Town ofMelbourne Beach TOWN COMMISSION WORKSHOP JUNE 8, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.  COMMUNITY CENTER - 509 OCEAN AVENUE  MINUTES Commission Members: Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor Joyce D. Barton Commissioner Sherrie Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker StaffMembers:  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Finance Manager Jennifer Kerr Fire Chief Gavin Brown Police Chief Melanie Griswold Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown  1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call  Mayor Wyatt Hoover called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. Interim Town Clerk. Amber Brown conducted Roll Call  Commission Members Present Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor. Joyce Barton Commissioner Sherri Quarrie Commissioner Corey Runte  Commissioner Marivi Walker - excused - arrived 101 min late  Commission Members Absent  None    StaffMembers: Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Finance Manager. Jennifer Fire Chief Gavin Brown Police Chief Melanie Griswold Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown  3. Pledge of Allegiance and Moment ofs Silence Mayor Wyatt Hoover led the Pledge of Allegiance  4. Public Comments  Aferbeingacmowleiged byt thel Mayor, members ofthe public should state theirname and address for the record. The Commission encourages citizens to prepare their comments in advance. Each individual will have three (3) minutes to address the Commission on any topic(s) related to' Town business, not on the Agenda.  5. New Business  A. Discussion regarding the FY 2022-2023 Budget  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated there are two mileage rates presented 4.50and 4.57. Shei isa advocating for the 4-57 to have a little more money for infrastructure. Current residents get capped out at; 3 percent year after year where new residents tend to do major upgrades which significantly increases their property taxes. Most departments have had an increase year after year which is usually caused by changes in employees and increases in health insurance and auto liability. She stated Police Chief Melanie Griswold is very concerned about the salaries oft the officers and the ability tol be competitive in the market. The police department had very qualified applicant come here, but they could not offer them a competitive salary sO they declined. A salary study was done for the police department and their salaries were brought up very close to the same starting salary as Indialantic. In the Fire Department she put a place holder to allow fort the purchase of a new: fire truck. Thel Fire Department had four per diem employees that worked out for a while, however, their personal schedules have become too full to continue. One oft the individuals would like to take over thej position for all four and become an employee of the Town. The cost would be Fire Chief Gavin Brown stated thej per diem positions were working out well fora while, however, nowi iti isl harder to havei them come in as one. just had twins and another is homeschooling. The benefit of] having an employee is they would have aset schedule. Per diem positions you cannot require them to work a set schedule, you open shifts and ifthey want to pick up thes shift they can otherwise Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated the Environmental Advisory Board received a $5,000.00 donation. The requirement was the money be heldi ina a  the same.  itg goes unfilled.    separate fund with the anticipation of another $5,000.00, SO a separate fund was set up: for the Environmental Advisory Board. There was another fund set up for the. American Funds Plan. There was a suggestion to give the employees an increase of a one-time two percent bonus with the money from the ARPA Funds. The Town Manager received a letter from them stating they would like some of the funds used tol help with payroll tol help stimulate the economy.  Further discussion ensued included in thel budget.  Commissioner Sherri Quarrie asked ift the funds for the additional officer are Town Manager Mascaro stated the funds for the additional officer are not included in thel budget, sO that would need tol be added. She stated the funds received for the School Resource Officer have always been put into the general fund and were not applied against thej police payroll which will be changed. Commissioner Sherri Quarrie stated with the increase in gas thel line item for gas Commissioner Marivi Walker stated it should be doubled ifr not tripled.  and oil for every department needs to go up.  Further discussion ensued.  Town Manager Mascaro stated the next item is for the code enforcement special magistrate. It was suggested that it should be increased to $10,000.00. Mayor Wyatt Hoover stated Scott Parker suggested we could get on a schedule to get and spread the compost since the' Town is no longer using fertilizer in the Commissioner Corey Runte asked ifthere is money in the budget to hirea Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated yes and no. There is $25,000.00in professional services under the parks, and then another $30,000.00 for Commissioner Runte: and Vice Mayor Barton stated the funds should not come Mayor Wyatt Hoover stated a good starting amount might be $50,000.00. Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro recommended it be $52,000.00. Commissioner Sherri Quarrie stated it is hard to see what the total cost is for things like mowing which the cost is split between different locations. She requested something like an addendum that has thet totals for items that are split  parks which would cost $1,000.00 per month. company to dol landscaping maintenance.  beautification that would coveri it. out oft the beatification money.  between various locations such as mowing and utilities.    Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated the Building Official would like to work fort the Town. Ther money toj pay him would be about the same as what we pay The Commission was in favor of having a full-time in-house Building Official. Mayor Wyatt Hoover brought up the idea of moving the bocce ball courts and  Safebuilt.  putting in a splat pad. Further discussion ensued community center.  Commissioner Corey Runte asked about funds to upgrade the audio system in the Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown stated she reached out to RV Communications and is waiting to hear back, but she also contact the company that installed the current system. They provided quotes between $16,000.00 and $19,000.00 to upgrade the system to wireless and add enough inputs for each person to have Commissioner Corey Runte stated that seemed like a waste of money for how Mayor Wyatt Hoover asked about not going wireless, butj just getting enough inputs SO everyone has their own microphone. He also asked about the ability of Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown stated toi integrate the recorder would require the system to be upgraded because when the' Town purchased the system it was decided not tol have that option. Shealso stated it might be cheaper toi replace the entire system because the current system is not a generic system sO it is difficult  their own microphone. expensive iti is.  the recorder to be integrated into the system.  to upgrade or change.  Vice Mayor Joyce Barton asked about burying the wires.  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated there are options, but it depends ifthe Commission wants to continue renting the building out because some options Commissioner Corey Runte stated he was thinking of a cost more ofaround Commissioner Sherri Quarrie stated shei is motivated by the price and the lower  would have equipment that should not be moved.  $5,000.00 to $6,000.00.  the better.  Further discussion ensued  Commissioner Corey Runte stated the proposed mileage is 4-57 or 4.50.    Vice Mayor Joyce Barton stated both are under last year's increase. Commissioner Sherri Quarrie stated shei is very comfortable with the 4-57. Commissioner Corey Runte stated he is comfortable with the 4-57 rate. Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated the Town could also reach out to the church and see ifthey would be willing to allow people to pay to park in their Commissioner Corey Runte stated a lot ofother places have parking agreements. The Commission agreed it would not hurt to havei the Town Manager reach out to  parking lot during the week when they are not using it.  the church to see what they think.  6. Adjournment  Vice Mayor Joyce Barton moved to adjourn the meeting; Commissioner Sherri  Quarrie seconded; the Motion carried 5-0.  Meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.  ATTEST:   VV loour WyattHoover, Mayor  Amber Brown, Interim Town Clerk  ELROURNE