The Miramar City Commission held a regular meeting on October 15, 2025, at 7:00 PM (delayed due to an executive session) in the Commission Chambers at 2300 Civic Center Place. The agenda included check presentations to four nonprofits, two proclamations, a police department progress report, consent agenda items, resolutions for capital projects, and an amended employment agreement for the City Manager. All votes were unanimous unless noted.
Chief Delrish Moss presented a periodic update:
Items 1, 4, 5, and 6 were approved unanimously by a single motion (Commissioner Chambers, Cherasard, Vice Mayor Colbourne, Edwards, and Mayor Messam all voting yes). Items 2 and 3 were pulled for separate discussion.
No members of the public signed up to speak or spoke during the public participation period (7:30–8:00 PM). No comments were submitted virtually.
Good evening. Pardon the late start to tonight's meeting. We had an executive session that ran long. The meeting of the Mirmar City Commission is now called to order. An opportunity was given to the public to register to participate or email the city clerk twenty-four hours prior to the commission meeting with any questions, comments, concerns on items.gov slash commission meeting and televised on Comcast Channel Seventy Eight and ATT U versus Channel Ninety Nine for all City of Mirmars subscribers. As of October 15th, 2025, at four thirty PM, no member from the public has registered to participate virtually in this meeting. Please be sure to mention your name and address for the record prior to addressing the commission. All comments submitted will be included as part of the record for this meeting and will be considered by the city commission prior to any action being taken. At this time, Madam Clerk, please call the roll. Mayor Massum. Here. Commissioner Chambers. Here. Commissioner Sherizard. Present. Vice Mayor Colburn. Here. Commissioner Edwards. Here. City Manager Dr. Virgin. Here. City Attorney Gary. Here. City Attorney Powell. Here. Let us all rise for the Pledge of Allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. On to presentations. At this time, I invite to the podium, Chief of Staff Cassandra Carrallo Lindsay to start her presentation. Good evening, honorable mayor, Vice Mayor, Commissioner, City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk. My name is Cassandra Carvalho Lindsay, and I am the Chief of Staff in the Office of the City Manager. Now at the July 9th Commission meeting, the city commission approved the expenditure of $20,000 of the city's 70th sponsorship funds to support four nonprofit organizations. The American Cancer Society, the Rotary Club of Miramar Pines, the QANIS Club of East Pines Miramar, and Christmas in July, each receiving five thousand dollars. Now a representative from each organization is here this evening to accept the check presentations from the elected officials as follows. Mayor Messon will be presenting the check to the QA's Club of East Pines Miramar. Vice Mayor Yvette Colburn will be presenting the check to the Rotary Club of Miramar Pines. Commissioner Maxwell B. Chambers and Commissioner Carson Eddie Edwards will be presenting the check to the American Cancer Society, and Commissioner Averish Charizard will be presenting the check to the to Christmas in July. So at this time I'd like to turn it over to you, Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor and Commissioners. Thank you. I invite the commission members all to the front of the dais to make our respective contributions. At this time, I invite the Kawanis Club of East Pines, Mirmar to the dais. If all the members present will come up to the dais. Yeah, you're good right there. Three, two, one. And if you could angle the check, like angle it from the top out a little bit. Yeah, to try and get a little less reflection, we'll see. All right, thank you all very much.