[0:01] All right. We'll call them in the order. Can we have the roll call, please? Chair, glared, sickle, here, vice chair, Lee and Dr. Poo. Present. Secretized racial gene and right. Commissioner Barrissa Landas. Commissioner Wayne Richards. Present. Executive Director Michael Meekens. Here. Or Attorney John Fumer. Here. We have a call. Okay.

[0:25] Okay, versus here, so Mark Herb present.

[0:31] Can we please rise for the pledge of allegiance?

[0:39] The United States or America?

[0:41] It is a republic for which stands one nation under the law and the invisible.

[0:47] The United States does this to the law.

[0:56] Additions, deletions, the organization?

[0:59] Mr. Chair, there are no.

[1:00] Okay, we have a motion to approve the agenda.

[1:05] I have a motion to move.

[1:07] Commissioner Richards.

[1:09] Second.

[1:09] Commissioner Poole.

[1:11] Any discussion?

[1:12] All in favor, all opposed?

[1:14] Carries 4-0.

[1:17] Approval of the minutes.

[1:19] From May 15th.

[1:21] We're going to have a chance to read those.

[1:24] We have a motion.

[1:26] Motion approval.

[1:27] Okay.

[1:28] Second.

[1:29] Commissioner Richards.

[1:30] Any discussion?

[1:30] All in favor, all opposed?

[1:32] Carries 4-0.

[1:33] So presentations and announcements, consent agenda.

[1:43] The only one we need to pull is a G11 because we do have a card on that, so we'll pull that and let anybody else have anything else they want.

[1:59] Okay, yeah, that's fine. All right, um, Larry McDonnell,

[2:07] Larry,

[2:11] or Michael Brown, one of

[2:12] the two.

[2:14] Mr.

[2:27] Chair, four members. Thank you for letting us out of the water. Michael Brown, I am

[2:39] and we, the club, sent you a related notice and asking for your support for the 9th anniversary.

[2:47] I heard that it had last weekend and you will not enough to ask the agenda for consideration.

[2:53] Recently, the club of Palm Beach County, West Palm Beach, is 9 years old.

[2:59] Mr. McDowell here is the president of the bill of when they represent them and when they

[3:07] advise me that they were having a 90th celebration, I suggested that they contact the board of

[3:14] companies, I found out they already had sent an email whether or not they contact them, I suggest

[3:19] if they come and introduce themselves to you and give them those other information about who they are

[3:25] So that one you'll consider having to support them for the event they have last week into in the future that you will consider supporting them.

[3:34] And that I would like to introduce Mr. Larry McHall, who's the President of the Browfowl.

[3:39] And he'll be able to tell you more about what the club has in the system.

[3:42] Good, thank you.

[3:44] Yeah, I appreciate you taking the time.

[3:47] and our mission is to speak real families and businesses such as 1935 in Palm Beach County.

[3:56] We serve the needs of the blind and visual impaired residents of the county.

[4:04] Located in Palm Beach, we have our own facility.

[4:10] We provide social, recreational, educational activities for blind people.

[4:16] We don't receive any grants or gifts from the government grants or federal programs.

[4:26] We run 1% of our donation and charitable donations.

[4:30] We are five or one C-3 organizations.

[4:33] We don't have any paid invoices out of our efforts to work with the organizations owned by the

[4:45] We have a number of things in the community over the gas holidays season where we are able to help our organizations in the light of violence for the soft budget, we are able to feed over 800.

[5:03] We are able to provide fields for all of the residents of the labor and poverty.

[5:11] We have re-authorization.

[5:13] So in the area, we try to involve in the community or part of the community where we spend time in restaurants, in groups, in restaurants, moving areas, all kinds of events.

[5:27] So, just to give you a little information about the embarkation of my family, we do have

[5:34] the US that come up where we require communities, we ask for community support, and put it on

[5:43] a different program.

[5:45] That's what we're here to ask you.

[5:47] I personally, this is my first time attending a 4th meeting and I would like to know about

[5:52] what the 4th actually is.

[6:00] Thank you very much so we'll we'll open it up and like I say if anyone can has money. Yes, sir

[6:10] Well, I'm first of all welcome sir welcome to the port of on beach.

[6:19] My name is I'm Wade Richards nice to meet you, sir

[6:23] I'm more than happy to support it. I just hope your trade is overcharging you. He's a well-known

[6:27] know. Well known highly regarded attorney and that you don't have to.

[6:40] I'm that that

[6:42] that was that was so that's for Mr. Brown is a former port commission so welcome back

[6:45] here Michael. Yeah my funds are rather low but I want to contribute $250 so please add

[6:51] that to you know I wish you the best so thank you for coming here today.

[6:55] All right. Well, we'll definitely leave that open. And then go ahead, Versa.

[7:00] I also am very excited to support you. I don't know how much I have in my fund.

[7:06] Is it not? No. Do you have like a brochure with the QR code or?

[7:14] No, but then we did send us information over and we'll go on the street senders and whatever.

[7:19] What's the name of the website?

[7:40] All right, so we'll look and check what our balances I would suggest you know it turns over again and the end of August is that right?

[7:50] for September, so that would be another time to reapply, we'll get you something this time, but then as soon as people have money in there that they can give to 501c3s, so I would suggest you do that too.

[8:08] All right, go ahead, John.

[8:12] Good to see you, Mr. Mayor.

[8:14] And certainly, Mr. McDonald, I am going to give 500.

[8:23] All right.

[8:24] I've already announced I was going to give 200.

[8:26] But raise it up to 250.

[8:28] So with Wayne's, there'll be five and five is a thousand.

[8:31] And then we'll ask when Jean comes in if she has any funds available.

[8:36] And we'll just see what we can do for you.

[8:39] Appreciate it.

[8:40] Okay. Well, thank you.

[8:41] Thank you for coming.

[8:46] All right, all right,

[9:00] so now if we have a motion for the consent agenda

[9:06] Okay, we have a motion the second commissioner cool any discussion all in favor all opposed carries for zero

[9:15] So, Mr. Unright, not here yet, but she'll be here.

[9:20] I'm sure,

[9:25] I guess we're going to district reports.

[9:32] Sir, from Mistress,

[9:36] not a good month in April,

[9:38] a total card in funds are up by a whole six percent.

[9:42] Total TUs are up by a whole 10 percent.

[9:45] Passengers in Chosen Down had 20 percent,

[9:48] but that's just a different change to my territory.

[9:51] We're actually doing very, very well

[9:52] If we average the amount of the annual 1,300 passengers for recruiting, we're doing the right line.

[10:00] We've completed negotiations with our town construction company and SAV solutions. It's an important granted into the report. This is a pretty big project of your rule that more about it. It's one of the agenda items that we're representing today. We're working in terms of our resiliency grant. If you guys remember that, you've heard it last year. We started chasing that. We put it in. It actually did not get approved the first go around. We're getting ready to do it a second.

[10:29] go around and there was leadership change and after that kind of died.

[10:36] We have an opportunity in front of us here shortly to chase a PIDP grant.

[10:43] It's an 820 grant.

[10:45] That would help us out in heartening this area.

[10:49] I did want to speak a little additional to that.

[10:53] So this is the oldest part that we have today, which is about 40 years old.

[10:57] It's already starting to suffer some of the consequences of the use that it's gotten.

[11:02] It was not really designed for what we do to it.

[11:05] One of the things that we were looking at is the resiliency originally was the hard in this whole area.

[11:12] And now we know we have to replace this and we're on a timeline to do that.

[11:16] So what we would like to do is add that to the resiliency.

[11:20] In addition to that, what we really want to explore the possibility of is winding that birth and deepening that birth.

[11:27] So what we have going on in the future here, we have a lot of projected growth coming.

[11:35] We already have conflicts with vessels of size that conflict and delaying what we have

[11:42] to do currently today.

[11:44] We can see that getting a lot worse in the future.

[11:47] So now we have the opportunity on an 80-20 to possibly do a big project like this.

[11:54] And at the very beginning of this, that's why we're coming to you to let you know.

[11:59] But the PID key grant is due September 16th, so our timeline is really, really short.

[12:06] What we'd like to do is roll over what we've already put into the resiliency grant and add

[12:11] now to it what we want to do for the future.

[12:15] We believe it's a really good project.

[12:18] Again, we would have had it on the agenda where we're on a short time front here, forget

[12:21] everything through, and we just are now getting ready to get a proposal to move forward with.

[12:29] So just wanted to put that on the porch radar. This vision is radar, so it's something that's

[12:34] proven to do now at this time, while you're building the berth, rather than rebuild the berth and

[12:40] have to do with this radar. And who's the one that gives out the PID grant? Where does that come from?

[12:45] So it's Mirad, who we've got our period of PID through now today.

[12:50] We've kind of already reached out to them as well as FDOT.

[12:53] I'll let you know that we have $15 million already set aside

[12:57] to deal with some of the issues we have with that birth.

[13:01] This would be a high cost for an 820 with the FDOT money we have.

[13:07] And that would be a curtain time to take advantage of that situation.

[13:11] And I'm quite sure as we deal with the current PID,

[13:13] to get additional funds through the law.

[13:17] So as expensive as a project, does this wait me?

[13:20] And it can be very beneficial for the future of the board,

[13:22] number one, and number two, it'll solve a lot

[13:24] of our burden on issues that challenges

[13:26] that we have today.

[13:28] And lastly, we're getting about as huge as we would get it.

[13:34] Mr. Puss, go ahead, I'm sorry.

