[7. COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC Any person who wishes to comment on any subject may be heard at this time. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less, as directed by the Mayor, as this section of the Agenda is limited to thirty minutes. The City Commission will not be able to take any official actions under Comments from the Public. Speakers will address the Mayor, Commissioners, and the Public with respect. Inappropriate language will not be tolerated.]

>> YES, MA'AM. HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

>> THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE,.

GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.

I'M WITH HR COOK, AND WITH THE NEW WORK SPRAYED HR COOK WITH A MANAGEMENT FIRM OUT OF. I DID NOTICE THAT OUR MANAGEMEN AGREEMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA SO I WASN'T CERTAIN IF I WAS ABLE TO GIVE ANY COMMENTS SINCE IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

I WANTED TO SAY HOPEFULLY IF THIS PASSES, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US INTO YOUR COMMUNITY. WE BEEN WELCOMED BY EVERYONE.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY STAF AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY IN WORKING WITH THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THE SUNRISE THEATER AND THE FUTURE

MANAGEMENT. >> THANK YOU, SIR.

WE APPRECIATED. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS

[A. Chief Smith update of the Fort Pierce Police Department, covering his first one hundred days as Chief of Police and a status update on the Center for Public Safety Management’s 'Police Operations and Data Analysis Report'.]

THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WE WILL MOVE ON. >> WE HAVE REPORTS AND UPDATES, CHIEF SMITH GIVEN ANSWER PRESENTATION ON HIS FIRST 180 DAYS AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND A STATUS UPDATE ON THE POLICE

OPERATIONS IN. >> CHIEF SMITH WILL GIVE A

PRESENTATION. >> WELCOME.

>> GOOD MORNING. I PROMISE YOU I HAD A DAZZLING VISUAL REPRESENTATION TO PUT UP THERE TODAY I DID NOT WANT TO HAVE TO READ EACH INDIVIDUAL RECOMMENDATION SO I WILL START GOING THROUGH IT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.

>> I KNOW YOU'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES BECAUSE THINGS HAVE DISAPPEARED AND WE WILL BRING THEM BACK VERY.

>> AT DAZZLING PRESENTATION. NOBODY WANTS TO STARE AT A BUNC OF POWERPOINT'S. TAP SHOES ARE ON.

SO THIS MORNING I WILL GO OVER THE CPS REPORT AND PROVIDES UPDATES ON WHERE WE ARE ON EACH ONE OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AN AT THE CONCLUSION OF IT I WILL GIVE MY ASSESSMENT AFTER MY FIRST 100 DAYS WHICH WILL OFFICIALLY BE TOMORROW ON THE

AGENCY. >> WHEN I READ IT, IT SAID 180

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DAYS. >> 100 BASE.

TODAY IS 99 DAYS. >> I THOUGHT I MISSED 60 DAYS

SOMEWHERE. >> NO, SIR.

IF WE CAN GET UP AND RUNNING AN WON'T GO VERBATIM ON EVERY RECOMMENDATION BUT FROM THERE, RECOMMENDATION WHEN FUZZ CSM THAT THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD UPDATED STRATEGIC PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW PREVIOUSLY OUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS JUST INTERWEAVE INTO THE CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN.

WE HAVE SINCE CREATED A 2026- 2029 DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN AND SEND THAT TO YOU LAST WEEK.

WE WILL BE PUBLISHING A VERSION FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THEN INTERNALLY THERE IS SO MUCH MORE DETAILED AND STRUCTURED STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IN ORDER TO GET WHERE YOU'RE GOING, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PLAN AND KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOIN AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TOO WAS RECOMMENDED THE DEPARTMENT MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPING A DETAILED SUCCESSION PLAN. WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. THE CAPTAIN POSITION FOREVER TO A RANK STRUCTURE AND 2025 AND THOSE ARE VACANT CURRENTLY DUE TO RETIREMENTS AND FILLING THOS WILL CREATE MOVEMENT.

WE ARE ALSO GETTING READY TO PU FORTH A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHAR TO BETTER MAKE USE OF THE STAFF THAT WE DO HAVE.

WE HAVE IN OUR FP OUT FOR EMOTIONAL PROCESS THAT YOU MIGH BE AWARE. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FOLKS ANNEXING POSITIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD AN ACTIVE LIST TO PROMOTE FROM AND QUITE SOME TIME .

ONCE THAT RFP IS COMPLETED AND WE ARE ABLE TO GO THROUGH A PROMOTIN PROCESS, PROMOTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE.

>> CHIEF, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE FROM THE OUTSIDE HELP

YOU STRUCTURE THAT? >> WE WILL USE A VENDOR FROM TH OUTSIDE WHICH IS MUCH MORE DEFENSIBLE TO USE A THIRD-PARTY VENDOR TO RUN YOUR PROMOTION PROCESS.

AGAIN, THE LAST LIST EXPIRED ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEN IT WA EXTENDED SO WE HAVE FOLKS IN ACTING POSITIONS FOR SERGEANTS AND LIEUTENANTS THAT HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

>> THANK YOU. RECOMMENDATION THREE, A COMPLET COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO PURCHASING AN ALREADY WRITTEN AND LEGALLY VETTED ALESSI FROM SEVERAL COMPANIES.

THIS WILL TIE INTO RECOMMENDATION 35 WHEN WE GET THERE AS WELL. WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. ABOUT 170 OF HER POLICIES HAVE BEEN UPDATED SINCE THE REPORT TOOK PLACE AND WE'VE ALSO GOT A REQUEST IN FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 T GO WITH A COMPANY CALLED A POLICY MANAGEMENT PLATFORM COMPANY.

THEY ARE EXPERTLY TAILORED, IT IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.

THEY DO IT FOR MUNICIPALITIES, AND OF THE STATE SPECIFIC, SO WHEN THERE ARE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES, THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL OF THAT TO ENSURE ALL YOUR POLICIES ARE IN COMPLIANCE OF W ARE LOOKING AT TRYING TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR THAT.

RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDER APPLYING FOR AND RECEIVING ACCREDITATION FROM GILEAD, WE ARE CERTIFIED THROUG THE COMMISSION FOR FLORIDA ACCREDITATION.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE TO OUR ACCREDITATION MANAGER, WE WERE ACCREDITED EARLIER THIS YEAR COMMENCE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THAT'S AN EXTENSIVE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT WHICH REFERRING BACK WITH HELP IMMENSELY DOING THAT BECAUSE WITHOUT LEXAPRO, FOLKS HAVE TO GO IN THERE TO EA TO VISUALLY LOOK AT EACH LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AND GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR POLICIES TO SEE WHICH ONES NEED TO BE UPDATED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

AS IT PERTAINS TO LIQUIDATION WOULD BE REDUNDANT AND COMES WITH SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND ADDS ANOTHER LENGTHY PROCESS WITH TW INSPECTIONS WITH ASSESSORS COMING IN AND TWO SETS OF PROOF OF COMPLIANCE FOR EACH, SO WE DON'T RECOMMEND GOING WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REDUNDANT. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER FIVE COME AT THE TWO MAJORS BE ELEVATED T DEPUTY CHIEF RALPH I DON'T CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION DID AND THAT WOULD MAKE US TOP-HEAVY. IT WOULD UNBALANCE THE SPAN OF CONTROL AND SO HAVING THOSE MAJORS REPORT TO DEPUTY CHIEFS AS IS CONSISTENT ADMIN ULAN ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PROVIDES BETTER ALIGNMENT WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DEAL.

AND THEN AGAIN EFFECTIVE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, THERE WILL B A NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHARTS AND THAT WILL REALIZE THE RESPONSIBILITIES TO BETTER MATC THE RANK AND THE WORKLOAD

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RECOMMENDATION NUMBER SIX, TO BEGIN DEVELOPING TEACHING AND MENTORING PERSONNEL TO BECOME THE NEXT LEADERS OF THE ORGANIZATION. WE ABSOLUTELY CONCUR WITH THAT.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF BOOKS IN ACTING RANKS THAT ARE ABOVE THEIR PRESENT RANK FAITH OR BEING MENTOR AND TRAIN FOR FUTURE PROMOTIONS IN ADDITION TO THAT, FIELD TRAINING AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND OTHER SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENTS HOSTED DEVELOPER FOLKS.

WHEN THE PROCESS OF CREATING A STRUCTURED SUCCESSION PLAN THAT WILL ADVANCE MANAGERIAL TRAININ AND DEVELOPMENT IN AS I MENTIONED, THE RFP FOR THE PROMOTION PROCESS.

RECOMMENDATION SEVEN RECOMMEND AND THEY SEND SERGEANTS TO SUPERVISORY TRAINING AND LIEUTENANTS AND CAPTAINS TO LEADERSHIP TRAINING. IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS I THINK I SUFFERED DURING THE HIRING PROCESS AND HAVE SEPARATE SINCE DAY ONE BEING HERE THAT IT IS CRITICALL IMPORTANT TO DEVELOPER FOLKS AN WHEN THE DAY COMES THAT I LEAVE AND OTHERS LEAD THE AGENCY, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE OUR JOB TO PREPARE FOLKS TO TAKE OVER AND STEP INTO THOSE ROLES. WE ARE LOOKING OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE OUR OVERALL TRAINING BUDGET TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

WE ARE BUILDING AND STRUCTURED SUCCESSION PLAN AND TRAINING PLAN AND WE HAVE FOLKS GOING TO EXPLAIN AND MANAGEMENT COURSES AND LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP CLASSES LIKE THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE FOR POLICING IN BOSTON THOSE ARE AL FREE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL PROGRAMS. WE WILL TRY TO GET SOME FOLKS INTO THAT. RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDS INCREASING THE NUMBER OF DETECTIVES DECIDE TO PLAY AND ONSLOW SCHEDULE. WE CONCUR WITH THAT BUT THERE ARE STAFFING CONSTRAINTS THAT PREVENT US FROM DOING THAT.

IN THE INTERIM WE WERE EXCELLEN COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS WERE GOING TO EXPLORE IS THAT THE US OF PATROL OFFICERS WORKING AND AN OVERTIME CAPACITY TO ASSIST WITH INVESTIGATIVE WORKLOAD BUT THAT WILL ALSO GIVE THOSE OFFICERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A DETECTIV TO BUILD SOME OTHER INVESTIGATIVE SKILLS AND ADDITIONALLY WE WILL BE DOING A WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT OF ALL THE BUREAUS WHO JUST COMPLETED ONE FOR OPERATIONS, BUT FOR THE RES OF THE BUREAUS WE WILL BE DOING THE WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT TO DEFINE THE STAFFING NEEDS AND T WRITE OUR LONG-TERM IMPLEMENTATION AS FAR AS STAFFING GOES. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE, AND AN INVESTIGATOR TO SUPPORT CAD. WE DON'T CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. CIVILIAN INVESTIGATORS JUST NOT EXIST RIGHT NOW AND OUR STRUCTURE AND THE TYPES OF CASE THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE ACQUISITION OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE IN MANY INSTANCES HAS A WARRANT FOR A SWORN OFFICER TO EXECUTE THEM SO HAVING AN OFFICER THAT IS WORN IN THAT POSITION MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US FOR IT RECOMMENDATION NUMBER TEN RECOMMENDS THE DEPARTMENT DEDICATE THE RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN TECHNOLOGY. WE DO CONCUR WITH THAT AND WE RECENTLY OBTAINED A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT DIGITAL EVIDENCE, ASSETS, UNLOCKS CURBING PRO IN SEVERAL OTHERS THAT ASSIST US WITH THAT. RECOMMENDATION 11, THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERS MOVING WHE ARMOIRE CRIME ANALYST TO SUPPOR INVESTIGATIONS WHICH OWNS CONCU WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, SO THAT THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT PROVIDES DIRECT SUPPORT TO CID AS WELL AS PATROL WHERE THEY AR AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR US THA ROLE IS MORE BROAD THAN A CASE-BY-CASE ASSIGNMENT WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO SUPPORT THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT IS THROUGH DATA ANALYSIS AND INTELLIGENCE FUNCTIONS. WE ARE EXPANDING THEIR IMPACT I LOOKING AT GETTING SOME TRAININ FROM THEM AND CREATING CRIME DASHBOARDS USING MICROSOFT POWE WILL ALLOW US TO TAKE ALL OF OU DIFFERENT DATABASES AND FEED INFORMATION INTO IT SO WE CAN BUILD DASHBOARDS THAT WE NEED THAT WILL PROVIDE US ACTIONABLE INFORMATION AND INTELLIGENCE THAT WILL ALSO HELP US AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER.

RECOMMENDATION 12, IN ADDITION TO MOVING THE ANALYST AND ADDIN A CIVILIAN INVESTIGATOR THEY RECOMMENDED AN ACCOMMODATION OF TWO OR THREE SWORN AND NON- SWORN INVESTIGATORS.

WE DO CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION TO AT LEAST THRE ADDITIONAL SWORN PERSONNEL AGAI DEPENDING ON STAFFING AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WERE AT RIGHT NOW WITH OUR STAFFING, AS OF THIS MORNING, THANKS TO THE EXCEPTIONAL WORK OF OUR RECRUITERS AND MANY OF OUR OTHER FOLKS WHO GO TO RECRUITING EVENTS, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 11 VACANCIES, FOR OFFICERS IN FTO, I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE THERE FOR THEIR SWEARING-IN IN THEN WE HAVE 12 CURRENTLY IN TH ACADEMY RIGHT NOW ALTHOUGH THAT IS A LINK THE ACADEMY THEN YOU THROW IN THE FTO PERIOD.

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THEY WON'T BE OUT ON THE STREET UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR . AND THEN HE HAVE FOR CERTIFIED OFFICERS THAT WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE ACADEMY.

ONCE ALL OF OUR STAFFING IS IN PLACE ONCE WE'VE GOTTEN THROUGH SOME OF THOSE VACANCIES, FOR CONTEXT ART VACANCY RATE IS ABOUT SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT. THAT'S ABOUT AVERAGE FOR MID SITE AGENCY HOWEVER I DEAL IS AROUND 3-6 PERCENT SO WE HOPE T GET TO THAT POINT. AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE EXPLORING THE PART-TIME DETECTIVES TO ASSIST WITH CID.

WE ARE ALSO EXPLORING THE OPTIO OF POTENTIALLY BRINGING BACK RETIREES AND CONTRACT CAPACITY. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE BUT BRINGING IN FOLKS THAT HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND STILL WANT TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY CAN BE MORE COST-EFFECTIVE FOR US IN FOLKS AND LIKE THAT'S A LOOK AT COLD CASES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. RECOMMENDATION 13, WE RECOMMENDED A SUFFICIENT ANNUAL TRAINING BUDGET AND ALLOCATE TH NECESSARY TIME FOR DETECTIVES T RECEIVE TRAINING.

WE ARE WORKING ON OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE HER TRAINING BUDGET WHERE WE CAN HOST REGULAR TRAINING COURSES HERE OFTENTIME IF WE ARE THE HOST AGENCY WE WILL GET SEATS FOR FREE AND THE OTHER AGENCIES WILL COME IN AND PAID TO FILL THE OTHER SEATS.

WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING THE TRAIN THE TRAINER CLASSES WHERE WE CA SEND OUR FOLKS OUT THERE TO BE TRAINERS, TO TREAT OUR AGENCIES.

AND THEN WE'VE MADE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUESTS IN FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR OUR TRAINING. RECOMMENDATION 14, THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED FURTHER CLEARANCE RATES IN THOSE AND HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE. CID SUPERVISORS ROUTINELY REVIE CASES AND DETERMINE TO HAVE SEL ABILITY FACTORS.

SURE YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE BUT THERE WAS AN INITIAL DISCREPANC IN THE REPORT ON THE DATA FOR THE REPORTED RATES AND THAT WAS IDENTIFIED AND CORRECTED FREIGH THOSE CLEARANCE RATES ARE ACTUALLY MORE IN LINE. BEYOND THAT WE WANT TO TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO STRENGTHEN CLEARANCE OUTCOMES.

WE'RE DOING THE WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT OFFICERS ARE INCURRING MORE CASES THEN THEY CAN HANDLE ADDITIONALLY THROUGH POWER PI A I MENTIONED THOSE DASHBOARDS WILL BETTER ALLOW US TO TRACK THOSE CLEARANCE TRAITS IDENTIFY TRENDS AND EVALUATE THE SELF ABILITY FACTORS FOR EACH CASE, SO WE HOPE THAT THOSE WILL HELP US INCREASE THE CLEARANCE RATES.

RECOMMENDATION 15 THEY RECOMMEN WE HAVE A SYSTEMATIC WAY TO DEDICATE AT LEAST A FEW RESOURCES TO WORKING ON COLD CASES. AS I MENTIONED, THE PART-TIME DETECTIVES WE ARE GOING TO SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR US AND I DO BELIEVE THAT BRINGING IN RICH IRENE'S IN THOSE CONTRACT POSITIONS WILL BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US AND WE COULD ASSIGN SOME OF THEM TO COLD CASES AND MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THE RETIREES, MANY OF THEM WORK THOSE CASES HAS THE ORIGINAL DETECTIVES OR SUPERVISORS AND ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE MUCH BRINGS INSIGHT THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE GOING THROUGH A CASE THAT MANY OF THESE FOLKS WERE HERE FOR.

