Agenda

Agenda items

• 1) Receive the update
• 1. 05-06-2026 CC Minutes
• 1. Continue to prevent further deterioration of home rule authority through government
• 1. Deliver a Balance Budget with pay increases the city can afford.
• 1. Golf cart crossing bridge over new 441
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Construction (Other)
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 1. Move to approve the meeting minutes under the Consent Agenda.
• 1. Resolution 2026-09
• 1. St. Clair Abrams Avenue: Plan, design, and research budget resources for the St.
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Electrical
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • General Contractor
  • Lighting & Low-Voltage Systems
• 1. Tavares_EventCalendar_2026_Rvsd 5.14.2026
• 1. To continue to lead Tavares to be a city that sets the bar for other cities as
• 2) Do not receive the update.
• 2. 05-06-2026 CC Minutes Exhibit A - Letter from LCBCC to CC
• 2. Continue to attract new commercial development into the city to appropriate
• 2. Continue to lower the tax rate.
• 2. Economic Development through commercia growth
• 2. Exhibit A
  • Government Authority
• 2. Move to approve the meeting minutes with corrections.
• 2. Rifles, Rails & History Event: 2027 will mark ten years since the last highly
  • Event Planning & Rentals
  • Business Consulting
  • Admin Services (Other)
• 2. Work with Department Heads to ensure a balanced budget.
• 3. Acquire property within the city to commit as green space
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 3. Continue the same level of service or better.
• 3. Continue to work with our partners to acquire the right-of-way for the rails to trails
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Real Estate Development
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 3. Continue working to pay down city debt.
• 3. Tavares Cemetery and Arboretum: Design and create in the Tavares Cemetery and
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Painting & Flooring
  • General Contractor
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 4. Continue to lower the debt service.
• 4. Major Alexander St. Clair-Abrams home: With the incredible renovations of Tavares
  • General Contractor
  • Carpentry & Cabinetry
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Electrical
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Plumbing
  • Restoration & Waterproofing
  • Roofing
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 4. Pursue grants for infrastructure and capital improvement projects.
• 4. Support arboretum beatification and staffing
• 4. Work with Economic Development to bring new businesses into the city and
  • Real Estate Development
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Business Consulting
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 5. Completion of the State Road 19/County Road 561 traffic signal.
  • Electrical
  • Construction (Other)
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Building & Industrial Supply
• 5. Continue to develop the two parks, (YMCA, and Woodlea).
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
• 5. Continue to ensure that Tavares City employees are compensated fairly and have
• 5. East Regional Park design and funding
• 5. Waterfront signage: The five-themed lands signage along beautiful Lake Dora
• 6. Continue to actively seek grants for projects throughout the city in all departments.
• 6. Mayor’s Youth Council restructuring
• 7. America in Bloom support to compete
• 7. Continue with the effort to secure the property by city hall for the parking facility
  • General Contractor
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Painting & Flooring
• 8. Continue utilizing a pay-as-you-go approach for City projects and operations, as had
• 8. Pause housing permits while addressing infrastructure
  • General Contractor
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
• 9. Economic development infrastructure improvements for the abandoned rail bed
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Utilities (Sub)
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
• IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
• IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
• IV. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
• IX. ORDINANCES - PUBLIC HEARING
• IX. ORDINANCES – PUBLIC HEARING
• VI. READING OF ALL ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS INTO RECORD
• VI. READING OF ALL ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS INTO RECORD
• VI. READING OF ALL ORDINANCES/RESOLUTIONS INTO THE RECORD
• VII. CONSENT AGENDA
• VII. CONSENT AGENDA
• VII. CONSENT AGENDA
• VIII. RESOLUTIONS
• VIII. RESOLUTIONS
• X. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
• X. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • General Contractor
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Roofing
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Windows, Doors & Glass
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Landscaping & Lawn Service
  • Utilities (Sub)
• X. GENERAL GOVERNMENT
• XII. OLD BUSINESS
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • Business Consulting
  • Real Estate Development
  • Government Authority
• XIII. AUDIENCE TO BE HEARD
• XIII. AUDIENCE TO BE HEARD
• XIII. AUDIENCE TO BE HEARD
• XIV. REPORTS
• XIV. REPORTS
  • Real Estate Development
  • Engineering & Architecture
  • General Contractor
  • Building & Industrial Supply
  • Site Prep, Grading & Hardscape
  • Concrete & Masonry
  • Carpentry & Cabinetry
  • Roofing
  • Electrical
  • Plumbing
  • HVAC & Climate Control
  • Painting & Flooring
  • Drywall & Insulation
  • Windows, Doors & Glass
• XIV. REPORTS