Jan 08, 2026 Council Meetings - Regular

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IT IS NOW 1800 HOURS. I'M GOING TO CALL THIS REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING.

2026 DASH ZERO TWO TO ORDER. THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KEN DELGADO OF THE HOUSE CHURCH, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY COUNCILMAN KENNY JOHNSON.

PLEASE RISE. MAY I SAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND MERRY CHRISTMAS SINCE I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.

I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK IMPOSSIBLE.

IN MY INVOCATION, I AM GOING TO TIE IN THE 250 YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES, ALONG WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND HOOK IT UP TO THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.

GO FIGURE. ARE YOU READY? AMEN. FIRST, I'M GOING TO READ TWO DOCUMENTS.

1901, THE SUPREME COURT WROTE IN THE COTTINGHAM VERSUS GODDARD 183 V.S.

OR US 79 HE'S, HE WROTE. THE FIRST OFFICIAL ACTION OF THIS NATION DECLARED THE FOUNDATION OF GOVERNMENT.

IN THESE WORDS, WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, THAT THEY ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.

WHILE SUCH DECLARATIONS OF PRINCIPLES MAY NOT HAVE THE FORCE OF ORGANIC LAW OR BE MADE THE BASIS OF JUDICIAL DECISION AS TO THE LIMITS OF RIGHTS AND DUTY, AND WHILE IN ALL CASES REFERENCE MUST BE HAD IN THE ORGANIC LAW OF THE NATION FOR SUCH FOR SUCH LIMITS, YET THE LATTER IS BUT THE BODY AND THE LETTER, OF WHICH THE FORMER IS THE THOUGHT AND SPIRIT, AND IT IS ALWAYS SAFE TO READ THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION IN THE SPIRIT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

AND IN JULY 4TH, 1837, THE SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, SAID. WHY IS IT THAT THE MOST THAT NEXT TO THE BIRTH DATE OF THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, YOUR JOYOUS AND MOST VENERATED FESTIVAL RETURNS ON THIS DAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY? IS IT NOT THAT IN THE CHAIN OF HUMAN EVENTS, THE BIRTHDAY OF THIS NATION IS INDISSOLUBLY LINKED WITH THE BIRTHDAY OF OUR SAVIOR? THAT IT IS A FORMS A LEADING EVENT IN THE PROGRESS OF THE GOSPEL DISPENSATION.

SO, FATHER, AS WE COME TO YOU TODAY IN THESE CHAMBERS, I THANK YOU FOR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'VE PLACED IN OFFICE.

WE PRAY FOR THEM. WE THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTH OF THIS NATION THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING 250 YEARS, BASED ON THE REALITY THAT IT BEGAN ON THE BASIS OF WORSHIPING GOD, OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB AND IN THE FORMATION OF THIS GREAT NATION, LIFE, LIBERTY AND PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS WAS THE VERY FOUNDATION OF PURPOSE, THE SPIRIT OF THE CONSTITUTION. WE JUST ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING BE ON THIS NATION.

WE ASK THAT YOUR BLESSING BE ON THESE PROCEEDINGS, THAT WE BE REMINDED THAT ALL OF THIS NEEDS TO BE UNDER THE GUISE, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A SERVANT ATTITUDE.

AND IN THE FEAR OF GOD, WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING, REDEEM THE TIME, GIVE THEM WISDOM, BLESS THEIR FAMILIES, BLESS THIS CITY, AND BLESS THIS NATION. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

PLEASE TURN AND FACE THE FLAG. 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.

MADAM JONES, ROLL CALL. MAYOR. MEDINA. PRESENT.

DEPUTY. MAYOR. JAFFE. PRESENT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON.

PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN HAMMER. PRESIDENT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, PRESIDENT MR. MORTON PRESIDENT SMITH HERE. DEPUTY MAYOR ANNOUNCEMENT.

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ANYONE WISHING TO SERVE ON THESE BOARDS CAN APPLY ONLINE AT PALM BAY. ORG OR CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 9523414.

THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON AGENDA REVISIONS. MR..

[AGENDA REVISIONS:]

I'M LOOKING FOR THAT ITEM. WHERE IS IT? THAT WOULD BE NICE.

UNDER CONSENT. CONSENT. ITEM NUMBER THREE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MADAM SMITH. ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR. COUNCIL. ANY AGENDA REVISIONS? NO, SIR.

SEEING NONE, WE'RE NOW ON PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS.

[PROCLAMATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS:]

COMMERCIAL SEX. ACTS, LABOR OR SERVICES INDUCED BY FRAUD, FORCE, COERCION, OR IN WHICH THE PERSON INDUCED TO PERFORM SUCH ACTS AS NOT ATTAINED 18 YEARS OF AGE, WHEREAS IT IS ESTIMATED THAT, ALTHOUGH GROSSLY UNDERREPORTED, 40 TO 50 MILLION PEOPLE ARE BEING TRAFFICKED WORLDWIDE, WITH CHILDREN ACCOUNTING FOR HALF OF THOSE VICTIMS. MORE THAN 44 US TEENAGE BOYS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE AS A DIRECT RESULT OF ONLINE EXPLOITATION AND SEXTORTION SINCE 2021, AND THE UNITED STATES BEING ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST DESTINATION AND MARKETS FOR COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND SEX TRAFFICKING WORLDWIDE, AND ONE OF THE TOP THREE NATIONS OF ORIGINAL GLOBALLY FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHEREAS FLORIDA RANKS GET THIS THIRD IN THE UNITED STATES FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES REPORTED TO THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING RESOURCE CENTER, WITH THE CENTRAL REGION HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES REPORTED TO FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS REGARD FLORIDA AS ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE DESTINATIONS AND TRANSIT POINTS FOR THEIR VICTIMS. KIM, I THINK YOU SHOULD TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON WHY THAT IS.

WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING HAS INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY AS THE FASTEST GROWING AND SECOND LARGEST INTERNATIONAL CRIME ENTERPRISE, NEXT TO ILLEGAL DRUGS AND ARMS TRADES, GENERATING OVER $236 IN DOLLARS, SPECIFICALLY INVOLVING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, MATERIAL PORNOGRAPHY, AND ONLINE EXPLOITATION, AND OFTEN INVOLVES FAMILY MEMBERS OR THOSE PERSONALLY KNOWN TO THE VICTIM.

WHEREAS HUMAN TRAFFICKING EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE EVER GROWING NUMBER OF BUYERS.

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THANK YOU. SIGHS SHORT.

THAT'S FUNNY. HE HAD TO LOWER THE STAND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL CITY MANAGER AND PALM BAY CITIZENS BOARD MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS, PARTNERS IN CRIME, PARTNERS IN STOPPING CRIME.

SO WE HAD A WONDERFUL EVENT THANKS TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD A RED SAND EVENT WHERE WE POURED SAND INTO THE CRACKS OF THE SIDEWALKS AND WHAT THAT REPRESENTED, AND IT WAS RED SAND. WHAT THAT REPRESENTED WAS THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET ANYONE FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS, AS LONG AS IT'S UP TO US. I AM PROUD TO BE THE CHAIR AND PART OF THE HUMAN THE SPACE COAST HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE, WHICH SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE STANDING BEHIND ME ARE A PART OF AS WELL.

AND WE'RE SERVING YOU. WE'RE SERVING YOUR CHILDREN.

WE'RE SERVING THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY AND ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY.

AND I WANT TO THANK PALM BAY, THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE LEADING THE CHARGE AND PARTNERING WITH US IN A WAY THAT I AM ABSOLUTELY SO GRATEFUL FOR. MANY OF YOU, WHEN YOU HEAR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, YOU MIGHT FLASH TO THE MOVIES OF PEOPLE BEING ABDUCTED AND PEOPLE BEING CHAINED TO BEDPOSTS AND MAYBE HELD CAPTIVE IN BASEMENTS.

MAYBE THEY'RE THEY'RE GAGGED AND DUCT TAPED AND AND HAULED OFF TO HONDURAS.

THAT HAPPENS. IT REALLY DOES HAPPEN. HOWEVER, THAT'S ONLY 3 TO 5% OF WHAT HAPPENS.

REALLY, WHAT'S GOING ON? THE REAL FIGHT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS HAPPENING ONLINE.

IT'S HAPPENING WITH YOUR GAMING, WITH YOUR KIDS ON GAMES.

I'M GOING TO CALL OUT ROBLOX. I CAN CALL OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM.

BUT PARENTS, YOU NEED TO KNOW THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN THE GAMING.

IT'S HAPPENING ON THEIR CELL PHONES. IT'S HAPPENING ON FACEBOOK.

I WORK WITH A MOM THAT GOT HER SON BACK. HE WAS MISSING FOR EIGHT YEARS.

HE WAS GROOMED THROUGH FACEBOOK. AT 18. THEY CAME AND TOOK HIM BECAUSE THEY HAD DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS A FRIEND. THAT FRIEND TOOK HIM TO WISCONSIN AND HE WAS GONE MISSING.

HE WAS MISSING FOR EIGHT YEARS AFTER EIGHT YEARS.

JUST RECENTLY, MOM GOT A MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK THAT IT WAS HER SON AND SHE'S LIKE, SHE'S BEEN GETTING ALL THESE MESSAGES SAYING THAT I'M YOUR SON.

I'M YOUR SON. THEY WERE FAKE. SO SHE WAS DEVASTATED ONCE AGAIN, BUT DECIDED THIS TIME TO DOUBLE CHECK AND SEE IF IT TRULY WAS HER SON. AND IT WAS. THEY CASHED IN THEIR 401 K. DAD WENT TO WISCONSIN, PICKED HIM UP.

HE'S HOME. HE'S GETTING HELP. THAT'S EIGHT YEARS OF THAT.

THAT TRAUMA TO THAT FAMILY NOT KNOWING WHERE THEIR SON WAS.

THAT'S HAPPENING ALL THE TIME. AND WHAT THE MAYOR READ ABOUT THE 44.

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HUNDREDS OF PARENTS IN FRONT OF ME WHO HAD LOST THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH ONLINE EXPLOITATION.

IT'S TRUE. IT'S HAPPENING. I DON'T WANT TO BE LIKE, ALL HEAVY DEBBIE DOWNER.

BUT GUYS, THIS IS SERIOUS AND WE HAVE TO BE MORE PROACTIVE.

WHEN YOU SEE FOLKS OUT IN AND MAYBE AT THE WAWA, MAYBE IN A RESTAURANT, MAYBE WHEREVER.

AND YOU GET THAT GUT CHECK OR IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.

YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE IN WHAT IS THIS? PLEASE CALL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

IF YOU HURT THEIR FEELINGS BECAUSE YOU MAYBE FALSELY ACCUSED THEM, OKAY, THEY'RE GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AND MAYBE YOU SAVE A LIFE.

MELBOURNE, PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY AS THE MAYOR ALSO TOUCHED ON OUR PORTS, OUR DISNEY AND ORLANDO. JUST ALL OF THIS. WE WE'RE WE'RE KNOWN TO TRAFFICKERS AS THE SLEEPY COUNTY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION OR NOT ENOUGH. SO PLEASE JOIN ME. PLEASE JOIN ME AT HOME AND LOVE ON YOUR KIDS ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK THEY'RE DOING ONLINE.

GET INVOLVED WITH US. MOST OF THESE FOLKS UP HERE WORK WITH ME.

AND WE CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. AND I WOULD LOVE TO PARTNER WITH YOU GUYS.

AND JUST EVEN IF I NEVER MEET YOU ONE ON ONE, TO KNOW THAT YOU HEARD WHAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT AND YOU WENT HOME AND DID THE DUE DILIGENCE IN YOUR HOME. BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, PORNOGRAPHY, MOST OF PORNOGRAPHY IS TRAFFICKING.

IT'S FORCED. THEY'VE USED FRAUD. AND THERE THERE'S COERCION.

AND ANY CHILD IS A VICTIM IF THEY'RE UNDER 18.

SO PLEASE JOIN US. PLEASE DO DUE DILIGENCE. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE LAWS.

I'M IN DC A LOT ADVOCATING FOR OUR ONLINE GAMING AND PLATFORMS TO BE SAFER.

JUST PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL THE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S REAL.

IT'S WAY TOO MANY VICTIMS AND I THANK YOU FOR STANDING WITH US AND FIGHTING THIS HORRIBLE CRIME AGAINST OUR KIDS.

CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO TAKE.

YOU. OVER HERE. WHERE'S MANZANITA? YEAH, YOU'RE NEXT TO THE TALL ONE.

I'M NEXT TO THE JACKED ONE. OKAY. ARE WE READY? IT'S FAT. IT'S FAT. BRO, SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SIR BOB.

GREAT TO SEE YOU, SIR. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE NOW ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, DEPUTY MAYOR.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/RESPONSES:]

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCIL. NORMALLY, I'M UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PALM BAY SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD.

AND WHILE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO A REALLY GREAT 2026 AND WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY ELSE TO JOIN IN AND PARTICIPATE WITH US TONIGHT, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO TALK ON A MORE PERSONAL LEVEL.

IT'S THE START OF 2026, SO IT'S KIND OF A TIME TO DO SOME REFLECTION, TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

AND I WANTED TO DO THAT AS A BIT OF A CHANGE OF PACE.

SO I HAVE BEEN READING A LAND REMEMBERED, WHICH IS A BOOK.

IT'S A HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK BASED HERE IN FLORIDA.

IT'S ACTUALLY CONSIDERED ONE OF THE MOST QUINTESSENTIAL FLORIDA BOOKS AND HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED NUMEROUS ACCOLADES ALONG THE WAY.

AND IN THIS BOOK, I WAS ACTUALLY READING IT A COUPLE OF NIGHTS BACK, AND I FOUND A PASSAGE THAT I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY, HONESTLY. SO TO SET IT UP A LITTLE BIT THE BOOK IS ACTUALLY ABOUT ABOUT THE STORY OF THREE GENERATIONS OF ONE FAMILY OF FLORIDIANS WHO MOVED INTO FLORIDA RIGHT AFTER IT BECAME A STATE OR ACTUALLY

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IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE 80S. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OLD ON ITS OWN, BUT IT ALSO TAKES PLACE IN HISTORY.

THE CHARACTER IN QUESTION IS ZACHARIAH. HE'S ABOUT 18 YEARS OLD AND HIS FAMILY WAS GIVEN A HORSE AND A COUPLE OF DOGS.

THEIR NAMES ARE NIP AND TUCK FROM SOME SEMINOLE INDIANS THAT THEY HELPED ALONG THE WAY, WHICH WAS UNIQUE FOR THAT TIME.

ZEKEY JUST FINISHED HIS WATCH WALKING OR WHILE DRIVING WILD CATTLE ACROSS FLORIDA, WHICH WAS HOW HIS FAMILY MADE A LIVING AT THE TIME.

IT WAS AROUND MIDNIGHT. HE APPROACHED A STAND OF TREES WITH A POND AND HE KIND OF HID BEHIND HIM, SAW PALMETTO'S AND WAS JUST WATCHING THE POND AS IT HAPPENED.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE PASSAGE PICKS UP, AND I WANTED TO READ IT IN JUST A CHANGE OF PACE AND A THOUGHT PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY.

THE FIRST FORMS THAT VISITED THE STAND WERE DEER, AND THEY WERE SOON REPLACED BY THE SMALLER, VAGUE BODIES OF FOXES, RABBITS AND RACCOONS. HE LAID THERE IN THE DRY GRASS AND WATCHED AS A PROCESSION CAME IN GROUPS OF THEIR OWN KIND WOLVES, BEARS, A MOTHER PANTHER WITH A LITTER OF CUBS, ALL PASSING EACH OTHER WITHOUT COMMENT, DRINKING AND DISAPPEARING INTO THE NIGHT.

THERE WERE NO GROWLS OF ANGER, NO WARNINGS TO MOVE AWAY, NO SNARLING FLASHES OF SUPERIORITY, DEADLY ENEMIES SEEMINGLY UNDER A TRUCE OF UNDERSTANDING ONLY FROM THEMSELVES, SHARING EQUALLY A THING THEY ALL MUST HAVE TO SURVIVE.

ZEK WATCHED SPELLBOUND, WONDERING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF NIP AND TUCK WERE WITH HIM, IF THEY, TOO WOULD UNDERSTAND THIS HONOR OF TRUCE, RETREAT FROM NATURAL INSTINCTS AND PATIENTLY WAIT THEIR TURN.

OR IF THEY WOULD CHARGE FORWARD AND ENGAGE IN COMBAT TO RUN THE OTHERS AWAY WITHOUT SHARING.

HE WAS GLAD THEY WEREN'T PRESENT WITH HIM AT THIS MOMENT, FOR HE DIDN'T WANT THE SCENE CHALLENGED.

HE KNEW IT WAS POSSIBLE HE WOULD NEVER WITNESS IT AGAIN.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, BILL BATTEN.

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

MAY IT BE A HEALTHY AND HAPPY ONE FOR 2026. THANK YOU.

SECOND ITEM. I'VE MADE SOME BAD DECISIONS IN MY LIFE AND HAPPEN TO BE SPEEDING TICKETS AND A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT GOT INVOLVED. THOSE DECISIONS THAT I MADE WERE ON ME.

I'M NOT BLAMING LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR DOING THEIR JOB.

LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS A JOB, AND THAT'S THE THIN BLUE LINE BETWEEN US AND ANARCHY.

SO I DON'T BLAME LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR DOING THEIR JOB, EVEN THOUGH IT DID MEAN I HAD TO PAY FOR SPEEDING TICKET.

THAT BEING SAID, TOMORROW IS NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOGNITION RECOGNITION DAY, AND SO I'D LIKE TO SO I WON'T BE SEEING PEOPLE TOMORROW. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TONIGHT.

SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT. THAT BEING SAID, WHY IS IT THAT A PERSON TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB AND I'LL SPEAK OF ICE AGENTS TRYING TO DO THEIR JOB HAVE TO BE HINDERED, MADE TO FEEL LESS THAN BY SOMEBODY WHO DOES NOT APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT AT OUR BECK AND CALL DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

NO GOOD CAN COME FROM INTERFERENCE WITH YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO THAT'S IT. TOMORROW IS APPRECIATION DAY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HOPE YOU RECOGNIZE YOUR LOCALS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WOODY WOODRUM.

WOODY WOODRUM, 1394 AMELIA AVENUE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I VOLUNTEERED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF MY LIFE BEFORE I CAME TO FLORIDA AND MARYLAND.

I'VE HELD ELECTED OFFICE TWO TIMES AS A MAYOR OF BURGESS AND A COMMISSIONER, BUT I'VE ALWAYS GIVEN BACK AND PAID FORWARD.

I VOLUNTEERED HERE FOR THREE YEARS ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY FOR PLANNING AND ZONING.

THEN I DID SIX MONTHS WITH HR, WITH FACILITIES, AND HOLD THE RECORD AS THE ONLY PERSON EVER FIRED BY HR.

I'M PROUD OF IT. OKAY, I'M 77 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR AND I CAN'T RUN.

I CAN'T MOVE ANYMORE. I'M DONE. SO I'M GOING TO FIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 15 YEARS AGO, PALM BAY WAS CLASSIFIED AS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN FLORIDA WITH A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

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THIS CITY, IN MY OPINION, IS NOT PREPARED TO MEET THIS CHALLENGE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A WEAK MAYOR AND A WEAK COUNCIL THAT ARE DULY ELECTED AND ALL ARE PART TIME.

ALL OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE MAKING, THE DECISIONS AND RUNNING THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THIS CITY ARE DONE BY AN EMPLOYEE, THE CITY MANAGER WHO RECEIVES A VERY LARGE SALARY WHEN MAJOR FAILURES OCCUR, AS IN THE PAST.

ALL OF THE BLAME IS PLACED ON THE DESK OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY MANAGER IS USUALLY FIRED BECAUSE THAT POSITION IS AN AT WILL POSITION THAT THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY, CAN FIRE FOR ANY REASON THAT THEY CHOOSE. THIS ALLOWS THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL TO SHIRK ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FAILURES AND WALK AWAY WITH CLEAN HANDS. NOW, THE POINT I'M GOING TO MAKE IS IT'S TIME TO MAKE A CHARTER CHANGE.

GIVE THE LARGE SALARY TO THE MAYOR AND MAKE HIM FULL TIME.

LET THE MAYOR OVERSEE DAILY OPERATIONS. MEET AND COORDINATE WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.

PUT ALL THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE GOOD AND BAD DECISIONS IN THAT SEAT.

SOMEONE WE HIRED THROUGH THE VOTING PROCESS, NOT SOMEONE AT WILL EMPLOYEE THAT IS NOT ACCOUNTABLE TO THE VOTING CITIZENS CHANGE.

OOPS. THANK YOU MADAM. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MICHAEL.

MICHAEL MORIARTY 742 CORNELIA AVENUE SOUTHEAST.

GOOD EVENING AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. COUNCIL I'M HERE THIS EVENING AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN AND QUITE POSSIBLY ONE OF THE NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE NEXT ELECTION TO TO DEMAND THAT OFFICER SEAN ROLLINS BE TERMINATED IMMEDIATELY FOR HIS WELL DOCUMENTED PAST. TO INCLUDE NEWLY DISCOVERED MISCONDUCT PRESENTLY ARISING OUT OF YET ANOTHER ADDITIONAL STATE, COLORADO. IT'S BEEN MY IMPRESSION THAT ROLLINS HAS THREATENED CIVIL ACTION AGAINST PALM BAY IF FIRED.

LET ME JUST CITE ONE WORD PROBATIONARY, AND REMIND THE CITY OFFICIALS THAT LYING ON AN APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT.

PAGE FIVE. NUMBER SIX IS IN FACT A FIRABLE OFFENSE.

THUS, I WOULD RATHER ENTERTAIN ONE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT FILED BY ROLLINS, RATHER THAN A DOZEN FILED AGAINST THE CITY FOR HIS UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.

I WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER REQUEST THE RESIGNATIONS OF ONE LAURA CLAWSON FOR HIRING ROLLINS, HAVING KNOWN HIS TROUBLED PAST.

TWO PATRICIA SMITH FOR FAILURE AS COUNSEL FOR THE CITY TO PROPERLY ADVISE HER 300,000 PLUS SALARY COULD BE USED TO RETAIN AN ENTIRE FIRM, WHICH THE CITY DOES ALREADY, TO DEFEND LAWSUITS THAT SMITH IS INCAPABLE OF.

THREE HOLD THE CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF AND COMMAND STAFF ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR FAILURES TO FIRE ROLLINS ONCE HIS HISTORY WAS MADE PUBLIC, AND URGE THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT AN OUTSIDE SEARCH FOR OUR NEXT CHIEF.

LASTLY, IN MY HANDS ON THAT SEAT IS A 20 PAGE EMAIL DELIVERED TO EACH AND EVERY MEMBER ON THAT DAIS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY TAKES AWAY ANY SOVEREIGN OR QUALIFIED IMMUNITY.

MAY I SUGGEST BRINGING CHIEF AJELLO TO THE PODIUM TO CATEGORICALLY ANSWER EACH CRIMINAL, CIVIL AND PROCEDURAL VIOLATIONS OUTLINED, THEN GIVE RETIRED DEPUTY CHIEF LANCE FISHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A REBUTTAL.

A SHOW OF HANDS IN THIS AUDIENCE AND VIEWERS AT HOME WOULD INDICATE THE NEED.

THANK YOU. TERRY STUHLMILLER.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS TERRY STUHLMILLER. I LIVE AT 1324 TURKEY CREEK DRIVE IN PALM BAY THAT'S LOCATED IN PALM BAY ESTATES, WHICH IS A RESIDENT OWNED COMMUNITY. 55 YEARS OF AGE AND OLDER.

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18 OF THOSE YEARS I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, WHICH IS A VOLUNTEER POSITION FOR THE CO-OP.

WE'VE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES OVER THE YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THE CITY, AND PRIMARILY IT HAD TO DO WITH THE WATERWAY THAT RUNS DOWN THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S CALLED THE DEER RUN CREEK. THE CITY HAS MAINTAINED FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THE PAST 25 YEARS THAT IT'S A DRAINAGE DITCH.

IT IS NOT A DRAINAGE DITCH. MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, IT WAS DESIGNATED AS DEER RUN CREEK.

IT FLOWS INTO THE THE TURKEY CREEK, WHICH ULTIMATELY GOES UNDER US ONE INTO THE INDIAN RIVER.

AND WE'VE HAD THE CITY HAS BEEN USING A DRAINAGE DITCH THAT COMES IN FROM FLORIN ROAD, WHICH IS OFF OUR PROPERTY AND RUNS INTO OUR CREEK, AND THEY'VE BEEN USING THAT FOR RUNOFF FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER.

AND WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THE PIPE, AND EVERY TIME WE'VE DEALT WITH THE CITY, THEY'VE SAID, IT'S YOUR PIPE, YOU FIX IT. WELL, WE HAVE SOME YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE PRETTY MUCH GONE OVER THE YEARS WITH SAYING YOU CAN'T FIGHT CITY HALL.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ATTITUDE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED WHEN DEALING WITH THE CITY.

YOU FIX IT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP YOU. WELL, ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THESE ELDERLY PEOPLE HAVE SAID WE ARE GOING TO FIGHT CITY HALL. IT IS NOT OUR PIPE. AND THE CITY IS THE ONLY ONE USING IT.

WE DON'T USE IT. YOU'RE USING THE DRAINAGE TO DUMP EVERYTHING INTO OUR CREEK AND ULTIMATELY INTO THE TURKEY, THE TURKEY CREEK. AND WE'VE RECENTLY HAD A COLLAPSE OF THAT PIPE.

AND THEN THAT CAUSED PART OF OUR ROAD TO COLLAPSE.

AND NOW THAT HAS TO BE FIXED. IT'S AN ENDANGERMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE CITY WERE DEALING WITH THEM NOW, TRYING TO GET THEM TO ADMIT THAT, YES, IT IS THEIR PIPE.

THEY USE IT. WE DON'T, AND THEY SHOULD FIX IT.

WE'VE OFFERED IN THE PAST TO MEET THEM HALFWAY.

IF YOU CAN. IF YOU INSIST. IT'S OUR PIPE. WE'LL MEET YOU HALFWAY.

THAT'S NEVER HAPPENED. ANYTHING THAT'S EVER HAPPENED, WE'VE DONE IT ON OUR OWN, AND WE OPERATE ON A VERY LOW BUDGET.

AND TO KEEP LIVING AFFORDABLE FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE ARE AT A SITUATION NOW WHERE WE NEED SOME HELP, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL COME THROUGH AND ADMIT THAT THEY IT'S THEIR PROBLEM, NOT OUR PROBLEM, AND THEY WILL CERTAINLY COME AND FIX IT. WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR.. MORTON, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO THIS? I HAVE LOOKED INTO THIS. AND THE FIRST TIME I GOT A CALL, I WAS ON SITE IN PALM BAY STATES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR, AND I TOURED THE SITE WITH THE FORMER HOA PRESIDENT.

WE HAD WORKED OUT A TACIT FORMAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

I FIRST OFFERED THAT POTENTIALLY THE CITY WOULD TAKE THE ENTIRE PIPE BECAUSE I DO SEE SOME VALUE, AND THAT IS A LONG STANDING INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET.

THIS WAS ADJUDICATED IN COURT AND DISMISSED. THIS WAS A MEMO BY COUNSEL, I THINK, ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO THAT CLEARLY STATED THEY HAD HELPED AT THAT POINT TO REPLACE IT, SAID THE CITY WOULD NEVER REPLACE IT AGAIN OR GIVE MONEY. IT IS PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. I NEGOTIATED THAT AGREEMENT WITH PAUL PIGNOLET WAS GOING TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR RATIFICATION. I WAS INFORMED AT LITERALLY ZERO HOURS THAT THEY CHANGED THEIR MIND.

THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO DO A COST SHARING AGREEMENT. WE WERE GOING TO PAY FOR HALF OF THE PIPE. I SAID, NO PROBLEM. LET'S SEE WHAT ROUND TWO SOLUTION COULD LOOK LIKE.

WE STARTED WORKING ON POTENTIALLY TAKING ON AN EASEMENT OR HELPING IN OTHER WAYS TO FIX THE PIPE.

IN THE MEANTIME, WE WERE ASKED FOR THE LOAN OF STEEL PLATES.

AS LONG AS WE HAD A HOLD HARMLESS AGREEMENT, WE'D PROVIDE THEM. THE CURRENT HOA GROUP SIGNED THAT.

MISS ANGELA GARRISON SIGNED THAT HOA. WE ARE TRYING TO DELIVER. WE HAD THEM ON SITE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER EQUIPMENT TO UNLOAD THEM. THE STEEL PLATE. SO AT LEAST FOR THE LAST FOUR MONTHS I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE DONE NOTHING BUT PARTNERSHIP.

AND TRY TO WORK THIS SOLUTION. AT THE END OF THE DAY.

HE'S CORRECT. IT IS PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CITY.

WE HAVE A VERY THIN LINE TO WALK BETWEEN GIFTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND ALSO FIGURING OUT WHAT SHARE AND WHAT THE IMPORTANCE IS LONG TERM AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET TO THE CITY.

AND THAT'S CURRENTLY, AS I SPOKE WITH MISS GARRISON, IS THAT I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT THAT THIS CAN OCCUR WITH FAIR TO THE REST OF THE OF THE CITY. WE DON'T JUST GO FIX PROBLEMS IN SUBDIVISIONS FOR EVERY HOA AND EVERY PRIVATE OWNERSHIP GROUP.

BUT AGAIN, WITH THE BASELINE BEING THAT THERE IS, I BELIEVE, SOME LONG TERM VALUE TO PRESERVE THAT WATER COURSE.

CURRENTLY STORMWATER DISCHARGE AS IT'S HOOKING UP TO THE NEW FLORIN POND WITH THE NEW BAFFLE BOX THAT'S INTENDED TO BE INSTALLED, THAT THAT THERE WAS SOME JOINT RESPONSIBILITY. SO I'M NOT SURE, SIR, WHERE THOSE COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM. WE'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE IN PARTNERSHIP

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SO I, I'M REALLY CONFUSED WHERE THOSE COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, SIR. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THAT INITIATIVE. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, CLYDE HARMON.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS CLYDE HARMON. I LIVE IN PALM BAY ESTATES, 1360 TURKEY CREEK DRIVE, AND I AM A TAX PAYING CITIZEN OF PALM BAY.

WE'VE GOT 231 RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY PUSHING MAYBE 500 PEOPLE.

THEY'RE ALL CITIZENS. THEY'RE ALL OF PALM BAY.

THEY'RE ALL PAYING TAX TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

I WON'T REITERATE ALL THAT TERRY SAID, OR WHAT ANGELA'S GOING TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

I JUST WANT TO COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET SUPPORT AND HELP FROM THE CITY ON THE DEER RUN CANAL AND THE DRAINAGE OR STORMWATER RUNOFF THAT'S COMING INTO IT FROM FLOOR AND POND, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED UP. AND THE REASON IT'S NOT CLEANED UP IS WE'RE CLASSIFIED AS A DRAINAGE DITCH, ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY FOR YEARS, IT GOES WAY BACK THAT WE'RE DEER RUN CREEK AND THE CANAL IS A WATERWAY.