RECOMMENDATION 16, RECOMMEND TRANSITIONING TO SWORN POLICE OFFICER POSITION CREATING A CIVILIAN SUPERVISOR POSITION.

WE DO CONCUR WITH THAT BUT THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL STAFF PHYSICIANS WHICH HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AND I THE INTERIM, WE'VE GOT AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT HAS BEEN TRAINED TO AUGMENT THE EVIDENCE TEAM TO HELP WITH THE DISPOSITION OF EVIDENCE. THERE IS CURRENTLY ONE SWORN OFFICER AND ONE EVIDENCE TECH WORKING FULL-TIME ON THOSE ISSUES STRAIGHT INTO ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT THAT ASSIST ON A PART-TIME BASIS. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THE EVIDENCE ISSUES AND CLEAR OUT EVIDENCE, MORE EVIDENCE IS COMING IN EVER SINGLE DAY.

RECOMMENDATION 17, CPSM RECOMMENDS THE FULL OUTSIDE REVIEW OF EVIDENCE FRIDGE WE CONCUR WITH THAT.

POLICIES AND PREACHERS ARE IN PLACE FOR THEY HAVE DONE SOME PHENOMENAL WORK SINCE THE CPSM REPORT TO CHRIS DIRECTOR MANY O THE ISSUES IDENTIFIED GREAT I CAN'T UNDERSCORE ENOUGH THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO IT AND I'M VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY HAVE DONE UP TO THIS POINT.

WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT REPLACIN OUR CURRENT RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT WIT SOMETHING CALLED FILE ON CUE WHICH WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT FOR THEIR PROCESS AND WE JUST MOVED OUR CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT OUT OF THEIR SPACE IT SHARED AN ADJOINING WALL WITH EVIDENCE.

WE WERE AT 99 PERCENT CAPACITY ON SPACE WHILE NOT IDEAL TO MOV CRIME SUPPRESSION OUT INTO OUR TRAINING ROOM, IT WAS AN

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ABSOLUTE NECESSITY AS YOU ARE ALL AWARE, THE LIABILITY OF EVIDENCE, SO WE NEEDED TO EXPAN THAT SPACE AND THAT WILL BUY US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THAT STORAGE.

RECOMMENDATION 18, WE EVALUATED THE POSSIBILITY OF A VICTIM ADVOCATE PHYSICIAN. WE DON'T CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. I KNOW YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR VICTIM ADVOCATE UNIT AND HOW IMPORTANT THEY ARE IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THEY ALSO FUNCTION AS QUASI- PEER SUPPORT TEAM. FOR WORKING ON WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT WOULD INCLUDE PEER SUPPORT BUT THEY HAVE FUNCTION IN THAT CAPACITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO PROVIDE RESOURCE TO OFFICERS.

MOVING ON TO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 19.

CPSM SAYS WE NEED TO AND CONTEX WITH DEPARTMENT RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR PATROL IN INVESTIGATIONS.

SO THAT THE CRIME SUPPRESSION UNIT NOT ONLY SUPPORTS PROACTIV ENFORCEMENT, BUT THEY CONDUCT SOME VERY LONG-TERM INVESTIGATIONS, SO WHILE FOLKS MAY NOT SEE THEM AS THEY ARE OCCURRING ONCE WE WRAP UP THESE CASES I MAY PUT THAT INFORMATIO OUT, I THINK IT'S VERY EVIDENT HOW INTEGRAL THEIR WORK IS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SOLVIN CASES.

THEY ALSO SERVE IS TASK FORCE OFFICERS WITH SEVERAL OF OUR FEDERAL AGENCIES WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO REGIONAL AND FEDERAL RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES WE WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE.

THAT ENHANCES OUR ABILITY TO ADDRESS THESE COMPLEX AND REPEA OFFENDERS OUT THERE. RECOMMENDATION 20 RECOMMENDS THAT WE STREAMLINE SUPERVISORY MANAGEMENT REVIEW PROCESS WE DON'T CONCUR WITH THAT, THERE ARE ALREADY A NUMBER OF CHECKS AND BALANCES IN PLACE FROM THE SERGEANT REVIEWING IT TO THE LIEUTENANT IN THEN UP THROUGH THE CHAIN TO ENSURE THAT REPORT ARE THOROUGH CONTAIN ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION AND WHEN THEY DON'T, THAT REVIEW PROCESS CATCHES THEM SO THEY CAN BE CORRECTED QUICKLY. RECOMMENDATION NUMBER 21 RECOMMENDS WE REEVALUATE THE NEED FOR A SECOND UPPER MANAGEMENT POSITION I.E. THE CAPTAIN POSITION IN.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT WAS A QUESTION I HAD WHEN I GOT HERE LOOKING AT THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WHETHER THEY WERE NECESSARY. LOOKING AT OUR NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHART THAT WE WILL BE IMPLEMENTING, I BELIEVE THEY ARE NECESSARY. THAT WERE CHART BETTER ALIGNS ART RANK AND RESPONSIBILITIES I THE WORKLOAD SO THEY WILL PLAY CRITICAL ROLE IN THAT FOR MORE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT AND EFFICIENCY. I BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO ADDRESS THE INTENT OF THE RECOMMENDATION WITHOUT ADDING ANY PHYSICIANS BEYOND WHAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND OUR STAFFING LEVELS. RECOMMENDATION 20 TO RECOMMENDS THAT WE ESTABLISH MINIMUM STAFFING NUMBERS FOR DAILY PATROL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR VACANCY NUMBER BEING 11 AND THE THOSE FOLKS EVEN THOUGH THAT'S BIG NUMBER FROM MY EXPERIENCE YOU COUNT THOSE INTO YOUR VACANCIES EAGER ADDING 11 PLUS 16 WHICH IS 27 OFFICERS NOT OUT THERE EVERY DAY DOING THE JOB. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ESTABLIS A MINIMUM STAFFING NUMBER. WE DID COMPLETE A WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT FOR OPERATIONS AS I FELT THAT WAS THE MOST CRITICAL ONE TO BEGIN WITH AND RIGHT NOW THE AUTHORIZED NUMBER THAT WE HAVE BEEN PATROL OVERALL WOULD BE 60, THERE ARE 48 ASSIGNED TO PATROL SO THAT MEANS THERE ARE 12 VACANCIES JUST IN PATROL IF WE WERE FULLY STAFFED AT 60 LOOKING AT THAT WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT USUALLY YOU LOOK AT 70-30 SPLIT, 70 PERCENT RESPONDING TO THINGS IN 30 PERCENT PROACTIVE OUT THERE ADDRESSING THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.

WITH THE CURRENT NUMBERS COME OUT WE ARE WELL BELOW THE 30 PERCENT, HOWEVER IF WE HAD 60 OFFICERS ASSIGNED TO PATROL, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO HAVE ABOUT 37 AND A HALF PERCENT PROACTIVE TIME BASED ON CALLS FOR SERVICE RIGHT NOW.

THE GOAL IS TO GET UP TO THAT NUMBER, BUT KEEPING IN MIND WE ALSO NEED TO ADD DETECTIVES AND OTHER POSITIONS WITH THE STAFFING THAT WE HAVE. RECOMMENDATION 23 RECOMMENDS THAT EAT 150 BE MERGED INTO BEA 120 OR 130.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR THAT IS THE AREA UP NEAR FORT PIERCE AN JUANITA. THE CONCERN IS THAT THERE MAY B ANNEXATION INTO THAT AREA AND S IF WE WERE TO MERGE THAT INTO OTHER BEACH AREAS IF THERE WERE AN ANNEXATION INTO IT WE WOULD HAVE TO REVERT BACK AND RE-CREATES ANOTHER BEAT AREA.

SO WE DON'T CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

RECOMMENDATION 24 RECOMMENDS THAT WE ACCURATELY RECORD ALL WORK ACTIVITY INCLUDING REPORT WRITING AND OUR CAD SYSTEM.

I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH NUMBER 24-27 BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL VERY SIMILAR AND RELATED TO THE CAD SYSTEM.

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THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED WE DEFINE A BUSY ACTIVITY IN THE CAD SYSTEM AS WELL AS ISOLATE UNIT DESIGNATORS TO DELINEATE PATROL VERSUS NON- PATROL AS WELL AS T ENGAGE COUNTY DISPATCH TO REAL AND THE CALL PRIORITY SYSTEM. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS UNDER.

RECOMMENDATION 28, RECOMMEND THAT WE COMMUNICATE FOR SUPERVISORS TO MANAGE A POLICE RESPONSE TIMES.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT. IT'S A SUPERVISOR'S RESPONSIBILITY TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE CALLS FOR SERVICE TO MONITOR THEM, MANAGE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THER PRIORITIZING THE DIFFERENT CALL FOR SERVICE.

THAT IS ALREADY TAKING PLACE AN WE HOPE THE SUPERVISORS ACCOUNTABLE FOR DOING SO. RECOMMENDATION 29, CPSM SINCE W REVIEWED THE K-9 POLICY TO MAKE SURE IT'S UP-TO-DATE.

WE HAVE DONE SO AND THAT POLICY IS IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES.

RECOMMENDATION 30 RECOMMENDED W MAINTAIN RECOMMENDED STAFFING LEVEL SPIRIT I SPOKE ABOUT THAT ONE BRIEFLY.

BUT AGAIN, WE DID A WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT SO WE KNEW WHERE WE NEED TO GO WITH THAT. RECOMMENDATION 31 RECOMMENDS WE OFFER INCREASE AUTHORIZED STAFFING WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY STAFFED, AGAIN I MENTIONE THAT ARE AUTHORIZED RIGHT NOW I 60 WITH ONLY 48 ASSIGNED WITH THE SHORTFALL OF 12, AND HOPEFULLY STAFF THAT WOULD ALLO US TO GETS THAT 37 AND A HALF PERCENT PROACTIVE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE AS WE FILL THOSE VACANCIES AND ADD STAFFING THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT. RECOMMENDATION 30 TO RECOMMENDS THAT IF WE DO NOT ADOPT THE POLICIES DESCRIPTION THAT WE RECOMMEND ALL POLICY SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED.

CURRENTLY 80 PERCENT OF OUR POLICIES HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT, BU WE ARE EXPLORING FLEXIBLE WHICH I BELIEVE WOULD BE A SIGNIFICAN BENEFIT TO THE AGENCY.

RECOMMENDATION 33 RECOMMENDS WE CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO FILL THE ACCREDITATION MANAGEMENT POSITION.

THAT WAS FILLED IN OCTOBER OF 2025 WITH MISS TRACY HOLLIS AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW PLEASED I AM WITH HER WORK VERY SHE IS AN OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE. SHE JUMPED IN RIGHT AND THE MIDDLE OF A REACCREDITATION PROCESS AND SHE WAS A CRITICAL PIECE ALONG WITH THE SERGEANT CASSANDRA DAVIS AND US GETTING REACCREDITATION. RECOMMENDATION 34, THIS IS RELATED TO WHEN I SPOKE ABOUT PREVIOUSLY GOING THROUGH AND I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE IT'S A REDUNDANT ADDITIONAL COST . RECOMMENDATION 35 CPSM WANTS US TO CONSIDER PURCHASING FROM LEXAPRO, RECOMMENDATION 36 THAT WE CONTINUE TO RETRAIN OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS AND THE NECESSARY INFORMATION REQUIRED ON REPORTS THAT HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AN AGAIN WE HOLD OUR FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ENSURING THAT THEY ARE DOCUMENTING THINGS CORRECTLY AND THAT SUPERVISORS ARE PROPERLY REVIEWING THEM WHE CORRECTIONS NEED TO BE MADE, THEY ARE SENT BACK AND CORRECTED .

RECOMMENDATION 37TH A LIFEWORK BALANCE FOR THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT IN LOOKING AT A FOUR-DAY WEEK TEN HOUR DAYS SCHEDULE WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE AND AGAIN AS WE EXPLORE THE REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER THAT WIL LIKELY BE STAFFED BY THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT FOLKS SO, WE WILL PROBABLY KEEP A VERY SIMILAR SCHEDULE TO THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A 24-7 REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER THAT WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL STAFFING.

RECOMMENDATION 38 RECOMMENDS THAT MEMBERS OF PRIME ANALYSIS SHOULD ATTEND SOME ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT. THEY HAVE A TRAINING BLOCK EVER THURSDAY AND THEY HAVE ATTENDED ADVANCED TRAINING BACK IN OCTOBER. AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING ON IMPLEMENTING POWER TO HAVE DASHBOARDS FOR THAT WILL COME WITH BEGINNER AND INTERMEDIATE TRAINING AS WELL AS WITH THE VENDOR THAT WILL ASSIST THEM IN LEARNING HOW TO CONNECT THOSE DATA SOURCES, CREATE PRIME MAPS WHICH ESI INTEGRATION, BUILD DASHBOARDS AND HAVE VISUALS FOR INTELLIGENCE LED POLICING.

MOVING ONTO RECOMMENDATION 39 RIGHT IF WE CONTINUE TO USE THE STRATIFIED POLICING MODEL THAT WE SHOULD INVEST IN A SMART FORCE SYSTEM. SMART FORCE WAS EVALUATED, IT I EXPENSIVE, IT'S NOT COST-EFFECTIVE FOR THE CITY ALREADY HAS POWER THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT LICENSES, SO THAT'S WHY WE WENT DOWN THE ROAD OF EXPLORING THAT AND I BELIEVE IT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS. RECOMMENDATION 40 THEY RECOMMEN THE CRIME ANALYSIS FUNCTION BE REVIEWED SO THE ANALYST HAVE TH

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CAPACITY TO PERFORM OUR ANALYSI RATE THEY WERE SPINNING A LOT O TIME BETTING DATA AND SOME OF THOSE FUNCTIONS CURRENTLY BEING CONDUCTED MANUALLY MIGHT BE AUTOMATED THROUGH WE WANT TO REFOCUS OUR CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT TWO LEVERAGING THE AGGREGATE.

THEY IDENTIFY OUR HOTSPOTS AND THE TECH PATTERN SO WE CAN DIRECT OUR RESOURCES MORE EFFICIENTLY.

RECOMMENDATION 41, WE INVEST IN TRAINING AND SOFTWARE PROGRAMS AND MAKE CRIME ANALYSIS MORE EFFICIENT.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT. MANY OF THE SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT WERE USED BECAME OBSOLETE, TOO EXPENSIVE, AND SO POWERFUL WILL STREAMLINE A LOT OF THAT A NO ADDITIONAL COST OTHER THAN GET INTO THE TRAINING FOR OUR. THEY CAN BE USED FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS TO CREATE DASHBOARDS SO IT WON'T SOLELY B RELATED TO CRIME ANALYSIS WE WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD DASHBOARD FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL PROVIDE US INFORMATIO TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY.

NUMBER 42, RECOMMEND THAT THE COMPLAINT POLICY BE REVISED.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT MATT HAS BEEN UPDATED.

RECOMMENDATION 43, RECOMMENDS THAT WE FILL THE VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OR PROFESSIONAL STANDARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT AND THAT IS RELATED TO STAFFING WE ARE USIN MEMBERS ASSIGNED TO OTHER AREAS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HOWEVE THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE CONDUCTING THOSE INVESTIGATIONS SO THEY CA ASSIST WITH THAT WORKLOAD IN WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS IN THE INTERIM. RECOMMENDATION 44 WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS FACED WITH AN EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE THAT RISES TO ANYTHING THAT RESULTS IN MONETARY LOSS, EDUCATION -BASED DISCIPLINE COULD BE CONSIDERED AND ADDITIONAL TRAINING ARE OFTEN COMPONENTS OF DISCIPLINAR ACTION.

AS I MENTIONED DURING THE HIRIN PROCESS MY BELIEF IS THAT DISCIPLINE IS NOT MEANT TO BE PUNITIVE, IT'S MEANT TO CORRECT BEHAVIOR. WE HAVE SINCE CREATED A DISCIPLINED MATRIX TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A FAIR IN CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF DISCIPLINE USING EDUCATION -BASED DISCIPLINE WHERE APPROPRIATE AS PART OF THAT MATRIX IT IS RECOMMENDED THE DEPARTMENT CONSIDER USING A STANDARDIZED DISCIPLINE MATRIX.

A LITTLE REPETITVE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

RECOMMENDATION 46 RECOMMENDS THAT ALL SUPERVISORS CONDUCTING INVESTIGATIONS ATTEND SOME FORM OF TRAINING.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT. MEMBERS CONDUCTING INTERNAL IMPERIOUS INVESTIGATION HAVE COMPLETED SOME FORMAL AI TRAINING. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASSESS NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY MAINTAIN THEI SKILLS FOR THOSE TYPES OF INVESTIGATIONS. NUMBER 47.

CPSM RECOMMENDS NO MEMBER OF OP REMAIN IN THE UNIT FOR LONGER THAN THREE YEARS BEFORE ROTATIN OUT.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT STANDARD THAT ALLOWS FOR PERSONNEL TO BE DEVELOPED AND AS YOU CAN IMAGIN THAT IS QUITE A DIFFICULT JOB A LOT OF STRESS, A LOT OF WORKLOA SO WE WANT TO PREVENT BURNOUT.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT, THAT STAFFING REQUIREMENT THERE AS WELL. RECOMMENDATION 48, ALL INTERVIEWS DURING INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED BY SUPERVISORS SHOULD BE RECORDED WE DO CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SOME OF THOSE INTERACTIONS DON'T ALWAYS AMOUNT TO DISCIPLINE AND MANY TIMES LET'S JUST HOPE ONE-ON-ON COUNSELING OR PROVIDING TRAININ AND WOULDN'T FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. MANY OF THOSE FIELD SUPERVISORS ARE NOT TASKED WITH CONDUCTING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS.

RECOMMENDATION 49 RECOMMENDS THAT SOME ASSISTANCE BE PROVIDE TO OPS UNTIL WE CAN FILL THAT POSITION AGAIN I SPOKE TO THAT.

WE HAVE FOLKS ITH EXPERIENCE IN THAT AREA ASSISTING.

RECOMMENDATION 50, WHEN AN EMPLOYEE IS SUSPECTED OF HAVING COMMITTED A CRIMINAL ACT AND OUTSIDE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SHOULD BE REQUESTED. SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE, ALL INCIDENTS ARE REFERRED TO PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS DO UNDERGO A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIO REVIEW BEFORE WE CONDUCT OUR ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION AS IS REQUIRED BY LAW AND MY POLIC AND PRACTICE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF IN THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ARE CONTACTED IF WE BELIEVE THERE ARE IN A CRIMINAL ACTS THAT NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED.

RECOMMENDATION 50, REMAKE AMEND AS SHOOTING REVIEW BOARD BE INTERVENED. WE DO CONCUR WITH THAT.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT WILL BE INVESTIGATED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

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AND COORDINATION WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE I BELIEVE THA IS BETTER FOR MULTIPLE REASONS THEN HAVE THE AGENCY CONDUCT IT OWN. ONCE THAT INVESTIGATION IS COMPLETING IT UNDERGOES INTERNA REVIEW BY OPS.

WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT DEVELOPING AS SHOOTING REVIEW BOARD INTERNALLY THAT WILL DESIGNED TO ADDRESS TRAINING, EQUIPMENT, POLICY GAPS IN ANY ORGANIZATIONAL LESSONS ESSENTIALLY AN AFTER ACTION REVIEW SO WE CAN IDENTIFY ANY GAPS THE ON THE INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT ASSIST US MOVING FORWARD. RECOMMENDATION 52, USE OF FORCE POLICY SHOULD BE REVIEWED ANNUALLY.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT, IT IS REVIEWED ANNUALLY AND AGAIN WE'RE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT AL OF OUR POLICIES ARE IN LINE WIT BECK'S PRACTICES SPIRIT RECOMMEND THEY CONSIDER CONSIDE HAVING A SEPARATE HIRING BONUS INCENTIVE.

WE ABSOLUTELY DO CONCUR WITH THAT.

ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BE MORE COMPETITIVE AS AN AGENCY WOULD BENEFIT US. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THOSE 11 VACANCIES, BUT WE CAN EXPECT WE WILL HAVE MORE THROUGH NORMAL ATTRITION AND RETIREMENTS SO HAVING THOSE INCENTIVES IN PLAE COULD ASSIST US. RECOMMENDATION 54 RECOMMENDS THAT WE SHOULD FOCUS MORE UPON WEBSITES SUCH IS INDEED COMMITS UP RECRUITER ET CETERA. WE CONCUR WITH THAT AND WE WORK WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT TO ACCESS THOSE WEBSITES. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING STRUCTURED RECRUITMENT PLAN THA WILL OUTLINE OUR MARKETING AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS, RECRUITMEN EFFORTS IN ADDITION WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE EXPLORING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE HAS SOMETHING CALLED THE SKILLED BRIDGE PROGRAM GOING TO MILITAR BASES IN RECRUITING IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WHO ARE GOING TO BE GETTING OUT TO GET OUT SOONER TO ATTEND POLICE ACADEMIES.

THEY ARE ALSO PAID BY THE MILITARY AND THUS AT THE SAME TIME. THEN DURING ANY TRAINING OR HAD MET BEYOND WHEN THEY WOULD BE GETTING OUT INCLUDING THEIR FTO PERIOD, THEY WOULD GET INCENTIV FROM THE MILITARY FOR ON-THE-JO TRAINING. ITS EXCEPTIONAL TOOL TO BRING I SOME OF OUR VETERANS. RECOMMENDATION 55, RECOMMENDS CONSIDERATION TO OUTSOURCING SOME HIRING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS WE CONCUR WITH THAT, BUT THAT IS COST PROHIBITED, THAT CAN BE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE.

MENTIONED EARLIER WE HAVE BEEN EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING BACK RETIREES AND CONTRACT PHYSICIANS.

MANY OF OUR RETIREES HAVE WORKE IN OUR RECRUITING UNIT BEFORE IT , THEY ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR PROCESSES AND IT MAY BE COST-EFFECTIVE A COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO THAT.

RECOMMENDATION 56 RECOMMENDS THAT WE GIVE CONSIDERATION OFFERING SALARY BENEFITS AND THAT ARGUMENTS ARE HIT WITH AGENCIES IN THE REGION. AGAIN, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS OUT THERE.

RIGHT NOW THE SALARIES AT PORT ST. LUCIE ARE APPROXIMATELY 20 PERCENT HIGHER THAN FOR CONTEXT.

RECOMMENDATION 57, A DEPARTMENT CONSIDER IMPLEMENTING A DEDICATED RECRUITMENT TEAM. OFFICER MEDINA AS OUR RECRUITMENT OFFICER SHE HAS DON AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AS THOSE NUMBERS THAT I GAVE EARLIER INDICATE THAT IT IS A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND AS WERE ABLE TO FILL MORE VACANCIES AND DEDICAT AT LEAST ANOTHER BODY AND POTENTIALLY AGAIN SOME RETIREES IN THAT CAPACITY THAT WOULD BE FORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US.

RECOMMENDATION 58, THE DEPARTMENT SHOULD TARGET AND HIRE MORE FEMALES TO FILTER 30 BY 30 INITIATIVE.

RIGHT NOW 20 PERCENT OF THE DEPARTMENTS WERE IN PERSONNEL ARE FEMALE. MUST OF THE APPLICANTS ARE MALE AND THAT IS HISTORICALLY WHAT YOU SEE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THAT WE ARE AS I MENTIONED WORKING ON A VERY DETAILED AND STRUCTURED RECRUITMENT PLAN THA WE HAVE NOT HAD IN THE PAST THA WILL BE ONE OF THE FOCUS IS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO RECRUIT FEMALES INTO TH PROFESSION.

RECOMMENDATION 59, THE DEPARTMENT FOCUSES RECRUITMENT EFFORTS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEMOGRAPHIC RATE I THINK IT GOE WITHOUT SAYING IT'S IMPORTANT THAT ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT HEAR ITS COMMUNITY IN AS PART OF THA RECRUITMENT PLAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON WERE LOOKING AT MARKETING AND ADVERTISING METHODS SUCH AS GEO- FENCING THAT WILL HELP US INCREASE OUR RECRUITMENT AND OUTREACH EFFORT IN WITH SIMILAR DEMOGRAPHICS WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM AND WE'RE ALSO EXPLORING WAYS TO ENHANCE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND EXPLORING POTENTIALLY PAID CADET POSITION THROUGH THE AGES OF 18-20. THE GOAL OF THAT THROUGHOUT IS

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TO CREATE A PIPELINE IF WE ENGAGE YOUTH WHEN THE YOUNGER AND KEEP THEM THROUGH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THROUGH THE EXPLORES, THROUGH THE CADET PROGRAM INTO A RECRUITING BIPLANE, NOT ONLY DOES THAT ALLOW US TO FILL VACANCIES, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO INCREASE OUR OPPORTUNITY AND INCREASE VACANCIES FROM WITHIN THE CITY. TO GET REAL QUICK, CHEAP, THANK YOU FOR THAT AND MAYBE I'M JUMPING THE GUN WITH IT MIGHT B RECOMMENDATION 60, BUT WHEN WE ARE FOCUSING AFRICAN-AMERICANS FORT PIERCE ALSO HAS A DIVERSE CITY OF CULTURES, IS IT COMING UP OR ARE WE GOING TO REACH OUT TO OUR HAITIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND OUR HISPANIC COMMUNITIES TO SHOW THAT WE BELIEVE IN COMMUNITY POLICING, PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN CERTAIN AREA SEE POLICE OFFICERS THAT LOOK AND THINK LIKE THEY DO?

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MIRROR OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE SO WHAT I MENTIONED IS FOCUSED ON ALL THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT MAKE UP THE

CITY OF FORT PIERCE. >> THANK YOU.

RECOMMENDATION 60 RECOMMENDS TH CITY CONSIDER PURCHASING AT LAPTOP FOR THE OFFICERS TO USE AT RECRUITMENT OFFENSE.

RECOMMENDATION 61 RECOMMENDS WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS THE MASTE PUBLIC INFORMATION CERTIFICATIO TO OUR PUBLIC APPEALS MANAGER. WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION IN ADVANCED TRAINING IS ESSENTIAL.

TO ENSURE YOU GUYS SEE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND THE INTERVIEWS WITH THE MEDIA, THE THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE, SO I IS CRITICAL THAT THEY MAINTAIN ADVANCED TRAINING, AND ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH THOSE CURRENT PRACTICES.

RECOMMENDATION 60 TO RECOMMENDS THAT WE REVIEW THE DEPARTMENTS TRAINING POLICY WE CONCUR WITH THAT.

THAT HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AS OF MAY 1.

RECOMMENDATION 63, CPSM RECOMMENDS THEY CONSIDER HAVING A TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TRAINING REQUESTS.

AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, EVERY TIME TALK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A NEW SYSTE WE'RE GETTING A NEW SYSTEM FOR THIS NEW SYSTEM FOR THAT RIGHT HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH WITH IT IN THE SAFETY. OF MICROSOFT FORMS AND POWER AUTOMATE WHICH THE CITY PAYS FO IS PART OF OUR MICROSOFT SUITE CAN ACCOMPLISH THIS A WE WILL WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THAT TO SEE IF IT WILL MEET OUR NEEDS .

WE BELIEVE IT WILL, BUT WE WILL SEE ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED.

RECOMMENDATION 64 CONTINUE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN 12 ACTIVE FIELD TRAINING OFFICE SPIRIT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED THAT AND FOR FTO'S HAVE BEEN ADDED BRINGING OUR TOTAL NUMBER 212 HEARD RECOMMENDATION 65 IT IS RECOMMENDED THE DEPARTMENT DEVELOP A MECHANISM TO CAPTURE TRAINING INFORMATION AND THAT TRAINING IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH OUR POWER DMS SYSTEM.

RECOMMENDATION 66 RECOMMENDS TH DEPARTMENT SHOULD BEGIN HOLDING REGULAR QUARTERLY FTO MEETING SPIRIT WE CONCUR WITH THAT AND THOSE ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. RECOMMENDATION 67, CREATE A STRUCTURE TO WEEK TRAINING PROGRAM.

MODELED AFTER THAT MANY ACADEMY THAT WE DO FOR OUR OFFICERS ONC THEY GRADUATE FROM THE ACADEMY. THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CREATED AND IMPLEMENTED AS OF OCTOBER O LAST YEAR.

RECOMMENDATION 68, THEY ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT TO MAK ATTENDANCE MANDATORY FOR COMMAN LEVEL PERSONNEL AT ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL TRAINING SCHOOLS .

MOST OF OUR EXECUTIVES HAVE SOM COMMAND LEVEL TRAINING AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE OUR CAPABILITIES AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HAVING THAT STRUCTURED TRAINING FORMAT IS HUGELY BENEFICIAL WHEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR FOLKS AND DEVELOP THEM AND SO PART OF THA SUCCESSION PLANNING WE ARE GOIN TO LOOK AT PUTTING OUT ADVANCED MANAGERIAL TRAINING EACH YEAR T HELP FOLKS SUBMIT INTEREST FOR IT SO WE CAN SEND FOLKS TO THAT.

SOME OF THEM DO COST MONEY HOWEVER THERE ARE MANY OUT THER SUCH AS THE FBI NATIONAL ACADEMY , SENIOR MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE OF POLICING THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT ARE FREE.

WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORES MANY O THOSE AS POSSIBLE.

RECOMMENDATION 69, WE WOULD ROTATING HER LIEUTENANTS OVER A TWO-YEAR. WE PERSONALLY CONCUR WITH THAT.

OF 3-5 YEAR ROTATION IS MORE IN LINE WITH BEST PRACTICES.

TWO YEARS IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH TIME TO GRASP THE CHAPTER DOING TO HAVE THOSE TASKS WELL ENOUGH TO MOVE ON PURGE I BELIEVE IN ROTATING FOLKS TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, IT'S GOOD FOR THEM, IT' GOOD FOR THE AGENCY THE MORE WELL-ROUNDED FOLKS ARE HOWEVER TWO YEARS IS NOT QUITE ENOUGH TIME.

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RECOMMENDATION 70, CPSM RECOMMENDS WE HAVE A FULL-TIME SPECIALIST POSITION AND ONE PART-TIME POSITION FOR WORKING THE FRONT DESK. WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, WE'VE ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY SAFETY OFFICERS AND ART RECORD SPECIALIST POSITION IN FISCAL YEAR WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT. RECOMMENDATION 71 A COMPREHENSIVE THOROUGH REVIEW O ALL RECORDS POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE CONCUR WITH THAT'S , WE'RE AT ABOUT 71 PERCENT ON THAT. THAT DATES SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED THAT'S ON ME SO I APOLOGIZE.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT. AGAIN, FLEXIBLE WILL ASSIST US IMMENSELY WITH THAT IF WE GO TO THAT VERY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE AN CONSISTENT AVAILABILITY FOR FUTURE REPLACEMENT OF POLICE VEHICLES. WE SHOULD WORK WITH THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A FLEET REPLACEMENT FUND.

WE CONCUR WITH THE RECOMMENDATION HOWEVER WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE CITY 'S FLEET MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS LEASE PROGRAM IS WORKING OUT VERY WELL. WE HAVE THE VEHICLES WE NEED RIGHT NOW AND IT'S EASY TO GET REPLACEMENTS WILL BE NEED THEM.

RECOMMENDATION 73, CONSIDERATIO TO BE GIVEN FOR CENTRALIZING ONLY A SMALL PART OF OUR FLEET IS ON THAT MAINTENANCE PLAN AND THOSE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO CYCLE OUT HERE IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS THEIR LEASES AND AND AS WE ACQUIRE NEW FLEET VEHICLE THEY WON'T BE INCLUDED IN THAT. RECOMMENDATION 74 VEHICLES LISTED ON THE MASTER FLEET SHOULD BE REPAIRED, WE RECOMMEN I'M SORRY, WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION ONE OF THE BOATS WE HAD THAT WAS DONATED TO US W AUCTIONED THAT OFF AND WE HAVE AN RFP OUT NOW FOR ENGINES FOR THE BOAT WE HAVE HEARD WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME ALTERNATE FUNDING SOURCES TO PAY FOR THAT SO WE HOPE TO HEAR BACK FROM THAT SOON.

RECOMMENDATION 75, VEHICLES THA HAVE REACHED THE END OF LIFECYCLE SHOULD BE. WE ARE WORKING WITH FLEET

MAINTENANCE. >> RID OF THE.

RECOMMENDATION 76 RECOMMENDS WE COMMISSION A STUDY TO ADEQUATEL ASSESS FUTURE NEEDS. WE ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE BASED ON THE POPULATION GROWTH IN THE GROWTH OF THE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE ARE HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT NOW.

WE ARE BEING CREATIVE AS WE'VE MOVED THE EVIDENCE FOLKS INTO THE CRIME SUPPRESSION SPACE TO ADDRESS THE MOST CRITICAL NEED UPFRONT. RECOMMENDATION 77, WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW THE SHARED CONFIGURATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES FOR EFFECTIVENESS AND RELIABILITY WE CONCUR WITH THAT SPIRIT WE SHARE OUR COMPUTER-AIDED DISPATCH RMS RADIO SYSTEM WITH ALL THE OTHER COUNTY AGENCIES IN IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THAT IS A LOT OF COST SAVINGS PARTNERING WITH OTHER AGENCIES SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE WE RECOMMEND T CONTINUE DOING THAT. RECOMMENDATION 78, CPU THE SWOR MEMBERS OF ITP REPLACED WITH CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE SWORN MEMBER BE REALLOCATED TO ANOTHE POSITION.

I DON'T CONCUR WITH THAT. AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE I BELIEV THAT ANY POSITION THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY SHOULD BE A PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBER IN SWORN MEMBERS SHOULD BE OUT THERE DOING THE POLICE WORKED.

THE PROFESSIONAL STAFF TO BRING SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL EXPERTISE AND CONTINUITY IN THOSE ROLES, HOWEVER THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. CERTAIN POSITIONS HAVE A UNIQUE BLEND OF OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE. VALUE FOR HELPING SWORN MEMBER HERE, NOT ONLY COMES FROM HIS I EXTREMES, BUT ALSO FROM AN IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS,, WORKFLOWS AND OPERATIONAL DEMANDS. RECOMMENDATION 79 THAT THE IT UNIT SHOULD DEVELOP A REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR EQUIPMENT, WE CONCUR WITH THAT AND HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE IT DEPARTMENT TO DO OVERVIEW WE HAVE OF LIFECYCLE BASED REPLACEMENT PLAN FOR DESKTOPS SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IS INCORPORATED INTO OUR FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET REQUESTS.

RECOMMENDATION A.D., CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE GIVEN T CREATING A ROTATIONAL SCHEDULE FOR THE SRO ASSIGNMENTS.

WE CONCUR WITH THAT, BUT THAT I OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT POSITION T FILL. I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE HAVING USED RUN AND SRO UNIT IN THE PAST FOR IT IT'S JUST DUE T THE NATURE OF THAT ASSIGNMENT. BUT I WANT TO TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOTE THAT ONE OF OUR SROS WAS ACTUALLY THE ST.

LUCIE COUNTY SRO OF THE YEAR .

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RECOMMENDATION 81 THAT WE REVIE AND UPDATE DEPARTMENT POLICY CONTAINING PERTAINING TO THE SR PROGRAM THAT WAS ALREADY DONE.

RECOMMENDATION 80 TO TO EXAMINE GRANTS AWARDED AN EQUIPMENT PURCHASE TO ENSURE THAT THEY AR UTILIZED AS SPECIALIZED WE HAVE MISSED MELISSA ALEXANDER WHO IS OUR GRANT COORDINATOR SHE MANAGES OUR GRANTS AND ENSURES THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

RECOMMENDATION 83, CONSIDER ADDITIONAL TRAINING FOR SROS ON THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED PRIOR TO THE STUDY.

FINALLY, RECOMMENDATION 84 TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION WITHIN TH AGENCY TO EXPLAIN THE COMEDIAN COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE PURCHASED WITH SPECIAL USE FUND THAT DON'T IMPACT THE OVERALL BUDGET. WE CONCUR WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION IN WILL TELL YOU THAT SINCE I GOT HERE, WE HAVE EXPANDED COMMUNICATION CHANNELS TO IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY AND TWO-WAY FEEDBACK. WE LAUNCHED SOMETHING CALLED TH ASK THE CHIEF FOREARM AND WHAT THAT IS IS AN ANONYMOUS E-MAIL THAT THEY CAN E-MAIL THE CHIEF, THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS, WE JUST COMPLETED OUR FIRST QUARTERLY WHEN WE PUBLISH ALL THE QUESTIONS ASKED ALONG WITH AN ANSWER TO EACH ONE SO EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT GETS TO SEE WHAT'S BEING ASKED AND EVERYBOD GETS TO SEE THE SAME ANSWER SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS THAT INFORMATION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE ENSURING THAT THERE IS VISIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP THAT THEY ARE OUT THERE AT ROLL CALLS , EVENTS, SO THAT OUR FOLKS CS AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH US.

WE'VE ALSO ESTABLISHED A UNIFOR COMMITTEE FOR MEMBERS TO EVALUATE OUR CURRENT UNIFORM AN EQUIPMENT SO THEY HAVE FEEDBACK ON WHAT THEY'RE OUT THERE WEARING AND USING EVERY DAY.

THAT REINFORCES MY COMMITMENT T TRANSPARENCY AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT. THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

THAT COMPLETES THE CPSM RECOMMENDATIONS FREIGHT I HAVE FEW COMMENTS TO CLOSE. IN MY 99 DAYS, MY ASSESSMENT THIS IS A STRONG AGENCY WITH DEDICATED PEOPLE INTO SOLID OPERATIONAL FOUNDATION, THIS REPORT PROVIDED A VALUABLE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP BACK AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD IMPROVE, AND DO BETTER.

OVER MY FIRST 99 DAYS MY FOCUS HAS BEEN UNDERSTANDING THE ORGANIZATION VALIDATE INDIA'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIZIN WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE MOST IMMEDIATE IMPACT.

RATHER THAN VIEWING THIS REPORT IS A LIST OF DEFICIENCIES OF TH AGENCY, I'VE APPROACHED IT AS A ROADMAP TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CONNECT ON QUICKLY, WHAT WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL PLANNING, AN CONNECTING LONG-TERM PRIORITIES WITH THE NEW STRATEGIC PLAN.

SPENT TIME MEETING WITH THE OFFICERS, DETECTIVES, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS, SUPERVISORS, AND THERE WERE SEVERAL CONSISTENT THEMES THAT EMERGED.

PARTICULARLY AROUND COMMUNICATION, TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW WE ARE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THINGS LIKE CRIME ANALYSIS IN OUR EVIDENCE BUREAU.

THESE THINGS ARE NOT UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND THEY ARE AREAS THAT MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS AR WORKING TO ADDRESS THE BEEN ABL TO IDENTIFY EARLY OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS IN AND MY BELIEF, MORALE. FOR EXAMPLE IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY WE LAUNCH THE ASK THE CHIEF THAT I MENTIONED AND WE HAD THAT QUARTERLY NEWSLETTE WHERE EVERYONE GETS TO SEE THE SAME INFORMATION.

NOBODY IS GETTING A DIFFERENT ANSWER DEPENDING ON WHO THEY AS AND WHEN THEY ASK IT. WE HAVE ALSO MADE IT A PRIORITY TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

I HELD SEVERAL TOWN HALLS, I'VE ATTENDED COMMUNITY MEMBER MEETINGS AND NUMEROUS OFFENSE. THAT CONSISTENT FEEDBACK I GET IS THAT THIS AS VIEWED AS A GOO AGENCY WITH DEDICATED PEOPLE.

THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT CRIME IN THE CITY AND HOMELESSNESS.

THE INPUT THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN IMPORTAN IN HELPING SHAPE OUR PRIORITIES MOVING FORWARD AS PART OF STRENGTHENING TRANSPARENCY WERE ALSO WORKING ON THAT PUBLIC FACING ANNUAL REPORTS I KNOW WE SPOKE ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER, GENERALLY THOSE GO OUT ABOUT APRIL OF EVERY YEAR SO THERE WA NOT ENOUGH TIME TO PULL THROUGH THE DATA AND PUT SOMETHING OUT THAT WE KNEW WAS ACCURATE, BUT NEXT YEAR THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL DO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OU COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE INFORMED ON OUR PERFORMANCE AND INITIATIVES OF MANY OF THOSE THINGS YOU WILL SEE A LOT MORE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENTS, BUT I BELIEVE SOME OF THE ARREST THAT WE MAKE, IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.

OUR FOLKS ARE DOING GOOD WORK T ADDRESS THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY IN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS KNOW THAT IS HAPPENING TO ADDRESS SOME OF TH PERCEPTION.

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OPERATIONALLY ADJUSTED TO MAKE SURE WITH A COVERAGE APPROACH W HAVE ALREADY DONE SO IN THE OPERATIONS DIVISIONS IN WE ARE WORKING ON THAT AND THE OTHER AREAS FREIGHT WE'VE MADE ADJUSTMENTS TO OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART WHICH WILL GO INTO PLACE AT THE END OF MAY TO BETTER ALIGN OUR RESOURCES WITH OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS. WE'VE ALSO BEGUN PLACING ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS ON DEVELOPING OUR PEOPLE THROUGH TRAINING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMEN AND SUCCESSION PLANNING.

WHEN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING THAT STRUCTURED TRAINING PLAN THE RECRUITMENT PLAN TO ENSURE WE ARE RETAINING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES THAT HEAR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS A COMPREHENSIVE WELLNESS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON SUPPORTING OUR FOLKS BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT JOB IN I BELIEVE THAT WE OWE IT TO THE SWORN PROFESSIONAL STAFF MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THERE IS A SUPPORT SYSTEM IN PLACE FOR THEM.

TO BRING OTHERS TOGETHER WE'VE DEVELOPED A STRUCTURED AND DETAILED DEPARTMENT STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WILL BE GOING OUT ON OUR WEBSITE EITHER TODAY OR EARLY THIS WEEK FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE. AGAIN THERE IS A MORE DETAILED INTERNAL DOCUMENT AND THAT WAS CREATED USING MEMBERS OF THE AGENCIES SO THAT THEY HAD INPUT ON OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THAT AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND HOW YOU PLAN TO GET THERE.

IT CAN'T BE RANDOM. HAS TO BE VERY INTENTIONAL.

THAT PLAN OUTLETS CLEAR PRIORITIES AND DIRECTION FOR TH ORGANIZATION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE AGENCY. PRIDE AS WE MOVE FORWARD IT'S ABOUT ENTERING BETTER COMMUNICATION, STRONGER TRAININ AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SUPPORTING OUR MEMBERS IN USING TECHNOLOGY MORE EFFICIENTLY SO THESE AREN'T ONE-TIME FIXES, BU ARE INGRAINED AND HOW WE OPERAT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

OVERALL I BELIEVE WE'VE MADE SOME MEANINGFUL EARLY PROGRESS, WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH FORWARD TO CONTINUE BUILDING ON THE STRENGTHS THAT EXIST WITHIN THE AGENCY PRIDE I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T GIVE SOME TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF FOR THE TIME HE WA INTERIM CHIEF, HE IMPLEMENTED MANY OF THESE THINGS AND DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB FOR ME TO TAKE OVER FROM THAT POINT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU CAN ACHIEVE.

VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND I REMEMBE WHEN THIS REPORT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO US AND IT WA PRESENTED IN THE ATTITUDES AND THE FLAVOR OF WE ARE NOT HERE T CRITICIZE CLEMENT WE ARE HERE T GIVE AN OUTSIDE VIEW OF SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE YOU MIGHT WANT TO IMPROVE, IT WAS VERY MUCH IN THAT VEIN AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS HARD TO REMEMBE THAT, I THINK THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO BRING TO OUR CITY IN OUR AGENCY SOME IDEAS FROM HOW OUTSIDERS CAN SE HOW WE MIGHT IMPROVE AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE DEPARTMENT THEN AND NOW HAS SEEN THAT IN THAT POSITIVE LIGHT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT IT TO AND YOUR EXPERTISE COMING FROM I'VE GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS , BUT I WILL LET THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ASK QUESTIONS OR MAKE STATEMENTS, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YO SO MUCH I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS, I ALWAYS HAVE BUT TODAY I'M VERY VERY PROUD OF IT SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER GAINES?

>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, THAN YOU, CHIEF ARE A GREAT PRESENTATION I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR OPENING YOURSELF UP TO GOING OUT AND TRYING TO MEET THE COMMUNITY.

I GUESS WHAT I FORGOT TO TELL YOU DURING OUR INTERVIEW IS THE PEOPLE IN FORT PIERCE ARE KIND OF FUNNY.

YOU'RE CAN E-MAIL ME, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL HIM THE TRUTH COM AT THE COUPLE OF MEETINGS YOU MIGHT NOT GET LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING, BECAUSE WE LIKE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH.

I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. DON'T STOP THOSE MEETINGS BECAUSE IF YOU TOUCH ONE OR TWO PEOPLE IN THOSE MEETINGS, THE WORD GETS OUT, SO IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, I WOULD RECOMMEND THA YOU CONTINUE TO HAVE ANNUALLY YOU'RE ONE OR TWO MEETINGS IN EACH DISTRICT, AND IT WOULD HEL THE CITY.

>> THE WORD OUT AND WHOEVER SHOWS UP, SHOW UP, BUT DON'T STOP. I LOVE THE ASK THE CHIEF.

I WILL PROVOKE THAT WORK FOR YO CAN GET MORE ANSWERS.

ONE OF THE THINGS I KNOW THE BOARD WILL LAUGH IS WHEN YOU SAID BRING RETIREES BACK. ALL THIS TRAINING I'VE HAD ON THIS RETIREMENT BOARD, JUST STARTED GOING OVER MY HEAD.

DO ME A FAVOR, MAKE SURE, AND I KNOW YOU WILL GET WITH HR AND

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WHOEVER ON THE RETIREMENT BOARD AND MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING INTERFERES WITH IF THEY'RE GETTING RETIREMENT, BENEFITS, AND HOW THAT WORKS OR SEND US A QUESTION AND WE WILL GET THE ANSWER BECAUSE IF A RETIREE WANTS TO COME BACK AND WORK WIT THE CITY OR DEDICATE THEIR TIME TO THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT I LIKE IT, I JUST DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO GO WRONG WITH THE PENSION

BOARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. >> I AGREE, SIR.

I HAD ONE MORE, BUT I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT BECAUSE I WAS ON THAT RETIREMENT SO I WILL SI BACK AND I CAN SAY THANK YOU.

CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT JOB. I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS ABOUT THE MORALE BEING BETTER OVER THERE AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I AM HAPP TO SEE SOME OF YOUR SUPPORT OFFICERS IN THE BACK, SO THAT'S ALWAYS GOOD AND MY EYES WHEN SUPPORT STAFF IS HERE. THAT SENDS A MESSAGE.

THE LAST THING IN THEN I'LL BE QUIET WAS I LIKE HOW YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT STAFF ARE NOW MAKING MORE APPEARANCES IN THE PUBLIC PREVIEW TURNAROUNDS, YOU ARE AT THE LINKIN PARK RATE IF YOU WEREN'T THERE YOU HAD SUPPORT STAFF THERE THE MASTER PLANS, YOU HAD THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLANS, EVERYWHERE WE SEE SOMEBODY WE ARE NOW SEEING OFFICERS IN YOU GUYS ARE SITTIN THERE LISTENING, BUT IF SOMEONE WALKS UP AND ASKED THE QUESTION YOU ARE ASKING THE QUESTION SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND KEEP UP

THE GOOD WORK. >> WHO WOULD LIKE TO GO NEXT?

>> CHIEF, AS STATED, A GREAT PRESENTATION THERE IS A LOT OF WORK IN THAT AND DEPUTY CHIEF, GOOD CHART WITH YOUR PART OF IT.

I DO HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS OF COURSE.

I WANT TO GO BACK TO FIRST THIS IS THE SUCCESSION PLANNING AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TALKED ABOU BEFORE I GOT HERE WAS WHEN WE WERE ON THE FIRE BOARD TOGETHER HEAR WAS BRINGING FORWARD SUCCESSION PLANNING BECAUSE WHE I WAS OVER THERE, WE COULDN'T GET FOLKS TO COME OFF THE LINE AND GO AND IT WAS A TERRIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR HAVING TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE CHANGE THAT, WE CHANGE HOW WE DID IT THE FACT THAT YOU ARE LOOKING A EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH ADVANCEMENT PROVIDES FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE OFFICERS TODAY AND COULD BE DETECTIVES DOWN TH ROAD.

THAT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A WAY UP AS OPPOSED TO WHERE IS MY NEXT DEPARTMENT. I APPRECIATE THAT AND I HOPE THAT HELPS WITH THE RECRUITMENT AND KEEPING PEOPLE LONGER.

UNDER RECOMMENDATION 23 YOU TALKED ABOUT THINK IT WAS LINKI PARK AND ANNEXATIONS. ONE OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HAD HERE, AND IN MY OTHER PREVIOUS PLACE OF BUSINESS WAS THE HODGEPODGE OF WHAT WE HAVE IN THIS UNINCORPORATED COUNTY AND CITY. HAVE YOU HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS THINK YOU DO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SHERIFF ABOUT HOW ROAD PATROLS COULD BE BETTER SUITED SO WE COULD HAVE BETTER GOVERNMENT ACROSS OUR LA ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES?

>> I WILL SAY I HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH SHERRIFF DEL TORO, HE IS ABSOLUTELY INVESTED IN HELPING US IN ANYWAY HE KM W HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTNER.

I THINK YOU PROBABLY HEARD HIM WHERE HE WANTS ST. LUCIE COUNTY TO BE THE SAFEST COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

YOU CAN'T BE THE SAFEST COUNTY IF FORT PIERCE ISN'T THE SAFEST CITY. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT WORKIN TOGETHER, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHA THE PATCH SAYS, ALL COMING TOGETHER AND WORKING ON THOSE PROBLEMS. WE HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE CAN

DO THAT. >> A SEPARATE SUBJECT, BUT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE GOES DOWN THE ROAD PICKING UP TRASH EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK IN THEN THE COUNTY DOES THE SAME THING OVER THE SAME ROADS, SO THAT'S NOT GOOD GOVERNMENT WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BETTER MANAGE SENT ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE. THE ONE THING THAT KEPT RESONATING WITH ME AS ADDING PHYSICIANS, ADDING EQUIPMENT, ADDING PROCEDURES, SO YOU KNOW THE QUESTION IS COMING.

WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST A SCRIMMAGE YOU HAVE ANY PROJECTIONS AS TO WHAT THE ADDITIONAL COSTS ARE GOING TO B FOR ALL OF THAT? WE CAN'T WRITE CHECKS LIKE THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT MR. CHESS HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL WITH HELPING US GET TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AS I MENTIONED WITH THINGS LIKE POWER VI, FARMS AND AUTOMATES, WE ARE LOOKING FOR A LOT OF WAYS TO CUT COSTS AND FIND A WAY TO EFFICIENTLY DO IT WITH WHAT WE'VE ALREADY GOT.

OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART RESTRUCTURING MAKING SURE WERE MAKING THE BEST USE OF THE FOLK WE HAVE, THOSE ARE WAYS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR EFFICIENCY WITHOUT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WHEN I

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COME TO YOU AND ASK FOR THINGS THAT I HAVE THOROUGHLY TRIED TO WORK THROUGH ALTERNATIVES IN OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT, I KNOW FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT REQUESTS, IT IS ROUGHLY TO $.3 MILLION. SO MANY OF THOSE ARE CRITICAL NEEDS, SOME OF THOSE WE CAN DO WITHOUT FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO BUT I WILL BE COMPLETELY HONEST WITH YOU, WE ARE FAR BEHIND WHE IT COMES TO STAFFING AND TECHNOLOGY FROM WHERE WE NEED T

BE. >> ALONG THOSE LINES THAN, HAS THERE BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION WITH HER BRINGING IN THAT UNIT TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE I THINK HAVING A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH YOUR BARGAINING UNIT WILL BE A WAY T

HAVE. >> I'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THEM. I HAVE A STANDING INVITATION FO THEM ANY TIME AM AVAILABLE IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK WITH ME AS A MATTER FACT MET WITH THEM ON FRIDAY.

WE ARE CONTINUALLY HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THOSE THINGS

. >> EXCELLENT.

YOU TALKED ABOUT SPACE NEEDS TH SCHOOL DISTRICT LOOKING TO CONSOLIDATE SOME SCHOOLS, I THINK ST. LUCIE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO BUY SOME OF THOSE SCHOOLS, BUT I IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION PERIOD BETWEEN WHEN THE SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO BE DEMOLISHED FOR IT MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN A CONVERSATION WITH THAT SPACE THAT WILL GO UNUTILIZED FOR AT LEAST MAY BE TEMPORARY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE SOME OF YOU

TRANSITIONS. >> WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MEETING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN ANOTHER WEEK OR SO PER PERKY GET MY LAST QUESTION, YOU TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF TRAINING. ANY I IMAGINE YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AND THOS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES MAY BE HOPEFULLY GIVEN TO US OF THE A LESSER COST OR MAYBE EVEN GRANT PROVIDED. I KNOW THEY WERE BEQUEATHED SOM SIGNIFICANT MONEY FROM AN ANGEL SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.

>> SOME HELP THERE. >> THEY WANT TO HELP US IN ANYWAY POSSIBLE COMMITMENTS OF THAT IS GRANT FUNDED, BUT AS YO CAN IMAGINE IT'S NOT ALL GOING TO BE COVERED THROUGH INDIAN RIVER SO WE ARE TRYING TO TAKE MULTIFACETED APPROACH, THINGS WITH INDIAN RIVER, THINGS WERE WE CAN TRAIN OUR OWN FOLKS TO BRING IT BACK WHERE WE CAN HOST TRAINING AND WHERE WE CAN SEND FOLKS TO FREE TRAINING. THAT'S PART OF THE TRAINING PLA WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THAT NEED TO BE MULTIFACETED TO PROVIDE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO OUR FOLKS THIS WEEKEND.

>> CHIEF, TALKING ABOUT ALL THI TRAINING I REMEMBERED, ALL THIS TRAINING, EVERY DEPARTMENT AND EVERY COMPANY IN THE WORLD NOW IS GOING TO THESE AI THIS, AI THAT.

ARE YOU STARTING TO THINK ABOUT. >> THAT IS A COMPLEX QUESTION AND A DOUBLE EDGE SWORD, BUT I THINK IF WE DON'T EXPLORE THAT, WE WILL FALL BEHIND VERY QUICKL BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERN AND LEGAL CHALLENGES TO USING A PLATFORMS, SO WE ARE LOOKING INTO THOSE THINGS. IT IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY MIND. THAT CAN BE A FORCE MULTIPLIER, BUT IT HAS TO BE DONE THE RIGHT WAY.

>> AND GREAT ANSWER, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR US TO GO TO USING THE AI, BUT WHEN I SEE STUFF LIKE AI AND EVERYBODY USING IT, THERE'S ALWAYS A GOOD SITE IN THEN THERE'S THE BAD SIDE OF PEOPLE TRAINED USE IT TO HURT OTHER PEOPLE SO I JUST WANT US TO START LOOKING AT IT TO BE READY FOR A.

>> YES, SIR. >> I JUST WANT TO ENSURE I AM DISCUSSING WITH THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER ON ESTABLISHING AN AI POLICY AND USE OF THAT SO WE COULD HAVE A UNIFORM APPROACH O FATS, SO WE ARE RESEARCHING THA AND HE IS RESEARCHING THAT AS W SPEAK IN TERMS OF HAVING A UNIFORM APPROACH.

>> BEFORE IT TAKES OVER. THANK YOU SIR.

>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON PER. >> THANK YOU, CHIEF, WE APPRECIATE THE AND THANK YOU FO PICKING UP THE STUDY RESTARTED TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO. WE CAN SEE CLEARLY SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION. I WILL PICK UP WHERE COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY AND IT OFFERED SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO ABOU 3 MILLION IS WHAT YOU ESTIMATED WE NEED RIGHT NOW?

>> TO IN A HALF MILLION. SO, ONE OF THE COMMENTS ARE MAKING, THIS IS DIRECTED TOWARD YOU AND GENERAL STAFF IS THAT YOU HAVE A TIMETABLE OF WHEN CERTAIN THINGS ARE NEEDED, I WOULD LIKE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT WE UNDERSTAND WITH THAT RECENT ACQUISITIONS O PEOPLE COMING INTO THE CITY, TH TIMELINESS OF THAT TAX BASE COMING IN AS FAR AS REVENUES ET CETERA. I NEED TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THAT AS I'M SITTING HERE THINKING WE JUST APPROVED 1.1 MILLIONS OF FEET OVER HERE WERE DOING ALL THIS DIFFERENT HOUSIN UNITS COMING AND WHICH ADDS TO THE TAX ROLL, BUT THERE'S GOING

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TO BE A MISMATCH OF WHEN TIMING COMES ON FOR FUNDS AVAILABLE VERSUS WHAT IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.

AT THINK WILL BE GOOD TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN TO UNDERSTAND THAT, TO BE ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY RESPOND TO IMMEDIATE NEEDS VERSUS WHAT WE KNOW THAT IS COMING AND HOW LONG THAT'S GOIN TO MATCH UP BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FILL THAT GAP.

WE ALL HAD A STRATEGY OF RESPONSIBLE GROWTH OF FORT PIERCE, THIRD RATE TAX BASE WE KNEW WE NEEDED TO INCREASE THAT QUICKLY COMING BEHIND SOME OF THE CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS WOULD BE PERSONNEL BECAUS I SEE THIS, WE HAVE TO ADD MORE.

THERE ARE VACANCIES REVIEWED TO FILL SO AND MY MIND RIGHT NOW I AM THINKING WE KNOW WHERE THING ARE COMING AS FAR AS RESOURCES FOR THAT, I NEED TO GET MY HEAD AROUND IT AND I THINK IT WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT HAS COME THROUGH THIS MISSION THAT WE HAVE APPROVED AND WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THOSE LARGER HOUSING UNITS I NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT IS IN THAT BENEFITS MOVING OUR ASSESSED TAX VALUE OF WHERE WE COULD BE AND WHAT WERE LOOKING AT. WE HAVE TO GET OUR HEADS AROUND THE BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO HAV TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AS USUAL AND SOME ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH SO THAT'S WHAT I HEARD, THE SAM THING THAT THE PAIR CALCULATING THAT'S MILLION, THAT'S TO MILLION, ET CETERA IT WILL BE U TO USE HER TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT IN FRONT OF US. YOU KNOW THE CRITICAL NEEDS OF WHAT THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSE FIRST SO THROUGH YOU, KEEPING U INFORMED SO WE CAN MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. I HEARD A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOU THE PROGRAM I WANT TO REITERATE. I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT APPROACH THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE AND IT'S GOIN TO BE VITAL THAT WE ENGAGE THEM AND HAVE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE CULTURES ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AND HOW THEY APPROACH THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THEM TO CHANGE SOME BEHAVIORS THAT AREN'T GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AT THIS CURRENT TIME. I WOULD ALSO SAY COMMISSIONER GAINES BROUGHT UP A POINT THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN THAT WAY, THE WAIT-AND-SEE SIT BACK, THEY ARE TESTING, BUT WHAT I'M HEARING O THE ENCOURAGING SIDE IS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT NIGHT OF LAKE AND PARK HEARD FROM THAT RESIDENT AND THOSE CONCERNS ARE SEEMING TO BE CLUTCHED A LITTLE BIT, SO THAT COMMUNITY AND THOS PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO BELIEVE AND HOPE HAVE HOPE THAT THEIR CONCERNS WILL BE HEARD AND THAT THEY ARE BEING ADDRESSED.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING THAT SITUATION.

THAT IS ONE WAY YOU WILL GAIN THAT TRUST IS THAT WHEN THEY COME TO YOU WITH THESE ISSUES THAT ARE CHRONIC ISSUES THAT OCCUR EVERY WEEKEND AND FINALLY SOME RELIEF IS STARTING TO HAPPEN THEY GREATLY APPRECIATED AND THOSE WORDS WILL.

PRETTY QUICKLY IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING I WILL SAY IS THAT THE INVESTMENT IN THE YOUTH .

ABOVE IS ENCOURAGED AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOUR COURAGEOUS KIDS PROGRAM CONTINUES AT ONE POINT THERE WERE TWO HOUSES, ONE IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE CITY AND ONE IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY. EDGE OF GINGER YOU MENTION THOSE , SO WHAT IS YOUR OUTTAKE ON THOSE.

>> I THINK COURAGEOUS KIDS IS A OUTSTANDING PROGRAM.

COMMAND STAFF ARE OUT THERE WITHOUT EVERY TUESDAY UNLESS SOMETHING COMES UP AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GROW THAT.

THAT IS ANOTHER CRITICAL PIECE THAT ARE VICTIM ADVOCATES UNITS OVERSEAS AND I CAN'T SPEAK MORE HIGHLY ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY

DO. >> ARE YOU JUST MAINTAINING OPERATION OUT OF THE ONE IN THE LINKIN PARK AREA OR OPERATING

ONE AT WHICH HAS. >> BELIEVED BELIEVE THAT IS THE ONLY ONE. IT WAS AT THE FORT PIERCE REC CENTER. SO AGAIN, I HAVE SOME STAFF WIT ME THE OTHER DAY, FORT PIERCE I SO UNIQUE, WE HAVE CULTURAL COMMUNITIES HERE AND THE PROGRESS AND LOOKING AT THAT FORT PIERCE REC CENTER WAS TO GET INTO A CULTURE OVER THEIR LARGELY HISPANIC AND REAL, AND TO BRING THOSE COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE HAVE THAT ENGAGEMENT WITH YOU SO IT PROVIDES A RECRUITMENT OPPORTUNITY TO RECRUIT CREEL SPEAKING AND SPANISH-SPEAKING YOUNG PEOPLE AND GET THEM TO ALSO INTEGRATE AND FEEL SAFE WITH THE POLICE. I SAY THAT AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, YOU MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT, BUT THAT WAS STRUCTURALLY DONE TO TRY TO BRING THAT COMMUNITY COME OUT

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RIGHT AROUND THAT GEORGIA AREA THERE AND SOUTH OF ORANGE AVENU INTO THAT FULL, SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW THAT AN

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. >> IF I CAN ADD, THERE IS YOUTH POLICE INITIATIVE THROUGH THE ST. LUCIE ROUNDTABLE WHICH ALL OF THE AGENCIES ARE PARTICIPATING WITH WITCHES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFICERS TO SIT DONE WITH YOUTH AND ENGAGE SO THEY CSS MORE THAN JUST POLICE OFFICERS.

>> THAT'S IT FOR ME. >> CHIEF, WELCOME THIS MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS, THERE WA A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO THAT GENERATING THAT SO THINK YOU INJURE STAFF OR UNDERTAKING THAT EFFORT TO UPDATE US AS TO EXACTLY WHERE THINGS STAND.

I AM ENCOURAGED BY THE FACT THA THE FEEDBACK I'M RECEIVING FROM YOUR STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, LEADERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE SO THE IMPACT YOU ARE HAVING SO FAR HAVE BEEN WELL RECEIVED AND RESPECTED IN THE COMMUNITY AS THE INFORMATION I'M RECEIVING BACK. SO IN THAT VEIN, YOU'RE PR MECHANISMS THAT YOU HAVE INSTITUTED HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE AS THE COMMISSIONER WAS JUST COMMENTING ON YOUR SENIOR OFFICERS THEY INTERACT WITH THEM , YOUR COMMAND STAFF ET CETERA, THE MORE THAT INTERACTION TAKES PLACE, THE MARKED FAITH THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS IN THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW I SEE MORE FAITH AND SATISFACTION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY MEMBERS OF THIS COMMUNITY THEM I HAVE SINCE I'V BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION. SO YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE TURNED TH SHIP OR ARE TURNING THE SHIP INTO THE RIGHT DIRECTION, SO CONTINUE TO DO SO. HAVING SAID THAT, EVER QUESTION THAT'S BEEN NAGGING AT ME FOR SEVERAL YEARS SO IT SHORT 100 DAYS, SO I'M NOT HOLDING ANYBOD ACCOUNTABLE SO, WHEN I ORIGINALLY RAISED THESE QUESTIONS, THOSE PEOPLE ARE NO LONGER HERE SO I'M GOING TO RAISE THE QUESTIONS AGAIN WHICH I HAVE A KNACK OF DOING. AND RATHER TENACIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THAT. SIX MONTHS AGO I WILL REMIND YO OF THE CONVERSATION HIT A WET ABOUT THIS AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT HOWEVER SETTING THAT ONE O THE THINGS THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OF INTEREST, NOT A CONCERN, OF INTEREST BECAUSE THAT'S A NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE A POSITIV IS THAT YOU INDICATED THAT ROLE PATROL FOR EXAMPLE IS 20 PERCEN SHORTSTAFFED.

SWEARING TO QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.

HOW DOES THAT IMPACT ROLLING OU OUR DAILY PATROLS, ARE WE FULLY STAFFING OUR SHIPS, DO WE HAVE HOLES IN THE CITY THAT WE ARE NOT COVERING PROPERLY BECAUSE O THIS STAFFING SHORTAGE?

>> WE'RE STAFFING THE STREET APPROPRIATELY, BUT THAT REQUIRE OVERTIME, HIGHER BACKS AND IT TAKES ITS TOLL ON OFFICERS.

WE'RE ASKING THEM TO CARRY MORE OF THE WATER SO WE ALSO LOOK AT AS EACH COMMISSIONER I'M SURE KNOWS FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS W ARE LOOKING AT SPECIFIC PROBLEM IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE CITY IN IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE WE HAVE TO, RESOURCES TO DO THAT W CAN'T DO THAT BY PULLING RESOURCES AWAY FROM PATROL BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE JUST TO HANDLE THE CALLS FOR SERVICE SO THAT REQUIRES CREATIVITY WITH OVERTIME DETAILS, WITH DIFFEREN INITIATIVES TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. AS I MENTIONED DURING THE PRESENTATION WE ARE ABOUT 12 SHORTS SHORT AND PATROL.

IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LARGE NUMBER, IT IS A LARGE NUMBER AN THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR ABOUT 37 AND A HALF PERCENT PROACTIVE TIME, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE THE 3 INDUSTRY-STANDARD INDUSTRY STANDARD. THAT WOULD ALLOW THE RELIEF FOR THE MEMBERS BECAUSE THAT IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT MORALE AND WELFARE OF THE OFFICERS BECAUSE WE'RE ASKING THEM TO DO AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT JOB, MAK SPLIT-SECOND DECISIONS AND WHEN THEY ARE WORKING LONGER HOURS COMING IN MORE THAN THEIR SCHEDULE REQUIRES BECAUSE WE NEED STAFFING OUT THERE, THAT WILL TAKE ITS TOLL OVERTIME AND PEOPLE WILL BURN OUT.

ON TOP OF THAT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS GET REPEAT CALLS FOR REPEA ISSUES. WE DO OUR BEST TO GET OUT THERE AND ADDRESS THOSE BUDS I HAVE A SUSTAINED EFFORT AND SUSTAINED IMPACT THAT REQUIRES THE BODIES OUT THERE.

SO WE HAVE THE RESOURCES OUT THERE TO HANDLE THE CALLS FOR SERVICE COMING IN MEMBERS OF TH COMMUNITY DO NOT NEED TO BE CONCERNED IF THEY CALL THE POLICE WEATHER WE'RE GOING TO SHOW UP, WE WILL BE THERE, BUT LONG-TERM WE DO NEED TO ADD

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STAFFING, WE DO NEED TO HAVE MORE BODIES OUT THERE EVERY DAY TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AND ADDRES THOSE ISSUES WHICH IN TURN SHOULD BRING THAT CALL FOR SERVICE NUMBERS DOWN AND SHOULD MAKE THE COMMUNITY IT WILL BE A SAFER COMMUNITY.

>> HAVING SAID THAT, I HAVE AN INTERESTING OBSERVATION AND IT' JUST AN OBSERVATION BECAUSE I HAVE NO STATISTICAL DATA JUST SUPPORT THIS MY OFFICE IS LOCATED OVER ON TEXAS AND DELAWARE. IT'S AN ACTIVE AREA FOR POLICE ISSUES, SO I SEE THE PATROL CAR IN THAT AREA CONSISTENTLY WHAT I'M GOING TO REPORT TO YOU IS I HAVE SEEN MORE NOT CALL RESPONS ACTIVITY, JUST OFFICER ACTIVITY IN THE AREA WHICH IS BEEN QUITE IMPRESSIVE TO ME I SEE YOUR CAR OVER THERE CONSTANTLY NOT RESPONDING TO A CALL JUST CRUISING THE AREA MAY BE BECAUS IT IS A BUSY AREA SO WHEN THEY HAVE EXTRA TIME THERE CRUISING THROUGH THE AREA. AS A GIFT OR RIGHT YOU'RE UNDER THE CAMERAS COMING INTO THE LIGHTS OF MY SENIOR OFFICERS OVER THERE ALL THE TIME NOW WHICH IS GREAT.

AM REALLY THRILLED THAT WE SEEM TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF PRESENCE EVEN WE ARE 20 PERCENT SHORTSTAFFED RED WE STAFFING OU SHIPS APPROPRIATELY, BUT WITH THAT NUMBER OF BODIES SHORT, THAT IS A CHALLENGE TO YOUR GUY IN THE STREET.

HAVING HAD SAID THAT, A FOLLOW-UP COMMENT I HAVE ON THA ISSUE INDICATE THE WAY THAT WE SUPPLEMENT THAT IS THROUGH PAYING OVERTIME AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE.

WHICH IS AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING, BUT THERE IS AN ANALYSIS HERE THAT I'VE ASKED FOR IN THE PAST, THIS WAS BEFOR YOUR TIME SO THIS WASN'T A REQUEST ARE MADE OF CURRENT MANAGEMENT IS THAT WE ARE RUNNING 20 PERCENT SHORT OF OFFICERS ON PATROL, WHICH MEANS WE ARE RUNNING 20 PERCENT AND PAYROLL WERE NOT PUTTING OUT TH DOOR.

SO I'M ASSUMING THAT PAYROLL IS UTILIZED TO COVER OVERTIME COST AND THINGS OF THIS NATURE SO WE'RE NOT GOING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND LOOKING FOR IT ADDITIONAL MONEY.

THIS IS COMING OUT OF THE POLIC DEPARTMENT BUDGET.

IS THAT A FAIR ASSESSMENT? >> IT IS.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING THE SALARY AND BENEFITS FOR THE VACANT POSITIONS, THAT MONEY IS AVAILABLE TO PAY FOR THE OVERTIME SO YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME NUMBER OF STAFFING HOURS OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE FEWER OFFICERS DO THAT AND THEN THE WORKLOAD ON THEM IS INCREASED.

>> I AGREE WITH THAT, THAT'S NO A GOOD MENTAL HEALTH THING, BUT I THINK THE OFFICERS I'VE SPOKE TO HAVE BEEN SHOULDERING THAT RESPONSIBLY AND WILLINGLY EVEN THOUGH THEY RECOGNIZE IT HAS TAKEN A TOLL. HAVING HAD SAID THAT, MY FINAL QUESTION IS MORE OF A MACRO QUESTION AND THIS IS A TOPIC THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE O TIMES RIGHT WE HAVE THE STAFFIN PROBLEM, WE'VE HAD THIS STAFFIN PROBLEM AS LONG AS I ACTIVE IN FORT PIERCE MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES .

IT'S NOTHING NEW. THEY'RE ALL DRAWING FROM THE SAME POOL OF PERSONNEL, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CROSSED MY MIND TO HELP WITH THIS SCENARIO IS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL AREAS IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE A RATHER EXTENSIVE OVERLAP WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I AM GOING TO CITE SPECIFICALLY I SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON THE SOUTH KINGS CORRIDOR SOUTH KING HIGHWAY OVER TWIST, I OWN PROPERTY OUT THERE SO WE ARE OU THERE A LOT. NO IT'S NOT MY DOMICILE FOR ELECTIONS, JUST SO EVERYBODY CLEARLY UNDERSTANDS THAT, I STILL LIVE AT 1127 GRANADA STREET DISTRICT TO, JUST SO THAT'S CRYSTAL-CLEAR THAT I HAVEN'T RELOCATED TO THE COUNTY.

HAVING SAID THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH SHERRIFF DEL TORO WHO I HAPPEN TO KNOW QUITE WELCOME MOVIE OUR FRIENDS, AND I'VE DISCUSSED WITH HIM THIS OVERLAP SCENARIO BECAUSE THERE' MANY TIMES I WILL CRUISE OUT GRAHAM ROAD GET TO THE CORNER O BREMERTON SOUTH KINGS HIGHWAY AND PASS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME A SHERIFF'S VEHICLE OR RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT IS A POLICE CRUISE. WHAT THEY ARE DOING ON PICO'S AND ROCK ROAD IS BEYOND ME, IT' UNINCORPORATED ST. LUCIE COUNTY.

HAVING SAID THAT THIS OVERLAP STRIKES ME AS AN INTERESTING CONUNDRUM BECAUSE WE APPEAR TO HAVE OUR FOLKS THERE ISN'T REALLY A NECESSITY FOR THIS OVERLAP OR CAN WE WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THEM TO SAY OKAY, YOU GUYS TAKE THIS TRUNK IN WE WILL TAKE THIS CHUNK BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY STRETCHED THIN IN OUR ANNEXATION SCENARIO PUTS US HEAVILY OUT INTO THE WESTERN CORRIDOR IS WHICH WILL DO NOTHING, BUT TAX YOUR

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RESOURCES FURTHER SO WORKING COOPERATIVELY, YOU SEE THE POIN I'M GETTING AT, IS THE REALLY NEAT FOR THAT REDUNDANCY AND CARE MAY STREAMLINE THIS BETTER TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NOT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS OVERLAP.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU SEE AS A POTENTIAL HELP TO YOUR COVERAGE

ISSUE? >> THAT IS A COMPLEX QUESTION THAT COMES WITH A COMPLEX ANSWER .

I WILL START BY SAYING I CAN'T SPEAK HIGHLY ENOUGH ABOUT SHERIFF DEL TORO. I THINK THEY HAVE A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY WERE ALL THREE AGENCIES WANT TO WORK TOGETHER AND PARTNER WELL EVERYBODY AS YOU MENTIONED IS STRETCHED THIN SO WE HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY HOWEVER PARTNERING WHERE WE CAN AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IS IMPORTANT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE PATC SAYS, YOU CAN HAVE THE SAFEST COUNTY IN FLORIDA OF THE CITIES WITHIN IT AREN'T THE SAFEST. WE ARE EXPLORING DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THOS SHOOTINGS WE HAD PROBABLY A MONTH OR SO AFTER ME GETTING HERE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE BECAUSE WE WER CONCERNED ABOUT RETALIATION IN WE SATURATED THAT AREA WITH BOT FORT PIERCE AND ST. LUCIE COUNT SHERIFF'S VEHICLES AND WITHOUT QUESTION THEY SHOULDERED UP WHE WE NEEDED THEM. I EXTENDED THE SAME OFFER TO THEIR SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN PORT ST. LUCIE.

WE WILL FIGURE OUT THE DETAILS LATER, SO IT CERTAINLY THERE HAVE BEEN IN WILL CONTINUE TO B CONVERSATIONS TO SEE WHERE WE CAN PARTNER IT IS UNIQUE TO ME HAVING THESE AREAS THAT ARE I WAS ON THE SCENE OF A HOMICIDE THAT TURNED OUT TO BE IN THE COUNTY BECAUSE ONE SIDE OF THE STREET IS THE COUNTY BUT THEN THE IT IS CERTAINLY UNIQUE AND CHALLENGING WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU EVEN WITHOUT ONE, THE CONVERSATION WASN'T ABOUT PLAYING HOT POTATO, YOU TAKE IT NO YOU TAKE IT, IT WAS WHO HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF THE HOMICIDE I THEN WHO IS GOING TO HELP WITH THE PERIMETER AND CANVASSING SO OUR OFFICERS DIDN'T LEAVE THAT SCENE THEY ASSISTED IN ANY WAY THEY COULD IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE TOOK PRIMARY ON THE INVESTIGATION. CAN GUARANTEE YOU IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE OPPOSITE HAD THE LOCATION BEEN WITHIN THE CITY.

WE ALL WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER. THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT

WHEN EVERYBODY IS WORKING SHORT. >> ANOTHER OBSERVATION I'VE HAD AND THEN I'LL BE DONE ON THAT NOTE IS I HAVE SEEN RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS NUMBER OF TRAFFIC STOPS THAT HAVE BEEN SERVICED BY THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE DID THE PULLOVER OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEM AS BACKUP WAS SHARES COUNTY VEHICLE OR VICE VERSA IN THAT TELLS ME THE TWO AGENCIES ARE WORKING COOPERATIVELY TOGETHER NOT ONLY THE AGENCIES, AND I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A GOOD THING WHEN ICS SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT VEHICLE PULLED OVER PARKED IN THE FIELD AND I SEE A CITY OF FORT PIERCE POLICE VEHICLE PARKED RIGHT NEX TO HIM, I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING, I'M THRILLED WITH THAT, THAT INTERACTION RIGHT THERE BECOMES CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO THEM EXECUTING THEIR FUNCTIONS WHEN THE TIME CALLS FOR THE REA PRESSURE ON, THEY'RE GOING TO ANOTHER GUY RESPONDED NEXT TO THEM AND TO ME THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THE BRIDGES THAT YOU ARE BUILDING I APPLAUD THIS ACTIVITY , IT'S GOING TO BE THE THING THAT CAN THE SALVATION TO OUR PATROL PROBLEMS, THEIR PATROL PROBLEMS POTENTIALLY WORKING TOGETHER I THINK WILL B THE KEY.

>> YES, SIR. >> SO, YOU MENTIONED THE ASK ACHIEVE IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WON'T LIKE IT, BU I WOULD LIKE TO BE ADDED TO YOU LIST TO RECEIVE THOSE BECAUSE I WILL PROBABLY NOT GO OUT AND GE THE E-MAIL, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT IS PART OF MY INBOX PERSONALLY SPEAKING. I WILL LET THEM OUT FOR THEMSELVES BUT IF YOU CAN GET THAT TOO I THINK THAT IS EXCELLENT AND IF YOU DON'T MIND THOSE ARE THINGS WE'D LIKE TO SHARE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WOUL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

>> AS THE GEOPHYSICAL ORDERLY. I WILL SEND YOU THE LAST ONE AN THEN THE PUBLIC FACING STRATEGI PLAN IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE

IT WILL BE UP ON OUR WEBSITE. >> MISDIRECT CHEST, I KNOW I'M SPEAKING TO ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN HOPEFULY OF THE CHIEF AND THOSE OTHER KEY DEPARTMENTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN

OUR STRATEGIC PLAN. >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> I WAS GOING CHEST FOR THAT, AS FOR BOTH.

I'M VERY INTERESTED IN THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE I KNOW THAT CITIZENS COMPLAIN, THIS ROAD,

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THEY SPEED A LOT, THIS ROAD THE SPEED A LOT, AND IN ALL OF WHAT YOU REPORTED I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE DATA ABOUT WHERE TRAFFIC STOPS NEED TO HAPPEN IN MY PRESENCE NEEDS TO HAPPEN, IS

THAT CORRECT? >> THE POWER YARD THAT I TALKED ABOUT WHICH WE ARE ABLE TO CREATE, IS GOING TO PULL FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DATABASES TO GIVE US THE SIGHT PICTURE SO WE CAN BETTER DEPLOY OUR RESOURCES WERE ABLE TO JUSTIFY THE TOP-FIVE CRASH LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT. MICHAEL IS TO CREATE A TRAFFIC UNIT SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, BUT AGAIN THAT REQUIRES STAFFING SO WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION IT TO DO THAT.

HAVE BEEN DEDICATED FOLKS BE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT, WHEN WE SE THOSE REPEAT LOCATIONS FROM CITIZENS CALLING IN, THEN THOSE UNITS CAN GO AND FOCUS IN THOSE AREAS AND ADDRESS THE BEHAVIOR.

>> I WANT TO ECHO ABOUT THE RETIREES.

I KNOW THAT MANY OF THEM WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART PROBABL HAVE GOOD FEELINGS ABOUT THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN A HURDLE IN THE PAST BECAUSE OF RECEIVIN A PENSION AND IF THERE IS SOME CREATIVE WAY THAT WE CAN DO THA SO THAT YOU CAN GET THAT, THAT IS A FORCE MULTIPLIER AND THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FOR OUR CITY.

MISDIRECT CHEST, I DON'T KNOW I IT'S THE RETIREMENT BOARD, IF I NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AS THERE IS SOME CREATIVE WAY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A SOURCE WE ARE NOT TAPPING INTO . I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT AND I ENCOURAGE FINDING A WAY TO DO THAT.

THE REPORTS WRITING. WHEN I WAS FIRST MAYOR, THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE REPORTS O POLICE OFFICERS STANDING UP IN COURTS, SO I THINK THAT IS FROM WHAT I LEARN FROM THE STATE ATTORNEY AND FROM OTHER PEOPLE, THIS IS SUCH A CRITICAL PART OF WHAT A POLICE OFFICER DOES. I THINK I HEARD AND WHAT YOU PRESENTED TODAY THAT THERE IS TRAINING ON THAT, CONSTANT TRAINING ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER THEY WRITE STANDS UP IN COURT, IS THAT WHAT I HEARD?

>> WE HAVE A REVIEW PROCESS OF THE REPORTS NOT ONLY DO THE OFFICERS RECEIVED TRAINING ON HOW TO DOCUMENT THINGS SO TO TH SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR PROCESS O REVIEW.

OUR RECORDS FOLKS TO EXCEPTIONA JOB AS WELL TO MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING. WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STATE'S ATTORNEY AS WELL SO WHEN ISSUES ARISE THAT WE NEED TO CORRECT, WE DO SO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING THE

RIGHT THING. >> I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I KNOW THEY WANTED TO BE POLICE OFFICERS NOT WRITE THE GREAT AMERICAN NOVEL, ON YOUR SPACE NEEDS, I AM VERY PLEASED THAT THE AVENUE D STATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED TO HELP YOU WITH SPACE NEEDS IS COMMUNITY RESPONSE THERE? I THINK THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT . AND FINALLY, WHEN YOU SPEAK OF WELLNESS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL AS WELL AS MENTAL HEALTH I HOPE BECAUSE WE ARE AL VERY, AT LEAST I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF THE TOLL THAT THIS JOB TAKES ON OUR FIRST RESPONDERS BOTH POLICE OFFICERS IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME THAT OUR OFFICERS STAY SAFE RIGHT I KNOW IT IS TO YOU TO AND I KNOW THAT'S A MULTIFACETED THING.

I AM GLAD YOU ARE EMPHASIZING THAT.

>> YES, IT WILL BE A WELL-ROUNDED WELLNESS PROGRAM, PHYSICAL, MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, FINANCIAL, TO MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN HAVING CONVERSATIONS AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS AN I'VE MENTIONED THIS, FOLKS HAVE VOLUNTEERED TO PROVIDE SERVICES WE HAD A GENTLEMAN COME IN AND PROVIDE FINANCIAL TRAINING AT ROLL CALLS SO IT'S NOT, WHILE THE PHYSICAL IN MENTAL IS A HUG PIECE OF IT, IT'S MORE THAN JUS THAT. AGAIN I THINK WE WENT TO OUR OFFICERS TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A WELL-ROUNDED PROGRAM SO THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE HEALTHY AND ABLE TO COME TO WORK AND FOCUS ON THE JOB. IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THOSE WE ARE SHORTHANDED, THEN OFFICERS ARE WORKING MORE HOURS AND THAT TAKES ITS TOLL, SO I AM GLAD YO ARE EMPHASIZING THAT. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS. I TOO HAVE HEARD GOOD THINGS IN

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THEIR COMMUNITY AND I'M REALLY PLEASED THAT YOU HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE. THAT WAS A VERY POSITIVE THING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR DIREC FROM YOU WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY KEEP I UP AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH WHAT WE HEARD TODAY.

>> THANK YOU COME, MADAME MIRA. >> I AM TAKING THIS TIME AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAS SPOKEN ON TH REPORTS.

I THINK WE NEED TO BRING THE CHIEF BACK AND WE NEED TO HAVE HIM HERE, WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA IN WE DID TO DISCUSS AND HE NEEDS TO BE HERE OR HIS STAFF NEED TO BE HERE EVERY TIME I GET A NOTIFICATION FROM THE POLICE FIRST THING THAT COMES TO MIND - IS SOME KID OR SOMEBODY HAS BEE HIT ON THE AZ BIKES, THESE LITTLE MOTORCYCLES, THEY RIGHT AROUND ALL OVER THE UP-AND-DOWN OR MAJOR ROADS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LAW IS OUT THERE, BUT WE NEED TO, THE FIVE OF US WITH THE CHIEFS HELPED, WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF PLAN BECAUSE BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE GET KILLED, OUT KNOW IF THE ONE YESTERDAY WAS, THE PERSON THAT GOT HIT WAS AN EBAY OR LET'S THINK ABOUT IT BEFORE IT HAPPENS .

WE NEED TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER AND THINK ABOUT SOMETHING BECAUSE EVERY PART OF OUR CITY IS AFFECTED.

THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. I'M JUST TRYING TO PROTECT THE INDIVIDUALS WRITING SO DON'T SEND ME THE E-MAIL SAYING YOU'R TAKING OUR PHONE AWAY, NO, I'M PROTECT THE DRIVERS WHO DON'T EXPECT THEM TO BE THERE AND HIT AND KILL SOMEBODY OR BE KILLED, IT'S TIME FOR US TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION IN I WOULD LOVE TO ACHIEVE HIS INPUT AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS.

