[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:07] WE I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. THIS IS THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING. PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE) >>MAYOR HUDSON: :ROLL,PLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >> FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. >> FOOT BOAT FOR THE APPROVAL. >>MAYOR HUDSON: A MOTION IN A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >> THE FOLLOWING LETTERS WERE [a. Thank you note from Margie, Rafael, Nicole and Stephanie to Chief Hobley-Burney and all Police Department law enforcement officers with appreciation and gratitude for serving their communities and risking their lives everyday.] ONWERE RECEIVED WE RECEIVED A -- AND ALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT [b. Email from Luciana Ortiz expressing her appreciation of receiving a letter from Code Enforcement Officer Isaac Saucedo thanking her for being in compliance with the City's Code of Ordinance.] OFFICERS WITH APPRECIATION AND GRATITUDE FOR SERVING THEIR COMMUNITIES AND RISKING THEIR LIVES EVERY DAY. WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MS. ORTIZ EXPRESSING HER APPRECIATION OF RECEIVING A LETTER FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ISAAC SOUTH SEATTLE THANKING HER FOR BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S CODE OF PRINCES NEXT IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS. NOBODY SIGNED UP. SO NEXT WE MOVE ON TO ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO THE [8. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS TO AGENDA AND APPROVAL OF AGENDA] AGENDA AND APPROVAL. STAFF HAS REQUESTED THAT ITEM 9A BE REMOVED AND IT'S GOING TO BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE INSTEAD. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION WITH THE AGENDA WITHOUT DELETION. >> THAT WOULD PROVE. >> SECOND. >>MAYOR HUDSON: CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >> NEXT WE HAVE THE CONSENT [10. CONSENT AGENDA] AGENDA. >>MAYOR HUDSON: IS ERNIE COMMISSIONER THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM. >> I WOULD LIKE TO PULL NUMBER 10 E. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANYTHING ELSE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER. >> ,WE WILL APPROVE THE. P >> ITEM NUMBER 10 LETTER IS [e. Review and approval of the Interlocal Agreement for the rehabilitation and operation of the Animal Shelter on Savannah Road.] APPROVAL OF THE REHABILITATION OPERATION OF THE ANIMAL SHELTER ON SAVANNAH ROAD. >> YES, MA'AM. >>MAYOR HUDSON: COMMISSIONER? >> THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK STAFF I KNOW WE HAVE GONE A LONG WAY TO GET THIS DONE. THIS IS LIKE A BIG MOMENT FOR US AS WE ENTER INTO A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNTY ON THIS ISSUE. I'M EXCITED AT ALL. IN LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT IN ITSELF AND FINDING OUT THAT IT CAN GO ON FOR 20 YEARS, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE ISSUES. I HAVE TO SAY WHEN I WAS READING THE TERMINATION, I GOT A LITTLE -- MY CAUTION LIGHT CAME ON ONLY BECAUSE IT SOUNDED AND SIGNED IT. THEN I REMINDED MYSELF THAT WE OWN THE PROPERTY. STILL, AS WE GO DOWN THE WAY IT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE THE TERMINATION. ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS THAT SAY 10 YEARS FROM NOW, WE DECIDE THAT THE FACILITY ISN'T LARGE ENOUGH IT NEEDS TO BE EXPANDED WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY THE COUNTY BACK FOR THAT EXPANSION IF THAT HAPPENED. AND I DID CALL LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND TALK TO MR. SWEENEY AND HE STRAIGHTENED ME OUT AND SAID THAT AT THAT TIME IF THAT WAS ANTICIPATED IT WOULD BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE TERMINATION AND WOULD ENCOMPASS THAT ALSO. SO I TRIED TO FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT, PEGGY. I'M SORRY. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU TOLD US WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS. AGAIN, THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR US AND I CANNOT WAIT -- I WOULD IMAGINE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE JULY 1. OKAY. BUT IT WAS MORE FOR A COMMENTARY. I DID GO THROUGH THE CONTRACT I HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE ALL ANSWERED AND I DID NOT KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD ANY ISSUE WITH IT. THIS IS A BIG DEAL. >> YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WHEN THIS GETS APPROVED YOU WON'T SPEND TIME IN THE FUTURE. BUT THIS ONE PHASE IS OVER. AND I JUST ONE EXPECTS MY THANKS TO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT. [00:05:01] >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? >> THEM OVER THE APPROVAL. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. >>MAYOR HUDSON: :ROLLPLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). [a. Ordinance No. 20-010 - Final Budget Amendment of the General Fund 2018-2019 Budget. FIRST READING] >> NEXT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE 20 Ã01 ZERO. AMENDING THE 2018 Ã19 BUDGET BY INSERTING THE SCHEDULE ATTACHED HERETO. IN DEL CITY AS THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE SCHEDULE PROVIDES FOR THE INCREASES AND DECREASES IN REVENUES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GENERAL FUND AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. THIS IS THE FIRST READING. >> LET THE RECORD SHOW MR. MIMBS IS IN THE AUDIENCE BUT I'M NOT GOING TO CALL AND HIM I'M GOING TO START WITH MS. MORRIS. (LAUGHING). >> GOOD EVENING, I'M HANDING YOU ARE BUDGET. OUR APPROVED BUDGET WAS OUR APPROVED BUDGET WAS $30,909,613. WE ARE AMENDING IT TO 43 TO $43,703,506. A DIFFERENCE OF $4,000,793 800 AND -- 4,793,800 93,000. I'VE INCLUDED THE EXPLANATIONS AS TO THE CHANGES IN THE REVENUE EXPENDITURE. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY? ARE THE QUESTIONS OF MS. MORRIS? >> I STUDIED THE SHEETS. THERE WERE A COUPLE OF SURPRISES BECAUSE THE WORK PERCENTAGE INCREASES FOR LIKE -- SEEM TO BE RATHER LARGE. WHEN I READ THE EXPLANATION I UNDERSTOOD. COMMISSIONER PERRONE? >> I TWO. WHEN YOU SEE SOME AMENDMENT OR AN INCREASE OF SIX DIGIT NUMBERS, YOU SAY YOU ARE NORMALLY CLOSER THAN THIS. WHEN YOU READ THROUGH THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT UNUSUAL ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE CAUSED A SERIES OF CHANGES, TOO. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD REVENUE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS COMING IN THE FUTURE, BUT THIS WAS A PRETTY GOOD YEAR. ANY QUESTIONS? >> OKAY. I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MANOR MAYOR? >>MAYOR HUDSON: PUBLIC HEARING. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ANYONE WISHING TO COMMENT PLEASE COME FORWARD SEE NO ONE WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL ENTERTAIN -- THANK YOU, MR. SWEENEY. >> MOVED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET. >> SECOND. >>MAYOR HUDSON: :ROLLPLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >> NEXT WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE [a. Approval of FY 2019 Final Budget Amendments for Grant Funds: CDBG, SHIP and Grant Administration] BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR GRANT FUNDS AND GRANT ADMINISTRATION. >> MS. MORRIS. MAYOR COMMISSIONERS NOW WE HAVE A GRANT FUND FOR OUR SHIP AND OUR ADMINISTRATIVE GRANT ADMINISTRATION. CDBG HAD APPROVED BUDGET OF $869,238. WE ARE AMENDING THE BUDGET TO 478,000CDBG HAD APPROVED BUDGET OF $869,238. WE ARE AMENDING THE BUDGET TO $478,461, A DECREASE OF $393,777. ON THE SHEET IT ALSO SHOWS THE CHANGES AND THAT'S MOSTLY BEEN THE DELAY IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED BUT HAVE NOT COMPLETED. AND ALL OF THOSE FUNDS WILL GO TO -- WILL CARRY OVER. OUR SHIP FUND WAS THE APPROVED BUDGET WAS $393,500. WE ARE AMENDING THE BUDGET TO 567,003 28 AN INCREASE OF HUNDRED 73,008 28 WITH THE EXPLANATION AS WELL AND MOST OF THOSE WITH THE REHABILITATION PROJECT THAT HAD DELAYED AND ARE NOW BEING PAID FOR. IN OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION BUDGET, IT WAS 258,750. WE ARE AMENDING IT TO 800,905IN OUR GRANT ADMINISTRATION BUDGET, IT WAS 258,750. WE ARE AMENDING IT TO $800,905 AN INCREASE OF 504 -- $542,155 AND THE EXPLANATIONS [00:10:01] ARE THERE BUT MOST OF THAT IS THE FUNDING FOR THE -- THAT HAD TO BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO OUR SHIP PROGRAM IS. >> WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS? >> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. >> MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL. >> SECOND. >>MAYOR HUDSON: THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU. [b. Consideration of FPUA's FY2019 Final Budget Amendment] >> NEXT WE HAVE CONSIDERATION OF S PUA FISCAL YEAR 2019 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WE HAVE MR. TOM PECK DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES FOR PIERCE UTILITIES AUTHORITY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JOHN TOM PECK AND NINA WILL COME UP HERE. YOU TOOK AWAY HER TEARS SOCIAL DISTANCING. >> WILL TALK ABOUT THE 2019 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AND THE COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS IS A PRESENTATION AS REQUIRED BY THE CHARTER WE NEED CITY COMMISSION APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT WHICH TRIGGERS PAYMENT WITHIN 60 DAYS. THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER BOTH ITEMS 12 B AND 12 C ON THE AGENDA. THE FINAL AMENDMENT BUDGET IS A TRUE ABOVE THE JULY 2019 AMENDED BUDGET AND REFLECTS VALUES THAT ARE CONTAINED IN THE REPAIR THE FINAL BUDGET WAS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 2020 Ã04 BEFORE NINA GOES THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE AMENDED BUDGET I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF SECTIONS OF INTEREST. THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT IS THE FIRST ITEM CONTAINED IN THE FINANCIAL SECTION MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS IS ALSO CONTAINED N THE FINANCIAL SESSION AND PROVIDES THE HIGHLIGHTS AND OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT SECTION TO READ AS IT SUMMARIZES THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. THE CALCULATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION TO THE GENERAL FUND IS INCLUDED IN NOTE N. HER STATEMENT OF POSITION IS ON PAGES 20 AND 21 AND ADMINISTRATION AS DISCUSSED ON PAGE 19 AND NOTE L ON PAGE 46. OUR BOND RATING IS A PLUS AND SMP IS A. BOTH OF WHICH WERE FORMED IN 2019, BOTH FIRMS STATED OUR OUTLOOK IS STABLE. A COUPLE OF FINANCIAL METRICS FOR INFORMATION, DISTRIBUTION WILL BE APPROXIMATELY $6,276,000 WHICH IS AN INCREASE OF HUNDRED 