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September 16, 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 — 78 items

  1. 1 Revised: Item 10a & 10b
  2. 1. Call to Order ▶ jump to 1:04
  3. 2. Roll Call ▶ jump to 1:29
  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, 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, HR/Risk Management Director Todd Swanson, 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, Chief of Staff Chris Watt, Ocala Police Dept Representative, IT Representative, The Press and other interested parties.
  5. 2a. New Employees ▶ jump to 1:29
  6. 3. Public Notice ▶ jump to 1:30
  7. 4. Proclamations and Awards ▶ jump to 2:46
  8. - Public Notice for the September 16, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on August 20, 2025
  9. 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Michael Hoffmann 2025-2049 ▶ jump to 2:47
  10. 4b. Presentation of the Give4Marion Day Proclamation to Ocala/Marion County Community Foundation President and Executive Director, Lauren DeIorio 2025-1846 ▶ jump to 5:34
  11. 4c. Presentation of the Constitution Week Proclamation to the Daughters of the American Revolution Regent, Rochelle Gerofsky 2025-1922 ▶ jump to 14:11
  12. 4d. Presentation of the Central Florida Community Action Agency Day Proclamation to CFCAA Board Member Dr. Gwendolyn B. Dawson 2025-1942 ▶ jump to 19:00
  13. 4e. Presentation of the Osceola Middle School Centennial Celebration Proclamation to Osceola Middle School Principal Renee Johnson 2025-1957 ▶ jump to 22:23
  14. 4f. Service Award – Sergeant Michael Diesso – Ocala Police Department - 25 Years of Service 2025-2009 Pulled Pass ▶ jump to 25:16
  15. 4g. Service Award – Captain Anthony Vizzini – 25 Years of Service 2025-2026 ▶ jump to 25:30
  16. 5. Presentations ▶ jump to 28:38
  17. 5a. Public Information Officer, Gregory Davis – Communications Update 2025-1943 ▶ jump to 28:45
  18. 5b. CEP annual presentation by Tamara Fleischhaker and Heather Shubirg 2025-1965 ▶ jump to 32:33
  19. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 44:42
  20. 6a. Five-year Pole Attachment Agreement between the City of Ocala and Wire 3, LLC, outlining the terms for attaching telecommunications equipment to City-owned utility poles 2025-1958
  21. 6b. Second amendment to the Agreement for Management of the Fort King Tennis Center to incorporate a management services fee in an amount not to exceed $98,800 2025-2002 Tabled Pass ▶ jump to 45:00
  22. 6c. Assignment of an airport hangar ground lease from Townley Engineering and Manufacturing to Tem2025Holdings, Inc. 2025-2016 Approved Pass
  23. 6d. Renewal of the annual maintenance and support contract of VMWare for the Ocala Police Department in the amount of $86,303 2025-1999 Approved Pass
  24. 6b. See Item 7
  25. 6e. Minutes from September 3, 2025 meeting 2025-2047 Approved Pass
  26. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  27. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  28. 8a. 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 ORD-2025-41 Introduced ▶ jump to 60:40
  29. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances ▶ jump to 60:42
  30. 9a. Permit for the sale of beer and wine for on-premises consumption for Genki Izakaya, LLC., doing business as Koto Hibachi Express Sushi and Bubble Tea, located at 3811 SW College Road (Parcel 2388-002-00)(Quasi-Judicial) 2025-1866 Approved Fail ▶ jump to 61:18
  31. 9b. Sale of beer, wine and liquor for on-premises consumption for Shelijen, LLC, doing business as, Staybridge Suites Ocala located at 4627 NW Blitchton Rd (Parcel 21509-001-02)(Quasi-Judicial) 2025-2031 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 62:50
  32. 9c. Resolution 2025-182 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 millage rates for the Downtown Development Districts at the current rates of 1.7185 (District A), 1.6332 (District B), and 1.4699 (District C) BR-2025-182 ▶ jump to 63:45
  33. 9d. Budget Resolution 2025-183 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget for the Downtown Development fund in the amount of $695,065 BR-2025-183 Adopted Pass
  34. 9e. Resolution 2025-184 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 millage rate for the City of Ocala at the current rate of 6.6177 BR-2025-184 Adopted Pass
  35. 9f. Budget Resolution 2025-185 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget for the City of Ocala in the amount of $1,152,885,830 BR-2025-185 Adopted Pass
  36. 10. General Business ▶ jump to 73:02
  37. 9c. Resolution 2025-182 to adopt the Fiscal Year 2025-26 millage rates for the Downtown Development Districts at the current rates of 1.7185 (District A), 1.6332 (District B), and 1.4699 (District C) BR-2025-182 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 65:19
  38. 10a. Additional expenditures under the existing agreement with GFL Solid Waste Southeast LLC for solid waste disposal services in the amount of $1,719,574 for an estimated contract total of $19,368,574 2025-2029 Approved Pass
  39. 10b. Award of a five-year contract to GFL Solid Waste Southeast, LLC, for the provision of solid waste disposal services with an approximate total expenditure of $19,412,250 2025-1741 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 74:02
  40. 10c. Seventh amendment to the agreement with Waste Pro of Florida, Inc. for single-stream curbside recycling with a yearly expenditure of $1,684,065 2025-1973 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 74:44
  41. 10d. Three-year contract award to Shellard Lighting Design, LLC, for holiday lighting and décor services in an aggregate amount not to exceed $508,023 2025-1935 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 75:48
  42. 10e. Expenditures for a contract with CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies for bandwidth/metropolitan area network circuits in the amount of $298,296 2025-1961 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 78:24
  43. 10f. Resolution 2025-41 to accept a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement grant for the rehabilitation of the general aviation terminal apron in the amount of $2,664,891 RES-2025-41 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 79:41
  44. 10g. Resolution 2025-42 to accept a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement grant to extend the runway safety area (Runway 36) in the amount of $225,850 RES-2025-42 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 81:42
  45. 10h. One year renewal with Read’s Uniforms, LLC, to provide fire rescue uniforms for an annual estimated expenditure of $138,000 2025-1962 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 83:01
  46. 10i. Collective bargaining agreements with the Police Officer Bargaining Unit and the Lieutenants and Sergeants Bargaining Unit of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #129 for the period of October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2028 2025-2024 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 84:06
  47. 11. Internal Auditor's Report ▶ jump to 85:26
  48. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 85:28
  49. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 89:43
  50. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 94:35
  51. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 99:49
  52. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 100:00
  53. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items ▶ jump to 110:23
  54. - Staff legislative priorities review
  55. 17a. Fully Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2025-1949
  56. - O-Line Trolley update
  57. 17b. Flood Insurance Assessment Report 2025-2005
  58. - City staff recognition
  59. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 110:24
  60. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 112:33
  61. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  62. 20. Adjournment
  63. - Department Highlights
  64. - Unit Responses
  65. - Service calls update
  66. - Department Highlights
  67. - Request for Quit Claim Deed Approved Pass
  68. - Jason Tolbert, Resident, commented on homeless challenges
  69. - Lindsey Turner, Resident, concerns of homeless issues
  70. - Ride-along with Code Enforcement
  71. - Comments on Downtown Autumn decorations
  72. - Workout with the Mayor event
  73. - 9/11 Memorial request
  74. - Council Member Musleh thanked the public for supporting his reelection
  75. - Council President Dreyer encouraged the public to go vote
  76. 76 Adjourned at 5:53 pm
  77. 77 Minutes
  78. 78 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk