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>>> I NOW CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OCTOBER 13, OCTOBER 20. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO THIS SPECIAL MEETING. IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF THE COVID-19 ELEMENTS, A REQUIREMENT HAVE ADOPTED MEETINGS THROUGH EMERGENCY ORDERS.
I NOW WITHOUT PHYSICALLY ATTENDING. ALL PRIOR COMMUNICATIONS THE PUBLIC NEEDS WILL BE THROUGH E-MAIL. WE CAN ALSO STREAM ON THE WEBSITE. THERE'S ALSO A TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL INTO THE MEETING.
EVEN IF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DO NOT PROVIDE COMMENTS, PEOPLE WHO MAY BE LISTENING, ARE NOT REQUIRED TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES. PLEASE NOTE THE MEETING IS BEING RECORDED.
FOR THOSE OF YOU CALLING IN TO COMMENT, IF YOU RECEIVE A BUSY SIGNAL PLEASE CALL BACK.
PLEASE SELL TIMES THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT BECAUSE THE TIMER MAY NOT BE VISIBLE TO YOU.
PLEASE MUTE YOUR PHONE WHILE YOU ARE WAITING TO COMMENT AND MOVE THE MEETING ON YOUR TELEVISION.
PLEASE BE AWARE THERE MAY BE A THIRTY SECOND DELAY. IF WE HAVE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WE MADE RECESS TO RESOLVE THEM AND THEN RECONVENE IMMEDIATELY.
TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE PARTICIPANTS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS WHO ARE PURCHASE PAINTING REMOTELY, ALL VOTES WILL BE ROLLED -- ALL VOTES WILL BE DONE THROUGH ROLL CALL.
>> CHAIR COMMISSIONER JEB SMITH. >> PRESENT. >> JEREMIAH?
>> COMMISSIONER JAMES JOHN. >> PRESENT. >> COMMISSIONER HENRY DEAN.
>> HERE. >> THANK YOU EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE INVITATION THIS MORNING. >> LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.
>> FATHER THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY. THIS IS A DAY YOU HAVE MADE AND WE REJOICE AND THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED BECAUSE OF WHO YOU ARE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSON AND YOUR MERCY AND YOUR GRACE. WE PRAY AS WE CONDUCT THIS MEETING, IT WILL BE DONE TO YOUR HONOR AND GLORY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON WHO DIED AND PAID FOR OUR SINS AND ROSE ON THE THIRD DAY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
>> WILL YOU JOIN US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. >> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO THE REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU, YOU MAY BE SEATED. >> THIS MORNING PUBLIC COMMENT, WILL COME AFTER EACH AGENDA
[1. Emergency Management Update]
ITEM. THIS MORNING WE WILL BEGIN WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UPDATE FROMMR. JOSEPH GIAMMANCO. >> OUR COVID NUMBERS THIS WEEK, THE TOTAL CASES ARE 5614.
WE HAVE SEVEN AUTHORIZATIONS. THE HOSPITALIZATIONS TO DATE ARE 297.
THE TESTING SITE WE HAVE, LAST WEEK WE HAVE FOR ONE PEOPLE TESTING BRINGING THE TOTAL TO 7,844. THROUGH THE ST. JOHN'S PROGRAM WE HAVE 317 BUSINESSES TAKING PART OF THAT PROGRAM, AND ISSUING MANY FACE COVERINGS. THE LOGISTICS WE HAVE ASSISTED WITH 97 PARTNER AGENCIES ISSUING APPROXIMATELY 520,000 ITEMS OF PPE.
THE AVAILABILITY AND THE HOSPITALS, THE FLAGLER HOSPITAL IS 59%.
AND BAPTIST BEACH AND BAPTIST SOUTH. WITH THAT DO YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS? >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF.
DOES ANYONE ON STAFF HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? >> NO, SIR.
>> NO, SIR. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. >> PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 1.
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3 MINUTES, DOES ANYONE WANT TO COMMENT? WE HAVE ONE CALL GLENN.THEN YOU ARE NEXT. >> GO AHEAD. COLIN, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
>> TOM LITTLE SPIRIT 50 BRIGHAM'S COURT, SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB REPORTING THE NUMBERS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. >> NEXT PAIR FROM THE AUDIENCE. YES, SIR, GOOD MORNING.
YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. >>
>> MY SON IS A MALE -- MALE NURSE. MY EX-WIFE RUNS A MATERNITY WARD. THEY HAVE HAD UPRISINGS IN HER HOSPITAL AND IT IS A TERRIBLE THING. THE COVID THAT IT'S OUT THERE. MY NIECE CALLED IT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. I'M FROM LAKE COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
I CARRY A BIBLE WITH ME. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. I AM VERY RELIGIOUS.
THE CENTER CALLS ME HIS BUDDY. I WAS UP IN TALLAHASSEE. THE GOVERNMENT, IS DOING THE BESTIE CAN. THE COVID AND OPENING THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
COVID, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THE VIRUS. AND, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS GETTING THINGS DONE. I WAS IN JACKSONVILLE. HE GAVE A GREAT SPEECH.
WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE. MY WIFE HAS SEEN THIS HER WHOLE LIFE.
I HAVE BEEN TO TALLAHASSEE. I HAVE BEEN THERE DURING SESSIONS.
KIDS CAN BE DOCTORS AND LAWYERS. IF YOU GROW UP LISTENING TO YOUR PARENTS.
MY DAD IS THE PRINCIPLE OF THE CHILD THAT'S RIGHT OF THE SCHOOL HE WAS ATTENDING AS A CHILD.
SOMEONE TOLD ME I AM OLD AS DIRT. I BELIEVE, WE NEED LAW ENFORCEMENT TO PROTECT THE CITIZENS. AND THE CHIEF OF POLICE IN SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH IS A GREAT GUY. I HAVE NOT MET HIM BUT I DO HAVE FRIENDS WHO KNOW HIM.
BLUE LIVES MATTER. AROUND THE COUNTRY THINGS ARE GETTING OUT OF HAND.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SAID A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND AGAINST ITSELF.
HE LOST A LOT OF THINGS BUT HE WAS PRESIDENT. WARS ARE FOUGHT BY WEAPONS AND ONE BY MEN AND WOMEN. THE POLICE PULL -- THE PEOPLE WHO WERE VOTED IN, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU. I HAVE BEEN FILLED BY REPORTERS. REPORTERS AND ORLANDO, ON TV AND THEY JUST SAY WE ARE DOING OUR JOBS. EVERYTHING THE PRESIDENT SAYS IS TRUE. OUR VETERANS HAVE PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE FOR US.
THEY HAVE A BIBLE. DANIEL WEBSTER. TWO U.S. SENATORS.
I KNOW MANY PEOPLE. I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN TAKING ACTION FOR THE KIDS FUTURE.
GOD GAVE US TWO EARS AND A MOUTH FOR A REASON. >> THANK YOU SIR, I APPRECIATE
THE INFORMATION. NEXT. >> GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING. SHERRY BADGER. I THOUGHT THIS WAS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT. BUT COMMISSIONER DEAN LAST WEEK I GOT A PHONE CALL, I CAME TO GET CLARITY OVER THE REASON I WAS NOT HERE.
I HAD THE BBC MEETINGS AND A SPECIAL MEETING CONFUSED. THAT IS WHY I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK I WAS CONFUSED AND I HOPE YOU ARE A MAN OF YOUR WORD AND THAT IS BECAUSE THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT GOING ON. THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE WHICH IS BLOCKED BY THE MEDIA,
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THE RECORD AND EVERYTHING. LAST WEEK THERE WAS A PROTEST. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN WHO GOT THE BRICKS BEAT OFF OF HIS BACK KEPT QUIET.GE STREET WHICH WAS- NOTHING IN THE RECORD.NOTHING IN THE NEWS. THIS YOUNG MAN WAS -- LEFT WORK AND WAS BEATEN UP BY 15 PEOPLE UPTOWN. THIS STUFF IS GOING ON DOWN THERE.
THEY WANT PEOPLE TO COME DOWNTOWN AND I SAVED WERE CUT SAINT AUGUSTINE.
YOU NEED TO BE AWARE THAT THIS IS GOING ON IN THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE LIMITS.
SPECIAL ABUSE IS BEING TAKEN AND COVERED UP. MAINLY FLAGLER COLLEGE SPONSORING SOMEONE. THAT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE BOYS BEING BEAT UP AFTER HE LEFT WORK AT 10:00 P.M. YOU GENTLEMEN REALLY NEED TO CHECK INTO SOCIAL MEDIA, WATCH THE VIDEO. THIS IS GOING ON IN OUR TOWN. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DEAN FOR TAKING ME UPSTAIRS. BUT THE ONLY REASON I DIDN'T SHOW UP IS I HAVE BEEN COMING FOR 30 YEARS ON AND OFF. THANK YOU, GOT BLUSHING AND HAVE
A GOOD DAY. >> ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? >> I THINK WE ARE DONE.
[2. Extension of Local State of Emergency]
>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. MR. CORMACK.
>> THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING. YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION THAT IF THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE WOULD HAVE THE EFFECT OF EXTENDING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR A ONE WEEK. I WILL NOTE ON YOUR SUGGESTED NOTION IT SAYS PROCLAMATION 202.
IF APPROVED IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE 38. YOU HAVE HEARD TESTIMONY FROM YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR. YOU HEARD PUBLIC COMMENT, SOME WHICH WAS RELEVANT TO THE QUESTION OF THE, THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY IN GENERAL.
UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE BOARD.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCCORMICK? >> SCENE NONE WE WILL PROCEED.
>> ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM TWO. THE EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY PROCLAMATION. ANYONE CALLING IN? SEEING NONE.
ARE SEEING 1. >> WE ARE BACK TO THE BOARD. >> I WILL MOVED TO ADOPT THE STN 2020 -- 38 EXTENDING THE LOCAL STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN-DAY PERIOD.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY DEAN TO HAVE A SECOND? >> ANY DISCUSSION?
WE WILL PROCEED WITH A ROLL VOTE. >> COMMISSIONER DEAN, COMMISSIONER WALTER, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. I WILL BE EIGHT YES AS WELL.
[3. CARES Act Project Purchase Order]
>> WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. MRS. LOCKLEAR, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING COMMISSIONERS. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS, A STRAIGHTFORWARD BID AS PART OF THE CARES ACT. BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PURCHASE WE NEED THE BOARDS
AUTHORIZATION FOR A PURCHASE ORDER. >> COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE
BEFORE YOU WHAT THE NUMBER IS? 667,000 -- 667,000 $564. >> THIS IS FOR THE FACILITIES.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR MRS. LOCKLEAR? SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON.
>> PUBLIC COMMENT ON NUMBER THREE THE CARES ACT PROJECT PURCHASE ORDER.
>> NONE. >> I AM TOM REYNOLDS. , SAINT AUGUSTINE BEACH.
YOU ARE AHEAD OF ME ON THIS. I COULDN'T SEE WHAT THE LADY SAID.
BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING. IF THE BID SAYS OVER $900,000,
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BUT YET YOU ARE APPROVING SOMEWHERE IN THE 600,000-DOLLAR RANGE.YOU ARE APPROVING $667,000. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO, AND ALSO, WHO WILL BE INSTALLING THESE. WILL THIS BE THE COUNTY OR DOWN THE ROAD WILL THEY HIRE AN OUTSIDE PLUMBING CONTRACTOR. WILL THEY BE USING PEOPLE FROM THE JAIL TO ASSIST AND BUILD UP THEIR DIGNITY AND WE PAY A SMALL FEE.
I WOULD PREFER IF WE COULD DO THAT. AND WE COULD PUT THEM TO WORK AND BUILD THEIR DIGNITY. I FELT THIS ONE TO BE OFF A LITTLE BIT BUT OBVIOUSLY IT IS A
GREAT IDEA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> YES, SIR, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK. LET ME ASK IF I CAN ON THAT QUESTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE ANSWER. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT AND THE
INSTALLING. >> THE DIFFERENCES WE BID THIS OUT FOR MORE THAN JUST THIS BUT BECAUSE OF THE LEAD TIME AND THE TIME FOR INSTALLATION WE REDUCED IT BACK TO JUST THE FAUCETS
BECAUSE WE CAN GET IT IN FOR THE DEADLINE. >> WAS DOING IT?
>> RIGHT NOW NO DECISION WE ARE TRYING TO GET IT IN AS A CARES ACT PURCHASE AND IT WILL BE A
PLUMBING COMPANY OR SOME OTHER COMPANY. >> ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL
>> A DIFFERENT COUNTIES, CITIES, MANY PEOPLE CALL ME DIRECTLY. WE ARE IN PHASE THREE.
SAINT AUGUSTINE, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT IS THE OLDEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. I LOVE WALKING AROUND THE OLD FORT.
I LIKE TO COME VISIT HERE. YOU HAVE THE WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND. I HAVE THE MAYOR RIGHT HERE ON MY HAT.
THERE'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS. WE HAVE TO PUT -- PRAY FOR FLORIDA, OPEN UP THE STATE AND DO WHAT WE CAN. THE CARES ACT AS A GREAT PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TO PRAY FOR FLORIDA. THERE IS A BOARD MEETING AT 10:00 A.M.
I MAY MISS THAT ONE. WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE. UPRISINGS, IT IS SMALL.
NO ONE IS COVERING UP ANYTHING. THE REPORTERS DO NOT COVER EVERYTHING.
I HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE STATE. WHY NOT COME TO SAINT AUGUSTINE. IT IS ELECTION SEASON.
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. THAT IS A TEEN CHALLENGE. IN FLAGLER COUNTY, YOU ARE NEIGHBORS. I AM A CONCERNED CITIZEN THAT TAKES ACTION.
WHO SHOWS UP AT THESE MEETINGS. PEOPLE WANT TO COMPLAIN OR PEOPLE WHO APPRECIATE THE LEADERS THAT GET VOTED IN AND TAKE ACTION. PEOPLE CAN COMPLAIN.
BUT IF THEY DON'T DO SOMETHING. WHAT CAN WE DO TODAY. IT CAN IMPROVE TOMORROW.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> I THINK THAT COMPLETES PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM THREE.
>> I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS. >> I WILL MOVED TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020-38 AUTHORIZING THE DESIGNEE TO AWARD AND EXECUTE A PURCHASE ORDER IN THE AMOUNT OF 667,000, $564. IT IS FOR COUNTY FACILITIES IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 AND INGRID
ACCORDANCE TO THE BID NUMBERS. >> I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND?
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>> SECOND PERIOD I HAVE A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? SCENE NONE WE WILL PROCEED WITH
THE ROLL CALL VOTE. THAT IS FOR FOURTH THE YES. >> ANY OTHER BUSINESS THIS MORNING? ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT COMES BEFORE THE BOARD THIS MORNING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.