The Surtax Appointing Authority met on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM to welcome a new general counsel, hear public comments, and appoint a new resident consumer of public transportation to the Transportation Surtax Oversight Board. After multiple rounds of voting, Raymond McElroy was selected.
It is three oh nine, Wednesday, September eighteenth. We'll call the meeting to order. Roy, if you would not mind with the roll call vote, please. No problem, thank you. I was saying. Sydney Callaway. Thank you. Dan Limble. Here. Thank you. Doctor Collin Polski. Here. Jack Silver. Here. Yep. Thank you, sir. Looking good, Philippe. Good to see you. Hey. Good to see you too. Okay, first item to discuss here on the non-action agenda is to welcome Nathaniel Clintzburg. And he's our new transportation surtax general counsel. So just welcome to the team. Maybe you could tell us a I know we've had a chance to visit personally, but with the rest of the group here, maybe you can tell us a little bit about yourself. Okay, thank you. And uh I appreciate being here with you all today. Uh again, my name's Nathaniel Clitzberg. I've been an attorney in Florida for the past 24 and a half years. I've been working for Broward County since the summer of 2018. Started out representing the uh Broward County Supervisor of Elections, so it was a very easy transition into uh government here in Broward County. Uh then representing our convention visitors bureau, parks and recreation division, uh a number of uh different agencies within the county and uh have been with the transportation surtex group since this past December. Uh and it's been I can't believe it's been almost a year at this point. Uh it's been a very eventful year, and looking forward to uh continuing to work with Gretchen Map administration, county administration and the uh Oversight Board. So thanks very much. Great, thank you. Um I know all the feedback I've received has been very positive. We're really happy to have you on the team, and uh you've got a great group here that if you need anything, don't hesitate to reach out. I appreciate it. Well, let me just weigh in for one second. I have known Nate for a number of years, both in the private side and the public side, and I just think he's outstanding, so I'll leave it at that. Okay, thank you, Jack. Uh next, we have general public participation on non-agenda items. We have two speakers that have signed up. I'm just gonna read this briefly. Public participation at the September 18th, 2024 meeting of the appointing authority is welcomed. Members of the public may address the appointing authority on any topic not on the agenda that relates to the activities of the surtax appointing authority for two minutes by pre-registering, which they've done. Uh groups of individuals groups of individuals wishing to speak on the same topic may be requested by the chair to limit the remarks to one minute each. No audio visual presentations are permitted, um, but maybe scheduled with prior approval. And uh I think that's it. So, first up, I have Raymond McElroy.