50,000 OVER THE LAST YEAR. OUR UNRESTRICTED CASH INCREASED FROM 20,616,000 TO 30,536,000. THAT INCREASE IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE SALE OF THE EURO B TRANSMISSION LINE FOR ABOUT $2.4 MILLION WHICH HIT THE BOOKS IN DECEMBER 2018. FPUA -- CASH REQUIRED FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS BOND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST IN THE CITY DISTRIBUTION IS 105 DAYS WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE G FOA BEST PRACTICE OF 90 DAYS. OUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE IS A MEASURE OF THE ABILITY TO PAY HER DEBT SERVICE FROM NET INCOME ON A CASH BASIS AS OF OUR DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE IS A MEASURE OF THE ABILITY TO PAY HER DEBT SERVICE FROM NET INCOME ON A CASH BASIS AS OF 9/30 OUR COVERAGES TO 25 WHICH EXCEEDS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. SO WITH THAT INTRODUCTION WILL TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO NINA TO PROVIDE THE DETAILS AND ONE OTHER QUICK NOTE, YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE THAT NINA IS GETTING SET TO RETIRE IN A FEW DAYS. THIS WILL BE HER LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> MADAME MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. IT'S QUITE PECULIAR, BUT WE GO WITH WHAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. >> YOUR BOXES ON. >> THANK YOU. YOU CAN SEE BETTER THAN I CAN. I KNEW I KNEW IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. AS MR. TOM [00:15:11] JOHN TOMPECK INDICATED WE HAVE OUR FINANCIAL REPORT. THIS IS OUR COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. IT IS FOUND ON FPUA.COM. I GUESS YOU DID NOT GET HARD COPIES. THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE TO GO IN FOR ANY WHO ARE INTERESTED IN IS A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. IN OUR FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT AS JOHN MORRIS JUST PRESENTED FOR THE CITY AND AS MR. JOHN TOMPECK INDICATED, BASICALLY A, JUST A FORMALITY FOR THE END OF THE YEAR. THE FINAL BUDGET REPRESENTS THE FINAL ACTUAL RESULTS AS YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FINAL RESULTS FOR BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENSES FOR BOTH BELOW EXPECTATION. THE PROJECTED INCREASE IN THAT POSITION WAS $3.8 MILLION. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE REALLY ONLY HAD AN INCREASE OF $276,000 AT A VERY THIN MARGIN FOR BUDGET THE SIZE. BUT, THAT IS NOT DUE TO ILL HEALTH, IT IS SIMPLY DUE TO WALKING A THIN LINE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE NOT OVER RECOVERING. THESE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OUR OPERATING INCOME WAS DOWN. BUT OUR INVESTMENT AND OTHER INCOME WAS UP 40 RADIO REASONS. OUR CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION IS BASICALLY DUE TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE REAL ESTATE MARKET. NO SURPRISE UP TO THIS POINT, WE HAD A VERY GOOD YEAR. THE STORM EXPENSES WITH DORIAN. THAT WAS BACK IN SEPTEMBER. AND AS I INDICATED, THE INCREASE IN A POSITION WAS $276,000, BUT IT WAS DOWN $1.9 MILLION FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THESE ARE THE TRADITIONAL 10 YEAR ELECTRIC CHARTS THAT I PRESENT. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE OPERATING REVENUE, YOU NEED TO TAKE THE POWERPOINT OUT TO LOOK AT WHAT FPUA'S EXPENSES ARE FOR OPERATING THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM. IT WAS DOWN THREE PERCENT FROM 2018, BUT THE MEGAWATTS SOLD WERE ACTUALLY UP 3.9 PERCENT. THAT WAS A ONE TIME ANOMALY, PRIMARILY DUE TO UNBILLED REVENUE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE DECREASE IN THOSE OPERATING REVENUES IN THE EARLIER YEARS, 10 YEARS BACK. THE FOUR MEGAWATT -- FOR DOLLAR PER MEGAWATT HOUR DECREASED IN 2011. WE HAD ANOTHER FOUR DOLLARS DECREASE IN 2014. A ONE DOLLAR PER MEGAWATT DOLLAR OUR DECREASE I WAS A TOTAL OF NINE DOLLARS PER MEGAWATT HOUR OVER THOSE FOUR YEARS. AS YOU SEE, NOT A LOT AFTER THAT. ON THE WATER SIDE, BOTH OUR CONSUMPTION. IT'S CUSTOMER CONSUMPTION AS WELL AS THE REVENUES BEEN INCREASING. WE ARE BRINGING ON NEW CUSTOMERS AND WE ARE SELLING MORE WATER. THE REVENUES WERE UP 7.9 PERCENT AND THE CONSUMPTION WAS UP 5.5 PERCENT FROM 2018. SO WE ARE PLEASED TO SEE BOTH OF THOSE GOING UP. AS WELL. WASTEWATER. IT WAS -- THE OPERATING REVENUES FOR 2019 WERE DOWN SLIGHTLY. THAT IS MORE A RESULT OF REVENUE WE DID NOT RECEIVE FROM GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES AS WE DID IN YEARS PAST. THOSE ARE REALLY INCOME REVENUES. THEY WERE OPERATING REVENUES, BUT NOT REOCCURRING. NATURAL GAS SYSTEM CONTINUES TO DO WELL. THE OPERATING REVENUE LESS THE GAS COSTS WERE UP 7.1 PERCENT FROM 2019 AND THE CONSUMPTION WAS ALSO A BIG .3 PERCENT. THERE HAS BEEN A 69 PERCENT INCREASE IN CONSUMPTION AND A 31 PERCENT INCREASE IN REVENUE SINCE 2010. THAT WAS A RESULT [00:20:03] OF CONTRACT CUSTOMERS THAT WE FIRST STARTED BILLING IN AUGUST 2012. AND YOU CAN SEE A JUMP. IT STILL CONTINUING TO GO UP. ROADWORK HAS SOME MERIT OTHER THAN BEING -- >> ALL ON MIDWAY ROAD. >> YES. YES. >> SO, OVERALL, THE EXPENSE SIDE, IN 2019 THE EXPENSES WERE 2.6 PERCENT BELOW PROJECTED, BUT FOR PORN FIVE PERCENT ABOVE 2018 ACTUAL RESULTS. AND ALSO WE HAD A MUCH BETTER YEAR THAN WE PROJECTED, IN THE BUDGET, STILL, THE COST OF POWER WAS ACTUALLY UP $521,000. $5.1 MILLION BELOW PROJECTED ABOUT 11 PERCENT. BUT, ONLY ABOUT ONE PERCENT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE SOLD MORE POWER. SO THAT IS OKAY. THE PRICE OF POWER HAS DECREASED AND WE ARE PLEASED WITH THAT. >> GOOD EVENING. >> MR. ALEXANDRIA IS JOINING US BY PHONE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: WELCOME COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER. >> THANK YOU. >> WE ARE ON ITEM 12 B AND C. >> OKAY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: CONTINUE, MS. NANA PENICK. >> OKAY. ONE OF THE TESTS WE USE TO DETERMINE THE HEALTH OF OUR ORGANIZATION IS TEST SERVICE COVERAGE. IT IS A FUNCTION OF HOW MUCH IS OUR OPERATING INCOME AND HOW MUCH IS OUR DEBT SERVICE. WELL, OUR DEBT SERVICES BASICALLY FLAT. SO THE REAL DIFFERENCE IS IN THE OPERATING INCOME. AND AS MR. JOHN TOMPECK INDICATED, WE DID, INDEED, HAVE 105 DAYS OF CASH AT THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT IS ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR COVENANT, OUR RATIO COVENANT. AND THE DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE, FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED WAS 2.85. AND THAT HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED THE 1.25 REQUIRED BY THE BOND COVENANT. WE ARE GOLDEN THERE. AND BASICALLY THAT JUST INDICATES THAT IF WE HAD TO, WE COULD PAY -- WE HAVE ENOUGH NET INCOME TO COVER THE SERVICE COVERAGE MORE THAN ONCE. THE CITY DISTRIBUTION. MR. JOHN TOMPECK INDICATED AS WELL THAT THE PROJECTED CITY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON 2019 REVENUE IS $6,276,267. AND OF THE -- DETAILS OF THAT ARE FOUND IN NOTE N ON PAGE 49. AND THAT IS AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR DUE TO HIGHER REVENUE. SO, WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER, APPROVAL OF THE 2019 FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? >>. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANY QUESTIONS OF THIS NANA PENICK. >> CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SCREEN OF OPERATING INCOME AND DEBT SERVICE. >> AS. >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE CHANGE BETWEEN -- PREVIOUS YEARS AND 2019? >> PRIMARILY IS THE GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COLLECT FROM YEARS PAST. IN 05, 06, 071 WE HAD THE DEEP DEVELOPMENT BOOM, WE COLLECTED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGES. IN RECENT YEARS, WE HAVE AMENDED A NUMBER OF THOSE AGREEMENTS TO ALLOW THOSE DEVELOPERS TO COME BACK IN AND APPLY WHAT THEY HAD PAID IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGES AND TO APPLY THAT TOWARD THE GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES. IN GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES ARE -- IT'S A CHARGE FOR -- NEED TO -- IF YOU DON'T HOOK UP WITHIN A YEAR, HAVE TO PAY THESE [00:25:13] CHARGES BECAUSE THAT READINESS TO SERVE, WE ARE THERE. WE'VE INVESTED OUR MONEY AND IF CUSTOMERS DO NOT HOOK UP, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A WASTE OF INVESTMENT. WELL, OUR INVESTMENT FINALLY HAS PAID OFF PRIMARILY, THAT IS REALLY THE 15, 16, 17, AND 18. THOSE ARE THE BIG YEARS WHEN WE HAD BETTER YEARS THAN OTHERS. THE ELECTRIC WAS KIND OF FLAT AND OBVIOUSLY GUESTED WELL, TOO. BUT IN COMPARISON, IS THE WATER AND WASTEWATER CHARGES THAT PAID OFF GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CHARGES FALL BELOW THE LINE GUARANTEED REVENUE CHARGES ARE OPERATING INCOME. AND AGAIN, NOT REOCCURRING OPERATING INCOME, BUT OPERATING INCOME NONETHELESS. >> OH THAT'S THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JUST COMPARE 18 TO 19. >> RIGHT. >> IT'S NOT THAT WE. >> A CHANGE OF THREE POINT SOMETHING. >> IS NOT THAT WE ACTUALLY DECREASED SO MUCH AS IT WASN'T AS HIGH AS THE PREVIOUS YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS ONE TIME INCOME IN THOSE PREVIOUS YEARS. >> THAT CARRIED THROUGH? IT WAS CARRIED THROUGH? >> WELL IT DOES. THERE WERE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS. VARIOUS DEVELOPERS. OF DIFFERENT SIZES, TOO. I BELIEVED WAS ONLY ONE IN 2018. >>MAYOR HUDSON: IN A WAY THE LINE GOES UP TO 16 PRETTY NORMAL AND THEN SPIKES IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? >> YES. YES. THE HIGHEST HERE HERE IS IN 2017. THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST YEAR OF CAPACITY REDUCTION OPTION BEING EXERCISED. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> I DO OF MR. JOHN TOMPECK. SORRY. >> AT THE PODIUM. >> THE DEPARTMENT. >> BEFORE YOU DO GET AWAY, THOUGH, WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU WAS IT 25 YEARS? >> IT WILL BE 25 YEARS. I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR 25 YEARS BUT SIX MONTHS WAS AS A TEMP. I STARTED AS A TEMP. >> SOMETIMES IT TURNS INTO A REAL JOB. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I REMEMBER YOU BACK YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A YOUNGER MAN, TOO. BUT THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ESPECIALLY ON PTHE RETIREMENT BOARD. WE'LL HAVE TO FIND SOMEBODY ELSE HAD PICKS EVERYTHING, HOPEFULLY, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. >> SOMEBODY HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR THAT ALREADY. >> I KNOW. (LAUGHING) SO MR. JOHN TOMPECK, THE HUNDRED AND FIVE DAYS OF CASH, THAT'S GREAT. IT'S A REPORT CARD OF A VERY HEALTHY BUSINESS. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT I'VE BEEN ON THE UTILITY AUTHORITY WHEN IT WAS THE OPPOSITE, WHEN TIMES WERE REALLY TOUGH AND WE WERE NOT GROWING THE BUSINESS. WE WERE SHRINKING THE BUSINESS BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT HUNDRED FIVE DAYS, WHAT YOU THINK IS THE BIGGEST REASON FOR THE DAYS OF CASH INCREASING TO THAT AMOUNT? >> IS IT THE -- IS IT THE COST OF GAS, FUEL COSTS OR GROWTH. >> YES. I THINK IT'S -- I THINK IT'S GROSS. I THINK THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT. WE HAD A REALLY TERRIFIC RUN HERE THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, HE PUT US IN A TERRIFIC -- I THINK A TERRIFIC FINANCIAL CONDITION, WHICH I'M HOPEFUL WILL REMAIN THAT WAY IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS. >> FUEL COSTS ALSO HAS TO WAY INTO THIS ALSO BECAUSE WITH THE LOWER COST, ELECTRIC IS CHEAPER YOUR POWER COST ADJUSTMENT NOW IS NEGATIVE WHAT? >> $-11. >> $-11. THAT'S ANOTHER SIGN OF HEALTHY COMPANY. >> I WORRY A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW FMP IS TALKING ABOUT THE FALLING PRICE OF MEGAWATT HOURS TO BE ABOUT $68 FOR THE REMAINDR OF THE YEAR. AND THAT'S RIGHT AT -11 FOR US. BUT THERE ALSO ASSUMING THAT THE PRICE OF GAS REMAINS LOW. AND I'VE NEVER BEEN REALLY GOOD AT PREDICTING THE PRICE OF GAS. IT GOT DOWN AS LOW AS $1.50 I DIDN'T CHECK IT TODAY. BUT [00:30:03] THAT IS DIRT CHEAP AND IT CANNOT LAST AT A DOLLAR 50. >> IT'S ALSO YOUR GAS BUSINESS IS GROWING AS YOU SAID, NINA AND A LOT OF THAT IS THE FACT THAT A LOT OF DEVELOPERS, A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS ARE COUNTING ON THE GAS STAYING LOW FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND I THINK IT'S AN INDICATION OF THAT. >> I THINK SO. I THINK OUR SECOND LARGEST CUSTOMER IS RANGER AND THEIR PAVING ROADS. >> WHICH ARE PGA? WHAT'S YOUR PGA? >> PG IS NEGATIVE. >> IT'S A NEGATIVE. >> THEY VOTED ON IT. >> I KNOW WE DON'T PAY ATTENTION 15 OR $0.17. IT'S ALSO NEGATIVE YEAH. SO THE LAST QUESTION IS I KNOW IT WAS ALWAYS A BIG CONCERN OF THE UTILITY AUTHORITY TO HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT TO TAKE CARE OF ITSELF TO PAY ITS OWN EXPENSES, ARE ANY OF THE OTHER -- IS ELECTRIC STILL CARRYING WATER AND WASTEWATER AT ALL? >> MUCH LESS. I THINK WHAT WE DO THE BUDGET -- WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE BUDGET AND I'M SURE WHAT IT WILL SHOW IS THAT ELECTRIC IS SUFFICIENT AND WASTEWATER IS PROBABLY SUFFICIENT AS WELL. I'M GUESSING THAT WATER WILL BE SLIGHTLY DEFICIENT AND NATURAL GAS WILL PROBABLY BE SLIGHTLY DEFICIENT AS WELL. WE ARE HOPING THAT WE WILL TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE -- A LITTLE BIT LESS ON THE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR WATER AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THEM DOWN TO BEING SUFFICIENT. AND GAS IS SMALLER. IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. YOU MIGHT NOT BE SO SELF-SUFFICIENT BUT IT'S A LOW MONEY I USED TO WATCH WATER AND WATER ALWAYS RELATED TO WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE DEVELOPMENT BUT WITH ALL THE CONSERVATION, IT'S THROWING EVERYBODY OFF. I NOTICE THAT YOUR WATER SALES HAVE BEEN SAYSTAGNANT. THEY BEEN LEVELED OUT PRETTY MUCH. HIS ARE IN ANTICIPATION OF GROWING THAT MAYBE EVEN ON A WHOLESALE? >> THERE IS. AND I DIDN'T HAVE IT -- I WAS GOING TO DO A LITTLE PRESENTATION FOR YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO BUT I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WILL REDOING ON WATER. ONE OF THE AREAS WE FINISHED WAS FLEETWOOD AKERS. WE HAVE CUSTOMERS SIGNING UP FOR FLEETWOOD ACRES. WE'VE GOT THREE OR FOUR OTHER AREAS THAT WILL WE GET A CHANCE TO TALK IN THE FUTURE I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WERE DOING. WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POCKETS THAT ARE -- THAT COULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS WELL AS THE HEALTH OF OUR UNDERGROWTH. >> THANK YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> YOU NEED TO PROVE IT. >> YES. I NEED A MOTION AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT, COMMISSIONER PERONISTS. >> I WOULD. I GUESS 50 TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY? >> YES, SIR. >> JUST ONE SECOND. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER DID NOT HAVE QUESTIONS. >> NO. I'M OKAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REMINDING ME. (LAUGHING). ALREADY. >> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT. THE FINAL BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FPUA OF 2019. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. I'M CALLING THE ROLE. (ROLL CALL). [c. Acceptance of the FPUA Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for FY 2019.] >>MAYOR HUDSON: THAT WE WANT TO ACCEPT -- WE NEED A VOTE FOR THAT OR WE JUST ACCEPT? >>. >> I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE OR FOR 2019 FPUA. >> A MOTION AND A SECOND. CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE. >> (ROLL CALL). >>MAYOR HUDSON: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, NINA. >> BY, NINA. [d. Update on Resolution No. 20-R09 originally presented on 2/3/2020 regarding a recommendation of condemnation and demolition of property identified as 913 Avenue B.] >> THE NEXT ITEM IS AN UPDATE ON RESOLUTION 20 ÃR09 ORIGINALLY PRESENTED ON FEBRUARY 3 OF 2020 REGARDING A RECOMMENDATION OF CONDEMNATION AND DEMOLITION OF PROPERTY IDENTIFIED AS 913 AVENUE B. >>MAYOR HUDSON: ALREADY. [00:35:18] >> GOOD EVENING MADAME MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS AN UPDATE ON A PROPERTY THAT I HAVE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU REQUESTING CONDEMNATION FOR DEMOLITION. AT THAT TIME I REPORTED THAT THE OWNER HAD CONTRACTED WITH A CONTRACTOR TO HAVE THE WORK COMPLETED ON HIS OWN AND THIS WAS AN UPDATE THAT THIS HAPPENED. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN REMOVED AND THE PROPERTY IS IN COMPLIANCE. >> WONDERFUL. AND YOU NEED NO ACTION? >> MS. COX. >> WE DO NOT. WE WILL NOTED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT THE OWNER COMPLIED AND NO FURTHER ACTION WAS NECESSARY. >> ANY QUESTIONS? >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU. [e. Resolution 20-R20 Extending the Declaration of Local Emergency] >> NEXT WE HAVE RESOLUTION 20 Ã R 20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE FLORIDA EXTENDED THE LOCAL EMERGENCY AUTHORIZING CITY CLERK TO FILE WITH THE CIRCUIT CLERK AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. >> THANK YOU. MR. MIMBS, YOU WANT TO TALK ANYTHING ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY THAT WE ARE EXTENDING I HOPE WITH OUR VOTE. >> HELLO. >> YOU'RE NOT GONNA SIT BACK THERE ALL NIGHT. >> FIRST OF ALL, GOOD EVENING. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE COULD GET IN AND TO WHAT WE ARE DOING IN THERE ARE A HOST OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DISCUSS. >> OKAY. >> WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> MADAME MAYOR? >> I TALKED TO STAFF EARLIER I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT A PACKET OF PETITIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT OUT ON SOUTH OCEAN ALL BUT BEGGED FOR THE QUESTION OF QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS HOW WE GET THROUGH QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS WERE ALMOST IN A LOCKDOWN SITUATION BECAUSE OF THE COVER 19? AND I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD SOLUTION BUT I JUST DID NOT WANT TO DISENFRANCHISE THE COMMUNITY FOR MAKING THESE DECISIONS. SO I TALKED TO STAFF AND WAS INTERESTING VOLLEY BETWEEN AGAIN PAGE OBVIOUSLY. >> WE WERE CIVIL, YES? >> I SOMETIMES -- I HAVE TO BE A REFEREE, >> HE'S A LOT BIGGER THAN ME. >> I KNOW, BUT I THINK HE CAN RUN FASTER. BUT WE KIND OF GOT TO A CONCLUSION THAT IT JUST ISN'T GONNA WORK. AND WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE CLERK IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADVERTISE ÃMAKE IT THIS THING ALL GOING ON, FOLKS ARE SUPPOSED TO COME IN HERE. AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE GOING THROUGH A SITUATION LIKE CUMBERLAND FARMS AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF, IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK. I HAVE A FEELING AT THE END OF THE DAY NO MATTER WHAT WE DO IT WILL BE QUESTIONED THAT WE REALLY WENT THROUGH THE RIGHT PROCESS FOR THAT. SO I ASKED THE QUESTION THE LEGAL I SAID DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUSPEND OR PUT A MORATORIUM ON QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS AND EVEN LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS BECAUSE IT EXCLUDES THE PUBLIC FROM WHAT WE DO. I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME. I'M SURE IT DOESN'T WORK FOR ANYBODY ELSE BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST. SO I'VE ASKED NICK AND LINDA AND PAID TO COME UP WITH A MOTION TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND I HAVE ONE IN FRONT OF ME THAT I'D LIKE TO DO. I'D LIKE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS IF ANYBODY HAS A PROBLEM, BUT MY WHOLE THOUGHT IS PUT A MORATORIUM ON QUASIJUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS AND ALL THE PROCESSES THAT ARE INVOLVED INCLUDING ADVERTISING UNTIL THE GOVERNOR CLEARS THOSE FROM THE STATE OF EMERGENCY. >>MAYOR HUDSON: I GOT THOSE POSITIONS, TONE I WAS ALARMED BECAUSE IT CAME IN FEDEX IT WAS -- I THOUGHT IT WAS TONIGHT WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CONTROVERSY ALL -- WHERE CITIZENS REALLY WANT TO WEIGH IN ON IT. I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT IT, TOO. ANY THOUGHTS COMMISSIONERS. >> MADAME MAYOR? >> YES. I'M JUST AS CONCERNED. I PLAYED PING-PONG WITH MYSELF GOING BACK AND FORTH AND TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? WHAT ARE THE SCENARIOS? >> AND WHAT COMES TO MY MIND IS THE DECLARATION -- IT'S ALSO MORE THAN THAT BECAUSE WHAT IF THIS DRAGS ON AND DRAGS ON? SO OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE NOT MADE A MOTION. SO MY QUESTION FOR THE DISCUSSION IS -- IS IMPARTED -- IS A GOING TO FOLLOW SUCH A DECLARATION WHICH WE ARE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING OR YOU [00:40:04] TALKING ABOUT A TIMEFRAME THAT'S GOING TO BE LONGER THAN THAT OR IS IT CAN RUN PARALLEL TO? I HAVE CONCERN. I THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO FIND A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO BUSINESS WE HAVE AN ONLINE SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. WE ARE ALL DOING AUDIO CONFERENCING. AMONG THREE OR FOUR CONFERENCE CALLS AND VIDEO CHATS EVERY SINGLE DAY. AND FOLKS ARE FINDING WAYS TO ENGAGE IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IS A CONVERSATION? YES. IT'S CUMBERSOME. >> DO WE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE WITH SIX FOOT OF SEPARATION FROM HERE TO THE PARKING GARAGE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF THERE'S A BIG MEETING, MAYBE. THEY DO IT AT -- THERE DOING IT IN THE RETAIL MARKET. AND SO, OVER TIME, I'M THINKING IF THIS CONTINUES TO EXTEND -- TEMPORARILY, I'D BE AMENABLE. LONGER TERM I THINK WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH A CREATIVE WAY SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. >> TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO GO FOR. THE PROBLEM OF IT IS IS THAT -- ANY QUESTION I ASK IS HOW CAN YOU ACCEPT ONE HEARING AND NOT ACCEPT ANOTHER. I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE UNIVERSAL. AND SO, WITH OUR DISCUSSION WE DECIDED THAT IT WAS PROBABLY BETTER TO JUST DUPLICATE WHATEVER THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER IS AND THAT EXTENDS ITSELF ON AND ON, THEN WE WOULD EXTEND ALSO UNTIL WE DECIDED NOT TO EXTEND ANYMORE. SO IN THE INTERIM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THE WORD OUT NOW. YOU HAVE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT ARE CONSIDERING THESE CHANGES THAT WE ARE ROOM READY TO MAKE. SOME OF THEM I DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT YET AND THEY DO. BUT THAT'S HOW THEY GET AHEAD OF THE GAME ON SOME OF THIS STUFF. AND THEY ARE CONCERNED -- THE BIGGEST CONCERN IF YOU READ THE PETITION AS WE DO NOT KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION WERE CONCERNED THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT WILL WERE NOT LOOKING TYPE THING. THAT'S A BIG NO-NO. WE WANT TO DO THAT. THIS IS GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE. WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR COMMUNITY INVOLVED AND I DON'T WANT TO DISENFRANCHISE ANYONE. SO AT LEAST FOR THIS DATE, FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S EASIER RATHER THAN PUT A DATE CERTAIN THAT WE KNOW ORGAN HAVE TO EXTEND OR CHANGE. I THOUGHT ABOUT GO AHEAD AND WHATEVER THE GOVERNOR SAYS IS FIRST THE STATE OF EMERGENCY, WE DO THAT. IF WE FIND DOWN THE ROAD IS GOING ON TOO LONG WE HAVE BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF, WE HAVE A STAFF THAT CAN GET CREATIVE. WE HAVE A LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT CAN FIGURE OUT WHICH IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHICH WOULD BE A LEGAL PROCESS. WE CAN COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT WAY TO DO THINGS I'M ALL FOR IT. BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT AT LEAST PIGGYBACKS WHAT THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS DONE ESPARZA'S ORDER. >> MADAME MAYOR? >> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE COMMISSION IS INFORMED AS TO THE NUANCES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF TRULY THIS UNPRECEDENTED AN UNFOLDING SITUATION A MONTH AGO TODAY THERE WAS NO REPORTED CASES IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY. AND MORE IN EXCESS OF HUNDRED. THERE'S NOW THERE'S NOW 13,000 MAYBE IT IS NOW 13,000 AS OF THE 6 O'CLOCK UPDATE. BUT CLEARLY, THE ESCALATION HAS BEEN UNFORESEEN. BY ANYBODY. IT HAPPENED IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. I KNOW MS. COX AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING I WON'T SPEAK FOR CLERKS ASSOCIATION, BUT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE PHONE CONVERSATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA FROM PENSACOLA TO KEY WEST. AND THE TOPIC THAT COMES UP IS THERE'S NO GOOD ANSWER RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO ECHO THAT I THINK WE WILL FIND A GOOD ANSWER BUT I DON'T THINK WE HAVE IT YET AND THAT'S THE CONCERN. I'M SEEING THAT THE SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE KENNEDY JUST SUSPENDED ALL JURY TRIALS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THROUGH THE END OF MAY. NOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE FUNDAMENTAL THAN THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY YOUR PEERS IN THE UNITED STATES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THAT FOR BOTH CRIMINAL AND CIVIL TRIALS, THAT SPEAKS TO THE IMPORT OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T EXPOSE AND/OR GET IT WRONG. I WANT TO BE CLEAR OF THE EQUAL PROTECTION ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER PERRONE TALKED ABOUT. WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S A GOOD ONE AND WHAT IS NOT GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL. IT DOESN'T MATTER THEY GET THE SAME RIGHT. SO MR. MIMBS AND I COMMISSIONER PERRONE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT SEEMS TO BE AN ALL OR NOTHING. I'M HOPEFUL BY MAYOR THE SECOND MEETING THAT THIS IS A MOOT ISSUE. BUT [00:45:11] I HAVE TO ADVISE YOU AS LEGAL COUNSEL THESE ARE THE CONCERNS AND I'VE BEEN HELPING AS OF FRIDAY WE HAD AN ANSWER. I WAS HOPING TODAY WE HAD AN ANSWER I'M HOPING TOMORROW WE HAVE AN ANSWER. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. I SO VIRTUALLY EVERY MEETING AND 10 DIFFERENT MAJOR CITIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA CANCEL. AND THAT'S FROM JUPITER TO ORLANDO TO TAMPA TO SMALL CITIES. SO THANK YOU MAYOR. >> ALL OF THEM HAVE SAID THEY'VE CANCELED ALL QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS THAT IS THERE'S NOT A TRULY EFFECTIVE WAY TO HAVE THE PUBLIC LISTEN TO THE TESTIMONY AND THE EVIDENCE BEING PRESENTED IN SAFELY WAY AND IF THEY CHOOSE. >> COMMISSIONER SESSIONS? >> I KNOW ESPECIALLY WITH US WE LOOK AT THE HISTORY, IT'S BEEN VERY CONTROVERSIAL UP TO THIS POINT. WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO BOTH OF THOSE HEARINGS. AND IF WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAFEGUARD THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS, THAT HAVE BEEN UP AND DOWN, VERY VOCAL, IF WE DON'T PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE, IT MAY HAVE SOME NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO I MEAN, IT'S A VERY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN AND OF ITSELF. SO I THINK IT'S A DAY-TO-DAY PROCESS AND OPERATION THAT WE WILL DETERMINE FROM DAY TO DAY. LIKE YOU, I DO NOT WANT TO BE PROLONGED. DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS. BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT ORGAN HAVE TO LOOK AT ROUTINELY. WE'LL HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION YOU ALL ARE IN A BETTER POSITION THAN WE ARE WITH WHAT'S MORE PRESSING AND WHAT'S BROUGHT YOUR ATTENTION THAN I FOR ONE WILL BE READY TO ADDRESS IT. SO THAT WE CAN -- COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? >> WOULD YOU LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS SUBJECT? >> I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE CREW. >> OKAY. >> WE CAN SET THIS ASIDE THAT WAY WE CAN WORK HARDER WITH OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. >> I THINK IT'S REALLY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW THAT WE TAKE IT AS SERIOUSLY AS WE CAN BECAUSE THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME IN THIS. I KNOW WE'VE SAID THAT LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK AND NEXT WEEK. I THINK WERE GOING TO KNOW SOMETHING MORE BY THE END OF APRIL. I THINK WILL HAVE AT LEAST SOME KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT LIFE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND IF IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE THIS FOR HOW LONG IT IS. SO I JUST -- I THINK IT'S -- IF WE DO THIS WE ARE SENDING A SIGNAL THAT WE ARE TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AND WE DO NOT WANT OUR CITIZENS TO PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK. AND WE TAKE OUR RIGHTS SERIOUSLY. >> THANK YOU. WE NEED TO HAVE AN ANSWER. WE ARE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC EVEN THOUGH WE ARE NOT NEXT TO THE PUBLIC THROUGH EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS AND A LOT OF THAT IS THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. THEY ARE NOT WORRIED ABOUT NECESSARILY THE SITUATION, THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT BEING HURT AND THAT'S WHAT WERE ALL ABOUT. IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION AND GET IT ON THE RECORD. >> THE COMMISSION HEREBY DIRECTS -- I MAKE A MOTION. THE COMMISSION DIRECTS THAT NO ADVERTISEMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING EITHER BECAUSE I JUDICIAL OR LEGISLATIVE BE HELD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER IN THE GOVERNOR'S SAFER AT HOME ORDER INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS THERETO. HAVE EXPIRED OR UPON SUBSEQUENT A WRITTEN DIRECTION ON THE CITY COMMISSION ORDINANCE 20 -010, AMENDING THE FY 2018 19 BUDGET MAY PROCEED TO THE SECOND MEETING ON OCTOCEED TO THE SECO MEETING ON OCTOBER 2020 AS PREVIOUS ADVERTISE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: DO UNDERSTAND EMOTION? >> CAN ASK YOU SOMETHING? >> WE NEED A SECOND BEFORE WE DISCUSS IT. >> WHEN YOU SAY IT'S SORT OF LIKE CONTINGENT UPON THE EMERGENCY ORDER, OF THE STATE, YOU DON'T THINK THAT WERE GIVING PERHAPS TOO MUCH -- WHAT'S THE WORD? -- EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT. HOURS SITUATION THEY WEREN'T TAKING ACTION SOONER THAN HIS ACTION DOES THIS IS WHAT WE DO [00:50:01] CITYWIDE. IT'S JUST THE LANGUAGE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A LONG STRONGER TOWARD CONTINGENCIES OF STATE GOVERNMENT VERSUS WHAT OUR SITUATION MAY BE. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. BUT THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS UPON SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN DIRECTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION. WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY. THE BIG THING IS YOU GIVE SOME TYPE OF THE TIMING ON THIS WHOLE THING. I WOULD HATE TO SAY APRIL 30 OR MAY 31 BECAUSE WERE GOING TO GET THERE EVENTUALLY. AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE WERE GOING TO BE AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. I DON'T KNOW FOR ALL GONNA BE ABLE TO -- IF WERE GOING TO MEET AND HAVE SPECIAL MEETING TO BE ABLE TO EXTEND THIS OR WHATEVER, I THINK THIS GIVES US A CUSHION TO BE ABLE TO GO AS LONG AS WE NEED TO AND WHEN WE DECIDE THAT WE HAVE A PROCESS IN PLACE THAT CAN REASONABLY INVOLVE THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND BECAUSE I JUDICIAL AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS, THEN WE GO AHEAD AND WE VOTE ON IT AND IT WILL BE WRITTEN DIRECTION BY THE CITY COMMISSION AND WILL GET BACK TO BUSINESS AS USUAL. >> YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO GET INTO LIKE -- A LOT OF TIMES THESE ISSUES ARE CONTROVERSIAL. IF WE PUT THE LANGUAGE IN THEIR I DON'T WANT TO BE THE HAND OF AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WOULD BE IN WITH YOU PUT US IN A PRECARIOUS SITUATION. I'LL GO ALONG WITH THE MAJORITY -- IS KIND OF STRONG. WHAT THE STATE NECESSITATES EMERGENCY VERSUS WHAT WE DO. OUR DIFFERENCES MAY BE DIFFERENT THAT WOULD CALL FOR DIFFERENT ACTION. THAT'S ALL. >> THERE IS A LAST LITTLE SENTENCE THAT'S BEEN TAGGED ON AN ADDED BUYER CLERK. I HAD TO DEAL WITH THE SECOND READING OF AMENDING THE 2019 BUDGET. WHERE HAD THE FIRST READING IN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT. >> IS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE OCTOBER DATE. >> EVENT APRIL. >> TODAY. >> THAT'S WHAT I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. I WAS LIKE OCTOBER? >> ISELLE APRIL AND SET OCTOBER. >> I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU MR. MIMBS. >> REAL QUICK. THE SECOND AMENDMENT, THE SECOND READING WE CAN EXTEND THAT THROUGH MAY 31. IT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY JUNE 1. THERE'S NO EMERGENCY SITUATION. ALSO I NOTICED YOU STATING AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME CLARITY. >> YOU STAY HOW A LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER. >> IF I CAN HELP, WITHIN THE BODY OF THE RESOLUTION ON MARCH 17, THE MAYOR DECLARED A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY WHICH WAS FILED WITH THE CLERK OF THE COURT. THIS RESOLUTION ISN'T NATURAL WEARY TO EXTEND THAT. IT WAS DONE IN THE ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO FOLLOW ON WHAT THE GOVERNOR DID. AND HE GIVES THIS BODY AN OPPORTUNITY. WHICH THE MAYOR HAS THE ABILITY TO DO. AND SHE DID. SO THIS JUST EXTENDS THAT LOCAL DECLARATION TO RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE GOVERNOR'S ORDER. AND ANY SUBSEQUENT ORDERS TO THAT. I THINK COMMISSIONER PERONISTS, ADDITION WAS THAT WAS AN ADD ON TO THE EXISTING -- THE BODY OF THE EXISTING RESOLUTION AS IT WAS PRESENTED. >> I HAVE A COMMENT. WE CAN EXTEND THE AMENDMENT, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY ADVERTISED FOR THAT FOR APRIL 20. SO HAVE TO RE-ADVERTISE IF WE DON'T DO IT ON THAT DATE, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. >> OKAY. >> AM GOING TO GIVE YOU A BOTTOM LINE. >> CAN YOU GO BACK. I WROTE DOWN ALL THE POINTS YOU TALKED ABOUT LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC HEARINGS. CAN YOU JUST GO THROUGH THAT QUICK SURE. >> YOU HAVE IT BULLETED. >> OKAY. HERE IT IS. SO THE COMMISSION HEREBY DIRECTS THAT NO ADVERTISEMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING EITHER QUASIJUDICIAL OR LEGISLATIVE BE HELD SUCH TIME AS A LOCAL EMERGENCY ORDER AND THE GOVERNOR SAFER AT HOME ORDER. >> SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY ANY [00:55:01] THAT REQUIRE PUBLIC HEARINGS. >> RIGHT. >> NOT FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON THAT WE WENT PUBLIC TO WEIGH IN ON AND FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING HERE. AND BEING ABLE TO DO IT. >> RIGHT. >> MEHTA MAYOR, IF I MAY, AND TO ADDRESS COMMISSIONER SESSIONS CONCERN, THAT CLAUSE ADDING MORE AS THE CITY COMMISSION DIRECTS, AT THIS POINT IN CONSULTATION WITH MR. MIMBS, WE CONSENT TO HAVEEXPECT TO HAVE COMMISSION MEETINGS. WE HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR THE 20TH SOMEONE SCHEDULED FOR A FOUR. SO IF WE HIT APRIL 20 AND SOMETHING WONDERFUL IS HAPPENED THAT THIS IS NOT AN ISSUE ANYMORE, IT WOULD BE IN ABILITY OF THE COMMISSION TO SAY WE FEEL GOOD HERE'S A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE. LET'S REINSTITUTE QUASIJUDICIAL HEARINGS. BUT BECAUSE OF TIMING AND THE CLERK AND SPEAK TO THAT. THERE'S AT LEAST A TWO WEEK LEAD TIME. >> 20 DAYS. >> THREE WEEK LEAD TIME FOR DUE PROCESS REASONS. YOU'RE CAUGHT IN A DISK COMIC DIFFICULT SITUATION YOU CAN HAVE THE STARTING THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY. YOU HAVE TO ADVERTISE TOMORROW. OR VERY CLOSE TO IT. >> YES. >> AND WE MAY BE IN THE THROES OF THE SITUATION WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO ABILITY HAVE QUASIJUDICIAL. WE MAY HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT. >> HE GIVES THE STAFF TIME AND ALL OF US TIME TO FIGURE THIS OUT. IF WE HAVE TO GO TO A NEW NORMAL THIS GIVES US TIME TO GO TO A NEW NORMAL. >> MAYOR? >> PLUS THE FACT THAT HE GIVES THE COMMUNITY -- INFORMS THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE AT A STOP ON THAT SO THEY ARE NOT CONCERNED THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE A MEETING THE 20TH AND NOBODY'S HERE WERE GONNA PASS A LOT OF STUFF. THAT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN HERE. WE WANT TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS BUT WERE NOT GOING TO CONDUCT BUSINESS THAT YOU SHOULD BE INVOLVED WITH AND FOR YOUR SAFETY, YOU CAN'T BE. >> WE WANT TO GET BACK TO NORMAL. >> MEHTA MAYOR? >> YES, SIR. >> A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS. YOU REFERENCED IN ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION. >> IS THE RESOLUTION. >> IT WAS IN ORDINANCE. THAT'S THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE. I WAS SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTING 1 SINCE WE ARE TO HAVE THE FIRST READING SPECIFIC EXEMPTING THAT ONE FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> RIGHT. I WROTE DOWN A?. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. ALSO MAY 31 IS OUR JUNE 1. >> JUNE 1 WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT. >> SO, THE FIRST MEETING IN MAY IS MAY 4. AND YOU SAID 20 DAYS. >> IT WAS NOT QUITE 20 DAYS. IT DEPENDS ON THE TYPE OF ORDINANCE. >> 20 DAYS AS OUR OUTLIER, THAT MAGIC NUMBER, >> IT'S BASICALLY THE MAY 14 MEETING ACTUALLY BEING NEXT WEEK. >> BUT WE HAVE TO MAY 31 FOR SUCH A THING. >> ORGAN ADVERTISING FOR THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY? >> YES. RIGHT. RIGHT. >> SO IS THIS MOTION IN PLACE OF THE RESOLUTION OR. >> IT'S AN AMENDMENT. >> AMENDMENT. ALL RIGHT. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. >> ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW THE ORDINANCE 20 Ã010 TO PROCEED OR DO WE WANT TO DELAY IS IF WE DELAY IT WE CAN STRIKE THAT LINE OUT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. >> SAGAN. >> SO THE WAY COMMISSIONER PERRONE A RED THE AMENDMENT, IT WAS INCLUDING TO ALLOW THE BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE 20 Ã 1010 TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE SECOND READING GUN APRIL 20. >> OKAY. I SEE. >> YOU DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN WE CAN READVERTISE AT THE END OF MAY AND THAT LINE CAN BE REMOVED FROM THIS AMENDMENT TO THE RESOLUTION. >> I THINK THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. THAT I ASKED HIM FOR ANYTHING THAT WOULD CONFLICT. SO A MOTION MAKER AMENDS THE MOTION TO ELIMINATE THAT TTO ORDINANCE 2Ã >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER, ANY QUESTIONS? [01:00:02] >> NO QUESTIONS. SHALL WE VOTE? CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE? >> (ROLL CALL). >> BEFORE YOU GO ON, I JUST WANT TO GIVE -- GIVE THE COMMISSION A SENSE OF WHAT IT IS. WE'VE GOT THAT GUY OVER THERE TALKING TO MR. MIMBS WHO IS PUSHING THE CITY BLINDLY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE'S BEEN TASKED TO DO. AND I'VE GOT THIS GUY OVER HERE HOLDING HIM BACK SAYING HOLD ON A MINUTE. WE'VE GOT A WATCH HOW WE DO THIS WHOLE THING. AND THAT'S HOW MY MORNING WENT. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT HE'S DOING HIS JOB AND HE'S DOING HIS JOB AND NOW WE ARE DOING OUR JOBS. >>MAYOR HUDSON: EXACTLY. WE APPRECIATE BOTH OF THEM AND MS. COX ALSO. >> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. >> IT WASN'T AS BAD AS WHAT HE WAS SAYING. WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION BUT WE NOW HAVE DIRECTION. AND WE KNOWHOW TO MOVE FORWARD. SO ALSO, LET'S TALK ABOUT CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS. WE HAVE AN INFORMAL CITY COMMISSION MEETING THAT IS SCHEDULED -- FOR APRIL 13 ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. NOW THIS IS INFORMAL. NO ACTION CAN BE TAKEN IS MY RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS IS CANCELED UNLESS Y'ALL WANT TO COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS AN ISSUE OF YOUR CHOOSING. >> ANY HOT TOPIC. >> NO PRESSING ISSUES. >> IT'S A HOT TOPIC I'D RATHER YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION AND TAKE DIRECTION. BUT ON AN INFORMAL MEETING, YOU CANNOT. >> MEHTA MAYOR? >> YES. THE ENTIRE -- THE ENTIRE WORLD IS WATCHING UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW AND THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ARE VITAL. AND I'M TELLING YOU CAUTION TELLS ME THAT WE NEED TO BE SMART ABOUT THIS. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED I WILL NOT BE THERE. >>MAYOR HUDSON: YES. >> UNLESS IT'S BY PHONE. >> COMMISSIONER SESSIONS? >> YOU SAID IT. INFORMAL. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S NOT A NECESSITY. IT DOESN'T WARRANT ANY ACTIONS. THINGS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HER DISCUSS FOR FORMAL MEETINGS. >> SO I WILL SEE WHERE WE NEED TO HAVE A MEETING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO BE WORRIED ABOUT. >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? >> YES. I'M HERE. >> HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT NOT HAVING A MEETING ON APRIL 13 WHERE THAT WOULD BE OUR CONFERENCE AGENDA WERE WE DON'T TAKE VOTES. >> I WOULD ONLY BE -- AS I AM TODAY, ON MY PHONE BECAUSE I WON'T BE -- I WILL BE OUT INTO THE PUBLIC. >> RIGHT. >> NOT EVEN TAKEN A CHANCE. >> WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT OUR CITIZENS TO DO, TOO. IT IS TO STAY HOME SO WE ARE TO DO THE SAME. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> OKAY. >> WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CANCEL THAT. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO BE JUST -- BE ASSURED AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE OPERATION SHALL CONTINUE. WE ARE IN A DECLARATION OF EMERGENCY. EMERGENCY PURCHASING AND OPERATIONS PROCEDURES. THEY ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO IF WE NEED TO MOVE SOMETHING, BUY SOMETHING, DISTRIBUTE OR DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, THAT'S WHAT WE WILL DO AND I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT I KNOW WE KIND OF LOST IT IN A -- IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THIS IS NOT THE TYPICAL EMERGENCY SITE SITUATION BUT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. SO WHAT YOU TO REST EASY THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY SHALL CONTINUE. ALL RIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SOME BOARDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO EVALUATE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. BASED UPON NEED, BASED UPON THE LIVELIHOOD OF OUR CITY, OUR CITIZENS AND OUR EMPLOYEES. SO GIVE YOU A FOR INSTANCE. CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS HEARING. WE MAY HAVE ONE COMING UP SO WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO WE WILL DEFINITELY REVIEW THESE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. BUT THE MAJORITY WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE CANCELED TOLD LEMONADE THE FOOTPRINT IN THIS FACILITY. >> I WAS THINKING ABOUT. >> THE ONLY THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO US, I MEAN WE PRETTY MUCH HAVE A FUNDAMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY. BUT MOST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS ARE VOLUNTEERS AND I DOUBT THERE'S NOTHING THAT IS THAT IMPORTANT TO THEM TO COME APPEAR FOR MEETING FOR ANYTHING. IN LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SO LET'S BE CAREFUL. >> DEFINITELY. YES. >> BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT [01:05:01] GONNA SHOP ANYWAY. AND THINK YOU'RE CRAZY FOR CALLING THEM UP HERE. SO JUST BE CAREFUL ABOUT THAT. >> I GOT YOU. WE WILL TESTTEST THE ATMOSPHERE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> I THINK WHAT I HEAR YOU SAY WHICH I APPLAUD IS WERE GOING TO HAVE LIFE AS NORMAL AS POSSIBLE CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT WE MUST KEEP THE CITY MOVING. WE KNOW WE MUST KEEP IT MOVING AND I KNOW YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO DO THAT AND WE ARE, TOO. I MISS ANXIOUS TO GET BACK TO NORMAL AS POSSIBLE. >> AND JUST -- I HAVE TO REMIND EACH OF YOU ALL FIVE OF YOU, YOU'RE ALWAYS ASKING ME WHEN IS THIS GOING TO BE DONE? SO IT'S MY JOB TO GET THINGS DONE. MEANWHILE I GOT PETE BACK THERE HOLDING ME BACK. SO WERE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE STATE -- CITY -- WITHOUT A DOUBT. WE WILL BE CAREFUL AND SAFE WITH EVERY INITIATIVE THAT WE TAKE. >> NEXT, THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD SAY IS FOR US TO BE READY FOR A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEETING. THE OTHER DAY THE MAYOR AND I PARTICIPATED -- WE SIT ON THE TBL. WE SAID IN A PUBLIC MEETING ONLINE AND STAFF PRESENTED ALL THE TOPICS AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION. >> YOU HAVE VIDEO. >> WE HAVE THE PRESENTATIONS. >> AND THE PUBLIC WAS ENGAGED, CALLINGS WERE MADE. PRESENTERS FROM DOT WERE THERE. THERE WERE ALL KINDS OF THINGS HAPPENING. >> THEY WERE THERE THEY WERE ONLINE. EVERYBODY WAS ON THE PHONE. >> WE ARE READY TO DO THAT. >> ABSOLUTELY WHATEVER IT TAKES. WE HAVE CAMERAS WE'VE MADE A LARGE INVESTMENT IN OUR IT SYSTEMS. WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY. WE KNOW WHAT THE INTERNET IS AND WE KNOW HOW TO USE IT. THOSE ARE MY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO B READY. >> IN THE MEANTIME, PREVIOUS TO THIS MEETING, A YOUNG MAN OUR IT MANAGER PUT TOGETHER SPECIFICATIONS FOR LAPTOPS AND VIDEOCONFERENCING EQUIPMENT AND HARDWARE. SO THAT WAS -- THE PURCHASE WAS APPROVED. SO HOPEFULLY, BUT THE NEXT TIME THAT WE COME TOGETHER IN THIS ROOM, WE WILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY. DEFINITELY BY MAY WHERE WE WILL BE READY FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING FOR REMOTE PRESENTATIONS BY A PRESENTER OR BY A DEVELOPER THAT WANTS TO PRESENT TO YOU FROM LAUDERDALE, MIAMI, TOPEKA KANSAS, WHEREVER IT IS. THEY CAN PRESENT TO YOU FROM THE LOCATION AND YOU WILL SEE IT ON YOUR DESKTOPS. SO WE WILL SEE. WERE GOING TO PUSH IT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. >> IT'S THE SAME WITH OUR BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. THE BUSINESS WORLD IS WONDERING WHAT'S CAN HAPPEN THREE MONTHS FROM TODAY. THE WEATHER WAS HAPPEN TODAY BUT THREE MONTHS FROM TODAY'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. SO CASH IS STILL MOVING. CASH FLOW IS HAPPENING. HOWEVER, THE DEALS ARE NOT BEING MADE TODAY, THE PLANNING BOARD THAT IS NOT MEETING TODAY AND THE DEVELOPER OR CIVIL SERVICE APPEALS WERE WAS THE SPECIAL MAGISTRATE DOING? >> AS OF RIGHT NOW YOU'RE NOT MEETING. >> NOT MEETING. >> RIGHT. >> I DON'T BELIEVE SO. >> SO THERE ARE ALL THESE THINGS. >> IT GETS PUSHED BACK PUSHBACK. THAT'S ALL. >> YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO THAT. >> (LAUGHING) RIGHT. >> SO, IF YOU WOULD LIKE I THINK AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. HAS THE RESOLUTION TO EXTEND THE ORDER IS THAT GOING TO ÃTHE PAST. >> THAT JUST PAST. WE HAVE AN AMENDED RESOLUTION. >> YES. SO WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE UPDATE NOW ON THE CORONAVIRUS SITUATION IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE? >> YES. THE FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO GET -- WHERE THEY ARE. HE'S HAD A BACK THERE. WE'LL HAVE THE DEPUTY CHIEF COME UP AND GIVE A BRIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF BRIEF UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH HIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. >> DEPUTY CHIEF BRIDAL. >> AS OF TODAY ST. LUCIE COUNTY AS HUNDRED SEVEN CASES WITH FIVE DEATHS. FLORIDA CASES ARE 13,329 WITH 254 CASES. US1 CASES ARE 364,723 WITH 10,007 81 CASES. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FOLLOWING THIS YOU KNOW THAT'S A BIG SPIKE ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST FOR FIVE DAYS. WE EXPECT A SUBSTANTIAL SPIKING CASES HAS MORE TESTING COMES ONLINE AND TESTING GETS MORE EFFICIENT AND AS THE VIRUS SPREADS. THE PEAK RIGHT NOW IS PROJECTED IS MAY 3. HOPEFULLY, IT IS SOONER THAN THAT PERHAPS NOT. >> PEEK IN FLORIDA OR THE PEAK. >> NATIONALLY. >> I NOTICED THAT THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN FLORIDA WE ARE GETTING ABOUT 1.3 [01:10:08] >> I NOTICED THAT THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IN FLORIDA WE ARE GETTING ABOUT 1.3 THOUSAND CASES PER DAY, NEW CASES PER DAY. ON SUNDAY DROP DOWN TO 791 CASES I THOUGHT THAT WAS ODD. I DON'T KNOW WHY AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'LL CONTINUE. HOPEFULLY IT DOES. THAT MIMIC SOME OTHER STATISTICS IN THE U.S. I WAS LISTENING TO THE NEWS THIS MORNING THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE NEW MODELS THAT HAVE COME OUT OR PREDICTING LESS DEATHS. OF COURSE WE DON'T KNOW THAT TO BE TRUE. THE MODELING WILL CHANGE KIND OF LIKE TRACKING HURRICANE. AS FAR AS CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE, SINCE THE GOVERNOR HAS --'S ARGUMENT WERE GETTING ABOUT EIGHT CALLS PER DAY AND IT RUNS THE GAMUT. PEOPLE IN BOATS TWO PEOPLE STANDING TOO CLOSE, A LADY CALL BECAUSE HER HUSBAND WAS AT A CONVENIENCE STORE. IT'S NOT. >> EIGHT CALLS PER DAY ON THE CORONAVIRUS. >> APPROXIMATELY EIGHT CALLS THAT ARE COVID-19 RELATED. IT'S ONE OF THE TITLES WE HAVE TO RESEARCH EASILY. RIGHT NOW, THE STATE HAS RIGHT NOW, THE STATE HAS 100,095 MASKS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DISTRIBUTED TO THE HOSPITAL SPIRIT IS NOT MUCH OF ANYTHING. THEY HAVE ANOTHER 2.5 MILLION ON ORDER. I PUT IN ANOTHER ORDER TODAY FOR THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING ORDER GOING THROUGH EEOC WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A LOT OF THE RESOURCES. I THINK WERE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE BUT PRETTY GOOD SHAPE IS A GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME. I WANT TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW GIVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> IS THERE A CURFEW. >> THERE IS NO CURFEW SIR. >> A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ME SO. >> AND ANOTHER THING I FORGOT IS WE HAVE OFFICERS VISIT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES JUST TO SPREAD EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE. SO THEY KNOW ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING AND WHAT THE ORDERS ARE ASKING FOR. >> ARE -- DEALERSHIPS IN THAT. >> THEY ARE. WERE TRYING TO GET TO EVERY BUSINESS. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. >> SO WHAT'S THE OVERALL MORALE OF THE OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING THIS. >> EVERYBODY IS CONCERNED. THE OFFICER STANDING HERE WITH HER MASK ON THEIR CONCERN BECAUSE WERE GOING TO CALLS. WERE OUT THERE EVERY DAY WE DO NOT KNOW WHO WE ARE GOING TO COME IN CONTACT WITH. AND WE CAN'T SAY NO. THIS IS WHAT WE SIGNED UP FOR AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO. >> YOU CAN SEE THE VRUS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IT'S AROUND EVERY CORNER IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN MAKE YOUR LIFE A WHOLE LOT MISERABLE. >> AND SOME PEOPLE ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH HER HYGIENE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO CARE. AND THOSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE DEAL WITH. >> THE COMMUNICATION I'M GETTING OUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY. SO, VERY VERY -- IT CAUSES FEAR ESPECIALLY OUR OLDER POPULATION BECAUSE THEY'RE THE MOST VULNERABLE. >> ABSOLUTELY. >> HOW ABOUT OUR LOCAL JAIL IN TERMS OF BEING OVERCROWDED? IS IT OKAY OUT THERE OR WHAT? >> I HAVEN'T HEARD AS FAR AS OUR POPULATION. I KNOW THAT THEY WERE WORKING ON REDUCING THE POPULATION AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. I KNOW THAT WERE GIVING PEOPLE NOTICES DO APPEAR WE CAME CERTAINLY THAT HELPS. >> IS A TRUE THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS NO LONGER TAKING INMATES IN FROM VARIOUS COUNTIES THE COUNTIES HAVE TOLD THE INMATES. >> I DO NOT HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF THAT SORT. >> THE COUNTY HAD A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY BUT THE SHERIFF WASN'T THERE TO GET AN UPDATE BUT IT WAS MOST OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY GAVE WAS ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHANGE UP THEIR FEEDING OF CHILDREN LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE OUT -- INSTEAD OF FIVE DAYS A WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO SERVE THREE DAYS A WEEK. >> YES, MA'AM. >> SO THE WORK A LOT OF CHANGES FROM THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT NOT THAT MANY CHANGES FROM THE COUNTY. IN THE COUNTY, AT THAT BREATHING WHICH WAS AT 4:15 PM SAID THE WERE FOR DOUBTS AND YOU SAID THERE WERE FIVE. SO IT'S BEEN ADDED. >> BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IT CHANGES. IT CHANGES CONSTANTLY. SO WHAT WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THAT OF YOUR OFFICERS. THANK YOU. >> MEHTA MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION JUST TO EXPOUNDED WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE IS DOING, WITH THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION. AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION WE HAVE DAILY UPDATES THAT I'M SENDING TO YOU VIA EMAIL AND TEXT. ALSO, WE ARE DOING VIDEO UPDATES AND I [01:15:02] BELIEVE THAT MOST OF YOU HAVE STARTED A VIDEO WHEREBY YOUR GIVING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AND WE TO DO EVEN MORE AND MORE OF THOSE. WE HAVE ROUTINE PRESS RELEASES. ALSO, WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND OUR COMMUNITY TEXT