Good evening and welcome. The Wednesday, May 22nd, 2024 City Plantation Budget Workshop is now called to order at 530. Ms. Beggarole, please call the roll. Council Member Anderson. Here. Council Member Andreu. Council Member Fadgen. Here. Council Member Horland. Here. Council Member Reincey. Here. Mayor Sortel. Here. City Attorney Ezra. Here. Thank you. All right. Way to go, Anna. Not very loud. Is it on? Oh, no, it's not on. It looked like it was on. Okay. Good evening, Mayor. Good evening, Council President, Council Members, City Attorney Ezra. Welcome to the City of Plantation Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Workshop. My name is Anna Otteniano. I am the Finance Director. Tonight, the agenda is basically we're going to have the larger, more forward-facing departments come up and give you an overview of their personnel, capital items, an overview of their budgets, just to kind of give you an idea of what they're looking for. I will say we are still balancing the budget, so some of the items we have to go back in and take a look at the personnel and the capital. So some of the items mentioned tonight might make the cut, so we'll see. The smaller departments we decided, and the smaller department being finance, city clerk, HR, procurement, library, we're not going to have those departments come up and speak because most of that you're going to hear. We have zero to no changes for next year, so it would be half an hour of that, so we're going to leave that to another time. But if you have any questions for any of those department heads, we are all here. If you have any questions, we'd be happy to answer any questions. Normally, we would include stormwater in the lineup, but on the 26th of June, there is going to be a workshop that the city engineer is going to be providing to council, and that will be discussing a lot of the stormwater budget, among other things, but the budget will be discussed at that time. So without further ado, I'm going to bring up the first lucky individual, which is the chief of police to speak for fire, or to speak for police. Good evening, council members, mayor, city attorney. Where do I start? Let's start with capital, but before I do that, our body-warned camera program, we're very close to starting the pilot program, where we'll give, we have two vendors, we'll give each of them 90 days in that pilot program, and then we'll move on from there, so we're very close to that. In my capital, there's several large items there. In the current budget, we have our RMS, records management system, but that does not include CAD. So CAD and RMS integrate with each other, and the reason why we started out with the RMS system is because of the FIBRS-NIBRS mandate that we're required to do. And the FIBRS is the Florida Incident-Based Reporting System, which is taking over the old UCR. We're a little bit behind on that, but we've gotten the extensions through FDLE to let them know that we're working diligently with the RMS. But the CAD system, that's for police and fire. It's something that we've delayed for a very long time. It's an absolute must that we have that. Our laptop computers, we've had them for over seven years now, and we're going to need to replace all those. And that's going to be a good chunk of money. As I've said, it was another delayed cost. We have pushed this out so far with our batteries. It's just beyond shelf life. We have an APHIS workstation that we're asking for. The cost of that is $82,000, but we may be able to get $58,000 of that back. I don't know for sure, and that's why it's the total cost. FDLE may be allowing – FDLE may take the cost of the hardware, but there's licensing software, all of that, that goes into that. I'm going to be asking for cars again. Along with that, some small items, evidence drying chamber for our crime scene. The chamber now is not repairable. We're going to need to replace that. We have a police canine in the budget as well. Officer Alan Radzawan's dog's getting up there in age. So that's true, too. That is true, too. Both of them. On to – unless you have any questions for me as far as capital items. They are. But, again, if they're available, we'll go that route. Otherwise, we'll be going to the interceptors. We're going to try. And, in fact, I didn't bring it up here with me, but I think Councilman Reinstein asked me about the – any kind of report on the hybrids versus the interceptors at our resilience and sustainability meeting I had mentioned. I didn't bring that statistic with me, but the hybrids do save on fuel. The problem is we don't know what the maintenance record is going to be on that, and that is really going to be the difference. Well, I had no doubt that we would save fuel, but it's going to be the repair and maintenance on that. From positions, I'm asking for a police officer and several service aides. And, again, I'm working – we're still working through this on the budget, so I don't know for sure how many positions that I'm going to be asking. Those are the full-time positions I'm going to be looking for. I will be making some adjustments to our current employees, some promotions within. But, again, I'll be more than happy to discuss that with you when you get the – all of that. Line items-wise, I've had an adjustment there for the school crossing guards, and, as you well know, the speed cameras for the school zones. I didn't know – okay, I'm sorry. No, the – with the speed cameras, we'll be able to take up some of that slack for the school crossing guards through the cost of that. But we're – What do you mean by that? Some of the proceeds we can put towards the payment of the crossing guards. Oh. Some of the revenue. Mm-hmm. We're doing the – the vendor is doing the engineering study as we speak. So, we'll see what – what schools and what zones will be the need. Outside of that, I've – like I said, I've got a couple line items that have gone up. I've got quite a bit. When you see the stickers on some of those capital items, it's a little bit. But most of which are cars and equipment that I absolutely have drawn out to end of life and beyond. But I'm open for any – any questions that you may have. Councilmember Reinstein. Yes. Thank you, Chief. Just one question regarding the school crossing guards that you just mentioned. I know over the past year there have been some questions regarding whether we had sufficient number of school crossing guards, especially in the Seminole Tropical area. Yes. Is that one of the needs that you're looking to add more, or how are we – We did add the one over there when we did the – we did an analysis of that, and we did put another one over there. I think I remember that there was also some concern regarding staffing, that there just weren't enough school crossing guards. We've been good there. Okay. It's – the increase is contractual. It's in the contract with the school crossing vendor. Okay. Thank you. Yes, sir. Mr. Mayor. Thank you, Chief. Hey, if you don't mind, please remind Council of the staffing needs regarding public records and body-worn cameras. How many people you need and that kind of thing. Sure. With the onset of the body-worn cameras, we're going to start out with one person. And as we progress in there, obviously the need for records personnel for the public records request, so it's – that's going to increase all those positions. We've actually gone out to bid several times for a body-worn camera coordinator. We just have not been successful. The ones that we've chosen ultimately get more money from their department to stay, so we're still working on it. But, yes, sir, we're going to need some more people when that comes into play. Okay. I think that's it. Wow. I believe next is fire. Thank you. Thank you, Chief. Good evening. Good evening. Mayor, welcome back. Council, City Attorney. So, with the fire budget, we – on the fire side, we've added a couple capital items. One is a fire engine. We're getting to that stage where our engines – we should be replacing them every two years. So far, the city hasn't had to pay for any of our engines or rescues because we've used other funds like ARPA and PMT and MCO. We use those monies. But I'm down – we don't have that much money left in those, so I've got to ask for a new engine. And they're expensive. They're running – you see it, $900,000 for an engine. And the other – on the fire – I've got two budgets. On the fire capital, we put in for a new building, the Station 4. Training center, new building, and I put in $12 million for that. Went in my first budget meeting with – I said, look, I'll sacrifice for the city. And I'll knock $12 million off that budget. So he's looking out for Anna. Well, we knew that was a wish list. But I will tell you that the buildings, you're going to start replacing them because they're getting older. You've got 40-, 50-year-old buildings out there, and they need a lot of help. But any questions on the fire budget? And on the rescue budget, nothing's really changed. We – pretty much every – the equipment we get off of that is what we get every year. So nothing's really changed there. Any questions on that budget? Chief, how are you – I'm sorry. How are you on personnel with rescue? On the rescue or at 76? Okay. We stay at 76. We've got eight part-timers and 68 full-time employees. Now, speaking about the employees, I have asked for a training captain for on the – well, I don't know. It falls under the fire budget, right, Anna? Yeah, training captain. And we had to reclassify one of our positions. Not reclassify. We actually had to – it's for social media. So we had to actually create a position. So we're going to take care of that. And then I asked for – on the rescue side, I asked for four part-timers. And that's where we stand with that. And we got our – we just got one of our trucks, the truck that ARPA paid for just showed up today. So we're going to – Can I drive it over? Yeah. You can drive it. We're going to put – once we get all the equipment on it, we're going to have a – what we call a push-in. And it'll be – that's where everybody – they push the truck back into the station. That's a tradition in the fire departments. So that'll be probably a couple weeks from now. Okay. We'll let you know. Any questions? Well, thank you. Keep up the hard work. Appreciate it. Utilities. Hello, Danny. Good evening, council members, mayor, attorney Ezra. A couple of things first, just some of the highlights that we're working through right now. A lot of our projects are multi-year. So a lot of the projects that were in last year's budget are underway. Generator storage building, the regional bypass, that's that big ticket. It's a $7 million project. We're waiting for the contractor to mobilize. AMI phase two, it's been awarded, held our pre-con. We're getting ready to kick that off. Two water main projects simultaneously. This is something we normally don't do. We do one at a time. The reason that D got put, re-swept park phases C and D, D got put into it this year because we were able to obtain an $850,000 grant. Keep in mind, when we do get grant money and we look at these projects, it's a small portion of the project. So this resulted in a, was a $3.4 million project. We got $850,000, but we're running two at the same time. Some other projects are, are coming to a close, chemical storage, some other, some other larger ones. ARPA, we're using the last $350,000 that was assigned for lining. I think our total is close to $2.3 million that we were able to utilize in sewer lining, sanitary sewer lining through ARPA. So our new consumptive use permit, some of you are aware, we just submitted that. It's for our next 20 year. I'll talk a little bit more about that in a second. Billing office remodel is underway. Excuse the mess. It's going to be good when we're done. Thanks to Matt and his team. They're, they're helping us pull it off for an affordable price. PFAS presentation. Y'all are going to be seeing that on the, the 20 seconds meeting, anything and everything you ever want to know about PFAS. Stay tuned for that one. It's going to be a nail biter. I'm kidding. Our challenges for 2025's budget. There is an overall increase. O&M, R&R, on our O&M, we're looking at about a 0.7% increase that covers our personnel, line items, some O&M capital, non-operating expenses, and some other things. Our R&R is basically our capital projects. We're putting about 11.1 million in the water and about 14.3 million into sewer. We're looking at a total overall increase of about 8.2% over last year's. You'll see what the cost increases and you know how the projects have been going. They've been coming in much higher. We're comfortable with that number. We think it's, we think it's good and it's doable for the projects that we have ongoing. Again, multi-year projects that we're working with. We're still experiencing material delays, cost increases, same as all the other departments. The bypass project is a perfect example of that. And this is what we're seeing because of the amount of work out there. You have minimal bidders and some projects are only having one. It was a little over 4 million originally and it came in at 7. So, I think we're going to see more of that with some of the larger projects that we have going. What you'll see from utilities is a continuation and clearing the backlog of capital projects. As Chief Todd mentioned, you know, our buildings are getting older. The infrastructure is getting older. This is where investments need to be. Probably not just in, I mean, definitely in utilities. I don't want to speak for other, others. Again, a lot of our projects are multi-year projects with high price tags. So, that will be reflective of the numbers that you'll be seeing. Some other challenges are going to include a potential reduction in our cup numbers. That's our withdrawal permit. South Florida Water Management has taken a close look at everybody's permits and allotments. So, we're allowed a little over 17 million gallons a day withdrawal. They haven't said they were going to cut it, but there are some folks out there that think the possibility exists. We are working with administration to maintain our current withdrawal levels. And we're looking at other ways to mitigate that if it comes to light. Our numbers don't necessarily line up. Our population projections don't line up with beavers. I think beavers' data was flawed when they put it out there. So, you're not going to see the population numbers match. A big thing we're going to be, is going to be a big challenge this year is the lead and copper rule revision. So, I've mentioned this before. Some of you are aware that we have to go out and identify every single water service on public and private side. Never in my career have I had to work on private side when it comes to identifying material or potentially having to replace it. So, with this new copper rule, lead and copper revision, we have to complete this inventory, and it has to be completed within three years. The first report is due October 15, 2024. So, we've been trying to identify in-house, as we're doing work orders, and we've been doing this for a little over a year, we've only managed to come up with about 6,000 identifications. With the reporting aspect of this, the catch is that any service that you put as an unknown that you haven't got to during this reporting period, any unknown, a mailer has to go out. And you have to notify these residents or customers that they have a potential lead service. They haven't nailed down how many notices. Is it two notices? Is it four notices? We have to do a public-facing map as we do each one of these. It gets a – it's a heavy lift for – and this is all across the country for utilities that have to do this. In January, we were just informed predictive modeling would be allowed. So, this has been a moving target with hard dates. They continue to make changes to the rule that they're enforcing, but they have not moved on the dates at all. So, we'll be continuing to work through this. Later on tonight on the agenda, you're going to see there's going to be a couple items that are – the predictive modeling, as well as the program that's going to help us monitor this, do the mailings, do the front-facing maps. So, you'll be seeing that, and we're going to need this in order to meet these deadlines. We have 29,000 services of our own, and then we have to identify all the private ones in addition to that. So, it's 29,000-plus. That's going to be a big deal for us. All of our historical records and knowledge, plus 30 years of data from testing our water, we have not found lead in our system. We still have to complete this, along with every other utilities in the country. Personnel. Personnel – we're not doing much this year. Personnel, a majority of what we're working on is position and class corrections. We're working with HR through these. They're helping us with it. So, there was a discrepancy between our plant mechanics and electricians. You'll be seeing, if you haven't already seen it, the paperwork that will come with that. The other – it's not really noticeable because it's not – there's one new position. It's a restructuring of our laboratory personnel. We've been having difficulty keeping part-time personnel. We have people work on weekends. There's seven days a week in the lab. With all the increased testing and everything that we have to do – and, again, that's going to be on agenda tonight. Our lab is renewing the laboratory testing contract. That's for outside testing. So, in our lab, we're creating an environmental analyst three position. We're promoting a two into that three, but we're leaving her position vacant. The other changes in the laboratory were – we're eliminating the water distribution system quality control specialist because we can't fit the title on the cards, and we're converting that into an environmental analyst one. Personnel, there's not a whole lot going on. That's utilities. I mean, we have – you'll see the projects that we have coming in. It's just more of the same – lift stations, plant work, repair, replacement. So, with that, if there's any questions – Councilmember Borland? Very quickly. Thank you for that, Danny. With – I'm a little concerned about the possible reduction of the permit. So, we're allowed $17 million. What are we running? About $14? We pull – $17.3 is what we're permitted for daily out of the ground now. And 15% of what we pull out of the ground is waste, and it goes back in. We're utilizing as it – our potential of what we have to use is about $14 million a day. That's right. Currently, we're using in the neighborhood of about $11 million a day. Okay. So, with those numbers, you'll see we're actually looking at what's our maximum we can do under this permit right now. I've been working with Jason. We're looking at some different numbers. We had our consultants take a look at what's our total max that we'll be able to do. We might be okay. If they start talking reductions, I'm not sure. You know, it's something that we're following really closely right now. We'll be looking for the opening of the next phase of the C-51. Councilmember Andrews. Yeah, that was interesting, though, because the credit component isn't there yet to purchase that. So, that is one of our options that we're going to be able to look at. Okay. Thanks. You can probably answer this more in detail at a later date, but if you could cover it later, because I know we've got a long night. So, all your efforts over the many years to have people go to low flow, everything, is there any more additional you could eke out by reducing our usage to stay in that cap as well? Short of lowering pressures at the plant, which you can't do because we need to maintain specific pressures in the four corners of the city for firefighting purposes and maintaining a specific pressure for the residents. That only goes so far. As you're adding residents, we have to turn the pressure up, and you're using more water because you're adding more residents. That being said, where the reductions are, they come. I didn't mean low flow. I meant the low, the low, like the low gallon toilets, the low. So, that's all being built into everything we do. So, when we talk about sustainability, all the pumps we put in, all the motors we put in, everything is being built. Your air conditioners, your cars, everything is being built to conserve energy. The same with your plumbing fixtures, shower heads, toilets. They don't make a toilet now that's over 1.28 gallons per flush. Your shower heads are low flow. Your faucets, that's all being built in by the manufacturers already. So, unless you, you know, you still have that 1960s toilet that's using three to five gallons of flush. But we're still offering programs for that. Thanks. I do not see any other questions, so thank you. All right, thank you very much. Parks and Rec. Good evening, Mayor and members of Council. For Parks and Recreation, I'm going to go through a few different things here. First of all, I'm going to talk about some staffing changes. We will have in the budget, you will see, there will be quite a few that will be just reclassifications and moving. As you all know, we have seasonal positions for both the aquatics operation as well as for the camps. For the aquatic side, what we always had to do was everybody who came to work for the season would have to then resign their positions, even though we know that they're going to come back after they go to college. The plan is for them to come back, and they're already trained, already have uniforms, and operate. So what that did is that put human resources and us in a whole process of just redoing the paperwork over and over again. So we've worked with the human resources department to streamline that so that we can keep them on the books, although it won't net in any change. Everything will just be the same. It's just that they won't have to go through the official resignation of a process and then back to a hiring process. So that will help streamline some things, so there will be a lot of back and forth. You'll see we're losing in one side and just adding right back in the other. As far as additions and changes, we are going to be requesting two special class instructors. Those could be doing aerobics, yoga, any of those types of programs. They are partially refunded back through participation in fees for classes. Do they completely offset the cost? No, but they at least assist back to that. From a full-time standpoint, we're requesting two positions, a full-time administrative position for the Parks and Rec Department. We currently do not have any administrative personnel in the department, so this will be just putting back. We had one years ago. We decided to swap that with the grants person and get that on the books, so we just basically took the position and moved it over. And now we're just looking to replace that as we move forward. Additionally, we're looking for a recreation services manager for our special events. As you know, they continue to grow, both in size and in the number of events that we're offering for the year. So that's the other position that we will be putting in for from a full-time standpoint. So those are really the only changes we have in staffing. From a programming expansion, one of the things that we have been really trying to figure out what's the best way to approach is we have never had therapeutic recreation. What I mean by that is adaptive classes and programs. For us to go through the process of trying to do it in-house, we would have to hire staff. We would have to purchase equipment. We'd have to go through that whole process. So what we did is we went and looked at what other municipalities around us were doing, which they were contracting with the YMCA, which has a very strong therapeutic program. And so we will be putting in $180,000 into our budget this year to be able to offer different kinds of programs across the board for everything from very young youth all the way through adults. There would be different types of programming offered throughout all of our facilities. This $180,000 buys us a person through YMCA that will become our designated person running our programming. And then they would come and do offer all the programming within our facility. So our outlay would be then the facilities for them to offer those programs. And they would bring all the supplies, all the materials, and everything to offer those things. Again, their specialty, they're already placed in the marketplace. Their contacts in the community are already there. So this would just add to the repertoire and the availability for therapeutic recreation across the county. That's really it as far as from a programming standpoint. Other than that, all of our staple programs will continue on. This year, we are looking at doing a collaborative effort with the group from the Broward Mall and take one of our Rock the Park series concerts and make it part of Black History Month. So obviously, we'll be working at that point. Last night, we had a Parks and Rec Advisory Board meeting, and somebody also brought up Hispanic Heritage Month. And so at this point, we're going to do the Black History Month, and then we would look at the next budget and try and hopefully expand into that as well and try and serve even another section of the population. But we'll be moving forward with that and incorporating those two things together, hopefully. Capital-wise, as we have always been doing, playgrounds, safety surfacing, shade structures, the numbers continue to grow, as Danny said, and as you'll hear, I'm sure Matt will come up here. Everything that we do, everything that we buy now costs more, takes longer to get. It's just a difficult marketplace for us to be in. As well, we have an aging infrastructure. We have been systematically going through the playgrounds and updating them. All of our playgrounds, the new standard is, with a new playground, is safety surfacing is the rubber surfacing for the flooring. No more mulch and sand and things of that nature. And we're also including shade structures in all of the playgrounds that we do. So that's the standard that we're going to move with, but there comes a cost with that, and we're going to be proposing those as well. Another thing that we're looking to propose is Camp Everglades to add a splash pad. There is five playgrounds that make up Camp Everglades. The idea is the oldest one and the one that's least used. We would remove that from the area and then redo the fencing a little bit and add in a splash pad, much like the woods. And if anybody's been over the weekend to get to the woods, it is packed. The thought is that we could then hopefully displace and pull some of the people to the western location. And that gives us then three splash pads separated across the city, one at Jim Ward, one at the community center, and then now one out west. Parks Maintenance Compound Building. Danny's been around a long time from utilities. He used to work for Gulfstream, and I believe we are in a Gulfstream building. Is that correct, Danny? So to say it's been around a long time, it's been around a long time. Literally, you can see daylight through the roof. It leaks. It's got mildew. It's got all kinds of things. One of the storms many years ago, there was a lot of damage to it, and the decision was that we'll just weld it back together. So literally, we have a building that has just been pieced back together. So that will be in this year's budget. We've asked for it for many years, and we really didn't get past even the request stage. So I'm glad to see that we've made at least step one. We'll see if we make it the rest of the way. As well, four additional synthetic turf courts, or fields, rather. The field at Pine Island Park has done exceptionally well. We're very happy with it. It's super high demand. I'll have some numbers a little bit better for you from both a maintenance cost standpoint, as well as from a revenue standpoint of what we're getting in in the first two years of the operation of that field. So we're very, very pleased on both sides of that. And so, therefore, we'd be looking at that. The proposal of this would be to fall in line with the master plan of Central Park. So anything that we do on that property will always resort to, is it part of the master plan, and where would it be in the master plan? We're not going to do anything that would jeopardize that or put something out that, if it gets funded, then we would end up moving it. So this would be a systematic way of maybe pecking away so that that number could continuously move down, but at the same time servicing our community that has those needs. Remodeling of volunteer parks restrooms is another decent-sized number that's in there. That facility is only continuing to be used more and more. I don't know whether some of you do or don't know, but Signature Grand is getting ready to close. So we see the demand of that facility going up, if anything. The restrooms are just 20-something years old now, so they really are lackluster. The design of them was a little shy of what it probably should have been, so we'll do everything we can to maximize that space and be able to present a good face forward for the city whenever we bring in guests to utilize that facility for both our events as well as for rentals. Last I have on my list here is Veltri Tennis Courts. For the past four years now, we've been remodeling the fencing, the signage, the courts, the surfacing of the courts, so we'll have the last piece of that, and we'll be then buttoning up our fencing project for Veltri Tennis Center. So that's the last thing on that. That is all I have for parks and recreation. I do have some golf things to talk about, but do you want to break it at parks and rec, or do you want me to finish off? Let's do some questions real quick. Council Member Andrea? Thank you. Good evening. Question on the YMCA therapeutic programs. Did you all realize there was a need for that because of the surveys that were released? It's the first time I was hearing about the therapeutic programs. I think it's great, but that's a big price tag. And then also part two to that is wouldn't that also get partially refunded because I'm assuming these classes would also be fee-based? They would be, but the agreement that is in place currently at Pembroke Pines that we would be modeling after, they get the fees. The fees do not come to us. So that is purely our cost for providing those services. As far as why, we're probably, I don't know for sure the statewide numbers, but when we go to FRPA state conferences, there's always a therapeutic recreation segment that goes on before the rest of the concert because there's so many agencies that have that specialization. We just have really not had any programming from that standpoint. Obviously, we had the dynamites through the PAL program, which is very sports-specific and very specific, and we've always worked with agencies like the Special Olympics and things of that nature. But from a day-to-day programming standpoint, we haven't. Those numbers are only profoundly getting more and more for a plethora of reasons, and I'm sure in the education field you see the needs going there as well. So we just felt as though it was the time. We're getting close to a six-digit community, and those numbers are only rising the needs for our residents. And then my other question. We're running short on time. Okay. Was any thought to the bridge at Volunteer Park and having a line item for that? We certainly can at it. But, again, with the number of dollars that we're already looking at, everything that we are trying to do, we're trying to do it with the methodology of that we're trying to service the masses of people first. I wish I could say with the Placer software that I could identify how many people ever used it, but it's so little in the number of people that it doesn't even register on the Placer database. So our experience has been that we've seen very, very little use of it. But, again, if that's something that council deems that we do, then we'll add it in for sure. Thank you. Council Member Horland. Thank you. Very quickly, and we're short on time. Thank you, Mr. Goodrich. That was my question. I actually had a phone call about the bridge today and duct tape still being used out there on one of the spots. So I haven't had a chance to take a look at it myself. They're literally just closed off. Right. Okay. The other thing is we've talked about this in the last couple of budget cycles. Where are we on the concrete maintenance, specifically at Sunset Park, those sidewalks, where we're having those issues with cracking and up- Most of that has