City Council Regular Session 04/20/2026 06:00 PM City Hall

REVISED

Revised 4/17/2026: Item #10 changed to Non Quasi-Judicial Hearing; updated price sheet for Item #9; documents added to Items #11 and 13

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.

*Note - the 5:00 PM Council Workshop - New Community Redevelopment Agency Plan Presentation was canceled due to a conflict with the vendor's schedule.

Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation - Vice Mayor Chevella Young

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.

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

Approval of Agenda

Proclamations/Awards/Recognitions

• 1.Recognize Recipients of Awards at Annual Employee Luncheon:

  Employee of the Year - Police Detective Richard Poteat

  Supervisor of the Year - Fire Chief Josh Wehinger

  Achievement - Keith Richardson, Natural Gas Supervisor

  Dedication - Luther Milton, Crew Leader, Public Works

• 2.National Student Leadership Week - April 24-30, 2026

• Leadership Week Proc.pdf (0.10 MB)

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

• 3.Minutes - February 17, 2026 Regular Session

• Regular Session Minutes 2-17-2026 final AES.pdf (0.03 MB)

• 4.Minutes - April 6, 2026 Council Workshop

• Workshop Minutes 4-6-2026 final AES.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 5.City Council Resolution No. 2026-044 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain agreement between the City and the State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection for administration of Federal Grant Funds; 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.

• RES 2026-044 -- FDEP Vulnerability Assessment (v.3).pdf (3.19 MB)

• 6.City Council Resolution No. 2026-047 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain interagency agreement between the City of Lake City and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs Police, Lake City District concerning criminal justice information exchange and computer usage; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said agreement; directing the Chief of Police of the Lake City Police Department to join the Mayor in executing said agreement; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• Pages from RTC MOU VA Police CJI Info March 2026 ADA Checked.pdf (0.36 MB)
• RES 2026-047 - Interagency Agreement LCPD - Veteran's Affairs (v.2).pdf (0.87 MB)

• 7.City Council Resolution No. 2026-048 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving an amendment extending that certain annual aviation fuel agreement between the City and Eastern Aviation Fuels, Inc., a North Carolina Corporation DBA Titan Aviation Fuels; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said amendment; 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 amendment; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• RTC Aviation Fuels Annual Contract Extension .pdf (0.04 MB)
• RES 2026-048 -- Approving Contract Extension (Aviation Fuels) (v.2).pdf (0.85 MB)

• 8.City Council Resolution No. 2026-050 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, adopting the evaluation and tabulation of responses to that certain Invitation to Bid Number 009-2026 for the installation of directional boring under SR-247 and SW Leisure Drive awarding said bid to Badger Drilling, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company; approving the agreement with said vendor; making certain findings of fact in support thereof; 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 ITB 009-2026 Directional Bore .pdf (0.05 MB)
• RES 2026-050 -- ITB-009-2026 (Badger Drilling) (v.2).pdf (1.15 MB)

Presentations

• 9.City Parks Improvement Plan

  Video for park presentation. https://youtu.be/CLn12B6Nzyk 

• Youngs Park package pictures only.pdf (26.14 MB)
• 45286_VC - Lake City -FL Picture Only.pdf (1.27 MB)
• Park Improvements (Revised).pdf (0.01 MB)

Quasi-Judicial Hearings - None

Old Business

Open Public Hearing

• 10.City Council Ordinance No. 2026-2367 (final reading) - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida, pursuant to Petition No. ANX 26-03, submitted by Elizabeth Steely, relating to voluntary annexation; annexing certain real property located in Columbia County, Florida, which is reasonably compact, and contiguous to the boundaries of the City of Lake City, Florida; making certain findings of fact in support thereof; providing severability; repealing all ordinances in conflict; providing an effective date. (Located on Northwest Turner Avenue)

  Passed on first reading on 4/6/2026

• Presentation for Annexation ANX 26-03.pdf (3.01 MB)
• ANX_26-03_ORD 2026-2367 (v.3).pdf (0.35 MB)
• 26-2367.pdf (0.03 MB)
• Business Impact Estimate - Ordinance 2026-2367.pdf (0.02 MB)

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Ordinance No. 2026-2367 on final reading

New Business

Ordinances

Council Discussion and Possible First Reading

• 11.City Council Ordinance No. 2026-2369 - An ordinance of the City of Lake City, Florida; amending City Code Chapter 86 - Streets, Sidewalks, and Other Public Places, Article I - In General, adding a new Section 86-2 entitled "Recreational Street Closings Authorized" for the purpose of authorizing the City Manager to temporarily close streets to motor vehicle traffic to facilitate neighborhood recreational opportunities; providing for codification; providing for severability; providing for conflicts; and providing an effective date.

• Ord 2025-2369 -- Recreational Street Closings (v.1).pdf (0.27 MB)
• Orlando, FL Code of Ordinances.pdf (0.27 MB)
• Miami, FL Code of Ordinances.pdf (0.20 MB)

Resolutions

Open Public Hearing

• 12.City Council Resolution No. 2026-036 - A resolution of the City Council of the City of Lake City, Florida, authorizing the City to participate in the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment Program provided for in and authorized by the "Brownfields Redevelopment Act" created under the provisions of Sections 376.77-376.85 Florida Statutes, as amended; designating certain lands within the City located at 2932 N US Highway 441, Lake City, Florida, and identified as Property Appraiser's parcel number 17-3S-17-05000-003, as a Brownfield area for the purpose of environmental remediation, rehabilitation and economic development as provided for in the act; providing for notification to the Department of Environmental Protection of the City's decision to designate a Brownfield area for rehabilitation; providing for an effective date.

• Report to Council Blank12.20.pdf (0.01 MB)
• RES 2026-039 -- Brownfields Site Designation (v.2).pdf (0.59 MB)
• Staff Report -- Brownfield 2932 N US Higway 441V2.pdf (0.44 MB)
• 26-036.pdf (0.03 MB)

Close Public Hearing

Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2026-036 on second and final reading

• 13.City Council Resolution No. 2026-043 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain agreement between the City and the Columbia County Board of County Commissioners for the acquisition of the Waste Water Treatment Plant generally identified as the North Florida Mega Industrial Park Waste Water Treatment Plant; 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.

• RES 2026-043 -- Acquisition of WWTP (v.2).pdf (2.64 MB)
• Section 180 Analysis (v.6).pdf (0.52 MB)

• 14.City Council Resolution No. 2026-038 - A resolution of the City of Lake City, Florida, approving that certain Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Lake City and the School Board of Columbia County; making certain findings of fact in support of the City approving said Memorandum of Understanding; recognizing the authority of the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Memorandum of Understanding; directing the Mayor to execute and bind the City to said Memorandum of Understanding; repealing all prior resolutions in conflict; and providing an effective date.

• RTC MOU with Columbia County School District.pdf (0.14 MB)
• RES 2026-038-- MOU (Columbia County Schools) (v.2).pdf (0.85 MB)

Other Items - None

Departmental Administration - None

Comments by:

City Manager Don Rosenthal 

City Attorney Clay Martin 

City Clerk Audrey Sikes  

Comments by Council Members

Council Member Chevella Young 

Council Member Ricky Jernigan 

Council Member James Carter 

Council Member Tammy Harris

Mayor Noah Walker

Adjournment

YouTube Information

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