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[00:00:02]

OKAY. IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS.

[CALL TO ORDER:]

I'M GOING TO CALL THE SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING 2024 DASH 32 TO ORDER.

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY OUR DEPUTY MAYOR.

PLEASE RISE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

HURRAH! MISS LEFLER, ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MEDINA.

PRESIDENT. DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

PRESENT. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, WHO IS ABSENT.

ABSENT THIS EVENING.

COUNCILMAN. HAMMER.

PRESENT. COUNCILMAN.

LANGEVIN. PRESENT, MR. MORGAN. PRESENT.

MISS SMITH. HERE.

OKAY. WE'VE GOT ONE ITEM FOR BUSINESS.

[BUSINESS:]

AND MADAM SMITH, YOU'LL PRESENT THIS ITEM.

YES, SIR.

I HAVE FOR COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THE EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT FOR THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.

THIS CONTRACT IS, OF COURSE, A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OUR OTHER CONTRACTS, IN THAT AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THEM HERE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, IT IS IN A CONTRACT OF A SHORT DURATION AS HE NAVIGATES US TO OUR PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.

SO THE TERMS ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY'RE CERTAINLY DIFFERENT FROM MOST GROUP ONE EMPLOYEES.

THE BASE, THE MAIN THRUST OF IT IS HE'S GOING TO RECEIVE.

HE'LL HAVE THE SAME DUTIES AS A CITY MANAGER UNDER THE CHARTER.

HE'S GIVEN ALL DUTIES.

HIS BASE SALARY IN THE CONTRACT IS STATED IN AS A PER YEAR ANNUAL, WHICH IS $240,000.

OF COURSE, HE WILL NOT BE HERE AS LONG, BUT AS FAR AS WHAT THE EXACT COST, I WANT TO GO THROUGH THE TERMS. THE HR DIRECTOR, LAURA CLAWSON, CAN GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBERS AS FAR AS WHAT THIS CONTRACT COSTS THE TERM IT HAS THEM SERVING GREEN TO SERVE UNTIL APRIL 30TH, 2025.

IF BY CHANCE WE HAVE NOT APPOINTED A PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.

IT ALLOWS US TO NEGOTIATE AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT, ALTHOUGH IT IS HIS DESIRE THAT THIS CONTRACT SHOULD END BY JUNE 30TH, 2025. HE HE WILL GET 60 HOURS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.

IT'LL BE ALL IN ONE LUMP SUM.

THERE'LL BE NO VACATION OR SICK AND IT'S A USE IT OR LOSE IT.

IF HE HAPPENS NOT TO USE ALL THE TIME, THERE WILL BE NO PAYOUTS.

THERE IS NO SEVERANCE.

THERE IS NO CONTRIBUTION TO THE PENSION.

BUT OUR PENSION ATTORNEY HAS SAID, BECAUSE OF HIS STATUS, THAT WE ARE TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNFUNDED LIABILITY PORTION OF THE PLAN. YOU RECEIVE A CITY AUTOMOBILE, COMPUTER AND CELL PHONE, AND EXCEPT AS I HAVE OTHERWISE STATED, THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL BENEFITS.

IT DOES PROVIDE THE TERMINATION PROVISIONS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE HIM TO, OF COURSE, GIVE US ADVANCE NOTICE AND THERE WILL BE NO PAYMENT OUT, JUST LIKE AS ANY OTHER CITY EMPLOYEE HE WOULD BE INDEMNIFIED IF THERE WAS ANY SUIT IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY, AND THAT PROVISION WOULD CONTINUE BEYOND THE CONTRACT, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD CEASE.

AND. THOSE REALLY ARE THE MAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT.

THANK YOU MA'AM. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE TERM APRIL 30TH THEN IT'LL COME BACK TO COUNSEL IF, IF WE'RE NEEDING TO EXTEND THAT. IS THAT CORRECT? OR IS THE EXTENSION AUTOMATIC? THE EXTENSION WOULD BE IF HE HAD MUTUALLY AGREED TO AN EXTENSION.

AS LONG AS HE AGREED.

AND COUNSEL DIRECTED ME TO SEEK AN EXTENSION, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDED TO COME BACK SO LONG AS HE AGREED.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MA'AM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COUNSEL? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY.

SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.

ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? PLEASE STEP FORWARD, MASTER CHIEF.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

FIRST OFF, MR. MORGAN, WELCOME ABOARD.

GLAD TO SEE YOU SITTING UP THERE.

AND YOUR REPUTATION PRECEDES YOU.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

AND I WANT TO SEE THIS.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THE SAME RESULTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN IN OTHER PLACES.

SEE THAT HAPPEN HERE IN PALM BAY? I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THE CHECKPOINTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE COMING FROM MY COUNCIL.

BUT UNTIL THAT DAY HAPPENS, I MAY NEVER KNOW.

BUT IN THE INTERIM.

WELCOME ABOARD.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

MR. ROBINSON SAT UP THERE.

HE DIDN'T WANT THE JOB.

HE WAS PLACED IN THE JOB.

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IF MR. MORGAN IS GETTING $1,500 A DAY, I THINK MR. ROBINSON, HE SHOULD GET THAT SAME PAY.

SO IN MY CALCULATION, IT COMES OUT.

HE SHOULD GET A LITTLE SIGNING BONUS FOR DOING THE JOB FOR YOU IN THE INTERIM OF $22,000.

THAT'S WHAT IT WOULD HAVE COME OUT TO FOR YOU, HAVING HIM SIT UP THERE AND DO THE JOB FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? STEP RIGHT UP, SIR.

PHIL WEINBERG, 466 SCANLON ROAD.

I'VE KNOWN SCOTT MORGAN FOR QUITE A WHILE, AND I JUST SAID THIS TO HIM PRIVATELY ON THE WAY IN HERE, AND I'LL SAY IT PUBLICLY, IS THAT HE IS THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE FOR THE RIGHT JOB. YOU COULDN'T HAVE MADE A BETTER CHOICE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY, I NEED A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, AND I'LL SECOND IT.

DO YOU WANT IT? YEAH.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ANY DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, SO FAR I HAVE.

I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED MY TIME WITH MR. MORGAN ALREADY, AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBTS THAT HE'S GOING TO HELP US GET WHERE WE NEED TO GET DONE.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR.

NO COMMENTS, MR. MORGAN. WELCOME ABOARD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. PASSES FOUR ZERO.

CONGRATULATIONS, MR. MORGAN. THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO? YES, SIR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNCIL AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

AND I DO MY VERY BEST TO TO BE OF SERVICE.

AND I, I AM HONORED BY THIS OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE TO TO ACHIEVE SOME OF THE EXPECTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN STATED.

IT'S VERY HUMBLING.

AND AND SO THANK YOU FOR FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SAID HUMBLING THINGS, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO WORK REAL HARD TO TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. WELL THANK YOU SIR.

WELL WITH THAT THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.