WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:03.260 --> 00:00:07.520 >> Gregg Weiss: WELCOME TO THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT BOARD 00:00:07.520 --> 00:00:12.600 MEETING FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY SEPTEMBER 19, 2023. 00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:17.390 MADAM CLERK, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? 00:00:17.390 --> 00:00:18.910 >> COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 00:00:18.910 --> 00:00:19.910 >> HERE. 00:00:19.910 --> 00:00:20.910 >> COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:00:20.910 --> 00:00:21.910 >> HERE. 00:00:21.910 --> 00:00:22.910 >> COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:00:22.910 --> 00:00:23.910 >> HERE. 00:00:23.910 --> 00:00:24.910 >> COMMISSIONER MARINO? 00:00:24.910 --> 00:00:25.910 VICE MAYOR SACHS? 00:00:25.910 --> 00:00:26.990 MAYOR WEISS. 00:00:26.990 --> 00:00:27.990 >> HERE. 00:00:27.990 --> 00:00:28.990 >> COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:00:28.990 --> 00:00:29.990 >> HERE. 00:00:29.990 --> 00:00:35.469 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE THE HONOR OF HAVING VICE MERELY DOESN'T OUR INVOCATION AND PLEDGE 00:00:35.469 --> 00:00:37.230 OF ALLEGIANCE. 00:00:37.230 --> 00:00:39.729 PLEASE RISE IF YOU ARE ABLE. 00:00:39.729 --> 00:00:42.750 >> Maria Sachs: BOW OUR HEADS. 00:00:42.750 --> 00:00:51.510 ETERNAL GOD, IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES WHEN ANXIETY RUNS HIGH AND FRUSTRATION RUNS DEEP, 00:00:51.510 --> 00:00:57.670 IN THE FACE OF POLITICAL TRANSITIONS IN AN ECONOMY RIDDING IN DISARRAY, WE ARE GRATEFUL 00:00:57.670 --> 00:01:04.309 FOR REMINDERS OF YOUR PRESENCE, YOUR LOVE FOR US IN YOUR GRACE TOWARD US. 00:01:04.309 --> 00:01:09.750 TEACH WHEN WE THINK WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER TO BE MORE GRATEFUL 00:01:09.750 --> 00:01:14.810 FOR WHAT WE DO HAVE BEEN FEARFUL ABOUT WHAT WE DON'T. 00:01:14.810 --> 00:01:20.310 AND VERY APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT THEN EMBITTERED OVER WHAT WE'VE LOST. 00:01:20.310 --> 00:01:26.680 SHOW OH GOD WHERE WE NEED TO BE MORE SWIFT TO BLESS THEM BE LITTLE, MORE QUICK TO LOVE 00:01:26.680 --> 00:01:33.110 THAN TO LOAD AND IN THIS SEASON MORE GENEROUS IN OUR OFFERED COMPASSION TO THE FORGOTTEN 00:01:33.110 --> 00:01:34.750 AND FOR LOAN. 00:01:34.750 --> 00:01:40.289 MAKE OUR LIVES THE ANSWERS TO THE VERY PRAYERS WE OFFER AND LET US SAY AMEN. 00:01:40.289 --> 00:01:44.160 >>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC 00:01:44.160 --> 00:01:58.180 FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR 00:01:58.180 --> 00:01:59.190 ALL. 00:01:59.190 --> 00:02:02.100 >> Gregg Weiss: ALRIGHTY. 00:02:02.100 --> 00:02:09.609 MADAME ADMINISTRATOR, UNDER ANY ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR SUBSTITUTIONS TO THE AGENDA. 00:02:09.609 --> 00:02:13.670 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. 00:02:13.670 --> 00:02:23.030 ON PAGE 37 WE ARE DELETING ITEM 3I10 AND IT WILL BE HEARD OCTOBER 3. 00:02:23.030 --> 00:02:30.550 ON PAGE 53 THREE TI HAS BEEN MOVED AND RENUMBERED TO 6A1. 00:02:30.550 --> 00:02:37.030 ON PAGE 73 5A1 HAS A SLIGHT REVISION TO OUR MOTION AND TITLE. 00:02:37.030 --> 00:02:41.170 PAGE 75 5C1 HAS BEEN DELETED. 00:02:41.170 --> 00:02:51.680 PAGE 76 WAS THE ADDITION OF 6A1 WHICH IS THE CHILDCARE ADVISORY COUNCIL AND APPOINTING 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.410 THOSE MEMBERS. 00:02:53.410 --> 00:03:02.090 ON PAGE 76 THE EXISTING 6A1 HAS BEEN RENUMBERED TO 7A ONE AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ADDITIONS 00:03:02.090 --> 00:03:03.090 AND DELETIONS. 00:03:03.090 --> 00:03:09.030 >> Gregg Weiss: TO BE OF A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AGENDA? 00:03:09.030 --> 00:03:13.980 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:03:13.980 --> 00:03:14.980 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:03:14.980 --> 00:03:15.980 ALL OPPOSED? 00:03:15.980 --> 00:03:18.360 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:03:18.360 --> 00:03:19.820 OKAY. 00:03:19.820 --> 00:03:23.490 MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. 00:03:23.490 --> 00:03:28.959 WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REMOVE ANY ITEMS FROM CONSENT THIS MORNING? 00:03:28.959 --> 00:03:33.230 VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:03:33.230 --> 00:03:37.160 >> Maria Sachs: YES, I WOULD. 00:03:37.160 --> 00:03:45.610 AND IT IS JUST TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS IF I COULD AND THAT IS, I WILL FIND IT IN 00:03:45.610 --> 00:03:50.740 A SECOND HERE. 00:03:50.740 --> 00:03:55.870 YES, MAYOR, YES. 00:03:55.870 --> 00:04:00.400 THAT'S WHY YOU OF THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:13.579 IF I COULD REMOVE ON PAGE 34 3I4 AND IT IS JUST FOR A COUPLE COMMENTS WITH REGARD 4TO 00:04:13.579 --> 00:04:15.510 THAT IF I COULD. 00:04:15.510 --> 00:04:16.549 THANK YOU. 00:04:16.549 --> 00:04:20.300 >> Gregg Weiss: ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED? 00:04:20.300 --> 00:04:26.460 NOT SEEING ANY, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA PLUS 00:04:26.460 --> 00:04:29.190 ITEM 3I4. 00:04:29.190 --> 00:04:33.660 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:04:33.660 --> 00:04:34.660 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:04:34.660 --> 00:04:35.660 ALL OPPOSED? 00:04:35.660 --> 00:04:41.389 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0 AND NOW WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 3I4. 00:04:41.389 --> 00:04:43.210 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 00:04:43.210 --> 00:04:54.449 AND MY COMMENTS IS THAT I AM VERY PLEASED AND PROUD OF WHAT ANDREW DUFFEL HAS DONE WITH 00:04:54.449 --> 00:05:00.600 THE FLORIDA ATLANTIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AT FAU THAT HE HAS ALSO INCLUDED 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:10.919 GLOBAL VENTURES WHICH IS A STEP UP IN INCREASING OUR COUNTIES INVOLVEMENT WITH TECHNOLOGIES 00:05:10.919 --> 00:05:18.360 AND NEW STARTUPS THAT WILL ONLY MAKE PALM BEACH COUNTY A PLAYER IN THE 21ST CENTURY. 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:27.300 I KNOW THIS IS AN COMMISSIONER WOODWARDS DISTRICT AND I COMMEND HER FOR HER INVOLVEMENT WITH 00:05:27.300 --> 00:05:28.300 THIS. 00:05:28.300 --> 00:05:35.270 MY INVOLVEMENT WAS YEARS AGO IN THE SENATE WHEN WE MADE SURE THAT THE TECH RUNWAY WHICH 00:05:35.270 --> 00:05:41.810 WAS ALWAYS OUR PRIDE AND JOY WAS FUNDED AND I THINK IT IS GOOD THE COUNTY IS STEPPING 00:05:41.810 --> 00:05:51.010 UP AND RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS RESEARCH PARK AT FAU AND KUDOS TO ANDREW DUFFEL 00:05:51.010 --> 00:05:53.260 AS WELL AND THAT IS WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT. 00:05:53.260 --> 00:05:54.659 >> Gregg Weiss: DO YOU HAVE A MOTION. 00:05:54.659 --> 00:05:56.939 >> Maria Sachs: I DO AT THIS TIME. 00:05:56.939 --> 00:06:08.139 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 3I4 BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE WE REMOVED AS PART OF 00:06:08.139 --> 00:06:09.580 THE CONSENT AGENDA. 00:06:09.580 --> 00:06:16.289 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD 00:06:16.289 --> 00:06:19.990 AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR COMMENT? 00:06:19.990 --> 00:06:20.990 I SEE MR. 00:06:20.990 --> 00:06:23.310 DUFFEL IS HEAR THE CHAMBERS. 00:06:23.310 --> 00:06:24.930 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. 00:06:24.930 --> 00:06:33.650 I WILL JUST ADD THAT I HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEM AT THE RESEARCH PARK IN GLOBAL 00:06:33.650 --> 00:06:42.830 VENTURES AND MET A NUMBER OF THE STARTUPS THAT ARE, NOT TRYING BUT SOME OF THEM ARE 00:06:42.830 --> 00:06:50.740 WELL ON THEIR WAY OF BECOMING IMPACTFUL BUSINESSES IN A LAW A DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY SO CONGRATULATIONS 00:06:50.740 --> 00:06:52.100 TO ALL YOU DO. 00:06:52.100 --> 00:06:54.900 WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:06:54.900 --> 00:06:56.490 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:06:56.490 --> 00:06:57.490 ALL OPPOSED? 00:06:57.490 --> 00:06:58.900 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:06:58.900 --> 00:06:59.900 OKAY. 00:06:59.900 --> 00:07:09.090 NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO, LET'S SEE WE SHOULD GO INTO PUBLIC HEARINGS NEXT. 00:07:09.090 --> 00:07:11.580 >> MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PROOF OF PUBLICATION. 00:07:11.580 --> 00:07:16.080 >> Gregg Weiss: WE HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND WE HAVE 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:17.979 A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:07:17.979 --> 00:07:19.759 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:20.759 ALL OPPOSED? 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:22.870 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:07:22.870 --> 00:07:28.949 MOVING ON TO OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, THIS IS 4A1, A REPEAL OF AN ORDINANCE. 00:07:28.949 --> 00:07:30.919 WE HAVE HAD A HEARING ON THIS BEFORE. 00:07:30.919 --> 00:07:32.390 WE MOVED IT. 00:07:32.390 --> 00:07:36.449 DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS AGAIN? 00:07:36.449 --> 00:07:37.939 WITH THAT, WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:40.491 >> Maria Sachs: I WILL MAKE A MOTION. 00:07:40.491 --> 00:07:45.310 >> Gregg Weiss: MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR TO APPROVE ITEM 4A1 REPEALING AN ORDINANCE OF 00:07:45.310 --> 00:07:53.680 THE COUNTY COMMISSION ORDINANCE CHAPTER 14 ARTICLE 2 SECTION 14 – 82. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:55.330 HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:07:55.330 --> 00:07:57.419 THIS BRINGS US IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. 00:07:57.419 --> 00:07:58.419 ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? 00:07:58.419 --> 00:07:59.960 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:07:59.960 --> 00:08:00.960 ALL OPPOSED? 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:02.190 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:08:02.190 --> 00:08:03.360 OKAY. 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:07.139 LIVING ON FACILITIES AND DEVELOPMENT. 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:16.580 THIS IS 4B1 THIS IS ITEM A AND B. REPORTING TO THE STATE REGARDING THE SURPLUS 00:08:16.580 --> 00:08:19.970 PROPERTY ON OKEECHOBEE BOULEVARD THAT WE APPROVED LAST WEEK. 00:08:19.970 --> 00:08:22.780 DOES ANYONE NEED A DISCUSSION ON THIS? 00:08:22.780 --> 00:08:27.340 WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? 00:08:27.340 --> 00:08:30.280 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:08:30.280 --> 00:08:31.280 ANY DISCUSSION? 00:08:31.280 --> 00:08:32.339 SEEING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:08:32.339 --> 00:08:33.339 ALL OPPOSED? 00:08:33.339 --> 00:08:35.580 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:08:35.580 --> 00:08:37.560 OKAY. 00:08:37.560 --> 00:08:39.300 MOVING INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA. 00:08:39.300 --> 00:08:43.940 LET'S MAKE SURE I DON'T MESS THIS UP. 00:08:43.940 --> 00:08:45.550 OKAY. 00:08:45.550 --> 00:08:47.160 5A1. 00:08:47.160 --> 00:08:52.720 THIS IS A MOTION TO ADOPT A CONTRACT BETWEEN COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEN CORE FOR DEVELOPMENT 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.860 IMPLEMENTATION OF A 401(a) PLAN. 00:08:56.860 --> 00:08:59.370 ALL RIGHT. 00:08:59.370 --> 00:09:04.769 WOULD YOU LIKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 00:09:04.769 --> 00:09:07.099 I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. 00:09:29.910 --> 00:09:30.910 MR. 00:09:30.910 --> 00:09:31.910 VAUGHN LAREN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:09:31.910 --> 00:09:36.910 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COUNTY ATTORNEY. 00:09:36.910 --> 00:09:44.330 YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE 401(a) OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SPECIAL PAY 00:09:44.330 --> 00:09:50.490 PLAN, THIS IS AN ITEM PRESENT MUTE YOU HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES ALREADY, FOR OTHERS 00:09:50.490 --> 00:09:51.709 FAVOR THE NOT. 00:09:51.709 --> 00:09:58.029 BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE JUST FROM AN UNDERSTANDING PERSPECTIVE JUST TO TAKE A LITTLE BRIEF HISTORY 00:09:58.029 --> 00:10:04.589 OF HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY, WITH THE 401(a) IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT VENTURESOME 00:10:04.589 --> 00:10:11.620 INSIGHTS AND SEEK YOUR DIRECTION AS WE GO BACK AND SIT WITH BENCOR UNDER THE CONTRACT 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:15.850 WITH YOU THAT IS BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN FOR YOU. 00:10:15.850 --> 00:10:24.600 SO THE SPECIAL PAY PLAN THAT WE HAVE WAS BROUGHT TO STAFF BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:29.890 TO ASK US TO DO SOME RESEARCH TO LOOK INTO A 401 (a) OR SPECIAL PAY PLAN INCLUDING THAT 00:10:29.890 --> 00:10:35.310 INTO OUR COMPLEMENT OF OPTIONS FOR EMPLOYEES BASED ON BOARD DIRECTION WE WENT BACK AND 00:10:35.310 --> 00:10:37.570 LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLANS. 00:10:37.570 --> 00:10:43.720 WE HAD A NUMBER QUESTIONS, WE CAN BACK TO THE BCC, ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL DIRECTION TO 00:10:43.720 --> 00:10:49.470 SEEK SOME LEGAL COUNSEL WHICH WE DID AND THEY GAVE US SOME OF THE OPINIONS WE THOUGHT ENABLED 00:10:49.470 --> 00:10:54.930 US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DIRECTION ON HOW TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. 00:10:54.930 --> 00:11:02.710 RECONVENE THE COLLECTION COMMITTEE OF A NUMBER OF STAFF AND HR, ADMINISTRATION AND OF THE 00:11:02.710 --> 00:11:09.709 FOUR APPLICANT SUBMITTED, BENCOR INCORPORATE IT WAS SELECTED AS THE VENDOR. 00:11:09.709 --> 00:11:16.600 WE NEGOTIATED WITH THEM AFTER THAT AND MANY THANKS TO THEM FOR INCLUDING AS PART OF THE 00:11:16.600 --> 00:11:22.350 CONTRACT THE GUARANTEED INTEREST RATE OF 3 TO 5 PERCENT ON DOLLARS PUT INTO THE AS ONE 00:11:22.350 --> 00:11:28.300 OF THE INVESTMENT OPTIONS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES WHEN THE DOLLARS GO IN THERE. 