2. Consideration of co-sponsorship of three (3) events for the Brevard Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Association’s (BCASCA) celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month.

[2. Consideration of co-sponsorship of three (3) events for the Brevard Caribbean American Sports and Cultural Association’s (BCASCA) celebration of Caribbean American Heritage Month.]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. YES.

SO ITEM TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF A COSPONSORSHIP OF THREE EVENTS FOR THE BOVARD, CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS, CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, THE REVISIONS THAT WERE MADE JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT THEM BRIEFLY FOR THE RECORD. PART ONE WAS ACTUALLY UPDATING TO THE ORIGINALLY INCLUDED COSTS OR THESE EVENTS.

SO THE COSPONSORSHIP INVOLVES WAIVER OF SOME NORMALLY CHARGED RENTAL FEES FOR THINGS LIKE BLEACHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATES FOR THE MAXIMUM COSTS FOR STAFF TIME THAT WOULD BE INVOLVED IN SUPPORTING THE EVENT.

SO THE ORIGINAL MEMO INDICATED THE COST ESTIMATE WAS SIXTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS AND 27 CENTS, BASED ON FURTHER REVIEW BY STAFF THAT IS ACTUALLY DECREASING.

THE NUMBER SHOULD BE FOURTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS AND 13 CENTS FOR THE TWO EVENTS. ALSO, WHAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE MEMO IS INFORMATION STATING THAT BASED ON THE HISTORICAL ATTENDANCE AT FREE EVENTS SUCH AS THESE STAFF ESTIMATES, THE JUNE 4TH EVENT TURN OUT IN THE RANGE OF SIX HUNDRED TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE AND THE JUNE 26 TURNOUT COULD BE IN THE 10000 RANGE.

THE IS ACTUALLY PLANNING 14 DIFFERENT EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AS FURTHER DESCRIBED IN THE PRESS RELEASE THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ALL.

THESE ARE THREE OF THE EVENTS OF THE 14 THAT THEY ARE HOSTING.

AS I MENTIONED, THE MAJORITY OF THE COSTS ARE FOR STAFF TIME AND ALSO NOTING THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE STAFF COSTS INCLUDE FULLY LOADED BENEFIT RATES AS WELL AS THE ESTIMATION FOR OVERTIME. AND SO THE INFORMATION IS IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET ALSO BROKEN DOWN BY THE THREE EVENTS. SO COUNCIL CAN EVALUATE THAT FURTHER FOR THE JUNE 3RD EVENT, WHICH IS A SMALLER TYPE GATHERING RIGHT BEFORE THE NEXT REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S A SMALL COST OF STAFF.

THAT IS ABOUT ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS JUST FOR SOME SET UP OF SOME TABLES AND CHAIRS.

THE JUNE 4TH EVENT IS ESSENTIALLY A FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT.

THERE WILL BE A VETERAN'S PARK AND THE TOTAL FOR THAT ONE OUT OF THE TOTAL FOURTEEN THOUSAND IS THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR DOLLARS AND TWENTY NINE CENTS.

AND THE LAST ONE IS THE BIG EVENT ON A SATURDAY.

SO IT'S KIND OF AN ALL DAY EVENT.

THERE'D BE A PARADE AND A LOT OF A LOT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON THERE.

THAT WILL BE AN ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY ELEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS AND EIGHTY FOUR CENTS.

TOTAL COST, AGAIN, MAXIMUM COST BASED ON THE HIGHEST PROJECTION.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

ALSO, ANY QUESTIONS? NOT YET THERE. MAYOR BAILEY, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN BAILEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR MS. SHERMAN, I JUST WANT TO GET A QUICK CHECK NOW AND ASK FOR SOME INFORMATION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED THAT THERE TENDS TO BE SOME OTHER CHARGES, FOR INSTANCE, THINGS LIKE ELECTRICITY.

WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS ANYTHING BEING CHARGED TO THE APPLICANT FOR THE EVENT AND WILL ELECTRICITY BE COVERED BY THE CITY? BECAUSE I DID NOT SEE THAT IN THE CALL.

YEAH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ELECTRICITY IS BEING COVERED ON THE CITY SIDE, STAFF DID NOT PROVIDE THAT IS A COST ESTIMATE THAT WAS BEING WAIVED.

THE ONLY EQUIPMENT TYPE WAIVERS THAT WE HAD WERE FOR THE STAGE, THE BLEACHERS, THE GREEN SPACE AND THE SPECIAL EVENT FEE.

SO JUST TO REPEAT MY FIRST QUESTION.

WELL, THE AFRICAN BAILEY APPLICANT BE PROVIDING ANY OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, PAY ANYTHING TO THE CITY, NOT FOR THE CITIES, NOT FOR THE COST OF THE CITY'S EQUIPMENT RENTALS OR THE STAFF THAT WILL BE NEEDED FOR THE EVENT.

I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE THEM COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THEIR INVESTMENT IN THE EVENT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. TO BE CLEAR, THOUGH, THE CITY WILL NOT COLLECT ANYTHING FROM THE APPLICANT UNDER THE PROPOSAL.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND YOU DON'T KNOW ME.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKER CARDS, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON WILL CALL YOU UP ONE BY ONE. PERHAPS DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON CAN CALL UP TWO NAMES AND HAVE THE SECOND PERSON ON DECK. SO FIRST UP, BILL BATON ON DECK, CABARRUS.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST, I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO ADDRESS ON THIS ONE.

THE FIRST ONE WAS HOW DO YOU DETERMINE WHO HAS TO PAY FOR SERVICES AND WHO GETS THE SAME

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CITY SERVICES FOR FREE? I THINK THIS IS THE SAME QUESTION I'VE BEEN ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YEARS AND EVEN MY FRIENDS FROM THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.

I PERSONALLY I LOOK AT THIS IS CALLED PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT.

WHEN YOU HAVE ONE PERSON THAT HAS TO PAY FOR SOMETHING AND ANOTHER PERSON DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, I CALL THAT PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT AND THAT RELATES TO FRAUD WITHIN A GOVERNMENT. ITEM NUMBER TWO, I THINK A GOOD COMPROMISE WOULD BE THAT EVERY ONE OR EVERY ORGANIZATION HAS TO AT LEAST PAY FOR THE MAN HOURS EXPENSES THAT WOULD BE IN COMPTON FOR ANY FUNCTION THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT OUT.

THEY CAN GET THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE FREE, BUT THE MAN HOURS OR SERVICE HOURS THAT COMES FROM THE TAXPAYERS, THAT'S AN ACTUAL BUNTE FUNDED ITEM WE HAVE TO PAY FOR.

ONE FINAL THOUGHT WITH THAT.

IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE FACT OF THE RESIDENTS VOTING TO PAY FOR THEIR STORMWATER IMPACT FEE OR FOR THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS OF PALM BAY VOTED FOR THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLAR ROAD BOND, THIS COUNCIL WOULD NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO TAKE FOR THESE EXTRA LITTLE ITEMS, BE IT EITHER SIXTEEN THOUSAND OR FOURTEEN THOUSAND, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT AT ONE TIME WE SAID NO ORGANIZATION WAS GOING TO GET IT. AND NOW SINCE WE'RE SITTING A LITTLE BIT GRAINER IN THE PAST YEAR NOW, BECAUSE OUR ROADS AND STORMWATER ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF BY THE TAXPAYERS, THEN I'M STARTING TO SEE A FEW MORE ITEMS ARE SAYING, WELL, WE CAN SPEND OUR MONEY ON SOMETHING ELSE.

IF WE GOT THAT EXTRA MONEY, GO BACK AND SAYS USE IT TO PAY OFF THE LOAN THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE PAYING FOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

MADAM SHERMAN, DID YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THOSE TWO POINTS? THERE WAS A COMPARISON WITH THE PARTNERSHIP OF THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZAS AS AN EXAMPLE. PERHAPS WE COULD SHED A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT IN THAT.

WE WANT YOU TO KNOW.

I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS.

OR SO ONE THING THAT HAS COME UP AND MR BATTEN IS CORRECT, WE'VE WE'VE HAD A FEW MORE OF THESE COSPONSORSHIP, EVENTS COMING THROUGH TO COUNCIL.

I'VE ALREADY INFORMED ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING, JUNE 3RD, WE WILL HAVE A HEARTY DISCUSSION ABOUT COSPONSORSHIP POLICY TO KIND OF ESTABLISH A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A SENSE WHERE WE'RE GOING, WHAT OUR CRITERIA IS, WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

SO WE HAVE KIND OF A BALANCE IN HOW WE APPLY THIS THIS INFORMATION.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT ON THAT, MR BATTEN AND I.

AND YES, REGARDING CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATED STAFF COST FOR THAT ONE DAY EVENT WAS A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND IN THAT CASE THERE WAS NO UPFRONT PAYMENT. BUT THE ORGANIZERS DID COME BACK TO THE CITY AFTERWARD AND I THINK GAVE US ABOUT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN AND FUNDS TO OFFSET THE COST OF THAT EVENT.

WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE A HANDFUL OF THESE RECENTLY, BUT WE WILL BE CREATING A STRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE, SO. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IN CANBERRA IS ON DECK, MARCIA JACKSON.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. SO, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE PUTTING ON THIS EVENT, IT IS CALLED THE IS THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION.

NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.

JUNE IS CELEBRATED AS CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AND SO WE DECIDED THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THE ENGLISH SPEAKING, THE SPANISH AND FRENCH SPEAKING CARIBBEAN HERE IN PALM BAY.

AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS NOT ONLY JUST FOR THE CITIZENS HERE IN PALM BAY, BUT WE ARE SPREADING OUR WINGS AND WE ARE TOUCHING PEOPLE IN TAMPA, THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY IN ORLANDO, IN FLORIDA, MIAMI, WEST PALM BEACH.

WE ARE SAYING COME TO PALM BAY AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT OUR EVENTS AND WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO TO SHOW THAT WE ARE SAYING TO PEOPLE, MAKE IT A WEEKEND.

SO THE VALUE ADDED TO OUR CITY IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU SEE.

WE ARE OFFERING. WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT PARTNERSHIP.

BUT WE ARE TELLING YOU THAT WE ARE BRINGING A LOT TO THE EVENT.

WE ALSO HAVE CONSUL GENERALS FROM SEVERAL CARIBBEAN ISLANDS COMING HERE INTO THE CITY, FROM HAITI, FROM JAMAICA, FROM BAHAMAS, FROM BARBADOS, AND OF COURSE, WITH OUR COUNCILMAN PROPOSING A SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIP.

IT FEEDS RIGHT INTO THAT RIGHT HERE IN PALM BAY.

WE ARE SO DIVERSE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT PALM BAY TO CELEBRATE WITH US THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WE'RE REACHING COUNTYWIDE AND SAY CELEBRATE WITH US.

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SO IT TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VIDEO.

I HOPE IT'S READY AND YOU'LL GET A FEELING OF WHAT WE ARE BRINGING TO THE CITY.

AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE FANS AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FAR REACHING. JUNE IS GREAT IN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN AND SPORTS ASSOCIATION INVITES YOU TO CELEBRATE ALL OF, YOU KNOW, A OF GREAT THINGS TO CHOOSE FROM.

IT'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED.

THE CELEBRATION OF THE CONFIRMATION CEREMONY IS ALL THEY NEED TO DO.

FRIDAY, FIRST FRIDAY, JUNE FOUR.

I THINK IT'S ON THE LAST DAY OF WORK, BLACK FRIDAY, JUNE 4TH DISTRICT IN FLORIDA THAT IS WORKING FOR OUR COMFORT AND SAFETY REASONS.

WE GOT A IN THE MIDST OF ALL OF THIS.

SO VERY DIFFICULT TO PREDICT HOW IMPORTANT IS GOING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH ME.

I'M SIGNING TO MAKE A NICE PLACE TO MAKE.

SO I'M GOING TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE VIDEO ALSO.

THANK YOU. I WILL BE THERE WILL ALSO BE BECAUSE TO COMES FROM THERE AND I KNEW THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PEOPLE, ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT WILL EVER MAKE A FRAME ON SUCH A MAJOR.

AMERICAN HERITAGE COUNCILWOMAN CELEBRATED NATIONALLY, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CALIFORNIANS NEWS TO SHOW A VERY DIVERSE CULTURE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.

THE ARMY IS DEALING WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF CULTURES.

YOU LOSE MORE AMERICAN LIVES, BUT WE ALSO CALL FOR A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HOSPITAL.

IF YOU SEE A ALCORCON.

SO I HOPE YOU SEE THAT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY IS SO IMPORTANT AND SO CRITICAL FOR THIS EVENT TO GO FORWARD.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING.

BUT OF COURSE, WE KNOW COVID HAS A HUGE IMPACT.

AND SO WE WANT TO SAY TO, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, COUNCILMAN BAILEY WHO HAD THE CONCERN, IT IS THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE HAVING WITH THE CITY IS THE VALUE OF THE VALUE IN TERMS OF DOLLARS. I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND IT.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN DOLLARS.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN DOLLARS IS ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LIVE HERE AS CITIZENS, PALM BAY RESIDENTS HERE AT MACZKA, OUR TAXPAYING CITIZENS WHO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CITY.

AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, LET'S PARTNER WITH THE CITY TO SHOWCASE THE CULTURE AND THE TALENTS OF THE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS ALL ABOUT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MARCIA JACKSON DEGLAZE.