>> I AGREE AND I MEANT TO SAY AND I'M GLAD YOU REMINDED ME THAT THIS PERSON ON THIS DAIS WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE FROM TH POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE IT NOT ONLY EDUCATES US IT KEEPS TOP OF THE MIND WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU NEED, BUT ITALSO EDUCATES THE COMMUNITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PRESENTATIONS MORE OFTEN AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW OFTEN, BUT THIS REALLY HELPS ME GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE GAMUT OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT HELPS ME AND I'M ASSUMING IT

HELPS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. >> ON THE COMMISSION'S APPOINTE TO THE ROUNDTABLE. I AM ON THE SAFETY VILLAGE COMMITTEE AND BOTH THE SHERRIFF AND BOTH PDAS HAVE OFFERED TO SIT DOWN AND TALK WITH US, THE DIRECTOR OF TRAUMA HENDERSON HA BROUGHT THAT TO ME ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO NOW AND HE GRACIOUSL OFFERED TO COME AND TALK ABOUT 3 OPPORTUNITIES FOR ART ORDINANCE AND PROTECTION DEVICES UNDERSTANDING THAT PROVISIONS I POLICE COVERAGE IS LIGHT, BUT IT'S AN ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY.

THE OTHER IS I'M JUST TRYING TO PUSH IT BACK ON THE PRODUCERS O THE BIKES AND THOSE WHO SELL IT MAKING SURE THAT THE HELMETS THAT THEY WEAR ARE CAPABLE OF PROTECTING THE HEAD AT A 35 MIL PER OUR. BIKES ARE 10-15-MILE PER OUR PROTECTION RATING. SO THEY'RE NOT EVEN ADEQUATE TO BE ON THE BIKE LIKE THAT SOME O THEM LOOK LIKE MOTORCYCLES SO THE DRIVERS DON'T RECOGNIZE WHETHER IT'S A MOTORCYCLE OR A BICYCLE ALSO CHIEF, I KNOW YOU ARE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION IN WE WILL MEET SOON, BUT CAN YOU SHARE YOUR COMMENTS AS YOU DID WITH ME IN THE OTHER FOLKS AT THOSE MEETINGS?

>> IT'S OF EXTREME CONCERN BECAUSE MOST OF THESE WRITERS ARE JUVENILES. I KNOW WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS IT'S A REGIONAL TRAUMA CENTER SO I BE INTERESTED IN THE DATA TO KNOW HOW MANY ARE COMING FROM FORT PIERCE OR OTHER AREAS, BUT WE SEE THEM OUT THERE.

WE'VE SEEN THEM OUT IN THE AREA WHERE WE HAVE COURAGEOUS KIDS S I SAW THAT THE FIRST TIME I WEN OUT THERE AND THE NEXT TIME WE WERE OUT THERE WE HAD THE DRONE UNIT OUT AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK AND IDENTIFY SEVERAL OF THE WRITERS AND TAKE SOME OTHER BIKES. I THINK IT'S ABOUT SENDING A CLEAR MESSAGE. IT'S NOT ABOUT TAKING AWAY THEI ABILITY TO HAVE FUN, BUT I DON' THINK THE JUVENILES REALIZE HOW SEVERELY INJURED THEY CAN BECOM OR BE KILLED.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THE OTHER DRIVERS THAT ARE OUT THERE THER

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IN A CAR IN THEY ARE PROBABLY PROTECTED OTHER THAN THE DAMAGE TO THEIR VEHICLE, BUT THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMA OF HAVING HIT JUVENILE WHETHER THEY DIE OR SEVERELY INJURED WERE NOT INJURED AT ALL, IT'S STILL A SIGNIFICANT EMOTIONAL TOLL ON SOMEBODY TO GO THROUGH THAT AND SO I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CREATIVE IN WAYS THAT WE ADDRES THAT.

I MENTIONED EARLIER TRYING TO CREATE A TRAFFIC UNIT THAT WOUL BE ONE OF THOSE RESPONSIBILITIE IN PARTNERING WITH THE DRONE UNIT PARTNERING WITH TE SHERIFF 'S OFFICE TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A LARGE CAMPAIGN. I'M SURE EVERYBODY HAS SEEN THE CLICK IT OR TICKET. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS WRAPPED INTO THAT. IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN AND

IT IS ON OUR RADAR. >> SO THE APPROACH I HAVE TAKEN SINCE THE TRAUMA UNIT SPOKE TO ME WAS TO DEVELOP POSSIBLY A COUNTYWIDE, BUT MAY BE A STATEWIDE INITIATIVE BECAUSE THIS IS HAPPENING IN EVERY COMMUNITY IN THE STATES.

MY HOPE IS TO GET ALL THAT INPU SO WHEN YOU GO ACROSS CITY LINE OR COUNTY LINES THAT THE LAWS REMAIN CONSISTENT.

I THINK THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY T BE SUPPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOUR

OFFICERS TO. >> THANK YOU, MADAME MAYOR, AND

COMMISSIONERS. >> CHIEF, I NEED TO GET A COPY

[9. Consent Agenda]

OF THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY ITEM THAT ANY COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO PULL. CAN WE PULL 9.1 FOR A DISCUSSION ? NINE I? THAT IS BRODRICK. ANY OTHER THINGS? I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA

WITHOUT THE. >> SO MOVED, SECOND.

>> CALLED THE ROLE-PLAYS. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK,

[E. Approval of expenditure to increase to GrayRobinson, PA Purchase Order #260270 for outside legal services from $40,000 to $100,000.]

COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY, COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, MAYOR HUDSON.

ITEM 90 IS THE APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURE TO INCREASE GRAYROBINSON PURCHASE ORDER 260 TO 70 FOR OUTSIDE LEGAL SERVICE

FROM $40,000 TO $100,000. >> I PULLED THIS ITEM IN I NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS HERE WE THROUGH OUR ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS WITH TH SENIOR STAFF HAVE A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THIS LINE ITEM IS RELATIVE TWO, HOWEVER I'M TRYING TO TOUCH ON THIS WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE MINUTI RELATIVE TO THIS.

THE REASON I'M PULLING IT IS TO EXPLAIN THAT OUTSIDE LEGAL SERVICES ARE ENGAGED BY OUR CIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR SUPPORT I AREAS WHERE THEY NEED EXPERT HELP, SO THEY GO TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL SPECIALISTS TO SECURE THAT OUTSIDE HELP ON WHETHER PARTICULAR ISSUES THAT THE CITY IS DEALING WITH.

THE EXPENDITURE FOR THAT IS BUDGETED FOR IN THE ATTORNEYS BUDGET FOR OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND BELIEVE THAT BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26 IS AT 40,000, LOOKING TO INCREASE TO 100.

I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THI IS NOT FUNDING THAT IS UNDERWRITING THE OPERATIONS OF THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THIS IS FOR SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES REQUIRED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR ISSUES THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FINDS ITSELF INVOLVED IN THE COMPLEX CONTRACTUAL ISSUES OR COMPLEX REAL ESTATE ISSUES ET CETERA, THERE IS A WHOLE HOST OF REASON WE GO TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL THE SIZE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WE HAVE HERE, WE CAN'T STAFF SPECIALISTS IN ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS SO WE HAVE TO HIRE THESE PEOPLE ON A CONTRACT BASIS. HAVING SAID THAT, I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THAT THAT THAT IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS, IT'S NO AN INCREASE IN THE BUDGET FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO T SPEAK, THIS IS A LINE ITEM IN THEY ARE EXPENSED OUT OF THE LEDGER. THAT IS THE REASON THAT WAS THERE. IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S STAFF IS GETTING AN INCREASE IN PAY.

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WE CAN TO WITH IT. >> IT'S ALL UNANTICIPATED.

IT'S ALL LITIGATION THAT WE DID NOT NECESSARILY CONTEMPLATE HAPPENING. YOU CAN'T CAN SAY WELL, THIS LITIGATION IS GOING TO COST US $25,000, THIS LITIGATION IS GOING TO COST US 50. YOU CAN'T SPECULATE ON THAT.

IT'S OPEN ENDED. AS LONG AS THIS COMMISSION ALLOWS LITIGATION TO MOVE FORWARD INSTEAD OF TERMINATING IN SOME CAPACITY WHICH IS SOME OUTRAGEOUS OFFER TO SETTLE WHIC I DON'T ADVOCATE, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THE USE OF OUTSIDE COUNSEL IT'S A SIMPLE A THAT.

>> DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? >> IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER I

WOULD. >> IS THERE A SECOND?

>> CALL THE ROLE-PLAYS. COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?

[I. Approval of Management Agreement with VenuWorks of Fort Pierce, LLC for Operation of the Sunrise Theatre]

>> COMMISSIONER DZADOVSKY, COMMISSIONER GAINES, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, MAYOR HUDSON.

APPROVAL WITHIN FORT PIERCE LLC FOR OPERATION OF THE SUNRISE

THEATER. >> COMMISSIONER?

>> I AM PULLING THIS TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT A PORTION OF I SECTION 7.6 AND 7.7, THE REASON BEING IS MY CONVERSATION THAT I ADDED ONTO THE AGENDA HAS TO DO WITH THIS TYPE OF PROVISION IN OUR CONTRACTS. FIRST I WANT TO SAY THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU GUYS TO REALLY MAKE FORT PIERCE SHIN AND THE PRESSURE IS ON YOU NOW SO IF WE APPROVE IT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAN YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS YOU GAVE TO OUR STAFF WITH NEGOTIATING AND FINDING THE BEST POSSIBLE OUTCOME BUT THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO COME HERE WILL BE LOOKING FOR THOSE GREAT SHOWS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO PRODUCE. THE REASON I PULLED THIS IS BECAUSE IN SECTION 7.6 IT SAYS TERMINATION WITHOUT CAUSE.

EITHER PARTY MAY TERMINATE WITHIN 120 DAYS PRIOR TO WRITTE GNOSIS WITHOUT CAUSE. I TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER IN TH SET UP FOR THAT ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEM.

RELEASES IN OUR CONTRACTS WITH OUTSIDE GROUPS OFTEN HAVE A TIMEFRAME IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO EITHER RENEW OR TERMINATE WITH CAUSE OR IN THIS CASE, IF THING WEREN'T WORKING OUT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A TICKLER IS SOMETHING THA SAYS HEY, LET'S HAVE THIS CONVERSATION PRIOR TO THIS 120 DATE NOTICE BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, IT GETS RENEWED OTHERWISE AND OTHER CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE SAME THING WITH TH LEASES WE HAVE, THEY EITHER GO MONTH-TO-MONTH AND THAT BECOMES PROBLEMATIC.

WE ARE SEEING THAT WITH SOME OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WE HAD , REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. WE HAVE THE DEMOLITION GROUP THAT CAME IN AND IF YOU REMEMBE THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME OF THAT PARTICULAR SCENARIO.

SO MY QUESTION IS, AS WE TAKE O THESE CONTRACTS THAT HAVE THESE CLAUSES FOR RENEWAL NOTICES, 90 DAYS, 120 DAYS, ET CETERA WHO I WATCHING THAT AND ARE WE GOING TO BE SEEING THESE THINGS IN TH FUTURE WHEN THEY COME UP TO HAV THAT DISCUSSION HERE? WHO MANAGES THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS. I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A PROVISION. SYSTEMS PROCESS AND POLICIES AR WHAT WE DO. I HAVE A NEW SET OF EYES HERE ARE MY 100 STATE REPORTS HIGH-FIVED FOR THE CHIEF AT 100 DAYS, BUT I RAISE IT BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT AND THIS IS GOING TO FALL ON YOU, MR. CHESS IN YOUR CHARTER OFFICERS TO HELP FIGURE OUT AND YOUR STAFF HOW ARE WE GOING TO START MANAGING THESE CONTRACTS AND NOTICE MAYBE WE DON'T WANT TO RENEW A THE CONTRACT FOR AGE AND NOTICE IT'S IN YOUR CONTRAC YOU DON'T HAVE A RENEWAL CONTRACT SELECTION, BUT YOU ARE HIRED AT WILL. I WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CONTRACTS OUT THERE THAT MAY JUST RENEW WITHOUT US EVEN KNOWING IT. I THINK WE WANT TO DO BETTER AT BEING ABLE TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A SITUATION, IF HE WASN'T MEETING OUR NEEDS, IF WE HAD NOTICE SITUATION IN THERE, WE WOULD HAVE PASSED THAT UP AND RENEWED HIS CONTRACT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THESE CONTRACTS AND WE HAVE NOTICED, SAME THING WITH HER THESIS, 30, 60, 90 DAYS IN ADVANCE OF WHATEVER THE RENEWAL PROCESSES SO WE CAN DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY WITH OUR CHALLENGES AN CONTRACTS.

THAT'S ALL I HAD ON THAT, JUST KIND OF POINT OUT THIS IS ONE O THE THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AND MY AGENDA ITEM.

>> MR. CHESS. >> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF, BUT AS THE PROJECT MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO

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MONITOR THE CONTRACTS. IF THIS PARTICULAR CASE IF THE VENDOR WAS NOT PERFORMING, THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE TAKING PLACE OVER PERIOD OF TIME. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL GET TO A PLACE WHERE WE WILL JUST AUTOMATICALLY PUT A NOTICE TO TERMINATE WITHOUT DISCUSSING WITH THOSE ISSUES ARE.

THE SAME ON THE PERFORMANCE SIDE .

HOPEFULLY WE GET THAT RIGHT BEFORE WE SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION. ON THE VENDOR SIDE IS THE PRODUCT MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILIT TO MONITOR THEIR PERFORMANCE AS WE GO ALONG WITH THE OPERATIONS BUT CERTAINLY EVERY CONTRACT HA IT RENEWAL PERIOD AN ANNUAL RENEWAL PERIOD, DEPENDING ON TH TERMS, WHERE TO NOTIFY THE VENDOR THAT WE'RE GOING TO RENE THE CONTRACT. HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER WHO HAS BEE HELPING TO MONITOR ABOUT AS WEL IN TERMS OF GETTING THAT PROJEC MANAGERS IN TURN WITH THE RENEWAL TERMS, SOPHIE DO HAVE A TOOL THAT WE ARE USING NOW TO MONITOR ALL THE CONTRACTS, BUT TO YOUR POINTS, WILL DEFINITELY BRING--IF THERE IS AN ISSUE WE WOULD BRING IT TO THE COMMISSIO IF WE ARE RECOMMENDING IT FOR A CONTRACT OF THIS NATURE.

>> I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT WHO ARE THE PROJECT MANAGERS, DOES THAT GO TO EVERY DEPARTMENT IS THERE A PROJECT

MANAGER OF EACH? >> EVERY DEPARTMENT WITH THE A CONTRACT HAS AN ASSIGNED PROJEC MANAGER THAT PROJECT MANAGERS CONTRACT REALLY COMES OUT OF TH PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF US JUST IDENTIFYING WHAT WER GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO RENEW CONTRACT OR ARE WE GOING TO TERMINATE A CONTRACT SO YOU HAV A SITUATION AT THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL THEY WILL MONITOR THE CONTRACT FOR RENEWAL OR POSSIBL NONRENEWAL BUT IN THE PURCHASIN SIDE JUST AS IMPORTANT IS THAT THEY ARE NOTIFYING THAT PROJECT MANAGER YOUR CONTRACT EXPIRES I SIX MONTHS, ARE YOU PLANNING TO GENERALLY 12 MONTHS IN ADVANCE WE SHOULD BE DOING THAT SO IF THAT IS THE CASE, EVERY DEPARTMENT, WHEN THERE IS A CONTRACT THERE SHOULD BE AN ASSIGNED PROJECT MANAGER AND THAT PROJECT MANAGER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THAT THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT IS BEING ENFORCED WE COULD DELIVER WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR, BUT ON THE SAME SIDE, PROCUREMENT SHOULD BE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE CONTRACTS AND UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WORKLOAD, I CONTRACTS ARE GOING TO BE EXPIRING, WHEN ARE THEY GOING T GET THE INFORMATION AND BEGIN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IF THE PROJECT MANAGERS COMMUNICATING WITH PURCHASING AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE SO CONDITIONS ARE BLAMED FOR THE CONTRACT, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY SHOULD BE TRACKING AT WHAT POINT IN TIME TO THEY CONTACT AND SATAN ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT OR ARE WE GOING TO PUT AN RFP OUT. IF THAT'S THE CASE WE HAVE TO START MONTHS IN ADVANCE, SO THA HAS BEEN OUR ISSUE.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ADDRESSING THAT PROPERLY IN THE PAST IN TERMS OF THE CONTRACT EXPIRES OR ARE WE GOING MONTH-TO-MONTH. FOR TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THA

AND DO MORE PLANNING. >> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TITLE SYSTEM AS MUCH AS YOU ARE ALL REALLY, SO MY THOUGHT PROCESSES IF TYLER DOES THIS FOLLOWING PROCESS, MORE THAN ON PERSON SHOULD BE NOTIFIED OF THAT.

YOU SHOULD GET NOTIFIED OF WHAT IS COMING THROUGH.

>> IT'S NOT TRUE TYLER. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING I'M LOOKING FOR A BETTER SOLUTION WHILE EACH DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THESE CONTRACTS AND SAY HEY, 30 60, 90, SIX MONTHS, WHATEVER THAT MORE THAN ONE PERSON SHOUL BE NOTIFIED SO THEY RECOGNIZE THAT HEY, ARE WE DOING THIS AND THAT WHAT YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITIES .

>> CHECKS AND BALANCES. >> THAT IS PERFECT.

>> IT'S SOMETHING I'VE OBSERVED SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE AND I KNOW THAT'S MY PAST EXPERIENCE IS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING, BU I'M LOOKING AT THINGS VERY DIFFERENTLY HERE THAN I DID OVE THERE AND I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS OVER THE OTHER PLACE THA I THINK COULD BE HELPFUL AND MA BE POLICY AND IMPROVING SOME THINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT WITH TH CHIEF IT'S NOT ABOUT SEEING THINGS ARE THAT BAD, BUT MAYBE WE CAN IMPROVE ON THINGS THAT I MY MISSION SHOULD TRY TO DO THAT .

>> I AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT IN WE NEED TO AUTOMATE THAT PROCESS, BUT THIS IS THE BEST JEWEL WE HAVE.

IT REALLY SHOULD GO THROUGH OUR IEP SYSTEM AS FAR AS NOTIFICATIONS, FINANCE, THE CIT MANAGER'S OFFICE, IT SHOULD BE WAY IN WHICH THE ENTIRE PROCESS IS AUTOMATED.

WE DO NOT HAVE THAT PROCESS IN TYLER TODAY, BUT I AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT THAT SHOULD BE AN AUTOMATED PROCESS, BUT WE HAVE TO USE THE BEST WILL BEGIN TODAY TO MONTOR WHICH IS WHAT WERE DOING BUT WE'RE LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD IN TERMS OF HOW W

CAN AUTOMATE THE PROCESS. >> WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER?

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>> ACTUALLY, MISS WALLACE IS GOING TO BE MONITORING THAT CONTRACT WITH US BECAUSE IT'S BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE FPI? JUST TO SAY SPECIFIC NAME IT WILL BE THE CONTRACT ACTIVITY, BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE INTIMATEL INVOLVED IN THE OPERATIONS AS WELL AND WHAT WE SPEND BECAUSE IT IS COMING THROUGH HER BUDGET.

>> THANK YOU. YOU HAVE SOMETHING, COMMISSIONE

GAINES? >> I'M GOING TO PULL THE FEATHE OF MY HAT FROM THE OTHER SIDE O THE DIOCESE IN ASKED THIS QUESTION, SO I JUST HEARD MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER AND MY CITY MANAGER TALK ABOUT A NEW PROGRA INTO NEW PROCEDURE IN AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT WOULD SAY, THAT EQUALS MONEY SO DO WE KNOW IF THE PROCEDURE WE HAVE NOW IS NOT WORKING AND WHA WE REALLY NEED IS THIS NEW AUTOMATED PROCEDURE OR POLICY THAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, HAV WE LOOKED AT HOW MUCH IT'S GOIN TO COST, HAVE WE LOOKED AT HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO IMPLEMENT INTO THE TYLER SYSTEM BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS STAR HEARING THAT THE SYSTEM IS IT WHAT THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS TYLER SYSTEM SO IF WE CAN'T IMPLEMENTED AND IT DOESN'T WORK, THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WE NEED THE PROCEDURES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT LET'S JUST GIVE US THE PRICE NO INSTEAD OF WAITING UNTIL 30 DAY IN YOU COME IN AT 30 DAYS AT THIS MEETING UP AT THIS PRICE I FRONT OF US AND THEN MY COLLEAGUES TO THE LEFT OF ME HA IT BIG IN MIKE'S WILL BE READY TO GO SO I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOU BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT'S COMING FROM DOWN THERE.

IF THAT'S WHAT WE NEED BECAUSE KNOW MR. CHESS EVENT SAYING SINCE YOU BEEN HERE THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO UPDATE POLICIES AND WORK BETTER AT CRISCO I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN SAYING BRINGING IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, IT DOES MATTER BRINGING IN YOUR EXPERIENCE IN TRYING TO CHANGE EVERYTHING SO WE ARE NOT REPEATING THE SAME STUFF WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS .

I GET IT, BUT TO SAY IT INTO DO IT IT COSTS MONEY SO IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT, WE ALREADY WORR ABOUT WHAT TALLAHASSEE IS GOING TO DO NOT TO SOBER GETTING INTO OUR BUDGET DISCUSSIONS OR ARE W GETTING INTO OUR STRATEGIC MEETINGS IT IS COMING UP SOON.

WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THESE IDEAS SO IT IS GOOD TO TALK ABOUT THA YEAR, BUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO DO AND THE FIVE OF US NEED TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST AND WHY IT CAN'T WORK OR WHY IT'S BETTER HERE SO WE COULD MAKE THE DECISIONS SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY'VE ASKED US TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

>> COMMISSIONER, I CAN SAVE US SOME MONEY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PROGRAM WITH FILE BOUND THEY CA DO ALL OF THAT.

JUST SAVED US A WHOLE BUNCH OF MY NAME.

IT CAN DO THE NOTIFICATION AND EVERYTHING.

>> PROVIDES US TO CLEAR FUNCTION .

>> I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEE BROACHED WITH THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FULL INTEGRATIO BECAUSE ONCE YOU TALK ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASE REQUISITIONS PURCHASE ORDERS, INFORMATION GOING TO FINANCING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FULLY INTEGRATED PROCUREMENT PROCESS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT COST IS, THEY CAN ADDRESS THAT BETTER IS WE'VE GOT A MODULE THAT IS IN TYLER, BUT WE PURCHASED ALREADY. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NOTIFYING SOMEONE WERE TALKING FULL INTEGRATED PROCESS WITH TH RFPS, CONTRACTS, NOTIFICATIONS. WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY I CALL MITIGATING CONTROL. WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME PROCESS TO MONITOR ALL OF THAT ACTIVITY. WE CAME UP WITH THE PROCESS.

IN TERMS OF NOTIFICATION AND PROCUREMENT.

THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. CERTAINLY THAT IS SUSTAINABLE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOR AUTOMATED PROCESS.

I BELIEVE I WILL SPEAK WITH THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE ALREADY OF A PURCHASE THAT MODULE.

OR CAN WE GO OUT AND GET COST T IMPLEMENT THAT PROCESS.

IT WOULD BE AN IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BAITED TESTING STAFF AS WELL.

THE COST WILL RELATE TO THE MODULE SELF, BUT I'M TALKING FULL INTEGRATION. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE GOING WITH THIS. JUST LIKE WE APPROVE OF PURCHAS

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ORDERS OF WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH APPROVAL PROCESS THROUG THE PRETREATMENT PROCESS. THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE GOING

WITH THIS. >> WE'VE GOTTEN AWAY FROM THE

SUNRISE THEATER HERE WHICH >> C GAINES?

>> YOU'RE RIGHT MADAM MAYOR. LET ME BE VERY CLEAR WHAT I'M SAYING. I AGREE WITH YOU MR. CHAIR AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR IMPLEMENTATION TO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, BECAUSE LET'S NOT SUGAR COAT THIS.

WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT NOW, EVEN THOUGH IT'S WE TALKING ABOUT VENUE WORKS, THAT GOES DIRECTLY IN HAND WITH WHAT WE JUST APPROVED IN E. IT DOES.

AND, BECAUSE WE ARE PREPARED FOR STUFF THAT SOLVES OUR PROBLEMS LATER SO IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT LET'S DO IT AND LET'S JUST DISCUSS IT AND HAVE BEEN KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING AND IF MISS COX HAS A PROGRAM THAT WORKS JUST GET IN FRONT OF US, LET'S COULD IT SO WE CAN GO FROM THERE SO VENUE WORKS, I APOLOGIZE, IT CAME UP. I HAD TO BRING IT UP SO THIS IS THE ONLY TIME I GET TO TALK TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ONE ON ONE SO THIS IS WHAT I'M HEARING AND WHERE I'M GOING.

>> ME? OKAY.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GAINES. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELL VERSED IN THE NEXT STEP, MY PURPOSE IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD WAS FOR COST AVOIDANCE. THEY'RE GOING MONTH TO MONTH AND PAYMENT IS NOT LAEVEND THINGS LIKE THAT SO MY THOUGHT PROCESS AND MY NEW SET OF EYES LOOK ING AT THINGS WAS TO FIND BETTER FROM A POLICY STANDPOINT, PROCEDURE PROCESS, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE BEING IN THE NEWS ANYMORE EITHER SO END OF THE DAY MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS HOW DO WE MAKE THIS BETTER AND TRACKING

CONTRACT AND LEASES. >> I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM

THIS SIDE. >> THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT TO POINT. I APPRECIATE MR. CHEST LAID OUT IT'S THE OPPORTUNITY ON THESE LEASES AND CONTRACTS.

WE HEAR FROM PUBLIC PROBE MORE THAN STAFF BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO GET THE CALLS ABOUT WHATEVER AND I THINK IT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY MR. CHEST TO AT LEAST WEIGH IN ON THE SITUATION WITH IT COMES TO THAT AND WHEN I HEARD IS WHAT'S THE TRIGGER FOR US TO KNOW THIS IS COMING UP AND IT'S WITHIN 406-60 DAYS WHATEVER IT IS, YOU SET THE TRIGGER BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I HEARD.

WHAT'S THE TRIGGER FOR US TO HAVE AN INDICATEERED IN IS COMING UP ON THIS CITY ASSET. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT FIGURES IN ON TIME FRAME OR WHAT COMMUNICATION TOOL WE ARE USING BUT GOING FORWARD AS WE ARE BEING UPDATED ON ALL THE LEASES WE HAVE AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS STARTING TO FLOW THIS WAY IT WOULD WOULD KIND OF BE HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE COMMISSIONER GAINES IS RIGHT THIS IS OUR FORUM FOR WHAT WE ARE HEARING OUR CONCERNS IT CIERA, SO IT MAY BE WE ARE GOING TO EXTEND BUT IT MAY BE WE WILL DEFER SOME OF THE INNINGS WE MAY NOT BE SHOWING THE PUBLIC.

THAT'S THE PART THAT STOOD OUT TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU GUYS BUT THAT'S THE BART BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONTRACTS AND SPEECHES. I COULD DEBT FEEDBACK FROM PUBLIC IN CERTAIN PLACES AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO NODE THEY'RE COMING UP FOR RENEWAL, NOW IS TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS AND WE CAN EDUCATE THE PUBLIC SO THEY'RE VERSED TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH

OUR CITY LEASE CONTRACTS. >> WE ARE SEEING THAT YOU ALL WANT TO KNOW WHEN CONTRACTS EXPIRE OR WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE PLAN TO REMOVE IT? GENERALLY A CONTRACT OVER $50,000 WE ARE BRINGING THAT TO THE COMMISSION TO APPROVE.

>> OKAY. >> SOME CASES I BELIEVE IF YOU APPROVE FOR INSTANCE A CONTRACT TO BE APPROVED 3-5 YEAR CONTRACT, SOMETHING TO RENEWAL, AND IN THOSE CASES IT'S SOMETIMES NOT BROUGHT BACK. WHAT COMMUNICATION ARE WE SPEAKING OF A SITUATION WHERE CONTRACT EXPIRES AND WE ARE

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GOING TO DECIDE WHAT TO DO OR WHAT TYPE OF NOTIFICATION?

GENERALLY THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE. >> OKAY.

>> HOW WE DEAL WITH OUR CONTRACTS AND WE GENERALLY APPROVE THE CON TRACK, EXECUTE IT IF IT'S AN ISSUE, IF WE MOVE TO TERMINATE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH TERMINATION OR HAVE A STANDARD RENEWAL. SO I WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT

IT IS THAT WE ARE BEING ASKED. >> COULD WE DISCUSS UNDER 10-C IN WE NEED TO GET BACK TO THE SUNRISE THEATER.

THAT'S WHERE YOU WERE GOING WITH IT.

SO, WE WILL DISCUSS IT THEN IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YES. >> THAT'S TYPICAL OF A CONTRACT WE GET. THEN WE NEVER SEE IT AGAIN SO I WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS WAS ON OUR AGENDA.

>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DEAL FOR THE SUNRISE AND SO HAPPY YOU'RE HERE INTEREST AEDAN DOING A GOOD JOB.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP FOR US WITH THE SUNRISE THEATER.

IT'S HISTORIC, AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO US, AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT, AND SO, DOES SOMEBODY WANT TO MAKE A MOTION

ABOUT THIS CONTRACT? >> SURE.

GO AHEAD. >> OKAY.

WHAT'S THE ACTION DATE ON THIS CONTRACT WITH THE SUNRISE?

>> GAOEF ALREADY BUILT INTO THE SYSTEM MR. CHEST THE REPORT BACK AND REVIEW PROCESS WE HAD APPROVE THIS EFFECT JUNE HILL JULY IS SUMMERTIME IT'S THE ORGANIZATIONAL TIME TO GET THINGS SITUATED WHERE THEY WANT. SHOULD WE REQUEST AT THIS POINT IN TIME WE HAVE 90 DAY UPDATES FROM THEM.

>> YES, AND YOU CAN REQUEST WE DO.

>> AND SUGGEST THAT BECAUSE THE CONTRACT TO OPERATE THE SUNRISE, WE CAN'T AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT I'M SUGGESTING HERE IS THAT THE COMMISSION NEEDS TO KEEP THEIR EYES ON THIS FROM OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT TO BE MAKE SURE THIS IS STAYING TWIN GUARD RAILS BEHALF THE SUNRISE THEATER IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING SO I WANT TO KEEP THEM IN THEIR LANE AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACT OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ISSUES WHERING THINGS GO SIDEWAYS AND PEOPLE THINK THEY HAVE DOMINION THAT ONCE THEY SIGN A CONTRACT THE CITY IS NOT MONITORING THIS, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR ISSUES ARE AND THEIR CONCERNS WHERE THEY'RE GOING OPERATIONLY MAKE SURE THEY'RE STAYING IN THEIR DESIGNATED TERM AND GET FEEDBACK FROM GROUND LEVEL.

>> COMMUNICATION ON BOTH SIDES WE NEED.

>> BRAND NEW, WE ARE BRAND NEW WITH THEM, LET'S MAKE SUNSHINE EVERYBODY STAYS WITH A CLEAR UNING OF WHAT EVERYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE CONTRACT PROBLEMS LATER ON. IF THEY HAVE ISSUES THEY NEED TO COME WITH THEIR IS ISSUES AND WE NEED TOO COME WITH OUR ISSUES HAVE HAD OPEN DIALOGUE AND MAKE SURE OPERATING IN THE CONFINES OF THEIR CONTRACT AND THAT WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

>> PARTNERSHIP. >> CLEARLY.

THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY, LET ME PHRASE THIS CORRECTLY, DEFICIENCIES WITHIN THE STRUCTURE. WITHIN THE ASSET.

PERHAPS. I CAN JUST DRIVE BY IT AND FIND DEFICIENCIES BUT THAT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE.

HAVING SAID THAT THEY HAD NEED TO ARTICULATE IN WRITING TO OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. I KNOW OF WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ABOUT WORK THAT BUILDING NEEDS ESPECIALLY EXTERIOR RESTORATION WORK AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IMMEDIATE LID WHEN THEY'RE IN THERE SAYING WE HAVE HALF A DOZEN LEAKS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BE RESPOND TO OUR OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THINGS ARE PROBLEM AT I CAN BECAUSE THE CITY THE CITY THE CITY IS NOT HOLDING UP THEIR END OF THE OBLIGATION AND TO BE THAT BY COMING IN THREE MONTHS SAYING EVERYTHING IS GREAT OR ROSIE OR THINGS SUCK AND YOU GOT TO FIX THIS THIS IS CONTRACTUALLY ON YOU WE WANT TO HEAR THAT.

WE DON'T WANT THIS GOING SIDEWAYS.

IT'S A HUGE PROJECT WE ARE HAD HANDING OVER TO OUTSIDE VENDOR.

>> COMMISSIONER. >> PROVE

>> MOTION AND SECOND.

>> CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS.

[A. Resolution 26-R33 appointing Blair Lehman to the Board of Examiners of Contractors as Commissioner Gaines appointee.]

WELCOME TO FORT PIERCE. >> NOW WE HAVED RESOLUTION 26 -R 33 RESOLUTION TO THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE [READING] THIS APPOINTS MR. BLAIR LEHMAN, OR MISS BLAIR

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LEHMAN TO THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS AND.

APPROVED. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

[B. Resolution 26-R34 approving a grant application for submission to the Florida Inland Navigation District's 2026 Waterways Assistance Program (WAP) for the Marina Square seawall replacement, Phase 1.]

RESOLUTION [READING] >> YES, SIR.

>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE THAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO PALTER-BALSEY THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION GROUP AND THE MARINE INDUSTRY HAS ACTUALLY HELPED DIRECT ME TO THAT PARTICULAR GRANT AVAILABLE SO I WANT TO THANK THEM AND COMMISSIONER TRIB AD LSI FOR PUTTING A WORD IN.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE FOLKS THAT GET US

THERE. >> SURE.

GREAT. IT'S AN APPLICATION.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN IT YET. >> THANK YOU UP FRONT MAYBE.

>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION?

>> APPROVE. >> SECOND.

>> MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND. CALL ROLL.

[A. ADDED ITEM: Contracts and Leases Processing]

ITEMS. I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EARLIER.

>> I DIDN'T EITHER. WE RENDER RESOLUTIONS.