00:11:28.300 --> 00:11:32.930 SO WHAT IS A SPECIAL PAY PLAN? 00:11:32.930 --> 00:11:41.139 THESE ARE INVESTMENT TOOLS THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZED FOR SPECIFIC GROUP PARTICIPANTS AND I EMPHASIZE 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:47.089 BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY AS WE SIT DOWN WE PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER WITH BENCOR 00:11:47.089 --> 00:11:51.360 THAT FLEXIBILITY IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SOME YOUR DIRECTION ON HOW 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:53.220 TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:59.100 BUT THE ONE KEY IS ALL MEMBERS WE IDENTIFY WITHIN THE PLAN THAT WE SELECT TO PARTICIPATE 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:02.050 IN THAT 401 (a) MUST PARTICIPATE IN IT. 00:12:02.050 --> 00:12:07.300 THEY DON'T HAVE THE OPTION OF NOT DOING IT, THEY HAVE TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THAT 401 (a) 00:12:07.300 --> 00:12:12.970 A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE 450 7B WHICH WE HAVE WHICH IS VOLUNTARY FOR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES 00:12:12.970 --> 00:12:16.320 TO DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY LIKE TO OR NOT. 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:22.480 THESE ARE FUNDED BY WHAT IS CALLED SPECIAL PAY, EMPLOYEE SPECIAL PAY. 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:29.769 SO FOR PURPOSE OF WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN THIS, THAT WOULD BE THE UNUSED ACCUMULATED 00:12:29.769 --> 00:12:36.709 SICK AND VACATION TIME THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE EMPLOYEES UPON THEIR TERMINATION FROM 00:12:36.709 --> 00:12:39.720 EMPLOYMENT WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:45.620 ONE OF THE BENEFITS IN THE SPECIAL PAY PLAN IN THE 401 (a) BOTH THE EMPLOYER, WE AS PALM 00:12:45.620 --> 00:12:53.699 BEACH COUNTY, AND THE EMPLOYEE SAVE A PERCENTAGE, 7.6 PERCENT OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE 00:12:53.699 --> 00:12:59.380 TAX ON THOSE OF FUNDS YOUR NORMALLY THE WAY WE DO TODAY WE DISPERSE THE DOLLARS IN SOMEONE'S 00:12:59.380 --> 00:13:04.040 LAST CHECK WHEN THEY ARE LEAVING THE COUNTY AND THOSE APPROPRIATE TAXES ARE REMITTED TO 00:13:04.040 --> 00:13:07.540 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM THE COUNTY AND THE EMPLOYEE. 00:13:07.540 --> 00:13:13.670 WE WOULD KEEP THAT UNDER THE 401(a) THE DOLLARS THAT WOULD GO INTO IT FOR THE EMPLOYEE WOULD 00:13:13.670 --> 00:13:18.940 HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE 7.65 PERCENT. 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:24.019 SOME PAY PLANS ARE SET UP THAT MANDATORY EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS BUT THAT WAS NOT 00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:28.510 SPECIFICALLY SOMETHING WE WERE LOOKING AT UNDER THIS PLAN. 00:13:28.510 --> 00:13:32.769 THIS NEXT SLIDE WE JUST WANTED TO TALK INITIALLY BECAUSE THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS 00:13:32.769 --> 00:13:37.450 WE HAD TO DRILL IN WITH SOME OUR LEGAL TEAM AND THAT WAS THE RECOGNITION OF ALLOWING JUST 00:13:37.450 --> 00:13:44.870 THOSE EMPLOYEES UNUSED SICK AND VACATION TIME TO BE QUALIFIED TO HAVE IS ONLY PART OF THE 00:13:44.870 --> 00:13:49.680 RETIREMENT PLAN AND THROUGH THAT RESEARCH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO QUALIFY THAT THROUGH 00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:56.940 SOME OF THE LANGUAGE WE HAVE HERE IN OUR GENERAL LEGAL OUTSIDE COUNSEL ALSO CONFIRMED WITH 00:13:56.940 --> 00:14:04.730 US WE ARE ABLE TO USE THE UNUSED SICK AND VACATION TIME AS PART OF THAT 401 (a). 00:14:04.730 --> 00:14:11.110 JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF UNDERSTANDING OF HOWEVER CRUEL PROCESS WORKS VACATION AND 00:14:11.110 --> 00:14:13.450 SICK LEAVE. 00:14:13.450 --> 00:14:20.280 YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART FROM YEAR 1021 YOU ACCRUE FOUR HOURS PER PAY PERIOD. 00:14:20.280 --> 00:14:26.889 AS YOU GET MORE SEASONED IN THE COUNTY 10 YEARS AND GREATER OF TIME. 00:14:26.889 --> 00:14:34.199 6.16 IS A MAXIMUM VACATION REFERRAL HE BEGIN TO ACCRUE FROM YEARS 10 TO 99. 00:14:34.199 --> 00:14:41.029 AM HAPPY TO SAY WE HAVEN'T HAD TO DEAL WITH ANYONE BEYOND 99 SO ALL GOOD THERE. 00:14:41.029 --> 00:14:43.449 SICK LEAVE ACCRUAL IS DIFFERENT. 00:14:43.449 --> 00:14:50.500 THAT IS ASSUMING CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD SO EVERYONE RECEIVES FOUR HOURS AS PART OF 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:56.570 THEIR PAY PLAN WITH THE COUNTY PER PERIOD. 00:14:56.570 --> 00:15:03.810 ON THE VACATION POLICY THEMSELVES, THESE REFLECTIONS ARE IN AN EMPLOYEE PAYCHECKS FOR THE WEEK 00:15:03.810 --> 00:15:08.660 FOLLOWING THESE ARE ALL GOVERNED BY MERIT RULE. 00:15:08.660 --> 00:15:13.300 EMPLOYEES CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE TIME THAN WHAT THEY'VE ACCUMULATED TO DATE. 00:15:13.300 --> 00:15:20.680 MAXIMUM ACCUMULATION OF VACATION HOURS AND EMPLOYEE CAN ACCUMULATE IS 400 HOURS IN ANY 00:15:20.680 --> 00:15:27.500 EMPLOYEES ACCUMULATED MORE THAN 400 HOURS AT THE END OF THE YEAR, THOSE ARE FORFEITED 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:31.910 THOSE AXIS CD WHICH IS WHY WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PLEASE TAKE VACATIONS. 00:15:31.910 --> 00:15:35.920 IT IS SOMETHING WE THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO DO. 00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:40.630 ARE COUNTY EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED TO DONATE SOME OF THEIR VACATION HOURS FOR 00:15:40.630 --> 00:15:46.470 THE PALM BEACH COUNTY UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN AND EMPLOYEES ARE PERMITTED TO BE PAID OUT 00:15:46.470 --> 00:15:51.800 UP TO 500 HOURS TO ENTER INTO THE FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION 00:15:51.800 --> 00:15:54.170 PLAN OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DROP. 00:15:54.170 --> 00:15:57.570 NONE OF THESE ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE CHANGED AT ALL. 00:15:57.570 --> 00:16:03.380 THESE ARE ALL PROPOSED TO STAY THE SAME SO THE MERIT RULES AND STATE RULES WILL STAY 00:16:03.380 --> 00:16:05.810 IN PLACE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. 00:16:05.810 --> 00:16:11.240 IN TERMS OF SICK LEAVE POLICY, SICK LEAVE IS EARNED BIWEEKLY AND THE ACCRUAL IS BASED 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:17.750 ON 10 PERCENT OF EMPLOYEE SCHEDULE WORKWEEK SO THAT DOESN'T EXCEED 40 HOURS PER WEEK. 00:16:17.750 --> 00:16:24.000 BASICALLY 104 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE PER YEAR IS WHAT EMPLOYEES ACCUMULATE. 00:16:24.000 --> 00:16:26.040 AND THEY CAN ACCUMULATE UNLIMITED. 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:30.170 SOME EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE BEEN HERE MANY MANY YEARS WHO HAVE A GOOD HEALTH RECORD AND HAVE 00:16:30.170 --> 00:16:34.620 IT ADD TO TAKE TIME OFF HAVE A LOT OF UNUSED SICK LEAVE. 00:16:34.620 --> 00:16:42.740 IN TERMS OF THE PAYOUT, FOR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE HIRED BEFORE OCTOBER 1994, THEY ARE ELIGIBLE 00:16:42.740 --> 00:16:50.819 TO RECEIVE UPON RETIREMENT OR LEAVE UP TO 50 PERCENT OF THEIR UNUSED SICK PAY UP TO 00:16:50.819 --> 00:16:52.970 500 HOURS THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR. 00:16:52.970 --> 00:17:00.329 EMPLOYEES HIRED AFTER THAT OCTOBER 94 DATE CAN BE PAID OUT FOR 10 PERCENT OF THAT SIX 00:17:00.329 --> 00:17:08.190 TIME AFTER 10 YEARS NOT TO EXCEED 500 HOURS UNDER THAT MERIT RULE AS WELL. 00:17:08.190 --> 00:17:16.450 WE WANTED TO THE LAST COUPLE OF SLIDES FOCUS ON THESE PAGES WITH SOME OF THE FEEDBACK IN 00:17:16.450 --> 00:17:19.050 TERMS OF THAT PLAN DESIGN. 00:17:19.050 --> 00:17:25.270 AND WANTED TO AGAIN REMIND YOU IT ALLOWS THE FLEXIBILITY TO CARVE OUT EMPLOYEE GROUPS FOR 00:17:25.270 --> 00:17:27.720 INCLUSION INTO THE PLAN. 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:33.070 EXAMPLES OF THAT ARE SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT SAY WE ONLY WANT DIRECTORS OR ONLY ALL EXECUTIVES 00:17:33.070 --> 00:17:38.830 ARE A PLAN THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ANY PEOPLE IN THOSE CATEGORIES FOR THE PLAN. 00:17:38.830 --> 00:17:44.270 THE PLAN ALSO HAS TO CONSIDER ALL EXEMPT SALARIED EMPLOYEES TOO. 00:17:44.270 --> 00:17:51.490 IF THE BOARD WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR OUR UNION REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES, THOSE 00:17:51.490 --> 00:17:56.840 ARE THINGS WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND INDIVIDUALLY NEGOTIATE AS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 00:17:56.840 --> 00:18:02.960 AGREEMENTS AND WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THAT MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:05.169 ACCEPT ENTERING INTO THAT PLAN. 00:18:05.169 --> 00:18:10.070 WE CAN ALWAYS MAKE THOSE CHANGES TO THE PLAN AS WE GO FORWARD AND CHECK ADDITIONAL BOXES 00:18:10.070 --> 00:18:16.960 ON THE PLAN OF CERTAIN BARGAINING UNITS DECIDE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO THE 401 (a). 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:21.960 WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT EMPLOYEES BY PAY GRADES AS WELL. 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:27.520 DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE PAY RANGE OR EMPLOYEES EARNING ABOVE 00:18:27.520 --> 00:18:32.970 A CERTAIN INCOME THRESHOLD, THOSE ARE THINGS WE ALSO MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT TOO. 00:18:32.970 --> 00:18:40.020 BUT ONE THING WE WANTED TO NOTICE AGAIN, UNIONS WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND WE WOULD HAVE 00:18:40.020 --> 00:18:41.640 TO NEGOTIATE INDIVIDUALLY. 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:48.929 IS NOT SOMETHING THE BOARD CAN JUST DECIDE WITHOUT THAT PARTICULAR INPUT. 00:18:48.929 --> 00:18:55.450 THE NEXT PAGE WE WANTED TO SHARE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND SOME OF THE CONCEPTS. 00:18:55.450 --> 00:19:00.110 THE FIRST TWO BULLETS IT WAS CLEAR FROM THE BOARD AND DIRECTION WE HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD 00:19:00.110 --> 00:19:06.180 ON THAT THESE ARE SPECIFIC TO THE PLAN WHICH WILL BRING BACK IS TO USE FOR TERMINATING 00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:12.510 EMPLOYEES ONLY AND ONLY USE THOSE TERMINATING EMPLOYEES WITH SICK AND VACATION BALANCES 00:19:12.510 --> 00:19:18.880 SO IT KIND OF TIES IT INTO SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LEAVING IN JUST A SECOND VACATION 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.320 THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE. 00:19:20.320 --> 00:19:27.110 IT WILL AFFECT THE PEOPLE ENTERING DROP TO USE SOME OF THEIR HOURS UP TO 500 HOURS TO 00:19:27.110 --> 00:19:32.980 GO IN THERE, BUT THEY WILL ACCUMULATE MORE VACATION AND SICK TIME THAT THEY COULD USE 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:37.270 AT THE END TOWARD THE 401(K) IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT. 00:19:37.270 --> 00:19:41.480 ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO IN THIS ISSUE CAME UP IN A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS WITH 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.590 THE BOARD. 00:19:42.590 --> 00:19:49.080 THAT IS THERE A CERTAIN AGE THRESHOLD THAT OFFSET IRS PENALTIES IN THIS. 00:19:49.080 --> 00:19:55.160 YES, YOU GET YOUR MONEY AND YOUR 401(K) TO GET THE BENEFIT OF THE 7.65 PERCENT. 00:19:55.160 --> 00:20:01.799 IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE UNDER 59 YEARS OLD OR YOU HAVEN'T REACHED YOUR RETIREMENT YEARS 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:07.909 OF SERVICE AS RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE, SO 25 YEARS FOR SPECIAL RISK, 30 YEARS FOR GENERAL 00:20:07.909 --> 00:20:13.130 EMPLOYEES AND YOU WANT TO WITHDRAW THAT MONEY FROM THE 401 (a) IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT GOES 00:20:13.130 --> 00:20:19.140 IN THERE, YOU ARE SUBJECT TO A 10 PERCENT PENALTY ON THAT WITHDRAWAL UNLESS YOU HAVE 00:20:19.140 --> 00:20:23.800 MET THE AGE THRESHOLD OR THE YEARS SERVICE THRESHOLD. 00:20:23.800 --> 00:20:29.260 I WILL USE HER GENERAL EMPLOYEES OF 30 YEARS BEFORE THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FULL RETIREMENT. 00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:33.990 IT WAS ONE OF THOSE THINGS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD IS SAYING WE DON'T WANT FOLKS 00:20:33.990 --> 00:20:40.190 TO BE PENALIZED WITH THE COMMITTEE CAN DECIDE WHAT YOU ONLY WANT THIS TO COMPLY WITH THE 00:20:40.190 --> 00:20:47.090 EMPLOYEES REACH 59.5 OR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE OR WE COULD LOOK AT DIFFERENT 10 YEAR THRESHOLDS 00:20:47.090 --> 00:20:50.150 WHICH WAS ANOTHER BULLET UP THERE AS WELL. 00:20:50.150 --> 00:20:55.120 MAYBE FOR LONGER TENURED EMPLOYEES. 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS ETC. 00:20:55.120 --> 00:20:59.350 YOU HAVE BEEN WITH US A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. 00:20:59.350 --> 00:21:04.370 ANOTHER POINT OF CONSIDERATION WHERE EMPLOYEES WHO MIGHT HAVE DE MINIMIS BALANCES SO SOMEBODY 00:21:04.370 --> 00:21:09.140 WHO HAS A IS ALSO, $5000 IN PAYOUT. 00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:15.020 OR DO SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE EASILY OR TO ROLL INTO THE LAST CHECK AND ALLOW THEM TO 00:21:15.020 --> 00:21:20.890 DO WHAT THEY WISH WITH IT OR ARE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE ALSO GOING IN THAT 00:21:20.890 --> 00:21:24.049 401 (a) THAT HAS DIMINISHED BALANCE THRESHOLD. 00:21:24.049 --> 00:21:30.220 A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLANS WE HAVE LOOKED AT HAVE DE MINIMIS THRESHOLDS THAT VARY FROM 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:40.640 ANYWHERE FROM $1500 AT THE LOW END TO CLOSE TO $5000 AT THE HIGH-END FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE. 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:45.460 SO THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THOSE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS WE WANT YOU TO CONSIDER. 00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:52.799 WE CAN BE AS CREATIVE AS YOU LIKE IN PIECING IT TOGETHER WORKING WITH BENCOR. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:56.770 IN TERMS OF THE LAST SLIDE AND WE WILL COME BACK TO THE PLAN DESIGN. 00:21:56.770 --> 00:22:03.640 IN TERMS OF TIMELINE, WE ARE HERE TODAY FOR BOARD APPROVAL UNDER EIGHT AND UNDER BE THAT 00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:09.529 DISCUSSION AND GIVING US DIRECTION BACK AS WE SIT DOWN WITH BENCOR, LOOK AT THE LIST 00:22:09.529 --> 00:22:15.090 OF OPTIONS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO PEACE THIS PLAN TOGETHER AND IF WE NEED TO COME BACK 00:22:15.090 --> 00:22:19.320 TO THE BOARD WITH THE PLAN TO SEEK FOR THE DIRECTION WE CAN DO THAT. 00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:25.330 WE WANT TO PROVIDE AMPLE TIME FOR A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THIS 00:22:25.330 --> 00:22:27.470 IS, WHAT THAT IMPACT WILL BE. 00:22:27.470 --> 00:22:32.770 WE HAVE RUN NUMBERS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE 59 AND ABOVE, HOW MANY HAVE 00:22:32.770 --> 00:22:38.030 X NUMBER OF SERVICE TO HOW MANY ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE RETIREMENT AGE. 00:22:38.030 --> 00:22:45.779 WE HAVE A THOUSAND, 1100 OR SO EMPLOYEES OF THE 59.5 AND UP IN SEVERAL HUNDRED MORE GETTING 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:51.360 CLOSE TO THAT POINT AS WELL SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AMPLE TIME. 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:57.080 NOT US BUT ALSO BENCOR TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM THEIR SERVICES PURELY UNDERSTAND 00:22:57.080 --> 00:23:02.850 THERE MIGHT BE SOME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND WANT TO GET THIS MOVING AND 00:23:02.850 --> 00:23:08.580 WE KNOW THERE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE NERVOUS ABOUT THIS NERVOUS ABOUT A PLAN THEY DON'T 00:23:08.580 --> 00:23:14.320 KNOW MUCH ABOUT THAT IS MANDATORY THAT AS PART OF THE REASON FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND 00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:19.440 FOR CONTINUED PRESENTATIONS WRITTEN INTO THE CONTRACT WITH BENCOR THAT WILL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:25.890 WITH THE VENDOR TO GO OUT THERE AND PROVIDE SOME OF THAT OPTION FOR EDUCATION AS WELL 00:23:25.890 --> 00:23:29.710 WITH EMPLOYEES THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS. 00:23:29.710 --> 00:23:34.910 I WILL STOP AT THAT POINT AND ASK AT THE BOARD IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS. 00:23:34.910 --> 00:23:41.169 WE HAVE SOME GREAT EXPERTS UP AT THE TABLE AS WELL AS IN THE AUDIENCE WE ARE HAPPY TO 00:23:41.169 --> 00:23:45.030 SHARE ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED OR GET IT RECEIVED THE DIRECTION. 00:23:45.030 --> 00:23:48.039 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZE. 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:58.100 >> Sara Baxter: TODD, WHAT IS THE CURRENT ON PAGE 3 OF OUR PACKET? 00:23:58.100 --> 00:24:01.770 WE HAVE VACATION AND SICK LEAVE APPROVALS AND WHAT THEY WOULD BE? 00:24:01.770 --> 00:24:05.309 WHAT ARE THEY CURRENTLY? 00:24:05.309 --> 00:24:11.370 >> VACATION AND SICK LEAVE ACCRUALS THAT WE HAVE HERE ON THE CHART YOU ARE LOOKING AT, 00:24:11.370 --> 00:24:16.140 THOSE ARE THE CURRENT VACATION AND SICK LEAVE APPROVALS AND THOSE OF THE FUTURE. 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:19.230 >> Sara Baxter: THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO CHANGE THE ACCRUAL RATE? 00:24:19.230 --> 00:24:21.970 ! WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY CHANGES TO THE ACCRUAL 00:24:21.970 --> 00:24:24.010 RATE AND SICK LEAVE POLICY. 00:24:24.010 --> 00:24:31.610 >> Sara Baxter: WERE WE ABLE TO ADDRESS IF SOMEONE HAD BEEN PLANNING ON USING SOME ACCRUED 00:24:31.610 --> 00:24:34.919 TIME TO GET A PAYOUT? 00:24:34.919 --> 00:24:42.390 IF SOMEBODY HAS 400 HOURS WE PUT THEM INTO THIS PLAN THEY NO LONGER HAVE THE OPTION OF 00:24:42.390 --> 00:24:44.830 GETTING THAT PAYOUT. 00:24:44.830 --> 00:24:51.309 >> IF SOMEBODY IS 400 HOURS AND THEY ARE PART OF THE GROUP REQUIRED FOR THE DOLLARS TO GO 00:24:51.309 --> 00:24:56.210 ON THAT PLAN, THOSE DOLLARS WOULD FLOW INTO THAT PLAN, THEY WOULD HAVE THE DOLLAR EQUIVALENT 00:24:56.210 --> 00:25:02.830 OF THE 400 HOURS AND AT THAT POINT THEY COULD DECIDE THEY WANT TO KEEP IT IN THAT PLAN. 00:25:02.830 --> 00:25:07.740 DEPENDING ON WHETHER THEY HAVE HAD 30 YEARS IN THE SERVICE 59.5 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:11.919 YEARS OF AGE THEY COULD WITHDRAW IT WITH NO PENALTY. 00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:17.730 IF THEY HAVE NOT MET THE THRESHOLDS THEY COULD WITHDRAW IT IMMEDIATELY WITH A 10 PERCENT 00:25:17.730 --> 00:25:23.799 PENALTY OF THAT OR THEY COULD MOVE THOSE DOLLARS AROUND TO OTHER PLANTS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.790 THEY COULD MOVE IT INTO A 457B OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM. 00:25:26.790 --> 00:25:32.419 >> Sara Baxter: HAS THAT CHANGED SINCE LAST TIME WE HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 00:25:32.419 --> 00:25:39.030 BECAUSE LAST TIME THEY WERE SAYING THEY JUST TAKE IT OUT. 00:25:39.030 --> 00:25:44.680 WHAT ARE THE THRESHOLDS THEY HAVE TO MEET IN ORDER TO TAKE OUT THE MONEY WITHOUT A PENALTY? 00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:49.960 >> THE THRESHOLDS FOR TAKING IT OUT WITHOUT IN PENALTY IS AGE AND YEARS OF SERVICE OF 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:58.580 59.9 YEARS OF AGE, 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. 00:25:58.580 --> 00:26:04.700 ANYBODY WHO HAS MONEY IN A 401 (a) HAS THE ABILITY TO GET IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO THE DOLLARS 00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.940 AND TAKE IT OUT. 00:26:05.940 --> 00:26:09.160 IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF THE PENALTY PIECE. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:14.960 EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A 10 PERCENT PENALTY THERE IS A 7.65 PERCENT SAVINGS THAT EMPLOYEE 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:15.960 IS SEEING. 00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:22.570 SO ESSENTIALLY THAT DELTA BETWEEN THE TWO IS UNDER 2.5 PERCENT LESS OF WHAT THEY WOULD 00:26:22.570 --> 00:26:25.870 BE SEEING HAD THEY BEEN GETTING IT IN THEIR CHECK DIRECTLY. 00:26:25.870 --> 00:26:27.590 >> Sara Baxter: OVERALL I LIKE THE IDEA. 00:26:27.590 --> 00:26:33.270 JUST A ONE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN PLANNING OR MAYBE SAYING I WANT TO KISS THIS CASH OUT 00:26:33.270 --> 00:26:40.490 WHERE THEY HAVE TO TAKE A PENALTY ON IT AND THAT WAS MY CONCERN BEFORE. 00:26:40.490 --> 00:26:45.200 BUT I WILL LET WITH FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS. 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:49.159 >> THERE ARE ALSO PERCENTAGES OF THOSE DOLLARS. 00:26:49.159 --> 00:26:55.700 YOU CAN SET UP A PLAN THAT DOESN'T TAKE 100 PERCENT OF THEIR UNUSED SICK AND VACATION. 00:26:55.700 --> 00:27:02.179 YOU CAN DO 50 PERCENT, 75 PERCENT SO THAT A PORTION GOES IN 401 (a) AND A PORTION GOES 00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:03.700 INTO THEIR FINAL CHECK. 00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:10.390 THAT IS THE FLEXIBILITY DERIVED THAT YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO LOOK AT AND DIRECT IN DEVELOPING 00:27:10.390 --> 00:27:11.770 THE PLAN. 00:27:11.770 --> 00:27:16.530 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD AND THEN COMMISSIONER WOODWARD. 00:27:16.530 --> 00:27:17.560 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 00:27:17.560 --> 00:27:18.560 MAYOR. 00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:29.220 WOULD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM BENCOR PLEASE COME FORWARD? 00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.220 GOOD MORNING. 00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:33.250 I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 00:27:33.250 --> 00:27:36.200 IN REGARDS TO THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER BAXTER ASKED. 00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:40.731 >> Gregg Weiss: FOR THE RECORD, STATE YOUR NAME. 00:27:40.731 --> 00:27:42.760 >> MY NAME IS HUGH BUSHER. 00:27:42.760 --> 00:27:54.230 AND EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF BENCOR, I WAS ALSO A COFOUNDER OR FLORIDA CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS 00:27:54.230 --> 00:27:59.549 SARASOTA WITH 22 OFFICES THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF SARASOTA. 00:27:59.549 --> 00:28:04.799 WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY A MILLION PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, ALL 50 STATES 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.900 IN THESE PLANS. 00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:08.280 FLORIDA IS WHERE WE CONCENTRATE. 00:28:08.280 --> 00:28:12.070 WEAVE 67 SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:28:12.070 --> 00:28:18.830 WE HAVE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY COLLEGE, WE HAVE ALL THE COLLEGES IN THE STATE, SOME MAJOR 00:28:18.830 --> 00:28:25.019 UNIVERSITIES, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN A CLIENT OF OURS SO THIS IS WHERE WE DO THE 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:29.480 MAJORITY OF BUSINESS TEXAS, CALIFORNIA AND A NUMBER OF OTHER STATES. 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.480 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.679 GO AHEAD. 00:28:31.679 --> 00:28:35.730 >> MY NAME IS BRETT AND I WILL KEEP MY ANSWERS SHORT. 00:28:35.730 --> 00:28:43.950 >> Mack Benard: THE QUESTION COMMISSIONER BAXTER ASKED REGARDING IF THE PERSON HAD THE 00:28:43.950 --> 00:28:51.679 400 HOURS, IF YOU PUT IT IN THEIR PAYCHECK THEY WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO THAT 10 PERCENT, 00:28:51.679 --> 00:28:55.080 IS THAT CORRECT? 00:28:55.080 --> 00:29:03.309 IF THEY HAVEN'T REACHED THE 59 YEARS OF AGE AND THEY HAVEN'T MET THE 25 OR 30, BUT THEY 00:29:03.309 --> 00:29:06.760 STILL BE PENALIZED FOR THAT 10 PERCENT. 00:29:06.760 --> 00:29:07.980 >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT UNDER THE 401 (a)? 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:10.610 >> Mack Benard: IF THE 401 (a) ISN'T IN PLACE. 00:29:10.610 --> 00:29:18.770 >> IF THE 401 (a) IS IN PLACE ONLY THE DOLLARS ALLOCATED INTO THE 401 (a) ARE SUBJECT TO 00:29:18.770 --> 00:29:20.120 THOSE RULES. 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:25.039 DOLLARS THAT AREN'T ALLOCATED INTO THAT 401 (a) ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE 10 PERCENT PENALTIES. 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:29.309 >> I MAY BE ABLE TO HELP ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. 00:29:29.309 --> 00:29:36.500 GREAT PRESENTATION, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME TO WORK IF YOU WOULD BE WRITTEN THE 00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:38.029 PENALTIES ARE IRS PENALTIES. 00:29:38.029 --> 00:29:47.769 MOST YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGE 59.5 PENALTY IF YOU HAVE A 401(K) OR IRA THAT TYPE OF THING. 00:29:47.769 --> 00:29:55.730 FOR THIS PLANET IS 55.5 AND FOR POLICE OFFICERS IT IS 50 OR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE. 00:29:55.730 --> 00:29:58.470 THAT CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. 00:29:58.470 --> 00:30:01.710 THE 55 HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. 00:30:01.710 --> 00:30:04.860 IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT CLOSE. 00:30:04.860 --> 00:30:11.260 IN SOME CASES IT WOULD BE AGE 59.5 BUT ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IT WILL BE 55 DEGREES 00:30:11.260 --> 00:30:16.140 THESE ARE UNIQUE PLANS AND THE REASON WE GET ALL THE TAX ADVANTAGES WE GET IS BECAUSE OF 00:30:16.140 --> 00:30:20.299 THE MANDATORY NATURE OF THE PLANS. 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:25.679 IF YOU HAVE A 30 YEAR EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR EXAMPLE WERE CONCERNED WITH 00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.679 THIS. 00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:28.600 WE HEARD ALL THESE QUESTIONS BEFORE OF COURSE. 00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:34.340 THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD COME TO WORK AT AGE 22 AND GET 30 YEARS AND WOULD 00:30:34.340 --> 00:30:41.480 LEAVE IT 52 AND WE WANT TO HAVE SICK PAY GOING INTO THE PLAN, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A 10 PERCENT 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:47.960 PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE IRS IF YOU TAKE A DISTRIBUTION PRIOR TO AGE 59.5. 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:53.929 I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE YOU, BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE DEPENDING ON THE AGE WHEN YOU 00:30:53.929 --> 00:30:55.640 LEAVE EMPLOYMENT. 00:30:55.640 --> 00:31:01.080 IF YOU LEAVE AFTER 55 NO 10 PERCENT PENALTY. 00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:08.500 IF YOU LEAVE AT AGE 53 WANT TO TAKE YOUR MONEY OUT IT IS 59.5 PURITY COULD GO INTO DETAIL 00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.500 WITH EVERYBODY. 00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:14.559 A COUPLE OTHER THINGS THAT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AND STATE SAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. 00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:21.090 OUR EMPLOYER GROUPS AND THEY WOULD ADOPT THESE PLANS WOULD ADOPT THEM FOR ALL EMPLOYEES SUBJECT 00:31:21.090 --> 00:31:24.820 TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS. 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:26.100 I'M NOT A MEMBER OF THE UNION. 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:31.769 YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO PLAN IN PLACE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES UNDERPAID AGE 55 OR 30 YEARS OF 00:31:31.769 --> 00:31:36.340 SERVICE WITH $2500 THEY WOULD GO INTO THE PLAN. 