IT'S NOT A DRAINAGE DITCH. SO WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN I APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT Y'ALL CAN GIVE US TO GET THROUGH THIS PROBLEM OF A BUSTED PIPE. IT'S A STORMWATER DRAINAGE PIPE.

PALM BAY ESTATES DOES NOT USE THAT PIPE. IT COMES DIRECTLY FROM FLORIN POND THROUGH AND UNDER OUR STREET, WHICH IS DAMAGED NOW, AND INTO OUR CANAL, WHICH THAT MEANS THAT THE WATER WHICH HASN'T BEEN CLEANED UP HAS BEEN GOING IN THE CANAL FOR YEARS NOW.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE WHAT I WOULD WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL.

MAYOR, CITY MANAGER. IT'S TIME THAT WE START CLEANING IT UP.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE TAKING CARE OF THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN DOING THAT. SO IT'S TIME THAT WE START STRAIGHTENING UP OUR MESS FROM THE PAST AND GET CLEAN WATER GOING INTO THE TURKEY CREEK AND THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, ANGELA GARRISON.

MY NAME IS ANGELA GARRISON, PALM BAY STATES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEN AND STAFF.

OUR COMMUNITY OF PALM BAY ESTATES AND DEER RUN CREEK IS A HISTORICAL, DOCUMENTED WATERWAY THAT FLOWS DIRECTLY INTO TURKEY CREEK, DATING BACK TO THE 1800S. WE ARE LOCATED ON PLAT BOOK ONE, PAGE 62.

ORIGINALLY, ICE INDIANS AND SETTLERS RESIDED HERE ON THE SHELL MOUND SHORELINE, A FISH CAMP, THEN A TROPICAL TRAILER TOWN EVOLVING INTO A NOW THRIVING 55 AND OVER COMMUNITY.

OUR ALARM WAS HEIGHTENED BY THE LETTER, IN WHICH THE PREVIOUS MANAGER AND STAFF REFERRED TO OUR WATERWAY AS NOTHING MORE THAN A DRAINAGE DITCH.

IMAGINE OUR RESPONSE. CAN I PAUSE MY TIME, PLEASE? YES. YES, MA'AM. CARRY ON. THANK YOU SIR. AND OUR. YOU'VE GOT FIVE ADDITIONAL SECONDS.

THANK YOU SIR. OUR ALARM WAS HEIGHTENED IN THE LETTER IN WHICH THE PREVIOUS MANAGER AND STAFF REFERRED TO OUR WATERWAY AS NOTHING MORE THAN A DRAINAGE DITCH.

IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE. AFTER ALREADY ENDURING UNMITIGATED TOXIC DISCHARGE, OUTDATED LIFT STATIONS COMBINED WITH VARIOUS RAW SEWAGE OVERFLOWS, HABITAT DEVASTATION AND NON-EXISTENT ACCOUNTABILITY TO PIPELINES EXPANSION.

ONLY TO REALIZE THAT YOU HAD DOOMED US TO AN UNFORESEEABLE TOXIC DRAINAGE DITCH IN PURGATORY, ALL WHILE THE COUNTY HAS QUIETLY INCREASED OUR PROPERTY USE CODE AND TAXES FROM A MOBILE HOME PARK TO AN IMPROVED CO-OP MANUFACTURED WATERFRONT HOMES ON A NEW FLOOD ZONE AT THAT. AFTER MUCH EXCRUCIATING RESEARCH AND HELP FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF THE DEP GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE RL.

WE WANT TO FORMALLY ADVISE YOU THAT WE ARE NOT A DRAINAGE DITCH.

WE ARE SIMPLY NEVER WERE. THIS FALSE MISCLASSIFICATION HAS CREATED A GREAT DEAL OF UNFAIR HARDSHIP TO OUR COMMUNITY,

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THE CITY COULD NOT ATTENUATE THE FLOW AS WE WATCHED OUR MAIN ROAD ONCE AGAIN WASH AWAY, CAUSING US A GREAT DEAL OF PTSD AND FEAR, POTENTIALLY SEVERING OUR RESIDENTS ONCE AGAIN FROM MUCH NEEDED MEDICAL SERVICES AND CONTEMPLATING UNIMAGINABLE ASSESSMENTS.

WE QUICKLY THREW TOGETHER MAKESHIFT BARRICADES, BRIDGES TO AVOID ANOTHER CATASTROPHIC EVENT AS OUR HEMORRHAGING INCREASED WITHOUT RELIEF.

WE ALSO WATCHED THE NEW MONSTROSITY OF BUILDINGS PORT MALABAR, TURN ON THEIR LIGHTS, ADVERTISE NEW RIVERFRONT VIEWS WHILE THEIR PRIMER, PAINT AND DEBRIS FLOATED PAST OUR ERODING SEAWALLS, DEAD FISH AND WILDLIFE WASHED UP ONTO OUR PERMITTED DOCKS.

THESE STARK DIFFERENCES IN NEGATIVE, UNMITIGATED IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY ARE NO COINCIDENCE.

OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY AND NEGATIVELY AFFECTED, OUR ONCE HEALTHY HABITAT DESTROYED, AND OUR ONCE FULLY NAVIGABLE WATERWAY CONTINUES TO EVAPORATE GRACEFULLY.

MR. MORTON HEARD OUR CRIES. HE IMMEDIATELY OFFERED HIS ASSISTANCE, AND HE BEGAN CREATING A PLAN TO HELP US ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HIM IN THIS COUNCIL ON AN OVERDUE RECLASSIFICATION, EXPEDIENT RESTORATION, INCLUSION OF ALL CURRENT FUTURE WATERWAY CONSIDERATIONS FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND MR. HAMMER'S NEW TURK ONE TURKEY CREEK. WE CALL ON EACH OF YOU TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS, EXPEDITE THE MANAGER'S REQUEST AND OVER THE COMING YEAR, WORK TOWARDS A MORE EQUITABLE, ENJOYABLE FUTURE FOR ALL OF US, NEW AND OLD. THANK YOU. CANDACE COMBS, CANDACE COMBS.

YES, SHE IS, MR. BEACH. DOCTOR ROBINSON, CAN YOU HELP HER, DOCTOR? OKAY, AS YOU WERE. AS YOU WERE. CARRY ON. MA'AM.

THANK YOU. I'M TALKING TO THIS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. I'M CANDACE COMBS. I LIVE ON TURKEY CREEK DRIVE NORTHEAST.

I'M GOING TO READ THIS BECAUSE IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING COMING UP HERE AND SEEING A HUGE AMOUNT OF IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN FRONT OF ME.

SO BEAR WITH ME, MA'AM. WITH JUST PEOPLE. YOU TAKE YOUR TIME.

TAKE YOUR LIBERTY. THIS PAST CHRISTMAS, WHILE I VISITED MY FAMILY IN A TINY SMALL TOWN IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, I DISCOVERED THEIR COUNTY HAD AN OFFICE OF THE AGING THAT YOU CAN GO VISIT.

THEY ASSIST SENIORS IN FINDING RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.

MANY ELDERLY LIKE MYSELF LAUGHED. THE LACK THE SKILLS TO SURF THE NET, TO WADE THROUGH WEB PAGE, LINK AFTER LINK, OR SPEND HOURS IN PHONE TREES TRYING TO FIND A HUMAN TO HELP.

THE CENSUS SAID THAT 20% OF PALM BAY RESIDENTS ARE SENIORS.

THAT'S ABOUT 29,000 PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM THEIR FAMILIES LIVE OUTSIDE THE STATE.

MY QUESTION IS, DOES THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAVE A SIMILAR OFFICE OR CONTACT PERSON THAT CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE OR DIRECTION FACE TO FACE. FOR THOSE OF US WITH HANDICAPS, AGING ISSUES, OR THE INABILITY TO NAVIGATE AN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AND COMPLICATED WORLD. IN MY SITUATION IN A WHEELCHAIR, I CANNOT ENTER MY RESIDENTIAL CO-OP CLUBHOUSE EVEN THOUGH I'M A SHAREHOLDER.

THE ENTRANCES ARE NOT HANDICAP FRIENDLY, AND I HAVE BEEN FORCED TO WAIT FOR HELP UP A STEEP INCLINE AND OVER THE HIGH DOOR THRESHOLD.

IT HAS BEEN HUMILIATING TO SIT OUTSIDE LIKE A SECOND CLASS CITIZEN HOPING SOMEONE COMES BY.

IT IS ALSO DANGEROUS FOR ME AS I ALMOST TIPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE INCLINE THE ONE TIME I TRIED TO GET IN BY MYSELF.

A LITTLE HISTORY. I INFORMED THE ASSOCIATION IN SEPTEMBER THAT I WOULD NEED HANDICAPPED ACCESS TO THE BUILDING AND THE OFFICE.

BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL THEIR NOVEMBER MEETING THAT I WAS TOLD THE BOARD WAS BUSY WITH OTHER THINGS.

I FOLLOWED UP AT THE DECEMBER MEETING. I'VE SPOKEN WITH INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS AND SENT FOLLOW UP EMAILS IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED A REPLY TO DATE. I'M STILL RELYING ON OTHERS FOR ACCESS AND CAN'T GET IN WHEN THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP, WHEN THERE ARE NOT OTHER PEOPLE TO HELP. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE HUGE SINKHOLE, WHICH THEY MENTIONED BEFORE.

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THERE WERE STEEL PLATES OVER THE HOLES AWAITING THE CONTRACTOR IN OCTOBER FOR SAFETY REASONS.

THEN, WITH A CHANGE IN BOARD MEMBERS, A SPECIAL MEETING WAS HELD AND THEY RESCINDED THAT CONTRACT IN HOPES THAT THE CITY OF PALM BAY WOULD PAY FOR SOME OR ALL OF THE REPAIRS. CAN I FINISH REAL QUICK? THE TWO SINKHOLES HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE JUNE AND ARE AN ONGOING SAFETY ISSUE, AS THE STEEL PLATES WERE REMOVED AND THE HOLES ARE OPEN AGAIN.

HOW DO I, A HANDICAPPED SENIOR CITIZEN, GET HELP RESOLVING THIS AND OTHER PROBLEMS IN MY COMMUNITY WITHOUT HIRING AN ATTORNEY TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THIS ASSOCIATION? THANK YOU. IS THERE SOMEPLACE THAT WE CAN COME A NUMBER? SOMEPLACE THAT WE CAN CONTACT? THANK YOU. MA'AM.

WE'VE GOT CARRY ON. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. AND YEAH, WE CARRY ON. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU PERSONALLY.

AND I DIDN'T GET TO SAY IT. I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT IT AT MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, BUT. AND MISS GARRISON, FOR YOUR EDIFICATION, TOO.

I THINK WE FOUND A SOLUTION LATE, LATE TODAY FOR THE STEEL PLATES THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DROP THEM.

THAT GETS US A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN THERE. THAT GIVES US THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT SO WE CAN WORK ON WHAT THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS. SO I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, MISS COMBS, AND I THINK WE HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THE PLATES. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER AND MAYOR THE ONLY OTHER THING SENIORS HELPING SENIORS. YEAH, I THINK WE'VE GOT OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO I WAS TRYING TO JUST GET HER BECAUSE THAT'S JUST TELLING HER SHE MIGHT SHE SHE SHE NEEDS TO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DEBBIE.

DEBBIE. BROCCOLINI 1821 AGOURA CIRCLE. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

BEFORE I START, SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE TOLD TO CALL OR EMAIL.

WE DON'T KNOW IF YOU GET THEM. WE GET SILENCED BACK.

SOME ARE TOLD, YES, WE WILL HELP AND THEY GET GHOSTED.

GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A PROBLEM. SORRY. WHILE I'M HAPPY YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ROADS DONE.

NO NEW BUILDING. YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM. PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET SOME THINGS DONE.

AND WHILE YOU SEEM TO BE ALL FOR IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S OUT OF SIGHT.

OUT OF MIND. OR MAYBE THEY WILL GET TIRED AND GO AWAY.

OR BECAUSE BECOME SOMEONE ELSE'S PROBLEM. WHILE SOME OF YOU ACTUALLY MAY WANT TO HELP, SOME OF YOU ONLY WANT WHAT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO COME UP HERE.

THIS IS WHY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST YOU. THIS IS WHY PEOPLE CAN'T BRING FRESH IDEAS.

WHILE I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, YOU HAVE PEOPLE WILLING, INCLUDING MYSELF, TO HELP YOU AND GET THINGS DONE. BUT IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST BEING IGNORED.

SO THIS YEAR, I'M ASKING THAT YOU PRACTICE THREE THINGS ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

IF YOU SAY IT, DO IT. IF YOU DO IT, OWN IT. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE START OVER.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. JERRY. JERRY. HINNANT.

I THINK THEY LEFT. SAY IT AGAIN. I BELIEVE THEY LEFT AS PART OF THE PALM BAY STATES.

OKAY. MR.. JERRY HINNANT, NEXT SPEAKER, THOMAS STROUT.

ALOHA, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL. MY NAME IS THOMAS STROUT.

I LIVE 140 ANGELO ROAD. AND I THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. I'VE BEEN IN THAT SEAT BEFORE BACK HOME IN HAWAII.

SO HERE'S SOME THINGS THAT I'VE COME TO KNOW.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH AND DON'T GET ALL THE INFORMATION.

I'M PRIMARILY HERE TO TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT AND TRAFFIC SOLUTIONS.

I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE DOING A STUDY AT SAN FILIPPO IN MALABAR.

THE INTERCHANGE THERE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULTS WERE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

I HAVE NO NUMBERS FROM POPULATION REPORTS OR TRAFFIC STUDIES.

RESIDENTS OF BAYSIDE LAKES AND SOUTHEAST PALM BAY AREA HAVE NO OPTIONS FROM I-95, AND IT'S AT LEAST 2 TO 5 MILES TO GET BACK INTO

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FROM. MALABAR ROAD TO THEIR COMMUNITY, THERE IS SEVEN MILE STRETCH BETWEEN MALABAR ROAD AND SAINT JOHNS PARKWAY EXIT, AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY ALREADY BEEN LOOKED AT AND ALREADY DIAGNOSED AND STUDIED AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT BY CHANCE IT MAY HAVE BEEN MISSED. I WAS THINKING POSSIBLY AN EXIT LIKE VALKYRIA.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S ABOUT HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN MALABAR AND SAINT JOHN'S ROAD, AND IT'LL ALSO GIVE THE PEOPLE A MIDPOINT SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO TRAVEL IN THAT BACKED UP SAN FILIPPO ROAD OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER ONES.

AND LIKE I SAID, I'M SURE IT'S ALREADY BEEN THOUGHT ABOUT. BUT, YOU KNOW, IF NOT BY CHANCE, MAYBE I GOT LUCKY. I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

STAY SAFE AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. MAHALO. THANK YOU.

TOM. NEXT SPEAKER. KENNETH DELGADO.

KEN DELGADO, 154 ANGELO ROAD, SOUTHEAST. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, CITY OF PALM BAY FOR ALL THAT YOU HELPED MAKE THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA THE BIGGEST THE BEST CHRISTMAS PARTY IN ALL OF BREVARD COUNTY, IF NOT ALL OF FLORIDA.

DOUBLE DIGIT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT CAME THAT DAY, FAMILIES MINISTERED TO YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS WONDERFUL.

YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS AMAZING, YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT WERE OUTSTANDING.

AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOUR EFFORT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

I DON'T HAVE A CHECK FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THIS TIME, BECAUSE WE GAVE IT BEFOREHAND THROUGH ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WERE DECIDED TO, TO DO SO. SO EITHER WAY, WE GOT THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY ONE LAST THING. THIS IS REAL SHORT.

I WON'T TAKE ALL THE THREE MINUTES. FIRST OF ALL, TO THE CITY MANAGER MORTON.

IT'S INCREDIBLE HOW YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A FEW MONTHS OR SOMETHING.

AND ALREADY YOU. YOU HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH DOING A HORRIBLE JOB.

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THEY COME TO THAT CONCLUSION? I HAVE NO IDEA. BUT WELCOME TO THE CLUB, PRAISE GOD! ON THE SECOND THING I'D LIKE TO SAY, YOU KNOW YOU LOOK PRETTY STRONG TO ME ON THIS SIDE OVER HERE.

I DON'T WANT TO REALLY GET INTO A JIU JITSU PLAY WITH YOU ALL.

YOU LOOK, SOME OF YOU LOOK PRETTY, PRETTY, PRETTY STRONG OVER THERE.

AND AND WE GOT A THE MAYOR HERE WHO WHO PROBABLY COULDN'T KNOCK ME, KNOCK ME FLAT.

BUT I THINK YOU GUYS ARE DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

I WAS JUST READING HERE GO. ROADS PAVING PROGRAM HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.

COMPLETING PHASES ONE AND TWO. AND PHASE THREE IS 50% COMPLETE.

WOW. WE ARE ACTUALLY ADVANCING ON THE ROAD REPAVEMENT AND I KNOW WE GOT TWO AND A HALF MORE TO GO, BUT BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY WE'RE WE'RE MAKING HEADWAY.

THERE'S A TIME WHEN WE JUST NEED TO SAY WHAT GOOD THINGS CAN WE THINK ABOUT AND WHAT GREAT THINGS CAN WE TALK ABOUT? BECAUSE WE'RE ALL STRIVING TO HAVE A BETTER PALM BAY BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A BAD PALM BAY, AND SO YOU'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO MAKE IT A GREAT CITY.

MATTER OF FACT, THE GREATEST CITY ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. GOD BLESS YOU. HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I'M LOOKING FOR 26 TO BE AN AMAZING TIME. GOD BLESS YOU ALL.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, KRISTEN LANSANA.

THAT'S WHY YOUR PASTOR. GOOD EVENING, KRISTEN LANSANA, NORTHWEST PALM BAY.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR, I CAME HERE ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY REGARDING THE FLOCK SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS OPERATING HERE IN PALM BAY. IT'S NOW JANUARY, NEARLY ONE YEAR LATER, AND IN THAT TIME I'VE SPOKEN AT TEN COUNCIL MEETINGS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

I'VE SUBMITTED PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. I'VE FOLLOWED UP THROUGH PROPER CHANNELS, AND YET I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A SINGLE DIRECT RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS OR STAFF TO THE QUESTIONS I'VE RAISED HERE PUBLICLY ABOUT FLOCK.

THE ONLY INFORMATION I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN HAS COME IN PIECES PRIMARILY THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS FOR PAYMENTS, NOT THROUGH OPEN DISCUSSION OR TRANSPARENCY. BASED ON THE RECORDS I HAVE RECEIVED, THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS PAID AT LEAST $240,091.62 CENTS. THAT IS NEARLY A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD THE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

THAT'S REAL MONEY SPENT TO CONTINUOUSLY TRACK THE MOVEMENTS OF RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF INNOCENCE OR GUILT, WITHOUT WARRANTS AND WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSENT. OVER THE PAST YEAR, I'VE ASKED FOR BASIC INFORMATION HOW LONG THE CONTRACT RUNS, HOW MUCH IT'S COSTING TAXPAYERS, WHAT THE DATA IS COLLECTED, WHAT DATA IS BEING COLLECTED,

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READY AND FOR A PROP AND FOR PROPER PUBLIC DISCUSSION BEFORE THE SYSTEM AUTO RENEWS OR EXPANDS.

THESE ARE NOT EXTREME QUESTIONS. THEY'RE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS IN A FREE SOCIETY.

YET INSTEAD OF ANSWERS, I'VE EXPERIENCED SILENCE AND A PROCESS WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE TO PIECE TOGETHER INFORMATION ON THEIR OWN AFTER DISCUSSIONS OR DECISIONS ARE UNDERWAY.

TRANSPARENCY SHOULD NOT REQUIRE PERSISTENCE BORDERING ON EXHAUSTION.

BASED ON THE RECORDS I'VE RECEIVED, I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY AN IMPORTANT PART REGARDING THE FUNDING.

WHILE THE PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY FUNDED THROUGH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST FUND FOR THIS FIRST YEAR, THE APPROVAL LANGUAGE CLEARLY STATES THAT THE REMAINING YEARS ARE FUNDED THROUGH THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. IN OTHER WORDS, TAXPAYERS. THAT SHIFT OCCURRED DURING THE 2023 YEAR.

SO BY THE TIME I ACTUALLY BEGAN RAISING QUESTIONS HERE IN 2024 AND MET WITH OUR DEPUTY SPEARS, THE PROGRAM WAS NO LONGER FUNDED THROUGH THE ASSET FORFEITURE, AS I WAS TOLD, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY BEING PAID THROUGH THE CITY'S GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS.

SO MY CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS ARE PAYING TO BE SURVEILLED WAS CORRECT.

I'M STILL MISSING RECORDS FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF SERVICE.

THERE IS. IT'S UNCLEAR WHO'S PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL AUTHORITY BEYOND AUGUST 2025, WHEN THE CONTRACT SUPPOSEDLY ENDS.

DESPITE IT EXTENDING WITH AUTO RENEWAL PROVISIONS.

THESE ARE NOT MINOR DETAILS. MINOR DETAILS. THIS IS ABOUT FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL IMPACT.

TONIGHT I'M ASKING AGAIN FOR TWO THINGS. FIRST PLACE, THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION ABOUT FLOC AND AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE READERS ON THE AGENDA.

AND SECOND, PROVIDE CLEAR WRITTEN RESPONSES TO THE QUESTIONS I'VE BEEN RAISING FOR NEARLY A YEAR.

IT'S NOT ABOUT FEAR. IT'S ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, DUE PROCESS, AND RESPECTING THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS CITY.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. MAYOR, IF I MAY SPEAK OUT OF ORDER TO YOUR POINT, I MUST SAY AGAIN, MAYOR, IF I MAY JUST FOR A MOMENT, MISS LANSANA HAS BEEN COMING HERE FOR TEN MONTHS, AND SHE SHE BRINGS HER CHILDREN WITH HER, AND THEY'VE SPOKEN AT THE MEETINGS. AND YOU KNOW, THE FLOC CONTRACT WAS SIGNED IN 2021.

I IMAGINE THERE WAS A LOT OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION BACK AT THAT TIME WITH COUNCIL. AND DOES COUNCIL HAVE THE APPETITE TO EVEN BRING THIS UP FOR PUBLIC DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? I BELIEVE THE FLOCK CAMERAS ARE A TOOL, AND AS YOU'LL SEE, SOME OF THE STATS OF THE CRIME REDUCTION FOR THIS YEAR WHICH I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THAT THAT'LL COME PUBLIC. BUT I HAVE NO APPETITE.

I KNOW IT'S A TOOL. I KNOW THAT IN THAT TOOL, WE'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH A MURDERER.

AND SO I'M. I'M GOOD WITH THE FLOCK STATUS. I'M GOOD.

THE LICENSE PLATE READERS IS WHAT THEY ARE. AND ACTUALLY, I BELIEVE THEY EVEN REDUCE CRIME AND THEY SOLVE CRIMES.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE ENHANCES THE SECURITY OF OUR NATION AND OUR CITY.

SO I'VE GOT HOLD ON. I'VE GOT SOME FOLKS THAT WANT TO WEIGH IN NOW.

COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. I DO THINK IT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO HAVE ALL THE DATA MAYOR.

AND WHATEVER MISS LINDSAY IS REQUESTING, YOU KNOW, STAFF KNOWS MORE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HEAR WHAT WE HEAR UP HERE.

SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT EVERY EVERYTHING THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. SO I LEAN ON STAFF FOR THAT.

BUT IF IF IF MR. MORTON OR STAFF WOULD EMAIL US THE DATA OF WHAT'S BEEN SHOWN BECAUSE LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL ZONES, I WAS HESITANT ABOUT THE SCHOOL ZONES AND THEN WE WENT FORWARD. I WAS ASKING A LOT OF QUESTIONS WITH THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE PIGGYBACK PURCHASE, AND THEN HERE WE ARE A YEAR OR TWO LATER AND WE, YOU KNOW, PULLED BACK FROM IT. SO EVERYTHING'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, MY THING IS MORE SO ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE'RE SPENDING.

HOW MANY MORE OFFICERS COULD WE GET WITH THAT AND WOULD IT BE WORTH IT? IT MAY NOT BE WORTH IT. SO JUST THINGS TO CONSIDER, BUT I'M GONNA LEAN ON CITY MANAGERS.

AND THAT'S GOOD THAT YOU MENTIONED THE CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE RESPONDED TO.

CORRECT FROM MISS LANDANO BY DEPUTY CHIEF SPEARS, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATIONS.

SO WHERE THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION IS. TO SUBSTITUTE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL IN, IN FLAWED CAMERAS THAT THAT JUST DOESN'T EQUATE THAT WAY.

THESE LICENSE PLATE READERS CAN ACTUALLY DICTATE WHAT'S THE VEHICLE STOLEN? WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED? SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THAT, BUT I.

I'M GOING TO YIELD NOW TO THE CITY MANAGER. AS YOU REQUESTED, I WAS JUST GOING TO POINT OUT THAT.

CORRECT. MISS, MISS LINTON ACTUALLY MENTIONED, IF I LISTEN TO HER COMMENTS CORRECTLY, SHE HAS RECEIVED RECORDS, ALTHOUGH SHE FEELS INCOMPLETE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT IS RELEASABLE, WE'LL GET IT. I KNOW YOU'VE SPOKEN WITH OUR DEPUTY CHIEF. I THINK FOR MR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON'S REQUEST, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS FORWARD YOU COPIES OF EVERY RESPONSE TO A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST MADE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

IT'LL BE A SYNOPSIS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO THE CONVERSATION OCCURRED.

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AND AGAIN, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL REQUESTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

AND I'M ASSUMING SOME RECORDS WEREN'T DELIVERED BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE NON-DISPOSABLE AT THIS POINT, BUT LET'S MAKE SURE WE DID FULFILL EVERYTHING. I KNOW WE'VE SENT YOU LOTS OF RECORDS, BUT WE'LL DO THAT AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER. PAT DALPRA.

GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL AND STAFF. PAT. OUTPUT FOR TEN GEORGE'S AVENUE NORTHEAST.

I JUST WANT TO WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR AND PRAY THAT IT WILL BE A FRUITFUL AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR FOR ALL THE STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITIZENS OF PALM BAY. I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE THE NEW METHOD THAT THE CITY IS USING TO DETERMINE THE. DETERIORATION AND THE OF THE DIFFERENT ROADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RATHER THAN DOING IT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD, GOING TO DETERMINE WHICH ROADS ARE THE WORST AND WORK WITH THEM FIRST, AND THEN WORK OUR WAY BACK.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND PROBABLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S A NEW WAY OF DETERMINING WHETHER TO EITHER PAY FOR ALL THE ROADS TO BE DONE OR WORK ON THE WORST ONES. ALSO, I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD ALSO START WORKING ON THE PARKING LOTS IN THE PARKS, ESPECIALLY VETERANS PARK DOWN OFF OF PORT MALABAR.

THAT HAS REALLY DETERIORATED FOR MANY YEARS. SO I WAS JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

I HAVE TALKED TO GREG BEFORE ABOUT, DOING THIS PARKING LOTS.

THE OTHER QUESTION IS WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE SHOPPING CENTER'S PARKING LOTS, DO WE? IS THERE ANY WAY OF GETTING THEM TO START WORKING ON THEIR PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS? I KNOW THAT WE THAT'S NOT PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT FALLON'S GOT SOME.

WELL, THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING IN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE SIDEWALK.

BE NICE IF THE WHOLE THING WAS DONE. PLUS, WE HAVE WHAT? THE SIDEWALK ON JUPITER AND SAN FILIPPO AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES.

SO JUST WONDERING IF WE CAN START WORKING ON THOSE AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BUTCHER END.

EXCUSE ME. BUTCHER RAN WARREN, 219 TRENTON AVENUE.

FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO PUBLIC WORKS.

THEIR SYSTEM THAT THEY HAVE. ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A HOLD OF WHO YOU'RE TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. IF YOU GOT A A HOLE THAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED IN YOUR ROAD, GO TO POTHOLES.

THEY CONTACT YOU AND SAY WE'LL BE OUT TRASH PICKUP.

IF THEY MISS IT, YOU CALL THEM, THEY'LL COME OUT THE NEXT DAY AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF. SO BIG PAT ON THE BACK FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS OVER THERE.

THEY TAKE CARE OF STUFF AS IT COMES ABOUT. THE OTHER THING IS GOOD LUCK TO THE HURRICANES TONIGHT.

BUT OLE MISS IS GOING TO TAKE THEM. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT, OLE MISS.

YES, SIR. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE ROADS.

HOW IS THE PRIORITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS THAT HAVE REACHED FAILURE GOING TO BE PUT INTO THAT LIST OF ROADS TO REPAIR? I KNOW MAIN ROADS ARE GOING TO BE THE MAIN FACTOR, BUT THERE'S ROADS THAT'S BEEN 26 YEARS WAITING TO GET REPAIRED.

AND THEY COME OUT AND THEY FILL THEM WITH POTHOLES, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

BUT WHEN YOU FILL A POTHOLE NOW YOU'VE GOT TO RISE ON THE PAVEMENT.

SO IT'S ROUGHER THAN IT WAS BEFORE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I'VE TRIED TO READ EVERYTHING I GOT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ROADS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET REPAIRED WITH SOME OF THIS MONEY, BECAUSE WE ALL PAID FOR A BOND AND WE DIDN'T GET OUR ROADS FIXED.

SO I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET OUR INTERNAL ROADS TAKEN CARE OF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ERIC STEIN, MISS. OH, MR. MORTON, CAN YOU FOLLOW UP WITH OR HAVE KEVIN FOLLOW? I CAN ANSWER NOW OR I CAN FOLLOW. OKAY. I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP AS WELL, SIR, BUT. OKAY.

PART OF WHAT MISS PAT DALPRA MENTIONED WAS THAT PCI INDEX.

SO WE'RE SURVEYING EVERY, EVERY INCH OF EVERY ROAD IN THE CITY.

AND FORTUNATELY IT WON'T JUST BE A PASS OR FAIL.

IT'LL IT'LL LITERALLY GRADE THE ROADS IN A QUARTILE OR PERCENTILE TO QUALITY OF FAILURE.

HOW FAST THE FAILURE IS ACCELERATING. OTHER EXTENUATING CONDITIONS.

[01:05:04]

IF YOU IF YOU'RE. I THINK YOU WERE HERE THAT NIGHT. IT'S BEEN A WHILE THOUGH. BUT WE TALKED ABOUT PAVEMENT CONDITION MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE VOLUME OR MAV AND THIS CONCEPT OF VELOCITY. IS IT PART OF THE NETWORK. IS IT AS A DETAIL.

SO ONCE WE HAVE THE DATA WHICH IS IS ONGOING LITERALLY AT THE MOMENT, NO PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE CAR AND WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING ABOUT IT AT SOME MEETINGS AND OPEN HOUSES. WE'VE BEEN GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT BACK AND HAVE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION ON WHAT THE DATA MEANS AND LET THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY THE COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL WILL INTERPRET THAT AND GIVE US INSTRUCTIONS ON WHERE TO MOVE WITH THE REMAINING MONEY THAT'S LEFT IN THE GO ROADS PROGRAM. SO THAT PIECE IS YET TO BE DECIDED.

BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO DO IS MAKE IT A DATA DRIVEN, VERY TRANSPARENT, ACCESSIBLE PROCESS SO EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING CITYWIDE, NOT JUST IN A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, ON A PARTICULAR CORRIDOR OR A PARTICULAR STREET. I WILL SAY AT THE END OF THE DAY, AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE ANY FALSE ASSUMPTIONS. TO YOUR POINT, THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH EVERYTHING, SO PRIORITIZING IT IS GOING TO MAKE THE MOST SENSE AND WE THINK THE BEST. I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT STAFF'S POSITION IS GOING TO BE DATA DRIVEN.

WHAT'S THE WORST AND WHICH ONES, IF WE FIX, WILL SAVE US THE MOST MONEY IN THE LONG RUN, AND THEN WE'LL DO WHATEVER WE CAN WITH THE REST.

AND THAT THAT WILL BE DONE APRIL. IT'LL BE ENDING IN APRIL.

AND THEN WE'LL WE'LL WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL REACH OUT TO YOU, SIR. ERIC STEIN.

THANK YOU.

HELLO. MY NAME IS ERIC STEIN. I LIVE AT 932 PLYMOUTH COURT, NORTHEAST.

GOOD EVENING TO THE COUNCIL AND EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.

I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT NOISE COMING FROM MOTORCYCLES THAT ARE REVVING UP, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OPEN. THEY'RE OPEN EXHAUST RUNNING DOWN OUR STREETS AT WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING OR LATE IN THE EVENING.

IT'S NOT JUST MOTORCYCLES, IT'S ALSO CARS. AND THIS IS AROUND MY GENERAL AREA THERE IN PORT MALABAR BABCOCK AREA.

AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO, TO TO STOP THEM FROM DOING THAT, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE IT'S VERY DISTURBING TO A LOT OF US, OUR ANIMALS AT HOME. SO WHATEVER CAN BE DONE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT NOISE ORDINANCES THAT WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH MISSUS STEIN.

NEXT SPEAKER. PARKER. ALLEN.

GOOD EVENING. PARKER ALLEN. 198 NINTH STREET PALM BAY.

COUPLE COMMENTS WITH THOSE AI CAMERAS. YOU KNOW, THEY DID A PIECE RECENTLY.

THEY CAN BE HACKED BY ANYONE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING.

BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT IT IS CONCERNING.

IT'S ALSO KIND OF WEIRD THAT THE SPECIAL MEETING AT 530 WASN'T TELEVISED ONLINE.

BUT ANYWAY FATHER GOD, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT TO LAUNCH US INTO AN ECONOMIC RECESSION AND A WAR FOR OIL.

WE GRACEFULLY ACCEPT THE $3 TRILLION COST TO AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AND THE MILLION LIVES LOST IN THE IRAQI OCCUPATION, AS IT WAS WORTH IT TO SEE THE SMILING FACES AS WE CAPTURED SADDAM HUSSEIN.

I WONDER HOW THE VENEZUELANS WILL FEEL WHEN WE'RE STILL THERE IN A DECADE. WE PRAISE YOUR MIRACLE OF AI AND THE WONDERFUL BUBBLE ABOUT TO CRASH OUR MARKETS.

WE PRAY THAT THE BAILOUT BE SWIFT AND BOUNTIFUL TO OUR BILLIONAIRE PROSPECTORS, THANKS TO THE HUMANS GRACIOUSLY GOING WITHOUT POWER AND WATER TO ALLOW FOR MORE AI DATA CENTERS TO BE BUILT. EACH OF THOSE IS 150,000 HOUSES WORTH OF POWER, AND THAT'S WELL WORTH IT.

WHILE HUNDREDS OF LIVES ARE LOST IN TEXAS WINTERS DUE TO OUR FAILING POWER GRID, WE'RE SIMILARLY GRATEFUL THAT OUR TAX DOLLARS CAN PROVIDE FREE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY ISRAELI CITIZEN WHILE WE DO WITHOUT. THANK YOU FOR DEMONSTRATING YESTERDAY EXACTLY HOW TO TREAT MASKED GUNMEN APPROACHING YOUR CAR.

SHOULD THEY EVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF LAUNCHING AN ASSAULT IN THE SUNSHINE STATE.

WE ACCEPT YOUR DIVINE WISDOM TO RELIEVE THE COMMANDMENT THOU SHALT NOT KILL FROM BEING IMPOSED ON FEDERAL AGENTS AND ACCEPT THAT ANY MURDER THEY COMMIT SHOULD NOT BE QUESTIONED.

WE PRAY FOR YOUR INSIGHT TO SHOW OUR HEARTS WHAT TO DO IN THE FACE OF INJUSTICE, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT RESOURCE WE HAVE IN THE ABSENCE OF A JUSTICE SYSTEM.

I PRAY OUR LOCAL LEADERS FIGHT THE PERCEPTION THAT OFFICERS ARE ABOVE REPROACH AS THIS EVIL MINDSET LEADS TO LAWLESSNESS.

PLEASE GUIDE US AND KEEP US SAFE FROM TYRANNY.

AMEN. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS. NEXT SPEAKER.

OH, NO. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENTS. OKAY, SO WE'RE NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA:]

[01:10:01]

BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

FIRST, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE BROUGHT THIS ABILITY TO ADDRESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BACK.

I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S WHAT I EXPECT FROM MY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BUT I'M ADDRESSING CONSENT.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTING A GRANT.

AWARD AUTHORIZING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR TURKEY CREEK SANCTUARY WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

WHAT THIS IS, IT'S $1.8 MILLION OUR PROJECT IS TO.

AND SO I HAD TWO QUESTIONS WITH THAT EXPENDITURE.

ONE, WHY WERE THEY CHANGING THE NAME OF WHAT THE PROJECT WAS FOR? AND NUMBER TWO, IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST $1.8 MILLION, HOW CAN I SEE THE RESULTS? SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO SAY FOR QUANTIFYING WHAT WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY ON, TO SHOW THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GAINING SOMETHING OUT OF THAT EXPENDITURE? HOW CAN I GO ABOUT DOING THAT? THAT'S THE TWO QUESTIONS.

HOPEFULLY I'D GET AN ANSWER. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS.

MAYOR. OKAY. SO MR. MORTON, TURKEY CREEK, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MR. BHATT, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE AGENDA.

BILL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? WELL, MAYOR, I WANT TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FOUR THAT MR. BATTEN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

ANY. ANYONE ELSE? I NEED A MOTION. SO MOVED.

SECOND, TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE NOW ON. MADAM SMITH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ A CAPTION? IS THERE ANYTHING? NO. THE CITY MANAGER WITHDREW THE ITEM.

OKAY. COPY THAT. WE'RE NOW ON PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS:]

HEREWITH PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

CODE OF ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.

PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU, MADAM SMITH.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK MR. MORTON TO PRESENT THIS CASE OR COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

WELL, MAYOR, WITH THIS BEING SECOND READING, UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M GOOD. OKAY.

MR. MORTON, I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD ON SECOND READING.

THANK YOU. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

NO, THAT'S LANGEVIN'S JOB. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 2025 DASH 61 ON FINAL READING.

SECOND. I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? COUNCILMAN LANGDON, DEPUTY MAYOR.

I'M CALLING THE QUESTION. ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, MADAM SMITH, ORDINANCE 2026, DASH ZERO ONE, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, VACATING AND ABANDONING A PORTION OF THE REAR 20 FOOT PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT LOCATED WITHIN LOT 26, BLOCK 890, PORT MALABAR.

UNIT 22 ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF AS RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK 16, PAGE 14 OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS OF BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED HEREIN, PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, MR. MORTON. THANK YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS A FIRST READING OF A VACATION EASEMENT TO VACATE THE SOUTHERLY TOWN TEN.

SOUTHERLY TEN FEET. EXCUSE ME. NORTHERLY 20FT OF A PUBLIC UTILITY AND DRAINAGE EASEMENT.

IT IS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CARPORT AND A GARAGE IN THE BACKYARD.

THERE IS NO OBJECTION FROM THE RELEVANT AGENCIES OR STAFF FOR APPROVING THIS VACATION REQUEST.

THOSE RELEVANT AGENCIES THAT HAD NO OBJECTION WERE FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT, MELBOURNE, TILLMAN CANAL AND SPECTRUM.

[01:15:04]

IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? COME ON UP, SIR.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER SEWARD. I LIVE AT NINE, SIX NINE REY ROAD, AND I'M LOOKING TO VACATE PARCEL A PART OF THE EASEMENT FOR A METAL BUILDING. THANK YOU SIR. STAND FAST. I'M GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE IF THEY WANTED TO SPEAK.

AND THEN I'LL RESERVE SOME TIME FOR YOU TO COME BACK AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMOND, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, GENTLEMEN? ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. YOU GOT ONE MORE? ALL RIGHT, CHRIS, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT EVENING. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER THREE I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND MR. MORTON AGAIN, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I NEED THE THE MIC, SIR. IT'S I BELIEVE IT'S ON A LITTLE CLOSER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JASON DE LORENZO, TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN THIS ITEM TO YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, JASON DE LORENZO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER.

YOU LIKE THIS? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. SIR. THIS THIS IS THREE ACTIONS IN ONE.

AND THE GOAL OF THIS IS TO ACHIEVE AN ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL PARCEL THAT WE CAN THEN START COLLECTING, GENERATING ADDITIONAL TAXES ON. YOU WILL REMEMBER FROM LAST YEAR, JANUARY OF 2025, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A LAND SWAP AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH DIAZ TREASURES THAT IS AT THE FUTURE CORNER OF SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY AND MALABAR ROAD ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE. AND WITH THAT ACTION THAT YOU COMPLETED LAST YEAR, YOU RECEIVED THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE PARKWAY IN A LAND SWAP WITH DIAZ THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND SALE CONTRACT AND EASEMENT IS TO SELL 0.64 ACRES BACK TO DIAZ, THAT IS ON THEIR WESTERN EDGE, OUR EASTERN EDGE, AND TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL PARCEL TO BE PLATTED. THE PROPERTY WAS APPRAISED. THE APPRAISAL WAS 136,000 PER ACRE. AND FOR THIS PARCEL, IT'S 102,400.64 ACRES.

THERE ARE WE ARE INCURRING SOME DESIGN COSTS FOR THE FIRE STATION TO SHIFT IT OVER A LITTLE BIT AND CHANGE THE ACCESS POINTS. THE DEVELOPER IS PAYING FOR THOSE COSTS FOR A TOTAL OF 107,000 AS PART OF THIS SALE CONTRACT.

AND THE EASEMENT WILL PROVIDE US FULL ACCESS TO THE PARCEL AND UTILITY ACCESS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE? YES. AND THERE THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. IS ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? COME ON UP, SIR. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST.

VERY SELDOM DO I SAY WHAT A GOOD JOB THE CITY IS DOING.

BUT THIS IS A CASE WHERE I'M GOING TO AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT I CALL A GOOD GOOD JOB.

IT'S THE ART OF THE DEAL. EVERYTHING THAT THE CITY ACCOMPLISHED OUT OF THIS, WE SOLD THE LAND.

WE GOT THE THEM TO DO IT. WE GOT BUILDERS TO DO SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR.

AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE US THE EASEMENT RIGHTS THAT WE NEEDED.

I LOOKED AT THIS WHEN I TALKED TO THE INDIVIDUALS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS.

I LOOK AT THIS AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A GOOD ART OF THE DEAL.

SO GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKING FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND. GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON THE CONSENT ITEM THAT WAS PULLED.

[CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:]

[01:20:07]

WE'VE GOT A LOT FROM THE STATE, BUT WE JUST HAD SOME CONTENTIOUS BUDGET HEARINGS AND A MILLAGE DEBATE, AND AND WE TOLD THE PUBLIC THAT WE COULDN'T LOWER THEIR TAXES BECAUSE THEY NEED A FIRE TRUCK, AND THIS COSTS ALMOST AS MUCH AS A FIRE TRUCK.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POINT WAS OF NOT LOWERING THEIR TAXES.

IF WE'RE JUST GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY ON MORE BAFFLE BOX.

I DON'T THINK BAFFLE BOXES ARE A BAD THING, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.

THIS IS $800,000 IN THE MIDDLE OF A DOGE PROCESS FOR ONE LITTLE SECTION.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO TAKE OVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE BAFFLE BOXES AND THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO IN THE FUTURE DOING THIS.

BUT I JUST REALLY DON'T THINK THAT THIS YEAR IS THE BEST USE OF THAT $800,000.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON.

WELL, MY MY QUESTION, BECAUSE I HEAR YOU, COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN.

HAVE WE SEEN ANY OTHER PRODUCTIVE, MORE PRODUCTIVE OR MORE FEASIBLE OR AFFORDABLE WAYS OF, YOU KNOW, PROTECTING TURKEY CREEK? I KNOW I MENTIONED A FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS BEFORE THAT I CONSTANTLY SEE ALL THE GRASS AND MOWED GRASS AND VEGETATION GOING INTO THE TURKEY CREEK, WHICH IS NOT GOOD FOR TURKEY CREEK. AND, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE WAYS WE CAN BE MORE PREVENTATIVE AS A CITY OR WORKING WITH THE MRC? WORKING WITH MRC, THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THIS.

OKAY. THAT'S THE VERY FIRST THING OFF THE SHOOT.

NOW, IF YOU REMEMBER AND YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR SEVERAL YEARS IF YOU REMEMBER, PART OF THE ISSUE WITH THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON IS, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO DREDGE. IT'S A MULTIPLE PHASE ISSUE AND REMOVING THE MUCK BEFORE IT ACTUALLY GETS IN THERE IS PART OF THE EQUATION. NOW, WE DO HAVE THOSE VACUUMS THAT WE'VE INVESTED IN.

AND I REMEMBER WE HAD DISCUSSION EXTENSIVELY ON WHAT WE CAN DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO PROTECT THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON AND THE CITY OF PALM BAY HAS BEEN LEADING IN THAT REGARD IN THE SOUTHERN PART.

THEN, MOREOVER, I KNOW THAT WE'VE SHARED THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF TED MOREHEAD THAT WAS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST FROM, I RECALL, FROM THE 80S, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT KIND OF LED THE CHARGE OF PROTECTING THAT INDIAN RIVER LAGOON. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TAKING THESE THINGS INTO STRIDE, WE APPLIED FOR THESE GRANTS.

THESE ARE GRANTS THAT ARE COMING IN, AND THIS IS OUR OUR INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY.

SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE ISSUES I BELIEVE THAT IT'S IT IS AN INVESTMENT IN $1 BILLION IMPACT ON THE LAGOON, BECAUSE THAT IS A HUGE IMPACT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND IT AFFECTS THE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND EVEN SOUTH OF US.

AND THEN WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION, AND I WANT TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON YOU.

COUNCILMAN HAMMER, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES AS WELL.

THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON HAD SUCH A COMMERCIAL ASPECT TO IT WITH CLAMMING.

AND I REMEMBER IN THE 90S, THIS IT CEASED. THERE WAS NO, NOTHING TO REPLENISH THAT.

SO I THINK WE'RE ALL DOING OUR EFFORTS WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, AND THIS IS JUST AN INVESTMENT IN THAT TO GET THE MUCK BEFORE IT RUINS THE THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON AND OUR TURKEY CREEK. BUT, COUNCILMAN HAMMER, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED GOING AFTER. THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE SPENT MY TIME IN MY MONEY TO GO TO TALLAHASSEE, TO GO TO D.C.. OUR CONGRESSMAN PUSHED FOR US TO GET THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR A WHILE.

AND LET ME REMIND YOU, THIS AREA USED TO BE A GOLF COURSE, SO WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS RUNOFF THAT WE DO NOW.

THIS IS ALL HOUSES. THIS IS ALL. THIS IS ALL.

ALL A DEVELOPMENT THAT USED TO BE A GOLF COURSE.

SO WHEN WE FIRST DISCUSSED THIS, I SAID, WHY? WHY ARE WE HAVING THIS IMPACT? WHEN THE DEVELOPERS CAME IN THERE WAS GOING TO BE NO IMPACT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND THESE NUTRIENT BOXES. EVEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BAFFLE BOXES AT ALL.

IT'S JUST PIPES RUNNING STRAIGHT INTO MELBOURNE. TILLMAN.

AND I'M SORRY. THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED. THIS IS SOMETHING WE AGREED TO FIGHT FOR.

[01:25:01]

AND I'M GOING TO BE FOR IT. THANKS. THANK YOU.

I'LL NEED A MOTION. I'LL BE SECONDING THIS. SO MOVED.

I GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY MAYOR MEDINA.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY. NAY. FOR ONE OPPOSED. WE'RE NOW ON ITEM OR PROCUREMENT.

[PROCUREMENTS:]

MR. BARBER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN THIS PROCUREMENT AWARD TO COUNCIL, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. SO STANDARD BID PROCESS, ITB, MULTI AWARD FIVE VENDORS.

IT'S FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. RENTAL EQUIPMENT.

NOTHING OUTSIDE THE NORMAL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS? COUNCILMAN HAMMER, IF YOU LOOK ON IT, THE BUDGET SAYS ZERO.

SO ARE WE JUST APPROVING ZERO. SO IT'S ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

SO WE ONLY USE IT IF WE'RE IN A DUPLI. PUBLIC WORKS HAS THE FUNDING FOR IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING UPFRONT.

WE'RE NOT APPROVING ANY FUNDING. IT'S JUST TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE CONTRACT.

DO WE KNOW WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST YEARS? LAST YEAR, THE YEAR BEFORE I BELIEVE WE HAVE THOSE NUMBERS.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, BUT WE CAN GET THEM. YES, SIR.

OKAY. THAT'S IT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE ZERO WAS THERE FOR.

IS THAT SOMETHING OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT WE'RE GOING TO SEE AGAIN.

PROJECT BASED? YEAH. TYPICALLY WITH ALL OUR RENTAL OR EQUIPMENT CONTRACTS, WE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GOING TO SPEND.

THEY MAY NEED IT TWO MONTHS FROM NOW. THEY MAY NOT NEED IT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE TYPICALLY DON'T PUT A AMOUNT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THIS ALLEVIATES THOSE P CARDS TO P CARD PURCHASES.

RIGHT. SO ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO, MA'AM CARDS.

OKAY. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. ORDER.

BID SIX ITB 26. GOT A MOTION BY DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE, SECONDED BY SECOND COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ALL IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PASSES FIVE ZERO. WE'RE NOW ON NEW BUSINESS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, MR.

[NEW BUSINESS:]

THIS DOES NOT ACCELERATE THE TRANSFER OBLIGATIONS OF THIS PORTION OF THE ROAD TO THE CITY.

THOSE WILL STILL BE GOVERNED BY THE 2020 ILA.

IN THIS INTERLOCAL, BREVARD COUNTY WILL BE THE LEAD AGENCY AND WILL MANAGE ALL CONSTRUCTION RELATED ACTIVITIES IN TERMS OF PROJECT COSTS.

THE ESTIMATED COUNTY PORTION IS $745,904. THE CITY PORTION IS AN ESTIMATED THOUSAND $130. THOSE COSTS ARE DETAILED BETWEEN RECONSTRUCTION AND RESURFACING.

THE CITY WILL DEPOSIT $900,000 WITHIN THE COUNTY WITHIN 15 BUSINESS DAYS OF RECORDING OF THIS ILA, AND ANY SHORTFALLS, IF SUCH ARISE, WILL BE FUNDED WITHIN 14 DAYS.

ALL UNUSED FUNDS WILL BE REIMBURSED WITHIN 45 DAYS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION, AND EACH AGENCY REMAINS 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGE ORDERS THAT IT DIRECTS.

IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE STAFF HERE TONIGHT TO ANSWER THEM.

OKAY. COUNCIL I DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS. DEPUTY MAYOR.

ANY SPEAKER CARDS? BILL BENTON. BILL BATTEN, 586 OCEAN SPRAY STREET, SOUTHWEST. THE ONE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THIS IS, IS THE FACT THAT THE ROAD IS USED TO BE 100% COUNTY ROAD, AND WHY I BRING THIS UP IS THAT SENTARA DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS IN ALL COUNTY HOUSING, IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING BENEFITING THE CITY OF PALM BAY YET BECAUSE OF THE ANNEXING OF LAND BACK AND FORTH WITHIN THE CITY. WE WE ARE NOW LEGALLY TASKED WITH PROVIDING THEM WATER AND SEWER INTO SENTARA.

SENTARA ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2700 AND 3500 HOMES THAT COME OUT ONTO THAT ROAD.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT IS ONTO THAT ROAD.

WELL, WHAT'S DUE NORTH OF THEM? THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

SO ALL THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE COMING TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY OR GOING SAINT JOHNS HERITAGE PARKWAY.

RIGHT. I DON'T LIKE THE COUNTY HAVING THE ABILITY.

I KNOW IT'S WE WANT INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, BUT WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING OUR RESOURCES OF WATER AND SEWER.

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I'LL PUT IT THIS WAY IT'S NOT ART OF A GOOD DEAL.

IT'S A BAD DEAL. WE'VE BEEN SHAFTED TOO MANY TIMES, AND IT'S.

WELL, IF YOU WANT US TO PAVE ANY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO BUSINESS WITH US AS THE COUNTY.

IT'S A BAD DEAL. I DON'T LIKE IT. ESPECIALLY ON THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOME THAT MANY HOMES.

THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

IT'S A BAD DEAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

THAT CONCLUDES THE CARDS. OKAY. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

YES. YES, MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO GO DOWN MEMORY LANE REAL QUICK BECAUSE MR. BATTEN BROUGHT ME THERE. BUT FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS AGREEMENT WAS A BAD DEAL.

AND YOU REMEMBER, THE COUNTY WAS PRETTY MUCH TWISTING OUR ARM AND HANDCUFFING US.

WE COULDN'T OPEN UP SAINT JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY, THE EXIT, UNTIL WE WENT INTO AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT LED US TO THE BAD DEAL IN THE BEGINNING, AND THAT WE WE TOOK A CHUNK.

WE TOOK A LOSS RIGHT THERE, YOU KNOW. YES, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE EXIT OPEN. I'M GRATEFUL WE DID, BECAUSE A LOT OF THAT WAS POLITICAL, BECAUSE IT WAS A CAMPAIGN GOING ON AT THAT TIME BETWEEN THE SITTING MAYOR AND HE WAS GOING FOR COMMISSIONER WITH AGAINST AN INCUMBENT.

SO IT WAS VERY POLITICAL AT THAT TIME. BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE.

BUT HERE WE ARE NOW, LIKE, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T GO BACKWARDS.

SO BUT I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WHAT YOU MENTIONED, SIR. SO IT WAS BAD FROM THE BEGINNING.

BUT WE GOT THE EXIT OPEN. NOW PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET TO AND FROM EASIER, ESPECIALLY WITH MALABAR BEING THE WAY IT IS.

BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH FDOT, SO I FEEL THIS IS AS GOOD AS WE CAN GET.

MAYOR WELL, THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT HISTORY BACK UP.

COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, THERE WAS A LITTLE MORE TO THAT TOO, RIGHT? SO AND YOU WERE ELOQUENT IN STATING THAT, SO.

AND COUNCILMAN HAMMER'S BEEN AROUND FOR A MINUTE.

COUNCILMAN. DEPUTY MAYOR JAFFEE. YEAH, I JUST I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF MR. MORTON CAN ANSWER IT NOW OR ANYBODY ON STAFF, BUT I JUST AM NOTICING THAT THE ORIGINAL 2020 ILA THAT'S RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY IS NOT EXECUTED BY BOTH PARTIES, MEANING THE COUNTY SIGNED IT, BUT NOBODY FROM PALM BAY SIGNED IT.

SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW A RECORDED AN AGREEMENT.

ALL RIGHT. I JUST FOUND ANOTHER PAGE WHERE IT'S SEPARATE.

IT'S NOT SIGNED ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. THAT'S ABNORMAL, BUT OKAY.

THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.

DEPUTY MAYOR, ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SIR? I JUST HAVE I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR FOR MR. MORTON. I MEAN, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS AGREEMENT? I DO, AT THIS POINT. I'M MORE UNCOMFORTABLE AS FUTURE GOES ON AS WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS AND THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS AND REQUIREMENTS TO ADOPT BIFURCATED SECTIONS OF ROAD.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, ROADWAYS, WE KNOW, ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE, ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE FUNCTIONS THAT WE DO. WE'VE GOT A STANDING MEETING WITH THE COUNTY. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO WORK THROUGH AND TALK ABOUT OUR ROAD NETWORK AS, AS A REGION, AND HOW WE CAN MAYBE DO A BETTER JOB OF DOING THAT.

I DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE ON THAT. BUT FOR NOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN THIS WAS DONE A FEW YEARS BACK, IT DIDN'T RECEIVE THE FRICTION COURSE BASE WHEN THE PAVING JOB WAS DONE.

THE ROAD IS IN BAD SHAPE. IT IS A PARTNERSHIP.

IT'S GOING TO NEED TO GET DONE. AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO LET THE COUNTY DO INTERSTITIAL PIECES AND US TO COME BACK AND TRY TO INFILL.

SO FROM THOSE STANDPOINTS, I DO FEEL COMFORTABLE AT THIS POINT MOVING IT FORWARD.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU I NEED A MOTION GENTLEMAN.

SO MOVED. SECOND, GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN HAMMER, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, GENTLEMEN? SEEING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SIGNIFY BY SAYING NAY. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'RE NOW ON COUNCIL REPORTS.

[COUNCIL REPORTS:]

MY COUNCIL REPORTS WILL BE SHORT. ICE IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND THEY DO COME AND OPERATE IN OUR CITY.

SO IF THEY GIVE YOU A LAWFUL ORDER, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN. COUNCILMAN.

HAMMER. YES. I HAVE BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM PEOPLE.

HAS THERE BEEN SOMETHING CHANGE AT VALKARIA AIRPORT WHERE THERE'S MORE PLANES FLYING WITHOUT WITHOUT BEING LOUDER AIRPLANES? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BABCOCK BY VALKARIA AREA ARE TALKING ABOUT PLANES FLYING REALLY LOW AND LOUD.

HAVE YOU HAVE YOU CONTACTED OUR DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER? ABOUT KERRY AIRPORT IS UNDER THEIR AUTHORITY.

I HAVE NOT. I WAS JUST SEEING IF WE'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT SOMETHING NEW HAPPENING AT VALKARIA AIRPORT.

OKAY. COUNCILMAN. I LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA AREA.

AND THEY IT'S MORE IT'S MORE TRAFFIC. I CAN SAY SO, BUT OTHER THAN THAT IT'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO.

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SO. OKAY. YEAH. NEXT THERE IS A VACANCY ON P AND Z.

I DID HAVE THE PERSON THAT I APPOINTED RETIRE.

SO IF ANYBODY HAS P AND Z EXPERIENCE PLEASE REACH OUT.

I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY. I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO PASTOR DELGADO, BUT HE ALREADY LEFT FOR A GREAT CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

IT WAS AMAZING. THANK YOU. MAYOR MEDINA. IT WAS WAS A FUN TIME.

I HAD A GOOD TIME. A LOT OF PEOPLE CAME OUT. IT'S WHAT WE PUT INTO IT IS DEFINITELY HAD.

IT'S WORTH A LOT OF SMILING FACES, A LOT OF SMILING KIDS.

SEEING SEEING THE SEEING SOMETHING POSITIVE HAPPEN IN PALM BAY.

AND THE THE POSITIVITY FROM PEOPLE WAS AMAZING.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK DONNIE FELIX FOR HAVING ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

IT'S GOOD TO BRING AWARENESS TO OUR CITY FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD HAVE HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO.

IT'S I WANT TO SAY IT'S 220 SOMETHING YEARS AGO HIS ANCESTORS FOUGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE IN HAITI, AND IT WAS REALLY COOL TO HEAR SOME OF THE STORIES PEOPLE HAD TO SAY.

AND IT WAS IT WAS NICE TO SEE SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF MY CULTURE, OUTSIDE OF OUTSIDE OF ME, AND BE IN ATTENDANCE AND BE NEXT TO PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR ME, BUT IT WAS AMAZING TO SIT NEXT TO THEM AND, AND BE BE PART OF THEIR OF THEIR CULTURE, OF THEIR COMMUNITY, OF EVERYTHING AND SEE THAT IT WAS IT WAS.

IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. AND I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK DONNIE FELIX FOR THAT, FOR FOR HAVING ME.

AND THAT WAS THAT WAS AN AMAZING TIME. ALSO, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS RACISM.

I AM SICK OF IT. I AM BEYOND BEYOND SICK OF IT.

I AM TIRED OF GOING TO EVENTS TO SUPPORT PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY AND BEING HECKLED FOR GOING TO IT.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF I'M INVITED TO SOMETHING WITHIN MY COMMUNITY AND IT'S LEGAL AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT AGAINST MY RELIGION, I'M GOING TO GO. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, DON'T VOTE FOR ME.

BUT I WILL NOT STAND FOR RACISM IN MY COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT, COUNCILMAN? YES. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON. I'M GOOD.

THANK YOU, DEPUTY MAYOR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. AND AND JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON ON THE CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA.

I THOUGHT IT WAS A SPECTACULAR EVENT. ENDED UP HAVING TO LEAVE EARLY.

MY SON HAD THE FLU, AND IT WAS IT WAS A ROUGH WEEK DURING CHRISTMAS TAKING CARE OF HIM AND BUT, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO BE BACK HERE TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FOR THE CITY. AND, AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THAT BREAK.

I DO, I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF ATTENTION OVER EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING. I WANT TO READ SOMETHING FROM THE CHARTER TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT CROSSING ANY BOUNDARIES. AND I DID CONSULT THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS, BUT IT HAS TO DO WITH APPOINTMENT AND REMOVALS. NO MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL SHALL IN ANY MANNER, DICTATE THE APPOINTMENT OR REMOVAL OF ANY CITY ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WHOM THE CITY MANAGER OR ANY OF HIS SUBORDINATES ARE EMPOWERED TO APPOINT.

HOWEVER, THE COUNCIL MAY EXPRESS ITS VIEWS FREELY AND FREELY DISCUSSED WITH THE MANAGER.

ANYTHING PERTAINING TO THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE.

SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, THE NAME OFFICER ROLLINS CONTINUES TO COME UP IN MY INBOX AND MY EMAILS THROUGH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, THROUGH CONVERSATIONS HERE AT COUNCIL AND ALL OVER THE NEWS AND OTHER STATES LOCALLY, CBS.

AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M NOT AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND POINTED OUT BY A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE EARLIER, WE'RE A WEEK YOU'RE A WEEK MAYOR NOT PHYSICALLY WEEK, BUT A WEEK MAYOR GOVERNMENT, YOU KNOW, AND WE RELY ON THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY CITY STAFF TO RUN THE DAY TO DAY.

AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO ADVISE ON LEGISLATIVE POLICY, PASS ORDINANCES AND SUCH.

BUT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE, I KNOW, ON MYSELF AND I IMAGINE OTHERS TO ABOUT ABOUT A PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE.

AND SO I WOULD JUST EXPRESSING MY VIEWS FREELY, THAT I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT THE CITY IS REALLY DOING ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND ITS HIRING PRACTICES, FULLY VETTING OUR EMPLOYEES. AND IF THINGS DO COME TO LIGHT, THAT WAS POTENTIALLY INACCURATE ON THEIR ORIGINAL ONBOARDING PROCESS,

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YOU KNOW, I JUST MET WITH A LOT OF THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE INTERACTED WITH THIS PARTICULAR OFFICER, AND I JUST FIND A RECURRING THEME FROM MUNICIPALITY TO MUNICIPALITY, FROM CITY TO CITY.

AND I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL OPINION PERSONALLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH. I DON'T MANAGE THE EMPLOYEE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

I'M JUST ASKING THAT WE FULLY VET OUR POLICIES, OUR PROCEDURES, AND JUST ASK THAT WE DO THE BEST FOR OUR CITY AND JUST ASK THAT WE LOOK FURTHER INTO OFFICER SEAN ROLLINS.

THANK YOU. WELL, I'VE GOT I'VE GOT SOME FOLKS WANTING TO WEIGH IN, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO RESERVE MY COMMENTS. BUT YOU NAILED IT WHEN YOU SAID THIS IS A CITY.

CITY FORM, CITY MANAGEMENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

I'M GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON, SINCE YOU TAGGED IN OR COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN SINCE YOU TAGGED IN FIRST.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN. YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SO I'M GOING TO START OFF BY TELLING A STORY.

WELL, FIRST OFF, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW MY BACKGROUND I SPENT A LOT OF MY ADULT LIFE IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY SERVING MY COUNTRY.

I SERVED TWO YEARS OVERSEAS. AND I HAVE A FATHER WHO IS CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND I'VE BEEN AROUND THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY MY ENTIRE LIFE. THE FIRST THING I DID, LITERALLY THE VERY FIRST THING I DID AFTER I WAS ELECTED AND SWORN INTO OFFICE, WAS I REACHED OUT TO CHIEF BECAUSE IN MY MIND, OUR JOB HAS HAS TIERS.

PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT. I THINK MOST OF US AGREE WITH THAT. SO I WANTED TO GO FIRST TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

LEARN ABOUT THEM. IT'S MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB.

I WENT OUT. IT HAPPENED TO BE OUR SWAT TRYOUTS.

I WENT OUT AND CHIEF PULLED THE WHOLE SWAT TEAM AROUND.

CHIEF WAS THERE. I WAS THERE, AND I LOOKED THOSE GENTLEMEN IN THE EYES.

TOTAL STUDS, BY THE WAY. ABSOLUTE WARRIORS. AND I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES, AND I SAID, THIS CITY COUNCIL IS NOT GOING TO BE LIKE CITY COUNCILS AND SOME OF THESE LIBERAL CITIES THAT THROW OUR POLICE OFFICERS UNDER THE BUS.

SOME OF THESE CITY COUNCILS THAT USE OUR POLICE OFFICERS FOR POLITICAL PAWNS QUITE FRANKLY, THAT'S DISGUSTING. AND I LITERALLY LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES AND I SAID, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE IN PALM BAY, IN PALM BAY. THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO SUPPORT YOU.

YOU CAN FEEL COMFORTABLE TO DO YOUR JOB. I EXPECT YOU TO DO YOUR JOB AND BE AGGRESSIVE AS WAR FIGHTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, PROTECTING THOSE OF US FROM EVIL EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND I SAID, WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE THAT IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH TERRORISTS. WE DO NOT NEGOTIATE WITH MARXISTS.

THE REASON THAT THE DEFUND POLICE MOVEMENT, AND THAT'S WHAT PART OF THIS IS RIGHT NOW, AND THE PRESSURE IN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW IS NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE MAD AT A FEW BAD APPLES. THEY'RE MAD BECAUSE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WAKE UP EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THEY ENFORCE AMERICAN LAW AND ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

THEY ENFORCE THE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT THESE MARXISTS AND TERRORISTS BELIEVE IN.

AND THAT IS WHY THEY ARE TRYING TO PRESSURE US RIGHT NOW TO GO AFTER ONE OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT HIS JOB EVERY SINGLE DAY. QUITE FRANKLY, I THINK AND WHAT'S DISGUSTING ABOUT THIS, QUITE FRANKLY, IS THAT THIS IS A POLICE OFFICER DOING HIS JOB.

HIS MENTAL STATE RIGHT NOW IS NOT GOOD. AND YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO CALL PEOPLE OUT IN COUNCIL, REPORTS DEPUTY MAYOR. WHEN THEY SAY SOMETHING THAT, OH, IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE IN A IN A CITY MANAGER MEETING.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL YOU OUT NOW. YOU ASKED YOU TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU KNOW WHAT HIS MENTAL STATE IS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE UNDERMINING THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS CITY, THE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER, WITH YOUR COMMENT RIGHT NOW. YOU KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO HURT THE MORALE OF 300 POLICE OFFICERS THAT KEEP YOU SAFE EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.

I WILL NOT HOLD BACK. YOUR COMMENT IS, QUITE FRANKLY, DISGUSTING AND I KNOW WHY YOU MADE IT, WHICH MAKES IT THAT MUCH MORE DISGUSTING AND DISGRACEFUL.

YOU'RE IN AN ELECTION CYCLE RIGHT NOW, AND YOU WANT THIS HEAT OFF YOU, AND YOU WANT TO SEEM LIKE YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING. POINT OF ORDER.

NO, HE'S HE'S SPEAKING, SIR, BUT THE. BUT WE'RE TALKING DISGUSTING.

YOU KNOW WHAT? NO, I'M GOING TO TALK. I'M GOING TO TALK.

I'M GOING TO STAND BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE I DIDN'T CALL.

POINT OF ORDER. TWO MONTHS AGO, I SAT HERE AND LET YOU GUYS SAY WHAT YOU NEEDED TO SAY ABOUT ME, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT. BUT YOU WILL NOT TALK ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE THIS.

THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF SOMETHING GOING WRONG.

WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. YOU HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE POLICE CHIEF OUTSIDE OF THESE CHAMBERS, AND WE ARE. I AM NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND ALLOW OUR ENTIRE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THEIR MORALE STRIPPED FROM THEM,

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I THINK THEY'RE DISGRACEFUL. I THINK YOU LACK INTEGRITY AND I THINK YOU'RE A COWARD.

DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENT, SIR? COUNCILMAN MAYOR COUNCILMAN JOHNSON COUNCIL.

I'LL LET YOU RESPOND. SHAME ON YOU. NO, SIR. SIR.

POINT OF ORDER! ORDER, SIR! ORDER! THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. COUNCILMAN. JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR.

SO, FIRST OFF, THIS IS ALL. THIS IS WHAT? THIS IS NOT WHAT? THIS IS NOT HOW IT SHOULD GO DOWN AT ALL. SECOND OFF, I'LL JUST TELL A BRIEF STORY.

I'VE BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM DAY ONE, AND I'VE HAD RUN INS WITH OUR OWN OFFICERS AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH OUR OWN OFFICERS.

AND WHEN I DID, I DIDN'T COME UP HERE ON THE DAIS.

I DIDN'T SPEAK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY. WHAT I DID WAS I TOOK IT TO THAT CITY MANAGER.

THAT CITY MANAGER SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH ME AND THAT OFFICER, AND THEN THE OFFICER WENT THEIR WAY, AND THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH A DIFFERENT IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

THAT'S THE WAY WE GO ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET UP HERE.

EGO AND PRIDE TENDS TO GET IN THE WAY. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I CALL POINT OF ORDER, BECAUSE IT BECAME PERSONAL IN REGARDS TO TALKING ABOUT THE CAMPAIGNS.

WE'RE NOT UP HERE TO TALK ABOUT CAMPAIGNS OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

WE'RE UP HERE TO JUST DISCUSS THE CITY BUSINESS.

BUT TO THAT POINT, ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED, I'LL I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO CALL MYSELF OUT.

I DIDN'T COMPLETE MY REVIEW WITH MR. MORTON. THAT'S THE TIME TO SHARE YOUR CONCERNS.

IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN. OTHER THAN THAT, DO NOT MAKE THIS A SPECTACLE.

DO NOT MAKE THIS THEATRICS. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE PURPOSELY WATCHING, WANTING A SHOW, AND WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING LIKE A MOCKERY.

LIKE THAT WHOLE THING JUST THERE LOOKED LIKE A MOCKERY.

COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN THE PAST, BUT MAKING IT.

NOBODY CALLED YOU OUT OF YOUR NAME, SIR. HE DEPUTY MAYOR DIDN'T CALL YOU OUT.

YOUR NAME? I HAVEN'T CALLED YOU OUT. YOUR NAME? MAYOR HASN'T CALLED YOU OUT. YOUR NAME. SO THAT'S WHERE I REALLY WAS LIKE, LET'S HONE IT BACK.

LET'S NOT GET EMOTIONAL. LET'S NOT GET PERSONAL AND LET'S KEEP IT TO WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

IF IT'S ABOUT THIS DEPARTMENT, IT'S ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

TAKE IT UP WITH THE CITY MANAGER. DON'T MAKE IT A SHOW OR SPECTACLE HERE AND LEAVE IT AT THAT.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT. MAYOR. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND OR.

BECAUSE I'VE GOT MIKE? YEAH. THE ONLY THE ONLY RESPONSE I'M GOING TO ADD IS I NEVER SAID I DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I DO SUPPORT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. MY BROTHER'S A FIRST RESPONDER.

SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HE MADE, I'M CONCERNED THAT THE SUNSHINE LAW HAS BEEN VIOLATED BASED ON SOME OF THE THINGS HE'S INDICATED ABOUT CONVERSATIONS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE HAD WITH THE CITY MANAGER THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO BE CONFIDENTIAL. SO I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO PRAY AND DECIDE WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NEXT WITH THE STATEMENT THAT COUNCILMAN LANGEVIN MADE. COUNCILMAN HAMMOND. I'D LIKE TO SAY I SUPPORT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FULLY.

I SUPPORT OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR POLICE CHIEF FULLY.

WHEN I READ THAT, IT SAYS IF I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AN EMPLOYEE, I SPEAK TO THE CITY MANAGER.

IT DOESN'T SAY THAT I SPEAK OUT HERE. IT SAYS I SPEAK TO THE MANAGER, AND THAT'S WHAT I DO, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DONE, WHAT I HAVE. MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY MANAGER IS MY CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER, AND I TRUSTED HIM. I TRUST IN OUR CHIEF. I TRUST IN OUR DEPUTY CHIEF TO FULFILL WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL. I'LL WRAP THIS UP. BUT I THINK IT WARRANTS OUR CITY MANAGER TO RESPOND.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS, AND I'VE. I'VE GONE ON RIDE ALONGS, AND THERE'S NO SHAME IN ME SAYING THIS.

I'VE SEEN THEM DEAL IN THE IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING GOING IN AND DEALING WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT LITERALLY IT IS EVIL. WHAT THEY'RE FACING. I'M NOT CALLING THE PERSON EVIL, I'M CALLING WHAT'S BEHIND THEM.

EVIL. THERE'S AN EVIL THAT'S OUT THERE AT THE 1:00, 02:00 IN THE MORNING TIME FRAME.

AND THE WAY I SEE IT, AS A MATTER OF FACT, IS WHEN YOU DEAL WITH EVIL, YOU HAVE TO BE ASSERTIVE AND ATTUNED AT EVERY GIVEN POINT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT I'VE BEEN WALKING AROUND.

THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN OUR STREETS WHERE AN INDIVIDUAL KILLED THE PRIEST AND

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TWO OFFICERS GET SHOT. THEY, AS THEY WITNESSED THE INDIVIDUAL KILLED HIS OWN FATHER.

THINK ABOUT THAT. SO WE'VE GOT TWO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS THAT GET SHOT.

AND IN THE INTERIM, THE OTHER OFFICERS ARE TRYING TO PURSUE AND ENGAGE IN SHOOTING.

IT WAS OFFICER ROLLINS. PLEASE DON'T DO THAT.

TOLD YOU THAT ELIMINATED THE THREAT OF THE INDIVIDUAL SHOOTING BACK AT HIM.

IT TAKES A SPECIAL OFFICER TO PURSUE SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE GETTING SHOT AT.

TO ME, THAT'S A THIN BLUE LINE THAT'S PROTECTING US BECAUSE THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS NOT GOING TO STOP THERE.

HE HAD AN ARSENAL WITH HIM TO DO ADDITIONAL DAMAGE AND LET THE REF LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT THIS INDIVIDUAL DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN PROTECTING MY FAMILY AND THE CITIZENS OF PALM BAY.

I AGREE THAT THIS IS A CITY MANAGEMENT FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

AND I BELIEVE OUR CHIEF OF POLICE HAS CLEARED, AND THERE'S A REVIEW PROCESS THAT HAS CLEARED AND PAVED THE WAY, WHETHER IT'S FDLE, WHETHER IT'S INTERNAL. BUT I TRUST OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.

OUR CHIEF OF POLICE RESPONDS BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER.

AND SO AT THIS POINT, FOR THIS TO BE AN ISSUE ABOUT AN INDIVIDUAL THAT'S PROTECTING OUR STREETS, THAT'S PUTTING IT ON THE LINE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

WE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE DISCUSSING THIS. THIS IS A YOUNG MAN WITH A FAMILY, AND HE'S MOVING FORWARD AND PROTECTING THE LIVES OF OUR CITIZENS.

AND SO, MISTER MORTON YOU ARE THE CITY MANAGER.

I, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO DISCUSS ABOUT THE ACTUAL WHAT REMEDIES HAVE WE DONE, WHAT REVIEW PROCESS IS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE.

SO I MEAN, I CAN COMMENT HIGH LEVEL. I ALSO HAVE DOCUMENTS. BUT, YOU KNOW, OFFICER ROLLINS WENT THROUGH A EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND PROCESS, A POLYGRAPH PROCESS. HIS AGENCIES WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR INTERVIEWERS MEET WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN TERMS OF DISCUSSIONS AND LOOK INTO THE BACKGROUND. I'VE YET AGAIN, TO SEE EVIDENCE.

I KNOW, I KNOW, WE KEEP SAYING HE LIED IN A FORMER APPLICATION, AND I'M ASSUMING WE'RE RELATING OR ATTEMPTING TO RELATE THAT TO THE COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA EMPLOYMENT. BUT THEN I HAVE A LETTER FROM THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION.

GIVE ME A MOMENT TO READ IT.

LETTERS DATED NOVEMBER 20TH, 2019 DIRECTED TO OFFICER SEAN ROLLINS.

THIS WAS PUT IN PART OF THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION IN HIS FILE.

DEAR OFFICER SEAN ROLLINS, THIS LETTER IS TO INFORM YOU THAT SLED, ALSO KNOWN AS SOUTH CAROLINA LAW ENFORCEMENT DIVISION INVESTIGATIVE FILE 32 10094, HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE FIFTH CIRCUIT SOLICITOR'S OFFICE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SOLICITOR BRIAN OR BYRON GIBSON, AND HAS FOUND NO EVIDENCE, NO EVIDENCE OF ANY CRIMINAL WRONGDOING.

THEIR FINDING DEEMED THAT YOUR ACTIONS DURING THIS MATTER WERE LEGALLY JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES YOU WERE CONFRONTED WITH ON THAT DAY.

THE CITY OF COLUMBIA INTERNAL INVESTIGATION IC 2019 029 ALSO REVEALED THAT YOU HAVE NOT COMMITTED ANY POLICY VIOLATIONS DURING THIS INCIDENT.

THE ALLEGATION OF EXCESSIVE OR UNNECESSARY USE OF FORCE IS UNFOUNDED.

I COULD GO ON REVIEWING HIS DOCUMENTS. AND OF COURSE, WITH THAT WE HAVE HIS LETTER OF RESIGNATION, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THAT JURISDICTION. RENEWS DOCUMENTS WITH TELLER, COLORADO.

YOU KNOW, SIMILAR THING. I LOOK AT HIS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS EXCEPTIONAL.

SO THEY'VE DONE THE DUE DILIGENCE. I TOOK THE CONCERN SERIOUSLY THAT I KEEP HEARING WE'VE I'VE DUG INTO IT.

THE CLAIM IS CORRECT. HE WAS ON PROBATION. HE IS ON PROBATION.

LET LET ME DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. TRUST BUT VERIFY.

AGAIN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE. WE HAVE VERY COMPETENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS, VERY COMPETENT BACKGROUND CHECK PROCESSES. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN OR SHOULD COMMENT ON AT THIS MOMENT.

[01:55:03]

I'M TRUSTING THE INTEGRITY OF OUR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATORS. I'M TRUSTING AN INTEGRITY OF THE HIRING SYSTEM.

TO THAT HAS PLACED OFFICER ROLLINS IN THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, MR. MORTON, NOW WE'RE ON REPORTS.

WELL, I'M. I'M STILL ON MY REPORT. I GUESS I USED MY TIME FOR REPORTS, BUT I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FAMILY CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA WAS OUTSTANDING, BUT IT.

I WAS TAKEN ABACK BECAUSE WE SHOULD ALL BE CELEBRATING THOSE THAT PROTECT US.

ANYWAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. MR. MORTON, YOUR REPORTS.

[ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REPORTS:]

AND WHAT IS HAPPENING, I THINK IS OUT OF HAND.

AND I THINK IT'S DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK IT'S DETRIMENTAL. AND IN 1710, JONATHAN SWIFT FAMOUSLY SAID, FALSEHOOD FLIES QUICK AND THE TRUTH COMES LIMPING ALONG LONG AFTER, USUALLY TOO LATE.

I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I AM AWARE THAT THE ONLY DEFENSE TO A POTENTIAL DEFAMATION CLAIM IS THE TRUTH.

AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO SPEAK SOME TRUTH. I THINK SO.

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE PRIVILEGE IT'S BEEN TO BE HERE FOR TEN MONTHS. TEN MONTHS AGO, I STOOD RIGHT THERE AND I EXPRESSED MY HOPES, MY ENTHUSIASM, MY COMMITMENT TO BE THE PALM BAY CITY MANAGER.

I WAS ASKED SOME HARD QUESTIONS, AND I PROMISED TO DELIVER TRANSPARENCY, WHICH YOU HEARD TONIGHT AND YOU'VE HEARD REPEATEDLY.

I'VE DONE AND I'M DOING, AND I'M GOING TO QUOTE MYSELF.

I WILL NOT BE BULLIED BY ANYONE AND THAT MY INTEGRITY IS WORTH MORE THAN MY JOB.

I BELIEVE THAT EVEN MORE DEEPLY NOW THAN WHEN I SAID IT TEN MONTHS AGO.

THE GRAVITY OF THIS ROLE IS NOT LOST ON ME. IT'S NOT ABOUT ME.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE ABOUT ME. IT'S ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT THIS COMMUNITY EXPECTS ME TO DO. AND WHEN YOU DON'T EXPECT ME TO DO IT ANY LONGER, AS SOMEONE SAID TONIGHT, THEY VOTE ME OUT. YOU'VE OFTEN HEARD ME SAY AND SAY TO OUR INCREDIBLE STAFF MANY TIMES THAT LEADERSHIP LEVEL 99 AT A REMEDIAL LEVEL IS DISAPPOINTING YOUR FOLLOWERS AT A RATE THEY CAN ABSORB.

THAT'S HOW WE BALANCE A LOT OF OUR DAYS. ON THE OTHER END OF THAT, ON THE OTHER END OF THAT CONTINUUM, IS LEADERSHIP LEVEL 500, ESSENTIALLY BEING WILLING TO HAVE THE PERSONAL COURAGE TO STEP OFF THE PAGE OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION, TO BE WILLING TO PUT YOURSELF IN FRONT OF OTHERS, TO BE A BULWARK FOR THEM TO WALK SQUARELY OUTSIDE OF THE ARENA OF PERSONAL SAFETY, AND TO DISREGARD ANY NOTION OF TRYING TO INSULATE, SHIELD, OR PROTECT ONESELF.

AND TO DO THAT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE RIGHT REASONS AND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I KNOW I'M PUTTING MYSELF IN THAT LINE TONIGHT. I'M OKAY WITH THAT. AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS OR DOING THIS TO IMPRESS ANYONE.

IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING TO BE IMPRESSED BY SOMEONE, BE IMPRESSED WITH CHIEF MARIO ARGUELLO, WHO HAS DEMONSTRATED THIS TYPE OF CONSISTENT LEADERSHIP UNDER WITHERING ATTACK FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS.

I WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN IN THE PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE ASKED YOU TIME AND AGAIN TO BE THE WALL BETWEEN US AND EVIL, THE HORROR AND THE TERRIBLE IN THIS WORLD SO WE CAN GO ABOUT OUR LIVES.

AND YOU HAVE ANSWERED THAT CALL. AT ONE TIME, DEPUTY CHIEF LANCE FISHER ANSWERED THAT CALL DESPITE WEATHERING A WITHERING ATTACK FROM A FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF. THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO OPERATE WITH PRIDE, PROFESSIONALISM, COMMITMENT, INTEGRITY AND HAVE BEEN HELD ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THEY'VE ERRED.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN ERRORS, JUST LIKE IN EVERY ORGANIZATION AND IN EVERY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THIS STATE AND ACROSS THIS COUNTRY.

THE RECORDS CLEARLY REFLECT THAT THIS IS NOT A MINIMIZATION.

I REITERATE THAT WE BELIEVE IN THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, AND THOSE WHO DO NOT AGREE ARE DISCIPLINED OR IF SEVERE ENOUGH, THEY'RE TERMINATED. IT'S NOT RANDOM. IT'S THOUGHTFUL.

IT'S DELIBERATE, IT'S INTENTIONAL. IT'S FOR THE GREATER GOOD.

I WAS APPROACHED BY MR. FISHER EVEN BEFORE I WAS FORMALLY EMPLOYED BY CONTRACT TO THE CITY OF PALM BAY.

HE WAS SO EAGER TO TELL ME HIS STORY THAT HE CALLED AND EMAILED ME OVER AND OVER.

MY REQUEST, WHICH WAS MEMORIALIZED IN WRITING, WAS TO PLEASE WAIT UNTIL I OFFICIALLY WAS IN OFFICE TO RESPECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PUBLIC PROCESS, TO RESPECT THE PUBLIC RECORD, AND NOT TO USE MY PERSONAL EMAIL THAT HE GOT OFF MY RESUME.

MOVING FORWARD, SEVERAL PEOPLE DID THAT. IN FAIRNESS, THE ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT ME, HOWEVER, DIDN'T STOP. CHANGE IS NOT EASY. CHANGE IS NOT IN THE MINUTIA.

WE'VE BROUGHT MANY CHANGES TOGETHER. WE'RE GOING TO BRING MANY MORE. BUT CHANGE HAS TO ACCOMPLISH THE GREATER GOOD.

OTHERWISE, WHAT ARE WE DOING? CHANGE IS NOT DRIVEN BY THE LOUDEST VOICE.

SHOULDN'T BE DRIVEN BY THE SQUEAKIEST WHEEL. THERE MUST BE A CAREFUL, DELIBERATE CONSIDERATION OF THE MANY QUESTIONS CHIEF AMONG THEM.

AND BORROWING FROM THE FAMOUS PARETO EFFICIENCY CRITERION, A WELL-ESTABLISHED VALUE NEUTRAL TOOL.

ARE MORE PEOPLE BETTER OFF, OR ARE MORE PEOPLE WORSE OFF? WE MAKE A CHANGE OR IN THE CASE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IS THE PUBLIC MORE SAFE OR ARE THEY LESS SAFE AS A WHOLE? AS A RESULT OF CHANGE OR AS WHOLE OF THE ACTIONS WE TAKE?

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RAPES ARE DOWN, 28.33%, ROBBERIES ARE DOWN 36.58%.

AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS ARE DOWN 22.88%. BURGLARIES ARE DOWN 15.41%, THEFTS DOWN 5.32%, MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS DOWN 15.08% AND MORE. WHEN MR. FISHER AND I FINALLY MET, I TOOK THE INFORMATION HE PROVIDED.

I WORKED THROUGH IT. I CONDUCTED DUE DILIGENCE, AS DID TWO PAST CITY MANAGERS, AND I DISCLOSED IN A PREVIOUS PUBLIC MEETING.

AND ON THE RECORD, IT KEPT COMING UP EMPTY. AND THROUGH IT ALL, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ACHIEVED CERTIFICATIONS, RECEIVED ACCOLADES AND THEN COMPLETED THE ARDUOUS AND PRESTIGIOUS ACCREDITATION PROCESS.

I'VE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES WITH THE FULL KNOWLEDGE AND BLESSING OF THE CHIEF AND DEPUTY CHIEF, WHO ARE AND REMAINED CONFIDENT THAT THE RECORD WOULD REFLECT.

AND THE CONVERSATIONS I CHOSE TO HAVE WOULD TELL THE FULL STORY BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TO HIDE AND NOTHING BEING HIDDEN.

I MENTIONED THAT CHANGE SHOULD NOT COME FROM THE LOUDEST VOICE NOR THE SQUEAKIEST WHEEL. MORE SO, UNEQUIVOCALLY SO. CHANGE MUST NEVER, I REPEAT, NEVER BE DRIVEN BY THOSE WHO THREATEN, EXTORT, OR MANIPULATE FOR THEIR OWN GAIN. THIS IS THE EPITOME OF CORRUPTION, AND IT IS THE HEART OF ROT.

AND THE CITY HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE. THIS WEEK THAT I LEARNED THE SAME FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF WHO, IN MY OPINION, USED THE TRAGIC DEATH OF OUR POLICE CHIEF'S GRANDSON IS NOW IN RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST SEEMED TO VERIFY AND ATTEMPT TO DISPARAGE OUR CURRENT DEPUTY CHIEF TO TRY TO DAMAGE HIM AND HIS YOUNG FAMILY BY SPREADING VICIOUS RUMORS THAT ARE BOTH VILE AND DISGUSTING, TRYING TO CAST ASPERSIONS OF AFFAIRS. THE DEEPER I DUG, THE MORE PEOPLE I TALK TO.

IT KEEPS COMING BACK TO ONE PERSON, THE SAME FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF WHO TOLD ME TO MY FACE, AND SEVERAL OTHERS AFFECT AT LEAST TWO OTHERS HAVE COME FORWARD WITH THIS SAME EXACT MESSAGE. THIS WILL ALL GO AWAY. THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL WILL SHUT DOWN IF A CERTAIN 1 OR 2.

NOW ABOUT 5 OR 6 POLICE EMPLOYEES ARE TERMINATED, AND A PAYMENT OF $450,000 WAS MADE IN THE GUISE OF A SETTLEMENT THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE OWED. THAT'S IT. AND THOSE TWO PEOPLE WHO RELAYED THAT MESSAGE WERE HERE IN THIS ROOM TONIGHT.

I ASK MYSELF, IF THIS IS NOT CORRUPTION, WHAT IS? SO AS ATTEMPT TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD, WE KEEP GETTING PULLED BACK INTO THE PAST AND FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS, AS WE JUST SAW UNFOLD 20 MINUTES AGO.

IT SHOULDN'T BE EVEN TEARING THIS COUNCIL APART, LET ALONE THE COMMUNITY. YOU GUYS WORK TOO HARD AND HAVE TOO MUCH INTEGRITY TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD. SO I'M TAKING COUNSEL AS TO WHAT TO DO NEXT.

I'M CONTEMPLATING FILING A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT FOR THE ATTEMPTED EXTORTION OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL.

MY OPINION, ONE OF THESE ATTEMPTED EXTORTION OF A PUBLIC OFFICIAL. AND HAVE THOSE TWO INDIVIDUALS SUBPOENAED TO CORROBORATE THIS TRUE ACCOUNT? WOULD IT SERVE THE GREATER GOOD OR WOULD IT JUST SERVE TO CONTINUALLY DESTROY, DISTRACT, AND DISPARAGE OUR CITY? SOMETHING'S CHANGED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SEVERAL MORE THAN A FEW, BUT LESS THAN TEN.

SEVERAL CURRENT AND FORMER POLICE OFFICERS HAVE ASKED ME TO PLACE THEM ON THE PUBLIC RECORD.

THEY'D LIKE TO BE DEPOSED. THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TESTIFY ABOUT THE ACTIONS ABUSES THEY CLAIM TO HAVE SUFFERED UNDER A FORMER DEPUTY CHIEF.

AT THIS POINT, THAT SERVES NO PURPOSE. NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE.

NOT MUCH TO DO. THEY ARE FREE TO PURSUE WHATEVER COURSE OF ACTION IF THEY THINK A CRIME WAS COMMITTED.

THAT WAS NOT EXPRESSED TO ME. AGAIN, HOW DOES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE GREATER GOOD OPENING THAT DOOR? I DON'T BELIEVE. DOES MR. FISHER WORKED HERE FOR 20 YEARS? I ALSO ESTIMATE THE ONGOING PRTS HAVE COST THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN 75 AND $100,000 IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY, LOST MORALE, INTENSE FEAR. I WANT TO ASK, EVEN THOUGH IT'S LEGALLY, ABSOLUTELY NONE OF MY BUSINESS.

SO IT'S A RHETORICAL QUESTION. TRULY. FOR WHAT PURPOSE? AND WHILE I ACTIVELY TAKE LEGAL COUNSEL, WHICH I HAVE BEGUN THIS WEEK, I AM WANTING TO TAKE THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION THAT ULTIMATELY SERVES NOT ME, NOT YOU, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF PALM BAY, THE GREATER GOOD.

THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS IN PALM BAY WHO EXPECT US TO GET UP EVERY DAY AND FIX THINGS AND DO OUR JOB.

AND I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE DISTRACTED FROM THAT IMPORTANT, SERIOUS AND TIMELY WORK. YES, WE SHOULD BE CRITICIZED. WE SHOULD BE CHALLENGED. YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO THINGS AND CITIZENS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY ENCOURAGE IT.

I WELCOME IT. I HAVE MET WITH DOZENS AND DOZENS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.

NOT JUST TO HEAR THE GOOD, BUT TO HEAR THE BAD. AND I'VE TAKEN EVERY CONVERSATION SERIOUSLY.

BUT IT REMAINS MY GOAL TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, TO ACHIEVE THE GREATER GOOD AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW ON.

SIR, MY NAME IS MENTIONED, SIR. WE'RE NOW ON LEGAL REPORTS.

NOTHING FURTHER. MAYOR. OKAY. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.