Recommendations, and theyre in the process of doing them. Thats correct. We had informal discussions as well as the formal letter responding to our recommendations. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I want to thank our two witnesses. Lord knows where we would be if we didnt have gao and Inspector Generals. The alarming malfeasance and incompetence of the rollout of this plan is just stunning. And here we are, you know, we cant just simply brush it off and say, well, this was a bad start, but everythings going great now. The cost to the taxpayer probably well never know. But thank goodness that we have your organizations providing us information and spurring on a seemingly bureaucratic nightmare that exists within the federal government in terms of handling these kinds of programs. Anybody in the private sector that had done this would have been bankrupt. Investors would have lost all their money. Its just stunning to continue to observe what it takes to get these agenci
Also as we are taking a look at Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, tamarack, sun vice getting soaked right now as we led further southwest, miami lakes also getting drenched, sweet water, west miami, coral gables, palmetto bay, cutler bay, you get it, we are dealing with a very wet start to your commute. Mid to upper 70s there, winds anywhere from 14 to 21 Miles Per Hour sustained. 29 to 32 Miles Per Hour throughout the day today unsettled, strong to severe storms possible with highs in the upper 70s, even through the evening hours and tonight an even better chance of storms into tomorrow. More on that in my complete forecast. A check of your traffic right now with vanessa. Reporter luckily right now all that rain is not affecting your drive just yet but i can assure you it eventually will. This is i95 southbound, so a lot of commuters out there, luckily no crashes just yet. So lets talk about drive times this morning. On the turnpike 874 up to 836, 9 minutes there that commute will take
And the keys, this is south floridas cbs 4 news this morning. Well, hello there. It is 6 a. M. Saturday, jan 30th. Thank you so much for making us a part of your morning. I have to say i hope you join me in this, i am so happy its the weekend. We had a crazy weather week, and this morning, it is so nice out there. Its cool. Im loving it. Michael smith is joining us now with a look at our weekend forecast. Michael, good morning. Good morning chl uts turtle neck time, everyone. Get them out. Get the boots out. Its cold. Broward, live look outside right now. A few clouds overhead. However, temperatures down to the lower 50s. Normal low is 61 so 52 right now. Fort lauderdale 55. Good morning to you, miami. 61 key west. I want to show you our neighborhood net work. Check out parkland. 48 with a northwest wind fairly light at 3 miles an hour. And quiet, thank goodness. High clouds coming in on that subtropical jet stream. Forecast for today, some clouds, cold to start, comfortable afternoon
And if any project that we should do this and it is a lot of money, but i think that it is money that would be well spent for the community and we will see that, you know, it takes time simply, and that is the frustrating thing about it. But when it does get done. But also to your question, the whole process of these violations that are outstanding, beefing up our Code Enforcement division is helpful because it provides more staff to actually look into these things. And i think that if you look at the budget they have suggested adding people there. Okay. I think that that will help a lot. Because you know, when you take people away from permitting and inspecting it effects those divisions and so focusing really specifically on code endivorcement is really the way to widle down these outstanding violations. In the current year there were two building inspectors added effective january first. They think that we could not fill them until january and that is correct. And we. And the board
Assessment against their property tax so that they cant and that is if you are already broke, there are, you know, if you are already in bankruptcy, it is difficult to get any more. They can also result in being referred to the City Attorneys office. Sometimes is that after several years, brings in funding and that essentially offsets the City Attorneys work to get to that. I dont think that it is a money maker or set up to be that way. But, it is, you know, part of of our mission, and based on your concern and the board of supervisors concern we are trying to putoer resources into that. Okay, thank you. Thank you, Deputy Director. Commissioner lee . Yes. I have a question on the over all budget plan. And workforce. I was wondering if the budget takes into account any additional employees that are needed when they are mandatory retrofit Program Starts and if it does not, i am wondering what we are going to do, do we need more employees when that happens. The commissioner, we already in