Town ofMelbourne Beach REGULAR TOWN COMMISSION MEETING COMMUNITY CENTER = 509 OCEAN AVENUE  APRIL 20, 2022 at 6:00 p.m.  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 Town Attorney Cliff Repperger Interim Town Clerk. Amber Brown    1. Call to Order  Mayor Hoover called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.  2. Roll Call  Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown conducted roll call  Commission Members Present Mayor Wyatt Hoover Vice Mayor Joyce Barton Commissioner Corey Runte Commissioner Marivi Walker Commissioner Members Absent Commissioner Sherrie Quarrie StaffMembers Present Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro Town Attorney Clifford Repperger Finance Manager Jennifer Kerr Building Official Robert Bitgood Fire Chief Gavin Brown Public Works Director Tom Davis Police Chief Melanie Griswold Interim Town Clerk Amber Brown 3. Pledge ofAllegiance  Mayor Hoover led the Pledge of Allegiance  4. Presentations  Police ChiefMelanie Griswold presented Corporal Zachary Martin with an Officer of  The Year award. 5. Public Comments  Afterbeing acknowledged by the Mayor, members ofthej public should state their name 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.    Kate Wilborn 502. SecondAve  Kate Wilborn asked what preparations are being made for the next time it rains. She stated a wall and a luxury home is going to be built when the land should bej for water retention. Kate Wilborn statedwhat good is the Toumgouermentifit: is not protecting its residents. Kate Wilborn stated houses near. her haveflooded, and houses need to be built in a way that does notj flood their neighbors. Kate Wilborn advised she watched az video ofthe Town. Manager and she is embarrassed. She: stated ifshej floods this time  she will. sue the Town.  Ted Funkhouser 509 Banyan Way  Ted. Funkhouser stated there is a property on Banyan Way that is being rented out as an Air BnB. There are reports around the country. We need to do something about ouner-occupied, but the owner lives in Arizona and gets a homestead exemption. Something needs to be done in Melbourne Beach that stops vacation rental development in single-family homes. This particular home is not registered with any Mayor Hoover stated the State has taken away almost all of our ability as a Municipality to control vacation rentals. Regarding his occupancy and homestead exemption that is something we can look into with respect toi thei taxes he is paying. Mayor Hoover stated the Municipality is not permitted to limit the length of time of a vacation rental that Mr. Funkhouser stated. Boca Ratonjust enacted: something recently that does not allow day-to-day rentals, and the minimum rental is one month. He stated he spoke with Debbie. Mayfieldsoficeand: they advised the Municipality needs tol have an ordinance. Mayor Hoover asked for Mr. Funkhouser toj provide any information he hast tot the Town Commission Corey Runte stated the Town has a noise ordinance and if there is a violation to notify the police. He also stated the State does not allow Municipalities to restrict them unless there was already an ordinance in place. For example, Indialantic already had an ordinancein place prior tot the State coming out with Home Rule, soi they are able to continue to restrict vacation rentals under that ordinance. He stated our Code Enforcement has done an excellent job trying to identify any nonregistered  place. Please do something about these day to day rentals  would bet the State.  Manager, sO we can verify the Town is doing everything we can.  vacation rentals in Town. Gail Goudy 205Ash_Ave  Gail Goudy stated: she expects our Town Manager to act in a proféssionalmamner, and it is very disturbing. What is the Commission doing concerning her actions? There is ac complaint against the Town Manager from the previous Town Clerk and a video of the Town Manager that is very disturbing. Ifanything it confirms the Town. Manager    has used poorjudgment, not acted in a professional manner, and is not representing the Town in a good way or a good example to the employees. As the Commission this iss something you need to seriously think about, and what is the Commission going to  do about this.  Steve Walters SixthAve  Steve Walters stated he is wearing a mask because the microphone is not sealed. He stated he received a copy of the grievance filed by the previous Town Clerk. Jennifer Torres, a complaintfrom the Town Clerk before her Nancy Wilson, and other written complaints. Mr. Daniels was also mentioned in that grievance. Jennifer Torres was doing a good job, and that is the toughest job in the Town Hall. Keep in mind the Deputy Town Clerkz was_fired and never replaced. He is sorry she is gone and you will  be hearing. from. Mr. Daniels and him soon.  