Sep 12, 2025 City Commission Meeting

1. Call to Order

4. Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Items

5. Approval of Minutes

6. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items

7. Proclamations and Recognitions

8. Approval of the Agenda

9. Consent Agenda

10. Regular Agenda

11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office

12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department

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ARE SET, DO WE INCREASE -- >>> I WOULD LIKE TO START

[1. Call to Order]

PROMPTLY AT 5:01. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS REGULAR CITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF PARKLAND ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, AT 5:01 TO ORDER, PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE.

>> I PLEDGE 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.

>> ROLL CALL. >>

[4. Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Items]

>> WE HAVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ITEMS. ANTHONY?

2979, TAKE IT AWAY. >> THANK YOU , GOOD EVENING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, KELLY SCHWARTZ, FINANCE DIRECTOR. SO, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS A VERY SPECIFIC MILLAGE RATE AND BUDGET ADOPTION PROCESS. THE FIRST REQUIREMENT WAS THE MILLAGE RATE IS READ AND HEARD, BEFORE THE BUDGET ITEM AND YOU HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY NAME THE PERCENT INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE, AS YOU HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST READ SPECIFICALLY INTO THE RECORD. THE SECOND IS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE REASONS THE TAX REVENUES ARE INCREASING. I WILL BE ADDRESSING THOSE REASONS, SUCH AS THE INCREASES TO THE POLICE AND FIRE CONTRACTS, THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE FOR EMPLOYEES, WHETHER IT

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IS THE INSURANCE BENEFITS, AS WELL AS THE NUMEROUS CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN FISCAL YEAR '26, WE WILL GO MORE INTO DETAILS ABOUT THOSE FURTHER IN THE PRESENTATION. SO, AS FOR THE BUDGET PROCESS, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. IT IS ONGOING AND IT LASTS BASICALLY HALF THE YEAR.

IN APRIL WE HAD OUR FORMAL STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION AND IN JULY YOU ADOPTED ALL THE PRELIMINARY RATES, LAST MONTH WE HAD AVAILABLE A RESIDENT WORKSHOP, AS WELL AS THE COMMISSION BUDGET WORKSHOP, WHERE WE WENT INTO A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET. I WILL PROBABLY TRY TO SPEED THINGS UP A LITTLE TONIGHT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU HEARD THEM AT THAT MEETING. TONIGHT IS OUR FIRST HEARING, WE WILL HAVE OUR FINAL HEARING OF THE ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS THE FIRST READING OF THE MILLAGE RATE AND THE BUDGET. AND NEXT WEEKEND, IF YOU GET THE SUN SENTINEL STILL, YOU WILL SEE THE BUDGET ADS. THOSE ARE A REQUIREMENT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FINALLY ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, AT 6:00 P.M. WE WILL HAVE OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. TO TOUCH ON THE PROPERTY VALUES , WE DID HAVE AN INCREASE, 6.7%.

THE EXISTING VALUES ONLY WHEN OUT 5.81%. AS YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE HOMES IN PARKLAND HAVE THAT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION AND THAT IS LIMITED TO HOW MUC THEY CAN INCREASE. THE NEW TAXABLE VALUE WAS ABOUT $73 MILLION. OVERALL, PARKLAND WAS THE FOURTH-LOWEST THAT INCREASE. COUNTYWIDE, THE AVERAGE WAS ABOUT 8.91 THAT AND OVERALL CHANGE, THAT SHOWS THAT MOST OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE HOMESTEADED , THIS YEAR WITH THE 2.9% CAP. AS THE CITY ATTORNEY READ, THE PROPOSE MILLAGE RATE, THAT IS ACTUALLY THE SAME RATE AS THE PREVIOUS FIVE FISCAL YEARS THAT WILL BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL $2.15 MILLION IN REVENUE AND IT IS THE 5.81% INCREASE OVER THE ROLLBACK RATE. SO, THE AD VALOREM RATES AND THE MILLAGE RATE COME TOGETHER AND DETERMINED THAT THE REVENUE WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE, AS THESE TAX REFORM DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE, AND, I HAVE TO SAY, THEY ARE A LITTLE SCARY. WE DO HOPE THAT THEY ACTUALLY FOCUS ON THIS AND THEY DO NOT MAKE ANYTHING DRASTIC AND I HOPE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION, BECAUSE ANY CHANGES TO OUR MILLAGE RATE OR THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION OR THE TALK OF ELIMINATING PROPERTY TAXES WOULD HAVE SUCH AN IMPACT ON THE CITY IN THE FUTURE. SO, WE REALLY HOPE THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE THOROUGH AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET THIS EVENING. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, FOCUSING ON FISCAL YEAR 2026, WE WERE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS BUDGET TALK TO YOU THIS EVENING. IT IS BALANCED, FUNDS OUR CAPITAL AND MAINTAINING THAT SAME MILLAGE RATE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PROUD OF. WHERE DID THE TAXES GO? WE GET THESE PHONE CALLS REGULARLY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO TEND TO BELIEVE THAT ANY INCREASES ON THE TAX BILL GO TO THE CITY. THAT IS A MISCONCEPTION. THE CITY RECEIVES 23% OF THE OVERALL TAX BILL. THE MAJORITY, TWO THIRDS OF THE PAYMENT, GO TOWARDS BROWARD COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA, HOW DO WE COMPARE TO SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, THIS SHOWS OUR MILLAGE RATE OF 4.279, OUR OPERATING MILLAGE, WHICH IS ALL WE HAVE, IN COMPARISON TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES, COCONUT CREEK, CORAL SPRINGS, AND IT TAMARACK, THE DEBT MILLAGE IS SHOWN IN ORANGE. SOMETHING WE ARE PROUD OF IS THE ABILITY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO FUND THE WEDGE RESERVE PART WITHOUT REQUESTING A VOTE FOR A GEO BOND. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF, DUE TO THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND COMMISSION.

FOR OUR FIRE ASSESSMENT, THE FIRST ASSESSMENT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING , AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING HAS GUIDED US TO INCREASE, BASED ON THE PROPOSED CONTRACT INCREASES. SO, THAT IS WHAT IT WAS PROPOSED AT, THE RESIDENTIAL RATE CHANGE IS $16.08 FOR THE WHOLE YEAR. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE COMMERCIAL INSTITUTIONAL RATES ARE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY. THIS IS JUST A QUICK SLIDE TO SHOW YOU, ALTHOUGH THE INCREASE HAS BROUGHT THE FIRE ASSESSMENT TO $327, THE STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT SHOWS THAT WE COULD

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ACTUALLY CHARGE A MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL RATE OF $476. WE ARE RATE. FOR THE SOLID WASTE AXIMU- ASSESSMENT, IT IS BASED ON THE SPECIFICS OF THE GARBAGE FOR THE TRASH COLLECTION. THE CPI, OR 5%, WHATEVER IS LESS THIS YEAR. SHOCKINGLY, THE CPA -- CPI WAS LESS THAN 5%, THE RESIDENTIAL RATE CHANGED ACCORDINGLY, THE NEW RATE IS A CHANGE OF $19.44 FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OUR STORMWATER ASSESSMENT RATE CHANGES, ON THE GENERAL CPI, 2.2%. SO, IT IS BASED ON DISTRICTS AND HOW MUCH SERVICES EACH DISTRICT RECEIVES AND THE CHANGE RANGED FROM $.87 TO $3.96, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, THOSE ARE THE RATES PRESENTED BEFORE YOU. AND NOW FOR THE BUDGET ITSELF. THE FISCAL YEAR '26 TOTAL BUDGET IS COMING IN AT ABOUT $75.5 MILLION. THAT IS A 24% DECREASE FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025'S ADOPTED BUDGET. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF IT IS THE GENERAL FUND, ABOUT $58.8 MILLION AND OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND TOTAL AROUND $5 MILLION AND OUR OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE. ABOUT $11 MILLION. AND, AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS A VERY FLUID PROCESS. WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF CHANGES. SO THE NUMBER, THE $75.5 MILLION IS DIFFERENT THAN THE BOOK THAT IS ONLINE AND THAT YOU ARE PRESENTED IN EARLY JULY. AS THINGS COME UP AS THINGS -- WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING CHANGES THROUGH LAST THURSDAY. SO, THE BOOK , AND THE PRESENTATION FROM AUGUST HAVE BEEN CHANGED SLIGHTLY , TO WHAT WE ARE PRESENTING. GOD BLESS YOU. I DO HAVE A SLIDE TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THOSE SPECIFIC CHANGES. SO THE GENERAL FUND, BLESS YOU. THE '26 GENERAL FUND ISLETS, THREE ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME POSITIONS, THE SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A SENIOR ENGINEER, AN ARBORIST. WE ARE DELETING SIX BUILDING DEPARTMENT POSITIONS VACANT POSITIONS AS THE CITY HAS FILLED OUT, WE ARE FOCUSING ON PEOPLE MAINTAINING THEIR HOMES MUCH MORE OFTEN THAN ANY OTHER BUILDING OF NEW HOME SO WE ARE ABLE TO ELIMINATE A LOT OF THOSE POSITIONS. AND THEN, WE DO HAVE SOME WEDGE PRESERVED STAFFING ADDITIONS SPECIFICALLY. ONLY FUNDED FOR THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR. A TOTAL OF EIGHT NEW POSITIONS. THESE HAVE A SMALL IMPACT ON THE CURRENT YEAR. BUT IN THE NEXT YEAR, IN THE '27 BUDGET THOSE WILL OBVIOUSLY HAVE A MUCH GREATER IMPACT. SOME OF THE OTHER GENERAL FUND HIGHLIGHTS, THE BUDGET INCLUDES A COST-OF-LIVING INCREASE FOR STAFF OF 3% AND INCLUDES MERIT INCREASES TO BE PROVIDED, THAT RANGE BETWEEN 0 AND 3%, THE CONTINUING RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTIONS, A DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN, WE DO NOT HAVE THE UNFUNDED MANDATE AND EXPENSES THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO BOOK WITH A PENSION, WE DO PROVIDE 11% FOR ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A 4% MATCH. A NEW NUMBER, WE HAVE OUR HEALTH INSURANCE INCREASE FOR THE YEAR. WE WERE PUSHING AGAINST THEM VERY HARD IN NEGOTIATING AND THAT RATE CHANGE IS GOING TO BE 4.75%. WE ALSO RECEIVED OUR GENERAL INSURANCE NUMBERS, JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, THAT IS YOUR PROPERTY INSURANCE, WORKERS COMP, GENERAL LIABILITY AND THAT IS EXPERIENCING A 7.24% INCREASE, WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY BUDGETED SO WE DID MAKE THOSE CHANGES WITH THE UPDATED NUMBERS, OUR STABILIZATION NUMBER CHANGED A LITTLE, THAT IS ABOUT $13.4 MILLION. AND WE HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE RESERVE, IN CASE THERE WAS EVER A STORM AND WE NEEDED TO MAKE THOSE BIG DEDUCTIBLES, WE KEEP A RESERVE OF $750,000. AND AGAIN, THE BUDGET THIS YEAR, WE ARE FULLY FUNDING OUR CAPITAL AT $4.9 MILLION AND THERE IS $1.9 MILLION FOR DEBT SERVICE. SO, THERE IS KIND OF A SCREENSHOT OF THE REVENUE . THAT IS STRANGE , THAT WOULD BE PROPERTY TAXES MAKE UP 61% OF OUR REVENUES . AS YOU CAN SEE, EVEN WITH THIS VISUAL, THERE IS NO WAY TO TAKE OUT THAT HUGE CHUNK OF THE PIE

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AND REPLACE IT WITH ANYTHING ELSE. JUST TO EVEN GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE REVENUE WE RECEIVE FROM SALES TAX, THEY ARE ABOUT $3.6 MILLION, I BELIEVE. THOSE WOULD HAVE TO GO UP OVER 100% TO MAKE UP WHAT WE EARN IN AD VALOREM REVENUE. THERE HAS BEEN TALK ABOUT, WELL, WE CAN ADJUST THOSE TAXES , I DON'T THINK THERE WOULD EVER BE ENOUGH WAY TO MAKE UP THE $35 MILLION. SO, THERE IS A VISUAL FOR EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF OUR PROPERTY TAXES. AS FOR THE EXPENDITURES, THERE WAS 2.5% INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR'S ADOPTED. THESE NUMBERS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED IN AUGUST. OVERALL, IT IS ABOUT 200,000 FROM THAT PRESENTATION, A DECREASE. MOST OF THE DEPARTMENTS, THE CHANGES ARE PRETTY LOW, THERE ARE SLIGHTLY LARGER INCREASES FOR PARKS AND PUBLIC WORKS, MOSTLY THE RESULT OF THE INCREASED POSITIONS FOR WEDGE PARK. THE LARGEST INCREASE IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, THERE HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF TALK WITH THE DFL CONTRACT , IN THE NEWS REGULARLY LATE NOW. WITH THE BASELINE CONTRACT PROPOSAL TO INCREASE 9.7%, THAT WAS THE CITY 'S LARGEST CHANGE, THAT ALONE WAS ABOUT $1.2 MILLION. THOSE NUMBERS ARE BEFORE THE ADDITIONAL OFFICER FOR SOMERSET SCHOOL. SO AGAIN, THAT 9.7% WAS OUR LARGEST CHANGE. BEFORE YOU , LATER THIS EVENING, IS AN AGENDA ITEM, TO APPROVE EXTENDING THE BSL CONTRACT. ALTHOUGH THAT IS BEFORE YOU AND IT IS PROPOSED TO EXTEND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT, THE CONSIDERATION, THE DOLLAR VALUE THAT THE CITY WILL BE PAYING IS WHAT WE HAVE BUDGETED HERE, IT WAS WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL CONSIDERATION LETTER. SO, THAT INCREASED AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED WILL BE PART OF THAT CONTRACT EXTENSION BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. YOU ALSO SEE A LINE FOR CAPITAL LAND PURCHASE FOR $679,000, THAT IS THE PAYMENT TO CORAL SPRINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION. AND THEN YOU SEE THE DECREASE FOR DEBT SERVICE OF $750,000 BECAUSE ONE OF OUR LOANS WAS PAID OFF THIS YEAR. WE ARE DOWN TO TWO LOANS FOR THE CITY AND ONE WILL BE PAID OFF IN A FEW YEARS SO THAT IS A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN. FINALLY, TRANSFER OF THE CAPITAL PROJECT, $1.6 MILLION LESS THAN THE SCHOOL YEAR '25 BUT WE HAVE FUNDED OUR CAPITAL PROGRAMS FOR THE YEAR. AGAIN, A GOOD VISUAL FOR YOU TO SEE. STRANGE, ALL OF

MY CHARTS SAY 46%. >> PRETTY CLOSE.

>> YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NO WAY TO ELIMINATE 60% OF THE REVENUES WITHOUT IMPACTING THAT PIECE OF THE PIE. JUST A LITTLE VISUAL FOR YOU THERE. AND OF OUR CAPITAL. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ABOUT $5 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL. THIS IS THE FIRST FUND , SO, THAT IS KIND OF YOUR NEW CAPITAL PROJECT. YOU HAVE THE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT FOR 470,000, PIE CHART -- PINE ISLAND LIGHTING , AND SWAG IT UPDATES, THAT IS ABOUT $85,000.

THERE ARE A BUNCH OF OTHER PROJECTS LISTED AND WE CAN ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THEM INDIVIDUALLY BUT THERE IS A PAGE ON EACH PROJECT IN THE BOOK ITSELF . SO, I DO RECOMMEND FOR ALL OF YOU AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK AT THOSE PROJECTS, THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS ON WHAT THEY WILL BRING IN EVEN THEIR IMPACT ON OPERATING EXPENSES IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT FUND. THESE ARE ITEMS YOU ALREADY HAVE, YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE PLAYGROUND. THAT IS WHERE THIS EXPENSE WOULD HIT, THE LARGEST COST WILL BE THE AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSER CHANGE OUT, ABOUT $925,000, AND THE PINE TRAILS PARK IMPROVEMENT, THAT IS ABOUT HALF 1 MILLION, AND THE LIBERTY PARK SPLASH PAD, THE REPLACEMENT FUND HAS A BUDGET OF ABOUT $2.96 MILLION, YOU HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF MAINTAINING THE CITY'S CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND

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THAT IS ALL PLANNED OUT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, THAT CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME OF THE SMALLER PROJECTS . AND THEN, OUR CAPITAL REPLACEMENT FUND. THAT IS WHERE WE CHARGE THINGS LIKE OUR NEW VEHICLES, OR OUR I.T. COMPUTERS TO. AND THAT BUDGET IS ABOUT $740,000. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT TWO OF OUR LARGER , SPECIAL REVENUE FANS, THE RANCHES ROAD FUND ADDRESSES THE, THE RE-PAVEMENT OF THE ROADS IN THE RANCHES. IT INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF GUARDRAILS, SIGNAGE, PAVEMENT MARKERS, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BUDGET IS $4 MILLION FOR FISCAL YEAR '26, THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE ROADWORK WILL OCCUR, THERE ARE TWO REVENUE SOURCES, THE TRANSFER IN THE $450,000, THAT IS THE CITY'S PORTION OF THE ROAD -- ROADS IN THE RANCHES. THEREFORE, WE WILL BE ASSESSED OUR PORTION OF THE COST AND THAT IS THE GENERAL FUND, TRANSFERRING MONEY INTO THIS FUND AND THE BALANCE IS LOAN PROCEEDS. WE WILL BE BRINGING AGENDA ITEMS TO YOU IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS TO ADDRESS THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FUTURE. IN THE FIRST ASSESSMENT, IT WOULD NOT BE WITH THIS TAX YEAR, IT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL FISCAL YEAR '27. WE ALSO HAVE THE PINE TREE ROADS FUND, THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT CHANGED AS WELL, BUDGETED NOW AT $7 MILLION. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE SOURCES. $5 MILLION IS PROJECTED TO BE FROM LOAN PROCEEDS. THAT WOULD BE FINALIZED DURING THE PROCESS OF BOTH THE ASSESSMENTS, AS WELL AS THE BANK LOAN ITSELF, AND THEN $2 MILLION, THE USE OF FUND BALANCE, THAT IS THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION, BASED ON THAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THEN, AS I MENTIONED, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CHANGES FROM THE JULY BOOK, SINCE THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. IN THE GENERAL FUNDS, WE HAVE A REDUCTION OF DEBT SERVICE OF ABOUT 200,000 , THAT WAS THE PAYOFF OF THE LOAN, WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE OUR TRANSFER TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND OF ABOUT $570,000. SO, NOW IT IS FULLY FUNDED WHICH IS A GREAT POSITION FOR IT TO BE IN. WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE OUR INSURANCE AND SOME OF OUR SMALLER OPERATING EXPENSES BY ABOUT $500,000. WE HAVE $20,000 FOR THE AED , WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADD THOSE TO THE BUDGET. THE INCREASE FOR THE BSO, OF ABOUT $200,000, THAT IS FOR THE NEW SRO OFFICER AT SOMERSET AND THERE ARE ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER CHANGES TO THE BUDGET, INCLUDING THE REMOVAL OF THE UTILITIES. AND THEN, A CHANGE TO THE SPECIAL DETAIL AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. WE UPDATED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON UPDATED PROJECTIONS FROM CORAL SPRINGS. THAT WAS A DECREASE. AND THEN WE HAD THE INCREASE IS DUE TO THE STAFFING CHANGES FROM THE TIME THAT THE BUDGET BOOK WAS PRESENTED, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH OUR FIRST WORKSHOP, THOSE PREDICTIONS -- POSITIONS THAT WERE CHANGED. IN TERMS OF CHANGES FOR THE OTHER FUNDS, THE PINE TREE ROADS FUND, WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT AT 11 .6, THE FISCAL YEAR '25 NUMBERS, WE GOT THE SOLICITATION NUMBER SINCE WE PRESENTED THE BOOK, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THAT TO $7 MILLION AND THAT IS A LITTLE OVER WHAT WE NEED BUT THAT IS OKAY. YOU CAN BE A LITTLE OVER. AND THEN THE STORM WATER FUND WE HAD TO INCREASE SLIGHTLY, DUE TO THE UPDATING OF THE STAFFING ALLOCATIONS. SO, THAT COVERS THE HIGHLIGHTS, PROBABLY FOR THE FOURTH TIME THAT YOU HEARD IT, NOT TO MENTION ALL OF THE ONE-ON-ONE DISCUSSIONS WE HAVE HAD IN BETWEEN. SO, I HOPE THAT GIVES YOU CONFIDENCE IN THE BUDGET BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING BUT OF COURSE, WE ARE YOUR IF

YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. >> KELLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AMAZING PRESENTATION, AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW? IT IS GOOD TO SEE OUR BUDGET AND THAT WE ARE IN A FISCALLY-SOUND POSITION WHICH IS FANTASTIC TO BE IN. SEEING THOSE NUMBERS WITH THE AD VALOREM REVENUE THAT WE GET, IT IS A LITTLE BIT ALARMING , WITH THE GOVERNOR TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES. HE IS NOT LOOKING AT EACH CITY'S INDIVIDUAL BUDGET, OTHERWISE , PROBABLY THEY WOULD BE FOCUSING ON PROPERTY INSURANCE.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERYBODY COULD ALWAYS DO A BETTER JOB , TRYING

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TO SAVE MONEY BUT TO SEE THE POSITION THAT WE ARE IN, YOU KNOW ? WE ARE LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OTHER CITIES.

MAYBE SOME OTHERS HAVE A LITTLE BIT FAT THAT THEY CAN TRIM. I THINK YOU RUN A PRETTY TIGHT SHIP. KUDOS TO NANCY. I KNOW WHAT I HEAR FROM A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PROPERTY INSURANCE. MORE SO THEN TAXES. EVERYONE WANTS TO PAY LESS , JUST AS I DO, BUT IF YOU WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB, YOU WOULD SEE THERE IS NOT A LOT OF SLOTH IN THERE.

AND WE DO WORK VERY HARD. WHEN I SAY WE, TALKING ABOUT STAFF, TO MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS. AND THE OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TO SAVE MONEY, AS WITH THE PINE TREE RESIDENTS, THE PINE TREE PROJECT, WE ALWAYS DO THAT. I THINK EVEN THE PUMP STATION, WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY IN THE RANCHES PROJECT . WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO SAVE MONEY AND WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE FOCUS ON DOING THAT . DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR ANYTHING?

>> NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRAISE OUR STAFF. I WILL WELCOME EVERYTHING THE MAYOR SAID BUT I WILL GO ONE STEP FURTHER, IF PEOPLE LOOK AROUND THE CITY IN THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS, TECHNICALLY, WE HAVE KEPT THE MILLAGE RATE THE SAME FOR SIX YEARS. SIX YEARS, WE PURCHASED THE INITIATED AND STARTED AND RESOLVED , LIKE, THE PINE TREE, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PREPARATION AND SO FORTH FOR THE ROADS. WE HAVE REFURBISHED AND BROUGHT TO LIFE TERRAMAR PARK, PINE TRAILS, LIBERTY PARK, WE HAVE STRENGTHENED OUR INFRASTRUCTURE. LOOKING AT OUR LIGHTS, OUR ROADS . AND I SAY ALL THIS BECAUSE ALL THIS STUFF IS HAPPENING AT A TIME WHEN EVERY PERSON IN THIS WORLD IS DEALING WITH INFLATION, COST INCREASES, TROUBLE WITH LABOR, CONSTANT OVER BUDGET AND FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH ALL OF THESE THINGS, KEEPING THE MILLAGE RATE THE SAME AND I THINK THAT IS SO IMPRESSIVE AND SO NOTABLE. EVEN THOUGH WE TALKED ABOUT IT OVER TIME, IT IS WORTH REPEATING, THIS IS, YOU KNOW? IT IS NOT FOR EVERY CITY THAT JUST ENDS UP LIKE THIS. I THINK MAYBE PEOPLE DO NOT INITIALLY APPRECIATE IT. I WANTED TO CALL THAT ALLOW A DEBT OUT. IT IS AMAZING. NANCY, WE USE THE SAVINGS TO PAY FOR THE THINGS THAT WE NEED THAT MAY HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, UNDER BUDGET FOR. IT IS A CONSTANT GAME OF SHUFFLING AROUND. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WITH YOUR MAGIC WOUND, I'M NOT SURE HOW, BUT YOU FIND A WAY TO DO IT. IT IS NOT JUST THE COMMISSIONER, BUT AS A RESIDENT , I GET THE BENEFIT FROM THESE DECISIONS AND THE FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW? CONSERVATISM AND OBLIGATIONS , IT MAKES ME, IT MAKES ME HAPPY AS A RESIDENT AND I WOULD HOPE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY FEEL THE SAME WAY. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS UP HERE. SOME STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT CARE ABOUT, E-BIKES. EVERYONE HAS VARIOUS INTERESTS OR ISSUES. THIS SHOULD AFFECT AND GET TO EVERY SIGNAL PERSON IN PARKLAND BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOUR MONEY IS BEING HANDLED AND I THINK YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL, WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE WE DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE READ ABOUT IN THE NEWS HOW MONEY IS BEING MISSPENT, LACK OF EFFICIENCY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. AFTER SIX YEARS, TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT PLANNING, ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE CHECKED OFF, REALLY INCREDIBLE. JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON

RECORD. >> GREAT.

>> NOT ONLY WAS THE CITY RESPONSIBLE , WITH THE CITY 'S MONEY, ESPECIALLY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, FOR THE COST OF THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION, REPRESENTING ONE THIRD , RATHER THAN 10% WHICH IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE. THAT IS OUR MONEY. DECREASING THE COST. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL GO TO AGENDA ITEM 4 CAPITAL A, RESOLUTION 2025-062.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON

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THE FIRE ASSESSMENT ? YES, NOW IS THE TIME .

>> THIS IS THE LAST BITE OF THE APPLE , CITY CLERK, I KNOW THAT I AM PREACHING TO THE CHOIR. BUT AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS WITH THE FIRE ASSESSMENT, AND I IMPLORE YOU TO AT LEAST REVIEW IT, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE IT TODAY, I GET IT, I UNDERSTAND IT. BUT AS I MOVE FORWARD, I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE WITH THE PROPERTY TAXES AND I BELIEVE, I WILL CALL IT THE TIERED METHODOLOGY, A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE METHODOLOGY TO GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET, AND I GUESS BRING IN MORE MONEY WHERE YOU CAN VALIDATE , SO THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE FULL BENEFIT AS OPPOSED TO YOU KNOW, HERE IS THE CAP AND HERE IS HOW FAR YOU CAN GO, IT IMPLORES YOU TO REVIEW IT, STRATEGIC PLANNING, OR SOME AREA, TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

BECAUSE WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE. THEY ARE HAVING A SELECT COMMITTEE MEETING IN I THINK TWO WEEKS AND WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS THE SESSION GOES ON . I KNOW I AM PREACHING TO THE CHOIR, I KNOW THAT YOU ALL SUPPORT IT. IN SPIRIT, IN SPIRIT, AGAIN, THIS IS NOT A DEBATE OR ARGUMENT, ANOTHER METHODOLOGY, WE DO HAVE OTHER TIERED ASSESSMENTS, A STORMWATER ASSESSMENT IS A TIERED ASSESSMENT, PROBABLY SOME OTHER ASSESSMENTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE TIERED SO I THINK IT IS WORTHWHILE TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, THOSE ARE MY CONFIDENCE --

COMMENTS. >> I WILL MENTION A VERY VALID POINT, ONE THING WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT IN STRATEGIC PLANNING THIS YEAR, WHAT IF PROPERTY TAXES DO GO AWAY, WHAT MECHANISMS CAN BE USED OR WILL WE NEED TO USE TO MAKE UP ON THOSE SHORTFALLS? THOSE ARE COMBINATIONS -- CONVERSATIONS I DON'T WANT TO HAVE. YOU GET A DEDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAXES. BUT AS KELLY HAS SHOWN, WE WILL NEED TO MAKE UP THAT REVENUE SOMEWHERE, SOMEHOW, IF, FOR NOTHING ELSE, PUBLIC SAFETY.

>> I THINK WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PROPERTIES WITH VERY BIG SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS COMING INTO THE CITY. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT TO

THAT DISCUSSION. >> YEAH, ANYONE ELSE ? SEEING THERE IS NO ONE ELSE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY

COMMISSIONER BRIER, ROLL CALL? >> COMMISSIONER BRIER ? COMMISSIONER JORDAN ISROW ? COMMISSIONER ISROW? MAYOR

WALKER? >> YES. THE INITIATIVE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK ON 4 B ? SEEING NONE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW .

>> COMMISSIONER BRIER? COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN ? VICE

MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER? >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NOW, 4 C , STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT , ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE , WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW. ROLL

CALL? >> COMMISSIONER BRIER? VICE

MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER ? >> 4 D, THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 MILLAGE RATE, FIRST READING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC ?

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BRIER .

>> UNANIMOUSLY. FINALLY 4 E , FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET , WHICH IS ALSO A FIRST READING. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, DO

I HAVE A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW .

[5. Approval of Minutes]

UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR? PLEASE

[6. Comments from the Public on Non-Agenda Items]

SHOW IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON

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NON-AGENDA ITEMS ? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS? NONE. TO THE COMMISSION, WE WILL START WITH

COMMISSIONER BRIER. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR.

>> WE HAVE HAD SOME GREAT EVENTS RECENTLY, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, I HAVE BEEN SADDENED BY WHAT HAS HAPPENED THIS WEEK, WE HAD A SCHOOL SHOOTING AT EVERGREEN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE ASSASSINATION OF CHARLIE KIRK. AND I HAVE SEEN POSTS ON FACEBOOK AND SOCIAL MEDIA. I WORRY THAT WE ARE LOSING OUR HUMANITY AND HOW WE VALUE LIFE. WE DO NOT HAVE TO LOOK THE ON OUR OWN COMMUNITY TO LEARN HOW ONE ACT OF HATRED CAN AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SO MANY FAMILIES. YOU KNOW? MY FAITH TEACHES US TO LOVE OUR NEIGHBOR AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADOPT THAT, IN GENERAL. WE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE OUR NEIGHBOR.

BUT WE CAN LOVE THEM. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, NO MATTER WHO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE ALSO GOTTEN TO A POINT WHERE WE THINK THAT, JUST BECAUSE WE DO NOT AGREE ON EVERYTHING, THAT THAT IS THE REASON FOR HATRED, OR NECESSITATES HATRED. GUESS WHAT ? IT IS OKAY TO DISAGREE. I DON'T DISAGREE ON EVERYTHING WITH MY WIFE.

>> WHAT ? >> I DON'T AGREE WITH EVERYTHING WITH MY BEST FRIENDS. ON THIS DAIS, WE DISAGREE, HAVE CIVIL DISCOURSE, INTELLIGENT DEBATE. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE OLD -- DO IT ALL THE TIME, WE TAKE OUR VOTE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, WE LOVE ON EACH OTHER'S FAMILIES, WE PRAY WHEN ONE ANOTHER IS SICK OR WHEN ONE OF US HAS SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED AND WHAT ABOUT FAMILIES. THAT IS WHAT BEING A GOOD HUMAN BEING IS ABOUT AND I WISH WE COULD GET BACK TO THAT. I WISH -- I AM ALSO CONCERNED AT THE RHETORIC AND ANIMOSITY AND HATRED TO OUR LEADERS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU VOTED FOR THEM OR NOT, THEY ARE YOUR LEADERS. CONTINUING TO WANT TO BEAT THEM DOWN AT ANY LEVEL, INCLUDING A LOCAL LEVEL, YOU ARE EVENTUALLY NOT GOING TO HAVE GOOD PEOPLE LEADING. IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE AN ASSESSMENT. I KNOW THAT WE ARE A GOOD COMMUNITY AND I KNOW THAT MANY OF US ALREADY EMBODIED THESE TRUTHS. WE EMBODY THIS PHILOSOPHY. I WORRY WE ARE AT A PIVOTAL POINT IN OUR COUNTRY WERE THINGS COULD GET EITHER RADICALLY BETTER, OR EVEN WORSE.

WE ARE AT THE REFLECTION POINT AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO THINK ABOUT LOVING FIRST AND THEN WORRY ABOUT THE REST OF IT AFTERWARDS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

>> UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, BUT VERY,

VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU. >> I DEFINITELY DO WANT TO MENTION THINGS THAT HAPPEN, NUMBER ONE, THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY FOR THE TOLL BROTHERS , IN THE SALT GRASS PART, THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING UP, THAT IS GOING TO BE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL, I WANT TO THANK THE FLORIDA PANTHERS FOR WINNING THE STANLEY CUP , IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. THE COMMUNITY WAS OUT IN DROVES, TAKING PICTURES WITH THE BEST TROPHY ON THE PLANET. I HAD THE WHOLE THING WRITTEN OUT , BUT TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WAS WATCHING DEBORAH COX FROM UTAH , AND IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, JUST WATCH WHAT HE WOULD SAID, HE DID A PHENOMENAL JOB, OF TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT, IT IS WORTH THE WATCH IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT , I WAS HORRIBLY SADDENED MULTIPLE TIMES, I WAS SADDENED FOR THE KIRK FAMILY, I AM SORRY FOR THE FATHER WHO HAD TO SEE THE PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS SON ON THE NEWS AND HAD TO MAKE A DECISION TO DO WHAT WAS MORALLY RIGHT.

THAT IS A FEELING I CANNOT IMAGINE A PARENT HAVING, HAVING NO PART IN THE ACTUAL EVENT AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH IT. I AM SADDENED BY THE DISCUSSIONS POST, SOME OF THE MOST VEHEMENT AND HORRIFIC THINGS, HOW MUCH THEY HATE AN INDIVIDUAL . IT IS SAD TO SEE SOME PEOPLE SAYING REALLY TERRIBLE THINGS ONLINE.

AND I AM SAD TO SAY THERE ARE 48 HOSTAGES BEING HELD IN GAZA AT THE SAME TIME, INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS. WE NEED TO KEEP REMINDING OURSELVES WHO WE ARE . WHO WE ARE WITH. AND KEEP TRYING

TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN. COMMISSIONER CINDY MURPHY

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SALOMONE? >> THIS IS ALL WELL SAID. WE HAVE ALL , I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT VIOLENCE IS UNACCEPTABLE.

NO MATTER WHAT AND ANY TYPE. GUN VIOLENCE, ANY TYPE. WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AND OF COURSE OVER THE YEARS, THERE ARE A LOT OF POSITIVES TO TALK ABOUT. I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN OUR CITY. BUT I GUESS THE ONE THING I WOULD ADD TO WHAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE STATED SO WELL, WE ALSO NEED TO BE ABOUT THE GOOD. AND SOCIAL MEDIA JUST GETS A LITTLE OUT OF CONTROL. AND I THINK WE NEED TO SPEAK TO EACH OTHER DIRECTLY. AND BEHIND THE PHONE SCREEN, AS OPPOSED TO, IF YOU REALLY DO FEEL A DIFFERENT WAY, DISCUSS IT , SPEAK ABOUT IT, IN A KIND WAY. YOU CAN DISAGREE. AS COMMISSIONER BRIER SAID SO WELL. ALSO, A LOT OF THE RHETORIC THAT WE SEE, EVEN ON OUR SITES, IT JUST DOES NOT ACHIEVE ANYTHING.

AND I WILL JUST END IT WITH, IF THERE ARE ISSUES WITH THE CITY, QUESTIONS, PROBLEMS, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, WE LOVE OUR CITY, WE LOVE OUR RESIDENTS. MAYOR, THAT IS IT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONER. VICE MAYOR ISROW?

>> I MEAN, IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER ABOUT OUR COMMISSION IN OUR CITY, OUR VALUES, AND HOW WE KIND OF HOLD OURSELVES NOT ONLY AS A GOVERNING BODY BUT RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. I THINK EVERYONE'S HEAD IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. IT SHOWS WHAT OUR MINDS HAVE BEEN ON, AND I AGREE , THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY AND SO MANY QUESTIONS UNANSWERED. TO ME KIND OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME ANGRY, SAD, SCARED, YOU COULD PROBABLY NAME EVERY SINGLE DESCRIPTION. BUT , YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF LIKE REFLECTING AND GOING BACK TO LOOK AT, AND THINK, IT FEELS LIKE THIS PACE OF EVENTS, THE VIOLENCE, IT IS KIND OF LIKE ACCELERATING. LOOK BACK AND KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE KIND OF LIKE, ANY OF THE TOP, YOU KNOW, GUN VIOLENCE, NOTABLE EVENTS. I ASKED CHATGPT. YOU KNOW WHAT? ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTUALLY RESPONDED, I AM SORRY YOU EVEN HAVE TO ASK FOR THAT INFORMATION. I THOUGHT THAT WAS SUCH A CRAZY RESPONSE FROM A COMPUTER TO A HUMAN. AND IT IS TRUE. WE ARE IN A TIME, LITERALLY IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS, TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, ON A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY, WE HAVE HAD NOW A SENATOR WHO WAS KILLED, TWO OTHER OFFICIALS WHO WERE ATTACKED. CHARLIE KURT HAS BEEN LITERALLY ASSASSINATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, SADLY TO EVEN GO THROUGH THE MALL WE WILL BE HERE FOR SO LONG. IN CATHOLIC SCHOOL MINNEAPOLIS, EVERGREEN, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, AND EVEN THE INCIDENT IN NORTH CAROLINA, THE LIGHT TRAIL, UKRAINIAN REFUGEE, STABBED BY A GENTLEMAN ON THE TRAIN. I SIT HERE AND I LOOK AT ALL THIS, AND I GUESS ON THE DAY OF 9/11 , THE IRONY IS NOT LOST ON ME. YOU KNOW, WE ARE SUPPOSED OUR COUNTRY CAME TOGETHER, PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST UNIFORM DYNAMICS SINCE WORLD WAR II, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU COULD PROBABLY PUT IT UP AGAINST, AND THERE WAS SUCH A SENSE, PEOPLE WERE LITERALLY CHANTING IN UNISON AT YANKEES GAMES, SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, TO HARKEN BACK TO THAT, WHILE WE ARE SITTING HERE STEWING , PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VOLATILE, DANGEROUS, AND SAD TIMES I HAVE SEEN IN MY LIFE , IT IS REALLY HARD TO THINK ABOUT. WHAT I THINK ABOUT IS MY KIDS . IT IS STRANGE TO SAY THAT, AS A PARENT, WHEN YOU ARE A KID, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT STUFF LIKE THAT BUT FOR A KID WHO HAS ACTUALLY BEEN BORN, LET'S CALL IT 15 TO 18 YEARS.

THEY HAVE NOT SEEN THE AMERICA THAT WE ALL REMEMBER, THAT WE ALL KNOW, AND THAT WE KIND OF LOOKED TO AS OUR MODEL OF WHAT MAKES AMERICA GREAT. AND I KIND OF ANALOGIZE IT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK, WHO, A SUPERSTAR IN HIGH SCHOOL, GREW

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UP, NEVER DID WELL, GAINED WEIGHT, BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC AND STILL TALKS ABOUT THE GLORY DAYS OF THAT TIME IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS THAT HE WON AND ALL THE PARTIES HE WENT TO. YET, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS PERSON YEARS AFTER THE FACT, YOU ARE JUST A SHELL OF THAT FORMER SELF AND THAT IS THE SAD FEELING I GET WITH THE YOUTH GROWING UP AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AT THIS COUNTRY, LOOK AT IT, 9/11-FORWARD, THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THESE KIDS VIEW OF OUR PERCEPTION OF OUR COUNTRY IN THIS WORLD. SHEDDING THE POSITIVE LIGHT AND EXPOSING THEM TO WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF WHAT MADE THIS SO GREAT, BECOMING INCREASINGLY, INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT. I AM GLAD TO HEAR THE COMMENTS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.

THE MORE , THE MORE WORSE IT GETS, THE MORE IT REQUIRES TO BE DISCUSSED AND THE MORE THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE SOLVED. I WILL END IT WITH, THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A DEBATE WITH GUNS, GUN SAFETY, THE SECOND AMENDMENT. MY VIEW IS PRETTY SIMPLE, I KNOW IT IS A COMPLEX ISSUE. WE HAVE A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT ESSENTIALLY SETS FORTH OUR COUNTRY, THE BIRTH OF IT, AND WHAT OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DECLARED AS UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE IN A SPECIFIC ORDER. YOU CANNOT HAVE LIBERTY WITHOUT LIFE. IT IS MEANINGLESS. YOU CANNOT PURSUE HAPPINESS WITHOUT LIBERTY. SO, THERE HAS TO BE SOME PRIORITIZATION. EVEN THE PEOPLE WANT TO PROTECT OUR GUN RIGHTS AND THEY WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN PUT IN THE CONSTITUTION. IF YOU LOOK IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT, IT IS TO HAVE INERTIA TO PROTECT A FREE STATE , RIGHT? IT IS ABOUT LIBERTY, PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM. WE WERE NOT IN FEAR OF, YOU KNOW, BEING ESSENTIALLY KILLED AT A TIME BY OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS, WE WERE IN FEAR OF A FOREIGN ENEMY. AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GUN LOVERS, CONSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTERS, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT LIKE GUNS, I SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO HAVE A GUN. IT IS TIME, IF WE LOOK ATTHE LAST 25 YEARS, PUT A 25-YEAR-OLD IN THIS COUNTRY AND ASK THEM WHAT THEIR VIEW OF THIS COUNTRY IS, I WOULD HOPE , AT A TIME WHERE EVERYONE IS SO SCARED AND FOCUSED ON THE FACT THAT ANYONE AT ANYTIME CAN EITHER GET HURT, SHOT, KILLED FOR THEIR BELIEFS OR WHAT THEY SAY. THAT INCLUDES MY OWN BROTHER-IN-LAW, JARED MOSKOWITZ , WHO HAD A DEATH THREAT ON HIS OWN LIFE, BY VIRTUE OF THE FACT THAT HE IS A JEWISH CONGRESSMAN. YOU HAVE A SICK, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE PERSON WHO WANTED TO TAKE HIS LIFE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT GOING TO END TODAY. IT IS NOT GOING TO END NEXT WEEK ARE PROBABLY NEXT YEAR. BUT I DO THINK, WHEN THESE MOMENTS LIKE 9/11 COME AROUND 1 AND YOU KIND OF GET THIS CONVERGENCE OF ISSUES, THAT HOPEFULLY GIVE PEOPLE -- GET PEOPLE TO GO BEYOND THE NORMAL DAY-TO-DAY ROUTINE AND FORGET ABOUT THESE ISSUES AND MOVE ON. I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF REFLECT BACK TO THE 9/11 DYNAMIC AND REMEMBER THAT THE COUNTRY IS STILL HERE. WE HAVE THAT COUNTRY SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

IT IS KIND OF SLEEPING SOMEWHERE OR HAS BEEN MISGUIDED. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY TO BRING IT BACK AND WE HAVE AND REHABILITATE.

YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IS OUR COLLECTIVE MESSAGE WHICH SEEMS TO BE, PARKLAND BUT YOU KNOW, PARKLAND'S MOTTO . CONTINUE TO DO GOOD, MOVE FORWARD, AND BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER. THAT IS

WHAT I GOT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> VERY WELL SENT, VICE MAYOR.

THE WAY I -- MORE I SERVE WITH YOU FOLKS, THE MORE I APPRECIATE AND LOVE YOU ALL. BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES, TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE FORGET. RIGHT? THE AMERICAN , YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN WAY, WE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE DEBATE. HAVING DEBATE GETS YOU TO A BETTER OUTCOME. IF EVERYONE HAD TO AGREE WITH ONE THING, GUESS WHAT ? WE WOULD NOT BE AMERICA.

BECAUSE SOMEBODY WOULD BE IN CHARGE AND SAY, THIS IS THE WAY IT IS. AND THAT IS HOW IT HAS GOTTEN. YOU ARE EITHER WITH ME OR YOU ARE AGAINST ME. AND THAT DOES NOT GET YOU TO A BETTER PLACE. BECAUSE IT DOES NOT MATTER YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION. HE MAY BELIEVE ONE THING AND SOMEBODY BELIEVES SOMETHING ELSE. GUESS WHAT, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE, IS THE BEST OUTCOME. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE CONVERSATIONS , YOU ARE NOT

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GETTING TO A BETTER OUTCOME. AND THAT IS THE SAD PART OF ALL OF THIS, THE LACK OF WANTING TO HAVE REAL, SPIRITED DEBATES, SO THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION. WHO IS RIGHT 100% OF THE TIME ON EVERY ISSUE? YOU NEED TO FIND THAT BALANCE TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE. TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER, WITH GOVERNOR COX , WE TALKED ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA , SOCIAL MEDIA IS TRULY A CANCER. IT IS REALLY HURTING OUR YOUTH. VICE MAYOR, YOU TALKED ABOUT KIDS GROWING UP. I HAVE A 15-YEAR-OLD , WELL, TWO OF THE KIDS, BECAUSE WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ASSASSINATION. BECAUSE IT IS OUT ON VIDEO. MY KIDS , YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, 15 AND 17. THEY SAW IT. THAT, THAT IS HORRIBLE.

AND THEY ARE QUESTIONING THE FACT, NOT THAT THEY SAW IT , BUT WHAT DRIVES SOMEBODY TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE HAS DIFFERENT IDEAS, WANTS TO GET TO A BETTER PLACE, DIFFERENTLY THEN YOU WANT TO GET THERE, THOSE ARE THE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ASK. YOU KNOW? BECAUSE , CINDY MURPHY SALOMONE, YOU TALKED ABOUT HAVING GOOD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW ? WHEN YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU THINK YOU CAN DO OR SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT WHEN YOU ARE IN PERSON IT IS A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT AN OUTLET, THERE IS NO RAMIFICATION. YOU SHOULD TREAT SOCIAL MEDIA LIKE YOU WOULD IN PERSON . TREAT OTHERS HOW YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED. IMAGINE IF WE ALL DID THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE I KNOW, YOU KNOW, AS THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS GET THE SAME THING, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GET THE VITRIOL ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

PEOPLE FORGET, I AM A RESIDENT I AM A FATHER. I AM A HUSBAND. I AM DOING THE BEST I CAN. I AM DOING THE BEST I CAN BUT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO WANT TO DO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. WHO WANTS TO PUT THEMSELVES OUT THERE ON A DAILY BASIS AND JUST GET NOTHING, HE IS STUPID, HE IS WHATEVER THEY SAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. HOW IS IT GOING ? EVERYTHING IS GREAT, WAIT A SECOND, THAT IS NOT HOW THIS WORLD IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.

SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE THE SAME AS YOU ARE IN PERSON. WE HAVE LOST ALL OF THAT. WE HAVE LOST , TREAT OTHERS HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE TREATED. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ALL LOST. DEBATE IS IMPERATIVE. FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT'S HOW WE GET TO BETTER PLACES. IT IS OKAY TO DISAGREE IT IS HOW YOU DISAGREE.

AGAIN, WE DO NOT ALWAYS DISAGREE AND WE SHOULD NOT. BECAUSE THEN YOU ONLY NEED ONE OF US HERE. YOU DON'T NEED FIVE PEOPLE, WE WOULD HAVE ONE PERSON MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS. BUT THAT IS NOT AMERICA. AMERICA IS PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER, HAVING GOOD IDEAS, WRINGING THOSE IDEAS TOGETHER AND HASHING IT OUT TO COME UP WITH THE BEST OUTCOME FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.

[7. Proclamations and Recognitions]

SO, WITH THAT WE WILL GO , TO PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

>> I SEE SOME PEOPLE WITH THE ADVISORY REPORT. WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR YOUTH AMBASSADORS. BILL, KENDRA IS HERE. ANYBODY ELSE HERE ? YES, COME ON UP.

THIS OVER . YOU HAVE THE NAMES ? I AM SURE YOU HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO SAY. THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS, SIMILAR TO WHAT I WOULD SAY, WE HAVE AN AMAZING GROUP OF PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND WHO WANT TO DO THIS. IT IS THIS BOARD WHO GOES THROUGH

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ALL THAT. THEY GO THROUGH THE INTERVIEWS , THE RESUMES, AND THEY ARE THE ONES WHO PICK. IT IS HIS PROBLEM, IT IS THEIR PROBLEM. ANYWAY, I WILL TURN IT OVER.

>> I AM BILL KENNEDY. WE HAVE KENDRA AND MONIQUE WITH US HERE AS WELL. BASICALLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA. I WILL PUT THAT DOWN. THIS YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT BASICALLY IS COMPRISED OF 11TH GRADE --

>> HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU STARTED THIS WHOLE THING. COME ON, BOB! YEAH WHO LIVE IN PARKLAND. AND BASICALLY THEY WANT TO HAVE A CAREER IN PUBLIC SERVICE. WHAT IT IS, UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE PROGRAM, EACH ONE OF THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS WILL RECEIVE A $2500 DOLLAR SHIP AND THEY WILL ALSO GET 10 COMMUNITY SERVICE HOURS EACH MONTH FOR BEING PART OF THIS. IT IS A ONE-YEAR TERM.

YOU ARE WITH US FOR ONE YEAR NOW. BASICALLY THEY WILL RECEIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MAYOR, THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE . AND OTHER COMMUNITY PEOPLE WHO CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON HOW THIS WHOLE PROCESS WORKS. AND ALSO THE GOAL IS FOR THE YOUTH AMBASSADORS TO FOSTER AN OPEN AND POSITIVE TO MEDICATION BETWEEN THE CITY GOVERNMENT AND THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. BASICALLY, THEY ARE A LIAISON BETWEEN ALL OF THIS AND YOUR STUDENT BODY. THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUT THERE AND EXPLAIN HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS.

THE AMAZING AND WELL-DESERVED STUDENTS. NORMALLY, WHAT WE DO WHEN WE BRING KIDS UP, IT IS USUALLY ONE AT A TIME TO TAKE A PICTURE. THIS IS A GROUP. YOU GUYS ARE PART OF A GROUP NOW.

AIDEN COULD THESE, COME ON UP.

CONGRATULATIONS. >> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> ABRAHAM .

ARE A LOT OF KIDS WHO APPLIED FOR THIS AND THESE ARE FIVE, AMAZING , SPECTACULAR STUDENT SO WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. CONGRATULATIONS! ISHMAEL .

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> JIA MATTEL .

CONGRATULATIONS. AND DANIEL ROSENTHAL.

TALLEST OF THE GROUP. THERE. CONGRATULATIONS . WOULD YOU LIKE

TO SAY ANYTHING? >> EVERY YEAR WE GO TO THESE APPLICATIONS. AND WE ARE SO IMPRESSED WITH THE YOUTH OF PARKLAND. ONE OF THE THINGS, I KNOW TONIGHT COULD HAVE BEEN KIND OF BORING. I WAS DOZING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT SHOWS THE POLITICAL -- IT SHOWS HOW HARD IT IS AND EVERY DETAIL . YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN THAT, YOU WILL LEARN WHAT REALLY GOES INTO RUNNING A CITY AND I CONGRATULATE YOU, FIRST OF ALL, FOR APPLYING. THEY WILL BE DOING WORK. I REALLY GIVE THEM A LOT OF CREDIT FOR APPLYING AND DOING THIS.

>> I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU FOR NOT BEING DISCOURAGED. DESPITE EVERYTHING BROUGHT UP , MENTIONED, AND TALKED ABOUT, YOU STILL BELIEVE IN CHANGE , AND WANTING TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF THAT CHANGE. CONGRATULATIONS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. >> YEAH, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE. CARLA WILL DIRECT US IN THE APPROPRIATE PICTURE-TAKING PLACE.

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>> OKAY. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE , YES, WE DO. JEANETTE: FROM EAGLE'S HAVEN .

>> THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT SUICIDE PREVENTION IN THE CITY OF PARKLAND AND BROWARD COUNTY. MORE THAN 45,000 AMERICANS DIED BY SUICIDE EACH YEAR, ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. IN FLORIDA, A PERSON DIES BY SUICIDE EVERY TWO HOURS ON AVERAGE. SUICIDES IN FLORIDA FAR OUTNUMBER HOMICIDES. SUICIDE IS THE SECOND-A LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND YOUNG ADULTS, AGED 10 TO 24.

IT IS CRITICAL TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF DEPRESSION THAT MAY LEAD TO THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE, INCLUDING SPEAKING ABOUT WANTING TO DIE, FEELINGS OF ISOLATION OR HOPELESSNESS, INCREASED USE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL AND SEVERE MOOD SWINGS. SUICIDE PREVENTION METHODS INCLUDE ASKING IF THE PERSON IS THINKING OF TAKING THEIR LIFE, KEEPING THEM SAFE, AND REMOVING ACCESS TO ILLEGAL MEANS AND GETTING THE PROFESSIONAL HEALTH. IN FLORIDA, DIALED 988 OR CALL THE NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LIFELINE , 1-800-273-8255. OR TEXT 741741. EAGLE'S HAVEN IS A MENTAL WELLNESS CORNERSTONE IN THE PARKLAND COMMUNITY THAT SEEKS TO RESTORE HOPE TO THE CORAL SPRINGS-PARKLAND COMMUNITY .

WELLNESS EXPERIENCES , CRISIS SUPPORT, AND SUPPORT GROUP, EAGLE'S HAVEN TELLERS TO THE NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FREE OF CHARGE FOR THOSE IN CRISIS IN OUR IMMUNITY.

EAGLE 'S HAVEN PROVIDES ONGOING INTENTIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH WELLNESS CLASSES AND FREE SUICIDE ASSESSMENT. I, MAYOR RICH WALKER, THE CITY OF PARKLAND CITY COMMISSION, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 AS NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION AWARENESS MONTH.

>> AS IS CUSTOMARY, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO STAY AT THE MEETING, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME, WE WILL NOT GET OFFENDED IF YOU ALL

GET UP AND LEAVE. >> I AM A LITTLE OFFENDED, THERE

IS NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT . >> APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[8. Approval of the Agenda]

>> MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW. I MENTIONED THIS. THERE WERE SOME

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ISSUES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA , WAS IT THE SCHEDULE, THE MEETING

CALENDAR? >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT , AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THE CHANGES AT THAT TIME. DOES THAT

WORK? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

[9. Consent Agenda]

>> IT IS JUST THE APPROVAL AGENDA. ALL IN FAVOR?

>> AYE. >> MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CONSENT AGENDA? >> MOTION TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW, ROLL CALL?

OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS ] >> YES.

FOR THE MAYOR, YES. >> MAYOR WALKER ?

[10. Regular Agenda]

>> YES. PLEASE SHOW THAT PASSES. REGULAR AGENDA.

>> ITEM 10 A, ORDINANCE 2025-008 , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 ADMINISTRATION BY REPEALING ARTICLE SEVEN PROCUREMENT CODE OF THE CITY CODE AND ENACTING A NEW ARTICLE SEVEN PROCUREMENT CODE TO REVISE, REORGANIZE AND UPDATE THE PURCHASING REGULATIONS, PROVIDING FOR COMPLEX, SEPARABILITY, CODIFICATION AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE? >> CAN I GET A SECOND?

>> SECOND . >> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE . ROLL CALL?

>> PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSES. >> ITEM 10 B, RESOLUTION 2025-0 32 , REPLACEMENT OF THE PLAYGROUND , AT TERRAMAR PARK, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND APPROVING THE PIGGYBACK OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OF MANATEE COUNTY CONTRACT NUMBER 26-0041-MR FOR PARK AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, WITH REP SERVICES INC. FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE BACK PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT TERRAMAR PARK IN AN AMOUNT OF UP TO $400,000, PROVIDED FOR EXECUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION, NO INTERRUPTIONS.

>> FELICIA TRAINOR, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. ALL RIGHT, GIVE ME ONE MOMENT. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE TERRAMAR PARK PROGRAM, SO THE TERRAMAR PARK PLAYGROUND WAS UPDATED OVER 13 YEARS AGO. THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT HAS NOW REACHED ITS LIFESPAN. PART OF THE GOALS, CONTINUING TO BE A PREEMINENT CITY, CONTINUING TO BEAUTIFY AND ENHANCE OUR PARKS, SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE, TERRAMAR PARK. BUDGETED FUNDS THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT , TO FUND THE REPLACEMENT OF THE TERRAMAR PARK PLAYGROUND. SO, THE PLAN WAS PRESENTED TO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD IN JULY AND IT WAS PRAISED , AS IT SHOWS SIGNIFICANT ENHANCEMENTS, THIS LARGE AREA THAT SHOWS SOME SPACE, THERE IS A TREE , A LARGE OAK TREE, AND THAT PROVIDES SHADE FOR THE EXISTING AREA AND ALL THE EXISTING TREES WILL REMAIN. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOES HAVE A MODERN DESIGN, ADDING A BOLD, FRESH LOOK. HOWEVER, THE COLOR PALETTE, WITH THE DESIGN, IN THE OVERALL COZY FEEL OF TERRAMAR PARK. WE WILL BE ADDING COMMUNICATION. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT IN THIS SLIDE, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED INCLUSION TO ALL OF OUR PARKS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO SWING AREAS AND, SO, THE REDESIGN WILL MOVE THESE SWINGS TO ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION, STILL PROVIDING AMPLE SWINGS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DESIGN, WE DO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT STRUCTURES. WE HAVE ONE THAT IS FOR 5 TO 12 YEARS OLD. WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS PLAYGROUND, TRADITIONAL PLAYGROUNDS, THEY HAVE YOU MOVE THROUGH, JUST THE SAME CYCLE OVER AND OVER. THE LATTER, THE BRIDGE, THE SLIDE. BUT THIS DESIGN IS COMPLETELY UNIQUE BECAUSE THIS MODEL ENCOURAGES NONLINEAR, OPEN-ENDED

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PLAY. CHILDREN GET TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN DESIGN, THEIR OWN ROUTES. CREATE THEIR OWN ADVENTURES WITH SIGNIFICANT OPTIONS, WHICH IS REALLY COOL AND SOMETHING THAT PARKLAND NEEDS. AND THEN, AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY HAVE THE SAME EXACT , A VERY SIMILAR MINDSET FOR THE YOUNGER AGE GROUP. FROM 2 TO 5.

BOTH OF THESE SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT. THEY BOTH SUPPORT STRENGTH, BALANCE, COORDINATION, THEY ALSO FOSTER THAT SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL GROWTH THROUGH COLLABORATION AND HEALTHY RISK-TAKING, WHICH IS THE WHOLE POINT OF PLAY. SO, THIS IS OUR DESIGN FOR THE TERRAMAR PARK LEG ROUND. DO YOU HAVE ANY

QUESTIONS? >> I HAVE A STATEMENT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND WITH THE BUDGET, WE TALKED EARLIER. THE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS WE HAVE MADE AT TERRAMAR PARK WITH THE BASEBALL FIELD, WE MADE A NEW SOFTBALL FIELD , AND WE DID THE OTHER PLAYGROUND AREA, NOW WE ARE DOING THIS PLAYGROUND AREA, WE DID THE BATHROOMS, RIGHT? SO, TERRAMAR PARK HAS HAD A COMPLETE AND TOTAL FACELIFT IN THE PAST FIVE TO SIX YEARS. I AM PROUD AND EXCITED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS, TO KNOW, WE VALUE AND WE TREAT EVERYONE EQUALLY AND TERRAMAR PARK HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR US AND I APPRECIATE STAFF'S , YOU KNOW, PLANS FOR THE PLAYGROUND. I AM GLAD WE GOT THE PARKS AND REC ADVISORY BOARD INVOLVED. GREAT TO HEAR.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF THE PLAYING AND LEARNING, BUT THEY DO NOT KNOW THEY ARE LEARNING AND THEY ARE HAVING FUN DOING IT. THE NONTRADITIONAL TYPE OF APPROACH

TO A PLAYGROUND. WELL DONE. >> GREAT. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BRIER AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE. ROLL CALL.

>> UNANIMOUSLY. WELL DONE FELICIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ITEM 10 C, RESOLUTION 2025-065, FISCAL YEAR 2026 FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, THESE, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND TO AMEND ANNUAL FIRE SAFETY INSPECTIONS, FEES, AS PRESENTLY SET FORTH IN ORDINANCE 2010-17, PROVIDING UPDATES TO THE FEE SCHEDULE, PROVIDING FOR EXECUTION, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE MAYOR ISROW AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER MURPHY

SALOMONE. ROLL CALL. >>

>> BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR, BOB. YES.

>> YES, PLEASE SHOW IT PASSES. >> ITEM 10 45 RESOLUTION 2025-066 PINE TREE ESTATES ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, APPROVING THE AWARD, OF RFP NUMBER 2025-07 PINE TREE ESTATES ROUND RAY -- ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO ASPHALT PAVING SYSTEMS INC. , APS, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A CONTRACT WITH APS.

>> I WANT TO SAY MYSELF AND THE TEAM ARE EXCITED WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH THIS MILESTONE TO GET ONE STEP CLOSER TO STARTING CONSTRUCTION. THE CITY HAS CONDUCTED TWO NEGOTIATION MEETINGS WITH THE HIGHEST BIDDER, WHICH WAS ASPHALT PAVING SYSTEMS . THE HIGHEST, I'M SORRY --

>> SYSTEMS, THANK YOU. AND SO, YOU WENT OVER THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING TO BE FINALIZED.

THE AWARD AMOUNT, IS $6,029,000 INCLUDING 10%.

>> YEAH, I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED THIS PROJECT IS FINALLY GETTING DONE AFTER YEARS OF CONCEPTION AND KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD. WE DECIDED, AS A COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS AGO THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HAPPENED. IT IS HAPPENING, IT IS HAPPENING AT A PRICE TAG FAR LOWER THAN WHAT WE HAD ALL ANTICIPATED. NOT ONLY IS IT, IT IS CHEAPER, IT IS ALSO GOING TO GET DONE SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER

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WHICH I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT SAID ENOUGH. A PROJECT LIKE THIS , YOU ARE PROBABLY LOOKING AT TWO YEARS BEFORE IT GETS DONE. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT MAY GET DONE, BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. IS THAT ACCURATE?

>> IT IS COMPARATIVELY THE SAME. YES.

>> LET US STAY, THAT IS STILL SIX MONTHS .

>> IT IS STILL ABSOLUTELY -- GO AHEAD , YES.

>> MANY RESIDENTS WERE EAGER TO HEAR WHAT THE ASSESSMENT WOULD BE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IF YOU PAY, IN FULL, THE ONE TIME

COST WOULD BE ABOUT $5743. >> SHE SAID ABOUT . 5743. I AM

JUST SAYING. >> IT WOULD THEN BE A NON- APS ASSESSMENT, BETWEEN $480 AND $550, SO WE ARE EXTREMELY PLEASED THAT THIS IS INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE IN THE COST IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.

>> THAT IS GREAT NEWS. FANTASTIC.

>> FIRST OF ALL, AS WE WERE THROWING OUT THANKS LAST MEETING ON THIS . IT IS A GREAT THING TO ACCOMPLISH AND A VERY DIFFICULT TASK TO UNDERTAKE AND NOT A POPULAR ONE . FOR REASONS BECAUSE OF THAT, IT HAD BEEN KICKED FOR SO LONG, I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE MOMENT YOU ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THIS WAS SORT OF ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES IN THE CITY THAT WE HAD TO TACKLE. AGAIN, NOT VERY POPULAR. EVENTUALLY, I WANT TO THANK MARJORIE AND THE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT. AND COMMISSIONER MAYERSOHN, AND COMMISSIONER CUTLER , AND THE STAFF FOR WORKING THIS OUT, THE ENGINEERING, THE MECHANISM, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WHEN YOU SEE THE NUMBERS OF WHAT COULD'VE BEEN, VERSUS THE NUMBERS COMING IN AND THE TIMING OF IT, IT IS JUST, IT IS JUST A WIN, WIN, WIN, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR

LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

TEAMWORK, TEAMWORK. >> THE CREATIVITY. I GUESS I AM NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT HOW ABOUT THIS? THE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, BRINGING THAT FORWARD, I JUST THINK KUDOS, THAT WAS AWESOME AND I KIND OF UNDERSTAND IT. I UNDERSTAND IT IS LESS MONEY. IT SEEMS LIKE IT WILL BE FASTER, AS THE MAYOR SAID.

AGAIN, KUDOS. >> THAT IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IN THE BUDGET. OUR STAFF CONTINUOUSLY LOOKS FOR WAYS TO BETTER THE CITY IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER AND THIS PROJECT IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

>> WHEN SHOULD THE RESIDENTS BE PREPARED, IF THEY WANT TO PAY IN ONE LUMP SUM , WHEN SHOULD THEY BE PREPARED?

>> WE NEED TO SOLIDIFY EVERYTHING, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THE TIME FRAME, LATE DECEMBER INTO MID FEBRUARY, IS THAT

CORRECT? >> THANK YOU.

>> ONE LAST THING . IT WOULD BE REMISS, MARJORIE, ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS DONE. PLAYED A REALLY BIG ROLE IN THE GALVANIZING AND THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION. I WANT TO GIVE HIM THE APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF THE TIME AND WORK PUT IN.

>> THANK YOU, MARJORIE. ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON

THIS ITEM ? DO I HAVE A MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO

APPROVE. >> MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER KANTERMAN AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BRIER.

ROLL CALL. >> COMMISSIONER BRIER ? COMMISSIONER MURPHY SALOMONE? VICE MAYOR ISROW? MAYOR WALKER ?

>> YES, PLEASE SHOW THAT IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ONE THING, BEFORE WE GO ON TO THE COMMENTS, WITH THE NEW MEETING DATES , FOR NEXT YEAR, MOVING FROM SEVEN TO SIX.

>> VERY GOOD POINT, OUR MISSION MEETINGS WILL START AT 6:00. A

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WORKSHOP WOULD START ONE HOUR PRIOR, WHICH IS 5:00.

>> I HAD FORGOTTEN TO MENTION THAT. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, I AM SURE THAT WE WILL PUT OUT SOME SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF TO

[11. Comments by the Broward Sheriff's Office]

REMIND RESIDENTS THAT WE ARE GOING FROM 7:00 TO 6:00. WITH THAT, WE WILL START WITH COMMENTS BY THE BROWARD

SHERIFF'S OFFICE. >> ON BEHALF OF THE CAPTAIN, I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR YOU THIS EVENING. FIRST, I WANTED TO GO OR THE ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST WITH YOU. FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE HAD 2182 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 108 INCIDENT REPORTS, 76 SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS, FIVE ARRESTS, 29 CRASHES, 854 CITATIONS, 16 FIELD CONTACT CARDS, FOUR WRECKS, 168 DIRECTED PATROLS, AND 306 LOCKED IN CAR, IN ADDITION TO THAT, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ? ANYBODY, ANY QUESTIONS?

>> ONE QUESTION, WHEN YOU SAY 21, 2182 CALLS, DOES THAT , NOW INCLUDE SOME OF -- LIKE, WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARRESTS OR ANYTHING, IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF THOSE OTHER FIGURES ?

>> THE 2182 CALLS, THAT IS THE TOTAL CALLS. EVERYTHING ELSE IS

BROKEN OFF FROM THAT. >> OKAY.

>> I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA POST, I THINK THEY ARE VERY HELPFUL. AND RESIDENTS HAVE COMMENTED THANK

YOU FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING. >> THANK YOU, I WANT TO MENTION, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU DO NOT ALWAYS GET TO GO TO THE PARK ALL THE TIME. THE ORDINANCE IS WORKING. I HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT. IN FACT, THE LAST COUPLE OF TIMES, I DID NOT SEE ANY WITHIN THE PARK. A LOT OF RESIDENTS HAVE COMMENTED TO ME HOW MUCH BETTER THINGS FEEL, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KIDS YOU KNOW, DOING WHEELIES AND RIDING THROUGH BIG CROWDS AND ALL THAT STUFF. SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING THAT WE DID THAT MADE OUR RESIDENTS SAFER. AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL. SO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR

YOUR EFFORTS. >> I WILL ECHO THAT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY ANECDOTAL. LAST NIGHT, I WAS AT PINE TRAILS FOR MY SON'S FOOTBALL GAME, THERE WERE KIDS RIDING ON THEIR E-BIKES, I TRIED MY BEST TO DO ONE OF THOSE , YOU KNOW, AS THEY WERE SPEEDING , CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED. ALL I HEARD WAS, IT STARTED WITH THE LETTER F AND THEY SPED OFF.

THERE ARE ALWAYS GOING TO BE KIDS THAT DO THINGS JUST LIKE THAT. I TOOK A VIDEO, I DO NOT WANT TO BE ONE OF THESE PEOPLE THAT POSTS A VIDEO OF ANOTHER KID. I AM GOING TO SAY, GENERICALLY TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, BECAUSE I DO NOT KNOW WHO'S -- WHOSE KID IT WAS. WE ALL WANT KIDS TO HAVE THEIR DEGREE OF FREEDOM. YOU KNOW, ONE DAY, THAT IT MAY SAY SOMETHING TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT AS NICE AND UNDERSTANDING IS ME OR MAY NOT BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE ON VIOLATING A LAW OR WHATEVER. AND WE GO BACK, EARLIER, THE CIVIL DISCORD, THEY MUTUAL RESPECT. I THINK IT IS A BIG PART OF THAT, KIND OF CREATING THIS SEEMINGLY, EVOLVING PROBLEM, THE LACK OF RESPECT. IT IS NOT JUST ADULT TO ADULT. IT IS YOUTH TO, YOU KNOW, ELDERS. BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH NOTING, THE LAW IS REDUCING E-BIKES AND THE HOPE IS TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL INJURY. A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN CORAL SPRINGS THERE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE E-BIKE INCIDENT. I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP , BECAUSE THERE IS GOING TO BE THE NEED FOR PARENTING TO HELP US.

WE CANNOT ENFORCE IT, POLICE IT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT,

DAY IN AND DAY OUT. >> VICE MAYOR, I AM JUST RELIEVED YOU DID NOT RECOGNIZE ME.

>> I JUST WANT TO REMIND RESIDENTS ON OCTOBER 4TH WE ARE HAVING THE SHRED-ATHON AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT AND DROP OFF CREDIBLE ITEMS AND PRESCRIPTIONS. LAST ITEM, CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, A HIGH HOLY

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DAYS ARE APPROACHING NEXT WEEK. WE WILL HAVE AN OPERATIONAL PLAN IN PLACE TO PUT SOME EXTRA SECURITY MEMBERS -- MEASURES IN

[12. Comments by the Coral Springs-Parkland Fire Department]

PLACE. THAT IS THE END OF MY COMMENTS.

>> THANK YOU. COMMENTS BY THE PARKLAND-CORAL SPRINGS FIRE

DEPARTMENT? >> LAST MONTH, 153 CALLS, I LOOKED IT UP, IT WAS NOT REALLY A FIRE, IT WAS MISCELLANEOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE E-BIKE SAFETY. WE TALKED A LOT, FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSPECTIVE, FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, THE COUPLE WE HAVE HAVE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT. WHEN THESE KIDS ARE RIDING, AND THEY HAD A LITTLE BUMP IN THE ROAD, AND A HEAD, HEAD FIRST, INTO A CONCRETE SIDEWALK, THE INJURIES ARE VERY SEVERE. THANKFULLY, NOBODY HAS BEEN KILLED. BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO RIDE IN THE PLACES THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE, WE ENCOURAGE HELMET USAGE. THE ONLY OTHER COMMENT, THE RAINY SEASON, AS YOU CAN TELL, IT HAS BEEN A LITTLE MUCH LATELY. WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SERIOUS ACCIDENS BECAUSE OF STANDING WATER AND SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. SO, JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE, WE HAVE HAD SOME PRETTY BAD ONES WITH VEHICLES ROLLING OVER, HITTING THE WALLS, THINGS LIKE THAT. CAREFUL DRIVING IN THE RAIN, SLOW IT DOWN. NO HAZARDS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE.

>> VERY GOOD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMENTS BY THE CITY

MANAGER? >> THANK YOU.

>> COMMENTS BY THE CITY ATTORNEY?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Sep 12, 2025 City Commission Meeting

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