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:40.340 YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S THE WAY A LOT OF EMPLOYERS DO THAT 00:31:40.340 --> 00:31:49.580 AND OF COURSE YOU NEGOTIATE WITH THE EMPLOYEE GROUPS HERE IN WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU LIKE TO 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:51.919 GO? 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:57.250 BACK WHEN WE INITIALLY SET THESE UP WE WENT TO EVERY K-12 BECAUSE THEY THE LARGEST EMPLOYER 00:31:57.250 --> 00:32:02.670 IN EVERY COUNTY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. 00:32:02.670 --> 00:32:07.750 PALM BEACH COUNTY SCHOOLS WAS ONE HOUR ONLY CLIENTS IN THE 90S. 00:32:07.750 --> 00:32:11.549 WE WOULD TAKE SEASONAL TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES BECAUSE YOUR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS, CAFETERIA 00:32:11.549 --> 00:32:16.730 WORKERS, PUT THEM IN THE PLAN BECAUSE THE SPECIAL PAY DIDN'T EXIST YET. 00:32:16.730 --> 00:32:24.970 ALL OUR PLANS ARE IRS APPROVED AN IRS APPROVAL AND 93/94. 00:32:24.970 --> 00:32:28.980 THE SPECIAL PAY PLAN WAS APPROVED IN 98. 00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:33.789 WENT BACK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BECAUSE THEY HAVE UNLIMITED ACCUMULATION OF SICK AND 00:32:33.789 --> 00:32:39.250 VACATION PAY AS DO SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS AND ALL THE COLLEGES. 00:32:39.250 --> 00:32:45.460 IN THE STATE EMPLOYEES AND SOME OTHER POLITICAL ENTITIES. 00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:49.159 WE HAVE PUBLIC-SCHOOL PEOPLE LEAVE AT 300,000 IN SICK PAY. 00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:52.139 I KNOW IT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS, BUT THEY DO. 00:32:52.139 --> 00:33:00.850 THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT 14,000 STATEWIDE FOR EMPLOYEE, FOR ALL GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND 00:33:00.850 --> 00:33:05.019 THAT IS JUST SICK PAY, NOT VACATION. 00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:09.860 WHEN WE INITIALLY HAD THE SPECIAL PAY PLANS ADOPTED BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS THE TEACHER UNIONS 00:33:09.860 --> 00:33:15.010 WOULD GO YOU'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING GOOD FOR US, WE DON'T TRUST YOU. 00:33:15.010 --> 00:33:20.799 WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS PRINCIPALS AND VICE PRINCIPALS WERE IN THE PLANS. 00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.039 WE WANT THIS PLAN. 00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:27.730 NOW IT HAS COME UP 180 DEGREES WHERE THE UNIONS ARE TAKING US IN. 00:33:27.730 --> 00:33:32.409 NASSAU COUNTY IN NEW YORK THE UNIONS ARE DRAGGING US INTO THE COUNTY. 00:33:32.409 --> 00:33:34.990 WE HAVE HAD SOMETHING FOR EVER. 00:33:34.990 --> 00:33:38.580 IT'S THE CHANGING NATURE OF THE PLAN. 00:33:38.580 --> 00:33:44.600 IF WE COULD DO IT FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYERS I WOULD HAVE TIME TO BE HERE TODAY. 00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:51.260 WHEN YOU CAN SAVE 7.65 PERCENT FOR THE EMPLOYER USES OF ABOUT 65 PERCENT DEPENDING ON THE 00:33:51.260 --> 00:33:53.370 WAGE FOR THE EMPLOYEE. 00:33:53.370 --> 00:33:59.490 YOU DO FOR ALL FEDERAL INCOME TAX UNTIL DO TAKE THE CASH DISTRIBUTION, WHICH BY THE WAY 00:33:59.490 --> 00:34:06.799 IT TAKES TWO DAYS ONCE WE HAVE A REQUEST WE PAY 300,000 A YEAR IN DISTRIBUTIONS EITHER 00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:13.649 IN THE 457 PLANS, 401(K), IRA, IN CASH, WOULD EVER. 00:34:13.649 --> 00:34:16.970 NO FEES, NO CHARGES. 00:34:16.970 --> 00:34:21.369 WE LOSE MONEY ON THOSE PEOPLE BUT WE KNOW THAT WE WILL KEEP ENOUGH ASSETS AND ENOUGH 00:34:21.369 --> 00:34:26.549 MONEY WE CAN PAY ALL OUR BILLS WE CAN MAKE MONEY AND THAT IS HOW THE PLAN WORKS. 00:34:26.549 --> 00:34:29.230 >> Mack Benard: ANOTHER QUESTION. 00:34:29.230 --> 00:34:31.100 WHAT ABOUT THE MENACE? 00:34:31.100 --> 00:34:34.060 HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT. 00:34:34.060 --> 00:34:39.859 >> YOU CAN DO IT PER EMPLOYEE GROUP DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY THEY ACCUMULATE, THAT TYPE 00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:40.859 OF THING. 00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:43.230 IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE TO US AT ALL. 00:34:43.230 --> 00:34:47.210 WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH ZERO, WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH CLOSE TO 5000. 00:34:47.210 --> 00:34:55.159 WE THINK 5000 IS TOO HIGH DEGREE AND IT WAS AGE 55, IF YOU HAD A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 00:34:55.159 --> 00:35:01.790 MONEY AND YOU ARE LEAVING EMPLOYEE IT IS SUCH A GREAT BENEFIT THEY WANTED THEIR MONEY TO 00:35:01.790 --> 00:35:05.610 GO AND EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD BE SUBJECT TO A 10 PERCENT PENALTY DEPENDING ON HOW THEY 00:35:05.610 --> 00:35:08.810 TOOK THE MONEY OUT, WHERE THEY ROLLED AND WHAT HAVE YOU. 00:35:08.810 --> 00:35:16.120 WE HAVE A WAY THAT WE CAN OFFSET USING THE 7.65 PERCENT SAVINGS, TAKE 2.35 OUT OF THAT 00:35:16.120 --> 00:35:23.250 AND YOU STILL SAVE FIVE, THE EMPLOYEE DOESN'T PAY ANYTHING, NO 10 PERCENT PENALTY AT ALL. 00:35:23.250 --> 00:35:28.099 THEY DIFFERED ALL THE INCOME TAX AND THEY HAVE ALL THE BENEFITS. 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:37.099 WHAT I WANT TO GET AT, THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO USE THE EMPLOYER AND TO THE EMPLOYEES AND 00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:42.920 THE FLEXIBILITY IS VERY GREAT AND IT CAN BE DONE PER EMPLOYEE GROUP. 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:48.119 COULD HAVE A GROUP OF ONE BUT THE IRS DOESN'T REALLY LIKE THAT TOO MUCH. 00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:53.599 WITH SMALL GROUPS AND THEN WE HAVE GROUPS WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THEM. 00:35:53.599 --> 00:36:00.839 >> Mack Benard: I KNOW FOR ME, I BROUGHT THIS UP AND I WANT TO INCLUDE AS MANY EMPLOYEES 00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:06.220 AS POSSIBLE AND TO KEEP THAT THE MENACE AMOUNT. 00:36:06.220 --> 00:36:15.090 EVEN IF SOMEONE HAS $2500, IF THEY GET THE CHANCE TO NOT HAVE TO PAY TAXES ON IT THEY 00:36:15.090 --> 00:36:23.369 CAN ROLL IT INTO THE 401 (a) AND IF THEY CAN GET IT OUT WITHIN 48 HOURS, IF THAT IS THE 00:36:23.369 --> 00:36:29.560 CONCERN WITHIN 48 HOURS BUT THEY CAN GET THAT MONEY SO WE SAVE THE MONEY AND THE EMPLOYEE 00:36:29.560 --> 00:36:30.560 SAVED THE MONEY. 00:36:30.560 --> 00:36:31.670 THANK YOU. 00:36:31.670 --> 00:36:35.690 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:36:35.690 --> 00:36:42.240 >> Marci Woodward: ITCHING TO GET MY QUESTION OUT BEFORE THEY ALREADY ASK MY QUESTIONS. 00:36:42.240 --> 00:36:49.190 TO GET TO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, THERE'S A 10 PERCENT PENALTY PUT ON PEOPLE UNDER A 00:36:49.190 --> 00:36:51.200 CERTAIN AGE BRACKET. 00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:58.359 IF THEY DON'T DO THIS, WHEN THEY GET PAID OUT IT IS TAXED AS INCOME WHO DO WE KNOW ABOUT 00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.780 WHAT THAT TAX RATE IS? 00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:02.960 IS IT A DOLLAR AMOUNT? 00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:10.740 HOW IS THAT DETERMINED? 00:37:10.740 --> 00:37:15.910 >> BASICALLY THE WAY IT WORKS IS YOU ARE TAXED ON INCOME BRACKETS BY THE IRS. 00:37:15.910 --> 00:37:23.329 SOMETIMES THOSE AMOUNTS IN SOMEBODY'S LAST CHECK FOR THE LAST PAY PERIOD WILL BRING UP 00:37:23.329 --> 00:37:25.470 A TAX BRACKET POTENTIALLY FOR SOMEBODY. 00:37:25.470 --> 00:37:28.310 I THINK IT DEPENDS ON INDIVIDUALLY HOW THAT FLOWS. 00:37:28.310 --> 00:37:34.829 >> Marci Woodward: DO WE KNOW WHERE THE SWEET SPOT IS AS FAR AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE 00:37:34.829 --> 00:37:40.710 THE PAY OUT AND ATTACKS WOULD BE AT A CERTAIN LEVEL VERSUS WHAT THE PAYOUT WOULD BE AND 00:37:40.710 --> 00:37:45.700 IF THEY ARE UNDER A CERTAIN AGE OF WHAT TO CASH OUT AND THE 10 PERCENT PENALTY? 00:37:45.700 --> 00:37:52.829 I WOULD THINK AT ANY RATE IT'S LESSON THE TAX, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER 7.65 SAVINGS. 00:37:52.829 --> 00:37:58.620 >> Gregg Weiss: LET ME TRY TO ANSWER THAT. 00:37:58.620 --> 00:38:03.510 THERE IS A 7.65. 00:38:03.510 --> 00:38:04.710 THAT IS THE SAVINGS. 00:38:04.710 --> 00:38:11.380 THE OTHER TAX IRREGULAR INCOME, THAT'S BASED ON WHAT YOUR INCOME IS THAT YEAR. 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:15.450 WHEN YOU PULL THIS MONEY OUT IT IS ORDINARY INCOME. 00:38:15.450 --> 00:38:22.670 HE WOULD BE TAXED AT WHATEVER YOUR HOUSEHOLD IF YOU FILE IS MARRIED, JOINT, YOU WOULD BE 00:38:22.670 --> 00:38:29.200 TAXED AT WHAT THE TOTAL INCOME IS, YOU WOULD BE TAXED AT WHAT YOUR INCOME IS THAT YEAR 00:38:29.200 --> 00:38:33.750 FOR THE DOLLARS YOU TOOK OUT ALESSI ROLLED THEM OVER INTO A QUALIFIED PLAN. 00:38:33.750 --> 00:38:39.140 IF YOU ROLL THEM THERE IS NO TAX PENALTY THERE. 00:38:39.140 --> 00:38:44.009 EVERYBODY WOULD SAVE THE 7.65 IF THEY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS. 00:38:44.009 --> 00:38:50.810 >> Marci Woodward: IF THEY WITHDRAW AND PAY THE 10 PERCENT, IS THAT CONSIDERED THE INCOME 00:38:50.810 --> 00:38:51.810 TAX? 00:38:51.810 --> 00:38:57.819 >> Gregg Weiss: NO, THAT IS SEPARATE. 00:38:57.819 --> 00:39:04.150 LET ME TRY, IN JUST CONTINUING ON IN WHAT WAS SAID. 00:39:04.150 --> 00:39:11.319 THERE IS A WAY TO AVOID THE 10 PERCENT PENALTY FOR EVERYBODY AND IT DOESN'T COST THE COUNTY 00:39:11.319 --> 00:39:13.280 IN MONEY. 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:17.930 IT COSTS THE COUNTY SOME OF THE SAVINGS THEY ALREADY ACCRUED. 00:39:17.930 --> 00:39:23.240 7.65 PERCENT COMBINED. 00:39:23.240 --> 00:39:31.290 THE PENALTY IS 10 PERCENT BUT THEY ARE ALSO SAVING THE 7.65. 00:39:31.290 --> 00:39:40.670 IF THE COUNTY WAS TO ADD IN 2.35 OF THE PREVIOUS SAVINGS BACK IN FOR PEOPLE WHO DO ENCOUNTER 00:39:40.670 --> 00:39:43.950 THE 10 PERCENT PENALTY IT MAKES THEM WHOLE. 00:39:43.950 --> 00:39:53.450 THEY WOULD LEAVE AT THE EXACT NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT THEY HAD WITHOUT ANY PENALTY. 00:39:53.450 --> 00:39:57.950 THE COUNTY WOULD STILL SAVE ALMOST 5 PERCENT. 00:39:57.950 --> 00:40:07.180 SO IT'S A WIN-WIN AND YET YOU HAVEN'T PENALIZED THE EMPLOYEES AND THEY ARE MADE WHOLE. 00:40:07.180 --> 00:40:11.170 OTHER THAN A 48 HOUR WINDOW FOR WITHDRAWAL. 00:40:11.170 --> 00:40:13.480 DID I EXPLAINED THAT CORRECTLY? 00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:18.020 >> YOU DID EXPLAIN THAT WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION. 00:40:18.020 --> 00:40:26.310 INITIALLY FROM THE BOARD WAS LET'S DO THIS PLAN WITHOUT ANY FINANCIAL IMPACT SPECIFICALLY 00:40:26.310 --> 00:40:27.310 TO THE COUNTY. 00:40:27.310 --> 00:40:32.880 IN TERMS OF THAT PAYBACK THAT WOULD BE A POLICY CALL, BUT THAT WOULD BE TAKING FROM A PORTION 00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:38.500 OF WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD BE SAVING AS WELL AS THE INDIVIDUAL WOULD BE SAVING. 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:40.680 >> Gregg Weiss: WE ARE STILL TO THE GOOD. 00:40:40.680 --> 00:40:47.630 WE ARE TO THE GOOD ON THOSE PEOPLE WE GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WE GET THE 765 AND THEN THE 00:40:47.630 --> 00:40:52.710 OTHERS IF WE ARE NOT WE ARE STILL ALMOST 5 PERCENT BETTER. 00:40:52.710 --> 00:40:57.510 >> MAYOR, YOU MAY HAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T WISH TO TAKE THAT DISTRIBUTION. 00:40:57.510 --> 00:41:04.440 IT IS AN OPTION YOU ACTUALLY GIVE TO THE EMPLOYEE DO YOU WANT TO SEPARATE FROM THE SERVICE AND 00:41:04.440 --> 00:41:09.670 TAKE A DISTRIBUTION AND HAVE US MAKE YOU WHOLE WERE SOME PEOPLE SAY I DON'T WANT TO TAKE 00:41:09.670 --> 00:41:12.029 A DISTRIBUTION, I WANT TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS. 00:41:12.029 --> 00:41:16.580 >> Gregg Weiss: 100 PERCENT DEPENDING ON WHERE IT IS INVESTED IN WHAT PROGRAMS YOU ARE OFFERING 00:41:16.580 --> 00:41:17.789 THEM. 00:41:17.789 --> 00:41:21.430 >> Marci Woodward: OKAY. 00:41:21.430 --> 00:41:29.359 JUST TO CLARIFY, IF WE AS A POLICY PUT INTO OFFER THE 2.35 SO THAT WOULD TAKE OUR SAVINGS 00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:34.390 TO 5.3 WHICH IS STILL A SAVINGS, THIS WOULD ONLY BE FOR PEOPLE UNDER YOU WERE SITTING 00:41:34.390 --> 00:41:35.390 55 YEARS? 00:41:35.390 --> 00:41:38.200 OR IS IT 59. 00:41:38.200 --> 00:41:43.619 >> THE ONLY TIME THE PENALTY WOULD APPLY IS IF YOU SEPARATED FROM SERVICE PRIOR TO THE 00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:45.280 YEAR THAT YOU ARE TURNING AGE 55. 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:49.460 YOU KNOW IT IS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING. 00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:54.930 THAT'S NOT WHAT IT IS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. 00:41:54.930 --> 00:42:00.089 THE GOVERNMENT IS USUALLY EXEMPTED THEMSELVES FROM THEIR OLD RULES SO THEY MADE IT AGE 55 00:42:00.089 --> 00:42:01.089 ARE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. 00:42:01.089 --> 00:42:12.320 FOR POLICE OFFICERS THEY CHANGED IT TO 25 YEARS OR AGE 50 SO THEY HAVE AN EVEN BIGGER 00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:16.320 BENEFIT LIKE YOUR SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE. 00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:24.359 BUT IF YOU ARE AGE 53 AND YOU LEAVE AND YOU TAKE ALL THE MONEY OUT WHAT WOULD WE DO YEAR 00:42:24.359 --> 00:42:30.640 1099 IN JANUARY WE CHECK EARLY DISTRIBUTION AND NOW THE IRS SAYS YOU ARE SUBJECT TO 10 00:42:30.640 --> 00:42:36.200 PERCENT BECAUSE YOU WERE AGE 55 WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR MONEY OUT OF THE PLAN. 00:42:36.200 --> 00:42:42.579 SO NOW I WILL PAY THE PAY THAT 10 PERCENT PRIVATIVE THEY DON'T OWE TAX TO GET A REFUND 00:42:42.579 --> 00:42:47.680 LESS THAN 10 PERCENT PER IN WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO EXPLAIN IS IF IN FACT YOU DO SOMETHING 00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:54.540 THAT WE CALL THEM A CALL PROVISION, INSTEAD OF SAVING 765, IF THEY TAKE THEIR MONEY OUT 00:42:54.540 --> 00:43:01.800 WITHIN 30 OR 60 DAYS THEY SAY LOOK, WE PAY YOU THAT 2.35 PERCENT CAN BE SAVED 765 SO 00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:06.819 YOU HAVE NO PENALTY, IN THE SAME NUMBER OF DOLLARS BUT YOU HAVE THE OPTION TO DEFER THE 00:43:06.819 --> 00:43:12.579 INCOME TAX, ROLL IT INTO ANOTHER PLANE, CONTINUE YOUR TAX DEFERRALS OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED 00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:14.180 TO DO. 00:43:14.180 --> 00:43:16.760 IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. 00:43:16.760 --> 00:43:25.450 I WILL SAY JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY IS ADOPTING THAT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT IS NOT UTILIZED 00:43:25.450 --> 00:43:26.450 A LOT. 00:43:26.450 --> 00:43:31.180 PEOPLE LEAVE THE MONEY IN, MOVE IT TO THE 457, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. 00:43:31.180 --> 00:43:32.220 WE DON'T CARE. 00:43:32.220 --> 00:43:36.300 >> Marci Woodward: BUT WE HAVE THE OPTION. 00:43:36.300 --> 00:43:38.190 OKAY. 00:43:38.190 --> 00:43:41.940 >> YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. 00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:48.600 >> Gregg Weiss: JUST FOR THE PUBLICS EDIFICATION, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE 00:43:48.600 --> 00:43:49.750 AND THEIR EMPLOYEES. 00:43:49.750 --> 00:43:58.030 [LAUGHTER] THEY CAN TALK TO THE SHERIFF IF THEY ARE INTERESTED. 00:43:58.030 --> 00:44:00.450 COMMISSIONER BAXTER AND THEN COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:44:00.450 --> 00:44:04.450 >> Sara Baxter: I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT BECAUSE I ACTUALLY 00:44:04.450 --> 00:44:06.569 LOVE THE MAKE WHOLE OPTION OF THIS. 00:44:06.569 --> 00:44:10.270 I THINK THAT IS THE BEST ROUTE FORWARD SO THANK YOU. 00:44:10.270 --> 00:44:12.790 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:44:12.790 --> 00:44:25.230 >> Mack Benard: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 5A1 TO APPROVE A CONTRACT WITH BENCOR 00:44:25.230 --> 00:44:35.300 AND IN REGARDS TO ITEM B, I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO HAVE IT ALL EMPLOYEE SUBJECT, WHO ARE 00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:41.579 SUBJECT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AND ALSO TO INCLUDE THE MAY CALL PROVISION. 00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:45.800 >> Gregg Weiss: DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A DE MINIMIS AMOUNT? 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:59.200 >> Mack Benard: THE DE MINIMIS AMOUNT SHOULD BE 2500. 00:44:59.200 --> 00:45:00.319 >> YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE THAT. 00:45:00.319 --> 00:45:07.040 >> Mack Benard: WE WILL START IT WITH 2500 AND THEN ALSO, IF WE CAN GIVE STAFF DIRECTION 00:45:07.040 --> 00:45:12.650 THEY CAN MEET WITH BENCOR AND IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS BETTER YOU CAN BRING IT 00:45:12.650 --> 00:45:14.550 TO US. 00:45:14.550 --> 00:45:19.600 >> WE PLAN TO MEET WITH BENCOR IMMEDIATELY TO PUT DOWN THE PLAN DESIGN AND GET THAT IN 00:45:19.600 --> 00:45:25.740 PLACE AND WE ULTIMATELY WILL BRING BACK THE FINAL DESIGN SO YOU WILL SEE THAT BEFORE IT 00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:31.940 GOES INTO PLACE AND HAVE AN EDUCATION PLAN IN PLACE SO YOU ARE AWARE OF HOW WE PLAN ON 00:45:31.940 --> 00:45:34.980 COMMUNICATING THIS IN WORKING WITH BENCOR IN THAT RESPECT. 00:45:34.980 --> 00:45:42.680 >> Gregg Weiss: THAT IS YOUR MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND FROM THE VICE MAYOR. 00:45:42.680 --> 00:45:53.530 WHILE WE HAVE YOU BOTH HERE, AND I KNOW I AM HOLDING UP THIS BOAT, BUT IS THERE ANY 00:45:53.530 --> 00:45:58.700 OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS YOU THINK WE NEED TO BE TAKING ABOUT THIS TIME? 00:45:58.700 --> 00:46:03.150 >> YOU COVERED IT THOROUGHLY AND THOSE ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES WE DEAL WITH. 00:46:03.150 --> 00:46:09.550 BUT REMEMBER, IF SOMETHING IS NOT WORKING OR WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE YOU CAN DO IT VERY 00:46:09.550 --> 00:46:10.550 QUICKLY. 00:46:10.550 --> 00:46:12.530 >> Gregg Weiss: WE ARE NOT LOCKED IN. 00:46:12.530 --> 00:46:16.780 IS THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES A YEAR YOU CAN MAKE THE CHANGE? 00:46:16.780 --> 00:46:17.840 >> PRACTICALLY. 00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:20.970 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT OFTEN. 00:46:20.970 --> 00:46:28.670 THERE IS NO IRS LIMITATION AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY LIMITATIONS WE HAVE. 00:46:28.670 --> 00:46:32.089 >> Gregg Weiss: WHEN WOULD THIS GO INTO EFFECT NEXT CALENDAR YEAR? 00:46:32.089 --> 00:46:39.260 >> WE COULD HAVE IT IN EFFECT IN TWO MONTHS, WE COULD HAPPEN NEXT JULY, WE CAN DO IT WHENEVER 00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:43.970 YOU WANT AND YOU CAN DO IT PIECEMEAL FOR DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENT GROUPS. 00:46:43.970 --> 00:46:50.040 IF SOMEBODY IS VERY ANXIOUS TO BE IN THERE IMMEDIATELY AND SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO WAIT 00:46:50.040 --> 00:46:55.049 FOR WHATEVER REASON CALENDAR YEAR WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK TOO. 00:46:55.049 --> 00:47:02.450 >> Mack Benard: I THINK STAFF HAS A TIMELINE TO START ON JANUARY 1 2024 I WOULD LIKE TO 00:47:02.450 --> 00:47:05.430 STICK TO THAT TO GIVE THE EDUCATION PERIOD. 00:47:05.430 --> 00:47:09.010 >> Gregg Weiss: I THINK THE EDUCATION PERIOD IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 00:47:09.010 --> 00:47:15.019 >> WE HAVE LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES THAT LIVE HERE IN OFFICES HERE. 00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:19.349 >> MAYOR, ONE OF THE POINT ON THE PROVISION. 00:47:19.349 --> 00:47:24.260 MEDICINE THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A LOT OF PLANTS THAT TYPICALLY 00:47:24.260 --> 00:47:29.150 HAVE THAT IN THEIR BUT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH OUR ATTORNEYS OFFICE ALL NOT 00:47:29.150 --> 00:47:34.859 TO MAKE SURE THE ONE THING WITH THE IRS, WE HAVE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT WORKING WITH OUR 00:47:34.859 --> 00:47:40.150 COUNSEL TO MAKE SURE ALL THE PIECES OF THIS THROUGH OUR ATTORNEYS OFFICE MEETS ALL THE 00:47:40.150 --> 00:47:45.079 DIFFERENT TESTS SO THAT WE HAVE A PLAN THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE IRS WE DON'T RUN INTO 00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:46.160 A IN THE ISSUES THERE. 00:47:46.160 --> 00:47:53.210 I WILL WANT A CAVEAT THAT WE WILL WORK WITH BENCOR TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS ALL THE THRESHOLD 00:47:53.210 --> 00:47:55.020 PIECES WHAT WE BRING BACK. 00:47:55.020 --> 00:47:59.110 >> Mack Benard: TODD, WE HIRED OUTSIDE COUNSEL, CORRECT? 00:47:59.110 --> 00:48:00.170 WHO DO WE HAVE. 00:48:00.170 --> 00:48:08.309 >> GREENBERG WAS OUR OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND THEY WERE VERY GOOD IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION 00:48:08.309 --> 00:48:09.560 THEY GAVE BACK TO US. 00:48:09.560 --> 00:48:15.430 OUR QUESTIONS WERE SPECIFIC WITH THEM SO THEY ANSWERED ALL THOSE TO OUR SATISFACTION HE 00:48:15.430 --> 00:48:21.180 READ THE DE MINIMIS PIECE WAS NOT ONE WE INCLUDED BUT WE CAN WORK QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE 00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:22.180 OKAY. 00:48:22.180 --> 00:48:27.320 >> WE WORK WITH GREENBERG THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND OTHER LARGE FIRMS. 00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:30.160 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR, HE RECOGNIZED. 00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:37.099 >> Mack Benard: IF THEY ARE GOING TO AUDIT SOMEONE, SHOULD WE GIVE THEM TODD VAUGHN LORENZ 00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:38.099 NUMBER? 00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:48.220 AS LONG AS THEY SAY IS OKAY WITH THE IRS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE VETTED THIS PRETTY WELL 00:48:48.220 --> 00:48:53.020 SO I LOOK FORWARD TO IT AND I WILL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND PROCEED. 00:48:53.020 --> 00:49:01.790 I WANT TO THANK STAFF ARE LOOKING OUT FOR US AND THE EMPLOYEES ON THESE ISSUES BECAUSE 00:49:01.790 --> 00:49:02.790 IT DOES. 00:49:02.790 --> 00:49:08.619 WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS HERE WHO SPENT MANY YEARS IN COUNTY EMPLOYMENT. 00:49:08.619 --> 00:49:09.619 THANK YOU MS. 00:49:09.619 --> 00:49:12.190 BAKER AND ALL THE STAFF ARE LOOKING OUT FOR ALL OF US. 00:49:12.190 --> 00:49:19.280 >> Mack Benard: I WANT TO THANK ADMINISTRATIVE BAKER, TODD, THE WHOLE TEAM. 00:49:19.280 --> 00:49:27.329 THIS WAS COMPLICATED AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING AT THIS FOR OVER PROBABLY A YEAR AND 1/2. 00:49:27.329 --> 00:49:33.349 GOVERNMENT IS NOT AS EASY, BUT I BELIEVE WE ARE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND WE ARE 00:49:33.349 --> 00:49:42.520 GOING TO SAVE THE TAX PAYERS DOLLARS AND WE ARE GOING TO SAVE OUR EMPLOYEES 7.65 PERCENT 00:49:42.520 --> 00:49:49.390 AND ALSO GIVING THEM ANOTHER OPTION TO HAVE ANOTHER TOOL FOR THEM TO INCLUDE IN SAVINGS 00:49:49.390 --> 00:49:50.760 IN THE FUTURE. 00:49:50.760 --> 00:49:51.869 LINKING MR. 00:49:51.869 --> 00:49:52.869 MAYOR. 00:49:52.869 --> 00:49:58.410 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BERNARD BARRETT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS 00:49:58.410 --> 00:49:59.410 FORWARD. 00:49:59.410 --> 00:50:06.869 I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT THESE PLANS UNTIL HE BROUGHT IT FORWARD AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S 00:50:06.869 --> 00:50:12.700 SAVING THE TAX PAYERS MONEY, IT IS SAVING THE EMPLOYEES MONEY AND PROVIDING THEM ANOTHER 00:50:12.700 --> 00:50:16.950 VEHICLE FOR THEIR OWN FUTURE RETIREMENT. 00:50:16.950 --> 00:50:18.299 AND THANK YOU GENTLEMEN FOR BEING HERE. 00:50:18.299 --> 00:50:21.569 WITH THAT, ALL IN FAVOR? 00:50:21.569 --> 00:50:23.570 ALL OPPOSED? 00:50:23.570 --> 00:50:26.099 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:50:26.099 --> 00:50:29.460 >> THANK YOU. 00:50:29.460 --> 00:50:33.770 >> Gregg Weiss: ALL RIGHT. 00:50:33.770 --> 00:50:36.480 MOVING ON. 00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:43.109 AIRPORTS 5B1 THIS IS A CONTRACT FOR A JANITORIAL SERVICES. 00:50:43.109 --> 00:50:45.750 DOES ANYONE NEED A PRESENTATION ON THIS? 00:50:45.750 --> 00:50:49.910 WITH THAT WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? 00:50:49.910 --> 00:50:50.910 THIS IS 5B1. 00:50:50.910 --> 00:50:54.040 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU, MAYOR. 00:50:54.040 --> 00:51:04.040 I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION ON 5B1 TO APPROVE THE AMOUNT AS STATED IN THE REQUEST. 00:51:04.040 --> 00:51:08.150 >> Gregg Weiss: NOT TO EXCEED 2.5 MILLION DOLLARS. 00:51:08.150 --> 00:51:12.220 MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 00:51:12.220 --> 00:51:13.740 ALL IN FAVOR? 00:51:13.740 --> 00:51:15.579 SEEING NO DISCUSSION ALL IN FAVOR? 00:51:15.579 --> 00:51:16.579 ALL OPPOSED? 00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:18.760 THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0. 00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:26.780 TRYING TO GET THERE BEFORE YOU SAT DOWN. 00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:36.410 ITEM WAS REMOVED AND THEN WE ARE NOW THAT GOES ON SO NOW WE GO TO. 00:51:36.410 --> 00:51:49.160 NOW WE ARE TO 6A1 AND THIS IS, WE ARE GOING TO RECESS AS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, 00:51:49.160 --> 00:51:56.299 WE ARE RECONVENING AS THE CHILD CARE FACILITIES BOARD. 00:51:56.299 --> 00:52:01.579 STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A MOTION TO REAPPOINT THE TO MEMBERS OF THE CHILDCARE ADVISORY COUNCIL 00:52:01.579 --> 00:52:05.559 TO FILL THE POSITIONS LISTED BELOW. 00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:06.710 ANYONE HAVE DISCUSSION? 00:52:06.710 --> 00:52:09.739 SEEING NONE, WOULD SOMEBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? 00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:18.549 >> I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. 00:52:18.549 --> 00:52:22.950 MOTION FOR THE REAPPOINTMENT OF TO MEMBERS OF THE CHILDCARE ADVISORY COUNCIL TO FILL 00:52:22.950 --> 00:52:25.099 THE POSITIONS LISTED BELOW. 00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:29.180 THAT WAS THREE AND FOUR. 00:52:29.180 --> 00:52:33.490 >> MOTION BY THE VICE MAYOR, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:52:33.490 --> 00:52:44.210 ALL IN FAVOR, ALL OPPOSED, THAT MOTION CARRIES 6/0 THAT WE HAVE COMPLETED 6A1. 00:52:44.210 --> 00:52:49.700 IF I GOT THIS RIGHT 7A1. 00:52:49.700 --> 00:53:02.349 ON THIS IS A REVISED MOTION TO AN APPOINTMENT TO THE VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD. 00:53:02.349 --> 00:53:09.109 WE HAVE AN AT LARGE SEAT AND THERE ARE TWO NOMINEES. 00:53:09.109 --> 00:53:10.109 MR. 00:53:10.109 --> 00:53:20.430 JAY NISBERG AND MISS ELIZABETH ACCOMANDO. 00:53:20.430 --> 00:53:25.910 WE HOLD AN ELECTION, RIGHT? 00:53:25.910 --> 00:53:27.270 ALRIGHTY. 00:53:27.270 --> 00:53:37.410 WITH THAT WE CAN HOLD OUR ELECTION. 00:53:37.410 --> 00:53:38.890 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF MR. 00:53:38.890 --> 00:53:42.810 JAY NISBERG, COMMISSIONER BAXTER. 00:53:42.810 --> 00:53:47.049 >> Sara Baxter: WE ONLY HAVE TWO AND TWO SEATS OPEN? 00:53:47.049 --> 00:53:50.420 >> Gregg Weiss: IS WHAT WE GOT. 00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:57.040 WE HAVE ONE SEAT OPEN FOR THE AT LARGE SEAT AND THEN WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE. 00:53:57.040 --> 00:54:02.230 WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE WILL CONSIDER THE AT LARGE SEAT AND THEN WE WILL MOVE INTO THE 00:54:02.230 --> 00:54:05.350 ALTERNATE STATE. 00:54:05.350 --> 00:54:07.940 CLEAR? 