City Council Regular Meeting of September 9, 2026 minutes 2026-09-09

City Council · 2026-09-09 · minutes

The document is the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes for September 9, 2026. It contains no specific development project with an address, parcel, size, or zoning change. It covers budget and millage rate approvals, a contract award for an industrial injection well, an engineering services agreement, a design task order, and administrative items. The budget includes capital projects such as Public Land Acquisition ($3 million), Henry Avenue Improvements ($2 million), Building Department Building with Council Chambers ($2 million), Public Works Administration Building ($1 million), Sheridan Road Sidewalks ($625K), and City Hall Remodel ($250K). The Council approved a tentative millage rate of 1.7724 per thousand dollars of taxable value and a tentative 2026-2027 budget of $97,934,580, removing the FLOCK appropriation. A public hearing for final adoption was set for September 23, 2026. The Council authorized an agreement with Florida Design Drilling for construction of a new deep injection well and dual zone monitoring well in an amount not to exceed $15,205,239, and an agreement with McNabb Miller for engineering services during construction in an amount not to exceed $2,463,004.84. The Council also authorized an agreement with Infrastructure Engineering Group for engineering design services for Doherty Canal Henry Avenue Culvert improvements in a not-to-exceed amount of $88,020. Public comment was made by Kevin Frank, president of Crystal Lakes HOA, requesting $25,000 for landscaping replacement and an easement partnership for Burdock Avenue. The Business Advisory Board felt they should have been consulted prior to the Council's decision on the millage rate, as they did not believe the rate should have been lowered.