Judy Tinder
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 8
- Total speaking time
- 51:08
- Avg per meeting
- 6:24
- Segments
- 823
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Top issues during term (20)
Citizens' Bill of Rights
No direct cost identified, though limiting which services the city could privatize or abolish could constrain future budget choices.
Charter Section 19 — Advisory Boards
FY 2026-27 millage rate and budget shortfall
A proposed 12%+ millage increase over the current 4.05 rate, with $2.8 million in annual debt payments and a $405,000 deficit even at 4.35 mills.
Flock camera contract termination
Removes $80,000 from the street budget; potential offset of $12,500 in higher county IT charges for cameras.
City Clerk position structure
Mayor Lowery wants to promote an existing employee to avoid adding a whole new salary.
Loss of the only public golf course west of the bridge
Cuts to leagues yield modest net savings since registration fee revenue is lost too.
Compensation section removal (Section 22)
Removing this section gives the city manager more flexibility on pay, tied to whatever the annual budget allows.
East 37th Street Emergency Road Connection
Nothing is in the current fiscal year budget for design or construction.
Animal shelter funding
Roughly $1,000 per day to operate; the shelter budget is $373,314 in FY 2027.
Florida and Ohio Avenue corridor improvements
100% grant-funded — no cost to Lynn Haven taxpayers.
Charter amendment ballot referendum for November 2026
No direct cost to taxpayers; the pay-cycle change keeps total compensation identical.
Transparency and Public Records Requests
Could surface what was and wasn't reimbursed from past hurricane spending — real taxpayer dollars at stake.
Mill Bayou Boulevard drainage
$197,269, already budgeted.
Sanitation rate increase
Proposed rates would turn the $487,000 FY 2026 deficit into a $463,000 surplus; a $2 second-can hike adds about $62,000 in revenue.
Rules of Conduct in City Parks (Ordinance 1192R)
Minor — signage for posted park hours will be the main cost.
Form of government — commissioner/staff roles (Section 10)
None — this is about governance structure, not money.
Administrative plat approval process
Going through a full plat process for a small split can cost a landowner thousands in engineering and review fees.
James Rogers Park future
A playground alone would cost a minimum of $100,000 out of reserves the city says it doesn't have.
Stormwater assessment methodology
Stormwater fees are costing some residents hundreds of dollars a year, and a rework could shift those bills.
Minimum lot width and floodplain rules
Lot width affects home values, housing affordability, and the property tax base; Commissioner Langford leaned toward 75-foot lots for higher valuations.
Decisions during term (55)
Recorded while Tinder was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Approval of August 4, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Recommendation on FY2027 millage, CRA funding and animal control
Approval of minutes dated 08/17/26
Motion to excuse absences of James Marler and David Switzer
Approval of Minutes dated 07/29/26 and 08/19/26
Motion to reopen Section 21 for review
Table Sections 18 and 19 to next meeting
Motion to strike Section 22 from the Charter
Motion to close out Sections 20 and 23
Table Citizens Rights Guarantees discussion
Agenda additions (city clerk discussion and bidding process discussion)
Consent agenda (minutes of 08/11/26 and surplus of 2019 Ford Explorer)
Table Ordinance 1192 (parks code of conduct)
Cybersecurity Policy Manual
Resolution 2026-08-578 — 18th Street paving
12-month extension — Trane storage facility site plan development order
Change Order 1 — Jim House & Associates lift station project
Approval of consent agenda — minutes dated 08/11/26
Contract Award for Pennsylvania Ave. and East 5th St. Sidewalk project
Resolution 2026-08-580 — ballot language for charter questions 9A, 11A and 15
Voting record (80)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
Approve the Consent Agenda.
Approve removing item 12 from the agenda.
table till the new city attorney can review the changes.
Approve the proposed FY 2027 budget to include the funding for the animal shelter and the CRA at 75%
Tentative FY 2027 millage rate set at 4.35 mills (Resolution 2026-09-582)
Tentative FY 2027 budget of $54,351,471 adopted (Resolution 2026-09-583)
Approve Commissioner Peebles to participate by phone tonight.
Approve.
approve setting the millage at 4.35.
Approve with a zero percent increase and the commission to review the methodology in the first quarter of the new financial year.
approve city clerk / treasurer as the role.
approve.
Approve.
Consent agenda (items 5-10, including Flock termination and Forehand land donation)
Reason not stated in the record.
Ordinance 1191 (Rules of Procedure) tabled
Final Stormwater Assessment approved at zero percent increase (Resolution 2026-08-579)
City Clerk position structured as clerk/treasurer
She wanted a clerk reporting to the commission with the treasurer reporting to the city manager.