00:54:07.940 --> 00:54:12.039 SO VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 00:54:12.039 --> 00:54:16.420 >> Mack Benard: I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EITHER ONE 00:54:16.420 --> 00:54:19.890 OF THESE, THE TWO APPLICANTS. 00:54:19.890 --> 00:54:24.770 I WONDER IF MAYBE I MISSED IT IN MY EMAIL, WHICH IS VERY POSSIBLE. 00:54:24.770 --> 00:54:32.599 BUT I WONDER IF WE COULD HAVE THE TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO NOMINATED OR THE PERSONS THEMSELVES HERE 00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:38.230 TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES OR WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO SERVE ON THIS BOARD. 00:54:38.230 --> 00:54:39.779 IS THAT POSSIBLE? 00:54:39.779 --> 00:54:45.130 >> Gregg Weiss: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 00:54:45.130 --> 00:54:51.160 >> Sara Baxter: DO YOU MIND IF I TURNED IT OVER TO MS. 00:54:51.160 --> 00:54:52.160 ACCOMANDO. 00:54:52.160 --> 00:54:53.979 >> Gregg Weiss: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME TO DO SO. 00:54:53.979 --> 00:55:03.110 >> Gregg Weiss: LET'S GIVE HER THREE MINUTES AND THEN IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS WE WILL ANSWER 00:55:03.110 --> 00:55:04.110 THEM. 00:55:04.110 --> 00:55:06.900 >> GOOD MORNING MAYOR, VICE MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, STAFF. 00:55:06.900 --> 00:55:09.480 FIRST OFF, LET ME SAY THANK YOU. 00:55:09.480 --> 00:55:15.160 IT IS QUITE AN HONOR FOR ME TO HAVE THIS NOMINATION TO BE APPOINTED TO THE BOARD. 00:55:15.160 --> 00:55:20.150 YOU ARE RIGHT WE DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT EACH OTHER PERSONALLY. 00:55:20.150 --> 00:55:26.880 I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED PASSIONATELY BUT THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THROUGH MY 00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:35.700 ANIMAL RESCUE, OR SPECIFIC MISSION IS TO SERVE PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THAT IS WHAT WE LIVE 00:55:35.700 --> 00:55:37.319 DAY IN AND DAY OUT. 00:55:37.319 --> 00:55:43.630 IN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME IN FRONT OF ME I THOUGHT I'M NOT MUCH ABOUT TAXES BUT I DO 00:55:43.630 --> 00:55:50.680 KNOW A LOT ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE AND I DO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 00:55:50.680 --> 00:55:57.790 IN FACT, JUST YESTERDAY WE WERE NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 OVERVALUED HOUSING MARKETS IN 00:55:57.790 --> 00:56:02.250 WHICH IS REALLY SCARY FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS. 00:56:02.250 --> 00:56:03.430 WE SEE IT EVERY DAY. 00:56:03.430 --> 00:56:09.900 PEOPLE IN THE UNCERTAIN TIMES, THIS CRAZY ECONOMY, PEOPLE ARE REALLY STRUGGLING. 00:56:09.900 --> 00:56:18.260 AND I THINK I CAN BE A FAIR AND OPEN-MINDED VOICE TO HEAR THESE PEOPLE WHO FEEL LIKE THEIR 00:56:18.260 --> 00:56:24.760 TAXABLE VALUE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR WHATEVER REASON COMES BEFORE THEM. 00:56:24.760 --> 00:56:31.130 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I CAN ASSURE YOU I WILL DO MY BEST TO PUT RESIDENCE INTERESTS 00:56:31.130 --> 00:56:33.430 AT HEART AND ALWAYS FIRST. 00:56:33.430 --> 00:56:34.499 THANK YOU. 00:56:34.499 --> 00:56:37.999 >> Gregg Weiss: ANY QUESTIONS? 00:56:37.999 --> 00:56:44.799 >> Sara Baxter: I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN HERE FOR THIS. 00:56:44.799 --> 00:56:52.010 I KNOW LIVING WHERE WE LIVE OUT THERE IT GETS A LITTLE CRAZY SO THANK YOU FOR COMING IN 00:56:52.010 --> 00:56:54.230 AND TALKING TO THIS. 00:56:54.230 --> 00:56:58.599 I KNOW YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS YOURSELF AND WHY YOUR NAME CAME TO 00:56:58.599 --> 00:57:00.900 MIND WHEN THIS CAME UP SO THANK YOU AGAIN. 00:57:00.900 --> 00:57:08.390 >> Gregg Weiss: I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JAY NISBERG. 00:57:08.390 --> 00:57:14.829 HE IS A PHD AND A CPA. 00:57:14.829 --> 00:57:23.799 HE LIVES HERE IN WEST PALM BEACH AND HE WAS ONE OF MY APPOINTEES TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION 00:57:23.799 --> 00:57:29.380 AND SERVED US WELL THERE BUT HE HAD TO TAKE HER HEALTH ISSUES WHICH HE HAS TAKEN CARE 00:57:29.380 --> 00:57:34.200 OF SO HE IS READY TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AGAIN. 00:57:34.200 --> 00:57:47.650 HE HELPED AND PROVIDES CONSULTING SERVICES FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER ACCOUNTING FIRMS. 00:57:47.650 --> 00:57:53.480 HE WAS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR FOR THE INSTITUTE ON PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS. 00:57:53.480 --> 00:57:57.940 I HAVE A WHOLE LIST OF THINGS HERE. 00:57:57.940 --> 00:58:04.640 FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS HE HAS BEEN HONORED AS AN INDUSTRY NEWSMAGAZINE IS THE LONGEST 00:58:04.640 --> 00:58:10.099 ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE TOP 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN ACCOUNTING PROFESSION LONGER THAN 00:58:10.099 --> 00:58:12.910 ANY OTHER INDIVIDUAL. 00:58:12.910 --> 00:58:19.920 I WILL TELL YOU, I FIRST MET JAY THROUGH HIS PHILANTHROPIC WORK. 00:58:19.920 --> 00:58:24.109 IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE TURKEY GIVEAWAYS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF WEST PALM 00:58:24.109 --> 00:58:32.789 BEACH, THOSE WERE HIS PERSONAL PROGRAM THAT HE SET UP TO MAKE SURE FAMILIES DIDN'T GO 00:58:32.789 --> 00:58:41.089 HUNGRY IN WEST PALM BEACH DURING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS. 00:58:41.089 --> 00:58:50.180 HE HAS CONSULTED WITH GENERAL MOTORS, ART RCA CORPORATION IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND HE 00:58:50.180 --> 00:58:55.099 IS FREQUENTLY QUOTED IN JOURNALS AND NEWSPAPERS. 00:58:55.099 --> 00:59:04.349 HE HAS A BOOK OUT THAT I READ AND SO I THINK HE WOULD BE A FAIR-MINDED PERSON TO LISTEN 00:59:04.349 --> 00:59:07.960 TO THE CASES AND HELP ADJUDICATE THEM. 00:59:07.960 --> 00:59:21.170 AND SO WITH THAT I CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT - WERE YOU SIGNALING ME? 00:59:21.170 --> 00:59:29.710 >> THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT CAME UP WEATHERBY REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS BEING NOMINATED FOR A 00:59:29.710 --> 00:59:36.369 SEAT WHETHER THEY SHOULD SHOW UP OR NOT AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN OUR PRACTICE JUST SO WE 00:59:36.369 --> 00:59:39.710 ARE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. 00:59:39.710 --> 00:59:44.800 >> Gregg Weiss: WITH THAT WE WILL HOLD THE VOTE. 00:59:44.800 --> 00:59:50.880 ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF JAY NISBERG SIGNIFY I GUESS BY RAISING YOUR HAND. 00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:53.610 ALL RIGHT. 00:59:53.610 --> 00:59:56.309 WE KNOW WHAT THE VOTE IS THEN. 00:59:56.309 --> 01:00:06.819 WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE TO OUR NEXT SO ELIZABETH ACCOMANDO YOU WILL BECOME PART OPEN AT LARGE 01:00:06.819 --> 01:00:09.859 SEAT REPRESENTATIVE. 01:00:09.859 --> 01:00:11.599 THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 01:00:11.599 --> 01:00:20.050 NEXT HOUR ALTERNATE IS IN CASE ONE OF OUR OTHER SEATS CANNOT BE AVAILABLE SO WE MAKE 01:00:20.050 --> 01:00:25.140 SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM SO THEY CAN HOLD THEIR MEETINGS. 01:00:25.140 --> 01:00:36.299 THIS POINT SINCE ELIZABETH HAS BEEN APPOINTED, ASHLEY CACICEDO WOULD BECOME OUR ALTERNATE 01:00:36.299 --> 01:00:39.839 SO THERE YOU GO. 01:00:39.839 --> 01:00:45.369 ALL DONE. 01:00:45.369 --> 01:00:58.450 I THINK THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM AND WE ARE NOT TO COMMISSION DISTRICT APPOINTMENTS. 01:00:58.450 --> 01:01:03.829 WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 01:01:03.829 --> 01:01:05.479 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD? 01:01:05.479 --> 01:01:13.509 >> Marci Woodward: I WOULD LIKE TO REAPPOINT CAROLYN TO WATER UTILITIES ADVISORY BOARD. 01:01:13.509 --> 01:01:19.670 >> Gregg Weiss: VICE MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS? 01:01:19.670 --> 01:01:20.670 COMMISSIONER BERNARD. 01:01:20.670 --> 01:01:22.170 >> Mack Benard: NUNN, MR. 01:01:22.170 --> 01:01:23.170 MAYOR. 01:01:23.170 --> 01:01:25.140 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BAXTER, DO YOU HAVE ANY APPOINTMENTS TODAY. 01:01:25.140 --> 01:01:30.349 >> Sara Baxter: I DO BUT IF I COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND SAY THANK 01:01:30.349 --> 01:01:35.170 YOU MAYOR AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE PERSON WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE THE ALTERNATE 01:01:35.170 --> 01:01:40.760 SO IT WAS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE TODAY SO THANK YOU WITH THAT OF THE VALLEY ADJUSTMENT BOARD 01:01:40.760 --> 01:01:42.900 VOTE. 01:01:42.900 --> 01:01:48.099 BUT BACK TO THE APPOINTMENT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT REGINA TO THE FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL 01:01:48.099 --> 01:01:49.099 EMPLOYMENT BOARD. 01:01:49.099 --> 01:01:50.099 >> Gregg Weiss: OKAY. 01:01:50.099 --> 01:01:53.820 THANK YOU. 01:01:53.820 --> 01:01:57.650 MOVING ON, ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS? 01:01:57.650 --> 01:02:00.140 >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. 01:02:00.140 --> 01:02:06.069 I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SHEILA WOODBERRY TO COME FORWARD. 01:02:06.069 --> 01:02:12.750 MISS WOODBERRY HAS WORKED FOR FAULT PALM BEACH COUNTY AND RESIDENTS FOR 44 YEARS. 01:02:12.750 --> 01:02:21.579 [ CLAPPING ] SHE IS LOOKING TO RETIRE AND I WANTED TO THANK 01:02:21.579 --> 01:02:28.359 HER PUBLICLY FOR HER DEDICATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE SHE'S WORK ALMOST 39 OF THOSE YEARS 01:02:28.359 --> 01:02:32.619 IN HR IN VARIOUS POSITIONS. 01:02:32.619 --> 01:02:35.240 SHE STARTED OUT IN COMMUNITY SERVICES. 01:02:35.240 --> 01:02:38.460 AND THESE ARE NAMES FROM THE PAST. 01:02:38.460 --> 01:02:42.099 TOM WHITE AND ED RICH. 01:02:42.099 --> 01:02:47.950 AFTER FIVE YEARS SHE WENT TO HR AND WORKED DILIGENTLY OVER THERE AND HAVE BEEN PROMOTED 01:02:47.950 --> 01:02:50.200 THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. 01:02:50.200 --> 01:02:52.420 I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT SHEILA. 01:02:52.420 --> 01:03:00.880 SHE IS SAVED THE COUNTY TAXPAYER SIGNIFICANT DOLLARS BY RESOLVING ISSUES THAT COME UP REGARDING 01:03:00.880 --> 01:03:03.160 EMPLOYEES AND THEIR CHALLENGES. 01:03:03.160 --> 01:03:08.350 I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK HER FOR THAT. 01:03:08.350 --> 01:03:15.049 SHE HAS BEEN ON A ROLL NUMBER OF TEAM PBC FOR HER ENTIRE TIME HERE. 01:03:15.049 --> 01:03:16.740 SHE HAS BEEN DEDICATED. 01:03:16.740 --> 01:03:25.811 SHE IS A DOUBLE GRADUATE OF THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR A LONG 01:03:25.811 --> 01:03:26.811 TIME. 01:03:26.811 --> 01:03:27.811 SHE STARTED IN THE COUNTY 1979. 01:03:27.811 --> 01:03:33.450 I WAS STILL IN COLLEGE ABOUT TO GRADUATE BUT STILL IN COLLEGE. 01:03:33.450 --> 01:03:35.430 WE WORKED VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. 01:03:35.430 --> 01:03:42.760 SHE HAS WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH WAYNE WHO IS ALSO A GRADUATE OF FSU. 01:03:42.760 --> 01:03:46.140 THEY HAVE BEEN IN HR FOR A VERY LONG TIME. 01:03:46.140 --> 01:03:56.849 WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HER SOMETHING SO SHE WON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWALS FROM US AND A CERTIFICATE 01:03:56.849 --> 01:04:01.080 OF APPRECIATION FOR HER MANY YEARS OF SERVICE. 01:04:01.080 --> 01:04:07.757 [ CLAPPING ] IS IT POSSIBLE FOR HER TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH 01:04:07.757 --> 01:04:08.732 ALL OF YOU? 01:06:04.288 --> 01:06:07.377 >> Gregg Weiss: COUNTY ATTORNEY COMMENTS? 01:06:07.377 --> 01:06:10.293 NO COMMENTS. 01:06:10.293 --> 01:06:14.939 I'M SORRY. 01:06:14.939 --> 01:06:20.559 >> I JUST WANT TO SAY MY JOURNEY WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN JOYFUL. 01:06:20.559 --> 01:06:25.930 I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, I'VE GROWN SO MUCH WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:06:25.930 --> 01:06:32.670 IT'S HEARTFELT THAT I'M LEAVING BUT I KNOW I CAN'T STAY FOREVER SPIRIT STARTING OUT WITH 01:06:32.670 --> 01:06:42.400 COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH TOM WHITE AND MOVING ON TO HUMAN SERVICES WITH JEAN KRAMER, BRAD, 01:06:42.400 --> 01:06:48.579 JANICE BURNELL AND NOW WAYNE AND MARIA. 01:06:48.579 --> 01:06:53.670 I FORGOT MY BOSSES NAME. 01:06:53.670 --> 01:06:57.630 I AM JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS. 01:06:57.630 --> 01:07:04.410 BUT ANYWAY, I ENJOYED MY JOURNEY AND IF I HAD TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN I WOULD. 01:07:04.410 --> 01:07:09.150 I'M SO APPRECIATIVE AND I THANK THE LORD FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I THANK YOU 01:07:09.150 --> 01:07:10.799 ALL FOR HONORING ME TODAY. 01:07:10.799 --> 01:07:15.299 IT HAS BEEN GREAT AND I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH. 01:07:15.299 --> 01:07:23.859 [ CLAPPING ] >> MAYOR, ONE MORE BIT OF GOOD NEWS. 01:07:23.859 --> 01:07:28.530 WE HAVE TO TAKE IT WHEN WE CAN GET IT. 01:07:28.530 --> 01:07:35.529 OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT ONE A COUPLE OF AWARDS AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE. 01:07:35.529 --> 01:07:41.369 FROM CITY COUNTY MANAGER ASSOCIATION THEY RECEIVED AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE FOR THEIR 01:07:41.369 --> 01:07:46.869 GRAPHIC DESIGN OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT. 01:07:46.869 --> 01:07:53.300 THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE AWARD EXCELLENCE FOR A ONE-TIME VIDEO PROGRAMMING HOW TO BUILD 01:07:53.300 --> 01:08:01.420 AN ISLAND HIGHLIGHTING THE WONDERFUL WORK OF HERM, RESTORING THE LAKE WORTH LAGOON HABITAT. 