A must view. The video is just under 30 minutes.
Thank you Vice Mayor Merwitzer for attempting to bring back transparency and accountability to the Village of Palmetto Bay.
Some highlights (or lowlights depending upon your view):
$6,000.00 has been spent due to a council member's rampage. The $6K confirms the opinion of the Village Attorney.
Tanglewood property - a majority of the Village Council has restored transparency and accountability. It was disclosed how the county was managing surplus land - in this case - the FPL Easement Land at SW 77th Avenue and approx. 140 Street. Over $132,000 of village tax dollars were spent on lobbying for this property (against the residents/surrounding landowners). It is the Vice Mayor's opinion that (go to the 9:00 minute mark of the video) the procurement code was bypassed. "monitoring opposition activities" were raised as part of the takes assigned the lobbying firm. Furthermore - an unknown person or organization paid for a "push poll" - incorrectly insinuating that the land was to be sold for private developers. The surrounding residents are NOT private developers.
The Vice Mayor is committed to bringing back the Neighborhood Protection Committee. I briefly served on this committee until I was removed. The entire committee was eventually shut down. This was unfortunate.
Transparency alert! - Check out 17:00 of the video. A journalist notified Vice Mayor Merwitzer that Palmetto Bay was the only municipality not to share wage and benefit information for elected officials - apparently the Village Mayor and Council Members have allowed themselves to receive a "car allowance" of $400 per month. Does anyone here recall this ever being disclosed publicly; including approving such a major perk during the budget process?
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