Planning Council Meeting - May 22, 2025
meeting
Broward County Planning Council
1h 56m
11 speakers
8 agenda items
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What agenda items were approved during the opening roll call and consent agenda?
And now, the monthly meeting of the Broward County Planning Council.
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Are we ready? Yes, yes, sir. All right. Good morning everyone. We're gonna call the May Planning Council meeting to order. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. And Councilmember Hortland, could you please lead us in the pledge? Uh oh.
Good morning everyone. Karen, please call the roll.
Ms. Jessica Abramson. Here. Mayor Felicia Brunson. Here. Mayor Angelo Castillo. Ms. Denise B. Fernandez. Commissioner Lamar P. Fisher. Mr. Adam M. Geller. Mayor Michelle J. Gomez.
Good morning.
Ms. Ryan Greenberg,
present.
Mayor Rex Harden? Councilmember Denise Evilby Horland. Mayor Josh Levy?
Here.
Commissioner Letitia Niebl? Here. Mayor Jackie Rayleigh? Mr. David Rosinoff?
Yeah.
Mayor Michael J. Ryan.
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School board member Callan Zieman.
Last again.
Mr Thomas H. DeGiorgio Jr.
Almost last I'm here.
You have a core.
Thank you very much, Karen. Miss Blake Boy. Consent agenda.
Oh thank you. Uh the there are no additions to the consent agenda uh this morning. Uh you received uh Mayor Rayleigh's excuse absence request in your additional agenda material.
Okay.
So it'd ask for you to move the consent agenda.
Excellent. Motion for the consent agenda.
Second.
Motion by Mayor Hardin, second by uh Mayor Gomez. All those in favor, please signify by saying aye.
Aye.
Any opposed. I'm sorry. Was this was this the one where there was uh environmentally sensitive lands? Is that part of the sense?
Uh I think you're on the maybe the public hearing agenda. Okay.
Good? All right. Excellent. Ms. Blake Boy.
Thank you. Um item R one is your proposed fiscal year twenty six uh budget. The executive committee considered the staff's recommendation at its uh earlier meeting today and recommended approval of the um The reduced budget to one point just over $1.5 million for FY 2026. That reduction is based on the elimination of a vacant position since the year 2020. That's an administrative position. And just for historical purposes, the council did used to have, we had three full-time administrative positions. But obviously, as technology and communications have changed. You know, we've been able to um we we have one full time administrative position right now and we have this vacant one and things are working great with the one full time administrative.
So when the Office of Management budget came with us to the with the core budget proposal of one point five six six million dollars, um we took a look at it and they said, What can you do for A five percent reduction for next year, and we said we'd be happy to eliminate this administrative position, which results in a four point two percent reduction of the budget, and they were s very pleased uh with with those efforts. So the budget that you see and that the executive committee recommended will be for one point five million dollars. We anticipate that the council staff will continue to operate efficiently, effectively as we have. I also mentioned to the executive committee that um we're doing a little bit of succession planning, preparing for the retirement of the assistant executive director Dianne Dean Montzatina next year.
Um so we have been actively recruiting for a planner position uh to prepare for that. And uh we extended an offer this week so you should meet a new planner uh June next year. So we'll have eight of eight full time positions uh filled at that time plus our operating position of the council attorney. So with that, um I would ask for the uh full council to recommend the uh proposed re reduced budget.
I attend a motion. Second.
Second.
Motion by Mayor Castillo, second by Mayor Gomez. Any further discussion on this item? All those in favor, please signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Motion carries unanimously.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What agenda items were approved during the opening roll call and consent agenda?
0:00–13:39
2
How was the FY 2026 budget reduction justified and approved?
13:39–28:22
3
What were the highlights of the Planning Council attorney’s annual performance evaluation?
28:22–42:25
4
Why is the Pompano Air Park land‑use change and natural‑resource map amendment being considered?
42:25–59:17
5
How do recent Florida housing bills (SB 1730, SB 1080, SB 180) affect local affordable‑housing policy?
59:17–1:12:28
6
What concerns did council members raise about FAA wildlife restrictions and environmental easements?
1:12:28–1:26:12
7
What decisions were made on public‑hearing items PH 1‑4 and related stakeholder comments?
1:26:12–1:42:09
8
How did the council conclude the meeting and schedule the next session?
1:42:09–1:54:40
Speakers
11 identified
Barbara Boy 20 min
Angelo Castillo 12 min
Michael Ryan 8 min
Rex Hardin 3 min
Michelle Gomez 2 min
Denise Appleby Horland 2 min
Allen Zeman 1 min
Letitia Newbold 1 min
Lamar Fisher 1 min
Josh Levy
Adam Geller
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.