MAYOR JACOBS: OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.

OPPOSED, LIKE SIGN. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. OKAY. UNDER MAYOR'S REPORT, I ATTACHED A COPY OF A NEWS ARTICLE THAT RAN IN THE SUN-SENTINEL ON NOVEMBER 28TH FOR YOU-ALL TO READ AND FOR OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE NOT STRUGGLED WITH US ALONG THE ISSUES OF LAUDERDALE LAKES AND FUNDING, THIS ARTICLE GAVE ME GREAT CONCERN ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT THE CITY WAS GOING, AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS AND ACTUALLY WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH THROUGH TELEPHONE TAG THE CITY MANAGER, BUT IT APPEARS THAT THEY HAVE FOUND A WAY TO, WITHIN THEIR BUDGET CONSTRAINTS AND THE DOLLARS STILL OWED TO THE COUNTY AND THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, TO RETURN BACK A LITTLE MORE THAN FOUR PERCENT OF THE TEN PERCENT CUT THEY DID FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. IT TURNS OUT THOUGH THAT THE CITY MANAGER DID THIS ACROSS THE BOARD. SO ALL OF UPPER PERSONNEL, MANAGEMENT, THE CITY MANAGER HIMSELF WHO I BELIEVE THIS EQUATED TO ANOTHER $7,200 A YEAR AS WELL AS THE CITY COMMISSIONERS ALL HAVE RECEIVED THIS RAISE, AND SO -- OR RESTORATION OF A FORMER CUT FROM LAST YEAR. I FIND IT TO BE OF CONCERN, AND THEN FURTHER, IN SPEAKING TO THE COMMISSIONER, LEARNING OF OTHER WAYS IN WHICH SALARIES THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN EMPLOYEES THAT DIDN'T RECEIVE THE ORIGINAL TEN PERCENT CUT AT ALL BUT NOW HAVE ENJOYED A FOUR PERCENT INCREASE. SO I FIND THIS TROUBLING, AND I WANTED TO

BRING ITP TO YOUR ATTENTION TO ASK (IT UP) FOR YOUR CONCURRENCE IN GENERATING A LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY TO JUST RAISE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE RELATED TO RAISES IN THE CITY, PARTICULARLY WHEN THIS COUNTY COMMISSION HAS NOT TAKEN A RAISE IN MANY, MANY YEARS. COMMISSIONER WEXLER: SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. MAYOR JACOBS: AND OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE JUST ONLY NOW, THROUGH SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN RATIFIED, STILL TAKING VERY, VERY MODEST INCREASES WHILE WE SIT WITH ONE OF THE HIGHEST BOND RATINGS IN THE STATE AND PROBABLY IN THE COUNTRY, WE ARE STILL BEING VERY CONSERVATIVE. I FIND IT DISTURBING THAT THE CITY THAT'S IN SUCH DIRE STRAITS IS STILL NOT BEHAVING IN THE MOST CONSERVATIVE MANNER THAT IT SHOULD. SO HANDS WERE FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'LL FIRST RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER: NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A REQUEST. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT GOES TO MS. HENRY IN ADDITION TO THIS. I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY HAS BOTHERED TAKING CARE OF THE CRa MONEY THAT WAS USED FOR THE GENERAL OPERATING, AND SO THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AS A COUNTY LOOKING AT CRa MONEY AND HOW IT IS SPENT; AM I CORRECT, MS. HENRY? MS. HENRY: THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE CRas ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A REPORT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER: AND WOULD IT BE

SOMETHING THAT WE COULD DO? IS OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE THAT THE CRa MONEY HAS BEEN RESTORED BEFORE THESE RAISES GO OUT? MAYOR JACOBS: I BELIEVE THE RAISES ARE ALREADY OUT. IT'S ALREADY DONE. FROM THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE COMMISSIONER LAST NIGHT, IT WAS ALREADY DONE. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER: IT CAN BE RESCINDED. MAYOR JACOBS: WE CAN'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING IN A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER: I UNDERSTAND BUT A RAISE CAN BE RESCINDED. MAYOR JACOBS: OR THE VERY LEAST THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO RECEIVED IT CAN PLEDGE TO GIVE IT BACK. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER: I MEAN, MR. LUKIC. MAYOR JACOBS: MR. LUKIC. MR. LUKIC: I HAPPENED TO SPEAK TO THE CITY MANAGER A FEW MINUTES AGO, ABOUT 15 MINUTES AGO. THE FOUR PERCENT RAISE TO THE RANK AND FILE I BELIEVE TO THE EMPLOYEES HAS PASSED. I DON'T BELIEVE FROM OUR CONVERSATION THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE GIVEN THEMSELVES THE RAISE YET. IT WAS UNDER DISCUSSION, BUT IT HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE, JUST FROM -MAYOR JACOBS: OKAY. AND MY UNDERSTANDING FROM SPEAKING TO A COMMISSIONER LAST NIGHT WAS THAT IT WAS, IN FACT, THAT THAT -- SHE BROUGHT THAT ITEM BEFORE THEIR BOARD WHICH IS WHAT ENGENDERED THIS NEWS ARTICLE AND THAT, IN FACT,