been resolved, yes. Okay, great, because I know we spoke about it last budget. Yes, that's been with both Public Works and Parks and Rec staff working together to rectify those areas. Perfect. All right. Thank you. We've been pecking away, obviously, in small segments because we can only do what we can do. Thank you. Mr. Mayor? Just a quick note, the aging compound building for Parks and Rec, is that Public Works? And Friday, many of us will be there for Public Works Day. It might be good to go see it with your own eyes. I'm sure Phil would arrange a tour for you if you wanted to see how aging that building really is. Yeah. If they say a picture's worth a thousand words, seeing it in sight would be a good couple thousand. Yeah. Just while you're there, it's just a thought. Okay. Council Member Reinstein? Thank you, Mr. Gertrich. Based on the success of the two Saturday Night Rock the Parks, will we be able to expect a third one for this coming season? At this point, we had the same number of Saturdays and Fridays as we did this year. But, again, if that's the direction that Council gives us, then we'll make adjustments as we need to. I'd like to see a third one if we can work that in. Okay. Thank you. You had something else you wanted to? I'm just going to talk very briefly about golf. Straight or short. Very briefly. You're over your budget. Okay. Golf, we currently have in reserves as of 9-30-23 from ANA $3.7 million, which is a very positive number from the golf operations. We are going to be exploring renovations to the tees, greens, and fairways in the coming years. I'm saying this in the coming years. Obviously, it's an enterprise fund. It won't affect our general fund budget. But I just want to give you a heads up that we are working on that with the guidance management, putting those things together. And a real quick question regarding that. So is our fees – we've had a conversation about this. I kind of want to make the conversation public. How are we assessing the T fees for market? We'll adjust. As we adjust with the course, we'll make the market based on surrounding courses and fit ourselves in a very strategic position. That's the quality of our offering. Correct. Correct. And right now, we're at kind of like – We went through a process. We've had a lot of weeds. We've eliminated a lot of weeds. Now we're going through a sprigging and renovation process. We just started some stuff with the airification of the greens, but we also did some sprigging of fairways and off areas. And that will, over the next several weeks, you'll see it get better and better. I thought the greens were in good shape when I was there. The greens are just part of regular maintenance with greens. I got you. Go on. As well, we'll be exploring driving range upgrades to include a new pro shop, a grill for just the golf course, lights, and top tracer technology. For those of you who don't know, as you hit the ball, you would either have an app on your phone or there would be a screen, and it'd show what the ball's doing. It's a very – that's what Topgolf and those types of facilities are doing. But during the renovation time, that would be the goal is to have the range remodeled and set and up and running so that we don't have a time where we're ever completely down without any kind of revenue stream, both for the contractor as well as for our own needs. So that's that. And then the last thing would be is we'd explore the clubhouse desired purpose. Again, as Signature Grand leaves the marketplace, the golf course in its original design was kind of built in a little bit of a pigeon hole, and it wasn't big enough to be a real true wedding venue, and it wasn't too small enough to just be a grill. So we kind of fell in the middle. We don't have the right size kitchen. We don't have the right size storage. So this would be part of the whole master plan when we look. But we will come to you for guidance of what you want us to be, and then we'll then come back with plans that what it's going to cost to be there. And the parking, yes. I already started to look at that, and that's – Go underground? No, no, no. Actually, very simple. We're a par 72 course, and it would make it that we'd be a par 71 course. Okay. Just by shortening 10 a little bit and gaining some parking over that way. Oh, okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Anything else? No. Any other questions? Sorry for rushing you. I'm getting nervous. That's all right. Thank you. I'm a train conductor. Public Works. All right. Good evening, council members, council president, mayor, city attorney. Public Works, we're going to work on what I've been saying. We're going to follow the strategic plan, the succession plan of the department. Let's do what Public Works does. For staffing, I put in for additional seven positions. We have many divisions that are lacking the stepping stones that are needed for the succession plan. We have no leadership positions from a crew leader to a supervisor. So we have to develop those stepping stones. I have 11 reclassification positions that will also support the succession plan and just getting people in the right position. It lessens attention amongst the crews when somebody is out or it just makes more sense and flows on the organizational chart better and puts people in the right responsibility categories. Let's start with Public Works as far as that's it for staffing, so that was easy. For Capitol and Public Works, we have some smaller items for the garage, some fleet replacement, trailers, maintenance trailer. The biggest one is going to be the pavement program. As you know, we went through the pavement study. As we say, bad roads cost money, a lot more than good roads. But I will give a huge thank you to ANA administration working through this process. We're able to allocate some funds from different areas and build that up a little bit so hopefully it's not such a big sticker shock. As well, we were able to put in for a new loader for our resource recovery that will help with emergency management and storms through a different funding source. And by doing it now, we were able to save $80,000. So that was good and good catch by them. As far as other divisions, landscaping, we're not doing much for equipment. We're good on equipment there. We did add a hazardous swale tree replacement program. So as we're going through in the damaging infrastructure sidewalk streets that the trees are causing, we're implementing a program to replace the trees as we go along. So I know that's always a big topic, and I want to make sure that we touch on that. As far as crafts, we're able to procure one transit van and one of the reclassifications. We got rid of a third electrician, and we added a plumber for the city so that we don't have to outsource so much. So we're looking to procure a van for the plumber and some tools for them. A pressure cleaning rig so that we can expand on our roadways and sidewalks with pressure cleaning and beautifying the city. And for road and traffic, beyond the road and pavement program, we're putting in for a new traffic jet printer that does all the signs with the reflectivity. And we're now making a lot of the banners for other departments, all the signs in the city. It saves the city a lot of money, but there is still a cost. But it's a fraction of what everybody would send, and, yes, we do charge them for the signs. So no freebies. But other than that, I think that about covers up what we're doing in public works. So any questions? I don't see any. Good job. Thank you. Building. Good evening, council, mayor, city attorney. We don't have a lot of changes in our budget this year. Our capital items, we're looking to increase our budget for the remodeling because of the cost of materials and labor, everything going up. Looking to add three hybrid vehicles. Hopefully we can get them. And the electric EV chargers to go with them. We want the infrastructure and with that while we're doing the remodeling. We're looking to add one plan review table to increase our plan reviewers. Staffing-wise, we're looking to add three positions and reclassify one person. The reclassification is one of our permit techs to a code specialist. It's basically just getting their job description, actually what they're doing. Yeah, the other position is a development service specialist. There'll be a liaison with the IT department, but they'll work in our building and take care of everything in the development service building software-wise and whatever needs. So we don't have to call IT over all the time. And finally, the last two positions are for the permit concierge service that we want to start. And hopefully we get that kicked off and that'll speed up all our larger projects, make things easier for the public. Outside of that, I don't have much more. I do not see any questions. Thank you. Thank you. Actually, could you just repeat? What did you say about the cars? Did you say they're EV or hybrid? We're looking for hybrids. It's hybrid, but you need chargers for them? We'd like to have the chargers, too, at the same time. So we can charge them in there. Okay. IT. Good evening, Council, Mayor, City Attorney. IT is not immune to the changes in the marketplace. A lot of our products are subscription-based, so they have increased costs. However, I'm going to start with personnel. We don't have any additions, so we're going to keep staff as is. A major highlight for Capitol is we're the gatekeeper to a lot of software and application contracts throughout the city, as we should be. The ERP was put in our camp as the city's looking, so you'll see a big boost in there, but it's a citywide project. We have a few software upgrades we're looking to do. As you all know, we have a web filtering product that sometimes goes on the fritz. We have been having issues with it. We have rebuilt the system a few times, so we're going to go out and see what's out there to see what other products could probably help us in that area. One key element that's missing that I'd like to see is protection of city devices when they're off city network. So if you were at a conference or something, you still would be subject to the city's filtering rules, so it would protect you from malicious software or possible spyware, whatever's out there. So there's products out there that can address that, so we're looking to add that. Our document access system that we use needs to have an upgrade, so you'll see that in the Capitol section. And then lastly, a vehicle, our newest vehicles from 2016, our oldest vehicles from 2003, so we just put one in there. Hopefully, we can fulfill that need. Other than that, I hope to any questions. Councilmember Andrea? Very quickly. I thought that dual – okay, we're back on schedule? Thank you. We're back on schedule. Thank you, President. I think we're ahead. Parks and Recs are stressing me out. But I thought that dual mobile did that, so they don't cover that – protecting – I'm sorry, let me explain. Sure. Protecting your device when you're not on the network here. That is for our authentication. Incorrect. It does help us authenticate off-network. But this is for when, let's say, you were to use your device and go on the Internet at a conference, and you're not connected to our network. You're connected to someone else's Wi-Fi or whatnot. They have products that will allow us to monitor that activity and protect you against malicious – right now, it's just the authentication that gets you on the device from anywhere. It doesn't do any of the web filtering. Oh, I – You lose that because you're not – you have to be part of our network. So we lose some of that functionality, which could, you know, potentially expose your equipment to, like I said, malicious code or whatnot. Okay, thank you. I didn't know that. I thought Duel Mobile was doing that. But thank you. Absolutely. I do not see any other questions. All right. So thank you. And Danny, Planning and Zoning. Speak slowly, but not too slowly. Good evening. It's chair, members of the council. I've never been asked to speak slowly, but I'll see what I can do. The Planning and Zoning for FY25, the department is really proposing, it gets very small to modest changes, nothing major. First, with regard to overall staff complement, within the budget, we're looking at basically there's two positions. One will be a CDBG specialist position, and I'll talk a little bit more about that because we're – right now, as you know, our CDBG program is being kind of coordinated and run through the county right now. We are looking to bring that program back in-house so we can have – it's full of control over that. We're not completely satisfied with the way the county is running things and the way they're managing things on our behalf. And so we need to get the right amount of staffing in place to allow us to do that in-house. And then there's – this is just correcting sort of an issue from this year's budget with regard to the business tax receipt assistant. You'll see that in there. And so we're just trying to get that position listed within this budget as well. So it looks like basically two overall staff complement positions. Secondly, overall, within the department, with regard to capital, we're looking at – we're requesting, I guess, replacement of one of our vehicles as well. We have the 2008 Ford Explorer vehicle that we think has pretty much seen its useful life. And we're looking at EV or I know the – I know last year the council was still debating whether EV, electric or whatever, we would go either way. We just want to get the vehicle replaced, whatever we can get. We'll be happy with that. So those are with regard to capital and staffing. In terms of some of the other sections of the planning and zoning budget, as you know, we're kind of breaking down into Midtown Gateway or what have you. With regard to Midtown, we're requesting some modest increases in funding for consultants. As you know, once we complete the comprehensive plan at the end of this year, there are going to be some things that will be required to do to implement with regard to the land development regulations. So we're looking at, for one, as we've discussed, the adoption of the activity center for the Midtown area. So there will be some costs associated with implementing that, which we will require a consultant for. And then we put some money in there, too, to kind of work through urban design planning also for Broward Malls. You know, we're in the process as well of our moratorium thing, and that's going to kind of flow out of that moratorium as well. But those are with regard to Plantation Midtown, those are the biggest things. We're still looking, and we'll try to start making some progress on some of the other projects that are identified in the Midtown plan. Overall, there are proposals for pedestrian-type amenities and, you know, connection between Peters Road and the other parts of Midtown to kind of connect those, to improve the connectivity, I should say, within Midtown overall. Plantation Gateway, no real major changes there. As you know, in last year's budget, we did add a part of that, a code enforcement officer position, so we're looking to kind of maintain that. We're trying to really beef up code enforcement activity within the Gateway District. You'll probably notice if you've driven through there, there's some properties that we've been kind of targeting and focusing on and have sort of fenced those projects in. And we're, you know, as we anticipate Publix coming in and trying to anticipate also the hospital, the emergency room coming in as well. We're trying to improve the look of that corridor as well so we can continue to attract investment into the corridor. Under the Community Redevelopment Agency, we will still maintain the monies that we've set aside for a catalytic-type investment so that, with regard to the CRA, we still have that line item that's there that will assist with those efforts. Now, with regard to CDBG, as I said, we're looking to bring CDBG back in-house. We think that's going to be a major improvement. There's some things that we'll need to do to bring it back in-house. We've been talking with HUD in that regard. We're going to have to – the consolidated plan that we did some years ago, we're going to have to update the consolidated plan, which is very similar to a comprehensive plan for the city, but the consolidated plan just looks at certain data with regard to homelessness and, you know, affordable housing and other things. And we have to identify within the consolidated plan the types of programs that we're going to do to address those issues. So we need to update that, put together an annual action plan. We're kind of already working some of those things out as we speak. And so, again, that's why we're also looking at the additional staff member there. And then, with regard to SHIP, no overall changes in the SHIP program. We're going to continue to roll out the SHIP program as we have in the past. And, overall, that pretty much sums it up with regard to Community Development Department. I'd be happy to answer any questions that you have. Council Member Horland. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you, Mr. Holmes. You brought up SHIP, so my question was with CDBG. That was a three- or five-year agreement. I couldn't remember what we had signed with the county. With the county, it was a three-year agreement. So it's coming up this year. Yes. Would we potentially look at bringing SHIP under the CDBG person as well? Would there be a potential cost savings there? Yeah, we're going to – yeah, both of those will be done. So that wouldn't be out because wasn't – Well, we will still require consultants. Okay. Yeah. Okay. Because there's some specialties that some of the consultants do in terms of when we have people that come in and there are things that we have to go through, lead, you know, paint poisoning, and there's consultants. And, you know, so we will need some help with regard to that. But the in-house, we'll still maintain our own files. We'll go through any time there's audits and things of that sort. We're going to need our own in-house staff to kind of take us through. I hear we're bringing it back in-house. We're going to need our own process, yeah. Plus, I don't want to just have one person. I worry about just having one specialist. We need to go back through that with regard to BTR. Okay. All right. Thank you, Mr. Holmes. Council Member Andrea. Mr. Holmes, any update on Plantation Inn? Oh, you had to go there. Is it jet time? Well, I might as well. Actually, I have to pull in Jason on that. Good evening, everybody. Jason on the maker, CAO. Administration had given wells until the 15th to perform. So at the next CRA meeting, we'll actually be recommending revoking that incentive package. The good news is Plantation Inn is still closed. Now, there is a current tire kicker that we're working with. We're not particularly thrilled with the use, but we'll work with them. We've also got some other parties we're working with. So we're fairly confident something positive is going to happen there. And we know what's not going to happen is the Plantation Inn isn't going to open back up. So I think the chief has spoken to you all about the reduction in crime we've seen. So we see, even though we didn't get to incentivize it as we anticipated, we see it as a tremendous success. Good. But as that moves forward, we'll certainly keep you all apprised. I don't see any other questions. So with that. Okay. Thank you very much. Okay. So we are adjourned. It is 6.31. The Council Meeting will start at 7 promptly.