I did, but alarm still makes always not everything goes quiet. I found out YouTube videos don't either. That's embarrassing. Call the September 23rd, 2025 city
council meeting to order. We'll remind everybody to silence their phones and Slander is going to lead us in opening prayer followed by the pledge of allegiance. Pray with me, please. Father in heaven, we just come to you
right now thanking you for this time and this place. Lord, thank you for the way you love us and take care of us and protect us and provide for us. Thank you the way you lead us. Lord, thank you for the way you work in the hearts of men
and women. I pray tonight, Lord, that we would humble ourselves before you and that we would put the the needs of the city citizens ahead of
our own personal desires, whatever that might be. Lord, we're called to represent them. And I pray that we would do that in a civilized manner. Be with us now as we go forward. In
Christ's name I pray. Amen. Amen. Pledge 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. Thank you. Roll call, please. Ma'am, here fashionable. Item number three, approval to read the approval of items on the consent agenda. Approval to read by title only.
Resolution 2025-22. Resolution 2025-23. Resolution 2025-24. Resol Resolution 2025-25. Resolution 2025-26
and resolution 2025-27. And approval to read by title only. Ordinance 1056. Motion by Mr. Bryan. Second by Miss Landry. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Do we have anybody from the general public who wants to speak on anything that is not on the agenda? Hearing enough, we'll move on to bids and RFQS. And we have a bid from the depot roof. I will alter and the amount. There will
be no discussion at this time about any bids that is being opened. These bids will be given back to the purchasing agent and to the department which the seal bid is for. The city reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The city reserves the right to collect the bidder wave any informalities or to
accept the bid deemed to be in the best interest of the city any errors of sufficientility of the bidder. by Oval Roofing for $38,154. day and construction
$29,400. SWP roofing $36,415.74. You repeat that number again. $36,415.74. [Music] Thank you. Expedition 38,486
Parker Brother Construction $59,980. Now $600. $38,400. Carlton $119,000. I don't say we didn't get any bids.
Exactly. Construction $34,753.33. Three corporation $28,750 Good turn. Very good. Thank y'all. Item six A.
Ordinance number 1056. Public hearing and final reading of ordinance number 1056. Ordinance of the city council of the city of Perry, Taylor County, Florida regarding surplus land certain land and
to provide an effective date. We have any more discussion on this? Not all in anybody from the audience or like to speak on this? Anyone at all? Not entertain a motion.
Motion second. Yes. Council. Yes. Mayor Landry. Yes. Yes. Agenda item 6D.
council to decide between cleaning up partial number 07740-0000 for $8,000 at floodprone parcel that the city does not have any use for or to determine a price to sell to an interested fire. council to take any
action deemed necessary. That's the one that's got me bothered more than anything. That's a pretty good size tree sitting on limbs that are riding by the day. That's only one tree. There's a bunch. That's the one that's really got me bothered.
I had one like that in my yard. Decided decided that one day I was going to park my truck up and it fell a bunch of You don't ever know. Well, Jamie said they what they call
them widow makers. They just all of a sudden Yeah. They want to know nothing. Just so anyway had Miss Land you weren't here last time. Um
Mr. Castle wanted to approach us about buying the property and um we're trying to come up with some kind of price to sell it or there was a motion made to sell it. It doesn't have Mr. Castle. Would you like
to speak on it again, please? I don't want to speak for you. I'd rather you speak for yourself. Good. Good afternoon, I guess. My name is Dan Castle. I live in 2590 Great Farm Road. I also own the house at 412 Glenn
Ridge that my daughter with my handicapped daughter lives in. Currently, the rodent problem is is the issue. There's raticized raccoons coming in our backyard coming from that parcel. I just want to purchase the land and clean it up and make it back and put it
back on the taxes. I've got estimates between eight and $15,000 to clear that lot. Talked through a couple realers trying to get the appraisal value like we talked last time and they said really there is no way to come up with that because you got to
take the price of the cleanup and deal with it on the price of the land. So the bill I talked to a couple realtors and they just they said just take it but they weren't willing to put a price on it because it's awfully hard to price clearing land. We know that prices are
crazy. I did offer $2,500 for the lot and that would be me cleaning it up. That would put it back on the tax rolls and I I would get that pot cleaned up. John, what's it appraised at right now? or what was the it was the it was like7,000 or 8,000 on the
8500 on the propert,000. So you had a what do you call it a realtor's estimate? Brokers estimate the $7,000 and 8,000 to clean it up. Anyway, does anybody have any ideas of what
we're about to do? You got an ordinance. Which ordinance? And if that don't work, then you can figure out something. You talking about the ordinance we did last week?
I'm sorry. Last meeting. Well, this is one of those ones that started before that. It's just one of those I It's one of those lies sitting in sitting in a in a flood zone. That whole area is in a zone. I believe I know it all the water because the
water comes all the way to my daughter's back door and that's actually knee deep most times when it drains. Obviously, you go there now, it's going to be dry as dust, but we all know that. everything normal day after a good heavy rain it'll be it'll be real flat and well during the
hurricanes it was eaten we all know that it's way worse but it it does hold water I'm not here to fill it all I want to do is clean it up maybe put a fence around it leave her her service dog more area to run that's I'm not going to build on it don't have no desire to sell it I
just want to beautify it and make it better for the city I own multiple pieces in this city. Um, you know, this isn't the only one I own. I own six or seven other ones in the city. So, I I just like to make it the way it's
supposed to be. Or if you guys want to clean it up, that's fine, too. And if you're not selling, you'll be responsible for the taxes on it, right? Oh, for sure. I will. I bought I bought land from the county that I paid way less. It was the same situation
and it was better for them to put it on the tax rolls and leave someone else worry about it. But that's the county and you guys are the city and I know it's students. So where we at right now council councelor Landry is that if we don't
sell it to him the city is going to be responsible for paying the 8,000 to get it clean. Yeah. And that was that was the low side of my I don't know what Danielle You don't know what Danielle has come up with. He had got 8,000. Oh, exactly. Okay.
Eight was the low one that I got to that was them just cutting the trees and leaving the city hauling away. The 15,000 was them taking away. So I mean Oh yeah. quickly. I mean, if y'all are willing to sell it to Kansas City,
I will get that stuff cleaned out as quickly as I can. Right now would be a good time with it being dry as it is before it goes under water again. I know sometimes it's better working in the water. It's a little bit cooler and not as dusty. True.
Do you have any questions for Slender? reasonable thing is let embedded. Motion making a motion to sell it for 25 25. I have a motion. Do I have a second to sell for 2500 and you're going to
clean it up? I'll prepare. I'll pay the tax. It's part of the motion. I wouldn't expect you guys to clean it up. I will take 100% responsibility for cleaning it. Well, it becomes yours, you going to
have to, huh? If it becomes yours, you're going to have to. I You can look at all my other properties. None of them have a holes. Yeah. We appreciate your I mean, anyone that knows any of my places, they know that I I like a nice
place, even for my tenants. Yep. I have a motion. Do we have a second? Second. Okay. No. Council member, yes. Yes. All right.
Thank you, Council. All right. Thank you guys. Have a great day. You too. Yes. Thank you. Okay. Agenda item 6 C, proposal for fiscal year 2026, EPA
brownfield assessment coalition council to take any action deemed necessary. About this one these people have a look and try to help. They norally do this for about $15,000.
They do it for us for a thousand all get you. It sounds like it's going to be a long-term relationship with them funding for future projects, brand projects. Do we have we I'm assuming we have some brownfields.
This initial one is to do an assessment field there. The way they were talking, anything that has possibly ever been contaminated in the past is considered a ground. We're talking oil storage facilities. We're talking dry cleaners. We're talking whatever fertilizer. Yeah.
There's Yeah. Matter of fact, the city property, well, anyway, there's some city property had a lot of oil stored on it at one time in his life. didn't used to be city property but it
is now two years ago about contracting out somewhere running we can't do a house be a cheap easy one get done the success rate is like 94 96% any discussion I'll entertain a motion
Motion motion by Mr. Brown. Do I have a second? Second with yes. Yes. Vice Mayor Landry. Yes. Mayor G. Yes.
Agenda item 6D. Resolution 2025-22. Council to conduct a public hearing on the city of Perry. final millage for fiscal year 2025 2026 and to take any action deemed necessary.
Excuse me. A resolution adopting the final millage rate for the city of Perry, Florida covering its fiscal year operation beginning October 1st, 2025 and ending September 30th, 2026 ends. Um, in this resolution, it would
be voting on the prior year mill rate, which is 5.8336. It would bring in 2,151,266 with 27,492 of this going to the CRA fund. This would be a 0.25%
change from the roll back rate. Um, the current year roll back rate is 5.8188 8188 and that would bring in $2,145,88. The city manager recommendation to fund our budget is the prior year mill rate of 5.8336.
You are able to vote on this. That's an increase over last year of it's it's the same millage rate but because property values changed but because property changed it's considered a 0.25 25% change from last
year. Gotcha. All right. Do we have any discussion on this? If not. Motion by Mr. Bry. Second. Miss Woodfol. Bry. Yes.
Wood. Yes. Vice Mayor Landry. Yes. Yes. Agenda item 6E, resolution 2025-23, council to conduct public hearing on the city of Perry final budget for the
fiscal year 2025, 2026 and to take any action deemed necessary. Resolution adopting the final budget for the city of Perry, Florida for the period of October 1st, 2025 and ending September 30th, 2026.
This budget is the same as what y'all had last time other than I updated the Boys and Girls Club rent to be $1 per year and we removed the Boys and Girls Club capital outlay expenses other than the kitchen expansion project already in
the works. Um, we adjusted utility tax cash carried forward to cover the Boy and the Girls Club loss of revenue from the rent. And then the only other thing I did was I added a grant for the police department. That was
have any discussion on the budget? I'll entertain a motion. Motion to approve. Second. Council member. Yes. Council member. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Agenda item 6F, resolution 2025-24, city council in their capacity as the city of Perry community redevelopment agency or the CRA to conduct the public hearing on the
city of Perry CRA budget for the fiscal year 2025 2026 and to take any actions deemed necessary. Okay. At this time, the council must recess and open as a CRA board to discuss and vote,
then adjourn and go back to city council. So, at this time, I'm going to adjourn the city council. We're going to start the CRA meeting. Do we have any discussion on the CRA? Not I will entertain a motion.
Yes. Council member. Yes. Vice Mayor. Yes. Mayor Ker. Yes. We're going to adjourn the CRA meeting. Now we're going to reconvene the city of
council the city council meeting just clarification last year the year that we collected funds for the CR4 25 year zero. Yes sir. All right. Agenda item 6G's
resolution 2025-25 Senate bill 784 and council to take any action deemed necessary a resolution of the city or town of Perry Florida designating an administrative authority to receive review
and process plat or replplat submitts designating an administrative official responsible for approving approving with conditions or denying plat or replats pursuant to section 177.071
Florida statutes as amended repealing resolutions in conflict providing for an effective date. Have a second. Second BR. Yes. Council member Wood. Yes. Vice Mayor L.
Yes. Yes. Agenda item 6H, resolution 2025-26, SRF loan application for water and council to take any action deemed necessary. A resolution of the city of
Perry, Florida, relating to the state revolving fund loan program. Making findings, authorizing the loan application, authorizing the loan agreement, establishing pledged revenues, designing
authorized representatives, providing assurance, providing for conflicts, severability, and effective date. basic projects on what
99%. So they allow us to borrow a little bit,000 to start with a lot of it out. I think it went over total 4 or 500,000 if I remember right was8
million over when we started. That's why I take some of the stuff like cleaning the tank and changing the material around. It's just another 100,000 to or up to 100,000 if we need to. If we need to. Okay.
Do we need to at this point? Okay. Yeah. They didn't tell me an exact amount, but they did say that it wasn't going to be a full 100,000 that didn't expect. They were thinking it would be much less than that, but that the SRF would want them
to go ahead and submit the application as if we needed a 100,000. That way, we didn't have to come back and ask for more again if something happened. But, um, I'm not sure of the exact amount. I'm not sure that they're done yet, but
they're not expected. Is the project supposed to be complete once we get this and do whatever it is. Any more discussion? If not, I'll entertain a motion. Second by Miss Landry.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Resolution 2025-27 CDBG disaster grant application and council to take any action deemed necessary.
Resolution of the city council of the city of Perry, Florida authorizing the submission of an application to the Florida Department of Commerce for approval of a community development block grant in the disaster recovery category. sponsored by the city of Perry
providing an effective date and for other purposes projects mostly water wastewater related and then we're going to throw the fire truck back in there since it was approved the last CDBG never get all that money. I think some of these projects will get approved
between them and SRF and then ask for appropriations too. Got a good phone call today with our lobbyists, our engineers, and he's helping me put all this together. Make sure everybody's on the same page. I'm not trying to double dip too much. Got
a motion to approve by council member Bry. Do we have a second? Second looking. Yes. Yes. Mayor, yes. Agenda item 6J, council to appoint one citizen to serve on the Perry planning
and zoning board. Council will take any action name necessary. Any nobody? Okay. All right. We we'll try to find someone and we'll visit this again at the next meeting.
All right. Agenda item 6K council to discuss third judicial circuit mutual aid agreement and council will take any action name necessary. This is the agreement usually come the
end of December. We got noticed out early this year to get approval. So we don't have to wait to get done. standard counties. Sorry, seven counties
each other. Second. Yes. Yes. Yes. Agenda item 6L, North Central Florida Regional Planning Council annual agreement. Council will take any action
deemed necessary. Have a second. Council Bry. Yes. Wood. Yes. Mayor Landry. Yes. Yes. Agenda item 6 M. Approval of minutes from the September 11th, 2025 regular
session. Have any corrections or additions? The number was wrong. 4500 all it was highlighted. There any more correction or discussion? I'll entertain a motion.
Mr. Mus Woodfall, we have a second. Second, Mr. Bry. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. city manager. Uh finance
early Jamie, two things. Uh the fence finally got somebody to repair it. It's almost completed. Have the gates to go on. That's it. That's from Hurricane Idelian damage. There's another thing. There's
another grant I'm looking to apply for. I found out about it yesterday afternoon. Window to close is very soon. It's for up to $225,000 for a drone program for this police department. If we don't choose to do it, it's reimbursement only. There's no money
that comes up front. I'll be looking for that application. What is it for? Drones for us to use for disaster response manhunt recovery option operations. Um, I've already got two officers going
through the drone pilot program. They have to be licensed before we can fly them for government use. Once we get that, we can use it for any function the city needs, not just for Yeah. Some of those Yeah. Some of those drones that are on the approved list.
Yes. They aren't DJIs. They're different. that if if you're not aware, we can't buy a drone from anywhere that's manufactured outside the US unless it's on a approved list by the Department of State. Um, so anything we bought will be
US manufacturer approved by is manufactured by US ally. It's very restrictive on what we can use. And they cost more than a regular drone you get in China or somewhere. Yeah, the DJI drones he was talking about you
probably pick up for about $2,000. The ones that are made in the US are a lot more expensive because they're considered more secure. Right. Very good. Thank you, RB. Daniel
people. Yeah. Okay, Miss Landry. Glad to have you back. It's good to be back to be anywhere. Danielle, thank you. I know Bruce is
probably the biggest help, but I appreciate y'all helping getting that lot across the street from cleaned up. It looks really good. Mr. B properties. I got one if y'all get everybody need to
look at it. Yeah. Is it current? Is it current? Well, this one goes back to Well, see that from Amy who used to be
um I believe on there the last um lean that was um filed for was like 2020. Um, and it's been some months since I've talked to Ry about this, but the former city attorney said that um, he no longer
he wasn't doing a lot of leans anyway, but um, because he was directed that the the council there was no not just from the council, but there was no desire to submit the money in in actually going after the leans. Um, and so I know last
meeting there was discussion regarding even if the city itself was subjected to code enforcement and the leads. Um, and so so that is as current as I have it. There hasn't been any leans filed at least from code enforcement since I've
been the city attorney. Um, and I know that um, Ray Curtis has stopped filing them during his tenure. So we have more cases where leans could be filed, but those ones are the only ones that are actually have been filed.
Okay, good. You you'll see names on here. They don't exist anymore pretty soon. But it's I mean it's an interesting thing. Just because we do
something that have a right to put a lean on it doesn't mean can we get a copy of the associated just email it to us or something. So that's why I had to go. Oh, I gotcha. Okay.
Very good. Yeah, it okay Jamie. I withdraw my good enforcement. I guess I guess guess it's I don't know. We already turn Bruce loose
on me. All right. Thank y'all very much.