City Council Regular Session 03/18/2024 06:00 PM City Hall

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.

Events Prior to Meeting - None

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Council Member Ricky Jernigan

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. 

Failure to abide by the rules of decorum will result in removal from the meeting. 

Proclamations - None

Minutes

• 1.February 20, 2024 Regular Session Meeting

• Regular Session Minutes 2-20-2024 final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 2.February 26, 2024 Special Called Council Meeting

• Special Called Minutes 2-26-24 - final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 3.February 26, 2024 Council Workshop

• Workshop Minutes 2-26-2024 - final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 4.March 4, 2024 Regular Session

• Regular Session Minutes 3-4-2024 - final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

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

• 5.Approval to transfer funds in the amount of $34,000.00 from Professional Services, account 410.72.536-030.31, to Capital Outlay Infrastructure, account 410.72.536-060.63, to cover the cost of upgrading Programable Logical Controllers (PLC), soft starters and other intergraded equipment at the Water Treatment Plant. The funds are budgeted for this fiscal year.

• RTC FT.pdf (0.06 MB)
• BI f FT.pdf (0.09 MB)

• 6.Approval to award Bid No. ITB-007-2024 Annual Tree Removing, Stump Grinding and Mulching Contract to Looks Great Services of MS, Inc., the lowest bidder.

• RTC ITB-007-2024 Tree Removal Annual Contract.pdf (0.21 MB)
• itb-007-2024 solicitation.pdf (0.04 MB)
• Evaluation Tabulation (2).pdf (0.09 MB)
• Response Looks Great Services of MS.pdf (0.09 MB)

Presentations

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2024-025 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, changing the name of that certain segment of Northeast Railroad Street situated between North Marion Avenue and Northeast Davis Avenue; designating the name of said segment henceforth to Northeast Presley Lane within the City of Lake City, Florida; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing an effective date.

• RES. 2024-025 - Street Name Change (NE Railroad to NE Presley Lane) - Final.pdf (1.32 MB)

Old Business

Ordinances - None

Resolutions - None

Other Items - None

New Business

Ordinances - None

Resolutions

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2024-024 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain State Highway Lighting, Maintenance, and Compensation work order for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Agreement with the State of Florida Department of Transportation for maintenance of certain highway lighting facilities located in the City of Lake City; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said Agreement; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said agreement; directing the Mayor to execute and bind the City said Agreement; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• RES 2024-024 -- FDOT Lighting Agreement - Final.pdf (1.01 MB)

• 9.City Council Resolution No. 2024-026 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing Task Assignment Number One pursuant to the continuing contract with RS&H, Inc., a Florida Corporation; providing for professional construction, engineering, and inspection services associated with improvements to Southwest Grandview Street; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said Task Assignment; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Task Assignment; authorizing the City Manager with the consent of the City Attorney to make minor changes to the scope of work of the Task Assignment provided such changes do not increase the quoted price in the Task Assignment; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• RTC CEI Services Grandview Street.pdf (0.08 MB)
• Res 2024-026 - Task Assignment 1 - RS&H - Final.pdf (1.68 MB)

• 10.City Council Resolution No. 2024-027 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain Agreement between the City and the State of Florida Department of Transportation for Administration of State Grant Funds pursuant to Financial Project Number 434923-1-94-24 for the design and construction of a hangar at the Lake City Gateway Airport; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said agreement; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Agreement; directing the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Agreement; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• RTC PTGA design & construction Hangar.pdf (0.13 MB)
• Res 2024-027 PTGA to FDOT (Hangar) - Final.pdf (1.40 MB)

• 11.City Council Resolution No. 2024-030 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving Change Order Number Three to that certain contract between the City and SGS Contracting Services, Inc. as said contract was approved and adopted pursuant to City of Lake City Resolution No. 2023-099; pursuant to said Change Order Number Three extending to May 24, 2024 the date of completion of the Rehabilitation Project at the City of Lake City's Waste Water Treatment Plant as such date of completion was initially set forth in said contract; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said Change Order; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Change Order; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date. (St. Margarets)

• Report to Council -Change Order No.3 SGS Saint Margarets Rehab.pdf (0.03 MB)
• RES 2024-030 - SGS Change Order No 3 - Final.pdf (0.87 MB)

Other Items

• 12.Discussion and Possible Action: Nomination(s) for the Northeast Florida League of Cities $500.00 donation to a local non-profit agency/organization/entity. All applications must be received by April 10. (Mayor Stephen Witt)

• 2024 Notice GreenCoveSpgs 3.21.24 (2) 5.pdf (0.73 MB)

• 13.Informational Purposes Only - City Attorney Folds Walker, LLC invoice for January 2024.

• Invoice 2977 - Lake City.pdf (0.17 MB)

Departmental Administration

• 14.Discussion and Possible Action: Approval to create an additional Records Coordinator position (Grade 2) in the Lake City Police Department Records Unit to keep up with the influx of public records request. This position will be funded from the 10 Communications Officer position (Grade 1) being removed from the Police Position Schedule when the Dispatch Center is moved to the County. (Chief Gerald Butler)

• Additional Records Coordinator.pdf (0.25 MB)

Comments by Council Members

Adjournment

YouTube Information

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