[13:36] No, I was just saying that.

[13:38] I think this is extremely timely and important,

[13:41] and as we do so, I mean we know trade is only increasing

[13:45] and I'm pretty sure some of our tenants

[13:47] would appreciate the additional opportunity

[13:50] to get some ships in and out and to deal

[13:54] with congestion as well.

[13:55] So what would be a time frame?

[13:57] So the grant would deadline is September.

[14:01] So would you come back to us next month

[14:05] with a proposal for us to consider the vote on?

[14:08] So depending on how this works out, I may ask the Chair to give you permission to move ahead and transfer to the resiliency into a PID and let the company who's working on it now,

[14:19] but continue that work to speed the process through.

[14:23] We're just on such a tight timeline that they're going to need every minute of this time.

[14:28] It will give us a good product that we might be able to get.

[14:31] So, there's $500 million available right now that's addition out for these kind of projects.

[14:38] There are four criteria and we meet every one of the four criteria.

[14:42] The best thing about this is while we've improved our rail and we've improved our workways now,

[14:47] just trying to piggyback some of that and how we improve our birthing and that allows us to

[14:52] flow more in and out of the port. So, I think it's a way all the way across.

[14:55] I was really happy.

[14:57] Here I was in excess.

[14:58] That, that, that.

[15:03] We're going to spend a lot of money on resiliency for the entire laid-on area there. So it's, you killed two or three burns with one shot. Another question is, who would work on preparing the document that the request is the same entity that was working on resiliency?

[15:20] So that's what I would ask the board for, because they've already done the hardening portion that was already done through the first part.

[15:28] Now they would just be adding the additional pieces of what we're going for.

[15:32] One of the things that we would do in that hardening is being over 40 years old, all the piping and everything in our house.

[15:38] So if it goes down to sub and then it gets rebuilt, so it's hard and we don't get to work into these issues anymore in the future.

[15:44] The second part of this is that when we add the birthing, they'll add that portion to this document.

[15:52] I would say keep it open even if you go forward.

[15:55] That's all.

[15:57] You said it's expensive like three times, but you didn't say an amount.

[16:02] So what's your best guess?

[16:04] Again, it's good for not even there. They have to do cross-based stuff.

[16:07] Right.

[16:08] So I would put out a target of probably somewhere $80 million.

[16:12] dollars. Now in that 80 million in 20 we would be responsible for 16, which I've got 15

[16:19] from FDOC, half of that. If everything goes well, we may end up paying less for this

[16:26] than we get it from the world away. It doesn't always work out that way, but it is a good

[16:31] opportunity to money wise and time wise to be pretty frustrating. Yeah, when I was a little

[16:36] I mean, you know, we're going to need it someday.

[16:39] Does, uh, now which, uh, birth that we already go down,

[16:43] then we spend some money years ago on one of the bursts

[16:47] and we, we increased the, uh,

[16:50] Yeah, there's a couple of that we've worked through for,

[16:52] or especially of your time.

[16:53] Yeah.

[16:54] On the first of the south,

[16:55] obviously we're done a long time ago,

[16:57] but this is a pain in our own.

[16:59] This is sort of a, this is a challenge that we have right now.

[17:01] You could.

[17:02] Some of you haven't been at this age.

[17:04] Yeah.

[17:04] All right, we're trying to get a lifetime out of it now where we're actually to the point where we're going to have to start monitoring it

[17:12] Well, I think it's unanimous that you need to proceed. So

[17:18] So with that we hold our important chair committee update

[17:22] With the public meetings they've all been competing. You'll see that of the agenda as well today

[17:27] I met with the city of Rivera Beach to discuss won't flyers including pervading boring fields and land swaps

[17:33] another meeting, 7-4-month, we were on recruitment, we fired Joseph Prescott for our facilities

[17:41] department, and under current recruiting for the IT System Administrator Replicit.

[17:50] For related events, we have meetings, 21st, important proposal and delegation from

[17:56] Freak Point.

[17:57] The delegation got a first hand look at the important operations and then with Commissioner

[18:01] of Wayne Richards, and the executive director myself, to discuss the ongoing

[18:05] capital development projects as well as emergency hurricane assistance.

[18:11] June 4th, since

[18:12] hurricane assistance is officially started this month. We held a virtual

[18:17] preparedness meeting with our tenants and user and employees and that was very

[18:22] well-appended. Everybody got a lot out of it. I think every year we go a little

[18:26] the further the walk of air. That's always a good thing. And June 9th, the summer internship

[18:33] program commenced this past Monday. We have a total of eight interns. We'll be working

[18:38] for us over the next eight weeks. Thank you to our sponsors for the shipping that was

[18:43] in the software materials for our sugar, molasses, and the change that we had in this

[18:48] We're going to have a couple of the interns that we're going to set up and we're going to show you a lot.

[18:58] Well, welcome.

[19:01] Are we good?

[19:02] Two is here for me, two seconds?

[19:04] Sure.

[19:05] Sure.

[19:05] If you guys want to say your name, where you're from, where you're from, where you're from,

[19:18] where you're

[19:27] from.

[19:51] I was never stressed, and I was a IT expert, and I was 10 years old.

[19:56] I was a major destroyer to my learned, I'm a Lieutenant.

[20:05] Great. All right. Well, while you welcome. Nice alley.

[20:12] Okay. All right. Moving on. We have a couple of events. A.P.A.

[20:18] escaped the

[20:39] state

[20:52] of America.

[20:57] Verse

[21:02] in the Senate agenda are those two, one, two, and three,

[21:06] for a week set up on infrastructure statements,

[21:08] and operating reports,

[21:10] and truly, and yet again.

[21:14] As you can see by April,

[21:16] we've been sitting on its own,

[21:17] but we have a statement,

[21:19] that revenue is more budget by 38,000.

[21:23] We're just going to sign Grocery that will slide the under.

[21:27] Let's make up five key pieces.

[21:29] I think some words will work out there.

[21:31] We're going to be able to buy 50,000.

[21:33] Operating expenses are over budget.

[21:36] We're working on managing that path into budget.

[21:39] Other income.

[21:41] And it spends the other expense area.

[21:44] It's under budget for 46,000.

[21:46] So right now from on the day of April,

[21:48] we're at $15,000 to $20,000.

[21:50] That's the budget.

[21:50] They

[21:58] didn't gross revenue is behind the budget by $192,000, the mononies of work makes that up.

[22:06] So that right now, in that revenue world, even behind by $11,000, offering expenses are bought by $220,000.

[22:15] Again, we're working on some specific issues that we find that would be compatible.

[22:18] So quickly, offering expenses on a low budget by $200,000 to $500,000,

[22:26] and mostly to increase investment earnings, net income is the same.

[22:32] Right now, we're ahead of budget by $26,000.

[22:37] We

[22:40] had the audit committee meeting on those verses.

[22:43] I want you to pause.

[22:44] I think members in here are going to help get more money for the results.

[23:09] Any questions for the record gene entry is in the house.

[23:14] So put that down.

[23:16] All right.

[23:16] No questions.

[23:16] very good. Thank you. Government affairs, Richard Pinsky.

[23:21] Mr.

[23:24] Chair and commissioners, Richard Pinsky.

[23:28] I'd like to report that the 2025 legislative session is over, but it's not continuing budget and

[23:35] of the negotiations and as we speak, it was, it's supposed to, we're at 100 days, we have

[23:43] a matter 100 days session since 1955, so this is an extraordinary thing.

[23:52] The hope is to finish by tomorrow, I don't know if that will be the case, they extended technically

[23:57] the June 18th, but that may have to be extended again, we'll see what happens.

[24:02] It's things that are not in budget conference are seaports in the state of Florida.

[24:09] The governor asked for somewhere around 125 million in his budget, and the cost of

[24:15] $7,000 in the past, the budget's initially before he went into conference, so around 120

[24:21] million.

[24:22] About $35 million in the event is discretionary, it really, the governor's office is about

[24:29] about $25 million that goes to F-Stand and earlier you asked the question, that was

[24:35] sooth 3. It cost about $25 million and we did that about 10 or 11 years ago. And we

[24:43] were paying forward with F-Stand, so I would comment on that. Of course, I went to the other

[24:51] budget, I had been speaking at I-Stand. So once again, Palm Beach County is asked for $1 million

[24:55] dollars for restoration in iron facilities.

[25:00] House offer, debt, senate, senate, no, zero, and then last Thursday, just in the end of last week, the senate came back with $500,000. Count them offer, those won't. That's one of the items that still in play. I don't know how that will end up for, for, for being an item. And unfortunately, we did not get done in the legislative part of the agenda. Our House bill, $7.95, and go $5.94, which we created a buffer zone.

[25:30] to make sure that there were no vessels anchored in the morning.

[25:35] I just took it up to the Attorney's Basin for the channel.

[25:39] We pulled that back and to move, I don't know,

[25:42] if I didn't have a day, maybe some other options.

[25:45] I needed that done as far as protecting the port goes.

[25:49] And then what did pass for this Senate Bill 1662,

[25:53] which the port director or meetings in myself

[25:55] were talking about as well as attorney from Arrow,

[25:58] that is the, that is the play for FDOT to do an Estate and start dealing with reports

[26:06] directly that they backed all of that and now just had an extra reporting requirements

[26:12] directly from the 14 reports that are going to Estate directly to park transportation

[26:17] as in that by any reporting and number of items like park, which is your financial,

[26:24] So, I'm a very tall container and set up a facility to start taking a tracking of what the courts are doing directly with the Court of Transportation.

[26:35] With that, I'm happy to answer any questions.

[26:38] And, stay tuned.

[26:40] I'm glad you're blessed to be done.

[26:41] Anybody have any questions?

[26:43] I do have a question.

[26:47] And, Mr. Chair, this may be something that we may want to think about workshopping as well.

[26:52] you know, if I recall, you've been here a while,

[26:56] I'm just busy.

[26:58] So, and I believe that it was 2016 when the last charter

[27:04] was rewritten, the last charter.

[27:08] So the, our charter, the Fort Charter, yeah.

[27:11] So in 2016, actually, we started in 2017,

[27:14] we actually codified our Fort Charter,

[27:17] which was required for the state law

[27:19] Once special districts back in 1889 were asked to recreate their charters, but in statute instead of just hanging out there, which we did in 2017.

[27:33] We subsequently came back a few years later and remained in the charter one more time and got a salary adjustment at that time and a couple of other trees.

[27:44] So we not really had our own port of charter amendments

[27:48] in 2020, ready to go, ready to go,

[27:51] which has happened in the 21st session.

[27:53] Okay, because I do think that concerning the issue,

[27:59] grateful for Mr. Romero, working that and you as well,

[28:03] with the partisan issue with the election.

[28:06] So I do think we need to address it in our charter

[28:08] and perhaps look at, I know I've been reviewing the charter for Port Canaveral as well.

[28:19] So I think we need to tighten up some areas and maybe consider some adjustments to our

[28:26] charter moving forward.

[28:28] Yeah, that's something that you can also discuss with the attorney and we want to do the

[28:35] prudent thing and uh so that's something we definitely should get a game have a game plan so

[28:42] I have a couple ideas myself that I'm going to discuss with the attorney so very good any other

[28:47] questions? I have a question so you're saying if we have an issue then just tell Mr. Fumera or do we

[28:54] are we going to have a session to discuss it? Or if we have concerns just this is a mess

[29:05] if we have concerns just inform the attorney or Mr. Pinsky or yeah you both you know

[29:14] and then I guess then we would have to get together because at the end of the day

[29:18] we have to collectively make decision right it has to be the in town board if

[29:22] something goes to town I have to correct so and Mr. Pinsky could you tell me when

[29:28] we have to have this in standby is in their deadline I know the session now is in

[29:33] In January?

[29:34] Are my correct?

[29:35] Yes.

[29:37] Commissioner, you are correct.

[29:38] The election year coming up, 26, session will start in the middle of January and in

[29:43] the March.

[29:46] And so, on each county, Port Charter, if the Commission wants to review or begin to change

[29:54] it to the Port Charter, all that Mr. from Arizona speaks in the actual election piece of

[29:59] this.

[30:01] Do you want to do that? That's considered a local bill. In other words, more charter amendment does not is not a bill of general nature. No one else is affected by it by us. That's a local bill and the Palm Beach County delegation. They haven't given us a date yet, but I'm guessing they'll want local bills heard and processed by October. Maybe the latest November, but I'm guessing you're going to have a local bill ready to serve Palm Beach County, let's say, a delegation by October.

[30:30] over so back that off to your process.

[30:32] Okay.

[30:37] So therefore, I guess we would have to meet

[30:40] and make a decision around what August September?

[30:45] Yeah, we've got a few months.

[30:46] I think, you know, first you talk to our lobbyists

[30:50] and speak to the attorney

[30:52] and then we'll formulate a game plan

[30:55] and then we'll decide whether or not to proceed

[30:58] need to come this or not? Mr. Attorney, do you have anything that you wanted to add to

[31:02] this or just? No, just that I think there's an opportunity to take a

[31:07] fresh look at the charter. Commissioner Poul is right. The only other special

[31:13] district can have will has a very detailed charter. I'm not sure we need to have

[31:18] that detail, but there are a few areas where I think we would benefit from

[31:24] and tightening up the language and the authority

[31:26] and responsibilities of the court.

[31:28] Okay, good.

[31:29] I have a question.

[31:31] This entire time where we supposed to be running

[31:33] and nonpartisan elections,

[31:35] no, that we,

[31:37] I don't know where we received an inquiry

[31:40] from the supervisor of elections, General Counsel,

[31:44] who if they do this,

[31:46] prior to every election cycle,

[31:48] they look at the authority for partisan versus nonpartisan,

[31:52] and they looked at our charter.

[31:54] There's a provision in chapter 189 for special districts

[31:57] that says, yup, that explicit authority

[32:00] for partisan elections.

[32:02] They just looked at our glance that our charter

[32:04] and go, boy, we don't see anything.

[32:07] They contacted us.

[32:08] We met, we pointed out that, well,

[32:11] there is actually language there.

[32:13] And he was satisfied with the language

[32:18] that we have in the charter for their purposes

[32:20] they're satisfied. So it's it's going to be partisan elections.

[32:25] Mr. Chair, you know, I'm listening to Dr. Paul, right? I think we need a I would

[32:29] you just a little more sort a little more certain team with regard to timing.

[32:34] If we want to have this done by October, which is probably saved, back into back

[32:40] into that probably two months of discussion. Say looking at

[32:54] But I think we need a little more certainty to make sure we get there.

[32:57] Right. Well, what we need to do is figure out first what we might want to put in the charter.

[33:03] So I think it's best to speak to the, at least to our lobbyists and tell them what you're working thinking.

[33:10] and then we'll come back and maybe August and you know if we go all kind of

[33:16] agree on some of the key points that all the commission has made and we'll I

[33:21] mean I think that's the best way of doing it. Go ahead um I agree too but I know

[33:29] that we're five individuals and we probably will have five different things that

[33:33] we want to discuss so we might need to have a little bit more time and

[33:38] and perfectly have a workshop.

[33:41] That's my opinion.

[33:43] Since we're talking about United Nations, Mr. Chair,

[33:45] if you don't mind, I have observed over the years

[33:50] and recently that we have people running

[33:52] for candidates for office.

[33:54] I don't hear if you Democrat, Republican,

[33:56] Republican, the bottom line is that you,

[34:00] I feel that no candidate should be able to use our logo

[34:05] and use port upon these logos everywhere on their station

[34:09] there, on their signs and everything.

[34:11] And I would like for us to make a decision at this board

[34:14] and have our attorney to send them a letter that says,

[34:18] see, stop, and DC, stop, stop, stop.

[34:21] And if they don't, then we, we will send them,

[34:25] we will take them to townhouse, see the port.

[34:28] In addition, we will sue them.

[34:29] But we need to do something because I'm tired of people calling

[34:33] me and San Jean is supporting and supporting that candidate that's using your

[34:39] love so we need I feel that that's a board we need to stand up and stop stop

[34:45] we thought it's a who they are but it doesn't make any difference

[34:49] Democrat Republicans like I said don't care I don't care it's just that they

[34:54] should not have the right and people are thinking that we are supporting and they're

[34:58] a part of us and we

[35:10] And I know this for a fact, some years ago in the city of Riviera Beach, I'm just going to reflect on this for a second. They had an election, city election, and there were candidates who were using the city logo, although they were a part of the county of the city.

[35:30] commission they were not allowed and they had them to take all the signs and everything down because

[35:36] Your campaign is totally different from you as a poor commission. There are two different

[35:41] There's a line between you

[35:44] Represent as an elected official and you as a candidate and in the city it went all the way in town

[35:49] Has it and they made the post take the signs down and they were a part of the commission that their

[35:56] election science had the city now go and all of that on them.

[36:02] So Mr. Chairman, if I can get a consensus from the board and we can give our attorney

[36:07] direction to address these people or send them a letter telling them, hey, we don't

[36:16] please stop your.

[36:19] I mean,

[36:23] I just want us to clean it up, I want us to sit down, but I think we're moving

[36:32] whatever, but if we are on my government relationship, so if we can close out and all of that,

[36:38] you can sit down.

[36:39] Okay, and then we're just talking, heard on it.

[36:42] If I can suggest just having a July workshop that will give everybody time to get their thoughts

[36:47] together, then July, put it all together, have a civil 15, 20 minute workshop for finalization.

[36:53] We could do it before the board meeting.

[36:57] Sounds good.

[36:58] Okay.

[36:59] Now, yeah, Mr. Attorney, I understand what you're saying years ago, it was a long time ago,

[37:07] the local elections office used to kind of get involved in a lot of these, and it used to

[37:12] I don't know if it was a misdemeanor or felony, but years ago, they would act, but now I understand I don't think they care.

[37:22] They should go to telehats here, do whatever you want to do.

[37:25] So, do you know anything that we can't do because I agree with Commissioner Henry.

[37:31] We can't allow candidates to use our port of logo and things like that.

[37:38] That's definitely not good.

[37:40] And by no means an election expert, but I do know that they're in the law.

[37:48] You are inhibited from using things on election ads that would imply a support by or an endorsement.

[38:00] I know there was a case where someone had a sheriff's office seal and it kind of implied

[38:05] the state division of elections usually weighs in on that I haven't seen the

[38:11] advertisements that she's referring to I'll take a look at it and if it's your

[38:15] desire we can alert the division and send a letter here yes sir whether it's

[38:23] a division of elections or some other entity I would concur that we don't want

[38:34] the attorney boards, the elections, I would concur that we would want to stop that occurred.

[38:42] Also, Mr. Chairman, if we could give him direction to send those individuals, the matters.

