City Council
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Agenda — 72 items
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- 3. Public Notice
- 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, 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, 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.
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- 4a. Presentation of the Parks and Recreation Month Proclamation to Director of Recreation and Parks Julie Johnson, Assistant Director of Recreation and Parks Bill Rodriguez, and division head staff members
- - Public Notice for the July 1, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on June 10, 2025
- 5. Presentations
- a. Presentation of the ‘2025 Legislative Session Debrief’ by Sarah Suskey and Stephen Shiver, The Advocacy Partners
- b. Building Officials Association of Florida selected Mike Brown, Ocala Chief Building Inspector, as the 2025 Building Inspector of the Year
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. Approve the purchase of two generator electronic control module upgrades from Caterpillar Inc., utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement in the amount of $68,521
- 6b. Approve an Agreement for Subordination of Utility Interest to the Florida Department of Transportation
- 6c. Adopt Resolution 2025-32 for an Agreement for Subordination of Utility Interest to the Florida Department of Transportation
- 6d. Approve the partial release of a utility easement encumbering Parcel #35512-002-00
- 6e. Approve the release of a utility easement encumbering Parcels 35512-002-00, 35512-001-05, 35512-001-07, and 35512-001-00
- 6f. Approve one-year renewals of janitorial services contracts with First Coast Franchising, Inc. d/b/a Jani King of Jacksonville and Serviamigos Solutions, LLC, with an aggregate expenditure of $51,694
- 6g. Approve a Mutual Aid Agreement with Florida Municipal Power Agency for Leased Employee Services in an amount not to exceed $90,000
- 6h. Approve the purchase of inventory items for Ocala Electric Utility from multiple vendors in the amount of $65,370
- 6i. Approve award to Gresco Utility Supply for the sole source purchase of triple-single reclosers and related inventory items for Ocala Electric Utility in the amount of $64,398
- 6j. Approve one-year renewal of the contract with Boot Barn, Inc., for discount pricing on protective footwear in the amount of $88,000
- 6k. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-162 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate a community donation for K-9-related expenses in the amount of $200
- 6l. Approve an agreement between the School Board of Marion County and the Ocala Police Department giving the Ocala Police Department access to the School Board of Marion County’s cameras in times of emergency
- 6m. Approve City Council meeting minutes from June 17, 2025
- 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
- 24 page break
- 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
- 8a. Introduce Ordinance 2025-33 to rezone approximately 18.24 acres for the property located southwest of the intersection at SW 48th Avenue and SW 49th Place (Parcel 23832-000-00 and a portion of 23894-002-00) from R-3, Multi-Family Residential, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON25-0007) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
- 9a. Request to postpone to the July 15, 2025 City Council meeting - Adopt Resolution 2025-29 to abrogate a portion of NE 47th Court between Block I, Lot 2 and Block F, Lot 17 of Glynnwood Unit 1 as recorded in Plat Book G, Page 91, of the public records of Marion County, Florida (Parcels 2735-0006-017 & 2735-009-002) (Case ABR23-45418) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9b. Request to postpone to the July 15, 2025 City Council meeting - Adopt Ordinance 2025-29 to change the Future Land Use designation on approximately 0.78 acres for property located in the 1900 block of NE 49th Avenue (Parcels 2735-006-017 and 2735-009-002) from Neighborhood to Low Intensity (Case LUC23-45427) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9c. Request to postpone to the July 15, 2025 City Council meeting - Adopt Ordinance 2025-30 to rezone approximately 6.83 acres for property located at the southwestern corner of the intersection at NE 49th Avenue and E Silver Springs Boulevard (Parcel 2735-000-002, 2735-009-001, 2735-009-002, 2735-006-017, and a portion of parcel 27028-004-03) from PD, Planned Development, R-1, Single-Family Residential, & B-2, Community Business, to PD, Planned Development (Case PD23-45431) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9d. Request to postpone to the July 15, 2025 City Council meeting - Adopt Ordinance 2025-31 to rezone approximately 0.59 acres for property located at the southwestern corner of the intersection at NE 49th Avenue and E Silver Springs Boulevard (a portion of 2735-000-002) from PD, Planned Development, to B-2, Community Business (Case ZON23-45419) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9e. Request to postpone to the July 15, 2025 City Council meeting - Adopt Resolution 2025-30 to approve a resolution for a Planned Development Plan and Standards Book for property located at the southwestern corner of the intersection at NE 49th Avenue and E Silver Springs Boulevard (Parcel 2735-000-002, 2735-009-001, 2735-009-002, 2735-006-017, and a portion of parcel 27028-004-03), approximately 6.83 acres (Case No. PD23-45431) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9f. Adopt Resolution 2025-33 to amend the Planned Development, Plan and Standards Book for property located at the northeast corner of the intersection of NE 25th Avenue and NE 28th Street (Parcel 24274-000-00), approximately 12.61 acres (Case No. PD24-45735) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9g. Adopt Ordinance 2025-32 to amend the boundaries of the Ridge at Heath Brook Community Development District generally located southeast of SW Highway 200 (College Road) and west of I-75 by adding approximately 29.142 acres to increase the size of the Community Development District to approximately 104.938 acres (Case No. CDD25-0001) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 10. General Business
- 10a. Approve additional expenditures and Task Work Order No. 3 under the City’s continuing professional architectural services agreement with Architecture Studio, Inc., for the provision of architectural and engineering services related to the Water Resources Utility Maintenance Complex in the amount of $279,000, and increasing the aggregate threshold to $750,000
- 10b. Approve Task Work Order No.43 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the update of the City’s Reclaimed Water Master Plan in the amount of $88,209
- 10c. Approve Task Work Order No. 44 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to Water Reclamation Facility Biosolids System Evaluation in the amount of $80,586
- 10d. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-163 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to transfer funds from the Water Resources Reserve for Contingency account for professional services in the amount of $550,000
- 10e. Approve award of a two-year contract to Chinese Connection Painting, Inc., Lamphier Company, and Overall Contractors Group, Inc. for the provision of citywide painting services with an estimated aggregate expenditure of $250,000
- 10f. Approve agreement with Powerserve Technologies, Inc. for the provision of design and furnishing of relays and panels for the Dearmin and Water Plant Substations in the amount of $298,373
- 10g. Approve award of a two-year contract with Brian Bombassei, LLC for miscellaneous pavement striping and marking services in an amount not to exceed $100,000
- 10h. Approve the purchase of five Federal Transit Administration Heavy-duty Category B 35-foot low-floor plus battery electric transit buses from Gillig, LLC, in the amount of $6,264,500
- 10i. Approve employee paid insurance plans for dental, vision, life, group Medicare, short-term disability, pet, legal services, flexible spending accounts, and cancer/accident/critical illness at no cost to the City and City paid plans in an annual amount $175,500 for life insurance, $11,345 for flexible spending account administration, and $19,709 for Employee Assistance Program premiums
- 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
- - July 4th Patriot Skies event
- 16. Public Comments
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
- 17a. Power Cost Adjustment Report - May 2025
- - Department Highlights
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- - Unit Responses
- 20. Adjournment
- - Service calls update
- - Department Highlights
- - Approval of a Satisfaction and Release of Lien for a Nuisance Abatement Board lien dated August 7, 2012
- - July 4th Patriot Skies event
- - Letter of Support for World Equestrian Center sports complex project
- - Council Member Mansfield expressed concern regarding crosswalks established by FDOT across SR200
- - Council Member Mansfield expressed concern for Downtown businesses
- - Council Member Hilty reported on fiber installation complaints
- 70 Adjourned at 5:24 pm
- 71 Minutes
- 72 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk
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