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October 7, 2025 ·4:00 PM Revised

Ocala City Hall 110 SE Watula Avenue Second Floor - Council Chambers Ocala, Florida https://www.ocalafl.gov/meetings

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Agenda — 86 items

  1. 1 Revised: Added 4g.
  2. 1. Call to Order
  3. 2. Roll Call ▶ jump to 1:25
  4. 3 Municipal Officers/Others Present: The meeting was also attended by City Manager Peter Lee, City Attorney William Sexton, Assistant City Manager Ken Whitehead, City Clerk Angel Jacobs, Deputy City Clerk Pamela Omichinski, Fire Chief Clint Welborn, Police Chief Michael Balken, Internal Auditor Randall Bridgeman, Assistant Finance Director Peter Brill, Director of Airport Matthew Grow, Planning Director Aubrey Hale, Budget Director Tammi Haslam, Community Development Services Director James Haynes, Director of Parks & Recreation Julie Johnson, City Engineer & Director of Water Resources Sean Lanier, Chief Financial Officer Janice Mitchell, Director of Public Works Darren Park, Director of Electric Utility Doug Peebles, Director of Ocala Fiber Network Mel Poole, IT Director Christopher Ramos, Strategic & Legislative Affairs Administrator Jeannine Robbins, Procurement & Contracting Officer Daphne Robinson, Growth Management Director Jeff Shrum, HR/Risk Management Director Todd Swanson, Chief of Staff Chris Watt, Ocala Police Dept Representative, IT Representative, The Press and other interested parties.
  5. 2a. New Employees ▶ jump to 1:43
  6. 3. Public Notice
  7. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  8. - Public Notice for the October 7, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on September 4, 2025
  9. 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Lifesaving Award to Shady Hill Elementary School teachers Ms. Frances Lopez, Ms. Esther Rodriguez, and Health Clinic Assistant Miraki Johnson 2025-2107 ▶ jump to 3:26
  10. 4b. Presentation of the National Arts and Humanities Month Proclamation to Jaye Baillie, Executive Director for the Marion Cultural Alliance at Brick City Center for the Arts 2025-2106 ▶ jump to 5:50
  11. 4c. Presentation of the Community Planning Month Proclamation to Aubrey Hale, Planning Director and Planning Staff 2025-2142 ▶ jump to 10:53
  12. 4d. Presentation of the Fire Prevention Week Proclamation to Ocala Fire Chief Clint Welborn 2025-2103 ▶ jump to 14:35
  13. 4e. Presentation of the Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk Proclamation to Annie Marie Delgado, Founder and President of Conservative Watch USA 2025-2152 ▶ jump to 18:09
  14. 4f. Presentation of a Commendation for the Blue Seal of Excellence Recognition by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence Award to John King, Director of Facilities and Fleet Maintenance Department 2025-2023 ▶ jump to 23:57
  15. 4g. Presentation of the Public Power Week Proclamation to Director of Ocala Electric Utility, Doug Peebles 2026-0051 ▶ jump to 30:10
  16. 5. Presentations
  17. 5a. Marion County Children’s Alliance, Look Up - Put the Phone Down Campaign - by Beth McCall 2025-2091 ▶ jump to 34:20
  18. 16 page break
  19. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 43:42
  20. 6a. Task Work Order No. 2 with Tillman & Associates Engineering, LLC, for the provision of engineering services related to Lift Station No. 132 Force Main Upgrade in the amount of $64,165 2025-1950 Approved Pass
  21. 6b. Task Work Order No. 3 with Tillman & Associates Engineering, LLC, for the provision of engineering services related to Lift Station No. 87 Force Main Upgrade in the amount of $69,050 2025-1951 Approved Pass
  22. 6c. Task Work Order No. 4 with Tillman & Associates Engineering, LLC. for the provision of professional engineering services for the design of a permanent pump station for Drainage Retention Area 222 in the amount of $69,920 and increase the aggregate expenditure threshold by $75,000 2025-2093 Approved Pass
  23. 6d. Task Work Order No. 5 with Tillman & Associates Engineering, LLC, for the provision of Professional Engineering Services for the design of a permanent pump station for Fisher Park Drainage Retention Area in the amount of $69,920 and increase the aggregate expenditure threshold by $75,000 2025-2104 Approved Pass
  24. 6e. Gas Service Agreement with TECO Peoples Gas System, Inc. for natural gas services for Lift Station No. 125 in an amount not to exceed $84,107 2025-2126 Approved Pass
  25. 6f. Maricamp Marketplace Developer’s Agreement 2025-2057 Approved Pass
  26. 6g. Perpetual Storm Sewer and Access Easement to the Florida Department of Transportation 2025-2097 Approved Pass
  27. 6h. Resolution 2026-1 for a Perpetual Storm Sewer and Access Easement to the Florida Department of Transportation RES-2026-1 Adopted Pass
  28. 6i. Re-appointment of John Dozier to the Firefighters’ Retirement System Board of Trustees to a new two-year term ending October 4, 2027 2025-2144 Approved Pass
  29. 6j. City Council meeting minutes 2026-0001 Approved Pass
  30. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  31. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  32. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  33. 9a. Ordinance 2025-41, amending Sec. 54-31 and 54-121, Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida, providing for maximum accumulation of waste and modifying the rate for multi-family units with roll-off compactors 2026-0002 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 47:35
  34. 10. General Business
  35. 10a. Agreement with General Underground, LLC, for the provision of construction services related to the SE 22nd Avenue Force Main Reroute Project for $963,700, plus a 10 percent contingency, for a total expenditure of $1,060,070 2025-2018 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 49:07
  36. 10b. Agreement with Marion Rock, LLC, for the provision of construction services related to the Lift Station No. 127 Force Main Reroute Phase 1 project in the amount of $825,550 2025-2046 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 50:00
  37. 10c. Amendment No. 5 to the Professional Design Services Agreement for Water Treatment Plant No. 2 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. 2025-2101 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 51:21
