CITY COMMISSION - SPECIAL MEETING on 2026-09-14 5:01 PM - Second Budget Hearing - Sep 14, 2026
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Fort Lauderdale City Commission
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What is the purpose of the City Commission budget meeting on September 14, 2026?
Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the City Commission budget meeting this 14th day of September. I know, it's a Monday. I know, it's been a long day. Thank you all for being here. We appreciate it. Tomorrow will be our regular commission meeting, which will begin at 1 o'clock. We have a number of items to discuss. We have 10 budget items. So, Mr. Clerk, could you please call the roll?
Commissioner Herbst?
Present.
Commissioner Glassman? Here. Commissioner Beeson-Pittman? Here. Vice Mayor Sorensen? Here. Mayor Trentals? Here.
So, are there any preliminary remarks you'd like to make, City Manager? No, sir. Okay. So, we'll begin tonight's meeting with addressing each of the budget items. We'll begin with budget number one. which is the Central Region Wastewater Large User Rate. Would someone please introduce the resolution approving the fiscal year 2027 Central Wastewater Region Large User Rate. Introduced. The resolution has been introduced. Anyone have any questions? No one has signed up to speak.
Please call the roll. A resolution of City Commission of the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida approving setting a rate per 1,000 gallons of wastewater treated for the fiscal year 2027 for all large user wastewater customers of the central wastewater region and providing for an effective date. Commissioner Herbst?
Yes.
Commissioner Glassman? Yes. Commissioner Beasley-Pittman? Yes. Vice Mayor Swartzen? Yes. Mayor Trentals?
Yes. And that item is approved. Moving on to budget two. This is capital improvement plan Someone please introduce in the resolution adopting the final five-year capital improvement plan for the period beginning October 1st 2026 and ending September 30th 2031 Resolutions been introduced no one to sign up to speak.
Please call the roll a resolution City Commission in the city of Fort Lauderdale Florida approving and adopting a final five-year capital improvement plan for the period beginning October 1 2026 and then ending September 30th 2031 Appropriating the portion of the capital improvement plan for the fiscal year beginning October 1 2026 and ending September 30th 2027 reappropriating the unspent capital improvement plan project balances at the end of fiscal year and Beginning October 1 2025 and ending September 30th 2026 for the fiscal year beginning October 1 2026 and ending September 30th 2027 and providing for severability and effective date Commissioner Hurst Commissioner Glassman. Yes, mr. Beasley Pittman.
Yes,
vice mayor Sorensen. Yes, Mary Chen tells
yes, and that item is now approved Working on budget 3 so this is the public hearing on the stormwater management program assessment and The purpose of the hearing is to receive questions and comments regarding the city's stormwater management program non-advalorum assessment for the fiscal year 2027. The public hearing is now open. The acting city manager will now present the stormwater management program assessment report. Mr. City Manager.
The stormwater management program assessment funds the planning, construction, operation, maintenance, and administration of the stormwater management system. The stormwater management program assessment rate will be equal to the estimated costs paid by the city to operate the stormwater management program within the assessment area for fiscal year 2027. The fiscal year 2027 Stormwater Management Program assessment is estimated to generate $47,864,266 in revenue. This concludes my report. Okay, thank you.
All right, so this is the time for anyone in the public to speak or ask any questions about the Stormwater Management Program assessment. No one has signed up to speak. Did you sign up? WHAT'S THAT IN YOUR HAND? OKAY. COME ON UP. THIS IS ON BUDGET 3, RIGHT? OKAY. AND JUST STATE YOUR NAME. CAN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SPEAKER? GREAT.
STATE
YOUR
NAME. AARON GONZALEZ, IMPERIAL POINT DISTRICT 1. I missed the first and second because you guys speed through these hearings tonight. I came on time at 5.01, and I'm required to sign up a paper for every
single one. Well, just talk. I mean,
we're here today.
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Agenda
2 itemsSpeakers
8 identified
Dean Trantalis 17 min
Steven Glassman 11 min
John Herbst 4 min
Ben Sorensen 4 min
Pamela Beasley-Pittman 1 min
Letitia Newbold
Shari McCartney
Adam Geller
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