City Commission Regular Meeting on 2026-03-19 6:00 PM - Mar 19, 2026

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What opening procedures and recognitions start the March 19, 2026 City Commission meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:02

Good evening everybody and thank you for being here tonight. I'm here to announce that the executive closed door session of the City Commission is now terminated and the public meeting will now be reopened. So at this point, I'd like to take a moment and recess the conference meeting and we'll begin our regular evening meeting. And as we do with every meeting, and those of you who are here for the first time, welcome. Our regular meeting, we start out with a few preliminary matters. We begin with a Pledge of Allegiance, a moment of silence, and a few agenda announcements. So if I could all ask you to please stand and join Adonis Smoot from the Gateway Christian Academy and Oswald Park Play Program.

Dean Trantalis 0:47

Please join me at the podium.

Dean Trantalis 1:05

Okay. Do you remember the Pledge of Allegiance? Yes. Okay, you've got to put your hand over your heart, and it's all up to you now.

Unknown 1:15

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republics for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Dean Trantalis 1:32

Beautiful. Thank you. A little back for you. Thank you so much for coming tonight. Is there any members of your family here tonight? Where are they? Your mom? Why don't we take a picture together? Come on, come back here.

Chris Nelson 1:56

You got to look at the camera. Awesome. Okay, thank you so much.

Dean Trantalis 2:20

And if I could all ask you to please share with us a moment of silence.

Dean Trantalis 2:36

Thank you. From time to time tonight, you're probably going to see us squinting up here because these lights are so bright. I feel like we're in a Hollywood studio here. So every time we have a meeting, we like to recognize individuals who are retiring and who have served with our city for over 20 years. And tonight, we have six such individuals, and I'd like to announce their names and recognize them for the great service that they provided to the city of Fort Lauderdale. First, I'd like to recognize Captain James Carroll with the Fire Department. He's been with us 26 years. Thank you so much, Jim. I'd also like to recognize Richard Rivera, who's been with our Police Department. He's been with us 21 years.

Dean Trantalis 3:22

Great. Thank you so much. POLICE RECORDS CLERK, PATRICIA HINES, RETIRING AFTER BEING WITH US FOR 24 YEARS. THANK YOU, PATRICIA. POLICE OFFICER THOR LOCKHART, WHO'S BEEN WITH US 34 YEARS. WOW, GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. PARK SUPERVISOR DAVID HENEY, 24 YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID. And finally, Battalion Chief John Ramirez, who's been with our fire department for 32 years. Thank you so much. Enjoy your retirement, and we thank you for your service to the city of Fort Lauderdale. Mayor, can we also add Ford to that list? Ford. Ford. Yes, Ford. He is a 17-year-old American Mustang, part of our mounted unit. And he's only been with us 10, but I think that is 20 in horse years.

Dean Trantalis 4:29

But we should really thank Ford.

Glenn Marcos 4:32

Thank you.

Dean Trantalis 4:32

Thank you, Ford. Is he out to pasture now? Yeah, Appalachia. He's going to Appalachia, isn't he? Retirement farm in Appalachia. Beautiful horse. He served us for 10 years. Thank you, Ford. Very nice. So we have a few agenda announcements. CM9 is going to be removed from the agenda at the request of the city manager. And CP1 is going to be removed from the consent agenda to the motion section. So we'll have an opportunity to discuss that. THERE WILL BE FOUR WALK-ON RESOLUTIONS. ONE THAT WILL BE DELEGATING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION SYSTEM REGARDING AN $850,000 GRANT. THE SECOND ONE IS A RESOLUTION DELEGATING TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT FOR A $565,000 GRANT.

Dean Trantalis 5:35

THE THIRD ONE IS A RESOLUTION DELEGATING TO THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA INLAND NAVIGATION DISTRICT FOR $10 MILLION. AND FINALLY, A WALK-ON RESOLUTION APPOINTING AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS PROCESSING AUTHORITY OF BROWARD COUNTY AND THAT WILL ALSO HAPPEN TONIGHT AS WELL. We have a couple of agenda item revisions.