Yeah, this is this is the one time of the year where I actually have to read Oh yeah, tenative milling. Yeah, I have to read it. Magic words. I can't just That's That's those length courses, man.
Well, normally when you hit it, you got to hit it backwards to get out of I would have to presentation's not for you. 64 degree wedge. It's for everybody else. The um But I have to say we have a straight up
for particular straight up script. That's what Yes. But I mean it's it's literally like everybody. Oh yeah. Oh, when we did the mayor and then manager only for the effect and then they have discuss
when we get to the first public hearing in September. You'll see procedure mayor says this mayor says that's what I mean exactly do the same. Hi to the mayor. Hello mayor the very very first year.
So she can hear us. I can hear you guys. Can you hear me back? I was still in planner mode. Oh, okay. Yeah. Little louder. A little louder. Little louder. Yeah. No. So, I had him do that. And then do I turn it louder or what? Louder. You know, I can't turn any louder.
As I walk, I could put on my secret earbuds. I mean, this entire wall was nothing but flip charts. Uh, it was funny. And I had guess what? Guess I just hooked her up hooked up a
laptop to the speaker. That was not it sounds like she's she's connected. She's good. Okay, that's good. [Music] We still have three minutes so we can be
friends still. Yeah. Yeah, I can see it. Please keep chattering. Well, I wasn't got another two minutes till awkward silence. We're good. Please keep chatter to max. Yeah.
That's our our cross training. It's like when the school teacher walks into the classroom and everybody, you know, we live and we learn. [Music] Now, can I can I mute myself? I'm not on mute now. Am I like on a big TV?
No, but we can hear you from like up above where the tech room is. She can't hear you. Okay. Oh, she did hear you. She can't hear us. I'm going to keep myself on mute most of the time just cuz I got kids at out in the back here. The timing could have just been and maybe it was just the timing when I
said I think Tim was like perfect. All right, you guys ready? Yeah. All right. Good evening everyone. Welcome to Oto City Council Chambers. We will wait for the microphones to turn on.
[Music] I think we're good. That's better. Okay. Good evening. Welcome to Avito City Council Chambers. If everyone could please rise for the pledge of allegiance. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it
stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Please join me in a moment of silence. All right, I would like to call our meeting to order. It is July 21st at approximately 6:30 p.m. We have all
members of council present. Our mayor is on Zoom, so you can't see her, but she can hear us and she can she can chime in for those you don't see her. Um, we don't have any ceremonial items, so we will start with the approval of minutes. What is the pleasure of council? I'll make a motion to approve the minutes
from June 2nd, 2025 regular session. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? No. Okay. All those in favor, please signify by saying I. I. Motion carries. We will move on to
public comment. I do not have any written request to speak other than for specific items. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to address council at this time? Hearing none, I will close public comment and move on to our consent agenda. Dear,
I'd like to move uh six out of the consent agenda if possible. Item number six, resolution number 4617-25. Yes. Um we will move that to item number 10A. No, under resolution.
Oh, sorry. We're moving that to resolution. You were right. So item number six, we'll be moving to item number 16A. Thank you. So let's see. So the remaining consent agenda will be on items four, 5, 7, 8,
9, and 10. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? No. Any discussion online, mayor? No.
Okay. Well, then I will ask the clerk to call a roll. Council member Bford I. Council member Aught. I. Mayor Slick. I. Deputy Mayor Tuker. I. Council member Britain. I. Motion carries. We do not have any
public hearings or first reading of ordinances. So item number 13, which is resolution number 4599-25, seminal county city of Ovito mobility fee interlocal agreement. Mr. Cobb. Yes. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. Uh if you'll
recall back uh in your at your um believe it was your May 19th meeting, uh the city council this resolution came before the council for approval and the council's motion was to continue the uh the consideration of this resolution to
the July 21st uh 2025 meeting. Uh the council uh also requested the opportunity to discuss the uh the resolution uh at its June 23rd uh work session and from the work session we were given the opportunity to go back
and discuss the uh mobility fee interlocal agreement with the county and there were three directions that the city council had given us and the um Mr. uh Mr. Bose and I uh met with the assistant county uh attorney and the
assistant county manager on uh the June 14 July 14th. Uh we had a very good work very good session with them very positive. Uh we worked through the major things that the council major directions that council had asked us to uh to address. Uh we have a couple of things
that we still need to iron out. Uh we need to go back and talk with Mr. Paul on a couple of things and uh we have a subsequent meeting with them on July the 29th and uh so tonight is request it's recommended that the city council
continue uh consideration of this resolution to its August 18th meeting. We think we'll have everything wrapped up by then. Thank you, Mr. Uh, do we have a motion to continue consideration of resolution number 4599-25
until August 18th, 2025? So moved. Can I make a mo I don't know if I can make a motion from here if I what I could do. Uh, yes. Yes. So, uh, can we give you the second? So, we have a motion and a second and
any discussion. Council Britain. No, I'm good for the Mayor Slick. I'm good. Council member Broadber. Okay. So, I will ask the clerk to call a role to continue this. Council member Britain. I.
Mayor Slick. I. Deputy Mayor Tugert. I. Council member Bterford. I. Council member. I. The motion carries. is moving on to item number 14 which is resolution number 4622-25 establishing the tenative fiscal year
202526 mill rates and scheduling the first budget public hearing Mr. Cop. Uh thank you deputy mayor. This is a request for city council to establish the fiscal year 202526 tentative mill rates and schedule the first public hearing for the FY 202526
proposed budget for the purposes of the public notification under the Florida truth and millillage which is called trim statutes. The fiscal year 2526 proposed budget is balanced using the recommended tenative operating millage rate of 5.9610
mills or $5.96.10 $5.96.10 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The debt service for the 2003 general obligation bond issue will be set at the tenative millage rate of 0.1140
mills or 11.4 4 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The total millage rate, the operating millage rate plus the uh geo bond millage rate, the total the operating millage rate of 5.9610 plus the geo bond millage rate of 0.1140
is 6.0750 mills. Uh this is the same total millage rate as with the current fiscal year. The tenative operating millage rate of 5.9610 mills will result in 25,4,263 in revenue to support the general fund.
This will be an increase of $1,8795 $87951 over the fisc year 2425 adopted general fund budget. Setting the tenative operating millage rate for the general fund at 5.9610 mills will result in a
citywide tax increase of 6.10% above the roll back rate of 5.6184 mills. Resolution number 4622-25 establishes a tenative operating millage rate of 5.6 6 5.9610
MS and a tenative general obligation bond debt millage rate of 0.114 mills for a total millage rate of 6.0750 0750 mills and schedules the first public hearing for the FY2526 proposed budget for Thursday, September
4, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the city council chambers, Ovito City Hall, 400 Alexandria Boulevard, Ovito, Florida 32765. It is recommended that city council adopt resolution number 5622-25. It is also recommended that the city
council's motion state the following. This is provided for you in your staff report, but it's a motion to adopt resolution number 4622-25 adopting a tenative millage rate of 5.9610 mills for fiscal year 2526, which
results in a city-wide tax increase of 6.10% above the rolled back rate of 5.6184 6184 mills adopted in adopting a tenative general obligation bond millage rate of 0.1140
mills for the FY202526 adopting a tenative millage rate of six a total tenative total a tenative total millage rate of 6.075 075 mills and scheduling the first public hearing for September 4, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Oto City
Hall, 400 Alexandria Boulevard, Avita, Florida, 32765. Uh as our uh staff presentation for the uh tenative mill deputy mayor, uh this is the maximum millage that can be established uh if then and it is for the
trim notices that will go out in August. uh if the city council were to wish to adopt a millillage that's higher than this tenative millillage then it would require a second notice per the trim statute. So this is this we can go down
but we can't can't go up without another notice. So it's recommended that the council adopt the resolution. Thank you Mr. Cobb. Okay. And we have to read this whole thing, right? Yes, ma'am. Okay. Uh, do I have a motion to adopt
resolution number 4622-25? Public comment if there is any. Do we don't have any form submitted for it? This one has a request beforehand. So, we should be okay. All right. Um, okay. Do I have a motion to adopt
resolution number 4622-25 adopting a tenative operating millage rate of 5.9610 mills for FY 202526, which results in a city-wide tax increase of 6.10%. 10% above the roll back rate of 5.6184 mills. Adopting a
tenative general obligation bond millage rate of 0.1140 mills for FY 202526. Adopting a tenative total millage rate of 6.0750 mills and scheduling the first public hearing for September 4th, 2025 at 6:30
p.m. Ovito City Hall, 400 Alexandria Boulevard, Ovito, Florida 32765. So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? No. Council member, uh, I' I'd just like to make sure it's
set again for anyone in the room or anyone listening. Um, this this sets the maximum that the millage can be set to. It can still it could still come down from here. We just can't go above this as tentative millage rate. So that's all that's all I have.
Okay, mayor. I'm good. Okay. Um, I'm good as well too. So I will ask the clerk to call the role. Council member Bterford I. Council member Burton I. Mayor Slick I.
Deputy mayor Tuker. I. Council member I. Motion carries. So we will move on to item number 15 which is resolution number 4625-25. This is selection of firm for professional need services for the
public safety annex building. Mr. Cobb. Thank you deputy mayor. This is a request for the uh city council to approve the selection of I want to make sure I say it correctly, JL2 Architecture LLC to do to perform
architectural services for the uh public safety annex building project. Uh the city did issue RFQ number 25-30 uh on April the 27th for professional architectural engineering services. Uh the city received seven responses to its
request on May the 29th, 2025. Uh the evaluation committee did meet and on June the 12th and they scored the proposals based on the criteria. Uh Dubberry Associates, Deubberry Architects and JL2 Architecture LLC were
the top two and were brought back for interviews on July the 9th. uh the in-person interviews uh the scoring for the in-person interviews were combined with the final score and the re therefore the committee recommends JL2 architecture LLC uh for the bas for the
architectural services for the the police annex building projects recommended that the council adopt resolution number 4625-25. Thank you, Mr. Cobb. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to approve resolution number 4625-25.
