[4.1 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT - Mauldin & Jenkins CPA & Advisors representatives will present the Annual Audit Report for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2024.]

STAFF AND THAT WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE CLERK. IF YOU PLAN ON TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS PLEASE AVOID CROSSING THE FRONT OF THE DAIS.

THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE OUR PRESENTATIONS, OUR ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT FROM MAULDIN AND JENKINS CPA AND ADVISORS .

>> DON'T KNOW IF THE AUDIENCE CAN HEAR YOU.

>> PLEASE STANDBY, WE ARE GOING TO GET SOUND. THANK YOU. LET'S SEE

HOW THAT SOUND IS. >> HOW DOES THAT SOUND NOW?

>> THAT'S QUITE A BIT BETTER. THANK YOU.

>> I WILL GET STARTED, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MAULDIN AND JENKINS CPA AND ADVISORS TO SERVE FERNANDINA BEACH. I KNOW YOU CONTRACT WITH US TO PERFORM AN AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL SEGMENTS.

I HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS -- ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> REAL BRIEFLY, JUST A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT MAULDIN AND JENKINS . WE ARE A LARGE AUDIT ORGANIZATION, FOUNDED IN 1918 WITH OVER A 100 YEAR HISTORY. WE DO PROVIDE AUDIT SERVICES TO OVER 730 INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ] WE DO OFFER TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF IT. THAT IS YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. THAT IS A FREE SERVICE WE PROVIDE. SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 100 YEAR HISTORY, CERTAINLY VERY INVOLVED IN THE OVERALL INDUSTRY. WE WILL DIVING REAL QUICK TO THE REPORT ITSELF. THE TEAM REPAIRED AND ANNUAL THAN WAS REQUIRED BY THE STATE. YOU SHOULD BE COMMENDED FOR GOING BEYOND THE MINIMUM. IT DOES HAVE AN INTRODUCTORY SECTION WITH A LOT OF INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED BY THE CITY. AND THEN SOME STATISTICAL INFORMATION IN THE BACK WHICH INCLUDES ABOUT 10 YEARS WORTH OF HISTORICAL DATA.

THAT IS SOMETHING GOOD TO HAVE. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE ALSO WE

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WERE CHARGED WITH PERFORMING AN AUDIT, ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, WE HAVE DONE SO. WE ISSUED YOU WISH TO RECEIVE EVERY YEAR. IN THE REPORT ITSELF THERE ALSO TWO OTHER OPINIONS OR TWO OF THE REPORTS WE PROVIDE, INDISCERNIBLE ]. IF THERE ANY KIND OF FINDINGS OF ANY KIND, THOSE WOULD BE RECORDED IN THE REPORT. HAPPY TO REPORT WE HAVE NO DEFICIENCIES OR MATERIAL WEAKNESSES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

FUNDS. THAT REQUIRED US TO DO AN ADDITIONAL FEDERAL SEAL AUDIT.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THERE AS WELL THE WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES WITH THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS. AS YOU ALL KNOW YOU ] CHANGE IN YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR. THE NEW FOLKS CAME IN AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB INDISCERNIBLE ]. AND THEY CERTAINLY DID A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US PRESENT PROCESS. THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB INDISCERNIBLE ] AFTER YOUR AND TAKING CARE OF THE BOOKS AND RECORDS. OUR AUDIT PROCESS -- GO SMOOTHLY. EVERY AUDIT HAS THE SAME REQUIREMENT, TO DO THIS VERBALLY IN A WRITTEN FORMAT WE CHOOSE TO DO THAT IN A WRITTEN FORMAT. I WILL GO OVER ALL OF THOSE WITH YOU HERE. THOSE ARE ALSO LISTED SEPARATELY IN WHAT WE CALL OUR DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS , THAT IS ANOTHER ITEM WE WRITE TO YOU ALL. I WILL GET THROUGH ONE MORE TAB. THE LAST ONE HERE IS JUST AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE. IT'S SOMETHING WE ARE VERY PARTICULAR ON, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE BE ABLE TO DO AN INDEPENDENT AUDIT AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED, THE AUDITORS DISCUSSION ANALYSIS INCLUDES A LOT OF OUR OVERALL COMMUNICATION. IF WE HAD ANY FINDINGS, THOSE WOULD BE LISTED THERE. ALSO IF WE HAD ANY SIGNIFICANT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROVEMENT THOSE WOULD BE LISTED THERE. EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THEM LISTED, I WOULD REMIND EVERYONE TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL ARE STAYING AS SECURE AS YOU CAN WHEN IT COMES TO CYBER SECURITY.

THAT IS A HOT TOPIC THESE DAYS. YOUR I.T. DOES A GOOD JOB, BUT ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE STAYING ON TOP OF THAT AND TESTING IT IN SO THAT YOU ALL STAY OUT OF POSSIBLE. ALSO WITHIN THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THE ] STANDARDS AND PRONOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE OUTSTANDING.

INDISCERNIBLE ] WILL MAKE SOME CHANGES TO YOUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS GOING FORWARD. WE LIST ALL OF THOSE THERE WITH MORE INFORMATION. THAT IS REALLY ALL THAT I WANTED TO GO OVER, THIS HIGH-LEVEL INFORMATION. AGAIN THE CITY AS A WHOLE HAD A GOOD YEAR. YOU INCREASED YOUR TOTAL 3.3 MILLION.

YOUR OVERALL FUND, ACTIVITIES IN GOOD SHAPE. THAT IS THE END.

THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE. DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN

ANSWER? >> ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? SEEING THEN, THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR

TIME AND HARD WORK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND AGAIN WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE. IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US IN THE FUTURE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GIVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT?

>> MANY OF US MET WITH THE AUDITOR BY ZOOM EARLIER. I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT HE SAID HE WAS VERY PLEASED HOW OUR NEW COMPTROLLER WAS ABLE TO JUMP IN WITH SUCH BIG PROJECT, REALLY SEAMLESSLY ABLE TO PULL IT OFF , EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING THEN, ONCE AGAIN, THANK

[4.2 BUDGET SUMMARY - Comptroller Susan Carless will review the February 2025 budget summary and be available to answer any questions. ]

YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOUR FROM'S HARD WORK.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WE ARE ON TO ITEM 4.2, OR BUDGET SUMMARY FROM SUSAN CARLESS.

>> GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, SUSAN CARLESS, COMPTROLLER. CAN YOU

HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES.

>> OKAY, GOOD. >> GOODBYE.

>> WORKING TOWARDS BETTER MEETING THE NEEDS. THIS IS A WORK IN

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PROGRESS AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK TO MAKE SURE I'M HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I WANT TO START WITH WHERE WE GET OUR REVENUES. THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS WHERE OUR REVENUES COME FROM. LOOKING AT IT, 75% YEAR TO DATE TOTAL REVENUES FROM PROPERTY TAXES. COMBINED SALES USE TAXES, UTILITY TAXES AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES, AND WHAT WE MEAN BY THAT IS OUR STATE REVENUE SHARING, THE OTHER THINGS WE GET. THOSE TOGETHER COMPRISE ANOTHER 14% OF THE YEAR TO DATE RECEIPTS. JUST AN IDEA OF WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. >> --

>> THIS IS OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES YEAR TO DATE.

23,663,000. 74.3% OF THE TOTAL BUDGETED FOR FY25. AN INCREASE OF $1.7 MILLION FROM THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. EVEN THOUGH WE ACTUALLY REDUCED OUR MILLAGE WE HAVE INCREASED OUR REVENUE.

$970,000 OF THE $1.7 MILLION INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES COLLECTED. THE REMAINING VARIANCES IS DUE TO $354,000 MORE IN CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

AND INCREASING INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES COMPRISED OF DISCRETIONARY SALES TAX RECEIPTS, WHICH WAS PERSONALLY UPSET BY LOCAL RECEIPTS OF STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS IN THE HALF CENT SALES TAX. ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I DID TWO SLIDES ON EXPENDITURES BECAUSE WE REPORT OUR EXPENDITURES BY DEPARTMENT. BUT WE HAVE SO MANY, IT GETS REALLY BUSY AND WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE VERY SMALL SLIVERS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IF WE GROUP THEM BY FUNCTION. YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPENDITURES ARE PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH INCLUDES POLICE, FIRE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THERE IS A PORTION OF BUILDING AND PERMITTING THAT IS ACTUALLY GENERAL FUND PUBLIC SAFETY. IT IS NOT COVERED BY THE BUILDING CODE FOR FUND 140. AND THEN WE HAVE STREETS, PARKS AND RECREATION COMBINED, WHICH OPERATES NOT ONLY PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS, BUT ALSO OUR CIVIC CENTERS, LIKE THE PACK CENTER AND MLK. ADMINISTRATION IS BASICALLY ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THOSE OTHER CATEGORIES. FACILITIES MAINTENANCE AS WELL AS FINANCE, I.T., THOSE DEPARTMENTS. AND TRANSFERS AND OTHERS, OUR GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS TO SUPPORT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. AND OTHER FUNDS. IT'S GROUPED HERE WITH THAT AND SOME SMALLER THINGS. OKAY. FOR REFERENCE, 41.7% OF THE YEAR IS COMPLETED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING UNUSUAL.

DEPARTMENTS EXCEEDING THE BENCHMARK OF 41.7 PERCENT ARE, CITY CLERK, NON-DEPARTMENTAL, AND LAND CONSERVATION TRANSFER.

THE 46.7% FOR CITY CLERK, THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST AND YOU WILL SEE IT IS COMING AROUND TO BEING MORE TRUE TO WHERE WE ARE IN THE YEAR BECAUSE THEY PAY A LARGE PORTION OF THEIR ANNUAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS FOR THE SOFTWARE, LISA FISH, RECORD STORAGE AND THOSE ITEMS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. FOR NON-DEPARTMENTAL, THAT INCLUDES QUARTERLY PAYMENTS. FOR THE MAIL MACHINE, SECURITY, AND PEST CONTROL ITEMS. THOSE YOU WILL SEE PERIODICALLY SPIKE. LAND CONSERVATION, IT CONTINUES TO LOOK ELEVATED YEAR TO DATE BECAUSE WE HAD THE ONE-TIME TRANSFER OF $25,000 FOR THE MATCH ACCORDING TO RESOLUTION .

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. GENERAL FUND. SO THE GENERAL FUND IS LOOKING GOOD. YEAR-TO-DATE REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES BY 10,864,000. THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IS $21 MILLION. I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING UNUSUAL TO REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. I THINK WE USE THAT TERM A LOT,

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AND PERHAPS A LOT OF OUR ATTENDEES MIGHT NOT KNOW WHAT WE MEAN. THAT IS WHAT THE DEFINITION IS THEREFORE. FOR THE CITY WE HAVE 13 ACTIVE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. AND ALL OF THEM, THE REVENUES EXCEED EXPENDITURES HERE TODAY, EXCEPT FOR NUMBER 140 WHICH IS BUILDING FEES. UMBER 150 WHICH IS UTILITY TAXES NUMBER 180 WHICH IS OUR CRA, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AREA.

BUILDING FUND EXPENDITURES OUR BUDGET TO EXCEED REVENUES THIS YEAR TO REDUCE THE CASH BALANCE CARRYFORWARD TO COMPLY WITH FLORIDA STATUTES. LIMITED ON HOW MUCH OF A RESERVE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AND THAT FUND. UTILITY TAX TRANSFERS TO THE GENERAL FUND ARE BUDGETED TO EXCEED REVENUES THIS YEAR ALSO TO REDUCE THE CASH BALANCE FORWARD. THAT FUND EXISTS TO COLLECT MONEY AND THEN TRANSFER IT FOR OTHER ITEMS. SO IF MONEY IS SITTING IN THAT FUND, IT IS NOT BEING USED. THE CRA TOTAL INCLUDES $706,000 FOR THE STREET PROJECT, THAT IS THE ONLY MAJOR PROJECT THAT IS GOING RIGHT NOW IN THAT FUND. IT IS BUDGETED FOR COMPLETION THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UNDER CONSTRUCTION, OUR CAPITAL FUNDS. WE HAVE THREE. TWO OF THE CAPITAL FUNDS ARE PRIMARILY FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. FUND 300 IS FOR TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND GRANTS AND OTHER ITEMS WHERE WE WANT TO SHOW WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO SUBSTANTIAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. GENERALLY IT HAS TO BE AT LEAST $50,000 JUST AS A GENERAL RULE TO BE REPORTED HERE INSTEAD OF IN THE GENERAL FUND. THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING UNUSUAL TO REPORT THIS YEAR. BOTH OF THEM, THE REVENUE EXCEEDS EXPENDITURES YOUR TODAY.

IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IN FUND 315 WHICH IS WHERE WE HAD TAKEN THE ARE ABOUT MONEY AND SET IT ASIDE FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT, THE ONLY THING BUDGETED IN THAT FUND THIS YEAR IS THE PROJECT 18002, AREA FIVE, RESILIENCY IN DOWNTOWN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. CAPITAL EXPANSION FUNDS 310.

FUNDED BY IMPACT FEES. WE LIKE TO WATCH THAT ONE. YEAR TO DATE THE BALANCE ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. POLICE $647,000. FIRE HAS $496,000. PARKS AND RECREATION CURRENTLY HAS $4.7 MILLION BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL PROJECTS BUDGETED THERE THE WE EXPECT TO SPEND MONEY ON THIS YEAR.

ADMINISTRATION IS $1.7 MILLION. ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUSINESS-CLASS FUNDS. ENTERPRISE FUNDS, BUSINESS-CLASS FUNDS, FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT KNOW, THEY ARE OPERATING REVENUES AND ARE SUPPOSED TO COVER THEIR OPERATING COSTS. AND PROVIDE A MARGIN FOR ANY NEEDED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. YEAR TO DATE UP AND EATING REVENUES EXCEEDED OPERATING EXPENSES FOR ALL FUNDS EXCEPT STORMWATER. STORMWATER IS BUDGETED THIS YEAR TO OPERATE AT A DEFICIT. FUND 410 , OPERATING REVENUE EXCEEDED OPERATING EXPENSES BY $158,000 YEAR TO DATE. THE AIRPORT, REVENUES EXCEEDED EXPENSES BY $281,000. SANITATION, REVENUES EXCEEDED OPERATING EXPENSES BY $158,000. WASTEWATER, REVENUES EXCEEDED OPERATING BY $1.4 MILLION. WATER, REVENUES EXCEEDED OPERATING BY $898,000. MARINA, REVENUES EXCEEDED OPERATING BY $199,000. AND YEAR TO DATE STORMWATER IS EXPERIENCING A DEFICIT OF $12,000. THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. ARE

THERE ANY QUESTIONS? >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL AND INFORMATIVE. I STRUGGLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THESE DIFFERENT FUNDS ARE. AND HOW TO KEEP UP WITH WHAT IS AND WHAT POT. I THINK THIS IS A BIG STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THANK

YOU. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN

CARLESS? >> JUST ONE QUESTION. YOU SAID YEAR TO DATE, EVERY ONE OF OUR ENTERPRISE BUSINESSES , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF STORMWATER, IS PROFITABLE?

>> YES. >> HOW DOES THAT CHANGE YEAR BY

YEAR? >> WE HOPE THAT EVERYBODY

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BECOMES PROFITABLE. >> I DON'T EXPECT A STORMWATER.

>> USUALLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE ARE TRANSFERRING SOMETHING BECAUSE WE FELL SHORT . IS THIS SOMETHING WE NORMALLY SEE AT THIS TIME OF YEAR ? OR WE JUST ACTUALLY GETTING THE INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS LADY'S WHO TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION.

I'M JUST ASKING, THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS PROFITABLE .

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR, THEIR MEMBERSHIPS THAT START IN THE SUMMERTIME, YOU MIGHT NOT GET AS MUCH PLAYING BECAUSE IT'S HOT. ARE WE IN THE SAME POSITION THIS YEAR AS WE WERE LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, BEING PROFITABLE, AND THEN WATCH THAT SLIDE DOWN? OR ARE WE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE THIS YEAR THAN WE WERE THE PREVIOUS YEAR?

>> I THINK IT'S VERY SIMILAR. I THINK WITH GOLF WE WILL SEE A SLIDE DOWN BECAUSE THEY GET THE MAJORITY OF THEIR MEMBERSHIPS EARLY ON. IN OCTOBER. THE OTHER FUNDS THAT OPERATE WITH LESS SEASONAL ACTIVITY, IT SHOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT. THEY WILL BE AFFECTED BY CASH OUTFLOWS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS. THAT IS GOING

TO IMPACT THE FUND BALANCE. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR SUSAN CARLESS? SEEING THEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[4.3 PROJECT UPDATES - Deputy City Manager Jeremiah Glisson will provide an update on current and/or pending projects. ]

>> THANK YOU. >> ITEM 4.3, PROJECT UPDATES FROM DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JEREMIAH GLISSON.

>> THANK YOU. MY INTENT IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, MONTHLY ON CAPITAL PROJECTS. THESE ARE TWO TIER ONE PROJECTS INDISCERNIBLE-LOW VOLUME ] AS A REMINDER THESE PROJECTS IN TIER ONE GRAY MEANS THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AS PLANNED.

YELLOW MEANS WEEK OF PAUSE FOR A REGULATORY REASON OR APPROVALS ARE NEEDED. AND RED IS THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REMOVED OR THERE IS A HARD STOP FOR SOME REASON. I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER ALL OF THESE, WE HAVE OVER 60 PROJECTS LISTED. IN OUR TIER ONE LIST. BUT, I WILL CALL ATTENTION TO THE REFERENCE SLIDE. YOU FOLLOW THESE AS WE MOVE DOWN THE LIST, I DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO AIRPORT STORMWATER PIPELINE, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WAS RECENTLY MOVED TO COMPLETION. WE ARE APPROACHING 50% FOR THE FISCAL YEAR AND WE WILL BE THERE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. YOU SEE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS GET MOVED TO BLUE WHICH MARKS COMPLETION.

NUMBER SEVEN IS THE SOCCER COMPLEX REDEVELOPMENT. THAT PROJECT IS NOT FULLY INSTALLED THAT IT HAS SLOWED DUE TO THE REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS RAMP ASSURANCES WE ARE SORTING THROUGH PAINFULLY. WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE FAA ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND MOVING FORWARD IN AS MUCH CAPACITY AS WE CAN TO SORT THAT OUT. MOVING ON DOWN TO REFERENCE NUMBER 12, CONCEPTS AND PROBABLE COST IN HAND BY MID APRIL. BY NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW MORE INFORMATION ON THAT NEW PROJECT.

NUMBER 16, ON THE LIST, EXCUSE ME, BRETZ HARBOR. NUMBER 18.

APPROACHING 75% COMPLETE. THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCLUDED BY THE END OF MARCH. PROJECT NUMBER 28, LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATION PHASE, THERE WILL BE GRANT APPLICATIONS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR A FUTURE FINANCING THROUGH THE STATE FOR THIS PROJECT. WE HOPE WE DON'T NEED IT. WE ARE WAITING TO FIND OUT IF THE STATE WILL PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THIS YEAR. AND IF SO, WE WITHDRAW OUR APPLICATION. IF NOT, WE WILL HAVE AND APPLICATION PLACE FOR THE STATE FOR NEXT YEAR. BUT AS MENTIONED, MOBILIZATION BEGINS ON THIS PROJECT NEXT WEEK. I SENT OUT EARLIER GROUND BREAKING FOR NEXT FRIDAY. NORTHEAST BOARDWALK, THAT PROJECT IS UNDERWAY. WE ARE ABOUT 70% COMPLETE. I WANT TO SUPPLY IF OF THIS PROJECT CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS OPEN WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHAT WILL FOLLOW, WHEN THE DECK IS FINISHED IS, NEW ROOF STRUCTURES ON THIS FACILITY. AND WE WILL MAKE PARKING LOT IMPROVEMENTS INDISCERNIBLE ] IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE WATERFRONT PARK, NUMBER 32 , THAT PROJECT , THE GROUNDBREAKING OCCURRED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, CONSTRUCTION FENCING, CONSTRUCTION TRAILER WILL BE PLACED TOMORROW. IN THE FIRST TASK FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO BEGIN

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INSTALLING UTILITY SERVICES, WASTEWATER AND WATER TO THE FACILITIES THAT WILL NEED THOSE SERVICES, THE PAVILION AND RESTROOMS. PROJECT NUMBER 36 IS THE GREENWAY BRIDGE. THIS IS A NEW PROJECT. THIS WASN'T ON THE LIST ORIGINALLY BECAUSE IT WAS PENDING GRANT AWARD. THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED. YOU SEE THAT ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, IT'S MARKED IN YELLOW BECAUSE IT NEEDS YOUR APPROVAL. THIS IS THE RESTORATION OF THE BRIDGE IN THE GREENWAY AND TO YOUR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF THAT AND READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE THE ENTIRE BRIDGE REHABILITATED. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO OPENING. THAT IS MOVING ALONG AS PLANNED, THIS IS THE STATUS AS OF TODAY, THE STORM DRAIN CHAMBER SYSTEM UNDER THAT BLACK FABRIC IS IN PLACE. FILL MATERIAL, AND THEN WILL FOLLOW IS A LIGHT COMPACTION OF THIS AREA AND THEN THE SIDEWALK CURBING AND PAVING. WE ALSO HAVE THE SIGNAL THAT WILL HAPPEN IN APRIL. WE ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO OPEN THIS ROAD FOR THE END OF APRIL/1ST OF MAY. PROJECT NUMBER 40 IS THE CITY HALL WINDOW REPLACEMENT. THIS IS ON YOUR A REVIEW , FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL. MOVED TO YELLOW PENDING YOUR APPROVAL. REPLACING THE WINDOWS IN THIS FACILITY. IT'S AN AGED FACILITY AND IT'S CRITICAL TO REMOVE -- LEAST IS THE ROAD REMOVAL. THIS WAS MARKED AS YELLOW BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING AT IDENTIFYING FUNDING MOVING FORWARD WITH AGENCIES. THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. WITHIN THE FUNDING AND THE CONTRACTOR WORKING ON THE OTHER PROJECT WHICH IS WHICH IS THE SIMMONS ROAD INSTALL IN THEIR WORK WITH CITY STAFF COMPLETED THE PROJECT. WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE REMOVAL OF PORTIONS OF THE ESCAMBIA SLEW.

FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES, THIS IS A PORTION OF ESCAMBIA WE ARE SCHEDULED TO REMOVE. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO START THIS PROJECT NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO COMPLETE. WE ARE WORKING ON COMMUNICATION EFFORTS NOW . WE PLEDGE TO LET AREA STAKEHOLDERS KNOW AND WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET THIS UNDERWAY. IT WILL GREATLY IMPROVE WATER FLOW WITHIN THIS AREA. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU THIS EVENING. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

MOVING AS PLANNED. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS I WILL BE HAPPY TO

FEEL THOSE NOW. >> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR.

GLISSON? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> I WAS AT THE GOLF COURSE AND IT LOOKS LIKE HALF THE POLLS ARE UP FOR THE DRIVING RANGE. YAY! AND

EXCITING TO SEE THAT PROGRESS. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> I WILL STATES EXCITING TO SEE THE NORTH BEACH PARK. THANK YOU FOR JUMPING ON THAT WHEN YOU SAW THE MONEY OPPORTUNITY. BECAUSE IT WAS IN MUCH, MUCH NEEDED REPAIR. THANK YOU.

>> COMMISSIONER POYNTER. >> NOW I'VE GOT TO SAY, I'M HAPPY TO SEE

[5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA ]

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GLISSON? SEEING THEN, THANK YOU.

WE ARE ON TO ITEM 5, CLICK COMMENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

I HAVE A LIST OF SPEAKERS. WE ARE GOING TO START OFF WITH MR.

PAUL LORI. WHERE ARE YOU? >> SORRY, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MY KNEE. IT'S MOVING WELL. 11 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO TALK ABOUT TWO ITEMS SPECIFICALLY.

THAT I SAW SURFACE IN THE COMMUNITY. I AM BAFFLED ABOUT PAID PARKING. I HOPE THE FIVE OF YOU NEVER SUPPORT ANY PAID BEACH PARKING. OR ANY CITY PARKING , AS FAR AS PAYING. I CAN'T IMAGINE AS A RESIDENT, OR ANYBODY, JUST COMING DOWN AND ENJOYING THE TOWN AND HAVING TO PAY FOR PARKING. I HAVE SEEN, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SEASIDE TOWNS MOVE THAT WAY. IT JUST NEVER WORKS. ONE, IT TAKES WITH THE BEAUTY OF THE TOWN. IT TAKES AWAY THE SMALLNESS OF THE TOWN. AND, I THINK THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE . IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A REVENUE GRAB.

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I HOPE ALL FIVE OF YOU DON'T SUPPORT IT. I SEE THAT IT HAS COME OUT AS A MAIN GOAL . I JUST DON'T KNOW WHY OR HOW OR WHERE IT CAME FROM. BUT I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS ABOUT JUST THE COVET OF BEACH PARKING OR EVEN PAID DOWNTOWN PARKING. IT WILL BE DISASTROUS. TO ME, ON THAT NOTE, ALSO, I FEEL, BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY, AND I FEEL A LOT WHEN YOU COME DOWNTOWN. EVERYTHING IS GROWING.

EVERYTHING IS EXPLODING. AND I HOPE YOU FIVE COMMISSIONERS ALONG WITH FUTURE LEADERS OF OUR TOWN DON'T TRANSPOSE THE FEELING THAT BECAUSE THERE IS GROWTH OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT WE HAVE TO GROW INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, I HOPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THIS FEELING LIKE WE HAVE TO EXPAND BEACH PARKING. IF I GO DOWN TO ACCESS ONE TODAY, IN 2025, IF THERE ARE 10 SLOTS THAT ARE ALLOTTED THERE TO PARK FOR THE BEACH, I HOPE THAT IN 2050 THERE ONLY 10 SLOTS THAT ARE ALLOTTED THERE TO PARK FOR THE BEACH. AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE WE EXPLODE DOESN'T MEAN OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN WE HAVE TO EXPLODE OUR COMMUNITY. AND REALLY, TAKE AWAY OUR CHARM. THE LAST ITEM AGAIN IS THE PROGRAM. DOWNTOWN. I HOPE YOU ALL PROVIDE SOME LOVE AND SOME CARE . I HAVE BEEN DOWN THERE THE LAST FEW DAYS WITH THE

RADAR. THANK YOU. >> NEXTEP WE HAVE CINDY.

>> HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? AND PRETTY LOUD, IF YOU LIKE THIS I WILL KNOW. MY NAME IS CINDY. I LIVE AT 612 STANLEY DRIVE. I HAVE LIVED IN FLORIDA FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND MY PARTNER AND I HAVE HAPPILY CALLED FERNANDINA BEACH OUR HOME FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS. I AM A POLL WORKER, KNOCK ON DOORS TO GET OUT THE VOTE, AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY, AND SUPPORT THE HUMANE SOCIETY IN BARNABAS. AND, I SUPPORT MANY EVENTS HELD AT CENTRAL PARK, INCLUDING PRIVATE EVENTS. KELLY AND GATES CONTINUES TO USE THE TROPE OF GROOMING CHILDREN AT THESE AND OTHER FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS .

SHE CONTINUES TO RANT ABOUT THE EVILS OF PEDOPHILES IN OUR COMMUNITY AS A DIRECT CORRELATION TO THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. SHE SHOWS PICTURES OF A PRIDE PARADE IN HOPES OF GARNERING SUPPORT, EXCEPT THE PICTURES ARE FROM NEW YORK CITY.

IN FACT, IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, 10 MEN WERE ARRESTED IN THE STING OPERATION IN NASSAU COUNTY INVOLVING THE SOLICITATION OF SEXUAL ACTIVITIES WITH A 14-YEAR-OLD.

NOT AND LGBTQ'S PERSON INSIGHT. HER POISONING OF OUR DIVERSE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY CANNOT BE TOLERATED ANY LONGER. SHE DOESN'T STAY FOR THE MEETING. SHOWING NO INTEREST IN OUR TOWN OTHER THAN TO SPEW VILE AND VENOMOUS BIGOTED LIES. IF SHE CONTINUES TO SPEAK IGNORANT PHONETIC RANTS AT THESE MEETINGS, I ENCOURAGE ALL OF US TO STAND AND SHOW OUR BACKS TO HER. I ASSURE YOU, EVERYONE OF YOU, WHO REMAINS SEATED, NOSE AND LGBTQ PERSON , OR RELATIVE, THAT IS COUNTING ON YOUR SUPPORT. I FURTHER CONTEND THAT KELLY AND GATES DOES NOT REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY AND IN A RESPECTFUL AND HONEST MANNER AND SHOULD BE SWIFTLY CENSORED FROM ANY AND ALL FURTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS UNLESS HE APOLOGIZES FOR HER HUMANIZING CHARACTERIZATION OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. MY DAUGHTER IS GAY AND A WELL-ADJUSTED MEMBER OF SOCIETY. I WON'T BE SILENCED.

DON'T LET THIS ONE DESTROYED OR OTHERWISE WELCOMING AND ACCEPTING COMMUNITY. WE THE PEOPLE, MEANS ALL OF US. NOT JUST WHO KELLY ANN YATES DEEMS WORTHY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> UNDERSTAND CLAPPING OR BOOING IS A VIOLATION OF THE QUORUM.

PLEASE REMAIN SILENT UNLESS YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> MY NAME IS JORDAN MORRIS.

1312 ISLAND RIDGE LANE. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF FERNANDINA BEACH PRIDE. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INVITE THE COMMITTEE TO A FREE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY AT ST. PETER'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. ON MONDAY, MARCH 31 WHICH IS OBSERVED AROUND THE WORLD AS INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY. PRIDE HAS ORGANIZED A PANEL DISCUSSION WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF LOCAL TRANS AND NON-BINARY PEOPLE WHO WILL SHARE STORIES, ANSWER RESPECTFUL QUESTIONS, DISPEL MYTHS AND SHED MORE LIGHT ON THIS VERY MISUNDERSTOOD COMMUNITY. THAT IS 6:30 PM ON THE 31ST. AND OUR

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FRIENDS AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WILL PROVIDE A LIGHT DINNER. AT TONIGHT'S CITY COMMISSION MEETING, IN THE PAST WE WOULD'VE INVITED THE COMMUNITY AND ALLIES TO ATTEND.

AND THERE WOULD BE A HUGE GROUP OF US STANDING SORT OF WHERE I AM NOW. IN SOLIDARITY. WILL THE MAYOR READS A PROCLAMATION IN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE WITNESSES OUR CITY GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGING THIS SMALL BUT SIGNIFICANT COMMUNITY OF LAW-ABIDING TAXPAYERS. HOWEVER, THE READING OF PROCLAMATIONS AT CITY HALL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, PRESUMABLY TO MAKE COMMISSION MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT AND TO SAVE AND RESPECT EVERYONE'S TIME. AND I GET THAT. BUT WHAT I DON'T GET IS IF THE COMMISSION REALLY IS FOCUSED ON TIME MANAGEMENT, IS HOW FOR GOING ON SIX MONTHS, EVER SINCE HIS COMMISSION WAS SWORN IN, OUR ORGANIZATION AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WHO MAKES A MOCKERY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PROCESS . DIRECTING HER SCATTERED, UNFOUNDED HATE SPEECH TOWARD THE LOCAL PRIDE COMMUNITY HERE IN THE MEDIA CITY HALL. AT FIRST WE THOUGHT, WHY NOT LET HER SPEAK? WHAT HARM CAN SHE DO? HOW COULD ANYONE TAKE HER SERIOUSLY? ANY OF OUR ALLIES STOOD UP FOR US RIGHT HERE I AM STANDING AND THEIR EFFORTS BROUGHT IN $2500 AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIFT A FINGER EXCEPT FOR WRITING THE THANK YOU NOTES. BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ADMIT MY STRATEGY WAS WRONG. ENOUGH WITH THE THANK YOU'S AND ENOUGH WITH THE SILENCE. WORDS ALWAYS HAVE CONSEQUENCES. AND TONIGHT I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FIRST TO THE HUNDREDS OF NASSAU COUNTY CITIZENS WHO IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER AND GENDER NON-BINARY. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT STANDING UP FOR YOU EARLIER.

SECOND I APOLOGIZE TO THE PRIDE COMMITTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COMMISSION THAT SEEMS TO WANT TO HIDE BEHIND THE FIRST AMENDMENT, EITHER IGNORING OR JUST BEING IGNORANT OF THE FACT THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS NOT WITHOUT LIMITS. HATE SPEECH, TERRORISTIC THREATS, LIBEL, SLANDER AND DEFAMATION ARE JUST A FEW OF THE THINGS THAT PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT. BUT THEY ARE BEING ALLOWED RIGHT HERE IN CITY HALL THE WHOLE WORLD TO HEAR.

FINALLY I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO HER ALLIES WHO STOOD UP FOR US IN THIS ROOM AND HAVE NOW BECOME TARGETS OF THIS VENGEFUL PERSON WHO IS GOING AFTER THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSION IS AWARE OF THIS. YET IT CONTINUES TO GIVE HER A REGULAR SPOTLIGHT DISPUTE MISINFORMATION WHICH ON ITS FACE, I MIGHT ADD, IS A WASTE OF THE CITY'S TIME. IT'S NOT A GOOD LOOK. I HAVE TO WONDER IF THERE WAS ANOTHER -- ANOTHER MARGINALIZED GROUP WHETHER SOMEONE WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS.

>> NEXT UP I HAVE TRUE. -- >> I SEE YOU HAVE -- 1741 NABER STREET. I SEE YOU HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TO VOTE FOR THE INDISCERNIBLE ] AND I APPRECIATE THAT. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN JANUARY. BUT TONIGHT, I WANT TO JUST AGAIN, MENTIONED, HOW DANGEROUS LIVE LOCAL IS TO AMELIA ISLAND. I AM AN INVESTOR.

I MANAGE OVER $1 BILLION FOR OUR CLIENTS. I UNDERSTAND INVESTING.

I LOOK AT LIVE LOCAL AND I THINK THIS IS GREAT, I CAN COME TO AMELIA ISLAND AND BUILD A CONDOMINIUM HAVE TO DO IS RENT 40% OF THEM AFFORDABLE. AND WHAT YOU DO TWO OR THREE YEARS LATER, YOU SAY, THIS IS REALLY WORKING FOR ME. I'M GOING TO SELL THE REMITTING 40%. NOW WHAT IS THE CITY GOING TO DO TO HOLD THEM IN COMPLIANCE? THE LAW GIVES US RIGHTS TO HOLD THEM IN COMPLIANCE. MY POSITION IS, THAT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE A CONTRACT WITH EVERY DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO DO A LIVE LOCAL ACT.

FOLLOWING THE LAW, NOT ALLOWING THE LAW TO BITE US LIKE IT IS INTENDED TO POSSIBLY DO. BUT JUST SAY, HERE IS YOUR LAW, HERE'S WHAT IT SAYS. IF YOU DON'T ABIDE TO LIVE LOCAL FOR THE 30 YEARS YOU REQUIRE, HERE IS THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THE LAW SAYS WE CAN BRING ON YOU. BECAUSE THE LAW DOESN'T MAKE IT MANDATORY . YOU MUST ENFORCE THAT. AND IF YOU DO A CONTRACT WITH THEM IN THE BEGINNING, AN INVESTOR WOULD LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, AND PART OF THE CONTRACT SHOULD SAY, IF YOU DON'T DO THIS, AND YOU SELL CONDOMINIUMS, PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING THESE CONDOMINIUMS COULD END UP NOT HAVING A CONDO TO LIVE IN BECAUSE THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR ZONING, ACCORDING TO THE LAW. IF YOU HOLD THEM TO COMPLAINTS OF THAT LAW. AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO HOLD PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE LOCAL , WHICH IS A LAW THAT HAS A BROAD BRUSH OVER THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, RENT CONTROL WAS A DISASTER EVERYWHERE THEY HAVE EVER DONE IT. LIVE LOCAL IS REVERSE RENT CONTROL. BROAD BRUSH STROKE OVER THE STATE OF FLORIDA, REVERSE RENT CONTROL, BECAUSE THE

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INVESTOR IS THE ONE THAT GETS THE BENEFIT. NOT THE TENANT, IN THIS SITUATION. IT'S GOING TO BE A DISASTER. I'M JUST HOPING AMELIA ISLAND DOESN'T LET IT BECOME A DISASTER TO US. AND THAT YOU COMMISSION YOUR STAFF TO CREATE SOME FORM OF CONTRACT THAT AN INVESTOR WILL SAY, I'M NOT GETTING THE TAX BREAKS, AND NOW I'VE GOT A CONTRACT THAT SAYS, I HAVE TO TELL PEOPLE THAT IF I DON'T DO THIS FOR 30 YEARS, THEY ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE YOUR CONDOMINIUM THAT YOU ARE BUYING FROM ME. SOMETHING. THAT IS ALL I AM ASKING.

>> NEXT WE HAVE MR. MORRIS. >>

>> IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO THE PODIUM FIRST. NAME AND ADDRESS

FOR THE RECORD. >> 821 PARKVIEW. LAST WEEK YOU KINDLY BROUGHT ME UP TO SPEED ON THE NON-AGENDA PUBLIC SPEAKING, THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE THREE-MINUTE PERIOD. DOES THAT

APPLY TO ITEMS, AGENDA ITEMS? >> NO SIR.

>> THANK YOU. I NEEDED THAT CONVOCATION. I WAS, AS YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO TALK ON THE WATERFRONT PARK BUT I'M GOING TO SPARE YOU ON THAT TONIGHT BECAUSE SOMETHING CAME UP TONIGHT THAT I FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY ABOUT. LIKE ANOTHER GENTLEMAN IN HERE, USED TO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. BUT I HAVE GONE THROUGH A 12 STEP PROGRAM. RECOVERING CALIFORNIA NOW. BUT WHILE THERE, SOMETHING I BELIEVED IN AND VOTED FOR, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RIGHTS FOR SPOUSES AND I VOTED ON THAT IN CALIFORNIA. I BELIEVED IN IT. IT WAS FAIR. I HAVE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DIFFERENT SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS THAN MYSELF AND AS OF LAST WEEK I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S TRANSIT NOW. THAT PERSON YOU SPOKE HERE, WE SPOKE AT LENGTH OUTSIDE. GAVE ME IMPORTANT INFORMATION. NOW TONIGHT I WAS DISAPPOINTED, NORMALLY THERE IS A VERY LOVING GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PRO-PRIDE PEOPLE WHO SPEAK LOVINGLY. I HEARD WORDS OF ANTAGONISM TONIGHT. AND I DON'T SEE THAT IS GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY. YES, THERE IS SOMEONE WHO IS STIRRING THINGS UP. JUST IGNORE THAT PERSON. YOU KNOW, EVEN BOILS ON THE BODY GO AWAY EVENTUALLY. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LANCE THEM, BUT YOU KNOW. YOU CAN'T DEMAND SOMEONE NOT SPEAK HERE IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SPEAK YOUR. THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. TURNING YOUR BACKS ON THE COMMISSION, THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE COMMISSION.