01:08:01.420 --> 01:08:06.890 AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD BECAUSE YOU'D ALLOWED US TO DO THE WORK DISPLAYED IN THE 01:08:06.890 --> 01:08:11.059 CONTENT OF OUR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT. 01:08:11.059 --> 01:08:13.770 SO WE DID GET MAJOR ACCOLADES FOR THAT. 01:08:13.770 --> 01:08:19.159 FOR THE FLORIDA FESTIVAL EVENT ASSOCIATION WE RECEIVED FIRST PLACE FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY 01:08:19.159 --> 01:08:28.699 2023 EVENT GUIDE BROCHURE ON SECOND-PLACE FOR OUR PALM BEACH COUNTY DAY 2023 PROMOTIONAL 01:08:28.699 --> 01:08:34.620 ITEMS AND SECOND-PLACE FOR OUR 2023 COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM. 01:08:34.620 --> 01:08:39.839 SO CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO STAFF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU 01:08:39.839 --> 01:08:48.690 WHO OVERSAW AND SHEPHERDED THE COMPLETION OF OUR 2021 ANNUAL REPORT. 01:08:48.690 --> 01:08:49.930 SO THANK YOU ALL. 01:08:49.930 --> 01:08:52.359 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:08:52.359 --> 01:08:55.580 THANK YOU ADMINISTRATOR BAKER. 01:08:55.580 --> 01:08:59.219 WE STILL HAVE NO COMMENTS. 01:08:59.219 --> 01:09:00.759 OKAY. 01:09:00.759 --> 01:09:01.779 JUST TO MAKE SURE. 01:09:01.779 --> 01:09:05.509 WE WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. 01:09:05.509 --> 01:09:10.350 WE WILL GO AHEAD AND WE CAN START WITH COMMISSIONER BARNETT TODAY. 01:09:10.350 --> 01:09:13.319 >> Michael Barnett: THANK YOU MR. 01:09:13.319 --> 01:09:14.319 MAYOR. 01:09:14.319 --> 01:09:23.980 I WANT TO THANK YOU IN YOUR OFFICE, ESPECIALLY VIRGINIA FOR ORGANIZING THEY INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL 01:09:23.980 --> 01:09:29.930 HISPANIC HERITAGE BUS TOUR. 01:09:29.930 --> 01:09:35.299 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL WITH SO MANY OF OUR HISPANIC LEADERS 01:09:35.299 --> 01:09:46.020 A COUNTY STAFF INCLUDING DOCTOR JAMES GREEN TO SEVERAL SCHOOLS WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT AND 01:09:46.020 --> 01:09:49.089 MINE AS WELL AS THE NORTON MUSEUM. 01:09:49.089 --> 01:09:55.980 IT WAS AN AMAZING CELEBRATION AND HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. 01:09:55.980 --> 01:10:01.679 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO STAND WITH YOU AT THE PODIUM TO PRESENT THAT IMPORTANT 01:10:01.679 --> 01:10:09.310 PROCLAMATION HONORING THE RICH HISPANIC CULTURE AND HERITAGE OF SO MANY PEOPLE IN PALM BEACH 01:10:09.310 --> 01:10:14.120 COUNTY. 22 PERCENT OF OUR PEOPLE. 01:10:14.120 --> 01:10:22.400 22.7 PERCENT OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE HERITAGE THAT HAILS FROM SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA 01:10:22.400 --> 01:10:25.440 AND THE CARIBBEAN IN SPAIN. 01:10:25.440 --> 01:10:32.980 I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS, ESPECIALLY TO MY DISTRICT WHICH I AM STILL NEW TO AND 01:10:32.980 --> 01:10:33.980 LEARNING. 01:10:33.980 --> 01:10:37.219 LEARNING ALL ABOUT. 01:10:37.219 --> 01:10:43.690 WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE ARE CLOSER NOW THAN EVER BEFORE TO ESTABLISHING 01:10:43.690 --> 01:10:49.590 HISPANIC CULTURAL AND HERITAGE RESOURCES CENTER AND MAYBE A FEW YEARS AWAY BUT AT LEAST WE 01:10:49.590 --> 01:10:53.570 ARE TALKING ABOUT IT GETTING THE BALL ROLLING. 01:10:53.570 --> 01:10:58.570 INVITATIONS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO LEADERS FROM ALL AROUND PALM BEACH COUNTY HISPANIC 01:10:58.570 --> 01:11:06.920 COMMUNITY WITH REGARDS TO EDUCATION IN BUSINESS AND CLERGY AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL 01:11:06.920 --> 01:11:12.730 HAVE A DIRECT INPUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO INTO THIS HISPANIC CULTURAL AND RESOURCES COMMUNITY 01:11:12.730 --> 01:11:13.900 CENTER. 01:11:13.900 --> 01:11:19.760 WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT PLOTS OF LAND THAT MAY BE SUITABLE FOR SUCH A CENTER WHICH IS 01:11:19.760 --> 01:11:22.530 BADLY NEEDED AND OVERDUE. 01:11:22.530 --> 01:11:29.850 AND MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE FESTIVAL HELD AT THE LAKE WORTH WEST PROPERTY AT MAIN 01:11:29.850 --> 01:11:32.710 STREET JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND. 01:11:32.710 --> 01:11:36.400 IT WAS MET WITH A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM. 01:11:36.400 --> 01:11:43.280 THIS IS SOMETHING PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CRYING FOR FOR A LONG TIME AND REACHING OUT TO ME 01:11:43.280 --> 01:11:49.900 AND I MADE IT A HIGH PRIORITY FOR MYSELF OUR OFFICE TO GET THIS HISPANIC CULTURAL RESOURCES 01:11:49.900 --> 01:11:55.409 COMMUNITY CENTER ROLLING AT SOME POINT. 01:11:55.409 --> 01:11:56.409 WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO. 01:11:56.409 --> 01:11:57.960 IT IS JUST BEGINNING. 01:11:57.960 --> 01:12:05.000 I WANT TO BE EXPRESSIVE OF MY GRATITUDE TOWARDS LAURA IN MY OFFICE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING HARD 01:12:05.000 --> 01:12:12.100 ON THIS WITH PEOPLE ACROSS PALM BEACH COUNTY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE 01:12:12.100 --> 01:12:16.190 PURITY ARE GOING TO GET THIS DONE AND IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL HEAR ME TALK ABOUT A LOT 01:12:16.190 --> 01:12:21.120 MORE FREQUENTLY BETWEEN NOW AND THE DAY WE BREAK GROUND, GOD WILLING ON THE NEXT COUPLE 01:12:21.120 --> 01:12:22.950 YEARS OR SO, DON'T KNOW. 01:12:22.950 --> 01:12:26.239 CAN'T MAKE ANY PROMISES BUT THIS IS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY. 01:12:26.239 --> 01:12:35.540 I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR MEETING THE HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH DRIVE WHICH BEGAN 01:12:35.540 --> 01:12:41.130 LAST WEEK WITH THE PROCLAMATION AND SO MANY MORE CELEBRATIONS TO COME THAT I'M EXPECTING 01:12:41.130 --> 01:12:45.060 I WILL SEE SO MANY OF YOU BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 15. 01:12:45.060 --> 01:12:46.060 THANK YOU MR. 01:12:46.060 --> 01:12:47.060 MAYOR. 01:12:47.060 --> 01:12:50.040 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:12:50.040 --> 01:12:52.489 COMMISSIONER WOODWARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:12:52.489 --> 01:12:57.040 >> Marci Woodward: I ALSO WENT LAST WEEK, FLORIDA ASSOCIATION FOR COUNTIES. 01:12:57.040 --> 01:13:01.840 I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF THERE. 01:13:01.840 --> 01:13:07.440 THIS WAS MY SECOND TIME ATTENDING A REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO SIT IN THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 01:13:07.440 --> 01:13:14.600 AND SEVERAL OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO SIT ON THESE AND CHAIR SOME OF THE COMMITTEES, 01:13:14.600 --> 01:13:16.120 I LOOK FORWARD TO THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE. 01:13:16.120 --> 01:13:21.790 THEY WERE QUITE HEATED DEBATES I GOT TO WITNESS AND HEARING THOUGHTS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS 01:13:21.790 --> 01:13:26.929 AROUND THE STATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT TOURISM 01:13:26.929 --> 01:13:30.199 IMPACT VERSUS TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TAX. 01:13:30.199 --> 01:13:32.409 NOW THAT I HAVE BEEN EDUCATED ON THAT. 01:13:32.409 --> 01:13:35.940 I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS WELL WORTH THE TRIP. 01:13:35.940 --> 01:13:37.290 I DID COME BACK EARLY. 01:13:37.290 --> 01:13:42.940 THAT OBLIGATIONS FRIDAY BUT NEXT TIME I WILL PLAN TO STAY THE WHOLE TIME. 01:13:42.940 --> 01:13:46.050 THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE WHO HELPED ANSWER MY QUESTIONS WHILE I WAS THERE. 01:13:46.050 --> 01:13:48.980 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 01:13:48.980 --> 01:13:54.220 COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:13:54.220 --> 01:14:00.880 >> TO PIGGYBACK ON THE ISSUE OF FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, WE HAD A CHANCE 2 TO HER DISTRICT 01:14:00.880 --> 01:14:07.020 5 FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE. 01:14:07.020 --> 01:14:16.480 I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO, IF THERE IS A WAY FOR US TO COORDINATE TO DO A TOUR OF DISTRICT 01:14:16.480 --> 01:14:24.030 FOR SO WE CAN GET AN UPDATE WHAT IS GOING ON TO MEET WITH THE SECRETARY THAT WOULD BE 01:14:24.030 --> 01:14:25.030 GREAT. 01:14:25.030 --> 01:14:31.031 THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK IF WE CAN DO TO GO DOWN THERE AND GET A BRIEFING ON WHAT THEY 01:14:31.031 --> 01:14:36.360 ARE WORKING ON IN THEIR PLANS FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, I THINK THAT WOULD BE EDUCATIONAL 01:14:36.360 --> 01:14:39.210 AND TO HELP US PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. 01:14:39.210 --> 01:14:40.969 >> Gregg Weiss: GREAT IDEA. 01:14:40.969 --> 01:14:43.030 COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:14:43.030 --> 01:14:51.030 >> Sara Baxter: I LOVE THE IDEA OF TOURING, ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING THE DISTRICT 5. 01:14:51.030 --> 01:14:57.210 THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AND USEFUL FOR US TO HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. 01:14:57.210 --> 01:15:00.820 IF THERE IS NO OBJECT OBJECTION SOMETHING THAT COME TO MY ATTENTION. 01:15:00.820 --> 01:15:06.800 WANT TO PROPOSE OUR STAFF CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS OF OUR COUNTY TAKE ON POLICY I'D COME ACROSS 01:15:06.800 --> 01:15:11.360 IN RELATION TO OTHER ENTITIES WITHIN PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:15:11.360 --> 01:15:16.360 SUCH AS THE SHARES OFFICE PER THE GOAL IS TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO ALIGN OUR POLICY 01:15:16.360 --> 01:15:22.070 WITH EXISTING STANDARDS THE REQUEST STAFF PRESENT THE FINDINGS TO THE BOARD UPON COMPLETION 01:15:22.070 --> 01:15:25.940 OF THE ANALYSIS AND WITH THAT I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE. 01:15:25.940 --> 01:15:29.360 THIS IS AMAZING AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. 01:15:29.360 --> 01:15:32.210 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. 01:15:32.210 --> 01:15:35.139 VICE MAYOR, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:15:35.139 --> 01:15:37.810 >> Maria Sachs: IT'S INTERESTING TO TALK ABOUT THE F DOD. 01:15:37.810 --> 01:15:43.680 I'VE BEEN DOWN THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES TO THE OFFICE IN FORT LAUDERDALE. 01:15:43.680 --> 01:15:48.590 IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES BROUGHT UP BY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER 01:15:48.590 --> 01:15:55.170 BAXTER IS THE ISSUE OF TRAFFIC IN NORTHLAKE AND 441 AND LYONS ROAD. 01:15:55.170 --> 01:16:04.020 I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS WE HAVE ALREADY APPROVED AND SOME COMING THROUGH 01:16:04.020 --> 01:16:05.150 TO APPROVE. 01:16:05.150 --> 01:16:12.730 AND I THINK WHAT OCCURRED IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REMEDY AND THAT IS, I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY 01:16:12.730 --> 01:16:15.449 TO TODD AND TO MS. 01:16:15.449 --> 01:16:22.179 BAKER AND OUR ENGINEERS WERE HERE AND I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE WATCHING. 01:16:22.179 --> 01:16:30.800 I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS TO DO A LOCAL TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY TO REVIEW 01:16:30.800 --> 01:16:38.710 THE IMPACTS ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS. 01:16:38.710 --> 01:16:47.090 SO IF SOMEBODY COMES, DEVELOPER, AND WE WELCOME ALL DEVELOPERS, AND THEY WANTED TO DEVELOP 01:16:47.090 --> 01:16:54.850 ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WHETHER IT'S COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, MIXED-USE, ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTY. 01:16:54.850 --> 01:17:01.389 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS DO A STUDY ON HOW THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO 01:17:01.389 --> 01:17:05.570 IMPACT OUR ROADS. 01:17:05.570 --> 01:17:14.929 IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND IT TIES INTO ALL OF THIS AS WELL AS IMPACTS ON ROAD CONSTRUCTION 01:17:14.929 --> 01:17:18.300 AND RECONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. 01:17:18.300 --> 01:17:20.130 ROADS TO ME ARE LIKE RIVERS. 01:17:20.130 --> 01:17:24.680 YOU DON'T DAM A RIVER OF BETWEEN ONE DISTRICT AND THE OTHER. 01:17:24.680 --> 01:17:26.130 OF FLOWS. 01:17:26.130 --> 01:17:33.260 WHEREVER THE ROADS GO WE NEED TO HAVE OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS REVIEWED THE IMPACT IT WILL 01:17:33.260 --> 01:17:39.300 HAVE ON LOCAL EXISTING COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS FUTURE COMMUNITIES. 01:17:39.300 --> 01:17:45.480 I WOULD REQUEST OUR STAFF REVIEW THAT. 01:17:45.480 --> 01:17:47.429 IF I COULD, MARY. 01:17:47.429 --> 01:17:48.429 THANK YOU. 01:17:48.429 --> 01:17:50.380 >> Gregg Weiss: ADMINISTRATOR BAKER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:17:50.380 --> 01:17:56.989 >> WE ARE PLANNING TO BRING IT BACK AT THE NOVEMBER WORKSHOP. 01:17:56.989 --> 01:18:04.960 WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE FIVE YEAR CAPITAL PLAN AS WELL AS OUR CAPITAL VERTICAL PLAN. 01:18:04.960 --> 01:18:09.380 PART OF IT IS DEALING WITH PROPORTIONATE SHARE, IMPACT FEES, ETC. 01:18:09.380 --> 01:18:12.400 WHICH ALL TIES INTO WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR. 01:18:12.400 --> 01:18:18.150 CURRENTLY WHAT OCCURS IS EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES AND THEY HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY. 01:18:18.150 --> 01:18:20.170 THEY HIRE THEIR OWN TRAFFIC ENGINEER. 01:18:20.170 --> 01:18:27.380 HOWEVER, OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT ASKED TO REVIEW THAT AND WHAT THEY DON'T AGREE WITH THEY REJECT 01:18:27.380 --> 01:18:32.860 AND AND THEY WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION ON WHAT 01:18:32.860 --> 01:18:37.710 INTERSECTIONS AND STREETS THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WILL BE IMPACTED. 01:18:37.710 --> 01:18:43.840 THEY HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE BACKGROUND TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC THAT THEY ALREADY APPROVED 01:18:43.840 --> 01:18:46.760 APPROVED AND THE TRAFFIC STUDY. 01:18:46.760 --> 01:18:50.440 WE ARE GOING TO LATE ALL OF THAT OUT FOR YOU AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. 01:18:50.440 --> 01:18:58.380 AGAIN, WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH LEGAL BECAUSE IF I RECALL CORRECTLY THERE WAS A LAW THAT 01:18:58.380 --> 01:19:07.880 CHANGED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT PROHIBITS US FROM USING TRAFFIC IS THE KEY TO THE STOPPING 01:19:07.880 --> 01:19:09.310 DEVELOPMENT. 