anytime you're ready. It is now 6:00 and we're going to call this meeting to order. Today is Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 time 6:00 p.m. Um, Louis City Council
Chambers. If I can get a roll call by Miss Laura. Mayor Goodman. President Hines here. Vice President Cox here. Council member Jones here. Council member Martin here. Council member Rikio
here. City Manager Su Videt here. Attorney Belaloo here. City Clerk Latricia Wright is absent. And we have two new staff members. We have our new HR director. want to wave. That's
Kim, Troy, and then you guys have all probably met Vicki by now. Um, this is our new um administrative assistant, executive assistant. Okay. So, now we're going to have the opening prayer and pledge to allegiance to the flag by Mayor Charles
Goodman. Join me if you choose. Lord, we come to you today, a community that is together trying to do the work of that community the best of our ability. Lord, I ask you to be with each one of these counselors
as they look the items over to make the judgment that they feel is best for our city. And I ask you to be with the police department, the fire department, and all of our utility
department. Keep them safe in the coming year. Ask you in this your name. Amen. Amen. I pledge algiance 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 very much. Item number one, additions, deletions, changes, and approval of the agenda.
If there are no changes from staff, I would make a motion that we approve the agenda as presented. Can I get a second? I'll second. I have a first and a second. All those who are in favor of the agenda, please say I. I. I.
All those who are not, please say nay. The eyes have it. 5 to zero. Item number two is going to be public participation. This is the this is your first of two opportunities to address the council. At this time, anyone in the
audience can come to the to the podium and speak for five minutes on any topic other than what is on the agenda. Please state your name and residence. Just remember, the council does not have to comment. And while he's coming forward, I'm going
to ask councel if we um let him finish with his comments and then we will one by one address it if we need to. Yes, my name is Tim Eer Wilson, Florida. Um the previous meeting I came in here and said something about the sess of
water leaks and stuff. I would like to thank Willist for uh doing a pretty good job on most of them being fixed. Um I hate to have to come in here and complain, but I just feel like I had to do what I had to do.
And uh but I would like to thank them for for making a very valid attempt for fixing probably 70% of what I came in here and complain about. So I just want to thank him. Does anyone on the council have any
questions or comments? Item number three, consent agenda for April 22nd, 2025, May 6, 2025, and May 13, 2025. May I get a motion?
I make a motion we approve the consent agenda. Second. We have a first and a second. Um, the consent agenda has been approved. Item number four, updates staff and board and council. We're going
to start just briefly. We need a a full vote on that. So, we have the first and the second, but I didn't hear the vote. Gotcha. All right. Um, just say all in favor. All in favor of the vote, please say I. I. I. All who
opposed say nay. We have five zero. Item number four, updates, staff and board and council updates. We're going to start with city manager Sue Vet. Thank you very much. All right. Uh just a couple updates
tonight. Uh last Tuesday, May uh yeah, May 13th, um a few of the staff members attended a strategic planning and project implementation workshop with JB Pro. We had a few exercises that we did. Um the first one was called SWOWAK, which I'd never heard of that term until that day. Stands for strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and challenges. It was a SWAT analysis to evaluate the five different planning initiatives within the city of Willist. Um which is the existing land use map, our transportation system, utilities, accessibility to public facilities, and housing stock. And then the second
exercise was identifying alternative planning strategies. And then the last exercise was an assessment of those alternatives. Um it was uh it was definitely a good a good exercise. So I appreciate the staff um really you know spending the majority of their day with uh JB Pro. So and then today I did
attend uh couple hours of the Levy County Board of County Commissioners board meeting. Um there was a few things on the agenda that kind of piqued my interest. Um the first was the county just finished a comprehensive vulnerability assessment
um which is through FDP. Um you can apply for funds to assess the different areas in your um in your county or in your municipality that are subject to flooding. Um so I reached out to Walt of Right Pierce
today to ask if we had done anything like that. I actually just spoke with Laura about an hour ago and it sounds like the last one we did was in 2017. The nice thing is if we do something like that, it's 100% funded. It's grant funded and um then once you do have it finished, you can actually apply for
implementation funds also would be 100% funded. So I'm just waiting to hear that from Walt if that's something that we can still apply for at this point. Uh the second thing the county talked about today that was kind of an interest to me was the um the airport in Cedar
Key. Hello. Uh, apparently the board had asked the county manager for some different options for the airport in Cedar Key. They were thinking about the possibility of either completely doing away with it or renting it out or what they wanted to do. And the consensus of the board today was that they wanted to
keep it, maintain it, and try and get some economic development off of it because of all the issues that Cedar Key has had. So, um, that was also a good conversation. Um, from the last board meeting, we talked about the comp time and or vacation time and then what to do with Latricia's vacation time because
she's a charter officer. Attorney Blue is still researching the issue. So, we don't have anything in the packet tonight. However, I did want to let you know I pulled the 15 employees in question that were on our list from the last packet just to see what their preference would be. Um, I got seven
responses back. One was to move it to comp time, five were to pay it out now, and one was to pay it out now, and the other half pay out in like a new fiscal year, like split it half and half. Um, so hopefully we'll have something for you at the next um board meeting, a
recommendation. Uh, also wanted to congratulate the city for being honored with the 2025 home rule hero award. Uh, last year 160 municipal officials were recognized for their work during the 2024 legislative session. And uh per our city clerk, we're going to have a press release that will follow um either in
June or July. And then uh last just wanted to let you know next week I'll be attending the FCCMA annual conference in Orlando. So I will not be here half of Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. And again, welcome to Kim Troy as our HR director. That's all I
have. Anything from staff? I don't personally, but I think we might have some board members here that would like to speak after staff. [Music] Uh, good evening, council. U, I'm going to just I don't know if I'm in the right
spot or if y'all had anything. I didn't see any, but jump up. Uh, just let you know we had our ISO inspection yesterday. Um, it went I feel like it went fairly well. We uh picked up some points in some areas and we lost some points in some other areas. Um but
overall it went it went pretty good I think. Um I handed out tonight a real quick handout. It's on um sound the alarm. The fire department's partnered with the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross is going to be providing smoke detectors free of charge
and the fire department will be installing them in uh families of need with needs uh that can't afford to do that. Um, just to give you a heads up on that. That's all I got. Anything from Ben?
Nobody else. All right, Mr. Hello, Steve McMillan. I'm not here as your surveyor. I'm here as staff as the chair of the CRA. Uh we found out recently that we're supposed to come talk to y'all. So I
just going to give you a run quick rundown about what we're we're working on and the meetings are the second Monday 5:30 right here if you all want to come on in. There's a lot of stuff we're doing. Uh a couple things we're looking at is the entrance signs, the two entrance signs that the chamber put
up. We thought that those are really nice and we read in our plan that we've got two designated spots on the east and west side of town. Right now, we're currently out to bid and we want to try to match that look and put some nice entrance signs. So, all four spots will have an entrance sign into town. Block
12, you see, is under control or under construction and rolling as far as the new parking lot. Uh, we bought a big container for our Christmas tree to keep it safe so it's not out rotten in the environment. We're working on plaques on everything that the CRA has done. uh you
know, hey, the money came from TIFF funds to do this neat uh fireman's park area and it was dedicated in 2000 just to talk about each thing that we've got going. We want to put a plaque out there just to say where it came from, where the money came from, just kind of
explain it a little bit. So, we're working on that. We're trying to finish uh getting a map of all in our district, getting a map of all the sidewalks that are not there or in disrepair. We're working on that map with Wright Pierce and then we want to
go forward and put in the sidewalks which will be something that the city could save money on because we we're trying to do it at least in the district. We're trying to get a dog statue to finish up the veterans park. We're working we've been working on that one for months and months and months.
So, we're we're trying we're almost there. I think the next meeting where' Laura go. Next meeting. And then we're the big one we're working on is a digital sign that we want to put out in front of city hall obviously for
emergencies. Uh hurricanes are coming, city hall meetings, CRA meetings, anything you can think of just as an information piece that'll be controlled by staff in here say city will on the top and then obviously the nice digital sign board on both sides and a nice
bottom to it. So, we're currently out to bid with those and we'll come back with placement, but right now we're just trying to get the ball rolling. All this stuff falls under our plan that started in 99. So, we want to get stuff wrapped up before we end in Did we ever find out
a real date? I've read a couple of them about three years. It's It's 30 years from 99. So, it's 29, but we didn't actually start getting money till 01. So, we got That's the discrepancy part. Yeah, we got two extra years. Cool. So, we got a while. So,
that's our update from the CRA. I don't know if you have any questions. Can you get a light on the board on the welcome to Wilston board? Even if it says solar light. Oh, on the entrance signs. Yeah, I'll bring it up to my people. I mean, if not, I'm
going to go down there and do it myself. That's the only thing that's lacking. It's absolutely beautiful, but you can't see it at night. Okay. Anyone else? Where are you going? You said put a map out there. Well, we're not sure yet. We wanted to do
We've done a lot of work at Linear N Oh, not Linear Park. Heritage Park. So, we wanted to put one on the brick column of the pavilion to talk about not the pavilion. That wasn't our money, but what we've done with the trees and whatnot. Um the horse, the veterans
park. kind of we really haven't fine- tuned it yet, but we don't know if it's going to be on a stand or if there's somewhere that we can put it that it won't look tacky. Yeah. I was just curious that you said put them out there. Yep. Out there could be anywhere.
