City Commission Regular Meeting on 2025-03-18 6:00 PM

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What is the purpose and format of the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:01

good evening everybody and welcome to the city commission meeting this march 18 2025 thank you all for being here tonight uh so for those of you who are here for the first time welcome and we appreciate your taking time out of your evening to participate in tonight's activities um We have a format that we follow each time. We begin our meetings with a pledge of allegiance, and then we have a moment of silence, and then we get to our business. And as part of our business, we have presentations. We have a few presentations tonight recognizing individuals, groups, or events that have taken place or will take place here in our city. And so those will be presented by various members of the commission. And then after that, we get on with the regular business.

Dean Trantalis 0:47

So if I could ask you all to please join me and Danico Cepeda. Where's Danico? Where's Danico? Right there. Go to school.

Bill Brown 1:06

North Broward Christian.

Dean Trantalis 1:08

Okay. Well, welcome. So please lead us in the pledge.

Bill Brown 1:12

I pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic of which we stand, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank

Dean Trantalis 1:25

you. Please be seated. We have a little gift for you. Thank you. And I think we want to take a picture. Pam, you want to take? Pam wants to join us.

Dean Trantalis 1:45

We're great.

Dean Trantalis 2:32

At this time, I'd like you all to please join me in a moment of silence.

Dean Trantalis 2:47

Thank you.

Unknown 2:48

Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Commissioner Herbst is absent. Vice Mayor Glassman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman?

Pamela Beasley-Pittman 2:55

Here.

Unknown 2:55

Commissioner Sorensen? Here. Mayor Trent Ellis?

Dean Trantalis 2:58

Here. We have one walk-on tonight. It's a motion for discussion. City Commission requests review regarding Flowing Waters, 300 East Oakland Park Boulevard. No other agenda items, so I need to ask you to... moved to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended. Do I hear a motion? Moved. Second. Moved and seconded. Please call the roll.

Unknown 3:22

Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Vice Mayor Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Mayor Trent Ellis?

Dean Trantalis 3:27

Yes. And so the minutes and the agenda have been approved as amended. So now we begin our presentations. Our first presentation is with regard to the Council of Fort Lauderdale Civic Association's introduction of new leadership and board members. And I ask Mary Pellaquin if you could please... Step forward. Where are you, Mary? There you are. Please step forward. And she's the former president of the council. And who is going to do the presentation? Where's Mr. Brown? There you are. Come on up.

Bill Brown 4:11

Mayor, with your permission, I'd like to ask our former board members and the newly elected board that's in attendance tonight to please join me. Sure. Would you all like to join Mr. Brown?

Bill Brown 4:30

I'm sure a lot of familiar faces to the

Dean Trantalis 4:33

commission. So for those of you who are unfamiliar with what the council is, the council is – THE COMING TOGETHER OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT REPRESENT INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. AND THE COUNCIL MEETS ABOUT ONCE A MONTH, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND YOU DISCUSS ISSUES THAT COME BEFORE THE CITY AND TRY TO SEEK SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS IN BRINGING THE COMMUNITY FORWARD. And so tonight we're recognizing Mary Pellaquin as being the former chair of the council and Mr. Bill Brown, who's from the Central Beach area, who will now be the new president. So, Mr. Brown, the floor is yours.

Bill Brown 5:14

Thank you, Mayor, Vice Mayor, Commissioners. As the mayor said, Bill Brown, president of Central Beach, but the newly elected president of the Council of Civic Association. First of all, thank you.

5:27

Thank you.

Bill Brown 5:33

And yes, there was no money in the budget for a pay raise. I would like to extend a great gratitude to Mary Peliquin, who is the past president. Several of the board members behind me, the past and previous, have worked with her. She's from the Coral Ridge area. She took the last two years, the council, up to a higher level. So I'm going to have a big pair of stiletto heels to follow. That would be interesting. I only said that just to

Steven Glassman 6:09

joke. I'd like to see you balance on that. Yeah, really. You and me both.

Bill Brown 6:15

So, Mary, thank you.