EVEN EVERYONE COULD EVEN CONSIDER SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENING TO SEE MY BLACK OSCAR MEMBERS REPRESENTING IF YOU LIVE IN PALM BAY AND YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT THE CASCA, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT REALLY GOING OUT AND GETTING INVOLVED IN THE CARIBBEAN ACTIVITIES THAT ARE TAKING PLACE. SO AS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF MACZKA, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO ACCIO TO SUPPORT OUR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE PLANNED AS A LIFETIME MEMBER OF BECAUSE I AM VERY, VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF THESE ACTIVITIES ALSO.

SO I'M REALLY JUST ASKING YOU ALL TO BE A PART, BE INVOLVED AND HELP US TO SPONSOR THESE EVENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. I STOPPED BLAISE.

LISTEN, AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS JEFFERSON BLAYSE.

I'M REPRESENTING MAY 18 IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE, THE MONTH OF

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JUNE WINKERBEAN MONTH.

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I'M I'M ALSO VISITING THE YOUNG PEOPLE.

WHEN THIS EVENT WAS PRESENTED TO MYSELF IN THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY, I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN FINDING OUT A LOT OF OUR YOUNG YOUTH, THEY ACTUALLY LIVE IN.

WE'VE ACTUALLY LITERALLY LIVING WE ARE GOING TO ORLANDO, MIAMI, NOT TO JUST CELEBRATING THE CULTURE AS SUCH.

THERE'S NO ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO DO HERE.

AND WE FOUGHT BESIDE TOYIN HOUSE PARTIES WHERE THAT CAN LEAD TO CRAZY THING THAT'S NOT BEING CONTROLLED. SO WHEN THIS EVENT WAS PRESENTED TO ME, I WAS VERY EXCITED AND I AM STILL EXCITED BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE WHAT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE BECAUSE I ATTENDED THE EVENT, WHICH IS IN MIAMI BLAZER PRODUCTION AND IT TO ONE, TWO TO ONE VIDEO IS ASSISTING IN THOSE BIG EVENT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING, NOT ONLY FOR PALM BAY AS WELL, THE COUNTY ITSELF, BECAUSE THIS TYPE OF EVENT, WHEN PEOPLE THAT WANT TO INVEST IT IN THE YOUNG PEOPLE HERE AND WITH OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE A LOT OF AMAZING TALENTS, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE GOING ALL THE WAY TO ATLANTA FOR TOSTADO EVENT.

SO I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

AGAIN, I'M REPRESENTING THE HAITIAN COMMUNITY HERE AND WE'VE ALSO SURPASSED.

HI, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER.

THEIR COUNCIL ALLOWS FOR A MOTION.

MOST OF THEM APPROVE CONSIDERATION OF COSPONSORSHIP OF THREE EVENTS FOR THEIR CARIBBEAN AMERICAN SPORTS AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION CELEBRATION OF CARIBBEAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. I HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON AND SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN FOSTER.

DISCUSSION COUNCIL, YES, MAYOR.

SO, MR. BATTEN, I DO AGREE I AGREE THAT STANDARDS DO NEED TO BE SET BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SEVERAL EVENTS IN THE PAST AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.

BUT I'M ALSO EXCITED THAT OUR STAFF IS JUMPING ON IT.

YES. YEAH, YEAH.

BECAUSE I'M WITH YOU. BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY NONPROFITS THAT DO AMAZING WORK IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY. AND THE OTHER PART OF IT SPEAKING TO BUKOVSKY, JUST LESS BCR, A MEETING.

WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT HOTELS.

I'M TRY TO LOOK IT UP, BUT I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU ALL TO SEE OVER THE MONTH OF JUNE IF YOU ALL CAN PULL IT OR I'M GOING TO TRY TO PULL IT.

THE NUMBERS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO'S STAYING IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY OR SURROUND MELBOURNE AREA TO SEE WHAT KIND OF TOURISM WE ARE BRINGING IN DURING THIS MONTH.

THAT WAY GOING FORTH IN THE FUTURE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE COMING BACK, YOU CAN SAY, HEY, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE. LOOK HOW MUCH IT SKYROCKETED JUST FROM THE MONTH OF JUNE.

NOTHING ELSE IS GOING ON IN PALM BAY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S FROM? YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WOULD BE GOOD TO CONSIDER THAT WAY.

IT'S TANGIBLE AND YOU CAN SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

OTHER THAN THAT, I HAD NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

I HAVE NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING THIS.

BUT GOING FORWARD, I DO AGREE WITH MR BATTEN YOURSELF, MAYOR AND SUZANNE IN REGARDS TO HAVING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN MAKE IT MORE EVEN FOR EVERYBODY.

SO THAT'S ALL. COUNCILMAN FELIX MAYOR MR. BARTON, I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT I MUST SAY NOT ALL THE EVENTS CREATING EQUAL, YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO LET'S TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.

THESE ARE THE TYPE OF EVENT THAT WE THAT BRINGS VALUE.

AND I THINK THAT A MS. KATE DID ARTICULATE THAT VERY WELL WITH THE VIDEOS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS, SAME AS THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA, IS A TYPE OF EVENT THAT REALLY BRING VALUE.

NOT ONLY THAT, IT'S REALLY ELEVATE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IF YOU EVER ATTEND.

I MEAN, I'M SURE MOST OF US ATTEND THAT.

THOSE THOSE COUPLE OF EVENTS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S IT'S DIFFERENT.

IT'S TRULY WHAT BRINGS FUN IN A GREAT POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YES, I WANT TO AGREE WITH YOU, BUT ALSO WE GOT TO LOOK AT LOOKED AT THE EVENTS FOR WHAT THEY ARE.

I'LL CERTAINLY IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS IS THE CITY SUPPORTING COSPONSORING THIS EVENT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE DO NEED A POLICY ON THIS, AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID SHE WAS GOING TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL.

YOU DO NEED A POLICY, BUT.

WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS, THIS GUY GRAND, A GREAT EVENT.

AN OUTSTANDING EVENT AND THE VALUE THAT IT BRINGS TO THE CITY IS OUTSTANDING AND I'M YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THEM AND.

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YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T GET NO CHRISTMAS GIFT, BUT I ENJOY BEING THERE.

OK, WITH THE CARIBBEAN.

ESTIMATE THAT THE COST IS GOING TO BRING ON.

I GREW UP IN NEW YORK CITY.

I WAS BORN IN QUEENS, I WAS RAISED IN BROOKLYN.

AND IN BROOKLYN, LABOR DAY.

WE HAVE THE LABOR DAY LABOR DAY PARADE, AND THAT'S A CARIBBEAN PARADE IN BROOKLYN ON EASTERN PARKWAY. AND I AS A KID, I USED TO GO THERE AND SEE TO, YOU KNOW, MY MY DANCING WASN'T THAT GREAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I USED TO STILL DRUMS THE STILTS, THE FLAGS OF DIFFERENT KARIBA.

I LEARNED SOME. AND THAT SO MANY PEOPLE, IF YOU EVER BEEN TO ONE OF THE LABOR DAY PARADE, SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP MILES AND MILES ALONG.

ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT BROUGHT TO NEW YORK CITY EVERY LABOR DAY.

EACH YEAR. THIS EVENT COULD BE THAT EVENT.

THIS EVENT, WHICH JUST STARTED, I JUST HAVE A VISION THAT THIS COULD BE AN ANNUAL THING THAT COULD HAVE A GREAT ECONOMIC IMPACT.

TO OUR CITY. AND AND HE WILL BE CHECKING THEIR CALENDARS TO COME TO PALM BAY, BUT A CARIBBEAN FESTIVAL BRING IT ON A MONTH LONG.

SO I COMMEND THE COSTA FOR STEPPING FOR IT TAKES A LOT OF ORGANIZATION.

IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK TO DO THIS.

AND THEN I ARE GETTING PAID TO DO THIS.

IT TAKES A LOT AND IT BRINGS VALUE TO PALM BAY PUTS US ON THE MAP.

WITH CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN FLORIDA, BUT I BELIEVE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, ONCE WE GET KNOWN THAT THIS IS TAKING PLACE AND I KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB.

SO FOURTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS MIGHT COST THE CITY, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACT IS GOING TO BRING TO THE CITY, WE'RE GETTING OUT OF COVID.

AND PEOPLE WANT TO COME OUT AND CELEBRATE AND AND, YOU KNOW, BE AMONG EACH OTHER AND ENJOY YOURSELF. AND THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND PALM BAY IS LEADING THE WAY AND CULTURE AND SPORTS.

AND AND I THINK THE COST OF TAKING THIS TASK AND AND HAVING IT HERE AND PALM BAY, BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE HAD IT ANYWHERE, YOU COULD HAVE HAD IT IN MELBOURNE, YOU COULD HAVE HAD AN KOCHO, COULD HAVE HAD AN UNINCORPORATED AND THE COUNTY.

COULD HAVE HAD IT IN WEST MELBOURNE.

IMAGINE YOU DID THIS IN WEST MELBOURNE AND YOUR HEADQUARTERS IN PALM BAY AND YOU GO TO WEST MELBOURNE AND PUT THIS ON A MS., WEST MELBOURNE, WHERE EVERYTHING.

I THINK PEOPLE IN HIS COUNCIL WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT UPSET THAT HE DID THAT.

OH, AND.

YES, MA'AM, OR NO NEED, NO MORE PALM BAY MONEY, SO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN FOSTER COUNCILMAN BAILEY, I DON'T HAVE A VISUAL OF YOU, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN VIETNAM? YES, MAYOR, THANK YOU. YOU HEAR ME CLEARLY? YES, SIR, WE CAN HEAR YOU.

THANK YOU. I DID HAVE SEVERAL POINTS I WANTED TO MAKE ON THIS ITEM, AS HAS BEEN STATED, A POLICY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT FORTH TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. THIS WAS STATED AT THE OCTOBER WORKSHOP REGARDING GAOLER.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN A TOUCHY ISSUE IN THE PAST PREVIOUSLY MEANS THEY'VE HAD TIME TO PUT THESE THINGS IN WITHOUT ALWAYS HAVING ALL COUNCILWOMAN AWARENESS THAT THEY WERE BEING DONE FROM THE DAY LIKE WE DO HAVE THEM COME FORTH BEFORE THE PUBLIC NOW, WHICH IS A POSITIVE THING. HOWEVER, MANAGEMENT SHOULD BE REFRAINING, IN MY OPINION, FROM REMARKS FROM RECOMMENDING ANY COSPONSORSHIP UNTIL THE CITY MANAGER HAS COMPLETED HER TEXT. AND COMING UP WITH THE POLICY AND I HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN TO MS. SHERMAN ABOUT THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE HAS TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF THE FACT THAT THIS IS IN THE PAST FEW ITEM AT THIS POINT, ALMOST FIVE, ALMOST SIX MONTHS AS TO.

I SECOND POINT, AND SO MY OVERALL POINT THERE IS THAT REALLY WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING ANYTHING UNTIL THE MINUTE THAT'S DONE.

BUT MY SECOND POINT IS THAT COUNCILMAN IF COUNSEL WISHES TO CONTINUE ENTERTAINING THESE REQUESTS AND GIVING AWAY FREE TAXPAYER RESOURCES TO PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS, THEN COUNSEL SHOULD ALSO TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND THEY ARE CERTAINLY CULPABLE FOR MAKING THIS DECISION WITHOUT HAVING A POLICY OF

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COUNCILMAN DOESN'T WISH TO DO COSPONSORSHIP, WHICH WOULD BE FINE.

BUT THEN WE DON'T NEED A POLICY.

THERE'S NO ISSUE. BUT IF COUNCIL MEMBERS DO SO, THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND GRANT ESCROW SPONSORSHIPS, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD HAVE MADE SURE THAT THE POLICY WAS IN PLACE PRIOR TO DECEMBER.

I DO. I'M JUST DOING THIS AS A FACT.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I HEAR A LOT OF SUPPORT.

AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND OURSELVES WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THESE IMPORTANT THINGS TO TRY TO STEP UP FOR THE BATTLEFIELD.

BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL THE ONUS ON OUR CITY MANAGER IN THIS CASE.

THE THIRD THING IS THAT WE HAVE A TIMING ISSUE.

THIS, INSTEAD OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, IS COMING LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THEIR SERIES OF EVENTS. THE EVENT IS BEING ADVERTISED AS YEARS PRIOR TO ANY APPROVAL, WHICH IN MY OPINION, IS A LITTLE BIT PRESUMPTUOUS.

AND IN THE CASE OF OTHER AFRICANS WHO ARE PAYING AND NOT ASKING FOR ANY TYPE OF TAXPAYER RESOURCES, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE A DEPOSIT AND MOVE THEM TO MAKE THEIR PAYMENTS AT A MINIMUM OF 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

THAT IS, THE POLICY IS PROMULGATED OUT THERE.

AND SO THIS EVENT TO BE ADVERTISED PRIOR PRIOR TO THAT.

AND I THINK, AGAIN, THAT IS WHETHER I MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE APPLICANT HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, STAFF AND MANAGEMENT HAS NOT BROUGHT IT. SO NOW I THINK THAT THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS NUMBER FOR LOOKING AT THE AGENDA BY JUNE.

THERE IS NO REASON FOR SPONSORSHIP OF COSPONSORSHIP.

THERE WAS A POLICY.

ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE.

