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January 21, 2025 ·3:15 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 — 73 items

  1. 1. Call to Order
  2. 2 NOTE: Following the Call to Order, the City Council will participate in a private, attorney-client meeting for approximately thirty minutes. At the end of that meeting (approximately 3:45 PM), City Council will return to reopen the regular meeting, announce the conclusion of the private, attorney-client meeting and to address the remainder of the agenda items.
  3. 2. Roll Call
  4. 3. Public Notice
  5. 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, 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.
  6. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  7. 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Sandra Seibert 2025-0498 ▶ jump to 4:02
  8. - Public Notice for the January 21, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on January 8, 2025
  9. 4b. Service Award - Lieutenant Charles Hunt IV - Ocala Police Department - 15 Years of Service 2025-0489 ▶ jump to 5:53
  10. 4c. Service Award - Matthew Grow - Ocala International Airport - 20 Years of Service 2025-0493 ▶ jump to 8:04
  11. 5. Presentations
  12. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 11:06
  13. 6a. Approve the donation of two surplus vehicles to the Estella Byrd Whitman Community Health Center with an estimated residual auction value of $3,573 2025-0417 Approved Pass
  14. 6b. Approve award of a two-year contract to SG Power Pros, LLC for load-bank testing for emergency power generators with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $86,270 2025-0419 Approved Pass
  15. 6c. Approve the donation of two surplus vehicles to Wear Gloves, Inc. with an estimated residual auction value of $18,362 2025-0428 Approved Pass
  16. 6d. Approve the purchase of a Siemens UC150 charger from Siemens Industry, Inc., utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of $61,485 2025-0429 Approved Pass
  17. 6e. Approve a contract for the rehabilitation of the Clarke residence located at 2612 NE 22nd Ave. to Stejack, LLC for a total project cost not to exceed $66,048 2025-0505 Approved Pass
  18. 6f. Approve a request from Team Delva Properties Inc. for reimbursement of fees associated with the production of an affordable housing unit in the amount of $8,188 2025-0508 Approved Pass
  19. 6g. Approve a request from Habitat for Humanity of Marion County for reimbursement of fees associated with the production of an affordable housing unit in the amount of $3,285 2025-0522 Approved Pass
  20. 6h. Approve additional expenditures for the purchase of firefighter bunker gear and supplies from Municipal Equipment Co., LLC in the amount of $50,000 2025-0507 Approved Pass
  21. 6i. Approve minutes from January 7, 2025 City Council meeting 2025-0552 Approved Pass
  22. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  23. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  24. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  25. 9a. Adopt Ordinance 2025-1 to rezone approximately 4.63 acres for property located at 1712 SE Lake Weir Avenue (Parcel 2920-010-008) from INST, Institutional to B-2A, Limited Community Business (Case ZON24-45752) (Quasi-Judicial) - Previously postponed from October 15, 2024, November 19, 2024 and December 3, 2024, City Council meetings 2025-0509 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 71:31
  26. 9b. Adopt Ordinance 2025-15 to rezone 1.14 acres from R-2, Two-Family Residential, to R-3, Multi-Family Residential, for property located in the 700 block of SW Third Street (Parcel 2848-002-001) (Case: ZON24-0003) (Quasi-Judicial) 2025-0518 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 77:01
  27. 9c. Adopt Resolution 2025-10 to abrogate approximately 0.06 acres of the eastern 164 feet of the alley between SW Second Avenue and SW Third Avenue (Parcel 2854-025-010) (Case: ABR23-45350) (Quasi-Judicial) RES-2025-10 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 79:26
  28. 9d. Adopt Resolution 2025-11 vacating Parcel # 22817-000-00 located in Blocks 557-559 (Saving Mercy Corporation) from the West End Ocala Plat (PLV24-0001) (Quasi-Judicial) RES-2025-11 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 80:47
  29. 10. General Business
  30. 10a. Termination for Convenience of the Agreement between the City of Ocala and Sky Elements 2025-0549 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 84:31
  31. 10b. Approve award of a three-year contract to Dragonfly Pond Works, LLC for stormwater ground maintenance services for the City’s southeast section in the amount of $343,980 2025-0396 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 85:37
  32. 10c. Authorize the City Engineer to issue a change order to the Construction Services Agreement with Commercial Industrial Corp. to facilitate the construction of a roundabout on SW 44th Avenue and increase the contract value by $1,025,808 2025-0431 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 92:09
