City Commission Regular Meeting on 2025-09-16 6:00 PM - Sep 16, 2025

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What opening remarks and Pledge of Allegiance are performed at the start of the meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:00

Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting this September 16th, 2025. Hello, can you hear me? Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Fort Lauderdale City Commission meeting this September 16th, 2025. Thank you all for being here today. We have a very energetic crowd tonight. I guess they're all here to see you, Pam Beasley-Pittman. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME, WELCOME. WE HAVE A CERTAIN ORDER OF THINGS THAT WE DO HERE BEFORE WE BEGIN THE MEETING, AND IT STARTS WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE DO AGENDA ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THEN WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS. THE PRESENTATIONS ARE NORMALLY DESIGNED TO RECOGNIZE INDIVIDUALS, EVENTS OR ORGANIZATIONS, AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SIX OF SUCH PRESENTATIONS.

Dean Trantalis 0:56

SIX? YES, SIX, YES. So let us all begin, if I can all ask you to please rise for the pledge. And can I invite Connor Giles and Reziah Riley of Rivlin Elementary to join me to the podium.

Dean Trantalis 1:28

a little closer. Put your right hand over your heart, and you may begin.

Connor Giles 1:34

Unknown 1:34

pledge allegiance to the flag of the United

Connor Giles 1:38

States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Dean Trantalis 1:47

Very good. Is that anyone from your family?

1:57

Yeah.

Dean Trantalis 1:58

Why don't they come up? Come on up. Come on up. Come on

Pamela Beasley-Pittman 2:06

up. Come on up. Do you have bags? No bags tonight? Hi there. Your mom? Mom

Dean Trantalis 2:13

and mom? Okay.

Courtney Krusch 2:14

Come

Dean Trantalis 2:15

on. Come on. I have a picture taken tonight. Okay.

Unknown 2:24

Thank

Dean Trantalis 2:24

you. Thank you. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you.

Dean Trantalis 2:43

Okay, thank you. And thank you, Connor, and thank you, Razia. Thank you. Before we begin, also, I have a couple of retirement announcements. Alec Lastman, who's been a police officer with the city of Fort Lauderdale for 23 years. Congratulations. And Melanie Whitelock, who is a public safety aide in our police department, has been here 22 years. Thank you so much for your service to our community. Thank you. Okay, so please join me for a moment of silence to respect those who have passed away this past week. Okay, thank you so much. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Vice Mayor Herbst. MR. GLASSMAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER BEASLEY-PITTMAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER SORENSON. HERE. MAYOR TRENTALIS. HERE. SO WE HAVE A FEW WALK ON, ONE WALK ON MATTER.

Dean Trantalis 3:52

RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER PROGRAM FOR MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PATIENTS WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA'S AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION. And we have one agenda revision. OSR 1, Exhibit 4, the resolution was revised to correct the Scrivener's error in the header and to add the ordinance number C-25-34. Okay. Having said that, someone please move to approve the minutes and the agenda as amended. Move. Move and seconded. Please call the roll. Vice Mayor Herbst. Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman?

Carla Roundtree 4:29

Yes.

Dean Trantalis 4:30

Commissioner Sorensen? Yes. Mayor Trentals? Yes. And so those items have been approved. Could you turn down the mic just a little bit because I'm getting feedback. Great. Okay, great. Thank you. So we have our first presentation, which includes... State Representative Chip LaMarco, who's on his way, so we're going to pass over that until he comes tonight. So this is then passed. We'll go on to presentation number two. Commissioner Sorensen here to present a proclamation recognizing Rogers, Morris, and Ziegler LLP's 100th anniversary of the city of Fort Lauderdale. Commissioner. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Would the RMZ team and family come on up here? We have former Commissioner Romney Rogers leading the charge. Give him a hand.

Dean Trantalis 5:19

Come on up here. Congratulations. Congratulations. Come on up here. So mayor and commission and neighbors wanted to recognize Rogers Morris Ziegler for their amazing service in the community and the duration of service. So here's a proclamation to you as a firm, we're as a law firm. Rogers Morrison Ziegler stands as Broward County's and the city of Fort Lauderdale's longest established law firm, founded in 1925. 1925. In 1925, Dwight Rogers Sr. and John Morris Sr., both South Georgia natives and law school classmates, were drawn to Broward County during the land boom of the era.