City Council Regular Session 09/07/2021 06:00 PM City Hall

The 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 live on our Youtube channel. Youtube channel information is located at the end of this Agenda.

Events Prior to Meeting 

5:00 PM Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) Meeting 

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Mayor Stephen Witt 

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.

Roll Call

Proclamations - None

Minutes - None 

Approval of Agenda

Approval of Consent Agenda

• 1.Discussion and Possible Action - Request from Woofstock Festival and Columbia County Doxie Derby to place a banner on the City of Lake City sign November 5, 2021 through November 13, 2021 to advertise the Woofstock Festival.  

• 2.Award ITB-026-2021 Purchase of Pipe and Fittings for the Westside Fire Station to Lanier Municipal Supply Co, Inc., the sole bidder, for a total of $32,289.12.  

• 3.Permit application from Columbia High School to hold the CHS Homecoming Parade on Friday, October 1, 2021, from 1:00 P.M. until 5:00 P.M.  The parade will start at 3:00 P.M.  All supporting documents including certificate of insurance have been provided. 

Presentations

• 4.Jamie Bell, Jones Edmunds

  *  Bell Road Wastewater Capacity Analysis 

  *  Water Main Routing Study 

  *  5A Water Main and Bell Road Wastewater Improvement Project Scope/Fees 

  *  SR47/I75 Groundbreaking Ceremony

FIRE ASSESSMENT/BUDGET HEARINGS

Open Public Hearing on the Proposed Fire Protection Assessment Rates 

Public Comment on the Proposed Fire Protection Assessment Rates for Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2021.

Close Hearing

• 5.City Council Resolution No. 2021-129 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, constituting the FY2021-2022 Annual Fire Assessment Resolution, relating to the provision of fire protection services, facilities and programs in the City of Lake City, Florida; reimposing fire protection assessments against assessed property located within the City of Lake City for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2021; approving the rates of assessment; approving the final assessment roll; confirming and supplementing the 2021 preliminary rate resolution; providing for severability; and providing an effective date.  

Open Tentative Hearing of the FY2021-2022 Budget

• 6.City Council Resolution No. 2021-130 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, adopting a millage rate for the levy of ad valorem taxes for the City for fiscal year 2021-2022; and providing an effective date. 

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2021-131 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, adopting the budget for fiscal year 2021-2022; and providing for an effective date.  

Close Hearing

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.

Old Business

Other Items

• 8.Discussion and Possible Action - Fire Pension Board Appointee

• 9.Discussion and Possible Action - On May 3, 2021 City Council Ordinance No. 2021-2189  was passed and adopted relating to the establishment of a temporary moratorium for 180 days related to the issuance of new business tax receipts that are related to activities that include electronic simulated gaming promotion or electronic sweepstakes and excepting renewals of existing business tax receipts.  The temporary moratorium is set to expire on October 30, 2021.   

New Business

Ordinances

• 10.City Council Ordinance No. 2021-2200 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the official zoning atlas of the City of Lake City Land Development Regulations, as amended; relating to the rezoning of less than ten contiguous acres of land, pursuant to an application, Z-21-06, by the property owner of said acreage; providing for rezoning from Residential, Single-Family-2 (RSF-2) to Commercial, Neighborhood (CN) of certain lands within the corporate limits of the City of Lake City, Florida; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; and providing an effective date.  

• 11.City Council Ordinance No. 2021-2202 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending Chapter 104, entitled vegetation of the City Code of ordinances; providing for repeal of Section 40, titled creation of City Tree Board; appointment of members; terms of the City Code in its entirety; providing for severability; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.  

• 12.City Council Ordinance No. 2021-2204 (first reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the code of the City of Lake City, Florida, Chapter 70, Article IV, Police Officers Retirement Fund; providing for the addition of a Section 70-106; providing for a share account (defined contribution component); providing for severability; providing for conflicts; providing for codification; and providing for an effective date.  

Resolutions

• 13.City Council Resolution No. 2021-128 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing execution of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant with the United States of America, Department of Justice, through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement; providing for the receipt of $38,642.00; providing for the procurement of patrol rifles for the replacement of the current weapons in use; providing for the return of the current weapons to the federal grantor; providing for the receipt of a grant award of $38,642.00; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.  

• 14.City Council Resolution No. 2021-133 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, ratifying the execution of the Airport Rescue Grant Agreement with the United States of America, Federal Aviation Administration; providing for the receipt of a grant award of $59,000.00 through the American Rescue Plan Act; providing for the reimbursement of operational expenses or debt service payments in accordance with the limitation prescribed in the act; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date. 

• 15.City Council Resolution No. 2021-135 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, rescinding an award of a project related to the purchase and installation of field fence at the Kicklighter Wastewater Treatment Facility, and awarding the project to DMC Construction, LLC; providing for a contract price not to exceed $30,097.50; providing for the execution of the contract; and providing an effective date. 

Departmental Administration

Other Items

• 16.Discussion and Possible Action - Request from Florida Gateway College District Board of Trustees to have a joint meeting among the Lake City Council, the Columbia County Commissioners, and representative of Florida Gateway College to discuss items impacting the college and the Florida Gateway Airport.  Per the letter dated August 23, 2021 from Marlin Feagle, the meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 6:00 P.M. in Room 102 at the Wilson Rivers Library.  The meeting will be publicly noticed and masks and social distancing will be encouraged.  The public will be encouraged to attend but no formal action will be taken at the meeting.  

• 17.Discussion and Possible Action - Complaint by Officer on Interim City Manager 

• 18.Discussion and Evaluation and Possible Action - Evaluation of Interim City Manager

Comments by Council Members

Reminder:  City Council Workshop on Monday, September 13, 2021 - 6:00 P.M. Topic - City Hall

Adjournment

Youtube Chanel Information

Members of the public may also view the meeting live on our Youtube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28Eyfa2Uogc-8VTWqafG3w