City Council
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Agenda — 70 items
- 1 Revised: reordered 9e - 9i; added 10l.
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- 2a. New Employees
- 3. Public Notice
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Heaven Colon
- 4b. Presentation of the Constitution Week Proclamation to Holly Denton, the Regent of the Ocala Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
- 4c. Resolution honoring and celebrating the life of Reverend Dr. Lorenzo Stanley Edwards, Sr., presented to Richard Edwards
- 5. Presentations
- 5a. Presentation of Healthy Ocala Analytics Report by Jen Houser, Founder and President, Creative Springs; Lauren Debick, Brand Strategist, Creative Springs; and Debra Velez, COO, Marion County Hospital District
- 5b. Presentation of the United Way of Marion County’s 2025-2026 Outstanding Campaign Coordinator Award to Christopher Ramos and Otania Brunelle
- 5c. Presentation of the Florida Public Relations Association Government Team of the Year Award to the Public Information Office
- 5d. Public Information Officer, Gregory Davis - Communications Update
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. Resolution 2026-52 to accept the donation of the public art piece, “Zebra Longwing” sculpture bench, into the City’s public art collection valued at $7,000
- 6b. Budget Resolution 2026-157 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to appropriate funds from the Pioneer Garden Club of Ocala to the City of Ocala for the maintenance of the “Zebra Longwing” sculpture with an annual donation of $200 over 10 years
- 6c. 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 $96,216
- 6d. Additional expenditures for the consulting agreement with Uptown Services, LLC, for implementation, project management, and design services totaling $93,000
- 6e. Assignment of airport ground lease from Tartan Holdings LLC to Aeroplex Ocala Hangar Association, Inc.
- 6f. City Council meeting minutes
- 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
- 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
- 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
- 9a. The sale of beer, wine, and liquor for on-premises consumption for Shree Om 3530, LLC, doing business as La Quinta Inn & Suites, located at 3530 SW 36th Ave (Parcel 2375-002-000) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9b. The sale of beer, wine, and liquor for off-premise consumption for Mormax Beverages Corp., doing business as BJ's Wholesale Club #260, located at 7030 SW 59th Avenue (Parcel 35512-100-02) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9c. Ordinance 2026-28 to change the Future Land Use designation of approximately 11.20 acres for property located in the 1700 block of NW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (Parcels 25502-000-00, 25502-002-00, and 25491-001-00) from Medium Intensity/Special District to Public (Case LUC26-0002) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9d. Ordinance 2026-29 to rezone from M-2, Medium Industrial, and M-3, Heavy Industrial, to G-U, Governmental Use, for property located east of the 1700 block of NW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue (Parcel 25502-000-00, 25502-002-00, and 25491-001-00), approximately 11.20 acres (Case ZON26-0007) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9e. Ordinance 2026-33 to change the Future Land Use designation of approximately 0.52 acres for property located in the 700 block of NW 14th Street (Parcel 25785-000-00) from Neighborhood to Public (Case LUC26-0005) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9f. Ordinance 2026-34 to rezone approximately 9.94 acres for property located in the 700 and 800 blocks of NW 14th Street and the 1400 block of NW 17th Place (Parcel 25768-000-00, 25775+000-00, 25784+000-00, and 25785-000-00) from R-2, Two-Family Residential, to G-U, Governmental Use (Case ZON26-0012) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9g. Ordinance 2026-30 to rezone approximately 5.93 acres of property located at 314 and 28 NW 14th Street and 1332 NW Magnolia Terrace (Parcel 2572-018-001, 2572-017-004, and 2572-017-005) from M-1, Light Industrial, and B-4, General Business, to M-1, Light Industrial (Case ZON25-0008) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9h. Ordinance 2026-31 to rezone approximately 3.23 acres for a property located at 1501 NW 14th Street (Parcel 25571-000-00) from G-U, Governmental Use, to B-1, Neighborhood Business (Case ZON26-0006) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9i. Ordinance 2026-32 to rezone approximately 3.05 acres of property located in the 1700 block of NE 18th Place (Parcel 2649-004-001) from M-1, Light Industrial, to M-2, Medium Industrial (Case ZON26-0010) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 10. General Business
- 10a. First Amendment to agreement with McShea Contracting, LLC for a one-year renewal for citywide traffic striping services with an estimated expenditure of $550,000
- 10b. Three-year agreement with Atlantic Pipe Services, LLC for stormwater pipeline inspection, maintenance, and cleaning services with a not to exceed amount of $450,000
- 10c. One-year renewal of the contract with Odyssey Manufacturing Company for liquid sodium hypochlorite supply and delivery services at Water Treatment Plant No. 1, Water Reclamation Facility No. 2, and Water Reclamation Facility No. 3, with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $670,000
- 10d. Purchase of equipment and accessories from Hach Company with an additional estimated annual expenditure of $100,000
- 10e. One-year renewal with Michael Lessard Inc., doing business as Perfection Collision Carstar, for the provision of automotive body repairs as needed, with an aggregate expenditure of $150,000
- 10f. Three-year contract with Restocon LLC, for the provision of as-needed concrete repair services with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $250,000
- 10g. One-year contract renewal with VIP Security & Investigations, LLC to provide citywide security services with an estimated expenditure of $399,000
- 10h. One-year renewal agreements for continuing professional engineering services with multiple firms for citywide projects that require engineering services
- 10i. Purchase of inventory items for Ocala Fiber Network from Gresco, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $495,494
- 10j. Task work order with McFarland-Johnson, Inc. for Holding Bay Design Phase Services at Ocala International Airport in the amount of $182,776
- 10k. Resolution 2026-53 to accept a Federal Aviation Administration Contract Tower Competitive Grant for the rehabilitation and equipment replacement of the Ocala International Airport Air Traffic Control Tower in the amount of $220,000
- 10l. Selection of an applicant for appointment to the Airport Advisory Board for a new four-year term ending September 1, 2030
- 11. Internal Auditor's Report
- 11a. Memo on Segregation of Duties within the Pension Process
- 11b. Supply Chain Cybersecurity Incident Report Status Update
- 12. City Manager's Report
- 13. Ocala Police Department Report
- - Parking Garage Two soft open soon
- 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report
- 15. City Attorney's Report
- 16. Public Comments
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- 17a. Fully Executed Contracts Under $50,000
- - Albert Kaminsky, Spectrum Governmental Affairs representative, welcomed new customers
- 17b. Power Cost Adjustment Report - July 2026
- - Ryan Panzagraft, 5705 SW 108th St, commented on his response from City leadership to his questions
- 17c. Monthly budget-to-actual report and Capital Improvement Project status report as of July 31, 2026
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- 20. Adjournment
- - Mayor Marciano recognized local America 250 celebrations around the county
- - Mayor Marciano discussed synthetic kratom and its effects on the community
- - Council Member Hilty proclaimed his support for City staff
- - Council Member Dreyer requested an update on impact fees charged by the County
- - Council Pro Tem Musleh thanked City staff and commended City Attorney Will Sexton
- 70 _______________________________ ________________________________ Ire J. Bethea Sr. Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk
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