County Commission Meeting - Oct 22, 2024

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What does the meeting opening and Pledge of Allegiance include?

Nan Rich 3:03

Okay. We got five. Bogan. Get him.

Nan Rich 3:18

Okay.

Nan Rich 3:25

Calling the meeting to order, please, Commissioner Bogan.

Nan Rich 3:36

Yeah.

Unknown 3:38

Is that what that was? No. No.

Nan Rich 3:42

Good morning. How are you?

Unknown 3:44

Good to see you.

Nan Rich 3:45

Thank you.

Beam Furr 3:46

And a busy day.

Nan Rich 3:48

This is a crazy day for me.

Nan Rich 4:37

Do you think I could get some attention here? We're calling the meeting to order, please.

Nan Rich 4:48

Okay. Good morning. Good morning everyone. This is the Broward County Board of County Commissioners meeting of Tuesday, October twenty second, twenty twenty four. This morning, um, I would like to invite Tom Campbell of CEO of the Brown Partnership with the homeless to please lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Unknown 5:18

Allegiance to the Player of the United States of

Nan Rich 5:22

America and to the Republic for which it stands

Unknown 5:25

one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Nan Rich 5:35

Please remain standing. It is customary that we observe a moment of silence in honor of notable persons from our community who have recently passed. Colleagues, does anyone have anyone that they wish to remember during this moment of silence? Commissioner Mackenzie?

Robert McKinzie 5:51

Oh twice I didn't go first. Uh yes this morning, uh Don Bailey, a uh community advocate contractor. Don Bailey. Community advocate. Contractor. has done many, many things to uh advance our affordable housing way before it became a fancy um phrase and not it's not a pun to anyone. But they were doing affordable housing way back when Housing. wasn't even available in my neighborhood. So Don Bailey, I also was an inspector for Miami Dade for years and I worked in the uh Miami Dade school system as well, Don Bailey.

Nan Rich 6:36

Thank you. Mr. Broken.

Nan Rich 6:44

So um There are a few people I'd like to uh take note of this morning that don't live in our community but made an impact. uh in our country. Um Thelma Mothershed Ware. Died on October nineteenth at age eighty three. She was a member of the Little Rock Nine. The Little Rock Nine were the first African American students to attend Little Rocks Central High School in September of nineteen fifty-seven, more than three years after the Supreme Court's decision in Brown versus Borg. The violent opposition. Of white s segregationists became so severe that President Eisenhower had to deploy the hundred and first airborne. division of the United States Army to escort these students to school. Let us remember Thelma.

Nan Rich 7:31

For her bravery and courage in the face of adversity. Her life is a testament to the fact that liberty is never given, it must be won by those who are willing to fight for justice. Lily Lynn McBear, the McDaniel led better. died on October twelfth at the age of eighty six. She was an American activist who was the plaintiff in the United States Supreme Court case, Ledbetter versus Goodyear, Tire and Rubber. Regarding employment discrimination. Two years after the Supreme Court decided that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not allow employers to be sued for pay discrimination more than 180 days after an employee's first paycheck, the United States Congress passed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

Nan Rich 8:19

Subsequently, she became a women's activist. Equality activist, public speaker and author. And she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. And lastly, Ethel Kennedy died October 10th. At the age of ninety six. Born Ethel Shackle? In Chicago, she married US senator Robert F. Kennedy. Becoming a sister in law. of President John Kennedy. After the assassination of her husband in nineteen sixty eight, Ethel Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy. Center for Justice and Human Rights. In twenty fourteen she was awarded the presidential medal of freedom. By President Obama for her dedication to advancing the cause of social justice, human rights, environmental protection, and poverty reduction. by creating countless ripples of hope.

Nan Rich 9:07

to effect change around the world. Летас also онор the brave men and women. Who have served and continue to serve in our armed forces, both here and abroad, and thank them for their service. A moment of silence, please.

Nan Rich 9:29

Please take your seats.

Nan Rich 9:39

Welcome to our Broward County Commission meeting of October twenty-second.