

[2:37:54] transportation rule counties.

[2:37:54] And this was one of the issues

[2:37:57] we talked about It we need

[2:37:58] more money is coming into

[2:38:00] these rural counties because

[2:38:01] it's in the Swiss Swiss cheese

[2:38:05] corridor. Not only just for

[2:38:07] hurricane evacuation for any

[2:38:08] type of economic develop and

[2:38:08] manufacture distribution

[2:38:10] process that you put in. We

[2:38:11] need to be able to have these

[2:38:15] roads widened so that. You can

[2:38:15] reduce the number of traffic

[2:38:20] accidents. Because obviously

[2:38:21] if dot's traffic accidents, it

[2:38:24] 0. And they're not meeting

[2:38:25] that expectation right now

[2:38:28] some of these you'll forward

[2:38:33] you, MISTER CHAIRMAN. As with

[2:38:34] you had a short conversation

[2:38:36] with the incoming ou

[2:38:37] administrator.

[2:38:38] >> And he told me that he

[2:38:41] takes over the 31st. And I

[2:38:43] said showed me that happened.

[2:38:44] If you have time, I'd like to

[2:38:45] have a meeting see how we can

[2:38:48] work closer together. I'm

[2:38:50] hoping with the change and

[2:38:51] management of red that that

[2:38:56] can happen. And I'm sure,

[2:38:57] Justin, you're watching for

[2:38:59] the future We said somewhere

[2:39:00] to be in there to make sure

[2:39:04] the vote to put back. So I'm

[2:39:05] hoping when you meet with the

[2:39:06] new administrator went, he

[2:39:07] does if and when it does take

[2:39:14] over. So we can make sure

[2:39:15] myself, engineer MR. Brown

[2:39:18] have made multiple.

[2:39:19] >> Suggestions language expand

[2:39:20] or contract packages and

[2:39:23] again, for our. Employee.

[2:39:29] That's prayers, goes up to him

[2:39:30] and we're hoping for a speedy

[2:39:33] recovery and is it 70 or 75 on

[2:39:41] the birthday? 70 or 75 Uber

[2:39:43] said in age of 75. That the

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