  33. 10d. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-125 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate funds from the Infrastructure Surtax Reserve to support the construction of a roundabout on SW 44th Avenue in the amount of $1,025,808 BR-2025-125 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 93:08
  34. 10e. Approve expenditures for utility services provided by Duke Energy, Inc. for Fiscal Year 2024-25 with an estimated expenditure of $130,000 2025-0526 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 94:05
  35. 10f. Approve the purchase of five vehicles for various City departments in the amount of $278,602 2025-0440 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 95:15
  36. 10g. Approve Marion County’s standard professional services agreement for Emergency Solutions Grant Program funding for outreach services in the amount of $100,000 2025-0496 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 96:37
  37. 10h. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-126 to approve and appropriate the City of Ocala’s Emergency Solutions Grant program funding for outreach services in the amount of $100,000 BR-2025-126 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 97:14
  38. 10i. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-127 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate funding for the City of Ocala’s Home Investment Partnership Program in the amount of $256,344 BR-2025-127 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 99:18
  39. 10j. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-128 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate 2024-25 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program grant funding in the amount of $125,519 BR-2025-128 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 100:36
  40. 10k. Adopt Resolution 2025-12 to accept a Federally Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement for Hurricane Helene, DR-4828, Agreement Number Z4947 and approve the delegation of authority to City Manager, Peter Lee, to execute funding agreements with any amendments as the authorized agent and sign compliance documents RES-2025-12 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 101:32
  41. 10l. Adopt Resolution 2025-13 to accept a Federally Funded Subaward and Grant Agreement for Hurricane Milton, DR-4834, Agreement Number Z4977 and approve the delegation of authority to City Manager, Peter Lee, to execute funding agreements with any amendments as authorized agent and sign compliance documents RES-2025-13 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 102:21
  42. 10m. Approve one-year renewals of the contracts with PFM Asset Management, LLC, Sawgrass Asset Management, LLC, and Seix Investment Advisors, LLC for the provision of investment manager services for the City's treasury funds with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $180,000 2025-0519 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 103:56
  43. 10n. Approve expenditures under contract with CenturyLink/Lumen Technologies for internet bandwidth/metropolitan area network circuits for the City and its customers in the amount of $293,063 2025-0408 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 107:09
  44. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  45. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 107:25
  46. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 109:50
  47. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 115:53
  48. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 118:40
  49. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 118:43
  50. - Parking Garage No. 2 public meetings scheduled for January 30, 2025, at 12:00 pm and 5:30 pm
  51. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
  52. - Solid Waste Industry meeting scheduled for February 5, 2025, and solid waste workshop scheduled for February 13, 2025
  53. 17a. Monthly budget to actual report and Capital Improvement Project status report as of November 30, 2024 2025-0491
  54. - Winter weather advisory update
  55. 17b. Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2025-0525
  56. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 129:45
  57. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  58. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 130:36
  59. - Department Highlights
  60. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 132:20
  61. - Unit Responses
  62. - Call Type Spotlights
  63. - Department Highlights
  64. - Natalie Caban, 1208 SE 18th Street, proposed an initiative to address transportation barriers for low-income single mothers
  65. - Kent Guinn, 320 NW 3rd Avenue, commented on Art Rojas v. City of Ocala case
  66. - Robert Reed, 5851 SW 63rd Street, commented on a vehicle accident
  67. - Step Challenge Update
  68. - Planning Department recognition
  69. - Council Member Bethea commented on the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events
  70. - Council President Dreyer thanked Assistant City Manager Ken Whitehead for replacing the American flag in the City Council Chambers
  71. 72 Adjourned at 6:12 pm
  72. 73 Minutes
  73. 74 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk