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ORDER THIS SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ST. JOHNS COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
THIS JULY 14TH, 2020. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE TRANSMISSION COVID-19 ILLNESS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADOPTED PROCEDURES TO CONDUCT MEETINGS USING REMOTE PARTICIPATION.
SO THE PUBLIC HAS A MEANS TO COMMENT WITHOUT PHYSICALLY ATTENDING.
ALONG WITH PRIOR COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING E-MAIL, PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO COMMENT BY TELEPHONE BY WATCHING THE MEDIA, OR BY STREAMING POSTED ON THE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. WEBSITE ALSO PROVIDES THE TELEPHONE NUMBER TO USE TO CALL IN TO THE MEETING, EVEN IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DO NOT PROVIDE COMMENT, PARTICIPANTS ARE ADVISED TO PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LISTENING, THOSE PERSONS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. THIS MEETING IS BEING RECORDED. FOR THOSE OF YOU CALLING IN TO COMMENT, IF YOU RECEIVE A BUSY SIGNAL, PLEASE CALL BACK. IN ADDITION, CONTINUE TO WATCH DTV WHILE YOU'RE COMMENTING, BECAUSE A THREE-MINUTE COMMENT TIMER WILL BE VISIBLE TO YOU.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THERE MAY BE A FIVE TO NINE SECOND DELAY IN THE VISUAL PRESENTTIONS.
IF WE EXPERIENCE ANY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, WE MAY RECESS BRIEFLY AND RESOLVE THEM AND RECONVENE THE MEETING. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE -- COMMISSIONER BLOCKER, ARE YOU ON THE LINE? COMMISSIONER BLOCKER. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO HAVE THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. CHAIR COMMISSIONER JEB SMITH.
>> HERE. >> VERSUS CHAIR COMMISSIONER BLOCKER.
COMMISSIONER JAMES JOHNS >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER PAUL WALDRON.
COMMISSIONER HENRY DEAN. >> HERE. >> IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, I'LL GIVE THE INVOCATION THIS MORNING. PSALM 103 VERSES 1 THROUGH 4, SAY THIS, BLESS THE LORD WITHIN MY SOUL, ALL THAT IS WITHIN ME, BLESS THE LORD ON MY SOUL, FORGET NOT ALL HIS BENEFITS. FORGIVETH ALL, LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDERS MERCIES.
WHO SATISFY MY MOUTH WITH GOOD THINGS SO THAT THY YOUTH IS RENEWED.
FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY. THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HOLINESS, RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUDGMENTS. FATHER, WE PRAY TODAY, PRAY FOR COMMISSIONER WALDRON.
PRAY FOR THIS HEALING, PRAY FOR THIS COUNTY, HEALING. PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
WE PRAY FOR ITS HEALING. FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAD AND GUIDE AND DIRECT, GRANT WISDOM THAT ONLY YOU CAN GIVE. YOU SAID IF ANY MAN LACK WISDOM, ASK IF YOU GIVE IT TO ALL MEN LIBERALLY, AFRAID IF NOT, IT SHALL BE GIVEN TO HIM.
FATHER, WE ASK FOR THAT TODAY, WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT, TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE WISE.
ASK THAT YOU BLESS EACH AS WE SEEK AND SERVE YOU, IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN. JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, 1 NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL THANK YOU YOU MAY BE SEATED. PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE AFTER
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EACH AGENDA ITEM. BEGIN WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, MR.>> THIS WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF EXTENDING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, PERTAINING TO THE COVID SITUATION FOR SEVEN DAYS, AS YOU KNOW, LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCIES HAVE A SEVEN-DAY SHOP LIFE. SO THE PROPOSED EXTENSION IS TO THE BOARD FOR ITS
CONSIDERATION, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> ADMIN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING
YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THIS MORNING? >> NO, SIR.
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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING FROM THE BOARD? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE'LL THEN PROCEED WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER JOHNS, THANK YOU FOR FILLING IN. >> YES, SIR.
AT THIS TIME THE BOARD WILL HEAR PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS -- ARE WE INCLUDING THE FIRST
AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA? >> THE ITEMS THAT WILL TAKE VOTE.
>> ON ALL ITEMS, ON OR OFF THE REGULAR AGENDA. EACH PERSON WILL BE PROVIDED THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND SHALL PROVIDE WITH THE BOARD'S RULES OF DECORUM.
COMMENTS MAY BE ADDRESSED TO THE BOARD AS A WHOLE. NO PERSON MAY ADDRESS THE BOARD WITH PERSONAL, SLANDEROUS REMARKS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE SHOULD REFRAIN FROM ANY DISRUPTIVE COMMENTS, ANY SPEAKER THAT PRESENTS THE OVERHEAD MATERIAL, PLEASE PRESENT THAT TO THE CLERK OF COURT TO BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.
PUBLIC COMMENT IS NOW OPEN. ANYONE FROM THE GALLERY WHO OULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE
COME FORWARD. >> GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> WE CAN HEAR YOU. >> BJ CALATE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE PLACE, BUT I'M GOING TO USE THESE THREE MINUTES. THE FIRST THING IS WHEN YOU HAVE THESE MEETINGS, I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY SHOW UP SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK LAST. BECAUSE WHAT I HAVE FOUND OUT, OR LISTENED TO IN HERE, SINCE I DON'T HAVE THE STREAMING OR COMPUTER, BUT I'M MAKING IT ALL RIGHT.
THEY WANT TO REBUT EVERYTHING THAT IS BEING SAID. AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY.
BUT JUST AS A SUGGESTION, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MR. HUNTER IS EITHER, AND WITH THIS HEALTH ISSUE, WE NEED TO LET OTHERS KNOW WE APPRECIATE THEM. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO TELL PEOPLE HOW WE FEEL ABOUT THEM.
THREE PEOPLE HERE TODAY CAN VOTE. I GUESS YOU HAVE THE NECESSARY QUORUM PRESENT, EVEN THOUGH TWO AREN'T, TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS. BUT I WANTED TO PUT ON THE RECORD AGAIN, I DON'T BELIEVE HAT THIS COUNTY NEEDS TO HAVE A FORCED MANDATE OF MASKS.
I BELIEVE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO USE THE MASK. AND SOME DO AND SOME DON'T, FOR REASONS. BAD MOUTHING EACH OTHER IS NOT GOING TO SOLVE ANYTHING.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD FOR THAT. AND I THANK YOU FOR HAVING THESE MEETINGS. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE 12 NOON, LUNCHTIME.
ONE OTHER THING, I'M HEARING THAT THERE ARE, I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS, BUT LAST NIGHT, AT CITY COMMISSION MEETING, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS, SEVEN PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING TESTED.
AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE COUNTY, HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE TESTED.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THAT IS PRIVATE INFORMATION, BUT I THINK WE THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW SOMETHING, MAYBE NOT THE SPECIFIC PEOPLE, BECAUSE KNOWLEDGE IS POWER.