WHY ARE WE DOING, AS MR. BATTON SAID, THIS IN AN AS WE HEARD IN THE PAST AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND WE'VE GIVEN LIP SERVICE IN THE PAST, JUST LIKE THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL HAS DONE THIS BEFORE.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THERE WAS NO STATED PUBLIC PURPOSE, AND NOR DO I BELIEVE IN COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE ISD PALM BAY I BELIEVE THERE IS A JUSTIFIABLE ONE IN THIS CASE. THIS IS A SERIES OF A SERIES OF EVENTS THAT CENTRAL TO A SPECIFIC ORGANIZATION.

IN MY LAST POINT, AND THIS IS WHERE I COME AND WHERE I BUILD THE SETTLEMENT IS WHAT I NEEDED, A HAPPY MEDIUM.

BUT NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO AGREE ON ALL THOSE POINTS THAT I MADE.

I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME FACTS NEAR THERE.

IRREFUTABLE CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN DIFFERENTLY.

BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ALSO ANOTHER POLICY IN PLACE THAT WE PROVIDE 25 PERCENT DISCOUNT TO NONPROFIT.

IT WASN'T MADE CLEAR AND FROM THE DOCUMENTS I GOT YET FROM MANAGEMENT, THERE ARE ABOUT MR. PER PERSON WISHES WHETHER THOSE APPLY TO ALL FEES AND ALL EXPENSES THAT ARE PART OF THIS. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I COULD LIVE WITH, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE APPLIED EQUITABLY TO ALL ORGANIZATIONS DOING BUSINESS IN THE CITY, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS THAT DO BRING IN PROFIT, THAT YOU DO BRING IN SALES TAX DOLLARS AND OTHER TYPES OF REVENUES TO OUR CITY WHO ARE PAYING THEIR JUST FEES IN THE PROCESS.

SO I THINK THAT THE WISDOM FOR COUNCILS IS TO UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY IS IN FULL SUPPORT BECAUSE I LOVE THE ORGANIZATION AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

I THINK THEY ARE POSITIVE FOR PALM BAY AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO STAND BACK AND REALIZE THAT WE'RE GUARDIANS OF THE TAXPAYERS RESOURCES AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WHAT IS THE CORRECT WAY OF THINKING. AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT AWARDING THIS TONIGHT IS THE RIGHT WAY OF DOING IT. I THINK WE NEED TO GO BACK AND REALIZE THEY STOP AND GET A POLICY IN PLACE THAT BE A FIRST PRIORITY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, COUNCILMAN BAILEY, I'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I AGREE THAT YOU WERE PERFECTLY CORRECT WHEN YOU STATED THAT THERE WAS A TASK GIVEN TO OUR CITY MANAGER TO TO PROCESS THIS, TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE, CERTAINLY BY NOW.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THERE WERE SHE HAD NO ASSISTANT OR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME THAT WERE OTHER THINGS THAT TOOK PRIORITY.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S A FAIR ASSESSMENT.

SHE IS BRINGING IT FORWARD.

IT'S JUST THE TIMING IS AFTER THIS, WHAT WE'RE DECIDING TODAY.

I'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING UP A FEW INSIGHTS.

AND I DO HAVE REALLY GOOD INSIGHT REGARDING THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA TO MENTION THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

LET ME JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THAT COST AND THAT COST ALWAYS EXCEEDED OVER 20000 DOLLARS THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMUNITY.

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NO ONE WAS PAYING, NO VOLUNTEER EARNED.

AND I THINK MY COUNCILMAN FOSTER MENTIONED THE VOLUNTEER HOURS TO PLAN AN EVENT SUCH AS THESE. IT'S HUGE, A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF TASK, A NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF MEETINGS AND VOLUNTEER HOURS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS WELL, THE DEDICATION OF THE PEOPLE BRINGING FORTH THIS THIS EVENT WITH A FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING IS F.R.

DOUBLE IN. NO ONE PAYS FOR ANYTHING, NO CHILD AND THE GIFTS THAT ARE GIVEN AWAY, THAT'S NOT EVEN PART OF THE COST WHEN THEY GIVE AND THEY PAY FOR BOUNCY HOUSES, WHEN THEY PAY FOR ALL THESE OTHER ISSUES, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID IS THE STAGE, THE GENERATOR, THE BLEACHERS, THE LIGHT TOWERS, THE SECURITY OR THE SANITATION STATIONS, SOME OF THE TENTS. THESE THINGS ARE PROBABLY JUST GOING TO BE SITTING SOMEWHERE COLLECTING DUST.

BUT YET WE'RE BRINGING A VALUE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

WE'RE BRINGING CULTURE TO THIS COMMUNITY.

I APPLAUD THE EFFORTS OF BOCSKOR FOR BRINGING SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT, HOSTING MULTIPLE EVENTS AN ENTIRE MONTH.

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH THE BICSKE ORGANIZATION IS WE SOMEWHERE SHOULD BE INVOLVING JUNETEENTH FOR MANY YEARS.

COUNCILMAN THIS THIS CITY HAD A CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM DAY.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS FREEDOM DAY.

JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION IS IS HOW THE SLAVES WERE.

OLISA CAME TWO YEARS AFTER THE FACT.

AND SO IF BOCSKOR CORRUPT THAT IN SOMEHOW IN THEIR FUTURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE SUCH A BLESSING FOR THIS CITY TO ENGAGE AGAIN WITH THOSE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS.

SO I DO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID.

I LOVE EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE.

I WANT YOU TO HEAR MY HEART IN THIS MR. BATTEN'S RIGHT ON.

WE SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS IN PLACE ALREADY BECAUSE BUT WHAT WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING IS THE DAUNTING TASK OF ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE PUT ON YOU WITH THE WORKSHOPS AND IN ALL OF THAT AND THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, NOW THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO BREATHE IN.

AND I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TASKING YOU FOR THINGS FROM OUR RESIDENTS AND PROVIDING THOSE ANSWERS FOR THOSE RESIDENTS, TAKE TIME, NOT TO MENTION EVERYTHING ELSE FROM REPUBLIK THAT WE WERE TASKED WITH AS WELL.

SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION.

I AM FOR EVENTS SUCH AS THESE THAT ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT ACTUALLY BRING FAMILY VALUES. WE HAD A YOUNG MAN TALK ABOUT HIM GOING AND PARTICIPATING WITH YOUNGSTERS.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO GET TOGETHER TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AND IN THE LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY, IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY.

AND SO I LOVE EVENTS SUCH AS THESE THAT BRING VALUE AND ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE FAMILY VALUES WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR.

MAYOR. OK, COUNCILMAN BAILEY.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLARIFIED.

I HAD NO ISSUE WITH THE CITY MANAGER, THE DELAY AND THE CITY MANAGER'S GETTING THE POLICY. I AGREE THAT THIS WAS A LOW PRIORITY ITEM COMPARED TO OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE PUT FORTH AND COUNCIL DIDN'T DIRECTOR TO DO IT BY DECEMBER.