01:19:09.310 --> 01:19:12.630 WE WILL LAY ALL THAT OUT AT THE NOVEMBER MEETING. 01:19:12.630 --> 01:19:13.630 >> Maria Sachs: THANK YOU MS. 01:19:13.630 --> 01:19:19.010 BAKER AND IF I MAY RESPOND. 01:19:19.010 --> 01:19:23.920 BECAUSE WE CAN DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULD. 01:19:23.920 --> 01:19:32.320 AND THE ISSUES AND US WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSION THAT WE CAN SAY YAY OR NAY DEPENDING ON THE 01:19:32.320 --> 01:19:35.650 IMPACT IT IS GOING TO HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES. 01:19:35.650 --> 01:19:40.130 IF THE LAW SAYS WE SHOULD NOT MAYBE WE SHOULD STEP UP. 01:19:40.130 --> 01:19:43.940 AND LOOKING AT DENISE BUT I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO RESPOND NECESSARILY. 01:19:43.940 --> 01:19:52.960 BUT I DO THINK BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS WE CAN'T STOP SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN DELAY IT. 01:19:52.960 --> 01:20:01.610 IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO BUILD A THOUSAND UNITS IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PROPER ROAD, 01:20:01.610 --> 01:20:09.030 I WILL SIT YEAR AS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND SAY NO BECAUSE IT WILL SERIOUSLY IMPACT THE 01:20:09.030 --> 01:20:13.780 SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE AND THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN. 01:20:13.780 --> 01:20:22.480 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US AND I DO BELIEVE IT HAS BEEN THE POLICY ARE HERE LED UP PRIVATE 01:20:22.480 --> 01:20:28.940 DEVELOPER WILL HIRE THEIR OWN ENGINEER TO REVIEW THE IMPACT. 01:20:28.940 --> 01:20:32.700 I FIND THIS GOOD. 01:20:32.700 --> 01:20:42.929 HOWEVER, IT IS A LITTLE BIT LIKE GOING TO COURT AND BEING A PLAINTIFF AND HAVING THE 01:20:42.929 --> 01:20:47.460 INSURANCE COMPANY HAVE THE ONLY EXPERTS THERE TO SAY YOU REALLY DIDN'T BREAK YOUR LEG, IT'S 01:20:47.460 --> 01:20:49.440 JUST SORT OF CROOKED. 01:20:49.440 --> 01:20:58.420 WE NEED TO HAVE A PROACTIVE USE OF OUR COUNTY ENGINEERS TO REVIEW THESE PROACTIVELY. 01:20:58.420 --> 01:21:05.630 AND I WON'T BRING UP ANY PARTICULAR ITEMS THAT I HAVE SEEN THAT WERE NOT THAT STUDIED 01:21:05.630 --> 01:21:12.880 IN TERMS OF A PRIVATE ENGINEER WORKING ON ONE OUR DEVELOPMENT PLANS. 01:21:12.880 --> 01:21:19.780 HOWEVER, I WILL REVIEW IT CAREFULLY AND I WILL BRING IT UP TO YOU TO OUR LEGAL STAFF 01:21:19.780 --> 01:21:34.190 BECAUSE I HAVE FOUND A NUMBER OF PRIVATE ENGINEERING REPORTS 01:21:34.190 --> 01:21:42.880 THAT ARE NOT INDEPENDENTLY REFERENCED AND THAT HAVE ISSUES IN THEM THAT DO NOT ENSURE 01:21:42.880 --> 01:21:45.260 THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE. 01:21:45.260 --> 01:21:56.210 I WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THESE AND IF I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT POLICY, I WOULD 01:21:56.210 --> 01:22:05.550 LIKE TO REVIEW THAT IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW SO OUR FIRST JOB 01:22:05.550 --> 01:22:13.900 HERE IS THE SAFETY OF OUR PEOPLE AND I WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE AND I MAY BRING IT BACK 01:22:13.900 --> 01:22:20.090 IN TERMS OF A COUPLE OF THEM I HAVE SEEN IN THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS BAKER AND I LOOK FORWARD 01:22:20.090 --> 01:22:22.210 TO REVIEWING THIS WITH YOU. 01:22:22.210 --> 01:22:27.880 >> Gregg Weiss: COUNTY ATTORNEY, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:22:27.880 --> 01:22:28.880 >> THANK YOU. 01:22:28.880 --> 01:22:34.150 I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THIS IS AN ISSUE FACING THE ENTIRE STATE. 01:22:34.150 --> 01:22:38.780 EVERYONE IS LOOKING AT THE RESULT OF LOSS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE YEARS THAT PERHAPS 01:22:38.780 --> 01:22:43.530 ARE NOT SERVING US THE WAY THEY SAVED US AT A DIFFERENT TIME SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT 01:22:43.530 --> 01:22:46.650 WANT TO CONSIDER FOR LEGISLATIVE AGENDA. 01:22:46.650 --> 01:22:51.670 THE PRIORITY OF THE BOARD IS HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE AND EVEN THOUGH YOU MIGHT NOT 01:22:51.670 --> 01:22:56.610 BE ABLE TO LOOK AT TRAFFIC SPECIFICALLY IS THE ONLY REASON TO DENY IT DEVELOPMENT DOES 01:22:56.610 --> 01:23:03.110 NOT MEAN YOU CAN'T LOOK AT THE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING IMPACT ON PUTTING THIS DEVELOPMENT 01:23:03.110 --> 01:23:08.030 IN THERE AND SAY IT DOES NOT SERVE THE CITIZENS TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THAT. 01:23:08.030 --> 01:23:14.840 I THINK THE COMMISSION RAISES SOME VERY INTERESTING POINTS AND I THINK AS A WHOLE COMMISSION MIGHT 01:23:14.840 --> 01:23:19.999 CONSIDER WHETHER THERE IS FURTHER REFINEMENT OF THE LAWS WE MIGHT WANT TO DO. 01:23:19.999 --> 01:23:22.860 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU COUNTY ATTORNEY. 01:23:22.860 --> 01:23:27.600 COMMISSIONER BAXTER, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:23:27.600 --> 01:23:32.800 >> FOLLOWING UP ON WHAT VICE MAYOR SACHS SAID THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE WANTED 01:23:32.800 --> 01:23:35.550 TO MAKE SURE IT IS COVERED IN OUR WORKSHOP. 01:23:35.550 --> 01:23:40.659 JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T DENY BASED ON TRAFFIC DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO IMPROVE INCREASE DENSITIES, 01:23:40.659 --> 01:23:41.670 RIGHT? 01:23:41.670 --> 01:23:48.800 THEY COULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPLY THE DENSITY THAT IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE JUST FOR CLARITY 01:23:48.800 --> 01:23:50.030 ON THAT SO THANK YOU. 01:23:50.030 --> 01:23:53.260 >> Gregg Weiss: COMMISSIONER BERNARD, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:23:53.260 --> 01:23:54.889 >> Mack Benard: THANK YOU MR. 01:23:54.889 --> 01:23:55.889 MAYOR. 01:23:55.889 --> 01:24:04.929 I JUST WANT TO CAUTION US. 01:24:04.929 --> 01:24:09.110 THE STATE IS ALWAYS TRYING TO PREEMPT US. 01:24:09.110 --> 01:24:17.760 BUT WE DON'T WANT IS THE STATE TO JUST STEP IN AND SOMETIMES WE LOSE SOME OF OUR LOCAL 01:24:17.760 --> 01:24:19.650 CONTROL. 01:24:19.650 --> 01:24:24.530 WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN TERMS OF HOW WE APPROACH THIS. 01:24:24.530 --> 01:24:31.400 I COULD SEE THE STATE STEPPING IN AND TAKING SOME OF THESE CONTROLS THAT WE DO HAVE. 01:24:31.400 --> 01:24:33.020 THIS IS A BALANCING ACT. 01:24:33.020 --> 01:24:38.280 OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ARE NOT HAPPY THEY WILL GO STRAIGHT TO TALLAHASSEE AND WE 01:24:38.280 --> 01:24:42.180 WILL GET SOMETHING WE DON'T REALLY WANT. 01:24:42.180 --> 01:24:43.180 THANK YOU MR. 01:24:43.180 --> 01:24:44.180 MAYOR. 01:24:44.180 --> 01:24:48.040 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU FOR THOSE CAUTIONARY WORDS, COMMISSIONER. 01:24:48.040 --> 01:24:50.980 WE HAVE SEEN IT HAPPENED ALL TOO OFTEN. 01:24:50.980 --> 01:24:55.400 DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS OKAY. 01:24:55.400 --> 01:24:56.410 ALL THE RIGHT. 01:24:56.410 --> 01:24:58.740 LET ME WRAP THIS UP THEN. 01:24:58.740 --> 01:25:03.230 COUPLE OF THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING. 01:25:03.230 --> 01:25:11.520 ONE IS THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARNETT FOR RECOGNITION OF VIRGINIA FROM MY OFFICE BUT 01:25:11.520 --> 01:25:18.810 I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK VIRGINIA INVOKES IN COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR PUTTING TOGETHER 01:25:18.810 --> 01:25:22.389 THE HISPANIC HERITAGE BUS TOUR. 01:25:22.389 --> 01:25:32.760 IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND VERY WELL DONE, BUT I KNOW VIRGINIA NOT ONLY SPENT TIME AT 01:25:32.760 --> 01:25:41.000 WORK ON THIS, BUT SHE SPENT TIME PERSONALLY TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND 01:25:41.000 --> 01:25:48.630 SUCCESSFUL FOR EVERYBODY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK VIRGINIA FOR THAT. 01:25:48.630 --> 01:25:54.369 NEED TO RECOGNIZE WHEN MY CONSTITUENTS WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME INTO THE MEETING TODAY. 01:25:54.369 --> 01:26:01.360 ROGER SURE WHO LIVES OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WROTE A BOOK AND BROUGHT A COPY IN. 01:26:01.360 --> 01:26:08.190 IT IS THE NEAR PERFECT BODY AND IT'S HOW YOU CAN TRANSFORM YOUR BODY SO I WILL BE INTO 01:26:08.190 --> 01:26:09.820 THAT. 01:26:09.820 --> 01:26:19.199 I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO TRANSFORM INTO, BUT I MET ROGER, THEY HAVE A GROUP OUT THERE, 01:26:19.199 --> 01:26:23.600 A THEATER GROUP THAT PERFORMS. 01:26:23.600 --> 01:26:27.020 THEY DO READINGS AND SO FORTH. 01:26:27.020 --> 01:26:35.260 THEY RECEIVED AN INVITATION BASED ON A PLAY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WROTE AND THEY WERE ASKED 01:26:35.260 --> 01:26:41.110 TO PERFORM IN NEW YORK AND THEY DID AND THEY GOT AN AWARD AND IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL AND 01:26:41.110 --> 01:26:49.030 I GAVE THEM A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO THE PLAYERS AND IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. 01:26:49.030 --> 01:26:54.600 WANT TO THANK AND RECOGNIZE ROGER FOR THE BOOK AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SEE WE HAVE SO 01:26:54.600 --> 01:26:59.520 MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE LIVING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 01:26:59.520 --> 01:27:02.600 IN A COUPLE DAYS I WILL BE HEADING BACK UP TO ORLANDO. 01:27:02.600 --> 01:27:05.450 WILL BE ATTENDING THE STATES BROADBAND SUMMIT. 01:27:05.450 --> 01:27:12.850 THIS WILL BE THE STATE FIRST BROADBAND SUMMIT PUT ON BY THE OFFICE OF BROADBAND SO I'M REALLY 01:27:12.850 --> 01:27:20.861 INTERESTED TO LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE DISPERSING OVER $1 BILLION THE STATE 01:27:20.861 --> 01:27:27.920 OF FLORIDA RECEIVED OR WILL BE RECEIVING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP EXPAND BROADBAND. 01:27:27.920 --> 01:27:29.080 LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. 01:27:29.080 --> 01:27:33.949 I WANT TO MAY BE PREMATURELY CONGRATULATE BRIGHT LINE. 01:27:33.949 --> 01:27:38.139 MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE GOING TO BE SICK BEGAN SERVICE TO ORLANDO FRIDAY. 01:27:38.139 --> 01:27:44.080 IT'S TOO BAD YOU GUYS COULDN'T START WEDNESDAY SO I COULD TAKE IT UP THERE AND BACK. 01:27:44.080 --> 01:27:46.310 SO BE IT. 01:27:46.310 --> 01:27:53.520 CONGRATULATIONS FOR COMPLETING THAT PORTION OF THEIR TRACKS AND GETTING THE SERVICE UP 01:27:53.520 --> 01:27:54.680 AND OPERATIONAL. 01:27:54.680 --> 01:28:02.490 I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE REAL BOOM TO ALL OF FLORIDA TO HAVE THAT KIND OF CONNECTION. 01:28:02.490 --> 01:28:13.170 LASTLY, IN THE LAST WEEK COMMISSIONER BERNARD ASKED FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN REGARDS TO 01:28:13.170 --> 01:28:23.619 THE TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, THE SHOOTING IN JACKSONVILLE FOR THE REMINDING US WE HAVE A LONG WAYS TO 01:28:23.619 --> 01:28:28.480 GO AS A COUNTRY. 01:28:28.480 --> 01:28:41.110 UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE CONTINUED TO SEE RACISM, ANTI-SEMITISM, HATRED BEING SPREAD IN OUR 01:28:41.110 --> 01:28:42.550 COMMUNITY. 01:28:42.550 --> 01:28:52.650 A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE HAD MORE ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACKS TAKE PLACE THROUGHOUT PALM BEACH COUNTY. 01:28:52.650 --> 01:28:58.940 AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE TO THE CITIZENS LAW ENFORCEMENT IS INVOLVED, OUR STATE ATTORNEY'S 01:28:58.940 --> 01:29:09.739 OFFICE IS OF ALL, YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE INVOLVED IN TRYING TO ROOT THIS OUT AND STOP 01:29:09.739 --> 01:29:12.500 THESE HATEFUL BEHAVIORS. 01:29:12.500 --> 01:29:22.920 BUT WE ARE NOW IN THE SEASON OF JEWISH HIGH HOLIDAYS AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO 01:29:22.920 --> 01:29:28.739 REFLECT INTERVIEW WHO WE ARE, WHO WE WANT TO BE IN EVERY DAY AS I LIKE TO SAY, IS AN 01:29:28.739 --> 01:29:32.190 OPPORTUNITY TO BE YOUR NEXT BEST SELF. 01:29:32.190 --> 01:29:40.480 I AM ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO OPEN UP THEIR HEARTS, OPEN UP THEIR MINDS AND UNDERSTAND 01:29:40.480 --> 01:29:46.420 WE MAY BE DIFFERENT, WE MAY PRACTICE DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, WE MAY LOOK DIFFERENTLY, WE ARE 01:29:46.420 --> 01:29:47.420 DIFFERENT. 01:29:47.420 --> 01:29:52.869 BUT WE ARE ONE COMMUNITY AND THAT IS THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT WHERE WE HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE IN 01:29:52.869 --> 01:29:54.679 WE HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE TOGETHER. 01:29:54.679 --> 01:29:59.860 I ASKED WE DO SO PEACEFULLY AND RESPECTFULLY REGARDLESS OF ANYONE'S BELIEF IT WOULD BE 01:29:59.860 --> 01:30:07.830 UP TO STOP AND ROOT OUT THIS HATRED THAT HAS UNFORTUNATELY TAKEN HOLD AGAIN IN THIS COUNTRY. 01:30:07.830 --> 01:30:15.949 BUT WITH THAT, I WISH EVERYBODY A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AN EASY FAST THAT IS SOMETHING 01:30:15.949 --> 01:30:17.420 YOU PARTAKE OF. 01:30:17.420 --> 01:30:20.679 AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO OUR DAY OF ATONEMENT. 01:30:20.679 --> 01:30:22.110 COMMISSIONER BARNETT, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. 01:30:22.110 --> 01:30:23.510 >> Michael Barnett: GIVE MR. 01:30:23.510 --> 01:30:24.650 MAYOR. 01:30:24.650 --> 01:30:26.679 I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MS. 01:30:26.679 --> 01:30:32.090 ACCOMANDO, THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE VALLEY ADJUSTMENT BOARD ABOUT FOR THE REST OF THE 01:30:32.090 --> 01:30:38.670 MEMBERS, THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, COMMISSIONER WOODWARD AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH 01:30:38.670 --> 01:30:39.670 YOU. 01:30:39.670 --> 01:30:41.040 >> Gregg Weiss: THANK YOU. 01:30:41.040 --> 01:30:42.040 THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARNETT. 01:30:42.040 --> 01:30:45.230 IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? 01:30:45.230 --> 01:30:48.040 SEEING NONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.