  38. 10d. Grant Agreement with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Retrofit Installation of Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at the Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond in the amount of $271,500 2025-1933 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 52:32
  39. 10e. Budget Resolution 2026-100 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to appropriate funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for Retrofit Installation of Nutrient Removing Filtration SystemTM using Bold & Gold®TM Media at the Heritage Nature Conservancy Pond in the amount of $271,500 BR-2026-100 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 53:13
  40. 10f. Purchase of 15 bus shelters from Tolar Manufacturing Company in the amount of $227,065 2025-1927 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 56:11
  41. 10g. Resolution 2026-2 to accept a Public Transit Grant Agreement between the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Ocala for operational funding for the Ocala/Marion County Public Transit System, SunTran, in the amount of $796,934 RES-2026-2 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 57:16
  42. 10h. Budget Resolution 2026-101 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate $796,934 in Public Transportation Grant Agreement funds from the Florida Department of Transportation and $808,934 in local matching funds to support the Ocala/Marion County Public Transit System, SunTran, for a total amount of $1,605,868 BR-2026-101 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 58:26
  43. 10i. Budget Resolution 2026-102 to amend the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate funds to support expenditures incurred as a result of Hurricane Helene in the amount of $139,672 BR-2026-102 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 59:18
  44. 10j. Budget Resolution 2026-103 to amend the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate funds to support expenditures incurred as a result of Hurricane Milton in the amount of $1,486,524 BR-2026-103 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 60:03
  45. 10k. One-year renewal agreement with Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc. for utility outage reporting, outage management and interactive voice response system in the estimated amount of $107,100 2025-2025 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 61:42
  46. 10l. Multi-award contract for emergency oil spill response cleanup to Alpha Omega Training and Compliance, Inc., Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc., and ETC Services, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $150,000 2025-1967 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 63:02
  47. 10m. Five-year contract with Granicus for the redesign, implementation, and hosting of city websites with an estimated total cost of $549,040 2025-1872 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 65:09
  48. 10n. Purchase of citywide information technology equipment in the estimated amount of $492,200 2025-2034 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 66:19
  49. 10o. Utilization of Sourcewell cooperative purchasing agreement with National Auto Fleet Group for the purchase of four replacement vehicles for the Ocala Police Department in the amount of $250,564 2025-2045 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 67:33
  50. 10p. Marion County Standard Professional Services Emergency Solutions Grant Agreement for Fiscal Year 2025-26 in the amount of $99,437.50 2025-2050 Pulled
  51. 10q. Budget Resolution 2026-104 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate Emergency Solutions Grant program funding from Marion County for outreach services in the amount of $100,000 BR-2026-104 Pulled
  52. 10r. Utilization of piggyback contract awarded to Big D Roofing Services, Inc. for the provision of roofing trade contract services for an aggregate expenditure of $500,000 2025-2055 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 68:55
  53. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  54. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 69:41
  55. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 71:42
  56. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 77:40
  57. - CEP new President Matt McCormick
  58. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 79:49
  59. - Solid Waste Rate Study Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 12:00 pm, in Council Chambers
  60. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 79:54
  61. - State of The City presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2025, at 7:30 am, at the Reilly Center
  62. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
  63. - 2024-2025 Strategic Initiatives Milestones update
  64. 17a. Fully Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2025-2036
  65. 17b. Power Cost Adjustment Report - August 2025 2025-2053
  66. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  67. 17c. Monthly budget to actual report and Capital Improvement Project status report as of August 31, 2025 2025-2096
  68. - Department Highlights
  69. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 110:59
  70. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 112:16
  71. - Unit Responses
  72. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 114:58
  73. - Service calls update
  74. - Department Highlights
  75. - James Cook, P.O. Box 507, Wildwood, FL, presented the Rail to Trail project proposal
  76. - Reverend Jerome Gamble, 1205 NW 4th Street, Ocala, FL, spoke in opposition of the Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk Proclamation
  77. - Reverend Reginald Willis Sr., Resident, spoke in opposition of the Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk Proclamation
  78. - Reverend Martin Smith, 3035 Hwy 329, Reddick, FL, spoke in opposition of the Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk Proclamation
  79. - Jason Tolbert, Resident, commented on the Dignity House organization
  80. - Michael McAdams, 188 SE 61st Court, Ocala, FL, spoke in support of the Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk Proclamation
  81. - Mayor Marciano recognized School Board Member Lori Conrad for attending tonight's meeting
  82. - Mayor Marciano introduced Police Chaplain Joe Hassler
  83. - Council Member Bethea expressed concern regarding the proclamation presented to honor the legacy of Charlie Kirk
  84. 83 Adjourned at 5:55 pm
  85. 84 Minutes
  86. 85 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk