2007-05-10CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
CITIZENS ADVISORY TASK FORCE
MAY 10, 2007 SUMMARY
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(I AGENDA 11 CODE BOARD ACTION li
L CALL MEETING TO ORDER
H. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
III. BOARD MEMBERS ATTENDANCE:
Chairperson Mack Worley
Vice -Chairperson Jamie Gamiotea
Member Bea Castorina
Member Frank Irby
Member Marsha Montesi
Member Andrea Nelson
Member Rennae Sweda
Alternate Heather Hancock
Alternate Penny Revels
STAFF ATTENDANCE:
Attorney John Cook
Fire Chief/Code Enforcement Officer Herb Smith
Code Enforcement Officer Fred Sterling
Secretary Sue Christopher
May 10, 2007 Citizens Advisory Task Force meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chairperson Worley.
Chairperson Worley led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present
Present
Absent with consent
Present
Present
Absent with consent (Penny Revels filled the seat for Member Nelson)
Present (Entered chambers at 5:32 p.m,)
Present (Moved to a voting member position for Member Sweda)
Present
Absent
Absent
Absent
Present
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II AGENDA III CODE BOARD ACTION 11
Nancy Phillips
Nancy Phillips & Associates, L. C
Grants/Funding Specialist
Budget amendment to City's Nancy Phillips of Nancy Phillips & Associates thanked the Citizen's Advisory Task Force for taking time out of
Community Development their schedules to attend the meeting and contribute to the City of Okeechobee. Ms. Phillips gave the Board some
Block Grant (CDBG) background on the City's Community Development Block Grant which was awarded on February 27, 2006. This
grant will be used to construct water/sewer lines and make roadway improvements to the site on behalf of the Olde
Tyme Construction facility. She stated at the time the grant was submitted the original budget was: Water Facilities
$16,950,00; Sewer Facilities $132,900.00; Street Improvements $330,672.00; Grant Administration $48,000.00;
Engineering $71,478.00 for a total of $600,000.00. Olde Tyme Construction will create eighteen new jobs and ten
of these will be available for low to moderate income residents of the area. All of the construction and job creation
must be completed by February 26, 2008. Since the award the City hired the engineering firm of LBFH, Inc. who
designed the plans and the specs. The construction went out to bid and Telehar Construction was the low bidder
at $416,656.00. Since construction started there has been one change order which increased the contract amount
to $445,717.00. She stated the purpose of the meeting tonight was to ask for the Boards consideration of a budget
amendment to transfer the Water Facilities $16,950.00 portion of the grant to the Street Improvements increasing
that line item to $347,622.00. During the engineering design on the project it was determined no water
improvements were needed to the site.
City Administrator, Brian Whitehall, gave a brief update on the progress of the project since the last meeting of the
Citizens Advisory Task Force in July of 2005. He stated originally a recycling plant had planned to build a site but
later backed out. However, the City was able to pursue the grant based on the number of employees Olde Tyme
Construction would generate. He informed the Task Force the project was about half way complete. He said the
first payment estimate had just been approved for $163,000.00 which included a lake, sanitary sewer section and
some road improvements.
Member Gamiotea moved to recommend to the City Council that the Citizen's Advisory Task Force recommends
a grant budget amendment moving the Water Facilities line item of $16,950.00 to the Street Improvement line
item increasing it to $347,622.00; seconded by Member Montesi.
Worley - Yes Gamiotea - Yes Castorina - Absent Irby - Yes
Nelson - Absent Sweda - Non -voting Hancock - Yes Revels - Yes
Montesi -Yes
Motion Carried
AGENDA
ADJOURNMENT - CHAIRPERSON WORLEY.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE AND BE ADVISED that if a person decides to appeal any
decision made by the Citizen's Advisory Task Force with respect to any matter
considered at this meeting, he/she may need to insure that a verbatim record of the
proceeding is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the
appeal is to be based. Media is for the sole purpose of backup for official records of the
department.
Mack Worley, Chairperson
ATTEST:
Sue Christopher, Secr ary
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There being no further items on the agenda Chairperson Worley adjourned the meeting at 5:40 p.m.