SHE WAS JUST THAT SELF-IMPOSED BY MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE. MY ISSUE IS BRINGING FORTH ITEMS UNTIL THAT DOES HAPPEN.

I THINK THAT ALL ITEMS SHOULD BE STOPPED UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE ONE PLACE.

THAT WAS MY POINT AND IT WAS WELL TAKEN, SIR.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX ALL IN FAVOR OF ANY OPPOSE.

MAY PASSES FOUR TO ONE.

THANK YOU. ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. Consideration of appropriating funds from the Building Department Undesignated Fund Balance to Building Department Operating account to cover the cost of utilizing contracted Building Services-Inspection, Permit Technician, and Plan Review ($300,000).]

MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I THINK THIS WAS PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, MAYBE MR. BOBETTE. GILBERTON, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

I THOUGHT LAST YEAR WE HIRED SEVERAL NEW INSPECTORS AND TECHNICIANS TO COVER THE INCREASE IN THE BUILDING THAT WAS GOING ON WITHIN THE CITY.

SO THAT WAS AN EXPENSE THAT WE PUT OUT, HIRING MORE PERSONNEL.

SO WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS, WHEN I SAY, WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THREE HUNDRED

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THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE COMPANY TO DO THE SAME THING, THAT WE JUST HIRED SOME EMPLOYEES, OR I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

BUT IF SOMEBODY CAN JUST GIVE ME SOME INSIGHT, YOU KNOW, I'LL FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT HOW MY TAX DOLLARS WAS SPENT.

AND AS YOU SAID, I AM CONSISTENT BUT NOT WELL-LIKED.

MRS. CHIEF, YOU ARE YOU ARE WELL LIKED, MADAM SHERMAN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR DEPUTY BUILDING OFFICIAL, JOHN PIERSON, COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT.

CERTAINLY WHAT YOU'LL HEAR IS OUR PROCESS IN FILLING THESE POSITIONS, HEATING VEHICLES FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE HIRING AND ALSO JUST THE INCREASED VOLUME AND ACTIVITY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MEET. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THIS INCREASE OF THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER THE COST OF OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT SERVICES.

AS YOU KNOW, ON MARCH 11TH, 2021, THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AWARDED IFP ZERO NINE ZERO 2021 TO THE SIXTH LOWEST, MOST RESPONSIBLE AND MOST RESPONSIVE COMPANIES TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

THAT CONTRACT WAS SET FOR MARCH 19TH, 2021.

THROUGH MARCH 18TH, 2022, COUNCIL APPROVED FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS AGAINST THAT CONTRACT ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 21.

PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CONTRACT, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALREADY EXPENDED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIVE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TWO DOLLARS OF THAT, WHICH LEFT A DIFFERENCE OF ABOUT 68000, A LITTLE OVER 68000.

BASED ON THE CURRENT TRENDS, STAFF IS REQUESTING THIS APPROVAL TO INCREASE THE FISCAL YEAR BUDGET TO A TOTAL OF SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO DUE TO THE INCREASES IN THE BUILDING WITHIN THE CITY, AS MADAM SHERMAN MENTIONED.

JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF NUMBERS IN THAT REGARD AND ALL OF THE FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020, THERE WAS A TOTAL VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION OF PERMITS ISSUED.

FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX DOLLARS. WE SPOKE ABOUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING LAST THURSDAY.

AND COUNCILMAN BAILEY POINTED OUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE VALUE.

AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH HIM.

WE COULD HAVE 500 WATER HEATER PERMITS AND FIVE HUNDRED A SEA CHANGE OUT PERMITS.

BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF PERMITS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY A LOT OF VALUE.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT VALUE OF FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION AND WE COMPARE IT TO THE AMOUNT THAT WE'VE COLLECTED JUST THROUGH APRIL, WHICH IS THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND, WE SEE IN THE SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE ALMOST REACHED WHAT WE DID IN ALL OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

IT'S ABOUT A 43 MILLION DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.

HOWEVER, INTERESTINGLY, ON MAY 5TH WITH THE WEST SHORE APARTMENT COMPLEX RECEIVED THEIR 10 PERMITS FOR THE COMPLETE PROJECT, THAT PROJECT ALONE WAS THIRTY SEVEN POINT TWO MILLION. A LITTLE BIT OVER THAT AND THE FEES BROUGHT IN BY THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WERE SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE DOLLARS.

THAT'S ABOUT 50000 DOLLARS MORE THAN WE BROUGHT IN IN ALL OF APRIL.

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS? OF COURSE, A LOT OF STAFF WE HAVE HIRED SEVERAL EMPLOYEES, PERMIT TECHNICIANS, PLANS, EXAMINERS AND INSPECTORS, BUT WE HAVE A MASSIVE INCREASE AND THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS AND THE WORK THAT IS INVOLVED IN THE PLAN, REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE JOBS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, VALENTINO PEREZ AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH CONTRACTORS AND MANY OF THEM WHO UP UNTIL NOW HAVE USED PRIVATE PROVIDERS ON THEIR OWN, ARE GIVING THOSE SAME APPLICATIONS TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT.

SO WE ARE NOW DOING THEIR PLAN REVIEW AND INSPECTIONS WERE IN THE PAST.

THEY WERE PAYING FOR THAT THEMSELVES, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TO PAY FOR THE PERMITS WITH US. THE EFFORT THERE IS IS REALLY OUR GOAL IS TO BRING THE SERVICES BACK TO THE CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE WHEN THE CONTRACTOR CAN HAVE A REDUCED AND COST, WE HOPE THAT THE COME THE END USE CUSTOMER REALIZE THIS IS THAT SAVINGS AS WELL.

SO ALL IN ALL, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE HAVE HAD MASSIVE INCREASES.

WE ALSO HAVE FOUR VEHICLES THAT WERE APPROVED BY BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT ARE ON ORDER.

WE HAVE SOME POSITIONS THAT WE STILL NEED TO FILL, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE VEHICLES YET TO BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO REDUCE OUR RELIANCE ON PRIVATE PROVIDER.

BUT AT THIS TIME, IT'S STILL A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THE BILLING DEPARTMENT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNSEL, I'LL HAVE A MOTION.

TO APPROVE THE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT OPERATING ACCOUNT TO COVER THE COSTS OF

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UTILIZING CONTRACTOR BUILDING SERVICES INSPECTIONS, PERMIT TECHNICIAN AND PLANNING REVIEW THE AMOUNT OF THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I GOT A I GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FELIX.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN.

MAYOR, YES, COUNCILMAN BAILEY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE SOMETHING THAT I SHARED WITH MS., SHERMAN AND PREPARATION FOR THE MEETING.

NOW, THE UPDATE I WAS LOOKING FOR IS WHERE WE'RE AT AND MAKING SURE WE GET ALL THESE FOLKS IN-HOUSE AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT WAYS WE CAN BETTER INCENTIVIZE THE DEVELOPERS USING THEIR OWN RESOURCES AND THEIR OWN EXTERNAL REVIEWERS AND ENGINEERS TO DO THESE INSPECTIONS. RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S A 25 PERCENT DISCOUNT WE GIVE THEM.