Second. We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Nope. I'd like to just know what the what the uh evaluation process is. Just a readers digest version. As far as uh the committee res they the
committee went through each committee member reviewed all seven of the um of the submitted responses to the RFQ. Uh they scored them based on the criteria of the RFQ. They had a meeting in which they discussed the different the various
uh the seven proposals and at that meeting they narrowed it down to two uh two companies and which was Deubberry Architects and JL2. Deubberry and JL2 then were brought back for interviews. Uh they both made 20-minute presentations. I believe there was 20
minutes for Q&A and then after both of those were completed the committee then discussed the the two of them and then compiled their scores. They added in the scores from the previous meeting with the scores with the interviews and then they came to the they that brought them
to the recommendation for JL2. That was everything you just read to us, but I was just more curious as to what the scoring criteria was. What were they evaluating? Oh, um actually I it probably be better to have Mr. Milan come up and and go
through that. I can tell you that part of it was their qualifications. Part of it was their um you know work history on these types of projects. Part of it was their um working with Seamar. Part of it was their um their availability.
Yeah, I'm more concerned with relevant experience and and past performance. Yes, that was that was that was definitely part of it as well. But I can I can defer to Mr. Melon and and ZHA was part of the evaluation committee. Yes. Yes, it was. We provided
I provided a um valuation my my comments of of what I saw with each one of them. It was a number of different items. Better give your name and address. Rick Melon, ZHA, owner's rep. Um
the uh criteria for the the written one was um company experience with the type of sim similar work. Then we went on to the sub uh subcontractors and the key people with the architect and the
subcontractors that they'd be um working with um went through the similar projects. They were had to put a minimum of four um similar projects and those were reviewed for similarity to what we're
doing. And then there was discussion on their schedule as well as um their work with CM. Okay. And yet then they provided references I assume. Correct? They provided references and all kinds of
um upfront um required documents that okay by American and all all the things they have have to do. It's about 20 extra pages of signatures.
Okay, that's that's all I was looking for. Thanks. Mhm. Mr. Written, there was one item that I didn't I did leave out and that was their design approach. That was another part of that was part of the scoring as well. So the there was the the administrative side of it, the city
forms and the required documents. The biggest the biggest part of it was their experience, their work on similar projects and then their design approach and understanding. Okay. And JL2 has worked on SAM at risk projects. Uh yes they have. Okay. Both companies have done a good bit of
um public safety work as well as working with CMR. Okay. Thanks. Appreciate it. Okay. Uh Mayor Slate. Just want to find out if we are giving
them leeway and where this is situated. I know we had talked about putting it immediately adjacent to the the current building. Uh but in looking through the RFP, it didn't specify that, which is okay by me. Um and I think there's some value in, you know, making sure we
communicate with the architects if they are constrained to having it in a certain place or if there's there's other opportunities. So I guess that's a sort of a staff question. Yep. You want to come back up? Mr. Mr. Melon is going to come up.
Rick Melon again, CHA. Uh we actually have a scoping discussion scheduled for Wednesday morning with the architectural um group JL2 and we'll have all of the appropriate people here which will define the limitations of what can be
done and the things they want to be done. All right. Thank you, Deputy Mayor. will say that uh I did attend one of the one of the meetings. that it was a question and answer before they submitted. And one of the things
that like the mayor pointed out, I stood up and said sighting of this project is going to be very important and that you need to take all that into consideration and that and I mentioned to them about how it works with our traffic circulation, how it works with our storm
water and how it works with the how it works with the campus as a whole. And so I I emphasize that the sighting of the building was was quite important for that. Thank you, Mr. C. Uh, Council Member O. Uh, nothing. And I'll just say I did read through all
the the bid and forms and everything like that. So, it did look like they had extensive experience doing what we need them to do. So, uh, thank you to the team for for going through. I know that's not always fun to read all that documentation, but it looks like we found a good fit here. Uh, anything else before we take a vote? Then I will ask
the clerk to call a roll call. Council member Butterford I. Council member Britain I. Mayor Slick I. Deputy Mayor Toug I. Council member Aut I. And the motion carries. We will move on to item number 16 which is resolution
number 4626-25 support for the 2025 Sol County Solar Co-op. Mr. Cobb. Yes. Thank you deputy mayor. This is a um this is a request for the council to express its support for the Soma County
Solar Prop co-op and it's it's something that the the city council has done twice before in 2019 and 2022 uh in which we you adopted resolutions supporting the co-op as well. Uh the co-op is spearheaded by the Florida
Solar United Neighborhoods uh organization and it organizes uh joint buying, I guess you might say, collaborative buying uh to try to cooperative with the cooperative buying to be able to get a great to get a
better price for uh solar projects for homeowners uh in the county. Um there's really there's no financial commitment on the city. Uh it's just they're asking for the city's support. There is some sharing of information on the web pages. Uh and it's recommended that the city
council adopt resolution number 4626-25. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Cop. Let me see here. Okay. I do have one written request to speak at this time. So, if you want to come up and state your name for the record. It's
Megan McCullum. Hello. My name is Megan McCullum. Thank you for the opportunity to speak this evening. I'm here to ask uh for your support of resolution number 462625 affirming Ovito's support of Switch Together, which is version 2.0 of the
Seminal County Solar Co-op organized by Solar United Neighbors. This month, Solar United Neighbors will launch Switch Together in Central Florida, a re refreshed version of the Solar Group Purchasing Program. This vendorneutral nonprofit has a stellar record of
empowering homeowners with expertly vetted installers and unbiased education. It's all about protecting consumers, increasing access, and ensuring quality through partnerships with local government. Switch Together builds trust. When Ovito joins,
residents will receive a mailer featuring the city logo signaling support and encouraging engagement. Joining is 100% free. There's no financial obligation to the city or residents. Participants can explore solar through educational resources and
expert guidance. Until a contract is signed, there is no commitment. The city's role is simply to help spread the word. I'd like to take a minute to share my own experience. I went solar through the 2017 Simol County Solar Co-op and
the support from Solar United Neighbors made all the difference. Their expertise gave me the confidence in navigating the solar buying process knowing that I was working with a reputable company and making informed decisions. Beyond reducing our household's carbon footprint, solar gave us greater control
over our utility bills. Ovito supported the 2019 and 2022 co-ops which brought nearly $2.7 million in local spending, created approximately 30 jobs and um over 33 million pounds of carbon offset.