We're not there yet. You're ahead of I'm sure you'll do good. It'll be good. Any questions? Thank you. Second Monday. Second Monday. 5:30. Anything from the council?
Oh, sorry. I like give a quick update. Um quick update on the purchases of the vehicles and equipment from Dunellum. Um the the purchase of the guns seems to be like uh a a go. Uh the purchase of the
vehicles that put them out for surplus because they're over the $5,000 mark. Uh haven't heard anything back on that. Hopefully I'll hear something here in the next week or so. Uh but the the purchase of the guns from them uh seems to be a a go. So I should be getting a
final yes on that probably by the end of this week. Uh and then the cars their next meeting is in June. So we should get an update uh on the vehicles as far as that go. Uh I'm happy to report that we have filled a few vacancies that we
had in police department. We filled them like that quick. Uh it was it was delightful to see so many applications come through and it's all due to just networking and knowing people and reaching out to people. Um, we probably
had roughly 10 applicants for patrol, uh, which is nice. And I cannot tell you how many we got for dispatch, but there's probably 25. Wow. You know, so it's good that, you know, people are taking an interest in Willist. Uh, that
we're starting to get these applications coming in now and looking at some really good qualified candidates. Um, proud to announce today through networking, uh, back maybe a year ago, Cape Core
Police Department donated a lot of, uh, Incar camera systems to the police department. Uh, we in turn uh, utilized what we could out of it. They they told me 10, but they sent like 40. Wow. So, uh, we utilized what we could out of it
and then we donated the rest of the cameras to, uh, Cedar Key to help them have incar video in their their vehicles. Uh today, no yesterday, uh we got about 10 or 15 boxes from Cape Coral again. Uh the uh retired deputy chief uh
who I built a relationship with as he was exiting, they were cleaning out their warehouse and uh donated brand new unused uniform pants, which I am wearing a pair tonight. These are the same pants that the guys and girls have been asking
me to buy. They were about $60 $70 a pair. They donated us a whole box of them. Uh as well as uniform shirts, which are the same uniform shirts that we wear. Um vest covers, handcuff cases,
so forth and so on. So I called them today to thank them. Even though uh the deputy chief who I developed a relationship with is now retired, uh I talked to his uh secretary and uh she said, "Chief, there's more to come."
Wow. So, it's just nice to know that we have those relationships that far away that, uh, you know, other law enforcement agencies are, you know, uh, investing in us, which, you know, I don't want to feel like we need a handout every time, but it's nice that,
you know, they have a budget that can sustain all of the stuff that they're purchasing, new stuff, and they're willing to share what they have with us. And I mean, it's all brand new stuff. None of us use, it's all brand new. So, uh, we're very proud, very happy about that. So, saved me a lot of money
because I didn't want to pay $60, $70 for these pants for the officers, but, uh, now I don't have to I still got to buy some, but I don't have to buy as many. So, uh, I'm very thankful and very grateful for that. And shout out to my brothers and sisters in Cape C, as well
as, uh, I give another update on our our subject that I put on Facebook. As you all know, he was apprehended. Uh, I have a copy of the police report where it's the lady who called in said, "I seen the Williston Police Department Facebook
post and then I realized the guy was in my house." Oh my gosh. So, she called the police department. They went over and of course arrested him. So scary. Uh, we have a hearing uh with him on Thursday, I believe. I believe it's Thursday at 3 o'clock. So,
I'll give you an update on that as well. Thank you. That's all I have. Thank you. Mayor Goodman, do you have anything? Any updates? Attorney Belaloo? Not at this moment. Okay. So, we'll move
forward with that. Oh, sorry. It's okay. Thank you. Sorry about the interruption, Miss Hines. Um, if you would allow it. I've got some uh some members of my youth group that just walked in and they wanted to say something in public participation and can't stay the entire time for the second go round. if you
would allow them to to speak for a couple minutes. Sure. Hi. Um so we're on here behalf of the um tennis courts. So my group, they're not all here right now because they're getting ready to graduate, but we usually go there like what would you
say? like basically every day to play and we're just like in concern because there's fences down and we were wondering if y'all were going to um redo it because it looks like y'all started but nothing really happened.
Actually glad you brought that up. I met with the city manager, Jonathan Bishop, audit there um because we've had uh some people interested in a pickle ball court and so we met out there to kind of
see what what we can do. Um it will be quite an expense for them to do it, but if we can do it over a period of time to get a new fence, get the court sealed. Um and striped. And striped. Yes. And the
one there's a tree that hangs over into the tennis courts. Get that trimmed up. So I'm glad you said that. Thank you. So sounds like we're working on it. And that was my question. Do you want tennis? You said tennis court. Do you want tennis court or do you want pickle ball courts? So, we actually play both.
So, if I think there is enough room that you could do like two pickle ball courts and then one tennis court. Okay, that's exactly what we need to know. Thank you. Thank you. Yep. Yeah, because I think that um even if it's getting it striped right
now because obviously the person or the people who were supposed to do it is not doing it. So, even if we can go in there and at least for phase one, just get it striped and then plan and put some more money in the
budget to get that fixed up a little bit for next year and then finishing it out with the most expensive. Don't we need to seal it before we stripe it? And you'll have whatever we have to do. Yeah, we have to And I don't know that we I don't know how much repaven. We
could get a bid for repaving it and we could get a bid for just sealing it and see what we could afford like you said the first time around. Yeah. So, this was just kind of a a quick thing because I had some people ask and so there Mr.
Bishop. So, we're in the middle now of getting quotes for us to do it and for have it contracted out all three ways. And so, we're close to having all the information, but we don't have it all right now. So, in the future, we hope to present it if we do it. This is the expectation and the cost. And if they do
it, that's the expectation and the cost. And you're getting all different elements so we can pick and choose from them. Absolutely. Yes, ma'am. It's just taking longer. We thought it's taking longer than we realize it would take. That's all. Okay. Thank you. So, we're going to move on to item five, new
business. Number eight, it's going to be discussion with possible action. Levy County Supervisor of Elections to conduct the regularly scheduled municipal elections. Levy County Supervisor of Elections, Miss Tammy Jones. All right, I'm gonna fill in for Tammy
Jones. Okay. Um because I actually just talked to Tammy a few hours ago because I wanted to discuss this with her and she's actually at a conference in Orlando. Um she asked for this to be put on the next agenda and I guess there was some miscommunication. So um would you like for us to move to the next agenda?
I kind of just want to describe what she's looking to do here and then if you guys want to wait to table it because she can be at the next meeting entirely up to you. But basically she's looking to take over the municipal elections throughout the entire county. The only thing that the city would still be responsible for is qualifying. She
doesn't want to do any of the qualifying portion. But once everybody's qualified and we know who's going to be on the ballot, she would take it over from that point all the way through the election. City election. Correct. Yeah. So she's pitching this at each of the municipalities so that she would now
take it over. And the reasoning is because there's a I mean as you can imagine there's a lot of turnover in these municipalities. You're dealing with new people every couple of years and having to retrain them all the time. That's timeconuming for her. Um she's still coming out at the actual elections and helping out with you know the night
of the elections. Um, she did say the one I'll say downfall that the council may not be um in favor of is it would be one canvasing board for the entire for everybody. So, we wouldn't be able to pick who's on the canvasing board. She would be using one canvasing board for all of the municipalities. I don't know
if that is a dealbreaker or not, but that's what she did say that would be a difference. So again, she can come to speak at the next meeting if you guys want to ask her specific questions, but that's basically what she's looking to do is she would be responsible for them once qualifying is over and we know who's on the ballot. When she Sorry,
when she explained it um to me, basically it would take a lot off of Latricia's shoulders. Yes, sir. And the same thing at the other municipalities. Same thing about, you know, she talked about the turnover and such. So, um
I'm not real sure it goes with our charter. There's a couple of things I wasn't sure and it did say at one point there it would have to be a referendum to change part of it, right? So, it's not something we could do right away. And I told her that today. I haven't read the charter. I need to go in and actually read it because she did have a
few questions about how to handle like a runoff or special elections if somebody was to resign. So, there are some nuances we'd probably have to look at. Um so, I told her I would definitely, you know, do that before the next meeting. Um, but I can tell you as someone who ran three elections, they are very timeconuming. I mean, they they
take up a lot of time with, you know, how much you have to advertise and chase people to do their reports and all that sort of stuff. It it it's very timeconuming. I believe our charter also says that, you can correct me if I'm wrong, uh, that if if we appoint someone
that the next available election, they will run. This says that they will hold the whole term. It says they will serve the whole term of the person we appoint them for. So in other words, Meredith would had to run three times. So, but I think that's a
charter change as part of the charter and I have to read that. We can add that in on the ones that I'm will be proposing that I've talked about. I'm sorry. So, you better hurry up get there. We have until we have until December. I was thinking they were going to be here, but they're not. Any other
discussion next time? So, we're going to table this until next agenda or next meeting. Do you need a motion? If you would like or Yeah. I make a motion that we table um
resolution hopefully. Sorry. A number 5A until the next available on the agenda. I second that. Have a first and a second. Um All those who are in favor say I. I. I.
All the those that oppose say nay. So we have five to zero in approval. So now we're going to start with resol item B. Madame President, this is resolution
2025-65, a resolution of the city council of the city of Wist, Florida, electing to award the airport old terminal outer wall renovation project to Paradigm Construction on North Central of North Central Florida pursuant to RFP 2025-01 authorizing appropriate parties to execute the contract with Paradigm
Construction of North Central Florida, authorizing appropriate parties to sign any documents required to execute such actions on behalf of the city of Willist, authorizing and staff should negotiate full contract agreement related to same and providing an effective date. Then I'll hand it over to Benton.
Yes, ma'am. So, u what you have before you is the recommendation for award to Paradigm Construction for the U renovation of the old terminal building. Uh, essentially what we've what we've come up with is uh well, I'll give you a
little bit of the backstory. The the building was poorly put together. Um, there's a lot of cracks in the stucco on the exterior of the building. Um, and the waterproof membrane, if it was ever there, has failed in several places. Uh, there's a lot of frame damage in the in
the studs. Um, there's a lot of areas where it's leaking in the windows. So, what this what this contract is going to do for us is give us a full renovation of the entire facade. Um, you know, we're we're going to change out all the studs. Um, we're going to make the exterior of the old building look like
the exterior of the new building. Um, replace all the windows. And it's it's a a big, you know, it's not really a big ticket when you look at what we're actually doing out there. Um, and the primary reason that this is coming to you guys is so that we can actually use
the office space. Um, presently we've only got one tenant that is not on an exterior wall inside of it. U, but as soon as we tried to put somebody inside of it and they start getting leaks and, you know, you get a computer that gets a surge protector wet, it's toast and we're having to pay for somebody's stuff
and, you know, we're not making any money at that point. So once we get this done, um we've got a couple of um ideas in mind to to bring before council with a, you know, a rate change. Um and you know, based on based on some things here
and there, we're looking at about $500 in office. Um which would generate about 30,000 in revenue a year, which puts us at paying this note off in five and a half years, about six years. Um, so our ROI would start at the six-year point.
Um, so then on top of that, we also have a timber sale coming in um, later this year. It will not pay for the full amount, but it'll offset the cost pretty considerably. Um, and I spoke with Sue and I spoke with Stephen about this
earlier in the airport. it have we have it in the airport fund u to pay this off and um still have some left or still have a good amount left over. So I know it looks like a a pretty big pill to swallow but there's a lot of good that
comes from making all this happen. Does the council have any discussions? Tell me about the note. The money. Oh yeah. I mean I guess that's important. I mean, you mentioned a note. So, no, it's not a it's not a true note. I mean, it's just a the price tag is $171,000. I saw
that. Yes, that that's all I meant. There was no borrowing or anything. So, that was a improper nomenclature. So, where is the money coming from? You said we're going to pay it back and do it over six years actually from the airport revenues. Yes, ma'am. No, it's it's coming from the airport fund. Um Okay.
We're going to pay for it outright from the airport fund and then once all the money starts coming back in, it's just be revenue revenue generated. Got it. I would also comment that these pictures are not the building. All these pictures in our packet are not our building. Yeah, that's where did they're not ours.
