[00:00:02] I'D LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING OF DECEMBER 17TH, 2025. [CALL TO ORDER] IT IS 1 P.M.. AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, ALL OF THE OR THE TWO HEARINGS FOR TODAY ARE TELEPHONE HEARINGS. THE LIGHT'S ON. HERE. IT'S NOT YOU. KNOW IT'S SOMETHING UP HERE. THAT'S ON. IT'S THE ONLY TIME I LEFT THEM OFF IS IF WE'RE ONLY GOING TO BE IN FOR A MINUTE. WE GOT TO CALL THE GUY. YES. OUTSIDE SPEAKERS. [PETITION FOR RELIEF (Part 1 of 2)] THE FIRST CASE IS CB 2459724 AT 826 BADGER DRIVE, NORTHEAST. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO CALL HIM BACK. I CALLED IT TWICE. I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. DID YOU FIND THE ANSWER TO. WOULDN'T IT BE EASIER FOR YOU TO JUST CALL FROM HERE? THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRANSFER CALL WHEN SHE'S READING IT IN. BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU CALL FROM. IF YOU WANT TO TRY DIALING IT FROM THERE. NO, I'M JUST SAYING IT'D BE EASIER, BECAUSE THEN ALL YOU GOT TO DO IS JUST PUT THE PHONE DOWN INSTEAD OF HAVING TO TRANSFER IT. OF COURSE, IF THEY'RE NOT THERE. WE CAN TRY. TO MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE. YOU DIDN'T. IS THIS THE ONE THAT WAS AN ORIGINAL PHONE? IN BOTH OF THEM? NO. 991801. WHAT IS IT? 403. 5272. I'M SORRY. THERE'S TWO RINGS. THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND THEN IT DOESN'T ANSWER. OKAY. NEXT ONE OUT. WELL, IT'S BEEN A NICE MEETING. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, CB 1834417 AND CB 2230421 AT 865 LAMPLIGHTER DRIVE NORTHWEST. CAN YOU SAY YOUR SPIEL? HELLO. HI, SIR. THIS IS THE CITY OF PALM BAY CODE COMPLIANCE OFFICE. [SWEARING IN] WE'RE IN THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE MEETING FOR REDUCTION IN YOUR CASES JUST FROM READ IN. AND I'M GOING TO AND YOU ARE ON SPEAKERPHONE AND YOU WILL BE SWORN IN AND THEN SPEAKING WITH MR. BEADLE. YOU HEAR ME? YES. CAN YOU HEAR US? YES. SO YOU WANT ME TO START? NO. LET ME. OKAY. CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? I DO, THANK YOU, MR. COSTELLO. MY NAME IS JAMES BEADLE. [PETITION FOR RELIEF (Part 2 of 2)] I'M THE PERSON THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS, AND THE GENERAL PROCESS IS, IS THAT YOU, AS THE APPLICANT, WILL PRESENT YOUR CASE AND PUT ON WHATEVER EVIDENCE YOU WISH ME TO CONSIDER. THEN THE CITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO THE TO THE CITY'S PRESENTATION. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YES. OKAY. THEN YOU CAN PROCEED. OKAY. WELL, BASICALLY, IN SUMMARY, WE'RE REQUESTING A SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF THE EXISTING LIENS THAT ARE ON THE PROPERTY. [00:05:09] A 65 LAMPLIGHTER, YOU KNOW, SO WE MAY SELL THE PROPERTY AND ALLOW IT TO BE, YOU KNOW, ALL REHAB. THE SITUATION IS MY TWO BROTHERS AND I WERE IN THE PROCESS OF INHERITING THIS PROPERTY AFTER OUR BROTHER PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 2ND. YOU KNOW, WE WERE AWARE THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN AN EYESORE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WERE DEEPLY EMBARRASSED THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAD TO ENDURE THIS. YOU KNOW, OUR BROTHERS SUFFERED FROM HEALTH ISSUES. HE WAS A DIABETIC. HE WEIGHED OVER 400 POUNDS. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T REALLY MOBILE. AND BECAUSE THE LACK OF HIS MOBILITY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY HE PARKED THE CAR ON THE LAWN NEAR THE FRONT DOOR. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S RIGHT, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE HISTORY BEHIND IT. WE TOOK IMMEDIATE RESPONSIBILITY WHERE WE COULD. THE WEEK FOLLOWING HIS DEATH, WE REREMOVED THE CAUSE FROM THE LAWN. EVEN BEFORE WE KNEW ABOUT THE LIENS. SO WE WERE PREPARING TO LET THE HOUSE GO INTO FORECLOSURE, YOU KNOW, AS THE LIEN AMOUNTS. ONCE WE FOUND OUT, REALLY EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF THE HOME. HOWEVER, WE FOUND A BUYER WILLING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AS IS, AND HE'S WILLING TO DO A FULL REHAB. AND HE INTENDS TO BRING, YOU KNOW, THE HOME AND A NEW BUYER INTO THIS REHAB PROPERTY, WHICH WILL IMMEDIATELY IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY NEEDS. YOU KNOW, WHY WE NEED THE REDUCTION IS THE SALE CANNOT HAPPEN WITH THE CURRENT LIEN AMOUNTS. YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T REDUCE THE LIEN, THE HOUSE COULD GO INTO FORECLOSURE AND IT COULD SIT EMPTY FOR ANOTHER YEAR. AND THEN THE CITY OF PALM BAY WILL ONLY EVENTUALLY BE DEALING WITH THIS A YEAR FROM NOW WITH A DIFFERENT BUYER OR POSSIBLY THE BANK. YOU KNOW, IF YOU REDUCE THE LIEN NOW, WE CAN CLOSE ON THE SALE AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY GETS CLEANED UP, THE NEIGHBORS FINALLY GET RELIEF AND THE PROPERTY RETURNS TO THE TAX ROLL AS A VALUABLE ASSET. YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE MEANING MY BROTHERS AND I DID NOT CAUSE THIS MESS, BUT WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THE QUICKEST, THE MOST BENEFICIAL WAY TO CLEAN IT UP FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY THE HISTORY OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ASKING THE FINE TO BE REDUCED TO? WELL, I PUT IT IN FOR A THOUSAND A PIECE. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ONE, WHICH WAS THE BEEHIVE. I, I HAD YOU KNOW, I WAS DOWN HERE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT WENT ON IN JANUARY. I THINK 2018. MARCH OF 2018. I KNOW THAT WAS DOWN HERE FOR A MONTH BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING FOR A HOUSE, AND I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT IT. HE WAS TELLING ME ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A BEEHIVE THERE, AND HE, YOU KNOW, HE FOUND A BEEKEEPER TO GET TO GET RID OF THAT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG. YOU KNOW, HE HAD IT ON THE HOUSE. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S THE TYPE OF PERSON HE TOOK CARE OF IT. THE PROBLEMS DONE, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF THING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE CAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY HE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, PART OF HIM. I THINK HE WAS MENTALLY ILL UPSTAIRS. BUT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, 400 POUNDS. HE COULDN'T REALLY WALK AND AND, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF. AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAD A PROBLEM AND THAT'S WHY HE, YOU KNOW, PARKED THE CARS ON THE LAWN NEAR THE FRONT DOOR. OKAY. YEAH. THERE'S AN AFFIDAVIT OF COMPLIANCE ABOUT THE BEES AND FILED IN DECEMBER OF 2017. SO THAT WAS CLEARLY TAKEN CARE OF BACK THEN. SO, YEAH, I KNOW HE TOOK CARE OF IT. BUT THE THING IS, IS HE'S NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON. OH, I HAVE A LIEN ON IT. LET ME GO DOWN TO THE TOWN AND, YOU KNOW, GET IT OFF. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST JUST THE WAY. JUST THE WAY HE IS, UNFORTUNATELY. OKAY. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY. WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD. STURGIS CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. ON THIS PROPERTY FOR 865. LAMPLIGHTER. THERE ARE TWO LIENS, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE TOTALS IN. THE FIRST LIEN WAS FOR $76,402.22. THE CITY IS ASKING FOR 8%, WHICH COMES OUT TO $6,112.18, PLUS THE 750 ADMINISTRATIVE COST, FOR A TOTAL OF [00:10:03] $6,862.18. THE SECOND CASE HAS A LIEN OF $2,518.49. THE CITY IS SEEKING 15%, WHICH COMES OUT TO $378 PLUS THE $750 ADMIN BRINGS IT TO A TOTAL OF $1,128. COMBINING BOTH OF THOSE REDUCTIONS THAT THE CITY IS SEEKING, THE TOTAL IS $7,990.18. DID YOU HEAR DID YOU HEAR THE PRESENTATION FROM THE CITY? YEAH. I AND I THINK I HEARD THE THE TOTAL IS JUST UNDER 8000. THERE WERE $7,990. YEAH. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT? WELL, I WAS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LOWER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S A MESS THAT WE'RE INHERITING IT. NO, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOUR BROTHER ALLOWED THE CONDITION TO REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL YOU GUYS TOOK IT OVER. YEAH. I MEAN, IF THERE'S ANY. ANYTHING YOU CAN DO BETTER. I WOULD APPRECIATE IT, BUT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M. I'M GOING TO ENTER AN ORDER REDUCING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO $7,000. I MEAN, THE PROBLEM IS, IT'S KIND OF WEIGHING THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE FACT THAT THIS VIOLATION CONTINUED FOR AS LONG AS IT DID. BUT THE VIOLATION ITSELF WASN'T EGREGIOUS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD. SO, YES. SO I'M GOING TO LOWER IT TO $7,000. WHAT NORMALLY HAPPENS IS THAT THE ORDER CONTAINS A PROVISION THAT THE FINE HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS, OR THE ORIGINAL FINE GETS REINSTATED. DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE PAYING THE $7,000 IN 30 DAYS? NO, NOT AT ALL. AND HOW HOW WOULD I? AM I GOING TO GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL OR IN AN EMAIL? WELL, I'M GOING TO SIGN IT. I'M GOING TO SIGN AN ORDER. BUT YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THE CODE COMPLIANCE DEPARTMENT. AS FAR AS HOW ALL THAT WORKS, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW YOU WORK THROUGH THAT. THAT'S IN THERE. OKAY. I'M ONLY. I ONLY DEAL WITH THE APPLICATIONS IS ALL I DEAL WITH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM PAYING. SO I GUESS I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH JEANNIE ON HOW I CAN PAY. YES. THE CITY WILL PROVIDE YOU A COPY OF THE ORDER, AND YOU CAN GO FROM THERE. OKAY, GREAT, I APPRECIATE IT. EVERYBODY. AND WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAYS. SAME TO YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE. BYE BYE. OKAY. GOING BACK TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. CB 2459724 AT 826 BADGER DRIVE, NORTHEAST. WE JUST RECEIVED A MESSAGE THAT HE'S BEEN CALLING BACK TO THE CITY, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO CALL HIM ONE MORE TIME. YOU SAID HE'S BEEN TRYING TO CALL BACK THIS. AFTERNOON. HI. HI. HOW ARE YOU? MR. FAY? YES. I WILL TRY TO GET YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES AND THEN JUST GO BLANK, YOU KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. WELL, WHILE WE HAVE YOU CONNECTED NOW, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS A SPECIAL MAGISTRATES CONFESSION NOW AND SO ON AND. SO FORTH. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME. HOLD ON. TRACK STAR. HI. CAN YOU HEAR US? OKAY. I PUT YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE. CAN YOU STILL HEAR US? I CAN, OKAY, JEANNIE'S GOING TO SWEAR YOU IN NOW. MR. MCCALL, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? AND DO YOU SWEAR TO TELL THE TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH, SO HELP YOU GOD? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TURN YOU OVER TO MR. BEADLE. MR. MCCALL, MY NAME IS JAMES BEADLE. I'M THE PERSON THAT WAS APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PALM BAY TO CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR REDUCTIONS IN CODE ENFORCEMENT LIENS. [00:15:07] THE GENERAL PROCEDURE IS, IS THAT YOU, AS THE APPLICANT, WILL PRESENT YOUR PRESENTATION AND EVIDENCE THAT YOU WISH FOR ME TO CONSIDER WITH REGARD TO YOUR APPLICATION. THE CITY WILL THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THEN YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLY TO WHAT THE CITY PRESENTS. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YES, SIR. OKAY. THEN YOU CAN PROCEED. I HAD PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO FROM MY. MY COUSIN BOUGHT THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, AND I PURCHASED THE HOUSE WHICH IS 8 TO 6, AND ONLY BECAUSE THE THE GIRL THAT WAS THE FAMILY THAT WAS LIVING THERE, THE HOUSE WAS IN DISREPAIR. AND UNBEKNOWNST TO THE CONDITION OF EVERYTHING WITH THAT HOUSE MEANING, YOU KNOW, THE LADY WAS IN SHE'S IN JAIL. THE DAUGHTER WAS LIVING THERE WITHOUT WATER. NO POWER. THEY WERE CONNECTED TO THE SOME, SOME TYPE OF WELL WATER TRYING TO RUN THE HOUSE. THE POOL HAD BEEN JUST FULL OF JUST BAD GARBAGE, I GUESS. THEY HAD A TON OF VIOLATIONS, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MANY