Jim Simmons 409.Avenue. B  Jim Simmons stated the morei things change thez more they stay the same. Same people with the same grievances for forty-plus years with the same issues against the Town Manager that they brought for ten or fifteen years. He would encourage you to look at the history behind the Town Manager's goings-on, and the repeated attacks on the Town Manager and see how repetitive it is. He has a lot ofmanagement experience and has been the victim oft the attacks as. Mayor. They have a nice platform that they can say anything they want. No matter how true or untrue it is. When these types of issues comeforwardine apublicforum they need to be taken with ag grain ofsalt. They need to be looked at seriously from both sides. He stated Elizabeth as the Town  Manager has his confidence. Ali Dennington 413Surd Rd  Ali Dennington stated an independent investigation should be done to look into the grievance against the Town. Manager. Oneallegation: was deletedtext messageswhich isa violation. There are a bunch ofother allegations. She requested the Mayor to temporarily lock down all records. She stated she has made a bunch ofpublicrecords requests. She does plan to sue the Town for the denial of several public records requests. Partly because of the shed issue with disagreeing with the interpretation of the Code. Ali Dennington requested that all ofthe documentation that she provided be entered into the recordfor the meeting. As well as all ofthe emails sent in the past two Mayor Hoover asked if she was referring to the seventy-five emails she sent. Ali Dennington verified yes those are the emails she would like entered into the record.  days be entered into the record.    6. Approval oft the Agenda seconded; Motion carried 4-0. 7. Consent Agenda  Commissioner Runte moved to approve the Agenda; Vice Mayor Barton  A. Approval of Special Town Commission Meeting minutes for March 2, 2022  B. Approval of RTCM Meeting minutes for March 15, 2022  C. Site Plan Approval for 1507 Pine Street D. Site Plan Approval for 404 Sixth Avenue E. Site Plan Approval for 414 Hibiscus Trail F. Site Plan Approval for 309 Ocean Avenue  Vice Mayor Barton asked about not getting the entire site plan and just paring down parts ofi it for the Commission. The site plans are a lot of paper that other Boards Commissioner Corey Runte stated the site approval process is a very diligent procedure that goes through the consulting engineer, Town Planner, the Building Department, and the Planning and Zoning Board. Then it goes to the Commission  have already done theirj job and gone through and approved.  on the consent agenda to vote yes or no.  Vice Mayor Barton moved to: approve the Consent Agenda; Commissioner Walker  seconded; Motion carried 4-0. 8. Old Business  A. Final Reading of Ordinance 2021-04 Town of Melbourne Beach Comprehensive Attorney Clifford Repperger read Ordinance 2021-04 for the second reading for adoption. Attorney Clifford Repperger went over the process that Ordinance 2021-  Plan.  04 has gone through. Further discussion ensued Ali Dennington 413SurfRd  Ali Dennington stated she would like to object to 309 which was on the consent agenda. She objected to the Planning and. Zoning and would like to object here as well. She would also like to object to the Comprehensive Plan. She did file an objection with the State and with the Town. Ali stated she would like to reiterate    that she attended and objects for all of the reasons stated many ofwhich are just procedures the Town did not follow. There was mention of not having signed minutes. from Planning and. Zoning which she believes is a requirement. Without signed minutes she is not sure those meetings are valid. Regarding the section about ifit gets destroyed, the language was changed to take out the percent, SO now ifit gets destroyed at any amount. Why was the letter from the State not included which states objection one requires each local government to include a property rights element in its Comprehensive Plan. The local government has proposed its own property rightse element insteadofthe. State one. The proposed property rights element limits the consideration toj private property to planning and development. She stated it says it has to be every decision, SO she objects to that. The response that it will be worked on is not sufficient and the second reading should be postponed and fix that. Why wasn't the letter included, and why wasn't the Attorney Clifford Repperger stated the dated November 22, 2021, from the DEO was included in the agenda packet. With respect to the property rights element, the  property rights element changed.  changes that were requested were: made.  Kate Wilborn 502 Second. Ave  Kate Wilborn stated ift this is a master plan, she goes by the Town bulletin board every night, and this meeting is not posted. She does care about the master plan because it seems to be for a developer such as Commissioner Corey Runte. She Mayor Wyatt Hoover stated very recently the Stormwater requirement forindividual properties was amended to increase the individual retention requirement from one and a halfinches in twenty-four hours to six inches in twenty-four hours. Whatthat means is every time a property is redeveloped or torn down and rebuilt they are increasing the amount of stormwater they are retaining on their own property. This Commissioner Corey Runte stated he would like to set the record straight. He ist the Vice President of pre-construction for certifying commercial construction for his company, and has not done anything along this strip in Melbourne Beach. Melbourne Beach has enacted a new code that is one of the most strict of any beachside municipality to help protect the residents. In addition, the Town is able  stated there is more and more deuelopmentamPA.  isc certified by an independent civil engineer.  tos spend over one: million dollars on stormwater treatment.  Steve Walters SixthAve  Steve Walters received a call afew months ago regarding builders for new homes stating they need a perc test which can cost a couple thousand dollars. The homeowner had to pay twenty-five hundred dollars, but the ordinance doesn't say that. He stated the ordinance should be clarified to state a perc test is not required.    Commissioner Corey Runte stated per the House of Engineering a perc test is required as part of the approval process to calculate stormwater retention  requirements. Funoe. LLC 413 SurfRd  Ali Dennington spoke on behalf of her son who is a trustee of Funoe LLC. Ali Dennington stated earlier it was said that the engineer is independent. However, itis the Town Engineer who has a contract with the Town. They have records that are public records. It does not matter that they are outside ofthe Town which she has requested records related to the Town Engineer last year. that she has not gotten. There was mention about all oft this money that was going to be spent on stormwater, and she wanted to note that the grievance noted. $100,00.00 that was  miscalculated and taken from stormwater, sO she objects to that.  Vice Mayor Barton moved to adopt the Resolution 2021-04 from the second reading which amends Resolution 2021-02; Commissioner Walker seconded;  Motion carried 4-0. 9. New Business  A. Consideration of Resolution 2022-04 amending the Building Permit Fee Schedule. Commissioner Corey Runte stated Robert Bitgood was brought on full-time as the Chief Building Official, and he has received numerous unsolicited compliments. He goes above and beyond to protect our residents to make sure everything meets the code and it is quality workmanship. He stated a building department cannot be a profit center. Itiss self-sustained and does not generate a profit. Robert Bitgood is working to get everything digital, and we are now doing inspections five days a week. Building Official Robert Bitgood stated per state statute the building department is an enterprise fund and should not be counting on the Town for funding. The fund goal would be to have up to twice the operating budget, and ift the fund gets to that point the Town can either lower the fees or offer incentives for things such as stormwaterimprovements to residents. He stated thel building department fees were based on 2014, and al lot has changed sincet then. He explained the minimum permit fee will be $75.00 for construction valued up to $2500.00; then anything above that will pay an additional percentage based on the value of construction. He proposed increasing the cost for doing work without aj permit tol be up toi four times the cost of Commissioner Corey Runte explained that currentlyt thereis noi incentive tol havet the work completed properly before the first inspection because there are no re- Mayor Hoover stated the Building Department is essentially net-zero financially for the' Town, and these changes will allow the Building Department to bei more efficient  the permit at the Building Officials' discretion.  inspection fees.  and provide better accountability.    Further discussion ensued Julie Samuel 2320 S River. Rd  Julie Samuel asked how much ofthe Town'sl money was used in the year prior, and based on last year's numbers how much would be taken in with the new fee Building Official Robert Bitgood stated he does not have information regarding last year. He stated last month by enforcing through plan review what was supposed to Mayor Hoover stated part of the reason for doing this is because the building department was understaffed and SO thel level of service the' Town was providing was very poor. Such as only doinginspections two days a week. This will allowt the Town  schedule?  bei taken in would have averaged $7,000.00.  to provide an adequatelystaffed building department.  Steve Walters Sixth. Ave  Steve Walters asked after listening to all that, what you are about to vote on is to Building Official Robert Bitgood stated this would bei thei first increase since 2014.  raise the building permit fee? Another taxfolks.  Kate Wilborn 502 Second. Ave  Kate Wilborn asked what about impact fees? Ifsomeone is buying a luxury home an impactf fee wouldn't be a big deal, and it would help people in older homesf from having their foundation crack. Also, grants to protect our river and people from Commissioner Corey Runte stated there are impact fees assigned to any new construction project that are set by Brevard County. This fee schedule would bring  flooding.  us up to date and be comparable to surrounding municipalities.  Jim Simmons 409 Ave. B  What It think is missing in this discussion as well as the additional services being provided and the time scales is when he was Mayor he received a call from a resident stating their builder told him the Building Official is very difficult to work with. Jim Simmons stated he doesn't think that is true anymore, we have a new building official, but what you're missing is the Building Official works for the resident, he doesn'tz work.for a building contractor, he is supposed to make sure the builder functions to his responsibilities, and provides a safeguard to the    homeowner to make sure the contractor is not taking shortcuts. The Building  Oficialworksfor: the homeowner. Dan Brunger 400 SixthAve  Dan Brunger stated the comments about donating money bother him. That has been raised to the Town before about charitable contributions and ifhe pays a tax orafee, he would not want it donated to anyone else. Ifhe wanted to donate he would do it himself. He also asked about fees being raised. He stated he has a maybe fifteen-foot section of fence that he would like to put up in the future, SO would he have to pay the $75.00. fee and then pay even more. for that section of Building Official Robert Bitgood stated under this new update you can change up to twenty-four feet of a fence without a permit as long as you are not putting it on anyone else's property. As far as the donations discussion goes the money does not need to be donated the fees could be lowered or even eliminated temporarily. Donating money is just an option and is regulated by the State on what the money can be donated to. Thel building department is fully funded and sustained by permit  fence.  fees, sO no taxpayer money goes to fund the building department.  Ali Dennington 413SurfRd  AliDennington: stated: she is going to make the: same objection to every single thing. She stated this is overj four hundred pages. She asked when did the Commission  receive a copy.  Mayor Hoover stated Friday  Ali Dennington stated: she requested it two days ago. She emailed on the eighteenth each Commissioner, the Town Manager, the Town. Attorney, and the Town Clerk, even though we don't have one right now sO the Town doesn't have a records custodian, she did not get a copy of the agenda packet until today. Ali stated she objects to everything in thei meeting thatis decidedo on the bases that herdue process rights have been violated. The whole point of a public meeting is to give people notice ofwhat will be decided sO that they can object ifthey want, but ifyou limit the amount of time they are able to digest the things being decided they cannot formulate an objection. If she had two or three days she might not have any objections, but because. she only had a couple ofhours it is a due process violation. Mayor Hoover apologized for not forwarding the packet, but they received over  You need a reasonable opportunity to review something.  seventy emails from her, and he has not had time to read them all.  Further discussion ensued    Ali Dennington stated the emails she sent she had to do that legally to preserve her  record.  Vice Mayor Barton moved to approve the Resolution 2022-04 in regard to the increase to building permit fees effective immediately; Commissioner Walker  seconded; Motion carried 4-0.  B. Consider the purchase and installation of 7 new street poles for Ocean Avenue, Public Works Director Tom Davis stated as part ofthe' Town's] plan for beautification, hev would like toj purchase and install new: street poles for the west end of Ocean Ave.  Ryckman Park block.  Mayor Hoover asked where thei funds were coming from. Redwood property and put it aside for beautification.  Public Works Director Tom Davis stated the Commission took $40,000.00 from the Commissioner Corey Runte stated he only sees one proposal, and they are required to get three ifiti is over $4,000.00. He stated he would like to see at least one more preferably two more proposals. Florida Bulb and Ballast were the ones that just did thei tennis courts and saved us $30,000.00. Also, FPL does a leasing program. Vice Mayor Barton stated she likes the idea of doing this and has seen howl beautiful Public Works Director Tom Davis stated he will come back next month with more.  itl looks in other Towns, but would request more proposals.  10. Staff Reports  A. Town Attorney Report  Attorney Clifford Reppeger stated he would hesitate to get too involved in a discussion, but he would like to address the elephant in the room. As you're aware we have an Interim Town Clerk tonight because the Town Clerk has separated employment with the Town. There was a special Town Commission meeting scheduled that was canceled. Thej purpose ofthat meeting was to considertheappeal from the Town Clerk to a final written discipline that the Town Clerk had received. On April 12th the parties met and discussed thei issues and the Town Manager agreed to rescind the final written warning and to agree thati it would not be an official part ofthe Town Clerks employment history. A copy oft the executed letter rescinding the final written warning has been provided to you. Given the withdrawal of that final written warning, the Special Town Commission Meeting was canceled as unnecessary. The parties then entered into a separation agreement which both parties signed, and the Town Clerk voluntarily resigned. On April 4th a separate grievance complaint was filed with his office, pursuant to the separation agreement that was entered into the Town Clerk voluntarily withdrew the grievance complaint, and asked that the grievance complaint investigation cease. That is what happened, thei investigation was closed and no further action was taken. Those documents are    public records, and from an employer's standpoint, the issue was resolved. Ifthe Commission feels something further needs to be done they can advise him Mayor Wyatt Hoover stated it is important in any organization to evaluate individuals on their work, and certainly, none of us are perfect, since Elizabeth has taken over as Town Manager we have never seen the parks department operating as effectively asi itis, from a Commissioner standpoint, thel budgeting process is smooth and streamlined, the building department is operating better than it has, all of the departments in the Town. Mayor Hoover stated he is frequently in' Town Hall and the morale is good and they have a positive experience working with and under Elizabeth. She is not supposed to be everyone's best friend, she is their boss and sometimes that can create unfortunate situations. Holding people accountableisnot fun, and sO there are always difficult situations. He stated he is proud of Elizabeth Vice Mayor Joyce Barton stated she would agree with everything Mayor Hoover just said. She has witnessed the same thing in her time here. She goes into' Town Hall a lot and she sees the morale in the offices. Being a former employer she knows it is difficult and knows how hard it can be when you have employees to deal with when there is a problem. Sometimes things have to change, and she is very confident we will find the right person fort this position, and everyone will get their needs satisfied. Thank you to Attorney Clifford Repperger for allowing the Commission to speak on this because iti isi the elephant in the room, and therel have been a lot ofl hard feelings and harsh things that have been said and done. We live in an amazing little town and she would suggest everyone move forward from this. Itis a learning experience for everyone involved, but she thinks wel have all learned and will move: forward in a Commissioner Corey Runte stated he is on six nonprofit boards throughout the county and he used to chair a quasi-judicial board in Melbourne. Prior to Elizabeth Melbourne Beach used to call other Towns to see how they were doing things and model it after them. He spoke with another City Manager who stated Melbourne Beach is doing some amazing things and they are. looking at how we are doing things now. It is important to not only look at just one person who didn't work out for whatever reason, but to look at the bigger picture. This Town has never been in a better place. People see that, and other municipalities see that. Elizabeth is our Town leader and we need to respect her. There will always be tough decisions she  accordingly.  and the work she has done.  positive way.  has to make. B. Town Manager Report  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated she and Chief Griswold were, going to meet with Indialantic Town Manager Casey and Chief Conner about golf carts and the Interlocal agreement, buti thei meeting had tol bej postponed. She stated Public Works Director Tom Davisj just installed four more golf cart parking spots along Ocean Ave. She was on a conference call with District fivei for FDOT1 toj puttheir section of Ocean Ave on their map: for paving in 2026. That also provided the opportunity to discuss the entrance and egress for Ocean Park and the shopping centers. Itis the annual    budget cycle, soitist time fort the Commission toi review hera and as part ofthat process she would liket the Commission to think about what goals they would like to task her with. What they would like to seei in the next twelve months, but maybe also twenty- four and thirty-six sO ifi it requires budgeting funds she can make sure they start  setting that money aside.  Mayor Wyatt Hoover asked for a few email reminders with deadlines.  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated she would like to have the first budget meeting in June, sO she would like to have the information by the end of] May to give heral littlel bit oftime to estimate the costs and work them intoi thel budget. She: stated they can send the items as they think of them, they do not all need to be listed and  sent at the samei time. She will send out an email tot them. Commissioner Corey Runte asked ift the audit was done.  Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated it was done and they will be presenting next month. She stated we did fantastic; Finance Manager Jennifer Kerr did an awesome  job.  C. Town Clerk Report No Report D. Departmental Reports 1. Building Department No additions to the report 2. Public Works Department  Public Works Director Tom Davis stated four golf cart parking spots were added in Ryckman Park. The DAR has done a tremendous job on the Ryckman House. Commissioner Corey Runte stated the bathrooms look amazing, and the Ocean Public Works Director Tom Davis stated the palm trees in the park are out of control. He stated they spend hours having to pick up palm fronds. Tom stated he would liket tol be ablet tot trim them; he knows there were al lotofcomplaints last time, but ifh he keeps it at three and nine that should allow. him to at least cut the  Landscaping in Ryckman Park was done. Park sitting area is beautiful.  dead stuffoff.  Further discussion ensued Jim. Simmons 409.Avenue B    Jim Simmons stated the only concern would be bat roosting. We have done everything we can to encourage bats in town, and they breed in the boots of cabbage palms. He stated we should look into when is a good time to trim Mayor Wyatt Hoover clarified that when the trees are trimmed leave the boots alone and only trim the palm fronds. He asked if there was an update on the Sunset swale modification. Itwas previously discussed about uplighting, buti isit Public Works Director Tom Davis stated he spoke with the Town Manager today about the Sunset project and it might havei to wait for Founders Day, but it might start sooner. They plan to cut the curb and take out the compacted vegetation thati iss stopping waterfrom going down. Regarding the Christmas lights, theywill bei taken down before Founders Day. He stated hei found a company outo ofTampa  cabbage palms so the bats are not nesting.  possible to take out the Christmas lights.  that has an in-ground canister light that he really likes.  3. Code Enforcement No additions to the report. 4. Police Department  Chief Melanie Griswold stated after numerous complaints on First Avenue; we have put the speed trailer there. There has been a large increase in traffic, sO speed humps have been installed. Unfortunately, the Police Department will be phasing out the drone program due to security standards from the government asofJanuary 1, 2023. The government has given agencies a list of five approved drones that are allowed. The approved drones are between $2,000.00 and $7,000.00 and are too compact so they would not be able to use them for life- Commissioner Marivi Walker stated she witnessed something horrible while walking on Riverside the other day. Can anything be done on Riverside for speeding? She alsoasked about an incident at Gemini and a letter about needing Chief Griswold stated we do need at least two more officers. Regarding the incident near Gemini, Chief Griswold was working from home to assist the officers. That incident was not in our jurisdiction, we were just assisting the Sheriffs Office, butifwe got a call in ourj jurisdiction we would have had tol break from that call. Indialantic was also on scene as well as a couple of K-9s. Mayor Hoover asked what the nature of the challenge is and what the current Chief Griswold stated a lot of complaints that they have received are related to traffic. Everyone has seen ani increase ini traffic, not necessarily speeding, butj just  saving in the water like they want.  more officers.  situation is with the number of officers on duty.    more people are here. There are certain things she would like to do that are in theworks right now. Having more officersi to concentrate on trafficv would be very Commissioner Corey Runte stated regarding walking along Riverside when the road project starts the sidewalk will be continued which will at least allow a  helpful.  barrier between vehicles and people walking.  5. Fire Department  Chief Gavin Brown stated three volunteers completed the one hundred ninety- one hour State approved firefighter training course that was taught in-house by State certified fire instructors. He stated they held a few multi-agency fire trainings at a house donated by the Formica family. There are also four new candidates that have successfully gone through the sixty-day training program. Vice Mayor Joyce Barton stated there is a scholarship opportunity coming up through the Space Coast League of Cities for people working in the: fire or police department, or people that arei interested in getting into that field. Town Manager Elizabeth Mascaro stated they had a very successful pancake breakfast in conjunction with the Parks Board for the Easter party.  6. Finance Department  Commissioner Corey Runte asked if our total expenditure rate is fifty-three Finance Manager Jennifer Kerr stated yes, and this is the new software report. There is a new encumbrance column which is money thati is marked for purchase  percent.  orders.  Ali Dennington 413 Surfrd  Ali Dennington stated she would like to reiterate her earlier objection that she didi not have enough time to review the voluminous record that the Commission got on Friday, but she did not get it until aj few hours before the meeting. She stated she objects to everything in the entire document. She also stated. she will provide. her written objections and: supporting documents at the end. She asked for someone to touch on the $100,000.00 that had been lost or miscalculated which was taken from stormwater and put somewhere else. She stated she requested the audit records last year and she has not gotten anything on that. She also previously requested the contracts for the building that is contracted  out and: she has never gotten those.  Kate Wilborn 502 Second. Ave    Kate Wilborn stated she does not know ifeveryone has seen the video ofTown Manager Mascaro, but the video is out there and should be addressed. She would really like to compliment the Police Department, Fire. Department, and Tom Davis they work really hard and she appreciates that. She would like the  samej from the Town Council and Town. Manager.  Julie Samuel 2320 S River Rd  Julie Samuel stated she might have missed public comment on the individual reports, but she is curious why Officer Rickwas suddenly removedj from Gemini. She stated she works with Elizabeth and has seen the video, but she would say Chief Griswold stated she received anonymous complaints regarding SRO Rick Dovale ati the school and that is why he was: removed. Itis underi investigation SO  some sort ofpublic apology or something to address it.  she cannot get into it.  Chelsea Hansen 1807Neptune Dr  Chelsea Hansen stated she would also like some type ofacknowledgment. She thinks it could be really. positivej for Melbourne Beach she loves living here, but Mayor Wyatt Hoover stated they hear the concerns, but they have not received  she missed the part where this was addressed. the entire video yet to review: ita and discuss it.  Vice Mayor Barton moved to approve the Finance Report as presented;  Commissioner Walker seconded; Motion carried 4-0.  11. Town Commission Comments A. General Comments  Vice Mayor Barton stated the Space Coast League of Cities meeting that we host is Commissioner Corey Runte stated Founders Day is Saturday, May 7th. For any vendors that would like to participate there is an application on the website. Also for anyone that would like to watch the Mayor and Commissioner Corey Runte skydive behind Sand on the Beach at their own expense on Founders Day in the  coming up on May gth.  morning.  Steve Walters stated he would make sure he packs their shoot.  Town Manager Mascaro stated the Town will have a table at Founders Day to get  feedback from residents.    Vice Mayor Barton asked what advice we have for people coming from outside of ChiefGriswold stated from Pinet to Riverside will bel blocked off. Regarding patrons coming to the park, they will have to park elsewhere and walk. She stated Rotary  the' Town regarding parking. What about a shuttle.  did a shuttle and there wasn'tmuch participation in it.  B. Review of Commission Action List  Town Manager Mascaro stated the meeting with Indialantic had tol be rescheduled,  so that will go to May.  12. Adjournment  Commissioner Runte moved to adjourn; Vice Mayor Barton seconded;: Motion  carried 4-0.  Meeting adjourned at 8:26 p.m.  ATTEST:  lpatt Hoonn Wyatt Hoover, Mayor  LbB  Amber Brown, Interim Town Clerk  EHOURNE  PED 1883