City Council Meeting 02/07/2023 06:30 PM City Hall Chambers 1600 Nela Avenue Belle Isle FL

City Council Commissioners

Nicholas Fouraker, Mayor
Vice-Mayor - Jim Partin, District 7

District 1 Commissioner – Ed Gold | District 2 Commissioner – Anthony Carugno | District 3 Commissioner – Karl Shuck
District 4 Commissioner – Randy Holihan | District 5 Commissioner – Beth Lowell | District 6 Commissioner – Stan Smith

Welcome to the City of Belle Isle City Council meeting. Agendas and all backup material supporting each agenda item are available in the City Clerk's office or on the city's website at www.belleislefl.gov. If you are not on the agenda, please complete the yellow "Request to Speak" form to be handed to the City Clerk.  The Council is pleased to hear relevant comments and has set a three-minute.  Rosenberg’s Rules of Order guide the conduct of the meeting. Order and decorum will be preserved at all meetings. Personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks are not permitted. Please silence all technology during the session.  Thank you for participating in your City Government.

1.Call to Order and Confirmation of Quorum

2.Invocation and Pledge to Flag -  Commissioner Ed Gold, District 1

3.Presentations

  1. a.Good Citizenship Awards presented to Donald and Jeanet Abbott for assisting BIPD

  2. b.Life Saving Awards presented to Corporal Oscar Lugo, Officer Jacob Tapia, Officer Christian Rodriguez, and Officer Kevin Grisales

  3. c.Supervisor of the Year Award presented to Corporal Oscar Lugo

  4. d.Officer of the Year Award presented to Officer Jon Paul Gargano

  5. e.Distinguished Officer of the Year Award presented to Corporal Andrew Clark

4.Consent Items - These items are considered routine and have been previously discussed by the Council. They will be adopted by one motion unless a Council member requests before the vote on the motion to have an item removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

  1. a.Proclamation for Pioneer Days

  2. b.Approval of the City Council meeting minutes – January 17, 2023

  3. c.Approval of Equipment donation to the City

5.Citizen's Comments - Persons desiring to address the Council MUST complete and provide to the City Clerk a yellow “Request to Speak” form located by the door. After being recognized by the Mayor, persons are asked to come forward and speak from the lectern, state their name and address, and direct all remarks to the Council as a body and not to individual members of the Council, staff or audience.  Citizen comments and each section of the agenda where public comment is allowed are limited to three (3) minutes. Questions will be referred to staff and should be answered by staff within a reasonable period of time following the date of the meeting.

6.Unfinished Business

  1. a.Ordinance 23-01 - Second Reading and Adoption: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR REGISTRATION OF SEPTAGE HAULERS AND TRANSPORTERS OPERATING WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR ENFORCEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION, SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

  2. b.Resolution 23-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR LANDSCAPING; PROVIDING THAT THE CITY SHALL NOT ACCEPT, PROCESS, OR CONSIDER APPLICATIONS FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ARTIFICIAL TURF DURING THE MORATORIUM; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

7.New Business

  1. a.Request of JJ’s Waste and Recycling for rate increase due to increase at the Recycling Facility

  2. b.Appoint new Representative to the PMRS Insurance Board

  3. c.Approve Donation to Pioneer Days Annual Event 

  4. d.Approve Recommendations of Budget Committee for Equipment and Personnel

  5. e.Discuss Change to Municipal Code for RV Parking

  6. f.Discuss Report from Orange County Traffic on Hoffner Avenue Speed Study

8.Attorney's Report

9.City Manager's Report

  1. a.General Items of Interest

  2. b.Issues Log

  3. c.Chief’s Report

  4. d.PW Director’s Report

10.Mayor’s Report

11.Items from Council

12.Adjournment

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