THINGS WERE ON THE PROPERTY WHEN I PURCHASED IT, BUT I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO MY FAMILY. AND THEY MOVED HERE FROM NORTH CAROLINA, AND THAT'S WHERE I'M AT NOW, HANDLING MY DAD'S 87 YEARS OLD. AND SO HE'S I'M BATTLING TO GET HIM DOWN TO FLORIDA NOW. SO HE IS HE'S NOT DOING SO WELL. SO I'M GOING TO BRING HIM DOWN. I'M COMING BACK DOWN TO FLORIDA. I'VE RENOVATED THE HOUSE TO THE I MEAN, I'VE FIXED THE POOL. I'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL THE THINGS. I'VE REMOVED THESE CAMPERS AND ALL THIS JUNK AND DEBRIS. I'VE RAN OUT THE THE DRUG DEALERS AND WHATEVER ELSE THAT WAS IN THIS HOUSE. I MEAN, IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE. THE GARBAGE AND THINGS FROM THE PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER AND THE HOUSE LOOKS AMAZING. AND I JUST HAD AN APPRAISAL DONE ON THE HOUSE TWO DAYS AGO FOR MY REFINANCE. AND I GOT THE LIEN ON THERE AND I CAN'T REFINANCE WITH THIS LIEN, BUT THE APPRAISAL WAS $340,000. AND THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, CONSIDERING WHAT I DID TO IT AND HOW I'M HELPING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO MY COUSIN'S RENOVATED THEIR HOUSE NEXT DOOR. I'VE RENOVATED THIS ONE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SUPER NICE NOW. AND I WAS JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CONCESSIONS WHERE I CAN GET MONEY BACK THAT I'VE PUT OUT TO RENOVATE THE HOUSE AND MAKE IT NICE. AND I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF I'D DONE A GOOD JOB AND I WAS ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH, YOU KNOW, WHAT I NEEDED TO DO ON MY END AND UPHOLD THE BARGAIN FOR PALM BAY THAT I COULD GET A REDUCTION. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING FOR NOW, AND JUST ASKING FOR AS MUCH AS I CAN TO GET A REDUCTION, BECAUSE THAT'S MY RETIREMENT. I USED TO RENOVATE THE HOUSE, AND SO I THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL THE MONEY I HAVE, AND I NEED IT BACK FROM THIS RENOVATION, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. HOW MUCH? APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH DID YOU SPEND ON RENOVATIONS? I'VE SPENT 100 AND PROBABLY, I THINK $2,000 OF CHANGE ON THE RENOVATIONS. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS TIME? NO, SIR, I DO NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. BEST I CAN DO. AND WHAT'S THE CITY'S POSITION? VALERIE STURGIS, CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION MANAGER. THE CITY HAS NO OBJECTION TO A REDUCTION OF THIS LIEN. WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES ARE TO BE COLLECTED. THE LIEN BALANCE IS $30,825.89. THE CITY IS SEEKING 13%, WHICH IS $4,007.37. THE ADDITIONAL $750 FOR THE ADMIN FEES BRINGS IT TO A TOTAL OF $4,757.37. DID YOU HEAR THE CITY'S POSITION? YES. YES, SIR, I DID. DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THAT AMOUNT? NO, SIR. THAT IS. THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR AND MUCH APPRECIATED IF THAT'S THE CASE. OKAY. NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS IN THE ORDER, OR WHAT I DO IN THE ORDERS IS TO INCLUDE A PROVISION THAT IT HAS TO BE PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS, OR THE CURRENT FINE IS REINSTATED. DO YOU HAVE AN ISSUE WITH PAYMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS? NO, SIR. I YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT IT. I MEAN, I'M READY TO PAY THAT RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THIS LOAN IS A BIG DEAL FOR ME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. I NEED TO REFINANCE IMMEDIATELY. OKAY, THEN I'LL ENTER AN ORDER TO THAT EFFECT AND IT'LL BE REDUCED TO 47. 57. 37. THAT IS GREAT. THANK YOU. SIR. YES, SIR. HAVE A GOOD DAY. HEY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU GUYS. ALL RIGHT. BYE BYE. BYE. I SIGNED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND THERE ARE NO BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS. [ADOPTION OF MINUTES] THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 1:20 P.M.. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.