AND TO FUNCTION, WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO KNOW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO WE CAN ACT ACCORDINGLY, WHETHER IT'S PUTTING ON A MASK OR STAYING SIX FEET AWAY OR NOT SEEING ANYBODY. SO PLEASE TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION AND ESPECIALLY THE ONE ABOUT SPEAKING LAST. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT, SPEAKER, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY, MR. HUNTER CONRAD, YOUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, AS YOU KNOW IS ON MILITARY ORDERS AT THIS TIME, AND THAT IS WHY HE IS NOT HERE AT THIS MEETING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. >> PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> YES, MA'AM. >> OKAY. I KNOW SHERI BADGER, 2772 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE, ST. AUGUSTINE FLORIDA. I DO KNOW THAT PAUL ISN'T HERE, GOD BLESS HIM, AND HIS FAMILY. I TALKED TO HIM ON THE 2ND OF JULY ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT NOT
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DOING THEIR JOB OVER AND OVER AND OVER FOR MONTHS. NONE OF THESE ISSUES ARE BEING ADDRESSED. THE TRUCKS ARE STILL COMING. THE OTHER DAY I WAS STANDING IN MY YARD, I YELLED AT THE TRUCK, HEY, MAN, YOU AIN'T SUPPOSED TO USE THAT ROAD.THE LADY CAME AROUND THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND TOLD ME I NEEDED TO GO HOME AND MIND MY OWN BUSINESS. THIS IS OUR ROAD. IT WAS A COUNTY ROAD AND WE LIVE ON IT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO NOT HAVE SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS ON IT.
THEY STILL CONTINUE COMING. THE LANDOWNER WANTS IT TO BE LIKE THAT.
THEY EVEN ASKED THE TRASH TRUCKS TO COME OVER. SO Y'ALL NEED TO BE REALLY INVESTIGATING WHAT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AND ISN'T DOING. AND COMMISSIONER JOHNS, I SEE YOU'RE GETTING THE SAME TREATMENT AS THE GOYA CEO DID. SO GOD BLESS AND YOUR MISSION ON YOUR CAMPAIGNED AND NOT BEING BULLIED BY A BUNCH OF POLITICAL HACKS.
THANK YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> MS. BADGER, IF YOU WOULD
LIKE IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE, SUBMIT THAT PHOTO. >> I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
>> I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE FROM THE GALLERY. OPEN UP THE PHONES FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT NOW. GOOD MORNING. >> YES.
MY NAME IS SUZANNE STORY, THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS SPECIAL MEETING, EXTENDING THIS EMERGENCY ORDER IS NOT ONLY OBVIOUS, IT'S ALSO ONE PART OF WHAT OUR LEADERSHIP NEEDS TO DO TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.
I BELIEVE IF YOU WANT TO PROTECT THE LIMPING ECONOMY, WE NEED A MASK MANDATE TO CONTAIN THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS, ESPECIALLY FROM ASYMPTOMATIC CARRIERS, EASY, COMMON SENSE PRACTICE, THAT WOULD GIVE PEOPLE ADDITIONAL SECURITY TO MOVE MORE FREELY TO THE BUSINESSES AND ACTIVITIES THAT CAN BE FREQUENTED AND HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND OUR STATE ALREADY. WE KNOW IT HELPS PROTECT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS, OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, SENIORS AND THE IMMUNE COMPROMISED, IN ADDITION TO CREATING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT DEMONSTRATES THAT WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE. I VOTED COMMISSIONER THREE. CONCERNS ABOUT ENFORCEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP BEFORE SHOULD BE LEVIED ON THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
OUR TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT LEADERSHIP, SHERIFF SHORE, COLLECTIVELY HAVE AROUND 100 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT WITH THE COMMISSION'S SUPPORT THEY CAN HANDLE ENFORCEMENT AND SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE WARNINGS AND TICKETS, IN ADDITION TO REMOVING PEOPLE FROM LOCATIONS THAT THEY FAIL TO COMPLY. JUST LIKE WITH NOISE ORDINANCES, PUBLIC NUDITY, DECENCY IS ALREADY BEING ENFORCED. I'M SORRY THAT A MASK MANDATE HAS BEEN DROPPED IN YOUR HANDS, BUT IT HAS. MANY OTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONS HAVE HEEDED THE CALL AND USED THIS COMMON SENSE PRACTICE TO HELP CITIZENS REDUCING THE RISK OF CONTRACTING OR SPREADING THE DEADLY VIRUS, INCLUDING MOST OF OUR SURROUNDING COUNTIES.
IF YOU NEED FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE TO BELIEVE THIS VIRUS IS HARMING PEOPLE, YOU HAVE ONE. IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO TRADE PLACES WITH HIM, HIS CONDITION SHOULD BE COMPELLING ENOUGH TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. I STOPPED IN SIX STATES OVER THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND, EVERY ONE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, NORTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, THE VAST MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WERE WEARING MASKS IN SERVICE STATIONS AND REST AREAS AND GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. WHEN I STOPPED IN FLORIDA AT THE REST AREA, NEAR COUNTY ROAD 210, DISGRACE. THERE WAS A DIFFERENCE, EMBARRASSING AS A RESIDENT OF THIS STATE. WE ARE THE BUTT OF ENOUGH JOKES.
IT'S JUST A MASK FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. IT'S NOT FREEDOM AND LIBERTY.
IT IS PUBLIC HEALTH. WE KNOW THE VIRUS NEEDS A HOST TO LIVE AND CONTAINMENT WITH MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND FREQUENT HAND WASHING ARE THE THREE EASY KEYS TO LOCKING THE DOORS ON THE SPREAD. WE SHOULD BE CONSIDER CLOSING BEACHES TO TRAFFIC.
IN THE SPRING WE WERE THE LAST TO CLOSE OUR BEACHES. CASES INCREASED.
IT'S SIMPLE MATH. WE HAVE RECORD CASES, HOT SPOTS IN 32259.
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AND LIKELY 32092 WILL SOON FOLLOW. PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH IN THIS COUNTY IS IN YOUR HANDS AND IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. PLEASE EMPLOY YOUR COURAGE AND AUTHORITY TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY AND OUR NEIGHBORING AREAS BY ISSUING A MASK MANDATE AND ALLOWING ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ANDFOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING.
MAY WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> WENDY SASS.
2714 LOS CALINAS BOULEVARD IN PALENCIA. AT THIS POINT WITH MR. WALDRON FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN THE HOSPITAL, THE COMMISSIONERS REALLY NEED TO PLEASE VOTE YES ON A MASK MANDATE. NOT ONLY THAT, THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH PREEXISTING CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITY, WHO NEED TO BE PROTECTED BY EVERY SINGLE PERSON WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC, PER CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, PER PHYSICIAN RECOMMENDATIONS, SO THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, IF IT DOESN'T GET DONE TODAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A REAL TRAVESTY FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC GROCERY STORES IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN SLAMMED WITH COVID AND OTHER WORKERS HAVE BEEN NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT IN TO REPLACE THEM. ONLY TO HAVE THEM GET SICK WITH COVID.
IT'S WITH THE SCHOOLS OPENING UP, THE LESS COVID, THE BETTER. SO THEREFORE, I REALLY FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUT OUR POLITICS ASIDE, AND OUR FEAR FOR CERTAIN CONSTITUENTS AND TO
VOTE YES ON A MASK MANDATE. >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD MORNING. CAN WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
>> GOOD MORNING, TOM REYNOLDS, PLEASE VOTE TO EXTEND THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. I DO WANT TO ADD TO IT, THOUGH, JUST ADD TO THIS, THAT I HOPE THAT ON THE FUNDING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TALKING ABOUT HAZMAT PAY. WHEN PEOPLE CALL UP ABOUT THE MASK, I WEAR A MASK ALL OF THE TIME. I'M NOT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TELLING PRIVATE BUSINESS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. BUT I DO WEAR A MASK ALL OF THE TIME.