They're built. They're other projects you've done, right? They just Yeah, they're definitely not our building. Sorry about that. I just didn't want people to think they were. That's pretty rough. You guys before and after shots. Gotcha. Right.
Yeah. I just what didn't want people to think that it was that bad. No, I mean there are some spots that are rough. Like if you come out there and look at it, there are some spots where the the steel studs are rusted almost all the way through. That's how I knew it wasn't ours because it's wood. That most of that was wood
and ours are steel and concrete. Yes, ma'am. Anything else from council? Does anyone else have any comments? If not, I entertain a motion. I move approval of resolution 2025-65.
Can I get a second? I second. We have a first and a second. Seeing that um any other discussions? Seeing that there is none, we'll move to vote. All those in favor say I. I. I.
All those who oppose say I. All right. So, it looks like we have five to zero approval. Item C, Miss Blue. Madam President, this is resolution 2025-66, a resolution of the city council of the
city of Will, Florida, approving the attached landlord's consent to assignment for lease agreement for hard stand currently with Maurice Mileman's to be assigned to X6D hanger LLC, authorizing the city council president to execute the consent to assignment and providing an effective date. I'll turn
it over to Benton. Yes, ma'am. So, um we have uh you actually you guys just saw this about a couple years ago. Um Maurice Mman bought this hanger from um Mr. Victor Espinosa and recently came into some bad news
from his u from his flight medic that he can't fly anymore. Um so he's u drawn up a deal with Mr. Hickman to um you know sell the hanger to him. Um what you have before you is the um the consent, the assignment, and the acceptance of lease.
Um so if Mr. Hickman would like to speak, he can, but he's um you know, he's operating a couple of aircraft out on the airfield already, and he plans just move them into that hanger when everything's said and done. Hi, my name is Daryl. Mr. Hickman, come to the podium and state your name and where you
live, please. Uh Daryl Hickman. We live in Southwest Gainesville. Um, but I grew up about 15 miles from here in Macintosh and my dad taught at Wilson High School in the 70s. So, uh, we just recently moved back to Gainesville after many years out of the area and we looked at
four different airports to base our business. Um, and a combination of the facilities, but mostly the personnel at the Willis airport made that the right choice for us. So, we've been searching for a hanger and this one popped up and
uh we'd like your approval to to move forward with it. This is the Quanet hut at the end on the north north end. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Just making sure have the right place. Any
discussion? Council. Anyone else has comment? I will entertain a motion. I make a motion we approve resolution 2025-66. Second the motion. I have a first and a
second. Any other other discussion? If there is none, I move to vote. All those in favor say I. I. I. All those who oppose say I. So, seems like the eyes have it. Um
motion is approved. Item B. Madam President, this is the second reading of ordinance 2025749, an ordinance of the city of Willist, Florida, amending the city of Williston code of ordinances as amended. Providing for amending chapter 12,
article 3, section 12-79 fees regarding the Williston regional airport fees. providing for setting rates via resolution, providing severability, providing for incorporation in the city code of ordinances, and providing an effective date. And I'll turn it over to Benton. Yes, ma'am. Just some the second
reading, just some housekeeping turning um our rate and fee schedule approval to resolution instead of by ordinance. We will be coming back with a fee schedule at a later point in time. Are there any questions from the council or comments? Any questions or comments
from the public? I will entertain a motion. I'll move approval of ordinance 2025-749 on second reading. Can I get a second?
Second. Any other discussion? Seeing that there is none, we'll move to vote. All those in favor say I. I. All those who oppose say nay. So, let the record show that eyes
have it. Um, and the motion carries. All right. Item number E, Miss Blue. Madame President, this is second reading of uh ordinance 2025-750, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Willist, Florida, amending the retirement plan and trust for the employees of the city of
Willist, amending section G1, normal retirement date section 6.01 to include or 25 years of service, providing severability, and providing an effective date. Um, this is the same ordinance that you saw at the can't remember if it's meeting before the last meeting or
last meeting. Um, we had lots of discussion about it. Happy to answer any additional questions that anyone may have. Does anyone have any questions? Any questions from the public? If there is none, I'll entertain
a motion. We're doing this for the 25 20 25. This is the 25 and out for the pet 25 and out. Correct. I move approval of ordinance 2025750 on second reading.
A second. Have a first and a second. Any other discussion? If none, we'll move to vote. All those in favor say I. I. All those opposed say
I. We have five to five to zero um approval. Let the record show. So item number seven, Miss Bill. This is the second reading of ordinance 2025-751, an ordinance of the city of
Willist, Levy County, Florida, amending the code of ordinances, chapter 2, article 5, division 2, pension plan, section 2-202, establishment of retirement plan and trust for police officers transfer of assets and liabilities to adopt the Florida Municipal Pension Trust Fund defined benefit plan document of the Florida
Municipal Pension Trust Fund contained in exhibit A and its accompanying adoption agreement contained in exhibit B providing for repeal of conflicting ordinances provided. providing for inclusion in the city code, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. Again, this is the second reading of this ordinance.
Any discussion from council? I would just say this is the same as we as we discussed before. It is moving the 185 pension police officers plan to the U Florida Municipal Pension Trust document language for the IRS.
Anyone else? Any public comment? If none, seeing none, we'll move to vote. All those Oh, no. Sorry. Is there a motion? I make a motion we
approve um the ordinance 2025-751. Can I get a second? Second. Have a first and a second. Any other discussions? If none, I move to vote. All in favor
say I. I. I. I. I..................... All. Those who oppose say I. We have a vote 5 to zero. Let the record show that the eyes have it. So item number G. Miss blue. Madam
President. This is the second reading of ordinance number 2025-752. An ordinance of the city of Willist, Levy County, Florida, amending the code of ordinances, chapter 2, article 5, division 2, pension plan, section 2-202, revision to retirement plan and trust for general employees to
adopt the Florida municipal pension trust fund to find benefit plan document of the Florida municipal pension trust fund contained in exhibit A and its accompanying adoption agreement contained in exhibit B, providing for appeal of conflicting ordinances, providing for inclusion in the city code, providing for severability, and providing for an effective date. Again,
this is the mirror to the one that we just read and this is second reading. And again, I would say it's the same language. It's just for the general employee pension plan. Does anyone have any questions? Public have any
questions? I will entertain a motion. Move approval of ordinance 2025-752 on second reading. Can I get a second? A second. We have a first and a second. Any other discussions?
If none, we move to vote. All in favor say I. I. All those who oppose say I 5 to zero. Let the record show that the eyes have it. And that
we're going to close our concludes. P the public hearing. So now we'll go to item number six, public participation. This your second opportunity. This is your second opportunity to speak. Five
minutes. Yes. Um the previous meeting uh I mentioned something about that 1 cent sales tax for that that was 5.5 million. Has anybody found out where that money is? So I actually just spoke to the county manager today and reminded her she owed
me an answer on that. Um as you may know the county is going through some changes with their budget. They had a budget officer inhouse who is no longer there. So now they're actually outsourcing that to a company. Um, so she didn't have an answer for me today, but she said she is still working on it. I'm asking her
specifically for there's four, I think it's three or four line items in their budget that say that they give that money to municipalities. I'm looking for an actual breakdown of those four items, what they give to the city of Holston. So, I am still following up on it and I will continue to every two weeks till I
have an answer for you. Just comment. It might be interesting to ask Steve Bloom if he he's ever seen anything from them. cuz I think he'll say no. Okay. So, item number six, announcements.
Miss Laura, do you have any announcement? Thank you, President Hines. I just wanted to thank Bensteagle and the airport for fostering one of our pups. Um, they found a stray and instead of turning it over to us, they went ahead and fostered it. So, hopefully we'll have an airport dog. His name is
Willie and we'll be asking for an update soon. The girls changed it. They didn't like that. They named him Archer. After I put all the information in the database on Lily, I know you changed the name. The girls changed the name. It wasn't me. You changed the name. That's fine. So, his name is Archer and so go
visit him. Um, we also uh we had some puppies dumped in town by some people who were from out of town. And the puppies are doing pretty well. We do have one in foster. So, if anybody's interested in just you don't have to adopt the puppies, but if you just want to take one home for a little while, give my girls a break. Six puppies is a
lot of work. So, uh, and they're small dogs right now. We don't think they're going to stay too small, but they're all pretty healthy. They tested negative for parvo and they're doing really well. So, if anybody knows anybody who would like to take a puppy home, even if it's just overnight, to give the girls a break, we would appreciate it. What um kind of
puppy dogs are? They're gorgeous. They are muts, but they're beautiful and they're red. They have giant ears and little bodies and longer noses than like a pit bull. So that we have no idea what they are.
Any other announcement? I would just say that there's going to be a Memorial Day service at Orange Hill Cemetery on Sunday, May the 25th at 2 PM being organized by the American Legion. Uh there are a couple of local
churches that are helping out with it. I say mine's on. Who are you waving that out? I was like, what? I forgot to off. Mine's working. I hear it. That's all I have. Okay. Is
there Okay. Junth is on the 19th, I believe it is. Always at Canelius Williams Park and I've gotten strangled in to being the keynote speaker. So, yay. The 19th, Junth.
Can I I have a question for Chief Rolls? Yes, ma'am. That So, the 19th is not a Saturday. I mean, so the celebration will still happen on the actual 19th at Cornelius Williams. There's not an additional celebration on the weekend. Is that correct? Okay.
Yes. Will you answer her question? Will it be on a Saturday or How are we coming along on a code enforcement officer? There's a I'm ready to make an offer to somebody. We did some interviews, so we should have somebody within They probably have
to give two to three weeks. Cool. But um the shelter is doing fine. We're just I'm just covering code enforcement. There's just a couple of properties that I want to send them to me. That's fine. At least I can get them in the system. Yeah.
Speaking of, did you ever get any information back on the property on Northeast 11th or? Yeah, I sent all of them a letter. Okay. I got a call from one. I didn't get back to them. And then when I called them back, they didn't get
back to me. So they'll all probably be on We won't be having code enforcement this month because it would have fallen on Memorial Day. So it won't be till June. Okay. So you sent for both sides of the road. I sent it to Yeah, I sent it to them and then a couple other ones that were over there. Okay. And let let
me comment to Laura, too. I ran into Miss Jackson, Rainey Jackson. Okay. And she told me that the sale of the property fell through. Oh, no. uh the one that we did the code enforcement reduction reduction for. So we might
want to look at that. Uh I asked her if she had any other potential buyers. She said not at this time but that she was going to get um a real estate agent involved in it. Uh so just put that on your radar in the back of your mind.
Thank you. So was that reduction in related to the the sale? the reduction stands, but they all she did as the owner promised us so that that would be cleaned up and they did a little bit. She has um there's still a little bit of work to be done. So, I'll
I'll talk to her about it. last night on um Fox News out of Orlando, they were I'd like to get some more information on it or maybe Gear Stink can, but about the Airbnbs and parties,
uh they had a thing on there and there's something now where they can go in through their app to book it, but yet it's also to be they'll say if it's like a party house, if It's this it's
something new that they just came out with. So 11:00 last night was a little tired like a like a new feature on the Airbnb website. Yes. Okay. Yeah. I'm not I'm not familiar with that, but I can Mhm.
Interesting. I can certainly I'll see if I I'll pull um get the information and send it to you. All right. Thank you. Any more discussion from council? Mr. Mayor, any updates? Not now. Not Not you. I'm talking the
stupid computer. May 31st. It's tenatively going to be clean up Will. I have several groups that are interested in it and I just have to get
everything organized. I'm going to check with the ROC and see if they would help us and see if we can get the one one thing that I need is a map showing me exactly where the city
limits are. I don't want us cleaning up the county. And uh I I have a basic idea, but I need to know where those what streets where that city map superimposes on streets. Could you get that for me, Chief?
Yes. Thank you. So, is this once a year the cleanup Williston day? The goal is twice a year. This year it's not happening twice. Okay. We don't do it in the dead heat of summer. and my time earlier this year
was unavailable due to a fractured spine and a dog that killed me. So, one this year I would I would just say I can't come on the 31st. Um there will be that issue. I'm sure. So, if you get around
to postponing it because that's mighty quick. I mean, that's only 11 days from now. It is. Just let us know if you change it. I'll let you know if I change it. I don't expect to. If I don't do it on the 31st, then we get in the dead heat of
June. And I'm I'm looking at the people that normally participate their health and welfare. I'm normally there. I understand. But I can't come on that date. Sorry. Thank you. Oh, just one more thing. Fourth of July is coming
quick. It is. If we have nothing else, can I get a motion for adjournment? I would just say it's July 3rd and it's uh the parade is underway. Uh the vendor forums are out. Um we have
entertainment and we have fireworks. So, we have a little bit more to do, but I know that part is showed up. So, I make a motion that we adjourn the meeting. Can I get a second?
Got a first and a second. Any discussion? We're adjourned at 6:52 p.m.