good evening everyone good evening welcome to the special commission meeting for monday november 9th 2026 if i can please have the city clerk call the roll commissioner caldwell commissioner harriet commissioner howington here commissioner novick here commissioner santiago here vice mayor villa vasquez present mayor villa here at this time i'm going to ask the deltona color guard the deltona firefighter color guard to please take formation at this time i'm going to ask mr nick pisa to please come to the front to lead us into the invocation mr pisa could you please turn on the microphone you have to push the button testing oh that's the one you think i know this after all these years wouldn't you they turn it on for me they make my life easy but not tonight we're all good would you bow your heads with me please you too almighty creator you tell us in psalm 46 to be still and know that you are god tonight we come to honor you our creator and sustainer of all life by bringing those before you who your citizens of deltona have elected to be our leaders you give us the freedom to elect but also to ask your blessings on each one who you have allowed to take office we take a moment to thank you for the service of those who have stepped down and have provided their dedication to this beautiful city as the new commissioners and mayor take the oath of office we pray you would set them apart with the government their governing work and leadership of this city we ask you to give the entire commission a heart of unity and to lead this city together as one we ask you to give them discernment and understanding so that they may approve what is excellent may be pure and blameless in their decisions cultivating each your love joy peace patience kindness goodness gentleness faithfulness and self-control bless their families and citizens of this community with your protection provisions and peace in your name we pray amen at this time we'd like to present special person to do the pledge or the national anthem diagnosed with autism at age of three doctor said she would never read write or speak correctly through love therapy and hard work on her part she overcame graduated from deltona high school with honors and has sung throughout the country please welcome deltona's own melody avilas and if the commission can meet me in the bottom thank you so hello yeah is it can everybody hear me okay so i have a special certificate of recognition for melody um i've known melody for quite some time now and her beautiful parents as a matter of fact doing a little back history search talk about where you from where you come from we seem to be related somehow um and how proud it makes me to know you melody so city of deltona certificate of recognition presented to melody avilas in recognition for singing the national anthem at our commission meetings overcoming autism through love therapy and your own hard work graduating with honors from deltona high school and singing throughout the country we are proud to recognize you thank you from the mayor commissioners city of deltona staff and residents santiago avila jr mayor thank you okay this time uh we're going to go to business section 5a request for approval resolution number 2026-96 if i can please have the city attorney read the resolution yes mr mayor this is resolution number 2026-96 a resolution of the city commission of the city of deltona florida declaring the results of the municipal primary election held on august 18 2026 and the municipal general election held on november 3rd 2026 commissioner santiago thank you mayor motion to approve resolution number 2026-96 ratifying the results of the primary held on august 18th 2026 and general elections held on november 3rd 2026 vice mayor second all right there is a motion by commissioner santiago seconded by vice mayor of vila vasquez all those in favor aye aye all those opposed okay motion passes unanimously is harriet commissioner harriet not on zoom all right so the motion passes six to zero okay this time we're going to move on to ceremonial matters and i will turn it over to uh our city clerk joyce rafferty for the recognition of outgoing commissioners i can turn on this microphone so we'd like to present this plaque presented with appreciation to commissioner stephen roy calwell jr in grateful appreciation of commissioner calwell's dedication service to the city of deltona and our residents from 2022 to 2026. thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve congratulations to mr bellingham my successor you all have a great day thank you again i'd like to present this plaque to commissioner novick this is presented with appreciation to commissioner chris novick in grateful appreciation of commissioner novick's dedicated service to the city of deltona and our residents from 2025 to 2026. i just want to say thank you for the last uh 13 months and the opportunity to work with doc jemma zach robin and all the staff uh it has been a true pleasure uh this is probably the finest staff that i have seen in the city of deltona in my entire career here which spans now over 41 years and it's been my honor and privilege to come back and serve and fill the vacancy christian where you at there you are i haven't had a chance to call you congratulations i wish you all the best and to all of you i'm a phone call away i'm not going anywhere i love this city and i want all of you commissioners and our new mayor to be successful and make deltona the best it can be thank you this plaque is presented with appreciation to mayor santiago villa jr and grateful appreciation of mayor villa's outstanding service as mayor and your dedication to the city of deltona and our residents from 2022 to 2026 as i prepare to turn over this gavel i want to take a few moments to say thank you serving as mayor of the city of deltona has been one of the greatest honors of my life there have been many victories challenges long nights difficult decisions plenty of moments i will never forget but none of what we accomplished happened because of one person it happened because of an incredible team of people who come to work every day commit committed to serving the city i want to start by thanking our entire pio cat gary jake and ruben thank you for your creativity your patience and for helping tell deltona story to jordan smith and everyone in their planning department thank you for your hard work and for helping turn ideas and visions for our city's future into something real john cox thank you for all those days we spent out there trying to bring that elusive restaurant to deltona you may have heard no not yet a few times so we never stopped trying to our city clerk's office joyce thank you for always letting me help you see the bright side of everything liz thank you for always being the voice of reason and the entire clerk's office staff thank you for everything you do behind the scenes to keep the city moving danny ron and everyone in code enforcement thank you for the work you do every day for our neighborhoods and our residents adeline thank you for always being a cheerleader and for being there to help with many of the events especially the mayor's fitness challenge your enthusiasm and willingness to help have meant a lot to me to public works glenn phyllis jim and the entire team thank you so much of what residents depend on every single day happens because of the work you do often without receiving recognition you deserve to finance john and entire staff thank you for your professionalism and for helping us remain responsible sorts of taxpayer dollars sandy and bridget thank you for your hard work and your patience and for everything you have done to help me through my entire my time here robin thank you for everything you've done and doc thank you you have been the best city manager the city of deltona has had yes i'm going to say it better than fritz stay strong keep moving the city forward and thank you for everything you do to my wife and my daughters thank you most of all thank you for your patience your understanding through all the missed events the late nights and the phone calls and the times i came much later than i promised thank you for supporting me on the easy days and more importantly for standing beside me on the hard days i can never have done this without you and finally to the residents of the city of deltona thank you for giving me the opportunity to serve you thank you for your trust thank you for your encouragement your criticism your ideas your prayers and for giving me the experience of a lifetime i leave the office of mayor with a balanced budget a full rollback first time in 10 years with a line item to pay down our debt first time in our entire history with historic grants and money received from the state county and federal government with huge growth in our commercial sector implementation of deltona's uptown with the real possibility of a children's hospital and thanks to our partnership with our sheriff's deputies and our sheriff chitwood the overall crime rate is 45 below the national average and we have lower crime lower crime than 84 percent of the major u.s cities i leave this gavel with the tremendous gratitude and with great hope for deltona's future titles change elections come and go but my love for the city and the community of deltona will remain because for me deltona will always be a city of destiny madam mayor congratulations at this time as the outgoing commissioners can head off the dais if i can have brandy white and any of her family members come up to the post or the state the dais please repeat after me i state your name i bring you white have been duly elected have been duly elected as city commissioner for district one as city commissioner for district one of the city of deltona of the city of deltona do you hereby solemnly swear and affirm i do by solemnly swell and affirm that i will support protect and defend that i will support protect and defend the constitution of the united states the constitution of the united states and of the state of florida and of the state of florida from all enemies foreign and domestic from all enemies foreign and domestic that i will faithfully support and that i will faithfully support the provisions of the deltona city charter the provisions of the deltona city charter and ordinances passed in accordance therewith and ordinances passed therein with That I will faithfully discharge the duties as commissioner of the city of Deltona, Florida, and that I am duly qualified to hold the office of which I am about to enter. So help me God. Congratulations. Thank you. If I can get Tara D'Erco and her family members to come up to the dais, please. Repeat after me. I, state your name. I'm Tara D'Erco. Have been duly elected. Have been duly elected. As city commissioner in district three. As city commissioner in district three. Of the city of Deltona. Of the city of Deltona. Do hereby solemnly swear and affirm. Do hereby solemnly swear and affirm. That I will support, protect, and defend. That I will support, protect, and defend. The constitution of the United States. The constitution of the United States. And of the state of Florida. And of the state of Florida. From all enemies foreign and domestic. From all enemies foreign and domestic. that I will faithfully support the provisions of the Deltona City Charter and ordinances passed in accordance therewith that I will faithfully discharge the duties as Commissioner of the City of Deltona, Florida and that I am duly qualified to hold the office of which I am about to enter so help me God if I can have Christopher Bellingham and his family members come to the diocese repeat after me, I state your name I Christopher Bellingham have been duly elected have been duly elected as City Commissioner District 5 as City Commissioner District 5 of City of Deltona of City of Deltona do hereby solemnly swear and affirm do hereby solemnly swear and affirm that I will support, protect, and defend I will support, detect, and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida from all enemies foreign and domestic from all enemies foreign and domestic that I will faithfully support that I will faithfully support the provisions of the Deltona City Charter the provisions of the Deltona City Charter and ordinances passed in accordance therewith that I will faithfully discharge the duties as Commissioner of the City of Deltona, Florida and that I am duly qualified to hold the office of which I am about to enter so help me God Congratulations Can I have Christian O'Brien and his family to the diets please? Repeat after me I state your name I Christian O'Brien having been duly elected having been duly elected as City Commissioner of District 6 as City Commissioner of District 6 of the City of Deltona of the City of Deltona do hereby solemnly swear and affirm do hereby solemnly swear and affirm that I will support, protect, and defend that I will support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida and of the State of Florida from all enemies foreign and domestic from all enemies foreign and domestic that I will faithfully support that I will faithfully support the provisions of the Deltona City Charter the provisions of the Deltona City Charter and ordinance passed and ordinance passed in accordance therewith in accordance therewith that I will faithfully discharge that I will faithfully discharge the duties as Commissioner the duties as Commissioner Of the city of Deltona, Florida. Of the city of Deltona, Florida. And that I am duly qualified. And that I am duly qualified. To hold the office. To hold the office. Of which I'm about to enter. Of which I'm about to enter. So help me God. So help me God. Congratulations. Thank you. Can I have the family of Maritza Avila-Vasquez, please? Yes, they're all mine. Yes, they're all mine. Yes, they're all mine. Yes, they're all mine. Yes. Okay, ready? Repeat after me. I state your name. I'm Maritza Avila-Vasquez. Having been duly elected. Having been duly elected. As mayor of the city of Deltona. As mayor of the city of Deltona. To hereby solemnly swear and affirm. To hereby solemnly swear and affirm. That I will support. That I will support. Protect and defend. Protect and defend. The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States. And of the State of Florida. And of the State of Florida. From all enemies. From all enemies. Foreign and domestic. Foreign and domestic. That I will faithfully support. That I will faithfully support. The provisions of the. The provisions of the. Deltona City Charter. Deltona City Charter. And ordinances passed. And ordinances passed. in accordance therewith in accordance therewith that I will faithfully discharge that I will faithfully discharge the duties as mayor the duties as mayor of the city of Deltona, Florida of the city of Deltona, Florida and that I am duly qualified and that I am duly qualified to hold the office to hold the office of which I am about to enter of which I am about to enter so help me God so help me God. Let's do it again. If we can get all the newly elected and the entire commission to sit down where your seats are. Hopefully I can talk. I am just shaking like a leaf but it's a good shaking. I want to thank all of you for being here with me today. It's such a beautiful, beautiful picture. So I am, let me find my space in the agenda. We are now going to be doing the selection of vice mayor. If I can get somebody to make a motion. Hold on a second. Press your button. That's the button. You got it? Yes, thank you. Madam Mayor, I'd like to nominate Commissioner D'Errico as vice mayor for the city of Daltona. Do I have a second? Commissioner Santiago, I didn't hear. All right. So we have been nominating Commissioner D'Errico by, first by Commissioner, new title, Bellingham, and Commissioner Santiago. We don't have anybody. Yes, but we don't have anybody on Zoom right now, do we? No? Okay. Joyce, can you please do a verbal roll call? Commissioner Bellingham, Commissioner D'Errico, Commissioner Howington, Commissioner O'Brien, Commissioner Santiago, Commissioner White, Mayor Villavasquez. Yes. Passes 5-2. Okay, passes 5-2. Congratulations. Vice mayor? Is this this, Joyce? That's it. Again, I want to thank everyone for coming out. It's beautiful to see this room full. I just want to, before I close, give acknowledgement to some of our visitors. I want to call out Barry Cotton, my buddy from Rick Scott's office. State Representative Webster Barnaby. Thank you, Barnaby, for your support. School Ball Representative Ruben Colon and his beautiful wife from District 5. Former two commissioners. McFall's mom, I mean, daughter and father. Thank you for being here. I just want to say Michelle was my first commissioner when I first moved into Deltona 27 years ago, 26, 27. Former County Council Barb Gertman. Former Deltona Commissioner Joe Perez. Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Glad to see you here. Representative from Halifax, Victor Ramos. My very own brothers and sisters, Vima. My other brothers, local lodge from the Masons of Deltona. President of the Rotary Deltona DeBerry Orange City. Franklin. Former Deltona Commissioner Nancy Schleicher. Newly elected county at large Nancy Miller. Did I miss? Oh, newly elected. Newly elected. Newly elected. I got this. Yes, you do. Newly elected David Sosa. Our very own former, our very own former Mayor Heidi Hertzberg. Former Commissioner Jan Dyett. Former Commissioner King. Sitting in the back. So did I forget anybody else before I get yelled at again? I'm sorry. I mentioned Ruben already. He only gets one chance. American Legion Post 255. Our very own city staff. City Manager Doc. Thank you. Our attorneys, Gemma, Zach. Thank you. Our deputies who are always here making sure that we are safe during our commission meeting. Not that there is any problems, right? And also, I want to acknowledge our fire department. Thank you so much for the presentation of colors. Did I miss anyone? We have in the house also the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Joe Hearns, president. My buddy, Julio Sayas. We come from the same area. Thank you so much, Julio, from Orlando. Julio is a radio broadcaster from Orlando. See, we crossed the bridge. It wasn't so hard, was it? Thank you. Thank you, everyone. I mean, on a serious note, thank you so much for being here. And having said that, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. Yeah. Sure. Look forward to working with you. Oh. Ready, Deltona. The Deltona Celtic Fest and Highland Games are back. Join us on Saturday, November 14th, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Dewey O. Boster Park. Enjoy a full day of live music, Celtic traditions, food, vendors, and Highland Games competition. Featured performers include Gaelic Storm, as seen in the movie Titanic, along with Kilmain Saints, the Byrne Brothers, Tuatha Dea, and Ennis Pruitt. There are activities for all ages. Bring your family, bring your friends, and join us for a great day of music, competition, and fun. We'll see you there. Many live disabilities, Innis studios, in particular being out of the home, and you 're smoking, and I'll hundred and walk them here. See you with us on a show on the streets, Oh my god, you're a тебя, my mia. You're going to be purpose. 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