2024-03-19 Handwritten MinutesMARCH 19, 2024, COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
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I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Watford called the regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Okeechobee to order on
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Q-0P.M. in the City Council Chambers, located at 55 Southeast 3rd
Avenue (AVE), Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida.
The invocation was offered by O T:�- �✓
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led b
II. ATTENDANCE taken by City Clerk Lane Gamiotea to establish a quorum:
PRESENT ABSENT (w/ or w/o consent?)
Mayor Watford r/
Vice Mayor Clark �—
Council Member Chandler
Council Member Jarriel
Council Member McAuley
Staff present were:
City Attorney John Fumero ✓'
City Administrator Gary Ritter
Police Chief Donald Hagan V,
Finance Director India Riedel
General Services Patty Burnette
City Clerk Lane Gamiotea
Exec. Assistant Jacqueline Boer✓
Deputy City Clerk Katie Rogers is
HR Generalist Heather Prince t,-'
Public Works Maintenance Foreman Willie Hall 4-1
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A. Requests for any modifications to the agenda by Mayor Watford.
1. Revised 3/5/2024 Minutes were distributed via email earlier today replacing the original version
published with the Agenda, Exhibit 1.
2. Correct the Page numbers from 7-10 to 10-14 on Item V. B.
B. Motion and second _.�by..Council Members -�C�- 1 and U tI� to adopt
the agenda a,ub II'she mended.
VOTE: Chandler Clark c , Jarriel ; McAuley 'ck Watford
Motio arrie ailed.
C. There were Q agenda item forms or comment cards submitted for public participation for any
issues not on the agenda. Citizen comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker unless otherwise
approved by the Mayor.
IV. CONSENT AGENDA 1^
Motion and second by Council Members ict and _F �+�, ' o:
A. Dispense with the reading and approve the Revised as of March 12 Minutes for MaW 5, 2024 [as
presented in Exhibit 1].
B. Approve the February 2024 Warrant Register [in the amounts: General Fund, $490,358.66; Public Facility
Fund, $171,320.58; Capital Projects Fund, $25,046.59; Industrial Development Fund, $5,563.75; and
Appropriations Grant Fund, $675.00 as presented in Exhibit 21. ,/ y,
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V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Motion and second by Council Members t o`l,%k and T to read by title only,
proposed Ordinance No. 1288, removing the longevity service awards from '; ion 2-97 of the Code of
Ordinances by rescinding a portion of Ordinance No. 568 [as presented in Exhibit 31.
VOTE: Chandler �C ' , Clark :.. , Jarriel_ , McAuley ' (1 , Watford
Motion: arr /Failed.
City Attorney John Fumero read into the record the title of proposed Ordinance No. 1288 as follows: "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 568
ADDING LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARDS TO CITY EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE."
Motion and second by Council Members Iyl and Qh(ln(JkA— to approve
the first reading, and set April 16, 2024, as a final Public Heari date for proposed Ordinance No. 1288.
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V. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED 3 1
B. Motion and second by Council Members and C�� to
m)i:: the offer from Landmark Precast, LLC, to purchase Lots 17, 17A, and
17B, CITY Oft OKEECHOBEE COMMERCE CENTER, Plat Book 7, Pages 10 through 14 [Corrected from 7
through 10], Okeechobee County public records, located in the 1000 block along NE 12th Street, in the amount
of $420,000.00.
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V. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED
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MARCH 19, 2024, COUNCIL^REGULAR MEETING
HANDWRITTEN MINUTES I .�goY
I. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Watford called the regular meeting of the City Council for the City of Okeechobee to order on
Tuesday, March 19 2024, at U" 00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, located at 55 Southeast 3rd
Avenue (AVE), Room 200, Okeechobee, Florida.
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The invocation was offered by �baIIa L`AP 1rR
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance d by mp
II. ATTENDANCE taken by City Clerk Lane Gamiotea to establish a quorum:
PRESENT ABSENT (w/ or w/o consent?)
Mayor Watford �s
Vice Mayor Clark
Council Member Chandler _77—
Council Member Jarriel ✓'
Council Member McAuley
Staff present were:
City Attorney John Fumero
City Clerk Lane Gamiotea
City Administrator Gary Ritter
Exec. Assistant Jacqueline Boer
Police Chief Donald Hagan
Deputy City Clerk Katie Rogers
Finance Director India Riedel
General Services Patty Burnette
HR Generalist Heather Prince
Public Works Maintenance Foreman Willie Hall
III.' AGENDA AND PUBLIC COMMENTS
A. Requests for any modifications to the agenda by Mayor Watford.
1. Revised 3/5/2024 Minutes were distributed via email earlier today replacing the original version
published with the Agenda, Exhibit 1.
2. Correct the Page numbers from 7-10 to 10-14 on Item V. B.
B. Motion and second -by Council Members JOT and %(1,, to adopt
the agenda as u I' d/amended.
VOTE. Ch ler , Clark Jarriel McAuley At , Watford,
Motion: arri /Fai(ed.
C. There were agenda item forms or comment cards submitted for public participation for any
issues not on the agenda. Citizen comments are limited to 3 minutes per speaker unless otherwise
approved by the Mayor.
IV. CONSENT AGENDA
Motion and second by Council Members �,Ia. and c) to:
A. Dispense with the reading and approve the Revised as of March 12 Minutes for March 5, 2024 [as
presented in Exhibit 11.
B. Approve the February 2024 Warrant Register [in the amounts: General Fund, $490,358.66; Public Facility
Fund, $171,320.58; Capital Projects Fund, $25,046.59; Industrial Development Fund, $5,563.75; and
Appropriations Grant Fund, $675,00 as presented in Exhibit 2].
VOTE: Chandler Y , Clark , Jarriel , McAuley_, Watford
Motion: rrie /Failed.
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V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Motion and second by Council Members `t` t r : and to read by title only,
proposed Ordinance No. 1288, removing the longevity service awards from Section 2-97 of the Code of
Ordinances by rescinding a portion of Ordinance No. 568 [as presented in Exhibit 31.
VOTE: Chan ler , Clark �n� , Jarriel Aa McAuley i(c_ , Watford ' c�
Motion: _rried/Failed.
City Attorney John Fumero read into the record the title of proposed Ordinance No. 1288 as follows: "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA; RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 568
ADDING LONGEVITY SERVICE AWARDS TO CITY EMPLOYEES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE."
Motion and second by Council Members m and ChO n K to approve
the first reading, and set April 16, 2024, as a final PulAic Hearing date for proposed Ordinance No. 1288.
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Motion: (arrie'dlFailed.
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=W BUSINESS CONTINUED
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4 Lc-e a the offer from Landmark Precast, LLC, to purchase Lots 17, 17A, and
B, CITY OF OKEECHOBEE COMMERCE CENTER, Plat Book 7, Pages 10 through 14 [Corrected from 7
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V. NEW BUSINESS CONTINUED
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VI. CITY ATTORNEY UPDATE
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IX. MAYOR WATFORD ADJOURNED THE MEETING AT _P.M.
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