I FURTHER WANT TO LET THE COUNTY COMMISSION KNOW AND ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO STUDY IT, THEY NEED TO GO AND STUDY THE LEGIONAIRRE'S DISEASE WAS SPREAD.
EVERYBODY WHO IS OLDER REMEMBERS THE DISEASE. IT TOOK A LOT OF PEOPLE DOWN.
HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WELL, NUMBER ONE, PEOPLE DIDN'T WEAR MASKS, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING, THE MOST INTERESTING STORY I HAVE READ SO FAR ABOUT THE COVID-19 SPREADING IS HOW IT SPREADS THROUGH THE EYES.
THEY SAY DON'T TOUCH THE EYES. RIGHT NOW I'M WEARING SAFETY GLASSES WHEN I'M IN A BUILDING AND WALKING, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MICRO COVID DOTS COMING IN MY EYES.
WE CAN'T SEE THEM. IF YOU EVER DO MAKE ANY RULES, DON'T DO A LITTLE BIT LIKE SOME OF THE GOOFY CITIES DID, GO ALL OF THE WAY. IF YOU WANT TO STEP IN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE'S BUSINESS, MASK, SAFETY GLASSES AND GLOVES. BECAUSE THOSE THREE IS WHAT IS GOING TO NOT GET COVID-19. BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MS. ANDREWS ON THIS NEXT ITEM, NEXT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GOOD
WORK YOU DO, BYE. >> THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.
CAN WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> YES, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINE REMINTER. 476 SPARROW BRANCH CIRCLE IN ST. JOHNS.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE I KNOW MANDATING MASKS IS A BIG TOPIC. AND I'M CALLING IN TO PLEASE ASK YOU AGAIN TO NOT PASS A MANDATE THAT ST. JOHNS RESIDENTS WEAR MASKS.
LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT IS YOUR CHOICE, LEAVE IT AS SOMEBODY'S PERSONAL CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO WEAR A MASK. AND DON'T GO MAKING EVERYBODY
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WHO FEELS THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO WEAR ONE. IT IS OUR CHOICE.LAST COMMISSIONERS MEETING, YOU HAD FLAGLER HOSPITAL, I BELIEVE.
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE GOING DOWN. UNFORTUNATELY, I HATE TO TALK ABOUT DEATHS, BUT DEATHS FROM COVID ARE DOWN. POSITIVE, HAVING POSITIVE CASES DOESN'T MEAN A DEATH SENTENCE. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH THESE TESTS.
PEOPLE COMING BACK POSITIVE THAT WEREN'T EVEN TESTED. SO PLEASE ALLOW US, THE PEOPLE OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, CHOOSE FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL SAFETY WHETHER OR NOT THEY SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT WEAR MASKS. YOU SEE THAT THERE ARE LAWSUITS GOING UP AND DOWN THE COAST, FROM A LAWYER STATING THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR RIGHTS TO BE TOLD, IT IS MY HEALTH.
IF I CHOOSE TO WEAR ONE, THAT IS MY CHOICE. I'M NOT GOING TO PUT IT UPON
SOMEBODY ELSE TO CHOOSE FOR ME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
GOOD MORNING. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CALLERS? >> HELLO.
THIS IS BARBARA OLSON, 1824 OLD BEACH ROAD, ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. I WANT TO WEIGH IN AND REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE ACTIONS THAT WILL MEASURABLY AND USING A SCIENTIFIC BASIS TAMP DOWN THE SPREAD AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE COVID VIRUS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A TOUGH TARGET. EVERY DAY, WE LEARN MORE THINGS. AND THAT IS THE NATURE OF SCIENCE.
I WANT TO CREATE LIKE WIDE BERTH HERE FOR EVERYONE. GOOD INTENTIONS WERE UNDERTAKEN EARLY ON THAT HAVEN'T WORKED. AS WE'VE LEARNED MORE ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND WHAT CITIZENS CAN DO, IT HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR LEADERS, TO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK TO HELP GUIDE PEOPLE. I DON'T HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT IT'S PERFECT.
NOTHING WILL EVER BE PERFECT. BUT GO ON AND DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO GIVE CITIZENS THE GUIDANCE AND THE FRAMEWORK. I ALSO WANT TO JUST CONTRAST A LITTLE BIT WITH VALUES.
I'M AN AMERICAN AND I VALUE MY RIGHTS. I VALUE MY FREEDOM.
JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN EVERYBODY'S INDIVIDUAL CHOICE GETS IN THE WAY OF THE GREATER GOOD. AND I THINK GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS THREAT, THE CRISIS, WE'RE NOT PICKING DO YOU LOVE ECONOMY, OR DO YOU LOVE HEALTH.
I'M A NURSE. I'M ALL ABOUT HEALTH. ON THE OTHER HAND, I NEED THE ECONOMY TO WORK. BUT I NEED LEADERS TO MAKE A FRAMEWORK THAT WILL ALLOW US TO BALANCE THOSE VALUES, PUT UP THE CONSTRAINTS, MAINTAIN AND ADD TO THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY ENDEAVORS, MASKING, AND SO FORTH THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC.
OPEN UP IN A WAY THAT ALLOWS US TO SUSTAIN THE GAINS AND TO REALLY VALUE MULTIPLE THINGS, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR ATTENTION AND FOR SHOULDERING THIS REALLY HEAVY
BURDEN AT THIS TIME. >> THANKS, MS. OLSON. >> GOOD MORNING.
MAY WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? >> GOOD MORNING, IT'S DAWN WRIGHT. 353 WILD CYPRUS CIRCLE IN PONTE VEDRA.
I LIVE IN DELL WEBB, WHICH IS A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY. PLEASE REQUIRE MASKS.
IT SHOWS WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. WE UNDERSTAND HOW STRONG THIS VIRUS IS. AND WE REALIZE HOW THE NUMBERS ARE QUICKLY MULTIPLYING.
I TRACK THE DOH'S COUNTY NUMBERS EVERY DAY AND I EVALUATE EACH TWO-WEEK PERIOD EVERY WEEK. SEEING INCREMENTAL INCREASES THAT INDICATE WE ARE NOT CONTROLLING THIS VIRUS. NEW CASES, GET OUT YOUR PENS PLEASE, BETWEEN JUNE 4TH AND JUNE 17TH, ONLY 76 OF YOUR RESIDENTS HAD TESTED POSITIVE. BETWEEN JUNE 25TH AND JULY 8TH, THAT NUMBER WAS UP TO 1,032. IN OUR ZIP CODE, WHICH IS NOCATEE, OUR POPULATION IS
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ABOUT 27,500 PEOPLE. SO RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 1 IN 450 PEOPLE HERE ARE NOW POSITIVE THIS WEEK. LORD ONLY KNOWS HOW MANY ARE ASYMPTOMATIC AND INFECTING OTHERS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T WEARING A MASK. NEW HOSPITALIZATIONS, DOES NOT INCLUDE ER VISITS, BETWEEN JUNE 4TH AND 17TH, 11 RESIDENTS WERE HOSPITALIZED, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BETWEEN JUNE 25TH AND JULY 8TH, IT TRIPLED TO 33. YESTERDAY WE SURPASSED THAT WITH 34 HOSPITALIZATIONS AND 11 DAYS OF REPORTING SINCE JULY 2ND.THE WOMAN THAT SAID THAT THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE IS GETTING HER NUMBERS. BUT THESE ARE OFF THE DOH DASHBOARD.