[38:48] And I can you streets on your way home where you can stop and see where I local is in places, okay?

[38:55] So on your way home, I tell you where to go, but if it's okay with the board,

[39:01] if he, after he sees proof that he could just write them a letter and ask them,

[39:06] hey, as for as I'm concerned, please just stop. And if they continue, then we do

[39:13] something else. But I'll give you some streets to drive down on the way to the

[39:17] area. Okay. Okay. I think we all agree. All right. Very good.

[39:24] All right.

[39:26] Commissioners, for Mr. Richard, do you have anything? Nothing additional.

[39:37] I was not aware that this was even occurring, but if there's already a provision in the Department of State, I think that they're the proper entity to address this issue, if there's already legislation or regulation speaking to this exact issue, I would defer to them as the issue.

[40:04] Okay. All right. We're moving on to full business. Mr. Ford.

[40:30] plans and buildings as well, the motion is to approve the evaluation selection committee's

[40:40] recommendation to the board to the highest-ranked forum, RSC, brokerage, ink, and dorm business

[40:46] as strategies come in, common, or as the already approved, and further authorize the executive

[40:52] director to execute an agreement.

[40:55] So as reflected in the agenda item and its attachments, the selection committee has recommended

[41:03] a war to the ice red firm, and that last month's meeting was a mission voted to invite

[41:11] a war presentation from the two responsive and responsible proposals prior to taking action

[41:19] on the committee's recommendation.

[41:21] So, in preparation of these more presentations, the board was provided with a copy of the

[41:29] R&P and copies of the goals from each respondent, and so at this time we want to go to the

[41:39] and proceed with our presentation.

[41:41] Each firm will be allowed 10 minutes for their presentations

[41:47] and follow-up with questions that they may have.

[41:51] And doing the presentation one firm will be asking questions.

[41:56] So what I'm going to do is I'm going to ask our representatives

[42:00] from a RSC brokerage they're going to go first

[42:06] and they said in front of me together, if you don't mind, I've got them escorting them to one of these offices.

[42:17] And the presentation, you guys will be provided a hot, hard, complicated presentation.

[42:23] We're not going to get any final versions.

[42:26] So, Mr. Guy, we're ready.

[42:28] Yes, sir?

[42:29] What's this?

[42:29] I don't have a scoring sheet.

[42:30] We weren't given the format and all of the criteria, but I don't have a sheet.

[42:37] Well, all we have to do is we only have two, so, you know, I've said that there's criteria that we have to rate.

[42:48] There are points in the RFP, 25 points, 15 points, 10 points, 5, 5, and 5, we would need to be able to record that.

[42:58] Well I'm thinking we're making the decision who to pick. I don't see we have to go through

[43:05] the same procedure as the staff did. We can ask the attorney or whatever but I'm just

[43:12] saying after we get the two presentations and we'll just decide who our pick is.

[43:34] was these boards that would be presented to

[43:40] this customary, not the process of changing the evaluation process.

[43:46] If the committee, I'm sorry, if the board or to school individually and then collectively make a reservation for this board,

[43:58] it would change the evaluation process.

[44:00] So, so, customarily, you don't change your decision process, the process is going to be fine as that committee would make a recommendation to the board and the board has the final say, so it's going to be a board of each act.

[44:17] Okay.

[44:17] Is there a council agree on that?

[44:20] And I do just to put it very simply.

[44:22] So you have all the information

[44:24] that the selection committee was providing.

[44:26] Correct.

[44:27] You, as Mr. Ford correctly said,

[44:30] you're not sitting as a selection committee.

[44:32] They did their job.

[44:33] It's done.

[44:34] They did their ranking.

[44:35] Now, and you could take that into consideration

[44:38] about their ranking.

[44:40] You have the solicitation.

[44:42] You have the actual proposals themselves.

[44:44] and now the final piece will be the oral presentations taken together you are

[44:50] the ultimate decision maker you know selection committees do what they do

[44:55] which is make a recommendation it's not binding it's a recommendation okay

[45:00] That's what we're doing today. Very good. All right. Thank you, Mr. Ford. So let's go over and start.

[45:11] Thank you,

[45:22] thank

[45:34] you very much. Thank you for having us here tonight.

[45:37] I would like to see you all, my name is Mark Rodriguez.

[45:41] I am a benefits consultant with risk strategies

[45:43] to downroot by your current benefits consultant.

[45:48] I can start off on page two of the features

[45:50] that I'm not focusing on, okay, okay.

[45:53] I'll take two of the presentation.

[45:56] In January of 2022, the downroot was acquired

[46:00] by the strategies corporation.

[46:02] As a result of that acquisition,

[46:05] we can part of them by the largest

[46:06] independent, privately, home, brokerage in the country, but site becoming part of the

[46:13] much larger group, one of the things we are very proud of is our 98.90% on climate

[46:18] retention. All of our team members are salary team members who do not work on

[46:25] commission individually. The reason why that's important to you now is because you know

[46:30] that you're working in your best interests, whether you're able to go up or down, I

[46:36] working, enjoying interest, and not being interested, filling my office is not a major difference to me.

[46:42] I want you to be satisfied with the services that you're receiving.

[46:46] We have a 10-year leadership and a team.

[46:49] Myself, I've been in the business over 10 years.

[46:52] I don't work in with the courts since 2021.

[46:56] Curricuring those who is our current leader over me was not able to be here.

[47:01] but when you may personally with the name as you work a long time with your brother,

[47:06] Liz Garen, I also would be very glad to be here with you and Sam,

[47:10] we're here to just want to weigh you, Sam, of work.

[47:13] She was a class writing and person.

[47:15] He is a student for many years, a lot of sighting.

[47:20] Like I said, we are a local entity working for a larger organization.

[47:27] Nationwide, we have over 5,000 employees,

[47:30] but locally we have eight full-time staff located in the concrete starting office, which is literally a 15-minute drive from here.

[47:38] So, if you need us, you know, we will be here, same or self-release about two minutes away from the area.

[47:44] So, if for some reason I'm not available, you may see Santa's face.

[47:50] And then you have other team members also available.

[47:55] So one of the reasons why strategies decided to require us is because of our specialty in the public sector.

[48:01] It's the main point of business over at say 95% of our clientele is public sector business.

[48:09] We have over 30 years in that area with over 140 employees, sorry clients in public sector.

[48:19] Because of that, because of the number of clients we have, we do get top tier recognition

[48:25] with various carriers, which means that we also have a lot of leverage with them, and

[48:30] also means that you are pretty to some customer service features that maybe other brokers

[48:36] are not able to access.

[48:39] So now moving on to slide four.

[48:42] Slide four is a lot of statement, a lot of companies have mission statement, a lot of

[48:47] it's a little bit different because it really does define what I'll

[48:50] promise is I'll promise being to inspire our communities to envision and embrace new

[48:55] possibilities.

[48:58] So slide five, probably my favorite slide here because of the

[49:02] chance to introduce you to the team that you will actually be working with and

[49:06] have been working with for a few years now. Again, you have myself as senior

[49:10] benefit consultant. Every one of our team members has a backup team member as well.

[49:16] your account manager is Taylor Shea, I'm Taylor Shea, I'm a senior, I'm Taylor Shea Smith now.

[49:21] I want to leave Dan, I think he's Taylor Shea, she's your account manager.

[49:24] So he handles all the old enrollments and implementation.

[49:28] She was backed up by a former wish lady who was also going to go ahead and give her a leave and work in view.

[49:34] Your employee benefits analyst is Dan Shea.

[49:37] to extend the NIA's viewpoint in person for marketing your plans, and she's also the

[49:43] one who works with the carriers in receiving proposals from them and evaluating it between

[49:48] them to present to your staff every year when the bill comes up, which is a process we're

[49:53] actually in the middle of right now. And then you have a finance services team, you have a

[49:59] or if it was under for next...

[50:02] So, the client services team are the team that takes in any calls that come through the membership when they have claims issues, provider issues, show calling and calling and

[50:13] I also feel you are missing if I didn't introduce someone who really doesn't probably need an introduction.

[50:19] We have Sophia Nelson here. Sophia is a subcontractor on this proposal.

[50:24] We work with her on employee engagement and communications.

[50:30] In addition to everybody's service team, we also have in-house graphics and communications.

[50:36] We have wellness if I was using a house and various online tools which I have into a little bit in a couple of slides.

[50:46] Slide 6. So on slide 6, this is where I like to highlight some of the accomplishments that I've had personally since I've been working with the port.

[50:56] First of all, we've negotiated over $500,000 in medical opinion savings since 2021.

[51:02] Our team has assisted poor employees with escalated clean issues in the break-ins of resolution.

[51:09] We've been working with your staff to develop wellness activities and initiatives

[51:13] and we do help assist in the coordination of your annual benefits fair.

[51:19] On slide 7, I'm going to continue this.

[51:23] We've also developed an employee benefits guide to develop all of your membership.

[51:27] to provide one-on-one support to all of the employees

[51:30] during the open enrollment.

[51:33] And as I mentioned, we've shared our key process

[51:36] or the marketing process of your lines of benefits,

[51:39] which is spearheaded by myself in Vienna.

[51:42] We also provide guidance and education

[51:46] regarding compliance issues.

[51:48] We do that on our releases.

[51:49] I come out at least once to hear the talk to your staff

[51:51] about it.

[51:52] And we have various online webinars

[51:55] other activities available. On the next slide, the slide entitled R.F.D. process.

[52:03] This is just kind of an overview of what we do for you. We got an entire class course of the year.

[52:09] So we're not just here, but it's time for renewal. We're constantly working on your behalf.

[52:14] Starting with assessing where your plans currently are. Are there any gaps in your insurance?

[52:23] We also work with your finance department in funding out budgets for the year, when it comes to your benefits.

[52:30] Like I said, we do field-related goals that come from all the carriers and evaluate that and discuss it with your staff.

[52:37] If we're not happy with those rules and that's when we go to the RFP marketing process where we put your plans out to the entire market and see what we can do as far as getting new federal deals and what we have in place.

[52:48] and then we wrapped it up with five decisions working with your staff and of course bringing it forward to the Commission.

[52:57] On slide number nine, this is Cat Boo so all of our current clients have access to Cat Boo which is a great tool for benchmarking purposes.

[53:07] It allows you to take a look at your benefits and benchmark it against other public sector clients that we have.

[53:12] If you're a good feel for whether or not the benefits your offering are competitive in terms of price and in terms of what other public sector employees are seeing in the market.

[53:26] Slide 10, so this is more about the account management side of the house that I mentioned, that Taylor Shades team leads up.

[53:34] We have a policy of 24 hour response time to any inquiry that comes into our office.

[53:39] We provide change that, as I mentioned, an ongoing administration support to your staff.

[53:46] We provide support to your employees and your retirees as well.

[53:53] Any issues that come up with claims or appeals, we have a centralized database.

[53:59] So any calls that come in from your members are put into the centralized database.

[54:03] So, for example, if a court is not available for some reason,

[54:07] the next person in line can just keep up on where she left off

[54:10] because it's all on being reported in our system

[54:12] and you can provide it on your own assistance to that member.

[54:16] And then we do have in-house graphics for communications,

[54:20] any types of flyers or brochures, any kind of letters you want to,

[54:25] you know, distribute to your membership.

[54:27] You can do all that in a house, please.

[54:30] And those are all the services that you provide to your family.

[54:32] on slide 11. This focuses on compliance case that I mentioned. We have regular newsletters

[54:40] that go out that update you on legislative opportunities that have to do with non-chance

[54:45] plans. We have regular finance seminars and webinars. We can call an annual summit when

[54:51] we invite all of our clients to attend. It provides insurance education and we also do some

[54:58] I'm showcasing this, I mean.

[55:03] We also do have a client portal that all of our clients have access to, that has great information as far as mental health aid and HR services. And then, as I mentioned, you come out on an annual basis to go through an compliance checklist to make sure that you are in compliance with all federal and state guidelines. So finally, closing just to kind of sum up everything I said. Some of the highlights I want to focus on are

[55:30] is our growing focus, you know, this thing which is thus in the market place, and one of the main reasons why we're required is because of that expertise.

[55:40] Innovative products and solutions that we're able to bring to you on an annual basis.

[55:46] Our proactive strategic planning, as I mentioned, you come out and talk to your staff on a regular basis to be planning for them for the next year, and what's the come.

[55:55] The dedicated year-round support, I'd like to focus on that by saying that we're not just

[56:00] feeling the time for renewal, we're here for you to all year round, legislative compliance

[56:05] again, want to make sure that we're watching out for you, making sure that you're in compliance

[56:09] for all regulations, our school of services is all inclusive, so the fees that are under

[56:15] proposal includes hanging service staff, you provide, there's no charges or anything like

[56:19] that.

[56:20] We have a measurable improvement in the results, I think, as evidenced by the retention of our clients and the number of clients that we have.

[56:29] And, you know, as I mentioned, we've had to focus on long-term relationships and solutions.

[56:34] We have a lot of history working on the board.

[56:37] Myself now, I'm a little bit newer than Sam, but that's why I work on the board.

[56:41] But I do have a bit of history in my self.

[56:43] And, of course, we have Cliff and Kurt Garret.

[56:46] Thank you very much, anybody having any questions?

[56:52] Okay, go ahead.

[56:53] Yeah, I think we've been very pleased over the years with the service we got it from the

[56:58] Guarangroup.

[57:00] So thank you for that.

[57:01] You mentioned gaps in coverage.

[57:03] My extended family and friends and colleagues.

[57:07] They speak about FSAs using pre-tax dollars.

[57:10] Can you tell me why we don't have an FSA here?

[57:12] So we have a flexible spending account.

[57:15] Yeah, we have to look at that.

[57:17] Is there any cost to support to do that?

[57:19] There's an administrative fee associated with it.

[57:22] Other than that, it's funded by a member.

[57:25] So if a employee had an FSA of $2,000,

[57:30] they would use their own pre-tax monies,

[57:33] and they could use that to pay deductibles, co-pays.

[57:37] Yes.

[57:38] Yeah.

[57:39] Can't go.

[57:39] I would think the small majority of costs would be greatly, you know, benefit to employee

[57:45] be much greater than the small cost.

[57:47] Have you suggested in the past, is there a reason we don't have that?

[57:51] It's been brought up.

[57:52] I don't know if it's come to commission, whether the decision has been made.

[57:57] In my mind, that's a tremendous gap going forward.

[58:00] We should look at that.

[58:02] You said retirees.

[58:03] How do you assist retire?

[58:04] I'm sorry.

[58:05] I don't want to touch you off, but that came up here and we all looked at it and the cost

[58:13] of the cost and I remember Katherine Waldron and we all went through it because we want

[58:19] to have this card that we would have a couple hundred dollars that we can pay on our co-pays

[58:25] and all of this and I think maybe and it was supposed to be five hundred dollars or whatever

[58:31] But when the commission looked over it, you all voted it out.

[58:35] Yes, yes.

[58:36] Oh, we can look into it.

[58:37] We made a decision.

[58:38] We made a decision.

[58:39] Right, but we made a decision about three years ago not to do it.

[58:43] We need to look into it.

[58:43] That was the camera and Walden was here.

[58:45] It was a couple of years ago.

[58:47] But it was brought to us.

[58:49] Okay.

[58:49] And we decided as a commission, I don't know why, but we didn't do it.

[58:54] Okay?

[58:55] Yeah, as I mentioned, we are in the process of our evening.

[58:58] is right now and that actually is part of the market.

[59:00] Oh, I think so.

[59:01] No, really.

[59:02] A second.

[59:03] So retirees, how do you assist retirees?

[59:05] What kind of benefits do retirees have?

[59:08] You mentioned assist our retirees.

[59:10] So retirees, they can be on the court plan.

[59:13] But for those who choose not to be,

[59:15] we also do work with Medicare experts

[59:19] who will come in and do one-on-one consulting

[59:21] with that individual.

[59:23] I believe we actually did this for the former

[59:31] I don't really be friends, when you say retirees can be on the plan, is that the way we

[59:38] did George Master's wife Carol because she kept our health insurance.

[59:43] She left the poor, no this is true, she left the poor but she still care our health insurance

[59:48] and it was not like Cobra, it was a whole big policy thing so you can still do that, I know

[59:54] She has the part insurance today.

[59:58] This is a fact.

[1:00:00] And she was able to pay a premium and keep it. And it's not Cobra? It's not Cobra. It's not Cobra. I'm telling you, I talk to her. It's not Cobra. And she care masses is caring. The poor that yours today. And she pays a little premium out of her money every month. Yeah. All right. For some people, that's not always the best tips. I don't want to do that here. You can guide them along towards. Thank you very much. All right. Thank you very much.

[1:00:29] I got to come here.

[1:00:32] I remember

[1:00:36] Ed Opel only has a dinner.

[1:00:40] Ed Opel has dinner in here.

[1:00:42] Ed Opel has an ice cream in here.

[1:00:55] Wow.

[1:00:59] I

[1:01:10] don't want to mess with me, but care actually is care, and I'm sure it's there because it's all pretty.

[1:01:16] Okay.

[1:01:18] To know, thank you.

[1:01:24] I'm sorry, mate, I was with the doctor.

[1:01:26] That's all right.

[1:01:27] You don't miss anything.

[1:01:28] I told you about it.

[1:01:29] Yeah.

[1:01:30] There wasn't anything.

[1:01:34] Michael Brown wants money for you.

[1:01:37] I'm glad I missed it.

[1:01:39] Lane's given 250.

[1:01:41] I said I give 250.

[1:01:42] Younger said 500.

[1:01:43] I ain't got no money anyways.

[1:01:45] All right.

[1:01:45] You have zero.

[1:01:47] I really have no money.

[1:01:48] So I'm going to go get a mister.

[1:01:49] No, you have two babies.

[1:01:50] No, I don't.

[1:01:51] I spent 200.

[1:01:53] Oh.

[1:01:54] I don't have any money.

[1:01:55] All right.

[1:01:55] So I missed it.

[1:01:57] You can get that out of me anyway,

[1:01:59] because I didn't have any of the data.

[1:02:02] You're all the big shops with all the money.

[1:02:09] Wait till we'll be right back.

[1:02:12] Okay.

[1:02:12] In here.

[1:02:13] On the manifold.

[1:02:14] Y'all have no money anyway.

[1:02:15] Here.

[1:02:19] Okay,

[1:02:22] you have ten minutes and then we'll ask some questions.

[1:02:25] All right.

[1:02:25] Thank you.

[1:02:26] I'll be using the slide.

[1:02:28] Mark.

[1:02:30] Good afternoon, everyone.

[1:02:32] My name is Mike Dylan.

