City Council
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Agenda — 66 items
- 1. Call to Order
- 2. Roll Call
- a. New Employees
- 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, City Projects Director Tye Chighizola, Planning Director Aubrey Hale, Budget Director Tammi Haslam, Community Development Services Director James Haynes, Director of Parks & Recreation Julie Johnson, 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, IT Director Christopher Ramos, 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.
- 3. Public Notice
- 4. Proclamations and Awards
- 4a. Presentation of the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month Proclamation to Ocala Police Department Detective Crystal Blanton and Advocate Donna Guinn, and to Marion County Sheriff’s Office Detectives Osthed Henrik and Nicholas Sutliff
- - Public Notice for the January 7, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting was posted on December 3, 2024
- 4b. Presentation of the National Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Week Proclamation to Ocala CRNA and resident Donna Varadin
- 4c. Presentation of the Marion County’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Day Proclamation to Dwanette Dilworth and Paola Leaman
- 5. Presentations
- 6. Consent Agenda
- 6a. Approve additional expenditures under the agreement for city-wide printer and copier services in the estimated amount of $90,000
- 6b. Approve a five-year contract with five one-year renewals to provide network services to the School Board of Marion County with revenue in the amount of $6,960,000
- 6c. Approve the administrative costs for SunTran’s Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget as required by Section 341.071 of the Florida Statutes
- 6d. Approve November 2024 outside counsel invoices for general city business legal services in the amount of $648
- 6e. Approval of and authorization to execute First Amendment to Developer’s Agreement between the City of Ocala, Florida and Sunbelt Land Fund I-Ocala South, LLC
- 6f. Approve appointment of Rick Gullett to the Utility Advisory Board for the remainder of an unexpired four-year term ending March 1, 2026
- 6g. Approve appointment of Joshua DeMonte to the Ocala Historic Preservation Advisory Board for the remainder of an unexpired three-year term ending March 1, 2026
- 6h. Approve City Council meeting minutes from December 17, 2024
- 7. Consent Agenda Items Held for Discussion
- 8. Introduction and First Readings of Ordinances
- 8a. Introduce Ordinance 2025-15 to rezone 1.14 acres from R-2, Two-Family Residential, to R-3, Multi-Family Residential, for property located in the 700 block of SW Third Street (Parcel 2848-002-001) (Case: ZON24-0003) (Quasi-Judicial)
- 9. Public Hearings / Second and Final Readings / Adoption of Ordinances
- 9a. Adopt Resolution 2025-9 to amend the Florida Professional Park (formerly known as Shady Road) Planned Unit Development, to amend a note prohibiting parking in the front yard along SW 34th Street Road (also known as SW 24th Avenue) relating to a 2.78-acre property located northwest of intersection at SW 32nd Place and SW 24th Avenue (Case No. PH24-0001) (Quasi-Judicial)
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- 10. General Business
- 10a. Approve Task Work Order #39 with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of engineering services related to the update of the City’s Wastewater Master Plan in the amount of $117,000
- 10b. Approve award of a five-year contract to A.C.M.S., Inc. d/b/a Heart of Florida Environmental for the disposal of City wastewater treatment plant biosolids in their landfill with an aggregate expenditure of $2,867,850
- 10c. Approve one-year renewal of Construction Services Agreement with Miller Pipeline, LLC, for Water Resources Improvement Program Projects in the amount of $2,000,000
- 10d. Approve a six-month contract with Marcum Enterprises, LLC, for sidewalk maintenance and repair projects with a maximum expenditure of $236,012
- 10e. Approve the purchase of 14 R-Mag circuit breakers for various substations from WESCO Distribution in the amount of $608,153
- 10f. Approve a professional services agreement with Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., for the provision of design services for SunTran transit facility site and building improvements in the amount of $368,247
- 10g. Approve the award of a piggyback agreement to Ring Power Corporation for the purchase of a National 20-ton boom crane truck in the amount of $302,069
- 10h. Approve the purchase of emergency audio/visual warning devices utilizing a Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement with East Coast Emergency, Inc., with an aggregate expenditure of $300,000
- 10i. Approve a two-year contract award to American Cable Electric, LLC, for the provision of underground conduit installation services in the aggregate amount of $1,600,000
- 10j. Adopt Budget Resolution 2025-124 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to appropriate the City of Ocala’s Community Development Block Grant allocation totaling $501,396
- 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
- - Sanitation Work Session rescheduled for Thursday, February 13, 2025
- 16. Public Comments
- - Council Member board appointments will remain unchanged
- 17. Informational Items and Calendaring Items
- - Drone show update
- 17a. Power Cost Adjustment Report - November 2024
- 17b. Executed Contracts Under $50,000
- - Police Department Year in Review
- 18. Comments by Mayor
- - Overview of Crime and Traffic Stops
- 19. Comments by City Council Members
- - Berkeley Pointe update
- 20. Adjournment
- - Ocala Fire Rescue update
- - Unit Responses
- - Call Type Spotlights
- - Department Highlights
- - Attorney-client shade meeting scheduled for January 21, 2025, at 3:15 pm
- - Manny Camps commented on actions by Ocala Police Officers
- - Rock Gibboney commented on human trafficking prevention
- - Healthy Ocala Step Challenge
- 64 Adjourned at 4:52 pm
- 65 Minutes
- 66 _______________________________ ________________________________ Kristen M. Dreyer Angel B. Jacobs Council President City Clerk
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