County Commission on 2026-06-09 10:00 AM - Jun 09, 2026

Well, can everyone, I need you to raise the volume on this, Vector. Where are those notes? I think I got them. I think I got them. I got them. Right, I got it. I got it. I got it. Okay. Okay. Good morning, everybody, and welcome to our Broward County Commission meeting. Today is June 9, 2026, and I'm going to ask everybody for two things. If you can please rise for our Pledge of Allegiance, please rise. And stay standing after we do the Pledge. And normally what I do is I ask somebody that can lead us in the Pledge. And today I'm going to ask Brody Romer. Where's Brody? Brody? So just wait, wait, wait, Brody. Wait, wait. Brody, just to let everybody know, he's going into fifth grade from Heron Heights Elementary. He actually bid money from the PTA, and Commissioner Dean wants to thank him for doing this. Are you all set? Yeah. You ready? Can you give it your all? All right. You lead us. There's the flag, and you lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and liberty. Folks, it's customary that we observe a moment of silence in honorable notable persons from our community who have recently passed. And I'm going to go around the dais to see if anybody wants to acknowledge anybody, starting with Commissioner Davis. Only if 60 minutes counts. Okay, great. All right. Then let us also honor all the brave men and women who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces, both here and abroad, and thank them for their service. I ask that we do a moment of silence. Thank you. Please take your seats. Michael, is Brody staying here? Yeah, he's staying. Where's Brody? Brody is a specialist in speech and debate, too. Bring him up here. Yeah, come on up, Brody, for a little while. This is really big. That donation to Heron Heights PTA is really working out. Brody, come on up here. Brody, why not? Now, Brody, when I just say, when I say approve, you just watch me. I'll give you the lead. And if I say don't approve, you don't approve it, okay? Right. All right. And if you get scared of him, you come over and sit this way, because he could be a little mean. And then if you listen to what I say, I'll pay you off really well afterwards, okay? Brody, that's what's called a joke. Welcome to politics. All right. Our breakfast of music provided today by Commissioner Udine. Okay. School's out for the summer. Alice Cooper in the summertime. Great music. All right. We're going to do the, we have some presentations today. First is our employee recognition. Monica, are we going to start that first? And so we're recognizing everybody. Thank you for coming. And we're done. No, I'm joking. I'm joking. Monica, you'll lead the way and I'll come down. All right. Brody, we're ready. You should have him sit in your seat now. Look. Thank you, Mayor and Commissioner. So today we get to honor and recognize many employees for their many years of service. We're going to start with 20 years of service with aviation. Adrienne McGriff. Say good morning. I know. He's scary. He's scary. You want to do it here? Okay. All right. Hold on. Let me pick up your visitor pass. Oh, sure. I think you've earned, I think you've earned not having, being a visitor, right? Yeah. Maybe. Thank you. And if you'd like to- Wait, wait, wait. Let me congratulate you. Congratulations. Go around. Say everybody wants to congratulate you. All right. We'll stay with aviation for a moment. Christina, roll down. Why don't you want to give that to her? From emergency management, Stephen Hirshenhorn. Hey, congratulations. We got the whole family here? Hey. How you doing, sir? Good. How you doing? Good to see you. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Good. Thank you so much. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you again. Thank you. Commissioners, why don't you go around the desk? Yeah. You can go around here. Exactly. No. He's going to do that. All right. I think we all recognize this next individual. She is responsible for making sure our budget is in order. Jennifer Steelman. All right. I think the whole budget will be in order. All right. Go ahead. Go ahead. Come on, guys. Hurry up. Let's do the budget. Budget. Thank you. Thank you. You want to start on here? Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead. So, commissioners, this is the dream team that makes the budget happen. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right. The next one I think you all will also recognize. This is the gentleman that gets to keep all of you in the right space with the media. Gregory Meyer. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. From finance and administrative services, ETS, Sabrina Livingston. 20 long years. Come on in. Come on in. Come on in. Come on. In the back. In the back. Yes. In the back. Yes. In the back. Yes. In the back. This next individual started actually when I was in county administration and she used to greet everybody for the county commission and the county administrator's office. Carol Powell. Twin sister. Look at this. Oh, my God. Which one is Carol? Carol. You guys always do this. Oh, my God. Congrats. There you go. Congratulations. Congratulations. You have another photo over here. Oh, come on. You want to get in? Come on. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations, Carol. Congratulations. Mark. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Thank you. Congratulations, Carol. Congratulations. Mark. Come on. Come on. Come on. Carol. Carol. Come on. So I always ask Carol, is it really you here today or is it your sister? Okay. The next individual from Human Services, Marsha Elegon. I'm perfect. Thank you, of course. Congratulations. Thank you. Here we go. Oh, Carol. Yeah. Let's get in real quick. Here we go. Quick. Something. Absolutely. Another set of twins. It's in the water. It's in the water. It's in the water. Thank you. Thank you. We'll go around the dates. We'll go around the dates. We'll go around the dates. From libraries, Mina Wimberly. Good beam up here. Hi there. Congrats. Here we go. Come in for a photo. Come on right here. There we go. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Also from libraries, Hyacinth Cole Power. Congratulations. Thank you. All right. Uh-oh. Come on down. All right. You're okay. You're okay. Okay. It's stuck here. It's stuck. I know. All right. Let's go over here. Let's go over here. Squeeze in. I don't know if we're going to get us all in. No. I'll be fine. Thank you. Wonderful. Keep it going. Keep it going. I'm trying. Also from libraries, David Dones. Dones? Dones. Dones. And don't forget, please go around the dais so you can say hello to the rest of the commissioners. Do you want to stand next to the mayor here? No. It's okay. All right. Get in here. Here we go. All right. Well, there we go. We're good. Congratulations. David, you came on a dais. You taking him out of there? From Parks and Recreation, Mary Noe. Thank you. Thank you. Service, Mary. Here you go. We'll stand next to me. Hey, Dan. Mary Noe. Thank you. From Public Works and Environmental Services, 20 years, Tyson Phillip. He's a good handshake. He has a visitor pass. So you don't. Certainly. Visitor. Not a visitor anymore. Yeah. Not a visitor anymore. Visitor. Let's do it quick. Quick, quick. Facilities. Oh, boy. Yeah. Come on down. Quick, quick, quick. We're going to need back here. All right, guys. Move this in a little bit. Yeah, yeah. Right here. Stay here. Ready? Stay right here, then. All right. So the next one, I believe you guys are also going to want to stay for this photo. So don't go far. Craig Shuler. Congratulations. Where's the mayor? Where did the mayor go? He's back there. So let's go say hi. Go. The mayor will. Just point and shoot. No composition. Okay. We'll do it together. Okay. I'd rather do that. All right, guys. Ready? Thank you. Yep. I think our final one for 20 years, and we'll go on to 25 after this, from Transportation, Scott Corson. After this, we can just bring everybody else back for a hundred minutes. Uh-huh. All right. I know my audience. That's good. I think you've been to the past, too, for the photos. There you go. 25 years of service from aviation. Karen Irving. We've got a lot of aviation here. Uh-oh. I'm going to need to bring them down. All right. Congratulations. Can we go to the back? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I think we're here. What? Did you want another photo? Okay. We're going to get everybody from aviation. Let's do it. Let's do it quickly. Yep. Okay. Photo with everyone. With all aviation. All right. Aviation. Whoever's in the house from aviation, hurry up on. Come on down. Do the same thing again. Two squares, squares, and square aviation. Work on the other side. Go on the other side. Go on the other side. Go on the other side. Go on the other side. Almost almost. Okay. That's good. Okay. Ready? Okay. We're going to stay here. Aviation, stay there, please. Deja Quiñones. There's a photo back here. That's all right. Right. Back in the middle. All right. In the middle. All right. In the middle. Back in the middle. Back in the middle. All right. All right. Last photo. All right. Drew. Drew. Yep. Okay. All right. Come on, Dave. All right. Where'd the mayor go? Mayor. All right. Thank you. All right. Absolutely. Drew, would you like to do the next one? Nika. I don't know. 25 years of service. Thank you. Good morning, everybody. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. All right. And folks from the county attorney's office. I think we have a few in here. 25 years of service. Our illustrious legal administrator, office administrator, Melissa McGee. Accepting the award today for Melissa McGee. Oh, come on up, guys. Oh, come on up, guys. Oh, yeah. Come on. Oh, yeah. Come on, guys. Okay. I can do that. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. All right. That's it? Thank you. So, Drew, I'm going to ask all the county attorney's office folks to stay put for a moment. Drew. Here we go. And everybody taking one out of order here, just because all the county attorney's folks are here. 30 years of service. Our, I don't even know her exact title, but our deputy legal administrator, Robin Floyd. Where's Robin? Here. Come on back. Here. Come on back. Come on back. All right. Come on back. Come on. Okay. Ready? Okay. You want one? For the next one, I'm going to ask our county auditor to join me. We're going to go back to 25 years of service. Okay. Would Luis Martinez please come up? 25 years. From ETS, Finance Administrative Services, 25 years of service, Zaheer Ali. Come on down. You're good. Come on down. You're good. Come on. Come on down. You're good. Come on down. Come on down. Come on down. Come on down. Come on down. Come on down. Come on down. Come on. That's a great record. That's good. That's good. All right. Yay. Parks and Recreation, Matthew Bueschlein. I should go sit up. Wow, that's a hand. Last couple for 25 years of service, transportation, Sonya Moreland. Thank you. Thank you for all you do. I'm afraid of those pictures. Thank you. Also from transportation, Shimon Aaron. All right, we're going to switch gears to 30 years of service. 30 years of torture. Octavio Machado. From the Value Adjustment Board, Finance and Administrative Services, Karen Izzo. Do you know her? Let's take a photo. Who's handling it? We were missing three people. Come on in, come on in. Come on in, guys. Come on in, come on, come on. Hey there. 30 years of service from Parks and Recreation, Alberto Ruiz. From Port Everglades. I'm so sorry. From Public Works and Environmental Services, Venice Cook. 35? Wow. That's it, 35. That's incredible. 35 years. I thought when you were like two years old. I'm just sorry when you were like two years old. I thought you had some code folks. Ready to go. Get in the back. Get in the back. Get in the back. Get in the back. Oh, he can't get in the picture. Jerry, get out. Jerry, get out. You're going to crash. Get in the back. Come on, I have to do it. Get in the back. Drew. Have you seen Jillian? She's cracking up. Yeah, it's so good. Yeah, ship over, please, guys. Come on over, come on over. Come on down. One more, one more. That's good. Okay. Ready? Thank you. We're down to the wire here. Now, we're at 35 years of service. So, from Human Services, Manuel Fuentes. Hey. Hey, hey, I want to congratulate you. He's the best, too. He's the best. 35. A lot of years. They're in the house. You want to get in the back? Get in the back, quick. Oh. Okay, guys. All right. Go picture. Go picture. Back of it. Sandra. I'm getting in. I got it. I got it. All right. There you go. Ready? Hold on, Max. Hurry up. Go ahead. You ready? Yeah, I got it. Okay, guys. Ready? There we go. Awesome. I got it. All right. There you go. Hurry up, Dan. Get up. Okay, guys. Ready? Get up. Awesome. I got it. I got it. All right. Hurry up, Dan. Get up. All right. So, Dan, you didn't think that was Park Toon Rec Director. You also have to take photos. Thank you. Thank you, sir. All right. From Public Works and Environmental Services, Lisa Banks Campbell, 35 years. One more. Look at that. Praise the Lord. Praise Jesus. Praise the jail. Lisa, congrats. Thank you. Wow, what the heck? Yeah. Look at that. Here you go. Okay. Do a quick three. Do a quick three. Oh, boy. We got a big, look at this. Let's do a quick one. Oh, sorry. Hold on. We're going to do a big one in a second. Oh, wait. A quick second. Okay. All right. Now, let's do a big one. Okay. Okay. Big one. Come on. Awesome. All right. Keep going. Keep going. Keep going. Back up a bit. Back up more. Back up more. Back up more. Back up more. Back up more. Okay, guys. Ready? Right here if it is. Ready? Okay. Okay. Thank you. Of course. I know, right? Lisa. Lisa, make sure you go around the dais. Okay, guys. Ready? Okay, guys. Ready? Ready? Okay. Thank you. Of course. I know, right? One left. One left. And we're going to do probably… Lisa, make sure you go around the dais. go around the dais thank you all right so we have one one final employee to recognize for the day we have one final employee to recognize today and this individual has worked for the county for 40 years so so let's give a warm welcome to from Parks and Recreation Donald Huntley all the parks people in the audience come back to the back in the middle please thank you very much and thank you for your service Donald can everybody grab their seat please vice mayor you're out of line vice mayor you want to join us thank you vice mayor for all you do you're you're okay um before we get on to our two proclamations i want to recognize commissioner fisher for 30 seconds thank you mayor um obviously it's such a great time to celebrate folks and years of service and i just wanted to recognize that my chief of staff mary pride has been with district four for 15 years and she got her certificate so i just wanted to personally thank her for yes where's mary that's where's she didn't want a picture but but uh and i'm probably embarrassing her right now but that's okay i can do that because i'm the boss right but just seriously just uh you know i could not function without her she's just been a tremendous asset to me and to mary thank you so much for all you do and for your 15 years god bless okay our first proclamation will be presented by commissioner rogers uh to is it verne dueling um kenny i can't read my eyesight so bad kenny midori thank you please come on down and commissioner rogers it's all yours good morning okay good morning okay i can hear you and those who can see me the but i can't um good morning to everyone and of course this proclamation was requested by me but i know supported by everyone on this dais so i thank you my colleagues um whereas juneteenth observed annually on june 19 commemorates the end of slavery in galveston texas and stands as a defining moment in america's history and whereas on june 19 1865 union major general gordon granger arrived in galveston and announced that all enslaved people were free under the emancipation proclamation issued by president abram lincoln bringing long awaited freedom the thousand of african americans in texas and whereas in florida information about the end of slavery was not received until may 20th 1865 when troops arrived in tallahassee florida and read the emancipation proclamation hence the day was declared florida's emancipation day and whereas juneteenth often called america's second independence day symbolizes freedom resilience hope and the continuing pursuit of equity and justice for all and whereas on june 19 we continue to celebrate the rich history culture and countless contributions of african americans to the strength and the progress of the united states and whereas this observance provides an opportunity for all americans to reflect upon the nation's history honor the sacrifices of those who endured slavery and discrimination and commit to building a more united society and whereas communities throughout the united states of america commensurate june 10th through educational events cultural celebration acts of service and gathering that promotes understanding unity and civic pride like this diaspora candlelight vigil on saturday june 20th so please mark your calendar at harris chapel in oakland park florida whereas juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday in 2021 by this county affirming the enduring importance of liberty equality and human dignity now therefore be it proclaimed and i missed wanted to recognize former county commissioner and mayor of broward county who pushed and advocated for that holiday here in broward county but it still would not pass without all nine members of this county commission so i say thank you for that also be it proclaimed by the broward county board of county commissioners that the board hereby designate the 19th of june 2026 as juneteenth independence day and encourages all residents to observe this occasion through reflection education celebration celebration and continued commitment to freedom and justice for all i do as the commissioner for district nine but recognizes how diverse we are here in broward county and how proud we are of our diversity today i asked vernon dolan membership service coordinator for minority builders coalition when i think housing i think of commissioner e pat larkin my dear friend former commissioner up there in palmpana and of course kinney midori trustee and chairman kingdom charitable trust an immigrant that loves and peace guides his life for work so these two gentlemen are truly way makers and i thank you for what you have done and will continue to do on behalf of human race and humankind i thank you very much thank you first speaker you have one minute one minute all righty so uh commissioner rogers uh thank you very much for this uh notable uh proclamation and for your tireless uh dedication to our community and i'm very honored and grateful by the esteemed board uh all of you participated in this uh proclamation uh just just to give you an overview what we do we're a private family foundation that started in chicago uh we had a brief layover in arizona and we settled in florida because the weather was simply better so what do we do we work with about 70 non-profits and we give about 150 to 200 000 a month to uh non-profits that operate in the areas of housing and shelter human trafficking prevention youth development of mentorship early learning and neurodivergence international medical outreach and legal aid and child welfare and across these programs i'm happy to say that we've helped about 50 000 people just last year and on top of that we offer a proprietary scholarship that awards 25 000 dollars to deserving students who compete against a pool of 500 applicants to help cover their academic expenses and on finally we participate in career day where we encourage title one students to engage in our summer stock market draft which has proven to be a fantastic learning engaging experience and with that i'd like to thank you for this honor again and thank you for all of you who are involved in this proclamation and we will continue to strengthen our work in broward county thank you very much good morning let me get my glasses out it would help thank you so much for this incredible honor receiving this juneteenth proclamation is deeply meaningful not just for me but for what it stands for freedom resilience and community i am incredibly grateful for your leadership and for recognizing this historical weight and celebration of this day i also want to extend a special thanks to bobby henry and the west side gazette for their unwavering support and dedication to uplifting our community let me go back honorable mayor broward county commissioners commissioner hazel rogers county administrator and staff again thank you i also want to extend a special thanks to my church family at harris chapel my dear friends and my lovely wife mary and my beautiful daughters my sister thank you for standing with me no one accomplishes anything alone and this honor belongs to all of us thank you broward county for this beautiful recognition happy juneteenth and i hope to see you on june 20th at harris chapel as we celebrate as we have a candlelight celebrate focusing in on the total diaspora people throughout the world let us all celebrate this again happy juneteenth everybody commissioner rogers uh can i ask that gentleman a question sir you did you say you're from chicago i grew up in chicago originally from bahamas this is a defining question cubs or socks i need to know cubs fan or socks fan i got to say socks but that's between you and me commissioner rogers get him out of here can i get my can i get my family and friends to come up come on up harris chapel my family and friends mr brown you all come on up please you don't mind juliette mark come on down come on if you guys want to go ahead go ahead you go you go first right here this lens okay guys you ready uh uh our next proclamation by our vice mayor robert mckenzie uh proclamation of the parks and recreation month presented to dan west and some other staff and uh take it away man monica do you have uh the resignation papers for dan west there will be corrective action later he played a trick on me earlier so uh i want his resignation right now you know come on up so we're doing a proclamation for parks and recreation month and and dan west is with me alex and staff from parks and recreation but i also have the distinguished honor of by my side senator eleanor sobel who who represented district 33 and in my recollection in looking at the historical data she has surpassed senator gillor and everything he's ever done in tallahassee but no um i'm gonna allow you to want to speak now you want to present the proclamation anything you want to do it's up to you okay i'll read the proclamation and then i have a little speech thank you do you want me to read you do please you sure whatever you want senator go ahead what should i let him should i let him read the proclamation okay thank you alex with that this proclamation was requested by robert mckenzie vice mayor of broward county and i have a passion for our parks because since arriving here i've bonded with parks and in particular director dan west so thank you for allowing me this opportunity the proclamation reads whereas broward county parks and recreation is an integral part of broward county whereas approximately 10 million residents and visitors are guests in our 60 plus regional neighborhood and specialty parks nature centers nature areas reaping the following benefits and whereas county parks offer nature centers natural natural areas which positively impacts mental health by increasing cognitive performances and well-being whereas parks and recreation encourage physical health by providing space for popular sports walking and nature trails water parks mountain biking and many other activities designed to promote activities and lifestyles whereas county parks are leading providers of healthy meals to youth nutrition services and education to all ages in the bmsd and whereas parks and recreation programming and educational activities such as out of school time programming youth sports environmental and stem education and critical to children development whereas parks and recreation enhanced our community economic prosperity through the higher property values expansion of the tourist development tax from campground visitors increased tourism attracting and retaining businesses and reducing crime our parks ensure the sustainability of a county of county of accounting of county natural areas and provide places for all ages to connect with nature and recreate outdoors whereas the u.s house of representatives designated july as parks and recreation month and whereas broward county recognizes the physical and mental wellness economic environmental and quality of life benefits derived from the county park system and its resources now therefore be it proclaimed by the broward county commissioners by the board of county commissioners broward county florida that the month of july 2026 is recognized as parks and recreation month in broward county florida signed by our mayor mark bogan okay thank you very much i look at the parks as the heartbeat of our community good morning it's almost no it's not noon yet thank you to the mayor and commissioners for recognize the immense value of parks and recreation activities across broward county and especially thank you to vice mayor robert mckenzie for this proclamation this vital recognition thrives under the dedicated leadership leadership of all of you and especially of dan west and the important support of the parks foundation of broward county an organization i am deeply proud to serve as a board member for the last eight years together we understand that parks are not just patches of grass they are the living rooms of our neighborhoods in our crowded world they provide the priceless gift of open space our foundation works hard and hand in hand with the county to deliver vibrant impacting community experiences we are proud to share two landmark uh events that truly showcase our mission first our annual love and music fest in february at plantation heritage park featuring the incredible talent of nesta torres and the florida youth orchestra it is a magical day where music brings neighbor neighbors together under the open air second looking ahead to november at coconut creek at trade winds park we host our deeply moving boots and beats for our brave a celebration and dedicated honoring and supporting our cherished local veterans no matter who you are a piece of the great outdoors belongs to each and every one of us let us promise to cherish utilize and fiercely protect these spaces for generations to come please join us at these upcoming festivities and thank you very much for all of you for your dedicated work and service especially your entire staff that i witnessed today that is so dedicated to all of you helping parks and recreation thank you dan doesn't want to speak so on behalf of this commission this belongs to you i know how to do it it's been there before oh i got a t-shirt you got your foundation hold on yeah yeah lamar lamar hold on eat your heart out lamar 15 you got a t-shirt you got it you got it okay ready Parks people, before you leave, parks people, parks people, before you, Eleanor, before y'all leave, I just want to tell you one quick thing. I checked with the mayor. Before y'all leave, I just want to say I would take a very careful look at a proposed constitutional amendment on property taxes because if you run the numbers, our general revenue budget is about $2 billion after we pay reserves, constitutional things like that. We're left with about $600 million in GR, and the tax cut is going to cost us $634 million. So when you look at parks, libraries, every other thing that we have, to me it looks like there's going to be deep and lasting cuts everywhere, including the parks, if this passes. So examine it yourself, do the math, but when I look at the math, the math doesn't math without substantial cuts to most county programs, which would have to, of necessity, include parks. Senator Giller, thank you for the good news. Mr. Mayor, it's something that if we don't talk about... Mr. Mayor, can you invite everyone to your budget hearing? Mr. Mayor, can you invite everyone to listen to your budget presentation as we talk about these things? Encourage your audience to watch our meetings and attend our budget meetings. Thank you for allowing me to speak. Okay, we got a time certain in six minutes. Senator, come on up here and you can sit here and vote, okay? Let's go. All right, do you want to read the Tuesday morning memo? Real fast. The following are submitted for your consideration. Consent items are 1 through 50. Public hearing items are 51 through 66. Regular items are 67 through 76. I request the following withdrawals and other modifications to the agenda and note the following additional information. Withdrawals, item 27. This item has been withdrawn to address an error in what transmitted for state review. The public hearing for this item and a related item will occur on August 20th, 2026. Other modifications, item 4, the board's consideration of motion A is based upon the item as amended, including amendments to the motion statement by additional material number 4A submitted by the transportation department. Item 5, the board's consideration of motion A is based on the item as amended, including amendments to the motion statement by additional material number 5, a submitted by the transportation department. Item 6, the board's consideration is based upon the item as amended by additional material number 6A, replacing exhibit 1, submitted by transportation department. Item 16, the board's consideration of this item is based upon the item as amended, including the amended motion statement and replacement and supplemented exhibit 1 by additional material number 16A, 16B, and 16C, submitted by the purchasing division and finance and administrative services department. Item 31, the board's consideration is based on the item including the amended motion statement in exhibit 1, as modified by additional material number 31A, submitted by the public works and environmental services department. Item 47, the board's consideration is based on the item including the amended motion statement as modified by the additional material number 47B. Item 47A, submitted by the county attorney's office. Item 60, Senator Nan Rich and Commissioner Hazel Rogers separately requested to be added as co-sponsors. Item 69, the board's consideration is based upon the item including exhibits 1 and 2, as modified by additional material number 69A, submitted by the housing and urban planning division. Item 71, Commissioner Furr requests to be added as a co-sponsor. Item 72, the board's consideration is based on the item as modified, including modification to the motion statement by additional material 72B, submitted by Commissioner Michael Udean. Move to consent, item 69, 71, and 75, be moved to consent. Time certain, item 70, time certain at 1130 a.m. Additional material, item number 4A, amended motion statement submitted by Transportation Department. Item number 5A, amended motion statement submitted by Transportation Department. Item 6A, replacement exhibit 1, submitted by Transportation Department. Item 16A, 2026 summer recess action list submitted by Purchasing Division. 16B, amended motion statement submitted by Finance and Administrative Services Department. Item 16C, updated summer recess list submitted by Purchasing Division. Item 31A, amended motion statement and Exhibit 1, page 1, submitted by Public Works Environmental Services Department. Item 47A, amended motion statement and summary explanation background submitted by Office of the County Attorney. Item 69A, deletions and strike-through changes to Exhibits 1 and 2, submitted by Public Works and Environmental Services Department. Item 72A, schedule and other important information related to Spirit Airlines, buildings submitted by Office of the County Attorney. Item 72B, amended mission statement and summary explanation submitted by Commissioner Michael Udean. Item 72C, preliminary area study with options for the Spirit Airlines property submitted by County Administration. Additional material public hearing. Item 55A, amended changes to Section 2, policies submitted by Senator Steve Geller. Item 58A, no fiscal impact statement for this item submitted by Office of Management and Budget. Thank you. I'm going to go around the dais to see if we have any polls from the agenda. I'll start with Commissioner Rogers. None? None, sir. None? No polls. Yes. I have you polls 7 and 10 for abstentions. Uh, and I'm also, I had put it on, we put it on consent, but there's someone here just, that I would, needs to speak, uh, on 71. I'm going to pull it. Mr. Mayor, when it comes to item 72, I'm going to ask for that to be deferred when it, I don't know if you want to do this now. I'd like it to be deferred. We have a meeting next Tuesday, a workshop. I, the, we, we're just, we're still getting numbers now. Based on the backup, you're seeing some significant savings, but I really want to be able to speak about this in more depth. And based on what the county attorneys put in, uh, as far as timing, if you would postpone and we can have an agenda next Tuesday when we have the workshop for this item, I think that's the most prudent way. And I also want to hear what county administration has to say on Thursday's meeting when we talk about capital budgeting and where the dollars are. And I just think it's more appropriate. So either you can move it now, if we'll do it to next week or open it. I just don't want people to wait, whatever you want to do. Thank you. And commissioner Davis. Okay. So, uh, before we go ahead, council. So on number 72, um, I'm happy to defer it. Um, do you want me to do that or wait? First we vote. How do you want us to do that? Well, let's, let's take care of consent if we can. And then, uh, we'll take every set. If you can move 72 up, it'll take just a minute. Okay. Um, any polls from the public? 16 and 29. 16 and 29. Okay. Counsel, do you want to, uh, yeah, more motion, please? Thank you, mayor. Today's. Oh, yes. Yes. Yes. Thank you, Renee. Uh, 29 is a set for public hearing item, which can't be pulled by the public, the public and comment of the public hearing item. Uh, it can only be pulled by a commissioner. So, uh, today's consent agenda items one through 50 less items seven and 10 for an abstention by Senator Rich. Item 16, uh, item 27 was, which was withdrawn and then added to the consent agenda are items 69 and 75. Mr. Mayor, I move approval of the consent agenda as read by the county attorney. Second. I have a motion and second. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing nine zero. Let's go to number, uh, 72. We're going to defer that. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion that we defer item 72. until, uh, next Tuesday after our workshop if we can have that noticed and put on the agenda. Okay. And mayor, you're, you're implicitly setting a meeting for a regular board meeting for before or after the workshop, the time it can be worked out for next Tuesday. So you're de facto amending the calendar to do that. Right now, the only thing set for next Tuesday is a workshop. That's, that's permissible, but I just want to make sure the board understands. Mayor, I move, I move whatever he just said. We're going to be here anyway. So just to be clear, uh, next week we have, what day is it? Uh, Tuesday, this is Tuesday, June 16th, June 16th from 10 to five. We have a budget. So we're going to start at 10 o'clock, a small little commission here meeting and then go on to the budget to, to address 72 and maybe some other little matters that we need to clean up, but otherwise 72. And so, um, so we need to vote on that. Uh, sure. Okay. You, Senator Geller moved it. Second by Commissioner Fisher. All in favor. Aye. Any opposed? Show that being, uh, approved nine zero. So 72 has now been deferred. Um, going to number 71, um, Senator Rich, you pulled that? Yes. Uh, yeah, yes. Um, this, uh, has to do with, uh, the, uh, park that will be named after former commissioner Sue Gunsberger. Um, and this is, this is something that we have to do to send it to the state because it's state land. So they have to approve it. Um, I, I, I had pulled it, but, uh, uh, uh, Commissioner Gunsberger's daughter, uh, Judy is here and I wanted her to just have an opportunity to say a few words. Thank you. Thank you, Judy. Thank you. Want to move it? Yeah, I, I, I move it. Yeah. Senator Rich moved it. Senator Geller seconded it. We're talking about number 71. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing eight zero. Um, let's go on to, uh, the, do you want to do the, that we'll do the time certain at number 70? Just have to do the withdrawal. I mean, the, uh, abstentions. You want to do those now? Okay. Uh, Commissioner Rich, you have two, number seven, number 10. Do you want to abstain from that? Yes. Um, I'd like to address both, uh, together. Uh, one is for kids in distress and one is for the area wide council on aging. I serve on the boards, um, of, uh, both of those agencies, um, which would be financially impacted if items seven and 10 were approved. Um, I do not receive any compensation for serving on either of the boards and therefore have no statutory voting conflict. However, to avoid the appearance of a conflict, I am abstaining on items seven and 10 and ask that that be reflected in the minutes. Thank you. We can move them both at the same time. Okay. I have a motion to move seven and 10 by Senator Geller. Second by Commissioner Furr. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing nine zero. No, eight zero. Oh, eight zero. Thank you. One abstention. Thank you. Eight zero one abstention. Got it. Okay. Now we're going to go to time certain number 70. Um, is this your item, uh, Senator Rich? Yeah. Um, I hope you all will remember that, um, last year we, we started a program, uh, family court navigator pilot program, um, with the, uh, 17th, uh, judicial circuit. Well, I think we all rise. They're walking down. I don't know if we need to rise. Here they come. They come. That's good. Um, and, uh, it was really to help increase the judicial efficiency and help families in addressing, um, uh, interrelated legal and non-legal problems. Um, the pilot allowed, uh, the court to provide a myriad of in-house services for education and intervention services for families involved in domestic violence, domestic relations cases. Um, and, um, um, I, um, um, I thought that it would be a good idea at this moment to just get a brief update since we're asking this to continue and to have an increase, uh, because we, we established a team with four navigate navigators, but there's a strong need for more than that even. So whatever we'll be able to do, um, I know we'll be greatly appreciated, but, um, um, I did want to, um, uh, bring up, uh, uh, Judge Lauren Alperstein is here. Um, she works with these cases every day. And of course, Chief Justice Carol Lisa Phillips and our incredible, uh, court administrator, Joe D'Amico, who pulls this all together. So I'd like to give them an opportunity, however they would wish to, to speak in whatever order to, uh, give them that opportunity. Okay. Thank you. Good morning, Mr. Mayor, uh, vice mayor, commissioners, Ms. Zapparo, and, uh, members of county administration. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today regarding this agenda item and Senator Rich for putting the motion forward. Uh, my name is Joseph D'Amico and I have the privilege of serving as the court administrator for the 17th traditional circuit in Broward County. With me today is our chief judge, Carol Lisa Phillips, administrative judge of the family division, hope team in Bristol, and chairperson of the family division. Judge Lauren Alperstein. We are here today to provide an overview of our family court services program. You graciously agreed to fund for the current fiscal year and to respectfully request continued support and the modest expansion of the program for the upcoming fiscal year. As you know, Broward County is home to nearly 2 million residents and our circuit is the second largest in the state of Florida. Our family court alone saw nearly 21,000 new cases and 8200 previously closed cases that were reopened cases in 2025 alone. That reflects both the size and complexity of the needs in our community. Family court services was revived last year through your support and the results have been immediate and compelling. Specifically, program funding to hire four full-time employees, a manager, a judicial navigator, a judicial support investigator, and an administrative support staff person was approved last year on October 7th. All of these positions were swiftly filled by December 22nd and our family court services program officially started receiving court orders beginning in 2026, very early on in 2026. Since that time, 151 families have been court ordered and referred for 548 separate services. On average, that's 25 families per month for an average of 91 services per month. These statistics demonstrate both the demand of and the necessity our judges place in the program. That said, the numbers speak for themselves and the truth is simple. The need now exceeds our current capacity. Our navigator and family court services manager have been working beyond normal hours to identify and back community programs, connect families with services, monitor compliance, and provide compassionate case management to the families. As our proposal notes, there are not enough hours to accomplish all the work that's necessary. The same is true for our judicial support investigator. Under Florida statutes, the court is allowed to appoint an independent party to provide the court back evaluative information and custody and visitation disputes. This information is extremely helpful and useful to the judges as they make custody and visitation determinations each and every day. One investigator can complete only two to three investigations per month and since January, 37 investigations have been ordered, but only 22 have been completed. The backlog continues to grow and families are waiting for decisions that directly affect the safety and well-being of their children. The request before you today continues funding for the four positions you approved last year and adds two additional staff members along with essential operating expenses. The investment is not only reasonable, we believe it is a local requirement under section 29.008 Florida statutes which obligates the counties to fund specialized programs, non-judicial staff, and other expenses arising from local factors such as population, case volume, and complexity. I've already mentioned a few of those factors. Broward County has nearly 2 million residents. There's a high volume of family law cases involving complex issues, custody, parenting plans, dissolution of marriage, and 2025 alone we saw nearly 21,000 new cases filed and 8,200 previously closed cases reopened. Currently, there's almost 6,000 pending family law cases that are spread across nine divisions. And that statistic is as of February of 2026. And we have four courthouse locations throughout the county. All of our family division judges serve at the central courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Family court service is not a luxury. It's a core component of a model family court as recognized by the Florida Supreme Court. The court has emphasized the importance of custody evaluations, parenting, education, and counseling, all services that this program helps coordinate and monitor. The program further supports the pillars of a model family court including allowing judges to administer therapeutic justice, coordinating care among community resources, and helping to ensure access to court-ordered services. Most importantly, the program strengthens family at their most vulnerable times. Divorce, custody disputes, and domestic violence proceedings create profound emotional strain. Children in particular face long-term risks when their needs go unaddressed. As the proposal notes, children experience many difficulties which may linger into adulthood if left unaddressed. By ensuring families receive timely appropriate services, we reduce trauma, improve outcomes, and help parents and children remain stable, contributing members of the community. This is not just a request for staffing. It's a request to benefit our community by protecting children, supporting families, and improving judicial efficiency. When court-ordered services are monitored by trained staff, judges can focus on the most complex cases, hearings move more quickly, decisions are made quickly, and families receive the help they need without unnecessary delay. Before I close, I wanted to share a few anecdotes about the program we've received from attorneys and several of our judges sitting in the family division. One local attorney said the implementation of the family court services pilot program has been an amazing addition to our circuit and to families in need. I have long envied Miami-Dade's family court services model and long for those services to be implemented in Broward County. If you all recall at our presentation last year, we highlighted the fact that Miami-Dade County in the 11th circuit down in Miami has a program, the same program that you graciously funded this current fiscal year, and we utilized their framework to help us develop our own program. One of our family court judges judges says that family court services helps bridge the gap between court involvement and meaningful access to services for families who otherwise could not afford them. From a judicial efficiency standpoint, the program has helped reduce delays in cases by expediting access to providers and resources that are often critical to moving matters forward. In the courtroom, another judge says in the courtroom, it allows me to address family needs more quickly, make better informed referrals, and help move cases forward in a more meaningful and efficient way. And finally, another judge says it has streamlined the connection of families with available community resources, greatly reducing the time needed to implement services to families and trauma. Your investment last year allowed us to rebuild a vital program that had been lost after revision seven. Today, we ask you to help us continue that progress. The statistics speak for themselves. The need is clear. The statutory basis is strong, and the impact on Broward County families is profound. On behalf of the circuit, the Chief Judge, Judge Alperstein and Judge Bristol, we respectfully urge your approval of the request for the upcoming budget year. Thank you for your time and your continued commitment to the people we all serve. I would be remiss if I didn't also thank all of you. You fund many of our programs that the state