The City Commission will host a regular monthly meeting in Marble Hall and as a Zoom webinar on Thursday, January 16, beginning at 9:30 a.m. We had hoped the city would post the commissioners' packet(s) for the meeting in time for KCBers to respond.
The agenda shows no "public hearing" items.
The commission will honor wastewater plant operator Dave Evans for 45 years of service to the city. Building Official Tony Loreno will report on City Hall renovations.
They will approve by consent a Warrant for $1,047,477.47, reappointing Joe Turgeon as a full-time Utility Board member, and changing the date of the June City Commission meeting.
The commission will discuss and approve installing two corn hole setups costing $3,440 as well as considering McCourt to do the Tennis Court wind screening, both as recommended by the Recreation Committee.
The commission will discuss and approve an amendment to their Resolutions for the Miscellaneous fee schedule.
As we learned in prior meetings, the new fees still include building permits (with added fees for the city engineer, legal, fire safety, and many more), a new garbage service charge, variance charges, application charges, trailer parking changes, and more.
The prior commission disbanded KCB's (free) citizen-led Code Board in favor of hiring the Florida Department of Administrative Hearings to hold code proceedings. Commissioner Harding still has not answered these questions:
- Is it true that the work formerly done by citizens didn't bring in enough revenue?
- Is it true the DOAH magistrate has rubber stamped whatever the city lawyers or the code enforcer told him to do?
- Isn't it true that Florida law mandates that municipal fines and fees shall raise only enough revenue to cover the cost of administering the department?
- Why can KCB "sweep" thousands of dollars from the building department fees and fines into the general fund?
The commission will adopt three more resolutions and do the first reading of one ordinances:
- The Ordinance adds a chapter for golf carts with fines and penalties.
- They will adopt the amendments for the Fee Schedule for Building Department Permits and Services, the Miscellaneous Fee Schedule; and the updated Schedule of Code Enforcement Violations and Penalties.
The city attorney will report on fireworks.
Commissioner Harding will give the December financial summary, the Wastewater Sampling Summary Report from January 13th, 2025, an engineering design update of the Maintenance Building Dry-Floodproofing, and the Pedestrian Safety engineering design improvements.
The agenda had no topics listed for reports and comments by the other commissioners.
