CITY COMMISSION WORKSHOP on 2024-04-16 11:30 AM
meeting
Fort Lauderdale City Commission
29 min
4 speakers
4 agenda items
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Who attended the joint workshop and what was the roll call process?
okay good afternoon everybody good morning is it still morning welcome to the budget advisory board joint workshop with the City Commission of Fort Lauderdale this April 16 2024 I want to thank the the budget advisory board for coming this morning I appreciate your patience and and getting started today I KNOW WE HAVE A FAIRLY FULL AGENDA HERE. SO MR. CITY MANAGER, I SHOULD JUST TURN IT OVER TO THE, WELL, LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL OF THE COMMISSION AND THEN A ROLL CALL OF THE BUDGET ADVISORY BOARD. MR. CLERK.
COMMISSIONER HERBES. PRESIDENT. VICE MAYOR GLASSMAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER BEASLEY-PITTMAN. HERE. COMMISSIONER STERMAN. HERE. MAYOR TRANTALLIS. HERE. AND FOR THE BOARD. YES. CHAIR JEFF LOWE. HERE. VICE CHAIR WILLIAM BROWN. Melissa Milroy. Ross Camerota. Not present. John Rodstrom. Not present. Michael Marshall. Not present. Mildred Lowe. Jeremiah Carter. And Prabhuling Patel.
Okay, we have a quorum on the board, correct? Yes. Very good. So thank you all for being here today. So I'd like to turn the table over to the chair, Mr. Low.
This is your first time appearing with the commission as chair, so congratulations.
There you go. Okay, good afternoon, Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Commissioners. As most of you know, I've dealt with you frequently during these processes. My name is Jeff Lowe and I currently serve as the Chairman of the Budget Advisory Board. My background includes being the CFO for a large local municipality. I also was the treasurer for the city of Delray Beach and also am a former treasurer for the city of Fort Lauderdale. This experience has proved valuable in this budgeting process. I would also like each of my fellow board members to introduce themselves. I know they were just
on the
roll call. And the district in which they were appointed. Bill.
You know, we can't hear you or see you, so can I ask you if you could please come up to the podium and make that introduction, one at a time, if you could all kind of come up. Well,
this is not my first time up in the podium. No, no. Bill Brown, Vice Chair, and appointed by Vice Mayor Glassman, District 2.
Hi, good afternoon. Melissa Milroy. I am a mayoral appointee.
Good afternoon, my name is Mildred Lowe, and I'm in District 3, appointed by Commissioner Pittman.
Any relation to Jeff? Good afternoon, my name is Jeremiah Carter, District 3 representative, appointed by Commissioner Beasley-Pittman.
Thank you, I appreciate it. We as volunteers, and that's what we are, our volunteers, spend a great deal of our time vetting the budget in great detail on each of your behalf so that you're not spending endless hours of your time vetting through these numbers. We work with the city manager's office, the budget office, along with numerous department heads on behalf of the taxpayers that we represent to align your commission priorities with a responsible fiscal budget. Feedback from the commission is essential in our success to guide our reviews and prioritize available funding. We as a board are aware of the six commission priorities set at your workshop, being public safety, homelessness, affordable housing, transportation and traffic, infrastructure and resilience, public spaces, and community initiatives.
As we move forward, we need direction as to which are the most important priorities for you, and we need to consider them in that particular order. Last year you told us the type of priorities were public safety and homelessness. We built the budget around that to meet your priorities as well as some other projects that you all decided upon. We feel that there are several items that we need clear direction as we spend months reviewing the fiscal year 25 budget. Some of those include maintaining current rate fees or do we increase them to make the city whole? An example of that are the fire assessment fees. Another example are special events where we feel the special events should go out and find event sponsors and not spend city dollars.
The millage rate. We as a board feel that the current rate does not meet the current fiscal responsibilities of the city.
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Agenda
4 items
1
Who attended the joint workshop and what was the roll call process?
0:00–6:09
2
What background does Chair Jeff Lowe bring to the Budget Advisory Board?
6:09–15:58
3
Which six commission priorities are guiding the FY 2025 budget review?
15:58–26:23
4
How is the board addressing fee increases, millage rates, and nonprofit funding?
26:23–29:47
Speakers
4 identifiedOfficials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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