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November 18, 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. 3. Public Notice
  4. 4. Proclamations and Awards
  5. 4 Public Notice for the November 18, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on October 7, 2025
  6. 5 Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Matt Wilkerson
  7. 4b. Presentation of the Annual Red Kettle Campaign Proclamation to Salvation Army Majors Jason and Melissa Smith 2026-0273
  8. 5. Presentations
  9. 5a. Update from Ocala Mainstreet
  10. 6. Consent Agenda
  11. 6a. One-year agreement with North Florida Container & Truck Repair, LLC, for dumpster painting and repair services in an amount not to exceed $72,703 2026-0068 Approved Pass
  12. 6b. Two-year agreement with Solo Cats Services, LLC, for grounds maintenance services on rights-of-way and medians along State Road 40 East with an expenditure of $52,752 2026-0069 Approved Pass
  13. 6c. Heath Preserve Phase 3 Amendment to Developer’s Agreement 2026-0199 Approved Pass
  14. 6d. Utilization of grant funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and a TIPS Cooperative Agreement for the purchase of two drones from Skydio, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $49,877 2026-0207 Approved Pass
  15. 6e. Budget Resolution 2026-113 to amend the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to accept and appropriate funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for the purchase of two drones in the amount of $49,877 BR-2026-113 Adopted Pass
  16. 6f. Workers’ compensation settlement in the matter of Patricia Mraz versus the City of Ocala, Florida, with a proposed settlement amount of $96,250 2026-0186 Approved Pass
  17. 6g. November 4, 2025 City Council meeting minutes 2026-0280 Approved Pass
  18. 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
  19. 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
  20. 8a. Ordinance 2026-1 to amend the code of ordinances for permitted uses in the M-1, Light Industrial, zoning district to include churches/places of worship located on major and minor arterial roadways subject to supplemental regulations (COD25-0003) ORD-2026-1
  21. 8b. Ordinance 2026-2 to change the future land use designation on approximately 10.36 acres (Parcel 21454-000-00) located at 2500 NW 31st Avenue from Medium Intensity/Special District to Employment Center (Case LUC25-0005) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-2
  22. 8c. Ordinance 2026-3 to rezone approximately 10.36 acres (Parcel 21454-000-00) located at 2500 NW 31st Avenue from R-1, Single-Family Residential and R-2, Two-Family Residential to M-1, Light Industrial (Case ZON25-0012) (Quasi-Judicial) ORD-2026-3
  23. 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
  24. 9a. The sale of beer, wine and liquor for off-premises consumption for Virwa, Inc., doing business as, Spot on Liquors located at 1500 W Silver Springs Blvd Unit 1 (Parcel 28520-000-00)(Quasi-Judicial) 2026-0176 Denied Pass
  25. 10. General Business
  26. 10a. Cooperative purchasing agreement to Geograph Technologies, LLC, for the acquisition of CrescentLink fiber network design software and related services with an aggregate expenditure of $106,200 2026-0112 Approved Pass
  27. 10b. One-year renewal of contract with SHI for Palo Alto Firewall hardware and software with an estimated expenditure amount of $166,655 2026-0183 Approved Pass
  28. 10c. One-year renewal of the contract with PCN-Strategies for Getac in-car video and body camera computer aided hardware and software with an estimated expenditure amount of $229,280 2026-0167 Approved Pass
  29. 10d. Reallocation of over-collected Power Cost Adjustment funds to mitigate the impact of un-anticipated increase in the bulk power cost expenditures incurred during Fiscal Year 2025, in the amount of $3,701,630 2026-0209 Approved Pass
  30. 10e. Budget Resolution 2026-114 to amend the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to offset unanticipated bulk power expense by transferring the power cost adjustment over-collection to the Electric Utility Reserve in the amount of $3,701,630 BR-2026-114 Adopted Pass
  31. 10f. Piggyback agreement with USSI, LLC for inflow abatement and related services with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $190,000 2026-0258 Approved Pass
  32. 10g. Third amendment to the Agreement for Legal Services with Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A., extending the contract for an additional three year term in an amount not to exceed $150,000 2026-0264 Approved Pass
  33. 10h. Renewal of five-year Lytx DriveCam hardware lease and product subscription in an amount not to exceed $1,010,160 2026-0265 Approved Pass
  34. 10i. Interlocal Agreement for the Collection and Expenditure of Impact Fees (Emergency Medical Services) 2026-0266 Approved Pass
  35. 11. Internal Auditor's Report
  36. 12. City Manager's Report
  37. 13. Ocala Police Department Report
  38. 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report
  39. - Fort King Tennis Center audit request
  40. 15. City Attorney's Report
  41. 16. Public Comments
  42. - Road Improvements at the intersection of 7th Avenue and 32nd Street
  43. 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
  44. - Fire suppression system benchmark
  45. 17a. Fully Executed Contracts Under $50,000 2026-0210
  46. - Light Up schedule
  47. 18. Comments by Mayor
  48. - Road Improvements at the intersection of 5th Street and South Magnolia
  49. 19. Comments by City Council Members
  50. 20. Adjournment
  51. - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
  52. - Department Highlights
  53. - Unit Responses
  54. - Service calls update
  55. - Department Highlights
  56. - Leda Perez, 3200 SE 17th Avenue, requested permission to display yard signs in the City Limits to promote the YMCA's 30th Anniversary Annual Turkey Trot
  57. - Jason Tolbert, 201 NE 37th Court, Ocala, FL, expressed concern regarding the Methadone Clinic's business operations and requested OPD utilize non-biting drug dogs
  58. - FL Brown, 706 SW Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Ocala, FL, requested the City reconnect the light pole at the subject property
  59. - Legislation and regulation of Kratom
  60. - Council Member Mansfield commented on the regulation of fiber optic companies in the City
  61. - Council Member Hilty invited City Council to attend the Salvation Army's event on Monday. December 1, 2025
  62. - Council President Dreyer requested City staff address the golf carts located on the north side of State Road 40
  63. - Council Member Bethea requested City staff consider expanding golf cart zones west of State Road 441
  64. 65 Adjourned at 6:25 pm
  65. 66 Minutes
  66. 67 _______________________________ ________________________________ Ire J. Bethea Sr. Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk

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