THEY HAVE RECEIVED IT. SO THAT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING IF, IN FACT, THEY HAVEN'T WHEN SHE BROUGHT THE ITEM FORWARD SAYING THAT SHE HAS. MR. LUKIC: I WILL DEFINITELY FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. MAYOR JACOBS: AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME STRIFE BETWEEN THE CITY MANAGER AND SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS AS OTHER ITEMS THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD APPROVED OR NOT APPROVED HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO COME THEIR WAY. SO AT ANY RATE, I FIND IT ALARMING. COMMISSIONER RITTER. COMMISSIONER RITTER: THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BRINGING THIS UP. I HAD IT ACTUALLY ON NONAGENDA. COMPLETELY CLEARLY WE HADN'T DISCUSSED THIS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT I DON'T BEGRUDGE ANY EMPLOYEE THE ABILITY TO EARN A LIVING, BUT EVEN GIVING THE EMPLOYEES RAISES GIVES ME PAUSE FOR CONCERN IN THIS CITY BECAUSE THEY OWE US A LOT OF MONEY, AND, AGAIN, WHILE I DON'T WANT THEIR EMPLOYEES TO BE -- TO HAVE TO CONTINUE EMPLOYMENT AT THEIR DETRIMENT, EVERYBODY IN THAT CITY, WHETHER THEY'RE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL OR AN EMPLOYEE, KNOWS WHAT DESIRE STRAIGHTER THEY ARE IN. WHAT IS THEIR MILLAGE RATE, 9 POINT SOMETHING. BOARD MEMBER: 9.55. COMMISSIONER RITTER: EMPLOYEES KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS AS WELL (DIRE STRAIGHTER) IT APPEARS THAT JUST IN READING THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PAPER

ABOUT THEIR OWN RAISES, THEY'RE NOT GETTING IT, STILL NOT GETTING IT, AND RIGHT NOW ON THIS BOARD, I THINK THERE ARE TWO VOTES, MAYBE THREE. COMMISSIONER LAMARCA, I DON'T RECALL IF THE LAST TIME WE HAD A LAUDERDALE LAKES ITEM, YOU VOTED YES OR NO, BUT I KNOW COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER AND I DID, TO RAISE AGAIN THE POINT THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE IN BUSINESS WITH LAUDERDALE LAKES. COMMISSIONER GUNZBURGER RAISES THE CRa. IF THERE IS TIFF CRa MONEY LEFT OVER AT THE END OF YEAR THAT IS NOT SPENT, IT SHOULD COME BACK TO US, AMONG THE FOUR ENTITIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. WHERE IS THAT MONEY, BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CRa THAT IS NOT SPENT, THAT IS NOT SPENT THAT, BY STATUTE, IS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO US. WHERE IS IT? I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THE LAUDERDALE LAKES CITY COMMISSION CAN AGREE TO DEFER CRa PAYMENTS AND THAT DEFERRAL -- THE AGREEMENT IS MADE WITH THE CRa BOARD AND THEY'RE ONE AND THE SAME. HOW IS THAT? WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY THERE? AND, MR. LUKIC, I DON'T KNOW HOW -- AGAIN, I THINK WE'VE HAD THE DISCUSSION. I JUST DON'T RECALL THE ANSWER, OR MAYBE WE -- I DON'T RECALL THE DISCUSSION, BUT HOW ACTIVELY INVOLVED CAN YOU AND YOUR OFFICE BE IN AUDITING? I MEAN IT'S -- I KNOW SENATOR SOBEL HAS CALLED FOR A STATE AUDIT. SENATOR SMITH HAS BEEN ASKED TO CALL FOR A STATE AUDIT BUT HASN'T COME OUT YET TO DO IT. I HOPE HE DOES COME OUT BECAUSE WE WOULD ALL FEEL BETTER IF THERE WAS A STATE AUDIT THAT EXPRESSED -- THAT

ALLEVIATED OUR CONCERNS HERE. I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE THIS CITY CONTINUES TO HEAD WHICH I BELIEVE IS OFF A CLIFF, AND IT WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS BOARD TO FOLLOW THEM. AND SO FAR, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND I WANT TO KNOW IF WE CAN STOP IT, IF YOU CAN GET IN THERE AND GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CRa MONEY, WITH THEIR GENERAL REVENUE MONEY, AND IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE REST OF THIS BOARD IS AS UNCOMFORTABLE, HOW CAN WE STOP THIS? WHAT CAN WE DO? AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ME TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE ANSWERS. I THINK WE, AS A BOARD, DESERVE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. THE CITY IS COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER THINGS AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE GETTING THE FACT THAT WE HAVE CUT THEM A BREAK OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. FOR ME, BREAK TIME STOPPED A LONG TIME AGO. I'M HOPING THAT YOU CAN ALLEVIATE OUR CONCERNS OR YOU CAN VALIDATE THEM AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET OUT FROM UNDER THIS CLOUD. THANK YOU. MAYOR JACOBS: THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER RITTER. ANY ABSENT -- OKAY. COMMISSIONER LAMARCA. COMMISSIONER LAMARCA: MAYOR, I THINK YOU USED THE WORD ABHOR RENT EARLIER TODAY OR SOMEBODY DID AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE WORD I WOULD PICK FOR THIS. GOAL BACK TO WHEN WE HAD OUR CONVERSATIONS, THAT WAS THE DAY I CALLED IN FOR THE COURSE OF ABOUT EIGHT HOURS ON THE PHONE FROM DC

AND ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THE COMMISSION SALARIES, AND IN -- AS A PART OF THIS COMMISSION SALARIES WAS A PAYMENT FROM THE CRa FROM BOTH -- IS THERE TWO OR ONE CRa. COMMISSIONER WEXLER: ONE CRa. COMMISSIONER LAMARCA: OKAY. FROM THE KRCHLRa TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS IT WAS GONE THROUGH WHICH COMING FROM A CITY THAT PAID $150 A MONTH TOTAL BEFORE TAXES (CRa), IT BLEW MY MIND THAT THE CITY WAS IN THE SITUATION THEY WERE IN AND THERE WERE PAYMENTS LIKE THAT BEING MADE. I WOULD HAVE GONE ON RECORD IF I DIDN'T ALREADY, WILL GO ON RECORD AND SAY THAT POLITICS OUTSIDE OF IT, I THINK THE GOVERNOR PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE REMOVED EVERYBODY IN POWER OF A FAILING BUSINESS AND FIGURED OUT A WAY TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE THERE BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CONCERNING, AND I THINK WHEN WE HAD THE CONVERSATION ABOUT E 911 SERVICE, THEY WERE THE MODEL CITY OF WHY WE COULDN'T DO AN MsTU BECAUSE THEY WERE UP AGAINST THE CAP, AND MY CONCERN ISN'T FOR THE CITY COMMISSION OF ANY CITY. MY CONCERN WAS FOR THEIR 30 PLUS THOUSAND RESIDENTS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES HAVING TO PAY 9.55 MILLS IN AN ECONOMY THAT OBVIOUSLY THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ARE WHAT THEY ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S. WHAT WAS THE TOTAL INCREASE, WAS IT 40 PERCENT OR 50? IT WAS RIDICULOUS. ANYWAY, IT'S A GOOD POINT, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME SIDE. MAYOR JACOBS: OKAY. SO IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY

OBJECTION, WE WILL CRAFT A LETTER THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS RAISED HERE TODAY AND ASK FOR CONTINUED PRUDENCE OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER WEXLER. COMMISSIONER WEXLER: IT'S ON THIS SUBJECT. I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK THE AUDITOR, WHEN IS IT COMING BACK TO US AGAIN? I DON'T REMEMBER HOW LONG WE AUTHORIZED THAT WITH THE PAYMENTS IN NOVEMBER THAT WE GET -- WE DID SOMETHING IN -MR. LUKIC: WHAT WE HAVE IS AN. COMMISSIONER RYAN: La WITH THE CITY RIGHT NOW WHERE THEIR PAYMENTS TO US FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES THROUGH FISCAL '13 ARE SECURED BY THEIR AD VALOREM PAYMENTS. I BELIEVE THAT GOES THROUGH JANUARY. AT THAT TIME THEY'LL COME BACK WITH THEIR APPROPRIATION (ILA). COMMISSIONER WEXLER: I REALLY THINK THAT COMMISSIONER HOLNESS, WHO REPRESENTS THE CITY, HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN AGAIN ON THIS CONVERSATION, AND IN JANUARY WHEN WE TAKE UP THIS TOPIC AGAIN WOULD BE THE REALLY APPROPRIATE TIME AS WELL AS I HOPE THAT WE HAVE SOME KIND OF AN IDEA OF HOW AND WHEN AND WHAT KIND OF AN ARRANGEMENT THE ALMOST $5 MILLION THAT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE OWES TO BSO, SAME STORY AS LAUDERDALE LAKES, EXCEPT THEY'RE IN BETTER FINANCIAL CONDITION. MAYOR JACOBS: YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT. YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT.