City Council
Ocala City Hall 110 SE Watula Avenue Second Floor - Council Chambers Ocala, Florida https://www.ocalafl.gov/meetings
Agenda — 71 items
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- 2a. New Employees
- 3. Public Notice
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- - Public Notice for the August 18, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on July 7, 2026
- 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Charisse Rivers
- 4b. Presentation of the Arts in Health Day in Ocala, Florida Proclamation to Arts in Health Ocala Metro Executive Director, Patricia Tomlinson
- 4c. Service Award - Jerry Tafoya - Ocala Fire Rescue - 25 Years of Service
- 4d. Service Award - Joseph Dotten - Ocala Electric Utility - 25 Years of Service
- 4e. Service Award - Jodie Taylor - Public Works - 30 Years of Service
- 4f. Service Award - Major Gregory Martin - Ocala Police Department - 30 Years of Service
- 5. Presentations
- 5a. Presentation of the Risk Manager of the Year award to Richard Dennis from Public Risk Underwriters of Florida, Inc.
- 5b. Presentation of the 2026 Florida Legislative Session Recap and 2027 Legislative Session Preview by Sarah Suskey, The Advocacy Partners
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. Contract for Downtown Ocala signage and wayfinding design services with Walker Consultants, in an amount not to exceed $57,210
- 6b. Additional expenditure under the agreement with Charles White Fence Inc. in the amount of $74,000, for a contract total not to exceed $343,723
- 6c. Additional expenditures for athletic court resurfacing services under the contract with Sports Surface Pros, LLC, for an increased aggregate expenditure not to exceed $30,600
- 6d. Budget Resolution 2026-155 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate a North Florida Institute of Police Technology and Management grant from the State of Florida in the amount of $33,437
- 6e. Grant funding from the State of Florida North Florida Institute of Police Technology and Management to reimburse overtime expenses for sworn police officers conducting high-visibility education and enforcement in the amount of $33,437
- 6f. Resolution 2026-48 to adopt the Repetitive Loss Area Analysis prepared for the City of Ocala by Black and Veatch
- 6g. Appointment of Leighton Okus to the Ocala Municipal Arts Commission for the remainder of a four-year term ending March 1, 2027
- 6h. City Council meeting minutes
- 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
- 25 page break
- 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
- 8a. 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)
- 8b. 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)
- 8c. 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)
- 8d. 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)
- 8e. 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)
- 8f. 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)
- 8g. 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)
- 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
- 9a. Resolution 2026-49 to abrogate portions of 30-foot-wide rights-of way for two roadways: NW First Avenue and NW 13th Street, associated with Parcel 2572-018-001, approximately 0.24 acres (Case ABR25-0003) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9b. The sale of beer and wine for on-premise consumption for Pane Vino E' Caffe', LLC, doing business as Via Panini, located at 725 E. Silver Springs Blvd. (Parcel 2820-047-003) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9c. Ordinance 2026-27 to amend Chapter 106, Section 105 - Housing Incentive Fund revising criteria pertaining to affordable housing loan programs including length of terms, applicability, administrative process, and interest rates
- 10. General Business
- 10a. Agreement for Professional Services with JLC AirShow Management, LLC for the production and management of the Wings Over Ocala, Florida Airshow at Ocala International Airport
- 10b. Resolution 2026-50 to accept a Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grant for the construction phase of the Runway 36 Safety Area Grading Project in the amount of $427,542
- 10c. Budget Resolution 2026-156 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to appropriate $406,165 in grant funding from the Federal Aviation Administration and transfer a match of $21,377 from the Airport Reserve for Projects account for the construction phase of the Runway 36 Safety Area Grading Project for a total cost of $427,542
- 10d. Second Amendment to Agreement with Oniram Productions, Inc. for the final two-year renewal of concert series production and management services in an amount not to exceed $300,000
- 10e. Successor collective bargaining agreement between the City of Ocala and the International Association of Firefighters, Local 2135, Firefighter and Officer Bargaining Unit, for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2029
- 10f. Resolution 2026-51 to supplement Resolutions 2002-80 and 2015-57 by removing Occupational Taxes (now known as Business Tax Receipts) as security for the City’s Capital Improvement Refunding Revenue Certificate, Series 2015
- 10g. Renew property, casualty, liability, and workers' compensation insurance policies for Fiscal Year 2026-27 and authorize the Human Resources/Risk Management Director to execute the corresponding insurance policy applications with a projected expenditure of $2,566,079
- 11. Internal Auditor's Report
- 12. City Manager's Report
- 13. Ocala Police Department Report
- 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report
- 15. City Attorney's Report
- - Update on Fraud Incident
- 16. Public Comments
- - Soft open date for Parking Garage #2 expected for September 2026
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- - Downtown Trolley ribbon cutting ceremony on August 28 at 10am
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- 20. Adjournment
- - Ryan Panzagraft, 5705 SW 108th St, expressed his concerns over lack of City response to his inquiries
- - Sonya Richie, 520 NE 1st Ave, thanked Council and Mayor Marciano for the support to understand the difference between pure leaf and synthetic Kratom
- - Kibbie Fulton, 520 NE 1st Ave, co-owner of Muddy Lotus Tea, thanked Council and Mayor Marciano for the support to understand the difference between pure leaf and synthetic Kratom
- - Serena Mojica, 2820 SE 8th Ave, discussed the difference in pure leaf kratom and synthetic
- - Peggy Thomas, 1339 SW 2nd Street, discussed issues she has faced with the housing rehabilitation program and requested assistance
- - Mayor Marciano commented on synthetic kratom
- - Mayor Marciano thanked City staff for their hard work to serve residents
- - Mayor Marciano congratulated the Public Information Office for being named Government Team of the Year
- - Council Member Hilty requested clarity on Mr. Panzagraft's complaints
- - Council Pro Tem Musleh thanked staff for providing the fraud incident report
- - Council President Bethea spoke on the benefits of talking to leaders of other communities at the Florida League of Cities conference
- 72 _______________________________ ________________________________ Ire J. Bethea Sr. Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk
Watch Ocala
This is one agenda. Ocala publishes another every few weeks, and the thing you care about is rarely on the one you happened to find. Name it and we will email you when it appears.
Free for 14 days, no card — and nothing charges itself: at day 14 the emails simply stop unless you choose to subscribe ($19 a month). One email when something matches, and nothing else. Unsubscribe from any of them. Searching stays free — it is public record.