Pembroke Park mayor says manager removed accountability items; commission tables multiple mayor-sponsored items
February 21, 2026 | Town of Pembroke Park, Broward County, Florida
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Mayor Jacobs opened a Feb. 18 special revised-agenda commission meeting by saying several accountability presentations and departmental reports that had been scheduled for this meeting were removed from the agenda by the town manager.
"These have been three meetings out," Jacobs said, listing items he said were removed, including reports from building, public services, finance, IT, town clerk, police and fire departments. He said the removals delayed public discussion of accountability and called the change "detrimental to the town, to the staff, and to the public."
Town Attorney cautioned the commission that adding items at the meeting risks violating Florida's Sunshine Law and the commission should avoid considering items that were not publicly noticed. After back-and-forth about procedure and passing the gavel to permit motions, commissioners repeatedly moved to table several of the mayor's items.
The public comment period included an emotional plea from Cheryl Robinson, who criticized commissioners for infighting and urged them to work together. "You guys are the representatives of the people. The people voted you guys in," Robinson said.
Over the course of the meeting the commission voted to table items 10.3 (Little Free Libraries), 10.4 (vulnerability assessment), 10.5 (assistant town manager/administrative services), 10.6 (taxation/utilities/fire suppression), 10.7 (building department), 10.8 (ARPA funds) and 10.9 (Christmas tree) — several by roll call where Mayor Jacobs registered dissent. Commissioners and the town attorney repeatedly noted that tabling an item indefinitely means a later motion would be required to remove it from the table.
The meeting highlighted procedural friction between the mayor and other commissioners over agenda control and the proper public-notice process; several items the mayor described as accountability measures were moved to future special meetings scheduled for the coming week.
"These have been three meetings out," Jacobs said, listing items he said were removed, including reports from building, public services, finance, IT, town clerk, police and fire departments. He said the removals delayed public discussion of accountability and called the change "detrimental to the town, to the staff, and to the public."
Town Attorney cautioned the commission that adding items at the meeting risks violating Florida's Sunshine Law and the commission should avoid considering items that were not publicly noticed. After back-and-forth about procedure and passing the gavel to permit motions, commissioners repeatedly moved to table several of the mayor's items.
The public comment period included an emotional plea from Cheryl Robinson, who criticized commissioners for infighting and urged them to work together. "You guys are the representatives of the people. The people voted you guys in," Robinson said.
Over the course of the meeting the commission voted to table items 10.3 (Little Free Libraries), 10.4 (vulnerability assessment), 10.5 (assistant town manager/administrative services), 10.6 (taxation/utilities/fire suppression), 10.7 (building department), 10.8 (ARPA funds) and 10.9 (Christmas tree) — several by roll call where Mayor Jacobs registered dissent. Commissioners and the town attorney repeatedly noted that tabling an item indefinitely means a later motion would be required to remove it from the table.
The meeting highlighted procedural friction between the mayor and other commissioners over agenda control and the proper public-notice process; several items the mayor described as accountability measures were moved to future special meetings scheduled for the coming week.
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