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January 7, 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
  3. a. New Employees ▶ jump to 1:26
  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, Finance Director Peter Brill, City Projects Director Tye Chighizola, 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, Chief of Staff Chris Watt, Ocala Police Dept Representative, IT Representative, The Press and other interested parties.
  5. 3. Public Notice ▶ jump to 1:52
  6. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  7. 4a. Presentation of the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Proclamation to Ocala Police Department Detective Crystal Blanton and Advocate Donna Guinn, and to Marion County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Osthed Henrik and Nicholas Sutliff 2025-0329 ▶ jump to 2:37
  8. - Public Notice for the January 7, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on December 3, 2024
  9. 4b. Presentation of the National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Week Proclamation to Ocala CRNA and resident Donna Varadin 2025-0425 ▶ jump to 7:31
  10. 4c. Presentation of the Marion County’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Day Proclamation to Dwanette Dilworth and Paola Leaman 2025-0433 ▶ jump to 10:46
  11. 5. Presentations
  12. 6. Consent Agenda ▶ jump to 14:45
  13. 6a. Approve additional expenditures under the agreement for city-wide printer and copier services in the estimated amount of $90,000 2025-0421
  14. 6b. Approve a five-year contract with five one-year renewals to provide network services to the School Board of Marion County with revenue in the amount of $6,960,000 2025-0422 Approved Pass
  15. 6c. Approve the administrative costs for SunTran’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget as required by Section 341.071 of the Florida Statutes 2025-0436 Approved Pass
  16. 6d. Approve November 2024 outside counsel invoices for general city business legal services in the amount of $648 2025-0432 Approved Pass
  17. 6e. Approval of and authorization to execute First Amendment to Developer’s Agreement between the City of Ocala, Florida and Sunbelt Land Fund I-Ocala South, LLC 2025-0444 Approved Pass
  18. 6f. Approve appointment of Rick Gullett to the Utility Advisory Board for the remainder of an unexpired four-year term ending March 1, 2026 2025-0441 Approved Pass
  19. 6g. Approve appointment of Joshua DeMonte to the Ocala Historic Preservation Advisory Board for the remainder of an unexpired three-year term ending March 1, 2026 2025-0443 Approved Pass
  20. 6h. Approve City Council meeting minutes from December 17, 2024 2025-0490 Approved Pass
  21. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  22. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  23. 8a. Introduce 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) ORD-2025-15 ▶ jump to 14:59
  24. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  25. 9a. Adopt Resolution 2025-9 to amend the Florida Professional Park (formerly known as Shady Road) Planned Unit Development, to amend a note prohibiting parking in the front yard along SW 34th Street Road (also known as SW 24th Avenue) relating to a 2.78-acre property located northwest of intersection at SW 32nd Place and SW 24th Avenue (Case No. PH24-0001) (Quasi-Judicial) RES-2025-9 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 20:18
  26. 24 page break
  27. 10. General Business
  28. 10a. Approve Task Work Order #39 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the update of the City’s Wastewater Master Plan in the amount of $117,000 2025-0115 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 21:27
  29. 10b. Approve award of a five-year contract to A.C.M.S., Inc. d/b/a Heart of Florida Environmental for the disposal of City wastewater treatment plant biosolids in their landfill with an aggregate expenditure of $2,867,850 2025-0328 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 22:15
  30. 10c. Approve one-year renewal of Construction Services Agreement with Miller Pipeline, LLC, for Water Resources Improvement Program Projects in the amount of $2,000,000 2025-0332 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 23:15
  31. 10d. Approve a six-month contract with Marcum Enterprises, LLC, for sidewalk maintenance and repair projects with a maximum expenditure of $236,012 2025-0164 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 24:09
  32. 10e. Approve the purchase of 14 R-Mag circuit breakers for various substations from WESCO Distribution in the amount of $608,153 2025-0321 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 25:02
  33. 10f. Approve a professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of design services for SunTran transit facility site and building improvements in the amount of $368,247 2025-0378 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 26:32
  34. 10g. Approve the award of a piggyback agreement to Ring Power Corporation for the purchase of a National 20-ton boom crane truck in the amount of $302,069 2025-0380 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 27:43
  35. 10h. Approve the purchase of emergency audio/visual warning devices utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with East Coast Emergency, Inc., with an aggregate expenditure of $300,000 2025-0418 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 28:56
  36. 10i. Approve a two-year contract award to American Cable Electric, LLC, for the provision of underground conduit installation services in the aggregate amount of $1,600,000 2025-0420 Approved Pass ▶ jump to 30:04
  37. 10j. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-124 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate the City of Ocala’s Community Development Block Grant allocation totaling $501,396 BR-2025-124 Adopted Pass ▶ jump to 31:24
  38. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  39. 12. City Manager's Report ▶ jump to 31:35
  40. 13. Ocala Police Department Report ▶ jump to 35:25
  41. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report ▶ jump to 38:46
  42. 15. City Attorney's Report ▶ jump to 41:14
  43. - Sanitation Work Session rescheduled for Thursday, February 13, 2025
  44. 16. Public Comments ▶ jump to 42:09
  45. - Council Member board appointments will remain unchanged
  46. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
  47. - Drone show update
  48. 17a. Power Cost Adjustment Report - November 2024 2025-0416
  49. 17b. Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2025-0438
  50. - Police Department Year in Review
  51. 18. Comments by Mayor ▶ jump to 50:52
  52. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  53. 19. Comments by City Council Members ▶ jump to 52:08
  54. - Berkeley Pointe update
  55. 20. Adjournment ▶ jump to 52:17
  56. - Ocala Fire Rescue update
  57. - Unit Responses
  58. - Call Type Spotlights
  59. - Department Highlights
  60. - Attorney-client shade meeting scheduled for January 21, 2025, at 3:15 pm
  61. - Manny Camps commented on actions by Ocala Police Officers
  62. - Rock Gibboney commented on human trafficking prevention
  63. - Healthy Ocala Step Challenge
  64. 64 Adjourned at 4:52 pm
  65. 65 Minutes
  66. 66 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk