City Council Regular Session 11/15/2021 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.

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Council Member Todd Sampson 

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

Minutes

• 1.October 26, 2021 Special Session 

• 2.November 1, 2021 Regular Session

• 3.November 8, 2021 Special Session 

Approval of Agenda

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 

• 4.City Council Resolution No. 2021-160 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida authorizing the execution of an Interlocal Agreement with Columbia County, Florida; providing for the engagement of the  County's building official on an interim basis to act as the City's building official; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.  

  NOTE:  This resolution was considered and discussed, including public comments, at the November 1, 2021 meeting as Item #20 with no motion.  Members did vote 4-0 in favor of City Council Resolution No. 2021-160.            

Presentations

• 5.3rd Annual Thanksgiving "Unity in the Community" Dinner (Kim Denmark)  

• 6.Lake City Columbia County Humane Society, Inc. - Request for the City to remove the provisions on page 2 of the Deed requiring the land shall be used for the sole purpose of providing animal shelter facilities and services for the citizens of Lake City and Columbia County, Florida by a not for profit entity.  (Attorney Marlin Feagle) 

Old Business

Ordinances

Open Public Hearing

• 7.City Council  Ordinance No. 2021-2209 (final reading) - An ordinance of  the City of Lake City, Florida; amending the code of the City of Lake City, Florida; providing for amendments to Chapter 70, Article V ("Firefighters' Retirement"); providing for codification; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing for an effective date.  

  Passed on first reading on 11/01/2021

Close Hearing         

        Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2021-2209 on final reading 

Other Items

• 8.Discussion and Possible Action - Fire Pension Board Appointee (Mayor Witt) 

New Business

Ordinances - None 

Resolutions

• 9.City Council Resolution No. 2021-166 - A resolution of the City Council, of the City of Lake City, Florida amending the annual operating budget for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2020 and ending September 30, 2021.   

• 10.City Council Resolution No. 2021-170 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, appointing members to the Planning and Zoning Board, and the Board of Adjustments, and the Historical Board in accordance with Ordinance 2201-2201; providing for various terms of office; and providing for an effective date. 

• 11.City Council Resolution No. 2021-171 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida ratifying the execution of Task Assignment Number Twenty to the Continuing Contract with North Florida Professional Services, Inc., a Florida Corporation; providing for engineering services relating to the Price Creek Water Treatment Plant Access Road; providing for the payment for the professional services at a not to exceed cost of $3,900.00; providing for conflict; and providing for an effective date. 

• 12.City Council Resolution No. 2021-172 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, amending the personnel manual for City employees; providing for the amendment of Section 9.09 titled "Holidays" providing for the addition of the Juneteenth Holiday; providing for severability; providing for conflict; and providing an effective date. 

• 13.City Council Resolution No. 2021-173 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Local No. 2288 of the International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO; providing for the amendment of Article 14 titled "Wages and Classifications:; providing for severability; providing for conflict; and providing for an effective date. 

Departmental Administration

• 14.Status of Investment Accounts we have with the Florida League of Cities (Finance Director Donna Duncan)

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

YouTube Chanel Information

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