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April 1, 2025 ·4:00 PM Final

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

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Agenda — 66 items

  1. 1. Call to Order
  2. 2. Roll Call ▶ jump to 1:01
  3. 2a. New Employees ▶ jump to 1:35
  4. - 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, Finance Director Peter Brill, City Projects Director Tye Chighizola, Drake, Multimedia & Communications Coordinator Danielle Dyals, 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 Devan Kikendall, 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. 3. Public Notice ▶ jump to 2:08
  6. 4. Proclamations and Awards ▶ jump to 2:44
  7. 4a. Presentation of the Water Conservation Month Proclamation to Ocala Water Resources Assistant Director Rusella Bowes-Johnson, Government Affairs Regional Manager, Southwest Florida Water Management District Carrieann Adkins, and to Intergovernmental Coordinator, St. Johns River Water Management District William White 2025-0717 ▶ jump to 2:50
  8. - Public Notice for the April 1, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on March 14, 2025
  9. 4b. Presentation of the Fair Housing Month Proclamation to James Haynes, Director of Community Development Services and staff, Community Legal Services, Marion County Community Services, Ocala Housing Authority, Habitat for Humanity of Marion County, Housing Finance Authority of Marion County, Ocala/Marion Association of Realtors, and City of Ocala’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee 2025-0984 ▶ jump to 6:36
  10. 5. Presentations
  11. 5a. The Annual Marion Cultural Alliance (MCA) presentation by Jaye Baillie, Executive Director of the MCA at Brick City Center for the Arts 2025-0741 ▶ jump to 10:44
  12. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 23:21
  13. 6a. Approve Task Work Order No. 1 under the City’s continuing professional engineering services agreement with McKim & Creed, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the Collection System Action Plan and Power Outage Contingency Plan in the amount of $57,570 2025-0771 Approved Pass
  14. 6b. Approve Florida Department of Environmental Protection Petroleum Cleanup Participation Program Agreement for Art Park and West Lake Tuscawilla with a City copayment of $25,000 2025-0980 Approved Pass
  15. 6c. Approve the purchase of a retractable file system for the Ocala Police Department’s Records Division utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of $69,995 2025-0847 Approved Pass
  16. 6d. Approve the purchase of a 200kW generator from Cummins, Inc. utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of $67,515 2025-0880 Approved Pass
  17. 6e. Approve award of contracts to Stejack Construction, LLC, and Central Florida Equity Builders, LLC, for residential rehabilitation services for the Brown residence located on NW 11th Avenue with a total project cost not to exceed $54,385 2025-0912 Approved Pass
  18. 6f. Approve one-year contract renewal of the agreement with Cellebrite, Inc., for forensic software with an estimated expenditure of $86,380 2025-0914 Approved Pass
  19. 6g. Approve an electric easement to Duke Energy on City owned parcel No. 37517-000-00 2025-0968 Approved Pass
  20. 6h. Approve appointment of Angie Clifton to a four-year term ending March 1, 2029, and Wendy Kebrdle to an unexpired term ending March 1, 2026, on the North Magnolia Redevelopment Advisory Committee 2025-0981 Approved Pass
  21. 6i. Approve minutes from March 18, 2025, City Council meeting 2025-1036 Approved Pass
  22. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  23. 21 page break
  24. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  25. 8a. Introduce Ordinance 2025- 22 to rezone two parcels of land containing approximately 1.34 acres, located at 1533 and 1541 NE 14th Street (Parcel 26486-000-00 and 26486-001-00) from RO, Residential Office, to R-3, Multi-Family Residential (Case ZON25-0003) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2025-22 ▶ jump to 23:38
  26. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  27. 10. General Business
  28. 10a. Approve the continued use of the State of Florida Alternative Source Agreement for the purchase of bulletproof vests from Federal Eastern International in an amount not to exceed $198,215 2025-0903 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 25:25
  29. 10b. Approve the utilization of the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule for the purchase of a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle in the amount of $378,165 2025-0904 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 32:51
  30. 10c. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-141 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate funds from the Infrastructure Sales Surtax Reserve for Fund Balance account to purchase a Lenco BearCat armored vehicle in the amount of $378,165 BR-2025-141 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 34:35
  31. 10d. Approve one-year renewal of contract with American Pipe & Tank, Inc., for the provision of wastewater services with an aggregate expenditure not to exceed $100,000 2025-1037 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 35:20
  32. 10e. Approve award of contract with All Webbs Enterprises, Inc., for the construction of two Upper Floridan Aquifer Wells at Water Treatment Plant No. 2 with a bid of $1,117,700 plus a 10 percent contingency of $111,770 and the cost of nine alternate bid items equaling $250,000 for a total expenditure of $1,479,470 2025-1038 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 36:01
  33. 10f. Approve additional expenditures and associated task work orders under the City's continuing professional engineering services agreement with Black & Veatch Corporation increasing the aggregate threshold from $500,000 to $1,000,000 2025-1039 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 36:59
  34. 10g. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-142 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate funds from the Stormwater Reserve for Contingencies account for continuing professional engineering services in the amount of $500,000 BR-2025-142 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 37:35
  35. 10h. Approve the First Amendment and the additional expenditures under the piggyback agreement with Utility Metering Solutions, LLC, for the installation and integration of a fixed network metering system for the Water Resources Department in the estimated amount of $700,000 2025-1040 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 38:26
  36. 10i. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement No. LPA0709 between the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Ocala for the Lower Floridan Aquifer Conversion (Phase V) Project to appropriate additional funding in the amount of $250,000 2025-1041 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 39:16
  37. 10j. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-143 appropriating additional funds from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Lower Floridan Aquifer Conversion (Phase V) Project in the amount of $250,000 BR-2025-143 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 39:54
  38. 10k. Approve award of a three-year contract to Southern Lawn Care Mid Florida, Inc., for the provision of stormwater grounds maintenance services for the City’s northwest section in the amount of $193,158 2025-0844 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 40:50
  39. 10l. Approve a two-year multi-award contract for mowing and lot clearing contract to Native Tree of Central Florida, Inc., and Pure Cuts Lawn and Maintenance, LLC, with an aggregate value not to exceed $400,000 2025-0921 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 41:47
  40. 10m. Approve the purchase of Microsoft 365 cloud subscription and server and desktop licenses from SHI International utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of $303,545 2025-0982 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 44:36
  41. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  42. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 44:49
  43. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 45:21
  44. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 47:18
  45. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 51:53
  46. - Strategic Planning Session scheduled for April 10, 2025
  47. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 51:56
  48. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items ▶ jump to 52:08
  49. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  50. 17a. Informational Update: Dearmin Substation Transformer Purchase and Cost Escalation 2025-0970
  51. 17b. Power Cost Adjustment Report - February 2025 2025-0958
  52. - Unit Responses
  53. 17c. Monthly budget to actual report and Capital Improvement Project status report as of February 28, 2025 2025-0971
  54. - Service calls update
  55. 17d. Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2025-0983
  56. - Department Highlights
  57. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 52:14
  58. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 54:51
  59. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 55:02
  60. - Step Challenge update
  61. - School Fitness Challenge
  62. - Farming to promote healthy lifestyles
  63. 61 Recognition of City Council Member Hilty
  64. - Adjourned at 4:55 pm
  65. - Minutes
  66. 66 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk