The City Commission meeting Monday, August 5, 2024. We're going to have the invocation and pledge of allegiance. We'd like to invite Deacon Carl Wilkie, a first Baptist church, a black Alfred to give us our invocation. Then we'll say the pledge following that. Thank you Mayor. Council for asking me to be here. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, thank you for loving us and caring for us. Thank you for watching over us through the storm and Lord do not we ask you to minister to those that are in the middle of the storm those that families who have lost lives through this storm and those that will be in lost lives through this storm, and those that will be inundated with the waters that are coming to them, Father, we realize that this is a catastrophic storm that's going through the northern part of our state in Georgia and South Carolina. And Lord, we pray that you would bring protection upon all of those people. Lord, and for the responders that are responding to all of those needs, we pray, Lord, for their safety. We pray that you give them the wisdom that they need to work through this storm and to bring back the lives of those people that are in it as best they can. Father, we pray you're blessing upon this meeting here tonight. We pray for all of these commissioners, our city manager and the attorney and Lord the city clerk. Lord, we pray for our officials that are out on the streets tonight working in the rain, working diligently. We pray for those that work in our fire and rescue. We pray for those that work in our city to keep it clean and beautiful and ask your protection upon all of them. We praise you for all that you are and all that you do for us. We ask it in Jesus' name, amen. Amen. A pleasure, allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Okay, we'd like to ask Linda Busquat City Clerk to call the roll, please. Mayor Fuller here by smare daily here, Commissioner Eden, here, Commissioner Deerman here. Vice Mayor Daley here. Commissioner Eden here. Commissioner Deerman here. Thank you. Now for city manager and city attorney announcements I'd like to ask Ryan Levy good to read the announcements for the seating's meeting. Thank you miss Smith for the first day of school for students in the Polk County School District will be on Monday, August the 12. So all the kids are getting ready to go back to school. Our next City Commission meeting will be held on Monday, August 19th, and that will be at 7pm. And then also do, we had our back-to-school bash this Saturday, had a good attendance. I think we gave out over 150 backbacks in total. So last year we only had 50, and then went very quick. We bought 200 this time and so the 150 was the good number and then we kept the extras at the library and several folks that couldn't make it to the event has sent scone to the library to pick up those supplies. So a good event there and then the Emily opted for the water slide instead of the normal slide and With how hot it was at 9 a.m. I think that was the the right calls appreciate the parts department for For setting that up and for everyone that could attend and that is all that I have no other announcements Thank you, sir now I'd like to ask Seth Clayter to read the City Attorney announcement, please. I just have to start with, I think that's the first time I've made it into the prayer. So that's, thank you very much for that. Other than that, we remain grateful to represent the great city of Lake Alford, Mayor. Thank you. Our pleasure. Thank you for coming. Okay. We have a recognition of citizens of this time for items that are not on tonight's agenda. If you have anything you'd like to bring to the attention of the committee, you're welcome to do it at this time. If not, we'll move forward. So we have a proclamation to do today. The presentation is the Lions Club for the fire and police departments and I will come down and I'd like Steven Palsett to join me down and then we've got a we've got a yeah and then water professionals I'm going to tell him that everything I'm going to have is going to be an action item. I remember I would do it all for you. I'm the former last year's president of the Lake Alfred Lions Club. Every year since COVID, we have done a car show and remember I have my son Hunter falsit. A lot of people in the city knew him and they are respected what he does. So we do an auto show every year. Every year we raise money for different local charities, whatever the case may be. The lines could never keep the dime of this money. It always goes back to our community because we believe that this year we decided that we're going to take our charity and we are going to donate it to the Lake Alfred Police Department and the Lake Alfred Fire Department because they're busy on the roads all the time. So this year I know our chief art could not be here but the mayor said that he would gladly accept the check for $1500 to the Lake Alvin Police Department. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. Thank you. I appreciate that very much. And also for the Chief of the Fire Department, here's a check for $1500 from the Lake Alvin Line School for you to do what you need to do to keep your people close. Thank you so much. Thank you. I appreciate you all. So just trying to do the right thing, we want to keep everybody in the community know about our building and we also support our city. So Jack Damman, you've always been there. Brett's been to several of them. Nancy's been there. I appreciate it. Even you might have been there. We do appreciate y'all support for our club. And we appreciate you too. Thank you. Sorry. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it. Okay, I'd like to ask Clifton Bernard to join me at the podium, please. Please do. All right, we have a proclamation this evening. Whereas the water industry professionals in Florida dedicate themselves to the production and distribution of safe drinking water, as well as the proper collection, treatment, reuse and disposal of wastewater and stormwater. And whereas the professionals employed in this industry commit themselves to protecting the health of Florida citizens and our state's natural resources. And whereas Florida continues to take bold steps and lead the nation in water quality protection and conservation of our waterways and natural resources. And whereas Senate Bill 712, the Clean Waterways Act, passed with bipartisan support protecting the water quality and minimizing nutrient pollution. And whereas Section 403- Excuse me, point 865 of the Florida statute designates water professionals as essential first responders. And whereas Florida will continue to fight to protect and conserve our waterways and natural resources for our children and future generations. And whereas it is fitting that the state of Florida recognizes all of those who have played a significant part in operating and maintaining drinking water, wastewater, and storm water systems in Florida by celebrating Florida Water Professionals Month, which applaud their consistent efforts to protect our health and environment. Now therefore I'm at Florida Mayor of City of Lake Alfred, Florida, to be here by proclaim the month of August 2024 as Florida Water Professionals Month. In witness thereof I have hereby set my hand in the City Seal on the 5th day of August, 2024. And if you consider it, thank you. You found a truck here. I see. Five, three. That was me. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. That's it. Perfect. Thank you. Okay. Okay. I'm not going to get the questions. I'm going to get the questions. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Now we work our way into tonight's consent agenda. We have the item number one, city Commission Meeting Minutes for July 22, 2024, City Commission Announcements and Lakeland Area Mass Transment Agreement. This is open and closed or open for public comments with anybody like to make any comments regarding those items. Seeing none, Any commissioner comments? Just that, I'd like to say I'm glad to see that we are supporting the mass transit initiative because I feel like that's a sorely needed thing in Polk County and then Florida altogether. And it seems to be not considered an important thing. And for me, I think you don't have a robust economy without a good mass transit system. So I'm glad to see that we're able to support them. I agree with you, Jack. I do as well. It's just amazing how inflation has increased so much when we first started. What would we start with? Ryan, when we $5,,000 I think it was. Yeah, but they had always... Now remember historically though, the county kind of paid for all of it. And then over time, the county was like, okay, I think the Fed paid for half and then the county. So now they kind of wanted the cities to kind of have a proportionate share. So they eased into it, but we've been paying the full amount now for many years. I think probably least the last five or six years, and then it's gone up since then. And I think the commissions requested different routes in expansion, even the last time we've added now, you know, up there by even hills and the like. So, but overall, no question of the value, because if you figure, you know, $30,000 have bus service in your entire city, I mean, think about their costs. You know, if a fire engine has gone up from 600,000 to 900,000 in a four or five year period, imagine the cost of buying new buses and operating and maintaining them So I'm actually surprised it hasn't gone up more than that than it already has Here any other comments? Any would like to entertain the motion please. Yes, mr. Mayor. I'd like to Make a motion to approve consent agenda of one two and three second Okay, with motion in second all in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed. Okay the motion is carried. Okay for tonight's agenda we have two items. First one is ordinance 1542-24 building permit fees and number two bid award police department vehicle replacement. So I would like to ask city attorney to read the ordinance 1542-24 in the record. Thank you Mayor. Board of December 1542-24. An ordinance of the city commission of the city of Lake Alfred Florida amending chapter 14, Article 4 of the Code of Ordnance City of Lake Alfred Florida and Mending Chapter 14, Article 4 of the Code of Ordnance City of Lake Alfred Florida relating to building construction, permitting and building permitting and inspection servicing. Fe schedule providing for future amendments to building permitting servicing. These schedules making legislative findings providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances and resolutions providing for severability, providing for the administrative correction of scrimmors' errors, providing for codification, providing business impact estimate and providing for impact of day. Okay, thank you, sir. And now I'd like to have city manager Ryan Levengood read his notes into minutes. Famous from around July 12, 2021, the CLIC offered entered into an agreement with Br Tillis Financial Consultants to conduct a Building Permit Fees Study according to Florida Statutes, Chapter 553. That set forth from the study's report and analysis, this ordinance adopts the study by reference and amend the applicable building permit fee code for the City of Lake Alfred. Permit fees are restricted revenue that must be used for the enforcement of the Florida Building Code and practice. This results in funding what is necessary to fund the building division, including their facilities, vehicles, and staffing. This would include your building official, your building inspectors, the fire marshal, as well as the permit technicians. Following Hurricane Ian, the Florida legislature placed a prohibition on localities from increasing fees or from passing more restrictive regulations on areas within the hurricane zone, which was seemingly half the state. While the overall fee study resulted in a net decrease of permit fees, there were a few categories that resulted in an increase that would have been prohibited by the legislature's moratorium. Rather than proceed with a partial adoption, which would have been inconsistent with the methodology, staff waited for the moratorium to expire or to otherwise be lifted. The area has since been amended to exclude Polk County, allowing us to finalize and proceed forward with the amendment. While Polk has been removed from the area, the moratorium still exists in other cities and counties, which is a clear violation of our home rule authority, granted in the Florida Constitution, and in particular, our particular case, delayed policy changes that would have lowered the permit fees on the majority of development activity within the city. The proposed ordinance allows for future amendments to the permit fee schedule to be conducted via resolution, due to the amount of development activity, volatility in the market, and increasing cost of providing building division services. This study will need to be updated periodically at this point probably every two to three years to ensure that the city is collecting the necessary revenue to enforce the Florida Building Code. High development activity will result in lower relative fees due to the increased economies of scale versus times of low development activity. And this is just kind of the easy analogy. And it's probably cheaper to issue 1,000 permits, and it is to issue 100 permits. The city previously passed a policy that allocates surplus amounts and excess of statutory limits to apply a discount to building permit based on a formula contained within the policy to be consistent with applicable state law. Current surpluses have been allocated to a proportionate share of the building division's new facility at the old South State Bank Building, which is allowable under state law. South recommendation on this item is to approve ordinance 1542-24 on second and final reading. And I had noted in the email to the commission, but we corrected the issue with defense permits as well as with the shed permits. We brought those down basically to be consistent with what they were prior to. And I think the fence one's probably a little bit lower. So we scaled those down proportionately to where they should be in line. Yep. And that's all that I have. And staff would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Okay. Are there any, you know, this being a public meeting? Are there any people in the audience this evening? Stand by. Stand by one other time. Seeing none, I I will open it for city commission comments. The only comment I have is I'm just curious as far as keeping track to make sure how the formula is working and everything. Who is in charge is the community development department that's in charge of it and then it equates with finance to make sure they're in the right. Is there something that calculated like monthly, annually? I'm just curious how that all. Finance is just there on the collection side. If a revenue community development would be the one that would be applying the fees. So when you come in and you get your permit, as a part of that permit application, you know, staff's going to need to calculate based on this formula and methodology, you know, whatever it is that you're doing. And so this is probably the biggest change for us because we've gone away from a valuation based model to like a size model. So whereas before it would have been Okay, you're putting in a fence how much is the fence worth? Okay? $5,000 will then you know will charge you a percentage Based upon the fence or the house or whatever it is and so changes in state law have kind of gotten away from that especially in the inflationary environment It's like okay, I put in a $5,000 mahogany door, but you're gonna charge me a $500 permit, whereas if I went down and just got a regular door from Home Depot, you're gonna charge me 20 bucks. And it's the same amount of effort. So that's, we've kinda gone to that, but Nancy, to back to your original question, Commissioner Eden. It all happens at the permit application based upon what they turn in, how long the fence is, how big the house is, how big the shed is, where the building or the like. And so we've gotten into the per-unit methodology. And that's good. Maybe I wasn't as clear. I'm talking about more about, let's say there's an excess like in the last paragraph and now we're offering a discount due to recoup that. Do we check that? Is it like, is it we checked at the end of the year and if we did too much the whole next year, is it discount? Like 5% or something? I apologize. I totally missed your question. But thank you. You always offered very good explanation. So that is in reference to the former, the resolution that was included as an attachment. So state law came in and basically said, hey, cities, you all can't stockpile building permits fees to the sky. And of course a couple couple said he's probably down in South Florida did that. And so what they said is, you're only allowed to keep and reserve one year worth of your what it costs to run the building division. So like for us, let's just ballpark it. Let's say it's $500,000 a year. Okay, so if I've collected $ 500,000 and reserves were good. Now, what happens when we run the calculation? Because we have to run this report like annually. If we run that report, which would really tie in with the audit too, and they say, ooh, like Alfred, it costs you 500,000 to run the department, but you've got now a million dollars in reserve, that 500,000 then goes into a rate stabilization fund or a pool to where then it discounts it. So I think it's spread over a 10-year period, so then that would result in a 10% reduction, you know, for all fees the following year in order to basically refund the surplus funds. We came up with that policy to smooth it because the statute just said you need to refund it. Well, going back to that example, okay, we got an extra 500,000. So we're all permits on the house for the next year. You know, everyone's down to zero. Well, I can't or do I have to refund the people that already paid. How would I? That would get really clunky. And so. Yes. So the state didn't really give guidance on it. They just said you either had to refund or reduce your permit fees. And so we took the liberty of coming up with the methodology to say, okay, we'll put it in a rate stabilization fund or a discount fund, and then we run that calculation every year. Now, we haven't had that because the statute also allows you to dedicate funding to spend on like capital improvements or a building, I think it's like within a three-year period. So we were good, because even though we had the million dollars, we've got that bank building over there that we needed to buy and renovate. So all of our surplus funds now are being pledged to that. So we're in compliance with the statute. There are no surplus funds above the statutory limits, but we will run that calculation every year and there may be a day, especially after we're done with that renovation, to where okay, we've got more than that annual surplus and then we just tag that discount then would apply to all permits in the next year until we recalculated it. Yeah, thank you. So it's primarily done like in conjunction with the audit just and that's good to have him look everybody looking at Amber looking at that way. No we can't mess up because I just want to make sure we you know we you know do the right thing and I said but it doesn't sound like you guys are already on the on the ball and making sure we're putting it to good use. So what city manager said what city manager said Lake Alfred was probably the first municipality to come up with a Strategy or plan to deal with excess building permit the revenues As a matter of fact, I can tell you that I know about six or seven different jurisdictions that following Lake Alfred's adoption of their policy They mimic the very same policy that Lake Alfred adopted. So Ryan and staff have always been out in front of this issue and leading the charge, so to speak, when it comes to dealing with the excess funds. So I just wanted to make sure I give them a pat on the back when I can. Because the alternative was marble fountains and Cadillac escalators, you know, for the inspectors and on my ass, probably not the best use of public funds. Can we charge those copycats for our services? That was all a public record, but I was happy to see it perlifer I kicked it out to the manager group, and I think Winner Haven grabbed it, and I think it's good going on from there. And it makes sense, because the state doesn't want you to overcharge, the developer doesn't want to get overcharge and everybody loves getting a discount. So psychologically speaking, and I told them to, when we get to the point where we've got that permit, I will show the discount on the receipt. And they're different than if you go to, you know, lows or you go to Ross and oh, I got this on clearance. I got 20% off. You know, that works for a reason. So I will show it right there. Oh, you got a 10% discount. Well, check the box on state law, the developer or whoever that would look to challenge it or have a question it. You know, they can see it right there on the receipt and we're in compliance and we don't have to run the volatility wave of, oh, well, all the permits next year are free and then the next year after that they're you know, 10X. So I appreciate the City Attorney's comments but, but yeah, that's a new policy and that's for us to be in compliance with state law. Okay. Was there an update about the discussion we had about the permits of the last meeting where something's replaced? It is and so the learning curve was staffed there. I think in the case of like a driveway repair or something like that, they... You can get a permit for things that aren't actually required, but that was in the case where we should not have required that, if it's just a repair. Now, if it's like a re-roof, like a re-roof is a specific category and there's enough work there to where that needs to be inspected, like for hurricane purposes and things. But if it's just a true like, hey, I damaged my fence or I need to replace a section of my driveway or something like that, then really there is not a requirement or a need for the permit. So is that written down somewhere in any case of all things of that type? I mean, is there a policy, a written policy so that it's always fair across the board for everybody? We have a number of SOPs in the community development department. I think that's just something that we can add. You know, this is a part of training. I think that was just something with, you know, relatively new staff at the time. And you know, the question came came or, oh, you're working on a drive-way? Okay, well, here's the permit application. And just thinking, again, if the tool in your toolbox is a hammer, you kind of treat every problem as a nail so everyone that's coming in the comm dev is like, oh, yeah, you need a permit. You need a permit. But 99% of the time, that's the case, but on a basic repair or replacement, you don't need to. Well, to understand if it has to do with like the apron, for example, has to have a certain thickness or, you know, in some cases, beginning the water heater, well, there's electric component to it. But, but, but it's something like a shed or a fence or, you know, something that's already there. As long as we have a fair policy that everybody is the same and then I'm okay with it. Yeah and I would even extend it to the permit is the permit fees are there for the enforcement of the building code. But if you have a situation where you're not required to have a permit, you know just as a courtesy, you know this is something I can talk through on the comm website that someone was doing that repair and they just wanted an extra set of eyes on it, if for someone to come out there and spot check it without going the formal process, I absolutely think that that's a service that we should just offer, you know, as being a municipality and having that higher level of not, you know, that you're where you need to be and make sure you're contractors, you know, on the up and up too. And I think that's just something we can offer as a courtesy. I have a question too and this may have been addressed maybe before I even came on the commission, but I know with some of the properties are, instance, the lakes, and they've got all of the fencing going on up there. Was there anything involved either in the permitting process or maybe encode enforcement? Itemizing how and who is responsible for maintaining defense, the inside and the outside, things like that. And I don't know if that's necessarily part of this particular issue, but I know we've got a mile's, miles of, do you want the long form treatise version of the answer? Or do you want the very short sample? And we're going to get done early enough. You should always look to the plat, the plat that is recorded in the public records, identifies the dedicated areas, the easements, and the maintenance responsibilities. So if the plattle identify, if that is a common area that is dedicated to the HOA, then HOA would be responsible, but you have to look at the dedication language and look at the platt. So if there's a fence that goes along a certain avenue in town and everybody is keeping their inside of their yard looking nice. But on the outside it's really facing the city easement and the road, which is part of the city, and it's all moldy out there who's supposed to clean it. Well, what we need to do in that particular instance is if we look at the plat, it doesn't identify it clearly and unequivocally then let's look at the DA or let's look at the declaration, the CCRs that are recorded of record and look at the common areas of maintenance responsibilities. Either way, we can get an answer to your question. I just won't be able to do it without having that documentation in front of me. I'm just kind of curious because the path of being in the end was wondering what's the answer to this? The short, the less complicated version is if the fence was there before the houses were there, it's probably a part of the HOA's responsibility. If it was just a blank lot and then everyone built their individual fence on their property and then it all came together, it's going to be each individual home owners responsible because that fence would technically be on their property. And who reminds them? Who says hey, you realize the other side of your fence? Of course, I do. And who reminds them who says hey, you realize the other side of your phone? Code, but again remember, codes, code has to do specifically like with nuisance condition. So like even the reason why we get on folks for high weeds and grass, you know, we tend to look at it, it doesn't look good, but the actual basis for it is that it harbors rodents and pests. So I mean, there have to be like a maintenance condition that we would go after them for, you know, it could just be like a courtesy notice or things like that. And if it's right-of-way facing, you know, that's even something to where we can just look at, you know, on the city side, because it's technically right there, joining the right-of-way, you know, and I've even looked at that area for like additional like landscaping or planning or something that we could do that would improve that cord or you know, unglenged crouting. So I know exactly what you were talking about, Vice Mayor. But that is pretty much part of the nature way. And the specific area that I'm referring to is just its pains. But like you, The wall there? Well, no, not the wall. Right across the street from that. He could have had a quarter mile. Yeah, I saw it going in the white PVC fence. And I've had a problem personally with who's responsible to maintain from the curb up to 15 feet usually even for somebody else to mo. And I just, you know, it always looks like it looks bad for him to mo. Here's your art and then leave the other and you've got this much difference in the best. Every time you go by, it's never consistent. Right. And that's, that's just something to wear. So the code of ordinances is clear on that. That even though it's technically right of way you're responsible to maintain the area in front of your property. The front of his property, but this is the- Well, I mean just that's adjacent to your property, but he maintains the front and doesn't decide. And if you go down Hage, there's not another home all the way down that we are responsible to maintain. Clifton, if you'll make a note of that just to follow up with me in the morning on the Haines mowing there and that's just something to where we've just got A, we've got to stop doing it and then we just need to communicate to the owner that, you know, it's your responsibility. Because at the end of the day, if everyone stopped mowing the right of way in front of their house, taxes are going up. Because we're going to have to hire 10 people to mow everyone's rod of way. Even no different than mine. You look at my house on the corner. My front yard is like 80% city rod of way. Because when they surveyed it and they staked it, especially like on the road shell side, that's all right of way. If I was going to be that guy and not mo that area, it just, it wouldn't work for me, it wouldn't work for the city, it just wouldn't work period. So that's the situation to where, because he didn't do it and we kind of did, then they kind of stopped doing it. But he's already having the yard people come out there they just need to knock it out he's the yard guy. Oh is he knocking out his own yard? Okay well he just volunteered for a little bit extra duty there but we'll make a note and we'll have a conversation with him. Okay thank you. Yep all right so I did the public. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to make a motion that we approve. Ordinance 1542, 24 building permit fee on the second. Finally. Second. Okay, we have a motion on the second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Okay, that motion is carried. Okay, agenda item number two. Bed of the ward. police department, vehicle replacement, and I would like city manager to present the analysis please. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And so my theory now is that art has strep throat any time he has an action item on the commission agenda. So please make sure that that gets back to him. And I'll tease him as well at the staff meeting on Wednesday if he's recovered by them. So CityLake Alpers replacing a total police vehicle, the price listed for Bartok, Ford Includes, all equipment installed on the new vehicle, and just a little bit of the background. This is the officer or the vehicle that was in the accident on 1792 and Auburndale caracana failed failure to yield the ride of way and pulled out in front. And so that was totaled. Everyone was okay. Everyone walked away, which is the most important thing. The insurance payment that we received was $24,569. The vehicle being replaced as a 2021 Ford interceptor. The proposed vehicle to replace it as a 2024 Ford interceptor utility vehicle with hybrid engine and all emergency equipment. And so staff received the following bids, a barto $50,910. And the note here is that that includes all of the safety equipment. For Sun State Forward we received a bid for $48,280 and then from Crestview Forward $46,630. Those two bids did not have any of the emergency equipment and so one of the attachments that you received them in the packet was the early edition of just the light bar would have been $4,000. So that would have put the two low bids above where Bartow was. And then of course there's other equipment other than just the light bar. So apples and when you get it apples to apples, you know Bartow Ford is the low bid. So staff recommendation is to award the bid for the police department vehicle purchase from Barco forward in the amount of $50,910 since it includes equipment. The city has retained possession of the total vehicle, which we will salvage part from and equipment from. Staff recommendation on this item is to approve the vehicle replacement from Barco forward in the amount of $50,910 and staff will be happy to answer any questions. Okay. This is a open meeting to the public and it doesn't appear that there's much public to talk to the Spideos. Is there anybody that would like to chime in on this? Okay. Seeing none, I'd like to open that for city commission comments. Glad to see it's a hybrid just to see you know. Yeah. So that makes me happy. And so then I would make a motion to accept the bid from Bartow Ford for $50,910. Second. OK. And that's motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion is carried. I do have just one question, though, and it makes no difference in our accepting or not. The equipment that has taken out the radios, the computer, is that included in that installation? ArcoFord will install the stuff out of the old car into the newer. Do we do that? No, they will carry over all that stuff. Now the radio that we salvage from the other vehicle, that will be done by Motorola because that's kind of like what they do. But all the other equipment, like the internal switches, the light bar, the decaling, all of that will kind of be turnkey, done by Bartow Ford so that we get, instead of just getting a Ford Explorer, we actually get a police vehicle. Same thing, like with the cage in the back, all the internal equipment for when they put people on all those things to truly make it a police vehicle, all of that will be done by Bartow Ford. Yes, it goes moving. Okay. Well, that brings us to the end. And that completes the ask presentation. Yeah. Okay. We have our second recognition of citizens. So if you would like to come up, I knew somebody would come. You've been playing hooky on us. You've been playing hooky. You're not even there, buddy. Bring the Arnold 435 with history. Good people doing good things. Don't change that. Great people doing great things. Because that's what y'all do here in my account for it. And I just wanted to come up. Y'all know I have always come up and tell y'all thanks for all you do. And congratulations on the charity that y'all got tonight. Congratulations, Clifton, to you for the proclamation and Chief, as y'all can let him know that I'm praying for him and also my sin that to you, Mayor, on your knees, we've been going through some trials and tribulations. So I asked to child keep us in prayer. I know I have. So that's why I've been in my A. But I've been keeping in touch with Jack. Let him know that y'all know that y'all are still loyal by me. And I know I've been missing the meetings. But I had to make it tonight just to tell y'all how much I I thank you all for what y'all do. Each and every one of y'all, each department. I don't favor children on no department because everybody do a great job here like Alfred. And as we know school coming back in, let's try to keep it, you know, safe looking out for the kids. I know the fire department and the police department are going to do a great job doing their due diligence. You know, happiness, the kids, be safe back to school. So let's keep them in prayer as well. As you know, you know, things, it gets rough out there, but just traffic and everything else. So we got to look up for each other Just keep everybody each and everybody in prayer Again, I just have to come up and say something And just in a child know y'all are loved by me if nobody else over till y'all they love y'all I'm telling you from myself personally that I love each and every one of y'all and anything I can do for the studio like I for it. Now no y'all can call me on right around the corner and y'all know I do my best at what I can do when I can do it. So I just had to say that. Thank you very much. We appreciate all you do for us and we love you back. Okay, any other comments? Okay, we'll start off with Commissioner Questions and Comments. We'll start with Commissioner Dibbon today. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Everything's good with me. I'm just wanted to say yeah, that was a great turnout for the... I just... The City Manager got the number. I didn't know what the number was because we were handing them out. And it was really a good turn to Emily's team, good, great. And it was glad to be a part of it. I'm then excited about next week for the conference and the down south for a couple of years. So that's all ahead of me. Thank you. Yes. OK. Commissioner Aiden. Thank you. As always, I want to thank all the first responders, both the Chiefs in the back. I appreciate you guys. We're giving you a promotion for the night. It's the same thing. I'm going to welcome all the children back to school. I know it just seems like summer blue by, but it's one of those things where they're finished school like yes, and now it's back again. So I hope everybody has a safe trip to the conference next week. And I did have a quick question. Will the exact terminology, the flashing lights, during the school time, with the violation of everything, will that be ready for the start of school? Will it take a little bit of time? There might be a slight delay, you know, just because you've got to do the ad campaign before you start. I've actually got to kick off. How long have you looked here? It's a 30 day. I think Joey, my son, I think he said they were putting up the signs today of him on the stake. I don't know if they were bad or different ones. Yeah, that'll make it into my update that I'm working for you guys, but I'll have the details on that. And... What is this sign right here? It's right here above the chamber. There's assignments that hasn't been done on yet, but it's a square. There's one right up here too, before you come into town. There's a square sign. Maybe they're getting ready for it then. If you look really close without the lifetime, the word evacuation is in there, but I'm sure that's not what we're going to have to look for. There's one right here. Yeah. Right here, not changed. Is it related to the speed thing? As you think it's related to the speed? I think it's, I've seen them in, I've not been wearing it or sometimes it's like information, it's an information square. Our, our was working on another last question. The last time I got an update on it was we were working with FDAT to allow for like the almost like mobile cameras to be set up first because it can sometimes take a while to get through the permitting process with FDAT. So there was a question on that, but I'll get an update from Art Tomorrow in the company and then I'll include that in the update that'll go up this week. I'll take a look at that one too. Thank you, and I want to thank Amber and Clifton and this Brenda for coming tonight. Full house, and that's all I have. Okay, Bush Mayor. Thank you. I wanted to thank the city manager and city staff for being prepared in case that hurricane turns into another Charlie. You know, we can always listen to the weatherman said, oh, yes, just going to blow by and, you know, we're never going to have any. And then all of a sudden, there's more damage in the interior of the state than there is by the coast. So, appreciate the updates and the fact that everybody was ready, even though it was a weekend and you know people were anticipating if we needed some extra help that we were able to get that. I'm going to the TPO meeting on Thursday and I'm going to ask some about the intersection thing because it seems like it keeps getting further into this sense to fix the intersection and if the road gets fixed. I noticed they're doing infrastructure down the road. They're putting in some giant conduits. Is that FDOT doing that? That is our bike project. So that is our force main project, the bypass that's going to go that kind of bypasses fruitland area, but those are all of our vipes. We cut some trees, you know. You'll tell the people hate trees. Yeah, and then the Twin Lake Park got, you know, chopped up there pretty good when they were doing it. And they did have to clear some, you know, back in the woods. Do we have a rule that you have to plant when if you're run one? We should. We can make good on it. I think John gave me the total on it, but they were mostly they were smaller and we tried to avoid the big ones where we could, but yeah, the utility projects are very disruptive. And then even trying to coordinate with the county on their right of way acquisition. And you know, that's a slow process, but we're ready to go now and you know, things that should have been done a year ago and everything's just kind of extended out but that's our project and it's a big one. Yeah it is. Yeah I'm glad we're not bidding that project out now as expensive as it was when we approved it it would probably be you know 50% higher you know if we'd start started the ball rolling on that at this time. OK, thank you. Just looking forward to conference and taking the train. I think it's important if I run around telling everybody how important mass transit is that I should probably ride it to the front and straight. And that's all I have. Thank you. Thank you. You see? You like it? OK. I'll wrap up tonight with, I don't want to forget that Chief Bowenheimer has got a birthday coming up on the 7th and if you will make sure to wish him a happy birthday from the permission. Amber, you've got one coming up too but but we won't talk about you till later. But 23rd is it? I think we're back here. Yeah, we'll make that a fish one else went in. Looking forward to the annual meeting. I had my first opportunity to go to the water meeting last week. And that was real interesting. And so it's like I say, it's just like everything you do do, you just got to sit and watch and listen. But it was very interesting. And a lot of things going on and painted a little better picture for me to know what's going on from Frostproof to up here where we are. And all the things going on to get us ready to grow and have have all adequate water. Ms. Brenda, thank you so much for your comment about my niece and I will just say it. It was a beautiful service. That was on Saturday and I was of course watching the news, watching the weather and just praying that I would get home for tonight and The Lord brought us home. But he brought us home late. I got home about two o'clock this morning But we were delayed in Dallas about five hours, but it was a beautiful service and without without a lot of description and whatnot, but the most honorable thing I could have ever been asked to do came the day before I left. My niece, Brooklyn's mother, called me and she says, Uncle Matt, she said, I need a favor. I said, well, she goes, well, our priest or preacher got COVID and cannot do the service. Would you mind doing it? And I said, well, I'd be honored to do that. I said, now I'm not a preacher and I might slip and say bad word or something. But I said, I can probably keep that from happening. But it was an honor to do that. I put that together as you know talking with her and it was just such a beautiful story and the people in that community. There was over 450 people at her services. It was at the high school auditorium and you talk about a beautiful auditorium. You can go to the theater and not see as nice auditorium. It's seated 650. But it was just beautiful service, and I was so proud of this family. So I appreciate everybody's. I have gotten so many nice notes from people in this community, people all over the country. So anyway, it was tough, but she's looking over. So I'm going to wrap this up. I don't think I have anything else. Is there anybody else would like to add anything? All right. Well, I will call us adjourned.