Boca Raton council honors outgoing Deputy Mayor Monica Mayotte

Mayor Singer opened the Boca Raton City Council’s organizational meeting on April 1 by recognizing outgoing Deputy Mayor Monica Mayotte for her “more than 15 years” of service to the city. City Manager (name not specified) praised Mayotte’s “passion for the environment and sustainability,” and the city attorney echoed those comments, calling it a pleasure to work with her.

Councilmember Nacklis read a prepared tribute, saying Mayotte consistently ‘‘recommit[ed] ourselves to working together to build a better future’’ and called her the council’s “sustainability champion.” Councilmember Wigder praised Mayotte’s long-term contributions as “an incredible net positive” to the city, and Councilmember Yvette Drucker thanked her for mentorship and partnership.

Mayotte addressed the council in her final remarks from the dais, thanking family, campaign supporters and staff. She reflected on policy highlights from her tenure, naming the city’s waste reduction ordinance and the Race to 0 initiative as among her “greenest votes,” and cited keeping sanitation services in-house as one of her proudest decisions. She also urged colleagues to be bold and to focus on sustainability, resiliency and efficiency moving forward. “Sustainability is a conviction that suggests that today's generation of industries, governments, and the people of Earth share in the responsibility to consume and preserve natural resources,” she said.

Mayor Singer presented Mayotte a plaque recognizing her service on the Green Living Task Force, the Green Living Advisory Board, and the city council, and invited members to pose for a photograph in front of the flags. The council then moved on to administer oaths of office to returning and newly elected members and to conduct routine organizational appointments.