MESSAGING. I WAS ON A CONFERENCE CALL WITH SEVERAL PASTORS AND I'M TRYING HER BEST TO GET THE INFORMATION OF THOSE PASTORS THAT WAY WE CAN INPUT THEIR EMAIL OR THEIR TELEPHONE NUMBER INTO OUR DATABASE AND WE CAN SEND THEM OUR UPDATES WHENEVER WE HAVE UPDATES. >> BECAUSE WE NEED TO EXPAND THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. WE NEED TO DO IT THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY. WE JUST NEED TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT. >> OUR DEPUTY CHIEF TALKS ABOUT THAT WE ARE MAKING PERSONAL VISITS TO SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES AND THANKS TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE WE HAVE ASSIGNED OUR CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS TO VISIT THEIR BUSINESSES AND TO URGE THEM TO UTILIZE THE GUIDANCE OF THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO INCREASE AND INTENSIFY THEIR SOCIAL DISTANCING. ONE OF OUR LARGEST RETAIL'SRETAILERS I TOLD YOU ABOUT. ONE OF OUR LARGEST RETAILERS IS LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE COMING IN ON TALKING ABOUT WALMART. SO WE HAVE LINES OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF WALMART AND OUTSIDE OF PAPAS MEETS ON ORANGE AVENUE. SO WE ARE SEEING THE COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO INTENSIFY THEIR SOCIAL DISTANCING. >> I WAS ON A TRIP MYSELF AND I WENT TO NELSON'S FARMS ON MIDWAY AND EVERYBODY THERE HAD A MASK ON. I FELT I WAS OUT OF PLACE. I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE STORE AND WHILE, BUT IT SURPRISED ME. PEOPLE ARE EDUCATING THEMSELVES IN THE PRACTICING DISTANCING AND THAT IS GOOD TO SEE. ANY QUESTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS? >> YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB ON GETTING THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND I APPRECIATE IT. >> I'M TRYING. EVERY TIME I GET SOMETHING OR SOMETHING POPS UP I TRIED TO SEND YOU ALL A TEXT AND APPRECIATE YOU ALL FOR RECEIVING THOSE. AS FAR AS EMPLOYEE STATUS, THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE BY THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE ARE CONSIDERED AN ESSENTIAL BUSINESS. SO OUR OPERATION HAS NOW BEEN ALTERED. IN THAT SAFER AT HOME ORDER, THERE IS A SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT SENIOR AND IMPAIRED EMPLOYEES. AND BEING THAT WE ARE IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS AND OPERATION, WE ARE SOMEWHAT EXEMPT BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO MAKE SURE OUR SENIOR AND IMPAIRED EMPLOYEES AS FAR AS THEIR HEALTH, THAT THEY RECEIVED THE NECESSARY TIME OFF OR THE ABILITY TO WORK FROM HOME OR THE USE OF THE FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT. ADDITIONAL SICK LEAVE THAT THEY CAN TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. SO WE ARE GOING TO FORWARD IN THAT REGARD. WERE HAVING A MEETING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THOSE PER SUSPICIONS AS WELL. >> WE ARE ENCOURAGING AS MANY EMPLOYEES AS WE CAN TO WORK FROM HOME. THOSE THAT CAN. WE ARE LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HER EMPLOYEES SPEND IN THE OFFICE BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE ARE LIMITING THAT TIME THAT THERE IN THE FACILITY. WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THE DISTANCE. TO BE A PART AND NOT WORK TOWARD TRANSMITTING THIS DISEASE. SO, AT THIS TIME WE ARE NOT GRANTING ADMIN LEAVE AS I STATED BEFORE. WE ARE TRYING TO HAVE FLEXIBLE SCHEDULES. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH OUR STAFF AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOMEWHAT PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. WE DO ANTICIPATE GIVEN THE SHORTFALLS IN OUR REVENUE I KNOW THAT WE ARE PRIVY TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR LEAST PROPERTIES. WERE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE F PRA IS ALSO LITTLE GEMS BAIT AND TACKLE. THEY ARE NOT CLOSED SO WERE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR CONTRIBUTION BASED ON THEIR EXISTING LEASES. SO WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ROUGHLY $1 MILLION THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE INTO A CONTINGENCY TO PREPARE FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR AND ALSO WHAT MIGHT COME WITH THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT IS THE FIRST STEP. THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL CUTS BUT I WILL KEEP YOU ABREAST OF ALL THAT INFORMATION. BUT THAT IS WHERE WE CURRENTLY STAND RIGHT NOW. WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY. WE'LL TAKE CALLS AND EMAILS AND TEXT MESSAGES ALL DAY AND WE TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BEST INFORMATION WE POSSIBLY CAN. ANY QUESTIONS? >> WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. >> NEXT ON THE AGENDA 'S [13. 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.] [01:20:07] COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. >> THIS IS THE TIME FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND WHAT'S THE MORNING TIME? >> UNRAVELING TONIGHT. >> ALL RIGHT. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> YOU DO NOT NEED TO SIGN IN. JUST SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> RICK REED, 2625 S. U.S. ONE. I SENT YOU ALL AN EMAIL ON APRIL 3, COPIED YOU ON AN EMAIL. OUR LAWN SERVICE -- THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT WORKS FOR OUR LAWN SERVICE. I JUST NOTICED HIM OUT WORKING. AND AT THE END OF MARCH, HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE FORT PIERCE POLICE, CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY INVOLVED WITH THE NEIGHBOR DISPUTE. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AT APPROXIMATELY 6:50 AM IN THE MORNING. HE WAS PUT IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR, HANDCUFFED WITH HIS HANDS BEHIND HIS BACK. THE SEATBELT WAS PUT ON HIM ONE OF THOSE CARDS CARS WITH THE VINYL SEATS AND WAS LEFT IN THAT AUTOMOBILE FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE FORT PIERCE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I CALLED DEPUTY CHIEF NORSE. I CALLED MR. MIMBS. I CALLED THE CHIEF. I CALLED DEPUTY CHIEF BRIDAL. AND NOT ALL ABOUT THE CRIMINAL ISSUES, ONLY ABOUT THE WAY WE WOULD TREAT A HUMAN BEING. AND DEPUTY CHIEF BRIDAL CALLED ME BACK. HE SAID HE WOULD LOOK AT THE VIDEO CAMERA AND HE CONFIRMED WHAT I HAD STATED. WE WOULDN'T LEAVE A DOG IN THE CAR LIKE THAT AND IF WE DID -- I HAVE FIVE DOGS. THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED. TO LEAVE A HUMAN BEING IN A CAR FOR OVER SEVEN HOURS -- AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, YOU WILL SEE THAT POLICE OFFICERS WERE GATHERED AROUND THE PARKING LOT SMOKING. SERGEANT GRAHAM KELLY WALKED BY HIM AND WAVED AN HOUR BEFORE HE WAS LET OUT OF THE CAR. NOW WE ARE BETTER PEOPLE THAN THIS. AND THIS HAPPENED DURING THE CORONAVIRUS, BY THE WAY, THAT WE WOULD LEAVE A HUMAN BEING IN A CAR FOR SEVEN HOURS WITH THE WINDOWS UP IN THIS HEAT. WE'VE ONLY HAD TWO DAYS OF COOLER WEATHER. THAT, COUPLED WITH WHAT HAPPENED A MONTH AGO AT THE HOSPITAL WERE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS BAKER ACTED AND ARRESTED OUT OF WALMART WAS BROUGHT IN, HANDCUFFED AND BEATEN IN THE HOSPITAL SO PROFUSELY THAT HE HAD HAVE INTERVENTION, SERIOUS INTERVENTION. THIS IS NOT US. NOW THERE ARE NUMBER OF FINE MEN AND WOMEN THAT WORK AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UNBELIEVABLE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS DOES NOT REFLECT ON WHAT FORT PIERCE IS ABOUT AND TO -- GO BY THE WAY THE STATE ATTORNEY NOEL PROST AS SOON AS I MADE THE COMPLAINT MAGICALLY, THE NEXT DAY, THE STATE ATTORNEY NOEL PROST THE CASE AGAINST THE END. I DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT. THE YOUNG MAN HIRED ONLY AND ONLY I WASN'T ADVOCATING FOR OR AGAINST HIS CRIMINAL ISSUE. I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, BUT I CAN'T STAND HERE IS A CITIZEN AND ALLOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO DO THIS TO HUMAN BEINGS. >> THANK YOU SIR. >> THANK YOU. >> IT'S BAD. >> THANK YOU, SIR. >> ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEEING NO ONE, >> YOU HAVE ONE TO READ. THANK YOU. >> THIS WAS AN EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED FROM KEY HOMES WHOSE ADDRESS IS EXEMPT. DEAR MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS I'M WRITING THIS EMAIL TO BE HEARD AT THE NEXT CITY COMMISSION. I'VE ASKED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT THE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACTOR PLACED ON THE AGENDA COMMISSIONERS HUNDRED -- TWO YEARS AGO AND IT STILL HASN'T HAVE BEEN HEARD. BOTH CHARTER MEMBERS HAVE BEEN RENEWING FOR YEARS. AS EACH OF YOU KNOW I'VE SENT EMAILS TO EACH OF YOU ABOUT THIS MATTER AND STILL NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. THIS BRINGS ME TO THE MATTER OF MY MEDICAL RECORDS BEING PLACED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW. I'VE EMAILED MR. MIMBS ABOUT THE ISSUE WITH NO RESPONSE. IF THIS HAPPENED TO A MINORITY THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN AN INVESTIGATION IMMEDIATELY. AS OF LAST WEEK THERE'S BEEN NO INVESTIGATION. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE PAGES WERE TAKEN DOWN. THEY STILL REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. HOW MUCH MORE OF THE TAX MONEY NEEDS TO BE WASTED ON THESE SO-CALLED MANAGERS? WHERE'S THE INVESTIGATION INTO THIS ISSUE AND WHY HASN'T MR. MIMBS RETURNED MY CALL. SIGNED KEITH HOLMES. >> ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND MOVE ON. [01:25:10] >> NEXT WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER. [15. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION] >> MR. MIMBS? >> NO COMMENT. >> (LAUGHING) ALL RIGHT. MR. SWEENEY? >> NO. THANK YOU, MA'AM. >> OKAY. COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? >> COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER? >> YES. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YOUR COMMISSION COMMENTS. >> I JUST WANT TO HAVE EVERYBODY BE THINKING ABOUT HOW SERIOUS IN DIRE NEED WE ARE TO TAKE CARE OF HERSELF AND HER FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I HAVE NO PROBLEMS OTHER THAN JUST THE UNDERLYING HEALTH ISSUES I'VE ALWAYS HAD. SO I JUST -- I'M JUST THANKFUL TO BE HERE WITH MY FAMILY BECAUSE WE ARE INVOLUNTARY QUARANTINE AND I JUST -- IS A LOOK OUT ACROSS THIS COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO IT TOGETHER. >> RIGHT. WHAT WE WANT YOU TO STAY SAFE. THANK YOU. >> YES. >> THANK YOU. >> COMMISSIONER PERONISTS? >> THANKS, MAYOR, JUST BRIEFLY, ONE THING I'VE NOTICED ABOUT OUR CITY OF FORT PIERCE, THE KINDNESS OF PEOPLE AND IN TIMES LIKE THIS WHERE WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO US BEFORE. NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHERE IT'S GOING OR HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT US IN THE LONG TERM. AND YOU'RE SAYING NEIGHBORS -- I MEAN I MET NEIGHBORS THAT I HAD I DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT I HAD. WERE HELPING EACH OTHER OUT. IF WE CAN AND WE ARE WERE COUNTED DOING THAT. FOLKS ARE -- ESPECIALLY DOWNTOWN AND SOUTH HUTCHISON ISLAND, I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE OBEYING ALL THE WARNINGS AND YOU KNOW, THE GROUPINGS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, NO MORE THAN TWO AND IT MAKES ME FEEL THAT WE ARE NOT -- WEARY PROGRESSIVE CITY THAT IS KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. AND I SAY THAT, FLUFFY, THAT I MEAN IT. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT TYPE OF HARDENER PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY. JUST EVERYBODY BE SAFE. >> COMMISSIONER SESSIONS? >> I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD HAVE GONE UP BUT I GUESS THEY DECIDED NOT TO. WE HAVE GENTLEMEN OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT ALLIED HEALTH. -- I'LL INTRODUCE YOU. ALLIED HEALTH, AUTO FORT LAUDERDALE THE GENTLEMAN IS DOING A LOT OF TESTING IN REMOTE SITES DOWN SOUTH. THEY BEEN IN MIAMI. THEY'VE BEEN IN PALM BEACH ALSO PEMBROKE PARK. THE MAYOR OF PEMBROKE PARK GOT IN TOUCH WITH ME I HAVE A LETTER HERE AND HE DID TO THE CLERK FOR THE RECORD. BUT AT ANY RATE, THEY HAD GONE DOWN THERE AND THEY HAD DONE SOME TESTING AT A REMOTE SITE AND IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE THING ABOUT THIS ORGANIZATION IS THAT THEY'RE NOT CHARGING ONE PENNY FOR THE TESTING WHICH MAKES THEM UNIQUE AND THAT REALLY STOOD OUT IN MY MIND. YOUR TURNAROUND TIME IS ABOUT 48 HOURS AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING. AND AGAIN IT'S AT NO COST. SO MAYOR MOHAMMED IS HER NAME. SHE HIGHLY RECOMMENDS THEM. THEY'RE IN TOWN AND I'M TRYING TO GET THEM THROUGH ALL THE RED TAPE OF GETTING SET UP SO THAT THEY CAN DO SOME OF THE TESTING HERE IN OUR CITY BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE WE DO NEED THE TESTING BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY CORE THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT IS TO SECLUDE AND ISOLATE INDIVIDUALS ONCE THEY BEEN TESTED. SO ONCE AN INDIVIDUAL IS TESTED IN THEIR POSITIVE HE GOES IN ISOLATION. AND THEN THE CHANCES ARE DIMINISHED WITH THE PERSON PASSING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TO OFFER RIGHT NOW. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HOPE AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY TO WORK THINGS OUT. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING REGARDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND THINGS IN PAPERWORK BUT HOPEFULLY WILL BE SEEING THEM OUT IN THE PUBLIC AND FORT PIERCE. I'M HOPING THEY CAN DO IT OUT OF ONE OF OUR PUBLIC PARKS I SAW THE UNIFORM WITHIN THE CITY CENTRALLY LOCATED. BUT THEY'VE [01:30:07] DONE GREAT THINGS DOWN SOUTH AND I JUST HOPE THAT THEY CAN COME HERE AND HELP US OUT TO AS WELL. JUST SOME WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT. TO THE PUBLIC, IN OUR GENERAL OFFICE BUSINESSES IN CHURCHES AND THE LIST JUST GOES ON AND ON OF THE MAKEUP OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE. WHICH IS MAKES IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE CULTURES WILL WE JUST LIKE TO CONGREGATE. AND I COMMEND THIS FOR WHAT I'VE SEEN IN TERMS OF HOLDING BACK EVEN THE CHURCHES EVEN FUNERALS FOR THAT MATTER. THERE'VE BEEN SHORT EVERYBODY FOR THE MOST PART IS PRACTICING THE DISTANCE ROLE FOR DOING A GREAT JOB EVERYBODY APPEARS TO BE NICE IN TERMS OF ENFORCEMENT. I MEAN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THERE APPROACHING INDIVIDUALS, NOT WITH ATTITUDES BUT THEIR DIPLOMATIC AND I NOTICED IT MYSELF. AND THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES SOMETIMES BEING A LITTLE COMPASSIONATE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE SAME THING. AND WHILE WE MAY NOT HAVE THE VIRUS, IS JUST THE ANXIETY AND STRESS OF JUST SITTING AND WATCHING WHAT'S GOING ON CAN BE JUST AS -- I CAN'T SAY JUST AS DETRIMENTAL, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME IS FLEETING TO DEATH. BUT WE ARE ALL FORTUNATE HERE TODAY AND IT'S A VERY UNFORTUNATE SITUATION BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHO MAY HAVE IT AND THESE GENTLEMAN I SPOKE WITH THEM EARLIER, AND THEY WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN IN FORT LAUDERDALE ENGAGE COUNTY WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING IN PALM BEACH, WHICH IS SO CLOSE TO US. SO YOU KNOW, WE CAN PAINT A PRETTY PICTURE. AND THE REALITY OF IT IS IS THAT THIS IS REAL SERIOUS WE HAVE TO TAKE IT SERIOUS AND IT'S ONE DATA TIME, BUT TOGETHER WE CAN PULL THIS OFF. THERE ARE TESTINGS BEING DONE AT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT NOW ON DELAWARE AVENUE. YOU HAVE TO CALL IN TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AT 1505 NORTH DELAWARE AVENUE. I BELIEVE THE NUMBERS 461-1502. BUT IT'S A COMMUNITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT ON DELAWARE AVENUE. IF YOU CALL IN THERE, THEY WILL SCREEN YOU AND IF THEY BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TESTING, AT THAT POINT, THEY WILL HAVE YOU COME INTO THE OFFICE AND THEY WILL DO THE NECESSARY SWABBING. SO FOR THOSE THAT FEEL THAT THEY NEED TESTING, PLEASE DON'T BE RELUCTANT. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO IN AND BE TESTED IF YOU HAVE THE SYMPTOMS BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S THE ONLY CURE THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. SO BE ENCOURAGED, FORT PIERCE. LAST TIME OR IN HERE I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 12 CASES. TODAY, TONIGHT, IT'S HUNDRED SEVEN. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS ARE GOING UP DRASTICALLY AND VERY QUICKLY AND THINGS FROM WHAT THE MODEL SAY IS GOOD TO GET A LOT WORSE. SO PLEASE STAY INSIDE. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME OUT. IT'S JUST TEMPORARY. IT'S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IS GOING TO BE OKAY FOR US. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, LET'S NOT TAKE THIS LIGHTLY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? >> I JUST HAVE TO ECHO THOSE WORDS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING. I EVEN THINK ABOUT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS AND THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, REALLY. THEY ARE GOING TO WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. COMING HOME. THEY DON'T KNOW WHO, WHAT, WHEN AND HOW AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION. I SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE THAT ARE DOING THAT ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT NOTIFYING BUSINESSES AND TALKING AND REACHING OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY, SOMETHING THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO BUT YOU DO IT ANYWAY. THE OTHER THING IS JUST BEING IN THOUGHT AND PRAYER FOR TEACHERS, STUDENTS. THEY ARE IN A DIFFERENT WORLD RIGHT NOW. I'M WATCHING YOU FOR MY WIFE [01:35:01] HAVE THESE SESSIONS ONLINE IN THEIR TALKING ABOUT HOW TO REACH STUDENTS AND HOW BEST TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR EDUCATION AND THE FOLKS THAT WERE -- THE KIDS THAT WERE GETTING READY TO GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS IS DIFFERENT FOR THEM BECAUSE THEIR DAYS ARE JUST HAVE CHANGED. THEY HAD THESE PLANS AND DREAMS, BUT WHERE I'VE ENCOURAGED THEM I WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WE ALL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE THEM IS DON'T GIVE UP ON IT. WE ARE FACED WITH A CHALLENGE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. DON'T LOSE FOCUS ON THAT ASPIRATION TO DO SOMETHING OR WE SEE SCHOOLCHILDREN OUT PLAYING IN THE YARD DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. TAKE THE CHANCE. DON'T GET TOO CLOSE. IF YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT IN YOUR DAY, GIVE THEM THE AIR HIGH-FIVING JUST ENCOURAGE THEM AND ASKED THEM HOW THEIR DAY IS GOING AND HOW THEY ARE ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IS GOING. I'VE NOTICED CHILDREN THAT -- THEY LOVE IT BUT NOT TOO MUCH. THEY LIKE IT AND THEY'RE GETTING USED TO IT BUT IT'S DIFFERENT TODAY CHANGE AND HONESTLY IT'S A CHANGE FOR THE PARENTS, RIGHT? BEING AT HOME WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THIS ALL HAPPEN. SO I'M PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR WHAT THEY ARE DOING. EVERY SINGLE DAY THEY CHANGE HOW THEY OPERATE. THEY CHANGE IT FOR WHAT THEY THINK IS BETTER FOR THE MOMENT. >> FINE-TUNING IT A LOT. >> AND THOSE PROFESSIONALS IN THE GROUPS, LIKE THEIR IT DEPARTMENT, OH MY GOODNESS. TALK ABOUT OVERTIME. THOSE GUYS ARE PUSHING THE LIMITS BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. ANYWAY, THAT'S IT FOR ME AT THIS POINT. THANK YOU. >> I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT WORK FROM HOME WHO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE ON THE FRONT LINES. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE. I APPRECIATE IT. AND SO OUR POLICE AND FIRE AND HOSPITAL WORKERS AND TRUCKERS AND GROCERY STORE CLERKS, ONE OF WHOM IS MY GRANDSON WHO HAS LEARNED HOW TO SANITIZE PUBLICS PRETTY GOOD. HIS -- HE'S LEARNED A GOOD LESSON WITH THIS AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REMIND US ALL THAT THIS IS TEMPORARY. YOU MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT IS NOW BECAUSE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAY OR JUNE, BUT THAT IS TEMPORARY. IN OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS KIND OF THING BEFORE. WHEN I WAS A CHILD IT WAS POLIO. AND POLIO WAS ATTACKING YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A VACCINE. AND THEY CAME UP AND POLIO HIS ALMOST BEEN ERADICATED. SO THIS IS A TEMPORARY -- I'M REALLY PLEASED WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES WHO HAVE HAD SHOWN INNOVATION AND HAVE KIND OF STOPPED DOING WHAT THEY DID BEFORE AND QUICKLY ADJUSTED TO WHAT THEY DO NOW. SO I REALLY AM PROUD OF OUR CITY IN THE FAITH COMMUNITY HAS DONE A WONDERFUL THING BECAUSE THEY ARE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR FLOCK AND LEAD THEIR FLOCK BUT THEY'RE DOING IT THROUGH ELECTRONIC MEANS AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF MEANS. SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY HAS ADJUSTED TO THIS NEW NORMAL AND IT WILL END. AND WE WILL GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT AND I THINK WILL BE STRONGER FOR IT. SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN ADJOURN. WHAT WOULD LIKE TO DO IS EVERYBODY PLEASE LEAVE CHAMBERS AND OF COURSE, SOCIAL DISTANCE AS YOU LEAVE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.