NEW DEATHS, BETWEEN JUNE 4TH, JUNE 17TH, ONE DEATH. JUNE 25TH, JULY 8TH, IT HAD DOUBLED TO TWO. YESTERDAY WE SURPASSED THAT WITH FOUR DEATHS IN THE 11 DAYS OF REPORTING SINCE JULY 7TH. THAT IS IN OUR COUNTY, YOUR COUNTY.
NOW, ONLY TWO PERCENT OF CASES HAVE BEEN IN FACILITIES, CORRECTIONAL, AND NURSING HOMES. THIS IS IN THE GENERAL POPULATION.
NONE OF THESE NUMBERS REFLECT PEOPLE WHO, THAT JUST LIVE HERE, BUT LIST THEIR OFFICIAL RESIDENCE HERE IN ANOTHER STATE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIST THEIR RESIDENCE HERE. THEY MIGHT BE NEW YORK OR NEW JERSEY, WHERE THEY SPEND HALF THE YEAR. PERCENTAGES INCREASED IN CASES HOSPITALIZATIONS DEATHS FOR DUVAL COUNTY, WHERE MANY ST. JOHNS COUNTY GO TO SHOP OR DINE ARE VERY BAD. WE'RE GOING UP THERE ALL OF THE TIME AND THIS COUNTY IS NOT FAR BEHIND DUVAL. SO DO THE MATH. CARE ABOUT THE ENTIRE OMMUNITY. UNLIKE THAT ONE WOMAN THAT JUST CALLED AND ONLY CARES ABOUT HERSELF, REQUIRE MASKS. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.
AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. I KNOW YOU PUT IN A LOT OF TIME AND I'M PRAYING AND HOPING FOR YOUR COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
>> ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET SPOKEN, PLEASE COME TO ONE OF THE MICROPHONES. THANK YOU.
ANYONE OF THE THREE WILL BE FINE. COULD WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND
ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. >> ANN BRISLIAR. 2157TH STREET.
LOOK AT THE MATH, WHERE WE'RE HEADING. NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD NOW, FLORIDA. WE CAN WISH IT AWAY. IT'S NOT GOING AWAY.
IT'S GETTING WORSE. I HAD FRIENDS WITH COVID. I HAD A FRIEND THAT NEARLY DIED WITH COVID, WHO IS IN GREAT HEALTH. WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE, NEW COLLEAGUE HERE IS IN THE HOSPITAL WITH IT. THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT IS PRACTICAL MEASURES. AND A MASK IS NOT GOING TO HURT ANYBODY TO WEAR.
WE HAVE TO WEAR SEATBELTS. WE CAN'T DRINK AND DRIVE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE AUTO INSURANCE. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, PEOPLE RESIST AND IT'S ALWAYS FOR THE GREATER GOOD. PEOPLE GET USED TO IT. THE NUMBERS WILL GO DOWN.
THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR COMING.
>> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, MR. CHAIR, WE'RE
BACK TO THE BOARD. >> ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT NOW CLOSED.
WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD. LEGAL. >> YES.
COMMISSIONERS, I THINK YOU EACH HAD RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM JANE RAULERSON, ADDRESS 543 GRENADA TERRACE. SHE HAD E-MAILED, I GUESS TO ME AND COPIED EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, SHE HAD INDICATED POTENTIALLY SOME PROBLEMS GETTING THROUGH ON THE PHONE. SHE HAD A STATEMENT. GENERALLY REQUESTING FACE MASKS TO BE MANDATORY. I CAN EITHER READ HER STATEMENT, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE RECEIVED THIS. SO I CAN EITHER READ IT OR HAVE IT PUT IN THE RECORD AT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD. SHE DID INCLUDE KIND OF A CHART THAT HAD SOME NUMBERS PERTAINING TO FACE MASKS PERCE, TRANSMISSION. AT LEAST YOU KNOW, ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE OF THIS CHART. ALSO A CHART ON THE DAILY CASES SINCE REOPENING, INDICATING YOU
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KNOW, FLORIDA WAS PROBABLY THE TOP OF THAT CHART. AS IT WAS PROVIDED BY MS. RAULERSON. I CAN EITHER READ HER STATEMENT, THE BOARD HAS RECEIVED THIS ALREADY, OR I CAN READ IT OR HAVE THIS PLACED INTO THE RECORD, MR. CHAIR.>> THANK YOU, MR. MCCORMACK. >> LIKEWISE, WE RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM TRISH BECKARD.
HER REQUEST IS IT BE READ INTO THE RECORD, BUT WE HAVE READ THEM.
IT'S PUBLIC RECORD. BACK TO THE BOARD. COMMISSIONER DEAN.
>> IS MY MIC ON? PROCEDURAL QUESTION. I WAS PREPARED, I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION, A NEW MOTION INVOLVING FACE MASKS. ALL OF THE COMMENTS, MOST OF THE COMMENTS WE JUST HEARD UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT WERE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED TO EITHER PRO OR CON FACE MASKS. I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO BRING MY DISCUSSION AND MOTION UP NOW, RATHER THAN AFTER THE CARES DISCUSSION AND ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD. BECAUSE IT'S IN RESPONSE TO ALL OF THE TESTIMONY THAT WE JUST
HAD. THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST. >> ABSOLUTELY.
GO AHEAD. >> IF I MAY. IT'S MY STRONG BELIEF THAT EXTREME CIRCUMSTANCES CALL FOR DRASTIC ACTIONS. I HAVE TRIED MY BEST OVER THE LAST SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO FOLLOW THE SCIENCE. I'VE LISTENED CLOSELY TO DR.
FAUCI, LISTENED CLOSELY TO DR. ALICOCK ON JUNE 30TH, BOTH OF THEM WERE URGING US, ALL THE PUBLIC IN THIS COUNTRY, STATE AND THIS COMMUNITY TO WEAR MASKS.
I UNDERSTAND THE DEBATE AND PROS AND CONS. BUT I FEEL PERSONALLY AN OBLIGATION TO PURSUE THE ISSUE, AND WHAT I WANT TO PROPOSE THIS MORNING IS A NEW MOTION.
WE HAVE IN FLORIDA, WHAT WE CALL THE SUNSHINE LAW, WHICH WE ALL FOLLOW AND ABIDE BY.
BUT WE HAVE THE SUNSET LAW. THE SUNSET LAW IS USED BY LEGISLATIVE BODIES TO ADOPT A LAW OR AN ORDINANCE FOR A SPECIFIC PERIOD OF TIME, WHAT I WOULD REFER TO AS TEMPORARY ORDINANCE. BECAUSE OF THE EMERGENCY WE FACE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE SPIKE IN NUMBERS IN THE LAST FOUR WEEKS IN CASES.
PARTICULARLY IN ST. JOHNS COUNTY. I'M GOING TO PROPOSE A NEW MOTION, THAT MOTION WOULD BE THAT WE ADOPT A MANDATORY MASK ORDINANCE FOR THIS COUNTY, AND THAT AT SUNSET ON AUGUST 18TH. THE REASON I'M SUGGESTING AUGUST 18TH IS THAT IS OUR SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST AND AT THAT TIME BASED ON CONDITIONS AT THAT TIME, WE CAN DETERMINE WHETHER TO ADOPT A NEW ORDINANCE TO CONTINUE FACE MASKS.