I WASN'T PLANNING ON SPEAKING ON THIS TONIGHT. I THINK BOTH PARTIES HAVE A POINT OF VIEW THAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ONE IS ON GROOMING AND THE OTHERS ON PERSONAL RIGHTS. BOTH HAVE FAIR ARGUMENTS AND BOTH DESERVE TO BE HEARD. I JUST WAS REALLY DISMAYED AT THE ANTAGONISM AND ANGER TONIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND IT COMPLETELY. I DO. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE AN OPEN FORUM FOR ALL VOICES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> I WILL BE BACK NEXT WEEK FOR

THE WATERFRONT PARK. >> NEXT WE HAVE FRANK. COME ON

UP, SIR. >> LEAVING, COMMISSIONERS. 12 SOUTH SIXTH STREET. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A YEAR. I GOT AN EMAIL YESTERDAY INDICATING THE YOU GUYS MAY WANT TO CONSIDER GOING WITH A MAGISTRATE RATHER THAN A BOARD. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC STAFF OF PEOPLE THAT DO THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE PUT TOGETHER THE COMPLAINTS. THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE RARELY GET ALONG DURING THE BOARD MEETING. THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE SYSTEM TOOK EVERYTHING WE NEGOTIATE OUT AND WE ALWAYS COME TO A RESOLUTION. BUT I THINK THIS BOARD IN PARTICULAR FUNCTIONS VERY WELL AND ARE USUALLY DONE WITHIN ONE HOUR. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WOULD BE GAINED BY A MAGISTRATE.

THAT'S ALL. >> THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE

JULIE. >> GOOD EVENING, 501 BASIN STREET. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT I THINK WE ARE ON A PRECIPICE AND EVERY RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON THE ISLAND IT SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT. I AM, RANIER, THEY ARE NOT BEING

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GOOD NEIGHBORS IF THEY ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FACEBOOK TELLING THEY ARE THROUGH THEIR LOBBYIST, SOUTHERN STRATEGIES. THEY PULLED OFF A FRIDAY MASSACRE LAST FRIDAY. AND ADDED AN AMENDMENT TO A HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL STATE BILL THAT MAKES IT HARDER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO IMPOSE LIMITS ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE. IN DOING THAT, THEY USURPED OUR LOCAL CONTROL BECAUSE IT MEANS A COMPRESSIVE PLAN, OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, ALL THESE THINGS THE PROTECT THE HOUSE -- HEALTH AND SAFETY OF LOCAL RESIDENTS, WHEN IT COMES TO CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING NOW, IT WILL MEAN NOTHING WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY ARE SUING THE CITY FOR $4 MILLION. BUT NOW THIS AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1118 OVERRULES THE CITY . IT OVERRULES OPINION. AND IT DECREES FROM A STATE LEVEL THAT THE PRODUCTION OF METHANOL FROM PLANTS AND/OR PLANT MATERIAL IS BY FERMENTATION. NOT CHEMICAL MANUFACTURING OR CHEMICAL REFINING. THIS IS A COMPLETE REVERSAL OF OUR LOCAL PROCESS.

IT IS AN OVERREACHING STATE OF CONTROL THAT IS REDEFINING THE PROCESS OF MAKING COMMERCIAL BIO. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS COMMEND THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, THE RESIDENTS OF OUR AREA WHO CALLED MEMBERS OF THE FLORIDA COMMITTEE OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS BEFORE YESTERDAY'S HEARING. THERE WAS ONE , I MEAN THEY CALLED EVERY SENATOR. BUT ONE OF THE SENATORS REALLY SPOKE UP. HIS NAME IS JONES, FROM MIAMI. HE SAID HE RECEIVED OVER 150 CALLS IN HIS OFFICE. SO THAT IS AN AMAZING OUTPOURING OF PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR NO ETHANOL IN OUR TOWN. I THINK THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS. THERE ALSO TWO MORE COMMITTEES THAT ARE COMING UP. SO I URGE EVERYBODY TO STAY TUNED AND HAVE YOUR TELEPHONES READY. SOME EVEN WANT TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE AND SPEAK. IT IS A BIG ASK , BECAUSE YESTERDAY AT THE HEARING, THERE TIME WAS IT WAS RUNNING OUT OF TIME AND THEY WERE GIVING PEOPLE 30 SECONDS TO SPEAK. WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NO ETHANOL FERNANDINA BEACH WHO DROVE TO TALLAHASSEE, WORKED THE HOLES AND SPOKE TO THE SENATE OFFICES AND/OR THEIR STAFF. AND HE SPOKE ELOQUENTLY FOR HIS 30 SECONDS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JACK EMBER.

>> 1003 ROOM STREET. FERNANDINA BEACH. THERE IS A DEFINITION I KEEP ON MY WALL OF MY WORKSHOP . AND I LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. IT IS A LENGTHY DEFINITION, BUT THE SUMMARY IS THAT IT'S USED , THIS WORD, PHRASE, IS USED TO REDUCE THE PERCEPTION OF CULPABILITY AND FAILING TO PREVENT HUMAN INJURIES AND DEATHS. THE WORD IS COLLATERAL DAMAGE. NOW, RYAM STATES REPEATEDLY THAT IT TAKES MATTERS MEASURES SERIOUSLY IN THE SAFETY OF THEIR EMPLOYEES. AND THAT THEIR EMPLOYEE SAFETY IS A TOP PRIORITY. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? BUT, I DON'T REALLY SEE IT. I SEE A LOT OF RETIRED PEOPLE COMING FROM THERE. I QUESTION THEM, NOT TELLING THEM WHAT MY MOTIVATIONS ARE OR WHAT I AM INVESTIGATING AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY TELL ME, MAN, I NEVER FELT SO GOOD SINCE I RETIRED. SO THE ISSUE IS, A LOT OF AIR POLLUTION. A LOT OF WATER POLLUTION. A LOT OF GROUND POLLUTION. THAT IS BEING DONE. AND WEST ROCK TOO, BUT I AM FOCUSING ON RYAM RIGHT NOW. SO THERE IS A SUPERFUND SITE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. IT'S BEEN GOING ON SINCE 1997 WHEN IT CLOSED DOWN. THEY STARTED IN 1937, VERY SIMILAR TO RYAM, SOME OF THE THINGS THEY ARE STILL PULLING OUT OF THE GROUND AFTER ALL THIS TIME, BECAUSE THE SITE IS STILL ONGOING, IS PETROLEUM

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HYDROCARBONS, DIOXINS POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS.

HIGHLY CARCINOGENIC. CARCINOGENIC MATERIALS OF ALL DIFFERENT KINDS. MERCURY, LEAD. SO THIS IS IF RYAM WERE TO GO AWAY TODAY, WE HAVE A SUPERFUND SITE RIGHT HERE FOR 30 OR 40 OR 50 YEARS PROBABLY. SO WHAT I AM CONCERNED WITH, I AM NOT AN ALARMIST, I DON'T SHUT ABOUT STUFF, BUT MY CONCERN IS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. I AM A LITTLE BIT THANKFUL IN A WAY THAT RYAM HAS TAKEN IT'S TIME TO PROPOSE THE BIOETHANOL THING. THE REASON I AM THANKFUL IS BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT, HOW BAD THEY POLLUTE , AND HOW IT IS AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN, OUR ELDERLY, OUR HEALTH IMPAIRED, RESPIRATORY ISSUES, SINUS ISSUES, ET CETERA. THANK YOU.

BUT THERE IS MORE. >> NEXT UP, PETE.

>> PETE STEPHENSON, FERNANDINA BEACH. TWO THINGS, TWO WEEKS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AT A WORKSHOP. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KEEP BANGING THE TAMBOURINE. MAKE SURE YOU GET SOME MONEY TO GET THAT SECOND PUMP IN AT THE GOLF COURSE. I HAVE HAD SOME FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE TECHNICAL STAFF OF THE CITY, AND WE NEED TO GET MOVING. YOU KNOW IF WE DON'T, PROBABLY AUGUST 12 THE PUMP THAT IS WORKING WILL FAIL.

WE WILL HAVE ABOUT FOUR DAYS TO FIX THE GOLF COURSE. I SAY, SOMEWHERE, FIND THE MONEY HAVE TWO WATER SYSTEMS AVAILABLE TO KEEP THE GOLF COURSE PROTECTED DURING THE SUMMER. SECOND THING, THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY GOING FROM 27 HOLES TOOK 18 HOLES. AND THEN I WILL SAY, REPURPOSE THING MAYBE NINE HOLES OF THE GOLF COURSE. COMMISSIONER POYNTER WAS KIND OF DISCUSSING THE POINT OR ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE. I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH OF A CONCLUSION. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE IDEAS ARE. SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE OTHER IDEAS, OKAY, IF WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE PROPERTY NOT BECOME NONCONTIGUOUS WITH THE OTHER 18 HOLES. I LIKE TO SEE THE 325 ACRES STATE AS A WHOLE THING. BUT HOW WE UTILIZE A, THERE MAY BE CASES, AND MAYBE NECESSITIES, THE WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. ONE MIGHT BE TO GET RID OF THE ATLANTIC REC CENTER. JUST FROM THE STANDPOINT OF AGE AND SO FORTH. THE MORE YOU WALK AROUND THAT BUILDING THE MORE YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO COME TO END-OF-LIFE AT SOME POINT IN TIME. WE NEED TO BE ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE CURVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION BEFORE IT'S A DISASTER. I WOULD JUST ASK THE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU COULD COLLECTIVELY DISCUSS, LET'S MAYBE HERE WOULD SOME OF THESE OTHER PLANS ARE. AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. I THINK WE ARE AT THAT STAGE WHERE MAYBE WE CAN CAPTURE SOME NEW IN CRETE OF IDEAS WE HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU.

[6. CONSENT AGENDA]

>> AND ONTO ITEM SIX, WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS COMMISSIONERS WANT TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? SEEING NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> COMMISSIONER POYNTER. >> YES.

[7.1 RECONSIDERATION - AGREEMENT RENEWAL - FIRST FEDERAL BANK - RESOLUTION 2025-20 APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF THE BANKING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FIRST FEDERAL BANK; SELECTING OPTION 2 WHICH PROVIDES FOR AN ADDITIONAL THREE-YEAR TERM; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: The City Commission, at their February 4, 2025, regular meeting, approved Resolution 2025-20 (nay: Vice Mayor Ayscue, Commissioner Minshew) to renew the First Federal Bank agreement, Option 2, providing for an additional three-year term. The City Commission, at their February 18, 2025, regular meeting, reached consensus to reconsider Resolution 2025-20 and directed staff to place the reconsideration on their March 18, 2025, regular meeting agenda. ]

>> COMMISSIONER ANTUN. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES.

>> 7.1. >> OF THIS ITEM IS RESOLUTION 2025-20, APPROVING THE RENEWAL OF THE BANKING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FIRST FEDERAL BANK. PREVIOUSLY THE CITY COMMISSIONED IN FEBRUARY CHOSE TO EXTEND THIS BANKING SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS. BUT THEN FEBRUARY 18 THERE WAS A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT. BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS IN THE PROPOSAL FOR FIRST FEDERAL BANK, ONE WOULD BE A ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE BANKING AGREEMENT. OR THE THREE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE BANKING AGREEMENT. STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. WE ARE HAPPY TO ASSIST IN ANY WAY WE CAN. EXPECT ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> DID WE ALREADY DID WE ALREADY ASSIGN THE AGREEMENT FOR THREE

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YEARS? >> STAFF EXECUTED THAT THREE-YEAR EXTENSION BUT THIS IS A RECONSIDERATION OF THAT

ACTION. >> AND CONSEQUENCES THAT WE MIGHT HAVE I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF INITIATIVES , FINANCIAL AND

I.T. INITIATIVES. >> CERTAINLY. I ASKED FINANCE AND I.T. ABOUT SEVERAL OF THE SOFTWARE PLATFORMS YOU IDENTIFIED. LET ME START I GUESS FROM EASIEST TO MOST COMPLICATED. CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IS GOING TO BE LED BY THE CITY CLERK AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE DON'T EXPECT THERE WOULD BE BANKING APPLICATIONS WITH CONTRACT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. EMITTING AND AN OPEN FINANCE PLATFORM WOULD LIKELY WAIT UNTIL AFTER BANKING TRANSITIONS HAPPENS BECAUSE THOSE PROCESSES HAVEN'T STARTED YET. STAFF WOULD PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL BANKING WAS SETTLED BEFORE THEY PURSUE THOSE TWO SOFTWARE PLATFORMS. CITYVIEW, IT'S UNDER IMPLEMENTATION. WE STILL HAVE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO BEFORE IT IS FULLY IMPLEMENTED. STAFF THINKS THEY HAVE ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO LEARN THAT PROGRAM. AND TEST THE INTEGRATIONS WITH OUR CURRENT INVOICE CLOUD PROVIDER BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GO THROUGH WITH TRANSITIONING TO A NEW BANK, IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE ULTIMATELY GO. SO THAT ONE IS MURKY. BUT WE HAVE SOME TIME ON THAT. THAT WON'T BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED UNTIL LATER

THIS FALL MOST LIKELY. >> AND THE EMS BILLING?

>> YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A TIME ESTIMATE OR IMPACT ON EMS BILLING OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT ONCE CHECKS ARE ISSUED BY THE CITY, IT IS 180 DAYS BEFORE THOSE ARE CONSIDERED STALE. IF THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE CEASED WITH HER CURRENT BANK, WE WOULD WANT TO MONITOR THAT FOR 180 DAYS BEFORE WE FULLY CUT OFF THE EMS SYSTEM TO GO TO A NEW BANK. SO THERE WOULD BE A LENGTHY TRANSITION TIME LEADING INTO THAT.

>> AND OUR DESIRE TO TO THE OPEN FINANCE MODEL, TO MAKE IT MORE EASY FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE THE BUDGET.

>> YEAH, WE HAVEN'T FULLY DECIDED WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THAT. THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE STAFF LEVEL FOR SOME TIME.

IT IS A CLOUD-BASED SOFTWARE THAT UPLOADS OUR BUDGET AND BREAKS IT INTO DIGESTIBLE CHARTS. KIND OF LIKE YOU SAW TONIGHT. AND ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY HOW THE BUDGET IS PUT TOGETHER. AND OTHER VERSIONS I HAVE DEMOED IN THE PAST COMPARE YOU TO OTHER CITIES IN FLORIDA. YOU CAN COMPARE CITIES SIDE-BY-SIDE, COST PER CAPITA, SEE HOW WE LOOK COMPARED TO OTHER ENTITIES. SO THAT IS KIND OF A WISH LIST ITEM AT THIS POINT. WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY OFFICIAL STRIDES IN THAT

AREA. >> BECAUSE IF WE GO, IF WE VOTE TO CHANGE OUR AGREEMENT AND GO TO A ONE-YEAR, IT WILL MEAN FINANCE IS TIED UP WITH A LOT OF WORK PUTTING OUT AN RFP AND INDISCERNIBLE ] SOME OF THESE PROJECT.

>> THEY WOULD. INKING WOULD TAKE PRECEDENT, THEY WOULD FOCUS ON THAT FIRST AND OTHER PROJECTS WOULD COME LATER AS TIME ALLOWS.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK. MR. ALAN HOPKINS.

>> GOOD EVENING. NAME IS ALAN HOPKINS, 733 TARPON AVENUE.

FERNANDINA BEACH. FIRST OF ALL, LET ME SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SERVING. IT'S A BIG SACRIFICE FOR YOUR FAMILIES AND FOR YOU TO BE HERE. I KNOW YOU DON'T DO IT FOR THE PAY. SO THANK YOU. ALSO I WANT TO JUST INDICATE AGAIN HOW FORTUNATE AND BLESSED I AM TO LIVE HERE. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE SITUATION WITH THE BANK, AND THE BANKING RELATIONSHIP THE CITY HAD, I MEAN, I AM NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER, IT TOOK ME FIVE MINUTES TO REALIZE THIS IS A REALLY BAD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN I WAS UP HERE LAST TIME, WE ARE

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NOT TALKING ABOUT FIVE DOLLARS OR $10 OR HUNDRED DOLLARS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THE CITY CAN EASILY RECOUP JUST BY NEGOTIATING A BETTER RATE. AND IF IT STAYS WITH THE SAME BANK, GOOD. FINE. I DON'T CARE. I DON'T HAVE A DOG IN THIS FIGHT. BUT YOU DO. YOU REPRESENT ALL OF US. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL BEING SERVED . AND TO NEGLECT THIS, THAT IS JUST WRONG. THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE IS, THIS ISN'T ABOUT POLITICS.

THIS IS ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE OPEN THIS UP.

PLEASE LOOK AT IT. BECAUSE, WHEN I REALIZED , HAVING LIVED HERE FOR MANY YEARS IS THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO FOCUS ON THE DETAILS . BECAUSE A CITY OF OUR SIZE, WHICH HAS ABOUT 3000 4000 TAXPAYERS, 13,000 CITIZENS, BUT ABOUT 3000 4000 TAXPAYERS, HAVE A BUDGET OF, WHAT DID WE SEE? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT? DO YOU KNOW EVERY LINE ITEM IS? DOES ANYBODY? IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS ME THE ANSWER IS NO. THIS WAS THE SIMPLEST THING IN THE WORLD FOR ME TO LOOK AT AND DISCOVER .

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT WERE JUST GOING TO GO AWAY BECAUSE NO ONE WANT TO ASK THE SIMPLE QUESTION. WHY ARE YOU PAYING SUCH A LOW RATE? I WILL SAY THIS. I WISH I DIDN'T HAVE TO BE HERE. BUT, IT'S TIME FOR US TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT. THAT YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND THAT IS, AND RESOURCES. THAT IS WHAT WE ENTRUST YOU WITH. THE ASSETS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THAT IS YOUR JOB . AND WE JUST ALL HOPE YOU DO A GOOD JOB FOR US. THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE ENTRUSTED YOU TO DO. SO PLEASE, PLEASE, FOCUS IN ON IT. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO. THANK YOU.

>> THAT WAS HER ONLY REQUEST TO SPEAK. OTHER ANYMORE RESIDENTS REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING THEN, DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> I WILL MOVE THAT WE RENEW THIS BANKING AGREEMENT FOR ONE YEAR. AND THAT WE PUT OUT AN RFP SO THAT BY THE TIME , SO THAT WE CAN THEN LOOK AT ARRANGEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS AND REVENUE

STREAMS FROM OTHER BANKS. >> I HAVE A MOTION. TO HEAR SECOND? MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?COMMISSIONER

POYNTER. >> MY QUESTION IS, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE HAD RFPS BEFORE WITH THE BANK. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT'S THAT COMPLICATED TO DO ANOTHER RFP FOR BANK. IT SOUNDED VERY COMPLICATED UP HERE WHEN YOU ARE SAYING IT CITY MANAGER, BUT I THINK WE CAN HANDLE IT.

>> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YEAH, I'M CONCERNED WE ALREADY SIGNED AN AGREEMENT AND WE ARE GOING TO BACK OUT OF IT.

BUT, I COULD POTENTIALLY GET OVER THAT. I DEFINITELY AGREE THAT ADDITIONAL REVENUE IS VERY IMPORTANT. THE EMAIL WE HAD GOTTEN EARLIER ABOUT POTENTIAL $1 MILLION DIFFERENCE IN INTEREST INCOME , I DON'T THINK IS FULLY ACCURATE, BECAUSE THAT WAS BASED ON A $54 MILLION BUT WE SAW OUR BALANCES LIKE $24 MILLION. ARE BALANCE STARTS HIGH AND DESCENDS. I AM JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SERVICE. SO IF WE PUT OUT THIS RFP, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF TIME. BUT YOU ARE RIGHT, FIVE YEARS AGO SIX YEARS AGO I HAD AN RFP OUT FOR A BANK. MAYBE THEY CAN DUSTED OFF, I DON'T HOW DIFFERENT THEY ARE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF TIME. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DELAY OF SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES. AND I'M CONCERNED THAT IN THE END WHEN WE OPEN THESE BIDS WERE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GETTING THAT MUCH MORE MONEY AND WE WILL POTENTIALLY LOSE SERVICE. ARE WE OBLIGATED TO WITH THE BEST BID ?

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CAN WE -- INTEREST-RATE, HOW IS THIS RFP WRITTEN IN TERMS OF HOW

TO EAT WAY SERVICE? >> I THINK HE WILL COMMENT ON THE LEGALITY OF THE CONTRACT AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS HOW STAFF

DOES EVALUATION OF THE RFPS. >> THANK YOU. THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT THAT EXTENDED IT WITH THE TWO OPTIONS, THE ONE YEAR AND THREE YEAR, THAT INCORPORATED AND PRESERVED ALL THE TERMS FROM THE 2019 MASTER SERVICE AGREEMENT. THAT HAS AN INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM BUT IT DOES SAY ANY PARTY COULD TERMINATE UPON 90 DAYS NOTICE TO THE OTHER. TO THE EXTENT THAT , YES, YOU'RE GOING BACK AND WHAT YOUR AGREEMENT WAS, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS A GOOD LOOK, BUT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT, WHEN YOU CAN TERMINATE IT ON 90 DAYS NOTICE, THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY CLAIM FOR DAMAGES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE YOU TERMINATED.

>> THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. >> I CAN SPEAK TO THE RFP PROCESS AS WELL. BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT ISSUED IT, WE HAVE WIDE LATITUDE IN WITH IT LOOKS LIKE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A TEMPLATE ON HANDED WHAT WAS USED IN THE PAST THAT CAN BE ADJUSTED TO FIT THE GOALS WE RETURN TO ACHIEVE. SO, THERE WILL BE CATEGORIES THAT THE BANKING FIRMS WOULD BE RATED ON. PART OF IT IS COST PROPOSAL OR PRICING. WHO WE THINK IS GOING TO BE THE BEST VALUE FOR THE CITY'S DOLLARS. ANOTHER COMPONENT IS ABILITY TO PERFORM SERVICES. ANOTHER COMPONENT MIGHT BE ARE YOU A QUALIFIED GOVERNMENT DEPOSITORY? DO YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PAST GOVERNMENT BANKING? THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS YOU CAN PUT IN THERE. AND THEN WE RATE THOSE. AT UP TO 100 POINTS.

MAYBE THERE ARE 20 FOR EACH CATEGORY, SOMETHING TO THAT AFFECT. AND THEN WE RANK THE PROPOSALS. OFTEN TIMES YOU NARROW THAT DOWN, MAYBE YOU TAKE THE TOP THREE POINT GETTERS AND DO INTERVIEWS , WHAT IS YOUR APPROACH, HOW WOULD YOU IMPLEMENT THIS? DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO MODIFY INTEREST RATES PARTWAY THROUGH THE AGREEMENT? THEY'RE ALL TYPES OF THINGS YOU

CAN PUT IN THE PROPOSAL. >> THANK YOU. I WILL SAY, PERSONALLY, THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD WAS STAFF WHICH WAS CLARIFIED, ONE OF THE HEAVIEST QUALIFIERS HERE IS THAT THE ENTITY HAVE EXPERTS IN GOVERNMENT FINANCE? AT LEAST THE CURRENT BANK HAS THAT EXPERIENCE. OTHER COMPETITORS WILL BE OPEN TO SEEING THAT. AT LEAST THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION IS THEY BEEN WORKING WELL, AND WE LIKE TO STAY WITH THEM, EVEN TO THE POINT OF RENEGOTIATING AN INTEREST RATE.

>> SO, TWO POINTS. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU CAN PUT IN AN RFP IS THE CORE PROCESSOR FOR THE BANK HAS TO BE THE SAME AS A BANK YOU'RE USING NOW. BECAUSE IT IS THE BACK AND CORE PROCESSORS IN ITS BANKING THAT IS WHERE YOU INTERFACE WITH. AND SO, THAT IS REALLY WHAT IS CRITICAL. NOT SO MUCH WITH THE FRONT END OF THE BANK IT LOOKS LIKE. BUT WHAT DOES THE BACK AND LOOK LIKE? THE REASON I WANTED TO REDO THIS IS, I THINK AFTER LISTENING TO COMMISSIONER AYSCUE GIVING US SOME HISTORY ON THIS, THE REAL CONCERN WAS THAT AN RFP WASN'T DONE. AND THIS WAS JUST BEING RE-UPPED. AND IT WAS NOT EXPLAINED TO ME IN THE ONE-ON-ONE MEETING THAT AN RFP WASN'T BEING DONE. AND IF I HAD REALIZED THAT, I WOULD'VE BEEN MORE OUTSPOKEN ABOUT IT. I DID NOT VOTE TO EXTEND THIS FOR THREE YEARS BECAUSE I FELT STRONGLY THAT WE HAD AGREED TO DO AN RFP BEFORE AND FOR SOME REASON THE STAFF DIDN'T DO IT. SO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DO WHAT IT IS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO TO BEGIN WITH. WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN A ONE-YEAR TERM AND AN RFP TO LOOK FOR A DIFFERENT BANK , OR TO LOOK FOR BANKING OPTIONS AND TO LOOK FOR PRICING AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD BANKING RELATIONSHIP. THAT'S WHY THINK WE WANT TO REDO THIS AND WHY I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WE NEED TO DO AN RFP TO SEE WHAT IS AVAILABLE OUT THERE IN THE

NETWORK FOR US. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER.

[7.2 LIVE LOCAL ACT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION - RESOLUTION 2025-46 PURSUANT TO SECTION 196.1978(3)(o), FLORIDA STATUTES, ELECTING TO NOT EXEMPT PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 196.1978(3)(d)1.a., FLORIDA STATUTES, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE “LIVE LOCAL ACT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION”; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Elects not to exempt City property taxes for "Live Local" projects in calendar year 2026.]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.

>> YES. >> THAT PASSES 50. MOVING ONTO 7.2. LIVE LOCAL ACT PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION.

>> GOOD EVENING, MUCH TO MR. DELAY, THIS IS THE EXEMPTION FOR

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THE PROPERTY TAX , IT IS THE 8120 RANGE WHERE YOU ARE ELECTING NOT TO EXEMPT PROPERTIES UNDER THE LIVE LOCAL ACT. THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCESS. THIS WILL BE FOR THE 2026 TAX YEAR. AND WILL NEED TO BE RENEWED PRIOR TO THE END OF 2026 TO BE EFFECTIVE FOR 2027 GOING FORWARD. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS EXEMPTION.

>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION IT'S

>> YES. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING

NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION? >> I MOVE WE APPROVE RESOLUTION

2025 -- 46. >> MOTION ON THE FLOOR. A SECOND. ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER AYSCUE.

[7.3 GRANT APPLICATIONS - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES AND FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION - RESOLUTION 2025-47 AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A FY 2025/2026 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES, SPECIAL CATEGORY GRANT APPLICATION FOR $500,000; AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION GRANT APPLICATION FOR $125,000 CITY MATCH TOWARD THE COST OF REPAIRING THE AMELIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, A BUILDING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes the submittal of a Historic Preservation Special Category Grant application in the amount of $500,000 and the submittal of a Florida Lighthouse Association Grant application in the amount of $125,000, to help fund necessary repairs to the Amelia Island Lighthouse, a historically-significant building.]

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER ANTUN.

>> YES. >> THAT PASSES 5-0. 7.3, GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATION.

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS RESOLUTION 2025 -- 47 AUTHORIZING THIS THE MIDDLE OF FISCAL YEAR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIVISION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES SPECIAL CATEGORY GRANT FOR $500,000. AUTHORIZING THIS THE MIDDLE OF THE FLORIDA LIGHTHOUSE ASSOCIATION GRANT APPLICATION FOR $125,000. THE CITY MATCHED FOR THE COST OF REPAIRING THE AMELIA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, BUILDING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE GRANT IN PLACE NOW. WE ARE READY TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION SOON. THE SECOND GRANT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR AND IS PENDING CURRENT YEAR WITH THE LEGISLATURE. THIS WILL BE A THIRD GRANT. WE HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL NEED IT.

WE ARE CURRENTLY RANKED THIRD FOR THE PROJECTS IN THIS LEGISLATIVE PROCESS RIGHT NOW. IF WE ARE AWARDED THAT AND IF THE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, WE WOULD NOT NECESSARILY NEED THIS GRANT. BUT THE TIMING DOESN'T QUITE LINE UP. SO MS. JACOBS IS ASKING PERMISSION TO SUBMIT NOW JUST IN CASE WE DON'T GET FUNDING THIS YEAR. THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR APPLICATION IN THE QUEUE FOR NEXT YEAR'S FUNDING. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER

QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS GRANT APPLICATION IF WE GET THE

FUNDING WE ARE ASKING FOR. >> WE WOULD WITHDRAW IT.

>> I DON'T KNOW IS THE TIMING SUCH THAT WE WOULD ALREADY GET

APPROVED FOR THIS GRANT? >> NO. AND THERE'S TYPICALLY A LONG LEG TIME. SO THE STATE FISCAL YEAR STARTS JULY 1 AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T GET THE AGREEMENTS IN HAND FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS. EVEN IF YOU DID GET THE AGREEMENT IN HAND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO EXECUTE IMMEDIATELY SO YOU HAVE TIME TO DECIDE.

>> I JUST DON'T WANT TO -- I DON'T HAVE TO GET A GRANT AND GIVE IT BACK. WE HAVE DONE THAT TOO MUCH.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> SO MOVED. MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

>> OCEAN AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION. PLEASE

CALL THE ROLL. >> HE MADE THE MOTION.

>> SORRY. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER.

>> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN.

>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE.

>> YES. >> THAT PASSES 5-0. ONTO 7.4,

[7.4 AUTHORIZATION TO DEFEND - RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, LLC. - RESOLUTION 2025-48 AUTHORIZING THE CITY ATTORNEY PRO TEM TO DEFEND THE CITY IN THE MATTER OF RAYONIER PERFORMANCE FIBERS, LLC. V. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes the City Attorney Pro Tem to work with insurance and outside counsel to defend the City in the matter of Rayonier Performance Fibers, Inc. v. City of Fernandina Beach, Case 25-CA-60, in the Fourth Judicial Circuit in and for Nassau County, Florida.]

AUTHORIZATION TO DEFEND AGAINST RAYONIER.

>> TO DEFEND THE SUIT WE NEED THE CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL. WE ARE ASKING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO DEFEND.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> JUST FOR THE PUBLIC, WE ARE PURSUING WHETHER OR NOT INSURANCE WILL POTENTIALLY COVER THIS?

>> ABSOLUTELY. HE REALLY UPON LEARNING OF THE SUIT BEING FILED WE DID NOTIFY OUR INSURANCE CARRIER. I THINK BASED ON THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE CLAIMS, THEY REFERRED TO A SPECIALIST.

BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INDICATION OF WHAT WILL BE COVERED SO WE ARE STILL HOPEFUL THEY WILL BE HIRING DEFENSE

COUNCIL. >> THANK YOU.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST TO SPEAK. MR.

FRANKLIN. >> I WAS CONCERNED .

>> THANK YOU, SIR. THEN DO I HEAR A MOTION?

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>> MOTION AND SECOND. ANY COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? SEEING

THEN, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

[7.5 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT - HARRY C. VAN METRE JR. - RESOLUTION 2025-49 APPROVING THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT IN THE CASE OF HARRY C. VAN METRE JR V. CITY OF FERNANDINA BEACH ET AL IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000; AUTHORIZING EXECUTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizes a Settlement Agreement in the matter of Harry C. Van Metre Jr., Case No: 22-CA-410, in the amount of $20,000.]

>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE.

>> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN.

>> YES. >> THAT PASSES 5-0. 7.5.

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. >> THIS IS ALSO DRIVING THE CITY TO RESOLVE THE PENDING LITIGATION. THE TOTAL SETTLEMENT AMOUNT IN THE CASE IS $65,000. THE CITIES THE GO SHE DID SHARE IS $20,000 AND EVERY BIT OF THAT IS BEING PAID BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. SO IT'S NOT COMING FROM ANY CITY BUDGET.

>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS?COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE THE CHIEF KNOWS, IS IT LEGAL TO DRIVE A

MOTOR SCOOTER ON THE SIDEWALK? >> IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE CATEGORY OF IT. BUT, ELECTRONIC BICYCLES TYPICALLY ARE GOVERNED BY THE SAME RULES AS PERSONALLY POWERED REGULAR TRADITIONAL BICYCLES. THEY WOULD BE TREATED NO DIFFERENTLY AS FAR AS RULES AND REGULATIONS. BASED ON TOP SPEED OR MOTOR SIZE, THINGS LIKE THAT, IF THEY QUALIFY AS A MOTOR VEHICLE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE TO

-- >> YOU ARE CORRECT.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> MOVED TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2025-49.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL --

COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> SORRY. FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO SAY, THIS AGGRAVATES ME. CAN

I SAY THAT? >> THAT'S FAIR.

>> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER POYNTER. >> YES.

>> COMMISSIONER TUTEN. >> YES.

>> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE. >> YES.

>> MAYOR ANTUN. >> YES.

[7.6 CITY COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 GOALS - RESOLUTION 2025-50 ADOPTING THE CITY COMMISSION'S FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026 GOALS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Adopts the City Commission goals and staff areas of focus in 2025/2026. ]

>> THAT PASSES 5-0. 7.6, CITY COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026

GOALS. >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. THIS IS RESOLUTION 2025-50 WHICH WOULD ADOPT THE CITY COMMISSIONS FISCAL YEAR GOALS. THE RESULT OF THE MEETING WE HELD LATE FEBRUARY AT THE GOLF COURSE. YOU CAN SEE THE FINAL SCORES UP THERE. BASICALLY THERE ARE FOUR CAPITAL PROJECTS, PRIORITIES AND THREE OPERATING AREAS OF PRIORITIES. WE HAVE TAKEN THE ADDITIONAL STEP OF BUILDING OUT SOME BENCHMARKS. THERE IS A MUCH MORE ELABORATE TABLE IN THE PACKET. JEREMIAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE COLOR-CODED ONE. EACH OF THE CAPITAL GOALS IS IN A BIG COLOR BLOCK AND. THEY ARE ALL LETTERED AND NUMBERED FOR PRIORITIZATION, THAT WAY AS DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS BUILD THEIR BUDGETS THEY CAN REFER BACK TO THESE NUMERICAL ITEMS. WE HAVE THE SCORES THERE. THE STATUS ON PROGRESS, WHETHER WE HAVE STARTED IT OR NOT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THE COLUMNS WITH THE DATE WINDOW, THE CALENDAR WINDOW, OF WHEN WE THINK IT WILL BE OCCURRING. WE HAVE FUNDING NOW. WHETHER WE NEED FUNDING. MY EXPECTATION IS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH QUARTERLY UPDATES ON ALL OF THESE GOALS AS WE GO THROUGH THE COMING YEAR. I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER INPUT ABOUT THESE, RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED TO ADD A PERSON ASSIGNED TO EACH OF THESE ITEMS. SO YOU CAN SEE WHO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY IS FOR THOSE.

I WILL WORK ON THAT PIECE OF IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE GOALS.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> THAT WAS MY QUESTION. CAN WE KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE OF EACH ONE? I APPRECIATE ALL OF THIS BEING LAID OUT. GOING TO ACTUALLY REACH SOME OF THESE GOALS, WE NEED THE STEPS TO GET

THERE. >> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS.

CAMPBELL? COMMISSIONER MINSHEW. >> WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. ARE WE SANG MOST OF THESE WON'T START UNTIL

OCTOBER? >> NO, NOT NECESSARILY. SOME OF THESE HAVE STARTED ALREADY. LOOKING AT FUNDING OPTIONS, DEMOLITION COSTS FOR UNDERWAY. SEAWALL DESIGN IS UNDERWAY. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW

OF THESE -- >> I WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT

THE OPERATIONAL GOALS. >> LET ME SCROLL DOWN ON MY SHE

TO THOSE. >> I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK OF

THOSE IS GETTING STARTED. >> NOT A LOT OF THEM HAVE STARTED. WE DID ALREADY ASK DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS TO SUBMIT THE CURRENT TRAINING PROGRAMS TO HR SO WE CAN START TABULATING WHAT TRAINING, EXISTING TRAINING PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE AND IDENTIFY WHERE OUR GAPS ARE. CAPITAL PROJECT MANAGER POSITION IS POSTED, SO THAT PROCESS IS UNDERWAY.

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>> THAT IS ALL I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.

>> SOME ARE STARTED. >> SO SOME OF THESE DON'T REQUIRE A LOT OF UPFRONT FUNDING SO YOU CAN START THOSE. BUT THERE ARE SOME OF THESE THAT ARE GOING TO REQUIRE FUNDING, LIKE IF WE WERE GOING TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO HELP US WITH SOMETHING. THAN THOSE WOULD NOT START UNTIL OCTOBER. OKAY, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW. THANK YOU.

>> ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? SEEING NONE, DO I HEAR

A MOTION? >> MOTION TO APPROVE. SUCK -- ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION? PLEASE CALL THE

ROLL. >> COMMISSIONER MINSHEW.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER POYNTER.

>> YES. >> COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> YES. >> VICE MAYOR AYSCUE.

>> YES. >> MAYOR ANTUN.

>> YES. >> THAT PASSES 5-0. 7.7. ANOTHER

[7.7 GRANT APPLICATION - BUDGET TRANSFERS - MARINA - RESOLUTION 2025-51 AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FLORIDA CLEAN MARINA PROGRAM, CLEAN VESSEL ACT GRANT FUNDING AND AUTHORIZING MARINA BUDGET TRANSFERS IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Synopsis: Authorizing submittal of a Florida Clean Marina Program Clean Vessel Act grant and authorizing various Marina budget transfers in Fiscal Year 2024/2025, in the amount of $98,550. ]

GRANT APPLICATION FOR A BUDGET TRANSFER , MARINA.

>> RESOLUTION 2025-51. GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CLEAN MARINA PROGRAM.

CLEAN VESSEL ACT. THIS WOULD AUTHORIZE THE SUBMITTAL -- IS IS FOR THE CLEANOUT CARD, I DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS, THIS IS FOR THE PUMPOUT CARD FOR THE ARENA AND THE AMOUNT IS $98,550.

>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CAMPBELL? COMMISSIONER TUTEN.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT , IT'S ALSO FOR SOME FUNDING FOR DAMAGE TO THE DOCKS IN THE ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOXES. IT

SAYS HIGH TIDES. >> I'M GOING TO INVITE MS.

CHAPMAN UP. >> KATHY CHAPMAN, MARINA MANAGER. THERE IS A COMBINATION OF FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE ARE ADDRESSING WITH THE BUDGET TRANSFER. ONE IS THE PUMP CART THAT WAS MENTIONED. THAT IS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUMPOUT SERVICES WHEN THE PUMPOUT BOAT IS OUT OF COMMISSION OR BEING SERVICED ITSELF. THAT ALLOWS US TO PUMP OUT BOATS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT WHEN THEY CAN'T GET AROUND TO THE MAIN STATION. THE OTHER THREE PROGRAMS ARE, WE HAVE ABOUT $43,000 FOR REPAIR OF BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. WE ARE GOING TO RAISE THOSE ELECTRICAL BOXES THAT WERE MENTIONED. THOSE ARE TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE DISPENSERS AND THERE'S A JUNCTION BOX THAT IS ACTIONABLE, GETTING FLOODED ALMOST EVERY MONTH WITH THE TIDES JUST AS WE SEE THE RISING WATER. THAT WILL BE RAISED UP THE BULKHEAD ABOVE GRADE AND REPLACE WITH A WATERTIGHT BOX. THERE ARE TWO OF THOSE. THAT IS THAT PORTION. THE OTHER PORTION FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE AND GROUNDS IS REPAIRS TO B DOCK. THROUGH RODS, GALVANIZED RODS, WHEN THEY GO YOU NOTICE IT. WE HAD TWO THAT JUST FAILED LAST MONTH AND YOU HAVE SOME SECTIONS THAT ARE NOT LINING UP. IT'S PRETTY DANGEROUS AND THOSE NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE SHORT AND IS REPAIRS TO B DOCK, AND THE DINGHY DOCK IS SIMILAR SITUATION. THE REMAINDER IS TO COMPLETE THE BATHHOUSE PROJECT. THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.