City Council
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Agenda — 66 items
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- 3. Public Notice
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- 4 Public Notice for the November 18, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on October 7, 2025
- 5 Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Matt Wilkerson
- 4b. Presentation of the Annual Red Kettle Campaign Proclamation to Salvation Army Majors Jason and Melissa Smith
- 5. Presentations
- 5a. Update from Ocala Mainstreet
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. One-year agreement with North Florida Container & Truck Repair, LLC, for dumpster painting and repair services in an amount not to exceed $72,703
- 6b. Two-year agreement with Solo Cats Services, LLC, for grounds maintenance services on rights-of-way and medians along State Road 40 East with an expenditure of $52,752
- 6c. Heath Preserve Phase 3 Amendment to Developer’s Agreement
- 6d. Utilization of grant funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and a TIPS Cooperative Agreement for the purchase of two drones from Skydio, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $49,877
- 6e. Budget Resolution 2026-113 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the purchase of two drones in the amount of $49,877
- 6f. Workers’ compensation settlement in the matter of Patricia Mraz versus the City of Ocala, Florida, with a proposed settlement amount of $96,250
- 6g. November 4, 2025 City Council meeting minutes
- 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
- 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
- 8a. Ordinance 2026-1 to amend the code of ordinances for permitted uses in the M-1, Light Industrial, zoning district to include churches/places of worship located on major and minor arterial roadways subject to supplemental regulations (COD25-0003)
- 8b. Ordinance 2026-2 to change the future land use designation on approximately 10.36 acres (Parcel 21454-000-00) located at 2500 NW 31st Avenue from Medium Intensity/Special District to Employment Center (Case LUC25-0005) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 8c. Ordinance 2026-3 to rezone approximately 10.36 acres (Parcel 21454-000-00) located at 2500 NW 31st Avenue from R-1, Single-Family Residential and R-2, Two-Family Residential to M-1, Light Industrial (Case ZON25-0012) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
- 9a. The sale of beer, wine and liquor for off-premises consumption for Virwa, Inc., doing business as, Spot on Liquors located at 1500 W Silver Springs Blvd Unit 1 (Parcel 28520-000-00)(Quasi-Judicial)
- 10. General Business
- 10a. Cooperative purchasing agreement to Geograph Technologies, LLC, for the acquisition of CrescentLink fiber network design software and related services with an aggregate expenditure of $106,200
- 10b. One-year renewal of contract with SHI for Palo Alto Firewall hardware and software with an estimated expenditure amount of $166,655
- 10c. One-year renewal of the contract with PCN-Strategies for Getac in-car video and body camera computer aided hardware and software with an estimated expenditure amount of $229,280
- 10d. Reallocation of over-collected Power Cost Adjustment funds to mitigate the impact of un-anticipated increase in the bulk power cost expenditures incurred during Fiscal Year 2025, in the amount of $3,701,630
- 10e. Budget Resolution 2026-114 to amend the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to offset unanticipated bulk power expense by transferring the power cost adjustment over-collection to the Electric Utility Reserve in the amount of $3,701,630
- 10f. Piggyback agreement with USSI, LLC for inflow abatement and related services with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $190,000
- 10g. Third amendment to the Agreement for Legal Services with Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A., extending the contract for an additional three year term in an amount not to exceed $150,000
- 10h. Renewal of five-year Lytx DriveCam hardware lease and product subscription in an amount not to exceed $1,010,160
- 10i. Interlocal Agreement for the Collection and Expenditure of Impact Fees (Emergency Medical Services)
- 11. Internal Auditor's Report
- 12. City Manager's Report
- 13. Ocala Police Department Report
- 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report
- - Fort King Tennis Center audit request
- 15. City Attorney's Report
- 16. Public Comments
- - Road Improvements at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 32nd Street
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- - Fire suppression system benchmark
- 17a. Fully Executed Contracts Under $50,000
- - Light Up schedule
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- - Road Improvements at the intersection of 5th Street and South Magnolia
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- 20. Adjournment
- - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
- - Department Highlights
- - Unit Responses
- - Service calls update
- - Department Highlights
- - Leda Perez, 3200 SE 17th Avenue, requested permission to display yard signs in the City Limits to promote the YMCA's 30th Anniversary Annual Turkey Trot
- - Jason Tolbert, 201 NE 37th Court, Ocala, FL, expressed concern regarding the Methadone Clinic's business operations and requested OPD utilize non-biting drug dogs
- - FL Brown, 706 SW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Ocala, FL, requested the City reconnect the light pole at the subject property
- - Legislation and regulation of Kratom
- - Council Member Mansfield commented on the regulation of fiber optic companies in the City
- - Council Member Hilty invited City Council to attend the Salvation Army's event on Monday. December 1, 2025
- - Council President Dreyer requested City staff address the golf carts located on the north side of State Road 40
- - Council Member Bethea requested City staff consider expanding golf cart zones west of State Road 441
- 65 Adjourned at 6:25 pm
- 66 Minutes
- 67 _______________________________ ________________________________ Ire J. Bethea Sr. Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk