2020-03-17 Agenda
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
55 SE THIRD AVENUE, OKEECHOBEE, FL 34974
MARCH 17, 2020
6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
OFFICIAL AGENDA
Mayor
Dowling R. Watford, Jr.
Council Members
Wes Abney
Monica Clark
Bob Jarriel
Bobby Keefe
I. CALL TO ORDER
II. ATTENDANCE
III. AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
A. Requests for the addition, deferral or withdrawal of agenda items.
B. Motion to adopt agenda.
C. Public participation for any issues not on the agenda requires an Agenda Item Form or a Comment Card.
Citizen comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker unless otherwise approved by the Mayor.
IV. PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
A. Proclaim the month of March 2020 as “Red Cross Month.”
B. Present Willie Hall with a 5-year Longevity Service Award.
V. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes – March 3, 2020
B. Approval of Warrant Register – February 2020
C. Approval of a Temporary Street Closing Application, submitted by First Baptist Church, closing SW 4 th
Street between SW 5th Avenue and SW 6th Avenue for an Easter Egg Hunt on April 11, 2020 from 9:00
a.m. to Noon (Exhibit 1).
VI. PUBLIC HEARING FOR ORDINANCE ADOPTION
A. Read by title only and adopt proposed Ordinance No. 1207, Future Land Use Map Amendment Application
No. 20-001-SSA, reclassifying 1.67+/- unplatted acres from Single Family Residential to Commercial
located at 604 East North Park Street and along SE 6th Avenue. Planning Board recommends approval.
(Exhibit 2).
VII. NEW BUSINESS
A. Read by title only, approve the first reading, and set April 7, 2020 as a final public hearing date for proposed
Ordinance No. 1202, updating the Five-Year Schedule of Capital Improvements of the Comprehensive
Plan. Planning Board recommends approval (Exhibit 3).
B. Read by title only, approve the first reading, and set April 7, 2020 as a final public hearing date for proposed
Ordinance No. 1208, amending Firefighters’ Pension Fund to include language regarding Firefighter
Cancer Presumption (Exhibit 4).
VII. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED
C. Overview of tobacco retail licensing regarding the new Federal Tobacco 21 Law – Courtney Moyett,
Tobacco Free Partnership of Okeechobee (Exhibit 5).
D. Approve and execute Florida Department of Economic Opportunity Grant Agreement No. PO368 in the
amount of $7,450 (Exhibit 6).
VIII. COUNCIL COMMENTS
IX. ADJOURN MEETING
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