Switch together saves or takes um that momentum further by expanding access and quality. The recent Orlando program saw,474 registrants and 119 installations through um your support of resolution
number 462625 um that will reaffirm Oto's leadership in sustainability and community empowerment. So, thank you for your time. Thank you. Do we have a motion from council? I'll make a motion to approve resolution
number 4626-25. I'll second. Any discussion? No, I think it's, you know, it's it's a good program. You wish more people would get involved in it to learn more about it, but I mean, that's at least you put it out there. I I think the last time you were up
here, you were giving us a a description of the cost savings that that we could have. It was pretty substantial, wasn't it? Yes. Um, you know, it it can change a little each year, but back in 2017 when I probably have to come to the mic can't hear you.
You having such a loud voice. It's for the online folks too. Yes. Um, so you know the they don't provide um, you know, guarantee of like this is how much you're going to save, you know. But when in 2017 when we
switched to solar um we saved about 20% um by going through a co-op and leveraging that group buying power compared to what we would have had we just you know bought solar on our own with and it's partially because they you know they save on advertising costs.
They don't have to go find the customer. The customers are coming to them. So Okay. Thanks. when you when you buy with a co-op, do you have to um wait until there's a certain number of people to have a certain group buy or something like that or So, um what happens is switch together
um is working with different companies. They're soliciting RFPs and stuff just sim very similar to what the city would do. Um and they are, you know, evaluating those um companies as we speak. So that way once what happens is they the co-op is open the registration
period's open for a set period of time um I don't remember exactly how many weeks it is and then once that period closes there's no more registrance but during that period you're starting to you know meet with the solar provider get quotes for your home so I mean I
think when we did it we were actually the first house to install because we'd signed up early we were ready to go early um and you know when we did it. The company who came out to do solar for us, they weren't all about just initially just, hey, here's let's just
pile a bunch of panels on your house. They first looked at how much what's our electric bill look like? What are ways we can reduce our electric bill? Have we already taken those steps? So, you know, they asked, have you done these things? Because you might want to consider doing other things that would be cheaper if that's an option for you first. So, you
know, you weren't we didn't feel like we were getting that hard sell on, you know, do this. they were definitely, you know, looking out for our interests as well. So, that was reassuring. Anything else? All right. Thanks. Thank you. Um, Mayor Slated,
uh, I I did ask a lot of questions about whether any other nonprofits provide this same service in our area. And the answer is no. And I think that's an important thing for us to to get out there on the record that these are the only people doing that. So we are not in
supporting this effort picking winners or losers. We're we're just making sure that people have access to the only organization willing to provide this service to Ovito residents. I think that's a good point. So and I want to thank you for championing that and coming back and doing it again this
year. So it's a it's a pretty good cause in my opinion. Uh with that I'll ask the clerk to call the role. Can I ask one more question? Oh sure. Uh so to what uh the mayor just said is there there's nothing in here um that the resolution is pretty simple. I I didn't remember seeing it that um
would preclude another organization from also doing this in Oto, right? If like if there were another one later to say, "Hey, we want to start doing the same kind of thing." Uh we're not signing an exclusive uh contract with them or anything, are we? No, I don't believe so. It it doesn't appear that way.
Okay. No, this is just expressing support for this program. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Good. Good. All right. I'll ask the clerk to call the role. Council member Bford I. Council member Britain. I. Mayor Slade.
I. Deputy Mayor Tukurt. I. Council member. I. And the motion carries. So we'll move on to item number 16A which was previously item number six. Is that correct? Number six. Okay. So resolution number 4617-25
community planning technical assistance grant application. Mr. Cobb. Thank you deputy mayor. This is a request for to allow the preparation submitt of an application to the Florida Department of Commerce for a community
planning technical assistance grant in the amount of $68,500 for the development of phase one of a sustainability action plan. Uh the uh the deadline for this grant is octo is August the 1. Uh eligible projects
include uh planning for disaster recovery, community resiliency as well as innovative creative unique approaches to planning and development and infrastructure. Uh if you we we do have if you recall back in 2020 we did create the uh
sustainability task force that and in creating the task force there were two tasks that was for for the task force and that was to one was to help the city with the update of its comprehensive plan but then the second one was for the sustainability action plan. Uh we
shortly after the um completion of the city strategic plan, we did approach the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council uh regarding this uh sustainability plan. Uh it is something that they do. Uh they did provide us with a cost estimate. It was around $107,500.
Uh to prepare the plan, uh we saw this as an opportunity for to get state funding uh at least $68,500 uh for the plan. Uh that would leave us with around $39,000 for what we would call phase two. Uh one of the things
about the plan is that the plan would actually take longer than what the grant would be eligible for. The grant's usually good for one year and that the plan will probably take around one year to 18 months. So the $39,000 for to complete the plan would be the
city's local match. It's recommended that the city council adopt resolution number 4617-25. Thank you, Mr. Cob. What is the pleasure of council? I'll move that we approve the I don't have the number 46 uh
resolution number 4617-25. Second. Any discussion? Council member. Yeah. Um, I pulled I pulled this off because I'm I'm really uh struggling to understand some of the um some of the nuances of this, I guess. Um, I I spoke
with Dr. Korea and M Mr. Cobb earlier today um about it. Um there's uh I guess there's a few different parts. Um you know, the sustainability is a good thing. I think it's a lotable goal.
Um the thing I'm not quite understanding is uh the report itself um and largely in what does having this report um change? So having uh you know having all of the
city services be on renewable power by uh 2050. Um so that was that was a goal that was set um by resolution in 2018. um that was 32 years from the target date. Um and anything that's that far
away uh seems pretty arbitrary uh to me. And we know that we can't do this now with you know current technology the way it is. And um I do believe that if we when technology gets to a point that we
can do this, it will be obvious in how to do it, right? um we'll all know if if we can generate power in a um in a sustainable way and at that point we can have the discussions about what that looks like and whatever it looks like sometime in
the next 25 years which is which is a long time from now. Um Dr. Korea sent us the report that Orlando put together um and I read through that one as well. Um it's uh it it's interesting I I guess
but it it really doesn't say a lot. Um and Orlando is also a very different city than we are of course. Um and the the thought occurred to me that the East Central Florida Regional Planning Council, if this is a service they provide, um they've probably done this
for for other cities nearby other cities that are perhaps similar in size to us, maybe in Semino County or maybe in uh nearby counties. And uh I'd be very interested in looking at those reports uh as well. Um and you know that's
that's something I didn't come to today so I wasn't able to put it in the email and give give very much notice to to put that together. Um I I suspect um you know based on reading what the regional planning council
provides that you know a report for a a city similar in size you know Winter Springs, Castleberry, whatever. I would suspect it would be largely the same. I mean we have the same kinds the city does the same kinds of things, right? I mean, you've got you've got city buildings, you've got parks and
wreck, you've got public works, um, police and fire, uh, that are all going to use, you know, perhaps in vague term, vague general in general terms, right? Roughly similar amounts of power that could give us the kind of the broad
strokes of this. Um, I also saw that it seemed like a large part of this grant was to collect data um like specific data about our city and our power usage and and those kind of things. Um, well, I feel that that may be
interesting. I feel like the farther you get down in the weeds with that stuff, the less likely we we're the less likely we're likely we're probably going to be to do them. of if if you know part of the data was you know hey city hall really needs to be upgraded with you
different types of windows or different types of HVAC or whatever like are those the things that we're going to have budget to be doing you know in light of all the other things that that we have to do. Um, and so, you know, as a result, it's it's easy to envision that
we might have recommendations that we're probably just not even going to do because of of budget. Whereas at the high level, you know, yeah, if we get to a point where, you know, we can do the sustainable power, we'll kind of know the answer at that point. Um, so hold on. So, I guess we're looking
for what do you think our staff is expecting to get out of this? Is that the question here? Yeah. I Yeah. What are we going to get out of it? And what Dr. want to speak on this topic. What are we going to what would it change that we might not be able to get from other uh reports from other similar
cities? So, good evening. Um well, mayor, deputy mayor and council members, uh I I agree with you that we have similar situations, but we have different comprehensive plans. We have different
um LDCs. We have different policies. So the city may come up with different incentives and it's um and that's why I sent the Orlando um action plan although it's from 2018 because it's not only focused on uh energy
right renewable energy it's also about um the canopy of the city it's about um um food deserts it's about other aspects of sustainability so transportation and um green building is part of it and
that's connected to um um energy but I think it will give us the overview of um how to start this process and it's although it's 2050 if we don't do anything today it's going to be harder
right to achieve anything in 2050 so I think it's a it's a um would be nice to have um an evaluation assessment of the city our policies and how can we approach um the future you know in a
more sustainable way. So this is the grant the our challenge is the grant application deadline is August 1st right? So we can we could fine-tune the report if that is needed but it's if the decision is not to um use this
opportunity that's fine too but then we don't have another chance to come back um with another city council before the deadline. Yeah. Um, yeah, the deadline is what makes it uh if uh if I had my way, I'd like to
continue it and then look at some of these other reports and then kind of make a determination, but we kind of have to do something. Well, this is just a grant. It's not it's not saying we're committing to. It's just we're applying for a grant. Yeah, it it is the grant, but you know, if we were to get the grant, um we would
still be having to commit uh the $39,000. We wouldn't we wouldn't reject the grant at that point. I mean, it wouldn't come before council again likely. Um, we would have to come back for an agreement. I would imagine it usually comes back and we have to decide if we want.
At this point, it's just getting the the consent to apply to for the grant. Is that correct, Mr. Cob? We do get another opportunity if we were to get it. There will be an agreement with Department of Commerce and at that point then yes, when you if you approve the
agreement, then we're moving forward. If you don't approve the agreement, we don't move forward. But when you get the agreement, we've when you get the agreement, they've told us that our project is worthy of funding. Okay. Yeah. Okay. So, I I guess I misunderstood from our our uh talk
earlier. Okay. So, um yeah. So, I guess in the in the meantime, is it is it possible to research some of the reports that Central Florida Region East Central Florida Regional Planning Council has made for similar size cities? Absolutely. I can reach out to them and and get the information.
Yeah. No, and I think that's good to see what action items we get out of this that we can actually implement. Seems fair. Thank you. Uh, Mayor Slick, uh, I had a lot of the same concerns. Uh, I was just thinking, you know, for $39,000, we could ask the sustainability
task force for a list of ideas and just begin. So, as long as we get another bite of the apple, what is it? $7,500 to have is it Ryan Resky we're working with? Is he what what's the fee the cost to have somebody write that grant or staff doing
it? I believe staff's doing it. Yeah. Oh, okay. So, there's zero cost to see if we can get the twothirds of it covered. Is that basically right? I'm getting nods that that is correct. Okay, that's that's all I got for now.
Thank you. Okay. And Council Member Britain, sorry I skipped you. Yeah, you know, I've done a few of these over the years. Uh, and I it'd be kind of nice if we kind of co-mingle sustainability stuff with with
resiliency. And I'm not sure if the the report will have uh uh if there's a requirement to put some resiliency uh data in the thing because that's what we're going to need to to be looking at versus the the hazards we might face. And I I will tell you that the usually
these things have a a broad brush and they have a long timeline because um just for example one of the ones I worked on they said sea level might rise a foot in the next 20 years and it might rise 4 feet. You don't know till it happens but you got to start now and
make those uh make those commitments to address it you know in a long long term you know manner. So uh I think you're right that they don't always say a lot. There's a lot of fluff in those things, but it it'd be nice to get some very specific uh quantifiable u information
in it that we can go and address on a long-term basis. U stretch goals are a good thing and they are long term, but you know, and there's something to shoot for. I don't know how often we can make those, but that that's just my two cents. Okay. Uh council member, I'm good.
All right. Anything else? Then I will ask the clerk to call the role. Council member Aught I. Council member Britain I. Mayor Slade I. Deputy Mayor Turt I. Council member Bodford I.
Motion carries. So we are going to move on to our discussion items and we are at the appointment to the city public arts board. Mr. Cobb. Uh thank you deputy mayor. This is a request for the council to
fill a vacancy on the public arts board. I believe the vacancy runs through the end of 2026. Uh you've gotten four applicants for this uh for this vacancy and uh so we'll we'll whoever you would
like to select, we'll Okay. And then I will ask um I know we asked this before. Do we have a limit on how many we can put in or your your ordinance says and I'm not I'll have to ask Dr. Korea how many positions we currently have. The ordinance says that we can have up to
nine uh members. I believe we have currently we have currently five. We have five. Okay. And and then I'll ask is there anybody in the audience looking to get onto the public arts board? If you would like to come up and speak um just say a couple things about yourself and and why you're interested
in our arts board. We'd appreciate it. So, please state your name when you come up. Hello. Um, my name is Anna Toma. Uh, my husband Joe and I have lived in Ovido for 25 years now. I'm a retired educator, library media specialist,
um, with a undergraduate degree in art history. So, I've always been, um, an advocate for the arts. um appreciate have had an appreciation for the arts. I follow the arts and I feel like the art is a important part of a community's culture.
Um and I'm believe that while there are many things out there that divide us, I think art can and specifically public art can bring a community together in celebrating its culture. Thank you. Thank you for coming out
today. you'd like to come up. Hi there. My name is Xavier Moss. I've been a resident of Ovido for 21 years. Came after Charlie. Um I am an entrepreneur in the city, owner of Xmas Art LLC, but I also teach at Artistic
Hand. Have been doing that for three years. Teach at Orlando Museum of Art. And I'm usually covered in paint. I've appeared before this council covered in paint. um helping with the murals that were part of the first push for the Ovito public arts board. So, um, it's
been a minute since I think we've like done a very public thing with the the art scene in Ovito. And I think if we're wanting to become an arts destination like Winter Park or Mount Dora, um, we
need to have more regular updates with like the public that, um, you know, get their input. And I know there's a lot of input to field, lots of different opinions in the art world, but um if we invite the input and we put in the time to sift through it, then uh we can do
great things in OBO. So, thank you. Great. All right. And this is kind of an open discussion here. So, we have four applicants on the list. Two of them are here. Uh personally, I would I would like to put the two applicants that showed up. I I think the two that showed up tonight, I think, definitely. And then,
you know, appreciate you know, Ann and Xavier coming out. you've done some great work around the town. So, we appreciate your art as well. So, yeah, I'd say go these two. Okay. Anybody else? I'm good with that. Okay. Mayor, well, I wish I was there in person or
that I had asked this ahead of time, but I'm not entirely convinced that the person who who stepped down needed to do so. Um, because I think that person added a lot of value. So if everybody is
just cool with it and this person is not truly not interested at this point, then I I like the idea of not just appointing these two, but uh because that person was a in the in the art, you know, like in the business kind of like like Xavier
Moss is I I like u the idea of keeping that element and and keeping things beyond visual arts in the mix. So, if we're allowed to have nine and we've got four people who have shown an interest, I'd like all of them. But also, I'd kind
of like to hear Mr. Vos uh explain better to me because I I I don't see how well it I don't know if that person is here. Uh but I I I don't see how that would not be perfectly fine.
Mr. Mayor, I'm glad to give an explanation here or I'm glad to speak with you after the meeting to to talk through it. It uh has to do with uh unfortunately the application of a particular part of chapter 112 of the Florida statutes and
it's driven primarily by actually the population size of the city of Ovido. Uh there is a uh particular provision uh in chapter 112 that's driven by a population over 35,000 municipalities.
There are slightly different rules uh that come into effect when uh you have appointments uh to boards where there is any relation to members of a city council. So I'm glad to talk through the particulars on that uh at your
convenience. Okay. If everybody else on council seems to be at peace with this, I I guess I I am also at peace with it. I I do want to extend uh gratitude to that board member because I I think we have done some really amazing things in Ovido as a
result of her input. Okay. And uh if I heard you right, you're recommending putting all four on. Um, and I just want to say that the applications we have on here, I don't know what's happened in the past couple years, but we have gotten really active
go-getters getting on our art boards lately. Uh, so thank you for applying. Um, I mean, we're getting degrees in art, people with businesses and art. This is exactly what we're looking for. So, I know another one on here is Amber Waters. So, she's at Hawaii Fluid Art in
Water Springs over there. Um, but she's in Obito. And the other one we have on here is uh let's see, Kimberly Bole. So uh I don't know what you guys want to do. If you want to do if we do all four, doesn't that max out the committee? There's already five on it, right?
Yeah, cuz so there's there's nine seats. So if we uh that then the other person that the mayor is talking about is is uh outside the loop. She she can't go back. Huh? She can't go back. No, she's relating to somebody on the
council, probably. Okay. Yeah. What does that have to do with Deputy Mayor? If if you are inclined to appoint all four, we need to address the vacant term first
because that term expires December 31st of 26. And something that Mr. Bos was looking up, the term on the board is three years. And so the other three would be appointed to a three-year term. So, one person would be appointed to basically a one-year term or a little
bit more than a one-year term. Then the others would be appointed to a three-year term. That's interesting. So, if we if we appoint these two three-year terms, then we just do a point a coin toss for who's the the one
for the two-year term of all four. That sounds right. Yeah. You guys okay with that? Okay. July. So, yeah, I would like to give the people who are here the full full term. Yeah, agreed. So, um and then did we want to leave a
seat open or did in case someone else comes in or did we want to appoint the other two applicants on here? I don't have a preference. Yeah, I don't have a preference either way. Is there any uh I'm just trying to look rotate them or like have one have a one
and one have a two one have a three so we balance the terms a little bit more. That's what I was about to ask. Let's see what the current Mr. Rose. So I was researching the history of this for other reasons. Uh the the ordinance
as it's put together right now um I think driven in part because it it says you can have up to nine members. There's not a there's not a set situation where you have a term running from October 1st to September 30th and everybody's staggered
or anything like this. Okay. The end result being when you have multiple people being appointed in when there wasn't a vacancy they're filling you end up with a situation where you're going to have a lot of people turning out at the same time. Um I don't know that there's much you
can do on the on on based on the wording of the ordinance as it is right now as we sit here tonight. I think there is some tuning up of the ordinance that might be in order at some point in the future to set up staggering. Staggering is usually a very good idea on these uh
just so you don't end up losing a lot of folks at the same time. And right now all the terms are aligned all seven. They all end December 2026. So then we'd have to read the whole
and that's that's based on the listing on the website. That's what the website shows. Yes. Okay. Okay. So could we appoint all of them to a term that would expire is this December of 26 and then everyone gets re reappointed later that time.
I I think the one person would be appointed to 2026 but the other three would be three-year terms because that's the length of a term. So yep. So that we accidentally on purpose stagger. Yeah. Then we ended up staggering. I
agree with that. I mean, I think that works. Does that work with you guys? Yeah, I'm follow. Okay. So, uh let's see. Why don't we put I mean, it doesn't matter. Uh Amber or
Kimberly at the replacement term. So, let's just go. Uh if you're listening, Amber, you were the first one on the list. So, we'll we'll put you on the the fill in and then we'll do uh the other three for full terms. Does that seem fair? Sure. Okay. Is that good with you,
mayor? Sounds good. All right. Well, welcome to our arts board and we appreciate you coming out. All right. We'll move on to the city manager report. I have no report, Deputy Mayor. All right. City attorney's report. I have nothing to report.
