City Council Regular Session 10/16/2023 06:00 PM City Hall

REVISED

Revised 10/13/2023: Item #8 added; Item #16 City Attorney Robinson, Kennon and Kendron, P.A. added invoices 7517-7527; 

This meeting will be held in the City Council Chambers on the second floor of City Hall located at 205 North Marion Avenue, Lake City, FL 32055.  Members of the public may also view the meeting on our YouTube channel.  YouTube channel information is located at the end of this agenda.

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Mayor Stephen Witt

Roll Call

Ladies and Gentlemen; The Lake City Council has opened its public meeting. Since 1968, the City Code has prohibited any person from making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks or becoming boisterous while addressing the City Council. Yelling or making audible comments from the audience constitutes boisterous conduct. Such conduct will not be tolerated. There is only one approved manner of addressing the City Council. That is, to be recognized and then speak from the podium.

As a reminder, persons are not to openly carry a handgun or carry a concealed weapon or firearm while the governing body is meeting. 

Proclamations

• 1.American Pharmacists Month  - October 2023

Minutes

• 2.October 2, 2023 Regular Session

Approval of Agenda

Public Participation - Persons Wishing to Address Council

Citizens are encouraged to participate in City of Lake City meetings. The City of Lake City encourages civility in public discourse and requests that speakers direct their comments to the Chair. Those attendees wishing to share a document and or comments in writing for inclusion into the public record must email the item to submissions@lcfla.com no later than noon on the day of the meeting.  Citizens may also provide input to individual council members via office visits, phone calls, letters and e-mail that will become public record.

Approval of Consent Agenda - None

Presentations - None

Old Business

Ordinances

Open Public Hearing

• 3.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2257 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending Chapter 102 of the City Code of Ordinances; providing for amendments to the City's Utilities; providing for severability; providing for the repeal of conflicts; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.

  Passed on first reading 9/18/2023

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2257 on final reading

Open Public Hearing

• 4.City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2264 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida; implementing the State's Statutory Mandate to prepare business impact estimates prior to the adoption of proposed ordinances pursuant to Section 166.041(4), Florida Statutes; providing findings; adopting business impact estimate procedures, requirements, and exemptions; providing severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.

  Passed on first reading 10/2/23

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2023-2264 on final reading

Resolutions - None

Other Items

• 5.Discussion and Possible Action: Annie Mattox Park Camera Installation (Assistant City Manager Dee Johnson)

• 6.Discussion of September 11, 2023 vote regarding Section 2-53 of the Code of Ordinances relating to the compensation of Mayor and Council Members (City Attorney Todd Kennon)

New Business

Ordinances - None

Resolutions

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2023-109 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the City by and through its Police Department to enter into an Interagency Agreement establishing a community partnership between the Florida Department of Corrections and the Lake City Police Department.

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2023-116 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, dedicating of that portion of Long Street, being in the City limits of the City of Lake City, Florida, beginning at the intersection of NW Long Street and US 441 and ending at intersection of NW Long Street and Lake Jeffery Road to be dedicated to the memory and legacy of Mariah Reginae Smith; authorizing sign installation; providing for the adoption of recitals; and providing an effective date. 

• 9.City Council Resolution No. 2023-117 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, reappointing Christopher Lydick to the Planning and Zoning Board, the Board of Adjustments, and the Historical Preservation Agency; and providing for an effective date.

• 10.City Council Resolution No. 2023-118 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a continuing contract with RS&H, Inc.; providing for Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI)/Observation Services; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.

• 11.City Council Resolution No. 2023-119 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of a continuing contract with AE Engineering, Inc.; providing for Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI)/Observation Services; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.

• 12.City Council Resolution No. 2023-121 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, appointing David Young as the Land Development Regulation Administrator; and providing for an effective date.

• 13.City Council Resolution No. 2023-122 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the execution of Task Assignment Number Three to the continuing contract with Wetland Solutions, Inc., providing for engineering services related to a septic remediation plan to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection; providing for payment for the professional services at a cost not to exceed $36,600.00; and providing an effective date.

Other Items

• 14.Discussion and Possible Action: Salary for Interim City Manager Dee Johnson

• 15.Update - Collin Baenziger & Associates for City Manager search (City Attorney Todd Kennon)

• 16.Informational Purposes Only - City Attorney, Robinson, Kennon and Kendron, P.A. invoices for August 2 and 3, and September 2023. Folds Walker, LLC invoice for September 2023

Departmental Administration - None

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

YouTube Information

Members of the public may also view the meeting on our YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/c/CityofLakeCity