City Council Meeting 01/21/2025 06:30 PM City Hall Chambers 1600 Nela Ave, Belle Isle, FL

City Council

Nicholas Fouraker, Mayor
Vice-Mayor – Jason Carson, District 4

District 1 Commissioner – Frank Vertolli | District 2 Commissioner – Holly Bobrowski |
District 3 Commissioner – Danny Otterbacher  |  District 5 Commissioner – Beth Lowell |
District 6 Commissioner – Stan Smith | District 7 Commissioner – Jim Partin

Welcome to the City of Belle Isle City Council meeting. 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 - Comm Jim Partin, District 7

3.Presentations

  1. a.PD - Good Citizen Award, Richard (Rick) Baines

4.Public Comments & Announcements - Persons desiring to address the Council must complete and provide the City Clerk a yellow "Request to Speak" form, limited to three (3) minutes, with no discussion. When the Mayor recognizes you, state your name and address and direct all remarks to the Council as a body.

5.Consent Items - These items are considered routine, and one motion will adopt them unless a Council member requests before the vote on the motion that an item be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.

  1. a.Approval of the January 7, 2025 Meeting Minutes

  2. b.Approval of the 2025 OC Supervisor of Elections (SOE) Office Facility Use Agreement

6.Unfinished Business

  1. a.Approval of Tree Board Ordinance and Fee Proposed Revisions-Continued, Richard Weinsier

  2. b.ORDINANCE NO. 24-03: SECOND READING AND ADOPTION - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE TEXT OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT, CONSERVATION ELEMENT, HOUSING ELEMENT, INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION ELEMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENT, PUBLIC SCHOOLS FACILITIES ELEMENT, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS ELEMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT; AMENDING THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND A SERIES OF MAPS WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 

7.New Business

  1. a.Request for Sponsorship of Code Enforcement Officer Patrick Albery to Police Academy and Creation of a Police Cadet Position

  2. b.Approval of Bing Grant Application for Windsor PL HOA for Flock Safety Security Cameras/Readers

  3. c.Discussion on Wallace Field Interlocal Agreement 

  4. d.Discuss and Approve Fishback Dominick Attorney Fees

  5. e.Approval of Storm Water Rate Study Contract with Willdan Financial Services

  6. f.RESOLUTION 25-01 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, TO ADOPT STANDARDS TO SAFEGUARD AGAINST CYBERSECURITY THREATS; ADOPTING THE METHODS AND STANDARDS SET FORTH IN VERSION 1.1 OF THE FRAMEWORK FOR CYBERSECURITY ADOPTED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 

  7. g.RESOLUTION NO. 25-02 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE, FLORIDA, AMENDING THE PURCHASING POLICY FOR THE CITY OF BELLE ISLE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO. 20-08 AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

8.Attorney's Report

9.City Manager's Report

  1. a.City Manager's Report

  2. b.Chief's Report

  3. c.Public Works Report

10.Mayor’s Report

11.Commissioners Report

12.Adjournment

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