City Council
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Agenda — 80 items
- 1 Revised 5/16: Moved Budget Resolution 2025-154 to General Business and re-numbered 10e through 10i.
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- a. New Employees
- 3. Public Notice
- - Public Notice for the May 20, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on April 15, 2025
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- 4a. Presentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Joshua Musikantow
- 4b. Presentation of the American Wetlands Month Proclamation to Water Resources Director Sean Lanier and to Water Resources Operation Manager Robyn Preston
- 4c. Presentation of the National Public Works Week to Public Works Director Darren Park
- 4d. Service Award - Lafayetta Hodges - Ocala Police Department - 20 Years of Service
- 4e. Service Award - Detective Michael Bowman - Ocala Police Department - 25 Years of Service
- 4f. Service Award - Battalion Chief Robert Altman - Ocala Fire Rescue - 35 Years of Service
- 5. Presentations
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. Approve award of contract to BWC Services USA, LLC, for grounds maintenance services at Ocala Wetlands Recharge Park in an amount not to exceed $58,500
- 6b. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-153 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate additional grant funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for online sting operations in the amount of $2,838
- 6c. Approve a task work order with McFarland Johnson, Inc. to provide design services for the T-Hangar Taxilane Rehabilitation project in the amount of $83,536
- 6f. Approve City Council Work Session minutes from April 29, 2025
- 6g. Approve City Council meeting minutes from May 6, 2025
- 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. Approve the sale of beer and wine for on-premise consumption for Graffiti Seafood & More Management, LLC., dba, Graffiti Seafood & More located at 1532 S Pine Ave (Parcel 28575-010-09) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9b. Adopt Ordinance 2025-23 amending sections 2-195 and 2-196, Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida; providing for the administration of preemployment fingerprinting and background checks
- 9c. Adopt Ordinance 2025-24 to rezone approximately 1.00 acre of property located at 3640 SW Seventh Place from INST, Institutional, to M-2, Medium Industrial (Case ZON25-0004) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 26 page break
- 10. General Business
- 10a. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-155 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget for the carry forward of prior fiscal year grant funds totaling $42,633,188
- 10b. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-156 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to provide a supplemental appropriation to reconcile cash balance forward accounts and for the continuation of projects not completed in Fiscal Year 2023-24 in the amount of $175,431,800
- 10c. Approve the award of a one-year contract for implementation and licenses to Spatial Business Systems for Automated Utility Design software at an estimated cost of $113,500
- 10d. Approve a substantial amendment to the City of Ocala’s HUD 2019-2023 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Annual Plan to allow $200,000 to be used for rental assistance in the City of Ocala
- 10e. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-154 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate 2024-25 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program grant funding in the amount of $175,728
- 10f. Approve the award of a contract to Traffic Control Devices, LLC, for construction services related to the signalization project of SW 43rd Court at SW 40th Street for the bid amount of $532,532, plus a 10 percent contingency, for a total expenditure not to exceed $585,785
- 10g. Approve award of the agreement for recoating services for Water Tower #2 to Southeastern Tank & Tower, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $246,000
- 10h. Approve award of agreement to Ardurra Group, Inc., for professional services associated with planning studies for the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant in the amount of $129,986
- 10i. Approve the purchase of new portable radios for Ocala Police Department, Ocala Fire Rescue, and Ocala Electric Utility utilizing State of Florida’s alternative source agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $5,952,904
- 11. Internal Auditor's Report
- 12. City Manager's Report
- 13. Ocala Police Department Report
- - Marion County public hearings for EMS impact fees/transportation impact fees scheduled for Friday, May 23, 2025, at 1:30 pm and 2:00 pm
- 14. Ocala Fire Rescue Department Report
- - Ordinance for removal of fluoride from City water supply to be introduced next meeting in accordance with new State law to be enacted on July 1, 2025
- 15. City Attorney's Report
- 15a. Approval of and entry into a proposed Settlement Agreement in the matter of Art Rojas & Lucinda Hale v. City of Ocala, currently pending on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
- 16. Public Comments
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- - Unit Responses
- 17a. Inform Council of renewed agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections and the Ocala Police Department
- - Service calls update
- 17b. Inform Council that the Ocala Police Department has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a task force
- - Department Highlights
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- 15a. Approval of and entry into a proposed Settlement Agreement in the matter of Art Rojas & Lucinda Hale v. City of Ocala, currently pending on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- 20. Adjournment
- - Doug Oswald, 4304 SE 5th Street, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Sandra Slayton, 745 SW 79th Loop, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - David Boston, 155 NE 52nd Avenue, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Maryann Lambert, 13010 NW 90th Avenue, Reddick, FL, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Elizabeth Dollinger, 8500 NW 162nd Court, Morrison, FL, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Louine Ek, 5907 SW 59th Street, requested the Mayor and City Council declare June as Faith and Family Month
- - Fernando Fernandez, 5725 Eco Road, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Craig Baggs, 401 SE 49th Avenue, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Quinn Cooper, 328 Marion Oaks Drive, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Cathy Bailey, 3030 SE 13th Street, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Brooke Bennett, 305 SE 58th Avenue, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Gabbi Gallario, 1999 150th Avenue NW, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Kent Guinn, 320 NW 3rd Avenue, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Diane Irwin, 4490 SW 44th Street, commented on item 10(i)
- - Sandra Fernandez, 3270 NE 42nd Place, spoke on the OPD/ICE MOU
- - Fallen Officer Memorial
- - Workout with the Mayor event
- - City employee recognition
- - SR200 State Road update
- - Council Member Hilty recognized the Director of Community Development Services, James Haynes, for hosting a successful affordable housing event
- 76 Adjourned at 6:00 pm
- 77 Minutes
- 78 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk
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