NO, I SERRATION WHETHER WE COULD ON A TEMPORARY BASIS GIVE THEM A HIGHER WAIVER OR THEIR FEE WHEREVER THEY GO AND PAY FOR THESE RESOURCES THEMSELVES.

CERTAINLY THERE'S A BIGGER COST TO THE APPLICANT WHEN THEY HAVE TO GO AND PAY FOR OUTSIDE SERVICES. HOWEVER, THEIR BENEFIT AND THEIR INCENTIVE IS THAT IT WILL TAKE THEM LESS TIME AND IT ALSO REDUCES US ON OUR END, REDUCES SOME OF OUR STRESS ON OUR OUR SIDE FOR STEM.

SO NOW THAT'S JUST SOMETHING JUST A TIDBIT TO SHARE ACCOUNTS WITH YOUR PUBLIC SHARE WITH THE SHERMAN AND JUST SEEING WHERE WE ARE AND MAKING SURE WE GET AWAY FROM THESE TEMPS BECAUSE WE DID I THINK IT'S PROBABLY BEEN OVER A YEAR NOW.

WE STARTED THE PROCESS BEFORE VALENTINO PEREZ WAS MADE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL LAST YEAR AND THEN ASKED FOR SOME NUMBERS COMPARING WHAT WE PAY IN-HOUSE COMPARED TO OUR HOUSE CITY SERVICES. AND IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

WE'RE PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE FOR OUTSIDE SERVICES.

THAT MEANS THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO I WILL SUPPORT THIS AND I'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE FAITH THAT MR. PEREZ AND MR. PEARSON, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ARE WORKING TOWARDS THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THEY HAVE MADE THOSE RIGHT DIRECTION.

IT'S JUST TOUGH. AND WHAT I'M HEARING IS IT'S TOUGH AT TIMES TO GET ALL THE RIGHT QUALIFIED FOLKS IN THERE.

BUT I THINK THAT THEY'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED WE NEED THE SUPPORT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, MADAM SHERMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THAT? IS THAT WOULD THAT BE MORE CONSIDERING A POLICING YOUR OWN OR WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? ACTUALLY, I WOULD BRING JOHN BACK UP, JOHN PEARSON TO YOU KNOW, THAT FROM THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO BRING MORE OF IT IN-HOUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE SERVICE WE SHOULD PROVIDE AS A DEPARTMENT. BUT, JOHN, YOU KNOW, JOHN, THAT PERSPECTIVE COUNCILMAN BAILEY IS.

COULD YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT, PLEASE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. FIRST OF ALL, AS FAR AS THE THE FEE REDUCTION GOES, I WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT THE FEE REDUCTION IS ACTUALLY 50 PERCENT.

SO IT'S 50 PERCENT OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FEE.

IF THEY DO THE INSPECTIONS THEMSELVES, 50 PERCENT OF THE PLANNED REVIEW FEE IF THEY DO THE PLAN, REVIEW THEMSELVES.

HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S STILL COST THEM MORE MONEY TO USE AN OUTSIDE SERVICE.

SO IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO USE US AS A DEPARTMENT.

BUT MANY TIMES THEY DO THAT FOR CONVENIENCE.

THEY LIKE TO HAVE THE AVAILABILITY OF PEOPLE WHEN THEY WANT THEM.

OUR DEPARTMENT, OF COURSE, IS WORKING TOWARD THAT GOAL OF PROVIDING AN EQUAL SERVICE TO THEM IF THEY DECIDE TO STILL GO WITH PRIVATE PROVIDERS.

WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THAT.

THAT IS THAT IS CERTAINLY THEIR CHOICE.

BUT WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE IN-HOUSE FOR FOR THEIR NEEDS.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR VIEWPOINT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNCILMAN.

I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON SENTIMENT BY COUNCILMAN FELIX ALL IN FAVOR AND ANY OPPOSE PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM NUMBER NINE.

MADAM SHERMAN. THANK YOU, MARY.

IT WAS JUST PULLED BY THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

YES. MAYOR, BEFORE WE PROCEED, SO MR. BILL BATEBI, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO BECAUSE SO THE ITEM THAT YOU CAME FOR, IT WAS APPROVED.

FEEL FREE TO STATE OF COUNCILMAN AS LONG AS YOU WANT.

BUT IF IF YOU WERE WAITING FOR THAT TO BE APPROVED, IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL HOUSE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

SO. BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

EVERYBODY DRIVE HOME SAFELY.

THANK YOU. I JUST THOUGHT THEY WANTED TO STAY.

GILFRY TO STAY.

FEEL FREE TO STAY. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

THAT WAS GOOD. STAND BY FOR A SECOND, YOU SENIOR CHIEF, NO DOUBT MADE SENSE.

AND I WAS IT AGAINST THE FUNCTION, I SAY THE FUNCTIONS ARE GOOD, I JUST WANT A POLICY.

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AREON SENIOR CHIEF BILL BATTEN 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST, I REALIZE WE HAVE TO PAY

[9. Consideration of appropriating General Fund Undesignated Fund Balance ($26,995) to Legislative Operating account to cover the cost of audio/visual and live streaming services from 142 Productions during the Council Chambers renovation.]

FOR THE SERVICES WE RECEIVED.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT YOU PAY.

IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, I THINK.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOKED AT THE QUALITY OF WHAT THAT TRANSMISSION SERVICE WAS AND IF ANYBODY'S GONE BACK AND HAD TO REVIEW THAT TRANSMISSION THAT WE WERE PAYING FOR, THE QUALITY WAS NOT REAL GOOD. I MEAN, IN FACT, IT WAS.

SOMEWHAT POOR, AND I'M SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED WITH THE QUALITY.

I ALSO REALIZE, THOUGH, THAT IT WAS UNDER AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.

WE HAD WE HAD AN EMERGENCY.

THE CITY HAD TO SOLVE IT.

AND THIS WAS WHAT THEY CAME UP TO SOLVE.

BUT I'VE WATCHED OVER THE MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS THAT I'M COMING HERE, THAT THIS CITY SPENDS A LOT ON I.T.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE ABILITY TO SOLVE THEIR OWN PROBLEMS WITHIN HOUSE.

SO I'D KIND OF RECOMMEND, BECAUSE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN AGAIN FOR SOME OTHER REASON, THAT THE LIVE TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES THAT WE HAVE IT IN-HOUSE ALREADY READY TO GO.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HIRE AN OUTSIDE SERVICES BECAUSE I WATCHED HER I.T.

DEPARTMENT WORK. THEY HAVE THE SKILLS.

THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE SETUP TO DO IT.