Council member. Yeah. Uh so as you may have seen on Facebook uh last week uh the mayor and I saw a presentation by uh county clerk of the court and comproller uh Grant Mallaloy and uh he talked about um a few
things but one of the things he talked about was this uh citizens guide or citizens financial report. So I brought back um brought back one for everybody you guys to according to our rules and
procedures for uh Well, thank you. Um, so it's uh just a overview of the county uh government budget and it has um you know where the money comes from, where it goes to, um the investments that the county has and
uh all kinds of stuff like that. Uh I just think it's a really great report and uh I wanted to bring them back. Um another thing I've spoken to uh Clerk Malloy about is uh the the county's open checkbook uh that he's put together. Um it's basically uh you can you can go to
uh the county website and you can basically see the ledger of uh the the county checkbook right there online. Um you know all of these things are public record uh already. Um but this just makes a much easier way to um view and
uh uh you know search for for different things uh as a member of the public. Um, and u, as I understand it, we're looking to to go to a new ERP system and, uh, which may have some of this functionality already. So, um, uh, just
like to, uh, encourage that kind of stuff if we're, uh, looking to do that here. And that's all I've got. Actually, Mr. If I could have Mr. Kelly, he is actually already working on a project like that. Okay. So he could just give an update because he's they
they've been working quite a while on more on the the website type stuff. So uh good evening. If if I could jump in real quickly, Grant Malloy did say that he would provide this open checkbook service for
the city of Ovido at no cost. And that is possibly a better cost than whatever we might hear about now. I don't I don't know if there is a cost, but I want to throw that out there. Mr. Kelly. Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor. Excuse me. Uh mayor, deputy mayor, city
council. Uh yes, we've been uh evaluating firms. Uh last uh budget we we uh budgeted funds for a strategic planning and transparency uh program and it's part of a larger suite uh that staff has been looking at uh moving to
that provides not only those uh transparency options that you're talking about an open checkbook uh if you will along with some other functionality um um call it a dashboard um that will uh give you more than just like a you more than just the search,
you'll be able to search uh for that um basically the list of checks written expenditures. Um but you'll have some uh uh intuitive graphs and to show where the funds are going and where they're coming from and which fund they're coming out of. Along with that comes uh
again the strategic planning software that will show um how that all works with okay the overall plan of this is what uh council voted on when we adopted our strategic plan back in December and um it also has uh capital budgeting uh
modules as part of it so you can show uh the funds that are going to particular capital projects and status updates on those projects as well as the whole holistic of the making of the budget book. Um there's a lot involved in it. Um it would probably
be an incremental process, but my goal would be to start with the strategic planning part of it and then um uh move into those other and the transparency part would be also uh involved in that uh early part of it, but strategic planning would be first and then we
would have to do it incrementally because it's going to take some time. Um, we were focused on getting the website updated uh at the first part of the year. So, the second step would be these dashboards and we've been uh working with several vendors out there. I'd be willing to go over them with you. Uh, but I did talk to the clerk uh of
the court about his and I saw uh his um his uh ledger that's on his site and the county site and I've seen uh several others from other counties across the state. Uh and they use a myriad of of of some of the same vendors that we do. Um the clerks is a little bit different. um
and how it would work with um the data being transferred and things like that, you know, and we are working with the vendors to, you know, figure out how those details work together. And then uh at at the very least, the fact that he's offered this at no cost has given us a
sort of a negotiating uh leg against uh I won't say against, but to work with some of these vendors um to try to make some of this happen. So hopefully that is your update and not uh answer any other questions you might have. Yeah. No, I think it's great. Thank you. Thanks.
Anything else? That's it. All right, Council Member Bifford. I don't have much to add. I do want to thank Xavier and Ann for coming in tonight and uh stepping up for the board. So, it's really great when we see citizens come in and, you know, want to be part of the community. So, I really appreciate you guys doing that. And
thank you. Council member Britain. I'm good. No report. All right. Uh I'm up. I have a couple things. So, we have coming up, let me see the right dates here. Uh, we have a ribbon cutting on the 31st
for Riverside at 11 to 1 p.m. So, for anybody in the audience, we have reopened our Riverside Park. So, we'll also be uh kind of kicking off our senior programming. It already started, but giving a little ribbon cutting to say we're excited to get that open and up and running. Um, and I know those those pool classes over there are full
and really popular, so that's good to see, too. And then let's see. Uh, also at Riverside, this is for Round Lake Park. We had a grant approved a while ago for the Round Lake Park African-American
Historical Grant, and we have some artists coming out to Riverside on August 2nd uh, to get input on what we want to put over at Round Lake Park. So, if you want to come out and and learn about the artists and have any Ovito history that could that could help
support this grant, that's August 2nd, 10 to 11:30. And then I had one last question for uh Mr. Wyatt. Uh they're doing road work on Alfa Woods Boulevard. I know they they pulled out a huge
pothole like a week ago and then they filled it in and now it's like they fixed the curb but there's a it's a mess is what I'm saying. So I guess I was just looking at when we're fixing the where where at once? Uh if you leave here and just go down
the boulevard it's on the right. Okay. I'm not familiar with that one. Five cones but it's like in the road so it's a it's a problem. So I'm just if we can get some urgency on fixing that. find out tomorrow and give you a followup. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. And that was all I had. So, next up, we
have Mayor Slick. Uh, thank you again to everybody on the art board. I am just floored with the quality of people who have have been or have stepped up and are willing to do this. Um, on Saturday at 8:30, from 8:30
until as long as people last, or 11:30, that's the official quitting time, we are having over at Round Lake Park a sort of a central Florida wide cleanup day. And the, uh, Orlando Realtor Foundation is involved with it. Uh,
Susan Placencia will be there, our state house rep. uh the serve group is is in the mix and a couple other groups are are sending out big big volunteer bases. So uh for as many of us who are able to go out and be part of that um bring your
sloshy boots and stuff that can get wet, the goal is to get stuff mainly out of the water uh to the extent we can and all those ditches that lead to Round Lake because it's all connected and it all flows downhill. Um that's all I got. And you said that was this Saturday, right? Yep. This Saturday.
Okay. Uh, let's see. Future meeting dates. Uh, our future meeting dates are Monday, August 4th at 6:30 p.m. we have a regular session. August 18th at 6:30 p.m. another regular session. And August 25th at 5:30 p.m. we have a work
session. Is there anything else for the good of the order? It is 7:29. This meeting is adjourned. All right. Good job. Not bad. Good.