IT WOULD REQUIRE AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON OUR PART TO CONTINUE WITH A FACE MASK ORDINANCE.
IF WE DO NOTHING ON AUGUST 18TH, THE FACE MASK ORDINANCE WOULD EXPIRE ON ITS OWN UNDER THESE SUNSET PROVISIONS. THIS IS I THINK A REASONABLE APPROACH BASED ON THE HUGE NUMBER OF CASES, THE NUMBER OF DEATHS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THE CONSTITUENTS I'M HEARING FROM CLEARLY WANT A MANDATORY FACE MASK LAW OR ORDINANCE.
YES, I RECEIVED MESSAGES FROM THOSE WHO STRONGLY OPPOSE A MANDATORY ORDINANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THEIR REASONING. BUT LET ME SAY THIS, AND I'LL PRACTICE A LITTLE LAW HERE PATRICK, IF YOU'LL ALLOW ME, IT IS MY BELIEF, AS I UNDERSTAND THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF THIS NATION AND THIS STATE, IS THAT WHEN THERE IS AN ONGOING PUBLIC EMERGENCY, WHERE WE NEED TO STEP FORWARD AND PROTECT THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND HEALTH OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT OVERRIDES ANY CONCERN ABOUT INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. A CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE THIS PAST WEEK, IN TALLAHASSEE, MADE THAT RULING. NOW THAT IS NOT BINDING ON
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ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THAT CIRCUIT. I GET THAT PATRICK. I UNDERSTAND WHAT IS BINDING AND WHAT IS NOT. BUT THAT IS WHAT I CALL PERSUASIVE LAW AND THAT JUDGE SPOKE TO THAT ISSUE. THAT IT'S A BALANCING ACT. I CHERISH MY INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AS AN AMERICAN. BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS DEMAND THAT WE TAKE ACTION. I PERSONALLY FEEL THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT TODAY. SO I THINK, AS I SAID EARLIER, ON JUNE 30TH, I DO NOT FEEL COMPELLED TO SIT BY AND DO NOTHING BECAUSE THERE MAY BE AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.I AM FIRMLY CONVINCED, IN OUR COUNTY, AT LEAST 70 PERCENT IF NOT 80 PERCENT OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS WHO WILL ACT TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE IF WE PASS IT.
THAT WILL MAKE A LOT MORE PEOPLE WEARING MASKS NOT ONLY FOR THEIR PROTECTION, BUT EQUALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS NEXT TO THEM.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CANNOT SHIFT A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY FOR MASK ENFORCEMENT. I GET IT.
BUT IT'S JUST MY BELIEF PERSONALLY, THAT IF WE ADOPT A REASONABLE ORDINANCE TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC OF THIS COUNTY, MOST PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW IT. IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
THERE WERE GOOD QUESTIONS RAISED ABOUT TYPES AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MASKS.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT BOTH AGAIN, DR. FAUCI, AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL AND DR. ALLICOT AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL, URGING US TO WEAR MASKS, ALSO SHIELD. IF SOMEONE CANNOT WEAR A MASK FOR ANY REASON, THE SHIELD WORKS PERFECTLY FINE. SO WITH THAT, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT A TEMPORARY ORDINANCE, A MANDATORY MASK ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD SUNSET ON AUGUST 18TH IF WE TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION.
AND THAT IT WOULD TRACK THE LANGUAGE CONTAINED IN THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE MASK ORDINANCE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE MY
NEW MOTION THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY
COMMISSIONER DEAN. DO I HAVE A SECOND? >> THAT MOTION IS TO ADOPT A MANDATORY MASK ORDINANCE TO SUNSET AUGUST 18TH IN LIGHT OR VERY CLOSE TO SIMILAR TO ST.
AUGUSTINE'S. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? IT FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
LEGAL. >> YES. MR. CHAIR, I WAS GOING TO COMMENT ON THIS MOTION. IF THERE MAY BE OTHER MOTIONS TODAY, I THINK I HAD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS MEETING SORT OF AN EMERGENCY ENACTMENT OF AN ORDINANCE.
AND THERE'S KIND OF A PROCEDURAL LIMITATION TO THAT. AND AGAIN, FOR LATER THIS MEETING OR FOR THE NEXT SPECIAL MEETING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, I JUST WANT TO READ THAT BRIEFLY, AND THIS IS FROM SECTION 125.66 FLORIDA STATUTES, PARAGRAPH THREE.
THE EMERGENCY ENACTMENT PROCEDURE SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, AT ANY REGULAR OR SPECIAL MEETING MAY ENACT OR AMEND ANY ORDINANCE WITH A WAIVER OF THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBSECTION 2. AND SUBSECTION 2 IS NORMALLY THE TEN-DAY PUBLISHED NOTICE. HOWEVER, IT REQUIRES A 4/5 VOTE OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD.
OF SUCH BOARD. IN OTHER WORDS, NOT EVEN JUST A MAJORITY OF WHO IS AT THE MEETING, EITHER IN PERSON OR REMOTELY, BUT 4/5 OF THE MEMBERSHIP.
SO AN EMERGENCY, ANY EMERGENCY ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE BASICALLY FOUR COMMISSIONERS TO APPROVE. SO THE 4/5 WOULD DECLARE THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS, WHICH IT
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DOES. AND THAT THE IMMEDIATE ENACTMENT OF SAID ORDINANCE IS NECESSARY. THERE IS A FEW OTHER PROVISIONS.BUT THOSE ARE I THINK THE MOST RELEVANT. I WOULD SAY EITHER FOR THIS MATTER OR SOME OTHER MATTER THAT A COMMISSIONER MAY PROPOSE, THE COUNTY IS CURRENTLY UNDER A LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY. AND THERE IS YOU KNOW, THIS AGENDA ITEM TO EXTEND THAT. AND UNDER THAT THERE COULD BE EMERGENCY ORDERS.
EMERGENCY ORDERS BY YOUR EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ARE DONE BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND THOSE EMERGENCY ORDERS DO NOT HAVE THIS 4/5 REQUIREMENT, ET CETERA. AS YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAD DONE EMERGENCY ORDERS TO CLOSE THE BEACH, OPEN THE BEACH AND CERTAINLY IN HURRICANES, FOR EVACUATION ET CETERA. I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT PROCEDURAL FOR THE BOARD, FOR ITS FUTURE DELIBERATIONS, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ALL RIGHT. WE'LL PROCEED ALONG WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1, REQUEST TO EXTEND THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION.
DO I HAVE AN INTENT FROM THE BOARD? I'LL ENTER A MOTION.
>> MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION NUMBER 2020-23, PROCLAMATION EXTENDING THE STATE OF DECLARATION OF STATE OR LOCAL EMERGENCY, BY ST.
JOHNS COUNTY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2019-40. >> I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNS. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED WITH THE ROLL CALL. ACTUALLY, WE JUST HAD A ROLL CALL VOTE TODAY. WE DON'T PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN.
COMMISSIONER DEAN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS.
>> YES. >> YES AS WELL. PASSES 3-0.
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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2.MRS. ANDREWS. EXCUSE ME? WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM. IT HAS NOW PASSED. YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF US, WE
WILL BE GLAD TO RESPOND. >> GOOD MORNING. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO PRESENT YOU AN ALLOCATION PLAN FOR THE CARES ACT FUNDING AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
JUST REALLY QUICK BACKGROUND OF THE FUNDING, IT CAME FROM THE CARES ACT ALLOCATION FROM U.S.
TREASURY THROUGH THE STATE, IN JUNE, ST. JOHNS COUNTY WAS NOTIFIED THAT WE WERE AWARDED $46.81 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING TO ADDRESS SPECIFICALLY DIRECTLY COVID RELATED ACTIVITIES AND EXPENSE. THERE ARE THREE CRITERIAS THAT WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO BASICALLY.
ONE THAT THE EXPENSE HAS TO OCCUR IN BETWEEN MARCH AND THE DECEMBER 30TH.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT EXPENDITURE HAS TO BE HAPPENING BEFORE THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. NUMBER TWO IS THAT EXPENSE HAS TO EXPEND IT DIRECTLY DUE TO THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. NUMBER THREE IS THAT BY MARCH 17TH OF 2020, THE FUNDING HAS NOT BEEN BUDGETED. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ITS OWN ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURE. SO THIS IS BASICALLY PHASE ONE FUNDING ALLOCATION.
WHEN I SAY PHASE ONE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO THE END OF THE ALLOCATION, YOU'LL SEE IT'S NOT ALLOCATED TO ITS ENTIRETY, $46.1 MILLION. THE EXPENSE IS BASICALLY CATEGORIZED INTO A NUMBER OF CATEGORIES. THE NUMBER ONE IS THE LARGEST CATEGORY, WHICH IS THE GRANT PROGRAMS, THAT IS DIVIDED INTO THREE PROGRAMS, OR PROJECTS, BACK TO BUSINESS, PRIMARILY TO ASSIST SMALL TO LARGE BUSINESSES TO RETURN TO THEIR NORMAL BUSINESS AND TO ASSIST WITH ANY REVENUE LOSS OR EXPENSES RELATED TO COVID-19 RESPONSE. THAT IS FOR ALLOCATED OR PROPOSED ALLOCATION IS FOR TEN MILLION DOLLARS. NUMBER 2, SUBCATEGORY IS UNDER THE GRANT PROGRAM IS INDIVIDUAL AND RESIDENT ASSISTANCE. AND NUMBER 3 IS NON-PROFITS ASSISTANCE.
NUMBER ONE AND TWO, LET ME JUST MAKE A NOTE THAT THEY ARE CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF
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OUR CURRENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM WAS ALREADY IN PLACE, THE BOARD HAD ALLOCATED CDBR FUNDING, CARES ACT FUNDING EXCUSE ME, TO ASSIST WITH BACK TO BUSINESS PROGRAM. AN INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED THROUGH THE SHIP PROGRAM. SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO REFUND CERTAIN GRANT PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY FUNDED. AND NON-PROFITS ASSISTANCE IS A NEW CATEGORY. EXTENSIVE WORK HAD BEEN DONE, BASICALLY THE STAFF HAD WENT OUT TO ASSIST WITH SOME OF NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND SOLICIT FEEDBACKS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND MUNICIPALITIES AND EVALUATE WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE. SO THAT IS THE RESULT OF THAT VERY QUICK EXPEDITIOUS NEEDS ASSESSMENT. NUMBER TWO CATEGORY IS THE SOCIAL DISTANCE EXPENSES AND MITIGATION. THAT REALLY PRIMARILY INCLUDES THE ACQUISITION OF PPE, PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT AND ALSO DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM AND DISINFECTANTS FOR ALL PUBLIC BUILDINGS, THAT WOULD INCLUDE FIRE STATIONS AND ALL AMBULANCES. AND NUMBER THREE IS THE EXPANDED TESTING.WE BASICALLY LAUNCHED A NEW EXPANDED TESTING LAST WEDNESDAY.
AND AT THIS TIME IT IS ON FLAGLER HOSPITAL'S SITE. INVOLVED AGENCIES ARE REALLY A MULTITUDE OF THEM. FIRE/RESCUE, FLAGLER HOSPITAL AND THERE ARE ALSO THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE. THE MAX AMOUNT OF TESTS THAT WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BE CONDUCTED ABOUT 200. SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF 2.5 AT THIS TIME TO BE PROPOSED AND THE DURATION OF THE EXPANDED TESTING IS TO BE SIX MONTHS. AND THEN WE HAVE A CATCHALL CATEGORY THAT IS BASICALLY UNDER OTHER ALLOCATIONS, SO THE FIRST ONE THAT YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH, WE HAD PRESENTED BEFORE THE BOARD IDA, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ALLOCATED $250,000 TO ASSIST WITH SMALL BUSINESS AS IN THE FORM OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE GRANT. OF THE $250,000, $175,000 WAS EXPENDED AND DISTRIBUTED.
SO PART OF THIS PLAN IS TO ALLOCATE THIS PORTION OF THE AMOUNT TO REIMBURSE THE IDA FOR ITS EXPENDITURE ON THE EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE GRANT. THEN WE HAVE OPERATIONAL COSTS, AS RELATED TO PREPARE US BETTER FOR REMOTE WORK ABILITY. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE VIDEO CONFERENCING CAPABILITY ENHANCEMENT AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE AND CERTAIN SECURITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE TO FACTOR AUTHENTICATIONS AND THE LICENSING FOR THOSE APPLICATIONS. AND ALSO INCLUDE THE ENHANCED TECHNOLOGY FOR REMOTE ACCESS FOR CITIZEN AND EOC. AND WE ARE ASKING THE BOARD TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND OUR CURRENT WEB EOC TO INCLUDE COMPONENTS THAT WOULD HELP US TO PREPARE AND BETTER REMOTE CONNECTING WITH OUR CITIZENS IN THE TIME OF EMERGENCY.
AND THEN THERE IS ALSO $1.2 MILLION THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS, OFFICES EXPENDITURE RELATED TO COVID RESPONSE EXPENSE. THAT WOULD INCLUDE PAYROLL, PPE ACQUISITIONS AND ET CETERA. AND $3.5 MILLION, YOU CAN SEE IS REQUESTED TO BASICALLY MITIGATE FOR SOCIAL DISTANCING AND THAT WOULD LARGELY WOULD BE SPENT ON PUBLIC FACILITY MITIGATION TO INSTALL, ACQUIRE AND INSTALL TOUCH FREE INSTANCES AND TOUCH FREE WATER FOUNTAIN, TOUCH FREE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND PRETTY MUCH CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IN THAT NATURE. AND THEN THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE AND CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH HAD MADE VERY SPECIFIC REQUESTS ON THEIR COVID RELATED EXPENDITURES. CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE HAD REQUESTED AT THIS TIME $1.5 MILLION TO COVER THEIR EXPENSE, THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE COUNTY, PPE ACQUISITION, SANITATION, DECONTAMINATION, PAYROLL RELATED AND ALSO THE MITIGATION WHICH REALLY LARGELY
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IS THE PUBLIC BUILDING MITIGATION FOR THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.AND CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH HAD REQUESTED $125,000 THAT IS RELATED TO SANITATION AND PPE ACQUISITION. AND ET CETERA. SO AT THIS TIME, THE ALLOCATION PLAN THAT IS BEFORE YOU IS TOTALED $29.5 MILLION. IT IS STAFF'S INTENT TO PROVIDE A MONTHLY REPORT, EITHER VIA MEMORANDUM OR AT A PUBLIC FORUM.
WHATEVER DESIRE OF THE BOARD IS. TO PROVIDE YOU UPDATES ON THE ALLOCATION, ADDITIONAL NEEDS ARISE AS WE GO ALONG, BEFORE DECEMBER 30TH DEADLINE.