SO WE'RE GETTING READY TO SPEND A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS ON SOME MORE IT STUFF.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND SET THEM UP.

SO THEY'RE WELL MAINTAINED BECAUSE THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE OTHER OPTIONS WHERE YOU SAY, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD A MEETING WITH COUNCIL IN ANOTHER LOCATION.

WHAT? WE COULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE LIVE TRANSMISSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM ALSO.

SO I CAN SEE SEVERAL ADVANTAGES TO HAVING THE CITY OF PALM BAY OWNING THEIR OWN LIVE TRANSMISSION CAPABILITIES LIKE WE HAVE BUILT INTO THIS ONE.

BUT THEY HAD THE PORTABLE ONES THERE.

THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS AN EMERGENCY AND YOU GUYS HANDLED IT WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BECAUSE I WAS AT THOSE MEETINGS TO THANK YOU.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE CONSIDERATION OF APPROPRIATE GENERAL FUND AND DESIGNATED FUND BALANCE TWENTY SIX THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED NINETY FIVE DOLLARS TO THE LEGISLATOR OPERATING ACCOUNT TO COVER THE COST OF AUDIOVISUAL AND LIVE STREAMING SERVICES AND ONE FOR TWO PRODUCTIONS DURING THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS RENOVATION.

I COULD. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COUNSEL? YES, MA'AM. REAL QUICK, I AGREE WITH MR. THAT ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS ON COUNSEL WITH THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER I WANTED WAS TO HAVE FACEBOOK LIVE MEETINGS, AND I'VE SEEN THE DIFFERENCE AND MADE A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TUNE IN. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS ADVOCATING FOR.

AND I DIDN'T THINK OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING IT IN-HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED, NOBODY DID BECAUSE NOBODY SAW THIS COMING.

BUT I JUST WANT TO ASK, LIKE, I'M GOING WITH THIS RIGHT HERE, BUT CAN WE LOOK AND EXPLORE JUST IN THE FUTURE IF SOMETHING ELSE WERE TO HAPPEN OR, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR TOWN HALL MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD OR JUST LOOK TO EXPLORE? ASK AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.

I'M LOOKING AT YOU TO BRYAN, SO, YEAH, SO THAT OK, AND PART OF THAT DISCUSSION, DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE BREVARD COUNTY, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PUBLICATION.

THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TV STATION, SO TO SPEAK.

PART OF THAT IS HAVING ACCESS AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

BUT THEIR STAFF THAT HAS TO BE TRAINED ON THAT IS EQUIPMENT.

SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, THERE DEFINITELY HAS TO BE A FEASIBILITY STUDY THERE AND SEE WHERE THE COST OVERLAYS AND HOW MANY TIMES SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

BUT, YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT POINT TO STUDY THAT ASPECT AND SEE IF THERE WOULD BE ANY COST SAVINGS. SO COUNCILMAN BAILEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN? ARE YOU STILL THERE? OK, I'VE GOT TO MOST APOLOGIZE.

I WASN'T SURE OF THE ADDRESS AND I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT JUST GIVE ME JUST A SECOND. I DID HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERMAN ABOUT THIS.

I WAS A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OUR BUDGET THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON IT.

I DO ALSO RECOGNIZE PROBABLY THAT EXPERTIZE AND HAVING DONE SOME VIDEO PRODUCTION AND AND AS AN AMATEUR WORKED A VIDEO PRODUCTION SET UP IN MY SEATING CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, DOING IT WITH STUDENTS, I THINK IT IS MORE COMPLICATED.

MAYBE WHAT WE APPRECIATE IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME WORK AS OTHER I.T.

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FUNCTIONS, BUT I'M CERTAINLY 100 PERCENT SUPPORT OF THE FEASIBILITY AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE BREAK IN THE LINE IN THE CITY HALL CHAMBERS, THAT KIND OF LEFT US IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION WHERE REALLY THE CHOICE WAS TO RECORD OR EITHER TO PAY THIS EXTRA MONEY FOR A DIFFERENT WAY OF FINDING A WAY TO MAKE THE MEANING OF LIFE.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS IN THE FUTURE WHERE I'M FROM MY OPINION THAT THE COSTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, I WOULD RATHER JUST RECORD THEM AND THEY CAN BE PLAYED BACK ONLINE LATER AS OPPOSED TO HAVING FULL PRODUCTION QUALITY.

I THINK QUALITY IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE DOING IT IN-HOUSE COMPARED TO OTHER HOUSE. YOU THINK QUALITY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UP STAFF A LITTLE BIT.

AND ALSO, I THINK THEY AREN'T BIDING THEIR TIME, LOOKING AT THE FEASIBILITY.

THERE THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WISHING TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ONE? ALL RIGHT. I'VE GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN FOSTER ALL IN FAVOR. AND HE OPPOSES PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, ITEM NUMBER 10.

[10. Consideration of the lift station telemetry solar panel project and the appropriation of funds on the next scheduled Budget Amendment ($20,130).]

BEN. FIVE EIGHTY 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET SOUTHWEST.

HAD RAW SEWAGE GO INTO THE ST.

JOHN'S RIVER, WE HAD RAW SEWAGE GOING INTO TURKEY CREEK.

YET THE RESTRICTIONS ON SEPTIC SYSTEMS FOR THE HOMEOWNER OR THEIR OWN SEPTIC SYSTEM IS ASTRONOMICAL INTO COMPARISONS FOR THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTION THAT THE CITY.

THEY DIDN'T ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN.

IT HAPPENED THAT GOT OUT TO THE CITY, INTO THE TWO ESTUARIES OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

THANKS. THAT'S A CASUALTY THAT HAPPENED, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S JUST ONE MORE TIME WHERE I'M SAYING RESTRICTIONS ON ONE GROUP OF SEVERE RESTRICTIONS ON ANOTHER GROUP IS NOT A SEVERE. HOWEVER, WITH THE PENALTY PHASE OF THIS AND OF THIS INFRACTION THAT THE CITY HAD TO PUT IN OR HAD TO PAY, THE INFRACTION WAS MORE THAN FAIR.

WHAT THE CITY CAME UP WITH FOR THE.

WHY IN A COUPLE OF SOLAR PANELS IS IS A GOOD EXCHANGE INSTEAD OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID OUT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE PRIVATE HOMEOWNER DOESN'T GET THAT SAME LITTLE RIDE OFF LIKE THE CITY DID. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE OUTCOME OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A POLLUTANT, THE OUTCOME OF THE PENALTY PHASE SHOWS A LOT OF BRAVO, ZULU'S OR JOBS WELL DONE FOR THE CITY STAFF TO WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT LIKE THAT WITH THE EPA.

THAT WAS A GOOD THING.

AND I THINK THE CREDIT ON THIS ONE GOES TO THAT STAFF MEMBER THAT ACCOMPLISHED THAT OBJECTIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.