The Fabulously FAB and the EUAB meets tomorrow at Lake Worth City Hall.

Please Note: Tomorrow is a meeting of the Electric Utility Advisory Board (EUAB) at 6:00 in the City Hall conference room (see agenda below). Part of this meeting will include a “Closed Discussion” meaning not open to the public.

And last night at Lake Worth City Hall was a Budget Work Session and it started off with a presentation from the Finance Advisory Board (FAB) where “100% of our recommendations were reached unanimously”. Because everything was fabulously unanimous this will of course provide the ‘logic’ for everyone who thinks this board is just another rubber-stamp.

But more about this Budget Work Session later on in the week. Here is a Tweet from last night. . .

News from @LakeWorthPBC at Budget Work Session tonight. Water rate increase 3%/year for ten years to meet reserve target.#LakeWorth is "planning to plan". Maybe water rates will rise. Maybe they won't.

This is what is sometimes called "sausage making". Stay tuned, as they say. pic.twitter.com/9a9sWZrQaa

— Wes Blackman (@WesBlackman) August 28, 2018

The Final Budget Hearing at the City Commission will be held on September 25th.

Not in attendance last evening were Vice Mayor Andy Amoroso and Commissioner Scott Maxwell. Mayor Pam Triolo officiated the meeting and in attendance were District 2 Commissioner Omari Hardy and District 4 Commissioner Herman C. Robinson.

“Finance Advisory Board:
FY2019 Recommendations”

Would you like to help “Make Recommendation” and volunteer for a City board? Find out how by clicking on this link or contact the City’s volunteer coordinator by email: obrown@lakeworth.org

The video from last night’s Budget Work Session, the presentation by Finance Dir. Bruce Miller and a representative from Stantec:





Now about the EUAB. This volunteer board advises the City Commission,


[O]n the establishment of fair and equitable policies, plans and programs that are consistent with customer needs, legal mandates, public policy, operational requirements and the long-term financial stability and viability of the electric utilities.


The liaison to the EUAB is Electric Utility Dir. Ed Liberty.

The agenda tomorrow at City Hall:

• Roll Call.
• Pledge of Allegiance.
• Agenda: Additions/deletions/reordering.
• Presentations (no public comment on presentation items).
• Public participation of non-agendaed items (three-minute limit).
• Approval of minutes.
• Unfinished business.
• New business: A) Electric Utility Purchase Power Contract — Closed discussion, not open to public. B) Open discussion.
• Board comments.
• Board liaison reports and comments.
• Adjournment.

Note: One or more members of the City Commission or any member of another volunteer advisory board may attend and speak but note the “Closed Discussion” cited above is the exception on the EUAB agenda tomorrow night.