[1:02:32] We'll be getting authentic to this group.

[1:02:34] I want to say thank you for inviting an opportunity for us

[1:02:37] to see and further establish this particular process

[1:02:40] and hear us out directly.

[1:02:44] We've been a business since 2015.

[1:02:46] So for about 10 years now, we've been all this here

[1:02:48] in West Palm Beach, and in Fort Laudale,

[1:02:51] the majority of our local businesses

[1:02:53] with government agency clients.

[1:02:55] And that worked with some of the largest,

[1:02:56] the most respective global insurance

[1:02:58] in the country. Our current government clients include the City of Miramar with 12 million employees,

[1:03:07] the City of Florida and Lace, with about 8 employees, similar to this organization, the City of

[1:03:11] Loyal, with about 600 employees, with about 100 employees, with about 8 employees, and also

[1:03:17] the City of Wyoming Beach, with about 1,000 employees. Now the City of Wyoming Beach and the City of

[1:03:28] you save them about $1.1 million after one year.

[1:03:33] The City of Marijuana, we've done with them since 2018,

[1:03:36] saved them over $5 million.

[1:03:38] Transition them from pulling short, self-funded,

[1:03:41] implement them on site clinic, implement their wellness program,

[1:03:45] and improve the health outcomes of their employees.

[1:03:49] And so one of the benefits of changing brokers

[1:03:53] is having new ideas, having fresh ideas,

[1:03:56] having a different perspective

[1:03:57] have been here in the same voice for over 20 years.

[1:04:02] Additionally, we increased their voluntary benefits

[1:04:04] of participation to complement their current benefits.

[1:04:09] When you're self-insured, you get a pharmacy rebate.

[1:04:11] They receive about $1,000 to $2,000 a year

[1:04:13] and rebate the city-wide, and we need to see a total of $7,000

[1:04:16] in rebate last year.

[1:04:18] So just by transitioning, we were able to save the money,

[1:04:21] subding that the product broker in your booth

[1:04:23] did not do for them.

[1:04:25] So sometimes having changes good,

[1:04:26] They also used to work with ventanet,

[1:04:29] which is the online movement system

[1:04:31] that the fire boat would use

[1:04:33] and transition away from that system

[1:04:35] to use them more in hand system

[1:04:36] and would be the same thing here.

[1:04:38] Camera relationships, we work with all the major carriers

[1:04:41] and no flood of blue signal.

[1:04:43] We also work with other cameras

[1:04:45] that are not as popular,

[1:04:47] but may be able to bring more value

[1:04:49] to this agency and others.

[1:04:51] Our 14 consists of myself,

[1:04:53] Um, over 20 years of insurance insurance, she was out of it, and it turned into a consultant, and uh...

[1:05:04] I were fully qualified not to plan out any insurance license, but also I did an additional education. So I have the certified employee benefits, especially the designation through the International Commission of Employment of the Plans, and the one school of University of Pennsylvania, also the group benefits associate destination, also the emergency help on the right of this nation to be working in college. She was guided by a huge and continuing education through the heart of the school of insurance, and now she's a floor-to- floor license attorney.

[1:05:34] But we don't, we don't work for ourselves.

[1:05:36] We also have strategic markets that we work with.

[1:05:38] So for our larger clients that need actual services, we work with an

[1:05:43] actuarial agent, we ask you in which year was consulting.

[1:05:46] They're the current actuarial for other services from Myanmar.

[1:05:49] So we parted with them for the self-insured service.

[1:05:53] Dr. Cheney Troubles, a pharmacist,

[1:05:55] told me sure that we analyze the drugs and make sure that

[1:05:57] white drugs are offered to employees where the cities can get

[1:06:01] We also work with that on quality,

[1:06:03] Harvard and Clark Law Training.

[1:06:06] It was the one of the management partners

[1:06:07] of the A&M and all the similar college.

[1:06:11] So what is our project approach?

[1:06:13] It's an onboarding and a review process.

[1:06:15] So we review the plans you have in place now.

[1:06:17] We analyze them.

[1:06:18] We tell you the pros and cons and give our recommendations.

[1:06:22] Work with your share for a strategic planning.

[1:06:24] And then you're coming up when you're going to

[1:06:26] win the marketing process now.

[1:06:27] So you have a 10 one effective date.

[1:06:32] We would do some renewal analysis, marketing, decide if you want to shop the insurance or negotiate better terms and conditions with the current carrier.

[1:06:41] That would self-goverment process, and then, of course, of the year, we manage the plan and give you an idea of what your renewal would look like in future years.

[1:06:49] A renewal negotiation process is, again, analyzing the data.

[1:06:53] The smaller you are, the more limited data you receive.

[1:06:55] But at least the carrier will show you how they arrive at your rate.

[1:06:59] You work with the actuaries in terms of whether or not they use the care factors.

[1:07:02] And in terms of whether or not we should go into renewal and negotiate down or shopping insurance.

[1:07:07] So, become aware of the strategy based on the numbers, negotiate with the carriers, and then we make a recommendation.

[1:07:13] So, we'll let you know ahead of time.

[1:07:14] And if you want to save money by making changes to your plans,

[1:07:18] the same acts that have to your employees.

[1:07:21] And your employees may not be happy.

[1:07:22] Or you may want to pay more to make sure

[1:07:24] you go to your employees back, you know, high quality benefits.

[1:07:29] The over and over process, you know,

[1:07:31] we have to do a free enrollment preparation.

[1:07:33] We educate the employees.

[1:07:35] So for our larger clients, for example,

[1:07:37] police and water, a 24-hour shift.

[1:07:39] So we're on site at 7 a.m., for 7 a.m.

[1:07:42] will call 3 o'clock p.m., 3 o'clock will call 11 o'clock p.m.

[1:07:46] 11 o'clock will call.

[1:07:47] So we're there as long as you need us.

[1:07:50] On my moment platforms, there are other platforms that are better

[1:07:55] than Mentec, and we can offer to you at no cost.

[1:07:59] So you don't pay any great cost for online resources.

[1:08:02] For all of your clients, you also offer all setting support.

[1:08:05] However, that will be needed here.

[1:08:08] Our response standards are pretty high.

[1:08:11] So we each I respond ASA chief our clients have our cell phone numbers or emails with knowledge receipt of the communication and we work on a right-of-way and trying to get back to our clients right away.

[1:08:24] Wellness, a lot of insurance categories have wellness programs. The cost of insurance is high because the cost of insurance is high. So the best way to reduce the cost of insurance is to do what we can to educate employees about learning about their personal health.

[1:08:37] learning how to be on nutritional animals, and then just getting an activity so they can reduce their health risk factors.

[1:08:46] Monthly reporting packages, so this is typically for larger groups, because the HIPAA laws,

[1:08:52] insurance companies will not release certain information about your group, because then you can tie it down to the table person.

[1:09:00] We do report monthly on our service months, for example.

[1:09:04] We tell employees to contact us personally, share your information, go to secure an email

[1:09:09] portal, where they can email us, secure an email, resolve those matters, and then we update

[1:09:14] our clients about what we resolve throughout the research throughout the months of the year.

[1:09:20] And we will continue to report in the same day, we provide reports on various activities

[1:09:24] that we can do throughout the course of the year.

[1:09:28] Again, client promises, we work with the city of Merrimont, City of William Beach, Robert

[1:09:33] County's surprise elections and whenever we take over we try to enhance the

[1:09:37] benefits reduced the cost, provide higher benefit in terms of technology services

[1:09:41] and as well as the scholars. You do have a MWVP program. We qualified you

[1:09:48] certified by the South Florida Water Management District State of Florida. We

[1:09:51] also partnered with the Mosaic Group and Marie Surrell and the car broke

[1:09:56] with giving 3% of the body to contract within 13%.

[1:10:17] So, the last 23 years, there was zero opportunity, there was no argument issue. So, there was no opportunity to just stay in this program. And that's one reason why I'm living in a field of information.

[1:10:27] This has been going on every five years from last 20 years, we did, we lost, that's fine.

[1:10:33] But most agencies have a five-year hot program, so for example, we have to hit on the R.P.

[1:10:38] of the city of Miramar. They like us, we did a great job, but we still have a compete

[1:10:42] with the market, and then with that, we've come down to the standard with a lot of the city

[1:10:47] load at least. And R.P. went out, we have a compete, and then with that option.

[1:10:52] So the last three years, there was no competition.

[1:10:54] And so to the score, it's reflected to the quality of the vendor or that home court or home

[1:11:00] comfort advantage for being with the same vendor for the 23 years.

[1:11:05] Our proposed cost structure is similar to the current vendor.

[1:11:10] It might increase just the covering inflation.

[1:11:14] So why choose the government of the school?

[1:11:17] We'll qualify for a capable experience and we bring value.

[1:11:20] We provide a personalized service as a small firm.

[1:11:23] You have a small business enterprise program,

[1:11:25] so given our team a small business,

[1:11:27] and we have a document of results

[1:11:29] so we provide the references and contacts.

[1:11:31] So everything I'm saying could be verified

[1:11:33] if those references were contacted.

[1:11:37] A question that came up at the last meeting was,

[1:11:39] is it late, you know, people are gonna be able to

[1:11:41] like to roll, yes, there's plenty of time,

[1:11:44] you won't forget to ring the wall until the city is out.

[1:11:47] So the change of a broker,

[1:11:49] nobody can't reach across that within five of the days,

[1:11:51] and most times, within $24 to $14,000.

[1:11:56] And with that, that includes my presentation.

[1:11:58] So thank you again for your opportunity.

[1:12:00] And I would love to add the opportunity

[1:12:01] for the Board of the College.

[1:12:03] Questions?

[1:12:04] Anybody have any questions?

[1:12:05] I have a question.

[1:12:06] OK.

[1:12:08] How many of your employees reside here in Palm Beach County?

[1:12:12] I would love any of that reside in Palm Beach County.

[1:12:14] I would love any of that reside in Palm Beach County.

[1:12:14] OK.

[1:12:16] If you start retaining more Palm Beach County businesses,

[1:12:20] would you hire employees? Most certainly, so a city white beach is our first

[1:12:24] opportunity and then we're going to find out in the next few weeks, so we want to

[1:12:28] stay rear-viewed each, which is another opportunity and so with that and before we

[1:12:33] would certainly hire someone in this area because it's, you know, it doesn't take

[1:12:37] some time to make that long drive.

[1:12:41] Yeah, other questions? What? Thank you for being

[1:12:44] here have a couple of questions. You started up by saying you have represented a couple

[1:12:52] of entities that the Garing Group represented prior to your winning it. You mentioned point

[1:12:59] in B to what were the other. Now, once that first, your first, your first, your first contract

[1:13:06] ended, what happened after that? Did they go back to the Garing Group or did they?

[1:13:20] So Gary Group had it, you then wanted, and then it went back out again after the first

[1:13:25] period ended, and you wanted it again, it went back with you.

[1:13:28] All right, that says one.

[1:13:33] You're a small affirm, obviously we are accustomed to working with the big boys, so let me ask you

[1:13:40] this quite frankly if we were to go with your firm a smaller firm we heard the

[1:13:47] pros what are the cons that have to be some cons yeah no I don't think there are

[1:13:54] many cons because smaller firms has to take on more clients than you grow and so

[1:13:59] we would grow so some of the reasons we get is only just falling a little

[1:14:03] of people, but our employee size is proportional to our business.

[1:14:09] So when I worked at the larger private firms,

[1:14:12] Mercer and I have been salting, see this better than the insurance services,

[1:14:16] you know, I handle 20 clients myself.

[1:14:19] So right now we have about 13 clients in the firm,

[1:14:22] because we have some large clients in these cities,

[1:14:24] you know, we're able to work with only a few employees.

[1:14:27] But if we take on their needs, which we'll learn about in the next month or so,

[1:14:30] and the poor, we've got to get out of the higher,

[1:14:33] and we just took on the city of Laudano,

[1:14:34] we're gonna be adding more staff.

[1:14:38] So, I mean, the only hot night in Dingo

[1:14:40] is we have to do tighter scheduling,

[1:14:42] to make sure that we can get within these

[1:14:43] of our clients.

[1:14:45] It

[1:14:48] does even with our clients so long

[1:14:50] and what you need about three years now,

[1:14:51] here in Laudano for about seven years now,

[1:14:53] we're on a constant flow.

[1:14:56] And so, and they're flexible with me,

[1:14:57] but I'm gonna say, well, I can't make this weekend to be.

[1:15:04] But you have been able to keep the book of business even after they put it back up, correct, correct. Thank you. I'm nothing for you. Okay. All right. Thank you very much.

[1:15:17] I missed a question for the first entity. Is there any opportunity to ask the question? The first group. No, let me ask the guest. The first group did not mention

[1:15:31] They did not mention their MWB. I saw their ratings. How are they in MWB? Enterprise if you know.

[1:15:38] The massive group. They are not.

[1:15:41] They are a subcontractor that he referenced. He is certified in MWB here in the county.

[1:15:50] And the RSP is a reflection of the force in MWB policy.

[1:15:59] So, the policy is, that's what we're interested in, is voluntary, but there are no, there

[1:16:08] are no required, and I'm interested in how it's made in the industry, right?

[1:16:12] Okay.

[1:16:14] Basically, by my current knowledge, I've been in the field, even in R&D's 8th and 5th point,

[1:16:31] So how do we want to do this, do we want to access it?

[1:16:35] At

[1:16:40] this point, we have the suggested action that was from philosophy.

[1:16:45] So we either move forward with staff's recommendation.

[1:16:48] You make the motion to do that, or you go ahead and do that.

[1:17:02] I

[1:17:06] don't know if this is out of order now, and Mrs. Chairman, may I make a motion?

[1:17:11] Yes.

[1:17:12] That the poor commissioners, we just vote on the company, we would like to have a represent

[1:17:18] the point upon beach.

[1:17:19] So I think, can we do that in a journey?

[1:17:25] Do we have to deny what the recommendation of the staff first and then we go vote?

[1:17:37] Or what?

[1:17:38] We can just vote on, because we make decisions anyway, so can we just vote?

[1:17:42] So if your motion is to go with another candidate, you would include in there to

[1:17:49] inject the mission committee recommendation and instead go with.

[1:17:56] Mr. Chair, why is it required?

[1:18:00] Because that's what's on the agenda. That doesn't matter. It's on the agenda. Staff are prepared for the agenda.

[1:18:07] A late person typed up an agenda. So my question is why would the board be required to say we did not want to do

[1:18:14] A, maybe what you do, B. Why can't the board simply say we wish to do A?

[1:18:18] So there's no law, but Robert's role is you look at the way the agenda's been formatted.

[1:18:25] It says, at motion to approve the highest rent firm, so the recommended action, that recommends

[1:18:34] that.

[1:18:35] Correct.

[1:18:36] Okay.

[1:18:36] That was very original last month, I won't be up, I won't be up council too much to disagree

[1:18:43] May I ask something, so can we just deny it with the staff recommended and then take both of the companies and then pick who we want?

[1:18:55] Is that possible?

[1:18:56] Yes, or would I say just do it in the same motion?

[1:19:00] Okay, well, I would like to make a motion that we deny the recommendations from the staff of the Port of Palm Beach, then we take both companies.

[1:19:11] company. What is it? Garen Group, RIS and then Mr. Gallon company and then we

[1:19:19] select the company to represent the pouring. That's my motion. Can we do it that

[1:19:24] way?

[1:19:26] Because you said we had to deny what the staff said. So get rid of it and now

[1:19:31] we are starting all over and I will make the motion that we the commission select

[1:19:37] either with strategies garing group or what is this might tell him C E B S group

[1:19:48] second emotion all right give a second any discussion all in favor

[1:19:56] I have nothing to hide, so now do you want to make a motion?

[1:20:01] Now, where do we go? I make a motion that each commissioner will vote on. Well, Abby, all in favor of motion here. This is the motion. I think calling for like a tally like, you know, you could move. And if there's.

[1:20:25] May the jeans cut before did you want to make a motion for pick one to start the ball rolling do you have

[1:20:33] So I need to pick one. Okay, I make a motion that we submit garing group. All right. A second. We have motion from the second.

[1:20:43] Any discussion? All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All opposed.

[1:20:51] carries 5-0 for the garing group,

[1:20:59] R-S-C.

[1:21:00] Yeah.

[1:21:03] Which group did you mostly garing?

[1:21:06] I said, I said, uh, I'm going to say,

[1:21:08] with strategy garing group,

[1:21:11] that was my motion.

[1:21:12] Please select.

[1:21:13] With strategies garing group.

[1:21:18] And I said, yes.

[1:21:19] We need to re-vote.

[1:21:20] I thought she said the other one.

[1:21:21] Yeah, by the way, just to be clear.

[1:21:23] So there's no confusing.

[1:21:25] So there's Gellin benefits group.

[1:21:28] That was the second presentation.

[1:21:31] The first presentation was Gare Ring group

[1:21:35] or S.C. insurance.

[1:21:39] OK, let me clarify my motion.

[1:21:42] My motion is that we select.

[1:21:44] My motion is to select risk strategies.

[1:21:47] Gare in group.

[1:21:49] That's my motion.

[1:21:50] OK.

[1:21:50] Okay, wait a second. Okay, I have no discussion. Okay. All in favor for RSC

[1:21:57] Garing, say aye. Aye. Opposed? Okay. Passes 4 to 1. RSC Garing

[1:22:08] Group will be

[1:22:22] Yes,

[1:22:25] okay

[1:22:26] New business

[1:22:46] Okay, we have motion Deandre pool makes the motion second

[1:22:51] You have to have your second, second.

[1:22:52] Second.

[1:22:53] Second.

[1:22:55] Any discussion?

[1:22:57] Well in favor, I'll oppose carries 50.

[1:23:01] Next item.

[1:23:03] Your second agenda item is out of the J-2 of this gesture

[1:23:07] motion is to include the Board's long-to-beats district

[1:23:09] in or of a comprehensive financial reform.

[1:23:13] With independent auditors reporting there in Ang and half

[1:23:19] to the state of Florida.

[1:23:22] Florida Auditor General,

[1:23:24] Florida Department of Transportation,

[1:23:25] and others required to board

[1:23:27] the independent auditor and

[1:23:28] time-design.

[1:23:29] Delta Davis, CPA partner with

[1:23:32] S Davis and Associates.

[1:23:33] PA will provide a brief overview

[1:23:35] of the ACF for

[1:23:39] FY0934.

[1:23:40] I can read for you.

[1:23:42] I think

[1:23:43] welcome.

[1:23:48] Thank you, thank you. It's going to be here again to present a lot of results and we thank you for this opportunity.

[1:23:54] I think we have a presentation that's calling on the screen, which will be from my board you can notice.

[1:24:01] I'm going to start by thanking the finance, the team finance and management team for bringing us to this point.

[1:24:10] It's always a very role to go through on audit.

[1:24:13] But I know that you guys are still doing their day-to-day activities, and this is just an ad.

[1:24:19] This is just ad work for them, and we are not in a day-to-day without that, but fun for them.

[1:24:27] We presented the art at scope, art at results, and along with financial and executive director, financial highlights,

[1:24:38] That's based on what relation you see in the annual coming years,

[1:24:41] if I can't report it to you afterwards, you can come.

[1:24:43] I'm referring to it.

[1:24:45] So my visitation is primarily going to be on our hardest reports

[1:24:49] and non-exclusions, not so much the numbers.

[1:24:54] We also present it to the implementation

[1:24:57] that was required to communicate to the government.

[1:25:01] There's a really robust conversation. Various suit numbers of the audit committee ask where the questions and their comments can at the end of the meeting be recommended in no changes to your pattern.

[1:25:19] We reported on your audit. I'd like to say a little bit about something that I've been trying to do before in that position, which is to balance sheet revenues, expenses, and changes in the committee.

[1:25:29] and then change the acquisition of K&R in months to the financial statements.

[1:25:37] As a result, we issued an unmodified opinion on the financial statements, which is the best

[1:25:44] type of opinion we've ever taken yet.

[1:25:49] We also work out into our own control.

[1:25:52] We don't issue an opinion or say on our own control to look at controls in time and make

[1:25:58] the time of the set, are all in testing.

[1:26:00] You do washers, and we're sure that you're controlled to

[1:26:03] consent to us.

[1:26:04] I'm actually unfulmented in the inquiry.

[1:26:07] You apply to the issue of art, which we report to time

[1:26:10] and for us, we do have an audit of standards on that work.

[1:26:15] We find no efficiencies in the control of financial

[1:26:18] reporting and no instances of none from the finance.

[1:26:22] And they're required to be employed under government

[1:26:24] on the list of standards.

[1:26:26] because you do have to have a single audit and a state single audit,

[1:26:30] because you have an excess of 750,000 hours of expenditures from both,

[1:26:35] and both those categories, and more referral grants and expenditures,

[1:26:39] and the state grant expenditures.

[1:26:41] We did, we had to do a single audit,

[1:26:44] and the results of that are a ton of compliance,

[1:26:47] especially to the major programs and state projects,

[1:26:51] resulting in unminified opinion, again, on compliance.

[1:26:56] We know the conditions, we know the internal control requirements.

[1:27:02] In accordance with the order of the general, the issue is that the provisions of the

[1:27:07] internal issue in the United States, or the United States, are lettering to the

[1:27:11] United States, or lettering to the United States, or lettering to the United States,

[1:27:13] which is a good law and a good type of internal control system in the following.

[1:27:18] But it has mentioned that the testing is expected in the internal control system.

[1:27:23] We're also required to report on compliance with your investment by the positive photo

[1:27:29] funds and what I'm trying to do is make this work.

[1:27:34] The IRS reports were issued on June 4th, but on the approval of the idea of financials

[1:27:41] by the audit committee, and as such, the court will need the state to require adverts

[1:27:47] admission date, but June 30th on this year, there are two other required correspondence reports

[1:27:56] for letters, both of which you can see in your agenda packet, and that was the letter

[1:28:02] to governance. It's also the letter that I refer to that you're an open detail with the

[1:28:09] audit committee and your management representation letter. We'll give them a few access to anything

[1:28:15] in what you can get in here in terms of transactions,

[1:28:20] pay-intrate on land personnel in audits resulting

[1:28:25] in no knowledge required, suspected

[1:28:27] far-forward ways.

[1:28:31] That concludes my report on presentation holding.

[1:28:35] It wasn't too good for you, but if you had any questions,

[1:28:38] I would be happy to answer.

[1:28:40] Any questions?

[1:28:42] That's good news.

[1:28:43] Thank you for that, yeah?

[1:28:44] Thank you very much.

[1:28:46] Appreciate it.

[1:28:47] Thank you.

[1:28:50] So we give you a motion to

[1:28:54] ban for some motion.

[1:28:55] Motion.

[1:28:56] Richard second.

[1:28:58] Is your pool all in favor?

[1:29:00] Yes.

[1:29:00] Those carries five zero.

[1:29:03] Okay.

[1:29:04] Next item.

[1:29:04] Next item is J3.

[1:29:06] Motion away from current

[1:29:07] competition and in accordance with session 4 by 4,

[1:29:10] the courts purchase a policies of the teachers manual

[1:29:12] and authorize the executive director to ask you to

[1:29:15] I agree with it's been associated as ink from governmental consultee of ours.

[1:29:20] All right.

[1:29:21] We have a motion.

[1:29:22] Second.

[1:29:23] I think you should read it.

[1:29:25] Second.

[1:29:25] Good question.

[1:29:26] Cool.

[1:29:29] Question.

[1:29:30] Please.

[1:29:30] Good.

[1:29:31] Mr. Penske.

[1:29:33] So we're going from a full service firm to you.

[1:29:39] What are we missing out?

[1:29:41] And what are we gaining?

[1:29:42] Please.

[1:29:43] Thank you for the question so make them in great offer their government relations practice has diminished over time.

[1:29:56] I was the last government relations professor.

[1:30:08] So, the where they went from when I first started there 15 years ago, I don't know why they discontinued the investment, but many of the tools that were available have diminished. And, and then also felt as though,

[1:30:29] where I started with the court and actually I was in practice for myself for starting with the court.

[1:30:36] And thought that the larger platform would be beneficial actually didn't turn out that way.

[1:30:44] In some cases it took away from the ability to spend more time with the clients in this case of court on peach.

[1:30:52] So the United States is a women-owned firm and vice president.

[1:30:57] I've seen the gender change, and so we're not in the British room, we are a small business enterprise, we're now women-owned and I'm proud of that and I'm very happy about that, but I can now, you've always had a personal service, so that part is not going to change, but now the other distractions I would say that go on are by the way side, so totally 100% fully strong, I'm not going to be able to do that, but I can now, you've always had personal service, so that part is not going to change, but now the other distractions I would say that go on are by the way side, and so totally 100% fully strong,

[1:31:26] on the clients and the crowd at the Port of London.

[1:31:29] Thank you.

[1:31:30] Any other questions?

[1:31:31] I do.

[1:31:32] Go ahead.

[1:31:32] Mr. Penske, how many years have you been doing this,

[1:31:36] this type of work?

[1:31:37] What is this?

[1:31:38] Yeah, and those are Mr. Richards and I now have a gray hair.

[1:31:43] This will be my, this will be my,

[1:31:47] 25.

[1:31:48] This will be my,

[1:31:50] 40,

[1:31:51] 40 years?

[1:31:52] Wow.

[1:31:53] We love to wax, how great Tallahassee has become, but it is just the opposite and that's another answer which gets me to focus on how each county in just Tallahassee's own.

[1:32:10] But yeah, this is my 40 new words.

[1:32:12] Any other questions? Okay, all in favor say aye.

[1:32:16] Aye.

[1:32:17] Opposed?

[1:32:18] Curious 5-0. Thank you.

[1:32:21] And you're wearing socks.

[1:32:25] I noticed it.

[1:32:33] Item J4 is a motion that is set to approve the authorization executive director assigned

[1:32:39] to US questions in order to action.

[1:32:41] Remember, I had a overview which a reimburseee to be 200 feet out.

[1:32:44] So, Mo.

[1:32:45] Commissioner Richards.

[1:32:46] Second.

[1:32:47] Mr. Pooh, table of post.

[1:32:49] Curious by zero.

[1:32:50] Next item.

[1:32:53] And item chain 5 is the motion to approve the

[1:32:56] control user review without construction and

[1:32:58] SAV solutions for it.

[1:33:00] I'll see it all for as the executive director to

[1:33:03] execute the agreement.

[1:33:05] Good motion.

[1:33:06] That motion.

[1:33:07] The motion pool.

[1:33:08] Second, can you turn around right?

[1:33:10] The discussion.

[1:33:11] The whole table.

[1:33:11] Of course, carries 5.0.

[1:33:13] It's OK.

[1:33:14] Uh-huh.

[1:33:15] Now,

[1:33:18] if that, I'm sorry, it was called

[1:33:20] sorry, it's already questioned on that.

[1:33:37] All right comments from the public. I have no cards comments from the Commission when you have anything

[1:33:44] Thank you, Jane.

[1:33:46] All right.

[1:33:47] Bruce, anything?

[1:33:48] No?

[1:33:49] I have nothing.

[1:33:50] All right.

[1:33:51] The next meeting date, July 17th, at four o'clock.

[1:33:55] Is that something, yes?

[1:33:56] Excuse me.

[1:33:58] You mentioned earlier that we would come on the early, before four in order to try to talk about

[1:34:05] the chatter.

[1:34:05] If we wanted to, did you think we would just have ten minutes of the meeting that we just

[1:34:11] talk about it shouldn't be matter of what? I come early or what? It's duration. Well I think I'm just I'm so I've said it's that it's time to be. Yeah well we don't do we need to do it but I think it's probably better not but you can do it during the meeting. We'll do it during the meeting.

[1:34:32] Okay.

[1:34:33] Okay.

[1:34:33] Good.

[1:34:34] All right.

[1:34:35] We're adjourned.

Commissioners

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