City Commission Regular Meeting on March 3, 2026 - Mar 05, 2026

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What opening ceremonies and recognitions occur at the start of the March 3, 2026 meeting?

Dean Trantalis 0:00

The executive closed-door session of the City Commission is now terminated, and the public meeting is now open. Good evening, everybody, and welcome to the City Commission meeting this March 3rd, 2026. We have a number of interesting items to discuss tonight, and I appreciate all of you being here. For those of you who are here for the first time, welcome, and thank you for being here. Thank you. And so let us begin. I'd like to invite Omar Hunter. Omar, where are you? There you are. Omar is going to join us in leading us in the Pledge of Allegiance. So I can ask you all to please stand and join Omar.

Dean Trantalis 0:52

Where'd you go to school?

Omar Hunter (student leading Pledge) 0:53

Rock Isle Elementary.

Dean Trantalis 0:55

Very nice, very nice. So you're going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance tonight? All right, so let us begin. Put your hand over your heart.

Omar Hunter (student leading Pledge) 1:04

Go right ahead. 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 1:21

Thank you for your efforts. Thank you for being here tonight. Your family here? Come on. Come on up here. Is this your family? Come on up here. We'll take a picture with everybody. Come on. No? She doesn't want to take a picture. All right. Are you his mom? Yes, sir. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. Thank you for coming tonight. Thank you for allowing Omar to be here. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Dean Trantalis 2:03

YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW COMMISSIONER GLASSMAN STARTED OUT, SO THERE'S GREAT HOPE FOR YOU. Next, I'd like to all invite you to join the Commission in a moment of silence. And in doing so, tonight I'd like to recognize former County Commissioner Suzanne Gunsberger, who passed away this week, amazing champion for her district, for our community, the county, and for so many people, especially in the LGBT community, for whom she stood up time and again. It's indeed sad to hear about her passing.

Dean Trantalis 2:56

Great. Thank you so much. At this time, we take a pause in our meeting to recognize people who have announced their retirement, and these are people who have been here for a very, very long time. There are a few of us together tonight to recognize. We have James Hughes, who is a public works maintenance supervisor in public works, has been with us for 28 years. Thank you so much, James, for your commitment to our city. Dave Heaney, Public Works Park Supervisor, been with us 24 years. Congratulations. Thank you so much, Dave. Steven Bean, Beach Lifeguard, 32 years. Wow. And Milton Salamos, who is a driver engineer in fire rescue, been with us 31 years. And Mark Rossi, fire captain with fire rescue, has been with us 20 years.

Dean Trantalis 3:53

So congratulations and thank you for your service.

Dean Trantalis 4:03

So let us begin. Mr. Clerk, please call the roll. Vice Mayor Herbst. Commissioner Glassman? Here. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman is not present. Commissioner Sorensen? Here. Mayor Trentals? Yes, here. Just to announce to the community that Commissioner Beasley-Pittman could not be here today. She has medical emergency to which she's attending, and she won't be here for the evening meeting as well. We have an agenda item, a revision, OSR 1, Exhibit 1, which is an ordinance. Section 27-27 and 27-66 have now been revised. So would someone like to please move to accept the agenda as amended and the minutes from the previous meeting? Second. Move and second it. Please call the roll.

Anthony (City Clerk) / Meeting Roll Caller 5:01

COMMISSIONER SORENSON? YES. VICE MAYOR HERBST? YES. COMMISSIONER GLASSMAN? YES. MAYOR TORRENTELLOS?

Dean Trantalis 5:05

YES. SO THE AGENDA AND THE AMENDMENTS HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED. THE AGENDA IS AMENDED. SO NOW WE TAKE A LITTLE PAUSE AGAIN AND WE HAVE SOME PRESENTATIONS TO DISCUSS TONIGHT. AND THERE ARE JUST THREE. AND THE REASON FOR PRESENTATIONS IS THE CITY RECOGNIZES INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, or causes which we believe are important to the community. Tonight is my honor and privilege to recognize Mike Lambrex, who is chair of the Coastal Conservation Association, who is coming to the city to provide us with a check for a lot of money. Mike, are you here? There you are. Come on up to the podium.

Dean Trantalis 6:05

Yeah. Good evening, everybody.