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Please note: this meeting's minutes have not been finalized yet. Actions taken on legislation and their results are not available.
Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Revised
Meeting date/time: 5/20/2025 4:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: Ocala City Hall 110 SE Watula Avenue Second Floor - Council Chambers Ocala, Florida https://www.ocalafl.gov/meetings
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2025-1239 4a.ProclamationPresentation of the Mayor’s Citizen Recognition Award to Joshua Musikantow   Not available Video Video
2025-0718 4b.ProclamationPresentation of the American Wetlands Month Proclamation to Water Resources Director Sean Lanier and to Water Resources Operation Manager Robyn Preston   Not available Video Video
2025-0929 4c.ProclamationPresentation of the National Public Works Week to Public Works Director Darren Park   Not available Video Video
2025-1214 4d.ProclamationService Award - Lafayetta Hodges - Ocala Police Department - 20 Years of Service   Not available Video Video
2025-1215 4e.ProclamationService Award - Detective Michael Bowman - Ocala Police Department - 25 Years of Service   Not available Video Video
2025-1216 4f.ProclamationService Award - Battalion Chief Robert Altman - Ocala Fire Rescue - 35 Years of Service   Not available Video Video
2025-1273 6a.Agenda ItemApprove award of contract to BWC Services USA, LLC, for grounds maintenance services at Ocala Wetlands Recharge Park in an amount not to exceed $58,500   Not available Not available
BR-2025-153 6b.Budget ResolutionAdopt Budget Resolution 2025-153 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate additional grant funds from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for online sting operations in the amount of $2,838   Not available Not available
2025-1265 6c.Agenda ItemApprove a task work order with McFarland Johnson, Inc. to provide design services for the T-Hangar Taxilane Rehabilitation project in the amount of $83,536   Not available Not available
2025-1352 6f.Agenda ItemApprove City Council Work Session minutes from April 29, 2025   Not available Not available
2025-1330 6g.Agenda ItemApprove City Council meeting minutes from May 6, 2025   Not available Not available
2025-1229 9a.Agenda ItemApprove the sale of beer and wine for on-premise consumption for Graffiti Seafood & More Management, LLC., dba, Graffiti Seafood & More located at 1532 S Pine Ave (Parcel 28575-010-09) (Quasi-Judicial)   Not available Video Video
2025-1311 9b.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 2025-23 amending sections 2-195 and 2-196, Code of Ordinances, City of Ocala, Florida; providing for the administration of preemployment fingerprinting and background checks   Not available Video Video
2025-1312 9c.OrdinanceAdopt Ordinance 2025-24 to rezone approximately 1.00 acre of property located at 3640 SW Seventh Place from INST, Institutional, to M-2, Medium Industrial (Case ZON25-0004) (Quasi-Judicial)   Not available Video Video
BR-2025-155 10a.Budget ResolutionAdopt Budget Resolution 2025-155 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget for the carry forward of prior fiscal year grant funds totaling $42,633,188   Not available Video Video
BR-2025-156 10b.Budget ResolutionAdopt Budget Resolution 2025-156 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to provide a supplemental appropriation to reconcile cash balance forward accounts and for the continuation of projects not completed in Fiscal Year 2023-24 in the amount of $175,431,800   Not available Video Video
2025-1030 10c.Agenda ItemApprove the award of a one-year contract for implementation and licenses to Spatial Business Systems for Automated Utility Design software at an estimated cost of $113,500   Not available Video Video
2025-1175 10d.Agenda ItemApprove a substantial amendment to the City of Ocala’s HUD 2019-2023 Five-Year Consolidated Plan and 2019-2020 Annual Plan to allow $200,000 to be used for rental assistance in the City of Ocala   Not available Video Video
BR-2025-154 10e.Budget ResolutionAdopt Budget Resolution 2025-154 amending the Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget to accept and appropriate 2024-25 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program grant funding in the amount of $175,728   Not available Video Video
2025-1226 10f.Agenda ItemApprove the award of a contract to Traffic Control Devices, LLC, for construction services related to the signalization project of SW 43rd Court at SW 40th Street for the bid amount of $532,532, plus a 10 percent contingency, for a total expenditure not to exceed $585,785   Not available Video Video
2025-1236 10g.Agenda ItemApprove award of the agreement for recoating services for Water Tower #2 to Southeastern Tank & Tower, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $246,000   Not available Video Video
2025-1270 10h.Agenda ItemApprove award of agreement to Ardurra Group, Inc., for professional services associated with planning studies for the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant in the amount of $129,986   Not available Video Video
2025-1274 10i.Agenda ItemApprove the purchase of new portable radios for Ocala Police Department, Ocala Fire Rescue, and Ocala Electric Utility utilizing State of Florida’s alternative source agreement with Motorola Solutions, Inc. in the amount of $5,952,904   Not available Video Video
2025-1292 15a.Agenda ItemApproval of and entry into a proposed Settlement Agreement in the matter of Art Rojas & Lucinda Hale v. City of Ocala, currently pending on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit   Not available Video Video
2025-1292 15a.Agenda ItemApproval of and entry into a proposed Settlement Agreement in the matter of Art Rojas & Lucinda Hale v. City of Ocala, currently pending on appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit   Not available Video Video
2025-1267 17a.Agenda ItemInform Council of renewed agreement between the Florida Department of Corrections and the Ocala Police Department   Not available Video Video
2025-1250 17b.Agenda ItemInform Council that the Ocala Police Department has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as part of a task force   Not available Video Video