does not fund, our teen court program, our IT program, and other programs as well. So I do want to thank you for your support to help us run the second largest circuit in the state. Thank you. Thank you, Joseph. Thank you. Do any of the judges wish to speak now? And Judge Bristol, I'm sorry, I didn't see you over there, that you were there. I can't, I can't forget her. She went to high school with my, with my son, so. Good morning, and thank you so much for having us here this morning. First, I want to thank you for graciously moving item number 69 forward and putting it on the program on August 20th. Thank you all very much for that. And I, you know, I can't thank you enough for agreeing and graciously funding this program last year. I know what a difficult time it is, and I realize that, but I, I just want to let you know how important it is, and how much, and we've done with it, and how many people and lives that, and citizens that you have touched within Broward County. I'm going to let Judge Alperstein and Judge Bristol, they get, they can get into the weeds of this and answer any questions that you might have. But from the bottom of my heart and the 17th judicial circuit, thank you all very much. Thank you, Judge. Good morning, everybody, and I just want to echo what Chief Judge Phillips and have been incredible. Just this morning on my way over here, I received a report in one of my cases with an update of what was going on to successfully let me know that through family court services, the parties on their own were able to resolve their parenting differences, have additional sessions coming up with a parenting coordinator to be able to reach a parenting plan, which will ultimately govern their time sharing, which obviously reduces the need for them coming to court, and for digital intervention. So the program is working. The demands are growing. There are more services, as you know, that we need. And I really, from the bottom of my heart, I can't thank you on behalf of myself and my eight colleagues on the 11th floor, as well as our general magistrates who are also using the program for everything that you've done to support us. And I just wanted to also take the time to thank you. When we first came to speak with you, I talked a lot about trauma and adverse childhood experiences and the things that we're able to do by serving our community through this program. We are reducing the trauma that these parents are going through. And by reducing their trauma, we're reducing the trauma that these children who are the children of families that are getting divorced in and of itself having a trauma, we're reducing that for them as well. And, you know, we talked a little bit about adverse childhood experiences and that the number of experiences that you have increases your risk for negative health outcomes. So by investing in this program, we're investing in the families of Broward County and investing in the children of Broward County by helping them with their trauma and through this ordeal of their parents separating and divorcing. So, uh, on behalf of us as well, we really do appreciate everything that you guys have done for us. Thank you. Senator Richard, I ask you a quick question. Uh, just if I can get a simple layman summary real quickly, how many cases did it be filed last year in your division? In my division, we had no family law. It was 21,000. 21,000 cases. How many lawyers, how many judges? 21,000, um, new family law cases. That doesn't include the reopenings. And how many judges are to handle that? So we have nine right now because judge Phillips just opened up a new family division. So with existing cases, new cases, there's got to be over 50,000, 50,000 cases. And this program basically helps each judge deal with issue with the families because you have more, I assume you have more staff or more. This pilot program helps deal with where otherwise they couldn't have access to the court every minute. Perfect. And also, um, mayor broke. And we also, many of our reopen cases. So the post judgment cases, sometimes those are referred to the general magistrates or our pro se litigants who are handled by the general magistrates. Um, so we have five general magistrates, um, and they're also using the program. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Mayor. Okay. Thank you. Uh, I'm impressed and see the value in what you're doing, but I would like to keep the families that I see and are having those same issues you're addressing in the court before it gets to the court system. Do you offer a solution to that? How do we engage families in what you're currently doing without them having to go through the court system is where I'm trying to go with my question. So right now, the program, just because of the limp, the pilot, um, and the limited stuff we have, it's right now only operating for families who are currently in family court or also have a companion domestic violence court. Obviously, if we're able to help families before they can even get into the court system, that would be wonderful. That requires more staff people. Yes, Joe. Um, when, when we internally discussed the program and developed it, we had envisioned an outreach component along with it for our team members to go out and educate individuals, attorneys about the services and other things that not only our team would do, but are out there in the community to hopefully educate them to get their clients, their, the services prior to coming to the court as well. Okay. Um, that's what I would like to see. I see the, um, state attorney. I see the public defenders in the community providing these type of educational program you're referring to. I would love to see that happening with your group prior to those families having to go to court, don't have the money accruing attorney's fees. That's where I want to see those dollars spent. So that's my comment. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, question of the County Administrator. Um, the, um, Senator, uh, first, I think of this great program and would like to see it funded, but I have a question on that County Administrator. What is your plan? And I know discussing this now may be premature, but with the constitutional amendment on the ballot, is it your plan to begin doing funding cutbacks this year, even before we know whether or not it's going to pass so that we can get a head start on this? Or is it your plan to leave the budget basically as it would otherwise be until we know whether or not the constitutional property taxes passes? And the reason I'm asking that is if we, if it is your plan to be cutting back on everything this year to prepare, then Senator Rich, while I think this is a great program, I would suggest that this goes through part of our normal, we're going to be in budget in a week or so, and would suggest if it is the plan of the County Administrator to start doing cutbacks, that this should just be part of our budget process. If you're planning on not starting cutbacks now, I would be okay with this, and that's why I need to ask the County Administrator. I believe the reason this was brought up now is, and Senator Rich can confirm it, is that during our showing of interest in our programs, that was not had a chance to be brought up. So, and for that, she wanted to make sure that we, that this was brought up, which... Okay, so Senator Rich, just to respond to that, so you're not, our vote today is not to necessarily fund it, but just to express... This is a motion to discuss. Oh, in that case, I withdraw my question. It's more to educate, actually, so that we all know the progress that the, that the program is making, uh, in the community. Um, and I, and I will say that, um, just as an example, the Children's Services Council is, we just went through our budget process, and we kept our budget the same, because we did not, we funded everything like we, as we did last year, because we do not know if this is going to pass or not, and it will not impact, you know, for, for, for the following year. It will pass, obviously, beyond. But, um, you know, I, for me, this was just more educational, because I, we have an amazing group of passionate family court judges, uh, in Broward County. We are so fortunate, and, um, and I, it's, to me, the, that just the first year, not even a full year yet, um, to have the kind of outcomes that you've had, you know, are amazing. So I just wanted everybody to know, so that when we sit down and do go through the budget, people can, you know, know, and it will make it so that they don't have to come back again when we do our budget. Senator Rich, thank you for bringing this to us. Yeah, Commissioner Dean. So I think that it was good to have this discussion now, and it was good for you to educate us on this, um, without being a stick in the mud. Um, we, last year, when we did this, we did this with those non-recurring dollars that were in the judicial reserves. I support, again, doing that with the non-recurring dollars that are in the judicial reserves to the extent we can do it. What I don't support doing right now, or even in this budget year, is anything, because this is going to add recurring dollars into the general fund forever, by adding these, this pilot program. And I think we're going to see, you know, a very strong recommendation, I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure, we're going to have to cut multiple jobs within the county. So, to incur additional general revenue dollars, no matter how good the programs are, I'm not increasing our core general fund budget. I'm, I'm, I'm one vote, but I'm not a vote to increase our recurring general core budget. These reserve dollars, one-time dollars, use them if you want to use them until we figure out what's what. But that's my position when we get into the budget on everything. All right. I, with that said, thank you for your time. Thank you. Thank you all. Thank you for the program and what you guys are doing for the community. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, next, um, would be a presentation by Mr. Joe Gironi. Where is Joe? Come on down, Joe. And, and commissioners, uh, Joe will introduce the topic. We're not planning on, we know we have a lot to do today. We're not planning on taking any questions, but Joe will be available. You're going to keep it less than an hour, right? So you guarantee no questions? Uh, two. We're asking for no questions publicly today, correct? Time them ten minutes, five minutes. Give them five minutes. That's it. All right. Uh, good morning. Uh, we wanted to talk to you briefly about an important legal development. As, uh, you all I'm sure know, the Florida legislature has put before the voters a proposal to amend the Florida Constitution as it relates to property taxes. Yes. Um, the, because of that, there is a state law restriction that has kicked in that limits how public funds may be used to, um, communicate to voters pertaining to this referendum. Um, we've sent out a memorandum on June 1st and we want to go through a few parts of that, uh, with you today. Um, as Drew mentioned, we're, um, I'm available, uh, pretty much any time. If, unless, if your staff doesn't have my cell phone number, I'm happy to provide it. Um, but importantly with this restriction is when it says public funds, we're interpreting this to mean resources that use public funds in addition. So, um, staff time, county resources, county infrastructure. Um, if, for example, uh, staff, uh, uh, uh, posts something on social media, um, although the social media post is essentially free because it's using staff time or interpreting that to include, to implicate public funding. The second part of this is that, um, this communication is any communication. It is irrelevant whether it is true, whether it is advocacy, um, it does not matter. Uh, no communication using public money can be sent to voters, uh, pertaining to this referendum or any other issue going before the voters. And that would include, for example, the, the, uh, uh, potential surtax or, um, uh, charter amendments and so on. Uh, we wanted to also highlight what this doesn't prohibit you from doing. It does not prohibit you from using purely private resources, um, subject to the forementioned limitations. Um, so if you want to on using your own money and you're, uh, you're, you're, you're free to advocate or not advocate however you want, um, and this law is not implicated. In addition, the law has several exceptions including, for example, um, you can use factual information at a public forum such as this. Um, these restrictions are quite vague. Um, this, they've never been interpreted by a court and so, uh, we're asking you that if you're attempting to either engage in, um, one of these, uh, fall within one of these exceptions or planning on engaging in some activity that might implicate this law even arguably, um, you consult with us. Again, uh, I'll be available anytime you might want. Um, finally that this law has, uh, various penalties including financial penalties for both the county and individuals. So that might include staff. Um, and this could include potential criminal penalties as well. Um, so normally I would ask for questions, but I've attempted to dissuade you of that. So, um, thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you for keeping it short. Appreciate it. Um, we're ready to adjourn. No, what what time do we have our sandwiches coming? Sandwiches are here. Pardon me. Oh, I'm gonna, I got another, uh, administrative item for commissioner, uh, vice mayor. I'll be brief, um, but I do want to hear, um, um, because I know that the towing industry has reached out to a lot of us in reference to the, um, recent activities, uh, in the war and where gasoline prices have been, uh, impacted here locally, in particular, um, diesel. And they've been asking me, I know I've been talking to, uh, several companies, uh, to, uh, uh, look at allowing them, uh, in their, uh, contract to, uh, uh, uh, propose a surcharge, uh, to, um, the consumer whose car has been told, uh, to kind of, um, keep up with this. And it's going to be flexible, uh, if interrupt you. I'm sorry. I'm going to interrupt you. I'm going to open up item 76 just to do this properly. The basic council. I got to repeat all that. No, no, nobody wants to hear it again. Trust me. Item 76 is now open. Okay. So what I'm going to do is basically defer. I want to hear if you all have been, um, contacted and then we'll bring it back next meeting and maybe allow them like five minutes for the industry to be here. This is not my item. Um, and they can talk to us and educate us about what it is they're trying to propose to us. Okay. So I would encourage. I haven't heard from them yet, so I don't know. I know a couple of names, but if you want to reach out, I'll, I'll encourage them to call to reach out to you all. Am I allowed to do that? Mr. Attorney. You're going to ask somebody to reach out to commissioners? Yes. To educate them on what it is they're bringing forward. And then Tuesday they present and we just figure out what it is. So it's nothing I wanted to do urgent, but I wanted us to at least be aware of it. I want to recognize Commissioner Rogers. Thank you. I just wanted to answer to vice mayor publicly. Yes, that outreach was made to me as it relates to that topic. So I'm looking forward to the discussion. Okay. Everyone is looking for support and just So you want your item deferred, correct? Deferred to the next meeting, not the August meeting. So I mean, did they reach out to you, mayor? You ever had a conversation with them? I have, I've been contacted by most of the, uh, okay. All right. Yes, ma'am. So mayor, you're talking about deferring this until the 16th, the June 16th. Is that or to August 20th? Do you want it to next week? Hold on. Monica's giving me a clarification. Go ahead, Monica. But next week, she's going to clarify how, how it's, I should do it. Well, I just wanted to, in order to keep your item moving, instead of deferring it, I didn't know if you wanted it to be the set for public hearing at the next meeting, if that works for the attorney. And of course, for you, that's your item. That's fine. Is that okay? Yeah, I don't, I don't think we're going to have a set for public hearing item ready at the next meeting, unless rates are already known. So, so vice mayor, you asked us to prepare what we did, and it was distributed as a late supplemental motion to direct our office, uh, to, to draft a resolution coordinating with staff, listening to pub to input. And then the plan was to bring back an actual item. As long as they can be heard next meeting, and then we can go from there. Okay, so, so why don't you, why don't you just defer, uh, yeah, this item as you were planning on doing until June 16th, that's what your plan is, and, and then, uh, and then we'll get a motion to direct. Motion to defer to June 16th. So now we got two items on for June 16th to start. But it will, it'll be brief, trust me. It's okay. You can limit the speakers to two minutes. Trust me. We're here all day. Do we need to vote on that? Okay. Uh, I've got a motion to defer. I, uh, second. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing 9-0. Now we're going to go to the public hearing. Do we have one more item on the public? Yeah, you're right. Thank you. Item 16. Thank you. Item 16. Number 16, motion to authorize county administrator to negotiate, approve, and execute agreements, contracts, amendments, work authorizations, and other documents during the board's 2026 summer recess, one, delaying action until August 20th, 2026, would adversely impact the county's interests or day-to-day operations, or two, the action poses no material risk or cost to the county, and delaying action until August 20th, 2026, would adversely impact the county's contractors, vendors, or other contract partners. One member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Bernie Friedman. Sir, will you please state your name, please? Thank you very much. Bernie Friedman, with Becker Polykoff. I'm also here with George Platt and Josh Friedman of LSN and Nick Hessing with Becker. So anyway, I would respectfully request that we amend this item to delete item number five, which is the delegation of authority to the administrator of the summer recess to approve the ranking of the airport janitorial RFP. Four quick reasons why. The procurement code provides that the commission approves contested RFP rankings. The commission can reject all bids. The commission can approve the bids. It could send it back. It can hear presentations. The commission has wide discretion over what to do with contested RFPs. Second point, there's no urgency here. At your very last meeting, you extended the incumbent sunshine cleaning until January 31st of 2027. Again, there's no exigent circumstances. There's no urgency. They're going to be there through January 31st of 2027 to get the airport through the Christmas and New Year's holiday. Third, the code does allow the county administrator to approve certain rankings, but those are what we call clean rankings. What's a clean ranking? A ranking that doesn't have an objection or a protest or any other activity pending. This particular ranking does have a protest. It did have an objection and it probably will end up going to circuit court over the summer. So it'll be ready to come back in August where you all then could deal with the ranking. Fourth, this is really a fairness issue, a process issue. We have a process in place. We've followed that process very carefully. Vendors rely on that process. Again, without any urgency, without any exigent circumstances, you have the airport covered until January 31st of 2027. The last time I checked, we're still in the month of June. So there's plenty of time to go through this process. And I would urge you to amend this motion and delete item number five, which is the delegation of authority over the summer recess to approve the ranking of the airport janitorial. You'll have plenty of time in August or September to deal with the issue and all the policy issues at that point. Thank you very much. Second. Are we moving it the way it is? Do I have any discussion on this? Commissioner Fisher? I just wanted to make the motion to recommend item 16 with the deletion of number five. Okay. So I have a motion and I have a second. Now with a discussion, Senator Geller? You and I just ask staff to respond. So I was just, thank you, uh, Senator. I was just asking about, I know that this, um, case is in, uh, this, this particular procurement is in, um, proceedings right now at DOA, if I understand correctly. And I think we're expected the deadline is to hear something back by tomorrow. Um, so, and I was just making sure that the removal of this did not, um, impede the, um, the action that I think I have to take within 30 days after that ruling. Um, and so that's what I was doing a sidebar. So I don't know County attorney, if you can ensure that there's no impeding the, what I have to do within 30 days after here. Yeah. Yeah. And ensure is always a strong word. Uh, what I will tell you is I don't think that there's any real prejudice to removing this, uh, for this week. And I will tell you the, uh, the recommended order from the ALJ is supposed to come in tomorrow. When we get it tomorrow, if we need to reconsider it, then we now have an extra meeting, um, we can put it back on. So I think there's no legal problem for today and removing number five. Okay, good. We got a motion in a second on the amended motion deleting number five, uh, with respect to item we're talking about right now, item number, um, 16, we're deleting number five and item number 16. It was to amend it. I mean, uh, it was a motion by commissioner Fisher second by vice mayor proving it as amended. Yes, every proving is amended all in favor. Aye. Any opposed show that passing nine zero. We're now going on to our public hearings. Uh, starting at number 51. Uh, item 51 is a motion to approve third amendment to marine terminal lease and operating agreement between Broward county and crawler lender services Inc. Effective on April 30 of 2026 to redefine the premises exercise the first five-year option term extending the agreement through April 30 of 2031 and update other provisions. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. I have a moving approval with senator geller. Do I have a second? Second. Second by vice mayor. All in favor? Any opposed? Show that passing nine zero. Go to number 52, please. The public hearing on item 52 is now open. Item 52 is a motion to adopt resolution granting renewal of a non-exclusive unrestricted port Everglades steamship agent franchise to GAC shipping USA Inc. DBA GAC North America for a new five-year term. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approval by senator geller. Second by Go to Senator t najris. Villanee. Second. Second. I'm sorry? Senator rich all in favor of erals and the elective Approved by senator geller. Seconded by commissioner fur. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing 9-0. The public hearing on item 54 is now open. Item 54 is a motion to adopt resolution pertaining to competitive selection negotiation and award of marine terminal facilities amending section 32.4 of the county administrative code. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Motion to approve. Second. Moved by commissioner Rogers. Seconded by senator geller. All in favor of number 54? Aye. Any opposed? Show passing unanimously. 9-0. Next. The public hearing on item 55 is now open. Item 55 is a motion to adopt resolution to transmit two designated state review agencies proposed amendments to the county land use plan text PCT 26-4 through PCT 26-8 pertaining to Broward. Next. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Mr. Mayor, I have an amendment on this. You're not recognized. Anybody else? Oh, no. Go ahead. What's your amendment? At my understanding from the county attorney's office is that Ms. Blake-Boy has recommended approval of my proposed amendment. There are several amendments here. First, if you look at the document you have in front of you under- 55A, Senator. 55A, thank you. On page 2, affordable units, it permits a buyout, which we already have in most of Article 2-16.3 and 2.16.4, sometimes known as the Gellar Amendment, it actually creates more affordable housing units if people buy out at $10,927 per unit. And that's not per affordable housing unit. It's per each unit in the project. So if you're, for example, doing 100 units and you don't want to put in the 15% affordable, you have to pay basically $1,000,000, which is 100 units times $11,000 a unit, which at $40,000, $50,000, $60,000 a unit gap financing, this actually creates more affordable housing units. And again, Ms. Blake-Boy was okay with that. There is a second issue. It removes language that has been inserted. Some of the developers don't like the idea of having to have commercial on ground floor. But people are moving to downtowns because they like to be able to walk to bars, to restaurants. So this is actually conforming language to language that's in 2.16.3 and 2.16.4 in other areas. And the final part, it's a three-part amendment, it says under 3.2.6, what they wanted to add was that access to healthy and fresh food should be a primary consideration for the review and approval of amendments to Broward County and local land use. This is actually counterproductive. You have areas that are food deserts that don't have supermarkets. They're primarily minority and lower-cost housing areas where people have to go to either a convenience store or they'll go to a dollar store as their grocery. Under this, it says you can't add or you shouldn't add more housing in those areas. Well, adding more housing in those areas is what's likely going to bring a grocery store there. So this is actually counterproductive. I understand why they did it, but it's backwards. So these are the three amendments, and as I said, I've been informed by county attorney's office that Ms. Blake-Boy is okay with these. I just want to... So your motion is to amend, and then it's going to be seconded by Ms. Blake-Boy? She's not a county commissioner, but... Okay. Yeah. There she is. Okay. Ms. Boy, would you... You're going to second that, right? Of course, I will second his motion. It would be my pleasure. Yes, no objection. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, let's first take the amended motion. I want to see if I can get a second on it before we discuss. I'll second. Okay. So now we've got a second. Now you could... Yeah, I just want to make a comment, Senator Geller. I agree with your presentation, but oftentimes, when you refer to minorities in these food deserts, it's misconstrued. And I've been around here for 64 years, and I tell the story all the time that we had grocery stores. We had all those things. We had thriving communities, and we've been building units since I can remember, and especially now. And now one grocery store has reared its head in these areas where we put all these units, particularly, and this is on the east side. So it's going to take people like us to demand or put into some of these agreements that, since you recognize it's the convenience store that they're going to, why not, you know, bring a grocery store? And I went as far as to travel to Lakeland, Florida, to Publix headquarters, and they have micro Publix's that fit in the community. But we have to demand that in order for this to happen. We're approving the units, but we don't get the economic impact. They don't get a Publix. They don't get a Winn-Dixie. They get a Presidente. They get a Family Dollar. They get these off-brands, and because of what you indicated, that they have to walk to those places. But they, too, will get on our Broward County public transit system and go to Publix downtown, go to the Winn-Dixie over here on Federal Highway and Sistron. There's a Publix being proposed right across from Winn-Dixie right now. There's four Publix's between Sunrise and Andrews here on Southeast Sistron, and then there's two more east on Sunrise of Holiday Park. The units are west of that. So we have to start changing that scenario, if you will, and asking these developers to reach out and do such. I agree with everything you said, sir. All right. I got a motion and a second by Senator Rich. Are we going to vote all in favor? And I apologize. I was speaking with Commissioner Rogers. This is the motion on the item as amended by the Senator Gellar amendment. Do we have to vote on the amendment first? You can vote on the amendment first, or you can take it as amended. Your choice. Take it as amended. It's motion seconded as amended. Okay. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing. 9-0. Thank you, Senator Gellar. Let's go to number 56. The public hearing on item 56 is now open. Item 56 is a motion to adopt resolution to transmit to designated state review agencies a proposed amendment to the county land use plan text PCT 26-9, revising the city of Fort Lauderdale Uptown Activity Center. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Sure. It's a move by Commissioner Fisher. Seconded by Vice Mayor McKenzie. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing unanimously. 9-0. Next. The public hearing on item 57 is now open. Item 57 is a motion to adopt resolution transmitting to designated state agencies proposed amendments to the transportation element, the capital improvements element, and the broad municipal services district element of the county comprehensive plan. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approval by Senator Gellar. Second. Seconded by Vice Mayor McKenzie. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing 8-0. Number 58. The public hearing on item 58 is now open. Item 58 is a motion to enact ordinance pertaining to the land development code amending article 9 of chapter 5 of the county code of ordinances related to development permits. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approval by Senator Gellar. Seconded by Commissioner Rogers. All in favor? Any opposed? Show that passing 8-0. 59, please. The public hearing on item 59 is now open. Item 59 is a motion to adopt resolution pertaining to tree preservation trust fund and building code services agreements amending part 38 of chapter 31 and creating part 43 section 31.123 of the county administrative code. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approval by Vice Mayor McKenzie. Seconded by Senator Gellar. Number 59. All in favor? Any opposed? Show that passing 8-0. The public hearing on item 60 is now open. Item 60 is a motion to enact ordinance pertaining to elevator allergens amending and renumbering various sections of chapter 21 of the county code of ordinances creating section 21-10. Establishing elevator repair requirements for multi-story residential buildings and amending section 8.5-16 relating to civil penalties. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. I just want everybody to know this is my item that basically a senior in a condo happened. You are not recognized. Can I be recognized? No, you're recognized. Thank you. A senior in a condo, disabled, the elevator doesn't work for many days. They're stuck in their unit. It's dangerous. It provides a safety issue. This requires the condo after 24 hours to get a different elevator company to fix it. That's what I was just basically trying to do here. So I'm going to move it. I'm moving it. It's been probably moved and second. Does anyone? What did you say? Nothing. I said she said second. She said second. You guys got stuck in the elevator? Is this why you want this? Exactly. All in favor? I will tell you that this is long overdue. It's only a beginning because my daughter lives in a condo community in Sunrise and for months people could not get down. Older people were up there and they said they couldn't get the part. They could whatever. But it was ridiculous and I know I've talked to Lenny about it a number of times. They had people come out. So something has to be done to protect people that live in situations like that. Thank you. Thank you. I mean I get calls all the time about these elevators. So hopefully this will help us. We get the calls but we need solutions also. I know Hallandale reached out to me, the mayor, and they're concerned also. And they're even thinking that cities should be the ones being the eyes and ears on behalf of the county. If we can get them to agree to that because there's expenses. That goes with us being the code enforcement officers for condos across the county. But folks are thinking about that. They just believe that we're not doing the best job as the county. I said the state gave it to us. I don't know if we asked for it and if we signed on to it. How we got it, what they're believing, local government, meaning cities, are closest to the issue. The fastest thing that can be done, Senator Rich, as well, is you know somebody with legal aid. I mean they can go with an emergency into a court and get some type of injunctive relief. Most people don't realize that. But, you know, it's sick what goes on. Mr. Sun Sentinel condo attorney. That's how I met you. Okay, call for the vote. I call for the vote. All in favor? Who is the second? Who is the second? I moved it. She seconded it. Passed 9-0. Thank you, sir. Give me my guilt back. Hey, Mayor, could you count me as affirmative in the last items that I did was in the back as affirmative and yes, okay? Senator Fisher was affirmative while he was in the back. But to speak to that subject, as a contractor, don't we have annual inspections? Is there anything we can do at that point? The annual inspection is of the elevator being a workable elevator. Right. I mean, but I think it's just more of a push button and it works then and not a full dive in terms of these older buildings. So, I mean. Do you want me to say? Yeah, go ahead, please. Yes, there's annual inspections and I'll ask Mr. Villalpondo if he can like to make a comment about anything else. Sure. It's up to you. Lenny's always welcome to say anything. Mr. Villalpondo. Lenny's the master. And this is why I'm bringing it up because we have to do a deeper dive than that annual test. Great. Mr. Villalpondo, if you can just describe the elevator inspection annual process and if there's anything else that could possibly be done at that time. Right. So, essentially we do this under state law. So, we're essentially limited to enforcing state law. We don't have like a separate set of requirements that the county has for regulating elevators because technically the state does that under chapter 399 Florida statutes. So, each elevator each year has to be renewed and as part of that inspection to be renewed, sometimes they have to put the weights in there and do the test like you talked about. The weird thing about elevators and the reason why it's so complicated is there's only like three or four elevator companies in the whole world. And they make these parts overseas and they're very scarce and each elevator is essentially like a motor vehicle. It's a car, they call it. It's actually the first autonomous vehicle that was ever made, which is why they have elevator music to basically try to soothe you because there used to be somebody who would drive it, right? And so, they were afraid to get in it. So, the reason that that's awkward is the way that they regulate elevators is like analogous to if your vehicle was five years old or ten years old and they passed a new law that said now you need 20 airbags instead of one. Or now you need a collision sensor system and a camera that looks at your face and a backup camera. All those things, whenever they get past, all of the old elevators have to be retroactively upgraded to include all of those features. And so, the door bars get replaced with lasers and, you know, and so these old cars are trying to be retrofitted with parts that don't exist. And then, of course, as they break down, they're replaced and that costs millions of dollars. And a lot of these HOAs don't have the millions of dollars. So, you find a situation where they're asking for variances. They can't renew their elevator because they didn't pass an inspection. We're stuck in a weird situation where we have two choices. Either if it's safe enough, meaning you can get in the elevator and not die, then we can let it run. Or we can shut it down and you have no elevator. And so, what happens in that case is you'll see the certificate, right? And it'll say, you know, that it expired three years ago. And you're like, oh, my goodness. Well, we did inspect it. And if it were not safe, we would have shut it down. But under the law, we cannot put a new certificate in there with a new date unless they've upgraded everything and all the things match. And that costs a lot of money and takes a lot of time and has to wait for a lot of time. So, what you're talking really about is replacing the entire elevator cab. No, I'm talking about they replaced, like, so, you know, back in the day, you would, the elevator, like, if the doors were closing and somebody's like, oh, no, please let me in. And you would push that rubber bar back. That was called a door bar. Well, all the old elevators, the door bar became no bueno. And so, they had to replace it with lasers. And so, they actually retrofitted and removed the door bars from the existing cars and replaced them with lasers. But during that process, if you still had the door bar and not the laser, I couldn't give you a new certificate. No, but I'm aware of so many times where an elevator breaks down. They want to use this company. And going to another company, they had the part, and they just decided not to do that. You're absolutely right. There may be a case where a different company than the one that you have a maintenance contract with could repair the elevator. And you're right. A lot of times HOAs are reluctant to move to that other company because maybe they've got a maintenance contract that they have, like, a prorated cost with, and they don't want to spend the extra money. That's usually it. Yes. And that's where your proposed change could make a difference. Yes. Yeah. Absolutely. Anyway. Okay. Do we vote on that? We voted. Thank you, Monica. Thank you. I like it that staff came up and had a conversation with us about what might be causing some of the delays and tying their ends. Because when I had my conversation with Mr. Dioponda, I hope I got it right this time, those were the things he was explaining to me. And I'm saying, oh, my God. So where do we go from here? I'm just concerned that we sit, we know there are problems, and someone is not recommending, telling us this is the way we need to be planning and what we need to be looking at to make a difference or to make the necessary changes. Why that is not part of what we do? Commissioner Rogers, actually, there's nothing we really can do. You're dealing with a corporate entity, a condo, regulated by the state and state law, and there's not much we can do. And that's why I suggested, you know, legal aid can go to court and get injunctive relief. But most of the times, they're just too lazy, and they don't want to spend the money to get the elevator fixed. And that's kind of what I've seen for 40 years. Are we reporting them to the state in our inspection? We send it to the state. So every time that inspection is due, we send it to the state, we advocate that this is not working, and make recommendations. Yeah, as Lenny said, if you say it's not working, they'll shut it down for, you know, they'll just shut the whole thing down. We keep our mouths shut, and then I don't take the elevators on the weekends, because I know I'm not going to get help. But I don't think we're keeping our mouths shut. I think there are laws in play, as you just heard from our staff, as you indicated. But I think we, as the associations, got to get louder. I think we got to focus our priorities when it comes to the maintenance and sustaining these buildings to where there's more of a public safety. The elevator, especially with the older ones, with the seniors. And you get assessed for something blowing over, so why don't we refocus and educate those folks in the condos as to what's going on? Okay, let's move to number 61, please. The public hearing on item 61 is now open. Item 61 is a motion to enact ordinance pertaining to Port Everglades business permits submitting sections 22.5-1 and 22.5-6D of the County Code of Ordinances. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Second. Move approved by Senator Geller, seconded by Vice Mayor McKenzie. All in favor of number 61? Aye. Any opposed? Show 61 passing unanimously. And let's first, it's 12-29, so I need a motion to extend the meeting until it's done? Okay, I have a motion to extend the meeting until it's done? No, 30 minutes. Okay. And I second by Commissioner Furr? Great. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show passing to extend the meeting. Let's go to number 62. The public hearing on item 62 is now open. Item 62 is a motion to adopt resolution pertaining to Port Everglades business permits submitting sections 32.38 and 40.50 of the County Administrative Code. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approved by Senator Geller, seconded by Commissioner Furr. All in favor of number 62? Any opposed? Show passing 9-0. The public hearing on item 63 is now open. Item 63 is a motion to adopt resolution pertaining to the building code fee schedule amending section 40.27 of the County Administrative Code. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Move approved by Senator Geller. Second. Seconded by Commissioner Furr. Number 63, all in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show passing 9-0. The public hearing on item 64 is now open. Item 64 is a motion to enact ordinance adopting an amendment to the County Comprehensive Plan text related to Deepwater Port Component. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Council wants to hear us loud and clear. Move approved by Senator Geller. Seconded by Vice Mayor McKenzie. All in favor of number 64? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing 9-0. Number 65. The public hearing on item 65 is now open. In item 65 is a motion to enact ordinance pertaining to the motor carriers amending section 22.5-9B of the County Code of Ordinances. Two members of the public have signed up to speak on the item, Joe Davis and Ina Lee. Okay. Joe Davis, come on down. Good afternoon, Mayor. Vice Mayor McKenzie and your fellow commissioners. You know, I believe Broward County is the best county in Florida. You know, billions of dollars have been invested in this county in the airports, the seaports, transportation, and also in tourism and bringing people to our county. You know, the commission also has been one of the friendliest commissions that I've ever seen here, and I've been around since 1989 in this county. The things that you've done over this past year have really resulted in a lot of positive things for our industry. You know, we've increased our TOPS trips. We have allowed those prepaid trips to come in from corporate accounts. You know, our drivers right now in Yellow and United Cab who actually go out and work the streets are making an additional $1,000 to $1,500 every month, and that's based on the May figure. And just from the dispatch system, through the corporate accounts, we've picked up an additional $2.6 million so far since October of last year to help our drivers, and it is definitely keeping us sustainable. I was surprised that, you know, we had this item up 231 days ago when the item came up before the commission, and then it was actually passed 208 days ago, and both were 9 to 0, and I think you got it right. You know, we've talked to our drivers since that time, and we've told them, you've got to replace your vehicle. If you're going to be in our system, you've got to replace your vehicle. And I've gotten no feedback, nothing negative from my drivers in doing so. You know, they understand that having these older vehicles, that there's a lot of fuel guzzling in these vehicles, and they're just not efficient for them. And today with the price of gas, we know that is more true than ever. The problem out here with a lot of these drivers with these cars that have vehicles that are over 15 years old is they cannot participate in these programs, such as the curb dispatch system that I use. And any cab driver can join that system independently, and they can produce their own revenue. But if their car is older than 15 years old, it's just like the ride share and many other county rules, they can't participate. So they're cutting themselves off from having that revenue come into them. And then we have all the drivers that have gone out and already bought vehicles. And I can't tell you how many vehicles, I could have looked it up, but how many vehicles have been purchased in this last six months. Brand-new vehicles, brand-new Toyota Siennas, brand-new Honda pilots. Our drivers have been committed to this and are doing the right thing, you know, because they know that they can get revenue. They know they can afford to pay for those vehicles. You know, we invest a lot of money, or not we, but the county has invested a lot of money in its airport doing these things to keep us going. And the bottom line is that, you know, these older vehicles are going to hurt the new vehicles being out there because you're going to get in a 25-year-old taxi cab when you arrive in Broward County, and you're not going to take another taxi while you're here. I'm going to cut off. I could let you extend. I'm going to ask you, do you have anything else to say? Thank you. I wanted to tell you that, you know, no matter how pretty the taxi cabs look, you know, we've taken away that mechanical inspection. I think that needs to be reinstated. There are several things in the ordinance that need to come back, things that were good at one time and should have never left the ordinance. And I don't want us to go backwards. I think that if you could direct, and I want to make one more point, you know, whenever you buy a car or you lease a car, you know, your warranty is three years or five years. But, you know, you put a lot of miles on the taxi cab. These aren't ordinary cars. These are cars that are driven all the time. So you'll burn that warranty up in a year. And this is why I think the mechanical inspection is very important because there's an opportunity without those inspections for drivers to defer the maintenance. And that's a very serious problem, a very serious safety problem for our public, traveling public. So I ask at this time that the commission don't allow the extension on this at all and to direct county staff to amend the ordinances that are out there, 22 and a half, and bring us back up to the standards that this county deserves. I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Who's next? Ina Lee. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good afternoon, everybody. Mayor, vice mayor, commissioners, county administrator. My name is Ina Lee. I think most of you know me, but I've been in the tourism business for 46 years. I am a co-chair of tourism for the Broward Workshop. I'm also vice chair of the Marketing Advisory Committee of Convention and Visitors Bureau, founding member of Florida Restaurant Lodging Association, many other boards. So almost three years ago, the Broward Workshop took on as their number two goal, it was a two-year objective, to elevate tourism here, specifically the visitor experience, because of your investment of $1.2 billion in the expanded convention center and Omni Hotel and the upcoming IPW. And so back then, what we recognized is our number one priority to start this was to elevate the taxi experience. Why? It's the first point often of contact when someone comes into this destination, and often they're last. So it's their first impression and last impression. And we went before you. It took months to get this far. And we wanted a bold and transformational vision of the future of taxis to elevate our community, okay, to be a national leader in this whole domain, high quality, customer-friendly service, and transportation. We encourage you to benchmark against major destinations like New York, Chicago, Miami, and put in their best practices. As part of that, we went ahead, and it took months to get this far, and part of it we knew was to extend, to make sure that we requested back then, no taxis longer than 10 years. And at the last minute, it was amended to no taxis longer than 15 years, and that was unanimously passed. Now, there's still a lot of ease to go. We've made a lot of progress. But what's happened since then is, and we also encourage many other programs not to take a lot of time, and I really thank the staff that's taken us this far. It took months to get this far, folks. And then now, what, and by the way, my colleagues couldn't be with me today. This is a step backwards. Back then, we knew 15 years was a benchmark that we actually requested 10. We got to 15. To continue to extend this another year, from what I understand, 17% of the fleet right now is impacted by that. It's older than 15 years. It detracts from the experience that we're trying to bring forward now, which is to elevate Broward, elevate tourism, and continue in that direction. So, what I'm encouraging you to do, the industry is encouraging you to do, is not extend this. We've already known this is in place. It's been going on for a long time now. We don't want to take a step backwards. So, thank you very much for considering this, and I did my two minutes. Thank you, Anna. I would like to start out, if you don't mind, see if we can split the baby on this. And I wanted to just let you know what happened Saturday evening. I returned here to South Florida, and I got in my taxi. I had a lot of bags. I was with my wife, and so I had to take this big SUV, and I got in the taxi, and I'm in the second row. The driver's in the front row. And I look at the dashboard, and there's a transmission light on, and there is a low tire light on. And I got to tell you, I was scared. I was like, am I going to get home? And then I called Lenny up, and Lenny told me, the county does not do any mechanical, we do not do mechanical inspections. We inspect. We look around. Tires aren't bald. The headlights, the taillights work. And so I have a way, a thought of how we can accomplish so this doesn't happen to our visitors or myself or anybody taking a taxi. And that is, we hire people right now in the hold lot. We have S&P, we get Mark Gale for this. We have people already hired. And so before a taxi can be sent out, that S&P person takes 20 seconds, 10 seconds, says, I want to see your light, your dashboard. And if the transmission light is on or any other danger light is on, they don't let that taxi service the public. And I think that at least is a start. It's not an inspection of the vehicle. It's not a mechanical inspection. But when there's something wrong with a vehicle, you start seeing lights on the dashboard. And there's to be no reason why I would get in the taxi and see a transmission light and a low tire light, you know, and it's happening to our public. So I'm wondering if we can have our S&P, we're already paying them. It's not going to be anything extra, but they can't let a taxi go unless, if they see the light, it takes actually five seconds to say, turn on your engine, let me see your light. Okay, go. It's that simple. And I want to see, Mark Gale, I know you're sitting all the way in the corner there. Come on down. Mr. Gale. Pardon me? No. My kids are gone. And they wouldn't want to pick me up. Mark, we have people in the hold lot, right, where all the taxis are held. Mayor, commissioners, can you do that? Do you see any problem that before they tell the taxi, okay, go, they take five seconds, look at the dashboard, see if there's any lights, like a transmission light, brake light, any light. Any problem with that? No, sir. We actually have folks in the hold lot, S&P, as well as on curbside. They do do cursory inspections, Mayor, but it's not every single cap, but they do them each day. But we can add this to the checklist and make sure that they're checked. It's a simple, every taxi can't leave the hold lot until he takes a five-second look to see if any of those danger lights are on. He said he could do it. No, he said cursory. They do, I don't know. I'm saying that's what we do today. Okay. We do it today. We can modify our inspection process, Mayor. So we could do that for? We can modify our inspection process, Mayor, yes. He's actually doing it. He's going to add it to every vehicle now. No, I mean for every vehicle before they leave the hold lot. Okay. Okay, cool. That'd be cool. Am I crazy with that? Yes. No, seriously. Yes, sir. You won. You told me that I had to say something about the airport, okay? That's why we passed the ordinance prohibiting you from flying out of there. You've got to win. Okay, Mayor, we'll make sure that we have it within the contractual requirements today. Do I need to put an agenda in or amend this? I think we're good. We already do inspections of the vehicles. We're just talking about how frequently we do them. That's all. Okay. Thank you. Mr. Council, I don't need to do anything to- Well, we will take it as a motion to analyze and direct. If we end up disagreeing with Mr. Gale, we'll bring something back, but we have no reason to disagree with him right now. Okay. We're on number 65. You heard our two speakers. Anybody else want to talk? Yes, Senator Gale. I have two concerns. First of all, I agree with what you've just done. That affects only cars at the airport, taxis leaving from the airport. We've heard that there should be, at a minimum, a mechanical inspection of all cabs in Broward County. Okay. Well, I thought that was one of what our speakers were saying. So I would like to hear if Lenny has a recommendation or anything, because I think what our speaker said does make some sense that on the older cabs that perhaps they should have, if we're going to permit 15 years and take away the 15-year requirement, which is what we're talking about doing, extending for one year, asking for mechanical inspection of the cabs does not seem to me to be an outrageous suggestion. So I would suggest that if we really want to split the baby, do what you're saying, check that, but also say if you're going to have a cab older than 15 years, it should have a mechanical inspection as well. And by the way, I would go along with this with that for one year, but I'm not going to keep extending that, you know, but I think there should be a mechanical inspection. I'm going on the line here. Commissioner, for agreeing to the amendment. I agree to the amendment. One year. Inspection. Yes. Are you making an amendment to the number 65? Yes, and it's her bill. So yes, I am proposing an amendment, which... Specifically that amendment is? To require a mechanical inspection, if they want the one additional year, they have to... By who? Lenny, can you address this, please? Mr. Villalpondo, based on what we just discussed. Lenny, you don't mind inspecting those vehicles yourself? Yeah, there you go. Well, you know, in the past, what we have done, our code at one point required that they go to an independent mechanic and fill out a special form, that they got a mechanical inspection and then submit that to us, and what I hear you saying is, is for those vehicles that are older than 15 years, that are not meeting the requirement, which, by the way, when this was first proposed, we had 100 of them. Since then, and to the taxi industry's point, it's now down to 55. So you essentially have 55 vehicles that are over this age limit of the entire fleet, which is, you know, more than 500. So for those 55 vehicles, what you're saying is, yeah, you can have another year, but you got to go get this mechanical inspection, fill out this form, submit it to staff. I mean, that would not be a problem. We could certainly do that. And that is my amendment. Mr. Mayor, my amendment is what he just said. Okay. I got an amendment to number 65. Do you have a second? I have a second on that. I want to vote on the amendment. No, no. We'll talk on the amendment? Yeah, no. So, yeah, just because we need to, this is actually code, so we have to come up with a precise language. So I was just trying to get something out for a second. I don't know if this is acceptable. I'd also ask Ms. Ashton, who knows this stuff better than I do. But we would keep it as is on line 38, which says that they may continue to operate until June 30th of 2026, but then add a parenthetical that says, or until June 30th of 2027, if the applicable vehicle documents that it has passed a mechanical inspection, closed, parenthetical. Is that fourth by the county? Consistent with the county's requirement, yes. Yes. I'm fine with that. Any discussion on this? Well, I support the mechanical inspection, but I'm one of those people that thinks we should not go backward. We discussed this. We voted on it, 9-0, to leave it and to go from the 10 to the 15 years. There's only 55 left, that's what I just heard, and they're being reduced, and I don't think we should sustain keeping those cars out on the street. Liz. Yeah, the concerns, and I don't, when it was brought up, I understood the issue dealing with our independent taxis. What I heard you were going to say, Mayor, you said you were going to split the baby. You've already got major companies and so forth that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars updating there based on what we have passed before, and I understand the hardship, but when you talk about split the baby, can we do six months and not a year? I mean, I'm just trying to come to a resolution because I just, again, we've spent, these folks have spent all this money, hard-earned time, based on what we have, and trying to give and take. Can we do a six months versus a year? I don't know. Commissioner, is that something you would consider? I would consider that recommendation, that amendment, and I'll tell you why. We keep talking and focusing just on the tourist industry, but I have to focus on the families that are going to be impacted also. They're trying. I can almost say before the year, they would have decided to get rid of those vehicles that need to be off the roadway. They are not, they want to be safe. They want to operate, but they just know they're having challenges right now, and they have employees, they have businesses also, and there are communities that rely, not just the tourists, those that are going from the airport to wherever to have a good time. I have people that rely on taxis and transportation to get to work in the daytime, all hours of the night. So, all right? So, I'm just saying. That would be good. I'll take something, not nothing. And thank you, colleagues. So, Mr. Myers, would you just adjust that date then, because we had June 30th, 2027, just adjust that date to be the six-month date? Yeah. So, December 31st of 2026, with or without the inspection provision that we were talking about? With the inspection. Okay, if there's going to be the, yes, and if I, Mayor, if I just, Ms. Ashton has better expertise on this than I do, and I want to make sure we're getting it right, since we're kind of drafting on the fly, so I'd ask her just about the inspection language. All right. So, for, we would, with Commissioner Fisher's amendment, we would amend line 38 to read to continue until December 31st, 2026, provided, and keep the existing language, provided that the taxi cab continues to comply with all applicable inspection requirements and minimum vehicle standards set forth in this chapter. And then we would add new language that says, and it would be on line 40, that says, and has completed a mechanical inspection documented on a form approved by the division. So, we would just add that to line 40. Yeah. Can I ask a question, Commissioner Rogers? There's, you said people, you have people that take taxis here that need the taxis. I'm sorry. I don't understand. I'm just trying to say it's the one industry taxi. We keep speaking to tourists, tourists. No, forget tourists. Okay, fine. I'm just curious. I love my tourists. But aren't there, aren't there enough, I don't understand. Are you saying there's not enough taxis that we need to? Why do you want to have old vehicles on the road? I don't want to have it. I'm giving a group that is being challenged right now. I'm asking for consideration. And I said one year, and I hear a colleague saying six months, and I'm agreeing. And I hear another colleague says, you know, inspection, and I'm agreeing. So, Mr. Mayor. No, I didn't understand what you mean. I'm just saying, whenever we keep saying tourists, tourists are not the only users. Of course. Of taxes. Of course. That's their livelihood. Of course. Thank you. Thank you for asking. All right. So, we have an amended motion. Counsel, do you want to state the motion where we're including Senator Geller as well as Commissioner Fisher's? Sure. If I could ask Ms. Ashton to do that. And then, I guess the vote you're asking would be passing the item as amended by the language Ms. Ashton. So, just a single vote. Yes, sir. So, we would amend the existing ordinance on line 38 of the document that's before the commission to change it. The existing language says years of age may continue to operate until the new language would be December 31st, 2026. No further changes. And then, on line 40, or let me just continue reading it to make it easier. Provided that the taxicab continues to comply with all applicable inspection requirements and minimum of equal standards set forth in this chapter. And then, adding new language that says, and has completed a mechanical inspection documented on a form approved by the division on line 40. That would be the proposed amendment. Move approval. Senator Geller moves approval on that. Second by Commissioner Rogers. I have a motion to second on the amended motion. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? So, that passing 8-0. All right. We got one left. 66. Our final public hearing item is item 66. The public hearing on item 66 is now open. Item 66 is a motion to enact ordinance pertaining to ethics amending section 1-19 of the County Code of Ordinances superseding conflicting ordinances. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Mr. Mayor, this is my item. You moving it? Yeah. Unless there's any, I'll be happy to answer any questions. If not, I move approval. A motion to move approval. Second by Commissioner Furr. All in favor of 66? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing. Are you voting Commissioner Rogers in the affirmative? Yes. Yes, 8-0. Okay. We're done with our public hearings, and now we're going to our regular items. Pardon me? Just aviation left. 66 and 66. Oh, excuse me. 67 and 68. Okay. 67. Item 67A. Motion to approve sole brand designation of daily storage, hardware, software support, and training products from Everport Inc., also known as Pure Stage Inc. for the Enterprise Technology Services Division, 67B. Motion to award open-ended contracts to low bidder United Data Technologies for the Enterprise Technology Services Division and the Broward County Aviation Department. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Motion to approve. So, it's a motion to approve 68A and B together. Yep. A and B. Do I have a second? Yep. Who said yes? Commissioner Fisher, second. All in favor of 67A and B? Aye. Aye. Okay. Any opposed? Show that passing with Commissioner Rogers here. Yes. 8-0. Next. 68. Item 68. Motion to award open-ended contracts to low bidder Soft Choice Corporation for standardized sole brand Microsoft licensing, subscription, support, and cloud services for the Enterprise Technology Services Division and the Broward County Aviation Department. No member of the public has signed up to speak on the item. Commissioner Furr moves it. Second by Senator Gellar, number 68. All in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Show that passing 8-0. Are we done with our regular items? Just reports? Okay. Let's go around. Commissioner Davis, you've been very loud today, so do you want to start with your report? Commissioner Davis. I have no voice. I have no voice, but I have nothing. Go ahead, Commissioner Davis. Nothing. We've got to get her a sort of throat to keep her quiet. Keep feeding us. Commissioner Udean. I just wanted to compliment Kevin and administration on what they've done for the FIFA. I think you're starting to see more and more activations throughout the county. We have ours. We did the press conference for what we're going to do at Ameren Bank, and the Panthers stepped up, and I know we're going to have some major things there. But really, those are going to be great, but so many of the local businesses, everywhere I'm walking, they're telling me that they're doing these events for the soccer. I think it's going to be amazing. We were promised when we did the donation and when we did the agreement that the world would move, and we even got that yesterday because we had a little bit of an earthquake. So once FIFA came, we had a little bit of an earthquake. So I just think that it's very easy for people to criticize from the outside, and if we didn't do enough, we would get in trouble. If we did more of a sponsorship, we would get criticized. I think that this is, for now, the right mix, and let's see how it plays out. I have a feeling that this is going to be very lucrative and very beneficial to our business owners and to the public in Broward County. I also congratulate everyone at the port for their economic engine report. I mean, crushing it on all cylinders, and that's my report. Thank you, and welcome back from the Orient, Mayor. Thank you. You did a great job. Thank you. Senator Rich. Okay, I have two things. I just wanted to mention there was just a wonderful opening, ribbon-cutting, of the new Memorial Health Care System's newest facility, emergency facility, at Red Road ER in Miramar. And this facility, it's the first freestanding emergency room built by Memorial Health Systems for about $34 million investment of their taxpayer dollars. And it's absolutely amazing, and they are expecting, actually, that they will see approximately 38,000 patients there in their very first year. It's a real crossroads of everybody, you know, coming, going to the turnpike, going north, everywhere. But it really is, the technology is state-of-the-art, and I was just very impressed with it, and congratulate Memorial on that. And then I have to congratulate my fellow commissioner, our fellow commissioner, Beam Furr. I was very happy to attend the Dolphin Democrats event. They have an event every year in conjunction as we enter Pride Month. And I think it's really important this year, especially, the way things are going and happening and what's at stake for the LGBT community. And it was extremely well attended. And our colleague, one, received the Legacy of Service Award. And in his remarks, he reflected on how Broward does not back down when rights are under attack. Otherwise known as the Lame Duck Award. Nah, nah, nah, nah. You're never going to be a lame duck. But anyway, it was quite a wonderful event. And also, many of you know Michael Rayner had come here. He received the Advocate of the Year on honoree because he really did such an incredible job fighting to save the AIDS drug assistance, the ADAP program. And there were a couple of other honorees. But it was really just, you know, wonderful to see one of ours recognized in that way. Congratulations. I'm going to go back to Senator Zegela. On Broward Boulevard, 441, there's a new Publix, right? There are no units there. But Plantations, Economic Development Department, former Commissioner Lawrence Martin from the St. George Boulevard, St. George Community, they fought so hard to bring it there for years. And they finally got it. He's no longer a commissioner, but it wasn't because they put units. It was because they fought and said it was necessary. It was a need. And that's why they now have a Publix. There hasn't been a grocery store there of that caliber in 30 years. And the shopping plaza has been there since I was a kid. So there's a footprint for it. So we just have to advocate, you know, more for those areas that we deem cannot get that type of economics going. So I just want to add to your report. At our next meeting, I want to talk really about what happened on the trip. We signed our first agreement with an entity, a county in Taiwan. I didn't realize Taiwan is our fourth largest trading partner in the world. Didn't know that. But anyway, let you guys know about it at the next meeting. But I want to thank, probably thank Maribel and Paola for all their time and effort and look forward to talking. I want to congratulate our county attorney on getting the Sam Gorin Award from the Broward League of Cities. Very well-deserved, and it was great to see the surprise on your face. Because I don't think you knew it was coming at all. So that was great. Other than that, we have 16 cities have passed the facilities agreement for the Solid Waste. Still got a ways to go, but we're getting there. That's all I got. It was short and sweet, wasn't it? It's for Sandy, Michael McDonald. I don't know where you are. But, you know, we, in my district, Southeast 17th Street Causeway has been a challenge with traffic. And I want to thank all the partners that have been working monthly to deal with traffic and so forth. And then, lo and behold, we have an issue with the Visit Lardale sign. Although it's beautiful, and some of the neighbors got concerned about its brightness at 12 o'clock at night or whatever. But I want to thank Sandy for stepping up and getting that dimmed at night. I appreciate you on that, as well as Phil Dunlap met with Harbordale 2 to talk about the bridge light installation of that and kind of gave the story of where it's been, where it's going, and so forth. So, Phil, thank you for your efforts there. Maribel, of course, will be receiving the Pompano Beach Chamber's Guiding Light Economic Headway Award. So, Maribel, congratulations for our city of Pompano Beach for recognizing you for that. And then, lastly, I learned at the PEA luncheon, by the way, I was talking to Monica. As you looked up on the stage, our transportation, our port, our Visit Lardale, of course, and all those, and transportation and so forth. All the directors were up there, Monica. And you look and you think, what such talent do we have here in Broward County, right? And what their dedication is, and they just continue to grind every day with no thanks, and they just kind of get the job done and keep quiet. So, Corey, thank you, and Mark, whoever's here, and Joe's left, and Stacey, but thank you for your efforts there. Which I heard on that Friday, last Friday, that our Ellen Kennedy from Port is retiring. And those who have been mayor, and it will be mayor, she will be missed. And you know how important Ellen is to our port. So, I want to wish her well. Mr. Kennedy has retired a couple years ago. So, I look forward to doing some cruising and so forth. But, Ellen, if you're hearing this, thank you for all your years and years of dedication. It was such a pleasure to be able to work with you. Thank you. That's all I have. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. A couple items. I had spoken with the county attorney about a proposed charter change, and he advised me to bring it up in non-agenda. Currently, our charter says that we hire directly county administrator and county attorney. Currently, county auditor is a group of people give us a recommendation, and we have to vote yes or no, which I think is not what we should be doing on that. So, I will be asking for us to consider at our August 20th meeting, not at our next meeting, not, but to have county work over the summer county attorney's office. I'm presenting something on August 20th, unless there's six no votes, to suggest that this same group that currently exists give us three options for a county auditor that we can pick from instead of having a yes or no vote. So, that's the first item. The second item is recently, Flamingo Gardens is in my district, and I was just there last Friday to present a proclamation in honor of their two really, really cute baby bear cubs. If you haven't been there, they've got a panther, they've got gators, they've got flamingos, they've got all sorts of animals, all sorts of artwork. It's a real patch of native Florida with all sorts of non-native Florida animals as well, but also, it's just a great place to go, and I would recommend that you go there if you haven't. And finally, last item is what I brought up earlier, and Commissioner McKenzie commented on. If you're not familiar with what a food desert is, it's, again, it's an area that has just the cheaper things. But they don't normally have fresh food there. Their prices are more expensive than you would get at a grocery store or Publix or Winn-Dixie, things like that. And that is something that, you know, I brought this up today, but I think it's something, and I agree with Commissioner McKenzie, that is something that we really need to concentrate on, because it just is a very important issue. And using our collective, I don't think we have any legal authority on this, but using our collective pressure on people, I think that we can make a difference there. Dustin Kutch, please go ahead. Thank you. Let me add to the congratulations to Drew. I would have gone overboard in trying to get to that event if I had known. I'm telling you, because that day everything was canceled for me. But if I had known Drew was getting that award, the Sam Gorin Award, I know he understands the work of Sam. All right, so to be getting that award, you know, as a former city elected and a president of the league, we cherish that award. We know who we want to get it, and you deserve it. Just for me sitting at this dais, I can do that comparison. And I say, well-deserved job well done. Thank you, legal cities. Of course, then, let me thank county admin in part for all the hard work that has been placed on these games. I don't know if I can use the word. You know, it's like there's restriction on a certain four-letter word around soccer. Monica, you know what I'm talking about. Kevin, you know what I'm talking about. I don't know when I can use that word. But whatever it is that you all did and you're doing, continue to do it. I listen to the radio, and when I don't hear it on certain radio station, and I know the population that we're dealing with, okay, as Broad County changes, you know, we know where we go for information. So we'll talk a little bit more about that. I don't know if we have any control, but if you don't ask, you don't get. That's what I've learned around here. So I thank you and your team. Job well done. Continue to do. I had my scarf this morning. I hope nobody else get it or want it. I know people will take yours, Steve. I love you, too. All right, so don't forget that one. Okay, let's talk about, for me, Broward welcomes the world. That's what I'm seeing, and I've been trying to get to my colleagues to understand. It doesn't just take what we consider or designate as tourism or brings in dollars that affects us. Every city that is currently engaged, they're seeing the economic value for doing what we're doing with welcoming the world. It's not here in Broward. We didn't get all of the good games, but we got some, and we're loving it. And being at the Panthers Arena and seeing that huge screen that folks will be watching the games from, yes, I say we're doing the right thing to be inclusive of cities and to give cities an opportunity to show that they can bring and attract because they have the amenities. They have spent their dollars on making sure they're selling their communities and showcasing their communities. So I say to the 31 cities in Broward County, continue to advocate and continue to do what you do so that when tourists are here, even when they're not here for a world event, they're in our hotels. They will know where they can visit because we are also promoting our cities. You promote your cities. You let people know what is happening in your cities, and that will benefit your community specific. So when we advocate for our communities because they need to enjoy some of the economic benefits that they bring to the table when they host games and culture and all those other events. I look forward to Broward and Beyond Business Conference and the watch party at the Panthers Arena this coming Friday. Enjoy, guys. See you around. Thank you. County Minister. Thank you. And thank you, Commissioner Rogers. A couple of things I was going to say specifically is Broward and Beyond Business Conference Friday. This Friday, a free event hosted annually by Broward County Office of Economic and Small Business Development at the Convention Center from 8 to 5 p.m. I think we have close to already 2,000 folks registered for the free event for small businesses. It's always a big hit, really great event, so please make sure you have it on your calendars. Obviously, the watch party's first game of the World Cup will be on Friday. We have our first watch party at Amherst Bank at 9 p.m., so free tickets and just use the QR code and you can get your free tickets. Thank you. Mr. Melton. Just want to add my congrats to Drew, and that's it. Thank you. Congratulations, Drew. Our distinguished attorney, Mr. Myers. Yeah, thank you, Mayor. And I got to spend the evening with Commissioner Udine and Commissioner Furr, and they both knew, and I didn't, so you guys are good. I'm not playing poker with you. But thank you for the kind words, and I think the world of Sam, and so it was very meaningful. How many meetings, how many commission, not budget meetings, how many meetings you got left so far? Two. Two, the new one, the bonus meeting next week, and then in August. That's it. Hopefully you can make it that long. Yes, sir. And yes, that's why they name an award after him. I think we're done. Thank you. Congrats, Drew. This meeting is adjourned. 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