SO YOU WILL HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE MORE ADJUSTMENTS OR MODIFICATION, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY DESIRE, WANTED TO DIRECT STAFF, GO AND KIND OF MODIFIED DIRECTION, YOU HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO ON A MONTHLY BASIS. SO AT THIS TIME, THE MOTION BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE THE CARES ACT FUNDING ALLOCATION PLAN AS OUTLINED. AND DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE
NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. >> THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? COMMISSIONER DEAN.
>> JOY, YOU MENTIONED THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS. I NOTICED IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING THERE WAS A HEADLINE ABOUT IN FLORIDA THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASED COSTS FOR THE ELECTIONS. AND WE'RE FIVE WEEKS OUT FROM THE PRIMARY.
AUGUST 18TH PRIMARY. HAVE YOU HAD DIRECT DISCUSSIONS WITH VICKIE AND IF NOT -- I WANT TO MAKE SURE, TO THE EXTENT WE CAN COVER ADDITIONAL COSTS, WITH THE SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS OFFICE THAT YOU'RE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN, THAT IS A REALLY GOOD QUESTION. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO MS. VICKIE OAKS AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE IF NEEDED FINANCIALLY. AND MS. OAKS BASICALLY STATED THAT THEY HAD RECEIVED CARES ACT FUNDING THROUGH I THINK THEIR PROCESS AND DIRECT PATH.
BUT SHE WOULD LET US KNOW IF THERE IS ANY NEED. >> THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TOO WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY, WHICH I
APPRECIATE. >> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMISSIONER JOHNS.
>> AT THIS TIME WE'LL OPEN UP AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2, CARES ACT FUNDING APPROPRIATION PLAN TO
PUBLIC COMMENT. PLEASE COME FORWARD. >>
>> MS. CALADE, YOU CAN COME UP LAST IF YOU WOULD LIKE. >> ARE THERE ANY CALLS? GOOD MORNING. MAY WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
>> TOM REYNOLDS, ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH. BEFORE I SPEAK ON THIS, I WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT AT THE LAST AGENDA ITEM, HENRY DEAN MADE THAT MOTION AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS WRONG. HE IS AN ATTORNEY, HE SHOULD KNOW BETTER. THAT MOTION SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE.
PEOPLE COULD HAVE COMMENTED ON IT. TWO, I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION AT THE LAST MEETING, 672 OF MY FELLOW CHRISTIANS PRAYED FOR PAUL WALDRON, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND WE'LL STILL CONTINUE OUR PRAYERS. GETTING ON THIS SUBJECT, I SEE WHERE THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE HAS $1.5 MILLION AND THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE BEACH HAS GOT 150 OR $125,000. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, IS THE COUNTY GOING TO BE ABLE, THIS IS MY CLEAR QUESTION, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO AUDIT WHAT THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE IS DOING? BECAUSE IF ONE PENNY OF THAT IS GOING FOR ANYTHING TO DO WITH MOVING THAT MONUMENT, SHAME ON THEM. I'M FOR HAZMAT PAY, POLICE, DEPUTIES, ALL WORKERS, COUNTY BUILDING, EVERYBODY IS IN THAT BUILDING SHOULD BE GETTING $5 AN HOUR MORE.
ANYBODY WHO HAS TO DEAL WITH THE PUBLIC NEEDS HAZMAT PAY. WILL WE THE PUBLIC BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT TO SEE IF OUR GOOD WORKERS ARE GETTING HAZMAT PAY. I'M SEEING THAT PAYROLL, 1.5 MILLION FOR LOCAL. I WOULD LIKE THAT BROKEN DOWN MORE.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS ASKING FOR MORE. WHEN I GO DOWN THIS WHOLE THING, I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE PLACE YET WHERE ANY GOVERNMENT, CITY GOVERNMENT, CITY OF ST.
AUGUSTINE, ST. JOHNS COUNTY IS OFFERING FREE MASKS ANYWHERE. I SEE ALL OF THESE FIGURES FOR MASK, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY MASKS. ARE WE LATE TO THE PARTY? THIS AIN'T NO PARTY, ACTUALLY. ARE WE A LITTLE BIT LATE GETTING MASKS OUT.
I GOT TO TELL YOU, THAT IS A LOT OF DOLLARS. IF HAZMAT PAY IS NOT INCLUDED
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FOR THE DEPUTIES, POLICE OFFICERS, FOR ALL THE CITY GOVERNMENT WORKERS AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT WORKERS THAT HAVE TO CONTACT THE PUBLIC, SHAME ON THIS COUNTY COMMISSION. BECAUSE IT'S THE COUNTY COMMISSION, I KEEP HEARING COMMISSIONER DEAN SPEAKING UP FOR MASKS, BUT I DON'T HEAR HIM SPEAKING UP FOR ANYTHING -- BY THE WAY I CALLED MY OLDEST SON, I SAW HIM WITH SHIFTY PEOPLE. I KNOW WHO THAT ONE KID IS.I KNOW WHAT HE'S DONE. KEEP AWAY FROM THEM. TELL YOU COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, DON'T HANG OUT WITH CRIMINALS. HENRY DEAN IS HANGING OUT WITH RON RAULS.
AND RON RAULS IS A CRIMINAL. SHAME ON HENRY DEAN. ANYMORE CALLS? NO MORE CALLS. IF ANYONE FROM THE GALLERY WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME FORWARD REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 2, CARES ACT FUNDING, APPROPRIATION PLAN.
GOOD MORNING. >> HI. >> MY NAME IS PAM LINDER.
I SPOKE WITH Y'ALL LAST WEEK AND I'M SPEAKING WITH YOU AGAIN ABOUT THE EMERGENCY IN THIS COUNTY. WE ARE IN A PANDEMIC AND IT IS EXPLODING IN OUR COUNTY.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ADDRESS THIS EMERGENCY TODAY.
WE NEED A COUNTY WIDE MASK ORDINANCE. WE DON'T NEED TO BE MISSING ANYMORE COMMISSIONERS IN THE HOSPITAL. WE DON'T NEED TO BE MISSING OUR FRIENDS. THIS IS NOT A DEMOCRATIC OR A REPUBLICAN ISSUE.
I WAS IN ACE HARDWARE DOWNTOWN. THEY WEREN'T WEARING MASKS UP UNTIL THE ORDINANCE PASSED.
ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY IS WEARING MASK, EVERYTHING IS FINE.
IN A LINE, SIX FEET APART, EVERYBODY IS SIX FEET APART, THE LINE IS KIND OF LONG THAT WAY. THERE IS A MAN FLIPPING OUT. HE JUST CAN'T STAND THAT.
AND THE MAN NEXT DOOR TO ME SAYS, WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OPENING TWO MORE REGISTERS.
GO RIGHT AHEAD. THE LINE IS GOING TO MOVE. AND THEN THE MAN LOOKS AT THE OTHER ONE AND SAYS BUT YOU'RE NOT WEARING A MASK. AND THE MAN SAYS WELL, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK I'M ONE OF THOSE DAMN DEMOCRATS. THE OTHER MAN SAYS TO HIM WELL, YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE SIX FEET UNDERGROUND, YOU MIGHT BE NEXT TO A DEMOCRAT.
THE MAN THROWS UP HIS HAND, WALKS OUT OF THE PLACE AND EVERYBODY LAUGHS.
SO THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE OUR STEWARDS, YOU ARE THE ONES TAKING CARE OF THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.
WHATEVER PARTY THEY ARE. THEY'RE A NON-PARTY, REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT.
WE ALL ARE AFFECTED EQUALLY BY THIS VIRUS. I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR 40 YEARS, NURSE PRACTITIONER FOR 15 YEARS. WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE.
WE NEED TO GET IT DONE TODAY. THERE IS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE OUT THERE.
IF Y'ALL NEED A MEDICAL ADVISOR, TAKE TIME TO GET ONE. BECAUSE THIS IS CRITICAL.
>> THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THIS IS REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 2, CARES ACT FUNDING. >> YEAH.
JUST A LITTLE WARNING. >> NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE. >> SHERI BADGER, 2772 SOUTH COLLINS AVENUE. Y'ALL NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS OF ANY MONEYS THAT YOU GIVE THE CITIES. BECAUSE BACK IN 2008, THE CITY APPLIED FOR SHOVEL READY PROJECTS THAT WAS FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT WAS 200TH BIRTHDAY PARTY.
THEY TOOK SHOVEL READY PROJECTS FOR MONEY THAT WAS FOR A BIRTHDAY PARTY THAT WAS FIVE YEARS AWAY. Y'ALL NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS ON WHAT YOU GIVE THE CITY.
BECAUSE THIS LADY COMING UP AND SAYING MASKS, IT'S JUST LIKE MR. REYNOLDS SAID, AND THE EXPERTS HAVE SAID TOO, THESE PAPER MASKS ARE NOT GOING -- YOU NEED TO BE DECONTAMINATED EVERY TIME YOU GO OUT. YOU NEED A FACE SHIELD, YOU NEED A MASK, EVERY TIME YOU TOUCH THAT MASK, YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT MASK OFF AND GET ANOTHER ONE.
SO YOU KNOW, I SAY Y'ALL DO LISTEN TO THE EXPERTS. BUT NOT ONES THAT ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TOO FAR. OKAY.
THIS THING IS OUT OF THE BASS, YOU HERD MENTALITY, YOU GET IT, OVER WITH.
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YOU FIND A VACCINATION FOR IT. GOD BLESS PAUL, I GREW UP WITH HIM.GOD BLESS EVERYBODY THAT HAS GOTTEN IT. BUT GENTLEMEN, THERE NEEDS TO BE A STOPPING POINT OF WHERE POLITICAL BACK AND FORTH IS GOING ON.
LIKE THIS LADY SAID. BUT DON'T GET THE CITY IN ONE. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> BJ CALADE, WEST CITY, IN THE CITY LIMITS OF ST. AUGUSTINE. PAY DOUBLE TAXES.
MAYBE NOT AS MUCH AS SOME OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I DO PAY. AS THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.
$1.5 MILLION, I AGREE THERE HAS TO BE SOME REAL ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING OF THIS MONEY.
BECAUSE AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT, THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE CITY HALL TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN.
I BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON JULY 16TH, WHICH IS THURSDAY.
SO THEY WON'T NEED ANY MONEY. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT IS GOING TO BE GOING ON.
THEY DID THIS BEFORE. I'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND CHECK ON THAT.
THEY SAY THESE THINGS AT THESE MEETINGS, NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, YOU DON'T KNOW, CALLING IN, DOING YOUR E-MAILS. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THEY WILL CLOSE IT. ACCOUNTING OF WHAT MONEY GOES TO THE CITY OF ST. AUGUSTINE.
I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO LOVE ME FOR THAT. ALSO, I'M VERY UPSET THAT PEOPLE ARE USING MR. WALDRON'S NAME THE WAY THEY ARE. TO TRY AND PROVE A POINT.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO GO BACK AND REMEMBER HIS VOTES ON WHETHER OR NOT THERE SHOULD BE A MANDATORY MASK IN THE COUNTY OF ST. JOHNS COUNTY, WHERE HE GREW UP.
BECAUSE IF YOU GO BACK AND CHECK ON IT, HE NEVER VOTED FOR IT.
NOW I KNOW I CAN'T STOP FREE SPEECH UP HERE. BUT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHENEVER YOU ARE BRINGING UP PEOPLE THAT CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES RIGHT NOW. MAYBE HE HAS CHANGED HIS MIND AND GOD CAN HEAL HIM.
I BELIEVE IN GOD'S WORK. BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHENEVER WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FELLOW COMMISSIONER, OR JUST A FRIEND, FOR SOMEONE THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND DON'T USE THEM TO PROVE A POINT. I'M A LITTLE BIT UPSET. CAN YOU TELL IT?
BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER
TWO? WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD. >> WE'RE BACK TO THE BOARD.
'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF SO DESIRED.
>> MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ST. JOHNS COUNTY CARES ACT FUNDING,
DIRECT STAFF TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN. >> MOTION BY COMMISSIONER JOHNS, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER DEAN. ANY DISCUSSIONS?
>> WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS THAT THESE FUNDS ARE AUDITED.
THERE IS A METHOD OF MAKING SURE, IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT. CASH FLOW ITEM.
WE HAVE TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. IT'S NOT FREE MONEY THAT WE'RE GIVING OUT LIKE CANDY. THE MONEY IS SPENT AND WE HAVE TO SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO PROVE IT WAS SPENT PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE GUIDELINES THAT ARE PROVIDED BY THE CARES ACT BEFORE IT'S REIMBURSED. WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIMELINE OVER HOW LONG THAT WILL TAKE. BUT WE HAVE TO MANAGE THESE FUNDS CAREFULLY.
THIS COMES FROM GENERAL RESERVES, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, DURING THE TIME GAP BETWEEN EXPENSE AND REIMBURSEMENT. WE'VE SPENT CLOSE TO A THIRD OF OUR GENERAL RESERVES WITHOUT IMPACTING OUR BONDING RATING. SO WE HAVE TO SPEND MONEY WISELY AND EFFECTIVELY. THIS IS A VERY WISE AND EFFECTIVE PLACE TO BE SPENDING MONEY. I SUPPORT THIS 100 PERCENT. I TRUST OUR STAFF TO DO WHAT THEY DO EVERY DAY, DAY IN AND DAY OUT, MAKING SURE THAT THE MONEY IS SPENT AS INTENDED AND AS EFFECTIVE AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> SEEING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED WITH A VOTE. WE'LL DO IT VIA ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER DEAN. >> YES. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNS.
>> YES. >> I WILL BE A YES AS WELL. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO
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>> NO, SIR. >> LEGAL. >> NO, SIR.
>> COMMISSIONER DEAN. >> I DON'T NORMALLY RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT I JUST FEEL COMPELLED THIS MORNING TO RESPOND TO MY GOOD FRIEND TOM REYNOLDS.
AND TELL HIM THAT I AM NOT -- I COULD NOT PREDICT WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE GOING TO BE. SO I DID NOT MAKE MY MOTION TO REQUIRE MANDATORY MASKS AT THAT TIME. I WAITED TO SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS.
AND THEN I MADE MY MOTION. AND THAT IS WHY I DIDN'T MAKE IT INITIALLY.
BECAUSE I HAD NO IDEA WHAT ALL THE COMMENTS WOULD BE. I JUST FELT COMPELLED TO
RESPOND TO MY FRIEND TOM ABOUT MY REASONING. >> ANYTHING ELSE TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD? ALL HEARTS AND MINDS
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