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Special Needs Advisory Board moves several budget items: polos, graduation catering, Super Con toys and pickleball sponsorship
Summary
At its June 4 meeting the Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board added a pickleball sponsorship to the agenda, approved sending the 2025–26 budget report to council, and adopted multiple spending motions including $800 for a graduation event, $200 for Super Con sensory toys and up to $200 for polos for new members.
The Miami Lakes Special Needs Advisory Board on June 4 amended its agenda to add a GG’s Playhouse pickleball sponsorship, approved its annual report and 2025–26 budget submission to council, and approved a series of budget allocations for upcoming programs and events.
Board members voted to add a pickleball tournament sponsorship with GG’s Playhouse to the agenda and later approved motions to allocate funds for specific events and supplies. The board approved up to $800 from social and recreation funds for a graduation event (food and decorations) and $200 for sensory toys to hand out at an upcoming Hope for Autism Super Con table. The board also authorized up to $200 to order three board polos for new members.
The board discussed the budget report, the town’s submission deadlines and the attendance tracking sheet required by council. Members were reminded that the budget submission window referenced in the meeting is July 3 and that the board will report to council on July 15. Members asked staff to keep attendance records up to date and to include excused/unexcused codes on the attendance sheet.
Several of the motions were passed by voice vote; the transcript records approvals but does not list roll‑call tallies for each vote. Board members also discussed parent‑focused events, including a proposed parents’ night out, and agreed to return with pricing and venue suggestions at the next meeting.
Separately, a board member reported outreach to community nonprofit partners, including the DeMoya Foundation, as a potential source of employment opportunities for people with unique abilities; the board agreed to continue those partnership discussions and to separate the DeMoya meet‑and‑greet from other partnership items in its written report.
All formal approvals recorded at the meeting were motions made and seconded and passed by the board; the transcript does not attribute specific movers and seconders in most cases.
