City Council Meeting - Updated 10/17/2023 06:30 PM City Hall Chambers 1600 Nela Avenue Belle Isle FL

City Council Commissioners
Nicholas Fouraker, Mayor  |  Vice-Mayor – Beth Lowell, District 5

District 1 Commissioner – Ed Gold | District 2 Commissioner – Anthony Carugno | District 3 Commissioner – Karl Shuck  |  District 4 Commissioner – Randy Holihan | District 6 Commissioner – Stan Smith | District 7 Commissioner – Jim Partin

Welcome - 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 website at www.belleislefl.gov. If you are not on the agenda, please hand the City Clerk a completed yellow "Request to Speak" form. The Council is pleased to hear relevant comments and has set a three-minute limit. 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 - Vice Mayor Beth Lowell, District 5

3.Gray Robinson Legislative Update and 2024 Projects

4.Consent Items - These items are considered routine and previously discussed by the Council. One motion will adopt them 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.Approval of the City Council meeting minutes - September 5, 2023

  2. b.Approval of the Budget Hearing and Council Meeting minutes - September 19, 2023

  3. c.RESOLUTION 23-13: RENEW LINE OF CREDIT WITH SOUTHSTATE BANK

  4. d.RESOLUTION 23-16: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL BUDGET, BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2022, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023, and budget BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2023, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2024, CREATING A PARKS IMPACT FEE FUND AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT IMPACT FEE FUND.

  5. e.Proclamation - 20th Anniversary Week of the Family

5.Citizen's Comments - Persons desiring to address the Council must complete and provide the City Clerk a yellow "Request to Speak" form. When the Mayor recognizes you, state your name and address and direct all remarks to the Council as a body, not individual council members, 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 answered within a reasonable period following the meeting date.

6.Unfinished Business

  1. a.Cornerstone Charter Academy Development Site Plan Approval

  2. b.RFP 23-08 - Selection of Contractor for Cross Lake Road Improvements

  3. c.Discussion on City Manager Candidate and Employment Agreement

7.New Business

  1. a.Consideration to Appoint Jason Carson to the District 4 Commissioner seat

  2. b.Consideration to Appoint Randy Holihan as the District 3 Planning & Zoning Board Member

  3. c.JJ's Request for Solid Waste Increase

  4. d.Sienna Place: Discussion on Waste Management Contract

8.Attorney's Report

  1. a.3904 Arajo Court Title Search

9.City Manager's Report

10.Mayor’s Report

11.Items from Council

12.Adjournment

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